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A day on the rig
Southern Ohio farmland accommodates drilling, animals
August 15, 2013
WILLS TWP. — To illustrate how nature and horizontal oil and natural gas drilling can coexist at a well pad in Guernsey County, David Hill points to the livestock....
"Fracking is not dangerous .. "
Yea tell that to my Dads buddy who was at a well site. One of the frak trucks pumping liquid nitrogen blew a line. Luckily everyone seen what was about to happen and got out of the way before it blew.
Yep thats not dangerous at all.
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How many of you have actually worked on a frac site before and have the slightest bit of knowledge about what goes on? Until you have, stop posing like you know what occurs. People fear what they don't understand. You better get use to it, because Monroe, Noble, and possibly (hopefully) Washington County are hitting some monster wells that Ohio has never seen. So keep bi#ching about fracing while you long for your iPhone, which is truly powered by natural gas!
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Cry babies ! Just a bunch of jealousy going on.Fracking is not dangerous .. It is going to make jobs and help the state !!! Those who are whining around are those who can not benefir from the bonus money or royalties.Happy for land owner and farmers who work their butts off on their lands.. To finally get a long deserved break in life.I know many people who haft quit their minimum wage job to double and triple their take home pay to better themselves and provide a better life for their families.Drilling is a blessing for many. Come drill on me ! You can tear my garage down and set a pad in my front yard lol would love it..
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The word for today is public relations: A pr firm that represented big tobacco, now represents the natural gas fracking industry, we KNOW cigarettes cause cancer, and we know fracking fluids contain carcinogens, but we don't know if fracking fluids will lead to cancers, pfffft.....livestock crap.....
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Not sure what all the fuss is about in the comments section today. I for one have always gauged the temperament of nearby cattle as a moral compass whenever an important decision arises. I mean, this is the sort of brain power that's made America the great country it is today. Moo.
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asknot, makes a lot of sense for tort reform to take place. If this were to happen the ambulance chasers and their ilk would be out of a job. We the people though, would greatly benefit.
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asknot, I know that you are not saying to regulate the temp. of peoples houses, but there are people out there that think it is a good idea. I read about the loophole, and I know it can go both ways. Like I said, new model for businesses. Basically, society benefits from people being responsible, as costs will always go down, no matter the industry. Think of this, responsible employees don't steal pens at work. How much will be saved by office supplies not being pilfered? Of course companies need to act responsibly as well. How much can they save from needless lawsuits?
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asknot, I agree with you on conserving. The problem is that we really can't force people to conserve. You have the right to keep the temperature in house at whatever level you want. It is your money. Responsibility can't be legislated and to attempt to do so erodes the freedom of everyone. This is a very dangerous and slippery slope. I do not need or want the government playing nanny to people. It is bad enough already.
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asknot, while I am all for some sensible oversite of fracking, I know all to well what happens when the government puts regulations into place. These regulations tend to come from bureaucrats that lack the knowledge and expertise to enact sensible regulations. With that said, I think that that a new model for businesses needs enacted. This model should be based on the idea that doing things the right way will increase profit in the long run. costly legal battles can be avoided as a cost of doing business.
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asknot, heat is very accurate. Thermostats and blowers do not work without electric. You can cut down trees, but then you are taking away trees, which is a big no no for enviromentalists.
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The vertically hydraulically fractured wells that began in the 40's are not at all comparable to the horizontally fractured wells we are discussing. Horizontally hydraulically fracturing wells began in Texas in the 90's. This may be an "old" technology, but we are using it in a much larger scale and in new and unstudied ways. Show me some independent studies saying it's safe. Why can't we do better than saying too bad for you if it's your family that takes the collateral damage?
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Here is the bottom line that many people fail to understand. We need cheap energy. Without it, we as a nation are doomed. Will this create pollution? Absolutely it will. Will people die sooner than they should? Probably. The alternative is no heat or electric. You get a pristine environment with very few people because people will die from exposer and illness. There is a trade off. Do this in the most enviromentely friendly way possible that is cost effective. This is just the reality of the situation. Until all of you people crying about the environment give up your plastic, your cars, your heat, and your electric, you need to quit squalling because you are as guilty as the companies that go after the resources.
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NEWSFLASH: Fracking has been going on in this area for 40 years!!! Show me the devistation, and I might believe most of the naysayers rhetoric.
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I want to shut something down until someone can make it/prove it's safe. I want to shut it down before it hurts MY family. What gives anyone the right to sacrifice their neighbors for money? 6.5% is UNACCEPTABLE! That is the initial failure rate. The eventual failure rate is 100%. That means, that eventually those of us with well water within an unknown distance (at this time we know it is at least 1 mile out) likely will end up with all the naturally occurring contaminates (methane, arsenic, etc)in our water. We will all have worthless homes, and will have to truck in a water buffalo. It is not OK to sacrifice my family for yours or anyone else's.
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Oh I didn't vote against Obama because he was a Dem, I actually voted against him because I think he is an ignorant a**. And no I have no problem with Anger management, pretty happy person here. Crystal99, I am not saying it hasn't happened, but 6.5% and you want to shut down something that provides food on the table for thousands of families in the USA, again everything comes with a risk, its called progress. I don't trust the big guys in Washington either and thats who is running the show. Asknot, your use of exclamation points is rather dramatic, maybe you need therapy. Just saying lol
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Take the Hallowich Family for example. They had dangerous levels of chemicals in their well water found only around here in fracking fluid (aka, Brine). They sued, Range Resources settled with them. 2 years later the Pittsburgh Post Gazette sues the courts to open the sealed case under the FOIA. Turns out, Range settled for $750,000 on the condition that the Hallowich's and their CHILDREN (aged 7 & 10 at the time) never speak of horizontal drilling, Marcellus shale, Range, etc. They issued a gag order on children. The judge and Hallowich attorney expressed concern that a child is unable to legally give up their first amendment right. Seriously, these are the people who can ruin everything for all of us with one bad move. Do you trust them? I sure don't.
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I actually clean using natural products, and mostly with just plain old vinegar, a natural disinfectant. Even if I didn't 1 gallon of bleach is not the same as 55,000 gallons of who knows what going through my water table with nothing between my water and it but cement. I want to clarify, I am not worried about any danger from cement, but from cement casings failing. They fail initially 6.5% of the time. Industry itself admits that this is a problem.
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Asknot, I did reread my posts because I was worried that I had called someone a name....I didn't. Obviously your upset, please reread your posts "Rainbows and Kittens" sorry but sarcasm does nothing for me and doesn't make you look smart. Yes as a matter of fact I do know where our oil comes from and Crystal99 is correct Chesapeake is owned by China, however they are no longer the main drilling company in this area, most are owned by companies here in the states, American people benefitting instead of foreigners, oh and yes I am a Republican, and proud of it, but guess what, our yearly income is below 50,000 with 7 kids between the two of us, we vote "R" because we believe that Obama is a coward and looking to ruin us, oh and I own guns, I don't get public assistance we both work full time. Anything else?
