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Aquatech Amsterdam 2008 attracted more international visitors than ever before, emphasizing the ongoing success of the Aquatech formula across three international exhibitions in Amsterdam, China and the U.S.
Aquatech Amsterdam 2008 took place from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 and was visited close to 19,000 times, with 53% of the visitors coming from outside the Netherlands. In addition, the 850 exhibiting companies were represented by 4,200 employees at the exhibition.
"Although Aquatech Amsterdam 2008 attracted less visitors from the U.S. due to the financial crisis, more people from Germany, France, Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean countries came to Amsterdam this year," said Paddy Young, domain manager at Amsterdam RAI. "The increase in the number of European visitors fits in with the expansion of the Aquatech formula to three exhibitions in China, the USA and Europe. And this year we placed the spotlight on industrial water with special presentations at the AquaStages on the exhibition floor and a well-attended international IWA conference."
Visitors to Aquatech Amsterdam 2008 came from 133 countries. With more than 850 exhibitors from 47 countries, it is the world's most authoritative exhibition in the field of process, drinking and wastewater. Most of the visitors (74%) were final decision makers for investing in projects or products, and many represented local and national governmental institutions from Holland and abroad. Aquatech has become increasingly international in recent years.
During the opening ceremony, captains-of-industry from ITT, GE Water, Siemens and Veolia discussed how the speed of water technology innovations can be increased. Paul Reiter, executive director of the International Water Association (IWA), underlined the need for these innovations as climate change, population growth, global urbanization and increasing prosperity result in ongoing demands for water. "The water sector will not be able to handle this demand using the current technologies," Reiter stated. "The main issue now is how we can quickly bring new technologies onto the market that allow us to produce more drinking water." The reactions from the CEOs during the opening discussions made clear that while desalination of sea water will increase, the major global trend will be water recycling.
Membrane filtration is the water technology of the future, and this was clearly demonstrated by the world's leading water technology companies, who all gathered at Aquatech. Traditionally well represented in the treatment of drinking water, membrane filtration is now increasingly being used in wastewater treatment. A remarkable number of membrane bioreactors (MBRs) were exhibited at Aquatech. Although this technology is more expensive than conventional aerobic treatment, it is an interesting option due to its compactness and the exceptional purity of the effluent. This holds especially true as the Water Framework Directive is implemented and stricter water emission standards are applied.
This year's Aquatech saw a special focus on industrial sectors that consume large amounts of water, such as the chemical, paper, food and textile industries. In cooperation with the International Water Association (IWA), Amsterdam RAI organized an exceptionally well-attended industrial water conference, where speakers from around the world came to discuss a wealth of innovative solutions. IWA Director Paul Reiter says industry is the largest innovator in water technology: "Governments have to be much more conservative in their choice for technologies as water flows are variable. Industry can implement new water technologies far more quickly."
As initiated by the exhibition organizers and the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP), the exhibition featured a "Jobs in Water" vacancy wall with more than 100 vacancies in the Dutch water sector. This figure could easily have been doubled, according to the NWP. The large number of vacancies shows how difficult it is to find good technical personnel, which is why the water sector was so pleased with the initiative. Various spontaneous reactions resulted in immediate job interviews on the exhibition floor.


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As mentioned a few days ago we thought we'd have some competitions on the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge Blog and Facebook Group up until Christmas Day. This is a special thank you from Ching-Chou Kuik for loving her beautiful images and for your continued support.
Over here on the Inspiration and Challenge Blog my competitions will be to "name the image" as I will show a snippet of an image and you have to name it.
If you put in the comments box your answer and contact e-mail address you will go into the draw.
All comments have to be agreed by myself so they won't be published so no-one else can get a sneak idea of the answer and no-one apart from me will see your e-mail address.
For each competition the names of those with the correct answer will go into a hat and a winner will be picked. The winner will get to win one image of their choice from the Etsy Store.
Isn't that a wonderful prize?
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I promise it won't be too hard. Here is Part 6 of the Christmas competitions:
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Q: I am 56 years of age and am looking to retire at age 60. My yearly income is $45,000. I own my home (with a small mortgage of $40,000), an RRSP of $80,000 plus a pension fund with my place of employment ($45,000). What would be the allowance we receive from the government? Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
A: Thank you for providing your information in a nutshell, dear reader, but you will understand that I have to make some assumptions about your situation in answering your question. Based on your own sources of income, you will have to rethink your goal of retiring in four years. Here's why.
As you probably are aware, you only become eligible for the federal Old Age Security (OAS) benefit when you attain 65 years of age. Currently, the OAS monthly payment is approximately $550 with quarterly increases based on inflation and the OAS clawback (reduction) kicking in at $70,000 of annual income.
The key point concerning the OAS is that it is a "benefit" and not a pension. What is the difference? A benefit is allocated at the discretion of the government who alone determines eligibility and payment criteria. This is why the Harper government was able to change the OAS age eligibility to age 67 for people born in 1963 and later. The government giveth, and the government taketh away.
A pension such as the Canada or Quebec Pension Plan (CPP or QPP), on the other hand, is held in trust for the contributor with payment entitlement according to preset terms of the plan. The CPP and QPP have almost identical conditions that include a reduction of pension payable when the contributor opts to take their pension earlier than the "normal" age 65.
In your case, with your eligibility for a government pension at age 60 being limited to the reduced Quebec Pension Plan monthly payment of maybe $600 (or $7,200 a year), you will have to make significant withdrawals from your personal savings in order to meet basic living expenses. As you are currently living on $45,000 gross salary a year, I estimate your retirement expenses, including your mortgage payment, to be at least $30,000 a year after tax.
With annual contributions and positive investment returns, your RRSP and employer pension fund may grow to $150,000 during the next four years. However, having to withdraw from $20,000 to $25,000 a year to meet your living expenses will seriously deplete your retirement savings before you even reach age 65, let alone for the balance of what I would hope would be another 30 years of healthy retirement living.
Finally, it is not wise to enter retirement with any debt, including a small mortgage. True, a line of credit secured by your home equity is a way to tap emergency funds, but this should be a last resort in your later years, not a way to fund an early retirement.
