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Zac Guildford celebrated his latest reprieve in his fledgling rugby career with chocolate rather than a pint.
The Crusaders wing has been thrown yet another lifeline by the New Zealand Rugby Union and, even up until last night, there was a possibility he would have had his contract torn up.
Guildford met with NZRU officials during the week for a misconduct hearing following his latest alcohol-related misdemeanour when he allegedly assaulted a fellow party-goer in Christchurch at the end of January.
Since then the 10-test All Black has undergone a 28-day stint in rehab and admitted for the first time in his life he is an alcoholic.
It was his honesty that saw him retained by his employer, the NZRU, and he was thankful for another opportunity.
"I went on a bit of a chocolate binge last night; a packet of M&Ms,'' Guildford said. "But I guess the way I'll celebrate is getting back down to my brothers at the Crusaders
tomorrow and really get back into training and connecting with a few friends down there that I haven't seen for a while and build on those relationships.''
Guildford's career has been littered with booze-related indiscretions, including a now infamous display in a Rarotonga bar when he turned up drunk and naked and allegedly assaulted a patron.
NZRU general manager of professional rugby Neil Sorensen said he finally felt Guildford was ready to confront his problems.
"I think the key thing that we've seen is that for the first time since we've been dealing with this young man that he's finally being honest with us and honest with himself and honest with his mates,'' Sorensen said.
"We were at this stage 14 months ago post-Rarotonga but we didn't get there. But the difference really is that Zac said, 'look, I'm actually an alcoholic'. And all the medical information and experts have said this kid's an alcoholic, this kid's got a mental illness and Zac's accepted that and over the last two days it didn't really matter what submissions were put forward. When this young man spoke about himself and in brutal honesty it wasn't a hard decision to make.''
Sorensen said the latest reprieve wasn't Guildford's last chance and they would keep monitoring him.
"I think we've proven that we deal with every incident on its merits.''
In an open and honest press conference at the new NZRU offices today, Guildford fielded numerous questions about his battle with the bottle and answered each of them thoughtfully.
The 24-year-old, who first played for Hawkes Bay in 2007 when 18, said his addiction to the drink hadn't been brought about by the fishbowl lifestyle All Blacks can be subjected to.
"Nah, I don't think it was ever part of the pressure. It was just part of who I was growing up. We all did it and I was just one of those ones who can't handle it.''
He said his time in rehab, believed to be at the exclusive Ahuru Recovery Retreat near Ohakune, was revealing and he thanked New Zealand Rugby Players Association boss Rob Nichol and his agent Simon Porter for their efforts.
"I went there thinking I knew it all but I didn't and that's where I got out of the denial stage and started accepting who I am and realising that I can't do what I have been doing in past. And with the help of Rob and Simon I've got there and it's probably the best thing that I've done so far for myself.''
Guildford said he didn't have any desire to drink alcohol in the future in any capacity.
"I don't plan to but I can only make that decision one day at a time and that's the easiest process for me. But I don't see it in my future.''
He might have to make do with a few bags of M&Ms, instead.


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Contractors are busy working on the building at Harbour Bridge Marina today but come dinner time, they will not be eating in the building's restaurant, Phil's Place, owned by AC/DC drummer, Phil Rudd.
The restaurant closed suddenly in July this year, and a message remains on its website saying "closed until further notice."
Scaffolding has been erected around the building for the contractors to work on. The building includes the restaurant, and also a cafe owned by Mr Rudd, as well as the separate offices of Tauranga Boat Sales.
In July, a spokesperson for Mr Rudd, Karen Gravatt of Tauranga law firm Cooney Lees Morgan told the Bay of Plenty Times that the restaurant had simply closed for a few days in a quiet period. Today Karen Gravatt was unavailable for comment.
Restaurant guest Toni Keown from Tauranga, was told that the restaurant would reopen in the summer. Mrs. Keown who now lives in Kalgoorlie, Australia had made a booking with the restaurant for fifteen people for New Years Eve, and paid a $500 deposit to secure the private dining room. When she read of the restaurant closure on the Bay of Plenty Times website she contacted them by email to enquire about her booking.
"I was advised by the fourth party the restaurant would be reopening in summer so did I want to keep my booking or did I want my deposit refunded. I chose the refund option."
Locals are curious to know when the restaurant is re opening. This month on the restaurant's Facebook page, Bernina Britton requests an "official explanation for what is going to happen with the restaurant?
Another poster asks whether the restaurant will be open for Christmas. Chris Old posts "Please don't let the closure be permanent Phil, it's the coolest place in Tauranga."
Mr Rudd bought the venue in August 2011 and refurbished it extensively before opening it in October last year.


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Contemporary Christmas Stories
"Social Q's" is Philip Galanes's advice column in the New York Times. Every Tuesday in Anti-Social Q's, I will answer the same questions as "Social Q's," with a greater regard for the sad state of the human condition.
This week Philip received more letters than Santa Claus on what people (by this we mean adults) should do on Christmas. How can people that have been celebrating this holiday for at least 18 years now, still be this lost?
My husband and I had our first baby this year. We're thrilled. And even though my parents got divorced last year, I want both of them to celebrate Christmas with us. So far, they've refused to be in the same room together. (It was a messy split.) I told them how important it is for me and my son to celebrate his first Christmas as a family. But they still said no. How can I get them to see how important this is to us?
Anonymous, San Francisco
Seems like the real babies in your family are your parents. Tell them they either come, or they can both forget ever seeing the kid again as they make for horrible role models.
My girlfriend is terrible at saving money, even though she makes plenty. We're near 40, and she doesn't even have a retirement account. For Christmas, I was thinking of opening an I.R.A. for her and making a small contribution. My brother thinks she will take this as criticism. What do you think?
Jim, New York
You may be in the right, but Christmas is not the time to bring up money matters. Money should not be brought up at all, even though the holiday has morphed into a highly commercial one. Get her a gift she will enjoy (also not what Christmas is about) and save the investment advice for January. You also need to make it appealing to her. She will not invest unless it meets her interests. I do not know what your girlfriend's interests are, so you will have to figure that out for yourself.
My company's holiday party is coming up. It's a karaoke night. We are required to bring food to share and a gag gift for the Secret Santa exchange, and if we want to bring our spouse, we have to pay $25. If company parties are supposed to show employees how much they're appreciated, this one seems pretty lame. Is it bad manners to skip it?
Karaoke? For Christmas? My, we have really hit rock bottom. Not only is it good manners to skip this atrocity, but also the right thing to do.
My boyfriend and I have been living together for three years, and I am hoping he will ask me to marry him over the holidays. (If he does not, I will probably break up with him in January.) Is there any way I can raise the subject to see which way he is leaning?
Anonymous, Boston
It is just one day away. Patience is a virtue. Did you drop any hints that this is what you are expecting? Make sure you tell him that you expect to be married soon before you break up with him unexpectedly. He may also want to marry you but may think that is not what you want. I appreciate the brevity of your letter, but seriously, give us some details to work with.
An employee has given me expensive holiday gifts for the last four years. I have not reciprocated. None of her co-workers at her level give gifts. How do I ask her to discontinue them without seeming unappreciative?
Anonymous, Florida
You are unappreciative. You are also an ass.
For a holiday open house, to which we will invite friends and neighbors to drop in, how do we indicate that children (newborns to middle-school age) are not welcome? Is there a magic phrase?
Pat, Lawrence Township, N.J.
Yes. The magic phrase is this: "We are a couple of fucked up individuals and detest children, and have no clue what the meaning of Christmas is. As far as we are concerned it is about being selfish, not selfless, rude, and dismissive of people based on their age. If these are the kind of people you want to be around on this day of love, or these are the kind of people you want to expose your sweet innocent children to, please do show up to our horrible event. Does it surprise you that we are from New Jersey?"
Every year, we are inundated with holiday cards from friends and family. Most include pictures and come directly from the printing company that makes them without any personalized note from the sender. Are we required to return holiday cards to everyone who sends one to us, or just to the people who write personalized notes?
Nicole, New York City
If you plan on sending cards, You should send cards to people you love, people that are important in your life. Do not wait around to see who sends you cards to figure out who you should send to, that seems quite disingenuous, but then again everything about this holiday has morphed into something disingenuous (see above letters) as has the broader society. Merry Christmas.