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No Swilson60, not the paycheck, the ignorance of some....thats all :)
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Asknot, what names did i call you or anyone else, I spoke of spewing poison, tree hugging green lovers, if your insulted by this I apologize, maybe you don't like trees?? And I was talking about Fracking as well though I appreciate your sarcasm, makes you look so smart :)The chemicals Crystal99 mentioned, well its kind of like mixing a cup of bleach with a gallon of water, they are diluted and please take a look at the back of some of your everyday household cleaning supplies in your home Crystal99, since your so cautious you may want to eliminate some of these, and the only thing used while doing cement casing, is cement and water. The local plants in the area pump worse than that into the river everyday.
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I do my best to minimize risks to my family and myself. I wear my seatbelt, I drive at/below the speed limit, I don't text while driving. I would greatly appreciate if Rex energy would keep their 55,000 gallons of toxic chemicals, some of which I am not allowed to know about, away from my water well. I would like them to minimize my risk by not flaring next to my home, polluting the air my children and I breathe. There is a horizontal well less than 1500 feet from my house. I would like my risk to be minimized by them keeping their industrial activities away from residential areas.
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It is actually the foreigners who profit from our gas. After Chesapeake drilled the heck out of much of this country, Chesapeake Energy (CHK) announced a deal to sell half of its oil and gas assets in northern Oklahoma to Sinopec, one of China's largest oil producers, for $1 billion. China stands to benefit the most from our endeavors.
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What do they put in the ground when they frack? I'm glad you asked....hydrochloride acid, glutaraldehyde, quaternary ammonium chloride, tetrakis hydroxymethphosphonium sulfate, ammonium per sulfate, sodium chloride,magnesium peroxide, magnesium oxide, calcium chloride, choline chloride, isopropanol, methanol, formic acid, acetaldehyde, petroleum distillate, boric aced, ethylene glycol, naphtalene, toluene, titanium dioxide, anhydrous ammonia, benzene, bronopol, and these are only a few of hundreds of chemicals. Each well takes an average of 5.5 mil gallons of water to dill horizontally & vertically. They add 55,000 gallons of these chemicals to the water. That's a lot of chemicals in/on the ground if there is a spill, a tear in the plastic liner, a cement casing job that doesn't hold up, among a number of other workplace mishaps that happen everyday.
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Amen, Momma4! Too much misinformation put out there; much is sponsored by foreigners that stand to lose if we become energy independent. I say "drill, baby, drill!" The sooner the better!
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And Crystal99, please don't tell me about the dangers of drilling operations, I know what the dangers are because I am faced with the reality of them everyday that my husband leaves for work, but there are far more car accident fatalities on a daily basis then there are Oil rig fatalities, but I bet you are still driving around in your car aren't you. Everything comes with a risk, every job, every action we take every day.
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An adorable Apartment in Athens
Size40 m²
Floor No.6(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Indoor fireplace
- Elevator in building
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It was fully renovated in 2011. It is in the sixth floor of the building. It is furnished and fully equipped. Very modern decorated.
The kitchen is fully equipped with oven, dishwasher, fridge with freezer. Cutlery, dishes and pans, kettle, espresso coffee maker (espresso capsules are provided), toaster. There is also a vacuum cleaner and a laundry machine. One big closet will make your stay more comfortable. Bed linen and towels are provided.
The apartment is fully air conditioned. It has also a big terrace with amazing view. The apartment is very close to a Greek traditional taverna, a pharmacy, banks and public transport. The nearest beach is only 2 km away. 24 hours hot water. Airport transport is available upon demand at an additional cost.
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The apartment has a spectacular view of the sunset in Athens. The terrace is spacious and well furnished, as well as the apartment, although I must admit that from the point of view of cleanliness left something 'to be desired. George Council to put in place a couple of electrical outlets "flying" ... the bathroom is very small as well as the kitchen. (Maybe draw a little picture 'in deception). well located apartment in the complex (at least for us with the car reached the city center in 10 minutes) with a supermarket a few meters away.
L'appartamento ha una vista spettacolare sui tramonti di Atene. Il terrazzo è spazioso e ben arredato, così come l'appartamento, anche se devo ammettere che dal punto di vista della pulizia lasciava un po' a desiderare. Consiglio George di rimettere a posto un paio di prese elettriche "volanti"... il bagno è molto piccolo cosi come la cucina. (forse le foto traggono un po' in inganno). nel complesso appartamento ben posizionato (almeno per noi che con la macchina si raggiungeva il centro città in 10 minuti ) con supermercato a pochi metri di distanza.
We stayed one week in George's appartment.
The place was really nice, modern, clean, very well equiped (hoven, washing machine, dish washer, hair dryer, etc.). It is really nice to be able to enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner on the terrace.
George is a very good host. He has been really nice to us, and it was a pleasure to meet him.
He is very available and quick to respond when you need anything.
I would rent to him again without hesitation, I recommend.
Thank you.
George was an excellent house manager, replied quickly and in detail for each request. The house is very nice, quite and clean, very bright with a fantastic view on Athens's harbour and more. Everything worked well. Pireaus area is not so comfortable to get beaches and Acropoli (it took about 45/55 minutes) but you can easily get buses and the metro stop is about 10' far away.
To make it simple: the house was a WRECK (broken chairs, 3 chairs for a house for 10, 1 bathroom instead of 2, dirty floors, dirty stuff in the cupboards, dirty plastic bottles near the pool, ... ). We called George to complain and to tell him that we would not stay in the house (we were with children), and managed to talk to him.
BUT, that was the only contact that we had: he did not return our following calls to discuss refund. We left him several messages but he did bot care. For me, he is a CROOK.
In the end we did not stay in the house, and got re-imbursed by Wimdu, after sending photos and explaining the situation, plus several calls and emails.
George is a great host, his apartment is very pleasant and robust. If you are looking to stay in that area, then it is the best place to stay. George was very attentive to my needs and made everything possible to accommodate my desires.
Lovely apartment - couple of broken items which I am sure will have been dealt with by George's efficient team by the next stay. The location is too far from the metro for a comfortable walk in 37+ heat! Easy walk beside the block through a wee park to the main road and immediate access to taxis. We paid around €6 to the centre of Athens and with 3 of us that was fine. The bus stops there too. Shame the satellite dish blocks the view of the Acropolis from the balcony - lovely view from the bedroom window! We sat out a couple of times but it was so hot we were thankful for the air conditioning inside. All in all a good flat in a quiet location. Transfers were easy to arrange with George's drivers and I would recommend the apartment as a good choice for anyone who doesn't want to stay in the city centre which can be noisy and very busy.
I would definately recommed the Apartment to everyone. It is fully renovated and modern decorated. George was a perfect Host and always very helpful.
The location is unbeatable for sure. Great Areas like Plaka, Acropolis, Monastiraki, Kolonaki are all within walking distance, from 1 minute away to a maximum of 15 minutes.
