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Arc Hydro represents advancement in the field of geographic information system (GIS) specifically for water resources applications. GIS has been used at the district for many years, but the advancements offered by Arc Hydro implementation allowed staff to perform GIS functions that were previously not possible or that were much more difficult and time consuming to perform.
The map below contains selected features from the district's Arc Hydro geodatabase. The legend to the right of the map includes the Arc Hydro network, Arc Hydro Polygon Feature Classes and HydroPoints. The Arc Hydro network is composed of HydroEdges and HydroJunctions. The HydroEdges are a hybrid feature class, composed of two types of lines that represent surface water flow: those that represent streams and rivers, which are linear in nature, and those that represent flow through lakes and wetlands, not usually represented as linear features. Thus, the HydroEdges establish the connectivity of features in the Arc Hydro network. The arrowheads on the HydroEdges indicate the primary direction of surface water flow, ignoring tidal influence along the coast. The HydroJunctions are points where significant features can be linked to the network. The network is essential to Arc Hydro, allowing scientists to easily determine upstream and downstream relationships of surface water-related features. The Arc Hydro Polygon Feature Classes are District Catchment and Water body. The catchments represent local drainage areas and the water bodies are lakes. HydroPoints are hydrologic points of interest and include such features as water quality monitoring points, engineering structures and springs.
Additional information about Arc Hydro
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I have a chance to buy a used S&W semi-automatic pistol. I have to choose between Models 59, 910, or 915. They are all in good condition.
Does anyone have any preferences on their features or reputation or info for suggestions in taking one of the three over the other two? I am looking for a basic and reliable 9mm shooter, and would like to add one of these S&W pistols to my collection, but am ignorant about the differences between the three models beyond their general history. This would be an online purchase from a reputable dealer, so I will not be able to hold any of them in hand until after I receive my choice. Two of my absolute favorite handguns are a Model 10-6 SB with a 4" barrel and a 2" snub nose Model 10-5 RB and am looking to start expanding into the world of S&W semi-autos.
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I am turning 12 on Aug. 27, but my party is on the 23rd. I need some games to play. I am having a spa party and it is gonna be super fun, but I want some games to play that go along with my theme. Also, we have a hot tub so if you have any just plain hot tub games, no theme that would be awesome! Thanks!
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I'm planing my 13th b.day party and I have a couple of game ideas 1)Unscrambler you ask in the invitations to have their parents write down a couple of words but scramble the letters and at the party hand them out, but then ask them to hand it to the person to the left and let them unscramble it then as it gets going as soon as everyone has done everyone's including their own let every one guess who they think that it was. 2) hey baby-ask everyone to bring a baby pic of themself and give them a # and let everyone look at them and try to figure out who is who.
Well, I am having a spa party too, here are some Ideas I came up with!
Accessories Swap: All girls bring accessories that they don't like and you swap them.
Dressing room: have a room set up with a rack of clothes (your clothes or from goodwill or salvation army) and have the girls pick out different outfits to wear to the mall and on the catwalk!
Claire's challenge: each group gets $15. there is a list of things that you can find in Claire's. they have half an hour to find everything on that list and pay for it!
mall shopping spree: each girls brings at least $25 and you go to different stores in the mall and buy clothes and stuff!
pjammy grammys: each girls brings two pajama outfits. You have a jammy fashion show and you get awards for 1st 2nd 3rd etc.
heathy buffet: grown ups put out a buffet while girls are getting "beautified". put healthy and non healthy foods in
it and see which girls have the most healthy things and the most non healthy things!
spa menu: have a menu for what they want at the spa! have a #1, #2, #3 ect.
Okay, so I'm having a spa party with some of my cousins, and I'm doing a lot of research with it because I want it to be AWESOME. I'm going to give us a foot bath and a pedi. I saw that if you pick a color to be your theme it makes everything more relaxing. It says that Lavender oil and other essential oils are also relaxing to have. Lighting candles adds a mood and makes it more fun. Playing music that the guests like is fun to do also. When your guests are soaking there feet, throw a bunch of towels through the dryer so they'll be warm.
For facials, I found a whole bunch of recipes all over the web. My friend showed me one where you take 1/2 cup of honey, 3 tablespoons of oatmeal, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, and 1 tablespoon of marmalade and you mix it all together. It's really cool but your face feels weird when it's on. Wash it off with a warm wash cloth, but don't wipe it off. Pat it off. It's better for your skin.
After the facials, we're going to paint our nails. My cousins are the ages of 9-12 so we're going to pair up with the one closest to our age.
Then we're going to do each others make up and dress up.
My cousins thought it would be cool if we could do a talent show where we sing, dance, show our artwork etc. It thought it would be cool, so I'm creating a stage for the show.
The party is going to be totally AWESOME
I hope I helped!
Well like my best friend had a ag spa sleepover and asked some of the kids parents to volunteer to work at the stations instead of hiring professionals. They had the pedicure and manicure station, facial station, and one station they had things where you made flip flops for you and your ag dolls! It was really neat and in the morning everyone took their ag doll and watch a doll hair salon video and did their doll's hair. I loved it
I've been asked to host a party for about 20 girls. I'm just doing the spa part and the parent is doing decorations, food etc. Do you have any ideas as to how to set up for that many girls? Should I do stations and put them in groups? Should I let them do each other or have attendants work with the girls?
I am going to have a spa birthday party for my 13th birthday. I am really excited. I read all the ideas and now I am sure i am going to do it. It's gonna be a blast. Thanks everyone. Love Ya!
Can you help me plan my birthday party in January? I want it to memorable and a lot of fun. A SUPER SLEEPOVER with about 15 girls. I want it to have arts and crafts, spa treatment, games, and a scavenger hunt! I need some fun ideas to make this party complete. PLEASE HELP!
We did the usual pedi, mani, masks. I had a friend volunteer her updo skills as a present to my daughter. She did the girls hair. My sister in law is a photographer so she took pictures to send out with the thank you notes. It was super. I supplied the sample wands and makeup from a cosmetic company. It was great. If you want to get sample makeup, talk to a Mary Kay or beauty consultant. They can order you some. It is really cheap if you get with some good people.
I need your help! I'm having my 12th birthday party and it's going be a spa theme. However I'm having professionals come to do facials, makeup, hand massages, and manicures. There's just one problem, there only doing 2 people at a time so I need some game ideas so my friends can do something while there waiting. I'm thinking of having games stations so they can choose what ever they want to do. So please help me!!!
