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Pro-Russian rally in Crimea decries Kiev 'bandits'
SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of pro-Russian protesters rallied Tuesday in this Crimean Peninsula city, bitterly denouncing politicians in Kiev who are trying to form a new government, with some even calling for secession from Ukraine. A Russian lawmaker stoked their passions by promising that Moscow will protect them.
"Russia, save us!" they chanted.
The outburst of pro-Russian sentiment in the strategic peninsula on the Black Sea, home to a Russian naval base, came amid fears of economic collapse for Ukraine as the fractious foes of President Viktor Yanukovych failed to reach agreement on forming a new national government and said the task of assigning posts could not be completed before Thursday.
While Ukraine's politicians struggled to reorganize themselves in Kiev, a Russian flag had replaced the Ukrainian flag in front of the city council building in Sevastopol, 500 miles (800 kilometers) to the south of the capital. An armored personnel carrier and two trucks full of Russian troops made a rare appearance on the streets, vividly demonstrating Russian power in this port city where the Kremlin's Black Sea Fleet is based.
Some called on Moscow to protect them from the movement that drove Yanukovych from the capital three days ago.
"Bandits have come to power," complained Vyacheslav Tokarev, a 39-year-old construction worker. "I'm ready to take arms to fight the fascists who have seized power in Kiev."
Yanukovych's whereabouts are unknown but he was reportedly last seen in the Crimea, the staunchly pro-Russian region the size of Massachusetts. Law enforcement agencies have issued an arrest warrant for him over the killing of 82 people, mainly protesters, last week in the bloodiest violence in Ukraine's post-Soviet history.
His former chief of staff, Andriy Klyuyev, was wounded by gunfire Monday and hospitalized, spokesman Artem Petrenko told The Associated Press. It wasn't clear where in Ukraine the shooting took place or what were the circumstances of the shooting.
The pro-Moscow protesters gathered for a third day in front of administrative buildings in Sevastopol and in other Crimean cities. Protests on Sunday numbered in the thousands.
"Only Russia will be able to protect the Crimea," said Anatoly Mareta, wearing the colors of the Russian flag on his arm.
"I hope for the Ossetian way," he added — a reference to the brief but fierce 2008 war in which Russian tanks and troops helped Georgia's separatist provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia to break free. Russia has recognized both as independence states, but few other nations have.
Russia, which has thousands of Black Sea Fleet seamen at its base, so far has refrained from any sharp moves in Ukraine's political turmoil, but could be drawn into the fray if there are confrontations between the population in Crimea and the supporters of the new authorities. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in Washington that their countries oppose any attempt to partition or divide the former Soviet republic into pro-Western and pro-Russian territories.
A senior Russian lawmaker promised protesters that his government will protect its Russian-speaking compatriots in the southern and eastern parts of Ukraine that tilt heavily toward Moscow. "If lives and health of our compatriots are in danger, we won't stay aside," Leonid Slutsky told activists in Simferopol, the regional capital of Crimea.
Slutsky's statements followed more cautious remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who said that Moscow has no intention of interfering in Ukraine's domestic affairs but also warned the West against trying to turn the situation there to its advantage.
Lavrov nevertheless criticized the new authorities who assumed control after Yanukovych fled, accusing them of failure to rein in radical groups.
Ukraine's interim leader, Oleksandr Turchinov, met with top security officials Tuesday to discuss the tensions in Crimea and elsewhere.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also summoned his top security officials Tuesday to discuss Ukraine, but no details were released.
Many in Russia have been dreaming about regaining the lush Crimean peninsula, which was conquered by Russia in the 18th century under Catherine the Great. Crimea only became part of Ukraine in 1954 when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred jurisdiction from Russia. The move was a formality until the 1991 Soviet collapse meant Crimea landed in an independent Ukraine.
Ethnic Russians make up the majority of Crimea's population, and some, including retired navy officers and their families, have Russian citizenship. The peninsula's nearly 2 million people includes 60 percent Russian speakers, as well as 12 percent who are Crimean Tatars, a minority group deported and persecuted in Soviet times, leaving them with little love for Russia. Refat Chubarov, the head of the Tatar community, says the Tatars want new elections to the regional parliament and to remove any monuments to Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin.
At the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, lawmakers delayed the formation of a new government until Thursday, reflecting the political and economic challenges the country faces after Yanukovych went into hiding.
Turchinov, the parliament speaker, is now nominally in charge of this strategic country of 46 million whose ailing economy faces a possible default and whose loyalties are sharply torn between Europe and longtime ruler Russia.
The European Union's top foreign policy official, Catherine Ashton, urged Ukraine's new government to quickly work out an economic reform program so the West could consider financial aid to keep Ukraine from bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the Institute of International Finance, a Washington-based association of banks and financial companies, warned that Ukraine's finances "are on the verge of collapse." Ukraine is battling to keep its currency, the hryvnia, from collapsing. Its acting finance minister says the country needs $35 billion (25.5 billion euros) to finance government needs this year and next.
After meeting with interim authorities in Kiev, Ashton urged the new government not to exclude members of Yanukovych's Party of Regions.
"It needs to be inclusive," she told reporters.
Protests in Ukraine erupted after Yanukovych in November abruptly reject an agreement to strengthen ties with the European Union and instead sought a bailout loan from Moscow. But they grew into a massive movement demanding an end to corruption and greater human rights.
Associated Press writer Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow contributed to this report.
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Kudos to Big K on being relevant again. I don't think I've bought anything there in years.
Kinda frustrating that we have THREE K-Marts here and none of them have gotten even a whiff of these yet. Plenty of room on the pegs too.
Another sorta sissy-looking Mandalorian, but I'm used to it. I guess they're all kind of not tough looking except maybe Boba and Jango.
Finally found this today, glad I can stop hunting for stuff at K-Mart.
I'm not sure about the K-Marts near you guys, but the only one remotely close to me is a pile. They never have new figs and the ones they do have are at least $1 or more than Target/Walmart/TRU prices. Prices may be better nowadays, but I remember finding a mid-size ship I wanted there last year and it was $35. TEN BUCKS more than what you find at Target (or $15 this week) is ridiculous and that's what makes me not want to ever shop there.
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Surely you've noticed the beautiful phoenix that's risen from the abandoned Caltrans lot along the Pasadena Avenue in Southwest Pasadena? Arlington Garden opened to the public in 2005, after surveys showed the desire for "passive development" on this state-owned, city-leased three-acre property (until the early 1960s, the site of the swell Durand mansion). Dawn-to-dusk foot traffic is encouraged, as are school groups—but come on, the nice signs say "demonstration gardens" (i.e., respeck!). Yes, the amphitheater looks inviting, but it's not a fricking climbing wall. Sorry for the Mrs. Crabapple, but this oasis comes by way of all-volunteer hours and dang, these people have slaved. The California and Mediterranean sections feature native plants; other heat-lovers include olive allée, raised herb beds, spring irises, an orange grove and a cactus garden. Bright California poppies usually in bloom in March.
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Forum Post: Big Money and the NSA Scandal … How Dangerous is the "Security/Digital Complex"?
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Big Money and the NSA Scandal … How Dangerous is the "Security/Digital Complex"?
Tuesday, 11 June 2013 13:17 By Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's Future | Op-Ed
It should be self-evident that recent NSA revelations bring up some grave concerns about civil liberties. But they also raise other profound and troubling questions – about the privatization of our military, our culture's inflated expectations for digital technology, and the increasingly cozy relationship between Big Corporations (including Wall Street) and Big Defense.
