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Last year, teachers at several local schools noticed some students saving their lunch on Fridays so they'd have something to eat over the weekend. Hiland Park Baptist Church launched 'Blessings in a Backpack', providing those students with food for the weekend.
Monday, local business leaders donated to the program to help feed more hungry children at Lucille Moore Elementary.
"My Grandma doesn't have a lot of money so like, I think it's really good to give us food," said Catherine Cone, a third grade student at Lucille Moore.
Catherine and Adrianna Cone's grandmother is raising them. Supporting the two of them can sometimes be a financial burden. The "Blessings in a Backpack" program is lifting a huge weight off Carol Cones' shoulders.
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Best launched the backpack program last Friday, sending 64 kids home with four dinner items, four snacks and six drinks.
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Manned versions were also considered, but the Soviet leadership refused to allow any further work on the Buran concept.
Following cancellation of the ground-launched version of his RSS-40 Buran missile system, Myasishchev continued to pursue use of the M-42 cruise stage in aviation research and space exploration. In 1958 he appealed to both Khrushchev and Minister of Defense of Malinovskiy to support continued development. He now proposed an unmanned, air-launched version for high speed research.
At this time Myasishchev was developing the first Soviet supersonic bomber, the M-50. On the basis of this immense delta-winged vehicle Myasishchev proposed the RSS-52 aerospace vehicle. The RSS-52 would consist of the M-52 carrier aircraft, derived from the M-50. The M-52 would have an enormous recess in its fuselage, within which would be carried the M-44 ramjet. The M-44, designed by G D Dermichev, would be a derivative of the cancelled M-42. The M-52 would enter a circuit 1,000 km from base, accelerate to supersonic speed, and then launch the M-44. The M-44 would accelerate to hypersonic velocity, conduct a high speed run of an overwater circuit, and then splash down in the sea. A radio beacon would allow location and recovery of the craft.
In the United States, the X-15 was being developed to answer analogous questions. Manned versions of the M-42 had been designed, and Myasishchev was hoping for manned flights of his M-52 as well. However due to the expense and technical problems, Myasishchev was unable to convince the leadership to approve the RSS-52.
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The surprising announcement came yesterday via the band's website and social media accounts, creating another shock wave among the rock music world, as well as within the Slipknot and Stone Sour camps, both of which Root participated in full time. No one knows the reasons behind the decision as yet; Stone Sour is keeping things vague right now, only posting this brief statement:
"As some of you might have heard by now, Stone Sour and Jim Root have indeed parted ways. We were trying to wait until the completion of the new SK album, but in light of recent events, we are going to confirm this information and move on. We feel it's best for both bands and hope that is reflected in the days to come. We will give you more information when the time comes."
Perhaps the writing could have been on the wall all along? Back in December when SS announced their House Of Gold And Bones US Tour, it was made known that Root would not be playing but instead focusing on writing for the Slipknot record, with Christian Martucci filling in. Further back in 2012, Root was hospitalized with a potentially life-threatening illness from a burst appendix and needed surgery to remove the organ; he missed several dates but was able to rejoin Slipknot once he recovered. Whether health, the workload of two successful bands or other factors contributed to the spit remains to be seen as more details are released.
There is s bright spot in the middle of all of this. Slipknot/Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor posted on his Twitter that he and Root are still working on Slipknot and that the album is "almost done", anticipated to be released by 2015. There are also rumors of another Knotfest in the works.


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With the advent of increasingly simple, interactive web technologies anyone can now publish their opinions on the internet. For example, websites such as Facebook allow users to form social groups where they can connect and communicate with each other. Friends and family can stay in touch. Online communities can share information and opinions. On occasion however those opinions can be offensive and social networking sites such as Facebook can be used as a launching pad for establishing and expanding those offensive views.
This week CNN reported that Facebook was under pressure to remove Holocaust denial pages from its website. The issue at hand is not new. Is the right to free speech absolute or can an opinion become offensive to the point that it demands censorship?
The Holocaust Denial movement seeks to deny or minimize the Holocaust, in which Nazis killed about six million European Jews during World War II. Texas attorney Brian Cuban has been leading an effort to have Facebook remove pages of groups with names such as "Holocaust: A Series of Lies," and "Holocaust is a Holohoax" removed from its site.
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On Sunday, June 1st, 2014 G2O Spa + Salon, the winner of multiple "Best of Boston" and "Boston's Best" awards, will celebrate its 20 year anniversary and grand re-opening with a celebration featuring salon, spa and retail specials. The re-opening will mark the conclusion of months of renovations at the cutting edge Newbury Street location which has allowed for an expansion in both size and services. Held from 10:00AM to 6:00PM, the day-long event will roll out in high style and will include 20% off all retail purchases and services and complimentary refreshments in between services and shopping! Every guest that receives a service will be entered to win one of five luxury prizes sponsored by Cirque Du Soleil's AMALUNA, Liberty Hotel, MoroccanOil, Improper Bostonian and Oribe, and guests that spend $200 or more will receive a swag bag valued at $150 dollars.
