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During the worst of the Great Recession, U.S. factory jobs were disappearing at a furious pace. As 2007 began, about 14 million Americans were working in manufacturing.
Three years and one frightful recession later, only 11.5 million were.
But since 2010, employment has been ticking back up, with companies adding about 400,000 jobs.
One reason for at least a small portion of that growth: the return of factory work from overseas. Experts say it's difficult to accurately measure the number of jobs tied to work returning from other countries, but some employers say they know it is happening.
Reversing A Herd Mentality
Howard Hauser, a vice president with Hiawatha Rubber Co., says for a long time, manufacturers followed a herd mentality of sending work offshore. They all wanted components produced in low-wage, emerging markets like China.
"They were looking at the piece price. And it looked like, 'We're going to save a lot of money,'" he said. "But the bottom line was they didn't save nearly as much as they thought. And with the quality issues, they're just not getting product that's acceptable for the customer."
Now Hiawatha, based outside Minneapolis, is getting those contracts.
And Hauser has himself decided to "reshore" production of a component that was being made in China. The move will result in three new hires at his plant.
He says the part was not difficult to make, but the Chinese factory kept botching the job. He says Hiawatha, which makes rubber components for equipment such as printers and pumps, can do it better.
From Soup To Overtime
As business picks up and hiring resumes, the employees at Hiawatha are feeling more confident now. But it's still painful to recall the recent tough times when orders dropped off about 40 percent and production hours were slashed.
One worker, Richard Beaulieu, says he had to make do while working just three or four days a week.
That went on for nearly a year. His memory of that lean time: "Many, many months, and a lot of soup," he says. "But you just buck it up and get through it."
Beaulieu and the other 65 full-timers are back to normal hours now — and can even count on some overtime.
The U.S. Looks More Competitive
Dan Meckstroth, an economist with the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation, says labor in the United States is looking more competitive internationally for a number of reasons.
For one, U.S. wages are still depressed because of the relatively slow overall recovery. At the same time, wages have been rising in emerging markets. In addition, the skill level of American workers is generally higher. And the supply chain disruptions after last year's Japanese disasters made some companies skittish about outsourcing to Asia, he said.
But Meckstroth says it's hard to quantify any job gains from "reshoring." The number may not be great, but at least the trend line is good, he said.
"I'm not saying there's a tsunami of production coming back to the United States. It's a trickle," Meckstroth said. "But a trickle back is better than the tidal wave out."
But at Hiawatha Rubber, Hauser does not think the future of manufacturing lies in bringing work back, even if that's benefiting his company now. He believes greater productivity for the sector will come through increased automation. At his factory, more automation will eventually mean fewer workers. But the workers who do remain, he says, will be high-skilled and high-paid.
As the economy has come back, manufacturing companies have been doing much of the hiring. Some of those jobs are in factories that have picked up work which used to be done overseas. It's pretty hard to say exactly how many jobs this amounts to. Still, it is a happy development for some workers.
NPR's Annie Baxter went to Minnesota to look into the trend that some call insourcing and others call reshoring.
ANNIE BAXTER, BYLINE: Like a lot of manufacturers, Hiawatha Rubber Company hit a rut in the recession. The factory is based outside Minneapolis and makes rubber components that go into things like printers and pumps.
When business dropped off about 40 percent in the downturn, production hours were slashed. Workers like Richard Beaulieu had to make due working just three or four days a week. That went on for nearly a year.
RICHARD BEAULIEU: That was a long time, many, many months. Many, many months and a lot of soup. Let me tell you. A lot of soup, but you just, you know, suck it up and get through it.
BAXTER: Beaulieu and the other 65 full timers are back to normal hours now and can even pull some overtime. That's thanks in part to the uptick in the economy driving demand for products like the one Beaulieu is making on this day. He's operating a molding machine that makes rubber parts for a radiator. The machine looks like a giant waffle iron. After the molding process is completed, Beaulieu secures a plate over the parts.
BEAULIEU: And when you lift it up, that's how you get all your parts off the bottom of the mold. Interesting, huh?
BAXTER: But it's not just economic improvements that are keeping workers like Beaulieu in good spirits and machines like this humming lately. On top of that, work that had been sent overseas is now coming back and landing at Hiawatha Rubber.
Howard Hauser, a vice president here, says for a long time, manufacturers followed a herd mentality in sending work offshore. They all wanted components produced in emerging markets like China.
HOWARD HAUSER: They were looking for piece price. The piece price, you know, looked like - OK. We're going to save a lot of money, you know, but the bottom line was they didn't save nearly as much as they thought and, with the quality issues, they were just getting a product that's, you know, not acceptable for the customers.
BAXTER: Now, Hiawatha's getting those contracts and Hauser has himself decided to reshore production of a component that was getting made in China. It will result in three new hires at his plant. He says the part was not hard to make, but Hiawatha can do it better. The Chinese factory just kept botching the job.
DAN MECKSTROTH: They don't have the transportation systems. They don't have the educational systems. They don't have the infrastructure that we do.
BAXTER: Dan Meckstroth is an economist with the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation. He says labor in the U.S. is looking more competitive internationally lately for a lot of reasons.
Labor costs in the states are still depressed due to the weak recovery, whereas those costs are rising in emerging markets. The skill level of American workers is higher and supply chain disruptions after the Japanese disasters made some companies skittish about outsourcing to Asia.
But Meckstroth says it's really hard to quantify any job gains from reshoring. The U.S. has added about 400,000 manufacturing jobs over the past couple of years. It's unlikely that lots of them are tied to work returning.
MECKSTROTH: It's a trickle, but a trickle back is better than the tidal wave out.
BAXTER: However many jobs he might add, Meckstroth says manufacturing is never going to make up the ground it lost in the recession, which is on the order of two million jobs. Surprisingly, that's not a fact Howard Hauser at Hiawatha Rubber Company laments.
HAUSER: You hear all the politicians, you know, talking about, you know, we want to bring back jobs. It's not about bringing back the old kind of jobs. We need to be creating new jobs, the technology jobs.
BAXTER: At his factory, Hauser's looking to automate a bigger share of production with robotics. That's especially true for a new business line they're launching for waste water treatment systems. The work will require tech savvy employees who can program robots to take over the manual labor.
HAUSER: You should be chasing no labor, which is, you know, what we're doing.
BAXTER: So, even as work is coming back from offshore and increasing the head count at its factory now, Hauser expects automation will shrink his workforce down the road. That might sound harsh, but he says the workers who stay on will be high skilled and high paid.
Annie Baxter, NPR News, St. Paul.
BLOCK: And you can find more stories in our series Looking Up: Pockets of Economic Strength at NPR.org. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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FREMONT, Calif., July 24 (UPI) -- Police in California said a parolee accused of stealing some ribs from a grocery store was arrested before he could fire up the grill.
Fremont police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques said Randy Adam Harris, 51, of Brentwood allegedly swiped the ribs and a bottle of alcohol from the Safeway store in Fremont Saturday evening. He is accused of threatening to shoot a store worker who confronted him during the incident, the Bay Area News Group, San Ramon,
Harris was not armed, but was holding a gun in his pocket to make it appear that he had a gun, police said.
Police said Harris, who was recently released from prison after serving a sentence for armed robbery, had gotten a ride to the store from a female friend. Harris had told the woman he was planning to pick up some meat to barbecue at a relative's house.
Workers gave police a description of the vehicle and officers followed it to an apartment complex, where the suspect allegedly dropped the bag of pilfered ribs and fled on foot.
Harris was arrested at his relative's apartment on suspicion of robbery, resisting arrest and a parole violation. He allegedly told officers he took the meat because he only had $9.
