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WALK THIS WAY to First Baptist Nashville's Student Ministry Summer Camp 2014.Take this opportunity to get away for a few days at Doublehead Resort, a beautiful and fun environment where you will have tons of fun hanging out with friends, playing crazy games, and connecting with God. Throughout the week we will study the life of Abraham, discovering new insights into God's truths, and learning about how to become a friend of God and walk with Him.
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Each Wednesday night this summer from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., First Kids entering K – completed Grade 6 will get to hang with Mrs. Shannon and our summer interns in Room 360 for Bible Study, games, crafts, and snacks based on the following themes.
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Following our fellowship meal, the Mid-week Prayer Service begins at 6:10 p.m. and features a time of fellowship and devotion. Our pastor will normally speak but there are plenty of guest speakers featured. It's a time for us to gather, catch up, and spiritually be refreshed in the middle of the week.
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BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana is borrowing $225 million to pay for improvements to rural roads in 37 parishes around the state.
Bonds were sold Wednesday to investors for upfront cash for the road work.
The dollars will pay for construction on roads not eligible for federal matching money. The debt will be paid off over years with interest, with registration and license fees and taxes on commercial trucks and trailers.
Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration says the money will pay for the repair and resurfacing of nearly 439 miles of road around Louisiana, most of them in rural locations. Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols says some of the roads haven't been repaired in 30 years.
Treasurer John Kennedy said Thursday the bonds were sold with an interest rate of just below 3.6 percent.
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Catskill streams are the capillary system of our water supply network: the health of the whole reservoir system depending upon a properly functioning capillary — or stream — system. Streams are long, linear ecosystems that are home to countless organisms and the more diverse the biological inhabitants, the better job a stream can do in cleaning up pollutants. Streams are dynamic features of landscapes, swelling in rainstorms and shrinking during drought. And, of course, they are the source of recreation and aesthetic enjoyment, serving as shelter and spawning areas for fish and wildlife, which leads to economic benefits for communities through which they pass.
DEP helps keep streams healthy and functioning by working side-by-side with communities and with local watershed partners such as county Soil and Water Conservation Districts and Cornell Cooperative Extension to provide technical assistance to landowners who need help managing streams and floodplains on their property and for their cleanup after events such as Hurricane Irene. If done improperly, stream cleanups can lead to long-term water quality impacts. Since the storm, DEP's Stream Management Program has been out in the field consulting with DEC and local officials to guide stream work.
The magnitude of the flood event precipitated by Hurricane Irene was unprecedented in the West-of-Hudson watershed; for many of the communities this flood event was the flood of record and far surpassed the inundation levels and damages of past record floods.
Flooding brings massive slugs of sediment into the system that can cause problems. The Stream Management Program was well positioned to respond effectively because of the strength of its 15 year-long partnership with the watershed's Soil and Water Conservation Districts. The partnership enabled DEP to bring a considerable force of expertise to address extensive debris jams that compromised the rural mountainous road network and the hydraulic capacity of bridges and culverts.
When rain falls or snow melts, water that doesn't seep into the ground becomes runoff. This runoff drains into a network of streams, brooks, creeks and rivers, which ultimately reach the reservoirs—such as the Schoharie Creek, which drains into the Schoharie Reservoir and the East Branch of the Delaware, which drains into the Pepacton Reservoir. Along this network, stream channels shape themselves to carry the high water of spring snow melt. Flows that exceed the stream channel's capacity become floods, which can range from minor events to raging torrents that carve new channels.
"We had learned from past flood events that post-flood channel dredging and channelization can undermine infrastructure such as bridge abutments and streambanks and roadbanks and contribute to landslides—all of which degrades water quality," said Beth Reichheld, Program Manager of the Stream Management Program. "Therefore, the main focus of the stream management program in the weeks following the flood was to prevent this overzealous stream work and instead get out in front of it and guide it. Our teams provided proper stream channel dimension and alignments to the National Guard, highway departments and private contractors throughout the watershed, preventing channelization and berming that would exacerbate future erosion and flooding."
In the ongoing recovery period of about one to two years, the stream management program and its partners will continue providing professional engineering services and funding to help the watershed communities leverage federal and state funding for flood hazard mitigation projects that will also provide a water quality benefit.
Through its local partners, the program provides technical assistance to landowners regarding strategies that reduce stream bank erosion and improve habitat for fish and other wildlife. DEP staff meet with landowners to discuss their individual problems and explore options that address their concerns.
Since 2002 the program has completed comprehensive plans for most West-of-Hudson rivers, created a network of more than 25 restoration projects, and established local field offices to help landowners and communities solve stream-related problems. The team and its partners are working to build a proactive stream stewardship ethic among those living and working in the watershed.
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To the occasional amazement or even consternation of friends and family, I am a huge fan of the seventies pop band ABBA. This partly reflects my taste for pop music over genres such as heavy metal or rap, and partly my long-time association with Sweden, ABBA's home country. (As a sidebar, ABBA aficionados among this blog's readers -- if any -- should listen closely to ABBA songs such as Dancing Queen, where they make the extremely common pronunciation mistake by Swedes of pronouncing the "s" in music to sound like "sick," because there is no "z" sound in Swedish, or the song Money, Money, where they say "money must be funny," reflecting the fact that in Swedish the word for "fun" and "funny" are the same.)
At any rate, I recently saw a bizarre ABBA story reposted on Facebook from the London daily The Guardian, about the loud and mismatched costumes ABBA wore when they performed. The article quotes one of the group members as follows: "In my honest opinion we looked like nuts in those years. Nobody can have been as badly dressed on stage as we were."
It turns out there is a government-related story behind this! Swedish tax law allows work clothing to be tax deductible if it cannot be worn outside the job. In the seventies, the marginal income tax rate in Sweden on high incomes like those of ABBA members was around 80 percent (it is lower today). ABBA apparently deducted their stage outfits with the argument that they would never wear such outrageous stuff off the stage.
This is a funny story, but as a student of organizations and management, I noted a serious issue the story raises -- about how we think about the unintended and effects of rules that are adopted by government. The often-strange consequences can effect both ordinary citizens and those inside government organizations themselves.
The rule that clothing is tax deductible only if it exclusively for work is a sensible one. (I believe the IRS has the same rule.) Or at least it certainly sounds like one, right? The problem is that even rules that are generally sensible often do not make sense in specific circumstances or, as in the case of ABBA's outfits, can create strange or unproductive behavior distortions.
So how should governments, or organizations, decide when it is appropriate to regulate behavior by rules, and when not? (The alternative is to decide things on a case-by-case basis, and give government officials, managers or frontline employees the authority to make such decisions as needed.)
