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EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck and Congressmember Rodney Frelinghuysen Announce Successful Removal of Hazardous Waste from Radiation Technology Superfund Site in Rockaway Township, New Jersey; Tour Five Superfund Sites in Morris, Essex and Sussex Counties
Release Date: 09/16/2013
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(New York, N.Y.) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congressmember Rodney P. Frelinghuysen today announced the successful removal of 75 drums and containers of hazardous waste from the Radiation Technology, Inc. Superfund site in Rockaway Township, NJ. The officials were in Morris, Essex and Sussex Counties to review and assess progress on Superfund cleanups at five hazardous waste sites. They were joined by state and local officials to highlight the success of the federal Superfund law in protecting the health of people who live and work near contaminated sites, creating jobs and boosting local economies. Soil and ground water at these sites are contaminated with volatile organic compounds, which can have serious health effects, including liver damage and an increased risk of cancer.
"Congressmember Rodney Frelinghuysen and I got a first-hand look at how Superfund cleanups are protecting people's health and the environment in New Jersey, which has the most Superfund sites of any state in the country," said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck. "No state benefits more from EPA's Superfund program than New Jersey, where the program is protecting people's health by removing the contamination left behind by New Jersey's industrial past."
Superfund is the federal cleanup program established by Congress in 1980 to investigate and clean up the country's most hazardous waste sites. The Superfund program operates on the principle that polluters should pay for the cleanups, rather than passing the costs to taxpayers. When sites are placed on the Superfund list, the EPA looks for parties responsible for the pollution and requires them to pay for the cleanups. Cleanups are only funded by taxpayer dollars when those responsible for the pollution cannot be found or are not financially viable.
The Radiation Technology, Inc. Superfund site in Rockaway Township is a 263-acre site that was used for testing and developing rocket motors and developing propellants. Ground water at the site is contaminated with volatile organic compounds. The EPA's cleanup of the Radiation Technology site has been conducted in phases to facilitate the long-term restoration of the area. The work is being done by the company responsible for the pollution, Alliant Techsystems, with EPA oversight. During the first phase of the cleanup, the company installed wells to measure and monitor ground water contamination. Nearby residential drinking water wells were also sampled to ensure that drinking water was not affected. To date, the sampling has shown that the drinking water wells are not contaminated. The monitoring of the ground water and the drinking water wells continues. In the second phase of the cleanup, deteriorated drums buried in a waste disposal area of the site will be removed and sent off site for proper disposal. In addition, a previously locked building on the site that contained drums was broken into in early 2013, allowing potential exposure to the drums inside. The EPA removed about 75 rusting and leaking drums and containers from the building in March 2013. The cleanup work performed so far by the company responsible for the pollution has cost about $4.3 million.
In addition to the Radiation Technology, Inc. site, the other sites on the tour include:
The Mansfield Trail Dump site, located in Byram Township, is in a wooded area near the intersection of the Mansfield bike path and Stanhope-Sparta Road. Sludge of unknown origin was deposited in trenches in the area and has contaminated the ground water with volatile organic and benzene compounds. Benzene is known to be cancer-causing. The ground water is used by some nearby residents as drinking water. Vapors from the contaminated ground water underneath area homes have seeped into some basements. The site was first addressed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, with the EPA taking over the lead when the site was added to the Superfund list in 2011. Prior to 2011, the NJDEP had done extensive testing of drinking water wells and the air inside homes to determine if they were impacted by the contamination. The NJDEP subsequently installed carbon water filtration and treatment systems in 16 homes to remove contaminants from the drinking water. In addition, NJDEP installed ventilation systems in several homes to address the chemical vapors that had seeped into the basements. In 2012, EPA removed 11,700 tons of contaminated material from the dump areas and disposed of it off-site. A study to more fully determine the nature and extent of the ground water contamination is currently underway.
The Rockaway Borough Wellfield Superfund site includes three municipal water supply wells that supply drinking water to 11,000 people. In 1985, the NJDEP investigated the site and concluded that contamination found in the municipal water supply was coming from multiple source areas within the borough. The EPA initiated a followup investigation to identify the sources of contamination, determine its extent and evaluate potential cleanup methods. These investigations confirmed the presence of perchloroethylene contamination and determined that a facility belonging to Klockner and Kockner was responsible for contaminating the soil with tetrachloroethene, a commonly used industrial solvent. These substances are volatile organic compounds. The EPA has removed the contaminated soil and sent it to a facility certified to treat and dispose of it. The EPA installed a treatment system to clean up the ground water contamination. In November 2011, EPA began operation of a ground water treatment system to address perchloroethylene-contaminated ground water in the East Main Street/Wall Street area of the site. In addition, work to remove and treat soil contaminated with lead at the Rockaway Borough site was completed in 2013. To date, the cleanup has created 181 jobs and cost approximately $30 million.
The Rockaway Township Wells Superfund site, located in Rockaway Township, is a two-square-mile wellfield containing a cluster of three municipal wells within 100 feet of each other that are contaminated with various volatile organic chemicals from industrial buildings in the area. A NJDEP cleanup plan called for the treatment of the contaminated ground water and the replacement of the township's existing air stripper, which forces air through polluted ground water to remove harmful chemicals. The air causes the chemicals to change from a liquid to a gas, which is then collected and cleaned. Sampling of several buildings has shown that chemical vapors have gotten into some buildings on the site. To address these problems, a system was installed in two buildings to prevent soil vapors from entering them. Ground water from the area of drinking water supply wells is treated to remove the contamination and provide the community a safe source of drinking water.
The Caldwell Trucking Co. Superfund site is a former sewage hauling site occupying 11 acres in Fairfield. The Caldwell Trucking site consists of properties and ground water contaminated by the disposal of residential, commercial and industrial septic waste. Caldwell Trucking disposed of this waste in unlined lagoons from the early 1950s until 1973. After 1973, Caldwell installed underground storage tanks for the storage of the waste. Other industrial facilities in the area may also have contributed to the ground water contamination. The parties responsible for the cleanup have removed the contaminated soil and sludge from the lagoons and installed wells to monitor ground water quality. All contaminated soil has also been removed or no longer poses a risk and impacted wetlands have been restored. Since 1981, over 300 private wells in the area have been taken out of service due to contamination. The affected residences have been connected to the municipal drinking water supply system. A system to pump the ground water to the surface where it can be treated was installed in 2008. The air inside about 100 homes was tested and ventilation systems were installed in about 18 homes to address vapors that had seeped from the contaminated ground water underneath into the basements. To date, the cleanup has cost approximately $33 million.
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It seems every other week when you walk into the Jets locker room there's an issue to be addressed that has nothing to do with preparing for the next opponent.
Yesterday, the Jets were in damage-control mode again, trying to quell the uproar created by linebacker Bart Scott, who ripped Jets fans for heckling the team during halftime of the 49-19 loss to the Patriots on Thanksgiving night.
The heckling as the players headed to the locker room was caught on video and prompted Scott to say those fans were "probably picked last in dodgeball," he didn't care about their opinions and those who spent a fortune on personal seat licenses and tickets feel "more entitled."
Those comments, along with Scott's subpar play this season, should be enough for the Jets to rid themselves of the 32-year-old linebacker, who has been more disruptive off the field than on it in 2012. Earlier this year, he created headlines for threatening a reporter in the Jets locker room for taking his picture with a cell phone. He has also tried unsuccessfully to instigate a media boycott after the Jets beat the Rams and he generally has been an ornery example of how to deal with adversity.
But instead of cutting Scott, who is in the final year of his contract, and sending a message, coach Rex Ryan spent most of his press conference yesterday trying to make you believe Scott remains one of the most valuable players on his defense and should be praised for playing through an injured toe.
"I just like the fact that when Bart's out there, he plays with that physical style of play, and that passion," Ryan said. "It's good to get him on the field as much as you possibly can, although he's not 100 percent."
It got to the point where Ryan started to sound like a used car salesman trying to make you believe a relic performs like a Cadillac. "Trust me," Ryan said. "Bart can cover still. He's not 100 percent but he's good enough. The way he's attacking the run and doing different things, he doesn't hurt us. Let's put it that way. He helps us."
Hmmm. When last seen Scott was running about 20 yards behind Shane Vereen as the Patriots running back scored on an 83-yard touchdown catch-and-run on Thanksgiving night. "Communication error," Ryan called it.
Still, the Jets embarrassed themselves by allowing 35 second-quarter points and the fans vented their displeasure as the players headed toward the locker room at intermission.
Considering the Jets' abysmal performance against the Patriots and their disappointing 4-7 record heading into Sunday's game against the Cardinals (4-7), Scott has no forum to chastise the fans and, as an 11-year veteran, he should know better. But following the cue of their head coach, the Jets are trained to say whatever they think, which is why Scott felt comfortable blasting the fans.