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July 25. 2013 9:34PM
Nashua mother indicted in the death of son, 2
By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
— Several indictments have been handed up against a Nashua mother charged with manslaughter in the beating death of her 2-year-old son.
Unique S. Gould, 21, of 8 Ash Court, has been indicted by a Hillsborough County Superior Court grand jury on seven charges including manslaughter, first and second-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child for the April 25 incident at her home.
Police allege that Gould repeatedly hit her son, Devon Gould, on the buttocks and head on April 25. After the child went to sleep shortly thereafter, he slept for up to 20 hours before Unique Gould placed him in the shower and shook him in an attempt to wake the toddler, according to prosecutors.
Gould eventually called 911, but only after roommates and family members said they would call themselves if Gould didn't take action, according to prior court testimony.
The child was then rushed to the hospital for immediate medical attention, and was subsequently placed on life support, according to family members. The boy's father decided to end life support two weeks later.
Devon, who turned 2 in March, had suffered a serious brain injury, significant head trauma and intracranial bleeding because of the assault, according to court records.
Following the assault, Gould was interviewed by two detectives, at which time she allegedly acknowledged spanking her son on April 25, the day before emergency crews arrived at her home, court documents said.
"She admitted that she struck (him) numerous times on his buttocks, and confirmed that she also struck him in the head with her hand. Gould made admissions that she 'blacked out' at one point, and admitted to hitting (him) very hard," says a police affidavit filed by Det. Marc Anderson.
Police have refused to comment on whether Gould may have been impaired at the time of the alleged assault.
The newest indictments accuse Gould of striking the child numerous times on his head, face and buttocks, which caused the brain injuries and bruising. The indictments also allege that she failed to seek medical attention for an extended period of time, and placed the child in a corner with his hands behind his back and legs spread for an extended time.
Gould's public defense attorney, Anthony Sculimbrene, previously described this as a "very sad case." In a prior statement, Sculimbrene said his client asserts her innocence.
"She is devastated by the child's death. We will litigate every aspect of the case," he said following her arrest.
According to Sculimbrene, Gould has no prior criminal convictions. However, the attorney says he has represented Gould in the past but did not elaborate on those cases.


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Scripture: 2Corinthians 8:12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have. (NIV)
Observation: There had been a drought in Jerusalem. Before this letter was written; those in the Corinthian church had agreed to give some money to help the people in Jerusalem. Paul would soon pass through Corinth. He encouraged them to prepare their gift and invited some of their congregation to accompany him in taking their gift to Jerusalem.
Two criteria are given in this verse for givers. First they must be willing. They were not being manipulated to give. Second they must have money available to give. This is not "going into debt" giving. They were not being asked to put it on a credit card. This was to be giving from what they had.
Application: My giving is an expression of appreciation for what the Lord has already given me. (Tithing is based on 10% of what I have received, not what I do not have.) I may give sacrificially by choosing to live on less in order to give more. I may make a promise to give in the future from what the Lord provides in the future, but my giving is to come from what I have, not what I do not have. I see this principle applying to Christmas gifts as well as gifts to the church and various ministries.
Prayer: Lord, my giving is an expression of my love for you. May I give willingly and generously from what I have as you have given to me from what you have. Amen
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WASHINGTON — The Roger Clemens perjury trial is resuming after a five-day break. The prosecution's first witness, congressional staffer Phil Barnett, will return to the stand Monday after beginning his testimony last Tuesday.
Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, is accused of lying to Congress when, at a hearing and deposition that preceded it, he denied taking steroids or human growth hormone.
Barnett was the majority staff director on the committee that deposed the baseball great in 2008. The government is using Barnett to help establish that Congress had authority to investigate drug use in sports.
Clemens' lawyer has raised questions about the investigation.
Barnett happens to be the witness who was on the stand last year when a mistrial was declared because the government introduced inadmissible evidence on videotape.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A summertime beach party with teenage drinking has turned into a bad night out for Maryland attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Doug Gansler.
Gansler, a Democrat, said on Thursday he should have checked for underage drinking during a brief stop at a party for graduating high school students in June.
"Perhaps I should have assumed there was drinking going on, and I got that wrong. What I can tell you is that at no time while I was in the house did I see any teenager in any danger or any risk," he told a news conference.
Gansler said he did not know whether there was illegal drinking at the South Bethany, Delaware, beach house party, which had adult chaperones. He stopped by to talk to his son and
said that, in hindsight, he should have done more to investigate.
Gansler called the news conference in Silver Spring, Maryland, after the Baltimore Sun published a photograph showing him and a group of teenagers, three of whom were dancing on a tabletop. Two other adults can be seen standing in the corner.
The Sun reported that underage participants confirmed many were drinking alcohol. None were quoted by name in the story.
Spurring the controversy was Gansler's public service announcement on the risks of underage drinking recorded last year.
It is the latest episode marking the June Democratic primary campaign, in which Gansler is squaring off against Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown and Heather Mizeur, a member of the state's house of delegates.
The Washington Post reported this month that Maryland State Police records alleged Gansler had regularly ordered troopers assigned to drive him to speed and run red lights. Gansler responded by accusing a police commander who documented the concerns of being a "henchman" trying to help Brown's campaign.
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Steven Pietersz (d. 1569)
Steven Pietersz, an Anabaptist martyr, was beheaded at Utrecht, Netherlands, on 5 July 1569. Steven was a native of Bunschoten and lived at Amersfoort. He was charged with attending the illegal meetings of the Anabaptists and permitting them to meet in his house.
Hoog, I. M. J. "Onze Martelaren." Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis I (1902): 82 ff., No. 153.
Marcus, J. Sententiën en indagingen . . . van Alba. Amsterdam, 1735: 364.
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Evalyn Marie Beery, 86 - October 05, 2012Evalyn Marie Beery, 86, of Palmdale, CA, formerly of Gothenburg, passed away Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at the Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, CA.
Services took place Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Shepherd of the Hills Church in Lancaster. Burial was at Oakwood Memorial Park at Chatsworth, CA.
Beery was born Oct. 23, 1925, at Elwood, the eighth of 11 children to Charles (Karl) Ferdinand and Goldie Fern (Cooley) Schultz.
Following her education and graduation from Farnam High School, she taught elementary school.
On June 8, 1946, she was united in marriage to Loren Marvin Beery of Farnam. The couple resided at Gothenburg where their three children were born.
In 1955, she and her family moved to California, settling in Van Nuys. Following her husband's death, she moved to Palmdale in 1998.
Beery retired after 20 years as a credit supervisor with the Bank of America Van Nuys Main Branch.
She was a member and past commander of the American Legion Women's Auxiliary and the Disabled American Veterans Women's Auxiliary in Van Nuys.
Beery was also a member of the Sunrise Baptist Church in Palmdale, and previously, she and her husband were active members of the Community Bible Church, formerly the Van Nuys Missionary Church, for 43 years.
She was preceded in death by: her husband, Loren in 1997; sons—Jerry Dean in 1980 and Larry Loren in 1955; brothers—Al, Harold, Charles and Bob Schultz; sisters—Elinor Beery, Dorothy Ecker and Helen Linstedt.
