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Daniel I like what you've done, looks great.Since we're on the cook kit subject I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring, so to speak.This is my go to kit 90% of the time, it will last me 3-4 days worth, for boiling water on the fuel that is included in the total weight. This does not factor in that I can aslo use this kit in wood burning mode where permissibleThe total weight is 12.8 oz with the AGG cozy and 10.7 without it.I started with an Imusa mug (the larger one) and cut the handle off for easier storage and cozy fit.The kit includes Imusa mug, homemade pot cozy, mini bic, 3 esbit tabs, 2 oz of alcolhol, Starlyte alcolhol stove by Zelph Stoveworks, esbit Titanium stove, Titanium pot stand made by our very own BPL member Gary Dunckle (Zia-Grill-Guy, thanks Gary it works great)Titanium wind screen, neoprene pot grabber, Titanium lid, wash cloth, aluminum heat shield, one paper clip and one rubber band.I've used this in the winter at 21* outside and the water in the bottle was a little frozen, but I managed to get 3 cups of water out.On one oz of fuel in the Starlyte, with 3 cups of almost frozen water, it took 15 min to a rolling boil with a burn out at 22 min. This kit has worked good for me so far and the esbit is efficient also, taking about 6-7 min to boil 2 cups of water.Cook kit in Anitgravitygear cozy.Cook kit out of AGG cozy.All the components.Without the AGG cozy.All inside, with room for more fuel or utensils.Jack
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Yep, only 14grs for the amount of water. I'd guess its closer to 11-12gr based on the amount of simmer it had left after reaching boiling.This is zelphs "modified" starlite, a stanco geasepot and myog Al flashing cone/stand. Total weight of these components is ~4.5oz.
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James, a few years ago is when I experimented with the Modified StarLyte Burner in an enclosed environment. I made some myog Al flashing windscreens cone shaped but not pot supporting. I used the StarLyte stove with modified burner. The Stanco Kmart grease pot sits right on the stove. Windscreen snugs right up close to the pot.As others have witnessed, the windscreen need not be cone shaped when using the Modified Burner. In these two photobucket videos you can see how the Modified Burner is used with the Stanco Grease pot.
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I'm intrigued with the Jetboil pot and Easbit option. I found a used Flash pot to experiment with last week. I've been looking for cans to fit but haven't found a ready made fit yet. The best option so far has been the fat short cans used for canned tomatoes. That size is about 3/8" too wide to fit the outside diameter of the bottom section where the bayonet lock to engage the stove is. I need a way to make a clean circular cut in the top of the can to give a good tight fit for the pot. I want a good stable setup when done. I have one option made from the stainless sidewall of an Ikea utensil holder that fits inside the bottom ring of the pot, just rolling it and fastening it with a stove bolt and washers through the existing holes. The smaller diameter is less stable. My Big Plan is to do a precise fit on the outside with some aluminum flashing and pop rivet it together. That should still fit inside the pot. Then I need to cook up a holder for the Esbit tab ( pun intended).
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"The purpose of the heat exchanger and the windscreen is to make sure that all the heat energy in the fuel is transmitted to the water"Probably better to think of the HTX purpose as increasing the energy xfered to the water -- no HTX will ever get it all there. Your two tests don't isolate the HTX effect well enough bc the pot geometry is so different. Do you have a cookpot that has similar shape as the JB (diameter & height/volume) but no fins? If so I'd run a test comparing those.I guarantee that if you cut the fins off of your JB the fuel consumption would go up in your test, I won't speculate how much. I do think the that with a HTX pot inside a cone you get diminishing returns wrt fuel economy vs increased pot weight.
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My limited experience with a JetBoil pan and small alcohol burners suggested that they're not a good match; quite a lot of sooting on the pan, and slow boil times.The thing to remember is that a heat exchanger is only useful if there's a lot of heat to exchange. For a gas burner set on full power, there's a lot of heat, from a vigorous flame, and the heat exchanger can pull out the heat from the flame that would otherwise spill (relatively) uselessly up the side of the pan. This is what contributes to the JetBoil's fast boil time, and reputation for burning food to the bottom of the pan...For lower-power burners, such as alcohol and Esbit, with sluggish flames, there isn't a great deal of heat spare in the flame for the exchanger to extract. In the worst case, the exchanger can actually work in reverse, radiating heat from the hot pan to the environment, reducing the efficiency of the stove.My suspicion is that the sluggish flames also have trouble getting through the closely-packet vanes on the JetBoil, resulting in poor gas flow and thus poor combustion, hence the sooting.
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Daniel, I think Ti or Al shouldn't matter (the importance of the differnent materials will likely be much smaller than the other vaiables in this test).I have been meaning to make a cone/windscreen for the HTX pot I have for some time now. I also happen to have an IMUSA mug that is nearly identical in diameter as the HTX pot (olicamp something). I can test this with the alcohol burner I have.Kevin, I have a feeling the HTX fins would have to be obscenely large (relative to the combustion gas crossectional area) before the negative effect you mention would be possible.
Also, I have "experimented" with using a HTX pot on a canister stove using a suspended windscreen design - with the stove throttled way down.I noticed a definite improvement from adding the close fitting windscreen -- infact, combustion gases cooled enough such that water was condensing on the side of the cookpot after adding the windscreen.With the alcohol set up I am playing with now I still notice significant heat coming out of the cone. The best I am able to get on fuel effeciency is ~60%(heat required)/(actual fuel energy burned).The sooting issue might be the real failure of this combo - because of HTX fouling rendering the fins much less useful.
> Just a gentle clarification. The setup I'm working on is for esbits not alcohol.Yes, I know...But alcohol and Ebsit are both low-power compared to a gas burner, and I find they behave quite similarly when it comes to air supply and hot gas flow requirements. So, whilst I haven't tried Esbit tabs with a JetBoil, I thought the alcohol experience might be useful.
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I bought a powerstroke now i have questions.
Hello all... I'm glad to say i bought my first 2004 powerstroke with 140k...nice upgrade from my 98 mustang gt for ohio winters ha
Little backround info.....truck has egr delete and edge programmer with all the goodies, leveling kit and 35's.
My back round.....Fix airplanes for a living and work on cars every weekend for the last 8 years it a love hate relationship as we all can agree to
I have a few questions and before i get to asking i want eveyone to know i've done hours of research and just looking for more details on the matters.
