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Jason Bourne 4 is a Go, To Be Released in 2010
Updated: July 26th, 2008
One of my most favorite movie series is not over yet. This is excellent news!
Producer Frank Marshall revealed plans to begin shooting a fourth Jason Bourne movie next Summer, for release in 2010. Universal announced the project back in February, with director Paul Greengrass and star Matt Damon set to return. Marshall also confirmed that they will probably be creating an original story for the fourth film.
Zoomii – A Virtual Bookstore Actually Worth Looking At
Updated: June 26th, 2008
I am usually very skeptical towards new startups, as most tend to do one thing and not so well or many things even less successfully. Zoomii, however, is what I found very useful. It creates the kind of feeling that you get when you're in control, when you can see at a glance what's going on. Zoomii is a virtual bookstore, with an Amazon backend. They took a different approach and made everything very visual, just like in the brick and mortar store – and I love it.
You can browse the latest releases or the top sellers, or perform a search and get hundreds of book covers, uncluttered by any text (until you click on any of them). …
Matt Dancing 2008 – Stunning [VIDEO]
Hey, it's Matt again from www.wherethehellismatt.com and his 2008 video is absolutely stunning. In short, Matt goes around the world and performs a little dance, purposely bad. The scenes from his videos were already amazing enough but this one absolutely tops them all. This my most favorite video in a long while.
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo. Be careful, you may turn all teary-eyed for a minute, even if you're a guy – yeah….
How Fast Is Comcast Blast? REALLY Fast.
So the Comcast installer just left, and I'm sitting here in my new house, on the floor, with no furniture, testing how fast the internet actually is (because who really cares about other stuff?). Comcast Blast is supposed to be 16mbps down and 1mbps up (2 if you're extremely lucky). I'm still collecting my jaw all over the floor though, because these are the speed test results:
That's a 3 mbit per second upload = 375 KB/s. Wow, Comcast, just wow. I know there are many people having complaints about service but after being a customer for 8 years, I really am happy with everything. Blows the puny DSL away….
How To SVN Update All Your WordPress Plugins In One Go
If you're like me, most of your WordPress plugins are checked out into your plugins directory from the official WordPress SVN repository or some other one. I haven't updated any of mine for about a month and wanted to sync up everything quickly (including SVN externals). Here's a short command I ran to achieve that:
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cd YOUR_BLOG_ROOT/wp-content/plugins; find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec svn up {} \;
What this command does is finds the top level directories in your WordPress plugins directory, then applies the "svn update" command to each, one by one.
The result is something like
Top 10 Reasons Why Digsby ROCKS
Updated: August 20th, 2009
If you haven't heard of Digsby yet, you have probably been living in some kind of a virtual cave or have no friends. Digsby is a multi-network instant messenger application, similar to Trillian, Pidgin (GAIM), or Miranda. I said 'similar', so what makes Digsy special? Reviews I read so far don't give the real reasons and don't dive into the features in depth. Instead, you get a standard load of marketing BS and in the end to you, the user, Digsby may end up being "yet another IM program." Some reviews describe certain features, but so far I haven't seen one that highlighted THE MAIN REASON why Digsby is different. And may I preface it with: finally somebody got a …
Best MySQL Server Under $10K?
Updated: January 4th, 2009
I want to get opinions from outside of my daily circle of people on the best server hardware to use for MySQL. I remember from the conference somebody (Pipes?) mentioning a particular Dell server with multiple disk RAID10 that could supposedly be had for about $6k but I completely misplaced the model number (Frank, did you get my email?).
I know that a multi-disk RAID array with a bunch of fast disks (15k RPM?) is probably the most important method of improving performance, followed by the amount of RAM, so I'm trying to find the best combination/balance of the two. However, server prices on the Internet range so much that I don't even know where to begin to tell a …
Mexico Trip Impressions (+Pictures And Videos)
The trip to Mexico (May 22-26) was a total success. I absolutely loved everything about it (except the flight with 2 connections): the resort (link), the people, the ocean, free booze (hello tequila) and unlimited food, climate, service, the Mayan ruins – everything!
