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Staff presented the proposed 2024 budget. Details included estimates on revenue and power cost, and no changes in staffing levels. A new cloud-based phone system is in the budget to replace the 11-year-old system that is no longer supported by the vendor, and large projects include replacement of underground cable throughout our service area installed in the 60s and 70s. Conservation funds are being reallocated between programs, and a budget increase is requested for Salem Electric’s Member Assistance Program to provide financial assistance to 1,200 members, up from the current budget for 1,142 members.
SE’s first Cars & Coffee event, held during National Drive EV Week, brought EV enthusiasts together to share information about their experiences while enjoying coffee and doughnuts. Patterned after other grassroots events where participants gather to show off their cars, it was an opportunity for members to talk to both dealers and EV owners about all aspects of electric vehicles.
SE presented its safety town demonstration to over 150 kids and their parents at the Keizer Fire Open House. The interactive display teaches about common electrical safety situations and provides discussion on how to stay safe and stay alive.
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Tony Schacher reported on the White House Council on Environmental Quality memorandum to restore healthy and abundant salmon, steelhead, and other native fish populations in the Columbia River Basin. In addition, the Bonneville Power Administration has entered into an agreement to fund a 10-year feasibility study for the reintroduction of anadromous species above the Grand Coulee and Chief Joseph dams.


David Cameron has said the victory of Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate in the French presidential elections, would be a “body blow” for the European project.
In one of his first interventions since resigning as Prime Minister, following his defeat at the European Union referendum in June, Mr Cameron also reiterated his belief that it would have been better for Britain to remain inside the 28 member state bloc.
Speaking in New Delhi, the former Prime Minister, who was in Downing Street between 2010 and 2016, added: “Our neighbours, our partners, our friends and our allies and I wanted us to stay in the room with them when they make decisions that affect us and our continent.”
But Mr Cameron said that “Brexit is not a dead end for Britain”. He added: “We were inside the EU but out of many of its elements… we are now out but in some of its elements.”
At the event in the Indian capital hosted by the Hindustan Times, Mr Cameron also said he was hoping for a victory of “a mainstream party that can unite people behind their candidacy” in April’s presidential elections in France.
Polls in France have consistently shown the Front National leader Ms Le Pen will make it to the final round but will struggle at that stage against Francois Fillon – the 62-year-old socially conservative former Prime Minister who last week won the primary to be the candidate for the right. Earlier this week, the unpopular French president Francois Hollande announced he would not seek a second term at Élysée Palace at the elections next year.
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David Cameron's premiership - in pictures
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II greeting David Cameron at Buckingham Palace for an audience to invite him to be the next Prime Minister on 11 May 2010
Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha wave from the steps of Number 10 Downing Street on 11 May 2010
On 12 May 2010 Prime Minister David Cameron said in a press conference with Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, who was then deputy PM, they plan to "take Britain in a historic new direction" and Conservative-led coalition government would be united and provide "strong and stable" leadership
A decade ago, David Cameron visited the Arctic to witness the effects of climate change. However since coming to power in 2010, his government has gradually dropped down a succession of green policies
Prime Minister David cameron told the then New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Queen had “purred down the line” after he told her Scotland had voted against independence in September 2014. He was forced to apologise for breaking constitutional convention
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron greeted soldiers working on flood relief in York city centre after the river Ouse burst its banks, in northern England in December 2015
Claims that David Cameron performed an obscene act with a dead pig and smoked cannabis during his studies at Oxford University spread around the world in September 2015. The extraordinary allegations were made in an unauthorised biography of the Prime Minister written by Lord Ashcroft
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In 2016, Mr Cameron was caught up in a worldwide scandal dubbed the “Panama papers”
Prime minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha with seven week old Regan as they meet her parents, first time home buyers Robert Arron and Kelly Jeffers at the Heritage Brook housing development in Chorley, Lancashire. David Cameron has joked that he wants "another baby" and said that he feels a "bit broody" every time he sees a newborn on the campaign trail
Prime Minister David Cameron was criticised for branding refugees in the Calais ‘jungle’ camp as a “bunch of migrants” in January 2016 after thousands of refugees died in their attempt to cross the Mediterranean in 2015
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker during an EU summit meeting on 17 March 2016 at the European Union council in Brussels. Cameron was in Brussels to renegotiate deal of UK membership with other European leaders. The deal, sealed after hours of haggling at a marathon summit, paved the way for a referendum on whether Britain will stay in the EU
President Barack Obama shakes hands with British Prime Minister David Cameron at a meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on 22 April 2016. The President and his wife visited 10 Downing Street where he joined press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron and made his case for the UK to remain inside the European Union
After David returned from Brussels claiming victory in his renegotiation with European leaders, Boris Johnson announced that he will not support the Remain campaign. The prime minister said publicly he was "disappointed but Boris remains a friend"
Prime Minister David Cameron makes a joint appearance with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan as they launch the Britain Stronger in Europe guarantee card at Roehampton University on 20 May 2016 in London. The 'guarantee card' lists five pledges should Britain remain in the EU, including the protection of workers' rights, full access to the single market and stability for Britain
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks outside 10 Downing Street on 24 June 2016. Cameron announced his resignation after Britain voted to leave the European Union after a bitterly divisive referendum campaign
He said the rise of “anti-system, populist” and “quite extreme political parties” across the continent did not mark the end of globalisation, but warned of the need to make a “major course-correction”.
News agency AFP reported the former PM added: “If France were to elect Marine Le Pen, that would be obviously a very big body blow for the European project.”
“But we do need to understand very profoundly the things that have happened, that have caused the events you have seen in Europe and the wider world in the last one year.”
According to the Hindustan Times, Mr Cameron was also asked what his plans were for the future. “Umm, well, I am writing a book on my time in politics…” he said.


