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15 U.S. Code § 2221 - Arson prevention grants
(a) Definitions
As used in this section:
(b) Grants
The Administrator, acting through the Office, shall carry out a demonstration program under which not more than 10 grant awards shall be made to States, or consortia of States, for programs relating to arson research, prevention, and control.
(c) Goals
In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall award 2-year grants on a competitive, merit basis to States, or consortia of States, for projects that promote one or more of the following goals:
(1) To improve the training by States leading to professional certification of arson investigators, in accordance with nationally recognized certification standards.
(2) To provide resources for the formation of arson task forces or interagency organizational arrangements involving police and fire departments and other relevant local agencies, such as a State arson bureau and the office of a fire marshal of a State.
(3) To combat fraud as a cause of arson and to advance research at the State and local levels on the significance and prevention of fraud as a motive for setting fires.
(4) To provide for the management of arson squads, including—
(A) training courses for fire departments in arson case management, including standardization of investigative techniques and reporting methodology;
(5) To combat civil unrest as a cause of arson and to advance research at the State and local levels on the prevention and control of arson linked to urban disorders.
(6) To combat juvenile arson, such as juvenile fire-setter counseling programs and similar intervention programs, and to advance research at the State and local levels on the prevention of juvenile arson.
(7) To combat drug-related arson and to advance research at the State and local levels on the causes and prevention of drug-related arson.
(8) To combat domestic violence as a cause of arson and to advance research at the State and local levels on the prevention of arson arising from domestic violence.
(9) To combat arson in rural areas and to improve the capability of firefighters to identify and prevent arson initiated fires in rural areas and public forests.
(10) To improve the capability of firefighters to identify and combat arson through expanded training programs, including—
(d) Structuring of applications
The Administrator shall assist grant applicants in structuring their applications so as to ensure that at least one grant is awarded for each goal described in subsection (c) of this section.
(e) State qualification criteria
In order to qualify for a grant under this section, a State, or consortium of States, shall provide assurances adequate to the Administrator that the State or consortium—
(1) will obtain at least 25 percent of the cost of programs funded by the grant, in cash or in kind, from non-Federal sources;
(2) will not as a result of receiving the grant decrease the prior level of spending of funds of the State or consortium from non-Federal sources for arson research, prevention, and control programs;
(3) will use no more than 10 percent of funds provided under the grant for administrative costs of the programs; and
(f) Extension
A grant awarded under this section may be extended for one or more additional periods, at the discretion of the Administrator, subject to the availability of appropriations.
(g) Technical assistance
The Administrator shall provide technical assistance to States in carrying out programs funded by grants under this section.
(h) Consultation and cooperation
In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall consult and cooperate with other Federal agencies to enhance program effectiveness and avoid duplication of effort, including the conduct of regular meetings initiated by the Administrator with representatives of other Federal agencies concerned with arson and concerned with efforts to develop a more comprehensive profile of the magnitude of the national arson problem.
(i) Assessment
Not later than 18 months after May 19, 1994, the Administrator shall submit a report to Congress that—
(j) Regulations
Not later than 90 days after May 19, 1994, the Administrator shall issue regulations to implement this section, including procedures for grant applications.
(k) Administration
The Administrator shall directly administer the grant program required by this section, and shall not enter into any contract under which the grant program or any portion of the program will be administered by another party.
(l) Purchase of American made equipment and products
(1) Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that any recipient of a grant under this section should purchase, when available and cost-effective, American made equipment and products when expending grant monies.
Source(Pub. L. 93–498, § 25, as added Pub. L. 103–254, § 3,May 19, 1994, 108 Stat. 679.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2221,Pub. L. 93–498, § 25, as added Pub. L. 95–422, § 4,Oct. 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 933, authorized sale by United States Fire Administrator of former Marjorie Webster Junior College facility, located in Washington, D.C., which had previously been purchased as site for National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–80, title II, § 202(b),Nov. 20, 1981, 95 Stat. 1083.
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Try this Yakitori Chicken Kebabs recipe, or contribute your own. "Chicken" and "Poultry" are two tags used to describe Yakitori Chicken Kebabs.
Combine first 6 ingredients in a bowl; marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove green tops from onions, and cut white portion of each onion into 3 pieces; set aside. Drain chicken, reserving marinade. Thread 3 chicken pieces, 3 onion pieces, 3 zucchini chunks, 3 pepper squares, and 3 mushrooms alternately onto each of 8 skewers. Place kebabs on broiler pan coated with cooking spray, and broil 15 minutes, turning occasionally and basting with reserved marinade. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 kebabs and 3/4 cup soba). Per serving: 563 Calories; 6g Fat (8% calories from fat); 43g Protein; 98g Carbohydrate; 53mg Cholesterol; 2531mg Sodium Serving Ideas : Serve over soba. Recipe by: Cooking Light, Sept. 1995, page 74 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #402 by firstname.lastname@example.com on Jan 28, 1997.
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Five teens were hospitalized Friday night after possible overdoses at a house party.
Orange County Sheriff's deputies and Orange County firefighters responded to a "man down" call at a home on Bluebrook Drive in Orlando just after 10 p.m.
When they arrived, they observed several underage partygoers. Deputies said five teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 appeared to be suffering from alcohol intoxication. Deputies also received information that drug use may also have been involved.
The teens were taken to area hospitals in serious condition. As of 3 a.m. Saturday, all five were listed as stable.
Deputies said the initial investigation indicates that the parents of the child having the party were not aware someone had brought alcohol to the party.
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Cedar is a durable wood used in different types of home construction, both interior and exterior. This wood comes in different colors depending on what kind of cedar trees it comes from. Homeowners prefer to use cedar in the wooden fence they build around their property because of its durable qualities that make it resistant to rot and infestation by insects. Take a look at the following types of cedar and the color that each one has.
