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On April 6,a group of organizations led by the Environmental Integrity Project, petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate ammonia as a criteria pollutant under the Clean Air Act, Sections 108 and 109. See the full petition.
The EPA currently regulates airborne ammonia under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) as a hazardous substance. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) characterizes ammonia as a toxin because exposure to airborne ammonia can result in severe respiratory effects.
Whether EPA chooses to fold ammonia emissions into the Clean Air Act may depend upon the National Air Emission Monitoring Study data-processing that is underway at the agency.
"This may shape whether or not EPA sees a need to regulate ammonia from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations," says Wendy Powers, Michigan State University professor and director of the Institute for Agriculture and Agribusiness (MSU Extension) and director of Environmental Stewardship for Animal Agriculture. "If it looks like there is considerable opportunity they may; otherwise they may not. But it will be a multiyear process to even get ammonia listed as a criteria pollutant, much less develop the standards through a committee. With that said, there is a real possibility it might happen."
EPA has the authority to designate pollutants that endanger public health or welfare as 'criteria pollutants', and to establish protective primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for these pollutants, under Sections 108 and 109 of the Clean Air Act.
For the moment, Powers advises that you stay on top of the topic and watch for opportunities to provide input to EPA. "At this point EPA has not responded to the petition so waiting for that response is the first step," she says.
Meanwhile, it is important for farmers and farm groups to recognize that the petition has been filed, and understand that it affects not only CAFOs but also potentially fields that receive manure due to emissions that occur during land application.
If EPA were to list ammonia as a criteria pollutant under Section 108, activities under Section 109 would follow.
These activities include setting a schedule for development of primary and secondary standards under NAAQS to protect public health and welfare. If an area (often defined as a county) exceeds the NAAQS for a criteria pollutant the appropriate permitting agency is charged with developing a State Implementation Plan to bring the area into attainment of the standard.
This often leads to identification of sources and practices to reduce the emission of the pollutant within the affected region.
Currently there are six EPA designated criteria pollutants: 1) carbon monoxide, 2) nitrogen dioxide, 3) ozone, 4) lead, 5) sulfur dioxide, and 6) particulate matter.
Under Section 109(d) of the Clean Air Act, the EPA Administrator and independent scientific review committee must re-evaluate both the list of criteria pollutants and the NAAQS in five-year intervals. The ozone standards were recently reviewed and recommendations are expected out soon.
If the Environmental Integrity Project's petition is successful and ammonia is listed as a criteria pollutant, the action has the potential to significantly impact food production. Agriculture (both animal and crop agriculture) is the largest source of ammonia emissions. Development of primary and secondary standards under the Clean Air Act for ammonia could mean that mitigation is required for point sources (like CAFOs) that exceed the standards.
This could also mean that some of the CAFOs will require permits under Title V. States with designated authority will oversee the permitting process and enforce standards.
"There are practices that can reduce ammonia — all with varying costs and levels of effectiveness," notes Powers. "This spans reducing diet crude protein, to installing manure covers, applying urease inhibitors on fields, injecting manures. IF this moves forward, the best option is for EPA to propose an extensive menu of options with identified mitigation coefficients so that a farmer can determine which options fit best with the farming system."
This petition follows a recent report from the Environmental Integrity Project that interpreted findings of an industry-funded EPA study that monitored ammonia, particulates, hydrogen sulfide, and volatile organic compounds from CAFOs across the country.


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Over the last three weeks, I've seen, first hand, one of the nation's biggest challenges. Our organization had a position to fill. Sixty people applied, many of whom probably could do the job well. Here are several conclusions from reviewing their applications, and interviewing 12 people.
1. No surprise, but expanding the economy is one of the top priorities for the next president. People from their mid-20s to mid-60s applied, many of them eager for a job. As I write this column, the election has not been held. We can't rely completely on the President and Congress. But it's very clear there are many talented people who are under, or unemployed.
2. Having said that, some people with insight, energy and skills could improve their application skills. For example, spelling. Ten to 15 of the people who were otherwise strong candidates had several spelling mistakes in their application. A job in our organization requires considerable writing. I can't read everything a person sends out. I need to rely on people to use "spell-checker" and re-read what they write, before they send it out.
3. Another thing we looked for was a person who is bilingual in a language widely spoken in Minnesota. Some of the people who were otherwise strong candidates spoke only English. High school and college students should consider learning to speak Spanish, Somali, Hmong, or some other language that a number of people speak.
This is not just for people who want to work in nonprofits. I've talked with businesspeople who say being bilingual is a plus for many of their jobs.
4. First impressions are important. Our job posting asked people to send their applications to two people and gave their names. However, about half of the applicants began their application letters with something like "to whom it may concern," or "Dear Hiring Committee" or "Human Resources." If the job description gives a name to whom material should be sent, it's wise to use that name.
5. Did the application immediately connect our and their goals? It's a lot of work to individualize applications. Some people are frustrated. But we were looking for people who understood at least some of what our organization seeks to accomplish. All the finalists connected their and our goals in the first paragraph of their application.
I wish we had 10-12 positions open. We heard from and interviewed a number of well-qualified applicants, thanks to the Minnesota Council on Nonprofits, which does a great job connecting organizations and job seekers. Info here: http://www.minnesotanonprofits.org/jobs
We've offered to talk with several applicants about finding similar jobs. They have my thanks and best wishes. They are smart, skilled people deeply committed to, and eager to help public schools. We need to use their insights, talent and energy.
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Cyclone Evan causes flooding in Fiji
A state of natural disaster has been declared in the Northern and Western divisions of Fiji.