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December 24th, 2013 2:11 PM
Also on #3/karaoke Christmas: What an ungrateful shit. She/he should be lucky they even have a job.
December 24th, 2013 2:13 PM
#6/NJ: They are celebrating a children's holiday sans children. Oh my! Note to self: never ever move across the Hudson.
December 26th, 2013 10:30 PM
Love Fiona's response to that.
December 24th, 2013 3:41 PM
On #2 I don't get how people get into relationships with people they have nothing in common with. It seems to me the way money is spent is pretty important to that guy so why did he get involved with someone who does not have the same financial sense?
December 26th, 2013 10:32 PM
Really we need to invert the voting age so that only people under the age of 18 get to vote. How can these people go through life being like this?
December 27th, 2013 2:30 PM
You mean only people under the age of 8.


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Located in Jerome, Days Inn Twin Falls Jerome is within the vicinity of Perrine Bridge and Snake River Canyon Trail. This hotel is within the vicinity of Canyon Springs Golf Course and Centennial Waterfront Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 72 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, as well as phones with free local calls.
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I am a happy Smart Living customer of 17 years
SUBMITTED: Friday, February 26, 2016POSTED: Friday, February 26, 2016
I joined Smart Living Co in 1999 when it was called Specialty Merchandise Corp. I have never had any problems with them and it's really just a matter of knowing how much you can afford to invest. The saying "it takes money to make money" is true and I haven't made a fortune because I haven't put alot of money into it, but I also didn't go in debt. I am currently working on upgrading my website and doing a little advertising to try to step it up a little, but I know not to spend what I can't afford. The company is on the up and up, and in my opinion is a great opportunity to make some money on the side or go all the way if you have money to put into it. I hope to someday open a gift shop starting with their products.
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I started with SMC back in 2002. I received one online order and sold a few items at the flea market. These sales nowhere covered the amount I spent for the SMC membership, catalogs and the products. I would like to believe that I didn't put forth enough effort as to the reason I failed miserably at selling these items; but I knew different. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that SMC (known today as Smart Living Company (SLC)) were the biggest rip offs, but they weren't completely forth coming with their ads and the extra fees you have to pay.
All they did was tell people what they wanted to hear. I went on their Smart Living Company website today and was reading the testimonial excerpts. They are the same exact testimonials that I heard back in 2002 (word for word). I know this because I went into the garage and pulled out the video tapes I received with my start-up package and watched them. So I wouldn't believe what is on their website.
But enough of that because I think you get the gist.
Now, with all of that set aside, I believe that you can probably sell the SLC products and achieve success if you put forth 200% or have just really good luck. The problem I found with selling the products is that the market was saturated with their products by people trying to do the same thing I was doing. Ebay was saturated with sellers selling the merchandise way below cost.
At one time I wondered if SLC or SMC at that time, was listing the items on Ebay themselves, selling items at a very low price and making a profit since their cost was low. Because I know that there was no way anyone else could profit from those low prices. You would probably have to live in a place where people would have to drive 100 miles just to get to some form of civilization just to shop. When I took my products to the flea market, there were so many tables selling the same thing.
These sellers, including myself were making 25 cent profit on each sale. I almost hit it big selling the electirc lint removers wholesale to a discount store chain. I would have made 25 cents on each lint remover. It wasn't a lot, but it was a start. But bad luck set in really quick. When I attempted to place my order with SMC/SLC, they had discontinued the lint removers. Needless to say, I stopped selling SMC products 3 years later when I was about $6,000 in the hole with nothing to show for it.
To wrap this up, if you want to start your own business, I believe you can find some other company or way to pursue your entrepreneur dreams. SLC is not the best route, and it is a very costly one; not to say other companies are not costly. But if you want to start your own business, pick something that you are good at making or doing and sell the product/service.
Or campus your neighborhood to see what products or services are missing and enter that market. Create your own niche. You can start with little or no money. Start small and add as your customer base grows. SLC will not get you there unless you live in the mountains or a town that has nothing but a small grocery store and a hardware store.
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During his MTV-BET Town Hall meeting last week, Obama fielded a question about how his administration was going to fix education. "We are emphasizing math and science education, especially for women, young girls, and minorities, who often underperform in those fields," he said. He also explained that American dominance in those fields had followed the G.I. Bill, which greatly expanded college education:
And that meant that we had more engineers, more scientists, and that meant we had better technology, which meant that we were more productive and we could succeed in the global marketplace. And what's happened, in a generation, is that our lead has slipped. We rank 21st when it comes to math education. We rank 25th when it comes to science. We used to be number 1 in the proportion of college graduates, we now rank 9th. And at an age where knowledge, skills are the determinant of how successful we're going to be, unless we reverse that, we're going to keep slipping behind economically to a lot other countries. China's not playing for second place….
Obama's remarks come on the heels of an announcement by SUNY Albany that it will be cutting five major humanities programs (French, Italian, classics, Russian, and theatre), an announcement that has been met with great anger in the press. In the Times, Stanely Fish wrote a column called "The Crisis of the Humanities Officially Arrives," and argued that to correct the situation,
The only thing that might fly—and I'm hardly optimistic—is politics, by which I mean the political efforts of senior academic administrators to explain and defend the core enterprise to those constituencies—legislatures, boards of trustees, alumni, parents and others—that have either let bad educational things happen or have actively connived in them.
In light of Obama's remarks, Fish is correct. But the effort required to convince our decision-makers that what the country needs is a vibrant humanities curriculum will have to be monumental. Obama is hardly someone who needs to be lectured about the value of the humanities—he's our well-read, well-written, reflective President, whose own liberal-arts education shaped him into the man he is today. But there's a reason that he mentioned only science and math during the Town Hall, and not literature, history, French, or theatre: he is concerned, like much of the country, with America "playing for first place," continuing its economic dominance. When he says that China "isn't playing for second place," part of what he's saying is that China isn't spending lots of money educating its populace in French and philosophy.
He isn't wrong. We need more workers who are skilled in tech and science if we want to remain dominant, if we want to fill jobs at home. It's still awful to contemplate a shrinking humanities. I'd rather live in the United States than in China in part because this country has held, for the past fifty years, to the ideal of humanities-education-for-all. Historically, though, a humanities education has been a luxury, and what we're facing now is a return to this scenario, in which only the privileged few who can afford to dabble in the philosophical arts do so. Obama must understand the implications of this: with a degree from a technical training college, you might avoid taking on a lot of debt and get a decent job, but will you ever become President? There's a more fundamental issue, too, of course. As the writer and historian James Truslow Adams put it, "There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live."


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Oil resource assessment dramatically lowered
When the U.S. Geological Survey revised its undiscovered resource assessment for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, it took almost 9.7 billion barrels of oil off the table.
That's a big "Oops" – and the implications extend far beyond the borders of NPR-A.
The 23-million-acre reserve in northern Alaska was designated for petroleum drilling and development, primarily for crude oil exploitation. It was established in 1923 as the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, in hopes of providing future naval fuel supplies.
In its 2002 NPR-A resource assessment, the USGS included a mean undiscovered crude oil estimate of 10.56 billion barrels. In its 2010 revision, released in October, that estimate dropped to 896 million barrels.
The mean undiscovered conventional natural gas estimate for NPR-A also declined, but not so severely – from 61,352 Bcf to 52,839 Bcf.
There was a simple story behind the revision.
Drilling in NPR-A has provided a clearer picture of the region's geology, which turned out to be much less favorable for oil than anticipated.
The ramifications are more complex.
NPR-A lies north of the Arctic Circle and was included in the 2008 USGS Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal.
That appraisal identified Arctic Alaska as the study area's largest potential oil province, with a fully risked mean undiscovered resource of 29.96 billion barrels out of a total Arctic mean estimate of 89.98 billion barrels.
AAPG member Dave Houseknecht, USGS research geologist in Reston, Va., authored the NPR-A revision.
He said geologists were aware of the poorer prospects for Alaskan oil and drew on that knowledge for the Circum-Arctic study.
"Very much of the difference is our knowing in 2008 when we did the (Circum-Arctic) appraisal about this oil-to-gas falloff in NPR-A," he said.