This is of course one of the classic questions for organizational design -- discussed by organization scholars as far back as Max Weber a hundred years ago -- and I am obviously not going to resolve it in a single blog post. To the extent possible, people thinking about which approach to use should try as best they can to make judgments in advance about how frequently a rule will produce stupid or distorted behavior -- and how important those distortions will be. Rule-makers should also be open to evidence after a rule is developed that stupid or bizarre results are occurring more often than expected.
Rules simplify an organization's job -- the areas covered by taxation are so many that an IRS that made most decisions on a case-by-case basis would soon have as many employees as the rest of the government. And in situations where corruption is a significant problem, using rules to determine behavior reduces the scope for bribery.
But as the ABBA example indicates, there is also a guffaw factor, which should not be ignored by government. I am guessing that many people who read the ABBA story reacted with, "Here was stupid government at it again, creating bizarre and dysfunctional behavior." Many media stories on the theme of "there they go again, stupid government" involve situations where a rule has stupid consequences in an individual case.
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OMB's Data Center Optimization Initiative gives agencies new metrics and goals for fiscal 2018.
NSA and the CIA have revamped themselves in the past year. FCW asked officials how well Fort Meade and Langley are collaborating in cyberspace in pursuit of their separate missions.
The latest version of the Defense Department-wide Enterprise Service Management Framework places more emphasis on managing IT risk.
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The agency software inventories required under the draft category management policy will be treasure maps that lead to efficient, effective, streamlined buying and unprecedented savings.
As experts warned of the "dire" threats posed by outdated federal technology, lawmakers grilled top feds, debated workforce issues and inched closer to backing a $3.1 billion fix-it fund.
The agency is making strides in developing and deploying border technologies but still has some weaknesses.
This example is funny, but some rules (e.g. rent control) can have disasterous effects for real people. The rule that no one should be able to sell a kidney or other organ is a sensible one, but . . .
Unintended consequences are the stock and trade of governments. Nobody seems to be sufficiently visionary to see how people and companies are going to react to laws, rules and other government edicts. Obamacare and the loss of insurance by perfectly happy insured individuals is just but one example of many. Apparently ABBA's fashion sense is just another example.
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Gov. Cuomo has fired the man in charge of emergency management for New York state because while he was supposed to be worrying about the safety of millions affected by Superstorm Sandy, he sent a crew to remove a tree from the driveway of his house on Long Island.
When all of the power is back on and all of the gas tanks are full, this one action should still be reverberating around the state because it sends so many shock waves in so many directions.
The governor did not hesitate, did not hide behind the usual talk of not making personnel decisions public or any other excuse.
The man put his personal needs above those of the people he was supposed to serve. That should be enough to cost him his job, and it did. It's a standard that the governor should feel free to apply from now on.
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Tommy Stinson talks Replacements reunion on 'WTF with Marc Maron'
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The Replacements/Guns N' Roses bassist also touched on his late brother, Bob, during a lively chat on the popular podcast.
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"You know what? Guitar players are a pain in the ass. All of them are, every single one of them. You got six strings, you got a pain in the ass," said Tommy Stinson while talking about his late brother and former bandmate, Bob, on today's episode of the popular "WTF" podcast hosted by comedian Marc Maron.
The episode should be a thoroughly entertaining listen for any Twin Cities muso or diehard Replacement fans. Over the course of an hour, Stinson, who played bass for the Replacements until their 1991 dissolution, coolly recounted tales from the influential rockers' wild years. He also touched on what he felt are under-appreciated cuts from 'Mats catalog ("Bastards of Young," "Left of the Dial").
Stinson's affable, not to mention blunt, manner of speaking made him a particularly engaging guest for Maron's armchair-therapist interview style, leaving few stones unturned. Just don't expect any bombshells about Axl Rose (his boss in G N' R) or 'Mats frontman Paul Westerberg.
"Paul and I were probably more ready to kill each other in the early days than the end," Stinson said. "We're always going to chat about crap and play together in some fashion"
But of course, Maron, like even the most casual Replacements fan, couldn't resist addressing the elephant in the room. Can we ever expect a 'Mats reunion?
"We did four or five songs for the [Slim Dunlap benefit] ... and we came to the conclusion that we should do this again with some original songs some day," Stinson said. "Without any fanfare, we're going to record again at some point soon, and I don't know what we'll do with it. Every fucking year, from Coachella down, they always call us up [about a tour]. They offer us silly money. We can't just do it that way. It would be beneath us, to do a money grab."


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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State trustees have approved reforms to university governance following the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal and learned two incumbents on the university's governing board were voted out by alumni.
A board member and a board vice chair lost their seats Friday after facing vocal opposition from critics angered by the board's actions since the scandal broke in late 2011. Winning election were candidates endorsed by an alumni group critical of university leadership.
Many alumni are upset about the firing of football coach Joe Paterno days after former assistant coach Sandusky was arrested.
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From Quebec Reining Association (Quebec, Eastern Canada) - The very first Quebec Reining Association (AQR) Classic 7up Show was presented in Sorel-Tracy on June 15-17 last and the Open Aged Event Level 4's first Champion was Heather Vaughn riding the 8-year old stallion Wimpys Tinseltown (Wimpys Little Step x Showtimes Tinseltown) for owner John Fletcher (Waterford, Ontario, Canada). Reserve Championship went to Special Edition (Little Dry Olena x Queency Pines), a 9-year old gelding owned by Louise Gagnon (Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada) and ridden by Jean-Martin Donais. Both riders also finished on top of Open Level 2 division.
A very good field of 14 non pro riders saw Robert Deslandes (Shefford, Quebec, Canada) and 9-year old stallion Mr Star Chic Olena (Clays Chic Olena x Nancy Joe Star) winning the level 4 non pro aged event while the 19-year old gelding Hillbillie With Cash (Clarks Hill Billie x Cashs Lucky Coco, owned by Todd Sherrer of Richford, Vt.) picked up both the reserve championship in the level 4 non pro division and the championship in the level 2 non pro division.
The 12-year old gelding Holly Tag Star (Mr Holly Tag x Belle Mercy Star) and 16-year old Raphaël Bourdeau (Napierville, Quebec, Canada) came on top of the youth non pro aged event of this Maturity and were presented the Morrison trophy. Rosalie Lagacé (Val Belair, Quebec, Canada) and Lena Quintana (Don Quintana x Yuba Torima Lena) were named Reserve Champion.
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If you're lucky enough to own road and triathlon bikes, when is it OK (or even better) to choose your road ride?
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After three weeks racing through the mountains of France, Cadel Evans trailed Andy Schleck by only 57 seconds entering the time trial on
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Blue has debuted its first aluminum tri bike, the Triad AL. It will be released early next year and will sell for around $1,800. Geometry
One Frame, Two Fits: 2012 Parlee TT
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Many Arsenal fans will be looking at the disappointing dark cloud that hangs over Mikel Arteta and his recent arrival at the club, that being his age and the likelihood of a short stay at the top of Europe football. But on the other side of the fence is Arteta himself. A player who is now the natural leader in this Arsenal team and one of the most important figures in the side, yet one who may forever be overlooked by Vicente Del Bosque and the chance to enjoy some part of Spain's success.
