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Last Saturday afternoon was spent at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, watching Reading play Queens Park Rangers. I drove there with mixed loyalties.
As a young lad growing up in Berkshire, I would make the pilgrimage on a Saturday to Elm Park Road – their old ground - to watch Reading play at home. Known then as the Biscuitmen, because of the Huntley and Palmer's factory in the town, they never achieved the ambitions I harboured for them. They were subjected to cruel jokes by my friends who supported glamorous clubs like Arsenal and Spurs. They would ask me if it was true that, so small was the home crowd, the announcer read out the names of the spectators as well as the players. And was it the case that the Reading goalkeeper was so short-sighted that he couldn't even find the ball at the back of the net?
Later, as the MP for Acton in West London, I shared my commitment to Reading with a commitment to Queens Park Rangers. This was not as difficult as it sounds. They were in different leagues, and both sides had white and blue colours. Both were known as the Hoops and the cry from both terraces was "Come On You R's". I bought four season tickets for myself and my two sons, who could then invite whichever schoolfriend they wanted to curry favour with. I started taking them at an early age – one son surprised his mother on return by singing a chant he had picked up from the terraces at Loftus Road - "The ref's a w*nker". Queens Park Rangers got to Wembley one year and lost, and then sank down the league. At one home game where they were playing appallingly, a dog strayed onto the pitch. The game was momentarily halted. "Leave the dog on" shouted my neighbour, "Take Masson off."
The game last Saturday was a draw, with QPR thankful to get an away point, having sacked their manager the day before.
I played my last game of football a few years ago for the parliamentary team. We went to Bisham Abbey, where the England team trained, to play a team of Swiss Parliamentarians. We were hoping to get revenge for the Annual Ski Race at Davos which the Swiss Parliamentarians understandably won every year.
We played this match after a bitter row in the Commons, when the Labour Government were accused of breaking a pair – the equivalent of pocketing your opponent's ball at golf. Relations had broken down and, if MP's had ambassadors, they would have been recalled. We took to the pitch barely on speaking terms with each other and perhaps took our row to extremes. The Conservatives would only pass to other Conservatives, and the Labour MP's would only pass to other comrades. By half-time we were severely behind. After sucking an orange, we agreed to call a truce and went on to win. Sir George Young
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5 Seconds Of Summer make their U.S. radio debut with a performance on the Elvis Duran Z100 Morning Show on Thursday (April 24) in New York City.
The guys – Calum Hood, Michael Clifford, Ashton Irwin, and Luke Hemmings – sang their hit song "She Looks So Perfect" live in the studio. Watch below!
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Being that Anthony Bourdain gets to state his opinion, serial stereotyper that he is, and have it recounted as fact, I am going to assert my right to state my opinion here on my website. In my opinion, Anthony Bourdain's statements about Donald Trump's illegal immigration stance are neither wrong nor right. It is my opinion that they are simply the ramblings of a man who loves the sound of his own voice, and they inform us not at all.
Since I am stating opinion, let me also state that I abhor Trump. I always have. He's an ignorant jerk. He appeals to a certain dark underside of the American public, and to those who simply listen to whomever entertains them the most.
However, what Bourdain has to say about Trump's immigration policies are not based on any attempt to gather accurate statistics regarding undocumented workers in the restaurant industry. He simply says "this is what I saw." This is pretty much all he ever says.
Let me reveal a dark secret to you. The most successful nonfiction writers are actually fiction writers. That is, it is their skill at writing, their style and panache, that leads to their success, not to mention their own success at personal branding and marketing, which is unfortunately required for success at writing today. Bourdain, in this respect, is similar to another popular writer on food, Michael Pollan. Many people repeat the statements of both men as if they are fact, when they are, in fact, opinion.
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I grew up in the restaurant business — 30 years in the restaurant business. I came out of, like a lot of other white kids, I rolled out of a prestigious culinary institute and went to work in real restaurants. I walked into restaurants and always, the person who had been there the longest, who took the time to show me how it was done, was always Mexican or Central American. The backbone of the industry – meaning most of the people in my experience cooking, preparing your food. Twenty of those years in this business I was an employer, I was a manager employer. Never, in any of those years, not once, did anyone walk into my restaurant — any American-born kid — walk into my restaurant and say I'd like a job as a night porter or a dishwasher. Even a prep cook — few and far between. Just not willing to start at the bottom like that.
I, as well, grew up in the restaurant industry, or at least in the food industry in general, including the grocery store industry. I also grew up in a different part of the country. Where I lived, most kids were willing to walk into a restaurant and take a job as a dishwasher, busboy, prep cook, etc. Bourdain said, never in any of those years did any American-born kid walk into his restaurant and request an entry-level job.
That must mean that no American-born kid ever took an entry-level job! It sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? Of course, they take such jobs. Probably more than half of my readers held typical "high school" jobs. Maybe you bagged groceries. Maybe you mowed lawns. And, of course, maybe you worked in a restaurant in some low-paying position. I've done all of these and more. In fact, this American-born kid started working when he was 14. Illegally! I had more than a few friends who worked as cooks in restaurants, as well as busboys, dishwashers, etc. I remember when my own nephew told me he was going to go down the street to the Quickie (a convenience store) to get a job. He was eight years old. He wasn't planning on applying as store manager.
From what country is Bourdain? He is not from the country I am from if he thinks that all kids expect to start at the top. But, "my America" is partly based on my personal perspective. Not all of us, after all, had mothers who worked for the New York Times and were sent to expensive private schools. Many of us had to go out and get a job as soon as we were able, often to help our families.
How would we go about figuring out where American kids actually work? Would we walk around and look to see where kids were working, and then use this information to come to a conclusion?
No. This would be a bad generalization or an over-generalization. This is why I called Bourdain a serial stereotyper. Generalization is not always a bad thing. We rely on it, in fact, to get through life. But when certain types of generalizations are based on a poor sampling, or an unrepresentative sampling, this leads to what we call stereotypes. Bourdain, among others, has produced many oft-repeated stereotypes about the restaurant industry and restaurant life. This does not mean that everything he says is untrue, only that it is not always generally true.
There is a handy credo about personal experience and generalization, which can aid all of us when evaluating such claims. Call it a rule of thumb, if you'd like: While personal experience is never sufficient to prove a generalization, all it takes is one personal experience to disprove a generalization.
