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The Defense Department has outlined several possibilities for overhauling retirement benefits for military personnel, which could provide more cash up front to service members but limit overall compensation.

The ideas, which Pentagon officials stressed were not recommendations or suggestions, would provide some benefits to military personnel earlier in their careers rather than exclusively upon retirement, as the system is structured currently. The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission -- a panel made up of nine appointed officials -- is reviewing retirement packages, and this report serves as the Pentagon’s guidance to the commission.

The report contains “concepts for the commission to consider,” said Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Christensen, a Pentagon spokesman. “They could use everything. They could take none of it.”

Congress must approve any changes to military benefits.

The paper proposed creating a defined contribution benefit in which Defense would begin paying into a service member’s Thrift Savings Plan after two years of service. The department would contribute 5 percent of the member’s salary into the account; the member would not have to contribute anything, though he could choose to do so.

Military personnel now can participate in the TSP, though they must make their own paycheck-deducted contribution like any federal employee. Unlike civilian federal employees, however, not all service members receive matching agency contributions. About 40 percent of uniformed personnel participate in the current system.

Another possible scenario discussed in the report would create “continuation pay,” essentially a retention lump-sum bonus for enlisted personnel after 12 years of service and for officers at 16 years. The continuation pay would vary depending on service and would be worth between two and six months of pay.

Also under consideration: A lump-sum separation pay for any personnel leaving after 20 years of service. This payment would amount to between one and three years of salary, depending on what other parts of the guidance were enacted.

The Pentagon laid out two distinct models for post-retirement compensation: The first would create a two-tier benefit based on age while the second would keep the single-tier system currently in place. The two-tiered system would produce a reduced benefit for working-age retirees. The multiplier used to calculate annuities would be reduced, so retirees would receive about 25 percent of their “high-three” average -- the average annual pay of a service member’s salary during their three highest paid years -- until the age of 62. After that point, retirees would receive about 50 percent of their high-three, which is what they currently earn.

If the two-tier system is adopted, military personnel would receive larger lump-sum continuation and separation payments. This Pentagon chart demonstrates what the benefits system might look like for an individual in this system, compared to the current structure:

The single-tier system would create a one-time calculation to determine retirement annuities, and -- similar to the current system -- would only increase with annual cost-of-living adjustments. The multiplier in this system would be lower than currently structured, and retirees would only receive about 35 percent of their high-three average earnings.

Reforming benefits to working-age retirees recently proved exceptionally unpopular in Congress. In a budget agreement crafted by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Congress authorized a reduction in COLAs to military retirees younger than 62 years old, who often join the civilian workforce before fully retiring. That provision was quickly blasted by both parties, however, and was later repealed.

One major difference between that proposal and the options outlined by the Defense Department is the Pentagon’s plan would grandfather all current retirees and active-duty personnel, while the budget deal did not. Lawmakers were especially critical of that element. Christensen said not grandfathering in that group would “break faith with our members.”

Christensen emphasized that Defense does not endorse any of the propositions, but the department has simply put them forward for the commission’s “consideration and further deliberation.”

“The department looks forward to continuing the dialogue and providing assistance to the commission and Congress in the review and assessment of potential military retirement modernization options,” he said.

President Obama has spoken of needing to bring rising military personnel costs down, and included cuts to military retirees’ health care in his fiscal 2015 budget. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel regularly discusses the necessity of reducing pay and benefits costs at the Pentagon, and Defense Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said Friday that should include retirement.

In its report, the Pentagon noted it did not treat saving money as its top priority, though it did consider the need to provide “American taxpayers with an efficient system that is fiscally sustainable.” Instead, the report focused primarily on how to best manage and manipulate the military and to ensure a high quality of life for service members and their families.

Any savings would not fully take effect until all personnel are enrolled in the new system. After that time, the government would save between $2 and $4 billion annually, depending on which plan was adopted -- a relatively small slice of the Pentagon’s personnel costs.

The effect on individuals also would vary based on which plan was adopted. If a higher multiplier is used in the two-tier system, retirees could actually earn more when including all the additional active-duty and separation payments. E-7s who served 20 years could wind up earning an additional $80,000 in their lifetimes, for example, Defense estimated.

In most scenarios, however, overall compensation would decrease by a similar amount.

Correction: A previous version of this story misstated that all military personnel receive matching agency contributions under the Thrift Savings Plan. Unlike civilian federal employees, not all service members receive matching agency TSP contributions.

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It seemed like the right choice at the time. Pennsylvania's Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, a division of the Department of Environmental Protection, purchased an imaging system called Ovation from Vantage Technologies Inc., a document management company. The bureau needed the system's special forms processing capabilities to manage its documents related to hazardous, municipal and industrial waste.

While the imaging system cost a hefty $1.2 million, the investment appeared worth it. Data from the forms would help environmental analysts regulate the state's toxic waste and recycling efforts.

But shortly after the bureau had their system up and running, Vantage was purchased by Wang, which wanted to bolster its document management software capabilities for Microsoft's Windows NT platform. At the time, Bureau Chief Jeff Beatty expressed frustration as Vantage technical support seemed to evaporate leading up to the sale. "We can't get the support we need," he said in the fall of 1996.

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Paul Pocavich, chief of information services for the bureau, is worried about the latest buyout and how it will impact support for the already beleaguered Vantage product. "I'm concerned the sale will limit our options," he said. "We would like to get something back from our investment for a three- to five-year period before we have to throw it all out and start over again."

