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OK, this is the last entry on mobile workbenches this week. Promise. The remainder of the week will be all about my plan to have our dust collection system run by hamsters.
You might remember my attempt to fashion a mobile base for the LVL workbench that was simple and inexpensive. Click here to read the story and watch the video. The base works fine as long as you don't go over a serious bump. And when you do… well just watch the video below to see.
In any case, last night this idea came to me. Two words: draw latch. A trip to the hardware store and $2.99 later I had the solution. I screwed a latch to the bottom of each leg and voila. Then Glen and I took the bench for a test drive. We rammed it against the rubber horse stall mats on our floor. The base didn't flip off the legs. Yea.
Then we brought Megan in to see how she liked it. (Curious, she isn't wearing anything revealing today. She must not have any more tools to sell.)
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Apple's and Samsung's CEOs are meeting tomorrow for patent lawsuit settlement talks, and cross-licensing appears to still be an option. Me, I'm hoping the talks fail utterly. Let this mess play out in the fullest. Let the world see the ridiculousness that is the patent system. Let's see what happens when iPhones and Galaxy devices get banned from the US and US senators suddenly don't get their hands on the latest shiny toy. Let's see how that impacts this mess.

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Hispanic Hockey Event Featuring Dora the Explorer, Mascot with Sombrero, Draws Fire
The NHL lockout has dominated hockey headlines, but that changed this week when the AHL-affiliate Rockford, Ill. IceHogs' Hispanic heritage night promotion took the web by storm.
The Corona-sponsored event – scheduled for Friday night – promises maracas, special ethnic-inspired jerseys featuring the team's mascot with a black mustache and sombrero and a special visit from Dora the Explorer. The festivities were met with a collective groan across the blogosphere, drawing ire for everything from perpetuating racist stereotypes to serving as an example of cultural insensitivity.
The controversy has overshadowed, at least on the national level, a promotion that was intended to attract a Hispanic fan base with which hockey has struggled to connect.
"From our end, we're just trying to bridge the gap between two different communities," IceHogs director of communications Mike Peck said.
Many national critics have said the team failed. But on the local level, the truth is the team appears to be accomplishing its goal.
When the subject is hockey and Latinos –demographics that don't traditionally overlap– jumping to conclusions is easy.
But Los IceHogs Night was not born out of a bunch of white guys with thick Canadian and/or Midwest accents sitting around an ice rink and saying one day, "You know these Hispanic Heritage nights are getting trendy. Why don't we have one of those?" Followed by lots of nodding and "You betchas." (See, stereotypes can go both ways)
There was no discussion of "What kind of things do Latinos like?" Followed by a brainstorming session that included "Maracas? Yes, we've got to have maracas. … And sombreros, lets incorporate those – and little mustaches, you know the ones. … And that girl, what's her name? You know the one with the backpack and the monkey friend. She's Hispanic. Let's see if we can get her too."
Amusing as such a scenario might be to visualize, it stands in stark contrast to reality. The IceHogs' Hispanic heritage event is a collaboration between the Chicago Blackhawks' AHL team and its community's Hispanic advocacy group in an effort to make hockey more accessible to Rockford's growing Latino community. The groundwork for the event dates back to the spring.
In Rockford, like in towns across America, the significance of the Hispanic market is clear. Rockford has seen its Hispanic population increase by 50 percent over the last decade, from 10.8 percent to 15.8 percent. Figuring out the best approach for appealing to these consumers and fans is still a work in progress.
Peck said other hockey teams might have done some Hispanic outreach, but he wasn't aware of any specific efforts within the sport from which his team could have drawn. The NHL, for which the AHL serves as a developmental league, has virtually no history of targeted Hispanic outreach efforts.
The IceHogs did, however, seek input from representatives within the community. The team's front office worked with the Coalition of Latino Leaders (CLL), who played an instrumental role in the event planning. The CLL is comprised of leaders from 22 Hispanic groups and works to foster "communication, collaboration and sharing of resources between the Rock Valley region Latino organizations, government and other public/private institutions." CLL member Rudy Valdez consulted on numerous aspects and is both proud of and excited about Friday's endeavor.
Valdez sees the sombrero-topped jersey numbers and Los IceHogs maracas grabbing headlines, but notes that positive news has not been covered. For example, regional Hispanic groups will be set up in the mezzanine to provide information on programs and services. Latino veterans will be recognized at the event. And several game-worn uniforms will be auctioned off with part of the proceeds benefiting local nonprofit La Voz Latina.
According to Valdez and supported by a segment on Rockford's evening news broadcast, the local Latino community doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. The event was promoted within the area without issue for weeks before the national media picked up the story late last week.
"The team keeps asking me, 'Did we do something wrong?" Valedez said of the backlash. "I tell them, 'No. Not at all. People locally aren't upset. The [Latino] community here is looking forward to the event.'"
As for the accusations of racial stereotyping, Valdez understands how someone might interpret the promotional campaign that way, but he disagreed with such an assessment. The imagery used as part of the IceHogs' event, Valdez explained, is a legitimate part of Latino culture. Moreover, he argued, the event is about entertainment.
"I don't see how it could be offensive," one member of the Rockford Latino community told the local television station when asked about the Hispanicized Hammy, the mascot. "It's a pig, not a person."
Some critics have questioned whether the event sends the wrong message to those outside of the Hispanic community by reinforcing a Latino caricature.
Valdez brushed aside that criticism as well, saying, "For people who are going to believe [those stereotypes], they're not going to have their minds changed either way because of a hockey game."
Besides, Los IceHogs Night isn't about those folks anyway. The event is about Latinos and finding a way to bring them into a sport that has made minimal efforts to reach their market. Rockford's approach looks to be working.
More than 500 group tickets have been requested by local Hispanic organizations, according to Valdez. That figure does not take into account individually purchased tickets, and Valdez expects to see an even bigger turnout than first anticipated.
After all, considering the amount of attention the event has gotten, if Los IceHogs Night wasn't on the radar of Rockford's Latinos, it is now.


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RENO, Nev. (AP) — A state judge has found no proof two rail companies tampered with evidence after a tractor-trailer and an Amtrak train collided in 2011, killing six people and injured dozens in northern Nevada.
Washoe County District Judge Scott Freeman, in a ruling handed down late Thursday, denied a motion for sanctions against Amtrak and Union Pacific Railroad.
Lawyers for John Davis Trucking Co. asked Freeman to punish the rail companies, claiming they tampered with a gate-crossing arm and a video to make it appear its driver was to blame.
The Reno Gazette-Journal reports (http://on.rgj.com/1e2tMsM ) that Freeman ruled the allegations are based on "mere conjecture and speculation."
His ruling stems from a consolidation of about 20 lawsuits filed by victims against all three companies.
The companies also have sued each other in federal court.
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Had my band's first show last night.
Since this place is so happening, I figured I'd share a few clips and pics from my band's first gig last night. We don't have a singer and the footage is just from my camera sitting on the bar propped up by napkins. We did 6 originals, I swapped to my Jeff Hanneman guitar and dedicated the last song in his honor for the last song called The Christian Crippler, and we had some moshing and got paid a small amount. First show.. success. Feels good brah. Finally got to play Bill's Hanneman guitar live, that felt great.
It was fantastic. The cut was so good, mids were great. I tried a few different tube configurations and honestly, with 6l6's and kt77's it was just meh. Those JJ el34l's though, it's a totally different beast now.
I just wish the damn camera recorded anything that wasn't bass.. :lol
Nice. I never had the pleasure of hearing it with a tube power section, but I can imagine the goodness. I can definitely see 6l6's not pairing too well with it, KT77's I would have thought would be great though, thats kind of surprising. My savage120 had 77's, loved the feel of that amp.
I mean, they weren't bad, totally usable in fact. Just the el34l's made the amp shine (with the other components in the rig anyway). I think the 77's have found a home in my tremoverb instead.
That's cool!
All I remember about my first gig was that the stage lights were especially blinding and I couldn't see the crowd. I'm kinda glad there isn't any evidence of that night except some pics.
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The former director of development of American Atheists, one of the nation's largest secular groups, is suing her former employer for alleged racial discrimination and wrongful termination after she was let go in September 2012. AA denied that there was a racial motive behind her firing.
Skeptic Ink reported on Monday that A.J. Johnson filed a lawsuit that claims she was "forced to listen to various racial jokes and was subjected to unprovoked, unwarranted, vicious and persistent verbal attacks on everything, including her competence."
"It claims 'unfounded complaints' against her competence and that this was in spite of excellent performance, citing 'dramatically' increased donations which it was her job to solicit," the article explains.