Ironically, a typical defense of his statements might be "he is only speaking generally." You only need to produce one specific instance to disprove a general statement. What you do need to know is just what kind of general statement is being made. Bourdain made a statement pertaining to the future. It would be hard to check this statement, based on observations, and instead, we can only rely on other facts or premises. Our problem is made harder because Bourdain does not make an empirical statement, such as "this restaurant would shut down" but a general statement concerning the entire restaurant industry, with all its diversity. If this were empircal statement about the future, we might have an easier time verifying it or disproving it based on known facts. As it is, we could not hope to do so. His statement is, however, made all the more powerful because it makes a grand prediction.
So, to get back to the problem at hand, instead of just looking around to see whether kids were working in entry-level positions, ruminating on what we saw for a bit, and then making sweeping statements about our observations, we might, for example, look for labor statistics. One source may be the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. We could do a search based on age.
But, Bourdain did not stop at the statement above. He went on to say that "if Trump were to win the presidency and deport 11 million illegal immigrants, every restaurant in America would shut down."
Every American restaurant. Bourdain seems to think that each one of those 11 million illegal immigrants works in a restaurant! It may help if a few of the dozens of popular websites reporting Bourdain's statements actually bothered to apply some type of critical thought to what he said. Let's translate the above quote into simple terms, based on the actual premises used:
Based on my personal experience, if illegal immigrants are deported, the restaurant industry will shut down. And, based on my personal experience, American kids expect to start at the top.
Does this sound a bit more absurd to you? It is in essence exactly what the man said! And consider that his statement, like most every statement he makes, is not only based on his own personal experiences, but his interpretation of those experiences.
This is not the first time that undocumented workers in the restaurant industry have been in the spotlight. In 2010, restaurants were in the news for being fined and/or shut down due to employing undocumented workers. This was after President Obama, in April 2009, put a much tougher illegal immigration policy into effect. One restaurant in particular, The French Gourmet in San Diego, was written up by the New York Times.
Owner Michael Malecot faced serious charges because he employed 12 illegal immigrants in his restaurant. At the time, there was a general crack-down and many other restaurants found themselves in similar hot water.
The Times repeated the same statistic that I found when I searched, that out of the 12.7 million workers in the restaurant industry, and estimated 1.4 million were immigrants. Not just illegal immigrants, mind you. This number reflects both legal and illegal immigrants. Basically, all foreign-born workers. Bourdain quotes the number 11 million illegal immigrants in his statement as if they compose the bulk of the restaurant industry. Clearly, this is a gross exaggeration. About 11 percent of those employed by the restaurant industry are immigrants. The question would then be what percent of these are illegal?
Now, it is fair to question how accurate statistics can be in regards to undocumented workers, but you can be assured they are more accurate than Bourdain's personal observations based on his own experience, an experience that likely involved no knowledge about whether individual workers he glimpsed were undocumented or, in fact, legal immigrant workers.
While the restaurant industry may suffer greatly if "11 million illegal immigrants were deported" it is ridiculous to think that every American restaurant would shut down. Likely, what we would see is higher costs being transferred to the customer. Bourdain, in his apparent "support" for immigrants, says nothing of whether they are actually paid legal wages. This seems to me to be a hypocritical stance. He speaks of complex issues he seems to know little about, but has the influence to sway the public's opinion, much like Trump.
Does he know anything about, for example, how we ended up with so many Chinese restaurants? Immigration has everything to do with it, obviously, but through an ironic twist, the Chinese restaurants multiplied at a time when Chinese laborers were being excluded from coming into the U.S. to work. Many had found work stimulated by the California Gold Rush, but during the time of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, this ended. However, special visas were granted for certain Chinese who owned businesses. They could then come into the U.S. based on merchant status, and even sponsor their relatives to come. The result? The opening of many Chinese restaurants after a huge restriction on immigration. Would someone like Bourdain had predicted this phenomenon?
When the Lorax of Dr. Seuss "spoke for the trees" he didn't speak for them partially, he spoke for them completely. Folks like Bourdain could learn a thing or two from Dr. Seuss. We live in a time of celebrity causes, but few are actually willing to do more than spout off. Bourdain would not be likely to emulate someone like Ashley Judd in his 'support for immigrants.'
For that matter, he probably is not willing to go as far as Mr. Melecot, the owner of the French Gourmet, who himself was a philanthropist and well regarded by his workers, whom, according to the Times, became witnesses in the case against him.
I certainly don't have the answers to the immigration issues. I can confidently say, however, that we should not look to celebrities to get them.
You may notice that I have placed this article under the heading of "food culture" even though it obviously involves issues of law. The reason I chose to do this is because the underlying issues here are based on culture. It is culture that makes us willing to listen to the opinions of celebrities in domains for which they are not qualified. My opinions here, I hope, will lead you to think further about such statements, whether or not you agree with them.


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Mobile, Alabama, circa 1906. "Dauphin Street." Shoes to the right, hats to the left. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
>Sign says Dauphin and St. Joseph's, but not much remains.
>I wonder if there was a fire or something?
I don't know... It looks to me like that's the same building on the left, only now "boxed in."
Sign says Dauphin and St. Joseph's, but not much remains. I wonder if there was a fire or something?
I'm guessing that the roll down shade that is shielding the storefront windows of "Schwartz The Hatter" (also a guess) is keeping the fierce Alabama sun from baking or discoloring the merchandise.
I don't see a contact wire running above the track, so I surmise that this is for either a horse car or a railroad.
[The contact wire is there. -tterrace]
Royal Street is the next cross-street away and you can also see the building with the rounded steeple here, here, and here.
The "New Orleans style wrought iron balconies" are actually found all along what was once the French Gulf coast; many cities along this coast are older than New Orleans, including Mobile, the first capital of French Louisiana.
Here's Dauphin Street, circa 1940, probably around Christmas time, from two blocks behind today's photo, then further around the left corner in the 1930s:
I rather miss the Main Streets and endless assortments of specialty shops from my youth, as pictured in this photo. I miss the sidewalks and greeting familiar people, crossing small streets and stopping for a soda or cone at the sweet shop. The town in which I was raised was still like this in the early 1950's but is now a restored Disney-like collection of antique boutiques and curiosity shops. The newer stores are "big box" emporiums surrounded by huge parking lots where one can buy everything from dogfood to diamonds, tires to tofu. I find them overwhelming and much prefer the "one thing at a time" simple life as I am incapable of multitasking.
Also can't help but notice the New Orleans style wrought iron balconies and living quarters upstairs over the businesses, which add a soft touch of hominess and humanity.


