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Quest Software's Group Policy Extensions for Desktops (QGPED) 2.0 takes the Gold Award for SearchWin2000.com's Group Policy Management Products of the Year. Earning consistently high marks across the board by our judges, Group Policy Extensions allows you to force Group Policy Refresh on network events, so you can instantly reconfigure client computers when they move into or connect to your network.
Group Policy Extensions adds on to native Group Policy Objects (GPOs) through nodes to both the computer and the user configuration. Using a template-based approach, you can manage desktops through the extended settings applied and enforced on each client. Templates are created by configuring a sample computer and capturing its settings. Because it is so tightly integrated with Group Policy, training time is minimal.
With Group Policy Extensions, you can merge group memberships and define users and their roles on each computer by dynamically populating local group membership based on comma-separated (CSV) files. It allows you to remotely manage Outlook and user profiles, security group membership, configuration settings, network connections and scheduled tasks.
There is also a useful services configuration feature that allows for centralized service account changes and disables unnecessary services. That includes hardware restrictions, which may be used to prohibit end users from using mass storage devices, like USB sticks.
Group Policy Extensions supports all major Microsoft Office application configurations, including settings for Power Options (which provides significant energy savings), Windows Explorer, hardware restrictions and services. It also offers support for RSoP (Resultant Set of Policies).
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The Intel WiFi Link 1000 is an IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N1 wireless network adapter that operates in the 2.4 GHz spectrum. This adapter, available in Half Mini Card form factors, delivers up to 300 Mbps of receive throughput. It also delivers a host of features to enhance today's mobile lifestyle. Fanless netbooks and thin value notebooks are the primary target for this low profile, one-sided design. The Intel WiFi Link 1000 has qualified for the Centrino brand.
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As Drought Sears Texas, TPW Magazine Marks 10 Years of Water Insight
AUSTIN – As record drought heats up across the state, Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine fittingly focuses on water in an expanded 96-page July special issue titled "Every Drop Counts: The State of Water, A Decade Later." The issue culminates 10 years of water resource coverage with articles by leading writers and experts. It's also the first to offer a digital replica for online viewing and mobile devices, plus audio podcasts of articles.
The "Every Drop Counts" sentiment was underscored this month when State Climatologist John Nielson-Gammon proclaimed that "for this time of year this is the third-worst drought on record for Texas." Neilson-Gammon also noted that the recent October to May time frame was the driest consecutive 8-month period ever in Texas.
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"A Chorus Line," conceived and originally choreographed and directed by Michael Bennett, with a book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban, can be seen through Aug. 18 at the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre.
The musical shares the story of a group of ambitious dancers competing for eight coveted spots in the chorus of a Broadway musical. Through the audition they bare their souls while sharing stories of their childhood, ambitions, fears, and experiences in show business. The songs, including "What I Did For Love," "One," "Nothing," "Dance: Ten Looks: Three," and "I Can Do That," have become Broadway standards.
Director/choreographer Pamela LaForce helms CVLT's production with musical director Nicholas Wilders. The cast includes Michael Litherland, Alex Marzullo, Jake Washabaugh, Talia Consentino, Brandon Harmon, Jen Justice, Sarah Durham, Greg Donnellan, Genny Vince, Sara Bogomolny, Christian Nichols, Megan Astman, Cassandra Mears, Julian Kruyne, Devon Turchan, Abby Zerull, Steven Tiderman, Katelyn Cassidy, Heather Strahl, Belle Puckett, Marissa Gellander, and Alyssa Whiddon.
"A Chorus Line" plays on CVLT's Main Stage at 40 River Street in Chagrin Falls' Theatre District, with performances on Friday & Saturday nights at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees on Aug. 3 and 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 regular, $16 students and seniors. Not recommended for children due to adult themes and suggestive language.
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European Convention on spectator violence
Standing Committee
Joint Project "Promoting Safety, Security and service at sport events" (PRO S4)
Safety, security
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Convention on Safety, Security and Service
Working structures
Reports on national policies and list of national legislations
Convention on the Manipulation of sports competitions
Joint Project "Keep Crime out of Sport" (KCOOS)
European Convention on spectator violence
Spectator violence
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T-DO and T-RV
Recommendation on comprehensive report on measures to counter hooliganism (89/2)
(adopted by the Standing Committee of the European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in Particular at Football Matches during their 5th meeting, 1989)
I. At their 13th Informal Meeting (Athens, 1 and 2 June 1988), the sports ministers asked the Standing Committee to "produce a practical report on a comprehensive package of control measures". (MSL-GT 13 (88) 14 rev., paragraph 30.)
II. The first draft of such a report, based on experiences/measures which had been brought to the attention of the Standing Committee, was examined at the 4th meeting on 19 and 20 July 1988. A revised draft was submitted for later comments and the final draft included lessons learned from the European Football Championships (Federal Republic of Germany, June 1988). This report therefore incorporates some of the latest examples of good practice (13 April 1989).
III. It should be stressed that this report lists all the measures used in all countries and organisations which participate in the work of the Standing Committee. Not all these measures however will be applicable in each and every country: the measures adopted will depend on their football history, legal and administrative traditions and structures, as well as the level of spectator violence they are faced with. The method and tactics of policing of potential hooliganism will also be a matter for each country to decide and they are not dealt with in this report. The list of measures should therefore be seen as a "menu", from which choices may be selected. It is for the same reason that the report lists measures to be taken and does not always specify the authority which should take them. Furthermore, some measures can only be implemented within the limits of existing domestic legislation and the powers conferred upon the relevant authorities.
IV. These measures will also be applicable, pari passu, for measures to be taken in international (bilateral or multilateral) co-operation.
V. The report is divided into five parts:
A. Permanent measures to prevent spectator violence
B. Measures to be taken before a high-risk match
C. Measures to be taken during a high-risk match
D. Measures to be taken after a high-risk match
E. Long term measures
VI. As some of the measures may appear to be of a rather general nature, it is important to stress that preparation, planning and the exchange of views and information - in short co-ordination and co-operation - is probably the vital ingredient of success. The main lesson which the Standing Committee draws from its experience is that without full and willing consultation, co-operation and co-ordination between football authorities and public agencies at club and national level, measures to control spectator violence will not be effective. This aspect is equally important when international matches or tournaments are arranged and the parties should arrange for such co-operation on a bi- or even multilateral basis between whatever will be the most appropriate bodies in good time before such events.
VII. It is also relevant to point out that some of these measures refer also to the safety and security of football spectators.
A. Permanent measures to prevent spectator violence
(For adoption as appropriate at local, national, international levels)
1. Are there channels for consultation, co-operation and co-ordination, and for the exchange of information and intelligence between:
a. football clubs, football associations
b. local, national and transport police forces
c. between football and police authorities?
This exchange of information should take advantage of the experience gained by associated groups such as supporters' clubs, tour operators, etc.
It will cover problems raised not only at the origin and destination of potential hooligans but also during their transit.
For major tournaments, co-operation machinery should be established early and cover all aspects of preparation.
2. Is there a national co-ordination committee on hooliganism?
3. Is there a system for the co-ordinated collection of national information on hooliganism?
4. Has a machinery been developed for identifying high-risk national matches and implementing counter-strategies? This machinery should take into account the criteria used by UEFA for deciding high-risk matches.
