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Massive fire engulfs apartment building in Central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas - Thursday night, Hector "El Pipo" Barragan went to bed expecting to wake up and head to mass Friday morning.
Instead he was awoken in the middle of the night and told his life's work was burning to the ground in Central El Paso.
"That's my life," Barragan said. "that was my whole life right there. I don't know what to do. I'm too old to get started over again."
Barragan is the owner of the building that was destroyed Friday morning.
On the bottom floor he ran Pipo Academy of Hair Design and upstairs there were 10 apartments where two of his sons lived. Three other apartments were occupied, too.
Four people made it out of the burning building on their own. Two were rescued when firefighters climbed up a ladder and helped them out of their windows on the second floor. According to El Paso Fire Department spokesman George De La Torre, the people were waving hands out of their windows as fire fighters arrived.
One person was taken to a local hospital. They have since been transferred to a hospital in Lubbock, Texas.
"The building is going to be a total loss, it will probably be demolished soon," said De La Torre.
The building's owner said it wasn't just four walls. For Barragan, it was a life's work.
"I don't know what to do, I'm too old to get started over again," said Barragan as he sat in a nearby barbershop.
The fire began just after 3:30 a.m. near the intersection of Raynor Street and Pershing Street. Nearby residents reported seeing flames shooting as high as 50 feet in the air and feeling the heat from as far as a mile away.
Kevin Burch, a retired veteran who lived in the building, declined to talk on camera. Burch told ABC-7 that he was pressed to leave so quickly that he didn't even have time to take his shoes. He had a new pair paid for by money from the Red Cross. He said he would be staying at a nearby Motel 6 until he figured things out.
Firefighters were not allowed into the building due to issues with the structure's integrity. As a result, a cause for the fire may never be known.
Damages to the building are estimated at $200,000.


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Re: st: rotated components in pca, order of
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Okay. that's great. Thanks I understand now!
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, firstname.lastname@example.com wrote:
Cathy L. Antonakos <email@example.com> asks:
I'm running a principal components analysis in Stata, and am
puzzled by the order of the components in the rotated solution.
Prior to rotation, the components are listed as "comp 1" "comp 2"
"comp 3" "comp 4" in the table of component loadings. After rot
ation, the order of the components changes to: 3, 2, 1, 4. The
loadings also change, which I expected.
I can figure out which of the rotated components is what, based
on running a correlation between the rotated component scores and
selected variables that I expect to load highly on particular
But I don't know why the order of the components has changed. I
did look in Statalist and the manual and found references on how
to generate component scores, but nothing more.
My question is - are the rotated components reordered because due
to rotation the percentage of variance explained by a particular
component has changed? After rotation, in this example, does
component 3 now explain more variance than component 1 did in the
unrotated solution?
If you had Stata 10 instead of an earlier version of Stata, the
rotated components would be labeled in the output from 1 to 4
instead of 3, 2, 1, 4. The issue is only cosmetic--the rotated
components are the same either way. Rotation is creating new
components that are linear combinations of (all of) the original
components. Afterwards the resulting columns are reordered from
highest to lowest percent of variance explained (just as you
guessed in your question above).
Previous to Stata 10, when we reordered the rotated components,
the column labels ended up reordered at the same time. There is
no good reason to do that, and so with Stata 10 the columns are
labeled from 1 up.
I'm also wondering if anyone can explain what the "component
rotation matrix" is. I've seen this in factor analysis output as
"factor rotation matrix" but despite quite a bit of searching, I
haven't been able to find information about what this is.
Maybe the best way to understand the "factor rotation matrix"
(found in the e(r_T) returned matrix result) is by example.
Borrowing an example from "[MV] pca postestimation" we have
. webuse audiometric
. pca l* r*, comp(4)
. rotate
. mat L = e(L)
. mat rL = e(r_L)
. mat rT = e(r_T)
matrix L has the unrotated components, matrix rL has the rotated components,
and rT has the component rotation matrix. These matrices are related by
rL = L * rT
You can verify by
. mat chk = L * rT
. mat list rL
. mat list chk
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#1 Sun 11 Mar 07 12:01am
Tagines- the cookware- not the food
We love Morrocan and North African food in general. I cook it quite often in a castiron casserole dish/Dutch oven.It works well but nothing seems to compare with a tagine's aroma when the "lid" is lifted.
Problems: the base of the tagine seems so small in comparison to a Dutch oven;
I have a minute kitchen and there is only so much I can fit into it.
The castiron version is *so* heavy, I couldn't manage it safely by myself. The earthen wear version, whilst also lacking handles, also appears dangerous to arthritic wrists and backs.
So, I throw this question into the cosmos: does your tagine earn its place in your kitchen or would my multi-tasking Dutch oven be better suited?
#2 Mon 12 Mar 07 8:01am
Re: Tagines- the cookware- not the food
I read a review of tagines in the good living part of the sydney morning herald http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/good-living/ that said the earthen ware was better than the other ones. But i have heard a dutch oven works just as well. I only have a dutch oven - i've been banned from buying more cookware
#3 Mon 12 Mar 07 8:24am
Re: Tagines- the cookware- not the food
Thanks again white rabbit. Think I'll stick with the dutch oven/casserole. I am a cookbook/cooking wear "aholic". I've filled the cupbords, shelves and benches and now things are so bad, I use the oven and the laundry for storing my "stash".
#4 Tue 13 Mar 07 8:46am
Re: Tagines- the cookware- not the food
I have a frypan, a selection of tupperware, pie dishes, two small salad bowls and a selection of glass jars of different sizes in the lounge room. It's really quite tragic
#5 Tue 13 Mar 07 10:16am
Re: Tagines- the cookware- not the food
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I didn't mention the baking trays under the bed and "collection" of serving bowls and platters in the living areas. They started off as display but are now legitimate storage. Then there's the plates, basketware and (family) antique cake coolers and cast iron "gem scone" etc items that are "displayed" on the walls.
