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Clarifying the Application of Guidance for Common Operational Picture Development Would Strengthen Program
GAO-13-321: Published: Apr 25, 2013. Publicly Released: May 28, 2013.
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What GAO Found
The U.S. Coast Guard, a component of the Department of Homeland Security, has made progress in developing its Common Operational Picture (COP) by increasing the information in the COP and increasing user access to this information, but the Coast Guard has also faced challenges in developing COP-related systems. The Coast Guard has made progress by adding internal and external data sources that allow for better maritime domain awareness--the effective understanding of anything associated with the global maritime domain that could affect the United States. In addition, the COP has made information from these sources available to more COP users and decision makers throughout the Coast Guard. However, the Coast Guard has also experienced challenges in meeting the COP's goals and implementing systems to display and share COP information. For example, it experienced challenges when it deployed its Enterprise Geographic Information System (EGIS), a tool that did not meet user needs. The challenges Coast Guard personnel experienced with EGIS included system slowness and displays of inaccurate information. Our prior work found similar challenges with other Coast Guard COP-related systems not meeting intended objectives. For example, in February 2012, GAO reported that the intended information-sharing capabilities of the Coast Guard's WatchKeeper software, a major part of the $74 million Interagency Operations Center project, did not meet port partners' needs, in part, because the agency failed to determine these needs.
The Coast Guard has not followed its own information technology development guidance when developing new technology. A recent example occurred in 2012 when the agency did not follow its System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) guidance during its initial development of Coast Guard One View (CG1V), its new planned COP viewer. The SDLC requires documents to be completed during specific phases of product development. The Coast Guard, however, did not follow this process during the early development of CG1V. Specifically, we found in February 2013, 9 months after CG1V had entered into the SDLC that the Coast Guard either had not created certain required documents or had created them outside of the sequence prescribed by the SDLC. For example, the SDLC-required tailoring plan is to provide a clear and concise listing of SDLC process requirements throughout the entire system lifecycle, and facilitates the documentation of calculated deviations from standard SDLC activities, products, roles, and responsibilities from the outset of the project. Though the SDLC clearly states that the tailoring plan is a key first step in the SDLC, for CG1V it was not written until after documents required in the second phase were completed. Coast Guard officials stated that this late completion of the tailoring plan occurred because the Coast Guard's Chief Information Officer had allowed the project to start in the second phase of the SDLC because they believed it was a proven concept. Without key phase one documents, the Coast Guard may have dedicated resources without knowing project costs. In October 2012, Coast Guard officials acknowledged the importance of following the SDLC process and stated their intent to complete the SDLC-required documents. Clarifying the application of the SDLC to new technology development would better position the Coast Guard to maximize the usefulness of the COP.
Why GAO Did This Study
To facilitate its mission effectiveness and share maritime situational awareness, the Coast Guard developed its COP--a map-based information system shared among its commands. The COP displays vessels, information about those vessels, and the environment surrounding them on interactive digital maps. COP information is shared via computer networks throughout the Coast Guard to assist with operational decisions.
GAO was requested to evaluate the Coast Guard's development of COP-related systems. GAO assessed the extent to which the Coast Guard (1) has made progress in making information included in the COP available to users and any challenges it has encountered in implementing COP-related systems, and (2) followed its approved information technology development guidance when developing new technology.
GAO conducted site visits to six Coast Guard sector commands and five district command centers, based on geography to engage a broad range of COP users, analyzed Coast Guard policies and documents, and interviewed Coast Guard headquarters officials managing the COP's development and implementation.
What GAO Recommends
GAO recommends that the Coast Guard clarify the application of the SDLC for the development of future technology projects. DHS concurred with our recommendation.
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Recommendation for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In July 2014, and in response to our recommendation, the U.S. Coast Guard provided GAO with a relevant section of its updated Coast Guard Acquisition Procedures (CGAP). We reviewed this submission and found that it reinforces that contracting officers are required to use the Coast Guard's System Development Life Cycle for all procurements of information technology. Because the Coast Guard issued this requirement we are closing the recommendation as implemented.
Recommendation: To better ensure that the Coast Guard follows the SDLC as required, the Commandant of the Coast Guard should direct the Coast Guard Chief Information Officer to issue guidance clarifying the application of the SDLC for the development of future projects.
Agency Affected: Department of Homeland Security: United States Coast Guard
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A Detroit Public Schools teacher fired after she used a broomstick to try to break up a violent fight between two teenage boys is being allowed to return to the classroom.
Education Achievement Authority spokesperson Chrystal Wilson said after further review of the April 30 incident at Pershing High School, the EAA has decided to reinstate Tiffani Eaton as a teacher.
Wilson said Eaton will receive retroactive pay from the date of her dismissal and will have the option of being assigned to another school within the district, if she chooses.
Eaton, who was hired in January, was fired earlier this month for apparently violating the corporal punishment provision under the Michigan school code by striking a child with a broom.
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My husband and I have been in the acting business all our lives, and although we've just been able to make a living, we know how hard it can be. Now our only daughter, who is 18, wants to follow in our footsteps and we're desperate to discourage her. The truth is that she's not very good and there's no chance she'll be able to make any headway. And long periods of "rest" wouldn't suit her. When we suggest that it might not be the right thing for her to do, she says that we followed our hearts, so why can't she? Is there any way we can get her to change her mind?
