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State brings technology into mosquito battleBy Darren Marcy
Staff Writer | August 29,2013Anthony Edwards / Staff Photo
A small plane used for spraying pesticides awaits takeoff at the RutlandSouthern Vermont Regional Airport before heading to Whiting in an effort to kill mosquitoes carrying Eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile virus on Tuesday evening.For the second time in five days Tuesday, the state took to the air in its battle against the Eastern equine encephalitis virus.
The flights have turned the fight against the lowly mosquito into a decidedly high-tech affair.
With pilots wearing night-vision goggles and flying computer controlled patterns, onboard computers beam real-time details of the effectiveness back to scientists watching as the computer controls the spray based on preprogrammed graphical information system data.
But, while the cool factor is high in this fight, the human health risk remains.
Mosquitoes in Whiting and Sudbury have tested positive for EEE again this year and seven communities have had positive West Nile virus tests.
EEE and West Nile are potentially fatal mosquito-borne viruses. Two Vermonters died last year from EEE.
On Wednesday, the Vermont Department of Health confirmed the states first human case of West Nile virus of 2013 in a Lamoille County resident who has since recovered. A horse was euthanized Aug. 19 after contracting West Nile.
Aerial spraying was ordered in an attempt to prevent additional mosquito-borne illnesses.
The nondescript plane that took off from the RutlandSouthern Vermont Regional Airport on Tuesday evening was actually loaded with enough high-tech navigation and computer-controlled spraying equipment to satisfy any mosquito-killing geek.
The plane is a Beechcraft King Air twin-engine turboprop with spray nozzles on each wing and a pesticide tank in the fuselage.
The technology that delivered the insecticide, however, is where old-school crop duster meets 21st century high-tech.
Cary Giguere, pesticide program management chief of the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, said the state hired Dynamic Aviation out of Virginia.
Its all computer controlled, Giguere said. Its one of the reasons we hired this company.
The state targeted the area for a second application to kill off any mosquitoes in the 10,000-acre or about 4-square-mile area that was missed when the first spraying took place Aug. 22.
The mosquitoes that were not yet hatched or that were in a larval stage last week, should have become adults and those were the targets of the second spraying.
Were basing the treatment on the life cycle of the mosquitoes, Giguere said, adding that while it is species and weather dependent, three days is the average life cycle in this area. There could have been mosquitoes as larvae in the water and we wouldnt have killed those. With the mosquito treatment were only killing active flying mosquitoes.
With a focal point north of Stickney Road and just west of Route 30 in Whiting, the treatment area pushes into Salisbury and Leicester to the east, Cornwall to the north and Shoreham to the west.
Within that area are places the state doesnt want to apply pesticide, like organic farms.
Certified organic farms get buffered, Giguere said. Were giving them a 500 foot buffer.
By programming the coordinates of what should and shouldnt be sprayed, the computer controls the nozzles on the planes sprayers turning them on or off at the appropriate times.
The computer is constantly taking into account the temperature, wind speed and direction, humidity and other factors to tailor the delivery to the conditions, and even guides the pilots flight plan to deliver the pesticide to the right areas while keeping it off those areas where it shouldnt be applied.
All the high-tech wizardry, however, takes place out of eyesight.
Tim Schmalz, plant industry section chief for the state Agency of Agriculture Food and Markets, said that while its pretty neat, watching it isnt very exciting.
There are no contrails as the pesticide is sprayed in an extremely fine mist at about 800 feet of altitude, where it settles very slowly toward the ground with the expectation that mosquitoes will fly into it and be killed.
I think you would be hard pressed to see anything happening if it was in daylight, Schmalz said. I think it would be quite dull. I think the most interesting thing about it is how uninteresting it is.
The plane is equipped with technology that allows it to track the spray as it moves toward the ground and sends real-time data back to state personnel tracking the progress of the application at the airport.
Its all managed by GIS, Giguere said. We actually watch them in real time. We can watch the spray nozzles turn on and turn off. Its a pretty high-tech operation.
Personnel with the agriculture agency place drift cards, which detect pesticide when it hits them, inside and outside of the targeted spray block to see if the aerial applications are on target or not.
We get a pretty good map of where the treatment occurred, Giguere said.
Adding to the difficulty level and bringing another layer of technology to the process, all of the applications are done after dark, requiring the pilots to fly using military-grade night vision goggles.
Giguere said the applications have to be done when mosquitoes are most active but after the sun sets.
Were not going to let them spray until after dark, Giguere said. We want all the bumblebees and butterflies to go to sleep before they get out there to spray.
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Almond Toffee Bars
Almonds and toffee are mixed together into a delicious crunchy combination, making this rich cookie bar fun to eat. These bars add a nice variety of flavor to your cookie jar collection.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 40 min
- Ready Time: 55 min
- Yield: 2 to 3 dozen bars
- 1 1/2 cups Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup cold butter
- 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 6 (1 3/16 oz.) milk chocolate-covered English toffee candy bars, cut into small pieces
- 1 cup slivered almonds
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 350ºF (325ºF for glass dish). Combine flour and sugar in medium bowl; cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press firmly into bottom of ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
- BAKE 15 minutes.
- COMBINE sweetened condensed milk, egg and almond extract in large bowl; mix well. Stir in toffee pieces and almonds. Spread mixture evenly over partially baked crust.
- BAKE an additional 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. Cut into bars.
Eagle Brand is a trademark of Eagle Family Foods Group, LLC, used by permission.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 bar of 24), Calories 220 (Calories from Fat 110), Total Fat 12g (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 30mg, Sodium 100mg, Total Carbohydrate 24g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 17g), Protein 4g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 6%, Iron 4%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
* Ensure all recipe ingredients are gluten free by referencing the ingredient labels, as products may vary. If uncertain, contact the ingredient manufacturer.


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I know there are a couple of websites around that offer to teach you how to coupon shop for a fee. I just wanted to take a moment to tell you there is NO NEED to pay anyone a fee to learn to shop. All you need is SD and the coupon love you can get here is amazing.
Coupon shopping takes one thing....the confidence to learn and try. It can be scary but you can do it. Again, no need to pay someone. There are many many Jedi masters here that like to help Padawans.
I know it seems like SD can be overwhelming. Especially for those with little time to peruse the entire board. Here are some of my fave threads...
Here's a thread with the rules. I like it because the first two posts have a good list of abbreviations for nooblets. There is some really good info in it too. Not just boring old rules....
Drugstore and Grocery Store Index and Information Thread
Need more q resources??
Clipper Sites Thread
Here is a current list of printable q's. TYVM to Bailey327 and Laulea2782 for all their hard work and to all contributors for their finds!
Printable Manufacturer's Coupon Compilation
A new fabulous addition here to SD is the Coupon Database. Thanks SD team!
SD Coupon Database
Having problems printing Brick's coupons??
Troubleshooting Bricks Problems TYVM AlanisRox69
Want to see what's coming?
2013 Newspaper Coupon Insert Schedule TYVM Shopnut.
A place to trade coupons....
DS Coupon Trading Thread From me.
A place to gift or receive coupons....
RAOK Thread for Giving Away Coupons TYVM MFH.