Did I forget to mention that the linen cupboard is now 3/4 pantry? The linen is in the wardrobes where it has become good friends with cookbooks (more than- no I'm too embarassed to say- how many).
Vacuuming is a breeze. So is dusting. Few surfaces are not covered by teetering piles of foodie magazines (back to the '70s) and cookbooks.
There should be a self-help group for us ... Now what am I cooking for dinner? Oh, yes, calzone with spinach, feta, olives and marinated char-grilled vegs and a green salad.
Despite the embarrassing number of mags and books, that is the question I dread daily, especially since I run my business from home. Home is work and work is home.
12 step programme: I admit I have a problem with cookbooks/mags/cookware. I am (almost) powerless with this problem.
#6 Sun 18 Mar 07 10:28am
Re: Tagines- the cookware- not the food
oooh a gem scone tray, lucky you.
i still have some platters and tea cups at my parent's house (it's only 15 minutes away if i ever need it).
I gather you are like me and have amassed more recipes than you can possible create in your lifetime. It's a rather hopeless feeling but i still buy more. I try not to go into bookshops or kitchenware shops (or onto www.petersofkensington.com.au).
#7 Sun 18 Mar 07 11:13am
Re: Tagines- the cookware- not the food
Oh, White Rabbit, my nemesis: Peters of Kensington.I have built up my collection of Pillivuyt and Le Creuset over 30 years by buying when they're on sale at Peters or DJs or Myers.
I realised more than 20yrs ago, I had more recipes than I could possibly cook in a lifetime. That doesn't count for family favourites cooked many times over.
One of the reasons I'm not breaking my neck over replacing my laptop and am using a BlackBerry is that I can't order from amazon.com with the B'Berry. Amazon is a serious danger for me.
Yes, I actually have my Nan's gem scone tray and others that I've bought through eBay (my other dangerous site).
Let's stay (try to) stay strong,
#8 Sun 18 Mar 07 11:40am
Re: Tagines- the cookware- not the food
I was seriously tempted by the 2 for 1 creuset dutch oven offer some weeks ago but i couldn't find the space. (Have you seen that big momma dutch oven for creuset? it's 12 litres) A homewares shop nearby closed down (increasing rent in westfield) and i left with as much as I could carry (that's my rule with cookware shops and bookshops, i have to be able to carry it to the car; i also have a rule about cook books needing to have photos for every recipe unless there is a special reason to get it).
I've collected recipes for about 9 years now (i'm still in my 20s, just), I'm now the proud owner of about 6 or so feet of cookbooks and numerous magazines and many more cut outs (from magazines sacraficed for space) and numerous text files of things butchered off the internet. Mr rabbit is into cooking but not as into the collecting of cookware and books as i am (he gave me a matfer frypan for christmas - at my request)
I have my grandmother's ring cake tin. A love of cooking skipped a generation with my mother. Mum has the family gem stone tray but won't use it or give it up.
I've so far avoided buying too much tupperware. My first purchases were recent through someone at work. I think I'll wait until we own a house and then buy some more. Though part of me thinks that glass jars or decor plasticware(from the supermarket or bunnings, at a quarter of the price) is a better bet.
#9 Sun 18 Mar 07 12:12pm
Re: Tagines- the cookware- not the food
Hon'the two for one Le Creuset, I'd have found room for. Keep your eye open for the offer to come around again.Call it investment shopping.DJs and Myer and Peters have offers every 6-8 weeks.
As for the major houseware shop (franchise) that shut down just before Christmas, I was too late- just when I wanted to replace my Magimix!!! Am pretty sure I know what shop you meant- also in Westfield.
My family is like yours'. Dad did all the cooking. Mum had *no* interest.
I agree,hon, that glass jars and decor plastic-ware from the supermarket (just check the seal before you buy- many *dont* fit properly) are a better way to go rather than the brand you mention, except for specific purposes.
I have this collection of white china and Le Creuset which has seen me ~30years.
It will see me out.I have a daughter who is completely uninterested in food. My son is a real "foodie". He belongs in the industry but refuses to conform to the rules of the industry.
Regardless, my food "cache" will find a good home, as will my embarrassingly large cookbook collection. I've even written them into my will!
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The Poem Sam and Bob out There
February 2009
Raymond J Warren
How ever did you make it Sam, how did you get away,
Why did fire spare you when it burned your home that day?
Did you have a special charm to keep alive out there?
Or did the god of animals, feel sorrow for a Koala Bear?
You sat beneath a blackened tree your tongue thick with thirst,
Your feet they felt like red-hot coals, with pads about to burst.
The fire took the lives of all and anything that moved,
But somehow you came through it safe, a volunteer bottle soothed.
They say that Koalas do not drink, that gum leaves do the trick,
But you showed all they were wrong, as you gave that bottle lick.
Oh how you loved that fireman and his water bottle there,
Sitting on your bottom, with your sore feet in the air.
And now you�ve found a domicile, away from fire and smoke
And you found yourself a male bear, a true Koala bloke.
Sam and Bob they speak of now, in hesitating terms,
How did you ere come through it all, with only minor burns.
Sam is now receiving care at the Southern Ash Wildlife Shelter in Rawson, where she's made a special friend -- another injured koala named Bob.
Bob, who suffered third-degree burns to three of his paws, is one of about 20 koalas who've been brought to the Southern Ash shelter in the last few days, according to shelter staff member Colleen Wood.
Bob and Sam, Wood explained in an interview with Reuters, "keep putting their arms around each other and giving each other hugs. They really have made friends and it is quite beautiful to see after all this. It's been horrific." From Reuters:
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Re: The Poem Sam and Bob out There
An amazing story of survival and trust. I have seen it a few times now. Just lovely watching Sam have his well earned drink from his kind helper.