Survivors include: her daughter, Sharon (Jim L.) Randall of Palmdale; daughter-in-law, Kathy Beery of Camarillo, CA; grandchildren—Jennifer Beery (Roland) Macasieb of Camarillo, Jim W. (Irma) Randall of Lancaster, Chris (Cindi) Beery of Los Alamos, CA, and Sheri Randall (Danny) Simpson of Post Falls, ID; great-grandchildren—Emily and Sarah Macasieb, Christina and Miranda Randall and Kyle Barrett, Kevin, Cassidy, and Ryan Beery, Nicole, Kayla, Erica and Kimberlee Simpson; brothers—Bill (Marlene) Schultz of West Covina, CA, and Roger Schultz of Norfolk; a sister, Betty (Lee) Spann of Norwalk, CA; sisters-in-law—Esther Schultz of Norwalk and Francis Schultz of Gothenburg; numerous nieces and nephews.
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Friday round-up: Of tapering, output gaps, microfinance, cows and world warnings ahead of Davos
Ylan Mui writes in the Washington Post about 'Why the World Shouldn't Fear the Taper [1],' which draws from Global Economic Prospects (GEP), launched earlier this week.
The Economist has a daily chart drawing from the GEP that illustrates [2] output gaps in developing countries.
David Roodman has a new paper titled 'Armageddon or Adolescence? Making Sense of Microfinance's Recent Travails [3].'
Keeping satire alive, Visual.ly published an infographic using two cows [4]to explain the various types of socioeconomic systems in our crazy world.
Ahead of next week's Davos meetings, the World Economic Forum warns of dangers in growing inequality, extreme weather [5].
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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Back in the day, there was no shortage of media covering my moves on a bike, and I even tried the habit myself (though of the "hidden" camera variety). Anyway, while on an amazing ride around town yesterday during a glorious day that reminded me of a morning in the tropics (humid, light breeze, not yet blazingly hot but crystal blue skies), I met a pro photographer at PNC Park. Despite what Burt Hoovis would say, I'm normally not annoying and I try not to talk to strangers (lol), but for some reason I spun up to the woman with the two cameras and asked her if she'd "take my picture?" Even as the words were coming out of my mouth I felt like a total dork, but she was really cool about it and snapped a few pictures. Of course, she could have just been pressing the shutter release and then immediately deleting the image, but I didn't care. It was a funny moment, it passed in but a second and I was on my way again, but thanks to the staff of Kimberly Reed Photography for making me feel like a star again!
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So what's an antention whoring reality star to do when several media outlets reveal her so called split from her husband is nothing short of a publicity stunt?
Well if you're Heidi Montag, star of the Hills, you attempt to take things up a notch by calling your favorite paparazzi photo agency and then heading up to the court house to file for a legal separation. RadarOnline confirms Heidi called a paparazzi agency to tip them off about her courthouse appearance.
The only problem is no one is buying Heidi's latest stunt. A legal separation is nothing other than a piece of paper that states her earnings will become hers alone from the date of "separation" from Hubby Spencer Pratt.
As we reported last week, people close to the two have confirmed their "split" is their latest attention getting ploy. "This breakup is the latest part of Spencer's master plan," an insider told Us Weekly, explaining that the couple is in panic mode now that The Hills is winding down. They are "laughing over" the breakup headlines "and having a blast," added another source.
Others not buying the fake split? Heidi's co-stars from the Hills. "I don't buy it," said Lo Bosworth. "I've worked with them for too long, and they haven't been filming, so I think this is a way they think they can get back on the show for the last few episodes."
Unfortunately for Heidi, Linday Lohan's court appearance yesterday seems to have stolen her fake news thunder, so it will only be a matter of time before these two famewhores leak out another fake story.


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Zoom sells these modems about size of a pkg gum and proudly proclaims they work in windows, mac, and linux. Great size for external usb modem for say a laptop. Well few things they forgot to mention. This is indeed a hardware modem and should be directly supported usb connection under the cdc-acm module. Except their identifier on modem goes past second endpoint and cdc-acm doesnt read it. So instead of designing it properly or offering a patch for cdc-acm, they instead offer a tiny linuxant.com driver. This one is free. By way toss the cd that comes with the modem and has version 1.01 of driver and get version 1.03 of dgc modem driver from linuxant site. You have to compile it for specific kernel in your version of linux (linuxant has some precompiled modules for RedHat, Ubuntu, etc, but obviously not one for puppy) and you have to be using a linux kernel newer than 2.6.19 which means Puppy 2.17 or newer. You then need the devx sfs and the kernel-scr sfs for your particular Puppy to compile. And the procps-3.2.7.pup for stuff the dgcconfig needs. Then cd to proper directory in downloaded and untarred driver, then make install which creates the new module. Then run the dgcconfig binary which installs the module (answer yes that you want to keep using the module). It then tells you what /dev/modem is simmed to, but doesnt do any more. You now need to bring up terminal, and "modprobe cdc-acm" then "mknod /dev/ttyACM0 c 166 0" then "rm /dev/modem" then "ln -s /dev/ttyACM0 /dev/modem" (all without the quotes of course) Voila, use your favorite dialer with /dev/modem as port and it will dial. I am using it to post this with Puppy 3.01 right now.
This is a royal pain in the ass exercise for a modem sold as working in linux, especially a hardware modem, but it does work. Such a shame Zoom didnt go little further in its efforts so the modem would just immediately be recognized by cdc-acm module and no fuss, no muss.
I would at least post the module I compiled for Puppy 3.01 but not sure if linuxant licensing alllows it. It is a free to use driver though no $20 fees like some of their other drivers. Anybody better than me at reading through all the licensing bs, if it looks like I can post the compiled module say so. I doubt anybody would fuss no matter what, but dont need to cause the forum any trouble. Glad to save a fellow puppy user the hassle of compiling it though the one I compiled would only work with Puppy 3.01 I think. You'll would still need to download the linuxant pkg (its small) so you would have dgcconfig. Could just stick the precompiled module in their included pkg directory of precompiled modules and dgcconfig would find it.
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Had a request to post the module. This is for 3.01 only. If this creates any problem for the forum, please any moderators feel free to delete it.
EDIT: Extract module to /lib/modules/22.214.171.124/extra
Then run dgcconfig from commandline. Tell it "yes" when it asks if you want to continue to use this module. Sorry for confusion. I am just sleepy and been couple weeks since I played with this. Knew I had played with this method in Ubuntu.
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Grrr... Above attachment gives error when trying to download and wont let me delete it. Trying again to upload fresh copy.
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Hi Mouldy,
Yep, I too bought one of these Zoom modems thinking it would work OK.!
I had installed the tar pkg from the CD, but of course without devsfs etc it won't build the driver.
So I downloaded your driver, and ran dgcconfig, but after answering 'Yes' to keep the driver it stops with a 'command not found' error.
The output is:
# dgcconfig
Conexant DGC USB modem driver, version 1.01
If you need assistance or more information, please go to:
When reporting a problem for the first time, please send
us the file generated by "dgcconfig --dumpdiag".
Warning: existing driver modules found under:
Would you like to keep using them? [no] yes
/usr/sbin/dgcconfig: line 1657: sysctl: command not found
Warning: dgc driver not active
So how do I actually get to use this modem ?
Sorry if I'm being dense !
Any help appreciated....cheers
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Go to this thread, discussion got separated into two threads.
Sometimes my module you tried will be loaded sometimes it will not. I never figured out why. The sure way is to download the devx and src kernel packages for puppy and do the actual compilation of the module on your computer. Again see link above.
It does work, they just didnt make it easy under linux.
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Cheers - thanks for the link.
I'll give the procedure a try when I have a little(?) time free.
Thanks again,
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I think I am trying to do very similar thing as you.
No Zoom but Mobile Stream
Please let me know.
I am still a green to all this and don't know what I'm doing..
Puppy 4 using Palm Treo 700p via USB as modem.
App and simple linux instructions here.