Ohh La La Spa! ideas if you have a fire place set a fire. set out vanilla candles to set the mood. have the girls bring P.J.'s-house coat & slippers.
use hair bands to hold the hair away form their faces.
start with a homemade face mask scrub
1/2 banana
1 tbsp honey
2 tbsp sour cream
apply to face, let set for 10 minutes
Gently wipe off with warm damp cloth!
while they have the masks on put
slices of cucumber over their eyes.
take the slices and soak in warm water for
a couple of hours to soften then chill for an hour.
have the girls lay in a circle with their head together
take a picture with their masks on !
then do a Dish soap finger soak
file the girls nails put on hand cream and do
a hand waxing if available.
paint each others finger nails
do a foot bath with epson salt or foot soak
after apply cream and a pair of new socks
then play musical nail polish
buy a few very bright nail polishes
play the game like musical chairs but have the girls
pass the closed nail polish aound when the music stops the girls have to paint one toe the colour they have in their hands, keep playing until all 10 toes are painted.
do a hair straighting of curling
buy clip on hair pieces from the $1:00 store
for fun looks
have the girls do before and after pictures
do a run way freeze looks
serve spa foods
watch a girl movie or play music
I'm having a spa sleepover and my mums a professional beautician and shes going to do a French manicure a foot spa and a pedicure and then in the morning I'll have a kitten because it will be my birthday xox goodluck
Help! I'm not allowed to go to a real spa for my birthday party or have professionals come to my house, but I really want a spa party. I've planned the goody bags, the setup of rooms, and I've sent out the invitations. Now all I need are the activities. I have looked on a lot of websites but none of them gave me any really great ideas besides hire professionals. I want something laid back because I always get to anxious if something goes wrong so I want to leave room for mistakes. Can anyone help me, PLEASE?!?
I'm going to be having a spa party for my 13th birthday with my 5 best friends plus me! My mom and dad will be home and I know that my daddy could paint nails and my mom could probably do the other things but what are the other things? What kinda things I should do I mean these are my best friends and this is probably the last time we will be together because 1 of my friends is moving so I'm trying to make this the best party ever. What should I do? This is going to be a sleepover. We are going to be watching movies all night and playing truth or dare. Maybe at night do a run way walk and invite all the rents over and do like a real fashion show! I think that would be fun. Give me more ideas thanx! ily
Hey! My birthdays coming up soon and I'm planning the coolest party ever!
1st after everybody arrives were going to a scavenger hunt at the mall
2nd, after the awesome scavenger hunt, were going to have a mary kay consultant come in and beautify all of us! (8 people including me) its gonna be RAD<33333
Does anyone know if the banana and honey face scrub really works well?
I need some really good ideas because I am having a spa party just for the fun of it. I am having 6 girls over and we're doing girls night out spa.
We are doing a mini spa. My friend and I only. Do you have ideas?
I'm having a spa party too and I'm freaking out what I should do.
These ideas were great!
As a "heads up" for favors, do not forget to use after-Christmas sales to procure a number of your favor items and prize items! I was able to score gift packs with two loofahs and slippers on the cheap. In addition, I found scented foot scrub and lotion kits with a pumice/brush inexpensively. In addition, all body gels, lotions, scrubs etc are uber cheap after christmas.
Do not forget to score any foot baths/foot massagers you need. They often are half off!
Get the klutz book of spa it has a lot of good stuff in it.
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How about beauty masks (there are a zillion recipes on the net and in magazines? Take pics while they are sitting with goo on their faces. Give each other mani and pedicures. Decorate a t-shirt to wear the next day. How about an accessory swap where they can all bring stuff they are tired of and trade with each other! (09/16/2005)
We just had a spa party that worked out quite well! We had the girls do facials, soaked feet in bath salts, had manicures from the salon up the street, did mini- makeovers! We got a lot of ideas from the American Girl book about sleepovers, The kids all had a blast! (09/18/2005)
By Deanna Rogers
Make light foods to go with the girly spa theme like smoothies and things of the such. Definitely do the beauty masks. If you were planning on sending gift bags, send home a little bottle of homemade bath salts and lotions and potions. If you collect little yogurt smoothie bottles they are perfect and free! Bath salts are inexpensive and you can get the kids involved. You can find all kinds of recipes that the girls can make and you can also use as favors. Go to the library and check out some books. I make some of my own beauty products. They are cheap and easy along with fun. Sure to be fun for all the girls. I think the t-shirt and accessory swap are good ideas too. Good to keep the girls interested. And if you are worried about costs, the swaps are ways to keep prices low. Or ask for each girl to bring something like one girl bananas one girl nonfat dry milk. And maybe for the biggest "it thing" have a competition between the girls making smoothies. Whoever makes the best smoothie gets a little prize. Or have a "spa grammy awards." Like the girl most proud of her beauty mask or the girl who is willing to try it all. These things can keep the girls busy and into the whole pampering and feeling like a celebrity theme. (09/18/2005)
By Sarah
My daughter is also having a spa party. I borrowed foot baths from friends and they are giving each other a pedicure. We are doing facials made with pumpkin, papaya and yogurt. We are playing a game of put all their shoes in a pile and we break into two teams. They race to find their shoes and put them on. the first team done wins. We are also making non skid slippers from thick socks and puffy paint. (10/19/2005)
By Teri
Ok I am turning 11 years old and we are having a spa party. We are gonna be hiring hair stylists to do our hair, and we are gonna do mini makeovers and manicures and pedicures watch some chick flicks and you know those books, that have like ideas how to make lotions and stuff that what were gonna do for our crafts. it's gonna be great fun for 11-year olds-30 years olds lol! so it will be fun (03/11/2006)
By Kaylee Mller
I just had a spa party, and it was so much fun. We first started by taking before pictures. We then watched a bunch of chick flicks and we did each others nails, toes, hair, make up, and facials. Then at the end of the makeovers we set up a cat walk and we all strutted down it with are new looks and are parents were the judges. We then took after pictures. We all had so much fun and at the end of the party they all got to take home little keepsakes filled with mini soaps, lip gloss, nail files, nail polish, mini shampoos + conditioners, and there before and after pictures. It wa the best party ever! (05/09/2006)
By Ashley Esposito
I had a Spa party and it was AWESOME!! when the girls arrived we took their pictures and then started. First we all had manicures, then facials, then pedicures, then makeup., the HAIR!! then we had all the girls walk down the runway and took their pictures! All the girls looked fabulous!!
After we watched chick flicks and had dinner!
