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My first major question on the whole becoming-a-nun business was hair color. Sister Mary Flora assured me that her hair was green and yellow polka dotted beneath her wimple and though I just couldn't imagine having to color my hair in such a way, I figured it was a small price to pay if that was one of the good Lord's requirements. The second question was a little more delicate in nature, but it was simply something that I had to know before I could commit myself to the divine ministry. When I asked Sister Mary Flora if nuns farted, she immediately turned red and emphatically said "NO!" And that my friends, was the deal breaker. I knew then that my destiny was going to exist somewhere outside the convent.
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1 TBSP dark rum
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RICHMOND -- A proposed hillside development of three luxury houses was unanimously rejected by the City Council on Tuesday.
The applicant, William R. Randolph III, appealed an earlier decision by the city's Planning Commission denying his project in the El Sobrante Valley area because of concerns about unstable soil, water runoff and inadequate roadways. The city's Planning Department supported the plan, saying the development would include provisions to improve conditions for existing homes by shoring up surrounding infrastructure.
But the council was unmoved.
"This is a disaster waiting to happen," Councilman Nat Bates said.
The decision followed more than 90 minutes of debate, including reports by the city's planning staff and consultants as well as residents in the community surrounding Knobcone Court who opposed the application.
Planning Director Richard Mitchell acknowledged that roads and water drainage were a problem around the site but that they were not good reasons to reject further development.
"All these issues will be addressed," Mitchell said. "They actually would be better off with some development."
Tuesday's decision appears to put an end to a decade-long effort to further develop the hillside.
The plan, far smaller than early proposals in 2004, was to divide 2.85 acres into four parcels -- three large houses and a detention basin for storm runoff. No square-foot sizes for the houses were proposed Tuesday, but the lots would have been 13,000 to 16,000 square feet.
Residents said they already deal with deteriorating, narrow roads and storm runoff improperly channeled into their homes. They said the proposed development lacked specifics about how further impacts and slide dangers would be addressed, and lacked concrete assurances that issues such as water pressure and sewer drainage would not be impaired.
"There are too many problems left unsolved" by the plan, said Eleanor Loynd, co-chair of the El Sobrante Valley Zoning and Advisory Committee, a neighborhood group. "Too many ideas and plans that could go wrong."
Randolph appealed in vain to the council, noting that the proposal had been scaled back to assuage concerns and saying it would have more benefits than negatives. But Randolph seemed to see early on that he had no support on the council.
"This has been a long, arduous process," he said.
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PALO ALTO -- White feathers floating in the air. The sound of uniformed men knocking on the door. A warm farmhouse in the south of France.
This is how you might remember the Holocaust and the murder of 6 million Jews if you were a child when it happened. This is how Al and Liliane Kuhn and Zdenka Levy remembered it Sunday morning, on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
"These are memories, things that are ingrained, things that a 5-year-old can remember forever," said Al Kuhn, 78. "We're all together here now, but each and every one of us has a story that's unique."
On Monday, aged survivors like them will share these stories at public and Jewish schools to anyone who will listen for this reason: When they're gone, the last eyewitnesses to the Holocaust will be gone. So the three remembered again in a conference room at the Moldaw senior home in Silicon Valley, a cradle of cultural tolerance.
Al Kuhn was born in a small town in central Germany, where his parents thought they could ride out Adolf Hitler reign. Then came Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, when Nazi mobs vandalized Jewish properties in 1938.
"In my town, there was a synagogue next to the town inn, so they couldn't burn it down; the inn owner wouldn't let them," Al Kuhn said. "They started throwing everything flammable, prayer books and things, into the street for a bonfire."
Faithful families at the time purchased or sponsored wooden pews, which they made comfortable with the finest feather-filled pillows they could afford. You couldn't bring just any pillow to synagogue.
The mob found the pillows irresistible fodder for the bonfire. Al Kuhn watched, gripped by child fear and wonder.
"The pillows burst into flame, and heat carried the feathers into the air," he said. "All night and the next day, you could still see small, white feathers still floating in the air. Every time I see a feather, I'm reminded of that incident."
The farmhouse
In short time, his family fled Germany for Bolivia, where they endured the hardships of working on a rural farm but were grateful for the safe haven. The family eventually moved to the United States, where Kuhn became an aeronautical engineer who worked on the lunar module that put Neil Armstrong on the moon in 1969.
"I would rather talk about the moon landing, something I was a part of," he said, "but the Holocaust is just as important."
Al Kuhn met and married his wife, Liliane Kuhn, two decades after war ended, but their survival stories could not be more different.
Liliane Kuhn was still a baby when her German-born Jewish parents had moved to Paris to escape the Nazi frenzy in Germany. Then her father joined the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, unexpectedly leaving her mother in Paris when the Wehrmacht invaded France.
Fearing the worst, Liliane Kuhn's mother and a Jewish friend with a baby of her own traveled south to Lyons without using public transportation, which was too dangerous.
"They walked 300 hundred miles," she said, "two women pushing baby strollers."
As German troops advanced on Lyons, her mother sent her to live with the family of a farmer named Jean Maurier. The family, which was not Jewish, protected her through the war and then returned her to her mother, asking for nothing in return.
"I knew nothing of the war," she said. Now 74, she vividly remembers the warmth of a blue blanket and a heater at her feet in a farmhouse bypassed by the terrible fighting. "I had a good time there. I was on a farm."
The Maurier's son became her "big brother," and the family kept a photo of her at age 5 on the mantelpiece for decades after the war. She recently connected with a Maurier niece who didn't know the story of her family's bravery but now does.
"They did it to be nice," Liliane Kuhn said.
Knocks on the door
Zdenka Levy was 15 when the Luftwaffe bombed Zagreb, now Croatia's capital, and German troops paraded through the city in their harrowing strutting style.
"The were goose-stepping when they marched, like machines," she said. "It sent chills down our spines."
But the occupation soon brought a daily terror as the Nazis ordered Jews to wear yellow stars, give up their property, leave their schools and await further orders that would come with a knock on every Jew's door.
"We, like every other family, stood at home with a suitcase waiting for that knock, waiting to be sent to a labor camp."
The knock eventually came for her father, a furniture factory owner and manager, who was sent to the notorious Jasenovac camp.
Levy heard another knock on the door months later, but this time it was a horrible and yet happy surprise. It was her emaciated father, somehow released from the camp. The family decided to pay smugglers to get them into fascist Italy, where they at least stood a chance of living.
