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Hardinge's Style-S collet pads are designed to take up less space, cost less and change over faster than solid collets.
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Hardinge's Style-S collet pads are designed to take up less space, cost less and change over faster than solid collets. They can be shared among a variety of machine types, whether the master collet is mounted directly in a machine spindle (single or multiple), in a collet adaptation chuck or in a collet block.
The pads can be changed without removing the master collet from the spindle. A dovetail anchor design securely holds the pad in place and eliminates pressure on the clamp. There are no holes in the OD of the master collet or on the ID of the pads, resulting in maximum bearing on the workpiece and the spindle collet seat.
Standard pads are hardened and ground for increased life; semi-hard and soft emergency pads can be bored to size on the machine for improved concentricity. The pads are available in sizes ranging from S10 to S50 to fit Style-S master collets used in screw machines and CNC lathes. Style-S master collets designed for the company's collet-ready CNC lathes are available in 16C, 20C, 25C, B42 and B65 sizes. HCAC collet adaptation chucks are available to enable chuck-style lathes to accept Style-S master collets and pads. The pads also can be used in FlexC collet blocks and 16C collet blocks for three- and four-axis milling applications.
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Tendulkar prepares for last Ranji match
As Mumbai and Haryana clash in the Ranji Trophy at the relatively new and unknown Chaudhary Bansi Lal cricket stadium at Lahli village, 10 km from Rohtak (80 km from New Delhi), starting October 27, the main attraction for people will be the presence of batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.
This could be Tendulkar's last appearance in national-level domestic match before he plays his 200th and last test match against the West Indies at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium next month.
In this collection, we take a look at Tendulkar attending Mumbai's nets session at Wankhede Stadium ahead of the match against Haryana.
ALSO SEE: Tendulkar, witness to a cricket revolution | Tendulkar to retire after 200th Test | Sachin Tendulkar's roll of honour | Sachin Tendulkar: 100 Not Out | 'Not a single shot he cannot play' | Sachin Tendulkar: The Early Years

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Construction on TransCanada Corporation's long-distance, large-diameter C$5.2 billion Keystone crude oil pipeline reaching from Canada's Alberta oil fields to markets in the U.S. Midwest is grinding to completion after more than two years of intensive construction activity.
The Keystone construction scope involved building a 2,148-mile, 30- and 36-inch pipeline to transport up to 590,000 bopd from the terminal and storage facilities at Hardisty, Alberta to markets at Wood River and Patoka, IL and on to Cushing, OK.
Mobilization of equipment and services, including construction, for the project started in 2008. Site of first construction was in North Dakota at the U.S.-Canadian border in May 2008 with Canadian construction getting under way during June 2008. Completion on the pipeline section to Cushing is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2010.
Although Keystone is several months from completion, TransCanada has started filling completed sections of the pipeline system.
Originally, the Keystone system was a partnership between TransCanada and ConocoPhillips. However, TransCanada became the lone owner and operator in June 2009 through a purchase transaction.
TransCanada also received approval in March 2010 from the National Energy Board in Canada for a proposed Keystone expansion project. This expansion is a planned 1,959-mile, 36-inch crude oil pipeline stretching from Hardisty, Alberta and moving southeast through Saskatchewan, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. It will link up with a portion of the Keystone Pipeline being built through Kansas to Cushing, and facilitate take away capacity from U.S. hubs located on the pipeline. The pipeline will then continue on through Oklahoma to a delivery point near existing terminals in Nederland, TX, to serve the Port Arthur, TX, marketplace.
In the U.S., UniversalPegasus International and Trow Engineering Consultants were contracted to handle design, engineering and construction management for the project. UniversalPegasus also provided inspection services while Trow also handled an environmental inspection this year. Construction contracts were awarded to Henkels & McCoy, Inc., Michels Corp., Price Gregory International and Sheehan Pipe Line Construction Co.
Henkels & McCoy, Inc. was assigned Spread 1, which consisted of laying 130 miles of 30-inch pipe from the U.S.-Canadian border to a point in Barnes County ND. Michels handled Spreads 2 and 3, consisting of 275 miles of 30-inch. Spread 2 picked up where the first spread left off and ran to a point in Day County, SD. Spread 3 extended into Hutchinson County, SD.
Price Gregory was contracted for Spreads 4 through 7, and Sheehan built Spread 8. This work extended from Hutchinson Country, SD through Nebraska and Missouri to Wood River and Patoka. The 295 miles of Phase II (Spreads 9, 10 and 11) extend from Illinois through Nebraska and Kansas to Cushing, OK. Price Gregory worked on Spreads 9 and 11 and Sheehan worked on Spread 10.
For the most part, the mainline route from the U.S.-Canadian border to Illinois and the Cushing section covered good pipeline construction terrain consisting of rolling hills, flat land and farm land with some rock. Trenching for the line was performed using conventional methods.
While the work was reasonably standard, the project was not without a number of challenges. For example, the route crosses countless road crossings and required 24 directionally drilled river and stream crossings along the mainline and six directionally drilled rivers on the Cushing section. The river crossings were contracted to Laney Directional Drilling and Southeast Drilling. Pre-construction activity provided the biggest challenges, such as working with 4,500 landowners and acquiring permits in six different states.
Pump stations
Keystone's overall design initially called for 43 pump stations, including 16 stations in Canada plus the Hardisty Terminal. The U.S. mainline stretch has 23 stations installed and the Cushing section required four stations. On average, three pumping units are located at each station with an estimated 4,000 horsepower per unit.
TransCanada designated the stations by groups with Canada's Group 1 stations located in Alberta, Group 2 in Saskatchewan, and Group 3 and Group 4 in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The U.S. groups include Group 1 and Group 2 in North Dakota and South Dakota; Group 3 and Group 4 in Nebraska and Kansas and Group 5 in Missouri and Illinois. Installation contractors for the stations included Monad, Whaler Industrial Contracting, Inc. and Lockerbie & Hole Eastern, Inc. in Canada, and Industrial Company Wyoming, Willbros, and Jones-Blythe Construction Co. in the U.S. NUSCO Northern was the contractor for the storage tanks at the Hardisty terminal.
Keystone's Cushing activity is considered part of Phase II of the overall project. Extending 295 miles from Steele City, NE to Cushing, the 36-inch pipeline is in the final stages of construction. The extension will connect to storage and distribution facilities at Cushing, a major crude oil marketing/refining and pipeline hub.
In addition, this phase will include construction of the four pump stations and an expansion of additional pumping units for 22 of the 23 pump stations as part of Phase I in the U.S. In Canada, Phase II also will include construction of seven pump stations and additional pumping units for seven of the 16 initial pump stations built to support Phase I.
Labor agreement for Keystone XL Pipeline
In a related development, TransCanada Corporation recently announced a Project Labor Agreement for a significant portion of U.S. construction of the proposed US$7 billion Keystone Gulf Coast Expansion Pipeline Project (Keystone XL). The agreement will provide TransCanada with a trained and ready workforce in the U.S. to construct Keystone XL. During construction, the project is expected to create over seven million hours of labor and over 13,000 new jobs for American workers.
The Project Labor Agreement is with the Laborers International Union of North America, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, the International Union of Operating Engineers and the Pipeline Contractors Association.
"The proposed Keystone XL pipeline will have a significant impact on the North American economy through the thousands of manufacturing and construction jobs it is creating," says Russ Girling, TransCanada president and chief executive officer. "This project is entirely paid for with private sector dollars and is shovel ready."
"It's our job to weld sections of Keystone Pipeline that will extend across several states and transport hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil daily for decades to come," said William Hite, general president of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO.
"This project will also play an important role in linking a secure and growing supply of Canadian crude oil with the largest refining markets in the United States, significantly improving North American energy security," added Girling.
The Keystone expansion project is a planned 1,959-mile, 36-inch crude oil pipeline stretching from Hardisty, Alberta and moving southeast through Saskatchewan, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. It will link up with a portion of the Keystone Pipeline that is being built through Kansas to Cushing, OK, and facilitate take away capacity from U.S. hubs located on the pipeline. The pipeline will then continue on through Oklahoma to a delivery point near existing terminals in Nederland, TX, to serve the Port Arthur, TX, marketplace.
Also proposed is an approximate 47-mile pipeline to transport crude oil from Liberty County, TX, to the Houston area.
The proposed project will also require new facilities at the Keystone Hardisty Terminal, including: three operational storage tanks, an initiating pump station and interconnections with existing pipeline systems in the Hardisty area. The Keystone Gulf Coast Expansion includes construction of an additional eight pump stations in Canada and 30 pump stations in the United States.