It was the best party ever! (10/23/2006)
By Meghan
Some absolutely wonderful ideas. Thanks ladies and young ladies :) (02/06/2007)
By sunny
I am planning my 12th birthday party. I was looking for different ideas and thought the Spa theme would be fun. Any ideas? Thanks! (04/17/2007)
By Sarah
Well I am going to have a spa party for my 13 birthday. When my guests get here we will take pictures and then they well move to a station there will be manicures and pedicures along with makeup face masks and dressing room. Some of the games we will play after is the pajama grammys we will strut down the run way strike are pose and then take are after pic. We will hand out awards and then head up stairs for dinner we will have a healthy buffet and then for desert we will make are own fruit smoothies after we will head down stairs and open presents then watch some of the best chick flick. For the goodie bags at the end I will have bath soaps and other spa treatment things along with a photo album with pictures. It will be so much fun (06/16/2007)
By katie carter
You should have the girls all put mud masks on and listen to cool music they like. Candles would be nice to decorate your party with. After that you should have them paint their nails and toenails. Teen magazines would be cool to stack up for them to read. Then you can have them do each others hair and make-up and have fun with it. Girls love to take pictures so its fun for them to take pictures when they feel all prettied up. then they can watch a bunch of girly movies like The Notebook or Awalk to Remember. That would be a great party. (07/11/2007)
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I'm gonna have a spa party for my 12th b-day party. I need ideas! Please help me! (07/17/2007)
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What a COOL IDEA! ... a spa party!... I have a few ideas: Why not have the ingredients for the girls to make their own NATURAL FACE MASKS... The recipes are on the internet. They can choose from many masks, like Strawberry, Avocado, Honey-Lemon, etc. As a small parting gift: Print out the recipes on pretty floral or matching paper.
--- They can then do their own face mask... & be sure to get some photo snapshots of them sitting around with all that goo on their faces!
--- They could do a foot treatment... Starting by making their own EXFOLIATING FOOT SCRUB, start with sugar (or salt) & add a dab of any type of oil (olive is fine).. for fun they could choose from one of 2 or 3 essential oils to make it smell nice. *** You will need to use care & ration out the essential oil. This stuff is strong! & If they have it there way... they might mix together ALL THREE SCENTS!... Yikes! Your house would smell WAAAYYY to strong for weeks! You can't go wrong with a light Vanilla scent... & as a second choice why not try Tangerine, Lemon or Peach... Don't give them more that 3 choices & make sure the scents "go" together & don't "clash".
--- Okay, Now they've made their own foot exfoliator. If it's nice weather, have them sit outside or on the back porch, get a rubber type square "dish pale" to soak their feet in after a friend exfoliates their feet. (If you have to stay inside... Go to the dollar store & but 3 or 4 plastic shower curtains for the floor)
--- When they are done scrubbing, & soaking their feet... Let them choose from 3, 4 or more nail polish colors to do their toenails. Be sure to have good lighting... Like the 40 watt "clip lights"... & be sure to use care so the girls won't burn themselves on the hot lamps.
--- I you want to narrow things down, make up a "menu" like they have at the real spas... They can choose from a "number one" face... or feet or hair...etc.
Now hair was my "thing" when I was a kid... How about some hot towels wrapped around their hair which has home recipes (on the internet) of super-conditioning hair masks.
--- Don't forget to cut slices of Cucumbers for the "Cucumber Eyes" like they show in the movies! & get some pictures for later! (08/01/2007)
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The Conversations at Curlow Creek (1996)
by David Malouf
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Conversations at Curlow Creek is the first novel by Malouf that I've been disappointed in, after three five-star reads--[b:Remembering Babylon|827326|Remembering Babylon|David Malouf|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1429429945s/827326.jpg|995164], [b:An Imaginary Life|6240|An Imaginary Life|David Malouf|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1389501088s/6240.jpg|1442072], and the masterfully understated [b:Ransom|6460814|Ransom|David Malouf|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1241983288s/6460814.jpg|6651239]. One consolation I find in the existence of Conversation at Curlow Creek, though, is that this novel, primarily a night-long conversation between two men with interstitial scenes told in flashback, most certainly prepared Malouf as an artist and writer for the task of writing Ransom, which is also story of a night-long conversation between two men, Priam and Achilles.
Here in this earlier novel, though, Malouf's elegant prose trends dangerously close to purplish, and the back story of love and rivalry doesn't hold the necessary dramatic weight to support the life-and-death conversation happening in the novel's present-day story line.
beautiful novel: love that a chance visit to #Oxfam books means I have discovered a new (to me) author.
In The Conversations at Curlow Creek, two strangers spend the night talking. One, an outlaw, is to be hanged at dawn. The other is the police officer who has been sent to supervise the hanging. As the night wears on, the two men share memories and uncover unlikely connections between their lives. The story takes place in 1827 in New South Wales, Australia, which gives the novel the feel of an American western. The troopers presence in the colony is to round up outlaws, and keep an eye on the aborigine population.
I was immediately caught up in Malouf's beautiful prose, and the situations that brought these men together. But ultimately, the story centers on the background of trooper Adair, and a love triangle from his past. He has traveled to Australia in the hopes of tracking down Fergus, a childhood friend, who may now be going by the alias Dolan. Adair is head-over-heels in love with Virgilia back home in Ireland, but she has always favored Fergus.
By spending the night with doomed convict Carnery, Adair hopes to find out what has truly become of Fergus, AKA Dolan. He could then travel back home to sweet Virgilia with news that his rival is buried under three feet of dusty ground, and that he, Adair, was the best suitor all along.
When the novel journeys into Adair's privileged past, and his unrequited love that he still pines for, I started to lose interest (i.e., eyelids getting heavy.) The beautiful prose, and interesting characters got lost in the background story for me.
This is the first book I've read by David Malouf, but it won't be the last. Beautifully crafted, characters that are unforgettable. And, at least with this book, the interesting history of Australia and the people who were brought over from the British Isles, one way or another. When I first read the reviews, I thought it would be similar to A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines. However, this book is much more the story of the soldier/captor, and what brings him to where he is, than the story of the captive. Read the reviews to get a sense of the story. Read the story to gain a sense of David Malouf.
Slow to start because I could find few points of engagement in the first chapter, the story then unfolded in a langourous nostalgic rumination on destiny and self-discovery as a soldier converses with his condemned prisoner through the night before the dawn execution. The convict is little more than a catalyst for the soldier's reminiscences of growing up in a Georgian Irish country house but there is an evocation of intimacy and human connection that raises this above the average.
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Central Catholic escapes with playoff win over Penn-Trafford
Penn-Trafford's football season is over, but it didn't end without some exciting final moments.
The Warriors traded scores with Central Catholic throughout the night, but the Vikings ended up with just enough at the end to pull out a 30-27 win at P-T in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs on Friday.