Imaging is a $3 billion business, and growing. Like other segments of the information technology industry, it has undergone tremendous change over the past 10 years, thanks to major advancements in technology. But the downside to growth and innovation has been a high degree of volatility in the marketplace.

Over the past two years, a tremendous number of acquisitions and mergers have taken place. FileNet and Wang, the market leaders in imaging, have led the way with a series of acquisitions meant to expand market share. Other vendors have followed suit in order to compete. As a result, a number of smaller vendors, some only in operation for a few years, have either merged with larger vendors or have disappeared entirely, leaving only their products.

For government agencies that have invested in small but leading-edge imaging systems, the demise of a vendor is a major concern. Few agencies can afford to replace their orphaned software, especially if they purchased the original software in the past couple of years. "Government agencies tend to stick with one system for quite a while, probably to their detriment," said Michael Muth, a senior consultant with Delphi Consulting Group.

Government agencies just can't afford to overhaul their systems, according to Pocavich. "We've only been running imaging for a couple of years, and now we're talking about migrating to another software. That's hard to justify to upper management," he said.

Sometimes, software support disappears from the least likely places. The city of Palo Alto, Calif., had what it thought was a pretty good imaging system using software called Plexus on a system built by a reliable vendor, Hewlett-Packard. But in the early 1990s, HP decided to get out of the imaging software business, leaving Palo Alto with a system that would not be upgraded.

The latest shift in the imaging market took place January 29, 1997, when Kodak announced its plans to purchase Wang's imaging software. Kodak renamed the software business unit Eastman Software Inc., which now includes Wang's imaging, document management and storage management software, as well as 700 Wang employees.

According to Michael Iadarola, a spokesman for Kodak's Business Imaging Systems unit, Kodak doesn't plan any wholesale changes to Wang's product portfolio, which includes Ovation and Wang's flagship OPEN software products. He said the software purchase makes Kodak the only vendor to offer a full line of hardware, software and support services for managing documents and digital images, like photographs and video, in both large and small applications.

In a report on Kodak's acquisition, industry analysts at Gartner Group Inc. forecast certain challenges ahead -- namely, whether Kodak can build market confidence, maintain product parity with key imaging leaders such as FileNet and IBM, and integrate Wang products with its own product lines and distribution channels.

But Muth believes Wang customers, especially in government, shouldn't worry too much. "Kodak understands industry sales and they are already active with government, so they know the market," he said. Peter Hamlin, chief of the Air Quality Bureau in Iowa's Department of Natural Resources and a Wang software customer, doesn't believe the sale will have a major impact. But, Hamlin pointed out, his bureau's imaging system was built and is maintained by Radian International, a systems integrator specializing in environmental services.

For Pennsylvania's Bureau of Land Recycling and Waste Management, the planned demise of Ovation couldn't have come at a worse time, according to Pocavich. Without improvements to the software, the bureau has been unable to use new forms with the system, reducing its effectiveness. Pocavich can't make the changes internally because he doesn't have the source code.

The whole experience has left the bureau's trust of technology somewhat shaken. "It could be a while before we continue with imaging," said a frustrated Pocavich. "The irony is that we are imaging advocates and believe the technology has a lot of potential. We would just like somebody to do something that would turn imaging into a product that people could trust, so that when a customer makes an investment in a product, they know that the product and the support will be around for a while."

To protect an imaging system against disruptive change, imaging experts in the private and public sectors advise customers to work with a systems integrator who can assume the challenge of keeping software components in sync.

Governments can also ask the software vendor who develops the imaging application to provide a demonstrable migration path away from its software. The customer should draw up a contract requiring the vendor show exactly how to locate an image or data and transfer it out of the system for storage.

Another approach is to maintain staff skills so systems knowledge remains in the department, independent of the vendor.

Finally, government agencies can save themselves a lot of trouble by staying clear of "bleeding-edge" technology and sticking with the tried-and-true when it comes to imaging applications.

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All the Lakers needed was a big break offensively to put them over the top, and Charlie Warber provided the fireworks.

Warber badly burned a cheating Coopersville cornerback on a slant-and-go route with 9 minutes, 37 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, and his 78-yard touchdown connection from quarterback Jake Chittenden proved to be the game-winning score in a 14-12 final.

“I even said to Lenny (Grimmer), our offensive coordinator, I think everyone in the stands knows we're trying to throw the ball to Charlie Warber,” mused Spring Lake head coach Jerry Rabideau in the victorious locker room. “How can you not know we're trying to throw the ball to him? We even set him up on the right and brought him over to the left. But the O-line gave Chittenden just enough time to get the throw off and Charlie made a great cut on the slant moved it up to the crack seam. It was a good call at the right time.”

It was the big break that had been lacking in the non-conference series of late for the Lakers, as Rabideau felt his team coughed up victories in the fourth quarter during the past two seasons, including last year's 49-35 loss on the Broncos' home turf.

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"Pray do not, dear father!" cried she. "See how you have wet my nice frock, which I put on only this morning!"

For Marygold did not know that she had been a little golden statue; nor could she remember anything that had happened since the moment when she ran with outstretched arms to comfort poor King Midas.

Her father did not think it necessary to tell his beloved child how very foolish he had been, but contented himself with showing how much wiser he had now grown. For this purpose, he led little Marygold into the garden, where he sprinkled all the remainder of the water over the rose-bushes, and with such good effect that above five thousand roses recovered their beautiful bloom. There were two circumstances, however, which, as long as he lived, used to put King Midas in mind of the Golden Touch. One was, that the sands of the river sparkled like gold; the other, that little Marygold's hair had now a golden tinge, which he had never observed in it before she had been transmuted by the effect of his kiss. This change of hue was really an improvement, and made Marygold's hair richer than in her babyhood.