Athens in general is allways worth it to go there.
Thanks George. See you next time in Athens.
The apartment Georges offers is excellent. The interior is very nice and the 3 bethrooms are specious. The balcony gives you a great view over Athens and the harbour and so is a nice spot to relaxe after a long day of sight seeing.
The metro station Ag. Dimitrios is only a 15 minutes walk, and from there it is an easy ride to Athens centre. Supermarkets are just a 5 minutes walk away to do some shopping.
George gave a very good support on questions / demands from our side.
Best regards Paul de Jonge
The location is unbeatable - a quiet side street, but seconds from the Acropolis site, museum and the adjoining metro, Easy walks to all the major sites. The flat is nice - a decent size, good bathroom, clean, well appointed. Its a raised ground floor flat, so the views either way aren't much, but you only have to turn the corner for views of Hadrian's Temple or the Acropolis.
Although this property is not the most convenient to the center of Athens, if you have business in the northern suburbs, as we did, it is the perfect spot. The neighborhood is clean, with many restaurants and shops within walking distance, including a big A/B. There is a big park with a well maintained fenced playground nearby as well, which my daughter enjoyed. The apartment itself is very large and thoughtfully stocked, with a comfortable, well-equipped kitchen. While we had trouble with one of the toilets, everything else was fine. Beds were extremely comfortable, and it was quiet at night. The building felt secure and the neighborhood felt safe. We asked for cleaning and a friendly woman called Ellie came and did a thorough job for not much money. Management was responsive to requests. The metro is a 15 minute walk away, though it is down some steep streets and they are harder to walk on the way back! Once there it is very quick into the center.
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Too often, our study of the Bible focuses on searching for specific information or some formula that will solve our pressing needs of the moment. But what if we approached the Bible differently, and instead of transforming the text to meet our needs, allowed it to transform us?
That's exactly the idea behind Life with God, Richard J. Foster's much-anticipated book on the Bible. Foster, bestselling author of Celebration of Discipline and general editor of The Renovaré Spiritual Formation Bible, claims that God has superintended the writing of Scripture so that it serves as the most reliable guide for Christian spiritual formation. According to Foster, the Bible is all about human life "with God." As we read Scripture, we should consider how exactly God is with us in each story and allow ourselves to be spiritually transformed. By opening our whole selves—mind, body, spirit, thoughts, behavior, and will—to the page before us, we begin to grasp all the Bible has to teach about prayer, obedience, compassion, virtue, and grace and apply it to our everyday lives to achieve a deeper relationship with God.
With a wealth of examples and simple yet crucial insights, Life with God is an indispensable guide to approaching the Bible through the lens of Christian spiritual formation, revealing that reading the Bible for interior transformation is a far different endeavor than reading the Bible for historical knowledge, literary appreciation, or religious instruction.
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"For some time now Richard Foster has been teaching us how to live with a living God. Those of us who would follow Jesus, must inculcate and practice the disciplines required for discipleship. Who better points us toward the discipline life than Richard Foster? This is a transforming, radiant book." — Will Willimon, Bishop, the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church and author of Conversations with Barth about Preaching (Abingdon, 2007)
"Richard Foster awakens us to God's continued desire to commune with us despite the deafness of our sin-blunted ears. From long experience, he shows how the dynamic use of the spiritual disciplines can open our ears to God's voice. A book to read slowly." — David Neff, Editor in Chief, Christianity Today
"Alluring warmth, empathetic breadth, and twenty-twenty perceptiveness, mild on sin but firm on grace, have together become the hallmark of the Renovare books. This pathway into the "with-God life" is a worthy addition to the study." — J.I. Packer, Professor of Theology, Regent College and author of Knowing God.
Foster is a reliable, compelling guide for a life in which God is a defining agent. The news from Foster is good indeed: God is with us! — Walter Brueggemann, Emeritus Professor of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary
"A deep reflective guide to spiritual rumination and growth." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
You hold in your hands a very wise book written for anyone who craves a deep, palpable connection to God. If you want to discover new ways of entering the Bible, and letting it enter you, you will find no better guide than Richard Foster. — Lauren F. Winner, Duke Divinity School, author of Girl Meets God
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In the quest to head to the Junior National Nordic Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska, Summit Nordic Ski Club's Taeler McCrerey, a Summit High School student, not only won her age class in both Friday's classic and Saturday's skate races, she also had the fastest time both days.
She skied a 22:27 in the classic race and a 15:44 in the skate race.
"She had a great weekend. Usually, she's close to being the top dog in the classic race, so Friday wasn't the biggest surprise, but (on Saturday), for her to win against those older girls in that skate race, that's a big step for her," coach Joe Howdyshell said.
The girls' program is growing, he added, pointing out that Saturday was the first time the girls' team - albeit young - had two racers on the podium at a junior national qualifier in at least five years with Ruthie Boyd finishing third.
Meanwhile, in the boys' racing division, Ski and Snowboard Club of Vail swept the podium in the 16-19-year-old skate race. The Vail club nearly swept the classic race Friday, but Evan Weinman of Steamboat Springs Winter Ski Club skied into second place.
Racing under the Summit High School name, Sam Piehl placed 10th in the classic race Friday, while the Nordic club's Cameron Bobb finished 15th. In the younger boys' age range, Billy Wilcox finished top for Summit in 6th place, behind winner Charlie Greenberg of Denver Nordic Ski Club.
Cameron Bobb finished fifth for Summit in Saturday's skate competition behind the older Vail boys. In the younger age class, Colin McGrew finished 13th, with Boulder Nordic Junior Racing Team's Paolo Takagi-Atilano taking first.
The Nordic club currently has eight members in its ranks who are qualified for the national race: Jackson Hill, Cameron Bob and Liam McDonnell (16-19); Henry Trowbridge, Billy Wilcox, Colin McGrew (14-15); Taeler McCrerey and Ruthie Boyd (14-15). Points are cumulative throughout the season, though, so the list isn't finalized until the race next weekend in Durango.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo (KKCO) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released its fifth quarterly small business survey recently. According to the survey conducted by Harris Interactive, only one in five small businesses expect to hire next year. As you dig deeper in the data and talk about the Affordable Healthcare Act, it only gets worse.
The Affordable Healthcare Act is forcing businesses nationwide to rethink planning and business strategy. "It's clearly impacted the business ever since it was passed," says Matt Collins, Chief Operating Officer with Lewis Engineering Inc. in Grand Junction. Lewis is like thousands of business executives feeling the pinch. "We get feedback from those that provide insurance to us; that they're raising rates in anticipation of increased costs due to this healthcare." Lewis engineering has 60 full-time employees. "Now with the recent Supreme Court ruling that it's a tax, we're just starting to see everyone positioning themselves to cover these increased costs, and it's just rolling downhill to small businesses," says Lewis. He does plan to hire next year, but is preparing for a new era. "In addition to the tax that the small business is going to have to pay through income tax and increased sales tax, and the litany of taxes that are in this program."