Ryan and Scott had a chat yesterday morning and, later in the day, the linebacker tried to explain himself. "l was responding to a question about comments that was made to our team about video that the reporter said was disrespectful," Scott said. "That's what I was responding to. I wasn't making a comment about fans."
Sure. At the very least it's yet another example of the Jets getting embroiled in an unnecessary distraction. Two weeks ago it was unnamed sources criticizing Tim Tebow, then Scott trying to lead a media boycott after the St. Louis game.
Even offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo added to controversy late yesterday, when he suggested he was being forced to platoon Vlad Ducasse with Matt Slauson at left guard. The nonsense seems endless.
"We all came into the season with expectations," Scott said, "but I believe the real true character of a man is tested when things aren't going well. Anybody can answer questions when it's easy and convenient. But when times get tough, that's when a real man steps up and shows his true character."
We've noticed.

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Confederation Bridge,P.E.I. Canada
Michelle Alton 12/26/2008 4:53:13 AMA beautiful capture of this terrific bridge, Doug. #1056970
Gina Cormier 12/26/2008 4:55:52 AMGreat black and white image Doug!! Good to know that I won't be traveling over that bridge!!! lol #6942953
Jeff Robinson 12/26/2008 5:15:37 AMRansom Bridge is probably the best name:) Terrific perspective and use of b&W! Jeff #6942995
Tammy M. Anderson 12/26/2008 5:24:31 AMLove the pov and B&W conversion, Doug. #6943019
Renata Gusciora 12/26/2008 6:00:19 AMSuper pov and tones,wonderful perspective,Douglas! #6943119
Ron McEwan 12/26/2008 6:29:31 AMIs it cheaper than going by ferry Doug. Interesting information. You have a great shot here with incredible depth, well done, B/W is the right way to go with this one. #6943218
Carol Sawyer 12/26/2008 6:29:50 AMBeautiful B&W image and great POV, Doug!! #6943219
Bonnie C. Lackey 12/26/2008 7:44:29 AMVery nicely done, Doug. Love the B&W... #6943453
Melissa G. Meiselman 12/26/2008 8:12:11 AMBeautifully composed capture of this bridge with a great feel of perspective, Douglas!!! #6943542
Daniella Puente 12/26/2008 10:32:10 AMVery good BW, the bridge is a beautiful construction... #6943963
Nancy (Peaches) Harker 12/26/2008 10:59:37 AMFANTASTIC depth and capture Douglas! #6944048
Lynne Morris 12/26/2008 1:05:50 PMFantastic capture Doug, great tones and pov. #6944400
Kerry Hill 12/26/2008 10:30:37 PMFabulous B/W capture of this wonderful bridge, Douglas!! #6945769
Ray Thoms 1/3/2009 8:00:42 AMGreat shot of the bridge as I have stood on the same spot. It is not cheaper going by ferry but it does shock you a bit when you return, but definitely quicker than ferry #6976487
Michelle Alton 1/21/2009 5:41:59 PMWow..I was the first to Love this one, Doug. Congratulations! #7063137
Joannie Bertucci 1/21/2009 7:20:35 PMOutstanding image Doug and excellent treatment!
Nancy (Peaches) Harker 1/21/2009 7:33:14 PMWHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Usman M. Bajwa 1/21/2009 9:43:41 PMWonderful capture. Congrats on this lovely Finalist.
Vitor Dias 1/22/2009 3:08:18 AMCongratulations on this beautiful finalist Douglas.
rgs Vitor #7066728
Deb Koskovich 1/22/2009 4:12:22 AMBig congrats on this well deserved finalist, Doug! #7067063
Evy Johansen 1/22/2009 7:11:59 AMCongratulations on your wonderful finalist, Donna! #7067805
Courtenay Vanderbilt 1/22/2009 7:43:21 AMYEA Douglas! CONGRATULATIONS! #7067973
MELODIE C. ROBERTS 1/22/2009 10:13:21 AMAs`Beautiful As the Bridge is..I Preferred the Ferry!
This is Fantastic Doug!!!
Congratulations!!! #7068517
Tiia Vissak 1/22/2009 10:37:13 AMCongratulations! #7068637
Patrick Rouzes 1/22/2009 2:12:05 PMCONGRATULATIONS on this amazing finalist, Doug!!! #7069655
Eugenio Diaz 1/23/2009 2:30:18 PMCongratulations on this AWESOME finalist!!!! #7074742
Linda Blair 1/24/2009 4:12:39 PMAwesome b&w....congratulations!!!! #7080945
Mary Beth Aiello 1/25/2009 12:42:36 PMA huge congrats, Doug, on this fabulous finalist. #7084836
Completed in 1997 it covers 8 miles over water and sometimes ice. Connects Mainland Canada with Prince Edwards Island. Nicknamed by some as ransom bridge as it is free to travel over to PEI but cost to get back is $40.00 us...lol
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|Home >> Ask Olympus: Waterfall and Stream Effects
How do I get that misty water effect of streams and waterfalls I see in landscape photographs in magazines?
The effect you see in landscape photographs of streams and waterfalls where the water looks like mist or fog is obtained by making long exposures.
Many landscape photographers shoot with large format cameras that require using a small f-stop to obtain greater depth of field. Using a small f-stop requires a long exposure to expose the film. In addition, the photographers tend to use low speed film and the streams are in deep forests where the light levels are very low—requiring even longer exposures. The reason the moving water looks misty is because the water is moving through a relatively long time exposure, so the eddies and splashes blur. Even though it is possible to stop the motion of the water with 35mm and digital cameras, the effect has become fashionable and photographers want to emulate the look of large-format landscape photography.
The pictures below illustrate the effect.
The picture on the left was shot at 1/40 of a second, at f4.5 at ISO 1600. The picture on the right was shot for 2 seconds at f9.0 at ISO 100. The shorter exposure shows the eddies, splashes and bubbles. The longer exposure blurs the detail because the details are changing during the longer exposure.
To get the misty water effect:
- Set the camera to a low ISO so the camera will make longer exposures.
- Use a smaller aperture (f-stop) to increase the exposure time. Use the camera's A (Aperture Priority) mode to set the f-stop manually. The camera will calculate a longer exposure time.
- Since the effect requires long exposures, use of a tripod is mandatory.
- It may be necessary to use a polarizing filter or a neutral density filter to block the amount of light reaching the sensor even more to obtain long exposure times.
- Shoot on overcast days. This will allow longer exposures and will also avoid burned out areas in the image that sunlight will produce.
- If possible shoot on a calm day. Branches and leaves blown by the wind will also blur and may add distracting elements to the picture.
This exposure technique produces a feeling of tranquility in the image. It is not suitable for all images of moving water. The movement of rapids and crashing surf, or large waterfalls such as Niagara Falls are best photographed using short exposure times to communicate the power of such scenes.
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So… did you read my last
rant post? Yeah, a mere two minutes after publishing, what should I check? Facebook. And what should I find? A tag pointing me toward my friend Reg's post about his first ever podcast that has no name yet with Lonnie Taylor. And… it's really interesting.
*foot in mouth*
At least I'll admit it. :p
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Larger Than Life – Cyclone Davis
Guest Blog by Tiffany Mull, for her Grandfather on Father's Day
Maj. Davis, Commander of the 35th Squadron by his P-40N, Tsili, Tsili, New Guinea, 1943. Credit: Mull Family Archive all rights reserved.
Emmett Smith "Cyclone" Davis was a Colonel from World War II, and he got the nickname "Cyclone" for a reason. This cocky fighter pilot was renowned for his "dog fighting" skills. He was one of a dozen pilots that made it into the air the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, and he saw the war through to its end, serving as the escort for the Japanese envoy to set the terms of surrender.
Pearl Harbor. Credit: Credit: Mull Family Archive all rights reserved.
He stopped an F-100 with his teeth and lived to tell about it. In a night landing, his nose-gear collapsed. He opened his canopy fearing the plane would explode and wound up hitting the barrier at the end of the runway. The barrier slid up and whacked him across the jaw.
Major Emmett S. Davis being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Gen. George C. Kenney, 1943. Credit: Mull Family Archive all rights reserved.
Born in Roosevelt Utah, to a cowboy daddy and a pioneer mom who lived in a tent, Emmett was small in stature, but tough. Whenever his family moved to a new place, other kids would pick on him and his brothers because they were small and poor. Without fail Emmett would lick those bigger kids and rule the roost. He began work early, selling apples on the roadside. He placed value on hard work and always helped support his family (he was still sending his mother monthly checks when she died at one hundred and three). He had to work for everything he got, and this scabrous upbringing helped make him larger than life.
