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High school science teacher Sam Terfa wanted to demonstrate a fundamental physics principle: resonant frequency. To do so, he found the best singer at Minnehaha Academy and had him serenade a wine glass. It did not turn out well for the glass.
Footage courtesy of Sam Terfa/Minnehaha Academy, Martin Simon/UCLA. Produced by Flora Lichtman | <urn:uuid:8e1a3cf9-dacc-462a-bebc-1898f46d2bb7> | 2013-05-18T05:49:49Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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by I. Peterson
Unlike an ordinary, incandescent bulb, a laser produces light of a single wavelength. Moreover, the emitted light waves are coherent, meaning that all of the energy peaks and troughs are precisely in step.
Now, a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has demonstrated experimentally that a cloud consisting of millions of atoms can also be made coherent. Instead of flying about and colliding randomly, the atoms display coordinated behavior, acting as if the entire assemblage were a single entity.
According to quantum mechanics, atoms can behave like waves. Thus, two overlapping clouds made up of atoms in coherent states should produce a zebra-striped interference pattern of dark and light fringes, just like those generated when two beams of ordinary laser light overlap.
By detecting such a pattern, the researchers proved that the clouds' atoms are coherent and constitute an "atom laser," says physicist Wolfgang Ketterle, who heads the MIT group. These matter waves, in principle, can be focused just like light.
Ketterle and his coworkers describe their observations in the Jan. 31 Science.
The demonstration of coherence involving large numbers of atoms is the latest step in a series of studies of a remarkable state of matter called a Bose-Einstein condensate. Chilled to temperatures barely above absolute zero, theory predicted, the atoms would collectively enter the same quantum state and behave like a single unit, or superparticle, with a specific wavelength.
First created in the laboratory in 1995 by Eric A. Cornell and his collaborators at the University of Colorado and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, both in Boulder, Bose-Einstein condensates have been the subject of intense investigation ever since (SN: 7/15/95, p. 36; 5/25/96, p. 327).
At MIT, Ketterle and his colleagues cool sodium atoms to temperatures below 2 microkelvins. The frigid atoms are then confined in a special magnetic trap inside a vacuum chamber.
To determine whether the atoms in the resulting condensate are indeed as coherent as photons in a laser beam, the researchers developed a novel method of extracting a clump of atoms from the trap.
In effect, they manipulate the magnetic states of the atoms to expel an adjustable fraction of the original cloud; under the influence of gravity, the released clump falls. The method can produce a sequence of descending clumps, with each containing 100,000 to several million coherent atoms.
The apparatus acts like a dripping faucet, Ketterle says. He and his colleagues describe the technique in the Jan. 27 Physical Review Letters.
To demonstrate interference, the MIT group created a double magnetic trap so that two pulses of coherent atoms could be released at the same time. As the two clumps fell, they started to spread and overlap. The researchers could then observe interference between the atomic waves of the droplets.
"The signal was almost too good to be true," Ketterle says. "We saw a high-contrast, very regular pattern."
"It's a beautiful result," Cornell remarks. "This work really shows that Bose-Einstein condensation is an atom laser."
From the pattern, the MIT researchers deduced that the condensate of sodium atoms has a wavelength of about 30 micrometers, considerably longer than the 0.04-nanometer wavelength typical of individual atoms at room temperature.
Ketterle and his colleagues are already planning several improvements to their primitive atom laser, including getting more atoms into the emitted pulses and going from pulses to a continuous beam.
Practical use of an atom laser for improving the precision of atomic clocks and for manipulating atoms is still distant, however, Cornell notes. | <urn:uuid:5a667bf7-c324-483a-8231-ce8448d754f3> | 2013-05-18T08:10:21Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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of workaholics are Thomas Paine, De Cartes, and Mr. Spock. Workaholics make up about twenty-five percent of the U.S. general population, with three quarters being males. In terms of percentages,they make up approximately 22% of the astronaut core.A “promoter” is resourceful, adaptable, charming, and persuasive. They are the typical usedcar salesman. Unfortunately, they don’t learn from their mistakes, and when put under pressure areoften impulsive, irresponsible, explosive, and vengeful. They make up only five percent of the population with sixty percent of them being men. This is a very dangerous personality type for anastronaut to have. Interestingly, Patricia Santy, a key player in the selection of astronauts, was in a promoter phase during her tenure at NASA.“Dreamers” are reflective, imaginative, directable, and calm. They are also very often shy,sensitive, introverted, non-competitive, and seclusive. They are frequently described as “loners.”Examples include most Trappist monks, Greta Garbo, and Gary Cooper’s movie characters. Aboutten percent of Americans are dreamers, sixty percent being female. This personality type isnonexistent at NASA.“Persisters” are dedicated, observant, conscientious, and tenacious. Under extreme stresshowever, a persister may become jealous, righteous, judgemental, opinionated, hypersensitive tonegative feedback, and suspicious. Examples are Mother Teresa, Sherlock Holmes, Archie Bunker,and Martin Luther King. Persisters constitute about ten percent of the population, and three quartersof them are males. The persister is the most important personality type at NASA.It is interesting to note that people of certain personality types are more likely to have certainroles in society than those of a different personality type. For example, it has been proven that a“persister” has a far greater chance of being a CEO or high-level employee of a company than allother types.
It is quite interesting that this same pattern has held true in the astronaut program.
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Open Space Notes: If Scrum Fails, What Went Wrong?
It is 2012 and Scrum is no longer the leading (Agile) development framework.
What did we do wrong?
One of the things that we want to mitigate before starting the sprint is our risks. In order to do it, instead of asking the team "what are your risks?", which usually creates poor results, I am using a technique that is based on a change in the mind set. I ask them the premortum question (AKA TMQ, Time Machine Question). I ask the team to look at the tasks for the incoming sprint and imagine that this meeting is the review meeting and we have nothing to present from this list, that they failed to do even a single task. Then I asked them: "What went wrong?"
By changing this mind set a LOT of things raised. The team writes it on the team's wall and once done, we have a list of risks that we need to avoid.
My intention was to do the same for Scrum.
Here are the issues that were raised:
- Scrum did not evolve.
- Scrum did not keep up with new ideas and improvements.
- Scrum was too vague, thus without proper practices.
- Lack of trainers caused companies to assimilate Scrum in a wrong way and then reject it.
- No solutions were provided by Scrum regarding the way planning should be done.
- Insisting on different solutions cause the community to create two alliances.
- Mixed messages were communicated to the community.
- Companies had confusion regarding their ability to start assimilating Scrum (prerequisites).
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Campaign irregularities; recount of ballots.
Petitions filed: Dec. 30,1952
Referred to committee: Jan. 7, 1953
Committee report: Mar. 16, 1954
Senate vote: Mar. 23, 1954
Result: Chavez retained seat
Thanks to his outstanding strategic abilities, Senator Dennis Chavez (Democrat-NM) had won three senatorial elections in New Mexico's tumultuous political climate by 1952. After a narrow defeat by Bronson Cutting in his first senatorial race in 1934, Chavez contested the election results. When Cutting died in a 1935 plane crash, the New Mexico governor appointed Dennis Chavez to fill the unexpired term. Chavez won a special election in 1936 and was reelected in 1940 and 1946. In 1952, his Republican opponent for a third complete term was retired Major General Patrick J. Hurley, whom he had defeated in the 1946 election and who had run again unsuccessfully for the Senate in 1948.
Having served as secretary of war in Herbert Hoover's administration and ambassador to China under Franklin D. Roosevelt, Patrick Hurley persistently sought a Senate seat as a forum for his anti-Communist views. In the 1952 election, Chavez, who was viewed as a New Deal liberal, faced the problems of increasing public disillusionment with liberalism and a Republican ticket headed by two popular figures, presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower and incumbent Governor Edwin L. Mechem. When the votes in the close Senate race were finally tallied, Chavez, the Democrat, had narrowly won reelection by 5,071 votes, in spite of easy victories in the state by Eisenhower and Mechem.
The day after the election, November 5, 1952, Hurley challenged the results, but on November 29, the New Mexico state canvassing board certified that Chavez had been elected. Hurley then demanded a recount which, when completed in December, resulted in increasing the incumbent's majority by 304 votes. Having exhausted his remedies in the state, Hurley filed a petition of contest with the United States Senate on December 30, 1952.
Statement of the Case
When the 83rd Congress convened on January 3, 1953, the Senate permitted Dennis Chavez to take the oath of office subject to a request by Robert A. Taft (Republican-OH) that he be seated "without prejudice to the right of anyone contesting the seat to proceed with the contest." On January 7, the Senate referred Patrick Hurley's petition to the Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections of the Committee on Rules and Administration. The complaint alleged numerous irregularities in the conduct of the 1952 New Mexico election, particularly violations of ballot secrecy.
After a preliminary staff investigation, the Committee on Rules and Administration decided on April 17, 1953, to conduct a full inquiry, including a recount of all ballots, examination of voter registration records, a field investigation, and hearings. The committee submitted two separate resolutions to the Senate seeking funds for the investigation and eventually spent almost $229,000. The subcommittee, consisting of Chairman Frank A. Barrett (Republican-WY), Charles E. Potter (Republican-MI), and Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. (Democrat-MO) devoted considerable effort to developing a set of written procedures prior to the field investigation. Still, the committee's work soon assumed a highly partisan tone, to the degree that Hennings, the minority member of the subcommittee, found himself virtually excluded from the investigation, as it continued throughout 1953 and into early 1954.
The partisanship was understandable, for more than a single Senate seat was at stake, since transfer of that seat from a Democrat to a Republican could affect party control of the Senate. When the 83rd Congress was organized, the Republicans had a clear majority of 49 seats to the Democrats' 47. In July 1953, however, Robert Taft had died and a Democrat was appointed to fill his seat. Also during 1953, Wayne Morse of Oregon, originally elected as a Republican, declared himself an Independent. As a result of these changes, the Democrats could claim a bare majority of 48 to 47, although the Republicans retained the leadership positions within the Senate. If Hurley were seated instead of Chavez, the Republicans would again have a clear majority. Because of the pivotal nature of the case, articles about it often received front-page coverage in major national newspapers.
Response of the Senate
When the subcommittee had still not released its report by March 1954, Democratic senators became increasingly concerned that the Republican-dominated committee would defer action until after the fall elections, when their party might hold the majority with sufficient votes to unseat Chavez easily. After their party caucus on March 9, Senate Democrats therefore pressed the issue by challenging the committee to issue a report within one week or face a Democratic effort to remove the issue from the committee. Two days later, the Privileges and Elections Subcommittee filed its report with the full Rules Committee, which quickly adopted it on March 16 by a party-line vote of 5 to 4. A resolution accompanying the report stated that no one had been elected to the Senate from New Mexico and that a vacancy existed. If the resolution were adopted, Governor Mechem, a Republican, could appoint a temporary replacement for Chavez.
The report contended that the New Mexico election "revealed the deplorable spectacle of exploitation and breakdown of an electoral system through irresponsible and ineffective administration." Specifically, the investigation discovered that at least 55,000 citizens were deprived of a secret ballot; assistance to 4,000 disabled voters was improperly provided; and ballots were fraudulently altered in 33 precincts, making all 17,000 votes cast in those precincts suspect. After an intense investigation, the subcommittee found that in 21 counties no voting booths were provided, so that voters had to "mark their ballots in an open room" in full view of election officials. In a number of other counties, booths were provided but violations of secrecy still occurred. Other problems uncovered included difficulties with the registration system, permitting aliens to vote, and illegal, premature destruction of ballots in three counties. The majority therefore concluded that all votes tainted by such irregularities should be eliminated and that the Senate should declare that no one had been elected to the Senate from New Mexico in 1952.
Thomas Hennings, the lone Democratic member of the subcommittee, filed a minority report, deploring the subcommittee's failure to conduct an objective and nonpartisan inquiry. He complained that he had not been consulted by the other members regarding either their deliberations or the final report. Stating that the majority report contained no evidence of either corruption or fraud by Dennis Chavez or that the vote for Chavez was increased as a result of the irregularities, Hennings charged that the Senate would set an unfortunate precedent if it disfranchised New Mexico's voters and unseated Chavez simply because the state's election officials failed to comply with the election code. He then refuted the majority's findings point by point and concluded that the Senate should find Dennis Chavez to be the legally elected senator.
As the Senate began to debate the committee's resolution on March 22, newspapers both in New Mexico and across the country expressed opposition to voiding the results of an election that had chosen a decidedly bipartisan ticket. Many pointed out the irony that such a decision would place the power to appoint a temporary successor in the hands of a Republican governor chosen in the same supposedly flawed election.
Soon after the debate began, Guy Cordon (Republican-OR) introduced an amendment significantly altering the resolution. It stated, "And that it is the sense of the Senate that said vacancy should be filled only by election held pursuant to the laws of the State of New Mexico." The amendment was intended to deflect Democratic arguments and relieve concerns about having a Republican chosen in the same election appoint a replacement to fill the vacated Senate seat. During the debate, Republican speakers, such as Subcommittee Chairman Frank Barrett, focused on the flaws in the 1952 election, primarily the failure of election officials to provide voting booths. The Democrats argued that Cordon's amendment violated the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution, which delegates the power to fill a vacancy to the governor until an election can be held. Hennings led the opposition but was joined by such powerful fellow Democrats as Walter George (GA), Carl Hayden (AZ), and Allen J. Ellender (LA). George reiterated Hennings' view that there was no historical precedent for the Senate to deprive citizens of their votes based on the misconduct of election officials. In general, the Democratic senators stressed that, because the lengthy and expensive investigation had failed to find fraud or wrongdoing by Dennis Chavez, he was entitled to retain his seat.
On March 23, 1954, Minority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat-TX) submitted a unanimous consent agreement, which the Senate agreed to, limiting the debate and setting a time for the final vote later that afternoon. When the roll-call votes on the amendment and the resolution took place, with Major General Hurley and his family observing from the gallery, Vice President Richard Nixon presided over the Senate. After voting down the Cordon amendment, 36 to 53, the Senate defeated the committee's resolution declaring a vacancy, again by a 36 to 53 vote. On each vote, 5 Republicans joined 47 Democrats in supporting Chavez, although not exactly the same 5 crossed party lines in each case. Although Chavez was present for the debate, he refrained from voting. The New York Times observed that the Democrats stood "in a solidarity they had not exhibited on a major issue in many years" and further noted that Lyndon Johnson had worked for weeks to make certain that none of his party colleagues would be absent on this critical day.
Of his vindication, Dennis Chavez commented that "truth and decency were on trial and as always in the end, they too prevailed." He was reelected to a fifth complete term in 1958 but died after a long illness on November 18, 1962.
Patrick Hurley had also filed complaints with the U.S. attorney of New Mexico and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). After listening to the FBI's report on September 24, 1954, a grand jury in Albuquerque found that Chavez had won an honest victory. It concluded that most of the allegations made by Hurley and others were politically motivated. Hurley returned to New Mexico, where he died in 1963.
The Chavez case exemplifies one of the dilemmas associated with Senate election cases. Most of the Senate agreed that reforms were needed in New Mexico's election procedures, but many senators clearly felt uncomfortable about directing the way a state should conduct its elections. While the New Mexico press defended the practice of voting at open tables if there were long lines at voting booths, newspapers in other parts of the country condemned this approach, though they agreed that Chavez had not been responsible for these conditions and should retain his seat.
Source: Adapted from Anne M. Butler and Wendy Wolff. United States Senate Election, Expulsion, and Censure Cases, 1793-1990. S. Doc. 103-33. Washington, GPO, 1995.
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Wagner studied architecture at the School of Architecture at Vienna Academy, Austria, where he later became a teacher. Among his students were the renowned Art Nouveau architects Josef Maria Olbrich and Josef Hoffmann.
From 1895 he was influenced by new art styles, more suited to the needs of modern way of life and developed his theories on architecture, relating to function, material and construction, in the book "Modern Architecture" (1895). In 1898, he built his first Art Nouveau building, the Majolica House in Vienna, a functional structure with the facade covered in multicolored majolica tiles. He also designed in 1894, the Vienna metropolitan railway system.
Otto Wagner was one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession, with fellow artists Klimt, Hoffmann and Olbrich, in 1899. He was one of the most influential artists of the turn of the century : architect, urnbanist, applied artist and theoretician, his writings laid the groundwork for Modernism in architecture. In his architectural works, he was receptive to the use of modern methods of building (steel frame construction) and new materials (thin marble slabs for the façades).
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Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21
Quote: Originally Posted by rap33042
I'm curious why you would want to do that; everything I've read says AHCI out-performs IDE.
I certainly wouldn't do it but it's your machine. You know something I don't? Please share
Agreed. Please let us know why we need to go backwards?
Quote: Originally Posted by mjf
I asked a related question elsewhere (Hardware?) and the one respondent much preferred IDE (for sata mode) for their SSD.
Why? How? Only one respondant?
Honestly if you're going to base this decision on one respondant, you haven't done enough research.
- AHCI vs IDE
- AHCI vs IDE
Just trying to help
No although I appreciated the respondent's comment, it wasn't the basis of my decision. I did research the topic and there were pros and cons - hot swapping, trim etc, etc.
I have seen a number of people asking - why does windows see my sata as a scsi? I haven't seen any acceptable answer. Windows claimed my drivers were the best for the situation.
I'm running a conventional HDD (not an SSD) and the benefits appear to outweigh the negatives. I'm taking a pragmatic approach at this stage and I can swap the BIOS back to AHCI if and when I want to.
I'm not running an SSD so is trim important?
I'm not that strong in this area and your comments are more than welcome - thanks. | <urn:uuid:be2f90ca-2e42-4b0e-baa1-4bbd7dad66fb> | 2013-05-18T07:16:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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- Q Can pregnancy cause fibromyalgia?
Celeste Cooper, RheumatologyMost of what I have to say about pregnancy and fibromyalgia is from a personal view and anecdotal one. I did have very difficult pregnancies with severe prolonged morning sickness. However, I doubt that pregnancy was the cause of my FM, I suspect the FM... Full Answer
- Q Does my gender affect my risk of developing fibromyalgia?
Dr. Michael Roizen, Internal MedicineGender may make a difference in who is diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It has been found that women are more likely to see their doctors to talk about symptoms of pain, fatigue, sleeplessness, and depression. With fibromyalgia, about 80% to 90% of people... Full Answer
- Q What other illnesses cause fibromyalgia?
Celeste Cooper, RheumatologyFibromyalgia has been linked to several disorders that commonly occur with it, more than with other disorders. It is believed that fibromyalgia creates amplification of pain caused by input of pain from the nervous system outside of the brain.... Full Answer | <urn:uuid:0b04e900-bb63-4f47-b250-8398833c2ae4> | 2013-05-18T07:14:08Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Gaia theory is a class of scientific models of the geo-biosphere in which life as a whole fosters and maintains suitable conditions for itself by helping to create an environment on Earth suitable for its continuity. The first such theory was created by the atmospheric scientist and chemist, Sir James Lovelock, who developed his hypotheses in the 1960s before formally publishing the concept, first in the New Scientist (February 13, 1975) and then in the 1979 book "Quest for Gaia". He hypothesized that the living matter of the planet functioned like a single organism and named this self-regulating living system after the Greek goddess, Gaia, using a suggestion of novelist William Golding.
Gaia "theories" have non-technical predecessors in the ideas of several cultures. Today, "Gaia theory" is sometimes used among non-scientists to refer to hypotheses of a self-regulating Earth that are non-technical but take inspiration from scientific models. Among some scientists, "Gaia" carries connotations of lack of scientific rigor, quasi-mystical thinking about the planet arth, and therefore Lovelock's hypothesis was received initially with much antagonism by much of the scientific community. No controversy exists, however, that life and the physical environment significantly influence one another.
Gaia theory today is a spectrum of hypotheses, ranging from the undeniable (Weak Gaia) to the radical (Strong Gaia).
At one end of this spectrum is the undeniable statement that the organisms on the Earth have radically altered its composition. A stronger position is that the Earth's biosphere effectively acts as if it is a self-organizing system, which works in such a way as to keep its systems in some kind of meta-equilibrium that is broadly conducive to life. The history of evolution, ecology and climate show that the exact characteristics of this equilibrium intermittently have undergone rapid changes, which are believed to have caused extinctions and felled civilisations.
Biologists and earth scientists usually view the factors that stabilize the characteristics of a period as an undirected emergent property or entelechy of the system; as each individual species pursues its own self-interest, for example, their combined actions tend to have counterbalancing effects on environmental change. Opponents of this view sometimes point to examples of life's actions that have resulted in dramatic change rather than stable equilibrium, such as the conversion of the Earth's atmosphere from a reducing environment to an oxygen-rich one. However, proponents will point out that those atmospheric composition changes created an environment even more suitable to life.
Some go a step further and hypothesize that all lifeforms are part of a single living planetary being called Gaia. In this view, the atmosphere, the seas and the terrestrial crust would be results of interventions carried out by Gaia through the coevolving diversity of living organisms. While it is arguable that the Earth as a unit does not match the generally accepted biological criteria for life itself (Gaia has not yet reproduced, for instance), many scientists would be comfortable characterising the earth as a single "system".
The most extreme form of Gaia theory is that the entire Earth is a single unified organism; in this view the Earth's biosphere is consciously manipulating the climate in order to make conditions more conducive to life. Scientists contend that there is no evidence at all to support this last point of view, and it has come about because many people do not understand the concept of homeostasis. Many non-scientists instinctively see homeostasis as an activity that requires conscious control, although this is not so.
Much more speculative versions of Gaia theory, including all versions in which it is held that the Earth is actually conscious or part of some universe-wide evolution, are currently held to be outside the bounds of science.
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East Lyme - Residents at a public hearing Wednesday were divided on a proposed ordinance that would limit the noise a property owner could make.
Some at the hearing, attended by more than 20 residents, said the ordinance is needed to promote the town's quality of life and preserve residents' well-being. Others criticized it as a costly and unnecessary measure, saying it could lead to possible lawsuits stemming from enforcement.
The ordinance would limit noise to specified decibel levels for residential and nonresidential properties and for daytime and nighttime hours. But the ordinance would not regulate certain sounds, including those arising from farm equipment, train horns, school bells and government-mandated warning devices. Daytime construction, snow removal equipment and sounds arising from emergency situations would also be exempt.
At previous Board of Selectmen meetings, resident Robert Scheel had implored the town to adopt the noise ordinances because of noise from ATVs in his neighborhood.
During the hearing, resident Greg Decker said he has heard noises from parties and radios late at night and has called the police, who told him they could do nothing about the noise. He said he and his neighbors are "in full support of this ordinance."
But other residents were strongly opposed.
"I am 100 percent against the noise ordinance," said resident Ron Rando. "We do not need any more laws or ordinances against this town." He said the $5,500 for publishing the legal advertisement was a "waste of taxpayers' money" and that the town could already send the police to address disturbances.
Scheel said he contacted the state about noise disturbances by his home and was advised that he could either seek protection through additional town ordinances or take civil action.
Addressing some opposition to the ordinance at Wednesday's meeting, he said it would be unreasonable to call the police simply over a noisy vehicle passing by, but the noise he is describing occurs adjacent to his house. "You can be sitting there late at night, and the noise shakes you," he said.
He added that the dozens of towns with noise ordinances hadn't had any problems with lawsuits.
Some residents sympathized but wondered why the police couldn't use existing statutes or cite the neighbors for violations, such as breach of peace.
Some residents also said that the town shouldn't have to solve a civil dispute through the ordinance. Scheel responded that he has heard many other complaints from other people.
Selectman Kevin Seery, also a resident trooper in Salem, a town without a noise ordinance, said there are state laws for noise for enforcing public disturbances.
The selectmen took no action on the proposal Wednesday and decided to continue the discussion at the next meeting. The selectmen favored seeking input from the resident trooper and further clarifying technical issues. | <urn:uuid:9033bb17-3517-4778-8dfc-bf4929d8f87b> | 2013-05-18T06:01:12Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Or, at least I think I'm thankful for that. Sometimes, it concerns me a bit that he really thinks I'm that crazy.
For example, we had this conversation yesterday:
me: Here's a link to that watercolor I bought.So, yay that Joe was totally okay with me purchasing a water cooler, to the point that he didn't even question it. Just, okay, woohoo, you bought a water cooler!
Joe: Watercolor? You bought a watercolor!
me: Yeah, I told you about it. I told you I had two glasses of wine and got all excited and begged someone to let me buy their watercolor. And you even acknowledged me and said that was fine.
Joe: I thought you said you bought a water cooler.
me: What the...?
Joe: I thought you were going to miss the one at work so you bought one for the house.
me: But I told you it was only $25.
Joe: I just thought you found a really awesome deal!
Acceptance of my crazy is grand, though I really wonder if he thinks I'm more screwed up than I actually am. Or maybe he just has a more accurate reading of my crazy and I think I'm not all that bad but in reality I'm some freakshow who goes around excitedly buying water coolers on the internet.
Or maybe I'm reading far too much into this and Joe just needs to have his hearing checked. | <urn:uuid:9fd309e7-517b-4414-a2e2-3e55af83bbac> | 2013-05-18T07:20:28Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Horrific Massacre in Dier Ba’alba in Homs
Human rights activists have reported that the district of Deir Ba’alba in Homs has witnessed a horrific massacre in which more than 220 civilians have been killed, following an attack on the area by Syrian regime forces and its Shabiha gangs. Whole families were executed, amongst them children, women and elderly. The number of civilians killed in Homs today has reached 227 until the moment of the writing of this report, amongst them 20 children and 20 women.
Whereas in Damascus and its suburbs, the number of those killed reached 55, 10 of them from the village of al-Nashabiah
In Aleppo and its suburbs, 39 were killed
In Deir Ezzor 21 were killed, among them 15 unidentified bodies
In Daraa, 11 were killed
In Hama, 11 were killed,
In Idlib, 6 were killed
And in Ar-Raqqah, two civilians were killed.
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) calls upon the international community to immediately put forward measures to save the lives of innocent civilians, and particularly in Homs, for the city has been subjected to a siege for more than 200 days and today, it was subjected to one of the most horrific massacres in Syria to date.
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The American Revolutionary War began in 1775 and ended in 1783. The British ruled the American colonists and they had become increasingly rebellious. General Gage had ordered 700 British soldiers to Concord to destroy a weapon's depot belonging to the colonists. On the way, they are met by some rebellious colonists and the British fire, killing eight Americans and wounding ten. This was known as ‘the shot heard round the world' and the war was on. The first major battle occurred on June 17, 1775 at Boston, Massachusetts. It was known as the Battle of Bunker Hill. The British are used to marching proudly out before taking aim and firing. The Americans have been ordered not to fire until they can see the whites of their eyes. They are dug in along the high ground of Breed's Hill. As the British close in, the Americans begin firing halting the advance. The British regroup and attack again. The same thing happens. By the third attack the Americans are out of ammunition and have to resort to stones and bayonets. Although the British take the hill, they've lost half their force with over a thousand casualties; the Americans have lost four hundred. On January 9, 1776, Thomas Paine's pamphlet, ‘Common Sense' criticizes King George III and encourages independence from Britain. It becomes a bestseller. By May, America has support from France and promises of support from Spain. After many battles, Congress formally endorses the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. But the war isn't over yet. On July 14, 1777, Congress mandates an American flag consisting of thirteen stars and thirteen stripes to represent the thirteen colonies.
