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If you're planning to dump your dog at the shelter so you can get a "new" pet for Christmas, if you're moving or having a baby or any other lame excuse you can come up with, here's an idea: don't.
Your dog loves you more than anything in the world, and always has. How many people will do that for you? Hundreds of thousands of people bring babies into this world without "getting rid" of the dog or cat. Don't have time for your dog? Make time. Don't say you can't spare an hour a day to give the dog, which you chose to have, some quality time.
Stop making excuses. And don't for a minute think that it is Macon Animal Control's job to find Fido a home, nor is it the job of any other municipal shelter. The staff at Macon Animal Control tries hard, but that isn't why they are there, and when it's time to make room at the shelter, the dog you surrender to them is the first to die. How do you think the dogs slated to die on Friday got on that list in the first place? Man up. Woman up. Take care of the pet that stands watch over you.
Our shelter is full because of dogs that we have picked up that are strays, abandoned dogs and cats, court cases (like abused animals) and bite cases. It all gets back to responsibility. Don't let your dogs run loose and at the very least, put ID tags around their collars so we can contact you when they are picked up. – Van Vandewalker, Interim Director, Macon Animal Control, on Facebook
Moving? Move somewhere that will allow you to keep your pet. Plenty of apartment complexes and landlords allow pets in Macon. Would you move somewhere that wouldn't let you bring your child?
Deploying or going TDY? Find a friend to keep your pet until you get back, or check with one of the rescues in Macon or those set up around the country especially to help deploying military members keep their pets.
Getting new carpet or a new home? Train the dog properly. Get a better litter box. Allergies? There's an app for that - it's called medication. Macon has some of the best allergy specialists in the state. Get to know one.
If your pet is old and too much trouble, take it to the vet and hold it in your arms while it is euthanized. Don't take it to a noisy, terrifying shelter to die in utter fear. Macon's shelter is old, outdated, dilapidated and just generally horrible, and that won't change until the SPLOST money is available to build a new facility.
If you don't want that old dog that has been by your side all these years, either find someone who enjoys the many benefits of having a senior dog, or take it to the vet and ask them kill it. Don't walk out - stand there while your wishes are carried out. Your dog would stay with you while you took your last breath. Own your decision like an adult.
If you need help with food and medical care, ask. While a small percentage of rescuers may refuse to help you out even when they know you'll wind up dumping your pet, others will do their best to find food and help with medical care for your pet. The worst anyone can do to you when you ask for help is say no. It isn't fatal; move on to the next rescue group on your list.
Rescuers, you have access to information the average resident doesn't. Even if you can't help someone who has fallen on hard times and is desperate to rehome their pet because they can't afford to feed themselves, much less their cat, you can suggest other groups to call. You know who can perform low cost spay or neuter surgery, or you know someone else in rescue who has the information. If you aren't at least providing information or referrals, guess what? You, too, are part of the problem. Fortunately, most rescuers have as much compassion for pet owners as they do for pets.
Several years ago, a rescuer got a desperate plea for help from a college student whose pet python had grown larger than the young man anticipated, and his landlord wanted it gone - yesterday. Although the rescuer only rescued small dogs, she networked until she found someone who was willing to take in the snake. That kind of thing happens more often than most people realize, and the rescuers, who don't get a dime for their trouble, much less headlines, are usually just happy to know they've helped.
Macon has a large community of pet owners. The majority are good owners who are never a problem. It is you, the irresponsible and uncaring pet owner, that causes the tragic loss of life at animal control facilities. You are the reason a bunch of dogs will be killed tomorrow. Yes, you. You, who wanted to dump your pet at MAC and couldn't because the shelter is full and not taking owner surrenders. You, who called up the city to complain because the shelter won't take that dog off your hands and kill it for you. You, who turned your pet out on a strange street to fend for itself, allowing the dog to be picked up by MAC, where it will spend its last moments on earth thinking of you and wondering why you haven't come to take him home.
Shame on you.


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Ember's Kiss
Deborah Cooke
October 2012, Paranormal Romance
Signet, $7.99, 416 pages, Amazon ASIN 0451238257Part of a series
When I first saw this book as an option for a review book, I got very excited. I leapt at the chance since the series had been near the top of my TBR for a while. Maybe it should have stayed there a little longer to age to perfection, like fine wine.
In Embers Kiss we meet Brandon, the reluctant dragon shapeshifter. Though he is well aware of what he is, his fathers abandonment makes him wish he werent a dragon. What he really wants to be is a surfer dude. So he heads down to Hawaii to become the surfing king. Doing this, however, walks him right into his firestorm in the marine biologist Liz Barrett. In the Dragonfire world, the firestorm signals the commencement of mating. It means the dragon has met his destined mate and he will be drawn to her like a magnet shooting out electric sparks on contact until she conceives a child.
Though Brandon is undeniably attracted to Liz, he isnt ready for the firestorm. To acknowledge it will mean he acknowledges his dragon side, so he wants to avoid that at all cost. Of course fate isnt going to go that easy on Brandon though. He has the attention of the evil dragon, Chen, who wants to use Brandon and steak his powers. It will take a reunion of dragon shifters to protect Brandon and his firestorm and to protect the world from the nastiness of the Slayers.
I cant quite believe I am saying this, but by this time, the firestorm just was no longer working for me. It is supposed to be a sign to the shifter of his destined mate and to tell him that this is the one woman that he belongs with. You would think that by now they would know the signs and stop trying to avoid it? Yes. But although Brandon has convinced himself that he was avoiding it for altruistic reasons to protect Liz the result was the same: Turn tail and run. And that plus his surfer dude mentality just irritated me way too much.
Liz is also a possessor of magic (she is a witch with abilities) but other than that, she isn't particularly unique in any way. When you add her to the fact that the romance was good, but forgettable all around, I realize that the book as a whole is the same - good, but forgettable. I finished it last night, but writing this today, I still had to go back and check things because it just didnt stick with me. To me, that says a lot about how engaged I was with the story while reading it. If it starts to blend with mediocre paranormals in less than 24 hours, it is probably because it belongs right there alongside them.
To me, what started as a strong series has been reduced to a fizzle. It is too bad. It has such potential and promise who doesnt love a good dragon shifter? But without bringing anything new to the table, this series isnt one to wait in line to buy the next one.
-- Louise VanderVliet

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Beth Baustian, Izzy Dolba earn 1st career all-region accolades
Senior volunteered to set up the annual flag display with rowing teammates
Hawkeyes down Minnesota, fall to No. 12 Wisconsin in Solon, Iowa
A look back at the Hawkeyes' 2014-15 season highlights
Grastorf tabs second Central 1st Team All-Region honor
2013-14... Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Scholar Athlete... Academic All-Big Ten... competed in every regatta as a member of the 2V8+ crew... helped the 2V8+ boat place second at Clemson in the season opener (6:56.42), third in day one (6:50.56) and second in day two petite finals (6:53.38) of the San Diego Crew Classic, fourth (6:59.00) in the home opener at Lake MacBride, sixth (7:50.70) and third (7:10.80) at the Clemson Invitational and first at Tennessee with a 7:39.00 effort, two seconds ahead of the Lady Vols... concluded the season with a sixth place finish (7:00.950) with the 2V8+ crew at the Big Ten Championships at Eagle Creek Park, more than one second ahead of seventh place Michigan State.
2012-13... Competed in all three fall events... placed first in the 1N8+ at the Head of the Des Moines... placed fourth in the 1N8+ at the Head of the Rock... placed seventh in the 1N8+ and third place in the 1N4+ at the Head of the Iowa... competed in two spring events... placed second in the 1N8 and helped team take home second place in the final team standings at the Dale England Cup... placed seventh in the 1N8 and helped team take home sixth place in the final team standings at the Big Ten Championships... Named to 2012-13 Dean's List... letterwinner.
Before Iowa... Four year letterwinner in softball... three-time All-state selection and two-time All-conference... recorded a .504 batting average during her senior year... had 11 RBI and recorded a .526 batting average her junior year... recorded 11 RBI and had a .421 batting average her sophomore year... collected 15 RBI and recorded a .339 batting average her freshman year... Mid-Illini Conference champions during sophomore, junior, and senior seasons... three-time Regional champion... team won Illinois Class 3A State championship as a sophomore... two-time varsity letter winner in volleyball... second team All-conference her junior year... volleyball team was regional and sectional champions... member of the National Honor Society... graduated in the top five percent of her class out of 226 students with a 4.37 GPA... volleyball coach was Karla Bartman and softball coach was Derek Linder.
Personal... Born November 9, 1993 in Peoria, Ill... daughter of Steve and Laura Anglin ... nursing major... lists her Aunt Bridget as the most influential person in her life.
Why Iowa... I got into the Early Decision nursing program, which was a major deciding factor for me to attend Iowa. I want to be a nurse and earning a guaranteed spot in the nursing program as a freshman was the cherry on top of this beautiful campus and perfect distance from my family.
My favorite aspect of rowing is... I love the thrill of being in a boat with seven other rowers a giving 110 percent, trying to out-row the other boats that are next to you in the water. I love being able to see the improvement that I have made and knowing that my hard work is paying off.
What made you want to become a rowing... The fact that I had a chance at fulfilling my dream of being a Division 1 athlete was the main reason I wanted to try rowing. I came to know about rowing when Susie Stralina and April Podbregar approached me in the bookstore and told me I looked athletic and should join the team.


