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Love? (Solf J Kimblee love story) chpt 6To my friend audry................ Do not put anything in your mouth before you read this other wise you'll just choke from laughter!!!!!!!!!! I'm warning you..... if I find out that you died because you choked laughing on the internet I sware at your funeral all I will do is say "I told you so!!!:"
Kimblee's havinf a flash bk of his dear old friend!!!
Flash back~
He yelled as he grabbed my hand "Solf! You tattooed those symbols to your hands?! That's a mark against god!!" I didn't bother to look at him and just took my hand away "Don't talk nonsense. You know I don't believe in this god you speak of." Jake studdered then said "But... but... Errr! your taking this dark magic to seriously! Tattoes don't come off!!" I looked at him "Would yo stop yelling at me? I understand that you think my decision was unexceptable but it' my joice. there's nothing for me her as a norm of this village, I have to head to Central." He sighed and said "Oh, man. I wish you wouldn't go though. Anyways, at least you'll be happy with what I got you as a present." I looked at him with interest "What'd you get me?" He shook his head "Not telling. Not till tomorrow." i patted his shoulder and said "Hey, drink water and you won't have another nightmare." I climbed up on the window sill "Where are you going, Solf?" I smirked "Out." I jumped off the sill and into town...
Kimblee point of view~
The usual grin on my face faded from my face as I thought about that kid "Jake". I sighed and looked at my watch, it was getting late so I shook Diana and then stood up.
Normal point of view~
I stood up and said "Sorry, I usually don't go to bed this late." He seemed not to have a smirjk on his face like something was bothering him, I walked backwards so I could talk to him and said "Jeez, don't get upset. Next time I promise I won't fall asleep on you jsut stop acting so serious, your starting to scare me." He shook his head "I'm not upset at you. I just... remembered something." I glanced at his sudden reaction to his own words amd then said 'Well, what is it?" He turned his head a little and said 'Let's just say it's personnal, okay?" I shrugged and began walking normally again. I snapped my finger and said with a dark grin "Hey, Kimblee." I looked at me oddly , I could see the gears in his head turning as he said "What?" I took out 40 gillrion (type of money) and said "How about a fight? I've been dying to know what your capable of and it would probably cheer you up if you actually won." He still looked at me oddly but replied "Hmm, fine. We are not battling for money though.... let's just battle and we will think of the consequences later, alright?" I was stupid enough to agree and then we shook hands tightly. Blue alchemy thin lightning spurted from our hands and we pushed each other away bouncing back to gain distance. I quickly pulled on my gloves and snapped my fingers, black lightning was in the palm of my hand and then I quickly threw it but missed and Kimblee jumped high in the air and clapped his hand and as he came down he slammed his hands to the concrete. The floor cracked and I jumped out of the way just in time to dodge his explosion. This went on repeativily for at least four and a half minutes. I was out of breath and had my hands in front of me in a defense position and said "This... is pointless... we shold have done hand... to hand..." He stood up straight and said "Hmph, I agree. We will just be wasting time and energy if we continue this way. We ran at each other with full speed, as our fists met at each other there was a loud crunch and we pulled back quickly. Kimblee went up for a kick to my upper side, I blocked it with my wrist and grabbed his wrist then flipped him over. Although he was a full grown man {I think} I still pinned him to the floor and said with a satisfying smile "I... won." Kimblee rolled his eyes at me "Please, you honestly think I go down that easy just because your a women?" He grabbed me and tossed me to the side as he jumped up to gain balance. I rolled on the ground and used a lamp post a launching pad and came at him again. As I came Kimblee grabbed my arms in the air then pushed me against a brick wall. He was so close to me that my legs couldn't move and his forehead was practically touching mine. I was pinned with no where to go, I "lost"! I blushed for a few moments and he just stared at me "Why are you turning red?" Someone had cleared their throat behind us to get our attention, we turned to see....
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Benoisey is situated in the Cote d'Or (Burgundy region) in the eastern-center of France at 56 km from Dijon, the department capital. (General information: Benoisey is 208 km from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Montbard at 7 km and Semur-en-Auxois at 11 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Benoisey. Note that all distances shown are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater.
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Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Benoisey and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the map below.
Grand sites of France Alesia (8km)
Heritage sites Fontenay Abbey (7km)
Most beautiful villages in France (see also beautiful French villages) Flavigny (12km); Noyers-sur-Serein (33km); Chateauneuf-en-Auxois (44km)
National Monuments Bussy-Rabutin Chateau (10km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour) Chatillon-sur-Seine (35km)
Regional Natural Parcs Morvan (40km)
Churches or other religious monuments Abbaye de Fontenay (Montbard) (7km); Basilique de Saint Andoche (Saulieu) (35km)
Remarkable gardens Potager du château de Lantilly (4km); Abbaye de Fontenay (7km); Jardin du moulin de Athie (11km); Parc de Saint-Léger (38km); Parc et jardin du château de Barbirey sur Ouche (45km); Jardin de la Chaux (45km); Abbaye de la Bussière (47km)
Sites of natural beauty Siège d'Alésia (9km)
Commune: Benoisey
Canton: Montbard
Arrondissement: Montbard
Department: Cote d'Or
Region: Burgundy
Postcode: 21500
from Dijon (prefecture): 56 km
from Paris: 208 km
from Calais: 418 km
from Nice: 485 km
from Bordeaux: 489 km
from Strasbourg: 273 km
Benoisey is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors drive from one of the channel ports such as Calais or Dunkirk, a drive of about 6 hours, or fly into one of the Paris airports and hire a car. For driving distances to Benoisey from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have found 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Benoisey): Champ-d'Oiseau, Courcelles-les-Montbard, Eringes, Fain-les-Montbard, Fontenay Abbey, Fresnes, Grignon, Lantilly, Marmagne, Menetreux-le-Pitois, Montbard, Montigny-Montfort, Seigny and Venarey-les-Laumes.
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So you have left your college town of paper thin walls and $6 all you can drink nights at the bar and have returned to your hometown by now.The first week has past and the nostalgia of drinking in all the familiar places from high school has quickly lost its appeal.Around 12:30 you get your 2nd pitcher at the local bar only to realize its just your three friends, the bartender and the creepy old guy who gets way too hammered, always misses a spot shaving and takes a bicycle home because he's had one too many dui's (this man is why you went to college by the way).After your short respite, you are coming up on your first week of your real summer plans.
Internships:This applies to all engineering, pre-law and business majors.You pretty much hate these guys because they make $14.50 an hour for reading collegehumor; however, they have taken a big step towards adulthood which clearly isn't what I want this summer, they have a desk and their own phone number.Seriously, they have a landline, who the hell does that anymore?
What you will end up doing in life:Making 150,000 a year doing something you hate, but you will have a membership to a yacht club and a trophy wife.You'll have two kids who will grow up to be just like you, also you cheat on your wife with a 10 year younger version of her.
Study Abroad:Wow, fuck these guys even harder than the engineering majors.This is reserved for all of your friends whose parents have "vice-president," "investment banker" or "moneybags mcdouchebag" in their job title.This really is a free for all throughout various people attempting the rigorous course load of getting a minor in "insert foreign country studies."
What you will end up doing in life:This entirely depends on whether or not you come back from the foreign country with something you didn't leave with.(e.g. 1-hiv – you will probably end up wasting the rest in a van down by the river only after infecting your high school ex because well, when your hammered at 3 am, priorities really change. 2-dysentery-probably won't change you life, just wanted to throw in a jab at Stewart, common' man, you don't drink the water! 3- a child- who are we kidding, you get a bitch pregnant in a different country, that's not your problem!
Waiting Tables:In high school this field was pretty much open to all, but after a few years of education you quickly learn that only those pursuing degrees in theatre or music are capable of truly providing the service required at a fine dining establishment.
What you will end up doing in life: Waiting tables.
Selling Drugs:As far as college students go, most people who sell drugs don't need the money.There is a good chance they are doing it simply to support their habit (hey man, 125 an 8-ball ain't cheap).This is someone who is good to have as a friend but giving him a fake name is a plus.
