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1 Corinthians 15 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
The Fact of Christ's Resurrection
15 Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast [a]the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you [b]as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; 7 then He appeared to [c]James, then to all the apostles; 8 and last of all, as [d]to one untimely born, He appeared to me also. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, [e]and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
12 Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. 15 Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified [f]against God that He raised [g]Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; 17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
The Order of Resurrection
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. 21 For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in [h]Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming, 24 then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be abolished is death. 27 For He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him. 28 When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all.
29 Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them? 30 Why are we also in danger every hour? 31 I affirm, brethren, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 If [i]from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. 33 Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals." 34 Become sober-minded [j]as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
35 But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?" 36 You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies; 37 and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of [k]something else. 38 But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown [l]a perishable body, it is raised [m]an imperishable body; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. 47 The first man is from the earth, [n]earthy; the second man is from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, [o]we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
The Mystery of Resurrection
50 Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does [p]the perishable inherit [q]the imperishable. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised [r]imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For this [s]perishable must put on [t]the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 But when this [u]perishable will have put on [v]the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; 57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
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During his time as DS9 writer and producer, Ronald D. Moore had been in contact with fans via AOL postings. An archive of these postings was hosted on a Geocities page, which has been closed as of October 2009. Because of this, Memory Alpha is hosting these postings, which were originally provided as .txt files, as-is. Below is the introductory paragraph of the archive page, followed by links to the individual postings. Please note that the posting pages are protected, and should not be edited.
This is an archiving of all of DS9 writer/executive producer Ronald D. Moore's AOL postings, the newest will appear first. The posts from February 1997-January 1998 were provided by Tom Hagopian. All following posts are provided by Lawrence Boucher, and/or Joseph Brooks. Thanks to all of them!

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IUCN and the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) have released an independent report on key issues related to the successful implementation of biodiversity offsets.
Biodiversity offsets are measurable ways to compensate for the impacts remaining, after action has been taken to avoid and minimise harm, and to restore the affected biodiversity.
The report was written by The Biodiversity Consultancy and provides an overview of issues related to biodiversity offsets with a particular focus on the mining sector. It highlights the business case for offsets, principles and methods, application to the mining sector, best-practice case studies, relationship to ecosystem services and remaining challenges.
The report makes recommendations on practical ways to aid the successful implementation biodiversity offsets, such as the need for a concise how-to guide to offset design, and development of an offset platform to enable stakeholders to share experiences in offset implementation.
The report can be read as a summary for executives and managers or as a detailed scoping analysis for environmental specialists who have some familiarity with biodiversity offsets. It also functions as a sourcebook of key references for technicians and consultants in mining and conservation.
There are a number of uncertainties about offsets which require debate and agreement amongst a range of stakeholders. This report has been produced to stimulate this debate on "if, how and where" biodiversity offsets could be used to address development impacts on biodiversity.
"IUCN welcomes this report which also highlights that the effectiveness of biodiversity offsets in practice depends on an enabling policy environment and good governance across sectors", says Gerard Bos, Head of IUCN's Global Business & Biodiversity Programme.
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Background: Farley is an editorial assistant at our sister publication Irish America magazine. He is also studying for a master's in Irish and Irish American studies at New York University.
Tell us about your Irish heritage.
"The immigration history is a little opaque, but my maternal grandmother, Bernetta Leyden, was paternally half Irish and half German on her mother's side. After several more international marriages, I arrived as a mutt of European heritages – one-eighth Irish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, French, and a quarter English."
What are you working on at Irish America?
"My primary role at the magazine is to research and write short news pieces of interest to Irish Americans. "
How did you wind up as a student at Glucksman Ireland House at NYU?
"I knew I wanted to focus on Irish studies and begin to specialize in Irish language verse. As NYU's Ireland House is one of a very few number of departments in the country that offers Irish language courses, it seemed only natural that I apply. I also remember when I was applying to undergraduate colleges, my father told me, half in jest, that he thought I couldn't stay studious given my youthful affinity for the 'culture' of the Village were I to attend NYU, so I will concede that my motivation was not entirely academic."
You enjoy writing poetry. What inspires you and who is your favorite Irish poet?
"I draw from two primary wells when it comes to composition -- minute empirical observations, half-witnessed before I get them out of the ink well, and the sound of words when abutted in new permutations. The two tend to work in succession, rather than generating two types of poems.
While the empirical may draw the brimming bucket from the depths, a sonic serendipity acts as an iodine tablet that purifies the water in the glass and makes the well water consumable. I only begin to write when I have a suitable number of iodine tablets in my pocket.
"On the question of Irish poets, it has to be Yeats. 'The Second Coming' was the first poem I committed to memory and he taught me how to rhyme with gusto."
What is your favorite thing about attending NYU?
"As I hinted at earlier, it's the city. Obviously, the idea 17-year-old Adam had of Greenwich Village is no longer relevant, but New York I think will never cease to fascinate."
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
"In 10 years I'll still be answering the question of what inspires me poetically. But I'll also be 10 years closer to a country house and a tenure-track teaching job. I do hope to see my name on the spine of a book of poems too."
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I elected not to go to last night's game, as batting practice was rained out by storms rolling through around 4 PM.
Today was like the movie Groundhog Day, because at the same exact time, a quick thunderstorm popped up. It rained for about 10 minutes from 3:55-4:05, which was just enough for batting practice to get moved indoors.
I asked Jonathan Sanchez for a ball twice in the first 30 minutes, once in center field, and once by the bullpen. He ignored me both times.
I planned to ask a third time, but his side session went long, and at 5:30 I jogged over to the right field foul line to try to get a ball from a pitcher.
Ryan Vogelsong had finished throwing and was running sprints. I noticed a ball in his glove.
I waited patiently for him to finish, and when he did, I asked him for the ball, and he flipped it to me.
I also asked him to sign my ticket since there wasn't much else going on:
A bit later I noticed virtually every fan in the stadium crowd along the right field line.
The Giants "rock stars" Tim Lincecum and Brian Wilson and his beard were out throwing.
They didn't even stop to sign autographs on their way back in.
As for the game, I spent most of it in the club level. I didn't get any foul balls, but Buster Posey hit one three seats away from my seat in the 9th inning after I had left the club. I just stared dumbfounded at the club seats, it would've been such an easy catch. That's the way it goes.
Here's today's baseball: #1200:
And the sweetspot:
Game: 1 ball (1 thrown)
Season: 78 balls (29 hit, 18 thrown, 21 device, 10 found)
Games: 12 games
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We have loved going to Drago in Santa Monica for years. We have been going to his brother's restaurant, Il Pastaio in Beverly Hills quite often. Il Pastaio is always mobbed and Enoteca Drago, right next door, is very, very quiet. Now I know why!
The packed dining room????? Trust me, next door Il Pastaio was hopping.
A white bean puree served ice cold – Val, our server, explained it came right from the refrigerator.
Carpaccio Di Bue – Beef Carpaccio with Foie Gras & Celery – Who oh why was there celery on this plate?
Breakfast Pizza – Onion, Mushrooms, Bacon & Eggs – I am imagining a runny yolk. Do you see that pitiful hard one yolk? Where oh where are the caramelized onions? So I ask Val, our server, what is this with the pizza? He sort of shrugs and doesn't have a clue.
Carbonara – Spaghetti with Pancetta, Egg & Pecorino Romano Cheese – think Elmer's Glue – one bite and they take it off our bill
Later, I show Norbeta, the GM. our pitiful pizza and he says that's not right. He insists that they make another one for take-out.
Second pizza to replace first and to use for take-out – All of a sudden there are caramelized onions and plenty of bacon. The egg is done correctly. I decide the egg won't be any good in the morning and I am better off making my own egg in the morning. I deep-sixed the egg when I got home, but at least someone in the kitchen is aware that the first version was a disaster.
Oh Celestino, this is not the way to run a successful restaurant. I have been a supporter of yours for years and years and years. Entoteca Drago is not even close to what you can do. What a disappointment.