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Senior Maribel Lopez Porras was named the C-USA Golfer of the Week following her victory at the Alamo Invitational.
Nov. 2, 2012
New Orleans - Three days after becoming just the fourth golfer in school history to win a second tournament title, senior Maribel Lopez Porras was named the Conference USA Golfer of the Week following her historic in at the Alamo Invitational on Tuesday, as it was announced by the league.
This is the second C-USA Golfer of the Week award for Porras. She received her first weekly honor on March 2, 2011, and she is the second Green Wave golfer to earn the accolade this season. Sophomore Gemma Dryburgh was tabbed for the same award earlier this season on Sept. 19.
This past week, Porras completed the event with a tournament record 7-under 209 total and led the Green Wave to a third place finish with a 1-under 863 total at the Briggs Ranch Golf Course in San Antonio, Texas. Her 209 was also just one stroke shy of the school record of 208 set earlier this season by Dryburgh.
With the victory, Porras, who hails from Bogota, Colombia, became just the fourth golfer in the history of the Tulane program to win two or more individual titles. She claimed the 2012 Conference USA Championship for her first individual medalist honor. Porras is the first golfer to win two titles since Liliana Alvarez won a pair during her career with the Wave from 2002-05 and joins former standouts Carolin Landmann and Tulane Athletics Hall of Famer Pam Buff as the only TU golfers with two or more titles.
Porras carded a 3-under 69 on the final day to go along with her 4-under 68 during the opening round and an even-par outing on Monday. She completed the event with 12 birdies and concluded the fall shooting par or better in four of nine rounds.
Tulane will take the next few months off and return to action for the spring schedule, beginning with the UCF Challenge, Feb. 10-12, at the Red Tail Golf Club in Sorrento, Fla.


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Date(s) - 07/19/2013
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Lillie Auditorium
Friday Evening Lecture Series – Grass Lecture – "Neural Plasticity: From Synapse to Perception"
Mu-ming Poo, University of California, Berkeley
July 19, 2013, 8:00 PM, Lillie Auditorium
Introduction by Jeff Lichtman, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Lecture Abstract:
The cognitive functions of the brain, such as learning and memory, depend on the ability of neural circuits to change their properties of signal processing after these circuits have been used by the organism. Many of these use-dependent changes ("plasticity") occur at synapses, where signals are transmitted between nerve cells (neurons).
Depending on the pattern of neuronal activities, repetitive synaptic transmission could cause long-term potentiation (LTP) or long-term depression (LTD) of the synapse in its efficacy for future transmission. I will summarize our studies on how the timing of neuronal activities (spikes) in the pre- and post-synaptic neurons determines whether a synapse undergoes LTP or LTD, a phenomenon known as "Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity" (STDP), and how STDP may provide the mechanism for coding and storing the information on the temporal sequence and interval of sensory signals, two key elements of episodic memory. I will also discuss in general the idea that neural plasticity is the main factor that shapes the development of neural circuits, and that neural plasticity offers the potential for functional recovery from injuries and diseases of the adult brain.
Finally, to argue that higher cognitive functions in humans such self-awareness may originate from experience-dependent neural plasticity, I will present preliminary findings showing that mirror self-recognition, a cognitive function known to be limited to humans and great apes, could be acquired by rhesus monkeys following training for visual-somatosensory association.
Dr. Mu-ming Poo is the Paul Licht Distinguished Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has been a faculty member since 2000. Previously, he had served on the faculty of University of California at Irvine, Yale University, Columbia University, and University of California at San Diego. Since 1999, he also served as the Director of Institute of Neuroscience at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In the 1970s, Dr. Poo developed a number of theoretical and experimental approaches to the study of mobility and localization of proteins in cell membranes. During the 1980s, he developed novel uses of patch-clamp recording methods in studying transmitter secretion during nerve growth and synaptogenesis. In the 1990s, he made major contributions to the understanding of axon guidance and synaptic plasticity. His more recent studies have also contributed to the formulation of a quantitative spike-timing dependent Hebb's rule for activity-dependent synaptic modification.
Dr. Poo received a B.S. in physics from the Tsinghua University (Taiwan) and a Ph.D. in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University. He has received numerous honors including the Javitz Neuroscience Investigator Award of NIH (1998), Ameritec Prize (2001), Docteur Honoris Causa from Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (2003), P.R. China International Science & Technology Cooperation Award (2005), and Qiushi Award (2011). He is a member of Academia Sinica (Taiwan) and National Academy of Sciences, and a foreign member of Chinese Academy of Sciences.


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Lisa Kudrow turned 50 last summer. Instead of throwing a blowout birthday bash—"If you have a big party, then everyone will remember it years from now, when you turn 50 again," she jokes—the actress headed to Las Vegas to mark the occasion.
Keeping it low key, Kudrow celebrated with her husband of 19 years, French-born businessman Michel Stern, and a couple with whom she's close. Kudrow spent her time in Vegas playing blackjack and learning craps. So, did she win big? "No," she says, laughing over the phone from her home in Los Angeles. "Sometimes I win. But I come with a certain amount of money that I'm willing to spend—I don't say 'lose'—on the game. I don't ever want to find myself at an ATM in Las Vegas."
What are the odds that Phoebe Buffay, the ditz Kudrow so memorably played on Friends for 10 seasons, would take a similarly sensible approach? Not that anyone who has followed Kudrow's post-Friends career would ever confuse her with her most famous role. In the decade since the legendary sitcom ended, the Vassar-educated Kudrow has made her mark not only as a performer but also as a writer and producer of such smart programming as HBO's The Comeback, Showtime's Web Therapy and TLC's genealogy show, Who Do You Think You Are?, which begins its fifth season on July 23.
Web Therapy, which debuted online in 2008 and was adapted for television in 2011, starts its fourth season later this year. In the comedy series, which is partly improvised, Kudrow plays Fiona Wallace, the world's worst psychotherapist. Despite its shoestring budget, the show lands big-name guest stars (Jon Hamm, Billy Crystal, Allison Janney and former Friends castmate Matthew Perry pop up this year), thanks to Kudrow's connections. "We pay $900, plus the 10 percent that their agent would get," she says. "And we feed them lunch if they want."
Fans saw yet another side of her talent when she took on a dramatic role last fall in four episodes of the hit ABC political drama Scandal. Portraying an ambitious U.S. congresswoman, Kudrow so effectively delivered a blistering tirade on how the media trivialize female politicians that it ended up going viral on YouTube, with 700,000-plus views. "I was really thrilled to do it," Kudrow says of that scene and Scandal. "I've never done a one-hour show, and I wanted to find out what that was like. I found out it's a lot of hours."
Working nonstop is what Kudrow has tried to avoid in recent years. She repeatedly turned down roles that would take her out of town because she wanted to be with her son, Julian, now 16. "I've kept it sort of purposely 9 to 5," she says. "But now it's gonna be a little more than that—actually, a lot more."
That's because HBO is reviving The Comeback this fall, nine years after the critically acclaimed satirical series was canceled following a single, 13-episode run in 2005. The show, cocreated by Kudrow and Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City), starred Kudrow as Hollywood actress Valerie Cherish, a relentlessly optimistic, attention-craving has-been attempting a comeback via both a reality show and a crass new sitcom.
In the years after its demise, The Comeback became a cult hit, appreciated for its gimlet-eyed take on show business. "There had been talk about bringing it back," she says, "and then HBO called us in." Kudrow and King proposed doing six new episodes, and HBO said yes. Of writing the scripts, she says, "It's so much fun to be Valerie again, especially when I'm in her zone, because I realize that in her mind everything's fine for her, everything's great."


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There is a well-known theorem that a cyclic quadrilateral (its vertices all lie on the same circle) has supplementary opposite angles.
I have a feeling the converse is true, but I don't know how to prove it. The converse states:
If a quadrilateral's opposite angles are supplementary then it is cyclic.
Should I approach this proof by contradiction? Or is it possible to prove by construction?


