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If you've been searching for a healthy and delicious version of the two-bite brownie, look no further. Mairlyn Smith, PHEc, cookbook author, teacher and Second City comedy troupe alumna, has done the legwork for you. "I've been working on a two-bite brownie since they came out and never got it. And then one of those divine moments where you run out of sugar and you go, 'What am I going to use?' I used a little bit of honey and I think that's what changed it," she said. Smith's Triple-Chocolate Brownie Cookies pack all the chocolaty punch of the original but with heart-healthy canola oil, natural cocoa powder, cocoa nibs and dark chocolate. Using natural cocoa powder is key, "It hasn't been alkalized and so as a result the flavinols are mostly intact. When they alkalize, or when they Dutch cocoa powder, they destroy 2/3 of the flavinols," Smith said. "If you're eating cocoa, thinking you're doing all kinds of good things for your heart, you're not doing as much as you would if you bought natural cocoa powder."
This recipe is one of more than 140 that are included in Smith's book 'Healthy Starts Here!' (Whitecap, 2011). Each chapter in the book is dedicated to a superfood such as berries and chocolate, or group of such as cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower). Smith is a believer in healthy food tasting not just good but "fabulous." Her passion for seasonal and local eating comes through in the categorization of the book – each recipe is labelled by season and also by whether or not it's 'Kid Friendly.' Smith tested her recipes on a range of children, with different dietary comfort levels. Some of the children struggled to eat anything other than chicken nuggets, others were vegetarians, and some were easy-going eaters. If the majority of the kids enjoyed the dish, it got the 'Kid Friendly' label.
Smith included recipe analysis and diabetes food choice values alongside each recipe in the book – using a unique system for her nutrient breakdowns. "There are a lot of computer programs that you can get that have the nutrition breakdowns. From what I know, and from the people that I know that do this, they're all American," Smith said. Hers is the only Canadian cookbook she knows of that uses only Canadian products in the nutrient breakdowns. She bought popular brands that are widely available in Canadian stores and used the nutrition information from the labels in her analysis.
Smith is passionate about food education and informed food choices. The painstaking process she undertook compiling the nutrient breakdowns for her recipes is indicative of this. Smith credits her awareness of healthy eating to her father's heart disease diagnosis when she was 15 years-old growing up in Vancouver, BC. "When I went to UBC and took foods and nutrition, it was to find a way to make my dad healthier or live longer," Smith said. "When I get emails where people say, 'Thank you for helping me change my life and change my family's lives,' it's huge to me because I wanted to make a difference. It started with my dad but it has really spilled out." Smith's dad recently celebrated his 89th birthday. "You can change your life. He's had 39 years since he was 50 to have fun with us and share his life with us. What a great gift," Smith added, "I would like other people to change their lives so that they can spend their time with the people that love them. It sounds kumbaya–y but I really do believe it."
As a former school teacher, Smith is trying to educate readers, "I think the obstacle for me was to try to make this funny and entertaining enough that you would be willing to go to the grocery store and pick [unusual foods] out," Smith says. "The background in Second City helps because come on, nutrition is boring. And I love nutrition."
Triple-Chocolate Brownie Cookies
Makes 32 cookies (using 2 tsp / 10 mL mini-scoop) One serving = 2 cookies
3/4 cup (185 mL) packed dark brown sugar
6 tbsp (90 mL) canola oil
2 tbsp (30 mL) honey
1 omega-3 egg
2 tsp (10 mL) pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup (125 mL) natural cocoa powder
3/4 cup (185 mL) whole wheat flour
1/4 cup (60 mL) cocoa nibs
1/4 cup (60 mL) chocolate chips with at least 60% cocoa mass or chocolate chunks with at least 70% cocoa mass
2 tbsp (30 mL) wheat germ
1/4 tsp (1 mL) baking soda
Position a rack in the middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Beat together the brown sugar, oil, honey, egg, and vanilla in a medium bowl using electric beaters until the batter is creamy, about 3 minutes.
Beat in the cocoa powder gently. Warning: turn those beaters to full throttle and you'll be a cocoa-covered mess in seconds. Start beating on low speed, then increase the speed once the cocoa has been incorporated. Beat for 1 minute.
Stir together the flour, cocoa nibs, chocolate chips, wheat germ, and baking soda in a medium bowl. Add the flour mixture to the cocoa mixture, and blend until well mixed, about 1 minute. The batter will be really sticky.
Drop the batter by rounded teaspoonfuls (10 mL), or use a mini-scoop, onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing the cookies about 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart. Bake until the outside of the cookies is crunchy looking and they have puffed up, 8 to 10 minutes. Don't overbake these morsels. There aren't a lot of things that taste worse than burnt chocolate; okay, I can name three, but that's for another day. My oven bakes these perfectly in exactly 9 minutes.
Let the cookies cool slightly on the baking sheet before removing them and letting them cool completely on a wire rack. (Store the cookies in an airtight container for up to 1 week, or freeze for up to 2 months.)
per serving: 154 calories , 8.2 g total fat , 1.9 g saturated fat , 0 g trans fat, 24 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate , 2 g fibre, 12.3 g sugars, 2 g protein
Diabetes Food Choice Values Per serving: 1 Carbohydrate , 1 1/2 Fat
Quinoa Tabbouleh
Traditional tabbouleh is made with couscous, a tiny, grain-size pasta made from coarsely ground hard durum wheat. My version uses wholegrain quinoa, which makes it nutty-tasting and protein-rich.
Make sure you start this recipe a day ahead of time.
Makes 4 cups (1 L) | One serving = 1 cup (250 mL)
Quinoa tabbouleh
1/2 cup (125 mL) whole-grain quinoa
2 cups (500 mL) lightly packed parsley sprigs
1/2 cup (125 mL) lightly packed fresh mint
1 cup (250 mL) grape tomatoes, cut in half
1 large shallot, diced
Lemon dressing
1 large lemon, scrubbed well and dried
2 tbsp (30 mL) extra virgin olive oil
For the tabbouleh, the night before you want to serve it, place the quinoa in a fine wire-mesh strainer and rinse it well. Place the rinsed quinoa in a medium saucepan. Add 1 cup (250 mL) water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, covered, until the grains are translucent and all the water has been absorbed, 18 to 20 minutes.
Fluff the quinoa with a fork. Remove the saucepan from the heat and let stand, covered, for 5 to 10 minutes. Let the quinoa cool, then refrigerate in an airtight container overnight.
The next day, wash and spin-dry the parsley and mint. Make sure the herbs are very dry or the salad will be soggy.
Chop the parsley very finely, and chop the mint into slightly bigger pieces.
Mix together the quinoa, parsley, mint, tomatoes, and shallot in a salad bowl, and toss well.
For the lemon dressing, remove the zest from the lemon using a Microplane grater. Set aside.
With your palm, roll the lemon on the counter (this makes it yield more juice), then cut it in half and squeeze out ¼ cup (60 mL) juice.
Whisk together the lemon juice and oil in a small bowl. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well. Sprinkle with the lemon zest and toss again.