"Smugglers were heaven on earth at that time," Levy said.
However, the next knock she heard was from Italian agents who put them on a train for a concentration camp in the boot of Italy. But the family was right about the odds of survival. It was not a death camp. And when the British and Gen. George Patton's Third Army eventually liberated the camp, the teenager was given another indelible memory, this time a delightful one: Spam, a tasty but greasy form of ground meat packed into a can.
"We didn't have any meat for a year and a half," she remembered. "Spam was the thing."
Levy met her first husband, a Jewish doctor, in the camp, and they became members of a famous group of 1,000 Jews granted passage to the U.S. by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt before the war ended. However, their first stop was at an American camp surrounded by barbed wire.
"We just left barbed wire, just left war," she said, "and now we're behind barbed wire again!"
The German-born American photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured life in that camp for Life Magazine in 1944, but Levy never got a copy of it until decades later, when she found one on the floor of a store. She brings it along for show-and-tell when he talks about the Holocaust.
Al Kuhn chimed in after Levy's story.
"After us, it's all secondhand accounts," he said. "Hundreds of books have been written about the Holocaust. But it's still a book, like reading about the Civil War. History becomes a blur."
Yes, but not while those who lived it can still tell those who are willing to listen, and even if the memories welled up from the hearts of children.
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Mine is either Derrick rose or Michael Jordan because of the ways they have changed the game. MJ obviously is the best and Derrick Rose has inspired me because of his achievments while he is so young. It makes me think there is nothing stopping me and that I can defeat the impossible. Chris Paul inspires me also. I have a similar game to his.
"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."-Michael Jordan
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Budget hearings for 2013 for county departments and agencies that started Nov. 14 and are being conducted by the Washington County Commissioners are about halfway done.
Hearings are planned to be completed next Monday, said Washington County commissioner Tim Irvine.
So far, things have gone smoothly, Irvine said.
"There's not been any surprises," he said.
The county's 2013 budget process began in summer 2012, when departments and agencies were required to file a preliminary budget for 2013.
"When they come in for hearings, if things have changed-and more often than not they have-they bring us the latest information they have," said Irvine.
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Washington County 2013 budget:
Washington County Commissioners are conducting budget hearings with county departments and agencies through Monday.
The 2013 budget must be completed by Dec. 31.
In 2012, the cost per month to run Washington County was more than $1 million.
County commissioners also make estimates on incoming monies, he added.
"It's not only the expense side, it's the revenue side," Irvine said.
If necessary, the commissioners will bring a department or agency back in to obtain further information, said county Commissioner Cora Marshall.
After all budget hearings are completed, funding mandates receive top consideration.
"First, we must look at unfunded state mandates," so those requirements can be met, Marshall said.
Next, county commissioners "look at revenue and look at expenditures that are being requested, and we make a decision based on that information," she added.
"It's always challenging to try to sort all this out," Marshall admitted.
In 2012, the cost per month to run Washington County was more than $1 million, according to Marshall.
At the budget hearing for the county's engineering department, Washington County Engineer Bob Badger reported estimated revenues and expenditures for 2013 at $6,448,780.
"That includes an estimated $1.1 million in capital projects for federal and state that is grant money," said Badger.
"If you subtract that ($1.1 million), you get about $5.3 million in motor vehicle gas tax," he added.
The county engineering department gets a portion of license plate and gas tax money that is earmarked for highway purposes, according to Badger.
"That has to go to roads and bridges. ...It can't be put in (the county's) general funds and reallocated," he added.
Maintenance items are the first thing that must be addressed by the engineering department, Badger said.
"We have to keep what we have in as good condition as we can," he added.
Washington County Children Services requested a 2013 budget of $1.2 million, said Dave Copen, executive director.
"Even the $1.2 million may not get us through the whole fiscal year," said Alice Stewart, children services supervisor.
"Children Services has $200,000 in monthly expenses. If you times that by 12, that's more than $1.2 million," she added.
Additional monies that come to Children Service from the federal government help pay for expenses, said Stewart.
"It can take up to nine months or longer to get that reimbursement from the federal government. ...We are not reimbursed at 100 percent," she added.
All things considered, Washington County is in "good financial shape currently," said Irvine.
"I think the challenge will be in the years to come," he added.
Marshall was in agreement.
"Financially the county is doing well. Sales tax has been up and casino money has helped offset some (expenses) but we still need to look at the future," she said.
According to Marshall, the "wave of the future" for Washington County's budget will be shared services among county departments and agencies.
"We've seen this work with schools. ...This way of thinking is no different for the county," she said.


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OAKLAND -- Hills residents kicked off the holiday season in style -- Montclair style -- at the 10th annual Holiday Stroll on Dec. 6.
Throngs of people lined the street in record numbers to welcome the holiday season to the village. After days of rain, the weather was dry and the night air was just crisp enough to lend atmosphere to the season.
A record crowd of as many as 2,000 people attended the event, according to an estimate by Daniel Swafford, director of the Montclair Village Association.
The sounds of music drifted through the night air. Sixteen musical and theatrical groups -- including some 150 artists in all -- performed at various spots throughout the village. The ever popular Tap Dancing Christmas Trees from Alameda danced their way around the village, throughout the evening.
The trolley made a comeback this year, snaking through the streets, picking up and dropping off strollers at various destinations around the village.
Shelby Resnick, a third-grader at Montclair Elementary School, looked forward to an evening of nibbling, shopping and visiting with friends.
"There are lots of cool things here tonight," Resnick said. One of Resnick's favorite things was the motorcycles decorated with Christmas lights.
Santa arrived at 6 p.m. at the Golden State Fitness Center, which was transformed into Santa's village. The line spilled into the street with children waiting to sit on Santa's lap. Local photographer Reenie Raschke snapped photos of more than 80 children.
"The young believers asked Saint Nick for toys and pets. One child brought in the Toys R Us catalogue and another asked for Santa to stop world hunger," Raschke said.
Montclair resident Avril Fitzgerald's children brought her to the event.
"It's become quite the family holiday tradition," Fitzgerald said. The children even had their homework done before she arrived home from work.
The Oakland Fire Department brought their shiny fire truck for children to climb on. They were also collecting toys for the fire department's sponsored Random Acts of Kindness.
Coldwell Banker was offering a free gift wrapping service.
"We wanted to participate in the event," said real estate agent Becky Anderson. "It was great fun. We will do it again next year."
But the biggest hit of the night may have been the closing of Mountain Boulevard between Medau Place and La Salle Avenue.