But the 2008 study makes it clear the Circum-Arctic region is highly gas prone, with a mean estimate of 1,669 Tcf of undiscovered gas resource.
"The high estimates for undiscovered oil in Arctic Alaska that were included in the 2008 Circum-Arctic appraisal, combined with the newly released update of NPR-A, reflect the USGS perspective that a large proportion of the undiscovered oil in the region lies offshore," Houseknecht said.
Estimates of the useful life of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System have extended as far as 25 years into the future. That optimism is largely based on the potential for future crude oil discoveries in north Alaska.
"The other discoveries have not been able to offset the decline at Prudhoe Bay, so there is starting to be real concern about the longevity of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline," Houseknecht noted.
No minimum operating line-fill amount has been established for the TAPS line, but the number currently is thought to be somewhere between 200,000 and 300,000 barrels per day.
Kevin Banks, director of the Division of Oil and Gas of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, said the day-to-day amount of oil carried in the pipeline is also a key issue. The larger that amount, the less the per-barrel cost of transportation.
"We're concerned about not just longevity, but throughput at any given point," he said.
Needless to say, the slashed resource assessment for NPR-A was not favorable for Alaska, nor was it viewed favorably in the state.
"The state has a stake in development (in NPR-A) for a couple of reasons. First, we are going to share in the rents and bids and any other money paid there," Banks said.
"We also collect production taxes from any production activity that occurs there," he added.
Banks compared the state's tax breaks for NPR-A exploration to an investment that pays off as production takes place.
"The state has already paid millions of dollars in tax credits for wells drilled in the past six to eight years," he said. "We've actually put more money into exploration in NPR-A than the federal government has."
About 19,000 wells have been drilled to define prospects in Wyoming, while only a handful has been drilled to date in NPR-A, Banks commented. He wondered how any definitive assessment could be based on such a small data set.
"One of the critiques we have of the revision report is that it mentions only about 30 wells have been drilled, and the USGS doesn't even have access to all the information from those wells," he said.
Houseknecht counters that the USGS reviewed proprietary data from all wells drilled during the past decade except one – a gas prospect that was not updated in the new assessment.
"The public data was corroborated by prorietary data and the assessment results are consistent with all the data," he said, "including the proprietary data."
Reduced expectations for significant oil discoveries in NPR-A could renew pressure for opening up the westernmost Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain for evaluation and drilling.
But Banks thinks the recent assessment revision will have the opposite effect.
"My expectation is that this would have a negative impact on exploration in any part of the Alaskan Arctic," he said.
ANWR was established on Dec. 6, 1960. It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is now in the process of updating its Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the refuge.
The review process could lead to the proposal of additional areas for federal wilderness designation and protection, and Banks said he is concerned that the entire 1002 ANWR Coastal Plain area could be designated a wilderness.
(Houseknecht, when asked how the new NPR-A conclusions impact ANWR, always responds, "Not at all.
"The region mapping and oil-generating modeling that the USGS has done indicate that oil generation did not occur beneath the eastern North Slope – including the ANWR area – until after the northern NPR-A uplift occurred duing the Paleocene," he said. "So there could not have been any influence of the NPR-A uplift on oil resources east of NPR-A.")
When the USGS prepared the groundwork for its 2002 NPR-A assessment, a major onshore oil discovery had been made west of the Prudhoe Bay production area.
"At that time, what was revolutionizing the exploration picture on the North Slope was the discovery of the Alpine Field. That was the first time this producible oil charge had been found in economic quantities," Houseknecht said.
"In proceeding with our assessment, we assumed that a charge across NPR-A would be similar to the Alpine Field," he added.
Instead, drilling results indicated an abrupt oil-to-gas change just 15-20 miles west of Alpine and poorer reservoir quality than anticipated across the reserve.
Based on sonic logs from exploration wells and other geological evidence, the USGS theorized that Cenozoic uplift and exhumation led to gas expansion, oil degassing and displacement of oil into poorer reservoir rocks.
"What we concluded was that there was a very broad uplift that affected NPR-A during the Cenozoic," Houseknecht said. "There was a large pulse about 60 million years ago and a smaller pulse about 15 million years ago."
It became obvious that NPR-A was looking more gas prone with much less prospectivity for oil in assessed formations, he said.
"Our thinking was that as we moved from east to west (away from the Alpine field), we would not have a gas charge in the northern part of the Upper Jurassic play," Houseknecht explained. "What was really surprising to us as we went through the data was having this gas cap with the condensate in it."
Houseknecht said it was apparent fairly soon after the 2002 resource assessment that NPR-A would hold less oil than initially believed.
"I was trying to send a message as early as 2005 there was more gas in the NPR-A based on a few years' perspective – and 'Oh, by the way, less oil.' I think people heard 'more gas' but they really didn't hear 'less oil,'" he said.
In part, the assessment revision reflects what hasn't happened in the past decade. Have you heard about the major oil discovery in northeast NPR-A? Neither has anyone else, and the 28 wells drilled in the reserve since 2000 haven't been hugely promising.
Banks thinks the geological re-evaluation of NPR-A calls for more drilling, as a better way to define the hydrocarbon possibilities.
"What this says to me is that more exploration should take place to narrow the uncertainty," he said.
Meanwhile, no exploration activity is slated for NPR-A in this drilling season.
"Industry is not walking away from NPR-A," Houseknecht noted. "They are running away."
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It is official, we have now moved to our own server. I have been planning on moving for quite some time now, and recent events involving Google and an idiot named NiteCruzr in their supposed help forums have prompted me to make the switch. Moving involves a lot of work redirecting everything and making sure my readers can always get the info they want or need. So bear with us during the transition phase. It will be worth the wait.
Our new address — http://blog.str8shotphoto.com
Our Store Site —http://www.str8shotphoto.com
The new site is completely redesigned and laid out in a much easier and flowing format. I am sure there will be a few bugs along the way, just let me know if you stumble across any and I will get right on fixing them.
I will do everything I can to insure a smooth transition, but if you have any issues, make sure to let me know. For the time being the old site will be left up and running, and I will slowly redirect everything to this site. For those of you who subscribe to our RSS feed, you will see no interruption in service. The only difference will be that the RSS feed will now be snippets only. With the full article being on the site.
Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to interacting with you all on the new site.
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By Duncan Geere, Wired UK
The uncharacteristically snowy weather that hit Northern Europe and North America in the winter of 2009/10 was caused by a rare combination of two separate weather oscillations in the Atlantic and Pacific, claim meteorologists.
The harsh winter and heavy snow surprised forecasters, arriving with temperatures at the lowest they'd been for nearly 30 years. Some climate skeptics cited the conditions as evidence against climate change, while other people pointed out that most climate change predictions include an increase in extreme weather events.
But the research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, claims that neither are correct, and that the freak weather was actually caused by an unusual match-up of a moderately strong El Niño event, and an extremely strongly negative North Atlantic oscillation.
Each has a different effect on the weather. An El Niño event tends to push storm systems towards the equator, making the weather in the US and Northern Europe wetter than normal. The North Atlantic Oscillation, on the other hand, doesn't cause precipitation, it just makes it very cold. When they combine, you get very cold, wet, conditions — snow.
Richard Seager, a meteorologist at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University is one of the co-authors of the paper. He told the BBC: "The NAO was probably as negative as it's ever been in the instrumental record, which goes back to the early 1800s. This was a once in a century type of event." Investing in a snow plough for the coming winter is probably unwise, therefore.
As for those who raised the spectre of climate change, Seager is scathing in his dismissal: "Weather will continue to be weather. You have to average over a lot of weather to get the climate trends. There doesn't seem to be any need to evoke anything else other than that."
Image: Snow covered Great Britain on January 7, 2010./NASA.
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As history tends to be recreated by the news, it's possible that one day it may be said broadcasting icon Paul Holmes celebrated becoming Sir Paul Holmes, at Christmas, with a sausage.
But it's not quite the full story of how the day unfolded for Hawke's Bay's newest knight after he received the news in a Christmas Day phone call from the Prime Minister.
"I will accept," he says, for such honours are "part of life".