5. Are adequate barriers, grilles, fencing, tunnels etc provided at grounds for public safety and control, the segregation of supporters, and protection of players, officials, etc? A sufficient space between pitch and stands is desirable. Emergency exits through fencing on to the pitch are desirable.
6. Are there facilities including a command and control post at grounds for police/security forces, medical care, etc?
7. Are there facilities to control entry of spectators into grounds (for example machines for reading passes or tickets, metal detectors, breathalysing equipment, etc)? Clubs should assume, where appropriate, powers to use these facilities.
8. Do grounds comply with the provisions of UEFA's brochure "order and security in the stadia" and, when appropriate, with its security checklist?
9. Have national public and football authorities prepared and do they implement either legislation or a national handbook on crowd safety and control providing clear standards and guidelines for stadium owners and managers?
10. Have clubs, owners or managers improved the quality of spectators' areas and terraces at grounds (small sections; seating; family enclosures; other facilities)?
11. Are clubs aware of their own responsibilities in matters of security, etc? Each football association and, ideally, large club should have its own security committee. Clubs should acknowledge the priority of safety and security of spectators over gate receipts and profit.
12. Do football clubs give adequate encouragement for the organisation of responsible supporters' clubs, including the proper training of adequate numbers of stewards and marshals and their liaison with the local police; and for responsible tour operators etc?
13. Has the need for membership schemes (whether complete or partial) been considered, with special attention for domestic away matches (for example, "pass system" cf. 7), or measures to encourage peaceful fans and identify and exclude troublesome ones.
14. Have clubs designated a spectator safety/control/security liaison officer? Have national football associations designated a similar national official?
Regulation, legislation, etc
15. Is there a strategy for the production of tickets and control of ticket sales, including:
a. numbering and colouring of tickets;
b. clear conditions for sale and resale;
c. devising a system for checking and tracing purchases of tickets where appropriate (eg voucher scheme);
d. defining the role of clubs or FAs or supporters' clubs in supervising the distribution of allocated tickets;
e. making, where appropriate, provision for all-ticket matches;
f. restricting opportunities for black-market sales and/or forgeries;
g. implementing the recommendation and guidelines for ticket sales adopted by the Standing Committee (Recommendation N° 1/89).
16. Are there legislative or administrative powers (for application nationally, locally or by the police as appropriate) permitting:
a. the control or ban of alcohol sales and distribution in and around matches;
b. banning possession of pyrotechnic devices at grounds (or projection when a match is in progress);
c. high risk matches to be banned, played elsewhere, or at a different time, or under certain conditions?
17. Has consideration been given to the adoption of legislation providing an adequate definition of hooliganism (including disorderly conduct and/or frightening behaviour at a sports event) with appropriate punishment, including exclusion from future matches, of offenders?
18. Has consideration been given to granting powers where possible to exclude undesirable spectators from grounds; from travelling in organised supporters' journeys, etc?
19. Have public authorities powers to license grounds for high-risk matches and to approve the holding of them?
B. Before high-risk matches
20. Are known troublemakers prohibited/discouraged from leaving home territory for away matches; or can conditions for travel be imposed?
21. Is consideration given to the organisation, particularly for international matches, of seminars with participation from appropriate authorities, to ensure the precautions and measures used employ the latest examples of good practice (Recommendation N° 1/88)?
22. Is information, publicity, etc on good behaviour provided, in the language of the visiting supporters, explaining inter alia the standards that the host will expect?
23. Have the police developed contacts with local citizens and regular supporters to explain measures taken for ordinary and for exceptional matches?
24. Have police forces been given training in methods for welcoming and helping visiting supporters?
25. It is advisable to anticipate the degree of likely press and media interest in a match or tournament, and to prepare policies for press conferences and to plan for consequences of possible events; have football and police press officers been trained in this aspect (cf. 39)?
26. Is there a ticket sale policy for the match? (cf. 15) for example:
a. limits on number of purchases;
b. no sale on day;
c. not necessarily selling tickets for all the capacity available (reduction overall and for each sector proportionately);
d. restricting black-market sales.
27. Are ticket sales compatible with and do they contribute to the effective segregation of supporters in distinct, designated and separated areas, and allow, where necessary, adequate police supervision?
28. Do clubs/FAs prepare co-ordinated travel-ticket arrangements for their visiting supporters?
29. Do clubs/FAs consider preparing appropriate accommodation, when necessary, for visiting supporters, especially at international events?
30. Are travel and approach routes (including car and coach parks) of rival supporters segregated?
31. Do visiting supporters arrive just before, and leave immediately after, the match?
32. Do clubs provide adequate trained stewards and marshals for home and away supporters respectively? Do organisers consider recruiting/hiring additional stewards for particular matches? (cf. 12)
33. Is consideration given to banning alcohol distribution or sale during organised travel to matches. (Recommendation N° 1/87).
34. Is consideration given to banning alcohol distribution or sales in the vicinity of the grounds before, during and after a match? (Recommendation N° 1/87).
35. Is there specific pre-match planning, liaison and co-ordination and regular, including eve-of-match, briefings for all parties concerned? Are there contingency plans agreed by the police and the referee?
36. Have public authorities taken account of UEFA's measures for security?
37. In accordance with Article 3.1 of the Convention, will "adequate public order resources" be secured?
38. Have arrangements for sharing the costs involved of securing these resources been considered?
39. Has the use of police 'spotters', knowing the visiting supporters, to advise the 'home' police been considered? (Recommendation N° 1/88)
40. Has providing simultaneous watching facilities at the home ground for an away game (or additional watching facilities nearby the match) been considered?
41. Are there regular searches for, and removal of, dangerous objects (for example, building materials, rubble, or other rubbish) inside and in the vicinity of the stadium in good time before it is opened?
C. At high-risk matches (while spectators are in the stadium)
42. Are UEFA's Binding Instructions followed?
43. Are turnstiles opened in good time, giving spectators ample opportunity to enter before the start of the match?
44. Are police, stadium speaker, stewards (including fire stewards) and pre-match entertainers at their respective places of duty, or ready, when turnstiles are opened?
45. Do clubs, and/or police as appropriate, control entering spectators with a view to:
a. excluding those "under the influence";
b. excluding known trouble makers;
c. excluding holders of doubtful tickets;
d. excluding dangerous objects, pyrotechnics, alcohol;
e. providing random searches, frisks, etc? (Recommendation N° 2/87).
46. Are spectators found in a wrong area or sector moved to the correct one, or, at the discretion of stewards or police, expelled?
47. Is segregation effective?
48. Is the distribution, sale or consumption of alcohol at the ground banned or restricted?
49. Are all goods for consumption sold in soft containers?
50. Are adequate trained marshals and stewards provided? (cf. 12)
51. Is the size, material and use of slogans on flags, banners, rattles, musical instruments, etc controlled (including for fire risk)?
52. Are any outbreaks of hooliganism recorded on closed-circuit television (CCTV) or video?
53. Is a public address system used and a pre-match and interval programme of events or entertainment provided?
54. Are adequate public order resources at the ground (cf. 37) secured?
55. Are all exit doors/gates during the time any spectators are in the ground adequately staffed? Are all exits capable of being opened at any time in an emergency from the inside (ground side)? (The locking of exits - even when a steward with a key is present - is unsatisfactory.)
56. Are adequate medical care staff present?
D. After matches
(See also Nos 28-32.)
57. Do away spectators return rapidly (especially if team is defeated), and are they separated from home spectators on dispersal from the ground?
