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Summer Camp 2014stevejb68 on July 10, 2014 in camping, summer camp
"Many Point Scout Camp. That's the place to be. It's where the best of Scouting is and that's the place for me. You hear the loon a'calling, and the Little Beaver roar, and you'll come again the legend says, just like the Scouts of yore."
You can almost hear the staff singing this song as you drive into the parking lot near the Administration Building and Welcome Center of Many Point Scout Camp. Maybe the ten Boy Scouts of Melrose Troop 68 were not thinking about the song, but I was as I parked the car. You could really feel the excitement from the staff as the new campers arrived for the week of July 6th.
The Scouts of Troop 68 have been spending a week of their summers at MPSC for 25 years. The troop stays in the Buckskin Camp, one of the four camps available at Many Point. In Buckskin, the Scouts eat in the dining hall instead of cooking their own meals.
My car was one of three vehicles bringing the Melrose Scouts to camp. The trip took nearly three and a half hours with a stop along the way for lunch in Wadena. The three Scouts who rode with me had an extra reason for choosing my vehicle. We worked on a couple requirements for the Citizenship in the Community merit badge.
Since I planned to spend the night at camp I helped to set up the adult leader's tent while the senior patrol leader and acting scoutmaster were meeting with our camp counselor at one of the campsite picnic tables. During the rest of the afternoon the Scouts stopped by the dining hall for instructions, stopped at the beachfront for safety talks and swim checks, and finished setting up their camp.
One reason I wanted to stay for the night was to watch the opening campfire program. I was hoping to record a good video or two of the songs and skits the staff would perform. I hit the jackpot! The staff did an outstanding job. Even the Scouts who have been to camp for a few years were laughing and enjoying the program. I plan to post some of the video to the Melrose Scout Productions Podcast so check checking back for that.
Monday morning arrived. One of the Scouts and I were anxiously awaiting the arriving of our camp councilor and the schedule of the troop's afternoon activities for the week.The Scout had broke his arm Saturday evening and he was wondering if it would be worthwhile for him to stick around for the week. Yes, he could work on merit badges during the morning sessions, but would there be activities he could take part in during the afternoon session?
The camp councilor brought the schedule after breakfast during the first merit badge session. I looked it over and when the Scout returned to the campsite we reviewed it together. Yes, the swimming activities and climbing tower were out for him, but we agreed that he could participate in 3/4 of the rest of the schedule. The assistant scoutmaster offered to work with him on his First Class Rank during those activities that he would not be able to partake in. The Scout decided to stay for the week.
I decided to leave camp early Monday afternoon. I said goodbye to the Scouts as they left for their first afternoon troop activity, which happened to be a nature canoe trip. I did sit down at the picnic table to play a couple quick hands of rummy with Eymard, our acting scoutmaster for the week. After we both won a game I decided it was time to leave.
I think the Boy Scouts will have a great time at Many Point this summer. They have a fun afternoon schedule and are enjoying their merit badge classes. The camp staff seems pumped and enthusiastic which will really help the Scouts have a fun and enjoyable week.
Where is your troop going to camp this summer?


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Seeing as Al Gore is American and CNN is in America, we might rightly think that Americans, and by inference, Canadians, are the world leaders in global warming awareness. I'm not talking about leaders like US president George W. Bush who insisted that the "only superpower on Earth" should not play a leading role in combating global warming, or like Alberta premier Ed Stelmach who is intent on developing the tar sands until the biosphere of planet Earth is cooked. I'm talking about the general population who watch the news in high definition and living colors and read the New York Times or Washington post or Toronto Star of Vancouver Sun. Surely, we must be the most aware the people in the world.
Wrong. In October 2006, the AC Nielson Company, with 42,000 employees in 100 countries, surveyed 25,408 internet users in 46 countries on all continents except the Antarctic, and came out with the following findings, in which Americans and Canadians came in near last and/or dead last. (See http://www.hk.nielsen.com/news/20070201.shtml )
I'm frankly puzzled by this. Could it be corporate funded skepticism that derailed us? Anthropocentricism? Religious dogma? The don't-worry-be-happy syndrome? I even argued with myself by saying, well, the internet is far more used per capita in the US and Canada than in, say, China or Zimbawe. A Deliverance-like hillbilly might be online posting in hunting sites and here comes the survey, and he hates Al Gore anyway, whereas a peasant in Sinkiang, China, would likely not be online at all for him to type, in Chinese of course, "Global what?" But even so, how could ANYone in the US or Canada have NEVER heard of global warming? It is just too hard to believe.
Well, believe it.
To the question "Have you heard or read anything about the issue of global warming?", a whopping 12% of Americans (the highest in the world) answered a firm "NO", and another 4% answered a waivering "Don't Know" (tantamount to "Global what?"), meaning of course "NO", adding up to 16%, translating to 300 million x 16% = 4.8 million Americans never having once heard of global warming. I didn't know there were that many hillbillies.
And of course, if a person knows nothing about global warming, he would know even less about its potentially devastating effects on life on Earth including the total desertification of the Amazon within decades, which currently holds upwards of 5 million species.
And of course, if there is no awareness, there is even less action.
This confirms for me the need for new and ever broader awareness-raising programs including my new campaign "Safeguarding Wildlife from Mass Extinction due to Global Warming".
Following are five very revealing charts from the Nielson survey. Be prepared to be ashamed.
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Christina Vernon Ayers, 36
Director of the Office for a Healthy Environment, Cleveland Clinic
Ask Christina Vernon Ayers what makes her light up and you'll likely hear words such as recycling, waste reduction and worms.
It's not a typical response, but as the director of the Office for a Healthy Environment at the Cleveland Clinic, the 36-year-old architect is designing the hospital system to produce less waste, to use healthier products and to construct more environmentally friendly buildings.
Ms. Vernon Ayers created her office in spring 2007, soon after coming to the Clinic as a health care planner. Despite her short time as a Clinic employee, she was vocal about sustainability and green practices, so she proposed starting an office dedicated to a healthy environment. She also said she wanted to run it.
"I had approval in five minutes," she said. "It was the right time, the right place and we had the right alchemy of institutional commitment, my own personal energy and passion."
Her office has started a popular farmer's market at the Clinic, has prompted a 25% recycling rate on the main campus and has begun composting waste from the kitchens, among other programs. Under her direction, the Clinic also became the first American hospital to sign the UN Global Compact, which is a worldwide commitment to environmental and social responsibility, and was a founding member of the Global Health and Safety Initiative, which urges green health care.
That's no surprise to John D'Angelo, Clinic director of facility management. He said Ms. Vernon Ayers has an innate ability to convince people to listen to her ideas before making up their minds.
"She uses her passion to help reinforce her message," he said.
But Ms. Vernon Ayers wasn't always so environmentally conscious. After obtaining her master's degree in architecture from Columbia University in 1998, she worked in New York designing corporate interiors.
"I was all the trappings of the modern hipster, Columbia architecture graduate," she said.
Then, several weeks after finishing a painstaking project, she was told that her work was all for nothing because the building had been sold and the new owner wanted to redesign its interior.
"I realized I had gotten off course. What I'd been doing was not true to my core," Ms. Vernon Ayers said. "I was doing stuff that was really wrapped up in a lot of vanity, and temporary, fleeting kinds of things."
She then moved back to Cleveland and found in health care her true desire to design spaces that were important to people "that would allow doctors to do their jobs at peak performance."
These days, Ms. Vernon Ayers' life is embroiled in sustainability, whether she's serving on boards such as the Green City Blue Lake coalition, tending to her composting worm bin or looking for ways to make her own home in Bay Village greener.