You may well have a partner who is sharing expenses with you and is able to help you afford to retire early. If that is the case, you nevertheless need to sit down and fully examine the pros and cons of your decision together. The QPP website has an easy to use retirement income calculator that will help you both figure out different retirement scenarios at http://tinyurl.com/av4qdnx .
But no matter how rosy the picture may look, I still recommend that you find a way to keep earning some income, avoiding debt and adding to your savings for as long as your health permits. As my favourite Vulcan would say — live long and prosper!
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Is it possible to compute trapezoidal rule numerical integration? I know that Mathematica has
Interpolation, and that a list of points can be interpolated and then integrated simply using
Integrate. However, my functions are highly oscillatory (they are based on simulation data), and I am not convinced that the interpolation is perfect, even when I set
WorkingPrecision to a very high value. Also, I know that
ListIntegrate is deprecated, and even if I use it, I am not certain if it is using the trapezoidal rule, which I would like to use.
Do you know if any resources where I can find Mathematica or pseudocode for trapezoidal integration of lists of points? Or do you have any suggestions about how I can use Mathematica efficiently to program such an algorithm myself?


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Next month's anticipated Supreme Court ruling, of Arizona's controversial immigration bill, will be indeed important because of the issue's seriousness and its political implications for the 2012 Presidential Elections.
Will the court's decision uphold the racism embedded in this bigoted piece of legislation?
Currently, in the Supreme Court case of Arizona v. United States, justices are weighing the merits of Arizona's immigration law—especially, with regard to questions of its constitutionality, and conflict with federal government immigration policies. President Obama's White House has characterized Arizona's S.B.1070 state immigration law as an impediment to, and misappropriation of, existing federal immigration procedures.
"It is the national government that has ultimate responsibility to regulate the treatment of aliens while on American soil," said U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. "because it is the nation as a whole, not any single state, that must respond to the international consequence of such treatment."
Mr. Verrilli is arguing the government's case before the Supreme Court. A ruling is slated for late June, during the unfolding presidential campaign.
However, others argue that because Arizona is a border state special considerations relative to seriousness of immigration must be taken into account.
"Arizona and its 370-mile border are a conduit for rampant illegal entries and cross-border smuggling," said Arizona attorney Paul Clement. "The public safety and economic strains that this places on Arizona and its residents have created an emergency situation…" Mr. Clement, a former U.S. Solicitor General during George W. Bush's presidency, is representing the State of Arizona.
Ever since Arizona's S.B.1070 became law, controversy has ensued with many—especially in minority communities—accusing the creators of this legislation of racism. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the bill into law after it was proposed by former Republican Arizona State Senator Russell Pierce.
Several provisions of the law have come under attack including one requiring Arizona police officers to ask those they stop—if the officers have "reasonable suspicion"—for their citizenship papers. Another provision further criminalizes the undocumented—who decide to look for work. Many in Arizona, and across the country, have attacked the bill for promoting racial politics.
Some experts believe the Supreme Court may be about to vote in favor of the State of Arizona—for political reasons—rather than judicial ones. The existing Supreme Court is, largely, viewed as more conservative than past courts. And, charges of partisan politics being enacted into law have increased since the controversial ruling in the Citizens United Case, which is viewed as a boon for Republican politicians and the business barons lining their pockets. Moreover, with Justice Elena Kagan's recusal—because of her former position as U.S. Solicitor General—the court will have one less "liberal" judge.
Shouldn't all the "conservative" judges on the Supreme Court recuse themselves too? Ironically, haven't the conservative Supreme Court justices engaged in the very "judicial activism" Republicans used to bellyache about? Haven't Republican nominees like Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts—along with Antonin Scalia and the morally challenged Uncle Clarence Thomas—engaged in "judicial activism" to facilitate the Republican, or "conservative" agenda?
It's bad enough these people are perverting the "rule of law" whenever it suits them. But isn't it dangerous they do so while stroking the flames of intolerance? Aren't laws like S.B. 1070 created to excite, and incite prejudiced passions—while diverting the attention of many Americans to the really pressing problems?
Many people are angry in America. They have a multiplicity of reasons to be. The country is reeling from high unemployment, raising debt, shrinking wages—and a body politic that is more attuned to the whims of the greedy one percent that already gorges America's wealth. How can those claiming to care about America legislate lowering wages for teachers and transportation workers, while they refuse to fairly tax the rich?
The last decade was one of economic and ethical disaster—created, primarily, by Republicans and their wealthy benefactors. A serious debate is warranted about whether we want an America that serves only the few—while treating the many as inconsequential. But that debate is evaded by most politicians in this country—from either party.
Yet, Republicans are especially awful in this regard. The modest tax modifications, being proposed by President Obama and Democrats, are routinely condemned by Republicans. Lately, it has become fashionable to attack those advocating for economic fairness. Now, we hear holier-than-thou hypocrites on Capitol Hill, pontificating about the "politics of envy."
But while Republicans refuse to engage in any semblance of honest discussion regarding the economic exploitation—perpetrated by elites in this country—they give us hyperventilating hysterics whenever the topic of immigration arises. Apparently, Republicans have no problem promoting prejudice. The immigration issue—like any topic involving African-Americans—is used to muddy the political waters and divert the attention of masses of working-class White Americans.
How often have we heard Republicans, and their supporters, claim they aren't prejudiced against immigrants, but, are just opposed to those who break the country's laws? To hear them tell it, they just don't want people violating the laws of the United States. This excuse is pure nonsense.
If these pretenders have such an affinity for upholding the law, why did they vote the Bush White House back into office for a second term—after their criminal malfeasance of historically epic proportions? Moreover, why haven't they called for the prosecution of George W. Bush—like infamous California Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi did in his book—and other lawbreakers like: Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld? If they hate lawbreakers so much why aren't they calling for the heads of those who committed war crimes for profit while making Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay synonymous with torture?
No this immigration debate has nothing to do with law breaking. It has to do with the prejudice, racism and dividing people. The immigration issue will continue to be utilized by Republicans because their base is filled with far too many racist reactionaries. Republicans are now scapegoating immigrants—and Muslims—like they scapegoat African-Americans. Some claim they're only against illegal immigrants. However, isn't the primary worry of these folks the darkening demographics that they see confronting them?
