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Intro by Fense: Each year I look forward to posting Nate's top album picks. First, he uses phrases like "silly-good." But it's mostly because he always has a different perspective, sometimes finding obscure items to drop in or checking out albums I wanted to hear but didn't have a change to for some reason or another, other times dropping in albums from genres I typically ignore (um… hip hop). This year he went one step further and gave us his top 15 local songs as well. (BONUS!!!) Read on and let us know your favorite pick of 2012!
Nate, Senior Traffic Coordinator for KEXP, gave us permission to re-post the following list. Originally, the post was published here. And don't forget to tune in to KEXP Sundays from 2:00 to 6:00 AM PST for Nate's show!
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The rest of this post is by Nate
Nate's Top 15 Local Songs of 2012
I've always been an ALBUMs kinda guy, but over the last couple/few years I've been succumbing to the pop-cultural reality that SONGs rule the musical landscape these days. It proved too difficult to winnow down my favorite songs of the year, so I went local… and even then it was tough to get to 10, so here are my 15 Favorite Local Songs of 2012 (no more than one song per artist, otherwise Erik Blood and Don't Talk To The Cops! each might have had more than one song on the list):
15. "Moon6" by Fungal Abyss from Ball Of Wax Volume 27
14. "Continuous Thunder" by Japandroids from Celebration Rock
13. "A Summer At Sea" by Oh Osiris from Homegrown
12. "With Age Wisdom" by Levi Fuller from Ball Of Wax Volume 27
11. "Repeat" by wimps from demo
10. "Tattoo My Name" by Don't Talk to the Cops! from Let's Quit
9. "You're Right" by Unnatural Helpers from Land Grab
8. "Rumpshaker" by Sera Cahoone from Deer Creek Canyon
7. "The Comet Stapled Sip" by Sip's Odyssey from 1 Outta 6 Ain't Bad (When I Still Loved You)
6. "QueenS" by THEESatisfaction from awE naturalE
5. "Get With It" by SPURM from SPURM [3]
4. "Thinking Thieves" by Absolute Monarchs from 1
3. "Amputee" by Erik Blood from Touch Screens
2. "The Entertainer" by The Intelligence from Everybody's Got It Easy But Me
1. "WAQ" by Lozen from Para Vida
And now on to my top 10 ALBUMs of 2012:
10. The Seer by Swans (Young God)
The definition of "art" I gravitate toward involves reactions, making the audience feel something. With The Seer, New York City's Swans created a sprawling double-disc of progressive music as art, spanning myriad genres and styles, some more accessible than the rest. And based on a very small sample size, it has been the most polarizing record I've experienced in quite a long time; to wit, a few weeks ago I played the title track, a 32:16 (yes, 32 minutes 16 seconds) magnum opus in its own right. One of the two emails I received regarding this song came about 20 minutes in, and the subject was basically "TURN THIS SONG OFF RIGHT NOW". I'm not sure if the other emailer was 'for' or 'against' the song, but at about 28 minutes in she simply asked something like "How much more of this is there??" which doesn't sound particularly positive, but she also didn't change the station, and she clearly felt something…those might even be frightened question marks. So one person hated it, one might have been scared of it, and I love it, and am also kind of scared of it; the album cover sets the tone for question marks and fear. "Tour de force" and "masterpiece" are clichés always, but not exaggerations here.
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9. awE naturalE by THEESatisfaction (Sub Pop)
(I don't want to be that guy, but) I've been wondering "Why isn't THEESatisfaction on a record label yet??" since June 5, 2010. One of Seattle's best labels finally pulled the trigger on one of Seattle's best groups. They make excellent soul-fi space-hop.
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8. Touch Screens by Erik Blood (self-released)
2012 was a busy year for Seattle's Blood – he worked on recordings from The Soft Hills, Crypts, Stephanie, Champagne Champagne, and #9 above – but he saved the best for himself. This concept album happens to be about pornography, and it spawned two of my favorite songs of the year.
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7. Zammuto by Zammuto (Temporary Residence)
This first solo album from Nick Zammuto, formerly of The Books, shines a light on the main mind behind his old band's sound: at times, Zammuto sounds just like a new The Books album, complete with processed vocals and chopped-up cassette samples. The main difference? This rocks harder and has more soul, as the group is expanded and fleshed out with a more traditional rock band instrumentation, including silly-good drummer Sean Dixon.
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6. Cobra Juicy by Black Moth Super Rainbow (Rad Cult)
Kickstarter helped Pittsburgh's finest psychedelic dream pop band fund their latest album of vaguely-menacing vocoder sounds and catchy tunes for $125,000+, almost triple what they asked to make it happen. Based on 2009's Eating Us, which includes a couple of my favorite songs over the last several years, I chipped in $50, which might top my Best Value of 2012 list, if that was a thing.
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5. Clockwork Angels by Rush (Roadrunner Records)
The Canadian power trio's 19th studio album is their best music in 16, or maybe even 30, years. While the sonic palette is basically the same as their last two albums, these songs are simply much better. "The Garden" boasts my favorite Alex Lifeson guitar solo I can think of – it's not a technical or speedy shred-fest, it's simply a bunch of well-placed notes that serve the song perfectly.
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4. Dusty Rainbow From The Dark by Wax Tailor (Le Plan)
As mentioned above, I tend to dig concept albums. Not all concept albums, but the fact an album has a unifying theme tends to coax points from me rather than demerits. Dusty Rainbow From The Dark is the most explicit concept album listed here – between songs, a voiceover narrates a multifaceted story of imagination, creativity, and vinyl. While that lack of subtlety might ruin projects from lesser creators, here it's required, as French producer Jean-Christophe Le Saoût seamlessly scores the melancholic story like a mini-radio drama of olden days. "Heart Stop", featuring Jennifer Charles (of Elysian Fields and Lovage) is my favorite song of 2012, a year bulging with great tunes.
