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Honeybee losses continue to startle keepers
|Vast honeybee colony losses during the winter at Fran Motichka's farm puzzle him.
"I had 20 and I lost 19," Motichka said as he knelt beside two occupied box hives in a field on his property, about 2 miles northwest of Hamlin Corners.
A half-dozen empty hives stood silently against a stone wall about 150 feet away.
Motichka, 56, who cultivates vegetables and apples, sells hay and raises beef cattle and chickens, discovered the setback in January.
Some 750,000 honeybees had either died or disappeared since he last checked the hives three months earlier.
"About half of them died in the hive and half absconded," said Motichka, who has kept bees for 15 years on a 98-acre farm that his been in his family since 1909.
Over a typical winter, Motichka said, he loses about one-third of his bees. He had never lost any volume close to 95 percent before.
"They are just not overwintering," he said. "Anybody out there who has any ideas, I'm open-minded."
Rising honeybee mortality accelerates attention to their plight, stirring more discussion about the reason for their demise and the potential implications for humans.
Contributors to declining bee populations include pesticides, parasitic mites, poor nutrition and disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency concluded in a recent report.
More attention has centered since 2007 on a phenomenon called colony-collapse disorder, in which bees mysteriously fly away from hives and never return.
Some experts point to a class of pesticides made from synthetic nicotine as the main culprit, saying it interferes with honeybees' navigational and homing instincts and causes them to vanish from hives. Neonicotinoids are a common element in agricultural seeds, including corn.
A cornfield stands about one-third of a mile south of Motichka's farm.
As controversy over neonicotinoids' impact on bees accelerates, the European Union recently declared a two-year trial ban on their use.
"That's a major problem for us, the nicotine-based pesticides," said Charles Kinbar, a Milford-area resident who has kept bees for 20 years and maintains 150 hives in Pike, Susquehanna and Wayne counties.
"I lost about 70 hives this winter," Kinbar said. "Last year, I lost none."
Kinbar's bees all died in hives. His losses totaled approximately 2.5 million insects, 45 percent of his entire cluster.
"I lost $11,000 in bees," Kinbar said. "This is the first time I ever took a big hit since I've been keeping bees."
Nevertheless, he dismisses colony-collapse disorder as the sole offender.
"Anybody who says this is the smoking gun, it's baloney," he said. "Nobody knows."
What is known is the importance of honeybees to human food consumption. Bee pollination contributes at least $20 billion in U.S. crop value annually, and they play a part in the production of about one-third of the nation's food and beverage supply, according to the EPA.
In Pennsylvania, honeybees factor into more than $80 million each year in fruit and vegetable production, according to Penn State University. About two-thirds of the value is generated by the state's apple crop.
Paul Brace, who operates a 140-acre orchard in Franklin Township, has about 100 hives to pollinate his orchard and produce honey.
"All I know is colony collapse disorder didn't affect us. We've never had that happen," said Brace, who sells his tree fruit and honey at the Scranton Cooperative Farmers Market. "We are one of the fortunate ones."
Mortality in managed honeybee colonies over the winter averaged 31 percent nationally, according to the USDA, up from 22 percent the preceding year.
"The numbers can be a little misleading sometimes," said Karen Roccasecca, state apiarist at the Department of Agriculture.
If a hobbyist with four hives loses two, that's 50 percent lost, Roccasecca said. For commercial beekeepers, large bee die-offs can be crushing.
"It's hard to sustain that level of loss, especially if that is your livelihood," she said.
Perry Apiary in Dallas is a wholesale honey producer - the Lancaster-based family-owned firm Dutch Gold is a customer - with approximately 3,000 hives.
Owner William Perry believes he is fortunate not to have a problem with colony collapse disorder, and cold isn't an issue: His bees winter in Florida each year.
"Maybe that's how we've avoided some of the problems," Perry said. "It's a little bit tricky to get them through the winter up there."
His bees mainly produce honey, although he does some pollination for a watermelon grower in Florida.
Pollination "is fairly hard on them," he said. "It weakens the bees quite a bit."
Some unofficial honeybee loss assessments in Pennsylvania from the winter are larger than the national average, with estimates in the 40 percent range.
"I did expect to see higher levels" than the U.S. average, said Maryann Frazier, a beekeeping expert at Penn State Cooperative Extension.
"You do hear these horror stories of people who have lost 80 or 90 percent of their bees."
Frazier said some beekeepers have reported little or no loss, but the condition of existing bee populations causes concern.
"What we don't have is a measure of how those bees are doing that are surviving," she said.
Frazier said she has participated in research revealing an average of six pesticides in pollen samples from beehives. Some samples have no pesticides, she said, and others have 30.
There are implications for food production and possibly human health from the decimation of bee populations, she said.
"I'm far more worried about pesticides in general and the concentration of pesticides in hives," Frazier said.
The depleted numbers of managed honeybee colonies drives up prices for their use.
Greg Heller rented 16 hives recently to pollinate his 50-acre orchard in Wapwallopen, paying about $85 per colony for the service. Five years ago, he paid $65 per hive.
"Every year, it's been going up," said Heller, who also sells fruit at the Scranton farmers market.
Kathleen Swepston of Dallas, a hobbyist beekeeper, blames the weather; her bees had plenty of honey to sustain them through the winter.
"I lost a lot of bees this year after we had a cold snap," she said.
Swepston said the year before last, all 12 of her hives came through the winter, but last year only three of her 14 hives made it.
"When you open the hive in the spring to see what's going on, they're clustered together, dead," Swepston said.
She does plan to rebuild her hives, but notes that "Bees aren't cheap."
"It can be an expensive hobby," she said.
Bee replacement costs are steeper this year and there are delays in the supply because of soaring demand.
Motichka recently paid about $80 each for six packages of replacement bees. The same packages cost about $50 five years ago, he said.
"Beekeepers have been put off and put off and put off" when ordering replacements this year, Frazier said. "It's been very hard on them. They are kind of at the end of their resources and at the end of their rope."