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181 calories, 8.5 g total fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat, 25 mg sodium, 22.8 g carbohydrate, 4 g fibre, 1.7 g sugars, 5 g protein
Diabetes Food Choice Values per serving: 1 1/2 Carbohydrate, 1/2 Meat and Alternatives, 1 1/2 Fat
Makes 8 cups (2 L) | One serving = 1 1/2 cups (375 mL)
4 large cloves garlic
2 hot Italian turkey or chorizo sausages (about 10 oz / 300 g)
1 onion, diced
3 stalks celery, coarsely chopped
1 sweet red pepper, seeded and coarsely chopped
1 green pepper, seeded and coarsely chopped
1 1/2 cups (375 mL) long-grain brown rice
2 tsp (10 mL) ground thyme
1/4 tsp (1 mL) cayenne
One 28 oz (796 mL) can diced tomatoes
2 cups (500 mL) lower-sodium chicken broth
Mince the garlic and set aside.
Heat a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium heat. Wash your hands. Squeeze the sausage meat out of its casings and into the pot. (This is sort of fun and gross all at the same time.) Wash your hands again. Cook the sausage meat until browned, 3 to 5 minutes, breaking it up with the back of a wooden spoon as it cooks.
Add the onion, and sauté until the onion starts turning a light golden colour, about 5 minutes. Add the celery, both peppers, and garlic, and sauté for 2 minutes.
Add the rice, thyme, and cayenne, and cook, stirring, until the rice is well coated and the spices smell fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
Stir in the tomatoes and broth, making sure you scrape up all the little browned bits stuck to the bottom of the pot. Aside from adding fabulous flavour, this will prevent the rice from sticking while it's cooking.
Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook, covered, until the rice is tender, 55 to 60 minutes.
Using a rice paddle (a shamoji or a flat spoon, scoop the rice from the bottom of the saucepan to the top to redistribute the moister rice at the bottom. I do 4 scooping turns; this way all the grains will have the same fluffy consistency. Remove the saucepan from the heat. Let sit, covered, for 10 minutes. (Store any leftovers in a resealable container in the fridge for up to 4 days.)
Per serving: 318 calories, 6.7 g total fat, 2.1 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat, 512 mg sodium, 55.6 g carbohydrate, 6 g fibre, 8.3 g sugars, 16 g protein
Diabetes Food Choice Values per serving: 1 1/2 Carbohydrate , 1 1/2 Meat and Alternatives
Quick Tip
Like all whole-grain dishes, the jambalaya actually tastes better on day two, and even better on day three.
If you use chorizo sausages, which are typically made from pork, instead of Italian turkey sausages, the nutritional payload changes right across the board, especially in the fat and sodium departments—and not in a good way.
Photographs courtesy of Whitecap Books


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Rapid transit to the southeast, long touted as the next major project for Calgary, has been ranked last in a new city study of future transit expansions.
Transit planners' cost-benefit analysis of seven new special lines included ones down Centre Street, to the deep southwest and a couple cross-town "bus rapid transit" routes. The southeast transitway, along the future LRT corridor, ties for sixth-best with a loop route to the University of Calgary and nearby hospitals.
For residents in the transit-starved quadrant who were miffed the west LRT went ahead before a southeast LRT, it's a worrisome finding that knocks them further down the transit priority list when construction dollars come up next.
"It scares the hell out of me," said Shifra DiBattista, who lives in Douglasdale and is a past president of its community association.
"It's becoming a parking lot, the Deerfoot. And this is going to exacerbate the problem."
The dismal cost-benefit scoring for the southeast transit project has less to do with the benefits of rapid buses for cutting travel times, supporting high-density redevelopment and serving would-be motorists — it's the costs that are killer.
It will cost $642 million to create a special roadway across the Bow River, an irrigation canal, train lines and Deerfoot Trail, en route to Quarry Park and Douglasglen. That's more than five times pricier than a busway up Centre Street and six times higher than one down 17th Avenue S.E., since both use existing roadways. Bus-only lanes to the congested area south of Glenmore Reservoir would run $40 million.
This new study is designed to help give council a pecking order among various transit projects to plan and develop once new money comes in.
Some could arrive next month, if council chooses to use the $52 million in tax vacated by the province for transit rather than giving it back or use it elsewhere. A renewed federal Building Canada Fund could also bring Calgary some new transit spending money.
The cost-benefit analysis weighed costs, future ridership, transit times, redevelopment potential and the potential for greenhouse emission cuts, as well as considering the number of youth, seniors and low-income residents in the area.
Ald. Shane Keating, who has fought bitterly to keep the "SETway" atop the priority list, has long criticized planners for putting up numbers that downplay prospects for his ward's transit project.
"It's the same old story. We can change things, however, we want to not make the southeast go ahead," Keating told the Herald. "Depends on what they actually did and what they compared.
Despite the findings, the Ward 12 alderman is still confident the busway to Douglasglen will get built first.
"What is the most desperate need at this time and how are we going to be somewhat equitable? In the long run, I think the SETway is going to run ahead."
DiBattista is less hopeful. "They're just going to go with what's more affordable."
Other aldermen, including those along the Centre Street route, have urged that the city's numbers dictate the next project, rather than politics. The cost-benefit analysis puts that northern route first, largely because of its huge ridership, population density and relatively lower cost.
While Douglasdale, Douglasglen and the developing neighbourhoods of Quarry Park have transit-ready job and resident densities — as do McKenzie Towne and the neighbourhoods closer the south hospital — it will be a more sparse trip from there to downtown, cutting through large industrial areas en route and only four other communities.
On the positive side, the southeast transitway would cut 13 minutes off commutes — more than any other route — and is second-best for redevelopment opportunities.
The southwest transitway, which runs along Crowchild and 14th Street S.W., ranks second in the analysis. It's been touted as a way to offset mass congestion in an area that's long awaited the southwest leg of the ring road.
The southwest bottleneck needs a solution, said Cec Jahrig, president of the Woodcreek Community Association. But he said residents haven't expected this transit fix to come anytime soon.
"There hasn't been a lot of discussion that I know of about when we are gong to get it,"
"It's surprising to me southeast is last, because it's been talked about so long."
Mayor Naheed Nenshi touted the southeast LRT as a priority after getting elected three years ago. But without money to start the $2.7-billion line, he's pared back his promises, touting instead a clear priority list for all the city's bus and rail expansions, and a "green line" approach that could see the southeast and north-central routes developed as a single line.
DiBattista said she stepped down as community president out of frustration with the slow pace of city action for the southeast's transportation needs. She worries her part of the city will become less desirable if it keeps growing rapidly without the city creating better ways to get around.
"They need to give us a carrot. They need to give us something ... no matter what the numbers say," DiBattista said.
