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WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats met for their second caucus meeting about reforming chamber rules Friday, beginning to converge on three changes that supporters hope will increase transparency and prevent a small minority from blocking an up-or-down vote on measures.
"This is a two-step process," Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), one of the leaders of the effort, told The Huffington Post in an interview after the caucus meeting. "The first step is that we need to recognize that under the Constitution, we can...adopt rules with 51 votes and also cut off debate on rules that we want to adopt with 51 votes. ... The second step is building the consensus with 51 senators on what they want to actually be in the rules. ... And that's the tough business we're in right now."
According to Udall, bipartisan support is beginning to build around three proposals: 1) No longer allowing senators to filibuster the motion to proceed and instead allow a set amount of time for debate, 2) ending secret holds, and 3) stopping filibustering senators from hiding behind quorum calls and forcing them to speak up if they're blocking a bill.
Republican Sen. Dan Coats (Ind.) has publicly supported the first measure, telling NPR in November, "I think what we need is the opportunity to debate and have an up-or-down vote on every issue. Filibustering the motion to proceed -- that is, we can't even go forward and talk about an issue without overcoming or without gaining a 60-vote majority for it -- I would support removing that provision."
"If...the goal is to have deliberation then blocking getting to debate makes no sense, and that's a very common sense thing," Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), another advocate of the reform effort, told The Huffington Post on Friday. "If 41 people vote to say they want to continue debate then forcing there to be that debate makes sense."
What could happen on this measure is that both sides of an issue would be allowed an equal amount of time for debate. After that, the legislation would move to a vote.
The second proposal has broad bipartisan support, with 66 senators signing a letter pledging "no secret holds on legislation or nominations."
"The third thing is to really require people, if they're going to filibuster, to speak up. Don't hide behind the quorum calls. The American people understand a filibuster to be what it was in 'Mr. Smith Goes To Washington,'" said Udall. "If you are opposed to some direction the Senate is moving in, you're entitled to speak, you come out to speak, try to rouse your constituents, try to rouse the American people."
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) told The Huffington Post's Sam Stein to expect "fireworks" on Jan. 5, 2011, the day on which the Senate can, he argued, revamp its rules by a simple majority vote.
"[Former Sen.] Robert Byrd in 1975, the last time that we changed the rules and [brought the filibuster threshold] from 67 [votes] down to 60, actually stated on the floor that a majority, 51 senators, could change the rules," said Harkin. "And that's what we intend to do and that is what we are working on right now. We are coming on the fifth to basically send a motion to the vice president...that will change the rules and there is a procedure to provide 51 votes to do that. Robert Byrd said that in 1975 and that's what we are going to try to do."
Udall stressed that no consensus has been reached yet, and he expects "a very strong discussion over the next two weeks until we reach Jan. 5." Democratic senators are also reaching out to Republicans to get more support for the changes.
Ryan Grim contributed reporting.


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Hands up if you know your national insurance number. If you are telling the truth, far fewer than half of you do. Does it matter? Well, in two years' time, if you don't, you won't be eligible to register to vote.
Some of you may have been vaguely aware that the coalition government has announced its intention to move towards individual registration of voters by 2015. In the modern world, it is perhaps better to place this responsibility on individuals than on heads of households. However, individual voting registration is one thing, and making it a requirement to provide a national insurance number is quite another. Many people would be unwilling to provide this because of a reasonable fear that, when combined with a date of birth (which has also been requested), it could lead to identity theft. Ben Page, head of polling organisation Ipsos Mori, estimates that barely 25% of the population know their NI number. It does seem bizarre that you can open a bank account without providing your NI number but you soon won't be eligible to vote without it. The independent Electoral Commission has estimated that 73% of the electorate would be concerned if they were asked to provide their NI number and that 15% of the electorate, or 6 million voters, would be deterred from registering to vote.
So how have we arrived here? First, there's the conspiracy theory: this is a form of voter suppression more commonly associated with states in the deep south of the US. Certainly all the evidence suggests that it will predominately be those under 30 who will fail to register to vote in the new regime. Then there's the cock-up theory: when individual voting registration was discussed in the Commons, there was no suggestion of an NI requirement, only a signature. When it got to the Cabinet Office, it was realised that this would be a barrier to online registration. The instant solution by Whitehall's finest was the NI option – except that it isn't a good idea for all the reasons outlined above. As for Ed Miliband's idea of mass registration of voters, forget it. Who is going to give their date of birth and NI details to a random stranger on the doorstep in the dark?
The tragedy is that Britain has a proud record of effective voter registration. Thanks to the unsung efforts of council electoral registration officers throughout the land, we have built up an internationally respected form of civic registration. Of course, it could be modernised, and online registration is the way forward, but not in the way the Cabinet Office (which has little experience of the practical issues relating to voter registration) has suggested.
We are facing the collapse of our electoral register with all the implications for democratic participation, which will also have profound implications for the future composition of juries (jury lists are compiled from electoral registers). At the final hour the heavy guns have got involved. Graham Allen MP, the formidable chairman of the public administration select committee, has written to every peer asking them to register their concern as the proposed legislation receives their scrutiny from 29 October. In the modern world it seems we have to rely on unelected peers to protect the franchise.

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RED BAY HARBOUR, Nfld. (CP) -- A 16th-century Basque galleon has been discovered at Red Bay Harbour off the coast of Labrador.
The ship is the fourth of its kind to be found in the area, a government news release said Tuesday.
The latest discovery was found about nine metres below the surface by Parks Canada's underwater archaeology unit during a dive last month.
The two divers were looking for whale bones, and checking on the condition of previously uncovered wrecks.
Over the last few weeks photographs were taken and compared with the earlier wrecks to confirm the timbers were those of a Basque ship.
During the 16th and 17th centuries the Basque ships carried out a large scale whale fishery in the Strait of Belle Isle, establishing at least 16 shore stations along the coast of Labrador.
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Six Artists | Seven Days: the AWC Mornington Sanctuary Kimberley Exhibition
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Six Artists | Seven Days: the AWC Mornington Sanctuary Kimberley Exhibition - 7 - 31 August 2013
Defiance Gallery in conjunction with the Australian Wildlife Conservancy and Lea and Bill Ferris,are pleased to present:
SIX ARTISTS | SEVEN DAYS -- The AWC Mornington Sanctuary Kimberley Exhibition
The exhibition features paintings and works on paper by Elisabeth Cummings, Idris Murphy, Peter Godwin, John Peart, Lucy Culliton and works by acclaimed photographer Jason Capobianco. Six Artists | Seven Days is the culmination of a project that began over a year ago when the artists were invited to spend a week exploring the 320,668 hectares of protected wilderness working closely with scientists from AWC's Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kimberley.