From the chic new entry way to the expanded first floor retail area that includes an expansion of high-end, result driven products such as Rhonda Allison, Obagi, Oribe, Trish McEvoy and more, the guest's experience is transformed upon arrival. On the second floor, the salon has expanded in capacity, and now boasts 16 stations, additional sinks and new services including the American Wave, an innovative ionic waving lotion that penetrates the hair shaft gently and allows the permanent creation of wave and curl, volume and fullness and can be used to control frizz, add texture, movement or volume.
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Left of the Dial IPA
What does "IPA" mean? Really? Beyond the acronym for India Pale Ale, what does it stand for? And how has that changed over the last 10 years, or over the last 100? Beer styles evolve, change, disappear and then sometimes reappear. None are authentic, and at best some are traditional, but only if we know the exact period in time this tradition took place. IPA in the US is not authentic, and it certainly is not traditional. It is an evolved style based on consumer preference. What the hell does this have to do with Notch Left of the Dial IPA? Hang on, we'll get there, promise.
In the UK, IPA is a bit harder to explain, but war rationing, taxes and the love of pub drinking drove down the alcohol content and hop profile over time. It was never a strong beer relative to other styles in the first place, and the stories of a stronger beer brewed especially for export to India are bunk. Today it is hard to tell the difference between bitter, pale ale and IPA in the mother land.
In the US, it is a bit simpler. Since the first really hoppy craft brewed US beers were called IPA (which were really just strong pale ales), all hoppy beer styles now have IPA stuck in the style description. Why? Marketing. It shifts units, as the Brits would say. These new IPA styles (black, white, double, etc) are really just hoppy version of an existing style, or some new experiment that is hop forward. But "IPA" is shorthand for hoppy, and that is easier to communicate.
And Notch enters the fray with an IPA. Why? Because Notch fans have been relentless in this request, and sometimes you need to reward folks for their loyalty. I'm sure you could find at least a dozen quotes where I say the world does not need another IPA, or that it's one of my least favorite styles, or some other curmudgeonly, dogmatic anti-IPA rant. Guilty. But the requests were inspiring, and got me thinking hard about IPA again.
But I am not naming it a Session IPA. It's simply an IPA, because when I formulated the recipe, I wasn't thinking of how I could dumb down a 6 – 7% ABV IPA. I thought about what I want in an IPA in the first place, and built it ground up. My ideal IPA has hop flavor that does not overwhelm the malt and has a drying bitterness in the finish that leaves you wanting more. And with a moderate ABV, you can have more. And for those looking for a low gravity IPA that mimics a 7% IPA, you will be disappointed. It's not the point, just as a Helles is not trying to be a Bock.
I'm not big on the term "Session IPA", and maybe that is surprising, but I've fought against the idea that a session beer is a watered down version of an existing style. (Is an IPA a watered down DIPA? Is a Bock a watered down Double Bock?) All of my beers (unless non-style specific) have been styles in their own right, brewed for centuries, and not some compromise of ABV and flavor. Session IPA sounds like a compromise to me. Session IPA is also the easiest and most obvious entry into session beer for most brewers, as there is not a lot of risk taking with that direction. Additionally, most of the "Session IPAs" I've seen fall into the "normal" ABV category. My head hurts, let's move on.
So onto the beer! Left of the Dial is where British malt, hard water and low gravity meets a new wave hop profile. The base malt (the entire base malt, not some or partial, the whole thing) is Fawcett Golden Promise, and that really sets this beer apart, along with a touch of Weyerman Vienna and Fawcett oat malt. The hops are Citra, Galaxy and Simcoe, with a smidge of Centennial. The hops are forward, but balanced. This is session beer, even if we are not calling it that. There is more detail to this beer, but you'll draw conclusions if I tell you more. For example, IBUs (International Bittering Units), one of the most useless pieces of information a brewer could give their consumer! Sorry, been wanting to say that for a long, long time.
So, after all that, how does it taste? Like an IPA, but without any cloying sweetness and booze that fatigues and gets in the way of multiple pints and extended good times. Call it a Session IPA if you want, but to me it's simply the IPA I'd like to drink, and I think Notch fans would like to drink. It may be the only time you see this beer, because it broke the bank, so I hope you enjoy!
Oh, and the beer name, the first ever for a Notch beer. What's up with that, a beer name? Fun! And since we are not calling it "Session IPA", it was time to name a beer. So, if you are old enough to remember using analog FM dials to find WMBR and listen to the Late Risers Club, you'll understand the double meaning.


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First butterfly picture of the year
Spring is definitely here. Today was a beautiful day, mostly sunny and warm. I had my first glimpse of a butterfly this morning. It was high above my backyard, but it disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.
Early in the afternoon, I went out for a walk in Black Hill Regional Park near my house here in Germantown, Maryland. First, I saw a moth. I got all excited. But, as I was approaching it with the camera, it flew away. I grabbed my gear and climbed up a hill. At the top, I saw a butterfly, and then another one and then another one. I spent about 40 minutes photographing them. Luckily, they had no intention of leaving the area.
I am identifying it as the Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma), although I can't quite figure out the difference between the Eastern Comma and the Green Comma (Polygonia faunus). However, I note that the latter species has not been recorded from Maryland. (The checklist of Maryland butterflies is here.)
What does the adult Polygonia comma eat? There are no flowers or rotting fruits around yet. Actually, the butterflies didn't look like they were looking for food. They were either basking in the sun on the dry leaves or circling around each other.