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ORLANDO, Fla. – A 42-year-old blind man was arrested after, according to Orange County sheriff's deputies, he punched a girl in the face and bit her ear during a violent outburst.
David Castrofelipe was arrested Tuesday on child abuse charges.
According to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Castrofelipe became angry after he asked someone in the home to translate a phone message from a bill collector, but that individual gave him "attitude."
The victim, whose age was not released by deputies, said she was awakened by Castrofelipe yelling and told him to calm down, the Sheriff's Office said.
Castrofelipe then charged at the victim, according to deputies, who said he eventually grabbed her before punching her in the back, stomach and face. He also bit the girl's ear, according to deputies.
The girl said she wasn't seriously injured and didn't want to press charges because she didn't want the individual whom Castrofelipe was originally yelling at to go to jail.
Castrofelipe was arrested and taken to jail, and the Florida Department of Children and Families was notified of the incident.


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Ariana Grande Gets Neck Tattooed [PHOTOS]
Ariana Grande got tattooed, with a simple script written across the back of her neck.
That means she can always cover it with her long, thick mane of brown hair.
She got her ink courtesy of Romeo Lacoste from the TV show 'Best Ink.' She thanked him in her Instagram posts and was quick to point out that she was very happy with it.
The mini diva, 20, even shared a pic of the deed being done, as well as the end result, but we can't really see what it says. Let's hope someone helps her with a tattoo selfie and gets a clearer image and then shares it.
It does look delicate and sweet, though! It's not like she got it on her throat or her knuckles. It's in an easy-to-hide place if she chooses to do so. It's not like she is Rihanna, either, getting her entire hand intricately designed.
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H M Macdonald criticises Educational Endowments Commission
Hector M Macdonald addressed the jubilee dinner of the Aberdeen University Edinburgh Association on Friday 2 February 1934. He took the opportunity to criticise the Educational Endowments Commission:
"Disastrous Result" of Diversion.
"Disastrous Result" of Diversion.
The activities of the Educational Endowments Commission were criticised at the jubilee dinner of the Aberdeen University Edinburgh Association last night by Professor Hector M Macdonald, F.R.S., LL.D., of the Chair of Mathematics in the University of Aberdeen, who was the principal guest. Benefactors, he said, expected their wishes to be respected as long as it was possible to do so. "If this natural desire is not to be gratified," he added, "they will devote their wealth to other purposes which are not educational, with the disastrous result that the provision of bursaries for the higher education of the youth of the country will come to be classed with Poor Law relief, or what is euphemistically called public assistance."
The Association was founded in Edinburgh in November 1883. The first dinner of the Association took place in the Waterloo Hotel early in 1834, and was presided over by Mr A T Clegg, advocate, Mr W R Burges being the croupier. Since then the Association has held a dinner in Edinburgh each year on the first Friday in February, the old Bursary Night, when the bursaries parable by the University used to be distributed in cash to the students. The only breaks have been in the year 1901, owing to the death of Queen Victoria, and from 1915 to 1919, during the period of the war.
Sir William Chree, K.C., LL.D., Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, and Mr W M Maclachlan, W.S., both of Edinburgh, were present at the inauguration of the Association in 1885, and have attended all the dinners since with the exception of one break in Sir William's case, and two breaks in Mr Maclachlan's case. At last night's jubilee dinner, held in the Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh, Sir William was in the chair, and Mr Maclachlan was joint croupier.
Proposing "Our Guest," the Chairman said that Professor Macdonald was not only the senior Professor in the University of Aberdeen, but the occupant of one of the original Chairs there. Since going to Aberdeen he had done a great deal not only in promoting the study of mathematics, but in promoting the best interests of the University. Sir William Chree referred to Professor Macdonald's academic distinctions, and said that their guest became a Fellow of the Royal Society at a very early age, and at present he was president of the Mathematical Society in London.
Professor Macdonald said, in the course of his reply, that the Educational Endowments Commission had produced two draft schemes within the last few weeks, one for Banffshire and one for Aberdeenshire. He did not propose to examine these schemes in detail, but would confine himself to two proposals in the schemes which would affect students of the University adversely. The scheme for Banffshire proposed that the Redhyth Bursaries and other bursaries of the same trusts should be abolished and the scheme for Aberdeenshire proposed to alter the Milne Bequest. He knew that there were former Redhyth Bursars there that night, and probably also former Smith and Stuart Bursars; they knew what these foundations had done for education in Banffshire. They had helped many young men to get a University education, men who had became eminent in the Civil Service and is the professions. The Milne Bequest in Aberdeenshire had served much the same purpose, and had been used intelligently to help the youth of the county to get an education which it would have been impossible for them to get without that help.
Rumour had it the reason for such proposals was that the provision of bursaries should be a charge on the rates, as the County Councils had power to rate for them, but it was difficult, if not impossible, to name any purpose which could be called educational that they had not exactly the same power to levy rates for. It had indeed been suggested that it would be more reasonable to deprive the infirmaries and the hospitals of their endowments on the ground that the Local Authorities had power to levy rates for health purposes and to devote their funds to the provision of playing' fields and similar purposes to help to keen the community healthy and diminish the need for hospitals.
That the diversion of these endowments would have an influence on possible future benefactors was certain. One or the great incentives to benefactors was the feeling that through their benefactions they would be able to exert an influence on the community after they themselves were gone. They might be willing while they were alive to seek advice as to the objects they should endow, but if once they had made their decision, they expected their wishes to be respected as long as it was possible to do so. If that natural desire was not to be gratified they would devote their wealth to other purposes which were not educational with the disastrous result that the provision of bursaries for the higher education of the youth of the country would come to be classed with Poor Law relief, or what was euphemistically called public assistance.
These schemes of the Commission were draft schemes, and ii was possible that on reconsideration, endowments such as the two he had referred to would not be diverted from their present purposes, but if the matter was to obtain the consideration it deserved, it was the duty of those who were convinced of the usefulness of these Endowments for their present purposes, more especially of those who had benefited by them, to do what they could do to have them preserved for the benefit of the youth of these counties, that they also might have the same opportunity of getting a University education and entering the professions.
The giving of non-competitive bursaries by Local Authorities was criticised by Professor H J C Grierson, IXJD., when he proposed "Sister Universities." That practice had, he said, led to the sending to Edinburgh University of some of the worst people they had ever had. These bursaries ought to be given only to those who could make the best use of them, and some form of competition was essential if the country were to expend its money in the best way.
Principal J Cameron Smail, of the Heriot-Watt College, who replied, suggested that the question of bringing students from abroad was one of great importance to Scotland, as well as to England, they would, he thought, have to cement their academic relations a little more definitely and more closely with some of the foreign countries with which they were associated. He was surprised to find, for instance, that Aberdeen, which used to have connections with the Baltic and Denmark had nowadays little touch in that direction. It would be of great advantage to our country it more students from abroad came to understand our personality and to make those friendships which counted for so much in international relationships.
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text: The only thing about not logging that kind of sets wrong with me is if you don't log an FTF more than a day after you find it. Even that isn't life ending but it would be nice to know someone found it a couple days ago. We've gone after FTFs before to find that someone obviously found it earlier that same day and that's part of the fun of running for FTF. We even left a note in the logbook to FinsUp when we were alternating finding FTFs in our area. He said he must have looked funny standing in a cemetary laughing out loud at what he had just read in the logbook. It was great fun for us and him too. What we all need to keep in mind is that this is just a game and meant for our enjoyment. Keep it fun and don't let the muggles ruin your day. Or the non-logging FTFers.


text: Over the years I have acquired extra copies of two interesting books:1. Sotheby,s Guide to Fly Fishing by Charles Jardine, printed 1991. price $25 posted. 2. Guide to Fly Patterns by Bob Church, printed 1993. The fly patterns listed are just as effective today as when first printed. price $20 posted or both for $35 Or will swop for hooks and/Or fly tying materials of equivalent value. Thank You.


