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GO HAWKS!
Hopefully the Seattle Seahawks will shortly be hoisting this trophy aloft in the frozen New Jersey tundra! As it was spotted adorning the J.W. Marriott in Indianapolis a few years ago.(DOB)
Just getting into the spirit of the 12th Man; Err Fan here... As hopefully this teeny-weeny amount of No Fenders Feel Good Mojo will indeed help our Seattle Seahawks WIN their first Superbowl on Sunday!
Who has the advantage: Seahawks vs. Broncos
So will "Pay-Ton" be throwing "ducks" for INT's or TD's? Will Richard Sherman be flashing the choke sign to Denver or will it be the Hawks? Or will "BEAST MODE," aka Marshawn Lynch simply run roughshod over Denver with Seattle Fans raining down his beloved Skittles in the Endzone?
Yet Inquiring Minds wanna know the pertinent questione: Will Eli the Ape be correct upon his Superbowl Winners pick once again?
Utah Ape picks Seahawks to win Super Bowl XLVIII
(Photo Courtesy of No Fenders 'Offical Photographer 'CARPETS)
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Labels: Misc Ramblings, Northwest Happenings, Sports
The Flyin' Hawaiian...
Having originally planned to post this sometime after having suffered the indecency of having to go on Holiday in Kona, Hawaii for 2+ weeks; (the first time) Ahhhhh.... What are the 'lil people doing, eh? Hya!
Thus having intended to originally post this 'Wayback in thee fall of twenty-eleven, of which I scribbled 'bout previously in;
The Tomaso Files: Jolly Green SeaTurtles
Nevertheless, the story never got written, as Y'all know the drill about thee ever consuming nebulous black hole fondly known as the No Fenders Wormhole Vortex! Which continuously swallows up pending yarns simmerin' in the vast NoFendersville kitchen...
Thus, alas continuing on with my meandering Hawaii theme I once again scribbled my sundry thoughts after another visit to thee B-I-G island in;
The Tomaso Files: Chocolate Bunnies 'N Rainbows make Kona seem a longway away...
And as I've scribled prior to this latest trip which was a welcome surprise from Santa Claus, I've once again managed to commandeer another visit to Kona to escape the never ending theme of gray dreary and dark skies 'O Seattle; but I digress...
Since I can only think of 'Juan lone Hawaiian Piloto to ever contest the Indy 500 - which is even less than the number of African Americans to race at the hallowed grounds 'O Mother Speedway... While I'm guessin' Y'all can think of his name? I feel somewhat embarrassed that I'd forgotten he'd raced in Formula 1; Aye Karumba!
As it would be after I'd briefly started this yarn (the first time) that I learned of another reputed Hawaiian-born IndyCar driver by the name of Bill Allsup, who ironically I obtained his "John Hancock" at the 2012 Legend's Day autograph session at Mother Speedway, aka Indianapolis. As very little seems to be known about Allsup's background - other than his WICKEDpedia' page...
INDY 500: Legends Day Doce, Autograph session 2012 - The Sequel...
Although I've now just stumbled upon another website proclaiming that there's actually a total of five Hawaiian racing drivers, with four being from Honolulu: Bill Allsup, Kelly Hu, (not the model) Brice Miller and Les Vallarano, while the fifth, "Who's not like the Others" is from Kahului
And since our story is about that driver from Kahului
, Hawaii named Danny Ongais, then let's get to the story, shall we?
As Ongais was born on May 21, 1942 and has made the most Indy 500 starts of any Hawaiian native contesting The Greatest Spectale in Motor Racing, as Bill Allsup, his senior by four years only successfully ran the 1981 Indy 500, while Ongais raced at the Brickyard eleven-times: 1977-86, and unexpectedly in1996, as Danny scored four Top-10 finishes, one ninth, two seventh's and a best finish of fourth place during his eleven outings at the Brickyard.
Ongais's name is also synonymous with Interscope Racing, which was funded and owned by the financially secure "Media Mogul" Ted" Field, heir to the Field family fortune - his father having owned the Chicago sun times and now reported to amass a fortune of $1.2-billion, but we're jumping ahead of the story...
As the young Ongais began motorcycle racing at the tender age of fourteen, before enlisting in the Armed Forces and serving as a Paratrooper in Europe, and then being discharged and returning to his hunger for racing.
Ongais would win the 1960 Hawaiian Motorcycle Championship before shifting gears into drag racing, where after beginning as a mechanic he'd become champion several times over, his last title being won in 'Funnycar's in 1969 reportedly, although Ongais would continue his affinity for "laughing gas" powered 'Straightliners into the '70's.
Reputedly Danny beat somebody by the name of Mickey Thompson - dually being hired to drive for him and amongst other things, Ongais was the pilot of Thompson's trio of nasty '69 Mach 1 Ford Mustangs which set numerous speed records upon the Bonneville Salt Flats.
And what seems a reoccurring theme in Ongais's travels thru motorsports, by doing things his own way, Danny took up road racing at the remarkably late age of 32 where He promptly won 12-of-15 Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) races in the National and Regional series.
Thus Ongais's driving prowess in the SCCA garnered the attention of Ted Field who apparently was searching for a driver for his newly created F5000 Interscope Racing team, and the rest as they say is history...
Danny began his single seater racing career spending two seasons contesting Formula 5000 before Field, who was eager to move up the ladder progressed into the realm of USAC "IndyCar" racing, and more specifically the crown jewel, the Indianapolis 500. As Ongais ironically earned his rookie "stripes" at Mother Speedway in 1977, which ultimately saw 'Ol 'SuperTex, aka A.J. foyt make history with his fourth Indy 500 win.
Ongais won the Michigan 200 later in '77, his debutant 'B-I-G CARZ victory and then scored the first of his three poles that year at the following race at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas before Field, who apparently still hadn't satisfied his motor racing itch decided to add Formula 1 to his and Ongais's resumes respectively
Field then purchased Danny two rides aboard ATS's ex-Penske F1 chassis, who'd decided not to go to the United States that season, as ATS team owner Hans Gunther Schmid whose Formula 1 teams I scribble 'bout briefly in; German Jalopies had purchased Roger Penske's stock after pulling out of Formula 1 at the end of 1976; with Field entering the Hawaiian in that year's final two North American rounds beginning with the United States Grand Prix-East at Watkins Glen aboard the re-liveried No. 14 Interscope Racing mount, the non-Works Penske PC4-Cosworth in which Ongais retired upon an accident on lap-6.
Yet in the following outing for Interscope at the Canadian GP at Mosport, Ongais would finish just one position outside of the points in seventh-place, which ultimately would be his career best F1 finish.
And although Ongais's Formula 1 career never saw fruition, 1978 arguably was his best year in single seater's as the Flyin' Hawaiian stormed to eight poles and five wins in his sophomore USAC Champ Car season - even leading the Indy 500 before retiring.
Yet I can only ARSE-sume that his Go-for-Broke Hard Chargin' "Checkers or Wreckers" driving attitude was instrumental in his surely disappointing eighth place finish in the overall championship standings, since Danny scored the most poles and wins vs. championship winner Tom "The Gasman" Sneva who laid a Goose-egg for wins en route to his second consecutive title for Penske Racing before being fired...
Danny switched to the Ensign F1 Team for the first two races of the 1978 season with lackluster results, retiring with distributor rotor and brake dis failures before Messer Field bought a third Shadow chassis for Ongais to pilot at the USGP-West in Long Beach, CA where Danny failed to pre-qualify for the event. One final attempt was made at that year's Dutch GP aboard his Shadow which once again he failed to pre-qualify - subsequently electing to focus upon his USAC career instead, where he'd score five victories with his F1 career coming to a close.
Arguably Ongais's major race achievement was winning the 24 hours of Daytona in 1979 with some chap named Hurley Haywood and boss Ted Field at the controls of a Porsche 935, as Danny reportedly claimed many Sports Car victories in Porsches, along with contesting the 24 Heurs du Mans also with boss Ted Field in the cockpit.
While Fields & Ongais hold a dubious side note in Open Wheel Racing history with Interscope Racing having planned to race the 1980 Indy 500 in a Roman Slobodinskij penned chassis powered by a Porsche V-6 turbo variant of the 935 Panzerwagon. Yet with many fearing Porsche's potential dominance and USAC reeling from the creation of the rival Championship auto Racing Teams series, USAC rendered the engine obsolete by cutting its boost pressure a la the turbines and Porsche tersely pulled the plug upon its Speedway plans, while IMSA was quite content to see the little motor blossom into the powerplant of the almighty 956 & 962's.
And if you're thinking the name Slobodinskij sounds vaguely familiar? That's because he was the chief designer of those AWESOME 1970's A-L-L conquering AAR Eagles which "Gordy" Johncock and "Uncle Bobby" (Unser) drove to victory at the Speedway in 1973, 1975 respectively when the "Wedge" shape was in!
Yet as we all know, Danny's IndyCar career came tumbling down in 1987 after he'd finally secured a ride for The Captain (Roger Penske) in that year's Indy 500 before crashing during practice and being ruled out of the race due to a concussion, with somebody named 'BIG AL (Unser Sr.) getting the ride instead aboard a year-old showcar chassis that he took to an improbable fourth victory at Mother Speedway.
Yet Ongais wasn't quite finished with the Brickyard just yet, as he'd be pressed into service by John Menard after the tragic death of 1996 pole-sitter Scott Brayton. Having to start dead last as Brayton's replacement, Ongais at the age of 54 did little to embarrass himself by wheeling the Lola/Menard V6 to a respectable seventh place finish, (3-laps down) while reputedly his last major racing start came at the tender age of 60 in a Grand Am Sports Car race...
Yet another of Ongais's nicknames seems most appropriate for him, having also been anointed the moniker of the "Silent Hawaiian," which is totally apropos, as karmically I'd witness this key feature of Danny's in the flesh 'Wayback in Twenty-oh-Seven where we stumbled into Senior Citizen Mr. Ongais (age 65) inside the Flagroom Bar & Grill, which I scribbled 'bout in;
Indy Celebrities
As "OnGas" was trying to quietly eat his lunch in relative obscurity before Indiana Bureau Chief Daniel Baines Cooper asked me if I wanted to meet him? As he sat across from our table, and although polite to us, as all I recall is him saying he'd never ride in a two-seater! He was very Kurt and naturally said few words as D.B. Cooper soon dropped his attempt to interact with Messer Ongais!
As perhaps this obscure '87 Chicago Tribune article I found upon the A-L-L Knowing Intrawoodz' sums up Ongais's public persona best?
Danny Ongais: Indy's Mystery Man
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ROLEX 24: Changes Abound for 2014 running of Daytona endurance classic
The new Michael Shank Racing Ford EcoBoost car. Photo by: Trevor Horn. (Image source: motorsport.com)
Otay, so it'll be the price I pay for Santa Claus giving me another trip to Hawaii, as this will be the first Rolex 24 I've missed watching/listening via thee Telescreen in several years now - Y'all sheddin' Crocodile tears for your humble No Fenders scribe already? Tiny bubbles... Hooah! (Although the NASTY ARSE FLU I had for the entire week before leaving made up for my kneading to get away to Kona) But I digress...
And with the long overdue merger, I mean its really a merger, not a takeover by the France family, right? Thus the High-tech American Le Mans Series and its "Racin' is rubbin' 'RASSCAR" Grand Am Sports Car series have unified into the wait for I-T; tuh-Duh! The Tutor United Sports Car Championship... Oh Vanna, I'd like to buy a vowell, please?
This mergification will see a most interesting morphing of the two series multiple classes with the advent of four major classes known so far split evenly between Prototypes and GT racers, with the four classes being: P, PC, GTLM and GTD.
IMSA Announces Confirmed USCC Entries