Last year, American Atheists joint-sponsored a billboard in central Pennsylvania showing an African-American slave in a restraining device next to a quote from Colossians 3:22, which reads, "Slaves, obey your masters." The ad was made in opposition to the state's House of Representatives declaring 2012 the "Year of the Bible," but it is something that Johnson claims she was forced to support while at the secular organization.
AA President David Silverman denied that Johnson was fired based on racial motives, and said that racial abuse would not be tolerated at the secular organization.
"As President of American Atheists I can assure you that Ms. Johnson was not terminated for any reason relating to her race. Working for American Atheists was Ms. Johnson's first professional position after college and it became clear (after an extended review period) that we needed someone with more experience in her position," he explained in an official statement on Monday.
Silverman claims that the former director of development gave her public support to the controversial "slaves" billboard, and even volunteered to rally support for the ad from African-American atheists.
"In addition, Ms. Johnson was never subjected to racial jokes at any time, nor would anyone at American Atheists tolerate such behavior," Silverman stated.
The American Atheists president also responded to the Skeptic Ink report, including the claim that AA "appears to be losing gender, sexual, and racial diversity," with just one woman left in its list of national directors.
Silverman addresses the accusations point by point, concluding that the atheist organization "has a fantastic and diverse staff and board" which is here to "serve all facets of the atheist community."
Along with claims of racial discrimination, the lawsuit further states that Johnson confronted Silverman in June 2012 over using organizational funds for personal trips.
Denying the allegation, Silverman responded, "Ms. Johnson's claims of whistleblowing are vague, so we can't be sure what she is alleging. However, American Atheists' books are open and transparent, and our financials are audited every year by an independent accounting firm. The board receives regular financial updates from me, and as always, all members are free to ask any questions."


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rying To Live My Life Without You
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Even though he did his early recordings in his adopted hometown of Chicago, Otis Clay's impassioned vocal delivery betrayed his Waxhaw, Mississippi beginnings (he was born there on February 11, 1942). So when he signed with Memphis-based Hi Records in 1971 to work with producer Willie Mitchell and the skin-tight house band at Royal Recording, he sounded right at home.
"I call Willie Mitchell my musical father. I love the man. We worked very close together. I learned a lot in working with him," says Otis. "It wasn't like, 'You gotta do this, you got three hours, and then after that so-and-so is coming in,' and everybody's watching the clock. When it was time to work, we worked."
Naturally, Clay's roots lie in gospel soil. He moved to Chicago in 1956, joining The Golden Jubilaires and later singing with The Famous Blue Jay Singers, The Holy Wonders and Pilgrim Harmonizers. He investigated going secular in 1962, waxing a date for Columbia producer Carl Davis that remains unissued to this day. The world did hear him front The Gospel Songbirds on Nashboro in '64. Clay crossed over to the R&B side of the tracks the next year at George and Ernie Leaner's One-derful! Records, where veteran singer Harold Burrage mentored him.
A Flame In Your Heart, Clay's first single, was a hair-raisingly intense ballad. He posted two 1967 hits for the company, That's How It Is (When You're In Love) and A Lasting Love, and made more that should have followed suit before moving to Atlantic's new Cotillion logo the next year. "One day George Leaner calls me in and says, ''Hey, you're going to Atlantic!'" says Clay. "He was going out of the business." Despite making great sides in Muscle Shoals, Chicago, and Memphis, no hits were forthcoming. Otis' manager, WVON deejay Pervis Spann, sent him to Mitchell, producer of his last Cotillion release, and Hi Records.
Clay's third Hi single, Trying To Live My Life Without You, was the biggest seller he ever had. Though the work of songwriter Eugene Williams, better-known songsmith George Jackson brought it to Otis' attention. "Willie Mitchell called me, and he said, 'Hey Otis, I know it's late.' But Willie Mitchell's got this yellow plastic cup that he always was drinking from, and George always had a beer," says Clay. "I said, 'Yeah, I'm awake, yeah.' Even when you're asleep, when somebody that important calls you, you're awake, you know. So he said, 'Man, this guy George Jackson wrote a hit record here.' I said, 'Oh, yeah?' He said, 'Yeah!'
"They've been tying it on all day, and on into the night. So George is at the piano. I said, 'Yeah, let me hear it!' He said, 'Hey, George, I got Otis on the horn. Go on and do the tune!' And George was like, 'I-I used to smoke five packs…' And that's how the intro thing came about. 'Cause I remember it so vividly, man. It was a phrase that we used because of the condition that he was in at that time!"
Trying To Live My Life Without You was a #24 R&B hit in late 1972 (Bob Seger's '81 rock remake was much bigger). Otis scored again with Jackson's inspiring If I Could Reach Out (And Help Somebody) the next year, like its predecessor benefitting from the rock-solid grooves of Hi Rhythm. Chicago remains Clay's home. No one better represents the Windy City's soul legacy.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Only six days after defeating Tennessee Wesleyan 8-0 in a preseason exhibition, the Tennessee Tech soccer team will open its regular season Friday when it hosts the Buccaneers of East Tennessee State.
The Golden Eagles will begin their third season under head coach Daniel Brizard with a 3 p.m. contest at the Tech Soccer Field. ETSU will look to make up for it's early home loss to Tech last season.
"ETSU is an experienced team," said Brizard. "They're going to want to come here and get revenge. We went up there last year and won by a narrow margin. We held on and probably escaped with the win. ETSU is a great team and has a great coach. He'll do wonders with them no matter what the quality of players he has."
The team will follow up Friday's home match with a trip south for a road match-up against UT-Chattanooga on Sunday at 12 p.m.
"The two teams we play this weekend are comparable to our Ohio Valley Conference opponents," Brizard said. "It will be a good early-season test to see where we stand before we reach our OVC schedule. They're both in-state rivals, so that means something also. UTC might be a little more of a rival for us since they are closer and we have some girls from the Chattanooga area. Both will be great games this weekend. I expect close games and its soccer. It could go either way, but hopefully it will go our way in the end."
Tech returns eight seniors this season, the largest class in program history, and will rely heavily on the experience of the veterans throughout the year. The senior class boasts more than 400 games of experience and seven of the eight have playd at least 54 games. That much prior playing time will be a key to the success of the Golden Eagles this season.
"I think with the seniors, if they do well, we'll do well," Brizard said. "If they do poorly, we'll do poorly. I think it's such a large class and they've got the experience. They are a great group of kids. A lot of our season is going to revolve around just what they bring to the game and to what they want to do as a whole. At any given time, six to seven of them could be out on the field at the same time. When you only play 11 players, that's a good chunk of the field with experience. I think it's going to be fun for them and hopefully they can go out an leave a legacy of success and have fun while doing it."
The senior-laden team boasts a fantastic midfield with returning starters and seniors Kris Cambron, Sarah Gawthrop, Kerri Reid, and Jacquie Watkins. Cambron and Gawthrop act as an impressive set of bookends to the strong line and are expected to provide a strong offensive attack this season.
Cambron, a former Ohio Valley Conference first teamer and co-freshman of the year, has recorded eight goals and seven assists during her career at Tech and will look to add to that total in 2012. Gawthrop, the team's primary corner kicker, is looking to show off the speed that has led her teammates to dub her "Cheetah."
The middle of the midfield is run by long-time leaders Reid and Watkins. The general of the midfield, Reid has started every game she has played as a Golden Eagle and brings such a fighter's mentality to the game that it has Brizard comparing her to Micky Ward from the Fighter. Watkins, the ying to Reid's yang, provides the team with a tireless work ethic and a 'do anything to win' mentality that has been contagious throughout the team during the preseason. All four girls will be called on to carry a large work load during the season.
Sweeping up the remains behind the midfield are defenders Leigh Heffner, Julie Thompson, and Alex Stevenson. Stevenson returns to the team after a year away from soccer and will look to provide some veteran leadership to the young class of newcomers and sophomores.
Twice named to All-OVC teams, the highly decorated Heffner will continue to be a mainstay on the back line for the Golden Eagles. Her ability to remain calm and focused at all times will be a huge advantage for the team this season as they look to build off an exhibition win that saw only three shots allowed the entire game.
For the fourth straight year, Thompson will provide consistency and a strong work ethic for the back line for Tech. She recorded more than 1,700 minutes of play last season and played all 90 minutes of nearly every game in 2011. The coaching staff is expecting a breakout year for the senior from Knoxville.