Running back Luigi Lista-Brinza had 167 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries to lead No. 11 Central Catholic (8-2), which advances to face third-seeded Upper St. Clair (9-1) in the quarterfinals. Senior quarterback Dorian Stevens led the Warriors (7-3) with 197 yards and three touchdowns on 11-for-17 passing.
"It was certainly a back-and-forth game, and the kids really battled hard," Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane said. "Every time we'd go down a couple touchdowns, we'd punch one in. (The loss) wasn't for lack of effort, and obviously, Central Catholic is a great team."
P-T held a 6-3 in the first quarter after a Tom Stinelli touchdown run, but the Vikings opened up a 17-6 advantage in the second quarter. That was when the Warriors resorted to the trick playbook and called for a hook-and-lateral to make something happen before halftime.
The play worked to perfection, with Stinelli making the reception from Stevens and pitching it to Dom Cima, who went 35 yards to cut the halftime lead to 17-12. The teams traded touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters, with Stevens throwing more traditional touchdown passes of 24 yards to Brian McDonough and 57 yards to Cima.
Trailing by three, Penn-Trafford had one last chance to score, but Stevens was intercepted by Joe Tindal at the Vikings 1-yard line with 1:05 to play. The Warriors used their timeouts and forced a Central Catholic punt as time expired, but Stevens was pulled down on the return to end the game.
Despite the loss, 2012 will go down as a second straight successful season for P-T football, which has 16 wins in the last two seasons.
"I'm happy that the kids set the bar high and reached for it," Ruane said. "I think the kids and coaches are disappointed that we didn't make a playoff run, but I think the kids are proud that they proved a lot of people wrong. I think a lot of people didn't expect us to be good again because of the players we lost.
As for his seniors, who have played three years under Ruane, the P-T head coach gave them his thanks after the season.
"I told those guys how proud I am to be their coach," Ruane said. "They came in every day in the offseason, and you get to watch them turn into men before your eyes. They're great kids, and they played the game the way it's supposed to be played."
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That looks like a pretty serious setup. You can have pretty good luck going to a salvation arms store for old pressure cookers cheap. People don't can like they used to and most younger people don't want gramma's old pressure cooker when she goes.
Got the cast iron cookery supplies well taken care of, so just got this bad boy to delve into some canning. Capacity, 21-1/2 quarts. For canning, it accommodates 7 quart jars or 19 pint jars. Can process a GOOD batch in one session.
These models are offered now through Amazon.com at a reduced price. Proudly designed and manufactured in the United States - yeah !!
All part of the SHTF master plan, don't ya know.
My folks have always canned fruits and vegetables and kept a well stocked supply away. I'm not much on canning fruits, but am really interested in canning meat stews, vegetable stews, and vegetables...and want a good supply stored away.
Only canned (water bath) once long ago. So will be a learning adventure for sure. Pressure canning is recommended for some foods and meats especially. The pressure cooker/canner comes with a good amount of canning technique and advice in the book. I'm told the Ball Canning Blue Book is great reference too, as well as Backwoods Magazine.
Also, looks like some pretty great recipes for pressure cooking too. Need to get some roasts ready.
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That looks like a pretty serious setup. You can have pretty good luck going to a salvation arms store for old pressure cookers cheap. People don't can like they used to and most younger people don't want gramma's old pressure cooker when she goes.
very nice. I am glad you found a USA product!
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A lot of people think a pressure cooker might explode, and won't even consider using one.
You can use them for more than just canning - we did a nice roast in one a few days ago. Much faster than the oven, and it doesn't dry out. You can also do chickens and small or sectioned turkeys. If you're into basting and crust it won't be the same, of course, but it's way faster than baking.
Skills like this will keep people alive when/if SHTF comes.Guns and ammo are only part of it.
SOON-We already lost the war. You are the resistance.
My grandmother used to can like this but none of my living relatives do this anymore. Fast becoming a lost art of sorts. For now I am mostly stocked with canned and freeze-dried foods but may have to look into this should I come into a lot of produce.
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
he found SOMETHING made in the USA!
hell yea i'll be canning some groceries. i ain't going to be one of the poor slobs waiting for the government to save them!
Pressure cookers can also be used to sterilize instruments, like an autoclave.
My wife used to can strawberries but she got mad when I used the Parafin wax in my basement squib loads. Just a magnum primer and a little wax for a bullet. good for 20 to 25 Ft. at card board box's - makes it fun in those snow days in the basement. you know quick draw.
My mom canned just about everything when I was a kid. The wife is currently learning. She did alot this fall. If I remember correctly, my mom could also distill water w/ hers. I think she had a separate line that attached to the lid.


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TNA SACRIFICE: Bully Ray vs. Austin Aries
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TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries vs. Bully Ray
The bell rings and both get into a war of words. Bully Ray continues to stall teasing a lock up and then backing up into the ropes yelling at the referee to get Aries away from him. Ray spits in the face of Aries. Aries responds with a big forearm and more shots in the corner. Aries goes up top and Ray catches him with a huge big boot launching Aries to the outside. Ray yells at the referee to count faster. Aries has nasty bruises on his back after taking that bump landing into the steel guard railing. Ray yells to the crowd, "What do you think about Austin Aries now!?" Ray with a huge chop to the chest of Aries. Aries gets up and yells, "Is that all you got!?" Aries takes another chop. Aries is back up. Ray with yet another chop and yells, "Stay down! Stay down!" Ray with a huge big boot and Rock Bottom combo on Aries. Aries finds a way to kick out during a pinfall. Aries with quick kicks to the body. Ray tosses Aries up and catches him with a cutter on the way down. Ray with a cover and Aries kicks out. Ray is shocked. Joesph Park is now front row yelling at Bully Ray. Ray pulls him through the barricade and then Aries connects with a suicide dive. Aries with a missile dropkick launching Ray to the corner. Aries with a big dropkick and brainbuster. Aries hooks the leg and Ray kicks out. Ray has Aries up in a powerbomb, but Aries counters out, Ray falls on his face and applies the Last Chancery submission. Ray taps out.
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We see footage from Impact Wrestling of Christopher Daniels and Kazarian showing photos of AJ Styles kissing Dixie Carter.
Backstage, Jeremy Borash is with AJ Styles. Styles doesn't want to talk about the photos and he is instead focused on Kurt Angle tonight.
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Take Joy: A Book for Writers (edition 2003)
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I very much enjoyed this book about a writer's experience of writing and what she's learned from it (tho she's clear that what she's learned may not work for others). It's made me want to look up and read her other work.
I picked this one up because I've liked Yolen's fiction, but I'm not sure I'd keep it if I did another culling of my writing books. I'm not sure where the weaknesses are for me, but I did find myself skipping sections.