Cost-benefit analysis for transit projects: How they rank
1. Centre Street transitway (to Panorama Hills): startup costs $11.43/rider; large passenger base, would increase room for buses; cut commutes by six minutes
2. Southwest transitway (down Crowchild/14th Street S.W. to Woodbine): $4.44/rider; Uses existing right-of-way, only $40 million; cut commutes by eight minutes
3. South crosstown BRT (Westbrook to MRU to Quarry Park/Douglasglen): $2.86/rider; only $20 million, uses existing lanes, cuts crosstown bus commutes by eight minutes
4. 17th Avenue S.E. transitway (down centre of street): $42.61/rider; boosts redevelopment prospects for Forest Lawn's main street; cuts commutes by three minutes
5. North crosstown BRT (U of C down 16th Avenue to Rundlehorn and Saddletowne): $5/rider; could produce high greenhouse emissions cuts; cut commutes by eight minutes
6 (Tie). Southeast transitway (new bus-only roadway to Quarry Park/Douglasglen) $108.81/rider; high redevelopment potential; $642 million overall; cuts commutes by 13 minutes
6 (tie). West Campus (U of C to LRT to Foothills and Alberta Children's Hospital): $21.43/rider; low ridership for $30 million project; cut commutes by nine minutes.

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The amount of land in the high Arctic covered by trees and upright shrubs could increase by as much as 52 percent by midcentury, warming the region to levels climate scientists had previously not expected to see there until 2100.
That's the take-home message from a new study that looks at statistical ties between climate and vegetation types to estimate how the Arctic's landscape could change with global warming. The impact of the vegetation changes on the region's climate not only would be felt at lower latitudes through changing atmospheric circulation patterns, researchers say. The changes also would affect the range and types of wildlife in the area and the livelihoods of the Inuit who rely on the wildlife for food.
The results are appearing just as a new study from the bottom of the world offers an explanation as to why warming in Antarctica might appear to some people to be on hold, given a 20-year trend of expansion in winter sea ice.
Taken together, the two studies highlight the ways in which human-triggered warming averaged over the entire planet can play out in unique ways in specific regions of the globe – in this case, two regions that play a critical role in Earth's climate system as "sinks" for heat generated in tropics.
At the top of the world, warming at the surface has occurred at nearly twice the rate of warming as the world as a whole. Some studies indicate that the winter temperatures have been rising at least four times faster than the summer temperatures. This warming has brought trees and woody, upright shrubs to areas once dominated by tundra.
Previous studies of the impact of a greener Arctic on the region's climate indicated the trend would reinforce warming.
On the one hand, a green canopy could shade soils once the snow melts, keeping them cooler than they otherwise would be and slowing the release of CO2 from soils. But a darker canopy also would capture and reradiate heat – warming the air earlier in the spring and slowing the return of cold temperatures in the fall. In addition, during the growing season, trees give off water vapor, a potent greenhouse gas, through a process known as evapotranspiration. This also would tend to reinforce warming in the region.
Earlier studies had suggested that the factors that reinforce warming would win out, contributing 0.66 to 1.8 degrees Celsius (about 1.2 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit) to Arctic warming. But modelers had to make a best guess on how much additional land would be covered by trees and upright shrubs. They settled on an increase of about 20 percent by 2100.
A team led by Richard Pearson of the American Museum of Natural History in New York took a different approach. It used statistical tools to determine the climate conditions each of 10 broad vegetation types could tolerate. Then it used climate models to explore the range of conditions the models projected for the Arctic by 2050. The two sets of results allowed the team to estimate the new ranges for the vegetation types. Some, such as trees and upright shrubs, migrated north. Other types, in coastal regions with nowhere farther north to go, vanished.
The approach has been used for other regions, notes Scott Goetz, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Research Institute in Woods Hole, Mass., and a member of the team performing the study. But, he adds, it's the first time anyone has applied the technique to the Arctic.
Overall, the team found that if climate-induced shifts in plant types were patchy, the changes would affect 48 to 69 percent of the Arctic regions it studied above 60 degrees north latitude. Those regions spanned northern Russia, northern Alaska, and northern Canada.
If the takeover was unrestricted by geography or other conditions, between 57 and 84 percent of the study regions would experience shifts in plant types.
For trees and upright shrubs in particular, patchy expansion would spread them across 12 to 33 percent more land than they occupy today. Unrestricted expansion would spread them over 24 to 52 percent more land.
Overall, the changes to the landscape darkened it by between 5 and 18 percent, Dr. Goetz says.
"Those are pretty significant changes," he adds.
Beyond effects on regional climate, the vegetation changes also would have a profound effect on wildlife, notes Dr. Pearson.
"For example, some species of birds seasonally migrate from lower latitudes and rely on finding particular polar habitats, such as open space for ground-nesting," he said in a prepared statement.
Overall, the team found that the assumptions earlier modeling studies had made about changes in the distribution of plant types and their impact on Arctic warming were "realistic," but that the effects could appear 50 years sooner than the earlier studies had suggested.
The team formally reported its results on Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Meanwhile, at the globe's southernmost continent, scientists have been trying to explain why, in the face of global warming, the extent of Antarctica's winter sea ice has been expanding and sea-surface temperatures have been cooling. Some skeptics have seized on this as evidence that the planet as a whole really isn't warming. But if a new study is correct, the main reason for the expanding sea ice in winter is melting ice shelves in the summer.
Some scientists have attributed the trend in expanding winter sea ice to a long-term intensification of the westerly winds that travel unimpeded around the globe over the Southern Ocean. These have intensified over the past 20 years, in effect making it harder for circulation patterns at lower latitudes to transfer heat to the southern polar region. Other scientists have attributed the ice increase to falling sea-surface temperatures.
But a team led by Richard Bintanja, a researcher with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, used modeling studies to suggest that the main culprit for sea-ice expansion appears to be meltwater from Antarctica's ice shelves – floating outlets on the continent's coast for glaciers fed by the continent's two vast ice caps.
The shelves are melting from the undersides as relatively warm water at depths between about 300 and 1,000 feet comes into contact with them. That water has come from lower latitudes where global warming has warmed ocean temperatures, the team notes. By some estimates, Antarctica is loosing ice mass at a pace of about 250 billion tons a year.
As the ice melts, the team found that the fresh, buoyant meltwater forms a layer on the sea surface. The freshwater layer mixes with the salty seawater, notes Dr. Bintanja in an e-mail. But it still retains a higher freezing point than the saltier water below.
As the austral autumn begins, cooling air temperatures have a new season's worth of relatively fresh surface water to freeze. Farther down, the mixture of meltwater and seawater also serves as a thick lid, making it difficult for warmer, denser layers below rise and release heat to the atmosphere.
Although the sea ice virtually vanishes in the austral summer, the expanded winter sea ice still plays a key role in reflecting sunlight back into space in the spring and fall, Bintanja says.
Ironically, the expanded ice also may contribute to the loss of ice from the continent, the team suggests. Aside from cooling the springs and falls by reflecting sunlight back into space, the extended sea ice also prevents seawater from evaporating. And the ice keeps air temperatures colder than they might otherwise be, reducing the amount of moisture the overlying atmosphere can hold.
These may be combining to reduce the amount of moisture in the atmosphere available for snow over the continent – snow that would help replenish the continent's ice caps.
The results appear in Sunday's issue of the journal Nature Geoscience.