Each artist has generously donated a major work to AWC. The exhibition is curated by Campbell Robertson-Swann and Lauren Harvey, Defiance Gallery.
Six Artists | Seven Days represents a major initiative by AWC, bringing together the worlds of art and science in support of our efforts to protect special places like Mornington and its threatened wildlife.
AWC thanks the artists and galleries for their generosity in supporting our work.
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Today is Wednesday, March 12, the 71st day of 2003 with 294 to follow.
The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The evening stars are Jupiter and Saturn.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include pioneer automaker Clement Studebaker in 1831; New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs in 1858; actor/singer Gordon MacRae in 1921; novelist Jack Kerouac in 1922; union leader Lane Kirkland, also in 1922 (age 81); astronaut Wally Schirra in 1923 (age 80); playwright Edward Albee in 1928 (age 75); former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young in 1932 (age 71); singer/songwriter Al Jarreau in 1940 (age 63); actress Barbara Feldon in 1941 (age 62); singer Liza Minnelli in 1946 (age 57); singer/songwriter James Taylor in 1948 (age 55); and former baseball player Darryl Strawberry in 1962 (age 41).
On this date in history:
In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low organized the first Girl Scouts of America troop in Savannah, Ga.
In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi began a campaign of civil disobedience against British rule in India.
In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the first of his Sunday evening "fireside chats" -- informal radio addresses from the White House -- to the American people.
In 1938, Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Austria.
In 1947, in a speech to Congress, President Truman outlined what became known as the Truman Doctrine, calling for U.S. aid to countries threatened by communist revolution.
In 1963, the House of Representatives voted to grant former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill honorary U.S. citizenship.
In 1990, the Food and Drug Administration approved a nationwide test of a post-exposure AIDS vaccine developed by polio vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk.
Also in 1990, Exxon pleaded guilty to criminal charges and agreed to pay $100 million fine in a $1.1 billion settlement of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
And in 1990, Kuwait City reopened its port for the first time since the Persian Gulf War.
And in 1990, South African President F.W. de Klerk introduced legislation to revise land tenure laws and end racial discrimination in land ownership.
In 1992, Jim and Tammy Bakker, who ran a multimillion-dollar television evangelism empire before he went to prison for fleecing his flock, announced they were divorcing.
In 1993, Defense Secretary Aspin recommended closing 31 more major military bases around the country.
Also in 1993, more than 250 people were killed when a wave of bombings rocked Bombay, India, the country's business capital.
In 1994, the Church of England ordained its first women priests.
In 1996, Republican president hopeful Bob Dole swept the Super Tuesday GOP primaries.
In 1999, the former Soviet allies -- the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland -- joined NATO.
In 2000, Pope John Pail II apologized for the errors of his church during the past 2,000 years.
In 2001, six people, including five Americans, were killed when an errant bomb from a U.S. Navy fighter jet exploded at an observation post in Kuwait.
In 2002, Andrea Pia Yates, who confessed to drowning her five children, was found guilty of capital murder by a Houston jury that recommended life in prison. She had pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.
Also in 2002, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, speaking out after Israeli raids killed 31 Palestinians, declared that Israel must end its "illegal occupation" of Palestinian land. That night, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution demanding an immediate cease fire.
And in 2002, the Boston archdiocese said it would have to sell church property, take out loans and seek donations from wealthy supporters to cover the $100 million in settlements of lawsuits against priests in sexual abuse cases.
A thought for the day: Andrew Young told Playboy magazine, "Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died."


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CA 501c3 EDU ORG SUSPENDED LAW: I'm a paralegal who lives in central Arkansas and have a potential employer (via oDesk.com) who lives in California. He started a 501c3 educational organization (to help international students study in the USA) in CA around 2001, ignored it, it was then apparently suspended by CA Franchise Tax Board. And now he wants to revive it. He says he wants to hire in CA, as one needs to go to the said CA Franchise Tax Board to revive it. Can I do this by snail mail or secure email? What form does he need? Can said form be downloaded? And so on.
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Kilauea Volcano Erupts in Hawaii
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been erupting since 1983, but Monday was an especially active day. Scientists at the Hawaii Volcano Observatory say the floor of the crater dropped 377 feet over almost three hours on Saturday and a fissure formed between two craters on Kilauea. On Monday, lava was shooting as high as 80 feet in the air. No homes or people are threatened, but volcanologists have closed the area to visitors.


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CUSTOMER CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECT IN ASP NET1. IGNOU BCA-CS-06 Assignment 2011(solved)
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2. IGNOU BCA-CS-64 Assignment 2011(solved)
3. IGNOU BCA-CS-65 Assignment 2011(solved)
4. IGNOU BCA-CS-66 Assignment 2011(solved)
5. IGNOU BCA-CS-67 Assignment 2011(solved)
Course Code : CS-06
Course Title : Introduction to DBMS
Assignment Number : BCA (4)-06/Assignment/ 2011
Maximum Marks : 100 (Weightage 25%)
Last Date of Submission : 30th April, 2011/30th October, 2011
There are five questions in this assignment. Answer all the questions. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations. Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the Programme Guide for the format of presentation. Answer to each part of the question should be confined to about 300 words.
Question 1: What is Normalization? Explain the condition under which a relation needs to be normalized to 3 NF fro3 2 NF with the help of an example? (5 Marks)
Question 2: Compare primary, secondary and clustering indexes. Which of these indexes are dense and which are not? (5 Marks)
Question 3: What is difference between B tree and B+ tree? Why a B+ tree is a better tree structure than a B tree for implementation of an indexed sequential file. (5 Marks)
Question 4: Consider the following employee database schema:
Employee ( ESSN ,ENAME , DOB , DEPT-NO , SALARY)
Dependent (ESSN, DEPENDENT_NAME, RELATION, DOB)
Department (DEPT_NO, DEPT_NAME, MANAGER)
Perform the following queries using SQL (5 Marks)
(a) Find the details of dependent for employee having name ABC.
(b) Find the name of manager of the department in which employee whose ESSN code is 1234
(c) Find the name of all employees whose age is less than 18 years.
