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This paper examines the concept of "quiet" as an "environmental value" in terms of amenity and wellbeing from a legislative context. Critical review of two pieces of environmental legislation from Australia and New Zealand forms the basis of the paper. The Australian legislation is Queensland's Environmental Protection Act, and the New Zealand legislation is that nation's Resource Management Act. Quiet is part of the psychoacoustic continuum between a tranquil and an intrusively noisy sound environment. As such, quiet possesses intrinsic value in terms of overall sound within the environment (soundscape) and to individuals and communities. In both pieces of legislation, guidance, either directly or indirectly, is given to "maximum" sound levels to describe the acoustic environment. Only in Queensland is wellbeing and amenity described as environmental values, while in the New Zealand approach, amenity is identified as the core value to defend, but guidance is not well established. Wellbeing can be related to degrees of quietness and the absence of intrusive noise, the character of sound within an environment ("soundscape"), as well as the overall level of sound. The quality of life experienced by individuals is related to that person's physical and mental health, sense of amenity and wellbeing. These characteristics can be described in terms of subjective and objective measures, though legislation does not always acknowledge the subjective.
The expression "peace and quiet" is often given as the benchmark for amenity in relation to sound in an environment (
Booi and van den Berg [
Furthermore, Booi and van den Berg [
The protection of quiet areas, a core objective of the END [
Generally, amenity values are based upon how people feel about an area, its pleasantness or some other value that makes it a desirable place to live [
The second of these definitions, from Queensland, is somewhat circular in nature and is described later in this paper in relation to a Planning and Environment court decision [
and as expressed in Chapman v. Sheridan-Wyoming Coal in 1950 [
In New Zealand the concept of "reverse sensitivity" has evolved through case law, and applies where new sensitive activities are introduced into an environment where lawfully established activities may create adverse effects upon the new activity. The physical amenity values of all parties are considered but quality of life is not, unless it can be defined in terms of "pleasantness". In the south of New Zealand, for example, the Clutha District Council in its District Plan considers noise thus:
It has long been noted that the transformation of sound to noise, and thus the assessment of "intrusive" noise, or "nuisance" noise, depends upon individual sensitivity to the noise and the context in which the sound occurs. Intrusive noise and/or annoyance [
These two definitions of noise can undergo synthesis and a rank order of impact derived thereof. However, it should be remembered that there is no objectively defined relationship that can predict when environmental values and perceived amenity may be adversely affected by noise. Regardless, at the experiential level, sound is commonly judged as being reasonable or unreasonable, wanted or unwanted, pleasant or annoying, easy to ignore or intrusive.
Wellbeing is a defined determinant of population health under the WHO strategy "Health for all in the 21st century" [
Wellbeing and amenity can therefore be qualified and quantified in terms of "quiet" and "noise" (as defined in [
Based on the foregoing: criterion (1) infers no noise whatsoever; criterion (2) is "reasonable noise"; criterion (3) is the transition stage between unreasonable and reasonable noise; and criteria (4) and (5) define "unreasonable noise".
The impact on sound upon amenity can be indirectly estimated using economic measures. In Australia, historical data from the 1986 national noise survey [
The valuation of quiet or noise as commodities is not an untoward concept. They are commodities that can be bought and sold like any other commodity. As there is not an accepted system for the definition of cost of noise mitigation to achieve regulatory goals, criteria need to be defined for the quantification of value in dollar terms [
Although economic factors are major determinants in the choice of neighbourhood, both lifestyle and environmental conditions tend to be strong influences on the actual locations chosen. The movement of people to areas of environmental advantage is an important factor in planning considerations. Given a favourable economic setting, regions with high environmental aesthetics are likely to exhibit better economic performance than regions with environmental problems. In this respect, noise mitigation becomes a social process, whereby individuals invest personal resources into quiet areas, and in doing so, lower demand for areas considered noisy. However, caution is needed when assessing noise sources and levels, due to the extrinsic and intrinsic nature of the receiving environment. For example, concepts such as "sense of place" [
The impact of noise on communities and characterisation of soundscapes has been mostly studied in European contexts. In other parts of the world, such as Australia and New Zealand, noise data is impoverished, and noise policy often guided by data collected in other countries (e.g., [
A conservative estimate of the percentage of the Australian population affected by excessive noise comes from Brown [
New Zealand noise studies, of which few exist (but see [
The concept of community and individual "environmental values" is a relatively recent legislative construct, with the notion of "amenity" becoming a necessary, albeit difficult, environmental value needed to protect human health and wellbeing. In Queensland (Australia), the Environmental Protection Act 1994 [
The Queensland legislation (1997/2008) demonstrates that environmental qualities affecting both human and ecosystem (biodiversity) health can, therefore, be defined in an effective and practical manner in different legislative frameworks relating to amenity.