"I love the new format," said District 4 Councilmember Libby Schaaf, referring to the street closure. "I love the synergy."
Jill Broadhurst, the chair of the Montclair Safety Improvement Council, agreed.
"It's great that they closed off the street," Broadhurst said. "Young parents have wanted this for a long time. It allows for neighborhood fellowship to develop and gives a wonderful feel to the event."
"It's nice to see everyone from the neighborhood." said Natalie Heinrich, who attended the event with her husband and three children. "It's a great community event,"
But it wasn't all fun and games for Zayanne Rifai, a sophomore at Skyline High School. The 15-year-old was selling T-shirts to promote her company F.Y.I., which stands for Fight Your Ignorance. Rifai's mission is to educate youth about bullying and its negative effects.
"I don't like bullying, so I want people to know that it's wrong," Rifai said. "I want people to know that they can stick up for themselves."


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A Warren County man has raised thousands of dollars for children whose parents were killed in a car accident.
Brian Morris, of Springboro, raised $15,000 for the five children whose parents were killed in a wrong-way crash just before Christmas.
Michele and Scott Barhorst were driving from Tennessee to Ohio to see family when their car was hit by a drunk driver on I-75 in Warren County. The other driver's son was also in the car at the time of the crash.
After hearing about the story, Morris wanted to help the children. He was able to raise the money through various fundraisers.
Morris presented a check to the Barhorst children for $12,000 - $3,000 per child - Sunday.
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How It Feels
There is no pain with an electroencephalogram (EEG).
If paste is used to hold the electrodes, some paste may stay in your hair after the test, so you will have to wash your hair to remove it. If needle electrodes are used (which is rare), you will feel a brief, sharp prick (about like having a hair pulled out) when each electrode is inserted. If electrodes are placed in your nose, they may cause a tickling feeling and, rarely, some soreness or a small amount of bleeding for 1 to 2 days after the test.
If you are asked to breathe rapidly, you may feel lightheaded or have some numbness in your fingers. This reaction is normal. It will go away a few minutes after you start breathing normally again.
An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a very safe test. The electrical activity of your brain is recorded, but at no time is any electrical current put into your body. An EEG should not be confused with electroshock (electroconvulsive) therapy.
If you have a seizure disorder such as epilepsy, a seizure may be triggered by the flashing lights or by hyperventilation. If this occurs, the technologist is trained to take care of you during the seizure.
An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that measures and records the electrical activity of your brain. Special sensors (electrodes ) are attached to your head and hooked by wires to a computer. EEG test results are ready on the same or the next day.
There are several types of brain waves:
- Alpha waves have a frequency of 8 to 12 cycles per second. Alpha waves are present only in the waking state when your eyes are closed but you are mentally alert. Alpha waves go away when your eyes are open or you are concentrating.
- Beta waves have a frequency of 13 to 30 cycles per second. These waves are normally found when you are alert or have taken high doses of certain medicines, such as benzodiazepines.
- Delta waves have a frequency of less than 3 cycles per second. These waves are normally found only when you are asleep or in young children.
- Theta waves have a frequency of 4 to 7 cycles per second. These waves are normally found only when you are asleep or in young children.
In adults who are awake, the EEG shows mostly alpha waves and beta waves.
The two sides of the brain show similar patterns of electrical activity.
There are no abnormal bursts of electrical activity and no slow brain waves on the EEG tracing.
If flashing lights (photic stimulation) are used during the test, one area of the brain (the occipital region) may have a brief response after each flash of light, but the brain waves are normal.
The two sides of the brain show different patterns of electrical activity. This may mean a problem in one area or side of the brain is present.
The EEG shows sudden bursts of electrical activity (spikes) or sudden slowing of brain waves in the brain. These changes may be caused by a brain tumor, infection, injury, stroke, or epilepsy. When a person has epilepsy, the location and exact pattern of the abnormal brain waves may help show what type of epilepsy or seizures the person has. Keep in mind that in many people with epilepsy, the EEG may appear completely normal between seizures. An EEG by itself does not diagnose or rule out epilepsy or a seizure problem.
The EEG records changes in the brain waves that may not be in just one area of the brain. A problem affecting the entire brain-such as drug intoxication, infections (encephalitis), or metabolic disorders (such as diabetic ketoacidosis) that change the chemical balance in the body, including the brain-may cause these kinds of changes.
The EEG shows delta waves or too many theta waves in adults who are awake. These results may mean brain injury or a brain illness is present. Some medicines can also cause this.
The EEG shows no electrical activity in the brain (a "flat" or "straight-line" EEG). This means that brain function has stopped, which is usually caused by lack of oxygen or blood flow inside the brain. This may happen when a person has been in a coma. In some cases, severe drug-induced sedation can cause a flat EEG.
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Roger advanced to the semi-finals of the Madrid Open, battling past Andy Roddick 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-1 today.
It was Roger's first career meeting with Andy Roddick on clay; he has now improved improved his record against the American to 18 wins and two defeats. Roddick, who received a walkover after Nikolay Davydenko had to withdraw due to a leg injury, broke in the second game to take a 2-0 lead. But that was just reason enough for Roger to break right back and hold for 2-2. He broke once more later in the 11th game and served out the set. Roger never managed to take the lead in the second set despite four break balls, eventually losing the tie-break after an initial 2-0 lead. Roger pushed to a higher gear in the last set, dominating the set entirely and showing some stunning tennis.
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A simple symbol used by homosexuals looking to express their wish to lick a cock. Beware of larger icons of the same style for the longer the icon the more homosexual the author is.
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Definition of centrifuge in English:
A machine with a rapidly rotating container that applies centrifugal force to its contents, typically to separate fluids of different densities (e.g. cream from milk) or liquids from solids.
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- In simple terms this demands the construction either of large, slowly rotating vehicles or small, rapidly spinning human centrifuges that can be contained within more conventional spacecraft.
- For one of his current projects, he renders and filters the fat out of Kobe beef and he puts the liquid into a centrifuge, which separates it by density into three distinct layers, each with a different flavor.
- A centrifuge may include a fluid separation wall aligned substantially parallel to an axis of rotation and include an inner surface, a void area, and an outer surface.
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1Subject to the action of a centrifuge.
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- The cells were centrifuged and subjected to a mild hypotonic treatment (0.56% ammonium oxalate).
- The packed cell volume is determined by centrifuging the specimen in capillary tubes and measuring the height of the red cell column.