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3. De Vermis Mysteriis by High On Fire (E1 Music)
For Matt Pike and company's latest, I'll start at the beginning – the drummer in me says "This is the best beginning to an album ever." And actually, the rest of the album also has epic-display-of-stamina pummeling action from the rhythm section, and the obligatory almost-flying-off-the-rails guitar solos. One rank higher in 2012 than HOF placed in 2010. Also, turns out it's kind of a concept album (I'm a sucker for concept albums; see #4, #5, #8, etc.) about Jesus Christ's dead time-traveling twin baby brother → stoner metal achieved!
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2. Para Vida by Lozen (Silent Queef Records)
Often with these top 10 lists the most difficult decision is the difference between numbers 10 and 11. Not so in 2012 – the race for #1 and #2 was so tight, the tie-breaker had to simply be the album I actually listened to more. (Note: While I love categorizing and rating stuff generally, ranking artistic endeavors is mostly unfortunate.) But, hot damn, this EP is so full of raw energy and riffage it's easy to overlook the fact this Tacoma outfit is a mere duo: Hozoji Matheson-Margullis plays guitars here, and Justine Maria Valdez pounds the drums with abandon, especially during the sprawling tribal "Dig Deep". It's not all loud rock all the time, though – various dynamics are used effectively, most notably during the Spanish guitar-drenched "ballad" "Menos Mal". Both Matheson-Margullis and Valdez sing, trading verses and choruses almost as one voice, or as their entire Facebook biography indicates: "siamese twins split at birth".
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1. I Love You, It's Cool by Bear In Heaven (Hometapes/Dead Oceans)
This psych-tinted synthpop rock album is the one I played the most this year, including at work, at home, and in the car…great driving music, especially during high-speed window-down conditions. Super-catchy while also being deceptively rhythmically tricky at times.


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LARCOD was founded by people local to this area.
We see the needs of vulnerable children and women and hope for a brighter future for our community. Some of us were orphaned or vulnerable children ourselves. Some of us have been able to achieve education and good employment. We are inspired to help others do the same, but there are currently so many in need that it is very challenging.
In addition to being Chairman of LARCOD, he cares for and supports three orphans. Learn More...
Joshua grew up in a Kisumu slum. His father died when he was small and his mother died eight years later, which left him responsible for the care of his 5 siblings. The challenges he and his siblings faced to stay in school and find basic necessities opened his eyes. These experiences made him passionate about supporting other children in this situation and his work with LARCOD.
I am a Kenyan citizen aged thirty one and a founding member of LARCOD. I was born in the year 1981 in Nyallenda area in Kisumu slum and stayed there for some period before moving to Mayatta slum, also in Kisumu. My toddler years are not well documented besides clinic cards and some old clothing that are associated with me.
Being a third born and a first male son in a family of eight with struggling parents in a slum area of the town, I learnt and experienced many challenges associated with slum areas across the nation and indeed the continent. My greatest challenge came when my mother died eight years after the death of my father, who had no single investment to sustain the family after his death. I was left with five siblings to take care of and nothing at all to rely on either in payment of school fees or even for family sustenance. Moving back to the rural area our family came from was a poor option and staying back in town was too costly for this orphaned family that had nothing to count on in the slums of Manyatta.
The best advice that our relatives could offer was to move back to the rural area our family came from. However, there was no single person ready to welcome us into their home, since their homes were surrounded by orphaned children who also needed assistance.
We did stay briefly at our rural home, but the condition were too harsh because some of my siblings were schooling in Kisumu and one brother had already registered for his final high school examination and one sister was to sit for her final primary school examination. I had to make the bold decision of moving back to Kisumu with my entire family and try finding my foot hold there. This is when I realized that nothing good comes cheaply!
The challenges I faced with my siblings opened my eyes. This was when I got to know that there were so many children going through the same challenges as we did and this was when the thought of supporting other children passionately struck my mind. LARCOD was born and since then I have never looked back.
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Titus is a bright boy who's grandparents are raising him and several other children. LARCOD helps him stay in school.
Monica fosters Fidel in her home so that he has good care and a loving family environment. Hellen often visits them.
Kerina leads a women's group. They meet at members homes to share information and plan income generating activities.
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As a follow-up to my post, A Tale of Two Cities, I have decided to put together a list of things I've learned from all the time I've spent in Jeddah. I was supposed to publish this post earlier but then decided that since I'm going back to Beirut in a matter of days, now would be the perfect time. I hope you enjoy reading this list as much as I have putting it together. Here it goes!
- Food, no matter where you get it from, is always great tasting. I'm most partial to Al-Baik, a broasted chicken chain that is deeply associated with Jeddah AND is incredibly delicious.
- Wearing the Abayya is not as bad as it sounds. First, you wouldn't feel like an outsider. Second, you can wear one that's colorful so you don't have to worry about conformity. Third, since it covers all your clothes, you don't have to dress to the nines every time you go out.
- Sleeping when the sun comes up is perfectly normal even when you have work in a matter of hours. Day and night have been truly redefined.
- Arabic is not the official language, contrary to popular belief. Asian expats don't speak Arabic, Arab expats have a difficult time understanding different dialects and the locals will only speak in their distinct dialect.
- The sheer organization of taxis in this country makes me actually miss the chaos that is Lebanese "service"s.
- We're in the second decade of the 3rd millennium and women still don't drive, and things don't seem to be looking up. (more…)


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Just as the election campaign is ending, a campaign that has been reported to even make children cry, the CFP Board is in the midst of a public discussion about what the CFP designation means. This discussion is extraordinarily important and has no easy solution. CFPs should be allowed to express their voice—to vote on what their CFP designation should mean to investors.
The particular issue prompting this discussion is whether CFPs should be deemed fiduciaries by the CFP Board, case by case depending on the facts and circumstances and the CFP's services rendered, as suggested by Kevin Keller in a blog posting last November on Financial Planning's website, or at all times by virtue of the CFP Board holding CFPs out in general communications and advertising as trusted advisors, as suggested by Ron Rhoades in another blog posting. There are legal arguments on both sides.