The 2008 Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy established a range of "acoustic quality objectives". The acoustic quality objectives, based on WHO criteria [
Arguably, the amenity of the acoustic environment relative to a specific community requires a more finely detailed analysis than the "maximum" sound levels expressed by the acoustic quality objectives. Consequently, the objectives must be considered in relation to what they are seeking to achieve and their relationship to the relevant environmental values. These, in turn, require some form of analytical methodology in order to provide context to subjective and objective measures. Indeed, given the differences in approach to the definition of soundscapes and environmental noise [
Activity disturbance is regarded as an important indicator of the impact of noise on the community, as outlined in Section 7(b) of the Queensland legislation (2008) protecting the right to relaxation and unhindered conversation. According to the 1986 national noise survey, disturbances were to listening activities (e.g., listening to the radio or watching television) and sleep disturbance. Overall, 40 percent of the respondents reported disturbance to listening activities (traffic noise 13 percent, barking dogs 8 percent) and 42 percent reported disturbance to sleep (barking dogs 15 percent, traffic noise 12 percent). However, it should be noted that noise masks not only activity sounds (e.g., conversation/TV) but also ambient sounds that may be otherwise restorative (waves at the beach, birdsong, children playing
Actual court cases that have addressed amenity values in the Queensland context are not common. In 2012 the Land Court of Queensland [
The effect of noise on ecosystems is nearly always overlooked in an acoustic assessment for large-scale activity in a greenfield location. Bird-life mark their territories for food and mating through bird-song and calls. Any human intervention that disrupts this cycle is potentially reducing the diversity in an ecosystem by removing a predator group and allowing the growth of the food group. This can have unintended consequences through the food chain. The strict application of noise-numbers, as given in the noise policy, fails to identify, qualify or quantify the effects of noise on ecosystems including human ecosystems. A risk-assessment approach is needed, with the environmental values having primacy and the acoustic quality objectives being identified as simplistic noise-numbers for design.
A different approach to the consideration of amenity was given by the Planning and Environment Court of Queensland in the case of Holcim (Australia) PL v Brisbane City Council [
The Council had confined its focus to the question of amenity due to air quality, noise and traffic. The Court held that the Council was obligated to properly address the entire concept of amenity. It did not do so and the approval for the residential development was set aside. This decision is significant because the Court has clearly indicated that "amenity" is not a simple assessment against set criteria but encompasses a diverse range of perceptual values. The Court referred to amenity and quiet by reference to an earlier decision [
The decision is an example where perception was taken as being of greater import or value than some form of objective measurement. This was not a case of where the noise from the industry could be managed, or the residences built to reduce noise inmission, but a subjective opinion that the amenity of the development as such was adversely affected to the extent that the development could not proceed.
Though close geographically, and much legislation and practices are combined across the two nations, Australia and New Zealand manage the acoustic environment using different approaches. In New Zealand, neighbourhood noise is policed on a regular basis by local government rather than a police function as in Australia, and lacks a unified noise policy such as Queensland's, with at least five legislative acts (Dog Control Act 1996; Traffic Regulations Act 1976; Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; Residential Tenancies Act 1996; Resource Management Act 1991) and individual Council planning rules involved in the management of environmental noise. Of these, however, it is the Resource Management Act [
The RMA, the centre piece of New Zealand's environmental policy, contains no reference to "quiet", and provides no quantitative criteria of "excessive" noise levels, instead directing local authorities to environmental (noise) standards when considering permissible noise levels in their district plans. Qualitatively, "excessive" noise is defined in the RMA as sound that is under human control, including musical instruments, electrical appliances, machines (however powered), a person or groups of persons, or explosions or vibrations. Excluded from this definition is noise emanating from aviation, rail, or road transportation. More specifically, the RMA notes that excessive noise "unreasonably interferes with the peace, comfort, and convenience of any person (other than a person in or at the place from which the noise is being emitted)". However, "unreasonably interferes" carries the implication that noise can "reasonably interfere". In practice, day-by-day guidance as to what is, and what is not, "reasonable noise", is one-or-other of the environmental noise standards, which themselves borrow heavily from international standards (e.g., WHO Noise Guidelines) focusing on health impacts rather than amenity. Thus,
The national environmental standards, including noise standards, are developed by Standards New Zealand, a government owned but independently operated organisation. New Zealand noise standards include NZS6801/6802 (measurement and assessment of sound/noise), NZS6803 (transport noise), and NZS6808 (wind turbine noise). Through these noise standards, environmental noise assessment in New Zealand consists, to a large degree, of the management of sound from various sources referenced to some pre-determined "baseline" sound level. This level may be daily exposure (such as the United States' day-night level or the EU day-evening-night level) or for some shorter or longer period of time. Implicit in these assessments is that a certain proportion of the community will be highly annoyed by the source of noise at a nominated sound level threshold. This proportion is in the order of less than 20 percent of the exposed population, depending on the source of noise and the baseline sound level [
As described, New Zealand has a different approach for activities that require planning approval, which come under the RMA. The RMA approach, through the environmental standards, is based upon an analysis of the nature of the sound source, the nature of the receiving environment and the potential for adverse effect due to the sounds (see, for example, [
The practice, however, is completely different as experience before the Environment Court individually by the authors has shown. Noise performance standards and "noise-numbers" incorporated within district plans or New Zealand Standards are applied unless there is significant proven reason why some other indicator should be adopted. Consequently, individuals and local communities in New Zealand appear to have very little redress against noise from industrial activities affecting neighbouring properties unless such noise is so unreasonable or excessive that the territorial local authority is forced to take legal action for mitigation. In contrast, New Zealand has a very robust and effective control process for noisy parties or loud music within its urban limits.
An example of the New Zealand "noise mitigation" system in practise can be seen with the Te Rere Hau wind farm, located in New Zealand's "wind province", Palmerston North. After obtaining planning permission and becoming operational, a complaint of noise was heard by the Environment Court and the Court decided, amongst other things, that the noise effects at local residential locations are considerably greater than those predicted in the application. The process started by an application of the Palmerston North City Council to the Environment Court [
Both the Australian and New Zealand approaches attempt to establish rules to redefine subjective experiences into quantitative measures. With suitable measures in place it is possible to objectively define the character of the ambient soundscape and intrusive sound in measurable terms. A fundamental difference between Queensland's Environmental Protection Act and the New Zealand Resource Management Act is that the former is specifically designed to protect and conserve the environment, and amenity therein, while in practice the latter is a resource management and planning instrument that is not specifically designed to protect the environment, but rather manage the environment as a social or more usually, an economic resource.
