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skeeter skelton - January 03, 2011
By Skeeter Skelton
This article first appeared in the July 1978 issue of Shooting Times.
Gun writers are supposed to know everything, especially a whole bunch of words. I remember when I was first starting out in this racket and had to learn thousands of words like "barrel," "cylinder," "cartridge," "grips," "holster," and even more technical stuff than that. Over the years, I've built up what I think is a pretty good vocabulary of gun terms. A lot of these I steal from the works of other gun writers because I avidly read their stories for any good, new gun words I can lift.
A new one has been rearing its head and then ducking back out of sight during the last year in several of the better shooting publications. It showed up in one guy's column, then I saw it in a piece about a fancy rifle. It even slipped into a couple of well-written pro-gun articles I read. The way it was used was rather slippery, and I couldn't get a good hold on it. But since everybody else was using it, I knew I had to get it on my working list.
The word is panache. It looked to me like it ought to be pronounced "pawnatch," and I had a vague impression it meant something along the lines of "slumgullion" or maybe "mishmash." In the end, I had to do something that always hurts my pride: I looked it up in my Webster's Collegiate, which has had uncut pages in it ever since I got kicked out of college in 1948.
Here's what panache means: (pe´näsh) n. 1: an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) esp. on a helmet 2: dash or flamboyance in style or action: VERVE.
Hell, I'd been missing out on using some of my best stories for years because I didn't know the meaning of the firearms word panache. I've held back dozens of them from publication simply because I was unfamiliar with a two-syllable word that would qualify them for inclusion in the gun rags.
An example is a tale I've heard for years that took place in one of our Western states during the height of conflict between us and the Axis. The names used are absolutely nothing like the names of the real-life players.
One was an ex-federal officer on military leave to the Army Air Force as a bomber pilot and trainer of bomber crews. Let's call him "Tim." Tim had been a sharp and aggressive, if sometimes restless, law enforcement official. He carried these qualities with him into the air arm where his sometimes stultifying duties mainly consisted of flying green crews over the monotonous desert terrain so they might drop lightly charged practice bombs on, or at, targets of opportunity.
Now Tim was from an old ranching family; he had a revered uncle named Jack, a past middle-aged wiry cowpoke who ran a goodly number of cows and fair-to-sorry horses on a spread only about 50 miles or so from the bum brothers' practice range.
In need of diversion, Tim decided to fly over Uncle Jack's spread one spring morning to see how the old duffer's place was greening up. Making a low pass, he was pleased to see his relative accompanied by a couple of Mexican cowboys, hazing about 50 or 60 head of coyote-wild crowbaits down the side of a mountain toward the main horse pasture. The jaded attitude of riders and beasts suggested that there had been several days of argument before the caballada had given up its wild, free mountain home and agreed to plod back to the domesticity of the home pasture.
Tim and Jack loved practical jokes--as long as they were on somebody else. Making a slow, low-altitude approach, Tim opened his bomb bays and instructed his trainer bombardier to let a couple go about 200 yards behind the horse herd.
He chuckled as he heard the puny-powered eggs slip out of the plane's belly and then made a quick turn to starboard, the better to view the ensuing stampede.
The intercom blasted his ears as the young bombardier screamed his report, "Migawd, sir, I hit right in the middle of 'em."
The alarmed pilot made a 180 and another lower pass to assess the damages. There was a big cloud of dust, horses running so as to box the compass, and one horse (a bald-faced mare that later was found to be permanently fistulowed) was down.
So was Uncle Jack, but Tim watched in horror as he arose and ran limping to the side of his well-trained, stock-still cowhorse and slipped a Model 94 Winchester from the scabbard.
As he passed over the melee, Tim caught a last glimpse of Uncle Jack opening fire at the big, silver bird with his .30-30.
A week passed, during which no attempt at contact was made between the errant nephew and irate uncle. Suspense mounted and finally Uncle Jack gave in, visiting the federal offices of Lefty Day, Tim's former boss and an ex-partner of Jack's.
Lefty kept his finger on the pulse of his assigned piece of country and frequently received bits of information that he kept secret until they could be used. He knew about the bombing incident through one of the Mexican cowboys.
But no one knew he knew.
As usual, Lefty was a jovial host, providing coffee and talk about the drought and the sorry calf crop to Jack. The small talk dribbled and died, and finally the Levied Jack inquired in what he hoped was a casual manner, "What you hear from Tim?"
Lefty's face showed open-faced surprise, then solicitude. "Why hell, Jack, that's what I thought you were in town for. Ain't you heard? Tim took a bombin' crew on an unauthorized run over somebody's place--he won't tell whose--and got his plane shot full of holes. They got him in the stockade for all kinds of charges and are lookin' hard for some jasper that shot up that plane. I thought you were in town to get him a lawyer.
"Well I'll be damned," Jack replied. "Didn't hear nothin' about it. Well, I got some sick heifers and better be headin' back to the place. Tell Tim I hope everything comes out okay."
Jack left, not to be seen for several months.
Within a couple of days, Tim, smartly uniformed and ostensibly hale and unworried, paid a visit to Lefty's office. Coffee was served up.
Lefty complained that all his good men had gone to the service.
Tim countered with good news about the Sicilian campaign. He had just been promoted to captain, although he confided in Lefty that the promotion board had had some sticky questions about some mysterious bullet holes in the tail assembly of his aircraft.
"M
ust have been some screwball around the gunnery range," mused the pilot.
Getting down to domestic matters, Tim politely inquired about his esteemed uncle.
Lefty managed to make his face blanch. "Lord, Tim, I thought that's why you were here. They buried Jack yesterday down on his place. I thought you knew or I'd have called."
With an expression held in the clean, rigid lines of a death mask, Tim asked what had happened.
"All we know is that his vaqueros said an enemy aircraft bombed them while they were moving a bunch of horses. Got old Jack. Lot of people trying to make it a Doolittle-type Jap raid, but every government and military intelligence unit in the area is working. Has to have been some nut in a stolen U.S. plane. One of the cowboys got a couple of numbers off it. We'll get 'em, don't you worry."
Tim placed his full coffee cup on the desk. "Lefty, this is hard to take, but I've got my job to do at the base. If you get a line on the SOBs that did this, let me in on it."
The two officers sadly shook hands, and Tim departed for the base.
As good an example of panache as I've ever heard.
I don't employ a great deal of panache in my day-to-day activities, but there have been moments.
A few years ago, I was a U.S. Customs special agent. My fellows were all good men but with differing personal preferences. Many enjoyed hanging all the various diplomas and letters of commendation they had received on the walls of their offices. Others considered this ostentatious and hung western desert scenes or other ornamental tapestries. One guy I knew always kept his latest EKG pinned up behind his desk.
My own idiosyncrasies sometimes become apparent when related to the way I decorate my surroundings. I am an inveterate W.C. Fields devotee. Transferring into one large office on the Mexican border, I promptly tacked up a 3x5-foot poster of Fields in his classic poker player pose--sitting at the edge of a chip-laden table, concealing his five-card draw hand behind dainty silk gloves and peering suspiciously from beneath the brim of a gray top hat at his opponents.
I took solace and gained strength and fortitude by standing reverently before my poster each morning, summoning the strength to do that which must be done. Some of my more literate superiors offered the opinion that more suitable adornment might be found for the walls of an office of investigations of the United States Treasury Department.
I persisted.
A staunch ally was found in the person of one supervisory agent who, it developed, was also a follower of the career of the great juggler. We spent many after-hour sessions in local bistros, applauding the deeds of the inspirational entertainer and exchanging our wealth of Fields' anecdotes.
As it always must, our profession claimed most of our time. One dark night we were called on to join in a Herculean effort to serve about 50 arrest and search warrants, the results of months of "buys" of undercover narcotic agents who had been clandestinely operating in our area.
The project was a series of nighttime raids to be made as simultaneously as possible so as to let no dopers be forewarned and escape the net. This took the combined efforts of a great many officers and turned out to be a textbook example of cooperation between local, state, and federal enforcement officers.
One of my team's several assignments that night was to hit a third-floor apartment. We had been alerted by the undercover men that the accused pot peddlers were armed with .357 revolvers and had stated they would "smoke" any "heat" that bothered them. I was elected to go in the front door with others equally blessed--there was no back exit.
After dutifully knocking and shouting "Federal officers with a search warrant!", waiting a reasonable time, and hearing scuffling sounds inside, I kicked the door loose with a boot heel and confronted a young gentleman clad only in a Sir Galahad hairdo.
His right hand was dipped into a paper bag.
I introduced his bellybutton to the Cutts Compensator on the muzzle of my Thompson.
His .357 fell to the floor, and after a flurry of activity, his codefendants were secured, giving us time to inspect and search the premises.
There was a combined aroma of incense and marijuana smoke. There were large packages of the weed and illicit pills. There were the loud strains of hard rock emanating from a stolen stereo. There were beaded curtains.
The punks lived well. Their walls were decorated with large posters of the Beatles and similar celebrities.
But to my surprise and disappointment, I found a smaller version of my W.C. Fields poster in a secluded corner. I viewed it in dismay. Soft footsteps approached, and my fellow W.C. Fields buff stood beside me, a .45 automatic hanging loosely at his side. He silently gazed with me and whispered, "Is nothing sacred?"
The furnishings of the rooms were all "hot" property. We assisted city police in seizing them. All but for one.
The next day, my colleague entered his barren office only to find a small poster taped on the wall across from the desk. It was of a big-nosed man in a top hat squinting over a poker hand.