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Penn State released today (May 9) another signpost in its ongoing quest to meet most of the 119 recommendations spelled out in the Freeh Report, a document created in the aftermath of the child sexual abuse committed by former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
The recommendations in the report, which identify ways to improve Penn State's responses in the areas of safety and governance, have been followed carefully by University administrators and members of the Board of Trustees who continue to evaluate and review all areas of the University identified in the report as having some need for improvement. Penn State has already changed or implemented numerous administrative policies and procedures; hired new safety and compliance personnel; restructured the governance of its Board of Trustees; expanded its Office of Human Resources; implemented background checks; expanded legal and risk reporting protocols; and a host of other initiatives all aimed at enhancing operations at the University.
For a complete status update on actions taken, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/2013/FreehReportUpdateJuly2013.pdf.
The Freeh Report was produced by independent law firm Freeh, Sporkin & Sullivan, which was hired in November 2011 and investigated the University's response to the allegations against Sandusky. The group was led by former FBI director and federal Judge Louis Freeh.


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text: Decisions on recipients for the Meliora Scholarship will be made after Scholarship Weekend to a very select group of incoming MS students. Scholarship Weekend provides the opportunity to compete for additional scholarship above the amount awarded at the time of admission. All scholarship increases, including consideration for the Meliora Scholarship, are awarded after review of on-campus interviews, a team case competition, overall participation during Scholarship Weekend, and your previously submitted online application for admission.


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Time to Trade In for a New iPhone
WSJ's Ian Sherr has details of Apple's iPhone trade-in program launched Friday in advance of its expected announcement of a new line of iPhones. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Police: Man detained his girlfriend for 17 hours
Police say a Des Moines man detained his girlfriend for 17 hours while physically assaulting her and threatening her with a machete.
The 34-year-old woman told police that she and 36-year-old Brian Michael Case began arguing in their home around 3 a.m. Wednesday. She says Case blocked her from leaving multiple times and eventually forced her into the basement.
The woman told police she eventually escaped and ran to a gas station. Case is accused of following her and bringing her back to their home.
Witnesses at the gas station contacted police, who then arrived at the house.
The Des Moines Register reports Case has been charged with domestic assault causing injury and false imprisonment. He remains at the Polk County Jail. Court records do not list an attorney.


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According to Magimix managing director Simon Kinder, "People wanted to see their toast going brown while it hovered in front of them so they could toast it to perfection. "Now they can do that and make sure it doesn't come out black or burned to a crisp."
It has an adjustable slot to accommodate "all shapes and sizes of bread" and, I hope, bagels.
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(This story appeared in today's edition of USA TODAY.)
The UFC's commitment to women's MMA will last longer than a single fight.
With newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey slated to fight Liz Carmouche on Feb. 23 in a historic UFC 157 pay-per-view headliner, the organization announced its second women's fight Monday.
Miesha Tate (13-3), a former champion in recently closed sister promotion Strikeforce, will head to the UFC to fight fellow 135-pounder Cat Zingano (7-0) at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale on April 13 in Las Vegas, officials announced.
For Tate, it's an opportunity to notch a win against a notable opponent and set up a possible (and likely lucrative) rematch with Rousey, who took Tate's belt in March 2012 with her trademark armbar.
"I told (UFC matchmaker) Sean Shelby I want to fight whoever would get me to a title shot the quickest," Tate told USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) on Monday. "Cat is undefeated, and I'm No. 2 in the world in my division and No. 3 pound for pound. But I have to show I improved enough to get (a rematch with Rousey)."
Despite announcing Rousey as a champion in December and giving her a lucrative PPV slot in next week's event, UFC President Dana White initially promised no further developments with the upstart women's division. Although major organizations such as Strikeforce and Bellator MMA occasionally have featured women's bouts, the UFC has gone without any since its 1993 launch. White, in fact, suggested it was an experiment that "could last for years, or this could last a year."
Tate, though, remained optimistic she and other female fighters would get their opportunity. After signing with the influential First Round Management team this past month, Tate was offered the Zingano fight a few weeks later.
"It actually came around really quickly," she said.
Tate, 26, made her pro debut in 2007, and was a member of her high school's male wrestling team who also won a women's state championship in Washington. In college, she eventually turned her attention to MMA, and in 2007, she made her pro debut. Her only career losses have come to notables (Kaitlin Young, Sarah Kaufman and Rousey).
Her UFC debut is anything but a gimme as she meets Zingano, 30, a well-rounded fighter who also has jiu-jitsu and muay Thai experience.
"She's a really tough opponent," Tate said. "But that's what it takes at this level. That's what it takes to get a shot at the belt."
In addition to Tate vs. Zingano, the TUF 17 Finale features flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson vs. John Moraga, as well as the TUF 17 middleweight tournament final. The main card airs live on FX.
For more on The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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Those who think we are powerless to do anything about the 'greenhouse effect' are forgetting about the 'White House effect."' Was that Barack Obama in 2008? Nope. Republican presidential candidate George H.W. Bush spoke those words 24 years ago this month, as he headed to victory that November.
Reposted from Huffington Post with permission of WWF.
A Tale of Two Droughts: As in '88, Will 2012's Weather Extremes Push Climate Change Higher on the National Agenda?
By Lou Leonard, Head of Climate Change Program, World Wildlife Fund
Those who think we are powerless to do anything about the 'greenhouse effect' are forgetting about the 'White House effect."'
Was that Barack Obama in 2008? Nope. Republican presidential candidate George H.W. Bush spoke those words 24 years ago this month, as he headed to victory that November.
But this year and 1988 have more in common than a presidential election. In 1988, America faced an extraordinary summer heat wave and an extensive drought, which helped to propel climate change into national politics. It was the hottest year then on record and it cost nearly $78 billion in 2012 dollars, according to the National Climatic Data Center. The 1988 drought remains the second-most expensive U.S. "natural" disaster — exceeded only by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — since the tracking of such records began 30 years ago. Meanwhile, the drought of 2012, which last week extended across 64 percent of the contiguous U.S., likely will be among the most costly disasters on record.
The extreme weather events of 1988 helped draw the public's attention to the scientific evidence of climate change. Only 39 percent of Americans had heard of the greenhouse gas effect in 1986, but by September 1998, 58 percent had heard of it, making the connections between what scientists were saying about climate change, and what they were seeing and experiencing first hand, according to surveys at the time.
Similarly, with the backdrop of extreme drought and record-breaking wildfires, 2012 is also showing signs of increased public interest and support for action to fight climate change. A Washington Post/Stanford University poll in June found that 60 percent of Americans think the climate has become more unstable during the last three years, with majorities accepting that global warming is causing more droughts and more storms. A University of Texas poll taken on July 12-16 found that 70 percent of respondents agree that climate is changing — up from 65 percent in March. At the same time there was a decline from 22 to 15 percent in those who do not believe the climate is changing; the downward shift was more pronounced among Republicans than Democrats.
Climate change made a big appearance on the national policy stage in 1988. In June of that year, NASA scientist James Hansen famously testified before Congress that the earth was warmer than it had ever been in the history of instrumental measurements. Hansen attributed the warming "with a high degree of confidence" to the greenhouse effect and he warned that it could increase the probability of heat waves and droughts in the Midwest and Southeast during the following decade. Responding to both the science and the public, Republican and Democratic leaders promised action. By the end of 1988, dozens of bills were introduced in Congress to address climate change. Unfortunately, no bills to reduce U.S. emissions became law.
