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My DD is 4months, healthy happy and growing well. 15+lbs now and was 7lb 7 at birth. We have been having specks of blood generally in small amounts in her stool since she was 2 months old. I have been dealing with an os/oald since the start. I didn't realize what it was till about 4-6weeks I think. I was so frustrated with sore nipples and a bad latch, and felt horrible about the choking/gulping and her getting frustrated with eating. I started block feeding. I think it was prob helping a bit the choking seemed to slow down and my letdown got less painful. I was starting to get concerned about her poop starting to have green and maybe brown specks in it as well as mucous. A LC told me to avoid dairy/soy/peanuts/shellfish in case she is irritated so I wouldn't further irritate her gut.
At my DD's 2 month appt the Dr had never heard of blockfeeding nor had the nurse anyways they told me to stop blockfeeding and go back to "normal". She also got her vaccines that day. I had been off dairy/soy/peanuts/shellfish for about a week at that point and seen no improvement. They told me I didn't need to do that and I should just start with one food at a time and/or just reduce the amount I was eating. The Dr put her on zantac prob a week before her 2 month appt(because I was calling the office with questions about spitting up/projectile vomiting(2x), and screaming) Well I"m a new mom and now figure that her symptoms we're pretty normal and she was just gassy and the spitting up always tended to be when she ate a lot! The Dr also tested a couple diapers for blood and they came back negative.
So that night I went home and stopped blockfeeding, ate normal, monitored her for any reactions from the Vax.
The very next day there was red blood in her stool and we've been dealing with it since then.
I have been off dairy/soy for 2 months, eggs for 5 weeks, and wheat/nuts/peanuts/shellfish/fish for 4 weeks. Nothing seemed to have led to an improvement. Somedays are better than others and then we go back to where we were. In general I always saw the blood in the first or second diaper of the day in correlation with her first feeding on an overly full breast.
I saw a Ped GI 4 weeks ago. She wanted to put her on formula and have me pump and possibly do an endoscopy. I opted to cut more food out so I could keep bf because that seemed like the better thing to do for DD. We had blood work done and stool tested again. Blood work was fine, no occult blood in stool(even though we could see a couple red specks), elevated white blood cells and eosinophils. I felt like the GI didn't really know much about breastfeeding and I didn't find it very helpful.
Saw the LC again at the support group I go to and she said definately go back to blockfeeding and stay on the elimination diet to reduce the chance of causing any allergies while she is irritated. So I have been blockfeeding about a month....but also started pumping once a day and was doing both sides at once. So I was prob overstimulating, and oatmeal seems to make my supply increase(so I've cut that out too), and I was starting to switch sides more frequently at night because I thought she was hungry, but I think she was just frustrated with the slower flow.
Right now I'm blockfeeding at 5hour intervals from the time I start on a side. It's still spraying and she is choking/gulping again on the first and second feeds on a side. I am still pumping once a day but only on one side one hour after she eats and goes to bed and I stop at 1/2-1oz.
Sorry this is so long! I'm wondering if it is because of the OS/oald which is causing it. If its the oald would it be beneficial to pump/express off an ounce before she eats? Or would it be just the oversupply?
We go in for her 4month appt today. So we'll see what the ped says about the GI visit. I at least think the Ped is more pro bf. I would like to get her off the zantac because I don't think she needs it. The last appt I mentioned that and the ped said they normally keep them on it till they outgrow the dose. Seems stupid to give my dd medicine if she doesn't need it. I'm opting out of the rotavirus vax today as well.


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Antique drivers take to Vermont roads for Brass and Gas TourCHRISTIAN AVARD / STAFF PHOTO
Bart Carlson (right) and George House, both of of Melvin Village, N.H., inspect Carlsons 1910 Buick at the American Precision Museum in Windsor on Tuesday. The stop is part of the New England Brass and Gas Tour, which starts in Rutland.
WINDSOR See a large group of Model-T Fords, Buicks, Cadillacs, Hudsons, Sterns or Chalmers on the road this week? Its very likely the bi-annual Horseless Carriage Club of Americas New England Brass and Gas Tour.
Hundreds of antique car enthusiasts from all over the country and even New Zealand are in Vermont to enjoy the summer driving in their vintage cars. Tuesday, they were among hundreds of drivers who visited the American Precision Museum in Windsor and were taking in the fun in the sun.
Nancy and Doug McNair traveled thousands of miles from Tahoe City, Calif., so they could drive their 1909 Chalmers in the tour. They said it was a trip they couldnt pass up.
Our car is stored at my grandfathers in New Hampshire and the New England tour was close by, Doug McNair said. We planned the trip a year ahead of time and just did it.
Rutland is the 2013 host city for New England Brass and Gas Tour, which runs through Saturday. All trips start at the Holiday Inn in Rutland and stop at several destinations along the way.
After the American Precision Museum, participants travel to King Arthur Flour in Norwich, Quechee Gorge in Quechee, Long Trail Brewery in Bridgewater, then Killington and back to the Holiday Inn.
The remainder of the tour includes a mystery destination in Rutland, the Morgan Horse Farm in Middlebury and Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain in Ticonderoga, N.Y. The week ends with a grand banquet, and organizers plan the next Brass and Gas Tour for 2015.
Its the camaraderie and seeing the world at 25 mph instead of 70 or 80 mph, Nancy McNair said. Its people with common interests and great storytelling.
The last time Rutland hosted the Brass and Gas Tour was in 1999, according to Bart Carlson of Melvin Village, N.H. He is a Brass and Gas veteran and a proud owner of a 1910 Buick.
Carlson said Buick was one of General Motors finer lines and production increased after Model-T Fords were first introduced.
So far, the weather has cooperated with the Brass and Gas Tour. The recent thunderstorms have not affected travel plans and participants hope the good weather will be favorable for the rest of the week.
As for Carlson, he couldnt ask for more than traveling in his antique Buick on Vermont roads to welcome the summer.
Buicks are reliable, he said. This has a powerful 48-horsepower engine. You need horsepower to do the hills and roads. Some of the roads are testy. We just came up a dirt hill road this morning. It was challenging.
Mornings and evenings are the best time to catch a glimpse of the 120 antique cars in the New England Brass and Gas Tour. They can be seen at the Holiday Inn off Route 7 south in Rutland.
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hi, i am a mother of 3 sons...11, 9 and 12 mos.
i am also 15 weeks pregnant..i have been bf my baby and completely love it and never WANT to stop because the feeling i get while with my son! however i am pregnant and it is getting severely painful for me, it was really bad for awhile but got better, now however it is starting to feel like razors scraping away at my breasts...sorry to be so graphic..baby only nurses to wake up in the morning, nap time when he is home with me (stays with sitter 3 days a week and does not need to nurse-with no problem) he also nurses to go to sleep at night...he will stay in his own crib until around 2-3 am but will NOT go back to sleep without bf...when he is home during the day with me, he will only take a nap if i nurse or we ride in the car...but will comfortably sleep with anyone else holding him with no problem??? i realized maybe he doesnt NEED to nurse during the day and just thinks he does when im readily available for him...it hurts me just thinking about weaning him, but i keep hearing stories of contractions after so far of pregnancy and it hurts so badly at this point
i took away his naptime feeding for the past week but he screams for over an hour with nothing comforting him even though i rock, sing, anything and everything! he has never taken a bottle or pacifier so he wont even try that...even tho he loves his cup he will not take it to sleep...i dont know what to do, if anyone has ANY ideas i am very happy to try some things..i dont want to wean but realize i have to soon...if he fights this much for a naptime feeding, what will i do at night? please help...thanx so much i appreciate any advice beforehand~


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Written by Alex F on 04.02.2013 at 03:07
I don't like this album, at all. Hideous production, shit vocals, simplistic boring songs. Also Joe likes it, so that's a minus
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 04.02.2013 at 11:51
But despite these things there is no other album in existence (that I know of) that sounds anything like this For me this remains the ultimate example of occult and ritualistic black metal.
