Screen-printing is the most flexible printing process. It can be used to print on a wide variety of substrates, including paper, paperboard, plastics, glass, metals, fabrics, and many other materials including paper, plastics, glass, metals, nylon and cotton. Some common products from the screen-printing industry include posters, labels, decals, signage, and all types of textiles and electronic circuit boards. The advantage of screen-printing over other print processes is that the press can print on substrates of any shape, thickness and size.
An important characteristic of screen-printing is that a greater thickness of ink can be applied to the substrate as compared to the other printing techniques. This allows for various interesting effects that cannot be achieved through the other printing methods. Because of the simplicity of the application process, a wider range of inks and dyes are available for use in screen-printing than for use in any other printing process.
Utilization of screen printing presses has begun to increase because production rates have improved. This has been a result of the development of the automated and rotary screen printing press, improved dryers, and U.V. curable ink. The major chemicals used in screen-printing include screen emulsions, inks, and solvents, surfactants, caustics and oxidizers used in screen reclamation.
The screen printing process uses a porous mesh stretched tightly over a frame made of wood or metal. Proper tension is essential for accurate color registration. The mesh is made of a porous fabric or stainless steel. A stencil is produced on the screen either manually or photo chemically. The stencil defines the image to be printed. In other printing technologies this is referred to as the image plate.
Screen printing ink is applied to the substrate by placing the screen over the material. Ink with a paint-like consistency is placed onto the top of the screen. Ink is then forced through the fine mesh openings using a squeegee that is drawn across the screen, applying pressure thereby forcing the ink through the open areas of the screen. Ink will pass through only in areas where no stencil is applied, thus forming an image on the printing substrate. The diameter of the threads and the thread count of the mesh will determine how much ink is deposited onto the substrates.
Many factors such as composition, size and form, angle, pressure, and speed of the blade (squeegee) determine the quality of the impression made by the squeegee. At one time most blades were made from rubber, which, however, had a tendency to warp and distort. While blades continue to be made from rubber such as neoprene, most of them are now made from polyurethane, which can produce as many as 25,000 impressions without significant degradation of the image.
If the item is to be printed on a manual or automatic screen press the printed product will be placed on a conveyor belt, which carries the item into the drying oven or through the UV curing system. Rotary screen presses feed the material through the drying or curing system automatically. Air-drying of certain inks, though rare in the industry, is still sometimes utilized.
Development of automatic presses versus hand operated presses, which have comparatively slow production time.
Improved drying systems, which significantly improve production rate.
Development of the rotary screen press, which allows continuous operation of the press. This is one of the recent technology developments.
Screen (or image transfer) preparation includes a number of steps. First the customer provides the screen printer with objects, photographs, text, ideas, or concepts of what they wish to have printed. The printer must then transfer a "picture" of the artwork (also called "copy") to be printed into an "image" (a picture on film) which can then be processed and eventually used to prepare the screen stencil.
Once the artwork is transferred to a positive image that will be chemically processed onto the screen fabric (applying the emulsion or stencil) and eventually mounted onto a screen frame that is then attached to the printing press and production begins.


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Le Web: Facebook and the Technology of Networks
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On to social media.
Ethan Beard of Facebook is talking about the basis of the social network in the basic human need for connection. In fact, a lot of what a human being is can be represented by the connections between people and ideas that appeal to them – and Facebook can create that representation.
Facebook aspires to be more than a website, but instead to be a technology that allows people to connect with the people and things they like. The platform is extending from being a place for applications within the site, to Facebook Connect, which allows you to bring Facebook into your own sites. And there are companies making good profits almost exclusively on the Facebook platform.
80,000 sites are now using Facebook Connect, with around 60 million people taking advantage of it…
They're adding e-mail address sharing to Facebook Connect. Huffington Post users can see what stories their friends are using, because the social graph that lives in Facebook comes across – but it can also be use to push content back into Facebook and drive traffic back to the site. HuffPost's comments jumped by 50% after adding Facebook Connect.
JibJab is using Facebook Connect to allow users to pull their photos straight in from Facebook to the JbJab videos.
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A good chunk of the morning has been taken up with talking about mobile, and its role in the future of the web. Jack Dorsey's talk was about [Square](http://squareup.com/), his platform for mobile payments. The [Le Web iPhone app](http:

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Pennsylvania State Police executed a search warrant at a residence in Philadelphia looking for evidence of a burglary. Although they failed to find what they were looking for, troopers found a large amount of heroin, cocaine, a gun, ammunition, scales and packaging material. F.F. was arrested for gun offenses and drug offenses because she was present at the time of the search and lived at the residence, and troopers believed she was part of a conspiracy to distribute/sell the drugs. At a preliminary hearing, the defense successfully argued that F.F. did not have the requisite knowledge of, and intent to control the items that were recovered. Finding that F.F. was "merely present", a Judge dismissed all charges.


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Review: Arkham Horror
By Wolfie on	 June 1, 2011 Reviews
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Often when I introduce the game "Arkham Horror" to new players, their first thought goes to Batman. It makes sense, after all Batman is a little more mainstream and Arkham does happen to be the name of the asylum where most of his supervillain nemeses are kept.
So, quick lesson regarding literature: "Arkham" is actually the name of a fictional city in Massachusetts from a series of horror stories written by one H. P. Lovecraft. These stories feature a number of enormous, ancient, horrific alien monsters including the most well known Cthulhu. They also feature their main characters losing their sanity and/or coming to a gruesome and violent end. The Arkham in Batman takes its name from this city, and not the other way around.
Arkham Horror is set in the Lovecraftian world, and it's aim is to capture the feel of being in one of those stories – that is, losing your sanity and meeting a gruesome, violent death at the hands of horrific monsters.
Fortunately, this is a cooperative game for up to 8 players. If you are not familiar with the idea of a "cooperative board game" this simply means that all of the human players are working together as a team to 'beat' the game itself.
Let's get it straight right off: despite that "cooperative board game" might sound synonymous with "easy and boring game with limited replayability" the truth is the complete opposite. This game is hard. Excruciatingly hard. Painfully hard. In fact, if you don't go into the game prepared to accept the fact that you are about to spend the evening fighting against impossible odds only to find yourself and all your friends consumed in the destruction of the world after 6 hours… you probably wont have any fun.
Wait a second, you ask. Impossible odds? Destruction of the World? 6 hours? Lose? How can this game possibly be fun?
Well guess what, friends, it is actually very fun, very fun indeed, as long as you know what you're getting into.
The Character Sheet.
To explain clearly, I'll give an overview of how the game is played without going into every detail. There are a lot of rules, but it plays fairly straightforward. In addition, since it's cooperative, as long as one person is familiar with the rules and quick to find things in the rulebook, that player can help everyone else make good decisions along the way without having to know everything themselves.
Each player controls a unique character, who has a number of starting items, a special ability, and a range of stats. There are 6 stats and they come in pairs – Speed and Sneak are together for instance. Each turn skills can be adjusted up or down within a limited range, but increasing a particular skill automatically decreases the paired skill, requiring some hard choices to be made.