Are these corporations perverting our political process? The campaign war chest for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who today said NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden committed "treason," is heavily subsidized by defense and intelligence contractors that include General Dynamics, General Atomic, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, and Bechtel.
One might argue that a politician with that kind of backing is in no moral position to lecture others about "treason."
But Feinstein's funders are decidedly old-school Military/Industrial Complex types. What about the new crowd? This confluence of forces hasn't been named yet, so for the time being we'll use a cumbersome label: the "Security/Digital Complex."
With computers and communications encompassing an ever-larger portion of human activity, we may someday learn that this new force dwarfs even its predecessors in the Feinstein camp when it comes to its impact on our democracy, our economy and our values.
There's much we don't know yet, so it's wise to be cautious in describing this new force. But Edward Snowden's revelations, and the reactions to them, are offering us a glimpse into rarely-seen intersections of Wall Street wealth, information technology, and the national security state.
NYC Sushi Restaurant's Ban on Tips Perplexes Diners
By Gillian Mohney | ABC News Blogs – 23 hours ago
Sushi Yasuda has made headlines for its mouth-watering sushi and excellent service for more than a decade, but the restaurant is getting noticed now for a different reason: banning tips.
"The diner doesn't [have to] think about how much to leave and make calculations [after] a contemplative and special meal," co-founder Scott Rosenberg said. "We're really sort of just staying connected to that classical approach [of fine Japanese dining]."
In keeping with the pared-down aesthetic of the business, owners of the New York City restaurant earlier this year decided they would no longer ask patrons to do any complicated math at the end of the night.
Instead of relying on tips, all their servers are on salary with paid vacation and sick leave.
Rosenberg said the goal was to enhance the restaurant experience for customers.
The high-end restaurant, which seats only 45 and where the omakase, or chef's menu, can easily run beyond $100, also raised its prices slightly to allow for servers to be put on salary.
Daisy Chung, executive director for Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York, a nonprofit that supports restaurant workers, said she thought the practice of banning tips and providing a salary with benefits was a "good idea."
"It started a good conversation about tips and restaurant compensation," Chung said, adding that inclement weather, for instance, is something that deters diners and thereby limits tips no matter how good the service.
"We definitely feel there shouldn't be a separate system where tip workers rely on tips to subsidize their wages," Chung said. "Workers should be fully compensated."
None of the staffers at Sushi Yasuda was available to comment and it's unclear how much they make in salary.
Banning tips can also smooth the process on the management side of a restaurant, said Andrew Moesel, spokesman for the New York City chapter of the New York State Restaurant Association.
"It also can be easier for the house," Moesel said. "Wage and tip lawsuits are on the rise, since rules are becoming increasingly complicated."
Moesel knows of no other New York City restaurants that have banished tips, but he said the practice has gained traction at other high-end dining restaurants, including a few in Chicago where the entire meal is paid for beforehand.
"Whether or not this is a culinary trend, this is something we're seeing more of," Moesel said.
Rosenberg said one of Sushi Yasuda's biggest challenges was explaining to customers that they could no longer tip. They put a note in both the menu and receipt explaining that customers did not need to tip, but many patrons were still bewildered.
"They'd look up at dinner partner or partners and say, 'There's s no tipping'" Rosenberg said. "[There's] a moment of [people saying], 'Wait a minute, what?' And then, 'OK, that sounds good.'" A few customers still tried to write in a tip on the receipt, even though there was no longer a tip line. The restaurant eventually started circling the explanation on the receipt in red to draw the customer's attention.
Rosenberg said that once customers realize they don't have to pay a tip, they are usually delighted.
"One [young guy] said, 'I'm going to eat 20 percent more sushi," Rosenberg said.


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**I still need to add picture but I haven't put them on my computer yet! Eeek!
Friday was a lovely low-key evening. We had a yummy dinner with Jeremy's family. We tried to eat outside but the bees came and attacked us so we had to take it inside. Then we just hung out at his parent's house. I saw a bunch of Jeremy's baby photos which was so fun and we did an "I Spy" book together.
Saturday was lovely! Jeremy and I trekked down to Utah County to go hike to the Timpanogos caves! One of my 30 by 30 goals is to hike 30 miles and I'm doing rather poorly. The hike was fun but goodness gracious that thing is HARD! It's not like it's that far but it's so so steep. And turns out I'm in awful hiking shape. Whoops.
The hike up made me wonder why on earth I chose hiking as one of my goals. But the caves at the top were worth it! It was really cool to go see inside and see all of the different rooms. It's crazy to think how long it takes for those formations to form and grow. It was fun to walk around in the cave and explore!
After the hike back down and some souvenir shopping we stopped at JDawgs on the way back for lunch. Jeremy had never been before so it was fun to introduce him to one of my Provo favorites!!
Saturday afternoon I went to a bridal shower for my friend Kassidy. It was held in a park and her friends that threw it did such a cute job decorating!! They decorated with succulents and old time-y looking books. Such a fun idea! We even got to take a succulent home! Fingers crossed I don't kill it….
After the bridal shower, Jeremy and I had planned to go to the Ferragosto festival that was being held in Sugarhouse. I was super excited for a fun Italian festival but sadly it turned out to be pretty lame. Boo. There wasn't really much to see or do, and the food didn't look that great. We were both rather disappointed. So instead we ended up getting pizza and watching Suits! Even though the festival was a bust, it was a fun, relaxing night!
Sunday was a less than lovely day. I had the worst headache most of the day. Thankfully though, it was not a migraine. Basically I lounged around all day-trying anything and everything I could think of to get rid of the dumb thing. Drugs, more drugs, Epsom salt bath, Menthol rub on my temples, Coke and Advil. Anyone out there have any great headache remedies?! Send them my way please!!
It somewhat eased up in the evening so I crashed my parents Empty Nester dinner club and had dinner with them and then went to visit Jeremy for a minute. It's so great having him live so close!!!
Up Ahead
The week should be a good one! Ladies Dinner Out, Junior League committee meeting, Jeremy time, gym time, and our work summer party!! YAY!


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Coca-Cola has long been associated with the holidays: from polar bears with questionable diets, to the myth that the company created our modern image of the man in red. But this year the company's Christmas marketing efforts completely miss the mark. Instead of turning caffeine addicts into spies for a free bottle of sugar water, Coke vending machines in Europe are giving out free soda in exchange for karaoked Christmas carols.
Usually getting something for nothing is great, but in this case the Cokes are far from free. They'll cost you your dignity, pride, and whatever else you stand to lose by belting out carols in public. In fact, not even free Coca-Cola stock options are worth this much embarrassment. Well, maybe for Jingle Bell Rock. [YouTube via PSFK]


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And that, my friends, is why I have to do everything myself.
Last night in the car, sometime in between bouts of "I'm bored!" and "I have to go bafroom!", the girls and I wrote up these learning maps for them. Basically, you have each kid name four or five things they'd like to learn about, and then together you think of all the things you can do to learn about those subjects. Circles are topics, cloud-shapes are activities, underlines are field trips; interconnections between subjects are highly prized, but challenging, sometimes, to make. Here's Willow's learning map: The fun thing about a map is that it brings up possible activities that I hadn't thought of before--I know, for instance, that Willow likes rocks and fossils and shells, and has innumerable ones, but I hadn't yet thought of helping her make them into an official "collection": organizing, labelling, displaying, etc. A possible trip to the Exotic Feline Rescue Center is a new idea, too.
I think that the topics Sydney suggested for her learning map are pretty cool--Christmas, Baby Beluga, ponies, and cows.
