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Aug 22, 2012
The newest video stories added to the growing MAKERS.com gallery of groundbreaking women spotlight the first female U.S. Senator from Texas and a manager at a Goodyear plant who has fought to achieve equal pay for women.
Kay Bailey Hutchison, the first female U.S. Senator from Texas, has also served in the Texas State Legislature and as the state's treasurer. Raised in La Marque Tex., she was one of five women to graudate from the University of Texas-Austin Law School out of a class of 500 people. "It was when I got out of law school that I hit my first brick wall," she says. "Law firms in Texas didn't hire women."
She burst onto the political scene in 1972 when she became the first Republican woman to be elected to the Texas House of Representatives. In 1976, President Gerald Ford appointed her to the National Transportation Safety Board. Though Hutchison strayed from politics shortly after, her professional career did not end there. Over the next decade, she was named senior VP and general counsel for Republic Bank, founded Fidelity Bank of Dallas and eventually purchased McCraw Candies Inc. When she returned to politics in 1993, Hutchison was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Lilly Ledbetter worked as an area manager at Goodyear plant in Gadsden, Alabama, for 19 years. Her crusade to remedy the gender-based pay discrimination she suffered during that time received national attention. Although she never received compensation for the discrimination she faced, Ledbetter fought on to pass legislation ensuring that other women would not have to deal with the same inequities she had. Her activism led to the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009 by President Obama.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A's batting coach Tye Waller, first baseman Brandon Moss and right fielder Josh Reddick will meet with 11-year-old Adam Hern, the Martinez boy injured in the Boston Marathon bombings, Monday morning at Boston's Children's Hospital.
The A's, who finished a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays with an 8-1 loss Sunday, flew to Boston Sunday night and start a three-game series with the Red Sox Monday at Fenway Park.
According to sources, the son of A's senior account manager Phil Chapman is a friend of the injured boy and Chapman helped to set up the meeting along with Heather Rajeski, the club's senior manager of promotion & events.
All three of the A's participants say they are enthused about the opportunity to meet Hern, who has had multiple surgeries to deal with shrapnel received in his leg after the second bomb exploded last Monday. He and his family were on hand as his mother, Katherine, competed in the Marathon.
``I can't wait to go,'' Moss said. ``I'm excited to meet him. It's a terrible thing that happened. I can only imagine what he's gone through.''
Reddick, who played for the Red Sox until last year, said he is always happy to get a chance ``to brighten someone's day,'' but he wasn't at all sure that Hern wouldn't be the one inspiring the A's instead.
Hern and his family have already received some high-profile guests, including the First Lady. Michelle Obama stopped by Boston Children's Hospital last Thursday when President Obama was in Boston to speak and met with all the Herns.
``Normally, it might be a case where we go to visit and tell some stories,'' Waller said. ``But I'm going to ask him to tell us the story of having Michelle Obama visit.
``You think about all that's happened to him. He's an 11-year-old on vacation and all this crazy stuff happens. You can't necessarily make sense of it, by maybe we can help him look past it. They say the surgeries have gone well and he's got a good long life ahead of him.''

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CIAS hosts regional cyber defense competition
(April 11, 2005)--The UTSA Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) hosts the first Southwest Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition April 15-17 on the 1604 Campus.
The competition features 40 participants representing The University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, University of North Texas and Del Mar College. The eight-member teams will focus on the operational aspect of managing and protecting an existing network infrastructure.
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"We are pleased that our cyber security scholars can host a program in which students will demonstrate their problem-solving and leadership skills," said Joe Stafford, UTSA vice president for research and graduate studies.
Each team will be given a fictional operational business network with e-mail, Web sites, data files and computer users. Scoring will be based on each team's ability to correct network problems, perform business tasks and defend their networks from hostile cyber attacks.
"San Antonio has a rich history of cyber-security operations and research, and with the presence of the Air Force's Computer Emergency Response Team and Information Warfare Center, UTSA is a logical location to host a cyber competition," said Greg White, CIAS interim director. "This particular competition features security, but emphasizes maintaining the operational use of a network."
The competition is sponsored by Cisco Systems, Northrop Grumman, Harcourt, Acronis and the Alamo chapter of the Information Systems Security Association.
UTSA is the first Texas university and one of 59 in the nation with the "Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education" designation by the National Security Agency (NSA).
The designation means UTSA's curriculum and faculty meet or exceed NSA standards to teach information-assurance security and makes the university eligible to apply for grants from NSA and the National Science Foundation.
CIAS is part of UTSA's newly created Institute for the Protection of American Communities (IPAC), an institute established to provide technical expertise and solutions to security challenges faced by communities.
"As an Hispanic-serving institution, UTSA is a leader in training the scientists of tomorrow who will provide a well-educated and technologically advanced work force to support San Antonio's growing $13 billion health-care and biosciences industry," said UTSA President Ricardo Romo. "Federal funding for programs like this is essential in the university's pursuit to become a premier research university."
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Another new guy
To keep it short and simple, I'm in school for IT, and I've taken the ethical hacking concentration, so I figure what better way to keep informed and immersed in the field than to join a community dedicated to it.
As far as the school work goes, we work with BackTrack 3 Final, Helix, Nessus and Metasploit, as well as a ton other tools that escape my mind right now, trust me, it's fried at the moment.
I'm looking forward to gaining knowledge about the tools and techniques we use to defend, as well as what is used against us.


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Meadow Lane Elementary Parents Outraged Over Alleged Inappropriate Photo Taken By CHP Officer
ANDERSON, Calif. - Court documents outlining an investigation on a Northstate Highway Patrol Officer have left some Anderson parents outraged.
45 year old Gerald "Gary" Harris pleded not guilty Monday morning to two felony counts of possessing child porn, one felony for unauthorized use of a computer, one misdemeanor count for annoying a child and two special allegations.
He's already pleaded not guilty to possessing assault weapons, explosives, a controlled substance, and embezzlement.
Parents have been calling CHP since this story broke, complaining that Harris was at Meadow Lane Elementary School in Anderson almost every day and was always taking pictures of the students.