TransCanada received approval in March 2010 from the National Energy Board in Canada for the proposed Keystone expansion project. When completed, the expansion project will increase the commercial capacity of the Keystone Pipeline System from 590,000 bpd to approximately 1.1 MMbpd. The US$12 billion system is 83 percent subscribed with long-term, binding contracts that include commitments of 910,000 bpd for an average term of approximately 18 years.
Plans call for the entire project to be completed in 2013.
The Laborers International Union of North America represents half a million workers in the heavy construction and building construction trade, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million professionals in the private and public sector, the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO represents 300,000 members across North America in the plumbing and pipefitting industry, and the International Union of Operating Engineers represents 400,000 operating engineers, who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, and surveyors in the construction industry, and stationary engineers, who work in operations and maintenance in building and industrial complexes, and in the service industries.
TransCanada is a leader in the development and operation of North American energy infrastructure including natural gas and oil pipelines, power generation and gas storage facilities. TransCanada's network of wholly owned natural gas pipelines extends more than 37,000 miles, tapping into virtually all major gas supply basins in North America. TransCanada is one of the continent's largest providers of gas storage and related services with approximately 380 Bcf of storage capacity. For more information visit: http://www.transcanada.com/
Keystone Project Highlights
• Total length is 2,148 miles;
• 1,379 total miles of new pipeline was built in the U.S., including 1,084 miles of the U.S. mainline from the U.S.-Canadian border to markets in Wood River and Patoka as Phase I and 295 miles from Nebraska to Cushing as Phase II;
• The Canadian portion included construction of 232 miles of pipeline and the conversion of 537 miles of existing TransCanada pipeline from natural gas to crude oil transmission;
• The new line has a 30-inch outer diameter to Illinois and increases to 36 inches from Nebraska and Kansas to Cushing;
• The pipeline was buried with a minimum depth of cover of four feet, depending on land use;
• Initial nominal capacity is 435,000 bpd with the capability of increasing capacity to 590,000 bpd; and
• Estimated operating pressure for the new pipeline sections is 1,440 psi. The converted section will operate at its current approved allowable operating pressure of 880 psig.


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When Rising Star Games released Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut for the PC last month, the port of the Twin Peaks-esque cult favorite horror game had some serious issues. Chief among them was the fact that the game's resolution was, highly atypically for a PC game, locked to 720p.
The outcry was immediate and vocal.
"Face palm through my skull," said one poster on the NeoGAF message board. "Damnit," said another.
But in spite of their outrage, many users expressed hope for a savior to come to their aid. "You on it, Durante?" asked one user. Like a Batsignal, the call was out.
The answer came less than an hour later. "I should be able to fix this."
The post came from Peter Thoman, better known by the handle Durante. A 29-year-old from Austria with a Ph.D. in computer science, Thoman first gained online notoriety in 2012 when he fixed a similar resolution issue with Namco Bandai's PC port of its role-playing game Dark Souls. With Deadly Premonition's PC version looking like a similar hackjob, players hoped Durante would do what the game's publisher would not.
Sure enough, within 24 hours of the game's release on Steam, Thoman had uploaded "DPfix 0.1 alpha," a patch that allowed Deadly Premonition players to manually adjust the game's resolution. Thoman tells WIRED that his process involves intercepting and logging the graphic rendering calls between the game and DirectX, then locating and adjusting the resolution buffer. In layman's terms, he reverse-engineers from the graphical output, rather than the game's source code, a way to adjust the resolution, wrapping up the fix into a convenient zip file.
"My primary motivation," Thoman said, "is because I don't like playing games at low resolution."
When the news of Dark Souls' locked resolution first came out, Thoman said he was incredulous. "I posted on GAF multiple times about how I couldn't believe that the game will be resolution locked, how silly that would be and how it must be a translation error," he said later in a NeoGAF post. "When I was proven wrong about that, and some people made up long reasons for why such a lock could be in place, I was irked. Someone was wrong on the internet, and it fell to me to set them straight."
Thoman's patches proved his point: There was nothing that required the games to be locked to a low resolution. But Thoman didn't stop there. Since the original Premonition patch had broken a few things, he worked on fixing them. Then he started including options for adding anti-aliasing and increasing the rendering resolution of reflections, something he says improves the quality of the game's depth-of-field effects.
"I also added the option to replace textures," he said, "which allows other modders to make really interesting stuff, like high-resolution texture packs or other user-interface modifications. I always really like letting people do that."
Thoman estimates he spent more than 70 hours patching the game in the two weeks following its release. The most recent DPfix release fixed pixel offset errors that occurred at higher resolutions, fixed anti-aliasing when it was not being correctly applied, added improved depth-of-field effects, and added an option for screen space ambient occlusion.
But if Thoman was able to crank out a fix so quickly, why hasn't Rising Star created an official patch yet?
Hidetaka "Swery65" Suehiro, the game's director, tweeted an acknowledgement of the issues shortly after launch. Rising Star Games noted that a patch is on the way, but that adding in support for gamepad controllers (another major omission) would be its first priority.
(Rising Star declined to comment on this story.)
Thoman says the difference between his fixes and official patches are primarily an issue of quality assurance. "When I write and program something, I make sure I didn't make any obvious errors, and then I just release it," Thoman told WIRED. "If it works for 90 percent of people, I already consider that a success."
From there, Thoman starts working for that other 10 percent, but he says that there's probably one percent of people that he will never be able to help. If he were in charge of a commercial product rather than a fan-made patch, he'd have a responsibility to make sure whatever he released worked for everyone and didn't break anything.
Still, it makes you wonder why companies would release such slapdash products in the first place. Thoman says that in his opinion, Dark Souls and Deadly Premonition weren't really broken — they just went from game consoles to the PC without any enhancements. PC games don't sell very well in Japan, he says, so when it comes time for a Japanese company to port a game to PC, they often underestimate what PC gamers expect in the way of features.
The community clearly appreciates Durante's efforts. "Deadly Premonition will soon be the best example of how a community can help improve the quality of a game," said one NeoGAF user.
Another GAF user even suggested he sell his services in the future to a Japanese company planning to port a game to PC. But while Thoman says he is intrigued by the ability to work with a game's source code rather than having to reverse-engineer a solution, he's happy in his day job as a university post-doc and isn't terribly interested in the logistics of making something like that happen. For him, fixing companies' crappy PC ports will stay a hobby.
"I do this for fun," he said. "The more you do it as work, the less it will seem like fun."Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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I had a radical double mastectomy in 1974. I've had 11 surgeries on left side due to adhesions, rupture, scarring. I'm 68. I have small saline implant now that is surrounded by adhesions, scarring. It is almost under my arm. My pain is unbearable. I want the implant removed. Isn't it necessary for the surgeon to remove every adhesion and all the scar tissue? Surgeon told me he only wants to slip the implant out. I don't have a picture. I hope my question is clear.
Implant Surrounded By Adhesions And Scarring, And Want It Removed Safely. What's The Best Way?
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Old Breast Reconstruction Implant Surrounded By Adhesions And Scarring, And Want It Removed Safely. What's The Best Way?
I have to agree with your surgeon. Although one would think that going in and cleaning things out surgically by " remove every adhesion and all the scar tissue" would improve matters, it has been shown NOT to be the case. Every surgery heals by generating scar tissue and 11 operations must have caused a lot of scar tissue. The pain you may be having MAY be related to the weight of the implant but is more likely caused by neuroma (a cut nerve end which forms a very sensitive round swelling on its end) which may NOT be desensitized by removing the implant. Attempting to remove the scar tissue may be associated with serious complications and most surgeons would avoid it if at all possible. I would remove the implant only and see how it changes the symptoms before taking any further action.
Implants removal
I usualy recommend removal of as much of the capsule as possible and safe, especially if there is pain..
Breast reconstruction issues
Usually it ia best to remove all scar tissue if you arehaving these kind of problems, although it may not be possible. You may be a candidate for autologous tissue reconstruction as well.
Learn more: http://www.stevenwallachmd.com
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Fat May Be the Solution to your Problems
We have seen in reconstruction cases where fat grafting is used for volume replacement that pain from chronic scarring (radiation) improves dramatically. This is anecdotal information, but may suggest that fat transplantation has some regenerative effect on pathologic tissue. In your case, an option is to remove the implant and have several sessions of fat grafting. This would probably remodle and help soften up our scar tissue instead of excising it. Excising scar creates more scar- a sometimes visious cycle.
Best Regards,
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Learn more: http://journals.lww.com/plasreconsurg/Abstract/2011/08000/Human_Fat_Grafting_Alleviates_Radiation_Skin.6.aspx
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I utilize SQL Server aliases a lot, especially since for some reason I don't get name resolution on our network over VPN. So I typicaly create an alias and map the name to the IP address of each SQL Server I use a lot on the network. I am in the process of setting up a new laptop and I was going to start recreating them. Then I remembered that since aliases are stored as registry values, I could use the registry import/export feature. I wasn't sure if it would work between Windows Server 2003 and Windows 7 but luckily, it did.
