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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – After the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting , a group of five Westchester mayors has signed a letter to President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders outlining steps they can take to end gun violence.
White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson, Mount Vernon Mayor Ernie Davis, Peekskill Mayor Mary Foster and Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano are all members of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition and joined together to produce this letter.
“It is past time for action,” Roach said. “Continuing to do nothing is an affront to the victims of these tragedies and their families. We have an obligation – to them, to our families and to our country – to demand a plan.”
The letter to Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, and Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, calls for the following actions:
- Require every gun buyer to pass a criminal background check. Today, 40 percent of gun sales in the U.S. go through without a background check under federal law. 62 percent of private gun sellers on the Internet agreed to sell a firearm to buyers who said they probably could not pass a background check. Background checks are the only systematic way to stop felons, domestic abusers and other dangerous people from buying firearms. These checks are instantaneous and highly effective.
- Get high capacity rifles and ammunition magazines off our streets . Military-style weapons with high-capacity magazines have no appropriate civilian or sporting function. They are designed to kill large numbers of people quickly – and they are also disproportionately used to kill law enforcement officers. We must review the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 and pass a new law that is clear, enforceable and takes these weapons out of our communities.
- Make gun trafficking a federal crime . It may surprise you to learn that today, there is no clear and effective statute making gun trafficking a crime. Prosecutors must instead rely on a weak law prohibiting engaging in the business of selling guns without a federal license, which happens to carry the same punishment as trafficking chicken or livestock. The result is that gun trafficking is not prosecuted in a large number of cases. We need to change this and empower law enforcement to investigate and prosecute straw purchasers, gun traffickers and their criminal networks.
“Recent tragic events have led to a long-needed wake-up call for us to take action,” Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano said. “Violent gun attacks should not be a norm in our society and I am committed to working with other government leaders to ensure the safety of our community, not just now, but for our future generations.”
Officials have been calling for stronger gun laws since Dec. 14 when Adam Lanza, 20, opened fire in a Newtown elementary school, killing 20 first-graders and six adults, before taking his own life.
"As we unite in grieving for the families of Newtown, so too must we unite in taking significant and permanent action to prevent such tragedies in the future,” Bramson said. “These common sense measures will greatly improve the safety of our communities and help ensure that firearms do not fall into the wrong hands."
After the school shooting, Dick’s Sporting Goods pulled all guns from the shelves of its store closest to Sandy Hook Elementary and suspended the sale of modern sporting rifles in all of its stores.
“We have seen a proliferation of these tragedies after the ban on assault weapons expired in 2004. We cannot allow this to continue,” Foster said. “We demand that Congress take the actions necessary to help re-establish safety in our public places … schools, movie theaters, churches, parks.”
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Hey Nerds! Very long time, no see. Some of the delays have been the good kind: opening Alcestis, workshopping my dear friend Olivia’s new play Those Whom the Gods Love, and enjoying my last few days in New York. Some of the delays were bad: preparing to leave the city and dealing with a family member’s health crisis, as well as some tragedies in my own friends’ lives.
Ideally I wanted this post to be an Alcestis post-mortem, but I think I’m going to wait for our pictures to come through and for a time when I don’t feel like I’m living in the play. (And Death is not nearly as kind and funny as our wonderful Holly Kay Roberts. Or as anthropomorphized.)
So I thought I’d give you a brief glimpse into some things I’ve realized as a result of working on this play while confronting Death in my family and friends’ lives. So this is a change of pace from my usual pop culture reference, feminist-y self. Apologies.
The first and most obvious thing I’ve begun to accept is that we do stupid things when people die, or are dying. We lose control. We rage. We freeze. We feel nothing. This is not because the deceased was nothing to us, but because it hurts too much to feel. Or maybe, we really do feel nothing for them. What is worse?
It has all happened before. There is nothing new in this. But that fact doesn’t help the pain. In fact, it makes it worse because we begin to beat ourselves up for thinking we were special. That we’d escape or that our suffering is somehow profound or meaningful. And yet it is meaningful because it is universal. Because we are joined in our ignorance, our failure to deal with mortality in some hypothetical, unattainable “healthy” way.
No one knows what to say, how to act. “My condolences.” “When I lost my…” The words begin to bleed together into a big sad late Monet painting, all reds and greens, the subject indiscernible until the words, the hugs, the cards mean nothing.
That doesn’t mean that we should stop giving them. But once you’ve lost someone, you know that those gestures are Spongebob band-aids at the doctor’s. It’s kind of you to give them out but it doesn’t make the shot hurt less. It’s being there that matters, if at all.
Maybe that’s what scares us all so much, what scares Admetus. The sign for “die” in American Sign Language is a rotation of open hands, an indication of a change in state, living to dead, being to non-being. Death makes us confront the abyss that is non-being, the possibility that eventually this will all stop.
When the first living thing existed, I was there, waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job is finished. I’ll put the chairs on tables, turn out the lights and lock the universe behind me when I leave.
—Death in Sandman #20 “Facade”
What is must become what was so that what will be can come to pass. The troubling thing about that is that by our very existence, we are what is, doomed to become what was. It’s a precarious position.
Not too long ago there was an article on io9 about how chimps mourn their dead. For a long time, human’s have believed that we are the only ones to contemplate the metaphysical, to experience mourning. How wrong we were.
Chimpanzee mothers tend to carry around the corpses of their infants for days, even months, after their deaths, training themselves to let go.
Anyone who has lost someone close to them, or witnessed a friend dealing with a similar situation recognizes this scenario. We carry the dead around with us, whether we want to or not. The optimist suggests that that means they live on, and in a twisted way they do, like dreams floating in and out of our control. But the fact is that it might be a bit easier if we could leave them by the grave. And we can’t. And knowing that doesn’t make it feel any better.
It’s why the ending of Alcestis is so bittersweet (with or without my addition of Death revealing she let Heracles win.) Alcestis and Admetus may survive this scare but as Apollo says in the first scene, “They must die in the end.”
We try so hard to forget that. Alcestis’ lines that echo Hamlet’s are what terrifies us:
For I must die. It will not be tomorrow, not the next day, or this month, the horrible thing will come, but now, at once, I shall be counted among the dead.
I buy every argument that suggests that Shakespeare reads Euripides. Or maybe they were two halves of the same person. Just look at Hamlet’s very similar conversation with Horatio:
We defy augury; there’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. Since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is’t to leave betimes?
—Hamlet (First Folio), Act V, Scene 2
It is meaningless to predict and wait, to make judgments and prayers. We all die someday. One last quote from Death, from the same issue of Sandman:
Anyway: I’m not blessed or merciful. I’m just me. I’ve got a job to do and I do it. Listen: even as we’re talking, I’m there for old and young, innocent and guilty, those who die together and those who die alone. I’m in cars and boats and planes, in hospitals and forests and abattoirs. For some folks death is a release and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I’m there for all of them.
There is a sense of safety and danger in that. A paradox. Can one feel empowered by recognizing one’s own helplessness? I hope so. It’s all I’ve got to cling to now.


Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) praised Stephen Bannon’s White House exit, observant a former worried strategist had to go after undermining President Trump.
“The White House has only not been functioning. There’s been leaks entrance out, one coterie is undermining another,” King told John Catsimatidis on New York’s AM 970 in an talk that aired on Sunday.
“The boss brought in John Kelly to be his arch of staff. General Kelly is a four-star ubiquitous in a Marines. He was a secretary of Homeland Security. He’s one of a many honest, intelligent, decent people we have ever met. For him to do a pursuit as arch of staff, he had to discharge all of that inner skirmishing and fighting. Unfortunately, Steve Bannon had turn a partial of a problem,” he said.
King’s comments come after it was suggested Bannon would renounce from his White House post, after conjecture swirled final week his depart was imminent.
Bannon gave what many called a weird talk to a magnanimous announcement “The American Prospect,” final week in that he pronounced his rivals in a administration were “wetting themselves” during a suspicion of being suspended by him.