Forward Andrea Meloff will play a vital role for the Golden Eagles up front this year. She already ranks fifth on the Tennessee Tech All-Time list for goals scored with 15 in her career. Meloff will be counted on to get the ball into the back of the net this season by using her ability to create shots from nothing and her crafty style of play.
Also playing a key to the 2012 campaign will be the play of Tech's two freshman goalkeepers. Already being dubbed "Hope Duo," the nickname for freshmen Allison Barlow and Jordan Brown couldn't have more meaning for the Golden Eagles hopes this season. Both players have shown signs of excellence this preseason, while also making key improvements in separate training sessions with Brizard.
"It's been fantastic to have two goalkeepers that are competing, that want to be here, and that want tot take their game to next level," Brizard said. "I think the players trust them. They love the competitiveness that they show at practice and in training. I think they're going to be a big part of the season. With goaltending, it's always nice to have a solid goalkeeper that we aren't second-guessing. In our warm-up match, they both played well. I think it's going to be reassuring this whole season and I think they'll play a big part of our success."
The sophomore class of the Golden Eagles returns Amanda Koch, Chelsea Ladd, Katie Phillips, Kelsey McGohan, Hayley Morton, and Courtney Dedrick. With players covering every position other than goalkeeper, the class is expected to build upon its lessons from last season and provide more depth as the season gets under way.
Not to be forgotten, the Tech soccer team welcomes freshman Taylor Blazei, Mackenzie Miller, and Taylor Sutton. With the capability of playing multiple positions, the freshmen will look to add minutes wherever they can and provide a spark of youth to the Golden Eagle roster.
Scouting the ETSU Buccaneers
The Bucs are coming off a successful season, finishing second in the Atlantic-Sun Conference after racking up a 7-1-1 conference record. They finished the season 12-5-1 while making it to the semifinals of the Atlantic-Sun conference playoffs.
ETSU will look to replace over half of its offense after graduating its top two scorers from 2011. The team returns two seniors while bringing in a freshman class of seven.
The preseason has been kind to the Buccaneers as its boasts a 1-0-1 record after exhibition matches against VMI and Appalachian State.
The Golden Eagles are 4-3-3 all time against ETSU with the most recent meeting coming last season. Tech eked out a 2-1 victory in 2011 with Iaciofano knocking in a deflection in the 64th minute.
Scouting the Chattanooga Mocs
Chattanooga finished a tough year in the Southern Conference with a 1-9-1 record in conference play. They managed a 6-10-2 record overall in 2011, including a 2-1 victory over Tech in its season opener.
While it boasts a senior class of five, Chattanooga welcomes a massive freshman class to the 2012 season. Ten newcomers are expected to compete right away for starting roles within the roster and improve the depth for the team.
With no exhibition matches on the schedule, the Mocs will open the season with a three-game home stand, beginning with TTU. The Golden Eagles are 4-10-0 all time against Chattanooga.


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'The Borgias' Season 4 Not Likely, Showtime Plots Movie Wrap-Up?
While Showtime's 'The Borgias' has quietly operated as a staple of the lineup for the past three years, new reports suggest that the papal drama may not make to a fourth season. The series had been envisioned to run for four years, though now creator Neil Jordan has expressed a desire to wrap up the franchise with at two-hour movie, in lieu of a fourth season. Find out the future of 'The Borgias' inside!
Rarely have Showtime series been in actual danger of cancellation, but Jeremy Irons' papal drama 'The Borgias' may soon find itself without a fourth season. Via Deadline, we've learned the under-performing period drama could instead graduate to a two-hour movie wrapping up the series plot, in lieu of a fourth season.
"I would like to finish it with a two-hour movie," series creator Neil Jordan told the British press. "Another 10 episodes is kind of exhausting. I've mapped out a movie, which, if (Showtime brass) agree, will shoot in June with the same cast, and finally the Pope will die horribly." 'The Borgias' had long been a moderate ratings performer for Showtime, though recent episodes have gained momentum as high as 674,000 viewers.
Wrapping up 'The Borgias' with a film would fall in line with Showtime's commitment to provide floundering series with proper endings, much as 'The Big C' was granted four additional episodes to wrap up its final arc. "It's really important to me that our audience feels taken care of," Showtime boss David Nevins said earlier this year.
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Dell has given an overview of what customers can expect from their initial Ubuntu offering. "The default software from the Ubuntu media will be installed on the system, including kernel and applications. The peripheral options offered with Ubuntu will be a subset of what is offered with other operating systems. We're offering the hardware options on each system that have the most mature and stable Linux driver support. These hardware options have been thoroughly tested by the Linux team here at Dell. We configure/install open source drivers for hardware, when possible. We use partial open-source or closed source ('restricted' in Ubuntu terms) drivers where there is no equivalent open-source driver. This includes Intel wireless cards and Conexant modems."


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I have scummvm 1.5 installed via Cydia on my Iphone 5 IOS 6.1.2. As soon as I try to start it, the program opens briefly and schliest again immediately.
Is there a solution for this?
Although the forums are not the right place for bugreports, I'll give you a reply.
Yes, it is known problem and has been fixed recently. We will address it in upcoming 1.6.0 and will discuss reissue of 1.5.0.
Hi there !
Any news about 1.6 ans IOS so far ?
I miss scummvm .....
Thx all !
I have a temp fix for this I can post once I stop getting flagged for spam for posting links (even though I did a pretty good job of stripping all inks and slashes and etc etc).
Will post once I stop getting flagged.
In the meantime, since I cleaned it all up and i'm still getting flagged (I have to at least praise the anti-spam system ) ill go over a summary...
uninstall scummvm from cydia (1.5.0)
Get the latest build (sep3 nightly is 1.7.0ish)
unpack latest build, it will unpack in a iphone-master-buildnumber dir
copy latest unpacked .app folder in /Applications
go into scummvm app dir and rename scummvm binary file to scummvm-bak
also rename scummvm-iph5 to scummvm
reboot phone. not respring, REBOOT.
remember, this is a temp fix. keep an eye out for official release.
Also, sorry for the cryptic instructions, I have no idea what was getting flagged so I just did this as simply as possible for now. And if this was already posted (i couldn't find it) Sorry for that as well...
Detailed instructions to come once my post count goes up.
Hi OMGsus,
Sounds clear, but same "start crash" for me ....
was it the latest dev build or latest stable build ?
Anyway, latest stable build is unreachable now ....
Despite all, Thanks a lot for your help
I've just found a way to solve the problem :
In the scummvm file properties, just tag "execute" for everyone, in the access permissions... (with ifile for exemple)
Thx again!
Thanks OMGsus and kolokbmk, . It worked after following modifications: by using ifile I made file permissions of scummvm binary as "Read and Execute" for User, Group and World.
This is a major issue of scummvm 1.5 on iPhone 5 with iOS 6.1.1 version but it has recently fixed by scummvm developers. Please try to setup once again because i recently updated it with my iOS 6.1.1 version.
If you added UrbanFanatics' source and installed, and you're running an iPhone 5S (and maybe the 5 as well), you likely crash back to the homescreen every time you launch ScummVM.
Fear not, there is a way to make this work, you'll be up and playing awesome 90s adventure games quicker than you know it.
a) Some way of copying files over to your device, outside the sandbox. This can be iExplorer, SSH, iFunBox, DiskAid, whatever. You just need to be able to do it.
b) You need an internet connection. Derp.
c) You need some ScummVM roms.
How-To: 1) Install ScummVM from the UrbanFanatics source. This means add the source if you haven't already, it's a package in Cydia.
2) Download the latest nightly development build from the ScummVM Build-bot. Link available here: http://buildbot.scummvm.org/builds.html
3) Extract the .tar.bz2 you got until you've got a ScummVM.app folder and its contents.
4) Rename ScummVM (the application file itself) to ScummVM-old
5) Rename ScummVM-iph5 to ScummVM
6) Connect to your iPhone and copy the contents of the ScummVM.app folder to /Applications/ScummVM.app (aka /private/var/stash/Applications.XXXXX/ScummVM.app
7) Disconnect your iPhone, launch ScummVM from the home screen.
Now it should run instead of crashing to the homescreen repeatedly. Tada!


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Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Stage III-IV Melanoma
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Know the risks and potential benefits of clinical studies and talk to your health care provider before participating. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01744171
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : December 6, 2012
Last Update Posted : September 26, 2018
- Study Details
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|Condition or disease
|Recurrent Melanoma Stage IIIB Skin Melanoma Stage IIIC Skin Melanoma Stage IV Skin Melanoma
|Biological: Recombinant Human Hsp110-gp100 Chaperone Complex Vaccine Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
|Phase 1
I. To estimate the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and clinically appropriate dose of human heat shock protein (hsp)110-gp100 chaperone complex melanoma vaccine (recombinant hsp110-gp100 chaperone complex vaccine) to recommend a phase II dose in stage IIIB/C and stage IV metastatic melanoma patients.