(d) Find the DOB of the son of employee having employee code ESSN 5078
Question 5: Describe the benefits of data replication in DDBBMS? What typical units of data are replicated in the process of data replication? (5 Marks)
Course Code : CS-64
Course Title : Introduction to Computer Organisation
Assignment Number : BCA (4)-64/Assignment/ 2011
Maximum Marks : 100 (Weightage 25%)
Last Date of Submission : 30th April, 2011/30th October, 2011
There are three questions in this assignment. Answer all the questions. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance your explanations. Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the Programme Guide for the format of presentation. Answer to each part of the question should be confined to about 300 words.
Questions 1: (covers block 1)
(a) Convert the following numbers as asked: (4 Marks)
(i) Decimal 2501 to Hexadecimal
(ii) Octal 230 to Hexadecimal
(iii) Hexadecimal 59FF to Decimal
(iv) Hexadecimal 67AB to Octal
(b) Assume that a computer represents integers in signed 2's complementation notation having the size of 8 bits. You may also assume that all the registers used for integer arithmetic are also of 8 bits. Perform the following operations using this computer (the numbers indicated in the operations are decimal numbers). You must indicate the overflow condition, if any. (4 Marks)
(i) Add -39 and -89
(ii) Subtract 49 from 48
(iii) Add 78 and 50
(iv) Subtract -25 from -24
(c) A four bit data 1001 is to be sent across a communication channel. How can SEC code be used to ensure that the data is received correctly at the destination? (6 Mark)
(d) Assume that a number comparator compares two numbers A and B of two bits each. The comparator output two bits – the first one output the result of comparison (1 if same 0 otherwise) and second one output 1 if both A and B are zero, otherwise 1. The partial truth table for the comparator is given below:
Number A Number B Output
Bit 1 Bit 0 Bit 1 Bit 0 Same Zero
0 0 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 1 1 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 1 1 0
Complete the truth table and design and draw the combinational circuit using AND-OR-NOT gates for the description given above. (6 Marks)
(e) What is a flip-flop? Explain the characteristics table of S R flip flop. How are master slave flip flops different to simple flip-flops (4 Marks)
(f) Explain the direct cache memory organization with the help of a diagram. In the present day computer L1, L2 and L3 cache is being used. What are these cache memories? Find out their sizes. (4 Marks)
(g) "A disk interrupt is given higher priority than the keyboard interrupt. The main reason for this is the access mechanism of a Magnetic disk." Is the statement given above correct? Justify your answer. What is the need of RAID? Give specification of a commercial RAID architecture. (4 Marks)
(h) Define the term Direct Memory Access in Computer. What is the need of DMA? Compare DMA with I/O processor. In the present day computer, how I/O devices are connected to CPU/Memory. (4 Marks)
Questions 2: (covers block2)
(a) How does the number of operand addresses in an Instruction Set affect the size of a program on a computer? Find the instruction set for a Pentium processor. What are the key features of its instruction set?
(4 Marks)
(b) Assume a machine whose instructions have only two register operands. The values are loaded the register by a load instruction and results are stored in the memory using a store instruction. Select four best addressing modes for the machine. Give reasons for your selection. (4 Marks)
(c) Consider the instruction Subtract Op1, Op2 where Op1 is a register operand and Op2 is a memory operand. This instruction subtracts the value stored in operand Op2 from the Operand Op1 and stores the result into Op1. Write the sequence of micro-operations that will be required to execute this instruction. You may use various micro-operation cycles and the necessary registers. (6 Marks)
(d) Assume that an 8-bit Register R has the data 10110100. Perform the following operations on the register R: (4 Marks)
(i) Selective Set the higher 4 bits to 0110
(ii) Extract the higher 4 bits
(iii) Make all the bits as Zero in the register using a logical operation
(iv) Insert a value 1110 in the lower 4 bits of the register.
(e) Represent the following floating point numbers using IEEE 754 floating point single precision format.
i) 28.125
ii) -0.000125
(4 Marks)
(f) What is a micro-instruction? Explain the different types of Micro-instructions in a computer. What is a micro program? Explain how a micro-program results in execution of an instruction with the help of an example.
(8 Marks)
Questions 3: (covers block 3)
(a) What is the need of segments in 8086 micro-processor? Explain how the address of an instruction is calculated in 8086 using segment register(s).
(4 Marks)
(b) Explain the CALL, DAA, TEST, RET instructions of 8086 processor with the help of one example each. (4 Marks)
(c) Explain any four indirect addressing modes of 8086 microprocessor with the help of an example of each. (4 Marks)
(d) Explain the process of handling an Interrupt in 8086 microprocessor with the help of an example/ diagram. (4 Marks)
(e) Write a program in 8086 assembly language that finds the length of a string. You may assume that the string is stored in the memory and is terminated by the character $. The calculated length of the string may be stored in a location labeled "Length". (8 Marks)
(f) Write a program in 8086 assembly language that passes one parameter to a subroutine through a stack. The subroutine return a value 0 in case the value is less than or equal to zero or 1 if value is above zero. Make suitable assumptions, if any.
(10 Marks)
Course Code : CS-65
Course Title : Windows Programming
Assignment Number : BCA(4)-65/Assignment/2011
Maximum Marks : 25
Last Date of Submission : 30th April, 2010/ 30th October, 2011
There are five questions in this Assignment. Answer all the questions. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance explanations.
Question 1: Design a database application to maintain BCA Students Examination Records and to generating the Hall Tickets for eligible students using Visual Basic. Provide necessary documentation, reports, screen layouts etc. for the project.
(7 Marks)
Question 2: What is a significance of data control? How are these used? Explain.
(3 Marks)
Question 3: What is the difference between passing by value & passing arguments by reference in Visual Basic 6 Procedures? How declaration is done in either case?
(5 Marks)
Question 4: What are Dynamic arrays? Illustrate using code segments how it can be managed?
(5 Marks)
Question 5: How is password field added in Visual Basic? How can a user execute SQL SELECT WHERE & ORDER BY queries from inside a form?
(5 Marks)
Note: Assumptions can be made wherever necessary.
Course Code : CS-66
Course Title : Multimedia
Assignment Number : BCA (4)-66 Assignment/2011
Maximum Marks : 25
Last Date of submission : 30th April, 2011 (For January Session)
30th October, 2011 (For July Session)
There are five questions in this assignment. Answer all the questions. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance explanations.