I got this setup working under great Ubuntu without a problem.
Im trying to use it native Puppy build.
When I tried in Puppy and run the ;
pppd /dev/ttyACM0 call ppp-script-evdo-template
Failed to open /dev/ttyACM0: No such device or address
The file is created when I typed;
mknod /dev/ttyACM0 c 166 0
I have cdc-acm.ko loaded.
Puppy hardware-interfaces information
When I look in Hardinfo it recognizes the Treo Modem under USB device as;
product; Treo 755 USB Modem
manufacturer; Mobile Stream
kernel-Module= (none)
But wonder if the module is actually loading / recognizing.. I don't know enough about puppy / linux from here..
When using the connect wizard and select connect via dialup analog mode, it doesn't detect it.
Should it?
Being a different modem should I still use the
procps-3.2.7.pet & dgcmodem103.tar.gz ?
I assume from looking at it dgcmodem file are specific drivers for a different modem.
Am I making any sense?
Any ideas?
Please ... would like to get this working..
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Wilsonb wrote:
pppd /dev/ttyACM0 call ppp-script-evdo-template
Failed to open /dev/ttyACM0: No such device or address
try this:
pppd /dev/input/ttyACM0 call ppp-script-evdo-template
i think their directions are for a 2.4x kernel and you are using 2.6x
some of us are currently trying to get this going better for everyone.
can you please tell us how it goes.
hopefully by 4.01 we'll have a GUI to just do this for evdo, edge or whatever.
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Same thing..
I noticed that also. That it was pointing to a place where it didn't live..
Same thing..
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Wilsonb wrote:
But wonder if the module is actually loading / recognizing.. I don't know enough about puppy / linux from here..
When using the connect wizard and select connect via dialup analog mode, it doesn't detect it.
Should it?
Being a different modem should I still use the
procps-3.2.7.pet & dgcmodem103.tar.gz ?
I assume from looking at it dgcmodem file are specific drivers for a different modem.
Am I making any sense?
Any ideas?
Please ... would like to get this working..
In 3.01 use usbview, it will show all usb devices connected. If you your device is shown, but in red, then it isnt loading the module.
dgcmodem103 is ONLY for the ZOOM 3095 modem this thread is about. The procps dotpet just provides needed file that Puppy doesnt have as default.
If you do search there are threads on using cell phones to connect to internet in Puppy. I even posted one thread with link to another forum where I posted how I used my Boost Mobile i415 phone as modem under Puppy. Its different as you seem to have a small script file and the cdc-ACM module alone provided everything I needed. Then again I dont know, maybe you dont actually need that script???
By way the /dev/ttyACM0 node you created is just that, a node, not a file you open and read. You will need to use a dialer like you would to connect with a dialup modem and you use this node as the port. And from that link you gave, it says the number you use is "#777" without the quotes.
By the way that connect wizard only detects serial modems on serial port. You have to manually edit the /etc/wvdial.conf file to force it to use a non-serial port. I got tired of messing when trying to get my laptop working with my BoostMobile phone and just installed KPPP. For whatever reason it worked when I couldnt get the other dialers to work.
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Drug clearance. Clearance of a drug from the circulation is a function not only of renal excretion but also of hepatic metabolism. Although oxidative metabolism may be reduced in old age, a more significant factor is decreased hepatic blood flow, which may be as much as 50% decreased.3 This is the primary reason why drug dosing is reduced for hepatically metabolized drugs in elderly patients. The correlation of blood flow reduction with hepatic clearance is a poor one, however, and existing liver function tests are not a good indicator of drug metabolizing capacity.3
Clearance is the principal determinant of the plasma concentration of a drug at steady state. The two quantities are related by the following equation:
drug concentration at steady state = dosing rate/clearance
Reduced GFR and reduced hepatic blood flow result in reduced clearance in elderly patients compared with younger patients. This results in increased steady-state drug concentrations, with enhanced main effects and toxic effects. Reduced clearance can be managed with a smaller dose or a longer dosing interval, giving rise to the "start low and go slow" principle of prescribing for a geriatric patient.
Another reason to "go slow" with dosing in elderly patients is because of the time it takes a drug to reach steady state with repeated dosing. Steady state is the point at which the average drug concentration plateaus. Time to steady state is determined by the drug's half-life:
steady state = 4.5 x half-life
In general, a drug's half-life is increased in geriatric patients compared with younger patients, so that it takes longer to reach steady state. Changes in drug dosage are best made when steady state has been achieved, so that main and toxic effects can be observed before the dosage is escalated. The half-life of a drug can also be used to determine the time to washout:
washout = 4.5 x half-life
The time to washout can be helpful in determining when a drug is out of the system so that a new medication can be started or withdrawal effects can be expected.
Basic pharmacodynamic processes
Pharmacodynamic processes are set in motion when the drug reaches the target tissue. Effects can be presynaptic or postsynaptic, or involve enzyme inhibition. Reuptake inhibitors, such as SSRI antidepressants, are examples of drugs that act at presynaptic sites. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (donepezil, galantamine, and rivastigmine) are examples of enzyme inhibitors.
Most psychotropic drugs act at postsynaptic sites; some also interact with autoreceptors on the presynaptic neuron. In general, the mechanism for these drugs includes drug-receptor binding, signal transduction, and cellular response. Effects are mediated by variables such as receptor density, concentration of the drug at the receptor site, affinity of the drug for the receptor, allosteric modulation of drug binding, intrinsic activity of the drug (the degree to which it influences the receptor to generate a cellular response), the function of second messenger systems, and homeostatic processes that tend to counter drug effects. Different drugs have different effects at the receptor.
Another variable in drug binding that is particularly relevant to drugs such as antidepressants is that of time: acute effects may be different from chronic effects. This occurs because initial pharmacological effects at the receptor induce small changes that over time result in receptor adaptation.
In general, receptors for dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin are coupled to G-proteins as second messengers. The mechanisms by which drug-receptor binding ultimately triggers brain effects are complex. Signaling molecules other than G-proteins—Akt, glycogen synthase kinase-3, and β-arrestin 2—have been shown in recent years to be involved in the mechanism of action of antidepressants, lithium, and antipsychotics.6
Although elderly patients experience greater drug effects than younger patients, the reason is not always clear. The differences in drug responses can be attributed either to different baselines or to different sensitivities.7 Baseline differences in postural sway (the elderly have more sway than younger patients), for example, might account for the increased risk of falling with benzodiazepine use in the elderly. It may be that for those with a "normal" amount of postural sway (old or young) at baseline, these drugs are safe.
Another factor in differing drug responses among the elderly for certain psychotropic drugs is the reduced function of the Pgp pump with aging. The EC50 of a drug is the (effective) concentration of that drug that yields a half-maximal response. The value of EC50 for any drug is determined systemically, not in the CNS. When the elderly are found to have a lower EC50 than younger patients for a particular psychotropic drug, is that because of increased brain "sensitivity" to the drug or because of a relatively higher concentration of the drug in the CNS?
When increased sensitivity is actually demonstrated, it may be attributed to the fact that the elderly use an ever-greater proportion of reserves (eg, cognitive, motor) as they age, so that fewer reserves are available to offset a perturbation. For example, the elderly are at increased risk for orthostasis as an adverse drug effect.
Drug interactions
Drug interactions are more frequent in elderly patients because more medications are taken. In addition, drug interactions may be more serious because of insufficient physiological reserves. When new medications are started or stopped in elderly patients, it is very important to take note of potential interactions with other drugs or foods.