as effectively the speediest LMP1 cars are gone; Hey! Y'all really didn't think the majority of Grand Am's Taxicab rank 'N file were gonna dispose of their Daytona Prototypes (DP) did Yuhs? Although the DP's will be combined with the ALMS's LMP2 category - which should cause nothin' but confusion, eh? As the Delta-wing chassis is also allowed entrance in this category, with obviously the overall winner of the race coming from the new top P-class's 17-entries...
The PC class is all Squeaky-clean like it's acronym, i.e.; "Politically Correct;" Err PC which is a straight carryover from the ALMS Prototype Challenge category, as IMSA, the sanctioning body for the new Sports Car league has upped the anty by confirming 12-entries for the class, as all PC entrants will compete in spec Oreca chassis propelled by Chevrolet motors and running on Continental tyres...
As typical the round-the-clock races most entries should come from the "Production-based" Grand Touring cars, which GT stands for, with there being two separate divisions of, which I have NO idea if they'll look similar to each other?
The GTLM class has 12 confirmed entries for its GT Le Mans spec racers while the GTD stands for Grand Touring Daytona which is an amalgamation of the previous GT classes - featuring the most entries with 28...
THE BIG BOYZ... (P Class)
Not only will the primary Chip Ganassi Prototype entry for multi-time champion Scott 'Scooter Pruett and co-driver Memo Rojas be radically different this year as the 'Cheepster has dumped his BMW lumps' in favour of Ford's new Eco-boost "blown" V-6 turbo motors - to which Papa Bear Tomaso correctly pointed out over Turkey-Lurkey (Thanksgiving) dinner there's NO such thing as "Economy" in motor racing...
But also missing from the Ganassi fold will be two familiar faces, as Dario "REO Speedwagon" Franchitti has forlornly announced his retirement due to medical advice while (Juan Pablo) 'MAC Montoya has jumped ship to take up refuse in Indy Cars for "The Captain's" (Roger Penske) rival Powerhouse racing team. as wouldn't it be kOOL if Roger entered a DP for 'HULIO, (Castroneves) 'DJ WillyP (Will Power) and 'MAC - but DON'T hold your breath too long as Y'all might turn blue...
Thus I'm thinking that an all IndyCar lineup could fill Ganassi's second part-time entry, featuring 'TK Follow-your-Schnoz Kanaan, Scott Dixon, Charlie Kimball and Ryan Briscoe, although NO report if Toni's nose will fit behind the windshield? Hooah! While perhaps Daytona 500 & Brickyard 400 winner Jamie McMurry and upcoming superstar Kyle Larson will co-drive with Pruett & Rojas? Or some combination of both will fill-in the two cars driving rosters.
Otay, my guessing Pre-Roar Before testing on thee 'Cheepster's two car driver's line-up was pretty close, as the #01 will feature Pruett, Rojas, McMurray and reigning Indy Lights champion Sage Karam. The #02 will have Dixon, Kanaan, Larson and Dario's 'lil bro Marino Franchitti at its keyboard this year...
Also discovered early this year that le 'Hamburgular, nee 'SeaBass, aka Sebastain Bourdais will be co-driving the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP with Christian Fittipaldi and Joao Barbosa.
And look for "Thy Leggy Juan," aka Katherine Legge to be behind the wheel of the lone Delta Wing chassis, co-driving with her regular partner Andy Meyrick and just announced American F1 hopeful Alexander Rossi, who's apparently gotten permission from Caterham...
Delta Wing adds Rossi for Daytona
And unfortunately past Daytona 24hrs winners MSR (Michael shank Racing) have apparently consolidated into a single car entry this season with longtime team drivers '(Oswaldo)
Ozz Negri and John Pew behind the keyboard of their very potent P-Class Riley-Ford prototype, as the team's blown No. 14 "Feurd" Eco-boost lump chassis with Colin Braun as its chauffer set two FIA speed records last October upon having gone 210mph at Daytona International Speedway! Breaking the previous records set in 1979...
FIA confirms new speed records set by Michael Shank Racing
LATE TO THE PARTY (PC)
I'm a little surprised that Greg Pickett has chosen the Prototype challenge class as his vehicle 'O choice for this year's foray into Sports Car racing. And it appears that all of his dicking around , "will he, won't he?" Race in Sports Cars sees his vaunted Muscle Milk team slated as the classes first alternate which hence, I believe means he won't necessarily be racing this year? As off the bat you'd have to say that the Level 5 Motorsports entry seems to be the classes top Banana.
Meanwhile just noticed that Mercedes F1 "simulator Jockey" and 2013 GP2 championship runner-up Sam Bird has signed a deal to contest the Daytona 24hrs, Sebring 12hrs and Petit Le Mans for the Starworks team, so this could be a potential winner to watch for...
On Jan 3, 2014 it was announced that Muscle Milk Pickett Racing had joined forces with Nissan to become a NISMO Global partner and will race its (LMP2-spec) Oreca prototype powered by a Nissan engine with last year SFHR IndyCar rookie driver LucasLuhr and Klaus Graf with Alex Brundle; Yeah, son of 1988 Rolex 24 and former F1 driver & Michael Schumacher team-mate Martin "billybob" Brundle joining the Muscle Milk regulars at Daytona...
Nissan joins forces with Muscle Milk Pickett Racing
BIG BOYZ GT CLASS (GTLM)
Reportedly there will be a dozen competitors in the GTLM class with the likes of Aston's, Corvette's, Ferrari's, Porsche's and SRT-Viper's mixing it up in the B-I-G BOYZ GT ranks on the high banks 'O 'DayToner. And while I'd like to see the lone Risi Competizone 458 Italia win, I'm also pullin' for one of those nasty ARSE Dodge Viper's to pull off the upset for GTLM class honours, although you probably should never bet against the almighty Porsche 911 Panzerwagon, thee undisputed heavyweight stalwart of round-the-clock racing, Ja Volt!
Yet if you're an IndyCar fan, then you'll definitely wanna be rootin' for the #91 Dodge Viper which has just added 2012 Indy Car Series champion RHR (Ryan Hunter-reay) to its driver line-up for the Rolex 24... And now I'm in a quandary over who to root for in this class, having just learned that Ryan Briscoe will be partnering 'MAGS, aka Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia in the #3 Corvette...
TEAM SEATTLE (GTD)
Was somewhat surprised to learn that Team Seattle has jumped ship to AJR, nee Alex Job Racing while Dempsey Racing has two entries in the class. Then again though, AJR is known for its championship winning preparation, so look for the No. 23 Porsche 911 to kick Tail in this year's Rolex 24! With Mario Farnbacher, Ian James, Marco Holzer and Alex Riberas behind it's controls.
PRE-RACE PREDICTIONS
So now that I've previously posted my very quick "Roar Before the Rolex" post, NO real big surprise that the Corvette DP's, (P-class) Porsche's and Corvette Stingrays (GTLM-class_ were running up front. Yet being a sucker for Fords and the "little guys," I'll obviously be pulling for the#60 MSR entry with Negri, Pew, A.J. "#BIG SHOT" Allmendinger and Justin 'B-I-G UNIT Wilson at the controls. Not to mention the unlikely winning LMP2; Err No. 2 Extreme Speed Motorsports (ESM) HPD ARX-03b Honda P-Car entry featuring "Symone Pagenoe," (Simon Pagenaud) Johannes van Overbeek and Ed Brown, who just so happens to be the CEO of Tequila Patrón (Spirits) and co-owner of ESM along with Scott Sharp who'll be racing in the team's lead car #1 entry alongside Ryan "Razzle Dazzle" Dalziel and David Brabham...
As for the GT classes, naturally I've gotta pull for my local Boyz, the two car Park Place entry, albeit I really can't say I've ever heard of any of the drivers of either the #71 or #73 entries.
Also have to root for the number 23 Alex Job Racing Porsche since its flying the colours of Team Seattle this year, which Y'all can read more 'bout in;
Alex Job Racing reunites with Team Seattle
Or check out this fantastic local charity which pioneered the cash for laps completed donation scheme which has raised $5.5-million for the outstanding work done by Seattle's Children's Hospital at;
Team Seattle
While I'm also a sucker for the drivers behind the wheel's of 'Meesh's favourite team owner "Booby Ruble's" (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) BMW Z4GTE's - with a handful of BAD ARSE 'Twisty Boyz houndin' the competition with the likes of: Dirk Müller, Bill Auberlen, Joey Hand, John Edwards - thee racer, not the politician; Hooah! And late to thee party Bobby's son "Grahamcracker," aka Graham Rahal. As I'll just have to await the results upon my return from the B-I-G island...
ROLEX 24: the Roar Before the Big 2014 Race...
Although didn't have time to confirm it this year, I'm ARSE-sumin' that thee boys of Grab Bag Sports will be hosting their yearly Daytona 24hrs Blogathon. So if you're looking for some crazy interaction, and may be some THU-RILLIN' movie like last year's to watch along with, then run on over to Grab Bag Sports pronto to see if they're indeed hosting their yearly Blogathon...
Also know that the race will be shown on the Fox Sports-1 "terrestrial" television channel, which Y'all will need to check your local listings for broadcast times, etc.
As let thy engines roar!
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At the Adeliade Supanova Convention this year I got my Game of Thrones poster signed by the author George R R Martin, and the actors Mark Addy, Michelle Fairley and Jerome Flynn.
I'm a 23 year old currently living in rural Australia, but moving to Melbourne soon enough. I have a degree in Animation, though I have yet to actually do anything productive with it.
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Pennsylvania Real-Time News
PA American Water sues manufacturers of toxic PFAS 'forever chemicals'
A sign warns about PFAS contamination at Clark's Marsh near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Mich., Oct. 17, 2020. (Garret Ellison | MLive)
By Wallace McKelvey | WMckelvey@pennlive.com
One of Pennsylvania's largest water utilities has sued 3M, DuPont and a host of other companies, alleging they knew — or should have known — that so-called "forever chemicals" they manufactured and distributed posed a hazard to the public.
The lawsuit, filed by Pennsylvania American Water, is seeking compensation for its ongoing cost to treat drinking water supplies across the state that have been tainted by toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (or PFAS for short) that have been linked to a variety of birth defects, cancers and other health effects.
"Defendants distributed, handled, discharged and were otherwise responsible for the release of PFAS into the environment without sufficient containment for caution," the filing reads.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is still developing standards for handling the chemicals, which was commonly found in firefighting foam, heat- and water-resistant materials and non-stick cookware. It set a 70 parts per trillion limit on PFAS chemicals in drinking water but that's a health advisory, not a regulation that has the force of law.
Sean Lynch, a spokesman for 3M, said the company "will vigorously defend its record of environmental stewardship," noting that the company has spent $200 to remediate areas where it manufactured or disposed of PFAS materials.
Spokespeople for DuPont and PA American Water did not respond to requests for comment.
Until recently, PFAS were not routinely monitored in drinking water supplies but, as awareness grows, more and more water companies are testing for them and installing additional filtration equipment to remove them.
PFAS are most commonly found in water supplies around airports, firefighting training grounds and military bases — including Harrisburg International Airport and Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg — but they've been detected far from the original source of contamination.
The synthetic chemicals were first developed by 3M chemists in the 1930s and mass-marketed in the '40s and '50s for their insulating properties. But the chemical bonds that give PFAS their heat, oil and water-resistant qualities are so resilient they don't break down in the environment — or in the human body.
READ MORE: PFAS-contaminated drinking water: How one Pa. homeowner too matters into his own hands
Researchers are still learning about the risks but studies indicate a host of health effects, including developmental disorders such as low birth weight and accelerated puberty; many different forms of cancer (such as kidney and testicular); liver damage; immunity suppression; thyroid disorders and even elevated cholesterol.