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I found the protocol didn't matter. Either way, the J3 shows folder images fine, but it's real hit-and-miss with embedded images.
Someone was saying they had good luck relying entirely on embedded images. I'd like to know more about the software he's using, and what kind of tags it creates.
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There is absolutely no issue with embedded MP3 album art in MSC mode, it works 100% for me, all the time. If you make sure the embedded JPEGs are baseline profile, not progressive, and if you use a decent app like Tag&Rename to embed, it will work. I'm using ID3v2.3 tags only, no ID3v1, and I'm only using whole track numbers with leading zeroes (01, 02, etc), not fractions (1/10, 2/10, etc).
Best I can tell, the only difference between you and me is that my track numbers don't have leading zeros. MP3Tag identifies all my tags as ID3v2.3. Many (but nowhere near all) display art in the player, but none have the zero.
Are you saying that if you switched to MTP the art would stop working? I see no difference when I do it -- even after deleting and retransmitting all the files on the player.
How do you actually move the files to the J3? Are you using Windows Explorer, or are you going through a library tool?
And you are saying there are no .jpg files in the album folders on your device?
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And even when the player is reverted back to MSC mode, the same blank white disc STILL appears... again ignoring the imbedded art, on this file which was originally copied to the J3 while it was in MTP mode. I believe the "cache" that identifies the presence/absence of album art occurs on the first re-boot after the file got copied, and since the J3 is thus still in MTP mode at this re-boot the bug in the firmware must be that it fails to analyze files for imbedded art when the re-boot takes place while the J3 is in MTP mode. And once the "cache" is created defining the so-called absence of imbedded art (which, of course, is NOT the case... but it's just not being looked for) the file is never examined again.
So the only way to get the art to appear correctly is to delete the file copied while in MTP mode, and re-copy the file while in MSC mode (changing nothing else at all in the file or ID3 tag), remove the J3 and re-boot (with J3 still in MSC mode, such that analysis for imbedded art DOES occur and gets cached properly), and now the imbedded album art appears in Player perfectly... whether the J3 is left in MSC mode or even if it is reverted to MTP mode.
The key is the state of the J3 when the file containing imbedded art got originally copied to the J3 (and thus the mode of the J3 during that crucial first re-boot after the copy is finished). If the J3 was in MTP mode at first re-boot time then that imbedded art never appears (in MTP or MSC mode). If the J3 was in MSC mode at first re-boot time then that art always appears (in MTP or MSC mode).
And I confirm the problem. If art is imbedded into the ID3v2.3 tag and the file is copied to the J3 while it's in MTP mode, when the J3 is disconnected and re-booted that imbedded art will never appear in Player.
I'm personally of the opinion it is a firmware bug that simply fails to analyze files for imbedded art while in MTP mode, and the file is thus marked (in cache) as not having art although it really does. And thus it will now never have its art displayed.
Thus for me Windows Explorer is the ONLY method I know of which can copy files from PC hard drive to the J3 when the J3 is in MTP mode.
I only performed this "MTP-transfer of a file containing imbedded art" experiment on one single file, to determine whether or not the reported problem occurred for me as well. And it does.
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Thank you DSperber for the summary on this issue. As someone finally file the bug to Cowon?
I have encountered this exact problem and indeed it took me a while to realize exactly why I wasn't getting embedded art to show up on newly transferred music. I thought it was a problem with playlists originally, but hey, once back in MSC mode, everything works fine again... glad to see it's not something unique to my equipment.
Now maybe I have some false hope here, but looking at the release dates for the past few firmware releases, it does appear that they've been rolled out kind of on a monthly schedule. And this would mean whatever is the next version should be released imminently.
But it might be a bit late, as they mentioned in a reply to one of my other tickets regarding M3U playlist issues that they would be addressed in the "next" firmware release. Since this whole subject is a tough one, with some serious problems that need to be overcome (e.g. handling M3U playlists that reference music files on both internal and external storage) I wouldn't be surprised if this takes more time than usual.
Anyway, I wouldn't expect this MTP-related problem we're discussing to be fixed in this upcoming release. But at least they know about it (assuming they read my ticket).
This sounds soooo stupid, but in glancing through all these posts, I didn't notice any mention of this, so...
Have any of your tried setting some test files with embedded art to read-only and then using MTP to transfer the file? Perhaps in conjunction with Winamp [though I know dfkt uses Winamp and I am sure he already tried that].
I know, sooo basic and stupid and probably completely useless and irrelevant, but I am dying to know the results if someone could try it.
I am baffled as well as this whole issue does not seem to make sense to me.
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IEMs:PanaHJE900|Nuforce 700x|HippoVB|iMetal590,i490|SM PL-21|CX300|EP630,Aurvana
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As I said, the album art is still there in the files when I transfer them back to the computer. The files don't get altered. It's just not displayed on the J3.
dammm, sooo weird
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IEMs:PanaHJE900|Nuforce 700x|HippoVB|iMetal590,i490|SM PL-21|CX300|EP630,Aurvana
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2.21 had the problem with Matrix Browser "losing" album art. Something they'd done in 2.21 had simply caused the boot-time processing to overlook the step of "[check albums]", which apparently is when the analysis/sync of album art (for new/changed files and folders) to occur and the \System\MusicDB contents to be updated with the AB_nnn.jpg mini-images used by Matrix Browser.
The art was still there, in the folders and in the files, but it just was not being looked for. Nor was the "sync" step (deleting obsolete and creating new) involving AB_nnn.jpg mini-images performed.
So you ended up with old, obsolete, out-of-date and missing tiles in 2x5 Matrix Browser.
Once they reinstated that crucial "[Check Albums]" step at boot time with the 2.22 fix, everything started working properly again.
My guess is that this is something similar. It's my guess that the particular sub-function which analyzes files for imbedded art is simply overlooked (obviously not by intentional design, but just because of this bug) when the J3 is booted while in MTP mode. And once the cache resulting from this analysis shows "no album art" then you will never ever get to see it (unless you delete the file, revert to MSC mode, re-copy, and re-boot while in MSC mode).
The file with the imbedded art is not touched or modified while in MTP mode. It's just not looked inside of at boot time for imbedded art. And after that, it's like there simply was no imbedded art at all... which is obviously not true.
OGG tag fields not examined if transferred in MTP mode
Just an update to this obvious Cowon bug...
This thread over on the iaudiophile.net forum describes a second symptom which seems tied to transferring files while in MTP mode... specifically to external storage of the J3. The problem does NOT occur when transferring the identical files to internal storage of the J3.
The issue concerns OGG files, and the fact that the entire tag (Vorbis Comments, I believe) is not examined at next boot by the J3... if (a) the file is transferred while in MTP mode, and (b) the file is transferred to external storage of the J3.
As a consequence of this "failure to analyze", none of the tag fields for the file are analyzed and placed in the database at next-boot following the MTP transfer, and the file is thus not seen when using "Music" to browse by tag fields. The file can be reached using "Browser" and navigating through [J3 Ext], but none of the Vorbis Comments tag fields show up in the "Music" database.
In contrast, if the very same OGG file is copied to internal storage of the J3 while still in MTP mode, the tag fields ARE analyzed at next-boot and thus the music file IS reachable using "Music" to browse tag fields.
And of course, if the J3 is in MSC mode then there's no problem transferring the OGG file to either internal or external storage of the J3. The tag fields are properly analyzed in either case, due to MSC connection.
Sounds like a cousin of the "imbedded art in tags not detected at next boot if file transfer was in MTP mode" bug originally reported by this thread.
Again, seems directly tied to MTP file transfers.
MTP, album art, Napster To Go, the X7 and the S9
I just want to note that I experienced a similar issue on my X7 (firmware 2.07 and 2.08). I use Napster To Go. The 'rented' music files are .wma with DRM and embedded art. MTP mode is required when transferring files from Napster to the X7. In all cases, the album art does not show on the X7.
However, the embedded album art of the Napster music files does show up on my S9 (firmware 2.53)--again MTP mode required for file transfer.
WMA tags aren't supposed to be supported by the J3:
Meta Tag: ID3 V1, ID3 V2.2/V2.3/V2.4, Vorbis Comment, and now also APE (with recent firmware upgrade)I don't have any WMA files, so I can't confirm one way or the other, even if the J3 was connected in MSC mode.
But I believe the research revealed it wasn't that the imbedded art had gotten deleted due to the MTP-mode transfer. In fact, when the files were copied back to the PC, the art was still there.
The problem apparently was that the tag/art/cache analysis that occurs on that first boot after tranferring new files did not occur correctly when the J3 was in MTP mode. The art is definitely present, it's just not being looked for and once the file gets "cached" claiming there's no art, then the art will just never appear.
It occurs to me that if MTP is only required when transferring files, that if you reboot the J3 right after the transfer the imbedded art will not be analyzed. But if you then (a) change the J3 to MSC, (b) connect it to the PC and delete the \System\MusicDB folder contents, (c) safely remove hardware, (d) disconnect from the PC, (e) re-boot while now in MSC mode, that all of the imbedded art which IS really present should be re-discovered and cached properly.
Now you can leave the J3 in MSC mode until you again need to transfer new files from the PC in MTP mode, and you should have all your art... even from the files which you previously transferred while in MTP mode.
Or, you can probably go to MTP mode immediately if you want, and it should still work. The first-boot problem while in MTP mode has been overcome, and all art has been analyzed and cached because that crucial first boot was while still in MSC mode. You should now see that art going forward, no matter whether you're in MTP or MSC mode... since \System\MusicDB is built properly.
Again, I'm still uncertain as to whether imbedded art in WMA tags are supposed to be supported at all.
But this method I've described above, to trigger a first-boot in MSC mode with nothing yet in \System\MusicDB... seems like it should work for tags of other supported file formats (i.e. MP3 and FLAC and APE), to overcome the known problem with imbedded art following MTP transfers.
Somebody could try this, to confirm.
X7 and Napster To Go album art mystery
At first, I was using the Napster software to transfer Napster To Go music files (DRM, WMA) directly from Napster to the X7 (firmware 2.08). When I did this, the album art did not display on the X7.
Then, I tried using the Napster software to transfer Napster music files that were already downloaded to my computer to the X7. In this case, the album art displayed correctly on the X7.
I have no idea why the latter method works and the former does not.
UPDATE: DSperber is probably correct about imbedded art in WMA. I am not finding a ready and definitive answer online, but I now believe that when Napster To Go tracks are transferred to a portable player the album art is stored in files with the .alb file name extension. I'm apologize for any misinformation about embedded album art in WMA files. Still, I don know why the S9 displays the album art either way the files were transferred, whereas the X7 is more picky.
Regarding DSperber's idea to remove the contents of the \System\MusicDB and then rebot, I don't have a J3, so I can't try it. My X7 does not have a \System\MusicDB folder (it does have a \System\Video DB folder).
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Week 3 - 3rd to 9th November 2012 - Weight Loss : Successful
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Week Note
Woohoo here another week, wow time is surely going fast. I have been in South Africa since the 4th of this week and it has been great so far. I am making small progresses with my weight.
Week Weigh in
It seems like i am a slower looser, but then again slow and steady wins the race, isn't it? This week i have lost 0.4 kg / 0.9 lbs and 1 cm / 0.4 inch off my hips. Bringing me to a total of 1.2 kg / 2.6 lbs for these 3 weeks, seeing in that way it is a good rate i believe. I under that you seem to loose the most in your first week then it evens out, I guess that is the case of for me , so i can expect a small pound loss each week, since that seems to be the average.
So that means my BMI also went down by 0.1, It is now at 42.2 , needs still working on, since i am still in the obese range, it be nice to get into the overweight range and then into the healthy range, but that will take some time, but that is ok, it took time to gain i can have time to loose weight.
This week's measurements i lost 1 cm / 0.4 inch off my hips. I didn't do too much zumba this week but it is making progress none the less. I have now lost a total of 20 cm / 7.8 inches which is great. I am feeling my clothes are somewhat looser which is a good feeling, i have not have had this feeling in a long time.
Weekly Deferential
3) - 924
4) - 842
5) - 2120
6) - 954
7) - 1249
8) - 1245
9) - 1311
Total : - 8645
Average: - 1235
7500 Goal?: yes exceeded by - 1145
Weekly Blogs
It won't include this blog since its the day after the week ended , but this week i have made a total of 20, 1 more than the last 2 weeks. So its about same amount each week, i guess it just easy for me to write lol. Great from all the feedback and advice you get with sparkpeople, it is great, helps me to keep going on my weight loss journey.
Weekly Progress on Spark plan
This week i was focusing on the Fast break strategy # 3 : Setting up shop. I did really well on this, despite not being home. I worked on preventing temptations, promoting convenience and purchasing wisely. I had been eating breakfast, which is a new thing for me , as i normally skip this meal, but the tip of "A growling stomach is just asking for snacking trouble." is quiet wise. And true, Breakfast seems to be the most important meal of the day. It is true, there is no need for expensive gym equipment, when i have just been using sparkpeople and you tube videos to get me going aswell as the walk or jogging that i do on the side, and water bottles are great way to take it with you on the go and get your water intake in.
Weekly Progress on Goals
Motivational plans are going well, i have already made about 1200 spark points, and November has just begun, so i will reach that 3000 spark points goal in no time. I have been listing to motivational songs each day and reading a motivational quote daily, i have done all my weekly blogs this week, and i did work on journalling from the heart, also on the 100 days of weight loss, but that wasn't on my goals list, but that too is coming along well. Nutrition is coming along well too, i ate breakfast each day, I had only 1 item of junk this week, a Mac Donald's filet o fish, just the burger i had. I did track my calories each day and gained my 7500 and some more with my deferential this week. My Fitness goals went well too this week, i did get 40 minutes of daily fitness this week. I did get 5 x this week 20 minutes of cardio, I did work on the 28 day sparkpeople boot camp, but with some of the exercises i switched it to other toning exercises which is allowed to be done with this challenge, I worked on my 3 days of 5K training program, week 3 is complete for that, and i tracked my fitness daily on sparkpeople. Myself goals went well too, i took time out each day, this really helps me to distress and get on my daily life, it is nice to have time outs. My fun thing this week was walking with Anja and some of the children patients in the clinic. That was alot of fun, the kids are such delight. I meditated this week, almost every day, it was needed. And my movie this week was Evan Almighty. Rather fun movie based on the story line of Arc from Noah in the bible.
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This week my wii fit age was ranged between 20 - 30. Bringing a average wii age this week to 26. Which is 1 year older than what i am. I only checked in this week 5 times, missing Sunday and Thursday. I am glad to know i am able to continue this whilst in South Africa since the clinic here does have a wii fit.
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1) Sunrise by Norah Jones
2) Girls just want to have fun by Cyndi Lauper
3) Hit me your best shot by Pat Benatar
4) Eye of the tiger by Survivor
5) Love Shack by The B-52's
6) Be Gone by Robin Adams
7) Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
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PCC Swimmer Liu Records Highest Men's Individual Score At Mt. SAC Invite
Pasadena City College sophomore Cario Liu established himself as the state's current top men's swimmer with his versatile and electrifying performance at the Mt. San Antonio Invitational meet held Saturday.
With 20 colleges participating, including perennial powers Orange Coast and Ventura Colleges, Liu (pictured) scored 81 individual points in five events, edging another South Coast Conference swimmer in Mt. SAC's Taylor Kneisley, 80 points, for meet high scorer.
Liu won the grueling 1,650-yard event with a time of 17:00.75, took second in the 400-yard individual medley at 4:15.33, placed third in the 200 breaststroke at 2:13.50, and had a strong fifth place in both the 200 backstroke (2:03.20) and 200 butterfly (2:04.56).
Liu helped the Lancers to a ninth place team finish, but PCC also received a quality effort by Stephen To. The freshman nearly won two events, but settled for second place in both the 100 butterfly (52.09) and 200 butterfly (1:57.17). In the 100, he was edged by just .26 of a second by Ventura's Henry Chung (51.83), and in the 200, To was beaten by another Ventura swimmer Tyler Kaslik (1:56.29). To took 11th in the 200 freestyle and 12th in the 100 freestyle as his 45 points was 11th best among all swimmers at the meet.
PCC's 800 freestyle relay squad finished sixth with a time of 7:48.89 behind the foursome of To, Aaron Lam, Patrick Chen and Liu at anchor. Liu is a graduate of Temple City High and was a conference champion as a freshman with a school record in the 400 IM. To was a CIF Southern Section Division I finalist at San Marino High last year.
The PCC women's team placed 11th behind an outstanding meet by Giselle Mendieta, who won the 200 breaststroke event (2:36.37), took third in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.70) and was fourth in the 50 breaststroke (33.58).
Mikela Velasquez grabbed fifth in the 100 freestyle (55.87) and ended up 10th in the 200 IM at 2:21.98. Courtney Jensen was seventh in the 1,650 freestyle with an endurance time of 19:44.58.
Mendieta, from Marshall High in Los Angeles, scored 51 points for 11th highest individual score at the Mt. SAC Invitational.
The Lancers teams, coached by Terry Stoddard, will open the SCC dual meet season Friday, Mar. 2 when it hosts El Camino and Chaffey Colleges. Events begin at 12:30 p.m. at the Aquatic Center.
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Last minute preparations are nearly complete for the Otero Junior College Foundation's inaugural Off the Wall Art Show and Auction, which will be held in conjunction with the Otero Museum's wine tasting event at 218 Anderson St. in La Junta on May 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Event organizers have been busy cataloguing artwork that will be available through silent and live auction during the event. Paintings, photography, jewelry, glasswork, pottery and textiles will be represented.
In addition to the auction items, six featured artists will be on-site displaying their artwork which will be for sale during the event. Featured artists are Jeremy Manyik, Virginia Hasenack, Tanya Piker, Angel Ramos, Brad Smith and Kendall White.
Tickets are available for pre-purchase only. No tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets can be purchased by contacting Teri Erickson at (719) 384-6962.
Proceeds from the Off the Wall Art Show and Auction benefit scholarships through the OJC Foundation. Proceeds from the wine tasting event benefit the Otero Museum. Help support two great organizations while enjoying an evening of wine, great company and a variety of works produced by talented artists.
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A look at today's forecast
A fine and dry day on offer right from the start with sunshine and variable cloud.
Not a lot will change in the afternoon but although temperatures will reach 8C it will feel cooler as that southeasterly wind picks up later on.
Some lovely weather on offer today but do make the most of it as things are turning rather autumnal next week.