- Samples were centrifuged at 10,000 g.
1.1Separate by centrifuge: the black liquid is centrifuged into oil and water
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- In both cases, the solid catalyst was centrifuged out, washed in 40 ml of DI water, centrifuged again, and finally vacuum dried at room temperature for 12 h.
- Water insolubles were centrifuged out and discarded.
- Blood collected in red top tubes can be centrifuged into two layers - white and red cells.
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- The supernatant from the first centrifugation was centrifuged at 10,000 × g for 10 min.
- Soluble and insoluble fractions were separated by centrifugation in glass centrifuge tubes.
- Fluorescence experiments after centrifugation confirmed that there were no vesicles in the supernatant.
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This episode (download here), we take you down memory lane through a year of Geeks in Running Shoes. It has been a very exciting year of producing GiRS episodes. You have heard us go through the technical difficulties of producing a weekly podcast. We've learned a great deal about podcasting and we are really glad that you have stuck with us – because we know that its been very rocky at times.
Most importantly though, you have heard us progress as runners over the past 49 episodes. As you know we literally started as non-runners and just like many of you, we have made our way though quite a few hurdles – fighting injuries, figuring out training, balancing life and the running, running in the cold…the list goes on. Luckily – with a little perseverance and A LOT of help from you, we were able to experience the triumph of crossing the finish lines at a few races over the past year. Besides that, we did learn a few random things along the way that did not necessarily help our running but kept us entertained nonetheless – Half Marathon Special. We hope that as we enter our second year of the show that you will continue supporting and encouraging us as go on this journey to becoming actual runners.
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This Starling Burgess designed gaff-rigged topsail schooner was built in 1924 in Essex, Massachusetts by J.F. James and Sons. She was designed in the typical Grand Banks tradition with a spoon bow, round bilge and full keel. Originally christened PILOT, she served 47 years as a Boston pilot ship. For a period of that time she served along side the pilot ship ROSEWAY.
In the 1970's she was purchased to circumnavigate the globe. She got as far as Fiji and in 1976 was sold. Her next owner renamed her STAR PILOT and obtained a US Coast Guard certification to serve as a school ship. She passed ownership again in 1998. Then soon after sailed from San Diego, California, to Nova Scotia. In Nova Scotia she had a major refit and was used as a training ship for young seafarers. At that time her name was changed to HIGHLANDER SEA.
In 2002 the vessel was purchased by her current owners. In 2004 she had a major refit. The HIGHLANDER SEA now serves as the community tall ship for Port Huron, Michigan.
Please contact George Georges at +1 508 982 6600
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LOA: 121 ft 9 in
Beam: 25 ft 0 in
LWL: 98 ft 0 in
Minimum Draft: 13 ft 10 in
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Engine Model: 8V92
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
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Engine Model: 8V92
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Vessel Walkthrough
The focs'l and Galley are located towards the bow in the compartment forward of the engine room. Aft of the engine room is a spacious salon providing a communal area. Officer's quarters are in the aftermost compartment located below the pilot house. There are two heads, one forward in the focs'l area and one aft in the officer's quarters as well as a shower also located in the officer's area.
The 16 Forecastle bunks are constructed of tropical hardwood and laid out in a traditional fashion two tiers high along the interior of the hull. A head with a hot/cold water wash basin is located on the starboard side aft of the bunks. The galley is equipped with a six burner propane stove, two basin sink, reefer, freezer, and hardwood counter tops. Settees run along the base of the bunks forward of the galley area.
The salon has three bunks on each side, outboard of the common space, making a total of six single tiered bunks original from her days as a pilot vessel. A buffet style cabinet used as a serving area sits against the forward bulkhead surrounding the main mast. A large tropical hardwood table fills the center of the cabin and provides a common eating area. Settees surround the cabin outboard of the common space along the base of the bunks.
Officer's Quarters
Aft of the salon there are two cabins. The mate's cabin contains a double bunk and the captain's cabin contains a double bunk as well as a desk. Separate from the cabins yet on the same corridor is a head with a hot/cold basin. Across the hall from the head is the shower with hot/cold running water.
Sails & Rigging
- 1998 full set (main, fore, jumbo, jib, jib top, fore top, main top, fisherman staysail)
- 2004 jib top
- 2006 main
- 2008 fore, jumbo, jib
Carvel planked white oak over double sawn oak frames.Planks fastened with locust trunnels.
Refit 2005-2006
- New planking and frames below waterline
- Stem, horn timber, deadwood (40%)
- Forward keel section and keelson below foremast replaced
- Keel bolts replaced
- Reballasted for greater stability
- New galley interior with new Garland 6 burner propane stove
- New USCG approved electrical system
- Fresh water black water and grey water system replaced
Refit 2007
All spars replaced except for the top masts (that was replaced in 04), main top mast replaced in 06
Twin Detroit Diesel 8V-92, 350 hp each
- Furuno GPS navigator
- Garmin GDL30A marine weather /audio satellite receiver
- Furuno FCV -620 depth sounder
- Furuno 1942 mark 2 radar
- Standard MP5100012 intercom
- Icom m802 SSB
- Iridium IMF 100 satellite phone
- 2ea west maine hand held vhf radios
- 2ea. Icom 502 vhf radios
- 1ea. Icom m302 vhf radios
Electrical System
- 2 ea Northern Light generators, 16 kw (new 2005) 1033 hrs, 32 kw 1999, hrs 9281
- 240v and 120v system
- 24v AGM battery bank with mastervolt 24/4000 watt inverter
Douglas fir. Deck structures are douglas fir and mahogany.