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I've found setting up and managing nucs fairly easy like MP says.
Raising queens is another story. I'm not sure my eyesight will allow that on any large scale. I see eggs and larva easy enough, but scanning for the queen has become quite a chore with age, just like scanning shelves for a particular part at the hardware store has become much more time consuming.
I'm using Mel's notching technique to make QC's and have found that very easy as well for use in nucs, but finding that queen again to cage her even in a nuc is a challenge.
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In this far-seeing talk, Seth Priebatsch shows how game dynamics are reshaping the world — from a classroom where students "level up" instead of being graded ,to a pervasive game called "happy hour" that you may already be playing. Get ready to meet the "game layer," a pervasive net of behavior-steering game dynamics that will reshape education and commerce.
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Tracy 123 Where are photos of R/k landing in NYC you are usually on the ball with their travelling arrangements ,at least they should get more freedom there .never a bad word spoken about either of them from you and me just all positive.Perhaps will fly out to UK?k
My best moments were first kiss and when Edward puts his hands on Kristens tummy and hears Nessie's thoughts for the first time.Really touching.
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My favorite part is when Bella is walking down the aisle holding onto Charlie with her head down, she's a nervous wreck, unsure if she should go through with the wedding and her "death", but she lifts her head up and sees Edward, their eyes connect and that's IT!! True Love.
Kristen and Rob just landed together at JFK, Friday, I guess they are on their way to The Bowery
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text: It might be a coincidence, but it seems very interesting that I've seen two interviews of young Russian skaters recently in which both talk about how techniques are more important and "emotions" only get in the way, or something to that effect. One interview is with Monko: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/sho...Monko-Emotions-get-on-the-way-of-the-elements The other is with Lipniskaya: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/sho...nitskaya-The-skater-shouldn-t-look-overweight I'm sure they are not the only ones who feel this way, although we rarely hear North American skaters talk about it. There may be some truth in the theory that focusing on expressing emotions in a skating program distracts the skater from completing the technical elements to the best of their ability. In fact the conflict between technical competitiveness and performance is one of the fundamental tensions in figure skating. It is often observed that the most "artistic" skaters are by and large not the same ones as the best "jumpers." Is there a biological (including mental) basis for the apparent dichotomy or incompatibility of the expression of emotions (ie, performance) --- strong enough to move the audience without relying on jump-related excitement or nationalistic sentiments --- and technical difficulties? The technical difficulties obviously do not exclude ice dancing, although ice dancers have a bit more mental energy to devote to interpreting and expressing the music. I suspect that there is something underlying the argument. Since I recently started learning to skate as a middle-aged person, it finally dawned on me that skating in itself (no music, no program, no choreography, just trying to stay on my feet!) requires as much mental energy as doing sudoku or word puzzle or something. It's highly demanding. The mind and the body are connected in the most immediate way possible. To accomplish the most challenging and risky techniques, I can imagine, would take all your mental energy. There is not a sliver of room for distraction. Perhaps this is why performance for the purpose of moving the audience is so hard for nearly everyone. Only the gifted few, for whom performing comes so naturally that it takes almost no additional extra cognitive reserve, or perhaps the emotional interaction they have with the audience is so elating and infectious that they can't help themselves. Two examples I can think of are Oksana Baiul and Ryan Bradley. Then are we doomed to the dichotomy of sport ("higher, faster, stronger") and performance? Ah but I don't think that is the whole story. First of all I suspect the effect of music on physical or technical accomplishment might have been neglected by many. We sort of know, empirically, that rousing music can spur one on, give him a burst of energy, and creates an excitement that could push him toward the final double Axel! Lately I am reading a book about the history of ballet ("Apollo's Angels" by Jennifer Homans). Ballet also demands tip-top physical conditions and utmost mastery of techniques. Yet, it is a performance. The best ballets move the audience's emotions, while the mediocre ones win them over with bravado tricks and leaps and amazing athleticism. Sounds familiar? From the way she describes some of the story-less modern work by Antony Tudor, Jerome Robbins, and George Balanchine, a thought occurred to me that physical technicality and performance (with the aim of moving the viewers' emotions) are not necessarily mutually exclusive or present competing demands on the dancers. It is possible to train dancers in a way that they do not need to think about expressing their emotions. For example, the dances Robbins choreographed to Chopin's piano pieces. The dancers can focus on doing the choreography without working to project their own emotions onto the audience, yet the audience is moved. So perhaps technicality and expression/performance can be somehow merged into the same mental process for the dancer/skater so that they do not compete for energy and attention. Is it possible? Keep in mind that ballet is highly physical and technical but not a competitive sport, and the choreographic power and expertise in skating are not even on the same magnitude as ballet. Nevertheless, I wonder if there is some way to converge music, techniques, and performance into one whole ... thing, rather than separate compartments that require separate attention.


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Oh my!! You must be so THRILLED! It was meant for you to have the machine, and I am so happy a humanitarian got it like you. Enjoy your new machine.
"Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern ... It will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that ...one stitch at a time, taken patiently."
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The lady said Karma for the good things you do! Awesome and you deserve it! Everybody also knows you will pay it forward!!! Have a great da!
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Strong people don't put others down...they build them up."
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Some things are just meant to be. Terrific for you and enjoy(which I know you will)!!
Pleased for you - enjoy!
Lang may yer lum reek. (I'm a knitter - hence - 'Knit-ette'. Confuses a lot of people!)
That is the power of wanting something and having it find it's way to you. I believe in that because it works for me all the time. Congratulations! I know you are thrilled.
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Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:49:47 -0500
I was wondering if someone could give me some help with two questions
about -mi-.