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I wonder what happened to you and your husband when you told your parents that you wanted to go into acting? Was there a general celebration, or did they hang on to their hats and advise caution? Because there is hardly a parent in the world, I would imagine, whose hearts wouldn't sink slightly if their children said they wanted to take up acting as a career.
It's an extremely precarious business, and acting talent is only one of the skills needed to get anywhere. You need to know how to butter up the right people, how to make the right friends, to work incredibly hard doing rubbish parts – and doing them willingly, efficiently and as well as you can – for very little money to start with. You need to be proactive – take a show to Edinburgh for example, or push your way into a local theatre company – and extremely good with people. A little bit of ruthlessness doesn't do any harm, either.
So, rather than either agree or disagree with her chosen career, couldn't you suggest that your daughter took a stage-related course, such as theatre or stage management, or even looked into the technical side? She would be able to get a lot of experience at the university theatre at the same time as getting some proper skills that might hold her in good stead on the occasions when the acting profession failed her. The great thing about acting is that it is, like writing, something you can learn on the job – and whether acting courses (any more than creative writing courses) are actually worth taking three years to go through is certainly debatable.
Your daughter is pretty young – so there is plenty of time for her to have a go at acting and then, if it doesn't work out, call it a day. Why not give her a year to have a go at it, with your blessing, and see how she does? One thing good about you both being actors is that it's not just the pitfalls you can advise her about. You can give her positive advice, too – on how to behave at auditions, how to impress an audience or a director and so on.
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We have had a similar experience with our daughter (now 28) who wants to be a writer. When she is able to write, she is transformed. But because we kept telling her that she should have a day job to earn a living, so she could be independent, she tried for six months doing a job suited to her skill set, but which was essentially office-based. By the end of that time, she confessed that she felt the life blood was being drained out of her and she was completely dead inside. She said she would prefer to be poor and follow her heart. So now she lives at home, earns peanuts teaching a few hours a week, but has the time to think and be creative and is a new person.
I know of two other young aspiring actresses, one of whom has gone into drama for therapy and community projects, and the other who is working in the theatre in other roles beside acting. So there are other avenues besides the stage for those who have the motivation and love of theatre but not the necessary skills. Perhaps it's not so much necessary to change your daughter's mind as to help her think creatively about how else she can use her passion for acting.
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Pressure from you will either harden her resolve, or lead to resentment in later life. Please let her follow her heart.
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I remember the disapproval and lack of enthusiasm I faced when I decided I wanted to go to music college. I wasn't all that good when I auditioned, but they must have seen something in me, and I was given a place. I worked hard and went on to have a successful career as an orchestral player.
The first hurdle your daughter will face is the audition. If she really isn't any good, she won't get in anywhere. That will allow her to discover for herself that acting isn't the career for her. Who knows – she may suddenly blossom and find her niche. If she doesn't act, she might become a producer, set designer or other associated career. Whatever the outcome, she needs to discover it for herself. If you try to stop her, she'll blame you for the rest of her life for what might have been.
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The US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) produced their guidance for industry on tablet scoring in March 2013 to ensure that tablet scoring (breakmarks or breaklines) on generic tablets would enable them to be split in the same effective way as their reference listed products (RLD). These breakmarks on tablets were originally developed to allow tablets to be split into two or four equal parts to help the ingestion of large tablets or to allow a reduction in dose, e.g. for children or the elderly. However, some generic drugs have included breakmarks just so that they look like the RLD without the breakmarks being functional. Thus, the FDA desired consistent scoring between a generic product and its RLD. There is also the problem of insurance comp – anies and doctors increasingly recommending that patients split high dosage tablets and take those halves or quarters to save money on their medicines bills. It is interesting that the FDA considers that tablet splitting is manufacturing under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and therefore establishments that do this must register with the FDA and comply with Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP). However, this would not apply to a pharmacy dispensing a prescription for individually identified patients.
Hot topics in rapid methods: revisions to validation guidance and real-time environmental monitoring
Issue 6 2012, Microbiology / RMMs / 18 December 2012 / Michael J. Miller, President, Microbiology Consultants, LLC
This is the sixth and final paper in our continuing series on Rapid Microbiological Methods (RMM) that have appeared in European Pharmaceutical Review during 2012. As many of you already know, I am keen on staying on top of recent developments in the world of rapid methods, and have used my own blog (http://blog.rapidmicromethods.com) to communicate technology advances and changes to regulatory and validation practices and expectations. In my final article of the year, I am providing an overview of two very interesting topics that have sparked additional discussions within the professional community: the proposed changes to USP's informational chapter on the validation of alternative microbiological methods and real-time environmental monitoring.
Revision to USP Chapter <1223>: Method validation is the process used to confirm that an analytical procedure employed for a specific test is reliable, reproducible and suitable for its intended purpose. All analytical methods need to be validated prior to their introduction into routine use, and this is especially true for novel technology platforms such as RMMs.