Also, that description could easily apply to, say, Transylvanian Hunger and the majority of raw black metal (though in reality I'd describe Von as just that).
Written by Alex F on 04.02.2013 at 14:30
I guess my point was that even within black metal, this is far too simple and boring. I don't find most raw black metal boring, so that kind of says something. You may be right that there is no other album that sounds like this, which is a good thing for me.
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 04.02.2013 at 14:35
I don't really find it that simplistic though. As Zombie's review says this one of, if not the first, black metal album to properly experiment with ambient and electronics, not to mention messing with the vocals electronically. This is a slice of the time its from, and it reeks of it in a genuine fashion.
For me Beherit became over simplified on their last album, which to me is a truly awful record that panders to mindless Norwegian black metal. This one had a lot of character compared to that.
Written by Alex F on 04.02.2013 at 14:41
I'm listening to it again trying to hear what you're raving about, but it's just not there for me. I still hear bad black metal with bad vocals
I hardly hear any ambient or electronic experimentation (except for some on the vocals). Beherit may be revolutionary, but I hate them
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 04.02.2013 at 11:51
though in reality I'd describe Von as just that.
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 04.02.2013 at 14:43
If you haven't yet, you should try out the Electric Doom Synthesis album. It's fully experimenting with ambient and electronic soundscapes, and the metal parts are shunted to the background. It's a totally different album to this, but just as good to me.
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 25.08.2016 at 22:46I don't even know why I love this album but I do.
Written by Mr. Doctor on 28.08.2016 at 17:45
My feelings towards this album are not quite as strong as yours but I can relate with the "I have no idea why I like it". In theory I should have a hard time with the production and the songwriting as stuff, just like Alex on his first comments here but... Yeah, somehow I ended up buying it and if a song comes on the shuffle list, I end up listening to the whole album for some reason. xD


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As Buster Olney reported yesterday, the Phillies are making one final push to negotiate an in-season extension with Cole Hamels before potentially shifting their focus towards trading the homegrown ace. Both sides have always been close on an annual salary around $24 million, but Hamels and his camp predictably wanted more guaranteed years on the deal.
Hamels is likely looking for a deal better than Matt Cain's, and comparable to what the Mets gave Johan Santana. While there is no formal deadline to work out the new deal, if the sides cannot reach an agreement by the weekend, expect Ruben Amaro to pick up the phone and more seriously field trade offers.
What the Phillies could potentially get back for Hamels has been a terrifically interesting subject — especially given his stated willingness to return even if traded during the season — but what hasn't been discussed much is what happens if he does agree to an extension. After the initial celebratory phase, the front office would be left with a tricky situation to wade itself through. The Phillies would have four players making $20+ million both in actual dollars and the amount calculated for luxury tax purposes, which makes it tougher to fill out the roster with pieces necessary to legitimately compete without incurring the tax.
Signing Hamels would be wonderful, but it would also require the front office to act in a shrewd manner it hasn't exactly shown itself capable of to date.
First, let's look at money on the books next year, and remember that the payroll calculated for the luxury tax is different than the player's actual salaries next season. When calculating luxury tax payroll, the average annual value of the deal is what counts.
Both vesting and club options are excluded from the calculation, while player options are factored in. If a vesting option vests or a club option is exercised, the salary is treated like a one-year deal for the luxury tax. There is also the issue of timing: if an extension is worked out before a current deal expires, the contracts are consolidated.
Ryan Howard is a perfect example of said consolidation. He was signed to a 3 yr/$54 million contract, and then signed his monster 5 yr/$125 million contract. But because he signed the five-year pact before the initial deal expired, the luxury tax views his contract as 6 yrs/$143 million, for an average annual value of $23.8 million. While that is a bit of a discount relative to the 5 yr/$125 mil deal, it means the Phillies paid almost $6 million more for Howard when calculating luxury tax payroll last year.
With that little primer out of the way, we can get back to regularly scheduled programming. For luxury tax purposes, Howard comes in at $23.8 million. Roy Halladay is at $20 million. Cliff Lee is closer to $22 million. Let's also assume that Hamels signs for an average annual value of $24 million. Through four players we're at approximately $90 million, and the threshold is $178 million.
Chase Utley's deal adds another $12 million. Jonathan Papelbon's deal adds $12.5 million. The average annual value of Jimmy Rollins' deal is $11 million. That puts the Phillies at ~$125 million through just seven players. Hunter Pence figures to make $13 million next season in his last year of team control. Kyle Kendrick counts for $3.75 million.
Laynce Nix adds another $1.2 million. That adds up to ~$143 million through 10 players, and the Phillies would still need a starting third baseman (assuming Polanco's option is declined), a starting center fielder (Shane isn't returning), a starting left fielder and a starting catcher, before even filling out the bench, rotation and bullpen.
It's hard to imagine the Phillies declining Chooch's option, which solves the starting catcher issue and adds another $5 million to the calculation. But it's also possible they work out an extension with him where he makes $9 million per year or something in that vicinity. Sticking with the $5 mil option, the Phillies would need 13 more players spread across three starting spots, several bullpen roles, and the bench, and would only have $29 million to work with unless they crossed the luxury tax threshold. That's pretty dicey.
Antonio Bastardo and David Herndon enter their first years of arbitration eligibility. Bastardo would probably bump up to $1 million, while the Phils could non-tender Herndon if the need arose. That gives us 13 players at $149 million. Assuming both Domonic Brown and John Mayberry are on the team at the league minimum rate, we're at 15 players and $150 million.
Right now, the hypothetical rotation consists of Halladay, Lee, Hamels, Worley and Kendrick. The bullpen has Papelbon and Bastardo. If Brown and Mayberry platoon in left field, we still need a center fielder and third baseman and a bench other than whichever of those two doesn't play. The Phillies could fill out the bullpen with four guys like Michael Schwimer, Justin De Fratus, Jake Diekman, Michael Stutes, Phillippe Aumont, Raul Valdes, Scott Elarton and other low-cost options and bump us up to 19 players and $152 million.
But then there are still two starting spots open, Worley's $500K and whatever they decide to do with the bench. Realistically, we're looking at 23 players and $157-$158 million before the 3B and CF spots are filled. On top of that, it's key to remember that 1/30th of the employee benefit costs counts towards each teams luxury tax payroll. So it's really more like $167-$168 million than $153 million.
The bottom line is that the Phillies will be very close to the threshold again if they re-sign Hamels. But re-signing him is perfectly justifiable, which means it makes plenty of sense to seek financial wiggle room elsewhere so that they can pursue solid performers at either, or both of, third base and center field. Or, wiggle room could come into play if the Phillies once again vie for contention and need to make deadline upgrades.
Fans have been clamoring for an infusion of youth for quite some time now. A contract extension with Hamels will ultimately force the Phillies to fill the roster with youngins if they want to keep everyone else around, or it will require them to think long and hard about which high-priced veterans could both free up money and net a decent prospect package.
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Lots of data and I am just going to assume it's all correct. Great work Eric.
Why has no one mentioned converting Galvis to 3B?
Or Utley to 3B and keep Galvis at 2B. I think Galvis adds more value being at 2B as opposed to 3B. Would this make sense, Eric? nice article.
I believe that Utley was drafted as a SS and moved to 2B because he doesn't have the arm for SS. If that's the case, then he definitely doesn't have the arm for 3B. And, if you've watched him play, even if that little parable isn't true it's pretty easy to guess that he doesn't have the arm for 3B.
Guys you know what you could get for hamels if you trade him to the rangers. Jurickson Profar and another top prospect. I wouldnt even think of resigning hamels not an option. Eric you said it instead of 23 players 167 million its 22 143 mill and we could help the hitting.