I used remote (off-campus) access to Stata 11 which is owned by my
university. My data is saved at an online drive. After I tried to set
mi style as wide, mlong, or flong, computer gave the same error
message as following:
could not find a filename for temporary flongsep file
I tried __mitmpfile1.dta through __mitmpfile200.dta. Perhaps you
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permission in this directory.
When I tried to use --mi set flongseq name-- , no matter how I changed
the name, the error information was invalid name.
I was wondering if the problem is caused by the remote access ?
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Is it OK to use --mi impute mvn—to impute ordinal items? I
know --mvn--should be used when the items are continuous normal
distributed variables. But, is it OK or is it absolutely
unacceptable? What if I impute the items using –mi impute ologit—on
the items one by one instead of imputing them simultaneously?
By the way, the previous discussion about this issue from the
following link(http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2009-07/msg01146.html)
is very good.
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What great value Annie Higgins looks to be at $12 in tomorrow's $200,000 Pacific Jewellers Wellington Cup.
The Matamata mare may have been the beaten favourite in the City Of Auckland Cup last start, but it was a race in which nothing went right.
Annie Higgins had to go to the back of the field from her wide gate at the 2400m start and pretty much her chances ended there on a day when winners were coming from up front.
If she had any chance of beating that pattern by finishing strongly, that was eliminated when she and Leith Innes were turned sideway in an extremely severe check on the home bend.
You can completely forget that run. All the previous form by Annie Higgins was smart, including her victory in the Waikato Times Gold Cup at Te Rapa two starts ago.
Because Spiro is in the field with 59kg topweight and pushing all the others down in the weights, Annie Higgins is in extremely well on the minimum weight of 52kg.
Regular rider Leith Innes will be doing it relatively tough this week to waste down to the 52kg.
My Scotsgrey is another who comes in well in the weights at 54kg, after carrying big weights since his New Zealand Cup victory.
After a leg problem and a spell, he has come back well and his close second to rising star Ransomed at Manawatu last start showed he was again close to his best.
"Unquestionably, he is the big improver in the race," says trainer Shaune Ritchie.
"He is just approaching his best, while some of these horses have been up and racing for a while."
My Scotsgrey was one of those badly affected by the ridiculously slow pace of the Manawatu race.
Normally a slug in his races who needs punching along, the big grey was actually pulling against the slow speed in the middle stages.
"He's done two things he's never done before, he got up and running at Manawatu and he won his first track gallop at home the other morning, so he's clearly approaching his best."
My Scotsgrey got the better of Miss Isle in a Cambridge track gallop.
Ritchie is not worried about the very wide barrier draw.
"He falls out of the gates like a drunk at the best of times. He's going to get back so the wide barrier is largely irrelevant.
"If he can take the same improvement into this race from Manawatu that he took into Manawatu from Te Rapa, he's going to be awfully hard to beat."
Ritchie and his father, Frank, had a scare this week when Australian 2-year-old Minaj, here for Sunday's Karaka Million, developed a very high temperature while stabled at the Ritchie barn.
"No, we've taken the temperature of all our horses and they seem unaffected by the other filly.
"I'm sure the problem was travel-related.
"When you travel occasionally you get this type of thing - when you're in the air there is a lack of immunity in the horse.
"She didn't seem too visibly sick, but her temperature was through the roof. It was almost as high as Bonecrusher's was when he got sick in Japan and he nearly died."
Probably not surprisingly, Ransomed, winner of his past three, is the TAB favourite for the Cup, although he is slightly easy in the market at $5.50.
Even though he beat My Scotsgrey at Manawatu, Ransomed was hampered by the slow tempo. That should not be an issue for either horse in this race.
Last week's stylish winner O'Fille is second favourite at $7, followed by My Scotsgrey at $9 and Annie Higgins.
Full Of Spirit has a slightly awkward barrier draw to contend with in the $200,000 group one Thorndon Mile, but she will be well fancied to make up for her narrow defeat at the Ellerslie carnival.
Full Of Spirit looked certain to win the Rich Hill Mile until Miss Pelear came along with an astonishing finish to grab her late.
Miss Pelear meets Full Of Spirit 2kg worse off this time.


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Crocidura ninoyi
Esselstyn and Goodman, 2010. Journal of Mammalogy, 91: 1468. Type Locality: 4.5 km S and 4 km E Magdiwang, NW slope of Mt. Guitinguitin, Sibuyan Island, Romblon Province, Philippines, elevation 325 m (12.45d N, 122.55d E)
Figure 2 from Esselstyn and Goodman, 2010.
Order: SORICOMORPHA
Family: Soricidae
Common Name: Sibuyan shrew
Total length: 85.8-95.4 mm; tail: 68.6-76.0 mm; hind foot: 14.3-16.3 mm; weight: 10.5-13.1 g. Like other Philippine Crocidura, C. ninoyi is a small shrew with tiny eyes, gray-brown pelage, a tail that has a few scattered long hairs, and ears that are mostly hidden beneath the fur. Crocidura ninoyi has both hind and fore feet that are narrower with more robust digits than the feet of C. mindorus. Its feet are similar in size to C. negrina and C. panayensis. Crocidura ninoyi's tail is thin with few bristle hairs as compared to C. negrina and C. panayensis. Crocidura mindorus has a thick tail with bristle hairs along the entire length. The house-shrew, Suncus murinus, which often lives in and near human habitations, is much larger and has a tail that is notably thick at the base.
Known only from Sibuyan Island, with all records from Mt. Guintinguitin (FMNH) (Esselstyn and Goodman, 2010).
