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John Delaney completed a degree in geology at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, before going to the University of Virginia for a master's degree. As an ore deposit geologist in Maine, he became fascinated with processes that concentrate metals. Gravitating to the heart of the copper mining industry, he searched for base and precious metals in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona, while studying economic geology at the University of Arizona in Tucson. After six months living in and working on active volcanoes of the western Galapagos Islands, he decided to study active volcanism for the rest of his life, and completed a dissertation on submarine volcanic gases.
His research and teaching have focused on active submarine volcano-hydrothermal systems along the global spreading-center network. In 1980 a unique set of rocks from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge recovered aboard Alvin provided clear evidence that seafloor fracturing and mineral deposition was identical to quartz veins beneath massive copper-iron sulfide deposits on land-bringing Delaney full circle to his orignial geological interests. The recognition that submarine volcanic gases provide an essential nutrient source for the microbial communities that are the base of the chemosynthetic food chain at ridge crest took another of his original research pursuits in exciting, unanticipated direction.
Delaney enjoys poems of haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)-a master at capturing the essence of an experience in very few words:
Breaking the silence of an ancient pond,
A frog jumped into water.
Deep resonance!
Whether the pond is only a pond, or the pond is a mind and the frog is an idea, is left to the reader. In many ways, the simplicity and elegance of such distillation is akin to what scientists strive to extract from their observations.


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MIDDLEBURY — A Bristol woman pleaded innocent on Monday in Addison Superior Court, criminal division, to a charge of domestic assault, stemming from an alleged Dec. 10, 2014, dispute with her sister.
Ashley Tatro, 22, faces up to 18 months in prison and/or a fine of up to $5,000 if convicted on the misdemeanor charge.
NEW HAVEN — A New Haven man has been sentenced to probation following a deal with Addison County prosecutors in connection with a Jan. 20 domestic assault case during which he allegedly threatened to shoot himself.
Michael Lepore-Capek on Feb. 4 was handed down a sentence in Addison County Superior Court, criminal division, of nine to 18 months with probation, all suspended with credit for five days served, after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of domestic assault.
FERRISBURGH — A Ferrisburgh man on Monday pleaded innocent in Addison Superior Court, criminal division, to a misdemeanor count of domestic assault, a charge stemming from an alleged Nov. 16 family fight near a home off Route 7 in Ferrisburgh.
The alleged victim reported the incident to Vermont State Police in the New Haven that day. She told authorities she was assaulted as a Nov. 15 party ended at which many of the participants had been drinking beer and liquor, according to court records.
ADDISON — A Middlebury man on Monday pleaded innocent to a misdemeanor charge of domestic assault in Chittenden County Superior Court, criminal division, after he allegedly threw a woman through a window at an Addison home earlier that morning.
BRISTOL — A Bristol man on Monday pleaded innocent in Addison Superior Court, criminal division, to misdemeanor charges of domestic assault and interfering with access to emergency services, after he allegedly struck a woman several times and then took her cell phone away to prevent her from calling authorities on Nov. 1.
Jason P. Vincent, 30, was lodged on $2,500 bail at the Chittenden County Correctional Center following the alleged incident at a home off Briggs Hill Road.
WEYBRIDGE — A local teen on Monday pleaded innocent in Addison County Superior Court, criminal division, to three misdemeanor counts of simple assault on a police officer, stemming from an Aug. 23 incident in Weybridge.
Sabrina R. Landon, 18, of Weybridge is also accused of resisting arrest and being a minor in possession of a malt beverage (criminal count).
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ST. PAUL (AP) - The weekend before Halloween is a popular one for parties, but the Department of Public Safety is warning motorists that police won't put up with any tricks.
DPS says authorities statewide are cracking down on impaired drivers this weekend. Officials are urging partygoers to plan a sober ride before donning their costumes.
The state's Office of Traffic Safety says seven people were killed and 27 others were seriously injured in drunken driving crashes during Halloween party weekends in the last five years.
More than 2,400 motorists were arrested for drunken driving on those party weekends during that same period.
DPS also wants to remind motorists to watch for pedestrians on Halloween - as children will be out trick-or-treating.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands celebrated in the streets of San Francisco Wednesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for gay marriages to resume in California following a bitter, five-year legal battle. But the nation's most populous state might have to wait at least 25 days before joining the 12 other states where gay couples already have the right to wed.
Sidestepping the larger question of whether banning gay marriage is unconstitutional, the high court justices held 5-4 that the coalition of religious conservative groups that qualified California's voter-approved ban for the ballot did not have the authority to defend it after state officials refused to do so.
As a result, the justices let stand a San Francisco trial court's ruling in August 2010 that overturned the ban. Other states were left to keep hashing out whether gay marriage should be legal within their borders.
In both San Francisco and the Los Angeles area, positive but subdued early responses turned into big celebrations as night came and gay marriage advocates came to grasp the meaning of the decisions.
As the sun set on San Francisco, a crowd surged from hundreds to thousands in the city's Castro neighborhood, with rainbow flags and confetti filling the air.
Lifelong Castro resident James Reynolds, 45, was among the celebrants, saying he had been married to his partner of 23 years several times, including once in California.
"It's been taken away from us," Reynolds said. "But we'll be married again."
In Southern California, an all-day celebration in West Hollywood grew and by evening included hundreds, including many same-sex couples dressed in red, white and blue.
One person carried a sign reading "Today we are American."
It remained unclear, however, when gay marriages might start again in the state. Backers of the ban known as Proposition 8 have 25 days to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision. A midlevel appeals court also must lift a hold it placed on the lower court order before the state can be free to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Still, state officials moved quickly to signal their approval. Gov. Jerry Brown, who refused to defend Proposition 8 as governor and in his previous job as attorney general, said he had directed the California Department of Public Health to start issuing licenses to gay couples as soon as the hold ordered by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is lifted.
State Attorney General Kamala Harris went even further, publicly urging the appellate court to act ahead of the final word from the Supreme Court.
"I'm absolutely saying that if the 9th Circuit lifts its stay before the 25 days, that marriages can resume in California, and shall resume in California," Harris said.
Without offering any specifics about their next move, lawyers for Proposition 8 sponsors insisted the attorney general and governor remained obligated by the California Constitution to enforce Proposition 8 and that Wednesday's ruling only legalized marriage for the two couples who sued to overturn the ban.
"Everyone understands that our opponents did not file this lawsuit to prove or demonstrate we did not have standing," said Austin Nimiocks, senior counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom. "What was sought in this lawsuit was a 50-state mandate or to establish there is a fundamental right to same-sex marriage, which the Supreme Court did not rule today,"
David Boies, a lawyer for the couples behind the lawsuit, said any attempt by opponents to delay gay marriage would be futile because of the ruling involving California and another Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday that invalidated the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that prevents the U.S. government from granting marriage benefits to gay couples.
"The court agreed with us, and agreed with the district court, that the proponents did not have any interest, did not suffer any harm from marriage equality," Boies said. "So that decision, particularly in combination with the DOMA decision, means it's quite clear we are going to have marriage equality in all 50 states."
The battle over same-sex marriage in California has been in overdrive since 2004, when the then-mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, ordered city clerks to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
Lawsuits that resulted from his decision prompted the California Supreme Court to overturn the state's man-woman marriage laws in 2008, making California the second state after Massachusetts to legalize gay marriage.
In anticipation, opponents of same-sex marriage qualified a proposed constitutional amendment for the ballot banning same-sex marriage. Proposition 8 passed with 52 percent of the vote in November 2008.
Paul Katami, one of the co-plaintiffs who sued to overturn Proposition 8, was among those celebrating in West Hollywood on Wednesday night.
He said he and longtime partner Jeff Zarrillo were seeking status only a legal wedding could provide.