Addressing these problems, both the health effects and the environment remediation, will be costly.
The U.S. Department of Defense, which is liable for PFAS remediation at military installations, currently estimates a cleanup cost of $33 billion. DuPont entered into a $4 billion agreement with several other manufacturers to cover its legal liabilities, according to its most recent annual report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
In its most recent quarterly report, 3M reported PFAS-related legal liabilities of at least $375 million. 3M has not made future projections.
"Accruals represent [3M's] best estimate of the probable loss," the filing reads. "The company is not able to estimate a possible loss or range of loss in excess of the established accruals at this time."
READ MORE: Tapped Out: How Pennsylvania's failing water system is hurting you
3M reported that it expects to pay for remediation at its own manufacturing facilities for up to 20 years. That does not include the potential for widespread contamination as its PFAS-containing products were used in households across the country. As of Sept. 30, 3M was a named defendant in 22 lawsuits.
PA American Water owns 67 water systems statewide with about 2.4 million customers. That footprint means that it's responsible for a wide swath of the state's drinking water infrastructure.
In 2019, a customer of Suez in York County who lives across the Susquehanna River from the airport, found PFAS in his drinking water. That spurred the utility to install a new granular activated carbon filtration system to remove the chemicals.
The risks posed by PFAS, PA American Water argued in its filing, will continue long into the future, as will its costs to install such equipment. It asked for the various parties it sued to be held liable for cleanup and removal costs, as well as other punitive damages.
It's possible that the utility company is among the first of many to file civil suits against the chemical companies. In October, the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency in California filed a similar lawsuit to cover its cost of installing PFAS filtration systems.
In its marketing materials, 3M notes that it has spent $200 million into remediation efforts so far. But the company also argues that research linking PFAS to various health effects "have found either inconsistent or conflicting observations and do not show causation."
Wallace McKelvey may be reached at wmckelvey@pennlive.com. Follow him on Twitter @wjmckelvey. Find PennLive on Facebook.
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Maine Trails, December - January '10
Transportation's Top 10
A big footprint
Questions of transportation
Highway Fund still lacking
A good crop
What's the worst road in Maine?
The Marriner way
What's important
When we talk about leaders – those who have been and those yet to be – what's important is whether our achievements make a difference for our families, our communities and our world
By Thomas A. Martin, Jr.
This is the time of the year that we look ahead and make resolutions. We also do a lot of crystal ball gazing. Will this be the year we begin to tackle that backlog of paving and highway and bridge reconstruction projects that has plagued Maine for decades? Will we begin to better realize the potential for world trade that our three deepwater ports hold? Will we finally say that it is time to really invest in better roads, highways, bridges, airports and rail - because they make life better for our communities and our families?
In this issue of Maine Trails, looking for answers about what the future holds really begins by looking at the extraordinary individuals profiled on these pages. From Bud Cianchette and John Dority to the 16 scholarship recipients recognized by the MBTA and Maine Section, ASCE – I am reminded of just how much difference one person can make.
Bud Cianchette not only helped build a lot of bridges, he touched a lot of lives across the nation, in Maine and within our organization. MBTA Executive Director Maria Fuentes looks at Bud's enormous legacy in our cover story ("A fruitful life," page 14). We all remember Bud as a natural leader, someone who didn't mince words when he felt something needed to be done. She writes about how Bud and his brothers built a company from the ground up – Cianbro Corp. – never forgetting the values they learned from their parents.
Writer Douglas Rooks profiles John Dority ("A big footprint," page 22), the recently retired MaineDOT chief engineer who over more than four decades helped build many of Maine's great highways and bridges. Friends and co-workers know him as a problem-solver who could always find opportunity, even in a crisis. John has influenced generations of engineers and planners at MaineDOT, teaching by example – and he managed to have lots of fun along the way.
We also have the chance to read about some very inspiring young people in this issue – 16 scholarship winners who by all accounts are well on their way to making their mark on the world ( "A good crop," page 32). Two of the scholarship winners are particularly noteworthy. Bo Li, a junior enrolled in the engineering program at UMaine, is the MBTA's first ever Transportation Trailblazer Scholarship recipient. He is a student who has a deep commitment to serving the community through engineering and education. Amie Chiasson, another third-year UMaine engineering major, is the first recipient of the Kenneth W. Burrill Scholarship. Like Ken, a former MBTA president and Maine Transportation Achievement Award winner, she is someone who "thinks outside of the box" and is interested in using her talents and interest in land use planning and highway safety to make the world a better place.
Make no mistake about it: this is a very good time to be thinking about making a difference. In transportation, we need big thinkers like Bud, John, Ken, Bo and Amie to shake things up. We need leaders – whether they are entrepreneurs, engineers or politicians – who are willing to roll up their sleeves and find solutions to our biggest problems.
In transportation, one of our biggest challenges will be finding a way to make our highways and bridges safer, how to conserve energy and how to modernize our aging transportation network so that it can help our communities grow.
That won't be easy. Maine Highway Fund revenues are continuing to decrease (see article on page 30), and there is a reluctance to address the really difficult issues of funding on either the local or national level. Nevertheless, it is a critical task, and one that we need everyone in the MBTA working on.
We won't be working alone. I feel lucky to serve as president of an organization of more than 600 community and business leaders, each one with the talent and potential to make a difference.
I look forward to working with you in the coming months as we urge our fellow Mainers to invest in safer, more efficient highways, bridges, ports, rail and airports – because that is how we will make our economy stronger, attract new businesses and make this state a better place to do business and to raise a family.
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Naval tank landing craft taking part in cattle rounding operation during feeding stuffs shortage.
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2. Questions that occur to me in the course of the interview. The degree of difficulty is higher, but if you can pull it off these are the best kinds of questions to ask, because it shows that you can synthesize information on the fly. So if they mention that sales are up this year, ask, "What factors do you think have led to the increase in sales?" This approach also puts you in the right mindset for an interview. Too many people treat interviews like practicing in a batting cage. First you step up to the plate and they fire a bunch of questions at you while you try to make contact, and then you switch places and fire a few questions at them. But interviews should be much more about having a conversation.
3. No matter how well you prepare and/or listen, there may come times where you simply draw a blank, or the question you were planning on asking has already been addressed. In those cases, I always fall back on the approach Nick recommends above: ask the interviewer about his or her self. Find out how they ended up at the company, what they like most about working there, what their management style is like, etc. These topics rarely come up earlier in the interview, so they should almost always be available as a fallback.
Let's say it's a year from now and it's time for you to review my work. I haven't just done a good job; I've done the best job of anyone you've hired for this role.
What would I have accomplished during this year that would cause you to write such a review?
It gives an idea of the hiring manager's expectations plus conveys a message that you aren't shooting for average performance.
Candidates should be thinking about their questions from the very beginning of the process. There may be things in the job description that need clarification. There may be questions on the application that really can't be answered without more information. For example the application may ask 'Are you willing to travel?' I'm going to say yes of course, but in the interview I'm going to ask something like 'I noticed a question on your application regarding travel. Can you tell me about the travel requirements of the position?' While you are researching the company and interviewers, always have in the back of your mind, is there anything here that prompts a question. Having good questions to ask is one of the main things that that separates one candidate from another.
T — Test to be sure you've removed their concern – "If I could show that I could contribute quickly… even when it comes to learning a great deal of new information… would that help?" Something that directly address a solution to the concern.
Some won't like it (the sensitive, insecure and domineering personality types) but it places focus, as Nick et al have noted, back on the interviewer's work/career. Besides, do you want to work for someone who doesn't analyze how others perceive them? If I were interviewing someone, I would welcome the opportunity to respond to such queries.
You are evaluating him/her as much as the converse. No doubt it will stand out since so few delve into such a thing in an interview out of fear. If you are going to be making a career investment, and our bosses often make/break our progression, you need to know more than LinkedIn recommendations/endorsements.
If every candidate walked into an interview with only that thought in mind, interviews would be a lot more fun and productive.
1 – What was it about my resume that interested you and prompted you to schedule this interview?
2 – Is there anything you have seen in the other people on the shortlist that you have not seen in me?
What are they trying to accomplish? or get accomplished. If they can't answer that you'll be working for someone with no agenda, no drive. someone babysitting a function. and that's what you'll be doing.
The answer can be blue sky or pragmatic, but if you get a feeling they're really trying to get something done better, create something, process, product or technology, that is a clue you may have an opportunity to also do something better etc, make a mark, learn something.
If opportune once you know this, ask others what they think the boss's vision is…their view.. you'll find out how well glued together that team is.
"What keeps you here?" or variations thereof?
Similar to Philip's first question, my favorite is "you've seen my resume/portfolio/demo reel and had a chance to talk to me, what is your greatest concern about my being able to excel in this job?" In my most ideal situation (where I was hired for my dream job), the interviewer was a bit surprised by the question but gave me their candid opinion. This gave me the opportunity to break down their concern and resistance to hiring me. I was able to provide some case studies where I overcame the situations that concerned the person.
If they are offended then I don't want to work for them anyway.
@Dean: That's a good one – never heard it before. And I agree with your policy.
I go in a similar direction as Dean…I ask a question about the company culture. Something like "What was the most difficult part of transitioning from your prior company to this one?" or if the interview was more conversational I might ask what they believe is the companies biggest quirk. My question usually gets a smirk and a very honest answer.