Characters also have a maximum Stamina (like a health bar) and a maximum Sanity (self-explanatory).
Items include "Skills" which add permanent bonuses to a specific stat, phyiscal items (such as guns), magic items (such as an enchanted dagger), spells, and Allies. Skills and Allies are often the most helpful, as they provide permanent bonuses to stats, but are also the hardest to obtain in-game. Spells are easier to find, but when used take away some of the character's sanity. Items, both physical and magic, are in the middle, but generally provide a bonus specific to a certain circumstance (such as fighting a monster) instead of a base stat. There are also certain monsters that may be immune to physical weapons or magical weapons.
The game is divided into 5 phases each turn. Upkeep, Movement, Arkham Encounters, Otherworld Encounters, and Mythos. During each phase, every player takes the appropriate actions before moving on to the next phase, which is a good way to keep things moving and not resulting in players waiting 30 minutes before their turn comes around again.
"Upkeep" is essentially "get ready for the next round," in which all one-use-per-turn powers are reset, various skills for each player can be adjusted, and certain special abilities come into play.
"Movement" allows each player to move around the streets and neighborhoods of Arkham (or, if they're stuck in an alternate dimension, to move towards the exit back to Arkham). This is also when players must fight or sneak past any monsters that are encountered.
"Arkham Encounters" occurs for all players that are in specific locations. Sometimes this entails drawing a card from a small deck specific to that area of town and reading the result, which can be a bonus item or a dangerous encounter. Sometimes the player can purchase items at a store, get healing, or trade in monster tokens from any monsters they've killed for special bonuses.
"Otherworld Encounters" requires any players trapped in one of the alternate dimensions to draw from a deck specific to the otherworlds and read the result.
Finally, the "Mythos" phase results in a card from yet another deck being drawn and revealed. This card contains an event, rumor, or environmental condition that affects the whole board, opens up a Gate to an alternate dimension somewhere on the board, and unleashes some new monsters.
Mythos Cards
The name of this game is "Crowd control." In order to win, Players have to seal off all the interdimensional gates that keep popping up around the city before the Ancient One – one of several possible giant evil aliens bent on destroying the world, selected before the game starts – awakens. In most cases, if the Ancient One awakens players have a chance to fight it and kill it in order to win the game, but this is almost impossible. There is one Ancient One, however, that doesn't even give you that chance – the game ends as soon as it wakes up.
This game is all about desperation. It's about fighting a losing battle, together, with your friends. It's about going down as a team. It's about going against impossible odds and getting destroyed again and again. Did I mention this game is very hard? It is ridiculously challenging to win.
But you know what? That fits the theme of the game. It makes for a very tense, very immersive feel. The 'story arc' – limited story as it is – builds up perfectly. It all starts out slow. It seems like it wont be too bad – you just have to close a couple gates and you're good. Then, all of a sudden, the gates are opening everywhere, monsters are flooding the streets, and the bad weather is making it hard to get anywhere useful.
You really have to work together with everyone to succeed at this game. The game continually pushes, HARD, towards the awakening of the Ancient One. Every monster on the board threatens the game – if there are too many monsters, the "terror level" increases and eventually awakens the Ancient One before its time. Even though only one gate and one monster get added in a normal Mythos phase, various effects and conditions can result in a surge of monsters that can quickly overwhelm the players.
While there is no player elimination (always good to not have that) the players face plenty of danger along the way that impedes their progress. Players that fail to kill a monster get hurt by that monster, and if they lose all of their "Stamina" before killing said monster, they 'die' which entails losing half their items (a good reason why Skills are so valuable – along with Allies, they do not count towards the "item" total to be discarded) and sent to the hospital. If the monster proves too horrifying, the investigator may lose their sanity, which has the same effect (losing 1/2 your items) but gets you sent to the Asylum instead of the Hospital. Going down to 0 in either of these stats while in an Otherworld lands you on the "lost in time and space" square, essentially losing a turn while you try to find your way back.
Monsters come in plenty of variety – from simple cultists to vampiric monsters to flying creatures. There are fast creatures, creatures that cause all players to lose sanity. Unfortunately you need to fight and kill monsters, as they are often used in trade to receive more powerful abilities, items, or allies. You also have to keep the monster population under control or the Terror level will rise, causing Allies to leave, areas to become locked off, and ultimately the end of the game.
Don't Wake Him Up
If the Terror level reaches maximum, or enough gates open, the Ancient One awakens, resulting in a final, climactic showdown. At this point, you can no longer gain any items or restore any health or sanity, unless you have an item that does so. In fact once the Ancient One awakens the main board is no longer important, and you simply begin alternating attacks. First the players, then the Ancient One. In my experience, it is essentially impossible to win at this point. At least, we never have without accidentally breaking some rules. Ancient Ones are overwhelmingly powerful, and steadily drive the Investigators to death or insanity. It should also be noted that in this stage, any player that reaches 0 in either Stamina or Sanity is devoured and eliminated from the game. Fortunately the game does not last much longer after this, still, it is a little frustrating to watch your friends fight desperately with a monster while you can do nothing. In fact, this hastens the death of the other players, as the game is scaled based on the number of players involved, and does not scale back when any player is eliminated.
Arkham Horror has some turn offs that may keep away certain kinds of players. For one thing, there are a lot of complicated rules, and we often forget a little detail or miss a key element that would help (but more often, just make things harder). Fortunately, since everyone is working together, a single person familiar with the rules can guide the other players without ruining competition or game balance. However, The horror/cthulhu mythos theme does not appeal to everyone, so non-gamers who might be willing to take part in, say, Pandemic, might not be so interested in Arkham Horror.
No one can help you.
If I had one major criticism though, it would be this – Investigators can't team up with each other to fight monsters (with the exception of the final Ancient One, who is generally better to be avoided at all costs.) Many times it is not really a huge deal – an investigator can often take out a decent number of monsters without being killed. However, there are situations that arise in which it would be most productive (and most logical) for two or more investigators to take on one powerful monster that just keeps getting in the way. After all, if you were in the middle of a city in which strange portals to alternate dimensions were ripping open, releasing horrendous creatures into the streets, you would probably travel with a friend. Unfortunately, the way phases are set up (and because, when fighting a monster, it's either all or nothing – you kill it or it takes no damage) – it is impossible for two players to work together to succeed. If there was some way to do this, it would be most helpful, and I don't think it would break the game balance (though you would have to decide which player gets the Monster Trophy for killing it.)
Being a Fantasy Flight game, the parts, the cardboard, the art – all very high quality. Monsters are suitably creepy and terrifying, the city map is well layed out, and pieces are clearly identifiable as to what they mean.
It's definitely a tense, desperate game that you will probably lose 9 out of 10 times that you play it. However, the fun comes from fighting an impossible evil with your friends. You stand together, you fall together. Just be prepared for a 4-6hr experience, and bring lots of snacks.