Players like Juan Mata, Javi Martinez, Jesus Navas and even the many excellent goalkeepers the nation has are spoken about as superstars who are unable to waltz their way into the Spanish squad. We're seeing the height of a nation's powers that means there is a seemingly unlimited resource of quality in every position. Even the left-back spot has been addressed.
Juan Mata is on an outstanding scoring run of seven goals and seven assists in his last six games, but there's no room for him. Instead, the Chelsea midfielder has had to represent his country on a tier just below the likes of Xavi and Iniesta. He has won medals playing for the U21s but it's a far cry from glory of the World Cup.
Mikel Arteta has spoken about his game changing at Arsenal from what he was used to playing with Everton. He started in the Barcelona youth system as a deep-lying player, but as he moved around Europe and eventually landed in England, he's seen his position move further up the field. Now with Arsenal he's gone full circle.
Arteta is the pivot in Arsene Wenger's side. He's the team's Xabi Alonso or Xavi, who also adds a little bit of Sergio Busquets to his game. He'll play the reliable holding role in midfield and never abandon his post. Notably, it's refreshingly Spanish and a another small hint of the dominance of Spain we're seeing in England. From La Masia and Castilla to the Basque country, it's the same brand of football that carpets the nation and makes all the players in the Spanish squad a natural fit for Del Bosque's starting XI.
The disappointing side is his age. The next World Cup should certainly be the last time we see Xavi and maybe Xabi Alonso on the biggest international stage as central figures in the Spanish side. Unfortunately, it's also the last chance Mikel Arteta may have.
The player may only be 32 when Brazil's World Cup comes around, but there's so much talk of the next generation and those who are likely to replace the Xavis and Alonsos.
The Arsenal player has brought to light the wonderful relationship he and Santi Cazorla have, and a recent interview highlighted just how saddened Arteta was at not being part of his nation's success. Unfortunately, Cazorla doesn't hold as much power as his national team mates from Barcelona or Real Madrid, but there's certainly an acknowledgement that he'd like to see Arteta part of the set up.
So does he deserve it? As mentioned, Arteta has changed his game to be the deep-lying player in the team but one who also helps to pull the strings. His defensive discipline has been extremely important for Arsenal and his ability to keep the ball moving is akin to his compatriots playing for Del Bosque. His qualities mean he'd walk into the England starting XI unopposed and have the team built around him. If England have been paying attention to nations such as Italy and Spain, they'd be wise to do so if given the opportunity.
So far this season, Arteta has the best passing completion percentage of any central midfielder in the Premier League at 93.8. But Arteta's story seems to be one of being underrated and underappreciated. He doesn't command the same major headlines as the bigger stars in the Spanish squad, but that's all part of it.
He's replaced one Spaniard as the heartbeat of this Arsenal team and shared the responsibility with Cazorla. The move for Cazorla to Arsenal along with his performances have helped him start for La Roja in recent internationals. You've got to hope that the backing of a club like Arsenal will do the same for Arteta.
Arsenal need to step on the pedal in all their games. A lethal striking sensation must be added to the attack and a DM!
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'Criminal Minds' tracks down Gavin Rossdale
Notoriously pretty Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale is ready to show a darker side on CBS' serial killer procedural "Criminal Minds."
CBS announced on Wednesday (Sept. 9) that Rossdale will appear on an upcoming "Criminal Minds" episode playing, of all things, a rock star.
To be more specific, Rossdale will play a goth rocker with a frightening on-stage alter-ego. When the BAU team becomes convinced that that alter-ego may be a brutal serial killer, they begin to investigate.
CBS offered no additional information of when Rossdale's episode will shoot or when it will air.
If he isn't most familiar as husband to Gwen Stefani, Rossdale is best known as the lead singer for Bush, whose first album, 1994's worldwide smash "Sixteen Stone," featured a slew of hits, including "Everything Zen." Bush recorded three additional albums and Rossdale has found some (more limited) success as a solo artist.
As an actor, Rossdale has been seen in features like "Constantine," "Little Black Book," "Game of their Lives" and, most recently, the indie "How to Rob a Bank."


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My beloved Perl is 9th on the TIOBE Programming Community Index. I know the index's idea is flawed by design but it is always fun to know where we stand :) The most interesting thing is the "D 2.0 language" comeback but hey on CPAN we have no Inline::D? Any volunteers?
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Perl is 9th on TIOBE Index
Posted by Ahmad M. Zawawi at 12:37 PM
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- Emil Perhinschi said...
I used to search with "perl some other keywords" ... I'll switch to "perl programming some other keywords" :)
- September 14, 2011 at 2:32 PM
- Dave Rolsky said...
TOIBE is completely useless. Tim Bunce has a good writeup on this - http://blog.timbunce.org/2008/04/12/tiobe-or-not-tiobe-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/
- September 14, 2011 at 6:41 PM
- Ahmad M. Zawawi said...
Yeah I know. It was already included in my blog post under 'flawed by design' :)
- September 14, 2011 at 8:07 PM
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Defense Outgunned in Osorio Tablesaw Lawsuitcomments (44) July 23rd, 2010 in blogs
Isn't it a Matter of Common Sense?
You may recall my first post on the Carlos Osorio tablesaw lawsuit or my most recent post describing how I think the plaintiff's attorneys won their case. At the risk of beating a dead horse, I'm now going to talk about the defense team's strategy and a number of interesting tidbits I discovered in the second half of the nine-day trial transcript.
The defense team representing power tool maker Ryobi and its parent company, One World Technologies, presented its case in three points: First, without using a guard or even a rip fence, Osorio was operating the saw in an unsafe manner and the saw maker couldn't possibly anticipate his dangerous methods. Second, SawStop technology was unproven and perhaps unreliable in a job-site environment where bad weather and rough-and-tumble treatment are commonplace. Finally, adding flesh-sensing, blade-braking technology would make benchtop saws prohibitively large, heavy, and expensive.
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Using a tablesaw without a guard or rip fence would seem ridiculous to most tablesaw users. So it's logical the defense team would argue that Osorio "knowingly, voluntarily and unreasonably used a product he knew to be defective and dangerous, and as a result was injured." But the judge advised in his jury instructions that for this to be true, the plaintiff (Osorio) must have known of the saw's danger when the safety features were removed, but used the product anyway.