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What is special about the dates: December 21st, March 21st , June 21st and September 23rd.
Why do seasons exist as they do in the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
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List four factors which cause ocean currents to be created?
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Q: How to hide a MatrixRow in SSRS 2005 based on an expression? I was wondering if someone can tell me how I can hide a row in a matrix on an SSRS 2005 report. I have tried hiding the specific TextBoxes, but when I do that, I still get whitespace where the TextBoxes would appear, which is pretty worthless.
According to research I have done online, there is supposed to be a visibility/hidden property when I right click the row header and go to properties, but I don't see that there. Below is a  link to a screenshot of what I get for the properties:
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Where do I find this property? When I expanded all the groups, I didn't see anything related to visibility.
Is it possible to hide this row bases on an expression? Please let me know.
Thanks

New users apparently cannot answer their own questions without waiting 8 hours. It said to use the edit function instead. I'll marked this as answered later.
I think I found what I was looking for. I got the desired result anyway. Since I hate coming to posts and seeing "Thanks, I figured it out" without any other detail...
Right Click on the Matrix, that is to say, right click on the dotted line with the resizing handles that outlines the matrix. After that click properties. This should bring up a Matrix Properties dialog box. Go the Groups tab (5th over). To change the visibility of a row/column, click the "Edit" button. This brings up another dialog box. Visibility is the 4th tab.
Hope that saves someone a headache.