When King Midas had grown quite an old man, and used to trot Mary gold's children on his knee, he was fond of telling them this marvellous story, pretty much as I have now told it to you. And then would he stroke their glossy ringlets, and tell them that their hair, likewise, had a rich shade of gold, which they had inherited from their mother.

"And to tell you the truth, my precious little folks," quoth King Midas, diligently trotting the children all the while, "ever since that morning, I have hated the very sight of all other gold, save this!"

Perseus was the son of Danaë, who was the daughter of a king. And when Perseus was a very little boy, some wicked people put his mother and himself into a chest, and set them afloat upon the sea. The wind blew freshly, and drove the chest away from the shore, and the uneasy billows tossed it up and down; while Danaë clasped her child closely to her bosom, and dreaded that some big wave would dash its foamy crest over them both. The chest sailed on, however, and neither sank nor was upset; until, when night was coming, it floated so near an island that it got entangled in a fisherman's nets, and was drawn out high and dry upon the sand. The island was called Seriphus, and it was reigned over by King Polydectes, who happened to be the fisherman's brother.

This fisherman, I am glad to tell you, was an exceedingly humane and upright man. He showed great kindness to Danaë and her little boy; and continued to befriend them, until Perseus had grown to be a handsome youth, very strong and active, and skilful in the use of arms. Long before this time, King Polydectes had seen the two strangers—the mother and her child—who had come to his dominions in a floating chest. As he was not good and kind, like his brother the fisherman, but extremely wicked, he resolved to send Perseus on a dangerous enterprise, in which he would probably be killed, and then to do some great mischief to Danaë herself. So this bad-hearted king spent a long while in considering what was the most dangerous thing that a young man could possibly undertake to perform. At last, having hit upon an enterprise that promised to turn out as fatally as he desired, he sent for the youthful Perseus.


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Sykes and Brown add to their impressive lists of accolades
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Sykes, Brown Tabbed to NABC All-District First Team

Courtesy: Green Bay Athletics
Release: March 12, 2014
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By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)

GREEN BAY, Wis. ( – Green Bay men’s basketball standouts Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) and Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) have been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 12 First Team, the NABC office announced on Wednesday. The team was voted on by the coaches in District 12, which represents the Horizon League and the Summit League.

Sykes was tabbed to the first team for the second-straight season while Brown was voted All-District 12 for the third time in his career. He was a first-team selection in 2011-12 and a second-team pick in 2012-13.

Youngstown State’s Kendrick Perry, North Dakota State’s Taylor Braun and Oakland’s Travis Bader rounded out the first team while the second team included Jordan Dykstra (SDSU), Lavonte Dority (Valparaiso), Bryn Forbes (Cleveland State), Juwan Howard, Jr. (Detroit) and Marshall Bjorklund (NDSU).

Sykes has been terrific throughout his junior campaign and has already gained recognition as First-Team All-Horizon League and as a U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-District V selection. The 2013-14 Horizon League Player of the Year is averaging 20.3 points, 4.9 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game. Sykes has reached double figures in 29 of 30 games and his 608 points scored this season are the fourth-most in Green Bay history.

During the non-conference season, Sykes scored 32 points against Wisconsin, was named to the Great Alaska Shootout All-Tournament Team, and led Green Bay to a win over ACC champion Virginia with 21 points and 10 assists.

In Horizon League play, Sykes averaged 21.1 points per game while scoring at least 14 points in every league game as Green Bay won its first regular season conference title in 18 seasons.

The two-time All-Horizon League First-Team selection has scored 1,482 points and dished out 394 assists in his three-year Phoenix career, ranking in the top-10 in program history in each category. He won six Player of the Week awards in 2013-14 and 10 in his career, both league records.

The 5-foot-11 Sykes excels at getting to the rim, leading to 26 dunks and numerous trips to the free-throw line in 2013-14. With 188 free throws made this season, Sykes broke his own single-season school record. Totaling 415 in three seasons, Sykes also broke Tony Bennett’s Division I record for career made free throws.

Compiling the best season of his career, Brown was named to an All-Horizon League team for the third time in his career and for the second time to the All-Defensive squad. The 7-foot-1 senior is averaging 15.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game. In addition to points and blocks, Brown is posting career-best numbers in field goal percentage (.481) and three-point field goal percentage (.433).

Brown has been exceptional in leading Green Bay to its best record in road games since 1995-96. In 10 road games, Brown is averaging 19.1 points per game while shooting 55.5 percent from the field and 51.4 percent from long range.

Defensively, Brown broke his own single-season program blocks record with 93 and has helped the Phoenix shatter the Horizon League record for team rejections in a season (220). With Brown as the defensive anchor, Green Bay ranks second nationally in blocks per game and 11th in the country in field goal percentage defense (.389).

Brown has won Horizon League Player of the Week accolades four times during the 2013-14 season, including twice during league play. His senior campaign also included two milestone performances. On Nov. 23, Brown recorded a triple-double with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocked shots, and on Dec. 21, he tallied a career-high 40 points in a win over Fairfield.

The only player in Horizon League history to accumulate 1,500-plus points, 750-plus rebounds and 250-plus blocks in his career, Brown ranks seventh in Green Bay history in points (1669), third in rebounds (794) and first in blocks (308). The senior’s 794 career rebounds are a program record at the Division I level.