It wasn't tough for the plaintiff to beat this argument as Osorio freely admitted he was unfamiliar with tablesaws and power tools generally and he had seen his co-workers use the saw without a guard and without a fence many times before. The plaintiff also showed Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that discuss problems with conventional (all-in-one) tablesaw guards like the one fitted to the Ryobi BTS 15. Interestingly, this is the same guard the power tool industry defended in a previous CPSC investigation. The same report cited figures indicating that this style of guard is removed and never reinstalled by more than 70 percent of users. I'd call this strike one.
In my opinion, the second point, which argued that SawStop wasn't ready for the rigors of the job site, was the defense's best hope, but this argument was also easily refuted. Expert witnesses described the many tests that indicated SawStop technology was robust. They had test data from SawStop and the CPSC and video clips of minimally injured hot dogs to reinforce the point. (SawStop often demonstrates its flesh-sensing, blade braking technology using hot dogs as stand-ins for fingers.) They also reminded the jury that SawStop saws have now been in service for several years and have saved hundreds of fingers from amputation.
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Posted: 3:29 am on June 26th
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Posted: 2:34 pm on March 27th
From the description in the story, it sounds like the operator didn't properly operate the saw. Guess what? Accidents happen precisely for that reason.
If everyone drove the appropriate speed for the the conditions and followed all traffic laws, there would be very, very few car accidents. Is that any reason not to mandate ABS, air bags, etc?
Posted: 7:45 pm on November 2nd
I guess my attitudes were solidified back in high school when a student in another woodworking class injured his hand; when we went in the blood was still all over the saw. It had a lasting impression, although at great cost to that poor kid.
Posted: 10:03 am on June 19th
Ed Minch
Posted: 5:55 am on June 18th
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Posted: 6:38 pm on June 17th
Posted: 10:47 pm on February 10th
I have a knife that I use to cut vegetables. I recently cut my finger, maybe I'll sue the manufacturer because he sold me a sharp knife.
My wife recently burned her finger while ironing my shirts, the manufacturer had no right making the iron so hot!
My grandson caught his finger in a car door. Maybe I'll sue Ford for not building the car so the doors cannot close.
My nephew was lifting weights at a gym and dropped one on his foot. The manufacturer should have made the weights out of Nerf or foam rubber!
Posted: 3:53 pm on February 9th
No one wanted to use seatbelts in our vehicles either. Is the loss of a finger worth a replacement sawblade and a new blade stop.
Ask someone who has lost a hand or finger.
Without a mandate to incorporate these safety features into every saw all that will happen is to make some people continue to suffer the consequences, and more lawyers richer.
Posted: 3:34 pm on February 9th
As a small shop owner, any employee has this simple rule explained to him before he starts work.
If you bypass ANY safety equipment you are unemployed, right then, right there, no delay, no second chances, no exceptions. Period.
This lawsuit was a complete crock. It is just another example of jury's playing wheel of fortune with "evil big company" money
Ohhh - that poor man, llet's give him Money... Ryobi can afford it.
This is why more and more of our jobs are getting offshored.
Posted: 10:57 am on February 9th
However it baffles me that anyone would take the stand that the makers of the stop saw were the greedy ones and not the makers of the conventional saws. If I remember when the technology first came out it was said it would raise the price by $500. I doubt it would be this much now but again we are all speculating. One trip to the emergency room costs at least $800 with insurance and thousands without. One second of inattention can take your fingers or hand, and I bet if you ask any injured woodworker if they would pay $500 to get their hand or fingers back they would gladly pay.
I cut some wood once on a bench top saw and thought at the time that these were the most dangerous of machines. I see guys all the time on job sites using them on the ground or just sitting on saw horses without any guard or splitter. They should at least be bolted to a table top. I agree that Fesstools track saw system is more appropriate for flooring and other worksite jobs.
Why aren't any of you bothered that the saw manufacturer's "colluded" to shut out the stop saw technology when it came out. As I recall Stop Saw did not want to get into the manufacturing business.
I recently sold my conventional woodshop except for my fesstools because of a planned move across the country. When I get resettled I will be buying a stopsaw for my cabinet saw. I loved my unisaw but hate that they would not incorporate the stop saw technology. BTW they just sold out to a Taiwanese company.
I joined a local woodworkers group for a couple of years where I was the only woman and not one guy used their guard or splitter and they all bragged about it. Untill one day a guy came in without 4 fingers.
Posted: 9:57 am on February 9th
Posted: 9:20 am on February 9th
I would prefer to see efforts focused on making this technology more affordable for everyone, rather than developing arguments against widespread use of it, or debating the details of the legal case.
Posted: 4:59 am on February 9th
However, the lawyer that owns the patent wants too much for it in licensing fees, which naturally makes other manufacturers reluctant to use it. If you investigate as I have, you will discover that his well-connected friends have created a network of affiliated shadow companies who's ultimate purpose is to force congress to enact laws that mandate the use of his patent. This is not altruistic consumer-advocacy. This is an attempt to force an entire industry to over-pay for a simple safety device. Although the device works in dramatic video demonstrations, the method in which is it being marketed amounts to legal extortion.
Even if you are too busy to investigate Gass and his liaisons, or simply don't care about their entangled corporate veils, you can easily see at the Saw-Stop website how they openly ask for testimonials for Saw-Stop products and simultaneously provides links to injury attorneys. Even if his motives were altruistic, it is criminally heartless to profit from other's misfortune so brazenly.
This is not at all like mandating seat-belts, since almost every American drives cars and only a small percentage of the populace operates table-saws. There is another crucial difference too. The effort to mandate seat belts was unprofitable for the people who enacted it and worked to get that passed. The advocates that made that happen did not own patents on seat belts.
Seat-belts and air bags are not "ancillary" safety devices, since we operate cars in a public environment, and so are often exposed to the incompetence of others. We cannot enact laws against personal ineptitude in private.
We should not object to the Saw-Stop device or its proper use. However, we should not imagine it is perfect. After all, it has a defeat-switch so that the saw will operate in moist wood. As such, the inventor / patent owner recognizes it has limitations and is no substitute for other safety measures, especially under certain conditions.
If Gass was truly concerned about consumer safety, he would license the product for free, or at least at a reasonable price. He could still manufacture the devices to fit all popular brands so that consumers would have a choice to purchase it as an option, thereby insuring a fair profitable business.
Inventors should be paid for their inventions, especially when that invention can be the difference between a fun hobby and a tragic weekend. Unless the device is used in an occupational environment, it is an ancillary elective device. No elective product like an ancillary safety-device should be forced upon a industry that makes machines for hobbyists or that is used by individuals at their own risk.
The solution to this debate is simple: Allow Gass & Co. to continue marketing the Saw-Stop device in his own company's saws, and legally force him to license the devices to other manufacturers at a reasonable profit, instead of the exorbitant fees he wants. If congress was truly concerned about anything (other than keeping their jobs) then they can enact a law requiring large professional shops to use Saw-Stop devices just as they now enforce occupational safety rules for all other employers. However, it is an assault on individual freedoms to even attempt mandating a product regarding tools for personal use. Further, the marketing method Gass & Associates is using is underhanded.