Ground Tackle
- Port anchor 400lb fluke with 5 shots 3/4" chain
- Stbd anchor 300lb fluke with 5 shots 3/4" chain
- Hewn from douglas fir
Safety & Fire Protection
- 3 ea. 25 man crewsaver lift rafts (Solas A 1998)
- 50 ea. type 1 adult life vests
- 5 ea. type 1 child life vests
- 4 ea. life rings
- 2 ea. strobe lights attached to life rings
- 1 ea. MOB pole
- 1 ea. MOB life sling
- 2 ea. first aid kits / one trauma kit with oxygen/ one back board
- 1 ea. Flare kit
- 1 ea. portable trash pump
- 15 ea survival suits
- 2 ea. 50' hoses
- 6 ea. ABC dry chem portable fire extinguishers
- 1 ea AFFF hand held extinguisher
- 1 ea.fixed FM200 extinguisher with remote activation in pilot hose
- 1 ea. fire blanket
- 1 ea. designated fire pump
- 1 ea fire/bilge pump
- 2 ea. spare props
- Spar spares: main and fore boom, main and for gaff, jumbo club, bow sprit
- Spare mast hoops, rigging supplies, rig hardware
- Random lumber
- Winter cover, frame, ice eaters, electrical panel
Brig F400 with 2006 30hp four stroke Honda outboard
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- Supra Awsome (whole new level of awesome) If i could I would have chosen a 6 or 7 out of the 5 because this gun is amazingly awesome to the max! It shoots perfectly straight across 2 backyards. It's a bit off track just a tad bit just right out of the box with .20 gram high polished bb's, it's grip is like no other (similar to a females body curves), it's weight is pretty good and is not too light or heavy, the magazine is real heavy so gravity is going to be pulling that clip down fast at an acceleration of negative 9.81 meters per second squared (yeah i'm in Pre-Advanced Placement Physics) so make sure you are able to catch it before it hits the ground.
Reloading the magazine might be a little tricky at first but you will get used to it because there is a button at the bottom back of the clip that releases the spring when it is pulled all the way down. Try not to release the clip from the gun with bb's still in it because it has a habit of letting 1 slip out and it WILL do that so make sure to shake the gun (I suggest doing a couple of jumping-jacks) to get the the bb out so the second clip won't get stuck when you trying to reload.
This gun is also great because it has an adjustable hop-up system AND adjustable rear sights. The list up there may say there is no open port but there is just a small opening that allows you to see the bb being chambered. The safety feature does not only keep it from firing but it also locks the slide from moving back. The slide itself is pretty smooth. Oh and also the trigger is a little loose when you start to pull it but then it gets hard and requires a good pull.
Other than nothing being completely wrong with this gun, I suggest that you buy this weapon of mass destruction! Ahhhhh hahahaha (I hear the navy sniper used this gun to blow a hole through Bin Ladin's head!!!) Good Hunting
- Great Gun!This gun is a very nice gun for anyone who just wants a nice, solid pistol that is accurate ad has a nice fps. I LOVE the fact that the gun is all metal, because if you are in a war and you drop it a couple times, the gun will function perfectly. My gun has survived a 15 foot fall of of my deck.It is easy to load and the gun is over-all a amazing weapon, and probably one of my favorites at Shorty`s! You need this Gun!!!
- Nice Heavy GunI have this gun but I didn't check around a lot before I bought it and I got it from another site, I paid almost $40.00 for it so this is a great deal.
I am 53 years old with a some time on my hands so I thought I would take up target shooting and I looked around for about 2 hours and Bought this gun and a .357 6" Python Grip revolver, but I will leave it out of this review.
THIS GUN is a very nice piece of work, its the heaviest spring handgun I seen so far and now that I've have some time to really look into it, I must say its the best gun for the money. I have a "REAL" M1911A1 and this is about as close to the weight as you will find. I found also that its got some kick to it too, I think more than it is stated, and this one don't say it has a "HOP-UP" kit with it but mine does BUT I have not done anything to mine (yet) and I can hit a nickel at 30 feet consistently and even though I'm a "beginner" at this Airsoft stuff that's as good as what I can do with my real 1911 (Colt). I have not messed with the other gun that much because I have spent time tuning this one in. I dialed in the adjustable rear site and spent 3 days putting "rounds" thru it NOTE: must use seamless pellets, that was my only snag, but after that its been great, I know I have put at least 10.000 rounds thru it and I not noticed any lag, lack of power or any kind of difference at all. NOW, it looks and (almost) feels like a real gun (which is what I wanted) but the silver paint just sux to me, that is the only thing I would (and will) change. YES I will be buying more guns because I am hooked now, but I am going to choose a bit more carefully. I really like this one so I'm going to get one from these guys, I can tell that this company TSD really gives a crap about what they put out, its a solid gun, its not loose and the seams are all matched, I was surprised as hell because of how much I cost, if they put this kind of effort into the lower priced guns I look forward to getting a better gun, I think I want a sniper rifle now. Yall have fun now!!


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By Joel Weise on Nov 12, 2012
I am always looking for good books on security, compliance and of course, PCI. Here is one I think you will find very useful. "PCI Compliance, Third Edition: Understand and Implement Effective PCI Data Security Standard Compliance" by Branden Williams and Anton Chuvakin. [Fair disclosure - Branden and I work together on the Information Systems Security Association Journal's editorial board.]
The primary reason I like this book is that the authors take a holistic architectural approach to PCI compliance and that to me is the most safe and sane way to approach PCI. Using such an architectural approach to PCI is, in my humble opinion, the underlying intent of PCI. Don't create a checklist of the PCI DSS and then map a solution to each. That is a recipe for disaster. Instead, look at how the different components and their configurations work together in a synergistic fashion. In short, create a security architecture and governance framework (the ISO 27000 series is a good place to start) that begins with an evaluation of the requirements laid down in the PCI DSS, as well as your other applicable compliance, business and technical requirements. By developing an integrated security architecture you should be able to not only address current requirements, but also be in a position to quickly address future ones as well.


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Making Sense of JapanesePosted in book-reviews on 11/24/2011 10:43 am by M Sinclair Stevens
I can't remember when I last read a book on Japanese grammar and laughed in delight. Yes! Laughed! Most people consider grammar a rather dry topic and I've spent many years in the bowels of Eleanor Harz Jorden's Beginning Japanese with its forbidding subtitle, The Essential Language Book for Serious Students. [emphasis mine].
Jay Rubin, however, is not a linguist. He is a translator (Haruki Murakami), a teacher (Harvard), and most importantly a lover of the Japanese language. I agree whole-heartedly when he says, "One of the most satisfying experiences a human being can have is to train his or her mind actually to think in a foreign mode." I'm always quite pleased with myself when I think something in Japanese rather than translate it back into English. These little glimmers of awareness give me hope that someday I will cross the bridge from a beginner's conscious grasp of the fundamentals to the intermediate learner's more intuitive understanding.
Just the other day when I was reviewing the causative, I came across this headline on the Internet. 「世界を泣かせた写真の中の彼女」 which I understood without thinking about it. I get a thrill anytime I can read something in Japanese without first deciphering it. (By the way, the Internet makes looking up words in context so easy. If I wonder whether or not a word can be used or a verb conjugated a certain way, all I have to do is a Google search.)