If you want to do this, go to the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\Client\ConnectTo" node, you should see all your aliases there. Then, export the whole node to an REG file, transfer the file to the other computer, and import it through the menu or by running the REG file.
Hello, Roman.
After seeing your post I searched in my registry and I can´t find the key you mention. You don´t mean linked server aliases, or database table alias, right? I tought those were stored in the database itself..
I found my ODBC connection settings somewhere else in the registry, so I assume that you weren't refering to those algo. Maybe you can shed some light on what are server aliases :)
I use Window 2008 R2, maybe the key is located somewhere else in my system.
Ivo Pereira
No, not linked servers or synonyms. These are the client connection aliases, they allow you to alias a server name to another name, or link it to an IP address. Run cliconfg from DOS to open the SQL Server Client Network Utility, you can view and edit aliases there.


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The world's largest particle accelerator fired up with great fanfare in September. But the long awaited experiment had to be shut down shortly after because of an electrical error. A scientist who witnessed the startup talks about what's next for the Large Hadron Collider.
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The located on the edge of St Helier, the island's capital, the Monterey Hotel offers a high standard of comfort and service to both the leisure and business traveller. On-site luxury indoor swimming pool facilities, including steam room, spa bath and mini gym are provided free of charge to our guests. A large outdoor swimming pool is also available.
The hotel is directly on the island's bus route network and offers the convenience of excellent complimentary parking facilities. Rated three stars by the AA, this seventy-three bedroom hotel has seen continuous investment into its bedrooms and amenities including a new contemporary design to our restaurant. All bedrooms have freeview TV along with tea and coffee making facilities. Free WIFI is available throughout the hotel. The newly refurbished restaurant, 'Gordini's', offers a range of cuisine for your enjoyment including full English buffet breakfast and a freshly prepared menu each evening and the renowned Sunday carvery. . A new open-plan and comfortable bar area provides an appealing 'all day menu' to fit in with your needs. The hotel has excellent lounges and function rooms. Owned and run by the Morvan Family for over twenty-five years, you will find that the Monterey is professional in its approach to hospitality, holding a Gold Investor in People accreditation. Our team look forward to welcoming you to the Monterey.
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As some 25,000 attendees begin to gather at the Moscone soon for the 29th annual Macworld show that opens on January 31st, we spoke with Paul Kent, general manager of the event, about the way the long-running show is changing.
"It is evolving into a consumer mobile lifestyle show," Kent said. "It is a big coming together, where the attendees are looking to presenters for new apps and ideas, and the presenters and developers are looking to these early adopters for feedback."
This year's show, which the past few years has been rebranded as Macworld iWorld in recognition of the growing importance of mobile platforms in the Apple ecosystem, features a number of live performances, contests, lectures and interactive opportunities.
Among the headliners are Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad, who play Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in the upcoming movie, JOBS, and will talk about portraying Apple's famous co-founders.
There is also an iPhone film festival, featuring films shot entirely on iPhones or iPads and edited with mobile technology.
Another feature this year will be the conclusion of a social media music contest that over 300 indie bands entered. One of the two finalists, Exist Elsewhere and Mister Loveless, will open for the rock band Little Feat at the show's blast party.
"We've been adding the 'tech arts festival vibe' the past few years," notes Kent. "Apple tech touches the arts in so many ways. One of our goals is to expand that cultural awareness."
One long-running aspect of Macworld is that it serves as a shopping venue for attendees.
"People discover and buy new products at the show," says Kent. "That's because it is a consumer show, not a trade show. The culture of shopping is a major aspect of the experience."
Over 650 press outlets from all over the world are registered to attend this year's event, a testament to how much interest Apple's wave of innovation in consumer products continues to generate globally.
"We are still early in this era, still just scratching the surface of what we can do and how we can live our lives with mobile technology," says Kent.
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It occurred to me a few days ago that I have mentioned several times how we're not using floral centerpieces, but never actually let you all in on what WILL be gracing our tables.
I knew right off that big, lush floral centerpieces wouldn't be in our budget, and I have always loved candlelight, so I admit that I was pretty drawn to candle centerpieces right from the start. I wanted to make them dramatic, though, and I figured that the best way to do it would be to have tapers at each table, but didn't have any idea how to make enough of a statement with them. That is, until I ran across this picture in a magazine probably at least a year ago:
(Photo credit for Martha, of course)
I loved the look immediately. I also saw right away the potential for a very "Phantom of the Opera"-type drama for this look in our deep purple.
The problem then was how to get enough candlesticks. Let me tell you, most taper candlestick holders are not cheap! I tried the usual suspects: eBay, Craigslist, etc., but finally settled on thrifting them from around the city. It was an ambitious project, given that we needed about 100 candlestick holders to have enough for all of the tables, but after about four months of thrifting once or twice a week (and a few additions from my dad and step mom's adventures!), I was able to collect over 100 of them.
This is just a small sampling of our collection. I love all the different heights and shapes!
*Please excuse the poor quality photos, we're in the middle of unpacking and it was just a drive-by mock-up!*
I also picked up some wax candle adapters, which I had never heard of until I started wedding planning:
They apparently keep tapers from tipping over in holders that aren't sized perfectly (which is a definite risk when you're thrifting them!), so we won't have crookedness like the middle candle in the picture I took above.
Then I ordered the purple taper candles in bulk for $75 from the cheapest place I could find them, and voila, we had centerpieces! I resolved not to spend more than four dollars apiece on each of the holders, and most were only a dollar or two, so all in all I spent about $350 getting gorgeous centerpieces put together! That was one of greatest budget-slashers, since the floral quotes I was getting here in the city were running in to the several thousands, even for simple arrangements.
Are you incorporating candles into your centerpieces? How are you trying to make them unique?
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There is something so majestic about a lone dancer and a piece of metal. Perhaps it's the form, the style, and grace. Or maybe it's the possibility of a concussion at any moment.
We've taken a look through the internet and complied some of the funniest pole dancing fails it has to offer!
Please, for the love of god — Don't try this at home. Do it right. Try it in a club with a couple of drunks throwing money and broken dreams at you.
Take a look at how to fail at pole dancing:
Whats so tragic about this one is that she shows so much promise at the start…
@ 2:15, her career as the Ukraine's premier pole dancer goes south. Back to the corn fields for you, Yelena.
The funniest thing about this video is that the mattress that could have prevented her concussion was so close, yet so far away.
This was filmed at the Louisville corn-boil and tractor/trailer festival in 1998. She's a kindergarten teacher.
Apparently, this is what kids do after school nowadays.
Just because it's a commercial doesn't make it not funny as hell.
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Boston breaks out bats to beat Florida
Boston breaks out bats to beat Florida
at Fort Myers, Fla.
Thursday, March 25
Marlins at the plate: Dan Uggla belted a two-run homer in the sixth, putting Florida on the board. Mike Lamb, trying to make the team as a left-handed bat off the bench, had two doubles and an RBI.
Red Sox at the plate: Jacoby Ellsbury went 2-for-4 with a double and scored a run. Marco Scutaro, batting in the No. 2 spot, had a triple and two RBIs. Victor Martinez produced an RBI double and Kevin Youkilis went 2-for-4. Adrian Beltre also had a good day, smashing two hits, scoring a run and driving in one. Jeremy Hermida went 2-for-2 to raise his Grapefruit League average to .432.
Grapefruit League records: Red Sox 11-12; Marlins 11-11.
Up next: Marlins Opening Day starter Josh Johnson will face the Mets on Friday at 1:05 p.m. ET at Roger Dean Stadium. This will be Johnson's final Grapefruit League start. The way his rotation spots have shaped up, Johnson has been lined up to face the Mets on March 31, and in the April 5 opener. On March 31, Johnson is expected to pitch in a Minor League game.
Lefty Jon Lester will take the ball for Boston in Friday's home game against the Blue Jays, who will have a split-squad at City of Palms Park. The game starts at 1:05 p.m. Second baseman Dustin Pedroia will return to the lineup after spraining his left wrist in Tuesday's game against the Twins.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Fri. October 14, 2011 | Derek J. LaRiviere
BROOKSVILLE — Mitchell scored steadily Friday night, leaving Central to ponder whether last week's solid effort was a fluke.
The Bears were shut out for fourth time in their 61-0 loss at home to the Mustangs, unable to stop their ground attack.
Mitchell (4-3) spread the ball around with Freddie Jones, Mordell Holley, Christian Trinidad and Dan Barber finding gaps in the Central front. The lead was 35-0 at the half, and the running clock didn't slow the potency of the offense.