What they will end up doing in life: 10-20.
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In Historic Call, Obama and Iranian Leader TalkBy Alexis Simendinger, Real Clear Politics
President Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani agreed during a historic telephone conversation Friday to move "with a sense of urgency," and with allies, to reach a negotiated agreement on Iran's nuclear program.Read more
Al-Shabab Shifts Focus From Territory To TerrorismBy Tom Gjelten, NPR
Al-Shabab has been around for years as a militia group fighting for territory in Somalia.
When al-Shabab militants, dressed in casual clothes, turned up in a ritzy shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, last weekend and gunned down men, women and children, the group shifted from an insurgent movement to a terrorist organization.Read more
Politics Strategic Command No. 2 Suspension Linked to Probe of Counterfeit Poker ChipsWith Martha Raddatz, ABC News Watch more
Government Heads Toward ShutdownBy Janet Hook and Kristina Peterson, Wall Street Journal
The nation braced for a partial shutdown of the federal government, as time for Congress to pass a budget before a Monday midnight deadline grew perilously short and lawmakers gave no signs Sunday they were moving toward a resolution.
Leaders of both parties said they wanted to avoid the first federal closure since 1996, but their public appearances seemed aimed more at affixing blame for the impasse.Read more
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NSA Chief Deflects Tracking QuestionsBy Kimberly Dozier, Associated Press
The nation's top intelligence official sidestepped questions Thursday from a senator about whether the National Security Agency has ever used Americans' cellphone signals to collect information on their whereabouts that would allow tracking of the movements of individual callers.Read more
Positive Spin on Iran Nuclear Talks Faces Test Next MonthBy Indira A.R. Lakshmanan & Kambiz Foroohar, Bloomberg News
Foreign ministers from the U.S. and five other powers met with Iran's top diplomat to see whether the Islamic Republic's new administration is serious about resolving disputes over its nuclear program.Read more
The Medium Is (Most of) the MessageBy John Dickerson, Slate Magazine
On Oct. 1 Americans will begin to sign up for health care plans as part of the Affordable Care Act. Despite all the efforts to sell Obamacare, a majority of Americans are still fearing the day. According to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll, 51 percent of Americans disapprove of the health care law and only 39 percent approve of it. Seventy-nine percent believe implementation will either not affect them or leave them worse off. On the eve of this long-fought-over moment—the day Obamacare takes affect—President Obama's best sales tool may come down to a website: healthcare.gov.Read more
Senate to Advance Stopgap BillBy John Dickerson, Slate Magazine
The Senate is on track to approve Friday a stopgap spending bill that sets Congress up for a weekend of partisan jockeying to resolve a shutdown threat before Monday's deadline.Read more
Cruz, Corker Clash on Senate FloorBy Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post
The months-long divide in ideology and tactics splintering Senate Republicans was laid bare on the Senate floor Thursday in an incredibly rare, heated exchange between three senators.Read more
Why Do We Even Have a Debt Ceiling?With Karen Tumulty, Washington Post Watch more
Sep 26, 2013
Another Clinton presidential campaign?By Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
So, will Hillary Rodham Clinton run for president?
In an interview with New York Magazine published this week, the former secretary of State acknowledged that she's wrestling with the idea but still needs time "to weigh what the factors are" before "making a decision one way or the other."Read more
Justice Department Pushes New Thinking On Kids And CrimeBy Carrie Johnson, NPR
For a man who spent the bulk of his career as a public defender, Robert Listenbee's new role walking around the halls of the U.S. Justice Department may not be the most comfortable fit.
But Listenbee, who became earlier this year, says his transition has been smooth. And besides, he says, he couldn't resist the "extraordinary opportunity."Read more
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It was the first project to be partially supported with the city's LB840 economic development fund, and many were eager to see what type of return the city would get on that investment.
The City Council received a report from local economic development officials last night on Premiere Point, which used to be a big empty lot at the corner of Riverside Boulevard and Benjamin Avenue.
The city's report revealed that Premiere's expansion allowed the company to keep 50 jobs locally, and create another 27 on top of that.
In addition, city officials say Premiere has invested about $3.2 million in renovating the property.
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text: Football World Cup 2014: Nigeria v Argentina – in pictures A goal-laden match at the Estádio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre, where the top two teams in Group F went head to head Jonny Weeks Wednesday 25 June 2014 12.02 EDT Share this article Share via Email Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Southern Brazil has been invaded by close to 100,000 Argentinians, who have been crossing the border in droves to watch their country's match against Nigeria in Porto Alegre. Here are some of them heading to the stadium Lionel Messi is depicted as a Saint, alongside Diego Maradona More of a homespun version, here, but still as effective: Messi the Redeemer Here's the man himself warming up. He's in the Argentina starting line-up which is unchanged Nigeria have made one change – Victor Moses is replaced by striker Michael Babatunde In the third minute, Messi lashes home from close range to give Argentina the lead after Di maria's initial shot had rebounded back off the post That's his third goal of this World Cup But Ahmed Musa draws Nigeria within sixty seconds during a swift breakaway move ... That shot was a beautifully swept beyond the keeper Nigeria's midfielder John Obi Mikel gets squashed Sergio Aguero is forced off with an injury ten minutes before the break Just before the break, Messi, who has already had one free-kick brilliantly saved, whips another one over the wall ... ... this time the keeper is outfoxed and Messi's shot finds the net! 2-1 to Argentina. Just two minutes into the second half, Musa bags his second goal of the match He looks every bit as delighted as he did with the first one But once again in this match, the team who've just scored are undone within minutes - this time Argentina's Marcos Rojo nets to make it 3-2 It's been a ding-dong clash thus far, but as things stand both sides have the luxury of knowing they will qualify for the knock-out stages as Bosnia are comfortably beating Iran in the group's other game Nigeria's goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama shares a laugh with Messi Messi is substituted with just under half an hour remaining and the game rather fizzles out thereafter It's job done for both sides - handshakes and hugs all round Topics World Cup 2014 World Cup Nigeria Argentina Lionel Messi Share this article Share via Email Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+


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My TIGHT PANTS made my HUGE iPHONE go all BENDY!
Re: Spot on, ElReg.
The BBC note that apart from being easily bent, previous iphones also produced an unwanted "purple flare effect".
I thought it was only dogs that ended up looking like their owners.
IT jargon is absolutely REAMED with sexual double-entendres
Re: Everything is an innuendo
Even innuendo is an innuendo, to an Italian.
How can I put this...? Innuendo?
Video: Dyson unveils ROBOTIC TANK that hoovers while you're out
Re: ... so the same as the Electrolux Trilobite then...
Dyson Airblade hand-dryer
Sounds better in a Glaswegian accent
"how's the earbleed technology getting on"
seriously I've never heard anything quite as loud, especially in the high frequencies, its easy for the hands to operate as whistles well into the 10's of kHz. It sounds to me a lot more damaging than the live performance SPL limits.
TRANSMUTATION claims US LENR company
Re: Transmutations are already here.
you should bother to do the "math" - look at my post earlier, the "8MeV per Oxygen atom" sure does add up, its the cost in energy terms of breaking it back down into protons.
It's worse even than my first calcualtions - there are 16 nucleons in Oxygen, so its 128MeV per atom - and if you do break it down in to Hydrogen, what do you do with all the neutrons?
Somebody's dropped a minus sign....
Oxygen transmuting to Hydrogen
This is worse than filing the corners off 50p's to get 10p's.
The binding energy per nucleon in Oxygen is 8MeV, for Hydrogen it is zero.
So, per gram of oxygen, or of hydrogen, you need 8M x e x Ea = 7.68 x 10^11 Joules
- or about 200kWh per gram, in money terms (at 10p per unit) £21,000.
The economics are, take 200kG of water plus 4 billion quid and you have 200kg of Hydrogen to sell.
Five Totally Believable Things Car Makers Must Do To Thwart Hackers
It's serious Jim...