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Hi everyone,
I'm glad to bring here another woodworking project I've made 1 month ago for a very good friend of mine that is living in Germany due work (architect). So I came up with the idea off making a handy bottle opener with a modern look, inspired in some of his recent designs. As I was planning to make this project I was assuming that I needed to shape also the metal. Although it was a small scale metalworking, it remains a challenge because I had never worked with steel. After I've finished it, I started thinking in make by myself the metalwork of my future projects.
For the handle, I've used a scrap piece of beech and I've finished with mineral oil and some wax, to add more protection.
You can also see here I've used a ink transfer technique by iron to put the initials of my friends name.
If you like this project I recommend you to check out the video, where you can see all the steps I've done to make this bottle opener.
I hope you enjoy with this as much as I do making it. Don't forget to leave a comment or any criticism.
11 comments so far
#1 posted 11-18-2014 09:06 AM
A fantastic job of design and craftsmanship BOTH!
I and some others are most likely going to "borrow" your idea.
-- Wood rescue is good for the environment and me! just rjR
#2 posted 11-18-2014 11:36 AM
That's a beautiful gift for your friend!
-- It's worth every moment of effort you put in if the kids enjoy it!
#3 posted 11-18-2014 03:27 PM
Very nice gift and I hope you tried it out before you gave it to him.
#4 posted 11-18-2014 03:55 PM
Thanks for coming by and the comments! Be free to use my design. We're here to share.
Sure, I did and worked well ;D
#5 posted 11-18-2014 04:20 PM
Very nice!!
#6 posted 11-18-2014 07:20 PM
Very Kwel, such a neat design
-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day - Dug
#7 posted 11-19-2014 02:33 AM
Very nice I like it
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
#8 posted 11-19-2014 05:58 AM
sweet, thanks for sharing, I'm gunna make one soon.
-- Money: if you do not have fun earning it, have fun spending it, I do not enjoy spending it so I have fun earning it.
#9 posted 11-19-2014 07:13 AM
You're welcome. I'll be pleased to see yours when it's finished.
#10 posted 12-20-2014 07:27 PM
Hi where can I find your ink transfer method?
-- Ireland, Galway .... fingers! "we dont sell them"
#11 posted 12-21-2014 09:53 AM
HiHi Scottishbob! There are other projects in my channel which I used the ink transfer method. I add the links below:
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Virginia's attorney general, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, behaving like crass, self-interest obsessed Republicans do, seeks to have the Affordable Care Act, the health care reform bill passed last year by Congress, ruled unconstitutional. He contends that the health care law is unconstitutional because it exceeds the established bounds of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, and because it contradicts a recently passed Virginia law, Virginia Health Care Freedom Act, which makes it unlawful to require that Virginia citizens be covered by some form of health insurance...
This is just the sort of reactionary, obstructionist, big-business coddling, horseshit that Republican lawmakers have engaged in since the Democrats regained control of Congress. And it defies the best interests of the United States, especially the interests of its poorest citizens. You can be damn sure that Judge Hudson's and Ken T. Cuccinelli II's access to competent doctors, diagnoses, and care won't be obstructed, though. And you can be equally sure the Virginia Legislature did not pass their dumb ass act because it would insure health care equity for all Virginia's citizens. No, Republicans don't give a damn about insuring that every citizen has access to competent health care, and they sure as hell don't give a damn about poor people. Republicans, the ones making laws anyway, don't even know what being poor feels like, or looks like, or smells like. Oh, they may have been poor once, but they've forgotten what being poor is all about, their words and deeds prove that. They think poor people are poor because they are lazy, self-indulgent, slobs who don't talk right, and don't dress right, and don't get their hair cut right, and that's why they are poor.
2 Offered January 13, 2010
3 Prefiled December 7, 2009
4 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 38.2-302.1, relating to a person's
5 participation in a health care system or plan; Virginia Health Care Freedom Act.
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Patrons––Marshall, R.G., O'Bannon, Athey, Carrico, Cole, Cox, J.A., Cox, M.K., Edmunds, Garrett,
Gear, Gilbert, Greason, Howell, W.J., Johnson, Jones, Landes, Lingamfelter, Miller, J.H., Morgan,
Nixon, Oder, Pogge, Tata and Wright; Senators: Martin and Stuart
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8 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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10 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
11 1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 38.2-302.1 as follows:
12 § 38.2-302.1. Virginia Health Care Freedom Act.
13 No law shall restrict a person's natural right and power of contract to secure the blessings of liberty
14 to choose private health care systems or private plans. No law shall interfere with the right of a person
15 or entity to pay for lawful medical services to preserve life or health, nor shall any law impose a
16 penalty, tax, fee, or fine, of any type, to decline or to contract for health care coverage or to participate
17 in any particular health care system or plan, except as required by a court where an individual or entity
18 is a named party in a judicial dispute. Nothing herein shall be construed to expand, limit or otherwise
19 modify any determination of law regarding what constitutes lawful medical services within the
20 Commonwealth.
But Republicans do manage to persuade impoverished and, astonishingly, middle-class citizens to support them. They do this with shameless appeals to primordial tribal instincts that dictate exclusion and destruction of outsiders who don't share the tribe's dogma and rituals. Manipulative, self-serving leaders define the evil "other," and then blame the "other" for all the problems their deluded followers face. And these pompous, self-righteous, plutocrats maintain their followers delusions by preserving their ignorance: they insist that religious doctrine trumps facts, and that science and logic are the tools of godless infidels (isn't that the Taliban's argument, too?). Throughout, they contend that sacred principles are at stake, that it's not about the money. Well, if someone, especially a politician, tells you, "it's not about the money," you can be absolutely damned sure it is.
United States District Judge Henry E. Hudson, appointed by George W. Bush, wrote the following summary of his argument:
In the complaint, the Commonwealth of Virginia ("the Commonwealth") assails Section 1501 (or "Minimum Essential Coverage Provision") on a number of fronts. First, the Commonwealth contends that requiring an otherwise unwilling individual to purchase a good or service from a private vendor is beyond the outer limits of the Commerce Clause. In the Commonwealth's view, the failure -- or refusal -- of its citizens to elect to purchase health insurance is not "economic activity" and therefore is not subject to federal regulation under the Commerce Clause. Succinctly put, the Commonwealth defies the Secretary to point to any Commerce Clause jurisprudence extending its tentacles to an individual's decision not to engage in economic activity. Furthermore, they argue that since Section 1501 exceeds this enumerated power, Congress cannot invoke either the Necessary and Proper Clause or its taxation powers to regulate such passive economic inactivity.I especially like the "tentacles" part. But I won't try to dissect the Judge's decision. That's been done much better by lots of qualified people. Here, for example, is a nice short article that does that: "Judge Preserves Constitutional Challenge to Individual Mandate." It's written by a professor at Yale Law School. Someone who will, no doubt, be filleted by the blowhards on Fox who will have nothing remotely substantive to say about the man's argument, but will surely malign his qualifications and character, and refer to him as an East Coast Liberal, which I suppose he is, or isn't, I don't know. Either way, tough shit, Fox.