Here is a list of unexpired paper q's to match up with your deals....
Alpha List of Unexpired Newspaper Q's TYVM Thxslic and Shopnut. That thing is a monster to update I am sure.
Need to learn about coupon policy acceptance at your local stores? TYVM Shuri!
Store Coupon Policy and Acceptance Thread [http]
Grumpy cashiers not wanting to take your q's? Commiserate here...
What is the funniest, strangest, most off the wall reason a cashier has given you for NOT taking your coupons?
The Drugstore and Grocery Store Index and Information Thread is mod stickied to the top. Maybe you'd like to create a personal sticky of some of them? At the top of the thread, on the far right is a thread tool link. You can subscribe (my personal fave) or sticky any thread you like.
List of Common Abbreivations
Abbreviations Sitewide and/or Commonly Used Abbreviations in the DS forum (located in WIKI)
LASTLY......don't be afraid to ask! Read the wiki. (What's a and/or Wiki? It's the first post after the initial post in a thread. It can be updated by any registered user. Just like Wikipedia!) And then if you still have a question, I am sure someone will help. PM, IM, phone a friend or bat call. Just ask.
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Thread with suggestions and ideas for coupon organization.. ** Credit goes to mrsjawshewa and NCSUFire**
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Where can I use store q and manu q on the same item? TYVM Plgffl & MommieD
- Target- Yes you can use a store q and a manu q on one item.
- CVS- Yes you can use a cvs q and a manu q on each item.
- Publix- Yes you can use a publix q and a manu q on each item.
- Kroger- You can use Kroger coupons with manu q's, but not e-coupons (electronic coupons; such as shortcuts, cellfire, Kroger loadable coupons, etc).. *the register no longer allows for both an EQ and MQ to be used together on one item*
- Walgreens- Yes you can use a wag q and a manu q. (Register won't allow more coupons than items in order) *always use the MQ first, then the Walgreens IVC (instant value coupon)*
- Petsmart& PetCo- Yes you can use a store q and a manu q at those stores.
- Rite-Aid- I beleive you can, I have , but I am not sure of the official policy.
- Update on Rite-Aid policy: They do allow store q along with manufacturer q's. This was told to me by a store manager when I was in CA recently.
- Meijer - Yes you can use Meijer Mealbox or Meijer discount Q's from ads with a manu q.
- BJ's Wholesale Club - register flags possible duplicate but allows both BJ's and manu q.
Add to the list of stores that accept both coupons on one item: Safeway and Albertsons and Fred Meyer.
The best thing is to email your stores and ask for a copy of their official coupon policy.
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Take for example the new newspaper insert manufacturer's coupon Free Good n' Natural Bar ( up to $x.xx). If the bars were B1G1 sale at CVS then you could walk out with two bars for free. That is perfectly valid according to the fine print of the coupon & CVS' coupon policy.
I usually don't cut my insert Qs and have them stacked on a bookcase, but my coupon holder is primarily for things I print and what few paper Qs I end up with (home mailers, hangtags, etc).
My suggestion is to try something. If it doesn't work, tweek it until it does. I have a friend who uses a pencil holder, but one section is devoted solely to Target. I mix my Target coupons in where the product MQs would be. Hope this helps.
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If the loaded coupons was something like $/2 and the MQ (starts with 5) was $/2, I would say the rep was correct but if the Qs were $/1 then you should have been able to use more than 2 coupons.
Anyway, I am no expert on RiteAid -- I just go in for the ice cream stand and clearance.
The RA FAQ thread is here
If the loaded coupons was something like $/2 and the MQ (starts with 5) was $/2, I would say the rep was correct but if the Qs were $/1 then you should have been able to use more than 2 coupons.
Anyway, I am no expert on RiteAid -- I just go in for the ice cream stand and clearance.
The RA FAQ thread is here
p.s Alright just got off the phone after getting able to talk to the higher manager possible at corporate. She said that in BOGO % sale, you can use 1 coupon with 49 code and 1 coupon with 5 code and that will be passing this information around to stores to make sure everyone get this correctly, She said they don't get reimbursed by manufacturers when items is at the % sale off. That makes me wonder when I asked if it's only Rite Aid that does that. Her reply was she doesn't know the policy at the other stores...so. blah
Both of my binders are Case-It brand, 3", zipper binders.
Trying to put that much weight in one binder, I found that the rings wore out very quickly, and I'd open it up to find they had come open and pages were falling out. Big hassle.
Would it kill you to read the wiki? Or to read the thread? All the experts got to where they are by reading...you can too.
Both of my binders are Case-It brand, 3", zipper binders.
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Four-time world champion bull rider Tuff Hedeman is coming to Clovis Saturday night.
Cinch Tuff Hedeman Championship Bull Riding is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Curry County Special Events Center.
This event is sanctioned by Championship Bull Riding and is a Horizon Series Event. Horizon Series competitors compete at more than 20 events annually, with $25,000 in prize money up for grabs at each event. Riders are also competing for points toward becoming one of the top five in the year end standing of the Horizon Series.
Some of those 40 riders slated to compete include Horizon Series leader Stormy Wing of Dalhart, Texas; 2007 CBR World Champion Bonner Bolton of Gardendale, Texas; 2008 Reserve World Champion Cooper Kanngiesser of Zenda, Kans.; and current CBR Tour leader Ardie Maier of Timberlake, S.D.
Tickets are $12 in advance at Joe's Boot Shop and the Curry County Events Center, or $15 at the door.
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Seniors can be at risk for poisoning
CHARLESTON Many people think that if they do not have children or grandchildren, they would never need to call the poison center. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Seniors can still get bitten by snakes or spiders, accidently misuse cleaning supplies, or swallow something they shouldn't. In addition, as one gets older, chances are the number of medications one takes will increase.
According to the Director of the West Virginia Poison Center (WVPC), Dr. Elizabeth Scharman, Pharm.D., research continues to show that as the number of medications one takes increases, the chances of an adverse drug reaction, a drug interaction, or a mistake in taking one's medication increases. If a problem with medication does occur, the West Virginia Poison Center can help.
Poison specialists at the WVPC are available to answer questions about dosing errors and adverse drug reactions.
To prevent medication mishaps, the WVPC recommends the following:
– Keep an up-to-date list of all medications taken and what they are being taken for. This list should include prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. All of these products count.
– Share this up-to-date medication list at every doctor, dentist, or pharmacy visit. This will help ensure that there are no drug interactions.
– If given a new prescription, always ask if this replaces a medication or should be taken in addition to current medications.
– Ask the pharmacist if there are any food interactions with the medication. Some foods, like grapefruit or grapefruit juice, can make some medications less likely to work or more likely to cause harmful drug reactions.
– Keep all original medication containers even if a pill minder or other pill storage device is used. The original container includes specific dosing instructions, drug name, and drug description which are important pieces of information to be able to refer back to.
– Always read the medication label prior to taking the medication to avoid mistaking medications or taking too much of a medication. If pill storage boxes are used, a typed instruction chart can be placed next to where the box is stored.
– Never take more medication than what is prescribed. Call your physician for recommendations if you believe that the medication is not working well enough for you.
