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A User Script for Ignoring babblers
This is for Firefox browser users who have Greasemonkey installed as an add-on.
Go to the following web address:
Click on the green-ish button with black font labelled "Install" It's in the upper right-hand corner of the page. You can view the source code and comments before installing. It's a
The script also works with the Opera browser as well as Google Chrome browser. Interested babblers WILL NOT need Greasemonkey add-on for either of those browsers in order for the script to work. I'll post the installation instructions for these latter two browsers later if anyone's interested. I have to go the pharmacy and then the grocery store before I do anything else. First babbler to install and get working wins the big prize. It is very high tech, but I think babblers are ready for this. Enjoy, it's yours, and you owe me $9.95. Just kidding!
Correction: In the top, very first post, the location of the script should be this: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/104309
If it's a matter of keeping your old bookmarks, I believe you can import those into either Opera or chrome. Not sure about FF though. I added IEPro addon to IE8, and it's a resource hog. Talk about slowing things down. Right now I have three different browsers installed and working with the same userscript installed in three different Windows folders. It works with three different browsers on my PC running on top of Vista. I admit it wasnt intuitive for me or very easy to get it to run with Opera or Chrome. I can find my way around most Unix file systems, and I must say that Windows Vista must be somewhat confusing for the average Windows user. I've got to stop and think about what in heck I'm trying to do when something doesnt run right. Nobody is interested in snooping around my stuff on my PC running Vista Home, so why all the added file security clap trap? It's ridiculous.
Installation Instructions for Google Chrome & Opera browser users
Javascript source code can be copied & pasted to a Notepad file from this source:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/104309 ...and click on the "Source Code" tab to the right of "About" to view the javascript.
Just remember that if you use Notepad or whichever text editor, you must save the file with type "All Files" extension and not of type text. Your new script filename has to have three parts to it separated by two dots: anyname.user.js This is important for both chrome and Opera browsers to recognize the file and read the script within the file.
Right-click on the chrome browser shortcut icon on your Windows desktop, and choose "Properties". Append this to the very right-hand end of the text in the entry field labelled "Target", and leaving one space between the last double quote and this new specifier:
It should look like this:
The steps for installing the script with the Chrome browser from here on are much the same as for Opera, except that the new folder location for the script will be of a different file path where Chrome will automatically look for any user scripts to read and execute or apply to either specific web pages or all web pages in general. The header of myfilter.user.js tells chrome which pages to apply the script to, which will be any and all babble thread pages only. You can name the file whatever you want, but it must end with this filename extension: anyfilename.user.js. And the following is the full Windows file path to the folder where your script file must be saved to:
C:\Users\YourFolderHere\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User Scripts
Note: With respect to typing in the above folder and file path, the second folder name in the path from left to right will be your own user name as it appears in Windows Explorer. You may have to place your mouse cursor over the folder list path window at top of Windows Explorer, and right-click on the file path window. Choose edit address, which wll then allow you to edit the folder path. Move through your folders to the target folder by editing that path of folders separated by a backslashe, or character that looks like "\" on your keyboard, between each folder name and paying attention to letter case. As you type in the path example referred to above this paragraph in bolded lettering, Windows folder/file name auto completion helps you navigate through each folder in the list with a drop down window pointing the way. If the folder "User Scripts" doesnt exist in Default, then create it. Place a copy of your script file in the final folder destination User Scripts. And there must be a space between User and Scripts when naming that last folder if it doesnt exist already.
If chrome doesn't read the script(ie you see nothing new added to the authors panels at left in any particular babble thread) then the solution may be to go to the folder where myfilter.user.js is located and change file permissions to "Everyone", or just open google chrome with administrator level privileges. In that case, right-click on your chrome shortcut(on the desktop), click on Properties, click on shortcut tab, click Advanced button, choose "Run as Administrator"
When viewing the file folder where your script is located, Windows Explorer should tell you its file type is "JS", like this:
If it's a type "Text" file, then it just needs the extension changing from .txt to anyfile.user.js
OPERA browser users
Step One: Create a new folder and file
To have the script work with Opera, installing the script is easy. Create a folder or subdirectory on your hard drive named scriptsFor most people, the main drive on their computers is mapped to the letter "C", so you would create a folder of this pathname: C:\scripts
Then put a copy of myfilter.user.js in that folder. The Windows folder location of your user script will then be: C:\scripts\myfilter.user.js
Windows will probably see it as just myfilter.user and not display the .js portion of the filename. In list view or detailed view of your new folder, Windows Explorer should list myfilter.user as a type JS file though. And if not, rename the file and append a .js to the right end of it. Close explorer window, re-open it and check to see that Windows Explorer recognizes it as a type JS file in the FILE TYPE column. That's the easy part.
In Opera's Tools menu, choose quick preferences.
1. Make sure that block all popups is not selected. I have block unwanted popups selected.
It should look like this:
Again you must be logged in to rabble in order for the script to work and to view the changes
It works perfectly for me! Now I never have to see Unionist's posts again!
(Just kidding. I won't be blocking anyone - I just tested it out on Unionist because I remembered a few threads he had posted in and wanted to go from thread to thread to test it out. I love Unionist. Really. :) )
Thanks for this, Fidel! I hope it's helpful to those who feel the need to use it.
P.S. Firefox really is an excellent browser. The first time I tried it, a few years ago, I hated it too. But now it's really great, and I never use IE anymore for anything. And the good thing is, you can add scripts like this SO easily in Firefox, whereas IE is a pain in the ass to add anything to. It's so worth switching, not just for the politics of it (which is reason enough) but because it's a superior product.
I use Google Chrome.......fast and easy to use
Seriously, though. I want to thank Fidel for creating this tool. I think it's really neat that he saw an issue and actually took time out of his life to create a really neat little app that could help people resolve it and enjoy the site more.
In a way, even though I've been jokingly wishing for just this for years, I have mixed feelings about the use of it now that it's here. But I do think that it could be an extremely useful "cooling off" tool when people just feel they can't get along with another babbler, no matter how hard they try to overcome their annoyance or whatever other emotion gets triggered by the other person.
I don't think people will be using this tool extensively (at least I hope not, in that I hope there isn't widespread NEED for it), but I think it can be a really useful little gadget. And I'm really impressed with how well it works.
Thanks very much, Fidel, for your contribution and your dedication to the site.
Okay great. I just wanted to make sure that someone is able to run this other than me. I don't think most people will need to use it either. I actually have no one on my lowbies list right now. I began wondering why I was monkeying around with this script when I realized I can't stay miffed at anyone longer than a couple of days anway. Must be middle age creep, or something. And then I realized that it's not only for my benefit. If anyone was to become really digusted with, say, my posts and my off the wall comments from time to time, they can just turn me off. They can say to themselves, I've had enough of Fidel's atrocious spelling and awful grammar today, I just can't take it anymore. And then click me off. And I don't have to feel bad about, because I won't know.
This is for babblers using the IE8 browser and have downloaded and installed IEPro addon for Internet Explorer.
Oops! I will try to post a link to install a user script that works with IE later today. An unforseen error just occurred, and I'll have to look at it later.
Just curious how this works. Say I'm choosing to ignore babbler x. So his posts disappear. What about babbler y who quotes babbler x? Does that part of babbler y's post disappear?
No, it's not that sophisticated, but I believe it could be done though with some effort. Not by me though. There is a second hyperlink labelled on/off for each author's pane(except moderators) to toggle the comments display of any babbler manually. That way you can click off individual posts at random in addition to those posters in your "hidebabbler" list, which is the name of the cookie created and stored in the same folder as your other rabble cookies.
This is for babblers using the IE8 browser (or IE9 here) and have downloaded and installed IE7Pro add-on for Internet Explorer. I think both IEPro and the user script will work with IE7 but not sure. You must have user scripts enabled in IEPro before installing and using the script.
Just curious how this works. Say I'm choosing to ignore babbler x. So his posts disappear. What about babbler y who quotes babbler x? Does that part of babbler y's post disappear?
Now it does. No more babbler x in babbler y's post but only where the author's name is included in the quote. Unfortunately, so are any other innocent bystander quotes obliterated when it's a nested block quote. It's ugly, but it works to some extent. Third link top post.