A: I think I found what I was looking for. I got the desired result anyway. Since I hate coming to posts and seeing "Thanks, I figured it out" without any other detail...
Right Click on the Matrix, that is to say, right click on the dotted line with the resizing handles that outlines the matrix. After that click properties. This should bring up a Matrix Properties dialog box. Go the Groups tab (5th over). To change the visibility of a row/column, click the "Edit" button. This brings up another dialog box. Visibility is the 4th tab.
Hope that saves someone a headache.

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THESES ON
THE ATTITUDE OF THE
SWISS SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY
TOWARDS THE WAR
Written in German
in early December 1916
in Lenin Miscellany XVII
Published according to
Translated from the German
From V. I. Lenin, Collected Works, 4th English Edition,
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1964
Vol. 23, pp. 149-51.
Translated from the Russian by
M. S. Levin, Joe Fineberg and Others
Edited by M. S. Levin
Prepared © for the Internet by David J. Romagnolo,
[email protected] (May 2002)
THESES ON THE ATTITUDE
OF THE SWISS SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY
TOWARDS THE WAR[72]
1. The present world war is an imperialist war waged for the political and economic exploitation of the world, for markets, raw material sources and new spheres of capital investment, oppression of weak nations, etc.
The "defence of the fatherland" phraseology of the two warring coalitions is no more than a bourgeois deception of the peoples.
2. The Swiss Government is the steward of the Swiss bourgeoisie, which is wholly dependent upon international finance capital and intimately associated with the imperialist bourgeoisie of the Great Powers.
It is therefore no accident, but an inevitable result of these economic facts, that the Swiss Government is from day to day -- and this has been so for decades -- conducting an increasingly reactionary policy and secret diplomacy, hampering and violating the people's democratic rights and freedoms, kow-towing to the military clique and systematically and shamelessly sacrificing the interests of the broad masses to the interests of a handful of financial magnates.
Switzerland may at any moment be drawn into the present war as a result of this dependence of her bourgeois government on the interests of the financial oligarchy, and of powerful pressure by one or another of the imperialist coalitions.
3. Consequently, in relation to Switzerland, too, "defence of the fatherland" is now no more than a hypocritical phrase. For in reality it is not a question of defending democracy, independence or the interests of the broad popular masses,
etc., but, on the contrary, of preparing to hurl the workers and small peasants into the holocaust in order to maintain the monopoly and privileges of the bourgeoisie, of strengthening capitalist domination and political reaction.
4. Proceeding from these facts, the Swiss Social-Democratic Party rejects "defence of the fatherland" on principle, demands immediate demobilisation and calls on the working class to reply to the bourgeoisie's war preparations and to war itself, should it break out, with the sharpest methods of proletarian class struggle.
Among these methods the following should be especially urged:
(a) Rejection of civil peace, sharper principled struggle against all bourgeois parties, and also against the Grütli-Verein as an organisation of agents of the bourgeoisie within the workers' movement, and against Grütli trends within the Socialist Party.
(b) Rejection of all war credits, no matter under what pretext requested, both in peace-time and war-time.
(c) Support of all revolutionary movements and every struggle of the working class of the belligerent countries against the war and against their own governments.
(d) Assistance to the revolutionary mass struggle within Switzerland‹strikes, demonstrations, armed rising against the bourgeoisie.
(e) Systematic propaganda among the armed forces, establishment for this purpose of special Social-Democratic groups in the army and among conscription-age youth.
(f) Establishment by the working class of illegal organisations in retaliation to every government curtailment or repeal of political freedoms.
(g) Systematic preparation, through regular and consistent explanatory work among the workers, of a situation in which the leadership of all workers' and office employees' organisations without exception would pass into the hands of persons who accept and are capable of conducting this struggle against the war.
5. The Party's aim in the revolutionary mass struggle, adopted at the 1915 Party Congress in Aarau, is a socialist revolution in Switzerland. Economically, this can be carried out immediately. Socialist revolution offers the only
effective means of liberating the masses from the horror of high prices and hunger. It is being brought nearer as a result of the crisis that has gripped the whole of Europe. It is absolutely necessary for the complete elimination of militarism and war.
The Party declares that all bourgeois pacifist and socialist pacifist phrases against militarism and war that fail to accept this goal and the revolutionary means of achieving it, are illusions or lies and can only have the effect of diverting the working class from any serious struggle against the foundations of capitalism.
Without ceasing its fight to improve the position of the wage-slaves, the Party calls upon the working class and its representatives to put on the order of the day propaganda for an immediate socialist revolution in Switzerland. This should be done through mass agitation, speeches in Parliament, legislative proposals, etc., proving the need to replace the bourgeois government by a proletarian government relying on the support of the mass of the propertyless population, and explaining the imperative need for such measures as expropriation of the banks and big industries, repeal of all indirect taxes, introduction of a single direct tax with revolutionary-high tax-rates for big incomes, etc.
From Marx
to Mao
Notes on
[72] These theses and several other items in this volume ("Principles Involved in the War Issue", "An Open Letter to Charles Naine" "Twelve Brief Theses on H. Greulich's Defence of Fatherland Defence"; "Imaginary or Real Marsh?"; "Proposed Amendments to the Resolution on the War Issue"; "The Story of One Short Period in the Life of One Socialist Party") were written in connection with the discussion of the war issue in the Swiss Social-Democratic Party.
In August 1916 the party Executive decided to call an emergency congress for February 11-12, 1917 to discuss the war issue. The Zurich Congress (November 4-5, 1916) endorsed that decision and appointed a commission to draw up draft resolutions for the emergency congress.
The commission framed two drafts: the majority draft, based on Grimm's Centrist theses, published in July 1916, and the minority social-chauvinist draft which called on Social-Democrats to "defend the fatherland" in the event of Switzerland entering the war.
Lenin, who was closely associated with the Swiss Left, was well informed of the commission's activities. His "Theses on the Attitude of the Swiss Social-Democratic Party Towards the War" were written to help the Swiss Left. Lenin drew up several variants and drafts, devoting special attention to practical proposals, before working out the final text. [p. 149]
From Marx to Mao
Lenin Collection


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2. Place a panel on the form, align top.
Run then resize the form vertically and the app crashes with either a floating point or out of system resources error.
It appears to occur in the BuildRuler function.