There is a clear difference between honest profit and profiteering. There is also great danger to liberty when legal-system insiders are allowed to manipulate law for their personal gain.
Many will disagree with some of my statements. Some of those contrary opinions will be honest disagreements based on personal experience, and I respect those people and their opinions. But some of them will be from the corporate moles who inhabit woodworking forums. You need only read the wording at this and other websites to see how a public "talking-point" memo has infected the dialogue, both for and against Saw-Stop. There is an element of intrigue here that makes it fun to investigate, if you are a Sherlock Holmes fan. Deny or accept though, the modern phenomenon of infiltrating internet forums for political influence and marketing is real. If woodworkers, who are mostly a savvy and intelligent group, are not wary and stalwart, their beloved avocation could be impacted by that phenomenon against their will. If that proves successful, the implications for other industries and liberties will be compromised.
Posted: 3:55 pm on November 14th
Regardless, both the patent system and the legal system are doing their jobs -- encouraging innovation and changing the nexus of business decisions to include consideration of the safety of the consumer. Bosch's efforts to design a stop technology (likely as a response to this lawsuit) can only help the consumer eventually. It will be nice to see what other manufacturers come up with over the next 10 years until Gass's patent expires.
Posted: 12:55 pm on October 15th
Will this case have an impact on the saws used in Canada.
Posted: 6:08 pm on September 11th
As a Ryobi saw owner I was fortunate enough to use a Sawstop saw on a recent woodworking machinery safety course and I was highly impressed by the technology and by the quality of the saw itself. It's undoubtedly a superior product, but we can't all afford superior products, and I still want to pursue my hobby, so I wouldn't want to see this technology forced on all saw makers.
Incidentally, on the saw I used, the Sawstop device could be switched off - I was told this allowed wet wood to be cut without activating the device. In the event that someone loses a finger because they have isolated this safety device does the Sawstop manufacturer get sued? Also, I recently heard of someone losing digits to a chop saw - can a Sawstop be fitted to these saws?
Rex Ashwell
Posted: 1:23 am on September 2nd
In high school shop i had a teacher missing two fingers on his left hand and i think that impressed me most and very early.I am still active at woodworking and minding my own business.
I find it ironic the Dr. from Miss. who is in favor of it and his profession has one of the highest rates of accidents or failure. I guess thats why they call it a
Posted: 1:47 am on August 31st
In long-established safety practice, and in fact federal law (OSHA), it is the employer, PT Hardwood Floor Service, who is most at fault, and in my book, entirely at fault in this case.
For starters, who provided the saw upon which Mr. Osorio was injured? Who determined Mr. Osorio's competence to operate a dangerous machine? Who was responsible for determining what training Mr. Osorio needed and delivered it to him? Who was responsible for ensuring Mr. Osorio had assimilated the training adequately to avoid injury? Whose duty is it to ensure required guarding and safeguards are in place, operating properly and adjusted properly? Who is responsible for providing alternate safeguards for employees, if factory-provided safeguards cannot be used for certain operations? Finally, who is responsible for supervising their employees, observing their work, and ensuring proper procedures, equipment, and safeguards are being used?
One answer: The employer. In this case PT Hardwood Floor Service. By definition, their fulfillment of these moral and legal obligations to their employee was less than adequate.
Why weren't they sued along with One World Technologies? Good question, and the answer is a commentary on todays legal scene. Workers compensation coverage should have, as a "sole and exclusive" remedy been the entire mechanism for Mr. Osorio's accident and the after-effects. When originally enacted, workers compensation coverage provided this no-fault coverage so workers, no matter what, would be compensated for injuries suffered on the job. The trade-off is that WC legislation protects employers from lawsuit by the injured employee.
However, clever lawyers, ever on the alert for big cash, and aided by stupid juries, have found ways to bypass the "sole and exclusive" remedy provisions of WC law, while retaining the protective provisions of WC for employers. This is quite clever, as without the protective provisions, the lawyers would have to pursue the most culpable party--the employer. And let's face it, One World Technologies is a far more lucrative target to exploit than little old PT Hardwood Flooring. Bigger payday for the lawyers.
I think Sawstop's innovations are remarkable. I intend to purchase one in the near future. When I encounter a client who has implemented them into their production operations, the client is invariably a superior insurance risk, and a well-above-average woodworking operation. Having said that, though, thousands of workers come home without injury every day, after spending their shifts working with old-fashioned table saws, plus tools and equipment and far more dangerous than the common table saw.
The difference is invariably the employer.
Posted: 10:42 pm on August 26th
"Common Sense" = "How come you don't know what I know?".
Relying on common sense is a HUGE assumption. If you grew up on a farm, you know not to walk behind the mule - common sense among those that grow up on a farm. If you grew up in the city this knowledge may not be part of your "common sense".
In our increasingly diverse workforce common sense is not so common.
Posted: 11:27 am on August 18th
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Posted: 9:59 pm on August 10th
Something like the $160 (Amazon) Skil 3600-02 120-Volt Flooring Saw should have been used by the flooring contractor.
Or perhaps a more typical tracksaw - like the TS-55 and MFT that was used by Tom Silva in a recent 'This Old House' series. (Tom was shown using a TS-55 when installing stairs).
While I personally still do believe that Ryobi and the rest of the table saw manufactureres are indeed negligent by not providing 'best engineering practice' (Sawstop technology) in their products, I also believe that Osorio's employer should have been held largly responsible for the accident.
Posted: 3:51 am on August 4th
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Posted: 1:27 pm on July 28th
There a couple of competing systems that urge machinery manufacturers to make machines safer: government regulation and the tort system, each of which plays a role and has its drawbacks. This court case was one private party versus another. If you don't like this system, ask yourself if you would prefer government (or maybe insurance companies) to have a larger role.
The inventor of the SawStop is also, himself, a patent lawyer. (the comments above the case are my amateur view, I am really a practising patent lawyer). I looked into trying to design around his patents a year or two ago. It will not be a trivial job. He did a very nice job getting layers of protection.
Posted: 5:30 pm on July 27th
You did something stupid and your injury is the result; your fault, your actions, accept them. Don't look to blame and pass the responsibilty for your actions on to someone else.
I've seen people fly airplanes, it doesn't mean I can fly one. I've seen other people operate the saw this way, so I can do the same thing. I can not fathom the legal reasoning on this case.
I still can not understand how the manufacturer is in any way responsible, even remotely, for what happened. It reminds of the McDonalds case with the idiot and the hot coffee between the legs. Again not my fault, McDonalds should have warned me.