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Abstract: Many studies on the creative labor market have been done with the purpose to get knowledge on the creative workers employment, working conditions, income etc. (e.g. Alper and Wassall (2006), Throsby (2001), Throsby and Hollister (2003), Heian, Løyland and Mangset (2008), Abbing (2002). Most studies have been based on interviews and this approach has of course its pros and cons. Very few studies are based on true longitudinal data making it possible to study artists income development and survival in the professions (one exception is Coulangeon et al., 2005) The aim of this study is to analyze, comparatively for different groups of artists, the factors that affect 1) the income of artists, and 2) the probability of an artist exits the artists labor market. The paper compares different groups of artists, by looking at income functions and survival functions concerning risks to exit the labor market, using event history techniques (survival functions and Cox regressions). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8378
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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to study careers and income conditions of performing artists in Denmark on the basis of national statistics. The paper uses three different criteria for defining performing artist, and looks at the implications observed on careers and income conditions. The three different criteria for defining performing artists are: 1) Having a job as performing artist, 2) Graduation from a performing art school, and 3) Membership of professional performing artist's association. The paper has focus on three questions: How are the income conditions of performing artists in the period 1996 – 2007? How are the career length and patterns of the performing artists in Denmark? How is the careers related to the income conditions of the artists? The results concerning the living conditions for performing artists shows in general very low income levels for most of the artists, and only about 1/3 of them are working within the theatre sector. A regression model for 2007 shows a positive effect on earning of age, being a man, working in Copenhagen capital area, having work experience, having a basic actor education, and work as a dancer/choreograph or as an actor/director. The analysis of career length shows that most performing actors have very short careers of one or two years. Cross-tabulations for 2007 shows that those with short careers in general have very low income, while those with longer careers have substantial higher income, and most of them have an income high enough to make a living. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8177
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1969 Ford Falcon - Reciprocity = Velocity
Inspired By Past PHR Feature Cars, This Budget-Built, 11-Second Falcon Wagon Provides Its Own Share Of Inspiration.
If everyone had access to PHR's coveted stack of Hometown Hot Rodding submissions, then shrinks, dive bars, and Oprah would all go out of business. That's because readers itching to get pictures of their cars published in a big magazine have a way of boosting our ego by telling us how PHR is the best car magazine around. It's the kind of empowerment that makes you want to shout from a mountaintop. Unfortunately, reality sets when those emails of praise end with: "I read each issue cover to cover, but tell me which issue it will be in because I might miss it."
Although such posturing is as harmless as it is amusing, it forces us to exercise reservation when someone claims to be an avid reader. Just as we began to wonder if anyone actually reads car magazines any more, we crossed paths with Lee Atkinson and his '69 Falcon wagon. It's the freak factor of a budget-built 11-second wagon that inspired us to put it in the mag, but Lee says, it's the pages of PHR that inspired him to build such a freakish machine in the first place.
Of course, we can't take all the credit. Lee's 557hp, 4R70W overdrive-shifted, home-built people hauler is ultimately the product of his ability to transform an outside-the-box vision and a sub-$25,000 budget into sheetmetal and tire smoke. This is a man who was quite literally destined to build hot rods from birth. "My dad was a car guy, and he actually drove me home from the hospital after I was born in a '64 Corvette Fuelie," so the story goes. "Even though he liked muscle cars, he wasn't very good at working on them, so I got a job in the parts department at a local Pontiac dealership as a kid to learn as much about cars as I could. I saved up enough money to buy a '72 Olds Cutlass-which is the car I cut my teeth on-and picked the mechanics' brains nonstop on how I could make it faster. From talking to them, I figured out early on that building a fast car isn't always about how smart you are, but rather taking the initiative to try stuff out and building upon those experiences."
Hanging out with the Poncho crowd during his formative years had a lasting impression on Lee, who has never felt the inclination to build anything mainstream. After fiddling around with a '79 Trans Am for a few years, he picked up a '67 Firebird that eventually ran 11s. During his many dragstrip outings, he became pals with Pontiac guru Jim Hand, and a friendly rivalry developed between the two. "Jim had an old Pontiac station wagon that was always a few tenths quicker than my Firebird. When my car was running 12.30s, his wagon ran 12.0s, and when my car squeaked into the high-11s, his car ran mid-11s," Lee says. "I remember thinking how cool it was to see a 4,000-pound station wagon-driven by a guy in his 80s-running 11s in full street trim. I didn't realize it at the time, but Jim and his car really made an impression on me that I'd never forget. Circumstances forced me to sell my Firebird a few years later, but when I was finally in a position to build another car, I found inspiration in Jim's wagon.
Surrounded by Pontiacs his entire life, Lee wanted to do something different this time around. He felt that building a Chevy was just too easy, and was intrigued at the prospect of wrenching together a Ford. "I absolutely love building motors and seeing how much power I can get out of them. I've built tons of motors for my friends over the years just for fun," Lee professes. "PHR's coverage of the Jegs Engine Masters Challenge has been of great interest to me. Right around the time I was looking for a new project car, I saw guys like Jon Kaase making some serious power with small-block Fords. Like many of the competitors in the EMC, I decided to build a CHI-headed Windsor."
The only unknown now was the kind of car the motor would go in, and once again he got a few ideas from PHR to steer him in the right direction. "I noticed that PHR was featuring a bunch of street machines that all ran 11s or quicker for around $25,000. I thought, 'Hey, this is something that I could do, too,' " Lee explains. "I tentatively priced out things like the engine, driveline, suspension, and fuel system and set a budget of $25,000. My wife likes Rancheros, but they were too expensive and we wanted a car that had enough room to go cruising with our kids. I liked the idea of building a Ford wagon, and to stay on budget, I realized we needed to find a car for $5,000-$6,000 that didn't need any bodywork. Comets in that price range had way too much rust, so a Falcon suited our needs perfectly."
While perusing some online classifieds, Lee spotted the perfect candidate in a '69 Falcon located in Philadelphia. He and his wife, Loretta, hopped on a plane, and struck up a deal for $5,500. Before driving the wagon home 1,700 miles to Houston, Lee tracked down the Falcon's former owner in New Jersey who wanted to see it one last time. "He was the guy that did most of the restoration work, so it was a great opportunity for me to find out more about the car's history," Lee says. "When I told him my plans for the car, he thought the idea of drag racing a wagon was so cool. He gave us some dash panels and a custom gauge cluster he built for the car before he sold it, and sent us on our way."
The Falcon didn't putt around town with its 302 for long. While looking for used parts on various online message boards for his small-block combo, Lee spotted a deal he couldn't ignore. "The seller was a machinist who had a fully machined factory 351 Windsor block and a forged rotating assembly that had already been balanced for $2,350. He changed his mind and wanted to build a bigger-inch nitrous motor using an aftermarket block," Lee says. "I had actually planned on using a cast crank and cheaper rods, so this setup was definitely an upgrade from what I had in mind. He also had a set of AFR 225cc Windsor heads he was willing to throw in for $1,900. The CHI Cleveland heads would have made more power, but I couldn't justify the extra expense when these AFRs were staring me right in the face for so cheap, so I decided to stick with a more traditional Windsor combo. This route enabled me to save hundreds of dollars, and now I have an over-built bottom end just in case I decide to spray it."
Wanting to make respectable power while maintaining streetability, Lee matched the 425ci pump gas small-block with an Ultradyne 243/251-at-.050 mechanical roller cam that features a healthy .630-inch lift. Induction duties are handled by a Professional Products single-plane intake manifold, and a DaVinci-tuned Holley 750-cfm carb. On the engine dyno, the Windsor kicks out 557 hp and 540 lb-ft. All that power, however, put Lee in a pickle when it came time to sort out the transmission. He felt that a C6 would offer the necessary durability, but he wanted the relaxed cruise rpm than only an overdrive could provide. "After speaking at length with my trans builder, Jay Broader, he recommended a 4R70W. I'd never heard of it before, and the last thing I wanted was an electronically controlled transmission," Lee recollects. "However, he explained that the 4R70W is an updated and stronger version of the AOD that's actually very easy to program. It runs off of a standalone electronic control module that interfaces with a TPS sensor mounted on the carb. I can hook my laptop up to it and set the shift points, line pressure, converter lockup threshold, and upshift and downshift curves."