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As Californians continue to weather the economic storm, a new study suggests that it might take a little longer than we thought to get out of the woods.
UCLA Anderson put out the predictions in this latest report and, while conditions are getting better economically, things won't start to look more Rosy until late 2011. That's when they believe job growth in the state will be on the up
"The worst is behind us." That's according to Brad Kemp, the director of regional research with Beacon economics. That's encouraging to hear considering all of the bad news over the past few years has many wondering if things will get much worse before they get better. It appears that's a one-two punch that won't be coming.
But people need jobs and there haven't been many lately. Stephen Levy is director of the Center For Continuing Study of the California Economy. He points out that much of the reason for a small surge in unemployment recently is due to temporary census jobs going away and the lack of growth in the private sector.
The Golden State doesn't have the highest unemployment rate in the nation. At 12.3% the state is outpaced only by Nevada (14.3%) and Michigan (13.1%).
Then there's the problem with the housing market. People aren't buying many houses in California right now. California's resale housing market is about as neutral as Switzerland. Anxious buyers are slow to commit when they know they might not be able to pay the monthly note.
In Northern San Diego county this past July home sales fell 34.3% since August 2009. Condo sales were down 23.4% in that same period. Not much better in Riverside county where home sales took a 16.1% bath compared to last year. That's according to real estate firm MDA DataQuick.
If the numbers coming out of UCLA Anderson are correct it will be at least a year before we see the kind of economic turnaround the people of the state really need. For those in the unemployment line that's a long time to wait.
California's economic train continues to chug along and there's light at the end of this dark tunnel. While we'd all like the economy to improve with the speed of a high-speed bullet train, the reality is we've got a little farther to go in this old locomotive.
The Slow Track to Economic Recovery
As Californians continue to weather the economic storm, a new study suggests that it might take a little longer than we thought to get out of the woods.


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WASHINGTON – The House approved legislation last week that authorized nearly $9 billion for flood control and navigation projects despite concerns by environmental and fiscal watchdogs.
WASHINGTON – The House approved legislation last week that authorized nearly $9 billion for flood control and navigation projects despite concerns by environmental and fiscal watchdogs.
Lawmakers voted 417-3 to pass the Water Resources Reform and Development Act that serves as a budget and policy blueprint for projects undertaken by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, R-Pa., said the reforms included in the bill are critical for the nation's economy.
"Without improvement, our water transportation system becomes obsolete every day and we become less competitive. If we cannot compete, we lose jobs to those who can," Shuster said.
The bill would scrap $12 billion of old and inactive projects from a $60 billion Corps backlog. Supporters said It cuts red tape and sets hard deadlines on the time and cost of studies. And it expands the ability for project supporters to use funding outside the federal government to expedite permit processing.
America's ports receive and ship an estimated $1.4 trillion in goods each year, impacting 30 million jobs, according to Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio.
Ten fiscal watchdog groups — including Taxpayers for Common Sense, Freedom Works and Americans for Prosperity — signed a letter complained the legislation does not contain meaningful reforms.
The legislation would "only shave a few billion dollars off the backlog" while protecting $28 billion in projects authorized six years ago that have not begun construction, the groups wrote.
Even as House Democrats supported the underlying bill, some complained streamlining the approval process would undermine environmental protections secured under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said there was no evidence that the review process has delayed projects. Instead, he argued, Congress caused the backlog by failing to provide the funding needed to complete the water projects it authorized.
Scott Slesinger, legislative director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said it is "unconscionable" that the House voted to weaken NEPA, adding that it would lead to "steamrolling approval of major dams and other water projects, bypassing a long-established process of public review."
DeFazio offered an amendment that would have removed — at least temporarily — the streamlining of the review process from the bill. It was defeated, 236-183.
Reps. Jim Bridenstine, R-Tulsa, Tom Cole, R-Moore, James Lankford, R-Edmond, Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, and Markwayne Mullin, R-Westville, voted against DeFazio's amendment.
The Senate, which was not in session last week, approved its version of the bill in May. The House and Senate will now have to negotiate a compromise bill for final approval.
Bridenstine, Cole, Lankford, Lucas and Mullin voted for passage of the bill.


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The Forest Hills Green Team, led by community advocate Steve Melnick, recently launched the "Continental Avenue Tree Guards Fundraiser." Along Continental Avenue between Queens Boulevard and Austin Street stand 40-year-old Honey Locust trees, but some of the tree guards that safeguard the pits and trees have been damaged.
In more recent years, two Pin Oak trees were planted outside HSBC Bank, but without tree guards.
Some benefits of tree guards are preventing the trunk from physical damage, preventing pet waste in the tree pit, and reducing soil compaction. Tree guards have been proven to extend a tree's longevity, as well as offer gardening beds.
"Back in 2003, the city installed tree guards as part of a street and sidewalk improvement project, but due to budget cuts, the project was scaled down," said Melnick.
Today, out of 14 tree guards, seven are in need of replacement. There are 11 models of available tree guards, along with some custom panel and add-on planter options. As the styles evolve from simple to ornate, so do the costs.
The group hopes to raise at least $4,500 by late May through donations, which residents and merchants can provide on ioby.org. Since the fundraiser's launch four weeks ago, $1,060 has been donated.
"Half of the donors are from Forest Hills," said Melnick. "HSBC Bank is willing to discuss how they can help, and we are working with several other businesses in hopes of getting their support, too."
To meet their ends, the Forest Hills Green Team has reached out to The New York Tree Trust, a program of the Parks Department and City Parks Foundation. They hope to install the tree guards this July.
"I would absolutely love to see tree guards installed along Queens Boulevard and Austin Street," said Sue Goon.
Last year, Goon and her fiancé Mike Miller began helping Landscape MacDonald Park and Continental Avenue, and recently donated to the tree guards fundraiser.
"Knowing those funds will serve a good purpose is more than enough reason to donate my time and money," she said. "Forest Hills residents have a great sense of neighborhood pride, but we need that enthusiasm to be expressed through volunteering. It only takes a few hours of your day, but provides unlimited satisfaction."
For those who do not wish to wait until July to assist professionals in the installation of the tree guards, the Forest Hills Green Team is seeking volunteers for landscaping the Continental Avenue tree pits on April 26 from 9 a.m. to noon. Supplies and gloves will be provided. To volunteer, contact email@example.com.
"Our event is open to everyone, and you don't need a green thumb," Melnick said. "This year we will concentrate on hardy perennials that do not require much maintenance and are drought tolerant. We will also intersperse some seasonal annuals."
Melnick hopes more residents will be inspired by the Forest Hills Green Team.
"As our community grows and changes, it is vital that new residents are made aware of the importance of keeping our part of the city clean and green," he said. "Residents can plant a tree or anything green, grab a paintbrush and remove graffiti, or push a broom and clean their sidewalk, since a nurtured community is a thriving community, and one to be proud of."