Bannon also told a announcement that there was no troops resolution to a ongoing chief tensions with North Korea, a matter that directly pennyless with a White House summary on North Korea.
“He was publicly conflicting with a president’s process on North Korea. And this was a process of President Trump, Secretary Mattis, Secretary Tillerson, and a authority of a inhabitant confidence legislature Gen. McMaster. For him to go open and fundamentally tell North Korea that we have no troops choice opposite them, that was undermining a boss of a United States,” King said.
“The White House could not duty with him there,” he added.
Bannon soon returned to Breitbart as a regressive publication’s executive authority after his depart was announced, and bloody his former workplace in an talk with a Weekly Standard.
“The Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over,” he said. “We still have a outrageous movement, and we will make something of this Trump presidency. But that presidency is over.”
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Geomaterials in Geotechnical EngineeringView this Special Issue
Formation Mechanism and Mechanical Properties of Soil-Rock Mixture Containing Macropore
In southwestern China, soil-rock mixture containing macropore (SRMCM) is very common in large-scale accumulation slopes. The formation mechanism and mechanical parameters of SRMCM play an important role in slope stability. In this paper, we designed a new physical model test to study the formation mechanism of SRMCM. We analyzed different factors that influence the formation of SRMCM. The mechanical properties of SRMCM are obtained by direct shear test. New physical model test demonstrates the best slurry consistency (30%) and slope angle (35°∼45°) to form SRMCM. The results of direct shear test show that the strength parameters of SRMCM are high and it is influenced by the angle of macropore structure. When the angle of macropore structure increases, so does the cohesion of SRMCM. In this process, the internal friction angle does not change much.
SRMCM (soil-rock mixture containing macropore) is a special type of soil-rock mixture, in which, macropore structure is defined as an accumulation of gravels without clay formed in different stratum of slopes. Figure 1 shows that SRMCM always appears with local stratification in deep-thick accumulation slopes, which is different from common soil-rock mixture (Figure 2). The formation mechanism and mechanical parameters of SRMCM play an important role in slope stability. However, the study of SRMCM has not been conducted.
In southwestern China, SRMCM is very common in large-scale accumulation slopes. The slope angles vary from 35° to 45°, and there are a lot debris flow deposits. The annual precipitation is 600 mm∼800 mm, and the rainfall is usually heavy. The slope angles, debris flow, and rainfall might be the cause for SRMCM. To date, no experiments have ever been conducted to determine the best slurry consistency and slope angle to form SRMCM.
Inside SRMCM, binder bonds the particles in point state. The binder is upper soil that can move down to coarse particle layer by leaching. From field investigation, many slopes in southwestern China have very steep ditch banks on both sides of the gully. The free face is almost vertical after rainfall erosion on slope edge for many years. The steep slope of SRMCM can stay stable rather than collapse and sliding during an earthquake. It is important to study the mechanical properties of SRMCM during the evaluation of talus slide.
An inhomogeneous rock-soil system consists of high-strength stone, fine-particle soil, and pores. The strength characteristics of this system depend on rock and soil thresholds, visual grain size, and stone . An unconventional in situ shear test apparatus is used to investigate the strength properties of the shale-limestone chaotic complex (SLCC) bimrock [2, 3]. A generalized conceptual empirical approach is used to predict the overall strength of unwelded bimrocks and bimsoils . There is little field investigation of SRMCM. No field shear test and empirical method have ever been proposed for the mechanical properties of SRMCM.
In laboratory, CT scan and fluctuation method are used to reconstruct the 3D model of gravel to study content, feature size, and soil-gravel distribution [5, 6]. Indoor shear test is used to obtain mechanical characteristics of unsaturated soil-rock mixture [7–10]. Afifipour and Moarefvand [11, 12] used a servo-control machine to conduct uniaxial compression tests on model bimrocks to obtain mechanical parameters such as uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), Young’s modulus, failure strain, and full-scale stress-strain curves. Ergenzinger et al. , Xu et al. [14–16], and Zhao et al.  used discrete element method (DEM) to investigate the strength and failure properties of SRMS in shear zone. Particle flow code (PFC) 3D is developed to establish a stochastic structural model and simulate pressure shear deformation damage test . Ding et al.  and Meng et al.  established a numerical simulation method based on microstructures. This method is reasonable after comparison with indoor test results.
In this paper, we develop a physical model test to study the formation mechanism of SRMCM. This simulates the formation process of SRMCM, and different factors in this process are considered. Mechanical properties of SRMCM are analyzed by indoor tests. Our parameters can be used as a reference in slope stability evaluation of Mahe talus slide at Lenggu hydropower station.
2. Formation Mechanism of Macropore Structure
2.1. Field Investigation of SRMCM in Mahe Talus Slide
Mahe talus slide is located in downstream of Mahe opposite to the concealed bend of Caiyu highway. The natural slope of Mahe talus slide is gentle rubble and the width on upper surface is narrower than lower surface. The angle of the slope varies from 30° to 35°. Ephemeral gully development occurs inside.
The gravels in SRMCM come from the crushed rock layer. The bedrock surface of Mahe talus slide is antidip, and it is made of heavily crushed metamorphic sandstones. Joint fissure develops fully. Figure 3 shows the existing collapse conditions. The distribution of SRMCM layers is random, and the collapsing gravels cave along the slope from the top to accumulate in concave slope surface.
Figure 3(a) shows that there are many cementing soil-rock mixtures overlying or underlying the SRMCM. Due to the short distance between cementing soil-rock mixtures and the ground surface, the soil-rock mixtures are not cemented by gravity; rather, they are cemented as slurry-stone fragmental materials flowing along the slope and accumulating on the crushed rock layer. The fragmental materials are generated at the top part of slope on rainstorm conditions. The thickness of slurries on the crushed rock layer ranges from 50 to 100 cm. This thin layer of slurries is formed because of the relatively high velocity. Figure 3(b) shows the transitional zone of slurry-stone fragmental materials flowing on crushed rock layer. Only the leaching of mussy water can be seen on the surface of crushed rock layer. Figure 3(b) shows the multilayer SRMCM in Mahe talus slide. In dry climate, the SRMCM may be formed by endless superposition of cementation layers. These layers emerge after quick dehydration and consolidation of slurry. The drilling in the middle of Mahe talus slide reveals that SRMCM may exist on the bedrock-cover discontinuity and been buried deeply. Figure 4 shows the boundary of Mahe talus slide.
2.2. Size Distribution Test
On the complex terrain of Mahe talus slide, we collected ten groups of samples from five slide parts for size distribution test. Figure 5 shows the samples being collected from Mahe talus slide.
Figure 6 shows the grading analysis curve of ten samples. Table 1 gives particle composition of the ten samples.
To remove the super-size particles for the indoor tests, the scalping method was chosen for the grain size > 60 mm. The soil can still be in natural gradation after the scalping. However, the nonuniform coefficient would change, and thus, the integral strength of soil. The content of gravel after scalping is calculated in formula (1):where denotes the content of gravel after scalping, denotes the content of gravel before scalping, and denotes the content of super-size gravel.
Table 2 shows the particle composition of soil after scalping.
2.3. Formation Test of the Macropore
2.3.1. Properties of the Test Material
Soil, gravels, and water are used as materials to prepare the slurry. The soil and gravels are taken from Mahe talus slide. Figure 7(a) shows the prepared soil with particle diameter < 5 mm. Figure 7(b) shows the gravel with different diameters, 5 mm∼10 mm, 10 mm∼20 mm, and 20 mm∼30 mm. The three groups of gravels are mixed to the mass ratio of 1 : 2 : 1.
