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A few random images from photographer Tod Seelie and also a drawing contest with the winner receiving a bag from Crumpler. Check it.
A smattering of images from this year, so far (part 1). Some of the faces, bands and places that made up a temporary personal landscape.
As Spring is sliding into Summer, it's time to start planning for your travels and adventures. In support of that, the good folks over at Crumpler have offered to give away one of their great backpacks (the Dry Red No. 5) to help you gear up for wherever your feet may take you, even if it's just down the street.
To determine the winner, we're holding a drawing contest. Crumpler has a tendency to have some pretty strange names for their gear, so I'm going to ask you to send me a drawing interpreting one of the bag names listed below.
Local Identity
Pleasure Dome
Sinking Barge
Convenient Disgrace
Seedy Three
The submissions should be sent to sucka [at] suckapants [dot] come with "Crumpler contest" in the subject line and should specify which name you're interpreting. The contest will run for two weeks from the date of this post before I'll select a winner. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Open to U.S. residents only.
Whether you're dressed up for a business trip or down for some serious holidaying, this multi-tasking backpack is the ideal companion for the laptop-toting traveller. As comfortable to carry as it capacious, the Dry Red No. 5 features a mini office organizer up front, a padded sleeve for your 15-inch MacBook at the rear, and in between, an expandable general cargo space. It even comes with its own cable pouch.
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When you install a game or a game demo that you downloaded from the Games for Windows Marketplace software, you receive the following error message:
"Installation failed"
Here are some things to try.
To install game software or downloads, you must be logged on with an Administrator or Standard user account.
If you are logged on to Windows with a restricted user account, you won't be able to install a game or demo. For more information about account types and how to change your account type, see User Account Control Step-by-Step Guide.
One reason you might receive this error message is because you don't have enough disk space for the game or demo you're trying to install. Here's how to check for disk space:
Note When installing a program, you need to have two times as much space as was indicated during installation. After the installation is complete, the installer files are removed.
The BITSAdmin tool can clear any file transfers that might be interfering with the Games for Windows Marketplace software. Here's how to use it:
Before you start, make sure Windows is up to date by running Windows Update.
Note If you do not see the Run command, click Start, type Run in the Search box, and then click Run in the search results.
You might need to cancel all active downloads, empty the cache for the Games for Windows Marketplace software, and then redownload the game or demo that could not be installed. Here's how:
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So, I went back home to visit MT a few weeks ago. Michelle was nice enough to lend me one of her good cameras so I could take some pictures, and since I don't have many I made sure to bring it with me and shoot a ton. Here are a few.
Me with a Sig Mosquito, equipped with a Gemtech suppressor. It's real quiet.
My niece Emma with a custom engraved .44 Magnum Smith and Wesson model 629 Classic. It's real loud.
"I have two guns...one for each of ya'."
The FN-PS90, AKA "The Bad Mamma Jamma." We shot Devastator ammunition (armor piercing, sold to Law Enforcement/Military only and STILL a bitch to get a hold of) through two layers of kevlar and the rounds didn't even slow down.
The .44 in its case.
"Mr. Stranger-Danger" my ass. This is how we do it in MT.
"Uncle Demo! Admiral Adama is going to drop the frakkin' hammer on the Cylons!"
The view North in The Last Best Place.
Happy Independance Day everyone. Cherish your freedoms, and remember that many good men and women died so that you may exercise them. There is an ongoing fight to ensure that those men and women did not die in vain.


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|Susan Bones
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c. 1980
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Susan Bones was a half-blood witch and Hufflepuff student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Most members of her family, including her grandparents, her uncle Edgar, his wife and their children, were killed by Lord Voldemort during the First Wizarding War. Another relative of hers was her aunt Amelia Bones, who was a high-ranking member of the Wizengamot in the Ministry of Magic, before being killed by Voldemort, too, in 1996. In her fifth year, Susan became a member of Dumbledore's Army, an organisation founded and led by Harry Potter. In 1998, Susan fought in the Battle of Hogwarts against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Her life after the war is unknown.
Early lifeEdit
Little is known about Susan's early life, other than the fact that she was presumably named after her aunt Amelia's middle name. Susan came from a largely magical family background, and also a rather powerful and respected family. However, due to her family's position, they were sought after during the First Wizarding War by Death Eaters and a large majority were killed. Susan was born in or around 1980, a year before the war closed and went on to study at Hogwarts School in 1991, where she was Sorted into Hufflepuff House[2].
Hogwarts yearsEdit
First yearEdit
- Professor McGonagall: "Bones, Susan."
- Sorting Hat: "HUFFLEPUFF!"
- — Susan Bones being sorted[src]
Susan Bones started her education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991. She was the second student to be called up by Minerva McGonagall for the Sorting ceremony and was Sorted into Hufflepuff, which was headed by Pomona Sprout, the Herbology Professor. She was sorted into this house along with Hannah Abbott, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Zacharias Smith, Megan Jones, and Ernie Macmillan. During her first year, Susan would learn all about the basics of magic and spell performance, like her other classmates.
Second yearEdit
- "Hannah, he's a Parselmouth. Everyone knows that's the mark of a dark wizard. Have you ever heard of a decent one who could talk to snakes? They called Slytherin himself Serpent-tongue."
- —Ernie Macmillan shares his opinion of Harry with the Hufflepuffs.[src]
During her second year, Susan seemed to develop a crush on then-Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, which caused her to be off-task daydreaming during his lessons.[3] She participated in the Duelling Club as a precaution due to the Basilisk attacks that occurred after the Chamber of Secrets had been opened. During the Duelling Club's meeting, Susan's friend Justin Finch-Fletchley was almost attacked by a serpent which was acting under the orders of Harry Potter via the use of his Parseltongue ability.
Susan seemed to get along well with Hermione Granger, a Gryffindor, and the two shared an interest in the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Gilderoy Lockhart and the two would be usually seated together in their Defence Against the Dark Arts classes, both listening intently on Lockhart's every word. She and Hermione seemed to become quite good friends this year and Herbology both worked next to one another when potting Mandrakes, and it must have come as a shock when later on in the year Hermione was petrified by the Basilisk that resided in the Chamber of Secrets.
Later in the year, Lockhart was shown to be a fraud. Presumably, after knowing all the truth about Lockhart in the end of the school year, she lost her interest in him as he no longer was a great wizard who had done heroic deeds and performed extraordinary magic.
Third yearEdit
During her third year, she would have to select what subjects she wished to take. The school would also be in believed danger from Azkaban escapee, Sirius Black, who was suspected to be looking for Harry Potter.
Fourth yearEdit
What is known is that during Susan's fourth year Hogwarts held the Triwizard Tournament and Hufflepuff's Cedric Diggory was one of the Triwizard champions. It is likely that Susan Bones supported Cedric Diggory in favour of Harry Potter, as he was in her house and both her best friends Hannah Abbott and Ernie Macmillan were strong supporters of Diggory. During the year as a required tradition of the tournament the holding school would hold the Yule Ball, in which Susan would have been required to wear dress robes and attend, in preparation for this she would have been taught how to dance with the rest of the student body by Minerva McGonagall. Cedric Diggory was technically the joint-winner with Harry Potter after he and Harry both reached the Triwizard Cup, thus making them the champions. Sadly Diggory lost his life to Lord Voldemort after being taken to Little Hangleton and the Second Wizarding War began. The students were horrified to learn of Cedric's death, mainly students of Hufflepuff, who were closest to him, but the relationship of Susan with Cedric is unknown. It is more than likely that Susan attended the Memorial Feast to Cedric Diggory at the end of the school year.