Motichka, though, says he plans to continue keeping bees.
He has spent most of his life around honeybees. His father, Francis, kept bees for more than 60 years and founded the Wayne County Beekeepers Association. His sister, Dolores, is vice president of the association.
So, when Motichka discovered his winter losses, it took a personal toll.
"Your heart sinks," he said, with a pained look in his eyes. "It's like taking part of your family."


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# Macros server = 188.8.131.52 ext_if = "lo0" int_if = "r10" #Options set skip on lo0 set block-policy drop # Norm Traffic match in all scrub (no-df max-mss 1440) # Rerouting pass in on $ext_if proto tcp from any to $ext_if port 7008 \ rdr-to $server port 7008 # Block Policy block log all # Security antispoof for $ext_if antispoof for $int_if # Block Pings block in on $ext_if inet proto icmp all #pass # to establish keep-state # By default, do not permit remote connections to X11 block in on ! lo0 proto tcp to port 6000:6010
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Things I can see:
Heather .... I'm going to make a guess that what you have is an OpenBSD end-point server -- it does no routing of packets elsewhere, and all you want PF to do is block all traffic for anything except TCP traffic to port 7008. If so, then perhaps this silly little 3 line pf.conf will suffice:
interface = "rl0" block all pass in on $interface proto tcp from any to any port 7008
The first rule is a block all. All packets evaluate for true, in all directions, and all traffic is blocked.
The second rule is a pass for all traffic from anywhere to anywhere that is destined for port 7008. Now, obviously, the only inbound traffic will be destined for this server, since it is not a router and does not forward anything. So all inbound traffic for destination port 7008 will match and be passed. TCP traffic is "stateful", and the default on TCP traffic is to "keep state" so PF will pass all outbound traffic back to the originator without needed any new rules, as long as the TCP session remains active. Once the state terminates, no outbound traffic will be permitted.
Hope this helps. I recommend a careful review of the PF Users Guide, which is part of the OpenBSD FAQ. I also recommend Peter Hansteen's The Book of PF.
You are right about me using wrong ip
The reason is I had forgotten that ismy vonage adapter use to
be behind my modem then to my linkysys router.
The Vonage adapter is also a router which uses 192.158
But I forgotten that I had recently reversed the routers to
Cable Modem---:Linkysys---:Vonage adapter----:Pc
My other problem is when I change my $ext_if and $_int_if as you sugested
my terminal will hang when I appoly the commmands
sudo pfctl -f pf.conf it just sits the blinking cursor
same thing at boot up starting the network it will hang till I break it
thanks for the other help as well
as for it hanging what should I do
The journey is better then the destination
Book of pf
I recommend a careful review of the PF Users Guide, which is part of the OpenBSD FAQ. I also recommend Peter Hansteen's The Book of PF.[/QUOTE]
JImmi I love to read,I still have my older books for FreeBSD and the OpenBSD 4.0 book
Unfortunatly a lot of it does not apply to todays verions for some things.
I do read the faqs a lot I get lost at tiimes reading t it as,
I must admit for pf material ,i may neeed pf for dummies since I'm a little slow on that aspect.
Would fwbnuilder help me also learn at all?
I use to use it long ago with FreeBSD
Now if I get the book you refered or read the faqs am I supose to look for the current verion I am using 5.0?
Another question I have is this
if I decide to install a package at any timne since I have my PKG_PATH and PKG_CACHE set
how can I access the files if my pf rules are set the way you have them the way I prefred
BY fowarding the port to ftp I imagine temporailry.
Jimmi thank you so much for all thhe effort and patience for a slowbie like me
heee if I ever learn to create my own Distro I should name it SlowbieBSD lol
The journey is better then the destination
I never mentioned $int_if, and you have neither explained nor shown what this means.
As I tried to tell you, macros are only variables, that are used for keyword substitution. And perhaps you're confused between the terms "internal" and "external". Allow me to try to enlighten you. If this is review, please forgive me. Based on what you've posted, my perception is of a person who continues to be confused.
A computer with more than one physical network interface can be used as a router -- to route packets between one network and another. If your computer has multiple network interfaces, and they are connected to separate networks, you can enable packet forwarding and route packets from one interface to the other. When a computer does this, we term it a "router." Your Linksys router does this, routing between your ISPs network and your private network. OpenBSD systems can do this, too, if they have more than one Network Interface Card (NIC).I believe you only have a single interface ... at least, I presume that from what you have posted. In this case, there is no concept of "internal" or "external" networks, since you only have the one.
First im sorry if i mispelt your name in earlier posts i had jiggimi instead of Jggimi
Thank you for the web site for the 3rd edition of tcp/ip.It looks like a good book.
Also it is good that the faq are updated as i would have gotten lost for sure and would have went back to using 4.0 OpenBSD .
i was using the rules you gave me for now
and my site is unreachable
interface = "rl0"
block all
pass in on $interface proto tcp from any to any port 7008
When i decide that i want to install packages ill just add a ruleset for ftp
Maybe you can find out why i cant access the site
Thanks this has been a great help.
The journey is better then the destination
If you are testing from the OpenBSD system itself, you aren't using the rl0 interface. Remember the loopback discussion? In this thread?
If it's an external test, packets can be traced.
Wow all this mess i got myself into for typos.
Like i got everything running the way it should be with your help.
And like now what was wrong besides my other type was i had
r10 rather then rl0
They do tend to look almost like twins lol
So my site works well now and everything you showed me is seems fine as well.
Blocks all in and out but inside requests to 7008
Thanks a bunch Jggimi
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Hello Pastor. I am also a Pastor from Mumbai, India and I am so glad to visit your profile on the blogger and the blog. The post on the blog " Hearing Jesus Through Circumstances" is a very practical and I am blessed to go through it. I am truly blessed and feel privileged and honored to get connected with you as well as know you as a Pastor which gives me more joy. I love getting connected with the people of God around the globe to be encouraeged,s trengthened and praying for one another. I have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 37 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the brokenhearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have your young people from the church come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We also would love to have you come to Mumbai to encourage the body of Christ. God willing I will be coming to the States in the month of April/ May 2017 and will be so glad to stop by your place and share more about the ministry and the opportunity for your young people. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. God's richest blessings on you, your family and ministry.