"The Affordable Healthcare Law has a lot of unknown impacts that will affect business," says Merritt Kinsey, President of Western Slope Industries, Inc. Kinsey has 63 full-time employees. "Most of the law seems to be focused on having those of us who carry health insurance pay even more than those who don't, so I think that's part of the problem we're facing," explains Kinsey. Kinsey isn't hiring next year, and isn't confident the law will help the private sector create jobs.
"I think it will create a lot of jobs in the government sector, but very few in private industry," he says.
Dan Roberts is the Chief Financial Officer with Mays Concrete Inc., a company of nearly 80 employees. Roberts says the company isn't hiring full-time employees next year, and the unknown variables are the hardest part to plan for. "We still don't really know what's coming down in the whole act yet; the things that our consultant tell us about will obviously have an impact on the plan that we offer right now," says Roberts.
The survey also reports following the Supreme Court's decision on President Obama's healthcare law, 72% of businesses say the healthcare law will make it harder for them to hire.
On a bright note, 68% of business owners say their sector is headed in the right direction.
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BEAVER CREEK - The Birds of Prey downhill course is one of the most respected courses on the World Cup calendar, and Friday's downhill proved why so many racers call it one of the most difficult races to win.
Racers commended course conditions all week, with American Marco Sullivan calling it "unmatched" and teammate Andrew Weibrecht calling it the standard in terms of both snow and course preparation.
And while conditions remained great Friday, there were changes that threw some skiers off a little bit.
"It definitely changed a little bit," said American Travis Ganong. "It just got a little bumpier, a little icier, maybe even a little faster in some sections, but the bumps are slowing us down."
Ganong said he "got a little tossed" around the Pumphouse section but was happy to score points with a 16th-place finish.
Most racers, including Ganong, said the bumps weren't anything more than what's expected after 80 skiers take four runs on the course throughout the week. Many of the mistakes at Birds of Prey Friday were just a result of, well, Birds of Prey.
"The course, if you ski the proper line the entire way, it flows really nicely and you can carry your speed the whole way," Sullivan said. "As soon as you get offline anywhere, you're battling to get back in the rhythm. Especially after you get off the pitch, you go by the Pumphouse section, that's you're last bit of speed before a long flat so that's really critical, and that's where I think you see a lot of guys make small errors and that just compounds for the rest of the course."
And while mistakes obviously hurt ski racers on any course, many racers say Birds of Prey seems especially unforgiving.
Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal, who finished second Friday, said you can correct a mistake and gain back speed at Birds of Prey as long as the mistake is on the top part of the course, where it's steep. The problem with a mistake up there, though, is the line.
"If you lose the line, you can't slow down to get back in your line because that's going to cost you too much time and you can't win the race that way so once you're late up there you just have to go with what you go," Svindal said.
Norwegian Kjetil Jansrud, who finished third, said Birds of Prey is challenging "all the way, except for the top 20 seconds."
"It starts off real steep and just keeps on taking you through technical terrain, and then as soon as you get down off the steep the speed is so high and it's still turny, so you know it's two minutes of hard work. I think this is one of the hardest courses on the tour," Jansrud said.
American Ted Ligety, who finished one spot shy of scoring World Cup points at 31st, said racers make mistakes on any course because they're going 80 miles per hour and trying to be the fastest guy. He said all ski races are unforgiving to mistakes.
"Every hill, I think, is difficult in that sense," Ligety said. "Here, if you mess up coming after the pitch, you have a lot of moderate terrain with no turns really to make it up, so you just pay hard. That's how downhill is - you make mistakes and that speed just carries out the rest of the way, and unless you are by far the best guy, you don't make up for those (mistakes)."
In Friday's downhill, the win wasn't entirely about who made the least mistakes, though. Winner Christof Innerhofer, of Italy, attributes at least part of the reason why he won to his lack of nerves.
"I had no pressure," Innerhofer said. "I was 100 percent relaxed."
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BART's second strike in three months collided head-on with the Bay Area's morning commute Friday, resulting in heavy traffic, crowded buses and ferries and frayed nerves.
The work stoppage, called by BART's unionized employees after labor talks collapsed Thursday afternoon, forced many commuters to start their day earlier than usual as they sought logistical workarounds to get to the office.
Rebecca Biles of Pittsburg, who works at a law firm in downtown San Francisco, was on the first ferry to arrive at San Francisco's Ferry Building on Friday morning. It carried a full-capacity load of 149 passengers. Biles said she woke up at 3:30 a.m., significantly earlier than usual, to get to work on time.
"I hate BART," Biles said. "I may never ride it again. The ferry was actually pretty awesome, and I may just take it in the future. And the best part is they serve cocktails on the way home."
The ferry, one of 13 that traversed bay waters Friday -- 11 from San Francisco Ferry and two on loan from Golden Gate Ferry -- was one commuting option in the absence of BART, which carries 200,000 passengers each weekday on the nation's fifth-largest commuter rail system. The system shuttles passengers from the farthest reaches of the densely populated eastern suburbs to San Francisco International Airport across the bay.
Buses, some of them chartered by BART to service nine East Bay stations, were another option. Fourteen buses, each with a capacity of 50 passengers, departed the Walnut Creek station for San Francisco between 6:45 and 8:45. Walnut Creek resident Edward Benney, who has been commuting to San Francisco for about 19 years, waited in line for 30 minutes before boarding his bus.
"The real mayhem is going to come Monday," he said. "A lot of people can take today off. They probably aren't going to work. Monday is going to be much, much worse."
A lot of people hit the road, causing congestion, especially on freeways that parallel BART lines. Juan Brooks, a compliance officer at the courts in Oakland, left for work an hour earlier than usual. He was filling his car at the Shell gas station on Hillcrest Avenue in Antioch at 5:15 a.m.
"You have to roll with the punches in the Bay Area and just prepare yourself," he said.
While traffic was heavier across the board Friday morning, CHP officials said commuters headed into the city on Interstate 880 took the brunt of the region's traffic woes. Cars stood still for 15 miles of the northbound stretch, backed up from the toll plaza to Highway 238 by about 9 a.m. Heavy traffic also was reported on Highway 24 between Walnut Creek and the Bay Bridge and on southbound Interstate 80 between Highway 4 and the bridge.
"There are more vehicles out there on the road, but incident-wise it's been about normal," Officer James Evans said. "All in all, I wouldn't say it's a lot worse, except on the 880."
Some people improvised.
Alex Haler, 27, who lives in San Francisco's Mission District, usually takes BART from the 24th Street station to the 19th Street station in Oakland to reach his workplace. Friday morning, clad in running shoes, shorts and a long-sleeve shirt, he ran from his home to the Ferry Building to catch an eastbound ferry. He planned to run from the Oakland ferry stop to his office. He estimated his runs would total seven miles.