And here we go again. The big-business, Republican lapdogs in Congress couldn't defeat President Obama's health care reform via legislative maneuvers (though they did manage to water the bill down to the point of being nearly useless for the vast majority of middle-class Americans whom a little relief in the expenses column would benefit greatly), so they want to kill the bill with a thousand cuts. This will require the usual dimwitted, specious arguments about principal, and in defense of the sacred Constitution, and God himself -- Republicans always claim to be speaking for God -- and they will, with their chests puffed out, proudly stand in the way of children's lives, liberty and pursuit of happiness. They will make sure that poor, sick people who work three crummy, non-union, minimum-wage, no-benefit jobs do not visit doctors regularly, but instead put off medical care until it's too late, and then run to the hospital emergency room to die. And health insurance companies will continue to book record profits for their capitalized shareholders, because they will continue to deny lawful claims, and wear paying clients down with the perpetual run around, until -- sick and weary -- they quit pleading for help.
That's what Republicans are talking about when they talk about principles.


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Vacation in Pau, France
The "Good King"
Henry IV, dubbed the "good king" reigned over France from 1589 - 1610, was born inside the Chateaux de Pau and would later make it his personal resort. Situated atop of a large ravine in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, the Chateaux has an excellent view of its mountain range. The town of Pau has some of the best shopping districts in France with many high fashion stores. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Pau gets decked out with lights and decorations galore. Just as King Henry IV frequently visited Pau to unwind, visitors today can bask in the luxury of Pau's many hotels and spas.
Gateway to the Pyrenees
With its own airport and easy accessibility from any of France's major cities using the TGV (Train a Grand Vitesse), Pau is then only just 17 miles from the Pyrenees. Its only suiting that Pau serves as the official gateway to the French Pyrenees. If you are going to head for the hill make sure that you pencil into your schedule some time to hike the mountains. You will never get a view like atop of the Pyrenees. Along the trails there may be farmsteads of the Basque people.
Basque Country
As soon as you venture into the Pyrenees, keep in mind that you are now in Basque country. The Basque people are the Indiginous groups whose coulture and uniques language has managed to survive since the early middle-ages. They are a very rough and rugged group, but they are some of the nicest people you'll meet anywhere in the world. Just don't challenge them to a game a 'pallote'. You will likely get hurt. All of their traditional games involve some sort of brutness. One of their more famous events are the Basques in Spain who 'run with the bulls' wearing their traditional white clothing and red sash and beret.
Sorry for arriving late to this debtae. We live in the northern Dordogne and have often noticed this circling behaviour. It appears to me that a few birds will leave a formation and circle until the next formation catches up. They then join that formation and carry on. This pattern seems to repeat itself, as though all the cranes are in some sort of giant convoy. The cranes that we see circling don't appear to be catching thermals as they don't get a higher, though of course this might happen elsewhere. Although we usually see many thousands of cranes each year, we've hardly seen any flying south this year. Maybe they've just taken a different route.


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I tried Fluoxetine for a few months with no positive effects coming from it, then was prescribed Venlafaxine which gave me such a bad stomach I was on the toilet nearly every hour leaving me unable to leave the house! I was given Mirtazapine for a couple of months but they just knocked me out so I used them as sleeping aids.
What else is there for me to try?
I desperately need something to help me feel better.


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Refractive Index of AlSb, Aluminium Antimonide
Aluminium antimonide (AlSb) is a semiconductor of the group III-V family containing aluminium and antimony.
For a typical sample of AlSb the refractive index and extinction coefficient at 632.8 nm are 3.866 and 0.004. Below are files of complete refractive index and extinction coefficients. If the file is not available for download, you can request our proprietary file by clicking "Request".
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Refractive Index Reference - S. Zollner, C. Lin, E. Schönherr, A. Böhringer, and M. Cardona, "The Dielectric Function of AlSb from 1.4 to 5.8 eV Determined by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry," J. Appl. Phys. 66, 383 (1989)
Wikipedia: Aluminium antimonide
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Zollner S, Lin C, Scönherr E, Böhringer A, Cardona M (1989) "The dielectric function of AlSb from 1.4 to 5.8 eV determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry" J. Appl. Phys. 66, 383 doi:10.1063/1.343888
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The zodiac signs for July include Cancer and Leo. Individuals born between June 22 and July 23 fall under the Cancer sign. Individuals born between July 24 and Aug. 23 fall under the Leo sign. The dates for Cancer and Leo may vary slightly each year.
Cancer is ruled by the moon and is the fourth sign in the zodiac. Cancer is represented by the crab symbol and is associated with the water element. Cancer individuals are often sympathetic, loving and faithful. Leo is the fifth sign in the zodiac and is ruled by the sun. Leo is represented by the lion symbol and is associated with the fire element. Leo individuals tend to be generous, affectionate and proud.


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1. Read the text below - leiam o texto abaixo
My plans for the future
I will work in a big city and I will be rich. I will have a happy life and I will have a beautiful wife – my wife will have six children. My children will love me and I will love my children. I won't have serious problems and I won't feel down every day. I will work from Monday to Saturday - on Sundays, I won't work. My wife will help me and I will help her. We will be more than husband and wife: we will be best friends. I will have a great job and I will love my job. My family will be a very special family and we will love each other. In our family, there will be peace, love, faith, dedication, respect and sincerity. This is my dream.
- Allan Jones
Rich: rico
Wife: esposa
Serious: sério
Feel down: sentir-se triste
Too: também
More than: mais do que
Best: melhores
Job: trabalho, emprego
Each other: um ao outro
There will be: vai haver
Faith: fé
This: este
Dream: sonho
Her: ela, a ela
2. Answer the questions – Responda as perguntas
A. Where will Allan Jones work?
B. Will Allan Jones be rich?
C. Do you think Allan's dream is possible? Explain your answer.
3. Mark True or False – Verdadeiro ou Falso
A. Allan Jones will not have a happy life. (………)
B. Allan Jones won't have children. (……..)
C. Allan Jones will feel down every day. (………)
D. Allan Jones will have a very good wife.(………)
E. Allan Jones will have faith.(……..)
F. Allan Jones will love his job, his wife and his children.(………)
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Cheney: 'I'm inclined to agree with Clinton' on Obama's health plan promise
Former Vice President Dick Cheney told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren Tuesday he is "inclined to agree with Bill Clinton" that President Obama must try to find a way to ensure Americans can keep their current health plan if they choose.