I think you will get the most out of Making Sense of Japanese if you are an intermediate student. By then you will have faced many of the issues that Jay Rubin discusses. Teachers of beginning students will also benefit. Perhaps the reason I like Making Sense of Japanese so much is that I've been tutoring the two beginning years of Japanese using the Yookoso! textbooks (which I used when I was a college student). I have spent hours distilling its explanations and trying to show the connections between and the logic of the (what seems to me haphazardly) introduced grammar points. Jay Rubin is encouraging. He teaches many of the things I laboriously figured out on my own. I could not restrain a yelp of recognition and validation.
For example, in his discussion of wa and ga he points out that there is not grammatical rightness of using one or the other without knowing the context–anymore than you can decided whether "a dog" or "the dog" is the correct form without know the context. On the directional verbs of giving and receiving, he tells me to teach it just as I did. "The most important thing is to keep track of who initiates the action". After two days of struggling over many examples in order to make a chart of all the interactions, that was what I'd figured out. And it worked! My student caught on in less than an hour a grammar point that had been so painful for me to learn that I dreaded teaching it. Jay Rubin is quite insistent that you don't form the lazy habit of turning active voice Japanese sentences into passive voice English sentences–something I still grapple with when dealing with transitive-intransitive verb pairs. I sensed that this was a danger and I'm heartened to know I was right.
Jay Rubin also stresses the importance of studying sentences in context. Sample sentences in grammar books are written to illustrate a specific point. In the real world, sentences are written to communicate. The context in which that sentence appears determines which grammatical usages are appropriate. This is most apparent in the cases of wa versus ga in Japanese and "a" versus "the" in English. Like Professor Rubin, I also use questions to determine what question the sentence is answering; that is, where should the emphasis be placed? "John went to the store." answers two questions. "Who went to the store?" and "Where did John go?" In Japanese, particles provide the clues to which question is being answered.
The style of this book is conversational and anecdotal. Reading it is like sitting down with your favorite teacher and having a great after-class discussion. It's interesting and enlightening. It makes you think about language (both English and Japanese) in a different way. But it is also sometimes like listening to only half a conversation. Jay Rubin is tackling issues in teaching Japanese that I either haven't encountered or that weren't an issue for me. So sometimes I get lost in his discussions and become uncertain. Did I miss something big? Or was it something I already intuited?
For example, maybe it's my overexposure to Powerpoint presentation and the Internet but I don't think that English language natives have as much difficulty grasping the concept of the unstated subject as Jay Rubin thinks we do. English grammarians and textbook publishers, yes. But the rest of us? Not so much. The conversational style of writing on the Internet has recalibrated our ear. Tangent: Due to my training as a technical writer, the fact that I edit my posts to clarify subjects and state explicitly what I've implied, apparently gives my writing a very distinctive voice. Many people who know me only through my blogs consider me to me far more intellectual, scholarly, and serious than I am.
Nor has it been particularly impressed upon me that Japanese is a vague language; this is a misconception that Jay Rubin obviously spent a lot of time debunking. In reading the Japanese translation of Harry Potter, I'm often impressed with how much more specific Japanese is. In fact, I wonder how did the translator, Yuko Matsuoka, know what to emphasize, what would be significant later in the series? I love Japanese compound verbs like mottekite (I have it in hand and I'm coming) for "bring". I love the particle markers, the guideposts in the sentence. They have no semantic value but exist only to tell you the purpose of words and their relationship to each other in sentence.
See the effect Jay Rubin has on me? He makes me go all lyrical about Japanese. I think I could listen to him talk about it all day. Because he is so enamored. And because it's so difficult to find anyone to share my excitement when I figure something out. And because he gives me hope that I might someday be able to think in Japanese. He explains that the US government figures it takes 1,410 hours of study to bring their employees up to a "Limited Working Proficiency" in Japanese. Convert that to five hour per week, thirty week per year study of the typical college student and it works out to 9.4 years. Given that on average, I don't devote nearly that much time a week to studying, my twenty years of playing around at Japanese doesn't seem so extreme. In fact, I could argue that I didn't really start studying Japanese until I took my first class nine years ago. And there have been long periods, months, years) when I didn't study at all. Onward. Ever onward.


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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (WOMENSENEWS)--When apartheid began to crumble in the early 1990s, Salukazi Dakile-Hlongwane returned from self-imposed exile in the United States to make her fortune at home in South Africa.
The country's new, multiracial government wanted to erase the legacy of decades of racial discrimination and transforming the economy was high on the agenda.
In the first years of democracy, South Africa's African National Congress-led government passed a flurry of new laws.
Known collectively as Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment, these new laws were designed to help people from previously disadvantaged groups--such as non-whites and women--acquire a greater share of the economy.
Armed with a master's degree in development economics from a prestigious U.S. school and years of experience in international development organizations, Dakile-Hlongwane sensed opportunity.
Seven Financial Women Start Firm
In 1996, two years after Nelson Mandela was elected president in South Africa's first multi-racial elections, she joined forces with six other South African women to create a woman-only investment company, Nozala Investments, which has attained a strong reputation in South Africa's financial world.
"It was at the advent of our democratization," recalled Dakile-Hlongwane of her decision to found the company. "It was part of the reconstruction and development program of the ANC that they would want to level the playing ground, opening up opportunities. Women in particular, and black people, had been disadvantaged under the old system."
Nozala, which is 100 percent owned by women, now owns stakes in mining and telecommunications firms, as well as one of the country's largest food catering companies.
The company's success has helped make Dakile-Hlongwane, who currently serves as Nozala's deputy chair and chief executive, a prominent figure in South Africa's business world.
But while Nozala is working hard to create wealth for its investors, the company's founders are determined that some of the riches trickle down to some of the country's poorest.
"Black Economic Empowerment was never meant to enrich just the few," said Dakile-Hlongwane, who grew up poor. "It was important to us to ensure that we combined our wealth creation with development."
The economic empowerment laws encouraged many companies to diversify their ownership and management, in the process creating a new class of wealthy black South Africans who live in exclusive, formerly white, neighborhoods, play golf and drive BMWs.
New black and female-owned companies have risen to new prominence and, for the first time in the country's history, blacks now own more of the country's wealth than whites.
But the empowerment program has been criticized too for creating a small number of super-rich--many with political connections--while doing little to raise the standard of living for most ordinary people.
Unique Investment Models
Nozala and several other female-run investment groups operating in South Africa, however, have developed unique investment models that try to use the world of high finance to benefit women living in impoverished areas.