"There was something about that word marriage and what it meant. Something about the celebration and the right, the language and the association across the globe that comes with the word marriage."
The Williams Institute, a think tank at UCLA, estimates that 18,000 couples got married in California in the four-and-a-half months that gay marriage was legal.
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, standing amid hundreds applauding the ruling at City Hall, recalled how many fellow Democrats had criticized the action by him and Newsom as "too fast, too soon, too much."
"Well heck, now we have 12 states and the District of Columbia that have marriage equality, and now California will have it restored once again," he said.
AP writers Paul Elias, Haven Daley and Sudhin Thanawala contributed to this story.


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Do you really think that I'd care to care what's the exact cause after:Flysurf77 wrote:Alexeyga,
I don t understand how after changing for a new buckle it was still not working??? That means that the buckle was not the issue I guess! right?
I own a school and use almost only EPIC gear for teaching, rental and myself. We have been using EPIC since the first day, 4 years ago, and teaching over 400 hours of lesson per month and never had any problem with the teeth of the plastic buckle or with the whole depower system in general!
Are you sure this is not your depower strap that got thinner somehow( stayed too long at sun, got exposed to chemicals .....)?
1)replacing the trimmer on my buddy's bar because of the same issue
2)getting the same problem on my-own bar a month or so later
3)having ridden for 2 days in 18-35 conditions with non-working trimmer and going bananas in gusts and jumps
4)having an awesome 14-22 session despite a non-working trimmer and going bananas in gusts and jumps
5)never even hearing of such problems in over 6 years that I have been riding prior to getting an Epic bar
6)having invested in another brand's bar that just works out of the box and is just tons better all-around
Now, to make things clear, I really like Dimitri's kites - that is despite some horror stories about quality that I've heard - I'm taking my chances as at this point I don't see anything else on the market that suits my needs/level of riding any better. That being said, the bar is a total disappointment. I've made a mistake of getting the 3G bar even though I already had some experience with it and knew that it's far from being perfect . Well, I paid for my mistake - will not make the same one again. The greedy man always pays twice - right?


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Hello all, I'm new to the forums, despite having played this game since the Advanced Rules were the main ruleset. I just finished this for my fledgling army today, hopefully it'll see action soon. I present the Olympian dreadnaught.
The Olympian stands roughly two times the height of a minifig, has one of the oddest leg structures I've ever built, and sports a Mk. I missile and a laser cannon on one arm and a minigun on the other.
The Olympian's rear. The compartments on the back open up (after clamps are released) for both tool storage on the left and power storage on the right. Both legs have grav-boosters that allow it to sprint in lieu of attacking.
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NEW YORK (AP) — When "The Young and the Restless" climbed to the top of the daytime drama ratings, there were 13 soap operas on the air. Now there are four.
The CBS drama just marked week No. 1,248, or 24 years, at the top, the Nielsen Co. said. The series about the fictional Wisconsin town of Genoa City has been on the air since 1973, and its inhabitants are doing a little celebrating.
"It's definitely not something that we take for granted," said Angelica McDaniel, senior vice president of daytime for CBS.
"The Young and the Restless" had nearly 4.4 million viewers last week. Its streak has been going on so long that Nielsen has no reliable estimates of the actual audience size when the victory streak began. CBS marks the victories in Nielsen's household rating measurement, which estimates how many homes are tuned in to the show instead of viewers.
Although "The Young and the Restless" is the only one of the four soap operas where viewership is down compared with last year, there appears little immediate chance that another show will overtake it soon, said Carolyn Hinsey, a veteran chronicler of daytime dramas and author of "Afternoon Delight: Why Soaps Still Matter."
CBS' "The Bold and the Beautiful" is second in the ratings and ABC's "General Hospital," while third, has been gaining viewers most rapidly, she said.
"The Young and the Restless" has a number of veteran actors that viewers are accustomed to, like Jeanne Cooper, Eric Braeden, Melody Thomas Scott and Peter Bergman.
"That provides a continuity that other soaps didn't have," Hinsey said, "and soap fans hate change."
The show has long been the "best-looking" soap with its wardrobe, sets and makeup, she said.
"That makes it more of an escape than some other soaps," she said.
McDaniel said relevant storytelling and multigenerational characters have helped "The Young and the Restless" maintain its appearance.
The daytime drama field, which also includes NBC's "Days of Our Lives," has been constricting over the past two decades, with fewer viewers at home to watch them and networks interested in less expensive programming during the daytime.


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What would happen if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling and the U.S. defaults on its debt later this month? The broad economic implications are unpredictable, but a default could cause huge trouble for the global economy.
But whatever happens to the global economy, one thing is clear: People all over the world who have loaned the U.S. government money won't get paid on time.
And lots and lots of people have loaned the government money. Those people are commonly referred to as owners of Treasury bonds. When you buy a bond, you are lending the government money, on the assumption that you will get your money back, plus interest, on time.
Here are three key groups of bondholders:
1. Pension plans and retirement accounts
If you have a pension plan or a retirement account, there's a very good chance you are lending money to the U.S. government.
And some big funds are taking precautions right now. PIMCO, which manages a lot of retirement money, doesn't own any Treasuries that are supposed to pay out money between Oct. 17 (the Treasury's deadline for raising the debt ceiling) and the beginning of December. "We've been avoiding them," Tony Crescenzi, a strategist and portfolio manager at PIMCO, told me.
A lot of PIMCO's clients can't risk getting paid late. Some need the money to pay employees. Others need to send out pension checks. "There is de minimis risk of not getting paid on time, but it exists," he said. "Why take the chance?"
2. China
The Chinese government holds about $1.2 trillion in Treasury bonds. Unlike some other bondholders, China could live with a short delay in getting paid.
But a short delay could have long-term consequences if it leads China and other bondholders to see U.S. Treasury bonds as a more risky investment. It could lead them to start shifting money out of U.S. bonds, which could drive up the interest rate the U.S. pays on its debt.
3. Social Security
Weirdly, if the U.S. does have to pay higher interest on its debt, it could help another big bondholder: the Social Security administration. The entire Social Security trust fund — over $2 trillion — is invested in Treasury bonds. This is required by law. If the new Treasury bonds Social Security buys pay interest at a higher rate, that would mean more income for Social Security.
Still, that doesn't mean it would be a good idea for the government to default.
"I'm crossing my fingers that it doesn't happen," Michael Astrue, who used to run Social Security, told me. "It would create a lot of wreckage in the country as a whole."
Let's take a deeper look, now, at the consequences if the U.S. does default on its debt.
Bondholders would not be paid. And David Kestenbaum, of NPR's Planet Money team, has been asking who they are.
DAVID KESTENBAUM: The people who have lent the U.S. government money, there is another name for them: U.S. bondholders. That's what a bond is, after all - a loan. Someone buys a U.S. Treasury bond; they are loaning that money to the U.S. government with the assumption that they will get their money back, plus interest, on time. This first group of U.S. bondholders, I don't really need to introduce you to them because they are us. If you have a pension plan or a retirement account, chances are that you have lent the U.S. government money because those funds likely own Treasury bonds.
I talked with Tony Crescenzi, at a company called PIMCO, which manages a lot of retirement money. I asked: Of the billions of dollars' worth of bonds they have, how many are due to pay out money around the Treasury's debt-ceiling date of Oct. 17?
TONY CRESCENZI: I think zero because we've been avoiding them.
KESTENBAUM: PIMCO intentionally owns no Treasury bonds that are due to pay out any money between Oct. 17 through the beginning of December. A lot of PIMCO's clients can't risk getting paid late. Some need the money to pay employees; others need to send out pension checks. In which case, Crescenzi says, why mess around with bonds due on or just after Oct. 17th?
CRESCENZI: There's de minimus risk of not getting paid on time. But it exists, and why take the chance?