However, Cheney said on "On the Record" he is unsure how the Obama administration would do so, given that many of the policies have already been cancelled because they do not measure up to the law as it is written.
"I'm inclined to agree with Bill Clinton – that that's something that ought to be attempted but given the complexity of the system, you've already got people now who have lost their policies, who can't get new ones," Cheney said. "These policies have been declared by law to be inadequate because of the standards that are written into the federal regulations. I'm not quite sure how now you go peel back that onion."
Cheney said the real solution to the problem is abolishing the health care law.
"I think exactly what needs to be done is to repeal ObamaCare," he said. "I think it's a serious, serious foul-up. Major, major problem in terms of the government trying to do more than it's capable of doing."


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It's generally acknowledged among the younger, libertarian, left leaning crowd that Harper is our enemy, yet heated discussion on the topic is hard to come by, few citizens are really aware of what is happening in Canadian politics, or care for that matter, we are not inundated with political campaign propaganda, extreme mouth pieces like the states, no Fox news or satiric Daily Show. We lack the controversy, the flash and essentially the significance. Of course, there are many countries who probably don't feel their politics are of global influence, but the sentiment is more acute for us because of our powerful neighbors who look, act and are exposed to the same things we are, yet constantly are getting international press coverage, whereas when we make it to global news, the immediate reaction is, what stupid thing have we done now? Although, being constantly in the press is not usually a good thing, other than feel good pieces like the Olympics the top nations to grace the front page are usually undergoing tumultuous times. So, when we hear, on a local level, of threats to our public healthcare, privatization of our resources and infrastructure, all the changes that Harper is planning, and has actually been able to implement now that he has a majority government, such as raising retirement age, pulling out of the Kyoto protocol, we shrug, we don't really feel threatened. We hear about how the protest movement is dead with the dawn of the internet, but then we see the occupy movement that spawned a global trend, when we have a demonstration, for example the tuition protests in Quebec, the rest of Canada looks on a little baffled, is this where our energy is going, an already privileged group that does not want to give up its spoils.
Pacifism is in our nature, but with this also comes indifference and complacency. This goes even to the top, take for example when the controversial painting of Jacob Zuma, South African Prime Minister, was destroyed by saboteurs, there were protests, attempts by the government to get it removed from the museum, likewise when a compromising depiction of Harper surfaced, reclining naked on a chaise lounge there were maybe a few snide giggles, even Harper took it with good humour, the only controversy was whether it was appropriate to hang it in a room where children might see it. Not that this attitude is a bad thing, being good natured is something that defines us along with our politeness, bacon and hockey, but how far do we have to be pushed before we feel compelled to act. To use my friend as an example, he is a strong NDP supporter, he donates to the party, he volunteers and avidly follows the issues, yet he maintains that there is no point in being angry with Harper because it will get no where, whether this is a personal decision to quell the rage that would otherwise be brewing inside him, or a representation of how we as a country approach politics, likewise, if an American were in a similar position it would take very little to witness party bashing. There's no doubt we have a good situation in Canada and it's hard to predict how much this is at risk, but considering how our country is already established, Harper's ideology would be a huge step backwards, unless he were to fulfill his agenda completely, and therefore change a system that is working for Cananda, we might be left with a few half-baked schemes that will require a lot of backtracking and huge sums of money when (and if) we switch parties. It is already telling that the NDP, which was always an outlier party, only having much popularity in BC, has become a major opposition to Harper, this could be a further emulation of Americas polar parties or signify a deeper dissatisfaction that is furthering the divide between the two leanings. There was always an issue of regions feeling under represented in Canada, due to our huge geographic dispersion and varied interests, but with the resource rich prairies getting all the attention, dissatisfaction is becoming apparent with citizens turning to a more polar parties, but very little public opposition is visible to the standing party, aside from snide remarks made at social gatherings. Not saying that we should become like the states, which has turned into a circus, but a little more interest in what's going on in our country would help prevent the shock and feeling of helpless when these changes actually start affecting us on a personal level.


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Unfortunately while they slow the rolling down process they don't stop it, and are pretty uncomfortable to wear. Next I'm going to try a garter belt and see if that helps.
One of my favourite necklaces is this unicorn one- from my local shop Catfight Collections. They have an online shop so go have a look if you're into pin-up/ rockabilly stuff. They have loads of cute hair bows and shoes too.
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Yayyy!! everyday is ice cream day for us (esp. my hubby). Since my hubby is the biggest fan of vanilla flavour, I have to make 2 different ice cream flavours at the same day. Well...vanilla is a must for him. So, I tried my best to make different kind of vanilla ice cream. Then I found this recipe here, and it turned out so well and tasted like vanilla ice cream from our fave supermarket.
This one is so soft, creamy and egless (most of the vanilla ice recipes I've tried required eggs) and my hubby said this is the best home made vanilla ice & tasted better as the one from supermarket ^_^. So, it's really a keeper!
I made a bit change from the original recipe as I only have strawberry jam in my fridge, so I ommited the peach with the jam. And the taste is soo fresh & delicious!
I divided the batch into 2, one is pure vanilla flavour and the other one is with strawberry jam (just in case my hubby doesn't like it). Actually, I want to make the swirl effect on my ice but it didn't work that well *sighs* and the jam made the color look weird :-(.
Today is quite hot here, and the ice melt so fast (as you can see at the 2nd picture) and I had to hurry myself taking the shots of my ice cream *pheww* and at the end of the photo session, my husband took the ice and enjoyed it til the last spoon *LOL*
2 cups half-and-half (I used light cream / kaffeesahne in germany)
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup minus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons peach preserves (I substituted it with strawberry jam)
1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
Combine all ingredients (including the bean and its pulp) in a large saucepan and place over medium heat. Stirring occasionally and bring it into simmer or until you see bubble hit the surface.DO NOT LET IT BOIL!
Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly. Remove the hull of the vanilla bean, pour mixture into lidded container and refrigerate mixture overnight to mellow flavors and texture. (I refrigerated for about 5 hours only)
Prepare your ice cream maker and freeze the mixture inside until it reaches the soft consistency and the volume increase by 1/2 or 3/4 times. The remove the mixture into ice container and let it hard for about 1 hour.