And since this coming weekend is the big The Nutcracker production that Willow and I are attending, I sort of zoomed in on The Nutcracker part of her learning map and expanded it to come up with even more things we could focus on this week: Some stuff is ordinary, like the dance class the girls attend every week, but I like how some stuff is for me to do, like possibly sewing their pancake tutus and making them freezer paper stencilled Nutcracker shirts, and some stuff is stuff that we'd need to do anyway, like making ornaments. Ideally, I'd find a way to cover more academic subjects in each learning map--math, science, geography, languages, etc. And of course, these are just ideas, so a lot of this we won't actually find time to do--but if something feels inspirational, there it is.
And here's a list I made for myself this morning, because things are getting a little crazy around here, with my freshman comp classes, an upcoming craft fair and cloth diaper workshop, Christmas prep, as well as the two usual little monkeys:


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There's a blizzard in Chicago. Winds gusting up to 60. The headline on Mike Hamernik's Chicago Weather Center blog is, "Blizzard continues to rage, drifts may reach 6 to 8 feet later tonight."
The streets near Wrigley Field are closed because of Wrigley Field, says the Chicago Sun Times.
A panel of the Wrigley Field roof above the press box was damaged by extreme winds accompanying the blizzard, Cubs spokesman Peter Chase said. Part of the panel, made of fiber board, broke away, and the Cubs are working with the city to monitor the situation and to ensure there aren't any public safety issues, Chase said Tuesday night.
Wonder if they'd let the Bears play.
UPDATE: Here's a live cam. Of the stadium.
Blizzard sends pieces of Wrigley Field roof flying [Chicago Sun Times]
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Crowley5150 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 40 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
Treadmills 4 U
Treadmills 4 U is a business exclusively selling Treadmills and other Excercise Equipment to the Australian general public at bargain prices. You can see the current website design at http://www.treadmills4u.com.au/ for more of an idea of the business.
Men and Women of all ages either already fit and trim, or those wanting to become fit and trim. There is no specific age bracket but leans towards the middle 20-50 age group more than outside.
A logo is required for a Treadmills & Exercise Equipment company who sells to the general public. 2 Different ideas.
#1 : A more comical/cartoonish style using humour.
Something like 2 treadmills facing each other, one with an overweight man on it, and the other with a trim and sexy woman figure. Be creative and humorous.
The font needs to be memorable, and visually recognisable from a distance. No thin fonts.
#2: A more serious logo is needed including the wording of the business sitting around a treadmill. The base of the treadmill sits along the bottom of the wording "Treadmills 4 U" and the left side of the treadmill comes up and over top of the letter T in the logo.
Colours: The colours of the business are greys and greens. For reference, the current website is found at http://www.treadmills4u.com.au which the new logo will need to work in with this layout.
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Ronnin99 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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we are a tradiational martial arts academy that has been teaching a family based system for 40 years. parents get to train in the same classes as their children. The theme of "family" is promenent in all areas of our instruction. Becoming a "leader" in the martial arts and in life the the purpose of what we do.
our exhisting students is who this is aimed at, BUT it should be atractive, catch the eye, and inspire others who see the t-shirt to ask questions about it to the wearer. we have 3 years and up to over 50 years and older as memebers. The t-shirts should also be appealing to the students family memebers as well.
The attached triple swirl is to be included in ALL designs in some manner.
The theme of family is important to try to display if possible. Those who attempt is will have a higer preferance in the end, but no guarantees.
Unless you can design it to fit in another manner peasing to the eye, the slogan of, " Where Families Earn Thier Black Belts Together." should in be on the bottom of the design in some way or form. Please note, the students names will be across the shoulders of the T-shirts.
The design should be 1 color. Mulitple color designs will be permitted, but must be inspiring for the additional cost of manufacturing.
The design colors to choose from are: black, yellow, red, & white. Other colors will be accepted, but these are the base colors.
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I want to try IE7 for XP already
Every day, I get lots of email asking for a build of IE7 for XP. If you have an account on the internal Microsoft corporate network, I have a link I can send you.
For everyone else, we need a better answer than "We're hiring; please come join us." (That said, we're hiring; please come join us.)
We'll post an updated pre-release build of IE7 for Windows XP publicly – no MSDN membership required – during the first calendar quarter of 2006.
We want to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to try a pre-release version of IE7 and tell us how it works with their web sites, their applications, their add-ons, and how they use the web overall.
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|From Greenway Sojourn
Every summer I set aside two weeks for a bike tour. In the past I have gone away with either wifer or #3 son Brandon. Neither could make it this year so I went out on a limb and signed up for a supported tour with Rail to Trails Conservancy. They do a really good job taking care of the riders. A SAG truck, daily lunches provided on the trail and evening cookouts.
There were some adventures with the heavy rains and some really neat rattlesnake and eagle sighting. I missed out on lots of good photos because of the rain, but still managed to get a few good ones.
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Perhaps you remember these two from last year as junior high runners. Macee Nielson and Katie Hiatt enthralled us then as well as now with their competition and friendship.
In part two of their saga, Macee, a freshman at Monticello, waxed the 1A field at the Utah High School cross country championships to claim the first place prize. Katie, a freshman at San Juan, powered her way to a second place finish in the 2A race.
Really, the high finishes had their beginnings a year before, when, after the completion of the 2006 state cross country championships, Macee and Katie ran the course together. And after walking the course again the morning of this year's race, they both hoped to run their best.
For her part, Macee says, "I just like to win," while Katie said that her second place finish "surprised me. I thought I'd be in the Top 10; Top 5 would have been really good, but second made me happy, surprised, and relieved."
Macee felt sick before the race and was trying to block out the cold and wet conditions. "I told myself, 'I'm warm'" she said and "focused on the first corner with the cone and the tree, picked my spot and headed for it."
Nielson didn't notice the cold once the race started. Starting in the middle of the lead pack, Macee made her move about a mile into the race, passing and soon leaving all competitors far behind.
She finished nearly 1:20 ahead of the second place finisher. "It was tough having no one to push me." Not much mention of the fact that she finished well enough ahead to pause briefly 150 yards from the finish to throw up.
In fact, Macee's time would have won both the 2A and 4A race as well as the 1A race. She had the ninth best time of all girl runners on the day. Her time of 19:03 was the fastest 1A or 2A time since 1998.
Katie's race began similarly. Just a half mile into the three mile course, she was in 10th place but after mile one, had surged to the top five.
San Juan coach Kimberly Hiatt said, "When I saw her in 5th I knew she was having a great race. Her times have been dropping all season and I knew a top ten finish was well within her ability."
At that point in the grassy, undulating course, the girls ran around a large duck pond and then across the park and out of sight for about a mile before resurfacing at a creek bed that runs through the middle of Sugarhouse Park.
At that point, Boy's XC coach Steve Hiatt was poised to take pictures of the Broncos as they came around a turn. He almost dropped his camera in surprise as Katie came out in first place, about 50 yards in front of the pack.
The look on Katie's face was filled with surprise, too. "I felt like I could push a little harder to get around those girls and then all of a sudden I was in first. I was just as shocked as my parents were!"
Katie kept the lead until she entered the last 200 yards onto the Highland High School track and then junior Dayna VanArsdol of Moab caught her. It was a side by side sprint to the finish where Katie barely came up short of the championship title.
Immediately following the finish, VanArsdol turned around and threw her arms around Katie, "You pushed me so hard!" she cried.
Both girls outran 2005 state champion and 2006 state runner up senior Kaylee Coates of North Sevier who was expected to repeat her past performances.