Because many RMM technologies consist of a combination of instrumentation, software, consumables and reagents, in addition to specific detection, quantitative or identification methodologies, it is important to develop a comprehensive and holistic approach to the validation process to ensure that the entire RMM system is suitable for its intended use.
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This is the sixth and final paper in a series of articles on rapid microbiological methods that have appeared in European Pharmaceutical Review during 2010. Over the past year, we have explored the world of rapid microbiological methods (RMMs), focusing on validation strategies, regulatory expectations, and the technical and quality benefits of these novel systems as compared with conventional techniques. It should be obvious by now that RMMs will significantly impact the future of microbiology within the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. But don't just take my word for it.


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By Wyndhamfan
Summary: Set right after the season finale What you see is what you see. Spoilers for thatand On The Job, Tanglewood and more.It's been a bad few weeks for Danny Messer. It's about to get worse when he suddenly falls seriously ill.
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Messer or any of the characters in the fabulous show CSI: New York. I'm writing this fanfic for entertainment purposes only and am not earning a cent from it.
Chapter 1
Seriously, he shouldn't have gone in. He should've just pretended that he didn't care, but he wanted to know so badly that his feet were walking before he could stop them. And he found himself in Mac's office, eventually asking the question:
"Me and you. We good?"
It seemed as if a long silence stretched between the two of them before the former Marine answered: "We'll see."
Danny supposed that was good an answer as any. Better than the stony silence that Mac had given him the last time they had a "talk" in his office. Back then, Mac's lack of response towards the end had hit him like a sack of bricks in his gut. This time …well, he'll just have to live with it. At least there is some hope that they're gonna be okay.
As he walked out of Mac's office, he tried to suppress a shiver than ran through his body. He cast a furtive glance towards Aiden and heaved a sigh of relief when he realized that she was so busy with the reports on her desk that she hadn't noticed his little moment of weakness.
Bad enough that she was nagging him about the psych evaluation. He didn't need her to nag him about a simple cold now.
On his way out of the exit, Danny shrugged on his coat, cursing the persistent cold that had nagged him for almost a week now. It wasn't bad. He could just ignore it – had ignored countless of colds before that, so he had good practice. But it got in the way of his concentration at a time when he needed it most.
And it chose to attack him at the best time too – just a few days after the disastrous IAB investigation on his role in the cop shooting.
He got into his car and promised himself that he'd spend the weekend sleeping. Suppressing yet another shudder, Danny muttered to himself: "Better than facing Hillborn on Monday." He pictured Chief Dwight Hillborn's sour face and grimaced.
It was as if the IAB, annoyed that they couldn't bring any solid charges against him, wanted to make his life as difficult as possible on his way out of their investigation. It didn't matter that he'd already earn a permanent black mark in his record and that he was off the promotion grid – you just don't shoot one of your own.
And he didn't have any doubt that they'd be interested in the results of the psych evaluation.
Thinking about the whole cop-shooting affair and the impending "formality" with the IAB soured his mood so much that by the time he reached his apartment, he was grumpy enough not to greet Mrs Ecklemen knitting at her usual spot in the lounge area. But Shannon, his next door neighbour, was harder to ignore.
"You okay, today?" she asked as he inserted his key into the door to his apartment. She gave him a bright smile and brushed a lock of blonde hair away from her face.
Shannon didn't know about the cop shooting. Just knew that he had a hard time at work the past few weeks.
He wanted to brush her off with a curt, "Fine", but Shannon had this ability to make him smile – just like Aiden did, actually – no matter the situation.
He gave her a wry smile. "As good as it can be," he said vaguely.
"That bad, huh?"
He gave her a weak smile.
"Well, you know what? Sandy says thanks for not reporting Rocky last week," she threw him another dazzling smile as she leaned against the doorjamb. Sometimes it mystified him why a gorgeous blonde bombshell like Shannon would be throwing him smiles like that. Not that he complained.
Sandy, by the way, was her cousin from Iowa, who tried to smuggle her mutt Rocky into the apartment two weeks ago. They would've been successful if not for him suddenly stepping out to the corridor while they were opening the door. Instead of reporting them in, he'd given Rocky an ear scratch – which made promptly made the mutt his slave.
"Sure thing. If you tell me, the super's being an ass with the ban on pets," he said.
"Yeah, you're telling me. I mean, Rocky was such a sweetie. Not even a single bark."
Not one who excelled in small talk, he ran out of ideas for topics fast. "Uh, so …" he gestured awkwardly towards his door.
"Oh, right!" Shannon smiled sheepishly. "I'll see ya." She gave him a last smile before slipping into her apartment.
Danny closed the door to his apartment behind him and muttered, "Danny, you schmuck. When are you going to ask her out already?"
As he walked into his simple one bedroom apartment, he shrugged off his coat, tossed it one side and removed his car keys. That, he tossed on the dining table. With a heavy sigh, he sank into the beat up sofa in the living room and buried his head in his hands.
Damn, he ached. His body felt like a tonne of bricks, and it was hard to maintain a façade of health when he was going around trying to help Mac with the coffee shop shooting case. Then there was the psych eval, which drained him even further. At the end of the day, he wondered how he had the strength to even stand, let alone confront Mac.