The highlights of the trip include:
- visiting Chichen Itza
- Cancun and the Coco Bongo club, (man, that was fun, I've never seen a show like that in a club, even in Vegas). $50-60 buys a ticket in with open bar (it's a good deal judging by the amount of tequila poured into me)!
- walking around Playa Del Carmen, there are a lot of little stores, with a ton of tequila and other presents to buy. The
I'm Selling My Car – Who Wants To Buy?
2005 Honda Accord EX V6 4D Graphite Sedan Leather FULLY LOADED 29K miles
Private seller, NOT a dealer:
Original owner
Still under Manufacturer's Original 36,000/3 Year Warranty until end of July
29,000 freeway miles (I used to freeway commute to work, use MUNI now)
Clean record – no accidents, absolutely clean
Graphite Pearl exterior / Gray LEATHER interior
An aftermarket iPod adaptor/charger that hooks directly into the audio system, professionally installed (see pics)
Save $$$ – Honda suggests changing oil every 5000 miles (not 3000) and fill up with only Regular 87 gas (the cheapest grade, not Premium), as the engine has been configured to use Regular gas best
VIN: 1HGCM66595A071143, feel free to carfax it
Additional Information: …
I See Something Called "Internet"
via http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]6/1317037389/ and http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/i-see-something-called-internetpic/. …
Wireless Headphones Are Nothing New – What About Wireless Earbuds?
Updated: June 11th, 2015
When I was working in Radioshack 8 years ago, I remember selling the newest craze: gigantic wireless headphones that were awkward and bulky. The only thing you could do with them is pose as the Verizon guy, running around screaming "can you hear me now?" If you stood at the wrong angle to the receiver, the signal cut out, or even worse, terrible interference turned the most patient people into fiery monsters. I suppose the quality and size of wireless headphones improved over time but they're still unusable in real life because they're completely immobile.
Recently Logitech released a bunch of semi-compromises, like these FreePulse loop-around headphones for $79.99 with a questionable rating and OK reviews, mostly due to crappy …
Made Me Laugh Today
Doctor to his patient: "Sir, you have to stop masturbating."
Patient: "Why, doctor?"
Doctor: "Because it's preventing me from examining you."
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One-year-old Brady Pierson of Hanoverton was tackling his baby cone at the Guilford Dairy Bar as fast as he could, but with the 80-degree temperatures Tuesday it didn't take long for the eyes to melt off his chocolate cone. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer
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UH Manoa College of Education Dean elected AACTE chairUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU — Dean Randy Hitz of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Education has been elected to serve as chair on the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Board of Directors. Hitz will serve one year as chair-elect, a year as chair and a final year as past-chair.
The AACTE is a voluntary association of colleges and universities with undergraduate or graduate programs to prepare professional educators. The mission of the AACTE is to "promote the education of all PK-12 students through the promotion of high quality preparation and continuing education for all school personnel." Membership in the AACTE is institutional, and members range from small liberal arts colleges to large research institutes. Affiliate members include state agencies, regional laboratories, community colleges, and other educational entities. The more than 780 member institutions are located in each of the nation's states and territories, the District of Columbia, and Canada. The history of the AACTE spans as far back as the early normal schools of the 19th century, in which teachers were trained to address the needs of the growing school system.
Dean Hitz has thirty years of experience in the field of education, with primary emphasis on early childhood education and teacher education. He has served as dean of the UH Mānoa College of Education since May 1998. Prior to joining the COE, he served as dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Development at Montana State University-Bozeman.
About the College of Education
The College of Education at UH Manoa comprises a diverse mix of faculty, staff, and students whose aims are to advance and generate knowledge in the fields of education, human development, counseling, administration, assessment, evaluation, research, technology, disabilities and other related disciplines. In addition to being a professional school of education, the College also houses units which employ and prepare professionals in the related fields of counseling, educational psychology, technology, research on disabilities, athletic training, evaluation, assessment, and curriculum development. For more information, visit www.hawaii.edu/coe.
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🌱 We just wanted to say a big big thank you to all of you. We've been completely overwhelmed by your messages and kind words.
Rest assured, we'll be back and ready for one hell of a party in 2021.