Roofs were ripped from homes and churches, roads flooded and thousands forced to evacuate their homes when the storm battered the Pacific Island nation yesterday. Strong seas near the capital, Suva, pulled two container ships onto a reef. Authorities say they hope to refloat them.
Thousands of people huddled in evacuation centres overnight as winds sent houses and trees flying through the air. Sky News reported a hospital lost its roof and patients had to be evacuated.
The Fiji Ministry of Information said reports pointed to extensive damage to roads, bridges, power lines, houses and community halls. There were no reports of deaths and injuries.
Most tourist resorts sustained only minor damage, but power and communications remain down in parts of the country.
The state of natural disater will remain in effect for 15 days, as the country cleans up the after-effects of Cyclone Evan.
National Disaster Management Office director Manasa Tagicakibau said this would allow authorities and stakeholders to speed up rehabilitation works, which began today, FijiLive reported.
Cyclone Evan headed out to sea early today and has been downgraded to a category three storm.
However, flooding remains a threat for thousands of people.
All people living in the Rewa River delta, east of Suva, were told to move to high ground before it gets dark, as heavy rains from the storm cause the river to burst its banks.
The delta includes the large town of Nausori and an airport.
The Fiji Meteorology Office earlier issued a flood warning for rivers including the Wainimala, Wainibuka, Waidina, Rewa, and the low lying areas of Nausori and Rewa Delta.
Flights to the international airport at Nadi have resumed.
Air New Zealand flights from Auckland to Nadi are departing as scheduled, with two flights expected to land there late today.
However, today's flights from Nadi to Auckland on Air Pacific and Qantas have both been cancelled. Two Air New Zealand flights from Nadi to Auckland today have been rescheduled.
In Samoa, flights bound for Apia from Auckland are back on schedule for Air New Zealand, with an extra service operating on Sunday for extra capacity.
Extra flights will fly into Samoa's capital, and the national carrier also relaxed baggage allowances. The altered rules allow adult and child passengers booked to travel to Apia up to Sunday December 30 to take one extra piece of luggage with them.
Because the flights leaving from Auckland will have cargo space filled with food and welfare items, passengers travelling this week would not be able to fly with their extra baggage - though it could follow on a different flight free of charge.
One New Zealander has described the harrowing experience of sheltering in Nadi as the cyclone battered the country overnight.
"Our room was pretty much awash with all the water that was coming in, there were leaks in the ceiling as well as water coming in the door, so we were dealing with that as well as the wind," Fairfax journalist Marc Hinton said.
"But it appears as though the worst has past, there are still fairly strong winds here - but nowhere near the intensity that it was through the night.
"Our ceiling is starting to cave in so there is obviously a lot of water that got into the buildings, which was to be expected with the strength of the winds and bits of roofs being torn off."
Hinton's family had not left their room since yesterday. They only had lights working overnight.
"We literally haven't seen anyone because everyone was hunkered down, the winds were so strong last night you couldn't even open your doors, it was over 200kmh."
Fiji's second largest city, Lautoka, was described last night as a war zone. An unknown number of homes were destroyed and many had lost their roofs. Running water was also out in Nadi.
This morning, a number of main highways through Fiji were in lock down and the entire Western Division from Korolevu to Rakiraki was without power.
Rakiraki was almost completely under water for much of the night.
New Zealand has contributed close to $1 million to help Samoa and Fiji in the aftermath of Evan and further funding is expected.
Fiji made a formal request for assistance overnight and Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said New Zealand was happy to help.
It has offered an initial $50,000 to respond to specific requests from Fiji. Tarpaulins, water containers, generators and chainsaw packs were also on the way to Fiji on commercial flights.
A further contribution of $170,000 has been made to the Fiji Red Cross.
"We are also looking at further funding for New Zealand-based non-government organisations that have supplies pre-positioned in Fiji," McCully said.
New Zealand has also offered Samoa a total of $600,000 in assistance, bringing the total assistance package for both countries to $870,000.
Five additional New Zealand Red Cross workers would travel to Samoa to support local efforts.
Cyclone Evan ravaged Samoa late last week, leaving at least four dead, up to 3000 homeless, and flattened buildings in the capital Apia.
A search for 10 fishermen who went missing off the country during the cyclone has been called off.
Maritime New Zealand said three days of searching involving a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion and a French Marine Nationale Guardian aircraft covered around 5,000 square kilometres but failed to find any sign of the men.
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@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
His team is something like 4-10 since the first of the year so perhaps he's going to have some more time in the near future to dedicate to another team....
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
You know, the more I think about crap like this, I really think there is only one way to help prevent things like this from happening.
Do NOT put a limit on the salary that you can pay an individual player. Instead, adopt a hard salary cap that is much lower than what the cap is right now.
Most believe that the new cap will be decreased quite a bit. Let's say it goes from 58 to 52. My point is why not make the new cap 48M, but make it a hard cap that cannot be exceeded.
So, you can give Amare and Carmello 16M-18M each, but collectively they will consume 35M and you only have 13M left to sign another 12-13 support players to help them win a championship. I think that most folks would agree that there is not enough money left over to enable you to sign enough quality players to ever hope to win a championship.
What this does is force team to better balance their lineups. Teams would not be able to afford both several superstars and quality support to raise them to elite status. This will also cause the balance of power within the league to be more evenly distributed over time, resulting in much more parity.
I may be in the extreme minority (probably the only one), but I wouldn't be too upset if Donnie came back. I'm more indifferent than I am in favor of it, but I wouldn't be mad or nothing if they went with Donnie again.