Lt. Col. Davis, second from the left, and three of his brothers, visiting their four-star mother. Credit: Mull Family Archive all rights reserved.
This poor boy from Northern Utah saw the world as a respected Commander, and then Colonel, in the air force, and he brought his rough-and-tumble Western attitude into the sky with him. Emmett earned the nickname "Cyclone" in the war, and he goes by it to this day.
Col. E.S. "Cyclone" Davis. Credit: Mull Family Archive all rights reserved.
As a Colonel in the Air Force he survived high flying rodeos of fire and death and his nickname is credited to a tactic he used to shoot down enemy aircraft. When he got in a "dog fight," he'd let the enemy follow him around in a circle. Cyclone would spiral his plane upwards, with the enemy in pursuit. At just the right moment, Cyclone would pull the throttle back and rocket his plane straight upwards in a vertical line. The enemy was confused. After going straight up for a little bit, Cyclone would stall the plane and let himself freefall until he was sufficiently below the enemy. Then he would wrench the plane back in gear, and shoot down the bogie. This is how he came to be known as "The Cyclone." The group he commanded was known as "Cyclone's Flying Circus" because of the wild and successful aerial tactics they employed.
Cyclone's Flying Circus. Credit: Mull Family Archive all rights reserved.
Cyclone lived life to the brim – and was never afraid to see it spill over once in a while. He married his sweetheart after the war on January 23rd 1946, and together they travelled the world.
Cyclone with his sweetheart Marge. Credit: Mull Family Archive all rights reserved.
Cyclone, Marge, Tucker and Pam. Credit: Mull Family Archive all rights reserved.
In the fifties he and Grandma would hold sock hops and invite ten or fifteen couples from the base to their house to dance shoeless until the sun came up. He served in the military, usually as a commander, for twenty-four years.
Cyclone with Marge, Pam, Tucker and Kim, the youngest. Credit: Mull Family Archive all rights reserved.
After retiring, Cyclone worked for Hughes Aircraft for another twenty years. After his second retirement, he had more time to enjoy golf, and even took up painting. In later years he found out he had macular degeneration and would slowly go blind. Rather than give up or enter into depression, he went to the Veteran's Blind School in Palo Alto where he learned to use a talking computer, and how to perform safe woodworking. To this day he continues woodworking, building shelves, desks, or birdhouses. He goes by feel, memory, and the little peripheral vision he has left. He's never too busy to help with a scout project or a pinewood derby car.
There was a period during the war when foot soldiers were getting accosted and killed by Japanese infantry men who laid in wait in caves on the island of Biak. As a kid Grandpa was a dead-eye pitcher in baseball. He decided to take matters into his own hands. Cyclone got in his plane with a pile of grenades and flew by the caves, chucking grenades into them out of the cockpit. He was a hero, in actuality, but also in the eyes of his children and grandchildren.
Cyclone with grandchildren: Brandon, Bryson and Summer Mull. Credit: Mull Family Archive all rights reserved.
Emmett is still a cyclone of a man. At five foot eight, he is larger than life. He turned ninety-two in December, 2010. Nowadays he's pretty tired, and pretty fragile. He has to sleep with an oxygen tank. He has a pacemaker. He can't go for long walks as he used to just a decade ago, but he still walks laps about the house. His mind is as sharp as ever, his wit sharper than the radial arm saw he loves so much, and he hasn't lost his thirst for adventure. Just two years ago he took a neighbor up on an offer to ride around on the back of his motorcycle.


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text: Young people need to serve. The level of community service is a good indication of the health of any society. Scouting has, from its inception, been deeply rooted in the concept of doing for others. "Do a Good Turn Daily" is a core Scouting precept. Scouting encourages young people to recognize the needs of others and take action accordingly. Scouting works through neighborhoods, volunteer organizations, and faith-based organizations to help young people appreciate and respond to the needs of others.


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Hi. I am looking to do this in the summer. My oil furnace is 20 years old and keeps needing to be reset various time throughout the day. This after spending $200 for a new pump.
Anyway I want to switch to electric just from a convenience standpoint. Tired of worrying about oil and what part is gonna break next on my old furnace.
I have read a few things online saying how crazy expensive electric furnaces are to run. I cant imagine its a HUGE amount more per month then I pay in the summer to run my central air unit. Am I wrong? Does it really raise the bill but $200 a month or more?
My main question is, is this a project a fairly handy person can tackle or should I just get a pro to do it?


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Dec 2012 09:50 UTC
"For a seventh consecutive month, the Samsung Galaxy S III is the most popular smartphone in the United Kingdom. The data compiled by uSwitch is based on live searches, pre-orders, as well as postpaid sales. Curiously, Apple's current smartphone flagship is not even second. The iPhone 5 is outperformed by its predecessor, whose lower price and improved contract offers helped it remain appealing. The Samsung Galaxy S II completes the quartet at the top. The rest of the top ten smartphones is entirely an Android party. It includes the Google Nexus 4, who entered the rankings a solid fifth. The second half of the top ten includes the Samsung Galaxy Ace, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Sony Xperia U, HTC One X, as well as the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2." This is getting ridiculous, and it's not good for the market. For the love of Fiona, people, buy something that's not Android. I don't want to live in an Android-dominated smartphone world.
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Australian prices
by unclefester on Wed 5th Dec 2012 09:22 UTC
RE: Australian prices
by henderson101 on Wed 5th Dec 2012 10:43 in reply to "Australian prices"
RE: Australian prices
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I work in Gibraltar, live in Spain.
Everyone in Gib has lots of disposable income thanks to the fact that we all in live in Spain, pay fuck all tax and generally enjoy the low prices of everything in Spain compared to the UK/Gibraltar.
Pretty much everyone in the office of young professionals either has one of two things.
1) Nokia Dumb Phone (1661, 100 etc) ... people like me that don't give a shit.
2) iPhone 3, 4, 4S.


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It would be difficult to find anything new to say in the gun control debate, which has been raging since the tragedy at Sandy Hook. The NRA has come up with every conceivable solution except more gun control. It even indicated that much more needs to be done in the field of mental health services. I believe there is a consensus on this point.
It would be difficult to find anything new to say in the gun control debate, which has been raging since the tragedy at Sandy Hook. The NRA has come up with every conceivable solution except more gun control. It even indicated that much more needs to be done in the field of mental health services. I believe there is a consensus on this point.
So here's what I suggest: Why doesn't the NRA divert a significant portion of its sizable campaign and lobbying funds to improving our mental health system? This will make us all safer, will make our political system less corrupt, and everyone will benefit.
Stephen Deutsch
There are two competing issues in the gun control controversy: public safety vs. corporate greed.
Gun and ammunition manufacturers are interested only in profit. They support the NRA by advertising in its publications, and by contributions. They are interested in selling their stock of assault weapons and oversize clips, and not losing profitable products. The manufacturers and NRA have spread smoke screens to hide the real issues.
There is no Second Amendment issue any more than there was when assault weapons were banned before, or when automatic weapons, silencers, sawed-offs, short-barrels and concealed firearms were outlawed or controlled.
The home defense smoke screen is more TV melodrama than reality. Far more people, including legitimate visitors, are killed or injured by firearms in the home than criminals are deterred.
Unrestricted firearms sales allow purchase by criminals and terrorists. Background checks on all firearms sales are essential for safety, but the NRA and 29 percent of its members opposed background checks.
There are decent NRA members, people who joined years ago and hung on as the organization went rogue. But today's crop of neurotics, radicals and anarchists is spreading smoke screens that hide corporate greed.
Norman Shapiro
The nearly universal tendency of Second Amendment advocates to ignore the first 13 words continues to amaze me.
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state" is the essential and historic context of the amendment. We continue to hear wailing from the rooftops about some mythic right for everyone to keep military weapons in their homes despite the fact that James Madison didn't mean that and of course had no awareness of rapid-fire weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Many gun advocates speciously argue that good people shouldn't have their "rights" restricted because bad people will get guns anyway. Please! We restrict all manner of dangerous things in our complex society without a whimper from the pro-gun folks.
A high priority of civilized society should be to create security for its citizens. We already have a "well regulated militia." My brother is a member. He's a cop.
Universal police forces did not exist in 1789. Pretending some holy and unrestricted constitutional right to all manner of weaponry is historically inaccurate, dangerous, paranoid and frankly absurd. That unfortunate misconception has stained our nation in blood.
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Remarkable advances in analytical chemistry now make it possible to measure minute levels of both natural and synthetic compounds in human tissue and body fluids. This "biomonitoring" allows researchers to determine more precisely than ever the degree to which individuals have been exposed to specific chemicals in the environment, and how exposures change over time. Consequently, federal and state officials increasingly regard biomonitoring as a potential new underpinning of environmental and public health regulations.