Drug interactions may be pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic. Pharmacokinetic interactions may involve any of the phases of drug processing, although the most important and numerous relate to drug metabolism. An example of a drug interaction influencing drug absorption is the effect of an oral antacid on absorption of an antipsychotic or a benzodiazepine. The combination results in a slowing of the rate of absorption, and adverse effects are not seen as quickly. Interactions relating to drug metabolism are mediated largely by CYP450 and UGT enzyme systems. The various actions of the Pgp pump can interact with drug distribution. Introducing a low-sodium diet to a patient receiving lithium results in competition for excretion and may cause lithium levels to rise.
Pharmacodynamic interactions are numerous and involve both receptor binding effects (eg, antipsychotics given with dopamine agonists), complex remote effects (eg, SSRIs inhibiting platelet function when given with warfarin, causing significant bleeding), and additive effects (eg, MAOIs and SSRIs causing serotonin syndrome).
Note: This article was originally published as a CME in the January 2013 issue of Psychiatric Times. Portions of it may have since been updated.
Sandra Jacobson, MD, has no disclosures to report.
James M. Ellison, MD, (peer/content reviewer) has disclosed that he received research support from Eli Lilly and Company.
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2. Bartels AL, Kortekaas R, Bart J, et al. Blood-brain barrier P-glycoprotein function decreases in specific brain regions with aging: a possible role in progressive neurodegeneration. Neurobiol Aging. 2009;30:1818-1824.
3. Greenblatt DJ, Sellers EM, Shader RI. Drug therapy: drug disposition in old age. N Engl J Med. 1982;306:1081-1088.
4. Thompson TL 2nd, Moran MG, Nies AS. Drug therapy: psychotropic drug use in the elderly: Part 1. N Engl J Med. 1983;308:134-138.
5. Wynn GH, Oesterheld JR, Cozza KL, Armstrong SC. Clinical Manual of Drug Interaction Principles for Medical Practice. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc; 2009.
6. Beaulieu JM, Gainetdinov RR, Caron MG. Akt/GSK3 signaling in the action of psychotropic drugs. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2009;49:327-347.
7. Bowie MW, Slattum PW. Pharmacodynamics in older adults: a review. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2007;5:263-303.
8. Jacobson SA, Pies RW, Katz IR. Clinical Manual of Geriatric Psychopharmacology. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc; 2007.
9. Oesterheld J. P-glycoprotein (PGP) table—the effect of drugs and foods. http://www.genemedrx.com/PGPtable.php. Accessed December 18, 2012.
10. Flockhart DA. P450 Drug interaction table: abbreviated "clinically relevant" table. http://medicine.iupui.edu/clinpharm/ddis/ClinicalTable.aspx. Accessed December 18, 2012.


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She started taking riding lessons when she was in the sixth grade, once she was able to save up enough money to pay for them herself.
"[Horses] were just my thing, I guess," she said, "and when I started babysitting I was able to start paying for my own lessons."
For a time, Kilcullen was a professional horse trainer who went to multiple horse shows and also gave riding lessons, she says. Today, she keeps her own horses on a five-acre farmette outside Kirkland where she lives with her husband, Vince, and their three children, Nikki, 14, Ty, 12, and Brooke, 10, who attend Hiawatha schools.
Until this week, there were three horses on the property. But while she was on her lunch break Monday, Michelle came across an ad for a horse for sale in Minnesota that showed obvious signs of neglect. The horse looked thin, the owner said in the ad he had a bad back. The horse had a thick coat of brown "winter hair" – a natural defense against the cold.
"Even through that thick winter hair you could see ribs, hip bones, notches on his back of his vertebrae, sunken face, that was evident just in the picture," Michelle said.
Michelle tried to find someone in the area who might be willing to take the horse, but within about two hours she'd made up her mind: She would take the next day off work, drive to Minnesota and bring that horse back with her.
"You can tell when there's somebody whose horse needs to go away from them," Michelle said. "From the picture you could tell just how bad this horse was, in a picture they never look as bad as they are."
Vince was able to get the day off as well, and together they made the five-hour drive towing a small horse trailer she borrowed from a friend, Mary Jo Downen. The owner didn't leave work to meet them, but allowed them to come onto the property to get the horse, she said.
"Once you get on site and can see him it's worse because they look worse in person," Michelle said. "It's like a skeleton that you hung a cowhide over walking over to greet you."
The horse looked sullen. When he saw Michelle and Vince approaching, he managed only a few tentative steps forward. He had only a small shed for shelter, and Michelle said there was no evidence he had food or water available, although it looked like someone had sprinkled some grain in the pasture before their arrival.
"I believe he was standing in that shed pretty much waiting to die," Michelle said. "Just walking from the pasture to the driveway was … all he could take. He collapsed.
"It took a lot to get him back up. Luckily he realized we were there to help him."
They paid $100 for the horse and left quickly.
The drive home took 6½ hours, and it was tense, as they worried the horse wouldn't survive the trip. They put wraps on his legs, covered him in blankets to keep him warm and made frequent stops to give him more water and make sure he had enough hay.
The horse did survive. Michelle was able to find and contact the horse's previous owner, who told her that the horse was a 12-year-old Arabian. The Kilcullens have named him "Milo" and have already begun the process of nursing him back to health.
This isn't the first horse rescue project Michelle and her family have undertaken. They usually end in her finding the rehabilitated horses a new home.
"I try to home them with people that I know, or kids that are in 4-H that have interest in the horse's well-being who might not be able to afford a horse, but probably live on a farm," she said.
The animals can live for 30 years or more with proper care and feeding, so Milo should have some good years ahead of him. But it will be a while before Milo is fit for a new home, Michelle said. He needs to gain weight, get acclimated to a normal diet, have his teeth examined and put on a de-worming program before he can even be trained to hold a saddle and rider.
In the meantime, Milo will be staying in Kirkland with the Kilcullens and their three other horses, Dylan, a 17-year-old brown and white painted horse, Ozark, a 3-year-old brown-and-white painted, and Calvin, a 20-year-old black "appendix," which is what they call cross between a quarterhorse and a thoroughbred.
Luckily for horses in Northern Illinois, there are locally based organizations that care about the welfare of horses. The Woodstock-based Hooved Animal Humane Society (www.hahs.org) and Hooved Animal Rescue and Protection Society (www.harpsonline.org) in Barrington Hills both work to protect and rescue horses, including those in our area. In other areas, people like Michelle often have to take it upon themselves to rescue animals they feel are endangered.
"Stuff like this, really it gets me," Michelle said. "I don't like to see people harm anybody, but kids and animals especially.
"Animals can't go anywhere for help."
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It seems to me that the year ahead is filled with promise, in no small part because of all the new people who have taken on new leadership roles recently. In 2013, John Rey was elected mayor of DeKalb; Douglas Baker was hired as the 12th president at Northern Illinois University, and voters elected several new faces to local boards and councils.
Just this week, Anne Marie Gaura took over as the new city manager in DeKalb.
At the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner on Thursday at the new Faranda's Banquet Hall (which looks great, by the way) some speakers had similar thoughts.
Mike Larson made note of it as well. Larson is a past Chamber board chairman who was inducted into the chamber's hall of fame Thursday along with Michael Embrey, Carme Gregory, Tom Smith, and the late Bob Brown Sr.
" We're right on the verge of starting a new era," Larson said. "So let's go after it in 2014."
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is gearing up for a tough re-election fight next year in Kentucky.
He wants to prevent one, too.
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The strategy seems to be working, so far. No serious Republican opponent has emerged. Democrats haven't fielded a candidate yet, though Judd, a Kentucky native who lives in Tennessee, is considering a run. She would have to re-establish a residence in Kentucky before she could challenge McConnell.
