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ZF-3892: memory leak in Zend_Search_Lucene->find ?
I posted about the same issue to the forums yesterday:
I ran into a strange problem using Zend Search Lucene. It seems to me that the function Zend_Search_Lucene::find has a memory leak. When running several queries in a row it might result in the program running out of memory in the worst case scenario, which is my case and lead me to notice this problem.
Here is a simple piece of code to illustrate the problem and to replicate my findings:
for($i=0;$i<100;$i++){ $index = new Zend_Search_Lucene($pathToIndex); $index->find("gabba gabba hey!"); print memory_get_usage()."\n"; }
I far as I understand memory-consumption should remain relatively constant but now it increases steadily throughout the iterations. I even tried explicitly unsetting the $index with unset($index) but it didn't help. Is it a bug in Zend Search Lucene or am I missing something? Has anybody ran into something similar yet?
I have now tested Zend Framework versions 1.5.1, 1.5.3 and 1.6.0 RC 1 as well and the same problem persists in both of them.
I am using PHP 5.2.5 in linux.
Is this maybe an issue of circular references that PHP cannot resolve in versions < 5.3?
Is this issue resolved ? Actually I am facing same issue, for every find operation 100MB space is allocating but the same memory is not de-allocating after request processing...
Please let me know the solution if any body knows..
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If you could never have sex again, would you be relieved or devastated? Probably the latter, says Karen Koffler, MD, medical director of the Miami Beach Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa, where she developed a seminar on sensuality and sexuality. In her view, "Sex gives us more joie de vivre." Yet 7 percent of married women in their thirties, 8 percent in their forties, 22 percent in their fifties and 38 percent in their sixties haven't had intercourse within the past year, according to the Kinsey Institute.
Hormonal changes can certainly be a factor. At menopause, your level of libido-associated testosterone is half what it was at its peak during your twenties; also, reduced estrogen levels may increase vaginal dryness. But Koffler points to an additional culprit: mental demands. "For those of us who have the kind of work where we're expected to perform intellectually -nonstop—eight, 10, 12 hours a day—it's a big effort to reinsert ourselves back into our bodies. We can easily divorce ourselves from our sexuality and need for pleasure," she explains.
This mind-body disconnect is common among women. A recent analysis published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior showed that there is not necessarily a matchup between how sexually aroused a woman feels (mentally and emotionally) and how sexually aroused her genitals are (physically). Men, on the other hand, show a much greater concordance. According to lead author Meredith L. Chivers, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, one reason for this disparity is that women rely more than men do on external, rather than internal, cues when assessing their emotional state. For example, if you believe it is appropriate to have sex only in the dark, you might ignore your feelings of sexual arousal when you wake up in the morning light.
"Women are always taking care of others. Sex should be about taking care of yourself while fostering a connection with your partner," says Ramani Durvasula, PhD, associate professor of psychology at California State University, Los Angeles.
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Fast-growing and short-lived, Mahimahi populations can potentially withstand high fishing pressure. No formal population assessments have been done in any region, however, so their overall abundance is unknown. Mahimahi is likely susceptible to broad-scale environmental change, like changing water temperatures or currents, because of their close association with warm tropical currents.
The U.S. Atlantic pole-and-line and troll fisheries for Mahimahi catch few non-target species. In addition, pole-and-line and troll fisheries have a very low or no impact on the sea floor.
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Lufthansa Highlights Milan: "Lunch with Logo"
Catwalk Milan: Armani, Gucci and Versace – all the big names have outlets close to the cathedral and are easiest to get to on foot. But now the designers are looking beyond fashion and branching into frothy cappuccino and sparkling spritz (Italy's popular evening cocktail of white wine, water and Aperol) in their desire to satisfy their pampered customers' every need and whim
Alessandro would make a fantastic model. He's tall and slim with a cool hairstyle, high cheekbones and eyes that would melt any heart. But instead of strutting his stuff on the catwalk, he stands behind the gleaming black counter of Dolce & Gabbana's Martini Bar. The bar is in the Milan-based fashion empire's signature eccentric style: black walls, leather sofas, blood-red napkins and a red-gold dragon crawling here and there across the mosaic floor. Victoria and David Beckham, Naomi Campbell and Boy George count among the bar's favored guests.
The Martini Bar is connected by a courtyard to the Dolce & Gabbana menswear store on Corso Venezia. It opened in early 2003 at the same time as a traditional-style men's barber shop. "We responded to our customers' wishes," says Stefano Gabbana. "They want to shop, but also value a good haircut and enjoy a drink in a classy bar."
Dolce & Gabbana are neither the first nor the only fashion designers to have joined the haute cuisine scene in Milan. Gucci runs a cafe in the beautiful Galleria Vittorio Emanuel, and just around the corner at Trussardi alla Scala, the kitchen is in the capable hands of ambitious master chef Andrea Berton, who already has two coveted Michelin stars.
Step inside the palazzo beside Milan's famous La Scala opera house and you enter a bright, airy cafe with tall windows, a cool designer interior and a glass-fronted terrace that's open to the public in summer. The waiters sport ice-blue shirts and dark-gray, pinstripe pants. The wine list boasts 40 different Champagnes and several rare vintages. At the restaurant with its stucco ceilings, parquet floors and leather armchairs in a lush tomato red one floor up, the menu offers dishes of Italian origin prepared with purist simplicity, for example, a velvety risotto with calf's sweetbreads fried an appetizing golden.
The Giorgio Armani empire is less than a five-minute walk away. Women's and men's fashions can be found here alongside furniture, books, perfumes, flowers and candy. Two restaurants and a cafe also form part of the multi-level shopping palace. "I wanted to create another space that would mirror my sense of beauty and style," says the Milanese fashion tsar, "to me, it's not just about fashion and clothes, it's about lifestyle." And very soon, Armani fans will also be able to stay the night. Still obscured by scaffolding at the moment, the world's first Armani Hotel is scheduled to open next year.
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Margaret Beck, 67, of Floyd Church Road, died Monday, April 29, 2013, at Wake Forest Baptist Health — Lexington Medical Center.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Central Baptist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. Ryan Bennett. Burial will follow in Floyd Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home and other times at the home of Bobby Misenheimer on Frank Stoner Road.
Miss Beck was born March 28, 1946, in Cumberland County to J. Walter Beck Sr. and Leila Burgess Beck. She was a fabric grader at Burlington Industries in Denton prior to her employment as inspector at A1 Facing. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brother Jack Beck and sisters Mary Frances Chaffin and Jessie Alline Misenheimer.
Surviving are brothers J.W. Beck Jr. and wife Mary Ann, Richard Beck and wife Sissy, David Beck and wife Betty and Johnny Beck, all of Lexington; sisters Selma Loflin of Denton and Dianne Houck and husband Don of West Jefferson; and many nieces and nephews including Jamie Misenheimer and Jeannie Leonard who loved her like a second mother.
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Featured in Vallarta Lifestyles Magazine, Fall/Winter 2006 issue.
As you discover Puerto Vallarta, it is difficult to miss the ubiquitous oval-shaped ceramic door signs outside many of its buildings, or the square hand-painted tiles that adorn their different rooms, or the ornate plant holders, picture frames, plates, mugs and even bathroom sinks available for sale in many of our gift shops. In fact, this type of ceramic, known as Talavera, is the oldest of its type in America and is still manufactured today using essentially the same techniques as when it originally arrived from Spain.
Many Spaniards settled in Mexico after conquering the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1521, marking the beginning of the colonial period, which lasted until 1810. Among them, a group of Dominican preachers from Talavera de la Reina, a city in the western part of the province of Toledo, Spain, took it upon themselves to share religious teachings with Mexican natives in the city of Puebla.