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Rhoades advocates that the Board should revise its policy to meet its promise. That is, that it simply require CFPs, as a criteria for holding the designation, to always conduct themselves as fiduciaries. There are other possible approaches. One is to revise its promise to meet its policy, and part of doing so might entail disclosure, such as the disclosure required by the SEC on brokerage accounts:
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The Palm OS is a dead duck. Palm's CEO Ed Colligan has signed its death sentence today. But while there will be no more new Palm OS products, their Windows Mobile smarty-panty-phones will survive (!):
Talking to investors today, Colligan said there was no point in keeping on with its development.
• No more Palm OS devices to be released by Palm. Only third-parties will do them.
• From now on, it's only webOS (the operating system in the Pre, pronounced "huevos" in Spanish, which means "eggs" or "cojones") and Windows Mobile devices.
• He also talked Apple, saying they didn't want to get into a patent fight because they also had a big portfolio and it may turn nasty for both.
Originally developed by US Robotics in 1996, the Palm OS leaves a long list of children, grandchildren, some bastards here and there, and a lot of die-hard users behind. It will join the Amiga OS and Be OS in the land of the cool-stuff-that-is-gone-gone. [PreCentral]


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First off, thank you to everyone who stops by to read my blog. I have enjoyed the feedback, and I am grateful for each and every one of your opinions. Feel free to come by Twitter (@LewPolley) to chat.
After the quarterfinal fights were announced, I knew that wins were going to come down to matchups and gameplans. I do feel to create more of a dynamic showcase of talent, they should have had teammates fight each other. It would have added more spice to the fights and more edge to the overall appeal of what the show is all about. Also, Dana White wants teammates to fight each other in the UFC. Well, what better place to illustrate that than "The Ultimate Fighter"? It would send an early message to the new guys coming in that this scenario could happen anytime.
Ramsey vs. Clay
Ramsey Nijem has really good cardio and is able to set and keep a high pace of action. What he lacks technically, he makes up for with intensity. Even though everyone knows what he wants to do, it seems that he forces his opponents into his world. A glaring weakness would be his transitions from hands to takedowns or just pure striking in general. Yet he has the tools to keep his weaknesses from showing themselves by imposing his will.
Clay Harvison is a really tough fighter who loves to compete. He will stand and bang with almost anyone. He seems unwavering when he is met with aggression. He is also capable of throwing his hands at will, which is a problem for most. He doesn't care about safety – only seeking to cause damage. His weaknesses are concentrated in the grappling arts: wrestling and jiu-jitsu.
The fight was very one-sided. Ramsey tried for a big overhand right and missed. Clay then pushed forward and became over-aggressive, with his feet planted too firmly. Ramsey smartly recognized this and changed levels. Once the fight hit the ground, a slight scramble ensued and Ramsey took Clays back. The fight ended quickly with a rear-naked choke.
Shamar vs Chris
Shamar Bailey is strong, explosive and athletic. He learns very quickly and follows a gameplan well. He has good wrestling and control once in the top position. Technically speaking, he has a few loose ends he needs to address with striking and controlling distance. But he has the potential to take over a fight off of his ability alone. He understands the flow of a fight and how to break someone's rhythm.
Chris has the ability to hang around in a fight. He does just enough to look busy. He has a point-fighting style that appeals to judges. He moves fairly well, giving his opponents many angles and looks that may off-balance certain people. He defends well against the cage. However, he is limited, at best, on the ground and is not as well-versed defending takedowns in the open.
Shamar started out aggressive and pushed forward looking to control the center. He pushed Chris against the cage, and both fighters appeared busy landing knee strikes and short shots. The fighters separated and Shamar pressed and followed Chris instead of cutting him off. The fighters had short exchanges with Shamar committing a bit more on his shots, and Shamar pressed and pushed the action as the round ended.
I feel Shamar won the round solely based on what is supposed to be judging criteria. He controlled where the fight took place, he was the most aggressive and pressed the action with cleaner landing of strikes. Bouncing around and defending takedowns does not constitute controlling a fight.
The second round started with Chris gaining a bit more confidence in his approach. He started to let his hands go more, which showed he was starting to get over whatever insecurities he had at the beginning of the fight. Shamar pressed forward and got Chris on the cage, but Chris battled for a bit and managed to get off.
Chris was throwing punches in combinations and Shamar was only throwing single shots. That was allowing Chris to find his rhythm. Shamar recognized this and immediately worked Chris to the cage and started throwing short shots. Chris again countered and reversed the position. The round was going back and forth, but Shamar was forcing the fight to the cage, while Chris just looked busy. The round ended with everyone on Junior Dos Santos' team thinking the same thing: Shamar did enough to win. Instead, the judges render a decision in favor of Chris.
I had told Shamar that in those situations, you have to be decisive and nullify any chance to give the other guy a break. Chris is a momentum fighter, and you have to take the idea of winning out of his mind completely by outclassing him. If you get him in a bad spot, keep him there. Chris is like herpes he will hang around forever if you let him.
On a side note, judging has to be more clear-cut. What exactly are judges scoring and what constitutes controlling a round? What is damage? How do you measure damage? If both fighters look the same, how do you know who did more?
I mention this because of fights like Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann, every fight with Nik Lentz, Kampmann vs. Jake Shields and Alan Belcher vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama. What is the criteria for judging? In each one of the aforementioned examples, the judging was very different.
Lentz does very little to no damage but wins based on control and position. Kampmann lost both fights but did way more damage throughout the entirety of each contest. Belcher completely outstruck Akiyama and did more damage but lost. I'm not saying that this fight was on that level, but I do feel Shamar won – or at worst should have gone to a third round. Maybe I am a little biased, but I know what I saw, and that was a guy lose based on bad judging.