Fifth yearEdit
In 1995, Hogwarts was to be under the watchful eye of the Minister and his personally appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Dolores Umbridge. Umbridge worked with Susan's aunt in the Ministry, and both served on the court for Harry Potter's trial. When Umbridge came to Hogwarts, she ensured that no practical defensive spells would be taught in her lessons, despite the claims that Lord Voldemort had returned.
With the students looking for a teacher, and Harry with the best knowledge of defensive spells, Hermione Granger pledged the idea of forming an alliance to learn spells and rebel against Umbridge. This would be called Dumbledore's Army, which Susan would become a member of. During the first meeting, Susan was curious to know whether Harry could produce a corporeal Patronus. Harry later gave lessons on Patronuses, but it is unknown whether she produced one or what form it took. Later on in the year, the Death Eaters who murdered her Uncle Edgar and his family escaped from Azkaban, the wizarding prison, and many students questioned Susan for information about this. After the Death Eaters' escape, Susan told Harry that she understood how he felt, knowing that the person who had killed his family was at large and constantly being asked questions about it, Harry finally had someone who could almost relate to his state of mind. Susan was pestered throughout the year by students asking about her family.[4]
- Goyle: "My father reckons your aunt's a troublemaker, someone will teach her a lesson!"
- Susan: "What do you want? Harry! Hermione, Ron hey! Please, help!"
- Crabbe: "Aw look, they've come to save their ickle friend."
- — Crabbe and Goyle intimidate Susan.[src]
On top of dealing with the murders of her family members, this year was also her O.W.L. year at Hogwarts, which left her in even greater stress as she attempted to keep it all together and do well in her exams. Also, on at least one occasion Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle took it upon themselves to bully Susan, making fun of her aunt and complaining that she was interfering with the Ministry of Magic's agenda. They went so far as to take her wand, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione had to come to her aid. The trio duelled the two Slytherins, defeating them and forcing them to leave Susan alone. Susan got her wand back and learned about the D.A. meeting in the Room of Requirement[5].
Sixth yearEdit
- Girl 1: "Did you hear about her aunt? Poor Susan"
- Girl 2: "Yes, it's awful, I didn't want to leave my family behind this summer."
- — Two students conversing about Susan Bones.[src]
During the summer holidays before her sixth year at Hogwarts, one of Susan's last living relatives and one of the greatest witches of her time, Amelia Bones, was murdered by Lord Voldemort after putting up a good fight against him in her own home. This caused Susan some distress and worry, as most of her family had been killed during the First Wizarding War and now that the Second Wizarding War had been declared official it was only a matter of time before Death Eaters sought out after the remaining members of her family. When Susan returned to Hogwarts, she was learning how to Apparate and on one occasion Splinched herself during one of the lessons, losing one of her legs. Her leg was successfully reattached, but the incident appeared to leave Susan somewhat shaken.
Later on in the school year, Hogwarts fell under attack by Death Eaters. The D.A. members were called to arms via their coins, and despite the murder of her aunt, Susan did not show up for battle, and possibly try and avenge her, it is possible that since the D.A. meetings were no longer held that Susan no longer carried her coin around with her and did not notice the call to arms message.[6]
Seventh year and Battle of HogwartsEdit
- "We have already placed protection around the castle, but it is unlikely to hold for very long unless we reinforce it. I must ask you there for to -"
- —McGonagall preps the students before battle.[src]
Susan's seventh year at Hogwarts would be under the indirect control of Lord Voldemort. With Severus Snape appointed headmaster and the Carrows as teachers, Susan's year would be set off to a rocky start, what with her being a member of the Bones family, a wizarding family high on Voldemort's list to eliminate. Susan would rejoin the reformed Dumbledore's Army, this time in a protest against Snape and the Carrows instead of Umbridge. Susan fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, alongside members of the D.A., suits of armour and her teachers.
Later lifeEdit
Susan was not listed among the casualties, and is presumed to have survived the Second Wizarding War. Her later life is unknown.
Physical appearanceEdit
Susan has long red hair which she wears in a long plait down her back. In 1996, Susan splinched herself whilst practising Apparition, and in doing so she lost one of her legs. However Susan was able to have her leg successfully reattached by the Heads of Houses but the ordeal left her confidence somewhat shaken.
Not much is known about the relationship of Susan with her family. Susan was a member of the Bones family, a family of many great wizards. The Bones family supported the Order of the Phoenix during the First Wizarding War. That was also the reason why the most of them were killed by Lord Voldemort or his Death Eaters. Her grandparents, her uncle Edgar, his wife and their children. Amelia Bones was Susan's aunt. They seemed to have a close relationship. However, Amelia was killed by Voldemort in 1996.
Dumbledore's ArmyEdit
Dumbledore's Army was an organisation founded by Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and led by Harry. Susan became a member during her fifth year, in order to be taught Defence Against the Dark Arts by Harry, as Dolores Umbridge, the new D.A.D.A. professor, didn't teach them how to properly defend themselves, thinking they would oppose the Ministry of Magic.
Susan became a member, along with her fellow Hufflepuffs Hannah Abbott, Ernie Macmillan, Justin Finch-Fletchley and Zacharias Smith. Susan shared a dormitory with Hannah Abbott (a fellow Hufflepuff) and was most probably invited to join Dumbledore's Army by her. She may have been also a close friend of Ernie and Justin. It is unknown if she was a friend of Zacharias, too. Susan and her fellow classmates (except Zacharias) fought for Hogwarts at the Battle of Hogwarts and won the war.
She was very impressed by learning that Harry could cast a Patronus, and she also told him how she felt about her relatives' deaths during the First Wizarding War.
She was also a friend of Seamus Finnigan, whom she shared a boat with on her first year and was often seen talking to him in lessons and in Dumbledore's Army meetings.
Other members of the army she possibly knew are Ginny Weasley, Parvati Patil, Lavender Brown, Dean Thomas, Padma Patil, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, Katie Bell, Fred and George Weasley, Colin and Dennis Creevey, Terry Boot, Anthony Goldstein, Michael Corner and Marietta Edgecombe. The most of them fought at the Battle of Hogwarts and survived the war.
- "Susan" is the Anglicised form of Susanna, meaning Lily or Rose.[7] The lily is often a symbol of purity. It is noted that Susan is most likely named after her Aunt Amelia Bones, whose middle name is Susan.
- "Bones" is the word for the skeletal form of a being, many members of Susan's family are murdered or have been killed during the books and this may be in reference to this.
Behind the scenesEdit
- "Susan Bones' grandparents were killed by Voldemort."
- —J. K. Rowling in a interview.[[src]]
- In the first two films, she was played by Eleanor Columbus, the daughter of director Chris Columbus, making her one of the few American actresses to appear in the films as one of the students. However, she had no dialogue. Susan is played by an unknown actress in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1[citation needed].
- She is one of the Original Forty students listed by J.K. Rowling along with Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley.
- In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Susan was voiced by Alex Tregear.
- Susan wears her hair in a long plait down her back, however in the films and video games she is shown to leave her hair down.
- The middle name of Amelia Bones is Susan, which could imply that Susan was named after her aunt, or that the name Susan runs in the Bones family.
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Susan is omitted and one of Susan's lines is spoken instead by Luna Lovegood.
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, she is shown to be sharing a boat with Hermione Granger and Seamus Finnigan.