1. Guy i bought it from put autozone 50/50 coolant in her and ran it like this for the last 2k miles, i plan of dumping it and putting ford gold in and i have all the info on how to do so. My question comes to the forum of do i need to use distilled water or can i use water filter'd with a britta filter? my second question is do i have to run sc-12 i believe its called ASAP after a change orar can i drive for a week without it untill it arives in the mail?
2. I have a oil leak in/around my turbo valley....yes i've read of a sensor that leaks and turbo o-rings and such that can. The leak right under the turbo i plan on washing off everything that is oily and making it shine to see were it coming from. Now my question is do i buy OEM o-ring or gasket that is bad?
3. rear pinion seal leaks also is it as simple as buying a new seal, prying the old one out and installing the new one or is there more inside the diff that i must attend to?
4. My heat works but its not put your 2 yr old in the truck and go driving with 15o weather out side....she reads slightly under the min level on the degass bottle by mabe 1-2 centameters....yes i've read this could be the problem and i will attend to that once the flush is complete, she blows a little hotter with the high idle turned on, i've also read it could be headgaskets going UGHHHH, is the bubble test a good indication to go buy even with a egr delete? Any more ideas on this and better testing rule out head gaskets(there is no white residue near degrass or on and no signs or smells of coolant puke or any smoke even on 28o outside temp starts or driving.
5. When taking her out for 4wd sometimes it takes 10-20 seconds or so for it to disengage is this normal? Vac leak im assuming?
6. My battery light comes on and off randomly but battery volts when truck runs is 12.8 ish....alternator was told is fairly new....any input to fix this? also what is the alternator post to output volt wise directly from the out post on it. Batteries also less than year old.
Sure im forgetting more but i will be back....any help is great.
Thanks guy
okay to touch on just a couple, ford gold bad, batt light comin on and off mine did that and had to replace alt now its all good!
As far as the heat you could have a slipping water pump or air in the system. What temps does your monitor read for ECT?
i did see were someone said they can spin on the shaft causing a no flow.
Do NOT run the Ford Gold coolant. That is the main reason for oil cooler and EGR cooler failures. You need to flush with distilled water and then the coolant you want to use is an ELC coolant with an EC-1 rating. DO NOT use Dexcool. The oil leak is most likely your ICP sensor. Only way to fix it is to replace it and you also need to replace the pigtail because oil leaks into the connector. Rear pinion is a little more involved. Pinion gear nut would have to be removed, then the flange to get to seal. Your heat could vlbe a thermostat issue since the OE thermostats fail in the open position. Only way to know that is to get a monitor for the truck to watch all of your temps. The factory gauges are useless. Coolant level is fine, should be 1/4" below minimum mark. Not sure on the 4x4 and alt needs removed and checked as well as load testing the batteries. Oh yeah, .
ok i've read tons of coolants to run...what is difinitavly(spelling) the absolute best i can order to put in her, and site to were i can order it or store with it(preferably both) Coolants not my cup of tea in the knowledge area.
thermostate i will take out and test with hot water, if it is bad are they able to be picked up at autzone,napa,advance,pepboys? or only ford dealer or internet? i do have the edge programmer that has digital reading of the ect temps.
how do i load test batteries? Never have done or heard of this before.
Can you explain this "pig tail" to me? is it part of the icp sensor or a seperate part that would need to bought if the sensor is the problem. Also do have a write on were this icp sensor is and what is need'd to come off to get to it? Very new to diesel
I'll get back to the pinion when engine problems are fixed its just a moist leak not dripping or nothing.
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There is NOTHING wrong with ford gold.. I have 170k on my truck with gold coolant and never had a issue.. I drain the coolant once per year and refill with fresh gold coolant.. I run a coolant filter to add...
Here is one type of coolant. It doesn't matter which brand as long as it has the EC-1 rating. Also, make sure it is the concentrate and not 50/50 mix.
Here is what the ICP and pigtail look like.
Ford Powerstroke Diesel Power Stroke ICP Sensor Plug 6 0L VT365 2004 2009 | eBay
Don't worry about removing thermostat to check it. Just watch the Edge and see what your coolant temp reads. If the thermostat is bad, go with OEM only. Remove the batteries and take them to a shop or auto parts store to have load tested.
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Until I read The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan (2001), edited by John Lahr, what I knew about sadomasochism (SM) could have been jotted down, with a thick crayon, on the back of a postage stamp. But now … well, let's say with my eyes and mind slowly unboggling, I'm still wondering how Birmingham-born Tynan (1927−1980), managed to acquire the accolade of being the best English-speaking drama critic since George Bernard Shaw, given his unremitting dedication to the spanking of women's bottoms – and all while struggling with debt, emphysema, and the challenge of smoking beagle-felling quantities of cigarettes.
Thus, on June 15 1975, he arrives at 14 Pindock Mews, London, anticipating the "[r]ealisation of a fantasy that has nagged at me all my life". First, Ken and his regular spankee Nicole, are joined by Sally; a bottle of champagne is produced; a solemn toast – "To spanking" – is made; and then it's out with the whips and a hairbrush for a fun-filled evening of SM.
And on May 9 1977, Tynan records what he did when his first wife Elaine confessed that she'd had an affair with Kingsley Amis: "I caned her, one stroke for each letter of his name …." At least Elaine avoided bedding Engelbert Humperdinck, but by now I had registered a whiff of unwholesomeness about Tynan's character, an impression confirmed by his revelation that he took out a life subscription to the pornographic magazine National Bottom. Given the spectrum of human sexual appetite, it's fair to surmise that while Tynan lacked range, he clearly had focus.
So what is SM? One definition is that it's a safe and consensual adult sexual activity that practices bondage and discipline, domination, and submission, and sadism and masochism.
My admiration for Kenneth Tynan's pungent style of criticism remains undiminished, but to what extent should we allow the private sadomasochistic life of public figures to influence one's judgement of them? Is an appreciation of Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies (1863) blunted by the knowledge that on All Saints' Day he went "into the woods at night and lay naked upon thorns and when I came home my body was torn from head to foot".? Or should the memory of T E Lawrence (of Arabia) be denigrated because he'd no sooner enlisted in the Royal Tank Corps at Bovington Camp, Dorset, than he'd recruited a fellow-trooper, Jock Bruce, to flagellate him regularly, a service costing him £3 a week?