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Herbie Hancock: Sly
Herbie Hancock (Fender Rhodes, synthesizers)
Head Hunters (Columbia)
Herbie Hancock (Fender Rhodes, synthesizers),
Bennie Maupin (saxes, bass clarinet), Paul Jackson (bass), Harvey Mason (drums), Bill Summers (percussion).
Composed by Herbie Hancock.
Recorded: September 1973
Rating: 87/100 (learn more)
Like Miles Davis and so many other jazz musicians, Herbie Hancock was influenced by funk, soul and R&B when those dominated the musical mainstream in the late 1960s and early '70s. This song is Hancock's homage to Sly from Sly and the Family Stone. It comprises the usual funk elements heard from the Head Hunters band: a driving drum beat, effect-laced clavinet and Rhodes comping, and groundbreaking solos from Hancock and Maupin that influenced the next generation of jazz performers. This is a definitive track from one of the best bands in jazz.
Reviewer: Jared Pauley
Tags: 1970s jazz · fusion
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This is a backdated post; I'm doing it for my library reference (actually just being anal).
Hino Matsuri-sensei's MeruPuri: The Märchen Prince finishes its Indonesian serialization in the HanaLaLa mangazine, while another series—Arakure - The Wild Ones by Fujiwara Kiyo-sensei—starts. Arakure gets a full-color title page that's customary for series premieres. What isn't routine (at least, not in recent memory) is for an issue to feature full-color *spreads* for three other series: Alice Academy; Kin Iro no Corda; and Penguin Revolution.
(And for Ootori Kyouya fans, the Ouran installment is Kyouya-centric; it's the equivalent to the anime episode 17: 鏡夜の不本意な休日
Kyouya no fuhoni na kyujitsu or Kyouya's reluctant day off.)
Following is the list of Hana to Yume and LaLa shōjo manga currently being serialized by Elex Media, and their latest installments in the 29 January 2008 HanaLaLa.
HanaLaLa #22/2008 shōjo series list
V.B. Rose (Velvet Blue Rose) by Hidaka Banri | Chapter 22
With My Brothers (Oniichan to Issho) by Tokeino Hari | Chapter 21
NEW SERIES Arakure - The Wild Ones (Arakure) by Fujiwara Kiyo | Chapter 1 (full-color title page)
Ouran High School Host Club (Ouran Koukou Host Club) by Hatori Bisco | Chapter 28 (Kyouya-centric)
MeruPuri: The Märchen Prince by Hino Matsuri | Chapter 22 (final chapter)
Fruits Basket by Takaya Natsuki | Chapter 102
Mr. Ermine: Edisi Spesial Liburan (Okojosan) by Uno Ayumi | Holiday Special
Skip Beat! by Nakamura Yoshiki | Act.64: Mantra Fajar (Dawn mantra)
Mr. Ermine - Si Penguasa (Okojobanchou) by Uno Ayumi | VI
Roadside Angel (Michibata no Tenshi) by EMURA | Chapter 22
Mr. Ermine - Si Penguasa (Okojobanchou) by Uno Ayumi | VII
Beauty is the Beast (Bijo ga Yaju) by Matsumoto Tomo | Chapter 22
Alice Academy (Gakuen Alice) by Higuchi Tachibana | Story 41 (full-color title spread)
La Corda D'Oro (Kin Iro no Corda) by Kure Yuki | Symphony No. 23 (full-color title spread of the guys - Kyaaa!)
Penguin Revolution (Penguin Kakumei) by Tsukuba Sakura | Chapter 11 (full-color title spread of Ryou - Kyaaa! again!)
manga, shoujo, HanaLaLa, Hana to Yume, LaLa, Hakusensha, Elex Media, Arakure, Fujiwara Kiyo, Bijo ga Yaju, Matsumoto Tomo, La Corda D'Oro, Kure Yuki, Fruits Basket, Takaya Natsuki, Gakuen Alice, Higuchi Tachibana, MeruPuri, Hino Matsuri, Michibata no Tenshi, EMURA, Okojobanchou, Okojosan, Uno Ayumi, Oniichan to Issho, Tokeino Hari, Ouran High School Host Club, Hatori Bisco, Penguin Revolution, Tsukuba Sakura, Skip Beat!, Nakamura Yoshiki, V.B. Rose, Hidaka Banri
UPCOMING: HanaLala #23
- NEW SERIES Vampire Knight by Hino Matsuri (premiere, 50 pages)
- Fruits Basket double chapter
This issue streets 27 February 2008.
~niki DBA 花木蘭03 who's doing another backdated post (HanaLala 17/2007) next
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Hana to Yume titles and series status
Arakure (アラクレ): ongoing, latest seven volumes (May-2008)
Fruits Basket (フルーツバスケット): 23 volumes, complete (Mar-2007)
Gakuen Alice (学園アリス): ongoing, latest 15 volumes (Mar-2008)
Michibata no Tenshi (道端の天使): four volumes, complete (Oct-2004)
Skip Beat! (スキップ・ビート!): ongoing, latest 18 volumes (Feb-2008)
V.B. Rose (V・B・ローズ): ongoing, latest 11 volumes (Jan-2008)
LaLa titles and series status
Bijo ga Yaju (美女が野獣): five volumes, complete (Mar-2005)
Kin Iro no Corda (金色のコルダ): ongoing, latest 10 volumes (Mar-2008)
MeruPuri (めるぷり メルヘン☆プリンス): four volumes, complete (Oct-2004)
Oniichan to Issho (お兄ちゃんと一緒): ongoing, latest nine volumes (Apr-2008)
Ouran Koukou Host Club (桜蘭高校ホスト部): ongoing, latest 12 volumes (Apr-2008)
Penguin Kakumei (ペンギン革命): seven volumes, complete (Feb-2008)
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Arakure is © Fujiwara Kiyo/HAKUSENSHA, INC. Indonesian translation rights in Indonesia arranged with HAKUSENSHA, INC. through TOHAN CORPORATION. Published under license from HAKUSENSHA, INC. All rights reserved. No infringement intended.
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Looking for other language versions? (Links to Amazon)
Some of these titles, like Arakure (Wild Ones) by Fujiwara Kiyo-sensei, are also available in English from Amazon.com. You might want to check them out in the search box ^^
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For a massless scalar field the equation of motion in a general curved Space time is $\frac{1}{\sqrt{g}}\partial_\mu(\sqrt{g}g^{\mu\nu}\partial_\nu\phi)=0$. Though, in the action, we can by hand include a term $\xi R\phi^2$ as the only possible local, dimensionally correct term which has the physical significance of coupling of the scalar field with the curvature of space time itself and it modifies the EOM as $\frac{1}{\sqrt{g}}\partial_\mu(\sqrt{g}g^{\mu\nu}\partial_\nu\phi)+\xi R\phi=0$.
Now for a massless spin-1 field, I can similarly first write down an EOM as $\frac{1}{\sqrt{g}}\partial_\mu(\sqrt{g}g^{\mu\nu}\partial_\nu A_\rho)=\Box A_\rho=0$ in Lorentz gauge. My idea was that now if I want, I can by hand put a coupling (with space time curvature) term which will modify the EOM likewise. Am I correct about that? For example Birrell-Davies book equation 3.184 says $F_{\mu\nu};\,^\nu+\zeta^{-1}(A^\nu_\,;\nu);\mu=0$ which goes with what I said (with gauge choice kept more general from what I said), but Eq. 3.185 says $A_{\mu;\nu}\,^\nu+R_\mu\,^\rho A_\rho-(1-\zeta^{-1})A_{\nu;}\,^\nu\,_\mu=0$.
Can we derive it from the previous equation? How? Sorry my references were not helpful. Synge's general relativity book might have the answer but I don't have it. So, I have now two questions. Whether it is just derivable from the previous equation 3.184 (in which case I will take 3.185 to be minimally coupled case EOM), or whether I need to introduce extra term (non minimal coupling term of gauge field with curvature just like scalar case) in the action to get 3.185. If so, then I guess it will be called the non-minimal contribution. I think its a non-minimal coupling term. And in this case I guess whether I introduce it or not is my choice (if I have an option to make this choice). Please verify this too.