Among the shareholders in Nozala, for example, are women's groups from impoverished areas, such as the Rural Women's Movement, a local non-governmental organization working with low-income women in several South African provinces.
All of Nozala's seven founding members and its black empowerment shareholders contribute 20 percent of their dividends to the Nozala Trust, which helps provide capital to small businesses in women's areas.
So far, they've helped ordinary women found a bricklaying company, a company that makes and exports jam made from exotic fruits and a textile company that produces overalls for farm workers.
Most of the women they've helped are members of shareholding groups with the fewest resources, usually from impoverished rural areas.
"In most cases you borrow to invest, so you don't see a profit for a long time. So our idea was, let's use some of our dividends to help women build businesses," said Dakile-Hlongwane. "They'll have jobs immediately; they won't have to wait until they earn money from their shares."
Fakude Breaks Into Established Ranks
Like Dakile-Hlongwane, Nolitha Fakude is considered one of South Africa's top businesswomen. But while Nozala buys shares of South African companies, and helps to build new ones on a grassroots level, Fakude is helping run some of the country's oldest, biggest and most traditional firms.
Despite employment equity laws that promote diversity in business, a handful of women, and an even smaller number of black women, have made it to the top echelons of major South African companies.
According to a survey by the Businesswomen's Association of South Africa, only 6.2 percent of CEOs and board directors in companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange are women.
Among company directors, only 10.7 percent are women.
Fakude is one of the few who has fought her way into this elite group.
In July, Fakude was appointed the first black executive director of Sasol, South Africa's state-owned chemical and liquid fuel company. It was a major coup for the Johannesburg-based company, which stole her from Nedbank, one of South Africa's major banking groups, after just 18 months on the job.
She also sits, in a non-executive capacity, on the boards of several other major South African companies.
Despite her personal success, Fakude also believes that black economic empowerment will be a failure if it only enriches a select few. For her, it's an issue of justice, but also a question of competitiveness.
"We can't leave the bulk of our people behind and just integrate the middle classes," said Fakude, who is also the first female president of the Black Management Forum, one of the country's oldest and most respected business groups, based in Johannesburg. "We'll struggle to compete in this globalized world."
Banda Succeeds at Business in Zambia
South Africa's laws have helped some women, but elsewhere on the continent businesswomen have also proved they can succeed alone. One of them is Sylvia Banda, who lives in Lusaka in Zambia.
Banda used the skills she knows best--cooking and hospitality--to turn an initial investment of about $40 of her own savings into a food empire that turns over several hundred thousand dollars a year and is one of the country's most recognized brands. Under the banner of Sylva (spelled differently from her first name) Professional Catering Services and College, she now runs a guesthouse, several restaurants, a catering service, a hospitality school and employs 155 people.
The Lusaka-based company also recently launched a line of dried Zambian foods, ranging from pumpkin leaves to caterpillars, and has long-term plans for a high-end hotel.
Banda credits her success to determination, focus and self-reliance. She has never taken a loan, building her business slowly by pouring her profits back into the company.
"Those companies that have succeeded, you find that they have the same principles," said Banda. "They are creative and they also look for new ideas. No folding arms and expecting government to support them. The ones who have failed are the ones who have looked always for the government to provide alms for them."
The research and production of this series on emerging female leaders of Africa was supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The reporter, Nicole Itano, is a Johannesburg-based freelance journalist.


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Live, from San Diego! IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall and Marketing VP Dirk Wood host a "late night" show at Comic-Con, with Duane Swierczynski, Alan Robert, Brea and Zane Grant, and... Alan Moore? Plus: announcements!
Writer Duane Swierczynski spoke to CBR News about writing Mega-City One's top cow in IDW's new "Judge Dredd" ongoing series, announced today at Comic-Con International.
IDW Senior Editor Scott Dunbier spoke exclusively with CBR News about the putting together the publisher's upcoming oversized Artist's Edition collection of "Mad" comics and re-discovering the 60-year-old art.
Courtesy of IDW, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "The Crow" #1, John Shirley and Kevin Colden's take on James O'Barr's classic mythos. The new series debuts July 11.
Steve Niles announces "Criminal Macabre: Final Night - The 30 Days of Night Crossover," promising that when vampires wage war on humanity, one of his signature series "will be destroyed."
IDW Publishing has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of "Popeye" #3 by Roger Langridge and Tom Neely. Popeye gets Wimpy in the ring July 4.
This week, IDW Publishing releases "David Mazzucchelli's Daredevil Born Again Artist's Edition." It's a giant book with a big legacy, and Augie likes what he sees. Really likes it.
Writer Mark Waid spoke with CBR about his upcoming IDW miniseries "The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom," and what it means to him to tell a story involving Dave Stevens' beloved creation with his "Daredevil" collaborator Samnee.
IDW Publishing has provided CBR with an exclusive first look at "Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye" #6. The Autobot/Decepticon struggle continues on June 27.
"Orc Stain" creator James Stokoe talks about his love for Godzilla and his work as writer and artist of the IDW miniseries "Godzilla: The Half-Century War."
IDW has released images and solicitation information for new comics on sale in September 2012 including the latest from "Danger Girl/G.I. Joe," "Doctor Who," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and more.
"Chew" creator John Layman discusses driving the "Mars Attacks" spaceship for IDW's new ongoing comic based on the Topps trading card property. Plus, exclusive art!
IDW Publishing has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of Chris Roberson's "Memorial" #6. The miniseries' final issue goes on sale June 20.
"G.I. Joe: Real American Hero" drops in Comic-Con International in San Diego for a two-part story arc beginning in July's #180. CBR spoke with writer Larry Hama about the arc and what Cobra's plotting in Hall H.
IDW Publishing has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of Chris Ryall and Jamal Igle's "KISS" #1, the June 13-debuting all-new ongoing title starring the iconic, face-painted rock group.
Jorge Solis gives "Monocyte" #4 by Menton3 and Kasra Ghanbari 5 stars saying the issue "excels as a worthy endeavor in fantasy storytelling and artwork."
"Dracula: The Company of Monsters" writer Daryl Gregory returns with a new tale of a warrior king in "Secret Battles of Genghis Khan" this July from IDW. CBR spoke with Gregory about the book.
IDW Publishing Chief Creative Officer and Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall spoke with CBR about the state of the publisher, long-running and new licenses, creator-owned comics and creator rights, and much more.