Question 1: Define the term Multimedia. What is need of multimedia software? List four software used in multimedia industry. (5 Marks)
Question 2: What is collaborative learning? Explain the process of collaborative learning using Multimedia, with an example. (5 Marks)
Question 3: List the hardware and software components essential for professional multimedia application development. Also, justify the purpose and need of each of the hardware components. (5 Marks)
Question 4: Differenciate between the following: (4 Marks)
(a) E-mail and Voice mail
(b) Vector image and Bitmap Image
(c) CD ROM and DVD ROM
(d) Animation and Digital Video
Question 5: Discuss how multimedia can be used for the following application areas:
(6 Marks)
(a) Fashion Industry
(b) Flight and Aviation Institute
(c) Advertisement Industry
Course Code : CS-67
Course Title : RDBMS Lab
Assignment Number : BCA (4)-67/Assignment/ 2011
Maximum Marks : 100
Last Date of Submission : 30th April, 2011/30th October, 2011
Answer all the questions. You may use examples illustrations or diagrams to support your answer. You have to implement the database system using any RDBMS.
A Central University runs from its main campus and a number of associated colleges. The University has several programmes ranging from Diploma (1 year duration), Bachelor's degree (3 or 4 year's duration), Post Graduation (2 to 3 years duration) and research degree programmes (2-3 years duration). The structure of each programme is approved centrally. A programme may be offered through the main campus or associated college. The students are registered centrally in a programme and college of his/her choice. The fee is also paid centrally yearly. The final data of admission can be obtained by the colleges through a query to the central database. The University has a centralized examination system. It conducts the examination of the students in various courses of various programmes. For simplicity you may assume that a programme of the University only have three compulsory courses in a year. Perform the following tasks for the University. Please make and state assumptions, if any.
Question 1: (10 Marks)
List the entities, their attributes and relationships for the description and make an ER-diagram for the University. You may use the concept of keys, aggregation, generalisation, cardinality etc. in a proper way.
Question 2: (10 Marks)
Design the suitable RDBMS tables for the ER-diagram so created in question 1. The database design should include keys, foreign keys, constraints and referential integrity constraints.
Question 3: (10 Marks)
Implement the database design that you have created in question 2 using a RDBMS – our advice is that you choose either MySQL or MS ACCESS to do so.
Question 4: (10 Marks)
Create the following data entry form with suitable checks for the database so created.
a) Form for Entry of student information such as enrolment number, name, father's name, date of birth, programme code (it should be from a list of valid programmes), year of programme, and draft number (for fee).
b) Form for entry of examination results of a course submitted by an examiner. It should be noted that the examiners are sent printed examination sheet called mark list for each subject. The mark list contains printed enrolment number and name of the students and a blank column for entering the marks. A mark list is sorted in the order of enrolment numbers.
Question 5: (10 Marks)
Enter at least 4 sets of records in each table. Enter marks directly in the tables except for the data that can be entered using the data entry form created in question 3.
Question 6: (10 Marks)
Create the following reports for the database you have created. The reports should have proper headings and page numbers and should include totals, if needed.
a) Create the list of students of a college. This list should be sorted in the order of programme and enrolment numbers in that programme.
b) Create an attendance list for a subject in a college.
c) Print the mark list of a subject that needs to be verified.
d) Create the result card for a student.
Question 7: (20 Marks)
Write and run the following SQL queries for your database:
a) Find the details of the programme having the maximum number of students.
b) Find the programme that has the maximum fee. Also find the number of students enrolled in this programme.
c) Find the student who have either failed the subject Database Management System at least once or has not given the examination for this subject. You may assume that this subject is taught in BCA 2nd Year and MCA 1st year.
d) Find the student who has topped in BCA 2nd Year examination.
e) Find the number of programmes run in each college.
Question 8: (20 Marks)
Design two views for the database that you have designed and implemented. One view should be for the University Vice Chancellor who is interested in knowing about the performance of students in various programme and colleges. The other view is for a student who can view only his/her information. Identify on what tables and what fields these two will be allowed to have access. Implement these views or write equivalent queries for the view defining expression using SQL.


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Bush to select retired judge as attorney general
WASHINGTON -- President Bush has settled on Michael B. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general and will announce his selection Monday, a person familiar with the president's decision said Sunday evening.
Mukasey, who has handled terrorist cases in the U.S. legal system for more than a decade, would become the nation's top law enforcement officer if confirmed by the Senate. Mukasey has the support of some key Democrats, and it appeared Bush was trying to avoid a bruising confirmation battle.
The 66-year-old New York native, who is a judicial adviser to GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, would take charge of a Justice Department where morale is low.
O.J. Simpson arrested in alleged robbery
O.J. Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas on Sunday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and other charges, three days after he and armed associates allegedly stormed a hotel room and took sports memorabilia that Simpson claimed was his.
Police officials said that Simpson was arrested by Las Vegas detectives at a hotel where he was staying and that the one time National Football League star running back was taken into custody without incident about 11 a.m.
Police had been investigating Simpson and several others since Thursday, when two sports-memorabilia sellers and an auctioneer claimed that Simpson's associates pointed guns at them while the former football player took signed photographs and other items.
Cops missed bodies at crash site, dad says
CHICAGO -- Gary, Ind., police and city officials on Sunday remained silent for a second day about the weekend crash that killed two teens and left two others injured, but the father who found his son's mangled body at the side of a road seven hours after the wreck lashed out at what he called a failure that no parent should endure. "It's a disgrace, how we have to be tormented," said Arthur Smith, as a stream of friends and relatives stopped by to offer condolences for the death of his son, Brandon Smith.
Meanwhile, the mother of Darius Moore, 17, who was driving the car that crashed, told reporters outside of Gary's Methodist Hospital Northlake that her son repeatedly told police that two friends remained unaccounted for following the 2:30 a.m. CDT Saturday crash but that police would not listen.
Only Moore and DeAndre Anderson, also 17, were taken to the hospital while Brandon Smith and Dominique Green, both 18, remained missing.
Downgraded Ingrid moves through Atlantic
MIAMI -- Ingrid moved westward in the open Atlantic on Sunday, and people in the northern Leeward Islands were told to keep an eye on the tropical depression.
Maximum sustained winds were near 35 mph with higher gusts, and forecasters don't expect it to strengthen significantly in the next day.
At 5 p.m. EDT, Ingrid's center was about 210 miles east of the Leeward Islands. The depression was moving west-northwest near 10 mph and was expected to continue this path for the next 24 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center. On Thursday, Ingrid became the ninth storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.
-- From wire reports
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Scratches arse....
Steps into the sunlight rubbing eyes.....
Pours coffee.....
Flexes fingers.....
Sits before keyboard......