"I'm not too happy about this," Haler said.
Whether traveling on wheels on waves, commuters had plenty to say about the failed bargaining that resulted in the strike.
Vallejo resident Laura Noel, who usually commutes from the El Cerrito BART station to her job as an office coordinator in San Francisco, spent Thursday night at a friend's house in Oakland so she could get to work on time.
"It's frustrating," she said. "From Vallejo, the options are not very good. The ferry takes forever, the bus is even worse."
Still, Noel is sympathetic to striking BART employees.
"I think the workers made some concessions back in 2009 that they haven't gotten back," she said, "so I kind of favor them."
Friday morning, six pickets circled Oakland's Lake Merritt BART station at the corner of Eighth and Oak streets, chanting, "No Contract, No Peace."
BART employee Brendan McIntyre, one of the strikers, put the blame on management.
"They won't give us a contract," he said. "They just want to take away our benefits and money -- everything we've got."
"I'm trying to stay calm and just accept it, but I am just outraged -- two strikes in four months," said Oakland resident John Munnerlyn as he waited to board a bus at 20th and Broadway. Munnerlyn expected it would take him an hour to get to work in San Francisco, three times as long as it takes him on BART.
"I'm not happy with the unions and their leaders," he said. "I think they have really bad leaders -- four months and no contract."
And it wasn't only commuters left high and dry. A group of men recently released from Santa Rita Jail had been waiting for more than four hours for rides home. They'd been handed useless BART cards upon their release, and had walked to a station expecting to take the trains home, with no money for food or cab fare.
"They told us when we got out that BART wasn't running, so you're on your own," said Joey Alvarez of San Leandro. "Those BART employees are selfish, they're only thinking about themselves."
There were no talks Friday between BART management and the two unions representing BART employees. None are scheduled for Saturday.
Staff writers Paul Burgarino, Elisabeth Nardi, Natalie Neysa Alund, Robert Rogers, Erin Ivie, Matthew Artz, Jeremy Thomas and Pete Hegarty contributed to this report. Contact Gary Peterson at 925-952-5053. Follow him at Twitter.com/garyscribe.


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4. Maximize district resources to positively impact all students.
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Using browsers which are Web 2.0 enabled whenever you just what to Google something is like calling out the Fire Brigade when you have just burned the toast. Definitive overkill. If you are just surfing for information, then you want the little browser on the low fat, low body-mass index, skinny latte diet with a low carbon footprint. If Dillo were a catwalk model, it would be size zero. Think of it as the Victoria Beckham of browsers-- but better looking; where the big hitters like Firefox, Flock and Opera sometimes move like a Sloth on Mogadon, Dillo tears down the track like a Whippet on speed.
If you can program in C/GTK+, you can also get involved with this worthy project: see the bottom of the article for more information.
Enter Dillo
Dillo has a very small foot print - 420KB (and only 350KB for the binary). That is why it is always, invariably, included in anorexically-small distros like Damn Small Linux (DSL) and Puppy Linux where space is at a premium. If it were any leaner it would morph into text-based browsers like Lynx! It is justly famed for it small size and speed, so you can expect to find it in your distros' repositories, including all the big hitters like Fedora, Debian, Mandriva and Suse. Failing that, you can always download the source code and install from there. Oh, and it runs on an impressive array of platforms too. Whenever I install a new distro and am setting up my comfort zone I never consider the process complete until Dillo has a desktop icon.
A meal for the health conscious, a low-fat spread; the Benecol of browsers
Weight wise, Dillo is definitely fashionable. If it were any lighter it would be officially anorexic. This is a browser for the health conscious, a low-fat spread; the Benecol of browsers. beautiful it isn't though. It fell out of the ugly tree--and hit every branch on the way down too:
Bookmarks have not been lavished with feature bloat either, as this screenshot shows:
and Dillo has the absolute basics you'd expect of a browser: navigation buttons, save as, view page source and the ability to copy/paste URLs--but damn it, you can use it as a browser in an embedded device in kiosk mode and dispense with the windows manager. Hell, I'm convinced I could embed Dillo in a Slide rule if I had the programming skills! More interestingly, you can view local HTML files and graphics formats like PNGs, GIFs and JPEGs on your hard drive. Fast. Much faster than Konqueror (note the file path in Dillo's location bar):
For those using old hardware where space and performance are paramount that is a positive boon. Dillo can therefore be used with minimalist Window Managers like Fluxbox, XFCE and ICEWM with outrageously low hardware specifications. If you need to browse to sites which require advanced features Dillo doesn't support, you can always fall back on the usual runners and riders.
For the politicos of Open Source, they will be pleased to know that it is GPL compliant and aims for what its developers call "the democratization of internet information access". They also claim that Dillo avoids all the traditional browser security pitfalls by being GPL, (meaning the source code is available with no hiding place for trojan horses) is immune to outside browser programming, not silently sending unauthorised under data across the net and being RFC-2965 compliant in respect of cookies.
Dillo is cleaner than Father Ted's bank account
Dillo is the little browser from Hell -if you're the sort of person or company that relies on browser feature bloat to control people's computers and install all manner of unspeakable beastliness. For lovers of open standards, speed, stability, safety and transparency it is the browser from Paradise. Other browsers may fur up with arterial sludge but Dillo is cleaner than Father Ted's bank account. It is the little browser that could.
Can you help?
That's the good news. The bad news is that the Dillo project is frozen, awaiting funds and or sponsorship. If you have the programming skills, the spare time and the political will this could be a very "politically correct" project in which to get involved. If you fit the description, you can volunteer your time and or money at the homepage. Dillo deserves all our support. It epitomizes the best of Open Source philosophy and practice.
Bibliography: Dillo resources
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I've just downloaded and been using Dillo and it is a very good application. It is the only browser I've ever used - except lynx - that loads instantly (without requiring 3G of RAM that is). It renders well but there are some features which I find it lacks which make it almost impossible for me to use even for a "quick browse":
- CSS support: pretty much all sites I visit use some kind of CSS now and without it, Dillo is now more useful than Lynx.
- Keyboard control: I'm a hacker and I've always preferred keyboard controls so I use things like CTRL-D to enter the address bar. Dillo's lack of support for even the most rudimentary keyboard controls just ends up irritating me.
Now I appreciate there is only so man y features you can give a browser before it stops being lean but these two really inhibit my use of Dillo.
I don't know C/GTK+ but I'll take a look at the site and see if there's anything I can do. 'Cause you know I just dont have enough projects on right now.
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Avis Maxine Davis, 84, Harrisonville, formerly of Marceline, died Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Benchmark Healthcare of Harrisonville, Harrisonville.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013, at the Atkinson Funeral Home, Harrisonville. Burial will be in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville. Visitation 6-8 p.m. today, March 13, 2013 at the funeral home.
Maxine was born March 31, 1928, in Ft. Madison, Iowa, daughter of Robert and Nellie (Deye) Simpkins.