In the quarter century since 1988, the enthusiasm of politicians and voters has ebbed and flowed, while carbon pollution and temperatures have continued to rise. Since 1988, global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels have increased by more than 50 percent, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide grew from nearly 366 parts per million (ppm) in 1988 to more than 390 ppm in 2011. Global average surface temperatures have not dropped below 1988 levels since 1996. The ten warmest years on record have occurred since then and the last 12 months have been the warmest on record for the contiguous U.S.
But from Washington we still have no coherent national policy for reducing carbon pollution or preparing for the disruptive consequences of climate change that are emerging around us. And while some communities across America are beginning to prepare for these impacts, on the whole Washington inaction has left Americans dangerously unprepared.
In the closing days of 1988 as he was preparing to retire from the U.S. Senate, Robert Stafford, a Republican from Vermont, took to the Senate floor 17 times to make statements about the risks of atmospheric pollution. He concluded the series saying:
[A]s the danger we face from atmospheric contamination grows clearer each day — as it did this summer, for instance – I am confident we will take the steps that are already available to us to rescue ourselves from the hazards of our creation. We can do no less if we are to meet our responsibility to future generations and to the survival of our planet.
The magnitude, urgency and scientific clarity of the climate threat only has grown since then. But Americans still are waiting for Congressional leaders to recognize that both the climate and public opinion are shifting, and to take the steps Senator Stafford thought the Senate would take more than two decades ago.
It's now 2012. Records are falling as the oppressive heat continues. Drought costs are increasing along with public concerns over climate change. Will the parallels with 1988 continue? Might we hear talk of the "White House effect" this August? If there is to be any chance for a meaningful national conversation about climate change after the election, we have to hope that the candidates candidly address the issue before the election.


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This week, we discussed passion in education. What makes up passion, how is it related to learning, how is it sustained and how is it related to giving/helping others? Lisa was unable to join us today, but will be back next week. We were joined by Alice Barr of SEEDlings. We also discussed the SEED program in Maine, and how it is perpetuating the passion for many.
SEED packets can be found at http://www.actem.org/pages/Actem_Seed/index
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Mo. Senate bill would give tax cut to homeowners
Tax cut would be for everyone who owned res. property as of Jan. 1, 2014
Every homeowner in Missouri could get a one-time tax refund under legislation pending in the state Senate.
The proposal is estimated to cost the state $384 million. It would grant an income tax cut to everyone who owned residential property as of Jan. 1, 2014.
The tax break would equal 0.75 percent of the assessed value of homes, meaning people with more valuable houses would get larger tax reductions.
The Senate already has given the bill initial approval. A second vote could come as soon as this week and would send the measure to the House.
Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt, of St. Louis County, says his legislation would tap into a surplus of state revenues.
The bill is one of several proposed tax cuts being considered by the Republican-led Legislature.


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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Perhaps I have lingering childhood memories of the excitement of starting a new school year every September in a place with a dramatic autumn season. Perhaps I don't get excited about the start of the school year in August because I'm not emotionally done with my summer-to-school year transition in August. By September, however, I'm ready for school.
Shopping for school supplies with my daughter, a middle schooler, helps get me in a good mood for the new school year. Despite the fact that Middle School seems to require an insane number of pens and pencils of different sorts, not to mention notebooks with very specific numbers of pages and rulings and margin styles and binders of a certain thickness, only some of which can be easily acquired in local purveyors of school and office supplies, shopping for school/office supplies is one of very few sorts of shopping experiences I prefer to have in a real store rather than online.
I don't know what it is, but I do know that however reluctant I am to see the end of summer, there is something exciting about the beginning of a new school year. I feel it every year in September, just as I always have.
It is a bit of a shock to see campus filling up again at the beginning of the school year, and I gaze in wonder at the flocks (pods?) of freshmen being oriented. I am deeply grateful that I am old enough to have avoided such things myself. I see the freshmen being oriented by means of strange little games intended to promote bonding. I would have hated that when I was a student.
But however unnerving it is to see the campus thronged with people, the swarms are yet another harbinger of the shiny new academic year, when we get to start fresh with teaching and get to know our new graduate students.
How long does the thrill of the new year last? I would guess a couple of weeks in a typical year. It depends in part on when the first faculty meeting is scheduled. Faculty meetings and other committee meetings are very effective at extinguishing my childlike thrill about a new school year.
The beginning of the school year is interesting, but there are also good things about having the term well under way. The beginning-of-term time is always associated with some craziness and confusion, with students adding and dropping classes at various times during the first couple of weeks and being generally perplexed by (or unaware of) various important logistical aspects of a course. It's nice when that part is over and you and your students are in a routine and making progress with teaching and learning interesting things.
And now that it is mid-Septemberish, it is time for the first poll of the FSP academic blog year. For my academic readers:
10 comments:
- Anzel said...
I am deeply grateful that I am old enough to have avoided such things myself. I see the freshmen being oriented by means of strange little games intended to promote bonding. I would have hated that when I was a student.
You've just described my own feeling about my undergrad's Orientation Week.
O-Week leader: Then we're going to go play duck-duck-goose in the quad and then go set up computer services and then go to dinner and then the rock gym.
Me: [sotto] I'm so tired.
Leader: SO MUCH FUN!
Sadly, I feel like I'm the minority position of my peers when I say that Orientation is too much summer camp. Oh well.
I checked "none of the above" but a better answer would have been "all of the above" - some excitement, some gloom, and some indifference. Since I am not from the US my vote probably skews the poll a bit, but much of the experience is similar I think.
In my country graduate students don't follow an academic calender, and start any day of the year. So there is minimal effect on the lab when September comes - research generally continues as usual. As a graduate student I was pretty indifferent to the beginning of the (undergraduate) academic year.
On the other hand, most people take summer vacation at some point, and September is the time when everyone is usually back, feeling refreshed and ready to work again. So it can be a very productive and exciting time from a research perspective.
I teach more these days and am therefore more in tune with the undergraduates...new courses start in September, but then new courses also start in November and January and April, so September is not so special.
However, I must say there is a certain feeling in the air as the city fills up again after vacation - a sense that the summer is over, that lazy warm sunny days are coming to an end. This comes with a certain melancoly feeling, along with the need to stand in line in stores again and make restaurant reservations.
So I would say it is a bit of everything - indifference together with excitement and a bit of sadness.
I'd be really interested to know the reasons for the distribution. Right now it's bimodal. For me, I clicked "equal parts thrill and gloom" because while the start of school is shiny and new, I need to finish a thesis and apply for jobs in the next few months. Thrill & gloom: are these people scared by the transitions the start of the academic year brings, or do they just really miss summer?
- CJ said...
This year I don't really seem to care. Mostly I would rather the undergrads not show up and crowd my nice quiet campus. I'm not TAing or taking classes, so there's really nothing interesting about the new year. Except I'm one year older and we might get some new labmates.
- Kevin said...
Although classes don't start here for 2 more weeks, and there is a facullty walkout and staff strike planned for the first day of classes (STUPID timing---participation would have been double if it had been the 2nd week of class), I'm still looking forward to the new year.