Most of all, I appreciate Chapter 13: An Eruption of Poppies, which is about incorporating landscape into your stories. This is a topic I haven't seen much of in other books on writing. I enjoyed being able to read about writing without being asked to do exercises every few pages (think essay collection, not instruction manual), and I like her attitude toward writing (see the title, plus the summary above). But except for Chapter 13, I don't know as I'll remember much about this book six months from now except for a pleasant feeling of, "Yeah, I liked it."
This has turned out to be the best sort of inspiration/tutorial hybrid. Meaning that I couldn't imagine the existence of such an animal before reading this.
Ms. Yolen shares anecdotes and advice in the midst of explaining exactly what she thinks a plot should be, and the stages of story, and what should be paid attention to in each case. Only she also cautions against assuming that all stories, or authors, will happen the same way. Or be chopped up into these particular pieces.
The inspiration I think I will carry with me, and refer to when I've read something amazing written by another and despair at my own efforts (should that be the mood I'm in), but also to alleviate the business sense that writing has taken on as I learn more about the publishing industry.
Write for the joy of it. Ms. Yolen is very wise to say so.
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At the invitation of the Government of Cameroon and Cameroon's Telecommunications Regulatory Board (ART), FTRA-2006, on the theme "IP networks and related services: Challenges for African regulators", was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 7 and 8 June 2006. Eighty-three participants from 23 countries and 11 organizations attended the forum.
Participants emphasized the need to review the telecommunications-ICT political, legal, administrative and regulatory issues with a view to their inclusion of aspects relating to the Internet and related services, and the need for human capacity building for regulators in a rapidly changing telecommunications environment. After the successful establishment of sub-regional African Telecommunication Regulatory Associations, the Forum discussed the creation of a PAN African Regulatory Association building on the achievement of the African Telecommunication Regulators Network (ATRN) with the aim of putting in place an efficient mechanism capable of decision-making at the continental level. They finally agreed in principle on the establishment of such an association and its integration in the African Telecommunications Union (ATU). The recommendations agreed on may be found in the final communiqué.
FTRA-2007 will be held in Nairobi, Kenya with the exact dates announced at a later date.
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Scarborough: Fox's coverage of O'Reilly's comments suggests he "has nothing to do with" controversy
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In a discussion on MSNBC's Morning Joe of Bill O'Reilly's response to criticism of his controversial statement about dining at a Harlem restaurant, host Joe Scarborough noted, "I don't think that we're mischaracterizing it at all to say O'Reilly was surprised that a restaurant run by people of color was almost just like a normal restaurant." Scarborough also observed that "Fox has been coming up with some pretty, pretty crazy banners" describing the controversy that suggest "Bill O'Reilly has nothing to do with this at all. He didn't cause this at all."
On the September 26 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough, co-anchor Mika Brzezinski, and MSNBC correspondent Willie Geist discussed Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's response to criticism of his recent statement, documented by Media Matters for America, that "I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant [in Harlem] and any other restaurant in New York City. It was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks [and has a] primarily black patronship." Scarborough noted that he had discussed O'Reilly's comments on the previous day's edition of Morning Joe and responded: "I don't think that we're mischaracterizing it at all to say O'Reilly was surprised that a restaurant run by people of color was almost just like a normal restaurant." Scarborough added that O'Reilly "didn't mean to be racist, it just shows that his worldview is so closed that, apparently, he has not been in ethnic neighborhoods in the past." Scarborough also noted Fox News' reaction to the criticism of O'Reilly, noting at one point that "Fox has been coming up with some pretty, pretty crazy banners" for on-screen text to describe the story and highlighted several of them, including one stating "CNN gets suckered by website." Scarborough added, "Of course, Bill O'Reilly has nothing to do with this at all. He didn't cause this at all."
Discussing O'Reilly's charge that he was taken out of context, Geist highlighted O'Reilly's comment during his discussion of Sylvia's on September 19 that "I went to the concert by Anita Baker at Radio City Music Hall, and the crowd was 50/50, black/white, and the blacks were well-dressed," Scarborough responded: "[W]e don't want to distort Bill O'Reilly's words at all, especially when you talk about racial issues, but I think, for instance, again, looking at the totality of it all ... why does Bill O'Reilly even feel the need to tell us that people at the Anita Baker concert that were people of color were well-dressed?"
Additionally, discussing Fox News' response to CNN and NBC's coverage of O'Reilly's comments, Scarborough noted that on-screen text during the September 26 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends First read: "CNN suckered by leftist website," adding, "[T]he banners that Fox News is spitting out on this Bill O'Reilly thing is -- it's just great. It's like, 'CNN suckered by leftist website.' Of course, this is the network that reports and lets you decide."
Later in the show, Scarborough again discussed with show producer Chris Licht on-screen text that appeared during Fox & Friends First, saying "distorting the truth, O'Reilly taken out of context" and "BillOReilly.com for the real story." Commenting on these on-screen captions, Scarborough stated: "Of course, Bill O'Reilly has nothing to do with this at all. He didn't cause this at all."
From the September 26 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:
SCARBOROUGH: Speaking of nuclear: Bill O'Reilly. Now, we played that unfortunate clip of Mr. O'Reilly yesterday, and apparently he has declared war now against CNN.
BRZEZINSKI: What? Against CNN?
GEIST: Yup. We listened to it twice. It sounded pretty indefensible, but Mr. O'Reilly went on the air defending himself. He called us smear merchants at MSNBC, but --
BRZEZINSKI: Smear merchants?
GEIST: Yeah, but his focus last night was with CNN and Rick Sanchez, who I guess a couple days ago took some time away from being Tasered to address this issue, and he -- he got a phone call yesterday from O'Reilly, who basically chewed him out for running the piece and for criticizing him about these comments that he made about his little trip up to Harlem to Sylvia's restaurant.
SCARBOROUGH: And in that trip, I don't think that we're mischaracterizing it at all to say O'Reilly was surprised that a restaurant run by people of color was almost just like a normal restaurant.
BRZEZINSKI: Wow.
SCARBOROUGH: Yeah, he really was stunned, which, again, it's one of those revealing comments. He didn't mean to be racist, it just shows that his worldview is so closed that, apparently, he has not been in ethnic neighborhoods in the past --
BRZEZINSKI: I think it is never good when you don't know --
SCARBOROUGH: -- and has not had -- how can Bill O'Reilly at 55, 56, 57 not know that people of color can run restaurants in the same way that white people can run restaurants? And really, does Bill O'Reilly need to be offended at MSNBC and CNN, or does he just need to understand he made a terrible mistake?