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Were you wondering why Liza Minnelli was a no-show at Joan Rivers’ funeral? Well, that’s because the Tony Award-winning star has broken her back following a freak accident with her dogs.
Minnelli was at home when one of her dogs jumped up on her excitedly and caused her to fall in an awkward position on the ground, and an X-ray has shockingly revealed she has broken her spine, Page Six reports.
Legendary Liza Minnelli to appear on Smash >>
Thus, Minnelli has been bedridden ever since and was even forced to skip out on her good pal Joan Rivers’ funeral on Sunday.
“I couldn’t go to Joan Rivers’ funeral, which I desperately wanted to because I loved her — but I couldn’t go because I can’t walk. I’m in bed. Going in for surgery,” she told the publication.
Unfortunately, this is not the first time the Cabaret star has injured her spine. She also had an operation on it a few years back.
Tracy Morgan is “more responsive” after car crash >>
“I broke my lower back. Remember a few years ago I was in a wheelchair because I had trouble with my spine? They operated on it then. Well, now, again. They’ll have to fuse it.”
The star went on to describe how the painful incident had happened, saying, “I was picking up my dogs — and they jumped. And I got twisted and fell. I thought it’s nothing. But it wasn’t nothing. It became something. After an X-ray, seems I busted it and have to have it fused. The operation’s next week.”
Liza Minnelli performs with a broken wrist >>
We hope Minnelli makes a speedy recovery. Just last October, she was left with a broken wrist and even went on to perform at a benefit concert for the Women’s Health Initiative and the Dr. Philomena McAndrew Fund of Tower Cancer Research Foundation, while in excruciating pain! No more freak accidents now please, Miss Minnelli!
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The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has officially renamed its international airport from Alexander the Great to Skopje International Airport.
In February the Turkish consortium TAV, which operates the airport removed the signage from the building in February. The letters were replaced on Tuesday with the new name.
The decision to rename the airport, along with changing the Alexander of Macedonia Highway which leads to the Greek border to ‘Friendship Highway’, are seen to be goodwill gestures to neighbouring Greece, as intensive negotiations continue between the two countries’ governments regarding the official name of FYROM.
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Bonnie at We are 3 is sponsoring Kerst Christmas facebook challenge this month and has made some special products to give away for prizes for the challenge.
I have made a card with some of the new products and followed sketch 511 at Sketch Saturday
Winter Serenity paper collection.
Sentiment from Christmas Wishes sentiment set
We are 3 coloured wonderland, deer, scenery, wreath set (there are 4 in the set)
Brad from Digital Scrapbooking Studio.
This is the sketch
I would also like to add my card to the following:
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes with a critter
12 months of Christmas cards link up 41 - anything goes with optional theme make it feminine.
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Crafty Hazelnuts weekly Christmas card challenge - anything Christmas with optional theme for a child.
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I started this blog in April 2012 so I could join Challenges. I am now on some design teams. I hope you like my cards. I started stamping in 1995 but my cards are still mostly cute.
Thank you to those who have joined as followers and to those who comment.
Unfortunately because of spammers I have had to put moderation on the comments. I will approve them as soon as possible, this also means I don't miss any.
I don't always get a chance to reply to all comments but I read them all when I approve them and I really appreciate you taking the time to give your comment.
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Sometimes it’s like this:
The woman carefully examines the art on the walls of a classic, white gallery cube-style room. There’s no perceivable order to her perusals but from time to time a smile breaks through as her eyes dart across the canvas, stopping for seconds at particular points of interest: brilliantly saturated color contrast, curious manipulations of media, abstracted sex.
She doesn’t fit in with the usual museum guests; she’s not here killing toddler time yet it’s in the middle of a weekday afternoon…what kind of work does she do? Does she work?
It’s a quiet day, she’s the only one in this room and there’s something about her that compels me to say something.
“Where are you from?”
“Oh…hi. I’m from around here but I don’t live here anymore, just visiting.”
She holds my gaze for a second then goes back to the work. She really digs this guy’s art; she must, as she’s oblivious to everything else around her. I try to take my eyes off her but the floor vents make the hem of her dress flit and tease up, which makes me need distractions, bodies squinting and peering too close to wall labels, daring to touch frames and beyond. Basically, I need to be working the Van Gogh room.
She’s disappeared into another room and soon she will have gone through this exhibit.
Shit. Why do I need to talk to her?
I just do.
“My name’s Mike.”
Why I’m reaching out to shake her hand, I don’t know. Except when her cool hand clasps mine, it’s awesome and her smile is everything. I want to take her out but that’s out of the question. I’m lucky she doesn’t see me as a creepy museum guard with stalker potential.
“I just need to tell you how beautiful you are.”
The words that make me sound like a maybe-douche just fall out, I never come on like this. Maybe it’s knowing that she’s just passing through town, maybe it’s something about her that reads detached openness. At least I know her name. And making her smile is incredible.
And sometimes it’s like this:
I sit in café. I don’t give shit for coffee but inside, there is A/C. August heat makes me sweat before I leave apartment. I look at people, of course the women. No one here is my type: too skinny, too much make-up, too much trying to be perfect for fun, I think. Then I see her— curls, dark brows and beautiful eyes. I study her, try to catch her eye. I smile.
I try again.
This time small smile. Good. I go to her table and try small talk. I look closer at her and I start wondering…
“Maybe this is odd question, but are you shemale?”
Uh-oh, she doesn’t like this. But it’s just wondering.
“I don’t mean it bad, I think you are pretty.”
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Deep breath, Cincinnati fans. Deep breath.
There’s no way to sugarcoat this one, as undefeated Cincinnati is now No. 9, behind three two-loss teams — No. 6 Iowa State, No. 7 Florida and No. 8 Georgia.
After losing to an unranked LSU team that entered the game 3-5, Florida dropped from sixth place to … seventh. The SEC East champs have two wins against teams above .500 (5-4 Mizzou and 7-2 Georgia); Cincinnati, which hasn’t played since Nov. 21 because its past two games were canceled because of COVID-19 issues, has four. That doesn’t seem to make a difference to the selection committee, and with only one game remaining, this ranking felt like a knockout blow to any hope Cincinnati might have had of earning that fourth spot with the help of some chaos above.
The top five teams remained the same for the fourth straight ranking, with No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Notre Dame being close to locks to remain in the top four on Selection Day — even if they lose their respective conference championship games on Saturday.
If No. 3 Clemson wins the ACC title and No. 4 Ohio State beats No. 14 Northwestern in the Big Ten championship game, it’s quite possible the selection committee’s top four will remain the same in some order on Selection Day, when it matters the most.
If Notre Dame wins, though, that fourth spot could be a great debate. And if Clemson and Ohio State both lose, then it could get really interesting. And so we turn to the proverbial “bubble.”
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My friend Angie makes the best Italian cookies during the holiday season, it’s a recipe passed down from her Nonna and they’re unbelievable. They’re soft, puffy and small Italian cookies with three different colors and a simple icing. The trick? Extra flour, just the right amount of sugar and real deal butter.
Truth be told, I never liked Italian cookies until I tried the ones she made and year after year I would tell Angie that I needed her to make her Nonna’s cookies for me. They’ve officially inspired today’s recipe. Thanks Ang, I love you and think about you often.
I had originally made these glorious orange cookies last year and couldn’t stop eating them. They were soft (just like Angie’s Nonna’s), fluffy, and almost melted in your mouth like those lofthouse style ones from the store. Finally, I’m sharing the recipe with you and if you adore orange as much as I do, I know you’ll love these too.
One of the things I love about these cookies is that they’re so easy to make. Yeah, yeah I realize it’s regular flour, butter and sugar, but that’s the way these Italian cookies roll, mkay?
The dough is infused with real fresh orange juice and orange zest. It’s so good, you’ll think that you’re eating a dreamsicle. Bake them up and then glaze them with a perfectly sweet orange icing. I love these with a cup of coffee and I can’t wait to see you make them.
More cookie recipes you’ll love:
Melt In Your Mouth Italian Iced Orange Cookies
- Wet Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg, at room temperature
- 1/3 cup fresh orange juice (or from the carton works too)
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
- Dry Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- For the icing
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1 tablespoon softened cream cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar for 1 minutes until well combined. Turn mixer to medium-low speed and add in egg (make sure it’s at room temp -- you can do this by running the egg under warm water for 1 min); beating until well combined, smooth and creamy into the butter and sugar. Next beat in the orange juice, zest and almond extract for about 30 more seconds.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the wet ingredients and mix together on medium speed until combined.
Drop about one heaping tablespoon full of dough onto prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. You should end up with 14-16 cookies. Bake for 10-13 minutes until just barely golden brown on the edges.
Remove and allow to cool on baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling completely. Repeat with remaining dough.
To make the icing: Once cookies have cooled, make the icing: add the powdered sugar, orange juice, zest, melted butter and softened cream cheese to a bowl. A drop of almond extract is also delicious in the icing, but please only do one drop if you'd like. Dip the top of the cookies in the icing then place back on the wire rack to allow icing to harden. Garnish with a little extra orange zest to make them pretty. Makes about 14-16 cookies.

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I’m not sure how I got lucky enough to do so, but I was able to see the Kusama exhibit at the Hirshhorn in DC with a pass, meaning I didn’t have to wait in line for hours to get in. I feel like the whole effect of the exhibit wouldn’t have been as incredible if it had been tainted by waiting in a line all morning. The installations were nothing but completely dazzling and unreal- I think my favorite one had to have been Dots Obsession: Love Transformed Into Dots, which my brother managed to snap a picture of me in, even with the amount of time each group is allotted (15-30 seconds depending on what room.)
Due to the short amount of time I could spend in each room, I didn’t take very many photos/videos- I wanted to experience the exhibit to the absolute fullest.
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Infinity Mirror Room: Phalli’s Field-
She exhibited the works together in an attempt to create hallucinatory scenes of phallic surfaces but found the labor involved in making them physically and mentally taxing. In response to the labor intensity of this work, she started to utilize mirrors to achieve similar repetition. Infinity Mirror Room— Phalli’ s Field was perhaps the most important breakthrough for Kusama during this immensely fruitful period. The reflective surfaces allowed her vision to transcend the physical limitations of her own productivity.”
Infinity Mirror Room: The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away
The ethereal nature of the installation can be traced back to the early 2000s, when Kusama began making dimly lit mirrored rooms, a departure from her earlier brightly colored and polka-dotted spaces. Continuing her exploration of the transience of life and the inevitability of death, this installation creates a harmonious and quiet place for visitors to contemplate their existence, reflect on the passage of time, and think about their relationship to the outer world.
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Infinity Mirrored Room: Love Forever
During the 1966 exhibition opening of Kusama’s Peep Show, which featured this work, Kusama distributed buttons with the message “Love Forever” printed on them. For the artist, the concept of “Love Forever” stood for civil rights, sexual liberation, the antiwar movement, and the activist groups of the 1960s.