– Track medications using a check-off list or medication journal. This helps prevent taking extra doses by accident.
– Dispose of all medications that are no longer needed, such as expired medications and prescriptions that have been discontinued.
– Never take someone else's medication. In addition to being illegal, it can result in serious harm, including death.
– Keep the West Virginia Poison Center's number (1-800-222-1222) readily available.
The West Virginia Poison Center provides comprehensive emergency poison information, prevention and educational resources to West Virginians 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
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I have noticed that my left side produces milk a lot faster than my right breast. After I'm done with the pumping session, the amounts are usually roughly the same, but it takes the right a lot longer to empty (and the right requires more compressions). Has anyone else noticed this? Do you know what the reason would be? I'm just curious.
My left used to get a lot more than the right, but now they seem to be the same in terms of volume.


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#211598 - 07/04/13 10:30 AM Limits to contraction
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I found this phrase in a financial news bulletin:
The European Central Bank left its key interest rates unchanged Thursday, maintaining accommodative policy as the euro zone struggles to pull itself together after nearly two years of contraction.
#211599 - 07/04/13 10:38 AM Re: Limits to contraction [Re: wsieber]
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Yes, but what is funny in this?
*The act of contracting or the state of being contracted.
*A word, as won't from will not, or phrase, as o'clock from of the clock, formed by omitting or combining some of the sounds of a longer phrase.
*The formation of such a word.
*Physiology The shortening and thickening of functioning muscle or muscle fiber.
*A period of decreased business activity.
#211608 - 07/04/13 05:12 PM Re: Limits to contraction [Re: BranShea]
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Posts: 1554
Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi
In the USA the phrase pull yourself together means to control your emotions so you can function, so I can see where the juxtaposition of phrases within "...to pull itself together after nearly two years of contraction" might be considered funny.
No? Oh well, I'll laugh anyway.
#211612 - 07/04/13 08:07 PM Re: Limits to contraction [Re: wsieber]
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I just figured it was funny because contacting is already pulling together, no?_________________________
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#211615 - 07/05/13 01:31 AM Re: Limits to contraction [Re: wsieber]
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Yes, I see, sorry wsieber. I didn't see it. :-) Sorry too this redundancy is a square reality.
#217324 - 06/26/14 07:53 AM Re: Limits to contraction [Re: wsieber]
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Sounds like tautology to me!!_________________________
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Dear Ladies,
I have posted earlier on pumping chit chat thread that i was dealing with a plugged duct n blister.
Dealt with this for more than 10days now and thought the plugged duct issue was resolved. Unfortunately, i just realize that particular duct hasnt got any milk coming out anymore when i pump this morning(4a.m):cry
I was able to get about 4oz on this right breast but this time round, i only managed to pump 2.5oz. This is freaking me out.:yikes (my left breast is usually 0.5-1oz more. I only pump once or twice a day. )
Will this duct be able to produce milk again or it's completely dried up?:confused:
Any moms have had this problem before?
All ideas on how to get this resolve are greatly appreciated.


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Hello! I have been pumping for about 7 days now and noticed that my left breast will pump about 5 oz while my right will give about 3 oz. Can anyone tell me why this is? Do i have a plugged gland or something? Or is this normal? I pump about 3-5 times a day and once in the middle of the night. I have a Medela double breast pump so I pump each breast at the same time.
Thanks for the help!
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I'd say it's a good deal as long as you use this thing similar to a tablet.
The screen size is 11.9 inches and the laptop weighs only 2.9 lbs so this is really great for those of you who travel often but don't want to settle for the more limited functionality of a tablet (as mentioned earlier).
Windows 8 was designed to be used primarily with touch in mind. Still there is a bit of a learning curve if you've never used Win 8 before
Details on the processor can be found here [notebookcheck.net] - but to summarize, it should perform close to a 2nd generation core i5 2467M processor. It is a dual core processor with each core clocked at 1.8 Ghz. It also has hyperthreading enabled so it can handle upto 4 threads.
The processor is a 17W ULV processor which helps prolong your battery life.
Given the more efficient usage of system resources by Windows 8, you most probably wont notice the impact of the lower 1.8 Ghz clock speeds unless you try to use this for very intensive computational work. For most common applications the specs on this guy are plenty good.
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The battery is not replaceable. So eventually when the laptop battery begins to die, you're stuck with whatever you get.
The RAM is not upgradeable so you are limited to the 4GB that comes with the system.
However, at this price point, you will be hard pressed to find a similar touch screen laptop anywhere else. If you really need a portable TS laptop, this is a good buy. However, I do anticipate more deals to come about as TS becomes more and more commonplace but it might still take ~ 4-8 months or so for a similar or better deal.
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Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
No One Piece next week though....
Oda seems to be taking a break, but he'll be back the following week.
Last edited by Caliburn; 07-25-2010 at 09:13 PM.
Didn't like this chapter, they only focused on Kuma and Ivankov ~_~
Though I'm curious why Kuma let himself build into a cyborg, because apparantly he knew what would happen.
I'm dying to see Hawkeye vs Luffy
Last edited by Caliburn; 10-08-2009 at 03:00 PM.
Originally Posted by Caliburn
Didn't like this chapter, they only focused on Kuma and Ivankov ~_~
Though I'm curious why Kuma let himself build into a cyborg, because apparantly he knew what would happen.
I'm dying to see Hawkeye vs Luffy
i hope they fight ..but i don't think oda will allow this type of fight, cuz mihawk sword user and luffy uses his body in battles ...so i think some good sword man will appear and will fight with him...unfortunatly there is no sword better than mihawk so maybe a strong man like marco will interfere ....this what i think
Luffy is gonna beat evryone ass until they all die then Whitebeard will get his ass beat and die. And Luffy and Ace will someone live and Hancock will also die.
I wonder what is the relation between Kuma and Ivankov, I reckon they might be old friends or even siblings
They could have "Bow chicka bow bow" before.
Maybe it's the translation but Ivankov says to Kuma "If you ever forget your fear of me". Could it mean that Ivankov perhaps trained Kuma at one point kinda like Garp to Luffy/Ace or was he just boasting that people who had met him should remember his power. But I liked that confrontation. I really enjoyed Ivankov's despair at trying to figure out what had happened to his comrade.
galaxy wink was awesome....
No kidding. It was just a flat out, full blown wink attack. It's amazing that Ivankov can take Kuma like this considering how strong he is but Ivankov is a high ranking officer of the Revolutionary army afterall. What I think is even more incredible is that Chief Warden Magellan would have been a beast in this war should the Marines have called him up. We saw him dominate against the likes of Luffy, Jinbei, Ivankov, Crocodible and Inazuma and they're holding up well in the war except the latter. He would've been loyal to the fight and wouldn't betray them but the only problem I guess is that he probably would've poisoned marines in the crossfire as well.
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May 4, 2011 —
For 25 years, teacher Tony Kietrys has been coaching teams of students from Wallenpaupack Area High School in preparation for the Pike/Wayne Envirothon. Fellow teacher Linda Lohner has served as co-advisor for most of those years.