Even at that time and to this date, Talavera de la Reina was well known throughout Europe for its fine ceramic work. Accidents do happen, however, and soon the dishes the Dominicans carefully packed and traveled to the new world with began to chip and even break. Confronted with a dilemma, they had to choose between importing more dishes from Spain, a costly and time-consuming affair, and training their local followers to create their own. They chose the latter. Soon enough, people became interested in purchasing the at-the-time nameless brand of ceramics, which became known as Talavera, and one of Puebla's two most enduring traditions, mole poblano the other. Furthermore, this became a most profitable way for the Dominicans to fund the construction of new churches and monasteries.
Today, Talavera earthenware is better known as such in Mexico than in its city of origin. And while it continues to be at the zenith of its manufacture, Puerto Vallarta has positioned itself as an important source of this treasured staple of Mexican craft.
Talavera is produced locally at Mundo de Azulejos, a small, unassuming factory / showroom located in Emiliano Zapata. In the beginning, founder Benigno "Benny" Ibarra imported Talavera from Puebla, but due to inconsistent manufacturers and increasingly unpredictable delivery schedules he had to make similar decisions to those of the Dominican preachers, eventually opting to produce locally using regional materials. It took Ibarra over three years of trial and error to harness the local clay to produce his own ceramic pieces and the minerals required to paint them in a much more humid climate than Puebla's. And while many manufacturers today rely on machinery to produce carbon copies of each piece, Ibarra chose to stick to the tradition of producing and painting his by hand, infusing them with uniqueness and originality.
A visit to Mundo de Azulejos is a study in contrast. The street level and second-story showrooms are replete with a colorful variety of tiles, planters, bathroom fixtures, kitchen murals and tableware. Meanwhile, the factory occupies the third and fourth stories, with a nonstop whirlwind of artisans meticulously hand-painting the myriad pieces. These are made with clay that is collected from the Valley of Nayarit, shaped in molds and allowed to dry naturally, a process that takes approximately eight to 10 days. Once dry, pieces are quite fragile and must be sanded and fired to prepare them for the decorative process. Thousands of such pieces are stored in the warehouse, waiting to be decorated.
Production manager Eduardo Castro supervises a crew of artisans, many of whom were hired with pre-existing talent but further trained specifically to work with clay. Each of these artisans sits at a production station, surrounded by various mineral-based paints and brushes. Pieces are first coated with white enamel and then painted individually, always by hand, sometimes aided by plastic stencils. On average, it takes each artisan between 10 and 30 minutes to paint an individual tile. The colors used are deceptively soft, pastel-like. The pieces come to life with strikingly rich colors as if by magic, however, when they are fired for five hours at a temperature of 1100° Celsius (2012° Fahrenheit) in any of Mundo de Azulejos' six enormous gas kilns.
"This is no small potatoes," comments Castro, who's been with the company for 12 years. "We only fire the kilns once a day. It takes approximately 30 minutes for them to come to the proper temperature. Once we close them, there is no turning back." With an average monthly gas bill of $2,000 USD, there is little margin for error; nevertheless, this enthusiastic crew is able to produce a custom-inscribed wall plaque, a popular souvenir, in 24 - 48 hours.
Quality does not come cheap. Since traditional Talavera must be painted by hand, manufacture and labor costs can make it slightly more expensive than other types of pottery. Regardless, people from all over the world, from Hollywood personalities to Arabian royalty, have chosen to decorate their homes with Talavera produced here in Puerto Vallarta.


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The upper radiator hose—or radiator inlet hose—carries hot coolant from the engine back to the radiator once the engine has warmed up and the thermostat has opened. After the coolant has taken on the heat produced by the engine, it returns—via the upper radiator hose—to the radiator where it dissipates that heat.
The upper radiator hose has to fit around other engine components, so it is a molded rubber hose, made specifically for a given model. It can be found attached to the top of the radiator near the front of your engine compartment. There is also a lower radiator hose that attaches to the bottom of the radiator.
How do I know if my upper radiator hose needs to be replaced?
The upper radiator hose has hot coolant constantly running through it, and is found near other hot engine parts. While it's designed to withstand some high heat, it will eventually wear out.
The hose can become brittle and cracked, or it can become spongy and soft. In either case, it can develop leaks. Leak formation can be exacerbated by electrolysis corrosion. Small amounts of metal may seep into the coolant from the engine. This can create a charge in the coolant that can sometimes discharge. This cracks the hose from the inside out. Changing your coolant regularly will help prevent this from happening.
A leaking radiator cooling hose can result in visible coolant leaks under the car or truck. Look for liquid that's the same color as your coolant under the vehicle. Your coolant may be a blue-green or reddish color. If you are having a hard time identifying leaks, you can park on top of a piece of cardboard or butcher paper to make them stand out more.
If you suspect that your radiator hose is leaking, you can visually inspect it. Look for cracks or soft spots. If the engine and hoses are not hot from recently running, you can feel if the hose has spots that are brittle or spongy by squeezing along its length with your hand.
A leaking hose can cause lost coolant. If you find you have to refill your coolant frequently, one of your radiator hoses may need to be replaced. Lost coolant can eventually lead to overheating, which will cause further damage to your vehicle. An engine that overheats is a sign that you have let a cooling problem go on for too long.
Lower radiator hoses can also experience many of the same problems that upper hoses do. In general, though, upper hoses suffer more wear, because they carry hot coolant from the engine, while lower hoses carry cooled coolant from the radiator back into the engine to begin the cooling process once again.
Can I replace the upper radiator hose myself?
Replacing a radiator hose is a fairly straightforward process. You'll want to let the engine to cool down before working around the radiator to avoid burning yourself. Be sure to have a drain pan ready to drain the coolant. Be careful not to spill coolant, since it can be dangerous to children and animals. With the coolant drained, you'll be able to unclamp the hose from the engine and the radiator, pull it out and clamp on the new one. The clamps that hold the hose in place can, themselves, wear out, leading to leaks. So, it's a good idea to replace the clamps at the same time you are replacing the hose.
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Christmas was still more than a week away when Princeton last wrestled at Dillon Gym. The Tigers will finally get to compete in front of their home fans this Alumni Weekend, and they will do so three times, including twice in Ivy League showdowns.
Coming off its first dual win of the season, a 31-7 road win at Franklin & Marshall, Princeton will take on Sacred Heart Friday at 7 pm. The Pioneers are winless on the season, but they are a young squad led by first-year head coach Andy Lausier, who spent four years as the Princeton assistant coach under Chris Ayres.
On Saturday, Princeton will face a pair of Ivy League opponents when it hosts Brown at 10 am and Harvard at 2:30 pm.
Brown is 6-5 on the season and is led by sophomore Ophir Bernstein, who has 14 victories at 184 pounds. Junior Billy Watterson has 12 wins at 125 pounds; Watterson was a 2012 EIWA semifinalist, though he was pinned by Princeton's Garrett Frey in the third period.
Princeton has won two of the last three meetings with Brown, though the Bears rallied with four pins in the final five matches last season to capture a 28-21 home victory. In the last meeting at Dillon Gym, Princeton needed to win five of the final six matches to claim the team win. Both Dan Santoro and Charles Fox earned 3-1 wins in the final two matches to clinch the 21-16 win.
Harvard is 2-4 on the season, though it pushed seventh-ranked Cornell two weeks ago in a 24-15 loss. The Crimson has a pair of wrestlers with legitimate All-America aspirations. Senior Walter Peppelman has more than 100 career wins and is currently ranked eighth at 157 pounds, while classmate Steven Keith has a team-best 22 wins this season and is ranked 13th at 141. Junior Cameron Croy is unranked at 174, though he has 21 wins this year.
The Harvard-Princeton rivalry has been dominated by the road team over the last four years. Last season, Daniel Kolodzik scored a major decision over Peppelman to lead the Tigers to a 25-14 win over the Crimson; that victory pushed Kolodzik to a spot on the All-Ivy League first team.