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A Prospective Study of Risk Factors and Decision Making in Discontinuation of Dialysis
Kjellstrand, Carl M.
Archives of Internal Medicine 1996 December 9-23; 156(22): 2571-2577
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A Prospective Study of Risk Factors and Decision Making in Discontinuation of Dialysis Bajwa, Kulbir; Szabo, Erika; Kjellstrand, Carl M. (1996-12-09)BACKGROUND: Discontinuation of dialysis is a common cause of death. We performed a prospective study to determine if a detailed description of patients could be used to identify those at risk for discontinuing dialysis. ...

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After finally getting the brazing figured out I was able to get the finishing started. This did not go as planned. I was up for the work, but I didn’t realize I would be so bad at it that I would actually kill off some of my tools. I broke a file, broke the transmission on my dremel and wore out so many tips that I had to reinvest in my whole sanding/grinding system. I must have refinished my welds at least 10 times each joint. Talk about inexperience really coming into affect. The enemies of a good finish are:
- Low spots. This took me way to many times to figure out.
- Pin holes. Contamination and too much flux seem to cause these issues. The great thing about pin holes are that they like to magically appear right when you think the joint looks perfect. If these aren’t remedied, they can make your welds look pot marked. No bueno.
- Out of proportion. Keeping the welds looked balanced and proportionate is an art. It actually pretty fun to sculpt the joints. However if you get this wrong its do over time.
- Not enough brazing laid down. Got to have enough material to make the joint strong and to work with to sculpt.
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The ongoing coronavirus crisis has forced the usually stoic organisers of the annual Accountex exhibition to cancel the May show and reschedule the event this autumn, reports Sara White
Faced with increasing concerns about visitor and exhibitor safety, and following discussions with the industry, Accountex organiser Diversified Communications UK has decided to postpone the event until 18-19 November 2020, at ExCeL London as normal.
The exhibition industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic as international conferences and exhibitions have been cancelled at short notice, with many events cancelling their 2020 dates entirely while other shows have been pushed back to the autumn.
Earlier this week, FTSE listed Informa reported that it had cancelled around 100 global events, which was highlighted as a significant ongoing risk when it released its annual results on Tuesday.
At the beginning of March, the world’s biggest travel show, IBT Berlin, was cancelled four days before the event was due to open, leaving visitors and exhibitors without compensation. The show normally attracts up to 180,000 visitors and more than 10,000 exhibitors, and the organisers have confirmed that there will not be a 2020 replacement event.
Carsten Holm, managing director of Diversified Communications UK, said: ‘Accountex is the single most important business event for many in the accountancy and finance industry. A lot of companies rely on it to meet new and current customers, so this decision has not been taken lightly.
‘However, the response to the outbreak is unprecedented, and I think many would agree that it is not a climate in which we want to hold the show.
‘The success, as well as the safety of our exhibitors and visitors, have always been our priority and this continues to be the case.
‘We have been overwhelmed with support on the decision to postpone including from Xero, ACCA, IRIS, Taxcalc and ICPA.
‘Accountex would like to thank everyone – our exhibitors, visitors, partners and suppliers for their continued support and patience during this challenging time. I know that the community will continue to support each other during these difficult weeks, and we look forward to seeing you in November.’
Accountex will take place at ExCeL London on the new dates of 18-19 November 2020. Visitor registration for the show is open. For more information and to register for a free ticket, please visit www.accountex.co.uk/london.