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Tomorrow is my father-in-law, Mack's, birthday. We won't share how old he is going to be, only that we all know that you get better with age, just like a fine wine. 🙂 We met FIL and MIL out at Molly Woo's Asian Bistro for dinner. It was really good. They have a nice size gluten-free menu, so Jon and I had a nice selection of choices. I chose the Black Pepper Steak (added in snow peas to the mushrooms & green beans) with brown rice and a couple of chicken lettuce wraps for an appetizer. Jon had Pineapple Chicken with brown rice. After we had a nice dinner, we came back to our house for coffee and dessert. I made an amazing Chocolate Cake that I found on Carrie's, Ginger Lemon Girl, blog. It is called "Everyday Chocolate Cake" and it truly was amazing. The directions were super easy and the cake took no time to make at all. I frosted it with a chocolate frosting recipe from the back of the Hershey's Cocoa can.
Hershey's Chocolate Frosting
**From the Hershey's Cocoa Can
1 stick of butter (1/2 cup), melted
2/3 cup cocoa
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup milk (I used 1%)
Melt butter and mix in with cocoa until smooth. Add vanilla and then alternately add the powdered sugar and milk until the frosting is the right consistency. I had to add a little more than 1/3 cup of milk. Just do it a little at a time. Frost cake. This made enough for 2 layers, so for this cake, you may want to cut the recipe in half.
Serve cake with ice cream. I had Edy's Slow-Churned Pumpkin with mine, Hannah had Edy's Cookies & Cream (not GF) with hers.
Not really on the topic, but I was nominated for the Blogger's Choice Awards! WOOHOO!! You can vote for me by going here. Then search "gluten-free" and I am on page 2 under "Gluten-Free is Life". How exciting!
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- Based on his passion for seafood, David was chosen as a member of the Norwegian Seafood Council's Culinary Board in 2014. He participated on a weeklong culinary enrichment trip to Norway where he was able to see the thriving seafood industry firsthand. Upon returning, he promoted Norwegian Salmon and Skrei on his menu, highlighting the unique attributes of each species.
- David joined the Lobster Place team in 2012 as executive chef. In addition to overhauling the acclaimed seafood market's existing foodservice program, he also helped conceptualize the company's first restaurant, Cull & Pistol.
- David worked as executive chef at award-winning Mediterranean wine bar, The Tangled Vine. Under David's Culinary leadership, Time Out New York voted The Tangled Vine Best New Local Bar of 2011.
- Upon returning to NYC in 2006, David took his first executive chef position opening Catalan tapas restaurant Mercat. David's cooking earned acclaim from The New York Times Food Critic Frank Bruni, who named his Fideos Negros at Mercat one of the top 10 dishes of 2007.
- Café Gray and Bouley in NYC were instrumental to building David's experience developing and balancing flavors, as were his professional stages abroad at the three-Michelin-starred Martin Berasategui and El Raco D'en Freixa in Spain, and Hotel Lenkerhof in Switzerland.
- He continued honing his skills in some of the world's top kitchens, including The New York Times four-star Jean-Georges, where he mastered kitchen discipline and fine-dining techniques.
- David passed up a formal culinary education to begin his career under Chef Charlie Palmer at Métrazur restaurant in New York City's Grand Central Terminal.
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I haven't seen The Expendables 2 yet, but the biggest selling point for the sequel and the original is the cast. If you were an action movie star, then The Expendables franchise wants you to pick up a gun and blow shit up. According to Producer Avi Lerner, they've already got Nicolas Cage signed up to do just that in The Expendables 3. It's worth noting that The Expendables 3 isn't a done deal. Lionsgate hasn't given the third film a greenlight, but the studio will most likely continue the franchise if the upcoming sequel dominates the box office this weekend (and it probably will).
Cage is the latest addition to the cast (all of which are slated to return, according to Lerner), but he may not be the only big name to join the series. Hit the jump for more.
Speaking to Total Film, Lerner says he's got big plans for The Expendables 3 casting:
We've approached Clint Eastwood to be one of the guys, we've got a character in mind for him. We're talking to Harrison Ford. [And we want] Wesley Snipes when he comes back from prison. I'll give you one more name, we've got Nicolas Cage to play [one of the characters]."
"And we're going to bring Mickey Rourke back, if he won't be too crazy. I like Mickey. And of course, all the existing stars [will return]"
Eastwood seems like an unlikely draw. He had previously retired from acting after Gran Torino, but was persuaded to return to help longtime associate director Robert Lorenz' feature debut, Trouble with the Curve. As for Ford, it's possible since he's been willing to take on a supporting role in recent years (although this would be a considerably larger ensemble), and I love the comment about "Snipes when he comes back from prison." Snipes is due for release on July 19, 2013, so they'll have to figure that into their schedule if the actor says yes and the third film is a go.


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Some textbooks I came across, and a homework assignment I had to do several years ago, suggested that the reason we can skate on ice is the peculiar $p(T)$-curve of the ice-water boundary. The reasoning is that due to the high pressure the skates put on the ice, it will melt at temperaturs below $273 K$ and thus provide a thin film of liquid on which we can skate. It was then mentioned as fun fact that you could ice-skate on a planet with lakes of frozen dioxide because that gas has the $p(T)$-curve the other way round.
My calculations at that time told me that this was, pardon my french, bollocks. The pressure wasn't nearly high enough to lower the melting point to even something like $-0.5$ degrees Celsius.
I suppose it is some other mechanism, probably related to the crystal structure of ice, but I'd really appreciate if someone more knowledgeable could tell something about it.