Surrounded by family and friends at his Mana Lodge olive estate in the Poukawa Valley south of Hastings, the call was a bonus on what was one of the 62-year-old's best Christmases ever, despite well-publicised health struggles which have curtailed his stellar radio and television career and prompted rumours of an imminent passing.
But he's still going, with plans to be around for his investiture in the New Year.
At home, the a bit of a party was for Christmas, and the honour was overshadowed by more important aspects of the day.
"I've had a lovely Christmas, just family and some close friends," he said at home yesterday.
"Everyone was so pleased to see everybody. I don't think we ever got around to Christmas dinner, I think we had a sausage."
The Prime Minister doesn't usually call Paul Holmes on Christmas Day and the significance of the moment was not lost on the new Sir Paul, who recalled: "I made a note. It was 9.30am."
He's had to sit on the news for almost a week, pending today's announcement of the New Year Honours, in which he becomes a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM).
"It's also big for Hawke's Bay, don't you think?" he asked, strolling out with the five dogs which have become a big part of life for him and second wife Deborah in the more than 10 years since they were married.
At that time, he was first recognised in New Zealand's bi-annual national awards, as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2003.
The most famous old boy of Hastings' Karamu High School will be just one of three knights in Hawke's Bay.
The others are transport industry leader Sir Russell Pettigrew, bestowed in 1982 and living in Napier, aged 92, and corporate leader Sir Selwyn Cushing, of Hastings, knighted in 1999 and aged 76.
Another Hawke's Bay knight, retired High Court and Court of Appeal judge Justice Sir Rodney Gallen, was knighted in 2000 and died last March, aged 78.
Sir Paul, remained upfront yesterday on his health issues, saying his ongoing treatment is "trying to keep the heart strong, and going, and ticking over, and balancing what's required for that with what's required for the cancer."
Close friend Sir Peter Leitch said in Auckland: "I believe in miracles and, who knows, I would not write him off yet."
Before today's announcement, he said the broadcaster had handled himself with dignity in publicly talking about his health, potentially saving lives through his educational messages.
"He is a vibrant man and it is sad but we have to live with that," he said. "We all have to go one day but it's sad when it's your friend."
Sir Paul, a broadcaster since the mid-1970s, has the choice of whether his investiture will take place in Wellington, where he leapt into prominence as 2ZB's 9am-noon talk show host in 1985, or Auckland, where he developed TVNZ's current affairs anchor programme Holmes, which started in 1989.
His wife also faces a choice, of whether she would prefer to be "Lady Deborah" or "Lady Holmes."
"I think she'll go with Lady Holmes," Sir Paul said.


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'A History of Waste in Roman Europe'
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Begin here. I set my thermostat to 82 degrees, and listen to my daughter breathe at night.
It is an odd thing to miss you. The stillness that I feel inside myself has a quality that I cannot name. Now it's bitter. Now it's sweet. The taste is all iron and cardamom deep inside my mouth.
It's been a strange year.
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this house smells like old coffee
and something else-
some cross between dirty
women's underwear
and dinners i let burn
... before i threw away.
i am rarely there; i leave
the windows open all day
everyday. walk through the door.
vanish into bed each night.
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I can't believe how long it's been since I updated things here. Since I last added photos or wrote, I've provided illustrations for a reading of "Herbert West, Re-Animator" at Monster Island Resort Podcast. (You can look and listen here: http://0316bfc.netsolhost.com/blog/?p=923). I had some of them made into postcards, which I'm selling at my Etsy shop.
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i just laid out the first 6 pages of All Things Ordinary #1. This is a big night for me because this will be my first zine since March of 2004. This is also my first quarter sized zine. Thus far, i have done 2 full sized, one half legal size, and one half size zine (in that order). I doubt i will ever make another full sized zine, but i really liked the half size and half legal size formats.
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Aug 09 2013
Ugly Ducks
We've all seen them: ugly ducks that defy identification.
They have mallard heads with blotchy white bodies, or yellow legs instead of orange, or a wild duck head with a domestic's body. They look like this because they're hybrids, a phenomenon that occurs easily in birds because Aves have retained a high level of genetic compatibility.
Hybrids confuse ornithologists. Brewster's and Lawrence's warblers were classified as unique species until they discovered that both are hybrids of blue-winged and golden-winged warblers. Dr. Frank Langdon fell into the hybrid trap with his Cincinnati warbler, revealed 100 years later to be a Kentucky and blue-winged hybrid. The AOU famously lumped Bullock's and Baltimore orioles into the "northern oriole" in 1983, thinking that their hybridization meant they were the same species. Not! Fifteen years later the orioles were split back into Bullock's and Baltimore.
Hybrid birds aren't always sterile but when they are it happens to the females. Sterile females lay eggs that never hatch because their genetic blend causes their embryos to die during development. In the early days of peregrine falcon reintroduction, management agencies removed sterile hybrid peregrines so the male could find a fertile mate and increase the species. This happened at Cleveland's Terminal Tower in 1993 (Zenith moved into that opening) and in Harrisburg, PA in 1998.
Male hybrids are fertile but they often fail to find a mate because their plumage, voices and courtship displays are just "off" enough that they don't attract any females.
Did this hybrid mallard in Germany have a mate? Perhaps the ladies think he's ugly.
(credits: photo by Andreas Trepte, www.photo-natur.de via Wikimedia Commons. Click on the image to see the original.
Today's Tenth Page is inspired by page 590 of Ornithology by Frank B. Gill.)
3 Responses to "Ugly Ducks"
# Sharonon 09 Aug 2013 at 12:15 pm
He's not ugly … just different. I see hybrids like this all the time.
# Anne Curtison 09 Aug 2013 at 5:32 pm
The first time I saw a Muscovy duck I thought it had tumors, and was about to die!
# Kate St. Johnon 09 Aug 2013 at 5:48 pm
Amazingly, Muscovy ducks are native to Mexico, Central & South America. They do look so weird! The epitome of an ugly duck.


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1/4 or 1/2 " Sew Foam?
I've noticed that some people use 1/4 " and others use 1/2 " to make covers. What do you take into consideration to make your choice?
It really doesn't matter unless you want some depth to some decorative stitch lines. Most of the OEM stuff is done with 1/4", but that's more to save money. 1/4" is also easier to work with.
I'm using 1/2 " on my project because of that reason.
as dan said , i use 1/2" to give my diamonds depthe and firmness , and 1/4" on all other panels for that plush feel. it just depends on what im doing. at the moment im doing a staright pleated centre on a seat so its being done with 1/4" sewfoam. ade
So if you choose 1/4 ", will you have to add extra padding to the seat?
Most of the time, anything you use will be better than the original, but the only way to know if you need more padding is to put on the seat cover.
A seat cover needs to be tight enough to be filled out by the padding without wrinkling. The problem that occurs with seat covers is that some of the original covers didn't fit the seat frames very well, and whoever is making the new seat covers is just copying the old ones.
The seats I'm doing right now are like that. The perimeter pieces on the bottoms of the two front bucket seats were not patterned to make it easy to put the covers back on. They were hard to get off, much less put them back on. I changed the front piece and the two side pieces that go around the perimeter of the seat below the seat top so they will go back together easier. When I get that far I'll take pictures and show you what I mean.
This is very interesting information.
Remember.......just because it came from the factory that way doesn't mean it's the best way to do it. Sometimes a small modification will help immensely.
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That seat is really looking nice.
How did you work around the problem with the base being so much smaller than the top of the seat? You don´t happen to have pictures of your work in progress...it´s always so interesting to see how you make things and solve problems.
Did you use listings and wire to pull the vinyl down where the white and blue meet, or did you use some other method?
Awesome work as usual....
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There are listings on both sides of the inserts on the bucket seat bottom and the bucket seat back. The rear seats don't use listings. I don't have any pictures of the work in process.
The original seat bandings around the perimeter of the top of the seat cover were angled so severely that the vinyl was pulled in dramatically at the bottom. The picture shows the two patterns in question. The original center piece angled down from 15" at the top to 14" at the bottom, 1/2" narrower on each side at the bottom. The side pieces angled in 1/2" more at the bottom. Those original pieces are indicated by the black magic marker lines on the cardboard patterns. The last picture shows how severely angled the two pieces would have been if I would have just copied the originals and sewed them together. The second picture shows the new angle which was also on the right side piece as well. I knew from experience that doing this would give me an extra 2" total at the bottom and would make assembling the seats much easier. One of the tip offs that this was happening was the severe concave shape at the bottom corners of the seat frame, and the fact that the stitching between the front piece and the two side pieces was stretched so tight that the pieces were almost pulling apart from the strain.