One final thought – this may be a good game to teach uber-competitive people that games don't have to be all about winning. They can be fun just for the playing and enjoying the time with friends.
Your Rating: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Extremely epic experience
Fun storytelling / roleplay elements
Fantastic components
Desperate cooperative experience
A good excuse to get together with friends to binge on snacks, pizza, and pop
Phases keep players involved
Some weird situations crop up that cause an immediate loss
Players cannot team up against a strong monster
If players don't stay fully focused, it can draaaaaaag
Tags: arkham horrorcooperativeCthulhufantasy flight gameshorrorRichard Launiusscarythematic
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The Janitor June 1, 2011 4:02 am
I still don't understand why so many people say that this game is so hard. The first time my group played it (only two players) we found it so easy that both of us re-read the rules to make sure we didn't miss something. Nope. Then when we tried it out with three people, it was even easier, the first time that I felt an FFG game didn't live up to the hype.
wolfie June 1, 2011 7:12 pm
My immediate reaction, having played this game many times, is that you must have missed a rule somewhere. Every single time i've played, the game seems to pound you from every angle, and this is a common experience among gamers.
I'd love to have seen the game(s) that you played to see how it went so easy for you. It is possible that I've somehow missed a key element that makes the game easier to take on, but I have yet to discover such a thing.
Josiahduke Harrist January 4, 2012 4:14 am
The Innsmouth Horror expansion is the most punishing, rewarding experience I've had losing this game. Add an extra doom counter, water, and impossible (and more inventive) Old Ones, and you've got even more agony right out of the box. The original game is difficult, but after about six plays, we were ready to amp it up.
In short: you should review that one. Or another one, and tell us how it goes.
Styopa December 13, 2012 7:51 pm
We found that single-monster spawning was a little on the easy side, far too simple to keep the monster-count down. 2 spawning per gate was crazy-hard, and the game quickly buried us under monsters everywhere. So we settled on a middle ground, either rolling a die (odd-1, even-2) or alternating 1- and 2-monster spawns and it was absolutely perfect for our group of about 4-6 players.
Best Win: when my character, Monterey Jack, won the game by flinging himself into a gate to close it (killing him) as a special result on one of the cards.
He saved the world by giving his life, that's why they named a popular cheese after him.
Joe Pilkus March 28, 2015 7:10 pm
Great review! I'm a big fan…and after my OCD kicked-in, my friend and I ended-up designing and crafting pieces for this game. While FFG didn't see that they would make money on them, they've proven resilient and we've managed to ship them to customers around the world. AH remains my favorite at the top of a very long list of games.
Increased complexity recommended mainly for hobbyists.
3-6h (box says 2-4h)
1 to 8 (best with 4-5)
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Remembering Papa Joe: Beloved Ice Cream Man Dies
For Papa Joe, it was about a lot more than ice cream.
By Siobhan McGirl	• Published February 27, 2020 • Updated on February 27, 2020 at 9:00 pm
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"Icon," "community staple," and "Santa Claus of the summer," are all titles that people gave to Joe Barbato, but the one he wore with most pride was simply, "Papa Joe".
"Every town hopefully has someone like Papa Joe, who just makes the town nicer," said State Rep. Noreen Kokoruda.
After more than 25 years of serving up ice cream in the Town of Madison, Papa Joe Barbato died Tuesday at the age of 89.
"Joe Barbato found his calling as Madison's Good Humor Man, spending 25 years charming his way into the hearts of our friends and neighbors," his family wrote on his Facebook fan page. "The motivation behind his work was simple: as he always said, "I do it because I love the kids."
Barbato grew up in New Haven and was a star athlete. He was named to all-state teams in basketball and baseball at Hillhouse High School and would later be inducted into the Hillhouse Sports Hall of Fame. Barbato went on to play second base for the Detroit Tigers' AAA affiliate.
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Barbato would then go on to serve in the army before settling down and spending more than two decades in the insurance business.
It was upon his retirement, at the age of 62, that Barbato had a bright idea. He went to his children and told them he wanted to buy an ice cream truck. He was going to be Madison's Good Humor Ice Cream man.
"I thought he was crazy," said Andrea Panullo, laughing.
"We tried to talk him out of it, to no avail," Panullo's sister, Linsley weighed in. "It was the best decision he ever made."
Barbato's three children, Andrea, Linsley and his son Joseph, all agree it was their dad's favorite job and it was about a lot more than serving ice cream.
"He was a man that showed real love," said Panullo.
Mike Shirley, John-Michael and Brett Glaser all are in their thirties now, but they stood outside the old Academy School in Madison Thursday, recollecting where Papa Joe used to park his truck when they were in third grade.
They said whenever they heard the music they would go running.
"The ice cream was great, but getting time with Papa Joe was the most special," said Shirley.
Glaser said he remembers seeing Papa Joe at little league games. He said even though there was always a gaggle of kids around the vintage 1969 truck, Papa Joe made each kid feel like it was just the two of them, talking about a serious business deal.
"I hope we can make sure his legacy lives on," said Glaser.
John-Michael said he remembers that Papa Joe would always joke with the kids while counting their change saying, "$1,000, $2,000," making them feel like they were rich.
"He was a really important, sort of like, grandfather to the whole town," said Michael.
Papa Joe was also famous for quizzing the students when they came out of Academy School. Whoever could answer his question correctly got free ice cream.
Shirley said he will never forget the day that he identified the state capital of California and got a free ice cream bar in return.
"He gave away a lot of free ice cream," said Joseph Barbato, Papa Joe's son. "I don't know if I would have run my business like him."
In 2017, Papa Joe retired from the ice cream business and sold his truck. State Rep. Kokoruda obtained a state proclamation, officially declaring it "Papa Joe Day."
"He was that big of a deal," said Glaser.
Since Papa Joe's passing earlier this week, his family has received an outpouring of messages, mostly from strangers.
"He was our father and we were proud and we loved him, but we had no idea how much he was loved by everybody else," said Panullo.
They said that the messages from people who loved Papa Joe will stay with them forever, almost as long as Papa Joe's legacy is likely to live on.
"Rest in Peace, Poppa Joe," one person wrote to the family on Facebook. "No ice cream will ever taste as good."
"He was just the ice cream man. How many people leave this kind of legacy for driving a Good Humor truck?" said Linsley Barbato, Papa Joe's daughter. "It doesn't matter if you are the CEO of a big company or if you are the Good Humor man, you can make a difference."
The family is hosting a celebration of life for Papa Joe Friday Feb. 28 from 2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the North Madison Congregational Church.