KESTENBAUM: There is another group of bondholders less concerned with getting paid on time, that is using Treasury bonds basically as a mattress - a place to stick extra cash. Shang-Jin Wei is an economist at Columbia Business School. He says China, in particular, has a lot of dollars in Treasury bonds.
SHANG-JIN WEI: The best estimate is about $1.2 trillion.
KESTENBAUM: That's a big number.
WEI: It is a big number.
KESTENBAUM: And how would the Chinese government feel if the U.S. defaulted?
WEI: They won't like it. In the short run, there's very little that you can do.
KESTENBAUM: Shang-Jin Wei says if the U.S. defaults, he imagines it would be brief. The U.S. would say: We can't pay you right now; we will pay you as soon as we can. But even that could have long-term consequences, he says. China and others might, down the road, start to shift some money out of U.S. bonds. If that happens, if U.S. bonds become less popular, the U.S. government might have to start paying higher interest rates in order to get people to buy them, which weirdly could help another big U.S. bondholder: our own Social Security Administration.
Michael Astrue ran the Social Security Administration under President George W. Bush and President Obama. I asked him what a U.S. default would mean.
MICHAEL ASTRUE: First of all, let me just be clear that I think that would be a very bad thing to do - and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't happen - 'cause it would create a lot of wreckage in the country, as a whole. But for Social Security in isolation, it would have its benefits.
KESTENBAUM: That's because the Social Security Trust Fund - over $2 trillion - all gets invested in U.S. Treasury bonds. So if the next bonds that the fund buys pay higher interest...
ASTRUE: That would benefit the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund because right now, the disability fund is due to be insolvent in 2016, and the retirement fund is due to be insolvent in 2033.
KESTENBAUM: Astrue notes one, rather large caveat. If a U.S. default ends up really hurting the economy and sending us into recession, that would mean less money in people's paychecks and as a result, less money coming into the Social Security fund.
David Kestenbaum, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A government official says a female suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan detonated her explosives near the convoy of a former leader of the country's largest Islamist party.
Shamsur Rehman Khan says Qazi Husain Ahmad, the former chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, escaped unhurt from the attack Monday in the Mohmand tribal region. Three of his aides were wounded.
Khan, who is a government administrator in Mohmand, says the bomber was wearing an all-encompassing burqa and had explosives strapped to her body.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud reportedly criticized Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and singled out Ahmad in particular in a recent audio message, accusing him of supporting Pakistan's U.S.-allied rulers.


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yeah for sure man, you might have dreamd about me saying to wintrade the fucking team. weren't you the idiot, who didn't know what stats to go for as firemage in the most broken season ever in WoW? wasn't you the one, who just randomly queued into RLS teams, which were getting boosted by Geru & friends and gave them our whole mmr from 2.5+ down to 2.3k heh?
And before "trading" to #1 with Shogen in the team "GUTER WINTRADER XY" which was obviously NOT SERIOUS (don't know if a lowbrain idiot like you knows that this "trade" was not serious), i was playing KFC on 2.5k rating, with our Sherlock Silencxz.
Yeah i thought i would get #1 from the obvious MMR-wintrade-team, right? Do you really think there are ppl out there, who believe in such bullshit? So please don't talk shit, you don't know about, or do you have Screens like our sherlock Silencxz, to prove the trueness of ur senseless post?
Also who cares about this game, wintrading to #1 when the system is broken anyways, we just abused the system for fun and not for getting Gladiator or higher cap, i left a 2.5k Team, coz i knew the ladder would get resetted and now i am legit on nearly 2.5k again, so where is ur fucking problem?
You have forgotten to add, that you just achieved ur rating by sniping really skillful.
In addition to all this bullshit, i have also to mention, that "LEYANIA BOMBENGÜRTELX" is not my team and i've also never been in this team. It's just some really idiotic joke of the well known "wintrader" Shogen.
And i can sign that Shogen isn't involved in the #1 trade of Ryle, they just joined the already existing team and played some kitty in it, so how can you know, that this team is being used for exploiting/trading/whatever? So why all the fucking hate coz a retarded game? Get a life man, and please fix ur ugly face Razghulx, never seen such an ugly person like you (just saw ur face, while u were streaming @ twitch, maybe that's the reason for being so mad bra )
ah and i forgot, you didn't kick me out of the team, i just left, after we just lost like 200 rating playing with Shogen and just quitted this game for this ridiculous season.
Dude, we even playing the same game? you begged over and over to play with me and vurion when we first got to emberstorm, we took you in, vurion couldnt play anymore, we got tuppy, you failed when you suggested wintrading and then I kicked you
Your story makes no sense, first I'm this badass queuing into our counter RLS loosing alot of games (yes, true, that happened, I just wanna queue dont give a fuck wich comp we meet) and then apparently when we play with a multi rank 1 holypaladin instead of you, we sniped teams? I frapsed almost every game, we met RLS all the way to gladiator, legit games, against some of the better teams on the BG including the rank 1 team.
You blame me on loosing 200 rating queueing into RLS, so you suggest we snipe teams and dodge teams? But you accuse me of doing so?
As to wich stats to go for as a firemage, I was the only firemage with haste for a loooong while aswell as world's highest firemage on misery BG as affliction/holypally/firemage, not some shitty BG so obviously I know fuck all about firemages, for some reason you think that it was idiotic going haste but it ended up being one of the best era's for firemages in WoW. If you're clueless, please, don't speak.
But if you're so innocent, why do you feel so offended? I didn't offend you, merely stated the fact you wanted to wintrade and I kicked you from team - and now you admitt you wintraded 'but it wasn't to serious?' so yeah, it's fine to wintrade if you do it for shits and giggles
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A municipal police official in northern Mexico says officers have arrested a man who confessed to killing his neighbor's three dogs and barbecuing them.
Police spokesman Adrian Sanchez says the arrest was made late Tuesday based on an emergency call about a fight in the streets.
Police said Wednesday that Ulises Rodela, 39, was a confronted by his neighbor and told him he turned the dogs over to animal control upon finding them in the street. The owner told police that animal control had no record of receiving the dogs.
Police said Rodela then confessed to barbecuing the dogs.
Officials were still trying to confirm whether Rodela sold the meat. The state Commission for Sanitary Risk Prevention said it would test various food stands for the presence of dog meat.


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DETROIT (AP) — A suburban motorist who was brutally beaten by a Detroit mob after he stopped to check on a child struck by his pickup truck now is able to speak to relatives in a hospital, his daughter told The Associated Press Friday.
Doctors removed 54-year-old Steve Utash from a ventilator Thursday, Mandi Emerick said.
He had been in a drug-induced coma following an April 2 attack on the city's east side in which at least six people pummeled the Clinton Township tree trimmer as he tried to help a 10-year-old boy who stepped into the path of his truck.
"He looked at me and said my name and said, 'You're my daughter,'" Emerick told The AP. "He's not really there still. Sometimes he's able to understand and sometimes he talks just to talk.
"The doctors have said, 'Don't get discouraged.' It's really early. They say it's really good he is able to respond to commands."
Emerick first posted her father's medical progress on the gofundme.com website, where the family has received more than $160,000 in donations to help pay medical bills.
Utash suffered severe head injuries after being punched and kicked by the mob on the pavement outside a gas station. The boy he stopped to help, 10-year-old David Harris, was treated for a leg and other injuries.
Detroit police investigated whether the attack was racially motivated. Utash is white; his alleged attackers are all black. Of the five people arrested and charged, an ethnic intimidation charge has been filed only against a 16-year-old boy. He also was charged with assault and faces a hearing Saturday in juvenile court.
Utash remains in critical condition. The attack haunts him, according to Emerick.
"He says 'Help me! Get them off me!'" she said. "He gets worked up."