"Man, Danny Messer. How you've fucked up," he muttered into his hands.
It could've been much worst, he supposed. They could've foundout just how far he was entangled with the Tanglewood Boys. Not that he's a naive fool who thinks that they'd never find out. He knew that Mac, being the kind of investigator he was, would discover the whole truth one day. He was just buyin' time. Now, they were both dancing around each other. Mac is now suspicious about him while he tried hard to allay Mac's suspicions. And Mac knew that he was being played.
Everything he's worked for … it all comes to nothing. Because it's true what they say – you can't leave the past behind. It comes running after you and when it catches up, it'll never let you go.
Chapter Two
"He's trying … but…" he had sighed and closed Danny's report when Stella had asked him earlier. He pretty much still felt the same way. Danny might be trying, but he's trying for all the wrong reasons.
Maybe he should've listened when Deckman, his former partner, had hinted that Danny was a loose cannon. Watching Danny crucify himself with the cop-shooting case not only frustrated him, it made him remember Deckman's words about the man.
"Maybe you should reconsider, heh?" Deckman said as he wolfed down his hot dog.
Mac frowned. "Danny Messer is a fine Detective, Deckman. And an even better CSI."
"Sure," Deckman replied, not taking his eyes off his meal. "But the guy has secrets."
"Everyone has secrets,' he shot back.
This time, Deckman stared him right in the eye. "But your secrets don't put others in danger, does it?"
After the Tanglewood case, Deckman's words came back to haunt him. Secrets. And Danny seemed to have them. And he was not parting with them anytime soon. He remembered how surprised and disappointed he was when Sonny hinted about Danny's involvement with the Tanglewood Boys. At first he e thought it was just Sonny trying to rattle him. But the more unpredictable got, the more his suspicions grew. He wanted to give Danny the benefit of the doubt, but his behaviour lately had been making that more than impossible.
Deckman must've known more than he had let on. He would've followed up on that after the Tanglewood case if not for the unfortunate fact that Deckman died of a heart attack a month after their earlier conversation.
"Hey, how did that date go?"
He looked up in surprise at Stella, still dressed in her knockout number, standing at the door to his office much like she did a few hours ago.
"What are you doing back at work at this hour?" he asked in surprise. The office was shrouded in darkness except for the light from his computer monitor.
"Could say the same for you," she shot back, giving him her trademark grin. "So? Spill!" she demanded as she seated herself on the seat in front of his table.
He shrugged. "We had a couple of drinks. Dinner …"
Stella nodded. "And you drove back here to do some late night work?" she said, making it sound as if it was the lamest thing he ever did.
"No, I dropped her off first. Then I drove back here to do some late night work."
Stella gave a short laugh and arched an eyebrow. "One step at a time …." She drawled.
"How about your date?" he said in retaliation. It was only fair that she got the same grilling.
She leaned back, crossed her arms and grinned mischievously. "That's P and C."
"Doesn't sound fair," he deadpanned.
She only gave him another grin and her gaze shifted to the opened folder on his table.
"Danny's psych evaluation? You're more concerned than you let on, Detective Mac Taylor," she said, her tone serious.
Mac sighed heavily and rubbed his forehead tiredly.
"Hillborn's not willing to let it go. Danny and I got to meet him on Monday."
"What in the world for?"
"A 'formality'. His words. Hillborn is interested in the psych evaluation. He thinks that Danny is … 'not good for the field'. Probably wants to see if he still has a case."
"No matter what they say about Danny, we know he's a capable CSI. Once the 'formality' is over, it's over." she said hotly, her voice firm.
Mac mulled over what she said, wishing to God that it was true.


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Supernatural x reader (self harm). WARNING: triggers: self harm, suicidal thoughts/ attempts, cursing
(Note, these characters belong to Eric Kripke who created Supernatural and it is a wonderful show)
I was 15 when I made my first cuts. I did it on my thighs, because I was so afraid of cutting a vein and dying. Finally, I just couldn't handle the pain and guilt anymore. I come from a family of hunters, and hunting became my priority at the age of 13. When I was 14, my sister joined the hunting life. We were on a hunt with my dad. He went in the front of the vamps nest, and we were to go behind and fight when they were distracted, my sister was supposed to rescue the human girl they had kidnapped. We ran in as instructed, I began fighting the vamps. What I didn't know... Was that the girl was no longer human. She grabbed my sister and killed her. I should have noticed and stopped it but I was too busy saving my own skin...
Now, I'm 19 years old. I haven't been able to forgive myself since that day. It was my fault she died. My family blamed me, and I blamed myself. That was why I picked up the habit of cutting my thighs. My family kicked me out after 2 years. They couldn't handle seeing me, alive while my little sister was dead. After that I stayed alone for about a year, that is, until Bobby Singer saved my life.
I had picked up solo hunting, and I was taking down a simple ghost. Or so I thought. As it turned out, it was 4 ghosts and I was getting mauled left and right by the spirits. If it hadn't been for Bobby being on the same case and being no more than 2 minutes behind me, I would be dead. After that hunt, he took me in, gave me a place to crash for a few nights. Well, those few nights turned into almost two years. Now, Bobby is gone and the Winchester brothers have taken me on as their burden.