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onions wrote:Okay, so i looked at your topic title and thought, gee is that a spoiler? and it wasn't. so i edited it to make it more clear what the topic was about. cause i know there are a few people here that watch the series so i wouldn't want to give them a heart attack.
in any case, we can only assume she died during order 66. seeing as to how she's a major character in the CW cartoon, her death during the series wouldn't make much sense.
but then again, stranger things have happened.
Raequan wrote:How Will Ahsoka Tano Die?
Joedward wrote:it really comes down to bad planning on George's part.
JPCJedi wrote:Finally, in the movie and the director's commentary, they make a big deal out of Yoda saying Anakin will have to learn to "let go of his padawan." That line will have great meaning if Ahsoka has to sacrifice herself.
But doesn't in the original SW encyclopaedia or books state that only Jedi Masters can train Padawans and not Knights?
dWhisper, on the old forums wrote:She's going to be cut in half, killed, and the both halves are going to be cloned into Ahsokaa and Annsoka, so George can continnue to bend the franchise of the pinball machine and have his way with it in front of all the horrified fans.
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Same here, mignulikz spammed me a personal message with a hidden link to Adult Friend Finder
Now that we know where the link goes to, I suspect Veitch is furiously clicking it in search of an "adult friend" in Lembeh...
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Same here, mignulikz spammed me a personal message with a hidden link to Adult Friend Finder
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I have now gotten spam from both muzrinkl and mignulikz.
To the admins - my suggestion is to suspend new accounts for a few days until this passes and then added in human challenge for creating a new account. The simplest is to require that two number be added correctly.
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Good job Eric! I knew you guys would take care of this idiot. Keep up the good work.
I've just applied the patch. Here's the message I'm going to post on the front page:
The software we use to run the forum has recently been under attack by a new way of spamming that involves humans (to get by the validation process) and automated bots (to PM everyone, over time). Other forums that run the same software have reported similar issues.
We have applied a software patch that does PM flood control on the PM screen, which means that members will not be able to send more than 1 personal message every 6 minutes. This will ensure that bots cannot PM spam anymore. In addition, we have disabled BBCODE in the PM system, so it will be impossible to send formatted text (or active links) in personal messages.
Anyone who still wants send many PMs will have to go through the normal process of signing up for a new account and posting a message in order to become validated, which is how we have prevented most spammers from having access to our forums. The initial post these spammers use to become full members are all pretty obvious and are normally off topic -- report them early, and hopefully, we'll get to them before they manage to send anymore PMs.
We're told that the upcoming version of our forum software includes a centralized SPAM reporting and banning service, which means that as soon as one of these guys hits one forum, they will be banned on all of them. This is the same method that most blogs use for anti-comment spam, and has been shown to be extremely effective.
Thanks for your patience, everyone. We'll try hard to make it as hard as possible for spammers to do anything here again, although it is always a game of catch-up as they find new ways to get in.
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This spam situation was not much different than a normal user logging in, listing all members, and sending personal messages to everyone, one by one. The only differences was the content and the script that (presumably) automated the process. No spammers were able to get your email address. By default, Wetpixel hides your email address, but if it makes you feel better, you can go into your Email Settings and make sure that "Hide my email address from other members" is checked.
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If there's one thing Breaking Bad and the White family has mastered, it's the subtle art of the painfully awkward, excruciatingly tense family dinner. Whether it is Walt and Skyler sitting angrily across the table from one another while Jesse tries in vein to cut the tension by commenting on just how delicious the store-bought green beans are, or a nerve-racking birthday morning where Junior insists his mother mark the occasion by forming a 51 on his father's plate with bacon – which results in Walt commenting on the merits of "sacrifice" and "Family teamwork."
Unsurprisingly, things aren't much different when Walt and Skyler ask Hank and Marie to meet them at a local Mexican restaurant to, you know, discuss the whole Heisenberg thing and maybe clarify any recent suggestions that certain DEA agents should "tread lightly" over a bowl of freshly prepared guacamole and a pitcher of ice-cold margaritas. Naturally, given the Whites' penchant for making a little time around the table wind up being as solemn as a funeral, things don't go too well, as Marie continually insists that Junior come live at Schraderhaus and Hank tells his brother-in-law that being a man means coming clean about his wrongdoings, cancer or no cancer.
And like the cancer that has recently resurfaced in Walter's lungs, 'Confessions' takes a look at the tendency these characters have to relapse into previous conditions and behaviors, and how that recidivism defines them in moments of turmoil or confrontation. Hank comes at Walter straight, giving him no option but to confess to his crimes and to face the music like a man. That's precisely how Hank sees the world, how he approaches his job and the criminals he pursues and, with a little bit of due diligence, sees them thrown in prison.
Walt, meanwhile, comes at everything and everyone completely cockeyed; his whole plan to provide for his family after being given a terminal diagnosis was to cook meth with a former student and then he wound up the kingpin of an empire he'd never dreamed of building. So, naturally, his move is to offer up a confession wherein he implicates his primary accuser of being the mastermind behind the whole thing because, at the end of the day, the evidence that Hank has on Walt is no more damning than any Walt has on him. And if Walt's confession were to ever surface and be scrutinized by the DEA – and it would be – the one hundred and seventy-seven thousand dollars in medical bills that were paid out to a critically injured Hank Schrader by one Walter White is far more convincing than a copy of Leaves of Grass signed by the man formerly believed to have been Heisenberg.
It's a strategic blow that hits Hank well below the belt, but lets him know that the ball is in his court, because, after all, he is family and we know how important family is to Walt. And the episode brilliantly illustrates that importance by having Walt offer up his son as the reason Hank should just back off. Walt's all but promising that he'll soon be dead and the world may just be a better place without him, but no one should tarnish the memory Junior has of his father, as that might just ruin the young man. It's a merciless play that capitalizes on Walt's knowledge of just how much his children mean to Hank and Marie, and how bringing down Heisenberg would also bring about the end of this ultra-dysfunctional family unit. In the end, it's left to Marie to inadvertently plant the seed of ending it all (or making it look that way, perhaps?) as a way to save those that he loves. And that, of course, ties into the near-future timeline and the larger theme of how everything seems to move in a circular fashion and all misdeeds seem to be revisited upon those who commit them.
But the most interesting aspect of this low-key, yet somehow frantic episode is in how Gennifer Huchtison (who's credited with writing 'Confessions') overtly plays with the concept of Walt as a misguided parent by making sure his two surrogate sons – Jesse and Todd – have a brief moment with their shadowy father figure. Todd is all smiles recounting his misadventures in hijacking a methylamine shipment (and glossing over the killing an innocent child), and even calls Walt to let him know how he's moving up in the world. But it's Jesse, who has been so quite over the past two episodes, who erupts, ready with violent-retribution-by-way-of-gas-can, after nearly being talked into a new life somewhere by Walt and Saul.
It's only at the last moment that Jesse pieces together the missing ricin cigarette and how, for all his fatherly concern, for all the warmth that was in that dad-like embrace in the desert, at this moment, family is just another tool for Walter to use, to ensure that when the end comes, it's the ending that Walter White envisioned and no one else.
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SKILLMAN, N.J. – Barry University women's tennis team received Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team honors for the 2012-13 school year.
The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale. All eligible student-athletes whose names appear on the team roster and have competed in one or more varsity matches, figure into the team's GPA for the academic year.
The Buccaneers had a 3.495 team grade point average this year.
Additionally, junior Akemi Maehama and sophomore Linda Fritschken received Scholar All-American honors.
An ITA Scholar-Athlete must be a varsity letter winner, have a GPA of at least 3.5 for the current academic year and have been enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters.


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As I write these words, I am basked in the twinkling light of the decorated evergreen garland framing the fireplace above a row of stockings � two for me and my wife, and a tiny one for each of the cats.
I am listening to a recording of a well-known church choir singing the carols and hymns of the season. One of my favorites is an obscure lullaby for the infant Jesus written by the English hymnist Isaac Watts.
Oh, did I mention I am an atheist?
There are surely some people who assume that I must spend December sulking Grinch-like in dark corners and scowling resentfully at the festive decorations, joyful music, and general merriment of the season. Or that I wait, coiled in cynicism, for someone to wish me a merry Christmas so that I can strike back with a sharp rebuke for assuming that I am Christian.
That caricature is amusing in its uninformed wrongness.
To assume that atheists cannot enjoy or even participate in holiday festivities is to believe the season to be the exclusive domain of Christianity and its celebration of the nativity story. But even solid, pious Christians must recognize that many of the trappings of Christmas are borrowed from other religions and cultures, and that Christmas is not even the only end-of-year holiday.