Lew Polley is an assistant coach for Junior Dos Santos on "The Ultimate Fighter 13." The trainer and fighter is sponsored by DollamurMartialArts.com and PerformanceMMA.com. You can follow him on Twitter (@LewPolley) and his website/fan community LewPolley.ning.com.


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Granola recipe with coconut, ginger, and almonds. This healthy granola recipe is made with coconut oil.
It's a first for me, doing a product review on this blog. I got this big bottle of coconut oil in the mail, and I immediately went to work searching high and low for ways to use it. And by that, I mean I typed the phrase "coconut oil" into the search bar on Pinterest. I'm kind of a research genius that way. I also asked my Facebook friends, and even sent the question to the Thumb community. I got some interesting results from all this "research."
One result was that I discovered that people are not cooking with coconut oil very much. I mean, when it comes to actual recipes with coconut oil as one of the ingredients, there are few. It didn't stop me from trying a few things, things you will probably see on this blog very soon. The very first thing I tried was this coconut oil granola.
The brand of coconut oil I am using today is Tropical Traditions.
Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.
I made a few changes to the recipe I found. As usual, my changes are prompted by what's in my pantry. Or more appropriately, what's not in my pantry. One thing I added that I was very happy with was the crystallized ginger. It has a different texture than the rest of the granola… it's soft and chewy. It has a strong flavor that gives a little extra kick to the granola. There's something about that coconut-ginger combination that I really like.
My husband said he liked this granola quite a bit. He thinks it has a lot of different flavors in it, and he's not wrong. Each bite is a little different from the last. And it is really yummy with honey-flavored greek yogurt and sliced fresh strawberries.
So, here are a few interesting facts about this brand of coconut oil. It's made in the Phillippines by a pretty old-school traditional method that keeps it from being highly processed or mass produced. It's organic. And while I'm not exactly qualified to be making any medical claims, I can tell you that it has a boat-load of antioxidants. Which is good news for you!
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I should mention here that I also used the oil in a non-food way this week, too. My son has this super weird and unusual skin condition on his hands and feet. It's basically extra thick skin, which looks kind of blistery, and sometimes dries and peels off. We've been working on the problem with a pretty heavy regimen of supplements, which make the skin drier and flakier than normal. In an attempt to scrub the crazy huge amount of peeling skin off, I gave him a little bit of coconut oil and some coarse sea salt and had him scrub hard for a few minutes, before washing it off. It wasn't a magic pill or anything, but it definitely helped soften up his skin some, and he was very happy. I think we might try it again when we have more time available for scrubbing.
My opinion of the coconut oil is that I like it. It's definitely tasty and healthy. Don't get me wrong, it's no substitute for butter, but then again, what is? It is pretty pricey compared to other oils, too. However, the health benefits might outweigh the costs in this case. Good fats are essential to a healthy diet. Or so I'm told. Either way, I'll definitely be buying coconut oil again. And look for some more coconut oil recipes in the near future!
- 3 cups oats
- ⅔ cup sliced almonds
- ⅓ cup chopped brazil nuts
- ⅓ cup flaxseed
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup coconut
- zest of 1 lemon
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. nutmeg
- 2-3 T. diced crystallized ginger
- ½ cup honey
- ¾ cup coconut oil
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, mix together honey and coconut oil, heating just until smooth and melted. Remove from heat.
- In separate bowl, combine all remaining ingredients.
- Pour honey mixture over the oat mixture and stir to coat.
- Pour onto baking sheet, and smooth it into one even layer. Bake at 325 degrees for 20-30 minutes, until toasted to a dark brown, stirring every 10 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely before eating.
If you enjoy this recipe, you might also enjoy:
Coconut Oil Granola from Hungry Girl Por Vida
Almond Butter Granola from Peanut Butter Fingers
Olive Oil Granola from The Kitchn
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In this interview, we chat to Bjarne Stroustrup of C++ fame about the design and development of C++, garbage collection and the role of facial hair in successful programming languages. Stroustrup is currently the College of Engineering Chair and Computer Science Professor at Texas A&M University, and is an AT&T labs fellow.
What prompted the development of C++?
I needed a tool for designing and implementing a distributed version of the Unix kernel. At the time, 1979, no such tool existed. I needed something that could express the structure of a program, deal directly with hardware, and be sufficiently efficient and sufficiently portable for serious systems programming.
You can find more detailed information about the design and evolution of C++ in my HOPL (History of Programming Languages) papers, which you can find on my home pages, and in my book "The Design and Evolution of C++".
Was there a particular problem you were trying to solve?
The two problems that stick in my mind were to simulate the inter-process communication infrastructure for a distributed or shared-memory system (to determine which OS services we could afford to run on separate processors), and [the need] to write the network drivers for such a system. Obviously - since Unix was written in C - I also wanted a high degree of C compatibility. Very early, 1980 onwards, it was used by other people (helped by me) for simulations of various network protocols and traffic management algorithms.
Where does the name C++ come from?
As "C with Classes" (my ancestor to C++) became popular within Bell Labs, some people found that name too much of a mouthful and started to call it C. This meant that they needed to qualify what they meant when they wanted to refer to Dennis Ritchie's language, so they used "Old C", "Straight C", and such. Somebody found that disrespectful to Dennis (neither Dennis nor I felt that) and one day I received a "request" though Bell Labs management channels to find a better name. As a result, we referred to C++ as C84 for a while. That didn't do much good, so I asked around for suggestions and picked C++ from the resulting list. Everybody agreed that semantically ++C would have been even better, but I thought that would create too many problems for non-geeks.