Katie was thrilled with her time of 20:08 as she had finished second to Van Arsdale at region just the week before by 40 seconds. ""I think I've finally found myself at cross country" she says, noting her struggle with a decision between volleyball and cross country earlier in the year.
And what about that friendship? "Katie and the San Juan team were all at about the 2 mile mark cheering me on," says Macee, smiling at the recollection. "Macee was waiting at the finish line," beamed Katie, "cheering me on."
But the friendship has added a third – VanArsdale, the same Moab junior who beat Katie. "Dayna and the Red Devil team were cheering me on, too" says Macee, and the three of them had a group hug at the 2A finish.
"I was happy for Dayna's win," says Katie. Look for more from these runners and friends in the future.


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Bay Bridge: Hundreds of leaks, possible corrosion
But expert says pictures indicate rust and possible failure of zinc primer
(02-10) 19:15 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A supposedly watertight steel chamber supporting the roadbed of the new Bay Bridge eastern span sprang hundreds of leaks during the first big storm of the rainy season, Caltrans officials said Monday.
They denied that the water was already causing damage to the $6.4 billion project's backbone structure, but one expert who viewed photographs of the steel said they showed signs of "active corrosion."
"We're taking this issue very seriously - it is something that, if left unaddressed over several years, could become an issue," said Richard Land, Caltrans' chief deputy director, as he ventured into the hollow chamber beneath the suspension portion of the bridge Monday to survey some of the leaks that materialized over the weekend.
Land invited the media along one day after The Chronicle reported that water was leaking into the steel structure beneath the 0.3-mile section where the bridge deck is suspended from its signature tower.
Caltrans officials said they consider the leaks to be a manageable problem. However, they conceded Monday that they have yet to figure out all the reasons why the steel structure is leaking, and so they have not yet devised a solution.
Suspicion first focused on caulking where the suspension span's four steel guardrails - two in each direction - meet the steel support structure 2 inches beneath the roadway. Construction plans originally called for the guardrails to be laid in a continuous line of caulk, but with Caltrans' permission, lead contractor American Bridge/Fluor decided instead to lay the guardrails atop the steel and apply caulk along the outside.
Seeking sources of leaks
Caltrans said the caulk may be failing to keep water out, but they downplayed the possibility. However, the structure has sprung leaks in other places, officials said.
Among the likely sources of infiltrating water are holes drilled into the hollow guardrail system to install the electrical conduits for lights on the suspension span's cables, officials said. Water may also be coming in where square service panels are bolted on the hollow guardrails.
Whatever the source, experts say the steel on a leaking bridge could be prone to corrosion.
"We see no signs of corrosion," Land insisted Monday as he examined one location where water was dripping from bolts that connect the guardrails to the steel support chamber.
Near where Land was speaking, patches of brown sludge and a white, powdery residue had formed where water was visible. Andrew Gordon, a spokesman for the bridge project, said the sludge could be the result of steel shavings breaking down, but not evidence of corrosion to the steel structure itself.
Metallurgist's opinion
Some experts, however, weren't so sure, noting that the powder is indicative of the failure of the zinc-based primer designed to protect the steel. If that's the case, they said, the brown sludge is probably corrosion from the structure itself.
"That's shocking - steel should not even be showing red rust," said Lisa Thomas, a Berkeley metallurgist who recently wrote an analysis of the corrosion cracking risk to bridge bolts like those that failed on the span in March.
Thomas reviewed the photos of the brown-and-white areas provided by The Chronicle and identified it as "active corrosion."
"You shouldn't be seeing that - no way," Thomas said.
She called Caltrans' suggestion that the sludge was from steel shavings "a ridiculous notion."
John Scully, a corrosion expert at the University of Virginia, said Caltrans "can't eliminate all the infiltration points. They are going to have some issues here - as to long-term implications, this will be in the high-maintenance category."
Land said Caltrans can apply zinc-rich primer to help ward off rust on the bridge.
However, Scully said the zinc in primer is not designed to handle standing water, only water in the atmosphere.
Zinc dissolves when it comes in contact with water in the air, preventing rust from forming, Scully said. But "with standing water, the zinc will be used up in its function," he said.
Land said the leaks that have materialized so far are not a major cause of concern.
"It's not realistic to not have these issues show up," he said. "I'm confident we're going to get on top of this fairly quickly, although it may involve a little work."
Bay Bridge problems
A series of issues has developed during and after the construction of the Bay Bridge's new $6.4 billion eastern span.
Problem: Inspections of giant steel structures made in China show flaws and visible cracks in welds that hold them together. Caltrans officials loosen rules against accepting cracked welds on such structures.
Solution: Caltrans accepts the structures and says the welds are repaired.
Problem: Water infiltrated the hollow steel panels that underlie the bicycle and pedestrian path on the bridge's south side.
Solution: After corrosion is found in the structure, the panels are drained and potential leak sources identified. Caltrans continues to monitor them.
Problem: Bolts used to anchor the bicycle and pedestrian path fail after caps are welded down, keeping them from sliding to account for heat expansion.
Solution: New bolts are installed and the connections are redesigned.
Problem: Rods used to anchor seismic stabilizers at the bridge's east end fail en masse in March 2013 when workers tighten them down. The problem is traced to hydrogen that has infiltrated the galvanized steel parts, possibly during their manufacture or when they are allowed to sit in rainwater on the span for five years. The rods are made of high-strength, zinc-dipped steel, leaving them vulnerable to hydrogen infiltration and brittleness.
Solution: Caltrans completes a $25 million work-around of the rods on the seismic structure in December. It is studying the corrosion failure risk of 2,000 similar rods and bolts on the span.
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Seattle – Study findings in the January 2011 special supplement to The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal demonstrate the substantial impact of rotavirus vaccines on the health of children in developed and developing countries that have introduced the vaccines.
The supplement, "Real World Impact of Rotavirus Vaccination," summarizes data on the dramatic and swift decline in the number of children hospitalized due to rotavirus in countries that include rotavirus vaccines as part of their routine immunization programs.
Diarrhea is one of the top two killers of children under five years of age worldwide, and rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrheal disease in children. Each year, rotavirus-related diarrheal disease takes the lives of more than 500,000 children under five years of age and is responsible for the hospitalization of millions more.
"These studies add to the growing body of evidence that shows rotavirus vaccines are safe, effective, and most importantly, saving children's lives," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "Unfortunately, too many children around the world get severely ill or die from this preventable disease. We must continue to expand our efforts to ensure that children around the world have access to these vaccines."
In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that all countries include rotavirus vaccines in their national immunization programs. Rotavirus vaccination is a critical part of a coordinated approach to address severe and fatal diarrhea.
Prevention and treatment of diarrhea also includes oral rehydration therapy, exclusive breastfeeding, zinc treatment, and improved hygiene and sanitation. While most children in the world will contract rotavirus by their third birthdays, children in developing countries more often die from the terrible diarrhea caused by rotavirus because treatment for severe infections is often limited or inaccessible.
"Rotavirus vaccines have enormous potential to save lives, and it is tragic that they are not more widely available to the children who need them most," said Helen Evans, interim chief executive officer of the GAVI Alliance. "We urgently need to get these life-saving vaccines to children in developing countries."
GAVI has committed to supporting rotavirus vaccine introduction in at least 40 of the world's poorest countries by 2015. The Alliance is seeking approximately US $4 billion from donors to fund the purchase of the vaccines and for other life-saving interventions.