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using System;
using KickStart.NLog;

// ReSharper disable once CheckNamespace
namespace KickStart
{
    /// <summary>
    /// KickStart Extension for NLog.
    /// </summary>
    public static class NLogExtensions
    {

        /// <summary>
        /// Use NLog as a logging target.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="configurationBuilder">The configuration builder.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static IConfigurationBuilder UseNLog(this IConfigurationBuilder configurationBuilder)
        {
            return UseNLog(configurationBuilder, null);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Use NLog as a logging target.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="configurationBuilder">The configuration builder.</param>
        /// <param name="configure">The configure action for NLog.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static IConfigurationBuilder UseNLog(this IConfigurationBuilder configurationBuilder, Action<global::NLog.Config.LoggingConfiguration> configure)
        {
            if (configure != null)
            {
                var configuration = global::NLog.LogManager.Configuration ?? new global::NLog.Config.LoggingConfiguration();
                configure(configuration);

                // Activate the configuration
                global::NLog.LogManager.Configuration = configuration;
            }

            // register log writer
            configurationBuilder.LogTo(NLogWriter.WriteLog);

            return configurationBuilder;
        }
    }
}

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Ācariyā
Teachers & Sects Contemporary of the Buddha
In India, at the time that the ascetic Gautama set out on his quest for Truth, there were many that were no longer content with the perfunctory rituals of Brahmanic religion. There were ascetics in northwestern India who tried to extend beyond the Vedic scriptures and as a consequence the Upaniṣads developed out of this movement with a new emphasis on renunciation and transcendental knowledge. Northeastern India, however, was even less influenced by the Aryans who had developed the main tenets and practices of the Vedic religion and this became the breeding ground of many unorthodox sects.
Eternalistic Theories (sassata vāda):
• Pakudha Kaccāyana, held the view that there were seven eternal elements i.e. apodhātu (element of cohesion - fluidity), tejodhatu (element of heat - fire), vāyodhatu (element of mobility - wind), paṭhavidhātu (element of earth), sukha (pleasures), dukkha (pain), and jiva (soul). These elements are neither created nor molded. They are immutable. Hence a person cannot be killed. If a person is pierced with a sword it only passes through the interspace of the elements forming the body. At death the body is dissolved into the seven eternal elements.
• Makkhali Gosala, founder of the Ājivaka sect, which emphasized a law of fate, posited the theory called 'saṃsāravisuddhi' i.e. that all beings are subject to a fixed series of existences (saṃsāra), ranging from the lowest to the highest. He believed that saṃsāra was a cycle of reanimation, a process by which all beings had to pass until thoroughly purified and freed from suffering when the cycle completed. Like unraveling a ball of thread, saṃsara has a fixed terminus when the process is completely played out. Also, this process of purification cannot be altered; good or bad deeds have no effect on ones destiny.
• Jainism, founded by Mahavira, has often been misunderstood as similar to Buddhism because it advocates the principles of ahiṃsā 'nonviolence' and the absence of belief in a creator god. Jain metaphysics, however, is vastly different, its cosmology dividing into two ultimate and independent categories of 1) soul or living substance (jīva), which permeates the natural forces of wind and fire as well as living organisms such as plants, animals, and human beings, and 2) non-soul, or inanimate factors (ajīva), which includes space, time and matter.
The most important tenet of Jain doctrine is that of karma, which contrasts differently to the traditional Vedic or even contemporary Buddhist conception of the principle; in Jainism it is regarded as a substance that is subtle and invisible, although material, which flows into and impedes the jīva, causing the entanglement of life to the process of transmigration. This 'inflow' of karmic-matter can be stopped by many lives of penance and discipline, resulting in the final moksha 'liberation' the ultimate goal. Souls are divided into those that have attained perfection and those still in bondage.
• A pre-Sāṃkhya sect (a sect founded by Kapila) had already been established in the region, which taught that the individual soul was limitless (na antavā – without limit) on the one hand, and of an all-pervasive substantial matter on the other.
Annihilationist Theories (uccheda vāda):
• Ajita Kesakambali, held a nihilistic view. He taught that there is no life after death, that man consists of four elements and when he dies that these elements return to their respective origin, at which time he is completely annihilated. Consequently, because nothing remains after death, there is no purpose in trying to cultivate merit through good deeds to others, sacrifices or filial piety.
• Still others presented an amoral view. Purana Kassapa taught inaction; that because nothing survived death, that merit or demerit had no lasting consequence. These schools were known as Akiriyavādin, which completely disregarded morality, a consequence of these teachings led to a hedonic lifestyle (kāmasukhallikanuyoga).
While some annihilationists denied the existence of the soul (ātman), still others claimed that even if it did exist it was temporary and if not annihilated at the terminus of this world, then in the world of sense (kāma-loka), or the world of form (rūpa-loka), or in one of the formless states (arupā-loka). And although they allowed for the dualism of a mutually-exclusive body and soul, they insisted that although the soul may continue after the death of the body, that eventually it would be completely destroyed.


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Champaña puede referirse a:

 (El) champán o (la) champaña; legalmente, vino espumoso producido en la región francesa de Champaña.
 (El) vino espumoso, o (la) champaña, o (el) champán; coloquialmente, cualquier vino espumoso.

Además, puede hacer referencia a:
 Champaña-Ardenas, región francesa origen de la bebida del mismo nombre, situada al noroeste de Francia.
 Champaña, antigua provincia francesa.
 El condado de Champaña, entidad feudal francesa durante los siglosXI y XII.
 Champaña, telenovela chilena.

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I've spent the past few hours working through a fresh install of Xamarin Studio.  While most of it is really easy, there are some major gotchas.  The best thing about the process is that it is one installer for everything including dependencies.  The download page misleadingly asks you what level license you want when.  Ignore that.  It has nothing to do with the installer or the license you actually wind up using.  If you're just trying it out there's a 30 day trial license that gets you access to all of the features.

The installer pulls down all of the Android development tools as well:  the emulator, the SDK manager, java samples.  Everything.  After the installer finishes you are ready to write your first android app.  Almost.

## Hello World in Xamarin Studio

First thing I did was fire up Xamarin Studio (their IDE) and create a new Android Application.  Out of the box this is a "Hello World" app with a single button on a page.  Couldn't get much simpler.  It didn't compile for me.  I got:

```
'Error MSB4018: The "Aapt" task failed unexpectedly' on new Android Application. No code added.
```

The solution here was fairly simple.  Go to the Android SDK Manager (it should be in your start menu/screen) and install all of the updates.  Just click the install button on the bottom right.

![](/images/posts/2013/2013-5-24-setting-up-xamarin-studio-and-monodroid/android_sdk_manager.png)

Once that's done you can go back and run your app.  It will prompt you to launch an emulator and deploy the app automatically.  One thing to note here is that the emulator can take a while (minutes) to start up.  Even worse, once it is fully started it stays on the ANDROID loading screen waiting for you to hit a button.  There's no way for you to know it's ready for you unless you go back and poke it every now and then.

![](/images/posts/2013/2013-5-24-setting-up-xamarin-studio-and-monodroid/image1.png)

## Debugging in Visual Studio

While Xamarin Studio seems to be a decent IDE and you can debug an application from there (breakpoints, watch screens, variable evaluation on mouse hover, threads list, etc.) I am definitely more comfortable with Visual Studio.  If you don't have a trial (or real) license yet, you will be prompted for it when you open up a Xamarin project in Visual Studio, either by opening the solution file you created in Xamarin Studio or by creating a new Android project directly in Visual Studio.  That's where it stops being easy though.  The first thing you might notice is that when you try to debug the application you get the following error:

```
The application could not be started. Ensure that the application has been installed to the target device and has a launchable activity (MainLauncher = true).

Additionally, check Build->Configuration Manager to ensure this project is set to Deploy for this configuration.
```

The error message is right, the application wasn't installed on the "target device" (the emulator).  If you created the project in Xamarin Studio you need to explicitly tell VS that you want to deploy the app the phone before debugging.  Go to the Configuration Manager and ensure that Deploy is checked off for your project.

![](/images/posts/2013/2013-5-24-setting-up-xamarin-studio-and-monodroid/image2.png)

![](/images/posts/2013/2013-5-24-setting-up-xamarin-studio-and-monodroid/image3.png)

If you created the project in Visual Studio, you shouldn't have this problem.  it seems to only happen when you create the project in Xamarin Studios first.