Princeton will be looking to continue building momentum into the heart of February and, ultimately, the EIWA Championships (Mar. 8-9 at Rutgers). Freshman Scott Gibbons can hit the 20-win mark with two victories this weekend, while Santoro, a hero in the Brown dual two seasons ago, has won seven of his last nine matches. Santoro is scheduled to be a guest on TigerCast later this week to talk about the season and expectations for the final month of the season.


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Full SubmissionSOUTH AFRICAN INPUTS TO THE PREPARATORY PROCESSES OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Rio+20) 1. PREAMBLE On 24th December 2009, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Resolution (A/RES/64/236) agreeing to hold the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in 2012 also refers to as Rio+20, in Brazil. The conference will aim at securing renewed political commitment to sustainable development, assessing the progress and implementation gaps in meeting already agreed commitments, and addressing new and emerging challenges. The conference will be convened under the following themes; a green economy within the context of sustainable development and poverty reduction and institutional framework for sustainable development. Rio+20 will mark the 40 anniversary of Stockholm United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Convention), 25th anniversary of the Brutland report, 20th anniversary of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) which adopted Agenda 21 as a blue print for sustainable development and the 10th anniversary of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) referred to as the Johannesburg Summit. It was during the Johannesburg Summit that South Africa pushed for an action oriented outcome with a set of targets for sustainable development. The Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) which is a detailed course of action for the implementation of Agenda 21 was thus adopted at the WSSD. Therefore, Rio+20 is thus seen as a much needed platform to address in a coherent and coordinated manner the new and emerging challenges associated with the implementation of sustainable development. The Government of South Africa considers the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) to be a critical meeting that should agree on how to fast-track implementation the sustainable development agenda. The conference should build on the concrete and practical experience of approximately twenty years of implementation of the sustainable development agenda as outlined in Agenda 21 and Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI). 2. NEW AND EMERGING ISSUES Rio+20 is convened against the backdrop of the new and emerging sustainable development challenges associated with the multiple global crises such as the food crises, climate change and current challenges within the international financial systems. These emerging challenges have adverse impact on the ability of developing nations to achieve their developmental priorities. Furthermore, the combination of the aforementioned crisis increased the intensity of water scarcity, biodiversity and ecosystem loss as well as desertification. Hazardous and electronic waste, are some of the emerging challenges that most developing countries are grabbling with. These challenges have led to the spread of new diseases, worsening poverty, and unemployment, especially of the youth. These multiple current challenges have reversed some of the gains made by the countries in efforts to achieve sustainable development. Africa lags behind in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and international agreed sustainable development commitments. Therefore, the conference should reinvigorate political commitment towards the implementation of the global sustainable development agenda and work towards assisting developing countries in their efforts to achieve already agreed international developmental goals. The inadequate support provided by the international community to the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is of great concern, despite its potential in preventing and reversing desertification and land degradation with positive impacts on poverty eradication, preservation of the resource base for food security, building adaptation and resilience of affected ecosystems and populations to climatic shock. Therefore, investing in sustainable land management, as a cornerstone of building ?green economies? critical for developing counties. The UNCCD should be adequately resourced and be positioned as a tool towards achieving food security. This can be achieved by among other processes, setting a net land degradation rate as sustainable development targets as well as using UNCCD as a monitoring framework to address the issues of soils and land degradation in all ecosystems. 3. GREEN ECONOMY IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ERADICATION The negotiations on ??green economy? should be rooted within the context of sustainable development guided by the spirit, objectives, and principles agreed at Rio in 1992. Therefore, the negotiations about the ?green economy? agenda should aim to reinforce integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development, namely economic growth, social development and ecological sustainability, integrated through the governance system that holds all the other systems together within a legitimate regulatory framework. 3.1 DEFINITION OF THE GREEN ECONOMY In order to operationalise the concept of a ?green economy? at an international level, it is imperative to identify the key element/features that should form the cornerstone of the concept. These key elements should inform the primary objective of the concept of ?green economy? to avoid its misuse. Therefore, the government of South Africa is proposing that the concept of ?green economy? should be premised on the following elements: resource efficiency, decarbonisation, sustaining the natural resource base, promotion of sustainable consumption and production patterns, recognition economic and fiscal of the value of natural resources, equitable economy, project and programme based approach to policy implementation proemployment and poverty eradication. Therefore, the definition and objective of green economy is proposed as follows; � Proposed definition: ?system of economic activities related to the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services that result in improved human well-being over the long term, while not exposing future generations to significant environmental risks or ecological scarcities? � Proposed overall objective: Green economy should promote sustainable development by decoupling economic growth rates from environmental degradation while improving the quality of life of all, with particular reference to the poorer groups. A green economy strategy will ensure that the natural resource base is enhanced by promoting resource efficiency while securing the well-being of humanity. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) of 1992 agreed on Agenda 21 which is a blue print for sustainable development while the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) of 2002 agreed on the course of action for the implementation of Agenda 21 known as the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI). In order for Rio+20 - which will also marks the ?Johannesburg +10? commitment to reinvigorate political will, it will be critical for the international community to agree on ?shared vision? which reaffirms the Rio spirit, objectives and principles. Proposed vision: A world order/system will be more sustainable and economically prosperous if fundamental human needs of its people have been met, limited ecological resources are sustainably managed for the benefit of current and future generations, and efficient and effective integrated planning and governance through global, regional and national collaboration has been achieved. 3.2 KEY PRINCIPLES Rio+20 should reaffirm the Rio principles and establish focus principles for the operationalization of the green economy concept. Firstly, principle seven of common but differentiated responsibility should form the corner stone of the implementation of the green economy concept. This will ensure that countries will design their transition within their policy spaces and take into account their developmental imperatives. Furthermore, the following principles are proposed for consideration; � All States should be allowed a policy space to define their own strategies towards a transition to a green economy as per their national priorities and respective stages of development; � In order to maintain the balance of addressing poverty while securing natural resource base, a green economy should be people-centred and inclusive, taking into account the needs of the most vulnerable (women, disabled and youth); � Recognizing that there are special capacity needs in developing countries for managing the transition to a green economy, what is needed is promotion of development finance, science and technology oriented, research, development and innovation and capacity building measures to developing countries should be up scaled; � Promote access to green technologies at affordable cost and work to ensure that the green economy perspective creates new market opportunities, notably for developing countries; � All states should establish sustainability-oriented innovation systems that will promote cooperation between the public, private and non-profit sectors; � All states should build on existing programmes indigenous knowledge, initiatives in key sectors and promote information sharing of best practices on policies and programmes that contribute towards the attainment of inclusive green economy; � All states should recognize the green economy approach as a means to achieve sustainable development agenda and integrate its dimensions; 4 SOUTH AFRICA?S PAPER ON INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 4.1 CONTEXT Chapter XI of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) and Chapter 38 of Agenda 21 recognize the importance of having an effective institutional framework for sustainable development at all levels as key towards full implementation of Agenda 21. It further calls for measures to strengthen institutional frameworks to be responsive to the needs of all countries, taking into account specific needs of developing countries including the Means of implementation. The JPOI stipulates that Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development (IFSD) should be built progress made since United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) and lead to the achievement of, inter alia, the following objectives: strengthening commitments to sustainable development; integration of the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development in a balanced manner; strengthening of the implementation of Agenda 21, including through the mobilization of financial and technological resources as well as capacity building programmes particularly for developing countries; strengthen coherence, coordination and monitoring; promoting the rule of law and strengthening of governmental institutions; and increased effectiveness and efficiency through limiting overlap and duplication of activities of international organizations within and outside the United Nations system, based on their mandates and comparative advantage. Therefore, negotiations on the institutional framework should be premised on the chapter XI of JPOI and chapter 38 of Agenda 21. The negotiations are required to be covering comprehensively the role of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) as well as that of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). The ECOSOC is regarded as the central mechanism for the coordination of the United Nations system and its functional commissions, and to promote the implementation of Agenda 21 by strengthening system-wide coordination. The JPOI indicates that the role of the commission should include reviewing and monitoring progress in the implementation of Agenda 21 and fostering coherence of implementation, initiatives and partnership. 