The first major American victory in the Revolutionary war occurs on October 7, 1777 at the Battle of Saratoga. There are six hundred British casualties to one hundred fifty American. On November 15, 1777, Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation giving Congress the sole authority of the new government. In February, France officially recognizes the United States. On March 16, 1778, a Peace Commission from Britain is sent to negotiate with the Americans. They offer to meet all demands, except independence. Congress rejects their offer. On July 10, 1778, France declares war against Britain. By now the British have instigated attacks on Americans by the native Indians. On May 12, 1780, the Americans suffered a major defeat as Charleston, South Carolina was captured by the British. On October 17, 1781, the British at Yorktown send out a flag of truce. On January 1, 1782, the British begin leaving America. On February 27, 1782, the House of Commons in England votes against further war with America. On August 27, 1872, the last battle is waged in South Carolina. On February 4, 1783, England officially declares an end to hostilities in America. On April 11, 1783, Congress officially declares an end to the Revolutionary war. | <urn:uuid:1b7c2cbc-6535-49f1-a99b-cb3d06419f5a> | 2013-05-18T08:02:47Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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He gets up from his chair in a hotel restaurant with an exaggerated slowness. Carlton Fisk is doing an impression of himself. He remains bent in half as he walks the length of one table, then another table and another. Imaginary aches and pains run through his body. He resembles the Tin Man on his way to Oz, looking for a good can of 3-In-One oil.
"You sit in the bullpen until the seventh inning," Fisk says in his big voice. "Then the call comes to warm up a pitcher. You get up and...whoa."
He is trying to explain his new life in curious exile. Bullpen catcher. Bullpen catcher? He is 45 years old, with 22 years in major league baseball, headed for the Hall of Fame, but after all that time he doesn't know what to do anymore. He sits and he sits and he waits and he waits, and then he drags his stiff body out to warm up young pitchers for action he seldom joins. How is he supposed to handle this? He doesn't know when to eat or when to sleep or when to stretch to make himself loose. The patterns of a lifetime have been disrupted. How do you prepare if you are preparing to do virtually nothing?
Bullpen catcher. He is trapped in the midst of a self-fulfilling prophecy: The less he plays, the worse he plays. He can feel his skills leaving him through disuse. How can he maintain any rhythm behind the plate if he is never behind the plate? How can he be ready for live pitching if he never sees live pitching? He is captive to the powerlessness of his new position. Bullpen catcher.
"I always thought I would wear out," he says. "But now it looks as if they want me to rust out."
Fisk straightens to his full height, which is 6'2". His posture is perfect, shoulders back. There has always been a John L. Sullivan sort of elegance to him, and it has not left. He walks back to the table as if he owned not only the hotel but also the entire national chain. Bullpen catcher?
"One of the things that has always been right about this game is that if you played a long time, on the way out you had valet parking," he says. "You're not supposed to wind up in Remote Lot F with the transporter bus. That's where I am.
"It's not right," he says. "It's just not right." | <urn:uuid:f9f0ad52-70bd-4100-9073-90d65cf58c65> | 2013-05-18T07:13:49Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Transport Security (Aviation)
An exemption from SIA licensing has been granted to all those persons at airports provided to implement or be responsible for the implementation of screening, access control or other security controls, having been recruited and trained in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 185/2010.
The exemption does not include contracted staff undertaking security duties at maritime ports or the Channel Tunnel.
London 2012 Olympics (LOCOG)
An exemption from SIA licensing was granted to certain individuals carrying out security services at the London 2012 Olympics. The exemption applied for the period from 1 March 2012 to 30 September 2012 and covered:
- individuals who had successfully completed a recognised Bridging the Gap course or were at the time in full time higher education and who met certain other criteria;
- in-house security staff carrying out their duties at certain certified sports grounds being used for the London Olympics football competition.
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1) The original album is a pop masterpiece, from Lindsey Buckingham's breezy opening guitar strumming at the start of "Second Hand News," to the haunting vocals of Steve Nicks' "Gold Dust Woman." In between are songs that still get radio airplay every day because of their timeless appeal: "Go Your Own Way," "You Make Loving Fun," "Dreams" (the band's only No. 1 single) and "Don't Stop." Deeper cuts like Christine McVie's "Songbird" and Buckingham's "Never Going Back Again" would be signature songs for most acts. On "Rumours," they are the powerful tracks that keep you from ever reaching for the "next song" button on your iPod or CD player.
2) The bonus track "Silver Springs" is now the 12th song on "Rumours," and it fits in seamlessly -- where it should have been placed in 1977. Nicks wrote the song to her former lover Buckingham, but band leader Mick Fleetwood knocked it off the album, leaving Nicks devastated. The official reason was that there wasn't enough room on the album, but the potent lyrics had to be a factor: "I'll follow you down 'til the sound of my voice will haunt you / You'll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you." Can you blame Buckingham if he was freaked out by them?
3) The second CD features 12 previously unreleased live recordings from the band's 1977 concert tour and it provides a snapshot at the peak of its success. Most tracks hew closely to the album versions; among the notable exceptions are "World Turning" and "Rhiannon," both from 1975's "Fleetwood Mac," and "The Chain," the one "Rumours" track with songwriting credits ascribed to the entire band. On the concert version of "The Chain," John McVie's signature bass line gives way to an extended, frenzied Buckingham solo. With the band singing the chorus in harmony, it's a song that could have been prolonged even further.
4) The third CD provides the biggest treat for fans who thought they had explored all of "Rumours." Its 16 songs provide a peek at the evolution of the album's gems. For example, on a slower, stripped-down "Dreams: Take 2," Nicks' ethereal vocals blend magically with gentle accompaniment by McVie's organ. The final version is surely more polished and radio friendly, but "Take 2" is worth revisiting. The CD also shows where some smart decisions were made: "Never Going Back Again" was originally recorded as a Buckingham-Nicks duet. But Buckingham's sentiments -- no doubt inspired by his ex-lover -- are best expressed alone here. An instrumental version is also included, and once again you appreciate Buckingham's touch: The listener can be grateful that he recognized how the melody only needed seven lines of lyrics; the tune sounds naked without them. In addition, "early takes" of tracks such as "Songbird" and "Gold Dust Woman" show that McVie and Nicks, respectively, had it right all along.
The three-CD version, released by Rhino records, retails for about $20. A deluxe edition is available, featuring an additional CD of outtakes from the "Rumours" recording sessions, the 1977 documentary "Rosebud Film" and the entire album on 140-gram vinyl. Both versions (minus the vinyl, of course) are also available in digital formats.
The band is embarking on a tour of U.S. and Europe starting this spring, including a stop at Madison Square Garden in April. | <urn:uuid:f4df52c6-aff7-40e3-ade9-496e924f6b9b> | 2013-05-18T08:10:19Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The two were teammates with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1972-73.
Carbo says in a video interview with ESPN:
“I knew some people, and I had $2,000, and I asked them to break his (Hernandez's) arms. He said, ‘We'll do it in two or three years if you want it done, but we're not going to do it today, Bernie. If we went and broke his legs today, or broke his arms, you don't think they would understand that you are the one that had it done?’”Carbo admitted introducing Hernandez to cocaine while with the Cardinals. He went on to say:
Carbo also said that if he saw Hernandez today, he would "apologize for introducing him to cocaine."
“I was addicted to the point where I couldn't play without the drugs... Nobody did as many drugs as I did...I was taking mescaline. I was taking cocaine. Crystal meth. Smoking dope and taking pills and drinking... I reached a place in my life that I dreamed about, it didn't bring me any happiness." | <urn:uuid:dd0e0696-650b-4c21-8276-0f7b5d7905d9> | 2013-05-18T06:00:48Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Walking into a fragrant home after a busy day can relax you and revive your spirit. Home fragrances allow you to quickly and easily fill your home—or office—with your favorite scents. These aromas can take you back to memories of vacations past, remind you of your favorite floral scent, or bring those familiar scents of the holidays into your home. Choosing a home fragrance that delights your senses makes your home uniquely yours.
Explore the variety of fragrance sprays available to transform your home. You can enjoy scents that leave your home smelling fresh, reminding you of that clean smell of crisp white linens. If you prefer a citrus scent, add a spritz of grapefruit or orange to your favorite place. Rich, floral scents can leave your home or office smelling like a springtime garden. You can find your signature spray and use it throughout the year, or you can alternate home fragrances depending on the season—and your mood.
Home fragrance sprays can do more than just leave you with a delightfully aromatic house. These sprays can boost your mood and refocus your energy after a busy, hectic, and often stressful day. Discover home fragrance sprays that offer aromatherapeutic benefits as well as pleasing scents. | <urn:uuid:365a76dc-597b-4f98-b7e2-44fec7f7007e> | 2013-05-18T05:55:21Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Why are syndicated TV shows programmed out of sequence?
TBS is syndicating episodes of The Office every night this week at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday's episode, "Chair Model," was the 10th episode of Season 4. Later that night, a special marathon offered several out-of-sequence episodes from Season 2. Wednesday's episode, "Weight Loss," skips ahead to the Season 5 premiere. Such shuffling is typical of syndication schedules. But why do stations program shows out of sequence?
It's more economical. Certain episodes are more popular than others, so it's in a station's best interest to play them more often. These episodes can command higher ad rates and can serve as attractive lead-ins to other network shows. During the holidays, it's more important to air thematically appropriate episodes than adhere to strict series chronology. And certain guest stars, in the limelight for one reason or another, can make episodes newly relevant. Furthermore, stations don't always purchase an entire series. Rather than license the entire 11-year, 251-episode run of M*A*S*H, for example, a station may cherry-pick a few seasons (the early, McLean Stevenson years, perhaps) and create a subcycle out of the larger whole.
It's only in recent years that viewers expect to see nonserialized shows presented chronologically. Those who watch TV shows on DVD or Hulu can track a series by season and episode number, but such habits run counter to the original conception of these shows as stand-alone entertainments—precisely what makes them ideal syndication commodities. For syndicators and advertisers, there's a direct correlation between programming flexibility and market value. Traditionally, sitcoms like Friends do better in syndication than dramas, while self-contained programs, such as the Law & Order franchise, perform better than cliffhanger-style serials like Lost and most reality shows—which are difficult to understand without a good deal of back story.
Syndicators have the right to program leased episodes in whatever order they please, but sometimes they will follow chronology, especially if a show has never been syndicated before. Stations are traditionally interested in acquiring first-run syndication rights only once a series has amassed 100 episodes—roughly four standard seasons (although there are some notable exceptions to this rule). Crossing this threshold means it's possible to "strip syndicate," or air the show five days a week for 20 weeks without repeating. Thanks to exclusivity agreements, the relative bounty of episodes, and higher audience share, syndicators are more likely to maintain sequencing during an initial strip-syndication cycle. But once the exclusivity window closes and ratings settle, larger programming needs trump expectations for chronology. Individual episodes become more like movable units on a master schedule. Some viewers might still prefer to watch Roseanne in succession, but after many years and multiple cycles of syndication, such expectations are less intense.
Explainer thanks Andrew Goldman, vice president of programming and scheduling for HBO/Cinemax, and Howard Blumenthal, executive director of NJN and author of This Business of Television.
Got a question about today's news? Ask the Explainer.
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Search for St. Louis obituaries. Currently this index contains names from the St. Louis Post Dispatch for the years 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1969, and 1992-2011.
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If you know the birth or death year(s), enter those as well.
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Rules of Command by Cyn Mobley
Price: $0.99 USD. 100530 words.
Published on May 25, 2009. .
The sonarman's shrill voice echoed inside the cramped MIUW van. Bailey turned and was jerked back by the cord that connected her headset to the console. She untangled it from the console joystick and got as close as she could to the sonar console.
"Where?" she demanded.
The sonarman pointed at an oddly unstable signature on his screen. "There-it's not U.S., not Soviet." | <urn:uuid:5e84eeca-b0fb-41ea-b770-7aa91c82af72> | 2013-05-18T06:21:40Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Labor's Speaker solution scuttled
More than comfortable ... but Tony Windsor's hopes for Patrick Secker as Speaker have been dashed. Photo: Wolter Peeters
A possible solution to the government's Speaker woes was scuttled this morning almost as quickly as it was suggested.
According to a report, Liberal MP Patrick Secker – who last month lost preselection for his South Australian seat and has significant Deputy Speaker experience – said he would consider taking up the Speaker's job, if Peter Slipper did not resume the role.
This morning, Mr Secker released a statement saying that he has no intention of taking the Speaker's job.
Mr Secker was quoted in The Australian newspaper today as saying: "I am sure I could do the job."
When asked if he was interested in replacing Mr Slipper - who is currently facing allegations of travel rorts and sexual harassment - Mr Secker said: "I don't rule anything in or out – that is politics."
But this morning, Mr Secker released a statement saying that he has no intention of taking the Speaker's job.
"The Australian has today reported that should the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Peter Slipper, not be able to continue in the role, that I would be prepared to consider accepting an offer from the Labor Party to replace him," Mr Secker said.
"This is absolutely false."
In the event that Mr Secker had been offered the Speaker's position and accepted it, he would have provided the government with a way to get rid of the embattled Mr Slipper as Speaker without losing a vote on the floor of the Parliament.
Earlier this morning, Mr Secker's possible elevation earned the support of independent MP Tony Windsor - who has expressed strong concerns about Mr Slipper remaining in the job while he faces criminal and civil allegations.
Mr Windsor told Sky News that he would be happy if Mr Secker were made Speaker, describing him as a decent person who with a good record on regional issues.
"I'd be more than comfortable," Mr Windsor said.
But Victorian Liberal MP Kelly O'Dwyer said the idea of Mr Secker as Speaker was speculation and he would not want to take a job from the Gillard government.
"I know Patrick Secker," she said. "He's a very honourable person."
Despite mounting pressure on Mr Slipper to stay away from the speaker's chair until he is cleared of both criminal and civil charges, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy continued the government's public backing of Mr Slipper this morning.
"In a democracy, you're entitled to the presumption of innocence," Senator Conroy told Channel 9.
"There are some serious claims that have been made and they've got to go through the proper process."
The government has been arguing that Mr Slipper should only stand aside from the Speakership while criminal allegations – that he misused his Cabcharge entitlements – are investigated.
This would open the way for Mr Slipper to resume his job on May 8, despite the fact that he faces sexual harassment allegations that are not due for a preliminary hearing until May 21.
Along with the Coalition, other independents Rob Oakeshott and Andrew Wilkie are also against Mr Slipper's return until he is cleared of all claims.
This comes as former clerk of the Senate Harry Evans said Slipper affair marks a "low point in the degradation" of the Federal Parliament.
Mr Evans launched a broadside against the Gillard government and the so-called "new paradigm" in a column in the Australian Financial Review today.
Mr Evans – who was Senate clerk from 1998 to 2009 – said that both major parties had been guilty of using the Speakership as a place to reward MPs, buy them off or get them out of the way.
But today, Mr Evans called the Slipper affair – which includes his elevation to the Speakership to boost the government's numbers last year and Mr Slipper standing aside due to allegations of illegality and impropriety at the weekend – a "low point in partisan politics" and a "low point in the degradation of the speakership and of the House".
This morning, Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said the government has not received a request to meet Mr Slipper's legal costs and that if a request was made, it would be knocked back.
Earlier this week, shadow attorney-general George Brandis wrote to Ms Roxon, insisting that taxpayers should not pay Mr Slipper's legal bills.
"The Parliamentary Entitlements Regulations permit the payment of legal expenses of ministers or parliamentary secretaries, for proceedings relating to their official position or duties. As Mr Slipper is neither a minister nor a parliamentary secretary, his legal costs could not be paid under those regulations," Ms Roxon said in a statement.
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In 1891 Smithsonian curators collected this early American railroad relica wheel from, according to the National Museum's 1891 annual report, the "first engine placed into service on . . . the oldest railway in the state of New York." On the wheel is inscribed "First Trip, August 9th 1831." | <urn:uuid:2c92a30f-6c69-4222-bad6-dad2892355eb> | 2013-05-18T08:01:29Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I know it seems like I'm always pestering you, but I have another favor to ask...
Remember when you wrote that script that generated boxes of Smogon sets in Pokemon Lab?
Is it possible to alter the script slightly so that the same sets are generated but are also organised by tier - ie. the boxes shown would be BL, OU, UU, NU etc and would contain the sets for each Pokemon inside their respective box? This would mean that they would need new names, so why not in format '[Pokemon Name] ([Set Name])'
Is this at all possible? It's mostly for conveniance and ease of use for the users who I urge to stay with Pokemon Lab and haven't used the Box System yet.
Thanks in advance.
Hey, I was just browsing some threads and you mentioned that you were still working on PL (as of November '10).
I was wondering if I could coax you back into it as the community are desperate for Gen5 to come, I'm willing to help where appropriate, but the vast majority is stuff that I can't do. | <urn:uuid:d9b88b53-037f-4672-a453-bd368e21b933> | 2013-05-18T07:26:19Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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On the day the Arsenal board came out swinging at Arsene Wenger's critics virtually promising a lifetime guarantee of employment, Inter's president Massimo Moratti was showing the door to Gian Paolo Gasperini after just five matches.
Today, Inter named his successor and it is Claudio Rainieri who in a twist was Jose Mourinho's predecessor at Chelsea before getting fired. He now steps into a vacuum left behind by Mourinho which has claimed Leonardo and Gasperini.
Rainieri found time to praise Gasperini.
"Gasperini didn't make a mistake and we have to say well done because he tried everything to make his ideas work."
Moratti is hoping that Rainieri can work the same magic that lifted Roma two years ago from relegation zone all the way to finish runners up to Inter. | <urn:uuid:b0849ae8-59a6-4a0b-8353-5103d8d4ab29> | 2013-05-18T05:17:34Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Here is how it was done in 1810...By a mechanical wiz, not a beginner - now show us how you'd do it with a few motors and a controller
And I don't think that you'd put that old mechanical doll in the "simple" category?
Simple it was not. Just imagine what it took to program it by cutting brass cams for each degree of freedom... Amazing is what I would call it.
Now, back to the original problem - is this robot supposed to write random phrases or just a couple pre-programed things?
One of the tough parts would be the math - first, mathematically describing the path for the tip of the arm and then sorting out all of the joint angles as a function of time to get it to trace the desired path.
One way around the math would be to build the arm with position sensors and then just move the arm by hand along the desired paths and record the angles. Then, the recorded values could be used as the target positions for your arm controller (a simple PI controller is likely to be adequate if you didn't try to move the arm too fast). Create tables of time / position pairs to describe the paths for the arm.
If the arm was built with servos - that makes it more difficult to record the "training" movements because all the feedback is inside the servo's themselves. So, you would have to open up the servos and run wires back from the potentiometers to your micro-controller to record the servo positions as you train it. (And translate from the voltage from the pot to the pulsewidth sent to the servo to get that position - another training exercise where you command various pulsewidths and record the potentiometer output.)
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Compiled by Manuel Gonzalez
1.Abdullah The Butcher
billed as WWC World Champion on arrival
According to one account, Abdullah The Butcher won the WWC World Title by defeating Antonio Inoki on June 20, 1982 in Japan
07/24/82-San Juan, PR
04/23/83-San Juan, PR
4.Carlos Colon
05/14/83-San Juan, PR
Carlos Colon faced NWA World Champion Ric Flair in a match for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title. This match is widely known as being the birth of the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
Steel cage, No DQ, No Time Limit and there must be a winner. Colon won the match and since then, the WWC has recognized theWWC Universal Heavyweight Championship.
5.Dory Funk, Jr.
Title held up after a match between Dory Funk, Jr. and Carlos Colon, 05/18/85, Bayamon, PR.
6.Carlos Colon
06/15/85-San Juan, PR
Title held up after a match between Colon and Abdullah the Butcher, 09/21/85, San Juan, PR.
7.Carlos Colon
Colon was stripped in an eyes injury angle.
8.Carlos Colon
09/21/86-San Juan, PR
Defeats Terry Funk in tournament final.
07/18/87-San Juan, PR
10.Carlos Colon
11.Hercules Ayala
02/13/88-San Juan, PR
12.Carlos Colon
13.Hercules Ayala
Ayala stripped after attacking Carlos Colon's wife during a banquet
Defeats Carlos Colon in tournament final.
15.Carlos Colon
12/18/88-San Juan, PR
17.Carlos Colon
Title held up after a match between Colon and Steve Strong, 10/28/89, Bayamon, PR.
18.Carlos Colon
20.TNT (Juan Rivera)
21.Abdullah the Butcher
03/24/90-San Juan, PR
22.Carlos Colon
03/31/90-San Juan, PR
Title held up after a match between Colon and Greg Valentine, 12/15/90 in Bayamon, PR
23.Carlos Colon
Defeats Valentine in rematch.
Title held up after match between Colon and Dino Bravo, 10/05/91 in Carolina. PR
24.Carlos Colon
Defeats Bravo in rematch.
25.Ron Garvin
26.Carlos Colon
27.Invader I (Jose Gonzales)
28.Abdullah the Butcher
29.Invader I
Awarded title when decision of 09/19/92 was overturned. Abdullah left WWC for Japan and since Dick Murdoch interfered, they explained the reason that way
Title held up after a match between Invader I and Dick Murdoch, 10/10/92, Ponce, PR.
31.Carlos Colon
Defeats Invader I in tournament final.
33.Ray Gonzalez (Ramon Gonzalez)
06/22/94-Tola Alta, PR
35.Carlos Colon
Title held up after a match between Colon and Mabel, 12/16/95, Bayamon, PR.
36.Carlos Colon
Defeats Mabel in rematch.
37.Mabel (Nelson Frazier)
01/07/96-San German, PR
38.Abdullah the Butcher
39.El Bronco (Ramon Alvarez)
40.Carlos Colon
Title held up after a match between Colon and Mr. Hughes, 05/25/96, Caguas, PR.
41.Carlos Colon
42.Hurricane Castillo, Jr. (Jesus Daniel Castillo)
43.Carlos Colon
Awarded by official decision.
44.El Nene (Milton Adorno)
45.Carlos Colon
Title held up after a match between Colon and Jungle Jim Steele, 03/22/97, Yabucoa, PR.
46.Carlos Colon
05/11/97-Cabo Rojo, PR
Colon vacates title.
47.Ray Gonzalez
Defeats Tom Brandi in tournament final.
Title held up after a match between Gonzalez and Fidel Sierra, 02/01/98, Manati, PR.
48.Ray Gonzalez
50.Ray Gonzalez
Awarded by official decision, when Nene quits promotion after money dispute he had with promoter Victor Jovica the same day. Given the title because of a TV angle where the Commission stripped Nene for using a foreign object.
51.Carlos Colon
08/01/98-San Juan, PR
52.Ray Gonzalez
53.Glamour Boy Shane (Shane Sewell)
54.Ray Gonzalez
55.Carlos Colon
56.Ray Gonzalez
Awarded by official decision. Commissioners stripped Colon because he used an illegal object against the referee and against Gonzalez to win the match. The strip segment was actually recorded on 01/07/99 at WWC Studios in San Juan, PR.
Title held up after title vs. title match between champion Ray Gonzalez and Pierroth, Jr.,
57.Ray Gonzalez
Defeats Pierroth, Jr. in rematch
04/04/99-San German, PR
won in a match with 2 falls, rematch from prior day.
59.Ray Gonzalez
Title held up
Problems with match between Carlos Colon and Ray Gonzalez
61.Carlos Colon
Defeated Ray Gonzalesz for held up title
62.Ray Gonzalez
63.Carly Colon (Carlos Colon, Jr.)
64.Ray Gonzalez
02/19/2000-Carolina, PR (Guillermo Angulo Coliseum)
Defeated Colon using a spinning neck breaker
65.Carly Colon (Carlos Colon, Jr.)
07/16/2000-Caguas, PR (Ydelfonso Sola Morales Stadium)
Curt Hennig may have won the title on 09/30/00 in Carolina, PR, but he was never recognized as Champion.
Title held up
66.Carly Colon
11/25/2000-Carolina, PR (Guillermo Angulo Coliseum)
El Nene was the special guest referee and used a fast count to give Flynn the victory
68.El Bronco
03/03/2001-Carolina, PR (Guillermo Angulo Coliseum)
69.Ray Gonzalez
Ray used a knuckles to knock out Bronco to win the match.
Title Held Up
06/16/2001-Carolina, PR (Guillermo Angulo Coliseum)
The Universal Title was declarated HELD UP after a match between Ray Gonzalez and Super Gladiador
Final segment of the match saw Super Gladiador holding Ray Gonzalez in a full nelson after Ray knocked down the referee, who saw him with a brass knuckles. Ray kicked a second referee while in the hold and the first referee woke up and disqualified both wrestlers and ordered the title to be held up
Match lasted 12:28.
70.Rey Gonzalez
Defeated Super Gladiador to win held-up title
71.Carly Colon
12/01/2001-Caguas, PR (H ctor Sol Bezares Coliseum)
TITLE HELD UP
Title held up after match with Vampiro
Carly Colon surrendered the belt to Vampiro at a TV taping
TITLE HELD UP
04/06/2002-Caguas (Hector Sola Bezares Coliseum)
Final moment of the match saw Carly crashing into the referee. Vampiro continued his attack and a second referee came to officiate the match. Both wrestlers were so tired that the referee counted both wrestlers with each pinning the other. A Commissioner came and declared the belt HELD UP.
04/13/2002-Fajardo, PR (Tom s Dones Coliseum)
Defeated Vampiro to win the held up Universal Title
11/02/2002-San Sebast an, PR
Defeated Carly Colon with help from Chicky Starr
75.Carly Colon
11/23/2002-Las Piedras, PR
TITLE HELD UP
After a match vs. Chicky Starr. Chicky Starr was announced as winning the title, but then referees reversed the decision after viewing a video of the match.
01/18/2003-Sam Lorenzo, PR (Crist bal 'Cag itas' Colon Stadium)
77.Carly Colon
02/01/2003-Humacao, PR (Emilio Huyke Coliseum)
03/16/2003-Carolina, PR (Guillermo Angulo Coliseum)
79.Carly Colon
05/31/2003-Carolina (Guillermo Angulo Coliseum)
Title Held Up
06/07/2003-Cayey, PR (Luis Raul Colon Coliseum)
Bronco #1 wrestled Carly Colon to a double pin so the Universal Title ended being held up
80.Carly Colon
06/14/2003-Cata o, PR (Pedro Rodr guez Gay Coliseum)
Defeated El Bronco to capture held-up title
Carly Colon jumped to WWE
07/18/2003-Guayama, PR (Dr. Roque Nido Stella Coliseum)
Defeats Eddie Colon in a 6-man tournament final to win vacant title.
Participants were Lightning, Eddie Colon, Mike Awesome, Carlos Colon, Thunder and Bronco
In the final moments of the match Ely Rodriguez (Dominican Boy s manager) interfered in the match distracting the referee and knocking out Lighting with a foreign object.
83.Carly Colon
12/20/2003-Caguas, PR (Roger Mendez Arena)
84.Abdullah The Butcher
01/03/2003-Bayam n, PR (Juan Ram n Loubriel Stadium)
Abdullah The Butcher unable to defend the title in Puerto Rico
09/25/2004-Carolina, PR (Guillermo Angulo Coliseum)
Defeated Huracan Castillo to win the Universal Title in the finals of a tournament
Participants were; Bronco, Eddie Colon, El Nene, David Young, Abyss, El Nene, Big Vito and a Mysterious Wrestler (who was supposed to be Vampiro and Vampiro turned down jumping to WWC from IWA and mysterious wrestler turned to be Angel Rodriguez)
Title Held Up
After a match with Titus (aka Ryan Wilson)
87.Eddie Colon
01/06/2005-Caguas, PR (Hector Zola Bezares Coliseum)
Defeated Titus to win back the held up title
04/16/2005-Caguas,PR (Yldefonso Sol Morales)
Defeated Eddie Colon for title
Diamante AKA Black Boy, Dominican Boy
90.Eddie Colon
07/16/2005-Bayam n, PR (Juan Ram n Loubriel)
09/11/2005-Sabana Grande, PR
93.Glamour Boy Shane
Defeated Lance Hoyt in tournament final
Defeated Alofa the Samoan Tank
Defeated Apollo and Alofa the Samoan Tank
Defeated Apollo & Carly Colon for title
07/19/2008-San Juan, PR
Defeated Orlando Colon in tournament final for vacant title
Noriega leaves WWC
101.Ray Gonzalez
Defeated Glamour Boy Shane for vacant title
Defeated Steve Corino for title.