It's unarguable that the above incidents involved consenting adults, and none of them frightened the horses. But does the fact of Tynan, Kingsley, and Lawrence's fame persuade us to shine a dimmer condemnatory light on their sadomasochistic actions, compared to one we might flash upon a plumber who pays one prostitute to beat him with a rolled-up copy of The Racing Post, while he chucks custard pies at another? There is an inclination, I believe, to judge the public figure as having, say, a "colourful sex life" and to damn the plumber as a "pervert".
But what if SM leaks from the bedroom into the boardroom and beyond? Dr Richard R Kilburg considers "Sadomasochism, human aggression, and the problem of workplace mobbing and bullying: A commentary" in the Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research (2009, 61: 268−275). He contends that the phenomenon of workplace bullying is one manifestation of what he describes as "the universal human psychodynamic patterns of sadomasochism". Such patterns include, for instance, the conscious or unconscious experience and expression of beating fantasies, and of omnipotence fantasies such as exerting total control over others.
So maybe it's not quite so easy as we might think to confine SM activity safely sequestered in a bedroom or even (for the more prosperous) a recreational dungeon. Perhaps the brief definition of SM I offered above is not rigorous enough, and that any definition of SM which seeks to dissociate the activity from sexual violence, is turning a blind eye to some distasteful aspects of human behaviour which, for all I know, we might be all too prone to exhibiting.
One piece of evidence which I believe allows the inference that those who indulge in SM behaviour are treading a thin line between consensual adult behaviour and outright brutality was published last year in the journal Acta Obstetrica et Gynecologica Scandinavica (2012, 91: 301−307). In "Sexual assault and other types of violence in intimate partner relationships", Alsaker et al set out to determine whether sexual assaults were more likely to co-occur with some types of abuse rather than others in violent intimate relationships. The Norwegian study investigated women who had sought refuge in women's shelters over a two-year period. The authors found that intimate partner sexual violence was "… significantly associated with hair pulling, arm twisting, spanking (my emphasis) or biting, dominance, and isolation abuse …".
Tynan made me laugh with his afterthought on de Sade's view of sexual enjoyment as "a pleasure shared is a pleasure halved". But, and it's a big but (if you see what I mean), I can't help thinking that he, Tynan, was not without a substantial degree of self-loathing. Could this have been the trigger for, or the outcome of, his obsessive SM-related shenanigans?
In any event, one can't help feeling sympathetic towards his long-suffering wife Kathleen, whom he contrived to keep his diaries from, in case she might destroy them, knowing what they contained. As Tynan said to his daughter shortly before he died: "She found out that I am giving you the diaries, and she's furious."
Why on earth did Kathleen stay with Ken? Beats me.


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7 of the Coolest Mavericks Features You'll Want to Start Using Today
Apple's newest OS upgrade, Mavericks (OS X 10.9.x) offers plenty of new features in addition to old standbys they've tweaked. OS X has become part of the app-centric world where new productivity tools, games and utilities are purchased through the App Store rather than on disc or through third-party retailers, Apple has committed to making OS X more like iOS.
In that spirit, Apple introduced features that allow Macs running Mavericks to seamlessly share key user information and other data with iOS devices, further tying users to Apple's iWorld. Under the hood, Apple added new memory and processor features that you won't see, but you'll definitely notice, as they do help apps run more efficiently. While those system elements are great, the really cool features are hovering around the desktop, with some pretty obvious and others slightly hidden.
Let's take a look at a few of these features so you can start working with them…
Mobile devices are location-centric, and apps frequently rely on your location for the best way to point you places like restaurants or gas stations. Apple introduced Location Services in OS X 10.6 Lion in keeping with the goal of merging of iOS features into the OS X. Mavericks refines the feature making it more useful, especially with the new Maps app.
Do you need every app to have access to your living room location? Probably not. While it's a fine mobile and laptop feature, for desktop users who don't want to be tracked by every app Apple makes it easy to turn the feature off. Simply go to the top menu bar where you'll see an arrow icon (Location Services), click it and within that dropdown menu open privacy preferences. From there simply dictate which app has access to your location.
Want an idea of which apps or activities are draining your laptop battery? Look no further than the battery icon in the top menu bar which drops down to reveal a list of specific apps that are using significant battery life. This makes it easier to identify and shut down apps that may be dormant yet still draining too much energy.
While this feature is for Mac laptops only, both desktop and laptop Macs have always benefited from an older feature: The Activity Monitor buried in the Utilities Folder. Apple has made it a less complicated and easier to use, and added an Energy menu button to view the energy impact of apps (and also to identify which apps are in App Sleep).
3. SYNC MAC MAPS AND iDEVICES
The Maps app is brand new with the Mavericks upgrade and moves Apple further away from dependence on other mapping programs, particularly Google's ubiquitous service. Maps is easy to get up and running, either from the Dock or via the Launcher.
Once launched, the app works similar to the mobile app, but the key feature is syncing. Should you use the desktop version, you can bring up a map of a particular location, add driving directions, and send them to your iPhone or iPad easily using the sharing icon.
What's that? You don't know what Apple's ubiquitous sharing icon looks like…? Well, it looks like this:
Tap that icon and you can then share maps via social networks, email, iMessage chat… and send directly to your iDevices. In addition, all locations you bookmark or search for will be added to all your Apple devices via your Apple ID account. This makes it even easier to map out destinations on your desktop Mac and have them immediately at the ready when going mobile via an iDevice. Pretty darn cool.
If you're a fan of those quirky Dashboard widgets (small apps designed to do basic functions and tasks), but were always forgetting about them since they were either locked in Mission Control or to the left of all other Mac desktops (keeping in mind Mission Control allows for multiple desktops).
Well, now with Mavericks you can easily swap the Dashboard screen to any location among your desktops or full screen apps and do this easily in Mission Control by clicking on the Dashboard screen and dragging it left or right.
Mission Control and Dashboard can both be fiddled with via System Preferences (Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Mission Control icon).
