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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - With a roster containing 95 student-athletes, it's impossible to completely avoid distractions, but head coach Derek Dooley is focused on improving the Tennessee football team day by day.
"My worries when I'm out on the practice field are the (95) guys out there," Dooley said. "That's all I can focus on and that's what the team is focused on. It's just like a guy with an injury. We can't worry about the guys that aren't there that day. We come in the next day, and try to reshape things. We go out the next day and see who's out there. That's all you can keep your focus on."
Dooley addressed the status of All-SEC junior wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers, who was not out on Haslam Field on Thursday morning.
"Da'Rick has some things he has to do internally," Dooley said. "When he does them, he'll be back. It's an internal team issue. It's something he has to finish doing some stuff and when he does, he'll be back."
VOLS TAP INTO SPIDER-SENSEDay 3 of spring practice for Tennessee marked its first in shoulder pads. From the outset, the Vols struggled with the mentality change.
"The first day in pads and of course, that's always an exciting day on some fronts," Dooley said. "Guys had a lot of anxiety and it showed early in practice. We had to get them going. The mental outlook wasn't what we wanted it to be."
That is, until the spider drill.
"We had a pretty enthusiastic spider drill, which kind of energized them and we ended up pretty good," Dooley said. "We have a long way to go, but there were some good things out there. We'll watch the film and get to the next one."
What exactly is the spider drill?
"It's just like an old-fashioned Oklahoma drill, one-one-one," Dooley said. "We line up with the O-Line and D-Line. In the second level, we have a tight end and linebacker going against each other and a runner going through a barrel. It was just one of those first-day-in-pads-fundamental-toughness drills. It kind of energized everybody."
The energy was evident at the end of Tennessee's work on Thursday.
"It felt great being back out there with the guys in pads," junior wide receiver Naz Oliver said. "You have to deal with having the weight back on your shoulders, but it's pretty much the same. Football is football."
Rising junior Alex Bullard has entered spring practice with a much clearer idea of his role with the Vols. Last fall when he joined the team as a transfer from Notre Dame, he was in the mix for playing time at tackle, guard and center. After earning a starting job as the left guard -- where he played for the first half of the season -- he moved to center for the final six games.
This spring, Bullard has been the primary snapper in front of signal caller Bray and he has his mind on helping the team improve its running game, which ranked among the worst in the nation last season.
"Team run period is probably one of my favorite periods in practice," said Bullard, a Franklin native, who returned to homestate after two years with the Irish. "Not only is it competitive, and, you know, fierce competition, but that is a drill that we, as O-lineman, expect to dominate every time because we are expected to dominate on the line of scrimmage in the games."
Dooley has made it clear where the Vols putting a focus this spring.
"Our emphasis this spring is what?," the coach said. "Running the football. And that's what we're doing. We're getting a lot better at it."
Bullard feels the Vols are adapting well to new offensive line coach Sam Pittman, who has made some changes in hopes of seeing tangible results in the running game.
"Some of the techniques and things are a little different than our old offensive line coach, but he is phenomenal offensive line coach as well," Bullard said. "Coach Pittman is really encouraging and is willing to work with us, he is willing to put in extra time with us, and he wants the best for us and we know that. So we are going to play hard for him."
With the changes in the staff and some alterations on the line as sophomore Antonio Richardson figures to see much more time, Bullard says the Vols are primed for improvement and won't settle for anything less.
"We are all determined and we all want to win," Bullard said. "(Last year's record of 5-7 is definitely not good enough. We want to win the SEC East and win the SEC Championship. So, we have to put in the extra work. If you just do what the coaches ask, we will be 5-7. We want to put in the extra work; we want to put in the extra time. We want to be great."
BALANCING ACTWith an entirely new defensive coaching staff teaching a new defensive scheme this spring, the Vols will have a balancing act to perform as they try to keep their teachings as simple as possible, while still working to implement the multiple defense they would like to roll out this fall.
"It's the never-ending dilemma of being simple, but not enough or being enough and we don't know what to do," Dooley said. "It's something you battle all the time as a coach. Schematically, you want to do as much as you can do to put the players in a position to have success. Simple is good sometimes, but you also have a hard time creating plays on defense. Complex is good because you have a better chance to stop guys, create plays and create negative plays, but the downside is it requires a lot of learning."
Another challenge the UT coaching staff faces is making sure their players are in the right positions to best utilize their abilities. For Dooley, one attribute stands out above all others when he is evaluating what position a player should play.
"Really what I'm looking at is body types," Dooley said. "You take a guy like I think Jacques (Smith) is a good example. When he plays in a 4-3 and he's a defensive end, he's a little bit undersized. It doesn't mean he can't be good. It doesn't mean he can't play. From a prototype of what you want, he's a little undersized. When you stand him up as an outside linebacker, he's a perfect size.
"I think Malik (Jackson) would've been a good example. He was a 270-pound guy. It doesn't mean he wasn't good. He was really good playing on the guard. When you move him out a little bit wider, he becomes possibly even more dominant. It doesn't necessarily mean they can't play in the other and can't be effective, but when you look at a prototype of what you're looking for, you're trying to slot the body types in the right spot."
BULKING UPWhile most people are looking to trim down as we get closer to the summer months, Tennessee defensive linemen Mo Couch and Marlon Walls are looking to go in the other direction.