I. To examine the effect of the recombinant human hsp110-gp100 chaperone complex vaccine on measurable clinical tumor.
II. To determine gp100 and hsp110 specific cell mediated and humoral immune responses elicited by the chaperone complex vaccine.
III. To determine the effect of dose and serial administration of the chaperone complex vaccine on cell mediated and humoral immune responses.
IV. To quantify patient characteristics (human leukocyte antigen [HLA] subtype, immune cell function, etc.) that may correlate with immune response to the chaperone complex vaccine.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.
Patients receive recombinant hsp110-gp100 chaperone complex vaccine intradermally (ID) on days 1, 15, and 43 in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 6 months.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|20 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase I Trial of a Recombinant Human hsp110-gp100 Chaperone Complex Vaccine for Advanced Stage IIIB/C or IV Melanoma
|Actual Study Start Date :
|March 26, 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|October 13, 2018
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|June 13, 2019
Experimental: Treatment (recombinant hsp110-gp100 chaperone complex vaccine)
Patients receive recombinant hsp110-gp100 chaperone complex vaccine ID on days 1, 15, and 43 in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
Biological: Recombinant Human Hsp110-gp100 Chaperone Complex Vaccine
Given ID
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
- MTD of recombinant human hsp110-gp100 chaperone complex melanoma vaccine based on the probability of dose-limiting toxicity (DLT), graded according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4 [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days after the last vaccine dose ]DLT is defined as grade 3 or 4 toxicity or grade 3 injection site toxicity, with the exception of grade 3 rigors/chills which will be tolerated for 48-72 hours if attributable to vaccine reaction.
- Objective tumor response according to RECIST version 1.1 [ Time Frame: Up to 6 months ]Recombinant hsp110-gp100 chaperone complex vaccine specific cell mediated and humoral immune responses elicited by the chaperone complex vaccine as well as the effect of dose and serial administration on these responses will be assessed through the correlative science studies.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1500/uL
- Platelets >= 120,000/uL
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 mg/dL
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Serum creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dL (if > 1.5 mg/dL, then creatinine clearance should be > 60 mL/min)
- Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) =< 1.5 x ULN
- Have measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria or physical exam
- An anticipated overall survival of at least 6 months
- Patients of child-bearing potential must agree to use acceptable contraceptive methods (e.g., double barrier) during treatment
- Patient or legal representative must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent form prior to receiving any study related procedure
- Patients must have undergone/undergo testing for v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF) V600 mutation status
- Patients must have documented, clinically measurable 7th edition American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage IIIB/C (bulky nodal and/or in transit disease) or stage IV (distant metastatic) melanoma; patients with brain metastases that have been appropriately treated with surgical resection and/or radiation are eligible for inclusion if they meet the performance status and life expectancy criteria; patients who are BRAF V600E mutation positive need to have failed, refused, or be ineligible for at least 2 lines of therapy (vemurafenib plus one other regimen)
- Stage IIIB/C patients must have refused, be ineligible for, or have failed at least one standard of care regional therapy (isolated limb perfusion or infusion) or one non-vaccine based systemic therapy (such as, high dose interleukin [IL]-2, dacarbazine/temozolomide, ipilimumab, or participation in a clinical trial); patients who are BRAF V600E mutation positive need to have failed, refused, or be ineligible for at least 2 lines of therapy (vemurafenib plus one other regimen)
- Stage IV patients must have refused, be ineligible for, or have failed at least one non-vaccine based systemic therapy (such as, high dose IL-2, dacarbazine/temozolomide, ipilimumab, or participation in a clinical trial); patients who are BRAF V600E mutation positive need to have failed, refused, or be ineligible for at least 2 lines of therapy (vemurafenib plus one other regimen)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or nursing female patients
- Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements
- Any condition which in the investigator's opinion deems the patient an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug
- Received an investigational agent within 30 days prior to enrollment
- Melanoma specific systemic therapy within 30 days of enrollment
- A history of AJCC stage IIIB/C or stage IV melanoma but no current clinical evidence of metastatic disease
- Known immunosuppressed conditions or active immunosuppressive therapy such as organ transplantation (including bone marrow transplant), high dose steroids, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); although a documented negative HIV test is not mandatory for enrollment, patients felt to have a high clinical suspicion for HIV will need to test negative prior to enrollment; use of topicals or eye drops containing steroids is acceptable; inhaled steroids are excluded
- Known autoimmune conditions including but not limited to rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus, scleroderma, sarcoidosis, vitiligo, inflammatory bowel disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura, Graves' disease, or Hashimoto's thyroiditis
- Previous history of splenectomy or whole spleen radiation
- Systemic immunoglobulin therapy within the last 30 days
- Previous history of anaphylaxis or severe allergic reaction to hsp110, gp100, other vaccines, or unknown allergens
- Previous or active non-melanoma malignancies (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix) diagnosed/treated within the last 5 years
- Active uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infection until these conditions are corrected or controlled
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01744171
|United States, New York
|Roswell Park Cancer Institute
|Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263
|Contact: Roswell Park 877-275-7724 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: John M. Kane
|Principal Investigator:
|John Kane
|Roswell Park Cancer Institute
|Responsible Party:
|Roswell Park Cancer Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01744171 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2012-02231 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
I 215912 ( Other Identifier: Roswell Park Cancer Institute )
P30CA016056 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|December 6, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|September 26, 2018
|Last Verified:
|September 2018
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Nevi and Melanomas
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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First Peoples is the only book of its kind: a complete text with readings for the undergraduate survey course in Native American history. Written by a noted scholar and experienced textbook author, First Peoples combines documentary evidence with narrative that can anchor a course whether assigned alone or with a variety of supplements. Each chapter includes a brief narrative; primary-source documents, with headnotes and questions; and a topical picture essay.Calloway, Colin G. is the author of 'First Peoples', published 2007 under ISBN 9780312453732 and ISBN 0312453736.[read more]
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INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Luck walked into the stadium Peyton built, looked around the building and seemed right at home.
Dressed in a gray suit, a light blue button-down shirt and speaking from behind the same podium Manning routinely answered postgame questions, he savored the moment and honored his predecessor.
"He (Manning) was the epitome of class and winning and everything he did was so gracious," Luck said. "In college you're watching film of Peyton and Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady to see why they're so successful. He's such a great example for high school kids, middle-school kids. I was one of those kids who looked up to him."
And now, he's the one trying to replace Manning.
It won't be easy.
After next weekend's three-day rookie mini-camp, the Stanford quarterback will head back to school to finish the two courses he needs to earn his architectural degree. League rules prohibit him from participating in any more practices until classes wrap up June 7.
Between now and then, though, Luck will be doing his NFL homework.
He now has a Colts playbook and is already trying to arrange some individual work with Pro Bowl receiver Reggie Wayne. With the Colts taking his college teammate, tight end Coby Fleener, in the second round, he won't have to go far to find another receiver to help out.
Still, Luck promised he would be creatively cramming, something team owner Jim Irsay promised to help with.
"We'll try to be as creative as we can be with planes or helicopters or what have you," Irsay said. "We'll do what we can within the rules."
The introduction here Friday was the culmination of a wild 24-hour work period.
First, he had to contend with New York City's media circus. Then, after dinner with Fleener in New York and a short night's sleep, Luck flew to Indy on Irsay's private plane. The new franchise quarterback arrived about 4 p.m., spent two hours at the team complex, meeting with his new coach, Chuck Pagano, his new general manager, Ryan Grigson, and Irsay before heading to the stadium for more introductions..
While he looked tired, Luck sounded eager to start working on the biggest challenge of his football career -- filling the shoes of Manning and living up to the lofty expectations.
"When I was doing the interview process and talked to some of the best people in the business, they almost universally said 'He's the best player I've scouted in 25 years' or 'He's the top prospect I've graded in 20 years,' " Irsay said. "That greatness has followed him around, and he has really handled that with so much humility."
Luck couldn't wipe the smile from his face. Or keep the No. 12 jerseys out of the stands.
For the first time, maybe in Lucas Oil Stadium history, no No. 18 jerseys were spotted in the crowd.
Instead, they were dressed in No. 12, jerseys that went on sale almost the moment NFL commissioner Roger Goodell uttered Luck's name.