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Love and thanks to EOTR
Can't wait for next year x
The best things in life are worth waiting for. 🤩👍
Lots of love to the whole EOTR family. See you in 2021 x
2021 a year for celebration at EOTR 😍😍😍
Can't wait for it! ❤
Roll on next year. Can't wait 🙌
See you next year! ❤
We'll come back rejuvenated and refreshed and raring to go x
We all understand, but first pint is free next year, right?!
Cant wait for next year!
Who did these leaves? They were so magical.✨
Gutted....but look forward to seeing you all next year....😢😢😢
I had other plans for this summer but can't wait to be able to go to EOTR and Green Man again ❤
This was our fallow year. Just bought our tickets for 2021 ❤
See you in 2021! It'll be worth the wait
Thanks for being there for 2021.
It would have been my first EOTR festival and was so looking forward to it. The excitement and anticipation will last longer now. Can't wait 😊
Happy to help you guys out...small sacrifice
We'll be there in 2021 ❤
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We were holding out hope we wouldn't have to do this but sadly, due to the current pandemic, we are postponing End of The Road 2020 until 2-5 September 2021.
We'll miss you all terribly and we can't wait to see you there. You'll notice PIXIES, King Krule, Big Thief, Bright Eyes, Little Simz and Aldous Harding have all already promised they'll be there too!
We do need your help right now, more than ever, to keep the independent spirit of EOTR alive so we're asking you to roll your tickets forward to 2021 if you can. If you need it, and times are hard we know, you are of course entitled to a face-value refund. We'll be emailing all ticket buyers with full details shortly.
Love to you all,
Simon and the team at End of The Road
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See you next year. Big love <3
Not really a like, but the fact that it is happening next year with confirmed attendees IS worth a like!
Lucy Rouse 🙁
We'll be there with the team next year once again, rest easy and loads of love to everyone till we see you next 🥰
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Not unexpected given the circs - see you next year xx
Counting down the days already, I'm sure it'll be the best year yet 🥰
Holding my tickets for sure. Take care EOTR people. x
Dan Rynne
Such a shame but totally understandable ❤❤
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Jude Clarke Alex Elbro Dinner at ours that weekend - street food, beers and a fab playlist 😞
2021 will not know what's hit it. So much catching up to do. Stay safe everyone 🥳🥳🥳🥳
No birthday pixies for me. Mark Scholes xx
Rob Martin going to transfer the deposit over to 2021....
Charlotte James next year?
Gutted. But I'll be holding onto my tickets to make sure EOTR survives this.
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Kate Blundel 😭😭😭 the one year we get our shit together and buy tickets
Please keep Makaya McCraven, Girl Band and Vanishing Twin for 2021!!!
Roll on 2021...
Not unexpected, absolutely gutted nonetheless... My son and I will certainly be rolling over our tickets... The three bands I wanted to see the most have confirmed for next year so that's a result... See you next year for one hell of a party xx
Loud and Quiet Magazine came on board as End Of The Road's print media partner in 2016. That first summer, they put on a "Wedding Reception" after-party to follow Bat for Lashes' headline set, which she DJ'd at herself. The following year they hosted a "Midnight Mass" after Father John Misty's headline show and since 2018 they have thrown the festival's official opening party with a phenomenal Time Hop themed Silent Disco.
Elsewhere they turned their Midnight Chats Podcast series into Midday Chats for us on the Piano Stage with guests from the line up including Nadine Shah, Josh T. Pearson and Cate Le Bon.
The magazine dedicates an issue to End Of The Road every year, providing a custom guide to the festival in a way that only Loud and Quiet could. In a short space of time, they managed to pick out what makes End of The Road so unique - homing in on its idiosyncrasies and championing them.
Quite simply, they're kindred independent spirits. Support them if you can.
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We have a picture of us sitting in those chairs last year. They have been graced by so many awesome bums, we couldn't resist!
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Fingers crossed!
EOTR co-founder and film fanatic Simon Taffe has made a list of recommendations available to stream now on Netflix, Mubi and Prime to help keep you entertained during the extended lockdown. Let us know what you're watching this weekend. 🎥🍿📺 ... See MoreSee Less
The Guest! Great film. Amazing soundtrack!