- She shared a dormitory in the Hufflepuff Basement with Hannah Abbott, Megan Jones and Leanne.
- In the books, the sorting is done in alphabetical order, but in the films, it is not, and in 1991, Susan is the third sorted. She shows relief when put into Hufflepuff, suggesting that her family may all be in Hufflepuff.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Appears on Parchment)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Mentioned only)[8]
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Quidditch Through the Ages (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Harry Potter and Me
- Pottermore
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ Harry Potter and Me
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ [1] Ancestry.com etymologies
- ↑ During gameplay some students when you walk past will say "Did you hear about her Aunt? Poor Susan", referring to the death of Susan's Aunt, Amelia Bones.
Harry Potter | Hermione Granger | Ronald Weasley
Harry Potter | Neville Longbottom | Luna Lovegood | Ginny Weasley
Katie Bell | Lavender Brown | Colin Creevey | Dennis Creevey | Seamus Finnigan | Angelina Johnson | Lee Jordan | Parvati Patil | Alicia Spinnet | Dean Thomas | Fred Weasley | George Weasley | Nigel Wolpert
Terry Boot | Cho Chang | Michael Corner | Marietta Edgecombe | Anthony Goldstein | Padma Patil
Hannah Abbott | Susan Bones | Justin Finch-Fletchley | Ernie Macmillan | Zacharias Smith | Unidentified Hufflepuff girl
Luca Caruso | Alice Tolipan
fr:Susan Bones ru:Сьюзен Боунс fi:Susan Bones nl:Suzanne Bonkel


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Solid-waste management, the collecting, treating, and disposing of solid material that is discarded because it has served its purpose or is no longer useful. Improper disposal of municipal solid waste can create unsanitary conditions, and these conditions in turn can lead to pollution of the environment and to outbreaks of vector-borne disease—that is, diseases spread by rodents and insects. The tasks of solid-waste management present complex technical challenges. They also pose a wide variety of administrative, economic, and social problems that must be managed and solved.
Historical background
Early waste disposal
In ancient cities, wastes were thrown onto unpaved streets and roadways, where they were left to accumulate. It was not until 320 bce in Athens that the first known law forbidding this practice was established. At that time a system for waste removal began to evolve in Greece and in the Greek-dominated cities of the eastern Mediterranean. In ancient Rome, property owners were responsible for cleaning the streets fronting their property. But organized waste collection was associated only with state-sponsored events such as parades. Disposal methods were very crude, involving open pits located just outside the city walls. As populations increased, efforts were made to transport waste farther out from the cities.
After the fall of Rome, waste collection and municipal sanitation began a decline that lasted throughout the Middle Ages. Near the end of the 14th century, scavengers were given the task of carting waste to dumps outside city walls. But this was not the case in smaller towns, where most people still threw waste into the streets. It was not until 1714 that every city in England was required to have an official scavenger. Toward the end of the 18th century in America, municipal collection of garbage was begun in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia. Waste disposal methods were still very crude, however. Garbage collected in Philadelphia, for example, was simply dumped into the Delaware River downstream from the city.
Developments in waste management
A technological approach to solid-waste management began to develop in the latter part of the 19th century. Watertight garbage cans were first introduced in the United States, and sturdier vehicles were used to collect and transport wastes. A significant development in solid-waste treatment and disposal practices was marked by the construction of the first refuse incinerator in England in 1874. By the beginning of the 20th century, 15 percent of major American cities were incinerating solid waste. Even then, however, most of the largest cities were still using primitive disposal methods such as open dumping on land or in water.
Technological advances continued during the first half of the 20th century, including the development of garbage grinders, compaction trucks, and pneumatic collection systems. By mid-century, however, it had become evident that open dumping and improper incineration of solid waste were causing problems of pollution and jeopardizing public health. As a result, sanitary landfills were developed to replace the practice of open dumping and to reduce the reliance on waste incineration. In many countries waste was divided into two categories, hazardous and nonhazardous, and separate regulations were developed for their disposal. Landfills were designed and operated in a manner that minimized risks to public health and the environment. New refuse incinerators were designed to recover heat energy from the waste and were provided with extensive air pollution control devices to satisfy stringent standards of air quality. Modern solid-waste management plants in most developed countries now emphasize the practice of recycling and waste reduction at the source rather than incineration and land disposal.
Solid-waste characteristics
Composition and properties
The sources of solid waste include residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial activities. Certain types of wastes that cause immediate danger to exposed individuals or environments are classified as hazardous; these are discussed in the article hazardous-waste management. All nonhazardous solid waste from a community that requires collection and transport to a processing or disposal site is called refuse or municipal solid waste (MSW). Refuse includes garbage and rubbish. Garbage is mostly decomposable food waste; rubbish is mostly dry material such as glass, paper, cloth, or wood. Garbage is highly putrescible or decomposable, whereas rubbish is not. Trash is rubbish that includes bulky items such as old refrigerators, couches, or large tree stumps. Trash requires special collection and handling.
Construction and demolition (C&D) waste (or debris) is a significant component of total solid waste quantities (about 20 percent in the United States), although it is not considered to be part of the MSW stream. However, because C&D waste is inert and nonhazardous, it is usually disposed of in municipal sanitary landfills (see below).
Another type of solid waste, perhaps the fastest-growing component in many developed countries, is electronic waste, or e-waste, which includes discarded computer equipment, televisions, telephones, and a variety of other electronic devices. In 2006 e-waste made up 5 percent of the total solid waste stream, and the United Nations Environment Programme estimated that developed countries would triple their output of e-waste by 2010. Concern over this type of waste is escalating. Lead, mercury, and cadmium are among the materials of concern in electronic devices, and governmental policies may be required to regulate their recycling and disposal.
Solid-waste characteristics vary considerably among communities and nations. American refuse is usually lighter, for example, than European or Japanese refuse. In the United States paper and paperboard products make up close to 40 percent of the total weight of MSW; food waste accounts for less than 10 percent. The rest is a mixture of yard trimmings, wood, glass, metal, plastic, leather, cloth, and other miscellaneous materials. In a loose or uncompacted state, MSW of this type weighs approximately 120 kg per cubic metre (200 pounds per cubic yard). These figures vary with geographic location, economic conditions, season of the year, and many other factors. Waste characteristics from each community must be studied carefully before any treatment or disposal facility is designed and built.
Generation and storage
Rates of solid-waste generation vary widely. In the United States, for example, municipal refuse is generated at an average rate of approximately 2 kg (4.4 pounds) per person per day. Japan generates roughly half this amount, yet in Canada the rate is 3 kg (almost 7 pounds) per person per day. In some developing countries (e.g., India) the average rate can be lower than 0.5 kg (1 pound) per person per day. These data include refuse from commercial, institutional, and industrial as well as residential sources. The actual rates of refuse generation must be carefully determined when a community plans a solid-waste management project.
Most communities require household refuse to be stored in durable, easily cleaned containers with tight-fitting covers in order to minimize rodent or insect infestation and offensive odours. Galvanized metal or plastic containers of about 115-litre (30-gallon) capacity are commonly used, although some communities employ larger containers that can be mechanically lifted and emptied into collection trucks. Plastic bags are frequently used as liners or as disposable containers for curbside collection. Where large quantities of refuse are generated—such as at shopping centres, hotels, or apartment buildings—dumpsters may be used for temporary storage until the waste is collected. Some office and commercial buildings use on-site compactors to reduce the waste volume.