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ya, Donnie walked into a position to have success .. then leaves Indiana in salary hell and in crappy shape.. Meanwhile Bird literally goes through hell righting the ship , getting us in position to not only have major financial flexibility, but having a young core of guys (whom IMO are gonna bring this franchise good things,..) to move into the future with.. only to have Walsh walk right back into a good situation that Bird set on a path for success??
Bird needs to see this through and reap the rewards from his hard work... NOT let Donnie reap the rewards off of a team he left in bad shape at the end of his tenure...
"They want to be famous. We want to be champions. They want to be rappers and backup dancers. We want to play football." - T.J. Ward, Denver Broncos
Donnie Walsh was one of the greatest things to happen to this franchise. It's pretty disheartening to me to see so many Pacers fans "piling" on him to not come back here based on all the great business moves he made for this team over 2 decades. The 16 playoff appearances in 17 years was during the Walsh era here. It seems like Zeke arrived in 2001 and infected the franchise for 2-3 years, and took us years beyond to recover from. All the "good" done by Walsh was immediately washed away by 2000-2003. The only thing I can blame Walsh for was Zeke himself... that was the one truly bad business move I can point to. The players and contracts we took on during the Zeke-era put this franchise behind for years. I have to believe that Zeke was behind a lot of those moves, or at least a large negative influence (which he's proving to be at stop after stop) because frankly a lot of those moves were rather uncharacteristic of Walsh...
I personally wouldn't mind seeing Walsh back here in Indy in some capacity. What that capacity is, I don't know... but he was generally considered one of the top executives in the league for YEARS before the brawl (which seemed to mar his entire legacy), and we'd be unwise to pass on an opportunity to employ his skills. He's brought back the hopelessly screwed up Knicks to respectability in just 3 years (a franchise largely screwed up by --- Isiah Thomas).
Just to further prove the point, it now appears that Zeke is once again railroading him in NY. The hilarious aspect of this is that NY is apparently returning control of the organization to Zeke after Walsh cleaned up *his* mess --- "Thanks for cleaning up Zeke's mess, Donnie, now if you don't mind, we're gonna let Zeke mess it up again."
Walsh, imo, hasn't been the malefactor --- Isiah Thomas was/is. For both the Pacers, and the Knicks. Even the great Donnie Walsh hasn't able to withstand the tornadic path of destruction Isiah Thomas has left behind him...
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There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
It's a minor distinction, but nonetheless there is a difference.
You would say he's 'very good' at evaluating talent.
I disagreed, and offered a reason why.
You then said that my reason does not mean he isn't 'good' at evaluating talent. I was not trying to say he isn't 'good'. I was trying to say why I felt he wasn't 'very good'.
Not a huge distinction between the two, but technically there is, and that's what I was getting it.
Why bring back a guy who left on his own as if we're going to take NY's discards. Donnie is probably done as a GM/president of his own volition. We want a guy who will want to be around for the next phase.
I found the article completely in the realm of fantasy in that anyone has to be totally nuts to take Isiah seriously. Isiah has the ability to recognize talent but the Knicks are looking for guys who have already proven themselves so who needs Isiah? If there is any truth here Dolan will have convinced everyone what an incredible idiot he is. Why should Dolan/Thomas have another chance to destroy this franchise?
I give this article zero credibility.
I never want Walsh back, i do appreciate his many years with Indy, but he also ran the team into the ground. I am happy to see Thomas go back to the Nicks, a pox upon them.
no please relax we're done with him
mr simon wants bird back and bird wants to be back i think especially with where this team is going he looks into the future a lot and makes it sound like hes going to be part of it
In 49 states it's just basketball, but this is Indiana!
First off, I don't particularly want Donnie back. Things have passed him by, and - as much as I'd love to see someone successfully manage a team "old school" - the days of mutual respect between a GM and player being enough to move forward are long gone.
Second, the "what if" was predicated either on Bird leaving or else being able to use Donnie's skills (which exist in spite of those who would prefer to blame him for 2004 and forget 1994-2000) without splitting the decision process.
I've mellowed in some people's eyes because I agree that Donnie's faults in the last years outweighed his benefits. But, as Peck and others will tell you, no one is ahead of me in the line to champion how important and positive his contribution was to the years of the franchise that have spoiled so many fans here. To claim that all he did was come in to a team poised for success and proceed to drive them into the ground is intolerable.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Asking if I want Walsh back is sort of like asking me if I want Larry Brown back. They were great at the time, but I don't think I want either back at this point in time.
When Walsh took over this team it was in worse shape than an expansion team
"Walsh is a great guy! He will do you right. Let the good times roll."
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"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
"Stern ought to be ashamed of himself for letting this happen to Walsh. He pushed Dolan and Walsh together three years ago to clean up Thomas toxic mess, to restore a measure of honor and dignity to the Garden."
Am I the only person who has a problem with this? This is now the second time I've heard that Stern asked Donnie to go help out the Knicks to clean up the franchise.
Does David do this for all of his teams or just those he roots for?
I get the idea that THE major market team should not be a joke but in all fairness shouldn't Stern stay out of it altogether or go the opposite direction and help all teams in such a manor?
Between this and the laughably low fine the Knicks got for the illegle workouts I am truely beginning to wonder that when I laughed off all of the Stern talk about favoring the Knicks over the years if I wasn't the one being foolish.
I don't believe this will actually happen so I'm not really concerned.
Donnie is getting up there after all.
I mean Michael Jordan erased any Knicks love I'm sure he had because he was $$$ in the bank for him.