Even with a homecoming crowd to bolster them, the Bears (0-7) continued to struggle on both sides of the ball, dropping their ninth consecutive game dating to last season.
The Mustang defense seemed to get back on track after a slow effort last week against Land O'Lakes in which the team allowed 48 points at home. This is the program's second shutout of the season after blanking Ridgewood in Week 3.


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Break out the wands and conjure up a cake, because today is Harry Potter's birthday! It's been five years since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows's literary release and a summer since the film of the same name hit theaters, but we're no closer to being over the boy wizard (portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe in the films) or his best friends, Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson). So to celebrate, we've rounded up the best of our Harry Potter content, from the stars' on-screen transformations to the fashion at the final premiere. Scroll down to see it all!
On-Screen Transformations
• Daniel Radcliffe's Transformation as Harry Potter
• Emma Watson's Transformation as Hermione Granger
• Prom Moments: Hermione at the Yule Ball
• Rupert Grint's Transformation as Ron Weasley
Premiere Fashion
• Most Stylish Men of 2011: Daniel Radcliffe
• Emma Watson's Premiere Style Through the Years
• Emma Watson's Wears Bottega Veneta in NYC
• Emma Watson's Stylist Talks Her Oscar de la Renta Dress
• Who Emma Watson Goes to for LBDs
Up Next for the Stars
• Daniel Radcliffe Teams Up with The Trevor Project
• Emma Watson's The Perks of Being a Wallflower Trailer
• Emma Watson's Lancome Lipstick Campaign
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Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, more than doubled their investment income from foreign sources in 2011 versus 2010, including some sources in tax havens around the world, according to tax returns released by the Republican presidential nominee's campaign.
The Romneys reported $3.5 million in foreign income out of $13.7 million in 2011 adjusted gross income, the benchmark figure used to figure out taxes owed.
That compares with $1.5 million in foreign income on 2010 adjusted gross income exceeding $21.6 million, according to the Romneys' tax returns for 2010 and 2011.
That means the Romneys last year derived just over a quarter of their income from non-US investments, such as funds and entities in Bermuda, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Ireland, and the Cayman and British Virgin Islands, the returns showed.
In 2010, the Romneys' foreign income was just 7 per cent of their adjusted gross income, which was much higher that year.
While the Romneys' tax strategies are legal, their large share of foreign-sourced income highlights the difference between their tax returns and those of average Americans.
Asked why the Romneys' foreign income had grown, a spokeswoman for the Republican candidate declined to comment.
Brad Malt, the partner at law firm Ropes & Gray who oversees the Romney's financial affairs, was travelling and could not immediately be reached for comment.
Their foreign income comes from dividends, interest, asset sales and carried interest - a special form of income received by partners in private equity funds and some hedge funds.
Financial scrutiny
Mr Romney is one of the wealthiest Americans ever to run for the White House.
He released his 2011 tax returns last week under pressure from Democrats and amid scrutiny of his finances.
He has cited his success in business and investing as a key qualification in his bid to oust Democratic president Barack Obama in the November 6 election.
Mr Romney co-founded private equity firm Bain Capital in 1984 and retains stakes in the firm's funds.
Mr Obama and his wife, Michelle, also have foreign-sourced income, mainly from book sales.
Their investment income is almost entirely from US sources, their tax returns showed.
Mr Romney has estimated his net worth at between $190 million and $250 million.
The Romneys' tax returns highlight the degree to which wealthy investors like the former Massachusetts governor use preferential tax breaks for certain types of investments.
Those tax breaks include the 15 per cent long-term capital gains tax rate on income from assets held for at least a year and the 15 per cent tax on carried interest.
Wages, by contrast, are taxed at a top rate of 35 per cent.


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Preparation vital in coping with storms
Climate change as a result of environmental disregard is a reality, but should not be misused as an explanation for every case of extreme weather. Storms that have caused devastation in southern China and eastern Australia in recent days have occurred throughout recorded history.
The world's leaders have rightly accepted scientific evidence that emissions from power plants, factories and vehicles are causing global temperatures to rise and change weather patterns. Politicking, environmental concerns, films and books have further ensured the issue remains firmly at the top of the international agenda for action.
Pinning weather extremes on air pollution is, in such circumstances, easily done. Doing so can be simplistic, though.
Seasonal rains cause havoc across southern China every summer and rural communities, not protected by the levees that often hold back flood waters from cities, are most vulnerable. Australia, with 85 per cent of the population living in urban areas, is less prone to such devastation. But as the storm which struck the coast of the state of New South Wales at the weekend proves, even the best developed communities are not immune to the ravages of nature.
With much of the east of Australia in the grip of a drought for the past decade, dam-filling rains, not flash floods, were on peoples' minds. Such downpours accompanied by strong winds are unusual in the area that was affected, making residents even less prepared.
While there is no doubt that the world is getting hotter, causing the polar caps to melt and increasing the spread of deserts, scientists argue about whether climate change is also causing more severe or frequent storms. Written records over hundreds of years in southern China do not point to such a pattern.
It is important to take climate change - and the prospect of more extreme weather - seriously. But what is needed on the mainland to reduce the toll from storms is better infrastructure and warning systems. We have these in Hong Kong, which is why storms such as those of recent days have caused only minor flooding here, yet devastation across the border.
As the example of Australia shows, though, this is not in itself a safety net. The best way of minimising the impact is - as has always been the case - to be properly prepared.
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The Power of Positive Drinking
Posted: Jun 7, 2007 3:15pm ET
It's almost like the power of positive drinking…
…strike that…
…positive thinking.
I've no sooner put to bed a story on rum for Cigar Aficionado (August 2007 issue) than arrives from the trade organization The Rums of Puerto Rico (www.rumcapital.com) an insulated backpack (with a set of luggage wheels, no less) that contains a bottle each of Don Q Cristal and Don Q Citrus Rum.
Am I that transparent?
Of course, this all plays into what I've been thinking and writing about lately: rum, in all its iterations—light, gold and dark—is on the upswing right now. Probably most remarkable is the white spirit part of that equation—it's the fastest growing white spirit in the U.S. But lots of new rums are debuting as lighter spirits, belying the notion that liquor has to be dark to be good.
Puerto Rico plays a big part in that development, having been instrumental in trying to standardize a drink that has almost no international regulation. In particular, all Puerto Rican rums must be aged a minimum of one year—even the colorless ones. Consequently some legendary rums come from there, the aforementioned as well Ron Barrilito, Castillo and Bacardi.
Going into the summer as we are, I am very excited about the possibilities for rum cocktails and especially for pairing cigars with rum. The latter, I think, is especially well-advised during the summer months.
Does anyone else feel they turn to thoughts of rum in the warm weather?
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Nathan Yap Holualoa, Hawaii June 8, 2007 6:14am ET
I recently attended a cigar dinner at the Hilton Waikoloa Resort, after dinner as most of us started our first smokes of the evening, we tasted several alcohols to accompany the cigars. I soon found myself sipping on Pyrat rum, a nice compliment to my CAO MX2, and great for a warm May evening.
Matthew Caruso Jersey June 12, 2007 5:53pm ET
Jack, I bought the Montechristo rum out of your earlier recommendation. I was never a rum drinker but I think it might be the best compliment to a cigar. Also try Tommy Bahama's new line of rums. They are perfect for the summer.
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Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes: > I would like to propose a different strategy. Instead of always > tackling all the smaller patches and leaving the big patches for last, > I would suggest we start with Hot Standby. > In fact I would suggest as Hot Standby has already gotten a first pass > review that we consider applying it on day 1. Hot Standby wasn't ready for 8.4, and it's not any more ready now, because nothing has been done on it since then. What Simon told us at the developers' meeting is that he needs to find someone who will bankroll further work on it. I hope that will happen, but we can't design the 8.5 schedule around the assumption that it will. I'm also not prepared to push a large and unstable feature into the tree on the hope that it will get fixed. The general consensus among -core, and I think most of -hackers as well, is that we want to try to keep CVS HEAD pretty stable, so that developers aren't fighting each others' bugs. This also ties into the "alpha releases" concept that Peter mentioned --- if HEAD isn't stable then we can hardly put out a testable alpha release. regards, tom lane
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|Greg Mionske and Roberto Gonzalez-Pita, Dec 5, 2009
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|Greg Mionske has published a great first-person account of this ascent at Colorado MoJo: coloradomountainjournal.com/?p.... More photos, too.
By Kevin Gillest
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Dec 21, 2009
rating: WI4- M4+
Climbed Concrete Shoes 12-20-09, it was a great route. It appears to have less ice now, looking at the FA pictures. Well worth the walk though!