Solid-waste collection
Collecting and transporting
Proper solid-waste collection is important for the protection of public health, safety, and environmental quality. It is a labour-intensive activity, accounting for approximately three-quarters of the total cost of solid-waste management. Public employees are often assigned to the task, but sometimes it is more economical for private companies to do the work under contract to the municipality or for private collectors to be paid by individual home owners. A driver and one or two loaders serve each collection vehicle. These are typically trucks of the enclosed, compacting type, with capacities up to 30 cubic metres (40 cubic yards). Loading can be done from the front, rear, or side. Compaction reduces the volume of refuse in the truck to less than half of its loose volume.
The task of selecting an optimal collection route is a complex problem, especially for large and densely populated cities. An optimal route is one that results in the most efficient use of labour and equipment, and selecting such a route requires the application of computer analyses that account for all the many design variables in a large and complex network. Variables include frequency of collection, haulage distance, type of service, and climate. Collection of refuse in rural areas can present a special problem, since the population densities are low, leading to high unit costs.
Refuse collection usually occurs at least once per week because of the rapid decomposition of food waste. The amount of garbage in the refuse of an individual home can be reduced by garbage grinders, or garbage disposals. Ground garbage puts an extra load on sewerage systems, but this can usually be accommodated. Many communities now conduct source separation and recycling programs, in which homeowners and businesses separate recyclable materials from garbage and place them in separate containers for collection. In addition, some communities have drop-off centres where residents can bring recyclables.
Transfer stations
If the final destination of the refuse is not near the community in which it is generated, one or more transfer stations may be necessary. A transfer station is a central facility where refuse from many collection vehicles is combined into a larger vehicle, such as a tractor-trailer unit. Open-top trailers are designed to carry about 76 cubic metres (100 cubic yards) of uncompacted waste to a regional processing or disposal location. Closed compactor-type trailers are also available, but they must be equipped with ejector mechanisms. In a direct discharge type of station, several collection trucks empty directly into the transport vehicle. In a storage discharge type of station, refuse is first emptied into a storage pit or onto a platform, and then machinery is used to hoist or push the solid waste into the transport vehicle. Large transfer stations can handle more than 500 tons of refuse per day.
Solid-waste treatment and disposal
Once collected, municipal solid waste may be treated in order to reduce the total volume and weight of material that requires final disposal. Treatment changes the form of the waste and makes it easier to handle. It can also serve to recover certain materials, as well as heat energy, for recycling or reuse.
Furnace operation
Burning is a very effective method of reducing the volume and weight of solid waste. In modern incinerators the waste is burned inside a properly designed furnace under very carefully controlled conditions. The combustible portion of the waste combines with oxygen, releasing mostly carbon dioxide, water vapour, and heat. Incineration can reduce the volume of uncompacted waste by more than 90 percent, leaving an inert residue of ash, glass, metal, and other solid materials called bottom ash. The gaseous by-products of incomplete combustion, along with finely divided particulate material called fly ash, are carried along in the incinerator airstream. Fly ash includes cinders, dust, and soot. In order to remove fly ash and gaseous by-products before they are exhausted into the atmosphere, modern incinerators must be equipped with extensive emission control devices. Such devices include fabric baghouse filters, acid gas scrubbers, and electrostatic precipitators. (See also air pollution control.) Bottom ash and fly ash are usually combined and disposed of in a landfill. If the ash is found to contain toxic metals, it must be managed as a hazardous waste.
Municipal solid-waste incinerators are designed to receive and burn a continuous supply of refuse. A deep refuse storage pit, or tipping area, provides enough space for about one day of waste storage. The refuse is lifted from the pit by a crane equipped with a bucket or grapple device. It is then deposited into a hopper and chute above the furnace and released onto a charging grate or stoker. The grate shakes and moves waste through the furnace, allowing air to circulate around the burning material. Modern incinerators are usually built with a rectangular furnace, although rotary kiln furnaces and vertical circular furnaces are available. Furnaces are constructed of refractory bricks that can withstand the high combustion temperatures.
Combustion in a furnace occurs in two stages: primary and secondary. In primary combustion, moisture is driven off, and the waste is ignited and volatilized. In secondary combustion, the remaining unburned gases and particulates are oxidized, eliminating odours and reducing the amount of fly ash in the exhaust. When the refuse is very moist, auxiliary gas or fuel oil is sometimes burned to start the primary combustion.
In order to provide enough oxygen for both primary and secondary combustion, air must be thoroughly mixed with the burning refuse. Air is supplied from openings beneath the grates or is admitted to the area above. The relative amounts of this underfire air and overfire air must be determined by the plant operator to achieve good combustion efficiency. A continuous flow of air can be maintained by a natural draft in a tall chimney or by mechanical forced-draft fans.
Energy recovery
The energy value of refuse can be as much as one-third that of coal, depending on the paper content, and the heat given off during incineration can be recovered by the use of a refractory-lined furnace coupled to a boiler. Boilers convert the heat of combustion into steam or hot water, thus allowing the energy content of the refuse to be recycled. Incinerators that recycle heat energy in this way are called waste-to-energy plants. Instead of a separate furnace and boiler, a water-tube wall furnace may also be used for energy recovery. Such a furnace is lined with vertical steel tubes spaced closely enough to form continuous sections of wall. The walls are insulated on the outside in order to reduce heat loss. Water circulating through the tubes absorbs heat to produce steam, and it also helps to control combustion temperatures without the need for excessive air, thus lowering air pollution control costs.
Waste-to-energy plants operate as either mass burn or refuse-derived fuel systems. A mass burn system uses all the refuse, without prior treatment or preparation. A refuse-derived fuel system separates combustible wastes from noncombustibles such as glass and metal before burning. If a turbine is installed at the plant, both steam and electricity can be produced in a process called cogeneration.
Waste-to-energy systems are more expensive to build and operate than plain incinerators because of the need for special equipment and controls, highly skilled technical personnel, and auxiliary fuel systems. On the other hand, the sale of generated steam or electricity offsets much of the extra cost, and recovery of heat energy from refuse is a viable solid-waste management option from both an engineering and an economic point of view. About 80 percent of municipal refuse incinerators in the United States are waste-to-energy facilities.
Another method of treating municipal solid waste is composting, a biological process in which the organic portion of refuse is allowed to decompose under carefully controlled conditions. Microbes metabolize the organic waste material and reduce its volume by as much as 50 percent. The stabilized product is called compost or humus. It resembles potting soil in texture and odour and may be used as a soil conditioner or mulch.
Composting offers a method of processing and recycling both garbage and sewage sludge in one operation. As more stringent environmental rules and siting constraints limit the use of solid-waste incineration and landfill options, the application of composting is likely to increase. The steps involved in the process include sorting and separating, size reduction, and digestion of the refuse.
Sorting and shredding
The decomposable materials in refuse are isolated from glass, metal, and other inorganic items through sorting and separating operations. These are carried out mechanically, using differences in such physical characteristics of the refuse as size, density, and magnetic properties. Shredding or pulverizing reduces the size of the waste articles, resulting in a uniform mass of material. It is accomplished with hammer mills and rotary shredders.
Digesting and processing
Pulverized waste is ready for composting either by the open windrow method or in an enclosed mechanical facility. Windrows are long, low mounds of refuse. They are turned or mixed every few days to provide air for the microbes digesting the organics. Depending on moisture conditions, it may take five to eight weeks for complete digestion of the waste. Because of the metabolic action of aerobic bacteria, temperatures in an active compost pile reach about 65 °C (150 °F), killing pathogenic organisms that may be in the waste material.