Atheists and other non-Christians have many reasons to celebrate the season. Some of us acknowledge the winter solstice, not for any spiritual or magical reason, but because the days will now be getting longer. We put up trees and decorate with lights and evergreen garlands, not because we are pagans, but because we like them.
But even if Christmas were the only event on December�s calendar, we atheists would still be happily drinking eggnog, hanging mistletoe and gaily mocking the tacky, lighted robo-deer on our neighbors� lawns.
Surely, the suspicious might ask, Christmas just has to rub atheists the wrong way � there must be something making us chafe.
There are, in fact, aspects of the holidays that make me cringe, but they likely make a lot of Christians wince as well. I resent the overly commercial, materialistic aspect of Christmas. I dread the oppressive marketing, the insidious conversion of sweet little kids into list-making consumers and the socially compulsory gift exchanges.
The myth, popular in the right-wing media, that non-believers are waging a war on Christmas is absurd. To the contrary, most of us enjoy Christmas � and the solstice, and Kwanzaa and Yuletide. We enjoy the cultural contributions that we find meaningful, attractive, enjoyable, tasty, or inspiring � and we do not worry ourselves that those who contributed them had beliefs that we do not share.
To turn one�s back on anything beautiful or delightful simply because of the beliefs of the creator is to lose out on too much human achievement. I do not have to believe the supernatural aspects of the gospels to be touched by Michaelangelo�s Piet�, or to marvel at the great Gothic cathedrals. Whatever the beliefs of their creators, these works are wondrous to people of every religious stripe, and to those with no religious stripes at all.
Our little holiday garland is not a work of art, but I enjoy its annual appearance. I do not have to believe it is imbued with tree spirits any more than our stockings mean we believe in Santa Claus.
So those few who so desperately want me to be offended when someone says "Merry Christmas" to me will have to sob their bitter tears. I don�t want Christmas to be illegal, or to be protected from experiencing it, or to have Christians struck by secular lightning for daring to be cordial to me.
I will not be offended when anyone wishes me a merry Christmas, and nobody should be offended if I happen to wish them happy holidays.
Jason Enos, formerly of Branch County, is a geographer living in Kalamazoo and a member of the Center For Inquiry, Michigan.
It's OK to wish an atheist a merry Christmas
As I write these words, I am basked in the twinkling light of the decorated evergreen garland framing the fireplace above a row of stockings � two for me and my wife, and a tiny one for each of the cats.


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My name is Jasmine Sakhia 28 M from providence. I am a beginner and looking for a partner. If you or any of your friend looking for partner than let me know.
hey! today was fun. couldn't find you on facebook, so I made an account here!
I'm sure we can find a time down the road. just let me know.
Hey Craig, I just got back in town and today saw your message. I don't sign in very frequently so if you like you can email me directly. I am available to play this Sunday afternoon or evening if you like. My addy is firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks for response to my msg. I'm available to play most evenings (Monday/Tuesday would work) and then again most any Sundays anytime. Usually off on Thursday and can play any. Look forward to hearing from you and maybe we can set something up one day soon.
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Monday, January 25, 2010
2010 S.O.F.A. 50K Doesn't Disappoint
As fog winds it's way down the Rogue, through Merlin and past Galice, it floats above the river, light like a feather. The runners who convened at Grave Creek Trail Head on Saturday attempted to do just that, float like a feather. Others, at the end of the day, felt the lead in their legs as 31 hard earned miles suddenly took their toll.
The day was certainly a celebration of birthdays, but also the celebration of a new year and new goals. Some cobwebs were blown out, and the strong willed determination of many, ignited.
The S.O.F.A (as most fat a$$ races are known to be) has been a time for runners to come together in a setting not so competitive and without all the intimidation and pressure of months of hard work. Certainly some of us needed to work off a little winter weight, but ultimately friends far and wide came out to share in a unique experience in a one-of-a-kind place. Eugene, Bend, Ashland and Yreka all represented. The above picture represents the dissidents, to which the aforementioned statement bears no weight at all.
Runner's set off on the rocky slopes of the wild and scenic Rogue River. The trail demands your attention but still provides excitement for these experienced feet.
Desiree was out there having fun.
Even John Ticer can't seperate from this pack!
Shahid finds some level ground on one of the easier creek crossings.
I believe that's "Deer Blood," correct me if I'm wrong Rennaker.
Ahh, it's all up hill from here.
We saw 17 runners complete the 50k, while another 19 pushed their own limits enjoying a flawless January day on the Rogue River Trail.
Eric Skaggs 50k 4:06
Andy Martin 50k 4:15
Nick Lewis 50k 4:18
Hal Koerner 50k 4:33
Lewis Taylor 50k 4:33
Dan Olmstead 50k 4:34
Jenn Shelton 50k 4:50
John Price 50k 5:00
Eric Poole 50k 5:06
Chris Rennaker 50k 5:20
Timothy Olson 50k 5:21
Aaron Brian 50k 5:22
Jody Waters 50k 5:22
John Ticer 50k 5:35
Craig Thornley 50k 5:35
Rob Cain 50k 5:36
Annie Taylor 50k 6:36
Clyde Aker 30 mile 7:15
Anna Bates 27 miles 6:36
Max King 24 miles 4:00
Daniel Newberry 22 miles 3:27
Jim Morgan 20 miles fast
Ric Sayre 20 miles fast
Clayton Gillette 20 miles fast
Robert Hodge 20 miles 3:52
Vic Harris 20 miles 3:53
Heather Timmons 20 miles 4:00
Dana Duvivier 20 miles 4:00
Erin Keller 20 miles 4:33
Mel Baily 20 miles 5:16
Carly Varner 17 miles 3:29
Des Barnes 17 miles 3:29
Shahid Ali 17 miles 3:29
Aaron Michalson 16 miles 2:37
Tim Turk 16 miles 2:43
Tom Pelsor 15 miles 4:30
Like my good friend says, "don't jump in the water if you can't swim."
5 comments:
- Rennaker said...
Funny thing. I've never seen Hal in water...
Great write up!
Good times and great friends!
- Monday, January 25, 2010 10:31:00 PM
- Rennaker said...
Jagermeister really means master hunter of deer or rabbit. But, deer blood sounds better. Like we're in Red Dawn and it's a rite of passage to down a shot.
- Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:01:00 PM
- Joe B said...
The S.O.F.A. looks awesome. I remember rafting down the Rouge as a kid and wondering why anyone would be so crazy to hike right next to a sweet float on the river. Now, twenty years removed from my last river trip (and an avid trail runner), I think running that trail would be incredible. If I survive the Pine to Palm, count me in next year. Joe B
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Keystone Delivers First Vantage to Dean's RV
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Dean's RV Superstore of Tulsa, Oklahoma, recently took delivery of the very first production Keystone RV Co's Vantage travel trailer. Pictured (L-R): Tom Morgan, general sales manager, Dean's RV Superstore; Randy Coy, owner/president Dean's; Troy Nusbaum, Vantage product manager; Jeff Runels, Keystone group general manager. Initially unveiled at the Elkhart County RV Open House in late September, the Vantage has garnered widespread industry recognition and media coverage. Most recently, Vantage was selected by RV Business as one of the "Top New Product Debuts of 2012 Model Year." Morgan noted, "When the tarp came off the Vantage at the Keystone Open House, I immediately texted my sales staff to let them know we were all in. The sleek, aerodynamic styling is very appealing and offers state of the art design at an affordable price." Vantage is currently offered in four floorplans in lengths from 30 to 34 feet, with MSRP starting at around $33,000. Dean's RV will display the Vantage front and center at their dealership and at RV shows, featuring the product as an attention getter and traffic stopper. "We want to make sure every customer sees the Vantage," adds Morgan. Dean's RV first opened for business in 1971 and has been a Keystone partner since Keystone was established in 1996. In addition to the Vantage, Dean's is a full line Keystone dealer. "Dean's has been a tremendous dealer partner since day one," says Runels. "They see the potential Vantage offers and will take advantage to attract new customers and increase sales."


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The unit worked flawlessly on all 40 dives while using a Recsea housing for my Canon S95 housing.
Pros: Worked flawlessly, very even distribution of light, 3 levels of intensity of light for both wide beam and narrow beam, lasted multiple dives before needing rechaging with no diminishing of intensity of light as the battery drained over the course of multiple dives, charging took just several hours, great for night dives, seemed less affected by backscatter than other lights, and really penentrated much more so than many of the other hand held lights that I saw with the larger batteries.