Western Red Cedar
The trees logged for this wood are found in western areas of North America. The wood is light brown in color, with a reddish tint. The grain in the wood is very tight and there are very few knots, which is why it is so valued in outdoor construction. Whether you use it for fence posts or rails you know that the wood will last for a very long time. There are smooth and textured surfaces making for very decorative fencing material.
Western red cedar ages well and the color turns gray over time. Many homeowners prefer to leave the cedar unstained, but some do like to use a transparent stain that lets the beauty of the wood shine through.
Northern White Cedar
This tree is native to Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada. The bark of the tree is reddish brown but the wood itself is lighter in color ranging from white to yellow. Like the Western Red Cedar this wood weathers to become silver in color. It is the wood of choice for fencing and posts because of its durable qualities.
Which Color Cedar is Best?
Very few people choose cedar as the wood of choice for fencing because of the color. The wood is the favorite because it will last for a very long time, with Western red cedar outlasting white cedar. The natural oils in the wood keep it strong and stable even after a very long time. When it gets wet it absorbs the moisture and yet does not warp in any way.
If you prefer to leave the cedar unstained you still need to apply a protectant sealant to help preserve the wood. Some homeowners like to use a colored stain for their cedar fence to match the color of the home. The darker the color of stain you use, the greater the protection you provide for the wood because it contains a higher proportion of UV protection.


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W3C Last Call for HTML5 Review
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) sends out last call for public review of HTML5 specifications.
"By issuing a Last Call announcement, the HTML Working Group encourages people to comment on the extent to which they believe that technical requirements have been met and significant dependencies with groups inside and outside W3C have been satisfied," the announcement says.
Comments are welcome until August 3rd on the following document sections:
- HTML + RDFa 1.1
- HTML Microdata
- HTML Canvas 2D Context
- Polyglot markup: HTML-compatible XHTML Documents
- HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternative
Yesterday, the HTML Working Group published three other drafts: HTML: The Markup Language Reference, HTML5 diffs from HTML4, and HTML to Platform Accessibility APIs Implementation Guide, and the organization asks for more contributions to the growing HTML test suite.
Read the FAQ for HTML5 Last Call for additional details.
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US Launches New Strategy for Broadband Access
Report focuses federal resources on achieving universal Internet access.
RC4 Finally Gets the Fork
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One of the largest global financial service providers, the Allianz Group offers insurance, asset management and banking services to more than 75 million customers in 70 countries. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany and employs more than 150,000 people worldwide.
The Allianz Australian Group focuses on insurance services. With over two million individual policyholders, Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd (Allianz) is the fourth-largest general insurance provider in the country. The company is also one of Australia's leading worker's compensation insurers, providing coverage for more than half of the largest 100 companies and one in five of all Australian employees.
In early 2008, through a series of consumer surveys, Allianz identified that its customer online offering was lagging in overall functionality. While the company boasted a history of market leadership and strong brand recognition, it faced a new challenge of competing with younger, fast-growing insurers that were attracting and winning business with their dynamic online websites.
"As a sales tool, our online offering was not as effective as it could have been," explained Kerry Fullagar, Head of IT Strategy, Architecture and Development. "It was very informational and did communicate the Allianz branding via text and images, but we needed to take it to the next level."
This next step would involve a complete site makeover to more effectively incorporate online presence into sales and marketing strategies.
Notably, Allianz wanted the new site to not only provide valuable and relevant information, but also allow visitors to interact with the company and make purchases as simply and hassle-free as possible. "We needed our offering to echo our company's dedication to providing a superior customer experience," said Fullagar.
During an extensive search for the right technology, a number of both proprietary and open source products were evaluated. Allianz even considered building an in-house proprietary solution from scratch, but ultimately found everything they needed in Liferay Portal, the all-in-one solution that outshone all other options in terms of feature-set, ease of customization, the ability to meet time and budget constraints, and make Allianz's business requirements a reality.
"Liferay Portal allowed us to do everything that we needed to with ease," said Fullagar. Integration with Allianz's existing databases and data sources enabled visitors to search for and save quotes, create unique user accounts, and establish an online identity with Allianz that tracked all their insurance activities.
Liferay was recognized for its ability to provide enterprise-grade subscription and support services, hence ensuring a level of reliability and stability not available with non-commercial open source products.
After engaging with Liferay's professional services team for pre-development training on the portal technology, the company launched My Insurance Portfolio, an entirely new customer site that now leads the market in customer service experience, providing visitors a comprehensive and interactive view of their insurance-related identity.
Enhanced Customer Experience & Increased Sales
Through My Insurance Portfolio, both existing and prospective customers can log into a secure online environment with centralized access to personal profiles, policy information, and purchasing options.
Allianz customers see an aggregated list of their policies and quote information (compulsory third party, life, motor, home) complete with functionality for policy renewal and bill payment. As an added bonus, My Insurance Portfolio also sends similar renewal and billing alerts for any non-Allianz policies an account holder adds to their portfolio, delivering a customer service experience truly devoted to user convenience. To help users quickly find relevant information in their future interactions with Allianz, the portal pulls and displays a history of all quotes and applications received and submitted.
Not only can account holders view their policy information, they can edit and update personal details for all policies from one place and correspond with Allianz's support team with any questions they may have, directly from the portal.
Business Value Added
As subscribers to Liferay Portal Enterprise Edition (EE), the My Insurance Portfolio site is guaranteed to function as designed with support services from Liferay's own internal team of engineers. As customers of Liferay Portal EE, Allianz also receives regular service packs for the software with security fixes, performance enhancements, and bug fixes to further improve the performance and reliability of their business-critical portal solution.


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hello every body know where i can find to nike t-shirt "it's about time" of this auction please in size midium,thank's a lot, alex...