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For synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image formation processing, the chirp scaling algorithm (CSA) has gained considerable attention mainly because of its excellent target focusing ability, optimized processing steps, and ease of implementation. In particular, unlike the range Doppler and range migration algorithms, the CSA is easy to implement since it does not require interpolation, and it can be used on both stripmap and spotlight SAR systems. Another transform that can be used to enhance the processing of SAR image formation is the fractional Fourier transform (FRFT). This transform has been recently introduced to the signal processing community, and it has …
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Even when I was little,
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At my Grandma's,
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It's not that I CHOSE to be a tomboy; it's just that there were only two other girls who lived in my neighborhood. One was a total whack-job who lived with her blind, deaf and deformed aunt/uncle/guardian-parents (up 'ere beside 'The Raccoons' who came out only at night, but that's another story entirely). The other GAVE total whack-jobs, blow-jobs and rim-jobs while in the 6th grade. So, my friend choice was somewhat limited.
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It turned out that I fit in with the boys quite easily. I could run fast, throw a mean crabapple, climb the highest trees, help to build the tree house fort, take a hard tackle, and probably best of all — SPIT— almost as far as they could.
To them, I wasn't really 'a girl'; I was just a buddy, and that suited me just fine. Who'd wanna play with dumb old dolls anyway when there were caves to be explored or slag piles to be climbed or birdies to be knocked from their nests or car bumpers on which to hitch a skateboard or sled ride?!
Oh, I HAD dolls at my house, but I left them in dirt pile out back or down on 'Big Rock' the instant the gang showed up, lookin' for a good game of rundown or our specialized version of 'Dodge'em' (aka 'throw-rocks-at-your-brother-on his bike-as-he-tries-to-dodge'em').
My younger brother, 'Nibby',
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toilet fetish
as a little guy.
At three or four, Nibby learned to shove off the toilet lid the stack of the heaviest texts my mother could find to keep it closed: Webster's Dictionary, the PDR, the Kama Sutra and one, colossal Bible (on the SHITTER – SACRILEGE!). He would then bend over, take hold of the ceramic, and dunk the top of his head in the water. From there, he would reach up and FLUSH the toilet, taking great (albeit SICK) delight in the water swirling about his hair. Without fail, whence the water drained, he would FLIP his head up, whipping his 'SWIRLY' into a curlicue twist, the likes of which the folks of Dairy Queen would envy. Tiny rivulets of rank would wend their way down his chubby, little happy-cheeks, and yeah, unavoidably, even sneak into his eyes and mouth, as Nibby grinned and gurgled with rapture.
Eager to share his zen-like nirvana, Nibby SOMEHOW convinced my favorite baby doll, Ingrid, to partake of his bizarre potty ritual (in retrospect, he probably used the language barrier to his benefit; I tried to teach that stupid Swede some English, but she would have none of it, staring back at me with those vacant eyes). I can say this for her; though Ingrid did lack muscular shape and tone, she had lovely long, silky, spun-gold hair. (That is, PRE-SWIRL.)
When our mother discovered Nibby had swirled Ingrid, did she put the doll in the bathtub with my brother? No. She tossed'er in the washer – and from there straight into the dryer – on HIGH. I waited for HOURS for my Ingrid to emerge from the Maytag, pacing about the laundry room, plotting and scheming to exact my revenge on Teddy, Nibby's omnipresent brown bear. (Don't think for a minute I had overlooked the fact that if his little Eljer baptism was SUCH a moment of spiritual enlightenment that he would've converted his VERY OWN STUFFED BUDDY over Ingrid. Nope; Teddy was TOAST.)
Now, I'm not sayin' Ingrid didn't undergo a spiritual conversion at the hands of my toilet-twisted sibling; maybe sí, maybe no. I CAN, however, attest to the fact that that poor girl was PHYSICALLY TRANSFORMED.
Poor, dumb, Euro-trash Ingrid! My sad friend appeared to have been the victim of the business-end of a shovel as the left side of her molded plastic skull was bashed in, never to 'pop-out' again. Her left eyeball had receded and retreated to wasteland of said molded plastic skull, leaving but a gaping black HOLE where it had once been. When shaken severely, Ingrid's eyeball could be heard and FELT to be rattling and rolling around inside the vacuum of her head. But the WORST part of all was that Ingrid's lush, golden mane had metamorphosed into a clownish blonde afro (well, it WAS the 70's; perhaps Ingrid was a bit more 'with it' than I thought…). No matter how much Love's Baby Soft I dumped on her, that melted-plastic stench would never leave her.
Oh! How I lamented the loss of my original Ingrid! And, for awhile, I was content to play nursemaid to my damaged friend. I fashioned a mini-eyepatch from black felt, wrapped her dented face with ACE bandages and pretended that her bobbling eyeball was a traveling tumor. It wasn't long, however, until I tired of caring for an invalid; I mean, if she wasn't able to pick up even a little English before 'THE SWIRL', there really wasn't much chance of her recovering from severe brain damage.
Ingrid was headed to the
dirt pile.
It was about that time
that I discovered
the wonderful world of
Now, HERE was one, hip chick! Not only did she have partial genitalia, my girl was young, rich, carefree and stylish! She had great clothes, great shoes with matching handbags, jewel-encrusted accessories, and she had a hottie boyfriend, too!
Oh, I fell hard for everything Barbie: the swimming pool, the van, the Dream House, the camper, the corvette; you name it, I had it!
I had Barbies of every hair-hue! I had Kelley, Cara and Ginger, a few Skippers and and a couple 'a Kens. My Barbies had more clothing than I did! I even had a cute pink wardrobe trunk for storing all of my Barbie paraphernalia (EVERY gown and outfit was hung on a tiny pink hanger). I recall losing only a few shoes, ever – devastating.
I remember changing their attire frequently, usually opting for casual summer frocks or eveningwear to forego grunting and tugging and eventually RIPPING slacks and glittery hot pants over the dolls' sticky rubber legs and freakishly-jointed baby-bearin' hips. (Years later would I learn that baby powder would have gone a long way in easing my dolls into their campy-trampy duds.)
In the beginning, the imaginary world I created for my dolls was sweet and innocent…benign. I would stage fashion shows, trips to the grocery store, tea parties, sleepovers and even hold school for them.