Highlights of the findings in the "Real World Impact of Rotavirus Vaccination" supplement that demonstrate rotavirus vaccine's measureable and substantial impact on children's health in both the developed and developing world include:
- In the United States, there was a significant 58 to 86 percent reduction in rotavirus-related hospitalizations over three years following vaccine introduction in July 2006.
- In Australia, which introduced rotavirus vaccine in July 2007, there was a striking 89 to 94 percent reduction in rotavirus-related hospitalizations in children under five years of age living in Queensland in the two years following vaccine introduction.
- In El Salvador, rotavirus hospitalization rates for children under five years of age declined dramatically by 69 to 81 percent in two and a half years following the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in October 2006.
- In Mexico, which introduced rotavirus vaccine in May 2007, there was a 40 percent decline in 2009 in diarrhea-related hospitalizations in children under five years of age during the rotavirus season.
"PAHO's [Pan American Health Organization] decision to prioritize investment in rotavirus vaccines is paying off for our children," said PAHO deputy director Dr. Jon K. Andrus as he celebrated the significant impact demonstrated in Latin American countries. "The evidence is clear—immunization against rotavirus is one of the best ways to protect millions of children from severe, and often fatal, diarrhea."
The studies also show that there have been large reductions in rotavirus disease among older, unvaccinated children, suggesting that vaccination may limit the overall amount of virus transmission, thereby indirectly protecting the larger population. This phenomenon, known as "herd immunity," will require continued study.
"Wherever we look, in both the developed and developing worlds, we see a rapid and impressive reduction in rotavirus infections following the roll-out of vaccine," said Dr. John Wecker, director of the Vaccine Access and Delivery Global Program, PATH. "Vaccine effectiveness often takes years to document; with rotavirus, there is an immediate dramatic impact—one which should compel decision-makers and donors to support and implement the WHO recommendation to introduce rotavirus vaccines today."
In addition to documenting the substantial health value of rotavirus vaccination, the "Real World Impact of Rotavirus Vaccination"supplement, published December 27, 2010, also looks at changes in the duration and timing of the rotavirus season and changes in strain variation following introduction of rotavirus vaccine. Longer-term epidemiologic studies are needed to assess if and to what extent rotavirus vaccine may play a role in these changes.
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To access the articles, go to http://journals.lww.com/pidj/toc/2011/01001. For background information on rotavirus and diarrheal disease, please see www.rotavirusvaccine.org and www.defeatDD.org. For background information on the GAVI Alliance's support for rotavirus vaccine introduction, please see www.gavialliance.org.
PATH: Candace Rosen, +1.202.431.9437, [email protected]
CDC: Dr. Manish Patel, +1.404.639.2343, [email protected]
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Last year I got all crafty and made all of the decorations for our Christmas tree. The mood didn't strike me this year (although we still have several of our salt dough ornaments from last year), but in case any of you are inspired to create an eco-friendly homemade Christmas tree, I thought I'd repost the blog I wrote a year ago.
Originally posted Dec. 15, 2008
After writing my holiday eco-friendly crafts post, I got this insane great idea that it'd be lots of fun to make all of the decorations for our Christmas tree this year. I was hoping to involve the kids in the crafting, but my first two attempts – with popcorn garland and cranberry garland – were not as successful as I hoped. Turns out that popcorn is fairly hard to put a needle through and I didn't want to risk Ava poking the heck out of herself, so she and Julian ate popcorn while I threaded it. The cranberries were a little harder than I would've liked too so I did those myself while the kids ate them and then spat them out because they are, of course, very tart. 😉
I also made the star on the top of our tree by cutting it out of a pie tin (super sharp edges) and gluing it to a piece of black paper.
Finally this morning, I decided on a project we could work on together (at least Ava and I could and Julian could help out later) – salt dough ornaments!
Here's the recipe that I used.
Salt Dough Ornaments
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
1 cup water
Optional: 1 tablespoon any type of oil (to make it easier to work with – thanks to Brighid for the tip)
I didn't have enough sea salt, so I used my kosher salt (after grinding it up in the food processor a bit). It worked just as well. I think table salt is probably what they have in mind for this recipe though.
Mix salt and flour. Add in half the water, then gradually add the remaining water. Knead until the dough is smooth, this can take up to 10 minutes.
I divided up my dough into different segments and used food coloring on some of it.
For flat dough ornaments roll out the dough (to about 1/4 inch thickness) on baking paper, wax paper, or directly on a cookie sheet. Use cookie cutters, cut-out templates, or just use your hands.
Add details to the ornaments with a toothpick and knife.
Don't forget to use a straw to make a hole so you can hang the ornament. (I forgot to do this on two of mine. Oops!)
Baking: Time varies based on thickness of ornament
Temperature: 325°F.
Time: 20 minutes or until dry – They should be hard to the touch, but not brown.
After they are done baking and cooling, you can paint, add glitter, spray with a clear finish, etc. We chose not to do this and let me tell you why I'm glad we didn't.
a) because Julian decided to start tasting several of the ornaments
b) because a few, invariably, got dropped or stepped on and broke, but because they don't have any extra stuff on them, I can just throw them into the composter. (The popcorn and cranberries can go out for the birds when you are done with them or into the compost bin). 🙂
Finally, add ribbon, yard, string, twine, etc. and your ornaments are ready to hang on the tree or give as gifts.
And now, the pictures…
I don't know if we'll stick with just the homemade decorations on the tree – I think we may add a handful of ornaments we've collected over the years – but I will say that despite the extra work involved, I really enjoy the organic-feel and personality that our tree has this year. It's been a lot of fun. 🙂
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If you're unpaid on a construction project and you want to file a lien, you have to figure out the project type to determine what type of lien is available to you. In most circumstances, three different types of construction projects (continued below):
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— Federal Projects: Construction work performed on federal property. Contractors and suppliers are unable to file a lien against the federal land. However, these parties can typically file a claim against the prime contractor's bond under the federal Miller Act.
— State Projects: Construction work performed on state property. Just as contractors and suppliers cannot file a lien against property owned by the federal government, most states have restrictions against filing liens against state property as well. As such, claimants can typically file a claim against the prime contractor's bond under the state "Little Miller Act."
— Private Projects: Construction work performed on property owned by a private owner (remember, this may include work on a private university or on a public corporation's property). Here, the contractor or supplier can file a traditional mechanic lien against the property itself.
— Something Different: So, it is possible that your project doesn't fall into any of these categories? The answer, unfortunately, is yes. While there are a number of examples, I'll direct you to a recent blog post by Vincent Pallaci on his New York Mechanic's Lien blog: Caution! Working on a private project on publicly owned land may leave you without lien rights.
Vincent's post gives one example of these "something different" types of projects. It relates to a private project on a state property in New York. While New York has lien laws for private projects on private land, and public projects on public land, there is a gap for private projects on public land.
When reviewing your lien rights, look at your project and determine what type of project it is. That's the first step in determining whether you have the right to lien or file a bond claim…and then how to actually do it.


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To CHANGE-CLASS or not to CHANGE-CLASS
(This article isn't about clipping paths or graphics or Vecto, it's about CLOS, protocols, and change-class.)
Clipping paths in in Vecto have these semantics:
- the initial clipping path covers the whole canvas, so it has no effect on drawing
- the clipping path can never get bigger (updates always intersect with the current clipping path), but
- the clipping path is saved and restored by WITH-GRAPHICS-STATE, so you can localize changes
Vecto implements clipping with a grayscale mask channel. But I wanted a couple optimizations:
- no clipping path creation or drawing overhead for the initial, empty clipping path
- no data copying overhead in WITH-GRAPHICS-STATE unless the clipping path is actually modified (i.e. copy-on-write)
The protocol to support this has the generic functions EMPTYP, COPY, CLIPPING-DATA, and WRITABLE-CLIPPING-DATA. A more efficient drawing function is used if the canvas's clipping path object is EMPTYP, otherwise a slower function that references CLIPPING-DATA is used. WITH-GRAPHICS-STATE copies the clipping path with COPY. Clipping path updates are written to the channel returned by WRITABLE-CLIPPING-DATA.