Acoustical analysis has little meaning to a person unless it is has a real relationship with an individual's responses to intrusive sound and can be described or explained in a way that the individual understands. Individuals understand intuitively what "noise" is to them personally, and this distinction may change day-by-day, even to the same sound. Individually perceived amenity is assessed as an
In order to establish what is wanted as "Quiet" it is necessary to first establish the level and character of soundscape. This involves not only objective noise measurements obtained using instrumentation, but also the judgments and reactions of those occupying the soundscapes. If the character of the sound is foreign (
In evaluating the "quality" of a sound, the audibility or perception of the sound is assessed by an individual who then express their judgements using different terms to describe the sound. An individual may describe in many different ways the perceived character of a sound, and the emotions it elicits. The techniques of sound quality measurement (e.g., loudness, dissonance) provide a partial analogy for sensitivity to noise.
While a critical part of the human perception of sound, sound quality measures are very difficult to incorporate as practical and effective objective criteria in standards or codes. For example, the failure of acousticians and regulatory authorities to understand and apply the mandatory assessment of "special audible characteristics" in the New Zealand standards (e.g., NZS6808:1998 and NZS6808:2010) high-lights the difficulty with measurement and assessment of anything other than very basic "noise-numbers". In contrast, the Queensland approach applies a defined regulatory philosophy (environmental vales) and measurable acoustic quality objectives.
Decision processes to establish adverse effects due to noise [
The subjective processes a person may consciously and/or subconsciously apply when listening to a sound are described in a noise impact assessment methodology developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) [
In contrast, the New Zealand approach begins with amenity but, through the use of environmental standards, ends with simply sound level criteria which have no relation to subjective factors. Unlike Queensland, the interplay between subjective and objective factors present in
We present a description of legislative approaches taken in Queensland (Australia) and New Zealand to define wellbeing and amenity in acoustical terms. The definitions are not simple, and are not easily translated into the rigid physical structures required for acoustical measurements, nor for the black-and-white criteria that assist legal judgements. Quiet is a readily defined environmental value and determinant of good health and wellbeing under Queensland's environmental noise legislation. In practice, wellbeing and amenity can be described in terms of sound character or quality as well as physical terms such as sound level. Queensland legislation [
The New Zealand planning legislation [
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He speaks French and visited Europe this summer, but a new poll Wednesday shows most people across the pond don't know who Mitt Romney is—and those who do, don't think very highly of him.
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Hulk Hogan Sues Bubba The Love Sponge & Gawker For $100 Million Over Leaked Sex Tape
See how he's wearing an all-black T-shirt with matching bandanna? You made the Hulkamania put on formal wear, brotha, it's time for the pain.
Yesterday, Hulk Hogan and his attorneys (above) announced they are suing Gawker for $100 million after it published an excerpt from a sex tape the Hulkster unknowingly made with Heather Clem, now-former best friend Bubba the Love Sponge's wife who Hulk is also suing for secretly filming his giant Thermos dong in action. Except this morning, Bubba went on his radio show and accused Hulk Hogan of leaking the sex tape himself. TMZ reports:
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A square meal is hard to come by for many poor families, especially in the current economy. Free and reduced-cost breakfasts and lunches help cover the gap in children's diets, but during the summer those resources aren't available and children go hungry.
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Jacquelyn McKenzie is the Administrator and Food Service Manager for the SFSP in Henry, Newton and Rockdale counties. She, along with other members of Good Hope Baptist Church, the local sponsor for the SFSP program, including her Assistant Food Service Manager Mary Boston and Rev. Eddie J. Tomlinson are supervising the program and have recruited 17 food distribution sites in the three counties. This is the second year for the program in Newton County.
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text: Karachi- Three people including the intelligence agency official was killed in firing incidents, police official said. According to police, a man was killed in firing near Sakhi Hassan roundabout in purported incident of robbery. Police said the deceased man was an intelligence agency official. The incident occurred outside a marriage hall near Sakhi Hassan. The victim was identified as Major Amir Azhar. He was returning from a wedding hall with his nephew when 'armed robbers' targeted him outside the hall in an apparent mugging bid, police said, adding the deceased officer was deployed in Station Headquarters in Malir Cantt for a post-graduate course. His body was moved to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.


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Dead Space 2 -- the sequel to the acclaimed sci-fi/horror/survival game -- is here, and the PR machine is in high gear. For example, an article in the most recent issue of Wired covered the research and ingenious methods that went into making the infected humans that serve as the game's cannon fodder as disgusting as possible. But that's nothing compared to the game's latest advertising campaign, entitled "Your Mom Hates Dead Space 2".As part of the campaign, EA has released several videos … [Read more...]
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CIO Green IT: Green computing tips in the data center:
Data center energy efficiency strategies for CIOs
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Green IT: Buzzword or strategy?
Tip - Green IT is the thing to do -- but what does that really mean, what's the plan, and who should manage it?
Green IT mind shift taking hold, research shows
19 Feb 2008
Article - Energy-saving IT purchases and other green IT initiatives have grown in importance, according to CIOs and market research.
Creating an action plan for green IT: A SearchCIO.com podcast
Podcast - Green IT has become more important to companies and CIOs -- but how do you get started? Get tips in this podcast.
Green IT in the data center: Plenty of talk, not much walk
20 Nov 2007
Article - A new survey from Symantec of 800 data managers worldwide shows that protecting the environment is low on the totem pole for most data center stewards.