© The Field Museum
Habitat and Ecology:
Poorly known. Currently documented from 325 m and 1,325 m on Mt. Guitinguitin. The habitats represented at these elevations include disturbed lowland forest and undisturbed mossy forest. The species may occur in between these elevations, as well as potentially above and below. They feed on the forest floor, on invertebrates; other members of the genus are active both day and night.
Mt.Guitinguitinhas been proclaimed a protected area and so the known distribution of Crocidura ninoyi is presumably not under threat, although poorly managed mining and logging occur on Sibuyan.
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At a time of economies breaking down, terrorism widespread, chaos in Afghanistan and Somalia, the British Conservative Party has identified the key issue facing their nation– rights given to couples who cohabit. Under a new Conservative plan, unmarried couples who live together would be denied rights married couples receive, and pre-nuptial agreements would be made legaly enforceable to encourage people to marry. Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith blames cohabiting couples as the source of marital breakdown which is threatening the very existence of the British nation.
He wants to make divorce more difficult to obtain, and would like the government to work with people getting married to ensure they have a happy one, and there are hints he would make divorce more expensive to obtain. According to THE expert on marriages, Duncan Smith believes, "marriages act as a stabiliser. Married couples are less likely to break up than unmarried couples." This undoubtedly has to rank as among the most brilliant statements ever made about marriage. I assume if two people are not married, they can readily go their separate ways, and, perhaps, it is for the good of all.
Where does the Conservative Party find idiots like Duncan Smith? Most married couples break up because they don't want to live with one another, and the Conservative marriage expert wants to force two people who hate one another to remain married because he Knows it is good for both of them!!


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Town Square
Why El Camino Should Have Bike Lanes
Original post made by Andrew Boone, Menlo Park: The Willows, on Jun 5, 2012
But El Camino is suitable for experienced, confident bicyclists who ride predictably and safely. Many people bike on El Camino every day, everywhere on the Peninsula, not because it's the most fun to bike on, but because it's a very practical route.
A higher percentage of residents bike to work in Menlo Park (9%) than any other Bay Area city, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Bikes are used even more frequently to reach school, shopping, and entertainment destinations. The time has come to provide for residents' desires to improve El Camino so that it supports new transportation preferences - to make it safe for everyone - pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists.
Some residents feel that bicycling on El Camino is inherently dangerous and that alternative north-south routes should be improved instead. El Camino was designed only for driving cars, some say, and it should stay that way. Others are concerned that bike lanes would require removing vehicle parking or vehicle lanes, thus worsening already bad traffic congestion.
Not installing bike lanes on El Camino and only improving alternative north-south routes is a bad idea. Alternate north-south routes include Alma/Mills, University Dr, Laurel St, Middlefield Rd, and Alameda de las Pulgas. These routes help many bicyclists avoid El Camino and indeed they should be further improved with signage, bike lanes, and sharrows.
However, none of these alternative routes allows bicyclists to access the many businesses located along El Camino Real. It is not possible to get to most businesses by bicycle without riding on El Camino. Some businesses (Safeway, for example) can be accessed via alternative routes, but these routes require long (for bicyclists) and inconvenient detours. To get to Safeway from the Caltrain Station, for example, it's just 0.3 miles using El Camino, but 1.3 miles using the shortest alternative route (Santa Cruz + University Dr + Middle Ave). And that alternative route doesn't have any bike lanes either!
The same is true for most destinations in Menlo Park and other cities - it's simply more convenient to drive than to bike, because unsafe street designs force bicyclists to choose longer routes. The negative consequences of having safe, convenient routes for driving but not for bicycling are many: unnecessary traffic congestion, more air pollution, unhealthy sedentary lifestyles, higher health care costs, higher transportation costs, and more traffic-related injuries and deaths.
Any street with bike lanes is safer, for everyone, than without bike lanes (except low-speed, low-volume residential streets) as long as the bike lanes are designed according to state guidelines. Bike lanes clearly indicate to both bicyclists and motorists where on the street bicyclists must ride for maximum safety. Without bike lanes, the bicyclist has to figure out it on their own, and the result is often unpredictable, unsafe behavior - riding too close to parked cars and swerving in and out of the vehicle lane.
Bike lanes improve safety for motorists. Bike lanes slow vehicle traffic slightly because the right-hand vehicle lane is narrower with them - on El Camino, this lane would be 11 ft wide instead of 16 ft wide. Also, bike lanes increase the number of bicyclists on the street because more people feel that the street is safe enough to bike on, which further reduces vehicle speeds because motorists naturally drive more slowly and more carefully. The result is fewer vehicle crashes and fewer motorist injuries.
Bike lanes also improve convenience for motorists, because more people decide to bike for some trips when their route includes bike lanes. This means fewer vehicles on the street, and less traffic congestion. "But there are so few bicyclists - can it really make a difference?", you might say. Yes, of course it can, and it already does - 9% of Menlo Park residents bike to work every day. That's about 1,500 people. Imagine if there were even 1,000 more cars on our streets every work day - traffic congestion would be even worse than it is.
Some residents believe that it's simply impossible to make El Camino safe for bicycling, and that placing bike lanes there would endanger bicyclists. This is simply false. There are many 4-lane and even 6-lane streets with bike lanes in the Bay Area, including on Willow Rd and University Ave east of Highway 101.
Bike lanes are only one way of making El Camino safer - other possible design features include sidewalk curb extensions, wider sidewalks, narrower vehicle lanes, more visible crosswalks, more street trees, higher numbers of bicyclists and pedestrians, more buildings located along the street, and smoother pavement.
Palo Alto recently modified the intersection of El Camino & Stanford Ave to include some of these features - curb extensions, narrower vehicle lanes (11 ft instead of 12 ft), high-visibility crosswalks with faux red-brick surfaces, and pedestrian refuges in the middle of the street. Santa Clara has already approved a new design for El Camino to accommodate bus rapid transit, and this design includes bike lanes. El Camino CAN BE and IS being improved for safety.