OS Mountain Lion saw the introduction of the Notification Center (replacing the third-party Growl app). Mavericks adds real-time Interactive Notification bubbles that appear in the upper-right. These offer web updates and While You Were Away notifications for certain apps like Mail, Facetime and Messages. You can choose to get rid of the messages, but…
You can now reply directly within the notification bubble to any Messages, emails or Facetime calls (with a message or reminder to call back via Facetime). It's a well-hidden feature but can be managed within the System Preference panel (System Preferences -> Notifications). From here, you can choose which apps will use the Notifications system. At the moment the in-bubble reply feature works only with Messages… but, hopefully, this will soon filter down to the social network integrated features Mavericks now sports.
The Do Not Disturb feature in iOS is a favorite of mine. I use it to block certain smartphone features without turning off the phone, and to avoid notifications when I'm listening to music. Sometimes it's nice to be alone and not constantly bugged by an iPhone. With Mavericks, the Mac now features Do Not Disturb
You can toggle the Do Not Disturb feature directly from the Notifications Center using the Trackpad for Mac. Simply swipe with two fingers from right to left to reveal the Notification Center (you can also click the notifications icon in the upper-right menu bar and get the same results). This is a hidden feature, so once in the Notifications Center simply swipe down to reveal the Do Not Disturb button and info.
Tabs have been with Safari since its inception and did away with the mess of windows clutting the desktop. Within one window you can add as many tabs as you need easily and efficiently. Mavericks brings this feature to the Finder window (taking a cue, no doubt from Google's browser-based, tab-centric approach to computing).
Finder tabs operate exactly like browser tabs. Open up a Finder window and from there you can either go to the menu bar (File -> New Tab) or use key commands: CMD-T to produce new tabs within the Finder window (to get rid of a tab, click CMD-W). To the right of the tabs is the + button which can also be used to add tabs (hovering over a tab will reveal a little x to the left… that can also be used to close a tab).
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How to Prepare for Kidney Dialysis
Four Methods:Follow Your Doctor's Orders When Preparing for Kidney DialysisGet Ready for HemodialysisPrepare for Peritoneal DialysisUnderstand the Surgery for Kidney Dialysis
The kidneys remove waste and excessive amounts of water from the blood, which is critical to life. When kidney problems prevent the process from working correctly, waste may build up in the blood and cause organ failure, induce a coma or result in death. Fortunately, kidney dialysis can replace the natural function of the kidneys. Dialysis may be a solution for those who are ill with short-term kidney failure or for those with permanent loss of kidney function. Familiarizing yourself with the two treatment options can help you to prepare for kidney dialysis.
Method 1 of 4: Follow Your Doctor's Orders When Preparing for Kidney Dialysis
1Eat a healthy diet, taking special orders into consideration. Your doctor may put you on a renal diet, which is a diet low in protein and potassium. You may need to limit meats, milk, bananas and other foods that are high in protein or potassium.Ad
2Take any medications prescribed by your doctor. These medications will prepare your body for kidney dialysis.
- The medications prescribed by your doctor before dialysis generally control fluid retention, keep blood pressure normal or help with a common itching symptom.
3Get plenty of rest and sleep before and during dialysis. If anxiety prevents you from getting a normal night's rest, talk with your doctor about potential solutions.Ad
Method 2 of 4: Get Ready for Hemodialysis
1Understand how Hemodialysis works. This type of kidney dialysis cleans waste from your body by passing your blood through an external device with special filters.
- Blood will exit your body through a catheter, or flexible tube, inserted into your vein. After passing through the filter, the blood will return to your body through a second catheter.
- This treatment generally lasts between 3 to 4 hours per week. The length of the session depends on how much fluid you have retained between treatments and how well your kidneys are functioning.
- Hemodialysis generally takes place at a kidney dialysis center. In some cases, you may be able to get the training needed to perform the treatment at home.
Method 3 of 4: Prepare for Peritoneal Dialysis
1Understand how this treatment works. In this type of kidney dialysis, a sterile dialysate solution or a combination of minerals and glucose will flow through a tube into the peritoneal, or abdominal body cavity. The process then uses the abdomen's lining as a filter to eliminate waste from the blood.
- The dialysate solution will remain in the abdomen cavity and absorb the waste until the solution is drained out through a tube. You will need to use the treatment several times throughout the day. Many patients do this type of kidney dialysis at home, and you can do it overnight.
Method 4 of 4: Understand the Surgery for Kidney Dialysis
1Speak with your physician about the surgery required to prepare for kidney dialysis. Any type of dialysis will require surgery to enlarge a blood vessel to make catheter insertion possible.
2Discuss the catheter insertion with your physician. For peritoneal dialysis, a soft thin plastic tube will carry the dialysis solution into and out of your abdomen. Your doctor will surgically insert the port for this tube near your bellybutton.
3Learn how to care for your vascular access port to avoid infection.
- When you are ready to begin treatment, you or a medical professional will insert the catheter into the port. The port should remain closed at all times except during the transfer or removal of fluid from the abdomen.
- Wash your hands with warm water and soap before touching the port site or the surrounding areas.
- Check for infection and clean the areas around your port before every use.
- Ask your caregiver about using an anesthetic (numbing) medication on your skin before using your port the first few times to reduce pain.
- Your caregiver may instruct you to prepare and attach medicine to the pump for treatments.
- Flush your port with saline between treatments to avoid a blocked catheter and to prevent medications from mixing with each other in the tubing.
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- Be sure to speak to your doctor if you notice an ammonia taste in your mouth during treatment; develop a poor appetite; feel weak, tired or nausea; develop yellow skin; or experience weight loss. Any of these may indicate that you may not be getting enough dialysis.
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Microsoft says it has fixed a serious vulnerability in Hotmail, that was allowing hackers to reset account passwords, locking out the account's real owner and giving attackers access to users' inboxes.
News of the critical bug spread rapidly across underground hacking forums, and Whitec0de reported earlier this week that hackers were offering to break into any Hotmail account for as little as $20.
It appears that the vulnerability existed in Hotmail's password reset feature. Hackers were able to use a Firefox add-on called Tamper Data to bypass the normal protections put in place to protect Hotmail accounts.
According to some reports, Moroccan hackers were actively taking advantage of the vulnerability and planned to reset the passwords of a list of 13 million Hotmail users in their possession.