I didn't know what you called it then, but now I'm happily aware that I got panache, too.
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ACLU Sues Federal Government For Wrongly Putting Muslim Airline Pilot and His Wife On 'Terrorist Watch List'
HARRISBURG, PA - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the law firm of Saul Ewing LLP filed a lawsuit today on behalf of a 1991 Gulf War combat veteran and his wife who were wrongly put on the federal government's "Terrorist Watch List," seemingly because of their Muslim faith. The government refuses to acknowledge the couple's listing or give them an opportunity to challenge it. Currently suspended, Erich Scherfen will permanently lose his job as a commercial airline pilot next month if he is not removed from the list.
Neither Scherfen nor his wife Rubina Tareen has a criminal history nor ties to terrorist activity. Nonetheless, they have both been repeatedly subjected to humiliating questioning, searches, and detention for hours when they attempt to fly or cross the border.
"I can't believe I've been put on this list," said Scherfen. "Being suspended is incredibly embarrassing, even more embarrassing than all the times I had been held up in line in front of impatient, angry travelers for extra screening."
A resident of Schuylkill County and an American-born U.S. citizen, Scherfen served in the first Gulf War and received an honorable discharge after 14 years of service in the United States Army and National Guard. He converted to Islam in 1996. Scherfen first learned he was on "a list" from a gate agent prior to a September 2006 flight. Since then he has repeatedly been delayed for extra screenings before boarding a flight.
In April of this year, his employer, a small regional airline that subcontracts with larger airlines like United Express and U.S. Airways Express, informed Scherfen that he was a positive match on a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) list and placed him on administrative leave. During an unsuccessful attempt to resolve the issue with TSA, the airline was told they were not allowed to let Scherfen fly a plane. Suspended without pay, he is scheduled for termination on September 1, 2008 if he is not taken off the list. Scherfen will lose his career as well as his job.
"Branding innocent people as terrorists is not going to make us safer as a country," said Amy Foerster of Saul Ewing, lead counsel for the couple and a cooperating attorney with the ACLU. "We have a problem when a law-abiding, combat veteran is about to lose his job because the government has placed him on a terrorist watch list, but refuses to tell him why."
Scherfen's wife, Rubina Tareen, has also been told by gate agents that she is on "a list." A naturalized United States citizen who emigrated from Pakistan as a teenager, Tareen has her own business selling books about Islam through her Web site and at conferences. A frequent traveler, she has been questioned, searched, and detained for hours on multiple occasions.
"I want to clear my name, and also to save my family and me from all of the public embarrassment and humiliation that we are put through in airports," said Tareen. "Clearly something is wrong with this process."
Scherfen and Tareen have filed an inquiry with the Department of Homeland Traveler Redress Inquiry Program but have received no response.
"The government should not be blacklisting innocent American citizens without giving them a chance to clear their names," said Witold Walczak, Legal Director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania. "Our government's overreaching approach to security is unfair, out of control, a waste of resources, and treats the rights of innocent Americans as an afterthought."
The Terrorist Watch List is compiled by the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). The list is reportedly riddled with misinformation and is cloaked with a veil of secrecy. It is incredibly difficult, if not impossible, for individuals to determine whether they are even on the list, much less challenge their inclusion. Recently it took an act of Congress to remove Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela from the list.
In March of 2008, the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a report entitled "Audit of the Department of Justice's Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Processes" which criticized both the way individuals were added to the list and the fact that inaccurate records were not removed in a timely fashion. (A copy of the report can be found here.)
Scherfen and Tareen are represented by Walczak and Valerie Burch of the ACLU of Pennsylvania and Foerster and Emily Damron from the law firm Saul Ewing. The case, Scherfen et al. v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et al., was filed today in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg. A copy of the complaint can be found at: www.aclupa.org/scherfen
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lot of customer attention as well.
At 30-year-old Sundog Books in Seaside, Fla., on the panhandle between Destin and Panama City, summer is the busiest season. Leading up to it this year, the store has already enjoyed a 5% increase in sales. Even before the film based on Jojo Moyes's Me Before You came out, bookstore owner Bob White was having trouble keeping it in stock. And the sequel, After You, is also doing well. But his surprise seller has been Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's The Nest. It "really hopped off the page for us out of the blue," he said.
Across the country in Durango, Colo., Andrea Avantaggio, co-owner of Maria's Bookshop, is equally optimistic about strong summer sales and projects that sales will finish the second quarter up 5% over last year's second period. "We hear from our tourism board that area hotels and attractions are booked solid," she said. Avantaggio's expecting big things from the movie tie-in for Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train as well as the new Annie Proulx (Barkskins); the paperback of Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer, which received a 2016 Pulitzer Prize; and Emma Cline's debut, The Girls. In addition, the store launched a preorder campaign for Dark Matter (due from Crown July 26) by local author Blake Crouch, author of the Wayward Pines trilogy, which was adapted into a TV series. He was previously published by Amazon's Thomas & Mercer imprint.
One novel that Jan Weissmiller, owner of Prairie Lights Books & Cafe in Iowa City, Iowa, has particularly high hopes for is Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing. Gyasi has local connections—she attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop—and Weissmiller expects to sell a lot of copies because the
Harper Lee's Go Set a
Watchman, one of last July's biggest sellers and one of the best-per-forming print books in years. Among his list of standouts are Peter Geye's Wintering and Nathan Hill's The Nix.
Many stores have benefitted from a mild winter and spring. At five-year-old Arcadia Books in Spring Green, Wis., sales have been up in the double digits each month from the month before so far this year. "I expect to see sales continue to grow," manager John Christensen said. He is looking to Emma Straub's Modern Lovers, which he regards as her best book yet, to be among the titles that boost sales. "We did really well with her earlier novels. She's a good hand-sell for us," he said.
Despite the flooding that has plagued Houston, sales at Brazos Bookstore have been on the rise. "We have a lot of flooding, and still the traffic is up," buyer Keaton Patterson said. Although a lot of Houstonians flee the heat during the summer, the bookstore plans to keep itself topmost in customers' minds by partnering on a film series, the Summer of Kubrick. Brazos has 10 events planned around the movies, which are all based on books. In addition, Patterson expects the store to do well with the new Julian Barnes (The Noise of Time) and Don DeLillo (Zero K). Svetlana Alexievich's Secondhand Time has also been drawing a
Indies Look to Beat Record Numbers This Summer
With a little Harry Potter magic, movie tie-ins, and some not-so-beachy reads, booksellers anticipate strong sales ahead
This year the play's the thing, or at least one of the things, that could pump up summer sales. Harry Potter is back.
Most booksellers are counting on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 and 2, the ;rst new installment in the series in nine years, about a grown-up Harry Potter, with Hogwarts-age kids of his own, to make their summer numbers. The book, which is the eighth story in the overall series and is actually a script for a set of plays, is due out July 31 and will launch with a roughly 4.5 million-copy initial laydown in North America.
Jeff Wood, owner of Whistlestop Bookshop in Carlisle, Pa., is one of a number of booksellers contacted by PW who reported higher sales so far this year heading into the summer. In addition to sharing in Pottermania with a midnight party, Wood anticipates doing well with what he terms "deep frontlist," new books by store favorites, including Richard Russo (Everybody's Fool), Alan Furst (A Hero of France), and Louise Erdrich (LaRose). "A lot of names with real heft have brought out books," Wood said.
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Kenneth W. Wassell
SPRING CITY, Tenn. — Kenneth W. Wassell, 66, of Spring City, Tenn., formerly of Forestville, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 in Tennessee. He was born in Buffalo, on Jan. 24, 1953, the son of the late James and Constance (Madill) Wassell.
Mr. Wassell was a graduate of Westfield Academy Central School, class of 1973 and worked as a custodian for Forestville Central School Forestville, for 40 years. He was a lifetime member and past chief of the Forestville Fire Department and was a member of the Chautauqua County Fireman's Fraternity, where he was a caretaker and served as an officer. Mr. Wassell had a love for the Lord and attended Word of Truth Church in Dayton, Tenn. He collected trains and loved camping.
Survivors include his wife, Dianne R. (DeGolier) Wassell, whom he married May 28, 1977, in the Forestville Baptist Church; four sons: Corey (Charity) Wassell of Dayton, Tenn., Benjamin (Jacqueline) Wassell of Silver Creek; Christopher Wassell of Auburndale, Fla., and Jason (Shannon) Gonzalez of Silver Creek; three brothers: Richard Wassell, Daniel (Beth) Wassell and Michael Wassell; three sisters: Joann (William) Johnson, Donna (Gary) Bowers and Cindy (John Klein) Laemmerhirt. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren: Brooke, Claire, Jayden, Noah, Elizabeth, Alexander, Jeremiah, Amelia, Julianna and Gabriel.
Friends are welcome to call at Riles & Woolley Funeral Home, 39 Main Street, Forestville on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A memorial service will be held Saturday afternoon from the First Baptist Church SBC, Main Street, Silver Creek, at 1p.m., with Dr. Chip Beaulieu officiating.
A private Fireman's service will be held for the family in the funeral home.
The family suggests memorials may be made to Forestville Fire Department Emergency & Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 299, Forestville, NY 14062.
To post condolences go to www.rilesandwoolley funeralhome.com.