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Last week, Shinya Yamanaka won a Nobel Prize for figuring out how to make adult stem cells revert to an embryonic (and much more medically useful) state. Within days, another scientist unconnected to Yamanaka, claimed to have produced such cells from human heart tissue and injected them back into human patients in a clinical trial. What's more, the researcher, Hisashi Moriguchi, claimed that a measure of his patients' heart function improved by 41.5% after the transplant.
It's hard to say which is crazier: The claims themselves, or the speed with which Moriguchi's story has completely fallen apart. Evidence suggests that these kind of re-programmed adult stem cells might be more likely to turn cancerous. Because of that, one of the first questions people asked was about the ethics committee that approved the research. Moriguchi said he worked for Harvard and that Harvard had signed off on his clinical trial.
And that's where things got nuts. Because Harvard had never heard of this study. And Moriguchi does not work there, anyway. In fact, this might not even be his field — the only professional affiliation that New Scientist could track down for him was as a visiting researcher in cosmetic surgery at The University of Tokyo. Also: The transplants may or may not have actually happened and Moriguchi might be plagiarizing images from other scientists. The worst part about this (from my perspective as a journalist) is that it was stem cell researchers who had to call out the fraud, after a major Japanese newspaper swallowed the story hook, line, and sinker.
New Scientist has a nice summary of this mess
You can follow the story much more in-depth at IPSCell.com, the blog of UC Davis stem cell researcher Paul Knoepfler.
Check out this post of Knoepfler's — written the day before the Moriguchi madness began — for more information on the risks of reprogrammed adult stem cells, the ongoing safety research, and proposed time-tables for when we will likely try these things out on humans for real.


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Agile CMMI: Complimentary or Oxymoronic?
Recently the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) published a technical note entitled CMMI or Agile? Why Not Embrace Both!, co-authored by Hillel Glazer, Jeff Dalton, David Anderson, Mike Konrad, and Sandy Shrum. The Agile-CMMI Five (AC5), as I like to call them, are likely the bravest group of people in the IT industry in their daring attempt to bring together two groups of people seemingly at opposite ends of the software-process-religion spectrum. Although it would be easy to denounce the AC5 as a collection of Satan-worshipping kitten torturers (and extremists from both camps have pretty much done that already), the reality is that this publication is a thoughtful discussion of a topic that is important to a large number of organizations within the IT industry.
I'd like to first put this issue into context by summarizing the results of the Dr. Dobb's 2008 Process Framework survey. We explored whether organizations were combining Agile and the SEI's Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI), and if so, how well was it working in practice. Yes, organizations are in fact doing Agile and CMMI together, an observation that is clearly inconvenient for the extremists claiming that this isn't happening. Of the respondents working in organizations doing agile development, 45 percent indicated that their organization had both CMMI-compliant and non-CMMI agile projects, 10 percent indicated that they were exclusively doing CMMI-compliant agile projects, and the remaining 45 percent of respondents said they were exclusively doing non-CMMI agile projects.
The authors go to lengths to point out that CMMI is a model, not a standard, for software process improvement. Nor does CMMI define processes or procedures. When I describe CMMI to people, I typically focus on it being a set of goals/suggestions for an effective software process, although to be fair, it is also a maturity framework that can be used to prioritize your process improvement efforts. Fundamentally, your organization's software process is your choice, it isn't dictated by the CMMI, International Standards Organization (ISO) guidelines, or any other process framework.
The AC5 also point out that CMMI has unfortunately been misused for almost two decades as an indicator of business performance and an ability to meet contractual requirements. Interestingly, the results from Dr. Dobb's 2008 Process Framework survey confirm this observation. We found that there wasn't a statistically significant difference in the success rates of CMMI-compliant agile projects compared to non-CMMI agile projects. In short, CMMI wasn't helping the situation, but it was not hurting it either.
In Section 4 of the paper, the AC5 does a very good job of reviewing both the strengths and weaknesses of CMMI in practice. For example, when CMMI is used in pursuit of maturity level numbers, the organization often loses sight of customer value and practical business goals. CMMI organizations often fail to ensure that the processes are successfully deployed to all new projects, are improved over time, flexible enough for teams to adapt to their existing situations, and written in a manner that practitioners actually understand.
Similarly, Section 5 contains a very good discussion about Agile that most CMMI practitioners would benefit from. It begins by overviewing the value statements of the Agile Manifesto, as well as the principles behind them. David Anderson, one of the AC5, was a co-author of the manifesto. They also explore some of the myths surrounding agile, such as the false belief that agilists don't do architecture, nor do they write documentation. This section also overviews common agile practices such as short iterations, active stakeholder participation, collective quality ownership, and embracing change. Finally, it discusses how agile is not successful when there is a lack of processes, lack of discipline, or lack of planning.
Section 6, the heart of the paper, argues that there is value in both paradigms, a belief that I subscribe to as well, and that they are compatible with one another (something that the process framework survey clearly showed). They argued that agile approaches can struggle when it comes to the realities of larger teams, a topic that I've written about in my Dr. Dobb's Journal column several times, and that CMMI can prove to be a safety net for agile teams at scale. Similarly, agile can be used to address some of the challenges of CMMI, in particular, the lack of flexibility that is often exhibited within CMMI organizations and the inherent risks of traditional waterfall approaches (a favorite approach of CMMI organizations). In short, you can take the best of both the Agile and CMMI worlds and develop a very robust and disciplined approach to software development.