Posted: 3:12 pm on July 27th
Posted: 8:20 pm on July 26th
Somewhere in the back of my mind, that once this suit gets settled (hey why did they just not settle the claim in the early stages...too late now it's gone viral!)
I'm thinkin that when it is settled, there will be a larger countersuit against the plaintiffs, I'm thinkin that there are way more people more culpable at earlier stages than the saw manufacturer! And some of the stuff I've read implies negligence by the saw manufacturer to be the main cause of the accident, but what of supervisory culpability, employers responsibility, workers comp and OHSA inspections or lack of So I'm not sure that what I read is anywhere near the truth, and the truth will out.
Yep some folks were seemingly asleep at the wheel to let this bizarre claim get to this stage....
It ain't gonna be over til the fat lady sings...
Posted: 11:51 pm on July 25th
However, tools get purchased and used by a wide variety of people, and every time a purchase happens, a manufacturer profits.
The changes that have made our own tools safer have been driven by three forces: manufacturer's benevolent conscience, consumer demand and threat of product liability lawsuits. How important do you think each is?
The development of countless safety features that now protect our eyes, ears, fingers, lungs and lives did not just happen. While we woodworkers (me too) groan at aspects of what happened in this one case, the next generation will have safer saws. Fewer woodworkers, novice through expert, will get debilitating injuries and conditions.
Finally, it is not a satisfactory explanation that some people speculate or conclude that Ryobi's attorneys were somehow inferior to Osorio's. Far more plausible is that Ryobi simply had the weaker arguments. Indeed, Patrick's piece demonstrates just how weak they were, with all of Ryobi's points easily paried.
Posted: 2:23 pm on July 25th
Posted: 11:03 pm on July 24th
"...But the judge advised in his jury instructions that for this to be true, the plaintiff (Osorio) must have known of the saw's danger when the safety features were removed, but used the product anyway."
So does this mean if I don't know that dynamite is explosive when I light the match that it is the dynamite manufacturer's fault when it blows up and kills me? Apparently so, by that judge's line of reasoning.
At some point, common sense will have to take hold or these idiot lawyer's will all have us living in padded cells, spooning our meals from rubber bowls because nothing else is safe.
Gads, the whole episode makes me want to vomit.
Jim Lancaster
Dallas, TX
Please print my name. I don't want to be anonymous. I want to stand up and be counted.
Posted: 11:00 pm on July 24th
"...But the judge advised in his jury instructions that for this to be true, the plaintiff (Osorio) must have known of the saw's danger when the safety features were removed, but used the product anyway."
So does this mean if I don't know that dynamite is explosive when I light the match that it is the dynamite manufacturer's fault when it blows up and kills me? Apparently so, by that judge's line of reasoning.
At some point, common sense will have to take hold or these idiot lawyer's will all have us living in padded cells, spooning our meals from rubber bowls because nothing else is safe.
Gads, the whole episode makes me want to vomit.
Jim Lancaster
Dallas, TX
Please print my name. I don't want to be anonymous. I want to stand up and be counted.
Posted: 10:59 pm on July 24th
"...But the judge advised in his jury instructions that for this to be true, the plaintiff (Osorio) must have known of the saw's danger when the safety features were removed, but used the product anyway."
So does this mean if I don't know that dynamite is explosive when I light the match that it is the dynamite manufacturer's fault when it blows up and kills me? Apparently so, by that judge's line of reasoning.
At some point, common sense will have to take hold or these idiot lawyer's will all have us living in padded cells, spooning our meals from rubber bowls because nothing else is safe.
Gads, the whole episode makes me want to vomit.
Jim Lancaster
Dallas, TX
Please print my name. I don't want to be anonymous. I want to stand up and be counted.
Posted: 10:59 pm on July 24th
Posted: 5:45 pm on July 24th
So, my question would be, do we need more expensive machines or better safety training.
Posted: 3:35 pm on July 24th
European law (now harmonised across the EU) makes the *employer* fully responsible for H&S. OK in many cases it is beauracracy gone wild but it is almost impossible for a case like this to happen.
The employer must instruct the employee in all aspects of his job. If the employer is a subcontractor working on a site the main contractor and the employer must induct all workers into the site, explaining all special dangers and site regulations.
All this must be documented and the site and documents are open to inspection by the H&S authority.
The ultimate responsibility rests on the main employer. In a case like this the fault was that of Osorio's employer for not instructing him in the proper use of a saw. However the main contractor is also at fault for letting this happen, and so on up the ladder.
However a lawsuit against the manufacturer could not even start as there is no defect in the machine and the manufacturer provided a manual, safety guards and usually a statement that users of the machine must be over 16 and trained.
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My sincere condolences go out to everyone who has suffered as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake. I pray that those who lost their lives in this disaster rest in peace.
On March 25, I visited an evacuation shelter in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. This city has suffered greatly from the disaster, so I wanted to ask the people there what I can possibly do to help. On my way to Ishinomaki City, I stopped briefly at Hiyoriyama Park. The view of the city from that vantage point revealed an area completely devastated by the tsunami. There are no words to describe it.
My conversations with those at Ishinomaki City Hall and evacuees at the junior high school now serving as an evacuation shelter helped me realize many things. First, reconstruction will be a very long road. Second, it became clearer to me that even those of us in the business community must make every effort to assist with this. While the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake remains fresh in my mind, the City of Kobe has been thoroughly reconstructed and the ruins left after the disaster in 1995 are now hard to imagine. Although the extent of damage in the two areas differs, the success of Kobe's reconstruction makes me confident that the Tohoku Region will recover from this disaster.
I have been deeply considering what Rakuten can do for Tohoku, and have come to the realization that reconstruction does not simply mean restoring damaged areas to their original state. Rather, reconstruction is about building new communities. It is up to us and our children, who will inherit the future of this country, to ensure a successful reconstruction. It is vital that we give greater thought to the global environment we live in and make use of our ideas in this field for the reconstruction of Japan.
- Four Points for Everyone in Rakuten to Consider
- Working Toward a More Sustainable Future
- Energy that is Friendly to Both People and the Environment
- Conservation in Consideration of the Environment
- Creating Value to Society through our Main Businesses
Since the founding of Rakuten, we have upheld the principle of "Empowerment" (empowering people and society). Maintaining a firm belief in this principle, we will further bolster our considerations for the environment. And through use of the technology we possess and the cooperation of our employees,
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This fifteenth century home, located 20km from Brescia, was restored a few years ago, but still boasts the natural wood and stone materials and associated characteristics expected from a period building. Surrounded by a lush green garden, it is located in the more peaceful part of the village, yet it is close to the centre.
Our 3-star double rooms are all situated on the first floor. They are light and comfortable and include a private bathroom with shower. All the fine furniture is in epoch style. Every room has the possibility for one more bed.