Courtesy of IDW Publishing, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Road Rage" #4 by Richard Matheson, Chris Ryall, and Rafa Garres. The conclusion to Matheson's "Duel" adaptation arrives May 30.
IDW has released images and solicitation information for new comics on sale in August 2012 including the latest from "Danger Girl/.I. Joe," "Locke & Key," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and more.
IDW Publishing has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of Mike Costa and Jon Armstrong's "Smoke and Mirrors" #3. The magic continues Wednesday, May 23.
Ryan K. Lindsay gives "Locke & Key: Clockworks" #6 4.5 stars, saying the issue by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez "has the power and complete control to make readers stop and start at its desire."
Courtesy of IDW, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Locke & Key: Clockworks" #6, the final chapter in the latest installment of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's Eisner-winning saga, on sale May 16.
Joe Hill and Jason Ciaramella launch the next chapter in the dark superhero epic in July's "The Cape: 1969." CBR spoke with Ciaramella about the series that reveals the origin of the cape itself.
Remembering "Where the Wild Things Are" author Maurice Sendak. IDW President Ted Adams talks digital sales, more! Alex Ross honored by American Academy of Art! Bill Willingham talks "Fables"! Plus more!
One of the great artists of Marvel's Bronze Age, Sal Buscema spoke with CBR News about his long career, being legendary and his current work inking "G.I. Joe" and "Dungeons and Dragons: Forgotten Realms" for IDW.
Hero Initiative has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of Christian Gossett's "Red Star" story from this year's "Hero Comics." The benefit comic, featuring work by Kevin Eastman, Dave Sim and more, is on sale May 30.
CBR spoke to "Transformers" ongoing series writers John Barber & James Roberts about their titles,"Robots in Disguise" & "More Than Meets the Eye," and building a complex world beyond giant fighting robots.
Russian hero Alexander Nevsky comes to comics in Ben McCool and Mario Guevarra's adaptation of Eisenstein's classic film. "Nevsky" is out this month from IDW, and CBR spoke with McCool about the project.
Courtesy of IDW publishing, CBR presents an exclusive preview of the publisher's newest horror comic, Bobby Curnow and Dave Wachter's "Night of 1000 Wolves," in stores May 9.
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With no particular breed being more popular than another, in 2013 residents of Wayne County registered 6,500 dogs. And now, Pennsylvanians can purchase dog licenses for 2014 from their county treasurers. State law requires all dogs three months and older to be licensed by January 1 of each year.
An annual dog license is $8.45, or $6.45 if the animal is spayed or neutered. Lifetime licenses are available for dogs that have permanent identification like a microchip or tattoo. Older adults and people with disabilities may be eligible for discounts.
The dog license application is simple and only requests owner contact information and details about the dog being licensed, like name, age, breed and color.
Reasons for dog licensing:
It's the law. All dogs three months and older must have a current license.
If a dog gets lost, a license is the best way to get them back.
A license helps animal control and shelters identify dogs and return them to their home. The cost of a license is less than the penalty for being caught without one. Owners who fail to license their dogs could face a fine of up to $300 for each unlicensed dog.
License fees support animal control.
The annual fee that is paid to license a dog, helps keep shelters running and supports the work of the Dog Law Enforcement Office, which is responsible for ensuring the welfare of dogs, regulating dangerous dogs and overseeing annual licensing and rabies vaccinations.
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Having been wanted for not appearing at trial in a prior drug case, Wilson is charged with drug possession with intent to deliver, identity theft, fleeing to avoid arrest and possessing instruments of a crime.
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Head of Communications and Marketing
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Fans criticize University of Alabama athletics Facebook post
Published: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 11:40 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | A post on the University of Alabama athletics Facebook page drew ire from fans for asking them to change their profile pictures to an image of late coach Bear Bryant's houndstooth hat.
The request was to celebrate what would have been Bryant's 100th birthday Wednesday. Most of the hundreds of comments criticized the timing because it also marked the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
One response stated it's "not a good day to remember a football coach. We need to honor our fallen heroes."
Another noted: "Thousands died on this day 12 years ago, and you want to have us recognize a football coach instead?"
Alabama spokesman Doug Walker had no comment.
The post asked fans to change their pictures "to celebrate Coach Bryant's life and legacy."
— The Associated Press
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Clinical Trials - Discovering and Sharing Knowledge
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Developing a new medicine to fight diseases such as cancer or diabetes can require 12-15 years of research and over $1 billion. As seen in Catalyst posts earlier this week, a foundational aspect of the research is scientifically rigorous, well-regulated clinical trials.
Recently, critics such as Dr. Ben Goldacre have sought to cast doubt on this vital research, contending that information generated from clinical trials is incomplete and insufficiently shared.
Such unfounded yet sensational claims may generate headlines, but they do not help make new medicines. Clinical trials made possible the more than 340 new medicines approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the last decade, and 35 novel medicines in FY 2012 alone. Criticizing the research process without acknowledging the vigorous oversight and commitment to safe and ethical conduct is a disservice to the tens of thousands of scientists exploring new medicines, the patients who participate in trials and advance our scientific knowledge, and the millions of patients hoping for cures.
Dr. Goldacre's calls to release all patient-level trial data pose a great risk to patient privacy and could discourage individuals considering participating in clinical trials and companies who want to invest in research. Inappropriate release of trial data could lead to second-guessing of the already rigorous regulatory approval process, which would be disastrous for patients and doctors. The FDA has the most advanced review process for potential new medicines, and it is continuously improving its scientific knowledge and regulatory capabilities.
The FDA releases a comprehensive summary approval package with each new medicine, which includes analysis of all significant clinical trials used for the approval process. FDA constantly monitors approved medicines and updates approved labeling accordingly. The approved labeling contains the synthesis of all known clinical data about a medicine. The Drugs@FDA database enables searches for information about FDA-approved brand name and generic medicines and therapeutic biological products, including labels, patient information, approval letters, and other information
Our current system includes sharing trial results with government regulators, the academic and medical communities, physicians and the public through submissions to the FDA, presentations at medical conferences and publication in peer-reviewed journals. As of February 2, 2013, ClinicalTrials.gov listed 139,847 studies with locations in all 50 states and in 182 countries. There is an enormous amount of clinical data available today.
The current clinical trials process is working well, fostering new medicines and spreading new scientific knowledge to researchers, physicians, patients and regulators. These committed participants in the clinical trials system are always seeking to improve, welcoming of constructive debates. Dr. Goldacre's claims may gain some publicity, but they cast accusations rather than seeking common ground.