2.3.2. The Model Test Tank Which Can Alter Angle
The model test tank (Figure 8) was made of four parts as follows:(1)Floor. The materials for the floor are transparent acrylic sheets with size of 120 cm × 60 cm. Grooves are set on the floor to fix the foreplate and backboard, and to change the width of SRMCM. The intervals of groove are 30 cm, 40 cm, and 50 cm.(2)Foreplate and Backboard. The foreplate and backboard of the size 120 cm × 80 cm are made of transparent organic glass with thickness of 2 cm. Four circular holes of diameters 10 mm are set in the base angles of glass to intercalate the bolts to fix the foreplate and backboard. 8 circular holes of diameters 10 mm are set in the middle of glass with radiation distribution to intercalate the bolts to fix the middle part of the steel plate. The four angles between the 8 circular holes above and the horizontal are 15°, 25°, 35°, and 45°, respectively. Intercalating the bolts into different holes would change the angles of baffle.(3)Multiangle Baffle. The baffle is made of stainless steel plate of thickness 5 mm. From the statistics of relief intensity of mountain landslide, three undulation angles are set in the middle of the baffle to simulate the mountain undulation angles. Three different widths of 30 cm, 40 cm, and 50 cm are set for every angle. Twelve stainless steel plates are made to simulate the formation process of SRMCM.(4)Bolts. The bolts are stainless steel of the diameter 8 mm. Two herringbone nuts are put in every bolt for dismounting.
2.3.3. Test Procedure
Sixteen independent tests are made. We performed every test twice to reduce errors.(1)Preparation of SRM slurry. After the soil samples of 60 kg weight and the gravel samples of 18 kg (30% weight of the soil samples) were mixed averagely, the water of 15.6 kg was put in to prepare the SRM slurry of 26% consistence. The SRM slurry prepared above was then stirred uniformly and placed for 30 minutes after being covered with plastic film. Figure 9 shows the SRM slurry after being stirred uniformly.(2)The floor was put in a relatively wide field; two organic glasses with 16 fixing holes were set in the necks whose interval is 30 cm. 8 fixing holes were set in each glass, and the bolts were intercalated in these holes. The nuts were in neither too tight nor too loose to make sure the steel plate could be put in successfully. Type I steel plate was put inside the organic glasses with the inclination angle of which to be 15°, and the bolts were calated to fix the steel plate.(3)The mixed gravels were paved on the steel plate with the thickness of 5 cm. After that, the SRM slurry was poured onto the steel plate. Then, the process of slurry invading into macropore space was recorded by taking photos. According to the thickness of macropore space, whether the macropore structure can form in a different angle or not was known. At last, the thickness of macropore structure was recorded.(4)The formed SRMCM would be sunned for 15∼20 d to air-dry in a drying and ventilating area.(5)The angle set in step (2) was changed to 25°, 35°, and 45°, and then step (3) and step (4) were repeated. Steps (2), (3), and (4) were repeated with the consistence of SRM slurry changing to 30%, 32%, and 34%. The relationship of slope angle, thickness of macropore structure, and the angle was observed under different consistence.(6)In step (5), four SRMCM samples with the size of 15 cm × 15 cm × 15 cm were taken out in each angle and were baked in oven for 24 hours under the 110°C constant temperature. Then all 32 samples were tested by shear test. Figure 10 shows the test procedure of macropore structure formation.
2.3.4. Test Results
(1) Relationship between Slope Angle, Slurry Consistency, and Macropore Structure Formation. Four slurries were prepared with different water contents of 26%, 30%, 32%, and 34%. The model test tank was set with four different angles of 15°, 25°, 35°, and 45° according to the field statistics of undulation angle of slope. After doing 16 unrepeated tests in which the model test tank with different angles and the slurries with different consistence were combined, and Table 3 shows the relationship between slope angle, slurry consistence, and macropore structure formation.
According to Table 3, in the 16 tests, the macropore structure formed in 8 tests while not formed in the other 8 tests. The test results show that macropore structure forms in a certain slope when the SRM slurries of certain consistence invade into crushed rock layer. In gentle slope, macropore structure cannot form as the fluidity of the slurries with dense consistence is low, which makes the component force of down flow small and the slurries can hardly flow down. With the increase of water content in slurries, the consistency of slurries becomes more and more diluted and macropore structure forms as the slurries flow down slowly along the face of slope with the decreasing of downward resistance. With the increasing of slope angle, the component force of down flow becomes bigger and bigger despite the low water content and dense consistence. After that, the slurries invade the crushed rock layer, the rear slurries push the frontage slurries to flow down continuously, and the macropore structure forms. When the angle of slope increases to a certain degree and the slurries dilute enough, the slurries flow down along the face of slope quickly with a thin layer of slurries on the crushed rock layer. Meanwhile, only little part of slurries invade the crushed rock layer, while more slurries flow down along the face of slope under gravity action, thus makes the macropore structure forming hardly.
(2) Relationship between Slope Angle, Slurry Consistency, and Thickness of Macropore Structure. The thicknesses of macropore structure must be different as the consistencies of slurries and thicknesses of slurries invading the crushed rock layer are different. In the tests, the designed thickness of crushed rock layer is 5 cm. Figure 11 shows the thicknesses of macropore structure layers under different slope angles in the tests.
According to Figure 11, under same water contents of mud, the density (thickness) of macropore increases when the dip angle of macrospore structure becomes larger (from 15° to 45°), because the larger dip angle makes downward resistance decrease, and the increasing fluidity makes the thickness of invading smaller. The thickness of macropore ranges from 15 mm to 40 mm. When the dip angle increases to a certain degree, most slurries flow down along the face of slope and there is no thickness of macropore structure, as the macropore structure cannot form. Under same slope angle, with the increase of the water contents of slurry, the consistency becomes smaller, the fluidity of SRM slurry increases, and the thickness of invading slurries become bigger firstly, then become smaller. Under the interaction of changing the consistence and slope angle, the density (thickness) of macropore structure changes little in one range of slope angle with the changing consistency. That is, macropore structure forms most easily with the slope angle of 35°, which is basically the same with the slope angle of Mahe talus slide (as is shown in Figure 4). It is hard to form the macropore structure when the slope is too gentle or too steep.
3. Shear Strength Parameter Tests of the SRMCM
20 samples of SRMCM were taken to carry out indoor direct shear test, and they were divided into four groups. In every group, the size of samples was 15 cm × 15 cm × 15 cm. The samples with different angles of macropore structure in SRMCM as 15°, 25°, 35°, and 45° were prepared based on the model test tank. The samples whose angle of macropore structure in SRMCM is 0° were prepared as the control group. All the samples were put in dry and ventilated conditions for 15–20 d to completely air-dry. Figure 12 shows the samples of SRMCM before indoor direct shear test.
3.1. Test Procedure
The tests were carried out under normal pressures of 100, 200, 300, and 400 kPa to define the shear strength parameters. In the test, the loading rate in every step was controlled in same level and not over 0.2 mm/min. Pressure sustained for a period after shear failure, and the residual strength was determinate. The loading stopped if shear displacement kept increasing or was more than 15 mm. Normal stress would be relieved before shear stress in pressure relief. Figure 13 shows the samples of SRMCM after indoor direct shear test.
3.2. Test Results
According to the results of indoor direct shear test, Figure 14 shows the curves of shear stress and shear displacement in different angles of macropore structure.