Bicycling on El Camino is not suitable for everyone, simply because traffic volumes and speeds are relatively high. It's appropriate for experienced, confident bicyclists. This would not change with bike lanes - less experienced, less confident bicyclists, and children should still not ride on El Camino. Everyone who rides a bike decides where they feel comfortable bicycling - that's true now for El Camino and it will still be true when El Camino has bike lanes. Children are smart enough to realize that bicycling on El Camino isn't safe for them, just as they know they shouldn't bike on Willow Rd (east of Highway 101). Bike lanes do not force anyone to bicycle where they don't feel safe and comfortable.
People have always ridden bikes on El Camino (since bikes were invented, of course!) because it's fast, direct, and convenient. No amount of improving alternative routes is going to change this. Bicycling is an increasingly popular mode of transportation (especially in Menlo Park), and more and more people are bicycling on El Camino - because it's useful. And since there is enough space on El Camino to add bike lanes without removing vehicle parking or vehicle lanes (Fehr & Peers concluded this in their recent analysis - see Web Link), adding bike lanes won't inconvenience anyone.
El Camino bike lanes would not only improve safety for everyone, they would also reduce traffic congestion while allowing more residents to safely bike for more trips and save money at the same time. Bike lanes are a long-overdue improvement that's supported by the Bicycle Commission, Planning Commission, Caltrans, and Fehr & Peers (the consultant hired by Menlo Park to analyze the feasibility of bike lanes on El Camino and other streets).
The sooner bike lanes are installed on El Camino, the sooner Menlo Park residents and visitors alike can enjoy the many benefits they'll provide.
- Andrew Boone
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a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jun 5, 2012 at 6:48 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
"El Camino is suitable for experienced, confident bicyclists who ride predictably and safely."
Bicycling on El Camino is not suitable for everyone, simply because traffic volumes and speeds are relatively high. It's appropriate for experienced, confident bicyclists.
Would bicyclists who use El Camino be required to be tested for their skill level, licensed, identified and insured in order to meet these standards? What State law permits requiring such testing, licensing, identification and insurance?
a resident of another community
on Jun 5, 2012 at 8:25 am
Placing bike lanes on El Camino Real will require elimination of parking and vehicle lanes.
Web Link
With Posted Speeds between 35 and 40 mph
The optimal width for a bike lane on an arterial/collector with no onstreet parking with posted speeds of 35 mph to 40 mph, is six feet. The
optimal minimum width to the longitudinal joint with the gutter pan is
five feet. If there is on-street parallel parking, an additional eight feet
should be provided.
El Camino Real is not currently safe for bike traffic because the shoulder is too narrow.
The shoulder width should increase with the 85th percentile speed,
similar to bike lane widths. The shoulder width should be 6 feet for
speeds of 40 mph or less, and 8 feet for speeds greater than or equal to
45 mph. For low-volume highways, (under 2,000 vpd) lane/shoulder
widths should comply with the guidelines set forth in Table 4-1 on pp.
54 of AASHTO's Highway Safety Design and Operations Guide, 1997
By law, cities can't place bike lanes on El Camino Real, as it is a state highway.
a resident of Woodside: other
on Jun 5, 2012 at 10:28 am
Why not just make El Camino Real a pedestrian mall and get this over with?
All of those cars that bring your friends, family and neighbors to their jobs and shopping, trucks that supply your stores and homes, and buses that transport your workers can simply filter through the back roads of your neighborhoods.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jun 5, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Peter Carpenter,
No, California does not require residents to be licensed or carry insurance in order to ride a bicycle, nor tested for their skill level in order to ride on more challenging streets such as El Camino.
Safe Bicycling Skills classes, such as those taught to Stanford students and Palo Alto public school children, should be made available to both children and adults in Menlo Park to help bicyclists learn the traffic laws that apply to them and master safe riding techniques. Then more residents would be able to ride on challenging streets such as El Camino Real and Willow Rd.
But in the end, bicyclists must use their own discretion in order to decide if a street is safe enough for them. Most bicyclists don't feel comfortable riding on El Camino, so they use alternate routes, or walk or drive for some trips. The same is true for every other street. Bike lanes on El Camino will do what they're designed to do everywhere else - help more residents bike more safely, and for more trips.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jun 5, 2012 at 2:27 pm
Traffic Jam,
Placing bike lanes on El Camino will not require the removal of any vehicle parking spaces nor vehicle lanes. On the 4-lane sections of El Camino, the curb-to-curb width on each side of the street is 35 ft and contains two 11-ft vehicle lanes and a 13-ft parking lane. A single 6-in stripe on the right edge of the right-hand vehicle lane would create a shared parking/bike lane - the same type of bike lane that already exist on many other streets in Menlo Park and other cities.
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) design guidelines are not used by Menlo Park nor most California cities. The California Highway Design Manual (HDM) is followed instead (and is required by state law to be followed). The HDM states that a shared parallel-parking/bike-lane must be at least 12 ft wide. There is enough space on the 4-lane sections of El Camino to place 13-ft wide shared parking/bike lanes. See Web Link for cross-section drawings of El Camino that show this.
Correct, cities cannot make changes to El Camino because it's a state highway. Caltrans supports placing bike lanes on El Camino and has stated so in their comment letter on the Downtown Specific Plan EIR.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jun 5, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
"Bike lanes on El Camino will do what they're designed to do everywhere else - help more residents bike more safely, and for more trips."
"El Camino is suitable for experienced, confident bicyclists who ride predictably and safely."
Bicycling on El Camino is not suitable for everyone, simply because traffic volumes and speeds are relatively high. It's appropriate for experienced, confident bicyclists."