When my personality split, and my dark side emerged, Barbie's world was somewhat less than idyllic. What accessories I needed but couldn't purchase, like an emergency room – for when Babs botched an inward on the diving board which ripped her arms from their sockets with a 'THWOCK' (okay, and a pair of pliers), or the absolute MUST for every pool party – the pitcher of martinis – I would mold out of PlayDoh and improvise. I could play with my Barbies for hours on end, much to the delight of my parents who were relieved I was too preoccupied to torture Teddy.
I kept most of Barbie's homes and vehicles at my grandma's house because I spent nearly every weekend there, being pampered to the hilt. The dolls themselves and the wardrobe, however, I would tote back and forth to and from home.
Except for that ONE weekend – that one weekend wherein I got to Grandma's and realized I'd forgotten all my Barbie shit at HOME. (And NO FRICKIN' WAY would either of my parents CONSIDER making the 3-mile trek back to Grandma's to deliver my forgotten dolls.) I was sad at first, but when Grandma told me I could go upstairs and dig around in her attic, look for untold treasures, try on all of her 'good' spectator pumps in every color – never saw her wear'em even ONCE – (I guess she bit it before 'GOOD' ever came along), dress-up in the fancy dresses of her youth and play with her old pocketbooks, my big-boobied Barbies faded fast in my memory.
I have no idea
just how long it took me
to realize that I came home
to the scariest collection of Barbies
young girls of the world
had ever seen.
When I opened the pink wardrobe, I was utterly horrified to find that, while still stylishly dressed, wearing travel-appropriate footwear (for the trip to Grandma's that never happened for THEM), my Barbies had fallen victim to a band of cannibal headhunters!
The savages had viciously POPPED off my dolls' heads and made off with them for nary a noggin was to be found within the wardrobe. My dolls were nothing but a collection of knobby bodies with knobby necks.
As I looked at my pathetic doll-pals, I could actually HEAR the POP of each doll's head coming off; it was a sound with which I was familiar as I would often put Skipper's HEAD to Barbie's BODY – I had always pitied the flat younger sister, and I enjoyed 'treating' her to some time wearin' Barbie's rack.
When I ran to my numb mother to report the heinous crime, I was both shocked and relieved to learn that savage head-hunters were not culpable and still lurking under my bed; rather, the culprit was none other than my little brother.
Apparently, during my absence,
Nibby had acquired some new toilet tricks.
Having been dissatisfied with the family's overall reaction to what became known as 'The Conversion of Ingrid', apparently Nibby deigned my beautiful Barbies to be worthy, easily-manipulated converts. If only he had been satisfied with 'conversion by swirl'….
The 'official' story I got was that Nibby ripped off the Barbies' heads and FLUSHED them down the crapper! At some point, a glut of heads clogged the toilet, and my dad was forced to plunge.
Did my folks THINK to run out to buy even ONE new Babs to replace my headless dolls? Nope; evidently, they operated under the assumption that the next time I opened my trunk, I wouldn't even notice my friends had no frickin' heads. Hell, they even may have PRETENDED to actually SEE heads on my dolls should I bring it up, hoping that labeling me 'DELUSIONAL' may save'em $50 in replacement babes in the end.
To add insult to injury,
the little fucker
didn't even get in trouble
for his little foray into religion.
"Oh, honey,
he's too little
to know any better…
he's just very creative,
and he was just
Oh, yeah? How come THAT EXCUSE didn't work for me when I performed major surgery on STRETCH ARMSTRONG, hoping to prove once and for all that there was, indeed, MAPLE SYRUP inside of him? (and, though my hypothesis was woefully wrong, I DID LEARN that if it don't SMELL like MAPLE SYRUP, girlfriend, it SURE AS SHIT ain't gonna TASTE like it.)
After all that, Barbie no longer held the magic for me that she once had. I didn't even have the will, the heart, to craft Playdoh heads for the 'knobbed ones'. Their lovely heads gone, for me, they'd lost their luster.
My damn dumb-doll days were over.
I came to DESPISE all things Barbie, telling myself that they were 'dumb blondes' anyway, and that the shallow bitches deserved what they got in the end. I decided that the BOYS had all the fun in the world, and that they rarely got in trouble for anything they ever did, their parents chalking up pranks and even arson to 'boys being boys'. I committed to tomboyhood, once and for all.
Sadly, my hatred for Barbie has continued through adulthood, and much to the chagrin of my daughters, into my motherhood. I absolutely REFUSE to purchase Barbie and/or any of her BIMBO galpals for my children.
I see absolutely NO VALUE WHATSOEVER in having young girls play and fantasize about the DREAM-HOUSE and the DREAM-LIFE and the DREAM-METROSEXUAL-HUSBAND-KEN.
To what avail?
No, I want my girls to learn what REAL LIFE's all about.
The earlier they learn that LIFE AIN'T NO DREAM-WORLD, the better.
When Mattel starts makin' HOME-IN-FORECLOSURE-CAUSE-YOUR-BALD-FAT-GOOD-FOR-NOTHIN'-BEER-CHUGGIN'-HUBBY-DONE-BLEW-RENT-ON-DOGFIGHTS-AND-NASCAR BARBIE, I might take notice and buy'em for my kids.
Now that I think about it,
there ARE some Barbies
that I would run out
snag for my girls:
Stripper Barbie – Barbie's done got a boob job! Now a trip-D, this doll is 'dressed' in tassle pasties, genuine rhinestone thong and 'Miss Pole Dance Australia' sparkling sash. Stripper Barbie's appendages are Gumby-bendable to facilitate this bombshell's technically intricate and sensual dance tricks. Pole, rope Mallakhamb, strobe lights, jar of Vaseline and miniature paper currency in $20, $50 and $100 denominations included. *Stripper Skipper also available at pedophilepatdat.com
Bad Hair Day Barbie – Oh, wait! That's the REGULAR Barbie. Forget it.