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The Dirt Divas in conjunction with Bailey Trails is holding a Fundraiser on March 2nd at the Buffalo Rose.
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"Memoir Writing." Do you envision a famous 1950s actress sitting on a dainty chair at a white French Provincial, desk writing in a leather bound book just like Joan Crawford? Or perhaps you envision a famous novelist sitting in the corner of a dark bar scribbling into a notebook in the spirit of Ernest Hemingway? I see 11 women who range in age from 17 to 78; they are my Tuesday night classmates, and we are learning how to plumb the depths of our memories and write evocatively about our life experiences.
The first two classes were loads of fun. The first week we wrote in class about our names. Yes, our names. I learned about Jane, who definitely isn't plain, but is kind of angry; Jennifer, who found out the hard way that her parents wanted a boy; and Laura, who wants to be a writer and was named after the writer Laura Ingalls. Each of the 10 writers wove the stories of their names around me, a 50-something woman who is reinventing herself as her children leave home.
The writers, my classmates, have distinctive writing styles. I love to close my eyes as they read. My mind's eye conjures up the places they are describing, the people who populate those places and the feelings their writing evoke in me.
Our first suggested out-of-class assignment was to write about the front of our earliest "home": the door, the steps, the front yard. So during our second class I heard about a home in Puerto Rico with a well-swept dirt sidewalk to the front door; a country estate in England with a pond and an aviary; and a dilapidated row house in Pennsylvania steel country. The steel country house is mine; I own that memory from the sagging roofline of that rental row house to the soot on the front porch.
Our second suggested out-of-class assignment was to write about a particular song or "tune" or instrumental piece that opened a trove of memory for us. So during our third class I listened as Deborah described her flute, which she never learned to play in unison with her class; "the negative character of some people" stayed with her for decades as she recalled playing out of synch. Dora, who grew up watching her parents dance, described the impact of watching 1984 gold-medal winning, British ice-dancing sensations Torvill and Dean; with tears tracing slowly down her cheeks, Dora spoke of watching a woman skater morph into a cape; of a matador and his love for his cape. Yes, when done well, memoir writing is a gift to both writer and reader.
Music evokes strong memories for me, and when we received that second assignment I immediately knew the song I'd write about. I may not have been born in New Jersey, but I'm a Jersey girl in many ways. I am a huge fan of this Jersey boy who tells stories in his songs. When I was in college, I saw him play with his band in legendary Jersey venues like The Stony Pony and the (now-defunct) Red Bank Theater and Fast Lane. I've stood next to him in bars, listening to whatever band played on stage, but knowing I stood next to a near-legend even then. When he sings it's like magic to me. I dance. I sing along. I remember, even now, how I felt then.
In Jersey he's known as Bruce. To outsiders he's Bruce Springsteen. He's my rock and roll idol and his song "Born to Run" is the song of my youth. It's me. Let's dance.


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Dec. 31, 2013
By JAMES ALLAN
TAMPA, Fla. -- It has been 23 days since the University of Iowa football team learned its Outback Bowl fate. Now game day is within sight and the Hawkeyes want to end the season right.
"The thing we're trying to do is finish this season up in a positive way," UI head coach Kirk Ferentz said Tuesday at the Wyndam Hotel in his final pregame news conference. "What that comes down to is playing our best football. That's what it is going to take to beat LSU tomorrow."
The Hawkeyes and Tigers meet at 12:03 p.m. (CT) on New Year's Day at Raymond James Stadium. Iowa is in search of its ninth victory; 14th-ranked Louisiana State University brings a 9-3 record to Tampa.
For the past 13 months, Iowa has tried to put last season's 4-8 record in the rearview mirror. When the Hawkeyes take the field Wednesday, the team can officially move on.
"The thing we're trying to do is finish this season up in a positive way. What that comes down to is playing our best football. That's what it is going to take to beat LSU tomorrow."
UI head coach Kirk Ferentz
"It was a long winter," said Ferentz following the 2012 season. "It's like losing a game, until you play the next one, it sticks with you. It's the same with this.
"The best thing (Denver Broncos head coach) John Fox said about the way their season ended last season is it is kind of like a scar. It is healed, but you still notice it. When you come off a tough year, you don't want to go down that road again.
"There are no magic answers, it is about getting back to what you do. That's been our theme for the last 13 months."
When asked if Iowa could take anything from Alabama's game plan of wearing down the Tigers to the tune of a 38-17 victory on Nov. 9 in Tuscaloosa, Ferentz said the only way it could be helpful was if Alabama head coach Nick Saban was in a giving mode.
"I worked with Nick for a few years in Cleveland, and I called and asked if we could borrow a few of his guys," joked Ferentz. "It's good to look at that film, but Alabama can wear a lot of people down, especially if the ball gets rolling."
Joking aside, Ferentz says it will come down to the little things, the coaching clichés for the Hawkeyes to post their ninth victory Wednesday.
"We'll have to play our best game," he said. "It's all the basics, the things that come from every coach, but they're true. Playing well on special teams, ball security, and we're going to have to execute about as well as we possibly can because they're very well-coached.
"We have to play as hard as we possibly can. Somehow, some way, we're going to have to manage to get an extra couple of plays in there and that's easier said than done."