Unfortunately, these bigots see America transforming before their eyes. This reality petrifies them uncovering their prejudice. If a Black man now sits in the White House, what other reserved white privilege will they lose next? Therefore, we can expect to see, and hear, more race-baiting tactics against immigrants—and African-Americans—as the 2012 Presidential Elections draws nearer.
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Now that the initial bombshell has been dropped, it's time for people to start asking "Why?"
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony announced the end of their nearly seven-year marriage on July 15th, and since then the blame game has been in full swing. Unnamed "sources" are citing everything from non-stop arguing to infidelity to career mismanagement as the cause of the break-up.
According to outlets such as People magazine, the truth may be...a little bit of everything.
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The predominant rumor is that Anthony was extremely controlling of Lopez's career - and that his advice had been less than helpful. Tongues are wagging that it's no coincidence that the last time Lopez had a standout role in a critically acclaimed film was 1998's "Out of Sight" alongside George Clooney for director Steven Soderbergh. Since then, she has been mired in, at best, forgettable and, at worst, deplorable, romantic comedies.
Anthony also allegedly took issue with Lopez's sexy image, and even micro-managed her wardrobe.
However, People magazine is also reporting that the couple will remain business partners, which may contradict the notion that the break-up was entirely career-based. According to a statement from Anthony, the couple have "come to an amicable conclusion on all matters."
As for the infidelity claims (some sources claim Lopez hooked up with music video hunk William Levy, others say Anthony was the unfaithful one), they seem to be largely "he said, she said" without a tremendous amount of foundation.
As details emerge and both sides begin to open up, the picture will undoubtedly become clearer. But for now, we'll just take claims - such as Us Weekly's most recent assertion that Lopez's mother has reached out to former flame Ben Affleck for advice - with a grain of salt.


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Those parts of thee that the world's eye doth view
Want nothing that the thought of hearts can mend;
All tongues, the voice of souls, give thee that due,
Uttering bare truth, even so as foes commend.
Thy outward thus with outward praise is crown'd;
But those same tongues, that give thee so thine own,
In other accents do this praise confound
By seeing farther than the eye hath shown.
They look into the beauty of thy mind,
And that in guess they measure by thy deeds;
Then, churls, their thoughts, although their eyes were kind,
To thy fair flower add the rank smell of weeds:
But why thy odour matcheth not thy show,
The soil is this, that thou dost common grow.
Sonnet 69: Translation to modern English
Those parts of you that the world can see leave nothing to be desired. Everyone says so, granting you that without reservation. They're only speaking the obvious truth – even your enemies agree. And so, your outward self is rewarded with public praise. But those very people who give that well deserved praise to your beauty change their tune when they look beyond the superficial. They examine the beauty of your mind and gain insight by taking note of your deeds. Then, although they've been kind about the beautiful fragrance of your looks, they churlishly insist on the rank smell of the weeds of your actions. So if your deeds don't match your looks, this is the reason: that you're surrounding yourself with common companions.


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Oh, what the heck.
That seems to be the reaction that Gov. Jerry Brown, and his appointee to chair the board of the high-speed rail authority, are trying to provoke with their last-ditch effort to get high-speed rail started again.
That chair, Dan Richard, offered a video update (below) on the project this week. His point was that the new plan is cheaper -- and that it gives Californians more immediate benefits, by investing in current regional and local rail systems around the state.
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Richard doesn't say it, but his argument amounts to this: Yes, we don't know how we're going to pay for $68 billion project (at least not yet). Yes, we can't really know if anyone is going to ride this. But there is already money on the table, and we're going to use it to improve things -- existing rail service -- that people already use and need.
That's probably the best argument that could be made for high-speed rail. But it also reveals how little of a constituency there is for high-speed rail that connects San Francisco and Los Angeles. The real constituencies are regional.
The lesson here should be that if high-speed rail is going to work, it should be redesigned regionally, to connect California's real regions -- LA to San Diego, or Sacramento to San Francisco -- and not the north and south, which are really separate states anyway.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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Illinois' new governor cites a list of early accomplishments. But the fate of his biggest plans, including overhauling how the state taxes its residents, is still up in the air.
The mother of a 5-year-old suburban Chicago boy who went missing last week is refusing to cooperate with detectives, police said Monday.
The brothers say Smollett's legal team knowingly made defamatory, false statements, claiming the pair had carried out a real hate crime against their client.
Lauren Yee thrillingly fuses her writing with music that links two cultures and two eras in the richly theatrical "Cambodian Rock Band."
The University of Illinois at Chicago and Deerfield Management, a health care investment management firm, are launching a new company to accelerate the commercialization of therapeutics developed at UIC.
The first electric guitar Bob Dylan played live in performance – a legendary instrument which sparked uproar – is on public display at the American Writers Museum. We go for a look.
Anger about the decision to drop all charges against Jussie Smollett could undermine Kim Foxx's efforts to overhaul the nation's second-largest district attorney's office, which for decades has been seen as too aggressive.
The PBS film features stories from a number of African-American entrepreneurs, including several Chicagoans who played key roles in various industries, from journalist Ida B. Wells to publisher John H. Johnson.
As the death toll from the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 321 on Tuesday, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility and released images that purported to show the attackers.
QT Luong is renowned for his photos of all 60 national parks. Now he's come to photograph our newest national park: the Indiana Dunes.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's report is only the beginning of a reckoning on election meddling, not the end, and "raises some serious questions," Hillary Clinton said Tuesday.
Cases of Candida auris in Chicago have been treatable with antifungal medications, says the chief medical officer for the city's Department of Public Health.
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The Gen 4 Glock offers improvements on an excellent design
Compared to the Gen 3 Glock, the new Gen 4 is noticeably slimmer in the hand
In 1986, Gaston Glock introduced the Glock semi-auto pistol, and the world has never been the same. Many cops were still carrying eight-shot Model 1911 Colts or Browning Hi-Powers when along came a rugged, inexpensive, reliable handgun with a simple trigger system that was easy to understand and relatively easy to operate.