TITLE HELD-UP08/15/2009-Bayamon, PR
After a series of matches with BJ and Noriega
Defeated BJ for held-up title
105.Glamour Boy Shane
01/16/2010-San Juan, PR
108.Rey Gonzalez
Defeated B.J. and Abbad in a 3-way match.
07/31/2010-Bayamon, PR (Pepin Cestero Arena)
110.Carlito Caribbean Cool 2010/11/27 Bayamón, PR
Mesias jumps to IWA Puerto Rico.
Won a gauntlet match against Carlito, Gilbert, and Shane.
113.Carlito Caribbean Cool
Defeated Apolo (c) and Gilbert in 3-way match.
117.Ray Gonzalez
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77:1 I will cry unto God with my voice, Even unto God with my voice; and he will give ear unto me.
77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.
77:3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah
77:4 Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
77:5 I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.
77:7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?
77:8 Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore?
77:9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah
77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity; `But I will remember' the years of the right hand of the Most High.
77:11 I will make mention of the deeds of Jehovah; For I will remember thy wonders of old.
77:12 I will meditate also upon all thy work, And muse on thy doings.
77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: Who is a great god like unto God?
77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: Thou hast made known thy strength among the peoples.
77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
77:16 The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
77:17 The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad.
77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.
77:19 Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.
77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron. Psalm 78 Maschil of Asaph.
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French forces have led an all-night bombing campaign to wrest control of a small Malian town from armed Islamist extremists.
A a convoy of 50 trucks carrying French troops crossed into Mali from Ivory Coast as France prepared for a possible land assault. Several thousand soldiers from the nations neighbouring Mali are also expected to begin arriving in coming days.
French president Francois Hollande launched an attack on Mali's rebels, who are linked to al Qaida, last week after the insurgents began advancing south. France's action pre-empted a United Nations-approved plan for a military operation in Mali, which was expected to start about nine months from now. Mr Hollande decided a military response could not wait that long in its former colony.
French officials have acknowledged that the rebels are better armed and prepared than they expected. Despite France's five-day-old aerial assault, the Islamist fighters have succeeded in gaining ground, most notably taking Diabaly, putting them 250 miles from Mali's capital, Bamako.
"They bombed Diabaly. They bombed the town all night long. I am hiding inside a house," said Ibrahim Toure. "It only stopped this morning at around 6am"
France ordered the evacuation of around 60 French citizens living in the area of Segou, the administrative capital of central Mali a three-hour drive from Diabaly.
Mr Hollande said he was sure the military operation would succeed. "We are confident about the speed with which we will be able to stop the aggressors, the enemy, these terrorists. And with (the help) of the Africans that are being deployed, I think that in one more week we can restore Mali's territorial integrity," he said.
"Airstrikes were conducted overnight so that the terrorists who are seeking refuge in Diabaly - they have not conquered the town and are hiding inside it to protect themselves - will be chased out."
The Islamists taunted the French, saying that they have vastly exaggerated their gains. "I would advise France not to sing their victory song too quickly. They managed to leave Afghanistan. They will never leave Mali," said Oumar Ould Hamaha, a commander of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, one of the extremist groups controlling northern Mali, whose fighters are believed to be in Diabaly.
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President of Special Olympics Azerbaijan
has been honoured by the Olympic Movement in Azerbaijan
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President Special Olympics Azerbaijan with the Honored Worker of Physical
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dedication to the Special Olympics movement.
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anniversary of the establishment of the National Olympic Committee of the
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Mr Shahin Aliyev wearing his
Medal with Pride
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Burial will be at North Lawn Memorial Park in Spencer.
Mrs. Wendt passed away Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, at Spencer Hospital.
Alma Louise Wendt, the daughter of Henry and Bertha Bowen Grote, was born Nov. 17, 1920, in Little Rock, Ia. She attended country school through the eighth grade in Grant Township and finished high school in Little Rock.
Alma married Robert C. Wendt on Nov. 17, 1941, at Little Rock on the farm where she lived. They moved to Graettinger, Ia., until after World War II and then moved to Spencer in 1946. Alma worked for Walmer's Bakery, Feldman's Department Store for 21 years and for Pamida for 11 years, before going to work for Upper Des Moines Opportunity in 1980, where she worked until her retirement in February of 1990. Alma also helped with Gooch Commodities and enjoyed volunteering and helping people. She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer. Alma was also a member of the Eagle's Club, VFW and the American Legion Auxiliary and loved to crochet and go fishing.
Alma was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Robert in 1974.
Left to cherish her memory are cousins including: Carol Felkey of Graettinger, Ia.; her godchildren: Dave Felkey and his wife, Donna of Brainerd, Minn.; Rhonda Shafer of Ankeny; Roxanne Kerr and her husband, Jeff of Ankeny; and Tom Felkey and his wife, Lynn of State Center, Ia.; and many other relatives and friends.
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9:1 And he said to them, Verily I say unto you, There are some of those standing here that shall not taste death until they shall have seen the kingdom of God come in power.
9:2 And after six days Jesus takes with [him] Peter and James and John, and takes them up on a high mountain by themselves apart. And he was transfigured before them:
9:3 and his garments became shining, exceeding white [as snow], such as fuller on earth could not whiten [them].
9:4 And there appeared to them Elias with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
9:5 And Peter answering says to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good that we should be here; and let us make three tabernacles, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elias one.
9:6 For he knew not what he should say, for they were filled with fear.
9:7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, *This* is my beloved Son: hear him.
9:8 And suddenly having looked around, they no longer saw any one, but Jesus alone with themselves.
9:9 And as they descended from the mountain, he charged them that they should relate to no one what they had seen, unless when the Son of man should be risen from among [the] dead.
9:10 And they kept that saying, questioning among themselves, what rising from among [the] dead was.
9:11 And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?
9:12 And he answering said to them, Elias indeed, having first come, restores all things; and how is it written of the Son of man that he must suffer much, and be set at nought:
9:13 but I say unto you that Elias also is come, and they have done to him whatever they would, as it is written of him.
9:14 And when he came to the disciples he saw a great crowd around them, and scribes disputing against them.
9:15 And immediately all the crowd seeing him were amazed, and running to [him], saluted him.
9:16 And he asked them, What do ye question with them about?
9:17 And one out of the crowd answered him, Teacher, I brought to thee my son, who has a dumb spirit;
9:18 and wheresoever it seizes him it tears him, and he foams and gnashes his teeth, and he is withering away. And I spoke to thy disciples, that they might cast him out, and they could not.
9:19 But he answering them says, O unbelieving generation! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him to me.
9:20 And they brought him to him. And seeing him the spirit immediately tore him; and falling upon the earth he rolled foaming.
9:21 And he asked his father, How long a time is it that it has been like this with him? And he said, From childhood;
9:22 and often it has cast him both into fire and into waters that it might destroy him: but if thou couldst [do] anything, be moved with pity on us, and help us.
9:23 And Jesus said to him, The 'if thou couldst' is [if thou couldst] believe: all things are possible to him that believes.
9:24 And immediately the father of the young child crying out said [with tears], I believe, help mine unbelief.
9:25 But Jesus, seeing that [the] crowd was running up together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, *I* command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
9:26 And having cried out and torn [him] much, he came out; and he became as if dead, so that the most said, He is dead.
9:27 But Jesus, having taken hold of him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.
9:28 And when he was entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Wherefore could not *we* cast him out?
9:29 And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.
9:30 And going forth from thence they went through Galilee; and he would not that any one knew it;
9:31 for he taught his disciples and said to them, The Son of man is delivered into men's hands, and they shall kill him; and having been killed, after three days he shall rise again.
9:32 But they understood not the saying, and feared to ask him.
9:33 And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he asked them, Of what were ye reasoning by the way?
9:34 And they remained silent, for by the way they had been reasoning with one another who [was] greatest.
9:35 And sitting down he called the twelve; and he says to them, If any one would be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.
9:36 And taking a little child he set it in their midst, and having taken it in his arms he said to them,
9:37 Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in my name, receives me; and whosoever shall receive me, does not receive me, but him who sent me.
9:38 And John answered him saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, who does not follow us, and we forbad him, because he does not follow us.
9:39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not; for there is no one who shall do a miracle in my name, and be able soon [after] to speak ill of me;
9:40 for he who is not against us is for us.
9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in [my] name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
9:42 And whosoever shall be a snare to one of the little ones who believe [in me], it were better for him if a millstone were hung about his neck, and he cast into the sea.
9:43 And if thy hand serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go away into hell, into the fire unquenchable;
9:44 [where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched].
9:45 And if thy foot serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having thy two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire unquenchable;
9:46 [where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched].
9:47 And if thine eye serve as a snare to thee, cast it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire,
9:48 where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
9:49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
9:50 Salt [is] good, but if the salt is become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another. | <urn:uuid:fb9caa93-cbee-4c9e-a833-fc8278004265> | 2013-05-18T06:56:41Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Descent into Darkness
LOS ANGELES -- Bill Kuenzi was visiting a friend in San Francisco's posh Pacific Heights neighborhood on the afternoon of Jan. 26, 2001. He was unlocking his friend's third-story apartment door when he heard a woman begin to scream.
"It was high-pitched, desperate, continuous screaming," Kuenzi testified in Superior Court in Los Angeles early this year, "of a woman who was obviously being attacked. I knew I had to do something and I tried to call 911 on my cell phone."
Kuenzi's phone didn't work where he was. So he went to the stairs for better reception and began climbing toward the screaming. The cell phone still didn't work.
Kuenzi continued until he reached the fifth floor. Then fear stopped him. The screaming was coming from the sixth floor.
"I assumed it was a domestic violence situation," said Kuenzi, a 35-year-old stockbroker. "Or a woman being sexually assaulted. I realized that when I climbed to the sixth floor landing, I would be exposed to the situation, which I knew was violent, and I was scared."
He had good reason. The violence that Kuenzi feared was not being perpetrated by some enraged boyfriend who might be calmed down, or even a rapist who could be scared off by the arrival of other people.
The attack taking place a floor above Kuenzi was being carried out by two huge Canary Island mastiffs bred as vicious attack dogs by a pair of prison cellmates who belong to the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood — possibly the most frightening race-based prison gang in this country.
The dogs were mauling to death Diane Whipple, a petite 34-year-old college lacrosse coach and resident of the sixth floor.
Descending again, Kuenzi finally got through to police. As he reached the ground floor, he heard Whipple's cries change to a low moan.
"Then the screaming stopped," he said.
Known as Presa Canarios, the dogs belonged to Whipple's neighbors, Robert Noel and Marjorie Knoller, husband-and-wife attorneys whose practice had put them in contact with the two life-term prisoners at Pelican Bay, the most secure facility in the California system.
With Noel and Knoller's help, Paul "Cornfed" Schneider and Dale Bretches were running a dangerous business — against prison rules that outlaw such long-distance entrepreneurship — that they called Dog o' War.
Officials believe that huge dogs were being raised for sale to guard methamphetamine labs.
Noel, 60, and Knoller, 46, were convicted here in late March of involuntary manslaughter and, in Knoller's case, second-degree murder as well. They face sentences of up to four years and 15 years, respectively, for their roles in Whipple's death.
These were hardly your run-of-the-mill Aryan Brotherhood associates. Noel is a former federal prosecutor, and both attorneys had a fondness for the opera and causes like helping the homeless and the mentally ill.
But in the days following Whipple's death, both made grotesque comments that essentially blamed the victim for her own death. For them, it seemed clear, Whipple's savaging was, at worst, an inconvenience and annoying public relations problem.
Beyond the issue of criminal liability for the dogs' behavior lies the deeper puzzle that seems beyond logical explanation:
What was the Aryan Brotherhood doing in the latte-and-Pellegrino realm of Noel and Knoller's toney Pacific Heights neighborhood? What possible explanation was there for the couple's transformation from socially aware attorneys into apparently depraved human beings?
Those questions may never be fully answered. But the circumstances of Whipple's death and the events leading up to it — including the attorneys' illicit ties to the Aryan Brotherhood — make it clear that Noel and Knoller's descent into darkness involved the age-old attractions of power, violence and forbidden sex.
'Afraid for our Lives'
The bloodshed that Schneider and Bretches' Dog o' War business visited upon an upscale apartment building in San Francisco was beyond the emotional and professional scope of the emergency workers who responded.
The first police officers at the scene found Whipple in the sixth-floor hallway, nude, mutilated, covered in blood, and trying to crawl to her open apartment door.
On the witness stand in the Knoller-Noel trial, veteran officers said they radioed for backup before giving Whipple first aid.
"We were afraid for our lives," Patrol Sgt. Lesley Forrestal explained. "We saw what the dogs had done to her and we didn't know whether we would be attacked, too. I radioed that I was going to shoot on sight."
Whipple was beyond help. Her larynx was crushed and her jugular vein had been severed by dog bites. She would die in the emergency room 70 minutes after the attack.
Meanwhile, as more police and paramedics arrived minutes after Forrestal's call, Marjorie Knoller emerged from her apartment down the hall, her sweatshirt bloodied, blood on her hair and face, and small cuts on two fingers of one hand that she claimed she had suffered in trying to stop the fatal attack.
Knoller, a small woman, usually did not try to manage both dogs herself because Bane, the 140-pound male, substantially outweighed her. Hera, the 115-pound female, was plenty.
On the day of Whipple's death, Knoller says she took both dogs out because Noel was away. When she opened her apartment door, Bane supposedly bolted in a mad rush for Whipple, dragging Knoller after him down the hall toward Whipple, who just had time to unlock her door and set one grocery bag down inside her apartment.
Then, in a scene that suggested a horror movie, Bane mauled Whipple from head to toe while Hera ripped off her clothing.
Michael Scott was the second animal control officer to arrive at the scene.
"I was told that the bigger of the two dogs — Bane — was in the bathroom," he testified. "I could hear him, panting, snarling and pacing behind the bathroom door. The bathroom door was being covered by a police officer with a machine gun, backed up by another officer with a drawn gun."
Two other officers stood with drawn guns guarding the door to the bedroom where Hera could be heard bashing the door from inside, so hard that Scott feared the door might give way.
Scott cracked the bathroom door and fired three tranquilizer darts at Bane, none of which had any effect. Then he attempted to remove Bane with a come-along, a device with a steel braid loop that functions as a rigid leash.
"When I tried to move the dog," Scott said, "he rushed me and almost knocked me off my feet. I was lucky I was wearing a bulletproof vest. It took all my strength to force him with the come-along away from the door opening and shut the door."
Scott waited until a third animal control officer arrived. Then the two of them were able to control Bane, using two come-alongs. He was quickly put to death.
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Satanic or simply shocking?
ABS-CBNNews.com reports that Filipino religious groups Intercessors for the Philippines (IFTP) and Biblemode Youth Philippines are actively campaigning against the staging of Lady Gaga's upcoming concert. The pop star is set to perform on May 21 and May 22 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Both groups are set to hold a 72-hour prayer vigil to protest Lady Gaga's scheduled performances. The report, however, did not indicate if the groups would be doing it jointly in the same venue. The exact schedule of the prayer vigil was also not revealed. The report only said that anti-Lady Gaga protesters would stage a "Jericho March" to the SM Mall of Asia sometime on Saturday, May 19.
According to the report, the IFTP, in particular, believed that Lady Gaga was propagating "Satanic rituals" in her videos. (They were presumably referring to the video for her song, "Judas.") The report quoted IFTP's Pastor Joel Bataclan, who said, "Yung kanyang paggamit ng mga imageries (sic) at mga lyrics na direktang lumalaban sa Panginoon (She uses imagery and lyrics that are directly against God)."
Meanwhile, the Commission on Youth of Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines' Fr. Conegundo Garganta said that Lady Gaga's brand of entertainment violates the tenets of Christianity. Garganta lamented that the youth are being corrupted by Lady Gaga. "Kinokopya nila lahat eh—ang pag-iisip, ang pagkilos, ang paggalaw (They mimic everything she does—from the way she thinks, moves, and acts)," sabi ni , executive secretary ng Commission on Youth ng CBCP. | <urn:uuid:30660907-0484-47ee-b316-5dffc6c18f91> | 2013-05-18T05:13:21Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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On New Year's Day 2010, while sailing off Kawaihae on Hawaii Island, Tania Howard and several friends spotted a humpback and her calf a quarter-mile away. Shutting off the Maile's engine, they decided to wait and see what the whales would do.
For centuries, rum has been associated with tales of adventure, romance and intrigue. The rum-loving pirate Blackbeard terrorized ships around the West Indies and eastern coast of the American colonies between 1716 and 1718.
Waialua residents will be the first to admit their town is not a happening place; the biggest event of the week might be an exhibit of local art at the public library. But that's precisely why Kyoko Johnson and her husband, Tor, decided to live and work there.
Clifford Naeole's life-changing story begins in the kalo loi (taro patches) of his paternal grandfather, whom he lovingly nicknamed "Granddaddy Mauka."
Nick Fidelibus likens wreck diving to a treasure hunt. "It's thrilling, it's fascinating, it's mysterious," he said. "Seeing a plane or ship underwater makes you want to learn more about it.
In the late 1970s, Maui whale activist Greg Kaufman would round up two dozen volunteers to put on annual festivities at Kalama
Park in Kihei in honor of Hawaii's most famous winter visitors, the humpback whales.
Kumu Keala Ching hopes kamaaina and visitors will gather at Hawaii island's Makahiki and Healing Garden Festival in the same spirit of peace, gratitude and enjoyment.
Ninety-two-year-old Santa Barbara, Calif., resident Anna Cochran is returning to Hawaii island's Royal Kona Resort in two weeks specifically to attend the third annual Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival.
Twenty-two years have passed, but Mike Richardson, co-owner of Climb Aloha, clearly remembers the adventures that inspired him to become a rock star.
During a career that spans more than 20 years, Emmy, Billboard Music and Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner Ken Martinez Burgmaier has worked with a who's who of gold and platinum singers and musicians, including Bonnie Raitt, Wynton Marsalis, B.B. King, Dave Brubeck, Lionel Ritchie, Roberta Flack, James Taylor and Kris Kristofferson.
Kamaui Aiona, director of Kahanu Garden, was perturbed. On his daily check of the property one afternoon about five years ago, he spotted a young man and an elderly woman walking off a trail, down a slippery slope. Why would they be going off the path into that area? Aiona wondered.
When Cyril, Martin and Bla Pahinui took the stage together for the first time, it was not in a prestigious venue. They didn't perform before a horde of reporters, and there wasn't a single TV camera in the house.
Christi Heinen-Sears loves hanging out with kids. It’s not surprising, then, for the tour guide and saleswoman at Surfing Goat Dairy to spend her lunch breaks in the pasture.
Like fine wine, coffee and cigars are meant to be savored — their aroma as important to the sensory experience as their flavor. That's one of the things visitors will learn on a tour of Blair Estate, which cultivates three acres of coffee and two acres of tobacco in the lush hills of Kapaa, Kauai.
Several years ago Rob Pacheco, president and founder of Hawaii island-based Hawaii Forest & Trail, took a van load of mainland doctors, all avid birders, to Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge.
During his 55-year career as a seaplane pilot, Pat Magie has flown hunters, fishermen and freight of all kinds (even a full-grown grizzly bear) in wilderness regions in Minnesota, Alaska, Florida, Canada, Southeast Asia, the Arctic and the Caribbean. He has also piloted numerous medevac flights, sometimes at night in adverse weather conditions and over unfamiliar lakes with no lighting.
Maui Ocean Center kicks off the summer with a full slate of special events and activities that reveal the wonders of the undersea world without wetting a hair on visitors' heads!
Imagine being on a mo-ped — helmet on, hands poised on the throttle, ready for the rush that comes with cruising in the open air. Total freedom! Total exhilaration!
When Liz De Roche was looking for a venue to hold the inaugural Hilo Inter-Tribal PowWow in 2006, Wailoa River State Park called to her.
In 1999, Kauai kumu hula Kehaulani Kekua and her hula school, Halau Palaihiwa O Kaipuwai, joined other halau, native Hawaiian families and organizations throughout the state for a 24-hour prayer ceremony aimed at raising awareness about traditional Hawaiian cultural practices and the proper care of sacred places.
On a trip to New York City two years ago, Jim Reddekopp and his wife, Tracy, decided to take an afternoon cooking class at celebrated chef David Bouley's eponymous restaurant.
To most people, the 100-foot albizia growing on a West Maui family's property was just a big tree. The young boy in the family looked at it and envisioned a canoe.
"Stand-up paddling is amazing! It's as though you're walking on water, and it's much easier to do than you'd think. Because you're standing, you can see deeper into the water and farther across it than you would in a kayak, and the only sound you hear is the relaxing swish-swish of your paddle."
The waters off Waihee were murky that memorable day five years ago, but Clifford Naeole decided to go spearfishing alone anyway. He was familiar with that area of North Maui; it was where his grandfather used to dive almost every day to catch fish for his family.
For 20 years, Spencer Leineweber ran her architectural practice in the "mini" Mendonca Building, which she owned with her husband, Michael. Constructed in 1913 at the corner of Smith and Hotel streets, the building measures just 980 square feet on each of its levels — a basement, first floor and second floor.
Toronto executive Ann Marie Keating checked into Wailea Beach Villas on Jan. 12. She extended her stay at the exclusive residential vacation resort twice — the first time for five days, the second time for a month. She won't be relinquishing her ocean-view penthouse until April 12.
In October 2009, when Bill Wong saw water trickling down the three-quarter mile section of the Kohala Ditch that borders his family’s ranch just outside of Hawi, he recalled, "I was thrilled, ecstatic! It was like seeing gold slowly rolling toward me — water is that precious to our ranching and agricultural community in North Kohala."
Dick Quinn has lived at the foot of Diamond Head since 1980, but until five years ago he didn't know much about it. The retired medical malpractice and hospital law attorney had often walked and jogged around Diamond Head, but except for a rock concert in 1970, he had never been in the crater.
Before moving to Kauai, Alohi lived in Iowa, where she was a beloved member of an Amish family. Hitched to a wagon, she took the children to school on weekdays and the entire family to church on Sundays.
In the 77 years since it was founded, Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center has ignited the creative spirit of thousands of budding artists who've run the gamut in age from toddlers to retirees.
Derek Lanter clearly remembers his first date with the "dark side." In 2001 he was living in Berkeley, Calif., when Scharffen Berger, the company that reputedly makes America's finest dark chocolate, was setting up its operation there.
As legend goes, a man named Seriokai lived with his wife in a forest in Guyana, where avocado, his favorite food, flourished. To ensure he always had an ample supply of the tasty fruit, he spent many hours each week gathering it.
Five years ago Richard Bailey was overweight, lonely and a bit down on life. After reading a magazine article about the benefits of hiking, he decided to walk the easy, 1-mile Jackass Ginger Trail near his Nuuanu home.
"Art speaks to our souls. It enriches and enhances our lives. Artists transform their thoughts, feelings and impressions about life into something tangible that motivates others to nurture their own creative energy. Art is also educational. It can teach viewers about a certain time, place, tradition or spiritual aspect of a culture. Art is much more than just a 'painting' or a 'sculpture.' It's an experience that awakens all the senses."
Whenever her job gets hectic, Tanya Aynessazian, chief executive officer of the Volcano Art Center, heeds the call of the Niaulani Rain Forest just outside her office. Along a loop trail — one-seventh of a mile that meanders at the foot of giant koa and ohia trees — she often finds a place to sit, relax and listen.
"Two hundred sixty Hawaiian music artists and 28 years ago, I was a Hawaiian music illiterate," said Carol Yotsuda, founder of E Kanikapila Kakou. No one thinks of her that way now.
HiSAM's exhibitions spotlight creations by Hawaii's earliest internationally known artists, award-winning contemporary artists and emerging artists.
Every morning shortly before 9 a.m., Theo Morrison, executive director of the Lahaina Restoration Foundation, opens the door to the Plantation Museum. She turns on the lights in the 650-square-foot attraction, then starts playing the video "The Last Harvest," which documents the closure of Pioneer Mill Co.
Imagine a friendly neighborhood farmer's market. Combine it with a pau hana party complete with live music, appetizers and a wine and beer garden, and you have the Kauai Culinary Market, which has become a popular gathering place for friends, families and foodies since it opened six months ago.
Historic Kailua Village really knows how to throw a Christmas party! Every year on the day after Thanksgiving, the community kicks off Kailua Kalikimaka, a monthlong celebration sponsored by the Kailua Village Business Improvement District.
Mike Atherton's employees call him "Coach" for good reason. Since he bought Maui Tropical Plantation in 2006, the affable entrepreneur has been overseeing a comprehensive game plan to re-energize the 26-year-old attraction.
In olden times, as soon as the small cluster of stars known as the Pleiades appeared in the night sky, the Hawaiians set aside their weapons and tools and prepared for the makahiki. This period of peace and festivities began in late October or early November and lasted for four months.
For once, Olivia Wu was at a loss for words. In 2005 the staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle's Food and Wine section was on deadline for a story about eating locally grown food.
Parades down Waianuenue Avenue and Kamehameha Avenue, potluck picnics at Wailoa River State Park, matinees at the Palace Theater, summer fun programs at the old Cow Palace, an old warehouse-turned-recreation center-- whenever Alice Moon talks about "small-kid time" in Hilo, the rush of memories brings a big smile to her face.
Ghost stories, haunted houses, horror films — what would Halloween be without a good scare? Here's a wrap-up of some of the spooky events that are planned on Oahu.
Right before the gates opened for the inaugural Lahaina Plantation Days last year, electrician Clifton Akiyama was adjusting lights in the Plantation Life Tent when a photo in one of the displays caught his eye.
Janet Kahalekomo has been making paakai (sea salt) in the salt ponds of Hanapepe on Kauai for more than 60 years. In ancient times only a few were chosen for this arduous work, and the knowledge was passed from generation to generation.
His name might not be listed when the credits roll, but you could say John Morgan, president of Kualoa Ranch, had a part in "The Descendants," which wrapped up filming in Hawaii in May.
Legend says barren Kahuku, in the southern district of Kau on the Big Island, was once lush with forests, fruit trees and taro fields. Many villages dotted the area, and when the people were not tending their crops they enjoyed competitions, including holua (sled) races down steep grassy hillsides.
If Kahau Manzo is right, "biodynamic" will soon become as much of a household word in wine lexicon as "body" and "bouquet." "Biodynamic agriculture is the newest concept in winemaking," said Manzo, executive chef and director of food and beverage for the Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas on Kauai.
Allan Mendes loves the life of a paniolo (cowboy). He loves being on horseback every day. He loves the fresh air and sense of freedom that come with working outdoors. And he loves his simple, but rewarding life.
In 1997 I visited Kruger National Park in South Africa, the largest game preserve in Africa. One day my group came to a bridge that was flooded, and we had to double back on a longer road to reach the next camp.
Donald Pascual, owner of Paani Ranch on the Big Island, describes it as a "one-stop shop" for fun and adventure. "Five generations of my family help operate the ranch, and to us there's nothing more rewarding than spending time with each other in nature. That's an experience we want to share with visitors."