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Food Safety and Foodborne Diseases
There are many disease-causing agents, such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites that can be spread by food. Foodborne illness is estimated to result in as many as 48 million cases of disease in the United States each year. Most foodborne illnesses cause gastrointestinal symptoms, like diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Many foodborne pathogens also can be acquired through recreational or drinking water, from contact with animals or their environment, or through person-to-person spread.
In the past, parasites such as Trichinella and tapeworm were important sources of infection in the United States. Because of improved prevention and control, consumption of domestic livestock animals in this country no longer presents a disease threat for these parasites. Two parasites that continue to cause illness in Oklahoma are Giardia and Cryptosporidium; these parasites are spread in water, from person to person, but only rarely in food.
Disease causing organisms may be present on products when purchased. Raw meat, poultry, seafood and eggs should be considered contaminated. Fresh produce such as tomatoes, lettuce, potatoes, or strawberries may also have organisms present. Foods can become cross-contaminated with organisms transferred from raw products, meat juices, or other contaminated products. A food handler's hands, if not kept clean can also contaminate the food.
How to prevent foodborne diseases:
Separate: Keep raw meat, poultry, seafood, and their juices away from ready-to-eat foods such as fruits and vegetables.
Cook: Use a food thermometer - you can't tell food is cooked safely by how it looks!
Chill: Refrigerate foods quickly because cold temperatures slow the growth of harmful disease causing pathogens.
Ill: If you have been sick with diarrhea or vomiting, do not prepare food for at least 24 hours after your symptoms have stopped. Remember to also cover your cough and wash your hands before returning to food preparation.
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Canada's Pipeline Deal Completes as Court Rules Approval Process Flawed
Four things have happened in relatively quick succession in regards to the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMX) that Kinder Morgan proposed back in 2013 and it's important to understand those before proceeding.
- On November 29, 2016 Canadian regulators approved the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project.
- On May 29, 2018, the Canadian federal government acquired the Trans Mountain Pipeline from Kinder Morgan for $4.5 billion.
- On August 30, 2018 the Federal Court of Appeals reversed the original decision of the court to approve the TMX pipeline.
- On August 31, 2018, the purchase of the TMX pipeline by the Canadian government from Kinder Morgan finally completed.
If the federal government wants to be able to restart work on the pipeline expansion project and be well placed to sell it to investors, the federal government of Canada must now enter into negotiations with the stakeholders who weren't consulted in the original consultation process and gain their acceptance to allow the TMX pipeline expansion project to continue.
NOTE: On August 31, 2018 Alberta premier Rachel Notley pulled her province out of the federal government's national carbon tax plan to register her displeasure with the Federal Court of Appeals and to put more pressure on the Justin Trudeau government to get the TMX pipeline completed.
How to Address Legitimate Safety Concerns of Vancouver and Burnaby Residents
It's a huge undertaking to sail an oil tanker through English Bay and into Vancouver Harbour under the Lions Gate Bridge and the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, park it at Parkland Oil Refinery and fill that tanker with 250-thousand barrels of oil, tar sands 'dilbit' material, jet fuel, gasoline or naptha (all of them highly volatile or explosive liquids) and then sail out of Vancouver through a frenetic crowd of marine traffic including float planes landing and taking off every few minutes, ferries, pleasure boats, container ships and cruise ships.
Vancouver Harbour is far too congested for this dangerous practice to continue. There are almost half a million people living and working within a few miles of both sides of that very narrow waterway.
It may have been OK back in 1953 when the Trans Mountain Pipeline was originally built, but it's definitely not OK now.
A Solution Hiding in Plain Sight
What could solve these very serious issues, is to continue the TMX pipeline route on to Deltaport (a major industrial port south of Vancouver) and relocate the existing Parkland Oil Refinery in Burnaby, BC to Deltaport, BC. The existing site in Burnaby would need to be remediated as it's unsuitable for housing or businesses due to the steep terrain and continuous rail traffic along the water's edge.
The Delta Superport (Deltaport)
The Deltaport facility in Delta, BC is already the site of a major rail terminus where thousands of rail cars offload 29 million of tonnes of coal every day for transport to ports around the Pacific Rim trading area and other large scale industries operate in Deltaport.
There are container ship facilities there and also some shipbuilding and ship repair businesses operate within the industrial zone. The Delta Superport site (Deltaport) was specifically chosen because it's well away from major population centres in case of land or marine-based accident at the site.
Also, in the event of pipeline construction delays or oil spills along the Trans Mountain Pipeline corridor, railcars could haul Alberta's oil and dilbit to the Delta Superport as they already travel from Alberta and Saskatchewan to Deltaport 365 days of the year.
For an extra $5 billion (for example) the federal government could continue the pipeline to Deltaport and assist Parkland Oil Refinery Ltd. to move their existing oil refinery to Deltaport, thereby neatly solving every safety issue.
If taxpayer revenue isn't used to enhance the safety and security of hundreds of thousands of people, what is the point of collecting taxes in the first place? Surely Job Number One for any level of government is the safety of its citizens — especially when such large numbers of people could be adversely affected in the case of a major marine spill and/or fire in Vancouver Harbour.
Moving the Burnaby Oil Refinery to Deltaport Solves Every Safety Concern
Captains of oil tankers that leave port full of refined oil products (like gasoline, for one example) will be happy to find they won't be 'deking around' a dizzying flow of float planes taking off and landing, small transit ferries packed full of commuters, pleasure boats, container ships and cruise ships — as they are forced to do when they arrive and leave through Vancouver Harbour and Burrard Inlet.
In fact, the only activity at Deltaport is the ten bulk carriers (coal) that leave port every day and (judging on personal observation, although not recently) the one container ship that leaves port every night.
As mentioned earlier in this blog post, way back in 1953 the Burnaby location was probably the best option for the region — but with the huge increase of marine traffic in Vancouver Harbour and English Bay since those days, it's an accident waiting to happen.
If the federal government wants a solution that works for everyone this should be their Number One priority — and failing that — perhaps the proposal I've suggested should become a requirement for any potential purchaser of the TMX pipeline before their bid would be accepted.
It's the responsible thing to do.


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Ok guys, here it is!
Date: 4th to the 7th May 2012
Location: Avalanche 4x4
Cost: £40 per vehicle
The cost of entry includes a single pitch for a caravan or tent. Extra pitches are an extra cost I'm afraid (as we are charged more by the site). It also includes a BBQ on the Saturday night. We will also be holding a BBQ on the Sunday, but this will be on a donations basis (either food or money! )
This might seem a little draconian, but due to some issues we have faced in previous years, we have had to issue a set of rules for the annual meet. Please take a moment to read them. By signing up to attend you are agreeing to abide by the rules.
To sign up, please visit this form and enter your details. Once I have received the form, I will add your name to the list below this post. Once you have paid I will change your name to red.
To pay, you can send it via Paypal to email@example.com (but please make sure you pay the Paypal fee). PLEASE DO NOT USE THE FOG DONATION LINK! If you would prefer to pay by cheque then please PM me for my address. If you can get cash to me safely then I will accept that (but please do not post it! )
As we get closer to the date I will firm up details with the site as to when we can access the site etc. For those of you that missed it last year, here is a link for the site: Avalanche 4x4
Any question, please see the "Annual Meet Questions" thread in this forum.