58. Are spectators who commit acts of violence or other criminal behaviour identified and prosecuted in accordance with the due process of the law in accordance with Article 5.1 of the Convention?
59. Do clubs regularly review their list of undesirable spectators?
60. Do clubs review measures taken and draw lessons?
61. Do the agencies involved in co-operation continue to consult and co-ordinate and profit from experience?
E. Long-term measures
62. Are there appropriate educational and sporting programmes on the teaching and practice of fair play at clubs, schools; is there training in fair play?
63. Do clubs/FAs encourage the development and pursuit of community schemes with various age-groups and talents?
64. Are there ad hoc socio-cultural programmes suitable for visiting supporters, and permanent ones for regular supporters, including those on the fringes of hooliganism?
65. Do clubs develop ways of making their fans important for them?
66. Do the agencies involved discuss with and consult the media on their role in the portrayal of hooliganism, fair play, etc?
67. Do clubs/FAs take a strong line against cheating and violence on the field of play; do they ensure that match officials are adequate for the task?
68. Do clubs take a strong line against troublesome 'supporters' and encourage more responsible supporters' clubs?
69. Do local authorities encourage the development of the educational role of football clubs, for example in schools?
70. Is co-ordinated research into the causes and origins of football hooliganism, its role in society and into strategies to counter it, encouraged?


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Smoking and Tobacco
After Quitting
I stopped smoking 4 years ago, I do feel better, my question is this: I heard once you stop smoking your lungs will heal themselves is this true? If so how long does it take to go back to normal?
First, congratulations on overcoming the toughest addiction in the world. There is probably no other single step you could have taken to better extend your years of healthy living.
As to healing, this of course depends on how much damage has already been done. Smoking causes scores of different illnesses from blindness and hearing loss to impotence and depression, but the three most damaging aspects of smoking are those that affect the cardiovascular system (heart and blood vessels), lung function and lung cancer. About half of people who continue to smoke beyond age 40 will die prematurely from one of these problems, losing between 7-10 years of life. That also means half do not. They may have other smoking related health problems but don't die from it. Therefore, in terms of prediction, all we can really talk about is the increased risk of illness or death.
We know that after stopping smoking, the heart and blood vessels seem to heal the fastest. The huge extra risk that smokers take with their hearts drops in half within a year or two of stopping smoking and it continues to fall over the next 5 years until it gets near but not quite normal.
Lung function is trickier to predict. Lungs clearly heal with stopping but once the lungs are injured and scarred to a certain point, they can only recover so much. If you feel more shortness of breath than you think you ought to, your doctor can order some simple tests of lung function to find out how you are doing or if you have chronic bronchitis or emphysema (COPD). Smoking causes 15 different types of cancer, and causes about a third of all cancer deaths. Lung cancer is the biggest killer of smokers and smokers are almost 10 times more likely to die of lung cancer than folks who have never smoked. After quitting smoking, that risk level falls over the next decade or so to about 5 times that of never smokers; however, it never gets back to normal. The bottom line: you are much, much better off having quit. However, never starting and remind your young friends and family of this, is a whole lot better.
Rob Crane, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine
College of Medicine
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Garcia allows costly homers vs. Royals
Davis' homer not enough as Orioles denied series sweep
BALTIMORE -- Seeing Jeremy Guthrie pitching from the mound inside Oriole Park at Camden Yards is hardly unusual for Matt Wieters. But observing the hurler while holding a bat -- not squatting behind the plate with catching gear on -- now that is abnormal. Lately, the same can be said for Baltimore losing. Yes, Thursday's series finale was indeed atypical.
Making his first appearance against the club he pitched for during five seasons, Guthrie scattered hits and surrendered few runs. His pitching counterpart, Freddy Garcia, had but one shaky inning, yet it was enough to send the Orioles down a rare losing path.
The Royals smacked a pair of two-run homers off Garcia in the fourth as Baltimore's season-high four-game winning streak ended with a 6-2 loss against Kansas City on Thursday night.
"We scored two runs tonight; Freddy gave us a chance to win," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "He paid for the few mistakes he made with the ball leaving the park."
Chris Davis hit his 10th home run of the season, but the Orioles' lineup could not light up the scoreboard against Guthrie, who won 47 games between 2007-11 with Baltimore. The Royals right-hander improved to 5-0 by holding Baltimore to two runs (one earned) and seven hits over six innings.
"He's got great stuff and can mix in four pitches," said Wieters, who served as the Orioles catcher for Guthrie's final three seasons with Baltimore. "It was a little different seeing him from the box as opposed to behind the plate, but still the same guy as when he was here."
After winning the two opening games in the three-game set, the Orioles (21-14) entered the game tied with Boston atop the AL East standings. Baltimore triumphed twice despite being outhit in each game. The opportunity existed for a hat trick as Kansas City finished with nine hits off Garcia and three relievers compared with eight total for Baltimore. The Orioles went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position against Guthrie and three relievers.
As for the reunion before the crowd of 23,282, comments from both Showalter and Guthrie smelled of indifference.
"I think someone else put it this way: We've turned the page," Guthrie said.
Speaking postgame elsewhere in the bowels of the stadium, the Orioles manager said: "I didn't pay much attention to that part of it. We've kind of turned the page. Jeremy did some good things for us. I'm glad he's doing good things with his career and life."
Making his second start of the season, Garcia (0-1) went six innings, allowing four runs and five hits with three strikeouts and one walk.
The 36-year-old surrendered two runs over a solid 6 2/3 innings in his Orioles debut against the Angels on Saturday and appeared headed down a similar path versus the Royals.
The game began 31 minutes late because of inclement weather that never actually materialized. Garcia retired the first 10 batters he faced before Lorenzo Cain reached on an infield single in the fourth. Alex Gordon then crushed a 2-1 offering from the Orioles starter deep over the right-field wall, putting the Royals in front, 2-1. Gordon homered in all three games against the Orioles.
Billy Butler followed with a single, and Garcia threw two straight balls to Eric Hosmer. On the next pitch, the lead jumped to 4-1 as Hosmer's drive landed in the left-center-field stands for his first home run of the season. Garcia then settled down, retiring seven of his final eight batters.
"I was throwing strikes, especially [going into] the fourth inning," Garcia said. "I made two mistakes, and then I paid for it. Sometimes it happens. It's part of the game, and hopefully next time I'll do better."
In the bottom of the fourth, Davis countered with a solo blast. The Orioles' first baseman began the day one home run behind the AL leaders, Cleveland's Mark Reynolds and Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion.
Reliever T.J. McFarland replaced Garcia in the seventh and promptly allowed a home run to Mike Moustakas. McFarland allowed two runs on three hits in one inning plus a batter.
The Orioles jumped ahead in the second inning as J.J. Hardy's broken-bat, one-out single to center scored Adam Jones from second, though Wieters was thrown out at third base.
Baltimore opens a three-game series in Minnesota on Friday.
Benjamin Standig is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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So this blog will be looking at gimmicks and getting a character over. In today's WWE it doesn't matter if you're the best wrestler, you need to be the overall package. After this its up to creative to give the wrestler a gimmick that will get them over. Now, today we have lots of wrestlers and they all seem to be the same. Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, Jack Swagger, Antonio
Updated 11-01-2013 at 07:56 AM by Callum
Haven't blogged in a while so bear with me but I thought this would be a nice easy topic to get me going again so without further ado, here we go!