The investigation was launched in January when Harris had to have his work laptop fixed. Another officer tried to fix it and reportedly found porn.
The report from CHP investigators says they found numerous flash drives and computer discs during their investigation at his Anderson home.
On one flash drive was photo of a former student in his wife's second grade class at Meadow Lane. The camera was focused on her private parts and was date stamped September 2010. Investigators tracked the identity of the student and found she now lives in Roseville. The student said she remembered Harris being in the classroom everyday "after lunch and would leave shortly before school let out."
Investigators found a second flash drive at Harris' home. It contained more than 100 pictures of child erotica and nudity that were evidence in another CHP case.
The report also mentioned an incident from several years ago when pornography was found on the computer in Mrs. Harris' classroom. The school's computer technician asked Mrs. Harris about it. She said she didn't know where it came from, but, according to the report, speculated it may have come from her husband. The tech reported the incident to the school's Superintendent.
Parents told me Tuesday afternoon that Harris was always on campus; going on every field trip and helping in the classrooms.
"I am disgusted. I'm outraged. I want to know why we were not notified. From what I understand, [Mrs. Harris] is returning to school this next school year. I don't want my children around her. I don't even think I want my children at this school because they're not protecting our children," Meadow Lane Elementary parent Misti Hernandez tells us.
Another parent, Michelle Rushing said "I'm irate about the whole situation. I think the whole thing is disgusting and that he never should've been allowed in the classroom. I don't feel safe having my kids go here. My oldest has been moved out of the school already and I'm thinking about pulling my youngest."
The report also says one parent that called CHP told investigators that her daughter attended an after school program at Meadow Lane. The parent said on several occasions, instead of her daughter being in the after school program building, she would be in Mrs. Harris' classroom. According to the report, there were times that she was even found alone with Gary Harris while Mrs. Harris was making copies. One particular time, the parent said her daughter was found on Harris' lap with another female child and nobody else in the classroom.
We reached out to the current Superintendent, Harley North, several times. He didn't call us back, but did email this statement:"the Cascade Union Elementary School District is very concerned about the charges levied against Mr. Harris and his connection with our students. We have cooperated with law enforcement regarding
this case from the beginning of this investigation and continue to cooperate as requested."
Monday morning, a judge granted the prosecution's request that Harris have no contact with anyone under 18, with the exception of family members.
Harris is scheduled to be back in court on September 4th.
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Clear Channel Media and Entertainment and indie Dance/Pop music label Robbins Entertainment have announced an agreement that enables Robbins Entertainment's artists to share in all of Clear Channel's radio revenues.
Robbins Entertainment was founded in 1996 by veteran record executive Cory Robbins. The company has guided the Dance genre into the 21st century, from Afrojack's "Take Over Control" and D.H.T.'s "Listen to Your Heart" to Cascada's "Everytime We Touch" and DJ Sammy's "Heaven." Prior to founding Robbins Entertainment, Cory Robbins was president and co-founder of Profile Records, the seminal hip-hop label that signed Run-DMC, Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock and DJ Quik.
"I've always said that the music industry needs to figure out a way to give listeners what they want," said Cory Robbins. "Clear Channel has always believed in playing the best music on its stations, regardless of the size of the label or the national picture, and I think Clear Channel's strategy will help Internet radio become a viable business, encouraging its growth and enabling listeners to discover and enjoy our roster of the hottest dance artists. The growth of Internet radio will be a boon for all parties artists, labels, distributors, and fans."
"Cory Robbins has a rich history of introducing great artists from a variety of genres," said Bob Pittman, CEO of Clear Channel. "He understands what music and dance fans want and he has been a pioneer in delivering it to them, wherever they are, on whichever device suits them best. Cory also understands that the health of our industry depends on all of us working together to produce the music, the products and the services that our customers want. These kinds of market-based agreements satisfy our listeners' love of music, increase artistic opportunity and diversity, and fuel innovation, job creation, and growth in the Internet radio sector."
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[Article]-How Cable Modems Work
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By Brian Wilson, CCNA, CCSE, CCAI, MCP, Network+, Security+, JNCIA
So you have a broadband connection at home or work and are wondering how it all works. Well I hope to offer a low-tech level explanation, so you will have a better understanding of how your connection works. Broadband services from cable companies or Multiple Service Operators (MSOs) are normally provided via cable modems and 90% of the cable modems are using DOCSIS (Data over Cable Service Interface Specification).
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FDA Authorizes Expanded Use of Medical Abortion Pill Mifeprex »
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a request by Danco Laboratories to expand authorized use of its abortion pill Mifeprex (mifepristone), formerly known as RU-486, to 70 days of gestation from 49 days.
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USES: This combination hormone medication is used to prevent pregnancy. It contains 2 hormones: a progestin (levonorgestrel) and an estrogen (ethinyl estradiol). It works mainly by preventing the release of an egg (ovulation) during your menstrual cycle. It also makes vaginal fluid thicker to help prevent sperm from reaching an egg (fertilization) and changes the lining of the uterus (womb) to prevent attachment of a fertilized egg. If a fertilized egg does not attach to the uterus, it passes out of the body.
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It is very important to continue taking this medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Follow the package instructions to find the first tablet, start with the first tablet in the pack, and take them in the correct order. Do not skip any doses. Pregnancy is more likely if you miss pills, start a new pack late, or take your pill at a different time of the day than usual.
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Ciena Rising: FBR Sees Beat-and-Raise FYQ4 as Carriers Shift Network Architecture
Shares of fiber-optic networking equipment vendor Ciena (CIEN) are higher by 99 cents, or almost 5%, at $22.41, after FBR Capital's Scott Thompson this morning reiterated an Outperform rating on the shares, and a $30 price target, in advance of the company's fiscal Q4 earnings release, expected next Thursday, December 12th, before the market opens.