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National Grid will pay homeowners to use less electricity between 5pm and 6pm tonight
Millions of households and businesses will be paid to cut back their electricity usage between 5pm and 6pm today to prevent blackouts on one of the coldest days of the
year amid warnings energy supplies will be 'tighter than normal'. The National Grid said it would be activating its Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) this evening with 26
major energy suppliers such as British Gas, EDF, Eon and Octopus Energy signed up. Households could receive payments of up to £20 back if they don't use ovens, washing
machines, tumble dryers, dishwashers, games consoles or decide not to charge their cars during the peak tonight. But the scheme relies on users having a controversial smart
meter, a device which automatically transmits your energy usage to your provider every 30 minutes. There have been many complaints about the devices, ranging from them logging
inaccurate readings that lead to inflated bills to stopping working altogether. It is the first time National Grid has implemented its DFS scheme since it was first
announced last November, as the UK prepares for freezing temperatures this week. Craig Dyke, Head of National Control at National Grid ESO, suggested that the measure could
become a regular part of the UK winter. He said: 'It is something we strongly believe in. It provides flexibility for the system and the consumer. We see this as a growing market.
We see this as a world leading step forward into a space where we can only grow and drive forward towards Net Zero'. Q&A: Can I sign up for the scheme that
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Licensing is quickly moving beyond branded t-shirts, collectibles and kitchenware. Consumer brands are making deals with entertainment properties, celebrity-owned fashion marques, and digital players, and retailers are doing up-front exclusive deals with brands.
Chris DeMoulin, president of Licensing Expo -- the biggest global trade show for the industry, happening next week in Las Vegas -- tells Marketing Daily that this year's show exhibitor roster numbers well over the 420 who attended the 2013 show, and they range across more categories. "One of the things we see is that it's gone beyond the traditional thinking," he says. As entertainment, character, fashion, art and corporate brand owners meet consumer goods, relationships are much more integrated and less about plastering a logo on a product. "The show is now as much about brands meeting brands, artists meeting retailers, entertainment properties meeting brands."
He says that the show now brings marketers who regard the event as a place for "upstream" deals, with 80% of the 15,000 attendees the decision-makers at brands.
"Owners are coming to meet with owners to make those deals -- to do it directly. This has always been true with entertainment companies, and movie studios, but also with apparel, toys, housewares and traditional licensing categories. What's changed in the last five or six years is more decision makers are attending across a broader spectrum of companies."
An example of the upstream mentality is in retail -- where, per DeMoulin, up-and-coming marques are looking to do direct, exclusive deals with the people behind apparel lines (often celebrity-owned or driven.) "If you look at a big brand manager company like Iconix [which handles brands like London Fog, Peanuts, Rocawear, and Bongo and Joe Boxer], lots of deals they do take expression through retail exclusivity," he says. "That drives growth. More and more brands are going to individual retailers and offering a full line there." He says around 80% of retail deals start as exclusives.
Justin Timberlake's William Rast brand is, for example, coming out with a full collection with which Lord & Taylor has a two-year exclusive.
International marketers are a growing factor at the show as well, with 30% of attendees from outside the U.S. looking for established U.S. brands to bring overseas and also to Canada. Attendance has grown every year -- but the percentage of non-U.S. attendees has risen faster, with 85 countries represented, per DeMoulin.
Also this year, auto and racing properties have a big footprint at the show. Shell is sponsoring a first-ever automotive/motorsports zone featuring, among other things, NASCAR and Hendricks Motorsports drivers Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson.
"This is a big opportunity for Shell," says DeMoulin. "It helps their brand equity and helps others see that this kind of sponsorship would be a great opportunity for them. It's the first time they have done something on this scale. in addition to a branded Shell cafe, the zone includes Formula One, National Hot Rod Association, and NASCAR race cars; Ferraris; other high-end sports cars; Polaris products; and motorcycle brands like Ducati.


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Life Disrupted: Burma Army Targets Civilian Family in Danai
Kachin State, Burma
Mr. San Nai Zing's house with mortar round hole in the top of the roof.
This report documents an event in July of 2017 that is one of the worst fears of many people that live in Burma/Myanmar today and yet is an all-too-common story. A family is attacked in their village and at their home by the government military that should be responsible for their safety and security.
The ongoing attacks in Kachin and Shan states and the higher-profile oppression against the Rohingya in Rakhine State demonstrate this multi-front war is not being waged against an arbitrary group but against many different groups throughout Burma. This war has gone on for the last 70 years. It is a deliberate campaign of terror against the different ethnic groups of Burma in order to further the military's control and influence in these ethnic groups' land, resources, and lives. Kachin, Shan, and Rakhine comprise three Burmese states currently embroiled in major conflict, with the Rakhine State Rohingya crisis being considered one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world today. The actions of the Burmese military are unacceptable by all standards of international law and human rights. The Burma military's actions throughout Burma warrant condemnation and a withdrawal of support.
July 9th, 2017, was a tragic day for Mr. San Nai Zing and his family in Mung Ding Village, Danai Township, Kachin State, Burma. At 0200, Mr. San Nai Zing and his wife, Ri Dang Hko, were awakened by a mortar round exploding into their home. As he fully awoke after the shock of the explosion, Mr. San found that he had taken shrapnel to his left knee and his wife had taken shrapnel to her left heel. For the next hour their family, including the parents and three children, listened to small arms fire around their village.
At 0500 Mr. San began to make the morning fire. The family had been unable to seek out medical care for their shrapnel wounds due to the fighting. As dawn came and the smoke from Mr. San Nai Zing's fire rose high in view of the rest of Mung Ding Village the Burma Army came. Once the soldiers had approached closer to Mr. San's home they called out loudly for him and his family to come out. Mr. San and his wife attempted to hide their children in a room inside the home as hurriedly as possible before facing the soldiers.
As Mr. San exited his home a Burma Army soldier shot Mr. San in his left side. Mr. San cried out in pain and the soldier ordered him to stop screaming, threatening to kill him if he did not stop. Mr. San, unable to bear the pain of the gunshot, could not stop making noise. Inside the home, the children cried out in fear, having heard the gunshot and their father's screams. A Burma Army soldier then began shooting into the home while shouting, "You cried loudly!" San Nai Di, a 2-year-old boy, was shot in the head and died instantly from the gunshot.
At the time of this attack no one from the village was able to come and help. More than 30 villagers from 11 different households had their hands tied and were blindfolded in the village church compound. Their mobile phones were switched off. They were kept prisoners in the church compound the entire day and not given any food. The two church priests were also tied and kept prisoner. One woman who was held is a mother of two children, including a nursing infant. She was not allowed to attend to her children all day.
At 1700 the Burma Army soldiers left the village and the village leaders and administrators came to look after their people and to take them to the hospital. When the leaders arrived at the home of Mr. San they found him lying in the rain in front of his home where the Burma Army had left him. His wife, injured, and their remaining two children were inside. The family was rushed to Danai hospital, but the hospital authority asked that the family be taken to the military hospital. The family was dropped off at the military hospital by the village leaders, and the military staff told the leaders they had to leave immediately. The baby was buried the next day by the villagers.
Mr. San Nai Zing healing in the Burma Army military hospital in Danai.
Listed below are other reports that happened around the same time in Danai Township:
– On July 9th a farmer named Mr. Mangjang Dang Di, age 60, from Ting Kawk Village was wounded on his left knee when the Burma Army began shooting indiscriminately around them.