The family has been told it's too early to tell if Utash will suffer from memory loss of if he has any long-term damage.
"It's going to be a long time. It's going to be a long process," said Emerick. "We're taking it one day at a time."
Emerick, her siblings, other family members and friends attended a prayer service Thursday night at a Detroit church aimed at healing any racial divisions mounting from the attack.
The Utash family is seeking donations to help pay their father's medical bills. A page for Steve Utash has been set up at: http://www.gofundme.com/81r9sk


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ROSEBURG, Ore. -- Authorities say the man who died while police were trying to take him into custody had just been released from jail.
According to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Gregory Allen Price, 56, of Sublimity, Ore., had been arrested on Friday at Diamond Lake.
Officials say Price and his wife had been reported to be having a disturbance. When deputies arrived, they say they found Price had been driving his vehicle, "in an extremely unsafe manner to include driving in between cabins and in pedestrian only areas."
On Saturday, his probable cause affidavit was reviewed by a Circuit Court Judge and he was released for lack of probable cause.
The Sheriff's office says that soon after his release at around 2:15 pm, he was reported to be jumping on vehicles in front of the courthouse.
While officers from the Roseburg Police Department were trying to take him into custody, Price quit breathing and officers began CPR. Police said a Taser and pepper spray had been used on Price to try to get him to comply with officer's commands.
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Former Vancouver Whitecaps FC assistant coach Colin Miller was named interim head coach of the Canadian men's national team on Monday, putting the FC Edmonton boss in charge of the Canucks in their friendlies against Denmark and the United States later this month.
The position has been vacant since Stephen Hart resigned this past October in the aftermath of Canada's failed 2014 World Cup qualification campaign.
The Scottish-born Miller previously served as interim head coach of Canada in 2003 after a playing career that saw him earn 61 caps for the Canucks, including at Canada's lone World Cup appearance in 1986.
The 48-year-old was named head coach at FC Edmonton of the NASL this past November after previously coaching with the Canadian senior women's team prior to last summer's Olympics.
He also served as an assistant coach in Vancouver during the Whitecaps' inaugural 2011 MLS campaign, as well as an interim coach with the 'Caps Residency program.
"It has always been a privilege to represent Canada, as a player, team captain and coach," Miller said in a press release. "I look forward to taking on the role of interim head coach for a second time."
CSA general secretary Peter Montopoli told MLSsoccer.com in November that the federation aims to have a new coach in place in time for this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Canada kick off 2013 with a friendly against Denmark in Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 26, then face the US in Houston three days later.
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U.S. stocks fell, pulling the Standard & Poor's 500 Index lower after a record high, as a report showed American manufacturing expanded less than forecast in March as factories slowed production and orders waned.
Joy Global Inc., U.S. Steel Corp. and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. tumbled more than 2.5 percent as industrial and raw-material shares had the biggest declines among 10 S&P 500 groups. Hess Corp. gained 3.2 percent after MFP Investors LLC's Michael Price said the company could be a takeover target. Tesla Motors Inc. surged 15 percent after announcing it turned its first quarterly profit.
The S&P 500 fell 0.7 percent to 1,558.78 as of 3:18 p.m. in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 38.35 points, or 0.3 percent, to 14,540.19. The Russell 2000 Index tumbled 1.6 percent to 936.08. Trading among S&P 500 shares was 22 percent below the 30-day average at this time of day. U.S. markets were closed March 29 for Good Friday. Markets in most of Europe were shut today.
"The market is fairly sensitive at this level and that means we need continuing improvement in the economy to keep moving stocks forward," Randall Warren, who oversees about $80 million including options as chief investment officer of Warren Financial Service in Exton, Pennsylvania, said yesterday in a phone interview. "We need good economic reports and we're going to need good earnings reports later this month."
The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent on March 28 to reach its highest closing level. It remains below the all-time intraday high of 1,576.09. The gauge rallied 10 percent in the first quarter, extending a recovery that has added more than $10 trillion of value to the world's largest stock market. The Dow first passed its 2007 record on March 5.
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A separate report showed construction spending in the U.S. rose in February, paced by the highest level of home building in more than four years. Data on March 29 showed consumer spending climbed in February by the most in five months and confidence unexpectedly improved in March, showing job-market gains are helping Americans overcome tax increases and concern about federal budget cuts.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A government watchdog on Friday warned that the Department of Veterans Affairs risked falling short on its goal to process disability claims on time by 2015 and urged changes to ensure faster access to health care.
The reports released on Friday are the latest reminder of the strain on the VA after 11 years of non-stop war, even as VA Secretary Eric Shinseki moves to overhaul the agency, an effort bolstered by funding increases under the Obama administration.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) noted advances at the VA, including efforts to move away from a paper system to submit and process disability claims, which are sometimes handwritten and often arrive incomplete. The VA is also processing more claims than ever, it noted.
But the VA hasn't been able to keep pace with the rising number of claims arriving from injured veterans and the GAO said its backlog reduction strategy "fell short of established criteria for sound planning."
"Without a comprehensive plan ... the agency risks spending limited resources on initiatives that may not speed up disability claims and appeals processes," the report said.
"This may, in turn, result in forcing veterans to continue to wait months and even years to receive compensation for injuries incurred during their service to the country."
The GAO's Daniel Bertoni told Reuters that it was far from certain that the VA would be able to achieve its goal of processing all claims within 125 days by 2015. The backlog of claims -- those in system for more than 125 days -- has more than tripled since September 2009.
"Never say never - they've made some significant inroads," Bertoni said. "But there's a lot of uncertainty about whether these initiatives will be ultimately be successful."
In a separate report, the GAO also renewed concerns about the VA's ability to ensure veterans get timely appointments for health care. It said outpatient wait times reported by the VA were "unreliable" and cited shortages of scheduling staffers among the bureaucratic problems contributing to longer waits.
Jeff Miller, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, and Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House Majority Whip, wrote a letter to Shinseki saying the GAO audit showed "a large disconnect between VA internal goals and the results."
The VA, in written responses to the reports, said it broadly agreed with the GAO's conclusions. It noted steps it was taking to get veterans their disability benefits faster and said it would take steps to better measure the amount of time veterans wait for health care appointments.
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While many people stress the behavioral aspects of HIV prevention -- encouraging condom usage and understanding one's risk factors when having sex -- a recent article in South Florida Gay News focuses on the emotional toll that HIV prevention can have on a person. Citing one man's experience using daily pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and his one-time experience with post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), the piece asks its readers to understand what, if any, are the emotional side effects of having a daily pill as a reminder of your sexual encounters.
Eddy, a pseudonym given to the 40-year-old Latino man who was interviewed for the article, stressed the fatigue with both PEP and PrEP. Describing his emotional state under PEP, Eddy said,
I was a total mess, terrified that I had become infected but I would have been petrified regardless of the treatment. This was a result of the exposure. After the treatment was over, I felt regret for being such a whore, possibly exposing myself, knowing that I could have become infected.
What do you think? Do Eddy's worries seem misplaced, given that he was actively taking drugs to prevent HIV infection? Does dealing with HIV prevention bring up any emotional issues for you?
Mathew Rodriguez is the editorial project manager for TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
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Temple of Literature Hanoi
Temple of Literature (Vietnamese: Văn Miếu is a temple of Confucius in Vietnam. Although several Văn Miếu can be found throughout Vietnam, the most prominent and famous is that situated in the city of Hanoi, which also functioned as Vietnam's first university. It is featured on the back of the one hundred thousand Vietnamese đồng bank notes
The landmark was founded in 1070 as a Confucian temple. Only parts of the Văn Miếu complex date back to the earliest period, although much of the architecture dates to the Lý (1010 – 1225) and Trần (1225 – 1400) Dynasties.