Breakfast, served between 7.30am-9.30am, is rich in traditional flavour, is served according to the season, in the dining room or in the portico by the garden.
Calvagese della Riviera is set in the stunningly beautiful and un-spoilt area of the River Chiese. Nestled in the heart of the Valtenesi Hills, this village is just a few kilometres from Lake Garda. These hills provide an ideal climate for vineyards and olive groves. Centrally located, it lies within easy reach of Brescia (20km), Salò (12km) and Desenzano (14km).
The house and its surroundings are ideal for those in search of a genuine, peaceful and reviving holiday, both simple and authentic.
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By Car
From the A4/Milan-Venice take the exit for Brescia East.
Then take the road signed for: Brescia, Verona, Lago di Garda. Keep going towards Lago di Garda Occidentale, Salò, Madonna di Campiglio. After 12 km, immediately at the end of the tunnel take the exit on your right for Prevalle, Calvagese della Riviera. At the crossroads take the left turn for Calvagese, after the bridge over the river Chiese turn right. Follow this road all the way up through the bends, and take the right turn for the town centre. After 200 m take the right turn towards Bedizzole. Then take the first on the right in front of the pharmacy and the post office onto Via del Curlo. 200m further on, you will find the B&B IL CURLO.
By Train
Train station of Desenzano or Brescia, then a bus to Calvagese.
By Airplane
Airport of Verona Villafranca, Brescia Montichiari, Bergamo Orio al Serio, Milano.
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Salo - 12km
Desenzano - 14km
Brescia - 20km


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'Soul Train' Creator Don Cornelius Is Dead of Apparent Suicide
Don Cornelius, creator of the TV show "Soul Train," has died after suffering a gunshot wound at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Wednesday morning. He was 75.
Los Angeles police confirmed with the AP that Cornelius died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers responded to a report of a shooting at his Mulholland Drive home at around 4 a.m.
He was later pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Cornelius hosted the long-running dance show, "Soul Train," from 1971 until 1993. The show continued until 2006.
In the VH1 documentary, "Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America," Cornelius said in the late 1960s, television "was a medium that didn't feature minorities in a positive way. It bothered me personally…I had a burning desire to see black people presented on television in a positive light."
"The principal inspiration for 'Soul Train' was 'American Bandstand' and Dick Clark," Cornelius said in the documentary. "I wanted to do a black 'American Bandstand.'" He convinced his bosses at WCIU-TV in Chicago of the viability of a black "American Bandstand" and kept ownership of the show, making him one of the first African-Americans to own a television show.
To pay tribute to Cornelius, VH1 and VH1 Classic will re-air the documentary on Friday, Feb. 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
"Before MTV there was Soul Train," record producer Quincy Jones said in a statement to the AP Wednesday. "That will be the great legacy of Don Cornelius. His contributions to television, music and our culture as a whole will never be matched. My heart goes out to Don's family and loved ones."
Others expressed their grief over the news of his death on Twitter. Reverend Al Sharpton wrote: "I am shocked and grief stricken by the reported suicide of Don Cornelius of Soul Train. I have known him since I was 19 years old."
Robin Roberts, anchor of "Good Morning America," wrote: "Very sad to hear about the death of Don Cornelius, former host of Soul Train. Grew up watching that show: "peace, love and sooooul". RIP"


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This page contains excerpts from issues of Successful
Farming dated 1907.
The farmers of the country are requested to contribute
to this Department.
Many farmers now pursue the method of all the year round
dairying and find it a profitable one. With a fine product
of butter a ready market is assured at good prices. Dealers
like to find such producers for the reason that there is
then a supply right along that can be depended upon.
This is quite different from summer dairying when with the
advent of cold weather production ceases, leaving the
dealer to look somewhere else for a supply.
To be successful with winter dairying requires suitable
accommodations for the cows, the best kinds of forage and
such grain feeds as will add to the value of the daily
ration and all necessary care.
With these there should be little or no difficulty in
making a fine quality of butter during the winter months,
such as will be in quick demand at good prices. At this
season of the year the work can be well attended to and
found to be profitable. Where this practice is followed the
cows should come fresh in milk during late autumn or early
winter, or some for a more uniform supply of milk might
plan to have them distributed through the year.
Where what is termed winter dairying is followed there is a
good opportunity afforded for raising heifer calves for the
supply of the dairy or for sale. With warm, comfortable
quarters and properly fed and cared for, these will grow
finely and by another spring be large enough to turn to
pasture. This is an advantage that should not be
overlooked. And then when there is skimmed milk for the
purpose swine may be kept at a profit, as many have found
from experience.
Of course, all of this implies careful attention to all
details, but this should come within the province of the
wide-awake, up-to-date farmer, who is willing and anxious
to do the best possible and is not afraid of the necessary
efforts for the desired success which he wishes to obtain,
and which is his by right as in the line of successful
farming.— E. R. Towle, Franklin Co.,
My method of wintering bees is to bury them. I dig a trench
6 inches wider than the hive is long, and deep enough so
that with something to keep the hives from 4 to 6 inches
from the bottom, the hive is about one-third above ground.
I have always used 6-inch fence boards set on edge in the
bottom of the trench to set my hives on. This gives a 6-inch space below the hives.
If one does not have the boards, 2x4 scantling will do as
well. I remove the bottom boards so that all bees that die
daring the winter fall into the bottom of the trench.
Place the hives close together, then cover with two feet of
straw, then throw on all the dirt from the trench and when
this is done, dig a ditch on each side to carry off water,
throwing all the dirt over the bees. Do not
leave any vent holes. The bees won't smother.
The American people are impulsive. They rush into things
for the almighty dollar without a thought for the future.
The pioneer slashed down the trees and burned them, then
later planted shade trees about his house. The timber
merchant laid waste the fine forests that he might be
The great advance in the price of lumber in recent years is
due to the lumber trust, the protective tariff and the
scarcity of trees, all three combined. Instead of learning
from other nations in regard to the forests, we, like
sheep, have done just as they.
Now the sentiment of the people has awakened an interest in
timber preservation and replanting of the denuded mountain
sides. The government has taken a firm hand in this matter
and the western ranch-men are up in wrath against the
department of forestry. They who made free pasture of the
mountain sides, thus killing the young trees that would
have reclothed the naked mountain range, think the
government has gone too far. But has it? Must the greed of
a few men cause havoc to hundreds of thousands who are
dependent upon the forests.
W e do not refer only to the lumber interests. We can build
out of steel and cement if need be. But forests play an
important part in the distribution of surface water and in
this way farmers for hundreds of miles from forests are
concerned. If these mountain sides once covered with trees
were now being cultivated the havoc would not be so great.