"Our (two) stores were open till 11 p.m. (Thursday) and we had people waiting there for the commissioner's announcement," said Jeremy Coffman, director of the Colts' pro shop. "Business was very brisk."
Coffman estimated the two stores sold a couple of hundred jerseys, at $115 each, Thursday night. He brought a couple hundred more to Friday night's draft party at the stadium.
Fans couldn't wait to get a glimpse of their next big hope.
"How lucky can you be to have one franchise quarterback and go straight to another one," said Beau Benjamin, an Indy native who was wearing a Colts' No. 12 jersey that he won in a contest. "So we've got high hopes of another 10 to 15 years of winning. And now we've got Coby Fleener to add to that. How excited can anybody be? Or Lucky. No pun intended."
The Colts certainly aren't staying away from the puns.
On Thursday, Pagano said he felt like the luckiest man in the world. On Friday, Irsay also used the term lucky.
But the luckiest guy on the field Friday may have been 9-year-old Holden Harless of Anderson, Ind., who overcame life-saving surgery to remove a tumor in his spinal cord three years ago at Riley Hospital for Children. Long a Manning fan, he says he's now a Luck fan after catching Luck's first pass inside Lucas Oil Stadium.
All Luck has to do now is convert the rest of the city.
"Big shoes may be an understatement," he said. "What he (Manning) did is obviously legendary for this city, for the state, really. If I woke up every morning trying to compare myself to Peyton, I think I'd go crazy. That's not even possible. You can't, and I realize that, so I'm just going to go out and do the best I can."


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This evening we are off to Amsterdam to join the NR cruise of the Norwegian fjords with NR's team of all-star speakers. The cruise departs from Amsterdam on August 1. We'll be looking around town in the meantime.
Included among the advertised speakers on the NR cruise are some of my favorite writers. I'm thinking of the pseudonymous Theodore Dalrypmple, traveling under his given name of Anthony Daniels, NR's own Jay Nordlinger, and the omniscient David Pryce-Jones and Paul Johnson, among others. I hope to work up the nerve to ask one or two of them to sit for short videos I can share with Power Line readers during the cruise. I also hope to be able to report comments of interest from the NR panels, but otherwise I'll mostly be trying to recharge my batteries for the next two weeks.


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In which we subject ourselves to Argento's latest...
As with many of its 70's horror franchise contemporaries, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" has become a series whose present continues to lose connection with its past, even as new entries stumble over themselves to pay homage to their roots. In 1974, Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel captured lightning in a bottle with a chaotic, nasty film about a family of cannibals living deep in the heart of Texas.
The crew channels their inner children with Paranorman!
Let's deal with the question on everyone's mind right off the top: Would the sequel to 2010's well-regarded horror comedy "Piranha 3D" be able to match the disembodied male sex organ quotient of the original? Happily -- or perhaps unhappily, depending on your feelings -- the answer is yes, sweet lord yes!
Now that Jigsaw has retired his creepy tricycle riding doll and both Jason and Freddy have returned to only middling success, it is high time that a new horror franchise swoops in to fill the void. As it turns out, that horror franchise may have been with us all along. With "Final Destination 5" the fine people at New Line Cinema have somehow managed to quietly -- in relative terms -- sneak a fourth sequel of the 2000 surprise hit "Final Destination" into theaters. Sneaked seems the appropriate term as it doesn't quite feel like anyone in particular was clamoring for this movie.
We review the latest Nicolas Cage film and Louis prepares us for the oncoming Anglo/Mexican wars.
I have to say, based on the new images from the 3D flick "Behind the Walls" I thought I might be into it. Then I found out it's a French movie. Then I found out it's about a girl who travels to a spooky town to write a book. French and books don't add up to movie fun, they add up to boring cheese parties where you talk about novels. That's not fun for anyone.
After Dark Originals will hit theaters on January 28th and I couldn't be more excited. The festival will showcase 8 different films from the horror genre with different themes. What those are I'm not sure but the promo has a guy hammering nails into his hand so that's a positive. For us, not for him, it's got to suck for him.
Well this is heartwarming. "The Exorcist" has been added to the official National Film Registry by the The Library of Congress. Which means even after World War 3 there's going to be nothing left but cockroaches and "The Exorcist". Well those and apparently "Saturday night Fever" too but lets hope the bombs get that one.
UFO International productions, the same people that brought you "Lake Placid 3", have put out a long ass synopsis and poster for their new film "Vampire Nation". I refuse to read the plot of the film but my guess is it has something to do with a country overrun by vampires and the 80's pop star who I thought was dead that's going to fight them.
The Japanese Master of Horror, Takashi Shimizu, is at it again. The man who brought you the Ju-on (The Grudge) franchise returns with Japanese Horror's first ever live action 3D movie, and the first Japanese movie shot in HD digital 3D.
It's Saw time, bitches!


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Source: The Buffalo News
Heavy rains turn Lake Erie into a toilet
Posted: May 28, 2013
Originally Published: May 25, 2013
Imagine a 241-mile-wide toilet. That is what Lake Erie becomes when heavy rains overwhelm the 100-year-old pipes and our municipal wastewater systems.
Overflow systems automatically discharge liquid sewage into either the lake or one of its many tributaries.
It's the way the system was designed to work a century ago – to protect the infrastructure of sewage plants and pipes as well as neighborhood streets and basements.
Along the Lake Erie shore – from the Southtowns to Westfield – raw sewage overflows happened 51 times last year, dumping more than 44 million gallons of sewage into the lake, according to figures from the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Those 42 million gallons of waste would fill more than 67 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
If you think that's bad, overflows from Buffalo's sewers sent more than a billion gallons of sewage into the Buffalo River, passing by the inner harbor on its way to the Erie Basin.
All this is why beaches along our Lake Erie shore often close. "It's pretty aggravating when you're hot and want to cool off," Rachel Choczynski, an Angola resident, said during a recent warm evening in the town.
It's not just about cooling off.
It's about health.
Last year, there were hundreds of closings to the dozen or so beaches in the area because of concerns that E. coli or fecal coliform levels could threaten human health.
"Nobody wants to swim in that," said Matt LaBarge, a Southtowns resident. "We go home and feel a little sick. We think it's just drinking – but it could be the water. You never know."
They aren't the only ones who are worried about the cleanliness of Lake Erie's waves. Those who keep an eye on the region's environmental health are also concerned.
"We can't have sewage in our fresh water," said Brian Smith of Buffalo, a member of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment. "Millions of Americans are getting sick every single year in water that's contaminated with sewage."
Old pipes also to blame
Overflows likely aren't the only way sewage is getting into the lake.
Old pipes also could be to blame.
In the Erie County Health Department, scientists are studying whether large quantities of liquid waste might be escaping from unseen cracks and ruptures in underground sewer lines all across the lake's watershed – due to pipes that are aging.
The waste might be following a gravel path below the sewer network and finding its way to tributaries and the lake.
One preliminary study, at Hamburg's Rush Creek, seems to suggest that theory is correct.
Officials do know this: of the 51 untreated wastewater overflows last year, a majority occurred in Erie County Sewer District No. 3, which runs through a majority of Hamburg and Orchard Park and also includes slivers of West Seneca, Eden, Boston and Holland.
The problems included incidents in the Southtowns, where nearly 17 million gallons were released in three episodes; in the Blasdell collection system, where 26 overflows put out nearly 4 million gallons; and in the Hamburg collection system, where nine overflows resulted in more than 10 million gallons released.
In Evans, the Big Sister treatment plant saw five overflows totaling more than 2 million gallons. None occurred at the Lackawanna plant, DEC figures show.
In Chautauqua County, there were similar releases. Dunkirk's plant treated more than 10 million gallons of bypassed sewage with chlorine before it went into Lake Erie on four occasions. Westfield's system expelled 110,000 gallons during four events, while there was none in Fredonia.
"The discharge of untreated sewage is against the law," said Jeffrey Konsella, DEC's Region 9 Water Engineer stationed on Michigan Avenue in Buffalo, "and it's undesirable."
But it's not because the plants are committing illegal acts.
Systems at capacity
Releasing waste into the waters of our region is typically a last option.
The overflows occur when the wastewater treatment plants or collection systems are at capacity and, if they did not engage "emergency bypass mechanisms," the wastewater treatment facilities would be irreparably damaged, Konsella said.
Treatment facilities are required to do "everything in their power to make sure treatment bypasses are at least chlorinated from bacteria," Konsella said.
He added that all are mandated to "protect human health and the environment to the extent feasible" before an overflow is released.
That doesn't necessarily make residents who use the lake and its beaches feel better.