Green IT strategies could lead to hefty ROI
Tip - Various green IT technologies and strategies, such as virtualization and storage capacity consolidation, are allowing CIOs to cut costs and improve the ROI in their data centers.
CIOs save green by going green in the data center
Tip - CIOs who are using green IT options to improve energy efficiencies in their data centers are also seeing improved cost savings.


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On June 8, soybean aphids were being found in several Iowa locations. Brian Lang, Extension specialist-field crops, found one winged aphid on V1-V2 stage soybeans near Decorah. Virgil Schmitt, Extension specialist-field crops, also stated he had received a "report of a couple of fields being sprayed for soybean aphid between Wapello and Burlington." Brian Wischmeier, NK Seeds agronomist, also on June 8, had received information that a field near Mediapolis in southeastern Iowa had large enough populations in V4-V6 stage, 14-inch soybeans that honeydew was collecting on the pant legs of the farmer as he walked the field. Doug Tinnes, NK Seeds sales agronomist, confirmed this report. He scouted the field and noted that in an 140-acre field, the plants consistently had 100 aphids per plant and one large area of the field had 200-250 aphids per plant. Where the aphid population was the heaviest, he could see that the plants were noticeably stunted. He observed that there "were very few" lady beetles in the field feeding on the aphids. This soybean aphid activity in southeastern Iowa is much earlier than anticipated yet there is no need to panic and start spraying fields without accurately assessing the situation.
Description of Soybean Aphid
If you are unfamiliar with soybean aphids, they can be found as both winged and wingless forms on soybeans. Wingless soybean aphid adults are about 1/16 inch in length, pale yellow or green, and have dark-tipped cornicles (tail pipes) near the end of the abdomen. Aphids feed through piercing-sucking mouthparts. The winged form has a shiny black head and thorax with a dark green abdomen and black cornicles. The soybean aphid is the only aphid in North America that will reproduce on soybeans. Therefore, any small colony of aphids found on soybeans must be soybean aphids.
Biology and Seasonal Cycle
The seasonal cycle of soybean aphids is complex. Eggs are laid on buckthorn in the fall and overwinter there. The nymphs hatch in spring, giving rise to wingless females. There may be up to four generations on buckthorn in the spring. These wingless females on buckthorn reproduce without mating (asexually) and the young develop into winged females that migrate in search of soybean or possibly other host plants. Females on soybean reproduce without mating and produce wingless daughters that continue the cycle. During the summer, winged aphids may develop during any generation on soybean, which places much of Iowa soybeans at risk from pest invasion because the aphids are easily carried by winds to areas even where they aphid may not overwinter locally.
Soybean aphids reproduce faster in cooler environments. This may be a primary reason why aphids have caused more damage in northern Iowa than southern Iowa. The optimum temperatures for reproduction and longevity are 72-77°F with the relative humidity below 78 percent. During optimum conditions, a soybean aphid population can double in size every 1 1/2 days. When temperatures exceed 81°F the developmental time is lengthened. The soybean aphid may have as many as 15 to 18 generations annually.
In late summer the wingless females produce young that develop into both winged females and males. These winged aphids migrate back to buckthorn, where they reproduce sexually. These mated females subsequently lay eggs, beginning a new seasonal cycle that passes through the winter.
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|Both winged and wingless soybean aphids can occur on a soybean leaflet.
The first detection of soybean aphids in Iowa has typically occurred near Decorah in northeast Iowa on seedling soybean plants (V1-V2 stage). For the past four years, the first aphids on soybeans have been found on June 18 (2001), June 16 (2002), June 5 (2003), and June 8 (2004). Scouting is essential in any field to determine the presence of aphids and their population size. See the next article on scouting and economic thresholds for suggestions on management decisions.
This article originally appeared on pages 65-66 of the IC-492(11) -- June 14, 2004 issue.


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Sophomore Shawnta Dyer is averaging 6.7 points and 5.6 rebounds, but is coming off one of the best games in her career.
Dyer had 12 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and three steals in a blowout victory over Valparaiso on Saturday night.
"Everyone on this team has a role and I know my role," Dyer said. "I have to defend and rebound and do that to the best of my ability."
And when Dyer is doing that she gets opportunities on the offensive end. She had five offensive rebounds in the Valpo game.
U of L coach Jeff Walz said the "exciting thing about" Dyer's performance against Valpo was the six assists and no turnovers. He's been stressing the inside players needed to pass the ball better to create more easy buckets.
"She did a great job," Walz said. "The kid practices hard every single day we are out there and it's showing for her."
Dyer has started in nine of 10 games and is averaging 18.4 minutes a game.
The Cardinals have now scored 90-plus points in four games this season, while also scoring less than 50 in two games.
U of L beat Texas A&M 47-45 but suffered its only loss to Kentucky, 48-47. Two other games the Cardinals scored 75-plus points.
Walz said don't expect the different styles to change much.
"I know the fans want us to press and run against every opponent," Walz said. "But we just can't do that, we're not in that situation now.
"We have to figure out how to win games. If we can win 96-40, that's what we'll do. But if it's 47-45, then that's what we're going to do. I have to figure out what is best position for us to win games."
Walz has been stressing free throws with the Cardinals, especially since missing 3 of six in the final minutes of a one-point loss to Kentucky.
The Cardinals responded with an 18 of 20 performance against Valpo.
"It's a great start," Walz said. "It's nice to know that we can make them. Now, we have to get in a situation when the pressure is on and we make them.
