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Adding the Delicious Button in an Advanced Template If you are using an Advanced Template Set for your blog's design and you'd like to add a save to del.ico.us button to your posts, just copy either the link or button script below and follow the instructions for pasting that into your templates. Advanced Template Set designs are available with the Unlimited, Premium, and Business Class plans. If you are not using an Advanced Template Set for your blog's design, you can add the save to del.ico.us button at Design > Content > Post Footer. Delicious Text Link Add the code in the Individual Archives template and within the MTEntries container tag in the Main Index and Archive templates. The link or button can be placed wherever you wish but it's generally added in the post footer area. Delicious Button Link If your Advanced Template design's CSS includes Typepad's base-weblog.css file, you can use special CSS classes to get a standardized button style. Make sure you include this code within the entry-footer div in the Individual Archives template and in the entry-footer div within the MTEntries container tag in the Main Index and Archive templates. Below is an example of how the button will look on a published blog post.
My book tour promoting Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide takes me to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria next week. Here are the details: A Conversation with Henry Jenkins and Steven Johnson Wednesday, September 27, 7:00 p.m. Henry Jenkins, author of the new book Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide, and Steven Johnson (Everything Bad is Good for You), two of the nation’s most incisive cultural critics, will discuss the ground-shifting and often surprising ways in which audiences are participating in the creation, distribution, and consumption of media in the digital age, and the effects of these developments on entertainment and learning. The program will be followed by a reception and book signing. Tickets: $10 public/$7.50 for students with ID/Free for Museum members, call to RSVP. Buy Tickets Online I hope to see some of my blog-readers from the Greater New York City area in the audience. I am told that they will put up a streaming audio and transcript of the talk sometime in October and I would announce it here when they do.
Former candidate seeks IDs on anonymous website commenters Sun-Times Media January 9, 2013 11:26AM Updated: February 11, 2013 7:25AM A village of Plainfield trustee is gearing up to file a defamation lawsuit against anonymous online commenters on two local news websites, claiming they derailed his campaign for state senator. Republican Garrett Peck lost to Democrat Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant in a hotly contested race for the state’s 49th Senate District in November. In a petition for discovery filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court, Peck claims anonymous commenters on the Plainfield Patch and Topix Plainfield news sites spread false information to damage his reputation and campaign. Beneath a Plainfield Patch article about a candidate night event Peck attended, a commenter named “Tim” falsely accused Peck of paying off police who came to his home to investigate a report that he had assaulted his wife, the petition said. Comments on other Patch articles accuse the trustee of illegally obtaining information on competitors in order submit a lowball contract for his company, Magik Technology Solutions, to provide equipment to the Plainfield School District. Peck says in the petition that the allegation is “patently false” because he did not have access to other bids, and underbid the competition by a substantial $20,000. The petition asks Patch to turn over all account information and IP addresses associated with the commenter, who also uses the names “Ron,” “Ron Jidizny” and “eyes on Plainfield” on the hyperlocal news site, Peck claims in the petition. The filing also asks another local news website, Topix Plainfield, for information on user “Fiscal Republicans,” who allegedly accused Peck of carrying on an extramarital affair — an accusation the trustee also denies. Peck says in the filing that he personally loaned his failed campaign $80,000, and that he plans to use the information to sue for damages. Neither Patch nor Topix could be reached for comment Tuesday night.
Are FAA Sequester Cuts as “Dumb” as They Look? Take the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), for example. The FAA requested $15.172 billion for FY2013, but the Continuing Resolution – passed last fall – locked in funding levels of $16.668 billion. The FAA’s sequester hit will be just $669 million, which means their post-sequester funding level of $15.999 billion will still be above their original request. You read that right! The FAA is getting more than they need – more than they asked for – even after sequester cuts. Nonetheless, the Washington Post reports that “the administration has portrayed a grim picture of long lines at airports and closed airport towers if the required reductions at the Federal Aviation Administration are allowed to proceed.” To be sure, the President has used FAA sequester cuts to beef up his dramatic sequester act. But even Spencer Dickerson of the American Association of Airport Executives said, “There’s a lot of dramatics going on.” Here’s the FAA’s argument and that of others who oppose the sequester budget cuts. The FAA uses 71 percent of its operations budget to pay salaries for controllers, supervisors, air safety inspectors and technicians, and therefore, when it is asked to make a 5 percent budget “reduction” in seven months, a large chunk of that has to come from personnel. This will in turn affect travelers. But think about this: the FAA’s expenses have climbed significantly in the past several years due to union contracts and congressional pressure to bolster the ranks of aviation safety inspectors. In fact, the FAA budget has grown even as air travel has fallen. And this taxpayer money is not being spent efficiently. There are the roughly 112 airports subsidized by the Essential Air Service (EAS). The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Essential Air Service program was put in place to guarantee – with taxpayer dollars – that small communities that were served by certificated air carriers maintain a minimal level of scheduled air service. Of the 124 EAS funded airports (excluding Alaska), only 19 made it onto the list of 233 airports in which air traffic control facilities may be close. So rather than closing – or threatening to close – those air traffic control facilities that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a year in taxpayer-funded subsidies through the EAS program, President Obama would prefer to inconvenience travelers and close airports that are in greater demand by travelers. Rather than continuing to breed government dependence among the airline industry, the Heritage Foundation has proposed the following suggestions: [A]ll non-safety functions of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are transferred to the private sector, and most FAA fees are eliminated. The air traffic control system will be transferred to the private sector, where it belongs, and financed by flight ticket user fees. The airport improvement program is also terminated, with airlines, state government, and private investment taking the place of the federal taxpayer. If lawmakers had taken these reforms seriously when they were proposed in 2011, today’s debate would be different. If they believed in free market principles and legislated accordingly, our national debt would be different as well.
: News Article: Flyers Notes: Carter frustrated with scoring slump View Single Post 04-25-2011, 02:09 PM Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: St. Andrews Originally Posted by It is about timely goaltending, it is also about not getting owned on the boards and the ability to play at both ends of the ice. Blaming Laviolette for this teams inability to be better prepared for the playoffs and a lack of consistent goaltending are the issues. Quick stole a game the other night, he has also faced 60 more shots than Boucher. Not exactly shocking given that Boucher has missed an entire game, and been pulled in another... and came in relief of yet another. View Public Profile Find More Posts by Jester
Everything Canada (goaltending, coaching, future) View Single Post 01-05-2013, 11:19 PM Join Date: Feb 2003 Seemed to me that this team never got an identity or direction. Seemed like Sprott left it up to the players to be leaders and never established his firm direction over the team. May have been intimated by having established stars like RNH and Hamilton on the team. Seemed like roles and positioning were not clearly defined. Too much time was wasted deciding on who would play 6th and 7th D-man positions, 4th line forwards and back up goalie. (and then this disregarded in terms of who they choose since guys who played better were cut anyways). time could have been spend in establishing set units and sticking with them. Also selection process itself deserves criticism. Everyone knew Reilly and Murphy had defensive issues and you could probably not go with both or possibly either of these players. Ultimately player like Wetherspoon looked better and team might have looked more for people who could handle things in their own end. Almost like they had the mindset they were going to run teams out rink with their offensive prowess rather than building a sound system from the goal out. Team Canada has won in the past through sound defense and grinding the other team down. Goals eventually came not from spectacular offense but from breaking other teams down and banging in loose pucks. This team looked like they could just rely on their offense skills rather than getting into a gritty game and relying on their positioning. In the end their defensive positioning in the mid ice and defensive end were their undoing. Team needs a coach who knows what he wants and gets his team to play it rather than stoking the egos of established stars and letting them play pond hockey. Sutters, like some mentioned, fit that mold. View Public Profile Find More Posts by orcatown
13310 Fri, 12/14/2007 - 2:16pm NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.--Groupe PSP's Peugeot and Swissmar Imports have announced their agreement to form a joint venture called PSP USA LLC, effective Jan. 1, with Daniel Oehy as president and chief executive officer. The new venture "is the natural progression of a very successful relationship that began more than 15 years ago," said Oehy, who was formerly the president of Swissmar. "The new company will have access to the resources and talents of what has been two operations until now. We are looking forward to the increased ability that this new company will enjoy in developing products and introducing new initiatives specifically intended for the American market." Swissmar, a North American importer and distributor of premium and gourmet housewares and accessories, has been the exclusive North American distributor of Peugeot mills since 1992. Groupe PSP's Peugeot manufactures spice-specific mills in France.
In 1850, James Gadsden, president of the South Carolina Railroad Company, dreamed of a southern transcontinental railroad to California, linking the West directly with the Southern states. The best route lay south of the new U.S. border. This prompted the "Gadsden Purchase", in which the Mexican government was paid $10M for a strip of land south of the Gila River. Gadsden didn't live to see the line built, but Central Pacific president Colis Huntington saw the value of the route. He ordered his Southern Pacific Railroad to begin building east from Los Angeles in 1877 with rails reaching Tucson in March, 1880 and then El Paso in May, 1881. It was quickly dubbed the "Sunset Route ", and the Southern Pacific circular logo showing a setting sun over a railroad track became the company's trademark. Southern Pacific's premier passenger train on the route was named the "Sunset Limited." Copper deposits in Southern Arizona comprised most of the initial traffic, but by the mid 1890's affluent vacationers filled the passenger trains destined for winter resorts in Tucson, Phoenix and Pasadena. Vegetables grown in California's Imperial Valley soon became an important commodity. Southern Pacific ran the first refrigerator trains loaded with produce from the valley in 1884. As growing freight traffic created longer and heavier trains, the steady 1% grade up out of the Gila Valley and through the Maricopa Mountains required "pusher" locomotives to assist trains through the pass. A series of "Y-spurs" off the main line allowed the engines to turn-around and get behind the next train. The small community of Shawmut soon sprouted to service these "pusher" locomotives. You can locate the abandoned roadbeds of some of the "Y-spurs" where Maricopa Road juts away from the existing rail line. With the advent of more powerful diesel locomotives ushering an end of the steam era, the need for "pusher" locomotives was obviated. This led to the decline and abandonment of the Shawmut community. The precise date of the abandonment is unknown. Today's rail traffic looks very different from that past era with double-decker containers from the Pacific Rim creating more and more congestion along the Sunset Route. Less than one quarter of the Sunset Route was double-track when Union Pacific acquired it in 1996 as part of the merger with Southern Pacific. Since then, Union Pacific has built more than 100 miles of new main line double-track. The ultimate goal is to double-track the entire route, but the 1% grade through the Maricopa Mountains near the abandoned settlement of Shawmut remains largely single-track. This congested area creates a trainspotters delight! You'll notice that Maricopa Road near Shawmut is sponsored by "Arizona Railfans" and "Arizona Rail History Buffs"... a testament to its esteemed trainspotter status. Shawmut is surrounded on all sides by the Sonoran Desert National Monument. The Maricopa Mountains naturally part here funneling traffic through the pass. This mountain pass and nearby Butterfield Pass, have been leveraged throughout the centuries as a significant transportation route. From the turn-out along Maricopa Road, park your vehicle . Any doubt about your location is removed by the signage on the railway signals . Respect the railroad right-of-way and use the bridged wash to pass under the railway tracks to the south side. Immediately to the south is a small mountain with a ridgeline providing a fine vista for trainspotting There is no discernable trail along the ridgeline, but the route is obvious. As you look to the east, the double-track sharp S-curve dominates the view. Although rail traffic is heavy along this route, there was a disappointing lull while I was up on the ridgeline. With the sun beginning to set and me unable to snap a photo of a train within the S-curve, I've used an Arizona Railfans stock photo to convey the image. Guess I have a reason for a return hike! As you scramble east along the ridgeline it will suddenly drop down into a wash. Follow the wash back to the rail bridge completing the loop hike. As I crossed under the rail bridge I could hear an approaching train . That's a great way to end a trainspotting hike! Although this may not be considered a hike in the classic sense, I welcome variety in my outdoor adventures. I find this hike a curious contrast with transportation technology the focal point, but yet you are standing within a national monument with wilderness area to the immediate north and south. There seems to be a constant affinity between boys and trains and I don't think I've ever lost it... Enjoy ! - Dec 24 2006 Randal Schulhauser
South slopes as seen from town are almost completely bare below 11,000'. I haven't seen other aspects of the peaks since I was last up there on the 15th. If taking the Dutchman route I describe, and given the melting we have had, I would say that you can use the snowshoes if you want to, but can probably get away without using them. Crampons or just boots going up are probably sufficient and you might just use boots all the way down. We haven't had snow in 5 or 6 weeks, so the season is pretty much over. Unless we get a welcomed freak snow in the next few weeks, its going to be dry to monsoon season and the snow will continue to deteriorate. That will mean a mixed bag in general, but with a dense surface corn layer that will require nothing more than a water resistant boot. Technically the permit is required until April 15, but at this point I would skip it. Your call. I think Monsoon season will begin around June 20, plus or minus 5 days, not by the calendar according to the NWS, but when dew points rise dramatically, and it begins to rain over the Sacramento Mountains. It will start about 10 days later in Arizona.
Dear Maemo Community, You did it! Thanks to your generous donations, maemo.org was able to garner over $4,000 to date, allowing the community to survive — and thrive! We will keep you updated with when new donations and support may be needed. Again, we thank you. We exist because you are here and because you step up when needed. The Hildon Foundation
Innocence of Muslims filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula was taken in for questioning by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies just after midnight Friday. It is believed that Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is in fact Sam Bacile, the man tied to the movie, which sparked widespread protests in the Middle East, where U.S. embassies were targeted, possibly contributing to the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, who were ambushed at the embassy in Benghazi. Right wing blogs are going nuts. One in particular, Instapundit’s Glenn Reynolds accused President Obama of sending in “brownshirted enforcers,” AKA Nazi paramilitary-types, to question a man who’s on probation for bank fraud. Power Line is puking right wing venom. It’s a little comical. Seems like Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is a little punk because he hid his face with a towel and hat as he was escorted by police into a waiting car. LA County Sheriff’s department spokesman Steve Whitmore told NBC4 that deputies assisting the federal probation department took Nakoula to the sheriff’s substation in Cerritos for interviewing. LA Now reports that as of 1:40 a.m. Saturday, Nakoula has not been arrested or detained.
Try to read this kristinecarpio: ahh-satan: more-than-a-bromance: youwillneverputmedown: wetouchifeelarush: “eeht ot live fo retsam eht nommus” Now, read it backwards. This is an Satanic chant. You’ve officially been cursed. Reblog within 30 seconds or the power of Evil will take over. i actually hate tumblr right now dammit. fuck. as... It's Morphin' Time!: Unicorns. → twoplusfourisq: This is a story of the magical species of Unicorns. In the beginning of time and space, the first planet ever created was the mystical land of Cornia. In this magical planet of quadruple rainbows, lush grasses, and blooming flowers, there were types of Unicorns: The Unicorns, and the Univorns…. A cup of coffee. asymptoti-c: You are like a cup of coffee. You warm my insides and you keep me up at night. I need you when I feel weak and no matter what style you come in, you remain quality. You make me feel overall, better. When I’m chilly, all I need is to hold you in my hands, and I’ll warm up. I fear that if I indulge you in for too long, I will soon want more and more. But that’s alright, it’s okay....
Yay! As I mentioned previously, Amazon is offering up 5 FREE holiday songs every 5 days through December 25th! To download today’s FREE holiday songs, just head on over here and click on the “Buy Selected Songs” button to download yours! Enjoy! (Thanks, Free Stuff Times!)
Artists and their representatives ask me all the time: “How do I get played on your show?” or “How do I get an interview?” Well, the answer is simple. Send 1 ORIGINAL song to our email HipHopCornerRadio@gmail.com. There is a chance it will get played in our segment for evaluation of up and coming artists called “Bump It or Dump It”. We play the song live on the air and everyone in the studio gives feedback as to whether they would “bump” the song or “dump” it and explain why. If the listener thinks they would play the song again for their own enjoyment, it gets a “bump” and if not, it gets a “dump”. Be warned: criticism is honest and harsh but fair. To give you a vague idea of how critical we are, I would guess that from all the songs we have evaluated, which is probably over 100, less than 10 songs have been bumped by everyone. We get a lot of submissions so there is no guarantee that your song will be played. I usually play songs from our Hip-Hop Corner email. So make sure you send your 1 ORIGINAL song to HipHopCornerRadio@gmail.com. Good luck. Keep grinding. And keep following your dreams. I wish you the best. -DJ Boss Player Pretty regularly, The Hip-Hop Corner will invite a special guest of interest to be interviewed live on the air. Guests are interviewed by DJ Boss Player. To see a list of notable guests who have been interviewed on the show click the link on the main page entitled “Past Guests”. Hip-hop news & gossip. Hosted by J-Haze. The final song played every episode of The Hip-Hop Corner is “Umi Says” by Mos Def. The playing of the song is dedicated to DJ Boss Player’s late mother Florence Agbonyitor who passed away in 2003. May her soul rest in perfect peace…
Soul Food: the Deva of Sustenance Sitting with the Deva of Sustenance on this misty Sunday morning. What sustains you? What holds you up day in and day out? What puts ground under your feet? Here’s what sustains me today: Physically: Breath. Miraculous inner workings of my body — blood, organs, bones, cells, thrumming together in perfect harmony. Bowl of blueberries and Greek yogurt. Fire in the fireplace. Emotionally: Phone call from my daughter-in-law, radiant with love and affection. A full heart. Mountains on the far horizon kissed by clouds. Robin fluttering raindrops off his wings as he lands on a cherry branch’s shy blossoming. Early morning silence. Mentally: Poem from Louise Gluck’s “Seven Ages”, which takes off like a swan rising from the waters of a lake. Energetically: The Deva of my home, who wraps me in belonging. Being cradled and sung to by the Deva of the Earth. Heart connections with the trees outside my window; Devas of sea and sky. Bach cello sonata. Spiritually: The Sacred. The sun — whose face is covered by clouds, but whose light illuminates every raindrop. My granddaughter, newly arrived. What nourishes and sustains you today? My newsletter subscribers are the first to hear about upcoming classes and programs. From time to time, I also send them special invitations, gifts and offers that are exclusive to my list. To subscribe, please fill out the form below.
The Perfect Poison Lucinda Bromley is a botanist living in Victorian London. She has an apparently paranormal knack for detecting poisons which makes her quite a useful friend to the police. But, in the past wrongly suspected of poisoning her fiancé, she senses peril when she discovers an aristocrat was done in by a poison made from a plant stolen from her conservatory. Lucinda is a member of the Arcane Society, dedicated to the study of paranormal phenomena, and she and fellow member Caleb Jones set out to solve the case. They fall head over heels for each other, as old Arcane Society secrets emerge and a knot of danger tightens around Lucinda. This is the kind of light, romantic historical mystery that doesn’t strain the intellect but is fun to read. I can’t say I felt transported to a different time and place as I do when I read the best work in the genre. On the other hand, Amanda Quick knows how to write a terrific love scene. This book is sixth in a series of novels about the Arcane Society by this extremely prolific author.
The Dangerous Mr Ryder Imagine a tiny Grand Duchy clinging to the mountains near the SE French frontier. Imagine it is 1815 and Napoleon has just landed from Elba and is marching on Paris. Imagine a castle towering over a vertiginous drop to the river below. It is night and a rope dangles from the battements into the void… No-one had told him that she was beautiful. Jack Ryder crouched precariously in a stone window embrasure two hundred feet above the ravine river bed and stared into the candlelit room. Inside, the woman he had been sent to find paced to and fro like an angry cat. He kept his eyes fixed on the image beyond the glass as he wedged himself more securely into his slippery niche. Below, the void beneath the castle was shrouded in merciful darkness, the faint sound of the river floating upwards. Although his whole body was aware of it, he ignored the cold fingers of fear playing up and down his spine, knowing full well that if he let his imagination have full rein he would never be able to move at all. His studded boots ground on the stone, and he froze for a moment, but the sound did not seem to reach her. Jack gave himself a mental shake and began to work on the knot that secured the end of the long coil of rope around his waist. As it came free he gave it a jerk, flicking it outwards, and the whole length detached itself from the battlement high above and fell out of sight into the void. Now his only way down was through that window. Despite his perilous position Jack had no intention of going through it until he had a chance to size up the woman inside. The woman he had been sent to bring back to England by whatever means he found necessary, including force. It was for her own good, as well as in the interests of both countries, they had explained at Whitehall. The officials had spoken with the air of men who were glad it was not they who had to attempt to convince the lady of this. They had told him a number of things about Her Serene Highness the Dowager Grand Duchess Eva de Maubourg. Intelligent, stubborn, anti-Napoleonic, haughty, independent, difficult and demanding was how she had been summed up by the various men who had gathered to deliver the hasty briefing, fifteen days before. Half French, they had added gloomily, as though that summed up the problem. She had not left the Duchy since her marriage and was likely to be near impossible to move now, the officials added. That was all right; he was used to being asked to do the near impossible. But there had been no mention of darkly vivid looks, of a curvaceous figure or the lithe grace of a caged panther. And Jack was having trouble believing she could possibly be the mother of a nine year old son. It had to be the thick glass in the window panes. She was alone in the room; he had waited long enough to be convinced of that. Jack shifted his position, focusing his mind on opening the window and not on what would happen if he lost his balance. The flat of a slim blade slid easily enough between the casement and the frame. Thankfully the window opened inwards, for its height above the floor would make it impossible to use otherwise. He eased it ajar by inches, waiting long minutes between each adjustment so there would be no sudden drop of temperature or gust of wind to alarm her. If she screamed this would likely end in bloodshed - he did not intend that it would be his. Grand Duchess Eva ceased to pace and sank down in front of a writing desk, her back to the window, her head in her hands. Jack wondered if she was crying, then started, with potentially lethal result, when she banged her fist down on the leather desk top and swore colourfully in English. He could only admire her vocabulary: he was tempted to echo it. It was definitely time to get off this widow ledge. He grasped the frame, put his feet through and swung himself down into the room. There was no way he could land silently, not dropping eight foot onto a stone flagged floor in nailed boots. She spun round on her chair, gripping the back of it, her face reflecting the gamut of emotions from shock, puzzlement, fear and finally, he was impressed to see, imperious anger masking all else. They had not told him about her courage. ‘Who the devil are you?’ she demanded in unaccented English, getting to her feet with perfect deportment, as though rising from a throne. Her right hand, Jack noted, was behind her: he searched his memory for his survey of the room. Ah yes, the paper knife. A resourceful lady. ‘You speak English excellently,’ he commented. He knew from his briefing that she was half English, so it was only to be expected, but it was a more tactful beginning to their conversation than Put down that knife before I make you! might be. ‘But how did you know I would understand you?’ She looked down her nose at him. Jack registered dark eyes, thinly elegant eyebrows arched in distain, a red mouth with a fullness which betrayed more passion than she was perhaps comfortable with and one deep brown curl, disturbed from her coiffure and lying tantalisingly against her white shoulder. He focused on those eyes and banished the fleeting speculation about just how the skin under that curl would feel. ‘You will address me as Your Serene Highness,’ she said coolly. ‘I was thinking in English,’ she added, almost as an afterthought. ‘Your Serene Highness,’ he swept her a bow, conscious of his clothing as he did so. He was dressed for the purpose of shinning down castle walls, not making court bows, but he managed it with a grace that had one of those dark brows lifting in surprise. ‘My name is Jack Ryder.’ He had wrestled with whether or not to tell her his real name and decided against it. His nom de guerre would be safer in the event they were captured. ‘Then you are English Mr Ryder?’ ‘So you have not come to kill me?’ The Outrageous Lady Felsham, the second Ravenhurst title will be out in May.
