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Shout Outs To Freedom! Gamers / Gaming on Youtube Video
Here I shout out to Freedom! Gamers on Youtube (with a couple extras not from Freedom!). The links will be included in the description to all of these channels shortly. 🙂 I hope you enjoy...
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OPINION: After 3 1/2 years of denial, delusion and dereliction, the Christchurch City Council has finally agreed to craft a freedom-camping bylaw.
Despite the Government empowering local councils with the legislative tools to regulate and enforce freedom camping since December 2011, our council opted to sit on its chuff, complicit and complacent, as the free-for-all fecklessness of self-entitled spongers has festered.
But as the council gears up to draft a dedicated bylaw, already the warning signs are clear that some councillors are angling for a marshmallow bylaw, a mealy-mouthed cop-out, or measures that will appease the working holiday Eurotrash who commandeered the Beresford St car park before migrating to Waimairi Beach.
In January, at the height of the Camp Beresford debacle, Cr David East revealed to me that he wants the ratepayer to bankroll the reinstatement of Rawhiti Domain as a fully equipped, freebie campground. He still supports that view, even though it would undermine the nearby South Brighton Holiday Park, which happens to be council-owned.
With nightly accommodation starting from just $20, this of course is precisely where these long-stay vagrants should be directed.
Last week, The Press reported city council staff also advocating for the city to cater to the needs of freedom campers, by allocating them some parks and reserves in the red zone, with the added provision of some on-site facilities. (This is strongly reminiscent of that equally ludicrous proposal hatched 12 months ago, and thankfully aborted, to provide street prostitutes with a slate of publicly-funded al fresco amenities.)
Cr East and council staff also claim that enforcing a freedom-camping bylaw could be problematic. Seriously? From the city famous for its oh so zealous, omni-present parking wardens? What's so problematic about unleashing a particularly battle-hardened platoon of these wardens on the foreign freeloaders?
Christchurch should simply replicate the sensibly weighted bylaw that Queenstown Lakes District Council vigorously enforces across a territorial area vastly bigger than our city council's.
If your vehicle isn't fully self-contained, freedom camping on public land is banned outright (just as it is in Europe). You must use campgrounds and holiday parks. Certified self-contained vehicles can use designated public areas for two nights, maximum. In 2014, the Lakes District issued over 2600 feckless campers with $200 infringement fines.
Some violators have failed to cough up, because rental companies are reluctant to charge tourists' credit cards for council fines - despite leasing them the offending vehicle. If rental firms won't act in the civic interest voluntarily, Parliament should amend the law, to compel them to play ball.
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Published: Monday, 3/16/2015
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. A former owner of Freedom Industries pleaded guilty today to federal Clean Water Act violations stemming from last years chemical spill in Charleston.
William Tis, 60, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Charleston. Tis faces up to a year in prison when sentenced June 22. He also faces a fine of $25,000 per day per violation, or $100,000 whichever is greater.
Another hearing was set later today for former owner Charles Herzing.
Plea hearings also were scheduled Wednesday for Freedom environmental consultant Robert Reynolds and tank farm plant manager Michael Burdette, and on March 23 for the company itself. All are charged with federal Clean Water Act violations and are expected to plead guilty.
Ex-Freedom owner Dennis Farrell and former President Gary Southern face trial later this year on charges related to the spill of a coal-cleaning agent. In addition, Southern faces charges related to Freedoms bankruptcy.
Freedom filed for the protection eight days after the Jan. 9, 2014, leak into the Elk River in Charleston. West Virginia American Water uses the river for its water supply less than 2 miles downstream, and the spill prompted a tap water ban for 300,000 residents in nine counties for days until the system was flushed out.
In addition to his ownership in the company, Tis was Freedoms secretary from 2004 until December 2013.
Southern, Tis, Herzing and Farrell were accused of failing to ensure that the company operated the Charleston facility in a reasonable and environmentally sound manner, and ignoring or failing to pay for repairs and maintenance needed to comply with environmental regulations.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A former executive of Freedom Industries has pleaded guilty to a crime connected to the massive chemical spill that contaminated the water supply for hundreds of thousands of people.