– Around the same time and date, another farmer named Mr. Sandawng Hpung Shin, age 40, from Ting Kawk Village was shot in his left knee and left ear while making a fire in his kitchen.
– A villager from Mung Ding Village, Mr. Wa Hkoi Hkin 35, was stopped and questioned by the Burma Army about his nationality. 'We are Rawang', replied the man. "Even Rawang is the Kachin, we beat you for not informing us even after seeing the KIA soldiers," said the Burma Army soldiers. "That's why we tied up their hands and blindfolded and kept in the church campus the whole day without providing food," added the Burma Army soldiers. "We are civilians, please do not torture us," said Mr. Wa Hkoi Hkin, but the Burma Army soldiers did not care. Mr. Wa Hkoi Hkin was being treated at the military hospital in Danai following this encounter.
Mr. Sandawng Hpung Shin healing in hospital after being shot by Burma Army.
Wa Hkoi Hkin, Hospitalized after being beaten by the Burma Army.


Let's take a look at the Gans 356s V2.
So first there was the 356. This was such a hyped cube. The pictures looked like nothing we had ever seem before, the rumors about the weight system as well as possibly springs and tensioning of each piece were all over the place. When the cube came out it was a bit of a let down. Not because the cube itself wan't great, but mainly because it was a pretty catchy cube. A few months later Gans came out with new caps to fix the issue dubbing the new version the 356s. Now they have altered the cube a bit more with the V2.
The main thing that is different in this cube is the grooves in the corner pieces. They are a bit more shallow. This basically makes it feel slightly smoother. Out of the box I thought that the cube was faster than the old version but after some messing with it and taking out the old versions I realized that i had changed the springs in the old switching the standard the s8 to the s7, my old one was a bit tighter caused by he higher tension springs.
Like you would expect from the 356 this cube is pretty fast but not insane. Locking very minimal, and on standard tensions corner twisting and popping is nonexistent. As far as difference from the V1, when I tried to guess the old version from the new, I was able to tell the difference some the time, but not every time.
So is this a great cube? of course. Is the V2 that much different no. I want to go a little more into this though. I have seen multiple times on comment sections of other reviews of this cube that Gans is just trying to push the same product on its customers by rebranding it, making slight alterations, and changing the packaging. First off, isn't that the case for pretty much every single cube company? Almost every major cube has gone through slight alterations from shapes of the pieces, to converting 2 piece corner design to three piece, extra groove in the edge pieces, and so on. If you have a 356, and especially if you have the newer caps than this is not for you. The v1 will not be in stock so improving a cube for newer purchasers is something I would expect any reputable company to do.
Yes you can get sometimes two cubes for the price of this one, but for what you get the 356s V2 is worth it.
This cube feel smoth and fast at tye same time. It feels better than my friends Gans 356s Master edition. Mine is also the Master edition.This is definitely my main.
This cube is no doubt fast and buttery smooth,been using it for couple of years cuz new puzzles are too expensive.The only con of this puzzle would be it being extremely lube-hungry.Without lube it's not bad tho.


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Original article | Volume 30, Article 10, 04 May 2018 | 10.11604/pamj.2018.30.10.14015
'Malignant' hypertension from hyperaldosteronism: a case report
Krishna Mohan Baradhi, Thao Tran, Penchala Swamy Mittadodla
Corresponding author: Krishna Mohan Baradhi, University of Oklahoma, Department of Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Tulsa Schusterman Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 74135
Received: 01 Oct 2017 - Accepted: 22 Apr 2018 - Published: 04 May 2018
Domain: Endocrinology,Nephrology,Oncology
Keywords: Secondary hypertension, hyperaldosteronism, adrenocortical carcinoma, hypokalemia
©Krishna Mohan Baradhi et al. Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cite this article: Krishna Mohan Baradhi et al. 'Malignant' hypertension from hyperaldosteronism: a case report. Pan African Medical Journal. 2018;30:10. [doi: 10.11604/pamj.2018.30.10.14015]
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Krishna Mohan Baradhi1,&, Thao Tran1, Penchala Swamy Mittadodla2
1University of Oklahoma, Department of Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Tulsa Schusterman Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 74135, 2Mercy Clinic, Critical Care Medicine, Rogers, Arkansas, USA, 72758
Krishna Mohan Baradhi, University of Oklahoma, Department of Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Tulsa Schusterman Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 74135
Adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC) are rare with an incidence of 0.7-2 per million population per year and account for only 0.05%-2% of all malignant tumors. While majority of the functional ACC present as Cushing syndrome, recurrent hyperaldosteronism from metastatic ACC is exceedingly rare. We describe a 67-year old female presented with hypertensive urgency & hypokalemia as a result of hyperaldosteronism from an 8-cm right ACC. She underwent a radical right nephrectomy with adrenalectomy that normalized her blood pressure. However, a few years later she presented again with resistant hypertension from hyperaldosteronism, raising the suspicion of recurrence of ACC. A contrast-enhanced CT scan showed a normal left adrenal gland but revealed pulmonary metastases of ACC based on a lung biopsy. Chemotherapy was complicated with side effects leading to refusal of further chemotherapy, henceforth requiring high dose of spironolactone for blood pressure control. Despite curative surgery, metastatic functional ACC should be considered in patients presenting with secondary hypertension from recurrent hyperaldosteronism, due to its high recurrence rate. Besides standard cancer surveillance after a curative surgery, meticulous monitoring of blood pressure is a simple yet crucial way to detect cancer recurrence early.
Adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC) are rare malignancy with an incidence of 0.7-2 per million population per year [1]. While ~60% of ACC are functional, clinical manifestations of hyper-secretion are seen in only ~40% of the cases. Hormone-secreting ACC usually present as Cushing´s syndrome (45%), or a mixed Cushing's and virilization syndrome, (25%), whereas, aldosterone-producing tumors are exceptionally rare comprising only ~2.5% of ACC. Amongst these unfamiliar territories, hyperaldosteronism from metastatic adrenal carcinoma has rarely been reported. We herein present a first unique case of secondary hypertension as a result of hyperaldosteronism arising from lung metastasis of the previously resected ACC.