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Kurt Nimmo
February 22, 2013
A Connecticut lawmaker has characterized members of the media attempting to cover the Sandy Hook shooting as "jackals" bent on exploiting children who reportedly died at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012.
Republican Reps. DebraLee Hovey, Dan Carter, and Mitch Bolinsky testified earlier this week in Hatford, Connecticut, in favor of enacting legislation that would prevent "overzealous members of the media" from gaining access to the death certificates of children under 18 who law enforcement and government say died during the massacre.
The lawmakers and Newtown Town Clerk Debbie Aurelia told the Legislature's Public Health Committee on Wednesday that the law to seal records is intended to protect the privacy of the Sandy Hook families. They argued that allowing media access would cause "undue hardship."
Rep. Hovey characterized journalists as "unscrupulous individuals" determined to exploit and profit from the misery of the families. "Isn't it enough to know that 20 children and six adults died?" she asked. Preventing the media from learning all the facts in the case is "the right thing to do," the representative from Monroe, Connecticut, added.
Hovey went on to portray journalists as "voyeurs who really are interested in other people's pain, and the more gruesome, the happier they are."
Reps. Carter and Bolinsky said limiting access to the certificates would not only prevent journalists from abusing the information contained in the documents, but would also lessen the threat of identity theft, the NewsTimes in Danbury, Connecticut, reported.
Bolinksy said he "felt the outrage, the pain of observing the jackals descend upon my town clerk's office at a time of great, great community loss."
Karen Florin, a reporter for TheDay in New London, criticized the lawmakers and city clerk for blocking access to the records. "Being in the business, I naturally want to know every detail of that case as it unfolds. I notice, too, that everyone I speak with, right down to my senior citizen mother, is following every development," Florin wrote on Friday.
"How are we, as a civil society, going to digest this and act thoughtfully in attempt to prevent it from ever happening again if we are not allowed the details? As uncomfortable as a reporter's job can be, we can't back down."
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Still sticking to the Atkin's diet? Carb-phobes can skip the bread and hold their sandwich with this slightly sweet Puerto Rican delicacy. On the jibarito, the kitchen at Chicago's Borinquen Restaurant stuffs a twice-fried disk of plantains with sliced steak or roasted pork, onions, tomato, and lettuce.
Smoked salmon may have originated in Scandinavia, but nowhere does it find more love than New York. Technically, lox is a salty brined salmon, but the term has come to be a catchall phrase for a variety of cured and smoked versions of the fish—the most common of which is nova. And any corner deli worth its salt bagel will have it on the menu in some form, but Russ & Daughters is probably the most famous "appetizing" shop in New York City. The "Classic" consists of a dense everything bagel loaded with Norwegian smoked salmon, a schmear of cream cheese of your choice, and the works: tomatoes, onions, and capers.
Ask a group of Philadelphians where to get the best cheesesteak and you'll be lucky if you get anything close to a consensus. Everyone's got their own spot, and their own favorite combination of meat (steak, roast pork), cheese (provolone, American, etc.) and veggies (with or without). Pat's King of Steaks has the distinction of being the original, and they've got the lexicon down to a science: order "with" (pronounced "wit") for onions, and "Whiz" for the goopy orange cheese topping that many locals prefer.
This soft round roll, usually topped with a crust of crystalline salt and caraway seeds, has its origins in Germany, where it is known as a "kummelweck." It is the roll, not the sliced roast beef and horseradish inside it, that is the star ingredient in Beef on Weck, a sandwich native to the Buffalo area. At Charlie the Butcher, Beef on Weck comes in a red and white paper basket, the better to collect the jus dripping from the roll.
Huckleberry isn't just a character from literature—it's a real berry! And the Rocky Mountains is where you'll find them. In Montana, the sweet tart berries are used in everything from ice cream to pancakes, and lend their name to the delightful sounding dessert, huckleberry buckle. At the luxe Triple Creek Ranch in Montana's Bitterroot Mountains, sous chef Nick Kormanik's gourmet menu has a retro-comforting counterpoint in a peanut butter and huckleberry jam sandwich.
It may sound fancy and French, but on a Hot Brown, Mornay sauce is basically homemade Cheez Whiz. The Hot Brown originated at Louisville's Brown Hotel in the 1920s, and is an open-faced turkey and bacon sandwich, smothered in the gooey orange sauce and baked. Further West in Springfield, Illinois, the cheese sauce is employed on the Horsehoe sandwich. Here, the sauce is modified to include enhancements like beer and mustard, the turkey is swapped for a hamburger patty, and in between the meat and the cheese is a layer of fries. If that's too much for your arteries, order a half-portion, also known as a Ponyshoe. At Springfield's D'Arcy's Pint, the meat is customizable.
This thick and creamy spread—a mixture of cheese and chopped pimento peppers—is a Southern staple, and can be served as a cracker topping, in a grilled cheese, or slathered on hamburgers. At Blackberry Farm in the Great Smokey Mountains of Tennessee, the spread is made with aged cheddar or a homemade sheep's cheese, then mixed with mayo, mustard, salt, pepper, and pickle brine for a tangy bite. Their recommendation: serve on white bread with bread and butter pickles.
More chile peppers grow in New Mexico than in all other states combined, so it's no wonder that they are the signature ingredient on almost every New Mexican menu. The sauces derived from both the red and green varieties are a tasty topping for almost anything, but the addition to cheeseburgers of a sauce made of minced green chiles is considered such a staple, the state has even devised a green chile cheeseburger trail. Bert's Burger Bowl in Santa Fe has been doling them out for more almost 60 years.
Everyone thinks of sourdough as San Francisco's official bread, but once you look past the Fisherman's Wharf bread-bowl traps, Frisco sandwich shops have a much more unusual roll in stock: Dutch Crunch. Before baking, the dough is topped with a rice paste that hardens and crackles in the oven. The result, a crispy sweet crust coating a soft and chewy center, is hard to find outside the Bay Area. In the Castro, Ike's Place is renowned for their Dutch Crunch bread, and their wacky combinations of fillings, like the Kyrptonite (roast beef, corned beef, pastrami, salami, turkey, bacon, ham, mozzarella sticks, stuffed jalapeño poppers, beer battered onion rings, avocado, pesto, pepper jack).
Technically it's called pork roll, and it's kind of like fried bologna, but New Jerseyans know it by one name and one name only—Taylor Ham. The name comes from a Trenton-based brand that's been around since the 1850s. The sliced, Spam-like meat is usually warmed up on the griddled and served on a bagel or soft roll with ketchup, salt, and pepper. Depending on your mood, add a fried egg and/or sliced American cheese. It's classic diner food, found at any of New Jersey's zillions of diners, including the retro Tops in East Newark.
While New Orleans is best known for its Creole cuisine, the Italian Muffuletta sandwich is as distinctly New Orleans as jambalaya. The sub consists of sliced cold cuts and cheese, but it's a tangy olive salad that separates the Mufuletta from your usual Italian hoagie. It's made of chopped olives, pickled veggies, garlic and olive oil, and rose to prominence at the sandwich counter at Central Grocery.
Not all tacos are served on salty corn chips. On Native American land in the Southwest, fry bread is a ubiquitous snack—delicious, hot, chewy, deep-fried dough made to order. And at the James Beard Award-winning Fry Bread House in Phoenix, fry bread serves as the base for the usual taco fixins, a creation known in this part of the country Navajo Tacos.
Known as a BPT, this breaded pork tenderloin sandwich is found at lunch counters throughout Iowa and Indiana. And it usually goes something like this: soft hamburger bun, onion, pickles and mustard (if you're in Iowa) or lettuce, tomato, and mayo (if you're in Indiana). The one part that everyone can agree on is the giant, crispy disk of fried meat, pounded out so thin that it's stretched to about four times the size of the roll. At Joensy's in Cedar Rapids, get a side of waffle fries to go with this Midwestern spin on schnitzel.


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Horsfall Racing Electric Racer Front View of Streamlines
Submitted by symscape on February 13, 2010 - 12:16
Airflow around Horsfall Racing's electric racer. The simulation was performed in Caedium Professional and rendered by POV-Ray. The image shows streamlines colored by velocity magnitude, where blue is low and red is high.
Use this image freely in accordance with its license.


text: Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a way to make people with prosthetic limbs feel by transplanting nerves from the amputated hand into the patient's chest. Though the feeling would be in the chest rather than their arms, the scientists are hopeful that this could lead to prosthetics with sensors under the fingertips that would make people feel like they had a real hand. The only feedback that patients with the traditional prosthetics currently available get is visual, which leads to many broken glasses when they can't determine the force of their grip. Keep your fingers crossed that these bionic arms take off so that people with prosthetics will never have to fear about dropping their beer ever again. [Technology Review]