Most people think of good health as the absence of physical pain, illness or disease. Pat Makozak sees it as strength of the mind and spirit as well as the body.
Adventurous by nature, Jill Robins and her husband, Brad, lived in a tent for more than two months before renting a house when they moved to the Big Island from Australia in 2006.
In 2003, when Jeanne Sunderland and her husband, Dr. Robert Watkins, started clearing the 50-acre parcel they had purchased in rustic North Kohala, they found it was covered with invasive lantana that was so thick and tall, they had to remove it by hand.
Rancher, community leader, philanthropist and equestrienne extraordinaire -- Anna Leialoha Lindsey Perry-Fiske left an indelible mark in rustic Waimea, her beloved home for 95 years.
Walter "Kamika" Smith III is luckier than most executives. When work gets too hectic, he heads for the 30-acre oasis that his family operates on Kauai's east side. Smith's Tropical Paradise is just three minutes from his office by car.
Roy Sakuma credits the ukulele with shaping -- and saving -- his life. He was a troubled teen growing up in Makiki when he heard the song "Sushi" by ukulele virtuoso Herb "Ohta-San" Ohta on the radio.
"It was surreal! We had just presented the last award during the ceremony that capped the first Maui Photo Festival & Workshops (MPF).
Lorna Jeyte clearly remembers the evening her chef didn't show up for work. It was just three months after she and husband Albert opened Kilauea Lodge. She needed to be the restaurant's hostess that night, so Albert donned an apron and assumed command of the kitchen.
The location manager knew what he wanted audiences to see when the fictitious Costa Rican setting for the mega-budget movie he was working on first appeared on the silver screen. "A secluded, super-awesome site," he told Curt Lofstedt, owner of Island Helicopters, who was piloting his scouting expedition over Kauai.
Sleek and stately as a sub, the humpback rose from the sea 10 feet away from an astounded kayaker off Kahana Valley. After releasing a 12-foot plume of spray, the mammoth whale dipped beneath the kayak and came up for one more breath of air before vanishing in the deep blue of the Pacific. | <urn:uuid:938081a0-c938-4954-9e29-22b5045f89a7> | 2013-05-18T06:44:20Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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RCN’s servers, and servers connected to the RCN network by authorized third parties for data collection purposes, also collect certain information. As is common practice in our industry, RCN may use web caching software on its network to ensure optimum performance for our customers. Such software by its nature captures Internet Protocol and URL information to a log file. The RCN network also automatically logs certain information, such as application usage and type. Such logs generally are maintained on RCN's secured servers and/or the secured servers of authorized third parties as long as is necessary to fulfill a legitimate business or law enforcement need. Typically, information collected by servers connected to the RCN network is maintained as Non-Personally Identifiable Information and/or Aggregated Data. However, this information may become Personally Identifiable Information if and when RCN associates the information with a particular customer’s account for marketing, customer retention, or network security and reliability purposes. This data may also be used to protect the security of RCN’s network, to prevent network intrusions from viruses and worms, and for advertising purposes. Specifically, RCN and certain third parties authorized by RCN have the ability to monitor all network traffic destined to and from any connected device attached to RCN’s network. However, authorized third parties, which may collect this information for marketing, customer retention, product development, or advertising purposes, do not receive any Personally Identifiable Information from RCN regarding RCN’s customers, but rather collect the data on an anonymous and/or aggregated basis. In most cases, network traffic monitoring is restricted to viewing source/destination addresses, and the content of the transaction is not viewed. However, the information collected may include URLs of web sites you have visited and the content of any unencrypted e-mail or other communications sent by or to you. Such data, when stored, is protected by industry-standard security practices. RCN technical support also may remotely query your cable modem and, if you request during a contact with our customer service department, your computer, for information to remotely troubleshoot and to assist in diagnosing a problem that might affect the computer attached via cable modem to the RCN network.
Customer On-Line Communications: RCN does not actively monitor the content of any on-line communication (electronic mail (e-mail), chat conversations, instant messages, or web postings), but may use an automated system to randomly audit such transmittals to protect RCN’s network from viruses, worms, and excessive spam. RCN takes the privacy and security of its customer’s on-line communications very seriously. RCN will view the content of online communications only when it is necessary to protect the security of RCN’s network or ensure system reliability. For example, if our automated system detects unusual levels of activity to or from your computer, RCN personnel may view the content of those transmissions to determine if the network traffic is the result of a virus, worm, excessive spam, or violation of our Internet Access Agreement.
You should be aware that, should you disclose any personally identifiable or sensitive information while engaged in on-line communications, there is the risk of having the person(s) to whom or sites to which the information is addressed collect and use it. One should also be mindful that people might be logged into a public chat room without your knowledge. RCN assumes no responsibility for or control over any such third persons. Information posted in chat rooms and newsgroups that RCN operates are deleted on average every third day to clear posted messages. E-mail is deleted from RCN's server once it is downloaded to a customer's computer.
At RCN, the privacy and security of your account is very important to us. That is why we have taken measures to protect the privacy of your Personally Identifiable Information and CPNI in compliance with the federal laws and FCC regulations that govern use and disclosure of customer information. The uses to which your information may be put are discussed below, together with the security measures RCN has implemented for all customer accounts.
A. Account Passwords/Customer Authentication
To better protect all of your account information and allow us to provide you the best quality customer service, you must establish a password and two backup security questions for your account when you establish service. If your account does not have a password and backup security questions, you will be asked to provide them. The password and backup security questions may not be based on readily available biographical information or account information. Readily available biographical information is information drawn from the customer’s life history and may include, for example, social security number, or the last four digits of that number, mother’s maiden name, home address or date of birth. Account information includes things such as the customer’s account number, telephone number associated with the account, or the bill’s amount. Federal law also requires RCN to utilize a password authentication method when communicating with customers on-line or by telephone regarding their telephone accounts where the customer seeks call detail or other account information. Under certain circumstances, RCN may have separate contractual arrangements with its business customers governing authentication methods and protection of the business customer’s telephone account information.
B. Cable Television Customer Privacy
As a subscriber to cable service or other services provided by RCN, you are entitled under Section 631 of the Federal Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, as amended (the “Communication Act”) to know the limitations imposed upon cable operators in the collection and disclosure of personally identifiable subscriber information, the type of personally identifiable information collected, how subscriber information is used, under what conditions it is disclosed, the period during which it is maintained, and the right of subscribers concerning such information and its disclosure. RCN may use Personally Identifiable Information to help make sure you are being properly billed for the services you receive, to send you pertinent information regarding your cable services, to improve the quality of the services we provide, and for tax, legal, and accounting purposes. Specifically, the information in our cable records is used to sell, install, maintain, and disconnect cable services, as well as improve marketing and program decisions, to mail related materials, to ensure compliance with relevant law and contractual provisions, and to answer questions from subscribers. The types of persons to whom information about you as a cable customer may be disclosed in the course of our business include the employees of RCN and RCN’s related legal entities, agents, legal counsel, repair and installation subcontractors, sales representatives, accountants, billing and collection services, program guide distributors, mail houses, program suppliers, consumer and market research firms, franchising authorities, and authorized representatives. Personally Identifiable Information is disclosed to persons with an equity interest in legal entities related to RCN when they have a legal right to inspect our books and records. Information for billing purposes and program guide mailings is generally provided on a monthly basis. Information for other purposes is provided as it is needed.
We will maintain information about you as a cable subscriber as long as it is necessary for our business purposes. This period of time lasts as long as you are a subscriber and up to 15 additional years so that we can comply with tax and accounting requirements.
Unless you object or unless state or local law provides to the contrary, the Communications Act allows us to disclose information to others, including advertisers and direct mail or telemarketers for non-cable related purposes, including product advertising, direct marketing and research. Disclosure for such purposes is limited to your name, address and the particular services to which you subscribe, but cannot include the extent of your viewing or use of a particular service or the nature of any transaction you may make over the cable system. We may provide names and addresses of cable subscribers to third parties. If you wish to have us remove your name from such lists, please write us at RCN Telecom Services, LLC, 650 College Road East, Suite 3100, Princeton, NJ 08540 or telephone 1.800.RING.RCN. We will then not make your name and address available for such non-cable purposes.
Aptiv provides RCN the capability to collect Non-Personally Identifiable Information and Aggregated Data about viewing patterns on RCN’s digital cable television service through the use of its Interactive Programming Guide. This information is used by RCN to measure subscriber use and satisfaction and improve services and marketing.
Other than information provided to governmental taxing or regulatory authorities in furtherance of our legitimate business activities, RCN shall not make Personally Identifiable Information regarding its cable customers available to government authorities in the absence of an appropriate court order entered after a court proceeding. At such a court proceeding, Federal law requires the governmental entity to offer clear and convincing evidence that the subject of the information is reasonably suspected of engaging in criminal activity and that the information sought would be material evidence in the case. The subject of the information must be afforded the opportunity to appear and contest the governmental entity’s claims. In addition, pursuant to an administrative subpoena, state welfare agencies may obtain the names and addresses of individuals as they appear in the customer records of cable television companies with respect to those who owe, or are owed, welfare support. Such information may be obtained without a court order and does not require that a subscriber be given notice of and the opportunity to contest the disclosure.
You have a right to inspect our records that contain information about you as a cable customer and correct any errors in such information. If you wish to inspect our records, please contact your local RCN business office. Please notify us in writing 30 days in advance and an appointment will be arranged promptly during our regular business hours. Additionally, as a cable subscriber, the Communications Act provides you with a cause of action for damages, attorney’s fees and costs in Federal District Court should you believe that any of the limitations on the collection, disclosure, and retention of Personally Identifiable Information have been violated by us.
C. Telephone Customer Privacy
The Communications Act also gives you a right to confidentiality of your CPNI, and requires us to protect the privacy of that information. RCN, or its agents and affiliates, may use, disclose or permit access to your CPNI without notifying you, to provide, install, and repair the services you have ordered, for billing and collection, for emergency services, and for protection of our network and our subscribers against fraud, abuse, and unlawful use. RCN also may be compelled to disclose CPNI or other Personally Identifiable Information in compliance with government taxing or regulatory authorities or pursuant to law enforcement directives or court order.
From time to time we may have the opportunity to offer you related products and services that will better meet your needs by using information about the telephone services you have already purchased from RCN. Use of your CPNI for this purpose may enhance our ability to make you aware of new or alternate products and services that are tailored to your needs. We may also share CPNI, without your prior consent, with RCN’s affiliates and agents for administrative and marketing purposes, but only for communications-related services. RCN, and its agents or affiliates, are permitted to use CPNI to market new communications services to which you do not currently subscribe, but only after providing you with written or electronic notice and the opportunity to “opt-out” of such use. Under these circumstances, it is assumed that if you do not affirmatively instruct RCN not to use or disclose CPNI for such use, you have consented to the use of your CPNI for these purposes. RCN is required to provide you with this “opt-out” notice biennially, and will wait 30 days after providing such notice before assuming you have approved the use or disclosure of CPNI. Your decision to restrict our use of your CPNI is free of charge and will not affect the service you receive from RCN. If you wish to “opt-out” of RCN’s use of your CPNI, please notify RCN, in writing, at RCN Telecom Services, LLC, 650 College Road East, Suite 3100, Princeton, NJ 08540, or e-mail to email@example.com , or call us at 1.800.RING.RCN. You may contact us at any time in the future to restrict the use of your CPNI. If you elect not to restrict the use of your CPNI, RCN may use it for any of the purposes described above.
Except as otherwise indicated herein, and as required under applicable law, RCN will provide you with prior written, electronic, or oral notice and obtain your affirmative consent before sharing your CPNI with joint venture partners and independent contractors for marketing purposes.
You may receive marketing information from RCN even if you restrict RCN’s use of your CPNI. These materials are developed without use of CPNI.
In the event that there is an unauthorized disclosure of your CPNI, RCN is required to notify law enforcement of the breach of your CPNI. Under federal law, RCN is required to wait at least seven (7) business days after notifying law enforcement officials before it can notify you of such a breach. Relevant investigating agencies may direct RCN to wait even longer prior to providing you with notice of the breach of CPNI.
Unless you have requested an unlisted or unpublished number, RCN may release your name, address, and telephone number for listing in directories or for directory assistance services, including to unaffiliated third parties.
D. High Speed Internet Access Service Customer Privacy
RCN is committed to protection of any Personally Identifiable Information, including CPNI, captured or stored on its network. RCN secures such information from unauthorized access, use, and disclosure using industry-standard methods such as firewalls, encryption, and system access controls. Our network security practices are regularly reviewed against industry best practices by internal staff and independent third parties. However, as no computer or network-based product exists that can provide "perfect security", RCN cannot guarantee your information is completely risk-free. Furthermore, you should be aware that any information you include in a message you post to a chat room, newsgroup, or other public posting area generally is available to anyone with Internet access. (See II.D. Customer On-Line Communications).
Non-Personally Identifiable Information and Aggregated Data collected via RCN’s network, as described in Section II.D above, is used by RCN and third parties:
RCN may use Personally Identifiable Information or CPNI, collected via RCN’s network, as described in Section II.D above:
Information logged by the RCN network also is used by RCN to determine compliance with the RCN Internet Access Agreement, Acceptable Use Policy, and other applicable RCN policies and agreements. RCN may use information logged by the RCN network as necessary:
RCN also may disclose to third parties information logged by the RCN network and/or the contents of private communication over the Internet if RCN, in its sole discretion, reasonably believes that such action is necessary:
In addition, RCN reserves the right to disclose the identity of a subscriber, whether or not in conjunction with other information, to third parties as required to comply with applicable law, or valid legal process, or law enforcement request.
All bills are mailed at regular intervals to the billing address indicated in RCN’s records to the attention of the account holder only. In order to perform the billing function, answer questions relating to billing, and collect on overdue accounts, RCN customer service representatives, credit, and collections representatives and billing personnel have access to the billing systems, which contain Personally Identifiable Information and CPNI.
F. Use of Information in Connection with Sale or Liquidation of RCN
RCN reserves the right to provide customer lists and related information in connection with any contemplated sale of the company or of all or part of the business assets used to provide any RCN service to which the customers on a list subscribe, and to treat RCN customer information as a business asset in the event of bankruptcy or liquidation.
G. Data Retention
Except as otherwise required by law or specifically described herein, RCN maintains its customers’ Personally Identifiable Information for the life of the customer’s account, plus an additional seven (7) years. Aggregated Data is retained by RCN for a period of up to seven (7) years.
Service offerings are contingent upon RCN verification that the specific address covered by the service request is an RCN serviceable location. Prices do not include taxes, franchise fees or other surcharges. Services and pricing are subject to change. All photos used within rcn.com are intellectual properties of their respective owners. Services are subject to terms and conditions of RCN’s subscriber agreements, on-line policies, and other applicable terms and conditions. Other restrictions may apply. | <urn:uuid:6de3353e-3d85-4672-a799-6f5d3d553aa1> | 2013-05-18T06:55:34Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Sexual harassment occurs to both men and woman in the workplace at a disturbing rate in the United States. There is no excuse for sexist and offensive behavior. If you have been the target or victim of sexual harassment by an employer or co-worker, contact an accomplished sexual harassment lawyer at Teller & Associates. We have the knowledge and experience to successfully represent victims who have been subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace.
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Originally Posted by Angela
Maguru, why do you think all this pushes your buttons so much? Why do you think I push your buttons so much? If you simply disagree with me, you'd probably just pass over it without thinking about it too much, or maybe saying, "feh, she's wrong."
But since you get an emotional charge out of what I say, what's there and available for you out of that? You have seemed lately to be pretty calm and sure-footed in what you've shared; what is the treasure for you inside this issue of suffering? Do you think it may be something around this "feeling dismissed" concern?
It is a warrior's predicament!
I am a feeling, thinking human being. I would be more than happy to get an emotional response from you. How come you are emotionally disconnected? | <urn:uuid:04ce2894-013f-4b8e-9de1-84f060e0d790> | 2013-05-18T06:20:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I'm slightly confused by what you are saying. Ctrl + P does a fuzzy file match of the project. Note, the project, in your example, contains all of the mydirs. Anyways, to only search within the current directory, well the current directory of your view, you can try something like FuzzyFileNav
If all of your directories truly are independent of one another, why not save them as their own projects? | <urn:uuid:f793c429-5f3b-49f1-9a37-749a46e1f9c1> | 2013-05-18T07:19:19Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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2003 - a trip to St. Petersburg: Alexander, are you still around?
- the streets of St. Petersburg, the melancholy and the glory, the
memories of the cold war and reality of the black market, the churches
and the domes, Russia, travelogue, trip, travel, city, street, St.
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Can he do it again? Muzhingi aims for 4th comrades
NOT since Bruce Fordyce's all-conquering reign in the 1980s have Comrades Marathon pundits and spectators asked themselves about a runner: "Can he do it again?" Stephen Muzhingi has brought that question back.
The Zimbabwean won his third consecutive Comrades title last year, becoming the first to do so since Fordyce won his eighth straight race in 1988.
Now he wants to be the first man to hold the Two Oceans and Comrades ultra-marathon titles in one calendar year since Derek Preiss achieved the feat in 1974 and 1975.
"He can do it," says former Comrades winner Nick Bester.
"Somebody else will have to stop him but he himself is ready and he's confident. He's definitely the man to beat."
Russian course record-holder Leonid Shvetsov has returned after a two-year interval and will be eager to reclaim the title Muzhingi poached from him in 2009.
Sunday's race, from Pietermaritzburg to Durban, will be Muzhingi's toughest. To win this year he will have to quickly get over the fear, pressure and loneliness of being out in front.
So confident is the 34-year-old that he describes his impressive Two Oceans victory during the Easter weekend as a practice run for the impending Comrades.
It is for this reason that race commentator and analyst Cuan Walker believes Muzhingi will not make it four wins on the trot.
"It's like he's not as hungry to win," Walker says.
"Muzhingi will definitely be the favourite, but I don't see him winning the race this year."
"Muzhingi's first win in 2009 was a good one; he ran a very fast time and won by more than seven minutes. But in his second win a year later everyone around him basically gave up and handed him the race, and the same thing happened last year with Fanie Matshipa.
"I think this year the contenders are hungrier than ever, not just to beat Muzhingi, but to win the race."
There will be a strong South African contingent, including last year's runners-up Matshipa and Claude Moshiywa, Bongumusa Mthembu and assured novice Gert Thys chasing the champion.
Bester, who was a training adviser to the last South African to win the Comrades, Sipho Ngomane in 2005, says there is a strong possibility a local winner could emerge.
And "Mr Comrades" Fordyce will run the Comrades a remarkable 30th time this year. | <urn:uuid:fbcab43c-344d-4d0c-a609-9e7225253870> | 2013-05-18T08:09:02Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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German fans not missing Schumacher
Six out of 10 Germans who follow Formula One won't miss retired seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher in the 2013 season, according to a survey carried out for dpa.
The survey carried out by online market research agency YouGov showed 60 per cent as saying the 44-year-old German, who retired at the end of last season, won't be missed this year.
Only 28 per cent of those polled thought Schumacher's absence would be a loss for the sport.
Schumacher initially retired at the end of 2006 but returned in 2010 with Mercedes. However his last three years in F1 produced just a single podium finish.
Compatriot Sebastian Vettel has meanwhile won the F1 drivers' title in a Red Bull for the last three seasons.
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“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”- General George S. Patton.
Every general would tell you that planning is necessary, but our perfectly laid plans never end up working the way we think in real life situations with a nearly infinite amount of variables. As an Army officer, I found Patton’s quote to be very true. Unless you have all the time in the world, you are not going to be able to create the perfect plan to cover every possible contingency. But you can certainly prepare for the greatest threats. In operational terms, we call these the “most dangerous” enemy course of action (COA) and the “most likely” enemy course of action. The threat is what drives the basis of your overall plan.
To give an example of how these enemy courses of action would differ, consider a martial law situation. For the average citizen, the most likely enemy course of action by the government would be setting up checkpoints, restricting travel, and enforcing a curfew. As an aside, I was the airfield “pusher” (or the officer that pushes forces and resources from the main base to the objective) for a martial law scenario where we rehearsed locking down San Antonio on three separate occasions with a few hundred soldiers and associated equipment and supplies. So these contingency plans are already in place by the government in case of a break down in social order. And I should know, because before I was awakened to the reality of things, for a time I was an integral part of the very thing I am now preparing against. In a martial law situation, the most dangerous enemy course of action would be aggressive raids into private homes, confiscation of stockpiles, weapons, and internment of anyone considered “dangerous” or “too patriotic” by the government. It is important to consider both threats. You plan mostly for the likely COA, but you have to be prepared for the most dangerous COA to a degree. Now there might be some debate as to whether these COAs might be reversed, but that is for you to decide and requires that you stay informed and watch carefully how events unfold.
There are many types of rehearsals ranging from walking through a process on paper to actually executing your plan as close to real life as possible. Your overall plan about whether to bug-in or bug-out should be simple enough for the children in your household to understand. Ask your children questions about what we would do if the power went out, if water was not available, what to do if a stranger knocks on your front door, or what to do if a severe storm hits your area. Ideally, you have the time to do the best rehearsals possible and make them as realistic as you can. Some of the tactical types of rehearsals are limited in use, considering that you are likely in your home and are not sitting in on a tank, monitoring the radio, waiting to roll out on a mission. But I will mention all types, because in some limited circumstances, they might apply. The rehearsal types below are in order of preferable to least effective:
Full Rehearsal- Tactically speaking, you would mount your vehicles and physically maneuver through the operation as if it were actually happening, talking through it on the radio as you go. In rehearsing a bug-out situation, this would involve grabbing your bug-out bags and any other equipment you would need, jumping in the car, and driving your designated route to your predetermined bug-out location. There you would secure the area and set up your camp. It would be beneficial to stay a while and cook a meal and even sleep there for the night, using the bug-out scenario as a kind of camping trip.
Key Leader Rehearsal- In a tactical rehearsal for a company-sized operation, the company commander, first sergeant, executive officer, platoon leaders, and platoon sergeants would all get together and rehearse the mission. The key leaders in turn must have smaller rehearsals with their respective units. The key leaders also rehearse contingencies. 1st platoon is destroyed, and now 2nd platoon must become the main maneuver force. This ensures that all key leaders understand the entire concept of the operation rather than just their part of it. This type of rehearsal is usually done in conjunction with a terrain model rehearsal described below. In a prep situation, this might be a rehearsal with you and your spouse or with the adults in your prepper group. If you are fortunate enough to have connected with like-minded adults, it is important that you rehearse the division of labor that would take place if you were all in the same compound. You do not want to wait until everyone arrives during an emergency to decide who is going to keep the generator functioning or who is responsible for providing medical care. It is important to rehearse what might happen if you have to operate in a “degraded mode.” Part of your group might not make it to the bug-out site or worse face internment. If your medical specialist does not make it, someone else must be able to provide medical care. In the Army, we accomplished this by having Combat Medics but also having Combat Lifesaver certified soldiers on each vehicle in case we were separated from the medics. No one should be indispensable, because odds are you will need that person exactly when you cannot have them help you. Cross-training on tasks is how you avoid having a gap in your skills sets as a group.
Terrain Model/Sandbox Rehearsal- This type of rehearsal is one of my personal favorites when limited time is a factor. In a time crunch, you could use your child’s sandbox for this or just use different items for terrain features in a cleared area. The terrain model does not have to be to scale but it should show all of the key terrain features and be recognizable. Conversely though, I have seen a group of four soldiers spend half a day preparing an excellent terrain model including grid lines from the map. The better your model is, the better your rehearsal will go. The key leaders or all soldiers in a smaller unit would take up their positions on this terrain model and then move like their vehicles would on the field. You would be surprised how you actually remember better when you have to physically walk through the operation, and you notice where other adjacent units are, so you can orient yourself. Mostly, this type of rehearsal would be used to show your bug-out route from your home and show how you would set up security in your location once you arrived. Even rehearsing a bug-in scenario, you could make a model of your home and talk through how to protect it from roving gangs of looters, refugees, or a raid.
Map Rehearsal- When time is of the essence, and you need to execute a hasty plan very soon after you formulate it, this type of rehearsal works well. You lay out a map or make a sketch of one and walk through the concept of the plan. This works as a suitable substitute to a terrain model rehearsal, provided that everyone can read a map. A forest fire or even routine road construction might cause road closures and the need may arise for you to use your alternate route to your safe haven, and this type of rehearsal helps easily illustrate that contingency. A bug-out location should have optimally two entry-egress routes. You do not want to become trapped in your bug-out location or have only one way to travel there. This type of rehearsal works well for contingency plans. You might only have time to do a full rehearsal on your main travel route and do a map rehearsal of the alternate route later.
Computer Rehearsal- It would be difficult to rehearse a bug-out or bug-in scenario with a computer, but computers allow us to rehearse skills that are expensive to rehearse in real life. The Army utilizes expansive training centers with high-tech simulators, because even though it is expensive to operate simulators, it is much less expensive than running real vehicles through a field exercise. A single tank platoon with four tanks can totally drain one fuel truck not to mention the cost of vehicle maintenance with turbine engines running around a quarter of a million dollars when brand new. Call of Duty does not a warrior make, but hunting and tactical games can illustrate the importance of cover and concealment, shooting techniques, and tactical movement without having to pay the price for your mistakes in the real world. Practicing with high caliber rifle ammunition is practically like shooting dollar bills out of your barrel. Save the live fires for when your shooters are more proficient on marksmanship basics and will benefit more from the training. Check out magazines like Armchair General for reviews on lifelike games that could be used for tactical training and developing strategic thinking.
Radio Rehearsal- This is the worst type of rehearsal and should only be used if you have no time for anything else. In fact, I have used this type of rehearsal just to say that we had “checked the block” if I ran out of time for a real rehearsal. This particular rehearsal requires an emcee to walk through a scenario, and then the individuals respond over the radio describing their actions and reporting as if they were engaging the enemy. It is useful for working out sequences and triggers for events, but there is zero visual component or physical component as with a terrain model rehearsal. You might use this rehearsal to work out a phone tree or establish redundant contacts within your prepper group, but that is the only practical use it would provide.
Keys to Productive Rehearsals- With all training, you want to make it as realistic as possible. Rehearsals are the same way. Go through all the details in a full rehearsal and pretend like it is the real thing. If you take the rehearsal seriously, so will other people in your family and prepper group. If you are going to bug-out, make sure everyone knows what they are grabbing if you have to leave the house in under five minutes. Make sure everyone has a role to fulfill that fits into your larger plan. If your son is supposed to grab the mobile stove and does not know where to find it, it is better to find that out now in a rehearsal instead of in real life. If he is responsible for setting up the stove once you arrive to the bug-out site, make him do it. Have him set it up in a safe location, start the fire (if he’s old enough), and then cook something on it. Maybe he uses too few briquettes the first time, so he has to add more the next time around. Everyone should be very familiar with the equipment they will be using. An emergency is not the time to figure out how a stove works or if you are missing some part that you need. Break out some of your survival food for realism, and so that everyone can get used to eating it. I can tell you from experience, if you are used to eating only fresh foods and then have to immediately switch to a steady diet of Meals-Ready-to-Eat, you are going to have a very rough transition. There is a reason why half of the Army walks around with Tabasco in their pockets while in the field.