Thompson thinks a beat and raise quarter is possible, and he hiked his revenue estimate for Q4 to $580 million from a prior $568 million, and raised his EPS estimate a penny to 25 cents, reflecting a gross margin of 41.2%, lower than he'd thought, but an operating margin of 7.4%, higher than his prior 7.2% estimate.
Thompson's estimates are ahead of the Street's Q4 estimates of $569 million and 24 cents. His Q1 revenue estimate remains at $563 million, above the Street's $537 million estimate, but he raises his 2014 estimate to $2.43 billion from $2.42 billion, again, above the average $2.3 billion consensus.
Thompson thinks Cisco Systems's (CSCO) weak outlook, offered last month, is evidence of the shift in network architecture away from switching and toward big optical pipes, which should benefit Ciena:
Clearly, we are in the beginning stages of a shift in network architecture. The new architecture assists carriers by driving more intelligence and flexibility at the optical layer, which creates substantial savings at the switching and routing layers. As this shift progresses, the optical sector is likely to benefit significantly, and Ciena appears to have more exposure to the trend than most.
It is a once-in-a-decade upgrade cycle at carriers, he opines:
Carriers seem to be shifting focus to architectures that include more robust metro networks with datacenters to cache networking content, host customer applications, serve wireless IMS services, and make the packet transport patterns across their networks increasingly more efficient. Verizon's recent announcement to use Ciena's optical switching platform is the first of what are likely to be many Tier 1 carriers moving to this type of solution to support the shift to datacenter-based networks over the next 12 to 24 months. Additionally, we expect that AT&T will not be far behind Verizon in an announcement to mirror Verizon's architectural design across its footprint. Combined, we expect these two opportunities could contribute as much as $400 million to Ciena's revenue line over the next 12 to 36 months.
However, there is a risk to gross profit margin, in part because of software-defined-networking is removing some of the traditional intelligence in the optical switch:
Our checks indicate GMs in the optical sector could be under pressure. We see three factors contributing: (1) optical upgrade cycles are beginning in geographies that normally involve professional services that tend to lengthen deployment cycles and negatively affect margins; (2) Infinera is reportedly becoming aggressive from a pricing perspective; (3) SDN controllers are beginning to allow intelligence to be driven out of the optical layer, reducing the complexity of deployments and associated margins. As a result, we are lowering our GMs 90 bps, 150 bps, and 122 bps in F4Q13, F1Q14, and FY14, respectively, while keeping in mind that chassis fill and improved product mix are likely to keep margins above our bearish GM estimates.


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Moderators: Three Stars, dagny, pfim, netwolf
ulf wrote:That is a good way to look at it. I would like mac to eventually make an appearance. But since it doesn't look like anyone is going to join me on voting one of the rylan voters off,
Spear tfrizz color plz
canaan wrote:im not aligning myself with thg. not even a little bit.
mac5155 wrote:I think mrandall is suspicious, hiding his online activity all of a sudden. Putting that on the back burner for now.
spear canaan
just voting for who the seer voted for last round
shafnutz05 wrote:And ftr, I put my vote on tfrizz prior to this whole kerfuffle. I'm slightly intrigued by how quickly the vote has taken off, for sure.
shafnutz05 wrote:unspear tfrizz
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Thank you for inviting me to your party - your pics are wonderful, I really felt I was there. So needed a picnic party today! Have fun, love, laugh and LIVE. What a lovely moment. Marjorie
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All the gifts in the world would not bestow the worth of what I am feeling. All the previous young ones were now the old ones and I am feeling thankful to just be here. I do believe all the older generation is all feeling the same thing, but just not verbalizing it. Soon, some of us will be making our transition and that same new generation will be lining up to take over the full responsibilities of a fresh, new guard. The cycle of life continues. It is unstoppable. The wonderful gift of life is also terminal. Only one truly escaped alive and we give thanks to Him for this moment. He is my Hero. A friend that be counted upon when most mysteries can not be solved.
I am left here with quiet wishes, silent hopes, and colorful dreams that these young ones can someday feel what I am feeling today. The blessings of life come only on the heals of anther's death. We will not understand that fully until some faithful day our eyes will open to see and feel the glory of the Great Mystery.
So, if you are feeling old this morning, be grateful. You have been given more time than many. We are closer to this prize of glory than we can ever imagine. Life consists of only a short candle. Time is but a sniff and then a quick spiral of smoke. Some day soon we will feel this to be true. Our job as the older is to take the banner of blessings and teach the younger generation to live in the moment. That is the only home for Joy. We must realize that we have never dreamed of what is sure to happen for still another adventure awaits the faithful. Be generous with your time. Give it to someone who needs it. Offer your smile when nothing is left to give and our great Father of Fathers will be well pleased.
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I'm elated about Levi's adoption. When you return, I hereby promise to bake him a celebratory Dutch Baby to honor him and his new family. Don't know if I'd seen photos of Cameron and Cory, at least not for several years. What handsome lads! All the cousins and siblings look alike. And they look healthy and happy. Enough to make a Pawpaw proud! Amazing. Amazing grace!
So you're swimming in family these days, east and west. Looks as if the next generation is in good shape. The older ones can keep the faith in them and through them.


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A sexual act performed by two men where the receiver gets creampied and then shits on the other participents chest, he then smears it flat, and then ejaculates onto that forming a pancke, he then procedes to lick this up.
Mike: "Hey Dennis, want to try a rough dennis pancake tonight?"
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The initiatives described below can aid in your own attempt to conduct corporate accountability campaigns and educate the public about Motorola's complicity in Israel's war crimes. We have also included links to groups conducting divestment campaigns against Motorola; their strategies and reasons for targeting this company can aid in your own educational and corporate accountability campaigns.
- Educate the public!
Make fliers, postcards, pamphlets, stickers, and other materials to spread the word about how Motorola Solutions abets illegal settlements as well as Israeli war crimes and violations of Palestinian human rights. Attend town meetings, write letters, organize demonstrations, and participate in speaking events in your schools, churches and other community groups. At the end of this page are tools that may be useful in your campaign.