Regardless of what is legal I believe that mixing 35 MPH traffic with bicycles will have deadly consequences for someone on a bicycle.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jun 5, 2012 at 2:33 pm
El Camino isn't appropriate for conversion to a pedestrian mall because traffic volumes are far too high, there are currently not enough retail businesses located on the street, and it's much wider than needed to serve as a pedestrian mall.
But pedestrian-only streets are a great idea, and have proven in many locations to be great places for the community and great for the businesses located along them. Santa Cruz Avenue would probably function very well as a pedestrian mall, but of course the idea should be studied carefully before being implemented.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Jun 5, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Common sense says bike lanes on ECR are a bad idea. Confident riders can use it now for the block or two they need to get to specific retail spots. Most MP residents spend more time going east-west than north-south anyway so it would help outsiders more than locals. It will also guarantee longer traffic jams for residents crossing town trying to get across ECR. IMHO, it's obviously a lose lose idea.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jun 5, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Peter Carpenter,
35 MPH vehicle traffic and bicycles are CURRENTLY mixed on El Camino Real because there are no bike lanes to clearly indicate where on the street bicyclists should ride. Some ride too far to the right, some too far to the left. Some suddenly swerve out from behind parked cars into the path of vehicles. It's the least safe design possible!
With bike lanes, vehicles and bicycles would become more physically separated because the bike lanes would delineate the proper place to drive (in the car lane) and the proper place to bike (in the bike lane). Right now, vehicles and bicycles share the same very wide right-hand lane, and it's unclear where each should be in that lane.
Hundreds of bicyclists use El Camino Real in Menlo Park every day, and the number is increasing every year. The street should be made safer for them. When streets are safer for bicycling, they're safer for everyone else too.
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on Jun 5, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Jim Long - your "common sense" doesn't seem common to me, because bike lanes always make roads safer for all road-users. Also I just love your "it wouldn't help locals so who cares" attitude. I'm a local and I travel outside of Menlo Park all the time, and I would love it if riding my bike on El Camino were safer. I do ride on ECR on occasion (I used to ride it for 4 miles of my commute twice every day), and a bike lane would make it substantially safer. There are very few other North-South through roads, so making them bike-friendly should be a priority. How does adding bike lanes guarantee traffic jams crossing ECR?
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Jun 5, 2012 at 4:21 pm
There are no alternatives offered in the El Camino plan for a bike boulevard. The consultant and staff rejected options that might go along the train tracks like Palo Alto has done successfully from University to California. That would be safer than El Camino but a bike lane on El Camino also would be safer than what exists today.
Even San Francisco has added major new bike lanes.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jun 5, 2012 at 5:05 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Six lanes of automobile traffic would carry far more people per day than four lanes of automobiles and two lanes of bicycle traffic - the social opportunity cost of bicycle lanes on ECR is simply too great.
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My brother and I split a one year old hive that made it through the winter great. Last weekend when we opened the hive we noticed queen cups being started everywhere, so we knew it would have to be split to keep the neighbors from freaking out over swarms. The one year hive, I will refer to it as hive 1, was only composed of one 10 frame deep, but was absolutely booming. The bees were starting to backfill the brood frames and the queen was just laying wherever she could. When we did the split we left hive 1 in its original location, and pulled 4 frames from it to start the new hive, hive 2. We did not see any eggs in any of the Q cups and since we couldn't find the queen we did our best to make sure each hive had at least one frame with some eggs on it (this wasn't difficult since the queen was laying in any available space). We added another deep to hive 1, since it still had 6 loaded frames and was left in the original position so we knew their population would still be fairly large with foragers returning.
Today, about a week after the split, I opened both hives. I'm pretty certain that the queen is still in hive 1 (they already built out one of the new frames in the bottom box and I could see eggs in the bottom of a number of cells on that new wax). Hive 2 had several supersedure cells (queen cells in the middle of the frames) nearly capped. All the frames that are originally from hive 1 are fairly well covered with bees, and there is a small amount of fresh comb being built on several of the new frames. Should I try to find a frame of emerging and capped workers from hive 1 and transfer that frame to hive 2, whose population looks to be about half that of hive 1, or should I just leave them alone? Temps in our area are supposed to be really mild for the next week at least, if not for the rest of the year. Our goal for these hives is for them to be healthy going into the winter, we don't really care about getting honey off of them.


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We seem to have to poster with conflicting opinions on the speed of Hixon vs Nicks.hmmmm...
I bet if you line um up right now Hixon would smoke Nicks in the 40 yd dash since Nicks has a foot, knee,,,,, some type of leg problem anyway. I can say one thing about Nicks vs all the other WRs. He's better at getting off press coverage than the lot of them & that's a definate problem I saw in the Cowboy & Eagles game. No one could consistantly get off on press coverage.
Hicks, Nixon, whatever. Just throw him the damn ball.
Hixon showed that he didn't have the chops to be the #1 (dropped too many big passes back in the day). He's a competent #2 and an awesome #3.
As RF stated, in no way am I saying that Hixon can replace the production that Nicks gives us ... just that we aren't scraping the bottom of the barrel with Hixon.
NIcks is an exceptional athlete whether he's faster or not. Speed doesn't equate to a great WR, skill, route running and hard work do. That being said, if Hixon can stay on the field and get some playing time no one knows how good he could get. By no means is Hixon a replacement for NIcks, he is a reliable sub until Nicks is healthy. Like it or not, that's how it's going to be..
Smith had his role in the slot. Toomer was pretty much done. Manningham was a rookie, and Moss was Moss.
Becoming the number one receiver in that group is not a huge deal.
That being said, Hixon is a real nice player, but our offense takes a huge slide with Hakeem out. What makes our offensive attack so devastating is that teams have to find an answer for Nicks and Cruz. When one of them is out, it suddenly becomes a very average looking offense.