She worked as a seamstress for King Louie International. She was a member of the Happy Homemakers Ladies Club and the Red Hat Club, Bodacious Girlfriends Happy Hatters, in Harrisonville.
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She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Davis; her parents; and one daughter, Carol Sue Shepherd.
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While the chill of fall has been in the air lately, Wood County Commissioners say they're still getting concerns from residents about the effects of West Nile Virus.
"(A previous speaker) came down with a cold, and he was sure it was West Nile," says commissioner Rick Modesitt. "I think there's a lot of fear in the community, especially among our older people."
The Wood County Health Department says it's the first freeze, not a cold snap, which kills off mosquitoes for good at the end of a season. That, along with personal prevention measures, is what health officials believe is the best way of warding off the disease.
According to Gary Hamilton, the health department's executive director, "West Virginia is approaching it from a standpoint that we need to develop programs for education, and also monitoring, surveillance and testing."
Some communities this summer did spraying as a way of warding off disease-carrying mosquitoes. But Wood County Health officials say that's not always effective.
"Spraying is very tricky," Hamilton says. "It has to be done at times when the weather and atmospheric conditions are perfect; when we truly have a hot spot. You can randomly spray all over the place and it doesn't accomplish much."
Meanwhile, health officials are still awaiting word from the Centers for Disease Control on the definite cause of death of a 78-year-old Parkersburg man last month.
Hamilton says, however, that all other tests conducted on the man indicate West Nile was the cause of his death.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Sam Street scattered six hits and allowed one run to lead Texas – Pan American to a 7-1 victory over the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team in the season opener for both teams on Friday night. Dominic Lopez and Cody Stephens led the team, with each recording two hits in their Islanders debuts.
Riley Goulding led the way offensively for the Broncs, going 3-for-5 with two RBI, while Alberto Morales added two hits, two runs and two RBI. UTPA totaled 13 hits in the win as six different Islanders pitchers appeared in the game.
Tyler Schnuriger was carded with the loss for the Islanders after surrendering three runs in his four innings of work. Eric Weiss added two hits as well for the home squad, which bounced into three double plays – two of the inning-ending variety – on the night.
The Islanders found themselves in a quick hole, as the Broncs came out swinging in the bottom of the first. Alex Howe started things with a single to lead off the game, and he moved up 90 feet when Schnuriger issued a walk to Dillon Engelhart. Each of the next three batters – Derek Hagy, Aaron Moore and Will Klausing – delivered RBI singles, and UTPA was up 3-0 without the Islanders having recorded an out. But Schnuriger rebounded with a strikeout and an inning-ending double play to stop the damage there.
From there, both pitchers settled in. Neither squad was able to mount much of a rally until the fourth, when Brad Porras got things started with a one-out walk in the bottom of the inning. He then went first-to-third on an Eric Weiss single, and the Islanders put two in scoring position when Weiss swiped second. But Stafford Brantley went down on strikes and Brandon Tierney was retired on a lineout to end the threat.
The Islanders finally cracked the scoreboard in the bottom of the fifth. Lopez started the rally with a leadoff single, and he moved to second when a pitch hit Brad Lamberti. After a fielder's choice erased Lamberti to put runners at the corners, Stephens delivered the first RBI of the Islanders season with a single that made it 3-1. But the rally was thwarted when Jonathan Gonzales bounced into a 3-6-3 double play.
The score stayed that way until the seventh, when the Broncs pushed their lead to 5-1. A hit batsman and a walk put two runners on with one out, and Morales delivered the fourth UTPA run with a single up the middle. The Islanders gunned down a runner at the plate for the second out, but Goulding followed that with a double to right center to put the Broncs up four runs before Jacob Dorris got a strikeout to limit the damage.
Texas-Pan American added some insurance in the top of the ninth off Islanders newcomer Thomas Casey. Shane Ammon drew a one-out walk and on the very next pitch, Morales drilled a double to left field that scored Ammon to make it 6-1. He would come home on a Goulding single up the middle that pushed the lead to 7-1.
The Islanders and Broncs will get right back at it tomorrow at Chapman Field, with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Tim Keller will start game one for Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, while Trevor Foss is set to go in the second game of the day.
Admission is free for all students at the Island University, and the general public can purchase tickets at the gate or by calling 825-BALL. Live video and stats for the games will also be available on GoIslanders.com.
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Most pregnant women recognize how important their own overall health is for their baby's health, but may ignore a critical component – their oral health. In fact, a survey of American children's oral health conducted on behalf of Delta Dental found that nearly 4 out of 10 American mothers neglect to visit a dentist during pregnancy, which is significant to helping prevent harmful oral and overall health problems for themselves and their babies. Dentists can identify and treat teeth and gum problems, lowering the risk for more serious, ongoing health problems for both a mother and her baby.
While having a healthy mouth is always important, pregnancy can intensify dental problems. Hormonal changes during pregnancy can exaggerate the way gum tissue reacts to plaque, increasing the risk for gingivitis, the first stage of periodontal (gum) disease. Some studies have suggested that pregnant women with moderate-to-severe gum disease may be more at risk to give birth to low-weight or pre-term babies, who are at risk for many serious diseases.
Dental hygiene habits are controllable, but some pregnancy side effects may wreak havoc on a woman's oral health. For instance, nausea and vomiting affect 80 percent of all pregnant women.2 The stomach acid from vomiting can erode tooth enamel – making teeth sensitive and more vulnerable to decay. A woman may also feel less willing to follow her usual pattern of regular brushing and flossing.
Most moms-to-be also experience cravings. The additional snacking can lead to increased tooth decay. Giving into cravings for sugary foods can be worse for expectant mothers' teeth, since sugar is a major cause of tooth decay.
Along with visiting the dentist, Delta Dental offers the following tips to help prevent oral health complications during pregnancy:
• Brush your teeth twice daily with fluoride toothpaste and floss once daily.
• Limit foods containing sugar to mealtime only. If you do indulge one of those cravings, drink a glass of water while snacking and brush your teeth once you're done.
• Choose water or low-fat milk to drink and avoid carbonated beverages.
• Opt for fruit rather than fruit juice to meet the recommended daily fruit intake.
• If you suffer from "morning sickness," rinse your mouth out with water and baking soda solution afterward. The combination will neutralize the acid. Also brush your teeth gently and if you chew gum, use the kind with xylitol as the main sweetener.
1 Morpace Inc. conducted the 2011 Delta Dental Children's Oral Health Survey. Interviews were conducted by email nationally with 907 primary caregivers of children from birth to age 11. For results based on the total sample of national adults, the margin of error is ±3.25 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
2 American Academy of Family Physicians, Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy, 2003.


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United Kingdom, 2012, 90 Minute Running Time
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Digital presentation - London, 1962. Two teenage girls—Ginger and Rosa (Elle Fanning and Alice Englert)—are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered—by the clash of desire and the determination to survive. Writer/director Sally Potter's (Orlando) drama Ginger & Rosa is "an uncommonly sensitive early-'60s coming-of-age story anchored by Fanning's subtle and heartbreaking performance." — A.O. Scott, The New York Times
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OAKLAND -- A bloody six-hour stretch of shootings Friday left four dead in what police say is the deadly result of ongoing battles between "several identified groups." The surge in violence led an elected official Saturday to call on the city to declare a state of emergency.