Profar was just named the #1 prospect in baseball by Keith Law……. I'm not sure the Rangers would part ways with him for a rental palyer that would want to test the Free Agent market
A few days ago- someone mentioned a report that the Rangers would part ways with . . . . Profar, 3b Mike Olt, OF David Murphy (already in MLB), and two others that I forget
Upon hearing that, Jayson Stark said something like "I would trade Cole Hamels in a heartbeat for that package . . . . but I haven't heard that package offered anywhere."
Phillies will look to sign Hamels, if he doesn't agree to terms – they'll definitely shop him – and it looks like the Rangers are the best fit . . .but from what i've read it would be Mike Olt, and 2-3 lower prospects …not the crazy haul listed above
There is zero chance you get Jurickson Profar for two months of Cole Hamels. Zero. Jon Daniels might actually punch Ruben in the face if he demanded such a haul. Profar + more is Looney Tunes territory.
You breakdown was very good. Thanks you.
It looks like the Phillies have two options: get minor leaguers or very low priced 3B & CF OR they break through the luxury tax threshold.
What's the implication for going past the luxury tax threshold? There has to be as cost benefit analysis where the Phillies can see what the true cost of having bad 3B & CF are verse paying more salary and some luxury tax.
I would love to see an article on this.
This article assumes that Hamels' salary will the be same every year. I really doubt that's gonna happen precisely because of what this article alludes to. It seems more likely that Hamels' deal will be significantly backloaded and makes somewhere in the neighborhood of $17-18mil next year and then goes up dramatically towards the end of the contract, when Lee and Halladay are both off the books.
Great article Eric. One option I haven't heard mentioned is the possibility of signing Hamels then trading Lee. I woould think Lee would still offer great value to a team such as the Rangers or Yankees and they would get him for the life of his contract and not a rental situation like Cole. They may be able to get a few nice prospects and have the financial flexibility to sign a 3 or 4 type pitcher AND the 3B and OF bats they will need.
Lee has a partial no-trade clause so for most trade options you'd have to get his approval.
Quick answer- Trade Pence in the offseason for either 3b/OF and do the same with Vic before July 31. Saves you 13 million and honestly Pence's production isn't worth what he's getting paid. In the off season you could prob. find a 5mil a year player with 90% of his production.
Might it be a little premature to definitively state that Victorino (and potentially Polanco) won't be back? Polanco is actually a fairly attractive option for a team that is going to be financially handcuffed (his option is very reasonable), who relies on pitching and good defense, and doesn't have any real heir-apparent in the system.
Victorino may actually be in the process of lowering his value to potential suitors to the point where it may make sense to re-sign him.
Personally, I'd rather they trade Pence for some young 3B/OF type pieces and, if need be, replace him with a guy like Bourn in the off-season, but the words I've spilled on Hunter Pence could already fill the Marianas Trench, so I'll just stop there.
Yes. I like the article, also. Here's a thought:
1. You could actually keep Polanco at third for probably 1y/2-2.5m.
2. Sign Vic to a 1y/6m
3. Sign Bourn.
4. Trade Pence
5. Look to trade Jimmy and eat about 8m of salary.
6. Take some of the assets you get from Pence and Rollins and grab Headley.
CF – Bourne
3B – Headley
LF – Utley
1B – Howard
C – Chooch
RF – Vic
2B – Polanco
SS – Galvis
That should fit. And they can even field a little.
A few problems here: Victorino would never agree to 1yr/$6M. There has to be someone given up to get Headley (the Padres aren't going to let him go cheap), Bourn will cost just as much if not more than Pence (teams covet lead-off hitters who can field and steal tons of bases, and Galvis, if he's actually ready, is probably only a slight defensive upgrade and a large offensive downgrade from Rollins, and nothing says Utley or Headley will be able to "field a little" in left field. Headley, maybe (I don't know if he's had outfield experience); but Utley has never played there and might not take to it at all.
Actually, Headley can go to LF, Polanco back to 3B and Ut can stay at second. But he will have to move to the OF at some point I believe.
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And you're leaving out Rollins' 10-and-5 rights. Jimmy's not going anywhere unless Jimmy wants to.
One question: If a Hamels extension is added to his current contract and the overall average declines because of that, doesn't that push his current average pay up? That would put the Phils over the LT threshold THIS YEAR, which may not be such a good idea with next year's possible overage. 17.5% is one thing. 30% is something else entirely.
Maybe they should wait until the off-season to ink a deal.
The other option in such a scenario would be to move someone like Victorino or Pence or Blanton, which would clear room under this year's luxury tax.
Sunk costs. What the Phillies paid for him, at this point, is irrelevant with respect to future moves. Plus if he happened to bring some kind of young prospects then you have to add their value into the picture, in addition to the added value of being able to keep Hamels by keeping payroll flexibility.
That's generally why I like to just look at trades on their individual merits, because everything is so interconnected that you can continually connect each move to another one or one not made, and have an endless string of X player's trade returned Y player which allowed you to sign Z player, etc.
EricL: You comment here that giving up prospects for Pence are sunk costs, and that you like "to just look at trades on their individual merits," and yet in a different thread, you mentioned that the Lee trade was particularly damaging because it lead to the Phils having to give up prospects for Oswalt. Maybe "generally" allows for some exceptions, but maybe you're just linking trades or not linking them to justify whatever point you're trying to make.
Maybe trading Lee for second rate prospects should be considered a sunk cost, too.
Can't speak for Eric, but I think he meant that how you acquired Pence should have no bearing on your decision about what you do going forward.
I don't even know if you could get Victorino for 3 years of $6 M ($18 M total) . . . . you definitely can't sign him for 1 year/ $6 M…
Eric another great piece. I understand the roster ramifications, and I think Hamels is worth it for one or 2 seasons while some other contracts expire and new ones are signed, at least I hope he is.
Sometimes you have to take downward steps to secure the future. It's a tough sell to the fan base, taking a chance of being mediocre for a short period, but the die hards like most of us (although we may will moan and groan some), will never leave.
The alternative is to eject the core (Hamels) but then the ship won't fly at all.
You make a very good point, but boy, that metaphor was more mixed up than a pig up a river with his pants down.
Just wait till the Phills get that new cable tv contract in 2 years…….They won't care about no stinking cap.
Kudos,Eric, on another well-written article.
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A baseball camp for boys will be held July 8-9 at the GHS baseball field and a softball camp for girls will be offered July 11-12 at the GHS softball field.
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November 18, 2007
Indian Prairie board member named recipient of the 2007 Thomas Lay Burroughs Award
Illinois State Board of Education honors 16-year district school board member
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) today presented Mark C. Metzger, school board president for Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204, with the 2007 Thomas Lay Burroughs Award. ISBE Chairman Jesse H. Ruiz presented the annual award during the joint annual conference of the Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Association of School Administrators and Illinois Association of School Business Officials in Chicago.
"On behalf of the Illinois State Board of Education, I congratulate Mark Metzger for his dedication and commitment to serving as the Indian Prairie school board president for 5 years of his 16-year service on the board," said Chairman Ruiz. "His leadership at both the local and state level is commendable. He exemplifies what it is to be an outstanding board president."
Metzger was first elected to the school board in 1991 when the district had only 8,100 students in 10 different schools. Today, Indian Prairie is the fourth largest district in the state and serves more than 29,000 students in 31 schools. In addition, Metzger mentors incoming school board members by conducting training statewide. He has also given numerous presentations on board service and student learning on the state and national level.
"Indian Prairie is fortunate to have a leader like Mark Metzger," said Indian Prairie Superintendent Stephen Daeschner. "Our entire community, especially our students, have benefited greatly from Mark's commitment to always doing what's best for children."
Last year, Metzger earned the National School Boards Association's Distinguished Service award. Since 1997, he has attained the recognition of being a 'Master Board Member' from the Illinois Association of School Boards (IASB). He was also elected vice-president of the IASB in 2005. Metzger lives in Aurora with his wife and three sons.