This month, we’re sharing some of the memorable weddings held at the Mansion in 2010. Up next- a fun and festive wedding, with images courtesy of Don Mears Photography. You may have seen the good news last month, but we were thrilled to find out that Leah and Dimitri’s wedding was featured in Style Me Pretty. Take a look at all the great details (guests with hats!) and you’ll see why. And what did our Wedding Planner Mary-Catherine have to say about this fabulous wedding? “Leah and Dimitri are not only beautiful people outside, but they are memorably beautiful inside. I loved getting to know them and their families. They were a quick-witted bunch with great taste…the perfect combo. Leah and Dimitri faced the common challenge of combining cultures for the ceremony and then finding their “couple’s style” at the reception. Each detail was executed perfectly, including the clothes line to hang your summer hat. My favorite detail (hard to choose) was their choreographed first dance that rivaled a Broadway show. They are both professional singers, so it was no surprise that we were always entertaining to behold. “ Were you a 2010 bride here at Historic Mankin Mansion or perhaps a wedding photographer? If so, email us at firstname.lastname@example.org by January 15 to learn more about being featured.
\|HOME FAQ CONTACTS LINKS MEDCOM SITEMAP ARMY.MIL AKO SEARCH\| ACCESS TO CARE TRANSFUSION BEFORE WORLD WAR I Although the concept of the therapeutic value of blood dates back to antiquity, transfusion in the modern sense of the term was a practical impossibility until William Harvey, in 1616, announced his discovery of the circulation of the blood.1 This discovery opened the way for serious experiments on the infusion of various substances into the bloodstream and eventually led to the use of whole blood for transfusion. Claims to priority are various and confusing. It is clear, however, that Richard Lower, inspired by the previous experiments of Sir Christopher Wren in infusion techniques, performed the first successful animal transfusion in 1665, when he transferred blood from the carotid artery of one dog to the jugular vein of another. In November 1667, Lower transfused Mr. Arthur Coga, "a mildly melancholy insane man," with the blood of a lamb. Mr. Coga, according to Pepys, described his experience in Latin before the Royal Society of Medicine and stated that he was much better. He impressed Pepys as "cracked a little in his head." The next animal-to-human transfusions were also performed on generally the same indications, by Jean Baptiste Denis, physician to Louis XIV. When Denis' fourth attempt ended fatally, he was charged with murder. He was eventually exonerated, but, 10 years later, the procedure was prohibited by law in France as well as in Italy and was also forbidden by the Royal Society of Medicine in England. For the next 150 years, there was little interest in transfusion, but it is significant that Nuck in 1714 and Cantwell in 1749 declared that this procedure would be of value in severe hemorrhage. When interest in transfusion was revived by James Blundell (5-7) in 1818, it was on the basis of replacement of lost blood in puerperal hemorrhage and after a series of experiments in which he had demonstrated that human blood loses none of its "vital properties" by passage through transfusion equipment (figs. 1 and 2). Blundell failed in his first four desperate attempts to save women on the point of death from postpartal hemorrhage, but he succeeded in five of the next six attempts. FIGURE 1.-Apparatus used by Blundell for experimental blood transfusion, 1818. 1 (Blundell's original numbers and letters are retained). Syringe, etc. 2, 3. Structure of double-way cock. Aab. Head of syringe. ADB (fig. 2). Channel by which blood is expelled while ADC is closed. ADC (fig. 3). Channel by which blood enters while ADB is closed. Change is effected by giving plug D a quarter-turn (2). In 1859, in reporting a successful transfusion, Benedict (8) laid down the conditions under which this operation should be practiced. He considered it applicable to no pathologic state save that * * * which is commonly called 'collapse,' induced by hemorrhage, by certain exhausting discharges, or by utter inability to receive or retain nutriment; and the only transfusion now sanctioned, either by physiology or by common sense, is that of human venous blood into human veins, identical, as nearly as possible, with that which has been lost, and in quantity just sufficient to arrest the tendency toward death. Benedict (9) could find only 21 cases recorded up to 1853 in which transfusions had been "practiced under these conditions." There were 19 survivals in the 21 cases. In 1875, Landois (10), in a comprehensive monograph on transfusion, collected 347 cases in which human blood had been used and 129 cases in which animal blood had been used. By this time, important studies on the physiology of the blood were being performed by a number of qualified observers, and some physicians, such as Fordyce Barker, advocated transfusion "* * * not exclusively in those desperate cases where favorable results are hardly looked for but * * * before patients have arrived at, and fallen into, this desperate condition." Techniques in use included transfusion with defibrinated blood, mediate transfusion with pure blood, immediate transfusion from vein to vein, and immediate transfusion from artery to vein. Although the indications and rationale of blood transfusion were by this time apparently quite well understood, the indications during the last quarter of the century again became vague and irrational, the procedure was employed indiscriminately, and the number of severe reactions and fatalities increased. As a result, transfusion again began to be considered as a hazardous, and even a disreputable, procedure, to be employed only as a last resort and in desperation. During the first years of the 20th century, a blood transfusion was frequently a more difficult technical procedure, and sometimes a procedure fraught with greater risks, than a major operation. Its development as an effective and safe therapeutic method required the solution of a number of special problems: 1. Blood coagulation. First efforts to overcome this difficulty were made in 1835, with the use of defibrinated blood by Bischoff, and terminated in 1914, with the successful use of sodium citrate by Hustin, Weil, and Lewisohn (2, 3) (p. 218). 2. Agglutination and hemolysis from admixture of incompatible bloods. The way was opened to the solution of this special problem in 1900, when Landsteiner (11) published his epochal work on the identification of blood groups, based on his previous demonstration of the presence of isoagglutinating and isoagglutinable substances in the blood. Jansky in 1907 and Moss 3 years later, without knowledge of Jansky's studies, worked out the reciprocal agglutinating reactions of the four blood groups and classified them accordingly. The confusion that arose because of differences in nomenclature was eliminated after World War I, when the numbers previously used to designate blood groups were replaced by the letters A, B, AB, and O, each group thus being designated by the agglutinogens in Landsteiner's original scheme. Communications in the early years of the 20th century were often slow, and foreign medical literature had only a limited circulation in the United States. No practical use, therefore, was made of Landsteiner's work until 1907, when Ottenberg (4), at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, first matched donor and recipient before giving blood and thus made transfusion a safe procedure from the standpoint of compatibility. The validity of Ottenberg's work was not immediately realized; his offer to perform compatibility tests for the surgeons at his own hospital had no general acceptance for almost 5 years because such tests were considered unnecessary or misleading. In 1911, Ottenberg demonstrated that it was safe to use as a donor a person whose serum agglutinated the recipient's red cells but unsafe and dangerous to use one whose red cells were acted upon by the recipient's serum. This demonstration eventually led to the widespread employment of group O donors as universal donors, since the red blood cells of this blood group are not agglutinable by the serum of any other blood group. 3. Technical difficulties. Until 1913, direct transfusion was used to the exclusion of any other technique. This was a difficult and time-consuming method, requiring a specially trained team to carry it out and totally unsuited for use in sudden emergencies. In 1892, von Ziemssen of Munich had performed transfusion by the syringe technique, but his report attracted no attention and when Lindeman (12) described it in 1913, it was, for all practical purposes, a new method. With this technique, no dissection of blood vessels was necessary in either donor or recipient, and the exact quantity of blood transfused was known. The technique, however, required a trained team of at least four persons and the use of a large number of expensive syringes. Also, rapid injection of the blood was mandatory. In 1915, Unger (13) introduced an apparatus based on the principle of the two-way stopcock, which overcame many of these difficulties. Dozens of variations of this apparatus were introduced during the next 15 years. 4. Infection. Infection ceased to be a major problem after first antiseptic, and then aseptic, techniques came into general use and as long as transfusion was employed only in hospitals and on what amounted to elective indications. The open containers originally used to collect blood for indirect transfusion first became impractical, and then a real source of danger, when indications for transfusion were extended. BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN WORLD WAR I The British Experience In June of 1918, an editorial writer in the Lancet doubted that as recently as 4 years earlier any surgeon could have been found to perform "the operation" of transfusion in England (14). In the next issue, Sir Berkeley Moynihan (15) took exception to that statement: He and his associates in Leeds had been performing transfusion regularly for 10 years, first by the direct, and later by the indirect, technique. The editorial writer's statement was, however, generally true. Blood transfusion was not practiced by the majority of surgeons in Great Britain before World War I, and its use in the last 2 years of the war was chiefly derived from the work which had been done on it in the United States. Techniques-Direct transfusion, as might have been expected, proved a completely impractical method in military surgery. The elaborate preparation required in the Kimpton-Brown technique makes one wonder how it could have been employed at all in a busy casualty clearing station, but Fullerton and his associates (16), using improvised equipment, employed the method in 19 casualties at the Boulogne base in 1916. The 15 deaths were not too discouraging, since the blood was given only to patients whose condition was considered desperate. In 1917, U.S. Army medical officers introduced the standard Kimpton-Brown equipment into British hospitals, and numerous patients were treated by this technique in casualty clearing stations of the British Second Army. In a series of reports between 1916 and 1918, Bruce Robertson (17-20), of the Canadian Army, explained the advantages of the syringe-cannula technique, which he had introduced into the British Second Army area. The method was far simpler than the Kimpton-Brown technique, but at that it was not simple, and it required a team of three persons to carry it out. The use of preserved blood was introduced into a casualty clearing station in the British Third Army during the battle of Cambrai in November 1917 by Capt. (later Maj.) Oswald H. Robertson, MORC, USA (21, 22). His reasoning was that if blood had to be collected as casualties arrived, the number of transfusions given would necessarily be limited. The solution seemed to him to be the use of human red blood cells collected and stored in advance of the need. Only group O (then termed group IV) blood was used. The 500 cc. taken from each donor was collected in the Rous-Turner glucose-citrate solution (p. 217) and stored in an icebox. After the blood had settled for 4 or 5 days, the cell suspension contained no more citrate than would be used in ordinary citrated transfusions. The majority of transfusions were given within 10 to 14 days after the blood had been collected, but in some instances they were given with 26-day-old blood. The length of time the blood was kept did not seem to influence the results. The blood arrived in good condition, with no evidence of hemolysis, after transportation by ambulance for 6 to 8 miles over rough roads, a demonstration later repeated by Capt. Kenneth Walker, who carried a bottle of preserved blood with him during a journey from Arras to London. The 22 transfusions with preserved blood reported by Robertson in June 1918 were carried out on 20 patients, of whom 9 died but all of whom, it was thought, would have died unless they had received blood. In 1918, transfusions were carried out farther forward than casualty clearing stations, chiefly due to the efforts of Captain Walker, Capt. Norman M. Guiou (23) of the Canadian Army, and Major Holmes-à-Court of the Australian Army (22). The syringe technique, Guiou claimed, could "easily" be applied in advanced dressing stations and in the average regimental aid post. If casualties were given blood in these areas, he continued, they would be kept alive until they reached the casualty clearing station, where they could be treated surgically. The official history of the British Medical Service in World War I concluded that whatever the merits of the various techniques of transfusion in civil life, there was no doubt of the superiority of the citrate method in wartime. It could be employed in circumstances in which other methods were impractical. It was simpler than other methods. It permitted the transportation of blood from donor to recipient without interrupting an operation and further congesting an already overcrowded operating tent. A skilled "transfuser," devoting himself entirely to the task of drawing and citrating blood, could supply a dozen patients in need of blood, leaving to anesthetists the "simple task" of administering the blood (22). Donors-There was no difficulty in procuring blood donors. Up to the middle of 1918, the spirit of comradeship was sufficient to supply them. Later, a 3-week leave in England after the donation secured many offers from lightly wounded men. Dental patients and soldiers with minor injuries, sprains, and flat feet were also used as donors. Syphilitic and malarial subjects were rejected, as well as those with other infectious diseases, such as trench fever. A healthy donor, it was thought, could withstand the loss of 700-1,000 cc. of blood. Blood grouping-Early in the war, the precaution of blood grouping before transfusion was frequently omitted because it was impractical. A number of reactions were attributed to this omission, and by June 1918, Bruce Robertson (19) had observed three cases of fatal hemoglobinuria in 100 transfusions. Later in the war, preliminary blood grouping became the rule, but, when there were no facilities for laboratory work, his suggestion of a test injection was generally used, particularly in emergencies. If no symptoms occurred within 1 or 2 minutes after the injection of 15 to 20 cc. of donor blood, it was thought safe to proceed with the transfusion. In November 1917, Maj. Roger I. Lee, MC, USA, writing in the British Medical Journal (24), described what he termed the "minimum procedure" to assure that the recipient's serum did not agglutinate the donor's cells. This extremely simple test continued to be useful until avid grouping serum became available after the war.2 Indications-Indications for transfusion in the British Expeditionary Force included: 1. Preoperative preparation in severe hemorrhage and shock, in which blood replacement was considered the proper treatment for loss of blood. The time of the transfusion officer was not properly spent on casualties who were moribund. Although there was considerable argument about the relative effects of gum acacia and blood in shock, the most experienced surgeons considered transfusion far more efficacious. Captain Walker found that 70 percent of the casualties resuscitated by gum acacia infusions in field ambulances required blood when they reached the casualty clearing station. In rush periods, when time could not be taken, or facilities were not available, the need for transfusion was determined by the casualty's general appearance, pulse, and blood pressure. In severe hemorrhage, large amounts of blood (900 to 1,000 cc.) were recommended; 500 to 600 cc. was considered adequate in shock.3 2. During operation 3. After operation, after a delay to determine whether the depression might be due to the anesthetic, especially if an anesthetic other than gas-oxygen had been used. 4. Carbon monoxide poisoning. 5. Septicemia and chronic wound infection. Bruce Robertson (20) emphasized the importance of the timing of transfusion. It was a temptation, he said, to use other measures first, but clinical observation showed that transfusion was not so effective after the "exsanguinated condition" had persisted for several hours and degenerative changes had occurred in the organism. Properly timed transfusions could revive inoperable patients and bad-risk patients to a degree that permitted radical surgery, with a good chance of recovery. Gordon Watson, in a note attached to one of Robertson's papers (20), stated that there was no comparison between the results of transfusion, which were instantaneous and permanent, and those secured by infusions of saline, which were "a flash in the pan" and followed by more serious collapse. Transfusion program-To resuscitation teams (a nomenclature later employed in World War II) was delegated the task of collaborating with surgeons at casualty clearing stations by relieving them of the special measures necessary in poor-risk casualties both before and after operation. Teams of sisters and orderlies experienced in this work were developed and proved very useful. A formal transfusion program was instituted in the British Third Army as experience showed that transfusion forward of casualty clearing stations could save many lives (22). A center was set up in connection with a group of casualty clearing stations, and instruction in transfusion techniques was given in it to field ambulance and regimental medical officers. When they had completed their courses, they were provided with the necessary equipment, and several divisions thus had one or more officers especially skilled in the treatment of severely wounded casualties. The officer in charge of this center, in addition to his teaching duties, made a point of being present during any large trench raid in the army area, so that transfusions could be given as indicated in aid posts or advanced dressing stations. Whatever the clinical results achieved-and many lives were undoubtedly saved by these arrangements-the morale effect of his presence on the men going over the top was so good that the combatant services soon got into the way of sending back word of impending raids to the shock center. When several battalions were to participate in the operation, it was possible, with such advance notice, to select a central site to which badly wounded men could be sent from various aid posts for resuscitation and transfusion. It was also possible, with advance notice of military actions, to prepare a store of preserved blood at the center to supply the needs of forward areas. When the blood was supplied, even a poorly equipped aid post could be used for transfusions. The United States Experience Replacement fluids-By the time the United States entered World War I, it was realized that the injection of physiologic salt solution or Ringer's solution was only temporarily effective in shock and hemorrhage and that the "internal transfusion" accomplished by hypertonic salt solution, which withdrew fluid from the tissues and thus increased the blood volume, was equally ineffective (27). It had been concluded from Bayliss' studies that gum acacia was capable of replacing blood plasma and that it had a number of desirable properties (p. 384). There was considerably less agreement, however, about its clinical value. Maj. O. H. Robertson's survey of forward hospitals in October 1918 showed that some resuscitation teams praised it, some were indifferent to it, and some condemned it. The poorest results with it were reported in very severe hemorrhage and in shock that had been untreated for 15 to 20 hours. Maj. W. Richard Ohler, MC (28), who had had an extensive wartime experience as a resuscitation officer, made the unqualified statement after the war that hemorrhage is the most important single factor in shock and that the amount of hemorrhage determines the degree of shock. When, therefore, the need is for oxygen-carrying corpuscles, no other intravenous solution will serve the purpose. When the United States entered World War I, physicians with the most experience in trauma took the position that when hemorrhage played a large role in the production of a circulatory deficiency, blood was preferable to any "indifferent" fluid. It was not until March 1918, however, that a committee representing the laboratory and surgical services of the U.S. Army Medical Department officially adopted transfusion with citrated blood as the method for combating shock and hemorrhage in hospitals of the American Expeditionary Forces. Donors.-Hospital personnel were classified in blood groups for emergency use, but donors were chiefly secured from lightly wounded and gassed patients who, on admission, were sent to wards near the shock wards. Patients with scabies and convalescents who were nonfebrile and in good condition also served as donors. No rewards were offered and all donations were voluntary, without compulsion of any kind. Not more than 600 cc. was drawn at any one time, and the same donor could not be used twice within one week. Technique-Equipment for blood transfusion (fig. 3) consisted of a l,000-cc. bottle with two rubber stoppers, each with two perforations; appropriate glass and rubber tubing; and two transfusion needles, a larger one for bleeding the donor and a smaller one for giving blood to the recipient. A satisfactory suction and pressure pump could be made front an ordinary Davidson syringe; suction or pressure was created as necessary by reversing the ends. The equipment was either sterilized in the autoclave or boiled in distilled or previously boiled water. The needles were sterilized just before they were needed, in boiling liquid petrolatum or Albolene, and were left in the medium until used. Great care was taken in cleansing the apparatus after the transfusion. The blood was drawn into a solution of 0.6-percent sodium citrate in 700 cc. of physiologic salt solution. It was ordinarily used as soon as it was collected, but it could be kept for several hours. The container was kept in water at about body temperature during the transfusion. No provisions were made for transfusion during operation, but precautions were taken to lose as little blood as possible. Postwar evaluation of replacement therapy-A questionnaire circulated in advance of the 11th session of the Research Society of the American Red Cross in France, held on 22-23 November 1918 and attended by representatives of the Medical Departments of the Allied and U.S. Armies, produced the following information on replacement therapy (not all officers queried replied to all questions) (29): 1. All 31 officers who voted on this question preferred blood to gum acacia-salt or salt solution. 2. No serum reactions were reported by 29 officers when blood was properly grouped. Five others reported slight or rare reactions. 3. Difficulties in transfusion therapy included the length of time necessary to collect the blood, clotting in the needle during administration of the blood, inability to secure donors; keeping donors under careful control, and the inconvenience of having corpsmen who served as donors off full duty for 24 to 48 hours after their donations. A. a. Transfusion needle. B. i. Transfusion needle. 4. Seven hospitals had no experience with blood transfusion in prolonged infections; 43 reported definite improvement after its use, 2 temporary improvement, and 10 no improvement. 5. Twenty-six medical officers preferred the sodium citrate technique of blood transfusion. Three preferred the paraffin-tube technique, and the Kimpton-Brown and the syringe techniques received one vote each. 6. Because of numerous unfavorable reactions and some deaths after its use, one hospital was "very positive against" gum acacia-salt solution, and others considered it very dangerous or found nothing to recommend it. SPANISH CIVIL WAR (1936-39) Barcelona Blood Transfusion Service The Spanish Civil War (30-31), which ended in January 1939, almost 3 years before the United States entered World War II, proved conclusively, and for the first time in military history, the practicability of supplying wounded men in forward medical installations with stored blood secured from a civilian population. Franco's armies, following the practice of the German Army (p. 22), supplied blood at fully equipped medical centers in the rear. The Republic Army Medical Corps supplied it at advanced medical units in the field. In the 2½ years of its operation, from August 1936 through January 1939, the Barcelona Blood Transfusion Service collected more than 9,000 liters of blood in 20,000 bleedings, prepared more than 27,000 tubes of blood for forward use, maintained a list of 28,900 donors, and also prepared all necessary grouping sera. Blood was kept under refrigeration, which was provided by electric ice-boxes whenever current was available. It was supplied to classification stations in heat-insulated wood or canvas boxes, with thick cord linings. Transfusion data were recorded on special cards provided with all blood containers. The records were so complete that it was possible to trace every container to its point of origin in the collection center and to identify every forward hospital in which blood had been given, the data including the name of the person who had performed the transfusion. Blood was prescribed by surgeons but administered by personnel of specially trained transfusion teams. Donors were between 18 and 50 years of age. All blood was collected into a closed system, under strictly aseptic precautions. Citrate and glucose were added after collection, and bloods of the same group were mixed. Clinical considerations-Only badly shocked casualties received blood at classification posts. Most transfusions were given in No. 1 hospitals, where very few seriously wounded patients did not receive them. Occasionally, if stored blood was not available or if the sector was particularly quiet, direct transfusions were given. The members of the hospital staff had previously been grouped and serologically tested against such emergencies. Indications for blood and plasma administration were as follows: 1. Casualties with serious hemorrhage were given only blood, which was injected as rapidly as possible, because cardiac function soon deteriorates when systoles contract on a vacuum. 2. Casualties suffering from primary shock and hemorrhage were given both blood and plasma. If improvement followed the use of 2 pints of blood, a pint of plasma was given to "stabilize the improvement." Thereafter only plasma was used. If the response to the first transfusion was not satisfactory, a third pint of blood was given before plasma was used. 3. Casualties suffering only from shock were given 2 pints of plasma as quickly as possible, followed, if there was no improvement, by a pint of blood, also given quickly. If there was still no improvement, another pint of plasma and another pint of blood were given over the course of an hour.4 The concept of blood replacement was that in "posthemorrhagic" shock, at least 40 percent of the lost fluid must be restored promptly. There were, however, no quick or reliable methods for estimating the amount of blood loss. Generally speaking, 500 cc. of blood or blood derivatives was required for each fall of 10 to 20 mm. Hg in the blood pressure. Failure of the transfusion to raise the blood pressure was assumed to mean continued bleeding and indicated the need for control of hemorrhage as well as additional transfusion. Quick administration of blood and plasma was regarded as desirable and without risk of cardiac embarrassment, since most casualties were young and healthy. The rate of administration could be regulated from a slow drip up to 100 cc. per minute. Although most casualties received the first pint of blood more quickly than the remainder, no instance of dilatation of the right heart was recorded. As Whitby pointed out in 1945, failure to restore the blood volume was a greater risk than overloading the circulation (32). In less urgent cases, speed of transfusion was not so important as administration of the necessary amounts of blood. The amounts given before and after operation varied with individual needs. Trueta usually gave from 1,000 to 1,500 cc. per casualty. Patients with infected wounds required several transfusions to restore the hemoglobin to normal values. Madrid Blood Transfusion Institute In September 1937, Saxton (33), a member of the British Ambulance Unit in Spain, reported on the Madrid Blood Transfusion Institute, organized by the Sanidad Militar of the Spanish Republic, which was then supplying about 400 liters of preserved blood per month and whose output was steadily increasing. The full-time personnel consisted of five physicians; five nurses; five members of the secretariat, including interpreters; and a domestic staff. For practical reasons, only donors of groups II and IV (Moss) were utilized. The donors, all volunteers, were between 18 and 50 years of age. They were given cards that permitted them to buy extra food and were sometimes also given small quantities of rice, condensed milk, or other staples at the time of the donation. They were liable to call not oftener than every 3 weeks, and they usually gave 500 cc. at a time. Blood storage was limited to 3 weeks. Saxton's suggestion that the Sanidad Militar organize a large-scale supply of cadaver blood by the technique of Yudin (p. 24) does not seem to have been acted upon. BLOOD FOR BRITAIN Origin of Program The project in New York City hospitals which came to be known as Blood for Britain (34, 35) originated in June 1940, when Dr. Alexis Carrel, who had recently returned from France, made known the great need there for plasma for the treatment of shock in battle casualties. The idea of shipping plasma to France and England was suggested to the president of the Blood Transfusion Association of New York, and a meeting to discuss the possibility was called for 12 June 1940. It was attended by the trustees of the association; its Board of Medical Control; Dr. Carrel; experts in the field representing the Army, the Navy, NRC (National Research Council), and Rockefeller Institute; and representatives of a number of large pharmaceutical and biological firms. It was the sense of the meeting that, even though the use of plasma was still in an experimental stage, enough knowledge was available to justify an effort at quantity production. The cooperation of the New York chapter of the American Red Cross was secured as soon as it was pointed out to its officials that the experience to be gained from this project would be of great assistance in the National Defense Program, one phase of which was the supply of plasma for the Armed Forces. At the suggestion of Col. (later Brig. Gen.) Charles C. Hillman, MC, Chief, Professional Services, Office of The Surgeon General, Army, close cooperation was established with the Subcommittee on Blood Substitutes, NRC, which had just been appointed (p. 74) and by whose advice the Army Medical Department was being guided in replacement therapy. The program became operational on 15 August 1940, at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York, and terminated on 17 January 1941. All the plasma collected went to Great Britain, France having fallen shortly after the 12 June meeting. The program, which represented the first effort in the United States to collect large amounts of blood from voluntary civilian donors for military use, had great popular appeal, and during its existence, 14,556 donations were made. Technique of Collection and Shipment Liquid plasma was selected for processing rather than dried plasma, partly because the time element was vital and partly because of the expense of installing drying equipment, whose performance at this time was still inadequate and far from satisfactory. Originally, the system by which the blood was collected was not completely closed. Later, it was realized that a completely closed system was imperative. The plasma was separated by either sedimentation or centrifugation. To reduce viscosity, it was diluted with equal amounts of sterile physiologic salt solution; the solution, under 13 inches of water vacuum, was in the Baxter bottle (Plasmavac) in which it was finally dispensed. Merthiolate was added in quantity sufficient to guarantee dilution of 1:10,000 in the final plasma-saline mixture. The finished product was shipped in 1,000-cc. bottles, six to a carton. Larger packages were not practical because the shipments were made by Clipper planes-this was long before the existence of a transatlantic airlift. Laboratory Tests and Losses From Contamination Exacting bacteriologic and toxicity controls were required before any lot of plasma was dispensed. These tests were carried out not only in the laboratories of the participating hospitals but also in a central laboratory, under the direction of Dr. Frank L. Meleney. When the material reached England, samples from each carton were also checked bacteriologically before they were released for use. The latter precaution was instituted when it was found that certain pools of plasma that were free from bacteria when examined within 3 to 7 days after collection and processing were later found to be contaminated. Up to 1 November 1940, 1,950 liters of plasma were sent abroad as sterile after examination in Dr. Meleney's laboratory and 30 liters had been discarded because of contamination. The delayed contamination just described was discovered soon after this analysis had been made, and more rigid bacteriologic controls were at once set up. The total figures show that of 6,151 