The results of indoor direct shear test are listed as follows:(1)With the increase of axial compression, the strength of SRMCM increases gradually, and the strength changes obviously in different axial compression. When the angle of macropore structure in SRMCM is 0°, the change of SRMCM strength is especially obvious in different axial compression. That is because the macropore structure is happened to be on and parallel to the shear surface. The shear strength of SRMCM is decided by the bite force between the gravels in macropore structure and has no relationship with the bond strength between fine soil. So, when in low axial compression, the gravels can throw over the gravels nearby with small bite force and low strength.(2)When the angle of macropore structure in SRMCM increases, the hardening degree of SRM sample increase gradually. When in same shear displacement, the larger the macropore structure angle is, the higher the strength is, especially in angle of 45°. In angle of 45°, the shear strength is beyond 130 kPa when the displacement is 4 mm. With the increase of macropore structure angle, the angle between shear zone and macropore structure becomes larger. Two SRM layers encapsulate the macropore structure, with the increase of shear strength, the inclined macropore structure will surely stagger unconnected, the gravels on shear zone will roll mutually, and one part of the gravels will inlay the SRM nearby. Under a certain axial compression, the inlaying will cost quite large energy with the external expression of shear strength increasing.(3)Figure 14 shows that the macropore structure is one stable structure, and the strength of macropore structure does not have apparent peak no matter either in a big or small angle. After reaching a high level, the shear stress sustains a high state but not gets the apparent tendency of decreasing. The shear stress will not increase while the shear displacement keeps increasing when the horizontal load is applied continually, rather than the common material failure whose shear stress decreases apparently after failure.(4)According to the curves of shear stress and shear displacement, the shear strengths in different axial compression are obtained. Figure 15 shows the stress curve gotten by fitting the shear strengths in different axial compression with the using of Mohr–Coulomb theory.
According to Figure 15, the cohesion of macropore structure is very large except when the angle of macropore structure is 0°, and with the increase of angle, cohesion keeps enlarging while internal friction angle changes little. When the dip angle of macrospores is low, the cohesion depends on the sliding friction of the fine-grained soil. When dip angle of macrospores is high, the number of macrospores is large and the cohesion depends on the sliding friction of fine-grained soil, the friction of soil and rock, and the contact force of rocks. When dip angle of macrospores keeps increasing, the number of macrospores keeps increasing, the contact force of rocks keeps increasing, and the cohesion keeps increasing. When the angle of macropore structure is 0°, the cohesion is very small while the internal friction angle is very large because of the interaction of gravels but not of soil particles. When under shearing, the angles of macropore structure are different from that of the shear plane, the upper and lower shear planes stagger unconnected, and macropore structure staggers unconnected. Due to the bite force between the gravels, the gravels must bypass the gravels nearby to produce the displacement that enlarges the shear strength.
In this paper, Mahe talus slide of the Lenggu hydropower station was used as an example. Field investigation was used to know the structural properties of SRMCM in Mahe talus slide. The formation mechanism of SRMCM was analyzed by a new physical model test. The mechanical properties of SRMCM were analyzed by indoor direct shear test. The main conclusions of the study include the following:(1)The SRMCM is one stable structure forming in a certain slope when the SRM slurries of certain consistence invade into the crushed rock layer.(2)The formation of SRMCM is closely related to the consistence of slurries. The SRMCM cannot form with the consistency too high or too low. The test shows that in water content of 30%, the slurries flow most fluently, and the SRMCM forms most easily. In the physical model test, the thickness of macropore structure forming with 35°∼45° slope angle is the largest; that is, the SRMCM forms most easily with 35°∼45° slope angle in real.(3)The shear strength of SRMCM is very high. When the angle of macropore structure keeps increasing, the cohesion keeps enlarging while internal friction angle changes little. It deepens the understanding of the slope failure mechanism when there are SRMCMs in the slope.
The data used to support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon request.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
This research was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 41672258) and Postgraduate Research and Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (no. KYCX17_0501). This research was also supported by “The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities” (no. 26120172017B665X1). The authors gratefully acknowledge M.S. Penglei XU in School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Hohai University, China, for his contribution to the laboratorial experiment.
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A 22-inch barrel turkey killer as reliable as the day is long that doubles as a great truck and home-defense shotgun, Mossberg’s 500 Turkey makes a great add to any shotgun arsenal.
by Jace Bauserman
My first-ever shotgun was a wood-stock Mossberg 500, and I melted the barrel down. From trap to skeet to ducks to upland, it was a tank, and I loved it.
Recently, I got my hands on Mossberg’s new-for-2023 500 Turkey in a 20-gauge bore. I planned to tote the shotgun on a few turkey excursions and make it a home-defense shotgun. Based on its specs and what I read about the shooter on Mossberg’s website, it seemed the shotgun’s overall length of 41 inches and under-14-inch LOP (length of pull) would also fit my 11 year-old-son, Brody, who would be chasing spring thunder chickens for the first time. It should be noted that the LOP is fixed, and there is no adjusting it. I would have liked to see Mossberg go with a slightly smaller stock profile or provide LOP adjustment, but this feature would drive the cost up.
The first thing that jumped out at me was how sexy the shotgun looked fully cloaked in Mossy Oak’s Greenleaf. The shotgun is a stunner. The only black on the shotgun is that of the extended X-Factor Ported Choke, recoil pad, safety button, slides, trigger, and trigger guard. The rest of the gun is blanketed in camo and looks fantastic.
The gun’s 22-inch barrel and compact build mounted swiftly to the shoulder. The shotgun felt maneuverable, and after depressing the action-release button, the slides were smooth and the action fell open, exposing the inner chamber.
There were no noticeable nicks, dings, or dents, and I applaud Mossberg’s Optic-Ready (Shield RMSc pattern) mount and the triangular-shaped Front FO sight. Features like this allow shooters to attach a red-dot or shoot with a traditional fiber-optic bead-style front-end sight. One glance at this shotgun and you know exactly what it was created for.
The vent rib is a nice touch, and as with most pump-action shotguns, the barrel fell into place. Final barrel attachment meant screwing down the forend-cap screw, which, like the synthetic stock, is fitted with a stationary swivel for sling attachment.
I wanted to give the 500 Turkey a little dance but didn’t want to burn Fiocchi’s Golden Turkey TSS just to get familiar with the shotgun’s fit, feel, and overall shooting experience. For this, I went with Fiocchi’s Dove & Quail Field Dynamics.
I’m an old-school turkey hunter, and while I have zero issues with a red-dot optic, I stayed with the standard FO sight. Not a gun I’d want to use as a clay buster or a wing shooter because of the shorter barrel; this gun feels balanced against the shoulder, and from a seated position, is easy to swing right or left and is highly maneuverable.
The trigger is a tad heavier than I’d like, but trigger preference is highly personal. When Brody practiced with the gun, he told me, “Dad, I like the trigger, and I don’t have to pull it too hard and the gun goes off.”
With Fiocchi’s 2 3/4-inch 7/8-ounce #7.5 shotshells, the Mossberg 500 Turkey produced mild recoil, and the slide and action proved incredibly smooth. I could hold my cheek on the synthetic stock and make rapid follow-up shots on paper. The gun’s workabilty and solid shooting nature remained the same throughout testing, and I promise, during a recent turkey hunt, Brody got the inside of the action more than a tad dirty.
The safety is stiff, which I like, and is mounted on top of the action directly above the action-release button. I like that the safety button is long and robustly serrated, which makes it easy to find and operate, and a red dot is visible when the safety is pushed forward to let the shooter know the gun is hot.
The Mossberg 500 Turkey cycled shotshells as fast as I could manipulate the slide, and reloading the 5+1 internal magazine was super simple.
I’m not often lucky enough to find a shotgun, choke, and load that lines up to create a turkey-killing trio. Usually, I end up swapping chokes, changing loads, et cetera, but the Mossberg 500, when paired with 3-inch Fiocchi Golden Turkey TSS #9s, proved an exception to this rule.
At 30 yards, the 1 3/8-ounce #9 payload put more pellets in the head and neck of my homemade turkey target than I could count. At 50 yards, I had to rest my bead on top of the head of the target but still managed to get 19 pellets in the kill zone — more than enough to cream a big ol’ longbeard. I was overly impressed with the stock X-Factor Ported Tube, and the choke easily threaded in and out of the shotgun.
When you shoot loads like Fiochhi’s Golden Turkey TSS, even in 20-gauge, you know it when you pull the trigger. The recoil is quite extensive, but the payoff is well worth it. Over the years, I’ve killed my share of tom turkeys with this ammo, which pulverizes them. And, being that the shotgun weighs a mere 6.75 pounds, you can bank on the shoulder taking some of the abuse.
How much abuse, exactly? Not terrible. My 11-year-old is 80 pounds soaking wet, and while he wasn’t in love with practicing too much with these specific loads, when his time came, he settled his FO bead on the 26-yard turkey and executed the shot like a champ.