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Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Barkley says he goes second, after Luck—but before RG3.
Barkley joined The Dan Patrick Show to talk about where he thinks he would have been drafted had he left USC after his junior season, if he thinks he would have been drafted before either Andrew Luck or Robert Griffin III, whether he would have foregone his senior season had USC not been coming off of probation this season, if he's had any regrets about not entering the NFL Draft this past spring, and who he thinks is the best college football team heading into this season.
If you had entered the draft, who do you think would have picked you?
"I don't know, maybe Minnesota, maybe Miami, or the Redskins. All those guys, I heard those names tossed around. Would have, could have, should have, who knows."
What would the order of the quarterbacks selected?
"That would have been up to those GMs I guess. I was confident that I would have gone high. It wasn't really a question of that as why I came back. I think it was a sure bet that Andrew [Luck] was going number one, but who knows what that would have looked like."
Do you think you would have been the second quarterback taken?
"I had confidence in that. I think I could have been but you are just so great at asking me hypothetical questions Dan, I love it."
If USC was still on probation, would you have come back?
"I think that would have mixed it up a little bit to tell you the truth. More than that, I think if we weren't on probation these last two years, I think I definitely be gone just given that we would have had that experience already, and I think, yea, if we were still on probation that would have lessened my attraction to USC because of not being able to play the postseason."
When was the last time you had a regret about coming back for your senior season?
"I have not had one yet and I pray I don't get one. I loved every second of coming back, even class and being around campus and hanging around the guys. I have not looked back once and I don't plan on doing so."
What is the best college football team?
"USC. I can't turn my back on my own guys. I'm loving us and everything about it just like I was a little kid so hopefully we stay up top."
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In Baja, players will conquer more than 100 square miles of the toughest terrain Mother Nature has to offer, including the steepest mountains, thickest mud and deepest canyons ever created. With more than 40 vehicles in eight classes, including Trophy Trucks, 4x4s and buggies, Baja features a full array of upgradeable options with hundreds of authentic parts that affect each vehicle's performance. Players will put their off-road machines to the test in near-vertical Hill Climb challenges, head-to-head Open Class races, circuit races and the ultimate off-road endurance challenge: the Baja. Baja's open worlds extend thousands of miles across all landscapes in races that can last up to four hours. The game's revolutionary vehicle physics deliver unprecedented life-like handling, and a support management system allows gamers to monitor and repair realistic vehicle damage as fenders fly, tires are blown, suspension is stressed and engines overheat. Baja supports four-player split screen multiplayer capability, 12-player online and LAN as well as multiple-screen panoramic view.
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Release Date: September 22, 2008
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Last Held Over Two Weekends in October 2016
Owners: Charles & Hannah Meloy
Type: New build PassivHaus
Age: In construction
Beds: 4
Walls: SIPS
Residents: 4
Certified Passivhaus
Air source heat pump
SIPS construction
Super insulation
Woodburning stove
Triple glazing
Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery (MVHR) with room heating
Solar orientation
Two years ago, architect Charles Meloy and his wife Hannah bought this plot of land where derelict chicken sheds had previously stood. The site is situated within the South Downs National Park (SDNP) and outside the development boundary of Lewes. To achieve planning consent a highly sustainable dwelling was proposed that recollected the derelict sheds and responded to the wooded nature of the site.
Consent was achieved for what will become the first fully certified Passivhaus within the SDNP. To construct the house Charles has both supervised subcontractors and also been hands on in completing much of the construction work himself.
This is a simple, elegant design that due to the Passivhaus standard conserves heat so well it needs almost no heating. A wood burning stove within the lounge can amply supply extra heat in the coldest spells and an air source heat pump delivers hot water in addition to raising the incoming temperature of the MVHR to provide room heating.
The motivation throughout has been to create a house built to the highest sustainable and architectural standards. The success of this project has led to the development of further PassivHaus projects for clients within Sussex.
It is first necessary to understand that this house is being built to PassivHaus standards, which stipulates very low heating consumption of <15W/m2, which is only around 10% of the usage of a typical house. This requires extremely high levels of insulation and very efficient heating and ventilation.
PassivHaus modelling of the design was done by APE consultants in London.
In effect the heat given off by occupants, appliances and solar gain means that no additional heating is needed for most of the year. It is projected that a small heat input will be needed only in the two coldest months which is catered for by underfloor heating. In addition, there is a woodburning stove in the main living area that would allow near zero carbon heating instead.
An air source heat pump provides hot water and also warms incoming air to augment heating in winter.
Walls – The walls are made from SIP panels, which comprise a sandwich of two external layers of layers of OSB board bonded to 190mm expanded polystyrene. On top of this there is an internal layer of 60mm PIR rigid insulation, finished in plasterboard. The external finish is chestnut boarding. This give a very low projected u value of 0.14, twice as good as Building regulations.
Windows - HON triple glazed windows are fitted, which have a robust aluminium finish and a timber core to preserve insulation. The u value is around 0.8.
Roof - This is also SIP construction, but has an even thicker 80mm additional layer of PIR foam insulation.
Floor - There is a concrete slab floor with a polished finish, which is essential to give the very lightweight structure some thermal mass to keep temperatures balanced. Below this is 210mm of PIR to maintain the very high levels of insulation ( Building regs. only insist on 80mm).
Draughtproofing/Airtightness - Passivhaus stipulates that airtightness under a pressure test should not exceed 0.6 m3/m2.h @ 50Pa. During building, this has meant that all joints have had to be foam filled and taped to ensure a good seal. Measured airtightness is 0.54 (vs Bldg. Regs. 10).
Ventilation – because the building is almost airtight, there is a system of ducted ventilation via a heat exchange unit, which recovers outgoing heat by warming incoming air.
As the building is set in a wooded grove, there is too much shading to make either solar PV electricity of solar thermal hot water possible. However, there is a small Ariston thermal store and air source heat pump
As would be expected, all appliances are low energy rated and all lighting is LED.
This is a new build, so no consumption figures are available, however Passivhaus design projects energy use of around 10% that of a conventional house.
Architect – MELOY architects. meloy.co.uk
M&E – Alan Clarke, Gloucester.
Passivhaus consultant – APE Architecture and Design Ltd, London. ape-ad.co.uk/
Structural engineer – DUD engineers
Planning consultant – Pro Planning
Ecologist and Arboriculturalist – PJC
Highways engineer – Reeves Transport Planning Ltd
Builder – Self build
SIPS frame – SIPS Eco Panles, Suffolk. sipsecopanels.co.uk
Windows – HON Windows, Crawley. honwindows.co.uk
Polished concrete – Steysons Granolithic
Woodburning stove – Westfire 35 (4.3kw)
Doors and Ironmongery – Aspex
Cladding – Wenban Smith, Lewes.
Bespoke Kitchens and cabinetry: JM Furniture
Bathrooms – Duravit and Catalano by CP Hart
Brassware: Mike Pro by Crosswater
Bathoom walling and flooring – Beton cire by Mecardier