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NZV8TV Ep 10 - 900hp Hemi-powered Plymouth Road Runner, drag racing, GM car club - part 1
More at http://www.v8.co.nz. This weeks feature car is straight from the cover of NZV8s 50th issue, a 900hp Hemi-powered Road Runner. Immaculate in every way and about as powerful as street cars come, this is one feature car that you won't want to miss. NZV8 Magazine editor Todd Wylie is on hand, and goes over the car pointing out exactly what makes a cover car worthy.
Young Achievers: Last week we bought you the country's fastest 21 year old, this week its the fastest 24 year old - Morice McMillin and his Chev powered Funny Car.
Event: If you prefer a bit of a slower pace, we attended the GM Car Club's annual show to check out a few rides and find out what the GM Club is all about.
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More at http://www.v8.co.nz. This weeks feature car is straight from the
cover of NZV8s 50th issue, a 900hp Hemi-powered Road Runner. Immaculate in
every way and about as powerful as street cars come, this is one feature
car that you won't want to miss. NZV8 Magazine editor Todd Wylie is on
hand, and goes over the car pointing out exactly what makes a cover car
Young Achievers: Last week we bought you the country's fastest 21 year old,
this week its the fastest 24 year old - Morice McMillin and his Chev
powered Funny Car.
Event: If you prefer a bit of a slower pace, we attended the GM Car Club's
annual show to check out a few rides and find out what the GM Club is all
1970 Plymouth Roadrunner test drive.wmv
Base model 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner... FK5 Deep Burnt Orange..383
magnum...335hp... single point ignition...727 torqueflite transmission with
column shift....standard braking system with drum brakes..Power
steering...AM radio.. tachometer,oil, water,and ampmeter needle gauges
Bench seats. All standard equipment..... Some modifications to engine,
transmission and drivetrain, plus a roadrunner dust trail , hood stripes
and sun tach was added. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd plus stopping test was a success.
An improved track time is expected.
1969 Roadrunner Show Car
1969 Plymouth Roadrunner
If you have paid any attention to Barrett Jackson, Mecum and the other
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wrong with a mopar. These cars are EXTREMELY popular and continue to just
become more rare as time goes on. Of them the Plymouth Roadrunner is a
body style that never fails to draw a crowd. The 1969 Roadrunner you see
here delivers that classic muscle car look of the 60s but is fully loaded
with all the best components you can find. The "official" restoration was
done between 2000 and 2003 but the car is continually worked on, updated
and upgraded. The body is very straight and topped with some of the nicest
pearl Burgundy paint you have ever seen. It was a custom blend of House of
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as the rest. Everything was clear coated 4 times for the perfect finish!
That combined with the perfect chrome gives you a car that never stops
shining! All of the stainless trim is mounted cleanly and shines just as
well. The glass is all good and has a nice dark tint that just adds to the
tough look of this classic. On the passenger side and driver side window
you will find custom Roadrunner graphics that were very nicely etched into
the glass. It has a great stance with the slight rake that looks perfect.
It rides around on polished Cragar SS wheels with fresh tires.
The beauty of this classic doesn't stop with the exterior so pull off the
hood and check out the very nicely done 440 CI motor. If the paint and
body don't grab their attention the engine sure will. It was all
professionally built and was bored .30 over and honed for Jegs Plasma Molly
Rings. It also utilizes Jegs forged speed Pro pistons and rods. Other
high performance components include the Crower solid lifters, roller
rockers, and full race cam. The heads have a 5 angle valve job and were
ported, polished, and matched prior to being installed. They are a 67
close chambered to run unleaded gasoline. Topping it all off is a very
clean Edelbrock finned air cleaner which sits atop the dual Edelbrock
Performer series 600 AFB. Under these you will find the Edelbrock mini
high rise intake manifold. Other important features under the hood include
a Holley "red" electric fuel pump, MSD 6 series electronic ignition, MSD
distributor, MSD high performance blaster 2 coil, all Cool Flex hoses, and
Optima gel battery. The car has the sound to match the looks which is
provided by the Doug Thorley headers and 3" X tube dual Exhaust into dual Flowmaster single chamber
mufflers. To handle the power a beefed up 727 automatic transmission with
3500 RPM TCI torque converter is in place. The suspension system utilizes
high jacker air shocks with leaf springs and chrome traction bars in rear.
The interior of the car was all custom finished out but utilizes the
original style dash. It along with the doors were painted using the same
gloss Black as the hood. The dual high back bucket seats are nicely
covered in Black and have custom embroidered Roadrunners on the headrests.
In between these is a fully custom center console to house the B&M mega
ratchet style shifter and extra gauges/switches. An after market AM/FM/CD
player has been added which provides a great sound. The polished Grant
steering wheel is nicely mounted to the column and uses an after market
power steering system.
Other very cool custom features include the hood scoop LED lights and added
PA system for the Roadrunner at car shows. There are only so many ways to
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440 Road Runner Vs 426 Hemi Challenger
This video was filmed in summer of 1999 and I was 20 years old. In this
video,I was driving my fathers 1969 440 Road Runner and I was paired up
against 1970 426 Hemi Challenger in a heads-up race (no handicap start).
The guy driving the Hemi Challenger was a national champion and the
challenger was also a national record holder for its class. The two cars
ran side by side all the way down the track and in the end I beat him with
a 7.13 to his 7.12. Thats right, I ran slower and beat him...the reason I
won was because I had a perfect .500 reaction time. I tree'd him like it
was nobody's business (only kiddin). Enjoy!!!
1969 Roadrunner 440 six pack Dana disc
We finally finished this super nice1969 Road Runner, this is a full nut and
bolt rotisserie resto. We started with a super straight and solid 1969 Road
Runner, we took the body down to bare metal and started from scratch.
Underside of the car has been coated with a rubberized bed liner for sound
deadening and protection from road debris. Then we painted the top side
with a really high quality base coat clear coat Black paint, we put on
extra coats of clear so we would have more material to wet sand and buff to
that show car finish. We put disc brakes on all four corners, tubular upper
control arms and upgraded PST suspension parts. The engine is a beefed up
440 that is pushing 500 plus horse power with the 6 pack set up on it. We
installed a 4 speed transmission, with a pistol grip shifter.
69 440 Road Runner Drag Race 9 seconds
Here is a video of me running my fathers 1969 Road Runner against a 1970
Dart. These are both race cars and are equiped with race engines. The Dart
is running a 416 cid stroker small block mopar...fully ported (by hughes
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The 1969 Runner is running a 493 cid Block Stroker mopar. Fully ported (by
KTR Racing engines) Edelbrock heads, .700" Solid Roller cam, 14:1
compression. Has Fiber glass fenders and hood. Doors are steel and the
glass wind shield remains. 3200LBS.
(this is the first pass that the Road Runner made with its 493 cid
engine... there is more there after tuning).
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Ansiba responded to those who had earlier criticized the film for being a Muslim. Ansiba went on to say that she was not the first person from the Muslim community to go to hell and that she would not go to hell for that matter. The campaigners should remember that those who find blasphemy will go to hell, Ansiba said.
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As we wrap up our 2017 season, we just wanted to extend everyone a big thank you for making it possible. This season was full of new friendships, adventure, some Type II fun (just a little!), and lots of fantastic memories. We compiled some photos of our favorite memories of the summer, and hope you enjoy viewing them as much as we did! Keep on adventuring!
The University team snuggled up at their “high bivy” before a successful summit the next day.
Sid ice climbing in a crevasse during a 10-day custom mountaineering course.
A cozy high camp protected by a crevasse on the Mt. Blackburn Expedition.
The Blackburn team on the summit!
After a successful summit bid, the Mt. Bona team descending down to base camp with clear skies and amazing views!
Overlooking Donoho Valley and the Kennicott Glacier from the abandoned Regal Mine site on Donoho Peak.
Guide Jonny, taking a quick dip during a Nizina Glacier kayaking trip.
Exploring a beautiful blue pool on the Root Glacier.
Overlooking the Kennicott Glacier from Donoho Peak.
SEAG Guides Camille, Robin, and Kyle posing while they cross the Gates Glacier on a training trip.
Doing their best “Dryas Hair” plant impressions with 4 days worth of greasy hair…
Jonny and his raft are full of smiles as they push off down the Kennicott River on our Three Rivers Rafting trip!
Client Adam, taking in the vast landscape of the Chugach foothills on his 5-day backpacking trip.
The gals from the Brooklyn to Alaska project sharing their excitement for the all-ladies rafting trip down the Nizina River.
Ethan, performing the legendary “Snickers Bar Demonstration” on an early-season glacier hike to the staff of the Kennicott Glacier Lodge!
Client Fred, smiling as he enjoys some time on the oars on the Copper River!
Clients Grant and Melissa enjoying the views from a high summit at Iceberg Lake.
Copper River rafters enjoying a beautiful day of hiking at Miles Lake.
Glacier hikers enjoying a good view of a thundering moulin on the Root Glacier.
Taking in stunning views of the Kennicott Valley.
Rafting past the towering walls of the Childs Glacier on the Copper River.
Guide Ethan, enjoying (or maybe not) an ice cold swim while backpacking across the Kennicott Glacier. Brrrr!
Leslie, Sarah, Sue, Pat, and Gary squeezing together for a picture as they hike on the Childs Glacier on a Copper River rafting trip!
Rafters enjoying the sunset and evening solitude on the Copper River.
Glacier hikers exploring a newly-formed ice tunnel on a late season hike!
Thanks again for an amazing 2017 season!


Adtech company Criteo has announced the launch of its first-to-market, self-service Retail Media platform. The platform offers ad placement on retail and eCommerce websites and apps. Retailers will be able to earn incremental revenue via the ad network. Brands and agencies can use the platform to deliver consent-based, personalised advertising without relying on third-party cookies.
Managing retail media campaigns
Criteo says retailers can now drive revenue by providing tools that make it easy for brands and agencies to manage retail media campaigns, while also maintaining control of the shopper experience. Additionally, retailers and brands using the platform can deliver consent-based, personalised advertising without relying on third-party cookies.
“Criteo has built technology that allows retailers and brands to better partner with one another to deliver relevant shopping experiences. We expect the platform to increase product sales,” said Geoffroy Martin, EVP and General Manager, Growth Portfolio at Criteo.
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Retail media – an additional revenue stream
David Hutchinson, VP, Marketplace and Retailer Optimisation, iProspect, added: “Retail media was already growing. But we have seen an increase of dollars flowing to it in the past two months. Brands now more than ever need the right solutions to reach and engage consumers on the websites and apps of their omnichannel retail partners, and to tie media spend to sales outcomes. Criteo’s new platform provides the transparency and control we need to meet client objectives.”
Retail media provides retailers with an additional revenue stream amid an increasingly competitive eCommerce market. Criteo estimates that the total addressable market for retail media is anywhere between $15 billion to $25 billion worldwide. The new platform will enable retailers to power their vendor marketing programmes. It allows them to tap into different types of budgets such as search and national media. It also enables a variety of creative and targeting capabilities for brands. The platform is available in the US and Canada. Criteo plans to expand into EMEA and APAC later this year.
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Delaware State of the Arts Podcast
Date Posted: June 15th, 2014
An interview with Sheila Bravo (Rehoboth Art League) and Bernice Edwards (First State Community Action Agency) on their arts partnership program for at-risk youth.
Date Posted: June 8th, 2014
An interview with Pam Manocchio discussing the City of Wilmington’s Summer in the Parks
program, produced by the Grand Opera House.
Date Posted: June 1st, 2014
An interview with Bruce and Chuck Mead, owners of The Upper Crust in Georgetown.