Of course Chicago isn't a small market either.
Jamaal Tinsley, Stephen Jackson, Jermaine O'Neal... Three starters on arguably the most talented Pacers squad of all time.
Remember the brawl? The awful thing that killed our fanbase and stopped a juggernaught of a team that was tearing through the defending champs and were widely acknowledged as the best team in the NBA?
Remember 2000? The Finals? Remember the spring of 2004, when we went back to the ECF with a COMPLETELY different team?
Is this mic on?
I haven't mentioned the 90's yet.
Look, Donnie made mistakes. We all know he had to trade SJax, who knows what other offers he had? I'm guessing he had to take on horrible contracts. Any props on the forsight to get two guys who expired in the same summer to set up massive cap space?
And look at the job he did in NY. Do people doubt that he would have had the savy to stockpile young guys and wait for cap space? Because he did the exact same thing immediately upon taking over the Knicks.
Donnie Walsh wouldn't be my first pick to replace Bird if that day comes (which is saying something, look at my avatar!) I agree that getting a young blood to oversee the franchise for a long time would be better.
But to all of you who are acting like Walsh was some terrible burden that the franchise suffered through... Check you head.
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But to all of you who are acting like Walsh was some terrible burden that the franchise suffered through... Check you head.
Says the guy with the Donnie Walsh avatar......
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Walsh did wonders for our franchise. For that I'm forever grateful.
But I do not want the Ghost of Donnie Walsh running this team into the ground.
No, you are right but the first season that Walsh was there, IT still had an office job with the Knicks.
This is ridiculous. The fact that Dolan would listen to IT instead of Walsh says nothing but bad things about Dolan. The same IT that caused you to have to pay a million bucks sexual harassment settlement? That's the guy you want to trust to broker the biggest trade in Knicks history?
The one thing I also find interesting is that people really think that Amare' and Carmelo would be a good tandem in NY. I don't think their styles will complement each other. In fact, they play nearly the same type of game. I think it will be cool to see them play together but I'm not sure it will work out the way they expect - unless all the Knicks really want to do is generate ratings and merchandise revenue.
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Walsh also brought in your screen name-sake, Derrick McKey, into the mix for a player at the time who was wildly popular with fans in Indianapolis.
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'"We know the Rangers have been playing very well," Ruff said. "They're getting great goaltending out of Richter, they got some timely goal scoring (against the Islanders), and they're a team that's very dangerous off the rush. "You can headline (Eric) Lindros in most of the stories, but you've got (Theo) Fleury, (Mike) York, (Mark) Messier, (Radek) Dvorak. There's a long list of forwards out front. You know one or two shots, and they can be right back in the hockey game."'
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I have spent my career as a professional scientist and now as a member of Congress, so I know firsthand how scientific research contributes to every American's quality of life. APS helps us to more completely understand nature and our universe, and it provides an avenue through which physicists from all around the world can converse about the advancement of physical concepts and ideas.
APS is first and foremost a national organization, and indeed, it usually makes sense to think of physics as being a collaborative endeavor. Many of the theoretical and experimental insights that have driven our field forward in recent years have been possible only through the collaboration of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of physicists scattered across the globe.
But the fact remains that many insights are possible only because of close, personal interactions among scientists who see each other regularly: those who work at the same university, or who see each other at local conferences, or who stop by one another's houses for dinner and find themselves scribbling half-developed equations on the backs of pizza boxes. Proximity matters, in physics as in every other field (is collaborative productivity an inverse power law?), and I am hopeful that the Mid-Atlantic Section will strengthen these local connections that help make possible further scientific progress.
It is, I think, especially noteworthy that the Mid-Atlantic Section includes Washington, D.C. and thus the entire U.S. Congress. To state the obvious, your perspective is very badly needed on Capitol Hill. Right now Congress includes only two physicists (the other is Bill Foster of Illinois), and we need look no further than the phony debates about the scientific validity of climate change or evolution to understand that scientific thinking is far too rare in Congress today. The Mid-Atlantic APS section has the opportunity–and, I would suggest, the responsibility–to help bridge the gap between the scientific community and those who pass laws that affect it.
I hope that, at some point in the years to come, you'll take the relatively short trip to Capitol Hill to share your thoughts and concerns with your representative in Congress. You have important insights to share on climate change, renewable energy, nuclear security, and so many other issues facing our country today. And while you're in town, stop by my office to say hi!
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Gtk3 CSS theme editor
A visual editor for Gtk3 CSS themes.
Something like a mix of TheWidgetFactory and Firebug.
At the moment just an idea, nothing more.
I'll try to complete this post as soon as possible with more details
Gtk3 CSS theme editor
A visual editor for Gtk3 CSS themes.
Something like a mix of TheWidgetFactory and Firebug.
At the moment just an idea, nothing more.
I'll try to complete this post as soon as possible with more details
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That I just what I want! sounds awseome.
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Hi all.
today I'm starting new PPA!! :
then I would add "The Widget Factory" for gtk3, elementary-gtk2/3 combo theme pack, elemetnary-gnome-shell theme, and more...
the next would be an application of CSS editing tools. yeah actually I've made some scratches written in Vala, but PyGTK would be more better to development speed and flexibilities on GTK....
Great Tista
Nice to hear from you...
If you want you can include also my theme which is both gtk2(murrine)/gtk3(unico),
is almost finished.. now I've to polish Ambiance theme gtk3 for OO release then we can include this as well. This way the PPA will include also some themes to work on with the CSS editor..
Let me know how to work on the app together, or how to help you.