Patient and observation
The patient is a 67-year-old Caucasian woman who presented with uncontrolled hypertension. Patient did not have major medical issues until her early 60s when she started noticing rise in blood pressure during her routine clinic visits. Physical examination was within the normal limits except her systolic blood pressure was consistently in the 200s. Laboratory evaluation was significant for hypokalemia of 2.7 meq/L, bicarbonate -24 meq/L and creatinine of 0.92 mg/dl. Further evaluation for possible etiology of secondary hypertension revealed high aldosterone-renin ratio. Computed tomography (CT) scan to evaluate hyperaldosteronism showed a large mass in right adrenal gland measuring 10 x 7.8 cm (Figure 1). Further FDG-PET scan showed a right adrenal mass and periceliac lymph nodes were positive. The patient underwent a radical right adrenalectomy with nephrectomy and lymph nodes dissection. Pathology revealed 14cm adrenal cortical carcinoma with two lymph nodes next to vena cava which were positive. She also completed adjuvant radiation and chemotherapy. Her blood pressure and serum potassium normalized after adrenalectomy. Follow up FDG-PET scan a year later, showed increase glucometabolism in a nodal mass of the left paratracheal region superior to the clavicle and underwent lymph node dissection. Biopsy again showed metastatic ACC of supraclavicular lymph node. Patient completed 3 cycles of carboplatin and etoposide. In addition, during this time, the patient also diagnosed with papillary thyroid carcinoma for which she underwent thyroidectomy and ablation. Blood pressure was within the normal limits during this period. Patient was lost to follow up for two years due to non-compliance until she presented back again with difficult to control blood pressure with associated hypokalemia similar to her prior presentation (Table 1). Her medications at this time included clonidine, metoprolol, Lisinopril, Torsemide, and potassium supplements. Despite these regimen, her systolic blood pressure remained in the 200s. Further testing revealed aldosterone-renin ratio of greater than 200, raising the red flag of possible recurrence of ACC. A CT abdomen showed normal left adrenal gland, however CT chest revealed multiple pulmonary lesions favoring metastasis as shown in the Figure 2. Initial bronchoscopy showed many atypical cells but no malignancy. Percutaneous lung biopsy unveiled these lesions to be of metastatic cancer of adrenocortical origin. She underwent chemotherapy again complicated with side effects leading to refusal of further chemotherapy, henceforth requiring high dose of spironolactone (400 mg daily) for blood pressure control.
Secondary hypertension from aldosterone secreting ACC is not only uncommon but may also be unfamiliar to the practicing clinicians. Amongst these odd etiologies of hyperaldosteronism, pulmonary metastasis of previously resected ACC is a rare entity. Deckers et al reported a case of hyperaldosteronism from peritoneal dissemination of the previously removed ACC [2]. Calvo-Romero et al reported a case of resistant hypertension as a result of hyperaldosteronism from recurrent adrenal adenoma [3]. ACC usually affect middle aged group and are slightly more common in females [4]. The clinical presentation of aldosterone producing ACC is hypertension and hypokalemia. It is clinically indistinguishable from the Conn's syndrome presentation and pathological differentiation can be challenging. Both size and appearance on imaging are used to distinguish between benign and malignant adrenal mass. Tumors > 6cm are highly suspicious for malignancy and require surgical resection according to NIH [5]. For tumors between 4 and 6 cm, additional criteria should be considered before adjudicating to monitor or proceed to adrenalectomy [5]. In addition, Weiss criteria can also be used to distinguish between benign and malignant ACC. Weiss system mandates meeting three out of the nine histological features to be regarded as malignant [6]. Amongst them, the presence of atypical mitoses, capsular invasion, tumor weight greater than 250g, and size greater than 10cm each showed a statistical association with poor survival, compared to other features, such as nuclear grade, presence of necrosis or of venous /sinusoidal invasion, character of the tumor cell cytoplasm, or architectural pattern, showed no statistical significance in predicting survival [7].
Mineralocorticoid antagonists or adrenalectomy can be the option of treatment for classical causes of primary hyperaldosteronism, whereas the only potential lifesaving option for ACC is complete radical resection [8]. It is imperative that hormonal assessment is done prior to adrenalectomy. Despite surgical resection, there is a high recurrence rate of ACC, up to 74% recurrence rate either local or distant metastasis [9]. Hence, Fassnacht et al advocate periodic radiological and biochemical monitoring for at least 10 years post-surgery for ACC [4]. For aldosterone producing ACC, common sites of metastasis include liver, lung, abdominal lymph modes, contralateral adrenal and abdominal lymph nodes [10]. The prognosis of ACC depends on tumour stage and is generally poor. Interval between the initial resection of an adrenocortical carcinoma and recurrence can dictate prognosis [11]. The overall 5-year survival rate range between 16 and 38% and median survival for metastatic disease is less than 12 months [12,13]. Largest study to date indicated rates of response and progression-free survival were significantly better with etoposide plus mitotane than with streptozocin plus mitotane as first-line therapy for advanced ACC [14]. Our patient presented with recurrent metastatic ACC with resultant hyperaldosteronism leading to resistant hypertension and hypokalemia. Given the extent of her disease with multiple recurrences of metastasis, mitotane chemotherapy was offered to patient along with the etoposide. Unfortunately, as she succumbed to the side effects of therapy, patient decided against further treatment and required escalating doses of spironolactone to control her blood pressure.
Our case highlights the importance of considering functional ACC in patients presenting with hyperaldosteronism. Clinicians should be cognizant of high rate of recurrence of ACC and incorporate blood pressure monitoring besides standard radiographic and laboratory surveillance after a curative surgery to detect recurrence of ACC early.
All authors read and agreed to the final version of this manuscript and equally contributed to its content and to the management of the case.
Table and figures
Table 1: laboratory data
Figure 1: CT abdomen: (A) coronal section showing 8cm mass above the right kidney; (B) sagittal section showing the adrenal tumor
Figure 2: CT chest showing bilateral pulmonary metastases
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Krishna Mohan Baradhi
Penchala Swamy Mittadodla
Secondary hypertension
Hyperaldosteronism
Adrenocortical carcinoma
Hypokalemia


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Algeria set for new protests despite Bouteflika departure
Algeria's protest leaders say that the departure of veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika is not the end of their struggle / © AFP
Algerians are planning mass protests Friday in a key test of whether they can keep up the pressure for sweeping reforms following ailing president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's resignation.
Opponents of the old regime have taken to social media calling for a massive turnout, targeting a triumvirate they dub the "3B" -- Abdelakder Bensalah, Tayeb Belaiz and Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui.
The Bouteflika regime stalwarts have been entrusted to oversee the political transition after the veteran leader finally stepped down at the age of 82.
Bouteflika quit late Tuesday after weeks of demonstrations against his bid for a fifth term in office. He had lost the backing of key loyalists including armed forces chief Ahmed Gaid Salah.
Bensalah, speaker of the upper house of parliament for 16 years, is to take the reins as interim president for three months until elections are organised.
Belaiz, a minister for 16 years, was named by Bouteflika as head of the Constitutional Council which regulates elections.
Bedoui, until his appointment as prime minister, had served as interior minister -- or, as the French-language El Watan newspaper put it on Thursday, "chief engineer of electoral fraud".
Critics say all three have always been faithful Bouteflika servants, who should follow his lead and resign.
Lawyer Mustapha Bouchachi, one of the leading voices of the protest movement, urged Algerians to continue protesting "until they have all gone".
"Our victory is partial," he said in a video posted online. "Algerians will not accept that symbols of the regime... lead the interim period and organise the next elections."
"These symbols of the regime cannot be part of the solution and we have been demanding since February 22 that the whole system, its symbols and its clients, leave," he added.
"The president's resignation does not mean that we have actually won."