September 23, 2011 BY John Kim / 42
If you missed out on one of the 1,500 pairs of the Nike Mag 2011 that were put up for auction and desperately want to experience your own Nike Mag 2011 unboxing session, you're in luck. Those who won their Nike Mag 2011s have started to receive their precious packages, and as it typically unfolds for big-time sneaker releases, a few pairs have leaked out onto auction (again). For some, parting ways with a pair of the Nike Mag 2011 is a tough thing to do, but at least it'll give you another chance to get your own pair! Many thanks to Laurent of Arkamix for this new set of images, and if you want to get in on round 2 of the Nike Mag 2011 auctions (unofficial), find a pair right now on eBay.
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hello every body know where i can find to nike t-shirt "it's about time" of this auction please in size midium,thank's a lot, alex...
i think you guys dont understand anything about that post, once you buy the shoes the foundation to cure parkinson's disease gets his money , then what you do after with the shoes who cares ! if you want to sell them eat them or burn them,you are free to do it ! stop hating and being jealous ...i know people who bought 10pairs and they are not at all in the sneaker industry !
I knew this would happen. Fucking resellers. I would of dropped $3k if I was stupid but I took the money I was gonna use on the mcflys and bought a Grand National. I have heat but a classic is a classic.
i had to find a size 9 because and 8 was no where to be found ! -.-
stop trying to act like all of these people bought these to help the cause...i bet most of them were A) back to the future fans, B) sneaker heads C) just plain rich as hell, or D) hyped out as hell bc they saw them on the news. these people didn't become rich by making bad business decisions people.
the price he flipped them too i can buy a car with that....
read the auction , it is one pair only not 6 :) the guy is selling one of the 6 pairs he got ...no the entire collection ! has nothing to do with reselling all ...and no one is taking away the money from the Michael J fox foundation! the shoes were bought last week , so the foundation got her share of the money :)...
works both ways really, these resellers don't give a shit about charity, but they also did contribute to charity without knowing it ....... as they were probably jus thinking ........re sell.... re sell ..... re sell. These are real A holes true, but ... like I said their winning bids, did go to charity in the 1st place!!
Ya would do the same ,stop sucking dick! Lmfao
These weren't very expensive when you think about it. Considering a pair of designer womens high heels cost about $3000-4000 dollars, these are way doper and they only cost a few thousand more.
This one guy has 'No International shipping'... thats your whole target audience! If people in the US of A wanted these, they would have bid on them. And got them for $3-4K, a lot less than this guys $7k BIN price. Its not like these were retail and you bought a pair to resell and make profit... they were auctioned off, therefore they were BOUGHT at resell(Market) price ALL READY. So there is no profit to be made. Oh wait, they didnt ship out of the US, so International folk will probably pay your price. But you dont ship International! Haha, know who your marketing to man. Ppl aren't gonna pay resell price on resell price! I.e Hoverboards dont work on water!!! Morons.
if people couldnt afford a pair for 3G what makes them think anyone would pay 7 resellers are the worst man
I see some people need to stop and think before judging others, the donations were made, the foundation made a lot of money and the whole project was a success. The point is that they are sneakers, and they are holy grails for most, so just like any other sneaker of this magnitude the value will go up after release. These "re sellers" were the ones of many that actually made the donations, while you guys sitting on here hating contributed nothing. So if they want to resell and make a profit off them then let them, its their sneakers and they made a smart investment. If they were released at retail a lot of the ones hating here would have brought them to resell anyway. People need to just stop this reseller hating routine already, cuz honestly if you had the chance you would have done the same thing.....
i hope them resellers get stuck with all of them nobody should buy any of em ..........
Is everyone stupid? Who cares if they're re-selling them? Michael J. Fox's charity still got the money, which will be matched by Sergey Brin's money up to $50 mill. This sale raised TONS of awareness of and hopefully a decent amount of money for Parkinson's research, which was the whole point.
PYS got some for 6k them and those ebay resellers all can miss me with that BS
I would have bought 6 pairs if I could have gotten my money in time. Most of my bread was in the stock market so I was only able to buy 1. Yes, I got it to resell. It will hurt to part ways with it cos Im an 80s baby and a big back to the future fan. But at least I contributed to charity and will also make money. Its a win win situation. If you think theres something wrong with that then theres something wrong with you.
6 pairs for resell!?!?! I fucking hate resellers!
oh how badly i want one!
damn this is like taking money away from michael j fox Parkinson charity tsk tsk how do you sleep at night
The purpose of the auction was to raise awareness for Michael J. Fox's organization. The fact that people purchased these sneakers so they can re-sell them for a personal profit is extremely self-absorbed as well as disrespectful.
Sum rich muthaf#@&ka got 6 pairs of Air Mags and reselling them all. F-ing Bastard. N the rich get richer. Its like a paradox in this b#$%h.
Spend Money, To Make Money
yea these are A-holes who are capitalizing on misfortune of others! they probably bought it for about 3-4k each then are gonna re-sale for almost double. meaning they didn't care of the foundation just wanna make a quick buck!
So rich. Ppl are resellers too smh
Speak for ur self u broke ass hater. Plenty off ppl out there willing to pay 10,000 for these. Men lie, Women lie... Numbers DONT.
Would have more respect for that statement if u just kept it real and said "I hope they dont make money cos Im a broke ass whiney ass bitch and they got more money than I do"
Why? Because theyre broke and hate anyone with a little money. These suckas are so broke they think having 20 racks to invest makes u "rich" LMAO U suckas are too funny!!
Yeah, you sold out to yourself and the charity itself. You used the charity as a means to an end for your own desires to accumulate more wealth. Simple as that. Now I ain't saying that you're wrong or that I'm right - I'm just making a simple observation.
you couldnt be more wrong, no money will be taken away from his charity. the initial auctions made millions and that number wont change regardless of re-sales
We already contributed to the charity. Nothing will take away from that... And If thats not good enough for u then BOO FUCKING HOO.