Ferentz says it is hard to imagine his team having better hospitality or experience than what the Hawkeyes have encountered since arriving in Tampa on Christmas Eve.
"(Former Iowa defensive coordinator) Bill Brazier said in the early 1980s, there is no such thing as a bad bowl game, but some are better than others," said Ferentz. "To be in a bowl is a good opportunity and treat, but it's hard to get any better than this environment.
"It's hard to have a better experience."
Wednesday's game will be televised on ESPN with Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden and Lisa Salters on the call.


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AES Historical Committee Report 2003-03-11
AES Historical Committee Report
for the Board of Governors Meeting at the
114th Convention, Amsterdam, 2003-03-26
We do not now have any items that require BOG action.
Irv Joel has accepted the position of Vice Chair of the Historical Committee, and Ted Sheldon has accepted the position of Secretary.
The presently active AES Historical Committee projects [as numbered in our Guidelines] are as follows:
8 [Encourage each Local Section and each Convention Committee to organize an appropriate session on the history of audio engineering, or a display on an appropriate historical subject. When requested, provide information to help them to do so.]
- AESHC members under the leadership of Dale Manquen organized and presented a very successful historical exhibit for the 113th Convention in Los Angeles. Our website has the schedule and the report of the activities, and minutes from the committee meeting.
- The Historical Committee is presenting a Historical Exhibit at this (Amsterdam) Convention, organized by Alex Balster. Details online.
- There will be an open meeting of the Historical Committee on Monday 2003 Mar 24, from 10:00 to 12:00, in a room to be announced. You are all invited to attend the exhibits and the meeting.
- Planning for -When Vinyl Ruled- at the 115th AES Convention, NY, 2003-10
AESHC members under the leadership of David Baker are organizing a historical exhibit for the 115th Convention in New York ("When Vinyl Ruled", building on the exhibits at the 109th, 111th and 113th Conventions). Previous presentations have concentrated exclusively on analog recording. PCM digital recording has now been in use for over 30 years, so this year-s presentation will explore mixing and matching analog and digital technology. The walls of the room will be lined with displays of appropriate historical gear and photographs. We will have analog and digital playback systems for a variety of formats so that well-known engineers and producers can play master recordings and discuss how they created them. We expect that major record companies will once again cooperate in providing copies of master recordings.
- We continue to upgrade and add to our website . We have added many new links. For the new things, see "What's New on this Website" .
- Project leader Prof. Manfred Krause continues his work, as reported on our website. He tried to implement "mySQL" unsuccessfully, and would like volunteer help. If anyone could help Prof Krause in programming in "mySQL", please contact him directly.
- Report on Oral History Projects From 2002 October:
- We have conducted 13 new interviews and expect to increase that number during the 114th Convention.
- Published new Recording Guidelines which should clarify our recommend procedures for recording oral history interviews.
- Experimented with low-bit audio-only recordings which will be available on our website shortly.
- Re-oganising and updating our "recorded" and "to be recorded" lists into one master list, which will go on the website soon.
- We continue to solicit your suggestions both for interviewers and for further interviewees, especially for countries outside of the US.
- The pioneering 1934 Bell Tel Labs "Audio Perspective" symposium papers are now available on our website.
- The papers, book, and CD from "A History of Audio Engineering and Magnetic Recording Before 1943" , originally presented at the 94th Convention in Berlin, are now more easily available, with the cooperation of the Journal and Herman Wilms.
- Report on Timeline Projects From 2002 October
There have been numerous suggestions of new topics which should be incorperated into the present timeline. The Project Group have reviewed a number of these proposals but no actions has been taken at this time. Irv will continue our disscussion with Willy Aubert about his massive database.
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Note: The rails application is run on the netbeans 6.9 IDE and uses the native ruby interpreter in the system (not the default jruby)
I have the following versions: ruby : 1.9.3 watir : 3.0.0 Rails : 3.2.8
LoadError (cannot load such file -- Watir):
app/controllers/watir_controller.rb:4:in `<class:WatirController>'
app/controllers/watir_controller.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
This is my controller class which calls the watir script:
class WatirController < ApplicationController
## the Watir controller
require 'rubygems'
require 'watir'
# set a variable
test_site = "http://www.google.com"
# open the IE browser
ie = Watir::IE.new
# print some comments
puts "Beginning of test: Google search."
puts " Step 1: go to the test site: " + test_site
ie.goto test_site
puts " Step 2: enter 'pickaxe' in the search text field."
ie.text_field(:name, "q").set "pickaxe" # "q" is the name of the search field
#puts " Step 3: click the 'Google Search' button."
ie.button(:name, "btnG").click # "btnG" is the name of the Search button
puts " Expected Result:"
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puts " Actual Result:"
if ie.text.include? "Programming Ruby"
puts " Test Passed. Found the test string: 'Programming Ruby'. Actual Results match Expected Results."
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Wildcats Command 5-3 Victory Over Miami
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Release: 04/03/2013
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Donning their camouflage caps for the first time in the 2013 campaign, the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (15-17) arrived at Alex Rodriguez Park ready for battle, locked in and ready to win against the Miami Hurricanes (20-12). The Wildcats never trailed, holding off the Hurricanes through the crucial final frames for the 5-3 win.