Still, Glock faced an uphill battle to establish the gun. As a die-hard 1911 guy myself, I initially had a hard time warming up to the "Tactical Tupperware" gun. Weird grip angle, slippery grip texture, sharp recoil in .40 caliber and light weight made for some problems for shooters who carried them. "It's not a 1911" or "it's ugly" or "it points high" were the most common — and printable — descriptions of the gun.
However, the Glock concept took off. Since its introduction in 1986, the Glock pistol has pretty well set the standard in modern times as one of the most rugged, serviceable handguns for duty or defensive carry and has dominated the market for many years. National and World Championships have been won with Glocks against all other brands of firearms, so the gun is definitely no slouch in the shootability department.
Answering the Competition
When the patent expired on the Glock trigger, Smith and Wesson, Springfield, FNH, SIG, and others have tried to grab a share of the polymer pistol market. This has led to some competition with Glock. Both the S&W M&P and the Springfield XDM come with an adjustable backstrap that fits different hand sizes. They also were textured to allow a more secure grip on the pistol.
Glock responded with the new Gen 4 handgun. Introduced at the 2010 SHOT show, the new Glock featured some innovative changes. Most notable was a slimmer grip, more aggressive texturing on the side panels and a double spring recoil system.
I've owned or shot pretty much every Glock model there is — one of the benefits of running a shooting academy. I've also shot just about every other firearm out there, whether used by law enforcement, military, competitive shooters, or hunters.
While running an instructor school a while back, I became acquainted with Warren Ackerson, now a regional Glock rep. Warren provided me with different Gen 4 handguns to shoot and try out, and I took that opportunity to test out several Gen 4 pistols as well as shoot others that students had brought to different classes.
The Glock 19, 23, and 35 were the three guns that I tested over a period of time. I also had the opportunity to handle — but not shoot — the new 30S in .45 ACP.
Gen 4 Feels Different
Compared to the Gen 3 Glock, the new Gen 4 is noticeably slimmer in the hand. For me, this translated into a stronger grip on the gun with my firing hand and a slightly shorter reach to the trigger. The new aggressive texturing was also an improvement over the Gen 3 Glock. Picking up and shooting both types gave me the impression that the new Gen 4 was more "responsive" in my hand. I could point it better and it just felt like it fit my hand without benefit of using the backstraps that come with the handgun.
As far as felt recoil, the double spring system in the .40 is a definite improvement over the single spring system. Initially, there were some problems with the double spring systems, and Glock offered to replace any springs that might be faulty.
Although some have reported some problems with the guns cycling, after shooting the Gen 4 guns extensively, I do not have any problems to report with the spring systems, ejectors or extractors.
The guns just run, time after time, round after round. In my research, I've read — or heard rumors — about MIM parts breaking in the Glock. I have not seen or heard that in my dealing with the Gen 4 guns. I have seen MIM parts break on other guns, so it is not unique in the industry.
As Always, Training is Key
You do need to have good shooting technique to shoot the Glock well with the double spring system. Having soft wrist tension/hand tension can lead to failures to eject or extract. I consider that a shooter-induced error and not the fault of the gun. After watching videos of various shooters trying to shoot the Glock, I can see why they were having problems in the first place.
For a duty or defensive gun, about the only modifications I would consider doing would be to put 3.5 lb. connectors in them and change out the sights to night sights. Maybe someday Glock will re-contour the backstrap and make it more ergonomic. I am not holding my breath. For now, I shoot the Glock like it is and have learned to like it.
During testing, I carried the Glock 23 Gen 4 as a CCW pistol. I quickly grew accustomed to the weight of the gun and spare magazines. Being a pound lighter than my 1911, it was remarkably easy to carry but still offered a full firing grip and more rounds.
For those who still might have concerns about the dual spring system, there are aftermarket springs and parts to convert the Gen 4 dual spring to a Gen 3 system. New polished connectors will allow for a much smoother trigger system, and there are replacement sights that offer very good day/night visibility for the Glock.
All in all, the Glock is one gun that you can literally take out of the box and use "as is." That kind of reliability speaks volumes for the system.
Is the new Gen 4 worth getting if you have a Gen 3? I would have to say yes.
The magazine release is far easier to manipulate, the dual spring recoil system makes a difference, and the slimmer grip is more ergonomic to shoot, along with better texturing of the grip for increased friction.
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Volunteers Work with the Street Children of Senegal
Over the past month Projects Abroad volunteers have been very busy helping improve the quality of life of the Talibés in Senegal.
Talibé is the term in Senegal for street children who come from disadvantaged families, who are sent to live with religious leaders at an early age. They don't receive any formal education and are forced to beg on the streets for food and money.
Projects Abroad volunteers work with several Talibé centers throughout the year and we fund a variety of programs, from free breakfast schemes to Micro-finance loan projects for older Talibé students.
Earlier in November volunteers also went to the local bus station to provide medical attention to the street children begging there. They also donated melon and yoghurt and built a shelter for those children living permanently on the streets of Senegal.
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Fracture Explores: Seattle
I've been to Seattle twice. And I have a conspiracy theory about the city. Everyone talks about how much it rains there. All the time, dreary and rainy. During the two total weeks I've spent there, it was 70 degrees, sunny, breezy and downright beautiful. Not a single drop of rain. It makes me wonder if the rainy rumors are just there to keep everyone from flocking to live in Seattle… I asked Seattle resident and professional photographer Victoria Wright to …


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Keepin' up on the Bucs:
- Cory Giger of the Altoona Mirror has a piece on Aaron Thompson's long strange journey from battered AA starter to a shot in the show. It's a pretty good primer on the vagaries of upper-level minor league life.
- Jen Langosch and Laura Myers of MLB.com say the FO is considering about a dozen players to bring up in September; Clint Hurdle says he would like to keep the roster manageable at about 35 players. They mention Matt Hague, who's not on the 40-man roster, along with Evan Meek, Danny Moskos and Eric Fryer/Jason Jaramillo as likely call-up candidates. Other players on the 40-man but not in the show are Pedro Ciriaco/Chase d'Arnaud (depending on today's moves), Pedro Alvarez, Gorkys Hernandez, Aaron Thompson, Bryan Morris, Jeff Locke and Kyle McPherson. Factor in that Paul Maholm, Derrek Lee, Ryan Ludwick and Kevin Correia could return from the DL before the season's done, too.