Love this!!
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My name is Mark Norton, and I am working full-time as a sculptor going by the name Frozen Ninja 3D. I am designing and sculpting my own line of highly detailed figures with the hopes of bringing people together for fun hobby times. Please visit the bottom of this page for examples of my work, and to see the quality I am trying to achieve.
This is the fourth Kickstarter project that I have run, and the third project that features models entirely designed and sculpted by me.
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The goal of this project is to release an entire line of high quality plinths and display stands. These plinths make any figure or bust stand out among the rest, and will make an exciting addition to any collection. In addition, these plinths will help bring your competition entries to that next level.
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To the editor: By now I think most of us are a bit tired of politics, whether "our team" won or not. The sheer inundation of ads, robo-calls, etc. could be overwhelming at times.
So while the race is over in 49 states, there's still Florida, screwing up again as it did twelve years ago. Oh well, we can't blame hanging chads this time apparently-at least as far as I know. Hey, maybe it's just good old organizational incompetence and not chicanery after all! Yeah, sure.
Maybe we can write off the Sunshine State's vote counting problems to various causes; but one way or another, Florida's voting officials seem to be suffering from a severe case of "electoral dysfunction" — a condition that has lasted four days as this is written! Professional help would be in order, I'd say.
Robert Barter
Berwick, Maine
(Editor's note: Due to a production an error this letter is being reprinted.)
To the editor: Each Year, more than 300 million turkeys are bred for consumption in the United States. Five thousand or more sensitive birds are confined in buildings with no fresh air, each individual allotted less than three square feet of space. The intense crowding brings on cannibalism, heat prostration, smothering, respiratory ailments from breathing burning ammonia fumes, all of which lead to acute suffering and premature loss of life. To counter excessive pecking and fighting due to stress, the turkeys' beaks, toes, and wings are clipped, all without anesthesia. Turkeys are routinely fed subtherapeutic doses of drugs, vaccines and antibiotics just to keep them alive until slaughter.
To enhance agribusiness profits, turkeys have been genetically engineered to become pathologically obese. Their skeletons are so weak under their bloated muscles, that many birds simply collapse, unable to stand. Oxygen-deprived and grossly overburdened. Millions 'of turkeys perish of heart attacks as their heart explode.
The United States does not even have humane slaughter laws for turkeys. At the slaughterhouse, fully-conscious turkeys are hung upside down by their feet in metal shackles, suffering pain and terror as they are carried on a conveyor belt to the killing block. No legislation exists requiring that turkeys have to be stunned during slaughter. As a result, they are bled to death while still alive Industry reports indicate that the slaughter process is frequently inaccurate. When the killing blade misses its mark or the conveyor belt moves too quickly, the birds are boiled alive in the scalding tank.
Turkey meat is certainly not a "health food", containing no fiber or carbo hydrates, but much fat and cholesterol. For example, a roasted turkey leg contains 72 milligrams of cholesterol and is 47% fat, more than many cuts of beef. Health problems associated with the consumption of poultry are caused by hormones, arsenic, pesticides and antibiotics, administered to promote growth, contain infectious diseases and reduce feed spoilage. Studies indicate that as many as 90% of supermarket birds are contaminated with salmonella, campylobacter, and other bacteria.
Turkeys are fed grains that could be fed instead to humans and avert the starvation of millions of humans around the world. Growing of feed crops for turkeys and other farm animals takes up 90%, of scarce agricultural land and after, depletes irreplaceable topsoil, destroys forests and other wildlife habitats and contributes many pollutants to the nation's waterways.
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To the editor: For more than two years now, PSNH has been promoting Northern Pass as a clean, green and renewable source of electricity. In reality, however, large scale hydro is anything but green. When the Northern Pass project was initially introduced to New Hampshire, more than 30 environmental agencies filed as intervenors to the Department of Energy. The National Resource Defense Council, International Rivers Network, Friends of the Earth, Citizens United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability, the Climate Action Network as well as the U.S. EPA all declare that large scale hydroelectricity isn't clean, isn't green and isn't renewable.