In a 2008 Special Edition on Robotics for Scientific American Reports, this is what Bill Gates said.
"Imagine being present at the birth of a new industry. It is an industry based on groundbreaking new technologies, wherein a handful of well-established corporations sell highly specialized devices for business use, and a fast-growing number of start-up companies produce innovative toys, gadgets for hobbyists and other interesting niche products. But it is also a highly fragmented industry with few common standards or platforms. Projects are complex, progress is slow, and practical applications are relatively rare. In fact, for all the excitement and promise, no one can say with any certainty when -- or even if -- this industry will achieve critical mass. If it does, though, it may well change the world."
- Industrial robotics -- wherein a handful of well-established corporations sell highly specialized devices for business use. KUKA, FANUC, ABB and Yaskawa Motoman are amongst the mostly European and Japanese vendors providing handling, welding, cleanroom and assembling robots to the automobile, electronics and a few other industries. [According to the International Federation of Robotics in their annual World Industrial Robotics 2011 report, 118,337 robot units were sold in 2010 bringing the worldwide count of industrial robots in place and working to 1,035,000.]
- Service robotics -- faster-growing, with start-up companies and research labs producing innovative toys, gadgets for hobbyists and niche products for healthcare, dairy and agriculture, home and yard, space, defense, security and surveillance, and scientific research. [According to the International Federation of Robotics in their annual World Service Robotics 2011 report, 2,203,241 total service-sector robots were sold in 2010 composed of 13,741 field or high-end service robot units (of which 45% were for defense applications), about 1.4 million vacuum and floor cleaners, 36,500 lawn-mowing robots and 753,000 entertainment robots.]
- Industrial, commercial, healthcare and defense users do need security, reliability and efficiency and robot vendors have a vested interest in protecting their value-added software and hardware solutions.
- Academics and emerging businesses need openness and sharing so that re-invention isn't so prevalent as it has been in the past, and a full range of features and simulation capabilities are available so that far-ranging teams can collaborate on research projects using the same software.
Service robotics, on the other hand, are more mobile and self-contained, carrying with them (or communicating via wifi) their control system functions. They tend to be either mobile or portable and either loosely connected to the end-user's internal system or operate either autonomously or by modified remote control. Consequently, software like ROS brings lots of new capabilities which the original robot manufacturers are not able to do. Service robotic providers and research labs and facilities see the value and enjoy the benefits of shared open source development - they see it as good and useful for the overall robotics community -- yet most of the start-up companies lock down their finished products so that end users are assured that their products are safe, secure and reliable and the resulting software is reduced to enable the product to fully function but not be overloaded with unused functionality.
- Commoditization of hardware, hardware modules, and software.
- Markus Waibel, senior researcher at Zurich's ETH IDSC and participant in the EU's RoboEarth library-sharing project, feels that there is a good chance that we will see a split into companies specializing in robotics software vs. robotics hardware in the near future. This is evidenced by the current trend toward modularization and commoditization of robotic hardware. This happened in the early PC industry and there are obvious benefits. "Actually, I would go a step further and argue that this split has already happened in robotics research, with most research platforms at least supporting [Willow Garage's] open-source Robot Operating System (ROS)," said Waibel.
- Tom Wagner, CTO of iRobot, says: "Open interfaces; not open source. That way 3rd party equipment and payloads can work harmoniously with iRobot and other robot manufacturer's products while still providing a safe, secure and reliable product to the end user."
- Many needed solutions have already been solved yet are re-invented regularly within academia, partly because of cost, partly to aid in the learning process and sometimes out of just plain whimsy.
- Forums for bringing together scientists, engineers, users and executives, such as the recent RoboBusiness 2011 event in Boston, attempt to thwart reinvention by being small and personal so that people have the time to explain their problems and explore various solutions. At that Boston forum, by having the time to meet and explore, one Boston agricultural startup was able to solve a vexing navigation problem by purchasing a solution module from another startup that had already solved that exact problem.
- Industrial robot manufacturers are beginning to shift into the service sector. At a recent conference in San Francisco, KUKA, a large industrial robot manufacturer, announced that they were proceeding along a path outlined in an internal roadmap to enter the service robotics business. Although no other industrial vendor has indicated similar intentions, the progression to enlarge their businesses by adapting their robots and robotic solutions into the service sector appears to be inevitable.
- SMBs (small and medium sized businesses) are seen as a major near-term market for robot expansion. This market needs easily trainable low-cost co-robots that are flexible and safe enough to handle multiple small-volume tasks alongside humans. This is the bread and butter application for SMBs. Incidentally, this is another example of robot manufacturers becoming commodity robot and module providers - in this case providing a large quantity of low-cost co-robots and letting the SME's provide their own customization and integration.
- Big consumer product companies such as Toyota, Samsung and others, have announced their intentions to enter the medical robotics and consumer healthcare marketplace in 2013 and 2014. This may have as much positive impact on the service robotics sector as Foxconn is having in the industrial market (see below).
- Foxconn entering the robotics manufacturing business with their own manufacturing and assembly factories as clients.
- They've announced a planned deployment of 1 million robots within 3-4 years.
- Little is known of the details of the types, quantities or activities of the robots nor of the 500,000 human laborers that will be displaced.
- The Cloud is being introduced into robotics as it is in other areas of business - a way to offload processing and data to a place better equipped to handle the high number of CPU cycles needed to process vision, recognition, communication and navigation, most often simultaneously.
It is into this fray -- this two-world ascendant industry of promise, fragmentation and complexity - that the question of whether a universal robotic control system is needed or not has been asked and not clearly answered.
There is an obvious and logical answer:
- Robot manufacturers will soon enable open-source systems such as Willow Garage's ROS to connect and front-end their proprietary internal operating system. Yaskawa Motoman has already done this.
- They will also enable an as-yet undeveloped universal interface so that using specialized devices and modules from various 3rd party vendors can occur.
- There won't be a commercial version of ROS nor a universal robotic operating system.
- There will, however, within academia and the emerging service robotics sector, be a greater dependence and use of ROS because, as Markus Waibel says, "There are obvious economies of scale benefits - just have a look at the ROS contributors list and it is very clear that even now no single robotics manufacturer can match this brainpower."
COMMENTARY: Robot Operating System (ROS) is a software framework for robot software development, providing operating system-like functionality on a heterogenous computer cluster. ROS was originally developed in 2007 under the name switchyard by the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in support of the Stanford AI Robot (STAIR) project. As of 2008, development continues primarily at Willow Garage, a robotics research institute/incubator, with more than twenty institutions collaborating in a federated development model.
ROS provides standard operating system services such as hardware abstraction, low-level device control, implementation of commonly-used functionality, message-passing between processes, and package management. It is based on a graph architecture where processing takes place in nodes that may receive, post and multiplex sensor, control, state, planning, actuator and other messages. The library is geared toward a Unix-like system (Ubuntu Linux is listed as 'supported' while other variants such as Fedora and Mac OS X are considered 'experimental').
ROS has two basic "sides": The operating system side ros as described above and ros-pkg, a suite of user contributed packages (organized into sets called stacks) that implement functionality such as simultaneous localization and mapping, planning, perception, simulation etc.
ROS is released under the terms of the BSD license, and is open source software. It is free for commercial and research use. The ros-pkg contributed packages are licensed under a variety of open source licenses.
ROS probably has the best chance of becoming a quasi-universal open source standard robotic operating system, because of its roots in academia where a lot of today's robotic research and development is taking place.
ROS Applications areas include
- A master coordination node
- Publishing or subscribing to data streams: images, stereo, laser, control, actuator, contact ...
- Multiplexing information
- Node creation and destruction
- Nodes are seamlessly distributed, allowing distributed operation over multi-core, multi-processor, GPUs and clusters
- Parameter server
- Test systems
ROS Package application areas will include
- Object Identification
- Segmentation and recognition
- Face recognition
- Gesture recognition
- Motion tracking
- Motion understanding
- Structure from motion (SFM)
- Steteo vision: depth perception via two cameras
- Mobile robotics
But robotic interactions with the physical world still pose far more complex challenges -- and require more complex solutions -- than well-defined and abstract computer problems. This is where a lot of the serious robotic operating systems moonlighting or customization is occurring today.
Courtesy of an article dated December 5, 2011 appearing in Everything-Robotic by The Robot Report