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Tal der Ahnungslosen (traducibile pressappoco con Valle degli Ignari) era la maniera in cui veniva satiricamente chiamata in tedesco l'area linguistica della DDR, ovvero la regione a Nord-est di Greifswald e la regione di Dresda, nella quale non esistevano collegamenti che rendessero possibile la ricezione di onde radio ad alta frequenza e di trasmissioni televisive provenienti dalla Repubblica federale tedesca (cioè di quella che allora veniva chiamata informazione occidentale). Gli abitanti di quest'area, che non erano raggiunti dalle informazioni provenienti dal resto d'Europa, venivano ritenuti scarsamente informati in quanto potevano disporre solo delle notizie filtrate dalla censura della Germania Est. Essi componevano circa il 15% della popolazione totale della DDR.

Dimensioni dell'area

Il concetto di Valle della Disinformazione si equivaleva alla denominazione Bacino di Dresda. D'altro canto - in maniera altrettanto satirica - l'acronimo ARD indicante le principali emittenti della Germania Ovest veniva interpretata come Außer Raum Dresden (Fuori dalla portata di Dresda) oppure Außer Rügen und Dresden (Oltre Rügen e Dresda). Pertanto la dicitura "Valle della Disinformazione" non riguardava solamente Dresda e il suo bacino ma anche gran parte della Sassonia orientale, della Lusazia superiore e della Pomerania anteriore

Conseguenze
Uno studio attraverso l'analisi della documentazione della Stasi è giunto alla conclusione che la popolazione nel distretto non raggiunto dall'informazione occidentale era meno soddisfatta del proprio sistema politico rispetto a coloro che, invece, ne usufruivano. Gli autori riconducono tale risultato al fatto che i media occidentali venissero utilizzati essenzialmente come mezzi di intrattenimento (escapismo mediale) ma non come mezzo di analisi del regime della vicina DDR. L'emigrazione virtuale alleviò quindi l'insoddisfazione e in questo modo stabilizzò lo stesso regime.

Utilizzo odierno dell'espressione
Il concetto è ancor oggi utilizzato in maniera ironica per indicare l'insieme delle comunità o dei territori tedeschi con scarsa o assente copertura della rete internet con allusione alla situazione della DDR prima del crollo del muro.

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Censura nella Repubblica Democratica Tedesca
 Dresda
 DDR
 Storia della Germania Est

Collegamenti esterni

  Caratteristiche tecniche della ricezione radio-televisiva nella DDR.

Repubblica Democratica Tedesca
Storia della radio
Radiodiffusione
Propaganda

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The Law360 article, "Real Mex Gets Green Light to Auction Assets," covered the bankruptcy proceeding of the California-based, Real Mex, Inc. The company operates the El Torito, El Torito Grill, Chevys Fresh Mex and Acapulco Mexican Restaurant chains. The article stated, "Thomas Kinzler of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, an attorney for the creditors, said the bidding for Real Mex would have to get to around $180 million to satisfy both the noteholders' debt and the $49 million DIP loan provided by General Electric Capital Corp." It also noted the creditors committee is represented by partners James S. Carr, Thomas B. Kinzler and Eric R. Wilson of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP.