William Tis, 60, pleaded guilty to a count of causing unlawful discharge of refuse matter.
When U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnston asked Tis point blank "did you do it?" Tis responded saying "I have signed my name to these documents, but no, I don't believe I committed a crime."
Judge Johnston was apprehensive about continuing the hearing, saying "this exchange is rather unique in my experience."
Tis went on to explain that while he doesn't feel responsible for the chemical spill, as a corporate officer, he takes responsibility.
Judge Johnston went ahead and set a sentencing date for June 22 at 2:00 p.m.
As he left the federal courthouse, WSAZ asked Tis to further explain what he meant when he said "I didn't commit a crime," but one of his attorneys jumped in and said "he has no comment."
The chemical spill happened on January 9, 2014 when MCHM leaked from a storage tank at Freedom Industries and went into the Elk River.
Another former executive of the company, Charles Herzing, is set to plea Monday afternoon. WSAZ will have a reporter in the courtroom.
Keep clicking on WSAZ.com and WSAZ mobile for the latest information.
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UPDATE: Former Freedom Executive Pleads Guilty to Chemical Spill Charge
INDIANAPOLIS - The House Judiciary Committee has passed the so-called "religious freedom bill" by a 9-4 vote.
Protecting religious freedom was at the center of several demonstrations Monday at the Indiana Statehouse.
The legislation causing the activity is Senate Bill 101 or the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. It was designed to protect the freedoms of people.
For example, a Christian pharmacist who objects to dispensing abortion pills, contrary to their religious beliefs, would be protected under law.
However, those against the bill say it has the potential to do much more than that, including discriminating against those in the gay community. There is also concern the bill could create unintended legal concerns for employers and those looking to do business in Indiana.
There were dueling rallies Monday morning inside the Statehouse both for and against the bill.
Supporters came out strong, wearing their green, saying the bill is all about guaranteeing protections for business owners without worrying about their religious freedoms being jeopardized.
"We want to be able to practice our faith even in our businesses, in our homes, in our churches without fear of being prosecuted," said supporter Cindy Holmes. "You hear stories all over the country where where bakers and florists are losing their businesses and homes just because they wanted to practice their faiths and stand by their beliefs. We want to be able to do that in Indiana and we don't believe the Constitution does that for us in complete."
Those against the bill wore red,sending a message that Hoosiers are against discrimination. They say the bill will discriminate against people, particularly those in the gay community.
"I'm a woman, I'm African American," said Whittney Murphy in opposition to the legislation. "I'm also a member of the LGBT community. So, if I walk up to a store and there's a sign that says no LGBT people, I remember reading from history there were signs that said no African Americans and that was based on religion as well."
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Minecraft PE Mod: Cyborg Armor! Become a Cyborg!
Hey Guys, Tommy here with another mod, This time i decided to mess around with custom models, so we ended up with this, the cyborg armor mod, with Complete c...
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Sculpting Cyborg Ninja from Metal Gear Solid
Hello everyone. Here is some pictures of the making off my Cyborg Ninja clay sculpture. The sculpture is 11inch tall. I #39;m still a learner in clay sculpting. This is my second creation. It...
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VIDEO:This is a research video showing remote-controlled steering of a giant flower beetle flying untethered. view more
Berkeley -- Hard-wiring beetles for radio-controlled flight turns out to be a fitting way to learn more about their biology. Cyborg insect research led by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is enabling new revelations about a muscle used by beetles for finely graded turns.
By strapping tiny computers and wireless radios onto the backs of giant flower beetles and recording neuromuscular data as the bugs flew untethered, scientists determined that a muscle known for controlling the folding of wings was also critical to steering. The researchers then used that information to improve the precision of the beetles' remote-controlled turns.
This study, to be published Monday, March 16, in the journal Current Biology, showcases the potential of wireless sensors in biological research. Research in this field could also lead to applications such as tools to aid search-and-rescue operations in areas too dangerous for humans.