- Tim Williams of Pirates Prospects takes a look at guys in the running for Super Two arbitration status (they get four years of arb rather than three) this season and next. They include Steve Pearce, Garrett Jones, Neil Walker and possibly Mike McKenry and Brad Lincoln. McCutch looks like he'll miss the cut-off, so maybe that will jump start his contract talks after the season.
- Pops Stargell will become the third player to get a stamp issued in his honor through the Post Office's MLB series later today, joining Jolting Joe DiMaggio and Larry Dobie, reports the Tribune Review.
- Ben Nicholson-Smith of MLB Trade Rumors has a list of players who have cleared waivers so far. No current Bucs are on it, but a couple of old Pirates are: Jay Bay, DJ Carrasco, and Tom Gorzelanny.


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Re: Beautiful Baby Camelot Macaw
Posted by To To Joanne on 5/30/07
On 5/30/07, To:To Joanne wrote:
> On 5/30/07, To Joanne wrote:
>> On 5/28/07, Jo-Ann wrote:
>>> On 5/16/07, Barb P. wrote:
>>>> On 5/16/07, electra wrote:
>>>> Nice to meet you Miss Electra. Nice to meet ANYBODY possessing at least
>>>> some semblance of a NAME here. All these strong opinions & harsh
>>>> words.......voices of authority......a regulatory board establishing
>>>> prices.....making assumptions & stating them as facts....... All this from
>>>> behind silly pseudonyms. Hiding! Evidently thay're not proud enough (or is
>>>> it, certain enough?) of what they have to say to put their name on it.
>>>> I'm afraid I'm gonna find one of you guys crouched behind a Rhodadendron in
>>>> my garden one of these days! Oh yeah.......the Rhoda's are DEFINITELY
>>>> Barb the Old Bird Lady
>>>> and as the lyric goes in SPAMALOT, "I ain't dead yet!"
>>> To make an analogy of dog "mutts" to bird hybrids is absurd!! Dogs are a
>>> species in of itself with different "races" or "breeds" The parrots are of
>>> different species - it's like putting a poodle with a hyena! Yes they are both
>>> canine in the grouping but are of different species. Another example is mating
>>> a horse with a donkey - one way you get a mule the other way an ass - and
>>> aren't they sterile?
>>> Would you put a Macaw with an African Grey? I hope not!! The closest I can
>>> think of to a "mutt" in dog terms is the different colorations of cockatiels
>>> and budgies - but even they are more akin to a white tiger. Naturally
>>> occurring, but in the wild they would be killed and eaten early in life.
>>> To me - the species is the species and should not be tampered with. Why do we
>>> as a species have to "improve" everything nature has given us?
>> Joanne,
>> Very very well said!!!! Thank you! Now watch all the people who will come
>> back with attitude. People will still do what they do for the almighty
>> dollar. Its really really sad that they do this all the while so many birds
>> who need homes.
> Funny how you interpret "attitude" with an opinion that differs from yours.
Sounds like you are one of them who will do anything for the all mighty dollar. If
you weren't it wouldn't "ruffle your feathers" hahahaha! I didn't type that with
an attitude, I'm still smiling. Its people like you who are so predictable. You
must be a woman, you just have to get the last word in don't you LOLOL. xoxo


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Keep trees on course
Turf is usually the focus and primary objective on golf courses; trees often are a secondary issue. Yet, with a few noteworthy exceptions (the links of Scotland and Ireland, for example), trees make a vast contribution to the overall playability and beauty of golf courses. Commensurate with their impact, trees should be given a high priority before, during and after course construction.
Before construction
Existing tree vegetation can have a significant impact on the final appearance of the course design. Naturalistic designs are my preference. However, designing the golf hole layout to extract that naturalistic result requires a conscious effort. Knowing which trees to retain and where is important. Arbitrary reference to the existing trees is a weak solution.
If the site is heavily wooded, the question may be which trees to retain and which trees to remove. The age and type of forest also has a direct effect. A mature oak or maple forest, or a Douglas fir and cedar thicket call for different considerations than if the land is more or less open with only clusters of trees or single specimens rambling across a farm field or savannah-like environment. Birch or aspen provide a totally different sense of place and aesthetics from a mixed deciduous forest.
Choosing which existing trees to keep often is the golf architect's job. The design layout of the holes can benefit from using existing trees. The thicker the surrounding forest, the easier it is to clear and still obtain a nice backdrop of trees. However, when the existing surroundings offer sparse cover or random mature trees, you must direct more initial consideration to selecting and saving available trees. The golf-hole design must first deal with terrain conditions and golf play strategy. However, more harmonious long-term results can be derived from directly involving the position, size, health and appearance of the existing trees into the design process. Such is not always the case and, unfortunately, some magnificent specimen trees have been removed to gain a perfectly aligned golf hole when there actually were other good options that wouldn't require sacrificing the tree. Clearing of a dense forest should be a progressive, evaluative process, not a forced cut, as for a roadway.
On sites where existing trees are few and far between, all the more effort needs to be exerted to bring those trees into play. This is particularly true when the existing trees, though few, are of mature size, unique character or are all that exist on the site. Adapting the design solution to capture the real essence of a specimen tree adds great and lasting playing and aesthetic value to a hole or course.
Using existing trees can also involve discretionary and selective removal. Keep the best and sacrifice the weaker, less-vibrant, ill-formed or insect-damaged trees. Equipment is available to help transplant and relocate trees when the construction budget permits. Tree spades can efficiently relocate desirable specimens. Regulators may insist on the transplanting of a particular specimen or some number of mature trees as part of the environmental-approval process. At times, a specimen tree, presently in the wrong place, is worthy of transplanting and relocating to a strategic point on the course, even at great cost.
Environmental rules in some jurisdictions insist on extensive tree transplanting. Relocating trees to an interim nursery location and replanting a year or two later may be feasible.
During construction
Selective clearing of a site may also call for selective planting to complement the original forest. Not every golf site is a heavily wooded one. Frequently, the golf site is an open farm field or a previously harvested forest or merely brush land. New plantings are, therefore, essential to help add a surrounding frame to each individual golf hole.