I've been very busy preparing for classes, as I have a new class I've never taught before, and I'm revamping the core course for the seniors and new grads. The revamped class is using a different programming language, which I have been busy teaching myself, so that I can do all the homework assignments in it and rewrite them all. I've got 3 classes this fall, so I probably won't get much research done.
SO EXCITED about the cooler weather coming. First night with highs in the 40's happened the other week.
NOT SO EXCITED about how research is proceeding at the moment. But I'm think it's a temporary funk, and I am making progress, however incremental...
What *is* it about faculty meetings that take all the joy out of everything?
"What *is* it about faculty meetings that take all the joy out of everything?"
Yeah, when our department announced that they were forced to cancel the 2-day long faculty retreat because of budget cuts, that was one reduction I wasn't sorry to see!
- EliRabett said...
September would be much better. Many of the most interesting non-US conferences are in September when we are already back, many of the most interesting US ones in June/May when the Europeans are still in their Spring semester. It would be good to get on the same page.
- Anne said...
It's my first year as a PhD student (in Chemical Biology), but I've been working here all summer so nothing is exactly new, except my handful of classes. But I'm in a great lab with a brilliant PI and exciting research, so I'm really thrilled about that and moving my work forward. However, the onset of classes and other distractions means less time in the lab, which is actually quite disappointing! Nevertheless, I'm really happy to be here - at a huge research university, coming from a tiny liberal arts college - and settling in quite well.
I do wish all the 30,000 undergrads would go away again though! I'm only 22 yet they already make me feel old and curmudgeony. :)


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Music for All, the charity of the U.K. musical instrument industry, is proud to announce the first annual, National Learn to Play Day taking place on March 31. It will be supported by some of the country's top rock stars. The U.K.'s musical instrument shops, including a number of Gibson dealers, will open their doors and offer free instrument "taster" lessons to the general public.
There are 15 million people in the U.K. that either want to play an instrument or used to play one. The day is designed to welcome people into music shops and to inspire them to get playing. People often are surprised to discover that they are musical and simply need a musical "experience" to get them inspired to start playing.
National Learn to Play Day will offer free lessons on a variety of instruments, supported by music teachers and additional guidance on getting started learning to play music. Instrument manufacturers, including Gibson, also will be supporting this inaugural event with staff, instruments and special offers!
Paul McManus, chief executive of Music for All, said, "Music for All knows how much music can change and enrich people's lives. We are hosting the annual Learn to Play Day to allow as many people as possible to experience the wonderful world of making music."
Pink Floyd's Nick Mason, commenting on the National Learn to Play Day, said: "Learning an instrument isn't about becoming a star, anymore than learning to swim means you want to become a haddock. It makes friends, teaches you the real advantages of working with other people to achieve a common goal, and provides an enormous sense of sheer pleasure when almost any music is produced. I've been doing it for over 40 year and still love it."
The charity also is proud to have partnered for the event with the Musicians' Union, Arts Council England's Take it Away scheme, MusicTeachers.co.uk and MusicRadar.com.
For details of this event and to locate your nearest participating Gibson dealer, visit www.learntoplayday.com.


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SAB Carnival
Come One, Come All to the Greatest Carnival on Campus!
Date: November 23, 2019 - November 23, 2019
Time: 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Athletic Center
Hosted by the Student Activities Board
Stuff a plush, enjoy cotton candy, play games and win prizes, get your portrait drawn by a caricature artist, and feel like a kid again on inflatable games!
There's a fun activity for everyone as SAB turns the Athletic Center Fieldhouse into an exciting carnival ground!


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Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture
(April 4-July 25, 2000)
Vintage photographs, manuscript letters, first editions, rare home movies, and objects from Freud's study and consulting room are featured in this exhibition which illuminates Freud's legacy, while film and television clips as well as newspaper and magazine materials highlight the pervasive influence of Freudian psychoanalysis on popular culture. (Presented with the support of The J. Paul Getty Trust.)
The Making of the Animated Film Prince of Egypt
Drawings, Painting, and Film Stills
(December 5, 1999-February 27, 2000)
This exhibition on the Prince of Egypt presents the process of creating the animated movie about Moses and the Exodus from Egypt through story board drawings, paintings created to develop the film's visual style, layout and background drawings, animation drawing of the characters, and stills from the film.
The Nuremberg Laws
The original Nuremberg Laws, the Nazi code of racial discrimination against Jews that was drafted on September 14 and 15, 1935 and signed by Adolf Hitler, and a ceremonial edition of Hitler's Mein Kampf will be on view for the first time ever at the HUC-JIR Skirball Cultural Center (SCC).
The Nuremberg Laws stripped German Jews of their citizenship, barred marriage and sexual relations between Jews and Germans, and barred Jews from employing German domestic help. The Mein Kampf is leather and bronze bound, gold-embossed, and was printed in the 1920s on handmade paper as part of a special edition of 100 to be used for rallies and ceremonial presentations. General George S. Patton, Jr.'s troops discovered the documents in a vault in Eichstatt, Germany in 1945 and presented them to him. Patton later gave these artifacts to The Huntington Library in Pasadena, California, which has loaned them for an indefinite period to the SCC. They were temporarily on view as part of the permanent exhibition Visions and Values: Jewish Life from Antiquity to America from June 29 through September 5, and will be on permanent exhibition beginning in December after the expansion and renovation of the galleries.
Niki de Saint Phalle: Noah's Ark Sculptures
(Through November 1999)On their way to Israel for the year 2000, a giant colorful ram and an oversized gold-headed dove are on view in the main entrance of the HUC-JIR Skirball Cultural Center. Made of ceramic, mirror, glass, and polyester, these large-scale brightly colored sculptures invite visitors of all ages to play, climb, and interact with them. These works are two of twenty-two Noah's Ark animal sculptures created by de Saint Phalle to be housed in the Noah's Ark Sculpture Park in Jerusalem, a gift under the auspices of the Jerusalem Foundation. This exhibition has been made possible by the Stolaroff Family Foundation.
Jewish Carpets: The Anton Felton Collection
(April 2-August 13, 2000)
These world-renowned Jewish pictorial carpets from the Anton Felton Collection of London, England, were produced in Persia and the Bezalel Arts Workshops of pre-state Israel. Woven of silk, wool, or cotton, these decorative and inspirational 19th and 20th century carpets are distinguished by their richness of color, design, and imagery inspired by Biblical and historical experience. The exhibition includes carpets that were used in the synagogue, home, or Sukkah.
Jewish Kitchens: Memories for the Soul
Three tableaus of Jewish kitchens -- the milk kitchen, the meat kitchen, and the Passover kitchen -- present objects on loan from Cincinnati families, who proudly preserved generations of pots and pans, utensils, bowls, pitchers, candlesticks, and linens. The opening reception, on September 14, features Joan Nathan, the author of Jewish Cooking in America and a PBS host, who will present a slide lecture entitled "The Social History of Jewish Cooking in America;" a dessert reception including Nathan's recipes will follow the program.