ETA: Updated script for FireFox, Chrome, and Opera browser users here at the same web address: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/104309
...and here for Internet Explorer users: http://iescripts.org/view-scripts-1114p1.htm
I just put this same note at the above address describing a bug fix/compromise for IEPro and an issue with it not loading in IE8 for some reason. Sometimes you''l notice that your userscript stops working all of a sudden. You can close and re-open IE8 when it does happen. Or if you don't mind disabling tabbed browsing in IE8, then IEPro will load with every instance of IE8 browser as well as your user script.
Latest Note: If your script for IE8 running with IE7Pro add-on stops working from time to time, it's because IE7Pro isn't loading as IE8's tabbed browser windowing increases past one. What you can do is change or add a Windows registry key value to Windows Registry described at this tinyurl address redirect to an IE support site: http://preview.tinyurl.com/cojczw and click on 'proceed to this site' Follow Shahinur's instructions for changing or adding the registry key named 'TabProcGrowth' using Windows Registry Editor. And make it a DWord value of 0(numeral zero). The tradeoff for having IEPro load every time without fail, as well as your userscript working on every babble page without a hitch, is that IE tabbed browser instances will run in the same thread process. We can be sure this bug will be fixed in future releases of IEPro. If you're not familiar with Windows registry editor, make a backup of the registry before doing anything, and-or even better, have an experienced PC user assist you.
Okay, this is for that one babbler who's been installing the script over and over and dinging up the install count. I added a few new lines of script for errer cheking porpoises. It's supposed to handle crazy usernames with parentheses and those long ones that are truncated in the author's pane but not in the page where quoted. Anyway, it doesn't work sometimes for me with IE8, and I don't know why but it has something to do with how IE8 handles cookies. If it does break, it seems to be that the cookie and tab process become discombobulated for some reason. Try deleting the hidebabbler cookie in your IE8 Windows/Microsoft/AppData/The script changes seem to work a-ok with FF, Chrome and Opera though. Go figure.
In IE8, the approximate path to your cookies looks something like this:
C:\Users\JohnQ babbler\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
Vista Windows folder and file Explorer won't show me the folders deeper than ...\AppData\... and so I have to type it in to the Explorer window as a text path. Or you can go through IE8 "Options" from the drop down menue, choose General tab, delete button to delete all cookies, OR choose the button beside it, Settings and then "View Files" to see your hidebabbler cookie. And just delete that cookie if necessary.
Thanks Michelle. I still don't have anyone on my lowbies list. And it's too bad, because I could really ignore someone if I wanted to.
I think Greasemonkey and even IEPro have a lot of nice features that the more internet savvy babblers can appreciate. I'm not that particular as to want to use a lot of those bells and whistles though, and I hope those add-ons are maintained in future for people to be able to shape and customize web content to their personalized satisfaction.
I'll leave the info up there for installing the script for Google's Chrome. If babblers who use Chrome want to try Chrome version 249.64 (beta), then they will be able to install the script using the easy click and install button method at that site a-ok without going through all the hassle I described not very well above in post #8.
I use a low-tech version: There are one or two babblers whose posts I simply ignore. Generally it works quite nicely!!
Me, too, and that's what I meant by using my Internal Spam Filter (TM).
Not naming names, of course, but if I don't respond to a particular thread participant in a thread that clearly engages me (say on psychiatry or civil liberties or some such), it doesn't mean I didn't read their, er, "contribution."
As my dear father often says "I don't have time to read every piece of crap that's put in front of me." And he's a professional! A Ph.D. for Goodness' Sake. Just sayin'.


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LA Master Chorale Gives Disney Hall Premiere of Bach's St. Matthew Passion March 7, 2010Posted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: choral music, classical music, Grant Gershon, LA Master Chorale, Music Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Los Angeles Master Chorale, conducted by Music Director Grant Gershon, presents the Walt Disney Concert Hall debut of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, considered one of Western Civilization's greatest pieces of music, on Sunday, March 7, 2010, 7:00 p.m., in the famed concert venue. Members of the Chorale will sing the solo roles, and joining the choir are special guest ensembles Los Angeles Children's Chorus and Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, performing on period instruments and regarded as one of the nation's foremost Baroque ensembles. Gershon and KUSC's Alan Chapman participate in Listen Up!, the pre-concert talk at 6:00 p.m.
The featured soloists are Pablo Cora, as the Evangelist; Steve Pence as Jesus; Kristen Toedtman, Adriana Manfredi and Leslie Inman, altos; Tamara Bevard and Deborah Mayhan, sopranos; Jon Lee Keenan, tenor; and Abdiel Gonzales, baritone.
The performance marks the early music ensemble's third appearance with the choir in four years. Previous collaborations included Bach's B Minor Mass in 2008 and a program of Mexican Baroque gems in 2006.
Gershon describes St. Matthew Passion as one of the top five choral masterworks and says, "It is an honor to be the first person to conduct Bach's famed work in Disney Hall, with its stellar acoustics and intimate setting."
Composed in 1727 and set to chapters 26 and 27 from the Book of Matthew, Bach's deeply emotional work also incorporates choruses and arias to recount the story of the capture and crucifixion of Christ, interrupted by the poetic interjections of the chorus. Intensely dramatic, lyrical and contemplative, St. Matthew Passion has been used over the years to great effect in numerous films, including The Talented Mr. Ripley staring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett.
Concert tickets to range from $19 to $124. Student Rush seats are $10 and are available at the box office two hours before the performance. For tickets and information, please call (213) 972-7282, or visit www.lamc.org. (Tickets can no longer be purchased at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office except on concert days starting 2 hours prior to the performance.) The Walt Disney Concert Hall is located at 111 South Grand Avenue at First Street in downtown Los Angeles.

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Skip to comments.Obama's upcoming dishonor of General Norman Schwarzkopf (vanity)
Posted on 12/28/2012 4:42:03 AM PST by lump in the melting pot
Yesterday we lost a true American giant, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf. Today, I'm starting a betting pool on how many times obama uses the words "I" "me" or "my" in his eulogy to the General. As was noted in the Weekly Standard, Zero used "I","me" or "my" a total of 63 times in a 1,600-word eulogy to the late Medal of Honor recipient and Senator, Daniel Inouye, to whom he referred as "Danny" in the speech. I will donate $50 to FR in the name of the freeper who posts the closest numeric guess, prior to publication of Dear Reader's failure to properly honor a true American. Bonus: if Il Douche calls the General "Norm", I'll donate $50 to the NRA also. I won't have the stomach to read Obi won Nairobi's telepromptered spew, so any respected news site or blog's word count afterwards will suffice.
Fregards, lump
I'm in for 53.
How about how many times he'll call him "Norm"?
My number is 0. 0bama would never attend the funeral of a military hero.
May the good General RIP.
hussy isn't qual'd to be gum on the bottom of the General's combat boots. I,I,I. Or aye, aye, aye.
Helping keep humankind warm for 65 years.
I wonder how many times he will get the General's name wrong or use say it improperly
I go for 39...
Why would Obama even be included in the service?
Easy. 63. Obama will give the same speech. /s
I go with Biden attends and calls him Norman Doomkamph. And the media doesn't report it.
I doubt Obama attends the funeral unless it is in Hawaii or close to a Golf Course.
My guess would be 57. (If I were a member of the family I would ask President Bush to do eulogy.)
I'm going with 27. It'll be short since Bronco can't stand the military. Being near that much honor stings Ol' Bronco like Holy water on a demon.
What does Vegas say? What's the over/under?
May the General rest in peace (first things first)
"May you be in Heaven a half hour before Obama knows you are dead" - is that it?
My guess: 55
71. The patholgy of unchecked narcissism invariably incraeses over time.
"I can't say Norman Schwarzkopf, so I will call him General Normal George." Broncho Bamma
Do you really think that he'll bother to say anything? If he does, I'll guess 27 because it will be a very short speech.
I wonder if there isn't a fair-to-midline chance that Zero won't be invited a-tall...??
Gen. Schwarzkopf's family publicly dis-inviting bummer to the funeral would make a great start to 2013. I suspect they are too classy to do something like that, though.
I'm down for 0 for Zer0 also. Doubt he'll attend.
I'm figuring on him calling the General "Stormin Normie". As to Obama's self-references:
I can hear Barry already. "We need to pass a tax cut on 'the rich' in honor of General Schwarzkopf." The boy is sick.
So, you only expect him to speak for about 5 minutes?