Diane Perry, an Orchard Park grandmother who visits a beach at least once a week, said her family found the water at Woodlawn closed to beachgoers "seven out of every 10 times" they went in recent seasons.
"We're planning not to come here this year because of the water," said Perry. Her family pre-emptively scrubs its own beach plans following rainstorms.
Perry also said she had spied a pipe on the western edge of the property with "rusty orange and yellow" water running out of it.
"It looked like you wouldn't want to walk in it," she said of the outflow.
As if the situation weren't bad enough, other stuff is floating to the surface in Buffalo.
Condoms, tampons and other items have been found floating – hence, the DEC's term for them, "floatables" – along the surface of the Buffalo River near sewer overflow drains.
The river travels right through the city's burgeoning Canalside District – on its way to the Erie Basin.
Changes over the years to the federal Clean Water Act of 1972 prohibit constructing combined storm and sanitary sewers, as exist in Buffalo.
That's why the city is under a federal order to develop ways to eliminate its combined system and the sewage overflows.
In most cases, this putrid discharge is likewise legal under the exception to the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, a program approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The DEC has also petitioned the EPA to designate Lake Erie as well as the Niagara River above Niagara Falls as a "No Discharge Zone," which would prohibit dumping boat sewage overboard. The zone is already in effect below the falls and Lake Ontario.
Too costly to fix?
So why are wastewater systems permitted to overflow raw sewage into the same water where people go to the beach – and 11 million people draw their tap water?
That grosses out pretty much everybody.
"It's like swimming in a toilet," said Point Breeze resident Steve Turner, who was hanging out at the lakeshore one day last week.
Experts said it's because the alternative is both costly – and difficult.
"Wastewater collection and treatment systems could be designed to capture and treat 100 percent of all flows, but the alternatives are generally too expensive for society to accept," said the DEC's Konsella.
"Our problem is many municipal wastewater systems are aged, deteriorating – or their original design capacity is being stressed by growing communities, increasing storm events and decreasing ability to absorb storm water into the local landscape."
The estimates for fixing the situation are eyebrow-raising.
Statewide cost projections to solve the problem over the next two decades by upgrading or fixing antiquated or broken sewer infrastructure are pegged at $36.2 billion.
The figure approached $1 billion for Buffalo alone in a 2006 study.
And, to fix the entire aged sewer infrastructure in Erie County, officials are talking about even more money.
"We're probably talking 20 years of work and hundreds of millions of dollars to be able to do this," said John Finster, public health consultant to the Erie County Health Department who formerly served as its senior public health engineer. "Everything is very complicated in terms of solutions."
That's why, he said: "This is a complex problem that, on the surface, looks very simple."
Wastewater plants are effectively receiving waste, treating it and releasing "highly treated effluent" into the lake waters, according to experts including Finster.
But somewhere along the line, massive amounts of sewage are still getting into the lake waters.
That's why the county, using state and federal grant money, has employed a multifaceted strategy to deal with the problem.
The Health Department, which just a decade ago conducted beach water sampling once or twice a week, now tests daily.
Construction is also under way on 16 separate weather stations designed to provide data from six public beaches and 10 more sites from around the watershed to help determine, as Finster put it, "which beach to close when."
The department is also only one of a few statewide – State Parks and New York City are others – to act pre-emptively to shut down beaches in anticipation of a storm.
If a storm with greater than a half-inch of rain is expected, Erie County officials close the beach until a water sample – usually available within 24 hours – proves the water is within quality guidelines.
"Our policy has been very conservative," said Finster, who admitted that sometimes beaches get closed when they might be below the threshold for bacteria, as a precaution.
"We will put public health above the enjoyment of the beaches."
Closings are frustrating
That doesn't make life any easier for folks like Martin C. Denecke, director of recreation in Hamburg.
Denecke and his staff of lifeguards are the ones who have to break the news to beachgoers that the town-operated Woodlawn Beach State Park and Hamburg Town Beach are going to be closed, when conditions warrant.
"It is very aggravating and disappointing, and it causes anger for the patrons," Denecke said. "It's very disappointing when you've got your car loaded up with children and they're looking forward to playing in the water and it's not a possibility."
Sometimes, Denecke said, people even suggest the town should "just look the other way" and let them in the water anyway at times of closure.
"We go by the letter of the law," he said. "We're not going to put them at risk by not following a safety rule."
Hamburg, in many ways, is on the front lines of the problem.
Woodlawn Beach was closed 14 days during the summer of 2012, according to reports from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Beach Advisory and Closing Online Notification system. That was a good year.
The year before, it was shuttered 26 total days between June and September. Nearby, Hamburg Town Beach was closed 14 times last year as well and 23 times in 2011.
In Evans, Bennett Beach was closed once, while the beach at Evans Town Park was shut down four times, and Wendt Beach eight, the same reports showed.
"The farther you go into the more densely urban areas, the worse the problem gets," Finster said. "There's that much more sewage and that much more contamination."
Reporting overflows
On May 1, the state's Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act took effect.
The law requires that untreated and partially treated discharges from publicly owned sewer systems that are "not in accordance with an approved plan or permit" be reported within two hours to the DEC and local Health Department. The DEC is now developing regulations and a process for reporting that information publicly.
And with good reason.
Previously, notifications were made within two hours of the discharge to the DEC and state Health Department only if it occurred near a public drinking water intake, bathing beach or beds of shellfish.
Also, given the changing climate, future sewage overflows could increase.
Following Superstorm Sandy last fall, 11 billion gallons of sewage overflowed into waterways on the East Coast, according to Alyson Kenward, a senior scientist at Climate Central who recently authored a study.
Inland waters – like the Great Lakes – are just as vulnerable to climate change and inadequate wastewater infrastructure, Kenward said.
Cities like Buffalo, Dunkirk and Niagara Falls – where there are combined storm and wastewater sewers – will likely be increasingly vulnerable to more overflows of raw sewage into area waterways.
"Going forward in coming decades, forecasts are for more and more incidents of heavy rainfall ... in the Midwest and Northeast," said Kenward. "Combined sewage systems are going to be more susceptible to heavy overflows."
The situation is grave, agrees Jill Jedlicka, executive director of Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper.
And not just for our region. "The sewage overflow issue we're dealing with in Western New York is not unique to Western New York, they're happening all over the Great Lakes," Jedlicka said.
"It is a problem, but it's a problem that is being addressed."


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"Even victors are by victories undone."
-- John Dryden
WASHINGTON -- Democrats not allergic to arithmetic must know the cost of their "fiscal cliff" victory. When they flinched from allowing all of George W. Bush's tax rates, especially those on middle-class incomes, to expire, liberalism lost its nerve and began what will be a long slide into ludicrousness.


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The NHL labor war is crawling toward a conclusion, but no one knows if the ending will put the players back on the ice.
Or just ice the season.
Optimists say the stalemate will come into better focus after the players' vote on dissolving the union is finalized Thursday. The results may not be known until Friday, and the players would have until Jan. 2 to file the "disclaimer of interest."
Pessimists say the vote may trigger a long legal process that could spell the end of the 2012-13 season.
Thursday was the 95th day of the lockout, and the sides have not had any face-to-face meetings in a week.
"It disappoints me and saddens me because it's just more days lost," Bill Daly, the NHL's deputy commissioner, said in an email to Canada's QMI Agency. "But I'm not sure what meeting does from our side. There is nothing left to give."
Daly said Donald Fehr, executive director of the players' union, "is aiming toward a 'deadline' showdown."
Ah, but what's the deadline?
The deadline for salvaging a partial season depends on when the regular season ends. It is scheduled to end April 13, but the 1995 regular season _ delayed by a lockout _ didn't start until Jan. 20 and finish until May 3.
Daly did not answer an email from The Inquirer, asking if the NHL could extend the regular season past April 13 _ or if it was locked into that date because of TV commitments for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
If the season had to end April 13, then a 14-week, 48-game campaign would have to start around Jan. 5. That would put the deadline for a new collective bargaining agreement at around Christmas, giving players time to return from Europe and have a short training camp.
If the end of the regular season can be pushed back, then the season could start later.
On Wednesday, Daly said the season must start by "mid-January" to have a 48-game season.
Meanwhile, amidst a lot of posturing and legal mumbo jumbo, the negotiations have stopped.
The players, in a five-day online voting process that ends Thursday, will decide whether to ask their executive board to dissolve the union. A two-thirds majority is needed, and it would give the players the ability to file a "disclaimer of interest" in the courts and claim the lockout is illegal
Locked in a labor dispute with the owners last year, NBA players voted to disband the union, but it had a new CBA 12 days later.