Their efforts, and that of their team, the Green Revolution, culminated in a sweep of many of the awards earned at the April 27 event, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Also celebrating 25 years of dedication to Envirothon is Wayne Conservation District Manager Robert Mueller, who was presented with a plaque by Wayne County Commissioners Wendell Kay and Anthony Herzog. "What makes the event the best is you kids," said Mueller, as he accepted the award.
The educational competition for high school students is designed to test their knowledge, skills and problem-solving capabilities regarding the earth's natural resources. Wayne and Pike county conservation district staff coordinate the day-long event. The local competition sets the stage for the 2011 Pennsylvania State Envirothon on May 24-25, which will take place at Susquehanna University and Shikellamy State Park.
Students compete in a series of stations that they have prepared for throughout the year: using field guides to identify tree species and wildlife, learning to recognize various bird calls, consulting soil surveys and conducting research on topics, such as this year's theme on estuaries. Defending their winning ways from last year's event, the Green Revolution placed first overall, but also garnered first-place awards in aquatics, forestry, soils and wildlife.
Members of the Green Revolution enjoy camping, fishing, hiking, biking, boating, geo-caching and "creeking," which simply involves wading in and exploring creeks. All of them are seniors and bound for college.
Kietrys is the advisor to the Environmental Activities Club and an avid outdoorsman, who enjoys horseback riding, hiking, skiing and helping the students prepare for the competition. "I teach science, so it's my calling," said Kietrys. "And the students inspire me."
The students meet weekly throughout the year and during the past month at least three times per week. "I had no doubt they were going to pull it off," said Kietrys. "They work really hard. Bird calls is probably the most difficult of all and they do really well at that."
The Green Revolution team will represent Pike County at the state level and Kietrys anticipates a good outcome there. "It gets tough at states because everyone's a champion, but they always do really well," he said. Wayne County will be represented by the Platinum Platypi team. The statewide winning team will represent Pennsylvania at the 2011 Canon Envirothon, North America's largest environmental competition, which takes place July 24-29 in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.
The Pennsylvania Envirothon partners with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the PA Fish and Boat Commission, PA Game Commission, PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resource Bureaus of Forestry and State Parks, the PA Department of Environmental Protection, the PA Department of Agriculture and the PA Department of Education. The partners provide educational reference materials as well as technical expertise, knowledge and assistance at the event. Students also heard about Lackawanna College's new Ecological Sustainability Program and potential career opportunities.
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Apache Ant is an increasingly popular open source, cross-platform build tool written in Java. Ant's build files are written in XML and generally consist of a project and a set of interdependent targets. These targets contain one or more tasks that can perform all kinds of functions, such as compiling Java source code, creating .zip, .gzip, or .bzip2 archives, cleaning up old files, and so on.
A nice feature of Ant is that it is designed to allow you to add your own tasks and use them in an build. This article shows you the basics of writing an Ant task and how to get a task to work.
This article assumes that you are familiar with Ant and with the Java programming language. It walks you through the creation of a simple Ant task in Java, and then looks at a more complex task written by James Clark for Jing, an open source RELAX NG and Schematron validator written in Java. Both RELAX NG and Schematron are schema languages for XML. (I won't demonstrate the features of Schematron in this article). The example code and other files mentioned in this article are available for download from the Resources section below and at www.wyeast.net/task.zip. The examples have been tested with Ant version 1.6.1 (the latest version of Ant at the time of this writing), Java version 1.4.2_03, and Microsoft Windows XP Professional version 5.1.2600. (I'll be using the command-line version of Ant, though some GUIs for the tool are available.)
Before getting started, download and
install Ant version 1.6.1 or later on your system, if it is not already
there. When you extract the files from the Ant archive (in .zip, .gzip, or
.bzip2 format, depending on what you download), you'll notice a
bin directory in the distribution. Place the bin
directory in your path, and then type
ant -version at a
command or shell prompt. If you get back a response like
Apache Ant
version 1.6.1 compiled on February 12 2004, you're in business.
In the example archive, you'll find a file named Add.java. This file contains an Ant task that simply reports the sum of two integers. The code is not complex, but it provides a skeleton for your own tasks. Here's a listing of the file:
package net.wyeast.ant;
import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
public class Add extends Task {
private int op1;
private int op2;
private int sum;
// The method executing the task
public void execute()
throws BuildException {
sum = op1 + op2;
System.out.println("The sum of the " +
"operands is " + sum + ".");
// The setter for the "op1" attribute
public void setOp1(int op1) {
this.op1 = op1;
// The setter for the "op2" attribute
public void setOp2(int op2) {
this.op2 = op2;
Related Reading
Ant: The Definitive Guide
You don't have to use a package name as I did (net.wyeast.ant),
though it's axiomatic to disambiguate class names that could
possibly collide with other class names in an open environment.
Only two Ant classes are imported:
org.apache.tools.ant.Task, an abstract class.
Add class extends the Ant
Task class. Other
options are possible, but
Task is the base class for all Ant tasks. By the way, because only the class
is declared as abstract, you do not need to implement all of its methods.
The other imported class is
BuildException. You'll notice
that the
execute method in
Add, which overrides
the method of the same name from
Task, throws a
BuildException. A
BuildException is thrown
if something goes wrong with the build or if the task cannot be
properly configured.
The three
private variables of type
op2, and
sum, are used to
perform the arithmetic you see in the
execute method. The
execute method is mandatory: it's the method Ant uses to
execute a task. The
Add task adds two
operands and then prints the sum with
But where do these operands come from during a build? They are picked up
from the values of the attributes
op1 and
op2 in
the file build.xml file, which you will see in a moment. The two setter
setOp1 and
setOp2 correspond with the
op1 and
op2. Setter methods such as
these process attribute values, which is the main way an Ant task gets input
and passes it on to an underlying program.
Now it's time to compile and package the task code into a .jar. To compile
Add.java, you'll need to add ant.jar
to your classpath so the compile can pick up the
Task and
BuildException classes. You'll find this .jar in
the lib subdirectory in the Ant distribution. At a prompt
in the working directory where you extracted the files from the
example archive, type something similar to the
following line, taking care to use the correct path to
ant.jar, wherever it might be on your system:
javac -classpath ant.jar net/wyeast/ant/Add.java
Once you are successful at compiling Add.java, package
Add.class into a .jar file:
jar cvf add.jar net/wyeast/ant/Add.class
The class or classes you use for the task apparently must be in a .jar
file to work -- I've tried just using bare classes in a variety of ways
with no success. For convenience, place a copy of add.jar
in the lib subdirectory mentioned earlier. This is where all
of the Ant .jar files happily live. With add.jar there, Ant will be
able to find the class in it at build time. Granted, as long
as you make sure add.jar is in your classpath (using Ant's
-lib option), Ant will be able to find it, but I
find it's most convenient to drop .jars into lib.
With the code compiled and the .jar in place, your are ready to try out the task. In the example archive you will also find the following Ant build file, build.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project default="main">
<taskdef name="adder" classname="net.wyeast.ant.Add"/>
<target name="main">
<adder op1="23" op2="77"/>
This is a small example of a build file, but it suits the needs of the
moment. It contains only one target, called
main. The
default attribute on
project is required and
names the default target to be used; that is,
main, the only
target in the file. The
main target contains the task
adder, which is dependent on
taskdef element preceding the target defines a name
for the task and the class name where the code for the task lives.