GEIST: There was some talk there that it was taken out of criticism -- excuse me, out of context, and we sort of listened to it on the fly. So I went and listened to the whole interview -- he was talking with Juan Williams last night, and it gets worse if you listen to the whole thing. I mean, it's exactly what you think it is.
SCARBOROUGH: I'm going to continue with the show. So, Bill O'Reilly -- the banners that Fox News is spitting out on this Bill O'Reilly thing is -- it's just great. It's like, "CNN suckered by leftist website." Of course, this is the network that reports and lets you decide.
BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. But I think he would like to make his own decision about this.
SCARBOROUGH: Who would like to make what?
BRZEZINSKI: Bill O'Reilly. He wants to make --
SCARBOROUGH: Yeah. He wants to decide for the rest of us.
BRZEZINSKI: -- his own world for himself.
GEIST: He's -- I just read that he's going to have Sharpton on his radio show today.
BRZEZINSKI: What?
SCARBOROUGH: I cannot wait to hear what Al Sharpton says about Bill O'Reilly being shocked that African-Americans can run restaurants the same way that white people can run restaurants after Al Sharpton's past with Don Imus.
BRZEZINSKI: You know, sometimes when you say something stupid, you should just say, "I said something stupid."
SCARBOROUGH: Yeah.
GEIST: And as you know, Sharpton is the guy who was out to dinner at Sylvia's with O'Reilly, so I'm sure O'Reilly is bringing him on to help him explain what he was talking about. But O'Reilly's spokesperson did release a short statement that said Sharpton was shocked that O'Reilly was shocked that black people know how to run a restaurant. So, might be --
SCARBOROUGH: A lot of shocking going on. But I wonder he's going to call for O'Reilly to be taken off the air like he did with Don Imus.
BRZEZINSKI; Yeah, interesting.
SCARBOROUGH: Maybe the takeaway here is that if Don Imus had said what he said while Al Sharpton was a guest, he'd still be on TV.
BRZEZINSKI: OK, yeah, I'm seeing that.
GEIST: And we'd be sleeping a lot later.
BRZEZINSKI: Yeah, really.
SCARBOROUGH: Yeah, a lot later. A lot later. Thank you, Al.
SCARBOROUGH: So, this O'Reilly thing, it's really -- it's getting ugly between CNN and Fox right now. And, Chris, I understand that Fox has been spending their time coming up with pretty -- pretty crazy banners.
LICHT: Yeah, well, you know, they're making their point -- "Distorting the truth," "O'Reilly taken out of context," "Bill O'Reilly.com, go there for the real story."
SCARBOROUGH: That's a good banner.
LICHT: And "Distorting the truth: CNN gets suckered by website."
SCARBOROUGH: "CNN gets suckered by website." Of course, Bill O'Reilly has nothing to do with this at all.
BRZEZINSKI: He didn't cause this.
SCARBOROUGH: He didn't cause this at all. I understand the restaurant owners at Sylvia's very upset and believe that it was inappropriate. Let's go, though -- and let's go to [NBC West Coast correspondent] John Larson. He has a report on the O'Reilly dustup, and he did this on the Today show, and let's run it now, talking a about a little bit of background on the story.
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O'REILLY: This is dishonest and dangerous.
LARSON: he'd been silent about it for days, but Tuesday night on The O'Reilly Factor, the host spoke out.
O'REILLY: Media Matters distorted the entire conversation and implied I was racist for condemning racism.
LARSON: At issue: whether O'Reilly's radio comments last week about his visit to Sylvia's, a Harlem restaurant, were racist.
O'REILLY [audio clip]: And I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship. It was the same. It was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there and they were ordering and having fun.
LARSON: The debate sparked when his comments were reported by mediamatters.org. O'Reilly went on:
O'REILLY [audio clip]: I think black Americans are starting to think more and more for themselves, and they're getting away from the Sharptons and the Jacksons and the people trying to lead them into a race-based culture.
LARSON: Which was a bit odd, seeing as how Al Sharpton was O'Reilly's dinner guest that night at the Harlem restaurant.
SHARPTON: He and I have had dinner in Harlem before, and I've never heard these comments, which is why I don't understand what this is all about. He didn't say anything offensive that night.
LARSON: He says it's a hatchet job, that if you listen to his entire commentary, he was arguing against racism to his audience.
O'REILLY: It was the same. And that's really what this society is all about now here in the USA. There's no difference. It has nothing to do with the color of anybody's skin.
LARSON: Finally, at Sylvia's, where this began, patrons last night appreciated the barbecue, gumbo, and maybe some Sugar Hill beer -- but not O'Reilly's comments.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: It wasn't appropriate.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Does he expect anything different from black folk than white folk?
LARSON: For Today, John Larson, NBC News, Los Angeles.
SCARBOROUGH: All right, thank you, John Larson. And, after, of course, watching that, they all ran home and watched The Factor because O'Reilly said they're all big Factor fans.
GEIST: Yes, they all watch The Factor.
SCARBOROUGH: So, we're getting e-mails from people which say, "Joe, put this in perspective," which we are, and you've looked through the transcript --
GEIST: I've listened to it --
SCARBOROUGH: -- and you've listened, so put it in perspective after hearing the whole entire thing.
GEIST: Well, here's the argument, Joe. The argument is Bill O'Reilly is making a broader point about gangsta rap and hip-hop culture. And the point is he's against that, obviously. He points to people like Ludacris and Snoop Dogg -- he uses his name over and over. And he's using the people at Sylvia's as an example that most black Americans do not adhere to hip-hop gangsta rap culture. He's saying it's played by the media as mainstream black culture -- that is, gangsta rap hip-hop culture, but it's actually not. Most black people are like the people you find at Sylvia's and places like that. So, with -- that's the broader context. He's trying to make the point. But when he gives these specific examples, it gets worse and worse. So actually, the more context you hear, the worse it gets. He talks about going to an Anita Baker concert where the audience was 50-50, half white, half black, and he pointed out that the black people were, quote ,"well dressed." So, the more you hear, the worse it gets.
SCARBOROUGH: And, again, he said that Sylvia's restaurant was a good restaurant, quote, "even though" it was run by blacks.
BRZEZINSKI: The restaurant manager, who's Sylvia's granddaughter, says it was very insulting. And another one says it's commonplace for O'Reilly. It's his position -- an overview of the world."
SCARBOROUGH: Well -- the thing is, we don't want to distort Bill O'Reilly's words at all, especially when you talk about racial issues, but I think, for instance, again, looking at the totality of it all [inaudible] why does Bill O'Reilly even feel the need to tell us that people at the Anita Baker concert that were people of color were well-dressed?
GEIST: Right.