I believe that there are several challenges facing the AC5. First and foremost is the Agile community's inability to discuss this topic in a fair and coherent manner. When this publication was first announced on the Agile Project Management (APM) mailing list, where several of the AC5 are regular contributors, the discussion instantly turned into various rants about the evils of CMM, CMMI, and process frameworks in general. Luckily, the discussion eventually evolved into a reasonable sharing of accurate information, but that was only because of the tireless efforts of Hillel Glazer to counteract the misinformation being strewn about. My experience is that the APM mailing list is one of the more mature agile lists right now, I hate to think what the discussion would have devolved to on the XP or Scrum development lists. To be fair, the AC5 report that the Agile community has invested more effort in understanding and writing about CMMI than the CMMI community has invested in understanding and adopting agile ideas. They write that the two communities view each other with skepticism, but by and large, ignore each other.
My second fear is the level of inaccurate information and misunderstandings about both CMMI and Agile. This is one of the reasons why I spend so much effort running the various surveys through Dr. Dobb's -- I want to find out what is actually going on out there, because my experience is that it is often much different than what people are talking about on the mailing lists, at conferences, or in articles and books. There's a lot of wishful thinking and bravado, but not much discussion of the inconvenient details of day-to-day work. The good news is that this problem is slowly going away, particularly in the agile community. At the 2008 Agile Conference in Toronto, there was a concerted effort to include papers and talks that went beyond development, and this philosophy seems to have carried over into the planning for the 2009 Agile conference to be held in Chicago this coming August.
I applaud the AC5's daring attempt to overcome the rampant prejudices of the extremists in both the CMMI and Agile camps in trying to bring the Agile Capulets and the CMMI Montagues together. On the Agile Project Management (APM) mailing list, Hillel Glazer recently reported that the general attitude amongst reviewers of the document was very much against this marriage, much like the situation that Romeo and Juliet faced. My hope is that the AC5 will persevere long enough to pull this marriage off, avoiding the tragic fate of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers. It is time for the CMMI and Agile camps to bury the hatchet and find ways to work together effectively. It is possible, but first we must get over our misguided prejudices.
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CMMI or Agile? Why Not Embrace Both! is an SEI technical note written by Hillel Glazer, Jeff Dalton, David Anderson, Mike Konrad, and Sandy Shrum.
Examining the Agile Manifesto discusses the implications of the agile value statements as well as the 12 principles which support the values.
In Agile is Relative I explore myths and misconceptions.
In Agile CMMI: No Oxymoron I discuss some of the results of Dr. Dobb's 2008 Process Framework survey which found that agile and CMMI are being used in practice a fair bit.
In Repeatable Results over Repeatable Processes I examine results from Dr. Dobb's 2008 Process Framework survey, which found that people really do prefer repeatable results in practice.
Agile and Large Teams provides advice to organize small, medium, and large-sized agile teams.
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Liberty's DI women slaughter Rams to complete sweep
February 2, 2013 | Lynchburg, Va.
Liberty University's Division I women's hockey team, which received all but three first-place votes to remain atop this week's third ACHA DI women's poll, completed an overwhelming three-game sweep of 11th-ranked Colorado State with an 8-1 victory, Saturday night at the LaHaye Ice Center.
The Lady Flames (21-2) found the net 78 seconds after the opening faceoff when Carrie Jickling, who later capped the scoring, converted an unassisted shot deep in the crease off a power play. They added a second goal with 75 seconds left in the first period when Laura Del Monte skated through the left circle and lifted a wrist shot top shelf past CSU goalie Amanda Vandenberg before being leveled by Rams defender Kelly French.
Top scorer Stacey McCombe added two second-period goals, with Amanda Grainger credited with a secondary assist on both and Del Monte and Autumn Kucharczyk distributing the primary assists. Forty seconds before the second intermission, Jenny MacArthur converted off a cross-ice assist from Del Monte after she made a steal and turned the puck up ice near the Rams' blue line.
Sophomore forward Nikki McCombe, Stacey's sister-in-law, scored off an assist from Keeley Beisinger with 7:24 left in third-period before setting up Carly Peleshok on a follow of Kucharcyzk's slapshot from the top of the left circle for a 7-1 advantage.
"One of the key players tonight, she doesn't get many goals, but Nikki McCombe does a great job," Lady Flames head coach Paul Bloomfield said. "She works hard. She plays on our grinder line and that line's not really a scoring line, it's more (designed to) wear down the opponent. She plays without a lot of reward for all of her hard work. It's good to see when she gets the odd goal because she works so hard for them."
On the night, Liberty outshot CSU 48-12 with Samantha Rupp recording 11 saves in goal for the Lady Flames. It was the third 8-1 score involving Liberty teams on the day after the DII men defeated Rowan and the DI men lost at Delaware by the same count.
"We actually took less shots, but we got them in the net tonight which is what we weren't doing last night," Bloomfield said. "I felt the girls did well tonight and worked well together. Other than a five- to eight-minute (span) in the second period, they moved the puck well."
The Rams prevented Liberty from shutting them out for a third straight time six minutes into the second period when Alexandra Kuhn picked off the puck near the center line and put away a one-on-one breakaway with Rupp by flicking a backhanded wrist shot past her into the upper left netting.
"We had a turnover on the blue line and the girl took the opportunity," Bloomfield said. "It was a really nice goal. It was good to see her get it. They came a long ways just to get one goal."
CSU (6-6) actually has had to travel to play all but two of its games this year and coach B. Alan Brown said Liberty is the only team other than Colorado and Michigan that has visited the Rams in his three seasons at the helm of the fourth-year program.
Liberty concludes ACHA regular-season play with the sweep of CSU before traveling to face a women's team from Raleigh, N.C., next Saturday and Sunday. The Lady Flames expect to be the No. 1 seed when they make their fifth ACHA Division I national tournament in seven seasons March 7-10 in the Ashburn (Va.) Ice House.


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It's probably not the first thing that you think of when buying a home, but if you get a termite infestation, it's the only thing you'll be able think about. The cost to repair termite damage could be $10,000, $50,000 or more.
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Design and realization of the website for the Dumoulin bike shop. Dedicated section to maintain, add and edit the content.
The site has evolved over the years and now include a blog and other new features. The public front-end is a combination of custom PHP/MySQL code and Wordpress. The administration back-end was developed with CakePHP.