Numerous videos, many of them in Arabic, have been posted on YouTube demonstrating how the flaw could be exploited to gain access to Hotmail accounts.
Of course, hackers aren't just interested in breaking into email accounts out of curiousity or because they want to read your spam.
No, they're also interested in stealing your identity and perhaps using an email account hack as a method to crowbar their way into other online accounts under your control.
What isn't known is just how many of Hotmail's 350 million users might have been impacted by the serious security vulnerability - Microsoft certainly isn't saying.
But if you're worried, there's an easy way to check.
Hacked Hotmail accounts would have had their passwords changed to something else - so if you are no longer able to access your Hotmail account it's possible (although by no means definite - there may be other reasons, of course) that your email account fell victim to this attack.Follow @NakedSecurity


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Verdict Ridge, Denver NC Homes for Sale - 28037
If you're looking for information on houses in the Verdict Ridge subdivision, then you've come to the right place.
Denver, NC - Verdict Ridge Neighborhood Snapshot
| Homes sold via MLS
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Current Verdict Ridge Homes for SaleListings 1 - 10 of 20 (see all 20 listings)
MLS 3082875 Built: 2005
Sq Ft: 7,888
Bed: 5 Bath: 5/2 Subdivision: Verdict Ridge
Ivester Jackson Properties
MLS 3024674 Built: 2006
Sq Ft: 5,332
Bed: 4 Bath: 3/1 Subdivision: Verdict Ridge
Premier Sothebys International Realty
|Price drop on 06-01-15
MLS 3100977 Built: 2007
Sq Ft: 5,903
Bed: 6 Bath: 5/1 Subdivision: Verdict Ridge
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|Price drop on 09-27-15
MLS 3113853 Built: 2008
Sq Ft: 5,035
Bed: 5 Bath: 4/1 Subdivision: Verdict Ridge
Keller Williams Concord/Kannapolis
MLS 3078216 Built: 2010
Sq Ft: 4,226
Bed: 4 Bath: 3/1 Subdivision: Verdict Ridge
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MLS 3101074 Built: 2007
Sq Ft: 4,050
Bed: 5 Bath: 4/1 Subdivision: Verdict Ridge
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MLS 3115190 Built: 2015
Sq Ft: 4,219
Bed: 5 Bath: 4/1 Subdivision: Verdict Ridge
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Sq Ft: 3,791
Bed: 5 Bath: 3/1 Subdivision: Verdict Ridge
Keller Williams Realty
MLS 3111825 Built: 2005
Sq Ft: 3,246
Bed: 4 Bath: 3/1 Subdivision: Verdict Ridge
Keller Williams Realty
MLS 3112500 Built: 2015
Sq Ft: 3,987
Bed: 5 Bath: 4/1 Subdivision: Verdict Ridge
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# of Homes Sold Per Month Since 1/1/13: 2.3 Per Month
Avg. Year Built of Homes Sold Since 1/1/13: 2007
Community Builder(s): Bellamy Homes, Bonterra, Colson Park, Cambridge Homes, G.P. Kon Custom Builders, Niblock, Ryan Homes, and TD Feeney
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CSX Safety Requirements for Corridor Activity
CSXT Safety Requirements
Update on Authorized Trainers for On-Track Safety
CSX Transportation Safety Training Policy Statement for Outside Contractors
- All workers must receive CSXT Safety Awareness training and have a verification card. CSXT Safety Rules and Contractor Policies will apply to fiber optic workers, where applicable to the specific work performed.
- All personnel must wear proper Personal Protection Equipment, which includes a minimum of hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toed shoes, hearing protection, and high-visibility vests with reflective stripes on or around road crossings. If not wearing orange hard hats, personnel must also wear high-visibility vests regardless of location. When working beyond 25 feet from the nearest rail of a main track, hard hats, safety glasses, and laced work boots will be required.
- All "FRA Bridge Worker Safety" rules will apply to workers performing bridge attachments, including proper fall protection rules.
- All test holes or pits less than 15 feet from the centerline of main tracks, will be filled or covered prior to passing of trains. No open pits or holes will be left over night. All pits and trenches will be shored according to OSHA requirements.
- No dirt or debris will be allowed to foul the ballast section of the tracks.
- All excavation or plow trenches will be back-filled and compacted immediately. Briefings will be conducted each morning and throughout the day when conditions or job scope changes.
- All public utilities, CSXT Engineering, and the Railroad Train Control Office, will be notified prior to any construction.
- Job Briefings will be conducted each morning and throughout the day when conditions or job scope changes.
Working On Or Around Tracks
- All work in the FRA Red Zone (within 4 feet from outside rail on each side of the track) will be done only with a CSXT, FRA qualified flagman or watchman as specified by the local Engineering representative.
- All work beyond 4 feet from the outside rails and within 25 feet, must be done under the supervision of a qualified inspector or CSXT flagman.
- Certain types of work done beyond 25 feet from the outside of the rails, and with equipment that will not reach beyond this point, may be done without flagging protection or a watchman, if approved by the local Engineering representative, and protected by a construction fence, if work is stationary (will not be used for cat plowing).
- All work must be stopped while trains are passing within the work zone.
- All workers will remain off the tracks. If necessary to perform the work on track, protection will be provided as stated above.
Update on Authorized Trainers for On-Track Safety
Those contractors that are covered by Roadway Worker (C.F.R. 214) are required to have Roadway Worker Training.
Roadway worker means any employee of a railroad, or of a contractor to a railroad, whose duties include inspection, construction, maintenance or repair of railroad track, bridges, roadway, signal and communication systems, electric traction systems, roadway facilities or roadway maintenance machinery on or near the track or with the potential of fouling a track, and flagmen and watchmen/lookouts as defined in this section.
CSX-Accepted Sources
- Roadway Worker Training, Inc., authorized to train contractors and train trainers (866-479-8462, firstname.lastname@example.com)
- STV/Ralph Whitehead Associates, authorized to train contractors and train trainers (Kortney Hartz, 704-940-6813, email@example.com)
CSX Transportation Safety Training Policy Statement for Outside Contractors
Effective February 10, 2000, all CSXT contractors, performing work on CSXT operating R/W will be required to conform to the federal regulation covering On-Track Worker Safety.