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The 162 meter long, 17785 dwt container ship Akari became stranded near the island of Hon Dau, Vietnam. The Akari was en route to Hai Phong from Do Son when it grounded on an uncharted shipwreck. No reports of injuries or damage. Authorities have stated they plan to refloat and tow the Akari to Hai Phong.
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The 20 meter long fishing vessel Trec'her went aground on Batz Island, France. The trawler sent out a distress call with the French authorities dispatching a SNSM lifeboat and a Naval helicopter to the scene. The lifeboat reached the scene and found the trawler to close to rocks to allow the lifeboat to approach. The helicopter arrived and was able to hoist the five crew off the Trec'her to safety. The men were transported to hospital to be evaluated. Authorities dispatched a pollution control vessel to the scene. The Trec'her had six tons of diesel fuel in its tanks when it went aground.
The vessel sank on March 6 after a storm swept across the area. The vessel had been laying on its side since going aground. Waves had washed away much of the equipment before the vessel sunk during high tide. Local authorities have stated that debris from the trawler has washed ashore around the island. Restrictions to fishing has been imposed as the six tons of fuel was released into the water.
The 46 meter long, 907 dwt coastal freighter Tra Ly 18 sank in the Gulf of Tonkin near Vinh, Vietnam. The freighter was en route to Quang Ngai from Hai Phongwith 500 tons of bulk cement when it suffered water ingress. The crew was unable to stop the flooding and sent out a distress call. A nearby freighter, Hoang Vu 1, responded and rescued all crewmen from the Tra Ly 18. No reports of injuries. There are conflicting reports to number of crew reported on board the Tra Ly 18 (8 to 18 persons).