You can be rich too if you apply yourself, you fucking hater.
Ppl come out of poverty every day its just the whiners that stay broke
regardless of how much they re-sell for, the 3-4k still went to charity, thats not too bad
Bitch, it's called being intelligent. If you picked up 2 pairs, 1 for $2000 and the other for $4000, wouldn't you want to sell the second pair for $6000-8000 to pay off the pair you already bought AND make extra money?
everyone knew this was going to happen sooner or later, so u cant be too upset/surprised
Call it what ever u want buddy but making money is what I do. I dont only sell kicks. I sell anything I can flip. Im about money. Hate all u want I could care less, Im not doing this to make YOU happy. Im doin this for ME. And if me makin money benefits people with Parkinsons thats great.
And even more enter poverty everyday, because for every greedy muthaf-ka there's gotta be at least 100 starving muthaf-kas.
Hey no need to call random people bitches, especially when hustling charity items in itself is a bitch move.
Agree with u 100%. Rich niggas celebratin and the broke niggas hatin... Whats new!
if it was just a normal shoe reselling that would be fine but the fact for this situation is just just retarded. and the person who bought all these shoes can gain a tax benefit from the purchase because it's a charitable contribution. go they are getting close to double if not triple their money back. mother fuckers!
nobody is going to pay 6000-8000 for it. If they wanted Mags, they wouldve gotten them during the actual auctions... Bitch


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Giving Networks
Giving Networks are a great way to team with friends, family, or fellow alumni to make a meaningful impact on the lives of Centenary students.
A Giving Network is composed of individuals who combine their gifts to fund a scholarship at a level of $2,500 or more annually for a current Centenary student. Giving Network members pledge to make automated payments of at least $100 per year for three years. Payments can be scheduled monthly, quarterly, or annually. If you would like to start your own network, contact Meredith Sowers at email.
What is the Giving Network program?
The Giving Network program at Centenary is a new peer-to-peer fundraising program that asks leaders among alumni to engage their friends in creating designated annual student scholarships. A Giving Network is comprised of two or more donors who combine their gifts to fund an annual scholarship for a current Centenary student through automated payments totaling $2,500 or more.
Alumni sometimes feel that smaller annual gifts have little impact. This program is designed to illustrate the impact of smaller gifts when combined and to allow donors to interact with a student who is positively affected by their financial support.
Why should I consider joining a Giving Network?
- You will know which student is benefiting from your gift.
- You will have a chance to interact with the student receiving your scholarship.
- You will receive few, if any, solicitations from Centenary while you participate. No more phone calls!
- You can participate for as little as $8.34 a month.
- It gives you a reason to re-connect with college friends you may not have talked to in a while.
- Your participation helps increase the alumni participation rate at Centenary, which affects Centenarys overall rankingand ultimately the value of your own degree.
What is the impact of the Giving Network program?
- Each new scholarship provides financial assistance to a student with need.
- The program connects a Centenary student with a network of Centenary alumni and friends who can potentially provide career assistance.
- Young alumni donors in this program serve as models for student recipientsyou don't have to wait until you can establish a named scholarship of your own to have an impact on students lives.
- The more new scholarships established by alumni and friends, the more competitive Centenary can be in packaging aid for the best and brightest students.
How is the Giving Network scholarship awarded?
Donors may suggest general criteria such as area of study to be used in selecting a recipient. All recipients must be active Centenary students receiving need and/or merit assistance. The scholarship will be named and awarded by the Colleges financial aid department. The student receiving your scholarship will be notified by formal letter from the Director of Financial Aid.
What are Giving Network member commitments?
- The minimum commitment from an individual is $100 annually.
- Gifts can be made in automated installments (monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually).
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NASA has weighed in on the shiny object seen in some of the images Curiosity sent back from Mars. This is the second shiny object that caused a stir, the first was a piece of plastic fallen off of Curiosity herself.
NASA's experts have explained [PDF] that the latest shiny object, which looks like a door knob, is naturally formed and was created when the softer rock around it was gradually sanded away.
The shiny rock was initially encapsulated in a larger one. However, since it was made up of a different material, it didn't weather away in time, under the action of the Martian winds and sand.
In fact, it's precisely the sand that gives it its shiny appearance, the rock was effectively polished by erosion.
While there were plenty of theories, NASA did say that the object originated from Mars and that was the most likely explanation.
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An Economic and Fiscal Comparison of Alberta and Other North American Energy Producing Provinces and States
by Jason Clemens, Joel Emes, Livio Di Matteo
Fraser Institute
July 28, 2014
Despite a wealth of natural resources and a booming economy, Alberta government finances fall short when compared to other energy-rich North American jurisdictions. With the strength of Alberta's economy, it's easy to assume Alberta's finances are in order. But post-recession, the province has struggled to balance its books. While other energy-producing Canadian provinces are enjoying budget surpluses, Alberta faces a ballooning deficit. The problem is not a lack of revenue, but rather substantially increased spending. Also alarming is the sluggish rate of productivity growth, which could threaten the future prosperity of the province.


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President Obama vigorously defended his use of executive powers on Wednesday, blaming House Republicans for stalling key parts of his agenda, including immigration reform.
"In the face of that kind of dysfunction, what I can do is scour our authorities to try to make progress," Obama said. "And were going to make sure that every time we take one of these steps we are working within the confines" of my executive authority.
The president said Americans don't want him standing around and "twiddling my thumbs" in the face of Republican opposition.
Republicans have assailed the president for his use of executive power. House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) is spearheading a move to sue the president for changes he made to the federal health-care law. Some conservative have even called for Obama to be impeached.
Obama made his remarks at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington. Asked about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Obama declined to weigh in on the efficacy of an experimental Ebola drug that may have saved the lives of two Americans who had the virus.
"I don't think all the information is in in whether this drug is helpful," he said.