The Cardinals are hitting 68.2 percent as a team this season, with only five players on the roster hitting 70 percent or higher.
Sophomore Bria Smith has started nine of 10 games and averaged 6.9 points for the Cardinals this season.
But she only played a few minutes against Valpo. Walz said her knees had been "bothering her" and he wanted to make sure she had some rest.
"She should be fine," Walz said. "We're going to need her."
U of L is on the road for its only game of the week – a 9 o'clock start against Colorado in Boulder, Colo., on Friday night.
The Buffalos are 7-0 heading into Tuesday's game with Denver. Colorado is receiving votes in the AP poll this week.
"Colorado is going to be a tough game," Walz said. "They're a team that should be ranked in the top 20. They are not for some reason.
"But it's a big challenge for our team to go on the road. It's without a doubt our toughest road test of the season. We're going to have to come ready to play."
U of L finished second nationally in attendance last season and after five home games this season, the Cardinals are averaging 9,714 fans.
The figure is just behind Tennessee (10,908) and us ahead of UConn (8,468).
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Most fake bombs missed by screeners
75% not detected at LAX; 60% at O'Hare
By Thomas Frank
WASHINGTON � Security screeners at two of the nation's busiest airports failed to find fake bombs hidden on undercover agents posing as passengers in more than 60% of tests last year, according to a classified report obtained by USA TODAY.
Screeners at Los Angeles International Airport missed about 75% of simulated explosives and bomb parts that Transportation Security Administration testers hid under their clothes or in carry-on bags at checkpoints, the TSA report shows.
At Chicago O'Hare International Airport, screeners missed about 60% of hidden bomb materials that were packed in everyday carry-ons � including toiletry kits, briefcases and CD players. San Francisco International Airport screeners, who work for a private company instead of the TSA, missed about 20% of the bombs, the report shows. The TSA ran about 70 tests at Los Angeles, 75 at Chicago and 145 at San Francisco.
The report looks only at those three airports, using them as case studies to understand how well the rest of the U.S. screening system is working to stop terrorists from carrying bombs through checkpoints.
The failure rates at Los Angeles and Chicago stunned security experts.
"That's a huge cause for concern," said Clark Kent Ervin, the Homeland Security Department's former inspector general. Screeners' inability to find bombs could encourage terrorists to try to bring them on airplanes, Ervin said, and points to the need for more screener training and more powerful checkpoint scanning machines.
In the past year, the TSA has adopted a more aggressive approach in its attempt to keep screeners attentive � the agency runs covert tests every day at every U.S. airport, TSA spokeswoman Ellen Howe said. Screeners who miss detonators, timers, batteries and blocks that resemble plastic explosives get remedial training.
The failure rates at Los Angeles and Chicago are "somewhat misleading" because they don't reflect screeners' improved ability to find bombs, Howe said.
TSA chief Kip Hawley, responding to previous reports about screeners missing hidden weapons, told a House hearing Tuesday that high failure rates stem from increasingly difficult covert tests that require screeners to find bomb parts the size of a pen cap. "We moved from testing of completely assembled bombs … to the small component parts," he said.
Terrorists bringing a homemade bomb on an airplane, or bringing on bomb parts and assembling them in the cabin, is the top threat against aviation. "Their focus is on using items easily available off grocery and hardware store shelves," Hawley said.
A report on covert tests in 2002 found screeners failed to find fake bombs, dynamite and guns 24% of the time. The TSA ran those tests shortly after it took over checkpoint screening from security companies.
Tests earlier in 2002 showed screeners missing 60% of fake bombs. In the late 1990s, tests showed that screeners missed about 40% of fake bombs, according to a separate report by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress.
The recent TSA report says San Francisco screeners face constant covert tests and are "more suspicious."
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Based on discussions held during GME workshops and meetings, fifteen Critical Determining Factors (CDFs) relevant across all MMA sites were selected for use in MIDAS. There are five CDFs for each of the following categories: governance, socioeconomic and ecological. The user must input a value for each CDF from the linguistic scale pull-down menu available for each CDF.
Governance CDFs
Governance is the complex of ways by which individuals and institutions, both public and private, manage their common concerns. In the context of MMAs, governance refers to the structures and processes used to govern behavior, both public and private, in the coastal area and the resources and activities it contains. In a MMA, there is a need to create a governance system capable of managing multiple uses in an integrated way through the cooperation and coordination of government agencies at different levels of authority and of different economic sectors.
There are five governance CDFs
- Stakeholder involvement
- Stakeholder compliance with rules and regulations
- Management operations
- Support from government agencies
- Empowerment
Socio-Economic CDFs
The goals and objectives of many MMAs include socio-economic considerations such as food security, livelihood opportunities, monetary and non-monetary benefits, equitable distribution of benefits, compatibility with local culture, and environmental awareness and knowledge. Understanding the socio-economic context of stakeholders involved with/or influenced by the MMA (individuals, households, groups, communities, organizations) is essential for assessing, predicting and managing marine resources. The use of socio-economic indicators allows MMA managers to a) incorporate and monitor stakeholder group concerns and interests into the management process; b) determine the impacts of management decisions on the stakeholders; and c) demonstrate the value of the MMA to the public and decision-makers.
There are five Socio-Economic CDFs
- Perceived threat due to development
- Perception of local extractive resources
- Non-extractive alternative livelihoods
- Socio-Economic benefits from establishment of MMA
- Perception of seafood availability
Ecological CDFs
Regardless of their many social benefits and aims, MMAs are ultimately a tool for conserving the biophysical conditions of our oceans and coats. In most cases, the link between the biological state of the marine environment and the livelihoods, income and food security of the people who use and depend upon the resource is explicit and intimate. Therefore, beyond characterizing natural systems, the measurement of ecological indicators can also be useful when viewed in the context of socio-economic and governance conditions that operate in and around the MMA.