- Corporate Accountability Initiatives
Corporations need to be held accountable for their complicity in the occupation and Israel's crimes. Many groups have decided to engage with companies such as Motorola Solutions as a first step before boycott or divestment initiatives. For instance, The Presbyterian Church [1] has initiated a process of corporate engagement with select companies, including Motorola.
Campaign methods include letter writing, contacting local municipalities, presentations at local township meetings, involving the media, petitions, demonstrations, and presenting legal challenges with the help of legal counsel. At the end of this page are tools that may be useful in your campaign.
- Divestment Initiatives
Managers of mutual funds, personal or church funds and socially responsible investment funds can be asked not to invest in Motorola Solutions. Companies, universities and local officials need to consider the effect on their reputation of doing business with a company like Motorola, complicit in crimes of the occupation and breaches of international law.
In some cases, companies can and should be excluded from bidding for a public contract, or being awarded one, on ethical grounds, or the grounds of grave misconduct. A first step can be asking local municipalities, schools, churches and communities, what contracts it has with Motorola Solutions and when they terminate or are up for renewal. Many universities and businesses are not bound by transparency requirements, but provide avenues to this information willingly to those invested in their operations. Additionally, local governments are required to be transparent with contract information.
The United Methodist Church has issued a report [2] supporting their earlier resolution to divest from companies supporting the Israeli occupation. Motorola is one of the companies included as part of their recommendation for divestment. Jewish Voice for Peace has also created a campaign, We Divest [2], calling for one of the largest financial services organizations in the US, TIAA-CREF, to divest from companies such as Motorola.
Universities are also in the forefront of the divestment movement. Hampshire College [3] has divested; Carleton University [4] (Canada) has launched a divestment campaign; and the University of Arizona [5] has launched a divestment campaign.
Other groups calling for divestment or boycotts against Motorola Solutions are the U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation [6] and the New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel [7]. The U.S. Campaign specifically has multiple resources [8] related to divestment and shareholder activism.
- Tools
Jewish Voice for Peace has created a factsheet [9] on Motorola and the U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation has links to multiple tools [8], such as fliers, handbills, postcard pledges, factsheets, letters, and resources on divestment and shareholder activism.


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So wishing that we have a store like Korin down here.
Or one out west, like Denver.
I wish my sharpening station looked like that.
Can I rent out the showroom to renew my wedding vows? I think we should have a KKF keg party there afterward.
"When you're driving behind a Prius, there's 100% chance that nothing exciting will happen" -Karring M.
Almost, but still wish there is a cross between Tokyo Mart in North Bridge, Leigh's place, and a bit more competitive pricing w.r.t. international shop + shipping ^_^.
I do frequent chef's armoury often enough, but mainly for grocer. His powder wasabi is the next best option to Tassie grown fresh one (which is not really a financially viable option for me if I have to buy the whole box)
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The Separation Wall
In 2002, Israel began construction of the "West Bank Barrier" in order to separate the West Bank from Israel. Currently, the Separation Wall serpentines through the West Bank and annexes most illegal [1] settlements rather than running along the 1967 Green Line (Armistice Line). In fact, the Separation Wall is twice as long as the Green Line and 85% of the Wall is located within the West Bank. The barrier, which most Israelis refer to as the "security fence" and most Palestinians as the "apartheid wall", consists partly of fence (90% of its length) and partly of a concrete wall 6-8 meters high (10%). The Wall includes a "buffer zone" 30-100 meters wide, which often includes electric fences, razor wire, military patrols, cameras and sensors, and trenches. See here [2] for an excellent map from B'tselem.
Ever since the early 1990s, Israel has operated hundreds of military checkpoints and barriers of various sorts throughout the occupied Palestinian territory. Israel claims that checkpoints are for the sake of security, preventing Palestinian militants from entering Israeli settlements and towns. It is estimated the 30,000 Palestinian undocumented day-laborers cross the Green Line daily to work within Israel. Rather then restrict Palestinian movement into Israel, the system of checkpoints, permits and barriers restricts the Palestinians' freedom of movement within the occupied area, greatly impacting their access to employment, school, medical care, and other vital social services.
The checkpoints and movement barriers violate Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states, "Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state." The World Health Organization and other international humanitarian groups have noted hundreds of deaths and birth complications in the past decade as the result of Israeli soldiers' actions and failure to allow Palestinians through. B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights organization, refers also [8] to checkpoints as a form of collective punishment, violating the rights of an entire population under the assumption that all Palestinians are a security threat.
This form of collective punishment is detrimental to the economy as a whole, severely limiting the flow of goods, including humanitarian aid. According to a February 2010 UN World Bank report [9], movement and access restrictions such as the Separation Wall and checkpoints impact the Palestinian economy by creating greater unemployment, crippling private sector activity, causing a rapid decline in GDP, decreasing wages, and increasing poverty. In addition, checkpoints restrict the Palestinian economy by limiting access to economies of scale to create further growth, limiting access to natural resources, and making foreign investment extremely difficult.
Further Resources:
Stop the Wall
Fact Sheet: "The Apartheid Wall" [10]
The Apartheid Wall fact sheet provides basic information about the Wall,
including location and costs, as well as how the Wall is part of a network,
which includes checkpoints, tunnels and settler roads. The fact sheet also
explains the ghetto system and the position of the international community.
It concludes with the repression of popular resistance to the Wall in 2010
as well as settlement expansion and settler violence.
July 2009
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-apartheid Wall Campaign
Report: "Rights Without Remedy" [11]
This joint report by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) and the Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign examines the impact the Wall has had on the rights of
the Palestinian population and the inadequacy of measures taken by Israel
and the international community to ensure that the ICJ's Advisory Opinion
is implemented or redress provided to victims of damages or human rights
violations caused by the Wall.
July 2004
"The Racist Separation Wall in the West Bank" [12]
Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, discusses the Separation Wall's economic and social effects, and its ramifications on the future of the Palestinian people.


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Also, I plan to order the PF-120 plastic frames from Mann Lake, but don't now how much I'll need. I only want to order once, because shipping to Canada is crazy!