liters of plasma produced, 361 liters were found contaminated at the various hospitals and 160 liters were found contaminated in the central laboratory, the combined loss from contamination (exclusive of the amounts found contaminated in England) being 8.5 percent. The total loss from all causes was 581 liters, 9.4 percent; 151 bloods were rejected because of serologic evidence of syphilis (1.03 percent). Analysis of Operation The original opinion that the collection of blood and the separation of plasma would be "as simple as mixing a cocktail" promptly proved fallacious. The mass production of liquid plasma and its shipment abroad were very different from the production of small quantities for immediate local use. There were long debates on the size and shape of the collecting bottles, the stopper, the collection of blood by vacuum versus suction versus simple venous pressure, and the technique of removal of supernatant plasma. There were also discussions about the criteria for donors. Eventually, the age range was set at 21 to 60 years inclusive, the systolic blood pressure at 110 mm. Hg, and the hemoglobin level at 80 percent. Fasting was considered desirable, but the requirement proved impractical. To set up criteria for production, to develop standard techniques, and to insure the safety of the final product involved far more difficulties than could be solved by volunteer part-time workers, and Dr. Charles R. Drew, later Assistant Professor of Surgery, Howard University, was appointed full-time medical supervisor of the project shortly after it was initiated. The New York experience with liquid plasma led to the later decision that dried plasma would best solve the problem of so-called blood substitutes for the Armed Forces because of its greater stability; the simplicity of its packing, storage, and transportation; and reduced losses from breakage. The Blood for Britain project was a most valuable introduction to the later development of the American Red Cross Blood Donor Service (p. 102). The experience of the New York chapter served as a pattern for the organization and operation of the blood donor service which was to supply plasma for the Armed Forces and blood for oversea shipment. This chapter was ready to begin operations as soon as the Surgeons General of the Army and the Navy requested the American Red Cross to be responsible for the blood donor program. There were many mistakes made in the operation of the blood and plasma program during the United States participation in World War II, but far more would have been made without the trial-and-error experience of the Blood for Britain project. The chief lesson learned was that blood and plasma, if they are to remain uncontaminated and safe for use, must be handled in a completely closed system. The vacuum system devised by Elliott in 1936 ended this particular problem (36). The gravity system of bleeding may be less damaging to red blood cells than a vacuum system, but only the completely closed system possible with a vacuum bottle insures sterility. THE BRITISH BLOOD PROGRAM IN WORLD WAR II The Association of Voluntary Blood Donors founded in Great Britain in 1922 later became the British Red Cross Transfusion Service, the first organization of its kind in the world and the forerunner of a number of similar associations in Great Britain and elsewhere (37). Blood banks were in operation in various hospitals in that country for at least 6 years before the outbreak of World War II. In the months after the Munich crisis in 1938, recent advances in transfusion techniques, especially the use of stored blood on the field in the Spanish Civil War, were under constant discussion in Great Britain (32, 37, 38). The Medical Research Council, on behalf of the Ministry of Health, established four blood depots in the outer suburbs of London. Arrangements were also made to establish an Army Transfusion Service, which would enroll all available donors in the South-Western Countries and which would also supply civilian needs in that area. In short, as Brigadier (later Sir) Lionel E. H. Whitby, RAMC, who headed the British blood program, expressed it, the British began the war with a firm policy, decided upon 6 months earlier, that there would be a completely distinct and separate transfusion service in the Army (38). Returning to the subject at a meeting of Allied medical officers on shock and transfusion in May 1945, he pointed out that the transportation of potentially dangerous biologic fluids over long distances requires close personal supervision and cannot be trusted to the usual supply routes from a base depot medical store (32). The British blood program was a remarkably successful operation for the two reasons just indicated: (1) that it was carefully planned before hostilities began, and (2) that it was based on the concept that blood is a perishable fluid, as potentially dangerous as it is potentially useful, and therefore to be handled in special channels by specially trained personnel. The daily, almost hourly, care that trained British officers and men gave to the blood they handled reduced accidents to a minimum. The British also regarded it as essential that their armies be self-contained as regards blood. The success of the attempt in World War II, first made by the British in the Western Desert, to bring surgeons forward to casualties, was due in large part to the successful operation of the Army Transfusion Service. A similar separate service was recommended by the Subcommittee on Blood Substitutes, NRC, for the U.S. Armed Forces early in U.S. participation in the war (p. 76). Such a service was later set up in Italy, and time, expense, and lives would have been spared if it had been put into operation when it was proposed. Functions of the Army Transfusion Service The chief function of the British Army Transfusion Service was to supply blood and other fluids, including crystalloid solutions, with equipment for their use, to the entire British Army overseas and in the United Kingdom, and also to supply civilian needs in the areas of the United Kingdom in which it operated. Liquid plasma was used in temperate climates and was safely exported as far as India; it was kept cool but not under refrigeration. Dried human grouping serum was prepared by the Army Transfusion Service. It was selected because it did not require refrigeration. It was colored with acriflavine for group A and with methylene blue for group B. The minimum titer was 1:32 against A2 cells and 1:64 against B cells. The British Army Transfusion Service (fig. 4) was organized on three levels: a home depot, which was chiefly a production and training center; a base transfusion unit, which was chiefly concerned with distribution, in each theater of operations; and field transfusion units, which worked in forward areas. The home depot, in addition to supplying transfusion fluids, was responsible for the mobilization, equipment, and training of transfusion units for service overseas and for the training of all ranks of the Royal Army Medical Corps in resuscitation work. The courses of instruction, which were begun in 1940, were attended by officers from the British Army, Navy, and Air Force; personnel from other Allied forces; members of the civilian Emergency Medical Service; and, later, many U.S. Army medical officers (p. 471). In addition to instruction in blood work, the courses included preparation and assembly of crystalloid solutions, the maintenance and repair of transfusion equipment, refrigeration maintenance and repair, and autoclaving. Bleeding was carried out by 15 mobile, fully equipped, self-contained teams, each consisting of a medical officer, who frequently was a woman, 4 VAD's (Volunteer Aid Detachments); 2 ATS (Army Transfusion Service) drivers; and an ATS orderly. Each team had two vehicles, one a lorry equipped with an icebox, and the other a four-seated car. With the equipment carried, any room could be converted into a miniature hospital ward for bleeding within 20 minutes. For steady work, each team was expected to obtain 70 to 90 pints of blood daily. In emergencies, over short periods, these amounts were exceeded, and some teams collected as much as 300 pints daily. The 440 cc. which made up each bleeding was collected in a bleeding bottle (fig. 4) into 100 cc. of 3-percent sodium citrate solution. Later, with special equipment, 20 cc. of 10-percent dextrose was introduced into each bottle, so that it was filled to the top and its contents were not agitated during transportation. Capping was done with a special machine. Only group O blood was used for oversea troops. It was tested by the Kahn test and doublechecked for group before it was dispensed. Brigadier Whitby had no knowledge of the dispensing of any incorrectly typed blood during the entire war (32). Base transfusion unit.-The base organization overseas was the link between the home depot and the forward transfusion units. Its function was to estimate needs for replacement fluids; obtain supplies and equipment from the home depot; distribute them to forward areas; produce crystalloid solutions; assemble apparatus; service and repair refrigerators; and exploit local resources, usually base troops, for blood donations. When the base unit was within reasonable distance of the home depot, as it was in France, the home unit was responsible for the supply of whole blood. Otherwise, the base unit was responsible. Blood collected locally was sent forward to field units by road in refrigerated trucks, by air in insulated boxes, or along the coast in the refrigerators of hospital ships. Personnel of the unit were equipped to give transfusions, but their multiple duties usually prevented any large-scale performance of this function. Field transfusion units-Field transfusion units, which were the smallest units in the British Army, were entirely self-contained and were fully equipped for transfusion in the field. Their personnel consisted of an officer and three men, one of whom drove the truck and was entirely responsible for the operation of the refrigerator, upon the efficiency of which the safety of the blood depended. These units, which were attached wherever they were most needed during a campaign, usually operated with field surgical units, the combined units forming complete surgical centers at field ambulances, field dressing stations, and casualty clearing stations. Surgeons came to rely heavily upon these field transfusion teams; many of them delegated the selection of their operating lists to them. The optimum time for surgery, Brigadier Whitby pointed out, was often "a fleeting moment indeed," and the teams working on the wards, with their skill in resuscitation, were often best equipped to pick that moment (32). Experience in France, 1940 During the so-called phony war, the personnel of the Transfusion Service utilized the time developing a large donor panel, which eventually included FIGURE 4.-Continued. C. Original British dried human serum unit, prepared at University of Cambridge. D. Canadian dried human serum unit (center), shown with distilled water and dried plasma units of U.S. Army. The Canadian package, which contained 250 cc. of serum, was as large again by a third as the U.S. plasma unit. more than 350,000 names; carrying out studies on the keeping properties of blood, especially when it was transported overseas; determining the merits of various blood substitutes; and developing a technique for the filtration of plasma. This was a difficult period for the Transfusion Service. It was necessary to bleed donors to provide for possible needs, but at the same time impractical to build up a reserve. Blood was sent to France by air, and later was flown to Norway, where it was flown directly to transfusion units operating in forward zones. About 400 units of stored blood seem to have been used on the Continent between the invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May and the Dunkirk evacuation. In an editorial in the British Medical Journal on 10 August 1940, a request was made for information concerning the use of whole blood, plasma, and crystalloid solutions during the campaign in Flanders and in France, when conditions prevented the collection of data (39). What was desired was not data "that would satisfy medical statisticians" but information that would permit the evaluation of various replacement fluids. In particular, data were requested that would throw light upon the length of time blood could safely be stored. During this period, medical officers frequently had no choice but to use such blood as they had, and other physicians might find themselves in similar circumstances in the frontline at any time, whether or not they were serving with the Armed Forces. The reply to this request, from W. d'A. Maycock (40) in a letter to the Journal, 5 October 1940, is a remarkable statement of what was accomplished in casualty clearing stations subject to aerial bombardment, limited in numbers because of the highly mobile type of warfare, and manned by overworked medical officers: The rapid response of the Army blood supply depot at Bristol to requests made immediately after the invasion of the Low Countries permitted the stocking of mobile refrigerators, in which only small supplies of blood had previously been stored, at the casualty clearing stations. Within 4 or 5 days, each of the eight teams attached to these stations and the teams attached to the medical base at Boulogne had received 60 to 80 pints of blood, with some plasma. Glucose-saline solutions had already been stockpiled. One casualty clearing station designated as an advanced blood depot was provided with extra quantities of blood and was given transport to distribute it as necessary to other stations. Some forward units could not function at all. The provision of apparatus for transfusion with each bottle of blood was ideal for active service and permitted transfusion under almost any conditions. The knowledge that there would be no further supplies of blood made officers use what was available very conservatively, and it was withheld from casualties who in happier circumstances would surely have received it. Transportation of blood for long distances over rugged roads did not seem to increase hemolysis, and there was no known instance of serious infection after a transfusion, even though the blood was often injected without regard to asepsis or antisepsis. No serious reactions were reported after transfusions with blood 3 weeks old and, in one instance, 7 weeks old, and amazingly good results were often obtained in apparently moribund casualties. At the Conference on Shock and Transfusion, 25 May 1945, Brigadier Whitby noted that between that date and 1939, the pendulum had swung back and forth on a number of points (32): 1. Early experience with air raid casualties suggested that the necessary volume of transfused fluid was often almost incredibly large. Then came a wave of apprehension that these quantities were producing pulmonary edema, as in some instances they were. The amounts administered in shock and hemorrhage had now become stabilized, but seriously wounded casualties, especially those with massive wounds of the extremities, still required very large volumes of replacement fluids. 2. It was now well understood that plasma had its optimum usefulness in forward areas, to restore and maintain the efficiency of the circulation. Only whole blood transfusions, however, could render a casualty fit for surgery. 3. Speed in administration was essential. If a casualty was exsanguinated, an experienced resuscitation officer would have blood going into two veins at once. There was no danger of pulmonary edema at this time. 4. Blood and plasma were supplied so generously to the Armed Forces that if a casualty were wounded at all, he was fortunate to "escape" transfusion, even if he did not need it. It had been learned that, at least in wounds of the chest and of the central nervous system, blood, if given at all, should be administered with great moderation. In extremity wounds, although transfusion was needed, it introduced the risk of fat embolism. Col. Frank B. Berry, MC, Consultant in Surgery, Seventh U.S. Army, supported Brigadier Whitby's warning about the unwise use of blood by the specific illustration of a casualty with blast injuries of the head and lungs whose life was saved in these circumstances only because he had a hemorrhage from the iliac artery. THE SOVIET UNION BLOOD PROGRAM IN WORLD WAR II While not a great deal is known about replacement therapy in the Soviet Union during World War II, all reports indicate that blood was the chief replacement fluid (41-43). This might be expected because of the large civilian population; its proximity to the frontlines; the cold climate, which eliminated many of the difficulties of preservation and storage; and, perhaps, the lack of facilities for processing blood to plasma or serum (p. 95). The nationwide transfusion service that existed in the Soviet Union before the war was organized in Moscow in 1926, by Lt. Col. Andre Arkadievich Bagdasarov. This officer later directed transfusions under fire during the border warfare with the Japanese in 1939 and during the war with Finland in 1940-41. The Central Institute for Blood Transfusion in Moscow was at the head of several subordinate institutes and about 1,500 blood donor centers. When Russia entered World War II, this organization became, in effect, a system of factories for collecting and preserving blood and delivering it to the front as it was needed. About 2,000 persons a day gave blood in Moscow, about the same number who donated at the two blood centers in New York. All possible methods of "sanitary" propaganda were used to attract donors. About 95 percent of the donors were women, as compared with 50 percent in the United States. Donations ranged from 225 to 450 cc. A second donation was permitted in 4 to 6 weeks, but only if the blood picture had returned to normal. With these precautions, some donors had given blood for periods of 12 to 15 years with no ill effects. A standard four-cornered container was used to collect and administer blood. The bottles were transported, preferably by plane, in specially constructed isothermic boxes, suitable for use in both warm and cold weather. Blood was also put up in 200-cc. ampules which could be carried by medical corpsmen and used well forward. The Russians used type O blood for most battlefield transfusions and also used large amounts of type-specific, unpooled plasma. The institute worked out a method which permitted the preservation of blood for 3 or 4 weeks without loss of its biologic properties and also devised a technique for drying plasma that insured its solubility without turbidity or precipitation. Transfusions were given at all points up to the regimental medical aid station (battalion aid station) but were most widely used at the medical sanitary battalion service level (collecting station). The most important indication was hemorrhage with shock, especially in wounds of the abdomen and extremities. The combined experience of the institute and the army was that only large transfusions, from 1,000 to 1,500 cc., given rapidly, were effective in shock. THE GERMAN EXPERIENCE IN WORLD WAR II When the blood program originated in Germany is not entirely clear. A civilian program was set up in 1940 by an administrative law which permitted donations of only Aryan blood and which provided for payments of 10 marks for the first 100 cc. and 5 marks for each additional 100 cc. (43). The military procurement program was apparently an outgrowth of this civilian program. The Laboratory for Blood Transfusion in Berlin, which directed the military program, was disrupted by heavy bombings, and all the evidence suggests that the supply of blood was insufficient and that containers and technical equipment were in short supply. Donors included medical personnel, nursing sisters, staff assistants, and slightly wounded men. An endeavor was always made to rule out tuberculosis, malaria, and syphilis in donors, but serologic examinations were seldom practical and the donor's statement that he had not had syphilis usually had to be accepted. Blood groups entered in the soldiers' pay books were frequently incorrect, and new determinations had to be made before each transfusion. If this was not possible, a test injection of 10 cc. of blood was made. The German experience with preserved blood was chiefly between 1940 and 1942. There were so many serious reactions that medical officers lost interest in it. Those who reported satisfactory results were usually in favorable positions, along the lines of transportation. Some medical officers had never seen preserved blood used in the field without "deleterious" chills. Plasma and serum were seldom used, although officers who used captured U.S. stocks of plasma were enthusiastic about it. Special report-After the German surrender in Italy on 1 May 1945, an unusual opportunity arose to study German management of battle casualties (44). On the instruction of the Fifth U.S. Army Surgeon, Lt. Col. (later Col.) Howard E. Snyder, MC, visited a number of German medical installations, including the equivalents of U.S. field, base, and convalescent hospitals. In his report, which is included in detail in another volume of this historical series (44), Colonel Snyder emphasized that observers could not judge the standards of German medical practice in the first years of the war in the light of what they found in May 1945, after the total collapse of the Army, nor could they judge the quality of German medical practice elsewhere in Europe in the light of what they found in Italy. The German management of shock and hemorrhage was thus in sharp contrast to the U.S. practices, by which plasma was always available, and was used in the quantities indicated, in all forward medical installations, while banked blood was available in adequate quantities in field hospitals adjacent to division clearing stations. The extreme pallor of many of the wounded observed in German hospitals, and the moderate pallor of most of the others, supported the deduction that they had received little if any blood. OTHER SOURCES OF BLOOD To complete the record of the status of transfusion at the beginning of World War II, three other possible sources of whole blood should be briefly mentioned; namely, blood secured from the patient's own blood, that is, autotransfusion; cadaveric blood; and placental blood. Autotransfusion.-Autotransfusion (autohemofusion, autoinfusion) was first suggested by Highmore in 1874, as a sort of afterthought in a fatal postpartal hemorrhage (45). Halsted, in 1884, treated several patients with carbon monoxide poisoning by drawing blood from the victims, defibrinating it, and then reinfusing it. Autotransfusion was apparently first employed in trauma by Duncan of Edinburgh in 1885, in an amputation for a crushing injury of the leg (1). The patient, who was close to death at the end of the operation, made a rapid recovery. In 1923, Burch (46) collected from the literature 164 cases, chiefly from Germany, in which this method had been used, and several other large collections were made during the next several years. Autotransfusion proved particularly useful in ruptured ectopic pregnancy. Most of the unfavorable reactions and some of the fatalities could be explained by the fact that the blood had been in serous cavities for periods up to 72 hours before it was used. In World War I, according to Yates (47), the large amounts of blood and "colored fluid" removed in massive hemothoraces suggested the possibility of autotransfusion, but tests showed that the attendant risks were prohibitive and the method was not used. Autotransfusion, naturally, became less necessary as blood banks were set up, but early in World War II, when blood was still in short supply, it proved a valuable method in occasional severe chest injuries in which it was certain that there was no injury of the abdominal viscera. Cadaveric blood-In 1928, Shamov reported the experimental use of cadaveric blood and demonstrated the absence of toxicity (48, 49). At this time, Yudin was in charge of the entire surgical and accident department of the Sklifosovsky Institute, the central hospital for emergency surgery in Moscow, in which from 8,000 to 10,000 patients were treated every year. The admissions also included many patients who died promptly from acute cardiac disease or severe trauma. In other words, the patients who needed transfusion and the bodies from which, in the light of Shamov's demonstration, the necessary blood could be secured, were both at hand. Yudin reported his first seven transfusions with cadaveric blood at the Fourth Congress of Ukranian Surgeons at Kharkov in September 1930. The work was investigated by two commissions, one legal and the other military, both of which recognized its scientific foundation, and he was given a special permit to collect blood from fresh cadavers before autopsy. With the discovery that cadaveric blood could be stored safely, time was provided for both serologic tests and bacteriologic examinations. In November 1932, Yudin reported to the Société Nationale de Chirurgie in Paris on 100 transfusions with cadaveric blood kept for 3 weeks, and in one instance 4 weeks. In 1937, he reported in the Lancet that he had performed a thousand transfusions by this method, chiefly for internal hemorrhage and traumatic shock and in operations for gastrointestinal disease, particularly cancer. In Yudin's first 200 transfusions, all performed with citrated blood, there were 40 reactions, all moderate. In the next 800 transfusions, all performed with noncitrated blood, the incidence of reactions fell to 5 percent. The five fatal cases in the series were explained in three instances by technical errors, including the transfusion of incompatible blood. The fourth death was due to embolism and the remaining death to anaerobic infection. Cadaveric blood was apparently never used widely, even in Russia. It was not mentioned to Dr. George K. Strode (42) of the Rockefeller Foundation, who visited the Central Blood Transfusion Institute of Moscow in October 1941, and no statement in the literature suggests that it was used during the war. It is doubtful that transfusions with blood secured from cadavers could ever have been employed in any country in the world except Russia, for the idea, in spite of its logic, is revolting. Placental blood-In February 1938, J. R. Goodall of Montreal, with a group of his associates, published a communication whose title proclaimed "an inexhaustible source of blood for transfusion" (50). This source was the placenta, from which amounts of blood ranging from 100 to 150 cc. had been collected under sterile precautions. The preservative used was the solution proposed by the Moscow Institute of Hematology (sodium chloride, sodium citrate, potassium chloride, magnesium sulfate, double-distilled water), and the blood had been kept in a refrigerator as long as 60 days at temperatures of 33° to 38° F. (1° to 3° C.). Serologic tests were not necessary, as they had been run on the mothers. Cultures were not considered necessary: the reason- ing was that at the low storage temperature, contamination, if it was present, could not propagate and would be so attenuated as to be innocuous. The Goodall report gave no definite figures but stated that "many" transfusions had been accomplished with placental blood with no reactions of any kind. It was concluded that the maternity section of a general hospital could provide blood for the whole hospital, supply other institutions, and also prove a source of income, since private patients could be charged for the transfusions. In the opinion of the Montreal group, placental blood could be regarded as a "safe, constant, efficient, and lucrative" source for transfusion. Boland and his associates (51), reporting in the Lancet in February 1939, were considerably less enthusiastic about placental blood. They had experienced several serious reactions with it and found contamination in 30 percent of 40 specimens of fetal blood collected by the Goodall technique. Placental blood was never used in the United States, and it was not employed in World War II. 1. 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The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) enlisted young people and local leaders to register and encourage southern African-Americans to vote during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960�s. Because the young organizers faced tremendous risks by challenging segregation and encouraging people to vote, the group earned a reputation as the “shock troops” of the Civil Rights Movement. Hollis Watkins joined SNCC in the early 1960�s and canvassed potential voters in the area of McComb, Mississippi. He also participated in direct actions, for which he served time in jail. Watkins remembered the risks SNCC organizers faced when working alone and in pairs, and the support they received from the African-American community.Listen to Audio: WATKINS: Well, it was very plain and simple because we when we got there, we said, “We were told that Dr. King and other big folks are out here holding meetings,” so we wanted to know if we were at the right place and where Dr. King was and whether that was the case. And he said that he didn’t know anything about Dr. King, that he and other students were out here. He said, “Me and some other young folks are out here working with people on voter registration, trying to get them to become registered voters, where they can become first-class citizens while participating in the political process.” He asked if we knew the process by which people became registered voters, and we told him we wasn’t sure, you know, of the entire process. We knew a couple of folks that were registered and maybe a couple of folks that maybe had tried, but we wasn’t sure about the entire process. So he asked if we were interested in learning. So we said, “Yes.” So he gave us the form and asked us to fill it out. Then, after completing the form, he gave us a section of the Constitution of Mississippi to interpret. After doing that, he looked at the form and said, “Well, if you had been old enough and had gone to the courthouse and did exactly what you have done here, then you would be qualified to be a registered voter.” So he said, “Now that you know how it’s done and can do it, will you be willing to work with us and assist us in getting other people to register?” He says, “Part of the way we do it is we go out and we pass out flyers and we talk to people in the community, encourage them to come by the office. And every so often we have meetings, mass meetings, and we invite them to come to the mass meetings where we sing and talk and explain things to people. So, are you interested and willing to help?” So, I told him that I was. In most cases, you would attempt to do it with someone, but if you didn’t have someone, you went alone. Now in Holmes County, one of the most interesting things took place, you know, for me in that I remember very specifically in the town of Durant, where the local police there was attempting to arrest me—and this is the time I’m doing it by myself—was attempting to arrest me without the community people seeing him arrest me. So, I’m canvassing, going door-to-door, and the police is trying to wait, to hang out to catch me when nobody was on the porch looking, because at this particular time people were sitting out on the porch and everything. So he would drive his car up and as I would come out of people’s homes and before I could get to the next place, he would attempt to catch me. And once I caught on to what he was doing, I just told people, I says, “Well, the police is attempting to arrest me for talking to you all about registering to vote. It just goes to show you,” here again we are educating, “It just goes to show you how much they value it and don’t want you to be registered voters because they know that you could then have some impact on their jobs,” and et cetera." But—then after a while, they really decided not to attempt to catch me and arrest me but [to] use that as an intimidating factor. They would go up and down the street— RACHAL: Sort of following you? WATKINS: Sometimes kind of following me; other times just doing the siren and then just sitting on the street as an effort to intimidate the community. Source: Interviewed by John Rachal 10/23/96, 10/29/96, 10/30/96 Courtesy of Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive McCain Library and Archive, University of Southern Mississippi
SOURCE: BBC News (4-19-10) A large parade included the military and different groups from across Venezuelan society. Attending the celebrations were allies of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, such as President Raul Castro from Cuba and President Evo Morales from Bolivia. Mr Chavez said his socialist policies were part of the same battle as that of independence hero Simon Bolivar. Leading up to the celebrations marking 200 years since the start of the process that led to the country's eventual independence from Spain, he called for a civil-military celebration in the Avenue of the Independence Heroes. As a result, his supporters have turned out in their thousands - bussed into Caracas from across Venezuela. This has been a pro-Chavez party like no other. A parade drawn from every sector of society has trooped past the socialist leader - including Venezuela's Olympic athletes, Afro-Caribbean descendants and indigenous groups. The military has been ever-present too, with F-16 fighter jets screaming overhead. Everywhere are red T-shirts, red baseball caps and Venezuelan flags. Opening the celebrations, President Chavez said his socialist revolution was "part of the same battle as Simon Bolivar's" and many of his supporters agree. "I completely agree - this is the dream of our liberator, Simon Bolivar, that we create Latin American unity - one nation, one people," said one man. Another reveller talked of a "struggle for resistance". "The indigenous people in the parade, for example, are fighting against deculturalisation - having a culture imposed which we don't want," she said. However Mr Chavez's opponents remain sceptical. For them, the display of so much military and armed civilian might is a demonstration of how radicalised and divided Venezuela has become under Mr Chavez. They do not share the sentiment that the 200-year anniversary is a reason for celebration given, they say, the way in which Mr Chavez has used the memory of Bolivar to further his own ends. But whether Venezuelans agree with him or not, Mr Chavez will be glad of a strong dose of national pride with just a few months to go before crucial elections.