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Resisters Challenge JACL to Further Examine Wartime Role
Nichi Bei Times, May 14, 2002
By KENJI G. TAGUMA
Nichi Bei Times
SAN FRANCISCO — As he walked onstage to receive recognition for a stand he took close to 60 years ago, Susumu Yenokida asked for the microphone for an impromptu speech.
“There’s a letter up here, ‘dream,'” said Yenokida of Galt, Calif., referring to an inscription on the wall of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, where some 400 people had gathered May 11 for the historic occasion. “Never would I ever dream that I would be here today, 60 years ago.”
The landmark Japanese American Citizens League ceremony to recognize Nisei draft resisters of World War II, and apologize to them for not recognizing their stand sooner, included many such poignant moments.
Other emotional moments included when Dan Kubo, son of Amache concentration camp resister Yoshi Kubo, pointed towards the ceiling upon receiving the recognition onstage by the JACL — a gesture to his late father. Shortly thereafter, he pointed to a throng of family members gathered in tribute to the late family patriarch.
Some 315 resisters challeged the U.S. government draft during World War II, most of them serving federal prison terms. President Harry Truman subsequently pardoned them in 1947.
For the resisters — who said they would gladly fight for the country if their families were released from concentration camps and their citizenship rights were restored — the ceremony was vindication. JACL leaders and others had ostracized the resisters over the years, calling them cowards and even saying they should be tried for sedition.
“That hurts when you have your own mankind turn their backs to you, and they don’t want anything to do with you. And instead of a resister, call you a draft evader,” said 76-year-old Seattle resident Gene Akutsu, who resisted the draft out of the Minidoka, Idaho concentration camp. “Our sincere feeling was that we have to be treated right, we want our citizenship rights back, then we would comply.”
“They said ‘fight for your home.’ (But) we didn’t have a home — the government took that away and put us into camps,” reflected Joe Norikane, 80, of Pleasant Hill, Calif. “So I said that I’m not going to die for a concentration camp.”
Harry Yoshikawa of Gardena, Calif. agreed.
tripped of our citizenship rights,” said Yoshikawa, 79. “For them to say ‘fight for your country,’ I couldn’t accept that.”
Resisters Issue Challenge
Two speakers on behalf of the resisters, Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee member Yosh Kuromiya and FPC leader Frank Emi, seized the opportunity to raise eyebrows with a challenge for even deeper self-reflection by the JACL.
“The terms patriotism and loyalty have been bandied about by this organization to justify its many self-promoting programs and image-enhancing efforts in its quest for political empowerment and status as a civil rights organization,” said Kuromiya, of Alhambra, Calif. “Yet its credibility and acceptance as such remains under a cloud of distrust, haunted by the betrayals of its predecessors who acted under the guise of patriotism.”
The Fair Play Committee beganwhat became the largest organized resistance to internment within the concentration camps. Some 85 resisters from Heart Mountain were tried and sentenced to prison terms.
“Hopefully, this ceremony is the first step in resolving this second great injustice perpetrated on Japanese America,” Kuromiya added. “Only through the clear and honest understanding of the true essence of loyalty and patriotism and an acknowledgment of the unfortunate distortion of those terms…can we rid Japanese America of this cancerous blight which victimizes the victims, and has divided our community for over half a century.
“Only then can the JACL hope to proceed on a clear and unencumbered path as a bona-fide civil rights organization.”
Emi, who took to the stage to a standing ovation, issued a stern challenge to the JACL.
“I think it would be entirely appropriate for JACL to go one step further and hold a similar program directed towards the Japanese American community for the excesses committed by wartime JACL leaders, such as acting as informants for the government, causing many innocent people to suffer, as recorded in the ‘Lim Report,'” said Emi, referring to the JACL-commissioned report that documented questionable actions by some JACL leaders.
“I believe such action would finally put to rest JACL’s unholy ghosts of the past and would be a worthy way to start the 21st century,” Emi, 85, concluded. “The United States government apologized for their wartime excesses. Can the JACL do less?”
After the program, Emi expressed regret that late Nisei journalist Jimmie Omura, who supported the FPC through editorials in the Rocky Shimpo newspaper, was not mentioned. Omura, who was tried for conspiracy with the FPC leaders, was so ostracized by the JACL that he lived for decades in a self-imposed exile.
“They really owe him an apology because they really pounded him,” said Emi.
Past Florin JACL President Andy Noguchi, who emceed the resisters ceremony and served as co-chair of the organizing committee, mentioned that both the resisters and veterans provided a wealth of role odels.
“My 13-year-old daughter Annie has many role models to choose from,” said Noguchi, a Sansei from Sacramento. “She has my father, among the courageous Nisei veterans who chose to serve in the MIS (Military Intelligence Service), the 442nd (Regimental Combat Team) and the 100th (Battalion). She also has many of the local resisters we’ve met over the years…who chose to stand up for the Constitution and went to federal prison for their beliefs.”
Noguchi spearheaded the passing of a resolution at the 2000 JACL National Convention in Monterey, Calif. The resolution, which called for a public ceremony, and the ceremony itself was met with bitter opposition, primarily from Nisei veterans who opposed an apology.
Retired Rev. Lloyd Wake, who led interfaith efforts for reconciliation on the issue during the Nikkei 2000 conference, called for healing in the wake of already turbulent times.
“Some of us, having been the recipients of an apology from our own government, are grateful of the opportunity to do likewise in apologizing to those who in the past have been hurt or pushed to the margins of our community,” said Wake, in his invocation. “For the sake of past and future generations, may each of us today, because of this celebration, be empowered to continue the process of healing that our community, our nation, and our world needs so deeply.”
The ceremony and apology was met with adamant opposition from various Nisei veteran groups, as witnessed by letters in the Nikkei press.
“Many of my fellow veterans have labeled the draft resistrs as ‘cowards’ and ‘traitors,'” added Inouye. “I however feel the resisters were brave and patriotic.”
Inouye, who urged that the community collectively make a commitment to healing wartime wounds, ended with a warning and hope for the future.
“If we let angry feelings live and fester, an atmosphere of hate shall permeate for generations that follow us,” he said. “Sadly such discord would ultimately lead to the divide and downfall of our community. So it is my sincere hope that this ceremony would mark the beginning of a new era of unity for Americans of Japanese ancestry.”
Marvin Uratsu, the president of the Military Intelligence Service Association of Northern California, also spoke in support of reconciliation.
“Let us remember that it was the failure of our government that caused this controversy among us in the first place,” said Uratsu, an MIS veteran from El Cerrito. “And so I ask why should we continue to hurt each other over what the government did to us.
“I believe reconciliation is a personal matter and people have to reach reconciliation one individual at a time,” said Uratsu. “And so, I say ‘let there be reconciliation and let it begin with me.'”
While several Nisei veteran groups boycotted the ceremony, among the audience members were a handful of Nisei veterans, including MIS veteran Sukeo “Skeets” Oji. He had been vocally against the apology, even quitting his membership in the JACL at one point, but altered his viewpoint once he obtained a better understanding of the issue.
“When they first passed the resolution I got real upset about it,” said Oji, 84. “I slowly changed my thinking. I understand the position of the JACL now.
“The ceremony was appropriate as far as the JACL was concerned,” said Oji, of Walnut Creek, Calif. “As long as they let people know that the apology comes from the JACL and not other groups. You won’t find anyone to apologize from the vet side.”
Oji said he supports community reconciliation
“We all recognize what the resisters did,” said Oji. “They took their stand, we took our stand.”
National JACL President Floyd Mori had a brother who died in combat during World War II. Yet despite the loss, he has come to understand the stand the resisters took, and the JACL’s obligation to apologize.
“At that time, we did not recognize and we neglected to respect the right of protest and civil disobedience expressed by some who were in the camps,” said Mori. “This neglect has caused many years of mental and social anguish…”
Mori, who spent time talking and listening to the concerns of Nisei veterans opposed to the resolution and ceremony, also spent time last summer at a conference in Wyoming focused on the resisters.
“Today’s ceremony is a clear recognition that JACL neglected to support the resisters of conscience in their protest against injustice,” said Mori. “JACL offers a sincere apology for the painful experiences and memories caused by that neglect.”
Congressman Mike Honda (D-San Jose), the ceremony’s keynote speaker, said the ceremony was “a long time coming.”
The son of an MIS veteran, Honda recognized that there was “more than one way to respond” to a situation that was “completely out of control.”
“We as Japanese Americans must come together to recognize there were legitimate and fundamental reasons to resist the draft as a matter of conscience,” Honda said.
Some 24 Nisei resisters — including four who came last-minute — were honored by the JACL with plaques. They included:
- From the Heart Mountain concentration camp: Frank Emi, Takashi Hoshizaki, George Ishikawa, the late David Kawamoto (represented by widow Toshiko Kawamoto), Mits Koshiyama, the late Guntaro Kubota (represented by widow Gloria Kubota), George Kurasaki, Yosh Kuromiya, Halley Minoura, Bob Nagahara, George Nozawa and James Uyeda.
- Amache: the late Thomas Kawasaki (represented by daughter Joyce Emiko Kawamoto), the late Yoshi Kubo (represented by son Dan Kubo), Joe Norikane, Noboru Taguma, Terry Uyemoto, Harry Yoshikawa and Susumu Yenokida and his late brother Menoru.
- Minidoka: Gene Akutsu, who represented himself and his late brother, Jim Akutsu.
- Topaz: Ken Yoshida.
- Jerome: Joe Yamakido
Yamakido showed up unexpectedly with his daughter. He said he was arrested for violating the initial curfew orders, being caught by police while hitch hiking to Fresno from the Los Angeles area, looking for employment.
He later resisted the draft from behind barbed wire at the Jerome, Arkansas concentration camp.
“I just refused to go,” said Yamakido, 80, currently in Half Moon Bay, Calif. “I told them I’d go if I was given the same rights as the white man. But I’m not given the same rights as the white man so I refused to go.
Yamakido said he lost 50 pounds awaiting trial in the city jail.
He said the ceremony “puts a closure to everything,” and he can now forgive the JACL. Yamakido publicly thanked the veterans for “making life better” for his children.
Koshiyama was surprised to see some of his fellow Heart Mountain resisters show up. “They have never come to any meetings,” he said, noting the effects of past ostracism of resisters. “This apology has really opened the door to those kind of people.”
Koshiyama noted the remarks at the ceremony by Nisei veterans were positive, and that resisters were never against the veterans. He also said the resisters never asked for an apology, but were happy to receive one
Koshiyama had three brothers who served in the military, including one in the MIS. Some resisters, like Takashi Hoshizaki, served in the Korean War.
“We were out, we had all our rights back, and we were full U.S. citizens,” said Hoshizaki, 76, of Los Angeles, noting the different situation.
“This event could not have happened 10 years ago,” said Frank Abe of Seattle. “I think it’s an amazing reversal from where we’ve been. You have to look at the leadership, both Andy Noguchi and Floyd Mori and (JACL Executive Director) John Tateishi.”
Wayne Maeda, who has taught ethnic studies for over 30 years at California State University, Sacramento, sees the reconciliation as a good first step.
“I think it’s the beginning of different groups coming together,” said Maeda, who curated a Sacramento region Japanese American history exhibit in 1992, one of the first to highlight the resisters” story. “If the JACL wants to survive, it’s good that they began the reconciliation process. It’s only the beginning, but it’s a start.”
Sansei activist Karen Kai, who was part of the Fred Korematsu coram nobis legal team that helped overturn his wartime conviction, agrees.
“I think it’s a really important step for the community, and particularly for JACL,” said Kai, of San Francisco. “It’s very important for people to see and understand the different responses that people have. We’re not monolithic…There are different responses and it’s valid to have them.”
Abe said his jaw dropped when Emi suggested the unfinished business of the JACL.
“To take that next step would be for the organization to actually repudiate the leadership of the JACL in World War II, and I don’t think they’ll be able to do that,” said Abe. “(But) they put the broader issue squarely on the table. Now it remains to be seen whether the organization is able to deal with that.”