To date, the 3,530-pound Falcon has run a best of 11.51 at 118 mph at the dragstrip on a 1.65-second 60-foot time. That's pretty darn impressive by most standards considering its brick-like drag coefficient and rudimentary suspension setup. The front underpinnings are stock, while the posterior features Calvert Racing leaf springs and traction bars, Competition Engineering shocks, and Mickey Thompson ET Street radials.
Brisk e.t. 's aside, Lee enjoys the Falcon's stealthy nature the most. "I really like surprising people, because no one expects a wagon to be fast. I've tried my best to keep the car as mild-mannered in appearance and sound as possible," he explains. It's safe to say that Lee's accomplished just that. And while he may be flattered by the opportunity of having his car featured in PHR, quite frankly, we're the ones who are flattered to have somehow inspired the creation of such a freakishly cool machine that hauls people, cargo, and ass in equal measures.
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|Cylinder heads (used):
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|Total cost to build: $23,865
|Ford 425ci small-block Windsor
|factory Ford bored to 4.060 inches
|Melling oil pump, Moroso pan
|Rotating assembly:
|Eagle 4.100-inch forged
|crank and H-beam steel rods;
|forged 10.7:1 Probe pistons
|Cylinder heads:
|CNC-ported AFR inline
|225cc castings with 2.08/1.60-inch valves;
|325 cfm of flow at .800-inch lift
|Ultradyne 243/251-at-.050
|mechanical roller;
|.630/.630-inch lift;
|110-degree LSA
|COMP Cams lifters,
|Probe 1.7:1 shaft-mount rockers,
|Manley valvesprings,
|Summit timing set,
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|single-plane intake manifold,
|Holley 750-cfm carb tuned by DaVinci
|Fuel system:
|Mallory pump and pressure regulator
|Ford Racing 1.75-inch long-tube headers,
|custom 3-inch X-pipe,
|dual 2.5-inch Goerlich mufflers
|Cooling system:
|Meziere electric water pump,
|Spal electric fan, custom shroud
|MSD 6AL box, Dave Ray distributor
|557 hp at 6,100 rpm
|and 540 lb-ft at 4,700 rpm
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|adapter plate,
|Jay Broader billet 3,500-stall converter,
|custom crossmember,
|Baumann trans controller, Art Carr shifter
|Rear axle:
|custom 9-inch rearend
|with Detroit Truetrac differential,
|Moser 31-spline axles and 3.50:1 gears
|Front suspension:
|rebuilt stock
|Rear suspension:
|Calvert racing leaf springs
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|Competition Engineering shocks
|Aerospace Engineering 12-inch discs
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|front; stock drums, rear
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/ Tuesday, September 6, 2011 / 11 Comments / Breakfast , Vegetables
Home Fries
I had a great summer holiday this year! Now, I am just glad that the kids are back in school, however, not sure if my kids feels the same though. Personally, I'm so relieved and is looking forward to get back to my routine and start updating my blog with some great new postings! Watch this space.
In any case, after taking a few days to get adjusted to the time zone here, I was pleasantly surprised to discover there were potatoes growing in my backyard! I had planted them earlier this summer before I went for my vacation and really did not expect them to survive the hot summer weather here. They did! So, needles to say, I was very excited to cook these homegrown potatoes. After giving it some thought, I decided to turn these fresh potatoes into Home Fries with onion, garlic, and red peppers. The potatoes were crispy on the outside and soft in the center. Home made fries are always fantastic on its own or with some ketchup. Totally enjoyed these fries over brunch, with just some toast and fried eggs. Simply delish!
Recipe adapted from Cook's Country via Smitten Kitchen
Home Fries
4 to 5 (about 600 g) Yukon Gold Potatoes, boiled, peeled, and cubed
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
2 Tbsp Unsalted Butter
1 Medium Yellow Onion, peeled and chopped
2 Cloves Garlic, peeled and chopped
1 Red Bell Pepper, diced (optional)
Sea Salt
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
2 Scallions, chopped
Heat about 1 to 1 ½ Tbsp of Olive oil in fairly large, or 12-inch heavy-bottomed or cast iron skillet over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add onion and sauté, stirring frequently, until light brown in color, about 5 minutes. Mix in chopped garlic, and continue to cook for another minute. Transfer the onion mixture to small bowl and set aside. Then, toss in the diced peppers in the same skillet. Sauté the diced peppers for about 3 to 4 minutes, and transfer to the onion mixture bowl.
Heat butter together with the remaining oil the same skillet over medium-high heat until butter foams. Add potatoes and shake skillet to evenly distribute potatoes in single layer; make sure that one side of each piece is touching surface of skillet. Cook without stirring until potatoes are golden brown on bottom, about 4 to 5 minutes, then carefully turns potatoes with spatula. Spread potatoes in single layer in skillet again and repeat process until potatoes are tender and browned on most sides, turning three to four times, 8 to 10 minutes longer. Add onion, garlic, and peppers to the potatoes, and stir well. Season the home fries with sea salt and black pepper. Top with some chopped scallions, and serve immediately.
Serves 4
11 comments:
I've started gardening too. Growing some local stuff. It's exciting to reap our own food.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 7, 2011 at 4:14 AM
Mmm love this! This little dish sounds perfect!ReplyDelete
We planted potatoes two years in a row (not this year). The first year we got some results; second year was a failure. But it sure was fun having grown some ourselves.ReplyDelete
- RachaelSeptember 8, 2011 at 1:11 AM
Oh my, this looks divine! Perfect weekend lunch. :)ReplyDelete
Oh my...turning the good old potatoes into a power bomb in the dining table. I love it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 8, 2011 at 4:38 PM
Nothing better than something like this in the morning with an egg on top.ReplyDelete
Sadly I live in an apartment so no potatoes for me :( I would love to have my own garden and grow my own potatoes though - i love the photo of those potatoes freshly dug out of the soil!ReplyDelete
How are you? Glad to know you have had a great summer. My turmeric leaves are growing that I can harvest for Indonesian curries
That looks really tasty. It looks very hardy and filling.ReplyDelete
@Indonesia Eats: Hey, Pepy, I'm very well. Thanks. So glad to know your turmeric plant grow well. I will try to plant them indoor. The Beef Rendang will never taste the same without the turmeric leaf.ReplyDelete
gosh, they look so much better than any version I've ever made. thanks for sharing!!ReplyDelete


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Corporations Aren't People But They Are (Legal) Persons
Recently, activist and filmmaker Annie Leonard released a video titled "The Story of Citizens United v. FEC," an eight‐and‐a‐half‐minute criticism of last year's Supreme Court case of the same name.
Well, sort of.
Competitive Enterprise Institute's Lee Doren made his own video critique in response to Ms. Leonard's offering, and points out quite clearly that Ms. Leonard doesn't really deal with any actual constitutional problems in her position—essentially ignoring the decision and its rationale—and instead spends most of her time corporation bashing.