I initially implemented this with three classes: CLIPPING-PATH, EMPTY-CLIPPING-PATH, and PROXY-CLIPPING-PATH. Here's how each class handles each generic function:
|returns true
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data slot is EQ to original
|no method
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to CLIPPING-
initializes and returns data
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set data slot to copy-seq of data slot
Then I read Joe Marshall's take on CHANGE-CLASS, which he calls — with some caveats — horrendous. I don't want to use horrendous things! So I implemented a different approach using only one CLIPPING-PATH class:
- add a COPY-ON-WRITE-P slot, initially false
- a CLIPPING-PATH is EMPTYP if its data slot is unbound
- COPY creates a new CLIPPING-PATH instance
- if the original is EMPTYP, the new instance is also empty
- otherwise it has the same (EQ) data as the original and a copy-on-write flag of t.
- CLIPPING-DATA returns the data slot
- WRITABLE-CLIPPING-DATA checks if the clipping path is
- if so, initializes and returns the data slot
- otherwise, checks the copy-on-write flag:
- if set, COPY-SEQs the data slot to itself, returns the new data
- otherwise it returns the data directly
The second approach seems ok to me (and I don't need a table to explain it), but the first approach doesn't seem that horrendous either. I didn't choose either technique for any special reasons; they're just the first things that occurred to me.
What do you think? Are they about the same, or does one seem better to you? Is there some other approach that would be even nicer? Let me know.


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Is there anything high-speed flexible impactors can't flail into gold? Not bloody likely, given the magic they're performing with garbage glass in Tennessee.
While you and your friends might sell beer bottles to acquire more beer, or use them to build wicked steampunk goggles, the Cumberland County Recycling Center is grinding them up to make cheap mulch and road salt. Wait: That's actually possible? Hell yeah, it is, and here's how it works.
Last year, the county, which is home to towns like Crab Orchard and Pleasant Hill, had to close its landfill. But rather than pay about $420,000 a month to haul its loads to another county, it purchased a ferocious, $93,793 glass grinder from the New York company Andela. (This saga is all recounted in Public Works Magazine, a must-read for fans of unusual municipal machines.) So now the recycling center just tosses its used bottles into the pulverizer's sucking maw, transforming weapons of bar brawlers into harmless dust and gravel.
This is where it gets interesting. According to PW's Victoria Sicaras:
So far, the recycling center is creating two different products. One is a sand material that can be mixed with road salt to treat icy roads. The county's highway department purchases the glass sand at $5/ton, which in turn allows the department to purchase less salt and cover more roads.
The second product is a larger 3/8-inch glass that the recycling center sells as landscaping material to the public for $30/ton. One customer uses the material for fish tanks and aquariums.
Selling a county's trash back to its residents: smart idea. Cumberland claims that the madly swinging hammers inside its Andela pulverizer has helped bump up its recycling revenue's from $240,000 to more than $400,000. That's a profit lump not to be scoffed at in these lean times.
Austin runs a similar glass-crushing operation, giving away free scoops of glittering glass for use as decorative mulch or drainage material. The aggregate's edges are rounded enough that you can walk on it without draining out like a punctured IV bag, and a slight percentage of paper and bottle caps lends the material an interesting visual quality. With a lifespan of 1,000-plus years, the glass won't decompose like regular mulch, and it has a grittiness that naturally repels slugs. (Or maybe it's the beer residue.)
Here's one Austin gardener's perspective on the silica slaw:
Although the glass has been tumbled in sand, there are still sharp edges. I hesitate to use it anywhere I'd have to weed and dig later (especially since I don't wear gloves). I think in the future I will use it primarily in places I need to create good drainage.
The decorative glass mulch smells like a stale garbage can. A good rain should wash the scent and sand away....
How long do you think this will stay weed and leaf-free? At least when the revelers walking up from concerts at Auditorium Shores throw their beer bottles in my yard, it will blend in with the landscaping.
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After Obamacare glitches, the case for default insurance
The Obamacare debate is entering a new phase. The problems plaguing the insurance exchanges have raised serious questions about the viability of the president's health reform effort. The Obama administration and its allies insist that the exchanges will soon be up and running, and that they've already been successful. Yet at least some liberals are starting to wonder if the exchange model should be abandoned in favor of a single-payer, Medicare-for-all approach. John Cassidy of the New Yorker, an occasional Obamacare critic from the left, is just one of many liberals who've touted the virtues of a single-payer system, and it is easy to imagine future Democratic presidential candidates doing the same. Conservatives, meanwhile, have tended to characterize the failure of the exchanges as a reflection of the limits of government. Patrick Ruffini, a well-regarded conservative strategist, captured the views of many on the right in a short piece titled "How Healthcare.gov Discredits Liberalism." We're nowhere near a consensus on whether the kludgy mess that is Obamacare ought to be replaced. But serious questions are being raised across the political spectrum.
One idea that hasn't drawn much attention is the role that default insurance might play in a future U.S. health system. This is despite the fact that low-cost default insurance might be the most straightforward way for the U.S. to achieve universal coverage at a price all Americans can afford.
Almost everyone, including President Obama, accepts that the process of signing up for insurance on the exchanges has proven quite difficult. But it hasn't been impossible. A decent number of determined consumers have been able to sign up for coverage after many false starts. The concern is that the most determined consumers are presumably the ones who have the most to gain from insurance coverage, which is to say consumers who expect to have high health costs. The goal of the exchanges, and specifically of the generous federal subsidies offered to low- and middle-income people seeking coverage, has been to attract as many young and healthy consumers as possible, to ease the burden of providing medical care for the old and sick. There is still time to fix the exchanges, and the experience is gradually improving. Nevertheless, the initial hiccups have led to renewed calls for delaying implementation of the individual mandate. Until recently, these calls have been limited to Republican critics of Obamacare. Now, however, Democrats like Rep. John Barrow (D-GA), Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) have joined the chorus. To be sure, these Democrats, many of whom represent Republican states, are calling for a delay if and only if problems with the exchanges persist. But the prospects for delaying the individual mandate have greatly improved. And such a delay will make it even less likely that young and healthy consumers will sign up for coverage.
This leads us back to default insurance. In their book Nudge, Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler famously made the case for "libertarian paternalism," an approach to public policy that relies heavily on "choice architecture." Rather than explicitly mandate a certain kind of behavior, like saving for retirement, Sunstein and Thaler recommend "nudging" people towards making responsible choices by making them opt-out and not opt-in. Those of us who are too lazy to sign up for a retirement savings program, including one with a generous employer match, are also generally too lazy to take affirmative steps to disenroll from such a program. For example, Sunstein and Thaler cite a study by economists Brigitte Madrian and Dennis Shea, which found that initial enrollments in a generous retirement savings program jumped from 49 percent to 86 percent when the program went from requiring employees to opt-in to requiring them to opt-out.
Given that Sunstein was an important member of the Obama White House, having served as director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, you might wonder why the Obamacare exchanges were built around getting people to actively sign up for insurance instead of creating a Nudge-style default option. The most obvious reason is that a default option would have to be very inexpensive to avoid sparking a backlash, and Obamacare has a strong built-in bias against low-cost catastrophic coverage and in favor of more generous comprehensive coverage.