We also put up another route. Walk southeast from the top out of "The Road" look down into one of the last drainages. 110ft WI4-5 M5, "Road Less Warren". It might be a long....walk for such a short route. But combined with on of the others on Warren, a great day out!
By Kevin Gillest
From: Arvada, CO
Nov 1, 2011
rating: WI4- M4+
Climbed "Concrete Shoes" Sunday Oct. 30th with Carl Pluim:
Pitch 1: Slightly more ice than when we climbed before, WI4- 230ft.
Pitch 2: We climbed 4 cracks over starting from left dihedral, M5 100ft (all cracks were full of moss).
Pitch 3: Slightly less ice than past, also no ice in corner all ice out right, WI3 100ft.
"The Road" conditions, appears to have ice on pitch 1, the upper pitch has ice at the start, but from where we stood, hard to say conditions.
"Road Less Warren" conditions, little to no ice.
Approach: We broke the trail from Idaho Springs Res., but with the 50-70mph gust, probably no trail left.
By WadeM
From: Golden, Co
Dec 15, 2014
Climbed 12/13/14.
All ice on route was super hard and plating but good enough to climb.
Mixed pitch had about 2-4 inches of ice going up the runnels.
Final pitch was really good.
Then 700 ft of bs gully to the top of the ridge.
Hiking out on the road in mtneering boots is demoralizing.
2 star route, with a crappy descent, don't think I'll be back without either stashing a bike or waiting until the road opens.


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Costs, Institutional Mobility Barriers, and Market Structure: Advertising Agencies as Multiproduct Firms
What accounts for the diversity and limited concentration that has long characterized the organization of the advertising agency industry? This question is addressed by treating an advertising agency as a multiproduct firm. The firm's product line or service mix is defined in terms of the set of different media categories where an agency places the advertising messages which it creates on behalf of its clients. Evidence is presented indicating that the structure of demand and costs in the advertising agency industry conforms to the conditions that MacDonald and Slivinski (1987) showed were required for an industry to sustain an equilibrium with diversified firms. Building on this framework, we formulate a set of three hypotheses relating to the realization of product-specific scale and scope economies. The first two hypotheses posit that given low fixed costs and minimal entry barriers, both media-specific scale and scope economies are available and can be exploited by relatively small-size agencies. The third hypothesis suggests that large agencies may experience diseconomies of scope as a consequence of excessive diversification induced by two pervasive industry institutional phenomena: (i) 'bundling' of agency services to match client demand for a mix of media advertising; and (ii) 'conflict policy' which prohibits an agency from serving competing accounts and operates as a mobility constraint. Utilizing a multiproduct cost function, we estimate media-specific scale and scope economies for a cross-section of 401 U.S. agencies in 1987. The results obtained support the set of three hypotheses outlined above.
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- Bailey, Elizabeth E & Friedlaender, Ann F, 1982. "Market Structure and Multiproduct Industries," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 20(3), pages 1024-1048, September.
- Gollop, Frank M & Monahan, James L, 1991. "A Generalized Index of Diversification: Trends in U.S. Manufacturing," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 73(2), pages 318-330, May.
- Alvin J. Silk & Ernst R. Berndt, 1993. "Scale and Scope Effects on Advertising Agency Costs," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 12(1), pages 53-72.
- Porter, Michael E, 1976. "Interbrand Choice, Media Mix and Market Performance," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 66(2), pages 398-406, May.
- Eaton, B Curtis & Lemche, S Q, 1991. "The Geometry of Supply, Demand, and Competitive Market Structure with Economies of Scope," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 81(4), pages 901-911, September.
- MacDonald, Glenn M & Slivinski, Alan, 1987. "The Simple Analytics of Competitive Equilibrium with Multiproduct Firms," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 77(5), pages 941-953, December.
- Silk, Alvin J. & Berndt, Ernst R., 1992. "Scale and scope effects on advertising agency costs," Working papers 3381-92., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
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A Stone Blast Furnace and Iron Works. Bassenheim Furnace was a water powered cold-blast charcoal iron furnace.
Located on Connoquenessing Creek, near Zelienople, Franklin Twp., Beaver Co.
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The Ruins of Bassenheim Furnace.
From Zelienople, Butler Co., go west on PA Rt. 288, 1/2 mile west of the junction of PA Rt. 288 and PA Rt. 588, PA S.R. 04034 comes in from the south. Park here and you will see an old lane which runs for about 100 feet to the ruins of the old Bassenheim Furnace stack near Connoquenessing Creek. The Furnace is in Beaver County.
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RebelRant: Don't create a new JSR just because you can
Come again, a 'DevOps' JSR you say?
While standardization usually is a good thing, the so-called 'DevOps' JSR does produce some doubt in my mind. In my humble opinion, the scope of the Java-Config JSR as described is out of scope for a JSR. The use cases being described there are more for a tool, and perhaps they should consider writing an application setup specification (ASS) instead of a JSR.
While I totally agree with the statement "We have to get rid with the paradigm to 'package your config within your WAR' that breaks flexibility to embrace various environments", usually there is only a single WAR package that can be deployed anywhere given a system property
the.package.of.app.configLocation or something similar. I have my doubts on how to standardize that in a single JSR and even if it should be standardized.
@wernerkeil @atsticks it's not really a Java problem – you need one solution to manage all configuration. Making a JSR just makes it worse.
— Jevgeni Kabanov (@ekabanov) October 23, 2013
When we start suggesting that "External configuration files should be located here, and named like this" that's like saying 'thou shalt always put your knife in your right hand and your fork in the left' (and what if you're eating with a spoon and a knife? and your neighbour with a spoon and a fork…)
What's next? Will engineers start making suggestions for JSRs that define which level of environments we have to use, or from where and how my application has to load its internal configurational parameters, who's allowed to deploy?
Java can do this without a JSR
If you think about it, Java already has plenty of options to achieve all these things. We have Properties, Caching, JMX, OSGI, Modularity and some more, all can help your internal application configuration varying from application settings to changing implementations of contracts at runtime or for deployment on specific environments.
All these things situate themselves closely to the application, if not in the application itself (i.e. as standalone or something deployed on a app server or web server). Wouldn't it be better to extend existing JSR's to support parts of what the java-config-guys are proposing?
I don't think that the deployment and management of an app is the responsibility of Java as defined in a JSR. It is more something that is done by tools and such and thus usually an external something (like puppet or chef).
While the Java ecosystem can provide us with tools and utilities to achieve configuration management, it should not enforce us how to build and deploy the same application to various environments. One useful thing that could come out of a java-config JSR is an extension of Properties: I'm looking at Spring's property loading support with
org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer, which offers a standardized way to load/override properties inside the application.
Combine that power with something like the withdrawn JSR-295 for live reloading properties into beans or with
add/removePropertyChangeListener and
PropertyChangeEvent + PropertyChangeListener from
java.beans. (Which is just bit cumbersome to use and lots of code to write if you want to use it frequently, so could be made easier with for example Annotations?). And Java could be well on it's way to provide an easy way for external tools to provide multiple settings depending on different environments and allow to load/reload them. Yes for that last part we could use a JSR, the 'properties improved' JSR!
But please let us free to choose the naming of our environments. Don't enforce names like dev, test, staging, production because the JSR panel uses those. I like to call mine Fubar, Black Hole, Almost There and Shiny Star.
Let me know what you think in the comments section below, or on Twitter @redlabbe or @ZeroTurnaround!


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It absorbs in to the porous structure of concrete to give deep protection while still allowing the concrete to breathe. Being a polymer formulation, it has incredible resistance to chemical attack.
Concrete Guard also has better economy than other sealers and on many surfaces only one coat is required. Better still, it has a longer lifespan and does not require stripping before re-sealing in the future (typically 5 years time).
An application where two coats of Concrete Guard have been applied (with a mop) and then burnished for a high shine finish. This shows the incredible shine that can be achieved with Concrete Guard.


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HUDSON — Deputies investigated a body found near U.S. 19 and Casper Road early Thursday morning, but the death was not considered suspicious.
Pasco sheriff's spokesman Kevin Doll three prescription pill bottles were found in the grass near the body with numerous pills missing. There was no trauma to the body, which was sent to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy. Doll did not release the man's name, pending family notification, but said he was a white male in his mid-40s.


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Philadelphia airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica tells The Associated Press a meticulous search of US Airways Flight 968 by law enforcement and explosives experts Friday found nothing amiss and the plane is being taken back to its terminal.
The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement the investigation was launched because of a threatening note, but it didn't provide details.