With an emphasis on size on the line in the new defensive scheme, coupled with the fact that both players dropped weight throughout the season last year, both players are working hard on bulking up while still maintaining the athletic abilities that allow them to be successful. "By the end of the season last year I was probably about 273lbs and right now 288lbs," Walls said. "I am moving good so that is a good thing. That means I put on good weight. Plus (the extra weight) will help me in the 3-4 defense because you have to have a little weight on you." Couch expressed similar sentiments when asked about his ideal size.
"Towards the end of the season I always tend to lose weight," Couch said. "I got kind of small, I want to say I was about 270. I had to kind of bulk up to closer to 300 and still be very agile and athletic and have my legs fresh under me. The (coaches) were wanting me to put on weight, but good weight at the same time. I just want to be a very healthy 300 pounds."


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these are creepy as hell
The words "new kind of meat" scare me. Do I even want to know why no one thought to eat this mystery meat in the past? Maybe there was a reason.
And the second ad is just icky. Well, maybe it made sense for soldiers but it looks awful.
And the second ad is just icky. Well, maybe it made sense for soldiers but it looks awful.
But why is it grey? Is the meat rich in vitamins because it's sucking them out of the bodies of those people? They even look brainwashed.
That is such a weird decision. "Lets conserve some ink by making our product look really repellent (and never mind that liver loaf will always be a bit of a tough sell anyway....)"
Could they be trying to show how Vital! and Vigorous! the folks are because they eat the grey meat...?
I think you are right and it is quite effective and dramatic. Though I would still argue that they make the people look more appetizing than the meat they try to sell and that can't be right - unless you are trying to popularize cannibalism... (and I am totally convinced that this is their long term goal).
I don't think I've ever seen liver loaf, but I've seen livermush and that's pretty much what color it is. That doesn't explain the other stuff on the platter, though (tomatoes, deviled eggs, and cheese?).
Maybe they were trying to avoid showing an un-appetizingly grey liver-loaf next to some nice red tomatoes and any other normal coloured food. Some truth in advertising then.
Two words.
<--- "liver loaf"
<--- "liver loaf"
That is a fantastic icon. May I confirm with a similar, though less amusingly expressed, sentiment?
i promised my mother that once i moved out of her house, liver would NEVER cross my lips again. and it HAS NOT. she served it up one night when i was visiting, and i ate peanut butter crackers. told her "i told you i wasnt going to eat that mess ever again!" (she laughed.)
I dunno, we might have worse things these days:
And I LIKE THIS STUFF. Shit, I am eyeing up that liver loaf.
And I LIKE THIS STUFF. Shit, I am eyeing up that liver loaf.
I actually love liverwurst, braunschwieger, and liverloaf... That being said...WHAT ARMY IS SHE FEEDING WITH ALL THAT FOOD?
The hamburgers in a can sound disgusting. Is that K-rations?
The hamburgers in a can sound disgusting. Is that K-rations?
It's "a yardstick of protein foods," soldier! Those burgers are not supposed to look appetizing or taste good. You use them to measure the yardage of protein foods.
Though I gotta admit that the idea of burgers in a can sounds like the ultimate junk food. If they don't look good, you're just not drunk or stoned enough!
Though I gotta admit that the idea of burgers in a can sounds like the ultimate junk food. If they don't look good, you're just not drunk or stoned enough!
Or starving enough! I guess I'd eat them, too, if I'd been under fire for days, after slogging hundreds of miles on foot...in the winter. Uphill. Both ways.
Yeah, and it's also important to keep in mind that if you've been in combat, you've probably seen a hell of a lot worse than that! Not that I have, but I can only imagine.
There's just something not-good about calling any kind of food other than bread a loaf.
That husband looks like he's trying to muster up as much enthusiasm as he can over that gray meat.
And he clearly favors the same shade of lipstick as his wife.
What kid on earth would grin at liver anyway?
My grandfather always called liver loaf "cat food." But the cat wouldn't eat it.
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Edited at 2012-03-27 07:53 pm (UTC)
Liver... loaf...?????????? Welp, I'm not eating for a few days now. *shudders* EW.
With a bold phrase like "Be vigorous!", they make the food gray? Gray food on gray trays isn't bold or impressive. It's bland. They're selling liver loaf, for goodness' sake, they need to spice things up in the coloring department.
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Two people from Massachusetts are facing charges after State Police say they stopped their car on the highway in Benton and found more than $11,000 worth of drugs inside.
Jennifer Rubins, 28, and Donnell Pina, 40, are charged with aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and illegal importation of drugs.
Troopers say they pulled over the couple in their rental car Friday for a traffic violation.
They say a search of the car turned up heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana and nearly $1,400 in cash.
Troopers are now trying to figure out where the two were headed.
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CAIRO (AP) — Eager for their first taste of a free vote in decades, Egyptians lined up by the hundreds Saturday to vote on constitutional amendments sponsored by the ruling military that critics fear could propel the country's largest Islamist group to become Egypt's most dominant political force.
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FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan said radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near its tsunami-crippled nuclear complex exceeded government safety limits, as emergency teams scrambled Saturday to restore power to the plant so it could cool dangerously overheated fuel.
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On April 20th, 2013 Parents around the world will be changing their childs cloth diaper at the same time to try to BREAK the Guiness World Records(TM) for most cloth diapers changed at one time!