Cons: Since I was both wreck diving and reef diving I decided to go with the option of dual white lights vs white and red. The intensity of the white light was too annoying for the fish and they tended to scatter them (especially for macro work). Having said that I was glad I had the dual whites for wreck diving. I don't like the portion of the ball head attachment that lets you attach it optionally to the flash shoe located on the top of my Recsea housing. You have to screw the unit to tighten it to keep it in place. Unfortunately as you adjust the light to redirect the beam this tended to loosen the light from the shoe. This could be a potential problem of loosing the light and not knowing it. I subsequently moved the light to the second ultralight arm and did not worry about it anymore.
NOTE: Soo many people had to play around with the little light when I was not looking that they did not know how to turn the thing off (you have to push the switch in either direction for a couple of seconds). So I found myself having to go and turn it off for them. They all seemed pretty facinated by it.
NOTE: make sure when you order the unit that if you are using it for uw photography that you get the ball head that is compatible with the ultralight setup (if that is what you have). Mine came with the hand strap that you see many divers using these days. The shop had to send me out the optional ball head so I could mount it to my ultra light arms.
If I purchase a second light to help with the video portion of lighting then I will more than likely get the white/red light combo to help with macro shots by using the red light.
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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 18 Feb 2010
Attending this two-day conference with a bunch of government folks to discuss all tings open government, Web 2.0 and innovation. It is being co-hosted by CISCO and the Centre for Social Impact. Here's my notes from today's session.
Session 1: Revitalising Participatory Democracy
Session 2 A new manifesto for Public Sector Innovation: A global perspective Dr John Kao
There is a live Twitter feed that you can follow here. The hash tag is #anzpss
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GREEN BAY, Wis. — He was once a transcendent player. You paid to see Vince Young play. At 6 feet, 5 inches tall, he had the stride of a gazelle, an aura of invincibility.
Now, in Green Bay, a once-limitless NFL career is on life support.
Young was met by a swarm of cameras at his new locker Tuesday. Only, instead of talking about the Rose Bowl, the sensational rookie season, the quest to be deliver on superhuman hype, the conversation was more about survival.
For Vince Young, the expectations have changed.
"I just want to get in here and earn the team respect and staff and coaches' respect and continue to keep playing football," he said. "The game that I love."
After a full year away from the game, the 2006 third overall pick now has less than four weeks to learn a new offense, apply new footwork and excel in the preseason to earn a roster spot. This isn't a gimmick or some scout-team resource. The Packers brought Young in to compete with Graham Harrell and B.J. Coleman.
For Young, it's a steep challenge. After spending a year away from the game, the quarterback vows he is rejuvenated.
"Maturing," Young said. "That's the biggest thing. Back in the day, I was a young Vince. Now, I'm more mature and definitely learned from things that happened in the past. I'm married now, a grown man, 30 years old. I'm kind of like the old head in this locker room."
In Tennessee, Young devolved from budding star to expendable within five seasons. He spent the 2011 season backing up Michael Vick in Philadelphia. Then, last summer, he couldn't make the Buffalo Bills' 53-man roster.
Young described 2012 as a deep breath, a chance to escape and reflect.
The quarterback returned to Texas and trained at the university where "it all started." The 2006 national champion didn't watch much NFL, typically catching games on Sunday or Monday night. He never believed his career was finished.
For one, Young says "my record speaks for itself." In six years, he did go 31-19 as a starter, completing 57.9 percent of his passes for 8,964 yards, 46 touchdowns and 51 interceptions, while also rushing for 1,459 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Training regularly, participating in Texas' pro day last March, Young hoped a team took notice.
"Once you get to the point you quit, that's when you have to say I probably need to put the game down," Young said, "but overall I had to stay active, stay working and stay visible with my guys at UT and things like that. I really felt like Green Bay saw that, saw that I was still active and I didn't give up."
General manager Ted Thompson dismissed the notion that signing Young is an indictment of Harrell and Coleman. Still, with Young, he said there's a certain "mystery," an "intrigue." And the GM added that the team did take Young's troubled past — one that includes deep financial woes — into consideration.
On the field, there will be significant, on-the-fly adjustments.
With Andy Reid in Philadelphia, Young spent one season in a West Coast offense. Yet in Tennessee, he led a run-heavy, play-action offense. Mike McCarthy's offense demands precise footwork and quick decision-making, skills that can require years to master. Hence, the Packers' annual "quarterbacks school."
After watching Young's workout, McCarthy admitted Young would be taught different footwork in Green Bay.
"He'll definitely be trained in it, but we have to teach him the language and get him up to speed," McCarthy said. "He's got to develop the timing and the relationship with the perimeter group, the blitz adjustments and running the offense."
All in four weeks.
One executive in personnel for one of Young's former teams said Young has "a terrible make-up" as a back-up quarterback.
The executive said he highly respects Thompson, which is why he's "baffled" by the signing. In Young's weekly preparation as a quarterback, he said there was more the quarterback "should have been able to know, to handle."
He doesn't see Young reading coverages and helping Aaron Rodgers during the course of a game.
"Something is amiss," the executive said. "This move screams more of the state of the market right now and less of an infatuation with Vince Young."
Either way, Green Bay is giving Young a chance to prove his doubters wrong. This marks the quarterback's fourth chance at resurrecting a career destined for greatness that night in Pasadena. Thompson said two of his right-hand men in personnel, Eliot Wolf and Alonzo Highsmith, caught that Texas/USC title game on TV the night before Young arrived in Green Bay.
The two thought "it was a sign from somewhere," Thompson said.
Maybe. For now, Green Bay doesn't have much to lose. And for Young, it's another shot.
"My whole thing is to continue to keep working and get myself better and just staying ready," Young said. "You never know."


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Friday November 2, 2012
Indie quartet Alt-J have been announced as the winners of the Mercury Music Prize.
Known for songs Something Good and Breezeblocks, the four boys beat Richard Hawley and Plan B to the prize. Thr group were stunned to receive the prestigious award.
Thom, Joe, Gwil and Gus said: "We might just thank everyone on team Alt-J who has ever made a difference."
The boys also thanked their parents for "not making them get jobs".
Although the foursome may take their family out for dinner, they plan on celebrating their sense in a more rock n roll style.
Gus said: "He said: "We're going to go and get really smashed, we've just won a Mercury. Christ, I'm going to stay out and carry this as long as I can."
The musician also admitted to being a fan of his own work, saying: "I like listening to it and I think that is a testament to it, it's the same four guys."
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Corn on the Cob: Playful Corn Skewers for Easy Nibbling
Condemned to the dark recesses of the junk drawer for most of the year, corn skewers certainly prove their worth when the sweet corn starts coming in. How else would we eat our corn on the cob while it's still piping hot and delicious? Here are a few fun sets we've spotted recently.
1. Barbecue Folk Corn Holders, $11.95 from Sur La Table - Mixing and matching these corn holders would be half the fun, don't you think?
2. Uni-Corn Corn Holders, $10.00 from Urban Outfitters - As the description says, this is the "most magical way to hold a corn cob."
3. Cow Corn Holders, $15.95 from Wrapables.com - Moo!
4. Dog Corn Holders, $9.99 from Bed Bath and Beyond - These wiener dogs are very hard to resist.
5. Antique Silverware Corn Cob Holders, $15.00 from Etsy Seller Nancyaharrington - Simultaneously elegant and functional.
6. Zyliss Interlocking Corn Holders, $6.00 from Amazon.com - Now here's a clever way to keep from losing one of the pair.
7. Corny Corn Holders, $3.99 from Joie Shop - A whimsical twist on the classic corn cob holders we had as kids.
8. Lake Fish Corn Picks, $15.95 from Bay Village Store - Have your fish and eat it too.
9. BBQ Theme Corn Skewers, $7.25 from Amazon.com - Another fun way to celebrate grilling season.
Do you have a fun set of corn skewers?
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I have a Belgian Malinois X but he is more like his father than mother, Has all the raits of this breed. We are beginning agility training as he requires extreme exercise. I have two important issues 1. I have tried to introduce him to people by way of instruction yet he still nips. 2. no matter how often I try and I mention this to others while we and his brother go for walks that all dogs attack him no matter what yet he goes balistic and yes the dog attacks because Moses is so hyper that the dog becomes aggressive even this passive dog behind fence who never makes a peep growled at him and she is so good. What could I do pulling hair out. At home he is angel outdoors he is hell fire on four legs. Please if anybody is familiar or has suggestion I would greatly appreciate it
How old is your dog, if he is a puppy you need to train not to tip at people as this could become a real risk if still doing this when he get bigger. I would bring him to good dog trainer if you are not able to stop the tipping.
I'd say that you need obedience training from a professional trainer that is referred by someone you trust.
Some dogs are really easy to train, but this does not seem to be the case here.
By the sound of this, and with respect, it seems like this training problem is not something you can handle yourself. Your dog is not respecting you as the leader. Your dog will grow bigger and stronger. Both the dog and you will benefit from group classes with other dogs and a trainer that knows how to deal with dogs like this.