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Here's a better view of what I'm talking about. The first picture is the way the original pieces looked, and the other picture is how they are now. You can see how much higher the side piece is in the first picture, and how it flattens out more in the second picture.
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were having a lil bit of a fueling problem .. were running just off the stock fuel pump at the moment just to fire it up .. and it won't turn over unless we hookup a battery pack to the fuel pump and "jump" it so to speak ..
so if we run it without the battery jumper hooked up and no fuel was previously in the lines .. it won't turn over
could it be that the car has been sitting for 7 months and the fuel pump just needs to run for a while before it will come back to "life"?
also .. we have a mystery line coming into the engine bay ... we believe its for the flapper valve .. can anyone confirm that the flapper line comes in from the top left of the engine bay?
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what the **** is this line? something to do with the flapper?
merry xmas mo fos!
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I have no idea what that is for but on my car its T'd off to an open vac souce and doesnt create a leak in the system...my guess is its useless
if tom doesn't know what it is .. then its probably useless .. or flapper related
I stayed there til 520am .. tom kept working like a bauce .. i dunno how hes breathing right now
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will 1.8t stuff work?
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i don't have a picture yet of the TIP on with all the other piping .. but that might be my favorite part of the bay .. its just OBNOXIOUSLY huge and bling bling hahahaha
thanks pat .. this is the only thing holding the car back from me driving around and terrorizing the streets of CT
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well when its on the road .. I'm going to take it easy for the first 500 miles .. but i plan on driving 500 miles in one day so ill make my rounds around
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Read the whole thread and I'm jealous! Nice work man
I just re-read your post...
I thought you said "well it's on the road", not "well when it's on the road."
Cool, looking fwd to seeing the finished product.
Did you try looking for one in all the part outs in the classifieds?


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RICHLAND, Wash. - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have successfully immobilized enzymes while simultaneously enhancing their activity and stability, opening up new possibilities for using tailored nanoporous materials. The findings, reported in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (available online Aug. 28), could enable the development of novel sensor and decontamination systems for homeland security, environmental protection and energy generation as well as new industrial chemicals and separations.
"For decades, scientists have been searching for ways to immobilize soluble enzymes with a variety of solid materials. But the results have been disappointing because only small amounts of the immobilized enzymes show any biological activity," said Eric Ackerman, PNNL molecular biologist. "For the first time, we have immobilized an enzyme at high concentrations in a way that actually enhances its stability and activity."
In lab tests, PNNL scientists nearly doubled the activity levels of an enzyme called organophosphorus hydrolase, known for its potential for biosensing and decontaminating poisonous agents.
"By using different highly active and stable immobilized enzymes, we could potentially make enzymatic systems to inactivate certain chemicals or bioweapons, thus serving as a protective barrier in air filtration systems," said Ackerman.
Fabrication of a more stable and active enzyme delivery method could potentially benefit other industries as well. For example, food processing companies use natural enzymes to produce items such as cheese, beer and soft drinks, while the biomedical industry uses them to manufacture drugs. Enzymes, which are proteins found in all organisms from humans to viruses, function as catalysts. Increasing an enzyme's activity - while enhancing enzyme stability - could facilitate more efficient chemical processes.
To achieve enhanced stability and activity, scientists modified existing nanoporous silica originally developed at PNNL to sequester mercury for environmental remediation. This material, called SAMMS - for Self-Assembled Monolayers on Mesoporous Supports - contains uniform pores that can be prepared with a variety of pore sizes according to the application. In this case, researchers enlarged the pores to 30 nanometers, which is a size sufficiently spacious to accommodate the immobilized enzymes. Then, the pore surfaces were coated with a specific chemical compound to provide an optimal environment for enzyme activity and stability.
The JACs paper is available online at http://pubs.acs.org/journals/jacsat/asap.cgi/jacsat/asap/pdf/ja026855o.pdf. This research was conducted through PNNL's Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (http://www.pnl.gov/nano). Business inquiries on PNNL research and technologies should be directed to 1-888-375-PNNL or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a DOE research facility and delivers breakthrough science and technology in the areas of environment, energy, health, fundamental sciences and national security. Battelle, based in Columbus, Ohio, has operated the laboratory for DOE since 1965.
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Pillar reupholstery
After a few months of owning my car back in 2010 the C Pillar trim fabric was sagging so back then I decided to use 3M 90 Super adhesive to tack it back up. It worked great since then up until November 2012 when it started to sag along with the B Pillar and a corner of the front A pillar trim fabric.
The past few days I decided to reupholster them with new fabric.
Well, the problem is what fabric to buy and what do I want for the look. Having done a few stereo installs through out the years I have used different fabrics from Hancock Fabric store and Jo-Ann fabrics. The issue with using them is that if you do not use a UV protection agent like scotchguard the fabric will fade.
That turned me to buying a yard of Carbon Fiber cloth and 2 yards of Mellotone Speaker grill fabric. The Carbon Fabric cloth I bought from Ebay for $22 for a linear yard. The Mellotone Speaker grill fabric I bought from Parts Express, that runs at $24.50 per linear yard.
I just got those 2 items in and went ahead with reupholstering my C pillars since I have them out already.
Now, i didnt go with the carbon Fiber cloth for this install because it is very thin and the OEM felt surface was very uneven so it wouldnt be very smooth looking. I settled on the Mellotone
On my install I went and bought 2 different spray adhesives that have worked for me in the past. The first one is the Permatex Heavy Duty Headliner and Carpet Adhesive which you can buy at Advance Auto parts. The second is the ForceField Headliner Trim and Laminating Adhesive in Professional Strength.
Next thing I did was strip off the OEM BMW fabric from the C Pillar covers.
Now this is the trick i use so the fabric sticks on. I bet you have tried time and time again to re-glue yours and they fall or sag after a few days or a few months. I did mine real quick back in 2010 and had started to sag 2 years later but that was using the 3M adhesive. Ok, back to my trick.. What I do if the Pillar covers have the felt on them is that I saturate them with the adhesive then let that cure. I then give it another coat and let that cure some. What this does is that it rubberizes the felt surface and this allows the final coat of adhesive be fully functional when it cures.
For the fabric you want to use the Forcefield Adhesive on the back side. Make sure you are a good distance away when spraying the adhesive, like 12"- 14" or so away from the fabric. I let mine set in for about 3-4 minutes and you start seeing that the adhesive is curing some and looks and feels tacky/rubberized. DO NOT INSTALL THE FABRIC WITH WET ADHESIVE, you will have seep through. even though the Mellotone is thick it can seep through.
Now with both sides tacky/rubbery pull the fabric on top of the part working it in and making sure the fabric does not wrinkle or the front side touches the pillar cover. I tend to use my thumb or my palm to work the fabric on the surface. this is where having the semi cured surface comes into play as this is the part where you will make the adhesive seep through if it isnt cured enough. I made sure I had extra fabric so I could wrap the fabric around the back. I also used the ForceField adhesive for tacking the fabric to the back. I just sprayed some adhesive on the news paper and with one finger grabbed some and spread it on the back of the areas on the C Pillar cover where the fabric would cover.
On the picture you can see how it looks with 2 coats of Permatex and a final coat of ForceField adhesives. The ForceField adhesive has a nice spray pattern and lays down smooth as long as you have a steady hand.
Here are the OEM fabric, Carbon Fiber fabric and the Mellotone speaker grill fabric.
Here is the OEM fabric on the C Pillar:
Here is the Carbon Fiber fabric on the C Pillar:
Here is the Mellotone and what I chose for my project:
And a few shots of the finished product:
Ok, So this is project C Pillars done, next are B and C Pillars.
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Meet Marshall and Magnolia
We love dogs at the Phineas Swann, and two of our most important team members are four-footed!
Marshall, Director of Security
At 13 years old, Marshall, on the right, is a very seasoned beagle. You won't see much action from him, but when someone comes by he might just lift his head and let out a howl just to let you know he's there. If you give him a petting, you'll never see a dog's tail wag harder.