- If you're going to save it, save it
As construction begins, take care to protect those trees that you elect to save (see "How to: protect trees from construction damage," page 28). Too often, trees are "saved" only to be killed by careless activity on the construction site. Traffic within the drip line of a tree can cause serious compaction problems, frequently leading to tree death. Limit fencing provides physical protection from tractors or trucks. Dumping hydraulic fluid or diesel fuel under a tree to be saved — a common practice — also can damage trees.
Changing the existing soil grade within a drip line of many species will cause a slow, but sure, death. Grading plans and earth moving must be considered in this light. There are preventive and remedial actions to deal with changes of grade in specific situations near the base of trees you intend to save.
- Who makes the decisions?
Adding trees as part of a golf course construction program is really not the same thing as placing trees in a commercial or residential landscape. Often, golf architects opt out of making specific tree varietal or placement decisions, leaving them to others. This should not be the case. The contractors or golf superintendent are not necessarily appropriate people to determine either tree variety or tree placement. Nor are landscape architects unfamiliar with golf-related matters well-suited to produce a golf course landscape plan.
Golf course tree planting is really more landscape horticulture than landscape architecture. Pure landscape design objectives would often overlook golf play strategy, maintenance requirements and golfer safety factors. Given the huge visual scale of a golf course site, tree planting also requires a different aesthetic orientation than landscaping a home. For example, the size and distances of a golf site require a magnified massing to look good off the tee 400 yards away as well as close up.
- Play considerations
Tree planting on the golf course must account for the impact on the play of the game. You must consider both the immediate impact and the impact that evolves as the tree grows. Strategic tree placement will directly influence how a particular hole or a particular shot on a given hole will affect play. A poorly placed tree often is unceremoniously removed early on. As a tree grows and matures, it may gradually impact the golf shot and be accepted by players who slowly adjust from one playing requirement to another as the tree increases in size. Tree growth does alter the design intent over time (often, for the worse) if not countered by periodic tree maintenance.
- Maintenance considerations
When you select trees for planting on the golf course, you must give clear attention to the impact of the trees on long-term maintenance. Most golf courses do not allocate enough funds within their ongoing maintenance budget for adequate maintenance or care of the trees. Therefore, planting trees that have a tendency to become problems with age is only asking for unattractive specimens and expensive maintenance down the road.
Understanding a tree's long-term growth habit is important when considering species for planting, whether on a new course or a mature one. For example, selecting king or Washingtonia robusta palms as a tree planting statement has far less long-term maintenance impact than red maples, white oaks or tulip trees. Trees that spread in width and become denser with age can directly affect play or cause increasing shade problems for turf. In new plantings, therefore, take a long-term view as you try to anticipate the density and spread of the planting. The need for instant gratification can lead to significant tree removal later on. Plant selection must address sun and shade exposure, seasonal shade and heat retention at time of planting, even if that impact may not emerge for some years.
The use of colorful flowering species, those with dramatic leaf color or those presenting spectacular autumn foliage bring great benefit to the course. However, unlike in a residential landscape, a single specimen may be totally inadequate. Because of the large spaces being dealt with, massing and grouping of these accent trees on golf courses is important. One or two specimens sitting lonely in the distance is a waste of effort to present the desired color or foliage feature.
- Screening
Planting on a new course or adding trees at an existing course to screen unsightly or distracting views off site is important. Planting trees to buffer or lesson adjacent distractive noise only helps enhance the enjoyment of the course.
One caution about screening: Selecting rapidly growing species for "instant trees" can be a problem on golf courses. Many fast-growing species are short-lived and shallow-rooted. Shallow-rooted trees are subject to blowdown. Having to replace trees 10 or 20 years down the road as the trees decline is not helpful to efficient maintenance or golf course beauty.
Also avoid trees with dense branching; these tend to be messy, dropping weak, brittle branches that require continuous cleanup. Willows are a classic example of trees that are shallow-rooted, brittle and messy.
Scrupulously avoid trees with prominent surface roots. Surface roots often are the result of inadequate irrigation or soil compaction. But some species are naturally more prone to surface rooting. Broken mowers and bruised wrists can result from surface or near surface roots. Broken cart paths are also a result of surface-rooted trees. Poplars are notorious for sending surface or near surface roots great distances, seeking moisture, even into putting green seedbeds. Try cutting a cup into a spot where a two-inch root is growing a few inches below the surface of the green. Poplars are noted for weak branches and litter, too. If you have a choice do not plant such trees. If such trees already are present on your course, regular preventative root pruning can help. Using a trencher or even installing a vertical root barrier may be necessary to cut off or help regulate surface rooting.
- Getting enough trees
It is often difficult to plant a new course with enough trees to appear mature on opening day. Often, by the time tree planting comes around, the original landscape budget has been cut or spent on other items. The allocation of trees may provide only a sparse presence in the landscape. A way to reduce this problem is with phased planting additions over time, in coordination with the golf architect's original landscape planting plan. Occasionally, the owner wants denser plantings and will direct the placement of large numbers of small container trees, for example 5- or 15-gallon size, or volumes of bare root saplings. This rush to produce instant tree cover often leads to maintenance problems later. Crowding, excessive shade, loss of turf, slower play and even unsightly masses of greenery are a result.
If the project requires a large number of trees and will extend over several years, it can be cost-efficient to establish an onsite nursery. Smaller, less expensive trees or seasonal bare rootstock can be planted and upsized in containers. Larger trees at lower cost are the result. The golf architect can coordinate tree selection with the project landscape architects. Trees for clubhouse and residential areas can also be efficiently produced in this manner.
Tree removal or tree thinning to retain an existing forest should strive for a naturalistic, informal and harmonious planting. Non-linear clearing or thinning avoids the rigid appearance of insensitive thinning. Providing "windows" to morning sun through a dense forest helps improve turf growth. New plantings should be complimentary to existing trees. Fewer numbers of species are generally better than a hodgepodge of varieties. Introducing "alien" species or those not really compatible with pre-existing trees can lead to visual distraction. Planting the least expensive trees available yields a cluttered result lacking in aesthetic appeal. All trees have their place, but not every tree is appropriate for golf courses.