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The Flood Control Act of 1965 first authorized the building of the Willow Creek dam, which was to be located at a narrowing of the river, about 100 meters upstream of the Heppner city limit. To reduce the cost of the project (first estimated at $50 million) and to speed up construction, the Corps decided to use roller-compacted concrete, which had been touted in engineering journals during the 1970s as a revolutionary material suitable for, among other things, dam construction. Willow Creek thus became the first dam in the United States to be built in this way.
Ground was broken in May 1982. About 330,000 cubic meters of concrete were used, most of the material being laid down in successive layers, each 30 centimeters thick, which were then compacted with vibratory rollers. When completed six months later, the dam consisted of 160 layers, stacked to a height of nearly 50 meters, with a total length of some 550 meters. The dam's interior was accessible through a longitudinal maintenance tunnel 275 meters in length. By February 1983, construction was finished. Total cost proved to be around $35 million—well below the original price tag, especially if one takes inflation into account.
Corps engineers then proceeded to fill the reservoir and quickly discovered that water seeped through the dam at a significant rate, estimated at 11 cubic meters per minute, escaping mostly through the junctions between the concrete layers and coalescing into streamlets that cascaded down the dam face. To stem the flow, the engineers largely emptied the reservoir and injected cement grout into a series of vertical drill holes, each extending from the crest of the massive structure to its foundation. This effort, costing an additional $2 million, slowed the leakage to about 3 cubic meters per minute.
In May of 1984, while working as a Corps limnologist, I began a long-term study of the reservoir. What I found was a water body highly enriched with nitrogen and phosphorus and with dissolved and particulate organic matter, originating mostly from cattle feedlots and other agricultural sources in the watershed. As plant nutrients, these substances spurred the growth of enormous quantities of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and planktonic diatoms. After dying, these organisms settled to the bottom, where they decomposed along with other organic material washed in during thunderstorms and with the spring runoff from the surrounding snow-covered hills.
During summer, the reservoir became divided into two distinct zones, with warmer, less-dense water above a few meters depth and colder, denser water below. The density contrast prevented any significant circulation between the two layers. Consequently, microbial decomposition of organic matter along the bottom gradually depleted oxygen and greatly increased the carbon dioxide concentration deeper down. By mid-summer, the water that was more than a few meters below the surface became completely anoxic.
In the late summer of 1985, workers inspecting the maintenance tunnel reported a strong "rotten egg" smell, indicating the presence of hydrogen sulfide gas (which can be lethal in sufficient concentrations). Subsequent air testing detected not only H2S, but also potentially explosive methane. Corps officials issued a warning, requiring people entering the tunnel to wear gas masks or other breathing devices.
In a January 1986 memorandum, I warned my Corps colleagues about the possibility that sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in reservoir waters might produce sufficient sulfuric acid to erode the concrete and weaken the dam's structural integrity. This process could also explain the persistent leakage. (I cited several studies of concrete corrosion by H2S-derived sulfuric acid in municipal sewer systems.) I recommended that the Corps commission a thorough study of the dam by independent scientists and that it install an aeration system to replenish oxygen in the deeper waters behind the dam during summer months. On paper at least, one commercial aeration unit, costing $90,000, would be sufficient to preclude the formation of H2S and other reduced chemicals.
My superiors at the Corps approved the independent scientific review but deferred on my proposal for aeration until further study could confirm that it would help in slowing deterioration of the concrete. In the summer of 1986, I assembled a team of outside scientists to assess the situation: four highly qualified researchers from Oregon State University and the University of Washington. Their investigation, conducted during the following two years, determined that chemosynthetic bacteria living in the interstices of the roller-compacted concrete and on the surface of the dam acidified the water seeping through. Chief among these problematic organisms was Thiobacillus, a bacterium capable of oxidizing H2S to sulfuric acid. Other oxidizing bacteria converted ammonia to nitric acid. These acids, along with carbonic acid and organic acids already present in these waters, dissolved the calcium carbonate of the concrete and redistributed some of it within the dam structure. Another fraction was precipitated on the dam face, with the balance being released downstream. The scientific team estimated that, on average, 29 metric tons of cement materials were being carried away annually. This loss, they warned, could compromise the dam's structural integrity, making it unsafe.
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i have just finished my 3rd semester in college (3 modules of java so far, covered nearly all the language features excepted threads so far). i want to start on some small games in the next few days. i'll start with tic tac toe and build my way up to games like pac man etc then eventually move on to small tile based games to get me started.
now my questions (and i know i am a long way away from getting a game like this done):
i am dying to make a replica of a 2d tile based mmorpg game i used to play (links of the game at the end) so i was wondering what goes into making a game like that? coding up the client/server/map editor etc
how long away am i to even think about starting on a game like that? a 2d tile based mmorpg with thousands of server map tiles with servers that can support 2/3/4 hundred people. since i am only starting games like tic tac toe now i would eventually have to start looking into small tile based games after to start on
would it be possible to code the client/server and everything else in java? or would i need more languages to get it finished (i know of a guy who himself did what i want to do and made a replica of this game by himself, although he coded his game in c++. there is also a link to his replica game at the end), because i see a lot more game libraries for c++
btw i am only talking about programming here, when i get enough experience to be able to make a game like that i would be looking for a pixel artist to do all the pixel art.
cheers guys,
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also if anyone has any material to help me on my way i would be grateful (videos, tutorials on starting java game development like making games like tic tac toe and some small tile based games)
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I use all deeps and have all my hives on 4.9 cell . .
Should i go with the same size when it comes to honey supers?
I did get some honey this year on these frames and it seem that they where not as thick as the large cell frames i have used before.
Now this past year was a build up year so all hives where working hard getting ready for there first winter building all the comb for there hives{14}.


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