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For years, Democratic pollsters Allan and Sheri Rivlin have been arguing that the reason their party has been losing power is that Democrats lack a clear, compelling economic message.
After last year's populist revolt installed Donald Trump in the White House, the Rivlins found a fresh audience for their research. They've been meeting with Democrats around town to share a PowerPoint presentation that diagnoses the problem, and outlines a solution.
Democrats agree on a long list of policies, the two pollsters argue, but must boil these down to something catchy and concise that voters can understand. They want Democrats to set up a process to distill the various policies emerging from the party's power centers, and formulate a single, simple economic message. As a starting point, they've spelled out several potential messages involving innovation, job creation, economic equity, community investment, and sustainable growth. The Rivlins met with the Prospect to discuss Democrats and economics. What follows is an edited transcript of Allan's remarks.
The Prospect: What is the problem as you see it with the Democratic Party's economic message?
Allan Rivlin: They have not been able to articulate a clear and compelling economic message for nearly a decade now. Most of the time they have been trailing Republicans on the generic measure: "Which party do you trust most to get the economy moving and create jobs?"
In the three elections we've lost out of the last four—2010, 2014, and 2016—we trailed the Republicans on that generic question.
After each of those elections, our self-criticism wasn't that they didn't get our message. It was that we didn't have a message.
What have been the consequences of this messaging problem?
Democrats are very focused on the White House, and when we were in the White House we felt like there was nothing wrong—even though we were losing lots of seats in legislatures.
In 2016, we didn't just lose the White House, we came up short in all of the battleground states for the White House. But we also didn't achieve our goals in the Senate and House. Meanwhile, there's been this hollowing out of the party at the state legislative level that has to be reversed.
Without going into a long deconstruction of the 2016 presidential race, what would you say was Hillary Clinton's biggest problem when it comes to an economic message?
That she had a list of policies, but she didn't have an overall explanation of what her diagnosis of the problem was, or what her solution was. This is what we call the Listerine test, after the eight-word slogan: "Listerine kills the germs that cause bad breath."
It defines the problem, and gives a solution that sounds like it might work. It's what advertising calls a "reason to believe." Hillary didn't have one. She had a goal statement: "An economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top."
The very first question of the very first debate came from [moderator] Lester Holt, and it was: "Secretary Clinton, why are you the better choice than your opponent to create the kind of jobs that will put more money in the pockets of American workers?" And her answer listed 14 different policies, but with just a few grace notes to connect them. That was the moment at which I became convinced she wasn't going to win.
That is not her problem—it is a party problem.
So if that is the problem that Democrats have had, what is the solution as you see it?
The PowerPoint that we've been sharing around Washington is trying to convince the powers-that-be that they need to create an office for this. That they need to put someone in charge of this—but there needs to be sustained attention, with somebody of stature leading the effort to make sure that we don't get to the end of the 2018 election with the same self-criticism that we've had in three previous elections.
Right now, there's five think tanks, each hiring their own messaging and research team to try and solve this.
What we're trying to say is, we don't need a ten-point plan, but a ten-word explanation of the logic behind the plan.
Have you made any attempts to take these [PowerPoint] slides and create a smaller overarching message out of them, to boil it down further?
What is needed is much more of a process. First, Democrats don't realize they're missing the Listerine statement. They just keep going back to the same thing. They say: "We have these economic policies that test popularly; if we just say the word 'jobs' enough, if we just say we're for fairness, and say 'middle class' enough, people will get there's an idea here." We have managed the economy better than the Republicans, but we are trailing Republicans when it comes to public trust to manage the economy. When they say, "I'm gonna cut taxes, and cut those job-killing regulations," people get it.
Talk a little more about that process. What exactly do you envision?
I think we need leadership from somebody who's a real convener.
Somebody needs to convene a process where we say: Yes, all the attention is on opposing Trump right now, but if we spend the entire 2017 and 2018 letting him set the agenda, and us opposing it, were going to be in real trouble in 2018. Instead, we need to not just point out his weaknesses but also address our own weaknesses.
Do you envision a summit, a commission? Let's get down to the nitty-gritty.
Whether it's at a think tank, a party committee, at one of the PACs, what I think we need is a permanent office doing this.
I think what we need is a high-level, continuous process of working with our party leader and elected officials at all levels, as well as our communications and research and constituent groups, to continually improve several messages at once, so that people have choices to make. So that by the time we get to election time, there are a lot of resources; so that messages are supported with the facts that are needed; so that they've been discussed on the ground with real voters.
What are the challenges? How do you anticipate bringing together what might be called the Elizabeth Warren-Bernie Sanders wing of the party with what might be considered the more establishment wing of the party?
There was a lot of discussion after the election that we missed white working-class voters, or we missed working-class voters. We didn't have an economic message. Period. Full stop.
We already have consensus on our policies. If we develop better messaging, I don't think that's going to lead to roadblocks and divisions. I think it will lead to more people [who] can get behind one or several good messages.
Could you describe the impetus behind this? Where and when did it start?
This started with frustration that goes through the three campaigns that we lost. So in 2010, we felt that the core problem was a lack of an economic message. Coming out of 2014, we developed the understanding that Democrats' economic message was "I will create jobs, here are three policies." We also read everybody's postmortems, and wrote a summary of those postmortems, and pretty much to a person, everybody said we lacked an economic message in 2014.
Our experience of 2016 was different than most people's, because we were just focused on: Who's ahead in the economic message? And we never believed Clinton was ahead of Trump. We were tracking a different number, and so we went through our Trump depression a year before everyone else did, and came out of Election Day ready to try to solve the problem yet again.
Do you perceive Democrats as divided, and if so, where are the dividing lines?
I do not see Democrats as divided, I really don't. I think that there is a huge inside-versus-outside division in all of our politics right now, which was exploited to the detriment of Democratic and Republican officeholders in Washington, and that was the message of the 2016 election. Our institutions, including our elected leaders, have a real followership problem.
I think there's a lot of unity on [Capitol] Hill, and I think opposition does that to you. So I don't think Democrats are divided; I think they're deluded. I think they spent all of 2016 thinking they were winning when they were losing, and I think 2017 has not shown a big realignment of that pattern. There is a widespread belief that the American public is going to reject Trump for some reason, as they didn't in 2016. And I think Democrats are banking on that happening as their main strategy to get back. And I think that that is wishful thinking rather than analysis of where we are.
We haven't got an answer to how our ideas on the economy are better than [Trump's], and if we don't, we're not going to win.