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Ground-antbirds (Formicariidae)
Pale-billed Antpitta (Grallaria carrikeri) - HBW 8, p. 725
French: Grallaire de Carriker
German: Blassschnabel-Ameisenpitta
Spanish: Tororoí de Carriker
Taxonomy: Grallaria carrikeri Schulenberg and M. D. Williams, 1982, Cordillera de Colán, south-east of La Peca, 2450 m, Amazonas, Peru.
Sometimes considered a sister-species of G. nuchalis, but possibly more closely related to G. ridgelyi. Monotypic.
Distribution: C Andes of Peru from S Amazonas S to La Libertad.
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Elusive and curious young bird
Locality San Lorenzo, Amazonas Department, Peru
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Pale-billed antpitta
Locality Amazonas Department, Peru
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Bird crossing the New Chido trail
Locality Rio Chido Trail, San Lorenzo, Amazonas Department, Peru
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by Jack Ruttle
Growers survey their ripening crop of scab-resistant 'Redfree' apples
As any fastidious backyard apple grower knows, it's a lot of work to bring in a bountiful and healthy crop. In some regions 10 or more sprays are necessary each season. Insect pests still require spraying in most areas, but apples are mainly sprayed to prevent disease, primarily scab. Ignore insect pests and you'll lose fruit. Neglect the diseases and you risk more than just the crop: Tree health suffers. So eliminate the disease problem and apples instantly become much easier. In many parts of the country you can now bring in a prime crop of new disease-resistant varieties with no fungicides at all. At most you'll need two or three insect sprays, applied many weeks before harvest.
The quest for disease-free apples began in 1907 at the University of Illinois. But it wasn't until 1943 that researchers found a source of immunity to scab in a crabapple. The first scab-free variety tasty enough to merit release, 'Prima', came in 1970.
By the end of the 1970s, a dozen scab-immune varieties were available. But very few commercial apple growers or gardeners made the switch, in part because good ideas are often slow to catch on. Most gardeners stuck with their old favorites. There just wasn't enough flavor variety to satisfy apple lovers. After all, why add one or two disease-free apples to an orchard of older varieties that still requires disease control?
Moreover, a fair number of the new varieties were 'McIntosh' wannabes. 'McIntosh', a big-money variety in the Northeast, is very scab susceptible. Researchers wanted a substitute badly. But none tasted as good, and most grew best only in the Northeast.
Now the second wave of scab-free apples, introduced in the '80s and '90s, is changing attitudes. 'GoldRush', which just became available this year, is getting rave reviews, not only for its rich and exotic flavor but also for its superb keeping ability. It will last in prime condition for more than seven months in cold storage. In taste tests it has equaled hot new varieties like 'Braeburn' and 'Fuji'. One enthusiast likened it to the powerfully flavored Esopus Spitzenburg, Thomas Jefferson's favorite apple and a benchmark among connoisseurs. 'Pristine', which will be available for the first time in the spring of 1995, has an exceptional sweet/tart taste and is extra early (ripening with the last raspberries and the first peaches). Now, with a wealth of different flavors and ripening times from which to choose, gardeners can plant exclusively disease-resistant varieties, and forget about disease sprays for good.


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Tag Archive: Art
Marker Pens That Blend to Create 3D Art
Charles Pétillon floats London's Covent Garden With a Cloud of 100,000 Balloons
French artist Charles Pétillon has filled london's 19th century covent garden market building with 100,000 giant white balloons. Named 'Heartbeat' , the work is pétillon's first public art installation, and his first ever live work outside of his native country.
Pétillon elaborates, "The balloon invasions I create are metaphors, their goal is to change the way in which see the things we live alongside each day without really noticing them. With 'Heartbeat' I want to represent the market building as the beating heart of the area – connecting its past with the present day to re-examine its role at the heart of London's life."
Jelly Fish Necklace
2013 in a Single Cartoon Picture
These are the events of 2013 summed up in a single drawing by artist Mario Zucca to make an end-of-year pop-culture-and-news mashup. big pic! There are around 90 separate events depicted, including Game of Thrones' Red Wedding, a bunch of video games and apps, pop culture sadness, and news stories. (more…)
Realistic Burrito Cake
It was made by Elizabeth Marek at Oregon's Artisan Cake Company, and it looks good enough to eat. (more…)
Cool Walter White Drawing
Girl Gets Her Boyfriend's Name Tattooed on Her Face
About a month ago, Rouslan Toumaniantz, a well known and sometimes notorious Belgium-based tattoo artist (of Tattoo Box in Kortrijk), and Lesya, a designer living at the time in Saransk, a city in central Russia started talking via chat (Rouslan speaks fluent Russian) and realized they had a lot in common, and quickly began falling head over heels in love.
Banana Art
Art on a Banana.
'Art in a Frame" Subway Piece
"Angels of Innocence" By Isaac Colinares – Thoughts on Newtown
My boy Isaac Colinares aka C4 Sinistah wrote this about the recent tragedy in Newtown, Conn.
"Angels of Innocence" By Isaac Colinares
I am looking into my heart to find a piece of relevant words that will appear to give voice to what happened in Connecticut; There is nothing to give a parent back after taking the life of there babies the life spirit is attached and sync to that Child from and before Birth; we all have confirmation of loving someone beyond measures of understanding tonight we should all as Human Beings give all we can to those families effected in Sandy Hook Elementary School. A Kindagarten Class! the environment of early innocence a place where you will never break a curse word in, a place where you hold your first shapes and learn friends and key communication skills the little ones, our angels. This is a symbiosis of human failure at it's highest, may hands from Gods purest take them away into a world with no violence or upkeep may the drifts of time. Never forget these children of Sandy Hook and may the tears of the world go with them into the next.
In peace with harmony ~ Bornvision~
Dope Rango Art
Crazy Eyeball Tat
Some Serious Photoshop Skills
"Simple And Complex" an Art Documentary (Shot by Dreams)
Simple And Complex Shot by Dreams
Simple and Complex is the story of Artist and experiences Across the WORLD. You can express yourself through any form of Art thats what we wanna show you . . .