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Kendrick Perry, Youngstown State
Alec Brown, Green Bay
Taylor Braun, North Dakota State
Travis Bader, Oakland

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Lavonte Dority, Valparaiso
Bryn Forbes, Cleveland State
Juwan Howard, Jr., Detroit
Marshall Bjorklund, North Dakota State

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Would metal roofing (say Imperial Rib type profile) on decking and horizontal purlins work for venting a roof assembly with sealed fibrous insulation-filled rafter bays?

The main question is whether the air space provided by the metal ribs would provide adequate air flow. If not, how about vertical 2X 'purlins', forming site-built insulation baffles that would be insect screened at both ends?

Asked by Michael Roland
Posted Aug 7, 2014 1:43 PM ET

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First of all, let's talk about code requirements. According to section R806.3 of the 2006 International Residential Code (IRC), when air-permeable insulation is installed between rafters, “A minimum of a 1-inch space shall be provided between the insulation and the roof sheathing and at the location of the vent.”

In spite of this poorly worded requirement, some builders have successfully argued in favor of installing ventilation above the roof sheathing rather than underneath the roof sheathing. With most types of roofing, ventilation channels above the roof sheathing require a second layer of roof sheathing on the top side of the ventilation channels. However, with metal roofing, it's possible to install 2x4 or 1x4 purlins (installed rake to rake) above vent channels created by installing 2x4 or 5/4 x 4s from eave to ridge.

The way I read the code, your idea (depending on channels created by the profile of the metal roofing) won't work.

Answered by Martin Holladay, GBA Advisor
Posted Aug 7, 2014 3:21 PM ET

The insufficiency of the roof profile only for venting was my read as well - I was looking for your concurrence. But, I'm hoping to avoid installing two sets of purlins. So if the metal roofing mfg. is OK with installation on vertical (eave to ridge) 2x4s, 12"-16" o.c. (placed over 16" o.c. rafters or on and between 24" o.c. rafters), I'll go with that. Thanks.

Answered by Michael Roland
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For close to two years we’ve been asking Sealord, New Zealand’s largest brand of canned tuna, to stop selling tuna which is caught using a method that destroys countless marine creatures, including sharks, baby tuna and turtles.

Yesterday Sealord took a small step in the right direction but it’s still quite a few paces behind the growing number of brands, here and overseas, that are phasing out tuna caught using the destructive fishing method which combines fish aggregating devices (FADs) and purse seine nets.

Sealord has just signed a pledge with WWF to try and reduce the bycatch levels in its supply chain. In other words it realises it’s not a good look to be buying tuna from vessels which are also hauling in the cast of Nemo and throwing most of them back into the ocean dead or dying. Not a good look for a company which trades on an image of ‘sustainability’ and certainly not good for marine life and the Pacific Ocean where most of New Zealand’s tuna, for the canned market, is caught.

If Sealord is serious about sustainability and reducing bycatch levels the simple and best solution is to remove FAD-caught tuna from its supply chain. The science is clear that ending FAD use will reduce the bycatch of sharks, baby tunas and other ocean life.

In New Zealand this has been recognised by Pams which has changed most of its canned tuna range to FAD-free or pole and line (a much cleaner fishing method) caught tuna - so better options are already available in our supermarkets. Other brands sold here, Greenseas and John West, have also committed to do similar over the next two years. Along with Safeway in the US all the main UK tuna brands and retailers have ruled out the use of FADs.

For Sealord the WWF pledge is a start. John West, which is based in Australia, started with the same pledge. However, following a strong campaign by us and its customers, at the end of last year, John West increased its commitment to save ocean life by getting FADs out of its supply chain.

Now Sealord must step up the pace do the same.

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Cute tubes in assorted bright colors filled with tasty, tiny M&M Minis. Each tube is 1oz, and resealable for snacking on the go!
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  • Heat 2 to 3 teaspoons of the oil in Dutch oven or stock pot over medium heat.
  • Brown V (½ at a time) on all sides.
  • Remove shanks; reserve.
  • Add 1 tablespoon oil to pan if needed.
  • Cook onion and garlic until tender, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently and scraping up any browned bits.
  • Stir in tomatoes with liquid, breaking up tomatoes with spoon.
  • Add water, wine, basil, thyme, salt and pepper to pan.
  • Return shanks to pan; bring to a boil.
  • Reduce heat to low.
  • Cover tightly and simmer 1 hour or until meat is tender.
  • Remove shanks from pan; cool to touch.
  • Remove meat from shanks and return to pan; discard bones.
  • Add carrots and continue cooking, covered, until carrots are crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
  • Stir in beans and spinach; heat through.

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This is an herbaceous perennial, meaning that it dies down to the roots in winter. So you can cut off any dead leaves now and it will resprout in spring.

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Errr - to qualify Volunteer's advice, there's only one hardy one in the UK - Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Crowborough'. This has white flowers. All the others need to be taken into a frost-free place and allowed to die back and dry out, then started back into growth in the spring.

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my red robin looks dead

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My red robin is dropping its leaves and generally as you can see from my photo looks as if it is dying.

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That should not have been a like, sorry. Although I cannot see your picture, 2 of mine are looking like you have described, I have over 25 of them in the garden, every year around this time, a lots of them shed old leaves, I am not usually concerned about that, but 2 of them really do not look happy, I am keeping a very close eye on them, I can see some new leaves coming up, I am just hoping the whole tree is just having a make over by itself..we shall see. Keep us posted!