In this blog, I'll be looking at who I think would make a good champion going into the future for each belt in order to a) bring prestige back and b) to have a memorable/entertaining reign.
Divas Championship
So we start
Updated 08-09-2013 at 04:17 PM by Callum
In this blog I'll be looking at the 2013 Royal rumble and more specifically I'll be looking at who's most likely to win it and a few possible scenarios that people have been discussing.
Firstly, I'll be looking at the top 5 contenders that I think have the most chance of winning the Rumble.
John Cena
John Cena, always a major talking point amongst the IWC and the recent
Updated 12-29-2012 at 09:58 AM by Callum
Hi, this blog will be my booking of Wrestlemania 29; I have tried to make it as realistic as possible whilst still having good matches, hope you'll enjoy!
Updated 12-10-2012 at 04:22 PM by Callum
UFR 4 – MVP vs. Matt Hardy
Meant to do this blog a few months ago but never got round to it for a few reasons. My new keyboard came today and what better way to try it out then writing a blog. The problem I had with writing this blog was that it's very hard to summarize this feud. Each of these blogs so far have taken well over 2 hours as I don't copy and paste from Wikipedia and I watch
Updated 10-25-2012 at 04:24 PM by Callum
'The end of the world as you know it has arrived'
In this blog I'll be reviewing the whole of Chris Jericho's return from when the vignettes started to air to his match vs Dolph Ziggler. I'll explain what happened in that time and then give my opinion in bold
Updated 09-11-2012 at 05:38 PM by Callum
WWE: Future Champions
In this blog I'll be looking at who should be a champion in the future for each belt in order to a) bring prestige back and b) make the belt memorable and entertaining.
Divas Championship
I know the divas are generally boring but their are a select few who are entertaining and can wrestle. These Divas should be used to rebuild the division
Updated 08-27-2012 at 09:20 AM by Callum
Hello and welcome to The Superstar Smackdown review. Each week I'll review both Superstars and Smackdown segment by segment, match by match.
I'll start off with with Superstars.
Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel vs Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks
This match was really good and match of the night by far. I'm a fan of both these teams and hopefully they'll be given the
Updated 08-11-2012 at 08:21 PM by Callum
Matt Hardy - 'Stronger than death'
I decided to do this blog after reading the 'Do you want Jeff Hardy to return to the Wwe' thread started by Deadly56. I've always been a fan of Matt, more so than Jeff because he was similar to me (not in the taking drugs sense, in that I was often overlooked because
Updated 08-01-2012 at 11:45 AM by Callum
I know there are 2 or 3 other Raw Review blogs so i'd like to say at the start this will not be a regular weekly Raw Review. I'll review all the Wwe Pay per views and any special episodes of Raw (e.g. 1000th episode, 20th aniversairy....). Now onto the review.
Mr Mcmahon begins the show by thanking the fans and then introuducing DX.
DX Segment
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text: LMAO: Protesters occupy John Boehner's House office Tuesday. Um, all I can hear is Rodney Dangerfield saying, "I get no respect" and crying at the same time, as John Boehner is known to do.LOL. This all went down at his office in the Longworth House Office building in Washington D.C. ABC News reports U. S. Capitol Police public information officer Shennell Antrobus confirmed: "three females arrested for lewd and indecent acts in the Speaker's Longworth office. Demonstrators disbursed that area." The group was protesting potential budget cuts to AIDS programs. CLICK HERE to view photograph.


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As I was adding a longtime irritant to my ignore list, I noticed that I'd gotten up to eight people. I've NEVER had close to that many people before. Usually it's just 2-3.
Then it got me to thinking, how many people does the average PDer have on his/her ignore list?
Of course, I could theoretically have eight responses, but never see them.
SooO, anyways, How many on YOUR ignore list?


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Controversial Trinity Western law school wins approval
Law Society of B.C. directors voted 20-6 today to recognize Trinity Western University's planned faith-based law school.
Opponents argued the Langley university's community covenant prohibiting "sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman" discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation against gay and lesbian law students and faculty.
"In my opinion, Trinity Western University's community covenant is an anachronism and a throwback that wouldn't be out of place in the 1960s," said lawyer Cameron Ward, one of the society's directors who voted for a motion to deny accreditation to TWU.
The law school already has approval from the provincial government to open but the law society controls who can practise as a lawyer in B.C.
Several law society directors, known as benchers, said they could not justify rejecting TWU's grads, citing a 2001 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in favour of Trinity on religious freedom.
Miriam Kresivo, one of the society's benchers, said she doesn't believe the society can bar TWU "even though the covenant may be abhorrent to me."
Others said the law society cannot presume in advance that TWU grads would act contrary to the standards of the legal profession.
"The Law Society of B.C is not a belief regulator, we are a conduct regulator," Kamloops lawyer Ken Walker said.
"We must not trample on the rights of one group of society to satisfy the rights of another," added bencher Claude Richmond, who also voted against the motion to deny TWU accreditation.
Some benchers who voted with the majority noted the law society could review and revoke TWU accreditation in future if it had grounds to do so.
Victoria lawyer Pinder Cheema was one of the benchers who urged TWU to revise its covenant, predicting its "offensive reputation" will otherwise follow the law school's grads into practice.
TWU president Bob Kuhn said the decision clears the way for the new law school, which is on track to open in the fall of 2016.
"This is also an important decision for all Canadians," Kuhn said. "It says that there is room in a democratic country like Canada for a law school at a Christian university."


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These two programs battled to the buzzer – and the officials had to make sure that it wasn't even after that – on Saturday in front of a raucous 10,228 fans at Hinkle Fieldhouse with the host Bulldogs prevailing on an eight-foot floater from Butler sophomore Roosevelt Jones as time expired. There was nothing "mid-major" about the electric atmosphere that gripped the national television audience.
The sell-out crowd got so loud at times it drowned out ESPN's Dick Vitale, who was calling the game from courtside.
The 64-63 Butler victory was the program's third buzzer-beater this season.
"These guys are just crazy enough to make me believe," Butler coach Brad Stevens said. "Just the stuff they do, the way they play the game, the way they stay in the game, and the belief that they have in one another."
If there are any basketball fans that don't share in that belief – in both of these programs – then they are the ones that are indeed crazy.
Butler is now 16-2 and ranked 13th in the country, while the 17-2 Bulldogs of Gonzaga were ranked eighth entering Saturday's game. Both will move in opposite directions with the unveiling of the polls tonight, and in the case of Butler, it very well may be placed in the top 10, as it should be.
There is nothing "mid-major" about that.
ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas said prior to Saturday's game that Butler "is good enough to beat just about anybody."
In fact, the Bulldogs already have.
Butler has knocked off three top 10 teams this year (it also has wins over No. 9 North Carolina and No. 1 Indiana). Gonzaga is 5-0 against the Big 12 Conference, and has also beaten an ACC and Pac 12 teams. Can we just say that these programs are great, period; and not categorize them any longer as "really good mid-majors?"
Butler's three top 10 victories are the most by any program in the country. Only Duke can boast of the same level of success.
When you and Duke basketball stand alone in a category, you aren't a "mid-major" anything.
How has this occurred for both Butler and Gonzaga?
The truth about college basketball is that it isn't nearly as good as it was 20 years ago, due to the early exits of the best players to the NBA. But for programs like Butler and Gonzaga, that isn't a negative thing, it's tremendous.