The value of the
attribute names the task. That name need not match the name
of the class, although it must match the name of the task element
that triggers it. Also,
taskdef does not need to precede
the target or targets that use the task.
The value of the
classname attribute gives the name of
the class that executes the task. The class
net.wyeast.ant.Add is
found in add.jar, which you previously copied to the Ant lib
subdirectory. If add.jar is not there (or
elsewhere in the classpath), this task will simply not work.
adder child element of
target executes
the task using its two attributes mentioned earlier,
op1 and
op2. While in the working directory, test out the task by
ant at the command or
shell prompt. Ant automatically invokes the instructions in the file
build.xml because build.xml is the default
Ant build file name (you can use build files with different names if
you use the equivalent
-file, or
-buildfile option with Ant). After you type
you should get the following response:
Buildfile: build.xml
[adder] The sum of the operands is 100.
Total time: 1 second
There you are. You now know the basics of how to write an Ant task in Java, compile and package it as a .jar, and put the .jar in a place where Ant can find it. You also learned how to define a task and invoke it within an Ant build file. Now that you understand the process, it's a good time to do some experimenting. Some things you could try include:
op1 and
op2 in build.xml.
taskdef and its element name.
setOp3, and then placing the corresponding attribute
op3 in the invocation of the task in build.xml (also, add a variable to handle the attribute value and add it to the sum).
After you play around with the build file and code, try writing an entirely new task yourself with a different and more interesting result than adding integers!
Now let's explore a more complex task. James Clark has written an Ant task for Jing. As I mentioned earlier, Jing is an open source, Java validator for the RELAX NG and Schematron schema languages for XML. Jing is reliable and provides good performance, and is a good choice for those wanting to use Ant to automate the validation of documents with an XML pipeline -- the execution of a succession of XML tasks.
To use this task, you need to download the Jing binaries and place jing.jar in the Ant lib subdirectory (or elsewhere in the classpath using
-lib). You can also download the Jing source code (see src.zip), where you will find JingTask.java. For your convenience, I have included the source file JingTask.java in the example archive, along with
the Jing license (copying.txt).
JingTask.java is too long to list here in its entirety,
but I will highlight parts of the code in general terms in the
discussion that follows.
The JingTask.java source should provide some hints on writing more complex Ant tasks. In Add.java, all of the task code is neatly self-contained within that class. Of course, in most tasks, the task code comes from external code for an existing program that must be imported into the task code. To illustrate, near the top of JingTask.java, you will notice that it imports many more classes than Add.java, 18 to be exact: eight from Jing, five from Ant, two from SAX, and three from Java itself:
import com.thaiopensource.util.PropertyMapBuilder;
import com.thaiopensource.validate.Flag;
import com.thaiopensource.validate.SchemaReader;
import com.thaiopensource.validate.ValidationDriver;
import com.thaiopensource.validate.schematron.SchematronProperty;
import com.thaiopensource.validate.rng.CompactSchemaReader;
import com.thaiopensource.validate.rng.RngProperty;
import com.thaiopensource.xml.sax.ErrorHandlerImpl;
import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Vector;
JingTask extends Ant's
Task class, and
declares a set of private variables, mostly for the management of files
or filesets:
* Ant task to validate XML files using RELAX NG
* or other schema languages.
public class JingTask extends Task {
private File schemaFile;
private File src;
private final Vector filesets = new Vector();
private PropertyMapBuilder properties =
new PropertyMapBuilder();
private boolean failOnError = true;
private SchemaReader schemaReader = null;
filesets variable of type
Vector will be
used for code that manipulates sets of files within the context of a task (search for
filesets in JingTask.java to see how this code is pieced together). The
properties variable of type
PropertyMapBuilder is used with Jing's
Next, the task sets up an error handler,
an extension of Jing's
ErrorHandlerImpl, which in turn is an implementation of SAX's
ErrorHandler interface:
private class LogErrorHandler extends
ErrorHandlerImpl {
int logLevel = Project.MSG_ERR;
public void warning(SAXParseException e)
throws SAXParseException {
logLevel = Project.MSG_WARN;
public void error(SAXParseException e) {
logLevel = Project.MSG_ERR;
public void printException(Throwable e) {
logLevel = Project.MSG_ERR;
public void print(String message) {
log(message, logLevel);
The message constants
MSG_ERR and
MSG_WARN come
from Ant's
Project class. The
error, and
printException methods are called
from the superclass
ErrorHandlerImpl. The
log method, which you can find in
and in
Task's superclass, Ant's
When the
JingTask constructor is defined, it sets
the RELAX NG property so that it checks
IDREFS by default,
if they exist in the instance:
public JingTask() {
execute method overrides the method
of the same name from Ant's
Task class.
This is the most complex part of the code. Basically, this implementation of
execute sets up the task for the retrieval of
instance and schema files for Jing and, unlike the
task, does a fair amount of error handling. If the expected files
or filesets are not found, this part of the code will throw
a SAX, I/O, or build exception, depending on the problem.
At the beginning, the method checks to see if the values in
rngFile attribute or the
attribute are in place, then if either a
file attribute
or a
fileset element exists:
if (schemaFile == null)
throw new BuildException("There must be an
rngFile or schemaFile attribute",location);
if (src == null && filesets.size() == 0)
throw new BuildException("There must be a file
attribute or a fileset child element",
If a value for
rngFile is not present, there
must be a value for
schemaFile; if
is not present, the
fileset element must be a child
of the
jing element.
Following these tests, an error handler is instantiated and an
error flag (
hadError) is set up. Next, a
block contains the code to feed file names to Jing using
ValidationDriver. After the
try block, several
catch blocks
and an
if statement stand sentinel to handle any
After the
execute method,
defines setter methods for eight possible attributes, namely
setRngfile, and
The following table shows the correspondence between these
methods, Jing's command-line options, and Ant task attributes.
Table 1. Jing methods and attributes
|Option Description
|Checks for
IDREFS compatibility. Corresponds to
-i. Possible
values are
true or
false, with default
compact syntax checking on or off. Corresponds to
-c. Possible
values are
true or
false, with default
value of
false means that processing continues after an
error occurs.
|Checks if document
is feasibly valid.
Corresponds to
-f. Possible values are
true or
false with default
|Name of XML file to validate.
|Schematron phase to be used during internal schema creation or validation (not demonstrated here).
|Name of RELAX NG schema file.
|Name of Schematron file (not demonstrated here).
The final bit of code in JingTask.java is the
addFileset method, a utility method for
fileset functionality. Search for
in the code to see how it works.
Following is another build file from the archive (build-jing.xml) that exercises the Jing task:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project default="jing">
<taskdef name="jing" classname="com.thaiopensource.relaxng.util.JingTask"/>
<target name="jing">
<jing file="time.xml" rngfile="time.rng"/>
taskdef identifies the name of the task (
and the name of the class that holds the code for the task
com.thaiopensource.relaxng.util.JingTask). The only child
target is the
jing element, with the
file and
rngfile. The
element triggers the Jing task, telling Jing to validate
time.xml against time.rng.