Open windrow composting requires relatively large land areas. Enclosed mechanical composting facilities can reduce land requirements by about 85 percent. Mechanical composting systems employ one or more closed tanks or digesters equipped with rotating vanes that mix and aerate the shredded waste. Complete digestion of the waste takes about one week.
Digested compost must be processed before it can be used as a mulch or soil conditioner. Processing includes drying, screening, and granulating or pelletizing. These steps improve the market value of the compost, which is the most serious constraint to the success of composting as a waste management option. Agricultural demand for digested compost is usually low because of the high cost of transporting it and because of competition with inorganic chemical fertilizers.
Sanitary landfill
Land disposal is the most common management strategy for municipal solid waste. Refuse can be safely deposited in a sanitary landfill, a disposal site that is carefully selected, designed, constructed, and operated to protect the environment and public health. One of the most important factors relating to landfilling is that the buried waste never comes in contact with surface water or groundwater. Engineering design requirements include a minimum distance between the bottom of the landfill and the seasonally high groundwater table. Most new landfills are required to have an impermeable liner or barrier at the bottom, as well as a system of groundwater-monitoring wells. Completed landfill sections must be capped with an impermeable cover to keep precipitation or surface runoff away from the buried waste. Bottom and cap liners may be made of flexible plastic membranes, layers of clay soil, or a combination of both.
Constructing the landfill
The basic element of a sanitary landfill is the refuse cell. This is a confined portion of the site in which refuse is spread and compacted in thin layers. Several layers may be compacted on top of one another to a maximum depth of about 3 metres (10 feet). The compacted refuse occupies about one-quarter of its original loose volume. At the end of each day's operation, the refuse is covered with a layer of soil to eliminate windblown litter, odours, and insect or rodent problems. One refuse cell thus contains the daily volume of compacted refuse and soil cover. Several adjacent refuse cells make up a lift, and eventually a landfill may comprise two or more lifts stacked one on top of the other. The final cap for a completed landfill may also be covered with a layer of topsoil that can support vegetative growth.
Daily cover soil may be available on-site, or it may be hauled in and stockpiled from off-site sources. Various types of heavy machinery, such as crawler tractors or rubber-tired dozers, are used to spread and compact the refuse and soil. Heavy steel-wheeled compactors may also be employed to achieve high-density compaction of the refuse.
The area and depth of a new landfill are carefully staked out, and the base is prepared for construction of any required liner and leachate-collection system. Where a plastic liner is used, at least 30 cm (12 inches) of sand is carefully spread over it to provide protection from landfill vehicles. At sites where excavations can be made below grade, the trench method of construction may be followed. Where this is not feasible because of topography or groundwater conditions, the area method may be practiced, resulting in a mound or hill rising above the original ground. Since no ground is excavated in the area method, soil usually must be hauled to the site from some other location. Variations of the area method may be employed where a landfill site is located on sloping ground, in a valley, or in a ravine. The completed landfill eventually blends in with the landscape.
Controlling by-products
Organic material buried in a landfill decomposes by anaerobic microbial action. Complete decomposition usually takes more than 20 years. One of the by-products of this decomposition is methane gas. Methane is poisonous and explosive when diluted in the air, and it can flow long distances through porous layers of soil. If it is allowed to collect in basements or other confined areas, dangerous conditions may arise. In modern landfills, methane movement is controlled by impermeable barriers and by gas-venting systems. In some landfills the methane gas is collected and recovered for use as a fuel.
A highly contaminated liquid called leachate is another by-product of decomposition in sanitary landfills. Most leachate is the result of runoff that infiltrates the refuse cells and comes in contact with decomposing garbage. If leachate reaches the groundwater or seeps out onto the ground surface, serious environmental pollution problems can occur, including the possible contamination of drinking-water supplies. Methods of controlling leachate include the interception of surface water in order to prevent it from entering the landfill and the use of impermeable liners or barriers between the waste and the groundwater. New landfill sites should also be provided with groundwater-monitoring wells and leachate-collection and treatment systems.
Importance in waste management
In communities where appropriate sites are available, sanitary landfills usually provide the most economical option for disposal of nonrecyclable refuse. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find sites that offer adequate capacity, accessibility, and environmental conditions. Nevertheless, landfills will always play a key role in solid-waste management. It is not possible to recycle all components of solid waste, and there will always be residues from incineration and other treatment processes that will eventually require disposal underground. In addition, landfills can actually improve poor-quality land. In some communities properly completed landfills are converted into recreational parks, playgrounds, or golf courses.
Separating, recovering, and reusing components of solid waste that may still have economic value is called recycling. One type of recycling is the recovery and reuse of heat energy, a practice discussed separately in Incineration. Composting can also be considered a recycling process, since it reclaims the organic parts of solid waste for reuse as mulch or soil conditioner. Still other waste materials have potential for reuse. These include paper, metal, glass, plastic, and rubber, and their recovery is discussed here.
Before any material can be recycled, it must be separated from the raw waste and sorted. Separation can be accomplished at the source of the waste or at a central processing facility. Source separation, also called curbside separation, is done by individual citizens who collect newspapers, bottles, cans, and garbage separately and place them at the curb for collection. Many communities allow "commingling" of nonpaper recyclables (glass, metal, and plastic). In either case, municipal collection of source-separated refuse is more expensive than ordinary refuse collection.
In lieu of source separation, recyclable materials can be separated from garbage at centralized mechanical processing plants. Experience has shown that the quality of recyclables recovered from such facilities is lowered by contamination with moist garbage and broken glass. The best practice, as now recognized, is to have citizens separate refuse into a limited number of categories, including newspaper; magazines and other wastepaper; commingled metals, glass, and plastics; and garbage and other nonrecyclables. The newspaper, other paper wastes, and commingled recyclables are collected separately from the other refuse and are processed at a centralized material recycling facility, or MRF (pronounced "murf" in waste-management jargon). A modern MRF can process about 300 tons of recyclable wastes per day.
At a typical MRF, commingled recyclables are loaded onto a conveyor. Steel cans ("tin" cans are actually steel with only a thin coating of tin) are removed by an electromagnetic separator, and the remaining material passes over a vibrating screen in order to remove broken glass. Next, the conveyor passes through an air classifier, which separates aluminum and plastic containers from heavier glass containers. Glass is manually sorted by colour, and aluminum cans are separated from plastics by an eddy-current separator, which repels the aluminum from the conveyor belt.
Recovered broken glass can be crushed and used in asphalt pavement. Colour-sorted glass is crushed and sold to glass manufacturers as cullet, an essential ingredient in glassmaking. Steel cans are baled and shipped to steel mills as scrap, and aluminum is baled or compacted for reuse by smelters. Aluminum is one of the smallest components of municipal solid waste, but it has the highest value as a recyclable material. Recycling of plastic is a challenge, mostly because of the many different polymeric materials used in its production. Mixed thermoplastics can be used only to make lower-quality products, such as "plastic lumber."
In the paper stream, old newspapers are sorted by hand on a conveyor belt in order to remove corrugated materials and mixed papers. They are then baled or loose-loaded into trailers for shipment to paper mills, where they are reused in the making of more newspaper. Mixed paper is separated from corrugated paper for sale to tissue mills. Although the processes of pulping, de-inking, and screening wastepaper are generally more expensive than making paper from virgin wood fibres, the market for recycled paper should improve as more processing plants are established.