Differing weather conditions can affect your speed and processes as well. Do a rehearsal during the pleasant spring months, but also do one in the middle of a cold winter. If you are bugging-out, it might take much longer to get to your site due to seasonal weather conditions. You might even get stranded on the way there. Hopefully, your bug-out location is closer than that. Inevitably, it will be the worst weather conceivable when you have to bug-out. In the Boy Scouts, we were frequently rained on during our camp outs. It was very valuable in showing us how you need to bag everything to keep it dry and set up measures to keep mud out of your tents. Do not cancel your rehearsal due to weather. An emergency will not give you a rain check.
Remember that the point of a rehearsal is to make sure that everyone understands the plan and their part of it and to practice your plan. It also serves to find any weaknesses in the overall plan, which can be remedied before you have to do this in real life. For those with children, if they have never been camping or are not what you would call outdoorsy, it could be a huge shock in a bug-out situation if they have to both adjust to the crisis situation and have to learn very quickly how to function in the wild. Do not let them take their iPods, iPads, Smart Phones, and the rest of their gadgets with them in this scenario, since they are unlikely to work anyhow during the real emergency. At most you might consider a handheld video game if you have a solar charger with extra batteries. It might improve their morale during a bug-out scenario, but it also might serve as a terrible distraction. It really depends on the child and whether they are playing a game for entertainment or as a vehicle for escapism. Escapism is extremely dangerous during a survival scenario. You want everyone to be focused on the task at hand but also have opportunities for fun interpersonal activities with family and group members such as card games.
You may never want to touch your equipment or reserves until the real emergency, and even though it costs more money to have extras to rehearse with, it is crucial. Not only does this allow you to practice with the equipment you will be using, it allows you to find any broken parts that you need to fix or to find substitutes that would work in a pinch. You might have a suture kit in an aid bag, but you need to have that practice kit too, so that you can become good at it before you need to do it for real on an actual wound.
When a main battle tank is damaged, it is functioning in “degraded mode.” The main gun might be disabled, the thermal sights blown to pieces, the radio is inoperative, or track thrown and unable to maneuver. You learn to deal with each of these contingencies alone and together. Do a mini-rehearsal at home sometime. Try turning the power off for a few hours. Turn off the main water supply and try to flush toilets on your tri-level home by lugging buckets of water up the stairs. Maybe you will decide that everyone must use the one toilet closest to your water stores. Operating in degraded mode will help you focus on certain aspects and work out the bugs in your plan without having to turn your home into a war zone. In this way, you could have mini-rehearsals for a few hours without entirely disrupting regular routines. Though an emergency is likely to do just that, so this method just provides another way to fit in some extra practice.
As mentioned previously, the plan has to be simple enough that the slowest soldier or youngest child can grasp it. Backbriefing is incredibly important. If your children can walk you through the plan, then you know that they understand all of it and not just their small part of it. Adults and children alike are hesitant to ask questions, because they think it will make them look stupid in front of a group. I have had soldiers nod their heads at me when briefing them to only give me a blank stare ten minutes later when I asked them to walk me through the plan. Everyone has to get it no matter how many times you must walk through it. That gains you peace in knowing that you communicated effectively and were understood, and confidence that the plan does not depend on your personal orchestration of it because others will know what to do.
It would be appropriate to end this article with a paraphrase from another great general, Helmut von Moltke: “The plan never survives first contact with the enemy.” Your plan and the rehearsals of that plan serve as a rallying point. The plan is meant to focus everyone on the main objective even when everything is falling apart around you. It is almost guaranteed, that things will not play out exactly as you predict, but when you have to overcome those obstacles you will always end up coming back to the main focus of your overall plan to survive and protect those you care about.
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”- General George S. Patton. | <urn:uuid:90c31c6e-b682-449a-a760-e321dc1365e4> | 2013-05-18T07:13:56Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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This is a great activity that goes with the new book in the Sir Cumference series. The book is titled Sir Cumference and the Viking's Map. It is a story that correlates with coordinate graphing. The activity I made to go along with the book is a "map" graph and a set of ten sentences that have students mark an X at each of the stops (coordinate points). This is a great way to tie reading into your math lesson or math into a reading lesson. | <urn:uuid:7c98330a-5fcb-415a-b9ab-a628a7022b51> | 2013-05-18T06:32:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The architecture of a flexible .NET file processing system -- Part 4
Source: Zach Smith
The first three parts of this series concentrated on the overall architecture of the .NET file processing system and how the messages get created and routed. In this installment, Zach Smith explains the role of the task specific processes and describes how to set up the system so that it is easily scalable.
This download is also available as an entry in the TechRepublic Programming and Development blog. | <urn:uuid:77fda18c-430d-4eb5-af8e-dfd129bd113f> | 2013-05-18T07:26:13Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Microsoft has announced that it's axed the much-anticipated Courier tablet. The innovative dual-display slate emerged last September
, but apparently never made it past incubation. The news comes as a bit of a shock, because the project seemed promising -- especially after a few video demonstrations of the interface turned up online
Redmond's Frank Shaw today confirmed to Gizmodo
that the Courier project is no more. Shaw said that Microsoft is constantly looking at new ideas, investigating, testing, and incubating them, and the Courier project is an example of that effort. He noted that while the Courier itself will never come to fruition, its technology might be used in future offerings.
Many saw the Courier as a perfect fit for Microsoft's "three screens and a cloud" vision. It was supposedly powered by an Nvidia Tegra 2 system-on-a-chip, and rumors pegged it for a late 2010
or early 2011 debut. The device was touted as a "digital journal" largely focused on pen-based user input, such as drawing and writing, which was backed by handwriting recognition software. | <urn:uuid:f59dba07-619f-407b-83cc-f9f5a18eaf02> | 2013-05-18T06:31:45Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Archived Tee - 2012-06-14Art curated by
About the artist
Tell us about this design.
I was at the store one day buying mushrooms when I realized that somewhere, in another universe, Mario was out there doing the very same thing. Needless to say, my mind was blown.
Where are you from?
How would you describe your style?
Shiny :D I'm basically like a raccoon- I work in a variety of styles, but I love high contrast in color and value, so that's generally how I design.
If you could collaborate with anyone else, who would you pick?
George Takei- it would pretty much be the most amazing thing ever to work with him on anything.
What historical figure do you most admire?
Leonardo Da Vinci- There is the famous figure of speech that says "Jack of all trades, master of none," except Da Vinci was pretty much just a master of all trades. You really can't get any better than that guy.
If you weren't designing shirts, what would you be doing?
Taking a nap
Would you rather fight a ninja turtle or a pokemon?
If I say pokemon, do I get to specify magikarp and/or metapod?
Game of Thrones vs. Lord of the Rings: which would win the battle?
Game of Thrones- I spent a long time trying to find a justification here. No, there isn't one. I'm not exactly sure what the logistics of said battle would be, so I have to just trust my gut here, which happens to be obsessed with GoT.
What is your favorite t-shirt color?
What has been your favorite vacation or travel experience?
A 9 day cruise- the destinations were nice, but the all you can eat aspect and the daily game shows are what really got me.
Any shout outs?
To my sister, who is probably married by the time this is printed. Congrats! | <urn:uuid:dd26ba12-143a-48ca-8c50-c32f4697277e> | 2013-05-18T07:28:15Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Tazviona Maluge Bhebe, 40, stormed into an off licence in Sutton, South London, armed with a kitchen knife.
He was wearing a pair of light blue boxer shorts over his face, peering through one of the leg holes as he threatened 34-year-old shop worker Harry Mahalingham.
A court heard that Bhebe, who lived near The Broadway off licence, demanded cash from Mr Mahalingham and tried to open the till to steal cash after reaching behind the counter.
He told Mr Mahalingham: "Give me your money or I will use the knife", it was claimed.
But the burglary was foiled when Mr Mahalingham jumped over the counter and beat Bhebe over the head with A-frame display sign, causing the boxer shorts to slip down and expose his face on CCTV.
Bhebe chased the shop worker around the store brandishing the knife but eventually ran off, throwing away the knife and ripping the failed disguise from his face.
Police arrived at the scene within minutes and arrested Bhebe after watching the CCTV footage and extracting DNA evidence from the knife and underwear.
Detective Constable Andy Thornton, who revealed a string of CCTV images of the bungled January 21 raid, said: "The CCTV shows his boxer shorts shifting to reveal his face during the robbery."
Bhebe pleaded guilty to robbery and possession of a knife and was jailed for three years two weeks ago at Croydon Crown Court.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "The man walked up to the counter and peered out through a leg hole in his plain light blue shorts and demanded: 'Give me your money or I will use the knife.'
"The CCTV shows his boxer shorts shifting to reveal his face during the robbery"
"As Bhebe walked around the counter to take £100 from the till, the sales assistant quickly jumped over the counter and went outside the shop to pick up a large, A-frame display sign.
"The assistant then returned to the front of the counter where he swung the green sign at Bhebe who was still behind the counter. Bhebe was hit with the sign.
"Bhebe chased the sales assistant outside the shop to the nearby roundabout before running off discarding the kitchen knife and removing and discarding his boxer shorts as he went in full view of a number of pedestrians.
"Officers were quickly on scene and seized the shop's CCTV, secured forensic evidence and took witness statements from the sales assistant and pedestrians nearby.
Mr Mahalingham's boss Ruba Kumar, 46, said: "I've always told my workers not to react in a robbery but he told me he did not want to see any of the shop's £5,000 stock taken so fought back.
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Miss Davy, 23, will join Allen and Overy later this year after completing a postgraduate law course at Leeds University.
George Allen set up the firm with Thomas Overy in 1930 and six years acted as the King's solicitor during the abdication crisis.
Edward turned to Mr Allen - whom he reportedly nicknamed Poker Face - during the dramatic period which led to the monarch giving up his throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
Miss Davy will complete her course in the spring before heading to London to spend the next two years working as a trainee solicitor with the law firm, reported Hello! magazine.
The 23-year-old reportedly ended her relationship with Harry, 24, after the couple returned from a holiday on the island of Mauritius a few weeks ago.
The split has been described as amicable by Royal sources and the pair are said to still be friends.
A spokeswoman for Allen and Overy confirmed the firm had made an offer to Miss Davy, which she had accepted.
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Witnesses at a festival said the man bounced several times after hitting the ground at high speed.
The 35-year-old, who has not yet been named, was airlifted to Nelson Hospital suffering multiple serious injuries. He was subsequently transferred to Christchurch Hospital, which has the resources to tackle more serious injuries.
He had been making a solo jump with a local company, Skydive Abel Tasman.
Stuart Bean, the skydive company's owner, said: "He activated his main parachute at about 4,000 feet, stayed with his main parachute for a short period of time, and developed a steering problem, so he didn't have directional control.
"He elected to release the main parachute and open his reserve parachute and, for reasons that we don't know at this stage, had a hard landing."
Although the man was unable to deploy his reserve chute, police said it opened automatically when he was just 750 feet above the ground.
He is described as an experienced skydiver from the lake resort town of Taupo, who has made more than 1,000 jumps.
The incident occurred during the week-long Good Vibes festival at Motueka aerodrome, on New Zealand's South Island.
Witnesses Georgie and Kim Eschweiler watched from the ground and saw the man's main parachute float away from him during the jump.
Mr Eschweiler told the Fairfax news website: "He came down fast and hit the ground full blast."
Barbara Dunn, a spokesman for the Tasman district police, said the man landed heavily despite the emergency chute slowing the final stage of his descent.
He bounced along the grass several times before coming to rest, she said.
Gary Tobin, of the St John ambulance service, said the skydiver appeared to have suffered internal chest and abdominal injuries.
He was also being assessed for spinal compression and lumbar fractures.
Mr Tobin said the man was in a great deal of pain after he landed and remained conscious the whole time he was being assisted.
The New Zealand Parachute Industry Association will carry out an investigation. | <urn:uuid:0ae7e464-dd2f-469e-b27f-a94c8b610f65> | 2013-05-18T05:20:22Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Tokyo. A giant billboard of Ando and Hiro, then a smaller version in a room they're sitting in. They have apparently started a "Dial A Hero," but they haven't gotten any calls. Ando says no one understands the company, so it's not really working, but Hiro pulls out a bar graph to convince him otherwise. It's not clear if it convinces him because Ando glimpses a photo from their childhood, and tells Hiro what happened that day (WHEN HIRO WAS THERE, ANVIL SEEKERS): Ando spilled his drink on Hiro's sister, and that's the moment she started hating him. Man, what a priss. Why would he even care if she's that uptight? Hiro: "Women. What are you going to do?" Ando says he still loves Kimiko, but she thinks he's an idiot. Just then, she storms in and yells at them for spending all of this money on "Heroes for Hire" (don't worry: Hiro corrects her on the company name). [Good, becase that's a Marvel Comics lawsuit waiting to happen. - Zach] Kimiko thinks this has Ando's name written all over it, by which she means "inane" and "irresponsible." She storms out, with Hiro just saying "bar graph" to try to convince her. Ando's like, "See? She hates me." Yes, Ando, we see that. Thanks for that completely useless scene. Then the phone rings, and someone's looking for a hero, it seems, judging by the way Hiro's face lights up.
New York. Peter is in his ambulance, telling everyone over the radio that he and his partner are on something that's 12 blocks away. His partner says they won't get there with all the traffic, so Peter opts to "hoof it," telling his partner that there's always a shortcut. He goes all Spider-Man, running up walls and leaping onto fire escapes. When he arrives at the accident and finds a car on its side with a pregnant woman at the wheel, he rips the door off her car and says, "I'm here to save you." No one talks like that, show. Not even someone as pompous and whiney as Peter. | <urn:uuid:cf2e4585-ba6a-415b-ae84-9ee60a9a3ad3> | 2013-05-18T08:05:10Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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At Mode, Betty returns to her desk to find Renee futzing with Daniel's schedule -- the schedule that Betty has so carefully constructed using a system of colored post-it notes. Betty asks her to step off. Renee will not step off. There is a lot of toggling of post-it notes, and a schedule book tug of war leads to the whole thing being destroyed. Amidst a confetti of sticky reminders, Daniel enters. Betty tells him that she tried to exercise patience, but when it comes to the office, it's Renee or her. She stomps off, and Daniel asks what the hell that was about. Renee says it's obvious -- Betty in love with him. Daniel looks at an angry Betty and appears dumb enough to believe this. Oh, lord.
Renee can't believe that it's never occurred to Daniel that Betty is in love with him. After all, she follows him around, hanging on his every word. That is pretty much an assistant's job description, so Daniel isn't too concerned. Renee tells Daniel how powerful and sexy he is, but it's really just a ploy to get him to admit that he's banged plenty of assistants past. Renee tells Daniel to be careful, and to ask himself if there's something he might have said to lead Betty on. Daniel recalls telling Betty that he loved her when she scheduled his nap and, like the fiddlehead that he is, panics. This whole line of specious reasoning wouldn't have worked so well on someone who didn't think they were God's gift.
Meanwhile, Betty talks to Christina about how weird Renee is. Christina explains that it's been hard going snooping-wise since Wili threw out the baby monitor. She'll try, though, as long as Betty can get some info from Daniel.
Meanwhile, Renee angrily meets Wili at La Brulee. She says it's just like Wili to choose this place, after all Renee went through there. Wili plays dumb, and Renee glares at her. Wili "suddenly" "realizes" that it was Gregory's favorite restaurant. Oh Gregory from Stony Brook Farm. We shall soon learn more about this. Wili convinces Renee to sit down then apologizes for interfering with her and Daniel. However, she says, she was just trying to protect Renee since Daniel is a notorious and indiscriminate cheater. Renee thinks that Wili wants to be starting something. Mama-say mama-sah ma-ma-coo-sah, indeed. But Wili says that Daniel has changed with Renee, and there's no reason for her to be worried or...jealous. She wants to toast Renee's joyous future and say goodbye to all the awful memories of Gregory Larson. At this moment a waiter comes to wish Renee happy birthday with a piece of cake -- upon which are FIVE CANDLES! Wili says he must have the wrong person, and Renee just mumbles, "No candles," and hightails it out of the restaurant. After she's gone, Wili slips the waiter some cash. That's how she rolls, especially if you share her DNA. | <urn:uuid:ace79b05-97cc-4a4a-9922-5b7f890ac832> | 2013-05-18T05:23:08Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Mariano Gonzales Biography
Born c. 1820, in San Miguel Horcasitas, Sonora, Mexico
Died: May 27, 1893
Mariano Gonzales came to Tempe about 1875. He was apparently one of several brothers who came to Tempe in the 1870s. It is likely that Mariano, as well as Juan, Ramon, Manuel, Jesus, Jacobo, and Genaro Gonzales, were all members of a wealthy ranching family in the state of Sonora in northern Mexico. Political turmoil in Sonora in the 1860s forced the family to abandon their lands and cattle near San Miguel Horcasitas.
Mariano Gonzales was a farmer. When he first arrived, he did work for Charles T. Hayden and the Tempe Irrigating Canal Company. He claimed land along the Kirkland-McKinney Ditch east of Tempe, and along the San Francisco Canal, on the west side of Tempe. By 1877, he had built an adobe house near the Salt River. The Mariano Gonzales House still stands in Tempe. It is one of the oldest surviving structures in the valley.
Mariano Gonzales married María Antonia Ramirez in Sonora. They had six children: Carmel, Mariana, María, Antonio, José, and Miguel. In 1875, two of their daughters were married in Tempe. Carmel married James Lindsey and Mariana married Tempe pioneer James T. Priest. Mariano Gonzales became a naturalized citizen in 1878.
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Authors: Miller, Solomon
Date: February 28, 1861
Written less than a month after Kansas became a state, Miller comments on the developing political situation as a carry over from the territorial period, reflecting, for example, on the conflict between the governor and James H. Lane and the selection of U.S. senators for Kansas. Miller had supported Robinson in the past and was now seeking appointment to a particular "Agency," but he refused "sell" his support to anyone for such a position.
Keywords: Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896; Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866; Miller, Solomon (Sol); Parrott, Marcus J., 1828-1879; Patronage, political; Political corruption; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Senate (see Unites States. Congress. Senate); Smith, Samuel C.; Stanton, Frederick Perry, 1814-1894; United States. Congress. Senate | <urn:uuid:e10b9367-98a1-4fdd-9475-87e9af3634c9> | 2013-05-18T08:08:36Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Arnold Henry Guyot
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|Arnold Henry Guyot|
Arnold Henry Guyot
|Born||September 28, 1807
Boudevilliers, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
|Died||February 8, 1884
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Guyot was born at Boudevilliers, near Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He was educated at Chaux-de-Fonds, then at the college of Neuchâtel. In 1825, he went to Germany, and resided in Karlsruhe where he met Louis Agassiz, the beginning of a lifelong friendship. From Karlsruhe he moved to Stuttgart, where he studied at the gymnasium. He returned to Neuchâtel in 1827. He determined to enter the ministry and started at the University of Berlin to attend lectures. While pursuing his studies, he also attended lectures on philosophy and natural science. His leisure was spent in collecting shells and plants, and he received an entrée to the Berlin Botanical Garden from Humboldt. In 1835, he received the degree of Ph.D. from Berlin.
In 1838, at Agassiz's suggestion, he visited the Swiss glaciers and communicated the results of his six weeks' investigation to the Geological Society of France. He was the first to point out certain important observations relating to glacial motion and structure. Among other things he noted the more rapid flow of the center than of the sides, and the more rapid flow of the top than of the bottom of glaciers; described the laminated or ribboned structure of the glacial ice; and ascribed the movement of glaciers to a gradual molecular displacement rather than to a sliding of the ice mass as held by de Saussure. He subsequently collected important data concerning erratic boulders.
In 1839, he became the colleague of Agassiz as professor of history and physical geography at the College of Neuchâtel (a.k.a. Neuchâtel Academy?). The suspension of that institution in 1848 caused Guyot to emigrate, at Agassiz's instance, to the United States, where he settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He delivered a course of lectures at the Lowell Institute which were afterward published as Earth and Man (Boston 1853). For several years the Massachusetts Board of Education retained his services as a lecturer on geography and methods of instruction to the normal schools and teachers' institutes.
He was occupied with this work until his appointment, in 1854, as professor of physical geography and geology at Princeton University, which office he retained until his death. He was also for several years lecturer on physical geography in the State Normal School in Trenton, New Jersey, and from 1861 to 1866 lecturer in the Princeton Theological Seminary. He also gave courses in the Union Theological Seminary, New York, and at Columbia College. He founded the museum at Princeton, many of the specimens of which are from his own collections.
His scientific work in the United States included the perfection of plans for a national system of meteorological observations. Most of these were conducted under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. His extensive meteorological observations led to the establishment of the United States Weather Bureau, and his Meteorological and Physical Tables (1852, revised ed. 1884) were long standard.
His graded series of text-books and wall-maps were important aids in the extension and popularization of geological study in America. In addition to text-books, his principal publications were:
- Earth and Man, Lectures on Comparative Physical Geography in its Relation to the History of Mankind (translated by Cornelius Conway Felton, 1849)
- A Memoir of Louis Agassiz (1883)
- Creation, or the Biblical Cosmogony in the Light of Modern Science (1884).
- Johnson’s New Universal Cyclopaedia (1876) - editor-in-chief along with Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
He is the namesake of several geographical features, including Guyot Glacier in Alaska, Mount Guyot on the North Carolina and Tennessee border, and a different Mount Guyot in New Hampshire, as well as Mount Guyot on the Rocky Mountain Continental Divide in Colorado. The building housing the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Geosciences at Princeton is named Guyot Hall in his honor.
- James Dwight Dana's Memoir in the Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Science, vol. ii. (Washington, 1886).
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Guyot, Arnold Henry". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). "Guyot, Arnold". The New Student's Reference Work. Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co.
- "Guyot, Arnold". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
- Tables, Meteorological and Physical Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution (1858)
- Tables, Meteorological and Physical Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution (1884)
- Directions for meteorological observations, and the registry of periodical phenomena (1860)
- Physical Geography (1873)
- The earth and man: lectures on comparative physical geography, in its relation to the history of mankind (1860).
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I'm a student. I've been learning Spanish in school and am pretty adept with it, but decided to bail before AP Spanish instead of dropping a science/math course. My interests span math, theoretical computer science/coding (fluent in many programming languages including C(++), Java, Python, Scheme, and Haskell
, if only real languages were as easy to learn and use), linguistics (I already know about tense-aspect-mood, ergative vs. accusative, declension, and other weird things; hopefully this will help with learning more inflected languages like Latin/Greek), literature, old and new, and the natural sciences in general, but chemistry and physics in particular.
I've always wanted to learn Latin and/or Greek. Mainly so I could read Homer or Virgil in the original languages. I was obsessed with ancient mythology as a kid, and loved reading the Odyssey last year. I would also like to continue Spanish through self-study. If I can finish that, I will continue with Japanese (for the challenge and because I like anime). After that maybe German or French. I suppose my problem is that I'm interested in too many things. Hopefully I can dive into language learning over the summer and find some way to continue throughout high school and college. I would love to speak as many languages as I can find time to learn.
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With his curling, claw-like fingernails, his habit of leaving corpses in his wake, and predilection for morbidity both on and off the screen, Jose Mojica Marins seems more a creation of one of his own films than the person who might make them.
Yet during the 1960s, he (along with his alter ego, "Coffin Joe") was one of Brazil's best-known popular figures, a prolific director and star of macabre horror films, whose career and reputation are only now spreading outside of his homeland.
In the 1960s he had a handful of massive hits, one of which remains in Brazil's box-office top 10. He had a television show and lent his celebrity to a comic strip and a range of consumer goods.
But after a military crackdown and political censorship that sent many of his filmmaking colleagues to Europe, he was forced into bankruptcy.
career kind of disappeared," says Andre Barcinski, a Brazilian music and
film journalist who, with his partner Ivan Finotti, has documented
Mojica's career in the Sundance prize-winning documentary Coffin Joe:
The Strange World of Jose Mojica Marins. "He did not bring back the
character of Coffin Joe. He became a gun for hire, did westerns and erotic
films in the 1970s and 1980s. Today we have this weird situation because
he is very well known, he has become like a national icon, if he walks
down the street people recognise him, but the majority of people today
haven't seen his films."
The reclaiming of Mojica's career took off in 1991 when Barcinski showed a distributor in Seattle some of his films. Thirteen of his 30-odd films were released on video, becoming hits on cult circuits and attracting the notice of European cinephiles.
Barcinski's mission is not only to get Mojica's work back into circulation, but to convince people that he is a good filmmaker. "People tend to see him as a folk character, a maverick, an adventurous guy (but) who is pretty incompetent. He did a lot of bad films too, but I think the films he did for himself as Coffin Joe, where he had complete control and freedom, are really good.
"The great thing about him is . . . Mojica, who still can't read or write very well, made these films very instinctively. Primitivism in art is one thing, but film is probably the hardest medium in which to be primitive because of the processes in making them. From thinking about a scene to its existence can take two years," Barcinski says.
"The whole essence of primitivism is that it comes directly from your heart and your brain, and that is very hard to do in movies. When I watch his films it always strikes me how primitive they are."
Barcinski admits that it's not easy separating myth from fact in Mojica's colourful life and exploits, many of which, such as the alarming death-rate of Mojica's cast and crew, are covered in his film. He included only stories and anecdotes he could confirm with people more reliable than Mojica, who at age 68 increasingly confuses himself with Coffin Joe.
They may be tall tales, but most are true, says Barcinski. He once ran for parliament, but because he registered as Jose Mojica Marins rather than Coffin Joe, voters failed to recognise the name when they arrived at polling booths.
"He's a magnet for strange people," adds Barcinski. "When you meet him he's very normal, but he's come to see himself as Coffin Joe. Every strange person in Brazil likes him and tries to get close to him."
On Thursday SBS is also screening At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, filmed in 13 days in 1964. "He filmed it like a radio serial," explains Barcinski. "The soundtrack is radical, he tells you where people are and how they're dressed. This is his most conventional horror film because it has a beginning, middle and end, and there's a basic structure in the story," Barcinski says. "But if you watch his later films you see how they become more experimental in their editing, cinematography and setting. He also becomes more psychedelic, and if you have a chance to watch Awakening of the Beast, you should."
Coffin Joe: The Strange World of Jose Mojica Marins screens on SBS on Tuesday at 10pm. At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul screens on Thursday at 10pm.
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The giving of the law at Mount Sinai was the climax of a series of events that began at Passover, the moment and the means of the Israelites' redemption. At Passover they killed a lamb and put the blood on their doorposts. When the death angel passed through to slay the firstborn, those who had blood on the doorposts were spared. God was saving, redeeming, buying back His people.
Mount Sinai adds the other half of the equation. Though redemption through the blood of a lamb (Christ) freed them from sin's dominion and death, the giving of the law at Mount Sinai shows that freeing them is not all that God had in mind. Israel came to Mount Sinai after being redeemed, heard the law, and assented to keep it. God gave the law to show the pattern of life, the principles of righteousness, for the redeemed.
On one side of the coin is grace and on the other is law and obedience. They are harmonious; they cannot be separated. They are both vital parts of the process of sanctification leading to salvation. Grace is given upon repentance from sin, but after repentance, what is a Christian to do with his life? Obedience to God and living a life of holiness become his first priorities, and these work to produce character in the image of God (II Corinthians 3:18).
Amos 5:25 reconfirms that the sacrifice, offering, and shedding of blood is a foundational necessity for a relationship with God. "Did you offer Me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?" The answer is, "Yes." The people were sacrificing, but is that all that they did? He implies that though they were sacrificing, something was missing—obedience to the law.
God told Israel that He would dwell in the Tabernacle, specifically the Holy of Holies, the symbolism of which we need to understand. The most important piece of furniture inside the Holy of Holies was the Mercy Seat, a wooden chest overlaid with gold. Its lid functioned as the seat. Inside the chest, under the seat, were stored the two tablets of stone, symbolizing God sitting on His law, the basis of His judgment.