Magnolia, Chief Kissing Officer
Our other beagle, Magnolia is our CKO (Chief Kissing Officer). The official greeter of the Phineas Swann, she'll jump up and give you as many kisses as you can stand. There's not enough attention in the world for her, but you're welcome to try.


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Thousands of homes were left without power after two electrical faults in quick succession in the same area.
At least 2,800 homes were affected by the power cut in northwest London last night, which lasted for about two hours.
The first fault happened in the NW2 area, including Willesden Green, at 7.46pm, and the second, in nearby NW6 - which includes Kilburn and West Hampstead - happened at 8.14pm. Both were understood to have been fixed by 10pm.
A UK Power Networks representative said the first fault had affected 1,800 homes and the latter more than 1,000. "It was a fault on the high voltage network where one or two of the feeders had tripped out. The cause has not been confirmed yet."
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These rules guide the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board in accepting applications and considering grant proposals for funding under the provisions of ORS 541.890, et seq. The regular Board grant program includes grants for watershed restoration, monitoring, watershed assessment and action planning, watershed council support, watershed education and outreach, land and water acquisition, and small grants. In addition, the Board may from time to time, as funds are available, request proposals for technical assistance and research.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.906
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.890 - 541.969
Hist.: OWEB 4-2004, f. 11-2-04, cert. ef. 2-1-05
(1) "Board" means the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board created under ORS 541.900.
(2) "Director" means the Executive Director of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board or the Executive Director's designee.
(3) "Grant Agreement" is the legally binding contract between the Board and the grant recipient. It consists of the conditions specified in these rules, the notice of grant award, special conditions to the agreement, a certification to comply with applicable state and federal regulations, the project budget and the approved application for funding the project.
(4) "Regional Review Team" is a team, appointed by the Director, of designated personnel with regional knowledge and interdisciplinary expertise drawn from agencies represented on the Board and other entities to evaluate regional grant applications. The Director may change the composition of regional review teams.
(5) "Partners" are non-governmental or governmental persons or entities that have committed funding, expertise, materials, labor, or other assistance to a proposed project.
(6) "Match" is any contribution to a project that is non-Board funds. Match may include:
(a) Cash on hand or cash that is pledged to be on hand prior to commencement of the project;
(b) Secured funding commitments from other sources;
(c) Pending commitments of funding from other sources. In such instances, Board funding will not be released prior to secured commitment of the other funds. Pending commitments of the funding must be secured within 12 months from the date of the award; or
(d) The value of in-kind labor, equipment rental and materials essential to the project, based on local market rates.
(7) "OWEB" means the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board state agency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.906
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.890 - 541.969
Hist.: OWEB 4-2004, f. 11-2-04, cert. ef. 2-1-05; OWEB 3-2008, f. 11-14-08, cert. ef. 1-1-09
Application Requirements
(1) Applications must be submitted on the most current form prescribed by the Board. Current applications are available on the OWEB website. An explanation must accompany the application if any of the information required on the application cannot be provided. In addition to the information required in the application, and the required attachments, an applicant may submit additional information that will aid the Board in evaluating the project.
(2) All applicants for Board grants shall supply the following information:
(a) Names, physical and email addresses, fax and telephone numbers of the applicant contact person(s) and the fiscal officer(s);
(b) Name and address of involved landowner(s);
(c) The name and location of the proposed project. The location shall be described in reference to the public land survey, latitude and longitude using decimal degrees, North American Datum 1983, county, watershed, and stream mile, if appropriate;
(d) Estimated line item budget for the project using the most current budget form prescribed by the Board. Current budget forms are available on the OWEB website;
(e) Identification of specific project elements for which Board funds will be used;
(f) A list of any non-Board funds, services or materials available or secured for the project and any conditions which may affect the completion of the project;
(g) If the project is part of a multi-year project, and a new funding request continues a previously Board-funded activity, a description of the previous project accomplishments and results as well as an accounting of past expenditures and revenues for the project;
(h) Identification of volunteers and partners and the contribution they will make to the project;
(i) A project schedule including times of project beginning and completion; and
(j) Any information requested that is necessary to evaluate the project based on the evaluation criteria for that project type.
(3) All applicants shall demonstrate at least 25% match is being sought, on a form prescribed by the Board, based on the total Board grant request, at the time of application.
(4) All applications that involve physical changes or monitoring on private land must include certification from the applicant that the applicant has informed all landowners involved of the existence of the application and has also advised all landowners that all monitoring information obtained on their property is public record. If contact with all landowner was not possible at the time of application, explain why.
(5) Fiscal administration costs, which may include accounting, auditing, contract management and fiscal reporting expenses for the project, for a grant awarded by the Board may not exceed 10% of the total Board funds expended for the project.
(6) Applications will be considered complete as submitted. Clarification of information may be sought from the applicant during the evaluation process but additional, new information will not be accepted after the application deadline.
(7) Applicants are encouraged to submit requests for up to $10,000 for watershed restoration projects to the Small Grant Team in their Small Grant Area, unless the project is not eligible for funding under the Small Grant Program or the Small Grant Program has no funds available at the time of application. Applicants may not submit the same proposal to both the Board and the Small Grant Team.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.906
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.890 - 541.969
Hist.: OWEB 4-2004, f. 11-2-04, cert. ef. 2-1-05; OWEB 3-2008, f. 11-14-08, cert. ef. 1-1-09
Application Processing
(1) The Board shall announce deadlines for submitting applications, except for the Small Grant Program.
(2) Project applications will be reviewed based on application completeness and the evaluation criteria adopted by the Board for each grant type in these rules.
(3) A regular grant applicant may be any person, tribe, watershed council, soil and water conservation district, not-for-profit institution, school, community college, state institution of higher education, independent not-for-profit institution of higher education, or political subdivision of this state that is not a state agency. A state agency or federal agency may apply for funding under this section only as a co-applicant with one of the other eligible entities. Any of these applicants or co-applicants may also serve as a fiscal agent for grants.
(4) The Board may require additional information to aid in evaluating and considering a proposed watershed project.
(5) The Board may use a regional review team or other technical team to review grant applications and make funding recommendations to the staff or Board.
(6) The Board may rank projects in selecting projects for funding.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.906
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.890 - 541.969
Hist.: OWEB 4-2004, f. 11-2-04, cert. ef. 2-1-05
Grant Agreement Conditions
(1) The Board will enter into new agreements or amendments to existing agreements for time extensions and award amounts with prior Grantees only if all reporting obligations under earlier agreements have been met.
(2) If the grant agreement has not been fully executed by all the parties within one year of Board approval, funding shall be terminated. The money allocated to the grant shall be available for reallocation by the Board.
(3) The Director shall establish grant agreement conditions for each grant type. Grantees shall comply with all grant agreement conditions.
(4) The Grantee shall comply with all federal, state and local laws and ordinances applicable to the work to be done under the agreement.
(5) All project activities must demonstrate, to the extent possible, consistency with local community workforce and economic development plans and policies.
(6) Following project completion, equipment purchased with Board funds shall reside with any of the following: watershed council, soil and water conservation district, tribe, local government, state agency, institution of higher learning, or a school district. These entities will make the equipment available to others at no cost, other than nominal operation and maintenance costs.
(7) Upon notice to the Grantee in writing, the Director may terminate funding for projects not completed in the prescribed time and manner. The money allocated to the project but not used will be available for reallocation by the Board.
(8) The Grantee will account for funds distributed by the Board, using project expense forms provided.
(9) The Grantee will obtain the necessary permits and licenses from local, state or federal agencies or governing bodies and provide a copy to the Board.
(10) The Board may place additional conditions in the Grant Agreement as necessary to carry out the purpose of the watershed enhancement program. Such conditions may include:
(a) A commitment by the landowner for continued access for monitoring the project after completion;
(b) A commitment by the Grantee to maintain the project for a period of time as deemed appropriate by the Board;
(c) A commitment to supply future reports on the project as required;
(d) Such other conditions as the Board deems appropriate to the particular circumstances of the project.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.906
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.890 - 541.969
Hist.: OWEB 4-2004, f. 11-2-04, cert. ef. 2-1-05; OWEB 3-2008, f. 11-14-08, cert. ef. 1-1-09
Distribution of Funds
(1) The Board will not reimburse the Grantee for any expenditures incurred prior to the signing of the grant agreement by all parties, except for fees charged by an affected city or county for processing the required Land Use Information Sheet.