HOA Rep Barbie – comes with clipboard containing the low-down on each neighborhood resident, binoculars, Canon Powershot camera with mega-zoom lens and time-lapse capabilities, VIOLATION stickers, comfortable walking shoes and removable stick up her ass.
Stay-At-Home Barbie – Barbie has packed on 50+ extra pounds. Comes with laundry basket, six kids (one in middle, one in elementary and four under 4 years old), enough crafting supplies for completing all of her kids' school projects, Costco card, smokes and a TV Guide.
Debby Downer Barbie – The antithesis to Barbie's perky personality. Debby has a pull-string, but come to think of it, it's really not necessary; she'll BITCH INCESSANTLY about any- and everything. Batteries NOT INCLUDED; the only way to get her to shut the fuck up is by bludgeoning her repeatedly with a sledge hammer (included). If THAT doesn't work, set the bitch afire (matches also included).
PTO Barbie – This chick does not stop! Wearing the latest trends and styles, hopped up on her kid's ADHD meds, PTO Babs drives the kids to school in her own bus (included), and spends the day volunteering in the cafeteria, the classroom, the main office and with PE (because the teacher is 'smokin' HOT'). PTO Babs USED to assist the school nurse, but she was asked to refrain when it was discovered that the clinic's Ritalin supply had dwindled. PTO Barbie does not drive the students home in her bus, however, as she remains at school to tidy the teachers' rooms and to gather as much information and dirt on these educators as possible, committing each detail to her eidetic memory for future blackmail plots. PTO Barbie hangs out in the office chumming with admin until she presides over the the meeting at 7 pm. When the meeting ends at 10 pm, Babs is too tired to drive the bus home, so she sleeps in the extra janitor's closet she has converted into her own personal office/boudoir.
Single-Working-Mom Barbie – Single-Working-Mom Barbie holds down TWO full-time jobs while 'having parties' every Saturday and Sunday as a consultant for Lia Sophia, Mary Kay and Tastefully Simple to supplement her meager income. She comes with her Daytimer, Bluetooth headset, a year's supply of 800mg Vivarin and a list of 25 friends' cell phone numbers she may need to call to pick up her three school-age kids when their deadbeat dad is too drunk to pull up his dungarees after bonin' his trailer court manager's third wife. Single-Working-Mom-Barbie can whip up dinner for four from the fridge door, and she comes with (3) additional pairs of arms that can be attached to her back (she could always use an extra hand or two).
Bipolar Barbie – This doll's head can be swiveled front to back to reveal one of two faces, 'benign' and 'possessed', given Bipolar Barbie's current mental state. B.B.'s hair is used to camouflage the countenance not currently employed. Quite unlike other Barbies, this doll sports flexible arms to pose, perhaps, in a warm, embracing hug. In addition, the doll's fully jointed finger digits and opposable thumbs, enable Bipolar Barbie to throw the bird or wield a cleaver should the imaginary need arise. Also included: One year's supply of Abilify. *Disclaimer: Destroy doll when meds run out.
OCD Barbie – Being a textbook example of the Type A personality, the OCD Barbie must insist that utmost care and precision-cutting be employed in the opening of her product box. Upon opening the product box, the consumer should adhere to the following procedure:
1) Carefully REMOVE doll.
2) Carefully REPLACE doll inside box.
3) REPEAT 1) and 2)
4) REPEAT 1) and 2)
5) Leave doll in box so she'll stay clean and perfect.
The company strongly recommends that the consumer allow band of plastic shrink wrap about the doll's hair and the basting threads which keep OCD Barbie's brilliant-white pin-pleated skirt sharply creased — intact — throughout ownership of the doll. Included with OCD Barbie is her 'necessary' carry-all which contains: (2) Tide To-Go Stain Removal Pens (one may dry up), tissues, (1) gallon bottle of moisturizing hand sanitizer, regular-size bottle of antibacterial hand soap, (2) MEGA-rolls Bounty paper towels, (1) box – 100 count – latex-free disposable gloves, (1) travel pack of triple-ply toilet seat covers, (2) rolls triple-ply toilet tissue, (1) plastic container of large flushable wipes, (1) box of triple-zip security plastic Baggies, (1) box assorted bandages, (1) 10x magnifying mirror, diamond-cut precision tweezers in cushioned case, (1) roll each: Scotch tape, masking tape, black electrical tape, duct tape, 20' tape measure, (3) each – 'emergency' keys to her car, home and office, (1) gallon 'emergency' container of unleaded gasoline, (25) brown paper lunch sacks for aiding hyperventilation when specific rules and regulations are ignored.
Butch Barbie — This doll sports the 's/him' hairstyle which is perfect for a day on the WPGA Tour or to deter the dreaded 'trucker hat' hair when she parks her semi in the McDonald's parking lot and heads in for a Filet O' Fish and some fries. Doll comes dressed in Dickies dungarees, Buffalo plaid flannel shirt with sports bra attached and steel-toed workboots. Golf clubs, semi and Honda Accord sold separately.
Bi-Barbie – Bi-Barbie is the Girl-Next-Door. She is a married mother of two. Her 'best, best, best friend' is Chach Barbie, and they go everywhere and do everything — together. Every other month they have a 'Girls Only' spa weekend. Bi-Barbie's favorite song (included) is "Best of Both Worlds" by Hanna Montana. Ken doll and Chach Barbie sold separately.
Botox Barbie – (aka Middle-Aged Barbie) may be a tad frightening to your young daughter upon first glance. This doll's spent her 20s and 30s in the tanning bed, and her leathery, sagging, collagen-deficient skin hangs from her thin frame. Fret not! Though, at first, you may wonder if, mistakenly, you have purchased the Crypt Keeper or E.T. doll, you will be pleasantly surprised whence your daughter injects the live botulinum bacteria into the doll's folds. Like magic, Botox Barbie pleasantly plumps up, resembling an energized, albeit shocked or surprised, middle-aged bimbo who just came from the doctor. Miniature syringes, botulinum type-A toxin and hand mirror included. *Coming Soon! New Botox Barbie's Culture-Your-Own-Botulinum kit!