Indiana coach Tom Crean will be crying by Easter of this year over the loss of his best player, All-American center Cody Zeller. Stevens can map out his 2015-16 roster and write Kellen Dunham into that lineup with a Sharpie.
Two decades ago, the best players in the so-called power conferences stayed at least three seasons with their programs and those teams and players dominated the national broadcasts.
In today's college basketball world, programs such as Butler and Gonzaga have amazing facilities, travel the country in style, and with the proliferation of cable television, their games can be seen all of the time and all over the place. Throw in their ability to match their 22-year-olds against other teams' 19-year-olds and you can see why they have so much success.
Butler has advanced to the NCAA Tournament 10 times in the past 16 years, including a pair of Sweet 16s to go with a pair of national championship game appearances. Six of the past seven seasons the Bulldogs have been nationally ranked. Stevens' program is 20-11 versus the power conferences over the past three seasons.
This program, as well as Gonzaga, is "major" in every measurable way. And with the way the sport works nowadays, both Bulldog programs will remain so.


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HOUSTON -- In the past, when All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve has been dealing with a nagging injury, he's not been shy about lobbying manager Bo Porter to let him play before Porter was ready to let him play.
Altuve, who left Friday's game after five innings with neck discomfort, wasn't about to do that Saturday. After he missed a game with an oblique injury in mid-June and pleaded with Porter to let him in the lineup, he returned to action, was hit in the hand by a pitch and missed a couple of more games.
So the fact the Major League's hits leader was out of the lineup Saturday against the Rangers wasn't a point of contention for Altuve.
"They just told me to sit the bench today and I'm going to be ready to pinch-hit and pinch-run," he said.
Altuve said he wasn't quite 100 percent, but he felt much better Saturday.
"They said tomorrow I might be 100 percent if I take the day off today," he said.
Saturday marked only the fifth game this year Altuve wasn't in the lineup.
"Obviously, he's a little sore from the discomfort, but he's actually better than he was last night, so we're going to give him the day and hopefully by tomorrow it's behind him," Porter said.
Brian McTaggart is reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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What can you do with this major?
Really anything you want! The possibilities are endless! The three main fields that students have combined Spanish with are Education, Business, and Public Relations. The best thing to do is to first assess your own interests, skills and abilities…it all relates to what exactly do you want to do? Students can also use the Spanish degree to go into Graduate School and Law School.
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Bilingual Educator, Foreign Language Teacher, Interpreters, Literary Researchers/Translators, Multi-Lingual Port Receptionist, Researcher, Scientific Translator or Interpreter, Translators, Flight Attendants, Ticket Agents, Ground Hosts/Hostesses, Bilingual Secretaries, Exchange Program Coordinators, Foreign Correspondents, Freight Forwarders, Foreign Collections, C.I.A. Specialists, Immigration & Customs Inspectors, Intelligence, Foreign Service Officers, FBI Special Agents, International Research Teams, Librarian, Missionaries, Peace Corps Volunteers, Textbook Publishers, Tour Guides, Travel Agents, Tutors
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I would like to know if there were some monks during Buddha's own time who aspired towards the Bodhisattva goal? Or were all of his disciples practicing to be Arhats?
Also, an unrelated question. Mahakashyapa was one of the most foremost disciples, and he is described as being a strict ascetic who also did not shave his head, unlike other Buddhist monks, and who practice dhutanga asceticism. And therefore, he looked more like a modern Hindu ascetic in the Himalayas. Chan/Zen tradition says that he was first passed down the Chan (Dhyana) lineage directly from Buddha when he lifted a flower and smiled at the disciples. This indeed makes sense, considering Mahakashyapa's intense asceticism and non-reliance on intellectual discourse.
Could it be that some of the early disciples, especially the senior ones, were in fact walking the Bodhisattva path instead of the Arhat path? And it is from them that Mahayana lineages were passed down?


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Heavy clashes continued between Yemeni forces and Shiite rebels in the north of the country on Sunday, military officials and witnesses said. Army tanks fired as armoured vehicles blocked the entrances to the allies of the old city in Saada, stronghold of the Shiite rebels, the officials told AFP.
The rebels returned fire on the army from a hideout in a fortress overlooking the old town. Shops were closed and residents stayed indoors. At least 10 people were killed in the fierce confrontations at al-Tut, central market and Thi Sufal areas, including old Saada rebel leader Waddah Saleh Nasser, News Yemen said on Sunday.
On Friday, fighting resumed only four hours after a truce was declared. The Shiites on Sunday blamed the government for its collapse. They said the government had bombarded Amran province with rockets and fired artillery on areas there.
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The January all‐milk price was down $1.50/cwt. from December to $17.80/cwt. The Class III and Class IV prices moved in opposite directions, with Class III down $0.38 and Class IV up $1.39. As was seen in December, the pricing system means that the all‐milk price trails market conditions. Commodity markets in general are unstable. The cheese market is 41 cents above last month, with CME blocks now at $1.94/lb. The butter market is down 4 cents from last month at $2.06/lb. Butter prices have been pretty steady for the past six weeks, although holders of inventory are nervous. Butter inventories rose somewhat in December, but were at the lowest level in five years, except for November. Cheese prices are $0.42/lb. higher than this time last month. The butter‐powder market is pulling milk out of cheese production, allowing cheese prices to catch up.
The futures market reflects this, as Class III futures for February are $16.96/cwt., but over $18.00 for March through May, and over $17.00 through October. The Class III futures prices for 2011 average $17.22/cwt., or $2.81/cwt. above 2010 (and $1.60 over this time last month). Class IV futures for 2011 average $19.02/cwt., $3.94 over the 2010 values. The higher Class IV prices are reflective of the strength in the butter market. These prices may be seen in Table 1, along with the implied PA all‐milk price based on these futures market prices. The predicted average all-milk price for all of 2011 is $20.98, up $2.67/cwt. from the 2010 average. This predicted average for 2011 is up by $1.50 from last month's values. Nonfat dry milk is up $0.27/lb. in the past month, with the western price at $1.49/lb. Dry whey prices are up 4.7%.
The U.S. continues to be a net exporter of dairy products, and the trade surplus grew in December. The dollar has been largely unchanged in the last month. The Australian dollar is at $0.9997US, up very slightly from January. The New Zealand dollar is down 1.9% to $0.7537US. The Euro is up slightly to $1.351. Butter exports in 2010 were almost double those of 2009, at nearly 57,000 metric tons.
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Once again, the latest USDA feed report shook up the commodity markets. The final estimates of ending stocks on August 31, 2011 for corn are at very low levels. In particular, the estimated ending corn stocks are 18.3 day's supply, the lowest level since the 1930s. In response corn prices rose to $6.91 for the March 2011 contract, up from $6.49 last month. The soybean market fell by $0.31/bu to $13.68 for the March contract. Soybean meal prices behaved similarly, falling $10/ton since last month. The cost of purchased feed for 2011 will be high, at least until the fall harvest, and December 2011 corn is $5.92/bu., so the markets expect high prices for the next crop year as well. Certainly with such small inventories carried into the next crop year, and expected usage more than annual production, any bad weather will mean high crop prices for the 2011 crops.
In addition to the market fundamentals, speculation is playing an increased role in commodity markets. In the early stages of an economic recovery, commodity prices usually rise, and more non‐agricultural speculators are long in agricultural futures, driving prices up to some degree.