ISBE created the award in 1991 to honor Thomas Lay Burroughs, who served as chairman of the State Board of Education and the Board of Education for the Collinsville School District. The award recognizes extraordinary educational leadership at the local level, including leadership:
- on behalf of improved student learning and educational excellence;
- in resolving a crisis or major difficulty; and
- on behalf of equal education opportunities.


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A painting by Czech 20th century painter Jan Zrzavý has sold at auction in Prague for almost CZK 13 million. Field on Ile de Sein II became the second most expensive work by the artist in the sale held by the Dorotheum auction house. Zrzavý's painting was well received at a 1934 exhibition organised by Czechoslovak arts association Umělecká beseda before also finding success at an international show in Brussels the following year.
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Skip to comments.SCHAKOWSKY: ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN 'JUST THE BEGINNING'
Posted on 03/11/2013 2:24:52 PM PDT by NoRedTape
"Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a member of the Democratic Partys leadership in the House of Representatives, suggested to Jason Mattera at a Feb. 13 womens rights rally that plans for an assault weapons ban and private-sales background checks were only the beginning of a broader gun control agenda extending to handguns as well."..............
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Is this a gutterwhore alert?
But they said they wouldn't seize guns from innocent, law-abiding, non-violent citizens.
Simple: pass a law making all gun-ownership illegal -- then they can claim that they aren't persecuting the law-abiding, but the law breaking.
It's really easy to see what they're thinking.
Even more....
They SAY abortion should be legal and RARE:
Why not take them at their word...? What is the mechanism for ENSURING that it is, indeed, rare...?
Shouldn't confidential records (similar to form 4473) be kept and periodically POLICED, the better to ensure that abortion is not abused as a form of contraception..?
Why not take them at their word...?
They're not EXTREMISTS, right..? This would be to assure the QUALITY of abortion, and to make sure it is RARE.
They're not EXTREMISTS, right? Or ARE they...?
Surely they won't reject this ONE LITTLE measure..?
They are showing thier hand once again, take notice!
What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
This didn't turn out well for the British in 1776...and I don't think it will for the Libs in the present day.
More truth is leaking out from the Communists. I wonder if Canada would take Illinois in a trade for Alberta?
In order to assure women's reproductive health, we should have REPRODUCTIVE POLICE:
They'll be armed and badged. They'll coordinate with clinics to assure clean and safe facilities; they'll HELP them.
Like big, ole PALS.
Now, they're won't be dynamic entries and body-slams, good Lord, no...!
Not at first, anyway. Not for a really long time —probably.
"Bureau of Anesthetic, Tongs, and Fallopian tubes"; Safeguarding Womens' Reproductive Rights.
This would all be before quizzes for abortion cards, abortion waiting periods, and raids on Junk Abortion Providers.
And who in the world has just one little handgun (of course, I lost all my weapons in that unfortunate boating accident).
Interesting video
Just in case you wanted to become a tanker....
Being poor, I have only one inexpensive 9mm handgun and 58 rounds. Used to have a nice Winchester shotgun and Marlin .22 rifle with plenty of ammo but the first wife compelled me to sell them at a loss with kids in the house.
I am a peaceable citizen.
democrats unwittingly turning up the heat under the simmering pots they are already standing in saying, "Come on in. The water's fine."
Good, sez I. Lett'em.
Come and get them.
Yeah sweetheart, the beginning of the end for you and your liberal goonfriends.
Making guns illegal for criminals doesn't stop criminals. What makes you think law-abiding patriots in the country won't go underground and do the same? You know, like carrying boxes of SAM's and other goodies over the same fast-n-furious border you and your colleagues are so desperate to keep wide open?
Everyone else will be Federal felons and probably suspect of being a domestic terrorist. Avoid coffee shops.
SCHAKOWSKY: ASSAULT WEAPONSFixed it The Assault Weapon Scam is just a means to ban ALL guns.
Its just the Pro-Tyranny Lefts way of destroying a Constitutional right by simply re-labeling the object of that right as some thing else something that can be demonized and destroyed.
Another prime example would be the terms Hate Speech, High Capacity or Military Style.
Ask Pro-Tyranny Leftists to define these arbitrary terms they will be incapable of giving you an exact answer because there is none.
Ask Pro-Tyranny Leftists to spell out the differences between the deliberately vague term Assault Weapon and what is protected by the God-given and Constitutionally right to keep and bear arms and youll roll snake eyes on that on as well.
Fact is, the Pro-Tyranny Left cannot specify what these phrases mean because they are deliberately indefinable.
[unless you use the phrase Shoulder thing that goes up, - thats the exception /sarc.]
Love your screen name ping.
More ammo against those who try to tell us "No one is coming after your guns".
There is no shame in being poor. It is a badge of honor to handle poverty with dignity.
The Libs are pushing for confiscation, but confiscation brings war...and, except for Obama and his class war, war is not exactly what the Libs are prepared for.
The Libs (even Alinsky) are agents of social change, not military change.
But when they force their social change, they create a vacuum...a vacuum that might be filled with force by their opponents.
Alinsky was great at waging war against civil society...he was not so great at waging war against the militant forces that would oppose him.
Alinsky and Obama have misjudged us. They have framed us against a 1960's peace-nik background.
We are no longer in the 1960's.
We know peace is not the answer.
We are ready to fight for the country our forefathers created and died creating.
Obama and Soros are not Americans...they do not understand our ethos.
But they are about to get a good lesson in it.;-)
Latin for "from a thing done afterward." Ex post facto is most typically used to refer to a criminal law that applies retroactively, thereby criminalizing conduct that was legal when originally performed. Two clauses in the US Constitution prohibit ex post facto laws: Art 1, § 9 and Art. 1 § 10. see, e.g. Collins v. Youngblood, 497 US 37 (1990) and California Dep't of Corrections v. Morales, 514 US 499 (1995).
Liability insurance definitely won't cover damage from an anititank round.
It's an interesting thing, Ex Post Facto laws are prohibited to both the federal government and the States.
It could [and likely will] be argued that the passing of new laws (like illegalizing guns) WITHOUT a retroactive element is not Ex Post Facto; indeed, I would agree. They (gun-banners) needn't worry about Ex Post Pacto prohibitions in the Constitution if they do not get greedy and try to make preceding gun-ownership illegal.
But then again, the 2nd is quite explicit on not infringing the right, and yet we have the GCA and NFA both.
The Communist from Evanston strikes again. Doesn't she have a husband who's convicted of a felony?
And millions of Americans loading up and prepping up is just the beginning, too. People are not buying because they think there will be bans, they are loading up because they think they'll need the weapons.
Cheers and ping back at ya!
My mother once told me, "If you can't say something nice about someone, he must be a pinko commie bastard."
GTH....and burn...
10. Always keep your gun pointed in a safe direction, such as at a hippie or communist.
That one's a keeper! Thanks.
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The leases were held up last October to give home and cabin owners time to take their concerns to the Legislature and to give the Department of Natural Resources time to update its practices for notifying landowners who might be affected. About 25 percent of the land covered by the leases is owned by people who don't hold the mineral rights.
On Thursday, the Executive Council, led by Gov. Mark Dayton, unanimously approved the leases. While members sympathized with landowners who object to prospectors drilling on their land, they said the companies have met their legal requirements.


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Reconstructing a Portuguese India Nau
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A group of researchers from the Unit of Marine Technology and Engineering (UETN) at Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, under the direction of Dr. Nuno Fonseca, and the ShipLab, are trying to establish a methodology to test and evaluate the sailing abilities of an India nau.