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I use Vienna on several laptops and I have a repository where I keep my subscriptions. Every time I add/sort/remove subscriptions I export and commit my subscriptions so that I can then pull and import them on the various laptops I find myself using. Upon pulling them though, I have to manually go to the app, click on "File" then on "Import subscriptions...", get the file and confirm. As a software engineer, I'm sure you would agree these manual steps could be automated
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Gran Sasso
The story of Maglificio Gran Sasso begins in 1952 in the small village of Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata, located just to the south of the border between Marche and Abruzzo, thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit of four brothers: Nello, Eraldo, Alceo and Francesco Di Stefano.
The change from a family business to an industrial company takes place in the 70's, when the success of their enterprise gains a more prestigious position on the market and a definitive achievement on both domestic and international markets.
In 2002 they begin planning works for the new complex of 36,000 sqm., comprising of sections for the production, warehouse, administration, showroom and separate buildings for the outlet and canteen. The complex houses more than 400 employees and has a completely renewed set of knitting machines. Utmost care has been taken as regards to the quality of work spaces and their opening to the surrounding context. The complex is marked by a rational and minimal design idea by architect Guido Canali, master in already proved building types, turning them into elements of a coherent language of great civil dignity, that wholly reflects the spirit of the patrons. Architect Canali won the Triennial Milan Prize, the Gold Medal for Italian Architecture in 2009 with Mention of Honour.
In addition to the plant at Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata, the Company has a factory in Roseto degli Abruzzi, which was built on an old furnace dedicated to the production of handmade bricks; the factory is specialized in weaving on cotton looms. The company also has an Industrial dyehouse and a Showroom in Via Montenapoleone in Milan. "Quality is always fashionable" is the inspiring motto of the new generation that combines tradition and innovation, ancient craftsmanship and modern production processes, made exclusively in Italy. The rich natural yarns used and the manual skill of all stages of manufacture make each Gran Sasso sweater unique and unmistakable.
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My head is fuzzy beneath my green and yellow wrap, but when I breathe in slowly, deeply, the air pushing off the river fills my lungs, my chest, my fragmented mind, and I believe that it is time to force myseld to find some words. I haven't written anything in days, not even a few sentences in my red moleskin book (thank you, sarah) for my own selfish soul. It's because I've been sick for over a week, right? Because my days have been so full of sunny skies and lengthy runs and paint fumes.
Thursday night I dragged out some old journals- from 2008/2009. I was cooly surprised by what I found. I expected to find a girl who could speak of nothing but her all-consuming love for a God she discovered years before, a girl who knew what her dreams were, knew what she wanted, and thought she knew where she was going. A girl restless but satisfied. Without revealing myself word for word, I found instead someone struggling with the collision point between the expected and the desired. She knew God had something profound for her life; she was driven by some unexplainable force to go.. to set aside the common life and attempt to find a sense of being, belonging, total loss and completion in something less-defined, less known, more her own.
Three weeks ago I sat around a fire with a girl who knows my soul as well as I do, a boy who three months prior told the girl to tell me to stop running (in life), and another boy whose quiet, substantial eyes led me to scribble my number on a post-it note at a temp assignment. What is now fondly referred to as "the happiness circle" was developed that night. "I'm happy when..".. "---- makes me happy"..
A week later two giggly, excitable girls approached myself and the boy with the eyes while walking on the canal.
"Can we ask you a question on video for our AP Psychology final project?!"
of course.
"What makes you happy??"
What makes you happy. What makes me happy..?
A thousand things. A million things! I've never loved my life as much as I do right now. The people filling my days and weeks, whether in body, in extensive phone conversations, or through thoughtful emails, are some of the very best I've ever had in my life. I have at least three places I can easily call home and half a dozen more that feel like my own. I have no boss, no one to report to or check in with. Hundreds of mountains await me a short trip from my current locations. My student loans are so close to being paid, without a required payment until 2014. My body is allowing me to do things it never could before. There is a place within me that is happier, more calm and at peace than it ever has been.
This will not sound nearly as fluid a thought when written, as it has been running in me over the course of a few weeks, yet I have to continue here to say the following:
I believe I've found that happiness and fulfillment are not the same thing. If you search your soul, not forgetting to engage your spirit as fully as you are able, and can truly say that you have both simultaneously, I believe you've arrived at something monumental. As for me, I have not. That's not intended to be depressing, at least it's not for me, it's just something I've realized.. something I long to grasp for myself, to attain in this life.
And now my fuzzy head is overpowering this incredible 6pm northcountry air..
and still, I really just want to climb some stuff. :D
June 12, 2011
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Wow. Let's just pretend I intentionally took a month+ off.
Recently I've had a few Facebook friends either bid the FB world goodbye or drastically reduce their friend lists. I get it. I do. I mean, let's not pretend that Facebook isn't a colossal time suck. Even I know that. And I've got "friends" on Facebook that I've never met in real life. Friend of a friend of a friend. I can see wanting to just connect with people that you actually connect with in real life.
But let me tell you why I'll keep all my friends, thankyouverymuch. Everyone in our house has some sort of summer crud going on. I actually had a fever last night. We all cough all night. No one sleeps. The weather's been amazing, and we're too busy hacking up our lungs to enjoy it. So I popped on Ye Olde Facebook this week and asked for some Princess Bride quotes to brighten the day.
Oh, Friends. The rest of my day was peppered with:
- Inconceivable!
- Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!
- Is this a KISSING book?
- Sleep well and dream of large women.
- Wuv, twue wuv...
- Hallo. my name is Indigo Mantoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
And there were so many more! From people I talk to all the time, from people I never get to see. People I've known forever and people I've just met.
And it completely made my day.


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Who's on First?…
Nobody was the right fielder…
I was surprised that nobody was elected to the Hall of Fame for the Class of 2013. Count me among those who feel no consideration should have been given to the players accused or who have admitted steroid use.
There no circumstances that I would have supported putting Barry Bonds or Roger Clemens into the Hall. From the sounds of it, it is the consensus of the HOF members. However, I am probably not as hard line as Rich "Goose" Gossage who said "If they let these guys in ever — at any point — it's a black eye fo rthe Hall and for baseball". I do believe there will be a day when Bond, Clemens and other suspected users should be given consideration. With Barry, I realize that 'roids changed his physique and surely powered a few homers. However, his terrific hand-eye coordination was his own and not something derived through PED's.
Same with Clemens. He was a great pitcher from the start. Maybe PED's extended the career, but the ability to leave batters befuddled at the plate, mix up his pitches and play to the batters' weaknesses was never drug induced. Baseball has seen too many guys who could throw a baseball 100 mph but couldn't harness the control to save their lives. Clemens knew where to place his pitches and it was his natural ability that made him a star, not his suspected PED use.
I am not sure how long they should be excluded for the Hall but personally I would not want to see them allowed to enter for at least 5 years. Admittedly, I am also in favor of Pete Rose's entry to the Hall but I suspect that one won't happen until Pete has met his maker.
The sad part about this entire issue is the presence of suspected and possibly undetected cheaters in the current HOF enshrinement.
As for the 2013 votes, Craig Biggio deserved to get into the Hall. But I am not convinced he was a first ballot HOFer. So I think 2014 will be his year as he will be enshrined at some point.
I did not believe that Bernie Williams was a legitimate Hall of Famer but it was still sad to see him make his final unsuccessful attempt. Given the Yankees have not re-issued #51 or #21 (for Paul O'Neill), it is very likely they will be enshrined in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park. That certainly makes for a nice consolation prize. I still see votes for Don Mattingly. I would absolutely love to see Donnie Baseball make the Hall but realistically I do not believe it will happen. Yet, he continues to garner sufficient votes to remain on the ballot. Mattingly was my favorite player and has reached the status of my favorite manager. I hope the expectations for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the newly adorned salary champions of baseball, do not become too overwhelming for Donnie to succeed. If given the time and support, he will win a championship.
Much ado about something?…
Back to the Yankees, I think the Yanks should aggressively pursue Michael Morse of the Washington Nationals. His bat would fit nicely into right field. I would be inclined to move Ichiro Suzuki to left, and move Brett Gardner for prospects. Morse is the kind of guy that I'd love to see the Yankees pursue.
Today was cold by Northern CA standards. Yeah, to the Cheeseheads of Wisconsin in town for the NFL play-off game between the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers might beg to differ but I was shivering. If there is a reason I left my beloved Minneapolis, this might be it. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…….