Income over feed costs
Penn State's measure of income over feed costs fell by $1.26/cow/day in January to $6.65/cow/day, or 15.9% from its December levels. The PA all‐milk price fell by $1.50/cwt., but feed cost rose by 28 cents/cow/day, further adding to the impact of the decrease in milk price. This feed price increase will continue in February, since corn and prices have risen since January. However, the milk price will be up in February by more, so the February IOFC will be higher, probably by more than it dropped in January. Income over feed cost reflects daily gross income less feed costs for an average cow producing 65 pounds of milk. Figure 1 and Table 2 showing the monthly data are appended.
The allocation of the revenue per hundred pounds of milk is shown in Table 3. The milk margin is the estimated amount from the Pennsylvania all milk price that remains after feed costs are paid. As with income over feed cost, this measure shows that January was down from December. Without question February will be better than January, and if milk prices rise as the market expects, the milk margin will be even higher in the Spring. The price forecasts in Table 1 should more than offset higher feed prices.
The USDA's Risk Management Agency's Dairy Gross Margin program has its monthly window of availability February 25‐26. This allows a dairy producer to protect a version of our milk margin measure from adverse price changes. Given the outlook for milk prices, some form of risk management in 2011 should be seriously considered.
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Foodservice supplier Sysco Corp. will pay $19.4 million to settle all claims in California related to its past use of "drop sites" where food was temporarily stored without refrigeration.
"Food safety is Sysco's No. 1 priority and it cannot be compromised," Bill DeLaney, president and CEO of the Houston-based company said in a news release. "We sincerely regret that some of our California companies failed to adhere to our long-standing policies related to drop sites."
Improper storage of food at drop sites in California area came to light a year ago after a local NBC television news affiliate recorded food deliveries of fresh produce, meat, chicken and dairy products in San Jose, San Francisco and Concord. Reports showed employees loading food into personal, non-refrigerated vehicles for delivery.
The TV report prompted the California Department of Public Health to investigate. State officials visited 14 drop sites, which they described as sheds not designed to store food.
"The California Department of Public Health and the county district attorneys received our full cooperation in their investigations of our practices," DeLaney said in the release. "In addition to the settlement with the state, we have comprehensively addressed our food safety and quality assurance practices in California and across the Sysco enterprise."
The settlement includes $15 million in penalties, $3.3 million to pay for four public health investigator positions for five years, $1 million in donations to California food banks and $127,000 in legal costs, according to Sysco's release.
Changes to Sysco's food safety practices include eliminating the use of drop sites, introducing mandatory annual food safety training for employees, new and improved food safety reporting, monitoring and compliance controls, according to the release.
Last year Sysco's vice president of corporate communications, Charley Wilson, said Sysco's policy is to require refrigeration at all times. He said the company accepted responsibility for the "breakdown in our system in California."


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'Curran did say that Ehrhoff wants to play for a team that contends on a regular basis and that Curran is "very familiar with Terry Pegula and recognize his efforts to try and win." In addition, the move the Sabres made to acquire Robyn Regehr during the NHL Entry Draft last Saturday seems to impressed Curran. "Anytime you make proactive decisions, it's a positive in terms of the direction of the club and their desire to improve the team". Curran added that he believes Ehrhoff will be impressed with the Regehr move as well.'
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The U.S. government has made a new, solid effort towards stemming the action of the National Security Agency's (NSA) data collection practices that have more than angered the international community. It is old news now that — revealed via Edward Snowden's content leaks beginning in June 2013 and continuing until this day — the NSA has practiced widespread, thorough, and indiscriminate acts of surveillance. The global awareness that now exists about the NSA's data collection practices has not just put the organization and the United States at the focal point of a concern around privacy and security, but has caused other global entities — namely Brazil and Germany — to put Internet privacy action forward on their political agendas.
But on May 22, The U.S. House of Representatives approved measures to curb the NSA's data collection practices that had overwhelming support from both Republicans and Democrats. The vote for the legislation is in favor of ending the bulk collection of phone records and more reform of the NSA's surveillance practices.
The bill is known as the USA Freedom Act, and would transplant the responsibility of garnering phone data from the NSA to telephone companies. The Washington Post quotes Representative Zoe Logfren of California, who was a co-sponsor of the initial version of the bill:
"This is not the bill that was reported out of the judiciary bill unanimously. The result is a bill that will actually not end bulk collection, regrettably…If we leave any ambiguity at all, we have learned that the intelligence community will drive a truck through that ambiguity"
There has been a lack of support from privacy advocates who originally supported the initial bill that moved to end the phone data collection practices altogether. Privacy advocates have now said that the bill that was just passed is too weak to require their support. That bill did not garner as much support as the one that just passed in the house, but still, the current passed bill achieved an overwhelming and bipartisan approval in a 303 to 121 vote to generally amend the surveillance practices of the NSA.
Further reading:
NSA and GCHQ collecting data through popular mobile apps
NSA violated U.S. Constitution by collecting domestic data


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Outdated Exemption List, Subchapter I - August 4, 1998
30 TAC 106 - Subchapter I Manufacturing
106.221 Extrusion Presses (Previously
106.223 Saw Mills (Previously SE120)
106.224 Aerospace Equipment and Parts Manufacturing (Previously SE123)
106.225 Semiconductor Manufacturing (Previously SE115)
106.226 Paints, Varnishes, Ink and other Coating Manufacturing (Previously SE125)
106.227 Soldering, Brazing, Welding (Previously SE39)
106.228 Platen Presses for Laminating (Previously SE30)
106.229 Textile Dyeing and Stripping Equipment (Previously SE15)
106.231 Manufacturing, Refinishing and Restoring Wood Products
106.221. Extrusion Presses (Previously SE 10)
Presses used exclusively for extruding metals, minerals, plastics, rubber, or wood are exempt except where halogenated carbon compounds or hydrocarbon solvents are used as foaming agents. Presses used for extruding scrap materials or reclaiming scrap materials are not exempt.
106.223. Saw Mills (Previously SE 120)
Sawmills processing no more than 25 million board feet, green lumber tally of wood per year, in which no mechanical drying of lumber is performed and which meet all of the following provisions of this section are exempt.
(1) The mill shall be located at least 500 feet from any recreational area, school, residence, or other structure not occupied or used solely by the owner of the facility or the owner of the property upon which the facility is located.
(2) All in-plant roads and vehicle work areas shall be watered, oiled, or paved and cleaned as necessary to achieve maximum control of dust emissions.
(3) All sawmill residues (sawdust, shavings, chips, bark) from debarking, planing, saw areas, etc., shall be removed or contained to minimize fugitive particulate emissions. Spillage of wood residues shall be cleaned up as soon as possible and contained such that dust emissions from wind erosion and/or vehicle traffic are minimized.
(4) All sawmill residues shall be mechanically conveyed by belts and/or drag chains to a collection area for disposal or if a pneumatic collection system is utilized, the air must exhaust to a fabric or cartridge filter with air cleaning and a filtering velocity no greater than 7.0 ft/min (air-to-cloth ratio = 7.0), or automatic sequenced mechanical cleaning and a filtering velocity no greater than 5.0 ft/min (air-to-cloth ratio = 5.0), or a system found to be equivalent by the appropriate regional office.