When one sins, he begins to separate himself from fellowship with God (Isaiah 59:1-2). He is no longer permitted, as it were, to come into the Holy of Holies. What means did God provide to heal the broken relationship, to restore the fellowship?
One might think that the giving of a sin offering would appease God, and He would forgive the sin. However, Hebrews 10:4 is very clear: "For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins." Then why did God have the Israelites make these sacrifices? "But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year" (verse 3). As Amos does not mention the sin offering in Amos 5:22, it seems that Israel did not even make the attempt to be reminded of sin.
So how was fellowship restored? On the Day of Atonement, once a year, the high priest entered the Holy of Holies to sprinkle the Mercy Seat with blood. God's intent in this ritual was to show people that their transgressions of His law were covered by the blood. The redeemed were again in fellowship with God.
The blood and the law are essential parts for maintaining the correct relationship with God. The law is permanent and codifies the nature of God in precepts to help us understand Him clearly. Obedience to His law is a perpetual requirement, with blood available to cover any transgression of it. | <urn:uuid:b9619109-5f2f-4a84-aeb7-ac36b882068f> | 2013-05-18T05:49:23Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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FUDU wrote:mattvan1 wrote:
I'm fairly certain our founding fathers would weep knowing how the 2nd Amendment has been corrupted and twisted into a defense for the indefensible, and yet if we begin to allow the federal government to chip away at the Bill of Rights then where is the line ultimately drawn?
matt can you expound on exactly how the 2nd has been corrupted and twisted, and into a defense of the indefensible?
Yes, but I don't feel like spending too much time on it. The abridged version - The origin of the 2nd Amendment was actually the English Bill of Rights written in the 1600's or so (going from memory here) Before the American revolution a militia was raised - as there was not a police force. This militia was comprised of those loyal to the Crown as well as those opposed to British rule. As tensions grew the loyalists were, under law, permitted to disarm the general population. The colonists refused, banded together, floundered around for a while then finally found a good battlefield general and the rest, as they say, is history.
So the origin of the law is clear, and the SCOTUS has ruled, over time, that those rights extend to the individual. All of this is fine - hunters, sportsmen, those who want to defend their home and property - all good.
But, as with everything, the fringe elements carry everything too far. And then morons like Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, drop incendiary little bombs like this one
"Gun control supporters have the blood of little children on their hands. Federal and state laws combined to insure that no teacher, no administrator, no adult had a gun at the Newtown school where the children were murdered. This tragedy underscores the urgency of getting rid of gun bans in school zones. The only thing accomplished by gun free zones is to insure that mass murderers can slay more before they are finally confronted by someone with a gun."
WTF, over? Stop hiding behind a law that you don't understand and stop trying to turn every citizen into a vigilante. | <urn:uuid:6913e5fb-14d8-47fe-95a6-eb224b39f206> | 2013-05-18T07:15:55Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The Great Probe Into the Meaning of Sex
THE SQUISHING and sliding of soft things in and out, yin and yang, black and white, figure and ground, existence and non-existence- this, yes this, is sex as we all know it. Sex is an act of realizing yourself. In order to know consciousness, you have to experience lack of consciousness; happiness needs misery; sex wants non-sex; to feel that you're in you must come out. Sex teaches us that it's all in the being-there and then not-being-there, that life is an act of becoming. We can never find out what we want to know. We can only know, and not know, and then know, and not know, and know, and not know....
We, of course, don't really know. Sex here is spending the night, and embarrassments, and pills, and pregnancies, and diets, and new kinds of honesty, and being, like Kesey told us to be, out front as much as possible. And honesty, we learn as we slip in and out of our regular lives around here, is a relative value.
I saw a movie yesterday, when I was alone. "Why?" asked one character to the boy. "We make love to compensate for death, to prove that we exist." Which reminds me of this girl named Lauren who will not go to bed with anyone except her husband (should she have one). Lauren is pretty, Lauren has long legs, Lauren has blue eyes, does she exist?
She does not know spending the night, and embarrassments and pills and pregnancies and diets and new kinds of honesty and being out front as much as possible. She does know about Shakespeare and Dryden and Milton and Hardy. So what does she know?
But sex, it is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer, is better in the abstract than in the specific. Adolescents substitute fantasies for reality; we all substitute real experiences for our fantasies. Sexual desire and longing are deeply implanted in the depths of our consciousness, and what we do with our bodies never quite fits the bill. Suggested solution: Don't worry about the future and what's in your head- that equals death. As you make love, tell yourself that your coming will be your death. No more. That's it.
"No more. That's it," she said on the first date. The second time I saw her we went further though. And on the third date I knew, as we put it in the freshman year, I would get to home base. I primed her with talk, not with talk of love or the unmatchable experience of sex; but about the honesty of sex and the important need to fulfill oneself. I tried to be honest and she accepted what I said. But she had a moment of hesitation and I soothed her fears by talking about our next date, about our future together. I wanted to be honest with her, but I also wanted her. In the morning when I woke up she was crying. I got mad. "Fuck," I said, "why are you crying."
Sex is where you find out if you're alive or dying; sex is struggling against your own selfishness and through the pain of your own thinking to find the other struggler and struggle with him. Sometimes hating the one you're fucking is the best way to love him- anyway it's violent, athletic, rhythmic, musical, and takes supe-rintellectual coordination. The final emotion is great impersonal happiness as if you had jumped off a subway run up the satires hopped onto the waiting bus which immediately leaves for the airport where the last seat is empty which you slide into just as the engines are fired....
But sometimes you jump off the subway, in the Dover Street Station say, and you're waiting to change onto another train and so is this other guy. Just you and the other guy, waiting, and he's starting to look at you, and you just know he's watching.
You have read about homosexuals, perhaps you've even been one, so now you start to worry as this guy comes over and starts handling you. But you're a progressive thinker, and, Jesus, this guy's just had a different background, and now he has different tastes, and it's a free country after all. He doesn't mean any harm; he's putting his fingers through your hair because he likes you. What's wrong with that. So it comes as no surprise when you find yourself in the restroom enjoying it.
BUT WHAT does one do, for example, when one's female beagle is blissfully in heat, and one leaves his house to take a walk, and suddenly 47 assorted dogs, wild with lust, begin making messy love to your calf muscles. It is true, as they say in Dorchester, that "It's not the face you fuck," but the coiner of the phrase never took into account that bitch musk clings to one's clothes, and that male hounds are so blindly in love that they mistake corduroy for canine flesh.
I once knew a boy who dated our President's daughter. There's nothing from that I can put into this story.
In the Weatherman communes, a girl walks up to a boy and says, "I'd like to sleep with you." They sometimes make love in the same room with other people standing around doing stuff. In PL, the movement people band together, as it were, to "fortify each other for the struggles." In some of the Boston Women's Lib communities they have been discussing what to do about this problem of sex. Some think they should get into lesbianism because not only does it avoid the repression of males, but a girl can be much more highly aroused by another chick.
A chick I knew in Berkeley in the summer was due to have a baby by just about now. When she found out she was pregnant, her friends got her these appointments with doctors that she never kept. When they finally got it arranged with one who was going to set up her abortion, she split to Oregon for four weeks. And when she showed up again in San Francisco. it was like, too late to get it done because she was about three months into it. She says she'll keep the kid and just carry it on her back when she goes out. She lives over Telegraph Avenue in this place whose hallway everybody uses to shoot up in. There's a little blood on the walls and always people hanging around and passed out there. It's a pretty far out place to grow up in.
Me, I grew up in the good old stable middle class like the rest of you; where the emphasis was on proving your manhood, getting laid, fucked, balled. But of course that was in the early sixties: that's when I went through puberty. (Now that it's 1970, we can stop all that maudlin reminiscing about the fifties and start talking about the sixties.) Remember "eat it raw," "bite the bird." and "What a piece of ass!" Not to ignore the classic "She's a great kid, not much on looks, but a wonderful personality, lots of lofts." At least pornographers, who finally achieved legitimacy in the sixties, never let us down: "Do it, do it,' she cried, as I rammed the old avenger home." Of course, the reality, once you lost your virginity, was hardly that simple.
First time, you probably had problems keeping it up, and then you probably came the second you got inside. You might have even hurt her in your fumbling embarrassment. And then? The thing that pornography always left out was what happened afterwards: the horrible revelation that. when sleeping with a total stranger, the pleasure content of the whole things drops suddenly to near zero, right after orgasm. You might as well have been beating off; it was almost as pleasurable and not nearly as much hassle. What pornographers forgot about- or never knew- was that it's a lot more fun to make love with somebody you care about than with a more or less total stranger. I still like pornography still read it, still use it as a masturbatory and- but I have come to accept its total lack of relation to real life.
This was forgotten during the struggle for sexual liberation. Once sex became permissible, it increasingly came to be measured by quantitative standards: "How much are you getting sport?" This paternally enough, becomes an ego game, which, reinforced by natural horniness. fights a never ending battle against laziness and guile with little hope of resolution. Can there be no release? Few men realize that many of the complaints of the Women's Liberation movement relate directly to the things that they themselves have always been annoyed at: the passivity of women, their lack of intellectual daring, the forced scenario of roles in sexual relations.
You see, all through history one civilization after another has been desperately unhappy, muddled, or at least, perverse because they haven't been able to put themselves at ease about sex. It took man until Freud to figure out that it was sex that he wanted. I say "all through history" meaning of course, history as we know it. History-as-we-know-it doesn't have anything to do with real history. The history we know is the big thoughts, battles, and discoveries of a few kings, generals, religion-founders, writers, and painters. What the 99 per cent of the people who ever lived did with their lives we'll never know. Maybe some of them avoided social conventions, taboos, and perversity to find true freedom and naturalness in their sex. But we know that the people we read about never did.)
WHAT we want to do is make it so sex isn't a problem. Sex isn't a problem. Just ask Richard Brautigan. Ask Tony Conigliaro. Ask Charlie Manson, and Laura Nyro. It's our society that is the problem. (How many times have we heard that before .... Our society, the idea of it is a nothing.) All I know is that it isn't in man's nature as an animal to be so upset and un-relaxed about sex. He isn't afraid to talk about his acting. Somewhere back when the Church rose to incredible power, during the Dark Ages, those who were in charge of things began sending at down that masturbating grew warts on your hands. wanting to make love was "impure," and a whole lot of other stuff, quite a bit of which made its way to our ears through the mouths of our parents and their peers.
So we can try. But our generation will never be able to escape the craziness of the way it was before us. We are what we have been. On the other hand such people as Dr. Graham Blaine of the University Health Services not withstanding maybe we can realize that there is more to get out of a love relationship than just security.
In fact, trying to milk security out of love is a pretty sure way to kill it off, the love, that is. The counselors and the manuals have a lot to say about the two of you "building something together" and never anything about taking it as it comes. I don't know why- maybe all those experts, who have so much to say. found in middle life that all that building they did has turned out to be a bore, crashing down on them. terrifying them with its waste, making them jealous of all those bursting pubescence who haven't missed the boat yet and who, if left to their own devices, might find their way through to something for themselves that's a lot better than that fucking building.
Imagine getting to be 55 and having the unbearable sensation that, after all, you have nothing, because you've been preparing all your life, nurturing your fugitive vision of security, one finger always in the dike, somewhere a decorous pinky floating over your inexorably cooling cup of tea, and you didn't feel your viscera, sagging with disuse and un-excitement, sighing into atrophy. You lost your sense of where love was and might have been, inside your insides. The beast in the jungle, at last. You don't even love yourself, so you have to prove that it was inevitable, that yours is the human condition. by making sure that it happens to the kid too.
"Security" is just an illusion anyway- this is the void, baby, that we're all in free fall whether we like it or not, so why not? Just relax and enjoy it like the Southern girls do. | <urn:uuid:a69cf8e2-a469-49e3-a819-3dccd35bd2c9> | 2013-05-18T05:55:42Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Make sure to use real maple syrup -- not maple-flavored syrup, to get the best results!
Makes around 16 bars
3/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats (not instant)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of nutmeg
1/2 cup canola oil
1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup dried blueberries
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil, making sure there is a 1-inch overhang all around the sides of the pan. These will be used as "handles" to remove the granola bars from the pan once they are baked. Set aside.
2. Spread the oats, walnuts, and sunflower seeds on an ungreased baking sheet and bake until they are lightly toasted, stirring every 2 to 3 minutes. This should take about 10 minutes. Remove baking sheet from the oven and allow the mixture to cool completely before proceeding.
3. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt until well combined.
4. In a large mixing bowl combine the canola oil, brown sugar, and maple syrup until the mixture is smooth and well blended. Stir in the egg and vanilla extract. Stir in the flour mixture until it is just incorporated. Stir in the oat mixture until everything is well combined. Stir in the dried blueberries.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake the granola bars until they are set, about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
6. Lift the foil "handles" on either side of the pan to remove the slab of granola bars from the pan. Place them on a cutting board. Cut into desired size and shape bars.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, (or injuries) rather than curing them or treating their symptoms. The term contrasts in method with curative and palliative medicine, and in scope with public health methods (which work at the level of population health rather than individual health).
This takes place at primary, secondary and tertiary prevention levels.
- Primary prevention avoids the development of a disease. Most population-based health promotion activities are primary preventive measures.
- Secondary prevention activities are aimed at early disease detection, thereby increasing opportunities for interventions to prevent progression of the disease and emergence of symptoms.
- Tertiary prevention reduces the negative impact of an already established disease by restoring function and reducing disease-related complications.
- Quaternary prevention is the set of health activities that mitigate or avoid the consequences of unnecessary or excessive interventions in the health system.
Simple examples of preventive medicine include hand washing and immunizations. Preventive care may include examinations and screening tests tailored to an individual's age, health, and family history. For example, a person with a family history of certain cancers or other diseases would begin screening at an earlier age and/or more frequently than those with no family history. On the other side of preventive medicine, some non-profit organizations, such as the Northern California Cancer Center, apply epidemiological research towards finding ways to prevent diseases.
Universal, selective, and indicated
Gordon (1987) in the area of disease prevention, and later Kumpfer and Baxley in the area of substance use proposed a three-tiered preventive intervention classification system: universal, selective, and indicated prevention. Amongst others, this typology has gained favour and is used by the U.S. Institute of Medicine, the NIDA and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
- Universal prevention addresses the entire population (national, local community, school, district) and aim to prevent or delay the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. All individuals, without screening, are provided with information and skills necessary to prevent the problem.
- Selective prevention focuses on groups whose risk of developing problems of alcohol abuse or dependence is above average. The subgroups may be distinguished by characteristics such as age, gender, family history, or economic status. For example, drug campaigns in recreational settings.
- Indicated prevention involves a screening process, and aims to identify individuals who exhibit early signs of substance abuse and other problem behaviours. Identifiers may include falling grades among students, known problem consumption or conduct disorders, alienation from parents, school, and positive peer groups etc.
Outside the scope of this three-tier model is environmental prevention. Environmental prevention approaches are typically managed at the regulatory or community level, and focus on interventions to deter drug consumption. Prohibition and bans (e.g. smoking workplace bans, alcohol advertising bans) may be viewed as the ultimate environmental restriction. However, in practice environmental preventions programmes embrace various initiatives at the macro and micro level, from government monopolies for alcohol sales, through roadside sobriety or drug tests, worker/pupil/student drug testing, increased policing in sensitive settings (near schools, at rock festivals), and legislative guidelines aimed at precipitating punishments (warnings, penalties, fines).
Professionals involved in the public health aspect of this practice may be involved in entomology, pest control, and public health inspections. Public health inspections can include recreational waters, pools, beaches, food preparation and serving, and industrial hygiene inspections and surveys.
In the United States, preventive medicine is a medical specialty, one of the 24 recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). It encompasses three areas of specialization:
- General preventive medicine and public health
- Aerospace medicine
- Occupational medicine
In order to become board-certified in one of the preventive medicine areas of specialization, a licensed U.S. physician (M.D. or D.O.) must successfully complete a preventive medicine medical residency program following a one-year internship. Following that, the physician must complete a year of practice in that special area and pass the preventive medicine board examination. The residency program is at least two years in length and includes completion of a master's degree in public health (MPH) or equivalent. The board exam takes an entire day: the morning session concentrates on general preventive medicine questions, while the afternoon session concentrates on the one of the three areas of specialization that the applicant has studied.
In addition, there are two subspecialty areas of certification:
These certifications require sitting for an examination following successful completion of an MT or UHB fellowship and prior board certification in one of the 24 ABMS-recognized specialties.
Prophylaxis (Greek "προφυλάσσω" to guard or prevent beforehand) is any medical or public health procedure whose purpose is to prevent, rather than treat or cure a disease. In general terms, prophylactic measures are divided between primary prophylaxis (to prevent the development of a disease) and secondary prophylaxis (whereby the disease has already developed and the patient is protected against worsening of this process).
Some specific examples of prophylaxis include:
- Influenza vaccines are prophylactic.
- Antibiotics are sometimes used prophylactically: For example, during the 2001 anthrax attacks scare in the United States, patients believed to be exposed were given ciprofloxacin. In similar manner, the use of antibiotic ointments on burns and other wounds is prophylactic. Antibiotics are also given prophylactically just before some medical procedures such as pacemaker insertion.
- Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) may, with caution, be an example of a chronic migraine preventative (see Amitriptyline and migraines' prevention by medicine).
- Antimalarials such as chloroquine are used both in treatment and as prophylaxis by visitors to countries where malaria is endemic to prevent the development of the parasitic Plasmodium, which cause malaria.
- Condoms are sometimes referred to as "prophylactics" because of their use to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted infections.
- Low-molecular-weight heparin is used as a prophylaxis in hospital patients, as they are at risk for several forms of thrombosis due to their immobilisation.
- Professional cleaning of the teeth is dental prophylaxis.
- Risk Reducing or Prophylactic Mastectomies may be carried out for carriers of the BRCA mutation gene to minimise the risk of developing Breast Cancer
- Daily and moderate physical exercise in various forms can be called prophylactic because it can maintain or improve one's health. Cycling for transport appears to very significantly improve health by reducing risk of heart diseases, various cancers, muscular- and skeletal diseases, and overall mortality.
- Prophylaxis may be administered as vaccine. Prophylactic vaccines include: PEP, nPEP, PREP, or nPREP. PEP stands for post-exposure prophylaxis used in an occupational setting. nPEP is non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis. nPEP may be used in a recreational setting; for example, during intercourse, if the condom breaks and one partner is HIV-positive, nPEP will help to decrease the probability of spread of infection of HIV. PREP is often used in occupational settings, e.g., in hospital staff to prevent the spread of HIV or Hepatitis C from patient to staff. nPREP is a measure taken before exposure but in a non-occupational setting (non-occupational Pre-exposure prophylaxis); for example, injection drug users may seek nPREP vaccinations.
Leading cause of preventable death
Leading causes of preventable death worldwide as of the year 2001.
Leading causes of preventable deaths in the United States in the year 2000.
- ^ MeSH Preventive+Medicine
- ^ MeSH Primary+Prevention
- ^ MeSH Secondary+Prevention
- ^ MeSH Tertiary+Prevention
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Commentary from Tom
Here is what Patty isn't telling you... she's too modest about her handiwork.
She makes dozens of sweaters, shirts, coats, vests, etc. almost every year that become cherished gifts for family and friends' birthdays and at Christmas. She once made pajamas for the entire Cronin household (our neighbors) that they wore practically every night for over three years before they just plain wore them into rags. They assure me that each item got washed regularly enough, just in case you were wondering.
Patty has the ability to pick up on new craft/needlework/sewing "things" in about the same amount of time it takes the average person to blink. My mother spent about a half hour back in 1982 showing Patty a few basic knitting skills. Patty started churning out sweaters the next week. She has made me dozen of shirts, enough pants and shorts to last a month without wearing the same pair twice, numerous colorful cumberbunds and bow ties for my tuxedo, and lots of other items that most people refuse to believe are hand made.
The general conversation goes something like this:
Other Person "Wow. Nice shirt. Where did you buy it?"
Me "My wife made it."
Other Person "No...really! That's not hand made. Where did you get it?"
Me "Patty made it. Honest. See... (pulling my collar around my neck so they can see). No label."
Other Person "Anyone can cut the label out of a shirt. Where did you get it?"
Other Person "No, that's too nice for Walmart..."
and so on. | <urn:uuid:b96b5132-d80f-4ed2-b259-254bfc7fdcf9> | 2013-05-18T07:21:07Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Latin American cuisine is complex and varied, covering a vast region and, like all great cuisines, influenced by invasions, migrations, immigration and ancient traditions. It's impossible to pick just one cookbook to cover everything. Even so, there must be a few that you find yourself going to again and again. What are your favorite Latin American cookbooks?
Mexico! Cuba! Argentina! Brazil! El Savador! Chile! Latin America produces some of the world's most flavorful, vibrant and popular foods. There's so much to explore and experiment with in the Latin American culinary repertoire, so it's time for us to go beyond guacamole and chips and discover these wonderful cuisines. (Not that we should forgo guacamole and chips all together. That would be just too sad.)
These days it's possible to find Latin American cookbooks for vegetarians and vegans, as well as volumes dedicated to low-fat, low carb and diabetic cooking. And while we can thank people like Diana Kennedy and Rick Bayless for their contributions to bringing these flavors to non-Latin American tables, it's also nice to see people native to the many countries of Latin American penning their own cookbooks. Francis Mallman's Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way would have to be one of my favorites.
What Latin American cookbooks have you found to be the most inspirational and authentic?
Related: Three Latin American Kitchens | <urn:uuid:3ca0bb8a-9c08-4940-af8f-40722483a210> | 2013-05-18T08:03:06Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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SEA level rises and climate change are linked, say top scientists as they prepare the next major global climate change update.
More than 250 experts from 39 countries are in Hobart this week to review the latest draft of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report including a new chapter on sea level.
The co-ordinating lead author on the new chapter, CSIRO's Dr John Church, said sea level is clearly linked to climate change.
"The sea level is rising, the rate of the rise has increased and will continue to increase," he said.
He said the rate had increased from a few tenths of a millimetre a year before the 20th century to more than 3mm a year in the past 20 years.
"It's clear the rate of sea level rise has already increased," he said.
"Whether that 3mm is a further acceleration or not is yet unclear but we do expect a further acceleration during the 21st century and it's clearly linked to greater levels of greenhouse gases."
He said thermal expansion because of ocean warming and the melting of glaciers were two key causes of sea level rise.
CSIRO's Dr Steve Rintoul, who is involved with the report's ocean observations chapter, said oceans were very important for climate because of the amount of heat they absorbed and stored.
He said the temperature of the ocean surface had increased by 0.3-0.5C over the past 50 years.
"There's no disputing the oceans are warming," he said.
"It's clear from the published literature that greenhouse gases as well as natural variability have contributed to this observed warming of the ocean."
He said oceans around Tasmania were changing, with recordings showing that temperatures around Maria Island have increased by 1.5C over the past 60 years.
"It's a very large number compared with other parts of the ocean," he said.
The Hobart conference is the last meeting before scientists prepare the final draft of the IPCC report's physical science section. The final report will be submitted in September. | <urn:uuid:4b0a824e-2759-4652-bb9b-cadd0312b57c> | 2013-05-18T07:19:08Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Clashes between protesters and police continue after sunrise in Cairo with dozens of injuries in which both sides hurled stones at each other
From Olympic swimmer to Princess of Monaco
More Syrian refugees flee into Turkey
Video: UNWTO chief urges UAE to preserve natural environment
Video: Crazy Dunkers in Abu Dhabi
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Now I can be one of those snobs, like, "Please. He was better before he was doing professional stuff like when he was doing stuff for me.
*Sig by Cat-Scratch!CountD:
Greg, thank you for your insights.Benderbrau:
Greg: Unwrapping the riddles of the black man since 2006Starlord:
I swear if you were gay and I wasn't married we'd make the perfect fuck buddies.Greg:
I'd do many things. Coke is not one of them.Benderbrau:
Greg hates all things white.Benderbrau:
Emma, you could learn a thing or two from Greg. Greg does threesomes. That's bi done right. | <urn:uuid:fc71ea06-70e4-4046-9bc3-f9d2922c73d6> | 2013-05-18T06:53:06Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Israeli sky-hack switched off Syrian radars countrywide
Backdoors penetrated without violence
More rumours are starting to leak out regarding the mysterious Israeli air raid against Syria in September. It is now suggested that "computer to computer" techniques and "air-to-ground network penetration" took place.
The latest revelations are made by well-connected Aviation Week journalists. Electronic-warfare correspondent David Fulghum says that US intelligence and military personnel "provided advice" to the Israelis regarding methods of breaking into the Syrian air-defence network.
Aviation Week's sources apparently said that the first move in the raid was a combined bombing and electronic attack on a Syrian radar site near the Turkish border, which allowed Israeli warplanes to fly in undetected. It seems that there was also some use of old-school brute force jamming.
So far, so conventional. However, Fulghum's unidentified Pentagon contacts also said that after the Israelis crossed into Syrian airspace, US sensors in the region noted that the whole Syrian radar system "went off the air" for some time while the main raid on the Dayr as-Zawr facility (believed to have been a nuclear plant of some kind) went ahead.
Presumably this means that Syrian long-range search radars across the country ceased to transmit. There is no suggestion that the radars were physically destroyed, which is believable as this would have called for strikes on multiple locations, which would probably have become known by now.
AV Week's Pentagon informers don't think that the Syrian power grid was shut down. Again, this would probably have become known, so their assessment is believable. It seems that, rather, centralised Syrian air-defence communications were hacked into. It appears that the Syrians rely on HF and VHF radio for at least some of their anti-air comms/data links, so this could be done relatively easily from aircraft (or even perhaps from across the border, in the case of HF).
There are also suggestions of more conventional network attacks via wired/cabled links, though there's not even a hint as to how the Israelis got access*.
Some of the hacks/spoofs/phreaking may not have been limited to the air-defence nets. There were "some higher-level, non-tactical penetrations, either direct or as diversions and spoofs of the Syrian command and control capability, done through network attack," according to an unnamed US intelligence analyst quoted by Av Week. The magazine promises more details next week, and the teaser is here .
You always have to treat leaks out of the Pentagon with caution. However, the Israelis' remarkably easy in-and-out to Dayr as-Zawr appears to be a fact, and until it happened the Syrian air defences were thought to be quite serious stuff. You'd have said that they would take some days to knock down, and that it would require a big air campaign involving a lot of exploding things. Getting in and out with the defences still up would have risked dogfights with Syrian fighters, or very long, fuel-guzzling, dangerous/impossible low-level flight profiles.
None of that seems to have occurred, so something strange took place. Network hacking seems like a very possible explanation. ®
*That said, special forces were doing missions to cut fibre lines as long ago as 1991 in order to compel the Iraqis to use easily-intercepted radio. There are rumours nowadays that certain teams specialise in attaching equipment to cable links rather than just cutting them. | <urn:uuid:18c4f8eb-761b-4640-81fd-002514b19c5d> | 2013-05-18T07:17:41Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Wigan man traps todger in metal ring
Cue fire brigade bearing handgrinder
A Wigan man narrowly avoided having his penis amputated after getting the end of it wedged in a "metal ring", Wigan Today reports.
The unnamed chap, in his 40s, was whisked to Wigan Infirmary's A&E department just after midnight on Wednesday carrying the extra hardware which "appeared to be cut off from the end of a pipe". Docs tried in vain to remove the ring, but "the hospital's ring cutter equipment could not saw through the hard metal".