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Waste pits cleanup still could be a year away from starting
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Local // Houston
Alex Stuckey Dec. 4, 2017 Updated: Jan. 9, 2018 3:13 p.m.
1of7A sign warns the public about the EPA Superfund Site not to eat contaminated seafood caught from the water along Interstate 10 near the San Jacinto River east of Houston in Channelview. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )Photo: Michael Paulsen, Staff
2of7The San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site sits under floodwater as members of the Army National Guard travel to Beaumont in Chinook helicopters to deliver hay to cattle stranded by Tropical Storm Harvey Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. The 2-149th general support aviation battalion has delivered more than 75,000 pounds of hay to flooded ranches since Monday. ( Michael Ciaglo / Houston Chronicle)Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Staff
3of7Contaminants from the flooded San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site site pose a potential health risk.Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Staff
4of7The San Jacinto River waste pits area was surrounded by water on Sept. 1 as Hurricane Harvey struck. The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it wants to stabilize the San Jacinto riverbed to prevent future flooding.Photo: Melissa Phillip, Staff
6of7FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2017 file photo, a barbed-wire fence encircles the Highlands Acid Pit that was flooded by water from the nearby San Jacinto River as a result from Harvey in Highlands, Texas. Floodwaters have inundated at least five highly contaminated toxic waste sites near Houston, raising concerns that the pollution there might spread. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)Photo: Jason Dearen, Associated Press
7of7Signs south of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits U.S. EPA Superfund Site warns people not to consume fish from the area Friday, August 26, 2016 in Channelview. ( Michael Ciaglo / Houston Chronicle )Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Staff
The EPA estimates it could be a year before cleanup of the San Jacinto Waste Pits begins, as officials negotiate a plan with the potential responsible parties to tackle the $115 million project.
Such a plan is "obviously a significant piece of work and we need to work out all the details with the parties before signing an agreement," said John Meyer, EPA Region 6 Superfund branch chief, at a Monday night meeting in The Highlands.
The meeting was the first held since the Environmental Protection Agency announced in October the removal of tons of toxins from the waste pits, news that came about two weeks after the agency confirmed that a concrete cap used to cover the pits since 2011 had sprung a leak during Hurricane Harvey's flooding.
Agency officials found dioxin in sediment near the pit at a level more than 2,000 times the EPA standard for cleanup. Subsequent testing, done after the cap was repaired, showed far lower levels of dioxin in that area, Meyer said Monday. He added that there is a plan to continue testing in the area.
Many of the questions posed to Meyer on Mondayc dealt with dioxin sampling, with residents concerned about how safe the water will be during and after the cleanup project.
Meyer said the EPA will oversee the cleanup process – expected to take about 27 months – and ensure that it is done correctly.
The pits - which in 2008 became a federal Superfund site – is one of 43 Superfund sites in the coastal areas affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Hurricanes could happen during that time, Meyer admitted, but the engineering plan currently in the works will safeguard against any such events.
That will include a stormwater remediation plan, as well as the building of a containment structure that he said would be "strong enough to withstand the storm events we've been seeing."
Jackie Young, executive director of the San Jacinto River Coalition, on Monday commended the EPA for taking this step, noting what would happen if the pits weren't cleaned up.
"The EPA estimates if the waste is left in place it will not degrade in toxicity for up to 750 more years," Young said. "Imagine how many hurricanes we're going to see between now and then."
The companies responsible for the cleanup - McGinnis Industrial Maintenance Corp., Waste Management and International Paper Co. - have said they will oppose a removal plan as too risky for the environment.
If those parties fight the plan and their role in it, Meyer said the EPA does have options. For example, he said they could go to court to enforce the plan.
But this "certainly" would extend the cleanup timeline, he said.
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Stuckey is an Investigative Reporters and Editors award winner and a Livingston Award Finalist. She has won a Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence in Public Service Journalism and a Frank A. Blethen Award for Local Accountability Reporting. She also has won a Society of Professional Journalists Don Baker Investigative Reporting Award.
An Ohio native, Stuckey has lived in five states since graduating from Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism in 2012. She loves yoga, reading and elephants. She shares a birthday with Ruth Bader Ginsburg (girl power!) and the late Alan Bean, fourth man to walk on the moon.
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Africa is fascinating experts for having avoided the worst of COVID-19 so far
Beachgoers enjoy the el Djamila beach after its reopening in Algiers. Image source: AP Photo/Anis Belghoul
The latest coronavirus update globally offers a sobering milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic thus far: More than 1 million lives have now been lost worldwide, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.
While places like the US and Europe see cases continue to surge, however, experts have been looking at Africa and studying whether its response to the virus has lessons that can be applicable elsewhere.
So far, Africa has on the whole managed to avoid the worst predictions about how the continent would fare during the pandemic.
The world reached a terrible milestone on Monday night, with the latest coronavirus update from sources that track the official data around the globe revealing that we've now surpassed 1 million deaths worldwide from the COVID-19 virus.
That's according to data from Johns Hopkins University, which shows that more than half of those deaths have come from just four countries, including the US (more than 204,000), Brazil (more than 141,000), India (95,000+), and Mexico (76,000+). What's more, these are just the official, confirmed deaths that have been reported — most authoritative sources assume the true global death toll from the virus is higher than this. Here's the thing, though — there are certainly no winners here. No country has "won" or deserves to celebrate for its handling of the virus compared to another country, because people are dying everywhere. Lives are still being lost, even in countries that have been the most aggressive in responding to the pandemic. Even so, one part of the world has done better enough compared to others, that health experts say it deserves closer scrutiny — to see if lessons can be learned that can be applied elsewhere. That place is Africa.
"The initial disease prediction models painted a very bleak picture of severe devastation of lives and economies in Africa," Dr. Sam Agatre Okuonzi, who works at Arua Regional Referral Hospital in northern Uganda, said during a World Health Organization news briefing in recent days, as reported by NBC News. "In Uganda, it was predicted that by September, there would be 600,000 cases of Covid-19 and 30,000 deaths. But the reality is starkly different."
In actuality, Johns Hopkins data shows that Uganda has recorded just 7,064 coronavirus cases and 70 deaths. South Africa, by contrast, has born the brunt of the pandemic on the African continent, with more than 665,000 cases and 16,206 deaths — which works out to about 28 deaths per 100,000 people, compared to more than 61 deaths per 100,000 in the US.
And while you can point to other African countries like Ethiopia and Nigeria that have seen sizeable outbreaks of the virus, most all of the countries on the continent have kept the worst of the pandemic at bay thus far.
Demographics might partly explain what's going on. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO's regional director for Africa, pointed out during a recent briefing that only a very small portion of the population in most African countries is over the age of 65. As is widely known by now, advanced age puts a person at much greater risk for contracting the virus — and for contracting a case of the virus that becomes severe.
Another factor that may explain why the continent has not been hit by the virus to the degree that European nations and the US have: Much of the continent's population is rural and spends a good deal of time outdoors, which is thought to be not conducive to good spread of the virus. And Shaun Truelove, an assistant scientist and modeling expert at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told NBC News another possibility is that there's some degree of "cross-reactive" immunity within populations in Africa that have been exposed to other coronaviruses.
He's among a number of scientists who are looking at the COVID-19 situation in Africa more closely to try and glean some useful insights from it. "It's going to be an interesting discovery process," he said.
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England centre Mike Tindall has rejoined Gloucester after agreeing a one-year deal, the club have confirmed.
Tindall resumes his career at Kingsholm in the new role of player-coach and will help oversee development of the backline and defence.
The 33-year-old had been searching for a club after failing to secure a new contract under former head coach Bryan Redpath, whose own departure has enabled his return.
Gloucester's new director of rugby Nigel Davies has a track record of encouraging internal progression from the playing squad into coaching roles - Simon Easterby and Mark Jones are examples at the Scarlets - and he is continuing that trend at Kingsholm.
'Mike has a lot of valuable experience and great loyalty to Gloucester Rugby and its supporters and understands what it means to be a part of this club,' said Davies, who has only been at Gloucester for two weeks.
'It's important to have people involved that underpin your culture and values as a playing group.
And Davies is in no doubt that Tindall, who has been at Gloucester for the last seven years, will have a key role to play as he adds a new chapter to an already stellar career.
'He will be operating as player and backs coach for me in the coming year. I think he has a very strong tradition and heritage with the club and a very good rugby brain,' Davies added of the 2003 World Cup winner.