"This is a demonstration of how tiny electronics can answer interesting, fundamental questions for the larger scientific community," said Michel Maharbiz, an associate professor in UC Berkeley's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and the study's principal investigator. "Biologists trying to record and study flying insects typically had to do so with the subject tethered. It had been unclear if tethering interfered with the insect's natural flight motions."
In particular, the researchers said, it had been difficult to elucidate the role that smaller muscles play in fine steering. What the new study found was that the coleopteran third axillary sclerite (3Ax) muscle, found in the articulation of insect wings, plays a key function in the beetle's ability to steer left or right.
"Since the 1800s, this coleopteran muscle was thought to function solely in wing folding," said study lead author Hirotaka Sato, an assistant professor at NTU's School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. "Our wireless system allows us to record neuromuscular movements in natural, free flight, so we see now that this muscle is also used for turning."
Steering muscle put to the test
The researchers tested the function of this muscle by stimulating it during flight for graded turns that were more controlled than previous versions of the cyborg beetle.
Experiments were done with Mecynorrhina torquata, or giant flower beetles. They averaged 6 centimeters in length and 8 grams in weight, about as heavy as a $1 coin.
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In the video above, watch closely for the flying insect. It swerves left and right, zigzagging across the room. Nothing too remarkable, reallyuntil you realize that someone is controlling the insect. With a remote control. By attaching a tiny backpack onto a beetle, researchers can electrically stimulate tiny muscles below its wings, creating a living mini-copter that they can steer with amazing precision. (Just look at those smooth banking turns!)
Researchers have created remote-controlled crawling insects before, forcing a bugs legs to move by electrically stimulating its muscles. Its simple enough that you can even buy your own kit to commandeer a cockroach at home. But flying bugs are harder to hijack. Scientists pulled it off for the first time in 2009, when a team at the University of California, Berkeley led by engineer Michel Maharbiz debuted their first remote-controlled beetle. They used electrical stimulation to tell the beetles wings to start and stop flapping, making the beetle go up and down. But without understanding the bugs steering muscles,their lateral control left something to be desired.
Now, in a new study, the same researchers have found those musclestiny ones below the wings with a mouthful of a name:the coleopteran third axillary sclerite. Entomologists thought the muscle was only important for folding the wings back when the bugs not in flight, but it turns out that its critical for flyingand, in particular, steering. It might sound creepyis this part of a plot to create an army swarm of remote-controlled cyborg beetles to take over the world? But the story Im interested in isnt that I want to control an insect in free flight for some nefarious purpose, says Maharbiz. Its really that this kind of technology is very useful as tools to figure out whats going on in the insect.
To show how the muscle steers, the researchers fitted a giant flower beetle, just over two inches long, with a microcontroller and a wireless receiver and transmitter weighing as much as a paperclip (the bugs can carry 20 percent of their weight, so the cargowasnt a problem). Electrodes fire pulses into the beetles muscleszap the steering muscles with more frequent electrical pulses, and they contract more, turning the wing harder. About 25 seconds into the video, you can see how an increase in pulse frequency, from 70 to 90 times a second, forces the beetle into a tighter turn.
The bug in the video can only be steered left or right, but scientists could equip it to be controlled it in other directions. And the better the control gets, the more useful these bugs could potentially be outside the scope of entomological anatomy research. Like search and rescue. Just imagine: In the aftermath of an earthquake, FEMA could come to the rescue with bugs outfitted with temperature sensors, sending them to find the body heat of survivors buried in the rubble.
Engineers are developing their own robotic flyers to do the same thing, like these small flying or crawling robots. But its tough to beat the built-in flying biology of a bug. Insects are just amazing fliers compared to anything we can build at that scale, Maharbiz says. Cyborg bugs have the potential to be enormously usefuljust dont let the remote control fall in the wrong hands.
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LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) The starving sea lion pup was so tiny that it looked like a rock at the base of the seaside cliff until it struggled to raise its head as humans approached.