(5) Disposal of collected sawmill residues must be accomplished in a manner which will prevent the material from becoming airborne. Disposal by means of burning is prohibited unless it is conducted in an approved incinerator.
(6) All open-bodied vehicles transporting sawmill residues (sawdust, shavings, chips, bark) shall be covered with a tarp to achieve maximum control of particulate emissions.
(7) There will be no visible emissions at the property line from the facility or equipment.
(8) Before construction of the facility begins, written site approval must be received from the director of the commission's Office of Air Quality in Austin and the facility shall be registered with that office using Form PI-7.
106.224. Aerospace Equipment and Parts Manufacturing (Previously SE 123)
Any new aerospace equipment and parts manufacturing plant, or physical and operational change to an existing aerospace equipment and parts manufacturing plant are exempt, provided that the following conditions of this section are satisfied.
(1) For purposes of this section, aerospace equipment and parts manufacturing plant means the entire operation on the property which engages in the fabrication or assembly of parts, tools, or completed components of any aircraft, helicopter, dirigible, balloon, missile, drone, rocket, or space vehicle. This exemption will not include composite aerospace equipment and parts manufacturing plants. Composite plants are defined to be plants whose products are less than 50% metal, by weight, based on annual production figures. This definition excludes those operations specifically authorized by other exemptions. For example, a boiler would not be considered a part of the aerospace manufacturing plant, but could be authorized under 106.181 of this title (relating to Boilers, Heaters, and Other Combustion Devices), if all pertinent requirements were met.
(2) Emission points associated with the aerospace equipment and parts manufacturing plant or changes to that plant shall be located at least 100 feet from any off-plant receptor. Off-plant receptor means any recreational area or residence or other structure not occupied or used solely by the owner or operator of the aerospace equipment and parts manufacturing plant or the owner of the property upon which the aerospace plant is located. Controlled access recreational areas owned by the property owner or the owner or operator of the aerospace plant are not off-plant receptors.
(3) The total annual emissions, in tons per year, of the following air contaminants authorized under this section, on a cumulative basis, from the entire aerospace manufacturing plant shall not exceed the values specified:
(A) inhalable particulate matter - five tons per year (tpy);
(B) volatile organic compounds (VOC) - 15 tpy;
(C) acid gases or vapors - five tpy;
(D) non-VOC carbon compound emissions - ten tpy;
(E) total of air contaminants in subparagraphs (A)-(D) of this paragraph - 25 tpy.
(4) Hourly emissions of total new or increased emissions, including fugitives, of particulate matter or chemicals listed or referenced in Table 262 of 106.262 of this title (relating to Facilities (Emission Distance Limitations) (Previously SE 118)), shall not exceed the hourly emission rate, E, as determined using the equation, E = L/K lb/hr, where:
E = maximum allowable hourly emission, lb/hr,
L = limit value (see Table 262), milligrams per cubic meter,
K = value from Table 224A (interpolate intermediate values), and
D = distance to the nearest off-plant receptor from the closest affected emission point.
Table 224A
|D, Feet
|3000 or more
(5) Before construction or change in operation begins, registration shall be submitted to the commission's Office of Air Quality in Austin using a completed Form PI-7. The emission data provided in the PI-7 shall include all process emission sources at the plant, both existing and proposed, and shall be the maximum allowed emissions for permitted units, the actual emissions for existing grandfathered or exempted units, and the projected maximum allowable emissions for proposed units. Emissions shall be speciated by chemical compound and the stack parameters, as appropriate, for each emission source shall be provided. Registration shall include a description of the project, calculations, and data identifying specific chemical names, "L" values, "D" values, and a description of pollution control equipment, if any.
(6) An emissions inventory shall be compiled and/or updated on an annual basis for all process emission sources on the property, maintained on a two-year rolling retention cycle, and made available upon request by the executive director. The inventory records should include the basis for all emissions estimates, sample calculations, and material usage records. Material and solvent usage records shall be maintained in sufficient detail to document compliance with this section.
(7) There shall be no visible emissions from each existing and proposed stack, hood, vent, or opening to the atmosphere.
(8) Any facility in which any chemical listed in subparagraph (D) of this paragraph will be handled or stored as a liquid or a compressed gas in a compound mixture of a concentration greater than 10% by weight or an aqueous solution of any chemical listed in subparagraph (D) of this paragraph greater than 50% by weight shall comply with subparagraphs (A)-(C) of this paragraph.
(A) The facility shall be located at least 300 feet from the nearest property line and 600 feet from any off-plant receptor.
(B) The cumulative amount of any one of the chemicals listed in subparagraph (D) of this paragraph, resulting from one or more authorizations under this section, shall not exceed 500 pounds on the plant property.
(C) Any chemical listed in subparagraph (D) of this paragraph shall be handled only in containers operated in compliance with United States Department of Transportation regulations (49 Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 171-178).
(D) Listed chemicals are: acrolein, ammonia, bromine, carbon disulfide, chlorine, ethyl mercaptan, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen bromide, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen sulfide, phosphine, sulfur dioxide, methyl bromide, methyl isocyanate, methyl mercaptan, nickel carbonyl, phosgene.
106.225. Semiconductor Manufacturing (Previously SE 115)
Modifications, additions, or relocations of equipment (excluding add-on controls) used for semiconductor manufacturing operations that result in the addition, increase, or substitution of an air contaminant are exempt provided the following conditions of this section are satisfied.
(1) The following is a list of definitions for this section.
(A) Permitted air contaminants - The individual chemical compounds represented in the latest permit or permit amendment application approved by the executive director.
(B) Ground Level Contaminant (GLC1)(max) new - The maximum hourly off-property GLC resulting from the new emission rate of air contaminant 1.
(C) GLC1(receptor) new - The maximum hourly off-property GLC at the sensitive receptor with the highest possible impacts resulting from the new emission rate of air contaminant 1.
(D) GLC2(max) - The maximum hourly off-property GLC resulting from the emission rate of air contaminant 2.
(E) GLC2(receptor) - The maximum hourly off-property GLC at the sensitive receptor with the highest possible impacts resulting from the emission rate of air contaminant 2.
(F) ESL1 - The 30-minute Effects Screening Level (ESL) published in the commission's ESL list dated April 10, 1995, for air contaminant 1.
(G) ESL2 - The 30-minute ESL published in the commission's ESL list dated April 10, 1995, for air contaminant 2.
(2) New emissions or an emission increase of any air contaminant less than 0.04 pounds per hour (sitewide) are exempt from all conditions of this section except paragraphs (3), (11), and (l2) of this section.
(3) A permit has been issued by the commission for at least one emission source owned by the person using this section on the same property for which this section is being claimed.
(4) The facility's baseline GLCs of the permitted air contaminants have been determined using air dispersion modeling or other methods.
(5) New emission points are not authorized by this section.
(6) There will be no change in method of control for any air contaminants as represented in the latest permit or permit amendment application approved by the executive director.
(7) Increases of a permitted air contaminant shall meet all of the following criteria:
(A) GLC1(max)new ó 2ESL1;
(B) GLC1(receptor)new ó ESL1.
(8) Additions of a non-permitted air contaminant, substitutions of a non-permitted air contaminant for a permitted air contaminant, and substitutions of one permitted air contaminant for another permitted air contaminant shall meet all of the following criteria:
(A) GLC2(max)new ó 2ESL2;
(B) GLC2(receptor)new ó ESL2.