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There are worse things than living and working in the stunning Swiss Alps and not knowing how to ski. But apparently if you're a chalet girl—basically a foreign housekeeper in a ritzy ski resort (like an au pair, but for cleaning)—it's pretty much the worst sin in the world. Or so we've learned from the new trailer for "Chalet Girl," a movie about a, uh, chalet girl that's set to come out February 11. Luckily our British heroine has a natural talent for snowboarding, and thus makes waves in the posh world she's transplanted into. It's essentially your typical "poor girl in rich world" fish-out-of-water story, but with winter sports. Here are five reasons why we're intrigued by the trailer: 1. We can hear Ed Westwick's natural British accent in all its glory! Now we don't have to rewind the "stay tuned for an all-new 'Gossip Girl'" voice-over to hear his Queen's English in action. And he seems to be playing a nice guy for once—albeit a rich one. Guess you can't get away from typecasting even if you play a different nationality. 2. It's a girly movie about snowboarding—how badass is that? There aren't enough winter sports movies. It's just a shame they missed their Winter Olympics hype window. Think of all the built-in publicity it could've gotten if it came out a year earlier. 3. Sophia Bush! Girlfriend still hasn't managed to transition into movies. Why? She is so great! If only we saw her in more than just a freeze frame in this trailer. Also—this seems to be a very British movie, so explaining the American girl's presence would be nice. It would also explain Brooke Shields. 4. Felicity Jones is very pretty and seemingly relatable. Plus, she has the most British-sounding name ever and a gorgeous smile. 5. If you watched until the very end, you caught a glimpse of Nicholas Braun from the late, great "10 Things I Hate About You" TV series. He's also in "Prom"—good to see the before-its-time cancellation of "10 Things" isn't holding him back. What do you think of the "Chalet Girl" trailer? Will your CW loyalty force you to see it? Tell us in the comments and on Twitter!
Elsewhere, emotions run high as Josh Strickland finds his birth mother! The March 20 episode of Holly’s World opens with Holly Madison inviting one lucky friend, YouTube singing sensation Nichole337, to spend a lavish weekend with her in Vegas. Holly reached out to Nichole after coming across one of her videos online and being quite moved. Holly said, “I definitely feel a connection with Nichole — she reminds me a lot of myself as a young kid. I was also from a small town and I had a lot of dreams growing up.” Holly, Nichole and Holly’s roommate Laura Croft enjoyed a day of pampering and a makeover at Qua Spa at Caesars Palace before attending Holly’s hand-printing ceremony at Planet Hollywood. Nichole went to the event as Holly’s personal guest of honor — how sweet! Meanwhile, Holly’s Peepshow costar Josh Strickland took Holly’s best friend and former assistant Angel Porrino to Charleston, S.C. to follow up with private investigators he hired to locate his birth parents. Josh asked his adoptive mother to come to the meeting in the event his birth parents were found. The private investigators told a teary-eyed Josh they found both his grandmother and birth mother. Josh broke down with tears of joy as he found out his birth mother lives nearby and could come to the restaurant right away! We are so happy Josh found his birth mother and CAN’T WAIT to see their reunion on Holly’s World next week!
Uma Thurman has been gracing the big screen since the 1980s in movies like Johnny Be Good, Pulp Fiction, Batman & Robin and Kill Bill. More recently though, she was given a prestigious title — judge at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Congrats! Uma was married to fellow actor Ethan Hawke from 1998 to 2003 and the exes have two children together, Maya, 12, and Levon, 9. She was recently engaged to Arpad Busson, whom she begn dating in 2007, but they split in December 2009. Ethan, 40, is now married to Ryan Shawhughes and they are expecting their second child together. “It’s hard to comment on yourself as a parent, but my mother reckons I’m messing things up,” Uma says. “She says grandparents are supposed to be able to spoil the children, but I spoil them so badly that she has nothing to do. I can’t help it. I’m probably making them into monsters, but I so desperately want them to be happy.” Well we hope you and the kids have a great day! Happy birthday, Uma!
This adorable duo has rubbed shoulders with all of Hollywood’s biggest names, and now they can add Justin to their list — do you think they invited him to their new ‘Tea Time’ segment? Justin Bieber is such a good sport! The singer was celebrating his 18th birthday on March 1 and stopped by The Ellen Degeneres Show to celebrate the big day. But it wouldn’t be a complete Ellen experience without hanging with her new little stars, Sophia Grace Brownlee, 8 and Rosie McClelland, 5. Hopefully, we get to see this duo meet Biebs on an upcoming episode of Ellen! — Chloe Melas More ‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’ News:
There is an independent experiment by Monterrey Tech from [c. 1992]. It predates C++ and TeachScheme!. They compared vast numbers of students with the AP exam at the time, with either one year of Pascal or one semester of Scheme followed by one year of Pascal. The Scheme students performed vastly better. Unfortunately they couldn't repeat this particular result with different instructors, and so the university concluded that it was just one teacher's enthusiasm.
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Lamb shanks are not very tender and require slow braising. The crockpot is a perfect choice to tenderize tough meat. These lamb shanks are flavored with garlic, onions, mushrooms, herbs, red wine, and tomatoes. To reduce the fat, refrigerate overnight, scrape off the congealed fat, and reheat before serving. The garlic cloves are extremely mild when cooked whole. If you like a stronger garlic flavor, mince some of the garlic before adding to the crockpot. • Crockpot Lamb Shanks Recipe • More Lamb Recipes • More Crockpot Recipes • Follow me on Twitter • Become a Home Cooking Facebook fan Crockpot Lamb Shanks Recipe Photo © 2006 Peggy Trowbridge, licensed to About.com, Inc.
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One can learn the basics of heat transfer, R values, U values, and all that stuff reasonably quickly and the physics and and fundamentals apply in every house. But the mechanical equipment can be a nightmare of pipes and pumps and wires and fans, and the variations seem to go on forever. I have found that the "Fundamentals of HVACR" from Pearson publishers is a good all around informational resource. But there seem to be a bunch of others that focus on specific types of equipment. It would be interesting to hear other people's recommendations on books that can us do this part of the analysis better.
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These are terrible blood-sucking parasites that attack bees and raise havoc in the hive. They transmit a variety of diseases and can destroy a hive. In one of his many talks last year, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology pointed out that honey bee mites include the (internal) tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi), first detected in the United States in 1984, and the (external) Varroa, first discovered here in 1987. "The tracheal mite killed half of the nation's bees in five years as it expanded across the country," he said. "It was mostly ignored in the last few years." Then when the Varroa mite arrived, "it killed half of the remaining colonies in five years as it expanded across the country. It killed practically all feral colonies in 1995-96." "Mite feeding lowers pupal blood protein, resulting in underweight bees, and it shortens the lifespan," Mussen said. "Mite feeding suppresses the honey bee immune system. And, mite feeding vectors RNA virus diseases of honey bees." Varroa mites, bee scientists agree, are definitely a key factor in the mysterious malady known as colony collapse disorder (CCD). They think CCD is caused not by "a single bullet" but by a multitude of factors, including diseases, pesticides, pests, parasites, malnutrition and stress. Mussen defines CCD as "the failure of colonies to survive to the next season," and "there's an overwhelming quantity and quality of honey bee stresses." With CCD, the adult bees abandon the hive, leaving behind the queen, brood and food stores. So sad. Empty-hive stories, such as this one we heard today from a Davis beekeeper are troubling: "I went to check on my bees yesterday and found the hive empty. The wood was a little mildewy, I think they absconded because hive design needs work. I saw a couple dead yellowjackets in the hive, too, but I don't know if they attacked when there were still bees there or not." Says Mussen: "Honey bees are stressed by many things. It begins with less naturally occurring food plants. The plants lack the mixed pollens essential for honey bee nutrition." "It continues with loss of blood and lifespan, as well as infectious inoculations, from Varroa mite parasitism; infections by exotic microbes, especially Nosema ceranae and RNA iruses; and exposure to toxic or 'made toxic' (by adjuvants) chemical residues." "Is it any wonder that our honey bee colonies are having a hard time surviving?" Mussen asks. You can catch up on what's troubling the bees and the scientific research under way by reading his bimonthly newsletter, from the UC apiaries, posted on the UC Davis Department of Entomology website. This frame shows healthy bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) Queen bee and her workers. A Varroa mite is on the head of a bee at right of this photo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) Close-up of a Varroa mite on a worker bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Posts Tagged: Hyles lineata Our cat used to catch them. She'd bring them into the house and watch them flutter at our feet. The white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) flies during the day and at night. It's not a graceful flier. It bumbles along like Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose on empty. With a wing span between 2.7 and 3.9 inches long, it's easy to notice as it nectars on salvia (sage), honeysuckle, larkspur, columbines and other flowers. Some folks know it by its nickname, "the hummingbird moth." A member of the Sphingidae family, the white-lined sphinx moth is found throughout most of the United States, plus Mexico, Central America and Canada. It's also been found in other parts of the world, including the West Indies. It's definitely a delight to see! (But preferably not in the cat's mouth.) White-lined sphinx moth in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) White-lined sphinx moth heads for salvia (sage). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) View from above of the white-lined sphinx moth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Dafydd y Gareg Wen David the bard on his bed of death lies (David Of The White Rock) Pale are his features and dim are his eyes Yet all around him his glance wildly roves Till it alights on the harp that he loves. Give me my harp, my companion so long Let it once more add its voice to my song Though my old fingers are palsied and weak Still my good harp for its master will speak. Often the hearts of our chiefs it has stirred When its loud summons to battle was heard Harp of my country, dear harp of the brave Let thy last notes hover over my grave.
Location: 2050 Creekridge Drive, Frisco, TX Square Footage: 14,969 Bedrooms & Bathrooms: 5 bedrooms & 9 bathrooms This brick mansion is located at 2050 Creekridge Drive in a gated community in Frisco, TX. It is situated on 3.6 wooded acres and was built in 1996. It features approximately 15,000 square feet of living space with 5 bedrooms, 7 full and half bathrooms, 2-story wood paneled foyer with curved staircase, step-down vaulted beamed living room with fireplace, formal dining room with fireplace, gourmet kitchen, breakfast room, step-down family room with fireplace, billiards room, wet bar with 2-story ceiling, 2-story paneled home office/library with fireplace, gym, indoor racquetball court, separate guest apartment with kitchen, 4-car garage with porte cochere, covered patio with outdoor dining area, outdoor commercial grade kitchen, swimming pool with spa and more. The exterior is okay, but I really like the interior. I really like the paneled foyer and wood accents throughout the home. The 2-story spaces are great, especially the office.
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It has been a crazy busy week for me and it always happens when it's around my kids' birthday. Besides making a special fondant cake for the family celebration, I had to prepare cupcakes for her school celebration as well. Although it is a lot of work, but I gladly do it for them since it's my gift plus I love working with fondants! Lol! Besides, how many more years will they be thrilled over my homemade cakes? Not too many I guess. :P Anyway, this year my little one has requested for a Smurfette Cake for her birthday. At first I was kind of lost on how should I do it, but after some research and help from a couple of good friends, I manage to get this done: I am sure many of you have come to know about Smurfs when you were young. It was again popularized recently with the phone / IPad App game and also the recent The Smurfs movie. However my girl got to love Smurffette was neither of those but was from the free toy she got from her McDonald Happy Meal. :P I did not do a good job on the cake, so much to brush up on. I guess I did not give myself enough time for the buttercream to set before covering the cake up with fondant. So it wasn't as smooth as I hope it would be. :P Good thing its for my own girl, lol! Guess I need more practice! Comparing with last year's Tinkle Bell cake, which one do you think is better? I took my friend's recommendation and used a chocolate bundt cake recipe plus a yellow buttermilk cake recipe from Martha Stewart. These cake are much more sturdy then the ones I used previously. But because the family has been so used to fluffy cakes, they were not too keen on these denser cakes. :P Conclusion? Its so hard to please everyone! (=_=") For my girl's class celebration. I used just the yellow buttermilk cupcake recipe and top them off with Chocolate and Strawberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream. Not forgetting to add a little fun by placing a princess or butterfly toy ring on each cupcake so the kids can keep them as a souvenir after enjoying the cupcake. :) My daughter ended up enjoying the cupcake more then the Smurfette cake. Why? I guess she gets to have the ring to play with, whereas the smurf cake was merely for viewing and eating pleasure only. :P I too love the SM buttercream and yellow cake combo too, think I will use it again next time I'm baking for such occasions. Her classmates love the cupcakes too! Saw them happily licking off the delicious buttercream and munching on the soft yellow cake, a satisfaction that is hard to describe. :) My little girl came to me today and gave me tender a hug and softly said. "Thank you mummy for making my birthday cakes." Priceless. :) Another Mummy mission completed. :) Overall contented with the results, but could be better. :P Thanks folks for staying to read my post. Hopefully will get time to post up some kueh recipe soon. :) Till then, have a great week ahead! Cheers!
“The Newport Authority 2 album was inspired by politics & industry bullsht that prevented this material from being included on my upcoming LP PA2: The Director’s Cut. Shylow and I went in and created a separate album to hold people over until PA2 drops in July. Attached with Intro, interludes and fully mixed & mastered by Joe Nardone. With confidence I can say this is not a mixtape. It will also be available on vinyl LP via Fat Beats for the heads that appreciate physical product, because I still do. I’ve included songs I recorded with legends such as Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Tragedy Khadafi, Lil Fame and The Artifacts. But, I’ve also got joints on here with some talented up and comers such as First Division, MidaZ and Big Gutta. Plus the sht is free – so enjoy!”-Marco Polo
The Joint Archives of Holland has surpassed the goal for its Sesquicentennial oral history project, "150 Stories for 150 Years," by so much that the city could even have been a decade older. The effort will have gathered more than 160 stories by the end of 1997, according to Larry Wagenaar, who is the director of the Joint Archives and the project's coordinator. The total meets the project's goal of gathering 150 accounts by the end of Holland's sesquicentennial year, but more importantly--Wagenaar believes--also represents a significant resource for the "I think it's one of the most important legacies we're leaving for the future out of the Sesquicentennial," "Our goal has been to document life in Holland in the late 20th century," he said. "I really think that this project is going to be a heavily-used resource in the somewhat distant future. I often compare it to the Van In 1897, in conjunction with the city's 50th anniversary celebration, local historian Gerrit Van Schelven gathered speeches and other writings featuring insights from the city's settlers and early residents. It is a collection, Wagenaar said, that is drawn upon frequently. "Without the Van Schelven Collection, we would know much less about the first 50 years in Holland," he The "150 Stories for 150 Years" project has deliberately featured a diverse range of community residents, to assure that a variety of perspectives were chronicled, according to Wagenaar. They range in age and experience from young college students to octogenarians. They include well-known community leaders, as well as those familiar only to family and friends. There are newcomers to the city, and retirees who have been life-long area residents. The project sought to maintain gender balance, and to reflect Holland's ethnic diversity. Each person was interviewed by either a trained volunteer or a member of the Joint Archives' professional or student staff. The interview tapes are being transcribed-- 112 are complete so far--and the transcripts made available for public use. According to Wagenaar, each interview discussed a standard set of topics to provide some common points of reference. Examples include first impressions of the city, involvement in the community, perceptions of local controversies and views of how the community has changed through the years. Those interviewed were also asked questions related to their experiences specifically. The Joint Archives of Holland coordinates an oral history project every year, typically generating an average of about 20 transcripts annually. The sesquicentennial project began in the spring of 1996, and at 160 interviews has weighed in at four times the usual two-year total of 40. Each transcript is 25 to 50 pages long. Many of the interviews were conducted by current Hope students or recent graduates retained by the Joint Archives to manage the project during the summers: senior Tracy Bednarick of Cadillac in 1996, and 1997 graduate Ann Paeth of Columbus, Ohio, this past summer. Ena Brooks, a junior from Kalamazoo, conducted interviews this fall, as did Wagenaar and collections archivist and assistant professor Geoffrey Reynolds. Lori Trethewey, department secretary, handled many of the details throughout the project, including checking the completed transcripts for About 25 percent of the interviews were conducted by a group of some 20 volunteers who were coordinated by Marie Zingle of Holland. Volunteer John Maassen assisted the staff with transcription needs. "The volunteer component of this project has been very significant," Wagenaar said. "It's important to me that we've had the community involved, not only from the perspective of being interviewed, but in doing the interviews--and helping transcribe them." With the massive Sesquicentennial Oral History Project still in its final stages, Wagenaar isn't quite ready to determine the oral history topic that the Joint Archives will coordinate during the forthcoming summer of 1998. He does, however, have some thoughts for 50 years "With the Sesquicentennial project nearly complete, our collection of oral and written histories provides a solid look at the settlement from 1847 to the present day," Wagenaar said. "I hope, when the city is celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2047, that they have the foresight to do a similar kind of thing."