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In case you haven't noticed the super-cute Google Doodles, this year is the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street. For those of us who grew up with the show (which is most of us, given how long it's been on the air), Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days ($20) is a must-own. The DVD covers hours of classic moments, including songs, celebrity appearances and Muppet sketches galore. We've gone to our happy place and will be skipping around the office humming "C is for cookie" for the next few days...
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Table of Contents
|p. vi
|p. vii
|Cellular and Autonomic Physiology
|p. 1
|Permeability and Simple Diffusion
|p. 2
|Osmolarity, Osmotic Pressure, and Osmosis
|p. 7
|Nernst Equation and Equilibrium Potentials
|p. 13
|Primary Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
|p. 19
|Epidural Anesthesia: Effect of Lidocaine on Nerve Action Potentials
|p. 24
|Multiple Sclerosis: Myelin and Conduction Velocity
|p. 28
|Myasthenia Gravis: Neuromuscular Transmission
|p. 32
|Pheochromocytoma: Effects of Catecholamines
|p. 36
|Shy-Drager Syndrome: Central Autonomic Failure
|p. 42
|Cardiovascular Physiology
|p. 47
|Essential Cardiovascular Calculations
|p. 48
|Ventricular Pressure-Volume Loops
|p. 57
|Responses to Changes in Posture
|p. 64
|Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise
|p. 69
|Renovascular Hypertension: The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
|p. 74
|Hypovolemic Shock: Regulation of Blood Pressure
|p. 79
|Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: Right Ventricular Failure
|p. 86
|Myocardial Infarction: Left Ventricular Failure
|p. 91
|Ventricular Septal Defect
|p. 97
|Aortic Stenosis
|p. 101
|Atrioventricular Conduction Block
|p. 105
|Respiratory Physiology
|p. 109
|Essential Respiratory Calculations: Lung Volumes, Dead Space, and Alveolar Ventilation
|p. 110
|Essential Respiratory Calculations: Gases and Gas Exchange
|p. 116
|Ascent to High Altitude
|p. 122
|Asthma: Obstructive Lung Disease
|p. 128
|Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
|p. 139
|Interstitial Fibrosis: Restrictive Lung Disease
|p. 146
|Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
|p. 153
|p. 157
|Renal and Acid-Base Physiology
|p. 161
|Essential Calculations in Renal Physiology
|p. 162
|Essential Calculations in Acid-Base Physiology
|p. 169
|Glucosuria: Diabetes Mellitus
|p. 175
|Hyperaldosteronism: Conn's Syndrome
|p. 181
|Central Diabetes Insipidus
|p. 189
|Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone
|p. 198
|Generalized Edema: Nephrotic Syndrome
|p. 202
|Metabolic Acidosis: Diabetic Ketoacidosis
|p. 208
|Metabolic Acidosis: Diarrhea
|p. 215
|Metabolic Acidosis: Methanol Poisoning
|p. 219
|Metabolic Alkalosis: Vomiting
|p. 223
|Respiratory Acidosis: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
|p. 230
|Respiratory Alkalosis: Hysterical Hyperventilation
|p. 234
|Chronic Renal Failure
|p. 238
|Gastrointestinal Physiology
|p. 243
|Difficulty in Swallowing: Achalasia
|p. 244
|Malabsorption of Carbohydrates: Lactose Intolerance
|p. 248
|Peptic Ulcer Disease: Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
|p. 253
|Peptic Ulcer Disease: Helicobacter pylori Infection
|p. 259
|Secretory Diarrhea: Escherichia coli Infection
|p. 263
|Bile Acid Deficiency: Ileal Resection
|p. 267
|Liver Failure and Hepatorenal Syndrome
|p. 272
|Endocrine and Reproductive Physiology
|p. 279
|Growth Hormone-Secreting Tumor: Acromegaly
|p. 280
|Galactorrhea and Amenorrhea: Prolactinoma
|p. 284
|Hyperthyroidism: Graves' Disease
|p. 288
|Hypothyroidism: Autoimmune Thyroiditis
|p. 295
|Adrenocortical Excess: Cushing's Syndrome
|p. 299
|Adrenocortical Insufficiency: Addison's Disease
|p. 304
|Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: 21ß-Hydroxylase Deficiency
|p. 309
|Primary Hyperparathyroidism
|p. 312
|Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
|p. 316
|Hyperglycemia: Type I Diabetes Mellitus
|p. 320
|Primary Amenorrhea: Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
|p. 324
|Male Hypogonadism: Kallmann's Syndrome
|p. 329
|Male Pseudohermaphroditism: 5¿-Reductase Deficiency
|p. 332
|p. 337
|p. 339
|p. 341
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Jessie J has a problem. After being lovingly boosted to U.K. fame thanks to the tireless efforts of everything the British music industry had at its disposal, then rocketed across the pond thanks to the "Dynamite" burst of "Price Tag," she needed another U.S. single. But how to follow it up? Anti-commercialism can only get you one song or so, especially when your goal is to make millions off U.S. buyers. And although her album was called Who You Are, its idea of Jessie J's identity was a bit like "everything at once, see what sticks." Who is Jessie J, really? What makes her stand out from the States' other umpteen female pop stars?
Of course, there's another way to go: forget standing out entirely and get Dr. Luke to produce a new song. You can probably already imagine how "Domino" sounds, but in case not, listen below:
Dr. Luke obviously produced "Domino," but it could have just as easily been DJ Earworm. Floating in the mix are the guitar pulses from Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night" to the rhythm of "California Gurls," Ke$ha's shaken-off glitter, ooh-oohs from just about anything. There's a mention of Hollywood to remind everyone that Jessie's temporarily done with all her Britishisms, a mention of the club to persuade DJs to play "Domino" there, references to bass drums and dirty dancing because, one imagines, the songwriters noticed big hits mentioned them and wanted a CTRL-V replica of their success.
All this means you could reproduce "Domino" fairly easily by cutting and pasting bits from the past five years' charts. The flourishes in Jessie's voice that endeared and repelled people are gone, as are her most objectionable traits: patois she had no business appropriating and gender tiptoes masquerading as contortions in "Do It Like a Dude," anti-hip hop dog whistles in "Price Tag." It's almost impossible to imagine "Domino" offending someone and just as hard to imagine people disliking it specifically unless they hate Dr. Luke's sound in general. This makes "Domino" the best single Jessie J's ever released. It also makes it completely useless.
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Solomon's Seal on a stone from arch of a 3-4th century synagogue in the Galilee
Solomon's Seal on a marble slab from a Byzantine church, Khirbet Sufa, Northern Negev
Silver coin from the "Ayyubid dynasty" Aleppo, Syria, 1212-13
Jug and cup, Mogul India, 18th - 19th century
Ceramic bowls, central Asia or eastern Iran, 10th century
"Magic" medical bowl, Iran 17-19th century
Velvet cap and coin head-dress worn by Jewish boys, Morocco, early 20th century
Woman's pendant amulet with Solomon's Seal, Algiers, 19th century
Solomon's Seal from An'am Sharif, a book of prayers and excerpts from the Quran, 1761-2
Solomon's Seal on the reverse of a mirror, Mesopotamia, 12h century
Copper and silver coins from the 'Umayyad and 'Ayyubid dynasties, 8th-13th centuries; from the Malmeluk peiod, 14th century, and the Mongol period, Tbilisi, Georgia, 13th century
King Solomon, the son of King David, established Jerusalem as the city of justice and peace. His name reflects the original name of the city, Shalem. Solomon is said to have been given both "wisdom and knowledge", this is usually taken to mean wise government, the ability to distinguish morally between good and evil, and a thorough understanding of the universe. "Behold I have given you a wise and understanding heart; there has been none like you before you, nor after you shall any arise like you" (Kings 1, 3, 12).
The legend of King Solomon's Seal, of the wondrous signet ring which he received from heaven, is common to Judaism, to Christianity and to Islam. King Solomon's Seal, whose base is on the ground and whose tip reaches heaven, symbolizes a harmony of opposites, whose significance is manifold as much as it is multi-cultural. It reflects the cosmic order, the skies, the movement of the stars in their spheres, and the perpetual flow between heaven and earth, between the elements of air and fire. The Seal, therefore, symbolizes super-human wisdom and rule by divine grace.
In 1536 ce, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ordered extensive restorations on the Temple Mount and converted the church which had been built on Mount Zion during the Crusader conquest into a mosque. By building this mosque, Suleiman linked himself both to Solomon the son of David and the Davidic Messiah who, according to Christian belief, is Jesus. It was Sultan Suleiman's messianic consciousness which led him to develop the link between himself and King Solomon. On the walls which be built around Jerusalem are stone decorations in the form of two interlocking triangles Stars of David, known to Moslems as Khatam Suleiman and to Jews as Khatam Shlomo (King Solomon's Seal) whose function was to protect the city. The symbol of the hexagram, the star-like figure formed by two triangles, has many connotations, especially when it is enclosed by a circle; super-natural powers have been attributed to it in many parts of the world since ancient times. Beyond the Jewish national associations which have only become attached to it in the last few hundred years, the abstract element of the figure (which is connected to the celestial stars) and its geometrical completeness make it a universal symbol. Together with the five-pointed star (the pentagram, which is of much earlier origin) the hexagram represents the development of mathematics and geometry by the Greeks and their successors around the Mediterranean.
Through geometry, in which the Pythagoreans and their followers saw cosmic symbolism, the hexagram and the pentagram became an expression of heaven and its reflection on earth, the divine and its reflection in creation and of the connection between heaven and earth, between the macrocosm and the microcosm, and between spirit and matter.
Islamic civilization was a vibrant crossroads of culture through which the achievements of the ancient world flowed into modern-day Europe, through which information passed from east to west and back again, and in which various ethnic groups of different languages and religions lived side by side and contributed to cultural advancement.
King Solomon's Seal combines strength and beauty, symbolism and illustrative quality and all within a geometric figure, the most important characteristic of Islamic art. The Moslem artist's love of geometry allows the true essence of King Solomon's Seal as a symbol of the connection between the two worlds to be expressed; in this context, it symbolizes the link between science, beauty and metaphysics, with elements of medicine and magic, astronomy and astrology, the art of irrigation and its influence on the garden, and the symbolic connection between pleasure gardens and the Garden of Eden, between the sky and architectural domes and on traditional cosmology and its connection to religion.
Today, the hexagram is known as the "Star of David" and is seen as the definitive symbol of Judaism the term is even used in Islamic countries. There is a degree of confusion about its origins, name and associations. In Europe, the pentagram is usually known as King Solomon's Seal, while the hexagram is known as the Star of David; and it is often assumed that this was always the case. However, the evidence points to the gradual evolution of the hexagram from a Roman cosmological symbol to a religious and magical symbol which was not specifically connected to one religion or people. Research suggests that both motifs were used by different religions and that the clearest meaning of the hexagram is associated with magical techniques to ward off evil forces. Professor Gershom Scholem, the noted scholar of the Kabbalah (Jewish mystic writings) studied the protective function of the hexagram and its entry into Judaism from Islamic traditions. In a series of articles on the Star of David and its history, Scholem made the following claims:
First: The hexagram is a universal symbol, whose Jewish associations developed gradually. It began as the symbol of the Jewish community in Prague, probably in the 14th century, though it might have been only in the 17th century. It was recognized as the symbol of the Jews as a whole in the 19th century.
Second: Several Jewish and Christian examples of the hexagram and other decorative motif, exist from the ancient period and later on in Islamic art. In the 13th century, the motif passed from copies of the Bible, which had been transcribed in Islamic countries, to Hebrew manuscripts in Germany and Spain. In Spain, until the 13th century, the hexagram was known as King Solomon's Seal by the Jews; from the 13th until the 15th century, both names were used simultaneously. It was only later that the term Star of David gradually became dominant in Ashkenazi communities, while King Solomon's Seal became identified with the pentagram.
Third: The hexagram or the pentagram, appear first on "magic" mezuzot (doorpost scrolls) and later on various talismans in literature. The magic drawings of the hexagram and the pentagram were known as seals, in keeping with the idea that a person "stamps himself" with these signs in order to protect himself from harmful spirits. This term is connected to the legend of King Solomon who controlled the demons by means of a special signet ring on which was engraved the Tettragrammaton. The seal only had power for one thing to provide protection from malevolent forces.
It is possible that the hexagram served as a symbol of the Temple at an early stage in its development. A Jewish drawing from the tenth century is the earliest example of the connection between the two symbols; we do not know whether its origins in Jewish tradition were earlier, or whether it reflected a connection with Islamic art. In Spain, starting in the 13th century, Jewish religious books were decorated with Stars of David, sometimes as the colophon in books written in micrography. The hexagram had appeared earlier as a decoration used to fill spaces or to show the divisions within chapters in both Hebrew and Arabic manuscripts. In some Hebrew manuscripts from Spain, several Stars of David have been drawn next to verses which speak of the longing to return to Zion.