(2) The Director may withhold payments to a Grantee in a situation where there are significant and persistent difficulties with satisfying Board requirements.
(3) Prior to disbursement of Board funds, the Grantee must provide proof that the 25% required match, based on the total Board award, has been secured.
(4) Prior to disbursement of Board funds for projects involving private lands, the Board must receive certification from the Grantee that they will obtain, prior to expending Board funds on a property, a cooperative agreement from the landowner that, at a minimum, includes:
(a) Permission to access the private land, at times agreeable to the landowner, to implement the project, inspect the project, track the status of the project, or perform repairs or maintenance;
(b) Permission for the Board or its representatives to access the private land for inspection and evaluation of the project; and
(c) Identification of the party responsible for repairs and maintenance of the project.
(5) Funds shall not be disbursed until the Board receives satisfactory evidence that necessary permits and licenses have been granted and documents required by the Board have been submitted.
(6) Funds will be released upon presentation of a completed fund release request form accompanied by receipts or invoices, and proof of completion of specific work elements of the project as identified in the Grant Agreement.
(7) Advance funds may be released upon presentation of a detailed estimate of expenses for up to 120 days. Within 120 days of the date of the advance check, receipts or invoices for the advance must be submitted, a justification to extend the advance must be approved, or the unexpended advance funds must be returned to the Board. Additional funds will not be released until receipts for expenditures of previous fund releases are submitted, or an estimate of expenditures is approved by the Director.
(8) The Board shall retain ten percent of project funds until the final report, as required in the grant agreement, has been approved. Final reports are due within 60 days of project completion. Any unexpended Board funds must be returned to the Board with the final report. Upon receipt of the final report, the Board shall have 90 days to approve the completed report or notify the Grantee of any concerns that must be addressed or missing information that must be submitted before the report is considered complete and reviewed for approval. Once the final report has been approved the final payment shall be promptly processed.
(9) All Grantees shall account for at least 25% in actual match, on a form prescribed by the Board, based on the total Board grant expenditures, upon project conclusion and final reporting.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.906
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.890 - 541.969
Hist.: OWEB 4-2004, f. 11-2-04, cert. ef. 2-1-05; OWEB 3-2008, f. 11-14-08, cert. ef. 1-1-09
Waiver of Rules
The Director may waive the requirements of division 5, unless they are required by statute, for individual grants, when doing so will result in more efficient or effective implementation of the Board's grant program. Any waiver granted shall be in writing and included in the permanent file of the individual grant for which the waiver was granted.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.906
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.890 - 541.969
Hist.: OWEB 4-2004, f. 11-2-04, cert. ef. 2-1-05; OWEB 3-2008, f. 11-14-08, cert. ef. 1-1-09
Periodic Rules Review and Program Evaluation
The Board shall review the grant program and rules at least once every five years and make changes as needed to carry out a high quality and effective program.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.906
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.890 - 541.969
Hist.: OWEB 4-2004, f. 11-2-04, cert. ef. 2-1-05
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Photos! Elin Nordegren Goes House Hunting While Tiger's $54 Million Bachelor Pad Gets A Makeover!
Tiger & Elin are keeping their homes close together to make their shared custody easier.
Now that Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren's divorce has been finalized, the exes are moving on — and moving out! RadarOnline.com reports that while Tiger wasted no time shelling out $54.5 million for his Jupiter Island home, Elin has yet to find her new dream house. She spent Labor Day weekend searching for new digs in Florida, and a friend tells the site she did it with a smile on her face. "She's much happier," Elin's pal says. "The divorce being finalized is obviously helping her get back to herself."
Elin reportedly went looking for homes with her and Tiger's two children — Sam, 3, and Charlie, 1 — in South Florida. Before checking out homes Saturday, Elin dropped the kiddies off with Tiger's mom Friday night so she could catch up with friends.
"She had a fun weekend," a friend of Elin's says. "[She] was really able to relax more than she has in a long time."
Sources close to Elin say she plans on keeping Sam and Charlie's nannies and would also like to find a home with a guest house, or guest wing, for her mother-in-law.
Meanwhile, far away from Tiger and Elin's potential Florida homes, Tiger's #1 mistress Rachel Uchitel recently plunked down $2 million (of Tiger's money) on a swanky new apartment in New York City.


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After I turned one year's old I started my training to be a therapy dog had started, my mom said I was good at this work, by the time I turned two I was certified as my mommas therapy dog I was happy. By four years old I was found to be the best therapy dog in Ohio, three beautiful months latter I had four beautiful pups two sons Gizmo, and pigglet sadly he passed away two days after birth, I also had two daughters Marie, and Stella Luna. As soon as they could learn thinks I and my human tought them how to be a service dog, all my pups but one past the final test when they where four months old, my son gizmo went to a boy down the street who had sistic fibrosis, my daughter Marie went to a paraplegic as a companion animal, my Stella went to a older lady because she dident pass the therapy and service dog test.
Now my age has coght up to me, my hips are getting bad and I have a few teeth left, but the only thing that is important to me is who will care for my mother, so we got a shit-tuz and Peekagnse mix puppy to train to be her new companion dog.
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Tolling, HOV eyed as part of Fairfax County Parkway study
From new interchanges to toll lanes to bus rapid transit, Fairfax County leaders want the state to study potential solutions to traffic congestion on two major county roads.
The Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday to launch a detailed analysis of traffic relief options on the Fairfax County and Franconia-Springfield parkways. First, the board will ask the Virginia Department of Transportation to tackle the $1.5 million job, and if it refuses, the county will pay for the work itself.
The study would cover the Fairfax County Parkway from Route 7 to Route 1, and the Franconia-Springfield Parkway to Beulah Street.
It would identify short-term, low-cost solutions and long-term, "cost-effective" mitigation measures, such as managed high-occupancy-vehicle lanes, advanced traffic management, congestion pricing or tolling, new interchanges and enhanced public transportation, such as bus rapid transit.
"The corridor study is everything, plus the kitchen sink," said Supervisor Jeff McKay, D-Lee, who chairs the board's transportation committee. "We're asking if VDOT will do the study and pay for it. If they choose not to, we believe it's important enough to transportation in the county that we'll move ahead and pay for it."
The Fairfax County Parkway, McKay said, was originally envisioned as a highway with no traffic signals and grade separated interchanges. But money was tight in the late 1980s, when construction started, and the design was pared back to include at-grade intersections.
Not surprisingly, McKay said, the worst parkway bottlenecks are found at the traffic signals.
The first parkway segment opened in 1987. The final piece did not open until 2012.
Fairfax County, like all Northern Virginia jurisdictions, will benefit from the transportation funding bill adopted by the General Assembly in February. The tax hikes that took effect July 1 will deliver Fairfax an estimated $159 million for road and transit projects this fiscal year — $47.6 million of which will flow directly to the county, and $111 million through the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority.
The parkway study, McKay said, will tee-up the highways for state and NVTA assistance.
While the study's proposed scope of work includes tolling, McKay said the board has endorsed no concept and, likely, supervisors wouldn't have the appetite for charging commuters to drive either parkway.
But every option, the supervisor said, should at least be analyzed for its potential to reduce congestion.
The growing demand for the both parkways' limited capacity "necessitates that we collectively take a fresh look at the role the parkways play in the county and region's transportation system, how capacity constraints could be reduced, and how high-occupancy toll/high-occupancy vehicle lanes or transit can make a substantial difference for the future," according to a draft of the letter that will be delivered to Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sean Connaughton, requesting the study.
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Finishing my basement
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Hello all,
I have recently started to finish my basement and am almost done framing the walls and soffets. I have a few questions and want to make sure I am taking the best approach to what I have left to do.
For some background, I live in the Chicago area in an 8 year old house. The basement is half below grade. There is about a 52 inch concrete foundation wall around the exterior. For the year and a half that we have been in the house, I have noticed absolutely zero moisture in the basement and the sump pump rarely runs even during heavy storms.