4.2 PROPOSITIONS The spirit of reform and revitalization of the United Nations system should be based on an action and result oriented approach and consistent with the principles of democracy, universality, transparency, costeffectiveness and accountability. A key consideration for South Africa therefore, is that reform of the current international governance system, far from just addressing the mechanical problems associated with poor management and coordination, should be considered in the broader context of socio-economic development. In effect, South Africa views the lack of systemic monitoring and evaluation mechanism as well as the voluntary nature of reporting process as an impediment towards achieving sustainable development. South Africa will support enhanced coordination, alignment and collaboration among the UN agencies as critical in accelerating the achievement of the goals and targets contained in the JPOI. It is imperative that institutional reform not be reduced solely to the simplistic notion of replacing old intuitions with new ones. Reform should be about resolving the challenges in a practical and lasting manner that exist with the current system for the purpose of delivering on the objectives of development. Reform should be system-wide and incorporate the reform of financial institutions to ensure, in broad terms, a more just and equitable global economic system. It will be critical for Rio+20 to review the mandate of CSD and its programme of work to ensure that it takes into consideration current challenges associated with implementation. Therefore, CSD in any form post Rio+20 should be provided with the mandate to facilitate implementation of sustainable development agenda. This should be accompanied by necessary resources (financial, technological etc). Establishment of a High-Level Ministerial Committee focusing on implementation of sustainable development under the auspices of the CSD and ECOSOC will be central to garner political will for the implementation of sustainable development agenda. This committee should be represented by Ministers other than Environmental Ministers to mobilise political will for the implementation of sustainable development agenda. Further, options are to reform the commission on sustainable development thereby ensuring that it become an authoritative voice for policy advocacy and implementation of sustainable development agenda. The voluntary basis in which countries participate within the CSD should be reviewed to ensure that CSD decisions are binding. On the International Environmental Governance (IEG), South Africa?s view is that reform should be premised on fundamental principles that will ensure the redress of the current challenges that continue to hamper delivery within the system. Some fundamental principles that should underpin IEG reform therefore should be: � The organization should play a key role in addressing the coherence of environmentaldevelopment policies. � Delivery on objectives of any organization is highly contingent on a predictable availability of financial resources. UNEP?s progress has been greatly hampered by the limitations of predictable financial resources. At the heart of institutional reform therefore should be the notion of an organisation that has a strong finance mechanism and funds that would provide power and Means of implementation; � For the environment leg, there would be a need for an effective and authoritative permanent science-policy interface would provide the substantive basis for decision making and provide the cross-cutting science to address multiple MEAs and science for policy needs; � The organization should be particularly sensitive to the needs and developing countries � The institution should adhere strongly to principle of equity and ensure that the transfer of technology is an important element in supporting and equipping developing countries. 5. Means of implementation South Africa is concerned of the inadequacy of the relevant Means of implementation which continue to hamper effective implementation of sustainable development agenda in Africa. Rio+20 must focus on delivering on the Means of implementation in order to expedite the implementation of sustainable development agenda. There are several critical gaps undermining the fulfillment of international commitments on the achievement of sustainable development in Africa, especially in the areas of finance, external debt, trade investment, capacity-building, and technology transfer. Therefore, in light of the themes of the conference, Rio+20 outcomes should advance the development, deployment and transfer of sustainable-environmentally sound technologies in developing areas and ensure easy access by developing countries. It should further, unlock the provision of new and additional financial resources to developing countries.


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Published: Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 5:30 a.m.
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Community forum at NSB church
The second in a series of community forums being hosted at the United Church of Christ in New Smyrna Beach is scheduled for 10 a.m. Dec. 1. This month's subject is Intolerance, Sexual Orientation and Christianity. The Rev. Michael Fronk, Chaplain of Stetson University, will speak and lead the forum. Marriage equality and homosexuality in the Bible will be among the subjects discussed, and the audience will be invited to participate in a moderated question-and-answer period.
The forum series at the United Church of Christ focuses on areas where religious practice, politics and culture intersect, often leading to controversy within our society. Next on the forum schedule is the Profile of Islam in America, led by Dr. Jamil Khader of Stetson University, Feb. 16, 2013, also at 10 a.m.
The church is at 203 Washington St., New Smyrna Beach. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. For information call event host Gary Broughman at 386-690-9295.
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|Charlston, Karr earn WAC honors
DENVER - If the all-Western Athletic Conference teams are any indication, the future of Idaho women's basketball is bright, as sophomore Alyssa Charlston was honored as a first-team all-WAC selection and freshman Krissy Karr earned WAC all-freshman team honors Monday.
But the Vandals, who completed a climb all the way to fourth place in the final league standings after an 0-5 WAC start, still have business to take care of this season as they head into the WAC tournament in Las Vegas with a date with San Jose State on Wednesday evening at 8:30.
Charlston ranked fourth in the league in WAC games in scoring with 15.5 points per game, and second in rebounding with 10.1 boards. She also shot 51 percent from the field in WAC play, the sixth highest percentage, and ranked fourth with 1.21 blocks per game.
"It's a fantastic honor for her," Idaho coach Jon Newlee said. "To me all individual awards also go back to the team. Obviously the team has made her better but she has worked harder than anyone to develop into the player she is now."
Charlston, a Sammamish, Wash., native took home WAC Player of the Week honors after netting a career-high 30 points on 10-of-16 shooting against Southern Miss in late December. That game began a streak of 15 consecutive games in which she scored in double figures. That streak was only snapped when Charlston played only 11 minutes, all in the second half, due to illness the day of Idaho's win over San Jose State on March 1. Charlston had nine double-doubles on the season, including a 21-point, 19 rebound effort in an overtime win over Nevada on Feb. 18.
"She has made the biggest jump of player improvement of any player I've coached in a long time from one year to the next," Newlee said of Charlston. "She's done everything for us. She's scoring, she's rebounding, she's defending. And, she's just a sophomore, her ceiling is so high. The sky is the limit as to where she could end up in the next couple years."
Charlston becomes the first Idaho player to earn first-team all-WAC honors since Idaho joined the league in 2005-06.
Karr, a true freshman point guard from Orange, Calif., started 24 of the 27 games she played in during the 2011-12 season, and ranked third in the WAC with 4.36 assists in WAC games. She also ranked fourth with a 1.33 assist-to-turnover ratio, and fifth with a 38.5 3-point field goal percentage.
"It's probably the hardest spot to be, a freshman point guard that's starting and playing a lot of minutes and has the ball in her hand a lot," Newlee said. "As the year has gone along you can see how much more confident she's gotten with the basketball, with her shot, defending people and just making better decisions with the basketball."
Karr had her first career double-double on Feb. 4 as she scored 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting and dished out 10 assists in a win over San Jose State. She scored in double figures seven times and had a career-high 17 points at Nevada on Feb. 18. In that game, Karr hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 13 seconds left in overtime, and after the Wolf Pack took a two-point lead on the next possession, she delivered a game-winning, buzzer-beating 3.
"She's been a huge key to what we've done," Newlee said. "We depend on her to make good decisions with the basketball. I'm happy for her. She works hard in practice, she wants to be better. For her to come in here and be on the all-freshman team is fantastic."
Charlston's honor continues Idaho's streak of 29 consecutive years with at least one all-conference player. Idaho has had a player on the all-conference team every year since its first conference affiliation in 1982-83.