Based on the information retrieved from the archaeological remains, compounded with the knowledge obtained from almost 100 years of studies on iconography and contemporary written sources, both literary and technical, the main objectives of this project are:
- To obtain a plausible configuration for the hull, masts, spars, rigging and sail plan of an India nau;
- To try to understand the complexities of the construction sequence and structural details, determining the fundamental characteristics of these ships in terms of total weight, weight distribution, displacement and trim;
- To assess the sailing abilities under different weather conditions, in terms of stability, propulsion force, resistance, performance regarding the waves, and maneuverability; and
- To assess the ship's structural strength to extreme and fatigue loads.
Historical and Archaeological Background and Sources
The India Route was the longest commercial route of its time and the vessels which sailed from Lisbon, in Portugal, to Goa or Cochin in the Indian subcontinent, were the largest and strongest of their time. The maritime route to India was opened by Vasco da Gama in 1497 and 1498, and during the following centuries Portuguese naus sailed around the African continent and into the Indian Ocean, loaded with as many as 800 passengers and crew, and enormous quantities of precious and exotic merchandise, as well as new ideas. In spite of the numerous books written about European expansion overseas almost nothing is definitely known about its ships.
Historians have a good picture of the intellectual environment in which these voyages were planned and carried out, the difficulties encountered by sailors when trying to find their way on open sea, the instruments and calculations available to estimate the ship's position at sea, and the skills of fifteenth century map makers. Art historians have studied the tastes, artistic trends and architectural styles that determined the appearance of cities and villages where these men planned their voyages and dreamed of power, glory, wealth, and salvation.
They have a fair idea of the paintings they hung on their walls, the images they worshiped, the music they listened to, their plays, poems and favorite fiction. Their material culture is also fairly well known.
Archaeologists have uncovered the artefacts of their daily life and have established chronologies for styles, trends and fashions in furniture, pottery, glass wares, tablewares, clothes, jewellery and weapons for the entire period of the European expansion overseas. When it comes to their ships the case is unfortunately different. We know almost nothing about the ships of the Age of Discoveries, the very vehicles of this expansion.
Because they were built in a pre-industrial era there were no drawn plans. Because they were an inconspicuous part of the landscape nobody bothered to paint them in detail. Finally, in spite of being complex machines, their construction relied mostly on practical knowledge and tradition and they belonged to a sphere of knowledge that did not attract many scholars. For all these reasons nobody bothered to write detailed descriptions of these ships, nor about the ways in which they changed, evolved, and eventually fell out of use.
Written sources are scarce and laconic, iconography unreliable, and archaeology practically non-existent. These ships are shrouded in mystery and tales of lost treasures, and many of the surviving wrecks were systematically destroyed by treasure hunters. The systematic depredation of archaeological sites is not a problem faced only by nautical archaeologists, but one that has yet to attract the attention of most of the scholarly community, not to mention the politicians and the media.
During the 20th century a number of Portuguese shipwrecks were found and either looted by local divers or salvaged by treasure hunters. The Pepper Wreck, presumed to be the Indiaman Nossa Senhora dos Mártires, lost in 1606 at the mouth of the Tagus River, near Lisbon, is the only Portuguese Indiaman ever to be fully excavated by archaeologists. Excavated between 1996 and 2000, a small portion of the preserved hull remains has yielded an impressive amount of information because some of its timbers had construction marks scribed. These have allowed a hypothetical reconstruction of the ship's hull based on the information contained in a series of contemporary texts on shipbuilding.
The texts under analysis-which establish simple proportions and rules of thumb for the design of ships' hulls and rigging-permitted the reconstruction of a plausible configuration of the hull and rigging of the ship. This reconstructed ship can now be a major contribution to fill an important gap in our knowledge about the performance of these ships under sail.
It is difficult to assert the sailing capabilities of these ships, the maximum speeds achieved, or the best possible reaching angles.
Although we have diaries of voyages and notes from the pilots who led these ships through the six to eight month trips, one must remember that these are personal accounts from a time when there were no instruments, and navigation was carried out by estimation of speeds, directions and times. The gap in our knowledge extends far beyond the performance of the Portuguese Indiamen of the 16th and 17th centuries.
We know almost nothing about the sailing capabilities of most post-medieval ships, both merchantmen and warships. Some scholars have carefully studied the naval diaries of the early 17th-century Portuguese India Route to assess the sailing capabilities of these ships; a few have built full-scale replicas.
However, it is difficult to understand stability and sailing performance from contemporary accounts and drawings, and full-scale replicas are very expensive, not very durable, and cannot be tested for the worse weather conditions without risking accidents or endanger the life of the crews.
A theoretical study has been conducted on the Bremen Cog, entailing tests of the rigging in a wind tunnel and the development of a mathematical model to predict the performance of this ship under sail. But the Bremen Cog was a middle-sized ship with only one mast and a square sail, and this type of analysis becomes far more complex when we consider 3-masted ships.
A group of researchers from the Unit of Marine Technology and Engineering (UETN) at Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, and the Nautical Archaeology Program of the Department of Anthropology at Texas A&M University, USA, are trying to establish a methodology for the testing and evaluation of the sailing abilities. Our long-term goal is to build a comprehensive image of these ships: how they were conceived, designed and built, how they evolved and changed in time, how their performance was perceived by the several players with stakes on their voyages, what the cultural exchanges were between the major shipbuilding powers in Europe at the time, and how they improved the shape and characteristics of the different large vessels built by these countries or regions.
The main objectives of this project are:
- To analyze the sailing capabilities and structural strength of an India nau reconstructed from archaeological and documentary evidence; and
- To populate it with a crew, passengers, and all the cargoes brought to Portugal by the people that are supposed to have inhabited these floating cities.
Based on the information retrieved from the archaeological remains, compounded with the knowledge obtained from almost 100 years of studies on iconography and contemporary written sources, both literary and technical, the main objectives of this project are:
- To obtain a plausible configuration for the hull, masts, spars, rigging and sail plan of an India nau;
- To try to understand the complexities of the construction sequence and structural details, determining the fundamental characteristics of these ships in terms of total weight, weight distribution, displacement and trim;
- To assess the sailing abilities under different weather conditions, in terms of stability, propulsion force, resistance, performance regarding the waves, and manoeuvrability; and
- To assess the ship's structural strength to extreme and fatigue loads.
Project Tasks
This project entails 13 separate tasks:
T1 - Design of the hull lines drawing, sail plan and rigging plan
Improve the lines drawing that resulted from the reconstruction of the Pepper Wreck hull remains with special three-dimensional software, develop the masts and spars plan, sail plan and rigging plan. This task may entail the creation of several different models with plausible variations in the hull shape and the rigging, since there was no such a thing as a standard India nau, and there are several possible arrangements for the sail area, mast positions and height and width of the yards.
T2 - Design of the ship's structure, including space divisions and internal bulwarks
To create a three-dimensional plan of the ship's structure and internal subdivision and input the weights and centres of gravity of each timber piece, having in mind the different specific densities of the different kinds of timber used. The work includes also the identification of the connections between structural timber elements, which will be important for the ship structural strength assessment.
This task is especially important because the definition of the interior spaces will also allow the estimation of the cargo capacity, weight and distribution of the cargo, and ballast requirements for each loading configuration. An additional objective is to characterize the design and fabrication processes that were used to build this these ships.
T3 - Stability analysis
This task comprises the assessment of the floatability and stability of the ship for several loading conditions. Firstly the intact stability will be investigated by modern computational methods, including small-angle and large-angle stability. The results will be compared to current stability criteria suitable for large sailing vessels, allowing an estimation of the actual safety of the ship in this regard. Secondly, the the stability during and after flooding (damaged stability) will also be investigated, using state-of-the-art methodologies, which will permit conclusions to be drawn with regard to the ship's survivability, effectiveness of the crew contra measures and of simple subdivision of the ship.