Tap, tap, tap.....
Bullets,Bandages & Lard
Monday, 23 May 2016
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Action Station!
Having started the latest pint-sized Chain of Command campaign "Old Hickory" against new oppo Ian (this time I get to play as Germans), I saw in one of the scenarios there is a train station. I've already got a lot of Normandy buildings for 15mm but don't have a station so I set out to add one to the collection.
I'm really pleased with the final outcome. It fits in a treat with my other buildings. Having been time consuming and relatively expensive (this kit was £18) I'd only recommend going this route when specialist structures are needed, But I'd definitely confirm that TT scale stuff is a great match for 15mm!
This should see its' debut within the next week or so in Mortain.
|The kit arrived next morning from Wales & I set about putting it together.
|I quickly got the main structure assembled but decided to leave the windows and detailing until after I'd painted the main building.
|I cut a base (which would eventually include an enclosed stock yard) and gave the whole building a rough and ready base coat of chocolate brown craft paint to add some depth to the finish.
|Finished station with some 15mm paras for scale.
|Another scale shot with a DD Sherman crossing the line.
This should see its' debut within the next week or so in Mortain.
Friday, 12 June 2015
OML3 The Post 20th Century Games
Moving on to the games from the turn of the 20th century......
|Morning session of Shaho. Sid Roundwood & his opponent Douglas McMillan receive their pre-game briefings. You can read Stu's own coverage here: http://dusttears.blogspot.co.uk/
|I ran my version of Sari Bair Ridge-Gallipoli using Chain of Command. Morning and afternoon produced very different but equally knife-edge games. I'll expand on this in a future post.
|The Custard Guzzlers from down Devon way put on a Big CoC game based around events from the 6th June 1940, where the British & French joined up to try tol hold the Weygand Line. You can read more over at Jason's own blog: http://welshwargamesdevon.blogspot.co.uk/
|Rob Avery stepped up like a hero at the last minute to put on an IABSM late WW2 Russian Front game. Rob ran this in the morning before partaking in Rich's afternoon Fighting Season. while Geoff Bond ran the afternoon session. Here Rob (grey shorts) briefs Noddy & Ralph (Russians) as German commander Jamie (red hoops) looks on. Full AAR at: http://www.vislardica.com/blog/2015/6/9/iabsm-aar-bashnya-or-bust-4e-holm-again
Next up, a more in depth look at the Sari Bair-Gallipoli game I put on at OML3
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
OML3 - The Pre 20thC Games
Last Saturday saw the latest OML event OML3 - The Lardest Day take place here in deepest Tractorshire. 36 TFL enthusiasts from Devon to Northants and South Wales to Buckinghamshire assembled for the usual recipe of a day's gaming followed by a social curry and lashings of alcohol.
In all there were 10 games on offer for the day, hosting between two and four players each. Between them they covered a large part of the Lardy rules repertoire and from the fifth century to the last ten years! Here they are in chronological order.
Last up for this post is Phyllion's adaptation of Sharpe Practice (they're remarkably versatile y'know) for the Sudan. Unsure what the scenario was for this one, but it went over well with all who gamed it.
That's all for the first installment. Apologies to those I've stolen photos from. I never had chance to take any all day.
Part 2 tomorrow......
|Early morning during set up. Taken from the stage where Rich Clarke was running his Fighting Season game. There's two more WW2 games out of shot to the right. More on all three in the next post.
|Chris Churchill ran a game of Dux Brittanniarum involving getting a wagon train to the safety of a local village before it could be ambushed.
|Jumping 1000 years to the Wars of the Roses, Paul Baldwin ran two sessions of the Sharpe Practice variant from the Summer Special 2013 entitled "Of All Base Passions" written by Pat Smith.
Next up was without doubt the prettiest game on show. This time Sharpe in it's true setting of the Napoleonic Wars. Jim Ibbotson's wonderful brushmanship really put the topping on a cracker of a scenario where the French have to dawn raid a British held supply dump which is destined to aid the local Spanish guerrillas. I'm lucky enough to play on this set up whenever Jim's able.
|Jim used a remodelled Citadel Realm of Battle game board & the excellent Spanish buildings are from Grand Manner.
|"En Avant!" A mounted commander urges his men on to catch the British still asleep in their tents.
|Having been rudely awaken by the dustman, err I mean sentry, the Brits line the walls of the churchyard to repel the attacking French.
|"They don't like it up 'em". British forces defend a lookout tower against the Mahdi's forces.
|More Beja tribesmen bear down on the outnumbered colonial force.
Part 2 tomorrow......
Monday, 4 May 2015
Jonny & the Diggers (part 2)
With just under six weeks to go until OML3 "The Lardest Day" I took the opportunity at last night's club to have a dress rehearsal for this year's Sari Bair-A Ridge Too Far Gallipoli game. I'm lucky enough to have been lent a great deal of the scenery and figures needed, but this would be the first time I would actually get to see both Mike Hobbs' and Alan Sheward's kit mixed together. The object of the evening was not so much sort out the final layout, but to see if there were any glaringly obvious omissions which would need to be sorted before the event.
I already had a plan in mind of how I wanted the table to look. 6' x 6'. A long sloping rise, based on two foot square tiles with a cloth overlay. Gallipoli is surprisingly much more verdant than would first be assumed with plenty of vegetation (cotton bushes, long grasses & even pine trees!) as well as the pale rocky soil. I found some more useful items while packing away at the end of the evening which I'll probably find use for on the day.
Mike's trenches would form the Turkish line at the top. The trenches were often short, not too deep and not necessarily joined. so I'd opted for two 24" lengths on either flank with communication lines running to the rear on both sides.
I'll be trying to make the dry stream bed at the foot of the slope more obvious and the lighter hills will maybe end up beneath the cloth too. There are more grass tufts to use on the day also. Again, the conundrum will be to provide more scenery without necessarily increasing the cover too much. I'm hoping that the folds in the ground will be the biggest source of concealment.
Although I'm acutely aware that the Chain of Command mechanics for this stage of WW1 may provide a tad "vanilla" gaming experience, I'm hoping that the challenge of the terrain, objective and scenario may encourage the use of some of the less obvious options of approach to each phase. It differs hugely from the WW2 CoC game format. Most of the troops being armed with only rifles. No LMG's, little in the way of grenade usage and no fire teams! At this stage in warfare battles were still being conducted on a company level at least. So this will form only part of the picture as a couple of Anzac platoons are on table with the smallest manoeuvre element being 8-9 man sections. The HUGE Turkish platoons (83 men strong!) will only be represented in part also.