I imagine Obama could pack many I's and me's in there as he liked, if they were put in context, such as:
"I know nothing about honor or heroism, like he did."
I'll match your $50 donation in the FReeper's name that comes the closest.
I sm sure they will be classy-- but if Zero "ain't invited" -- it would be without class....
--spelled c-r-a-s-s...
... to "invite himself"--especially to give a eulogy.
I know many if not most-- have instructions /wishes for their funeral services and memorial enfolded in their Will.
Perhaps "Stormin' Norman" left a little easter egg in his testament for the muzzie-in-chief.
We'll see.... in any case.
Happy New Year
I'm guessing he doesn't go to the funeral...but puts himself in a position to be asked about it on some late night television show. He will give a brief three sentence answer, in which he refers to himself 4 times.
Back during Gulf I he was chooming and bathing. I wonder what analogy he will come up with to denigrate the General.
I just wonder if Bush43 will attend in place of his ailing father, who was Schwartzkopf's CinC. Also Cheney.
They ran a great team.
Except Powell who was JCS - he can go bugger himself
I go with 17. Speech will be short, zero never liked him anyway.
And I want to guess on how many times he'll refer to the 'common people' out here in the hinterlands as 'folks.' And he'll use his pseudo-Southern good old boy imitation twang to say it.
I will not listen either. Have to preserve what's left of my sanity.
(wipes invisible tear from outside of eye with middle finger, the press collectively swoons and writes a fawning article about Obama's speech rather than the General.)
I was there in "the vault" from the very beginning of the war and it was not "propaganda".
At least one thing that was accomplished was we worked with a great number of nations as allies and showed that the US would stand with them, our word could be trusted, and that borders and political claims in this modern world would not be changed or resolved by rogues such as Saddam Hussein's military invasion.
I still remember being so damn proud when Bush41 launched those first missile on his stated deadline. I remember being in the watch when those missiles were launched watching the evening news from Baghdad and waiting for the sky to light up behind CNN.
All that good will has been subsequently squandered by the corrupt morally bankrupt Clinton and now, obama
The great disappointment of DESERT STORM was its sudden end, with Colin Powell prevailing and decidng to stop the slaughter of the fleeing Iraqi army. In retrospect, annihilation as cruel as it might have been, would have saved US, our allies (and the Iraqi people) a lot of lives and trouble. Hindsight is always 20-20
No, in the world of 1990 would not have been a "good thing" for a madman like Saddam Hussein to turn his next territorial claim and his million man army to the Saudi oilfields. Our relations with the Saudi regime were and are twisted and complex but al least then, we had common strategic interests and we the US showed our will and capability to defend them. This is understood, not hated, even by our enemies
Not even food for thought.
I'm hoping that the family will keep it simple. No media, and no politicians. I'm sure that's the way the General would have wanted it.
Me too!
Reminds me of some of the coverage of the Newtown shootings. It seemed to be all amount 0bama was grieving about it, leading our nation in grieving.
Well here is the White House statement on the General:
For Immediate Release December 27, 2012
Statement from the President on the Passing of General Norman Schwarzkopf
"With the passing of General Norman Schwarzkopf, we've lost an American original. From his decorated service in Vietnam to the historic liberation of Kuwait and his leadership of United States Central Command, General Schwarzkopf stood tall for the country and Army he loved. Our prayers are with the Schwarzkopf family, who tonight can know that his legacy will endure in a nation that is more secure because of his patriotic service."
My guess this all you will hear and Obama will not be attending or speaking at the funeral. Of course he could send that idiot Biden which is just as bad.
/flex....thank you.
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Ominous PortentsPosted by Christian Hertzog in Contemporary Classical, tags: Dreaming, Harvey Sollberger, La Jolla Symphony, Passages, Roger Reynolds, San Diego Symphony
I found one of my favorite reviews from the 1990's (Roger Reynolds's Dreaming and Harvey Sollberger's Passages), and posted it here.
There was a minor controversy surrounding Roger Reynolds's commission from the San Diego Symphony (his first from the Symphony after living in San Diego for over 2 decades). Dreaming had been on the schedule for performance the season before, but the premiere was cancelled. Theories about the cancellation, many involving Symphony Board intrigue, bounced around the UC San Diego Music Dept.
Several months later I interviewed Igor Gruppman, the concertmaster for the SDS. He related that the musicians have a clause in their contract allowing them the right to cancel if they don't get parts a certain number of weeks ahead of a world premiere; apparently Reynolds's parts got to the players too close to the performance date, and they voted to reschedule. The performance I reviewed months later sounded great, so hopefully everything worked out for all parties.
I can't recall the San Diego Symphony playing any contemporary music as challenging as Reynolds's work on a main subscription series concert since this performance. More's the pity, as the Symphony is playing even better now than when they tackled Dreaming.


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Join The Party! A Guide To Boat Raft-Ups
June 6, 2012
At one time or another, you've probably seen a group of boats banded together in a floating, fun-loving, makeshift community. And when you see everyone swimming, grilling, laughing, dancing and generally having a great time, you might just ask yourself: How can I join the party?
Raft-ups are great way to enjoy spending time with friends, family and, occasionally, complete strangers. As with any worthwhile endeavor, however, there are both time-honored traditions and unwritten rules one must abide in the quest of boating fun. And once you master a few easy techniques, you'll be a raft-up master in no time.
Gear Up
You've probably already got the necessary gear on board. If you don't, a quick stop at any marine retailer can help you fill in the gaps. Before you pull up to a raft-up, make sure you have at least two fenders, four bow lines, two spring lines, a good anchor appropriate for your body of water (sand, mud, rocks, etc.), and anchor line equal to about 10 times the length of your boat. One optional piece of equipment is a boat hook, which really helps with close-quarter pulling and pushing to keep your hands safely inside the boat.
Step Up
Well, it never seems to work out this way, but in an ideal world, you want the biggest boat to set a good, strong anchor, then have all the other, presumably smaller, boats start tying up from either side outward. About every third boat then will set anchor and ease into the raft-up. If you've got a raft-up veteran directing the show, things will move quickly and efficiently. If not, don't worry…figuring out each individual raft-up layout is half the fun.
Heads Up
Assuming you've been invited, pull up within hailing distance and get your host or other appointed dignitary on the VHF radio or cell phone. If technology fails you, which it has been known to do, look for the wildly waving arms of a friendly guide telling you what side you'll be hooking up to.
Set Up
Spring into action by getting your fenders out on both sides of your boat, securing your bow and stern lines to the cleats, and getting your spring lines out and available. Make sure everyone on your boat has a job. You need your lines manned, but don't toss them to the other boat until you're almost in place. Those well-meaning souls can tug you out of position in a hurry. Trim up your engine and trim tabs to make it easier to glide into place.
Pull Up
You want momentum, but not speed. Bump the throttle as needed to keep your forward motion, but careful not to create a wake and slosh the raft-up. You should be approaching the line astern, and if things are going as planned, everyone's bow should be into the wind. Be on the lookout for any swimmers, your first priority is safety for everyone inside and outside your boat. If you've got kids or other guests that aren't helping with the raft-up approach, they need to be seated and quiet. Pull up easy and stop at idle next to the boat you'll tie off with, but don't turn off your engine until you're securely attached.
Lines Out
Toss bow and stern lines to the adjacent boat and adjust forward and aft so your stern lines up with the other boat. This makes it easier to step from one boat to the other. Use spring lines between boats to make sure you don't shift forward and aft. Now you can shut down the engine and allow passengers to move. Make sure children are wearing life jackets at all times.
Party On
Now for the social aspect of rafting. You should have brought enough food, beverages and appetizers for your boat and extras to share with the other members of the raft-up. Be considerate about your music volume, splashing, language and anything else that may rankle your new neighbors. Be willing and able to lend a hand as new boats arrive or leave.
Take Off
Just like with jumper cables, your departure should operate in reverse order of your arrival. Help the folks on the end if needed and be patient for your turn. If you're one of the first boats out, take off slowly with no wake so you don't disturb the other rafters. If you (or another boat) need to leave from a spot in the middle of the line, tie two long bow lines to boats on either side of you, and a long stern line to one of the boats. Take off your spring lines, then the bow lines, then the stern lines and back up and out. Toss the stern line from one remaining boat to the other, pull them together, and secure lines between them.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (105 votes).