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This is the original homepage for the website (as of May 2006). The top banner is showing a random selection from a set of predefined images.
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Isaak, Jakob (1900-1981)
Jakob Isaak was born 8 October 1900 in Lindenau, Molotschna Colony, Russia, to Gerhard Isaak and Maria Mantler. He was baptized 17 May 1920, and joined the Mennonite church (Kirchen-Gemeinden). He married Elisabeth Hildebrandt, whose parents were Gerhard Hildebrandt and Elisabeth Goossen on 5 September 1924. Jakob and Elisabeth became the parents of 12 children, including Kornelius Isaak. The Isaak family was able to leave Russia in 1929 and settled in the village of Auhagen in Fernheim Colony, Paraguay. Jakob Isaak was ordained a minister on 28 October 1934, assumed responsibility for the congregation in 1944, and served as elder, 1948-1970.
Elder Isaak's two great concerns were the strengthening of spiritual life among the congregations and the evangelizing of the Chaco Indians (Chaco mission). Youth work was formally organized in 1940 and a choir in 1945. A new church building was dedicated in Filadelfia in 1950. Once a month the entire congregation met for Bible study, to give testimony, and to receive instruction. The relationship of the Mennonite church (CGM) to other congregations and conferences (Mennonite Brethren, Evangelische Mennonitische Brüderschaft) was particularly cordial because of Jakob Isaak's work. He was chairman of the Kommission für Kirchenangelegenheiten (Commission for Church Affairs) for 16 years, of Licht den Indianern (Light to the Indians), the Vermittlungskomitee, and the Conference of Mennonites in South America. He died 12 October 1981.
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If you go to B.C. New Democratic Party leader Adrian Dix's biography online at Wikipedia, you will find that he is married to a poet, has Type 1 diabetes, is fluently bilingual and served as Glen Clark's chief of staff when Clark was the NDP premier.
What you won't find on the ubiquitous user-edited digital encyclopedia is any reference to Dix's darkest days or his biggest admitted mistake, when he falsified a memo in an effort to protect Clark from allegations of conflict of interest. Or that he was fired for it, or that the memo-writing affair was part of the casino scandal that led to Clark's resignation and paved the way for the Liberal election sweep of 2001.
It isn't for lack of trying by a number of Wikipedia users, who have been adding those facts and others to Dix's online biography, even if some of those additions are coloured with political invective.
But, for at least the past two years, ever since he became the NDP leader, Dix's biography has been carefully stage-managed by an anonymous group of people who cleanse any negative comment, even if it was cited by credible sources or has been accepted by Dix himself.
In recent days, as the province gets ready for the May 14 provincial election, the digital fight over Dix's personal history reached a climax. Since April 6, details of the "memo to file" incident have been re-inserted at least 10 times, and just as quickly removed. On Tuesday morning, a Wikipedia editor with powers to lock the page did so, leaving online a cleansed version that omits any negative bits of Dix's history.
For the leader of the opposition that has stopped — at least temporarily — the problem of subjective editing that has befallen many politicians and celebrities.
Premier Christy Clark isn't immune from this. Her Wiki page has had personal and sexist comments added, capitalizing in part on recent stories about her reaction to comments about her looks.
Unlike Dix's page, there have been no efforts to remove a number of negative references, including her close connections in the BC Rail scandal. The biography of Conservative leader John Cummins hasn't been tinkered with and all three party pages at Wikiedia are not subject to the same level of attention as Dix's biography
In the past 90 days, Dix's online history has been read at least 20,000 times, according to Wikipedia. Christy Clark's biography was viewed nearly 60,000 times in the same period.
Both the NDP and the Liberals say they are not behind the constant editing of Dix's Wiki biography. Many of those adding in the "memo to file" information are newly-registered users or are hidden through Internet Protocol addresses that can't be easily traced. The Sun was unable to contact any of the people making changes on either side.
On Tuesday, Dix made light of the affair, saying he doesn't pay attention to his Wikipedia entry, but noted a recent Sun story citing his birth date used incorrect information that clearly came from Wikipedia. (His birthday is April 20, 1964, not April 26.)
Dix said he has never shied away from admitting he made a mistake in 1998 when he was chief of staff and back-dated a memo to help Glen Clark. He has apologized for what he did, and he believes the electorate has forgiven him.
"No one is harder on me than me. People who know me know that. Obviously it was a serious mistake and one that I have never made excuses about," he said.
Retired political science professor Norman Ruff said the Wiki wars show how influential the online world has become in shaping opinion.
"There are a number of battlegrounds in B.C. politics, and the Web has become a major one. The bottom line is that one has to be cautious and look for credible sources, and even though Wikipedia has become ubiquitous, it is not the most credible source of information," Ruff said.
When and if Dix's biography opens again for editing, he has his own view of what it should say about his old mistake.
"I think a fair description of my biography would say that I was chief of staff to premier Glen Clark, that I left the job of chief of staff in March of 1999 and the "memo to file" was part of that controversy," Dix said. "I think that would be fair, as would be a discussion of how I came back from that and have done other things in my life."
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Aust woman takes stand at Harris trial
An Australian woman says she stopped eating and became a "shell" of her former self after Rolf Harris indecently assaulted her at a London pub in the mid-1980s when she was a teenager.
Tonya Lee, who is now 43, is one of four main complainants in Harris's child sex trial at Southwark Crown Court.
The NSW woman, who in mid-2013 was paid for TV and print interviews in Australia, has waived her right to anonymity in the UK.
Giving evidence from behind a curtain on Tuesday, Ms Lee described how she was initially "really excited" to tour Britain in 1986 with her youth theatre group.
But things turned sour on day one, the witness said.
The theatre group's director had arranged for Harris to meet them at Heathrow airport and later the artist and singer joined the 12-strong troupe for dinner at a pub.
Harris praised Ms Lee's singing voice after an impromptu performance then invited her to sit on his lap and tell him about herself.