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The Hurricanes, struggled against the momentum swing, using one big play to cut into that lead, as left fielder Michael Broad took a 1-2 pitch to the scoreboard, literally, with a two-run homer to left field, trimming the margin to a 5-3 B-CU lead.
Jordan Dailey entered in relief in the bottom of the eighth. The senior closer did his job, putting two Hurricanes batters away on strikeouts, the third on a groundout.
Dailey again handled the Hurricanes in crunch time, defending B-CU's two-run lead in the bottom of the ninth, striking out one and inducing a pair of groundouts to down the UM side in order. In closing the door, he logged his fifth save of the year and secured the first win over Miami in five games, dating back to the 2009 season.
Starter Montana Durapau (4-3) earned the win, getting back to form with seven effective innings on the hill, allowing just two earned runs and one walk, while striking out a season-high seven batters.
"I think his command was better today," Beverlin said of Durapau. "He was in total control, and I think our guys felt that and stayed behind him."
Offensively, the Wildcats put up nine hits, led by McCarty and C. Biocic, each batting 2-for-4 with an RBI. In addition, McCarty also scored a run. Johnson went 2-for-5, while Turner and Sams also chipped in RBI.
As for the new headgear, which drew a lot of interest from attendees and fans on social media sites, it came as a suggestion from Durapau. Though the caps were not slated to appear this season, Durapau approached Beverlin with the idea following Tuesday's game at North Florida, and Beverlin signed off.
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A recent posting detailed the staffing shortages at Dallas ISD campuses with two weeks to opening bell. With just a few days before it leaves the starting gate, how much progress has the district made in filling those vacancies? Let's see! As of August 3, there were 335 teacher postings. That's
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The district career website now lists only three Principal vacancies, while two weeks ago there were nine! So, definite progress! What, you want to know if your school is one of the three missing a principal? Surprise, the district no longer identifies the campuses recruiting principals, as it did before. Now why would that be? Is too much information a bad thing? Are parents asking too many questions? Or maybe the new principals haven't actually been assigned to buildings yet and the district is still sorting them out. Gosh, there were nine empty chairs, let's make sure we have the right person in each one! Let us know in a comment here, does your campus have its leadership in place? After school starts please come back and tell us how many substitutes are in place, or if your campus is missing both permanent staff AND subs!


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Due to its convenient location, the capped Cedar Rapids-Linn County Landfill Site 1 was reopened to accept flood debris. Photo: Z-Comm/Terex
Since wastewater was being discharged directly into the Cedar River, a key focus was on restoring primary treatment to remove suspended solids and floating debris. Sitting right in the middle of the Cedar River, the Veteran's Memorial Building on Mays Island suffered major damage, even to portions above the 500-year floodplain. Photo: Z-Comm
Keeping public order was the first priority. The receding waters revealed devastation reaching in excess of 10 square miles. The river reached beyond the 100- and 500-year floodplains to inundate homes and businesses, some to the top of the first floor. Photo: Z-Comm
"If you were to extrapolate the numbers in a nonscientific way, this could approximate a 2,000- to 3,000-year flood," says Cedar Rapids Public Works Director Dave Elgin. Photo: City of Cedar Rapids
Slabs of asphalt were stockpiled after water pushed up through sections of some city streets. Photo: Z-Comm/Terex
Three years on, New Orleans still makes headlines for the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Katrina, which caused about $400 million in infrastructure damage. Yet 1,000 miles north, on the usually quiet banks of the Cedar River in the usually quiet city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, summer floods are racking up even higher damage estimates approaching $570 million.
So as New Orleans continues its much-publicized rebuilding process, Iowa's second-largest city has begun its own, much-less-heralded rebuilding process.
Ironically, Cedar Rapids officials had dubbed 2008 the "Year of the River." But riverfront redevelopment plans were all but lost when the second snowiest winter on record gave way to an unusually rainy spring.
By the end of June, average rainfall statewide was 23.8 inches, setting a record for the first six months of the year. In Cedar Rapids, rain pounded already waterlogged areas; some sections got 6 inches on June 12 alone, one day before the river crested at 31.12 inches.
"The June 13 flood event was actually the second major flood in Cedar Rapids this year," says Public Works Director Dave Elgin, PE. "The rains were following the crests, which progressively increased the depths of the crests downstream."
Because spring floods frequently occur throughout the Midwest, many river cities combat this natural event with a systematic program in which just about any water depth has a counter measure.
"We consider it a methodical engineering response," says Craig Hanson, PE, Cedar Rapids' public works maintenance manager. "We have a flood program manual covering lessons learned from the previous 150 years of flooding." The manual was formalized by city staff and the public works department from a series of flood summary documents generated in 1993, when the Cedar River crested at just above 19 feet.
The manual, which includes personnel assignments, is revised yearly. "We conduct annual flood training for all public works personnel in early March because the earliest historic major flood occurred March 16 and 17," Elgin adds.
This year, at least initially, this systematic approach worked as planned. But as the rain continued, water levels soon surpassed the program's limits.
In late April, the river crested at 17 feet. Working from the manual's historical data, public works crews plugged select storm sewers and placed pumps in low-lying areas to avoid sewer backups. The efforts worked.