The lack of an opponent hasn't kept McConnell from sounding an alarm over his potential vulnerability. It's a tactic rooted in reality and intended to help raise money.
"We know that President Obama's allies in Washington are doing everything they can to find a candidate to run against me in a primary or a general election," McConnell said in a statement to The Associated Press. "They've made no secrets about their willingness to back anybody right, left, or center to get me out of their way."
Defeating McConnell would be the Democrats' biggest prize of the 2014 election.
His seat is one of 14 that Republicans are defending while Democrats try to hold onto 21, hoping to retain or add to their 55-45 edge.
The 71-year-old McConnell, first elected to the Senate in 1984, is a resilient politician with an unbroken string of victories and a reputation of pummeling opponents. He's taking no chances even with an election more than a year away.
He has amassed a hefty bank account, with $7.4 million on hand of the $10 million he's already raised, mostly from out-of-state donors. That's a huge amount in Kentucky, where TV advertising rates are less expensive than elsewhere.
Given his leadership post and fundraising prowess, McConnell could double that as the election nears.
He spent more than $20 million in 2008 and won by just 6 percentage points over Louisville businessman Bruce Lunsford. This time, he'll probably need as much as he can collect. Polls show that McConnell is widely unpopular in the state, and Democratic-leaning groups have started running ads against him.
To endear himself to voters, McConnell has promoted his efforts to protect jobs in Kentucky. In doing so, he has sent them a not-so-subtle message that his clout as Republican leader is reason enough to give him a sixth term.
Factory representatives have credited him with helping preserve some 3,000 Kentucky jobs last year alone. Many were in small sewing factories that were at risk of losing federal military contracts. A deal he brokered with Energy Secretary Steven Chu saved 1,200 jobs at the Paducah gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment plant.
The longest-serving senator in Kentucky history has presided over a GOP revival in the state over the past three decades. Republicans hold both Senate seats and five of the state's six seats in the U.S. House. All were won with help from McConnell, who may not look the part of a political powerhouse but whose keen instincts have kept him at the top.
The chairman of Kentucky's Democratic Party, Dan Logsdon, says McConnell's longevity will be a critical issue. "He's become a part of Washington, and Kentuckians all across our commonwealth have said it's time to make a change," Logsdon says.
McConnell counters: "I have no sense of entitlement about representing Kentucky. Kentuckians always choose the person who earns their support."
As the face of the Republican establishment, McConnell saw his standing in the state threatened during the 2010 elections when his chosen candidate for a vacant Senate seat, then-Secretary of State Trey Grayson, lost to tea party-backed Rand Paul in a primary campaign that pitted the old guard in the GOP against a new band of insurgents.
McConnell's answer to bridging those divisions and, perhaps, insulate himself from a primary challenge was to form strong tea party ties himself.
He quickly mended fences after Paul won the GOP nomination, and helped Paul raise money and develop strategy for the general election. The two have had a relationship of tolerance on Capitol Hill.
The tea party leader praised McConnell as a friend before hundreds of tea party activists last year on the Statehouse steps, and McConnell drew cheers. McConnell has recruited Paul's former campaign manager, Jesse Benton, to lead his own re-election effort.
The moves signaled that potential tea party opponents should stand down even if they still disagree with McConnell.
He agitated tea party activists anew when he joined with Vice President Joe Biden late last year to work out a compromise on the "fiscal cliff," which threatened automatic tax increases and spending cuts. One of those activists, David Adams of Nicholasville, said that deal "is just more smoke and mirrors from someone who has a decades-long track record of mostly smoke and mirrors."
Despite grousing, Kentucky tea party groups have had little luck trying to recruit a strong primary challenger. At least two businessmen with tea party ties, John Kemper of Lexington and Matt Bevin of Louisville, are considering runs.
Beyond any primary, McConnell also is taunting would-be Democratic challengers in a comical online video intended to raise second thoughts about taking on a politicians known as brawler. Never hugely popular with his constituents, McConnell has managed to win elections by making his opponents even more unpopular.
The video shows Judd, who has a home in the Nashville, Tenn., suburbs, saying "Tennessee is home" and that San Francisco is "my American city home." It also shows some of Kentucky's leading Democrats, including Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, Attorney General Jack Conway and Auditor Adam Edelen, saying they won't run against McConnell.
Republican-leaning group American Crossroads is assailing Judd in its own online video that plays up the fact that she lives in Tennessee, and that she campaigned for President Barack Obama, who is unpopular in Kentucky.
Judd has been discussing the prospects of challenging McConnell with Democratic leaders, including Gov. Steve Beshear. Her interest has other Democrats sitting on the sidelines until she makes a decision. She has kept silent in the face of the early attack, as has the state Democratic Party.
McConnell said in a national broadcast interview Sunday that he expected "a spirited race. And of course there are a lot of left-wingers around the country who believe that the 2014 Senate race in Kentucky is the only race of national significance. And they would love to take out the Republican leader of the Senate. We'll be ready for them."
Asked specifically about Judd, McConnell said on CNN's "State of the Union" that "we'll see who they nominate and we'll be happy to run against whomever is chosen."
Republican strategist Larry Forgy, a Lexington lawyer and former gubernatorial candidate, said it appears McConnell and his allies are giving Judd a taste of what she'd face as a candidate — a barrage of attack ads playing nonstop for months.
"They figure she's not thick-skinned, that she won't put up with this, that she'll see they'll say everything in the world," Forgy said. "Mitch McConnell is not afraid of her, because she's just not politically positioned in this state philosophically to beat him. But he'd rather run against nobody."


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Barnes & Noble teaming up with Nashua schools to create classroom librariesBY BARBARA TAORMINA
Union Leader Correspondent
September 10. 2013 9:22PM
NASHUA — Local schools are teaming up with Barnes & Noble to give literacy a boost by creating individual classroom libraries in elementary schools throughout the district.
Superintendent Mark Conrad has repeatedly made the case that one of the first steps in inspiring kids to become lifelong, independent readers is to get books into their hands. Individual classroom libraries give kids a chance to read early, and often.
Since the school budget didn't include the funding to create 320 individual classroom libraries, Conrad and Stacy Hynes, who heads up grants and community development for the school district, enlisted the help of Barnes & Noble to launch a yearlong community fundraising campaign to provide 6,400 books for the libraries. And there are several different ways for people to get on board with the project.
Over the course of the school year, Barnes & Noble will host a book fair for each school. Amherst Elementary will kick off the scheduled fairs during the first two weeks of October.
Barnes & Noble Manager Jennifer Wagner said participants at the fair register at the store. A portion of money shoppers spend on books will be used to provide a gift card to teachers who can then buy books for the classroom libraries.
During the book fairs, customers can also purchase books from a list and donate them directly to the schools.
"It's almost like a double dip," said Wagner. "Even a portion of the proceeds from those donated books will go back to the teachers."
For Board of Education Chairman Robert Hallowell, holding book fairs at Barnes & Noble offers kids the chance to roam through stacks of books and discover something that grabs their interest.
"There's nothing like wandering around a bookstore and finding a book you didn't know existed," he said.
In addition to the book fairs, Barnes & Noble has selected the Nashua School District as the recipient of the store's Holiday Non-Profit Book Drive. From Nov. 1 through Jan. 1, books for the classroom libraries will be displayed at store registers. As customers pay for purchases, store staff will invite them to participate in the book drive by buying and donating a book to the schools.
Although adults may want to donate favorite books they remember from their own childhoods, Wagner said teachers already created lists with carefully selected titles.