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i will keep you up dated.I don;t want to lose it as it belonged to my late mum and when I look at it it reminds me of her.thanks anyway

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E.U. owner Jason Hennings was pretty hot when we spoke to him last week about fired chef Justin Smillie. We thought when we saw an e-mail from him that he perhaps regretted coming down too hard on this chef, whom he accused of managing 45 percent food costs owing to his commitment to the Greenmarket. But no! Hennings was just getting started.

Greenmarkets aren’t in question here!

A chef’s ability to use it or his staff correctly is…

We never said we had an issue with the market only the chef who would buy chanterelles, morels, bee pollen, wild chamomile and wild lavender whole organic pigs and Lamb (exhausting huh!!)with no bi -product or any discernible difference to our menu and complete neglect of the kitchen business!! The E.U. never wanted to be compared to Blue Hill, Gramercy Tavern. Using the greenmarket and using fresh ingredients is a CHEF’S DUTY, not AN EXCUSE for ridiculous food costs and labor costs; i.e. a twelve dollar an hour cook taking a twenty dollar cab for ten dollars worth of artichokes twice a week. That is a perfect example of a non-sustainable eco nightmare – it’s ludicrous, shortsighted and couldn’t break even much less make a profit. Not firing Justin immediately and giving him 6 months was simply the time to adjust and to no avail; not spin. I love and honor the likes of Blue Hill and the like, but when you’re spending someone else’s money to create your own name, not a sustainable restaurant, you’re failing yourself and the industry. WE are a downtown neighborhood restaurant that honors traditional European FOODS. End of story.


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Discussion in 'Laos Road Trip Reports' started by DavidFL, Mar 1, 2005.

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    Yep it happened alright in down town Luang Prabang yesterday.
    I only witnessed the recovery so cant make an honest report, but a report's coming from either the support crew who witnessed the whole event, or from the new star of the Mekong himself!!

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    Well you know how it is, a casual comment can lead to the bold act itself. As we were cruisng down the Mekong from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang aboard our comfortable river boat I made the comment that the water would be a bit cold for a swim. Mr. KTM mentioned something to the effect that he planned to swim the river. I see. A day or so later when we were sitting by the riverside in Luang Prabang on a relaxed afternoon, and if I recall correctly after several Beer Lao's I said we should go check the water temperature. I thought it was COLD but Mister KTM said no problem and proceeded to swim around a bit. Now I was getting a bit worried. Was he really going to challenge the Mekhong? At this time his girlfriend, Nang and her friend Joy showed up and wanted to go across the river to check out the temples on the other side. So much for swimming. The boat driver wanted $1 each to take us over and back. Off we went. After wandering around and watching some of the kids trying to catch fish we were ready to head back for more afternoon cocktails. Mr KTM now was studing the current with his steely eyes. As a former ship captain he stated, with authority, that a 45 degree swimming angle should put him back at the exact spot we had left from. OK it wasn't me swimming so off he went to his departure point. I had thought that a bit farther up the river would have been a better point but what do I know, I'm not swimming it. As Mr KTM started his quest the girls and I departed in the river boat. The plan being that we would "shadow" Mr KTM in case of distress. As you know all best plans sometimes come to not. We no more than got 10 meters out into the river and our boat engine konked out. As our driver made several trips to the engine to see what the problem was Mr KTM seemed to making good progress across and also avoided several speed boats that went wizzing past him. Well it seems he was getting a bit tired and wanted to end this quest but when he looked around waving, we were no where to be seen. Your on your own how baby. As we aproached at a high rate of speed Mr KTM was thrashing his way to his finish and we arrived in time to get pictures of an exhausted swimmer. Anyone up for the now annual Mekhong crossing?
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    I have given it some due thought, and now feel that John works in concert with the devil. What started as one of my typical musings of odd things to do to entertain myself, somehow under the subtle manipulations of John turned into the real deal. It really started with a " lets go down and check the water temp". Then it was " lets go across the river to see what is on the other side". Next thing I know I am sizing up the current for my landing spot on the other side, and then I am off. After of course John promising me with guiltless eyes that he would carefully take the boat after me to act as a backup. I thought what the hell !!! Either glory awaits me, or a boat pickup somewhere in the middle. About somewhere in the middle of the river I realized that I am going to have to pick up my swimming speed or end up WAY downriver making for a very long trip.....The added speed really started to take a toll on the middle aged body. Started to wish I had spent more time in the gym. Three quarters of the way across I realized that I had bitten off more than I could chew. So of course started waving for my backup boat to zip over and get me. And waited and waited and waited......Now the new reality sets in, which is basically swim like hell or die. So that is what I did. When I was almost at the end of course the boat comes roaring over, after correcting engine trouble. Next year will have two back up boats.
    As I was getting out of the water I asked the boat guy how many people have swum across the river. He looked at me as if I was nuts and said he had never seen anyone do it before. Somehow I had thought that some people had done it. [IMG]

    This is what the whole river looks like. The current in the middle is quite fast and slows down along the bank.
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    You are DA MAN or FL if I may be so bold. That si something for the record book.

    "what's behind me is not important"
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    "The added speed really started to take a toll on the middle aged body."

    Like that one 100%, it reminds me of looking for some obscure mickey mouse cave high up on a 45-degree slope 17 kms out Chomphet across the Mekong from Luang Prabang, a few months ago. I only forced myself to complete the climb because I would have lost face if I’d called it quits.