I have been with the Winchester brothers for almost 9 months now, and they still don't know my secret. I hope they never do. I intend to keep my cutting a secret until I die. Or until I move on to a new place. It always inevitably happens.. I'm bad luck. People die around me.
It was a new day. We had just gotten back from a hunt, and the memory was still burned in my mind.
"Y/N! Throw me the gun!" Dean yelled frantically.
I reached for it, it was so close... if I could only reach a few more inches.
"Ahh!" I heard Dean cry out.
"Dean!" Sam yelled, "Y/N, throw the damn gun already!"
I finally grabbed it and threw it to Sam. He shot the werewolf three times in the chest, and ran over to Dean.
"Y/N go to the car and get the first-aid kit" Sam said, placing his hands on Dean to stop the flow of blood.
"Sam I'm sorry" I cried.
"Y/N go! You're not helping, now get the first-aid kit or Dean's blood is on your hands!"
I barely got the kit in time... Dean was okay, but completely knocked out the whole ride back to the motel. He lost a lot of blood.. But he was going to make it.
He shouldn't have been injured... It's all my fault I thought.
"Sam... I-"
"Go to bed Y/N. We have to get the other werewolf tomorrow by ourselves since Dean got hurt. Get some rest."
Sam helped Dean to their room, and they went inside, leaving me alone in the parking lot. I ran into my room, careful to lock and deadbolt the door behind me. That's when the tears and thoughts came.
You're a screw up Y/N. You could have killed Dean. You aren't good enough. You're worthless. Trash. Disappointment.
I yelled in frustration. Enough is enough!
I went in the bathroom and ran the bath. As soon as it was full, I got in. I pulled my familiar blade from the box I kept under my sink. It was the knife my dad had gotten me for my birthday when I was to begin hunting with him. The one time he told me he was proud of me.
I began dragging the blade across my thighs, but the familiar feeling of calmness I got after cutting was absent. I suddenly grew desperate, throwing the blade across my legs, covering them in blood. I decided enough was enough. I placed the cuts on my wrists and arms. Slashing them in jagged cuts. Then, I felt calm spread through me as I lost consciousness... Thank you, God was my last thought before darkness surrounded me.
"Y/N? Y/N!? Can you hear me?" I heard Dean's voice pierce the darkness, as I began waking up.
"Ughhh. Am I dead?" I said. Silence met my remark.
"You were very close to death, yes, but I was able to heal you." I heard Cas say.
I was now completely awake. They had found me... stopped me from what I had done.
"How...?" I mumbled.
"We heard you yell, and tried to check on you..." Sam said quietly.
"You locked us out and we couldn't get in so we got Cas to get you. We though a frickin demon or something got you but it was you! How could you be so stupid Y/N? Why did you do this?" Dean yelled.
That's when the tears flowed again. They all knew my story, but none of them new about my scars. Sam quietly whispered to Dean.
"I'm sorry for yelling, Y/N... Just know... I'm here for you. You're family." Dean said, as he walked out of the room.
"Listen, Y/N" Sam said quietly, "Everything is going to be okay. We're here to help you."
"But I'm such a screw up... I'm going to get one of you killed, everyone near me does eventually. I'm bad luck." I sobbed.
"You aren't a screw up. People mess up on hunts all the time. You are an excellent hunter. You just had an off day. It's okay. Heh, I've probably nearly gotten you killed a couple times too." Sam said. "The point is, we're here to help you. Talk to us if you need anything, don't shut us out. You're family. Hell, even Cas is someone you can talk to."
Cas blankly looked. "Yes, Y/N. You may talk to me too and I will attempt to comfort you and heal you... emotionally. Although I may not be the best at comforting humans."
I smiled a bit. "It's okay Cas."
"Get some sleep Y/N. I'll bring you some food in a bit. What do you want?" Sam asked.
"Can I have some cherry pie?" I softly questioned.
"That's my girl!" I heard Dean yell.
I laughed.
For the first time in a long time... I think I might be okay.


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Everyone's favorite western, Gunsmoke, debuted June 26, 1952, on the CBS radio airwaves, starring William Conrad as Matt Dillon, and ran until June 18, 1961, making it the longest running dramatic series in radio history. While the radio show was still on the air, the television version of Gunsmoke debuted on CBS Television, starring James Arness as Matt Dillon, and ran for 20 years, making it the longest running dramatic television show in history.
This amazing audio collection contains 42 episodes from the fifth radio season, and are the live cast recordings from the original on-air performances. Digitally remastered.
Gunsmoke is a trademark of CBS. Publisher's Note: To maintain the authenticity of these original radio broadcasts, each episode in this collection is presented exactly as it was broadcast on the air, including commercials (some for products which could be advertised at the time, i.e., alcohol and tobacco) as well as promos for upcoming shows on the same radio channel. We have chosen to leave these broadcasts intact to preserve the unique time period in which they were created.
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Well done in sound, voice, and discriptive prose. Good balance of humor and action. Story line maybe a little bit predictable, but just enough change to keep you guessing.