Well, it looks like Peter Mackay can't sneak into the States without facing questions regarding the legality of his actions. Sound familiar? This is an update to Sunday's post about the 9 year old Canadian boy who was detained with his family in an American Immigration "facility" (read: prison), first brought to my attention by Annamarie at Verbena-19 . Kevin and his parents are still imprisoned, but their story is gaining greater media traction. Friday's G&M devoted serious ink , even publishing Kevin's letter from jail . As you may remember, Kevin suffers from asthma and he is clearly very distressed. The March 2 G&M piece also indicates that he has lost 6 lbs. during his stay at the Hutto jail. So is anybody listening? What about the Canadian consulate When the consular officer at the Canadian consulate in Dallas visited the family at Hutto two weeks ago, Majid said, “he asked about our rooms and our food. Just regarding here. I asked him what he can do for us, and he said, ‘I don't promise now. But we can help Kevin, not you.' ” David Marshall, a consulate spokesman, said that he could not talk about the case, citing the Privacy Act. Alain Cacchione, a spokesman for Foreign Affairs Canada, would not comment either. Ok, M. Mackay , if your spokesman won't comment on your behalf, what have you, Peter Gordon Mackay, got to say for yourself? For your country? Well, the CP caught up with him on Friday , as he attended the Organization of American States meeting in Washington, D.C. (I sure hope his papers were in order!): "We've taken the opportunity to review how we can be of assistance to him but there have been no decisions taken as of yet," [Mackay] said. Ultimately, it will be up to Citizenship and Immigration whether they're admitted to Canada, said MacKay, adding that he's been told the family won't be deported to Iran until "we have an opportunity to assess all the various options." "This is in many ways a personal decision that the family have yet to make," said MacKay. !! The CP caught this But the parents of the boy, named Kevin, say they want to live in Canada. And Kevin has written a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, pleading to go back to his old school. At which point Mackay resorted (predictably) to the fake-passports diversion: "You're aware of the anomaly of the situation where his parents are not Canadian, yet he has Canadian citizenship" Read: Look over there! They're ay-legals! No, M. Mackay , that's not an excuse to sit on your hands. The boy is Canadian, no? Here's what officials told Maclean's , earlier this week (h/t Dr. Dawg , see comments): A spokesperson from Citizenship and Immigration Canada told Macleans.ca [...] that the family would have to claim asylum in the United States. But according to [University of Toronto law professor Audrey Macklin], the government has some wiggle room available to it. "Under the terms of the agreement, there is room for exceptions to be made for reasons of public policy," she said. "The agreement doesn't articulate what the criteria are for an exception… [but] you could argue that an exception should be made when they have a child who's a Canadian citizen." The public policy claim, in other words, would be that the Safe Third Country agreement is effectively thwarting a nine-year-old boy's right to live in the country where he gained citizenship by virtue of birthplace. And whatever the future might hold for the family, that might at least free the boy from what he and his father describe as fairly grim conditions. [...] Macklin argues that such facilities might themselves represent a flaw in the Safe Third Country agreement. "The premise underlying the…agreement is that the two countries provide more or less equivalent protection to refugees and more or less abide by their international legal obligations," she said. "Obviously if there were wild disparities between the two, it wouldn't be fair to refugee claimants to force them into one system or the other. "The widespread use of the detention of children is a significant difference between Canada and the United States, and that detention of children is itself considered by many to be a violation of international human rights norms." [...] "If the Canadian government asked the U.S. authorities to release this family from detention to enable them to get to Canada, I think U.S. authorities would comply," [Macklin] said. [...] And while this particular family's situation might seem unique, Liberal MP Andrew Telegdi - who serves as vice chair of the House Citizenship and Immigration Committee - told Macleans.ca that many children share a similar plight. "As much as I would like to say to you that this doesn't happen a whole lot, we regularly deport Canadian… families, so their kids end up going [with them]," he said, adding that the Committee would be discussing the boy's case. As for this particular 9-year-old's prospects of gaining some measure of freedom, Macklin summed it up as a matter of will: "Canada could do something if it wanted to." You hear that? Canada could do something if it wanted to. I want to. Many of us want to. This is how I ended my Sunday post on the matter Let's get to work and make sure this same fate doesn't befall Kevin and his family. Check-in with AnnaMarie for regular updates. [...] Something of a 'blogburst' is beginning to take shape. Pogge (skdadl), liberal catnip, April Reign, Thought Interrupted, The Cylinder, Vive le Canada, The Next Agenda (nbstar), My Blahg, JimBobby, The Galloping Beaver and Kenn Chaplin have added their voices. Please add yours! Dr. Dawg , Cathie from Canada , The Vanity Press , Red Jenny , Pretty Shaved Ape , Canadian Cynic , Peter's Politics , Take off, eh ?...the blogburst continues! The mighty Galloping Beavers have added an update, and an open letter to Peter Mackay (hint, hint, it's still important to write to him & your MPs!). JimBobby's posted an update and a song about the whole mess. Annamarie , and many others have shown leadership in raising awareness about Kevin and his family. People do care, Mr. Mackay. We want to do something![Saturday, March 3, 2007, 1:17 PM ET] ETA links to Red Jenny, JimBobby's update, Pretty Shaved Ape & Canadian Cynic! [Monday, March 5, 2007, 12:06 AM ET] ETA link to Nitroglycol's post! [Monday, March 5, 2007, 10:57 PM ET] ETA link to Peter's Politics! [Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 11:43 AM ET] ETA link to "Take off, eh?" ! h/t FurGaia at The Cylinder for the Amy Goodman article
Welcome to Hopkinsville Community College! We are here to help you have a smooth transition and achieve success. Individual campus tours for students and their families are available by appointment. Students will have the opportunity to become familiar with the campus environment, and meet with the program coordinator of their intended program of study (as schedules permit). Please call Leigh Ann Simpson at (270) 707-3974 at least one week prior to the tour date to schedule your day. Group tours are also available for schools and other community agencies. Please contact Julie Hyams at (270) 707-3824 at least two weeks prior to the desired tour date to schedule your group tour. Advance notice gives us the opportunity to create the best possible experience for you during your visit. Leigh Ann Simpson, Admissions Advisor/RecruiterOffice: Ft. Campbell Campus, Glenn H. English Jr. Army Education CenterPhone: (270) 707-3974Contact: Leigh Ann Simpson Julie Hyams, Admissions AdvisorOffice: Hopkinsville Campus, Administration Building, Room 119Phone: (270) 707-3824Contact: Julie Hyams All new Hopkinsville Community College students are highly encouraged to attend a HOP session (the college's new student orientation program) prior to beginning classes. Here, the student will learn valuable information essential for a successful college experience. HOP sessions include information regarding financial aid, admissions and records, advising, student organizations, tutoring, career and transfer coordination, and other valuable free services offered to students. Students will have the opportunity to meet faculty and staff and become familiar with the campus. HOP sessions are scheduled at a variety of times, day and evening, prior to each term's start date. Please contact the Advising Center at (270) 707-3820 to schedule a session at the Hopkinsville campus. The sessions are advertised via KCTCS student email, the college's events calendar on the webpage, Facebook (www.facebook.com/hopkinsvillecc), and posters are displayed throughout campus. All new students attending the Ft. Campbell campus should register for an Enable group advising session prior to registration. Call (270) 707-3810 to schedule a session.
I received a news release this morning announcing that King County Executive Ron Sims had endorsed Dr. ChangMook Sohn for State Treasurer… which I suppose would be a significant coup for Sohn in this very low profile statewide race, if not for the second paragraph: “Dr. Sohn has the experience to be State Treasurer: he’s been the state’s top economist for more than two decades; he’s founded a bank; and he’s taught economics at two state universities,” said Sims, who also endorsed Seattle legislator Jim McIntire for the post. Sims has endorsed both McIntire and Sohn? Isn’t that kinda like buttering your margarine?
Overlooking the Rhone River, just steps from the Old Town, business and shopping district of Geneva lies the chic Mandarin Oriental. The hotel completed a multi-million Swiss Franc refurbishment in July 2008 with all public areas, redesigned in a contemporary new look. Le Sud, a French brasserie, by award-winning Chef Paul Bocuse is the hotels all-day dining. Offering simple, home-style cooking from the Mediterranean regions, the menu features dishes from southern France, Italy, Spain and North Africa. The chic decor is in beige, bronze and amber and offers a sophisticated yet informal ambience, ideal for both business meetings and casual daytime diners. At night the restaurant transforms itself with dramatic lighting, into a more intimate dining experience. The hotel new signature restaurant Rasoi by Vineet features the cuisine of Michelin starred chef, Vineet Bahtia, who specializes in evolved Indian food. Decorated in vibrant reds and purples, the restaurants centerpiece is a beautifully designed tandoori oven, located at the entrance and visible from the lobby. The stylish new MO Bar is a contemporary, luxurious bar; featuring comfortable chocolate brown and deep blue leather and velvet seating, it is open daily until 2am. MO Bar is a great option for informal meetings or friendly gatherings. The talented bar staff provide an array of sophisticated cocktails while delicious tapas-style dishes are available all day. This chic luxury hotel offers 197 beautifully appointed rooms including six new rooftop rooms and suites with private terraces. All rooms are Art Deco in style and are decorated in warm earth tones of beige, cognac, plum and chocolate. The rooms feature some of the largest marble bathrooms in town, all with separate bath and rain-shower. Many of the suites 28 suites feature river views and or private terraces. Whether for leisure or for business, Mandarin Oriental is the ideal address to reside at while in Geneva. Geneva luxury property on the Rhone River, close to Old Town:Stunning and luxurious property set on the banks of the River Rhone, just 100 metres from Geneva’s main shopping area. :Guests can work out in the fitness centre, relax in the steam room, and indulge in modern Indian cuisine in the Michelin-starred restaurant. A living example of Swiss hotel tradition at its very best. Included for all tourists in the price of all hotels is a free transportation card, which is valid for the entire length of stay for all clients booked in the hotel. The card is valid on trains, buses, trams and the local lake water taxi 'Les Mouettes'. 1208SR A large modern building with no special features. The hotel is ideally located on the right bank of the river Rhone, in the heart of Geneva's business and shopping district. The lake shore is only a few steps away and so is the old town. This business style hotel is located on the shores of River Rhone and features spacious guest rooms and first-rate service. The hotel is a favorite among the social elite of Geneva with its in-house art gallery, fashionable decor and fantastic restaurant. Each of the 190 guestrooms is spacious and clean with modern amenities and the offer stunning views of the river and surrounding areas. The Mandarin Oriental Du Rhone Hotel houses the sublime Rasoi Indian Restaurant which was recently awarded its first Michelin star thanks to its talented chef Vineet Bhatia. The hotel also contains a whole host of leisure activities including a large gymnasium complete with sauna and swimming pool. This upscale hotel is ideally located, in the finest downtown location on the the Rhone River, in the heart of Geneva's business and shopping districts. The hotel has recently undergone a full refurbishment of its restaurants, bar, and public areas, and now featurs... A deluxe hotel, ideally located with the very best downtown location on the banks of the Rhone River, in the heart of Geneva's business and shopping district. First choice among business people, the hotel features an elaborate business center, direct room telephone number available, non-smoking rooms and two telephone lines in each room. Each guest room is spacious with marble bathroom and separate shower. Generous sixth floor Presidential Suite with lake and city views. Exclusive rooftop 'Mont Blanc' Suite with access by private elevator from lobby. Worldwide TV channels with cable and satellite reception as well as Pay-TV movie selections. Location. Located in Geneva, this luxury property is conveniently close to the airport, near Rath Museum, Grand Theatre de Geneve, and Bastions Park. Also nearby are Saint-Pierre Cathedral and Wall of the Reformation. Features. Mandarin Oriental has a steam room, a sauna, and a fitness facility. This Geneva property features a hair salon and beauty services. Business amenities include a business center, wireless Internet access, meeting rooms for small groups, and audio-visual equipment. Mandarin Oriental has a restaurant and a bar/lounge. 24-hour room service is available. Event facilities consist of a ballroom, exhibit space, conference rooms, and banquet facilities. Guestrooms. Amenities featured in guestrooms include air conditioning, coffee/tea makers, and minibars. In addition, amenities available on request include hypo-allergenic bedding and wake-up calls. Guestrooms have satellite television with premium TV channel(s) and pay movies. Business-friendly amenities include multi-line phones, desks, and direct-dial phones. Complimentary bottled water is provided. Bathrooms feature separate bathtubs and showers, shower/tub combinations, and bathroom phones. Guestroom services include a turndown service, in-room massage, and housekeeping. Notifications and Fees: The following mandatory hotel-imposed fees are charged and collected by the hotel either at check-in or check-out. A city/local tax will be charged The above list may not be comprehensive. Mandatory hotel-imposed fees may not include tax and are subject to change. Additional fees and deposits may be charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out. The luxurious Mandarin Oriental hotel is located on the right bank of the Rhone river, only a few minutes away from Geneva’s financial institutions, premier shops and galleries. The refurbished interiors are superbly stylish, preserving the fine Art-Déco details, but above all business and leisure guests enjoy Mandarin Oriental’s legendary service. The Mandarin Oriental will definitely become a landmark when it comes to gourmet cuisine in Geneva, introducing 2 new restaurants. Both are designed with cosmopolitan elegance by the acclaimed designer Adam Tihany. The inventive Rasoi is the fine dining restaurant serving tasty Indian cuisine by London-based, Michelin awarded Chef Vineet Bahtia. The legendary Paul Bocuse is the inspiration behind the Mandarin Oriental's brasserie, Le Sud.
\|Bryant Lake Bowl: Jay Bakker moved to Minnesota for this... to be where all the cool kids hang out.\| Bryant Lake Bowl will forever be that place where I met an old friend from childhood back in 1999, before I moved to The Cities, and I witnessed her order a Bloody Mary... for lunch... in the middle of the week!!?! Shocking for the little teetotaler me at the time. All downhill from there. Bryant Lake Bowl was also the place that I attended the show that I reviewed here in 2010: Get Mad At Sin! in which one man performed verbatim an entire vintage sermon by Jimmy Swaggart. It was awesome. So, ironically, Jay will be preaching/meeting in the same theatre space where a Jimmy Swaggart impersonator kicked Sin's ass. Also, likely in an apropos tribute to his mother, Tammy Faye, the first service will be on Mother's Day. I wish Jay Bakker luck. No doubt he'll have more than this back-slidden Baptist to answer to around that part of Uptown. I also wish myself luck in not having a boozy brunch turn into a, "OhMyGod! I've been harassing you online like, FOREVER! Can you sign the screen of my smartphone with this sharpie?! OMG! You're shorter in person than on Twitter. I bet you get that ALL the time. Can I buy you and your lady friend/sister wife a derinck?" fiasco. Seriously. Nipping that shit in the bud before it happens. George Beverly Shea: George Beverly kicked the bucket yesterday. I grew up on his music and testimonies. He was in Billy Graham's travelling sideshow... aptly dubbed the Billy Graham Crusades. It should have been called The Billy and George Beverly Show. Music sticks in your psyche the way sermons never will. Or at least for me, the daughter of musicians who loved George Beverly Shea's music... the music stays long after the rest fades. The songs of his that I remember best: I'd Rather Have Jesus and How Great Thou Art. Despite my half-assed hipster facade, you're looking at a woman who used to spend hours and hours and hours standing at the piano and/or Hammond organ (we had 2 of each in our home at one point) turning the pages for my mother and then my sister and singing hymns and gospel songs while other kids my age watched Transformers and Rainbow Bright and Friends. The music of George Beverly Shea and his ilk shaped the first 26 years of my life. You don't forget that shit. I've said it before, and will say it again... MUSIC is one of the most effective indoctrination tools out there. Be Selective. That shit can make or break your entire philosophy on life. The emotions people attach to music, regardless of the situation, are nearly impossible to break free from. Like scents that bring back floods and waves of memories, good and bad, Music does the same thing. George Beverly Shea singing "The Old Rugged Cross" is in my brain for life. Thanks a lot, mom and dad! In other news: Billy Graham is not yet dead. Pretty sure the world will end when that happens. Baby Boomer Born-Againers will Not be able to carry on without him. True story. You heard it here first. Sign of the fucking times.
- Start Here - Choose a Kiln - Request Literature Turn the bottom over in case of a firing mishap - The bottom can be easily reversed in case of a firing mishap (except for powered bottoms). - Sectional construction makes this possible. how to do it - Unplug control panel - Remove hinge (if you have one of the spring hinges) - Take kilns sections off bottom. - Turn bottom over so that the bottom surface is now the top surface. - If it really bad you may want to put a layer of calcium silicate underneath the bottom or do your best to repair it with a brick repair kit before turning it over.
not a member? click here to sign up Twin hopes refine their big idea Craig Fitzpatrick, 13 Sep 2012 Four years on from their debut Here, Not There – a slow burner that ignited after Discover Ireland capitalised on the contagious vigour of ‘Remember When’ – it’s no surprise to find Heathers have moved on. Twins Ellie and Louise Macnamara were 17 and still in school when their last batch was cooked up, meaning there’s a new maturity here and plenty of references to that transitionary period into adulthood. Their lyrics, however, are still dominated by a restlessness, a desire to keep moving. They always sound ready to take flight. In their early 20s, they still haven’t found what they’re looking for, which can only be a good thing. So we go on a journey with them in Kingdom and it’s a testament to their writing chops that it is compelling for the duration. The first half introduces a few new manoeuvres, but essentially follows a similar course to previous excursions – strident playing topped with the girls singing in unison, moving from melodic hook to hook. The architecture has scarcely changed but the furnishings have been updated, so that those dual harmonies and battered acoustics now sit amidst piano, strings and electronic flashes. By the midway point, single ‘Forget Me Knots’, there’s a feeling that they need to change gear. Meanwhile, the earwormy wordless vocal ‘woah ohs’ find them going fully Kooks-ian (and you should never go fully Kooks-ian!). Thankfully from there on, pop sensibilities proven, that gear change happens. ‘We Burn Bridges’ ushers in some mournful keys of the ‘Video Games’ ilk, ‘Listen Don’t Speak’ offers more inventive, intricate vocal interplay than ever before, ‘Find A Way’ captures the spirit of Florence and the meditative closer ‘Flight’ seems a million miles from where the sisters began. But the standout track is undoubtedly ‘Gather Up’. It takes them to a dark yet inviting place and suggests hidden depths. Synths pulse through its centre as ethereal voices float overheard. You suddenly realise why David Guetta’s been eyeing them up for his new album. Not that they need him. On this evidence, the future, both commercially and artistically, looks bright for Heathers. Wherever they head next, we’ll be following closely.
not a member? click here to sign up Castlepalooza early-bird ticket info Early-bird tickets for the August festival will go on sale this Friday... The Hot Press Newsdesk, 06 Feb 2013 Keen festival-goers can avail of early-bird tickets for the Castlepalooza Music And Arts Festival 2013 this Friday. The music and arts festival will take place at Charleville Castle, Tullamore, Co. Offaly on August 2, 3, 4. Early-bird weekend tickets (three days including camping) are priced at €59 and are available from Friday onwards for the duration of February. Tickets can be purchased here and from all other usual outlets. Keep an eye on HotPress.com for any line-up announcements and other festival information in the coming weeks. The Hot Press Newsdesk Photo Galleries For This Artist Latest Related Articles For This Artist The Tullamore fest has unveiled its second batch of performers... SertOne, Hal, and Patrick Kelleher join the Tullamore bill... The Charlatans, Ghostpoet, Jape and Solar Bears are all confirmed... Your summer festival season begins here... Charleville Castle, Tullamore Latest Related Videos For This Artist The three day festival takes place at Charleville Castle, Tullamore, Co. Offaly from Friday July 29 to Sunday July 31. 2011-07-18 - News Mercury Rev, Bitches With Wolves, The Kanyu Tree and many more to descend on Tullamore this August 2011-06-15 - News Naughty By Nature and Hudson Mohawke will help the Tullamore fest celebrate its sixth birthday! 2011-04-27 - News This little gem has raised the Irish festival bar exceptionally high 2010-08-12 - REVIEW All you need to know about the Castle Palooza Festival. 2010-07-30 - News Thanks to everyone who voted, and congrats to the the two lucky acts, who will play this weekend at the Castle Palooza festival! 2010-07-29 - News This is the chance for YOUR band/act to play at Castle Palooza festival, and to have a music video produced by the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts! Read on... 2010-07-15 - News Norman Jay, AV Kid & Le Galaxie are among the tasty additions. 2010-05-25 - News Castlepalooza has made the final shortlist for ‘Best European Festival’ in the 2008 UK Festival Awards. 2008-10-14 - News Read on for your chance to get your band on the bill at this summer's Castlepalooza festival... 2008-04-14 - Reports A limited number of early bird tickets have gone on sale for the 2008 Castlepalooza festival. 2008-02-20 - News Castlepalooza 3 comes out shining - despite torrential rain and an unsuitable tent. 2007-08-23 - REVIEW If you haven't yours in yet, Ticketlord are extending the deadline to buy tickets to Castlepalooza. 2007-08-03 - News The two bands who won the Hot Press competition to win slots at Castlepalooza are revealed! 2007-07-30 - News From Sister Sledge to The Spikes, plus non musical attractions such as massage, fortune-telling and art exhibitions, Castle Palooza promises a festival in the conventional sense of the word. 2007-07-12 - Interview Hot Press has teamed up again with the good people at Castle Palooza to offer an unsigned band the chance to play at Ireland’s best new festival! 2007-06-08 - News Dust off your platform shoes and get your camping gear at the ready - now that's some advice we never thought we'd give - 70s legends Sister Sledge are coming to Ireland! 2007-05-09 - News The second Castlepalooza is set to return this summer. 2007-04-12 - News Castlepalooza is an event sure to become a highlight of the festival calendar. 2006-08-24 - REVIEW What a weekend for festivals, what with Le Cheile, Mitchelstown, Hi:Fi and Castlepalooza having taken place this bank holiday weekend. But don't rest your weary head down just yet, for the latter festival has already started on Castlepalooza 2007. 2006-08-08 - News 13 Trinity Street, Rep. Of Ireland Tel: +353 (1) 241 1500 Click here for more contact information. Click here to find out more about Hot Press Hot Press always welcomes feed back so if you've got something to tell us click here. Advertise With Us For more detail on how to advertise with Hot Press click here or call us on +353 (1) 241 1540
Keeping Up With Pup: Early Neurological StimulationBy Adam DePriest A few years ago I used to do this crazy thing called coon hunting. During this time I, along with many other coon hunters, subscribed to the magazine American Cooner. My primary reason for subscribing was not to look at the fancy stud dog ads or the nite hunt results, but instead I eagerly anticipated the arrival of American Cooner to read the monthly article published by John Wick. As a novice cooner, it was enjoyable and educational for me to read the experiences and training methods of an experienced coon hunter. The articles that I enjoyed the most were a series of articles by Mr. Wick that followed his training with a young coonhound. These were very beneficial because I was able to see the progression of this hound and apply the training techniques implemented by Mr. Wick to my own hounds. Shortly after my parents purchased Hounds and Hunting, I knew I wanted to develop a similar series following a beagle from a puppy to a finished hound. Due to circumstances and some laziness, I am just now getting around to taking on this endeavor. Now let me preface these next several articles by saying I am by no means an experienced houndsman. I am quite certain this will be more of a learning experience for me than for you. My vision for this series is more of a discussion among myself and the readers than a lecture of “how to’s.” As these articles progress, I encourage all of you to send in your input via mail, e-mail, and Facebook. Your expertise will benefit me, fellow readers, and most importantly, the pup. Read more
Well, the bunns are all gone on the 7-BUNNY-7 adventure (wink, wink) so here is a garden picture. Altissimo Rose on the left (red) and Sally Holmes on the right. We started with the Altissimo and later built a short (12 feet long) "fence" to hold it and the Sally. They are not quite fully grown together, but they do look nice; for quite a long time too. Yes, there sure is a plane load of bunnies off on the 7-BUNNY-7 !!!!