I've had a fair bit to do with "infotainment" systems. The vehicle manufacturers don't really get hackability, even simple measures like reducing the attack surface are rejected in favour of functionality. One project demanded compatibility with over 60 varieties of photo/AV/container formats. Another response is simply "what can they do with it anyway", as though it would stop at mere annoyance. If there is a way to hack into the system there will be ways to monetise it, we just haven't seen them yet, though I could suggest ransomware, bogus service demands, premium phone services, contagion into connected smartphones, just as a kick-off.
As Charlie Cox would say, it's a nightmare in a bubble-car.
F1 racing ace Michael Schumacher's medical records were pinched
In other news...
The entire UK population's stolen "medical records" are being offered for sale. The management team of the rebranded National Health and Information Service has confirmed the theft of files and warned that neither the purchase nor publication of the documents would provoke a criminal complaint or a lawsuit.
Tor is '90 per cent of the net' claims City of London Police Commish – and he's dead wrong
Re: Hilarious
Ahh, the wonders of policy-based evidence.
We've seen the evidence now, let's guess what the incoming policy to support it might have been..??
One EURO PATENT COURT ruling for all from 'early 2015'
Nooooo !!
1) Herd all the European Patent Law into one stadium
2) Make it drink the cool-aid
3) Bring the EU and US systems "into line"
4) Increase the patent lifetime to 75 years
Makes 30 Trillion look like chickenshit.
Tesla's TOP SECRET gigafactories: Lithium to power world's vehicles? Let's do the sums
The commentard "bonkers"
Thanks you kindly for another authoritative piece.
You know all those resources we're about to run out of? No, we aren't
Re: Great Article.
I love this stuff, long been interested in the weirdo elements, Europium, the Erbium family, working out what these powdery grey metals are actually "for" .
Where else would you read that Hafnium is a by-product of Zirconium production?
Question though - what' s the Lithium situation really? Here seems to be one we might run short of. Can we have an numerate update Tim?
Chap rebuilds BBC Micro in JavaScript
thanks for that - I wasn't aware of Beebem, sounds simpler for what I want.
Have you all seen the Java simulation of the 6502 core? - it really is "right down to the metal" - you can see the instructions being decoded on the metal lines.
BBC hacks – tweet the crap out of the news, cries tech-dazzled Trust
why do DJ's use twitter?
so deaf people can hate them as well
Cuffing darknet-dwelling cyberscum is tricky. We'll 'disrupt' crims instead, warns top cop
Re: Edward Snowden?
Let us not forget the inherent security flaws that were built-in to the said protocols to facilitate access for the g-men, like the NSA "random number generator" - Dual_EC_DRBG.
Nor the fact that compromised encryption has been the only sort allowed for many years, and it is only a matter of time before the exploits become known first to the crims, then to the public cryptology community. (look at SAT solvers..)
~The fundamental issue centres around what citizens are permitted to do, and thus the effort needed to police them, and thus the degree of compromise built into their privacy.
We are not allowed to interfere with the governments and corporations through any sort of meaningful protest, instead we must watch the globalisation of, for instance, medicine (astra-zeneca-smithkline-beecham-etc-etc), the unbelievable abuse that is PFI, and too much more.
Legitimate contempt and protest must be suppressed or big money gets upset.
Shocking new low for SanDisk – 15nm flash chips rolling out its fabs
Re: too far?
If you worry about whether these new devices will work or not, don't...
We are already some way beyond even remote feasibility - the last lot used "a handful" of electrons (reckoned to be about 80) on the floating gate capacitance to store information for 40 years.
The new ones count these electrons into tens and give you three bits of information per cell.
.. and I thought I was bonkers...
Anatomy of OpenSSL's Heartbleed: Just four bytes trigger horror bug
I don't get it..
I'm wondering again how code gets written without bounds-checking, on "message length" parameters. It's not the first time is it?
Is the leaked data simply the junk that was in de-assigned memory? It looks kind of important stuff you might not want to write over - let alone send over the internet.
perhaps as a general rule, apart from the obvious bounds checking, one should clear all memory as it becomes (re-)assigned? - or better on de-assignment.
Perhaps generally these under-run or their over-run brethren should be detected and escalated as a general principle.
just suggesting, perhaps we could be a bit less crap at everything?
Cisco kicks off $300k Internet of Things security competition
Re: Give us your ideas, too
correction, a maximum of six winners shall be awarded a peanut, the rest of yours idea are all belong to us.
SkyMapper turns up oldest star ever found
Re: Timescale
Yes its a weird one this, I had to go and check the numbers - I was going to suggest that "time-of-flight" was where the other billions of years had gone, that's the normal answer to the very-old-stars-observed question.
Not in this case however, this star is only a few thousand light-years away, right next door on these billion light-year scales.
I wonder if it must be from an unusually sparse region of the universe that has not seen much if any star formation. Perhaps only relatively recently (in the last billion years) did this one have the mass to collapse into a star, accretion can be very slow if the primordial gas is thin enough. Is it a dinosaur born late?
The paper covers some more interesting theories, suggesting that all its neighbours must have self-immolated into black holes carrying all their iron etc with them - though normally even in the "full collapse" scenario a load of metals get spewed into space. The "gentle supernova" they propose sounds unlikely, even if it does then solve the Lithium problem.
UK spooks STILL won't release Bletchley Park secrets 70 years on
Re: That book is excellent...
thanks, I just ordered it on your recommendation.
Dusty old supernova could reveal answer to life, the universe and EVERYTHING
Re: A question for the astronomers
That's exactly what does happen, the "metallicity" of first-generation stars is zero - there are no elements heavier than Helium (astronomers consider oxygen and carbon to be metals).
The cinders from the first stars and a fresh supply of interstellar hydrogen make the second generation - and make more of them (there needs to be gain..) - and so on...
If you go several generations down this path then you get enough "metal"-rich junk to form planets etc.
I can see why the fundamentalists prefer their version of things... :-)
Post-BT crypto guru Schneier gets new gig at startup
I'll second that.
Sounds a good idea to move on from BT, their adverts suck...
Thanks again for all your clarity and good lick with the new venture.
sorry, luck...
Ten top tech toys to interface with a techie's Christmas stocking
Re: re: that's when Betty is on most channels...
You're quite right, sorry.
Keith and Brenda it is.
FWIW, Charles and Diana were Brian and Cheryl.
Its funny how the nicknames fit them all much better...
Re: re: that's when Betty is on most channels...
what's wrong with "Brenda" ?
Phil and Brenda are well known to readers of Private Eye?
Cambs prof scoops $3m Fundamental Physics prize
error - don't publish
I'v e hit the send corrections button a few times but the comment box still looks like it will be a comment not a correction...
the failed physicist, Yuri Milner, is the one who set up the prize, not either of this years winners...
Super-stealth FLYING CAR prototype seen outside GOOGLE HQ
That's a plus point, the multiple motors can suffer failure much like a RAID drive. Obviously you would need to double-up (or more) the battery and control systems, but that doesn't add much cost, the batteries are still the same volume/power, just split across 3 or 4 supplies. Making it safe with 75% or even 66% of lift is reasonable. I'll bet they're Switched Reluctance motors, huge power and speed and only one moving part, a funny-shaped lump of iron. Absolute bastards to control though, as I'm finding out...
RETRO-GASM: The Fuze electronics kit for the Raspberry Pi
Re: Are you sure?
I don't know what aspect of H+S your audiologist was referring to, here are a couple of facts:
H+S understands all about safe voltages, the SELV (safety extra low voltage) specification allows voltages up to 70V absolute max to be put onto touchable connectors, this is known to be safe.
Supplying mains power adapters to members of the public requires that they are EC marked, which in turn requires they are tested against a proof voltage of several kV, they conform to EMC requirements, they don't overheat and (i think) they are fused or in some way protected against overdissipation.
PAT testing is used in addition to this if the parts are to be used at a given premises - a school or factory or office - and checks that each of the relevant type-approved items is not faulty.
I suspect it is this requirement that stops them offering you your power supply. If I were them I would ensure it uses a standard micro-USB then it can be your responsibility to source and use the adapter.