Now invoke Ant with build-jing.xml. This assumes that you have placed jing.jar in the Ant lib directory. In the working directory, type this command:
ant -f build-jing.xml
This will be the result if all files are in place:
Buildfile: build-jing.xml
Total time: 1 second
If Jing runs quietly, that indicates success. Two other Jing-related
build files are in the example archive: build-jing-compact.xml,
which validates a file against a compact syntax schema, and build-jing-set.xml, which validates
a set of files against a RELAX NG schema. Test both these files yourself
ant -f. The inner workings of these build files should
now be self-evident.
After reading this article, the basic steps of writing an Ant task should no longer be a mystery to you. To write a task for a program as complex as Jing, however, you need to have an intimate understanding of the code so that you know how to feed the program what it needs to run properly. You'll also want to add error handling of some sort for an industrial-strength task.
To expand your understanding of creating tasks for Ant, you'll can review the section in Ant's official online manual that describes how to write your own task, as well as the tutorial on writing tasks. The Ant site also provides a list of external tasks (tasks written for Ant by third parties) that may be of interest.
Michael Fitzgerald is Principal at Overdue Books, a publishing and writing consultancy.
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Skip to comments.Sadness in the Savage Nation
Posted on 10/02/2012 5:02:49 AM PDT by scottfactor
Last Thursday evening it was not surprising to hear Jeff Kuhner of the Washington Times filling for Dr. Michael Savage on his popular, nationally syndicated radio show, The Savage Nation, because Jeff regularly fills in for Dr. Savage, and he does an excellent job. But, I noticed something odd; Jeff did not mention Dr. Savage (which has never happened), and there was different bumper music playing than is normally heard on the program. It was not until the next day that I learned Dr. Savage had won the almost-two-year legal battle with his syndicator, Talk Radio Network (TRN), and had taken complete ownership of his show.
This is a bittersweet, good-news-bad-news deal. It is sweet for Dr. Savage, who was miserable with the terms of his syndication and wanted free of his tethers to TRN, but it is bitter for the millions of devoted listeners in the Savage Nation who woke up to the sudden loss of our favorite voice of political reason and sanity on terrestrial radio.
Although I am happy for Dr. Savage, this came at an awful time for the country, just before the upcoming, critical election. His voice on the radio was a powerful antidote to the constant stream of lies the weaselly, leftist media and the commie Obama administration spit out every day, and his absence from the radio airwaves will be sorely missed by millions of us.
Dr. Savage has been repeating, and building on, his warnings about this criminal administration since before Barack Obama (or whatever his name is) was installed in the United Statespresidency. Since then, he has written two books about this lawless administration, one of which I reviewed in my column, Savages Trickle Up Poverty is Essential Reading.
His second book, released earlier this year, Trickle Down Tyranny: Crushing Obama's Dream of the Socialist States of America, is perhaps an even more essential read, because of the extent of damage done to the United States by the Obama administration and the deadly danger for the U.S. should he be reinstalled for a second, terrible term.
Due to an unusually busy work summer, I have not made the time to review it here in my column, but I highly recommend that you get a copy and study it carefully. It is a well-written, heavily-researched, sourced and footnoted book on the criminal actions of this administration, and is packed with Dr. Savages keen insight. Chapter by chapter, Dr. Savage lays out the tyrannical actions of this anti-American administration.
As he writes in the final chapter, Crushing Obamas Cadre Before They Crush Us,
What Ive delivered in this book is the most important analysis youll ever read of why we must stop the tyrant in the White House now, before its too late. If we allow Obama another four years, he will have destroyed our country. Were living in a crypto dictatorship right now. In Trickle Down Tyranny, Ive shown you the scope of the Obama takeover and Ive shown you how we can crush it before it crushes us.
Dr. Savages Trickle Down Tyranny contains what you need to know about the diabolical Obama administration. Read it.
We still begin this new week and new month of October without our daily Savage fix. He is not on the radio, and there is no word on when he might be back. WorldNetDaily (WND) reported that right after the legal case was won, Dr. Savage began talks with top names in the radio syndication business. Dr. Savage said he will not be heard on the radio for some time, but that he will continue to update his website and publish his daily e-mail newsletter, which is free; just sign up for it on his site.
WND also reported that Dr. Savage will be doing occasional online broadcasts via UStream, which he began on Sunday. You can follow the UStream website for The Savage Nation (linked above) and watch Dr. Savages site to know when he will be streaming his broadcasts.
In the same column, WND reported that according to TalkStreamLive.com, shortly after Dr. Savages court victory, his radio show received the number-one ranking, in the third quarter, of talk shows streamed on the Internet, beating out Rush Limbaugh for the first time.
It may be that we will ultimately end up having to listen to Dr. Savage online instead of on the radio, because if, or when, Dr. Savage signs with another syndicator, he may not be on in all the markets that previously carried him. Now that he is off the radio, his 300-plus affiliates will be turning to other programming to fill Dr. Savages time slot, and it may be that not all of them will bring him back, even if he signs with another syndicator. Thats too bad, because no one can ever replace Dr. Savage.
Now we wait and hope that he is back on our radios soon. Until thenalthough I will certainly catch his online broadcasts when I canI will miss Blue Mondays and Rock and Roll Fridays. I will miss Dr. Savage, Lifestyle Coach, and Teddy occasionally barking in the background. I will miss his sheeple imitation. I will miss his hilarious, off-the-cuff remarks that make me bust out laughing. He is such a clever, funny guya true natural. Of course, I will also miss his scathing, sometimes roaring, words against the worms in our government and society.
I will miss getting off work from my job at the radio station just as his show begins, turning up my car radio and hearing his signature sign-on song, Metallicas Master of Puppets, and the announcer saying, Warning: The Michael Savage Show contains adult language, adult content, psychological nudity. Listener discretion is advised, followed by the guns and bombs sound effects, and finally, Dr. Savage himself, It IS the Savage Nation
I know I am not the only one who is sad in the Savage Nation today. Millions of us hope he is back on our lonely radios very soon.
May the Lord bless and keep you, Dr. Michael Savage.
Savage helped give democrats a super majority so they could implement socialist Obamacare on us( it bashed Republican congress and Hastert etc. constantly).
Savage donated $5000, the max to ultra liberal democrat governor of california jerry brown.
A long time communist , berkely graduate, san fran cisco liberal calls itself a conservative to make millions off of gullible listeners and at the same time helped advance socialism. Even its name is fake , real name Michael Weiner.
this demon deserves to rot in hell
Bill Omoron is on FOX and Friends attacking Savage this morning. Calls him a crazy right winger.
Laura Inghram defending Savage.
I personally am not a savage fan but the guy does say things that need o be said.
No problem, our local station replaced him with the Great One. Unfortunately, they replaced Beck with Geraldo.
I stumbled across Savage shortly after 9/11 and was very happy to have found him. I was dedicated to listening for a couple of years but eventually moved on. He could be great, but he could also get derailed into some pretty esoteric subjects.
Weiner-Savage talks about Limbaugh, Beck, and Hannity:
Weiner-Savage is a flaming a*****e.
You Savage haters just can't help yourself, can you?