Trees grow clear to the perpetual snow line. They not only
prevent avalanches of snow and' ice but they form a mulch
that holds the melted snow water so that it does not rush
down the rocky sides, but percolates slowly through the
soil. Remove these and the soil soon washes away and the
big rain storms are rapidly carried down the rocks into the
ravines and canons in a great flood-head, carrying
death and destruction to everything in its way. Out upon
the plains the flood spreads beyond the river banks and
crops suffer for miles beyond the mountain ranges.
When the surface soil or mulch which the trees helped to
form is washed away what then can grow on the mountain
sides? What then will the rangeman do? He will have to
register his kick against a foolish fate rather than
against the government. But he must vacate just the same.
There are plenty of places to grow grass at a profit
without using the old forest lands. Trees can be grown
where no other crop but grass will grow. And good
agricultural lands are too valuable to be turned into
government forest reservations. Tree protection is in the
interest of all humanity and land grabbing by the few
ranchmen is not.
Saw Buck — Take two good sized forked sticks and bore holes through
above the forks and insert strong sticks. This makes each
part a tripod that will stand up alone. They are convenient
in sawing long or heavy pieces and are easy to fit any
length of stick. — E. F., Iowa.
Poultry Water — Take a jug and drill a quarter inch hole in one side near
the bottom and set the jug in a shallow pan. Fill with
water and cork up tight. Air will prevent pan from flowing
over, and will regulate the supply of water. It is
automatic when jug contains water. RoyMcDonald, Tex.
Hog Scraper — To scrape the bristles off a hog after scalding take a
small iron hoop and fit a block half way so as to leave a
flange. Insert a handle and you have a convenient scraper
similar to those the packers use.— Robert
Johnson, Conn.
Hog Trough Gate — To keep hogs from piling into the trough when swill is
being poured in, the following will do for a few hogs.
Where the trough is over 12 feet it is hard to manipulate
the gate, because they pile against it.
The trough is secured between two solid posts so they can't
root it away, because it is a part of the yard or pen
fence. Fit a gate of 1-by-4 stuff as shown. (click on the "Image Gallery" to see a diagram of this device.) The top rail is
just long enough to work freely between the posts. It rests
in a notched piece at C at each end, and is kept from being
rooted out by pieces D. This enables the gate to swing
freely over the trough. It must be kept some way from
swinging past either edge of trough more than is necessary
to drop the catches A A. These slide freely between two
slats and are held in place by pieces B B at top and
bottom. A short trough needs only one catch A. Which is
then placed in the middle of gate.. To operate two catches
at once when hogs are crowding for feed, make some latch
raisers out of two pieces of lath as shown. These are
pivoted on the slats nest A and work on a bolt or screw in
A, being slotted a, little to allow play. Push down on the
long ends with one hand while you switch the hogs off the
gate and the gate is released swings to the other side of
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Hello everybody, I´d like you to show my first huge ship-MOC, which I made with LDD. It´s the Galleon of Gavernor Roth: The Annaconna.
It´s my first ship and I sertainly would not have built it without the awesome tutorial of Captain Green Hair. Thank you.
It´s still a beta-version since most of the interiour like kitchen and Captains-cabin is missing and some other parts like the the stairs to the captains-cabin, but since I want to work on some other stuff right now I thought I upload it anyway.
I hope you like it and it would be great if you could help me out and tell me what you miss on that ship.
Here you find the lfx-file for LDD
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International community resources and support are available at the International Students Office (ISO). Additional health and counseling support for MIT's international community members can be found on MIT Medical's international dashboard.
The occasions for contributing to graduate community at MIT are unlimited, whether socializing, integrating academic and social aspects of graduate life, appreciating the arts, or looking for ways to improve communications and outreach to unique constituencies. Explore MIT's student resources: Activities, Arts and Recreation page for many links on topics from student government, to diversity events, to lists of student organizations and recreational activities.
The ODGE's strategic plan offers further details on the office's plans to enhance graduate and international community life.


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China's Huawei Finds Youth Is Not Always A Blessing
By Sven Grundberg
Huawei Technologies' opulent marketing splash at the mobile world's premier trade fair last month made it clear the Chinese telecommunications firm is setting its sights on becoming a mobile technology heavyweight.
The Shenzhen-based multinational's brand was displayed in banners and advertisements across every concourse, and the fair's central showpiece was a 19-foot winged horse built entirely of its latest smartphones.
But talking to Dow Jones Newswires in an interview, the Swedish head of Huawei's wireless marketing unit, Lars Bondelind, revealed the company is often hampered by a young and inexperienced workforce.
Over the past five years, Huawei — pronounced 'woa-way' — has added 50,000 employees to its staff, most of them straight from college. Half of its 140,000 workforce work within research and development.
With so many newly graduated Chinese engineers on board, the average age of Huawei's staff is just 29 years.
Bondelind, a former employee at Swedish mobile communications firm Ericsson AB, said the young workforce is both a blessing and a curse.
"The engineers I work with have higher knowledge and skills than for example Swedish newly graduated engineers, but they are lacking industrial expertise," he said. "Most of the 50,000 employees we have been recruiting during the last five years come directly from university and don't have more than five years of working experience, so of course we are perceived as a very young and inexperienced company."
Instilling a Western management culture is a top priority at the firm, he said. So is bringing a Western approach to industrial processes and engineering practices. Out of the company's 23 research and development centers, 13 are located outside China. It has employed Western consultants from IBM Corp. and KPMG to train its staff.
"Often when we meet customers, more than half of our representatives are young Chinese engineers, whose manners and way of presenting material isn't familiar to Western firms," Bondelind said.
At the company headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China's first Special Economic Zone, the management has brought in senior executives from the U.S. and Europe for key roles. Bondelind was one of them.
His brief when he established the company's Swedish research and development office 12 years ago was to introduce Western efficiency into engineering practices.
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Huawei was promoting its high-spec line-up of smartphones that run on Google Inc.'s latest Android software. However, with only a 2.9% smartphone market share, Huawei's mobile device business is yet to become a major part of its business. While the aim is to grow the handset business, the company's main focus remains its wireless network business, which makes the network technology used for mobile communication and contributes two thirds of revenue.


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New trial date set in Hancock County wetlands accusations
Alabama real estate developer faces 11-count indictment
A new trial date has been set for an Alabama real estate developer accused of violating the Clean Water Act by illegally filling wetlands near Bay St. Louis, Miss.
William R. Miller, of Fairhope, Ala., was set for trial Feb. 4 on an 11-count indictment.
Attorney Gaines Cleveland, in a written motion, has asked a federal judge to delay the trial to allow time to review "voluminous materials gathered during the investigation."
The Sun Herald reported that U.S. District Judge Walter J. Gex III approved his request last week. The trial is now set for April 15.
Miller is accused of polluting waters of the United States by filling federally protected wetlands without approval of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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