If you want I can create the Gui of the app with Glade and Gtk3.. see you
Edit: ideas for the name of the application?
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Unico is almost ready, at least Cimi said, lacks some bits for scrollbar, scale, expander, arrows. Gnome-panel3 also is not fully themable, like adwaita.
For the rest is great, at the moment unico packages available in OO repos are not in sync with bzr so I'm currently building from sources.. I believe in a short time will be complete (knowing Cimi super speed in development!)
This is the current state of unico, at least working on my theme:
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happy 1000 posts!!
OK. let's include yours on my PPA!
I have some ideas about that. yeah super-boot-manager has plymouth theme selector. it might be made by really simple script but works quickly and stable. that's nice!! if we could, download the theme and install it automatically to load them on our theme editor, how about it?
the super-boot-manager also has PPA included some themes in same place to apps. I think it's nice ideas...
hopefully I want you to make GUI.
because I really had poor brain for python...
C++/Vala are able to make really fast apps, but code maintaining is wasting much time. it's the negative...
we should make it by "easy codes" and maintain it easy, right? if we could, we can update the codes within coffee breaks! yeah most people didn't have much time.
finally yep I'm thinking the name of apps. actually you're the originator about it, so you should name it!! and I hope it would be included in OO main repository...
I was thinking to Sparkler or PimpMyGnome as name of the app, i'm open to suggestion.
Thopiekar is going to help us with python..he doesn't know gtk bindings so well but for the rest he's good. Yep, this is a spare time project
I'm going to open on lp a project with bzr and create a skeleton of pygi and gui.
Hmmm... I really like the name Sparkler, it has a nice ring to it.
No offense, but PimpMyGnome sounds like something you'd use to theme your myspace profile haha - again no offense. Sparkler, I just love it, it sounds amazing =D
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In many ways, America is the land of plenty. This is certainly the case when it comes to food--most Americans are lucky enough to have an abundance of choices at the grocery store. But for 1 in 6 people in the United States, America is not the land of plenty.
Last month was National Hunger Awareness month, and for the millions of Americans struggling with food insecurity, hunger is a reality that is not confined to small pockets of society, certain areas of the country, or certain demographics.
We hear a lot about the global food crisis that's coming in 2050--how we'll have to feed 9.1 billion people with the same--or fewer--resources. But for countless Americans and millions of people around the world, there's a global food crisis right now. It's a crisis from the standpoint that they can't make ends meet and feed their families.
It's a crisis we don't hear nearly enough about. Unless, of course, it's from animal rights activist groups who are quick to blame animal agriculture and meat-based diets for food insecurity in this country and abroad. Then we can't hear enough about world hunger.
According to PETA's website, "There is more than enough food in the world to feed the entire human population. We funnel huge amounts of grain, soybeans and corn through all the animals we use for food instead of feeding starving humans."
Similarly, HSUS argues, "of the world's nearly 6.8 billion humans, almost 1 billion people are malnourished. Feeding half the world's grain crop to animals raised for meat, eggs, and milk instead of directly to humans is a significant waste of natural resources, including fossil fuels, water, and land. Raising animals for food is also a major contributor to global warming, which is expected to further worsen food security globally."
Disappointingly, we've come to expect the circulation of this misinformation by groups that will do anything in their power to bring about an end to animal agriculture. (For some actual science-based logic on the food vs. feed conundrum, I would highly recommend Dr. Jude Capper's most recent paper, "Is a Cow Eating my Lunch?").
But I know I wasn't the only one to be shocked by the blatant slap in the face that came near the end of Chipotle's latest digital short entitled "The Scarecrow."
I know I was already fuming as I watched the sad Scarecrow board the bus towards home. As the bus pulls away what can only be seen as a "factory farm," he stares out upon a bleak, barren landscape and a billboard with the slogan "Crow Foods Feeding the World."
Now, it's no secret that I'm not a huge fan of that messaging point. I think it makes those of us in the agriculture community look like we have a huge superiority complex, which I'm guessing is why Chipotle took great pains to use our own words against us.
That said, the truth is that America's farmers and ranchers are indeed feeding the world, but not just by growing and raising the food that appears on our grocery store shelves. They literally give back and try to feed those going hungry every day within our borders.
Not only are individual farmers donating their surplus harvests of corn and vegetables, but so are companies deemed to be "big food" by hipster companies like Chipotle. Tyson Foods, for example, partners with FeedingAmerica to help stock the shelves of food banks nationwide.
It's easy to take pot shots at "big food," "industrial agriculture" or "factory farming," and even easier to hide behind some misguided notion of moral superiority (yes PETA and HSUS I'm looking at you), or a million-dollar, allegedly "fictitious" virtual reality scheme (ehem, Chipotle).
But it's difficult to strive to actually solve a problem, or at least try. Looking towards the looming 2050 global food crisis, I feel much more secure relying on sound science, modern agriculture, and dedicated farmers and ranchers with a proven commitment to feeding the hungry.
After all, the average American farmer feeds 155 people worldwide (and probably many more when you count up all the farmers donating extra food above and beyond what they sell).
Whereas, the average American activist organization feeds...zero. And I'm pretty sure an $8 Chipotle burrito isn't feeding the hungry either.


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LAST night saw the launch of this year's eagerly awaited Hampshire Fare Food Festival.
The event, held at Leckford Farm Estate near Stockbridge, saw foodies gather from across the county to see what locally-sourced treats were on show and discuss the range of forthcoming events.