The president said leaders at the session agreed about the importance of expanding trade, combating disease, boosting public health, combating corruption and expanding opportunities for women in Africa.
Obama added that leaders at the summit agreed the meeting, which is the first of its kind, should be a regular occurrence.
Weighing in on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Obama said he supports the Egyptian efforts to form a lasting agreement. The U.S. aim, he said, to make sure the violence does not resume.
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Karl Raimund Popper - Biography
Karl Raimund Popper was born July 28, 1902 in Vienna and died in London on September 17, 1994. He was an Austrian-British philosopher.
The son of a lawyer, Karl Raimund Popper was raised in an intellectual family where philosophy, music, and politics were a part of his everyday life. He was raised Protestant as both his parents had converted from Judaism to Protestantism. Popper started off at a traditional Gymnasium, but dropped out of school by the age of sixteen in order to attend lectures at the University of Vienna. In 1919, he joined the Association of Socialist School Students and became a Marxist, though only for a short period of time. Soon he abandoned Marxism in favour of social liberalism, which he remained aligned with for the rest of his life.
In 1925, Karl Raimund Popper received a teaching diploma for elementary school from the University of Vienna. He then went on to obtain a Ph.D in philosophy in 1928. The following year he attained the qualifications to teach both mathematics and physics in secondary school. Karl Raimund Popper then taught at the university for six years, between 1930 and 1936. Popper was quite critical against the then dominant positivist school Wiener Kreis (Vienna Circle), amongst whose members were Rudolf Carnap and Victor Kraft. Likewise he opposed Bohrs and Heisenbergs interpretation of quantum mechanics, instead supporting Einstein, whose lecture in Vienna he had attended.
Poppers first published book was Logik der Forschung (translated by Popper himself twenty-five years later under the title The Logic of Scientific Discovery) in 1934, which gained him an enormous reputation and had a tremendous impact on the scientific community. Although published in a series of the positivist Vienna Circle, the book is to be read as a counter reaction to logical positivism. It is here where Popper for the first time uses critical rationalism as a philosophical approach:
In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to say that the experimental results are not reliable or that the discrepancies which are asserted to exist between the experimental results and the theory are only apparent and that they will disappear with the advance of our understanding. If you insist on strict proof (or strict disproof) in the empirical sciences, you will never benefit from experience, and never learn from it how wrong you are.
Karl Raimund Popper breaks with the traditional scientific method and distinguishes between empirical and non-empirical sciences such as logic, psychoanalysis and Marxism. He argues in favor of a scientific methodology based on falsification: only if scientific hypotheses can be shown to be false, that is, if they cannot be observed empirically, can they claim to be scientific, for experiments do not necessarily "prove" a theory. To the contrary, a single experiment can falsify a theory.
Karl Raimund Popper clearly rejects the method of induction and replaces it by a method of deductive falsifiability. To test a theory is to try to falsify it, as truth cannot be verified, but only falsified. Falsifiability, therefore, is the sole criterion to distinguish between science (empirical) and non-science (non-empirical). Such differentiation, in general one of Poppers main aims, is possible only by means of problem-solving. He elaborates on this in one of his last books, All Life is Problem Solving, where he argues in favour of an evolutionary progress as far as knowledge is concerned.
Due to the rise of (Austro) fascism and the constant threat of the Anschluss (annexation to Germany), Popper was forced to leave Austria, leaving behind his family, many of whose members were murdered by the Nazis. In 1937, he went to New Zealand and taught philosophy as a senior lecturer at the University of Canterbury. After the Second World War, he went to London, first as reader in logic and scientific method, then in 1949 became a professor of logic and scientific method at the London School of Economics, a post which he held until 1969. Many visits as a guest professor in the United States followed, amongst them the William James Lectures at Harvard in 1950.
Popper received many accolades and honors. In 1958 Popper became a fellow of the British Academy and in 1958/59 he was named president of the Aristotelian Society. Popper was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1965 and became a Royal Society fellow in 1976. In 1982, Popper received the insignia of the Order of the Companions of Honour.
1961 was an important year for Popper when the so-called positivism dispute begana debate between critical rationalism (Popper and Hans Albert) and the Frankfurt School (Adorno, Habermas, and Marcuse). Its origin dates back to a conference in Tübingen in the social sciences, where both Popper and Theodor W. Adorno were in attendance. Although the debate dominated the discussion within German sociology until 1969, Popper remained outside of it as he had, after all, written his Logic against positivism.
Though greatly renown as a philosopher of science, Karl Popper also wrote social, political, and historical works. Arguably his most famous treatise is The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), written during the Second World War. The text coins the term open society and stands for a pluralistic society with little governmental influence and a free market. In this book Popper, defending his concept of a liberal open democratic society, accuses Plato, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx of propagating totalitarian systems (i.e. closed societies) and criticizes both utopianism and historicism because of their reference to abstract truths. In 1947, Popper was amongst the founders of the Mont Pelerin Society, which aimed to defend liberalism and work towards a free open society. Popper criticizes the idea of historicism (that is, the idea of historical prediction or general laws), in The Poverty of Historicism (1957), arguing in favour of piecemeal social engineeringsmall changes to society.
In the collection Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963), Popper develops the concept of verisimilitude. All scientific theories (and knowledge in general) are to be understood as mere approximations or conjectures. A theory possesses verisimilitude the more refutations it has to face. Ultimately, the idea of verisimilitude is most important in cases where we know that we have to work with theories which are at best approximationsthat is to say, theories of which we know that they cannot be true. This idea is not limited to science for Popper, as he applies it to all sorts of problems, amongst them history and language.
In Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach (1972) Popper elaborates on Alfred Tarskis semantic theory of truth and the impact it had on him. It is here where he made his famous statement: Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve. In this book Popper also develops a theory of reality that differentiates between three worlds, thereby intending to develop a new approach to the mind-body dualism:
World 1 is the world of physical objects/states.