In short: The cold shrunk the course! Freezing fun thoughIn full: Very friendly and well organised 10k. Simply done, burger van for the spectators and runners and a nice medal in a sports bag.I only have one gripe and that is the length of the course. Mine and other Garmins made the length nearly 350m short of 10k. I smashed my PB an got under 50mins for the first time ever with 46:23. I was on for just under 48mins if the course had have been correct length. It only needs the grass section to be moved slightly and the length will be correct.I only haveDate of review: November 29, 2010
In short: Good race and well organised - cant say fairer than that!In full: Beddington Park 10k has got it right - medal, goodie bag and good organisation. Just proves that the recipe is easy providing you get the basics right - your peers have a lot to learn from this. Great job!Date of review: November 29, 2010
In short: Slick organisation ,really enjoyable,would highly recommend Date of review: November 28, 2010
In short: Excellent race despite the freezing cold!In full: Good communication, well organised, friendly stewards and an enjoyable race all round. I'll be back again next time.Kevin, the results were emailed earlier on this afternoon and I gather will be posted sometime this week on www.suttonsportspromotions.comDate of review: November 28, 2010
In short: Great race, well organised, would certainly recommend...In full: Where can we find results? All the best, Kev QuinnDate of review: November 28, 2010
In short: A great runIn full: Perfect Sunday morning run in a park. Organisation was excellent, marshalls encouraging and the sub-zero weather gave us the impetus to speed up a bit. Four laps around a park may seem boring, but it was a lovely almost flat course, with fewer races at this time of year well worth having a go next year. Date of review: November 28, 2010
In short: Great fun In full: Excellent race, most enjoyable despite the heavy conditions under foot in places. Great organistaion, communication, etc. Friendly marshalls and stewards throughout. Will definitely return for this one again.Date of review: November 22, 2010
In full: I searched through the Runners World website looking for a race to do and found this one. It was a short train ride away from London Victoria and then a short walking distance to the park itself. This is a good race for 10K virgins, but they may find that the Indian Monsoon which drenched all the runners a little startling!NEGATIVE: There wasn't much of a goody bag, but being a charity event one shouldn't quibble so much. The marshalling could have been better, especially around the grassy area. I cut across on the first circuit, but there was someone to inform the runners on the next three circuits. Whoever is in charge of looking after Beddington Park needs to to do a better job of cleaning the toilets as they were of a less than satisfactory standard.POSITIVE: The medal looked nice, but nothing really special until I turned it over at home. It was engraved with the name and year of the event, which I thought was a great move by the organisers, especially as it's a small event. I appreciated THIS small gesture more than anything else on the day. The organisers themselves seemed friendly, but perhaps needed to be a little more vocal in letting everyone know that they were the event organisers on the day when they were putting tables and chairs out between two trees.Date of review: July 16, 2010
In short: Great for a PB, 4 flat laps of a lovely parkIn full: Really enjoyed this 10k and achieved a PB, as did my friend. The course is flat so it has great PB potential. There were no queues for collection of numbers as there were not many runners taking part (can't remember the exact number but 100-150). Really nice park and everyone was awarded a medal and a random Chelsea book! I'd definitely do this one again.Date of review: July 4, 2010
In short: PB PotentialIn full: The relatively flat 10k always offers PB potential. Similiar to the Nov 10k but the numbers were slightly lower but this meant easy to zip round and no congestion. Good , simple organisation and a nice touch as a goody bag a football book and medal.Date of review: June 13, 2010
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The Eldorado High School girls' golf team took second place in a 6-team meet Monday at Mt. Carmel to kick off the season.
The Eagles, behind a 1-under-par 35 from Ashton Goodley, finished second with a team score of 162 to go to 5-1 on the season.
Mt. Carmel took the top spot with a 160, while Herrin finished with a 194. Carmi-White County shot a 208 and Harrisburg finished last with a 211.
Ashton Goodley picked up her first medalist honors of the season thanks in part to her 35. Twin sister Taylor wasn't far behind, finishing with a 36, while Eldorado got a 43 from Taylor Aldridge and a 48 from Samantha Mings.
EHS head coach Greg Goodley called Monday's performance a great start to the season.
"With Ashton shooting a 1-under-35, and Taylor shooting even par 36, they both played really well and covered some bogeys with birdies. We also got some really nice first match scores from Taylor Aldridge shooting a 43 and Sam Mings carding a 48 to round out our for counting scores. Reagan Gray showed improvement as did Jacqlyn Artman and Kileah Lowery."
Eldorado will travel to Anna-Jonesboro in a co-ed match today (Tuesday) at Union County Country Club.
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text: Bugs item #22909, was opened at 2008-11-20 19:47 You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=1971&aid=22909&group_id=494 Category: General Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 3 Submitted By: Bradley Buda (bradleybuda) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: LibXML::XML::XPath::Object segfault (null pointer) on x86-64 Initial Comment: This script results in a ruby "[BUG] Segmentation fault" on a 64-bit machine, but works on a 32-bit machine: ---- #!/usr/bin/ruby require 'rubygems' require 'libxml' x = LibXML::XML::Parser.string("<root />").parse x.find("/root") # if you comment out this line, script will NOT segfault x.find("/root").length # segfault occurs here ---- valgrind and gdb agree on this stack trace: #0 0x00002aaaaca47bc7 in ruby_xml_xpath_object_empty_q (self=46912524542400) at ruby_xml_xpath_object.c:174 #1 0x00002aaaaca47c59 in ruby_xml_xpath_object_length (self=46912524542400) at ruby_xml_xpath_object.c:242 #2 0x00002aaaaacff48f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libruby1.8.so.1.8 #3 0x00002aaaaacff7b8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libruby1.8.so.1.8 #4 0x00002aaaaad055b7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libruby1.8.so.1.8 #5 0x00002aaaaad0dbbb in ?? () from /usr/lib/libruby1.8.so.1.8 #6 0x00002aaaaad0dc05 in ruby_exec () from /usr/lib/libruby1.8.so.1.8 #7 0x00002aaaaad0dc30 in ruby_run () from /usr/lib/libruby1.8.so.1.8 #8 0x0000000000400883 in main () Unfortunately I don't know enough about the Ruby C API to understand what's going wrong here. My environment: (note that this is a Xen node on Amazon EC2) $ uname -a Linux ...compute-1.amazonaws.com 18.104.22.168-2.fc8xen #1 SMP Fri Feb 15 12:34:28 EST 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1 Release: 8.04 Codename: hardy $ ruby -v ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [x86_64-linux] $ gem list --local libxml-ruby *** LOCAL GEMS *** libxml-ruby (0.9.2) $ aptitude show libxml2-dev Package: libxml2-dev State: installed Automatically installed: yes Version: 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.3 ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Bradley Buda (bradleybuda) Date: 2008-11-21 07:42 Message: This is an AMD box. I had a fair amount of time to play with this today. I learned that there's definitely something weird going on with compiler optimizations. I had been compiling libxml-ruby's C extensions with -O2 (this was the default, set by rbconfig.rb on my Ubuntu box). I found that changing the compile flag to -O0 for JUST ruby_xml_xpath_object.c caused the segfault to go away. Setting -O1 for ruby_xml_xpath_object.c makes the segfault reappear. I tried each of the piecemeal -f... optimization options, but none seemed to make a difference. In my debugging I also accidentally discovered a printf 'patch' that makes the bug go away, at any optimization level (see attached). The printf statement must be preventing the compiler from performing the harmful optimization. Of course this isn't a real patch, but it might provide a clue for someone who knows more about these things than I do. For now, I can work around the issue by compiling with -O0. I wish I could give a better explanation for why this is happening, but I'm getting in pretty far over my head here :-). I attached the generated assembler code at -O0 and -O1 as well just in case some compiler guru happens to stumble on this bug. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Charlie Savage (cfis) Date: 2008-11-20 20:48 Message: FYI - is this an intel or amd box? As for those old threads, I think this it different (libxml-ruby's internal architecture is much, much different than it used to be). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Charlie Savage (cfis) Date: 2008-11-20 20:44 Message: Hey Bradely, Sounds good. From the bug, it looks like this is what is happening: ruby_xml_xpath_object_empty_q, line 169 /* Get the c object that the ruby object (self) is wrapping */ Data_Get_Struct(self,xmlXPathObject,xpop); /* Looks like xpop is null here when it should not be, but how can that be? So verify xpop really is null */ if (xpop->type != XPATH_NODESET) return Qnil; To help you understand the code: doc.find: 1. In ruby, create a new XPathContext Object. 