Lee was kind enough to cite, inter alia, a blogpost I wrote last year about what "corporate personhood" does and does not mean. If Ms. Leonard was going to ignore the decision, it may have at least served her well to read that post before producing her video. As I pointed out, under the logic she puts forth, "individuals acting through corporations should be denied their freedom of speech because corporations are 'state‐created entities.' The theory goes that if a state has the power to create corporations, then it has the power to define those entities' rights." Ms Leonard's video was made by (or coordination with) Free Range Studios—a corporation—and thus she's making the argument that Congress should be able to keep her from or punish her for making that video because Free Range Studios shouldn't have rights.
Despite the misinformation in Ms. Leonard's video, we believe she and Free Range Studios have every right to be wrong as publicly as they see fit, even if she doesn't.
Please watch Lee's full video below, and look for the Cato shout‐out around the 12:20 mark. If you're in the Chicagoland area, I'll be speaking about corporate rights and corporate personhood at John Marshall Law School tomorrow at 10:15AM local time. Feel free to stop by and please introduce yourself.


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MORRIS, Ill. (Oct.17, 2011) - Operators safety took Dresden Generating Station Unit 2 offline at midnight Sunday, Oct. 16, for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage. "We have been preparing for this outage for over a year," said David Czufin, Dresden site vice president. "We're ready to implement our plan and perform the work that will help ensure that Unit 2 runs safely and reliably during its next two-year operating cycle." In addition to replacing about one-third of the reactor's fuel, workers will perform more than 4,000 inspections and maintenance activities on hundreds of the facility's components. Much of this work cannot be done while the unit is operating. Employees and supplemental workers will complete several upgrades to the facility that are all designed to enhance Unit 2's ability to provide reliable, 100 % carbon-free electricity for many years. These upgrades include installing new low-pressure turbine rotors and replacing and refurbishing valves, pumps, motors and other equipment. During the outage, Dresden Station will employ the talents and expertise of approximately 1,600 additional workers. About 1,000 of them are skilled tradesmen and women from the local union halls, while others are skilled workers from nearby Exelon Nuclear facilities and specialty vendors who travel to the area for the outage. While working at Dresden, these supplemental workers contribute to the economy by staying at area hotels, eating at nearby restaurants and visiting other local businesses. Dresden Unit 3 will continue to supply electricity to the area while Unit 2 is offline. Dresden Generating Station is approximately 60 miles southwest of Chicago. The station's two operating units can produce more than 1,700 megawatts net of electricity. Dresden Unit 1, which began commercial operation in 1960 and was retired in 1978, has been designated a Nuclear Historic Landmark by the American Nuclear Society.


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A training exercise was conducted Saturday afternoon just outside of Washington. Washington Fire Chief Tom Wide says they were holding a training exercise for new firefighters. He says they had crews from Washington, Wellman, Packwood, Libertyville and several other small departments.
Wide says the house located across from Hy-Vee was donated to the Fire Department by the owner for the purpose of this training exercise. Instructor Doug Kolkman says the firefighters were learning various skills such as ladder usage, doing search and rescue, hose handling, and single room fires.
Kolkman adds the day ended with the controlled house fire under the direction of Chief Wide. He says those in the training will go through some hazardous materials training this week. After the training is complete, they will become state certified fire fighters. Chief Wide notes about 50 firefighters attended the training.


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Note: Windows XP End of Support -- What you need to know (PDF)
- Date: Apr 2, 2009
- Version: 2.6.6
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DescriptionWindows XP/03/08/Vista PCL6 driver for the Phaser 6128MFP. This driver uses the Add Printer Wizard and is Microsoft WHQL Certified.
- Date: Mar 31, 2009
- Version: 184.108.40.206
- Size: 31.1 MB
- Format: EXE
USB Scan Driver Installer Package
DescriptionScan driver installer for the Phaser 6128MFP. If you are using Scan to Computer (USB) from the printer's front panel, you will also need to download and install the 6128MFP Utilities. The 6128MFP Utilities installer contains the Express Scan Manager which is required to be installed and running on the computer in order to use Scan to Computer (USB) at the front panel of the printer.Note: The scan driver is only supported for scanning over USB connection between the printer and a computer.
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- Date: Mar 31, 2009
- Version: 18.104.22.168
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- Date: Mar 31, 2009
- Version: 22.214.171.124
- Size: 6 MB
- Format: EXE
6128MFP UtilitiesDescriptionUtilities for the 6128MFP. This package installs the Address Book Editor, Express Scan Manager and the Launcher utility.Note: The Utilities can only be installed over USB.
FirmwareNote: It is highly recommended to consult with your Network or System Administrator before performing any software (firmware) update. Some updates may cause the machine to become non-compliant and cease to work as intended with the environment in which it is installed.
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A buzz preceded actor Casey Affleck's directorial debut, "I'm Still Here": Was the movie about brother-in-law Joaquin Phoenix's seemingly downward spiral from actor to hip-hop musician really a no-holds-barred documentary — or was it just a set up?
On Monday in Venice, where his film was screened out of competition at the Film Festival, Affleck said he's leaving the answer up to the audience.
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"Elliptically, I would say … I sincerely don't want to influence people's interpretation," Affleck told reporters. "I can tell you there is no hoax. It makes me think of 'Candid Camera' or something."
The film is full of dark, sometimes graphic scenes about the Academy Award-nominated Phoenix, whose decision to go for a music career and concurrent decline was fodder for late-night comics.
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In one scene, Phoenix banters about the irony of his life being depicted in film, when he is trying to get away from the industry. The film follows Phoenix to his last acting and press events, where he grumbles that he "hates" acting.
"I think everyone at some point in their life hates their jobs and the people they are around," he says in opening scenes to explain why he wants to change his life despite his talent and enormous success, which includes an Oscar nomination for playing Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line."
What follows are scenes depicting his negative downturn. There's drug use, graphic language, the search for online sex, a meeting with a prostitute and other hard core scenes, such as of Phoenix attacking a spectator at his own concert.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Venice Film Festival, 2009
Throughout the film, Phoenix gains weight and lets his hair and beard grow long and unkempt.
"I know that he is someone that doesn't shy away from letting me see all the different aspects of his personality and if he was willing to do it and I was willing to do it I owed it to him to make it as unflinching look at him as I possibly could," said Affleck, who recently starred in the film "The Killer Inside Me."
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Affleck noted that Phoenix was in Venice and "not hiding from the movie."
The documentary includes scenes with well-known entertainers such as Ben Stiller and Sean "Diddy" Combs. Because it would be hard to film Combs and Stiller without their knowing participation, it has fed suspicions that at least some of the film was scripted.
In one scene, Stiller comes in to pitch a script to Phoenix that he turns down, while throughout the film Phoenix semi-obsessively pursues Combs for help in starting his career as a hip-hop performer.
At one point, a close friend of Phoenix who is part of the project is accused of turning on the production and informing an entertainment news outlet that Phoenix's decline is a big joke. That created a rift in the production.
Hoax or no hoax, Phoenix gives an all-out performance, which begs the question he asked himself at the beginning of the documentary: Is the actor playing a role or is a role playing the actor?
While the actor's narcissism is central to the project, the film stands as a portrait of an artist trying to break out of the jail of the same celebrity culture upon which he is dependent.
"When I watched the movie, I am not repulsed by him and I feel for him and I understand him better than I did at beginning of the movie. I have a lot of love for him," Affleck said.
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As many of you know, I have been a loyal supporter of (some might say obsessed with) Pencils of Promise for some time. PoP rocks my world because they believe every child should have access to quality education. They create schools, programs, and global communities around the common goal of education for all.
By forming long-lasting, collaborative relationships with communities, they increase access to quality education and positively impact students and parents in high-need communities throughout Laos, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. I've been lucky enough to travel to Laos and Guatemala with PoP over the past year.