One house, Two people, Six Rabbits! (Oh - and a cat.) I love daffodils! Thanks Zoey. =) How sweet of you to pick flowers for the bipeds, Zoey! Zoey, you are as lovely as a spring day on any day. oh Zoey, you are spring yourself! How are you going to keep Shell from bunnynapping Zoey after posting this picture? She's just too cute to resist! Lookig lovely! Our forecast? SNOW! Zoey, you are so much more beautiful than any flowers could ever be! Everyone's just daffy about Zoey! You always look like springtime, Zoey girl :) Wow, Zoey, those are amazing! So....can bunnies eat those too? She's just so fluffy I'm gonna die!!!!Plane ticket for first class flight to Auntie Shell's!!!Kiss dem bunny cheekies!!xx, auntie shell Ooh ... first class? For like a chaperoned bunny visit? Let's talk! I was wondering how long it would take Auntie Shell to find that irresistable picture of Zoey Bunny and I couldn't wait for her reaction! Yeah! Zoey Love! Post a Comment
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Howard Tabs Big Conference Wins in Season Finale MILLSBORO, DEL. – The Howard bowling team wrapped up their season at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference North Tournament on March 5 with three head-to-head wins over Coppin State (840-693), Hampton (884-875) and Morgan State (821-806). The Lady Bison (30-75, 8-17 MEAC) posted their best winning percentage (66.7 percent) in head-to-head competition in Millsboro, Del. during their third MEAC North Tournament trip this season. Howard's win over Morgan State was their first win against the Lady Bears all year as MSU held the 5-0 advantage before taking their first loss to the Lady Bison. The Lady Bison also sacked their second season win over Hampton–their first came on Jan. 22, 2011 at the Lady Bulldog Classic. The win over Coppin State secured a season sweep over the Eagles as HU went 4-0 against CSU over the course of the season. Howard was unable to overcome Delaware State or Maryland-Eastern Shore in head-to-head matches, as the Lady Bison fell 730-886 and 751-1009, respectively. The Bison failed to force a win over DSU and UMES all season in this category of play. Jasmine Hardesty bowled a personal high of 189 pins during the tournament, which is her second best this season. Her season high came in the Kutztown Invite on Jan. 28, 2011 where she bowled 198. Taneeka Hanna averaged 154 pins in her four games, nearly peaking her career best of 159.6 pins, a mark she reached during the first MEAC North Tournament back on Nov. 13, 2010. Alexzandria Johnson also reached her second-best average of the year, averaging 172.2 pins on five games to tie a previous mark she met during the first MEAC North Tournament. Johnson was second on the team with pins knocked down with 861 behind Briana Uzzell who tallied 888 pins for the Bison. Uzzell has served as a critical member of the Lady Bison and accumulated the most pins for Howard (9,198) this season, averaging 177.6 knock downs. Her personal high came during the Kutztown Invite on Jan. 28, 2011 where she bowled 256, a mark that still leads the Bison. Johnson and Jordane Frazier aren't too far behind Uzzell as they rank second and third on the team with pins knocked down with 8,643 and 8,204, respectively. In a series of four games against CSU, DSU, UMES, MSU and Hampton during Baker play, the Lady Bison posted a 1-4 record, including a win over Coppin State (635-559). Howard dropped to DSU (675-750), UMES (620-809), MSU (699-794), and Hampton (611-677). Despite leaving with only one win in the Baker matches, the Lady Bison are riding high on their recent accomplishments and notable wins, including that against then-No.1 Vanderbilt. Howard is set to cruise into the MEAC Championship Tournament that will take place in Greensboro, N.C. on March 18 and before entering into the NCAA Championship Tournament in Taylor, Mich. on April 14.
Comet Pan-STARRS Near the Moon Tonight: How to See It Many stargazers attempting to view the Comet Pan-STARRS on recent nights have been thwarted by the comet’s low position in the western sky. But tonight (March 12), the thin crescent moon will lend a hand. Over the past weekend countless observers across in North America and Europe tried — and for the most part failed — to see Comet Pan-STARRS, in part due to its low altitude above the west-northwest horizon. The bright glare of the evening twilight sky just is also a hurdle, since it can as make the comet harder to see just after sunset. But fret not, comet lovers! Weather permitting, observing conditions will improve by this evening, since Comet Pan-STARR’s position above the horizon will be noticeably higher and the moon can be used as a benchmark to point your way. Clear western view essential The best suggestion I can make is for your Tuesday night comet watch is to first find an observing site with the least amount of any obstructions in the direction of the western part of the sky. [How to see the comet] If you end up successfully catching a glimpse of them, the moon and the comet will not be any higher than 10 degrees above the horizon. That is about the size of your clenched held out at arm’s length. If you have a house or some trees in your line of sight, then you’re going to have to find some other viewing site. Step 1: Find the moon In order to boost your chances of seeing Comet Pan-STARRS, be sure to arrive at your viewing site in time to see the sunset. Take note of where on the horizon the sun sets. Now wait about 30 minutes as the sky slowly begins to darken. Truthfully, it will still be rather bright looking toward the west a half hour after the sunset … this was one of the main problems people have had in recent days in trying to see the comet. However, first things first: Let’s locate the moon. Take your clenched fist and measure off 10 degrees up from that point on the horizon where the sun disappeared about a half hour before. Now look a bit to the right from the top of your fist. That’s where the crescent moon will be. Seeing the moon will be a bit of a challenge in itself because it will be very narrow, appearing only about 28 hours after passing its new phase. Because of this, the lunar disk will be only 1-percent illuminated. It will be oriented with its bright sliver down, resembling a cup or a thin smile on the sky. If you can’t see the moon with your unaided eye, then use binoculars. Once you pick it up with binoculars you should be able to find it without optical aid. Finding Comet Pan-STARRS With the moon found in the evening sky, it is time to use it as a guide to spot Comet Pan-STARRS. The comet will be located about 5 degrees to the left of the moon. Once again, you might not initially see it with your eyes, so use binoculars if you need to. Five degrees measures roughly “half a fist” in length. You’ll know Comet Pan-STARRS when you see it. It will appear as a bright, star-like “head” with a short, stubby tail extending from the head upwards and slightly to the left from the bright end. Like the moon, once you find it with binoculars, you should, with time, be able to make it out against the bright twilight sky. Comet Pan-STARRS and the moon should be visible for about a half hour before they disappear into the murky haze always located near the horizon. Not so ‘Great Comet’? Comet Pan-STARRS was discovered in June 2011 by a team of astronomers using the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (or PAN-STARRS), a telescope in Hawaii. The comet is officially designated as C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) and is thought to take more than 100 million years to make a single orbit around the sun. Right now the brightness of Comet Pan-STARRS, according to viewers who spotted it in the Southern Hemisphere, ranks at about first-magnitude on the astronomy brightness scale. That is about as bright as the brightest stars. Normally, a comet as bright as this would be categorized as a “Great Comet “, but most observers feel that Pan-STARRS does not fall into this category because it’s not visible against a fully dark sky. The bright twilight background is working against making it a prominent eye-catching sight. And the comet’s dust tail is not breathtakingly long, but rather, short and rather stubby. To the naked eye, not much of the may be visible at all, though in big binoculars or small telescopes, some say that Pan-STARRS is a rather impressive sight. Comet Pan-STARRS is one of at least three comets in the night sky currently thrilling stargazers. Another comet (the Comet Lemmon) is currently visible to observers in Southern Hemisphere, while the third object is Comet ISON. Comet ISON is a promising celestial object that was discovered by amateur astronomers in 2012 and is expected to make its closest approach to the sun in late November. The comet will be only 800,000 miles (1.2 million km)from the sun at its closest point, and could put on a dazzling night sky spectacle. But it could also fizzle out, NASA scientists have said. NASA astronomers and stargazers around the world are regularly tracking Comet ISON, as well as comets Pan-STARRS and Lemmon as they shine in the night sky. 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The Office 2.0 conference ) opens up in San Francisco tomorrow. As it did last year, this show will push the Web 2.0 concept for business as far as it can go . I expect that a lot of activity at the conference will center around groupware and work-flow applicatiosn. In the past few days I've talked to the founders of four companies competing in this space-- , and ShareMethods -- each of which is aiming to use Web 2.0 concepts like simple design, hosted services, and a-la-carte pricing, to knock Microsoft's Sharepoint off its peg, and take on Web 2.0 work-flow stalwart 37Signals' Basecamp as well. Not to mention blocking upstarts from big companies, like Webex's WebOffice , before they can get major traction. It's going to be a tough battle for these products to stand out from each other. The founders I talked to have similar pitches. They talk about low-cost, bottom-up (as opposed to IT-driven) sales, and the fact that they're not trying to replace office products like Microsoft Office or even Web 2.0 suites like Zoho, but rather trying to bring collaboration and workflow to every business with a Web connection. The one area where these products all need to develop the most is in their integration with these online office productivity tools. At the moment, all of these applications will help you check in and manage files that you create on your PC, and they'll handle approval cycles, discussions, and project plans. But these applications really need tight integration with tools like Google Docs to truly free users from the shackles of local software. That's not just a philosophical perspective--working half online (for work flow) and half on a PC (for productivity applications) is confusing and will slow adoption of these products. That said, I like all these services. They fill a need that e-mail and wikis can't, and that traditional software is too heavy for. Most of the products look great and aren't over-featured, making it fairly easy for users to get up to speed on them. The differences between these applications are not immediately obvious... … Read more
Add your music to Spotify on iPhone Spotify's Android users have it easy. In the Android version of the app, Spotify can just peek at whatever music files you have loaded on your phone and allow you to play them alongside any songs from its streaming library. But because Apple is very particular about third-party apps accessing iTunes content, the Spotify app on the iPhone has to jump through a few extra hoops to accomplish the same feat. The payoff? Well, if you love using the Spotify app and resent having to jump out of it to hear songs from your personal collection, you can now have everything live inside Spotify.
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The Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies administers the Nevada System of Higher Education Quality Assurance Programs. The experienced staff of the QA Division are available to help faculty, staff, and student researchers meet financial assistance award requirements for conducting research using a QA program. The QA staff can also provide short classes, workshops, and training sessions on various subjects related to research quality such as quality control and scientific notebook use. More and more public and private funding sources require approved QA programs before funding is awarded or a contract is approved. The Quality Assurance Division provides quality assurance services (to both public and private entities) that enable organizations and individuals to take advantage of funding opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable. Implementing quality assurance practices can save money by decreasing startup times, schedule delays, and nonconforming items.
TORONTO - The state fire marshal recently visited the Gem City personally to present a grant check to city volunteer firefighters. The check, for $3,629, was to reimburse volunteers for attending a training seminar to improve their volunteer ranking, according to city fire Chief Frank McEwen. "Larry Flowers, the state fire marshal, was here May 19 to present the (volunteer fire department) with a check," said McEwen. "This was a reimbursement for training. Mark J. Miller TRAINING — Toronto volunteer firefighters accepted a grant check from state fire Marshal Larry Flowers for additional training during Flowers’ visit on May 19 to the Gem City. Those on hand to greet the marshal included, from left, volunteer Matt Gooch; city firefighter Bill Scheel; city fire Chief Frank McEwen; Flowers; volunteers President Lance Winstel; and city firefighter Ryan Boyd. "We have some guys that are under state certification that lists them just as volunteers," he continued. McEwen said volunteers must take at least a 36-hour basic training course, while "a firefighter I class includes 120 hours of classroom and hands-on training. That's half of what the state requires for a (paid) full-time firefighter." McEwen said volunteer firefighters Mike Adams and Ron Holmes Jr. attended the training seminar September through November at the Tiltonsville Volunteer Fire Department. The seminar was conducted on weekends through the three months, added McEwen. "We have three volunteers that have gone through the 240-hour certification and another three that have the 120-hour certification," said the chief, adding another volunteer is scheduled to take the firefighter class I training. "The state and federal governments are pushing the certification because it's more extensive training." McEwen said training for the firefighter I class includes working with a live burn demonstration. "They have to physically extinguish the live fire in a fire trailer," McEwen said. "(The training) is basically more extensive in general." The state informed volunteers more training was required for safety reasons, the chief said. "The volunteers paid for the training up front, and (the grant funds) are a reimbursement," he added. McEwen said it's rare for the state fire marshal to personally visit smaller cities such as Toronto. "In my 30-plus years, this is the first time the state fire marshal himself has come here," said the chief. "We're honored that he came - even on a weekend."
Watch Justin Bieber get booed, Ray J. reveals the benefits of his sex tape with Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Garner helps hubby Ben Affleck to explain his Oscar misstep plus Brad Pitt and Jesse James. Funeral for 9-year-old girl the first since Ok. tornado Thursday morning’s funeral for 9-year-old Antonia Candelaria was the first since the EF-5 tornado hit the town. Antonia’s mom told the press her daughter died while holding her best friend in her arms. Exercise or stability balls as they're sometimes called have plenty of practical uses for health and fitness. But we're not interested in that... instead let’s look at some painful off-label applications.
TOPIC 1: Is the city in more trouble when it comes to the land at CanadInns Stadium or Parcel 4?! TOPIC 2: Everywhere a TIF, TIF: Should we see how successful other projects are before going whole-hog on TIFs? Or is it time for a North End SHED?! TOPIC 3: Loopy condo projects — just what Winnipeg needs? TOPIC 4: What’s with the research-related cuts ? Shouldn’t we be fighting to keep these sorts of jobs? ELA, Cereal Research Centre, RCMP lab, CWB (which has research-related spinoff agencies that are here because of it), Parks Canada and National Research Council. TOPIC 5: Garbage carts start to roll out months in advance … does the city have any idea what it’s doing? And: Are they deliberately trying to terrorize the North End? War on Music reopening Friday Parking lot confusion next door
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 I'm not sure where this survey originated because I've seen it on numerous blogs. Since today is the last day of VeganMoFo, I thought I'd give in to the allure of the survey. What is one food you thought you’d miss when you went vegan, but don’t? I honestly didn't think I would miss anything! Occasionally, I miss angel food cake, which was the only cake I ever really loved. What is a food or dish you wouldn’t touch as a child, but enjoy now? Mustard. Oddly enough, I didn't care for it until I started college. There are a lot of foods that would fall into this category, though; I was a very picky eater when I was younger. (See the next question for proof that I am still a little picky.) What vegan dish or food do you feel like you “should” like, but don’t? I won't touch avocado. In LA as a vegan, that is apparently sacrilegious. The rest of my "no thank you list" is onions, scallions, shallots, chives, leeks (i.e. anything that tastes like an onion), fishy-tasting sea vegetables, and raw tomato. What beverage do you consume the most of on any given day? What dish are you “famous” for making or bringing to gatherings? Vegan Cadbury Creme Eggs (also see here). Do you have any self-imposed food rules (like no food touching on the plate or no nuts in sweets)? I do, actually! I would rather that different components of the meal not touch on my plate. Also, I tend to eat in preferential order, consuming what I like least on the plate first and leaving my favorite part for last. Oh, and I usually eat at specific times during the day and don't like eating outside of those times. What’s one food or dish you tend to eat too much of when you have it in your home? Sweet & Sara Toasted Coconut Marshmallows. What ingredient or food do you prefer to make yourself despite it being widely available prepackaged? Any baked goods. I've never tasted a store-bought cookie that's as good as homemade. What ingredient or food is worth spending the extra money to get “the good stuff”? Dark chocolate (photo above is of Xan chocolates). Rejuvenative Foods's raw almond butter. Organic veggies and fruits on the dirty dozen list. Rawk-n-Roll kale chips. Are you much of a snacker? What are your favorite snacks? I'm so not a snacker! Sometimes I eat a few snack-type things for dinner, though (maybe similar to tapas-style eating?), in which case, see above re: kale chips. What are your favorite vegan pizza toppings? Artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, roasted garlic, and jalapenos. What is your favorite vegetable? Fruit? I seriously love vegetables and fruits, so this is a tough choice. My favorite vegetable is probably kale and my favorite fruit is fresh blueberries. What is the best salad dressing? I just like a drizzle of red wine vinegar as salad dressing. What kind of soup do you most often turn to on a chilly day or when you aren’t feeling your best? Dreena Burton's Mellow Lentil Sniffle Soup. What is your favorite cupcake flavor? Frosting flavor? I might be ex-communicated for this, but I'm not huge on cupcakes. If I had to pick, the Tiramisu cupcakes by Clara's Cakes would win (you can read Clara's blog here)...or maybe her gluten-free vanilla cupcakes with soy-free chocolate icing (in the above photo, Tiramisu is on the right and the GF vanilla with chocolate icing is on the left). What is your favorite kind of cookie? My homemade Snickerdoodles. What is your most-loved “weeknight meal”? I'm not usually home in time to make dinner on weeknights, but back in the day when I was, my Broccoli-Tofu Stir-Fry and Chili Mac were definite favorites. What is one dish or food you enjoy, but can’t get anyone else in your household to eat? This is not an issue in my household. How long, in total, do you spend in the kitchen on an average day? On an average day, probably a half hour or so, but on the weekends, when I have time to cook, it can be anywhere from an hour to three hours! In Compassion Over Killing news, there will be a vegan holiday cooking demo led by Chef Gwendolyn Mathers (aka Miss Kitchen Witch) this Saturday, December 4 from noon until 2 p.m. Registration closes tomorrow, so buy your ticket before you miss your chance. Here's the menu: Brussels Sprouts with Caramelized Onions Citrus Twisted Cranberry Relish Pumpkin Risotto with Crunchy Seitan Cranberry Orange Truffles The $20 admission fee includes the cooking demo, food samples, and a goody bag containing recipes, COK notecards, coupons, and product samples. Plus, all the proceeds benefit COK! Monday, November 29, 2010 I'm grateful to have a magnificent vegan community and am especially grateful to said community for a truly abundant Thanksgiving this year. On Thursday, I was very fortunate to have taken part in the Bold Native family's Thanksgiving potluck where more people than I could count sat down together to enjoy an amazing vegan bounty. I spent time with friends, made new ones, and didn't even sample a third (maybe even a quarter) of the food that was on hand. My contributions were the stuffing (this year, I made it using an entire sourdough baguette that I cubed and dried a day in advance) and Dreena Burton's Chocolate-Pumpkin Pie (better photo of a pie I made from the same recipe here) in the above photo. Appetizers included these gorgeous savory tarts with aioli, the recipe for which will soon be available on Spork Online: A tofu-based dip with pita points, veggies and hummus, chips and salsa, and olives: And a huge bowl of vegan chicken curry salad (this is available at the Whole Foods deli counter and is really delicious): My plate included (clockwise from top) Brussels sprouts, eggplant parmesan, seitan en croute with a green sauce (I believe this is also from an upcoming Spork Online recipe), spicy cubed pumpkin, my stuffing, the most amazing gingery mashed sweet potatoes, and mashed potatoes: I went back for seconds of the mashed sweet potatoes and spicy pumpkin. I also ate, but did not photograph, kale salad, breaded seitan, and two different versions of homemade cranberry sauce. Among the dishes I didn't try were succotash, ratatouille, many different stuffings, quinoa salad, and so much more that I can't recall and was too stuffed to eat. For dessert, all I could find room for was this lovely Strawberry Chai Cobbler: To me, Thanksgiving this year was exactly as it should be; a house absolutely packed with friends, great food, and overflowing with joy. There are hardly words to express how thankful I am to have shared the holiday with this wonderful group of people. On Friday, I was invited to an ingenious Thanksgiving leftovers potluck at the home of the C'est la Vegan team. What a brilliant way to get leftovers out of the house and spend another day with friends! With leftover stuffing and pie in tow, I joined my hosts and ten other friends, including Miss Alix of Cute and Delicious, Shawn of Little Vegan Planet, and the mastermind behind Alternative Outfitters. This photo doesn't come close to doing justice to the wonderful kale salad, sweet potato casserole topped with Dandies (another Spork Foods recipe!), and mashed potatoes and gravy I sampled. I didn't photograph dessert because I knew there was already a beautiful picture of the Pumpkin Butterscotch Trifle here. Yesterday marked another momentous occasion: My cat, who I adopted from my hometown's shelter via a foster when he and his late twin were 6 weeks old, turned 20 yesterday! I have so much for which to be grateful. Friday, November 26, 2010 We all know that Follow Your Heart is one of my favorite places to eat and shop. The small, co-op market and cafe is like home to me with its earthy, hippie vibe, delicious food, and other fun things (I bought myself a new pair of earrings there a few weeks ago). This year, as with last, I went to FYH for the Thanksgiving Feast offered the day before Thanksgiving. The meal came with soup or salad (I opted for salad with a no-oil tahini-dill dressing), seitan turkey, stuffing (this year's stuffing was really good, better than last year's), mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy, lemony green beans almondine, cranberry-mandarine orange compote, and spiced sweet potatoes. I was not able to finish everything, but part of the beauty of Thanksgiving is leftovers, right? Thursday, November 25, 2010 Hannah Kaminsky is hands-down one of the most innovative, creative, and accurate baking cookbook authors I've encountered. Her recipes can turn something as seemingly simple as a blondie or brownie into a complex, uniquely flavorful and textural dessert suitable for any occasion. She first shared her extraordinary talent with us through her blog, Bittersweet, followed by her cookbook, My Sweet Vegan, and numerous e-cookbooks on a variety of sweet subjects. Her newest e-cookbook, Blondies and Brownies, is unparalleled. Boasting twelve recipes (six blondies and six brownies) for a mere $5, this e-cookbook is worth every penny. I realize that sentence makes me sound like I'm Hannah's PR agent, but it's really just that I believe in Hannah and I believe in supporting our vegan community. I've found myself relying on Blondies and Brownies when I am baking for a potluck or a bake sale or just when I'm in the mood to bake. In fact, it would provide perfect last-minute recipes to whip up for your Thanksgiving feast tonight! Check out the Turkish Delight Blondies I baked this summer; they were easy to make, used ingredients I already had in my pantry, and were a huge crowd-pleaser. Wednesday, November 24, 2010 Last spring, Kaia Foods generously sent me a selection of their raw foods products (thank you so much, Kaia Foods!). As I was about to embark on an international vacation, these were perfect travel snacks! The sprouted buckwheat granola and kale chips were my favorite of the bunch, but I also enjoyed the flavorful sprouted sunflower seeds and the soft fruit leather. If you've never tried sprouted buckwheat granola, I highly recommend this crunchy, filling cereal. It's good plain or with cold vegan milk! With Thanksgiving upon us tomorrow, tell me please, for what are you thankful? Tuesday, November 23, 2010 Yet another gem from Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero, Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar is packed with cookie-baking tips and recipes from classic to healthful to innovative. I baked the Roll-and-Cut Sugar Cookies shaped like music notes and holiday dudes and topped them with the book's Confectioner's Icing. These are both great recipes, although you could easily cut the icing recipe in half or even make only a quarter of it and you'd still have plenty. Banana Everything Cookies Cherry Almond Cookies Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip (a variation of Peanut Butter Agave Cookies) For a real treat (pun intended), head over to the Madcap Cupcake blog where she is dedicating her entire VeganMoFo to baking cookies from this book! Monday, November 22, 2010 Dr. Neal Barnard has been one of my vegan heroes since I first went vegetarian over 12 years ago. His book Foods That Cause You to Lose Weight was the second vegan cookbook I ever owned, picking it up at the Barnes & Noble in New York City's Union Square in the winter of 1999. (If you're curious, my first vegan cookbook was Cooking with PETA, which I'd purchased a couple months earlier.) When I learned that Dr. Barnard was releasing a new cookbook earlier this year, I was really excited to get my hands on it. I was so fortunate that Da Capo Lifelong sent me a review copy of The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook and gave me permission to publish one of the book's recipes (see below)! I quickly made several recipes from the new book (including the Fire-Roasted Tomato Black Bean Chili, Fettuccine with Roasted Peppers and Zucchini, and Curried Chickpea Spread seen in this post), but I also read it cover-to-cover. Replete with easy-to-understand information about nutrition's impact on overall health and disease (both prevention and reversal), this is a great book to recommend to people who are new to veganism and new to healthful eating. In fact, I suggested it to a friend whose father was just about to embark on a vegan journey (read about his experience here). He loved the book and even wrote my friend an e-mail detailing the delicious Sweet Potato and Black Bean Brunch Burritos he'd made from the book! I love this book for its quick, easy, and healthful recipes and I love Dr. Barnard for being so committed to promoting health and disease-prevention through nutrition. Fire-Roasted Tomato Black Bean Chili 1/2 yellow onion, sliced 6 garlic cloves, minced 1 (15-ounce) can fire-roasted tomatoes Juice of 1 lime 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro 2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, with liquid 2 teaspoons ground cumin 3 tablespoons chili powder 2 tablespoons chipotle powder 2 teaspoons dried Mexican oregano 2 teaspoons salt 1/2 cup TVP crumbles (optional) 1. In a large saucepan on high heat, saute the onion in 1/4 cup water until it starts to turn brown. 2. Add 1/4 cup water and stir. Add garlic and cook for 3 minutes. 3. Add the tomatoes, lime juice, cilantro, beans and their liquid, cumin, chili powders, oregano, salt, and TVP crumbles, if using. 4. Reduce heat to minimum and cook for 10 minutes. From the book The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook by Neal Barnard, MD and Robyn Webb. Excerpted by arrangement with Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group. www.dacapopresscookbooks.com Copyright © 2010. [Notes: I omitted the onion and did not use the TVP crumbles. Also, instead of doing this in 4 steps, I simply added all the ingredients to the pot at once and cooked until heated through. I took it to a 4th of July potluck and it was so delicious that I was asked for the recipe!] Friday, November 19, 2010 Before he left LA for the east coast, I sent I Eat Vegan home with a half batch of Dreena Burton's sweetly satisfying Raw Banana Nut Squares with Coconut 'Cream Cheese' Frosting. The rest froze nicely for an occasional treat. Thursday, November 18, 2010 Coming together easily, Dreena Burton's delicious Yellow Sweet Potato Chickpea Pie with Basil is quick enough for a weeknight meal, yet impressive enough to serve at a dinner party. Leftovers reheat well, too! Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Most of my favorite Dreena Burton recipes are soups and this Coriander Infused Orange-Ginger Red Lentil Soup is no exception!