"These groups are involved in ongoing feuds with one another and continue to engage in retaliatory violence that we will absolutely not tolerate," according to a statement released Saturday by Oakland Police Department spokeswoman Johnna Watson.
"We are committing all available additional resources to the ongoing investigations and making every effort to find and arrest suspects, while keeping neighborhood residents safe."
The four killings, including one of a 17-year-old boy, rocked a city already reeling from a sharp spike in crime and a Police Department shrunk more than 20 percent since 2009.
There were 131 homicides in Oakland in 2012, the most since 2006 when there were 148. So far this year, there have been six.
"It's time for us to declare a state of emergency," said Vice Mayor Larry Reid, noting that such a declaration would free up mutual aid funds from the state. "We've lost control."
Two of Reid's council colleagues stopped short of calling for an emergency declaration but said action must be taken. "Some people would say crime is out of control right now," said District 1 Councilman Dan Kalb. "I don't have that sense, I don't have the sense it's beyond fixing, but this is a terrible and tragic situation that is very concerning."
District 4 Councilwoman Libby Schaaf called the six slayings that have occurred in the past week"a tragedy of epic proportions."
"If anyone had doubts that increasing public safety in Oakland was our highest priority, I hope this week's events has erased those doubts," Schaaf said.
Police early Saturday identified the youngest victim in Friday's violence as Ken Harbin, 17, of Oakland.
Harbin was shot about 8:15 p.m. Friday in the 9400 block of Hillside Street in East Oakland, a few blocks from where he lived. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police were not sure what he was doing on Hillside Street before he was killed but said he might have known people in the area.
Harbin's death was the last in the series of Friday's bloody events.
The killings began at 2:30 p.m., when an unnamed 22-year-old Oakland man was shot multiple times in the 2300 block of East 17th Street in East Oakland.
The victim at first was awake and talking to authorities on the scene but died later at Highland Hospital where he was taken for treatment. Authorities were trying to contact his next of kin Saturday before releasing his identity.
About a half-hour later, 30-year-old Larry Lovette of Stockton, who used to live in Oakland, was found shot to death on Canon Avenue at Wellington Street next to Dimond Park near the Glenview district and in the council area Schaaf represents.
Police believe he was killed elsewhere in Oakland and dropped at the site.
At 4:15 p.m. Eddiebo Rodriguez, 20, of Oakland, was shot while driving in the 3400 block of West Street in West Oakland. Rodriguez' car rolled to a stop in the driveway of a home on the street. People who knew him drove him in another vehicle to a hospital. He died at 5:26 p.m.
Friday's mayhem led to a Saturday morning conference call between Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and Oakland police Chief Howard Jordan, along with several staff members, according to Quan spokesman Sean Maher. Jordan delivered an urgent briefing to Quan and her executive staff, Maher said, walking them through the sequence of events Friday and the status of the fast-developing investigations.
"This kind of violence is completely unacceptable," Maher said. "(The Mayor's Office) knows the greater Oakland community is looking for fast action and we are putting every resource we can into making that happen."
Meanwhile, in the East Oakland neighborhood where Harbin was killed, residents milled around the bloodstained corner of 94th Avenue and Hillside Street, where a hail of bullets cut down the high school senior.
Along with the faint maroon stains on the sidewalk, tattered yellow police tape and two latex gloves were all that remained of the crime scene, which neighbors said crackled with dozens of gunshots Friday night.
A few blocks away, Harbin's mother, sisters and several family and friends mourned at the house where the teen lived, listening to solemn soul music as a steady procession of visitors came and went.
Harbin's mother, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal, said her son looked forward to graduating early from Sojourner Truth School, an independent study program for Oakland teens. She said he dreamed of moving to Atlanta after high school.
"He was my only boy," she said, standing on her porch in pajama pants and a hooded sweatshirt, her cheeks moist from tears. She said her son was not involved in gangs.
"He was just walking down there to meet up with his cousin; he said they were going to hang out some girls last night," she said.
Neighbors said the area is plagued by gangs and gun violence. Most of the small ranch-style homes are behind tall front yard gates.
"Shooting happens out here all the time," said Armando Ramirez, 37, who was walking past the scene with his two small children Saturday morning. "It's a part of life here."
Friday's spate of violence, on the heels of a particularly violent 2012, could intensify calls for new spending on public safety, especially bolstering the depleted Police Department.
Schaaf said the department is at 612 officers, down from more than 800 in 2009 and far short of the 925 she said was recommended by the city's strategic plan.
Three proposals amounting to millions in new spending, including a new police academy, contracts for supplemental policing by the county sheriff and enlarging the ranks of civilian Police Department employees could all come before the council this month, Schaaf said.
"Basic public safety resources are not in place," Schaaf said. "I know we can responsibly afford new investments in public safety."
The killings brought to six the number of homicides this year in Oakland, all in the past week. Last year at this time there were two homicides in the city.
Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $10,000 in reward money in each case for information leading to the arrest of the killers. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3821 or a tip line at 510-773-2805 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572. Tips can be sent anonymously via text message. Text to 888-777 and include the words TipOaklandPD.
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The Real Woman of Philadelphia Cream Cheese Contest
The Real Woman of Philadelphia portrays the artist Jenny Drumgoole as an enthusiastic participant in Kraft Foods' 2010 online cooking contest and female-oriented marketing campaign, Real Women of Philadelphia. With an endorsement by Southern culinary star Paula Deen, Kraft invited women to send in videos of themselves preparing their own recipes with Philadelphia Cream Cheese. Drumgoole submitted several videos of herself making uniquely titled dishes such as Cognitive Developmental Special Cheese & Macaroni and Cream Cheese Toxicity Cleanse, effectively creating her own bizarre cooking show. In another strange turn throughout the contest, Drumgoole randomly contacted other contestants to send footage of themselves flipping their hair while brandishing packages of cream cheese to hilarious effect. Drumgoole's 35-minute video on view in the DCCA's Moving Media exhibition is a Q & A-style documentary from 2011 about her experience as a contestant that includes actual footage of the artist's original video recipe submissions, her trip to hear Deen speak, and clips from her wild goose chase to get Deen to sign her mother's cookbook at the Delaware State Fair. The video leads us to believe that the artist is "discovered" by Deen who remarks upon Drumgoole's unique contribution to the contest.
Philadelphia artist Jenny Drumgoole's work questions our cultural obsession with celebrity. The Real Woman of Philadelphia is a mockumentary of her own quest to meet Southern culinary star Paula Dean.