In 1076 Vietnam's first university, the Quốc Tử Giám or Imperial Academy, was established within the temple to educate Vietnam's bureaucrats, nobles, royalty and other members of the elite. The university functioned for more than 700 years, from 1076 to 1779. Given the extreme difficulty of the doctor laureate tests, few students passed final examinations. The list of names engraved on the stone stele every year during this period is very small. The stele records 2,313 students graduating as doctor laureates.
Emperor Lê Thánh Tông established the tradition, dating back to 1484, of carving the names of the laureates of the university on stone steles that were placed on top of stone tortoises. Of the 116 steals corresponding to the examinations held between 1142 and 1778, only 82 remain.
According to the book the Complete History of the Great Viet, "In the autumn of the year Canh Tuat, the second year of Than Vu (1070), in the 8th lunar month, during the reign of King Ly Thanh Tong, the Temple of Literature was built. The statues of Confucius, his four best disciples: Yan Hui (Nhan Uyên), Zengzi (Tăng Sâm), Zisi (Tử Tư), and Mencius (Mạnh Tử), as well as the Duke of Zhou (Chu Công), were carved and 72 other statues of Confucian scholars were painted. Ceremonies were dedicated to them in each of the four seasons. The Crown Princess studied here."
This ancient Confucian sanctuary is now considered one of Hanoi's finest historical sites. The temple is based on Confucius' birthplace at Qufu in the Chinese province of Shandong. It consists of five courtyards lined out in order, entrance to the first, via the impressive twin-tiered Văn Miếu gate, leads to three pathways that run the length of the complex.
The centre path was reserved for the king, the one to its left for administrative Mandarins and the one to its right for military Mandarins. The first two courtyards are peaceful havens of ancient trees and well-trimmed lawns where scholars could relax away from the bustle of the city outside the thick stone walls.
Entrance to the third courtyard is through the dominating Khuê Văn Các (constellation of literature), a large pavilion built in 1802. Central to this courtyard is the Thien Quang Tinh ("Well Of Heavenly Clarity"), either side of which stand two great halls which house the true treasures of the temple. These are 82 stones steles. Another 34 are believed to have been lost over the years. They sit upon stone turtles and are inscribed with the names and birth places of 1306 men who were awarded doctorates from the triennial examinations held here at the Quốc Tử Giám ("Imperial Academy") between 1484 and 1780, after which the capital was moved to Huế.
The fourth courtyard is bordered on either side by great pavilions which once contained altars of 72 of Confucius' greatest students but now contain offices, a gift shop and a small museum displaying ink wells, pens, books and personal artifacts belonging to some of the students that studied here through the years. At the far end of the courtyard is the altar with statues of Confucius and his four closest disciples. The fifth courtyard contained the Quốc Tử Giám, Vietnam's first university, founded in 1076 by King Ly Can Duc, but this was destroyed by French bombing in 1947.
The complex has undergone much restoration work, most recently in 1920 and again in 1954, but remains one of the few remaining examples of later Lý Dynasty (1009-1225) architecture within easy walking distance of Ba Dinh square.
One Pillar Pagoda - Chua Mot Cot
Close-by the impressive presidential palace is a treasure and a landmark of Ha Noi. It appears somewhat bizarre, but is a small and fine gem: "the Một Cột Pagoda" (One-Pillar Pagoda). The name is immediately evident; its second name is Pagoda of the goddess Quan Âm. Quan Âm is the goddess of the mercy. According to the legend the goddess Quan Âm appear to King Lý Thái Tông (1000 - 1054) in a dream. The king was already old and still childless and sought a successor. In the dream Quan Âm handed him a son while seated on a lotus flower. The king then took a farmer girl as concubine and had a son by her, who is the long desired successor to the throne forecasted by the goddess. Deeply gratefully Lý Thái Tông built in the year 1049 the Một Cột Pagoda in honors of the goddess of mercy. As the name suggests the pagoda stands on one pillar in the middle of an artificial square lake. In the season, the lake is covered by lotus flowers. The pagoda itself is wooden and about 3 x 3 meters. Inside resides a statue of Quan Âm. In the course of its 1000 year history this pagoda was destroyed – and rebuilt - many times. The French occupation army last destroyed it shortly before quitting Viet Nam. In 1955 it was – again – reconstructed, this time – unfortunately! - with a concrete pillar instead of the original wooden pillar. Unfortunately? It could be seen as the pragmatic Vietnamese attempt to connect the tradition with the modernity. Whether concrete or wood, the Bodhisattva Quan Âm will continue to be admired here as child-bringing goddess. This delicate pagoda is worth a visit anyway.
Do Temple
Location: Located in Dinh Bang Village, Tu Son Town, Bac Ninh Province, 15km from Hanoi.
Characteristics: Do Temple worship the eight Kings of Ly Dynasty and is famous for its unique architecture.
Formerly, the Do Temple was famous for its architecture, highly praised through the verses:
"The architecture of the Do Temple is marvelous,
Worthy to the thousand-year-old history of Thang Long"
Do Temple was built during the Le Dynasty and has been altered several times since. The major reconstruction took place under the reign of Le Trung Hung, in the 17th century.
In front of the Temple lies a semi-circular lake, with clear and full water all the year round. The lake is connected with two ponds at both ends of the village, with the Tieu Tuong River in front of the village. In the center of the lake stands a square house reserved for water puppetry performances with two beautiful tiered roofs. To the south of the lake, there is a huge pavilion to preserve stone slabs inscribed with the merits of the eight kings of Ly Dynasty, and to the north of the lake, a 5-compartment floating house for visitors to take a rest.
The Temple's gate includes five doors made of hard wooden plates assembled together and carved on top images of dragons waiting upon the moon. When the door opens, its two leaves are wide apart, and the two dragons on top of the doors seem to be soaring. On day, the dragons' eyes when catching the light shine like gemstones. Along the three-step staircase, are carved two stone dragons with clouds around, on a green stone floor, symbolizing the Thang Long (Soaring Dragon) Capital.
Passing the gate and a large yard, a green stone paved road leads visitors to a square house, with eight tiered roofs and three compartments, 70m2 in area. Then there is a 7-compartment front worship house, 220m2 in area, whose front walls are hung with two big posters displaying capital letters: "Eight Kings together brightening" and "Co Phap Commune - a foundation of the Ly Dynasty".
Then a three-compartment house, 80m2 in area, with eight tiered roofs. These three compartments are spacious and ventilated and on the axis leading to the Co Phap ancient back pavilion, 180m2 in area, and with the floor space in the shape of a Cong letter...
Different parts of the Do Temple are being restored one after another by skilful craftsmen. A rolling of drumbeats was suddenly heard, signaling the start of a procession to bring the tablet of King Ly Thai To from the Do Temple to the Ung Tam Pagoda where the King's mother was worshipped for a reunion of the King and his mother. The procession was attended by a thousand of people, who expressed the spirit of the Vietnamese, i.e. "when drinking the water, think of its source".
Thien Mu Pagoda
Location: Thien Mu Pagoda is situated on Ha Khe Hill, on the left bank of the Perfume River, in Huong Long Village, 5km from center of Hue City.
Characteristic: It was built in 1601, and then Lord Nguyen Phuc Tan had it renovated in 1665. In 1710, Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu had a great bell cast (2.5m high; 3,285kg) and in 1715, he had a stele (2.58m high) erected on the back of a marble tortoise.
The name of the pagoda comes from a legend: a long ago, an old woman appeared on the hill where the pagoda stands today. She told local people that a Lord would come and build a Buddhist pagoda for the country's prosperity. Lord Nguyen Hoang, on hearing that, ordered the construction of the pagoda of the "Heavenly Lady".