This morning, the 70th annual Golden Globes Awards nominations were released. Les Misérables did fairly well, earning three noms, including the top prize of Best Picture, Musical or Comedy. Anne Hathaway scored a nod in her category (Best Supporting Actress), and Hugh Jackman – at long last – has finally received the second Golden Globe nomination of his career. (The last time he was honored by the HFPA was ten years ago for his stint in Kate & Leopold.) Check out who he’s nominated against below: Best Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jack Black, Bernie Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables Ewan MCGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson FOR THE FULL LIST OF NOMINEES, GO HERE. The Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 13, 2013, airing live on NBC.
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Here’s the telling paragraph: In short, I despair of our supposed plans for toppling the New Deal. And in truth, there is no Constitution in Exile movement. Google the phrase, run it through Lexis-Nexis, search far and wide: No conservative or libertarian activist, theorist, or judge has used the term since its casual mention in 1995 (and few have ever heard of it). This helps explain my shock as a dues-paying, secret meeting having, long term member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy at having never heard the term until it was brought up quite recently by a left-leaning commenter.
Results 1 to 4 of 4 Thread: how do i stack up? resume review 10-27-2009, 03:49 PM #1 how do i stack up? resume review Hey everyone, Id like some constructive critisizm on my resume. I've got 12 weeks to go in my program so I want to get a head start on my job searching. I know its tough out there but I hope I can sepertate myself from the rest. G. Eric Boireau To obtain a technician or service position where I can use my experience in all aspects of facility management, mechanical aptitude, and customer service skills . General Manager (7/2007-9/2008) H. LaRosee & Sons, Inc. (Hudson, MA) • Managed facility mechanical systems including building heat, process steam boiler for production floor, paint booth ventilation system, and electrical controls for process lines. • Responsible for tracking and quality assurance of all metal finishing jobs coming in and going out of business, tracking numerous jobs on a daily basis. • Primary contact with customers to ensure quality of work and maintain on-time efficiency to generate repeat business and resolve customer problems. • Managed 12 employees on the shop floor in all process departments. Resolved employee problems. • Primary contact and for all regulatory agencies including EPA, DEP, and OSHA. Facilitated and managed agency guidelines and change requests to ensure regulatory compliance. • Emergency Operator for a Grade 1 WWT System. Owner/Operator (11/2002-12/2007) GEB Construction (Marlborough, MA) • Owned and operated handyman repair business focusing on small residential repair jobs, preventative maintenance programs and customer service excellence. • Managed up to 4 employees at a time on jobsite. Technical Services (9/2000 – 4/2004) Avtec industries (Hudson, MA) • Responsible for coordination for testing of fire retardant products including flame and heat testing, sprayability, scalability, and batch quality. • Maintained product and raw material inventory. • Worked with sales management on creating presentations, company website, and product data sheets. Metal Finisher (8/1996 – 9/2000)H. LaRosee & Sons, Inc.(Hudson, MA) • Operated all process lines from Anodizing, Electroplating, and Spray Painting operations. • Involved with all aspects of facility maintenance and all mechanical systems. Porter & Chester Institute HVAC/R Program (1/2009-1/2010) OSHA 10 Certified, EPA 608 Universal Certifacation Mass DEP WWT Operators Training Grades 1-3 (1/1999- 4/1999) Marlborough High School High School Diploma (1992-1996) Experienced team lead, MS Office, Various production and business software applications. 10-27-2009, 04:45 PM #2 Sounds nice, but being a business owner I would be looking for skills associated with HVAC diagnostics/repairs if I were to hire you as a service tech. Such as: Controls experience, furnace experience residential/commercial repairs, models/brands, boiler experience - hot water/steam - residential/commercial, RTU experience - packaged/split systems, refrigeration experience, economizer experience, sheet metal experience, gas piping etc. etc. One just doesnt get out of school and be given the keys to a service van and let loose....this is a recipe for disaster. You may be hired in as an apprentice until such a time that your skills can be proven or that you acquire enough hands on time to be given those service van keys. Good luck!"If anybody can draw on the power, where do we put the meter?" - JP Morgan before pulling Tesla funding 10-27-2009, 06:16 PM #3 good advice. I do have some exp, and I tried to convey that. I will try and insert more specific things exp. wise. I do expect to start out as an apprentice, thats cool. Its getting my foot in the door for an interveiw with employers, not having them assuming I know nothing and am wet behind the ears. 10-30-2009, 05:14 PM #4
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French company Siraga designs and builds customized filling installations for gas cylinders. A circular conveyor relies on pneumatics to get the job done quickly and safely. Gas cylinders have become a staple of recreation. And whether you use them in your gas grill, camper, or boat, eventually, they'll have to be refilled. One solution is to take your empties to your neighborhood dealer, who will refill them manually on the spot. But many people take their empty cylinders to a retailer that exchanges the empty cylinder for a full one - and for a fee, of course. This is the norm in Europe. But in Europe, gas cylinders vary in size, shape, and valve configuration depending on the country in which they are used. This variety of geometries can complicate automated refilling processes unless the cylinders are presorted. But manual sorting defeats the advantages of automated refilling. Moreover, cylinders also must be inspected to assess their condition. Condition of empty cylinders varies from nearly new to rusted, dented, or otherwise unserviceable. And some cylinders aren't even empty - they could be half-full or more. Pneumatics goes international Officials at Siraga, Buzan Vais, France, know the challenges gas retailers face with the different types of cylinders. Siraga designs and manufactures machines for companies that fill the cylinders with liquid butane, propane, and other gas. With export sales of nearly 80% Siraga is a world leader in this field. Depending on the machine's specific features, Siraga relies on pneumatics for safe, reliable, precise, and high-speed operation. Siraga designs each machine based on a customer's specific requirements, ranging from a simple filling apparatus right through to a large filling plant. A major consideration is the number of cylinders to be filled. In France, for example, 800 to 1000 bottles may be filled per hour. In Asia, machines may process up to 1200/hr. And in South America, filling rates may reach 2200/hr. In addition to this variety of filling rates, cylinder weight can vary from between six to 110 kg, and lengths may range from 400 to 1200 mm. Siraga's project design specialists strive to build standardized machines that can accommodate all the variations in size, geometry, and valve type. All cylinder centering devices are the same, for example. And wherever possible, standard valves, air cylinders, and other components and sub-assemblies are used. Positioning via air cylinders The circular conveyors of a typical filling plant are fitted with eight to 36 filling stands. The cylinders are inserted, transported, and removed automatically. The gas distribution system is situated in the center of the circular conveyor. This is where the butane, propane, or other gas flows through tubing to the individual filling stands. The gas cylinder valves can be automatically or manually connected and opened, removed and sealed. Siraga uses at least 40 pneumatic cylinders from Bosch Rexroth in each of the filling installations. These cylinders are used to center the gas bottles prior to and during filling and remove them from the conveyor after they have been filled. Safe and standard Because it is imperative that no positioning problems occur when handling the liquid gas, one cylinder is dedicated to every filling stand as safety precaution. Furthermore, a pneumatic cylinder also opens the fill valve on each gas cylinder. Siraga also compensates for the different bottle sizes within the circular conveyor by using pneumatic cylinders. As with most components of the circular conveyor, standard pneumatic cylinders are specified. This enables an installation to remain in operation by avoiding delays from hard-to-find components. Most ISO cylinders used in the design are double-acting to enhance speed and control and are fitted with magnetic sensors for electronic position sensing and control. Most also incorporate pneumatic cushioning to promote component longevity. Because a typical application frequently involves aggressive environmental influences and high humidity, Siraga places great emphasis on the specific cylinder materials. Anode-oxidized cylinders made of electrically zinc plated aluminum profile are used to prevent corrosion. The piston rod also is made of non-corrosive material. The load, the speed of the circular conveyor, and its dynamic forces all determine cylinder design, with Siraga accounting for the high demands and still placing emphasis on safety and selecting slightly over-dimensioned cylinders. In a related application, Siraga uses pneumatic cylinders and control valves from Bosch Rexroth in circular conveyors that only removes from the gas cylinders. A total of 18 pneumatic cylinders contribute here to ensure that the covers are removed from up to 2400 units per minute. Siraga also uses pneumatic cylinders for machines on which the valves of filled gas bottles are replaced. This eliminates the potential for leakage from valves having older seals.
Mofongo is one of those recipes which is infinitely variable once you grasp the idea. You can go crazy with variations, but I made a pretty basic vegan version: 1. Fry some tempeh bacon and set it aside. Out of laziness, I used a 7 oz package of the pre-marinated stuff from the grocery store. I will shamelessly confess that I have often made this with vegan bacon bits (the kind in the jar which you sprinkle on salad). 2. In the same skillet, fry 2-3 T chopped garlic for a couple of minutes. Set aside, and mix with 1 - 1 1/2 t salt. Go easy on the salt. You can always add more. 3. Peel and chop 4 green plantains. The incredibly phallic green tool in the photo is an E-Z Peeler, which makes short work of the task. Fry the plantain pieces until they are golden brown. I deep fried them in a cast iron dutch oven, as I had oil left over from making the Seitan Finger Steaks. 4. Toss everything (garlic, tempeh, fried plantain chunks, salt) into a food processor. Process until you have a fairly even texture. You won't get quite the same texture as if you mashed everything with a pestle, but, hey, it's a hell of a lot faster and easier. Taste, adjust salt as needed, and add whatever else you like, e.g. a bit of black pepper and smoked paprika. If it seems too dry, you can add a little broth and/or olive oil -- but not too much! 5. Form this mixture into balls (or a mound, but balls are more fun), and serve surrounded by the broth or thin soup of your choice. I used veggie broth stirred up from a commercial paste -- no big effort tonight! A sprinkle of parsley or cilantro and you are ready to eat!
I'm in the midst of reading Rory Miller's latest book, Facing Violence. For those who haven't read it, he covers seven stages of self protection in a very clear and in depth manner. One issue that got me thinking is trained responses. Miller writes that in cases of being ambushed or surprised with an attack, one should use one technique that has been trained to a conditioned response. He shows a few variatons, both excellent, which protect, attack, and close distance simulataneously. The reasoning placed behind this is that taking extra time to think about specific responses is far to slow and unworkable. I thought of this in terms of karate training. Is there a downside to learning so many kata and so many techniques? Many karate-ka have a tool case of weapons for everything, but does this not complicate the matter as they are much more likely to think before acting? Is it the responsibility of the karate-ka to find their particularly favorite response and train and condition it? How many actually do this? Hope my question was clear and would love to hear some opinions on it.
Monsters Hunter Inc. Please be so kind as to watch the new music video from my forthcoming album, here: http://youtu.be/Oy-bEXUA6u0 The song is called “With Any Sort Of Certainty”, and the album is called “The Hand That Thieves” You can download the song for free on the BandPage tab on my facebook page as well. (www.facebook.com/tohkay) Thank you very much, and feel free to whistle along.
From the AP Wire, via The Washington Times , a very crucial development in the Netherlands: AMSTERDAM -- Dutch judges convicted nine men yesterday of belonging to a terrorist group, a landmark verdict that concludes promoting a violent version of Islam can itself be an act of terrorism. The case opens a new way for prosecutors to stop potential terrorists and for the Netherlands to tackle the broader problem of the spread of radicalism among Muslim youth. Attorneys for the men said they will appeal. Two men received 15- and 13-year prison terms for attempted murder after a clash with police during their arrest. One received a five-year term for possessing a loaded machine gun. The convicted men, known as the Hofstad Group, included Mohammed Bouyeri, who already is serving a life sentence for the November 2004 murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh. The rest were sentenced to up to two years in prison. All were found to have spread hate propaganda among their friends and on the Internet, encouraging Muslims to join a holy war against the West. Geert Wilders, an anti-immigration politician who was threatened by the Hofstad Group, said the ruling didn't go far enough. "This is a judgment befitting a banana republic: very weak and unacceptable," he said, adding that judges "don't understand the threat posed by Muslim extremism." Though most sentences were short, the judgment was sweeping. "Anyone who preaches hate and violence lays the basis for committing crimes directed at instilling fear among the people and destroying Dutch democracy," said Judge Rene Elkerbout, reading the three-judge panel's ruling. "This is what the suspects contributed to. The court weighs that heavily against them." The convictions were won on the basis of new anti-terror legislation giving law-enforcement agencies more power to investigate terrorist suspects, including wiretapping, and raising the penalties for terrorism-related crimes. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende praised "police and prosecutors for getting a conviction." "This shows that the new laws we've passed are having an effect," he said at his weekly news briefing. Membership in a terrorist organization was made a crime in a law that took effect in August 2004. "It's the first time a group has been found to be a criminal organization with a terrorist intent, and the suspects got heavier sentences because of that," said prosecution spokesman Wim de Bruin. Digna van Boetzelaer, a prosecution spokeswoman, added the decision "will help us in future terrorism cases." The van Gogh murder shook the Netherlands, once renowned for its peacefulness and tolerance, and led to a wave of violence in which mosques and churches were destroyed in retaliatory attacks. Bouyeri was found guilty of being a ringleader of the group, but judges could add nothing to his sentence. Two Dutch Muslims, Ismael Aknikh and Jason Walters, received the heaviest sentences for throwing a hand grenade during their arrest on Nov. 10, 2004, which injured five policemen. Walters, a convert to Islam, is the son of a U.S. soldier and a Dutch mother. The Interior Ministry says the two are among 150 radical Muslims in the Netherlands capable of carrying out terrorist attacks. It estimates several thousand other youths are sympathetic to militant causes and susceptible to being recruited. Muslims make up almost 6 percent of the Dutch population. Prosecutors had argued the Hofstad Group was terrorist in nature because, in its vision of Islam, violence is the ultimate goal. But the court rejected that reasoning. Drawing conclusions that the prosecutors had never argued, the judges said the group must be considered a terrorist organization because it "incited violence, or spread hate or threats" against non-Muslims. They cited as an example the message Bouyeri had impaled in Mr. van Gogh's corpse with a knife. It threatened Dutch politicians with death and Western governments with destruction. Notes to made here include that: it's good that Holland's been taking steps to crack down on Muslim extremists. But it's also a shame that some of the lower-ranking terrorists were just sentenced to two years in prison, because they can still be capable of harm even after being released, even if they're given probation. A sentence of up to twenty years would decidedly be better.
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By Bob Smathers Bonners Ferry--Jim Hayden from the Panhandle office of Idaho Fish and Game spoke to about 60 people at the Boundary County Farm Bureau annual banquet in Bonners Ferry on November 20. His topic was wolf population and wolf management. Jim said that wolf populations since their introduction by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been quite impressive. Thirty five wolves were introduced into Idaho in the 1995/1996 time period and the numbers in 2007 stood at around 732 statewide. This number was reported in the January 15, 2007 report. With growth rates of around 25% per year, the numbers could be in the 800 to 900 range when counts come out again in mid January, 2008. “In the Panhandle region, there were 6 documented wolf packs in 2007 and in 2008 that number has grown to 15 packs” says Mr. Hayden. He also said that there are only 4 collared wolves out of 130 wolves in the Panhandle and that has made it difficult to get a good handle on population. Estimates on wolf numbers in the Panhandle region last year were around 30 to 40 wolves and officials are confident that those numbers could be in the 130 range in the 2009 report. “Some of what could be inflating these Panhandle numbers are wolves from Canada and Montana that are moving in.” said Hayden. He went on to say that a wolf for every 10 square miles of habitat is considered optimal and that given this “rule of thumb”, the panhandle region could support substantially higher numbers than 130 wolves that are here now. Mr. Hayden also talked about wolf depredation on livestock and other animals and indicated that there are probably 7 to 8 times more animals killed by wolves than are documented. “It is impossible to investigate every loss reported by ranchers because not all kills can even be found and even if they are, the kills are often too old to document the cause,” says Hayden. He indicated that there are compensation programs for ranchers through Defenders of Wildlife for confirmed and probable losses. Confirmed wolf kills are reimbursed at 100% of loss and probable wolf kills are reimbursed at 50% of loss. For those losses that are probable, livestock owners can get additional compensation from the office of species conversation to cover some or all of the remaining 50 percent, but their budget is only $100,000. “On average, the office of Species Conservation is paying out about $.30 on the dollar” says Hayden. He also indicated that Defenders of Wildlife money could disappear at any time. There have been 124 wolves killed so far in 2008. Eighty of these confirmed kills were done by wildlife services, 13 by ranchers under the 10J rule and 31 were from other means like road kills etc. Five years ago, the confirmed wolf mortality was 15 animals. Mr. Hayden said there are higher numbers of wolves being taken out now, but the population is substantially higher too. “Idaho Fish and Game needs to manage wolves and soon” says Hayden. Once wolves are delisted, they will be managed according to wildlife conflicts and ungulate impacts. Idaho Fish and game will shoot for somewhere between 518 and 732 wolves. Hunting seasons will not stop until quotas are reached and controlled hunts will be used if necessary. There could possibly be trapping allowed. Poisons will not be allowed to control wolves and neither will aerial hunting be allowed. Aerial means could be used by state game officials for state population control in areas where livestock conflicts are high and/or where ungulate populations are suffering. Jim Hayden is hopeful that delisting will occur in 2009. He anticipates a delisting announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife in mid-December followed by a 30 day comment period, then delisting occurring in January. In summary, he said that Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming acknowledge that wolves are here to stay and we are going to have to manage them.
Shared World Anthologies by Joy V Smith With a shared world, your ideas are handed to you on a plate, more or less. When I was invited to join the Magistria (fantasy) series, I knew it was a world of sorcerers, which began with a goddess/star exploding into a multitude of pieces which scattered everywhere... The editor had a list of sorcerer types, and I picked plants. Yes! A plant mage!! I've written stories with sentient and genetically engineered plants. I love them! My first story--for Magistria: Realm of the Sorcerer--was Seedlings (plants and children). My second story--for Magistria: Shards of the Goddess--was Crystal Quest, which built on the first story. For another shared world anthology, Tales from the Big Black (SF), again I had the background with all of space to work in... My story for Volume I (not yet published) is Cold New Planet; the second story (not yet finished) is Gridlock, which builds on the first story and focuses on the colonizing of the planet. Joy V. Smith has been writing stories since she was a kid. Her stories have been published in print magazines, webzines, and anthologies; and her SF has been published in two audiobooks, including Sugar Time. Her recent non-fiction includes her book, Building a Cool House for Hot Times without Scorching the Pocketbook and an interview with Lyn McConchie. She lives in Florida on a registered backyard wildlife habitat with Xena the Warrior Puppy.
Macroeconomic Effects of Regulation and Deregulation in Goods and Labor Markets AbstractProduct and labor market deregulation are fundamentally about reducing and redistributing rents, leading economic players to adjust in turn to this new distribution. Thus, even if deregulation eventually proves beneficial, it comes with strong distribution and dynamic effects. The transition may imply the decline of incumbent firms. Unemployment may increase for a while. Real wages may decrease before recovering, and so on. To study these issues, we build a model based on two central assumptions: Monopolistic competition in the goods market, which determines the size of rents; and bargaining in the labor market, which determines the distribution of rents between workers and firms. We then think of product market regulation as determining both the entry costs faced by firms, and the degree of competition between firms. We think of labor market regulation as determining the bargaining power of workers. Having characterized the effects of labor and product market deregulation, we then use our results to study two specific issues. First, to shed light on macroeconomic evolutions in Europe over the last twenty years, in particular on the behavior of the labor share. Second, to look at political economy interactions between product and labor market deregulation. Download InfoIf you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large. Bibliographic InfoPaper provided by National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc in its series NBER Working Papers with number 8120. 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Discussion Papers. - E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution - L16 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports: Please report citation or reference errors to , or , if you are the registered author of the cited work, log in to your RePEc Author Service profile, click on "citations" and make appropriate adjustments.: - Boeri, Tito & Nicoletti, Giuseppe & Scarpetta, Stefano, 2000. "Regulation And Labour Market Performance," CEPR Discussion Papers 2420, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. - Samuel Bentolila & Gilles Saint Paul, 1999. "Explaining movements in the labor share," Economics Working Papers 374, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. - Ricardo J. Caballero & Mohamad L. Hammour, 1997. "Jobless Growth: Appropriability, Factor Substitution, and Unemployment," NBER Working Papers 6221, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. - Caballero, Ricardo J. & Hammour, Mohamad L., 1998. "Jobless growth: appropriability, factor substitution, and unemployment," Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(1), pages 51-94, June. - Caballero, R.J. & Hammour, M.L., 1997. "Jobless Growth: Appropriability, Factor-Substitution, and Unemployment," Working papers 97-18, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics. - Ricardo J. Caballero & Mohamad L. Hammour, 1998. "The Macroeconomics of Specificity," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 106(4), pages 724-767, August. - Ricardo J. Caballero & Mohamad L. Hammour, 1996. 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"The cyclical behavior of prices and costs," Handbook of Macroeconomics, in: J. B. Taylor & M. Woodford (ed.), Handbook of Macroeconomics, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 16, pages 1051-1135 - McDonald, Ian M & Solow, Robert M, 1981. "Wage Bargaining and Employment," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 71(5), pages 896-908, December. Blog mentionsAs found by EconAcademics.org, the blog aggregator for Economics research:CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item. This item has more than 25 citations. To prevent cluttering this page, these citations are listed on a separate page. reading lists or Wikipedia pages: For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: (). If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. 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This certificate is issued as verification that a sample(s), representative of production, was assessed and tested and found to comply with the IEC Standard list below and that the manufacturer's quality system, relating to the Ex products covered by this certificate, was assessed and found to comply with the IECEx Quality system requirements. This certificate is granted subject to the conditions as set out in IECEx Scheme Rules, IECEx 02 and Operational Documents as amended. This Unit verification certificate is issued as verification that the Apparatus identified on page 1, was assessed and tested and found to comply with the IEC Standard list below. This certificate is granted subject to the conditions as set out in IECEx Scheme Rules, IECEx 02 and Operational Documents as amended. The electrical apparatus and any acceptable variations to it specified in the schedule of this certificate and the identified documents, was found to comply with the following standards: As this is a Unit Verification Certificate, no QAR is applicable as this certificate is specific to the items listed by serial number or other unique identification. The isolating amplifier type IMB-AI-**Ex-Hi/24VDC is used for the transmission of active intrinsically safe input signals into passive output signals as well as for the safe galvanic separation between the intrinsically safe and the non intrinsically safe circuits. The intrinsically safe circuits may also be connected to devices for the use in dust explosive areas if the devices are certified accordingly. The device is executed with 2 channels. The permissible ambient temperature range at the device is -25 °C … 70 °C.