At 6.75 pounds and 41.24 inches long, this shotgun is a joy to tote around the woods. I also recommend it as a good truck gun. It’s durable and compact and can be abused. Of course, with a barrel length of 22 inches and built on a reliable pump-action, the shotgun triples as a home defense weapon.
Brody carried the gun (no sling) for over three miles during his turkey hunt and never complained about weight or length, and because he could control the gun, the muzzle was always pointed in a safe direction.
Cleaning the firearm takes minutes. Open the action and check to make sure the gun is unloaded. Next, turn the black forend screw counter-clockwise and remove the barrel. A pin in the mid-portion of the action dumps the trigger unit, and you’re set to go. Using Real Avid’s Gun Boss Pro – Universal Gun Cleaning Kit, I had the inside of the barrel, chamber, and action looking new in no time.
For $644, you get a heck of a turkey gun that doubles as a truck gun and a home-defense firearm. The shotgun is reliable as the day is long. I experienced zero jams or malfunctions over a two-week testing period. I credit much of that to the gun’s guts — dual extractors, steel-to-steel lockup, and an anti-jam elevator.
This is a highly versatile shotgun that almost any shooter, regardless of frame size, can handle, and it will remain part of my shooting arsenal and be a shotgun that I pass on to my kids.
Mossberg 500 Turkey Specifications
- Gauge: 20
- Action: pump
- Chamber: 3 inch
- Barrel Type: vent rib
- Barrel Length: 22 inches
- Barrel Finish: Mossy Oak Greenleaf
- Choke: X-Factor Ported Tube
- Magazine Capacity: 5+1
- Length: 41.25 inches
- Length of Pull: 13.87 inches
- Sights: Front FO; Optic Ready
- Stock: Synthetic Mossy Oak Greenleaf
- Weight: 6.75 lbs.
- MSRP: $644


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Police in Germany have said they expect more cocaine to flood into Europe after customs officers seized a record 3.8 metric tons of the drug from containers passing through the Port of Hamburg.
Discovered in three separate shipments brought into the country from South America between March and May, the cocaine is said to have had an estimated street value of some €800 million.
The drugs, which when tested were found to be up to 90% pure, were brought into the harbour concealed in shipping containers from Paraguay and Uruguay.
Customs officers showed off the haul, which was wrapped in brightly-coloured plastic packaging and guarded by heavily-armed police, during press conference last week before it was scheduled to be burned at a secret location.
Werner Gatzer, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance, said the seizures demonstrated the success of German customs official’s use of intelligent risk analysis and modern detection technology.
Gatzer said the volume of drugs seized indicated that the supply of cocaine being smuggled into Europe is growing.
A customs official said German authorities are working with their Dutch and Belgian counterparts, who both saw a significant uptick in cocaine busts at their ports in 2016.
German business newspaper Handelsblatt reported today that the amount of cocaine seized at Belgium’s Antwerp and the Dutch port of Rotterdam rose markedly last year, totalling a combined 41 tons.
Alwin Bogan, a spokesperson for Germany’s Central Customs Authority, said this trend is likely to continue, adding that a huge amount of cheap cocaine from South America will continue to flood the European market.
German authorities said the Hamburg seizures were the latest example of the rip-on/rip-off method, which involves traffickers concealing large quantities of drugs in legitimate shipments of goods without the knowledge the sender.
This method is often facilitated by corrupt customs officials and port employees, who help organised crime groups hide their drugs and retrieve them once they have arrived in their destination country.
Describing the method in a report published last year, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) said: “The so-called ‘rip-on/rip-off’ method involves loading the consignment in the port of departure and recovering it in the port of arrival.
“The use of one or more corrupt employees at both ends is therefore a key element.
“A suitable container must be identified in South America with a legitimate cargo destined for Europe.
“The drugs are usually loaded in the dock area, so the ‘rip-on’ team must be able to get the drugs into the container terminal and to locate the container, which must be in an accessible position…
“At the port of arrival, the drugs need to be retrieved, which can be achieved in a variety of ways.”

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It was a frustrating game for Jurgen Klinsmann's squad before Clark became the hero with a header off a Jermaine Jones corner kick.
But the good news was that Venezuela left its best players at home as well.
With a squad filled of mostly MLS players, including three starters earning their first national team cap, the U.S. managed to walk away with a 1-0 win over Venezuela thanks to a last-minute goal from Ricardo Clark at the University of Phoenix Stadium.
Without the likes of Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan and Tim Howard, Klinsmann recorded his third win as the team's head coach following Clark's header off a corner kick in the 97th minute of a game the U.S. dominated offensively from start to finish.
"We sent them on the field with very specific guidance to take charge of the game," Klinsmann said of his players. "Push it high up and be confident. More forward."
The U.S. was without many starters as most European-based players stayed with their clubs. The main exception was Jermaine Jones, who was named captain despite being suspended in the Bundesliga for eight matches after intentionally stomping on an opponent's injured foot last month.
Aside from MLS strikers Alejandro Moreno and Emilio Renteria, coach Cesar Farias called in an entirely domestic-based roster for Venezuela, which didn't provide any problems for the U.S.
Teal Bunbury had the first real opportunity of the night in the 19th minute when he fired from just outside the box only to have his shot sail over the goal. And just seconds later, Benny Feilhaber played a perfectly placed through-ball to Brek Shea, who shot just wide to the left.
Shea and the U.S. continued to apply the pressure early on, with a Shea header off a long free kick forcing goalkeeper Leonardo Moralesto to make a nice diving save in the 23rd minute.
But it all meant nothing since the U.S. would end a first half scoreless for the sixth time in eight games under Klinsmann.
"I think we handled the first half fairly well," said Moreno, who plays for Chivas USA. "In the second half we lost a little bit of the possession and it became a little harder on us."
The beginning of the second half lacked excitement as the United States' frustration continued. It wasn't until a 4-on-3 counterattack in the 63rd minute that the team would have another real scoring opportunity, but Bunbury's shot would hit the side of the net.
However, like his more experienced teammates, Sapong provided an offensive push but was unable to find the net. It appeared as though the Americans were going to walk away with a draw in a game they should have easily won.
That was until Jones found Clark off a corner kick right before the final whistle. Clark, who had a poor showing in the last World Cup, was left wide open in the box as he headed the ball in for the victory.
The U.S. team will look to build off its win when it takes on Panama in Panama City on Wednesday.
"Now they get another difficult experience in Panama," Klinsmann said. "Those are the games we need to play."
Marc Serber (@soccerserber) of usfutblog.com contributed reporting to this article


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The UN Climate Change Conference convened today in Warsaw with a call for governments to “harness” what it called a “strong groundswell of action” to reach an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The talks begin against a public opinion backdrop in which fewer Americans see global climate change as a major threat than do people in most other regions.
While a Pew Research Survey last month found 67% of Americans believe there is solid evidence of global warming and 44% of them blame it on human activity, a global survey of 39 nations last spring found that 40% of Americans regarded global climate change as a major threat to the U.S.
By contrast, a median of 54% or more of publics in Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America and Africa saw global warming as a major threat to their countries. Concern was highest in Latin America (65%) and the Asian Pacific (56%). An opening statement at the Warsaw climate conference took particular note of the deadly typhoon that this weekend left many part of the Philippines devastated. Nearly two-thirds in the Philippines (66%) said climate change was a top concern in the spring survey.
The only region in the spring survey where public concern about climate change as a danger was as low as in the U.S. was the Middle East (42%).
In Pew Research’s annual survey in January on the public’s priorities for this year, just 28% cited the need to deal with global warming, putting it at the bottom of the list. Another survey in February found that 34% said it was “essential” for the president and Congress to enact new climate change policies this year while 39% said it could be done in the next few years. About one-fifth (19%) said new climate policies should not be enacted at all.