The NHL, after getting wind of the players' plan to dissolve the union, filed a class-action suit Friday in an attempt to block the disclaimer.
The NHL is unsuccessful in proving to the courts that the lockout is legal, it wants all players' contracts to become void, causing them to become unrestricted free agents.
Can you say CHAOTIC?
The league, which has added $300 million to the players' "make whole" provision, wants a 10-year CBA and a five-year maximum on individual contracts _ seven years if teams are re-signing their own players. The players want an eight-year CBA and an eight-year maximum on individual contracts.
There are also issues over amnesty buyouts (the players want them, the owners don't), caps on escrow and the cap's ceiling.
Games have been canceled through Dec. 30, and more cancellations could come this week.
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49ers count on core guys to keep Moss, Cox in line
By bringing Randy Moss and Perrish Cox out of NFL exile on back-to-back days, the 49ers borrowed a little of the old-time Raiders philosophy. Al Davis believed in second chances and reclamation projects. It worked for him when he had strong coaches and, more important, a locker room heavily subscribed to his "Just Win, Baby" ethic.
When Jim Harbaugh signed off on these deals, he ultimately expressed confidence in the core of his roster. These players - from the Smiths, Justin and Alex, to Vernon Davis to Carlos Rogers to Donte Whitner to Joe Staley - endured too much frustration before the breakthrough season of 2011 to let the dubious pasts of Moss and Cox resurface.
The best NFL teams are self-policed, self-guided. As they took over a moribund franchise last year, Harbaugh and his staff had to establish a new culture, through an array of details, including blue auto-mechanics shirts and alternating lockers for offensive and defensive players.
At the end of last year's draft, he emphasized that the 49ers' scouts had assessed potential picks for character as well as talent. "You want guys that love football, that are good people and be good teammates because it's a team game," the coach said at the time. Moss absolutely does not love football unconditionally. On a bad team, as the Raiders learned, he will be an anchor. On a good team, he will be a buoy.
Harbaugh has a good team now. So Moss has a contract with no guarantees. He also has incentive to behave impeccably - a full season of unemployment.
Cox has even greater incentive. After being acquitted on sexual-assault charges and then signing with the 49ers, he vowed to prove that the accusations did not reflect his real character. In the NFL, the outcome of serious criminal charges is never the only issue. "Putting yourself in that position" is considered a betrayal of both league and team.
A strong locker room can't fully police that tendency, but it can contain the breakdown of discipline that enables bad behavior. Harbaugh has to believe that some of his blue-collar shirts are now accessorized with badges.
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European Union efforts to create a hard-to-escape financial transaction tax are coming under fire from within the bloc for overstepping the plan's 11-nation scope.
Luxembourg's Finance Minister Luc Frieden said he "cannot exclude" a challenge to the EU's proposal because of its impact on his nation and other non-participants. Last week, the U.K., home to the EU's largest financial center, went a step further and began legal action at the European Court of Justice to guard against future economic damage.
The proposed levy could be collected worldwide as soon as the start of next year by France, Germany and nine other EU nations that have so far signed up, if the effort stays on schedule. To stop traders from escaping the levy by operating outside the tax's zone, the EU plan invokes "residence" and "issuance" ties to firms in participating nations.
"I'm not sure whether this project of an FTT in Europe will go ahead," Frieden said at an April 20 panel at International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington, referring to the proposed tax by its initials. "The world can only grow if we have cross-border activities."
Luxembourg's renewed skepticism about the transaction tax follows its decision to begin the automatic exchange of tax data in 2015, easing its bank-secrecy rules to coordinate with the U.S. and 25 EU nations. The U.S. also opposes the EU's transaction-tax proposal while signing off on an April 19 Group of 20 nations call that "more needs to be done" to fight tax evasion worldwide.
'Patchwork' Levies
The EU is trying to remedy what it sees as a "patchwork" of local levies and rein in speculative trading. The transaction-tax plan would charge a 0.1 percent rate for stock and bond trades and 0.01 percent for derivatives transactions, with some exemptions for primary-market sales.
Italy, one of the nations that has signed on to the effort, also has expressed reservations about the plan's impact on secondary-market sovereign bond trading. "Transactions on government bonds must be excluded," Italian ambassador Ferdinando Nelli Feroci told reporters in Brussels on April 19. This is a "red line" for Italy and not up for negotiation, Feroci said.
The euro zone is facing two consecutive years of economic contraction as it grapples with a sovereign debt crisis that so far has forced five of its 17 members to seek bailouts. Transaction-tax opponents say the levy would raise sovereign borrowing costs and hamper recovery, while proponents say it would hold the financial sector more accountable for the costs of crisis cleanup.
France's Efforts
"We won't stop our work and we won't slow it down," French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici told reporters April 20 in Washington, when asked about the U.K. challenge. The German Finance Ministry said in an e-mailed statement it was "confident" the U.K. challenge wouldn't succeed.
The EU estimates the tax could raise 30 billion euros ($39 billion) to 35 billion euros a year. To become law, it has to be approved by the participating nations. The 11 countries that support the plan are Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia. All 27 EU nations can sit in on the talks and have the option to join.
Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said the Netherlands could still sign on to the transaction-tax effort if the proposal is changed to lessen its effect on pension funds. He also said he was "sympathetic" to the U.K.'s protest of the tax's effect on non-participants.
Dutch Conditions
"The Dutch would still like to join that group" of nations seeking agreement within so-called enhanced cooperation, he told reporters at an April 20 press conference in Washington. "Our conditions have not been met."
The current transaction-tax plan is based on a prior proposal that failed to win agreement among all 27 EU nations. When the interested countries won approval to proceed under so- called enhanced cooperation procedures, the U.K., Luxembourg, Malta and the Czech Republic abstained because of concerns about how the tax might work.
"We remain confident that this decision was legally sound," said Emer Traynor, a spokeswoman for EU Tax Commissioner Algirdas Semeta, in an e-mail yesterday.
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My overnight trip to the local mountains on 1/26-27 would have been excellent, were it not for unforeseen trail conditions (VERY deep snow). A 2- mile hike in turned into a 4 hour ordeal for me, post-holing almost all the way. I was really glad I had crampons, but snowshoes would have helped even more.
I was the only hanger; the others had tents. I was pretty beat when I got to camp.
I used the WBBB 1.1 double, a 20-degree Zeppelin from UG, and a Siltarp2. And I still swear by the adjustable webbing straps that came on the BB--they work excellent. I also put together a piece of Zing-it line for the trap ridgeline: I tied a loop on one end so it could be wrapped around the tree like the webbing straps, and held in place by a micro carabiner. The Zing it stays taut.
Temps got down to the low 30s overnight; I checked the temp under my tarp during the night and it was 39. Wind blowing some, and a few snow showers. Other than my toes being cold all night, I was pretty warm. And the hammock is always pleasant to climb into!
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This is where ingenuity comes into play. We have already mastered turning water into tea. Vodka is the Polish word for water. Somehow, I think this is a recipe for disaster (and really gross "tea").Ric wrote:Now that's hard core Citron! But one draw back, there is not tea taste in that!jzero wrote:Even MORE disappointing, it doesn't taste like Citron either!
Grey with an "e." I had to take a long hiatus from The Earl after also drinking it way too often. I have rekindled my love, thanks in large part to the Green Earls made by Adagio, Trader Joes and Wegmans/Chase Pitkin. I make sure to limit my Earl intake so I don't wear it out again.I used to drink Earl Grey (black) tea a lot, but I just have gotten tired of the taste on Earl Grey. (Or is it Earl Gray? I'm too lazy to look it up right now. )


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Thanks everyone! We're still rockin, pick nipps and all.
I'm mexican mine have went from brown to pink (kind of a dark bright pink) with each child. They go back to a brownish when I completely ween. However, I don't think they have ever went completely back to the color they were prior to nursing. No pain for me either, I kind of hypothesized that it was more blood flow, as um to get techy here it's very usual for your lips, (both sets-top and down below if you get my drift) and nipples to get more "red" when sexually aroused as well because of the blood flow, and the red lips is said to be more attractive to males, and something that naturally happens during such.
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A month away from heading to arbitration, the city and its police union are heading back to the negotiating table Wednesday.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH — A month away from heading to arbitration, the city and its police union are heading back to the negotiating table Wednesday to try to break a stalemate in labor negotiations.
If the two sides can't broker a deal, a special magistrate is scheduled to hear each side's case on Jan. 30.