Companies under contract to CSXT are required to comply with the requirements of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Roadway Worker Protection, 49 Code of Regulation (CFR), Part 214, including, without limitations, the training and qualification requirements, and with the FRAs On-Track Safety Program. Contractor will comply with FRAs rule regarding Roadway Worker protection and will also comply with any revisions to Railroads On-Track Worker Safety Program.
Required safety training may be accomplished by one of either of two methods:
- Outside contractors may teach their company's course. CSXT's Safety Program Administrator will approve all training courses for compliance with the regulations and CSXT safety requirements. Contractors are responsible for quality of the required On-Track Worker Safety Training if they choose to teach their company safety course.
- The Safety Program Administrator will provide the contractors a list of the sources and the availability of CSXT's approved safety-training programs.
Contractors working for CSXT or on a CSXT project hereby acknowledge that employees and sub-contractors are defined as Roadway Workers as specified by the following definition (excerpt from Regulation):
Roadway Worker means any employee of a Railroad, or of a CONTRACTOR to a Railroad, whose duties include inspection, construction, maintenance or repair of railroad track, bridges, roadway signal and communication systems, electrical traction systems, roadway facilities or roadway maintenance machinery on or near track or with the potential of fouling a track.
As required by the Regulation, the Contractor certifies that all of his personnel (and Sub-Contractors) working under this contract have received On-Track Contractor Roadway Worker Safety training through an approved course. The program must comply with the FRA Regulation, and the content of the course must be approved by the CSXT Safety Program Administrator.
The one exception to this Policy Statement would be where the Contractor's activity puts their employees in an "ABSOLUTE NO-FOUL" situation or activity. For purposes of this policy, the definition of an ABSOLUTE NO-FOUL zone is where the Contractor's employees or equipment will never be, nor have the potential of being, closer than 25 feet from any live operating track.


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Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., (left) and Jack Reed, D-R.I., hear testimony on operations against ISIS from Gen. Lloyd Austin.
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September 16, 2015 The Pentagon is looking at whether senior military officials pressured intelligence analysts into painting a rosy picture of the fight against the militant group.
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August 29, 2015 Ankara, long hesitant to commit to the coalition against the self-declared Islamic State, said "[the] fight against the terrorist organization is a priority."
August 6, 2015 Umm Sayyaf has been transferred from U.S. custody to the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Interior.
A Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter does a short takeoff (STOVL) from Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., in 2011. Eighteen years after development began, a version of the plane designed for the Marine Corps is expected to be deemed "combat ready."
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July 31, 2015 With a total program cost estimated at $400 billion and a per-plane price tag of $135 million, the Joint Strike Fighter program is considered the most expensive in U.S. history.
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July 25, 2015 The Department of Defense said it appreciates the "outpouring of support" but that the practice "could adversely impact our mission, and potentially create unintended security risks."
The lab at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah failed to completely kill live samples of anthrax before sending it around the world.
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July 23, 2015 NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports that the samples of anthrax the Pentagon thought were dead, were still alive. The Pentagon says the public was never at risk.
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July 20, 2015 In early 2014, the Pentagon's Defense Logistics Agency accepted a newly built warehouse facility. There was one snag: The agency was poised to leave the country.
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July 9, 2015 Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford said that Moscow poses the greatest threat to U.S. national security and that Ukraine requires U.S. arms to counter Russian aggression.
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June 13, 2015 The proposal, which requires approval from Defense Secretary Ash Carter and President Obama, would also place equipment in the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
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May 21, 2015 An NPR analysis of equipment given to police agencies by the Pentagon since 2006 — 84,258 assault rifles, 951 armored vehicles, for example — found a vast majority of it would fall outside the ban.
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April 15, 2015 The ship with 429 sailors and Marines capsized Dec. 7, 1941, in the attack on Pearl Harbor; 388 were unidentified. The Pentagon decision, citing scientific advances in DNA testing, marks a reversal.
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text: New Yorker Driving from Portland to Sasquatch May 15, 2012 6:51:30 GMT -8 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by rach824 on May 15, 2012 6:51:30 GMT -8 This will be my first time at Sasquatch and first time in the Pacific Northwest - I'm making a trip out of the whole thing and flying into Portland, spending a few days, heading to Ellensburg and driving to Seattle after. There appears to be a few different ways to get to Ellensburg from Portland, one is to take US-5N past Mt St. Helens and take US-12E or to take I-84 E and 97 N.I was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations, I thought it might be cool to see Mt. St. Helens but didn't know if it's tricky driving through the mountains. If anyone has any recommendations or fun places to stop on the way to make the drive more interesting I would greatly appreciate it!


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How To Fake Some Mad Piano Skills
August 5, 2013 8:49 AM
Impress your friends, and strangers! If you're at a party and you spot a piano in the corner and you do not know how to play it – go for it – with these simple faking skills. I love this guy:


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This biography is no longer current; at present, no other official Department of State biography information is available.
Eric Benjaminson serves as the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Gabon and to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome & Principe. Mr. Benjaminson is a career diplomat specializing in economic and African affairs. From August 2008 until July 2010, he was Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada. From 2005 to 2008, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Windhoek, Namibia. Immediately prior, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
From 1999-2003, he was Counselor for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Embassy to Belgium, and had responsibility for a wide variety of bilateral and multilateral trade, financial, and environmental questions. From 1996-1999, Mr. Benjaminson served at the U.S. Embassy in Sweden, where he concentrated on environmental, aviation, and energy issues.
From 1995-1996, he was posted to Washington as special assistant to the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, and from 1993-1995 he was responsible for Paris Club and external debt issues in the State Department's Economic Bureau. During that time, he often served as a State Department delegate to Paris Club debt rescheduling talks. Mr. Benjaminson worked at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing as the economic officer responsible for financial and development issues. In preparation for that assignment, he studied Chinese for two years in Washington and Taiwan. Prior to that, he served as the economic officer in the Office of Southern African Affairs in Washington and as a consular officer at both the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal and the U.S. Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria.
Mr. Benjaminson has been a special lecturer on African and development issues at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in California, at the University of Southern California, at Carleton University in Ottawa, and at the University of Ottawa.