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NOTICE OF TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE - ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - Small Lane, Mobberley
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CHESHIRE EAST BOROUGH COUNCIL Highway Notices
Notice is hereby given that the Cheshire East Borough Council in exercise of its powers under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and of all other enabling powers has made an order the effect of which will be to temporarily prohibit traffic as follows, install new dual circuit for reinforcement of the network. Prohibition of traffic - Small Lane. Mobberley - From the junction with Wood Lane to the junction with Hobcroft Lane
The alternative route will be via Small Lane, Broadoak Lane, Smith Lane, Station Road and vice versa which is considered the most suitable route. The closures will be in place 24 hours a day
This order will come into operation on Monday 3 February 2020 and will continue in force for 18 months or for such less time as is necessary to complete the work to be executed in the highway, although it is anticipated that the works will be completed by Friday 21 February 2020.
If you have any enquiries relating to the works please contact Dutton Traffic Management on 01606 339495.
NOTICE OF TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE - ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - Wood Lane, Mobberley
Notice is hereby given that the Cheshire East Borough Council in exercise of its powers under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and of all other enabling powers has made an order the effect of which will be to temporarily prohibit traffic as follows, install new dual circuit for reinforcement of the network. Prohibition of traffic - Wood Lane. Mobberley - From the junction with Small Lane to the junction with Breach House Lane
The alternative route will be via Small Lane, Pepper Street, Breach House Lane and vice versa which is considered the most suitable route. The closures will be in place 24 hours a day
This order will come into operation on Monday 24 February 2020 and will continue in force for 18 months or for such less time as is necessary to complete the work to be executed in the highway, although it is anticipated that the works will be completed by Tuesday 10 March 2020.
NOTICE OF TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE - ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - Stanneylands Road, Wilmslow
Notice is hereby given that the Cheshire East Borough Council in exercise of its powers under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and of all other enabling powers has made an order the effect of which will be to temporarily prohibit traffic as follows, new roundabout construction and kerbing works Prohibition of traffic - Stanneylands Road. Wilmslow - From outside number 49 to Linneys Bridge
The alternative route will be via Stanneylands Road, Station Road, Styal Road, Manchester Road and vice versa which is considered the most suitable route. The closures will be in place 24 hours a day
This order will come into operation on Monday 18 November 2019 and will continue in force for 18 months or for such less time as is necessary to complete the work to be executed in the highway, although it is anticipated that the works will be completed by Wednesday 8 January 2020.
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NOTICE OF MODIFICATION ORDER - SECTION 53 OF THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981 - The Cheshire East Borough Council Definitive Map and Statement (Addition of Public Footpath No. 21, Parish of Cranage) Modification Order 2019
The above Order, made on the 31 October 2019 under section 53 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, will modify the Definitive Map and Statement for the area by adding a footpath:
Public Footpath No. 21 in the Parish of Cranage commencing at its junction with Carver Avenue (UY1192) at OS grid reference SJ 7511 6872 and running in a generally south easterly direction for approximately 33 metres to O.S. grid reference SJ 7513 6870 then turning to run in a generally south westerly direction for approximately 10 metres to O.S. grid reference SJ 7512 6870 then turning to run in a generally south south westerly direction for approximately 93 metres to O.S. grid reference SJ 7511 6860 and finally running in a generally south south easterly and southerly direction for approximately 40 metres to O.S. grid reference SJ 7512 6857 and its junction with Byley Lane (UY1102).
A copy of the Order and Map has been deposited and may be seen free of charge during normal office hours in the Rights of Way Unit at the office of the undersigned, and at the offices of Cheshire East Borough Council, Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach CW11 1 HZ. Copies of the Order and the Map may be obtained free of charge from the undersigned.
Any representations or objections to the Order may be sent in writing to the undersigned, Public Rights of Way Unit, 2nd Floor Old Building, Municipal Buildings, Earle Street, Crewe, CW1 2BJ no later than the 31 December 2019. Please state the grounds on which they are made.
If no such representations or objections are duly made, or if any so made are withdrawn, the Cheshire East Council may confirm the Order itself as an unopposed Order. If the Order is sent to the Secretary of State, any representations and objections that have not been withdrawn will be sent with the Order. Director of Governance and Compliance Services, 2nd Floor, Municipal Buildings, Earle Street, Crewe CW1 2BJ
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Application No: 19/5002M Applicant: Knutsford Town Council Location: Cemetery Chapel, Tabley Hill Cemetery, Tabley Hill Lane, Tabley Proposal: Installation of 4800L septic tank under driveway at cemetery chapel Affecting the Setting of Conservation Area
Application No: 19/5086M. Applicant: Melanie Seddon. Location: 2 Church View, Knutsford, WA16 6DQ. Proposal: New single-storey rear infill extension to enlarge kitchen with first floor rear bay extension to existing outrigger providing bathroom facilities.
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First Nations believes that Native youth represent the future of Native communities, and that their health and well-being determines the future health and well-being of a community overall. By investing in youth and giving them a sense of place and tradition in the community, a community ensures that it will have bright and capable future leaders. First Nations invests in Native youth and their families through many programs, but the cornerstone of our youth efforts is the Native Youth and Culture Fund, which annually provides grant support to numerous youth-related projects. We also have a range of financial education programs that are geared toward Native youth, including the Crazy Cash City reality fair and the $pending Frenzy workshop. The goal is to provide programs that meet youth where they are, support them in accomplishing their goals and dreams, and prepare them for an empowered adulthood guided by their cultures, families and traditions.
In Santa Rosa, California, Indian culture is being cultivated and shared, thanks to the business savvy of a new generation, and a project with the motto "Selling education and creating opportunity." Teens at the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center are taking part in Tribal Ambassadors Through Business, an initiative that teaches young people business skills through both online courses and the opportunity to open and run a museum store, showcasing and selling Native arts and crafts.