The then 15-year-old sat astride him as instructed and the entertainer started "moving back and forth" rubbing his crotch against her, Ms Lee said on Tuesday.
He placed his hand on her thigh and it started going "higher and higher".
Ms Lee panicked but Harris carried on chatting to her and others as if nothing was happening.
The witness on Tuesday said the famous celebrity then touched her crotch over her tights.
"I felt his fingers were playing with me or fondling me," she said.
The teenager fled to the bathroom in shock but when she emerged Harris was in the corridor.
He allegedly approached her and said he wanted to talk some more.
Harris then gave Ms Lee - who was feeling intimidated and claustrophobic - a "bear hug", which wedged her between the wall and a large pot plant.
The entertainer put his hand down her top into her bra and touched her breast, the witness said.
"He played with it, fondled it and squeezed it.
"I was petrified. I probably should have screamed."
Harris subsequently put his hand "straight into my skirt, tights, and undies", Ms Lee told the jury, adding it was one swift movement.
After he finished she burst into tears and escaped back into the toilet.
Ms Lee said she didn't feel she could tell the theatre group's director because she was friends with Harris.
The teenager was also afraid other members of the group would hate her if she ruined the six-week trip before it had really started.
Ms Lee on Tuesday said afterwards she "felt like a shell" and stopped eating, losing up to six kilograms.
The now 43-year-old said perhaps she was punishing herself.
She thought she may have been to blame because although she was one of the youngest on the trip her breasts had developed.
The witness told the court she thought if she was really skinny perhaps no-one would touch her.
On returning home to Australia the teenager stopped attending the theatre group and would often find herself lying in bed "struggling to function".
"I felt like I didn't have a place in the world," Ms Lee told the court.
Harris is accused of indecently assaulting four girls between 1968 and 1986. He denies all 12 charges.
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Obama talks about daughters' New Hampshire camp experience
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President Barack Obama is talking about his daughters' experience at summer camp and revealing for the first time where they spent their summer — New Hampshire.
While campaigning in New Hampshire on Saturday, Obama noted at two rallies that his daughters, Sasha and Malia, spent a month at summer camp in the state.
Obama has previously talked about his daughters going to summer camp but has not said where they went. He says Sasha and Malia enjoyed water sports, playing basketball and tennis and doing arts and crafts as well as "some ice cream" at their camp.
Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are both contesting New Hampshire, which is considered a swing state.
Mitt Romney joins other observant Mormon in shunning alcohol and coffee. He apparently draws the line at ice cream.
The Republican presidential candidate ordered coffee ice cream at Millie's restaurant in Nantucket Saturday when he bought treats for his staff and mingled with diners. His aides selected flavors including vanilla, rocky road, butter pecan and birthday cake ice cream.
It's not clear that Romney took more than a bite or two as he shook hands and posed for pictures in the crowded and buzzing vacation eatery.
Mormons traditionally avoid alcohol and caffeine.
Romney aides shrugged off the selection, saying the candidate can have whatever kind of ice cream he likes.


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A Marine has died while scuba diving off the coast of San Diego.
The San Diego County medical examiner's office says the 26-year-old woman was with a dive group exploring a sunken ship off Mission Beach on Saturday when she failed to surface.
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In case you were wondering about the champagne and stuffed animals, the final stage into Paris is historically more of a celebratory parade than a bike race. The parade into town, in the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe, is reminiscent of the home-comings of victorious armies in bygone days.
The finish was also a bit of a formality, with HTC once again proving they have the best lead-out train in the world, and 'Cav demonstrating that he is the best of the fast men.
This year's Tour was filled with the dramatic, and the traumatic. I've compiled a list of a few key take-aways from le Tour; things to keep in mind to help with your own training and racing.
- Life happens. In the Tour, it's crashes and illness. Often it's the same for us, but sometimes it's a sick kid, a pressing work project, or even a spat with your spouse that derails your plans. The riders who crashed out of this year's Tour aren't bewailing their fate, they are planning their next race and using this as motivation – a good lesson for all of us.
- Nothing is ever certain. This is why we race, to find out how things actually unfold. Voeckler should never have had the yellow, nor kept it for 10 days, much less finished 4th. His teammate, Pierre Rolland, was never a candidate for the Top 10 or the White Jersey. Contador was supposed to win, and Cavendish wasn't supposed to make it over the mountains. Don't be afraid to try, as history is filled with examples of people doing the impossible.
- Never give up. It's taken Cadel Evans years to achieve the top step in Paris, years when the critics said it could never happen. As Churchill said, never, never, never give in. There's a reason these stories inspire you, because we were made to overcome. Keep plugging; good things will happen.
I hope you've enjoyed the Tour as much as I have. I hope this brief commentary has provided a bit of perspective and insight. Mostly though, I hope you were inspired by the beauty and struggle of the sport. Sport is a microcosm for life, and it's lessons are more far-reaching than the obvious. Here's wishing you the best in sport, and in life.
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You have your pick of outdoor excitement here. Take a sailing course, hike a mountain, explore the coastline by kayak or drive up island for a weekend of skiing. We've got it all.
Victoria may be surrounded by rainforest but it's actually a lot drier than nearby Seattle or Vancouver. Annual rainfall is just 23.9 inches and Victoria is home to the warmest winters in Canada. Snow isn't common in the city, so golfers, hikers and tennis enthusiasts can play outside all year long.
With a vibrant population like ours, there's a great selection of things to do. From international film, music, art and cultural festivals to poetry readings and musical performances, there are countless opportunities to see talented artists. You might even catch the next break-out artist before stardom hits.
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- Population: 345,000
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It Is Better To Have Loved And Lost
It's been a while since we've had a cerebral short-form indie platformer we could throw our weight behind with an unreserved recommendation. It's a bit – as its creator Alexander Ocias says "confrontational" – but in a good way. It's got the sort of meaningful choices interlaced through it which Fallout fans are always crying out for, has a genuinely oppressive atmosphere and at least a couple of killer endings depending on which way you choose to go. As a meditation about control and free-will – which is what I'm going to say it's about – it's really quite excellent. Also, jumping. You can play it here, here or on Alexander's site here. I've played it a couple of times already, and I suspect I'll go back for another one to try a few more choices.