Now that the application is deployed to the phone there is still one more hurdle before you can debug from Visual Studio.  Whenever I tried to attach to a running virtual machine the debugger would deploy the app and chug along for a little while.  Eventually it would quietly die and disconnect.  The application wouldn't load in either the debugger or emulator.  I didn't see anything in the log file that helped point to the problem.   Eventually I got lucky and determined that I could connect if the virtual machine was running an Intel Atom (x86) processor then everything worked.  My assumption is that Visual Studio doesn't know how to compile for ARM.  If you look at the project properties for an Android app in Visual Studio, there is only x86 and x64:

![](/images/posts/2013/2013-5-24-setting-up-xamarin-studio-and-monodroid/image4.png)

Xamarin's site has some pretty easy to follow instructions on how to [configure an x86 emulator](https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/deployment,_testing,_and_metrics/debug-on-emulator/android-sdk-emulator/).  The main task is to install Intel's HAXM software.  What they skip over is that you can't install this if you have Microsoft Hyper-V installed.  Hyper-V is Microsoft's hardware virtualization stack that is used by the Windows Phone Emulator.  Ben Armstrong has some really good instructions on how to [create a profile in Windows that will disable Hyper-V at startup](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2008/04/14/creating-a-no-hypervisor-boot-entry.aspx).  They boil down to two commands to run on the command line and a restart:

```
bcdedit /copy {current} /d "No hypervisor"
bcdedit /set {GUID From the previous command} hypervisorlaunchtype off
```

For the GUID in the second command, copy the output of the first command including the brackets.  It should look something like this:  {7d067ad2-16ce-11e2-a059-9b573bf76ddc}.  Then just restart the computer and select "No hypervisor" when prompted at the boot screen.  From here you can continue through the instructions on how to [configure an x86 emulator](http://docs.xamarin.com/guides/android/deployment,_testing,_and_metrics/configuring_the_x86_emulator).

There's a trade off here.  You won't be able to switch between debugging a Windows Phone application and an Android application without restarting your computer, but on the other hand, because it uses hardware level virtualization, the x86 emulator is significantly faster than the ARM versions.

## UPDATE:

After running these two commands a couple of times, I got lazy and wrote a [powershell script](https://gist.github.com/jquintus/b9ad19e94b3842b0d15e#file-disable_hyper-v-ps1) to do everything in one go:

```powershell
# This script makes a copy of the current boot record and disables Hyper-V
# The next time the computer is restarted you can elect to run without Hyper-V

$output  = invoke-expression 'bcdedit /copy "{current}" /d "Hyper-V Disabled"'
$output -match '{.*}'
$guid = $matches[0]
$hyperVCommand = 'bcdedit /set "' + $guid + '" hypervisorlaunchtype off'
invoke-expression $hyperVCommand
```

## Summary

Here's a quick run down of the steps covered above

1. Download and install [Xamarin Studio](http://xamarin.com/download)
1. Install all the updates in the Android SDK Manager
1. Make sure Visual Studio knows to deploy the app before trying to debug
1. [Disable Hyper-V](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2008/04/14/creating-a-no-hypervisor-boot-entry.aspx)
1. [Configure an x86 emulator](http://docs.xamarin.com/guides/android/deployment,_testing,_and_metrics/configuring_the_x86_emulator)

_this post was originally on the [MasterDevs Blog](http://blog.masterdevs.com/setting-up-xamarin-studio-and-monodroid)_


text:
Q: iOS compare two object arrays I am trying to compare two object arrays to see if they contain the same data. One of the arrays is a map view's annotations and the other is a custom array of objects. It does not matter if they are in the same order or not, just I want to make sure that they contain the same objects. I would like to compare them based on one of the object's properties. It must also fail if one array has more or less than the other. Below is what I have accomplished so far.
In the example below, it should not fail as they contain the same objects. Thanks.
Code:
NSSet *set1 = [NSSet setWithArray:[[FCDataController sharedInstance] alarmData]];
NSSet *set2 = [NSSet setWithArray:self.mapView.annotations];

if ([set1 isEqualToSet:set2]) {
    NSLog(@"both are same");
}
else{
    NSLog(@"both are differnt");
}

NSLog(@"Alarm = %@", set1);
NSLog(@"Map Data = %@", set2);

Result:
2014-11-19 16:03:04.662 FireCom[298:8787] both are differnt
2014-11-19 16:03:04.663 FireCom[298:8787] Alarm = {(
    <FCCall: 0x141aec0b0> Allergic C1 (45.501204, -122.916716),
    <FCCall: 0x141b4eb60> Breathing Prob. (45.401885, -122.284218),
    <FCCall: 0x141af6be0> Trauma (45.309056, -122.745360),
    <FCCall: 0x141b53030> Sick Person/unko (45.343586, -122.792549),
    <FCCall: 0x13de78a60> Chest Pain/heart (45.499593, -122.881558),
    <FCCall: 0x141b4fc00> Odor Investigate (45.290905, -122.331344),
    <FCCall: 0x141af68b0> Sick Person/unko (45.366520, -122.620110),
    <FCCall: 0x141af6d10> Invalid Assist (45.393609, -122.806652)
)}
2014-11-19 16:03:04.665 FireCom[298:8787] Map Data = {(
    <FCCall: 0x13de7b3f0> Sick Person/unko (45.366520, -122.620110),
    <FCCall: 0x13de63e80> Odor Investigate (45.290905, -122.331344),
    <FCCall: 0x13de7b780> Sick Person/unko (45.343586, -122.792549),
    <FCCall: 0x13de7b520> Trauma (45.309056, -122.745360),
    <FCCall: 0x13de63fb0> Chest Pain/heart (45.499593, -122.881558),
    <FCCall: 0x13de7b2c0> Allergic C1 (45.501204, -122.916716),
    <FCCall: 0x13de7b650> Invalid Assist (45.393609, -122.806652),
    <FCCall: 0x13de63d50> Breathing Prob. (45.401885, -122.284218)
)}

Edit:
- (BOOL)isEqualToCall:(FCCall *)call
{
    // If we have no call
    if (!call) {

        // Then fail
        return NO;
    }

    // Return the check
    return (!self.incident && !call.incident) || [self.incident isEqualToString:call.incident];
}

- (BOOL)isEqual:(id)object
{
    // If they have the same memory addresses
    if (self == object) {

        // They are the same
        return YES;
    }

    // If they are not the same kind of class
    if (![object isKindOfClass:[FCCall class]]) {

        // They are not the same
        return NO;
    }

    // Return check
    return [self isEqualToCall:(FCCall *)object];
}

- (NSUInteger)hash
{
    // Returh the hash
    return [self.incident hash];
}

A: I made an example with two dictionary, but properties in object works the same than key in dictionary in predicates.
I hope this is you look for:
// I have created two array the dict in order to test.
NSArray *alarmArray = @[@{@"name":@"Allergic",@"clock":@2},@{@"name":@"Person",@"clock":@2},@{@"name":@"Invalid Assist",@"clock":@2}];

NSArray *annotationsArraY = @[@{@"name":@"Allergic",@"lat":@2},@{@"name":@"Sick Person",@"lat":@2},@{@"name":@"Invalid Assist",@"lat":@2},@{@"name":@"OtroNom",@"lat":@2},@{@"name":@"last",@"lat":@2}];

// The filered Array:
NSArray *filteredArray;
if ([annotationsArraY count] > [alarmArray count])
{
    NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"name in %@.name",alarmArray];
    filteredArray = [annotationsArraY filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate];
}
else
{
    NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"name in %@.name",annotationsArraY];
    filteredArray = [alarmArray filteredArrayUsingPredicate:predicate];

}

NSLog(@"Exit array is: %@",[filteredArray description]);