I have framed the walls using treated base plates and have spaced them about 2 inches away from the foundation wall. I used standard 2x4 studs at 16" on center. I will be drywalling the ceiling using 2x2 furring strips attached to the joists leaving access panels for water/gas valves, junction boxes, drain clean-outs, etc.
As far as questions, I have a few.
1) Do I need to use rigid foam insulation against the concrete foundation walls? If so, what thickness should I use? I plan on using at least r-19 faced bat insulation between the studs and in addition to the rigid foam.
2) Should I attach the furring strips paralell or perpendicular to the floor joists? Also, I want to reduce the noise from upstairs as much as possible since it is a wood floor and quite noisy in the basement. Should I use the same r-19 bat insulation between the joists in the ceiling? I know this probably won't serve as insulation since both floors will have similar temperatures. Will the bats help with the noise from above or is it a waste of time and money?
3) Lastly, I plan on carpeting the floor. We are expecting our first child in about 6 months and would like a carpeted area for the baby. What kind of underlayment do I need to use against the concrete slab?
Thanks for you help in advance! I have attached a couple pictures to help explain what I have discussed.
Go back and look at the top of the page for the word "search". There's has to be a couple hundred post all about basements that should ansewer your questions.
I realize there have probably been posts that would answer my questions and I am familiar with the "search" function of a website. I posted the questions in hopes of getting responses that were personalized to my specific situation. That is why I took the time to take pictures and clearly explain. If you choose not to provide some insight on my situation, that is fine. Just don't tell me to search through thousands of posts to try and find a situation similar to mine. I know there are members of this site who actually enjoy sharing their knowledge and helping others with their lack there of.
Thanks again!
For the most part I am not familiar with the insulation for your project, or else I would be glad to help. I do however know that for your carpet you will just need a standard carpet pad. It looks like your project is coming along pretty well. Their are many people on here that will be glad to help.
1. i wouldnt worry about ridgid foam. i would put insulation and vapour barrier in and tape it in with the existing and leave your insulation about 12" up from the floor. i know here in ontario canada that the frost goes down 4' below grade and insulation really doesn't matter below that.
2. i would run your furring strips perpendicular to your floor joists. it looks like you have a lot going on and i would consider putting in a drop ceiling. you can access everything and if you do have a water problem you only need to replace a couple tiles.
3. people usually put a thick under pad glued to the concrete then carpet. i'd install dricore floor first then pad and carpet. yes your basement is dry now and your pump rarely runs but when you actually need it the thing might die. or a foundation problem, sewer back up,etc, etc. your carpet wont be destroyed, none of your contents will be damaged and i see you already have shelving down there that cant be cheap.
some on here dont agree with dricore because its osb but it is a good inch off of the ground and if you do have water problems that will touch the osb then thats the least of your concerns. it will save all of your contents. i've been in basements with 6" of sewage on the floor and the osb swells and it floats! saving most of your stuff only some items right up against the wall getting affected. basements are below grade and below everything else. crap always flows down its not if bu when there will be a problem. it may be tomorrow it may be 30 years from now so you better be safe then sorry.
I'd use foam board below grade, tight to the concrete. 3' below grade the temperature is more stable but the soil usually has more moisture in it than is present inside- so the moisture drive is toward the inside most of the year, pp 6: http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...lation-systems
No faced insulation or poly sheeting to be safer, as that link brought out. 2" thick f.b. is best for your location, similar to MN: http://www.buildingfoundation.umn.ed...timum-main.htm
Wetness on the wall may be dissipating/evaporating as fast as it forms due to basement air currents, with the walls exposed. Is there a vapor barrier on exterior? Did you try any moisture test in various locations? Foamboard with ply (Fig.15) over it is another way, or Delta FL; http://www.cosella-dorken.com/bvf-ca...roducts/fl.php
Thank you for all of the input, it has been very informative!
I have put a lot of thought into a drywalled ceiling vs. a drop ceiling. I think for the most part the benefits to the drywalled ceiling outweigh the costs. One deciding factor has been the windows. As you might be able to tell from the pictres, the top of the windows are only about three inches from the bottom of the joists. If I use a drop ceiling I would need to figure out something to else to do in front of the windows. I'm sure this would not be an issue for an experienced contractor, I just haven't been able to come up with a feasible solution. I also love the fact that the basement is only half below grade and that the windows are exposed and not in wells. I feel as though I need to take advantage of this opportunity to make the basement look and feel the same as any other room in the house. I think the biggest thing that would take away from that would be a drop ceiling. Additionally, the drywalled approach seems to be about 1/3 as expensive as a drop ceiling while increasing resale value. I realize there will probably be future problems above the drywall and at that time I will probably regret doing it this way. At least I will know how to drywall and ripping it out and replacing it with be nothing compared to doing the whole basement.
I am not concerned with flooding from a backed up sewage system as there is not an open sewage line (toilet or drain) in the basement. I have an injection pit that is only being used as a sump pit which drains outside the house and directly into a city sewer. I also have a battery backup system on the sump pump with an alarm in case of outages or a malfunction. From what I can tell, the only moisture I have to worry about now is what could potentiall come in from the foundation through cracks or condensation.
I did try a moisture test on the walls prior to closing on the house. The house was a foreclosure so I had ample opportunity to do these tests without the homeowner being in the way. I taped a 36x36 piece of plastic against the foundation wall and left it for about a week. It was during the spring so I don't know if the results would be the same for the other seasons but there was not any moisture on the inside of the plastic. I would assume there is a vapor barrier on the exterior of the foundation but to be honest I have not looked into it.
Thanks for all of your help everyone! I envy those of you who do this for a living as I have found great enjoyment in it! I will try to take pictures and update with my progress. I welcome any input/suggestions/criticism that you might have.
Thanks again!
just keep in mind of all the possible issues that can happen and build so if something does happen it will just be minor and not a major loss.
i forgot to add in for your sound proofing! i would put batts of roxul safe&sound between the joists. it has no real R value but stops sound and resists fires so if theres a fire in the basement it'll take a long time to get upstairs or a fire upstairs going down to the basement. i would also install solid core doors and not sure if theres a door at the top of the stairs but i'd replace it with a solid core also. this wont make it sound proof but it will cut down a lot on sound and a great addition in the event of a fire.
Can someone provide some clariity for me on an electrical requirements issue? The county that I live in has adopted the National Electric Code 2005 Edition. I have run conduit and have purchased and started to run the wiring. However, I am getting conflicting information about what is required for the wire. I bought 14/2 NM-B and have started to run it throught the conduit. Here is a link to the wire that I bought.
I am being told that I cannot run this wire through conduit and that I need to use a THHN wire. It seems to me that running romex through conduit is going above and beyond what the code requires.
Thanks for any helo you can provide.
To mitigate sound transmission see the following USG publication. There is a lot there but look for wood frame ceiling/floor assemblies.
A personal opinion on the ceiling material; if you use gypsum board on the ceiling a finished basement looks less like a finished basement and more like an above grade finished floor. Sooner or later there will be water staining on the ceiling but as long as you know what you are in for you can deal with it when it occurs. good luck, it should add some nice living space.
My understanding of NEC is that you can put romex in conduit, you may not use romex in wet locations. Confirm with your electrical inspector and also think about what equipment you will be using in the basement, perhaps you may want some 20 amp circuits, 12 awg.
Can anyone help me with another question?
I am getting ready to add the 2x2 furring strips to the ceiling of my basement. In regards to the ceiling, I have broken the basement into 3 sections. In 2 of the 3 sections, adding 2x2 strips perpendicular to the joists will give me enough room to clear the conduit that is attched to the joists. However, in the larger section which is seen in the pictures, there are some section of couduit that are stacked. There is also a gas line that is attached to the joists. One level of 2x2 furring will not give me enough clearance. I thought about adding a first row of strips paralell to the joists and attaching a second layer of strips perpendicular to them. This would give me 3 inches of total furring and enough clearance for the conduit and gas line.
Does anyone see a problem with this approach?
Thanks for your help!
Did you finish this yet? How is it coming? Every thought of spray foam? You can buy it pretty cheap and DIY it!
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Hello all,
I just wanted to give an update on my basement project. I am currently painting and carpeting is going in within the week.
Thanks for all of your help!
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