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MIPS Technologies and Tensilica Team to Accelerate SOC Design Activity on Android(TM) Platform; Plan Joint Demos at CES
MIPS(R) Cores and Tensilica's HiFi Audio Provide Ideal Speed/Power Efficiency for Android Designs
SUNNYVALE, CA and SANTA CLARA, CA-- December 17, 2009 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPS - News) and Tensilica Inc. today announced they are working together to accelerate SOC (system-on-chip) design activity on the popular Android platform. Together, MIPS and Tensilica will help companies speed the design of new home entertainment and mobile consumer products based on Android. A joint demo of a MIPS32 processor core integrated with Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio DSP will be on display in suites that both companies have at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, January 7-10, 2010.
"As we continue to push Android into a broad range of consumer electronic products, we are building a complete partner infrastructure to offer a total MIPS-Based Android solution to designers of next-generation connected devices," stated Art Swift, vice president of marketing for MIPS Technologies. "Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio DSP is an ideal audio processor because it is proven in millions of consumer devices, has low power consumption, and comes with a comprehensive library of over 60 audio codecs for just about any standard from simple MP3 to Dolby� and DTS, plus a full suite of partner solutions for audio post processing."
"We are impressed with the roadmap MIPS Technologies has put together for Android and its vision that will enable a new generation of connected multimedia devices," stated Mahesh Venkatraman, vice president of marketing, vertical segments, for Tensilica. "By working with MIPS, we can provide chip designers with a proven high-quality audio solution that will span connected devices ranging from mobile wireless phones to low-cost digital picture frames, high-definition DTVs, set-top boxes, Blu-ray disc players and more."
MIPS Technologies will display the jointly developed technology at CES in its suite at the Las Vegas Hilton. To schedule an appointment to see the demo, please contact info@mips.com.
Tensilica will display the jointly developed technology at CES in its suite in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, suite South 4 35567MP. To schedule an appointment to see the demo, please contact paula@tensilica.com.
About Android on MIPS
Leveraging its leadership position in the digital home, MIPS Technologies is spearheading efforts to make Android a reality for a wide range of consumer electronic devices. With Android and the dynamic open source development community around it, developers can easily and quickly create new applications, and OEMs can leverage a fast-growing set of applications for their devices. The MIPS ecosystem around Android enables OEMs to quickly optimize Android for their specific platforms and debug their solutions across the entire software stack. For more information about the Android platform and MIPS, or to access the full source code for MIPS Technologies' port of Android to the MIPS32� architecture, including a reference binary and documentation, please visit www.mips.com/android or email android@mips.com.
About HiFi 2 Audio from Tensilica
Today's audio requirements range from low-power MP3 playback to high-performance home-theater multi-channel playback of recorded media. Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio DSP is the only audio core that covers the complete range. That's why five of the top 10 semiconductor companies have picked Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio DSP for their products. For more information, see www.tensilica.com/products/audio.htm.
About MIPS Technologies, Inc.
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPS - News) is a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores that power some of the world's most popular products for the home entertainment, communications, networking and portable multimedia markets. These include broadband devices from Linksys, DTVs and digital consumer devices from Sony, DVD recordable devices from Pioneer, digital set-top boxes from Motorola, network routers from Cisco, 32-bit microcontrollers from Microchip Technology and laser printers from Hewlett-Packard. Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices worldwide. For more information, contact (408) 530-5000 or visit www.mips.com.
About Tensilica
Tensilica, Inc. -- the leader in customizable dataplane processors -- is a semiconductor IP licensor recognized by the Gartner Group as the fastest growing semiconductor IP supplier in 2008. Dataplane Processor Units (DPUs) combine the best capabilities of CPUs and DSPs while delivering 10-to-100-times the performance because they can be customized using Tensilica's automated design tools to meet specific dataplane performance targets. Tensilica's DPUs power SOC designs at system OEMs and five out of the top 10 semiconductor companies for products including mobile phones, consumer electronics devices (including digital TV, Blu-ray Disc players, broadband set top boxes and portable media players), computers, and storage, networking and communications equipment. For more information on Tensilica's patented, benchmark-proven DPUs visit www.tensilica.com.
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NEW DELHI: Micromax as a smartphone brand is considered by most buyers as a company that offers good entry level and mid-range offerings. In the past, Micromax has tried its hands with flagships but did not manage to leave much of an impression. However, now with Rahul Sharma taking things into his hands once again, Micromax has launched a new Dual range of smartphones. The Micromax Dual 5 is the first device of the premium range and is the company's new flagship device.
The Micromax Dual 5 comes with many firsts for the brand. It is the company's first smartphone with a dual camera setup, first device with USB Type-C port and the first premium offering with a 5.5-inch full HD super Amoled display. Hardware specification include an octa core Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor, 4GB RAM, 128GB storage and a 3,200mAh battery. Other features include dual SIM slot, expandable storage, fingerprint scanner, IR port, WiFi, 4G, VoLTE, Bluetooth, GPS and fast charging support. The phone runs a custom user interface based on Android 6.0.
Micromax has given special attention to the camera on the Dual 5. It features a dual 13MP rear camera setup (a colour sensor and a monochrome sensor) with f1.8 aperture, phase detection autofocus and a color temperature sensor. On the front is a 13MP sensor with selfie flash.
Dual 5 also boasts of an independent hardware security chip which has passed the CC EAL5 + security certification - the highest standards of ordinary civilian security level certification. There is support for Quick Charge 3.0 and Micromax provides a fast charging adapter in the box that can fully charge the phone in 45 minutes.
Priced at Rs 24,999, Micromax Dual 5 will be available online on Flipkart and in brick and mortar stores starting 10th April. It comes with a one year replacement warranty – the phone will be replaced if there is an issue. Micromax is expected to launch more device with dual camera setup in the Dual series in the coming months.


Conceptualising a new restaurant is both a personal and a collaborative process but certainly not a committee decision. Someone has to be the decision maker and that someone, particularly if the restaurant is corporately owned, has to believe in the concept and be brave, or have unconditional colleague support.
The Grill Jichana was born of a requirement at the newly re-branded Southern Sun Elangeni and Maharani Hotel complex in Durban to introduce a more holistic and varied food and beverage offering. The combined hotel complex, which is now under one management for the first time in the company history, needed to raise the bar and become more inclusive in holding particularly the business traveller on complex. After all, why spend precious marketing money enticing a guest to stay with you only to find that an off-complex restaurant benefits from the guest's dinner spend.
The missing restaurant component in the complex restaurant mix was a good grill offering, short menu, best ingredients, in a convivial typical grill atmosphere where the undertaking is less than 20 minutes from order to service.
The space for the restaurant was identified on the ground floor of the Elangeni Tower – probably number four in a list of restaurants that had occupied the space over the years, some company owned and some outsourced. The space was good for an open grill and could seat eighty covers in comfort. The shop fitting could be modified and morphed into a grill house feel but, typical of the era, the restaurant featured an inside space with no exterior outlook. This was easily redesigned with large windows to the street outside and an off-street entrance and portico.
The concept of a successful restaurant however is never in the décor alone as many have experienced the hard way. We needed to build the restaurant around a subtle theme and since we have the overriding concept of Africa meets Asia at the newly combined hotel complex, we sought to pin the new grill concept around an offering at the Baraza restaurant in our Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania hotel property. This restaurant serves grilled chicken with a Zanzibar spice mix basting that is to die for. They regularly sell more than 150 portions daily, mainly to walk-in patrons. Our bastings for the grill items are derived from the mix of African and Asian spices of Zanzibar and East Africa.
Now the new baby needed a name and we looked no further than the streets of Dar Es Salaam and the Swahili slang for – "enjoyment of food, eating good or living well" – JICHANA.
The search with a Patent Attorney showed no conflicts with the defensive name and so we were good to go with the name. The menu is key and it is very focused, salad starters only, grilled prime beef cuts, lamb, chicken and fish dishes with a maximum of three offerings each. A couple of constructed vegetarian dishes, a few desserts, local cheese and Ethiopian coffee to finish the meal. It was important not to introduce cooking methods other than grilling and deep frying the chips and battered onion rings, always cognisant of the promise to deliver the food within 20 minutes of order.
The restaurant is open evenings only and service begins with a complimentary medium cream South African Sherry style wine, and hot mosbolletjie bread rolls with a spicy relish. A good cellar is offered which is reasonably priced and tables are restricted to a maximum of six people to enhance service and guard against restaurant resetting during service, which only serves to disturb patrons, particularly the all important business guest using the restaurant for a meeting meal.
To date – two months of operation shows a positive trend, with covers exceeding 80 most evenings and a good 80:20, in-house to external patron ratio. Spend per cover is in line with commercial restaurants of the type and reviews have been good. In order to keep the restaurant commercially focussed and to prevent dilution of the concept, the organisation reporting of the restaurant has been structured in such a way that, while it is supported by the hotel Food and Beverage team, the Restaurant Manager reports directly to the Hotel General Manager.
The menu of Jichana, "eating good" in Swahili slang, embraces the flavours and aromas of the original East Coast of Africa's spice route-cassia, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, turmeric and pepper. These robustly flavoursome spices complement the grilling of meat, fish and chicken creating Jichana! The steaks on the menu are carefully selected and hand cut by Jichana's butcher before being aged through a specific maturation process. The cuts are seasoned with an aromatic house spice, infused with crushed mustard seed, rock sea salt and lemon black pepper before being flame-grilled over volcanic rock with herbed honey BBQ basting. All beef is premium grade, sourced from Karan Beef and the free range farm chicken and duck used is raised in the Dargle Valley in KwaZulu-Natal's midlands.