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The green tree snake, known by its scientific name of Dendrelaphis punctulata, is also called the common green tree snake. It is harmless to humans, and according to the NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service, this species has the widest distribution of all tree snake species and is common in the wild.
The green tree snake is slender, with a whip-like tail and a head that is slightly wider than the body. Its eyes are large, with rounded pupils. Depending on where it lives, the green tree snake may have a back that ranges from being being dull green to olive to blue green. Most green tree snakes have bright yellow scales on their ventral areas. Some specimens might also show blue or bright yellow specks on their back.
Green tree snakes are native to the northern tropics of Australia, as well as the eastern portion of the continent. They can be found in both dry and wet habitats, and they are equally comfortable in grasslands and forests. They are an arboreal species and spend most of their time in the trees and shrubs, securing themselves to their perch by wrapping their tails around the branches.
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The average size of a green tree snake's clutch can range between five and 12 eggs. When these snakes are full grown, they can range between 3 and 5 feet, with some very large specimens growing to be 6.5 feet.
Green tree snakes are diurnal hunters and have keen eyesight. They primarily eat frogs, by they are also very willing to eat geckos, skinks and other lizards. They are also known to occasionally eat fish, and they devour their prey alive, with no constriction.
The green tree snake may release an unpleasant musky odor when it is frightened. It is also capable of inflating its neck and the forward part of its body, stretching out so that the blue skin between the scales is visible. This behavior can alarm a predator enough that the snake can get away. When sufficiently aroused, the green tree snake will also bite, but this is not very effective as its teeth are tiny, and it has no fangs.

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Japan’s BABYMETAL announced a solo-headlining concert at The Forum in L.A., set for Oct. 11.
Back in 2016, the heavy metal idols became the first Japanese act to perform a solo-headlining show at the SSE Arena in Wembley, the day after they released their hit album METAL RESISTANCE.
The upcoming L.A. concert will be Su-metal and Moametal’s second arena show outside of Japan, and their first in the U.S. Tickets went on sale Friday (April 26).
Earlier this month, BABYMETAL announced that fans could expect a new album coming this year. The duo will release a new single, called “Elevator Girl,” digitally May 10.


AMD has unveiled their latest RX 6700 XT mid-tiered card, sporting its new RDNA 2 architecture for next-generation games across the 2020s. At a lower 9 price tag next to its flagship iterations, the GPU includes AMD’s own anti-lag and Radeon Boost for better real-time performance in games. Much like NVIDIA’s own G-sync and DLSS, these benefits come in as hardware accelerations in PC builds.
In the company’s own Where Gaming Begins keynote series, natural hardware optimizations will also hit current and existing Ryzen 3000 Series CPUs via software updates. This also gives games a 16 percent boost in performance with the new 6700 XT cards. Specifically, the newest GPU also supports 4K gaming as part of the 6000 series lineup first unveiled in October 2020. At face value, the 6700 XT runs up to 2425MHz clock speeds without OC, a 96MB reserve “infinity” cache, 12GB GDDR6 Video Memory (VRAM) and a lower 230 Watt demand for power supply units in rigs. Its own build-in Smart Access Memory tool allows the GPU to balance its own hardware based on the intensity of levels or multiplayer sessions. For competitive gamers, it’s part of a few features including support for high refresh rate monitors and gaming past 100Hz at 1440p resolution.
To help keep the 6700 XT from overloading, three heatsinks are added for distribution around its aluminum frame. This lets hot temperatures flow seamlessly across the device while dual fans blow it out. Based on where users choose to install the GPU, its PCIe 4.0 is compatible with most motherboards under Intel and AMD versions. Those with multi-monitor setups can also find value from its four outputs; a DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1 (for 4K/120fps & 8K/60fps) and two additional DPs. AMD has also geared its 6700XT for older users, with the GPU serving as a gateway for 1440p gaming.
It’s suggested players with the classic 1080p resolution can get significant performance boosts in games such as Black Ops Cold War, CyberPunk 2077, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Dirt 5 (all at Max settings). According to AMD, the hardware provides a good measure for gaming past 60fps with a baseline for 70fps minimum and up to 100fps with boosts compared to NVIDIA’s RTX 2080 Super 8GB. Interestingly, AMD also claims its speeds double the performance of the formerly-leading GTX 1070ti.
For new PC gamers and builders, the 6700 XT also supports Ray Tracing (RTX) in modern titles, adding natural lighting directly from its sources. This is expected in the upcoming Resident Evil Village, which was shown running with RTX on the 6700 XT. To make up for the drastic performance costs, AMD’s FidelityFX adds some frames back with a mix of dynamic resolution and hardware balancing on the fly. For maximum use, players can pair the GPU with an AMD FreeSync monitor for minimum latency from controls-to-gameplay.
You can pre-order the AMD Radeon 6700 XT GPUs from online retailers ahead of its March 18, 2021 release date at $479 USD MSRP.