    Now there's no doubt that Mr KTM has set a new benchmark for GT Riders with his epic.
    I was sitting at the table downing a whisky or two at my fave restaurant in LPB when I observed Robert swaggering down the footpath towards me, shirt off, dripping wet, as pale as, & noticeably silent.
    He & the "support crew" sat down at the table but it was couple of minutes before anyone would speak & let it out.
    The KTM man spoke the least himself - he was still out of breath - & when he did it was only to excuse himself to go back to the hotel for a short “kip.”
    More than an hour later, he returned to acknowledge that yes he’d done it, but only survived because the adrenalin kept him going. He was still extremely pale & I don't doubt that it was indeed a close call.
    So, Mr KTM you’re also the GT Rider Mekong man! Well done but don’t ask me to participate in the next one.

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Despite the scorching sun, parents and students of Erin Presbyterian Primary School held a placard demonstration outside the Penal Community Centre yesterday in an attempt to get Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who was at the centre for a function, to address a rat infestation problem at their school. PHOTO: RISHI RAGOONATH

Plagued by a rat infestation, primary school students travelled several miles from Erin to Penal on Tuesday to see Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and plead with her to fix a rat infestation and other problems at their school. But the more than two dozen students of the Erin Presbyterian Primary School were left to protest in the blazing midday sun, outside the Penal Community Centre, where the PM launched the first ICT centre.

“Urgent, Pied Piper needed at Erin Pres,” read one of the placards held aloft by a student. President of the Parent Teachers Association Joy Ramsaroop said they were hoping to meet with the Prime Minister to highlight problems which had kept the school closed for five weeks but were barred by the PM’s security and the police.

Persad-Bissessar, who was told of the protest, remained in the ICT centre, where she had lunch with Science and Technology Minister Dr Rupert Griffith, Community Development Minister Winston Peters and Minister in the Ministry Works and Infrastructure Minister Stacy Roopnarine. Fed up of waiting for her, the group of protesters left.

Carl Solano, who has three children at the school, said the Prime Minister attended the Erin Presbyterian school as a child and they were hoping she would be sympathetic to their cause and at least speak with them. Ramsaroop explained that they came to the centre on learning of Persad-Bissessar’s visit to get her to address the problems after they had exhausted all other avenues, including the Ministry of Education and the Presbyterian School Board.

She said since the beginning of the current school term, the 200-plus students have not had a full day of school because of a rat infestation, a contaminated water tank and a leaking cesspit. She said SEA students have assessments today and tomorrow but no alternative arrangements have been made to accommodate them.

“The school has had a rat infestation for the past five weeks. The Siparia Regional Corporation and the Ministry of Health, did what they could have done but the school is still infested. They explained that the rat infestation is not only within the school compound, it is coming from the environment as well.” Celia Balgobin said the rats were destroying all her grandchildren’s books.

“When they reach in school is mess all over the place. Then the water tanks remain open and crapauds go into the tanks. There is also a cesspit which is leaking. “They can’t go to school, when they go they sending them back home,” she added. Ramsaroop said parents helped to sanitise the school but when they went back on Monday a huge rat jumped out of one of the teachers’ cupboards and classes were dismissed, as teachers refused to work in that environment.


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Interview: Guitarist Xander Demos Discusses Influences and His Debut Album, 'Guitarcadia'

Guitarist Xander Demos may not be a household name, but his playing is causing an increasing number of new fans and equipment manufacturers to take notice.

Demos' combination of Shrapnel-era shred and melodic phrasing makes for a combination that appeals equally to guitarists and non-guitarists.

Demos is wrapping up work on his debut album, Guitarcadia, and is fresh off multiple appearances at the 2012 Winter NAMM show, which took place last month in Anaheim, California.

You undoubtedly have been at your craft for quite some time and have spent a lot of time practicing. What about the guitar excited you and fueled your passion for playing?

What made me excited about playing guitar was just the time I grew up in -- the early '80s. Exciting music was being hurled at me via MTV, and since the "visual" aspect was there, I saw people playing guitar and all of a sudden, it was different than just listening to it. What made me passionate about it was the synergy of heaviness and melody. Back then, it was the anthem-style choruses of songs like "Metal Gods" by Judas Priest and that still stands today in bands like Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius. Almost 30 years later, I still feel the same way.

You mention melody, and that brings up an interesting subject. In addition to vocal music, you write instrumental music. How do you approach an instrumental to give it a melody that makes it listenable to non-guitarists?

Good question. I would defer to the fact that you have to write a hook - something catchy. Instrumentals can be a blessing and a curse because you have a canvas on which you can paint a ton of ideas, but you can easily get carried away. So there has to be something to grab the listener. If you can have the magical balance between a hook-filled "chorus" and still do something that will make the guitar players interested, you're doing something great. Don't get me wrong: I love to throw out a "How did he do that?" type of lick as much as the next guy, but in the end, I want music fans to also say, "Oh yeah, I had that melody stuck in my head all day."

My songs tend to be more of a straightforward type of rock song. That's not to say I don't personally enjoy other instrumentalists out there, totally blowing me away technically. It's hard to hum an Allan Holdsworth tune - but I love listening to him!

I completely agree with you. When you think of some of the more memorable instrumentals like Steve Vai's "Attitude Song," there's a hook that grabs you. Listening to your music, you have great technical ability as well. Can you talk about your influences and the amount of time it took to get this fluid and retain that level of playing?