Several kings of the Nguyen Dynasty such as Gia Long, Minh Mang, Thieu Tri and Thanh Thai, all had the pagoda restored. Phuoc Duyen Tower (at first called Tu Nhan Tower) was erected in 1884 by King Thieu Tri. This octagonal tower has seven storeys (21m high). Dai Hung shrine, the main-hall, presents a magnificent architecture. As well as bronze cast statues, it shelters some precious antiques: the bronze gong cast in 1677, the wooden gilded board with Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu's inscriptions (1714). On both sides of the pagoda are a room for the bonzes and a guest-room for visitors.
The pagoda is surrounded by flowers and ornamental plants. At the far end of the garden stretches a calm and romantic pine-tree forest. The pagoda was heavily damaged in 1943. Bonze Thich Don Hau hence organized a great renovation of the pagoda that lasted for more than 30 years.
Thien Hau Temple in Hochiminh city
Chùa Bà Thiên Hậu (The Pagoda of the Lady Thien Hau) is a Chinese style temple located on Nguyen Trai Street in the Cho Lon (Chinatown) district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is dedicated to Thiên Hậu, the Lady of the Sea ("Tian Hou" as transcribed from the Chinese), who is also known as "Mazu".
Thiên Hậu is a deity of traditional Chinese religion, who is revered in the southern maritime provinces of China and in overseas Chinese communities. Thiên Hậu is worshipped in the seafaring Chinese communities of Fukien, Canton, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. She is not specifically a deity of Taoism or of Buddhism, though she has been brought into connection with figures and themes from Taoism and Buddhism. For example, at Quan Am Pagoda, also in Cho Lon, Ho Chi Minh City, the two major altars are dedicated respectively to Thiên Hậu and to Quan Âm (the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara).
The temple is located right on busy Nguyen Trai Street. It can be accessed by entering through an iron gate and crossing a small courtyard. The roof is decorated with small delicately fashioned porcelain figurines expressing themes from Chinese religion and legends. Lanterns and wooden models of Chinese theaters hang over the entrance.
The interior of the temple is actually a partially covered courtyard, at the end of which is the altar to Thiên Hậu. The exposed portions of the courtyard contain incense burners, and open the view to the remarkable porcelain dioramas that decorate the roof. The dioramas show scenes from a 19th century Chinese city, and include such colorful figures as actors, demons, animals, and Persian and European sailors and traders. In one scene, actors depict a duel on horseback battle between the revered halberd-wielding general Guan Yu of the novel Three Kingdoms and another fighter. Another scene depicts the three Taoist sages representing longevity, fecundity and prosperity.
The altar to Thiên Hậu is dominated by the three statues of the goddess. The faces are bronze in color, and the clothes and crowns are multi-colored. Incense burners are all about.


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Monday marks the 86th birthday of the Medico-Dental building, Stockton's invisible skyscraper.
Monday marks the 86th birthday of the Medico-Dental building, Stockton's invisible skyscraper.
In most cities, the tallest buildings are iconic. The 12-story Medico-Dental building, the city's tallest since 1927, somehow faded from the cityscape.
It's not just that its main lobby door is locked, its 60 or so offices empty; or that it is, except for some unmanned communications hardware on upper floors, a vertical ghost town.
OK, that's not quite true. There is one retail business operating on the ground floor, a discount print shop.
It is that Stocktonians long ago ceased to think of the building as a soaring expression of the city's robust spirit and commercial might. Or to think of it at all.
Our city's Empire State building is hidden in plain sight. It's like David Copperfield made it disappear.
Yet, "It points to a recent boom in Stockton history," said Paul Rapp, a member of the Cultural Heritage Board in Stockton.
More than that, it symbolizes a time when Stocktonians built up, not out. They kept downtown humming.
And (citizens of a bankrupt city, hear ye) building up saves cities money. One reason why they call it smart growth.
"From a fiscal standpoint, there's no more efficient way to grow," said David Garcia, who operates the Stockton City Limits blog. "When you have numerous occupants in one building you don't have to have to take as much space. You don't have to provide as many services to a wide area. It's a more efficient way to capture revenue for the city."
Stocktonians conceived the skyscraper in 1923. Originally, they envisioned 15 stories of medical professionals. A feasibility study convinced them to scale back.
A Stockton architect designed it. A San Francisco steelworks riveted the skeleton. A Stockton brickyard wrapped it in what the architect called the "coat of Joseph," an exterior of brick in "pale hues of lavender, russet, brown, buff and red."
Stocktonians were fiercely proud.
"We are here as loyal and patriotic Stocktonians at this sentinel guarding the fast-growing skyline of the city of Stockton," speechified Mayor Raymond J. Wheeler at the dedication July 1, 1927.
"We are resolved that all our population of 57,000 is a committee of the whole to go and seek opportunity and not wait for it to knock, then translate it into deeds of achievement," Wheeler proudly intoned.
He said the building embodied the city's "splendid spirit." It did.
The building also showed common sense. If your family doctor referred you to a specialist, you went down the hall, or up a couple of floors, not across town.
If s/he prescribed medication, you stopped at the ground-floor pharmacy: Stockton, anticipating Kaiser by decades.
For that matter, because a high-density mixed-use downtown has everything close by, patients reeling from a traumatic dentist visit could duck into the adjacent Pump Room bar/restaurant for a dose of painkiller.
Radio station KWG operated out of the skyscraper's basement.
Older Stocktonians have many memories of doctor, dentist or optometrist visits to the Medico-Dental building.
"Do I ever!" recalled Steve Stocking, whose mother used to bring him from Tracy for check-ups. "In fact, Dr. Dooley gave me my first pair of glasses up there."
Stocking waxed nostalgic. "You had the elevator gal. She sat on a stool. If you were going up, she pushed the little handle one direction, and if you were going down, she pushed the little handle in the other direction."
Today, Stocking sits on the city's Climate Action Plan Committee. Its job is to comply with provisions of a sprawl lawsuit settlement by encouraging downtown housing.
The Medico-Dental building fits the bill. "We've got to find innovative ways to bring people downtown," Stocking said. "And I think that part would fit in."
As it happens, urban developer Zac Cort has bought into the partnership that owns the Medico-Dental building. He has commissioned a feasibility study of retail or residential development in it.
"I absolutely love that building," Cort said. "It sits very unfinished and raw. It was so intriguing to me. It's just a beautiful structure."
Cort envisions residential units. The views from the upper floors are panoramic, looking over the teeming downtown, the waterfront, the Delta and the mountains beyond. It's really cool.
"Just think, if you were living in that building," Cort mused. "And you could wake up, or go to bed, and see the whole city. Why not wake up to that?"
His feasibility study will be done in 30 to 60 days. Maybe Stockton's invisible skyscraper will show itself again.
Contact columnist Michael Fitzgerald at (209) 546-8270 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/fitzgeraldblog.


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At NASA, we frequently have to step back and retreat to the last recognizable common ground on technical issues. If we hope to expand the dialogue about Peak Oil, we must do the same. Below are what I consider uncontroversial, solid facts related to energy and oil production. While several of these statements may appear ridiculously obvious to those who are in any way familiar with oil production, we must begin the discussion at the least common denominator — the bare facts on which everyone can agree. If you are unfamiliar with the basic arguments of Peak Oil, I encourage you to explore these resources.
Please provide feedback on whether you agree or disagree with this list and we'll see if starting from common ground will allow a wider audience to collectively develop more meaningful ideas about Peak Oil mitigation.
1. Oil must be found before it can be produced.
No commodity can be exploited if its existence is unknown. No oil can enter production if it is undiscovered. An absence of discovery therefore yields a future absence of production.
2. Oil must be produced before it can be used.
No commodity is useful if it is not brought to a useful state. Oil reserves are useless if they are not transformed into a usable product. Oil reserves are therefore of no use until they are brought to the surface, refined, and moved to the point of desired use.