Before entering the Foreign Service in 1982, Mr. Benjaminson worked as an editor at a research institute and as a technician at a Hewlett-Packard factory. Mr. Benjaminson received a B.A. degree with honors in history from University of Oregon in 1980. He was a teaching fellow in history at that university from 1980-1981. He also studied graduate-level economics at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute in 1988. His foreign languages are French, Chinese and Swedish.
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June 19 - June 30, 2013
New Repertory Theatre Presents a
Tir Na Production of JIMMY TITANIC
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To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's only voyage, this comedic drama takes place in heaven, exploring the lost dreams of immigrants looking for a new life, fleeing oppression, poverty, or the law-or just looking for a fresh start. Colin Hamell (who appeared in New Rep productions of Lieutenant of Inishmore and The Weir) plays nearly two dozen characters including Irish shipbuilders Jimmy Boylan and his friend Tommy, who worked on building the Titanic in Belfast, as well as many European emigrants, a New York Times editor, and the Mayor of Belfast.
Colin Hamell
Running Time: TBA
Arsenal Center for the Arts Black Box Theater
321 Arsenal Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Admission Info:
General Admission Seating. $36 Full Price. $31 Senior. $17 Student.
Wednesday, June 19th at 7:30pm is a preview performance, and is Pay-What-You-Can with a minimum of $7 per ticket.
Phone: 617-923-8487
The Arsenal on the Charles complex has a centrally located 6 floor parking garage that is completely free, as well as a large number of ground level parking spots around the campus.
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Obama vs. Obama on War Justification
Morgen on March 19, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Drudge is currently highlighting the similarity between President Obama's justification for today's military action against Libya with what President Bush had to say about Iraq at the commencement of the war (strangely, both on March 19). Equally striking I think are some similarities – and contradictions – between the President's decision on Libya and his objections to action in Iraq which he laid out in his famous 2002 speech:
That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.
Now let me be clear – I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity.
He's a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him.
But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to his neighbors, that the Iraqi economy is in shambles, that the Iraqi military a fraction of its former strength, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history.
I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a US occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences.
I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the middle east, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of Al Qaeda.
Ah, but the President has a clear rationale in the case with Libya – right? Sure he does. A rationale that boils downs to the fact that Gadhafi is a brutal, ruthless dictator who is threatening to butcher his own people. (People, it might be noted, who have taken up arms in an attempt to butcher him.)
And like with Saddam, Gadhafi poses no imminent threat to the United States or to his neighbors. And also like Iraq, critics have noted that we are now faced with a military engagement of undetermined length, cost, and consequences.
The key difference in this case, is that these critics do not include Barack H. Obama.
It's not news to anyone I think that the Barack Obama of 2002/2003 was about as anti-war as any mainstream political figure could possibly be, especially in the wake of 9/11. But to further illustrate the point, here are some images – rarely seen I think – of another anti-war rally in Chicago in March 2003, just prior to the launch of the initial attacks on Iraq.
Look at the mob he was speaking to.
I think the contrast is pretty striking: in eights years he went from being a leading political figure railing against an "unjust", "war for oil"…to launching his own attack on a Middle Eastern dictator and assuming his place amongst the proverbial horsemen of the apocalypse.
And yet I find little reason to credit the President for any evolution in thinking. Mainly because I think his dithering over this decision has cost lives and greatly reduced the probability of a successful outcome. Dithering which in all likelihood had something to do with his (self-determined) need to reconcile his own convoluted and contradictory foreign policy positions.
Frankly, I doubt his core beliefs have really changed much from 2002, and I fear we are not at all committed to victory. As evidence, look no further than the fact that the Administration seems to be doing everything possible to avoid defining what victory even means.
Some more food for thought, an exit quotation from Obama's 2002 speech:
What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income – to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression.
Wag the dog, anyone?
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text: Town of Buxton Planning Board Minutes February 27, 2012 Recorded by Hilda Lynch Board Members Present: David Savage, Sr.; Jeremiah Ross, III; Harry Kavouksorian; James Logan; Susanne Schaller; and Lawrence Curtis Board Members Absent: John Vedral Others Present: Bill Thompson (BH2M Engineers), Henry Huntley, Fred Farnham, Amanda Stanley & children; and Cliff Thomas Chairman Harry Kavouksorian opened the Buxton Planning Board meeting of February 27, 2012, at 7 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance Public Hearing Continued: Normand Berube Builders submitted more information and the wetland and soil mapping report by the peer review for Fogg Brook Subdivision; Tax Map 9, Lot 15 Bill Thompson spoke for Normand Berube Builders. The Board received his letter which reviewed several points discussed at the previous meeting. Bill summarized items from their letter: ~added Note 34 to the plan regarding positive drains for the homes, ~Note 35 regarding no additional wetland impacts associated with lot development, ~Note 36 recommending tree and brush clearing near the entrance for sight line maintenance, ~data sheets re vegetation and hydrology, suggested deed for Lot 7 (Bill read last paragraph), ~homeowner's documents reviewed by town attorney, ~installation of drilled drinking water well on Lot 5 - limited clearing allowed w/opportunities for selective trimming (point system mentioned and trail for recreation area); ~iron rods for identifying buffered areas on Lots 2 and 4; ~received Army Corps Permit; ~Maine Historic Preservation sent wrong letter and approval has now been forwarded to them, ~Letter of Credit from Key Bank. Bill is hopeful that this brings the application for Fogg Brook Estates to a point where everything is now covered. He reviewed all that had been done. Sue asked to be directed to wording in the covenants on the sample deed specifically referring to prohibition of alteration for filling of wetlands. Bill did not see it, but stated that it is on the Plan. It can be made part of the deed for each lot, he said. He mentioned a reference to one of the items in his letter regarding DEP permitting. Jim appreciates Bill's sensitivity to the questions and concerns raised by the Board. He feels the peer review was appropriate and necessary. He understands that there are still 10.03 lots and is accepting of that. With revisions to the Plan, he has no objections. Harry asked about selective cutting in the buffered areas. He clarified that what they'd talked about at the last meeting was in