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Torrington inmate being moved off death row after hunger strike
HARTFORD >> A Connecticut inmate from Torrington who launched a hunger strike recently to protest his confinement on death row has been moved to new quarters more than a year after his death sentence was overturned.
Eduardo Santiago told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he is now in a new cell at the Northern Correctional Institution, and has been told he will have access to privileges, such as access to a gymnasium, that are unavailable to death-row inmates.
"It's more of a relief because death row has a certain stigma attached to it," Santiago said. "People treat you a certain way because you are death row. And now that the stigma has been lifted, there is going to be a change in attitude toward my person."
Santiago began the hunger strike two weeks ago to protest his continuing detention on death row despite a June 2012 Supreme Court ruling that threw out his sentence and ordered a new sentencing hearing.
The 34-year old was sentenced in 2005 to die by lethal injection for the 2000 murder-for-hire killing of 45-year-old Joseph Niwinski in West Hartford. Santiago's new sentencing hearing has been delayed while the Supreme Court considers whether a recent Connecticut law that abolished the death penalty for future crimes should also apply to current death-row inmates.
Correction Department spokeswoman Karen Martucci said she was notified Monday that Santiago was being re-classified. But she said the change in status was not related to his hunger strike.
"Inmate Santiago was and remains appropriately housed," she said. "Our objective classification system allows for periodical reviews of an offender's status. Special Needs consideration was proposed upon a review of classification scores with consideration to 15 months having passed without the commencement of the new penalty phase. Inmate Santiago's situation is clearly a rare occasion."
Santiago said he agreed to end the hunger strike when prison officials told him they would be changing his status. He said he believes publicity over his protest played a key role in getting him off death row.
"That was a huge pressure on them," he said. "I can complain all I want, and they don't care what I say. Once it gets in the public's eye, creating pressure, that's the only time things change."
Santiago's attorney, Walter Bansley III, had been seeking the change in status and had said the department never explained to him why Santiago was being housed under death-row conditions. He did not immediately return calls and emails Tuesday seeking comment.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut also took the public position that it was unlawful for Santiago to be housed on death row.
Prisoners sentenced to life without parole are allowed to be out of their cells six to seven hours a day and spend that time with other inmates. They also have access to the prison commissary and gym.
Connecticut's death row inmates are held in single cells. They must be escorted by at least one staff person and placed in restraints when moving outside their cell. They are allowed outside their cells for two hours of recreation a day. One hour typically is spent indoors, in an area that houses a law library and the phone. The other is spent alone in a cage outside in a courtyard.
"Certainly nobody who is not under a death sentence should ever have been housed in those conditions," David McGuire, a lawyer for the ACLU said.


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On Saturday, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported that it had viewed a document obtained by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden, in which the agency wrote that it had spied on Qatar-based Arab news broadcaster Al Jazeera. This appears to be the first confirmation that the NSA has used its powers to secretly monitor media outlets.
Der Spiegel did not publish any of the documents in question, but it noted that one was dated March 23, 2006 and showed that "the NSA's Network Analysis Center managed to access and read communication by 'interesting targets' that were specially protected by the news organization. The information also shows that the NSA officials were not satisfied with Al Jazeera's language analysis." Der Spiegel also reports that in one of the documents, the NSA refers to this operation as a "notable success" because the targets of the operation had "high potential as sources of intelligence."
It is not clear whether the surveillance is ongoing or whether the operation was a one-off. The extent to which journalists and managers at Al Jazeera were spied on is also not clear from the Spiegel report.
Al Jazeera, as Spiegel notes, has been broadcasting audio and video communication from al-Qaida leaders for many years, which may have been a potential vector of interest for the spy agency. Since the Snowden leaks broke, however, this report is the first confirming NSA surveillance of a major media outlet.
Earlier Snowden leaks showed that the NSA had allegedly bugged other targets, such as the European Union headquarters in Washington, DC and Brussels, and it has tapped internal United Nations video communications as well.


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I think we should separate for WinMerge 3.x the website sources from the normal source codes.
The website has only one state and don't need different brunches like WinMerge self. Also the source zip files would get a little bit smaller.
The website should get a own bitbucket/Mercurial repository and should use Transifex for the translation.


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YouTube SpaceLab winners to watch their experiments live from space
Winners of the YouTube Spacelab competition will get to see their experiments in space on 13 September. ESA astronaut Frank De Winne will participate in the live event, transmitted from the International Space Station to the world via YouTube.
Frank De Winne, Head of the European Astronaut Centre, acted as one of Europe's jurors of the international student competition.
NASA, YouTube, ESA and Lenovo today announced the culmination of the YouTube SpaceLab competition in which astronauts will reveal the results of the two winning experiments live from the International Space Station and share them online on YouTube.
The livestream will connect the Station to YouTube's London studio on Thursday, 13 September beginning at 13:30 GMT (15:30 CEST) and will be hosted by famous TV moderator Bill Nye 'The Science Guy'.
The event includes the two global winners, Amr Mohamed from Alexandria, Egypt, and Dorothy Chen and Sara Ma, from Michigan in the USA.
The spider experiment of 18-year-old Amr was the final EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa) winner. In May, Amr presented his experiment to ESA astronauts, European students and media at ESA's astronaut centre in Cologne, Germany.
YouTube SpaceLab science competition
YouTube SpaceLab, launched in October 2011 with partners including NASA, ESA, CSA, Japan'a JAXA and Space Adventures, is a worldwide science competition that challenged 14–18-year-olds to design a science experiment for space.
The world will now see the winning experiments performed by NASA astronaut Sunita Williams during a livestream on YouTube from 400 km above Earth aboard the Space Station.
The 40-minute programme will begin with host Bill Nye interviewing the global winners and special guests such as Frank De Winne via Google+ Hangout.