"The books they have chosen are in line with the Common Core standards and are for different grade levels," said Wagner. "Not every book is appropriate ."
Throughout the year, school book fairs will be announced through the school e-news and publicized through notices at the bookstore.
As a mom of an 8-year-old reader and someone who is in the book business, Wagner said the classroom libraries are a great project that she believes will help encourage kids to read.
"It's huge, and it's very exciting," she said.


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A Heroine in Defense of Nature
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson
Late in the summer of 1962 President John F. Kennedy held a press conference that Rachel Carson's most recent biographer, William Souder, claims brought "something new" into the world. Amid weighty discussions of Supreme Court justices, Soviet intentions at the UN, and news of increased Soviet shipping to Cuba, the president fielded a rather unusual question about pesticide use and whether government agencies would look into it. He replied:
Yes, and I know that they already are. I think, particularly, of course, since Miss Carson's book….
A few weeks later, as the Cuban missile crisis unfolded, Silent Spring began its climb to the top of the New York Times best-seller list. The long fight to control the use of pesticides had begun. There was a significant victory in 1972, when DDT, which had been found to pollute the atmosphere and soil while entering the food chain and helping to cause death by cancer, diabetes, and other diseases, was banned in the US. Other less dangerous pesticides continue to be used in great quantities in the US, often for the benefit of lawns and flower gardens. Significant health concerns, especially in children, result from such uses, prompting the province of Ontario, Canada, to ban these pesticides in 2009. In 2012 a review in British Columbia recommended tighter restrictions on their use, while a ban is under discussion in Manitoba. In developing countries the use of pesticides continues largely unregulated; around a million human victims still suffer acute poisoning annually.
September 2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring (in his August press conference Kennedy was referring to advance extracts of the book published in The New Yorker). It's a fitting moment to review Carson's achievements, and Souder's new biography provides an excellent starting point. He argues that Silent Spring marks the birth of the "bitterly divisive" concept of environmentalism. Before it, environmental politics was characterized, he says, by the "gentle, optimistic proposition called 'conservation,'" which concerns the wise use of resources and has broad appeal across the political spectrum. Environmentalism, in contrast, can be politically polarizing because it involves a clash with vested interests. The president's remarks at his 1962 press conference are especially important for Souder because he believes they initiated a conflict within the US government, between those who sided with pesticide manufacturers such as Ciba and those concerned about the destructive uses of widespread aerial spraying of dangerous chemicals.
Arguably, the greatest casualty of this conflict was Rachel Carson herself. She would be falsely labeled a Communist by her enemies, and investigated by the FBI. The chemical industry and its allies spread lies about her—such as that her research was tainted, and that she wished to ban pesticides entirely—that would persist long after her untimely death in 1964. In fact, she advocated sensible uses…
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SEABROOK — A U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission report claims an "organizational mindset" is one reason why the degradation of structural concrete in what may amount to more than 130 locations at the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant went undetected for so long.
SEABROOK — A U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission report claims an "organizational mindset" is one reason why the degradation of structural concrete in what may amount to more than 130 locations at the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant went undetected for so long.
"This … 'mindset' prevented a more timely and thorough investigation and examination of the effected concrete reinforced structures on site," the report dated Dec. 3 states. This mindset was "that groundwater infiltration was more of an 'operational nuisance' than a structural integrity concern."
This infiltration caused damp conditions in many plant structures. It has been cited as the cause of a reaction in the concrete used to build the structures, known as alkali-silica reaction, or ASR, that can change the physical properties of the concrete and, potentially, affect structural performance.
While plant officials confirmed the nuclear plant, built in the Seabrook marsh, has been experiencing groundwater infiltration since its construction in the 1970s, it took until 2009 for plant officials to identify potential degradation in some below-grade concrete structures. That discovery, made the year before a request to extend the operating license of the plant until 2050, has now extended the timeframe for granting that license extension and prompted increased oversight by the NRC.
While plant personnel included this cause in a Root Cause Evaluation of the degradation prepared for the NRC in May, the inspection team noted it was not mentioned in the RCE's evaluation summary. NextEra-Seabrook, operators of the plant, agreed to include this information in a revised RCE to be submitted soon.
The report and RCE also indicated another cause of the existing degradation was that "the monitoring program for plant systems and structures does not contain a process for periodic reassessment of failure modes."
While the NRC report concluded the affected "structures were suitable for continued service," it stated a final assessment of the "operability" of those structures would not be made until a proposed "large scale testing program" is completed. That testing is being conducted by a structural engineering lab in Texas and is scheduled to be completed next year with results to be reported in 2014.
"Given the current known extent of ASR, there is reasonable expectation that the affected reinforced concrete structures at Seabrook Station will remain capable of performing their intended functions while NextEra continues to monitor the condition and complete detailed testing and further engineering analysis," the report stated.
NextEra's reporting initially addressed five plant structures thought to have been impacted by ASR. They were the containment building that encloses the plant's nuclear reactor, a tunnel through which the radiologically controlled areas of the plant are accessed, a pump house used in emergencies to pump water into the reactor to cool it, the vault in which the equipment that removes residual heat from the reactor is kept and the building that houses the emergency diesel generators, which supply electricity to plant safety systems when outside power is lost. All are considered important safety related structures.
In addition, NextEra identified cracking, potentially caused by ASR, in 11 other structures, including the waste processing building and the building in which nuclear fuel is stored. Work to determine ASR deterioration in other areas is continuing based on cracking found elsewhere, the report indicates.
"The ASR walk-downs identified 131 locations with some level of pattern cracking (which is the result of the chemical reaction)," the report states. "Of the 131 localized areas, 26 exceeded the initial screen criteria (for lengths of the cracks)."
The full extent and effect of the ASR at the Seabrook plant remains unknown at this time, the report concludes.
"The (NRC inspection) team confirmed that NextEra's position is that all reinforced concrete structures on site are susceptible to ASR, dependent upon the exposure to moisture," the NRC report states. "NextEra does not intend to exclude any structure from ASR monitoring without confirmation (via advanced testing) that ASR is nonexistent."
NRC staff will hold a meeting and open house Tuesday, Dec. 11 to update the public on its ongoing reviews of concrete degradation at the plant. The open house is from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., at the One Liberty Lane Conference Center, at 1 Liberty Lane East in Hampton. A public meeting will follow at 7 p.m., when NRC staff will provide a presentation on the reviews and take questions from audience members.


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BRANDON — The Otter Valley Union School Board has approved a $10,542,068 spending plan for the 2013-2014 fiscal year that represents a 2.3 percent increase. Officials attributed the marginal increase to some creative shifting of personnel and the possible use of a reserve fund for computer equipment.
The proposed budget amounts to a $209,518 increase over the current year's spending plan.


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Scout team quarterback Michael Vick got two onehanded catches from rookie wideout Brandon Gibson yesterday, Gibson mimicking Marques Colston for the defense.
"Let's hope that once he gets out there in the game, he'll make the same kind of catches, and I think he will," Vick said.
"It feels good to be out there," said Vick, taken off the exempt list Tuesday. Vick, who will be eligible to play next week against Kansas City, could not practice with the team when he was on that list. "Get my legs back up under me, keep my mind fresh in football and in this offense I'm just happy -- I'm a football player, this is a great feeling for me ... My body has done a good job of responding to the conditioning and the beating I've put on it the last three or four weeks. I'm just excited."
The only development out of practice was that starting defensive end Victor Abiamiri left about midway through after experiencing groin discomfort, the Eagles said. Abiamiri did not want to discuss the matter. He seemed to be moving normally, though.