regards to one lot. Jere asked if the Board might want this development inspected during the construction phase and after each house is completed to see that buffers aren't disturbed. He wondered if Fred would be comfortable with this. Fred stated that he believes he is. Jere would like a condition of approval regarding lots inspected for buffers before a certificate of occupancy is given. Jere wants to make sure the buffers are preserved. Since it is such a sensitive area, he believes it is important for second-party confirmation regarding buffers. Sue asked about the reserved septic areas. She asked about it before and was told that if the septic failed, they would dig it out and put in a new one. 11.B.6.14 and 11.B.6.16 refer to reserved septic areas in the cluster subdivision ordinance. She referred to Lot 2 as taking out some square footage of indirect wetland impacts would bring the lot just under 40,000 sq. ft. Jim referred to some of the older plans. The May 2011 Plan did show two test pits per site, which now is not shown. Bill asked if two test pits are required. Bill thought the second test pit would be the reserved location. Technically, the box for the septic could be cut in half, Jim stated. The boxes are about 20 x 55 or so, Bill said. Jim wants to know if it meets the ordinance. Harry clarified that Jim thought it was okay for two boxes in the area indicated by one. Jim thought he could designate two test pits that are suitable and put this in the legend. Lot #4 has only one test pit, Jim says. Bill asked if this would hold up approval. The Board members felt that it wouldn't. Jim said they could make it a condition of approval and others agreed. Jim thought they should put two test pits on the plan and change the legend. Larry asked about Lot 4. He thought he saw two test pits but only one has a box around it. Bill thought the second one wasn't needed but the legend doesn't clarify. The nitrate study for 4-3 shows how the water would travel. Motioned by Jim, seconded by Jere, to close the public hearing for Fogg Brook Estates. Six voted in favor. Harry read the standard Conditions of Approval: 1. All elements and features of the application and all representations made by the applicant concerning the development and use of the property which appear in the record of the Planning Board proceedings are conditions of the approval. No change from the conditions of approval is permitted unless an amended plan is first submitted to and approved by the Planning Board. 2. That the applicant be in compliance with all applicable provisions of Article 13. 3. Notify the Fire Chief within 72 hours before the tank is installed. 4. All outstanding bills paid before building permit is issued. 5. The CEO will verify before the occupancy permit is issued that the buffers are adequately preserved as depicted on the Plan. 6. The Plan shall show a primary septic area along with a reserved area on each lot - depict two boxes and note that on the legend. Jere motioned, Larry seconded, that based on previous discussions, we find the application to be in compliance with all applicable provisions of Articles 13. Six voted in favor. Jere motioned, seconded by Harry, to approve the application with the conditions stated and from previous meetings. Six voted in favor. Bill will be in touch with Krystal regarding changes and will have Mylar for the next meeting. Amanda Stanley revised her application for a Conditional Use Permit allowing animal husbandry at 19 Jack Street; Tax Map 7, Lot 61-1. Amanda reviewed her letter and has reduced her animals to 2 ducks, 3 guinea hens, and 5 chickens as well as 1 pony, 6 goats until June (4 afterwards), and 1 pig. She mentioned the moving of the manure storage. Sue asked if the goats were males or females. There is 1 neutered male and 5 females. Sue stated that the ordinance doesn't mention any specific number of animals over a sand and gravel aquifer. She has a problem with pigs and goats in a residential area. She is not in favor of this application. Jim hasn't fully decided yet. The 10 fowl meets the muster of the residential area in Cape Elizabeth, so this is not a concern to him. He is more positive towards her proposal since she won't be breeding the pig on site. David asked if she was definitely going to build a cement storage for the manure. Jim says this would be a condition of approval. Jim appreciates the additional information. Harry asked if the Board is satisfied regarding the distances to the wells based on the latest submission. David is still concerned about the neighbor's dug well but realizes it is up to the neighbor. Is there enough information to go forward to a public hearing? The Board agrees there is. Motioned by Sue, seconded by Harry, to set a public hearing for the above on March 12, 2012, at 7 p.m. Six voted in favor. Harry gave Amanda a little information regarding the process of the public hearing. CEO Report None this evening. Approval of Minutes: February 13, 2012 Jere motioned, seconded by David, to approve the minutes as amended. Six voted in favor. Approval of Bills: Portland Press Herald in the amount of $21.60 for legal ad for the Buzzell application and $52.20 for running the legal ad twice for the Fogg Brook application. David motioned, seconded by Harry, to pay both of the above bills. Six voted in favor. Larry spoke w/Sheridan Bennett who has asked him to come to the Budget meeting on March 6 at 7:40 p.m. Harry made a note of it and others thought they might try to attend. Communications: E-mail regarding additional mapping through aerial photography Sue questioned No. 5. Jim says that chances are this is going to be better than the USGS mapping. Jim thought that for $500 this would be an inexpensive cost. Sue thought maybe it would be $750 with the addition of a hard drive backup and to copy the discs. Should the Board be bringing this before the Selectmen? Larry mentioned monies budgeted for next year's mapping. Harry asked about the size of the map file, and the Board discussed the potential costs. Sue asked how they would get this in a way they could use it? Harry asked if this was a service they'd need to go to SMRPC for? Perhaps, they would. Jim says this would be meaningless unless it could be attached to our tax maps. Materials from USM have been sent to Krystal. Harry asked if there is a system out there in which they could tie the data to our tax maps. Sue will do some further research on this and get back to them at the next meeting. Town report submission due March 12, 2012 Note from Beverly Gammon regarding the Planning Board report. Any corrections? Jere noticed that David Savage's term should be until 6/14. Scott Havu should be added (resigned), Caroline Segalla should be added for term ending 6/11. John Vedral and Susanne Schaller should not be on this list if the report ends 6/30/11. Jim motioned, seconded by Jere, to accept the Planning Board report for 7/10 to 6/11 as amended . Six voted in favor. Letter from John MacLaine of DEP concerning Sunrise Ridge Subdivision as being concerning Fogg Brook The Board discussed the above letter to try and connect it to Fogg Brook Estates. Other Business: Review Findings of Fact for Jessica Buzzell Motioned by Jim, seconded by Larry, to approve the above Findings as amended. Six voted in favor. Further review of Mass Gathering and Adult Entertainment Ordinance and other Ordinance amendments. Chief Grovo does have some thoughts and would like to come before the Board to discuss this. Will see if he's available for the next meeting. Jim asked about a letter from Mike Morse regarding the shoreland zoning. The Board has discussed this, and they are in compliance with DEP with the exception of the map. Jim says that the DEP will not provide the Town with a new map. 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