SCARBOROUGH: As if that was breaking news.
BRZEZINSKI: Yup.
GEIST: And the more defensive he is about it, the more -- you know, as he defends it more and more, you realize that he doesn't understand maybe exactly what he said and that perhaps his views are a little bit old-fashioned.
SCARBOROUGH: Well, that's a nice way to put it, and that makes it even more troubling.
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Giles Deacon was feeling just the tiniest bit freaky in his pre-fall 2013 collection, in which his model posed in front of a gridded and magenta-dyed Ansel Adams Yosemite backdrop — apparently, the inspiration came from vintage fetish magazines. Yet the clothes were in no way outwardly kinky, nor outdoorsy. The London designer was going for fullness — maxi-skirts, flowing dresses — ultimately proving to be a very adult (and potentially very commercial) capsule.
Never one to pass up on look-at-me novelty, Deacon incorporated a lo-fi painterly scribble print over grayscale Teton landscapes, and rather decadently so in a long-sleeved, full-bodied dress evoking a kind of artistic brutality through its graphic wonderland. Other examples included black and patterned silk caftans and coats in stretched polyamide. It was all very '70s (and in a way, a touch Hedi Slimane at Saint Laurent), yet it looked fresh and totally wearable for a midday's lunch at Dover Street Market or a nighttime traipse at Little House.
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Hi fellow mums! I have quite a dilemma that may affect the oral health of my toddler. My daughter used to brush her teeth everyday but overtime she started rejecting to brush her teeth at times. How do I encourage her to brush her teeth everyday again? Hope you could share some helpful tips as I am starting to notice the yellowing of her baby teeth.


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Governor Matt Mead has asked for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cooperation in the scientific review and analysis of groundwater quality. Governor Mead's priority remains the health and safety of Wyoming residents and ensuring they have a long-term source of good drinking water. The EPA's testing identified contaminants in test wells outside of Pavillion, Wyoming.
In a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Governor Mead highlighted professional expertise within Wyoming and urged a cooperative approach between the state and the EPA to best serve a scientific, credible inquiry. Governor Mead's letter brought up the need for more data and requested public hearings in Wyoming as part of the process.
"I hope we can work together to move the work surrounding Pavillion water to a more cooperative, logical and scientific approach," Governor Mead wrote. "The status, safety and the source of any contaminants to the water supply are issues I take seriously and I know you do too."
This letter comes after the EPA released a draft report that suggests a link between contamination of test wells with hydraulic fracturing. In the letter Governor Mead asks Administrator Jackson to get more samples from the test wells before a peer review process begins and asks that Wyoming be a partner in the testing and the peer review.
"I would like to see efforts based on a cooperative, fully science-based analysis that truly serves the interests of Wyoming's people, particularly citizens in the Pavillion area, Wyoming's resources and industries, and the public at large," Governor Mead wrote.
Governor Mead also asked that the EPA consider Wyoming's expertise when assembling the peer review, urged the EPA to hold any peer review panel public hearings in Wyoming and asked for a response to these questions:
· What is the specific charge to be given to the peer review panel?
· Will peer review panel member selection give deference to the unique geology and hydrology of the Wind River and Fort Union formations?
· Is it your expectation that peer review panel members develop one final consensus report; or rather do you anticipate five independent reports?
This letter was sent to Administrator Jackson today.
Source: http://governor.wy.gov/media/pressReleases/Pages/GovernorMeadAsksforPavillionTesting.aspx


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SYDNEY – The U.S. icebreaker Polar Star was dispatched Sunday to assist an icebound Russian research ship and a Chinese icebreaker that itself became trapped during a rescue bid off eastern Antarctica.
The U.S. Coast Guard ship accepted an Australian request to go to the aid of the marooned Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, which has been beset by ice since Dec. 24.
It will also aid the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long (Snow Dragon), which was involved in a dramatic helicopter rescue of the Shokalskiy's 52 passengers on Thursday. The Xue Long has become trapped itself, surrounded by ice of up to 4 meters thick and stuck 21 km from open water.
The Polar Star, which left the U.S. in early December to clear a channel for ships resupplying McMurdo Station research base, left Sydney on Sunday with provisions. It is expected to take seven days to reach Commonwealth Bay, where the two ships are trapped.
The Shokalskiy was stranded with 22 scientists, 26 paying passengers and four journalists on board, as well as 22 crew who remain on the ship.


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I've spent few hours this morning trying to make logo responsive. So it changes it size together with the page. Nothing seems to work. If I declare size in px, everything is fine, logo pic looks good, but it's not responsive. I've tryed :cover | :contain and to declare size in %. But every time something goes wrong.
Logo not expanding to size needed, say if you want your logo half size of the page 50%, it wont expand, tryed to make my logo in PSD small/big, same not growing ... or other thing if it does expand, half of the logo would be hidden, but that one I understand, it is because it maintains ratio of the image.
Cant get my head around and figure out, what would be best way to make logo look good and make it responsive.What guys do you do with logos? do you set width in px? or in % ?
I tend to leave the logo alone and just let other content flow around it if necessary, but it's up to you. You can give an image within the HTML a % width if you like.
We need to see an example of what you are trying to do, though. You can post working example on a site like CodePen.
I think that was the answer to my question. Use img in html. I was trying to use background, and hide html text, so it would be SEO friendly. But if I want my img to resize together with screen, i need to put it in HTML.
Theoretically speaking, would it be possible also to render the logo as an SVG image--so that it would scale indefinitely?


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Nice vignettes of a time long, long ago, when the internet was fresh and new and we all cared about what Bill Gates thought.
This was a surprise. I really really loved this novel. A fascinating snapshot of the 1990's tech industry from the POV of an early Gen X software tester and programmer. Doesn't sound like it would be entertaining? It blew me away, it was so fun and hilarious, from the pseudo-deification of Bill Gates (referred to only as "Bill"---said with the gravity of saying "God"), to the Lego decorated office, to the pet hamsters named "Look" and "Feel," to the typical 90's Gen-X conversations--philosophizing over pop culture (cereals, 70's TV shows, childhood toys, etc).
There were more serious themes too, such as finding love, how older generations are lost on the new tides of the technology boom, finding purpose and meaning in life after the success-driven 1980's. So, even though it was a fun book, it wasn't shallow.
Pretty amazing to read this book AFTER The Circle. Similar, and yet... What a difference twenty years makes! Wow!
I found Mer. Coupland, quite funny, and as a non-computer Geek,(my Geekdom is in other fields) I can't tell if there is Science fiction in this or not. But I enjoyed reading it and I know many others have as well.