But by June, ever-changing crest projections were hampering mitigation efforts.
Typically, the Cedar River slowly meanders through downtown Cedar Rapids at depths of less than 8 feet. With a flood stage of 12 feet and major flooding at 16 feet, the 100- and 500-year floodplains are set at 22.5 and 26.5 feet, respectively.
A week before the peak crest, projections were approximately 18 feet, so the department followed manual procedure for that flood stage and began evacuating low-lying areas. "We're the trigger mechanism for local law enforcement's reverse 911 system," Hanson says.
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Now it doesn't necessary say these disappearances are because of paranormal forces, but it has been provoked that something weird did happen. It's in Judy Allen's encyclopedia, "Unexplained," where these disappearances are found.
When the Hesperus went to the Flannan lighthouse on Eilean Mor, Scotland they found that the place was deserted. There was nobody there, only a chair knocked over, and a log. In the log the last entry said "Bad Storm." Of course rumors grew, people blamed ghosts, they were seized by a foreign vessel, and one odd one was they blamed that a sea monster came and attacked the men. It was also believed that one of the men went crazy and killed the rest. There were no bodies near or in the lighthouse, and none of them washed ashore either. This odd event happened in December of 1900.
In 1999 people in a village in central Wales noticed something strange, there were three military aircraft that flew past them, while that's not exactly weird, what happened next was. One of the aircraft crashed and people saw smoke, when they got there they found no wreckage. When they asked about it to the Ministry of Defense, they said that no aircraft was missing. So what really happened in the real question?
Every Bermuda Triangle buff knows or heard some of the story about flight 19. It was on Dec. 5, 1945, when five TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers left the U.S. Naval Air Station in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. What happened next was very strange, two hours in their flight, a radio message reported that their inflight compasses weren't working. After that the flight disappeared and no trace was ever found of them. While the Bermuda Triangle was blamed for it, there are thousands more of speculations.
So while many believe that science can explained what happened, some though believe that more sinister things happened, either way they make very strange but interesting stories.


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"There certainly wasn't a shortage of spills, leaks, pipeline failures and other problems," said Willis, who now does consulting work for conservation and other groups.
"It's a disaster waiting to happen," he said.
In interviews, BLM officials acknowledged persistent problems in keeping up with inspections, but said they were not aware of any major safety issues to date arising from the uninspected wells.
Lance said BLM field managers are making judgment calls to minimize the risk of potential harm to surrounding communities. The agency also is reviewing whether it needs to slow down the pace of permits to ensure public safety.
Officials noted that money provided by Congress for oil and gas operations has declined since 2007. During that period, the number of wells drilled on federal and Indian lands has increased by roughly one-third.
"We're trying to do the best we can with limited resources," Lance said.
If approved by Congress, the BLM's 2015 budget request of $150 million for oil and gas operations would allow the agency to conduct the bulk of its required inspections over three years, in part by collecting fees from oil and gas companies. Unlike past years, $48 million will be earmarked for inspections. The BLM made similar budget requests the last several years with little success.
The BLM has sought to add inspectors, but that has proved challenging in places such as Utah, where most wells are drilled on federal land. While a petroleum engineer could get a starting salary of $90,000 in the private sector, the BLM typically pays $35,000. This year's appropriations bill would allow the BLM to increase inspector salaries to around $44,000.
The public concern is evident in Colorado, where increased drilling into suburban and rural areas has led community groups to push nearly a dozen oil and gas local control initiatives for the November ballot. Of the wells drilled from 2009-2012, the BLM designated more than 400 on federal and Indian lands in Colorado as high priority, the third highest behind Wyoming and North Dakota. More than 160 of Colorado's uninspected high-priority wells are near New Castle, on the edge of the White River National Forest.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has been seeking a legislative compromise that could satisfy concerns over health and safety impacts of fracking.
Regulators contend that overall, water and air pollution problems from fracking are rare, but environmental groups and some scientists say there hasn't been enough research on those issues.
Jaramillo said residents in the canyon have mixed feelings about fracking.
"The people that really like it are the people who are getting money out of it," she said. "The people who don't are really worried about — Is it going to ruin the water? Is it going to ruin the land? Is it going to ruin the air?"
A neighbor, Kory Kipferl, who owns a 10-acre property adjacent to federal land dotted with active wells on gravel pads. He said he's accepted what he called a need for domestic drilling — but he's concerned about the water table.
"Once we start puncturing the water table, that could cause problems, whether you're drilling for gas, oil, water, whatever," Kipferl said.
The BLM dataset is more extensive than what was reviewed recently by the Government Accountability Office, and filtered to remove duplicate well entries that yielded an overcount. In a recent report, auditors said the BLM needed to do a better job of coordinating with state regulators. In Pennsylvania, for instance, the one well that went uninspected by the BLM had been checked multiple times by the state.
Still, it's not clear how willing states are to take up the federal task.
"To say that we're going to start inspecting federal wells is just above and beyond what we could do," said John Rogers, associate director of Utah's Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, pointing to his small staff. He said companies will inspect their own equipment in order to protect their investment, so it's likely that at least some of Utah's 200-plus wells that weren't inspected by BLM are checked by someone.