2. In C, call find which does the xpath result 3. Returnx XPathObject instance wrapped by Ruby object Since you do that twice, you have 2 XPathContext objects and two XPathObject results. What is weird, is the first one shouldn't matter since you don't use it at all. It may or may not be freed deepending on the GC (actually it would be really surpising for it to be freed so quickly). The various scenarios (none that plausible) I can think of: * The first XPathObject is freed, and somehow deletes its associated document (shouldn't happen of course) making the 2nd xpath object invalid * The second XPathObject is in fact the same as the first. Not sure how that could be, unless libxml is caching XPath return results (its not that I know of) * Freeing the first XPathObject somehow corrupts the second. Or, none of the above, but the only way to find out is do some digging with gdb I think. Thanks for your help. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Bradley Buda (bradleybuda) Date: 2008-11-20 20:35 Message: Yes, it's 100% consistent. I haven't gotten any further with LibXML, so I don't know if there are other test cases that would show similar results - I can try to put something together. Thanks for the pointer to ruby_xml_document.c - I can look at that code as a start. I know C (I'm a bit rusty) it's just the Ruby API that I don't know as well. In my random Googling I found this (old) thread and patch: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/libxml-devel/2007-March/000288.html http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/libxml-devel/attachments/20070309/a8c53f37/attachment.obj Any guesses as to whether or not this could be in the same class of problems? I should have some time soon (maybe this weekend?) to dig deeper into the code and start to understand how the allocation and garbage collection works. I'll update the bug with whatever I figure out. Thanks for the quick reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Charlie Savage (cfis) Date: 2008-11-20 20:01 Message: Hi Bradely, Boy, that's interesting. So it always happens, without fail? Do you see other things like that happening? My best guess is somehow the reference counting scheme that is used between xpath objects and documents is broken on 64 bit machines (its in ruby_xml_document.c, the top 150 lines or so). I don't have any 64-bit machines setup here, so not sure how to debug. Can you recompile code on EC2? Are you a C hacker and have time to work through this? Just trying to figure out how to proceed. Thanks for the great bug report and stack trace, very helpful. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=1971&aid=22909&group_id=494


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Statement by Tanya Clay House, People For the American Way Director of Public Policy:
As reported yesterday in CQ, Bush administration spokesman Tony Fratto, while discussing the FISA debate, said "We're exactly three weeks away from the date when terrorists can be free to make phone calls without fear of being surveilled by U.S. intelligence agencies."
That's a bold-faced lie, but one that has become a mantra of this administration. Fortunately on Saturday we'll be exactly one year away from the date when Americans won't have to worry about President Bush demagoging the terrorism issue.
If we throw away our civil liberties in some misguided effort to fight terror, the terrorists will have won. Fortunately Senator Leahy has put forward a plan, though not perfect, that fights terrorism while protecting civil liberties. Americans want to be safe, but they also want to remain free.
Senator Leahy's plan would go just as far as Bush's to keep us safe, but without completely shutting off oversight by the FISA court and giving a "get out of jail free card" to telecom companies that may have violated the law at the administration's urging.


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Facebook helps reunite lost pets
By LISA M. REED
Staff Writer
LAURIUM – A Facebook site is reuniting pets with their loved ones.
Vicki Bastian, founding administrator of Lost & Found Paws of the U.P., said when a dog, cat or any sort of pet is missing and/or found, information and pictures are posted on Facebook.
Recently, a puppy and its mother were reunited with their owners after the puppy was abandoned on a highway and the mother was missing for more than four months.
Bastian received a post from Rachel Walters of Powers on March 15 asking her to help find the owner of a male puppy that was found in her backyard.
In an effort to reunite the puppy with his owners, Bastian posted his picture on the Lost & Found Paws of U.P. on Facebook. Because Walters couldn't keep the puppy, Shirley Strieter of Norway offered to foster him until the owners or a good home were found.
Four days later, Bandit, a Beagle/Golden Retriever/Husky mix, moved into Strieter's home where she gave him love, shelter, safety and taught him basic obedience.
Then on April 6, Bastian received a post from Elena Maule of Hermansville desperately looking for a puppy that her dog Justice, a Golden Retriever/Husky mix had given birth to in October 2012.
"Thor, the name she had given him when he was born, had been adopted out when he was eight weeks old. She just received word that this puppy may have been left on the side of U.S. 2 in Powers and she wanted to find him and bring him home," Bastian said. "I then started posting his picture all over Facebook. On April 7, with the help of Tuesday Deno, a possible connection came that Bandit could be Thor. Elena drove over to Shirley's to verify if this was the puppy she was looking for and it was him."
Bastian said through the search for Bandit, she discovered that his mother, Justice, had been missing since Dec. 7, 2012 from Hermansville.
Rumor had it that Justice was hit by a truck but that was not the case. Instead she was picked up by Sandi Danielson of Norway, who provided love and safety to her until her owner was found.
Bastian said on April 20, Maule received a call from Sandi Danielson saying she saw a picture of a dog on Lost & Found Paws of the U.P. and that she had a dog fitting Justice's description.
Sure enough, that was the case.
After missing for 134 days, Justice is settling in at home with Maule and one of her puppies, Mac.
Bandit, formerly Thor, now lives on a farm in Bark River with Tiffany Michaud's mother-in-law, Julie Hacker.
Bastian started the Lost & Found Paws of the U.P. because she is an avid animal lover.
"Locally, people would post on my Facebook page that they lost their dog, and it got overwhelming for my friends because all they saw on my page were dogs," Bastian said.
So on Dec. 27, 2011, she opened the Lost & Found Paws of the U.P. on Facebook.
Since then, the site has reunited hundreds of lost pets with their owners and has more than 3,000 followers.
The site got its name after Bastian brainstormed while laying in bed one night.
U.P. residents who lose a dog or cat or any other type of pet are encouraged to post information and pictures of the pet on the Facebook site.
Bastain said they also should get flyers out to make others aware of their missing pet.
Lost & Found Paws of the U.P. is out of Laurium. It has several administrators throughout the U.P.
When a pet comes in missing or found, Bastian looks at the area it is missing from and posts at the nearby shelters.
"If I don't get any updates or new information, then I reach out farther," she said. "I start small and then start expanding."
Bastian's initial goal when was to buy a live trap for all 15 counties of the U.P. She has been able to purchase one trap so far.
Donations to the site for the goal are appreciated.
To donate, visit the page and send a message to Vicki Bastian.
Lisa M. Reed's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Wales has become the first country in the world to formally monitor and report on changes to its Ecological Footprint. In May it "weighed in" with a report, Wales' Ecological Footprint – Scenarios to 2020, which shows how the country's Footprint has grown in recent years, and identifies policies that could halt and even reverse the trend.
Wales' Ecological Footprint grew at a rate of about 1.5 percent a year between 1990 and 2003, according to the report, produced by Stockholm Environmental Institute – York and published by Wales' Environment Minister Jane Davidson. If everyone on Earth used as much material resources and generated as much carbon emissions as the average person in Wales, it states, humanity would need another two planets.
Policies to encourage efficiency in areas of housing and use of energy; personal travel; and food consumption could enable Wales to curb its growing appetite for resources, reducing its Ecological Footprint by as much as 10 percent in the next 12 years. The report calls upon the government to work toward goals established in the ambitious One Planet Wales Campaign, by Global Footprint Network partner WWF Cymru, which sets a target of achieving a one-planet Footprint by 2050.
Wales has chosen the Ecological Footprint as one of five headline measures of progress towards sustainable development. It is currently engaged in a number of plans to limit its environmental impact, such as working to have all new buildings be carbon neutral by 2011 and striving to get all its energy from renewables from 2020. It has also set a recycling target of 70 percent of municipal waste by 2025.
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Area Police
Fredonia Police Department
Richard L. Harvey, 33, of Curtis Place was charged with second-degree harassment on Jan. 2 from an arrest warrant.
Dustin D. Pickett, 24, of Jamestown was charged on a bench warrant on Jan. 4. He was released on $225 bail.