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Leafs Rout Bolts As Bishop, Filppula Leave Game
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Just over a week ago, the Maple Leafs defeated the Lightning 3-2 at the Air Canada Centre, Thursday night at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, Toronto came for more.
Fresh off the news that Ondrej Palat was named the NHL's Rookie of the Month, Steven Stamkos was not cleared to play, and Martin St. Louis would replace Stamkos on Team Canada for the Sochi Winter Games, the Lightning were defeated by the Maple Leafs 4-1.
After 15 scoreless minutes, the Lightning led in shots on goal 6-1, but in the final 5:00, the Maples Leafs picked up momentum after Radko Gudas was called for interference, giving Toronto the game's first power play and the Leafs jumped out to a 12-9 lead in SOG.
Just about eight minutes into the second period, the Maple Leafs opened the scoring when Mason Raymond got behind Mark Barberio and Alex Killorn and beat Ben Bishop with a backhander that went top shelf.
When the third period started, Bishop, who has played brilliantly up until that point was out and Cedrick Desjardins, called up to replace the injured Anders Lindback, was in net. Team personnel announced Bishop's return was doubtful after the netminder suffered an upper body injury in the middle frame.
Two minutes into the third period, two Lightning defenders chased the puck in their own zone, leaving Jay McClement wide open to put the puck past Desjardins. Six minutes later, James van Riemsdyk batted in his own rebound to put Toronto up 3-0 with time running out.
The newly-honored rookie Palat got one back for Tampa Bay, beating Jonathan Bernier high for the score.
Shortly after Palat's goal, the team announced another injury, this time a lower body injury to center Vatteri Filppula.
The Leafs managed to get one more goal in before the final buzzer sounded to extend their lead to 4-1.
Following Tyler Bozak's final Toronto goal, a fight broke out behind the Leafs net as J.T. Brown was pushed into Bernier, causing the Maple Leaf players to tangle with a frustrated Lightning group, which ultimately resulted in seven penalties being handed out - but not one to Morgan Rielly, who was the one who pushed Brown into the Toronto netminder.
Despite losing their starting goalie, who is the league's top-5 goaltender in several categories and their second-leading point scorer, the Lightning didn't give up, and kept the margin wide in faceoffs won, beating Toronto in the circles 44-22, but couldn't score beyond the one goal on 34 shots.
Scoring Summary:
First - NONE
Second - 1. TOR Raymond (Kulemin, Rielly) 7:57
Third - 1. TOR McClement (Clarkson, Lupul) 2:19 2. TOR van Riemsdyk (Gunnarsson, Kessel) 8:10 3. TB Palat (St. Louis, Johnson) 10:28
Shootout Tally: N/A
Shots On Goal:
TOR - (1) NONE; (2) NONE; (3) Gleason - Roughing, Gleason - Roughing, Gleason - MISCONDUCT, Bernier - Roughing
TB - (1) Gudas - Interference; (2) NONE; (3) Desjardins - Leaving the crease, Gudas - MISCONDUCT, Brown - Interference
Next up for the Bolts: The Lightning will host the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, February 8th at 7pm. You can catch all of the action on sister station 970 WFLA with Hall of Famer Phil Esposito and Dave Mishkin giving the call with coverage beginning at 6:30pm.


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Help me choose a cleaning kit
I figured I would post in here for some advice before just ordering whatever I came across.....
So with Santa, grandma, and my company bonus (100k safe miles in 2012 :woot:), and a growing gun collection, I'm interested in buying a cleaning kit. I have a Hoppe's kit for my 9mm, bought a brush for my .22 that sort of works with my Hoppe's 9mm rod, and a few odds and ends but I really wanted to invest in a quality kit that could keep me going for a little while, especially since I just picked up a 1941 Moist Nugget that I'm in the process of stripping down and making sure I remove all the cosmoline. I stopped by Bass Pro the other day as well as Dick's and the Otis Tactical kit caught my eye. Seems like a pretty comprehensive kit that could at least clean what I have now and expand in the future. Anyone have any experience with Otis products? Anything better out there? Both Bass Pro and Dick's wanted $60+ but I found it on amazon for $45. I'd like to keep the cost at or below $70 if it's possible because I'm still wanting to try to pick up a shotgun with the remainder of my Christmas money to start my skeet addiction (I know I didn't reply in my skeet question thread but I did read all the responses and I appreciate everyone's input! :thumbup:). There's a gun show here this weekend that I might hit up because I need to get ammo anyways so I thought of poking around there to see what was available but I want to make sure I get something that's quality. My wife wanted to buy me a cleaning kit for Christmas but I told her to hold off because I knew she would just buy one because it came in a pretty wood case or something and not really know about the quality or usefulness of the components. Thoughts?
I only use OTIS for cleaning my AR. The quality and ease of use is top notch. They also make a specific kit for ARs (pretty sure for other platforms as well). For solvent I like gunzilla and slip 2000 EWL for lube.
they issued us all Otis kits when we deployed. Honestly, I just kept .22 and 9mm bore snakes, tooth brush, and bottle of CLP in my cleaning kit pouch and it did 90% of all the cleaning I ever needed. The Otis kit stayed in its bag for the year.
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I use this to protect a small apiary from black bear. Land has no power and I don't get out to visit much, so solar was pretty much the only option. Well made product and keeps a charge (even in western washington, the land of constant drizzle).