The event features the story of SpaceLab told through videos since its launch last year. Then, NASA's Mission Control will connect the UK-based TV studio to the Station for a conversation with Sunita Williams about the winning experiments.
"The YouTube SpaceLab campaign has been an excellent, creative way of reaching out to future generations of scientists, on the ground and in orbit," comments Frank De Winne, Europe's first commander of the orbital outpost.
Teaching an old spider new tricks?
EMEA-winner Amr Mohamed came up with an experiment to explore the question: "Can you teach an old spider new tricks?"
As part of his prize, he travelled to Russia for a one-of-a-kind astronaut training experience in Star City, the training centre for Russian cosmonauts.
He proposed investigating the effects of microgravity on how the zebra spider catches its prey, and whether it could adapt its behaviour in space.
Dorothy Chen and Sara Ma, both 16, created an experiment that asks: "Could alien superbugs cure disease on Earth?"
It investigates whether compounds and nutrients block bacterial growth differently in microgravity, which ultimately could lead to fighting germs more effectively on Earth.
As part of their prize, Dorothy and Sara toured JAXA facilities and watched the rocket with the winning experiments blast off from southern Japan.
SpaceLab founder, Google's Zahaan Bharmal, added, "Our hope is that this livestream from space will be the world's largest, coolest scientific classroom.
"Today's SpaceLab winners – as well as the millions of other young minds watching the stream on YouTube – represent tomorrow's space explorers. They may one day walk on Mars!"
YouTube is the world's largest online video community, allowing millions of people to discover, watch and share original videos.
It provides a forum for people to connect, inform and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original-content creators and advertisers large and small. YouTube, LLC, is based in San Bruno, California, and is a subsidiary of Google Inc.
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ALBANY -- After more than four years of environmental review marked by escalating battles between industry and anti-drilling protesters, New York regulators appear likely to complete strict new regulations for shale gas development by the end of February. But it remains to be seen if drilling actually begins. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his Department of Environmental Conservation have refused to say whether a 4½-year moratorium on high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, will be lifted when regulations are completed. Industry insiders say development will happen slowly if the ban is lifted. And opponents have vowed to escalate protests. With a depressed natural gas market and threats of lawsuits and civil disobedience from opposition groups, a shale gas boom like that seen in Pennsylvania is unlikely to hit New York if Cuomo gives drillers the green light in 2013. "My sense of it is, there will be some activity, but I don't see it as being a big land grab," said Nancy Schmitt, president of Taum Sauk Capital Management, a New York-based natural resources hedge fund. "I think it's a smaller resource (than Pennsylvania) and it's unproven and there's political risk. There's a lot of reason to believe they'll be more cautious moving into New York." Tom West, an Albany lawyer who represents Chesapeake Energy and other major drilling firms, said the industry expects DEC to complete the environmental review by mid-February and finalize the regulations by the end of February. "Then we'll have to see what the courts say," West said. "Environmentalists have made it clear that they'll challenge the standards. If a judge grants an injunction on permitting while their case is pending, we'll be shut down for another couple of years." If there's no injunction, drillers can apply for permits under the state's new rules and regulations. Energy companies have hundreds of thousands of acres under lease in New York. If drilling is allowed, it would most likely start in the Southern Tier counties near the border of Pennsylvania, where the industry has thousands of wells and associated infrastructure. Both states, as well as Ohio and West Virginia, are over the gas-rich Marcellus and Utica shale deposits. "These are very complex requirements," West said. "I estimate it will take six months to a year to get permits through the process. Very few wells are likely to be drilled next year." Industry opponents say they're confident Cuomo won't allow fracking, but if he does, more than 6,000 people have signed a pledge to prevent drilling by staging protests and civil disobedience. Sandra Steingraber of New Yorkers Against Fracking said opponents are planning numerous events in January, including a rally at the Capitol when Cuomo delivers his state-of-the-state message on Jan. 9. "Whatever momentum may be moving us toward fracking is not based on science," Steingraber said. "The governor promised that his decision would be based on science and we intend to hold him to that." The DEC has had a moratorium on gas wells using horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing since it began an environmental impact review in July 2008. The technology frees gas by injecting a well with millions of gallons of chemically treated water at high pressure to crack rock deep underground. Environmental groups say it could contaminate air and drinking water supplies, but drillers and the DEC say state regulations and industry safeguards protect against harm. In September, Environmental Commissioner Joe Martens rejected demands by environmental and health groups to conduct a health impact assessment before finalizing the regulations. Instead, he asked Health Commissioner Nirav Shah to review potential health impacts, with the help of nationally recognized outside experts. DEC had to file for a 90-day extension on its regulations, which had a deadline of Nov. 29, to allow time for Shah's review. The agency released revised regulations on Dec. 12 and is taking public comment on them through Jan. 11. The revisions include changes made in response to public comments, such as increased distances between gas wells and residences, allowing for public comment on individual permit applications and stricter disclosure requirements for fracking chemicals. Further complicating the picture for the industry is that dozens of New York communities have enacted bans or moratoriums on drilling. Judges sided with the towns in two industry challenges of such bans, which the industry claims are invalid based on a state law saying only the state can regulate oil and gas development. "One question still unanswered is the role local governments will play in this process," said John Holko, president of Alexander, N.Y.-based Lenape Resources, a well driller. "When you're spending the kind of capital necessary to develop these resources, you want to minimize risk. You want clear regulatory control." Industry appeals of bans in the towns of Middlefield and Dryden are expected to be heard in Albany in February. And Holko and his company have sued the town of Avon over its drilling ban. The cost of compliance with New York's regulations will also play a significant role in how willing companies are to invest in drilling in the state, said John Conrad, a geology consultant based in Poughkeepsie. But West said the cost difference between New York and other states has been shrinking as other states beef up their own regulations. Conrad said some operators may drill a well or two to determine an area's production potential and then shut in the wells until gas prices are higher. Some of those wells have already been started.
Even with Cuomo's blessing, shale gas rush unlikely in 2013
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