A Mirror of Jewish Life: A Selection from The Moldovan Family Collection
(March 13-June 21, 2000)
Recognized as one of the most important Judaica collections in the world, the Moldovan Family Collection showcases 90 rare works reflecting the broad scope of Judaica collecting: from ritual objects celebrating the Jewish life cycle, embroidered textiles, books, manuscripts and maps, to posters and unusual documents recording Jewish history.
Moral Courage During World War II: Denmark and Bulgaria
Paintings and Drawings by Karen Gunderson
(March 13-June 21, 2000)
Inspired by the rescue of Danish Jewry from the Nazis in 1943, when the people of Denmark, led by King Christian X, assisted their escape to Sweden by boat, and by King Boris III and the remarkable story of how Bulgaria saved its 50,000 Jews from the Nazis, Gunderson seeks to express the safety of friendship within the context of moral courage.
Scrolls of Silence
A Photographic Exhibition by Hagitte Gal'Ed
(January 18-February 29, 2000)
Gal'Ed's photographic images of nature's life cycle, including her portraits of trees and water, illustrate the transformative power of light. Evoking creation, her works depict her ultimate goal of creating a culture of worldwide peace.
Digital Drawings: Natan Nuchi
(March 13-June 21, 2000)
Nuchi explores abstraction, scale, and time, as the pixel unit of the computer image becomes the artist's brush stroke, representational figures dissolve and reappear, and the computer process enters into an art tradition which emphasizes gesture, intimacy, and humanism.
Edith Isaac-Rose: Daily Rage
(November 16 through February 29)
Edith Isaac-Rose, painter, teacher, and director of Art Workshop International, presents a 10-year retrospective of works based on her outrage to daily news media. Strong figurative paintings based on newspaper and television images reveal the contradictions of anger and quiet, order and agitation, serious and absurd, as seen in news photographs. X-ray imagery, underlying representations of self-righteous world leaders and vulnerable young troops sent into battle, expresses the commonality of human frailty, while suited, animal-faced men exude the humor and barbarism of the "civilized" world. Growing up in a Jewish neighborhood in Chicago in the late 1930s-40s, Isaac-Rose was shaped by her mother's futile attempts to rescue her parents and sibling from Hungary during the Holocaust. Her "daily rage" goes back to her roots and has been honed through her art to impact on all.
Julie Dermansky and Georg Steinböck: At Auschwitz
(September 10 through February 29)
A photographic essay and video installation by artists Julie Dermansky and Georg Steinböck express outrage at the incipient commercialization and banalization of Holocaust memorial sites. Images evoking Jewish suffering during the Shoah are juxtaposed with photographs of contemporary Polish Catholicism and anti-Semitic graffiti. The video installation presents a disturbing view of the tourist cafeteria at Auschwitz, the building where new inmates were processed upon arrival at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, which challenges our vigilance to preserve the integrity of Holocaust memory.


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When John Dewey announced that communication was the most wonderful of all affairs, he recognized the centrality of communication within the tradition of American pragmatism. In other traditions of philosophy, such as idealism or empiricism, communication certainly played a role, but usually it was a secondary function of transmitting ideas from one mind to another. In idealism, ideas were discovered through intuitive revelation of the whole and only later expressed through transcendent eloquence, whereas in empiricism, particular data was attained purely by the senses and communication served a kind of documentary function of fact gathering. Pragmatism, however, inverted this traditional hierarchy. By arguing that the meaning of our ideas was only found in their effects and consequences in experience, particularly those consequences brought about through shared experience, pragmatists made communication both the origin and consummation of knowledge—regardless if that knowledge was practical, scientific, aesthetic, or social. Consequently, pragmatists believed that improving the quality of communication practices was central to improving not only the state of knowledge but the quality of our experience living together in a common world.
Keywords: epistemology, ontology, humanism, democracy, mass media, persuasion, rhetorical situation, social psychology, semiotics, argumentation
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|Pandion (1)
Occurring on every continent except Antarctica, the birds is the one of the most widespread birds of prey. The plumage of the osprey is generally brown above and white below, with a whitish head and a dark stripe through each eye (2) (4). The wings are long and pointed and the legs are stout and heavily scaled (4). Also known as the fish hawk, the osprey exhibits several adaptations to hunting and eating fish, including dense, oily plumage, large feet, scaly soles, and a reversible outer toe that helps with carrying fish through the air (2) (4). The juvenile is fairly similar to the adult but the head is more darkly-streaked and the upperparts appear scaled with cream and pale rufous (4). There are four subspecies of the osprey, each occupying a different part of its overall range and differing slightly in size and appearance: Pandion haliaetus haliaetus, P. h. carolinensis, P. h. cristatus and P. h. ridgwayi (4) (5).
The birds forages almost exclusively for live fish, with other prey such as small mammals, injured birds, reptiles, amphibians and crustaceans forming only a very minor part of its diet (4) (5) (6). Hovering or circling at moderate height, it plunges down feet first to snatch fish from the water's surface, sometimes even completely submerging in the process (2) (5). Carrying its captured prey with its long talons, it alights on an open perch or a patch of bare ground, where the catch is consumed piecemeal (4) (5).
Although usually seen singly or in pairs, in some parts of its range the osprey is loosely colonial (4) (5). During the breeding season, pairs form at the nest site following a dramatic courtship display. The main display involves the male flying slowly over the nest site giving screaming calls, whilst clasping fish or nesting material (4) (6). The large stick nest is built near the ground or high up in a tree, or on a cliff, rocky outcrop, telephone pole, dilapidated building, or even just on the ground (4) (5). The clutch size is usually around two to four eggs, which are incubated largely by the female over 35 to 38 days (5). Once hatched, the female broods and feeds the chicks, whilst the male forages for food to bring back to the nest (5). The young fledge at around a month and a half to two months old, but remain dependent on the parents birds for another two to three months, after which they disperse widely (4) (5).
Aside from sedentary populations in Australia, the Caribbean, north Africa, and the Mediterranean basin, the osprey is highly migratory (5). After the breeding season, northern populations usually venture south, often travelling large distances across the equator, where they remain for the austral summer (4) (5).
The combined range of the four osprey subspecies is colossal (2) (4) (5). Pandion haliaetus haliaetus breeds in Europe, Asia and north Africa and winters in South Africa, India and southeast Asia; P. h. carolinensis breeds in North America and the Caribbean and winters in Florida, the Caribbean and South America; P. h. cristatus is a year round resident of coastal Australia and the southwest Pacific; and P. h. ridgwayi inhabits the Caribbean, from Cuba and the Bahamas to southeast Mexico and Belize (5) (6) (7).
The Osprey is typically found near still or slow-flowing water, including both salt water and fresh water, and thus occurs in a wide variety of habitats such as lakes, rivers, wooded swamps with open water, and shorelines, from cliffs to salt-flats (4) (5).
From the 18th century to the mid 20th century, the osprey was widely persecuted by humans, particularly in Europe, whilst during the 1950s and 1960s there were dramatic declines due to pesticide pollution, especially in North America. Fortunately, the osprey still has a massive global population which now appears to be increasing again in many regions (4) (5).