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This particular charger has a loose fitting 12 volt battery inside, which is only supported on it sides by cardboard. So, YES, it appears to have something loose inside; however, use a flat blade screwdriver and pop the top off and you will see what I mean. I took out the cardboard and inserted foam, but fiberglass insulation will work and so will small PVC.Now, as for operation, I only have a third of an acre in which I mounted two 12.5 gauge aluminum charger wire strands near the top ( but below the top rail ) on the inside of a six foot commercial quality chain link fence. Okay, so maybe it is overkill (no pun intended), and while the analog meter on the face of the charger is pegged over the 10,000 volt mark. WOW . . . but not to worry that is not a bad thing. The chain link fence acts as ground and has much better conductance than a dozen ground rods.
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We bought this charger for our 18 acre goat ranch. We secured the perimeter with goat wire, then ran an electric wire need the bottom. All of the cross fencing is done with electric wire. Wow. No problems and we put it in three months ago. Putting up an electric fence is way easier and cheaper than a traditional goat wire fence.I would definitely purchase another one of these chargers for my newest land. We took it out of the box and let it charge a week in the sun. attached the wires, and, voila!, instant fence. The charge is really strong (as I know from personal experience-- ouch!) and our goat kids learned very quickly to avoid the fence.
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Glad he got fired. No PTSD there, just bad attitude! He is a danger to himself and everyone around him.
This is a discussion on Harless Fired!!!! within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; The story goes on to say that Harless would appeal his dismissal and that he has had undiagnosed PTSD for the last 8 years after ...
The story goes on to say that Harless would appeal his dismissal and that he has had undiagnosed PTSD for the last 8 years after an incident where his finger was bitten severely by a suspect.
Glad he got fired. No PTSD there, just bad attitude! He is a danger to himself and everyone around him.
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This is great news for us Buckeyes!!!
I contributed $$ to OFCC "Canton PD legal defense fund."
What a maroon! I'm glad he's gone.
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Untill ones like him are put in jail the same as you and I would be it will not stop.
Chief of police in Madison today said it again People that open carry and CC are the problem and he will take them down and find a charge latter.
With his attitude he has no business carrying a gun, let alone enforcing the law. If he manages to find a psychiatrist to confirm his apparent self diagnosis of PTSD he should be institutionalized until deemed safe to be out in society again.
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I think his appealing and whole approach are such a scam....... be on the rolls, then file for disability due to PTSD, and get paid for the rest of his life due to being unable to work. He knows he won't be employed in police work at this point. So, he's trying to suck a paycheck out of the system.
PTSD over that incident, is BS and a total crock. PTSD, is not a disease....
But, glad to see he was finally terminated. I hope his scam doesn't win either.
The Police Chief should be fired right along with him, and the Mayor not re-elected for the stupid comments he's made in defending Harless as well.
When will Ohio CCW...... have a National picnic of CC citizens in Canton ??
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This is the tiny tip of a great big iceberg. And I'll stop right there.
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Well if you guys ever wonder why these types of things happen, check out this audio recording of Canton City Council President Alan Schulman taken from a radio program in Canton after the event happened.
That guy should be the next one to lose his job...
You guys are looking at this all wrong! What is needed are laws banning the unlicensed carry off assault teeth!
Nothing has been accomplished until those who ignored his actions in the past or worse those who covered for him are also fired. They are just as guilty of endangering the public as he was.
If he did, (which wouldn't suprise me) the State Attorney General, will have a lot of questions for him to answer.
To Quote a phrase, "Lucy, you got a lotta 'splainin to do".
Good to see scum like Harless finally get his bad karma in his face.
I would watch out if I lived in the Canton area.
This idiot is/was a ticking timebomb waiting for a chance to go off.
This may be that time.
He may go down swinging in the form of a mass shooting/suiciide by cop deathwish.
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The first power station to produce electricity by using heat from the splitting of uranium atoms began operating in the 1950s. Today most people are aware of the important contribution nuclear energy makes in cleanly providing a significant proportion of the world's electricity.
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Radioisotopes and radiation have many applications in agriculture, medicine, industry and research. They greatly improve the day to day quality of our lives.
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Ionising radiation to induce mutations in plant breeding has been used for several decades, and some 1800 crop varieties have been developed in this way. Gamma or neutron irradiation is often used in conjunction with other techniques, to produce new genetic lines of root and tuber crops, cereals and oil seed crops.
New kinds of sorghum, garlic, wheat, bananas, beans and peppers are more resistant to pests and more adaptable to harsh climatic conditions. In Mali, irradiation of sorghum and rice seeds has produced more productive and marketable varieties.
Crop losses caused by insects may amount to more than 10% of the total harvest worldwide, - in developing countries the estimate is 25-35%. Stock losses due to tsetse in Africa and screwworm in Mexico have also been sizeable. Chemical insecticides have for many years been the main weapon in trying to reduce these losses, but they have not always been effective. Some insects have become resistant to the chemicals used, and some insecticides leave poisonous residues on the crops. One solution has been the use of sterile insects.
The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) involves rearing large numbers of insects then irradiating their eggs with gamma radiation before hatching, to sterilise them. The sterile males are then released in large numbers in the infested areas. When they mate with females, no offspring are produced. With repeated releases of sterilised males, the population of the insect pest in the project area is drastically reduced.