The fourth seeded Vandals take on the fifth seeded Spartans in Las Vegas' Orleans Arena in the WAC quarterfinals on Wednesday. The WAC semifinals will be played Friday with the championship game on Saturday.
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The final Pesticide Applicator Training in Arkansas County will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the Community Room of Phillips Community College-DeWitt campus. Any farmer needing certification for their 2013 restricted-use pesticide license should make plans to attend.
Most producers who need re-certification are notified by letter from the State Plant Board. Because of funding reductions by the EPA for the pesticide applicator training program, the Cooperative Extension Service must charge private applicators for certification training. The fee is $10 per person, payable at the door prior to the training. This certification registration fee is in addition to the price you pay the Arkansas State Plant Board for your license. Please remember that in most cases you will need the training only once every five years.
This meeting is open to all eligible persons without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information should notify the county Extension office as soon as possible prior to the activity.
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I'm looking for a recommendation on a good wDMX system for small shows. I do a lot of bar and ballroom type shows and I'm getting tired of having to run the show from the side of the stage or spending a lot of time routing cable for a 3 hour show.
My biggest concern is good refresh rates, I run anywhere from 14 - 20 movers and a few conventional channels and looking online there are a lot of systems out now so I'm looking for some real world experience and systems to avoid. I have no issue checking for for open frequencies at setup because a few minutes of that saves me a lot of work.
Also, typically the furthest I'm looking at is about 100-150' range, not looking to do 1000' or more feet.
It really makes me think why I'm running cable to the FOH when sound is leaving their equipment on stage and mixing from their iPad or laptop.
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I have to tell you, I had a demo of the Lumen Radio CRMX system at LDI..
I WOULD use this in a ballroom setting with no worries!
I've had really good experiences working with City Theatrical's wDMX system. It is consistently reliable, and the only complaints I have is that there can be a slight lag time; noticeable (if you're looking for it) if you have some fixtures hard wired to the console and others running off of the wireless. It's about the same lag time you get if you have two opto-isos in line; I'm assuming it's because it takes a fraction of a second to encode the DMX signal to radio packets, transmit them, receive them, and turn them back into DMX. But if you have the entire rig running off of wireless it's pretty seamless.
The only place I've had issues is when I was running some LEDs in the foyer off of wireless at the O'Hare Hyatt. My transmitter was about 150'-200' away, and there was a wall between the transmitter and receiver. There was a predictable flicker of the red every minute or so when (I'm assuming) a radio dish pointed in my direction. I just switched those units to standalone and left them a solid color. The units inside the ballroom didn't have any problem.
What market are you in? If you want to try before you buy I have some wDMX kits in my rental inventory. I'm located in Chicago, but they're easy enough to ship. firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks, that's helpful knowing about the delay which makes sense, sounds like even if I only need one receiver I might set up two to keep the fixtures in sync.
I'm located in Tulsa, OK. I'll drop you an email this weekend.
I like City Theatrical's Show DMX. Especially their new Show Baby which is a 1 universe plug-n-play wireless system. There is no setup or configuration. Each unit is a transceiver, that is a transmitter or receiver depending on whether or not dmx is plugged in as an input or output. In other words, it's super easy to use.
Definitely along the lines of what I'm looking for as I never expect to run more than one universe.
The website for City Theatrical just has the press release for the show baby, but if either of you would like the tech specs send me an e-mail at:


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For the past year and a half, the staff of the Rock Hall's Library and Archives has been working to digitally preserve and catalog thousands of hours of footage of performances, interviews, education programs, oral histories and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies that have taken place over the past few decades. Making this footage and other resources available to researchers and music fans for the first time is one of the things that already makes our jobs exciting, but one recent donation really captured my interest.
It was the original VHS cassette containing the very last interview with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Roy Orbison ever recorded. The interview was done at the Front Row Theater in Highland Heights, Ohio, after Orbison's final show on December 4, 1988, and this was the tape that was there in the room while the interview took place. It was recently donated by Tony Weber, who conducted the interview for his public access television show that ran from 1987 to 1989. Some low-quality dubs of the footage (likely captured from the television broadcast) can be seen on YouTube, but this is the original tape, so it is ...
An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's new exhibit highlighting 50 years of the Rolling Stones. The exhibit, Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction, opens to the public on May 24, 2013, and will span three floors, more than 4,000 square feet and feature hundreds of items -- instruments, clothes, handwritten correspondence, art, photographs and more -- from the Rolling Stones' amazing history as the "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band."
Watch the video below for a sneak peek at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's new Rolling Stones exhibit.
The six founding members of War – the late Papa Dee Allen and Charles Miller, survivors Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan and Howard Scott – were gigging around L.A. for nearly a decade before hooking up with Eric Burdon (ex-Animals) and Danish harmonica player Lee Oskar in 1969. Burdon and producer Jerry Goldstein named them War, and they backed it up with a steamy Afro-Latin R&B groove that rocked their debut hit "Spill The Wine." Less than two years later, Burdon dropped out and War went their own way in 1971. A long string of Top 10 pop/R&B crossover hits established War's status through the Seventies, always with a social message grounded by their distinctively breezy Southern California vibe. In this interview with War founding member Lonnie Jordan, he shares his first memories of playing, how War first connected with Eric Burdon and jamming with Jimi Hendrix during what would be his last public performance.
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Lonnie Jordan: As a kid, I used to watch old black-and-white movies. Now keep in mind I'll be 65 this year, so when ...
Interview with award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone, who visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, and sat down with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after his visit to share his impressions of the Museum, learning more about the roots of rock and roll, the history of rock and roll and the films featured in the exhibits; as well as hearing Motown for the first time in Vietnam; a time when rock and roll was "trashed," the importance of preserving pop culture, how "music is supposed to transcend" and more. Click here to plan your visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum this summer!
I began my internship at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's Library and Archives expecting to be busy with basic preservation tasks and minor conservation duties, such as creating enclosures for documents and rehousing materials. What I ended up doing instead was much more exciting, and it provided me with a much richer internship experience than I ever imagined.
I began by preparing the conservation lab, creating a conservation policy and expanding on the Library and Archives' existing conservation manual. With everything in place, it was time to work on the collection most in need of treatment: the Les Paul Papers. The papers were in rough shape at the time of acquisition, as many of the documents and files were moldy and covered in rust from old staples and paper clips. The items with the most obvious mold damage were bagged and placed in quarantine until they could be cleaned, but mold seemed to be everywhere I looked in the collection.
Cleaning mold is not a simple task and requires special care and technique. Wearing personal protective equipment, including gloves, goggles, mask and apron, I carefully cleaned each item in the collection with conservation grade sponges ...


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MASON JAMES PERDUE was born September 1, 2012 at Thomasville Medical Center to Brittany Williams and J.T. Perdue of Lexington. He weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces at birth. Grandparents are Michelle & Danny Thompson of High Point and Cheryl & Keith Hipp of Thomasville. Great-grandparents are Becky Baker of Thomasville, Brenda & Wayne Thompson of High Point and Bill & Peggy Hipp of Thomasville. Mason's brother is Blake Perdue, 1.
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THE PARTY Hundreds turned out to fill the spacious ballroom at the historic former Rich's downtown for Steve Hightower Hair Artists' Studio's annual Thriving Children event. They giggled as Steve Hightower came out dressed as Kermit the Frog in green face paint to cheer up the children. THE PLAYERS Kari Wells, Leslie Jordan, Randi Layne, Anne Barge, Bill Hallman THE SCENE Designer looks from Guffey's, The Kangaroo Pouch, Sandpiper, Tootsies, Topaz Gallery, Atlanta Beach and Boy Next Door took over the runway for the signature fashion show. The event raised funds for Childkind, Fragile Kids Foundation and The Center for Children and Young Adults. Photography by Terry Check


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Numerous activities including a 5K Run/Walk and a Zumba Street Fest are part of the La Junta Tribune-Democrat Cinco de Mayo Celebration on Saturday, May 4, in downtown La Junta. Organized by InspirationField, the Cinco de Mayo Celebration will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The InspirationField 4th Annual Cinco 5K Run/Walk will begin at the corner of 2nd and Colorado. Check-in begins at 7:15 a.m.; the run/walk begins at 8 a.m. Pre-registrations for the run/walk are currently being accepted, or participants can sign up the morning of the event. The entry fee is $20. There will be goody bags and T-shirts in addition to prizes for the fastest male and female runners and best costume.