Digital radio may replace FM altogether - even though nobody wants it
Re: I'm Curious
I don't get it, the FM band is a worldwide simple standard. They can't easily sell it off because it would still want to be used for sporting events etc. In any case the bandwidth is small, only 20MHz all-told, and the useability is not good, you are reckoned to be able to use 1/15th for big transmitters (i.e. national networks), the figure for little low-power users cannot easily get below 1/4 due to the 4-colour theorem.
So, in all, maybe 5MHz of bandwidth in any given place. Get Tim Worstall onto it, he will agree that there is no exploitable resource here.
The DAB bandwidth, on the other hand is 174MHz-239MHz, or 65MHz, over three times as much. We currently use just seven of the available 40 bands, in London, broadcasting about 80 stations. I can't see us ever needing much more than this, if you really can't get enough christian thrash metal genre, then get a computer, or a life.
So, they could sell the DAB band, or half of it, for more money, it doesn't need such a long antenna, half what the FM band needs, but I can't think of a use for the bandwidth, given that there is "white space" radio spectrum coming along that allows all users to use what they like within reason and license-free. There will be no market at all for odd bits and pieces of RF-bandwidth when this comes in.
Don't bash DAB, it is a really good system, its hugely efficient in BW terms, allowing a national network using only one frequency and greatly reduced megawatts, it just needs more time. Also, sure, really don't abolish FM, there is no need to and no benefit forthcoming from it.
Atomic clocks come to your wrist
Re: 'Cersium' eh?
Cersium? Cesium?
What's wrong with Caesium? - from the Latin word "caesius" meaning "sky blue"
Come on Reg, your a British site, and proud of it, adjacent vowels are not errors.
WET SPOT found on MARS: NASA rover says 'high percentage'
Me too,
mass-spectrometers no longer have a huge magnet and a curved vacuum path, look up "quadrupole mass spectrometer" - no that's not four of them, its a clever oscillating field where only the particles that are neither too heavy nor too light (for their charge) are the only ones that stay on the beam line. They're about the size of a KT66 thermionic valve (tube).
UK investor throws £14.8m at firm that makes UNFORGEABLE 2-cent labels
Re: Impossible to forge?
Thanks for the offer, I will say what I like about the "smartness" of bankers, didn't they just knock on the door asking for 1.4 Trillion?
We all know how easy it is for investors to buy into a bubble, it can even be good policy if you're out early.
However, the list of failed products with "amateur crypto" technology is most alarming, look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_decryption for starters. Then have a look at MiFare, Megamos, all of the audio and video copyright protection schemes, the entire antivirus/PC security nightmare - then tell me that we're probably wrong to dismiss this latest breakthrough in analogue security.
Re: Impossible to forge?
Totally agree Phil, no need even to buy a worker, the authorisation can be simply monitored, decoded and replicated. Without Crypto i don't think there is any chance - even with, it is vulnerable because there is "one big secret" that is buried in every tag and every reader.
Good luck to 'em, if they're putting their money into technology that mere commentards know will be broken, I hope there's more to it than this.
BTW, have you all seen how clever holograms are these days - with a "reader film" that you view the hologram through, and see some secret text/image. Keeping this updated with new datestamped reader films is a simpler system.
Dopey dope-growing dope smoked out by own dope dope-growing vid
Re: Please stop with the "Growing plants" thing
Opium isn't a plant.
Opium is an opiate derived from a plant.
Opium is the natural dried resin collected much like natural rubber from slicing the seed-heads of papaver somiferens.
The principal opiate in it is morphine. Opium is not an opiate, it contains opiates.
Ha ha, Osborne, these Gov 2.0 web wranglers have wiped out UK debt
I'm no expert I have to say, but I'm pretty sure we read the intended font most of the time. There seem to be many ways to achieve this - with of course a fall-back to a substitute font if needed. there is much more detail here: http://blog.themeforest.net/tutorials/how-to-achieve-cross-browser-font-face-support/
The browser chooses the intended font, unless it can't. - Not really "it's" choice then, is it?
Hooker in Dudley man's car 'just helping to buy tomatoes'
consenting adults in private
Absolutely, why should the state be concerned unless there are overriding public risk issues.
Boffins: Dolphins call each other NAMES. Not RUDE ones!
to see if the named fish responded?
The dolphin is not a fish.
It's an insect.
Mobe SIM crypto hijack threatens millions: Here's HOW IT WORKS
don't feed the bumpkins
Numpty - you're reading the article aloud to Mr A.C. Moron, nowhere did it mention access to hardware, nor any discussion of the benefits in living in shacks or cities.
On topic, the malformed SMS forces the SIM into a clever known-plaintext attack which only needs one rainbow table.- length equal to the DES56 signature, I think its a lot less than 2^^56 which would be beyond rainbow tables at 10^^17 entries. Does anyone know the signature length?
The facts on Trident 'cuts': What the Lib Dems want is disarmament
CND twitbook liberals masquerading as loyal commentards
Much as I appreciate Lewis's regular articles on hopeless decisions and moronic waste within the MOD, it's a bit naughty to get the retaliation in first regarding commentard backlash. I thought we didn't go in for 'ad hominem' arguments, web2.0 indeed...?
Much of what is discussed here is not really vote-winner politics, the Murdochs and Daily Mails seem to be able to define what that is, I prefer informed rational argument.
On that note, what would we actually do if someone lets off a nuke? Do we respond with Trident? Ever? Really? - I suspect the paperwork alone would kill us.
I say lets put the cold war behind us, big nukes got us through it but it was at a level of risk we should now be able to avoid. The thought of spending 25 billion on Trident scares me, we'd have nothing left to give the bankers, a much closer and more malevolent threat than rogue states.
What's an enterprise SSD sale?
They have expertise and market share, to ignore them as a player would distort the picture.
Modern-day Frankenstein invents CURE for BEHEADING
Blackadder had a word on this...
Queenie: Oh come now Lady Farrow, crying isn't going to help your husband now.
Nursie: No! Ointment! That's what you need when your head's been cut off! That's what I gave your sister Mary when they done her. "There, there" I said, "you'll soon grow a new one.
Queenie: Shut up Nursie
'The Apprentice' is a load of old codswallop, says biz prof
Re: How would the professor know though?
well put. Its an outrage that Sugar puts himself forward as some sort of computer guru, his philosophy always was simply beating the shit out of suppliers - for most of them it was their last deal. His affordable PC breakthrough was a fire sale of ill-conceived non-compatible PC things.
That said, I do find his judgement good, he sees through most or all of the cuntestants pretty easily.
As others bemoan, something with the germ of an original idea and some real progression would be so much better than all the vapid marketing bollocks.
Apple threatens ANOTHER Samsung patent lawsuit
Re: Another one?
"legal beagles" - what a fantastic strapline.
For those that don't have a tradition of fox hunting - the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable according to Oscar Wilde, beagles are the repulsive pack dogs that live in compounds eating the discarded carcasses of stillborn farm animals.
Once in a while, when their masters decide, they get to tear a real live functioning animal to shreds.
Not much like patent lawyers then...
The future of cinema and TV: It's game over for the hi-res hype
Re: interlacing
Downvoted twice - any reason?
I can't see why, its a balanced presentation of the case for and against interlacing. Interlacing is an easy existing method of increasing framerate at the expense of "specmanship" resolution, but there are issues with exactly what information it holds that make it difficult to know how best to upscale or interpolate the video.
The article makes a good case for higher framerates and I agree totally. However we already have a solution that will halve the pixel count and double the framerate - its our old friend interlacing - a 1080i (note i not p) screen is what we need, within the existing frameworks, then move to higher non-interlaced framerates.
Interlacing is a really good method, only if the frames are shot at 48/50/60fps, like with a video camera - its rubbish if the source is 24fps film since the second field is simply delivered late. Interlacing with say 2 x 540 line (1080i) conveniently bridges the dilemna of motion and detail since on static shots its indistinguishable from 1080p.
It is justifiably unpopular in the codec world because you don't know if the two fields are part of a single exposed image or if they are two exposures, there is no easy way to benefit from the second field - shot at a different time - when trying to convert from i to p. . Also converting 1080p to 1080i looks blurry and is a waste of time since the temporal information is missing.