Guests included Councillor Roy Perry, Leader of Hampshire County Council, Mayor of the Test Valley Councillor Jan Lovell, Lady Wakeham, patron of Age UK Winchester, as well as local chefs, members of the press, and sponsors and supporters of Hampshire Fare.
Last year 80 events attracted 180,000 people and generated over £3.25 million for the local economy. The Fare was awarded a Silver Award in the Tourism Event of the Year category at last year's Beautiful South Awards.
And this year promises to be even better with a whole host of markets, mini-festivals, tasting sessions, chocolate-making, cream teas, summer fetes, pop-up shops and, of course, wine, beer and cider festivals.
Tracy Nash, commercial manager of Hampshire Fare, organisers of the Hampshire Food Festival, said: "This year's Festival is more exciting than ever with something for everyone, whether you're a family, a foodie, a wine-lover or want to learn cooking skills; and the Festival is a great way to explore our lovely county."
Guests were treated to a glass of fizz from local winemakers, Cottonworth, Hattingley Valley and Leckford Estate and ticked into Broughton Water Buffalo burgers with tomato relish supplied by Hampshire Jam and Chutney. They were served in buns baked by Oven Door, using Leckford Estate flour.
Mike Wright, chairman of Hampshire Fare, welcomed guests and thanked Angela Hartnett and Luke Holder for introducing this year's Hampshire Food Festival, and the Leckford Estate for their support with the evening's event. He also thanked Hampshire Fare's sponsors.
He said: "We are passionate about local food and we are determined to put Hampshire on the map as a food destination. This is only possible thanks to the support of our sponsors and we are grateful to them for their belief in what we do."
The month-long festival promises to celebrate all produce Hampshire between July 1 to August 3, including farm tours and brewery tours, markets and fairs, cookery demonstrations and workshops that showcase the rich abundance of Hampshire produce.
Hampshire Fare, made up of numerous members, aims to increase awareness of local produce, promote local crafts, foster good business practices aiding viable enterprises and organises a range of festivals, exhibitions and promotions.


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Charlotte, N.C. -- Harris Teeter is currently renovating two locations into a new concept called 201central, which will carry an extensive variety of wine, beer, specialty foods and other general merchandise items. The new format will also feature an array of specialty services, including in-store wine consultants, event coordination and catering as well as party rentals and educational classes focused on wine, beer and food pairings.
The 201central name refers back to one of the original Harris Food Stores, Store #201, on Central Avenue in Charlotte, N.C., which was the first full self-service supermarket in Charlotte, and also the city's first air-conditioned grocery store and was the first to stay open until 9 p.m. on Friday nights.
The 201central stores will carry over 3,100 varieties of wine and over 680 varieties of beer from around the world, including approximately 35 brands of keg beer and local beers, as well as home brewing and wine making systems and products. They will also have a wide range of specialty foods and expanded international foods including Asian, Middle Eastern, English, Indian, Italian, Kosher, Mexican and South American products.
The stores will average 30,000 sq. ft., and be located in Huntersville, N.C., and Wesley Chapel, N.C.


text: Feds looking into report MSHA tipped off Massey By Ken Ward Jr. April 12, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal prosecutors are investigating whether U.S. Department of Labor inspectors may have tipped off Massey Energy officials about inspections at the company's Upper Big Branch Mine prior to the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners.U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said his office is looking into testimony by a former Upper Big Branch superintendent that federal Mine Safety and Health Administration inspectors regularly told company officials when they planned to visit the Raleigh County mine."It goes without saying that government officials have to follow the law like everyone else, and if we get leads that raise questions about whether they have, we investigate," Goodwin said Thursday. "I can't comment on the status of specific leads, but we obviously pay close attention to what a defendant says at a plea hearing."Asked if that means he and his team are looking into allegations made by former Massey superintendent Gary May about MSHA providing advance notice of its own inspections, Goodwin said, "Yes, of course."Two weeks ago, May made his assertion when he pleaded guilty as part of a deal that has him cooperating with the sprawling federal criminal investigation of the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster. May admitted to a one-count felony charge that he conspired to violate mine safety standards and cover up the resulting unsafe conditions.Among other things, May 43, of Bloomingrose, admitted he took part in a scheme to provide advance warning of government inspections and then hide or correct violations before federal agents could make it into working sections of the sprawling mine.During a March 29 plea hearing in Beckley, U.S. District Judge Irene Berger asked May to explain who took part in that conspiracy with him."It started, you know, from the MSHA inspectors coming on the property," May testified under oath. "Sometimes they would tell us, you know, they'd be back tomorrow or where they were going. And it went from there to telling everybody that was outside, you know, just scatter word by mouth on the phone, and they would tell whoever was underground."It's just something that happened from the time I got there until after I left and happened at every mine I've ever been to," May told Berger.Berger pressed May on the matter, and asked him after May conferred with his lawyer, "When you said earlier that it began with inspectors coming onto the property and saying, 'We'll be back tomorrow,' was it or was it not your intention to indicate that these inspectors were part of the conspiracy that you've told me about Mr. May?" May responded, "I don't believe it's a conspiracy, but I think, in my opinion, if they would let me know that [an inspection was planned], I would let everyone else know that."The federal Mine Safety and Health Act makes it clear that, in carrying out its inspection duties, MSHA is not to provide advance notice of inspections to anyone. Agency policy mandates that "any information relating to inspection and investigation schedules" be restricted solely to MSHA personnel who have a need for such information.Federal law also makes it a crime for anyone to give advance notice of any MSHA inspection. Anyone convicted of doing so can face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.In the wake of