Tempe, Ariz.-based US Airways Inc. says the plane's 157 passengers and six crew members were asked by TSA officials to deplane so it could be swept. The plane had arrived earlier from
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Can We Really Get by without a Draft?News at Home
Once again, we feel the lingering shadow of the Vietnam War. Over the last few weeks, against the backdrop of the Iraq war's heaviest fighting and as images of flag-draped coffins and tortured prisoners remind us of Vietnam, we have also heard the first sustained discussion of the price being paid by reservists and National Guard troops in Iraq.
Observing that 40 percent of the American force in Iraq is made up of middle-class and working-class "weekend warriors," Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) has raised the prospect of bringing back the draft. Calling the war on terror a "generational challenge," Hagel called for a long-term strategy in which the burden of fighting the war would be distributed across all segments of American society.
Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon understood this dilemma. In 1965, when Americans had been living with a "peacetime" draft for nearly 20 years, Johnson mobilized manpower for the escalating Vietnam War by dramatically increasing monthly draft calls. Unlike Bush, he chose not to call on huge numbers of reservists and Guard troops for fear of the political fallout. Americans accustomed to the draft as a seemingly permanent part of Cold War American life were more likely to protest mobilizing middle-aged men with jobs and families than younger, single draftees.
But the Vietnam era draft produced tremendous resistance because it allowed deferments and exemptions to the privileged while channeling the poor and minorities into service in Vietnam. In short, the draft did not redistribute the burden of service any better than today's reliance on reservists and Guard troops. As a result, thousands of men openly defied draft laws and welcomed prosecution. And tens of thousands evaded the draft by leaving the country, faking illness or using connections to get appointments in the reserves or National Guard.
Consequently, when Richard Nixon took office in 1969, he recognized the political costs both of the draft and of mobilizing reserve units. He first moved toward a more equitable draft lottery and then eliminated conscription altogether in favor of the current all-volunteer force.
The difficulty today, however, is that in the multi-front war on terror, the all-volunteer force is stretched so thin that the Bush administration is now extending the tours of Guard and reserve units in Iraq -- sometimes notifying them days before they are to come home that they'll have to stay another three or six months. Morale, by all accounts, is slipping. According to one Illinois National Guard soldier in Iraq, the uncertainty of when troops will rotate out of Iraq "is killing us . . . It's like checking on a turkey in the oven 24 hours a day."
Yet Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld insists that the administration is not even considering reviving the draft. No doubt he understands the political costs of such a step.
Continued reliance on unprecedented numbers of reservists and Guard troops carries political costs, too. The Vietnam War showed that resistance within the military is sure to develop, particularly if the war's objectives are not altogether clear to those fighting it.
By 1968, civilian peace activists increasingly allied themselves with dissenting GIs and returning veterans, sometimes by granting sanctuary to AWOL servicemen in churches. Later, GIs and veterans became the most common and reputable face of the antiwar movement.
What should concern the Bush administration is that, today, a movement among military families and GIs against the Iraq war is growing. As tours get extended, as the strain grows on reservists' families and employers, this is sure to become a political problem for both presidential candidates. All over the Internet -- at the web sites for Bring Them Home Now, Military Families Speak Out, and the Vietnam Veterans Against the War -- there are dozens of stories from disillusioned servicemen and women and their families. In recent weeks such stories have often appeared in the mainstream press.
The timing of this growing manpower crisis could not be worse for George W. Bush and the presumptive Democratic nominee, John Kerry. As each tries to look tough on national security, both must be aware that there's no appealing manpower option: either keep using alienated reservists and Guard troops, or institute conscription on a population of draft-age men who, unlike their 1960s counterparts, have not been conditioned for the possibility of military service.
It's a losing proposition. Whether or not Bush and Kerry face the issue in the campaign, whoever wins will have to make an unpopular choice after the election.
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John P Fisher - 5/24/2004
The author poses a dilemma, but maybe it's a blessing. If Kerry is elected, he will have to go to Nato and the UN for troops, because there is no other source. The Bush administration would probably tend toward more quasi-civilian mercenaries, once the Guard is exhausted. These mercenaries will eventually metastasize like Anglo Fedayeen, and cause trouble all over the world.
There is another problem with the draft - girls will have to be inducted, too. Sending the Prom King and Queen off to Iraq would send the politicians running for cover, I think.
As the parent of a 15 yr old and a 17 yr old, I'll move to New Zealand before they are drafted. Its perfectly obvious that parents can't trust politicians and the Pentagon with the lives of our children.
Marc "Adam Moshe" Bacharach - 5/24/2004
An excellent idea Derek:
Andrew D. Todd - 5/23/2004
In the first place, there are five billion people in the third world, three billion in the "unorganized third world," exclusive of China and India. We simply do not have the demographic base for a world empire at the level that the Neo-Cons dream of. Someone like Bin Laden can always pull back beyond our demographic reach. There was nothing very special about Afghanistan-- it was simply one of many countries where the government was not powerful enough to contain a Saudi oil multi-millionaire and his private army. Most of the states in the third world are very fragile, and can be expected to crumble under sustained combat. The end result might be the proliferation of hundreds of small new states of one tribe.
So ultimately, we do have to recognize limits to our military power. The only question is where. The Navy and Air Force have no need of a draft, not even in the sense of providing incentives to give them first choice of the manpower pool. They are steadily increasing their level of automation and mechanization, and reducing their manpower requirements. These services consist mostly of repairmen of one kind or another, and their ultimate stable level is probably about a seventh of their current size, after all the repair jobs have been automated out. The Air Force is actually letting surplus airmen out early, even at present, an indication that the automation program is running ahead of schedule. The surplus airmen are not being involuntarily transferred to the Army, because that is not in the implied contract, and doing so would harm the Air Force's interests down the road. By contrast, the Army does have a manpower problem, so it is breaking up superfluous heavy artillery batteries, etc., and making them into MP's, the current name for pedestrian "leg" infantry.
The reason of course is that the Navy accepts the limits of "Mahanism," that is, Alfred Thayer Mahan's idea of controlling the sea lanes, but not trying to control the land masses. Open deserts are a kind of sea, and can be treated as such. For example, west of the Nile, it is no great trick to cut north Africa off from Sub-Saharan Africa. Similarly, the Arabian and Syrian deserts can be controlled easily enough.The few oases can be treated as islands. The natural "coast" of Iraq is the bluff line above the west bank of the Euphrates river, the point beyond which irrigation water cannot be sent. If the United States were to accept limits, and to hold the open desert, plus a corridor reaching along the Syrian border to Kurdistan, its military problems would be greatly diminished, and the Army would no longer have a manpower crisis. The difficulty arises from trying to hold Mesopotamia.
Now, of course, a realistic manpower estimate for holding the Middle East, inclusive of Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the oil sheikdoms, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, and Libya (an aggregate population of something like 400 million people) would require a universal draft from the ages of eighteen to twenty-five (seven year's service), to raise an army on the order of fifteen million men. Failure to hold any of these countries will merely result in the fedayeen using them as staging areas, the way the Viet Cong used Laos and Cambodia. On this basis, one could expect about 200,000 American troops to be killed annually, from Khartoum to Karachi. In short, imagine the Vietnam War, scaled up by a factor of twenty. Vietnam happened to be a small and geographically isolated country. At that level, only in a more central location with a larger population involved, the new war would be comparable to the experience of Germany and the Soviet Union in the Second World War. Out of every ten young men, one would eventually be killed, and another one (or two) would be crippled. If you think this sounds insane, you are of course correct.
Jesse David Lamovsky - 5/23/2004
The question is whether or not our troop concentrations in Europe really act as a deterent to terrorism. I'm not convinced they do (I won't argue, as some might, that their presence constitutes a provocation, either). I'm not an expert here, but it does seem that the domestic security forces in those countries are better able to handle these threats than our soldiers- particularly when the threats come from naturalized citizens of European countries. Certainly they can go places we can't go.
As for South Korea, it's my understanding that the 37,000 U.S. troops in that country are not there to physically repel a North Korean invasion (in the event of a war on the peninsula, they would probably be swamped in short order), but to prevent such an attack taking place at all. It's the simple presence of the Americans, not necessarily their numbers, that enhance South Korea's security. If this is the case, than what harm could be done by siphoning off some of these troops for active duty in other parts of the Empire? As long as there are at least some U.S. troops on the peninsula, the deterent will exist.