I've also been incredibly fortunate in life these past 30 years, but the thing that has shaped my life the most is certainly my education. I've had access to schools and teachers that have broadened my horizons and changed my life. I am who I am, as a woman and a global citizen because of education. And I want that for every girl, every child, in the world. On a recent impact trip with Pencils of Promise, I met a group of young children in Guadalupana, Guatemala. I asked them what they wanted most in the world, and in unison they screamed "a school!!' I knew I had found the village for this campaign. It will cost $30,000 to build the school and I know we can make that happen!
Pencils of Promise designs their involvement to be 100% sustainable. From day one, they ensure that the village views the school as theirs and takes ownership of its ongoing maintenance and support. Beyond building a school, they also offer the following education programs to our communities.
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Police investigate 2 separate Glen Burnie robberies
Police look for several robbers
Anne Arundel County police said they are investigation two separate robberies in Glen Burnie.
Officers were called to the 1600 block of Pleasantville Drive in Glen Burnie around 8 a.m. Monday for a report of a robbery that happened earlier.
An 18-year-old man told police that around 10 p.m. Sunday three men approached his vehicle as he was parked in the area of Hidaway Loop and Hidden Brook Drive in Glen Burnie.
Two of the suspects opened his passenger side door and got into his vehicle. According to the victim, one of the suspects was holding a handgun as he and a second suspect entered the vehicle. A third suspect reportedly stood outside of the vehicle and fired one round into the air with an unknown caliber handgun before fleeing the area.
The remaining robbers demanded money from the victim at gunpoint. The victim complied with the demands and the robbers fled.
Police are looking for three black men in their 20s, who are about 6 feet tall.
In a separate incident, officers were called to the 7800 block of Winborne Drive in Glen Burnie for a report of a robbery around 1 a.m. Tuesday.
A 22-year-old man told police that two men armed with handguns approached him in the parking lot, took his money, cellphone and bottle of liquor.
Police said the robbers then attempted to get into the victim's vehicle with him, but the victim managed to flee on foot. The thieves fled the area.
Police said they were unable to find them.
The victim didn't sustain any injuries.
The robber is described as a black man in his 20s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, 150 pounds, wearing a black ski mask, a black hooded sweatshirt with red and white lettering, black pants and black boots.
The second robber is described as a black man in his 20s, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, 140 pounds, wearing a black ski mask, a short sleeve red shirt with a long-sleeve black shirt underneath and blue jeans.


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Drum Corps News - June 17, 1964 issue
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Labels: Drum Bugle Corps
A permanent home to share my family collection of Drum Corps publications. My Mom started this collection in the 40s. This is my labor of love. I hope you all enjoy these articles / scores / pictures... as much as we have over the decades. History must be preserved. This is my lil corner / contribution to the drum corps community (online). A place for all of us to live, relive, learn, love and share in our passionate hobby. Please feel free to add comments, share your experiences, stories, etc.


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A few words about my mod
A few words about my mod
1 Oct 2017, 5:43
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Group: Members
Posts: 85
Joined: 27 January 2010
From: Russia
Member No.: 713
Friends! Day after day approaching the moment when my mod will be completed. Now I'm trying to collect all people, who like shockwave in my chat in skype: https://join.skype.com/oPhIesHwYAzC Join, guys. You can watch two videos (third one will be soon), where I show some new stuff in my mod. There is Russian language there, but picture doesn't have language, and you can see something usefull in any case.
https://youtu.be/J-9bHyfoxy0 First part
https://youtu.be/y1cVuyozHD4 Second part
Also in this topic you can ask any questions and offer any ideas for my mod. Maybe in the next posts I will tell about my mod with more details, if you will have interest for that. I hope for a constructive conversation, without reproaches and insults, thank you.
1 Oct 2017, 21:37
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Hello Angel,
I'm very excited to see another mod coming to shockwave. i will support you by giving my personal thoughts about what i (DON'T) like about your work so far. i have only seen one of your video's up to now, i will watch your second video later.
The idea of such a big air balloon just doesn't fit the faction (at all). i would honestly scrap that concept -
I like your idea about that propaganda statue!, but make it a buildable structure instead of a score streak. just like China's propaganda tower -
Give that statue a special ability instead of a simple "healing system", maybe a "Violence system"? where troops gain a couple per cent more damage/speed? -
Advanced airfield: I personally don't like the idea of that sloppy looking shield -
it ruins the look of the structure entirely, maybe you should give it a very low opacity instead? -
That shield would honestly fit more on the super weapon faction instead of air force -
Remove that stationary helicopter from the airfield, it looks sloppy and unnecessary -
Remove those 4 SAM turrets around the airfield, it feels unbalanced and unfair to be instantly attached to the airfield -
Cool idea of that tank flare system!, but make sure to add a cool down system unto it -
A nuke canon spawn beacon is unrealistic and overpowered (You really shouldn't do that) -
If you decide to keep that Nuke canon beacon, add it to the nuclear faction instead. and give it a 2 minute cool down at least -
Also remove the nuke canon option from the factory if you decide the add a Nuke canon beacon, simply to keep things balanced -
That's it for now!
I will give you more tips/advice later..
I'm seeing a lot of potential for this mod, Keep up the good work!
1 Oct 2017, 22:54
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If I can give you an advice, don't release it, by respect to the original creators of some of the assets. Some of them are taken from Operation Firestorm, others from Contra, and some from Rise of the Reds.
Aside from that, it adds some craziness to ShockWave, which isn't a bad thing.
However, I don't understand why you nuke cannons automatically explode, do they have a build limit ?
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2 Oct 2017, 7:55
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From: Russia
Member No.: 713
For JasonGunfire: thank you for your reviews. I can only say you two things. Firstly, you see alpha version in the videos, in the realise everything will be ok, it will be cooldowns, it will be balanced, don't be afraid. Secondly: my mod is not for enjoying of pretty models, effects etc, it's about your opinion about shield of superairfield, I don't care about that, there is only one important thing for me - gameplay.
For Maelstrom: 1. I respect all creators of all mods, all the mods will be listed in the credits. 2.There will not be anything craziness, gameplay of shockwave will be as earlier, I just add some interesting things and new conceptions to make gameplay more interesting, but I promise it will not be craziness. 3. Nuke cannons automatically explode because it is decomissioned nuke cannons.
2 Oct 2017, 21:09
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Well, it´s your mod so I respect your choices!
i am happy as long as you keep things balanced
11 Oct 2017, 23:44
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There are nice news, generals. Third part of review about my mod is available now! https://youtu.be/niJ1Kq4X5xg
16 Apr 2018, 22:52
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Could someone suggest how to get the music back in shockwave?
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ISIS claims bombing attack on Iraqi embassy in Kabul
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Iraqi embassy in Kabul Monday and militants breached the compound, Afghan officials said, in a complex hours-long attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
All the attackers had been killed and the compound secured roughly four hours after the assault began, Afghanistan's interior ministry said, adding that all embassy staff were safe and only one policeman wounded "slightly".
There were conflicting reports about how the attack unfolded. The interior ministry said at least four militants had attacked the embassy, beginning with a suicide bomber who detonated his vest at the compound entrance.
"The quick-response police forces arrived in time and evacuated the Iraqi diplomats to safe place. No embassy staff have been harmed, only one policeman was wounded slightly," a ministry statement said.
An Afghan security official at the site of the attack and a number of witnesses however suggested the attackers were dropped by a car nearby, who then stormed the Iraqi embassy building with hails of bullets, before penetrating and detonating themselves inside.
Black smoke billowed into the air above the neighborhood in northwestern Kabul as the sound of gunfire, blasts and ambulance sirens could be heard. Panicked residents, including women and children, could be seen fleeing the area.
The Iraqi foreign ministry in Baghdad said the charge d'affairs was among those evacuated and that it was monitoring the situation with Afghan authorities, without giving further details.