Charlie Miller to tell Vegas punters how to hack your car
read on
The OBD~II connector is a good starting point to probe the in-car system, that bit of it that you are attacking, directly. There are several papers that document how to move such an attack onto a corrupted music file, and then on to a fully wireless exploit through inevitable flaws in Bluetooth stacks. The killer is that once you can send CAN packets around you can entirely reprogram most things in the car - assuming you can get through the "hobbyist" grade security.
Try googling and reading the document titled: cars-usenixsec2011.pdf
"We modified a WMA audio file such that, when burned onto a CD, plays perfectly on a PC but sends arbitrary CAN packets of our choosing when played by our car's media player".
They went on from there to a number of wireless attacks, the time-to-break depends on a number of factors, mentioned in the paper and hey, not a single hammer was used in the whole exercise.
BT boss QUITS telecoms giant for front-bench gov job
Re: Unelected
Absolutely, loathsome scum the lot of them.
Are we going to get carpet-bombed with shite advertising concepts for trade and investment now?
Going under the knife? Avoid Fridays. Trust us, we asked a doctor
black wednesday
Fridays are bad but death rates rise 6% in one day on Black Wednesday - in June, when the new crop of junior doctors are unleashed. Still, you can't moan too much, it is free after all.
COLD FUSION is BACK with 'anomalous heat' claim
Re: Reputations...
Why did you get downvoted for well-researched unbiased input?
Its easy to say that these people are idiots, they clearly aren't - though it is possible they have been duped.
I'm rather hoping they haven't.
Re: Sure..
Thanks for that - glad to hear its in use now, took a while though didn't it?
Where's all the cheap Titanium then? Surely anything is better than the existing Ti process. I shall look it up,
thanks again.
Re: Has anyone actually read the paper?
> Nonsense. There's nothing like enough energy there to rule out chemical processes.
have a look at my earlier comment and calculations. The energy density in the reaction vessel is beyond Hydrogen.
It cannot be chemical but it might be electrical with a sneak wire.
Re: "It's presumably converting its mass into energy."
small addendum, sorry... the chamber volume was 20mm bore, so my worst case figure is now 263 MJ/L
Still 1.8 times better than the best though.
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I just spent an hour with the star of the day, the former senator from Alaska, Mike Gravel who made news at last night's debate by asking Barack Obama who he's going to nuke.
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I Have a Secret: I Had Sex with My Pastor
Annette Anderson's journey from secrecy to truth-telling is at the core of best-selling author Gregg Olsen's upcoming book, A Twisted Faith: A Minister's Obsession and the Murder that Destroyed a Church.
Guest Blogger Annette Anderson: All my life I've been a secret keeper; one who's been able to keep the confidence of others, a "steel trap," as some have told me. My personal policy of in-my-ear, never-out-of-my-mouth long led me to carry the burdens of others without much consideration. Throughout my childhood, my own mother would use me as her sounding board over late-night dinners, on subject matters that were far over my head. We all crave one who can listen to our problems, and carry our burdens, so I've been told.
Early next year, a new book by Gregg Olsen, A Twisted Faith: A Minister's Obsession and the Murder that Destroyed a Church (St. Martin's Press, April 2010), and a national TV show will reveal my secrets. At least some of them. My husband Craig and I have lived with this secret for a decade now. Without Craig's support, his belief in the importance of telling the truth, I'd never be free.
My story involves a minister named Nick Hacheney and his sick need to control, manipulate, and use women.
When Nick asked me to keep his secrets, I didn't hesitate to agree. It didn't seem difficult; I cared about him, after all. To suspect that my beloved pastor was grooming me as a pawn for his twisted purposes never occurred to me. I trusted him with my own secrets. My faith was simple and pure. I wanted God and all of the goodness that He had to offer me. As my pastor described to me the high esteem God held him in, that he'd been chosen since birth to carry out great plans as an incarnation of King David himself, this only served to solidify my hope that God must love me too, to bring someone so special into my life and that of my family. I soaked up every word, listening, trusting, feeling promising emotion, like a fire being stoked within me.
When Nick likened himself to an angel sent to help me, I'd been prepared to believe. A critical thought barely formed in my mind: "An angel? An actual, real heavenly angel??" I asked. "Shhhhh, don't question me, I can't answer; trust me, trust God," he'd say. "God wants your heart, not your head; just believe." Incredible as it was, this was not difficult for me to accept, as I knew I tended to overanalyze things. Autonomous rationale was never tolerated in our little church, and it had been a struggle of mine that I'd worked hard to overcome. Reckless trust with abandon was held in high regard, as a true faith that was pleasing to God. There was no room for doubt to get where we were going, though I was never sure exactly where that was.
He, of all people, deserves to know the truth, I thought to myself, as I tried in vain to muster up the courage to open my mouth. If my husband knew that I'd had sex with my pastor, he might even understand; after all, he'd been a participant in our self-sacrificial-all-or-nothing church doctrine just as much as I had.
Part of my dilemma was that a mere self-confession wouldn't suffice; I'd have to give Craig enough contextual information to understand the full story. I'd have to tell him about the other women, how they'd been coerced into a sexual relationship with Nick too. Of course I had no idea how many women Nick had manipulated for sex, or that the widowhood that he'd asked me to comfort him through was a result of his own hand. Yet the facts that I knew gave me enough pieces of a terrible puzzle to form some clarity of thought, and to be certain that something extraordinarily perverse had occurred within our church community.
Fear gripped me. I wasn't sure that Craig would actually get it at all. I barely had a grasp on the series of torrid events that caused me to spiral downward, to the point of near suicide myself. I didn't want to risk the tenuous hope that I held for our fresh start in the new town we'd just moved our family to. I wasn't sure that I could survive reliving my nightmare at all; the strength it would require for me to articulate my story taunted me from a distance. A tape still played within my mind: it was Nick's voice telling me how selfish I'd be to burden Craig with our secrets. "I've never believed that a couple should tell each other everything. It's selfish," he'd say. "Besides, this is our special secret, and always will be. It's a good memory, little lamb." The recollection of his words made my stomach turn.
Though I no longer believed Nick's lies, I couldn't be sure that telling the whole truth would serve any real purpose. But it just never felt right to hear Craig's nostalgia, or to accept his gifts and recognition for what a good wife and mom I was, with the secrets that I held. I couldn't live this lie -- and so I opened my mouth. I jumped in and told the truth; told Craig everything. I gave him not only my secrets, but the secrets of others as well. My internal conflict gave way to light where there'd been such darkness. The bond of betrayal was broken, and the consequences were completely out of my grasp. Craig was so mad, so hurt, I wasn't sure we would survive the horrible aftermath. Yet, somehow I knew it was right to tell, and that Craig would find the strength to pull through, just as I had.
Secrets like mine had to be told in order for all of us to move on. I wonder how many women out there hold a secret like mine so deep inside, feeling the fear that I felt. I wonder if any will tell their secrets now.
God is truthful. He does not want us to lie or keep secrets. If someone ever has a question about what is being said, it is smart to read the Bible and ask God for the truth.
This bothers me on a lot of levels. The manipulation of a man of God who holds power over his congression and a woman who is so naive as to believe his lies. I'm sorry that this happened to you but please use this as a lesson. Remember that you made a commitment to your husband and that God wants to you uphold that commitment. He wouldn't ask you to break that commitment and be with any man that is not your husband.
Religion is not evil…people are evil
I'm really glad you shared your story, Annette. It takes a lot of guts to do the right thing and you've handled it with such grace. Hang in there and keep building on the great life you've made for you, your husband and children.
I read truuconfessions.com a lot and there is no question that many, many women out there are keeping secrets.
I appreciate your thoughts and comments.
I agree that my naivete made me vulnerable to this type of exploitation by my former pastor, but on the other hand I was in church, giving my trust to those who professed themselves to be devoted servants of God. It is a terrible reality that predators lurk in such places.
While organizations certainly have their flaws, it is the people that make them either good, or evil.