Derek Charles Catsam - 5/23/2004
Laura --
One answer (and those with experience might correct me) is that troops often do not seem to be needed until they are. In other words, it would be sghortsighted to pull all troops out of places around the globe because they are not needed now. We still have NATO obligations, for example. It might seem absurd to think that Europs is in any danger, except terrorist attacks in Span and Greece in recent weeks give the lie to such an assertion. We need more troops in Iraq, there is no doubt about that, and the arrogance of the administration on this front has been galling, but that does not mean that we simply pull them from other places. And I respectfully disagree that we do not need them in South Korea, which is unbelievably vulnerable to an inplacably horrible enemy. The Axis of Evil taxonomy is silly because it is reductionist. It is not silly because North Korea is not a threat, because clearly they are, in many ways far worse than iraq could ever have been. You don't take cops off the beat in the sort of bad neighborhoods to deploy them to the truly bad neighborhoods. You recruit more cops.
Derek Charles Catsam - 5/23/2004
I just would humbly posit a comparison of the service records of the two candidates for the Presidency this year as a rejoinder to Mr. Clayson's vacuous attempt to make military service a liberal versus a conservative issue. Both served. Let's compare how. Irredeemably dumb arguments, however forcefully stated, are still irredeemably dumb.
Laura Hiatt - 5/21/2004
My only question concerns American forces in other countries that do not seem to need to be there. For instance, America still has many troops in Germany and South Korea stationed there although the reasons for it do not exist anymore. Why not utilize those forces for Iraq, where they are needed, instead of keeping them in places that are unnecessary to station troops in?
Murray xavier Polner - 5/20/2004
Vernon Clayson's response typically lays all responsibility on liberals. That's right,draft evaders like Bush, Cheney,the neocons, et.al. all liberals, refused service. I'm a veteran yet today I ask Clayton and anyone else favoring a draft: Why would any parent or potential conscript was to fight in an elective war crafted by liars and incompetents? Dissent and resistance to a draft is very American.
Marc "Adam Moshe" Bacharach - 5/20/2004
Mr. Clayson,
I thought I might comment on your post. I will tackle each issue in order.
1) "The author gives no credit to the vast majority of young people who would serve responsibly and honorably if they were drafted"
I don't get that implication at all. All the author suggests is that such people "have not been conditioned for the possibility of military service." I agree wholeheartedly. People of draft-age have not been prepared for any sacrifice from the administration and certainly not draft. I see no indication that the author is mistaken.
2) "History indicates there would be an unseemly large group who would go to any measure to avoid the service, sadly that would be those from the more liberal schools, most politically connected and well to do"
You are right but for the wrong reason: Most college students at liberals schools would avoid the draft, but history tells us that so would most college students in general, and especially those well-connected, as Bush did. Vietnam taught us that anyone who could escape the draft and was smart enough to do so… did so, and since liberals were more likely to be against the war, it makes sense that liberals would be more likely to get out of fighting there. Is there anything wrong of unusual about this?
It should be noted that in WWII, when our cause was just and provocation obvious, I know of no record of mass draft dodgers, and certainly not liberal one's. In fact, at that time, it was the conservatives who were more likely to oppose the war for isolationist reasons and thus, would be more likely (hypothetically) to try and avoid draft. That is my hypothesis, in any event.
3) "right after Ted Kennedy, the most offended will be the liberal media."
Since there is really no such thing as a "liberal media," this is a moot point but let us assume that the media was liberal: why would they be offended? Wouldn't they enjoy the opportunity to criticize the Bush administration for getting us into this situation? Wouldn't that be consistent with the conspiracy theory of the so-called liberal media? That they want bad things to happen so they could blame Bush? Also, right after Ted Kennedy, the most offended would be the parents of draftees who recognize that their child is being sent to possibly die in an unwarranted war. That is my suspicion.
4) "Historians should know that young Americans have always shown up, whether as volunteers or conscripts when it mattered, and they will respond in either event this time as well."
I agree 100% with this statement. I assume you mean to imply that in Iraq, it matters and that is where I disagree. We should not have been there in the first place and now that we are there, we have to stay and finish the job but not at any cost. A defeat in Iraq could be the creation of a new Afghanistan or worse but it would not have the same kind of threat as, say, a German victory in WWII.
5) "A few may be disgruntled but almost all will be proud of their service, the exception would be someone like John Kerry, who expressed outrage immediately after his service but now proudly proclaims that same service, at least for today."
Of course he proudly proclaims his service: it was heroic and life-threatening. However, his disdain for the war and acts involved in it was natural and (time has shown) accurate. Furthermore, Kerry was no exception but part of the growing number of veterans against that terrible war. I predict that Iraqi veterans, if drafted, would react in a similar way… we well they should.
Vernon Clayson - 5/19/2004
The author gives no credit to the vast majority of young people who would serve responsibly and honorably if they were drafted. History indicates there would be an unseemly large group who would go to any measure to avoid the service, sadly that would be those from the more liberal schools, most politically connected and well to do; anyway, right after Ted Kennedy, the most offended will be the liberal media. Historians should know that young Americans have always shown up, whether as volunteers or conscripts when it mattered, and they will respond in either event this time as well. A few may be disgruntled but almost all will be proud of their service, the exception would be someone like John Kerry, who expressed outrage immediately after his service but now proudly proclaims that same service, at least for today.
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Figured the first poster has enough on his plate..throat, ball seat, lead (sometimes leade in older texts)...are several parts to the secion ahead of the chamber but before the rifling actually starts.
Can sometimes get away with a slightly undersized soft lead bullet using black powder...sometimes have no real choice as the chambers can be cut too tightly to allow a full diameter bullet to escape the case mouth...but that's not somthing you find on many modern rifles (at least not reputable makers). Even when you do find that problem, unless is it a five figure collectors item, would tend to have the chamber adjusted rather than living with that tight neck.
Basic rule of thumb test (not an exacting test) is to try various diameter cast bullets in a fired.unsized case neck...looking for the largest size that is a slip fit into the case. That case has contracted a bit after being fired, so whatever size that will barely fit into it should have enough room when the case is fired to cleanly release the bullet. Will find many 30's will do their best mid-range work with .310' bullets (and some with .311's).
Poster's "problem" is that there are 3 30cal. rifles on his list, and it would be unusual for all three to have the same dimetions.
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James "Asa" Bynum was born 1801 in Pendleton Dist.,
SC, and died 1887 in Houston Co., TX; buried in the Bynum
Cemetery, Houston Co., TX. He married
Margaret "Polly" Box 17
Dec 1822 in Blount Co, AL; died before the 1850 census.
Children of James Bynum and Polly Box are:
+1 i. Stephen
Bynum, born ca 1824 in Blount Co, AL.
+2 ii. Griffin A Bynum, born
ca 1828 in Blount Co, AL; died Bef. 1880.
+3 iii. Sarah Bynum, born ca
4 iv. Asa Bynum, born ca 1837
AL; died January 1860 Houston Co., TX of Typhoid
Fever. He was shown as married.
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1838 Republic
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1846 Texas
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1850 Houston Co., TX: BYNUM, James, 49, farmer, NC;
Stephen, 26, AL; Sarah, 17, AL; Asa, 13, AL; Jasper, 9,
Houston Co., TX.
1860 Houston Co., TX: BYNUM, James, 59, farmer, 600/836,
TN; Roda, 55, h/w, TN; COBB, Dory, 14, f, TX; PIERSON,
Ben, 14, m, TX
1. Stephen Bynum was born
1824 Blount Co., AL. He married Rebecca.
Children of Stephen Bynum and Rebecca are:
i. Mary Bynum, born 1855 TX.
ii. James Bynum born 1857 TX.
iii. Byron Bynum born 1858 TX.
iv. Thomas Bynum born 1861 TX.
1870 Weldon, Houston Co., TX: BYNUM,
Steven, 46, farmer, AL; Rebecca, 38, k/h, MS; Mary, 15,
TX; James, 13, TX; Byron, 12, TX; Thos., 9, TX.
2. Griffin A Bynum was born
1-12-1828 in Blount Co, AL, and died 12-3-1889; buried
in the Bowdoin Cemetery, Houston Co., TX.
He married (1) Sarah J. ?. She was born ca 1833 TN. He
married (2) Martha Middlebrook,
she died about 1895; her first husband was James
Bowdoin; she is buried in the Bowdoin Cemetery, Houston
Co., TX.
Children of Griffin Bynum and Sarah are:
i. William Bynum born 1852 TX.
ii. Jinn Bynum, female, born 1854 TX.
iii. Polly Bynum, born 1857 TX.
iv. Susan Bynum born 1859 TX.
Children of Griffin Bynum and M.
Unknown are:
i. Susy Bynum, born
ca 1866.
ii. Nebo Bynum,
born ca 1876.
iii. Henry
Bynum, born ca 1878.
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1850 Houston Co., TX: BYNUM, Griffin A., 22, farmer, AL;
Sarah J., 17, f, TN. Living next to father, James
1860 Houston co., TX: BYNUM, Griffin, 35, Fmr,
2560/1500, NC; Sallie, 30, TN; Wm., 8, TX; Jinn, 6, f,
TX; Polly, 3, TX; Susan, 1, TX.