I plan to follow Michael Bush's recommendations for getting started my getting my nuc into an observation hive (maybe-depending on what I end up doing with frame sizes, etc....it might be easier to get a strong colony started outdoors & develop the OBHive later.), splitting into a nuc & splitting again into a full hive.
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The Orlando Thrill Park Project is Back... Once Again!
The Orlando Thrill Park is back, and this time, it looks like it will be finally approved by the City Council.
If you have followed the story of this project, you know that the park had been turned down once, and then was brought up once again, just to be canceled for good. But, it looks like that was not the end of the story!
Indeed, the project is back yet again, and this time, the city of Orlando seems ready to approve it.
Read more about this news, from a small article found on CFNews 13:
City council to take up Orlando Thrill Park proposal
The park, which is planned for Orlando's Tangelo Park area, was voted down by the council in April because that area off of International Drive is currently zoned for residential use only.
Earlier in October, the city reached a new zoning agreement that would allow the park in the Tangelo Park area.
The council is expected to pass that agreement during a first reading Monday. A second reading and public hearing is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 14.
Just to remind you how the project would have looked like (and how it will hopefully look like in the near future), here is an aerial view of the site, complete with all the rides planned to be built:
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This project. Kill it with fire.
Go park, Go! I will be the first in line to buy my annual pass!
I like both theme parks AND amusement parks, so I have no issue with this park at all. This park will bring more people to the Orlando area, in this case the adrenaline junkies who only want thrills and could not care less about theming. The more visitors to Orlando, the better for the economy there, which is a good thing. With so many parks, people will need 2 week vacations just to see everything. That's great news!
We already have theme parks like the Magic "tarp" kingdom. How about a park for some big kids with real coasters.
I'm so happy!!! But I didn't understand what they changed to try to be approved by Orlando's City Council... ig they will remain in the same area (Tangelo park) which kind of changes they will adopt to change the City Council Choice?
Yeah,, i hope the park opened in 2013, and i can ride the inverted accelerator strata coaster,, i hope its a new worldrecordbreaking coaster 500feet high,, very interesting rides 10 roller coasters wow,, its a very steel thrill park
I think you need to do some more research on this story. According to city planners, the zoning change is very minor and does not allow the park to be built. They said the park is off the table and will not happen at this location.
@last Anonymous: I did a lot (really, a lot) of research on this subject, and it looks evident that the zoning change is actually going to favor the new Orlando Thrill Park. Even in CFNews 13's article that we quoted, it states:"Earlier in October, the city reached a new zoning agreement THAT WOULD ALLOW the park in the Tangelo Park area."
Now, does it mean that the park is going to be built for sure? Absolutely not. We are very, very skeptic about this project (as many others are), because of the many discrepancies that have surfaced, but the City of Orlando has indeed made some changes that could give the company behind this new park another opportunity to present their project, so that it can be approved(but again, seems unlikely to us).
I can understand the reservations some people have with this parks concept.
the proposed rides are only really aimed at adrenaline junkies, the park has little family appeal.
current Orlando parks are all family orientated. While attracting a different customer base would obviously help Orlando's economy, would we really like this different core customer base invading our current theme parks? I can imagine the horror scenario of a party fuelled, drunken overspill of Daytona Beach spring breakers, attracted to Orlando Thrill Park invading Disney or Universal and spoiling the family ethos.
The arguement that it is not a "theme" park is a valid one, but I have no opposition to amusement parks existing alongside theme parks - isn't Fun Spot just an "Amusement Park"?
Personally, I love roller coasters, and would welcome a park such as this, providing it didn't interfere with the Disney magic, which can be achieved.
Busch Gardens has a high quota of thrill roller coasters but still maintains a sense of being a family park. The acid test will be in how exactly the park will be run and policed, questions which are still a long way down the line. Lets not dismiss this project before it gets anywhere near this stage!
Just a request to the administrator:
its noticeable that the number of "anonymous" comments has increased greatly recently.
While i accept everyone has a right to privacy, it can get very confusing when several anonymous readers are posting different opinions on the same subject.
I personally believe that some are only anonymous due to the convenience of not adding a name to their comment
couldn't all comments post require a name to help identify the poster, even if its just a silly tag like mine or some of the other regular posters?
just a suggestion, its your site and you are entitled to run it as you see fit, you're doing a great job!


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DAILY JOURNAL: DURING THE WAR WITH IRAQ, I kept an informal journal of my experiences for my family. Sometimes I didn't write for days, either because of the tempo of operations, or because of the sheer boredom. Some of the events that I wrote about rated one or two words—enough to jog my memory later. Others took a paragraph to capture. My method was haphazard: As I had thoughts, I wrote them down. The recollections are based solely on my perspective. My point of view was that of a U.S. Marine, assigned to serve as a helicopter squadron operations officer, flight leader, and AH-1W SuperCobra pilot. The following account is based on that journal.
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On March 18, 2003, two days prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, my unit—Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269, which consisted of 18 AH-1W SuperCobras (we call them Snakes), nine UH-1N Hueys, and 323 Marines out of Jacksonville, North Carolina—moved about half of our aircraft into Kuwait from the USS Saipan, an amphibious assault ship that was our home at sea. I was designated the division leader for a four-Snake flight that was tasked with destroying three Iraqi border posts. We moved ashore so we could react more quickly to the rapidly changing and confusing timeline for the coming battle's opening phases.
I had never been so nervous as I was flying off the boat that day. This was my first combat mission, and as we flew across the teal waters of the Persian Gulf toward Kuwait, I thought about my children. I feared them being left fatherless, and I begged God for strength.
For two days at a clandestine airfield inside Kuwait, we went through the details of our mission, studied target photos, and rehearsed. My copilot, Kujo, sat on his cot for hours on end with his eyes closed, pantomiming the hand and finger movements he would use to fire the Cobra's missiles. Even the lightest breeze stirred up a lot of powdery sand in this arid area, and in winds of 10 knots or more, visibility was quickly down to almost nothing.