"We're certainly not going to second-guess people's inspections," Rogers said of the BLM.
Yen reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Michelle Price in Salt Lake City and Kevin Begos in Pittsburgh contributed to this report.
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M15 Set Review - Black Cards
Has it really been a year already? Wow, how time flies. I guess we had better dive into the new set then. I mean after all this is going to be the current draft format set between August and October so we better get an idea of what decks we should be drafting. Also this is going to be one of the five sets that make up the first five months of Standard post rotation. So now that my editor knows that these articles are going to be relevant to us players for the next year let's get started.
Accursed Spirit (4) Creature — Spirit (3/2) Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Just a 3/2 beater for Limited.
Black Cat (2) Creature — Zombie Cat (1/1) When Black Cat dies, target opponent discards a card at random. This was cool in Innistrad Limited. I'm thinking we might be able to rebuild a mono-black discard deck to play on a budget until rotation.
Blood Host (5) Creature — Vampire (3/3) , Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Blood Host and you gain 2 life. Just the pump vampire/sacrifice outlet for limited that is also some good life gain.
Carrion Crow (3) Creature — Zombie Bird (2/2) Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Carrion Crow enters the battlefield tapped. Just a black flier for Limited that needs to have a draw back because black isn't the color to get good fliers at common rarity.
Caustic Tar (6) Enchantment — Aura - Enchant land. Enchanted land has ": Target player loses 3 life." Yup, Limited jank. Still having this to end long games will be good in Limited. I wouldn't draft this early but I wouldn't mind it tabling and I'd run this in Sealed.
Child of Night (2) Creature — Vampire (2/1) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Two-drop beater in Limited.
Covenant of Blood (7) Sorcery - Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.) Covenant of Blood deals 4 damage to target creature or player and you gain 4 life. I don't see the convoke on this being used much in Limited, unless you are BW tokens, but it might be a card to brew an inspired deck around for budget Standard players. In Limited this might be a good late game spell.
Crippling Blight (1) Enchantment — Aura - Enchant creature. Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 and can't block. Kill's X/1's all day and is a sudo-combat trick. I'll so play this in Limited.
Cruel Sadist (1) Creature — Human Assassin (1/1) , , Pay 1 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on Cruel Sadist. , , Remove X +1/+1 counters from Cruel Sadist: Cruel Sadist deals X damage to target creature. I just have a feeling that this is going to find a home in an odd Standard brew using Bioshift in a UB Heroic deck, or with Ordeal of Erebos in mono-black discard.
Endless Obedience (6) Sorcery - Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.) Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. I really think once Jarad and Shadowborn Demon rotate that GB Dredge will turn to this as a reanimate spell. With Jace and Necromancer's Assistant in the Limited format you might be able to draft a reanimator deck which will be very cool. AS a graveyard/dredge player I'll be looking to play this.
Eternal Thirst (2) Enchantment — Aura - Enchant creature. Enchanted creature has lifelink and "Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature." (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.) This is going to be cool in Limited as it allows you to grow your best dude while gaining life as it eats blockers. So all in all a fun card for Limited.
Feast on the Fallen (3) Enchantment - At the beginning of each upkeep, if an opponent lost life last turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. This might just be a game breaker verses mono-black devotion in Standard. I can see this going into the sideboard of mono-black aggro. Also it will be nuts in Limited.
Festergloom (3) Sorcery - Nonblack creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn. With all of the X/1 tokens in the set you'll want this in your Limited decks.
Flesh to Dust (5) Instant - Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Just a good removal spell for Limited.
Gravedigger (4) Creature — Zombie (2/2) When Gravedigger enters the battlefield, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Just a good dude that helps you respawn dead dudes. This gets better in a dredge style draft deck to redraw milled dudes.
In Garruk's Wake (9) Sorcery - Destroy all creatures you don't control and all planeswalkers you don't control. Totally broken in Limited and Commander. Then again what more could you ask for when you spend 9 mana.
Indulgent Tormentor (5) Creature — Demon (5/3) Flying. At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card unless target opponent sacrifices a creature or pays 3 life. I want to play this in mono-black devotion post rotation, or I might just have to cut two copies of Gary (Gray Merchant of Asphodel) just to try this out along side Desecration Demon. This is going to be a bomb in Limited. Might also replace Shadowborn Demon in GB post rotation.
Leeching Sliver (2) Creature — Sliver (1/1) Whenever a Sliver you control attacks, defending player loses 1 life. The more slivers that get spoiled the more I want to play Slivers for fun. I also think we will see a Modern Sliver deck. The card pool just isn't deep enough with Sliver for a draft deck, but this has a good effect to casting cost that it will be a good aggro card in Limited.
Liliana Vess (5) Planeswalker — Liliana (5) +1: Target player discards a card. −2: Search your library for a card, then shuffle your library and put that card on top of it. −8: Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. Yup, a bomb for Limited. Also going to put two copies in mono-black discard.
Mind Rot (3) Sorcery - Target player discards two cards. Awesome Limited card in my book. I really like drafting two or three copies just to take away options from my opponent's hands. Also a play set of these is key in mono-black discard.
Necrobite (3) Instant - Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. Regenerate it. (The next time that creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat. Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Just a good combat trick in Limited.