The recovery of osprey populations in Europe and North America has been attributed to protection measures, public education, the creation of artificial nest sites, and bans on pesticide usage (4).
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Bag tax raises $150,000, but far fewer bags used
The District's 5-cent bag tax generated about $150,000 during the month of January to help clean up the Anacostia River, even though residents have dramatically scaled back their use of disposable bags, according a report city officials issued Monday.
In its first assessment of how the new law is working, the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue estimates that city food and grocery establishments issued about 3.3 million bags in January, which suggests a remarkable decrease. Prior to the bag tax taking effect Jan 1, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer had estimated that about 22.5 million bags were being issued per month in 2009.
Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), sponsor of the bag tax bill, said the new figures show that city residents are adapting to the law far more quickly than he or other city officials had expected.
"While it's difficult to project the annual results based on just the first month's experience, the report shows that residents are making great strides in reducing disposable bag use," Wells said.
The tax, one of the first of its kind in the nation, is designed to change consumer behavior and limit pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Under regulations created by the D.C. Department of the Environment, bakeries, delicatessens, grocery stores, pharmacies and convenience stores that sell food, as well as restaurants and street vendors, liquor stores and "any business that sells food items," has to charge the tax on paper or plastic bags.
A Washington Post poll conducted in January found that District residents were almost evenly split on whether they supported the tax, with 46 percent supporting it and 49 percent opposed to it. Support for the bag tax was highest in Northwest Washington, where about six in 10 residents supported it.
District officials had estimated that the tax would generate about $10 million during the next four years for environmental initiatives. The money will be sent to the newly created Anacostia River Cleanup Fund, which will spend it on various projects.
But in January, the tax only generated $149,432, suggesting that the bag tax might fall short of revenue projections.
According to Wells, large retailers in the city have reported that disposable bag usage has dropped by more than half since the tax went into effect.
"I'm thrilled with these results," Wells said. "Not only are we reducing the number of disposable bags entering our environment, but we also have new resources flowing in to help with the cleanup of the Anacostia River."
-- Tim Craig
Washington Post Editors
March 29, 2010; 3:45 PM ET
Categories: City Finances , City Life , D.C. Council , Tim Craig
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I just buy the plastic on the very rare occasion that I shop in the District. I am the spur of the moment kinda shopper and I don't always have a recycle bag with me. However, when I do plan on shopping, I make a short shot across the bridge to H&T or Shoppers in Potomac Yards, which, I've learned yields very conveniently to Target.
Posted by: concernedaboutdc | March 29, 2010 4:28 PM | Report abuse
These figures are SO BOGUS! people are still using bags--its just that many of these Mom and Pop stores are pocketing those nickels. Have you noticed that some don't even ring up the bag purchase, but just toss the nickels into a box or other container near the register? They are not reporting those nickels to the government. Plus, the law is a sham anyway. Bags sold in Tenley Park have nothing to do with the Anacostia River and most of the bags sold in Anacostia do not wind up in the river. Stop jerking our chains and call it what it is--a tax!
Posted by: PepperDr | March 29, 2010 4:30 PM | Report abuse
Hey PepperDr, I don't think anyone is NOT calling it a tax. Heck, read the title of the article; BAG TAX.
Posted by: reiflame1 | March 29, 2010 4:34 PM | Report abuse
Yeah, I have a really hard time believing that bag use dropped from 22.5M to 3M (150k*20). Either the 22.5 M estimate was lousy or the tax administration is lousy. My money is on the latter.
Posted by: ah___ | March 29, 2010 5:18 PM | Report abuse
It doesn't make much sense to go over to Virginia to shop. Sure you don't pay the nickle bag tax but you do get to pay the 2 1/2% sales tax on all the food you buy.
On a $100 grocery run in Va you could buy 50 plastic bags in DC.
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Posted by: zoexycxu | March 29, 2010 9:34 PM | Report abuse
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Posted by: clermontpc | March 30, 2010 1:15 AM | Report abuse
Awesome news. Next step: deposits for cans and bottles. they work wonders for keeping plastic and glass off the streets.
Posted by: ironmange | March 30, 2010 11:51 AM | Report abuse
@HillmanDC: The shopping experience in VA has always surpassed that of DC. Case in point, parking. That, and the fact that you have a greater choice of stores to choose from in very close proximity. H&T, Pentagon City, Shoppers, Pier One, Target, Barnes/Noble, Sports Authority, Movie Theater, host of restaurants, etc., etc.
The shopping experience is well worth the 2% sales tax. Funny thing is, I feel vindicated by shopping there. If I am going to pay a tax, it will be called a tax and not a tax masquerading as a fee. I carry a recycle bag in my backpack, but, unfortunately for he District and its business community, I find that I don't need to use it very much. I am still in that rebellious mode I suppose. Hey, it gets me out of the city more.
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Christie vetoes New Jersey gun magazine reduction bill
NEWARK, N.J. >> Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a gun control bill Wednesday that would have banned ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds.
In his veto message, the Republican governor rejected the idea that limiting the number of bullets that guns can hold will put an end to mass shootings, calling it a "simplistic" and "trivial" approach. The bill would have reduced the legal ammunition capacity from 15 to 10 rounds.
In the bill's place, Christie called for a series of reforms to mental illness treatment, including a new standard that would make it easier to commit people involuntarily.
"Mass violence will not end by changing the number of bullets loaded into a gun," said Christie, whose stance on guns is being watched closely ahead of a potential run for president in 2016.
Supporters of the bill, including parents of children killed in the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting, have argued the limit would make mass shootings less deadly by requiring shooters to stop to reload more often, giving police and potential victims more time to react.
Christie signed several firearms bills into law last year, but he issued conditional vetoes of some of the more contentious ones, including a ban on .50-caliber rifles.
Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald, a lead sponsor of the legislation, slammed the governor's decision and suggested Christie was pandering to the primary voters he may end up courting.
"The governor's action today can best be described with the words used in his own veto statement, 'difficult choices are brushed aside.uncomfortable topics are left unexplored.' I would imagine this is a very uncomfortable topic to have with conservative voters in Iowa and New Hampshire," he said.
Added Senate President Steve Sweeney, a Democrat: "This veto sounds like it was geared more for a national audience, rather than crafted for the streets of New Jersey."


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Alan Turing, an English mathematician who was a trailblazer in computer theory, was born on this day in 1912. Turing is best known for a classic paper he published in 1936, "On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungs Problem," in which he addressed the question of whether all mathematical problems could in principle be solved. He answered no, but added a footnote describing a theoretical automatic machine that could solve any problem provided it was given the needed algorithms and instructions. Turing's machine, as it came to be known, was the first published description of a computer.
During World War II, Turing served as a code breaker for British Intelligence. In 1950, he published a key paper describing a way to test whether a machine possessed intelligence--the Turing Test--in which an interrogator would ask questions of a remote computer or person via a keyboard. If the interrogator could not identify the computer as inhuman in a statistically significant number of cases, then artificial intelligence had been achieved, he suggested. Turing died in 1954 of cyanide poisoning, apparently a suicide.
[Source: Emily McMurray, Ed., Notable Twentieth Century Scientists (Gale Research Inc., ITP, 1995).]


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