This creates an opportunity for conservative policymakers, who by and large embrace low-cost catastrophic coverage. James Capretta, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the leading advocate of market-driven health reform in GOP-aligned circles, argues that his health reform proposal will cost less than Obamacare while expanding coverage more. Capretta's concept has three main elements. First, all adults who aren't currently offered coverage through large employer plans will receive a fixed refundable credit that can only be used for the purchase of health insurance. Second, the Medicaid program will be transitioned into a premium support payment that will supplement the refundable credit for all Medicaid enrollees. Third, and most intriguingly, states would be responsible for assigning everyone who fails to sign up for coverage on their own to default insurance options, which would cost no more than the fixed refundable credit. Because the credit would be relatively small (roughly $2500, according to Capretta), these default plans would be barebones affairs with larger-than-normal deductibles. Yet those who are assigned to default plans would be free to purchase more generous plans of their choosing.
The beauty of Capretta's default approach is that it guarantees that even those who aren't willing to sign up for coverage will have some protection against medical disasters. The main downside of the default option, at least politically, is that it won't deliver a tangible benefit to a large swath of voters.
As much as liberal Obamacare champions dislike catastrophic insurance policies, the default option does solve a big problem that the rollout of the exchanges has vividly illustrated, namely that even the most vigorous public information campaign is never going to reach every last uninsured person.
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"I'm a farmer. I've been a farmer for quite a few years. I take great pride in it, and I really can't picture myself doing anything else." Rich Erdle
Rich has grown grapes here on the shore of Lake Erie for decades. A few years back, he took on a partner: his son Colin. Colin tried working as a music teacher for a while, but his passion for farming brought him back. He still sings while he works in the vineyards, though.
"I couldn't tell you of a Welch's farm that's not a small, family-owned farm. There's no giant, 10,000-acre farm. We don't do it that way." Colin Erdle
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing 541 projects valued at $2 billion in a variety of areas including renovating hospitals and schools, installing new water and sewer lines, electrical generation, new water and wastewater treatment plants, bridges and road paving. In the past three years, more than 3,700 projects valued at $5.6 billion have been completed.
Namir El Akabi, Chief Executive Officer of ALMCO Group, which has 6,500 Iraqis on its payroll, says his firm has been involved with both new construction and refurbishment.
"We're the largest Iraqi-owned company doing this kind of work," El Akabi said. "We have completed about 80 projects, both small and large. The U.S.-funded projects have been the main engine for employment within Iraq. This work has allowed Iraq to survive, because without these strategic projects, things would have been much worse. It would have been a complete disaster."
His firm has been working for three years on the $50 million R3 water treatment plant in East Baghdad that will provide 25 million gallons daily (4,000 cubic meters per hour) of potable water. "Water is the essence of life. We�ll finish that project in January, and its impact on Sadr City�s standard of living will be dramatic."
El Akabi is proud to point out that his workers are being paid some of the highest salaries in Iraq. "The secret to our success is honesty in execution, quality production, and looking after our Iraqi employees." He notes that at the conclusion of every project, 20 percent of the profits are distributed to his Iraqi crew. "That helps with motivation. They know they are part of the company. And that�s why we have been able to execute so many projects in such a short time. I look after our Iraqi employees, and they produce."
El Akabi grew up in Iraq and left at age 10. "It was a dream of mine to come back." He returned to Baghdad in 2003 and started his company with five employees. He notes that most Middle Eastern countries don�t have the natural resources his homeland possesses. "They don�t have water, they don�t have oil, they don�t have minerals � Iraq has everything." He hopes that someday soon, Iraq will become the next Dubai.
He said he�s often asked when Iraq will be secure and safe. He answers, "I don�t know. But we have to keep going. We have to keep going down that road to rebuild Iraq, to establish democracy and freedom. Things have improved tremendously."
He pointed out that last year, his company had a terrorist incident every week � an attack on one of their convoys, at a project site, or the kidnapping of an employee. "For the past two months, I don�t remember one incident where a fatality happened. The Iraqi people are fed up with all this blood, all this terrorism, all these people coming from the outside and dictating how we should think, what is right and what is wrong. The Iraqis are an intelligent people by nature and the minority has been misguided, misguided by other countries and by other ideologies such as Al Qaeda, which is wrong by any standard."
El Akabi said that people today, for the most part, can go about with their normal life activities. "I�m optimistic. During the last three or four months, I�ve seen changes. In 2006, when things got really bad, we were all very depressed. We couldn�t see hope. But we had to keep telling ourselves there is hope. Now I actually see hope. I can see it with my eyes, I can feel it. Today, hope is becoming a reality."


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Why look, another headcrab.
We've managed to cobble together a small update in spite of the entire team being rather busy with Summer activities. This update includes a very important crash fix for a player naming exploit, a few bug fixes, and a new map by Nih.
New Map - Judgement
Judgement, created by Nih, is now packaged with the game. The map features survival gameplay in which players must defeat three waves of 'archangels' in order to successfully defend the mythical city of Godom and protect it from the wrath of an angry god.
Players have ten minutes to defeat each wave of archangels before the city is reduced to a burning heap of rubble. All dead players are revived with the successful destruction of each wave of archangels. Alternatively, players may find the 'Rat of Returning' and sacrifice it at an altar in the map's center to revive a single player at a time.
If you are running a dedicated server please use SteamCmd to update your servers. Those of you that were using the public release candidate can remain to do so, as this branch now matches the standard branch.
Changes are as follows:
Notable changes
- Fixed a player name exploit causing servers and other players to crash.
- New map: Judgement.
- New work-in-progress entity: ambient_music. This entity plays sounds on a separate audio channel from normal game sounds that is unaffected by DSP effects. Volume level is controlled by the 'Music Volume' slider in the player configuration menu.
Game library
- Added check if the game rules has loaded and is valid when executing "loadadminlist" and "kicksteamid".
- Added console help for "create" and "create_grunt" console commands.
- Added inventory rules to all triggers (use / multi-use), func_door (touch), and trigger_changelevel (touch and use).
- Added "remove" cheat command which can be used to remove entity/entities with a given target name.
- Added support for entities with custom top/bottom colour. Uses "topcolor" and "bottomcolor" key values, range 0-255.
- Client-side sounds are now played only during the first frame run to avoid sound stuttering when 'fall damage' sound is played.
- Fixed an exploit where player could leave the server to avoid vote-kick/ban.
- Fixed locked button sounds not playing.
- Fixed issue where a non-player model with colour changing textures would re-use top/bottom colour from a previously rendered player model.
- Fixed 'null player' issues, where disconnected players would reappear as invisible objects or interfere with scripts.
- Fixed potential access violation in ClientDisconnect() (although it was very unlikely to ever happen).
- Fixed sand footstep sounds not playing.
- Fixed weapons not re-deploying correctly after a player exits Observer Mode.
- No-clip now correctly ignores ground planes. Fixes issues with players sticking to ground planes when flying up with a shallow angle.
- Removed redundant footstep sound functions.
- Self referencing path_corner entities now impose at least a 10ms delay.
- Separated "player drowned" and "player fell or something" into two separate death messages.
- Survival Mode is now notified when player enters Observer Mode (i.e. when he is forced to observer mode by custom AFK plug-in).
- Using create command with no arguments no longer crashes the game.
- Added CASConCommandSystem::ServerCommand() - more convenient way of executing custom AS commands from scripts.