No one is impressed that you know his real name. No one.
Do you think Glenn Beck is a "hemorrhoid with eyes"?
Do you think Rush Limbaugh steals material from Weiner-Savage?
Do you think Sean Hannity is a "wallbanger"?
But do watch the video, the picture of Weiner-Savage dressed up like a pimp is priceless.
I am well aware of Savage's hostility toward fellow talkers. It makes me cringe.
We all have weaknesses, and we all behave badly at times. I wish he were not so mean in that way, but his meanness does not excuse others who want to broadcast their hatred for him.
This is a column directed at the listeners who like him despite his flaws, and when I wrote it, I knew it would bring out those who despise him, who can't resist inserting their hatred in the comments, which does no one any good, and that's too bad, as always.
Savage is the one who can not resist inserting his bizarre fixation on other radio hosts into his show. His "meanness" does excuse others from expressing their dislike. You seem to want to excuse his bad behavior while bashing others for what you perceive to be the same behavior.
"our local station replaced . . Beck with Geraldo"
And ours replaced Gallagher with Whore Aldo. I have no idea what Gallagher's local ratings were, but I can't believe that Whore Aldo will have more than 5 or 6 listeners.
I found Gallagher to be tiresome and pretty much a waste. With that outrage / whiney thing going on and just the timbre of his voice, it was nails on a chalkboard.
I've heard Geraldo a couple of times and he's not bad.
I'm not "bashing" anyone, nor am I excusing Savage's hostility toward other hosts (see my previous comment).
This column is for Savage listeners who are wondering where he is and are feeling bummed out like I am. That's why I wrote it.
I point out the fact that any mention of Savage ALWAYS brings out the Savage haters, and I'm right.
Savage has the unique ability to cram 15 minutes of material into three hours.
OK, but then you say:
I point out the fact that any mention of Savage ALWAYS brings out the Savage haters, and Im right.
That sure sounds like "bashing" to me.
And even worse, you said:
You Savage haters just cant help yourself, can you?
That's more "bashing". You can't have it both ways.
If you really want to keep out dissenting opinions, perhaps you should consider restricting yourself to your blog where you have full control over reader comments, rather than posting here on an open forum.
None of what I said is "bashing." Telling the truth is not "bashing." If I wanted to "bash," there are some truly rude, insulting things I could say.
It DOES seem that Savage haters (an apt, truthful description) can't resist posting their hatred of him on columns that have nothing to do with their hatred, and where their hateful input adds nothing useful to the conversation. There is nothing but truth in that statement.
Thanks for the ping, Beaversmom!
Savage ping.
He does have a streaming video show in the meantime;
I beg to differ. Implying that my "hatred" is so intense that it controls my rational thought processes IS bashing, in my opinion. If you were right about that, you would find my hateful comments on EVERY Savage thread. You're welcome to go looking, but I doubt you will find very much.
We'll just have to agree to disagree on that point.
I am sorry though, I must have missed the paragraph in the Free Republic Terms of Service where it says that one must add something useful to a conversation as defined by the person who initiated the thread. I wasn't aware that was the case.
But rest assured, I will never again comment on one of your threads, and I will certainly never give your blog another hit.
IIRC that was contributed to Savage by Jack Swanson, Melanie Morgan's husband and a former executive at KSFO, Savage's home station for years early in his career.
Personally I don't hate savage and in fact enjoyed listening to him until his ego and envy got the better of him and he started bashing the other conservative talk show hosts in order to get a response out of them and get his name mentioned on their programs.
To their credit, they just ignored him and I suspect that deepend Savage's hatred of them.
He became nothing but a loud mouth, self obsorbed hack who made the mistake of thinking that the more outrageous he became, the more popular he might become..........EPIC FAIL!
In fact, he has done a disservice to the conservative movement and became a posterboy for the liberals who point to him as being the norm when they criticize talk radio........
To be fair to Joe Pyne there was a lot of that good ol' overwhelming nastiness in Pyne -- "Go gargle with razor blades!".. but I have never heard Savage or Levin speak of Pyne.
After the environment of the 1960s, 70s and 80s conservative needed to start fighting back.. and Savage said that that is exactly what he was doing. Now others have caught on. Excellent!
I've had my differences with Savage's ways but he's a talk show host with guts,
Iran gets in on the "Michael Savage" action
What other talk show host can boast that?
The nation ID'd as the number one promoter of Islamist terrorism gets in on the hate "Michael Savage" action.
While other talk show hosts offer tepid on-air remarks from time to time, for all his faults, Savage took it to 'em!
He'll be back, you can count on it.
He is back, somewhat. he did a livecast Sunday nite. Very nice digs he has! Dunno how often he will do it. He seemed to enjoy it.
your article is linked on the WND Savage website:
These are all lies (except for Savage's use of a radio name).
Where were you when we had a regular Savage Nation FR daily thread??????
I don't have a "blog." I don't own a website.
The show where he spoke at length about people who fart in elevators, ended my Savage listening.
Mine are scented like coffee ice cream.
Thread PING!
Thanks for that!!
This guy was briefly on the air in the Philadelphia area a few years back. I do remember stumbling across his show a few times and was not impressed. Anyway, if what I read here about him trashing Sara Palin is accurate, then good bye to the scumbag. Irrational hatred for Palin is always a clear tipoff that somebody is, deep down, a scumbag Democrat.
-— Savage has the unique ability to cram 15 minutes of material into three hours. -—
LOL! ouch
Still, when you need some right wing vituperation, he's the guy.
It started -- and ended -- the day she was announced as the VP candidate. He started down the alley of trailer park jokes issuing some pretty nasty comments about her and her family.
It ended immediately -- or perhaps by the next day -- as a great clamor arose over the Nation. We listeners let be known that we have zero tolerance for that nonsense.
He criticizes her but without the defamation -- and like Imus who absolutely hates her -- always interjects "she's a good woman but she's just not qualified." Imus is a bit more blunt: "she's a good woman but she's dumb and she's a dope." Imus has conservative women friends in the media but he seems to hate conservative women in politics.. he despises Michele Bachmann. (Yes I know that's his shtick but when he's serious he lets the listeners know.)
At the risk of using language that borders on hypocrisy, I'll try to use a little culture.
I must admit I too have found Savage's bashing of colleagues distasteful at times. Since he is so smart in other areas, I wish he'd find alternate ways to say the same thing. It used to bother me a lot, then I thought about something he frequents — buffets! (He likes Indian, I prefer Chinese and salad bars.)
Rather than letting it bother me, I decided to treat Savage's show as a smorgasbord. He does present many ideas worth considering. When he does get into those tirades, that's like a dish that's offered that I'll just ignore.
I do credit Savage with teaching me how to fish, or better stated how to cook fish. For years I always burned fish fillets and couldn't get them to taste good. Savage had a segment where he said he had the same problem until he learned to cook it on one side, flip it, and THEN add the spices on top.
So that's what I kept tuning in. I many times didn't know what to expect since it wasn't all politics all the time. It was really welcome at his particular time slot, as the day drew to a close and I wondered if I could make anything of the remaining evening, or just opt for sleep as he said he often does. Or make meatballs.