Rubber is sometimes reclaimed from solid waste and shredded, reformed, and remolded in a process called revulcanization, but it is usually not as strong as the original material. Shredded rubber can be used as an additive in asphalt pavements, and discarded tires may be employed as swings and other recreational structures for use by children in "tire playgrounds." In general, the most difficult problem associated with the recycling of any solid-waste material is finding applications and suitable markets. Recycling by itself will not solve the growing problem of solid-waste management and disposal. There will always be some unusable and completely valueless solid residue requiring final disposal.
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Remember when the Padres' Triple-A affiliate had the same name as the major league club? Man was that boring.
The team has now relocated from Tucson, Ariz., to El Paso, Texas, and that's not all that's changed: Say hello to the Chihuahuas.
The name, which is fueling debate if not ticket sales, is only slightly easier to spell than Xoloitzcuintles, that other team with San Diego ties that's named after a small, small dog.
From the MLB story on the team:
El Paso's new Pacific Coast League franchise announced Tuesday that, yes, they will be known as "The Chihuahuas" in 2014 and beyond. The smallest of the world's dog breeds was chosen over four other finalists in a "Name The Team" contest that garnered over 5,000 submissions, triumphing over Aardvarks, Buckaroos, Desert Gators and Sun Dogs.
How's this for polarizing? In less than a day, 7,500 people (or nearly the capacity of the 9,000-seat, $52 million new stadium where the team will play) signed a change.org petition asking that if the name isn't changed immediately, taxpayers should be allowed to vote on a do-over.
From the petition: We as (tax-paying) citizens of El Paso request that Mountain Star Sports Group, LLC not only strongly reconsider the name of our city's baseball team, but allow our taxpayers to vote on the final name, not just simply "recommend" ideas for the name.
By Wednesday afternoon, these were the top comments on the petition page:
So what do you think? Is the name awesome? Awful? Let us know.
What do you think of the team name Chihuahuas?
Love it. Let them have their fun. 35% (403)
Hate it. How could they do this? 45% (526)
Don't we have other things to worry about? 20% (228)
1157 total votes.
As you're mulling it over, here are all the Chihuahuas logos and here is the team's Facebook page. Here's more about the man who submitted the wining name. And here's a live webcam so you can track the stadium construction in El Paso.


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Hasselblad H4D-40/ HCD 35-90mm/ Lee 0.6 GND and Big StopperHave a great weekends friends!_________________________________Pramotehttp://pramotelaoprasert.zenfolio.com/
Keep your comments in consideration and kind of agree.How's about this one?Thanks very much for your thoughtful comments.
No idea why, but I'm less bothered by this last version. It might be the placement of the river in the frame?
That's not a river. It's just flood waters pooling up from the river.
A more organic ratio seems to soften the effect of the hard separation of sections of the frame.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Federal Agency Charged Company Fired Female Employee but Provided Male Counterpart With More Opportunities
ATLANTA - Filterfresh Coffee Services, Inc., a coffee service provider with more than 40 locations nationwide, will pay $90,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
In its lawsuit, filed on Sept. 29, 2011 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division (Case No.: 1:11-cv-03331-HTW-GGB), the EEOC charged that Filterfresh fired business development representative Kelli Easterling from its Atlanta branch after she purportedly failed to reach the company's profit goals. However, a male counterpart, who also had difficulty reaching the company's profit goals, was afforded greater opportunities by management to ensure his success.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employers from subjecting employees to discrimination and disparate treatment due to gender. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
The consent decree settling the suit, in addition to the monetary relief, includes provisions for equal employment opportunity training, reporting of complaints of discrimination and posting of anti-discrimination notices. In the suit and consent decree, Filterfresh denied any liability or wrongdoing.
"The EEOC filed this lawsuit because the difference in treatment between these employees was clear, and a woman lost her livelihood," said Robert Dawkins, regional attorney for the EEOC's Atlanta District Office. "It is illegal under federal law to treat employees differently because of their gender. This resolution, we trust, will prevent such disparate treatment in the future."
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.


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Storm update: 45,000 homes without power
Emergency officials from Albemarle County, Charlottesville and UVA are monitoring the storm and conditions from the Emergency Operations Center EOC on Ivy Drive, and they report that there are almost 45,000 homes without power in Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville.
As for the roads, they are in poor condition and drivers are being asked to stay home. Right, now there have been no serious crashes or injuries reported. Because of the heavy/wet snow there are a lot of trees and power lines down.
The City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County have both declared a local emergency, which allows for state support, if needed.
If you're power is out, report it to your power company.
Dominion Power – 1-866-366-4357
Appalachian Power – 1-800-956-4237
Rappahannock Electric COOP – 1-800-552-3904
Central Virginia Electric COOP – 1-800-367-2832
Additional Resources
• 511 - Call toll-free for the latest in road conditions and closures; or www.511virginia.org
• vaemergency.gov – Go online or on your smart phone for statewide storm updates.
• @vdem – Twitter feed for storm updates from the VA Dept. of Emergency Management
• VAemergency – Facebook page for the Virginia Department of Emergency ManagementThe City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County have both declared a local emergency. This does impact some roads and parking in the City of Charlottesville. Once a local emergency is declared, we can request additional support from the state.
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Hi, Just a heads up that you've got the wrong number for CVEC. The last four numbers should be 2832. The number you have puts me through to someone (very friendly) in Texas.
This fing city is terrible with cleanup. It fing stopped snowing around 2, but still Streets not cleared after dark. Now schools closed again, we new this was fing coming but poor job of executing. I live on Market street and had many plows come when it was not even snowing.
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This fing city is terrible with cleanup. It fing stopped snowing around 2, but still Streets not cleared after dark. Now schools closed again, we new this was fing coming but poor job of executing. I live on Market street and had many plows come when it was not even snowing.
Why don't you get off of you fing azz and help out....
I hope The Hook does a story on the person in the Albemarle County Schools administration who managed to put pressure on Dominion Power last Thursday evening to have the power crews pulled from residential areas, without power and heat for over 24 hours, to get power back on in county schools so Albemarle County Schools could open the next day, Friday, March 8. I know for a fact they pulled the crews in the Earlysville area Thursday evening to go work on getting the schools back online. This was on their facebook on Thursday evening, March 7. When they started getting outraged replies from parents (and others) stating they didn't have electricity in their homes to get their children bathed and weren't sending them to school that way, and also comments from people astounded that they would callously pull crews from areas where people were without heat for over 24 hours, and give priority to getting children back to school the next day, the person responsible in the school administration deleted the thread from facebook.
What person in Albemarle Schools administration has the authority to have Dominion Power to pull the crews from residential areas where people were without heat and electricity and have them work on the schools when it was obviously more of an emergency situation to be without heat?
I cannot believe someone in the Albemarle County school administration has the ability to make decisions in emergency situations in favor of getting some of the students (obviously not the ones who had no electricity) back to school the next day.
Something should be done to make sure they cannot do it again.


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There's no doubt that the last year has been one of the most challenging inside and out of IT in recent memory. Nevertheless, even in the most trying of times there are still plenty of IT things to be thankful for, the top ten of which we've identified in this slideshow.
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Hello Everyone,
I wanted to post some information about the future of Bay Area Kiteboarding.