}


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While still in the beginning, Minecraft has never had such things as the Desert Temple, Jungle Temple, Witch Hut, Woodland Mansion, Ocean Monument, End City … as now. Generated Structures in a minecraft world were limited, now they are much richer and more diverse. But players certainly want more and Additional Structures will somewhat satisfy the craving of players.
Additional Structures added in Minecraft about 110 different small and large structures into Minecraft. These structures can be found all over the Biomes of Minecraft (Mod also supports other Biomes mod such as Biomes O' Plenty, Biome Bundle,…). Some structures may just be rock, but there are also more complex structures with hidden treasures.
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20 years of travel: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport celebrates anniversary
ABIA first opened on May 23, 1999. It was the last airport built in the 20th century.
Author: Drew Knight
AUSTIN, Texas — The employees of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport had something special to celebrate on Thursday – the airport's 20th birthday.
Employees celebrated the two-decade anniversary in style with a brass band, floats, banners and even a few unicorns, as they paraded through the Barbara Jordan terminal.
The parade kicked off at 11 a.m. near Gate 5 and employees stopped along the way to hand out goodies to travelers, also thanking them for choosing to "Fly Austin."
More than 150 employees, as well as five dogs, represented the City of Austin's Aviation Department, several airlines, businesses and concessions through their participation in the parade. Dressed in colorful costumes, they marched on to Gate 18, wrapping up the parade with a final chant of "AUS!" and by enjoying cake and games with nearby travelers.
Heart of Austin area opens at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Austin Airport opens new music venue, drawing large crowds
Austin airport's 20-year plan includes north terminal construction
ABIA opened up on May 23, 1999, as the last airport built in the 20th century. It was constructed in the footprint of Bergstrom Air Force Base, replacing the Robert Mueller Municipal Aiport that had served Austin's passengers for more than 60 years.
At that time, the new airport was designed to meet the growing need of Central Texas flyers, with more than 6.6 million passengers traveling to 29 nonstop destinations across the U.S. within its first year of operation.
By the year 2018, more than 15.8 million passengers traveled through ABIA to more than 70 destinations across North America and Europe. Today, the airport supports more than 74,000 jobs and has generated an economic impact of more than $7.6 billion in 2018.
More information on the future of ABIA can be found in the airports 2040 Master Plan.
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Where Will Kirk Cousins Land?
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A big move in the world of the NFL occurred last week. That move was ignited by the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs agreed to send their quarterback, Alex Smith, to the Washington Redskins for cornerback Kendall Fuller and a third round pick. This trade leans towards Kansas City's benefit. They not only cleared $17 million in cap space with sending Smith off, they ended the quarterback debate. It is now Patrick Mahomes time. Mahomes was selected 10th overall in last year's draft and started one game last season. He is now 1-0 as a starter. As both teams are … Continued
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"There is no so-called kill switch in our legislation because the very notion is antithetical to our goal of providing precise and targeted authorities to the president," Lieberman said on the day he introduced the Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act.
Egyptian authorities most likely used an alternate method to cut off Internet exchange points, or IXPs, than the one outlined by Zittrain, according to a study by Bill Woodcock, research director for Packet Clearing House, a nonprofit research institute that analyzes Internet traffic.
Internet exchange points act like hubs by connecting different service providers and allowing for the exchange of Internet traffic between their networks, ultimately allowing consumers to connect, Woodcock said.
Most of Egypt's Internet traffic crossed at a central exchange point in downtown Cairo, said Woodcock, and Egyptian authorities simply shut it off.
The U.S. has many more exchange points — 84, in fact — according to Packet Clearing House. But deactivating just one would substantially slow the Internet because there's not much excess capacity at each one, Woodcock said.
Zittrain said the Internet also might be disabled by using malware — viruses, worms or other malicious codes — to disrupt routers.
Even if the Internet can technically be shut down in the U.S., the larger roadblock is surely political. It's something on which Republicans and Democrats agree: An Internet shutdown would be as foreign to U.S. citizens as a coup. It's not going to be tolerated by BlackBerry-reliant business executives, text-happy teens and everyone in between.
Talk of disconnecting the Internet is wildly unrealistic, Woodcock told POLITICO. There's no rational reason for it, even in the case of a widespread cyberattack, he said, and it would seriously disrupt the national economy. Besides, no one in the administration is asking for such power.
Some cyber liberties groups, however, argue that the Senate cybersecurity bill still contains provisions to let the White House limit Internet traffic in the event of an emergency. And they say Congress wouldn't be able to do much to stop such a move.


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What is Considered Parental Alienation and How Do the Texas Courts Handle it?
By Clark Law Group
No child wants to be a part of their parents' divorce conflict, but unfortunately, children are almost always the center of the most heated debates and arguments. While custodial battles are normal, some parents hold onto such intense feelings of hatred and disdain for the other parent, and feel so wronged, that they make hurtful remarks about the other parent to the child, or try to manipulate the child's feelings for the other parent by making up non-truths regarding the other parent's feelings towards the child. This kind of behavior is called parental alienation, and depending on the severity of the situation, can prompt an immediate re-visitation of the custody agreement.
What is Parental Alienation?
According to a 2010 study by Fidler and Bala, parental alienation occurs in approximately 11-15% of all divorce cases involving children. Typically, the divorces in which parental alienation occur are highly conflicted and long-lasting. Though parental alienation can occur at any point throughout a child's life, it usually happens during the custody battle, as the alienating parent wishes to sabotage the other parent's chances of gaining any custody. Despite what the alienating parent says, their sabotage efforts are not done because they think the other parent is unfit, but squarely because the other parent cannot separate the divorce conflict from the needs of the child.
The goal of parental alienation is to program the child to believe that the alienated parent is unloving and uncaring, and to cause increased hostility towards said parent. The ultimate goal of parental alienation is to make the child think that they are better off without the other parent in their life.
Parental alienation does not just affect the parent being alienated, but can also cause the child to experience extreme anxiety, behavioral issues, separation anxiety, and mental problems.
Signs of Parental Alienation
You will know that a parent is committing parental alienation when the following occurs:
The alienating parent tries to interfere with scheduled visitation, or when they give the child a choice when there is no choice about the visit;
Not allowing scheduled visits to happen;
Not sharing important information with the other parent, such as information about schooling, medical care, and the social activities of the child;
Blaming the other parent for the break-up of the marriage, and/or sharing too much information about the marriage with the child;
Interfering with or not supporting contact with the alienated parent;
Making major decisions regarding the child's upbringing without consulting the other parent;
Not allowing the child to bring his or her possessions to the target parent's house;
Making the child fear the target parent by warning them of prior abuse; or
Telling the child to defy the target parent's authority, or deliberately going against the target parent's wishes regarding the child's upbringing.
While the alienating parent only intends to harm the other parent, the real harm occurs to the child, who may become emotionally scarred and distrustful.
How Texas Handles Parental Alienation
In Texas, parental alienation is not formally recognized as a syndrome or disorder, and so the courts do not have legal standards against which to evaluate whether or not parental alienation is present in a parent-child relationship. However, the Texas courts have started to take action if they suspect parental alienation is happening and will appoint a guardian ad litem, parenting facilitator, and/or forensic psychologist to evaluate the child and the child's relationship with each parent.
Consult an Attorney for a Parental Alienation Case
At the Clark Law Group, we are skilled at facilitating contentious custody disputes. If you are the victim of parental alienation, our lawyers can help to shine light on the issue and act swiftly to end the emotional abuse.
Contact our family law firm at (469) 906-2266 or online to schedule a private consultation with our team today.
(image courtesy of Eric Ward)
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koolgia, 28 Aug 2015I have clean master app in my phone. My device is not slow at all. Dont know what is wrong wit... moreYou have low memory in the phone. Check it.
Dr. Aasif Saudi, 29 Aug 2015Plz update grand2 to lollypop.And cry eh. KitKat 444 is ideal.
Plz update grand2 to lollypop.
this mobile is a best mobile on samsung brand .camera is verry good.
I've own this phone a year ago... There's no problem with this phone... It only that the side frame started to corrode..
Install some junk cleaning application (e.g. clean master) and clear all the junk which is causing your device to slow down.
I got my grand 2 8n june'14. Up till now no serious hanging issue or anything but from last few days i am experiencing pictures loading problem like when i use facebook,twitter or instagram, pictures in these apps does not display or they load very slowly. Today after 11months i reset my phone to factory setting n downloaded all the updates n apps again but the pictures loading issue is still there. This issue is only in facebook,twitter n instagram but NOT in google chrome.. can somebody help me out??
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The SASSCAL Executive Director, Dr Jane Olwoch, unveiled the SASSCAL video during the recent SASSCAL Ministerial Meeting. The meeting was attended by Ministers and ministerial representatives from all member states. It was officially opened by His Excellency, Vice President / Acting President of the Republic of Namibia Dr Nangolo Mbumba. The Ministerial meeting was being held for the first time since the signing of the Joint declaration to implement SASSCAL by respective Ministers in 2012.
The video chronicles and documents SASSCAL's impact in the region. The unveiling of the video was in line with an objective of the meeting; "to report back to the Ministers on SASSCAL achievements for the last 5 years". The Ministerial meeting presented an ideal platform for the unveiling of the video as the council of Ministers were convened for the first time since the signing of the Joint declaration to implement SASSCAL by respective Ministers in 2012.