The Afghanistan affiliate of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, according to a statement by its propaganda agency Amaq. It said two of its members attacked the embassy killing at least 27 guards and other embassy staff.
The militant group is known to often exaggerate its claims on the number of causalities inflicted. (AFP)
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Dancers at the Gaga Intensive 2009. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
I've been studying Gaga for the better part of two years, but the vast majority of the classes I have taken fall under the rubric of "Gaga People," Gaga classes which are open for participants regardless of any previous dance experience. There's something magical about these classes. It's not often that you walk into a dance studio full of people ranging in age from their early 20s to their 70s, some of whom have performed professionally and some of whom simply love to move but have never taken a dance class before.
Yet there was also something special about taking Gaga classes with 120 other dancers during the Gaga Intensive this summer. "Gaga Dancers" classes challenged me to more thoroughly explore the underlying concepts of Ohad Naharin's movement language and enabled me to research these ideas while connecting more consciously to my body's knowledge of ballet and modern dance forms. I wasn't just working from my lena; I was working my arabesque from my lena. I was floating while doing changements, exploring biba while doing developés, and sensing my luna while doing pliés and relevés.
I'm happy to announce that starting on September 8th, Gaga classes designed specifically for dancers will be opened to the public in Tel Aviv. Like the "Gaga People" classes, these will take place at the Suzanne Dellal Center. If you have previous dance training, you can get your groove on at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. And I'm also happy to announce that starting soon, I'll be the one working the door! For more details, please see the Events calendar.
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Before open "Gaga Dancers" classes start, I wanted to share another glimpse of last month's Gaga Intensive. I first wrote the article below, "Learning to Speak Gaga," for the Jerusalem Post. To read what other dancers thought about their Gaga experience, check out my previous post, "Reflections on the Gaga Intensive 2009."
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Learning to Speak Gaga
Amidst the waves of tourists arriving in Israel this summer was one particularly diverse group, gathering, from around the globe, in Tel Aviv. They came from the United States, Canada, Mexico, England, Belgium, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Denmark, Italy, Greece, Cameroon, Japan and Korea. Like some other foreign visitors, they were eager to experience an unfamiliar culture and learn a new language. But these weren't typical tourists and they weren't planning to study Hebrew. They are dancers. And they came to immerse themselves in Gaga.


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From: "Tom"
To: intelforum[at]lists101.his.com
Subject: CIA enters 21st Century on FOIA submissions
Apparently starting last Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, the CIA has begun accepting Freedom of Information Act requests via email.
Accessing the CIA's form for FOIA requests takes a bit of patience. The forms are located way inside the CIA website (www.cia.gov), inside the Library, Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room, and then third entry down (marked by dots) under the title
"What is electronic reading room?"
There is then a link to take you to the procedure format: FOIA requests can now be made online
The designer of this wounderous new procedure has also included one of those marvey captcha things - a puzzle that might drive you a bit nuts since it is verbal rather than a group of fancified letters you are supposed to view and type . . .
Good luck - but just think that this might actually save some time.... The big snafu that remains is that the CIA will only respond to FOIA requests using snailmail... Maybe they have an obligation to help the postal service stay in business.
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Even though at first appearance corals may look like plants or rocks, they are in fact animals, related to sea anemones and jellyfish. Coral reefs the world over are threatened by pollution, rising ocean temperatures and overfishing. In Cuba, however, reefs are flourishing.
Coral reefs are extremely sensitive to environmental changes and depend on clean, clear saltwater for survival. Pollution and agricultural runoff can have a huge impact on the health of a coral reef. In this sense, Cuba's Communist government may have inadvertently helped protect the Cuban reefs for many years by preventing the flow of fresh water to the sea, as well as limiting the availability and use of fertilizer and pesticides. However, as Cuba begins to open its doors to the rest of the world, increased commercialism and tourism is once again increasing levels of pollution, sedimentation and development in coastal areas, which creates a negative effect on the corals.
In the video from 'Nature' seen above, follow along with your class as a marine biologist explores the variety of corals, fish and other wildlife in Cuba's tropical waters, and consider why Cuba's reefs are so healthy in comparison to those in the rest of the world. Get more information:http://to.pbs.org/1nDACNa


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USN-1992-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
22 October 2013
linux vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
The system could be made to expose sensitive information to a local user.
Software Description
- linux - Linux kernel
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when reading broadcast messages from the notify_policy interface of the IPSec key_socket. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine potentially sensitive information in kernel memory.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- linux-image-3.2.0-55-generic - 3.2.0-55.85
- linux-image-3.2.0-55-generic-pae - 3.2.0-55.85
- linux-image-3.2.0-55-highbank - 3.2.0-55.85
- linux-image-3.2.0-55-omap - 3.2.0-55.85
- linux-image-3.2.0-55-powerpc-smp - 3.2.0-55.85
- linux-image-3.2.0-55-powerpc64-smp - 3.2.0-55.85
- linux-image-3.2.0-55-virtual - 3.2.0-55.85
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well.


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Learn Muay Thai Kickboxing Pinecliffe, Colorado
Learn Muay Thai Kickboxing in Pinecliffe, Colorado ...
Learn Muay Thai Kickboxing in Pinecliffe, Colorado. Martial art is a form of exercise that teaches you how to fight for both self-defense, and to fight. Most people who have experience with martial arts tend to be very selective about when to use such skills outside of the dojo. Training your body to focus energy into attacks, or defensive positions can help your brain focus better for school, work, or daily activities as well. Some of the benefits towards mental, and physical health include morals, mood, muscle tones, weight loss, and other cool benefits. Mental benefits of learning Martial arts I find the greatest benefit for any type of martial arts is the values and morals that most of them teach. There is a reason why particular mantras are so popular in the world. One such mantra is that you should use your martial arts unless it's to protect, or defend something precious. If a person is impulsive, or angry all the time martial arts can help bring focus to this person, and create a new outlook on situations. Most martial arts studios use twelve ethics, 10 acts that are forbidden, and a number of obligations as an artist. This gives students a structure not only in the studio but also outside the studio. Learn Muay Thai Kickboxing in Pinecliffe, Colorado. Physical benefits that are worth the pain If you are trying to lose weight this is probably the most effective way of doing so because it can burn up to 500 calories an hour. If you are training for four hours that could mean almost 2000 calories could be gone. It's quick and efficient for that. However, the training also builds up muscle tone to make you stronger. Practising martial arts can mean faster reflexes, better cardiovascular health, and a total work out with the body. Who wouldn't want to have a toned out body? 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Deaths, Injuries in West, Texas Plant Explosion
Update 6:40 am - WEST, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas say between five and 15 people were killed in a fertilizer plant explosion that also injured more than 160 others.
Waco police Sgt. William Patrick Swanton said early Thursday morning that the death toll is only an estimate as search and rescue operations remain under way in downtown West.
UPDATE 10:12pm: WEST, Texas (AP) — The mayor of a Texas town where an explosion leveled a fertilizer plant says he doesn't yet know how many people were hurt or killed in the blast.
West Mayor Tommy Muska said at a news conference that there was a fire at the West Fertilizer plant before Wednesday night's explosion.
The blast could be heard at least 45 miles away and it caused major damage to surrounding buildings.
An official from a hospital in nearby Waco says at least 66 people were taken for treatment there, including 38 who were hurt seriously.
UPDATE 10:00pm: Houston's KHOU is reporting at least 70 dead and many more injured. The entire town of West, Texas is under an evacuation order.
Texas Governor Rick Perry issued this statement:
We are monitoring developments and gathering information as details continue to emerge about this incident. We have also mobilized state resources to help local authorities. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of West, and the first responders on the scene.