T4 - Hydrodynamic model tests in towing and seakeeping tanks
One scaled hull model will be built based on the computer model obtained upon completion of tasks 1 and 2, and a series of tests will be carried out in a towing and sea-keeping tank (Fig. 3). Three groups of tests are planned: resistance tests, where the model is towed in still water at several speeds to measure the resistance to the advance, sea-keeping tests, where the model is towed in regular and irregular waves to measure the induced motions and added resistance to the advance due to the waves, and manoeuvring tests where forced horizontal motions are imposed to the model to obtain the hull manoeuvring characteristics.
T5 - Aerodynamic tests in wind tunnel with sail model
A model of the hull's upper works and rigging will be built, based on the data gathered in tasks 1 and 2, and tested in a wind-tunnel, with different wind conditions and different wind directions. These tests will be carried out considering only the sails (in several configurations) and the sails together with the hull's upper works, since it is known that the size of the fore and stern castles of these ships influenced their performance under sail.
These tests will allow the determination of the intensity of the force applied on the ship and its application point for each wind condition considered. This force will be then resolved into the directions that will determine the advance of the ship (longitudinal), the fall to leeward (transversal) and the heeling (heeling moment). The results will be used to calibrate the theoretical model built in task 6.
T6 - Calibration of the theoretical models for ship dynamics
UETN has developed and implemented software based on several theoretical models that calculate the dynamic behaviour of ships at sea. These models solve the following problems: resistance to advance, seakeeping in waves, manoeuvring and sailing performance. However, these models are at present adequate for modern conventional ships and vessels. In this task, those models will be calibrated and validated to represent the dynamics of the Pepper Wreck, by systematic comparison of results with tank and wind tunnel data. Combining the calibrated models it will be possible to describe the fundamental sailing characteristics of the nau designed in tasks 1 and 2.
T7 - Calculation of the Polar Diagram of Speeds
This task will consist in the calculation of the polar diagram of speeds, a graphic that indicates the speed attainable for each direction and wind force combination. In addition to the sailing speed and direction, UETN software will find the heeling, drift and rudder angles, while sailing in equilibrium for each situation of wind intensity and direction and sail configuration.
T8 - Assessment of the India Route possible paths
Considering the patterns of wind and currents for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans during the periods in which these ships sailed from Europe to the Indian Subcontinent and back, an attempt will be made to simulate a full round voyage and determine the speeds and times consumed during each leg. A critical analysis will be performed in order to assess if the route chosen by the Portuguese pilots was in fact the best possible solution given the ship's characteristics and the calendar restrictions imposed upon the trips-a complex set of restrictions that were related with the harvest and cure of the peppercorns imported from India, the prevalent winds of each monsoon and the pathway of the cash flows that fuelled the commerce.
The results obtained from this task will be compared with the historical accounts of voyages to assess the 16th- and 17th-century estimations of the longitude and distances sailed noted in the sailing logs by the ship's pilots. The methodology is based on procedures previously developed to investigate the sea-keeping performance of modern ships in terms of the climatology of the ocean areas where the ships operate.
T9 - Assessment of the ship's structural strength
The model built in tasks 1 and 2 will be used to study the structural strength of these ships. Almost nothing is known about this subject other than that the scarcity of suitable timber for shipbuilding that characterized this period made these ships very interesting subjects of study from the optimization-engineering point of view. Structural loads imposed by severe weather, transmitted to the hull structure by both large waves and by the rigging will be analyzed and compared with the structural strength expected for the model, given the timber sections utilized, the types of connections, scarves and fastening patterns.
Fatigue will also be analyzed since these ships were subjected to violent and repetitive stresses during long periods of time-frequently over one month-during their six to nine month's trip. One of the most interesting aspects of this study will be to assess the influence of heterogeneity of the timber, as a construction material, in the final strength of the ship.
A first, tentative virtual model (Rhinoceros®) was developed by Texas A&M student Alexander Hazlett, with all the timbers named in a list of materials for the contruction of an India nau: Livro Náutico (1575-1625).
A second, more refined model (Rhinoceros®) was developed by SAEN student Tomás Vacas.
T10 - Creation of a virtual reality model
A three-dimensional virtual model will be designed by computer to provide both the investigators and the target public a better understanding of the interior space distribution, living conditions, sailing performance and manoeuvring. This model will allow the representation of spaces and environments of indubitable interest, both for the scientist's understanding of the ship under study, and for the public targeted in the dissemination of the study's results. The user will be able to observe a realistic ship-model including hull form, rigging and sails, general deck arrangement, internal subdivision and relevant structural details.
Regarding interactive navigation through the virtual environment, a 'fly-through' camera type will be implemented allowing the user to navigate around the ship. Additionally, to navigate inside the ship, a 'first person' camera will also be implemented with collision detection feature.
A virtual model (Maya®) is being developed by Texas A&M Student Audrey Wells.
T11 - Virtual Reality Simulations
The virtual model will be utilized together with the mathematical models to recreate a series of typical situations routinely encountered by an India nau, such as: manoeuvring, including reaching, beating, changing tack, stopping; the dynamics of the ship under several different sailing conditions; the inflow of water which might result in sinking, including the measures taken by the crew; simulation of the construction process; the operation of launching; simulation of the careening of the ship.
T12 - Construction of a scale model
This task consists in the construction of a wooden scale model of an India nau. There will be no full understanding of the construction process without this experimental phase in which the scientists get to understand the real possibilities of the timber utilized, the most important aspect being the simulation of bending directions of the wales, stringers, planking strakes, and the influence of this practical knowledge-today completely lost-on the conception and design of these ships. Each construction phase will be documented in video and digital photography.
T13 - Dissemination of the results
Dissemination of the results to two main target publics: the scientific community and high school teachers and students. This task will encompass: publication of articles in academic journals; publication in magazines aiming at a wide public; a documentary for television; involvement in the Portuguese public project 'Ciência Viva' (living science), aiming at the involvement of high school students in the investigation activities.
Significance and Contribution
This project will add to our understanding of the design and construction of the ships that opened the Asian markets to Europe. It is not possible to state in advance how close to the real ships our model will be, but once we have run all the tests encompassed in this project we will have a very precise idea of what needs to be refined. Moreover, this study is of particular interest should another Portuguese Indiaman ever be found and excavated by archaeologists. By comparing the data obtained in this study with the data archaeologically retrieved from another Indiaman this model could be improved with only marginal costs.


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NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges From Construction Activities (CGP 2012)
The final 2012 CGP was issued on February 16, 2012 in the Federal Register (77 FR 12286). This final 2012 CGP replaces the previous permit, the 2008 CGP, which expired on February 15, 2012.
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Appendix B: Permit Areas Eligible for Coverage (PDF)
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Appendix C: Small Construction Waivers and Instructions (PDF)
(4 pp, 99K)
Appendix D: Endangered Species Act Requirements (PDF)
(7 pp, 147K)
Appendix E: Historic Properties Requirements (PDF)
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Appendix F: List of Tier 3, Tier 2, and Tier 2.5 Waters (PDF)
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Appendix G: Buffer Guidance (PDF)
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Appendix H: 2-Year, 24-Hour Storm Frequencies (PDF)
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Appendix I: Standard Permit Conditions (PDF)
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Appendix J: Notice of Intent (NOI) Form and Instructions (PDF)
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Multi-Sector General Permit (2008 MSGP)
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The final 2008 MSGP was issued on September 29, 2008 in the Federal Register (73 FR 56572). This final 2008 MSGP replaces the previous permit, the 2000 MSGP, which expired on October 30, 2005.
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EPA Region 4 Construction General Permit (CGP) (PDF)
Applies only in areas where EPA Region 4 is the NPDES permitting authority (facilities located on Indian Country lands within the states of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and North Carolina). Issued on March 10 and becomes effective on May 1, 2004. For other construction sites in the State of Florida, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) has a valid NPDES permit for facilities to receive coverage under. It is no longer necessary for those facilities to apply for coverage under an EPA issued general permit. For more information call FDEP's NOI Center hotline at 866-336-6312 or Mr. Fred Noble of FDEP at 850-245-7522.