View all of Jenny Drumgool's videos on YouTube.
"Now girls, I gotta be honest – I don't exactly know what's happening in this video! I just know that Jenny Drumgoole had me howling over here in Savannah. Watch all the way through…you won't be disappointed!"
-"Paula Deen", April 13, 2010, on recipe video #2
"And of course, our favorite wacky girl, Jenny Drumgoole. I love how much you ladies love this one of a kind gal. She's truly in a league of her own, and I just adore that I get to see so many of you in ONE video!"
-"Paula Deen", May 26, 2010, on hairflipping recipe video #8
"And of course, the infamous (and maybe famous?) Jenny Drumgoole! I nominate Jenny to have her own website and show! What do you think, girls? I just love that she got all of you involved in this adorable video of hair flipping! And Jenny, you can tell your Momma that I think her daughter is a riot!"
-"Paula Deen", May 25, 2010, on hairflipping recipe video #8


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Morgan Shepherd, 71, will be oldest to start Sprint Cup race at NHMS
Morgan Shepherd is slated to become the oldest driver ever to start a Sprint Cup Series race as he will drive this weekend for Brian Keselowski Motorsports in the Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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Plan of action. Used to describe what the plan of action is to be from thereon.
This is the poa: we go to the store, buy beer and get back.
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pronounced: po-ass
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Recruitment terminology
Wow, this Java developer is a POAS!!!
by lil_jo September 27, 2007
Standing for Proof of Abs, as in, when a guy says he has abs, but you need proof that he does and he's not just saying that to make himself seem more smexy or attractive. That would be misleading, so you ask him for some P.O.A.
"Hey, I have a six pack? Aren't I sexy?"
"How do I know you do? Gimme some P.O.A.!"
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Royden's is still one of the most widely used texts on the theory of measure and integration in print. As such, it's a perfect example of a fascinating phenomenon in academia: the rubber-stamping of texts for courses that were written by Ivy League Gods. Graduate complex analysis? "Get Alfhors." Topology? Munkres. And if any struggling student dares question it, the professor makes them feel like they have an IQ of 6. If the student can't handle the professor's favorite text from his student years at MIT, he is too dumb to learn analysis.
There are many factors leading to this elitist rubber stamping, not the least of which is that professors at research based power schools or with that kind of training usually think teaching is far from their first priority. But there's something else at work here, a kind of academic canonization of textbooks based on the research pedigree of the authors. Alfhors, for example,was a giant of function theory at Harvard. Sadly, anyone in academia can tell you a great creator does not a great teacher or expositor make — often just the opposite, in fact. Simply put,a lot of these guys have no idea how they make the discoveries that they do. This affects their textbook writing — the books are written far more to impress their colleagues than to educate students. Of course, there are exceptions — the late great Serge Lang at Yale and John Milnor of SUNY Stony Brook both earned their reputations as both great teachers and scholars. But they are the exceptions.
Which finally brings me to Royden's Real Analysis. With the possible exception of Rudin's Real and Complex Analysis, this may be the single most assigned text for the all-important graduate real analysis course. And frankly, I have no idea how anyone can learn real analysis from this thing. The one thing that strikes you most about it is that Royden seems to shunt the most difficult results to the execises. In each section, he gives a couple of careful definitions, a few theorems and lemmas, and then the problem sets are practically small research assignments! The most egregious example I found is this: He proves the additivity of measures in pedantic detail, but leaves the Tychonoff Theorem on product spaces as an exercise.
There are also some strange comments in the book that don't quite make sense:For example, he defines a function in the the introductory chapter as a rule between sets; in a footnote, he gives the Cartesian product definition of function and criticizes it as having problems in certain cases, such as the identity function, since it is not a true subset of a Cartesian product. Say what?
Scholars are sadly no more enlightened then the rest of human society — which is probably why after four decades and the death of its author, this book keeps selling, even at such an outrageous price. It is used as a test and a filter for graduate students. This is sad, since there are so many superior texts on this beautiful and critical subject — Angus Taylor's masterwork, General Theory of Funcitons and Integration (in Dover paperback,no less!), Hienz Baur's very modern and probability geared Measure and Integration, the old fashioned but wonderfully clear presentation in R. Wheeden and A. Zygmund's classic Measure and Integral, for example. More recently, Stein and Shakarchi have produced a beautiful — and much less expensive — Real Analysis text in the Princeton Lectures in Analysis series.
[Andrew Locascio is currently a graduate student at Queens College Of The City University Of New York.]
I used Royden for an advanced undergraduate course in Lebesgue integration, and found it quite useful. Yes, it belongs to a tradition of concise and no-nonsense texts that can be quite intimidating to the student. On the other hand, when they are done right, such texts reward the effort that needs to be put into reading them.
However, I agree completely with the two main points of the review above: one shouldn't adopt a text simply because one used it in graduate school or because it is well-known, and the prices on many of these classic texts have become ridiculously high. In the case of measure theory and Lp spaces, I agree that Stein and Shakarchi have provided something special in their Princeton Lectures series and I too would encourage people to look around to see if there isn't a text that is better - both mathematically and pedagogically - than the old standard.
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well im 14 my height last time i measured was 5.7 -5.9 with shoes on man I really want to make my high school team but since im so short i dont think i could make it and it would be hard to get noticed since my high school is the most populated in the state of florida and AAU i think i could probably make it but everybody in the team that i want to get in all tell me how much i suck and how i will never make it in but they all started playing when they were young and I just started playing about 6 months ago and i could tell you for me starting 6 months ago im pretty good but i dont thing ill even make it in my high school team and I want it so but all these people bring me down... it sucks like my determination is stronger than their doubt but it just sometimes gets to me. so its 14 too late and my how tall am I an issue and can i do something to make me grow taller because beleive me I WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP
Of course not! I'm also 14 and only got serious with basketball in the beginning of the school year! I've gotten a whole lot better and still improving! As long as your determination is stronger than the hate I'm sure you can make your school team. Just stay focused and polish your skills. Prove them wrong
It's never too late to start. Amar'e Stoudimire started playing at 14 too. Through his determination, he eventually went on to having a successful career.
its not too late. just dont believe wat other people tell u about how ur not good or anything like that, only u can decide if u can make the school team. just put ur mind on that thought and use that as ur motivation and remember
Look man, this is a cliche, but you can do anything in life.
If you truly want to make the NBA then email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
I can really help, but only email me if yo know your going to put in the work.
If you are not, then never email me.
Its going to be hard, but think about it and reply soon
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Dont worry im in the exact same situation im 14 and i started playing roughly a year ago. Then again i have height on my side at 6'3". However i started in the post and worked to eventually play a SG and SF. Let the people hate, they just want to put you down. Just put your nose to the grindstone and work to prove every single one of them wrong. I've been doing the same, im starting to get respect and you just need to keep going.
its never too late becuase i have a friend who started at fourteen and he plays jv and varsity as a sophmore- god is good
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