How can they forge a positive agenda while also satisfying their constituents' calls to resist Trump?
My emphasis right now is on developing the positive agenda, rather than necessarily taking it to the media right now. Right now, there are only two stories in the newspaper—Trump, and anti-Trump—and I don't know that you can get another story going in the media. But I don't think our anti-Trump message is based around setting up an economic contrast, other than [that] he's got billionaires in his cabinet, and that's running the same play that didn't work in 2016. So our focus now is on figuring out what it is we want to say. Party chair [Tom] Perez says that our problem is organizing, and he wants a conversation on every doorstep, in every ZIP code, in 50 states. My emphasis is on: Well, let's make sure that conversation is compelling and convincing.
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Jamie Foxx is set to play the lead in DreamWorks Pictures "The Zebra Murders: A Season of Killing, Racial Madness, and Civil Rights" reports the trades.
Foxx will play Prentice Earl Sanders, one of two trailblazing black detectives who set out to solve a series of racially motivated serial killings that rocked San Francisco in the fall and winter of 1973-74.
Ultimately, Sanders — who, along with writer Bennett Cohen, recounted the story in the book on which the film is based — ends up becoming the chief of police after the detectives successfully win their own battle against racism and harassment within the force.
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Muslim-American group (CAIR) demanded an inquiry, the news has rattled their faith in American democracy. Former FBI agents and federal prosecutors say spying on mosques is still one of the government's best weapons to thwart terrorists and that the benefit to national security far outweighs any embarrassment to the agency.
"What matters to the FBI is preventing a massive attack that might be planned by some people ... using the mosque or church as a shield because they believe they're safe there," said Robert Blitzer, the FBI's former counterterrorism chief
One of the most-heralded U.S. terrorism convictions, for example, grew out of the work of an informant who spent months inside a New Jersey mosque and derailed a plan to blow up New York City landmarks. Radical Egyptian cleric Omar Abdel Rahman was sentenced to life in prison in 1995. He was also the spiritual leader for the men convicted in the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center.
"A lot of what happened was planned in the mosque," said Andy McCarthy, who was lead prosecutor on the case. "The recruiting went on in the mosque, a lot of the instruction went on in the mosque, we even had gun transactions in there."
In the California case, information about the informant who spied on the Islamic Center of Irvine came out last week at a detention hearing for a brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden's bodyguard, an Afghan native and naturalized U.S. citizen named Ahmadullah Niazi.
FBI Special Agent Thomas J. Ropel III testified at the hearing that an FBI informant infiltrated Niazi's mosque and several others in Orange County and befriended Niazi. Ropel said the informant recorded Niazi on multiple occasions talking about blowing up buildings, acquiring weapons and sending money to the Afghan mujahadeen.
Ahmadullah Sais Niazi who was Arrested in Tustin CA ran a Hawala (money transfer) with Qader Qudus who was Convicted of Money Laundering Heroin Trafficking Profits From Pakistan.
The FBI in Santa Ana had a very good reason for going after Ahmadullah Sais Niazi by planting a spy in the Islamic Center of Irvine, California, Niazi had formed alliances with a man with known links to the Afghan heroin trade (Taliban) and ran a "Hawala" transferring money to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Ahmadullah Sais Niazi in Tustin CA was working his Hawala with Qader Qudus and ZSQ Exchange in Freemont CA, Qader Qudus was convicted on money laundering charges linked to heroin trafficking in 2004.
A search warrant unsealed last week alleges that Niazi and his wife, according to documents seized, used a "hawala," an unlicensed money transfer system often used by people from Afghanistan and Pakistan to transfer money from one country to another. The FBI had actually raided Niazi's house twice, once previous in June of 2008.
See page 9 of the 53 page Search Warrant for Qader Qudus from June of 2008 and Feb. 2009 (two raids) Read: Ahmadullah Sais Niazi Search Warrant (PDF)
The majority of the Hawala Receipts from 1999 to 2004 by Ahmadullah Sais Niazi (approx. $16,000) were directed to H. Qadar Qudus aka Qader Qudas and ZSQ Exchange in Fremont CA. ZSQ had started as a small business, but had begun transferring more than $600,000 a month in the wake of the September 11 attacks and the resulting US military campaign in Afghanistan.
'Hawala' nets Fremont man 27 months Saturday, June 05, 2004 - OAKLAND . Although he went into court facing 46 to 57 months in federal prison, Qader Qudus, 45, ultimately was sentenced to 27 months for his conviction on two counts of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
Qader Qudas pleaded guilty to a money-laundering count in a separate case in Maryland, a crime punishable by 30 to 37 months in prison, for which he was sentenced in December. But federal prosecutors have agreed to recommend that sentence run concurrently with the one handed down Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong of Oakland.
Name....................Age.....Race.... Sex......Release Date........Location
QADER QUDUS .....51.....White.....M.........11-22-2005 ........RELEASED
Qader Qudus was indicted in September 2003 in Maryland along with 11 other men in connection with what prosecutors say was an international heroin trafficking conspiracy. He pleaded guilty in January to a single count of money laundering, admitting his money exchange business, or "hawala," moved $30,000 the government says was linked to drug sales.
The charges, which stem from an indictment filed in the U.S. District Court of Maryland, followed a two-year undercover investigation that targeted heroin trafficking in Pakistan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, London and Maryland, according to court documents. See Robert Spencer's two-bit theory on the "Spys in the Mosques" written from his slanted point of view, Spencer: CAIR's Curious Complaint. Spencer never actully investigates an incident by going to a Mosque or getting a police report or activly shutting down jihad websites or actually doing anything, just posting his 'theory", no guts no glory Robert.
The FBI had probable grounds to plant the "spy" (Confidential Informant CI) in the Irvine Mosque to obtain information on Ahmadullah Niazi and his links to money laundering, the terrorists links came out of the initial money laundering investigation.
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- All riders complete Group Riding Skills training in their first year and at least every three years thereafter.
- Riders volunteer for at least one training ride or other club sponsored event.
- Members who register as "Volunteers" are expected to volunteer for the MS 150.
- MS 150 riders must complete the online Safe Cycling Challenge Survey every year.
- Registration Fee is non-refundable.
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- Weekend Training Rides with the Energy Riders Training Series every weekend January - mid-April (Supported like a typical $35+ charity ride!)