3. On the scale of the lifetime of our current civilization, oil is a finite resource.
Any energy source is finite given the appropriate amount of time. The sun will eventually exhaust its nuclear fuel, but over the course of a human lifetime (or even the human species' lifetime) solar energy will not be depleted. Oil production will peak within the lifetime of our current civilization. There is no position in the debate (including abiotic oil proponents) which disagrees with this point. Oil is renewable on the scale of the Earth's lifetime, but our species would likely be extinct before oil reserves can be replenished.
4. If demand for oil is higher than the available supply of oil, not everyone who desires to use oil will have the option.
A fundamental economic principle: when demand exceeds supply, a shortage exists. Some who want to use oil will not have the option. The usual moderator for this situation is an increase in price.
5. Petroleum products have the highest energy density of any portable energy storage medium.
There are no known alternatives that match the energy density of products derived from fossil fuels.
6. The current economy would suffer if the cost of energy increased by a large percentage.
There are no suggestions that increases in energy costs improve the quality of the economy. There are major disagreements on the effects of high energy costs on the economy.
7. In a closed system, growth of any kind must eventually stop.
This is a founding principle of any scientific study, be it physics, chemistry, biology, or economics. If we take the earth as a closed system, then all growth must, at the very least, reach a maximum at some point: oil production, wealth, population, and so forth. Our choices determine when and how growth stops.
8. All known alternative energy sources currently have higher initial investment requirements than does oil.
Solar energy, wind energy, nuclear energy, coal-to-liquids, and others present a high cost-per-Watt than oil energy. This does not take into account the total life cycle costs, in which alternatives like solar and wind become among the most cost-effective energy sources.
9. Replacing the current oil-based infrastructure requires time.
Another fundamental principle of all science: going from point A to point B requires a finite amount of time. There is argument over how much time is required to replace our existing infrastructure.
10. Replacing the current oil-based infrastructure requires money.
A key to economic theory: a desired action can not be realized without applying an amount of currency. The amount and sources of funding are up for debate.
11. Replacing the current oil-based infrastructure requires energy.
In order to restructure our energy system, we must expend energy to manufacture replacement technology. This further reduces the amount of energy available after an infrastructure replacement.
Can retreating back to these key points allow us to renew open discussions about the risks and probabilities of oil depletion? Perhaps these bare-bones facts will encourage more people to investigate the available data on their own and develop their own conclusions. We can all agree that energy deeply affects our lives, but there are far too few people exploring the possibility of a world with less available energy.


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Behind the Scenes at AoD: Photography
I've always liked photography, though I'm not necessarily great at it, but I am getting better. When I started writing Art of Drink I envisioned more photos in posts, but the "work flow" has been too time consuming for a non-paying blog post. However, posting photos to Art of Drink still seemed like a reasonable idea. What I needed was a fast simple method to do so, and here is how I came up with a solution.
Social media has brought slacking to a new level—why write 500 words when 140 characters will do—so I've decided to bring my powers of laziness to bear. Yes, if it wasn't for lazy procrastinators like myself the world would be a very inefficient place because nobody would figure out how to do things with less effort. Seriously.
My Goal
To post DSLR quality photos to Art of Drink with the absolute least amount of effort, in a timely fashion, ideally within a minute of taking the picture on my camera, and then blitz the social media airwaves with my update and display a link to the photo on Art of Drink.
Yes, I could just get an "app" and post directly to Twitter, Facebook, Flikr or Instagram, but by doing that I give up my work to some faceless corporation so they can make a profit off of it. I consider social media a tool that connects you and I—I don't want to be a corporate "smurf". This isn't to say I won't post pictures on social media sites, I do, but at the very least I would like to keep copies on my site and send some traffic to Art of Drink.
My Photography Work Flow
To start, we need a good camera. I'm a fan of companies that do things different. Rick Dobbs once stated: "You are where technology goes to die." There is a little truth in that statement. I don't just buy the most recognizable name brands available. Instead, I go for something like an Olympus PEN E-P5 camera that has a cool retro style. Olympus has great lenses and megapixels mean nothing if your lens sucks. Also, the Olympus gear is small and light which is a huge benefit when I travel.
Another reason I went with Olympus was their PenPal Bluetooth adapter. Before the E-P5, and ubiquitous in camera WiFi, I used a basic Olympus E-PM1 camera with this $70 attachment that allowed me to upload photos to my phone. I was a trend-setter. The PenPal makes transferring photos stone cold simple and fast. Pick the picture on the camera, press "send photo" and pick where you want to send the photo. And yes, I have a list of devices (phone, computer, laptop, tablet) where I can direct the photo. Simple and easy.
Call me "gramps" if you must, but I still use a Blackberry 9900 that is about 2 years old. It works great for what I do. I don't play games on my phone, I use my phone for things like phone calls and email and for that my Blackberry rocks.
My photography work flow simply needs email to upload a picture and related text to Art of Drink. The title of the post is the email subject, the body is the message area and the attachment is the photo. I send this info to a secret email address and then it is completely hands-off from there, everything else is automated. In theory, it takes less than a minute to do this, which meets my exceedingly high slacker requirements. And let's face it, my job requires that I drink on the job, so simple and easy is good.
I use ExpressionEngine (EE) as my website platform for a number of reasons. One of those being I had bigger goals for Art of Drink a few years ago and required a content management system (CMS) and WordPress could not provide those features I needed at the time. Those goals have since been put on the back-burner.
I also like ExpressionEngine because I can integrate a shopping cart into the system to sell Acid Phosphate and Abbott's Bitters. Plus, I like being different (see above) and I get a sense of self-satisfaction when I figure things out for myself.
The important module in EE is Moblog, which allows posting by email. WordPress has a number of equivalent plugins that do this as well. The Moblog module checks the secret email account for a new messages every 15 minutes and if it finds one, it creates a new post.
Using another plugin, called CE Image, the photo is resized for desktop browsers (and mobile browsers in the near future) and uploaded to Amazon S3 and delivered using Cloudfront. This is simply done for performance reasons. I don't want you to wait too long to view an image, so Cloudfront puts the file in multiple geographic locations around the world so the files are delivered faster.
Now that the post has been created, it is displayed in a photo gallery on Art of Drink. I used this CSS based gallery: "Responsive Tiled Photo Gallery with Pure CSS". Again, the idea with photos is to try to display them as quickly as possible. The onslaught of multimedia has made attention spans very short and if you must wait for a photo to download you will probably go elsewhere to get your photo fix.
The next step is to broadcast the update to the social media sites. Oddly, this has been a bit more difficult than originally envisioned. Using WordPress would have made this part easier, but a combination of tools has made the process far more flexible than I ever imagined.
Part one of the solution was to use an EE module called Postmaster (by ObjectiveHTML) which sends out emails based on triggers. If a new post is made in the photo channel, then Postmaster will send out emails using whatever template tags (i.e. title, link to photo on Art of Drink, etc.) I've put in the field. This allows me to customize the content for each social media site.
The second part was to use IFTTT.com (If This Then That). Some social media sites allow you to send updates by email, like Facebook, while others don't, like Twitter. This was a bit of a problem, and the Facebook email update didn't work well with photos. IFTTT allows you to connect disparate systems on the Internet. For example, you can update Twitter using email with IFTTT and it also allows you to send a picture to Facebook using a link, which is really handy as this previews the image in the Facebook news feed, instead of just providing a bare link. People like to get an idea of what is behind the link before they click on it.
Now that I have this working reasonably well, there are still a few bugs, I can post pictures very easily, even when I'm traveling. The key for me is the simplicity—I send one email with an attachment and everything else is done automagically. This method also helps drive some traffic to Art of Drink instead of giving everything to the social media corporations for free.
And best of all, you get to see some interesting pictures, especially when I'm drinking on the job.