I'll be giving a lot of consideration to support choices too. A defensive machine gun or pre-assault bombardment can totally skew a game for either side. so it'll be a fine line to tread I fear.
|View from the Anzac approach. There's about a 20"(50cm) rise from the near edge to the top of the slope.
|Another view from the bottom of the slope. I've hatched a plan to try to make it a little steeper (hopefully still allowing the figures to stand!)
|Turks pour fire down on the approaching Anzacs from their trenches.
|View along the Turkish lines.
|Anzac sections begin the long, unenviable slog up hill under heavy fire.
I'll be giving a lot of consideration to support choices too. A defensive machine gun or pre-assault bombardment can totally skew a game for either side. so it'll be a fine line to tread I fear.
|This will need some thought. Maybe some "jamming" rules will be introduced? :^)
Lots more reading up should hopefully help in shaping the finer points of the game. overall I'm fairly happy with the way it's moving. It's all about making it playable from here.
|Finally, the view from the top.
As always, please excuse the quality of the photos.
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Jonny & the Diggers (part 1)
No, not some long forgotten 50's rock & roll act but the forces facing off on the Gallipoli peninsular in 1915. So, with the Sari Bair game looming large on the horizon for OML3 the time was right to re-visit my old Battle Honours WW1 Turks who'd been languishing in a box in the garage for 10 years! I decided that the forthcoming game was the motivation I needed to lavish some long overdue attention on the little fellas.
After a quick inspection I decided I'd got far more than I needed (surprise, surprise!) and I'd paint a half-platoon of five 9 man sections, a senior leader and a junior leader with two maxim MMG's - although not all would actually see service this time around. I'd also need to make 4 jump-off points and some shock trackers. There were quite a lot of duplicates among them so I decided to use some of the excellent Woodbine Designs range of separate heads to mix things up a little.
Next up are the Anzac jump-off points and shock trackers which are based and ready to paint later this week.
After a quick inspection I decided I'd got far more than I needed (surprise, surprise!) and I'd paint a half-platoon of five 9 man sections, a senior leader and a junior leader with two maxim MMG's - although not all would actually see service this time around. I'd also need to make 4 jump-off points and some shock trackers. There were quite a lot of duplicates among them so I decided to use some of the excellent Woodbine Designs range of separate heads to mix things up a little.
|1st section with a couple of head swaps on the bottom left figures.
|2nd section with a well-fed junior leader and head swaps on the two behind him.
|3rd section - again a couple of fez head swaps.
|Section 4 - straight out of the mix
|Section 5 - again just the fez swapped
|Two Maxim MMG's with dice frames in the bases for tracking crew losses and shock.
|Shock trackers (casualties by Woodbine)
|Jump-off Points using baggage from Grand Manner's WW1/Colonial range.
|Senior Leader and Junior leader for the machine guns
Next up are the Anzac jump-off points and shock trackers which are based and ready to paint later this week.
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Friday, 17 April 2015
I Have Mostly Been Painting.....
Things have stepped up a gear as is customary now the warmer weather has finally arrived, the nights are getting lighter and OML3 draws ever closer.
With the upcoming 6th game in mine & Bob's fight through of Kampfgruppe von Luck requiring a church as it's main feature I had decided to source some much overdue gravestones and to revamp the church I owned.
The church I already had was the one from my old Landmark range (now owned and being heavily discounted to clear by Timecast). As fantastic a model as it is, I always thought that some of the buildings in the range had a touch too much green in them for a Normandy look, the church being the most obvious case. So I took the opportunity while painting the gravestones to give it a total repaint. I decided that I would mount the graves on some spare FoW small & medium bases so they could be removed for troop placement during play. Along with the church project, the embarrassment of not having enough walling to do the whole layout in the "Corridor of Death" scenario had prompted the completion of another 11 & 1/2 feet of new walling. This would take my total of free standing wall to a whopping 23 & 1/2 feet. If that wasn't enough now it never would be!
I was really pleased with the outcome. I also decided to repaint the surrounding wall (also too "green") and grass around the base to match in with my other buildings.
As you'll also be able to make out in the top photo, more work has taken place on the Sari Bair Gallipoli game for this year's OML3 event. My order from Warbases had arrived!
With the upcoming 6th game in mine & Bob's fight through of Kampfgruppe von Luck requiring a church as it's main feature I had decided to source some much overdue gravestones and to revamp the church I owned.
|A fairly cluttered table held 3 projects running concurrently (I get bored easily).
|View from the front of the newly painted church with it's completed graveyard
|I'm looking forward to getting this on the table for the Flank at Ranville scenario
As you'll also be able to make out in the top photo, more work has taken place on the Sari Bair Gallipoli game for this year's OML3 event. My order from Warbases had arrived!
|Undercoated casualty figures to use as shock markers were mounted on 40mm discs and terrain added. Again the dice & frames to track shock were from Minibits.
Hopefully in the next few days I'll have an update showing completed versions of all the above. Mike Hobbs also visited yesterday to deliver all of the trenches, wire, craters and Anzacs for the project so there will no doubt also be some "mock up" shots as I tinker about.
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Why are nuts so good for you? According to the findings of a new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, regular (meaning daily) nut eaters were about 20% less likely to die from all causes (technically known as all-cause mortality), including heart disease and cancer, than those who never ate them.
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Help yourself to some nuts this holiday season: Regular nut eaters were less likely to die of cancer or heart disease — in fact, were less likely to die of any cause — during a 30-year Harvard study.
Nuts have long been called heart-healthy, and the study is the largest ever done on whether eating them affects mortality.
Researchers tracked 119,000 men and women and found that those who ate nuts roughly every day were 20% less likely to die during the study period than those who never ate nuts. Eating nuts less often lowered the death risk too, in direct proportion to consumption.
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As a bonus, those who ate a few nuts daily tended to weigh less than those who avoid nuts altogether. Even though this study can only suggest a connection between nut consumption and health — it wasn't designed to tell us whether or not nuts actually cause us to be healthier — it's hardly the first to suggest that nuts are far more than a fringe food. But which nut should you eat? The short answer: all of them.