Major SIT operations have been conducted in Mexico, Argentina and northern Chile against the Medfly (Mediterranean fruit fly) and in 1981 this was declared a complete success in Mexico. In 1994-95 eradication was achieved in two fruit-growing areas of Argentina and 95% success in another, as well as in Chile. The program has been extended to all of southern South America and to Africa. Meanwhile the EU is financing a 'fly factory' on Portugal's Madeira island to produce up to 100 million sterile male Medflies per week.
A very successful SIT campaign was screwworm eradication in southern USA, Mexico and nearby. By 1991 the screwworm eradication had yielded some US$ 3 billion in economic benefits due to healthier livestock, not to mention humans. The Mexican plants and equipment were then applied to infestations in Libya, Jamaica and Central America, providing 20 million sterile pupae per week.
SIT has been effective on the Medfly in southern Africa and is now being applied to Codling Moths which damage citrus crops. The IAEA and FAO are assessing the potential of using SIT against Sugarcane Borers on sugarcane, as well as consolidating Codling Moth management to support the apple and pear export industries.
A number of the most fertile parts of Africa cannot be farmed because of the tsetse fly which carries the parasite trypanosome that causes the African sleeping sickness disease and the cattle disease Nagana. Economic losses due to this are estimated by FAO at US$ 4 billion per year. However, SIT in conjunction with conventional pest controls is starting to change all this. Zanzibar was declared tsetse-free in 1997 and Nigeria has also benefited. In southern Ethiopia a major tsetse SIT program is under way, with a million sterile males per month being produced in a 'fly factory' at Addis Ababa and then released.
Screwworm flies are major pests in some parts of the world. Females lay eggs into animal wounds and on soft tissues, the larvae then burrow through the flesh creating serious bacterial infections that attract more egg-laying females and are often fatal. Using SIT, screwworm has been eradicated from North and Central America, and also Libya. South America, most of Africa, and south Asia through to Melanesia remain a challenge.
Three UN organizations - the IAEA, the FAO, the World Health Organisation (WHO), with the governments concerned, are promoting new SIT programs in many countries.
Some 25-30% of the food harvested in many countries is lost as a result of spoilage by microbes and pests. In a hungry world we cannot afford this. The reduction of spoilage due to infestation and contamination is of the utmost importance. This is especially so in countries which have hot and humid climates and where an extension of the storage life of certain foods, even by a few days, is often enough to save them from spoiling before they can be consumed. Some countries lose a high proportion of harvested grain due to moulds and insects.
In all parts of the world there is growing use of irradiation technology to preserve food. In over 40 countries health and safety authorities have approved irradiation of more than 60 kinds of food, ranging from spices, grains and grain products to fruit, vegetables and meat. It can replace potentially harmful chemical fumigants to eliminate insects from dried fruit and grain, legumes, and spices.
Following three decades of testing, a worldwide standard was adopted in 1983 by a joint committee of WHO, FAO and IAEA. In 1997 another such joint committee said there was no need for the earlier recommended upper limit on radiation dose to foods.
As well as reducing spoilage after harvesting, increased use of food irradiation is driven by concerns about food-borne diseases as well as growing international trade in foodstuffs which must meet stringent standards of quality. On their trips into space, astronauts eat foods preserved by irradiation.
Food irradiation means that raw foods are exposed to high levels of gamma radiation which kills bacteria and other harmful organisms without affecting the nutritional value of food itself or leaving any residue. It is the only means of killing bacterial pathogens in raw and frozen food. Of course, irradiation of food does not make it radioactive!
Food irradiation applications
Radiation is also used to sterilise food packaging. In the Netherlands, for example, milk cartons are freed from bacteria by irradiation.
Adequate potable water is essential for life. Yet in many parts of the world fresh water has always been scarce and in others it is becoming scarcer. Yet for any new development, whether agricultural, industrial or human settlement, a sustainable supply of good water is vital.
Isotope hydrology techniques enable accurate tracing and measurement of the extent of underground water resources. Such techniques provide important analytical tools in the management and conservation of existing supplies of water and in the identification of new, renewable sources of water. They provide answers to questions about origin, age and distribution of groundwater, as well as the interconnections between ground and surface water and aquifer recharge systems. The results permit planning and sustainable management of these water resources.
For surface waters they can give information about leakages through dams and irrigation channels, the dynamics of lakes and reservoirs, flow rates, river discharges and sedimentation rates. From Afghanistan to Zaire there are some 60 countries, developed and developing, that have used isotope techniques to investigate their water resources in collaboration with IAEA.
Neutron probes can measure soil moisture very accurately, enabling better management of land affected by salinity, particularly in respect to irrigation.
Many of us are aware of the wide use of radiation and radioisotopes in medicine particularly for diagnosis (identification) andtherapy (treatment) of various medical conditions. In developed countries (a quarter of the world population) about one person in fifty uses diagnostic nuclear medicine each year, and the frequency of therapy with radioisotopes is about one tenth of this.
Over 10,000 hospitals worldwide use radioisotopes in medicine. In the USA there are over 20 million nuclear medicine procedures per year among 315 million people, and in Europe about 10 million among 500 million people. The use of radiopharmaceuticals in diagnosis is growing at over 10% per year.