It's been almost ten years ago that I created this site to help the local kiteboarding community by fulfilling a need for something that did not yet exist and providing a means of sharing information, promoting safety, building community and discussing local access issues. It's been successful at doing that, has become one of the top forums and has likely been the single biggest resource here in the SF Bay Area to benefit and help the entire local kiteboarding community.
To create and maintain this site and see it through its various changes has been quite a bit of work through the years but it's also provided me with much reward and connected me to a huge community of people of whom many have become good friends. I still enjoy kiting and make time to do so, albeit less often, but an increasing work schedule and a personal desire to find more balance in my life has led me to think about the website here and my ownership and involvement in it over the course of the last year or so. When I first started the site I suppose I never considered the time when I may want to simplify my life or find more balance in the things I do, thus never thought about any kind of exit strategy.
So, it seems and feels that after thinking about it for some time, perhaps that time has come or will in the not-too-distant future. There are a few options, but the one that makes the most sense to me and will continue to benefit the community most is to keep the site available for all and remain the resource that it is. It's too valuable a resource and forum; the sport is still growing, maybe more in the last two years than the previous three, four or five. My feeling is that it should stay, but perhaps under the ownership, stewardship, or function, of new individual(s), a group or entity.
There are many options, but among them are that it can continue by becoming a 501(c)(3) non-profit, or an official SF Bay Area kiteboarding organization, or group, or be run by private individuals, group, or entity. If anything, I'd like to see it continue on the steady path it has had or become something even better. I'm not sure we've seen much of it to date, but this could be an opportunity for kiteboarding philanthropy or patronage to make that happen. There may be folks in the SF Bay or Silicon Valley kiting community who would be interested, are tech-savvy and have the means to do so. If a return on their investment can justify it, it could be a great way to give back to the community.
We're not going anywhere soon, but I wanted to post this information to give you all a heads-up. The site has been successful, I've accomplished all and more than I originally set out to do by creating it, we've had years and great info-sharing and interaction on it, some drama (haha), have had greats events - swap meets, beach clean-ups, many memorable parties, and on and on, but things run their course too, so we will see what develops.
Many thanks,
Oliver Govers
Bay Area Kiteboarding.com


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Sometimes, numbers are the only way to tell the true tale of a disaster incomprehensible in scale and indescribable in words. For the victims of Hurricane Sandy, those numbers paint a bleak picture. The storm is estimated to have caused between $50 billion and $71 billion in damage along the Eastern Seaboard over the course of a few days.
Along the Jersey Shore, the storm caused an estimated $37 billion in damage. The wounds caused by Sandy's landfall are still fresh for many of the towns along the Jersey Shore hardest hit by the storm, but business owners, residents and towns are beginning to return to normalcy. One of the biggest steps in that return is opening in time for Memorial Day. Despite all the challenges of the past months, business owners and mayors insist they will be ready for the peak summer season.
The importance of being open for business in time for the summer cannot be overestimated — not only for those towns, but for the state as well. Estimates place the economic impact of Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties — those lining the Atlantic Ocean— at around $19 billion, representing more than half of the state's entire tourism industry.
For business owners, those tourism dollars have a much bigger and more immediate impact.
"You have 100 days to make your money for the whole year," said Lou Cirigliano, director of operations at Casino Pier and Breakwater Beach in Seaside Heights, N.J. "It is not like a business open all year. We are open from Memorial Day to Labor Day to make as much money as you need to support yourself for the rest of the year," he said. "If you lose any of that time, it has a ripple effect, for sure."
The damage and repair efforts done to Casino Pier on the Jersey Shore. (Photo: Eastern Lines)
Casino Pier has been fighting that ripple effect since it was forever linked to Sandy on the night the storm made landfall. The amusement park — which has been a fixture on the Seaside boardwalk since 1960 — became the indelible image of Hurricane Sandy when its Jet Star roller coaster fell into the Atlantic Ocean intact. Casino Pier lost not only the coaster, but also more than 250 feet of pier — 200 feet of pier on the north side and 50 feet of pier on the south side — along with most of its rides and amusements.
Despite the destruction, the company will be open — albeit in a limited manner — in time for the summer season. Casino Pier will be missing the part of the pier that bore the greatest brunt of the damage from the storm, and the company is optimistic that half of its 38 rides — along with arcade games, games of chance and food stands — will be ready for the summer season.
"We have seen a ton of people commenting on our Facebook posts about the new rides and how much they want to come back," said Maria Mastoris, marketing director for Casino Pier and Breakwater Beach. "I think that people are optimistic, and they are seeing progress with the town's part of the boardwalk which is open. It is going to be different, but come Memorial Day, people will see we are ready."
"We were proud of our location before, but we are going to show the world that Casino Pier is back and better than ever," said Cirigliano. "There is no reason why you shouldn't come here or back to Seaside, and you will be more than happy when you do. This is our livelihood, and we are putting our sweat into it. We may have had a bump in the road, but we will come back better than ever."
Other business owners on the Seaside boardwalk are also optimistic about returning.
Vinny Scuzzese, owner of Vinny's Games, has been operating his two stands on Ocean Terrace instead of on the Seaside boardwalk since January.
"My building survived; as soon as there is a boardwalk, I can reopen," Scuzzese said. "I have some damage to my roof and awning from the wind, but I am waiting on insurance money, which is taking forever."
Indeed, a large challenge for business owners in their fight to reopen is the abysmal response of insurance companies in the aftermath of the storm. The businesses interviewed for this story all reported that delays in payment from insurance companies have slowed their recovery efforts. Other businesses have had their recovery plans derailed completely, as their location in a prime flood area makes them uninsurable.
Eastern Lines Surf Shop — located at 16th Street and Ocean Avenue in Belmar, N.J. — was denied money from insurance after pieces of the town's boardwalk slammed into its storefront and left more than two feet of sand and water in its first floor. Business owners Darby and Don Tarrant paid out-of-pocket to reopen their business and now are hoping the summer season will be strong to help them recover the costs.
The million-dollar question for Eastern Lines and other businesses hit by Sandy remains whether or not people will come back to the shore. Realtors in the areas hardest hit by Sandy confirm there is an interest among renters in returning.
"I have had clients, and unfortunately, there is just not inventory for them," said Chris Katz, a broker for Coldwell Banker in Monmouth County. "People want to come down to the Jersey Shore; I just don't know how much stuff will be there for them. The interest is still there, but there is not a large inventory."
Other indicators, however, paint a different picture. Matt Doherty, mayor of Belmar, N.J.— which was 60 percent flooded and had 1,250 homes damaged by Sandy — said so far, the evidence is positive. There's reason for optimism: Seasonal beach-badge sales are up more than 30 percent year to date from last year's season, which was the second busiest in the town's history.
What makes that number even more impressive is that the badges went on sale Dec. 1, 2012, when the beaches and 1.2-mile boardwalk were decimated in the aftermath of Sandy.
"The boardwalk is part of the character of the town," said Doherty. "We have 140 small businesses in our community, all family owned — no major corporations that are dependent upon tourism dollars in the summer to survive. One summer without tourists and those businesses would fail, and those families would be decimated. Without a boardwalk, we wouldn't have a true summer."
That feeling was a driving force behind Belmar's decision to take one of the more aggressive approaches among Jersey Shore towns to repair the town's boardwalk. The hard work has paid off as the boardwalk will be ready in time for summer, four months after the first pile was driven 25 feet into the sand. The move was not only critical to the physical recovery of the town, but it also provided a psychological boost to the town's 140 small businesses.