World 2 is the world of mental states, such as feelings or experiences.
World 3 is the world of theories, institutions, language and so on - in short, everything that stems from the human mind.
The objects of World 3 are abstract and do not need a physical object as in World 1. In contrast to World 2, whose objects are subjective, World 3 objects are objective. Yet, for any object in these two worlds, World 2 and 3 have to be real and World 2 and 3 have to interact with World 1.
Furthering his interest in the duality between mind and body, Popper worked with together with the neurophysiologist John Eccles Popper co-publishing the text, The Self and its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism (1977), as a mutual exchange on the traditionally long-standing duality.
His later publications include: Unended Quest; An Intellectual Autobiography (1976), The Open Universe: An Argument for Indeterminism (1982), In Search of a Better World (1984), Realism and the Aim of Science (1983), The Myth of the Framework: In Defence of Science and Rationality (1994), and Knowledge and the Mind-Body Problem: In Defence of Interactionism (1994).
It was also due to Popper that the philosophy of science was established as its own discipline. Among his students at the London School of Economics were Paul Feyerabend and the billionaire George Soros, who named his think-tank after Popper´s open society. Friedrich Hayek was among his closest friends.
Karl Popper died at the age of 92 in Croydon, south London. He was buried in Vienna next to his wife.


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Armageddon (1998)
68 corrections
Directed by: Michael Bay
Starring: Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Willis, Liv Tyler, Michael Clarke Duncan, Peter Stormare, Steve Buscemi, William Fichtner
Corrected entry: When they finish drilling the hole, they pull the pipes up and throw them in a pile. They fall to the 'ground' quickly. The asteroid would have virtually no gravity.
Correction: It is explained before the mission that because of the asteroid's mass and it's rotation there will be unpredictable gravity.
Corrected entry: When Rockhound realized that they're not gonna make it, he shoots the gatling gun. Guns need oxygen to produce a spark to fire a bullet, yet they are in space.
Correction: Fires can't burn in the oxygen-free vacuum of space, but guns can shoot. Modern ammunition contains its own oxidizer, a chemical that will trigger the explosion of gunpowder, and thus the firing of a bullet, wherever you are in the universe. No atmospheric oxygen required.
Corrected entry: Gruber is around to help disarm the bomb but doesn't seem to be around to make the trip home.
Correction: Gruber is killed during the 'asteroid storm' shortly after the disarming of the bomb.
Corrected entry: Both teams have to drill an 800-foot hole in the asteroid (even though only one team made it to a drilling location). They are doing this in an area that the ground is mostly metal and they are using metal drill bits. The bits the drillers use in the movie are known as "rock bits" and will not cut through metal. There are special bits known as "milling" bits to do that.
Correction: Having to drill through the metal was an error on their behelaf. They hadn't intended to land there at all, and therefore weren't prepared for it. They had to use what they had on hand to attempt to get the job done as well as possible.
Corrected entry: As they're unbuckling after the rough landing on the asteroid about 1:20:00 in, it sounds as though Steve Buscemi calls Bruce Willis by his real name and not his character's name.
Correction: He actually says " not bad " after Harry says may they rest in peace.
Corrected entry: At the end of the movie there is a flyover by Air Force jets (the Thunderbirds possibly?). At the end of the flyover one jet peels off in what I believe is supposed to be the "missing man formation." However, the plane that leaves is the one in the back middle. This is incorrect, as it leaves an intact 5-plane V. Instead one of the planes to the side of the lead plane (on either side) should have left, leaving an unbalanced, "missing" formation.
Correction: Then it's obviously not the "missing man formation". These are professional pilots. What they're doing is done on purpose. They didn't just throw a few stuntmen into fighter jets and tell 'em to try to do something cool. This isn't a movie mistake.
Corrected entry: The shuttles sling-shot around the moon to gain speed. This is a manoeuvre undertaken to save fuel. Nevertheless, we see the shuttles using full after burners on the ride around the moon.
Correction: They don't have time to waste simply allowing gravity to accelerate them, so they combine a gravitational slingshot course with the full acceleration from the engines. Allows them to get up to the required speed faster and using less fuel than using the engines alone, but, given the time pressures that they face, they can't afford to shut the engines down and coast on gravitational acceleration alone.
Corrected entry: When we see that AJ and the Russian have survived, we see a sweep through the wreckage of the shuttle. Pieces of wreckage are burning with little, earthly like flames, which are not possible without oxygen.
Correction: This is already listed as a mistake. Its the highest ranked one.
Corrected entry: Just before A.J goes down the chute in the Russian space station to refuel the rockets, you can see an American flag behind him. Odd that an American flag would be on a Russian space station.
Correction: Odd, perhaps, but far from impossible. Someone has made a character decision to bring it on board, simple as that.
Corrected entry: In the scene were the first crew ship collides with the asteroid after being slung around the moon, the pilot is seen crashing into the window of the other ship without "space gear", untrue as we know oxygen does not exist in space, and the fact that there is no gravity would make the body implode not just go around like normal. That is why astronauts wear suits outside the ship, very carefully designed suits that allow for them to be in that environment.
Correction: That's simply not true, the body will not "implode due to lack of gravity". If anything it would explode due to lack of pressure, but that's unlikely as well.
Corrected entry: After the transmission blows on the asteroid causing Harry to be thrown about 15 feet away, in the very next shot when he is asking God for a little help, we can see that he is suddenly standing in front of the spinning drill bit head. How did he pick himself up and get back there so quickly?
Correction: This is not Harry who gets thrown back, it is Chick watch when Rockhound goes over to him look at his face.
Corrected entry: When AJ is down getting the liquid O2 and they have to evacuate, fire blows up the tunnel and engulfs him as he is climbing out, yet even though his face is uncovered, he is not burned.