Normally these classes aren't a fortune and imo, it is THE single best investment you can make. Trying to deal with these problems later in life (your life and the dog's life) will be far more difficult and lead to way more frustration.
Good luck!
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Oh COME ON.
First this dog was Lab from champion bloodlines: http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=83230
Then he's part Mastiff, part Labrador: http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=83437
And in both those threads above AKA registration is quoted which is meaningless for a purebred dog in the U.S. where the registration is AKC or in Canada where it is CKC, for Canadian Kennel Club.
Next you say you thought he was a Mastiff but now you've read the papers and he's Malinois, no mention of any cross with another breed at all: http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=83451
Now he is a Malinois cross, no mention of what he crossed with, this pup that came from champion Lab in your first thread.
In these threads and in several others many people have offered tips and advice, the recommendation of training classes being made over and over.
This poor little puppy was three months old on your Jan 21, 2013 thread so he is only four months old now. Who in the world accepted your puppy for agility training? Are you doing it yourself, on your own? Do you know he is too young for the stresses of jumping and weave poles? You would be far better off getting him into a regular puppy class where you can learn how to handle this dog. A four month old puppy does NOT need extreme exercise. He needs moderate exercise and training. All the actions you say he displays are normal puppy behaviour.
PEOPLE MAKE mistakes I am not perfect. Yes he is beginning obedience training so kindly refrain from chastising me. Person accepted at the age of 4 months and I have removed him from agility thank you all
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Hello, It has been a while since I posted here, I've been really busy, but I got a few minutes of free time to write this example of Operation Advisor which aims to prevent a certain type of workitem to be linked to another workitem of a different type.
For this example, let's make Tasks workitems unable to link Defect workitems as children. You can easily change the types of workitems and links in this example to suit your needs. The purpose of this and future posts is to get familiar with the API Jazz.
Before proceeding it is essential that you already know the first steps to creating a RTC plug-in, if you do not know stop here and read this previous post that explains the basic steps with a simple example.
First create your Plug-in Project and select Dependencies tab and add most frequently used plugins as required (com.ibm.team.process.service,
com.ibm.team.workitem.common, com.ibm.team. workitem.service,
com.ibm.team.process.common, com.ibm.team.repository.common,
com.ibm.team.repository.service) and import the package org.eclipse.core.runtime. After that, it is important that you save the project to refresh the workspace.
Let's select Extensions tab and add our Extension Point for this
plugin. And since this is a pre-condition and will not change the state
of the workitem, let's use an Operation Advisor.
Click Add.
Look for: com.ibm.team.proccess.service.operationAdvisors. This option only appears if you have correctly added the required plugins as mentioned earlier.
Fill the following fields:
id: Identifier of the advisor
class: Java class that will be called by the advisor
name: Name by which the advisor will be identified in the process settings.
operationId: Id of the operation where the advisor will be injected.
Add an extension service, Right click, New -> extensionService and fill an id and use the same class used in the extension point.
Now let's the code:
All done! Now just create the feature and the site and upload the plugin to server.
I will try to shorten the time between posts, but by May it can be a bit difficult. See you next time!
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Preparing the Environment for Extending RTC (2/3) - Initial Settings
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This is the second part of the article "Preparing the Environment for Extending RTC", you can access the first part here. In this post we will deal with the initial configuration of the RTC local server to make it running and ready to be prepared for development.
Preparing the Environment for Extending RTC (2/3) - Initial Settings
Important: This tutorial was produced using the windows version of the RTC, some screenshots may not match for other operating systems. A few aspects will be different, for example, the extension of some files "*. bat", "*. sh", "*. exe".
Once installed, we need to make the initial settings on the server local RTC to make it run properly. First, let's start the server. Go to the folder where the Jazz server was installed and run "server.startup.bat" (or "server.startup.sh", see note above)
The first time may take up to several minutes to start the server. When the message "INFO: Server startup in seconds *****" appears, it means the server is up.
Now let's access server for the first time to configure it. Access: https://localhost:9443/jts/setup and login with username ADMIN and password ADMIN.
The first screen will be shown as follow. Click "Next"
Here we set the public URI for our server. This part requires some additional steps, as shown below, the Jazz do not kindly accept us to leave "localhost" as our Public URI.
There are MANY ways to solve this, I chose a really simple one: Create an entry in the hosts file resolving any given name (I chose "rtclocaljazz.com") to our local ip. In windows the file to be edited is "windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts", in Linux is "/etc/hosts". Below is the windows screenshot
Then the jazz server will let us set up our public URI without restrictions. So fill the field with the value: https://rtclocaljazz.com:9443/jts
For the next steps, we can leave the default settings.
Database configuration, if you have some SQL Server, Oracle or DB2 that prefer to use, you can configure it here.
E-mail notifications. For now we'll leave it disabled.
Setup user registry. Here we can also leave the default option for the Jazz use tomcat's database.
For security reasons, Jazz recommends to you disable the ADMIN user, since it is a standard user. So you must create your user and check "Disable default ADMIN access" option.
For now do not choose any license. Later we'll add the free developers licenses.
Now let's set and register the Jazz application named "Change and Configuration Management." Click "Register Applications"
If all goes well, you see the following message.
The application public URI will be the same as the jazz server, only changing "jts" (Jazz team server) to "ccm" (change and configuration management). In this case: https://rtclocaljazz.com:9443/ccm
In database configuration, we can leave the default options
Finalize application setup.
After that, choose "Administer the Server"
Ok, it's almost done. Now we need to install the licenses on the server, remember that in our case we'll use the 10 free licenses that IBM provides to RTC Express Edition. Access server administration: https://rtclocaljazz.com:9443/jts/admin .
Choose the "Manage server" option via "Jazz Team Server - Server Administration", then navigate to option License Key Management
In the Client Access License Types box click "Add". In file dialog that appears click on "Choose File" (or "Browser" depending on your OS and browser)
Find and select the file "RTC_Developer-10-C.jar" (which was unzipped from licenses archive as mentioned in the first part of this article)
The jazz will recognize the file, then just click "Next."
Do not forget to edit the user you created and assign to him one of these 10 licenses free.
Finally! Our server is fully functional. I advise you to create users, project areas, workitems, browse through the server options ... In other words, become familiar with Jazz Team Concert.
After I finished this tutorial, I found an official Jazz Team video (http://jazz.net/library/video/552) about the same subject. Check it also:
Next post will be about the necessary changes to configure the development environment. Probably the third part will be a video lesson, if I can solve minor problems with sound on my workstation. This third party should only be published in early January, so Happy New Year everyone!
Leave your comments, critics, suggestions. Your feedback is very important to make me improve the material. Despite the fact that I'm relatively "old" in development world, I am entirely new in this area of articles, blogs and video lessons.
Some spelling errors may occur. If you find any misspelled words, let me know.
Preparing the Environment for Extending RTC (1/3) - Installing the RTC 3.0 (windows)
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To begin the development of customizations to the RTC is necessary to prepare and configure the environment. Here I will split this preparation into three parts, the first one will cover the jazz server and client installation, the second one will explain the initial settings of the server and licenses, and the third part in which we talk about the changes needed to make environment ready for development, such as debug configuration and using the SDK.
We will be using version 3.0 of Rational Team Concert, if you want to develop for previous versions like 126.96.36.199, you won't find major problems, because although the product itself has improved considerably, the development methods have not changed that much.
Preparing the Environment for Extending RTC (1/3) - Installing the RTC 3.0 (windows)
Important: This tutorial was produced using the windows version of the RTC, some screenshots may not match for other operating systems. A few aspects will be different, for example, the extension of some files "*. bat", "*. sh", "*. exe".
Ok, lets get started. First you need to download the necessary files from the Jazz website (you must be registered and registration is free). After you log in, access the following download page https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert/releases/3.0?P=allDownloads
There you will find several files for download, including web installers. Here we'll use the offline installers, and for that we need to download the following files:
1- https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert/releases/3.0/RTC-Developer-10-C-License-3.0.zip
2- https://jazz.net/downloads/ibm-installation-manager/releases/1.4.1
3- https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert/releases/3.0/JTS-CCM-With-Trial-Licenses-repo-3.0.zip
4- https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert/releases/3.0/RTC-Eclipse-Client-repo-3.0.zip
After downloading the files, unzip them to their respective folders, as shown below:
Now install the Installation Manager (agent.installer\install.exe). Setup is very simple and requires no further explanation.
Once installed, we will now configure the repositories in Installation Manager. Access the "File" -> "Preferences", select the tab "Repositories" and click the "Add Repository"
Look for the file "repository.config" in folder "RTC-Eclipse-Client-repo-3.0\im\repo\rtc-client-offering\offering-repo", then repeat the process to file with same name, but in the folder "JTS-CCM-With-Trial-Licenses-repo-3.0\im\repo\jts-ccm-trial\offering-repo".