John Bennett, executive director of Sierra Club Canada, concurs. When he spoke to a large audience at Plymouth State University on Oct. 23, he detailed the destruction resulting from large hydro power projects. In Quebec an area larger than the state of New Hampshire was flooded; native habitats were decimated and the once pristine rivers of northern Quebec are now filled with deadly methyl mercury, toxic to both plants and animals. In fact, the destruction of these seven million acres by Hydro Quebec has significantly contributed to global warming and climate change. And, he went on to say, if the Northern Pass project is approved, know that Hydro Quebec plans to dam more rivers, build more reservoirs and send more power our way.
Of course Michael Skelton, spokesperson for Northern Pass, is quick to assure the public that large-scale hydro power is green, but why wouldn't he? Mr. Skelton is a businessman who works for a company that will be richly rewarded should Hydro Quebec get its way and its transmission towers into New Hampshire.
So, who do we believe — the public relations man for a giant utility company or educated scientists who have studied and understand environmental issues?
Pamela Martin
To the editor; It is with great pleasure that I humbly thank the voters of District 145 for choosing me to be your state representative.
Meeting you at the polls, experiencing the excitement and energy brought out from Election Day, made the entire day incredible.
Over the next two years, Augusta will need to address how to direct jobs that provide the compensation necessary for Maine citizens, into the state.
I will work to advance Maine with both short and long term visions. I believe we need to promote tax policies that enhance growth opportunities for small businesses. Wherever the support comes from, I will work to lead on behalf of small businesses.
I will work to open up a dialogue between our education system and jobs of the future. Both of these groups come from different arenas, but are dependent on one another. It will be my goal to build a relationship that leads to vibrant job growth.
I look forward to the many challenges that lay ahead for the 126th Legislature. Berwick and Lebanon deserve a Representative who will act on their concerns and best interests.
With great humility, I am ready for that challenge. Again thank you to all voters; and my door is always open to your questions. My email is email@example.com; feel free to contact me with your concerns.
Joshua Plante
State Representative Elect, District 145
Berwick, Maine
To the editor: I want to take this opportunity to say Thank You to all New Hampshire residents who voted last week.
It has been an honor and privilege to have served in the NH Senate for the past four years and I am looking forward to serving you again over the next two years. My priorities for the next legislative session will be issues that benefit working families and small businesses while protecting taxpayers.
I would hope that those of us who have the privilege to serve in Concord, or for that matter in Washington, will work in a bipartisan manner to solve the significant challenges we face. That may mean a spirited discussion and friendly disagreement, but there should always be a willingness to find compromise and common ground.
I try to remind myself that principled positions and compromise are not mutually exclusive and that common sense is usually the best barometer for making good policy judgments.
I thank voters again for the opportunity to serve and will do my best to exercise that common sense.
Jeb Bradley
To the editor: Where have all the fish gone?
I have been a SCUBA diver in the Seacoast for the past 40 years and in recent years have seen a huge decline in the fish populations along our coast. The once diverse and abundant marine life of nearly all kinds is in rapid decline. I used to encounter large numbers of flounder on every dive and massive schools of striped bass as they swam into the Great Bay estuary to feed — no more. Cod were coming back a few years ago, but now I never see one. Skates and torpedo rays are seen less and less. I have not seen an ocean pout, lumpfish or wolf fish in over a decade. It is very alarming.
Some of these changes are undoubtedly due to climate change and to the introduction of invasive species. However, the major contribution to the decline in fish populations is the loss of nursery habitat in the Great Bay Estuary. The marked reduction in eel grass beds and water clarity from algal growth due to high nitrogen levels in the estuary have rendered it largely inhospitable for fish to spawn. Their young no longer have a protected environment in which to grow. Stripers don't enter Great Bay because there are no longer small fish to eat. Flounder, cod and other species that spawn in Great Bay are disappearing from our waters. These changes negatively impact both the sport and commercial fishing industries and the recreational value of the Great Bay estuary and of our coast.
We need to require that all of the municipalities upgrade their sewage treatment facilities to reduce nitrogen pollution before it is too late. We have an environmental catastrophe in the making.