Sawbones feared the man might lose his todger since "the ring appeared to be cutting off the blood supply, causing a large amount of swelling". Two firemen from Wigan Fire Station were quickly called in bearing a mini handgrinder, "normally used to cut through padlocks", and they set to work.
The man was anaesthetised, the firefighters positioned "a thin sheet of metal around the penis underneath the ring to protect the skin" and after about 20 minutes he was released.
Wigan Today offers no explanation as to how the patient came to get his spam javelin stuck in a section of metal pipe, but does say that a Wigan Infirmary spokesman felt "unable to comment". ® | <urn:uuid:684fe877-8935-431a-a5d1-3bc2592f9c40> | 2013-05-18T06:22:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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MEXICO CITY — Mexican federal police arrested the father-in-law of alleged drug lord Joaquin Guzman on Tuesday in a northern border city without any shots fired, authorities said.
Ines Coronel Barreras, 45, was detained in Agua Prieta, across the border from Douglas, Arizona, along with a 25-year-old son and three other men, Interior Deputy Secretary Eduardo Sanchez said.
Coronel is the father of Guzman's third wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, who married the purported gang boss in 2007 in a mountainous town in Durango state, Sanchez said.
He said officers arrested Coronel and the others at a warehouse and seized four automatic rifles, a handgun and more than 550 pounds (250 kilograms) of marijuana.
Coronel was in charge of smuggling marijuana for the Sinaloa drug cartel across the Mexico-Arizona border, Sanchez said.
He said Mexican authorities began gathering intelligence on Coronel in January, the month when the U.S. Treasury Department levied financial sanctions against him.
The U.S. agency said at the time that Coronel "plays a key role" in the Sinaloa drug cartel led by Guzman, who is also known as "El Chapo."
Coronel's listing under the U.S. Kingpin Act bars U.S. citizens from having business transactions with him and allows authorities to freeze any assets he has in the United States. | <urn:uuid:9e1148f3-b10f-4dcb-a86b-955cdb3985ff> | 2013-05-18T07:22:28Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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With superstars Frank Ocean and Chris Brown, the potential for conflict over homophobia, musical one-upmanship and Twitter bickering is limitless, as demonstrated in various "misunderstandings" since 2011 that the two eventually smoothed over. But you don't have to know anything about the public personas, groundbreaking revelations about sexuality or anger-management issues of the singers to understand the story behind their latest reported battle.
Guess what caused their "brawl" this weekend, according to TMZ? A simple parking spot. One interesting note about the otherwise mundane celebrity conflict: According to this initial report from Rolling Out , at least, it seems as if Ocean and his entourage were the aggressors. Not the scenario most would have imagined. And this might just be the first time we've ever heard "Chris Brown" and "tried to defuse the situation" in the same sentence.
Brown was at the venue listening to an artist that he represents, and as he was preparing to leave, he was blocked in his parking spot by Frank Ocean's crew. An unnamed source claims that Ocean said, "This is my studio, this is my parking spot."
Apparently, Brown tried to [defuse] the situation by going to shake Ocean's hand. But a member of Frank Ocean's entourage attacked Chris. When the fighting ensued, one of Brown's friends then attacked Ocean's associate.
Ocean then physically confronted Chris Brown and the two started fighting each other. Police were then called to the scene.
The two stars have a very contentious history; going back to the summer of 2011 when Brown tweeted what Ocean interpreted as an insult. "I f--k wit Frank Ocean! Reminds me of a young James Fauntleroy or Kevin Cossum," Breezy posted at the time, to which Ocean responded: "i f--ks wit chris brown, reminds me of a young sisqo or ike turner."
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XML & Web services: Accessing WebService from a JSP Page
- Posted by: ali turab
- Posted on: October 23 2004 05:11 EDT
I am new in using webservises. Currently I am using Oracle JDeveloper as development tool which uses Oracle Application Server 10g. This tool is creating my webservices and they are also running but i am unable to access them. When ever i run my jsp page which uses the webservices i have created, following excpetion is generated
"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: 10G\jdev\bin" i am unable to locate in which class this exception is generated.
Moreover please guide how can i call a webservice from my JSP Page.
This is a simple way to create webservice client.
I don't really know your problem is, but I guess you should be sure that 10G\jdev\bin is on the JSP path.
For a clear description of the mechanics of a JSP invoking a webservice take a look at the following:
If that doesn't help to futher diagnose your problem I really need a more detailed description of the environment and the steps you've taken to deploy the service:
1) Are you deploying the JSP to the same server instance (JDev OC4J instance?) as the web service? If not what is the JSP/client side platform?
2) Which code generation option did you choose when deploying the service?
A more detailed description would be really helpful for diagnosing your problem.
Did you make any changes Embedded OC4J Command Line properties in the project which has the JSP ?
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Emotions got the better of Peter Sarsgaard at the premiere of 'Lovelace' at Sundance. / Danny Moloshok, Invision, via AP
PARK CITY, Utah - A strange thing happened to Peter Sarsgaard during the world premiere of the biopic Lovelace at the Sundance Film Festival this week.
The actor choked up while discussing the dark world inhabited by his character, Chuck Traynor, the coercive husband of Linda Boreman, who would become porn star Linda Lovelace and later an anti-porn crusader.
"I was trying to explain that the movie was a difficult role for me to do since I have children," says Sarsgaard. "The minute you say that in front of a group of people, I feel that very strongly. So that's what happens. I thought of everything I sacrificed to have this experience.''
Sarsgaard, 41, who has two children with actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, says he did not enjoy entering the role of Traynor, whose relationship with Boreman is portrayed as leading to extensive physical and mental abuse.
While the world premiere led to rave reviews for him and Amanda Seyfried (who plays Boreman/Lovelace), he "just profoundly did not want to do the role. I kept dragging my feet. It took weeks to decide. And then it was tough the entire way. It was like every day I was going on the set, looking on the call sheet and I was doing something awful."
The movie starts out as a poignant and often humorous story, with Traynor courting the young, sheltered Boreman in the early 1970s. Sarsgaard's performance had the Sundance audience laughing with his '70s hairstyle, language and apparel - including red bikini briefs ("not my style'').
But the second half goes very dark as Traynor forces his wife into the porn business and prostitution and engages in physical abuse. (In real life the couple divorced, and both died in 2002).
"I actually think I'm funny in the movie for a portion of it," says Sarsgaard. "And then it comes back and hits them."
For weeks after the shoot, he was still affected.
"It took me a while to warm up again," says Sarsgaard. "Not in a noticeable way. But people close to you notice. I'm someone who gets deep into his work."
Sarsgaard has moved onto less-troubling projects, including the Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine and playing a radical environmentalist in Night Moves (due out Sept. 23). He still sports a bushy beard from playing the latter role.
"My daughter is 8 months old, and if I shave at this point it's going to be so traumatic,"he says. "She knows me as a man with a beard. You get attached to these things."
Copyright 2013 USATODAY.com
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Microsoft is set to announce its next-generation Xbox console. What do you want to see included? | <urn:uuid:83144813-162e-432d-9382-75c500dda0c3> | 2013-05-18T05:52:43Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Britain acknowledges rebels as Syria’s only legitimate voice
William Hague officially recognises Syrian opposition, but makes no mention of arming rebels
BRITAIN has recognised the newly united Syrian opposition as the “sole legitimate representative” of the Syrian people and promised it new assistance in the uprising against Bashar al-Assad.
The announcement by Foreign Secretary William Hague in a statement to MPs today marks a significant shift in British policy, The Guardian says. It follows a similar move by France last week and goes beyond a more cautious endorsement by the European Union.
Hague made no mention of providing weapons to the Syrian opposition. But he added that, in the absence of a political and diplomatic solution to the 18-month conflict that has killed up to 30,000 people, "we will not rule out any option in accordance with international law that might save innocent lives in Syria and prevent the destabilisation of a region that remains critical to the security of the United Kingdom and the peace of the whole world".
Britain was spurred to shift its position after it received "important and encouraging" assurances from the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces on agreeing a detailed political transition plan for Syria, Hague said. The Coalition also showed a "clear commitment to human rights and international humanitarian law, including the protection of religious communities and unfettered and safe access for humanitarian agencies".
Hague told MPs the Syrian opposition would be invited to appoint a political representative to the UK and would be given a £1.6m package of communications equipment, the BBC says.
The UK will also offer assistance to help the Coalition set up political and humanitarian structures and deploy a "stabilisation response" team in Syria to help provide basic services to people in opposition-controlled areas.
A spokesman for the Coalition, Walid al-Bunni, said the UK's move was "very important" and would "encourage more Syrians to join the Coalition and trust it and it will also encourage other European states to recognise it". · | <urn:uuid:b306a8ec-4ec0-4696-9f7a-9dd571dc55a3> | 2013-05-18T05:50:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Salma Hayek and Jack Donaghy will meet again.
"Frida" actress Hayek has signed on as a guest for the series finale of NBC's "30 Rock," a spokeswoman for the network told TheWrap on Wednesday.
Hayek will reprise her role as Elisa Padriera, Donaghy's former fiancee, a character she played over six episodes in 2009.
No word on whether the pair will re-ignite their romance, but if so, Alec Baldwin's Donaghy will have his hands full. Also returning for the series send-off is Julianne Moore, who played former Donaghy flame Nancy Donovan on the series for a handful of episodes in 2009 and 2010.
Hayek is the latest guest star to sign on for the "30 Rock" swan song. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and rapper/Law & Order: SVU" star Ice-T have also signed on for the farewell extravaganza.
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I have run into trouble with playing a custom sound. I manage to import the .ogg file but it doesn't want to play,; I just get the red ERROR message in the player. When I load a standard sound the came with TW, it works fine. Any ideas?
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Polish second most spoken language
Polish is the second most common main language in England and Wales with more than half a million speakers, according to new figures from the 2011 Census.
Nearly one in 10 people in England and Wales - 8% - reported speaking a different main language to English or Welsh in the census, findings from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown.
Polish was the second most commonly reported main language with 546,000 speakers, reflecting more than half a million Poles who migrated to England and Wales during the last decade.
Redcar and Cleveland local authority had the highest percentage of people with English as their main language at 99% of the population, with Ealing listing the highest proportion of Polish speakers at 6% of the population.
In all but three of the London boroughs - the City of London, Richmond Upon Thames, and Hillingdon - more than 100 languages were listed as main languages.
Of the four million residents of England and Wales who spoke a main language other than English, 1.7 million said they could speak English very well, 726,000 could speak English but not well and 138,000 could not speak English at all.
The least common main language in England and Wales was listed as Manx-Gaelic with 33 speakers, followed by 58 Gaelic Scottish speakers.
London had the highest proportion, at 22%, of people who reported that English was not their main language, with the North East reporting the lowest percentage in this category, at 3%. The figures also showed that not all languages were spoken - with 22,000 people using sign language.
The census also appeared to confirm a boom in cycling in London, with 161,700 people, or 2.6%, using bicycles to get to work in the capital. This compared with 77,000 a decade ago, the ONS said, but these figures were not strictly comparable as the 2001 figures did not include those who said they worked from home.
Cambridge remained the local authority with the highest proportion who cycle to work, at 18%, or 17,755 people. In spite of the surge in cycling, the majority of 16 to 74-year-olds in England and Wales said they drove a car or van to work, at 58% or 15 million. | <urn:uuid:97f934ea-308f-4373-9ace-0c5342c18067> | 2013-05-18T06:56:25Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Legislative Bill - HB 1103
Bill No. HB 1103 - Criminal Jurisprudence - Pete Gallego, Chair
Summary: Relating to payment of a fee as a required condition of community supervision for certain criminal offenses involving animal cruelty.
This bill would require those guilty of animal cruelty to pay a fee for community supervision which would go to local animal shelters.
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Increased age, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure and smoking are a few
of the risk factors related to heart disease, according to the American Heart Association.
You can modify, treat or control most risk factors to lower your risk by focusing
on your lifestyle habits or, if needed, taking medicine.
According to the American Heart Association, the major risk factors for coronary
heart disease are:
- Increased age: four out of five people who die of coronary heart disease are age
65 or older.
- Male gender: men have a greater risk of heart attach and they have attacks earlier
- Heredity: children of parents with heart disease are more likely to develop it
themselves. Heart disease risk is also higher among Americans with ancestry from
Africa or Mexico, native Americans, Hawaiians and Asians.
- Tobacco smoke: smoker's risk of heart attack is more than twice that of nonsmokers.
Second hand smoke increases the risk even for nonsmokers.
- High blood cholesterol: risk increases as blood cholesterol levels increase.
- High blood pressure: increases the heart's workload, causing the heart to
enlarge and weaken over time.
- Physical inactivity: regular, moderate-to-vigorous exercise is important in preventing
heart and blood vessel disease.
- Obesity and overweight: people with excess body fat are, especially in the waist
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"All the works on paper are almost always not shown because they're light sensitive," D'Alessandro said. "So a work is shown for three months, and then it has to be put back in a Solander box to preserve it for as much as five years. So it's an incredibly, incredibly rare opportunity to be able to be able to say, 'Let's show all our Blue Period works,' and you can stand and you can look at 'The Old Guitarist,' and at the same time you can see the incredibly beautiful "Woman With a Helmet of Hair,' which was made at the same time, and these prints."
The exhibition covers much ground, both in stylistic approach and choice of media, which aside from paintings and sculptures includes collages, various drawing approaches, book illustrations and multiple printing formats.
"The Art Institute owns so many Picassos that they can represent his entire career, and that is really remarkable," Leighten said.
The prints are especially prominent, with the artist experimenting all the while: the linocut "Portrait of a Woman (after Lucas Cranach the Younger)" (1958), with each color printed from a different block, giving way to the four variations of "Still Life With Lunch" (1962), by which point Picasso would print from — and cut into — the same block over and over.
"Picasso is so important as a printmaker," D'Alessandro said. "I would say that for him, printmaking was as important as painting."
As a sort of subplot, one can trace the ever-changing depictions of Picasso's muses amid his artistic evolution and various partners, among them Fernande Olivier, first wife Olga Khokhlova, young Marie-Therese Walter (drawn to be on the receiving end of the Picasso Minotaur's rather ardent affections) and Francoise Gilot.
The exhibition ends on sketches, photos and models of the giant sculpture of a woman's head (also interpreted as a bird, a horse and other figures) unveiled in Daley Plaza in 1967 but seen to be in the works as early as 1962. Leighten considers the sculpture to be a Picasso with an asterisk because it was fabricated from his plans without him actively being involved in its assembly.
"It departs profoundly from the practice of his main body of work," she said.
Nonetheless when you think of "Picasso and Chicago," this is the image that most likely comes to mind.
"We have this monumental sculpture that Picasso made only for our city," D'Alessandro said, "and we're the only city to have something like that."
When: Feb. 20-May 12
Where: Regenstein Hall, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave.
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Time is ripe for verdejo
The crisp Spanish white wine pairs well with summer meals
Today, verdejo (vehr-DAY-yoh) is one of those crisp whites we all crave, not only in summer but year-round, for its body and rich flavor.
Spain along the Duero River. The region's official wine Web site, Denominacion de Origen Rueda (dorueda.com/en),traces the grape's presence in Rueda back to the 11th century and, before that, to North Africa.
Like its Spanish sisters, albarino from the Rias Baixas region and macabeo (known as viura in the Rioja region), verdejo makes a terrific food wine. Its citrusy notes and aroma — very similar to sauvignon blanc — play particularly well with the composed salads and simple grilled foods of summer.
A refreshing four verdejos to try
Verdejo is as easy on the wallet as it is on the tongue. As with so many wines from Spain, one can expect high levels of quality at relatively low prices. Consider these four 2009 verdejos: all quite good, refreshing and aromatic.
2009 Palacio de Bornos: This lemon-yellow wine has a lemony nose touched with honey and white flowers. The flavor evokes green apple, black pepper and mineral flavors. A slight toastiness gives the wine a light, creamy quality. Serve with Thai green curry, paella, salade nicoise. $10
2009 Protos: The aroma is fragrant, tart, lemony, green apples. Look for a distinct mineral quality on the tongue ("rocks," one taster wrote) with a pleasant lemon-lime underlay. Serve with grilled shrimp, fried haddock, fried chicken. $14
2009 Emina: Lemony nose with a whiff of white flowers. The wine is refreshing, with notes of green apples, cantaloupe and black pepper. Serve with Waldorf salad, barbecued chicken, deviled ham salad. $13
2009 Cuatro Rayas: This wine has sharp, chalky nose. The flavors are restrained: white pear, green apple, black pepper, a spritz of lime. There's a nice touch of creaminess, too. Serve with sashimi, garlic-baked chicken, tuna or chicken salad. $14
Wine ratings: Excellent; Very good; Good; Fair; None: Poor
You want that wine. But your store or area distributor may not carry it. What to do? Ask your wine retailer for a wine similar in flavor, style and price. Remember, too, prices vary.
What foods go with verdejo?
Pasta, especially with pesto
Vegetables, especially roasted
White fish, especially grilled
Ceviche, crab cakes, Indian food, baked sea bass, spicy dishes
Source: "What to Drink With What You Eat" by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page
On the label
Look on the back of wine bottles from Spain's Rueda wine region and you'll see a pretty but official-looking sticker glued to the glass. It's required under the wine regulations promulgated for the area, known as a denominacion de origen (DO). The stickers are seen as a way to help consumers identify Rueda's various wines and thwart any attempts to make counterfeit Rueda wine. Here is what the sticker says and what it means, according to the region's official wine Web site: dorueda.com/en
Rueda verdejo: Normally made with 100 percent verdejo grape but can contain as little as 85 percent of the grape variety. "Great aromatic potential and very elegant scent. Fruity aromas with anisette-like and fennel hues. Strong body and good palate, with great fruitiness and the bitter touch characteristic of this variety. Dry wines, with a minimum alcohol content of 11.5 percent."
Rueda: Made with at least 50 percent verdejo grapes. "The properties of the Verdejo are more diluted, due to the presence of other varieties. Fresh, smooth and floral, with a minimum alcohol content of 11 percent."
Rueda sauvignon: The wine is at least 85 percent sauvignon blanc. "Great aromatic intensity and reminiscences of tropical fruits are the main features of this variety. Agreeable on the palate, it has a long aftertaste with a minimum alcohol content of 11 percent."
Rueda espumoso: Sparkling wine made with the traditional secondary fermentation and again in the bottle. "The verdejo develops great fruitiness and smoothness." Dry or semi-dry sparklers are at least 50 percent verdejo. Brut or brut nature must be fashioned out of a minimum 85 percent verdejo grapes. Minimum alcohol content: 11.5 percent.
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By the verdict's logic, the Jones show should have conducted background checks and psychological evaluations to determine if Schmitz could be embarrassed into murder. That's a heavy burden for a genre that's essentially in the embarrass-the-wacko business, and an even heavier one for, say, a news outfit that uncovers a politician's personal perversion. Cohen doubts it'll hold up on appeal, but he senses that the Michigan jury spoke to a backlash against the Springer-ization of America. "It's an indication that people may be fed up, especially on the heels of Monica, with the excesses of these shows," he says. "Of course, they're not exactly tuning out either."
PONTIAC, Mich.: Jerry Springer had better watch his back. A Michigan jury found "The Jenny Jones Show" and producer Warner Brothers (corporate sibling of TIME Daily) negligent in the killing of a guest and awarded the victim's family $25 million in damages. The plaintiff's lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger (yes, Kevorkian's Geoffrey Fieger) said that when the talk show lured a mentally ill Jonathan Schmitz onto the show to meet his secret admirer and then confronted him with a gay man, the show's producers "did everything in this case except pull the trigger." TIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen says that if humiliation is now actionable, "the talk show business -- and maybe the news media along with it -- is in the hot seat now." | <urn:uuid:7520f87f-3e80-4cde-8460-4a3e3293b3d3> | 2013-05-18T06:21:56Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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In 2005, more than 50 journalists gathered at Klosters, a Swiss ski resort, for a photo call marking Prince Charles' imminent wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles. During the shoot, Charles couldn't hide his contempt. "I hate doing this ... I hate these people," he muttered to his sons Harry and William, unaware that his microphone was picking up every word. Asked by the BBC's royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell how he felt about his upcoming nuptials, Charles responded sarcastically, "I'm very glad you've heard of it, anyway." He then turned his head slightly toward Harry and whispered, "Bloody people. I can't bear that man. He's so awful, he really is." | <urn:uuid:f19ad855-2ae8-4acb-913e-74a3c2393f3f> | 2013-05-18T06:22:29Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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(ARA) - When you assemble family and friends to see the video of your latest vacation, do they groan or fall asleep before the end? Here's how to create an exciting video - right at home - that will make everyone sit up and watch.
"The basic concepts of how to edit video are simple," says Anthony Pires, academic director of digital filmmaking and video production at The Art Institute of Philadelphia. "First, move recorded video from the camera to your computer. Second, use a video editing program to pull out the scenes you want and rearrange them on a timeline. Then use the program to add transitions, effects, titles, narration, music and sound effects. Finally, save the edited content as a new video file."
Start with great video footage
It's essential that you get to know your video camera. Read the instructions and practice so you are comfortable with its operation and features. There's nothing worse than shooting your family at grandma's birthday party or your child's high school graduation, only to find that the camera was not recording.
Second, make a plan. Know beforehand what story you want to tell and plan the shots you will need.
Third, make sure the footage is interesting and tells the story. "Use a variety of shots," recommends Alex Buffalo, department chair of digital filmmaking and video production at The Art Institute of Tampa, a branch of Miami International University of Art & Design. "Start with a shot that establishes the location - a sign or recognizable landmark. Include close, medium and wide shots. Shoot from different angles and positions, such as high and low, or the front, side and back of the subject. Include some cutaway shots, such as others reacting to the activity in the main shot. And be sure to hold each shot for at least 10 seconds."
Other tips include minimizing the use of pan and zoom (and pan slowly if at all), getting the best natural sound possible (and don't narrate while you shoot) and keeping the camera as still as possible, using a tripod where you can.
"Check your plan during the shoot to make sure you get everything you'll need to tell your story," Buffalo adds.
Edit to tell your story
Once you have your footage, you're ready to edit. Video editing programs have become more sophisticated and more user friendly.
"Most computers come with a built-in video editing program," says Nadia Ramoutar, faculty member in digital filmmaking and video production at The Art Institute of Jacksonville, a branch of Miami International University of Art & Design. "Go ahead and start with whatever is provided. You'll often find Windows Movie Maker on PCs and iMovie on Macs. Both software programs are frequently included at no extra charge with your computer purchase and are easy to use. If you are not happy with the software that comes with your computer, consider purchasing PowerDirector 10 for the PC or Final Cut Pro X for the Mac. They are easier to use than the professional-grade programs we teach at The Art Institutes schools, but offer plenty of power for most home users."
The user's guide for your editing program can tell you how to move the video from your camera to the computer. Select your scenes using the program's cutting tool and arrange them in sequence on a timeline. Choose your transitions and any special effects from the library offered by your editing program. You'll also have the opportunity to create a title screen and titles for some of your shots or sections. Music can be selected and narration recorded. And if the waves crashing doesn't sound as crisp as you'd like it? Just add in a sound effect or two.
Once you've previewed and saved your video into its final form, you're ready to share it. Show your video story on the big screen TV in your home, send DVDs to family and friends or post it to YouTube - the choice is yours.To learn more about The Art Institutes schools, visit www.artinstitutes.edu. | <urn:uuid:480473fd-ae87-4ce2-88b7-24087cbe095e> | 2013-05-18T08:03:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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He has been in and out of drug rehabilitation centres and jail for various offences since he was a teenager.
Mr Wong Kok Kian (above) is now 42. But after having finally kicked his addiction and recovered from his drug-induced paranoia, he can at least call himself a drug survivor.
Not so his best friend, who also abused the illegal synthetic drug Ice, the street name for methamphetamine.
His friend, whom he nicknamed Ai Zi (Mandarin for shortie), scaled a wall at a HDB block one day in a state of paranoia after taking the drug, and fell to his death.
The incident, which happened more than five years ago, woke Mr Wong up and he was determined to clean up his act so as not to share Ai Zi's fate. | <urn:uuid:8864ca2f-0433-4e77-b0dc-8db3aa3dc645> | 2013-05-18T06:26:39Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Recipe: Crisp Pan-Fried Noodle Cake
- 1 pound fresh Chinese egg noodles, or 12 ounces dried pasta
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon chile paste, or to taste, optional
- 1/2 cup minced scallion or garlic chives, plus some for garnish
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 4 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil; cook the noodles in the water until tender but not mushy. Drain, then toss with the soy sauce, chile paste, scallion, and sesame oil.
2. Put 2 tablespoons of oil on the bottom of a heavy medium to large skillet, preferably non-stick; turn the heat to medium-high. When the oil is hot, add the noodle mix, spreading it out evenly and pressing it down.
3. Cook 2 minutes, then turn the heat to medium-low. Continue to cook until the cake is holding together and is nicely browned on the bottom, about 10 minutes. Turn carefully; the easiest way to do this is to slide the cake out onto a plate, cover it with another plate, and invert the plates. Add the remaining oil to the pan, then slide the cake back into the skillet, browned side up.
4. Cook on the other side until brown. Garnish with scallions or chives, cut into eighths or quarters, and serve.
Prep time: 30 minutes
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President Abdullah Gül told Foreign Policy magazine that he is one of those that believe the nuclear standoff between Iran and the West has to be resolved diplomatically. He recalled statements Israel makes about war and said he thinks “this is wrong.”
“Whether or not we like a country, every country has their honor and their national feelings. I don't mean to in any way disregard the threat perception on the part of Israel either, but it's very important to look at issues from a broader perspective,” Gül said in the interview.
Gül also made similar remarks last November when he said empathy is required to understand the underlying reasons why Iran is so determined to continue with its suspected nuclear program despite sanctions that have hurt Iran's economy. “It is important to put oneself in their shoes and see how they perceive threats,” Gül told The Guardian, referring to Israel's nuclear capability, which it has neither acknowledged nor denied.
Turkey spearheaded sustained efforts last year to revive nuclear diplomacy between Western nations and Iran and this month hosted talks regarding Iran's nuclear program in İstanbul. Both sides said they achieved progress in talks in İstanbul and scheduled the new round of discussion for May 23 in Baghdad.
Gül also spoke about Turkish-Israeli relations and said ties between the two countries haven't deteriorated just because of the Turkish government. “That's a very wrong image,” he said, adding that what happened was that a humanitarian aid ship was attacked 72 miles off the coast in international waters and nine Turks were killed.
“That's not something we can forget. And until Israel does the things it needs to do, one cannot speak of a normalization of relations,” he underlined.
Israeli naval commandos stormed the Mavi Marmara ship, carrying humanitarian aid in an attempt to breach the Israeli-imposed Gaza blockade, and killed nine Turkish civilians, one of them an American citizen. Turkey demands an official apology, compensation for the families of the victims and an end to the Gaza blockade. Israel expressed only regret and said its soldiers acted in self-defense.
Gül said Israel does not really appreciate the value of their friendship and that those who are governing Israel at the moment do not seem to have a farsighted perspective. He noted that Israeli leadership seems to be more engaged in a shortsighted strategic outlook. “That seems to be the problem,” he added.
Turkey can be a model for Arabs
Speaking about the unrest and political transformation that has rocked the region in the past year, Gül said he does not think developments will take a negative direction in the countries of the Arab Spring, referring to instability in Egypt and Libya. The Turkish president said Turkey has had for many years the basic tenets and rules of democracy in place and that the Turkish people have always enjoyed freedom of expression and pluralism.