Richard A. Wilkins Jr., 24, of Dunkirk was charged with leaving the scene of a property damage accident on Jan. 4. He was released on an appearance ticket.
Jamie Hallmark-Gens, 32, of Temple Street was charged with a bench warrant on Jan. 4.
Zachary T. Weber, 20, was charged with littering, having an open container and unlawful possession of alcohol on Jan. 5.
Scott M. Wojcinski, 33, of Dunkirk was charged with driving while intoxicated blood alcohol content of .08 or more, DWI per se, failure to keep right and failure to use designated lane. He was released on an appearance ticket.
Justin G. Schreier, 18, of Temple Street was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance on Jan. 6. He was held on $500 bail.
Ryan M. Perry, 26, of Dunkirk was charged with harassment on Jan. 7 with a warrant. He was released on $100 bail.
Christina R. Deering of Webster Road was charged with speeding, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation and having no registration. She was released on an appearance ticket.
Steven L. Ables, 24, of Berry Road was charged with having an open container on Jan. 8. He was held at Fredonia Police.
Nicholas E. Skubis, 23, of Dunkirk was charged with leaving the scene of a property damage accident on Jan. 11.
State Police at Collins
On Tuesday, troopers charged Joshua A. Sanchez, 19, of Lawtons with unlawful possession of marijuana.
Sanchez was stopped for reportedly speeding on state Route 438 in the Town of Collins. During the stop, the officer reportedly found that Sanchez had two suspensions on his driver's license for failure to answer a traffic summons. Reportedly, the officer located a small amount of marijuana which was taken as evidence.
Sanchez was issued traffic tickets as well as an appearance ticket for the Town of Collins Court.


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Rainie Falls Search Called Off
The search for a 19-year old man who fell into the Rogue River at Rainie Falls 20 miles outside of Merlin Saturday afternoon has been called off. Sheriff's deputies searched by raft, and a private plane also combed the area from overhead, but were unable to find Joshua Eddy.
Eddy's next of kin has been notified. He is presumed drowned. Eddy was reportedly with a group of 6-8 people, when he fell into the water while trying to take a picture. River conditions this time of year are high, swift and cold. Due to the conditions, a Search and Rescue dive team was not deployed because of the danger, according to the Josephine County Sheriff's Department.


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As you prepare for your interview, one of the first things you will undoubtedly do is get your best suit cleaned and pressed, get a haircut, and do whatever else you need to do to present your best appearance. And these are things that you should definitely do.
But have you thought about what you are going to do once you get the job? As you prepare to fly to your interview, pay attention as you walk through the airport or sit in a restaurant or the boarding area. Pay attention to the employees. Look at them as a customer, and look at them as though you were a supervisor.
The unpleasant truth is that too many airline pilots and flight attendants have taken the liberty to stretch the acceptable limits of the dress code.
An easy example is the pilot hat. There are still many airlines that require a hat. Many pilots hate the hats, and you can tell by the fact that they either don't wear one or keep it stuffed in their suitcases. The fact is, however, that if the hat is a part of the uniform, you are supposed to wear it.
It's one thing to forget to grab it on the way out the door, so long as that only happens once in a blue moon. It's something else entirely to just totally ignore it. Stuffing it into the back of the suitcase and only putting it on when the chief pilot is in the terminal is pretty silly. Further, you need to wear it properly. Personally, I don't understand why any pilot would not wear a hat that they paid $50 to $70 for…but that's just me.
There are other image issues that you can control. Wearing a clean shirt and pants is obvious, but some pilots will wear their uniforms until they turn to threads. Most companies provide a uniform maintenance allowance as a part of the pay, and you are expected to use that for dry cleaning, replacement pieces, et cetera. Well-cared-for pants will last several years, but shirts can take a beating (the polyester ones, though, last forever). The smart move is to always carry at least one extra shirt in your suitcase, and possibly a pair of pants.
Suitcases and flight kits are another issue. There are some who feel it's almost a point of pride to walk around with a suitcase or a brain bag that is held together with duct tape and bailing wire. I can tell you from experience that there is little that is worse than having your luggage fall apart as you walk through the airport…on the first day of a four-day trip.
Luggage is one item that you don't want to save money on. Get good, quality gear, and take care of it. When the zippers get worn, replace them. When the flaps get torn, have them fixed. When a wheel goes bad, put on a new one. Fortunately, with the major luggage brand that pilots use, many of the repairs can be done yourself, and it's easy to get a loaner to send yours in for repairs.
And for the record, backpacks are not a part of the uniform.
Last but not least is your jacket. More airlines are wearing leather jackets, and they're great. They're rugged, durable, comfortable, and they look good. The blazer is still common, especially in spring and fall. You need to maintain that as well and keep it clean. If the stripes—and this is true for the shirt epaulets as well—start to look worn or dirty, they should be replaced. I've always made it a point to replace my epaulets every year because the shoulder harnesses turn them black.
Getting to an airline takes an awfully big investment. You owe it to yourself and to your chosen profession to present the best image that you can. Remember, you may be in uniform looking like a slob and bump into a captain at Quizno's who works for your dream airline—and he may be a recruiter or an interviewer.
If you don't look like you care about your appearance, you will look like you don't care about what job you have…or don't have.
Oh, and keep your hair trimmed and neat.—Chip Wright


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About this set: A couple years ago, I had an idea for a neat registry set for PCGS; a top 100 modern coin collection. I presented my idea to Jaime Hernandez who is the Price Guide editor at PCGS and a modern coin expert. He told me he had also been thinking about such a set and the two of us got to work on developing a proposed listing for what 100 modern coins should be included in the collection. We spent probably a few hundred hours working together on researching and formulating the (100) set coins and once we finally reached an agreement on all (100) coins, we presented our work to the top "Coinfacts" editors and contributors (David Hall and Ron Guth). David and Ron spent another six+ months fine tuning our work and only about a handful or so of our (100) proposed coins never made it to the inaugural (100) coins you see here. Later this year, I plan on writing some articles on my website, www.wondercoins.com, concerning the (100) top modern coins. There are so many great modern coins dated 1964-date that this set could have easily been the top (150) modern coins and the additional (50) coins would have been highly collectible and prized pieces. Who knows, maybe one day there will be such a set as the specialized area of modern coin collecting expands and the post-1963 era marches on. Just a quick personal comment on three of the coins in the "top 5". First, with respect to the 1964-D Peace Dollar, since it is (likely) illegal to own I would not have included it in the registry set, but would have created an "honorable mentions" listing outside of the required coins for the set. The same is true for the 1974 Aluminum Cent which is also quite possibly illegal to own. And, with respect to the dozen 22kt Sacagawea Dollars that have allegedly logged about 1.8 million miles in space already, it is without question these coins are government property and not possible to be privately owned by coin collections like me and you. As such, I respectfully believe coins ## 1,3,5 should not have been included in this registry set. Good luck everyone in building this wonderful registry set!
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UPDATE (1/29/13) -I had a chance to meet with David Hall today and discuss this Registry Set. He essentially agreed that coin ##1,3 & 5 deserve "honorable mention", but should not be included in this registry set. At the ANA show this Summer (or shortly thereafter), it is expected that (3) new coins will enter this registry set and those (3) coins will be deleted.
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Up Front
David Copperfield has spent his life mastering unbelievable, otherworldly illusions that take people's breath away, and that combined with international stardom can make you forget that he is, in fact, a human being like the rest of us. For me the most poignant moment in Margie Goldsmith's interview with the magnificent illusionist comes when he tells her the story about his finger being severed during a botched rope trick. A surgeon reattached it, and it grew back. "That," he says, "is magic."
According to Copperfield, "Magic is a state of mind, a state of being transported, a state of being inspired," which is also a great way to describe the business aviation industry. Being so immersed in that industry, we sometimes forget to step back and marvel at what an innovative, life-altering enterprise it really is. I was recently reminded of this when I watched a nine-minute film about a private jet journey made by two women in their 70s, neither of whom had ever flown before. We've now posted the video at bjtonline.com/magic, and I highly recommend that you watch it. The last few minutes in particular will remind you how extraordinary it is to be up above the clouds.
Returning to earthly matters, I am pleased to introduce you to our newest columnist, Certified Financial Planner Paul Palazzo, who is managing director at New York-based Altfest Personal Wealth Management. Palazzo, who specializes in quantitative financial planning and analysis, will be writing regularly for BJT on investment topics. In his first column, he details smart ways to give to charity.Jennifer English
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2nd Amendment
Dear editor:
" A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
That Amendment (Bill of Rights) was ratified effective December 15, 1791.