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WOw Have U seen This the deal is delayed bc of a picnic, and it says deaks done n nutin on Crawford rejecting it, and they have 2 give up harington and franky and they dont loose Norris i knew yesterdays deal was to good and anything WHAT is wrong wit the NBA u cnt have a picnic when a deal like this is goin down.Hopefully it rains on them =)
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"The Knicks and Bulls couldn't officially consummate the Crawford deal yesterday anyway because the NBA ran its company picnic and couldn't approve the deal"
"According to a source, Dikembe Mutombo, Othella Harrington and Frank Williams, all in the final years of their contracts, will head to Chicago. Moochie Norris' inclusion was a sticking point during last-minute talks yesterday, until Isiah Thomas relented and substituted Harrington. With Norris out, Thomas will not be required to fork over $3 million in cash. Cezary Trybanski was a late throw-in. The only true loss is Williams, who's expendable with Crawford aboard"


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Source : http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/smithfbi.htmlCourt documents released yesterday reveal that David L Smith, the author of the Melissa virus, assisted computer crime authorities in the investigation and prosecution of other virus writers.
Within weeks of Smith's arrest by the FBI in 1999, he was using a fake identity to communicate with and track virus writers around the world.
The court documents released yesterday reveal that New Jersey attorney Christopher J Christie wrote to Judge Joseph Greenaway, who sentenced Smith to 20 months in prison in 2002, claiming that "Smith provided timely, substantial assistance to the United States in the investigation and prosecution of others."
According to the court documents, Smith gave the FBI the name, home address, email address of Jan de Wit (also known as "OnTheFly"), the Netherlands-based author of the Anna Kournikova virus. The FBI passed the information on to authorities in the Europe, who arrested de Wit, who was later sentenced to 150 hours community service.
In 2001 David L Smith is claimed to have assisted in another investigation into a virus writer - having recorded online discussions with part-time DJ Simon Vallor, the author of three viruses. The FBI shared the information with British detectives, who arrested Vallor in February 2002. Vallor subsequently pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years imprisonment.
"Both Jan de Wit and Simon Vallor showed extraordinary levels of stupidity, helping the authorities track them down," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos Anti-Virus. "Jan de Wit's Kournikova virus contained his nickname "OnTheFly". Unfortunately he also had a website with that name, complete with downloadable images of the tennis pinup. You wouldn't have had to have been Sherlock Holmes to solve that riddle."
"Vallor, meanwhile, appears to have done himself no favours by writing viruses which included messages to his mates, and bragging about his achievements online. Hollywood's depiction of virus writers as geniuses could hardly be further from the truth," continued Cluley.
Simon Vallor was released from prison in early September 2003, but is being electronically tagged. Until January 2004 he must adhere to a curfew which bans him from leaving his Welsh home after 7.15pm.
In return for his services, the FBI paid for David L Smith's rent, insurance and utilities, totalling over $12,000. Smith continues to serve his sentence in federal prison at Fort Dix, New Jersey.


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Collection of Purdue Train Wreck materials, 1903-2006 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
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Predominant Dates: 1903
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The Collection of the Purdue Train Wreck materials (1903-2006; 0.25 cubic feet) documents the Purdue Train Wreck of 1903. The collection includes memorabilia, memorials, newspaper clippings, eye witness interviews, and an oral history pertaining to the tragic event. This collection is made up of one series entitled Purdue Train Wreck. This collection is extremely valuable to anyone interested in the history of Purdue University.
This is collection has been assembled by Purdue Libraries staff over the years.


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The Natural Beauty Of Dieng Plateau
The name 'dieng' which literally translates as 'abode of the Gods' says all you need to know about this collection small ancient temples set in the remarkable volcanic landscape of the Dieng Plateau. The misty location, sulphurous springs and colored lakes truly make this a place of natural wonder and cultural significance.
Come here and you will be transported back to ancient times. The temples are remnants from the glorious period of the Hindu empire in Java dating back to the 7th and 8th centuries. Standing on a plateau 2,000 meters (6,500 ft) above sea level, it is the extraordinary setting of these temples which make them most remarkable. It is believed that this place was chosen as the sacred location because of the spectacular landscape.
From the bubbling mudholes, brightly colored sulphur lakes and thick mist surrounding the plateau, visitors will easily understand why the ancient Javanese considered this place to be the seat of supernatural powers. Modern visitors to the plateau are enthralled by the unearthly beauty of this spot, with many finding it quite eerie.
Each of the small temples is named after figures in the epic tale of the Mahabarata such as Bima, Gatotkaca, Arjuna and Srikandi. It is believed that these temples used to serve as residences of Hindu priests who would spread Hindu teachings.
The natural splendors of this location are fascinating. From lakes with green and yellow hues to the pristine waters of the reflective 'mirror' lake, the natural beauty of this spot is superb. The mirror lake is particularly impressive as it offers a perfectly reflective image of the landscape. While sadly, the impact of logging can be seen as many of the trees surrounding the lake have been cut down, it still remains an impressive natural phenomenon.
Once you've walked to the top of the Dieng plateau you will feel like you are on top of the world. It will be difficult to know just where to look as the view from the plateau takes in steaming and colorful lakes, ancient temples and lush green landscape.
For a truly amazing spectacle, arrive at the plateau at sunrise and you will be spoiled with not one, but two amazing views of the sunrise, a 'golden' and a 'silver' sunrise. This double sunrise is a unique natural phenomenon. Visitors take in the first 'golden' sunrise from a watch tower while the second 'silver' sunrise can be seen from the temples.
Even the drive to the plateau offers impressive sights. On the way up, visitors will pass through tobacco plantations and beautiful mountain scenery.
The Dieng people are used to visitors and warmly welcome travelers to the region.
Many visitors stay in Wonosobo and take a day trip to Dieng. If you wish to stay in the village in Dieng there are several small losmen available as well as the Hotel Dieng Plateau.
The easiest way to get to Dieng plateau is by car. It is located in Central Java, around a three hour drive from Yogya or only 25 km from Wonosobo.
It is advisable to leave for the plateau early to reach the site before noon. Because of the altitude, the plateau is often covered in mist by early afternoon.
By public transport, you can take a bus from Yogya to Magelang and change for Wonosobo. From Wonosobo, take a minibus to the village of Dieng. The sites on the plateau can be reached on foot from the village of Dieng. If you are driving, parking is available near the main sites.
The plateau itself is cool, with an average temperature of around 15 degrees Celsius during the day. If you are visiting at sunrise remember to bring some warm clothes.
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Wherever you see American troops around the world, you see HMMWVs (Humvees) in action. Even around the U.S., in natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes and tornadoes, you'll see HMMWVs when the National Guard is at work.
Although the HMMWV has been in production since 1985, its design is still as revolutionary today as it was when engineers began initial concepts in 1979. The final design met military requirements to replace numerous types of aged vehicles and to keep up with swift moving tanks. The Army wanted durability, mobility and reliability. The unique geometry of the truck provides these qualities. No other light tactical vehicle in the world approaches the HMMWV's capabilities or cost effectiveness.
That doesn't mean today's HMMWVs are the same as those first produced. The HMMWV is a dynamic vehicle with changes and improvements continually added. For instance, thorough corrosion resistance has been added and most components have been upgraded, including the move to a larger 6.5-litre diesel engine. From day one, system developers have continually found new users for the flexible HMMWV. Initially introduced with a 1½-ton payload capacity, increased payload requirements to carry various systems have led to Expanded Capacity Vehicles with payloads up to 5,100 lbs. and gross vehicle weight rating (GVW) up to 12,100 lbs.
As we move well into the 21st century, the workhorse HMMWV is being called on to carry new sophisticated communications and weapons systems. The ongoing story of this rugged truck will continue to unfold as new users are found and new missions require its use.
Learn more about the incredible HMMWV story by clicking on the desired area to the left.
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