Upper Big Branch, MSHA officials have focused on what they say was Massey's intentional program of security guards giving underground crews advance notice of inspections. MSHA concluded that such warnings allowed Massey to cover up unsafe conditions at Upper Big Branch, and were a major contributing factor in the April 5, 2010, explosion.An internal team looking at MSHA's own performance at Upper Big Branch did not examine the question of whether agency inspectors tipped off the company -- either on purpose or inadvertently -- about upcoming inspection schedules, at least according to the report MSHA made public. The internal review team reported that Massey's advance notices "interfered with MSHA's ability to identify and require abatement of hazardous conditions" at Upper Big Branch.But anther team, appointed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to examine MSHA's internal review, concluded that advance notice and other "concealment activities" by Massey "did not, and could not, conceal readily observable violative conditions" such as the huge amounts of coal dust that fed the Upper Big Branch explosion.In a prepared statement issued Wednesday, MSHA said that last month's plea hearing "was MSHA's first opportunity to hear from Mr. May about events at UBB." The agency noted that May had previously asserted his 5th Amendment right and refused to answer questions from mine disaster investigators."We anticipate that if the Department of Justice obtains evidence of misconduct by MSHA employees, it would either investigate the matter, share the information with MSHA so we could take appropriate action, or both," MSHA said in its statement.Reach Ken Ward Jr. at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1702. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 City of Milton tries to revive Morris Memorial property 2 Mitch Vingle: WVU's Lyons watching bombshell merger news 3 Former Boone school board members indicted 4 Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme 5 Consultant says Yeager Airport needs to extend runway More C8 results due, medical testing panel formed Previous Story Sniper suspect's trial postponed until July 27 Next Story


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THE scale of tree felling for the new Cathedral Quarter development has angered Blackburn residents and Liberal Democrat councillor Paul Browne.
As trunks and boughs litter the area around the Boulevard, the priest in charge of the work said as few as possible were being chopped down.
Cathedral canon Andrew Hindley and borough environment boss Jim Smith said felling was being kept to a minimum and carefully monitored.
LibDem planning spokesman Coun Browne, who objected to the logging when the scheme was approved in December 2012, said: "This is municipal vandalism on a vast scale.
"They should have built the development around the trees as they did the original cathedral, not chopping ancient trees down for new buildings.
"I shall be watching very carefully to make sure no protected trees are felled and only those on the original planning application are taken."
Susan Parkinson from Sunny Bank Road was one of several town centre visitors to object.
She said: "It is horrific and disgraceful."
"I have seen those trees grow and mature.
"They shouldn't be chopping so many down. It looks dreadful.
"I know several other people who come into the town centre who are equally upset."
Canon Hindley said: "Some trees have to be felled for this £33 million development.
"We were very clear about which will come down and tried to save the oldest and most important trees.
"We will make sure only those necessary are felled and will be creating a public realm as good as or better than the existing one, planting many new trees."
Coun Smith, planning chairman for the original application, said: "The committee took advice from council tree experts and was specific about which trees can be felled.
"I shall be monitoring what happens carefully."
Blackburn with Darwen council regeneration boss Maureen Bateson said: "The Cathedral Quarter is an extremely important project, to create jobs and transform the town centre, with major improvements in the public realm.
"When trees have to be felled, it is a condition that replacement trees will be planted."


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Coach Dennis Allen completed the Raiders' coaching staff by hiring Bob Sanders as his linebackers coach Friday.
Sanders spent the past four seasons with the Buffalo Bills, where he coached the defensive line one season and linebackers the final three.
Sanders has 33 years' coaching experience in college and the NFL. He also coached for the Green Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins, including a stint as Packers defensive coordinator in 2006-08.
Allen fired four coaches the day after the regular season ended — offensive coordinator Greg Knapp, offensive line coach Frank Pollack, special teams coordinator Steve Hoffman and linebackers coach Johnny Holland.
Allen has hired Greg Olson to replace Knapp, Bobby April to take over for Hoffman and Tony Sparano as his new offensive line coach.
Pro Bowl: Minnesota rookie left tackle Matt Kalil was added to the NFC's roster to replace Washington tackle Trent Williams, who was hurt in a brawl at a Honolulu nightclub.
NFL officials and local police said Friday that Williams was hurt in a fight that injured three men, sending two to the hospital. Police say one man was arrested and five others are being investigated for assault, but not Williams.
The league said the third-year pro will be on the sideline for the Pro Bowl game Sunday.
Redskins teammate Jammal Brown said on Twitter that Williams needed seven stitches.
"Wasn't his fault. … He did nothing wrong," Brown said.
The Pro Bowl appearance is marking something of a personal comeback for Williams, who was suspended four games in 2011 for testing positive multiple times for marijuana.
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Tyler Keup, 29, of North Platte, pled not guilty Monday to several charges possession of adderall, two counts of distributing methamphetamine and possession of a deadly weapon by a restricted person.
Defense attorney Gary Krajewski of Ogallala filed a motion for discovery of evidence.
Lincoln County Attorney Rebecca Harling had no objection and Lincoln County District Judge Donald Rowlands ordered them to return to court on March 11.
Krajewski also asked for a bond reduction. Krajewski told the court that Keup is trying to get into treatment and a reduced bond would make it possible. Krajewski said Keup would live with his uncle, a former police officer, after he completes treatment.
Harling strongly objected noting Keups conviction for manslaughter, his time in the pen as well as other crimes.
Judge Donald Rowlands denied the bond reduction, leaving it at $125,000. He told Keup that when he gets into treatment he can, through his attorney, contact the County Attorneys Office to discuss bond and maybe something could be worked out.