Skip to Main Content The metrics formulated to date for characterizing the modularization quality of object-oriented software have considered module and class to be synonymous concepts. But a typical class in object oriented programming exists at too low a level of granularity in large object-oriented software consisting of millions of lines of code. A typical module (sometimes referred to as a superpackage) in a large object-oriented software system will typically consist of a large number of classes. Even when the access discipline encoded in each class makes for "clean" class-level partitioning of the code, the intermodule dependencies created by associational, inheritance-based, and method invocations may still make it difficult to maintain and extend the software. The goal of this paper is to provide a set of metrics that characterize large object-oriented software systems with regard to such dependencies. Our metrics characterize the quality of modularization with respect to the APIs of the modules, on the one hand, and, on the other, with respect to such object-oriented inter-module dependencies as caused by inheritance, associational relationships, state access violations, fragile base-class design, etc. Using a two-pronged approach, we validate the metrics by applying them to popular open-source software systems. Date of Publication: Sept.-Oct. 2008
Skip to Main Content It's common belief that textures can simply and efficiently model 3D objects by separating appearance properties from their geometric description. Computer graphics has profusely used textures to model objects' external structure, through either photographs or procedural models. Whereas traditional 2D textures usually encode information about an object's external surface, researchers have proposed extensions for providing volumetric information, allowing encoding of objects' internal appearance. That is, these extensions provide appearance properties for each point in a predefined volumetric domain V C R3. Such textures are usually called solid textures. This survey illustrates the different algorithms for synthesizing and representing these textures.Surface texturing usually relies on a planar parameterization for associating texture attributes to a 3D object. A planar parameterization maps each 3D point on an object's surface to a 2D domain, which encodes texture attributes. This 3D-to-2D mapping might introduce a distortion, which generally depends on the complexity of the object's topology and shape. Finding a good planar parameterization-one that minimizes this distortion remains a challenge. Date of Publication: July-Aug. 2010
• It’s the JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL against O.M.A.C in a fight to the finish! • Special crossover with this month’s THE FURY OF FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MEN #9!Story by Dan Jurgens Art by Aaron Lopresti & Matt Ryan Colors by Hi-Fi Letters by Travis Lanham Cover by David Finch, Richard Friend, & Jeromy Cox
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2012 October Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies The outlook for net private capital flows to emerging market economies has brightened somewhat. While 2012 will see the second straight year of declines by around $40 billion relative to the previous year (to $1,026 billion), this would be $114 billion more than estimated in our June Capital Flows Report. Higher debt flows—commercial bank flows and bond purchases from non-bank sources—account for the bulk of this upward revision. Renewed large-scale asset purchases by the U.S. Federal Reserve and a decline in risk aversion since the middle of the year have contributed to this improved prospect.
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DECATUR -- After 20 years, a pair of business owners breathes a sigh of relief. Their records are wiped clean after a pardon from President Obama. The President's only done this for a handful of people since he took office, so it's pretty rare. That's why these local business owners feel pretty good right now. In 1993, John Kozeliski and Karen Ragee got in trouble for selling counterfeit goods. They own a screen printing shop and used logos without permission. They were each fined and served terms of home confinement. But, they say that was a long time ago and wanted to put it all behind them. The only way to do that was a presidential pardon. John and Karen say they knew a pardon was a long-shot, but they took their chance and it worked. President Obama pardoned 15 other people around the country as well. It means their records are wiped clean as if nothing ever happened. John and Karen say, even though they've still been in business in Decatur the whole time, this feels like a fresh start. Original: 10:04 pm, 3/1/13, Friday DECATUR -- President Obama granted pardons to 17 people Friday, two of whom are from Decatur. The President has only granted 39 pardons while in office. Jon Kozeliski was charged with conspiracy to traffic counterfeit goods. He was sentenced to a year of probation and fined $10,000. Karen Ragee was convicted on the same charge. She was sentenced to a year of probation and fined $2,500.
Shadows on the Cathedral: Solar Access Laws in a Different Light Troy A. Rule \| 2010 U. Ill. L. Rev. 851 Unprecedented growth in rooftop solar energy development is drawing increased attention to the issue of solar access. To operate ef-fectively, solar panels require unshaded access to the sun’s rays during peak sunlight hours. Some landowners are reluctant to invest in rooftop solar panels because they fear that a neighbor will erect a structure or grow a tree on nearby property that shades their panels. Existing statu-tory approaches to protecting solar access for such land-owners vary widely across jurisdictions, and some approaches ignore the airspace rights of neighbors. Which rule regime for solar access protection best promotes the efficient allocation of scarce airspace, within the con-straints of existing law? This Article applies Calabresi and Melamed’s “Cathedral” framework of property rules and liability rules to compare and analyze existing solar access laws and to eval-uate a model solar ac-cess statute recently drafted under funding from the United States De-partment of Energy. Surprisingly, the Article concludes that a statute implementing the Cathedral model’s seldom-used “Rule Four” is best suited for addressing solar access conflicts.
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Facing nearly half a billion dollars of unpaid bills from the State of Illinois, the University of Illinois says it will probably have to raise tuition nearly 20 percent over the next four years. Taking a page from the General Assembly accounting textbook, the university will pay its immediate bills by borrowing against tuition and promised state funding. This is no way to run a higher education system, we all can agree. But by shaking its cup of change at passersby, the U of I and its cousin public colleges and universities make it hard to think about a more important (if less urgent) question – not how to fund the existing public higher ed system that Illinois ought to be talking about, but how to reinvent it. The phrase usually used to describe graduates of our degree factories is “college-educated” or “college-trained.” Educated? No state university in Illinois requires its students to take courses in history, American government, literature or economics. Trained? Increasingly, the work skills that once were learned on the job or in the polytechnic institute or the union apprenticeship program now are learned (often less well) in the classroom, the place where outmoded ideas in a hundred fields go to die. The resulting misallocation of resources, both human and financial, is huge. The system endures because desperate parents believe that even a kid unlikely to rise higher than a hardware store manager needs a degree to succeed, and are convinced that state schools are the only affordable way to buy her one. Virtually every aspect of this anxiety is misplaced. Better private schools often offer better deals to deserving students, for example. More to my point, most jobs do not require a college degree to perform them, although nearly all white-collar jobs of any pretension require a degree to get them. This creeping credentialism has nothing to do with acquiring skills and everything to do with making labor artificially scarce and thus inflating the salaries it can demand. My own field is a good example. I used to tell would-be Carl Bernsteins (this was a long time ago) that studying journalism in college equips one to write only about journalism. The larger frame within which public events must be understood and described – history, economics, science – is missing from too much reporting, because too many reporters spent four years learning how reporting works when they should have been learning how the world works. As for the nuts and bolts, they are easily learned on the job and the experience gained on the student newspaper would be better learned as an intern at a real paper. Yes, people with degrees earn more money. It does not necessarily follow that people with degrees earn more because they have degrees. Such worthies tend to have degrees because they are future-oriented, were already educated enough to make sense of college, and were determined enough to put up with four years of grind. Those are traits that make for successful people, however many credits they piled up in The Sociology of Rap. Illinois needs public-funded education past high school, of course. But that doesn’t mean college for every kid. Under Germany’s “dual system,” high-schoolers can apply for places in three-year programs combining classroom learning with practical on-the-job experience as interns or trainees at cooperating businesses. In Massachusetts the path to a career leads not to second-rate universities but first-rate vocational, technical and agriculture schools. Training workers at public expense is a massive subsidy for the private sector. If the private business needs trained people, it should pay to produce them, through industry-funded technical institutes or through tax-privileged grants – as indeed already being done to some extent – paid by business consortia to community colleges. Such reforms would leave the state spending as much as it does now, maybe more. The difference is that less of that money would go to colleges and universities, and more to institutions whose programs match the need. That includes spending more on what we must call the lower-education system. In March, the libertarian Illinois Policy Institute released its blueprint for the fiscal lifeboat that might float the State of Illinois out of dangerous budget waters. The Institute would have the state spend its education money where it is most needed, which is the classrooms of our elementary and high schools, and cut everywhere else, including higher education. The weight of interests that would have to be shifted to achieve a redirection of state spending on education is enormous. It will not be easy to convince the public that a state hoping to build an advanced economy needs people who can read, calculate and reason, and who are self-disciplined in their work and personal habits, and that college is not the only place to learn these things. But then the public doesn’t run public higher ed in Illinois. And most of the people who do run it have college degrees. Which, come to think of it, explains a lot. Contact James Krohe Jr. at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Produced by: Oren Yoel Previously: Asher Roth Announces Fall Tour With Kids These Days & Chuck Inglish Asher Roth drops the CDQ to his track ‘Wrestling is Fake’ that he premiered last month on Sway’s Universe. Expect some information about Asher’s new album coming very soon and catch him on The Fall Clashic Tour, which starts Nov 1st. In the meantime, Listen to ‘Wrestling is Fake’ above.
DeviantArt, you cannot fathom the magnitude of which you sucketh. A Rough NightA Rough Night by ~IllustriousFiddles I trudged diligently through the frosty mountain wilderness of northern Russia. Icy wind whistled through the dead leafless trees and tore at my clothes. The hair on my face was frozen and the wind had begun to pick up. If they grew anymore they would be considered 'gale force'. Shelter, I needed shelter I searched the landscape in vain, desperately trying to see through the fog and whirling snow. Nothing. A great weight fell down on me from above crushing me. I looked up into the roaring face of a mountain lion as it swiped at my face with a great clawed paw. The blow stunned me, the claws ripped into my face. A splatter of crimson blood de
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\|Dean and Cas escaping the Phantom Zone.\| I didn't think Eugenie Ross–Leming and Brad Buckner could do this. Secretly, I didn't think they could take on a mytho heavy episode the way star writers such as Kripke, Carver, Edlund and Gamble did. I was wrong. Eugenie Ross–Leming and Brad Buckner were writers and executive producers for Lois and Clark in its season three and four. For Supernatural, they wrote 1.13 Route 666 (the show's worst episode except the sex scene). They didn't return until season seven for 7.05 Shut Up, Dr. Phil, 7.13 The Slice Girls and 7.19 Of Grave Importance. For season eight, they wrote Heartache. And what's with Ross–Leming and Buckner writing Dean's sex scenes? Interesting! Apart from the gratuitous fan service, their episodes are very hit-and-miss. I wasn't expecting anything when I saw their names attached to the episode. But good things do happen, my friends! Season eight of Supernatural is starting to get really really intriguing! I know what I said last week about Southern Comfort being my favourite episode 'so far' this season. Well, Southern Comfort is now one of my favourite episodes this season because A Slice Of Kevin happened. There is no doubt I will have more favourites as season eight continues. I hope A Slice Of Kevin is not a one off epic thing for Ross–Leming and Buckner, and I hope they can keep up the good work and just keep writing better and better episodes! Don't do 'miss', just do 'hit'! Oh! And!!! They managed to make fun of themselves! "Doesn’t anyone ever edit this stuff? So far, as a writer, God’s a snooze. No fun at parties, I hear.” Oh Crowley!! Before I continue, it's worth mentioning that this episode was directed by a new director Charlie Robert Carner. He has directed and written for a bunch of shows that I have never heard of. But he is good! He is very good! Basically if you don't know who wrote and directed this episode, you'd think Kripke, Carver or Edlund was the writer, and Singer, Bee or Beeson was the director! This episode is that good! I think it has a lot to do with the leadership from the top, Carver and Singer are doing an amazing job in holding the team together and everyone has to step up this season! There isn't many overnight successes in my book when it comes to Supernatural. Misha Collins is one. The Charlie Robert Carner/Eugenie Ross Leming/Brad Buckner team isn't one that I'm familiar with. However, there's gotta be the first! Carner is now on my radar, all I can say is this: Dude, keep up the good work! I just had this smile on my face from start to finish. I wish I could've recorded my reaction so you could see it. I absolutely love the fact that Dean's hero complex is going to the direction it deserves; I love Sam being this caring little brother, which was missing in previous episodes; I love the fact that Castiel is back and angels are involved (like..hello..Col. Carter aka Amanda Tapping!); I love Crowley is back with his apron doing what he does best; I love Kevin and Mrs Tran; the prophets are great to see in this episode, and we get a bit of an insight into the selection process and learn a bit more about the prophets. Before I continues, can I just say I feel so sorry for Alfie the angel!? I mentioned in my previous review that A Slice Of Kevin sounds like an epic mid-season finale on paper! But it is so much more than that now that I've watched it like four times! Any time you have all the season's key players returning for an episode, it's gonna be epic. More importantly, what makes A Slice Of Kevin so epically good is that the story is moving forward with a few things, which we will get into them momentarily. A Slice Of Kevin is the end of 'Act I' of season eight. 'Act II' is just around the corner. It's like Indiana Jones is now going to Nepal! to find the medallion. A Slice Of Kevin is a great call back to the Dean and Cas story earlier seasons, in particular season four and five. I have been looking forward to see how Dean and Cas would interact this season with purgatory behind them. This episode delivers one of the best Dean and Cas scenes -- just like their first encounter in Lazarus Rising; in Lucifer Rising when Dean asked Cas to help him; the fall-out in The Man Who Would Be King; and the garage scene in Survival Of The Fittest. These scenes represent the different stages of their friendship. The Dean and Cas scenes in A Slice Of Kevin are so awesome, I am still processing it. Jensen Ackles' performance and his on-screen chemistry with Misha Collins is unbelievably good. Jensen totally knocks this one out of the park again! Apart from his exceptional good look and kind personality, I always see Jensen as the greatest actor in his generation. Jensen really took his acting to the next level in season four and five. They were supposed to be his Emmys winning seasons. If Ryan Reynolds or Chris Evens can do it, Jensen can do it better, you know what I am saying? “I don’t need to feel like hell for failing you like I’ve failed ever other God forsaken thing that I care about. I don’t need it!” ~~ Dean Winchester.Jensen is taking the whole Dean's hero complex thing forward in season eight. The 'I must save everyone', the 'I don't leave anyone behind' mentality is super well told in this episode. He has been on edge, angry, somewhat bitter. Dean always blames himself for every death. In Time After Time, he told Ness he didn't know what he was doing. Ness reminded him that as a hunter, he can make a difference. This is the only clarity he'll ever get. Dean questions his role all the time but he accepts his role better than Sam I think -- it is up to him and his brother to save people and the world. Not only Dean saves people from monsters, he saves his brother and his friends from their own darkness. Dean is a hero and he cannot not save people. In purgatory, Dean was confident that he could get Cas out of because his mind told him that. He tried so hard to get Cas out, but why didn't Cas try? CHOICE is a bit of a recurring theme so far this seasons -- Sam chose to quit hunting and switch off his phones; Kevin chose to take a stand and defend himself, and to embrace his life as the prophet; Mrs Tran chose to be on the road with Kevin. Dean's hero complex position him in the middle of all these -- if Sam fails to live his normal life or if Sam gets hurt, it is Dean's fault for dragging him back to hunting; Kevin is the responsibility of Dean and Sam; and Cas is for Dean to save. That's his job! But what Cas did in this episode was to make Dean to understand he cannot save everything, he tried, but he cannot. And it's not his fault. Let's put Cas under the microscope for a bit. I liked the return of Castiel in season seven, but Ross–Leming and Buckner have taken it to the next level. Don't get me wrong, I love the way Sera Gamble did it. Like I said I didn't think Ross–Leming and Buckner could top that. For that, I am surprise, but in a very good way. I think this 'Cas-thinks-he-doesn't-deserve-to-be-saved thing' is a great call back to season four. Cas was the one who asked Dean during their first encounter, "You don't think you deserve to be saved?" Easy question, but it is a very complex question. Cas is now on the flip side of this and his journey is filled with humanity, mistakes, friendship, forgiveness, understanding and much more. \|I like my Castiel with wings.\| It was Cas who gave up in purgatory because he believed he deserved to be in there. If God doesn't punish him, Cas will punish himself by staying in purgatory. Cas couldn't tell Dean how he felt, he couldn't tell him he was planning to stay all along. With Dean looking right into his eyes, Cas told him that it is not Dean's fault. It was his CHOICE! It was his WILL. Cas wanted to make sure Dean got to the portal safely, that's why Cas went with him. Cas pulled away in the last second and sent Dean home. I love this! Now that he is back, there is no doubt that Cas wants to make Dean proud. He won't want to disappoint Dean because he knows how hard Dean tried to save him from purgatory and from his own darkness. It will take some time for Dean to process Cas' original intention to stay in purgatory, but this will only make him love Cas more. And it's not my intention to make Destiel fans happy! At least for now, it's a closure to the 'has Dean forgiven Cas?' story line. He has. Get over it! Having said that, I don't think Cas will ever forget himself as seen in Reading Is Fundamental and Survival Of The Fittest. Is it just me or is Kevin is turning into a mini-Dean? His outfit and the way he checked out the witch's backside. That's so Dean! But in all seriousness, poor kid! I hope Cas fixes his finger! I like how Kevin tried to not to give in to Crowley. He is a good kid with a good soul. This is Kevin's life now and Mrs Tran is part of that life. I love that scene when Dean busted in to the torture room (yeah Kev, now THIS is a torture room!), Dean went straight to Cas and Kevin went for what was left of the tablet. And he wouldn't let it go from that moment on. So who is Kevin's father? George Takie? Or Ken Watanabe? Osric Chau and Lauren Tom have a great chemistry as mother and son. I love how Mrs Tran is so involved she knows how to fight demons and make demon bombs. She is one tough cookie! Now that Garth is keeping an eye on them, the three of them can have a Supernatural comedy spin-off! I mean, Kevin is pretty serious, but you get what I mean? Stick around Kev! We love you! I also like the fact that Garth is mentioned. It's pretty safe to say Garth will be back later on the season. He has to. He must! \|Is it just me or do you find the Beauty and the Beast screen caption funny on this shot of Crowley?\| So now. I assume Dean and Sam know what Crowley knows. With Kevin on their side on Garth's watch and Cas is back, Dean and Sam do have the advantage. It's a matter of finding a compendium of tablets and sealing of the gate of hell. We don't know how involved the angels will be. But Naomi looked concern when Cas told her about the prophet, tablets Dean and Sam. Is she Metatron? If so, does she know where God is? What will happen when Dean and Cas find out the angels are involved? Is it possible that Naomi will help all along without them realising it? \|Gratuitous fan service!\| So now we wait. We have a one week break before the next episode. Sign Here is the description of Hunteri Heroici which airs on November 28 on the CW: CARTOONS AREN’T ALWAYS FUNNY — Castiel (Misha Collins) tells Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) that he’s decided to become a hunter like them. Sam and Dean aren’t sold on the idea but agree to investigate a case Cas found where a man’s heart literally burst through his chest. The guys discover there has been more than one odd murder in the small town and all of them resemble cartoon deaths. Paul Edwards directed the episode written by Andrew Dabb.
For all of you who grew up in the 80s - and I mean if you were a teenager then, not born in the 80s cause this would mean so much more - I have a total book recommend. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline You will probably still enjoy this a lot if you're geeky, have a fondness for the era or whatever, but the constant references to the 80s will really stir the hearts of my kindred. It's a compulsive read and whole cement mixer of fun. Set in the not-too-distant future, eccentric billionaire OASIS computer designer James Halliday dies with no heirs to leave the his vast fortune. Instead he sets up a hunt for three keys located somewhere in this huge maze of elaborate virtual worlds he has created. Solve the puzzles, get the keys, get the fortune - if you're the first. Because every other person on the horribly downtrodden Earth is trying to do the same thing. Our hero Wade is trying to do just this. Halliday was a crazy nerd, coming of age in the 80s and therefore we see LOTS of the 80s woven into the story. I found myself hanging on to see what the next reference would be. He talks about the first Easter Egg ever put into a game (in "Adventure" for the Atari 2600) and I remember stumbling onto that one myself as a -what?- 8-year-old. I can still get to it decades later, if you put a real joystick in my hand. It's not that complicated, and my parents still have a working 2600 and all the games that went with it we had. As it refers to Dungeons and Dragons, I thought about the times I was a seventh-level halfling named Gretchen and had spent hours with my older brother and his friend exploring this new realm of games soon to be known as RPGs. It was so new, the whole controversy about whether or not D&D was "satanic" hadn't even been discussed yet. All the name dropping made me dredge up my crush on the 80s and time-travel in my mind to remember whens. I'd say more, but I want you to be as happily surprised as I was about it. Ready Player One is completely nerd-tastic. Get your geek on, baby. It's probably closer to your surface than you think.
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Jaylon Brown 6’0” PG Fishers (2013) let us know that Illinois State and USC are the latest programs to contact him. Brown also reported that a lot of schools told him that they will be in to watch him during AAU. Brown will be playing on the Ohio-based Martin’s Wolverines once again this spring and summer. The Wolverines also have Indiana natives Cole Murray (Delphi) and Derius Duncan (Noblesville). Another notable on that team is 6-10 Maverick Morgan from Springboro, Ohio, who has received high-major offers. This AAU season could be a big one for Brown. He has the athleticism to play with anyone in the country. He currently has offers from American, Ohio, and Toledo. Mack Mercer 6’8” C Plymouth (2014) reports that Notre Dame, Indiana State, Purdue, Valpo, Butler, and Xavier attended games this season. There are not many bigs in the state for the 2014 class at this point, but Mercer is certainly one of the best plus has a great upside. Mercer will be playing with MBA Select again this spring. Mo Evans 6’0” PG Cathedral (2013) stepped up as the main ball-handler for the 20-4 Cathedral Irish this season. Frosh Jalen Coleman and junior David Hill also served as point guards for Cathedral. Evans reports strong interest from Florida Atlantic and UC-Davis. Mo will be playing with the Indiana Elite Stars once again this season. He will be playing alongside Jordan Pickett (University), Sam Philpott (Noblesville), Joe Fagan (Chatard), and Richard Freeman (Lawrence Central).
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