A Gallup poll conducted in January produced similar findings, although its question was a different one. Asked how much of a priority those surveyed put on enacting “a law increasing government spending to find ways to reduce the effects of climate change,” 22% said it was a top priority, 28% said it was an important priority but not a top one, and 49% responded that it was not an important priority.
When Americans were asked a question in a September survey about a specific policy involving global warming — as opposed to how high they rank it as an overall concern — a big majority (65%) backed putting limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

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Paul Martin, former CEO and Director of numerous successful start-ups and his own consulting business, will head up the consultancy and will be supported by Zenith’s extensive international consulting team alongside various partnerships across finance, ingredients, production, packaging and distribution.


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The Kauai Police Department has released the name of the Utah man who drowned in waters off Anini Beach on Sunday afternoon.
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In a recent article on suicide among older adults, the Centers for Disease
Control was reported to have found that:
*Men, who account for 81 percent of elderly suicides, were
2.7 times as likely to kill themselves if they were divorced or
widowed than if they were married.*
The news item stated: ``The underlying factor that seems to play a part
in almost all suicides is the feeling of hopelessness. If you can give the
person an alternative to suicide they're willing to take it,''
(CDC) said. ``Most people who are thinking about taking their
own life are willing to do something else.''
I've posted quite a number of items on social isolation and suicide
prevention among older adults to the AOL SeniorNet forum and to Internet
newsgroups over the past several years. I recently checked some of my
notes on social isolation and suicide among the elderly, and thought that
posting some of the material here might get by without too many
complaints; the issue, in my opinion, is far more of a *social* than a
*health* issue. (I make no claim to expertese on the subject; I am a lay
person, however, my sources include government and institutional reports,
like the Public Health Service's *Healthy People 2000*, the journals and
newsletters of the American Association of Suicidology, and other
professional literature that is not overly technical for my understanding.
Occasionally I add my impressions and experiences, and post online,
hoping that the info might be of interest to others.)
***For example, from the Healthy People 2000 studies:
"Social isolation is both a risk factor for disease and a measure of
reduced functional independence. Social support networks are of critical
importance in promoting the health and independence of older adults.
Life changes common to the seventh and eighth decades can increase the
risk of social isolation. Retirement and changes in social roles can
affect systems of contact and support, as can the loss of spouses and
"Community support networks that provide services to help older adults
maintain independence are also critical interventions for reducing social
isolations. Primary care providers can also play a critical role, not
only in the identification of individuals at risk, but also by supplying
information and referral to available services."
...a personal experience:
Several years ago, as an experiment in dealing with my own social
isolation, I tried to organize a group of about a dozen older men to meet
weekly at a senior center near my home. Following quotes one of several
public announcements I mailed to the local media, retirement communities,
and leading social and civic groups:
"SENIOR MEN FORM DISCUSSION GROUP AT (name of center)
"Male senior citizens are invited to meet 9 AM each Friday at the (place
-- address) for coffee and to talk. Those who come can just listen to
others tell about about places they've been, things they've seen and done,
and what really happened to them after they retired compared to what they
expected. If anyone wants to, they can give a personal "...how goes
it..." about themselves. Meetings will usually open with a brief
discussion on a subject of general interest. No charge; no
solicitations; nothing being sold; open to the public.
"The potential value of (the group) to the community is based on the U.
S. Public Health Service's (PHS) September 1990 report Healthy People 2000
which states that there are many opportunities which can be taken during
the decade to enhance the well-being and health of all Americans.
"The PHS summary report emphasizes that all levels sectors of our society
are involved, especially within local communities. The (name of group)
is NOT a support group where participants examine their own involvement in
a shared experience. The concept, rather, is based on PHS observations
in (the quote from "Social Networks," above) "
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Attendance at several of the weekly gatherings ranged from one (me) to
five (at one meeting) but most often, one other older man. No problem
about interaction though; each one-hour meetings was fully taken up with
discussions on a variety of subjects. In short, those men who did show
up agreed the gathering was worth while. After about a half-dozen
meetings I was the only one who showed up, so that was it.
The lack of success probably had several reasons: the meeting place was
not within easy walking distance of retirement communities and residential
areas, and parking space for motor vehicles was limited. It might also
be that part of the problem was that socially isolated older men need to
break out from their taciturnity, and their inability to admit to the
social isolation in which they find themselves. This is especially true
among men in their seventh and beyond decades who no longer have the
powerful motivational bonds of continuity and human interaction which
accompanied Job, and wife and children who depended on them. This
reluctance to speak seems to be widespread among older men in our American
culture; nevertheless, older men who experience losses (health, finances,
marital, bereavement, etc.) often do blur their focus and motivations on
positive values and drift into apathy, despair, and hopelessness.
Being active with hobbies, chores, social, political, civic and religious
commitments does provide focus for many older men, however, for others
that isn't the answer. What is it, then, that disheartens so many older
men and which so significantly raises their suicide rates above those of
women? The year 2000 health objective to reduce suicide among older men
is going to take far more community involvement than ever before as well
as initiatives and self-help by the family -- and by the man with the
Healthy People 2000, under the heading "Educational and Community-based
Programs" states: "Many [programs] involve various sectors and levels of
society. Changes in the social and physical environment call for the
involvement of social institutions, businesses, legislative and judicial
bodies, the media, and other parts of the community. Because
comprehensive, community-wide programs aim to draw upon and become
involved in as many aspects of community life as possible, they require a
high degree of cooperation and coordination between groups that are often
not traditional partners: environmental citizens' groups and
manufacturers, health professionals and churches, employers and hospitals.
Important to the success of these partnerships are information networks
and coordinating mechanisms, both of which can help streamline services
Structured programs to deal with social isolation and emotional well-being
among the older adults of our society are still in their infancy.
Suicide prevention among older men is merely one of the many social issues
on the nation's back burners. Meanwhile, at the personal level, the
natural reluctance in elderly men to even admit to their social isolation
might intensify its pressure and their inner drive toward a solution,
Conversely, the elderly man who actively motivates himself and practices
self-help, by seeking out opportunities for social interaction and
self-expression, reduces the adverse effects of social isolation on
himself. The community that creates opportunities and provides
resources, and suggests methodologies to optimize a person's desire and
will for such self-help, deserves to be high on the list of essential
health care and social services, senior centers, retirement communities,
and other networking systems.
The Public Health Service's data and observations about social isolation
among older adults, and the high rates of suicide among older men, are
disturbing (as they should be). When the mental health system, from
national level to neighborhood, realizes that the rate is indeed
excessive, that it could be lowered over time by invigorated personal
self-help capabilities, in addition to affordable professional services,
and invests in stimulating such self-help, then we'll make progress. The
worst thing the "system" can do is turn its back.
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Kuzmic will return to familiar surroundings.
Real Madrid big man Ognjen Kuzmic started his EuroLeague career with Panathinaikos, averaging 5.1 points and 4.1 rebounds over the course of 25 games during the 2015-16 season.
GranCan forward Rabaseda has happy memories of Maccabi.
Gran Canaria forward Xavi Rabaseda didn’t taste too much EuroLeague action during his time with Barcelona at the start of his career, but one of his most significant performances came in a 70-67 win over Maccabi in February 2012, when he dished a career-high 3 assists.
Jerrells counts Fenerbahce among his former clubs.
Well-travelled Milan sharp-shooter Curtis Jerrells had a season with Fenerbahce in 2011-12, averaging 8.6 points per game over 14 appearances.
Throwback to the dawn of the new millennium.
Barcelona and Buducnost have met on just two previous occasions, in the very first season of the new century. A Barcelona team featuring Sarunas Jasikevicius, Pau Gasol and Juan Carlos Navarro won both games.
Shved started his career with CSKA.
Alexey Shved won the Top Scorer Trophy last season, but his career started with CSKA more than a decade ago. His EuroLeague debut came as an 18-year-old in a home win over Zalgiris in January 2007.
Repeat from last season’s EuroCup semi-final.