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The Theme will be GRAVITY. You can do whatever you want, but you have to use gravity in a creative way. Try using Zero Gravity or something like that. Go crazy! I´m looking forward to what you can come up with.
I decided on this theme, because I liked the idea of having space as a theme, but I thought gravity would be more interesting. Hope it won´t be too hard.
You have time till the start of the competition now, to come up with a game concept, but please don´t start creating your game yet.


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Updated: Sep 26, 2019
"You've got to watch Wild," she said. "With Reese Witherswatsit," she added. "And then you've got to read the book."
"S'okay," I said. "I take it I don't have to invite Reese Witherswatsit to accompany me. That might be a bit of an imposition for her?"
Tis a book and a film (just in case you're planning on playing Charades this Christmas) about a very long walk. In America. I've watched the film and now I'm to read the book.
Loved the film by the way.
This, ostensibly, is a book about fear - having it, conquering it and dealing with it. I know that everyone has fear, but there's a unique fear for women generally, instilled in us from TV, film, the news, our upbringing, the fear of being a woman alone: doing alone things in the world.
"I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves...I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave."
In this case being Cheryl Strayed describes her hiking over 1,000 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail, or PCT, and with it its gender neutral risks: falling, dehydration, sunstroke, hypothermia, rattlesnakes, bears, coyotes, and mountain lions, as well as, of course, other acts of human idiocy. Then there's the womanhood factor, or rather those benefits and disadvantages of being an attractive woman: being hit on means getting free coffee, getting stores to re-open after they've shut and thumbing lifts. Offset, of course, by the risk of being being raped or murdered. That is the unspoken, but oft-thought of, danger that lurks in every street and, it seems, in every trail: effectively keeping so many of us confined.
"But after walking fifteen minutes on the PCT...not very much like walking at all...resembles less walking than it does hell."
Cheryl Strayed is no stranger to danger or hardship. She's been married and is now recovering from a divorce from the man she still loves, her mother has died four years previously and she's still walking around in the earth-shattering grief of loss, her family has fractured and exploded in every direction, and she's unable to stay in one place for long. She's been wild and reckless: both sexually and with drugs. Packed into her head, she has her painful memories of her heroin-use, her self-loathing and her descent into the quagmire of grief.
"In the mornings, my pain was magnified by about a thousand...there weren't only those sad facts about my life. Now there was also the additional fact that I was a pile of shit."
She's waitressing to fill the time, and to earn enough to get by on. She's lost in every sense of the word. This books takes you through the cataclysmic life choices she's made in unsparing detail, and the challenges she's endured as a novice hiker, trekking through California and Oregon towards Washington, with its deserts and snow-laden mountain ranges. It is truly epic.
Despite her worldliness, her naivety is also demonstrated throughout. The book is great at showing what seasoned hikers do, and what she didn't do - notably testing things out before she goes. She thinks she's been thorough in her research, but learns theory and reality are often poles apart. She learns to laugh at her mistakes, and get the reader to laugh with her. She becomes adroit about finding ways around things rather than quit. Oh, and she has a tremendous over-packing problem. There's a lot to learn from that.
"I had to change...Not into a different person, but back to the person I used to be - strong and responsible, clear-eyed, ethical and good...I'd find my strength again, far from everything that had made my life ridiculous."
Throughout her journey, she references her Guidebook: The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume 1, demonstrating how reading is one thing, but doing it quite another. How the first-hand experience teaches us so much more than listening or reading. Learning from others is all well and good, but moving one's own life from 2-D to 3-D, that's where self-esteem is found - doing things despite yourself, fixing your own mistakes, surviving calamity, and embracing the comedy in it.
"Nothing bad could happen to me, I thought. The worst thing already had."
She talks of dashed expectations, of having to plough on and of having to become resilient to disappointment as she adapts to different terrains: climbing endlessly high mountains, passing across sheer ice, desert heat and sudden storms. The despair when her pace drops below a mile an hour, more like a half mile an hour. Her insecurity of others being fitter and faster, and more experienced. She discovers along the way, that while she started off slow, she became acclimatised within a few weeks, but then the terrain would change and new skills had to be developed. She thought of quitting every ten seconds or so. Later she was to find people she'd made comparisons with, in their favour, had given up and gone home. Again, fostering more belief in herself: a fact she found surprising.
"There was still more up to go, even if first there was a tiny slope that went tantalizingly down."
The thing Cheryl learnt most profoundly was how few choices she ever really had, and how often that meant she had to do the thing she least wanted to do. On the trail, that meant no procrastination, no numbing it with distractions of coffee, sugar, booze, sex or chocolate as we're inclined to do in every day life. She realised how much she had tried to portray a vision of herself to others: starving herself thin, playing cute and dumb so she could feel popular and lovable. On the trail, no amount of manipulation of self-image was necessary. That there really was only one version of herself and she had to embrace it.
"Alone wasn't a room anymore, but the whole world, and now I was alone in that world, occupying it in a way I never had before."
Having adjusted, indeed become comfortable with being alone, she has intermittent contact along the way, through letters, and interacting with interesting characters: the man who thought she was a woman hobo, the fellow trekkers, the man who threatened her sexually, the man who she desperately wanted to use her condom with - only to have left it at her campsite. And then the ones who gave her lifts when she was low on supplies. How she learns about human kindness, faces her fears and finds fleeting but timely moments of companionship in the messages they carried. She becomes an oddity, almost a celebrity, to others following her along the trail: simply because she's a solo woman hiker. Most are men, and most are in packs of two or three. And yet, the PCT gives them a camaraderie, a shared bond.
"Not enough chicks do that, if you ask me - just tell society and their expectations to go fuck themselves. If more women did that, we'd be better off."
She reconciles her past: permitting herself her feelings of anger, despair, disappointment and hurt by the actions of her mother dying so young, her father being a drunk and woman-beater, her step-father for moving on with a new life. Her siblings for their distance, both emotional and physical. Her husband for being too perfect. That had she not had all these experiences, including her foray into heroin use, she would not have needed this trail. It all changes her perception of herself. She realises that many of her life choices were to escape, but all along she had wanted a sense of identity, a sense of belonging and to just fit.
"I didn't feel like a big fat idiot anymore. And I didn't feel like a hard-ass motherfucking Amazonian queen. I felt fierce and humble and gathered up inside, like I was safe in the world too.
Towards the end of her trail she finds symbolism in the now destroyed mountain of Mazama, previously a 12,000 foot volcano that had erupted and destroyed itself, leaving behind a crater which had healed itself into a lake so stunning all who write about it cannot do it justice before finally disembarking the trail at the Bridge of Gods at the Canadian border.
"All the time I'd been fielding questions about whether I was afraid to be a woman alone - the assumption that a woman alone would be preyed upon - I'd been the recipient of one kindness after another."
It's an exceptional book. I'd go so far as to say that it's been the best read I've had in years. It's vivid, gory, wretched and yet inspiring. I was left with a yearning that I'd love to do something like that. Then as I settled into bed that night I remember I bloody well hate camping. Instead I'm grateful I can live it vicariously, and would encourage any woman who is struggling with trauma, and the confining aftershocks of that, to read it too.
@reesewitherspoon #reesewitherspoon #wild #sadventure #cherylstrayed @cherylstrayed #pacifictrail #pacificcresttrail #PCT #hiking #trekking #fear #everydaysexism #sexism #sexualviolenceagainstwomen #sexualviolence

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