Was he hot?
Nope, Nick wasn't "hot" but he was charismatic and possessed a kind of "I really, really care about you" demeanor that (either real or manufactured) seemed to draw women close. He had intimate relationships with at least four members of his church.
Gregg Olsen,
author, A Twisted Faith
Was he well hung?
Although this is a terrible example of what faith should be, I believe the writer shows remorse and has learned that we cannot put our all of our faith in people but we need to put it in God. I think it took her courage to write this and I know God will set her free from guilt. There are many wolves in sheep clothing, God will reveal who is who. May her faith grow and she can learn from this because she was a victim of satan's plans and coercion.
I think the two comments "was he hot" "was he well hung" not only did you miss the whole point of the story by your comments we can definatly see where your mind is at. I admire her courage and honesty, but with that should come a lesson, obviously you were struggling with what happened and felt you needed to come forward, you can see you have supporters here and then you have a few who missed the point completely I hope the Pastor learned something, sounds like he has done this in the past, always beware of a wolf in sheeps clothing, God has forgiven, this Pastor needs to be forgotten, move on.
If her husband was any good in bed she won't be shacking up with the pastor.
But that applies to husbands who goes else where for service. If his woman was goodd in ebd he won't be with another HO.
How about the 10 Commandments? didn't you remember those? Perhaps we should all read them again. They're just 10, but aren't they the hardest to keep?
God have mercy on all our souls, especially those pastors, ministers, and priest who are wolves in sheeps clothing.
We need to pray for eachother and not condemn eachother. What a world we live in…and it's going to get worse.
What I find ridiculous is the fact that you never took responsiblity for your own actions. You blamed this pastor for everything when you slept with the man. You knew he wasn't an angel. I get so sick of women blaming the men for starting an affair when it takes two.
I totally agree with Tina. You have to own up to things that you are responsible for. Even though as a purveyor of the word of God, the pastor did use his authority to coerce and exploit a naive and feeble mind, but my dear Annette, we must remember as true believers of the Word of God, no man is without sin. If the Bible was really instilled in you, you would have never done this. There is never any true secrets because the Lord always knows.
I pray that He provides you with more guidance. Good luck on your life journey and thank you for sharing your story.
"As long as we accept and learn from our mistakes, our lives will become better and trust that the Lord will bring us through."
Annette, it took a lot of courage to tell your story here as well as to Craig. What the post does not detail is that Nick Hacheney is serving a Life Sentence in Washington State Prison for the First Degree murder of his wife, Dawn.
None of us are immune to failure. We are all capable of doing things we would never have thought we would do. I have known Annette her whole life, and she is an amazing woman with a compassionate heart. Rather than judging her, I hope we can be motivated by her story to guard ourselves and our loved ones from falling prey to the Evil One…none of us are immune.
Bravo, Susan, bravo.
How brave of you to come forward and tell your story. I'm sure it was a very difficult, yet liberating thing to do. I admire your honesty with your husband. I pray that this terrible misuse of power and trust by your former pastor has not had a negative effect on your relationship with our Father. Many thanks for sharing your story with us all.
Kristi, Hello…Is This On?


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Newtype data for the 5th Anniversary in the 4/1990 issue of Newtype. Characters from Utsunomiko illustrated by Mutsumi inomata, Noa Izumi by Akemi Takada and the dapper Ryo Saeba by Sachiko Kamimura.
Kimagure Orange Road Anime Headline article featuring the stunning art of Akemi Takada in the 5/1989 issue of Newtype.
Magical Fairy Persia LD box set ad illustrated by Akemi Takada in the 11/1991 issue of Newtype. Beautiful illustration.
The premise of this show sounds a bit absurd. If you look for it you can find some of it on youtube. I will say though the transformations are pretty cool.
Magical Fairy Persia Transformations
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Dat Akemi Takada art!
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This is a treat! Kimagure Orange Road covers to albums, videos, LD and CDV all illustrated by Akemi Takada in the 10/1988 issue of Newtype.
More beautiful Kimagure Orange Road layouts illustrated by Akemi Takada in the 10/1988 issue of Newtype.
Kimagure Orange Road retrospective in the 10/1988 issue of Newtype with AMAZING artwork by Akemi Takada.
Dédicace Akemi Takada Master Class (Japan Expo 2009) - YouTube
Akemi Takada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia There is so much to say about her as an Illustrator. No matter what she draws I can feel the emotion of the character. Her colors are always vibrant & crisp. Her art makes me happy.
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Are you gonna watch Community at all when it comes back?
— Not immediately. I think that the best thing I can do is nothing at all, so that nothing I say or do can be interpreted as anything. Obviously, I'm very, very close to the show, therefore, my opinion of it now that I'm not working on it is #1 gonna be the most charged, #2 probably the least-representative of the average fan. I am the guy whose job it was to go into that office every day and – no matter how good the show was – say "I don't think it's good enough." That's arguably why I got fired and arguably why if the show is good enough and everyone's happy with it, you don't want to hear my dumb ass piping up about it. That could ruin everyone's experience. So, I'm gonna wait a long time until the dust settles, until my opinion doesn't matter so much anymore.


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Researchers even claim that such crash diets can even hinder weight loss in the long run as they reduce the amount of muscles in your body ergo reduce the amount of calories your body needs every day. So if you eat the same as before after a weight diet you will actually gain weight. Oh my gosh, you better think twice before going for a diet like that.
Studies found this not to be true. They had volunteers eat a big lunch and a small dinner over some time and then a small lunch and a big dinner for a similar period and found out that the bodies of the volunteers didn't store more fat when eating more in the evening.
However, regular meals are important. If you eat nothing during the day and a big dinner in the evening this will cause you to gain weight quicker
Wrong! Low-fat or fat-free in many cases doesn't equal low calorie or calorie-free. If you take a careful look at the labels you will find out that often low-fat products have only a very small amount of calories less to the normal products. This is because often extra sugars and thickeners are added to the food to enhance flavour.
calorie content may be only a bit less, or similar to standard products.
Many people who use low-fat products use double the quantity of the normal product, because they think as they are eating something healthy they can eat more of it. So watch out for calories not fat!
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The wild beauty of the geography surrounding the cliff dwellings was recorded first by Bandelier in 1884, [1] and allusions to this subtle resource continue to crop up in archeological accounts. Shortly after the expansion of Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, for example, E. B. Danson wrote to Conrad Wirth, the director of the National Park Service: Both Jess [Nusbaum] and I were completely captivated by the beauty of that walk [to the prehistoric dwellings]. A perennial stream meanders down along the path, the sound of water is constant and the vegetation is lush. It is one of the loveliest walks I have taken in many years...I don't know, Connie, when I have been more impressed with the potential of an area or more excited and thrilled by the beauty of the scenery and the flora. [2] To date, however, no formal surveys, inventories, or other studies have documented any of the natural elements at the monument or have provided a baseline for their management. [3]
After the arrival in 1963 of James Sleznick, the first ranger and subsequently the first superintendent, most attention focused on the construction of the visitor center, the stabilization of the ruins, and improvements to the trail. The most significant official acknowledgement of the monument's natural beauty was the decisionapparently still being debated during Danson's visit [4] to keep the approach trail along the cool tree-shaded stream and not higher on the dry slopes of the canyon, where floods could not regularly cause damage. Otherwise, the management of natural resources has primarily been a coping issue directed towards the reduction of such hazards as dead tree limbs, loose rocks that threatened to fall onto the trail, and the repair of flood damage.
In the 1981 Resources Management Plan, the highest priorities were given to projects that would map and inventory the natural resources, but these were never funded, chilled by low budgets, and perhaps by the cold shoulder that environmental monitoring projects often received during the Reagan era. [5] Natural resource work at the monument continued to focus instead on maintaining and rebuilding the loop trail to the cliff dwellings, the only interpreted trail in the monument. The 1987 Resources Management Plan acknowledged the intrinsic priority of visitor safety and programs to protect capital improvements as well as cultural resources: ranked highest on the programming sheet were fencing out livestock and trespassing visitors, controlling erosion on the trail, and developing a fire management plan that included archeological considerations.