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If you are a fan of Gunsmoke (or) really like old radio programs as I do you will enjoy this listen but you will have to be accepting of the less than perfect audio quality of the recording. Westerns are in there nature really morality plays and usually very predictable and repetitive in their plots .... 'black hats vs white hats' ... 'good vs evil' sort a thing. There is not a lot depth to the stories but the performances of the 4 main actors are very good .....While the the supporting actors performances usually good do suffer from the fact that their voices become so recognizable from previous episodes having played different characters in previous shows.
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The Rural Fire Service says the blaze burned five hectares of bush near homes, which were also threatened by ember attack ahead of the main fire front.
It's understood homes on Yambla Avenue had some ember attack from the rear, but no damage has been reported.
The fire service says more than 50 firefighters were able to contain the fire shortly after 6pm, with the help of two water bombing aircraft.
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A first for Aciitone as we see the release of our first artist album from Belfast native Jonny "Bubba"Smith. "While the City Sleeps" is a fresh sound that draws on many retro influences. BUBBA's debut solo album delivers a selection of well rounded pieces that showcase the many sides of his producing talents, from sunny strings to bumpin basslines, with deeper, drugged out vocal snips and a squechy splosh of acid, its an album offering a fine selection of summertime bombs...
Jonny 'Bubba' Smyth started out as a kid, making music on a keyboard and drum machine in his bedroom in Belfast in the 90's,trying to emulate the techno and house sounds he was hearing at the underground club nights Sugar Sweet and Shake Ya Brain ran by local DJ/Soundtrack legend David Holmes.
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13 Porsche 911 GT3 RS(R) Race Cars to Challenge America's Classic Road Course at Mid-Ohio, Le Mans-Winning Porashe Teams, Drivers are here --The Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, fresh from its win from its GT class win...
13 Porsche 911 GT3 RS(R) Race Cars to Challenge America's Classic Road Course at Mid-Ohio, Le Mans-Winning Porashe Teams, Drivers are here
--The Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, fresh from its win from its GT class win at Le Mans, is at Mid-Ohio to meet the challenge of the defending champions from Alex Job Racing, The Racer's Group Porsches featuring Le Mans winner Patrick Long, and ALMS regulars BAM!, Flying Lizard, J3 Racing, and P.K. Sport.--
LEXINGTON, Ohio -- June 25 -- For some Porsche race teams, it's the fourth race in three weeks, and for others, it's the first race in three month, but for all, it's the first of six races in eight weeks for the 2004 American Le Mans Series starting with this weekend's event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
The most-traveled team in the last several weeks is The Racer's Group, whose cars are headquartered at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., with a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR at Le Mans June 12-13, five Porsche GT3 Cup cars at Indianapolis and a Porsche 911 GT3 RS racer at Watkins Glen last weekend, and two Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs here this weekend.
"Our resources have been spread over several continents," said Buckler, who has stepped aside as an ALMS driver this year in favor of factory driver Patrick Long.
"It's good to have our focus back on the American Le Mans Series, and concentrate of getting Patrick Long and Cort Wagner to the front of the GT pack," said Buckler, who has entered a second car for Jim Matthews and Pierre Ehret. Buckler was a winner at Mid-Ohio two years ago -- the only other time ALMS has run at this track -- when he and B.J. Zacharias drove The Racer's Group car to victory.
On the other side of the travel log is the Tavaras, Florida-based team of Alex Job Racing, which has been home since its one-two finish at Sebring in March with its Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs driven by Sascha Maassen and Timo Bernhard (regular driver Jorg Bergmesiter was ill and could not drive) finishing first, and Marc Lieb/Lucas Luhr/Romain Dumas finishing second.
"We were tired of being in the shop," said Job, whose team has won the ALMS GT championship the last two years.
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Last year's Alex Job Racing championship drivers, Lucas Luhr and Sascha Maassen, are running in the FIA-GT series in Europe for 2004. Bernhard/Bergmeister will be in one car for the rest of the season, while Lieb/Dumas will be in the other.
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In the last decade, media reports of increasingly high number of gelatinous plankton blooms have increased with thousands of tourists stung, fisheries harmed or even impaired by jellyfish that eat fish eggs and larvae, and coastal plants stopped by gelatinous masses. It is clear that a new type of human approach to marine ecosystems is needed to confront phenomena such as jellyfish blooms. Review of Jellyfish Blooms in the Mediterranean and Black Sea provides an updated overview of this phenomenon in the Mediterranean and Black Sea and illustrates how the problem is affecting societies. It reviews current knowledge on gelatinous plankton in the affected region, providing a framework for its inclusion into fisheries science and the management of human activities such as tourism and coastal development. Fact sheets on the most important gelatinous plankters of the Mediterranean and Black Seas are included as an appendix.
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Ross Douthat has the most sensible observation about the recent Rotherham sexual exploitation of children case:
In a somewhat similar way, what happened in Rotherham was rooted both in left-wing multiculturalism and in much more old-fashioned prejudices about race and sex and class. The local bureaucracy was, indeed, too fearful of being labeled "racist," too unwilling, as a former member of Parliament put it, to "rock the multicultural community boat." But the rapes also went unpunished because of racially inflected misogyny among police officers, who seemed to think that white girls exploited by immigrant men were "tarts" who deserved roughly what they got.