Agent Jim Ivler confirmed to your Eagletarian this morning that WR Hank Baskett "is on his way to Indy to sign with the Colts." Baskett was released by the Eagles Tuesday and then cleared waivers yesterday, making him a free agent. Baskett was scheduled to make $1.5 million.
A little surprising that neither John Harbaugh in Baltimore or Steve Spagnuolo in St. Louis jumped in to make a waiver claim; guess the money was high for a backup-type. Indy is a perfect fit for Hank and his bride, Kendra. Mrs. Baskett just radiates that wholesome midwestern charm.
Also a little surprising was that the Eagles cut Baskett instead of Reggie Brown (unless you factor in the cap hit the Eagles would have taken for cutting Brown). Brown didn't sound to thrilled Thursday to have moved up to No. 5 or No. 6 on the wideout depth chart, instead of getting released, so he could cut a deal someplace where he might really play.
"You just try to stay positive. You try as hard as you can, and you keep working hard," Brown said. "Even a rose can grow out of piles of bull(spit). Why can't I?"
Or, as Stephen Stills once wrote, after evoking a similar "rose" image: "Don't be angry, don't be sad,
Don't sit cryin' over good things you've had."
Doubtful Reggie knows much about Stephen Stills, but he seemed to agree with the gist.
"I think they're going to give me a chance to play sooner or later. I'm going to go out there and try to do the best I can and help this team as much as possible, whether it's on special teams or anything," Brown said.
Will he be active this week?
"I don't know if I'm up, so I can't get excited yet," he said.
Asked if he wished he could have gone elsewhere, the 2005 second-round pick said "I just want to play. I think I'll get an opportunity to play here, and make the best of it ... I've been dealing with (not playing) since last year ... I can't sit around and hope and wish. I just gotta go out there and make something happen."
Is it a compliment that the team released Baskett and kept Brown?.
"A compliment? I'm still not playing. I don't see how you can see that as a compliment," he said.
Brown suggested reporters who wanted to know if he is playing this week should ask Eagles coach Andy Reid.
"I'm just as lost as you guys, he said.
Love the one you're with, Reggie.
Left guard Todd Herremans said that right now, he expects to be wheeling his repaired left foot around on that little cart for three more weeks. So if all goes super-well, he might get back in the lineup a few weeks after the Birds' bye.
"I want to shoot for the first Washington game (Oct. 26) so I can make all the divisional games," said Herremans, who suffered what the team initially called a "stress reaction" during workouts at Lehigh. MRIs eventually showed it as a stress fracture.
Nick Cole seems to be a reasonably good sub for Herremans, but Herremans' ability to slide outside and play tackle could come in handy, with Shawn Andrews down for the season.
"Winston (Justice) is doing a great job" subbing for Andrews, Herremans said. "I'm proud of him. I just want to get back and play guard right now."
The Saints rested a lot of banged-up players Wednesday, including cornerback Tracy Porter (knee), tight end Jeremy Shockey (heel/ankle), offensive tackle Jermon Bushrod (ankle) and defensive tackle Kendrick Clancy (knee), Brian Alle-Walsh, of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, reports. Tight end Darnell Dinkins (foot) and offensive tackle Jammal Brown (hip) also did not practice. Safety Roman Harper (hamstring) was limited.
Tailback Pierre Thomas (knee) did get back on the field for the first time, going through a full practice while wearing a heavy brace. Thomas said he is determined to play against the Eagles, but he the decision will be up to the coaching staff.
Porter said he also hopes to play, but said he'll leave it up to the coaches and trainers. If he can't go, veteran Randall Gay and rookie Malcolm Jenkins both would likely move up one notch on the depth chart.
Shockey didn't get into specifics about his injury, which he suffered in practice last week. But he gave a thumbs-up sign and said, "I'm walking."
Former Eagles quarterback A.J. Feeley has been working overtime since landing in Carolina, trying to learn the Panthers' offense, saying he was experiencing information overload.
"It's a big change, but a welcome one," Feeley told the Panthers Web site Wednesday. "The way it went down in Philadelphia was a little strange."
Feeley was released at the final roster cutdown, which seemed destined to happen once Michael Vick was signed. He then waited for his opportunity. Several teams called, including the Eagles, but Feeley said Carolina was the best fit.
"Just long-term, possibly, for me and where my career is," he said. "Looking at that, and seeing that the writing was on the wall with Philadelphia and I love those guys a lot and I love the place, but it's time to move on."
Former Eagles safety Brian Dawkins missed practice Wednesday with a hand injury, but his coach and teammates in Denver are already raving abot his skills and leadership after only one game.
"He brings an intensity to the game, even in practices," linebacker Mario Haggan said. "When you hear a guy like him speak, if you're not ready to play, you don't have a heart."
"The way that guy runs around the field, he saved a bunch of yards (Sunday) with open-field tackles," coach Josh McDaniels said. "And his energy and leadership on the sideline is as good as any player I've ever seen."
Said Dawkins: "I'm a blessed and anointed man to do what I do, and I don't take it for granted. I love what I do. It's an opportunity for me to go out and have a great time. People come to the game to have a great time. I go to the game to have a great time, so I'm not going to allow anything to deter me from that."


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I was asked how to create wave texture background that I made for one of my wallpapers. I wrote this tutorial from my answer because it might be useful for someone else. So, to start, we need horizontal stripes background. For that, we need a stripe pattern. Create new document with 4 pixels height (you can also try different size).
Select Pencil tool, 1px size, and draw line on bottom of image.
Go to Edit menu - Define Pattern. Click OK to create new pattern.
You can close this document now. Create new document, with width and height that you need. Fill with solid color (blue in this example).
Create new layer (Layer menu - New - Layer). Go to Edit menu - Fill... From Use list, select Pattern, then open Custom pattern list, and select last one (the one that you just saved). Click OK.
The layer will be filled with stripes.
Go to Filter menu - Distort - Wave. Tweak settings until you like the result. In this example, I set number of generators = 1, wavelength = 40 (min and max), amplitude = 4 (min and max).
Our stripes are now waves!
The wave pattern is too sharp now, we need to soften it a bit. Go to Filter menu - Blur - Gaussian Blur, set Radius to 1px.
If the pattern looks too blurred now, go to Edit menu - Fade and adjust the blur effect. I found 60% looks good.
To make the background more interesting, let's add some rust look to it. Create new layer, then switch to Brush tool, select the brush shown in this screenshot.
Fill entire layer with short chaotic strokes (black color).
Create another new layer, set color to white, and repeat.
Finally, set these 2 layers blend mode = Overlay and opacity = 20-30%. That's all!
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At first, he dabbled in Pre-Raphaelitism but he began to exhibit neo classical work from the 1860s and it is his work in this vein for which he is best known. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1867 and 1893, and at the Society of British Artists in Sussex Street.
Moore painted classical subjects in the 1860s and his later work consists almost entirely of Grecian figures carefully posed in an elaborate design. His prime interest was not in subject matter, but in colour, and he made careful studies, drawings and colour sketches for every figure in his pictures, first nude and then draped.
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Fish Farms
The aquaculture industry releases a variety of pollutants into marine environments, including butyltins used as anti-foulants on cages and fish waste.
Vast quantities of untreated waste collect underneath fish farm cages and form a dense concentration of decaying matter, choking the seabed and contaminating the water.
Since fish farms are located in sheltered areas, there is less movement of water to flush the wastes, resulting in an increase of sewage-related bacteria and viruses.
Fish farms have also been shown to contribute to the problem of fish lice, a disease that has a negative impact on the survival rate of juvenile salmon stocks, a food source for many cetaceans.