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Installing this plugin on any Linux system should be a easy task. First download google-talkplugin_current_i386.deb package. On a Ubuntu system use:
sudo dpkg -i google-talkplugin_current_i386.deb
on a system where sudo is not present by default first change to root:
and then enter:
dpkg - i google-talkplugin_current_i386.deb
To install a google talk plugin. In case that you get a following error message:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-talkplugin: google-talkplugin depends on libglew1.5 (>= 1.5.0dfsg1); however: Package libglew1.5 is not installed. dpkg: error processing google-talkplugin (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: google-talkplugin
fix it with:
# apt-get install -f
No enter your gmail amount and google talk should be ready.
This article describes installation and usage of Google Chrome web browser in conjunction with Ubuntu Linux. The article also touches on some privacy concerns in regard to Google Chrome and its restrictive license. Although, Google Chrome web browser is a multi-platform application this article will be focused solely on Google Chrome and i386 Ubuntu Linux.
In short, a Google Chrome is a Internet web browser developed by Google, Inc .. Google Chrome is based on an open source project Chromium. On 2nd September 2008 Google chrome was released for a MS Windows operating system only and later further binaries were compiled for MAC OS as well as for Linux operating system. There are multiple privacy concerns when it comes to a Google Chrome browser such as what data are collected during the Internet browsing and using omnibox to search the Internet.
Google Chrome's source code is free software but binaries which a Google chrome is distributed with are under restrictive BSD license.When it comes to a Linux operating system a Google Chrome browser comes in the form of a pre-compiled DEB or RPM packages. Installation of Google Chrome from a DEB or RPM packages requires a root password which is used to modify some crucial system configuration files such as an apt repository list as it is in case of the Ubuntu Linux System. Installation of Google Chrome browser on the Ubuntu Linux operating system also involves an injection of Google, Inc. Linux Package Signing Key into an apt key ring which gives Google a chance to install virtually anything into user's Linux operating system via google-chrome-stable package since no additional involvement by system administrator when updating this package is required. However, as shown later in this article a system administrator has an option to black list Google Chrome package from automatic updates. Surely, when it comes to a privacy Google Chrome is no match to GNU IceCat web browser.
Richard Stallman: ( Founder of a GNU Project )
This is an opinion of Richard Stallman on privacy dangers when using Google Chrome:
The license for those binaries is unacceptable for several reasons.
For instance, it says you give Google the right to change your software and requires you to accept whatever changes they decide to impose. It purports to forbid reverse engineering.
It also uses the confusing and biased propaganda term "intellectual property".
You should not agree to those terms.
You can navigate to a google website, accept Google Chrome's Terms of Service to download Google Chrome Browser binary or simply download it by using wget and the link below to fetch pre-compiled "deb" package from a google mirror.
Download link for a Google Chrome stable i386 architecture:
ubuntu-chrome ~$ wget https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
Download link for a Google Chrome stable amd64 architecture:
ubuntu-chrome ~$ wget https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Once you have downloaded a Google chrome pre-compiled binary Deb package all what needs to be done to install it on your Ubuntu Linux is to navigate to your download directory and execute dpkg -i command and supply a Google Chrome's package name as an argument. All Google Chrome prerequisites should be already installed with your default Ubuntu installation.Read more ...
You have just installed and running some Linux distribution within the VirtualBox guest machine. At the same time, you have discovered that you are unable to create a ssh ( Secure Shell ) connection from your host operating system to your new VirtualBox guest machine. The default behavior of the VirtualBox does not allow that connection to happen.
There are two ( possibly more ) solutions to this problem. First solution is to create a bridged network interface and link your virtual guest by changing a guest's network interface settings. This may not be as easy as it sounds, but generally it works well and setup is easy. The second solution involves a port forwarding of a port 22 to your virtual guest machine. This solution is very easy to implement, but it does not work with older VirtualBox versions.
This article will guide you to implement the easier port forwarding solution. First check if your VirtualBox version supports a NAT port forwarding by executing a following command:
$ VBoxManage modifyvm | grep natpf
If you do not observe any output you would need to upgrade your VirtualBox software. Next, open up a terminal on a host operating system.
Find a name of your virtual guest machine: NOTE: The following command needs to be run by a user who has an ownership of the above virtual machine as this command will display only virtual machines which a current user owns. In most cases this is NOT a root user.
$ VBoxManage list vms
Execution of a following command on the host operating system we redirect any traffic coming on port 2222 to a port 22 listening on a guest virtual machine with a name "Ubuntu_10.04".
$ VBoxManage modifyvm "Ubuntu_10.04" --natpf1 "host2guest-ssh,tcp,,2222,,22"
All done. Now start your guest virtual machine and ssh to with a following command:
$ ssh -p 2222 username@localhost
If your guest operating system is using a static IP address you can modify the above port forward command to specify a guest IP address.:
$ VBoxManage modifyvm "Ubuntu_10.04" --natpf1 "host2guest-ssh,tcp,,2222,10.0.2.220,22"
If you are still unable to ssh to your guest virtual machine check the following:
$ netstat -ant | grep 2222


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CRYSTAL LAKE – Did you know that tennis balls are NOT biodegradable?
That means that of the 300 million or so that are manufactured yearly, 380,000 pounds of them could end up in landfills.
The Racket Club Maintenance Supervisor John Cwiklik has found solutions.
First, local animal shelters and schools are always in need of used balls and accept them from the club with great delight.
Next, there are companies now that re-pressurize balls and redistribute them to those who may not have the means to use brand new balls, helping to grow the sport among those previously without access to the necessary equipment.
The Racket Club, a Crystal Lake Park District facility, at 9101 S. Route 31 in Algonquin has ball recycling stations in the form of large bins resembling Penn tennis ball cans in the court hallways and foyer.
Instead of throwing used balls in the garbage, visit The Racket Club and throw them in these containers so that someday and somewhere, a sweet doggie, school student, or new player may benefit.


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The Bombers are Back Where They Belong
Yanks Comeback and Win Series – Back in 1st Place
I was a little worried about the Yankees during their 3 game losing streak, but I was more frustrated than anything because the Yankees missed on opportunities to gain games on the Rays. But it's okay – the Yankees were bound to bounce back, and they did. After losing the first game of this series, the Yankees won the next two to win the series, and split the season Subway Series. Today, the Yankees won the finale 4-0.
Pitching Analysis: CC Sabathia's mission was to follow up Phil Hughes's dominant outing with a solid performance of his own. A win from CC would boost the team's confidence, and make the flight to Arizona seem a little shorter. And that's exactly what C "Cy" did.
Look at his game face. Aw, CC I love you ♥
I think this was CC's best outing of the season. If it wasn't for the rain delay, CC would have pitched a complete game shutout. But just to be safe, Girardi didn't send CC out there for the 9th. He went 8 innings of 4 hit shutout baseball, and struckout 6. Every time the Mets were "threatening," CC got even tougher. I think CC is about to go on one of those stretches where he is unhittable.
Defensive Analysis: In pitcher's duels, defense becomes even more important. Today, the Yankee defense was on top of its game. Derek Jeter started a lovely 6-4-3 double play in the 4th, and Alex Rodriguez started an inning-ending dp in the 7th to get CC out of potential trouble. Brett Gardner made a lovely leaping play on a deep fly ball by Rod Barajas. A-Rod also made a nice diving play to his left on a Jose Reyes sharp grounder. So much for his "lateral range issues."
Offensive Analysis: The Yankees scored all their runs on one swing, but it was enough. When facing a pitcher like Santana, you've got to be sure you don't miss out on your chance to score, because you might not get another. In the 3rd, the Yankees rallied. Brettiboo Gardner led off with a single, followed by an infield single by Jeet. Nick Swisher laid down the most beautiful bunt – so perfect that it was a hit instead of a sacrifice! That loaded the bases with no one out, for Mark Teixeira. Tex had a big fly in game 2 of this series, but that didn't make me think he was going to come through. Every time I think he's getting hot, he fails on me the next game, and many games after.