Correction: It's a quick flash of fire so it passed him very quickly, plus he was wearing protective clothing
Corrected entry: In the scene with A.J's Armadillo, you can clearly see the shadow of one of the cameras in the smoke behind them.
Correction: This is not a camera its the big gun mounted on the side of the armadillo.
Corrected entry: During the opening titles after the asteroid hits earth, the fireball spreads out around the world and the camera angle shifts across about 10% of the earth's surface, and suddenly the fireball has progressed almost completely around the entire world. It wouldn't have happened anywhere near this quickly, and its appearance would have changed as its intensity diminished.
Correction: We can safely assume that the director of the film did it this particular way to add drama to the opening sequence of the film and to add special effects so that the audience can see what once happened.
Corrected entry: For the first time civilians wore genuine NASA spacesuits. They cost over 3 million dollars each.
Correction: Close, but no cigar. Christa McAuliffe, who flew on the doomed Challenger flight in 1986, was a civilian.
Corrected entry: If "NASA doubles up on everything.", why didn't the nuclear bomb on Independence go off when it crashed? Colonel Sharp stops Stamper from hitting their bomb with a wrench since it would set it off, so why didn't the one on Independence detonate?
Correction: A crash wouldn't set a nuclear bomb off; it takes a very precise set of events to occur for that to happen, which a crash couldn't possibly replicate. Nor, for that matter, would hitting one with a wrench, which Sharp undoubtedly knows, but with the fate of the Earth riding on that bomb, he can't risk Stamper damaging it. The easiest way to ensure that he doesn't do it again is to tell them that it might actually go off. It's not true, but Stamper and his men aren't going to know that.
Corrected entry: Liv Tyler's real-life dad, frontman of Aerosmith Steven Tyler, wanted to do the song "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" especially because his daughter was in the movie.
Correction: I am an Aerosmith freak and I know this is not true. I've seen 2 separate interviews by Steven Tyler and in both he said he did NOT want to record the song because it was too sappy. He only agreed after watching the ending sequence where Liv grabs the screen and says "Daddy" while she is crying. The ironic thing is the song became the first no. 1 hit Aerosmith ever had.
Corrected entry: One of the things the creators of the movie did not think out is the issue of the asteroid's gravity. There are several problems with that. It is stated that the asteroid is the size of Texas. Even if we assumed it to have had 1000 miles of diameter (a really huge asteroid) and the same density as Earth it would have gravity of about 12% of Earth's gravity. In the movie it can be seen (even though stated otherwise) that the teams operate under earth-like gravity tools, piping elements, debris all fall down with quite an acceleration. Also the astronauts move about very conveniently much more easily than would for example on the Moon. On the other hand if we assumed that the asteroid had much higher density, which allowed it to had significant gravity, a near passing (a couple of hundred kilometers) of such a massive body alone would probably wipe out humanity just as efficiently as a direct hit. Even if we assumed that the asteroid's diameter was only 500 miles and its density was about the density of the Moon, the near passing of its two halves would wreak havoc on Earth as the influence of their gravity on, for example, ocean tides, would be up to 20 times bigger than Moon's
Correction: The mathematicians at NASA would have taken the fragments into account and set up the "zero-barrier" sufficiently far away. This is why the earth sees no effects from them. And gravity is increased due to the asteroid spinning.
Corrected entry: The scene where the crew boards the twin ships and then the starting sequence strongly suggests that the shuttles are launched from pads located very close to each other. With all the air movement, heat, fumes and dust generated by the powerful engines of the spaceships it would be extremely dangerous to launch two spaceships simultaneously and so close to each other. I cannot believe NASA would ever allow that - especially with so important a mission.
Correction: Only if there were people in the immediate area, and there certainly were not. The ships would not be a danger to each other, either.
Corrected entry: I find it highly unlikely that all of those astronauts would have gleaming white teeth.
Correction: I'm not sure that "highly unlikely" would constitute a movie mistake. Highly unlikely still means it's possible in the context of the movie.


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TALLAHASSEE — Hydraulic fracturing isn't happening in Florida yet, but a proposal inching toward the state House floor puts disclosure requirements in place before the drilling begins.
However, opponents of the measure — House Bill 743, or the Fracturing Chemical Usage Disclosure Act, sponsored by Rep. Ray Rodrigues, R-Estero — say it doesn't go far enough.
The bill directs the state Department of Environmental Protection to create an online registry for hydraulic fracturing — a type of oil and gas drilling commonly known as fracking. That registry, according to a House staff analysis, must include the total volume of water and the specific chemicals used in the fracking process.
Rodrigues said the legislation "lays the framework for disclosure."
"It's better to do this now, before we have fracturing than waiting until fracturing actually occurs," he said during a March 28 legislative State Affairs Committee meeting.
Opponents say Rodrigues' measure — along with a companion bill that addresses public record exemptions — isn't as far-reaching as it seems.
"It's a fake bill. It's about disclosure, but it really means that it's about making it a secret," said David Guest, the managing attorney at Earthjustice in Tallahassee. "The problem is this doesn't require the disclosure of the recipe."
While the bill requires companies to disclose what's being put into the ground, it doesn't require the companies to list how much of each chemical is being injected.
Fracking involves injecting water, sand and chemicals underground to create fractures in rock formations, which allows the release of natural gas and oil. The process has spread in recent years, with supporters saying, at least in part, that it is opening vast supplies of natural gas.
Guest said fracturing most likely would happen in Southwest Florida near the Sunniland oil wells, and in the Panhandle near existing oil wells. While drilling is already happening in the areas, Guest said Florida's land is particularly vulnerable because of its porous nature.
"What's underneath the ground throughout Florida is a porous limestone aquifer," he said. "It's almost like Swiss cheese."
The chemicals used in the process can seep into the water supply, Guest said.
"Everyone is drinking it," he said. "We need to know what to be testing for."