Rich in vitamin E (an ounce or 30 grams of almonds provides about a third of your day's needs), blood pressure-lowering magnesium, and heart-healthy monounsaturated fats, almonds have been the focus of a series of studies conducted by Dr. David Jenkins and associates at Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital, which have demonstrated that almonds, among other fibre-rich foods, can lower LDL , the so-called "bad" cholesterol, as well as a sub-fraction of LDL that is considered the most harmful to us, known as small-dense LDL. Almond-rich diets also support reduced inflammation throughout the body as measured through a test known as C-reactive protein (CRP). Similar studies have also demonstrated that diets rich in almonds can also reduce levels of insulin, the hormone that helps control blood sugar, which could play a role in preventing insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes over the long run, and other studies have found that eating almonds at the same time as a carbohydrate-rich meal can have an immediate blood sugar-lowering effect.
"Jupiter's royal acorn," 28 grams, or about 14 halves of walnuts provide about 185 calories, along with five grams of protein and two grams of fibre. They are also high in alpha-linoleic acid, the plant-derived form of omega-3 fats, and are a source of magnesium. In the Spanish PREDIMED study, subjects placed on a Mediterranean-style diet rich in walnuts for five years saw their risk of a cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack or stroke, drop by 28% vs. those advised to eat a traditional low-fat diet (notably, the low fat dieters failed to do that — their fat intake drifted northward throughout the study). In randomized, controlled trials (studies where one group is given some type of intervention, while another is not), walnuts have been linked to lower LDL cholesterol and apoliprotein B, a marker of small, dense LDL. Walnuts also stimulate the production of a protein (cholecystokinin) that triggers feelings of fullness and satiety, and a handful of studies have demonstrated that eating walnuts before a meal improves appetite control.
Once known for their blushing red colour, pistachios' shells naturally break open when they are ripe, giving rise to the name "smiling nut" or "happy nut." Pistachios are a bit lower in calories than almonds, at 157 per ounce (almonds are said to contain about 162 calories per ounce, but recent research suggest that could be overestimated by some 30%), while also providing three grams of fibre, six grams of protein, and about as much potassium as a banana. The majority of their fats are of the monounsaturated variety, much like that found in olive oil and avocados. In randomized, controlled trials, pistachios have been linked to lower LDL cholesterol, including seeming to target the small, dense most harmful type of cholesterol. Other randomized controlled studies have suggested that eating pistachios can improve sexual health in men with erectile dysfunction (granted, they used fairly large doses — up to four ounces per day). In a study on weight loss, a group of subjects given about 240 calories (53 g) of salted pistachios lost more weight and had lower triglycerides (a type of fat in the bloodstream associated with heart disease) than a group given an equal number of calories from pretzels.
Not as overtly nutritious as other nuts, macadamia nuts are particularly high in calories, at 202 per ounce (about 10-12 kernels), and are relatively low in protein at only two grams. Nonetheless, they have attracted recent interest because they are a particularly rich source of omega-7 fatty acids, a type of fat that has been associated with cardiovascular health and insulin sensitivity. At higher doses, macadamia nuts seem to reduce triglycerides compared with low-fat diets, but at normal doses (1-1.5 ounces per day), they seem to exert most of their effect on LDL cholesterol.
If there is any concern still that nuts somehow do our diets and waistlines harm because of their high fat content, it should be discarded. When eaten in moderation — and even in large amounts, according to some studies — nuts appear to have significant benefits for heart health, and possibly insulin resistance, cancer risk, and even weight control. If in doubt, a handful per day is a good guideline, especially if you're replacing a lower quality snack, such as a granola bar or baked good.


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Per Jerry Robinson, he penciled and inked the Batman and Robin figures while Kirby and Simon drew the rest of the cover. Info per Harry Mendryk via the Jack Kirby Museum:
The book "The Lost Caravan" by Waldo Fleming is reviewed.
Modified synopsis by Craig Delich (2009-3-22).
Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
Inker and letterer credits by Craig Delich.


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The DSi Weekly Roundup
April 27, 2009 - It's Monday, and that means it's time for Nintendo's download releases. This week we had two titles across the DSi Shop Channel, and we've got the initial coverage for them – including reviews – ready to go for you. Anything worth dropping cash on? Check out the Nintendo-provided descriptions below, and click on over to our reviews to find out.
Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics Review
April 27, 2009 - At this point saying a DSi game is a "should be a demo" title should automatically classify it in a certain category, freeing up plenty of your – and our – time. For 500 points (or $5.00) you're getting five card games taken from the Clubhouse Games DS title that hit shelves almost three years ago, but in the case of this express title, you're at least getting a decent set of supporting tech to go along with it. If you own Clubhouse Games, there's no reason to buy this. If you don't mind hauling around a deck of cards with you, you also shouldn't buy this one . If you want a small taste of what Clubhouse Games has to offer, and don't want to spring all $20 for the full game (or less, now that it's used), then I guess that'd make this one for you.
Nintendo Download: 04/27/09
April 27, 2009 - The table is set for card-flipping fun with this week's release of Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics on Nintendo DSiWare, while the new Paper Airplane Chase packs portable challenges for fans of airborne action. WiiWare users will find Cocoto Platform Jumper, a wildly imaginative new platformer populated by mysterious creatures. Last but not least, Nobunaga's Ambition, a classic strategy game from the Super NES system era, finds its way to the Virtual Console.
DSiWare's Second Wave?
April 7, 2009 - It's only been two days since the launch of Nintendo's latest revision of its portable DS hardware in America, but fans in the States are already clamoring for more -- more games to download, that is. The DSi Browser and the five bite-sized game designs that launched the American DSi Shop aren't quite enough for many players, already taking full advantage of the new system's ability to access digitally-distributed games and applications for the first time in Nintendo portable history.
Nintendo DSiWare Hands-on
January 28, 2009 - Round Two of Nintendo's digitally distributed games for DSi have hit the scene, and we play the lot.
Nintendo Unveils DSiWare Round 2
January 26, 2009 - If you found yourself a bit envious late last year when DSiWare kicked off exclusively in Japan, you'd better sit down for this one. Nintendo Japan shared details today on the second round of DSi Ware titles for Japan. And here we are waiting for the DSi hardware itself!


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The promotional machine around the anime adaptation of Shonen Jump's Nisekoi is starting to rumble into gear. A new website has launched, along with a Twitter account and accompanying visual.
Viz releases the manga in North America and serializes it in its Weekly Shonen Jump digital anthology.
It was hate at first sight... rather a knee-to-the-head at first sight when Raku Ichijo meets Chitoge Kirisaki! Unfortunately, Raku's gangster father arranges a false love match with their rival's daughter, who just so happens to be Chitoge! However, Raku's searching for his childhood sweetheart from ten years ago, with a pendant around his neck as a memento, and he can't even remember her name or face!