But Arab countries were closed for many years, he added. He stated that they were inward-looking and suffered under dictators who were quite harsh in the way they treated their people and that's why the opposition in these countries appears more radical.
Gül also reiterated that the prime minister in Tunisia, for example, has spent more than 10 years in jail -- many of the new leaders in Arab countries have been jailed for the past 10-15 years. However, Gül said he doesn't see any type of vengeful approach in any of these people. “They don't look to the past; they look to the future,” the president noted.
He also lauded America's open support for these democratic transitions, saying it was much appreciated by the people, particularly the youth, and that such moral support has improved America's image, which has suffered greatly. He added that for many years authoritarian regimes in the Middle East were supported by the West and that feelings of resentment won't go away overnight.
Evaluating the crisis in Syria, which has seen the death of nearly 10,000 people since last March, Gül said Turkey has done a lot to encourage peaceful change in Syria and that under Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's father the Internet or sites such as Facebook or Twitter were not allowed. He said he has spoken to Assad about this, telling him that times have changed and that “you can't continue to do things like this.”
Gül asserted that after all the bloodshed “we have reached the point of no return.” He urged Russia and Iran to change their position regarding Syria. He advised them to be a part of the international community and said they must act jointly to resolve this crisis. | <urn:uuid:fbfbff5b-e73f-458d-be3d-521cad749b2f> | 2013-05-18T05:50:00Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Stéphane (Duris) is a young Parisian who turns up at a remote gypsy village in Romania, trying to track down a legendary folk singer. A crafty old drunk called Izidor (Serban) offers Stéphane hospitality and introduces him to village life. Amid all the singing, drinking, dancing, partying and music-making, our "Gadjo Dilo" (meaning "crazy foreigner") soon finds himself falling in love with Sabina (Hartner), a feisty peasant woman. But ethnic tensions between the Romanians and Romanies gradually intensify, and eventually lead to tragic consequences.
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What Are The Main Types Of Water Filter?
There are several different types of water filters available for use in the home and for other purposes. The type of water filter that you require depends on what you need to use it for.
Filtering ordinary tap water in the home for the purpose of improving the taste is a common practice. Chlorination and excess minerals can drastically change the taste and smell of tap water, but running the water through a filter can eliminate these substances and make the water taste much better.
If you are spending time in the outdoors doing some camping or backpacking, available water sources such as lakes and rivers can be dangerous or even deadly to drink. In this case a slightly more powerful type of water filtration would be needed. Other instances in which you might need to have a much more aggressive method of water filtration is when traveling in foreign countries or in the event of a major disaster such as a flood.
The charcoal based water filter is one of the most common of all types of water filter. This is the type of filter that you would find in a typical water filtration pitcher such as the Brita pitcher, and also in most types of on-the-faucet water filters. These types of water filter usually have a cartridge that contains a combination of charcoal and sand. When water is poured through the filter, the charcoal removes chlorine, chemicals and some other contaminants and the sand filters out any larger particles. The end result is clear looking and clean tasting water.
For filtration of outdoor water sources when camping and backpacking, a portable reverse osmosis system is one option. Reverse osmosis purifies water by passing it through a semi-permeable membrane, which traps nearly 100% of all contaminants, both chemical and biological. Since biological contaminants such as bacteria and viruses are a major threat in rivers and lakes, it is important to have a water filter that is able to safely remove them.
One disadvantage of reverse osmosis is that the process is extremely slow and wastes a lot of water. A reverse osmosis filter can also be a valuable part of any emergency supply kit, because contaminated water is a common hazard encountered in emergency situations. Because reverse osmosis is capable of even removing viruses from water, this type of filter can save lives in countries where there is an extreme shortage of safe drinking water.
Another one of the more popular types of water filter is the ceramic microfilter. Like a reverse osmosis system, a ceramic filtration system also uses an ultra-fine material to filter the water. In this case, porous ceramic is used as a filter. The ceramic is fine enough to trap even most bacteria and some types of virus, so they can successfully purify water in most parts of the world. Many ceramic-based water purifiers also incorporate charcoal and sand into the filters to improve taste while offering maximum filtration at the same time.
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HVAC Career Information
T he world outdoors is often an uncomfortable place. Weather changes can bring precipitation, blustery winds, and extreme temperatures. That's why we turn to the shelter of indoor spaces. We rely on climate-controlled environments to carry out our lives comfortably and effectively. But it takes much more than just a few walls, a roof, and insulation to make it all happen. So, what is HVAC?
What is HVAC and HVAC/R?
HVAC stands for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. The HVAC systems in our homes, offices, shopping malls, and other buildings allow us to live inside without too much concern for what's happening outside. But HVAC goes beyond the regulation of indoor temperatures. When such systems are properly installed and maintained, they contribute to better airflow and healthier indoor air quality, which is especially important for people with allergies, asthma, or other medical issues.
In addition to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, there is another type of climate-control technology that is crucial to modern life. The "R" in HVAC/R stands for refrigeration. The storage and transport of perishable foods, medicines, and other items we may take for granted is made possible by today's commercial refrigeration systems. (Side note: Don't be confused by the different ways in which the "R" is added to HVAC. The subtle variations you might encounter—HVAC&R, HVAC/R, HVACR, HVAC-R, or HVAC R—all mean the same thing.)
Advances in HVAC technology are making the heating and cooling of new and retrofitted buildings more and more energy efficient. Refrigerants are being developed and used that are more environmentally friendly. And technologies such as hydronics (water-based heating), geothermal, and solar-powered heating and cooling are turning the HVAC profession into one with a growing number of "green" jobs.
HVAC systems are installed and serviced by HVAC technicians (who are sometimes known as HVAC mechanics or HVAC installers).
What Does an HVAC Technician Do?
The work of an HVAC technician can be rather varied. From installation to routine maintenance to repair, the many duties of a professional in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry often add up to working days full of diverse activities. However, a lot depends on whether or not an HVAC technician chooses to specialize in working with a particular type of equipment (i.e., residential, light commercial, or commercial/industrial) in either the installation or service side of the business.
So, depending on their specialty, level of knowledge, and arsenal of skills, HVAC technicians carry out tasks that can include:
- Installing furnaces, heat pumps, and air conditioning units
- Installing the ductwork that carries treated air throughout a building
- Following blueprints and specifications used in the installation of HVAC systems, including air ducts, vents, pumps, water and fuel supply lines, and other components
- Connecting electrical wiring and controls
- Performing routine maintenance on a variety of HVAC equipment, such as checking for leaks, adjusting blowers and burners, and checking nozzles, thermostats, electrical circuits, controls, and other components
- Diagnosing and repairing problems that are found within any part of an HVAC system
- Adjusting the controls of an HVAC system and recommending appropriate settings
- Testing the performance of a furnace, heat pump, air conditioning unit or other piece of HVAC equipment to ensure that it operates at peak efficiency
- Using carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide testers to make sure that a customer's equipment operates safely
- Selling service contracts or replacement equipment to customers
HVAC/R technicians, sometimes known as refrigeration mechanics, install and service commercial or industrial refrigeration systems. In addition to some of the tasks above, HVAC/R technicians have duties that can include:
- Charging refrigeration systems with the proper refrigerant
- Conserving, recovering, and recycling refrigerants for reuse or ensuring that they are disposed of properly since their release can be very harmful to the environment
- Venting refrigerant into the appropriate cylinders
To perform their duties, HVAC and HVAC/R technicians use a large variety of special tools (sometimes numbering in the dozens) such as:
- Pressure gauges
- Acetylene torches
- Voltmeters, ohmmeters, and multimeters
- Combustion analyzers
- Soldering and brazing equipment
- Pipe cutters
- Gas detectors
- Micron gauges
- Tap and die sets
Where Can HVAC Technicians Work?
Whether they specialize in installing or servicing residential, commercial, or industrial equipment (or all three), HVAC technicians perform their work on-site in a wide variety of settings. Any building that utilizes climate-control equipment will see multiple visits by HVAC technicians over the course of its lifetime. Such buildings can include:
Most HVAC technicians work for independent service contractors. However, employment can also be found with:
- Direct-selling retail establishments (e.g., HVAC equipment dealers)
- Repair shops for commercial or industrial equipment and machinery
- Merchant wholesalers of heating equipment and supplies
What is the Typical Salary of an HVAC Technician?
The typical salary of an HVAC technician depends on many factors such as the type of HVAC job, employer location, level of experience, and whether or not a union is involved. When it comes to HVAC, salary is usually implemented in the form of hourly wages. Most HVAC technicians, regardless of their training, begin their careers at a relatively low rate of pay, but their wages rise gradually as they increase their skills, knowledge, and experience.
So, what are some average HVAC salaries? Based on national estimates, yearly wages for HVAC and HVAC/R technicians break down this way: *
- The bottom 10 percent earn $26,490 or less.
- Median wages (50th percentile) are $42,530.
- The top 10 percent earn $66,930 or more.
The pay scales of similar employers, even within the same city, can sometimes vary dramatically. HVAC/R technicians that install and service commercial or industrial systems generally get paid the most. Unionized employers also tend to have much higher wages than non-unionized ones. However, you can expect a large chunk of your wages from any union job to go toward paying for union fees, insurance, and other benefits.
Many HVAC technicians maximize their income by working longer hours during peak seasons (summer and/or winter). Additional wages can also come, in some cases, from earning commissions on the sale of new equipment or service contracts.
Are There Any Downsides to Working in the HVAC Trade?
For the people who turn it into a long-term career, HVAC is a lifestyle. Many HVAC technicians reap a great deal of personal satisfaction from their work. But, like any occupation, the field of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning has its upsides and downsides. It's not a career for everybody. You've got to be 100 percent committed in order to succeed.
Here are some of the possible drawbacks of being an HVAC or HVAC/R technician:
- Physical hazards—It can be grueling and hard on your body. Installing or servicing HVAC systems often requires heavy lifting, crouching, and kneeling—including in tight places like attics and crawl spaces. Other physical hazards also exist such as the potential for cuts, scrapes, electrical shock, burns, or muscle strain. And, although rare, working with refrigerants without appropriate safety equipment can result in injuries like frostbite, skin damage, or even blindness.
- Uncomfortable working conditions—It frequently involves working outdoors in bad weather or extreme temperatures (hot and cold).
- Mental fatigue—In addition to being physically demanding, HVAC work can also be mentally tiring. That's because you must remain alert and focused in order to solve problems and avoid injury or costly mistakes. Plus, no matter how experienced you are, there is always a lot to learn. HVAC technology changes quickly, so being an HVAC technician requires staying on top of the latest developments and adding that knowledge to what you've already learned about older systems that are still in use. That makes the job sometimes feel overwhelming. As HVAC technology improves, much of it is also becoming more and more technically challenging to work on.
- Fluctuating work hours—Employment in the HVAC trade can sometimes be subject to seasonal fluctuations, particularly for technicians without much experience. It is common for many HVAC service technicians to work very long hours during peak seasons (summer and winter) followed by a reduction in hours (often less than full time) during the slower seasons. The peak seasons can be extra difficult if you have a family since working overtime and being on call at all hours (including weekends) can mean you're not able to spend as much quality time with those you care about. On the other hand, slow weeks are also inevitable, so you have to know how to account for the ups and downs in your personal finances.
- Irritable customers—Since many service calls happen when customers are in distress over failing heating or cooling equipment during extreme weather, HVAC technicians sometimes must deal directly with people who are cranky and impatient. Tempers are heightened when a problem can't be fixed right away because a part needs to be ordered.
- Delayed gratification—It takes time—usually at least five years—to develop the skills that enable you to begin making what are considered good wages in the HVAC industry. As a new technician, you should expect the starting pay to be lower than what you might be hoping for. You have to be willing to stick it out and learn everything you can in the meantime.
What are the Good Things About Working in HVAC?
The downsides of being an HVAC technician are balanced—and some might even say overcome—by the many positive attributes of the HVAC trade. Here are a few of them:
- A sense of accomplishment—It can be intensely rewarding to fix problematic equipment or install new systems since it means that your hard work directly impacts the ability of people to feel comfortable in their environments. You have the chance to make someone's day if they were freezing (or sweating) prior to your arrival. Plus, looking back on a job well done often leads to a great feeling of personal satisfaction, regardless of how difficult it might have been.
- Built-in exercise for mind and body—Despite the occupational hazards, being an HVAC technician can help you stay in shape—physically and mentally.
- Variety—Every day is bound to be somewhat different. You won't be stuck in an office. Instead, you'll get to solve a variety of problems and meet new people. And the fast pace of busy times helps the work days pass quickly.
- Pride—Because HVAC technicians can impact the well-being of people and the environment, they often feel a great sense of personal responsibility and pride of purpose.
- Stimulation—Opportunities for learning something new happen on a frequent basis, which means boredom is rare. As the HVAC industry moves closer and closer toward full computer automation for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, the chance to develop advanced skills and knowledge also increases.
- Long-term stability—Once you've established yourself in the trade, there is great potential for making good money. And the job security can also be good. This is particularly true when you consider that HVAC skills are portable, and the work must be performed on location, which means that HVAC jobs are not subject to foreign outsourcing.
What Personal Characteristics Do I Need for an HVAC Career?
People who succeed as HVAC technicians possess key traits that enable them to handle the challenges of the occupation while taking advantage of the benefits. It's important to keep in mind that those who find long-term success and satisfaction in the HVAC trade generally possess the following characteristics:
- A strong desire to help other people
- A sense of craftsmanship and pride in their work (no cutting corners)
- Physical and mental toughness
- A courteous and respectful attitude
- Pride in their appearance
- An aptitude for mechanical, hands-on work
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Common sense
- The ability and willingness to learn
- Determination and a strong work ethic
- An interest in the science behind HVAC technology
- Good problem-solving abilities
How Do You Become an HVAC Technician?
There is more than one path to establishing a career in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. When asking, "How do you become an HVAC technician?" it is important to consider that there are essentially four different ways to begin going about it:
- Obtaining formal HVAC training from a high school program or post-secondary school
- Entering a formal apprenticeship program for your training
- Joining the Armed Forces and receiving military HVAC training
- Pursuing an entry-level HVAC position without any formal training and hoping that you find an employer willing to teach you everything informally on the job (an increasingly rare circumstance)
Each option has its advantages and disadvantages. However, most employers generally consider formal training a must before they will even consider you for an open position.
Here are some things to consider about post-secondary training at an HVAC school:
- Most HVAC training programs at technical and trade schools take between six months and two years to complete.
- Programs that last a year or less generally award a diploma or certificate of completion. Those that last two years usually award an associate's degree.
- Shorter certificate or diploma programs are often designed only to teach students the basics of one of the three main areas of HVAC/R: (1) residential heating and air conditioning, (2) light commercial heating and air conditioning, or (3) commercial refrigeration.
- Most well-respected HVAC training schools offer programs that are accredited by at least one of the following agencies: HVAC Excellence, the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER), or the Partnership for Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Accreditation (PAHRA).
- Taking the right courses in high school can help you better prepare for HVAC school. These include subjects such as mechanical drawing, basic electronics, math, computer science, and applied physics and chemistry. It can also be beneficial to gain some basic knowledge of electrical and plumbing work.
- HVAC schools are designed to give you a head start in the acquisition of your skills, but it will likely take a few years of working experience as an assistant HVAC technician after you graduate before anyone will begin to think of you as proficient.
Another popular and advantageous way to receive formal training is through an apprenticeship. Here is what you should know about HVAC apprenticeships:
- In general, apprenticeship opportunities pop up only periodically depending on the needs of employers, both unionized and non-unionized.
- Apprenticeships are often a pathway to national certification in the HVAC industry, and they can even allow you to earn college credits.
- In order to reap all of the benefits of a formal HVAC apprenticeship, you'll want to find an apprenticeship program that is registered with the Office of Apprenticeship, which is part of the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.
- Most apprenticeships allow you to earn a wage while you learn. And, if you are part of a registered apprenticeship program, your paycheck is guaranteed to increase over time. Unionized apprenticeships offer the additional advantages of working under the protection of a union contract and, usually, receiving insurance and pension benefits.
- Apprenticeships usually last four to five years, and they include both classroom instruction and hands-on training on the job. After completing a five-year registered apprenticeship, you can become a journeyman in the HVAC field.
- The organizations with the most HVAC apprenticeship opportunities include, in no particular order: (1) Air-Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), (2) Mechanical Contractors of America (MCAA), (3) Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors (PHCC), (4) Sheet Metal Workers' International Association (SMWIA), (5) Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), and (6) United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA).
- Apprenticeship openings are often highly competitive. Plus, you must meet the minimum requirements of whatever apprenticeship program you are applying for. Organizations that offer or coordinate apprenticeships in HVAC often look for candidates that have at least a high school diploma (or equivalent), good math and reading skills, above-average manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination, strong mechanical aptitude, patience, dependability, the ability to get along well with other people, and a desire to do whatever it takes to learn the trade. As part of the application process, you may also be required to take aptitude tests and attend multiple interviews.
- Completing an HVAC program at a technical college or trade school can sometimes give you a leg up on the competition when applying for a registered apprenticeship.
Regardless of how you get your HVAC training, there are a number of other things to keep in mind about the HVAC trade and finding work in it. Consider the following points:
- Many employers look for HVAC professionals with at least two to five years of on-the-job experience. Schooling alone, while beneficial, is often not enough—particularly for openings at larger companies.
- In order to break into the trade and get the experience you need, you might have to spend a few years working for a smaller HVAC company at a lower wage than you might be expecting. The more you are willing to swallow your pride and do whatever is necessary to gain experience, the more opportunities you will have at the beginning of your career.
- In many regions, you are more likely to land your first HVAC job during a peak season (summer or winter) since that is when demand for HVAC workers increases.
- Employers want workers who will stick around for the long haul. That's why many of them prefer to hire people who've completed a formal HVAC program. Completing an HVAC education is a sign that you aren't just looking for a temporary job but, rather, have put your heart into making HVAC your career.
- As you seek to gain experience early in your career, it's best to go for variety, if possible, in the type of HVAC work you do. Some people in the trade get "stuck" in just one particular area (such as installation) and find it difficult later on if they wish to move into a different HVAC specialty that they might enjoy better.
- It pays to be assertive and proactive, especially when it comes to increasing your HVAC knowledge. You'll have better job security and advancement opportunities if you can become the "go-to" person for technical information and troubleshooting know-how about the equipment your employer sells and services. As you begin your career, it is essential to ask a lot of questions, pay close attention, and study, study, study. And, as you continue your career, the need to learn never stops. There will always be more to know.
- Like in any other trade, the better you are at your job, the more quickly you can climb the HVAC career ladder.
- It is impossible to learn everything you need to know in two years or less. So, although trade school can give you a great head start on the fundamentals, you should expect to begin your HVAC career in a "helper" or apprentice role as you continue to learn. It generally takes at least five years of on-the-job experience before you're ready to work on your own.
- Since demand for HVAC technicians can sometimes be prone to seasonal fluctuations, it is important to learn how to manage your money in a way that allows you to ride out any downtimes comfortably.
- Long-term success as an HVAC technician hinges a great deal upon your reputation. So it's important to develop a courteous and respectful attitude early on, to never cut corners, and to let the quality of work you perform speak for itself.
- Persistence and enthusiasm are the biggest keys to landing your first job in HVAC. Employers look for people who are willing to commit to hard work. You can improve your chances of finding employment by always acting polite and professional, following up repeatedly with the people in charge of hiring, and demonstrating to them that you're not an arrogant "know-it-all" but are, instead, humble and ready to learn and take on all of the challenges inherent to HVAC work.
How Do You Get HVAC Certification?
When asking, "How do you get HVAC certification?" it is essential to understand that some certifications are required while most others are voluntary. Even voluntary certifications, however, can help you advance in your HVAC career since most employers like to see official acknowledgment of your competencies.
But knowing how to obtain HVAC certification is just one aspect of this issue. You also need to understand what it all means. Here are the most important things to remember:
- Regardless of which area of HVAC/R you choose to work in, you will be required to obtain at least one type of certification from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Section 608 of the Clean Air Act of 1990 requires anyone who services equipment that uses specific refrigerants to take a test to prove that they know how to properly handle, recycle, and dispose of materials that can damage the ozone layer.
- EPA Section 608 certification is broken down into four types depending on the kind of equipment you will be working with: (1) Type I for small appliances, (2) Type II for very high-pressure appliances, (3) Type III for low-pressure appliances, and (4) Universal for all types of HVAC/R equipment.
- HVAC students enrolled in formal training are often required to take the EPA Section 608 Universal certification test as part of their program.
- Although not required by the EPA, R-410A certification covers an especially dangerous type of refrigerant in greater detail than what is found in the EPA Section 608 test. R-410A refrigerant is used at a much higher vapor pressure than other refrigerants and, therefore, requires different tools, equipment, and safety standards. R-410A is increasingly replacing some of the older ozone-damaging refrigerants that are being phased out.
- Other types of professional HVAC certifications are designed to verify the real-world skills and working knowledge of HVAC and HVAC/R technicians who've had at least a year or two of on-the-job experience. Certification is offered by independent organizations in many different specialty areas such as residential and commercial air conditioning, heat pump service and installation, gas heat, electric heat, oil furnaces, hydronics, air distribution, and commercial refrigeration.
- The two most recognized providers of professional-level certifications in the American HVAC/R industry are (1) HVAC Excellence and (2) North American Technician Excellence (NATE). Obtaining certification from these organizations involves meeting any necessary prerequisites and then passing written exams. You can also obtain your EPA Section 608 certification through such providers.
- A certificate of completion (or diploma) from a formal HVAC training school is NOT the same thing as professional-level certification from organizations like HVAC Excellence or NATE.
How Long Do HVAC Classes Take?
Formal HVAC programs at technical colleges and trade schools vary in length. A lot depends on the type of credential you're after and how in-depth you want your schooling to be. So, how long do HVAC classes take?
HVAC programs that award certificates or diplomas typically last one year or less. Some take as little as about 18 weeks to complete. With these shorter programs, you often must choose to study just one of three specific areas: (1) light commercial air conditioning and heating, (2) residential air conditioning and heating, or (3) commercial refrigeration.
Associate degree programs in HVAC/R technology, on the other hand, are designed to last two years and are often more comprehensive.
How Much Does HVAC School Cost?
The cost of HVAC schooling varies significantly depending on where you go to school and whether you choose to pursue a certificate or associate degree. So, how much does HVAC school cost?
Basic program costs, including tuition, can range from as little as $2,000 or less to as much as $35,000 or more. The more expensive programs sometimes have a wider range of HVAC equipment and tools in their labs for better hands-on learning, although it is best to tour any school you are considering and check out their facilities to make sure you'll be getting good value for your money. Books and supplies are sometimes an extra expense and can cost as much as $4,500 depending on the program.
Financial aid in the form of loans and grants are frequently available from the federal government for those who qualify. And some states offer financial assistance through their own retraining programs for unemployed workers.
What Can I Expect to Learn in My HVAC Training?
HVAC schools are set up to teach the fundamentals of what you need to know to begin working as an HVAC technician at the entry level. Ultimately, HVAC involves learning at least the basics of about five different trades competently, including electrical work, plumbing, welding, pipefitting, and sheet metal.
HVAC education programs vary in their curriculum, but the ones that are accredited by an industry-recognized organization generally share a number of common elements. Three of the biggest accrediting bodies for HVAC training are (1) HVAC Excellence, (2) the Partnership for Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Accreditation, and (3) the National Center for Construction Education and Research.
Most HVAC programs combine classroom study with hands-on training. Depending on the school and program you choose, you can expect the curriculum to include subjects such as:
- Electric, gas, and oil heat
- Residential and light commercial air conditioning
- Heat pumps
- Basic electronics
- Soldering and brazing
- Venting and duct systems
- Interpreting mechanical drawings and diagrams
- Components of HVAC systems
- General HVAC theory
- Airflow and indoor air quality
- Heating fuels
- Refrigerant types and refrigerant oils
- Installation and service
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
- Building codes and requirements
- Tools and test instruments
- Safety precautions and practices
Many accredited HVAC/R programs use the Industry Competency Exam (ICE) as an exit exam for students. So, depending on the program you choose, you might have to take one or more of the three different tests that are available as part of the ICE. The different testing areas are: (1) residential air conditioning and heating, (2) light commercial air conditioning and heating, and (3) commercial refrigeration.
As an HVAC Technician, Will I Need to Be Licensed?
The answer depends on where you intend to work. Licensing requirements for HVAC technicians vary greatly depending on the state or locality they work in and whether they intend to be their own boss. And some states don't have any legal requirements. In the ones that do, however, a state exam often must be passed. Plus, some states require you to have completed the equivalent of an apprenticeship program or two to five years of on-the-job HVAC experience before you can apply for a license to legally work on your own.
The content of state licensing exams also varies significantly. In some states, for example, emphasis might be placed on having an extensive knowledge of electrical codes, but, in other states, the focus might be more on HVAC-specific knowledge.
Just remember: Although your state might not require you to obtain an official license in order to perform HVAC work, the federal government will still require you to be certified in the proper handling of refrigerants. The EPA Section 608 certification exam is a written test and is administered by a variety of organizations that have been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, including unions, building groups, trade schools, and contractor associations.
How Promising is the HVAC Job Outlook?
The HVAC job outlook is expected to be excellent for the foreseeable future. In America, employment of HVAC technicians is projected to increase by 28 percent between 2008 and 2018, which is much faster than average. **
The growing demand for HVAC and HVAC/R technicians can be attributed to a number of factors. As the nation's population grows, so does the number of buildings (residential, commercial, and industrial) that need to be fitted with climate-control systems. And the increasing complexity of new HVAC systems means an increasing possibility of their malfunction and need for servicing, which then requires skilled technicians. In addition, the growing focus on reducing energy consumption and improving indoor air quality means that more HVAC technicians are needed for analyzing the efficiency of existing systems and replacing old polluting ones with new, more efficient models.
Although experienced HVAC technicians can expect excellent job prospects, the odds of new techs landing employment are best for those who have had training through a formal apprenticeship program, through an accredited program from an HVAC school, or both. You can also increase your chances of landing a good job by becoming an expert at increasing energy efficiency and gaining a solid understanding of complex computer-controlled HVAC systems such as those found in modern high-rises.
What Kind of Advancement Opportunities Exist in the Heating, Ventilation,
and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Industry?
The HVAC industry is incredibly diverse. Most HVAC technicians begin their careers in the residential and light commercial sectors of the field. Advancement usually comes in the form of higher wages or supervisory positions. But, with advanced knowledge, a lot of experience, and the right mindset, new opportunities can arise for entering other areas of the industry, which offer new challenges.
Commercial refrigeration, for instance, is an area of high demand that requires workers with a lot of patience and specialized skills. With the right training and education, HVAC/R technicians can also specialize in areas such as solar-powered or geothermal heating and cooling, retrofitting, system testing and balancing, efficiency evaluations, or building operations with advanced computer controls. In addition, some technicians move into teaching, HVAC sales and marketing, or managing their own contracting businesses.
It is even possible to earn a bachelor's degree in HVAC engineering technology. Such a degree could allow you to become an HVAC engineer or HVAC technologist and design new systems and controls for the manufacturing, commercial, institutional, or industrial sectors.
How Do I Get Started?
One of the best ways to discover whether HVAC might be a good field for you is to talk with a few experienced HVAC technicians. See if you can schedule a time to ride along with them on some service or installation calls. Or, if you're ready to get moving now, then check out our list of HVAC schools. You could soon have the repeated, satisfying experience of standing back and admiring a job well done. | <urn:uuid:2544a8b7-2405-4749-8cfa-059c46bbfae9> | 2013-05-18T05:25:20Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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