Now that the Installation Manager know where are the installation files, we can install the server and client. To do this click "Install".
The order of installation between server and client doesn't matter right now. Of course, you can only use the client if the server is up, but as in this first part we will not run the client, we can install it first because its installation is simpler.
Select the package Rational Team Concert - Client for Eclipse IDE and proceed with the installation, accepting the License Terms and choosing the desired directory.
Then it's time to install the server
Okay, we have the server and the client installed. In the next post, we will configure the server initial settings to make it work properly.
Leave your comments, critics, suggestions. Your feedback is very important to make me improve the material. Despite the fact that I'm relatively "old" in development world, I am entirely new in this area of articles, blogs and video lessons.
Some spelling errors may occur. If you find any misspelled words, let me know.


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Hey, first post. Thought I'd drop in, and show off something that I made. I need to fix the colors some, as I think it's a bit clownish. But that aside, it's got some nice fire power. Eight cannons, although this can be cut down to six to increase speed. Four massive engines for great speed. Wings fold down in to aid in manuverability during battle. There si a bomb onthe underside fo the bow, which is in the recessed area. It can split into four smaller ones, or drop as one larger bomb. There is only room for one person, and has four storage units, as well as a grappling hook, and some lights up front for those occasions when needed. It's capable of both space and atmosphereic flights. It can perform under watrer, though that is very limited.
I applogise for pic size, and possible crappiness


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Summer Wine Pairings
Your Guide to Pairing Wine With Classic Cookout Dishes
Your Guide to Pairing Wine With Classic Cookout Dishes
As you start to assemble your grocery list for the holiday weekend, don't forget one element that's just as important as the food: your beverages of choice. Although beer might be the instinctive beverage when planning a grillout, might we suggest some killer wine pairings instead? We enlisted the help of Food & Wine executive wine editor Ray Isle, who revealed to us what he pairs with some of the Fourth's most traditional foods.
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EPA Defies Sanity, or Defines Insanity
[Guest post by JD]
The Obama EPA's War on Jobs Continues Apace.
I really am struggling for the right adjective to describe this. It has been clear the the Obama EPA has absolute contempt for American jobs, the economy, the rule of law, and basic sanity.
Less than a week ago, the Environmental Protection Agency received a slap on the wrist from a federal appeals court that ruled that the EPA may not force oil companies to pay for an credits for failing to comply with a rule mandating that they incorporate a certain amount of cellulosic biofuels into their product. The EPA estimated that the industry would produce and make available for purchase 8.7 million gallons of cellulosic biofuels in 2012, but the industry only actually produced less than 21,000 gallons — and the court thankfully decided that the EPA could not inflict regulatory punishments based on their wildly enthusiastic and fanciful projections.
So, they just got done getting whacked in Court for trying to fine someone for not using something that essentially doesn't exist, at least not anywhere near their projections. In a rational world, their mandates would mandate something that exists.
So, last year, their projection was around 8,700,000 gallons, when reality was around 21,000 gallons. The EPA projected approximately 415 times as much a reality allowed for.
What to do? Temper projections to match reality? Are you on crack?! This is the Obama EPA.
EPA raised how much cellulosic biofuel — those made from non-edible feedstock — it expected refiners to blend this year as part of the renewable fuel standard.
EPA set the mark at 14 million gallons of cellulosic biofuel, up from about 8.65 million gallons last year. …
I really would love it if someone could explain this.


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October 8, 2007
Contact: Kevin M. Mukri
(202) 874-5770
Comptroller Dugan Urges Improved Underwriting Standards on Third Party Loans
San Diego, CA – Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan said today that banks need to strengthen their underwriting standards, particularly on loans sold to third party investors.
"I am here to say that bank underwriting standards for these products, in many cases, moved too far away from what they would have been if the bank had held those loans on its own books," Mr. Dugan said in a speech to the American Bankers Association's Annual Convention.
Mr. Dugan noted the many positive aspects of the "originate-to distribute" model, but said there can be negative effects on underwriting standards, including relaxing significantly the incentives to use caution and prudence in underwriting loans sold to third parties.
"When a bank makes a loan that it plans to hold, the fundamental standard it uses to underwrite the loan is that most basic of credit standards that I've already talked about: the underwriting must be strong enough to create a reasonable expectation that the loan will be repaid," the Comptroller said. "But when a bank makes a loan that it plans to sell, then the credit evaluation shifts in an important way: the underwriting must be strong enough to create a reasonable expectation that the loan can be sold—or put another way, the bank will underwrite to whatever standard the market will bear."
Comptroller Dugan outlined what needs to be done. "I am here to say that banks need to strengthen their underwriting standards so that they move back towards the fundamental principle of maintaining a reasonable expectation that loans will be repaid, even if the loans are to be sold to third parties – and that goes for mortgage loans, leveraged loans, or any other syndicated credit," Mr. Dugan said.
Mr. Dugan said that securitization has brought tremendous liquidity to credit markets, and it has made it possible to accommodate a broader range of risk appetites, which in turn has benefited borrowers at every level. However, the "originate-to distribute" model has created real pressure to relax underwriting standards in a broad swath of credit products that banks provide and that underwriting for these products, in many cases, have moved too far away from what they would have been if the bank had held those loans on its own books, he said.
Comptroller Dugan said there are many reasons why banks should care about relaxed underwriting standards if sophisticated third parties are willing to assume the risk by purchasing loans including:
Mr. Dugan said that the OCC has already taken steps to address theses issues. Where subprime and nontraditional mortgage loans are originated for sale to the secondary market, "our examiners expect banks to use the guidance as their benchmark in not ceding underwriting standards to the third party purchasers of loans—they can deviate, but only so long as the risk differences are manageable."
"We have asked our large bank examiners to encourage agent banks to underwrite funding commitments in a manner that is reasonably consistent with the standards they would use if holding the loan on their own books," he said. "We have asked our examiners to review with banks the expectations we have set forth in existing supervisory guidance. We want examiners to communicate areas of noncompliance to bank management and, if appropriate, to cite them as Matters Requiring Attention in exam reports to achieve improvement in underwriting standards and risk management practices."
Mr. Dugan said there are a number of sound reasons for banks to avoid straying too far from sound underwriting, "and if that's a lesson that we take away from recent market disruptions, as simple as it sounds, then we will all have learned a great deal."
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Life continues as 'normal' for Birdy and Tsutomu. Though they still co-exist in the same body, Tsutomu is able to focus on his studies while Birdy keeps up with her celebrity job and Federation Investigator duties. However, things become more complicated when a transport ship housing prisoners connected to the Ryunka incident is hijacked. The aliens on board escape to Earth and blend in with the human population, and it's up to Birdy to capture them unharmed and escort them back to headquarters. Yet Birdy soon discovers that there are other forces involved, and it'll take everything she's got to bring these criminals back alive!
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Travelers peering at hotel mattresses in search of bedbugs should turn their attention elsewhere. A far more diverse set of microscopic critters lodge themselves in a much smaller place in a hotel room: the remote control.
A study by microbiologists at the University of Houston, the University of South Carolina and Purdue University found that the remote's crevasses had some of the highest levels of bacterial contamination in hotel rooms.
There are a few solutions for travelers. They can stay at a Best Western, which coincidentally has just announced new housekeeping protocols that include installing flat-surface remote controls that are easier to sanitize and black-light wands (above) to reveal traces of biological matter.
Guests staying elsewhere can download the LodgeNet Mobile app, which turns iPhones and Androids into remotes. But even the researchers warn against overreacting. "Are people getting sick in hotel rooms? No," said University of Houston assistant professor Jay Neal, who oversaw the recent study. "You'd have to lick the remote control for a long time to get sick from it."


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Name: Zoey (due 11/13/10)
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Color Inspiration: Initial inspiration came from the fabrics that I chose to have throughout her room. I wanted something unique and fun without being over the top girly. With this in mind I decided to stick with lime greens, corals, and a little blue here and there. I chose a light, calming shade of gray for the walls. I knew doing this would make everything else of color really pop! Plus it will be fairly easy to switch out accessories without painting down the road if we change our minds.
Tip for Using Color: Color is something that can be so easy and so much fun to play with. I personally change my mind constantly so an approach that allows me to switch things out without breaking the bank works best. I do this by keeping larger, more expensive items pretty neutral and pulling color through accessories such as lamps, pillows, and artwork.
Colors Used: Wall color - Ben Moore's Conventry Gray HC-169. Other colors - Lime greens, Corals, Grays, & Blues.
Thanks for your colorful entry Jessica and good luck!