Keup has been in the county jail for 78 days. He was arrested during a traffic stop Nov. 11
Also, Courtney Lopez, 24, of North Platte, pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine.
Lopez was arrested Nov. 11 when she was a passenger in a car driven by Keup that was stopped for a traffic violation.
In exchange for her guilty plea, prosecutors dropped other charges -- possession of a controlled substance, assault and being a fugitive from justice.
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The Earthquakes Chris Wondolowski was voted Major League Soccer player of the month for the second consecutive time by the North American Soccer Reporters, the league announced Monday.
The award for October was the fourth for Wondolowski this season in which he scored 27 goals to tie the single-season league record set in 1996 by Roy Lassiter. No other player has won player of the month four times in a MLS season.
Wondolowski led the Quakes to a 1-0-2 record in October as San Jose won its second Supporters' Shield as the regular-season champion. He scored five goals in the three games.
Wondolowski will lead the Quakes on Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Galaxy in the second-leg of the Western Conference semifinals at Buck Shaw Stadium. San Jose won the first game Sunday night 1-0 on Victor Bernardez' 31-yard strike in the 94th minute.
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So, the Ace Race is coming up and with it I'll be getting a Discraft Weekender bag. Supposedly it'll hold 6-8 discs so I'm finally making a second bag, straight up Innova and mostly slow. Here's what I have in mind:
Either a DX or R-Pro Aviar (in the form of a D-P1 or a P-P1)
Champion Coyote (the Roc doesn't really agree with my grip and I can power down on my fairways when I need more overstability. I really like my old Coyote, it got me my first ace.)
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208:9 If the mourner is a sharecropper in another person's field, he may not work the field himself but he may employ others to do it for him. This isn't considered work for the mourner, but rather work for the owner of the field. If the mourner has a different form of work that he is doing for others, he shouldn't do it during shiva, not even through an agent. However, if failure to do so would cause him to incur a loss, then he should have it done through an agent.


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CINCINNATI (AP) -- Indiana State Police have arrested a woman and two teenagers from Ohio in connection with the December slaying of a 68-year-old southeastern Indiana woman.
WLWT TV reports (http://bit.ly/Uw80Jr ) that 22-year-old Allison Moore of Colerain Township in Hamilton County was arrested Saturday.
Moore faces a preliminary charge of murder in the Dec. 30 shooting death of Nancy Hershman of Milan, Ind. Formal charges are to be filed Monday or Tuesday.
Two 16-year-olds were also arrested and face juvenile charges in connection with the killing.
Police called the decision to break into Hershman's home random.
The station reported the suspects were being held in separate adult and juvenile facilities in Cincinnati.
The investigation remains open and more arrests could come.
Milan is about 60 miles west of Colerain.
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Big Turkcell Dividend No Sure Thing, Citigroup Says
Shares of Turkish telecom Turkcell (TKC) have been rallying as the battle for control of the company and could result in a big dividend. Such an outcome is no sure thing, says Citigroup.
Turkcell has been caught up in a shareholder dispute between Cukurova Holding AS–which owns much of Turkcell– and Altimo–owned by Russian billionaire Mickhail Fridman.
And as a result of the battle, the company hasn't been able to pay a dividend to shareholders since 2010. Shares have rallied 6.9% during the past three months as investors have grown increasingly optimistic that a big dividend will soon be paid.
Recent news makes a resolution more likely. The Turkish government, for instance, appointed three independent members to Turkcell's board on Mar. 12, a court in New York fined Cukurova for contempt for refusing to pay damages to TeliaSonera, and Bloomberg reported that Cukurova is trying to raise $3 billion to pay Altimo. And a London court is expected to make a decision within a month as to how much Cukurova owes Altimo.
While the whole sorry saga might be nearing an end, it's still unclear just who will have control of the company, says Citi's Dalibor Vavruska in a report today. He writes:
The control battle is still on, Altimo should not be underestimated. The decisive moment will come most likely in April, when the London court sets the exact amount that Cukurova owes to Altimo (up to $3 billion). Cukurova's payment or non-payment, particularly its ability to pay, will determine control in Turkcell...Altimo has strong track record of winning similar control battles (e.g. Kyivstar, Vimpelcom) and according to Vedemosti, Altimo could use the over $16 billion it is raising to invest in mobile and retail. Given the less than $2 billion equity value of Cukurova's Turkcell stake, winning control would most likely turn Cukurova's exposure to Turkcell into negative equity. We think that in such case it may be better for Cukurova to sell (to Altimo or a local investor) and monetize its control premium.
And that means the dividend that investors are expecting is uncertain, as well. Vavruska writes:
Various outcomes about control and dividends are possible; the government's position matters, TeliaSonera's less so. Resolution of the shareholder conflict could allow Turkcell to pay its 2010-12 dividends. Based on Turkcell's policy, this would be a minimum $1.59 billion. We see changes in the board and TeliaSonera's call for dividends as not particularly relevant, because dividends require (controlling) shareholders' approval.
If Cukurova wins, a case for high dividends can be made, but that's not necessarily true if Altimo ends up controlling Turkcell. That company already has plenty of cash and doesn't need more from Turkcell payouts. Instead, it might choose to use "Turkcell of acquisitive expansion," Vavruska says.
The wild card could be the Turkish government, which has shown an interest in--and has the ability to influence--who ultimately ends up with control of the company.
Shares of Turkcell have gained 1.7% to $16.92 today, while the iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index (TUR) exchange-traded fund has dropped 0.35%.