As far as influences go, from a technical perspective, they come from a very wide range of players. I was really into Brad Gillis, Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie in the early days. Then Steve Vai really blew me away when he joined the David Lee Roth band and became more well known. Toward the late '80s, I really got into the "Shrapnel" players and ultimately Shawn Lane. In the '90s I got into more of the fusion guys like Brett Garsed and Allan Holdsworth (even though Holdsworth has been around for a long time).

As far as time goes, it's hard to nail down how long it took to become fluid and advance myself technically, but keep in mind that I had about eight or nine years in the '90s when it wasn't "cool" to play technically, so I did use that time to get better at what I was already working on in the '80s. I just kept practicing at all kinds of playing, and by the time it became cool again to do solos, I felt like I had a nice jump start.

Let's talk about your album Guitarcadia. For those not familiar, its an instrumental album. Give us an idea of what it's all about.

Guitarcadia is an album dedicated to, well, guitar! The catch is, there is a little bit of something for everyone on the CD. It is primarily an instrumental album, but there are a pair of vocal songs on there. Stylistically, the songs are all over the place as well. Some people may not like that approach, but it's a collection of songs I've had for years now, so getting them all out there is a great feeling.

There's a few that are really "happy sounding" songs, a ballad, some high-energy rock tunes and some straight-up metal tunes. The inherent beauty of doing albums like this is that you don't have to stick to one particular genre. CJ Snare's input and mixing skills on this has been incredible, and he's really brought a great energy to everything.

The obvious question would be, how did you come to work with CJ Snare, the vocalist for Firehouse?

I came to work with CJ through the glory of social media. I was friends with him on Facebook for about a month (I have been a huge Firehouse fan for years), and one day, he made a post about offering his mixing/engineering services. About 9.7 seconds after that, I messaged him, he messaged back and we got the ball rolling. Turns we had a lot it common based on where we've lived and such, and he's such an amazing, down-to-earth person. He's really made my songs come to life. As far as I'm concerned, I would be happy continuing our relationship into future recordings from me.

On the topic of future recordings, you are taking part in a all-star project. Can you tell me what that's all about?

I did a solo on one of the tracks from the Liberty n' Justice project, which is called "The Cigar Chronicles" with Jerry Dixon of Warrant and Chris Stitch of LadyJack. The project is due to be released in late 2012. It's a double CD with one disc dedicated to covers and the other disc dedicated to original music. I am playing on an original tune called "Sucker Punched."

CJ Snare is mixing and co-producing a good portion (if not all) of that project as well, and there are players on there such as Neil Zaza, Ted Poley (Danger Danger), Gunnar Nelson, Mark Kendall (Great White), Frankie Banalli (Quiet Riot), Bill Leverty (Firehouse) and I believe the last known recording with Jani Lane of Warrant. There are many others as well. I'm looking forward to the release.

Aside for Libery n' Justice, what else can we expect in the future from you?

2012 is going to be busy! I am now in a national tribute band called Sabbath Judas Sabbath featuring James Rivera (ex-Malice, currently in Helstar). The band is done in chapters across certain markets of the world. This one will be the East Coast chapter, and we'll play out about three or four weekends a year.

I will be out supporting Guitarcadia doing some shows with Neil Zaza and others. I will still play with Into The Arena (my cover band) about once a month and I will be putting together material for another album due out around spring 2013. An EP of material will be released this fall that will have five songs on it. Three will be from the new aforementioned album (The Runway Obsession) and will feature Under A Darkened Sky vocalist Kevin Rasel on one of the songs from our time together in Stronghold. Two will be brand-new instrumentals and the last two songs will remixes of Gutiarcadia tracks.

I will be releasing an extended version of the song "Guitarcadia" that has a really cool beginning intro, and I will also release a "radio edit" of "Under A Darkened Sky" since the current one clocks in at 8:05!

I hope there is more that is going to happen this year. Those are just the things I know about for now.

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SIERRA VISTA — The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is stepping up its effort to stop the flow of illegal guns flowing into Mexico and into the hands of drug cartels. The agency is setting up specialized teams along known trafficking hubs and routes, including Sierra Vista. Project Gunrunner will establish teams in seven U.S. cities: Atlanta, Dallas, Brownsville, Texas, Las Vegas, Miami, Oklahoma City and Sierra Vista. The move is a follow-up to the ATF’s Gun Runner Impact Team (GRIT) initiative, which saw a 100-day deployment of resources to the Phoenix Field Division, according to the…

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Expert Tips on Buying a Revolver for Concealed Carry

Seek a revolver that provides the right mix of knockdown power with your ability to comfortably and accurately shoot the gun regularly.

Seek a revolver that provides the right mix of knockdown power with your ability to comfortably and accurately shoot the gun regularly. Photo courtesy NSSF.

How Often Will You Shoot?

In one sense, this is related to the last question: the more the gun hurts, the less you’ll want to shoot the thing. If this is a gun that you’re going to carry to defend yourself, I (and most other defensive shooting instructors) would wholeheartedly encourage you to practice and train with that gun regularly. If you don’t, or worse yet can’t, train with it often, you’ll be at a serious disadvantage when you really need to use it.

How much you actually shoot the gun also has a large bearing on the longevity of your revolver. A wheelgun that ends up shooting a lot of rounds over its lifetime will experience more wear than a gun which is shot only occasionally. It’s those very lightweight revolvers, the ones made from light alloys, that tend to wear more quickly than their exact-sized steel versions.

Part of that is due to the higher recoil impulse of the lighter gun, which hammers parts more than the lower recoil of the heavier models. It’s also because the alloys used in their manufacture are less robust in some respects than steel. Those materials deform easier and are generally less resistant to wear than steel. A lightweight revolver with a high round count will generally require more maintenance, or even outright replacement, sooner than a steel example will.