- Added CASSoundEngine::FindMaterialType() function that returns material type for given texture.
- Added CBaseEntity::IsBreakable() method that can be used to check whether this is a breakable brush entity or not.
- Added CEngine::force_retouch.
- Added CHAN_MUSIC value to the "Audio channels" AngelScript API enum.
- Added implicit conversion from char to uint32.
- Added missing ItemInfo opAssign method.
- Added MOVE_TYPE enum for MoveToOrigin() movement types.
- Added overloaded g_SoundSystem::PrecacheSound() AS method that supports sound replacement for entities.
- Added override for CBaseMonster::IgnoreConditions() to CBaseCustomMonsterEntity.
- Added PlayerEnteredObserver and PlayerLeftObserver AS hooks. Available to both - map scripts and server plugins.
- CBaseEntity::StartPlayerFollowing() and CBaseEntity::StopPlayerFollowing() methods are now available through AS API.
- CBaseEntity::StopFollowing() method was removed from AS API (merged with StopPlayerFollowing()).
- CCVar constructors now have proper default value for string arguments.
- CEngine is no longer const, selected members are non-const.
- CEntityFuncs methods will now release array references correctly if the array type is invalid.
- Fixed File::ReadLine() not handling CRLF line endings correctly.
- Fixed return type of CEngineFuncs::Voice_GetClientListening and Voice_SetClientListening().
- Optional parameter was added to StartPlayerFollowing()/StopPlayerFollowing() methods and will make the monster start/stop following the player without playing any sentence.
- PlayerUse, PlayerPreThink, PlayerPostThink, GetPlayerSpawnSpot AS hooks are now available to server plugins.
- Removed CEngineFuncs::AnimationAutomove(). corresponding function in the engine is empty.
- Removed CHAN_NETWORKVOICE_BASE and CHAN_NETWORKVOICE_END from the "Audio channels" AngelScript API enum.
- string::SetCharAt() is no longer const.
- Survival Mode AS API is now available to server plugins.
- Tweaked few documentation strings.
- WeaponPrimaryAttack, WeaponSecondaryAttack and WeaponTertiaryAttack AS hooks: Fixed invalid data type being used for the first function argument (caused run-time AS errors when hook arguments were accessed). All 3 hooks are now available to server plugins.
- Added validation checks with error messages to help mappers correct problematic BSP models.
- Fixed a player name exploit causing servers and other players to crash.
- Graceful disconnect if an invalid BSP model is parsed, instead of crashing.
- Graceful disconnect if the models or sounds pre-cache limit is reached, instead of crashing.
- Replace '%' and '&' for space when setting player names. (Fixes crash exploit.)
- Workaround for Sys_Error() not printing the last word in the message. (May not always work.)
- Added an error message if something tries to specify an empty sound file, or a sound index out of bounds.
- Added channel groups. Two groups for now: SFX and MUSIC. Each with an individual volume controls. Volume of the MUSIC channel group is controlled by MP3Volume CVAR. Master channel group is used to mute all sounds when the game window is inactive.
- Added fall back createSound() call for MP3 files with a large ID3 tag chunk.
- Made the "EMPTY AMBIENT AT x, y, z" message more descriptive.
- New work in progress entity "ambient_music":
- Plays everywhere, is not affected by 3D positioning, reverberation, or filters.
- Mappers can adjust volume of individual music tracks by "volume" key value, but the final volume is determined on the client-side based on a value of "MP3Volume" CVAR.
- Music will play even for players that joined after the entity was triggered. Playback will start with an appropriate offset for them.
- Music can be looped.
- Music can be played for an individual player (activator).
- The MUSIC channel group is 2D only. (No positioning info, attenuation, or DSP.)
Non-playable characters
- Fixed NPCs not throwing grenades.
- Fixed Talk Monster sentences getting interrupted mid-speech. The static talk timer is now initialized only once - when the map loads, instead of keep re-initializing every time new talk monster spawns.
- Fixed medics/scientists not being able to revive players.
- Fixed scientists following the player indefinitely if he respawned while being revived.
- Fixed the problem where if player dies multiple times only the same scientist would try to revive him (m_hHealTarget and m_hMyMedic was not cleared properly).
- Fixed scientists screaming constantly if they see fallen player/ally.
- Fixed the issue where player could get stuck in "frozen" state if his corpse was blocked while being revived (added watchdog that will put him back to the normal "dead" state if the process takes too long).
- Fixed multiple scientists/medics trying to revive a single corpse at the same time.
- Idling Talk Monsters will no longer talk to friendly monster that is currently reviving fallen ally (otherwise the process could get interrupted).
- Scientists will use special set of sentences when they see fallen ally and when they start their CPR procedure.
- Added "weapons/hks1.wav" to the file pre-cache list for human grunts / male assassins / bodyguards to fix zombie grunts with silent weapons in They Hunger Episode 3.
- [Alien Grunt] Removed friendly model selection for classic mode.
- [Barnacle] Change barnacle classification to CLASS_ALIEN_PREDATOR. Barnacles will now try to munch on any CLASS_ALIEN_PREY walking by.
- [Big Momma] Fixed potential crash.
- [Chumtoad] Friendly chumtoads without an owner will now follow player when used.
- [Houndeye] Fixed houndeyes not being able to damage breakables.
- [Pit Drone] Added "initammo" key value which defines how many "spikes" will be loaded when the monster spawns (used on some OP4 maps).
- [Grapple] Possibly fixed issues with the barnacle grapple sometimes failing to latch onto targets.
- [Satchel] Fixed potential crashes prior to detonation and deactivation.
Half-Life Campaign
- [All] Recompiled everything with default lighting parameters.
- [All] Replaced trigger_cdaudio entities with ambient_music.
- [HL C00] Fixed helicopter that was completely silent as the train drove by.
- [HL C13 A4] Fixed trigger_changelevel teleport being turned on with the map start, and instead made it activate only when the scientist says you can jump into the portal.
Half-Life: Opposing Force Campaign
- [All] Converted trigger_cdaudio and target_cdaudio entities to ambient_music entities. Maps now use the Opposing Force soundtrack instead of Half-Life's.
- [Part 1] Fixed incorrect "nextmap" configuration.
- Prevented first sneaky snipers hiding behind building.
- Prevented players dying during cutscene near sniper rifle/grenades.
Polar Rescue
- Removed ospreyT.mdl from the res file.
Stadium 4
- Fixed friendly turrets/miniturrets not deploying after being spawned.
- Implemented weapon filters to the human grunt and RPG grunt monster counters so that they don't overlap.
They Hunger
- [Episode 1 Part 5] Fixed "mp_survival_nextmap" being commented out.
- [Episode 3] Fixed zombie grunts with silent weapons.
- [Player_Construction] Cleaned up the model, fixed smoothing, repaired UVs.
- [Player_Gus] Cleaned up the model, fixed smoothing, patched holes, etc.
- Added ambient_music entity.
Game manual
- Added guides on running SvenDS as a service.
- Added Linux SvenDS service script example.
- Added 'Judgement' to the list of official maps.
UI Text
- Added FMOD copyright notice.
- Changed "MP3 Volume" to "Music Volume".
- Changed Miles notice to FMOD notice.
- Deleted unused 3DFX GL library.
- Deleted unused Bzip2 library.
Version details
Steam build ID numbers: Game 1965203, dedicated server tool 1965204, SDK tool 1965205.
Please use the steam build ID number as a reference when posting an issue or query on our message boards. You can find the build number you currently have within Steam by right clicking our game or tools, selecting Properties, then selecting the Local Files tab.