There are five Ecological CDFs
- Level of fishing effort
- Relative change in habitat extent
- Habitat quality
- Herbivory
- Focal species abundance


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Ghostbusters Quote-along!
City of Menlo Park: Community Services Department
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (PDT)
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Event Details
The City of Menlo Park Community Services Departmenthas teamed up with Guggenheim Entertainment to bring you an interactive fun-filled evening at the PAC.
Come dressed in character as you act-along and quote-along to our favorite ghost removal service movie! Special "Fun Pack" for advance ticket buyers / RSVPs.
Quote-along events are presented with a pre-show introduction including explanation of the quote-along elements. Guests are encouraged to dress up as their favorite character and play-along with the movie. This quote-along event is highly interactive with in-movie antics and a special "Fun Pack" for advance ticket buyers. Purchase your tickets in advance to ensure that you are not left out of the fun! Fun Pack quantities are limited and may not be available for walk-in patrons.
The Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center is home to chamber orchestras, professional ballet companies, choirs, quote/sing-along events, lectures, school productions, and many other programs. In an effort to keep our theater in top-notch condition for all activities the Sequoia Union School District strictly forbids food and drink inside the theater. Kindly finish all food and beverage outside or in the lobby area before finding your seat. No alcohol on school campus is allowed.
Disclaimer: All titles are subject to change.
MPAA Rating: PG
When & Where
Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center (PAC)
555 Middlefield Rd
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (PDT)
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City of Menlo Park: Community Services Department
Menlo Park is a city of roughly 30,000 people located in the South Bay Area, with San Francisco and Oakland to the north and San Jose to the south. In 2009, the City constructed the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center (PAC) in conjunction with Menlo-Atherton High School. This facility is available to the City of Menlo Park 55 days out of the year for community programming.
The Performing Arts Center seats 492 and contains professional-quality sound and lighting, an orchestra pit accommodating up to 80 musicians, and a full lobby and box office. The venue has hosted musical performances, touring dance companies, author lectures, live chamber music, etc. A wide variety of performances including dance, theatre, musicals, film screenings, sing-alongs, and many other art forms are made availible to the general public throughout the year.
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What better way to kick off the weekend than with a little fitness challenge – chick style!
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1. Watch the videos below of 3 of our FIT CHICKS fave exercises in video
2. Grab a timer, make space in your living room and find your inner fierceness.
3. Set your timer and complete each of exercises in the following order:
- 50 reps of reverse push ups
- 50 reps of 180 burpees
- 25 around the world plank (each time all the way around is 1 rep)
4. Stop your timer after each exercise and write it down. Take a 1 min break then complete the next.
5. Do this each day over the weekend (ie Friday, Sat and Sunday) and let us know how you do in the comments section (plus it is just a fun way to try 3 new fab exercises!)
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Source When it comes to balancing long-term relationships and careers, professional men's tennis players seem to do a better job than their female counterparts. Maria Kirilenko recently announced that she was breaking offher engagement to hockey star Alex Ovechkin. She became the third high-profile professional woman's tennis player in the past two years to see marriage [Read More…]
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Deadly Piety (by John Frye)
Deadly Piety: Be Careful! In the review of Scot McKnight's SGBC: Sermon on the Mount, we now move into Matthew 6 with its opening "thematic (warning) statement" (6:1) and three examples of practices of deadly piety (by the Pharisees)—almsgiving (6:2-4), prayer (6:5-6), and fasting (6:16-18). Jesus offers an aside that breaks the neat symmetry of [Read More…]
What I Have Learned Most from the Sciences
Posted last week at BioLogos: A student of mine recently wrote a paper in which he talked about growing up in a church that taught young earth creationism. This student was beginning to feel quite uncomfortable as he had learned some facts about the world a long, long time ago that were almost certainly undeniable. [Read More…]


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bushmaster xm-15 5.56 caliber, less than five hundred round through weapon, bolt carrier is stuck inside barrel extention. mags are good, weapon is clean, has anybody ever heard of this crap. would like explanation. used factory loaded ammo, mainly Remington, but have used wolf, no reloads at all. noticed the finish inside where the carrier rides along directly behind the barrel extention is flaking off, looks like a cheap paint job on a car. weapon is still under warranty. going to send off monday. anybody have any ideas, also, weapon would not chamber a round but would eject a round. i would have to pull bolt back to chamber a round, used bushmaster mags, and a brand called C products. both brand new,
thank you
I'm not understanding this at all. Paint? What is a barrel extention?
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There are ways to try to force it open but it might be best to let Bushmaster deal with it. If the rifle has a round chambered you don't want to send it in that condition. Contact them.
was reading on bushmaster FAQ's and there was a problem of "case head separation" where a person was using surplus ammo and reloads, bolt was stuck in the barrel extension and the mag had blown out of mag well, i have the same problem minus the mag blowing out of the mag well. i use some wolf and some remington. the round has been fired, just not ejected. has anybody heard of this "case head separation" deal?
I've had a case seperation on 2 occassions as I recall. However the carrier ejected the rear portion and I had to push the neck out with a rod...That was using factory re-loads 25-30 years ago. Rifle was a Colt AR-15 A2. It might be possible to gingerly push a rod up against the spent round in your chamber and gently tap it...it may release. I thought it best to contact BM if it's warrantied but I wouldn't mention the use of steel cased ammo...Good luck.