With the boardwalk set to open in the coming days, Doherty has a message for Jersey Shore businesses: Be ready for the onslaught of visitors that the town normally attracts in the summer. Belmar, which is home to about 5,800 yearlong residents, generally sees its population grow to more than 60,000 residents during the summer.
"I have been telling businesses to be ready and be prepared for a busy summer," Doherty said. "Post Sandy, I think people want to be a part of the rebirth of the Jersey Shore. It is up to our business owners to provide an outstanding experience. As important as it was for the town to have the boardwalk ready, it is just as important for business owners to be ready — or else this year will just be a flash in the pan."
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Final report submitted to NIJ, Analysis of Unexamined Issues in the Intimate Partner Homicide Decline: Race, Quality of Victim Services, Offender Accountability, and System Accountability, William Wells and William DeLeon-Granados, grant number 00–WT–VX–0012, available from NCJRS (NCJ 196666).
Intimate partner homicide rates have been declining since 1976, and researchers have been studying the phenomenon since then to determine what factors are responsible. Two researchers, William Wells at Southern Illinois University–Carbondale and William DeLeon-Granados, then a professor at Indiana University–Bloomington and now a principal with The Criminology and Public Policy Consultancy in San Rafael, California, conducted a study looking at several topics they felt had not been sufficiently examined. (See
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The researchers conclude that more work is needed to explore the complex relationships among gender, ethnicity, and intimate partner homicide. More analysis of shelter-based services is also warranted, the researchers assert, and they suggest that policymakers facing limited resources may want to direct them toward shelter-based organizations rather than focusing solely on criminal justice system responses.
The study covered a 13-year period, from 1987 to 2000, and included 58 California counties. The researchers chose California for three reasons: it allowed them to have standardized data for a diverse population, including data from both urban and rural areas; it provided numerous examples of shelter and criminal justice responses; and it experienced a much larger decline in female victimization rates than the average State.
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Jason Clarke is being eyed to play John Connor in the new 'Terminator' film, 'Terminator: Genesis', directed by Alan Taylor
Jason Clarke is in talks to play John Connor in the new 'Terminator' movie.
The 'Zero Dark Thirty' star is being eyed as the latest incarnation of the sci-fi character in Paramount Pictures' upcoming 2015 reboot directed by Alan Taylor.
Clarke has been offered the part by Paramount, Annapurna Pictures and Skydance Productions, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and is negotiating a deal.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to reprise his role as the robotic Terminator character in the new film, 'Terminator: Genesis', which will launch a new trilogy.
Last month it was revealed that 'Game of Thrones' star Emilia Clarke and Brie Larson are among the favourites to play John's mother, Sarah Connor, in the time-travelling feature.
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Alabama's farmers plan to increase their corn acreage for 2003 while decreasing their cotton, peanut and soybean acreage.
Georgia's cotton acreage this year is expected to be 1.4 million acres or 50,000 acres below the 2002 levels. Even with current supply and demand issues, the state's growers are saying that cotton still is one of their better alternatives.
Georgia's corn plantings for 2003 are expected to total 370,000 acres, according to growers' intentions in March. This would be an increase of 9 percent from last year. Some corn plantings in the southern region of the state were delayed due to wet weather conditions.
Soybean acreage in Georgia is expected to decrease to 155,000 acres in 2003. This would be a decrease of 5,000 acres or 3 percent below 2002. Provided these early plans materialize, soybean plantings in Georgia will be at their lowest since 1963.
Tobacco growers are planning an increase in acreage from last year, as many producers failed to reach their quotas in 2002. Acreage for 2003 is expected to total 29,000 acres compared with 26,500 acres in 2002. Transplanting was just getting under way in late March.
Sorghum planting in Georgia for 2003 is expected to total 45,000 acres — 10,000 acres less than in 2002. If these acreage plans are realized, this would be the lowest sorghum acreage since 1969.
Wheat seeding for 2003 totaled 380,000 acres, up 30,000 acres from 2002 and 80,000 acres more than in 2001. The cooler-than-normal winter months have slowed plant growth in most areas of Georgia.
Oats planted totaled 80,000 acres for 2003, down 11 percent from the 90,000 acres planted in 2002. Oat acreage still remains strong as growers look for alternatives to the higher costs of other small grains. Oats expected to be harvested for grain totaled 20,000 acres, down 20 percent from 2002.
Hay acreage expected to be harvested for 2003 is forecast at 630,000 acres, down 20,000 acres from last year.
Alabama's corn producers intend to plant 220,000 acres of corn this year. This is an increase of 10 percent or 20,000 acres over the 2003 crop.
Cotton plantings are estimated at 580,000 acres. If realized, this acreage would be 10,000 acres or 2 percent less than last year. However, it's still 10,000 acres more than the five-year average.
Alabama growers' interest in soybeans continues to wane, with acreage intentions for the 2003 crop set at 150,000 acres. This compares to 170,.000 acres last year and the five-year average of 216,000 acres. Soybean growers indicated that about 70 percent of this year's acreage will be planted in genetically modified seed varieties.
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I'm refusing to go to bed and therefore finish my weekend so here i am, lol!
I've been thinking of this lately and thought this may be an interesting topic for you all.
There are lot of bento boxes tagged as "microwave safe". I always prepare my food to be eaten at room temperature but all my job mates do reheat their food in the microwaves we are provided at work. Some of them carry crystal boxes that have plastic lids so they are completely safe when reheated. But most of them carry plastic boxes and throw them at the microwaves.
I told this to my mother and she said that it's not safe at all to heat food on plastic containers. She carries her food at her work in tupperware but she works at a little office and she has there plates and glasses on when she puts the food before she heats it. She is always telling me not to put my ready made food until it's completely cold down.
So... anyone can throw a little light to this? :)
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Nothing in those would make me stop heating food in "microwave-safe" plastics.
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I generally don't like to heat things in plastic containers, but not because of safety reasons. I'm more concerned about the containers getting warped or otherwise damaged. So I usually transfer stuff to glass or ceramic before heating. But otherwise I'm not worried, as long as a container says it is microwave safe. For most bento boxes these days, the container itself is microwave safe but the lids (esp. the inner silicone ones) aren't.
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yeah that's what i think... my mother is a little hypocondriac u_u
but anyway i dislike the "plastic" flavor that remains in the food. Maybe it's just a psychological thing :)
yeah... they are those tupperware from ikea that are supposed to be safe for anything xD
i don't know u_u
I'd say it sounds like a psychological thing / your mom's influence :) Nothing wrong with that though...do what you are comfortable with! (If you are talking about the containers from the Ikea 365+ line with the ventable lids, they are supposed to be microwave-safe.)
Ah... we have some of those too. Never had a strange smell or taste to food heated in one of those. So it have to be only in your mind.
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Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers Rock 'Conan' With 'Little Too Late'
San Francisco-based rockers Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers brought their earthy brand of rock 'n' roll to the 'Conan' show last night (Nov. 21). With Tea Leaf Green bassist Reed Mathis filling in for bassist Steve Adams, the band brought the house down with a killer rendition of 'Little Too Late.'
'Little Too Late' appears on Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers 2013 eponymous album. The band later let their Facebook followers know that they also taped an extra holiday song while at the 'Conan' studios which will be released "later in the holiday season."
Nicki and the Gramblers are total road dogs, and have appeared at festivals such as Bonnaroo, Newport Folk Festival, Hangout Music Festival and Mountain Jam. Click here for the band's current US tour dates.