Necrogen Scudder (3) Creature — Horror (3/3) Flying. When Necrogen Scudder enters the battlefield, you lose 3 life. Just a flying beater for Limited.
Necromancer's Assistant (3) Creature — Zombie (3/1) When Necromancer's Assistant enters the battlefield, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard. It's more tech for GB Dredge. With Endless Obedience this is so going to find a home in the deck post-rotation. Granted we do have a good removal spell in the Limited format that will eat this all day long. So don't take it if you are planing on playing aggro.
Necromancer's Stockpile (2) Enchantment - , Discard a creature card: Draw a card. If the discarded card was a Zombie card, put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield tapped. Okay, now I see why we get a ton of zombie tribal in this Limited pool. Totally a Limited bomb in draft when you force mono-black.
Nightfire Giant (5) Creature — Zombie Giant (4/3) Nightfire Giant gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Mountain. : Nightfire Giant deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Just a dude that rewards you for going BR in Limited by giving you some burn backup.
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled (6) Legendary Creature — Demon (4/4) Flying, trample. Whenever an opponent searches his or her library, that player sacrifices a creature and loses 10 life. Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Ob Nixilis, Unshackled. I think we might be looking at a card that will find a home in Modern and Legacy over Standard. Still with Evolving Wilds and other tutor effects in Limited this will be a bomb. I think we just found a new card for Solar Flare/ Reanimate decks.
Paragon of Open Graves (4) Creature — Skeleton Warrior (2/2) Other black creatures you control get +1/+1. , : Another target black creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) The black color lord for Limited. I love how we have some rewards for drafting mono-colored decks, but if only this would have been a zombie just to push the tribe even more in Limited.
Rotfeaster Maggot (5) Creature — Insect (3/5) When Rotfeaster Maggot enters the battlefield, exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain life equal to that card's toughness. This is a creature that both the mill and the dredge decks are going to want in Limited.
Shadowcloak Vampire (5) Creature — Vampire (4/3) Pay 2 life: Shadowcloak Vampire gains flying until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Another good beater for Limited.
Sign in Blood (2) Sorcery - Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. Just the best black draw spell in Limited and Standard. Also can be the last two points of life lose you'll need to kill an opponent. I'm very happy this is back.
Soul of Innistrad (6) Creature — Avatar (6/6) Deathtouch. : Return up to three target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. , Exile Soul of Innistrad from your graveyard: Return up to three target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. Just a Limited beater that allows you to redraw dorks. Only better than the other Souls because it has death touch and is in the reanimate color.
Stab Wound (3) Enchantment — Aura - Enchant creature. Enchanted creature gets -2/-2. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player loses 2 life. Early game removal in Limited that is still good late game to bleed damage.
Stain the Mind (5) Sorcery - Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.) Name a nonland card. Search target player's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with that name and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library. I think this will see play in mono-black aggro sideboards just to hate on control decks in Standard. Also another hate card for Relentless Rats in Commander.
Typhoid Rats (1) Creature — Rat (1/1) Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Just a good one-drop creature for Limited either to gum up the ground or to pump with auras. If Ravenous Rats had been reprinted we could have a rat tribal deck, but sadly we don't.
Ulcerate (1) Instant - Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You lose 3 life. As a player that has taken four life to cast Dismember countless times, I'm going to be willing to cast this all day. I have to say this is the best removal in the Limited format.
Unmake the Graves (5) Instant - Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.) Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. Good spell for mono-black in draft as you can cast it during an opponent's end-of-turn to pull dudes back from the graveyard to your hand.
Wall of Limbs (3) Creature — Zombie Wall (0/3) Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Wall of Limbs. , Sacrifice Wall of Limbs: Target player loses X life, where X is Wall of Limbs's power. Yeah, this is a Limtied bomb. With all the white and black life gain spells this should get huge before a removal spell kills it. Which is why I wouldn't sit on this too long once I get to seven mana.
Waste Not (2) Enchantment - Whenever an opponent discards a creature card, put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield. Whenever an opponent discards a land card, add to your mana pool. Whenever an opponent discards a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card. This is the card that makes me want to play discard in Standard. The dream of chaining Mind Rots, Duress's, and Thoughsieze's on turn three to empty your opponents hand is going to be epic. I can't wait to get playing this deck.
Witch's Familiar (3) Creature — Frog (2/3) Just a 2/3 dude for 3 mana for your Sealed pool to pump with auras.
Xathrid Slyblade (3) Creature — Human Assassin (2/1) Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) : Until end of turn, Xathrid Slyblade loses hexproof and gains first strike and deathtouch. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike. Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) It's a great beater in Limited.
Zof Shade (4) Creature — Shade (2/2) : Zof Shade gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Just the resident shade for Limited.
Well, time to talk about the demo deck cards. Now Nightmare is just a janky over-printed rare that use to be good back in the old times but has become out classed by other cards over the years. Walking Corpse is also an over printed card that is only good in sealed deck to flush out a deck. Now Sengir Vampire should have been left in the set for Limited. Like Serra Angel it's a bomb and would have given black the air-power it needs in Limited.
So over all black is looking great in both Standard and Limited. As I've said with a number of cards mono-black discard is looking good for the next three months. Also we are going to have a few new toys for GB Dredge post-rotation. Yup, black is looking good.
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