Another activity is the Zumba Street Fest with Leah Reed and friends from 10:30 a.m. to noon, which will be held downtown at Second Street and Raton. The entry fee is $20 and includes a free Zumba 3-pack of ankle socks to the first 40 entries. According to instructor Leah Reed, "newcomers, beginners and veterans to Zumba are all welcome and encouraged to attend."
The La Junta Tribune-Democrat Cinco de Mayo Celebration will feature authentic Mexican cuisine, which will be served at the La Junta Senior Center. The event will also include live entertainment throughout the day, vendor booths, live auction, silent auction, games and a beer garden for adults. Also, the State Bank of La Junta is sponsoring a coin find for kids at 3 p.m.
Additionally, there will be a dance at the new InspirationField building located at 612 Adams featuring "Krush" that will begin at 7 p.m. The dance is for ages 21 years and up; tickets for the dance are $10 each or $12 at the door.
The funds raised during the celebration will be added to InspirationField's capital campaign fund for the new 34,280 square foot state-of-the-art facility located at 612 Adams, where day program services, supported employment opportunities, meeting facilities and administrative offices will be located.
This year's sponsors include Johnnie & Mabel DeLeon, Rocky Mountain Coors, Holiday Inn, La Junta Tourism, Wendy's, PDC Pharmacy, Flood & Peterson, BJ's, The State Bank Of La Junta, Copper Kitchen, M4 roofing, EMR Contracting, H.W. Houston Construction, La Junta Economic Development, Armor Sheet Metal, Images in Wood, Steel City, Woodco, Knights of Columbus, Coffee Holding, Sports World, Elks Lodge, Gobin's and Hydro Profire.
For additional information on the La Junta Tribune-Democrat Cinco de Mayo Celebration or to purchase tickets to "Krush," contact Kristina Lofing, InspirationField Development & Communications Manager at 384-8741, ext. 146.
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|Two school records fall at WAC meet
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - University of Idaho senior swimmer Cortnee Hanson broke the Vandals' 400 IM record during Friday's third day of the Western Athletic Conference championship meet. Hanson's 4:31.16 was .09 faster than JoJo Miller's 2007 mark of 4:31.25.
Her efforts enabled her to finish 10th and helped the Vandals stay in eighth place with one day remaining in the four-day meet. Hanson's mark wasn't the only school record to fall Friday. Senior Staci Stratton, senior Nicole Schuh, freshman Kelsie Saxe and junior Alyson O'Brien joined forces to finish eighth in the 400 medley relay in an Idaho record time of 3:51.79, which is a full second faster than the previous mark set in 2007.
O'Brien also collected points for the Vandals in the 200 free with a season-best 1:51.42 while Amanda Watson had a personal record time of 1:53.20 to finish 15th in the event. Saxe was seventh for the Vandals in the 100 fly after finishing in 56.68, while Treasa Ring was 14th in 57.71.


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When we interviewed Utah movie critic Chris Hicks, we thought he was a little over the top on his criticism of the movie rating system as being looney. Still, his solution seemed to follow common sense: The rating system is insane, so it's up to parents to help their kids make choices.
A new report seems to back up Hicks' new book Has Hollywood Lost Its Mind? in which he blasts the movie rating system as worse than useless for parents.
Brad Bushman of Ohio State University, co-author of the report published this week in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, found that gun violence has tripled in PG-13 films since 1985.
In line with Hick's gut reaction, the study found that PG-13 films last year were actually more violent than films rated R! It appears the Motion Picture Association of America cares more about naughty bits in movies than ballistically shredded viscera. Among the offenders were Skyfall, Avengers and Jack Reacher.
"We were absolutely stunned," Bushman told the LATimes. "The MPAA website clearly says that R-rated films contain more violence. But PG-13 films now contain significantly more violence than R-rated films."
Here's a shocker— the MPAA declined to comment.
BTW, we've got a spare copy of Hick's book. If you'd like to read it—or just throw it at Jack Valenti's grave—email email@example.com.


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(Salem) – The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) reminds employers of their obligation to report serious accidents or fatalities. The notification allows the agency to investigate the working conditions that may have caused death or harm.
Under Oregon OSHA's rule [OAR 437-001-0700(21)] , employers must report a fatality within eight hours and report the overnight hospitalization of a worker within 24 hours. The citation carries a minimum $250 penalty and can go up to $7,000.
"Employers are required by law to report serious incidents so we can identify risks that may endanger other workers," said Oregon OSHA Administrator Michael Wood. "Our goal is to ensure workers go home safely every day."
Oregon OSHA, a division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, cited 36 companies in 2012 for failure to report violations. That's down from the 66 citations issued in 2009 but reporting remains a concern.
Under the Oregon rule, reporting an accident to a workers' compensation carrier isn't adequate and may still result in a failure to report citation. In 2012, some of the accidents Oregon OSHA investigated that weren't reported include a severe electrical burn to a worker's arm, face, and neck; a fall from a roof; and amputated fingers from contact with a table saw.
To report an accident or fatality, call Oregon OSHA 24 hours a day at 1- 800-922-2689 (toll-free). Leaving a message to make the report is sufficient under the rule.
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Published: Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
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Mr. and Mrs. John A. Fisher of Chapel Hill, N.C., are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Julie Marie Fisher, to Zachery Tafoya Lopez, son of Tom Lopez of Jacksonville, N.C., and Heather Lopez of Waterbury, Conn.
Julie is a graduate of Hoggard High School and continued her education at both Cape Fear and ECU. Her fiancé served in the U.S. Marine Corps and is an Iraq veteran. Both currently live and work in Wilmington, where a fall wedding is being planned.
After their wedding, Julie and Zachery are planning to relocate to Los Angles, Calif., to continue their careers and education.
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EMU's Cadaver Dissection Gives Pre-Med Students Big Advantage
After some preliminary classroom lectures and PowerPoints, it was time for Jason Hostetter '07 and a handful of other upper-level EMU biology students to get down to business in a laboratory in the bottom floor of the science center. Studying human anatomy with colorful charts is one thing. Using a scalpel and an actual, recently living person is an entirely dif ...More


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News has been leaking about the new M.I.A. album to come later this year. We share her frustration regarding interweb connections, so we absolutely love this story: M.I.A. wrote a song about Verizon Customer Service's incompetence, and she even got some Philipino Verizon employees to sing backup on the track, perfectly titled "I'm Down Like Your Internet Connection".
No guarantee that this song will be on the new album, but for now, take this MP3 to go along with the video, via MFR.
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More: Should I have your first name changed to Emmy and your last name to Winner?
Julie Bowen: Oh, gross! [Laughs.] I would have to die before you see my name appear like that.
More: You should be celebrating your second Emmy win for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy for your work as Claire on ABC's Modern Family.
JB: While I am so deeply flattered and thrilled by it, there is also the factor of horror and disbelief because it is such a "me, me, me" moment. OK, yes, I am secretly happy, so I guess I am deeply conflicted by it all [laughs].
More: I read somewhere that your oldest son, Oliver, broke your last trophy. Is that true?
JB: Yes, he did, but let me say it was my fault because I let him play with it. He is not traditionally great at hand-eye coordination or ball sports. Anyway, he was playing with it in the backyard with a plastic golf club. All of a sudden he made a perfect shot and golfed the golden ball right out of the lady's hands.