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"It was a stormy evening all last night. I don't think many of us got some sleep with all the thunder and lightning going on outside the tents.
The team took turns using the available bushes as their toilets. Carlyle had to pee so bad that he didn't hesitate to unzip himself and tinkle from outside the bush rather than go into the bush fully like everyone else was doing.
Randy was not happy by it and didn't want to see another man's private parts. Everyone else got a good chuckle at the expense of Randy. Carlyle knew well enough others were around and didn't "flash" his private parts around.
I have to admit I have been intrigued by Sage's outfits as of the last two day and today is no exception. The first day, she decided to go in a dress and heals. Yesterday, she finally dressed for the occasion. Today she is dressed like she is going out on a hot date. She definitely looks good in red and black. If the weather stays this way or gets more humid, she is going to get uncomfortable in all that leather.
If we were at the Flirty Falls, I think she would have been the center of attention today. Honestly, I think she still will be.
It is breakfast time after potty time. Luckily this mega cooler can store fresh milk. Everyone grabs a paper bowl and spoon. There were different small boxes of cereal, so the team could pick and choose what type they wanted.
I could overhear some of the team talking about pets, dogs in particular. I'm thinking some may have pets at home that are missing them. Or they are missing their pets. I could sure use a dog companion. I would want one I could take with me on my travels. When this weekly expedition is over, I'll have to go to Brindleton Bay's animal shelter and see if they have any dogs that are capable of hanging out here with me.
After breakfast, the behind-the-scenes crew help take down the tents and pack everything up. We're going to head back into the temple we found yesterday. I was distracted by two members of my last expedition that I had to catch up on how they were doing.
I lead the team back inside where we first encountered the green mist separating an entryway into another area. I tell my team that in my last expedition, there were many traps within the temple and am sure there will be here as well. We need to find something that will trigger the green mist to disappear.
I tell my team to be careful, but to look for something that is out of the ordinary.
It didn't take Randy long to point something out. It was actually close to us. Randy approached three skeletons with spears and asks which one should he pull. I shout out to him not to touch anything. I run over to where he is and examine the three skeletons. These look very similar to the ones in my last expedition. In my last expedition, I found three skeletons with spears as well. I tried pulling one of the spears and got the feel of what one of the traps was. It was not fun.
I take out my notepad and flip through the pages to find my last expedition findings. I ended up only pulling one spear and it was the wrong one last expedition. My notes say we found some marked bowls that ended up getting us past the green mist.
I call out to the team and ask if anyone has found any areas where there are bowls with special markings on them. Sage calls out there's nothing where her and Destiny are. She yells just some grass and flowers.
Digger shouts he found a pool. This brings back memories of the last expedition where a quarter of my team went swimming naked.
I hear music again and thought perhaps Mindy and Misty were back. Perhaps they would like to join us on this tour through the temple. But they were not here. It was just Carlyle. Mindy must have left the stereo behind for them to pick up later or perhaps she was going to return here. Carlyle was dancing to the music. And here I thought he wanted to help explore.
I really didn't feel comfortable pulling one of these spears. Nothing good can come from it. I have this gut feeling the same thing will happen as my last expedition. I'd rather not eat dirt figuratively or literally. So I tell my team to keep looking.
This is when Octavius pipes up and says that he has found something behind the stairwell we came in from just moments ago. I didn't see one of these in my last expedition into a temple. It is a large apparatus with a lever next to it. There's markings on it too as if pieces need to be arranged like a puzzle. There are four different types of glyphs: arrowheads, tree, leaves, and sun.
I ask Octavius what he thinks. He looks at me and shrugs. I go back through my notes from the last expedition. The arrowheads on the bowls were a trap. So I won't try those here. Anything with spears and arrowheads we should stay away from. Pouring sand into the bowl with the leaves on it worked. I wonder if configuring them will be the key.
I assemble the leaves glyphs and pull the lever.
Author's Note: I had wanted to get Fox Fever a dog at the end of the first expedition. I even picked one out, but didn't have time to write a short story for it. There will be a one chapter short after this expedition which will include a cross-over already done where Fox's dog gets trained at the Good Dog Lodge. Only click the link if you want a spoiler. When Randy approached the three skeletons, I had Fox examine them completely and got a notification that none of the triggers would unlock the gate. For story purposes, I could have had Fox pull one, but thought otherwise at this point. If only the others would autonomously do these, there would be more story action, but sadly they will not. I did the same for the glyphs that Octavius had found and the notification wouldn't give me a direct answer. So when I made my choice, I didn't know what would happen. Find out in the next chapter how it all goes down.


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Home Web Content Twitter for the Enterprise? Ask Socialcast
Twitter for the Enterprise? Ask Socialcast
By David Needle | September 03, 2008
Small to medium size companies may get on the social networking bandwagon –- eventually.
But creating wikis, blogging and the other components of social networks don't often get high priority at companies with limited IT resources or the time and expertise to implement and manage them.
Socialcast thinks it has one solution with the latest version of its on demand social networking tool. Socialcast 3.0, launched today, is a micro-blogging service with a self-service model designed to facilitate fast implementation. The messaging platform can be used to either complement or replace a company's intranet on a workgroup, department or even organization-wide basis.
According to Socialcast CEO Tim Young, the platform can function as a kind Twitter for the enterprise, a collaboration portal for knowledge sharing within the organization that even those at remote locations can participate in via email and smartphone mobile device.
"We've found that employees are using consumer services to complement what they have in-house because IT isn't giving them tools like Google Reader that they can also use at home," Young told InternetNews.com. "We thought it would be great to be able to surface knowledge to your colleagues from wherever you are and leverage the collective intellect."
Socialcast 3.0 is also Software as a Service (SaaS) which means companies don't have to invest in additional hardware to host the offering. "Look at what IT already has to spend on Exchange servers," said Young.
The release comes at a time when a raft of other companies, such as Socialtext, are trying to win over business customers with social networking alternatives to the likes of Facebook that can be run securely behind the firewall. Young said Socialcast is targeting the SMB market with a "frictionless" offering.
Teams and workgroups can sign up for a free 30-day trial of the service and then pay via credit on a monthly basis with no early termination fees. Cost is $5 per user per month or a negotiated rate for volume users (over 1,000).
Users can set alerts for new posts by specific users, add comments, rate and vote on entries. Socialcast 3.0 lets you add links to Twitter, Digg and other social networking sites. "As more enterprise vendors open up their APIs, our goal is to connect to those tools as well, so this becomes a messaging hub," said Young.
Forrester Research analyst Tom Grant said Socialcast is one of many attempts to create a focused use case for social networks in the enterprise. "I've talked to even some very large companies that don't know how to proceed with social networks," Grant told InternetNews.com.
"But companies are realizing there are gains to be made when, for example, you can post a question to an interactive forum, than sending it out via email where it could easily be lost or ignored."
While there is a lot of trivia and incidental content on sites like Twitter ("I'm leaving now to pick up groceries for dinner"), Grant said a focused application like Socialcast could help users, for example, get quicker access to experts within their company.


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Building on the work of the previous two years, the Open Society Foundation for Albania, has supported for 2009 as well a group of well known public finance experts in the monitoring of the annual state budget.
The review process for 2009 was started in May of this year and will conclude in April 2010. Alongside the previous goals of studying, analyzing and publicizing the budgeting procedures, fund effectiveness and increasing public transparency, this year the review shall also aim to evaluate the impact of the global crisis on the country's finances.
The First Report, which focused on the beginning of year budgeting procedures, and the Second Report, which focused on the fiscal performance for the first 4 months of the year, were presented by the experts Adriana Berberi, Gjergj Teneqexhi and Selim Belortaja on June 19th at the NGO House of the Soros Foundation in Albania. The third and fourth reports will be presented in December 2009, while the fifth and final report will be presented in April 2009.
The reports can be accessed in Albanian by following on the links below.