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It was a perfect storm Tuesday for safety crews in the city.
A tanker truck carrying diesel fuel overturned about 1 p.m. on the state Route 711 connector on-ramp from Interstate 680, spilling thousands of gallons of fuel into the city's sewer system and closing both highways during Tuesday's rush hour.
While I-680 and the ramps from Interstate 80 to I-680 southbound and from state Route 11 to I-680 southbound reopened about 10 p.m. Tuesday, the I-680 southbound ramp to Route 11 northbound and the Route 711 southbound ramp to I-680 southbound will remain closed at least through Wednesday afternoon, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation District 4.
After being cut from the vehicle around 2:15 p.m., the driver was taken to a hospital, and he was in stable condition Tuesday night.
The diesel fuel spilled from a puncture in the tank and flowed downhill around the 711 on-ramp into a sewage drain. The Mahoning County HazMat team arrived to control the leaking.
Fire Chief John J. O'Neill Jr. said that a truck from Lyden Oil came in and pumped out 6,000 of the 8,000 gallons from the truck.
A few years ago when a tanker truck crashed in the same area of roadway, all 8,000 gallons were spilled.
By about 10 p.m., the fire department was still getting calls from residents near Salt Springs Road who smelled gas. The department was checking those reports, but only one, on Argo Street, showed a
dangerous level.
At the time of Tuesday's accident Youngstown's public-works department didn't take any chances and poured thousands of gallons of water into the spilled diesel fuel to dilute any that entered the city's sewer system, said Charles Shasho, deputy director of the public works department.
"We flushed it downstream" of the Salt Springs Road and the Division Street area, he said.
Shortly after the accident, flames were spotted at a Division Street house but were quickly extinguished.
Battalion Capt. Fred DeLuca said the basement of the home, which was directly below the accident, had filled with fumes.
Adding to the mayhem was a 3 p.m. two-car crash on the corner of Rayen and Fifth avenues, which sent two women to the hospital — one in critical condition, police said. First responders, including some from Austintown, were on the scene of that accident.
Crews had little time to rest.
For several hours Tuesday afternoon, firefighters, police officers and Mahoning County deputy sheriffs went door-to-door in the West Side neighborhoods near Division Street, warning residents about the possibility of fuel in the sewer.
"It's going to be a long night," one firefighter said.
Well into the evening, Youngstown firefighters continued opening fire hydrants, working west to east downtown on Federal Street. Trucks cordoned off blocks as the streets flooded with hydrant water. DeLuca said downtown buildings were filling with diesel fumes.
Clark Jones, director of Mahoning County's Emergency Management Agency, said people were advised to evacuate along Division Street, Waverly Avenue and surrounding streets, but many were reluctant to do so.
Some likely don't want to leave their pets, he said.
Chaney High School was set up as a temporary shelter for those who needed it, with the American Red Cross offering assistance. But O'Neill said when no one arrived at the school by 9 p.m., he shut it down. The Red Cross will be able to help people who need shelter on an individual basis.
Because some of the diesel fuel from the 8,000-gallon tanker spilled into the Mahoning River, booms were placed in the water to try to contain it, Jones said.
Because diesel is lighter than water, it floats on the surface and the booms are used to keep it from moving downstream.
Raymond Beiersdorfer, a professor of geological and environmental sciences at Youngstown State University, said diesel is considered toxic because it causes cell damage.
"Studies done with mice where the mice drink the diesel-Contaminated water show that it's toxic at very low concentrations," he said.
Studies have also found that diesel-contaminated water kills plankton living in it, the professor said.
At the accident scene, wreckers were used to right the truck so it could be moved out of the area, and Sun Pro of Akron was called in to handle cleanup of the roadway.
Councilman Michael Ray, D-4th, said residents he spoke with were happy with the response, and he thought there was good collaboration among city police, Mahoning County HazMat and others who responded to the scene.
Karen McCoy moved to an Austintown apartment about two years ago, leaving her home on Elberen Street empty. She came back to Elberen on Tuesday to visit neighbors and was surprised by what she found.
"They're advising people who have gas in their homes to shut off the pilot light," she said, adding that it was a struggle to get to the
neighborhood with the road closures.
McCoy said she was taking her former neighbors to her Austintown apartment to spend the night.
A few streets nearby, Marcy Dickey was receiving similar instructions.
"We were told to shut off the pilot light, open the upstairs windows and mainly keep the air flowing. We have to watch for the smell of gas," Dickey said.
Dickey stood on her lawn talking to her neighbor, Sam Vittorio.
Vittorio said he wasn't bothered by the precautions or road closures, but that "every couple of years there's a bad accident there."
He's right: In 2010, a motorist clipped a pole and kicked it down on I-680 near the southbound 711 entrance. A few months later, an overturned truck dumped debris on I-680.
In 2009, a man was ejected from his truck at the interchange and in 2007, a man was killed in a two-car head-on crash on 711 near the I-680 ramp.
And on March 29, 2006, a nearly identical fuel spill occurred at the interchange. Then, the gasoline did get into the sewer system, forcing the evacuation of houses of Randolph and Division street area and of Amedia Plaza and other downtown premises, according to
Vindicator files.
The interchange ramp was closed for nine days for cleanup after 8,500 gallons of gasoline was spilled.
That truck was operated by Wolf's Run Transport, which eventually paid $12,250 total to the Mahoning and Trumbull county Hazmat teams to pay for the cleanup work. Wolf's Run's insurance company paid $50,000 to Youngstown to pay for police overtime and other city services from the fire, water and street departments.
Though the costs of Tuesday's wreck aren't yet known, Jones said HazMat, the city and any other agencies that responded to the scene can bill the company, Sines Inc. of Painesville.
"The clock started ticking on the company's expense account when the accident happened," he said.
O'Neill said that in 2006, Wolf's Run was charged for water used in hydrant flushing.
Ohio Department of Transportation spokesman Justin Chesnic said he was not sure if ODOT posted any additional warning signs for the sharp curve after that accident.
Chesnic said in general the interchange "is not a problem area for crashes."
This year, ODOT made an agreement with Youngstown to clear that portion of 711 of snow and ice, Chesnic said.
Although it snowed Tuesday, Chesnic said he was told by safety officials that the crash, which trapped the truck driver inside the cabin for more than an hour, was not weather-related.
Contributors: Staff writers Ashley Luthern, Denise Dick, Robert Guttersohn and David Skolnick
50 MPH on ALL Ohio highways.
20 MPH on ramps.
If the law is ignored, take their license & fine them 5 years pay & a share of the expenses for damages generated.
More frequent drug & alcohol testing.
Less miles per day.
ALL additional expenses subsidized by the $60,000-$70,000 salaries of truckers & by the companies.
These problems can be reduced if we are serious.
Superstar you have no freaking idea what you are talking about. Your comment just proved your astounding ignorance.
So Vindy reporters, was it diesel fuel or was it gasolie that spilled? You say it was diesel, but if so how are people getting the smell of gas in their basements?
Beirsdorfer thinks all petroleum based products are harmful. There are many people who have been doused with diesel fuel and even ingested it and lived to tell about it with no long term damage.
If you don't think diesel's dangerous, try drinking some and get back to us with your findings. I want scientific data like Beiersdorfer uses, not your stories.
See folks, there is some downside to every fuel we would ever use. Accidents are part of life.
You cannot eliminate every downside of fracking either. So drill, drill and let's make this area a prosperous one again.
Steelman is right I have used diesel to clean parts for years and will continue to do so.
Dare goes da gas prices in y-town!
You have to slow down on exit and entrance ramps. Once the center of gravity shifts nothing on earth will keep your vehicle upright.
Once again there is Stop with his IDIOTIC thoughts, spewing them out anytime he can. I 'll bet you are low life living off the Gov't. LNW I agree with you, there are people who don't have clue ,but think they know it all.
As someone who travels the highways of Northeast Ohio on a daily basis, I think the real issue here is speed. Drivers of every type of vehicle on the road are careless and not paying attention to the road in front of them. Police enforcing the posted speed limit are non-existent on 680, especially within Youngstown city limits.
Most trucks share the road responsibly and politely. The bottom line is PUT DOWN YOUR DAMNED PHONE AND SLOW DOWN! Plus, you'll be saving gas.
These forums are so funny sometimes. 50 MPH on all...blah blah blah. The real story here is why did YFD lower booms into the Mahoning River to gather fuel before it spread throughout the river, but will clean it up "at a later date". How about cleaning it up NOW? We don't have too much plankton to worry about in our water supplies around here, so what, just let it sit there until "a later date?" Two things are important here. One trucker doesn't make them ALL bad truckers, but in this particular case, speed was an obvious factor. Due to that speed and this PARTICULAR driver, something bad happened. Two, if you are going to be cleaning it up, then CLEAN IT ALL UP and that should include the river!!


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Springfield, FL – Long term care facilities across Florida are planning events in honor of National Nursing Home Week, which begins on Sunday, May 13, and continues through May 19.
The 2012 National Nursing Home Week theme, "Celebrating the Journey" honors the lives of nursing home residents and those who care for them. This week recognizes not only the journeys they have completed but the ones that are yet to come.
Florida Governor Rick Scott issued a proclamation for National Nursing Home Week, noting that nursing facilities with dedicated staff members provide caring and supportive services that enable the highest possible quality of life for our loved ones, and it is important to raise awareness of the exceptional care that nursing homes provide to elderly residents throughout Florida."
In celebration of National Nursing Home Week, there are many events scheduled at Sims Veterans Nursing Home, including an Outdoor Carnival to be held on Friday May 18th, from 10 am until noon. The Veterans Task Force members will be joining us to assist our veterans and man the various booths.
For more information on events, please contact Kay Maley at 850-747-5401.


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