Update 9:45pm: WACO, Texas (AP) — An explosion Wednesday night at a fertilizer plant in central Texas is sending flames shooting high into the night sky. The plant, in the town of West, left the factory a smoldering ruin, caused major damage to nearby buildings and injured numerous people.
West is just north of Waco. The explosion could be heard as far away as Waxahachie, 45 miles away. A nearby resident said the blast was like being in a tornado because "stuff was flying everywhere." Debbi Marak says her windshield was blown out.
More than two hours after the blast, there were still fires smoldering in what was left of the plant and others burning in nearby buildings. In aerial footage from Dallas' NBC affiliate, WDFW, dozens of emergency vehicles could be seen amassed at the scene. The explosion knocked out power to many area customers and could be heard and felt for miles around.
Authorities have set up a staging area on the local high school's football field, which was lit up with floodlights.
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RENTON, Wash. (AP) The auditorium is usually reserved for coach Pete Carroll during the season and the occasional first-round draft pick being introduced in the spring.
After months of standing behind a small circular table and in front of a makeshift cereal box-shaped backdrop, Seattle rookie quarterback Russell Wilson got the auditorium Thursday - with the big podium, the microphone stands and an entire wall adorned with the Seahawks logo.
``A change-up,'' Wilson said as he entered the room.
He's certainly earned the big stage after going from Seattle's third-round pick to a starting quarterback who's won five straight games and seven of his last eight going into the playoffs.
``He's allowed us to do everything we could think of. We trust him in everything that we're calling,'' Carroll said. ``It doesn't matter what play it is, what concept it is, we trust him to be able to handle it. If it gets off of the practice field on to game day, then we trust that he could do anything. That's a wonderful feeling for a coach that you can trust your quarterback like that.''
Wilson will go into his first playoff game Sunday at Washington coming off one of the finest regular seasons ever by a Seattle quarterback. While passer rating has its flaws as a statistical measure, Wilson's final rating of 100 is the best ever for any Seahawks signal-caller.
That would be the best mark ever for a rookie quarterback if not for Sunday's playoff opponent - Washington QB Robert Griffin III - barely bettering Wilson's final total.
Wilson did get the better of Griffin in touchdown passes, tying Peyton Manning's rookie record with 26.
More important, Wilson led Seattle to 11 wins, becoming the third quarterback in franchise history to win at least 11 games in a season, joining Matt Hasselbeck (13-3 in 2005) and Dave Kreig (12-4 in 1984). That record becomes more impressive when considering Wilson got just a third of the snaps during offseason minicamps and early in training camp as he attempted to win the job in competition with Matt Flynn and Tarvaris Jackson.
Jackson was traded and spent the year as a backup in Buffalo. Flynn didn't see the field until Week 14 when Seattle led 45-0 on its way to a blowout victory.
And Wilson is in the middle of the offensive rookie of the year discussion with Griffin and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck.
``I didn't come here to be a backup quarterback or a third-string quarterback. I came to be a starter for a long time, and that's my mindset. That's always been my mindset, that competitive edge that I try to bring to the table,'' Wilson said. ``I think the great quarterbacks - and I'm trying to work to get there - if you really look at and I always study the best quarterbacks to play the game, they have tremendous leadership, they have great attention to detail, and they have that competitive relentless nature where they are just competitive all the time. I think that's what's helped me a little bit.''
Among the rookies, most of the attention this season has gone to Luck and Griffin - and rightfully so. Tucked away in the Northwest, the spotlight only started to find Wilson a month ago after he led consecutive long drives at the end of regulation and again in overtime when Seattle won 23-17 at Chicago. Wilson had his finest day as a pro, throwing for 293 yards and two touchdowns.
Almost universally, those final moments in Chicago are being referenced by Wilson and his teammates as a turning point of the season. The Seahawks proceeded to outscore their final four opponents by a combined 170-63 margin.
``That was huge. To be able to do that in the type of circumstances that we were in was pretty awesome,'' Wilson said. ``That really pushed our offense forward and pushed our defense forward to have confidence in what we do.''
While this is his first time in the NFL playoffs, the feel and sense around the team's facility reminded Wilson of his preparations a year ago when he was getting ready to lead Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl against Oregon, a game the Badgers lost 45-38. Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell didn't hesitate earlier in the week when asked if he was worried about Wilson getting too wrapped up in the noise of the postseason.
``I just expect him to be very poised, have everything under control and play well,'' he said.
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For the week ending 19 January 2008 / 12 Shevat 5768
Sacred Silence
A severe shortage of etrogim in the European city of Zelotshov presented the great Chassidic leader Rabbi Michel with a problem. The only way he could afford to buy the one available high quality etrog was to sell a precious pair of tefillin that he had inherited.
When he brought it home and showed it to his wife, explaining how he paid for it, he was greeted by an angry response.
"You refused to sell your precious tefillin when we were faced by the severest financial difficulties," she complained while looking at the etrog, "and now you sold them for this?"
In her anger she was careless in handling the etrog and it fell to the floor and became disqualified for use in the coming holiday.
Rabbi Michel, aware that everything that happens is decreed in Heaven, said nothing.
That night this righteous Jew was visited in a dream by his father who informed him that his silence made a greater impression in Heaven than the sale of his precious possession.


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Rays bats silent in Loss to A's
I heard a few grumbles and mumbles through the crowds last night with phrases like, "Same old Rays," or " Here we go again."
What is it with people and having faith in this team? Why is it that it has to be a blowout or a 7-game winning streak before the mindset changes and we start to believe. Did the Tampa Bay Bucs not winning a game for a few season sour our optimism that much? Did the Lightning having minimum success the first two years also deminish their Stanley Cup years?
People, we are watching a game where if you get lucky enough to hit a ball 3 times out of 10 chances you are a success. We are watching a game that doesn't need parity like football, every night any team can win. I do admit, that second thought did creak into my mind for a second last night, but I also know that you can't win 162 games, and we are only 5 wins away from a winning season.
That is right, with 58 wins in the bucket, we needs 5 to hit 62 and have a winning season. Small goal, but achieveable every year. I am also one of the guys who set 82 wins as my personal goal for the season, but in my mind would have loved 90 plus wins.
This is crunchtime. This is the roadtrip that will set the last few months for the Rays. For that reason, I stay 'til the last out, I stay until I see the guys leave the field and I watch them. I will believe in this team as long as people are upset with a loss, are not settling for excuses and knows they robbed themselves on the turf. I, as a fan, will support them because they will give the effort and sweat nightly.
Last night, the guys seemed to be a bit off center and mentally not there. Maybe we needed this type of game to remind us and themselves that these games are the ones we need to win and show ourselves and others that we are here to stay.
Mentally, the Rays made mistakes on the basepaths and in the field. Had a few brain malfunctions in the box, and played without emotion for the first time in a long while. Maybe the strain of facing 3 straight leftys' got to our heads. Maybe we just took a night off inside and forgot to tell our bodies.
Carl Crawford went 2-4, with two sizzling singles last night, but the play that you will remember is the baserunning error that caused him to be doubled up at second. On Carlos Pena's Sacrifice Fly to left, Carl got caught in "no-man's" land between secoind and third on the play. Instead of heading to third and letting Evan Longoria get to second, Crawford stooped mid base and seemed lost in the basepaths.
He might have no gotten in at third, but he would have made it close. Instead, he wandered between the two bases and was tagged out for the 3rd out of the 3rd inning. Worse part of it, Longoria was stranded on second base.
Then, later in the game, Ben Zorbrist went out to collect a ball from Crawford on a cut-off play and threw the ball past Longoria at third to let Oakland score another run on the overthrow. The Rays had Carlos Gonzalez at thrid on the play with an accurate throw, but Gonzalez was able to score from second on the error from the Rays shortstop.