Long isolated and since 1924 almost completely encircled by officially designated wilderness, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument has been insulated from many of the modern encroachments that threaten parks and monuments elsewhere. A 1980 summary of threats to the monument deemed the number of concerns minimal. [6] Currently, threats include the effects of visitors, floods, bedrock deterioration, livestock, aircraft, fire, and air pollution.
Foremost among documented threats to the cultural resources that lie within the current bounds of the monument is and always has been visitors. Pothunting and other vandalisms, including even the burning of the cliff site, were commonly reported during the nineteenth century. Although this kind of activity tapered off after the designation of the monument in 1907, as late as 1958 "Doc" Campbell reported that hunters had built a fire among the cliff ruins and fueled it with prehistoric wood wrenched from the walls. [7]
In 1954, as we have seen, a less sinister form of destruction was reported that stemmed from people scrambling over the prehistoric architecture. The construction in the following year of a stile and a clear trail through the ruins mitigated this harm, and since then the control of visitor impacts has relied heavily on trail management: clear and solid demarcation, one-way flow to reduce congestion, and the construction of discreet barriersincluding the elevation of prehistoric wallsto keep people from hazardous and sensitive areas. Currently, a uniformed ranger along the trail or in the ruins, signs, and the sweeping of trespass footprints contribute to the psychology of control. Graffiti, of course, has been a problem at least since C. Gerrish carved his name June 1, 1889, on a wooden slat in the cliff dwellings. [8] In 1917, Henry Woodrow, the McKinney District ranger for the Gila National Forest, obscured with a mud slurry graffiti incised on the prehistoric adobe. Today names and other inscriptions continue to be removed or obscured as soon as they are noticed, regardless of whether they are on prehistoric walls or new benches and trail markers.
A more difficult problem presented by visitors is their sheer numbers. In 1955, when the first MISSION 66 prospectus for the monument proposed its abandonment, 711 people toured the cliff site. Thirty-six years later, 60,000 annual visitors were projected to walk through the ruins, including 1,500 over Memorial Day Weekend. [9] Still unknown are the debilitating effects of that many people walking past the architectureof the mere vibrations of their footsteps, much less the inevitable touching of and even leaning on walls that accompanies crowds confined in small places. In the 1987 Resources Management Plan, a study to determine the overall carrying capacity of the cliff dwellings was ranked third among 14 projects dealing with cultural resources. Great concern has been expressed about the cavity under Room 25: the visitor trail currently passes directly over the thin roof of the cavity, and a study to determine its structural stability was ranked second in the same resources management plan.
Currently, neither of these studies has been funded. The geologist [10] who examined in 1985 the cavity under Room 25 proposed that the trail be diverted from over the area, but this diversion would require the construction of a new exit from the ruins. In 1968, when only 25,000 people toured the cliff site, a partial closure of the ruins was debated and rejected, but the suggestion hovers in the background. An alternative suggested in 1980 was to limit each hour the number of visitors allowed into the cliff dwellings. This limitation has not been implemented, either, although monument staff rarely guide single groups of more than 25 people through the site. [11] In addition to damaging the prehistoric architecture whether by accident, thoughtlessness, or mere numbersvisitors aggravate erosion along the trail by short-cutting. Also, unaware of the cumulative impact, they occasionally pick flowers and other plants, collect archeological artifacts, and harass wildlifeespecially reptiles and amphibians.
Although the high sheltered location of Gila Cliff Dwellings protects those ruins from heavy rains and ensuing floods, access to the site, bridges, and other improvements have often been impaired or damaged. As late as 1963, driving to the monument entailed fording the Gila River 14 times, [12] and the freshets that accompany violent rains or sudden thaws could strand travelers. Even after construction of a paved highway, floods have occasionally washed out the approaches to bridgestwice in 1978, once in 1983, 1984, 1985, [13] and most recently in 1988. [14] These washouts required the closure of the monument for periods ranging from two to six weeks. One of the 1978 floods submerged portions of the parking lot and undermined the contact station and the restrooms. In 1978 and again in 1984, a section of the road between the monument and the Forest Service's nearby Scorpion Campground was washed out. Repair and maintenance of the paved road and bridges for vehicular traffic are the responsibility of the New Mexico State Highway Department. [15]
Within the monument, floods several times prior to 1967, and in 1967, [16] 1972, [17] and 1978 washed out the footbridge over the West Fork of the Gila River. The bridges in Cliff Dweller Canyon have suffered intermittently. Currently, there are eight bridges in the canyon, all built between 1984 and 1989, and the spans and heights of supporting piers appear to have been increased sufficiently to avoid substantial flood damage. The trail, on the other hand, continues to require maintenance after heavy rains and even reconstruction in the section located along the stream in Cliff Dweller Canyon.
Bedrock Deterioration
In a 1979 stabilization inspection report, Larry Nordby, supervisory archeologist from the Southwestern Resources Center, observed that the bedrock was deteriorating beneath the outer walls of Rooms 1 and 4, a problem he tentatively attributed to percolating ground moisture. [18] For the future stabilization of those walls, he recommended that unamended mortar be applied at the base in order not to trap this moisture and in that way accelerate bedrock failure, architectural failure, or both. Beyond proscribing cement, Nordby recommended only that the area be closely monitored.
In 1985, after a five-ton boulder crashed down a canyon wall onto the approach trail, Bruce Wachter, a geologist, was contracted by the Park Service to further examine bedrock deterioration and the hazard of rock fall. [19] By and large, his observations recognized a general stability of the cliff faces and caves and only minor bedrock deterioration in Cave 2. He did recommend, however, that loose overhead slabs be pried down, that visitor traffic be barred or diverted from potentially threatening areas, and that monitoring for both architectural and geological failure continue.
In the 1987 Resources Management Plan, fencing of the TJ Ruin and surveying and fencing the rest of the monument were given the highest priority on programming sheets for both cultural and natural resource projects. In 1884, Bandelier had noted the ugly presence of what he presumed was manure within the cliff dwellings. [20] In 1935, G. H. Gordon, who worked in the Southwest Monuments headquarters in Casa Grande, Arizona, recommended that the mouth of Cliff Dweller Canyon be fenced against drifting livestock, and in 1937 a Park Service team from the Region III Office again recommended fencing, adding that "cattle have climbed into the cave and done considerable damage there." [21] Shortly afterwards, staff from the Gila National Forest built a fence across the mouth of Cliff Dweller Canyon, with the help of cowboys from the nearby Heart Bar headquarters. At the TJ site, since at least 1955, the small size of the surface sherds of pottery has been commonly attributed to trampling by livestock. Better known in 1927 as the "polo field," this site may have endured more than just the perambulations of cattle.
In 1951, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish purchased the Heart Bar Ranch, including its grazing allotmentknown as the Glenn allotmentwhich it retired through a cooperative agreement with the Gila National Forest. [22] Livestock were withdrawn in order to reintroduce elk without overgrazing the grasses within the wilderness. Because both units of Gila Cliff Dwelling National Monument lie within the Glenn allotment, the depredations of cattle have been negligible over the last 40 years. Horses continue to be a minor problem. [23] Until 1988, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish kept some horses in Heart Bar pastures along the Middle Fork and the West Fork, and this stock occasionally crossed the rivers through damaged water-gaps and strayed onto the TJ site. Recently, however, the game department has withdrawn its permanent staff and its stock from the Heart Bar. Occasionally, upstream from the contact station, riders still inadvertently cross with their stock over the unmarked boundaries of the larger unit of the monument.
A more contemporary encroachment on the monument occurs from aircraft. As early as 1980, concern was expressed about the effects of low-flying aircraft on cultural resources. [24] Eight years later, a survey [25] documented the occasional overflights by military aircraft, local administrative aircraft, and other aviation at elevations less than 2,000 feet above the terrain, as well as frequent overflights by commercial airlines at elevations greater than 10,000 feet. The noise of all these overflights was deemed objectionable. Of most concern, however, were the military flights in a training corridor that passes close to the monument at only 300 feet above the ground. Many of these aircraft practiced "Follow Terrain" procedures.