I support that amendment, however, may I purchase any sophisticated weapon of war to be " A well regulate Militia"? A fighter jet, a tank, an aircraft carrier? The answer is a resounding NO! However, Amendment II emphatically states that I may. When that amendment became law firearms were comparable to a firecracker in our current military or sporting arsenal.
I am a previous member of the NRA. Their support of Amendment II is admirable, but far from realistic. Any assault weapon, size of shell clip or any other configuration af arms will never protect our country from an unwarranted, internal military attack using our military might. So gentlemen from the NRA use your money and influence to protect our children and citizens and our country from the carnage of non-sporting firearms.
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Official *What did you get in the mail today?* Thread!!!
I think the "Traveling Tea Box C" was too :)
It came today, and pictures are posted on its discussion thread!
I got a surprise package in the mail today from Stephanie! Soooooo kind! Butiki samples and mandala samples yummy! And some local made chocolate! AND such a pretty tea cup! And a fall themed tote bag! Thank you stephanie!
I got an order today from Butiki. Just ordered this on Friday. She's so fast!
I got Caramel Vanilla Assam 1oz -a new favorite
Pumkin Creme Brulee 1oz
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I really want to drink them all at once.
I just received my very first tea swap in the mail today. This amazing package came from Dexter3657 and there are so many amazing samples I don't know what to try first!!
My Della Terra order was waiting for me when I got off school. Just restocking on some essentials – Lime and Lemon Chiffon and Bats in the Belfry (aka Minty Cow but with a new name I believe).
Even more exciting than this is that BOTH my Verdant and Butiki orders have crossed the border! YES.
My Verdant order is here, but the post office is holding it hostage. :((
Oh no! I hope they release it for you soon. Do they often hold packages ransom?
I'll be able to pick it up today. It's just annoying when the tracking is saying that it is "available for pick up at your local postal outlet". You go there and they say they don't have it yet. What they mean is it's in the pile they haven't sorted yet and won't get it for you….
Oh – that's too bad. but I'm glad they finally found your package and released it to you! Hope you enjoy your tea
IT FINALLY ARRIVED!! After holding it hostage for days, UPS finally delivered my Teavana order!! That means I have their holiday flavors to try as well as Watermelon Mint Chiller, Passion Berry, and Mudslide. That is in addition to the teas I still have yet to try from my swap with Dexter3657 so I am a very happy camper.
ETA: My roommate found a package from Lovelylotus jammed into our mailbox. I now have even more teas to try. Is it just me or has Christmas come early this year?!?!
Woot! I got a swap in from Stephanie and both my Verdant and Herbal Infusions orders! What an awesome tea day.
Just the Organic Cacao tea, but they also sent samples of Eucalyptus Grapefruit and Banana Cream Cacao :)
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My Verdant order arrived!! :D
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Despite running all day, even in the afternoon when it was very hot, we were severely off our planned pace. When darkness settled in we pressed on until river mile 61, where we stopped at a popular river camp to get some rest. A friendly rafting group was there, and they shared their fire and a few tube steaks. We slept well in the sand by the fire for a couple of hours.
Eager to finish before sunset on our second day, we left the river camp at 3:30 a.m., the soreness from the the previous days' miles quickly fading away as we ran through the early morning darkness. A couple of hours later we were drawn into the bright lights of the Flying B Ranch, a remote hunting lodge with a buffet breakfast. It was quite the sight to have two scrawny, brightly clothed runners rubbing shoulders with 20 or so camoflauged elk hunters! Sticking out like sore thumbs, we focused on calorie loading for the miles to come. The overindulgence at breakfast forced a slow pace for a while but paid dividends later in the day. Just after 9 a.m., with 80 river miles behind us, we started ascending into the Bighorn Crags, and into unknown territory.
Not long after leaving the river we took a wrong turn and unknowingly traveled quite some time in the wrong direction until the trail vanished. We searched, brainstormed trying to match topography to the map, and fumbled onward. Over five hours later we were on the right track, just over a mile from where we had made the error. It was frustrating, but what can one do when in the heart of a roadless wilderness area? We pressed on, undeterred. The beauty of the Bighorn Crags took our minds off of the fact that we had planned on finishing before dark. The sun was low in the sky and we still had more than 20 miles to go.
A bull elk bugled as the sun set. The serenade boosted our spirits and we rallied, picking up the pace. Then the trail ended. We figured it was just overgrown so we pushed on, finding hints of where a trail had been every now and then. Once upon a time it was a good trail, our map said so, but now it was an overgrown and eroded mess, nearly impossible to follow. We slowly navigated downstream, constantly climbing over downed trees, wading back and forth across the thigh-deep stream, and forcing a path through thousands of wild-rose bushes.
Around midnight a thunderstorm forced us to seek shelter under our maps. A few hours later we could not find a route downstream in a narrow portion of the canyon and again, hunkered down for several hours. Exhausted, we sat shivering, anxiously awaiting the sun to illuminate our path. It was two of the longest hours of my life.


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Juba, SOUTH SUDAN (May 19, 2014) — As the conflict in South Sudan rages on, several years of critical gains are at stake for the world's newest country, and children's lives hang in the balance, a new report warns Monday.
Prior to the December 2013 violence outbreak, improvements in food security, education, health and other basic infrastructure pointed to a brighter future for the fledgling nation.
In October 2013, Sudan and South Sudan had just finalized an agreement to simplify cross-border trade which would have increased economic activity for South Sudan. After a successful harvest season last year, most areas of South Sudan were expected to experience minimal food shortages this year, and with the increased local food production, grain prices were expected to remain stable.
However, with the escalation of violence the past several months, these improvements are quickly unraveling. Conditions are now dire in South Sudan with children hungry and displaced, and they will only get worse unless urgent measures are taken to reverse a rapidly deteriorating situation, says World Vision's report Sounding the Alarm: The desperate plight of children in South Sudan.
"The situation in South Sudan is not a hopeless one, but this new nation desperately needs the international community to take notice before that hope is lost," said Perry Mansfield, National Director of World Vision in South Sudan. "The meeting of governments in Oslo Tuesday is the opportunity for funds to be pledged to avert a humanitarian catastrophe."
Almost a quarter of a million children will be severely malnourished by the end of the year, and up to 50,000 children under 5 may die if treatment is not scaled up immediately, the report notes.
Today, almost four million people in South Sudan are facing exceptional levels of food insecurity following an outbreak of fighting in mid-December. In addition to facing hunger, more than 500,000 children have fled their homes, where they survive in makeshift camps or overcrowded sites established by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Thousands of children have lost or been separated from their parents while fleeing violence.
Displaced children who spoke to World Vision staff complained of the daily stress of being constantly on the move to escape fighting and of trying to find enough food and water to survive.
One child, identified as "Simon" in the report, related crossing a river during his own dramatic flight from home: "If you couldn't swim you drowned. Many children were screaming and drowning, but you have to keep swimming for your own survival. Can you imagine? Now we are here, and look at us."
The report says such children are especially vulnerable to recruitment by armed parties in the conflict and physical and sexual violence. According to the United Nations, all parties to the conflict have committed brutal acts of sexual violence against civilians, including young children. These include rape at gunpoint, gang rape, sexual slavery and forced abortion. Children could face even more violence as tensions rise in overcrowded sites on UN peacekeeping bases.
The report says the onset of the rainy season will only make things more difficult. Once heavy rains start in June, many of South Sudan's dirt roads become inaccessible, making humanitarian organizations like World Vision dependent on costly air operations to transport supplies.
Already, hostilities have severely impeded efforts to pre-position supplies along key transport routes.
"We are in a race against time to save lives," says Mansfield.
Despite the grim picture, the report argues that there are concrete measures that donors, the United Nations, humanitarian organizations and parties to the conflict must take to avert further calamity and restore hope.
Among numerous recommendations, the report calls for donors to scale up funding for aid operations, including funding for food aid and child protection. It urges UNMISS to relieve overcrowding in Protection of Civilian sites and increase the scope of its patrols to allow humanitarian organizations to reach the most vulnerable in remote areas; and it urges parties to the conflict to honor the agreement signed on May 9, 2014, to immediately end hostilities and ensure the protection of civilians, including children.