It bleated weakly as volunteer Brennan Slavik eased it into a crate for transport to a rescue center, where it peered from a child's playpen with woeful eyes made enormous by an emaciated frame.
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A quiet sunrise in Seaside Heights.(Photo: WILLIAM TERLECKI)
It's almost that time again.
As we speed through March and head toward spring, there's something that's starting to creep onto everyone's radar:
Hitting the beach.
Once summer hits the Jersey Shore, our beaches become mobbed with everyone under the sun literally.
Beaches have a lot to offer - what is your favorite and why?(Photo: FILE PHOTO)
The tourists flock in droves, and the locals get situated in their favorite spots, parking themselves for three months of waterfront relaxation.
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With Memorial Day weekend just slightly more than two months away, we're looking for the best beaches at the Jersey Shore.
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Theres no debate here that beaches and swimming activities are perfect getaways for dry season. But if youre weary with beach activities alone, why not try to trek mountains? Sweat it out first before pulling off your summer wear and have a different view of nature atop mountains.
Mount Pulag
Here are the five must-trek mountains this summer to offer you hiking activities with sidetrips best for this season. These mountains are far from the stressful city but quite near from home:
Zambales is one of the top summer destinations because of its proximity from Metro Manila. Beaches and island hopping are the best activities here.
Anawangin Cove
To add worthwhile experience in your visit to Zambales, come to Anawangin Cove via Mt. Pundaquit. Yes, thats correct. Pass through first the summit of 464-MASL (meter-above-sea-level) Mt. Pundaquit before enjoying the beach of Anawangin.
View from Anawangin Cove
Enjoy the view of the West Philippine Sea and its islands from the peak of Mt. Pundaquit. A day is not enough to make the most of this trip. So you may try to camp out in Anawangin Cove after your Mt. Pundaquit trip and enjoy the beach. The next day, you may still want to visit other island like Capones Island before calling it a day.
Anawangin Cove campsite
How to get there? From Metro Manila, ride bus bound for Iba, Zambales then alight to San Antonio Public Market. From the wet market, ride tricycle going to Pundaquit. Then from Anawangin Cove, rent a boat going to Pundaquit then ride tricycle going to bus station bound for Manila.
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COUNCILOR Leo Avila III said Monday that beaches in Davao City are currently "not healthy for swimming," as the rivers have been found with high levels of coliform in the recent Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) water quality assessment.
Avila, who is also the chairperson of the Committee on Environment, said during the Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Annex that results from the 2014 water quality assessment of the EMB showed that the city had "failed miserably."
In a copy of the report, total coliform found for both downstream and upstream of Davao River was estimated at 4,900 to 1,887,000 most probable number (mpn) per 100 ml wherein the standard level should only be 1,000mpn per 100 ml.
With a downstream standard level of 200mpn per 100 ml, fecal coliform in Davao River was estimated at 9,600 to 293,000mpn per 100 ml while for the upstream, with a standard level of 100mpn per 100 ml, it was found with 1,700 to 8,700mpn/100 ml of fecal coliform.
Talomo River was found with a total number of 1,006 to 456,000 MPN per 100 ml with around 414 to 183,000mpn per 100 ml of fecal coliform.
The report showed that the rise in the coliform level was due to human and animal wastes, houses located near the river, poultry and hog farms disposing their wastes in the river, and the City not having sewerage/septage treatment facility.
With this, Avila is requesting for the implementation of the Septage and Sewerage Management Ordinance of the city which the implementing rules and regulations had already been approved back in 2013 during Mayor Sara Z. Duterte's term.
"When Mayor Rody came in, he already made one of the requirements; one of the provisions of the IRR is for the creation of the ESS (environmental sanitary section) of the City Health Office (CHO) whose task is for the ordinance to be implemented," he said.
Avila said that the group, which includes the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENR), City Engineers Office, Department of Public Works and Highways and the EMB, has not yet met to discuss for the implementation of such.
"Sabi ng ESS marami silang kulang (ESS said that they are still lacking on things) like equipment and personnel for the implementation," he said.
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