Radioisotopes are an essential part of medical diagnostic procedures. In combination with imaging devices which register the gamma rays emitted from within, they can study the dynamic processes taking place in various parts of the body. An advantage of nuclear over x-ray techniques is that both bone and soft tissue can be imaged very successfully.
In using radiopharmaceuticals for diagnosis, a radioactive dose is given to the patient and the activity in the organ can then be studied either as a two dimensional picture or, with a special technique called tomography, as a three dimensional picture.
The most widely used diagnostic radioisotope is technetium-99m*, with a half-life of six hours, and which gives the patient a very low radiation dose. Such isotopes are ideal for tracing many bodily processes with the minimum of discomfort for the patient. They are widely used to indicate tumours and to study the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, blood circulation and volume, and bone structure.
* Technetium generators, a lead pot enclosing a glass tube containing the radioisotope, are supplied to hospitals from the nuclear reactor where the isotopes are made. They contain molybdenum-99, with a half-life of 66 hours, which progressively decays to technetium-99. The Tc-99 is washed out of the lead pot by saline solution when it is required. After two weeks or less the generator is returned for recharging.
Technetium (Tc-99) is employed in some 40 million diagnostic procedures per year, of which almost one quarter are in Europe, half in North America, almost one quarter in Asia/Pacific (particularly Japan), and a few in other regions. The chemistry of technetium is so versatile it can form tracers by being incorporated into a range of biologically-active substances to ensure that it concentrates in the tissue or organ of interest.
Another major use of radioisotopes for diagnosis is in radio-immuno-assays for biochemical analysis in a laboratory. They can be used to measure very low concentrations of hormones, enzymes, hepatitis virus, some drugs and a range of other substances in a sample of the patient's blood. The patient never comes in contact with the radioisotopes used in the diagnostic tests. In the USA alone it is estimated that some 40 million such tests are carried out each year, and in Europe, about 15 million.
The uses of radioisotopes in therapy are comparatively few, but important. Cancerous growths are sensitive to damage by radiation, which may be external - using a gamma beam from a cobalt-60 source, or internal - using a small gamma or beta radiation source. Short-range radiotherapy is known as brachytherapy, and this is becoming the main means of treatment. Many therapeutic procedures are palliative, usually to relieve pain.
Iodine-131 is commonly used to treat thyroid cancer, probably the most successful kind of cancer treatment, and also for non-malignant thyroid disorders. Iridium-192 wire implants are used especially in the head and breast to give precise doses of beta rays to limited areas, then removed. A new treatment uses samarium-153 complexed with organic phosphate to relieve the pain of secondary cancers lodged in bone.
A new field is Targeted Alpha Therapy (TAT), especially for the control of dispersed cancers. The short range of very energetic alpha emissions in tissue means that a large fraction of that radiative energy goes into the targeted cancer cells, once a carrier such as a monoclonal antibody has taken the alpha-emitting radionuclide to exactly the right places.
(See also information paper Radioisotopes in Medicine)
Many medical products today are sterilised by gamma rays from a cobalt-60 source, a technique which generally is much cheaper and more effective than steam heat sterilisation. The disposable syringe is an example of a product sterilised by gamma rays. Because it is a 'cold' process radiation can be used to sterilise a range of heat-sensitive items such as powders, ointments and solutions and biological preparations such as bone, nerve, skin, etc, used in tissue grafts.
The benefit to humanity of sterilisation by radiation is tremendous. It is safer and cheaper because it can be done after the item is packaged. The sterile shelf life of the item is then practically indefinite provided the package is not broken open. Apart from syringes, medical products sterilised by radiation include cotton wool, burn dressings, surgical gloves, heart valves, bandages, plastic and rubber sheets and surgical instruments.
Smoke detectors
One of the commonest uses of radioisotopes today is in household smoke detectors. These contain a small amount of americium-241 which is a decay product of plutonium-241 originating in nuclear reactors. The Am-241 emits alpha particles which ionise the air and allow a current between two electrodes. If smoke enters the detector it absorbs the alpha particles and interrupts the current, setting off the alarm.
(See also information paper Smoke Detectors and Americium)
Environmental tracers
Radioisotopes also play an important role in detecting and analysing pollutants, since even very small amounts of a radioisotope can easily be detected, and the decay of short-lived isotopes means that no residues remain in the environment.
Nuclear techniques have been applied to a range of pollution problems including smog formation, sulphur dioxide contamination of the atmosphere, sewage dispersal from ocean outfalls and oil spills.
Industrial tracers
The ability to measure radioactivity in minute amounts has given radioisotopes a wide range of applications in industry as 'tracers'. By adding small amounts of radioactive substances to materials used in various processes it is possible to study the mixing and flow rates of a wide range of materials, including liquids, powders and gases and to locate leaks.
Tracers added to lubricating oils can help measure the rate of wear of engines and plant and equipment. Tracer techniques have been used in plant operations to check the performance of equipment and improve its efficiency, resulting in savings in energy and the better use of raw materials.
Gauges containing radioactive (usually gamma) sources are in wide use in all industries where levels of gases, liquids and solids must be checked. They measure the amount of radiation from a source which has been absorbed in materials. These gauges are most useful where heat, pressure or corrosive substances, such as molten glass or molten metal, make it impossible or difficult to use direct contact gauges.
Radioisotope thickness gauges are used in the making of continuous sheets of material including paper, plastic film, metal, glass, etc, when it is desirable to avoid contact between the gauge and the material.