The crucial issue in both scandals isn't some problem that's exclusive to traditionalism or progressivism. Rather, it's the protean nature of power and exploitation, and the way that very different forms of willful blindness can combine to frustrate justice.
So instead of looking for ideological vindication in these stories, it's better to draw a general lesson. Show me what a culture values, prizes, puts on a pedestal, and I'll tell you who is likely to get away with rape.
In Catholic Boston or Catholic Ireland, that meant men robed in the vestments of the church.
In Joe Paterno's pigskin-mad Happy Valley, it meant a beloved football coach.
In Hollywood and the wider culture industry — still the great undiscovered country of sexual exploitation, I suspect — it has often meant the famous and talented, from Roman Polanski to the BBC's Jimmy Savile, robed in the authority of their celebrity and art.
And in Rotherham, it meant men whose ethnic and religious background made them seem politically untouchable, and whose victims belonged to a class that both liberal and conservative elements in British society regard with condescension or contempt.
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Graphically very interesting...i like the style but this idea of changing perception didnt help
Quite competent game indeed. I would have benefited from having the ball stop a little faster when landing as the classing move backwards was way too confusing to figure out... could do a tilt + tap version but I would so not get more than max 10 on such controls.
Loved this - controls felt surprisingly natural, which is tricky to do with iso. High score: 221 :)
I really love the visuals and the music. The perspective is really interesting as well and makes it challenging. Really good job!
really good work on the visuals, they're great :D
depth perception is haaard, maybe you could make it more obvious with some kind of beam of light coming down vertically from the player, with an obvious effect for when it's touching the surface?
Awesome. Hard and challenging. Add more orbs like double jump or something.
Really cool game, a bit challenging but fun! I included it in part 16 of my Cyberpunk Jam compilation video series, if you want to check it out :) http://youtu.be/osy0KoJS_BI
Awesome style, loved the lighting effects.The key to surviving is never pressing more than one arrow key at a time. Really cool game.
I'm a really bad gamer I think... but I really like the arts, the ambience is great, nothing to say with the gameplay, it's fun!
I like the atmosphere here. Once I figured out how to use the arrow keys correctly in the isometric view it was then a question of depth perception and figuring out where I'd land. The shadow definitely helps when you try to line that up, but the buildings are still a little hard to discern where they are in relation to each other sometimes.
The game definitely creates that frantic atmosphere where I'm struggling between the decision to try and just jump higher versus getting more powerups to slow the encroaching camera. Great job!
I agree that its incredibly difficult to play, but I really like it. You have such a level of detail in the simple art, it's really cool. Neat concept - simple idea - REALLY frustrating controls!!
My biggest complaint is that nearly every direction key makes you go up or diagonal up, except for the down key. This makes it nearly impossible to properly align yourself to get orbs. If you went too far up, you're basically screwed - esp cause if you miss one orb you're basically screwed.
Anyway, really nice work!
Feel free to rip my control scheme apart!:
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There are so many different types of isometric control schemes. During testing, this setup seemed to work the best (though possibly a bit more confusing to get used to than others). In a future version I will definitely add settings to allow the player to select which type of isometric controls he or she is most comfortable with.
The visual style is really slick, I like it.
I found the frustrating thing about the controls was that I kept expecting up and down keys to move the opposite to left and right - along the diagonal, if that makes sense. It's fun to play, but maybe it could be improved by starting the game off easier, allowing the player to become familiar with the controls, and then increasing the difficulty.
Works on mac, neat game. Very very hard, when you move left or right it moves you forward so you have to counter by pushing down, this is what made it tough for me.
When i tried to move quite quickly the ball goes off screen. Graphics, sounds etc are spot on!
At first I felt that it was much easier to try and go into one direction the whole time as it seemed I could jump over any gap or height of building anyway. And then I didn't have to do corrections on my three dimensional isometric position, but then at times I still seemed to miss some important slowdown orbs to get further.
Current hiscore is 135. Not sure if that's good or not, but still happy that I'm improving.
A difficult game, but maybe not impossible! Great aesthetics and music. Wish I could play for longer. :x
Thought you might want to play Dayglow Empire, if you haven't already. :)
Really amazing! Love the visuals so much. I'd love to see diferente colors on that too, maybe levels? The "weirdness" of the controls gave a special touch to it =)! Really cool!
Really challenging game, the overall look and feel is really unique and very pleasing. I couldn't get very far because I have terrible spatial recognition but I enjoyed what I played!
Controls a pretty tricky. The game has good presentation value.
Looks great , nice lights! It's hard to get used to the controls and the depth perception at the beginning but after a while, it feels pretty good and tense :) Still, it could gain a lot if difficulty was more graduate
What an amazing look and feel! Puzzling at first but fine once used to it. Reminded me a bit of Marble Madness.
There is a building and a ball, but it keeps flashing then maybe restarting? Maybe its not loading fully? Play put some instructions, what am I missing?
It was really difficult at first because it's hard to tell depth and that stuff but once I got the handle of it I couldn't stop playing. It's just a matter of playing it for a few minutes until you understand the movement.