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The popular and charismatic three-time world champion Jorge "Travieso" Arce and Cecilio Santos made their April 24 showdown official on Wednesday, as they will meet in a 12 round elimination bout in the main event of "Top Rank LIve" in the Multi Use Center of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora. "Ciudad Obregon is a great boxing city and I wanted to fight here one more time because I have many friends and is close enough to my hometown to have my family come and see me. I want to give them a great and entertaining fight," said Arce, today in a press conference to announce "The Battle of the Yaqui."
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Santos (24-13-3, 14 KO's) of Mexico City, has fought three times for a world title and is looking for a fourth opportunity against Arce. The fight is a WBO Bantamweight eliminator with the winner to fight Eric Morel for the WBO Bantamweight championship in the summer.
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Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > > Ok, > > I just received this (probably automatic) email message from "Jeff Covey > <email@example.com>" about talking care of the Cocoon entry in > FreshMeat. > > Now, let me say I don't use Freshmeat even if I'm a big fan of it and it > is a shame, IMO, that Cocoon is ranked as shit while Avalon is ranked > 5th (yes, people, 5!!) in the whole freshmeat tree. > > [well, having started both, I'm very proud anyway, but I'm kinda sad for > Cocoon's rating] > > But this is mainly due to the fact that I *never* *ever* updated that > entry... mainly because I didn't even enter it. > > The story is that some other user (back in the Cocoon 1.3/1.4 days) > submitted the entry and went away. Without even telling us! I had to go > thru hoops with the freshmeat guys to change the maintainer of that > entry to me and remove that person (I don't even remember who he was). > > Now, I'd be *VERY* happy to pass over the hand to somebody else who is > willing to keep the project entry alive and not vegetating as it is > right now. > Great!! > This should be done along with Cocoon 2.0 final to show the renewed > development life of this project. > > What do you think? any committer volunteering for this? > As this should be synced with the release, the person assembling the distribution should/could do this best. As this is currently me....if noone is against it, I volunteer for it. Carsten > jeff covey wrote: > > > > I'm writing in reference to the project "Cocoon". > > > > Your email address listed as the contact address for this project on > > our listing at: > > > > http://freshmeat.net/projects/cocoon/ > > > > You may have submitted this project to us yourself, or someone who > > uses your project may have done so. Since the time this project was > > submitted to us, many new features have been added to our site, and > > this listing needs to be updated. In particular, we've adopted a new > > categorization system which allows much more fine-grained organization > > of projects. Since your project has never been recategorized under > > this system, our readers aren't finding your project when they browse > > through categories where it should be listed. > > > > We'd like to ask you to take just a few minutes to recategorize your > > project. 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Cliff Porter questioned by three top commanders
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. - A spokesman with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday that it's not unusual for an employee to be questioned in a personnel matter by three of the highest-ranking commanders.
The employee, Deputy Cliff Porter, was recently called into the office while off duty to answer questions from Sheriff Terry Maketa, Undersheriff Paula Presley and Bureau Chief Al Harmon.
Porter's superiors asked him about comments he allegedly made to a comrade regarding the office's handling of the 2012 disappearance of Kara Nichols.
Porter has filed a complaint against the office, accusing Maketa of creating a hostile work environment based on sexual favoritism toward women. Three commanders who are currently on paid leave filed a similar complaint.
Porter also said Maketa pressured him to support former Sheriff John Anderson as Maketa's successor.
In a recording of the meeting with Porter and his superiors provided by the Sheriff's Office, Porter expressed frustration about the atmosphere within the office.
"My perspective is with all the political stuff that's been going on, sometimes people ... it seems crazy around (here)," Porter said. "People seem worried and frustrated. Guys on patrol are worried about this and that, and it just seems nuts, man."
Presley replied by asking: "And you haven't played a part in that, and made any statements regarding that?"
Office spokesman Lt. Jeff Kramer said despite its stance against commenting on the current investigation of Maketa and the office, the office decided to provide the recording to dispute some claims made by Porter.
"Each member of an employee's chain of command plays a part in a personnel investigation," Kramer said in a release issued late Wednesday afternoon. "Depending on the nature of the complaint or who the complaint is made to, it is not uncommon to have various members of the chain of command question the employee about their conduct."
Regarding the three commanders on leave, Kramer said they will remain on that status until the investigation ends, or until the office determines whether the commanders violated office policy.
Kramer referred questions about the cost the investigation to El Paso County spokesman Dave Rose. Rose said a cost can't be determined until all hours worked in the investigation are counted.


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I bought one of these on Saturday for my son's forthcoming 18th. His is the 'tan' coloured version, which I thought would look a bit odd, but I have to say it's more of a bronze colour and looks really very smart. It works very well, but we haven't managed to get the rapid internet access to work at all. I paid £615 inc VAT for it from Tronix Computers (http://www.tronixcomputers...., though it was at a computer fair so I paid a lot less than indicated on their web site. It's worth mentioning I think that it currently comes with a free upgrade to Windows 7 under the Vaio rollout programme, for which you have to register. Angles of view are perfectly OK - who buys a 15.5" laptop for viewing from the side? personally, I'd rather the guy next to me can't see what I am working on on the train! You don't get the option to install Vista 64bit, so I guess you can't use all the Ram unless things change under Windows 7 (I don't think they will). The main thing though is that my son is delighted with it - quality is hugely better than his old Acer, and although it may not play the very latest games at top settings, it is hugely capable. I too would have liked to see an eSATA port, but USB2 is perfectly good for most things. Very happy bunny!
I've just purchased the VAIO VGN-NW11S/S, partly on the strength of this review. It's pretty good generally, but there are a couple of annoyances.
The first annoyance is the location of the USB ports. The two on the right-hand side are placed next to where any right-handed person would naturally use their mouse. With USB cabling attached to one or both of these ports, you have to operate the mouse some distance away from the computer itself, which is very awkward if space is limited. The situation is no better on the left-handers, as the single USB port provided there is in the equivalent position. Surely, these would be better placed towards the top of the sides or at the back, where they're less likely to get in the way.
The second annoyance is that neither of the two right-side USB ports appear to provide sufficient bus power for the external hard drive I want to use with it. Curiously, the left-sided port does provide enough power. There's no mention of the specification being different in the manual, however.
Agree with the above!
Just bought the Vaio two weeks ago and love the silky smoothness of it, but I do miss my 4 USB ports on one side of my old laptop.
Another annoyance is the inconsistency in the volume levels for the chassy speakers. One music track played through WMPlayer can be heard across the room, but a DVD is virtually inaudible if a kettle is running on the back-ground. Could be a tweak in my settings, but havent discovered a workaround just yet.
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