- 'Delicate phase' -
Protesters are calling for transitional institutions to be set up to implement reforms and guarantee free elections.
Hamza Meddeb, an independent analyst in Tunisia, said Algeria was entering "a very delicate phase, because the street and the institutions are at risk of diverging".
He said the only winner of this tussle would be Bouteflika and his entourage.
But Geneva-based political scientist Hasni Abidi said "the Algerian street has become has become a new player" in the country's politics.
Little was known, however, about the army's intentions, he said.
Algerian newspapers have also focused on the role of the military in the transition period.
The French daily Le Soir d'Algerie asked how the armed forces would react in the event of continuing protests.
It asked: "will the military institution put all its weight into imposing strict compliance with the constitution... or push for another consensual political outcome?"
"How to use the transition," read a headline in El Watan, next to a drawing of General Gaid Salah, with a whistle in his mouth, leading protesters down a path dubbed "constitutional order".
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"After the Bouteflika clan, it will be the turn of the armed forces chief to face the street," it said.
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Sand hills - mining, water and more
by By John Hiscock, J.D.
SITLA lease parcels and BLM lands where SRS holds mining claims.
I vividly remember ascending the Sand Hills from Mt. Carmel Junction on Highway 89 approaching Kanab from the north, over 40 years ago. Reaching the crest of the "Sands," I stopped to marvel at the beauty of Dianas Throne to the north, and White Cliffs stretching to the east. To the west, I could see the jumble of slickrock that is Zion National Park and its West Temple, backed by the Pine Valley Mountains.
In the foreground to the south, is isolated prominence of Red Knoll, and further on, the stretch of the Wygaret Terrace and Moquith Mountain ultimately dropping "over the rim" of the Vermilion Cliffs and on to the Kaibab Plateau on the horizon. All around, the undulating vegetation stabilized dunes with scenic pockets of ponderosa pine and other interesting plants punctuate the land. What a spectacular landscape!
Easy to see why our historic and notable predecessors – John Wesley Powell, Clarence Dutton, Maynard Dixon, Edwin D. Wooley – were inspired by the scene. And, in my 30 years as a resident of the area, I am still awe struck every time I cross the "Sands," and hike or cross-country ski below the white, yellow and orange cliffs.
Now this landscape is threatened by a mining proposal that will forever alter its breathtaking and expansive beauty, its unique landforms, vegetation and wildlife, recreational opportunities, its quiet, and our limited water resources. The proposal is for strip mining sand for use in oil and gas fracking extraction in the Uintah Basin of Utah and the San Juan Basin in New Mexico.
Southern Red Sands, LLC (SRS) presently holds mineral leases on two State Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) sections in the Sand Hills area – one on T42S R7W, Section 16, encompassing Red Knoll and surrounding lands, and one on T42S R7W, Section 2, two miles northeast, and adjacent to Red (or Peekaboo) Canyon.
In addition, and not revealed by SRS in local public discussions, is that the company also holds federal mining claims spanning the two surrounding townships – approximately 48 square miles of our presently undisturbed federal/Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands.
The current focus of the SRS proposal is the SITLA Section 16 land. However, with the corporate investment of "millions" in mining leases and claims, facilities and equipment involved, it must be presumed that the operation will expand on more of the extensive tract on which mining claims are asserted – essentially the full extent of the Sand Hills bordered by the Yellowjacket Canyon to the west, the White Cliffs to the north, Kanab Creek to the east, and extending south of the Hancock Road.
One of the greatest impacts of the proposed operation will be to Kanab and Kane County's water resources. All of the mined sands will have to be washed before shipment. SRS has stated that it estimates a need for 18,000 gallons of water per minute for sand washing. They speculate that they can recover/recycle 95 percent of said water, or 17,100 gallons – a highly optimistic, questionable and unproven proposition.
If this could be achieved, they would only require an initial 18,000 gallons, and then, continually thereafter, 900 gallons/minute of replenishment, for a total consumption per year of over 473 million gallons. SRS is negotiating with the City of Kanab and the Kane County Water Conservancy District (KCWCD) to provide all of its water needs, presumably via a new well(s) drilled on or nearby the SITLA parcel. (Even SRS has referred to its water needs as constituting an "obscene amount.")
Based on City statements, that amount of water would represent an amount equivalent to 82 percent of the City's current usage of 578.3 million gallons. The projected water use each year by SRS could provide 2,371 four-person households with their yearly water needs (based on USGS information of average use of 167 gallons per person per day in Utah).
• Why is the City of Kanab considering providing water to an industrial undertaking outside the boundaries of the City?
• Can the City and KCWCD afford to allocate so much of its precious and only speculative water reserves for the proposed purposes?
• Will a likely, and strategically planned expansion of SRS mining and processing on additional lands require even more water?
• Despite the SRS statement that Kanab City, or any water provider will face "no infrastructure costs, no wells, no piping" and SRS will simply be "plugging in as a service customer," how SRS will get water at the SITLA site remains a mystery. Will it be flown or trucked in from the City or KCWCD? Logically, one must assume that a new well will be drilled on site.
• What will a new well, or wells, and associated process and facilities cost the City, KCWCD, and the taxpayers?
• Will the drawdown of a new well in the Sand Hills area adversely affect the groundwater aquifer and other water rights and water users in the area?
• All indications are that aquifer drawdown in the noted area will affect groundwater seepage into the Three Lakes Canyon tributary of Kanab Creek and Kanab Creek itself.
• Aquifer depletion will affect surface water flow currently used by our farmers and ranchers throughout the Kanab area.
• Riparian resources of the canyon systems could also be forever degraded or destroyed.
• If the City and KCWCD have sufficient water reserves to connect to, and fulfill SRS industrial needs, why are these entities participating in the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline at ultimate significant expense to taxpayers?
And, many more impacts are foreseen and possible:
• The degradation or destruction of the aesthetically scenic northern highway approach and exit from Kanab, and inter-park Mt. Carmel Scenic Byway.
• The loss of natural sounds and quiet away from the immediate vicinity of the highway.
• Destruction of natural vegetation on a large scale, including potential destruction of relict or unusual vegetation species such as isolated stands of ponderosa in interdunal hollows. (The BLM has recognized the relict vegetation parcels in the larger area, for protection, monitoring and study, and similar parcels arguably exist.)
• Impacts on grazing resources and permittees.
• SRS has stated that the mining process is as simple as "push[ing] back the sagebrush." In actuality, everything – vegetation (trees, shrubs, forbs, grasses, etc.), and sand, to a reported average depth of 40 feet – will be stripped. Reclamation efforts are asserted by SRS, but this will be no easy task given the resultant exposed surface of underlying rock, or limited remnant sand depleted of organic matter and nutrients in this ecologically marginal area of shifting sands.
• Loss of "crucial" winter deer habitat (as identified by Utah DWR and the BLM) for the Paunsaugunt and Cedar Mountain deer herds; and other detrimental impacts on the deer, such as facility and trucking noise aversion, trucking "take"/kills, etc.