I found it very hard to jump from building to building. Way too many gaps for me!
Thanks for the feedback! The speed seems fine to me (though I have been playing the game for extended periods of time), so perhaps I should add some kind of difficulty setting that adjusts the base speed of the Rise. I do like your idea to make the landing area more apparent – I think just turning up the intensity on the under lighting on the ball might do the trick.
Almost impossible to play, sadly. It's really hard to tell depth / position in an isometric perspective, so there needs to be a constant shadow or something to indicate where you're going to land after a jump.
The screen is also way too fast in the beginning. It should start slow, and slowly ramp up in speed. The powerups barely slow the screen down, and only for a very short time, making the learning curve frustratingly steep.
It's a cool concept though, and with some small refinements I could easily see it being really fun!
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US Cluster Bomb Legacy Costing Lives In Laos
4 August 2014
The Legacy: The Vietnam war's dark legacy is still costing lives in Laos. Meet the brave women trying to clear the bomb fields.
Laos is the most heavily bombed country in the world. In the Vietnam War the US dropped 2 million tonnes of explosives there. Now, a brave band of women are finding and destroying the 'bombies' left behind.
The women walk slowly through the undergrowth, scanning the ground with metal detectors. Given there are up to 80 million unexploded munitions in Laos the women are doing a job that will take more than a lifetime to complete. "I was excited as well as frightened", says 46-year-old Phou Vong, recalling the first time she found a 'bombie'. "I hesitated a bit, but thought I should be glad to see it, because in a sense I was helping my people."
Phou joined the team 3 years ago, after her husband was killed in a road accident. "There was no-one to help me but myself, and I had no money to support my children's education." She now earns $250 a month, that's better than the average wage in Laos. It's a special empowerment programme to give much-needed opportunities to local women. But the de-miners are worried their funding will run out. "We won't be able to clear them all, there are just so many of them." More than four decades after the American campaign ended, undetonated explosives still contaminate forests and fields. And it's Lao civilians who are risking their lives to clean them up.
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In the Asian country Laos millions of balls are scattered throughout the country. They look a bit like tennis balls. So, children pick them up to play with, until the balls explode suddenly.
The balls are remnants of cluster bombs which the US American air force has thrown over the country during the Vietnam War. Between 1964 and 1973, the US threw two billion kilos of bombs – more than half of the total number of bombs dropped during World War II. …
Some 80 million of these US bombs have not exploded and are still somewhere in the country. The Laotians have been working for forty years to make them harmless, but only 1 percent of the bombs have been cleared so far.
The unexploded cluster bombs have so far claimed about 20,000 lives. Most victims are children, who mistook the bombs for toys.
Take a look at a map of the millions of bombs still left to be cleared. [Reuters]


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Michael Brown's death at the hands of a police officer turned the tragedy into a symbol that represents the killing of all black teenagers by police officers, SIA reports citinh the AA.
Brown's killing was not the first such case of an unarmed black male killed by a white police officer, and it certainly was not be the last in a country that still struggles to deal with racial inequalities 150 years since its former slaves were freed.
Since that fateful day in August, there have been at least 6 black teenagers who were shot and killed by police officers in the United States, according to The Daily Beast.
The FBI's "justifiable homicide database" shows between 2005 and 2012, an average of 96 blacks were killed each year by a white police officer, and 2013 saw these deaths increase for a third consecutive year.
Recent studies have shown that young black males are 21 times more likely to be killed by police than their white teen counterparts.
University of California, Berkeley professor Hatem Bazian said blacks killed by police is a phenomenon that has become commonplace.
"The numbers are just constantly piling up, and that can be seen in the newspapers daily, as African-Americans have been shot by the police for a variety of reasons," he said. These killings have turned into "routine" news, he added.
Of the 6 black teens who have been killed by police since Aug. 9, the victims ranged in age from as old as 19 to as young as 12-year-old Tamir Rice.
Tamir was shot and killed Nov. 22 by a Cleveland police officer who mistook the toy gun Tamir was holding for a real gun. After the shooting he radioed that the victim was approximately 20 years old.
A snapshot of the other victims of deadly police shootings include:
Fourteen-year-old Cameron Tillman who was shot dead Sept. 21 after police received a call about trespassers armed with weapons entering an abandoned home in Terrebonne, Louisiana. A gun Cameron had in his possession was a toy.
Laquan McDonald was 17 when he was shot dead by a Chicago police officer for breaking into cars and refusing to drop a knife he was holding.
VonDerrit Myers Jr. was shot in the head in early October, just miles from where Michael Brown died two months earlier. An off-duty officer said the 18-year-old fired three rounds at him before the officer returned with 17 shots. Myers' family contends he did nothing wrong and was carrying only a sandwich in his hand.
Qusean Whitten, 18, was killed for trying to rob a store in Ohio in October.
Roshad McIntosh from Chicago was killed at the end of August after reportedly pulling a gun on officers. The 19-year-old's family claimed he was kneeling on the ground with his hands in the air.
McIntosh's family's claims are eerily similar to those of some of the witness accounts of the Brown shooting.