On the morning of March 20, 2003, rumors circulated that the Coalition had begun combat operations with missile strikes. It all seemed dream-like, but reality hit as I was walking to my tent. There was a loud roar from the sky, and I looked up. The noise got louder, and I saw a missile flash past the camp—a Chinese-made Iraqi Seersucker heading toward Kuwait City. The air raid sirens began to growl, and we spent the whole day running back and forth between the tents and our bunkers while wearing chemical suits and gas masks. The tension was draining me, and I still had a mission to fly.
The missile scare added to the confusion of sporadic communication and conflicting information. We'd been planning all along to launch the attack at night, when the Iraqis couldn't see us. But maintenance crews needed time to prepare the aircraft, and ordnance needed to be loaded. We sat in a tent with a radio close by and our Cobras only about 100 yards away. No less than five times we got an order—"GO RIGHT NOW!"—only to have it canceled. On a couple of occasions, we started out to the aircraft with our gear, and once we even strapped in and started to crank engines. My stomach was tied in knots all day long, but around dinnertime we finally got the word to launch, and this time it stuck.
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I have to go back to Blue Santa on this, you are saying because they lost to one team that is 4 - 1 they have lost overall to better teams with 1 loss?
MInd boggeling.
I have to go back to Blue Santa on this, you are saying because they lost to one team that is 4 - 1 they have lost overall to better teams with 1 loss?
MInd boggeling.
Forget the Past, Live for the Future!
Here's the thing. Statistics are great and all and give us great insight to possibilities of what can happen, but they can't full on predict these games. I'm hoping for a solid game, our D to play hard for 60 full minutes and for no injuries.
We know how those games go, no matter how bad
one div rival seems vs another.
Noners div is much better than it's been, don't think
they are sweeping divisional "sucky" teams.
They might not be 2 and 0 against div rivals
if they had played them already.
Bottom line, not apples to apples.
Taking this ridiculousstat thing one step further, they lost
to a non-divisional rival, that while 4 and 1,
has played 4 teams that are 6 and 15.
So saying noners loss to "one good team"
is highly debatable. That "one good team" has not
played "anybody" worth mentioning yet.
Again, giants no better, but we are also not making
ourselves out to be the second coming.
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In order for these stats to really mean anything, you need to take the game they played against the 49ers out of the equasion. If you look every year at the worst teams and the best team opposition win % the winning teams always have a lower opp win % because THEY BEAT THE TEAMS ON THEIR SCHEDULE handing those teams a loss and pushing down that opp win %
So...taking Niner games OUT of the schedule....
Pack: 2-2
Lions: 1-2
Jets: 2-2
Bills: 2-2
That would make the records of those teams 7-8.
The Packers should actually have one more win because of the worst call in the history of the NFL, so really you are looking at 8-7.
Also, to be fair, the Niners aren't just winning. They are beating the Tar out of these teams. They are doing what you are supposed to do when you play a so-so team....CRUSHING them.
It is funny tho how things change. When the season started the talk was that the Niners would have a fall back to reality due to there very tough schedule. Many redicted 0-2 to start the season. Now peeps just say "who have they played"?
The reality is that you can only play the games on your schedule. Do I think that the two loses the Giants have or the fact that they beat 2 substandard teams has any bearing on the game on sunday? Not for a second. Just like I think the Packers are better than peeps give them credit for and so are the Lions....and so are the Giants for that matter.
All that matters is what happens on sunday.
Last edited by Marvin49; 10-12-2012 at 11:46 AM.
Marvin forget all the stats..and all the BS........ ...I love a good game, and I am sure you do ! Why don't we talk about it on Monday ! Oh don't for get our Superman in the 4th Quarter, he does have that reputation, I am going to call him the "4th Quarter Superman "
GO Giants Super Bowl Champs..............Thanks to K. Williams !
The Giants have beaten three teams with a combined record of 2-12 while the 49ers destroyed their last two opponents. The big difference with these two teams is that the 49ers look like they picked up where they left off last year. The Giants as of today do not.
Not quite the same way the 49ers crushed the Bills though. The Giants dug themselves a hole while the 49ers humiliated the Bills.


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When time is short, even a well-disciplined team may cut a few corners. They might implement a code solution or automated tests in a less-than-optimal design, or make changes in old production or test code without taking time to refactor it. Future changes to this production or test code will be harder and take longer.
Ward Cunningham coined the term "technical debt" to represent the unfinished work due to shortcuts taken by the team to deliver a feature or user story faster. If we "borrowed" by skipping important steps, we have to pay back that "interest" quickly. If not, the interest will keep mounting up, and the growing technical debt burden will slow us down or even immobilize us.
Technical Debt Sprints
One way to pay down our technical debt is by devoting an entire iteration to activities such as refactoring production and test code to make it more maintainable and understandable, learning new ways of working better, upgrading test and code framework and tool versions, and improving the "living documentation" (also known as "automated tests"). We skip delivering new business value for just that iteration so we can pay down our technical debt.
"Sounds good," you say, "but our product owner is never going to let us spend a whole iteration and not deliver new user stories to the business." Or, you might be thinking, "Aren't we supposed to ruthlessly refactor all the time? Why spend a whole sprint on refactoring?"
Even a highly disciplined team may run into limits to continual refactoring. If we have a lot of legacy code that is not supported with automated tests, it's time-consuming to refactor and too risky if we don't simultaneously add the tests. We also need to refactor our test code to keep tests maintainable and efficient. But, it can be risky to change our tests while code is changing.
There are other considerations. The team should choose its strategy. The work done in one quarter or a six-month period is going to be the same whether the team's technical debt keeps growing—forcing them to work more slowly—or they devote some time exclusively to reducing the technical debt. Even with continuous refactoring, we find it works better to take some time to understand the debt and take the right steps to manage it for the long term. (See the sidebar for a helpful game about technical debt.)