N. Dennis Chasteen
To the editor: The following quote allegedly originated in the Czech Republic and was translated into English from an article in The Prague Newspaper Prager Zeitung. Snopes lists it's verification as "undetermined. Leaving origins aside, it's a very important insightful piece. As for the sentiment, I couldn't have said it better myself.
"The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama Administration than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man as their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the Prince of Fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their president."
Patsy Pratt
To the editor: I'm very happy to see and hear that the president and the legislature are going to address the "fiscal cliff" problem. I for one do not wish to pay more in taxes and don't think anyone else wants to pay more to the government. I am a little concerned about the method of avoiding this catastrophe though. If the only way to stop our economy from running off the cliff is to raise taxes I'm not so sure it will be worth it.
Oh, I know they only want to raise taxes on the wealthy, yeah right! The high wage earners and small business owners paying 40% of their income cannot make up for the difference between the entitlement spending and the revenue collections.
So far both sides of the argument want to stay focused on their positions, one side wants tax rates to remain the same and the other side will not bend on entitlement programs. Who is going to blink first, and how much will it damage the American fiscal system? If we allow the tax rates to be upwardly adjusted it will further slow economic growth, that is an acknowledged fact yet our Democratic leadership in Congress and the President seem unwilling to bend to the will of the people who have to bear the weight of the decision, the working people of America. Of course the segment of the population that are the beneficiary of the entitlements will support any plan that does not cost them anything. The largest part of the financial problem is escalating spending programs, not low tax rates even for high wage earners.
Gary Parker
To the editor: Josh Plante did not win election as the representative for Maine District 145 because he was the better person. He won because of the powerful, rich Democratic party which pushed his election. Most of the mailers sent out over/under his name were lies and untruths anti Beth O'Connor.
The portrayal of Representative O'Connor as a person who is uncaring and unresponsive to her constituents is not true. She is an advocate of fiscal responsibility, a business-friendly status for the state of Maine, and the truly needy.
Ken Poirier
Berwick, Maine
To the editor: At a local department store is a sign on their door asking for workers and it says the pay is $8.50 an hour. This is not a living wage and such a store should be ashamed of itself with all the money it makes to be so stingy in their payment to their workers. I have been told that the schedules fluctuate often. That makes it very hard for parents to schedule child care when the days are not regular. The majority of those trying to plan the child care are women. Marketing propaganda about empowering woman is hypocrisy when its true practices relegate employees to the bottom of the economic ladder. If such businesses are supposedly so all American and wholesome it should show leadership in these hard times and do what is right by their employees.
Jean Pepper


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Wind for Schools Project Funding Case Studies, Part 2: Cherry Valley Elementary School, Colorado
Sept. 9, 2013
The Wind for Schools project is part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Wind Powering America initiative. Since 2005, DOE provided funding for Wind Applications Centers in 11 Wind for Schools states, introducing teachers, students, and communities to wind energy applications and benefits. This Wind for Schools funding supported the project; it was not used to purchase turbines and equipment. Individual school champions emerged to find local funding mechanisms to purchase and install their turbines.
To learn more about these mechanisms, Frank Oteri and Tessa Dardani of Wind Powering America conducted interviews with project leaders in five Wind for Schools states: Remy Pangle-Martin (Virginia), Mike Kostrzewa (Colorado), Dan McGuire (Nebraska), Steve Wegman (South Dakota), and Julie Etsey and Daisy Huang (Alaska). The result of these interviews is a series of case studies.
Installed in 2013, the turbine at Cherry Valley Elementary School in Franktown joins a small group of installations that have been completed utilizing Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) funding. SEP was designed as a mechanism to provide entities that fail to comply with environmental laws with an alternative to paying fines for noncompliance. Instead of paying the entire fine amount, the entity can choose to fund environmentally friendly projects. Each state differs in terms of how SEP funding is distributed.
In the case of Cherry Valley, the $22,194 project was fully funded through SEP monies as part of a total $112,000 provided to the Colorado Wind for Schools project by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in late 2011. According to Mike Kostrzewa, Colorado Wind Application Center director, the money was provided to support three to four installations, with one stipulation: one project must be located on Colorado's Western Slope.