Since hostilities erupted in December, World Vision has been addressing needs in the worst-affected areas of South Sudan. Operations include provision of food, nutrition supplements for children, shelter materials and hygiene kits. In addition, it undertakes family tracing and reunification of separated children and runs Child-Friendly spaces—safe havens for children where they can play, learn and recover from emotional scars.
- The Humanitarian Pledging Conference for South Sudan is being held in Oslo Tuesday, May 20 (http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/ud/press/news/2014/southsudan_conferenc...)
- World Vision's South Sudan program director, Perry Mansfield (American), will be in Oslo to attend the donor conference on May 20 and is available for interviews.
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U.S. Sitting Teams Win on Day 1
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 11, 2013) – The U.S. Men's and Women's Sitting Volleyball Teams both won on the first day of competition Friday at the 2013 ParaVolley Pan American Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships, being held in Edmond, Okla.
|Kaleo Kanahele serves for the U.S. Women's Sitting Team against Brazil.
The top women's team and the top two men's teams at the Pan Am Championships qualify for the 2014 ParaVolley World Championships in Poland. The World Championships are a qualifier for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
On Friday, the U.S. Men's Team defeated Canada, 25-19, 25-21, 25-14. The U.S. Women's Team beat Brazil, 26-24, 17-25, 25-15, 25-17.
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The U.S. Men led Canada in kills (28-22), blocks (13-10) and aces (4-3).
U.S. Team Captain Eric Duda (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) led all scorers with 14 points on a match-high nine attacks and a match-high five blocks. Edgardo LaForest (San Juan, Puerto Rico) totaled nine points on three attacks, three blocks and a match-high three aces. J. Dee Marinko (Norman, Okla.) added nine points on eight kills and one ace.
Roderick Green (West Monroe, La.) totaled six points on three kills and three blocks. James Stuck (New Kensington, Penn.) added four points on three kills and one block. Dan Regan (St. Louis, Mo.) totaled three points on two kills and one block.
Libero Hugo Storer (Greensboro, N.C.) was credited with 25 receptions while LaForest added 12.
|Eric Duda serves for the U.S. Men's Sitting Team against Canada.
U.S. Head Coach Bill Hamiter (Bethany, Okla.) started Regan, Duda, Stuck, LaForest, Green and Marinko. Storer played at libero. Benjamin Aman (Portland, Ore.) played as a substitute.
In the women's match, Brazil led in kills (31-29) and blocks (15-13) while the U.S. led in aces (13-7). Brazil was hurt by 16 service errors and 14 hitting errors while the U.S. had 10 service errors and eight hitting errors.
U.S. Team Captain Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.) led the U.S. with 13 points on eight attacks, four blocks and one ace. Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.) added 12 points on seven kills, one block and four aces.
Kaleo Kanahele (Oklahoma City, Okla.) totaled seven points on one kill, one block and a match-high five aces. Allison Aldrich (Schuyler, Neb.) added seven points on two attacks, three blocks and two aces.
Monique Burkland (Ardmore, Okla.) scored six points on four kills, one block and one ace. Nichole Millage (Champaign, Ill.) totaled five points on four kills and one block. Libero Kari Miller (Washington, D.C.) was credited with three points on three attacks and Michelle Schiffler (Lake Wales, Fla.) had two points on two blocks.
Hamiter started Schiffler, Holloway, Erickson, Burkland, Aldrich and Kanahele. Miller played libero. Millage took over for Schiffler in the first set and started the rest of the match. Bethany Zummo (Dublin, Calif.), Lexi Shifflet (Waseca, Minn.) and Nicky Nieves (Kissimmee, Fla.) played as substitutes.
U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team
2 – Bethany Zummo (Dublin, Calif.)
3 – Lexi Shifflett (Waseca, Minn.)
4 – Michelle Schiffler (Lake Wales, Fla.)
5 – Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.)
6 – Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.)
7 – Monique Burkland (Ardmore, Okla.)
9 – Abby Mueller (Houston, Texas)
10 – Kari Miller (Washington, D.C.)
11 – Allison Aldrich (Schuyler, Neb.)
13 – Nichole Millage (Champaign, Ill.)
14 – Kaleo Kanahele (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
16 – Nicky Nieves (Kissimmee, Fla.)
Head Coach: Bill Hamiter
Assistant Coach: Cara Lang
Assistant Coach: David Mullane
Team Manager: Dixie Collins
Trainer: Kazuma Akehi
Statistician: Jeffery Hicks
2013 ParaVolley Pan American Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships Schedule
Oct. 11: USA vs. Brazil, 2 p.m. CT
Oct. 12: Brazil vs. USA, 11 a.m. CT
Oct. 13: USA vs. Brazil, 11 a.m. CT
U.S. Men's Sitting Volleyball Team
1 – Travis Ricks (San Diego, Calif.)
2 – Dan Regan (St. Louis, Mo.)
3 – Samuel Surowiec (Everett, Wash.)
4 – Benjamin Aman (Portland, Ore.)
5 – Eric Duda (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
6 – Jese Schag (Sheridan, Ill.)
7 – Steven Doudt (Pendleton, Ind.)
8 – James Stuck (New Kensington, Penn.)
9 – Hugo Storer (Greensboro, N.C.)
10 – Edgardo LaForest (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
11 – Roderick Green (West Monroe, La.)
13 – Charlie Swearingen (Gulfport, Miss.)
18 – J. Dee Marinko (Norman, Okla.)
Head Coach: Bill Hamiter
Assistant Coach: Dixie Collins
Assistant Coach: Quinton Kraeer
Team Manager: Dixie Collins
Trainer: Patrick Lawrence
Statistician: Jeffery Hicks
2013 ParaVolley Pan American Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships Schedule
Oct. 11: USA vs. Canada, 10 a.m. CT
Oct. 11: Brazil vs. Canada, 4 p.m. CT
Oct. 12: Brazil vs. USA, 9 a.m. CT
Oct. 12: Semifinal, 1 p.m. CT
Oct. 13: Championship, 9 a.m. CT


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Fire Hits Roadless Area in Southeastern Oregon
Firefighters in southeastern Oregon are battling a blaze in a roadless area near the Nevada border where the grass and sagebrush has been dried out and moths have killed vegetation.
The fire, named Water Tower, is in an area of about 2 square miles south of Steens Mountain. The federal fire coordinating agency reported that lines have been drawn around half the fire. Lightning was listed as the cause.
The fire was reported moving north-northeast Thursday morning, but it could threaten three homes and a power line if the winds push it south.
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Pilot Report: Flying the Eurocopter EC175
American Eurocopter invited Rotor & Wing to get a first-hand look at the EC175 during its demonstration tour through the U.S. in March.
I sit here pondering how to relate my recent experience with flying Eurocopter's newest product, the EC175 medium twin. Let's face it, for a steam gauge guy transitioning to glass within a span of 40 minutes, it's easy to get lost in the Technicolor world of huge navigation and systems screens in concert with "many buttons."
The EC175 is currently on a world tour to showcase the unique capabilities of their Technocopter. I just made up that term and I use it endearingly and with great respect because to me it is a marvel of combining technology, engineering and design.
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Nvidia Corp. plans to introduce a new technology for mobile computers that will finally marry high-performance graphics and low power consumption in Q1 2010, the company said in a statement. The technology is called Optimus and is claimed to be unique for Nvidia.
"Nvidia Optimus technology works on notebook platforms with Nvidia GPUs. […] It is seamless and transparent to the user. Its purpose is to optimize the mobile experience by letting the user get the performance of discrete graphics from a notebook while still delivering great battery life," an explanation by Nvidia reads.
From Nvidia's explanation it is unclear whether Optimus is a new technology to trim power consumption of graphics processing units (GPUs); a technology that seamlessly switches between low-power integrated graphics cores inside Intel Corp.'s latest central processing units and Nvidia's discrete graphics processing units; or a new class of Nvidia graphics processors designed for mobile computers that can deliver very low power consumption when in battery mode by disabling power-consuming parts of the chip.
Meeting low power consumption and high performance graphics processing is very important for notebooks these days as consumers demand rich graphics experience, but still want long battery life, which often gets compromised by power-consuming GPUs.
Tags: Nvidia, Optimus, Geforce, Nforce, Ion