Have you tried this:
Rifle vertical, pull down on operating handle hard and while pulling down
bang the butt on the ground several times--don't be shy, whack it!
Your problem might be the wolf ammo. Older wolf was lacquer coated,
and the coating would muck up the chamber on an AR. Real B!T@H to
get out. If you get the stuck one out, pull the upper and BCG, get a
good strong light and look at the chamber---should be smooth and shiny.
No ideas on the flaking finish.
lets say it is the ammo and i have to buy a new barrel extension and bolt carrier, what is a good aftermarket brand to purchase. quality that is?
i have 2 bushmasters (xm-15,carbon pistol)both have about 2k rds fired threw them...only problem i have encountered with the rifle was wolf ammo...it will shoot it,but it will FTF sometimes...as for the pistol...cant even get wolf to chamber...its like BillM said...the steel cases have lacquer coating on them and when your barrel heats up...that crap will just cakeup the chamber...if it was me i would disassemble the lower from the upper,stand the upper, up(muzzle up),get some PBblaster or any good penetrating lubricant and spary a good bit down the barrel and let it sit for a couple of hours...if it comes through or around the fired round into the action...then grab an old cleaning rod and tap on it...it should break free..then inspect your case,chamber and see what went wrong...alot of people shoot wolf and other crappy ammo in theyre ar-15 type rifles and never have this problem...has to be,because of a lil bigger spec. chamber...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Aaron Rowand says any talk about the National League Cy Young Award should begin and end with San Francisco teammate Tim Lincecum.
"All you have to do is take a look at his numbers," the Giants' center fielder said. "With the exception of one, maybe two starts, all season long he's been dominating. You talk to guys on the other team that have to face him and all of them are pretty impressed with the way that he's developed, not only with his pitches but his maturity and learning how to pitch. He's not a thrower."
Lincecum proved that on a day he didn't have his best stuff.
GAME REPORT: Giants 3, Braves 2
San Francisco's hard-throwing right-hander pitched eight innings for his first win in more than three weeks, Rowand homered and drove in three runs and the Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Wednesday.
Lincecum allowed five hits and struck out eight to earn his first win since July 13 and only his second in his past six starts. In his three previous outings, the San Francisco ace had a loss and two no-decisions.
"I felt like this outing wasn't that bad. We got the win and that was the biggest part," Lincecum said. "But that's just way too many walks for me, especially when I'm talking about trying to be efficient with my pitches. Those are going to kill you."
At 12-3, Lincecum will likely get a long look from the Cy Young voters. He leads the majors with 175 strikeouts, is second in the NL with a 2.69 ERA and improved to 11-2 in 19 starts this season following a Giants' loss.
"It's still early, we've got a lot of baseball left, but at this point he's throwing the ball as well as anybody in the game," San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said. "There's no question he's going to get real strong (Cy Young) consideration."
Lincecum was effective but far from dominant, walking four while pitching with runners on base in every inning but two. But after giving up an RBI groundout to Mark Kotsay in the sixth, the 24-year-old starter didn't allow a runner past second base and struck out the side in the eighth to finish his afternoon.
He benefited from a four-pitch third inning and got some help from the Giants defense. Left fielder Fred Lewis threw out Casey Kotchman at the plate to end the first after Kotchman walked and took second. Omar Infante then lined a sharp single off Lincecum but the throw home from Lewis beat Kotchman by several feet.
"(Lincecum's) got some of the best stuff in the game, if not the best," said Atlanta catcher Brian McCann, who had three of the Braves' five hits. "He's throwing a changeup that acts as a split. It's like 88 mph. If he's got that going, he's tough to hit."
Randy Winn added four hits including the 1,500th of his career and scored twice for the Giants, who won for the fourth time in six games after going 4-8 following the All-Star break.
Brian Wilson pitched a perfect ninth for his NL-leading 32nd save in 34 chances.
San Francisco did all of its damage early against Atlanta's Chuck James (2-5), who was making his second start since being called up from the minors last week.
Rowand's homer to left-center was his 10th of the season and made the Giants the last team this season to have a player reach double digits in home runs. Rowand drove in another run in the second with a sacrifice fly off James to make it 3-0.
Atlanta scored its runs on Yunel Escobar's RBI groundout in the fifth and Kotsay's groundout in the sixth. But the Braves couldn't get their offense going and had only three hits over the final eight innings.
"You've got to score," manager Bobby Cox said. "It's hard to score in this ballpark and not only that, it's hard to score with their pitchers, so you've got to take advantage of everything you can get."
Notes: Wilson has converted 23 consecutive save opportunities, the fifth-longest streak in San Francisco history. ... Braves RHP Tim Hudson's season-ending elbow surgery is scheduled for Friday. ... San Francisco signed third baseman Conor Gillaspie, the 37th player selected in the 2008 draft.
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President Obama's campaign manager warns backers that Obama could lose to Mitt Romney because of money.
"Their gap is getting wider, and if it continues at this pace, it could cost us the election," Jim Messina wrote in a solicitation e-mail sent to supporters today.
Messina cited reports that Romney and the Republicans raised more than $100 million in June, and "that's about what we raised in April and May combined."
He said, "We're still tallying our own numbers, but this means their gap is getting wider, and if it continues at this pace, it could cost us the election."
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I offer the following for information only, with no guarantees. I highly recommend that folks perform research with equipment vendors, car manufacturers/dealers and car forums before attempting this. It is not something that someone with little or no technical, electrical, audio, etc. knowledge should attempt.