In Nebraska, state facilitator Dan McGuire was also successful in accessing SEP funding for Wind for Schools projects. Twelve of the state's installations were funded through grant funds from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality's Supplemental Environmental Program.
"I really have to give a tip of the cap to the Attorney General's office," McGuire said. "The funds are supposed to be used for projects that relate to education in some fashion, so the Wind for Schools project fits that criterion well."
Distribution methods differ state by state. According to Kostrzewa, one should start searching for SEP funding by contacting a state's environmental department.
"SEPs were set up through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)," Kostrzewa said. "You have to contact the people who control those funds and see what the process is in your state. Understand what the process is and work within that process. If there isn't one, then I think you have to lobby the folks in the environmental department and show them that Wind for Schools is a project with environmental benefits and with 130-plus turbines installed across the country, some of which have used SEP funds."
Cherry Valley Elementary School Project Details
- Total cost: $22,194
- Funding: $22,194 provided through SEP funds from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment


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HOUSTON, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant said Friday team owner Jerry Buss, who is hospitalized in intensive care, has "meant everything to me."
The Los Angeles Times reported Buss, 79, is being treated for an undisclosed form of cancer. Current and former Lakers players -- including Bryant, Pau Gasol and Magic Johnson -- have visited Buss at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
A team spokesman said the Lakers do not plan to discuss Buss' health, the Times said.
Bryant spoke about Buss in Houston, where he is participating in the NBA All-Star weekend.
"He's meant everything to me in my career in terms of taking a risk on a 17-year-old kid coming out of high school and then believing in me my entire career," Bryant said at a news conference. "And then for the game itself, the brand of basketball that he implemented in Showtime carried the league."
Bryant -- acquired by the Lakers in a trade with Charlotte -- has played on five NBA championship teams and been to the finals seven times with the Lakers.
He said Buss' impact on basketball is "beyond measure. There's nothing you can do to really define it. What he's done consistently, it's tough to really find a match for that in any sport. He's been a model of consistency."


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Selective Separation Anxiety?
We adopted our mixed breed female dog at 9mos old. She is now about 18mos. We have a crate that we used initally when we were out and slowly started leaving her alone in the house. She did really well but then one day we made the mistake of leaving an avacado on the kitchen counter, she got it and then starting "looking" for goodies around the house when we were gone. For the most part we put things away but she started getting into non-food stuff likes pens and papers. So then we were crating her again for periods of up to 4hrs. I always come home from work mid day to take her for a walk, plus she gets about 2hrs exercise a day, plus is on a "hiking" group 2x week.
Long and short of it - I was away last week and my boyfriend was unable to come home to check on her so he left her out in the house all day - everyday! And she was totally fine - no issues at all. Then when I return home and left the house (to go downstairs to parkade) she immediately went into destruction mode - chewing an umbrella, deoderant, etc. This was with my boyfriend home too!
My question - am I somehow encouraging or supporting chewing behaviour/seperation anxiety? She seems fine if my bf leaves her but when I leave she is destructive. Any ideas?
(sorry so long!!)
It's not about being selective - she is clearly telling you she is stressed when you leave. Stress can be exhibited in many ways: soiling, chewing, scratching walls, digging at floors, yowling, barking and general destruction.
This means that you have probably over bonded with her and now she is like the little girl on the first day of kindergarten clinging to her mothers legs. I would highly recommend you keep crating her until this is solved. The risk of her eating something of value or that could hurt her is just not worth it.
You need to create more separation with her in general. She needs to learn to feel safe in the world without her security blanket (you). When you go from room to room in the house you should stop her from following you everywhere. When you get up to get a drink have her stay behind and make sure she does it. Don't let her demand too much attention from you. She gets attention when she earns it not because she demands it.
Then you have to practice coming and going so many times that she thinks nothing of you coming and going. You need to desensitize her to the triggers of you coming and going like: keys sounds, picking up your bag, getting your jacket, etc. This is about spending lots of time practicing.