This game will be a rematch from last season’s 7DAYS EuroCup last four encounter, which eventual champ Darussafaka won in thrilling circumstances with a pair of very close victories, triumphing 76-74 and 83-87.
Parity reigns between Baskonia and Efes.
Before this season there has been absolute parity between these teams this century, with eight wins apiece. Remarkably, the last 12 games have been won by alternate teams, with neither winning two in a row since 2007.
Familiar feel to end-of-season fixture.
These two teams will be getting used to the sight of each other in springtime: they met in the final round of last year’s regular season and then immediately again in the playoffs, taken 3-1 by Zalgiris.


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All Three Premiere Editions of “Big Brother” Notch Year-to-Year Increases
The premiere of the Wednesday edition of BIG BROTHER posted across-the-board increases versus the comparable premiere last summer, winning its time period in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for July 14.
BIG BROTHER WEDNESDAY (P) was first in adults 25-54 (2.7/09), adults 18-49 (2.3/08) and second in viewers (6.31m) and adults 18-34 (1.8/08). Compared to the corresponding BIG BROTHER 11 broadcast last year (BIG BROTHER 11 TUESDAY (P) on July 14, 2009, at 9:00 PM), CBS was up +4% in adults 25-54 (from 2.6/07), +10% in adults 18-49 (from 2.1/06), +6% in adults 18-34 (from 1.7/06) and added +130,000 viewers (from 6.18m, +2%).
All three premieres of this summer’s BIG BROTHER have posted year-to-year increases.


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Catches depend on what fish are in season in galveston though, and the fall is the best time for redfish, trout, croaker, and sand trout too. The pier on 61st street is another fishing spot where you can drop your bait and get excellent results.
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Best wade fishing spots in galveston. We fished mosquito island, moses lake, and slp mostly. Bait and tackle shops are available on both piers. If you know of a natural area with structure or rocky patches, it could be a great area to target.
Last year a buddy and i started seriously salt water fishing. Always remember to do your research and find the right spots for wade fishing. Seawolf park, on pelican island, is an excellent place to catch black drum and redfish.
Slp was pretty much heavy tackle for sharks. Galveston has arguably the best saltwater fishing in texas. You may have to register before you can post:
If you're planning a fishing trip to galveston, be sure to try one of these fishing spots. Fish for free here are 4 bank/wade fishing spots in galveston texas. Anglers largely overlook the peninsula, as they pass by its shores on the way to crowded east bay hot spots.
Just a few miles northeast of galveston island lies the strip of land called the bolivar peninsula. The fact of the matter is that the peninsula has a lot to offer anglers year round, particularly in the. Best lures for fishing the reefs will be super spook jr.'s and swim baits like a yum money minnow.
The main thing is to use a lure that creates a disturbance in the water. These spots have helped me catch a lot of fish throughout the years i’ve been fishing in galveston! There is something great about walking and sight fishing.
Color is not usually an issue. Other prime spots to wade fish in west bay include the flats inside the san luis pass and the mouths of coves along the south shoreline. Coves that have deeper guts that run into them are usually the best for winter time fishing.
The big ol mess fishing reports for april 3 2020 captain experiences tpwd christmas bay paddling trail texas trails wading in best bets. Reds and flounder can be found near the mouths of marsh drains and. Bass assassin lures are thrown often as well.
W hen i first started fishing galveston’s west bay during the late 1970s, several fishing guides referred to it as one of the best kept secrets for winter fishing. Drift fishing is a good choice in coves like dana’s. To get you started, here are some of the most prolific spots to check out:
Recent reports from those who love to wade. Another way to get further offshore is to try one of the galveston fishing piers, both of which charge $10 (less for children, seniors and late at night). We could write a whole book on the best shore fishing sites in galveston.
If the sandy shores are calling your name,. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Wade fishing spots galveston tx.
East galveston s big trout bonanza best fishing spots in galveston fishing holes to hit this weekend where to fish all over galveston island hook n line fishing map f103 west. You’ll discover excellent wade fishing along the borders of east bay, especially along bolivar peninsula between goat island and lower galveston bay. 4 easy bank fishing spots in galveston tx!
If you have not tried it yet make sure to add it to your list of ways to catch fish. East galveston bay’s south shoreline from baffle point to marsh point also provides anglers with miles of water perfect for wade fishing. I wade just about all the coves i fish and will more than likely be throwing top water baits or corky’s.
Joe kent, galveston bay complex, one of the most frequently asked questions from readers is about wade fishing. What i like to do is wade about 5 yards off the bank while fishing a spinnerbait for reds. Wade fishing is another amazing type of inshore fishing.
Fishing pier and the galveston fishing pier are excellent places to capture redfish, black drum, spanish mackerel, and blacktip sharks. This is one of my favorite shorelines on sabine. From march to december, the pier works 24/7 and you can get anything from redfish, trout, rays, flounder, and black drum to 6′ sharks.
The city's beaches, jetties, piers bay reefs and flats provide anglers with easy access to a wide variety of game species, such as flounder, cobia, and sharks, to name a few. This form of fishing appeals to a variety of anglers especially those who do not have the use of a boat to enjoy their pastime. The 61st street fishing pier is busiest on the weekend, so consider a weekday for fishing if you can!
Click the register link above to proceed. Since then, the word has spread and today this body of water is a popular spot for late fall and winter fishing, especially by wade fishermen. With the bay on one side and the beach on the other, galveston island state park truly is an angler’s dream.
Top 5 fishing spots in galveston. The admiral's log, pros, cons, wade fishing, capt. Galveston fishing spots are some of the best in texas.
A winter wonderland for wade fishermen. Both piers were built in the late 1960s/early 1970s and have become a tradition for generations of visitors. Naming the best fishing pier in galveston is an arguable topic,.


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I am a young professional and can only recommend this book. (Sheryl's Ted talk gives you a good first impression.) While listening to this book I adjusted my own behaviour at work and probably more important: I can recognize and thereby challenge some of the stereotypes within me that hold both me and others back.
this is an amazing book. it really makes you opens your eyes to everything around you and makes you feel like you can also lean in to a job and future as well
Great insight. Although geared a more towards mothers VS young pro on the advice. The key learning though is important and relevant for all age groups, especially younger women to be aware of certain issues that might arise in their future
Sound and beneficial examples to inspire action!
I liked how they made it for anyone to listen to and be relatable. I’m implementing what I took away from this book already.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book and was able to use elements of this book in negotiating leverage for a position that was offered while reading it. Thanks!
Very inspiring, for both workplace and personal growth
Great book - very inspiring for both men and women
Great read. It opened my mind on the gender differences in Corporate America.
First I was afraid it is another one of those books that will only focus on how men and society don't treat women equally at work. Luckily it has shown a great mirror into what are the things we do to help create that and what are the things we can change in ourselves. Changing society one female leader at a time. Very insightful.
Was a great book to read. More relevant and inspiring than the first time I read it!
Incredibly eye-opening in helping me understand my own tendencies. It also made me aware of how to totally look at some of my female colleges through a gender biased lens. The first half of the book was more intriguing to me--but I still enjoyed the whole thing. Appropriate for women and men!
Eye-opening. Really changed the way I look at my career track, my upbringing, and how I parent my daughter.
I loved this book! Practical, relevant and fascinating. A must-read for women in the workplace.
Truths that every woman in the workplace can relate to. Encouragement that every woman can use.
Was an amazing listen and so smart and gave me inspiration even as a man.
Encouraging for woman to ask for opportunities and the confidence to follow through. The nudge we need to take a leap.
A book worth reading for all women and men at work
The most inspiring book I've ever read. I highly recommend this book to both mean and women, especially teenagers. We need to start making a difference. We need to lean in.