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Technical Debt: Hard Choices
Nanda recently came across a game that explains technical debt and the results of not paying it back. The game, called Hard Choices, was designed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and adapted from Shortcut: A Game About Speed and Risk by Elisabeth Hendrickson.
Basically, the game has the aspects of taking shortcuts (creating debt by incurring penalties) and paying it back (by losing a turn). If you don't pay your debt, it will take you longer to reach the end.
Players can move in any direction and can even change directions in a single turn. They earn points by racking up "tool" cards and by being the first one to get to the end. For each bridge they cross, they must subtract one from subsequent rolls of the die.
Nanda plays differently than described in the SEI rules. In his version, three players still move the number of squares to match the roll of the die; however, there are specific rules for each player:
Nanda also changes the positions of the bridges so that each shortcut only bypasses a few squares, thereby making even clearer how Player 1 is going to suffer at the end. This is more like real life—shortcuts don't usually buy you a huge amount of time. Played by these rules, Player 2 wins and Player 3 usually reaches the end ahead of Player 1.
The "Short Cut" game has similar rules, and several variations that let players experiment with different approaches to paying penalties back and changing goals from a competition to a collaborative team effort.
Playing either game helps teams and their managers understand the need for technical debt sprints to "keep the backyard clean." At a minimum, this will allow the team to maintain its velocity, and there might even be a big improvement.
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Excellent article!
I've been in this industry since the top of my head was covered with hair. You've uncovered a disfunctional pattern, to rush into the next project NOW.
Sometimes we are under time pressure and in the trenches where the goal is to do what must be done to ship. That happens, that's part of our jobs.
You have highlighted that we should make the time so we don't repeat the same mistakes and carry ever increasing technical debt.
Do any of the following lead you to reconsider your definition of Technical Debt at all?:
"Agile and Beyond :: The Technical Debt Trap" http://www.slideshare.net/DocOnDev/agile-and-beyond-the-technical-debt-trap
"Debt Metaphor is not Technical Debt": http://ponderingobjectorienteddesign.blogspot.com/2009/09/debt-metaphor-...
"Ward Explains Debt Metaphor": http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WardExplainsDebtMetaphor
"Technical Debt": http://xprogramming.com/blog/technical-debt-2/
"The real Meaning of Technical Debt": http://matteo.vaccari.name/blog/archives/590
Hi Philip, I have read/watched most of those before. What specifically in our article do you find in conflict with them?
-- Lisa
If you think of Technical Debt (TD)reduction as an accumulation of product backlog items (usually unrecognized, un-prioritized, and missing as items visible in the backlog) then a TD sprint is nothing more than the prioritization of some of those items to the exclusion of all other customer focused items for the duration of a sprint.
Since TD reduction provides value to the organization (via improved development performance) then making TD reduction stories part of the visible product backlog creates a context to schedule their execution into sprints on an ongoing basis rather than (or in addition to) big bangs. The variable then simply becomes one of how much capacity to allocate to work them per sprint.
Think continuous flow of value; If you really want to see some ongoing improvement, add TD reduction stories to the backlog and make it a part of regular project / sprint planning.
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Hi Jay,
If the TD is sizable and could be defined as a story, we could add it to backlog and wait for it to be prioritized. We did that lot of times. However, if you have lot of smaller granularity tasks, it would be hard to negotiate with the PO in each sprint. It would be lot easier to ask for a week or two to take care of TD and let engineers decide what's the best priority rather than asking PO to prioritize TD items.
As we always say, do whatever works in your context.


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A destructive wildfire that started over the weekend near Yosemite National Park has spread to more than 15 square miles. The flames have forced the evacuation of several camps outside Yosemite and caused a shutdown of the main highway into the California park. As of Tuesday, the fire had destroyed two homes, but still threatened about 2,500 houses, hotels, and camp buildings near Yosemite,, according to Jerry Snyder, the U.S. Forest Service spokesman.
The Yosemite wildfire is one of many currently burning during this active wildfire season, which has national firefighting resources stretched thin. More than 40 active and large wildfires are blazing uncontained along the western U.S., from Arizona to Washington and Alaska. About 17,800 people have been dispatched to fight the fires.
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The National Interagency Fire Center charts wildfire activity using the national wildfire preparedness scale. On Tuesday, the group raised the level to the highest tier, level 5. It's the first time the top level has been reached in five years.
Steve Gage, the assistant director of operations for the fire center, told the Associated Press that officials aren't able to fill all the requests they are receiving for crews and equipment. The center positions crews where houses are threatened and where new fires can be contained while still small.
The center currently lists two dangerous wildfires in central Idaho at highest priority. Idaho's Beaver Creek Fire has burned 166 square miles and forced the evacuation of 1,250 homes in local resort areas. The boost in priority gave fire managers the resources they needed to attack the blaze more directly, fire spokesman Rudy Evenson told the Associated Press.
Battling Blazes in Yosemite, and Beyond
The fire near Yosemite started Saturday in Stanislaus National Forest. It remains out of control in remote and steep areas that are difficult for fire crews to reach. As of Tuesday, about 450 firefighters were working on containing the blaze, along with water-dropping planes. Camp Mather, a nearby public vacation camp for San Francisco residents that was hosting a special week for senior citizens, evacuated the 200 visitors and a few dozen staff members.
The wildfire shut down State Route 120, the main highway into Yosemite, in both directions, blocking traffic in and out of the national park. However, the national park, which covers nearly 1,200 square miles, remains open to visitors via other state routes.
This year, more than 33,000 fires have blazed in the U.S., burning more than 5,300 square miles of land—nearly the size of Connecticut. The fires have pushed national firefighting spending past $1 billion for the year so far. That's about half of last year's total spending of $1.9 billion.
The total cost for 2013 will depend on the rest of the wildfire season, which traditionally gets very active in southern California as late as October. "Many of the fires have been in highly populated, wilderness-urban [border] areas," Gage said in an email to the Associated Press. "That ads greatly to costs since so many more resources are required to protect built structures."


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Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856), sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law to return to music, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured by his teacher Friedrich Wieck that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream. Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing.