More: Oh my God! Did you freak out?
JB: It was such a good shot that part of me was actually proud of him at that moment, because he never has connected quite like that. I should also add, the shot was a clean break, so she now has the ball falling over one arm.
More: Speaking of kids, in addition to making you laugh, your oldest gave you quite a scare while you were in the middle of filming a scene. Take me back to that day.
JB: Oh yeah, that was frightening. I was pregnant with my twins [John and Gus], which was taking up a lot of my mental and physical energy while I was shooting a scene on Boston Legal. I noticed I received a text from my husband saying, "I think we have a problem with Oliver. He had peanut butter." I am thinking, Nah, he has had it before and was even stung by a bee. Although I was never a nervous-Nellie-type mom, when I saw the text picture, Oliver looked like he had been hit in the face numerous times. He was red, puffy, swollen and disfigured.
More: What was your reaction?
JB: I was so panicked, especially because I was filming all the way out in Manhattan Beach and was far away from where I was shooting. My husband had to immediately drive him to the emergency room, where he was treated with epinephrine. We soon came to learn that allergies can come to the surface after the second or third exposure to something like nuts and they can also get progressively worse over time.
More: That's a tough lesson to learn on the fly.
JB: Not only do we have to avoid nuts, but we also have to carry around an auto-injector.
More: I would freak out.
JB: I did and I didn't. I mean, I am the type of person who thinks there is always nothing wrong. I am a mind-over-matter person. I think there is a great gift in that, because while I didn't ignore that there was a problem, I knew there was something wrong and I knew it had to be dealt with. When my son went to the hospital and reacted so positively to the medication, we learned how to help him.
More: Now you are putting your celebrity to good use by paying it forward.
JB: Yes. I teamed up with a campaign called Get Schooled in Anaphylaxis (Anaphylaxis101.com). This site is so kid friendly and even has cartoon characters, which children will love. It basically teaches everyone how to spot the signs and symptoms and what to do if someone you know has a food allergy. In my case, I am glad it was so severe. It forced me not to blow it off and pay attention. Many people see allergic reactions on a minor scale and think it is nothing. Trust me, I have been there; it is not.
More: Was Oliver's life ever in danger?
JB: Look, I am thrilled my husband was there, but let's face it. He's a dude and communicates like a dude. I never asked him specific details because I was not in the emergency room. I was only told the facts of what happened. I was never told he was in danger, but I now know that anaphylaxis can be deadly and that he needed the shot of epinephrine in order to breathe normally.
More: Was that the first time you ever encountered a food allergy?
JB: The first time I had ever seen what a food allergy could do to someone was back in college when a girl in my school died while eating chili. Sadly, she dropped dead in the restaurant because there was peanut butter in the chili. I mean, I don't think chili as having nuts in it. Now one in 13 kids has been diagnosed with a food allergy, so we are all more aware of asking what ingredients are in food.
More: You can't watch Oliver 24/7 because you star on the hottest show on TV.
JB: And in the world [laughs].
More: So do you worry that he might be exposed or eat something that could send him back to the ER?
JB: No, because his camp and school are very aware of his condition. The facility has two epinephrine injectors, and if there are kids with a food allergy, they eat at a different table where nuts aren't allowed.
More: Does he feel like an outcast sitting at the other table?
JB: No, because there are so many kids with food allergies that this is considered the cool kids' table. Crazy, huh? My fear was that because he has an allergy, people would treat him like the weird boy in the plastic bubble and not play with him. That is not the life I want for him. He is a kid. I want him to run around and have fun. Now he can without the worry because we are armed and prepared.
More: What about if he goes to a friend's house for a playdate?
JB: That is what we need to remember. We need to make sure that medication is in his backpack and the parent of the child knows where it is.
More: While we are talking about health, let's turn the spotlight back to you. You had to be fitted for a pacemaker when you were in your twenties.
JB: Yeah. I am not one who gives health a lot of thought, but I go for my regular checkups, eat healthy and exercise. When I learned I had a heart problem, I got it fixed. Luckily for me, it hasn't progressed, which would require complicated treatment.
More: How did they know a 20-year-old needed a pacemaker?
JB: I had an irregular heartbeat that anybody could identify pretty quickly. My sister happened to be in medical school and identified it as well. She detected it as being hugely irregular. She was the one who made me get help.
More: Way to go, sis!
JB: It wasn't dramatic or anything. I am the type who is more clinical about these things. With me, I just wanted to know what it was and what the solution is and where I can get it.
More: Any limitations?
JB: Not a one. If anything, I am scared someone will forget to turn it off one day [laughs].
More: One thing people can't turn off is Modern Family. Are you surprised by the show's enormous success?
JB: Really surprised. I knew it was a good series, but I am just surprised to be on it. I am really proud of the work we put into it, and I love my cast mates. I mean, I get to laugh all day with Ty Burrell. How cool is that?
More: So forget the traditional family; it's all about the modern family.
JB: Where we live in Los Angeles, my kids have many friends with two moms or two dads. That to them is completely normal, and I love it that they think that way.
More: How would you rate yourself as a working mom?
JB: I am doing better than I thought I would. Much to my surprise, I do have instincts. I didn't have great baby instincts, and I definitely needed people to tell me what to do. I mean, they hand you a baby and you are like, What, what do I do? But now that they are grown, I give myself a 6 out of 10. I am also getting better at saying no to stuff. I hate saying no, because I know someone is going to hate me and I'll feel as if I let someone down.
More: You carry immense pressure of family and career.
JB: When we are filming the show, I don't think of how many people are watching our program. If anything, the balance is the extras, like doing publicity or promoting a good cause like Anaphylaxis101.com. At 8 p.m., when my kids collapse, so do I.
More: No wild parties?
JB: As I am driving home, I take out a box of wet makeup-remover wipes, take off my makeup and eyelashes and throw them all in the box. By the time I get home, I look completely unglamorized. From there I kiss my children, brush my teeth and crawl into bed for the evening.
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took the basic converted 12 apart last weekend to add a few things. ended up with an ace skeleton and a chaos rail that was a used trade. did a mild bolt/carrier/hammer polish, welded hk sights to the cover and spliced the front into the top rail. i cut the aft 2" off the rail to be able to pop the cover without removing the top. crappy pic but you get the idea.
the kids wanted to run to the range today and figured this would be a good time to shoot the 12. i had 3 boxes of bulk walmart cheapshit. i was not optimistic but what the hell. the only fte's were from the factory mag and only the last round. these were partial ejects where the hull cleared but the bolt caught the ass end when it closed. the agp fed all and ejected all. i did have a few that didnt chamber, but not enough to piss me off. i must have gotten one that was assembled correctly from the factory (a good vodka day). needless to say i am tickled and will leave well enough alone.


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London man Keith Martin is world's fattest man - TV tale of morbidly obese man
09:55 14 February 2012
Starting each day with a breakfast consisting of eight hotdogs and a pile of sandwiches washed down with coffee was always likely to lead to problems for Londoner Keith Martin – who is now desperate to shed his dubious title of world's fattest man.
Martin, who weighs 53 stone, lives in north west London with the help of a team of seven carers who provide week round care. Spending most of his time in a reinforced bed, where he is washed and tended by the team between meals.
Lunch consists of chocolate bars and cakes, while dinner is comprised of two whole roast dinners, or 16 sausages complete with a bag of frozen chips.
This diet has made Keith, 42, into one of a million morbidly obese people in the UK.
Blaming his condition on the death of his mother when he was 16-years-old, Keith now wants to shed the pounds by getting the help he admits he desperately needs.
A film crew meets Keith while out with the team taking him to hospital.
But his extra-large frame proves to be a real challenge and getting him through the doors of his house poses a real problem.