If you plan to shoot it a lot, a steel gun will last longer than an alloy version.

How Big Are Your Hands?

One of the big advantages of the revolver is the fact that the grip panels aren’t just replaceable, but also available in varying sizes. It’s generally not a problem to fit grips to a revolver to make it a little easier for larger or smaller hands to operate. Yes, some autoloaders now have this feature, but they still don’t have the sheer range of adjustment that the revolver does.

There are limits to everything, however. Small guns and large hands are always a problem, as finding a place for the thumbs proves difficult on very compact revolvers. The worst combination, however, is the person with small hands and a revolver whose trigger reach is too long. If the size mismatch can’t be fixed with narrower grips, the shooter is never going to be as efficient as he or she could be. In some cases the only choice is to go with a smaller framed (and usually smaller capacity) wheelgun.

When it comes time to begin shopping for your next revolver, be sure you go to the gun counter and try out several models. Some ranges may even have different models you rent and shoot. Pay close attention to the fit of the gun you choose.

If it’s too large you might be able to compensate a little with grips. If the gun is too small, it’s easier to take up room with bigger grips, but you might have other fit-related issues. Pay close attention as the fit will have a large bearing on how well you shoot the gun.

And remember — you can always buy more than one revolver to carry depending on the situation.

This article appeared in the February 11, 2013 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine.

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The MAAWG study has, for the first time, been extended to European countries and includes the previous years US-only results for context. According to the group's findings, more than half (57%) of surveyed adults have responded to spam in such a way that it supports the perpetrators of the spam. This includes opening attachments to an email, forwarding an email or clicking on links. Almost half of this group, 46%, nearly a quarter of the population, said they did so deliberately, to "unsubscribe", out of curiosity, or out an interest in the products on offer.

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Probing Israel's Leftist NGOs Is Democracy at Its Best

The majority of the public has become convinced that human rights groups are extreme and seek to force their radical values on others.

In the past year, a vigorous public debate has been waged in Israel between dozens of heavily funded organizations that call themselves human rights groups and several other organizations claiming that those groups have cynically exploited the human rights discourse as a propaganda tool for defaming the Israel Defense Forces and isolating Israel.

On the one side are organizations that charge Israel with carrying out war crimes, including those involved in hounding senior Israeli officials abroad or in calling for the boycott and divestment of Israel. These organizations believe that Israel is an anti-democratic, militaristic and racist regime.

On the other side are organizations that believe that Israel has a democratic, moral and tolerant society that is fighting physically and ideologically for its very right to exist as the national home of the Jewish people. These organizations see Israel as a magnificent democracy that is dealing with gigantic threats while maintaining democratic norms at the highest possible level. They organizations believe that Israel has fallen victim to a mendacious campaign aimed at accusing it of crimes it did not perpetrate, and thus at justifying a policy that would negate its right and ability to protect itself.

The public debate that has taken place in Israel over the past year has underscored the fact that Israel is a democratic state of the highest order. There were reports, ads, hundreds of articles and endless interviews, along with demonstrations and various steps aimed at explaining and convincing. At times this debate was to the point and at other times it was demagogic. It was visceral, scathing and sometimes fiery. Just like in a democratic country.

A revolution took place in Israel this year, after many years in which only those attacking Israel (a small percentage of the population ) were represented in the public discourse, including in the media and among the intelligentsia. This was the first year in which Israeli democracy succeeded in creating two camps and two voices - two ideologies, as is customary in a democracy, and in Judaism. Not a single viewpoint, as is customary in communist countries. Two interpretations of the term "liberalism," not just one, as is customary at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.

During the past year, the vast majority of the public became convinced that the organizations that call themselves human rights groups actually belong to the extreme left and seek to force their radical values on others through foreign funding. The vast majority of the public does not believe the lies that are being spread against the IDF fighters, and knows that Israel makes every effort to avoid harming innocent people. Most of the public knows that Israel is a democratic and open state. They do not buy the lie that all of us are backward, violent and racist, just because a negligible minority decided it has a monopoly over enlightenment, democracy and human rights.

The Israeli public is wise and capable of understanding a complex reality, as well as media manipulations, even though the "human rights groups" - which revolve around arrogance, hypocrisy and disrespect for human beings, for the people and their elected representatives - think otherwise. The people are critical and have finely honed senses, and can therefore easily identify who seeks to defame them and who is furthering their rights.

Since Israel is a democracy, and since transparency is a condition for democracy, we are entitled to know who is funding and fueling the campaign of hatred against us. Which special interests are meddling in Israeli democracy and bestowing great power - sometimes disproportionate, sometimes undemocratic - in the hands of a radical minority? In another few months, we shall get the answers to which we are entitled.

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Brand: Dell Inspiron 560 (late 2009, bought on 2011)

Motherboard: Dell-branded Motherboard with Intel G43 Chipset

Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core (not D) E5800, 3.2 Ghz

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HDD: 160GB (40GB for ML, 120GB for Windows 8.1)

Just followed the steps written on the Installation Guide on this website.  Never had to use MultiBeast as the Kexts that I need was already provided by the ML Niresh Distro.  Though, I had an issue with the Bootloader.  My monitor cannot handle the high resolution setting of the Bootloader, so I have to download the Chameleon Wizard and reduce the Bootloader's resolution to 1280x1024.  I also had a hard time on dual booting.  I also used Chameleon Wizard to fix that.

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