Schumann's published compositions were written exclusively for the piano until 1840; he later composed works for piano and orchestra; many Lieder ; four symphonies; an opera; and other orchestral, choral, and chamber works. Works such as Kinderszenen, Album für die Jugend, Blumenstück, Sonatas and Albumblätter are among his most famous. His writings about music appeared mostly in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , a Leipzig-based publication which he jointly founded.
In 1840, against her father's wishes, Schumann married pianist Clara Wieck, daughter of his former teacher, the day before she legally came of age at 21. Had they waited one day, they would have no longer needed her father's consent, which had been the subject of a long and acrimonious legal battle, which found in favor of Clara and Robert. Clara also composed music and had a considerable concert career, the earnings from which formed a substantial part of her father's fortune.
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Emerging Markets Evening Roundup: Plunging Currencies; Indonesian Rupiah Has More To Lose?
It does seem the party of cheap money is coming to an end. Emerging markets currencies are plunging today. At mid-day, dollar gained 1.7% against Brazilian real, after its finance minister said a weaker real is good for the country. Dollar gained 1.1% against Mexican peso, as investors are not impressed with details that come out of the new energy reform. Dollar finished 0.4% higher against Indian rupee and 0.2% Indonesian rupiah in Asia.
Can emerging market currencies fall further?
India is on the news daily this week, kitchen sink one measure after another to narrow the current account deficit. While none of these efforts cure, at least they are signals that the government wants a stable rupee. In a report published today, Deutsche Bank says:
bulk of the INR adjustment has arguably taken place. While depreciation pressure is not yet abating, the focus should shift incrementally to the spillover on other asset markets from the currency measures
In other words, move on - carry trade on INR won't gain much; look at distressed debt and equities instead.
Indonesian rupiah, though, may well be a different story. On Thursday, the central bank resisted calls for interest rate hike and decided to do nothing instead. Here is Deutsche Bank again:
We are disappointed that the central banks chose not to pursue its monetary tightening this week, nor take any steps towards raising the effective cost of liquidity. The pressure points in Indonesia continue to be around, a) current account gap driven by income outflows, b) loose policy settings, c) declining reserve adequacy, and d) a heavy supply calendar
Nomura Securities initiated a short one-month rupiah (versus dollar) position, saying the rupiah has another 5% to lose.


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To celebrate nations uniting for the London 2012 Olympic Games, over 250 pupils from schools across the UK came together at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on July 2 to perform a multilingual song and music video in a project initiated by the Goethe-Institut London.
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The lyrics to the song 'Together in the Language of Sport', were written by the pupils as part of a competition combining languages, sport and music, and include verses in French, German, Greek, Italian and Spanish, with a chorus in English.
This is the latest initiative in the Double Club Languages programme - a multi award-winning project run in cooperation between Arsenal in the Community and key language partners, which combines learning with football to raise attainment and make learning fun and relevant to young people's interests.
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I am curious as to how and why Mao's jumps have become so unstable like this. I mean, Miki basically screwed up the whole season, but she fixed her jump and now she is more than fine, isn't she?
Also, Mao looked like she fixed her flutz perfectly on tv interviews, and how come not only her lutz, but her all other jumps are now messed up? She no longer puts any 3-3 in her program, 3A is killing her, and she keeps falling.... ugh. Moreover, didn't yuna also have that flip problem with "!" mark? Her fans say that her jumps were always perfect, but obviously it bothered yuna enough to take flip out of the 3-3 and put it separately. If Yuna really did have edge problems, then how could she fix her edge problem so easily without affecting any other jumps, but Mao on the other hand has all these problems?
I feel that after the whole flutz deal affected Mao greatly, and her strategy with jumping and programs have changed dramatically. I really don't get it. Is doing 3A really affecting her everything? Mao also doesn't seem to be jumping as high, and her body appears to be slightly heavier when she jumps. (Not heavy as in weight, but it's more stiff or some sort. Compared to her junior years, there's definitely a huge difference.)
Whatever the problem is, I really hope Mao finds a solution. I am still really shocked with her 6th placement and also her score...........


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Oil and water. Nitro and glycerin. Cats and dogs. Some things just don't work very well together.
Take sidewalks and trees, for instance.
Putting in new or repairing existing sidewalks can be murder—literally—to existing trees if proper care is not taken to protect the roots. On the flip side, saplings planted next to existing sidewalks grow into towering giants with roots that turn neat squares of concrete into a mess of ugly chunks.
It's almost as if trees and sidewalks are mortal enemies hell-bent on destroying each other.
Now, a Gardena, Calif., company has come up with a solution that helps sidewalks and trees coexist peacefully.
Rubbersidewalks Inc. manufactures—as you might cleverly intuit from the name—sidewalks made of rubber. The product is made of recycled tires; each panel of sidewalk equals one tire rescued from a landfill. The surface is hard enough to walk, bike, skate, or Rollerblade on, but more forgiving and gentle to tree roots. Instead of breaking up, when over-ambitious tree roots grow underneath a rubber sidewalk, the panels flex. Also, unlike concrete, the panels can easily be lifted for root maintenance, then put back in place. If a panel of the sidewalk itself needs to be taken out, crews can do so without subjecting nearby trees to the harmful, jarring effects of a jackhammer demolishing the concrete.
Rubbersidewalks began producing their rubberized sidewalk panels in 2004. While the panels cost as much as three times more than the average concrete sidewalk, the company touts their ease of installation, durability, and kindness to the environment. The response in the two years since has been favorable: more than 60 municipalities across the country have placed orders—big cities like Washington, D.C., Boston, Seattle, and smaller burgs like New Rochelle, N.Y., are among the sites that now play host to the rubber walkways.
New Rochelle was among the first cities to try them out. Two years later, the sidewalks have withstood the test of time, enduring harsh winters and resisting discoloration from sunlight or deicers.
"Everyone benefits," says Seattle project manager Liz Ellis. "The city will save money, we're piloting an environmentally innovative product, and we'll help Seattle's trees."