This time, Mark didn't fail me. After 2 changeups, Tex got a fastball – and he didn't miss it. Teixeira hit a ball deep to left field, and GONE FOR A GRAND SLAM! 4-0 Yankees! Thank you, Texy-wexy, for providing the only offense of the game. It was greatly appreciated🙂
Mark's blast really was the only offense. I didn't get excited over anything else – except for Francisco Cervelli's triple in the 6th. I love watching him run…I love watching him in general, for that matter ♥
Winning this series must be a confidence booster. Especially after losing the first game, and having to win the next two. The heroes for the series finale win are easy ones: CC Sabathia, for down-right beasting, and Mark Teixeira, for being the offense. Great job, boys!
This was a hugely important win for the Yankees. The Rays lost once again, but this time the Yankees took advantage of that. Their win today pushes them into 1st place, in by far the hardest division in baseball. Congratulations, Yankees. You are back where you belong🙂
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First place. Woohoo! I'm celebrating. And I'm so glad CC is looking like the dominant CC from the second half of last season. Bet you loved Cervelli's triple. He looked so tired from running. LOL
Well, my team was having a flawless road trip until we ran into you guys. I'll take a 7-2 trip though. Otherwise I'd probably be a little grumpier….especially about Johan. Tomorrow is another story and a season to go yet. Should be fun for both of us. Good luck to the HV Renegades this year!! Play ball!
I am going to the Yankee vs. D-Back game on Monday
I don't know if I would agree that they are back where they "belong," but they deserve to be in first place with the way the Rays have played the last few weeks. Yikes. I'm hoping that my guys can get things back to the way they were, because if they keep struggling as they have been then they deserve to drop out of first!
I can't believe it, but it seems like the Yanks haven't been in first alllllll season! And now after Aj's horrible start last night we need a bounce back win (or 2 or 3 or 4)! But at least we're still half a game up!


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Local moms Jennifer Dotson and Elizabeth Hata-Watanabe delivered cookies and baked goods to the Honolulu Police Department Thursday for National Police Week.
"As former executive director of MADD, I saw firsthand how the men and women in blue worked so hard to keep crime off our streets and our families safe," said Dotson. "This is our small way to say Mahalo for the big jobs they do everyday to help our community."
"As a mom, I know my three children see how their police officer dad works really hard and always want a chance to say Mahalo to him and all their brave uncles and aunties that work in law enforcement," said Hata-Watanabe. "I want my baby girl to learn the value of saying Mahalo from a young age."
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated National Police Week to occur each year during the week in which May 15 falls, recognizing the service and sacrifice of U.S. law enforcement.


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I really wasn't going to get involved in local county business, but my conscience wouldn't let me keep from it. As the old saying goes, if you sit back and say or do nothing, then you are as guilty for letting it happen.
I know several people have been targeted when they don't go along with the good ole boy system, but my parents taught me from little on, that when something wasn't right speak up even though it might set you up for getting knocked down. I don't understand why some people, who break the law, have to go through the proper legal system, but some do not have to, simply because the good ole boy system "sweeps them under the rug". I know of several instances where this has happened. Do we want the same treatment for all or just those that don't go along with the good ole boy system?
Mr. Dupnik, I am sorry, but what you have done is a lot worse than what some people have had to paid for. You not only knew it was wrong to work for EMS, while serving as County Commissioner, but after you paid back what you had allegedly been paid from EMS, you continued to work and place your time under your wife's time sheet. To me this is fraud and you should be man enough to face up to the facts proven by the outside audit of the Karnes County EMS books. The audit is public record and can be read by anyone. It clearly states and I quote "In spite of these circumstances our firm noted that Mr. Dupnik, performed EMT services on September 19, 2013, in place of his wife, Gretchen Dupnik, also an EMT, for which she was paid for the entire shift.". These facts are stated clearly in the outside audit along with attached Exhibit's A (Karnes County EMS Duty Roster) and Exhibit B (Karnes County EMS Run Tally). To me this is clear evidence, you should either resign or go through the proper legal grand jury system, that is supposedly written for all.
I know I have lost long time friendships over my beliefs, as one lady approached me in the local Wal-Mart and said I thought you and Darrel were friends of ours, and she couldn't believe what I was saying about her husband after he was stopped by the DPS and charged with DUI. I told her what I said was everyone should be treated equal under the law. She told me her husband would go through the proper court. This has never happened, so I continue to wonder if the legal code of law is written for all citizens.
Concerned Citizen and Retired County Treasurer
Charlene Blaschke


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On this day (Jan. 21) in 1824, Confederate Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was born in Clarksburg, Va. (now W.Va.)
Orphaned at an early age, young Jackson was raised by religiously pious relatives. Given little opportunity for formal education, somewhat surprisingly he was able to obtain an appointment to West Point in 1842. He graduated 17th in his class in 1846.
Commissioned a 2nd lieutenant of artillery, he served with distinction in the Mexican War (1846-1848), emerging at its conclusion with the rank of major. It was first during his service in Mexico that Jackson displayed the attributes of resourcefulness and bravery in battle now universally associated with his name.
During the "War of Northern Aggression," Jackson became Confederate commander Gen. Robert E. Lee's "right arm" in many of the fierce battles fought against numerically superior Union armies. Lee was the brilliant strategist while Jackson was the superb tactician.
Tiring of service in the peacetime army, Jackson accepted appointment as professor of artillery tactics and natural philosophy at the Virginia Military Institute in 1851, and resigned his commission the following year. At VMI, Jackson gained a reputation (one that followed him the rest of his life) as a religious zealot (e.g., later before a battle, he often led his troops in prayer and often refused to fight on Sundays) and stern disciplinarian, and also the not-always-complimentary nicknames of "Deacon Jackson" and "Tom Fool Jackson."
Although not popular as a professor, he always had the respect of the cadets who grudgingly admired his professional competency and his devotion to the welfare of those he taught and later commanded.
With the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861, Jackson initially was commissioned a colonel in the Virginia militia, and in June 1861, a brigadier general in the Confederate army.
Despite some lapses of inactivity and not carrying out his orders in a timely fashion during the Seven Days Battle of 1862, "Stonewall" Jackson became Gen. Lee's most trusted and successful corps commander.
His steadfast defense at the Battle of First Bull Run (July 1861), for which he gained the sobriquet "Stonewall"; his brilliant Shenandoah Valley Campaign against Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks in May 1862; his masterful contribution to the defeat of Union Gen. John Pope at the Second Battle of Bull Run (August 1862); his deft handling of his corps during the bloody Confederate defeat at the Battle of Antietam Creek (September 1862); his success as commander of Lee's 2nd Corps in the December 1862 Confederate victory in the Battle of Fredericksburg; and, finally, having been promoted to lieutenant general, his routing of Union Gen. Oliver O. Howard's 11th Corps, which confirmed a glorious Confederate victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville (May 1863), all made "Stonewall" Jackson Lee's most valued lieutenant.
Tragically, during the confusion of the Battle of Chancellorsville, in the evening of May 2, 1863, Jackson, while inspecting his picket lines, inadvertently was shot by his own troops. He was quickly given medical attention, which led to his left arm being amputated. Although his wound was not fatal, he soon contracted pneumonia.
On May 10, Confederate Secretary of War James A. Seddon wired Gen. Lee: "It becomes my melancholy duty to announce to you the death of Genl. Jackson. He expired at three and a quarter p.m. today."
Lee's anguished response was, "I know not how to replace him."
• Crystal Lake resident Joseph C. Morton is professor emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University and author of "The American Revolution" and "Shapers of the Great Debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787." Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.