Density gauges are used where automatic control of a liquid, powder or solid is important, for example, in detergent manufacture.
Radioisotope instruments have three great advantages:
Radioisotopes which emit gamma rays are more portable than x-ray machines, and may give higher-energy radiation, so can be used to check welds of new gas and oil pipeline systems, with the radioactive source being placed inside the pipe and the film outside the welds.
Other forms of radiography (neutron radiography/ autoradiography), based on different principles, can be used to gauge the thickness and density of materials or locate components that are not visible by other means.
(See also information paper Radioisotopes in Industry)
Radioisotope power sources
Some radioisotopes emit a lot of energy as they decay. Such energy can be harnessed for heart pacemakers and to power navigation beacons and satellites. The decay heat of plutonium-238 has powered many US space vehicles. It enabled the Cassini space probe to investigate Saturn, and it powers the Mars Science Laboratory, the rover Curiosity.
Analysing the relative abundance of particular naturally-occurring radioisotopes is of vital importance in determining the age of rocks and other materials that are of interest to geologists, anthropologists and archaeologists.
From the moment we get up in the morning, until we go to sleep, we benefit unknowingly from many ingenious applications of radioisotopes and radiation. The water we wash with (origin, supply assurance), the textiles we wear (manufacture control gauging), the breakfast we eat (improved grains, water analysis), our transport to work (thickness gauges for checking steels and coatings on vehicles and assessing the effects of corrosion and wear on motor engines), the bridges we cross (neutron radiography), the paper we use (gauging, mixing during production processes), the drugs we take (analysis) not to mention medical tests (radioimmunoassay, perhaps radiopharmaceuticals), or the environment which radioisotope techniques help to keep clean, are all examples that we sometimes take for granted.


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Mesa County leaders pass gun rights resolution
February 12, 2013
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Mesa County leaders are joining those speaking out about attempts to restrict gun rights.
All three county commissioners voted on Monday to back a resolution which seeks to nullify any statutes, executive orders or other regulations that infringe on people's right to bear arms under the Second Amendment.
The Daily Sentinel ( http://bit.ly/X5w7Ky ) reported that hearing room was packed for the vote, which drew a standing ovation.
Commissioners in El Paso and Weld counties have also passed resolutions supporting gun rights. Sheriffs in El Paso, Garfield, Larimer and Weld counties have also voiced their opposition to new gun restrictions.


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In a year when pre-tax profits rose 32% to £6.1 billion, Barclays added, the group-wide pot for performance-related awards fell 7% to £3.4 billion.
The banking giant denied it was ramping up pay at Barclays Capital to compensate for the smaller bonus pool, claiming the higher staff costs were partly caused by a 7% increase in headcount and deferred pay and bonuses from previous years. The average bonus at Barclays Capital, not including salary, was £104,839 compared with £125,100 a year earlier.
Amid intense public scrutiny on bank bonuses, Barclays' decision to reduce its performance-related pay follows its recent Project Merlin agreement with the Government.
Chief executive Bob Diamond is expected to receive an estimated package of more than £9 million in pay and bonuses but the company is refusing to reveal details until its annual report is published next month.
Presenting his first set of results, Mr Diamond warned that the tighter regulatory environment would lead to lower returns and said he had instigated a rigorous review of the bank's business to make it more efficient.
Although the results show an improved performance, the profits figure falls short of pre-financial crisis days when 2007 profits hit £7.1 billion. At its star investment banking arm Barclays Capital, which saw pre-tax profits excluding own credit rise by 2% to £4.4 billion, the bonus pool for 2010 will be 12% lower than last year at £2.6 billion.
Mr Diamond said: "We are committed to demonstrating that we are both responsible in our compensation decisions and practices and that we take our regulatory obligations and UK Government commitments seriously."
Shares in Barclays were up 3% following the release of the results, having already climbed 11% over the past three months.
However Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union, said: "The Barclays decision to award these mammoth bonuses for their top bankers is shameful. These bonuses undermine any claim by the Government that there is fair pay in banking. Those at the top of the big banks are paid more then 100 times the pay of those workers at the lowest level. These excessive rewards widen the gap between those at the top and ordinary workers struggling to pay their bills."
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Can you please respond to:
Is a court order the same as an injunction?
Can the City fine $100/day if their ordinance says they can fine up to $100, but specifies no time increment?
Is there any governmental agency that would step in to "order" the City to act? looking for something other than my pocket, which is very shallow. :(
Thank you for info re government agencies. :( I will cease looking in that direction.
Ok, I was unclear on one of my questions. The City tells me they need a Court Order to have the authority to narrow the garage themselves. They say they do not know the procedure to obtain a court order. They recently got an injunction in the grain silo matter. Is a Court Order different than an Injunction? or does the City follow the same procedure they did to obtain the injunction?
Re fine: they can fine whatever the law says they can. Which or What Law? The city ordinance? or?
Re City Fine: City "law" states they can fine up to $100. Does that mean only once? or possible to do per day? or they need to amend to a time frame? if yes, can they amend at this point and fine neighbor daily as of 9-1-13?
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Glocks have 3 safeties. Pulling the trigger is the only way to bypass all 3. I guess some of you don't trust yourself to not pull the trigger unless you intend to. If I felt that way I wouldn't carry anything that goes boom.