Keith's story forms part of a TV show about the men and women tasked with looking after the ballooning population of overweight people in the UK. Big Body Squad is broadcast on Channel 5, later this month.


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Free speech disappears
Published: Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 12:38 p.m.
Editor: Who has freedom of speech in America? The Pledge of Allegiance and Ten Commandments are illegal today. Judges call the paintings of the cross dipped in urine art. Would paintings of Muhammad dipped in manure be art or illegal, because Muslims' rights are above freedom of speech?
Afghanistan war veteran Steve Hewett recently filed a lawsuit against King due to their veterans memorial. Hewett is against flying the Christian flag at their veterans memorial. King started a lottery two years ago that allows a veteran to put up a flag of their choice for one week, but then another flag is chosen by another veteran to put up their own flag for a week. Hewett claims the statue of the soldier kneeling and praying at a cross tombstone is taking away from the beliefs of others. Hewett wants this veterans memorial taken down.
How far will people like Hewett go to take God out of America, but are satisfied with Islamic law in parts of America? Government and judges work hard daily to take God out of America by limiting Christians' rights, but not Muslims. You can't mention God or Christ in schools, but you can speak of Allah and Muhammad. The Bible can't be found in schools, but the Koran can.
Our actions teach children that God doesn't exist. Children are getting pregnant earlier every year, because they're taught they don't have any responsibilities and can kill unborn children through abortion. I believe America has fallen away from God.
Do storms like Hurricane Sandy hit America because America has forgotten God? People state alcohol is more important than life. But Christ said only those who remain faithful until the end will receive a crown of life.
Is America "One Nation Under God or Allah"? A divided nation turned from God shall fall in destruction. Do Muslims and alcohol drinkers' rights come before Christians' rights? Many congressmen believe you can say whatever you wish about God, but you can't anger Muslims by speaking about Allah or Muhammad.
Who has freedom of speech in America? The truth hurts people like Steve Hewett, Jason Varner and Muslims. Where would you be if Christ returned today as you had bottle of liquor in your hand or were praying unto Allah?
Boyd W. Thomas
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Yeah I have to agree with the magazines - those Madsen mags are the way to go. It looks like you'll have to braze or weld some lugs onto the magazine anyway, so why not do it with the cheap ones - $5 apiece from ima-usa.com looks like a winner to me!
Rhino_66 that was the .50 cal round I was thinking of on meppers gun thanks for finding that site. http://www.hodgdon.com/data/rifle/857mmmau.php is a good site for 8mm loads some are pretty light. I want to do the 8mm in a pistol for hunting with a real heavy bullet. I want good knock down power out to 200 yards a 200 grain would be good. I have a friend who has a modern 8mm mauser comercial built and and his safe hot loads do very well against my30-06 I like the madsen mag Idea I am going to order one on monday. wonder how wide they are. the price is right. going to look for material for my milled Yugo kit monday for the 308 conversion
HA! While looking for something else entirely......7X57 BAR mags....$5.00 a pop!
Go here look for MAGAZINE, BAR MODEL D 7mm
Originally Posted by cammobunker
Cool! Man I can't wait to go to Knob creek again this spring. There are so many tables full of bins with all kind of gun parts from the past 100 years. I got so many ideas and things I am looking for now.
Seems like the biggest problem to me is the bolt and trunnion. I need a meaty enough bolt for the round, that's long enough for the round and a trunnion to match the bolt. The rest is do-able. Blank for a reciever. Mags can be modified/welded/whatever to work. But the bolt is the part that has me scratching my head... I don't think a 7.62x39 bolt is meaty enough, and I know it's not long enough. To bad a body can't just order spare parts from the zastava factory.Quote:
Originally Posted by hcpookie
It would be nice to determine CUP pressure, and if it is close to a .308 or a 7.62x39, then I would say the bolt has enough meat out of the box. Would definitely be something I would consider building from a heavy RPK-style receiver just for that extra bit of security. Of course, the "hang time" on a semi is pretty low, so I think the pressure would bleed off fast enough that you would be OK.
Judging from the M76 pics, I am confident that it would work, would just need to get that CUP pressure info before you begin.
Im using a yugo m70 bolt on my 308 conversion. if its heavy enough for that it should handel a a 8mm with a lower cup pressure. some were on this site I read that the M76 ( 8mm mauser) was a 2 lug bolt and trunion set up. bolt length is a issue with the 8mm round I was thinking of extending the bolt and pin out some how. as far as grinding the trunion it would only need to be widend slightly to get a mag to fit it if at all with a m14 mag see sangs posts on the 308 conversion forum. moving the trigger guard and latch is almost a given. I am planing to move the latch piviot back aprox a 1/4" and rework the spring (well the whole guard) and take another 1/4" out of the guard its self this will leave pleanty of finger clearance. ( this on the 308 conv) Bolt face and extracter will need to be opened up as well. the 8mm round is only 6mm longer than the 308 if one were to take say 2mm out of the trunion and 4 more out of the trigger guard mag latch area it the rest would be the same as a 308 conversion. I make my own recivers so moving the trigger group back or the trunion forward is a option as well. If a longer bolt was avaliable I would just make a 3/4" longer reciver moving the front trunion forward. (I made my jig extra long already HEE HEE) as far as gas block and gas port hole size I would go with a L1A1 adjustable gas block and tune it to work with what ever ammo you find cheap. I would not use a Sagia 308 as a starting point when a Yugo kit is only $100 dollars and you are going to not use the barrel. why wreck a 308 Saiga when the whole gun can be built for less than what the Saiga cost to start with? Yugo kit aprox $100 8mm mauser barrel on ebay $15 or less US parts$60 Mags $2.00-$25 reciever blank $15depending what you go with say aprox $250 for all. having a 8mm or other custom calibur you built yourself priceless
7x57 Mauser: 46,000 CUP
.303 British: 45,000 CUP
8x57 Mauser: 37,000 CUP (SAAMI, artificially limited for commercial liability)
8x57 Mauser: 50,000 CUP (As loaded in Europe, commercial and military)
150 Grain Speer Soft Point:
CASE Winchester Primers: Winchester LR
IMR Powders:
4831 47.0 2325 fps 36,800 CUP
4350 43.0 2315 fps 36,800 CUP
4320 36.0 2270 fps 36,900 CUP
4064 36.0 2305 fps 37,000 CUP
4895 36.0 2310 fps 37,000 CUP
3031 34.5 2335 fps 37,000 CUP
4198 28.5 2225 fps 37,000 CUP
7.62x51 = +/- 52,000 CUP.
Moral of the story - "Military" loads are around 50,000 cup. Both should be doable in a .308 Saiga style build (thicker receiver). The bolt head concerns me too. I think you would be OK, but that extra metal on a Saiga .308 conversion would make me feel much better when I put that up to my face when shooting...
Originally Posted by hcpookie
...see, that's what I was thinking.. peace of mind. The bolt on a standard M70 might not fly apart today.. .might not fly apart tomorrow... but it seems to me they designed it beefier on the larger caliber versions for a reason. M70 trunnion.. no problem with. It's all about the bolt.
As far as a lot of money put into a conversion vs scratch build.. I don't think I'd be saving money starting out from scratch with a dark-bore M70 kit. I'm thinking by the time I get done screwing around trying to lengthen a bolt.. make this work, make that work.. it will have just been easier to rebarrel a .30-06 or .308 Saiga in 8mm and work out a mag that will feed... half the engineering is already done for me. Now... if I could lay my hands on a bolt, carrier and trunnion for an 8mm, .30-06 or etc... then I'd say sure, sign me up for a dark bore kit.
Anyway... still just working it out on paper before I commit to actually working on this... all this information is really helpfull btw. I've went ahead and ordered some mags from IMA to see how they look as a sign of my being comitted to finding a solution.


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