This was a phenomenal read! I am in the process of reading it for the second time because I want to make sure that I don't miss any of the fascinating work/life balance suggestions offered to everyone but with an emphasis on working/professional women, on full time 24/7 super moms and the women who chose to combine both talents :). She also emphesizes on troubles among gender biases in the workplace and the troubles couples or marriages may face dealing with what society says gender roles should be. She encourages us to have a strong support system and to not negate our dreams of a better life because we think that we can not do it... when in fact yes we can.I love that Sheryl Sandberg offers facts and statistics that are pulled from a variety of not only credible, but reliable sources and proven studies. She encourages us to have a strong support system and to not negate our dreams of a better life because we think that we can not do it... when in fact yes we can. I like that she is not idealistic and up front tells us that we can NOT have it all... the key is having a healthy strong support system and the ability and the will of obtaining the maximum work/life balance. Great read, I recommend it 100%
Great book and a must read for women both working outside the home and inside the home
Fantastic book for women at all stages of their career. Definitely recommend it for women but also for men to understand the realities of the world of women
This is an excellent book that aims to not only empower women, but to give men confidence that it's okay and right to empower women, too. The book is filled with anecdotes and statistics that will probably strike a chord with most women who listen to it--it's nice to finally have a firm way to describe some of the feelings and anxieties that I've experienced throughout a lot of my life. This book is not at all about putting men down. It's about encouraging women to raise up and, through a more thorough and critical understanding of the sociological obstacles they need to break down (both inside and out), feel empowered to pursue opportunities with equal confidence as their male counterparts.
The narrator's voice is much younger-sounding than I was expecting. Seeing as it's not uncommon these days for authors to narrate their own books (especially biographies/memoirs) I was a little let down that Sandberg didn't narrate it herself; however, Elisa Donovan does an excellent job.
Excellent. I will be recommending this to every woman I know. I particularly enjoyed the insights related to choosing a partner who is supportive-great advice for young women!!

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Donegal General Election candidate, Gary Doherty (SF), has said that wind farm regulation delays has put lives on hold in Finn Valley.
Cllr Doherty has hit out at the government for what he calls its “failure” to introduce updated planning regulations for all future wind farm developments. He also stated that the delays have resulted in hundreds of communities have had to put their lives on hold while planning authorities determine applications from developers for controversial wind turbine projects.
His comments come on the heels of a recent Parliamentary Question tabled by Sinn Féin to Environment Minsiter, Alan Kelly, in which the Minister was unable to say when the proposed guidelines would be finalised, despite a public consultation into the revisions having ended two years ago.
He said, “In December 2013, Minister Alan Kelly published proposed revisions to the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines which set out changes to the current recommendations on noise levels and set back distancing for wind turbines.
“Following the publication of the draft, a public consultation process was initiated and concluded in February 2014,” he continued. “This was two years ago, and yet when questioned and asked to give a date for when these new guidelines would be finalised before the dissolution of the Dáil, the Minister could not give a time frame and simply stated that it would be completed ‘as soon as possible’. What has the Minister been doing for two years while communities up and down the country, and locally here in the Finn Valley, have had their lives put on hold while they wait for planning authorities to determine applications based on out-dated and inadequate guidelines?”
“A decision on the proposed wind farm development in the Finn Valley was due from An Bord Plaenála back in July last year, however this has been pushed back and a decision has still to be made which has left the entire community in limbo. The fact is that the guidelines as they stand are inadequate and do not afford communities enough protection from large turbines and the associated problems which they cause such as shadow flicker and noise pollution.”
“It is clear that strict statutory regulation, rather than guidelines, is required in the area of wind farms and had the necessary legislation such as that proposed by Sinn Féin been enacted, then we would not be in a situation like we are now whereby communities have had their lives put on hold while planners make a decision on these projects. It is vital that before any more major wind farm projects are allowed to proceed that we have strict regulations regarding set back distances and other issues that are a cause of concern to communities where it is proposed to locate these projects.”
“Sinn Féin has published a comprehensive bill regarding wind farm regulations, which would require a set back distance of ten times the height of the turbines. That is important given that some of the current proposals, like here in the Finn Valley, are for turbines which are higher than the Spire in Dublin. The Government, and in particular the Minister, has sat on their hands in relation to this issue and it would seem that they are deliberately delaying a decision on planning guidelines until after the election.”
He concluded: “I have now written to An Bord Plaenála seeking an update on the status of the current proposals to build up to 49 turbines in the Finn Valley and I am continuing to work closely with the local community who are rightly angry and worried about these plans. Let’s be clear, if Sinn Féin is leading the next Government, we will introduce strict regulations on wind farm developments which will ensure that proper safeguards are in place and that ordinary people do not have their lives turned upside waiting on decisions to be made on controversial wind farm projects.”
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Over the past week, the labor market data was the primary influence on mortgage rates. Weaker than expected job gains were favorable for mortgage rates, and rates ended the week at the lowest levels of the year.
While the recent labor market data contained mixed news, investors focused on a shortfall in job gains. Friday's report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed that the economy added just 138,000 jobs in May, well below the expected gain of 185,000. In addition, downward revisions subtracted 66,000 jobs from the results for prior months. A separate survey from the BLS showed that the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell from 4.4% to 4.3%, which was the lowest level since May 2001. If the unemployment rate drops due to workers getting jobs, it is viewed as a sign of strength. In May, however, much of the decline was caused by people leaving the labor force, which is not positive news for the economy. The downside miss on job gains caused investors to reduce their outlook for future inflation, which was good for mortgage rates.
Additional labor market data from the BLS — the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) — was released on Tuesday. It showed that job openings in April rose to a record high level. The quits rate was unchanged at a high reading of 2.1%. Workers generally are more willing to voluntarily leave their jobs if they are confident that they will find another one. The large number of unfilled positions and the high willingness to quit suggest that some companies may be having difficulty finding people to hire. Overall, this report contained signs of strength. While the JOLTS report rarely causes much market reaction, Fed Chair Yellen has pointed to this report as important data to determine labor market conditions. Week Ahead
Looking ahead, tomorrow could be a big day. There will be a European Central Bank (ECB) meeting, testimony from former FBI Director James Comey, and British elections. British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to win, but polls indicate that she and her party have far less support now than they had a couple of months ago. Prime Minister May is hoping to gain a large majority in parliament as she prepares to negotiate the British exit from the European Union. After tomorrow, investors will be looking ahead to June 14, which will feature a Fed meeting, the report on retail sales, and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data. A federal funds rate hike is widely expected at this meeting.


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Washington, DC — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) will be represented by Legal Department Director Kareem Shora on the Al-Jazeera news television network today. Shora will appear live on Al-Jazeera’s show “Ma Warra’ al-Khabar” (What is Behind the Headline), which will air live at 1:30 pm EST (8:30 pm in most of the Middle East).
Shora will be discussing the USA PATRIOT Act and its impact on civil rights and liberties in the United States in light of the verdict issued yesterday in the case of Dr. Sami Al-Arian. The Al-Arian verdict was viewed by most observers as the first trial, and major defeat, to some of the most controversial elements of the Act. Please note, as with all live television programming, the show is subject to change without notice.
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"Think of remixthebook as DJ Tool made from rhythms downloaded, ripped, mixed, spliced, diced, and burned into our collective hard drives, then re-uploaded. It's a piece of conceptual hardware that exists somewhere between how we experience information and how information aesthetics has transformed the human condition. It's that deep."
—Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid
A provocative textual performance that is at once a dazzling model of the literary remix and a state-of-the-art reflection on remix culture, REMIXTHEBOOK captures the unique and continually shifting digital moment in which we live and situates the remix as an art form and literary intervention. To coincide with the publication of REMIXTHEBOOK, Amerika will launch a companion website, remixthebook.com, to facilitate new ways of participating in remix culture by inviting other artists and writers to create remixthebook mashups of their own, pushing the boundaries of art and literary culture further, beyond the current publishing paradigms.
Video Remix: Rick Silva
Audio: Chad Mossholder
Micro-Cam Footage: Mark McCoin
Voice: Mark Amerika
You can view to other video, audio and theory remixes at remixthebook.com

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