1880 Houston Co., TX: BYNUM, G.A., 52, farmer, AL SC AL;
M.A., wife, 45, GA GA GA; Susy, 14, dau, TX.
3. Sarah M. Bynum, born ca.
1833 Blount Co., AL. She (1) Bascom
Robinson from MS; she married (2) (unknown) Parker.
Children of
Sarah Bynum & Bascom Robinson:
i. Xantippia Jane Robinson b. 1851; married Eugene
Amelious Williams.
ii. Hariet Robinson b. 1857.
iii. Andrew B. Robinson b. 1859/1860.
Children of
Sarah Bynum & (unknown) Parker:
i. James Parker b. 1864
ii. Ida R. Parker b. 1872.
Sarah Bynum
is on the 1850 US Federal Census listed as age 17.
Robinson is on the 1860 US Federal Census listed age 28.
Sarah Parker
is on the 1880 US Federal Census listed age 48 widowed.
5. Jasper
Bynum was born ca 1841. He married
Mrs. Martha Taylor.
Children of Jasper Bynum and Martha
Unknown are:
i. Allie Bynum
b. 1876.
ii. Griffin
Bynum b. 1879.
1880 Houston Co., TX: BYNUM, Jasper,
39, farmer, TX SC ?; Martha, 42, wife, k/h, MS MS MS;
Alley, 4, dau, TX; Griffin, 1, son, TX; TAYLOR, Roland,
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Who are they kidding? A recent article in The Reporter announced government proposals for healthier food at schools. This translates to low-calorie sports drinks, diet sodas, low-fat yogurt and baked chips instead of their unhealthy equivalents.
This is a complete joke.
The ban on sugary sodas was supposed to have been solved in 2006, when then-President Clinton was applauded for achieving the reform. However, according to Mike Adams of Natural News, even four years after the ban, sodas had vastly expanded their reach in U.S. schools.
The corn syrup sodas were pulled out of schools, but it is apparently OK to promote aspartame consumption for children? Aspartame, which is the ingredient in diet soda, is even worse for one's health than sugar.
A combination of the amino acid phenylalanine, aspartic acid and methanol (wood alcohol) which are contained in aspartame, are known to be toxic. As it degrades, it forms formaldehyde -- a highly toxic chemical. It is a neurotoxin and endocrine disrupter and can lead to depression and panic disorders.
Phenylalanine has been linked with carbohydrate cravings, PMS, insomnia, convulsive disorders and mood swings. According to Dr. Hugo Rodier in his book, "Sweet Death," aspartame has been shown to rob the body of chromium, causing severe hyperthyroid symptoms called Grave's disease, irritable bowel disease and cancer.
Next, a "sugar-free" or "diet" does not mean sweet-free.
All artificial sweeteners are potent chemical agents that fool the brain cells by masking as sugar. Sweetness normally translates to energy into the body. The sweeteners, through the taste buds, program the brain to behave as if ample sugar for its consumption has reached the body. The brain calculates the outcome of the sweetness and instructs the liver not to manufacture sugar from the raw materials, but then begins storing sugar.
When the sugar that was promised through the taste buds is nowhere to be found, the brain and the liver prompt a hunger sensation to find food and make good on the promise of energy. The result is a state of anxiety about food.
It has been shown that people who consume artificial sweeteners seek food and eat more than normal. This is part of the reason why more than 37 percent of the population are obese and why they cannot lose weight. But the government's proposal states that these diet sodas are in line with healthy standards.
Baked chips are not any healthier than fried chips. Most of these baked chips are saturated in some oil; most likely canola, corn or cottonseed -- three of the most notorious oils that are genetically modified.
As for low-fat hamburgers? OK, lean meat is good, but coming from the USDA, it presumably contains hormones and antibiotics. Not good for growing bodies.
Fruit cups? These are considered processed and are usually packed in corn syrup and shelved for long periods of time, degrading the essential nutrients of the fruit.
The proposal, by its very definition, is seriously deceptive and alluring to the unaware. Do Americans think the U.S. government has intentions of hurting the profits of its most powerful supporters -- the food and drug corporations?
Remember, the goal of the USDA is to make it appear that they are doing something to improve the health of children under the guise of "healthy." The word "healthier" in a news report does not make the food healthy.
Escalated behavior disorders, chronic inflammation, thyroid imbalances, nutrient deficiencies, gastrointestinal disease and obesity are some of the many consequences we will see in our children in the near future if they continue to consume these new "healthy" school lunches.
And then the teachers are going to be blamed for failing test scores.
Don't fall prey to this outlandish deception.
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By Adam Aasen
Walk through the Carmel Arts & Design District on a busy weekend and you'll find families huddled around statues posing for pictures with the outdoor pieces of art.
Now, if Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard gets his way, there might be more of these public art installations throughout Carmel.
Due to an economic recession and budget concerns, no new statues have been purchased or installed in years, but the mayor and several city councilors have said they hope that doesn't mean the end of the city's public arts initiative.
"We will continue to do it, especially in the roundabouts," Brainard said. "I want to move ahead and continue our public arts program."
There are no immediate plans, but the topic was mentioned at a recent council committee meeting discussing changes to the city's comprehensive plan.
Thirteen J. Seward Johnson statues adorn Carmel's historic downtown, two are installed at City Center and art installations fill some city roundabouts.
Some residents have raised concerns about the cost of public art, with the Johnson statues costing $80,000 each and one artwork in the roundabout at 136th Street and Range Line Road costing $80,000.
City Councilor Ron Carter said when he visits major cities around the world he sees a commitment to public art.
"People feel good when they're around art," he said. "Without question we need to have more outdoor art in appropriate places. I feel like we've done a good of putting art installations in place, but we can always do more."
The next targeted installation would likely be as part of the Midtown Redevelopmet Plan, a proposed $100 million mix-used development which would connect the Arts & Design District and City Center along an expanded Monon Trail.
Brainard said it's important to use artwork to promote walkability around town.
"It has to be an interesting walk to have pedestrians to walk," he said.
Carter said he feels outdoor art is integral to the Midtown Plan.
"There's no reason to develop Midtown and have it be a sterile environment as far as culture or art is concerned," he said.
Brainard also said he would like the art to be integrated into new roundabout construction.
But not everyone is over the moon about the statues. In the past, TV news outlets have done several stories with man-on-street interviews calling the statues "creepy" and a "waste of money."
Dan McFeely, a former newspaper reporter and current economic development consultant for Brainard, previously wrote that he initially thought the criticism came from "anti-Carmel zealots who hate everything about the city, or anti-Brainards who hate the mayor."
But he later admitted that might not be the case.
"Personally, I don't hate them," he wrote. "And I don't think they are creepy. But I do wonder why so many do."
The Carmel Street Department is in charge of statue upkeep, repainting them on a regular basis, but couldn't provide figures on the cost of maintenance.
No current city councilors have come out and said they hate the statues or that they don't support outdoor art, but some questioned whether there is enough money in the budget to support such projects.
"I love public art as much as anyone else, but when your wallet is a little tight, it's probably not the time to be buying art work," Councilor Rick Sharp said.
Sharp said he is more worried about paying for issues such as fixing drainage problems throughout Carmel.
Brainard pointed out that much of the art was previously paid for through projects coming in under budget.
Councilor Luci Snyder said she loves the idea of adding more public art but would rather see citizens and local businesses contribute donations to sponsor new art in the area. She said it could be a neat way for businesses to brag, "That's my statue right there!"
Brainard said he wouldn't mind looking at asking commercial real estate developers to donate a small percentage of their project costs to a public art fund.
Although the mayor said he would prefer for the city to own the art because it allows them to have control over upkeep and how it is displayed. Plus, the art should maintain its value.
"Art is an asset," he said. "If we ever were in dire financial straits we could sell that art."


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God limits the spread of wickedness via the flood
A. God purges the world of wicked people (Gen. 6:1-8:14).
- Unlawful marriage contaminates the human race (Gen. 6:1-7).
- God shortens the human lifespan (Gen. 6:3).
- God sends the flood (Gen. 7:17-8:14).
B. God spares Noah, his family, and his animals (Gen. 6:8-9:29).
- Noah remains righteous and blameless amid universal wickedness (Gen. 6:8-13).
- Noah builds and enters the ark (6:14-7:16).
- Noah worships God and receives God's blessing (Gen. 8:16-9:17).
- Noah blesses some of his descendants and curses others (9:18-29).
C. God establishes a new order (Gen. 9:1-17).
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- Humanity to become omnivorous (Gen. 9:3).
- Animals to fear humans (Gen. 9:2).
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