Rodrigues said his bill would do what's necessary, since the proposal requires companies to say what they're putting into the ground. The measure is modeled after an existing Texas law and would give the state a chance to be "proactive, rather than reactive," Rodrigues said.
Rodrigues said he's aware of the opposition, but said those opposed to the bill aren't just fighting his disclosure requirements. They're also fighting against fracking in the state.
Andrew McElwaine, president of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, is one of those who said disclosure isn't the problem.
"Disclosure isn't the issue," he said. "We shouldn't have it in Florida. I don't believe it's appropriate."
McElwaine said, however, he isn't entirely shocked a ban hasn't been proposed. He said he didn't think the issue has been given much consideration or that people are aware of the potential in Southwest Florida.
"Down here, people expect it won't be done," he said.
Rodrigues said Floridians shouldn't look to him to propose a ban on fracking.
It isn't a question of whether fracking will start happening in Florida, it's a question of when, he said.
"I think fracturing is a critical part of the future," he said.
There is a move afoot to get a local fracturing ban in place.
John Lundin, a former Collier County Commission candidate, said he plans to discuss fracturing during Tuesday's commission meeting.
Lundin said he is opposed to fracturing, and is hoping Collier commissioners will schedule a workshop session on the issue to look at the pros and cons of banning fracturing in Collier.
"I think fracking should not be allowed," he said. "It's an environmental hazard."
Lundin said he raised the issue with commissioners a couple of months back, and some seemed to oppose fracturing. But Lundin said several months later he doesn't "know where their state of mind is."
Despite the push-back from environmental groups, Rodrigues said he's thrilled his bill has cleared all of the necessary committees and is headed to the floor. The measure is one of four bills the freshman lawmaker has proposed that could be headed for a full House vote in the coming week.
"It's an exciting time," he said.
__The News Service of Florida contributed to this report.
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Polluted Runoff Control Program
End Of Fiscal Year Report 2014!
Polluted Runoff Control Program
What Is a Watershed?
A watershed is an area of land where all of the water flows into a common body of water. Hawai`i's streams and rivers flow downhill, from the highest island ridges to the ocean, connecting the communities they flow through along the way.
When it rains, water flows downhill from Hawai`i's high island ridges to the ocean, washing pollutants into the streams and rivers. (Kaaawa Valley, Oahu)
What Is Polluted Runoff?
Polluted runoff is the greatest threat to Hawai`i's surface and ground water quality. Polluted runoff, or nonpoint source pollution, results when stormwater or irrigation water washes pollutants off the land—from farms, urban areas and construction sites—into our streams and coastal waters.
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Roads, buildings and parking lots prevent rain water from soaking into the ground. This increases the volume and speed of water runoff, increases erosion and washes pollutants through storm drains into streams and the ocean.
Stream levels can quickly rise during torrential downpours, resulting in erosion and exposed plants roots. The sediment that is washed away is a form of polluted runoff. (Waimanalo Stream, Oahu)
Cesspools can also be a significant pollutant source. In Hawai`i cesspools are commonly used to dispose of human waste in areas without a sewer system. Cesspools discharge untreated human waste directly into the ground, where it can contaminate the ocean, streams and ground water by releasing nutrients and disease-causing bacteria and viruses.
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There are many ways that you can reduce polluted runoff from your home or business. Visit these sources to learn how!
Hawai`i's Department of Health administers the state's Polluted Runoff Control (PRC) Program.
The PRC Program in Hawai`i has evolved over the last decade under the guidance of two federal statutes:
- Clean Water Act (CWA), Section 319
- Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), Section 6217
Although these two federal statues are distinct, their environmental goals overlap. In an effort to integrate polluted runoff implementation activities under CWA and CZARA, Hawai`i established a single plan—Hawai`i's Implementation Plan for Polluted Runoff Control (July 2000). The Plan describes a combination of voluntary and regulatory activities and programs implemented by local, state and federal agencies intended to control polluted runoff and includes a 15-year program strategy and five-year implementation plan.
Each year the PRC Program uses Clean Water Act section 319(h) funding to provide grants for worthwhile polluted runoff projects in Hawai`i. Generally the projects must address activities related to polluted runoff control as outlined in the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Management Plan (June 1996) and Hawai`i's Implementation Plan for Polluted Runoff Control (July 2000).
Watershed Planning and Polluted Runoff Control
The citizens of Hawai`i have the ability and responsibility to protect their waters from polluted runoff. It is very important for local communities to be involved in the efforts to address polluted runoff and the watershed planning process is one way they can become involved. A watershed plan is a strategy and a work plan for achieving water resource goals for a specific watershed. The watershed planning process uses a series of cooperative, iterative steps to characterize existing conditions, identify and prioritize problems, define management objectives, and develop and implement protection or remediation strategies as necessary. PRC supports and coordinates watershed planning as well as total maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation activities with partner organizations such as Land-Based Pollution Local Action Strategy (LAS) to Protect Coral Reefs and the Ocean Resources Management Plan (ORMP) implementation work group.
The following document was developed to assist groups interested in developing Watershed Based Plans.
Polluted Runoff Control Documents
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- Hawai`i's Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Management Plan (June 1996)
- Hawai`i's Implementation Plan for Polluted Runoff Control (July 2000)
- Hawai'i Local Action Strategy to Address Land-Based Pollution Threats to Coral Reefs (March 2004)
- Hawai`i's Ocean Resources Management Plan (ORMP)
- Updated Management Measures for Hawai`i's Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program (June 2009)
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Polluted Runoff Resources
- EPA Region 9
- EPA Watershed Handbook
- EPA Cesspool Information
- NOAA's Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program
- Hawai`i Coastal Zone Management Program
- Hawai`i's Local Action Strategy to Address Land-Based Pollution Threats to Coral Reefs
- Hawai`i Backyard Conservation, Ideas for Every Homeowner
- HoK Raingarden