(9) If the commission ESL list dated April 10, 1995, does not include the air contaminant to be added or substituted, the permittee must use an ESL derived by the commission's Toxicology and Risk Assessment Division. The ESL shall be obtained in writing prior to the use of the new substance.
(10) The cumulative net annual emission increases of the following categories of air contaminants from multiple uses of this section shall not exceed the following values:
(A) particulate matter - five tons per year (tpy);
(B) volatile organic compounds (VOCs) - 15 tpy;
(C) non-VOCs - five tpy;
(D) acids/bases - ten tpy;
(E) any other air contaminant - five tpy;
(F) total of all emission increases - 25 tpy.
(11) The applicable ground-level concentration limits in Chapters 111, 112, and 113 of this title (relating to Control of Air Pollution from Visible Emissions and Particulate Matter; Sulfur Compounds; and Toxic Materials) shall not be exceeded.
(12) Within 30 days of use of this section, the permittee shall maintain documentation that demonstrates all applicable conditions of this section were satisfied. The documentation shall be made available to the commission upon request.
106.226. Paints, Varnishes, Ink, and Other Coating Manufacturing (Previously SE 125)
Coating manufacturing operations including raw material storage, weighing, mixing, milling, grinding, thinning, and packaging are exempt, provided the conditions of this section are met. Coating manufacturing is defined as combining ingredients that are manufactured off-site to make paints, varnishes, sealants, stains, adhesives, inks, pigments, maskants, and paint strippers, etc. Resin manufacturing is not exempt under this section.
(1) Materials usage shall not exceed the following rates:
(A) 345,000 gallons per year of solvent for all operations at a coating manufacturing site; and
(B) 200,000 pounds of dry powder per year for all operations at a coating manufacturing site.
(2) Operations involving powders which contain more than 0.1% by weight of chromium, cadmium, asbestos, lead, arsenic, cobalt, or strontium are not authorized by this section.
(3) The following conditions must be met to prevent and control emissions.
(A) There shall be no visible emissions from any emission point.
(B) Bags or sacks of dry powders shall be opened within an enclosed bag slitter or within an enclosed area.
(C) Material transfer, storage operations, or other similar operations shall be conducted in enclosed or covered containers which are opened only as necessary for transfer of ingredients.
(D) Mixing, milling, packaging, and filling operations shall be conducted under a hood or within an enclosure designed to capture emissions, which shall then be vented externally or through a carbon adsorption system.
(E) Operations which involve dry powders or pigments shall be vented through a filter.
(F) Any spills of dry powders or solvents shall be cleaned up promptly in a manner designed to control emissions.
(G) Waste materials shall be stored in covered containers and disposed of properly.
(4) Emissions from any operation which are vented externally shall be exhausted using forced air through a stack with an unobstructed vertical discharge. The stack must be, at a minimum, four feet above the peak of the roofline.
(5) The owner or operator of the facility shall keep records of all liquid and solid material usage rates on a monthly basis to demonstrate compliance with paragraph (1) of this section. The usage data shall be maintained for the most recent 24-month period.
106.227. Soldering, Brazing, Welding (Previously SE 39)
Brazing, soldering, or welding equipment, except those which emit 0.6 ton per year or more of lead, are exempt.
106.228. Platen Presses for Laminating (Previously SE 30)
Platen presses used for laminating are exempt.
106.229. Textile Dyeing and Stripping Equipment (Previously SE 15)
Equipment used exclusively for the dyeing or stripping of textiles is exempt.
106.231. Manufacturing, Refinishing, and Restoring Wood Products
Facilities, including drying or curing ovens, and hand-held or manually operated equipment, used for manufacturing, refinishing, and/or restoring wood products that meet the following requirements are exempt from obtaining an air quality permit.
(1) If a pneumatic sawdust collection system is used, it must be followed by a filter with no visible emissions.
(2) Waste materials shall be stored and disposed of properly. There shall be no visible emissions leaving the property.
(3) If the total coatings, solvents, and stripping agents used exceeds six gallons per day (gpd) or one gpd of methylene chloride, the following requirements must be met:
(A) the application area must be exhausted using forced air through a stack with an unobstructed vertical discharge above the peak of the roof line; and
(B) in addition to the requirements of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, if application is made by spraying, the application area must also be vented through a filter system with a minimum particulate removal efficiency of 95%.
(4) Purchase receipts for total coatings, solvents, and
stripping agents for the most recent 24 months must be kept on site
and be made immediately available upon request of personnel from
the agency or any other air pollution control agency having
jurisdiction. If the total materials purchased exceeds 550 gallons
in any one month, records of the amount of materials used per month
must be kept on-site to demonstrate that total emissions do not
exceed 25 tons per year in any consecutive 12 months.
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Dental Insurance
Policy Statement
The University provides several options for full-time employees. The University pays the full premium for the option that provides a 50% benefit for the individual employee. Employees may purchase dental insurance for spouse and dependent children.
Premiums for spouse and dependent children are made through payroll deduction on a pre-tax basis.
Brochures describing this benefit are available at the Human Resources Department.
Related Policies
- Flexible Benefits
- Payroll
- Sabbatical Leave for Faculty Member
- Sabbaticals for Administrative and Professional Staff
Related Committees
07/01/98 - Reaffirmed with publication of the Faculty Manual and Personnel Manual
01/30/06 - Cyclical review approved


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Proposal Looks at County Investment to Stimulate and Support Commercial Revitalization
June 23, 2008
News Highlights
- Principles proposed for public investment to support commercial revitalization.
- Principles will guide county's involvement in public-private ventures, if adopted at July 21 board meeting.
Response to changing development climate.
More Information
The Fairfax County Office of Community Revitalization and Reinvestment (OCRR) recently presented 16 proposed principles for public investment to support commercial revitalization to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors' Community Revitalization and Reinvestment Committee. This committee is co-chaired by Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerald Hyland and Lee District Supervisor Jeff McKay. These 16 principles will be discussed at the Board of Supervisors July 21 meeting. If adopted, the principles will guide the county's involvement in public-private ventures specifically designed to promote revitalization in key areas of the county.
The principles were developed in collaboration with the Community Revitalization and Reinvestment Advisory Group (CRRAG), which was established by the Board of Supervisors in March 2007 to assist in advancing the revitalization and reinvestment opportunities within the county. Its membership includes community, business and county government representatives.
The proposed principles respond to the county's changing development climate. By 2030, Fairfax County is projected to add 245,000 jobs and 290,000 new residents. The county has initiated planning studies in Annandale, Baileys Crossroads, Lake Anne, Springfield and Tysons and is reviewing changes to the Comprehensive Plan along the Richmond Highway corridor related to the Base Realignment Closure Act (BRAC).The focus is to plan these areas to accommodate future growth by utilizing available land and assisting in the revitalization, redevelopment and reinvestment of older commercial areas and new transit stations.
Redevelopment projects typically present financial and other challenges not experienced in development of previously undeveloped sites. Therefore, to implement critical aspects of Fairfax County's Comprehensive Plan, the county may be asked to use public funds to provide needed public improvements to stimulate and support private revitalization, redevelopment, and reinvestment. The 16 principles provide a coordinated approach to address the needs and opportunities of this changing landscape.
The proposed principles are available online. Comments can be submitted at that Web page or to the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors; to the Office of Community Revitalization and Reinvestment; or to individual members of the Board of Supervisors.
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