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Tuesday that automatic spending cuts known as the sequester should go forward unless Republicans agree to raise taxes.
Reid said he would not agree to any package that replaces the sequester with only spending cuts.
"We have a law that's in effect. It's call sequestration. Those cuts will go forward. They're all cuts. I think we need some revenue to take the pressure off everybody. The American people agree with me, and until there's some agreement on revenue, I believe we should just go ahead with the sequester," Reid said.
Reid panned a proposal floated by Senate Republicans to give the administration more flexibility to manage the impact of the $85 billion in automatic cuts.


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We've seen the response from the media.
At new life church in Colorado in 07, a female usher had a CCW and took down a man with a rifle who had a grudge against the church, but not before he killed 4 people. The mainstream media actually made a pretty concerted effort to under-report to the greatest extent possible (nothing was heard after the initial story, if it was reported AT ALL). Not like these most recent shootings that are getting huge air time.
They dont want to demonstrate that guns can save lives because then they would lose ratings and viewers from the anti-gun community.
In addition to that event, there were two other events where people retrieved guns and then stopped further killings. One was in Jonesboro, AK I believe. There, a teacher retrieved a gun from car and stopped the shooter. I can't recall where the other one was, but in that case, two guys who were off duty law enforcement ran to their cars, retrieved their guns, and then stopped the killer. The media poo pood both of them. They don't want to steer their agenda off course by reporting the facts as they happened, unless those facts help to drive their agenda's forward and on course.
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Depending on the number of registrations, age groupings may be modified, or play 7 vs 7, or may be COED. T-shirts will be provided.
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How $6.3 Million LUST Recovery Act Money Is Allocated To Clean Up Sites In Indian Country - Archive
Note: EPA no longer updates this information, but it may be useful as a reference or resource.
EPA implements the underground storage tank program in Indian country.
In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) included $200 million for EPA's leaking underground storage tank (LUST) program. EPA allocated $6.3 million to EPA cleanup contracts with Alaska Native and Native American firms to address leaking underground storage tanks (USTs) in Indian country. EPA's regional offices used this additional contract money for site assessments and cleanups at 54 sites in Indian country benefiting 23 tribes.
EPA regional offices that received Recovery Act money for Indian country are listed below, with the approximate amount of LUST Recovery Act money each region used to assess and clean up underground storage tank leaks. (Note: Only EPA regions using LUST Recovery Act money for tribal lands are listed below.)
EPA's LUST Recovery Act Work In Indian Country
Region 2: $163,000
EPA Region 2 used approximately $163,000 of ARRA money to help assess and clean up a petroleum release from a LUST site on the Onondaga Nation. The work included employing techniques to reduce MTBE in a localized area, monitoring for vapor intrusion into a nearby residence, and conducting annual groundwater monitoring to determine cleanup progress at the site.
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EPA Region 2 UST Program
Region 5: $332,000
EPA Region 5 used approximately $332,000 of ARRA money to assess and clean up petroleum releases from three LUST sites on the Menominee Indian Reservation of Wisconsin and the White Earth Tribal Nation of Minnesota. The former Boivin Oil Company site on the Menominee Reservation contained 11 USTs which stored various petroleum products. Site work included evaluating the status of a former remediation system and determining the current extent of contamination. This site will require several years of groundwater treatment to protect nearby residents and a trout stream. ARRA money also helped pay for work at two sites on the White Earth Nation (White Earth Grocery and Chief's Place). There was no contamination found during the site assessment at White Earth Grocery and the site has been closed with no further action needed. An initial site assessment was completed with ARRA money at White Earth Chief's Place. However, this site requires additional investigation which will be paid for with non-ARRA money.
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EPA Region 5 UST Program
Region 6: $202,000
EPA Region 6 used approximately $202,000 of ARRA money to address confirmed releases at four LUST sites: the Paraje Trading Post on the Pueblo Laguna; the old Domingo Trading Post on the Kewa Pueblo (formerly known as the Santo Domingo Pueblo); the J.B. Oil site on the Santa Clara; and the Martinez Service Station Site on the Picuris Pueblo.
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EPA Region 6 UST Program
Region 7: $120,000
EPA Region 7 used approximately $120,000 of ARRA money and worked in partnership with the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska to clean up the former Skelly Gas Station site. This site was abandoned in the 1960s. Work included assessing the site, removing underground storage tanks in conjunction with contaminated soil, and addressing petroleum vapor exposure that affected the tribal courthouse. The remediation activities reduced the risk to human health and the environment from petroleum vapor and soil contamination and improved the neighborhood environment for the nearby elderly community center and boys and girls club. This cleanup created several temporary jobs on the reservation and will facilitate the reuse of this site for commercial purposes.
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EPA Region 7 UST Program
Region 8: $1,825,000
EPA Region 8 used approximately $1.8 million of ARRA money to help assess and clean up 17 sites benefiting eight tribal communities: Assinboine and Sioux Tribes; Blackfeet Tribe; Cheyenne River Sioux; Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne Tribe; Ogalala Sioux Tribe; and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota. The region completed 10 site assessments and seven remediation activities, resulting in seven cleanups competed. The remedial activities completed on the Crow Creek Reservation reduced the risk to human health and the environment from petroleum vapor and soil contamination and facilitated the reuse of this site for construction of a boys and girls club and office space for non-profit companies.
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EPA Region 8 UST Program
Region 9: $3,308,000
EPA Region 9 used approximately $3.3 million of ARRA money to expand cleanup efforts at large contaminated sites. This money helped to assess or clean up 25 LUST sites, benefiting the Colorado Indian Tribe; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation; San Carlos Apache Tribe; and the Yurok Tribe of California. Cleanup work at LUST sites in these tribal communities included site assessment; site characterization; soil sampling; monitoring contamination reduction; installing remediation systems; removing contaminated soil; and closing sites.
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EPA Region 9 UST Program
Region 10: $330,000
EPA Region 10 used approximately $330,000 of ARRA money to address three LUST sites. Two sites were on the Nez Perce Reservation. Cleanup activities included removing contaminated soil; installing monitoring wells; collecting and analyzing groundwater samples; and preparing a site closure plan. ARRA money was also used to conduct a site assessment at the former Neah Bay Resort on the Makah Indian Reservation.
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Shortly after midnight on the morning of Friday, September 30, 2011, an earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale shook the southernmost tip of Bali at Nusa Dua.
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