In 1989, Janet Hurley, the Wilderness District ranger and superintendent of the monument, reported an average of three near-misses between the military aircraft and helicopters coming into the Forest Service heli-base that is immediately adjacent to the TJ Ruin. [26] Aside from the issue of safety, Hurley expressed concern about the effects of the noise on local wildlife, the values of solitude in the adjacent wilderness, and the 700-year- old mud and rock walls of Gila Cliff Dwellings. The effects of this noise are not currently monitored in a formal way.
Until 1975, when the Park Service turned over management of the monument to the Forest Service, the two agencies held a cooperative plan for the management of fire on that site. [27] Currently, fire control for the monument is subsumed in the larger wilderness fire management plan, but Park Service staff have expressed concern that this plan may not adequately address the special requirements of cultural resources during fire suppression activities. The 1987 Resources Management Plan recommended the development of a fire management plan specific to the monument and gave this proposal a third priority on the natural resources programing sheets.
For a long time, the only recorded incident of an wildfire on the monument was a burning snag in 1968 that was extinguished by Don Morris and his stabilization crew, using hoses that brought water for their cement mixes. [28] In May 1991, however, the Grudgings Fire burned 515 acres on the West Fork, including 75 acres of the monument and the nearby eponymous cabin as well. [29] Although eight archeological sites were involvedwith firelines lightly scratched through two of themthe overall impact on cultural resources by the fire and fire suppression activities was light. Undoubtedly, quick response by the Wilderness District staff prevented a larger fire and substantially greater damage. In the aftermath of this event, the fire management policy is being reviewed.
Air Quality
The major threats to air quality at the monument are smoke from the Phelps Dodge copper smelter forty miles south, in Hurley, and smoke from both wild and prescribed fires. In 1980, the National Park Service recommended that the air quality status at the monument be upgraded from Class II to a Class I. [30] This redesignation stemmed apparently from the monument's location in the heart of a wilderness area, which had automatically received a Class I classification as mandated by the 1980 Clean Air Act. [31] In 1979, the collection of monitoring and baseline data had already begun at the Wilderness District weather station. [32] Since 1986, photographs have been taken three times a day at the Copperas Vista to record visibility levels. [33] The effects of pollution on local flora and fauna are not monitored.
Responsibility for enforcing compliance with Class I clean air standards lies with the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division. To date, no enforcement activities to protect air quality at the monument or the surrounding wilderness have constrained firing at the smelter or the use of prescribed fire in the Gila National Forest.
In 1933, when the Park Service assumed responsibility for Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, the site became one of the smallest units in the system of Southwestern monuments, and it was isolated in the middle of the largest wilderness area in the Southwest. Obviously, managing its resources was not easy. Initially held in a reserve status, with visits discouraged, the cliff ruins became the object of stabilization projects as funds became available. These projects compared favorably with those done at other monuments, and they have been continued as necessary through the present, enabling the architecture to withstand the cumulative stresses of more than 50,000 people who now visit the monument each year.
Interpretation has focused on the cliff site, which for a long time and for a variety of reasons was not well understood. The publication of The Archeology of Gila Cliff Dwellings in 1986 has admirably filled that lacuna, and in recent years research has addressed the TJ Ruin and other nearby archeological sites, enhancing the larger interpretive potential of the monument. Despite proportionally huge numbers of visitors and a small professional staff, personal contact remains the primary source of interpretation.
The natural resources of the small monument are notable for their beauty, but little has yet been done to document them. On the other hand, threats to the monument's natural assets appear to be minimal, stemming primarily from the visitors themselves, who are restricted to a single interpreted trail that is one mile long.
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Spicy Clam Chowder
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- 1/2 small onion, chopped
- 2 small ribs celery, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
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The Long Man
by Steve Englehart
Tor books
384 pages
Copyright 2010
In 1981, DJ and Vietnam vet Max August was thrust into a hidden war between the forces of chaos and order. In that war, magick--real, potent magick--was the chief weapon. Mentored by legendary alchemist Cornelius Agrippa, Max was an eager student. Before Agrippa died in 1985--having lived for five hundred years--Max learned the secret to stopping the aging of his body, making himself "timeless."
Nearly three decades later, he saes Dr. Pamela Blackwell from a magickal dart that would have killed her. Her life-saving research has made her an enemy of the FRC, a cabal intent on world domination.
From San Francisco to Barbados to the shores of Suriname, Max and Pam must fight off magick-wielding assassins, legions of zombies, and the FRC's more mundane weapon--corporate clout and friends in high places. Max may be powerful and timeless, but he's not indestructible. He'll need all his powers, his hard-earned fighting skills, and Pam's help to prevent a genocidal apocalypse.
Supernatural enemies, dazzling magic, and nonstop excitement mark this international thriller, a page-turner from a master storyteller.
I never read Steve Englehart's first book, The Point Man, which was published in 1981. I would have been 9 years old. And I'm not Timeless. The Long Man is a follow-up to that book, and follows the continuing adventures of Max August, but just as 25 years have passed in our world, 25 years have passed in his. Because I wasn't familiar with the back story of the characters of Max, Agrippa, or the superstar singer Val, it did take some figuring out what was going on in the books first few pages. I wasn't sure if this was the sort of book that would keep my interest going or not, as Englehart kept changing the time from the current time and going back to 1985 as he filled in some of the gaps of what has happened to our main character in the intervening years between his first book and this one. His mentor has been killed by Aleksandra. Val has been to, though this doesn't stop him from spending the years in between trying to find her and bring her back on each October 31.
So, when in 2007, he feels a pull back to San Francisco, where he had his popular radio show back in the day, he thinks that it's his desire to reach Val that is bringing him back. That, however, is not what fate has in store for him when he receives a phone call from an old friend that results in a new adventure taking him from San Francisco to Barbados and to Suriname (that's in South America if you slept through your geography class) as he faces off against black magic, zombies, chupacabra, and the FRC. In tow is Dr. Pam Blackwell, a doctor who has come up with an antidote for puffer fish poison--an antidote that earns her some powerful enemies that don't want to see that antidote known about in their scheme for world domination. The Long Man is nonstop action from start to finish, presented in a fun and irrelevent manner, while at the same time putting it all into context of the way the world was in 2007 and the changes our world went through as a result of 9/11 and the need for change and hope in the 2008 Presidential election.
It's interesting that the FRC is chosen as the initials of the evil cartel that he comes up against, and how those same initials are used by these high-ranking and powerful individuals who run the world behind the scenes. One of the several examples of this presented by the author is the Federal Reserve Chair. Of course, FRC has a variety of different meanings, in all fields--politics, manufacturing, financial institutions, some of which you can find by searching Wikipedia and/or Google.
This is Steve Englehart's second book. He is more known for his work on writing for comic book series, "The Avengers," "Captain America," "The Fantastic Four," "Batman," and "Justice League of America."
I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Long Man. Will you? I would have you do what Max August says. Explore but verify.
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It all started back in training camp when Dez Bryant refused to carry Roy Williams pads after practice. The media ate this up and tried to build it as a poor relationship between the two players. This past week, Bryant was left with a $55,000 dinner tab at Pappas Bros. Steakhouse and it was reported that Roy Williams was again the man behind the prank.
Williams wants everyone to know that there are no hard feelings and there is no animosity between the two.
"I don't understand why my name is associated with this whole ordeal," Williams said. "I mean, it's the same offensive dinner that we've been doing, that every team does in the NFL. So I don't know why my name is the single name in this thing.
"I have nothing against Dez; Dez has nothing against me. Like I said in training camp, I don't want you guys to bang our heads together and try to make us hate each other. That's not going to work.
"He didn't take my pads. Whoop-de-doo. He didn't take my pads. But he's still out there as a punt returner, catching balls and doing things he needs to do, and I'm doing things I need to do to make this team better. So don't associate me with being the bad guy with Dez and Dez being the bad guy with me, because that's not what it is."
While there is no hatred to the two, Williams did not deny adding to the tab for a good reason.
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