- Plant it right
When adding new trees, follow the old tried and true dictate: dig a $10 hole for your $5 tree. Further, be sure to provide the best possible aftercare, which will go a long way towards getting a mature look sooner from your trees. If necessary, install a temporary drip irrigation system. Or, if the budget permits, install bubbler sprinkler heads around each new tree.
In some situations, drainage may be so poor that you'll have to install some sort of drain system. Good drainage is as important as adequate irrigation. If the ground is so rocky that you have trouble finding a suitable planting spot, try pines, juniper or birch to grow in these rocky areas. Make what planting hole you can and provide supplemental watering while the tree fights to become established.
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A major safety factor impacting courses today is how much farther balls are flying. Pros are now often driving more than 300 yards. Average daily fee or municipal players hit the ball farther, too. The problem is with accuracy — miss-hit shots are going farther and farther off line.
Landscape planting for new courses must consider the potential safety risks of longer drives and longer off-line shots, and how to protect against them. The golf architect must consider safety risks from the original design onward. As landscape-planting plans are formulated, using trees as physical barriers for miss-hit shots is an important design objective, both for areas within and adjacent to the course. Residences constructed along a course ten years ago may now be in range of miss-hit shots, though they were not originally.
Even on established long-yardage courses, new tree plantings may become necessary to show due concern and reasonable attention to emerging safety hazard potentials. Removal of a dying or dead tree may open a "window" where balls can now fly to create a new risk.
Remember, these hazards were different or did not exist five or so years ago. Planting new trees to minimize an emerging safety risk is feasible and reasonable. Let an experienced golf course architect help assess the risk potential and the countermeasures.
Safety risks can arise among adjacent holes and green and tee relationships, too. As the balls fly farther, the risk area increases. Where is the clubhouse now relative to longer miss-hit shots? Adding new tree plantings to help protect against that longer wayward shot may help minimize personal injuries, broken windows or worse. Proactive actions to reduce potential safety hazards, injuries and damage due to longer golf shots are the first line of legal defense for the course.
• Don't let up on maintenance
Established courses depend on trees for the beauty, shelter, strategy and seclusion they provide. This enveloping tree cover often is taken for granted. However, maturing trees on any course require periodic care and attention.
It is obvious to me that many superintendents focus primarily on the quality of the golf turf. How the trees are managed and cared for often takes a back seat or is almost ignored. Significant budgeting for annual tree care is not common. This lack of awareness of the importance of existing trees on mature courses is a serious problem. The inattention will eventually result in a "critical mass" of tree-related problems requiring extensive and costly tree work.
The "tree creep" effect is almost unseen by those regularly familiar with the course. Tree creep is the companion to green creep, wherein sizes, shapes and forms of the putting greens evolve over time almost unnoticed. Regular visitors to the course, longtime employees and particularly the superintendent, often do not notice the inch-by-inch, year-by-year progression. These changes distinctly alter a course if not actively addressed.
Few golf superintendents provide supplemental fertilization for existing trees along fairways and in roughs. Turf fertilization does not significantly benefit the trees. Broadcast spreading a complete N:P:K fertilizer with micronutrients can do wonders for tree appearance. Micronutrients alone can green up some trees. Providing supplemental fertilization to a stand of trees, or to a few solitary specimens is inexpensive relative to the enhanced appearance that can be realized.
Periodic deep watering of ornamental trees around a course during dry summer seasons will pay visual dividends. Often the trees on the course receive only natural rainfall, which may be insufficient for optimal tree growth and appearance.
Tree thinning, shaping and other pruning chores should not be the work of a woodcutter. Trees around a golf course have great value. A professional tree surgeon providing careful and knowledgeable pruning or thinning skills is important. Hedging the ends of limbs only creates unsightly boxes. Random removal of limbs destroys symmetry and balance. An absence of thinning or removal of dead limbs leads to "witches brooms" or "rats nests" of ugly stems and branches. Ignoring mistletoe grow can lead to tree death and considerable aesthetic loss.
Trees are critical to most golf courses. Do not take them for granted. Just try to imagine your course with few or no trees. Ignoring problems and neglecting proper maintenance is shortsighted. In the long run, it will be cost effective to select trees carefully, plant them correctly and provide them with due respect and care as they enhance the golf course and add irreplaceable value.
Ronald W. Fream is a principle of GOLFPLAN — Fream & Dale, founded in 1972 and based in Santa Rosa, Calif. Fream has been directly involved in golf course design, construction, remodeling and turfgrass management matters in 60 countries. www.golfplan.com.
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Writing about the small hominid skeletons found in Indonesia and nicknamed "hobbits" feels like reporting yesterday's news for a couple of reasons. For one, the controversy over whether they represented a truly distinct branch of the hominid family tree has been raging for a while, with each side of the argument publishing papers that seem to lay out compelling cases for their point of view. The findings in the latest paper were actually put out in press releases a couple of weeks ago, and made a number of news sites then. But the paper did not until now, and we here at Nobel Intent are hesitant to base too much on just a press release or two. Not only has it now been released, but the authors chose an open access release, so anyone can have a look at the case they lay out. And it seems to be a pretty compelling case.
The prior, pro-hobbit argument that the skeletons represented a new species was based on two lines of reasoning. The first is that the remains showed a number of unusual features aside from small size, and the second is that the small brain case was morphologically distinct from those of known cases of microcephalic individuals. Although a number of individual features overlapped with those found in modern populations, the argument was that no modern individual was known to have the full suite of unusual features found in the Flores skeletons.
The new paper points out that the pro-hobbit crowd was making their comparisons primarily to European skeletons, when a more appropriate point of comparison would be the local Australomelanesian human population. According to the new analysis, many of the features promoted as unique to the hobbit are, "all are encountered routinely among Australomelanesians," including a group of pygmies that currently occupy that region of Flores. The authors suggest a case of microcephaly is layered on top of the pygmy morphology, creating the otherwise unique combination of traits. Specifically, this could account for both the small skull and the apparently robust limb bones, which may have developed abnormally due to a lack of muscle activity. That lack of muscle activity is, in turn, consistent with a limited function due to the microcephaly.