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In an epoch when environmental issues make the headlines, this is a work that goes beyond the everyday. Ecologies as diverse as the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean coast, the Negev desert and the former military bases of Vietnam, or the Namib desert and the east African savannah all have in common a long-time human presence and the many ways people have modified nature. With research covering countries from Asia, Africa, and Australia, the authors come together to ask how and why human impacts on nature have grown in scale and pace from a long pre-history. The chapters in this volume illumine specific patterns and responses across time, going beyond an overt centring of the European experience. The tapestry of life and the human reshaping of environments evoke both concern and hope, making it vital to understand when, why, and how we came to this particular turn in the road. Eschewing easy labels and questioning eurocentrism in today's climate vocabulary, this is a volume that will stimulate rethinking among scholars and citizens alike.
Completely updated and revised, the new edition of Principles of Cattle Production continues to provide an introductory level text for all interested in dairy and beef cattle production systems. This edition presents a vision for a cattle industry that addresses issues about impacts on the environment, the welfare of cattle and the provision of safe and high quality food for an increasingly demanding world population. The new edition: - Is expanded to include more on animal welfare, sustainability and production systems in low and middle income countries, including smallholder production systems. - Has undergone a thorough review of all the existing chapters, with new content on the future role of cattle. - Contains quality colour illustrations, so that key information can be found at a glance. - Is beautifully written with many examples and pointers for further information. - Tackles key issues of sustainability and the requirement for increased production. - Now contains helpful exercises and other resources for students and their teachers to consider the role of cattle in the world today and in the future. Principles of Cattle Production 3rd Edition continues to provide a comprehensive yet concise overview for all undergraduate students of animal science, agriculture, veterinary medicine, animal welfare and industry personnel.
The cow is the most productive, efficient creature on earth. She will give you fresh milk, cream, butter, and cheese, build human health and happiness, and even turn a profit for homesteaders and small farmers who seek to offer her bounty to the local market or neighborhood. She will provide rich manure for your garden or land, and will enrich the quality of your life as you benefit from the resources of the natural world. Quite simply, the family that keeps a cow is a healthy family. Originally published in the early 1970s as The Cow Economy and reprinted many times over, Keeping a Family Cow has launched thousands of holistic small-scale dairy farmers and families raising healthy cows in accordance with their true nature. The book offers answers to frequently asked questions like, 'Should I get a cow?' and 'How Much Space do I need?' in addition to extensive information on: • The health benefits of untreated milk; • How to milk a cow effectively and with ease; • Choosing your dairy breed; • Drying off your cow; • Details on calving and breeding; • The importance of hay quality and how to properly feed your cow; • Fencing and pasture management; • Housing, water systems, and other supplies; • Treating milk fever and other diseases and disorders; • Making butter, yogurt, and cheese, and, of course . . . • . . . Everything else the conventional dairy industry doesn't tell us! Now revised and updated to incorporate new information on the raw milk debate, the conversation about A1 vs. A2 milk, fully grassfed dairies, more practical advice for everyday chores, and updated procedures for cow emergencies. Keeping a Family Cow has not only stood the test of time, it still remains the go-to inspirational manual for raising a family milk cow nearly forty years after its first publication. Joann Grohman has a lifetime of practical experience that has been bound into this one volume and presented in the spirit of fun and learning.
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B.C. LNG project could create 'gold rush' for Alberta petrochemical industry | CBC News Loaded
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B.C. LNG project could create 'gold rush' for Alberta petrochemical industry
B.C.'s expanding liquefied natural gas industry could be the best thing to happen to Alberta in a long time, jobs-wise, says Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan.
Labour rep says it opens the door for 'unprecedented economic diversification'
Stephen Hunt · CBC News · Posted: Oct 23, 2018 1:45 PM MT | Last Updated: October 23, 2018
A new report suggests that liquefied natural gas projects in British Columbia would be a boon for Alberta's petrochemical industry. This file photo shows Inter Pipeline's petrochemical complex under construction northeast of Edmonton. (Kyle Bakx/CBC)
A new report co-written by Gil McGowan, the president of the Alberta Federation of Labour and co-chair of Alberta's energy diversification advisory committee, suggests the province could reap an economic bonanza from the LNG (liquefied natural gas) export facility being developed in northern British Columbia.
McGowan spoke to David Gray about the report on the Calgary Eyeopener Tuesday. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
Q: Why is this such good news for Alberta?
A: It's obviously good news for B.C. and especially for natural gas producers up in the northeast part of their province, because the [LNG Canada] project will include a pipeline from Dawson Creek down to Kitimat, where there'll be Canada's first liquefied natural gas facility that will export LNG primarily to China.
The untold story, which we highlighted in our report to government, is that it could open the door for unprecedented economic diversification in Alberta. In fact, one of the main conclusions of our report was that if West Coast LNG becomes a reality, which is happening right now, then Alberta's petrochemical industry could literally double its output.
Q: How so?
A: It's important that Albertans understand that West Coast LNG matters for Alberta, because our petrochemical industry here in Alberta, which is a $20-billion-a-year industry, uses what we call natural gas liquids as their feedstock.
Natural gas liquids — which consist of primarily ethane and propane — constitute only about eight per cent of what comes out of the ground when you drill for natural gas.
The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, Gil McGowan, is the co-author of a report exploring the economic upside for Alberta from liquefied natural gas development in British Columbia. (Twitter)
The rest, 92 per cent, is methane. So if you want to take advantage of our province's natural gas liquids — and they are plentiful and they are cheap — and if you want to use them to expand Alberta-based petrochemical manufacturing, we need to find what the people in the industry say is "a home for the methane."
The West Coast LNG provides exactly the kind of outlet that we need.
Q: What kind of jobs are we talking about?
A: We're talking about the full range of jobs that have driven our economy forward: engineering, project management for people in downtown offices in Calgary, people who plan major industrial projects. But we're also talking about construction jobs, and then operation jobs and spinoff jobs. What I said was, the prospects are huge. So the question is, how huge?
What we're projecting is that — with this new outlook for methane that allows us to pull more natural gas liquids out of the ground and turn those into valuable products — we could literally double the size of our petrochemical industry, turning it from a $20-billion-a-year to $40-billion-a-year industry in 20 years. And that's going to create thousands of construction jobs.
Q: What does the Alberta government have to do to make it happen?
A: Through the work of our committee, we met with dozens and dozens of industries — not just Canadian, but from around the world. Petrochemical companies are literally lining up for the opportunity to invest in Alberta, mostly because our natural gas liquids are cheap and plentiful, which gives us a huge advantage.
The only area where we're a little bit behind other jurisdictions is in terms of our up-front capital costs, where we're about 10 per cent more expensive than other jurisdictions. So what we recommended was that the government make equity investments, to the tune of about 10 per cent, put that on the table, either as royalty tax credits or equity investments, to get those investment decisions over the top.
Companies said if that were provided, they would invest the money.
In our modelling, we suggested that with these kinds of incentive programs — which, by the way, exist in basically every other petrochemical jurisdiction in the world — there would be a gold rush of investment.
Q: What sort of numbers are we talking about?
A: We're estimating between $60 [billion] and $100 billion over 20 years that would double the industry.
It would create jobs not only up-front but, most importantly, it would create long-term jobs. We think it would sustain 100,000 extra jobs in the Alberta economy going forward, every year, because when you build industrial plants, you're creating jobs in operations, creating ongoing jobs in maintenance — and the spinoffs.
So it's a win-win situation. It's great for B.C., but it could open the door for unprecedented diversification in our downstream sector of our oil and gas sector.
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