I think he's going to miss terrestrial radio. We do have all these devices that you can connect with, yet AM and FM radios are many times easier to simply turn on. I don't think it's the same level of intimacy like when you're working in the garage or out running errands and have the radio running in the background. Moreover, streams generally don't play local ads; I do like knowing which advertisers support the programs I like.
I many times felt I was all alone in my thoughts of what's happening lately, esp. in this country until Savage echoed or further refined in his unique style what I was thinking. I'm still somewhat lost, it's strange not hearing his voice at 3:06PM Pacific.
Oh, well, like Savage says, "That's all."
That sure sounds like "bashing" to me.
And even worse, you said:
You Savage haters just cant help yourself, can you?
The first statement about bringing out the Savage haters, is correct. How can a correct statement be bashing? Maybe the word ALWAYS is questionable?
The second statement is an unanswered question. What is your answer?
Leftists seldom answer legitimate questions. Leftists often, if not ALWAYS, accuse others of what they themselves are doing. Ha ha!
This is a very thoughtful post, QuestingElf. I'm with you a hundred percent on it.
I'm certain he will miss radio. As a radio person, I know radio gets in your heart and won't leave, even if you leave it. You always long for the airwaves.
You are quite correct. For this misstatement, I apologize.
It is also true that any mention of Savage brings out Savage fans, like yourself.
Maybe the word ALWAYS is questionable?
Exactly. You get an "A" for reading comprehension.
The second statement is an unanswered question. What is your answer?
I believe I covered that in another post (no. 21).
And with this post, my involvement with this useless thread is over. The "golfer" is on, and I will gladly listen to all his "stolen" Savage material without all of Savage's viciousness.
It's clear why he chose "Savage" as his pseudonym.
Hmmm, strangely conflicting.
I've heard ... Debs' has the scent of vodka ... sometimes marshmallow; and sometimes whipped cream!
Sounds like someone knows your secrets.
Um, I shall no longer participate in this thread.
Very sad about this....
We need him back on the air ASAP. How long is that non-compete clause?
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What a week! The entire Upper Delaware valley is thrumming with activity and for every event that I attended, it seems there were two or three that I missed! My first stop last Wednesday was the Forestburgh Playhouse (www.FBplayhouse.org [2]) and its smashing production of "The Rocky Horror Show." There's a full-scale review at www.riverreporteronline.com [3] in Arts & Leisure, but here's a preview: it's an incredibly entertaining show.
On Thursday, I made a pit stop at the Thunder 102 radio station in Liberty, NY (www.thunder102.com [4]) and chatted with the Ciliberto & Friends team, as we leafed through the new issue of The River Reporter and discussed highlights just as the newspaper hit the stands for the week. Before leaving the studio, I made plans to chat with musical phenom Jay Siegel (the Tokens) who was making his way to Bethel Woods to take part in the third annual Doo Wop Extravaganza, alongside dozens of legendary vocalists from the golden age of bobby sox and poodle skirts.
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The same day, in Lake Huntington, there was a major party going on, as the Town of Cochecton celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Volunteer Fire Dept. and Ambulance Corps. Raffles, vendors, pet adoptions and a fabulous parade, which included scads of fire engines from miles around (some dating back to antiquity), lined the streets with classic cars, flags and families, all of whom turned out in droves to thank those who serve. I strolled the grounds, visited with friends and neighbors, taking time to tour the new engines and acknowledge those who give so generously of their time. I couldn't help but notice the waves of appreciation from the bystanders as the volunteers marched and drove through the streets, waving to the crowd and tossing goodies for the kids. These events (IMHO) help shape our communities and make it possible for guys like me to get out there and personally thank those who make it all possible. Visit The River Reporter's Facebook page for an album of photos.
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With another fun-filled week under my belt, I'm ready to catch up with my cohorts at The River Reporter and get their take on the events that I missed, check out the pictures on our Facebook page and prepare for the onslaught of more summer fun coming up. Taking a moment to breathe, I find myself in the hammock (in the still of the night) and realize that those Doo Wop lyrics still hold true. For those of us fortunate to call this glorious landscape home, sometimes...life is but a dream.


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Conference Calls Get Grouchier in the Afternoon
Afternoon earnings conference calls tend to be more negative, irritable and combative than those held in during the morning hours. This worsening conversational tone is associated with weaker stock price performance.
The weaker performance is particularly notable for companies reporting good news, defined as meeting or beating estimates, but holding their conference calls in the afternoon. Shares of these companies tend to experience a lower positive drift over the 50 days following the call relative to shares of companies holding their conference calls in the morning. Bad earnings news, defined as missing expectations, results in a seven-day drop for shares of companies reporting both in the morning and the afternoon that tends to be reversed afterward.
While there is not a direct impact on abnormal returns over the 50-day period following a conference call, there is a negative, lasting effect caused by the tone of the question-and-answer sessions. Holding a conference call at 3:00 p.m. instead of 8:00 a.m. increases net negativity. The greater negativity results in a 0.37% price decline for one quarter and a 1.5% decline for four quarters.
These findings are based on an analysis of more than 26,000 transcripts for earnings conference calls held between 2001 and 2007. All of the companies were publicly traded, headquartered in the United States and initiated calls between 8:00 a.m. and 4:59 p.m. Eastern time.
The study's authors link the increased negativity to fatigue. Early in the morning, call participants are well-fed and rested. As the day goes on, they become cognitively taxed and experience the physical effects from a lack of food. This would explain why the tone of conversations temporarily improves after the lunchtime, only to become more negative, irritable, and combative as the day goes on. A second slight improvement does occur after the market closes, suggesting some respite from the ending of the trading day.
Source: "Oh What a Beautiful Morning! The Time of Day Effect on the Tone and Market Impact of Conference Calls," Jing Chen, Elizabeth Demers and Baruch Lev, July 2013.
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February 17, 2014 —
The Village of Liberty Police Department arrested Timothy Soto, 24, of Liberty, NY on 02/13/14 after an investigation into a domestic disturbance. Liberty Police were called around 11:10 p.m. when a female in the Liberty Commons apartment complex on Barton Road called 911 reporting that she had been choked by a male individual.
Responding officers located Soto walking away from the complex and stopped and interviewed him. Subsequent investigation found Soto to be in possession of a loaded .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun in his waistband. Further investigation revealed that Soto was leaving the scene of the domestic disturbance and had grabbed the female victim by her neck, damaged over $500 worth of her clothing and stole her wallet.
The .45 caliber handgun was also found to have been stolen from an individual in New York City. Soto was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the 2nd degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the 4th degree, criminal mischief in the 3rd degree, all felonies, petit larceny a misdemeanor and harassment in the 2nd degree a violation. Soto was arraigned in the Town of Liberty Court and remanded to Sullivan County Jail without bail.


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I've lost my security blanket!
Played on an unfamiliar course that does not have a lost n found. Looked at a lie, thought "maybe I should throw a different disc" , said eff it and tossed and subsequently cruised down the altitude and out of sight to never be seen again. So bummed...
As you're probably aware, this disc is no longer produced so I'm looking to buy / trade / or possisble suggestions to comparable discs.