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Simply titled "Maps," the app will allow users to view routes with turn-by turn voice navigation, and a feature called "Flyover" which lets users see cities and their landmarks by air.
We met Siri on the iPhone 4S. Siri now will give you the latest scores on sports teams, stats on players and showtimes for movies. Siri will also launch other apps as commanded.
Facebook will now be integrated within the entire iOS, making it easy for users to share photos, game scores, and other information. Users can also ask Siri to post for them.
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Other things getting updated include, Facetime, Mail, Photos, Safari and more.
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Amanda Bynes' parents Lynn and Rick failed to secure a conservatorship over their daughter on Thursday, but that doesn't mean it's the end of their battle.
Both parents of the 27-year-old appeared in a court Friday morning to ask that they be appointed temporary conservators over their daughter's financial and personal affairs.
According to a conservator petition filed in Ventura County, they claim that Amanda has $3.3 million in assets and explain why they are worried for their daughter's safety.
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They describe the recent incidents (namely, the driveway fire from earlier this week) and add that "Amanda has profound issues with her body image and is obsessed with the idea that she (and others) are ugly."
The document went on to say, "She talks incessantly about cosmetic surgeries that she wants completed. She also encourages her mother to have plastic surgeries. We are concerned that the surgeries she wants to have are dangerous and detrimental to her health."
The papers also outline Amanda's "extremely paranoid" behavior, explaining, "She would cover smoke alarms with towels, tape windows shut, and cover her car's dashboard with cardboard and tape" because she claimed that "cameras were watching her from inside these places."
Lynn and Rick's declaration submitted to the court also states that Amanda was living in New York City up until July 20, and arrived in California unexpectedly.
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"When we asked her about how she arrived (since she has no driver's license or other identification) she said she 'cabbed it.' We do not know how she actually traveled from New York to California. We also do not know where she had been staying prior to her psychiatric hold as she has no residence in California. We believe she is essentially homeless."
Her worried parents also touched upon her financial woes, claiming that she's been spending an alarming amount of money in a short period of time.
"We are informed and believe that a substantial amount of money is being used to pay for marijuana and other illegal substances, and possible for plastic surgery," the declaration added.
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The court documents say that she's written "approximately $63,000 in checks...between the period of May 3, 2013 and July 19, 2013."
Her family has also taken notice of her Twitter rants as of late.
"Amanda has verbally assaulted several people, including family members through her verified Twitter account," they said in the court documents. "She has called us "ugly" on several occasions...Based on the forgoing, we believe that a conservatorship is necessary at this time to protect Amanda's person and estate."
Judge Glen Reiser ruled in the Ventura court Friday morning that he would like to meet with Amanda on Aug. 9 prior to making any decisions about a conservatorship.
"This conservatee at some point needs to be here," the judge said. "I need to have a dialogue with the proposed conservatee to get a gauge, I have every expectation that she will be here."
Both of Amanda's parents were present in court this morning to hear the judge's latest rulings on the matter.
The judge also explained that before the hearing in two weeks, he would like Amanda to get notice that these conservatorship proceedings are taking place. Amanda's parents' attorney, Tamara Arminak, told the judge that at this point Amanda is unaware of the hearings and that the facility she's currently being detained in had not allowed them to serve her with the court documents.


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Today the kiddos played two center games while I pulled small groups to work on assessing place value. The first was a Fundamentals game titled Choose and Use. In this game, the students have a set of number cards. Mine are little squares, and I have about 3 of each number 1-9. You could use a deck of cards, I'm sure. Anyway, the kids partner up, and lay out all the cards upside down in between them. The first player turns over three cards. They may use the numbers in any way they wish, and they must use two operations of their choice (operations go in the circles, and the numbers go in the squares.) The goal is to get as close to the target as possible. However far away from the target they are is their score. They want the lowest score possible. For example, it's my turn and I flip over a 2, 5, and 7, I could write in 2 x 7 - 5 = 9. My score for #1 would be 4. The cool thing about this game is that the kids will help each other see how to get the best score possible by rearranging the numbers and changing operations. If I used the same numbers as before, my partner might help me see I could instead do 2 x 5 -7 = 3, so my score would only be 2 now.
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Dear Johnnie: I seem to remember that sometime in August 2012 a regulation was made that television commercials were to be no louder than the programs.
I believe that many did not get that message or are not abiding by the rules. The car commercials are the worst offenders. (It is very annoying to have to mute the commercials every few minutes — or put earplugs on!)
Do you know anything about this? Thank you for your time. — Barb
Dear Barb: You are correct. FCC restrictions were placed on commercial volume in December. The regulations came as a result of record numbers of complaints from television viewers regarding loud commercials.
The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act limits the average volume of commercials to be the same as that of the programming on that channel. However, some advertisers discovered a loophole due to the wording of the act. Because the average volume must be the same, certain parts of a commercial may be louder as long as the entire commercial is not louder.
This means that parts of some commercials will still seem extra loud, and the FCC says there is nothing it can do about it because technically companies are within their rights to make parts of commercials loud.
Furthermore, there might be stations that are still airing loud commercials and taking the chance that it won't be reported. The FCC only responds to complaints. Fines may be issued against stations if the complaint is determined to be valid.
So, Barb, if you do notice that an entire commercial seems louder than the programming, you may report it to the FCC at fcc.gov/complaints. They will need specifics about the commercial, channel, programming and time, so I would suggest you write down as much information as possible.
It is also possible that some stations might not have to comply with these rules quite yet. The FCC web site says that if a station can demonstrate that it has a financial hardship that prevents it from obtaining equipment to regulate volume, it may have been granted a one-year extension to be in compliance with the rules, in which case it may air loud commercials until Dec. 13, 2013.
Barb, one possible solution could be to change the settings on your television set. Most new TVs have features that can limit volume or equalize it across channels. So you might want to consider exploring your TV's audio settings to see if there is anything that might solve your problem. Televisions vary from model to model and among different manufacturers, so I cannot give you specifics on how to apply these settings; however, I spoke to the technical systems manager for KMGH (Denver Channel 7), Eliot Case. He said that if your television has a "dynamic audio" function turned on, this could be adding to the problem. You should switch your audio to "standard" if your TV gives you that option.


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