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2005 BMW M3 Convertible with Harmon Khardon audio system. NO navigation, NO digital sound processing (DSP). If someone wants to try this, they may have to tweak the parts specs a bit to get the interfaces for their specific vehicle (if it has nav, BMW ipod interface or DSP).
XMradio bundle, includes XM Direct receiver and Blitsafe interface. The Blitsafe is designed to plug into the stock BMW CD changer cables in the trunk. It also has a 'pass-thru' connector that's intended to let you plug your CD changer into the Blitsafe. This way (unlike some interfaces) you don't have to sacrifice your CD changer for XM. If (for whatever reason) the BMW radio is configured for european use (you'll see MWA and LWA instead of the familiar AM and FM), you'll have to reconfigure it or it won't recognize the XM Direct receiver through the Blitzsafe. There's info on the forum links at Myradiostore that resolve this.
You can find information on Dension's ice link ipod interface on this site. The ice link is also designed to plug into the stock BMW CD changer cables. If you'll follow the links, they'll show you how to configure the ice link to send text to the BMW radio head. You can plug it directly into the Blitsafe pass-thru connectors. Ice link's connected to the Blitsafe's connected to the CD changer cables....you get the picture. The ipod dock works with both ipod photo and ipod mini. You can play songs by playlist, artist or album. Rather than route this mess into the cabin, you can leave the dock in the trunk. It wedges perfectly into one of the cubby holes on the left side of the trunk. Since all text displays on the radio, you don't need visual access to the ipod while you're driving.
This is Infinity's website. It has information on their Basslink subwoofer. Rather than string amps and cables all over the place, this unit is self contained. It fits on the left side of the trunk, mounted horizontally. Crossover and bass boost are currently set to lowest level. Gain is set to about 30%. Bass is tight, not boomy. No problem hearing full bass line on Edgar Winter's Frankenstein with the top down! ;-)
This is an install kit for the Infinity sub. The information was extremely useful and validated subwoofer wiring and configuration; however, most folks would choose to use Monster Cable 8 gauge power and ground wire. Since the sub has an auto-on/off feature, its wired it directly to the battery with a 30 amp in-line fuse 3 inches from the battery terminal (if the cable should fault or break, the fuse in the subwoofer won't provide any protection, since the power cable runs straight to the battery. This in-line fuse will protect the car's electrical system and battery). The sub is 200 watts, so if you don't have heavy duty power cables and a strong connection to the battery, it'll drop out at higher levels due to low supply current. You can pick the audio input to the subwoofer directly off the stock subwoofer in the ski boot pass-thru. This stock subwoofer actually has two voice coils (one for the left and one for the right). Each voice coil is rated at about 2 ohms. Since some amps are finicky about their output section and might be damaged if they don't see the load they expect, I left the stock subwoofer connected and simply soldered subwoofer input leads in parallel with them. These leads can trail along through the same path as the stock audio leads and end up on the left side of the trunk by the sub's input section. Since the input is coming from the low frequency amp, there is no need to install the remote bass level control. The bass control on the radio head works just fine for controlling the sub's output.
All told, you'll spend about $150 for the XM, $200 for the ipod, $170 for the subwoofer and about $35 for the sub install kit. You'll probably opt to spend another $50 for a 300 watt amp power wiring kit by Monster Cable (included cables, spade connectors, heat shrink, etc.) If you do, you should consider purchasing and substituting a 30 amp fuse for the 60 amp that came with the Monster install kit. It takes 4 hours to install the ipod and XM and another 4 hours to do the subwoofer.
THE RESULT - nothing mounted in the passenger compartment....no jacks, plugs, cords, cables, amps, docks...nothing. Both XM and the ipod are fully controlled via the stock BMW radio head. Text displays are available from both XM and ipod...including XM station number, name, artist and song...including ipod artist, album and song. You toggle between audio sources by pushing the MODE button on the radio....AM, FM, in-dash CD (stock player also plays MP3 disks), ipod and XM. Very sweet..... The bass is tight, not muddy or boomy. Sub has LOTS of power to spare. All equipment is easily removed from the car if you sell, trade, or lease ends.
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Greg Mankiw looks at how the Obama and McCain tax plans affect your ability to save and accumulate wealth, taking into account corporate taxes, divedend and capital gain taxes, and estate and gift taxes:
If there were no taxes, so t1=t2=t3=t4=0, then $1 earned today would yield my kids $28. That is simply the miracle of compounding.
Under the McCain plan, t1=.35, t2=.25, t3=.15, and t4=.15. In this case, a dollar earned today yields my kids $4.81. That is, even under the low-tax McCain plan, my incentive to work is cut by 83 percent compared to the situation without taxes.
Under the Obama plan, t1=.43, t2=.35, t3=.2, and t4=.45. In this case, a dollar earned today yields my kids $1.85. That is, Obama's proposed tax hikes reduce my incentive to work by 62 percent compared to the McCain plan and by 93 percent compared to the no-tax scenario. In a sense, putting the various pieces of the tax system together, I would be facing a marginal tax rate of 93 percent.
It looks like there's a lot of "wealth spreading" going on already. Or, actually, wealth destruction, as money taken in taxes doesn't get spread to the needy via some scientific leveling process. It gets spent on favored political constituencies, and often is spent inefficiently. Economists call this "dead-weight loss," a polite term for "waste."
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There's a lot to get upset about in life but someone cashing in 300,000+ deciding not to edit a journal because his kids won't get to keep much of the money he earns is pretty low on my list. The opportunities he passes on will be pounced on by others and no one will know the difference. Besides maybe his kids.
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