She also needs to learn how to spend longer periods of time in the crate. This is not so that you can leave her in the crate more, but so that if there are times when no one can get to her for a lunch break then she won't panic.
It would also be good to work on her general vocabulary and obedience. The more she knows the more confidence she has in herself and the world.
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Dog Training the Way Nature Intended
Thanks Tenderfoot. I appreciate your comments. The thing is, she does not seemsed stressed when I am getting ready to leave -- packing my bags, putting on my shoes, etc. I definately think we could work on some more obedience, learning "stay" command so will work on that. I also was given the advice to start giving a treat and stepping outside, then come straight back in...then altering the amount of time till I come back in... so that she learns when I leave good things happen. Does this make sense?
Thanks again, I will put some of your suggestions into place immediately.
PS - she seems to tolerate being in her crate well, I come home mostly because I feel bad leaving her contained for so long but I don't think she would get too stressed if we did have to leave her for extended times. She actually goes straight to her crate when I am about to leave because that is where I give her treats/kong/etc
Just as an FYI - We published an audio podcast that features an interview with "Mr. tenderfoot " last week on this very same topic of separation anxiety.
It has FAB tips do you may want to take a listen.
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text: Keeping the bees and getting the honey is the easy part (and fun!) :-D. The hard part is the marketing. If you can find a niche and sell tiny corked miracle bottles of magic organic wound-healing enzyme-packed liquid gold harvested from tiny angels with stings, you'll do great!Ok, that is a bit thick, but IMHO the most important part really is marketing. Developing niches and the types of customers who are loyal. I'm not a marketing guy at all, and I can't do that, so I'm not going to be a full time beekeeper. I think that big operations can produce mass quantities to make it worthwhile at lower prices, but I think the smaller honey producers need a niche to thrive. To be both a successful physical laborer and a marketing guru is tricky and I think a rare trait.There's also queens, nucs, pollination, honey/wax products, etc.As to your overall question...I think that the nation as a whole is moving away from an agrarian society as we have for a long time. Economies of scale eliminate farmers and ranchers, and I don't think that honeybees scale as well which would explain why the #beeks and the # hives are both decreasing. There is so much uncertainty to farming so it is simpler to just have a 8-5 job (or was before last year!!).


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Date(s) - 05/02/19
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Community Center
Join us for some fun games here at our Community Center. Games vary each week and may include Bingo, Trivia, Pictionary, Uno, Cards, Scrabble, Board Games and more! The benefits of playing games together include: socializing with others, making friends, reducing stress, elevating mood and friendly competition. You might even win a prize out of our Prize Bin!
Daytime programs are offered jointly by NAMI DuPage and the DuPage County Health Department. Only NAMI DuPage participants (not DuPage County Health Department clients) will need to fill out a registration form online. Family and friends are welcome to join too but they will also need to fill out a registration form online.
Dates: Every Thursday, ongoing
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Place: The Community Center
(Dining Hall)
115 N. County Farm Rd., Wheaton
For more information contact: Nancy Leguizamon, Recreation Manager


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Back home for a quick dose of warm. A few thoughts on the Monsanto Company v. Geertson Seed Farms line:
- Monsanto is this term's lone environmental law case. Last term, environmentalists went 0-5 at the Court. This one's looking like a loss for them as well. The only question, really, is how badly they will lose. The environmentally-friendly Justice Stevens, in his penultimate oral argument of his career, will likely be at least one vote in dissent.
- Monsanto's a mid-major case with a blockbuster line start time. If it weren't for a handful of my GULC peers, I wouldn't have had to get to the Court at 9:30 last night and suffer through an hourlong rainstorm to reclaim my throne after last week's FAIL@1F. But then again, I haven't yet been subject to any elements other than the cold since starting this project, so rain on a warm-ish April night is better than on a frigid January morning.
- The first non-GULCers showed up around 4:30am. Must've been nice…
- Nearly all law students in line, so no Vox Populi column for this case.
- BUT keep an eye out towards the end of the week at WhoRunsGov.com for a video Vox Pop by journalist Beth Marlowe.
Shower, shave, suit, Court.