It was Zorbrist's second error of the night. His second error was on a catch in the 9th inning that allowed Oakland's Ryan Sweeney to score and raise the score to 8-1.
Andy Sonnanstaine was going for his 11th win of the season. Only Rolando Arroyo in the Rays first season has hit that plateau this early in the year. Since last Aug. 15th, Sonnanstine is tied for third with Mike Mussina of the Yankees with 15 wins over that peiod of time. Sonnanstine is also only Rays pitcher, besides James Shields, this season to go over 100 innings pitched this season.
With that in mind, you would think if a guy pitched 7 innings and only made one critical mistake, you have a chance to win the ballgame. His mistake was giving a rolling breaking ball to Jack Hananhan that he deposited in Section 148 for a 3-run homer.
Even with a 3 run lead, you would think the Rays could muster enough support for Sonnanstine to get him a win. The fact that the Rays offense have staked Sonnanstine with an average of 3.87 runs a game he starts, should have been enough for a win.
But the Rays bat went silent in the game. Carlos Pena's Sac. Fly brought in Akinora Iwamura from third for the lone Tampa Bay run in the 3rd inning. It gave the Rays the first lead of the game, and it lasted until Hanahan's homer in the 4th inning.
Besides Crawford's 2 hits, Iwamura, Pena, Longoria and Dioner Navarro and Zorbrist also hit singles for the Rays. In all, the Rays managed 7 hits off rookie Dallas Braden. Braden handcuffed the Rays for 5 innings, giving up only 4 of those hits before the A's bullpen finished the job.
Tampa Bay did only strike out 4 times in the game, a sign that the Rays batter's were being patient with the rookie. The Rays Jonny Gomes, Navarro,Longoria and Iwamura got walks in the contest.
On the radio on the way home, people were blasting Rays reliever Trever Miller on the radio. I sit behind the Bullpen mound and I can tell you, I did not see his best stuff tonight, but I also know that control has never been a huge issue with Miller in the past. He is having a bit of a control situation right now, and becuase he is a veteran, people are turning on him.
People, not every night can you have your best stuff. For most of the year, Trever has been "lights out" for us. The past three games he has had some control and pitch placement situations. But, as a professional, I know he will work on it and be back to his old self.
It is real easy for us in the stands to say a negative comment. But if you have never played beyond Little League, you have no idea of what you are talking about here. Pitching is a artform where it is more a feel for the ball then a mechanical manuver. For a pitcher to be great, he has to feel the ball is coming off his hand right, or adjust on the fly to get it past the batter.
Some nights that doesn't happen. Everyone has a bad night. Trever is due to at least have us be patient and not throw him under the bus for a few select bad nights.
Bad news is, the Boston Red Soxs won in Seattle last night 4-2. That pulls them within 1/2 game of first place in the AL East.
But the team had better keep a closer eye on is the streaking New York Yankees who are now only 3 1/2 games behind us. If you remember, the Yankees were 6 games back last week, and they have won 5 straight ballgames.


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Although it's not one to crank up to full volume, the 30W RMS can be jacked up enough to fill the sort of room it'll be housed in - a kitchen, small living room or bedroom. And we'd say that its audio capabilities are on a par with similar priced speaker docks - with many more talents on top.
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- "Harry, yours is okay except for this bit at the end, I think you must have misheard Professor Sinistra. Europa's covered in ice, not mice."
- —Hermione Granger to Harry Potter in 1995[src]
Astronomy is a subject taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is a required subject for first to fifth years, but can be dropped in the sixth year. Aurora Sinistra was the Astronomy teacher at Hogwarts.
Astronomy classes take place in the top-most level of the Astronomy Tower, the tallest tower in Hogwarts Castle, and include sky observation sessions with telescopes (each student has to buy one of his/her own).
Astronomy is one of the only fields of study at Hogwarts which has a direct equivalent in the Muggle world. Known student activities include learning the names of stars, constellations and planets, as well as their location and movements, and describing the environments of planets and moons.
Wisearcre's Wizarding Equipment in Diagon Alley sells telescopes and other equipment needed for Astronomy.
Lesson timesEdit
- First year
- Wednesday (12:00 am)
- Fifth year
- Wednesday (evening)
Course workEdit
First yearEdit
During the first year of studies at Hogwarts, students must study the night skies through their telescopes every Wednesday at midnight and learn the different names of the stars and the movements of the planets. Towards the end of the year, Hermione was quizzing Ron on Astronomy. Their studying included using a map of Jupiter. It was noted that Harry tried to learn the names of Jupiters Moons in his fifth year of study at Hogwarts.
Third YearEdit
Although Astronomy lessons were not shown during his third year, one of the homework assignments included drawing a star chart which probably means they studied stars that year.
Fifth YearEdit
During the fifth year of studies at Hogwarts, students must study Jupiter's moons, and write an essay containing facts such as Europa being covered by ice and Io having many volcanoes. For the Astronomy O.W.L. exam in their fifth year, each student has to "fill in a blank star chart" based on a few hours of observing the night sky. Coursework during this year was intensive enough that some students had to organize a meeting to help each other get through it.
Harry Potter was taking his Astronomy O.W.L. in 1996 when Rubeus Hagrid was confronted by Professor Umbridge and a team of Aurors in what was an attempted sacking, which was also the night that Minerva McGonagall took "no less than four Stunners to the chest".
Known O.W.L.sEdit
- Aurora Sinistra
- Barty Crouch Jr
- Bill Weasley
- Percy Weasley
- Hermione Granger
- Harry Potter (he may not have qualified for N.E.W.T. level courses)
- Ron Weasley (he may not have qualified for N.E.W.T. level courses)
Behind the scenesEdit
- During the O.W.L. exam, Harry focuses his telescope upon Venus at midnight. However, Venus' orbit is closer to the Sun and when it is midnight at a location, that part of the Earth is approximately facing completely away from the Sun. Given these two facts, it is highly unlikely that Harry would have been able to see Venus regardless of Britain's high latitude and the proximity to the Summer Solstice due to line of sight issues, but the telescope may have been magical.
- In the films, the Astronomy class is never seen or directly mentioned, and Professor Sinistra only appears as an unidentified background extra.
- From the fact that it's common knowledge among Wizards that Europa is icy and Io has volcanoes, it seems that, despite the separation of Wizarding and Muggle cultures (and the Wizarding ignorance of other scientific concepts such as electricity), Muggle science is well-known to Wizard astronomers. Just how far Wizarding knowledge of modern astronomy goes, though, is unknown. However, it is quite possible that the wizarding world has other means of conducting these studies without the use of muggle technology, as Professor Trelawney possessed a globe of the solar system that accurately depicts all the planets (including Pluto) and their moons. Furthermore, Harry Potter found a moving globe of the galaxy in Diagon Alley when he was staying at the Leaky Cauldron during the summer before his third year. This far surpasses the current state of muggle knowledge, let alone what it was in the early 1990s.
See alsoEdit
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)
|Professors: Aurora Sinistra
|Astronomy at Hogwarts: Astronomy department · Astronomy Tower · Astronomy Room · Astronomy Stairs · Astronomy Corridor · Astronomy reading room ·
Astronomy classroom
|Astronomers: Aurora Sinistra · Copernicus · George von Rheticus · Perpetua Fancourt
|Objects: Globe of the Moon · Lunascope · Moon chart · Orrery · Star chart · Telescope
|Planets: Jupiter · Mars · Mercury · Neptune · Pluto · Saturn · Uranus · Venus
|Satellites: Callisto · Europa · Ganymede · Io · Moon
|Constellations: Bartholomeus · Orion