- Social events throughout the year to help you meet other members
- Club Picnic
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- Sleep in our club tent at LaGrange, and enjoy a delicious meal
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And, even more importantly, news about pending legislation and global warming appears every day. According to an AP writeup by H. Josef Hebert, last week the EPA "examined the long-term impact of three climate change bills being considered in the Senate, each of which would cap carbon dioxide emissions from cars, industry and power plants with an goal of reducing greenhouse gas releases by 60 to 65 percent by mid-century". For the entire article, read "EPA: Competing Bills Achieve Same Goal".
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Bill would brake on bay's copper pollution
POLLUTION Bill blames brake pads, requires big reductions
Every time Bay Area drivers tap their car brakes, they pollute San Francisco Bay and harm one of Northern California's most threatened fish - salmon.
Brake pads, which can contain up to 15 percent copper, slowly break down each time they're used, releasing tiny amounts of the metal into the environment. Millions of cars add up to a lot of copper.
Studies have shown that about 190,000 pounds of brake-pad copper end up in the bay's watershed every year, and about 28,000 pounds make it into the bay itself. That makes the pads the bay's No. 1 source of the metal, which can disrupt a salmon's natural ability to sniff out and avoid predators.
This month, the Assembly will hear SB346, a bill that would force manufacturers to drastically reduce the amount of copper in the pads, cutting it to 5 percent by 2021. By 2032, the pads could contain only 0.5 percent of copper.
Supporters of the measure by state Sen. Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, say it would go a long way to solving one of the region's most intractable water problems. It's virtually impossible to get copper out of the bay, where it poses a threat to a fishery already devastated by low water flows and habitat destruction.
Washington law
In March, state leaders in Washington passed the nation's first law phasing out copper in brake pads. Unlike California's bill, it doesn't set a deadline for a 0.5 percent reduction. New York and Rhode Island recently introduced similar bills.
But auto-parts manufacturers believe it won't be feasible to meet California's proposed 0.5 percent mandate without compromising consumer costs, safety and brake noise.
"The 0.5 percent reduction is putting an excessive burden on manufacturers to meet safety standards," said Ann Wilson, a senior vice president for the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association, an organization that represents 650 automotive parts manufacturers.
Brake pad makers say there is no other material that can easily substitute for copper and a replacement would likely require a combination of components.
"We are worried that we won't be able to provide reduced copper pads by the proposed deadline," said Bob Peters, chief engineer at Akebono Brake Corp., which supplies brake pads to Ford, Chevrolet and GM. Akebono has been studying other materials that could be used in their pads.
There are two major types of brake pads. "Organic" ones include copper; the expensive semi-metallic pads do not contain copper and are usually only used in high-performance cars such as Porsches. About 85 percent of cars have brake pads made with copper, which prevents brakes from overheating and reduces squeaking.
Per-axle fee dropped
The legislation originally called for a $1-per-axle fee, which would pay for monitoring the program's effectiveness. Kehoe said the fee proposal has been dropped as part of negotiations with auto industry officials, who complained that it was unclear how the fee would be collected and who would have to pay for it.
As the Assembly prepares to vote on the bill, many counties and cities have been told by state water regulators that they must reduce the amount of copper in storm water. Local governments face $10,000-a-day fines for failing to comply.
"Unless we address the source, there is no way to meet requirements," said Justin Malan, CEO of Ecoconsult, an environmental consulting group. "Copper is very difficult to remove and treat out of the water."
Malan, who helped draft the bill, thinks even cutting brake-pad copper to about half current levels by 2021 might not be enough to meet the requirements set by the state Water Resources Control Board.
The pollution is particularly acute in the south bay, scientists said.
"The south bay doesn't flush itself very well, and it ends up with very high copper levels," said Geoff Brosseau, executive director of the Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association.
The bay averages about 3 to 4 parts per billion of copper. A 2007 Oregon State University study showed that levels as low as 2 parts per billion adversely impact salmon.
Copper masks smell
When attacked, salmon release a chemical alerting other salmon of the predator's proximity, prompting them to stop swimming, sink to the bottom and remain motionless. High copper concentrations block a salmon's ability to discern the smell, making them an easier prey. It may also make it harder for the fish to find their native spawning grounds, experts say.
"Olfaction is very important to behavior," said Jeff Jenkins, a professor at Oregon State's Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology. In addition to smelling prey and avoiding predators, "they use it to navigate and find their spawning grounds."
Even though commercial salmon fishing was banned in California in 2008 and 2009, last year saw only 39,500 returning salmon, the lowest number in 40 years, according to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. Just seven years ago, more than 870,000 salmon returned to Central Valley rivers. This year the commercial season was severely shortened.
"There seems to be a black hole in the bay now. Guys used to make seven figures in '03 and '04, this year we'll be lucky if we make $5,000," said Duncan McLean, a commercial salmon fisherman based in Half Moon Bay.
This story has been corrected from the earlier version that ran in The Chronicle.


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"You fought very hard in the arena Ms. Everdeen."
"Thank you."
"But those were games. Would you like to be in a real war?"
"No."CATCHING FIRE MOVIE REVIEW
Movie Rating: PG-13 for violence, language, and some sensuality
My Rating: 5 out of 5 amazing stars!
Swearing: some uses of small swear words and 2 bleeped out f-bombs
Inappropriate Scenes: Johanna strips down in an elevator. Nothing is shown. Her back is to the camera.
Run Length: 146 minutes
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
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*BAM!* The sequel to The Hunger Games begins with a bang and goes with a bang. Everything about this movie was 100 times better than the first: the acting, the script, the filming (no shaky cam!!), the set, the costumes, and the special effects.
Reading the Catching Fire book was somewhat emotional to me, but watching this happen on screen just like how it would be in real life was heart wrenching. I was sitting through the whole movie with tears in my eyes.
Words just cannot describe how good this movie was. It was almost exactly like the book. Lots of the actors lines were even the same word for word as what they were in the book.
Watching Katniss's rebellion igniting around the world gave me goosebumps. Holding the tribute's hands, hanging Seneca Crane's dummy, and supporting District 11's fallen tributes families were all scenes that we get to watch come to life. Watching the districts exploding into action because they're sick and tired of being kicked around was phenomenal. Watching Katniss try to forget the games and go back into her old life was saddening. Watching Snow threaten Katniss and watching Katniss fail to convince Snow was gut wrenching. But watching Effie, Haymitch, Peeta, and Katniss finally become a team is heart warming.
This is a very emotional movie that will stir up emotions you didn't even know you had. Please go see this movie. Please. And don't focus on how the Hunger Games is about kids killing kids as a sport. Focus on how the Hunger Games is mainly about a government out of control and people finally stood up against it.


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