Robert Walker, business agent for Orlando-based Teamsters Local 385, which represents the city's police officers, said even if an agreement isn't reached Wednesday, negotiations could continue up until the arbitration date.
"I wouldn't say it's a last ditch effort; I'd say it's ongoing," he said. "We've still got a month."
One of the main sticking points in talks is the city's proposal for police officers to contribute about 2 percent more of their pay into their pensions over the next three years. They currently pay 8.1 percent and the city wants to increase that amount to 10 percent.
Walker said Monday that he didn't want to unveil the union's latest counterproposal before Wednesday's meeting.
"We do expect some banter back and forth to see if we can meet somewhere in the center, and I'm just waiting to see what's going to happen on Wednesday," he said.
City Manager Pam Brangaccio was not in the office Monday and could not be reached for comment. In an email last month, she said pension reform has been a "top goal" of the City Commission for the last three years. She said, over the last five fiscal years, the city's contribution to the police pension fund increased 87 percent, from $434,072 to $814,476. During that same period, she said the city's tax roll declined $3.7 billion to $2.4 billion and general fund taxes dipped from $11.9 million to $8.1 million.
The City Commission has already approved labor deals with the International Association of Firefighters and the Labor International Union of North America. In the deal with the IAFF, firefighters agreed to increase their pension contributions from 1 to 10 percent over the next three years.
Under the proposed police contract, employees who want to receive a lump sum in pension upon retirement would only be allowed to get 5 percent to 10 percent of their pension rather than an up to a 25 percent payment. New employees would not be provided those pension options.
A statement in a press release issued by the Teamsters last month read, "We understand the need for fiscal responsibility, but it must be balanced with the needs and expectations of the employees as well. Sanctioning the pension system could have dire unintended consequences for all involved. What the city hopes to save in the future could end up going out the back door in lawyer's fees, and lawsuit payouts."
If the two sides go to arbitration, the special magistrate's recommendation is not binding on either party. The City Commission has the final say so on a new contract, Brangaccio said in the email.
"Right now, I'm hoping it doesn't get to that," Walker said. "I'm open to negotiations all the way up to the point to where the magistrate bangs the gavel."
The negotiations on Wednesday will be held in a public session beginning at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall, 210 Sams Ave.


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DHS test plants storage devices in parking lots; most people plug them into the nework
Most people wouldn't eat food they found laying in a parking lot, even if it was sealed, nor would they put on a hat or a pair of gloves they found on the ground. But it seems many aren't so picky when it comes to data storage devices.
A recent penetration test by the Homeland Security Department highlighted a glaring weakness that keeps security professionals up at night. DHS staff deliberately dropped data disks and USB flash drives in federal agency and contractor parking lots. According to Idappcom, a network security firm, 60 percent of those planted data devices, which could easily hold malicious code, were inserted into company or agency computers.
And if the data device had an official logo, the "success rate" for it being inserted into an organization's network rose to 90 percent.
"There is no device known to mankind that prevents people from being idiots," said Ray Bryant, Idappcom's CEO.
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An obvious conclusion of the DHS test is that humans will always be the
weakest part of an agency's security architecture. Because of the
potential for human error, mistakes and downright stupidity,
organizations can't just rely on firewalls and other IT security
The key defense for many security issues is education, Bryant said.
Besides explaining to employees the reasons why security procedures are
in place, organizations need to back it up with a multilayered approach
consisting of regular reviews of the network security architecture and a
schedule of audits and penetration tests. In the case of found disks
and drives, employees should know that they can harbor and distribute
"If employees are allowed to feel that 'manual' security is a game, then
that will spread to the actual security practices employed in
protecting networks," he said.
Changing an organization's culture is another way to instill security
consciousness. One approach is to get various stakeholders to buy into
the new process. That involves promoting an understanding of why a given
set of security rules are in place and how detrimental it can be if
those rules are forgotten. Once that process is understood and accepted,
an organization's security posture can be raised significantly at
little or no extra cost, Bryant said.
Security awareness must be stressed at all levels of the organization,
with the understanding from the top down that security is strategic to
the enterprise and good for overall governance, he said. Security should
not be seen as just another cost center. Key leaders, such as chief
information security officers, should appoint designated champions to
promote security within an agency or company hierarchy, he added.
Although they are not a panacea, automated testing systems can at least
help detect security breaches. Regularly scheduled tests ensure that
fixes have been applied and no new vulnerabilities have been
introduced, Bryant said. Post-test meetings can also offer clear
guidance for remediation.
But technical solutions can only go so far. CIOs can ensure additional
security and sleep a bit more easily at night if they stress security
education. "Education is not just about the mechanics," Bryant said. "It
has to be instilled as good business practice, it has to be a cultural
change and raised beyond the news of the day."
Based on the results of DHS' test, Bryant offers CIOs this advice:
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I am sitting at my desk pondering a branded USB stick I was given at a recent conference, wondering whether it is worth the effort to set up a test environment in which to check it out safely, or to bin it, or just to take a chance and use it. As a security geek, I believe I am well aware of the risks and able to make a rational decision, but if I weren't, the decision to 'just take a chance' would be hard to resist. Perhaps I should simply drop it in the nearest government carpark and let someone else test it out for me ...
Cumbersome or overbearing security systems that hinder employee functions train the employee to look for work arounds. These workarounds then lead to a casual attitude toward security rules. Lesson to learn is review security proceedures and how they work with employee operations and keep them in step with employee needs.
All of you are right that rogue USB drives are NOT the biggest security problem that enterprises face. But think about the REAL implications of this kind of data. Clearly, the majority of the population has NOT RECEIVED the basic message that they should "only use authorized or trusted devices". This is very important conclusion. It tells us that people are not as good as they should be at making simple risk decisions because they've been told (or they assume) that they can rely on technology safeguards and controls.
While technological controls are usually the preferred solution for consistency and reliability of policy enforcement, we still seem to be losing ground to the bad guys. And until our enterprise has a budget for all the latest NAC and IPS technologies (FY ??), should we all just accept the risks that users may click on the wrong links or attachments, or use hardware or software that have serious security vulnerabilities?
Technological controls will always need to be balanced with education; but not necessarily education about technical threats, which is almost futile. People must be educated on the AUTHORIZED TOOLS and PROCESSES they need to do their jobs securely and efficiently, and on what acceptable personal use of enterprise networks entails. Every technology has at least one vulnerability - as do people and processes. Employees need to be made aware of this basic fact, if nothing else.
People who say we simply need to use better technology seem to be using Tortoise Reasoning (Google: "it's turtles all the way down!).
Scott Wright
Streetwise Security Coach and creator of www.honeystickproject.com
So the Govt has just learned what the Private Sector did years ago. In the real world we have disabled USB ports, floppy ports, CD, DVD ports etc on ALL User systems by GPO for that exact reason. It is unbeliveable how far behind our Govt Professionals are given that each of them have deveral college degrees each. It i struely being run by a bunch of paper tigers.
The assertion, "another way employees are a security menace" is a slam-stereotype made against all employees. DHS is no better than TSA at finding the enemy. Instead of pulling these idiot parking lot pranks, focus on the enemy.
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… It's placenta art! Because why eat your placenta when you can follow simple online tutorials for DIY placenta prints on paper? Or better yet, on t-shirts and onesies! Belly-bump painting is so done, y'all; parents are now coming up with countless creative methods for artistically immortalizing the afterbirth.
I actually would (make that will, if we go for baby #2 the old-fashioned way) eat my placenta -- in encapsulated form -- because, hey, why not? Even if the FDA won't confirm it, moms who rock placentophagy report more stable moods, better breastfeeding success, and a host of other benefits for themselves, and their babies. (Most other mammals eat their placentas, too.) It seems like a potentially helpful -- and, at the very least, harmless -- choice, and although the placenta itself doesn't strike me as eye candy, exactly, I could definitely handle it in pill form.
Photos like this, (here's another) however… Honestly? Kind of freak me out. I totally support the spirit behind them, but I'm just not really an embrace-the-blood-of-womanhood type. Do I think it's super cool that our bodies create organs specifically for the purpose of sustaining our babies as they grow in our wombs? Yes! Do I want to make tree-paintings, or a teddy bear, from the organ itself, once my baby's finished with it? Not so much. But I'm not judging. I think some of this art is pretty cool looking. It's definitely bragging rights territory; if you told me your kid's monster-print onesie was rendered, DIY-style, from placenta blood, I'd think, "Now THAT is hardcore." (Then I'd invite you over for a playdate and present you with craft supplies.)
What do you think? Is placenta art the new bronzed baby shoes? Would you hang an image made from your placenta on a wall in your home?