Glocks have 3 safeties. Pulling the trigger is the only way to bypass all 3. I guess some of you don't trust yourself to not pull the trigger unless you intend to. If I felt that way I wouldn't carry anything that goes boom.
I've tried to keep up with this thread but I may have missed reference to this MANUAL SAFETY KIT FOR GLOCK®, Cominolli Custom May be the answer to those who don't like to carry one in the chamber.
I wouldn't put on on one of my Glocks, as you say, that's the reason I like them (Glocks). I had a friend that put one on a G23 and he liked it, it was unobtrusive, and worked well. but, to me it kinda' defeats the purpose of the Glock type of trigger.
the glock is safety designed not to go off if dropped, very nice ,other then that if you pull the trigger it goes bang.
an object of any kind could come in contact with the trigger and bang.I do not understand the idea of a trigger safety.
keep your finger and everything else off the trigger until you decide to shoot.. well keeping my finger off the trigger is the easy part, it's everything else i worry about
Somebody else gets it.
Whether you choose to carry a round in the chamber or not should makes no difference to me it's your life not mine.
If you are uncomfortable with your skill level or your firearm you should train more until you are comfortable but that is all up to you. The idea that you carry a round in the chamber sometimes and other times you don't when in a good neighborhood or whatever makes no sense. You will not dictate the circumstances of a SD encounter the other guy will you will simply be responding to his actions.
When the time comes that you need your firearm you want to have the least amount of motions possible in order to use it. You need to practice consistent techniques so under stress you will be able to accomplish what you need to do.
Yes with enough time and distance you may have enough time to draw, chamber, acquire and fire but what is that distance? You cannot draw your weapon on someone at 15 yards just to be ready for what they might do. It has been proven over and over again within 7 yards it is not happening. In extreme close quarters/contact distance you will not be able to draw and chamber while defending yourself and your firearm.
At distances within six feet which is known as "Inside the hole" an attacker does not have to be a super ninja, certified in anything or even be armed. You will have at the most two seconds before he is in contact distance with his hands on you. He does not even have to be attempting to hurt you at this point all he has to do is interupt you thought process, known as the OODA loop OODA loop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and from that point he can do what he wants. The OODA loop is used in virtually every decision we make from picking up a fork off the table to putting the turn signal on in your car. In a SD situation it will determine your reaction time to a given situation.
Guns do not magically go off, become possessed, jump out of the holster and shoot someone. Guns go off because someone or something pulls the trigger. There are redundant safeties, internal or external, on a Glock or other weapons for that matter that prevent this. Unless there is something mechanically wrong with the gun it won't fire unless the trigger is pulled.
If you feel uncomfortable carrying a round in the chamber try this. Load and chamber your pistol. Put it in the holster. Put the holster and gun on as a unit. Then leave it alone until you need it. You will find the gun just sits there. It does not attempt to leave the holster or do things on it's own nor does it decide to go off by accident. At the end of the day remove the holster and gun as a unit, clear it or not whatever you choose, and go on about your business.
If I carry a gun on my person, I don't care where I'm at, the gun will be loaded and ready to fire.
To carry a gun and NOT have it loaded and ready to fire (I hate saying condition 1) is crazy.
Can't one go off while, one in the pipe? If you sit wrong?
Seems pretty nutty but too each their own. Do cops have one in the pipe at all times?
If one does not carry with one in the pipe he puts his opponent one up on himself.
Regarding the first question, a properly functioning firearm of modern design does not go off unless the trigger is pulled, if the trigger guard is properly covered and proper handling is performed there is nothing to worry about.
Yes, Cops have one in the chamber at all times while on duty.
It's crazy to me to think that a bad guy threatening your life is more probable than of your gun malfunctioning (even if I specified malfunction to just accidental discharge). Seems one is about three to four times more likely than the other. Have any of you had to draw your handgun?
However, I've been carrying a concealed weapon for (probably) longer than you've been alive. Mostly I've carried a single-action 1911—loaded, cocked, and locked of course.
For the past (approximately) 12 years, I've been carrying a DAO pocket-size .45 ACP, also fully loaded and ready to go.
Now I carry a Colt's Pocket Hammerless in .380 ACP, also loaded, cocked, and locked.
I have never—repeat, never—experienced an unintended discharge while I was carrying any pistol.
(I did cause negligent discharges twice: Once when I was a stupid child and acted stupidly, and once after a match, when I put a round into the ground while unloading my pistol improperly.)
What are you going to do if your support hand and/or arm has been severely compromised (shot, stabbed, badly broken up with a bat or large piece of wood)? It is virtually impossible to train for this. Can you be certain that you will be able to work the slide of your sidearm, acquire your target, and deliver rounds accordingly should you need to do this?
I would reiterate that the fewest impediments between drawing that gun and using it, the better your chance will be of surviving an extreme encounter. Working a slide to get your gun into full battery is a very serious impediment. In the 17 1/2 years I have been carrying on a regular basis, I have never had any problems whatsoever with unintended discharges. And this also goes for the entire close to 45 years I have used handguns. Proper equipment, proper handling techniques, proper attitude, and a healthy dose of common sense all go a very long way to keep you in one piece and your firearms safe and secure.
I wish you well, but I strongly suggest that you giver very serious consideration to your stance on this issue if you're going to carry a sidearm for your protection.