• Loss of important winter habitat for bald eagles (we've all seen many in this area); and other detrimental impacts on all eagles and other raptors.
• With likely strip-mining expansion over much of the Sand Hills, impairment of identified wilderness quality BLM lands.
• Impact and literal reduction of recreational opportunities including camping, picnicking, hiking, horseback riding, mountain-biking, hunting and OHV exploration on authorized routes.
• Increased highway maintenance and safety impacts with 192 semi-trucks per day coming and going from and to the north on Hwy. 89. (SRS has stated "four trucks an hour leaving the plant 24/7" (and of course the same number arriving), presumably as related only to northward Uintah Basin deliveries.
If, and when, deliveries are expanded to the San Juan Basin in N.M., we can presumably expect a similar number of semis rolling south and east through Kanab.)
So, what can we citizens, residents, taxpayers and public land users do?
Unfortunately, SITLA is not required to follow any public process, or environmental analysis in making land use decisions within its jurisdictional authority. Nevertheless, public communications to SITLA on its proposals or actions may have some effect.
Of course, public attention and participation in Kanab City, Kane County and KCWCD actions is warranted. Changes in water right points of diversion by these entities, through the Utah Division of Water Rights public notice and comment procedures should be closely watched, and citizen input submitted.
In addition, public attention and comment regarding BLM actions related to the frac sand mining proposals is important. Right now, BLM is inviting public comment on a request from Kane County to widen and improve the dirt/gravel road from Hwy 89 to the Section 16 SITLA parcel.
The associated, required National Environmental Policy Act analysis must include all foreseeable, connected effects – such as sand mining on SITLA and immense tracts of surrounding BLM lands – resulting even from this right-of-way request.
We should demand careful analysis by our stewards – Kanab City, Kane County, KCWCD, the BLM, and the Utah Division of Water Rights in their consideration and actions regarding this undertaking.
John Hiscock is a retired National Park Service manager, having held numerous park land management positions and assignments over his career. He frequently dealt with water rights, hydrologic research, and water system operations, public land law, and resource management.
Hiscock holds a Juris Doctor degree in law from the University of Utah, and a B.A. in History from the University of California. He has been published in various periodicals throughout his career.


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I guess these patches can be used on other distros as well, but for brevity I'll only list what needs to be done on Gentoo. It's a tad frustrating that the original bug report is dated April 24th and still the patches havend made it into the main Portage tree. Maybe this is because the right set of is still being debated on.
I for one could not get the package to compile just with the 279-kernel-3.15.patch and the inode_patch.patch. I had to add two further patches: vmci.patch and vsock.patch. Both are based on a tarball provided here. Simply put: download all four patches and place them in /etc/portage/patches/app-emulation/vmware-modules/ and emerge -v \>=app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.2 should run throughs moothly. Tested with sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.15.5.
Update: for Linux 3.16 (sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.16.1) I had to add this patch: 279-getname.patch.


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GRA begins exercise to clamp down on smuggled vehicles
More than 400 cars have been impounded in the Greater Accra Region by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) within the last four months for non-payment of customs duties.
An additional 249 vehicles were also seized between January and April 2018 from Kumasi, Elubo, Sunyani, Aflao, Dabala, Koforidua and Takoradi.
Kumasi, which is considered a hot spot for smuggled vehicles, recorded the highest figure of 106.
Last year, when a similar special exercise was carried out by the GRA, 754 vehicles and trucks were impounded between January and December 2017.
Special operation
The GRA is optimistic that more vehicles will be impounded in an ongoing nationwide operation to confiscate uncustomed vehicles which started simultaneously yesterday in Accra and other regional capitals.
Briefing journalists in Accra on Monday, the Commissioner General of the GRA, Mr Kofi Nti, said intelligence reports reaching the authority indicated that there were many vehicles and trucks on Ghana's roads whose owners did not pay the requisite duties.
Mr Nti added that the presence of such vehicles in the country was illegal because the necessary permits were not secured and the owners had violated Section (55) sub-section (1) of the Customs Act (Act 891).
He explained that the operation to impound uncustomed vehicles in the country, which was announced last week, was delayed to afford the public the opportunity to rectify any deficiencies they might have had.
"Under normal circumstances, the Customs Division carries out such operations without any prior announcement to the general public, he said.
He further stated that the exercise was also to create awareness that the special operation would be sustained and advised all vehicle or truck owners and other prospective buyers to contact the nearest customs offices for verification of the status of vehicles they intended to purchase.
A national task force led by the Deputy Commissioner in Charge of the Preventive Unit of the Customs Division of the GRA, Mr Seidu Iddrisu, visited garages on the Spintex road and the customs garage near the Kotoka International Airport in Accra.
The task force also randomly stopped vehicles on the Spintex road which were inspected and the chassis numbers entered in the GRA system to verify if they were genuinely brought into the country and import duties had been paid.
In some cases, the customs officers used sandpaper to remove paints on the chassis numbers of vehicles to find out if the numbers had been tampered with.
Two vehicles, a Nissan Ameri taxi and a Hyundai Truck, were impounded during the exercise as it was found that their chassis numbers had been tampered with and the owners had not paid the requisite customs duties.
Smuggled vehicles
Later in an interview, Mr Iddrisu said it had come to the attention of the authority that some of the vehicles were smuggled through unapproved entry points from neighbouring West African countries.
He explained that under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Protocol, to which Ghana is a signatory, citizens of member countries of the sub-regional body are permitted to temporarily cross over to other countries in the sub-region with vehicles for temporary use for a period of two weeks, which could be extended to 90 days.
Mr Iddrisu advised owners or importers of such vehicles to ensure that they contacted the Customs Division to regularise the status of the vehicles before they could be used in Ghana under what is known as 'home consumption'.
"If, after 90 days, an ECOWAS national is seen in Ghana still using such a vehicle, he is made to pay a penalty or a Customs officer is assigned to escort him or her out of the country. If the user has the intention to use the vehicle in Ghana, we work out the duty and give him or her the necessary documentation to enable him or her to register the vehicle with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA)," he said.
He noted that the smugglers usually tampered with the chassis numbers of the cars and, therefore, urged potential car buyers to contact the nearest customs office to verify the tax liability and the authenticity of customs documents covering the cars.
The Head of the Public Education and Media Relations Unit at the GRA, Mr Johnson Yankey, stated that the minimum penalty for vehicle owners who defaulted in the payment of tax on imported vehicles was 100 per cent of the tax evaded.
Mr Yankee said vehicles suspected to have been smuggled were initially detained for 30 days, during which the owners were expected to produce the necessary documents and assist in investigations, and depending on the outcome the vehicles were released to the owners.
Where the owner fails to produce the necessary documents when the 30 days' grace period expires, the vehicles are then classified as seized cars and the owners have 30 days to appeal.
After that, the vehicles are put up for auction to recover the revenue or allocated to a public official working for the state.
Source: Graphic.com.gh


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