HandiBarbie – (aka Handi-CAPABLE Barbie) – This plucky athlete-phenom comes seated in her proportional-speed breath-operated motorized state-of-the-art wheelchair. She paints! She draws! She 'rolls' marathons! She skis! A former flight attendant, HandiBarbie is a mother of four who tours the world, piloting her very own breath-and-eye-operated Cessna. A motivational speaker, HandiBarbie teaches the young women of the world of the many dangers of joining the pilot and the Mile High Club in the cockpit. High-heeled, flats and sneakered prosthetic legs (L and R) included; Cessna and sit-ski sold separately.
PMS Barbie – (aka Homicidal Rampage Babs) — Voice-activated doll unleashes a scathing rash of threats and epithets at the slightest hint of conversation coming her way. Realistic bloating and sore, swollen breasts enhance PMS Barbie's authenticity. This doll wears a big, comfy sweatshirt, elastic-waist sweatpants and warm, fuzzy slippers. Accessories included: comfy sofa, eye mask, warm, fuzzy blanket, heating pad, (10) ThermoCare adhesive heating pads, (2) lbs. milk chocolate, (1) wild animal saltlick, (10) 'POUNDER' bags of Extra-Greasy Potato Chips (ANY brand, MOTHERFUCKER, it doesn't MATTER!) and (1) gross 800mg Motrin.
When Mattel brings THESE Barbies to market, I'll bring my credit card. I'll be the first in line to buy the HALFWAY HOUSE, ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN SHELTER and ABORTION CLINIC, if they make'em.


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The schedule has been announced for the 2013 Disney Pro Soccer Classic, which will open with a matchup between the Columbus Crew and Toronto FC on Saturday, February 9 (see full schedule below).
Six MLS sides – Columbus, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto, Philadelphia, Montreal and D.C. United – will participate in the tournament, as well as Orlando City Soccer Club (USL) and the Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL). The teams will be divided into two groups, with each side playing three games before a final day to decide first, second, third and fourth place.
Group A will consist of Orlando City, Philadelphia, Toronto and Columbus. Teams in Group B will include the Tampa Bay Rowdies, D.C. United, Montreal and Sporting KC.
All games will be played at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World.
Saturday – February 9, 2013
1 pm: Columbus Crew vs. Toronto FC
3 pm: Montreal Impact vs. Sporting Kansas City
6 pm: Orlando City Soccer Club vs. Philadelphia Union
8 pm: D.C. United vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies
Wednesday – February 13, 2013
1 pm: Philadelphia Union vs. Columbus Crew
3 pm: Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Montreal Impact
6 pm: Sporting Kansas City vs. D.C. United
8 pm: Toronto FC vs. Orlando City Soccer Club
Saturday – February 16, 2013
1 pm: Montreal Impact vs. D.C. United
3 pm: Philadelphia Union vs. Toronto FC
6 pm: Orlando City Soccer Club vs. Columbus Crew
8 pm: Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Sporting Kansas City
Pro Soccer Classic Championship Day
Saturday – February 23, 2013
1 pm: Group A Fourth Place vs. Group B Fourth Place
3 pm: Group A Third Place vs. Group B Third Place
6 pm: Group A Second Place vs. Group B Second Place
8 pm: Group A First Place vs. Group B First Place
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Breast milk storage makes it easy to have food available for your baby anytime, even when you aren't around. (Plus, pumping more than you need is an easy way to increase your milk supply.) How to build up your supply.
Breast milk storage tips
Once you start using a breast pump, build a supply to keep in the refrigerator or freezer, using BPA-free bags or bottles made just for breast milk. Breast milk can be kept in the refrigerator for up to eight days and in the freezer for up to 12 months, according to La Leche League International. Label each bag or bottle with the date it was frozen, and thaw it by dipping the bag/bottle in cool or warm water. Thawed breast milk should be used within 24 hours, according to the AAP. Spoilage is one reason, but another is that the vitamin content decreases over time, says Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA, author of several popular breastfeeding books including the new Breastfeeding Solutions.
Another breast milk storage tip: Don't heat breast milk in a microwave or bottle warmer because this kills the milk's beneficial elements. When you need to transport your breast milk, place the storage bags in an insulated carrying bag with cooling elements like an ice pack.
By Nicole Gregory
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Three weeks ago the Pirates re-signed reliever Jason Grilli to a two year contract. Many observers expected that move to signal the impending trade of closer Joel Hanrahan. Last Tuesday, the other shoe finally fell and Hanrahan was shipped to the Red Sox with IF Brock Holt, for RP Mark Melancon, OF/1B Jerry Sands, IF Ivan De Jesus and AA pitcher Stolmy Pimentel.
Hanrahan will be missed, but Melancon should be able to step into a late inning role fairly easily. The other three pieces have their pros and cons as well: Sands has big time power but doubts as to whther he can adjust to major league pitching. Pimentel has a big fastball but major control issues. De Jesus is similar to Holt – decent bat but stretched defensively at any position but 2B.
All in all, I like this trade for the Bucs. They were able to buy low on Melancon and sell high-ish on Hanrahan. It's almost an even trade right there; the other pieces just add the potential for this be a huge deal in the Pirates' favor.
If you're interested in the Red Sox side of the deal, I've updated the trade tree of their blockbuster deal with the Dodgers from this past season, adding a Mark Melancon branch.
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Nearly 100 ranchers gathered in Farmington, N.M., last weekend to listen to Wayne Hage and his wife, former Congresswoman Helen Chenoweth-Hage, explain how the "public" land on which their cattle graze may not be "public" at all. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims found, in Hage v. United States, that the ranchers, not the federal government, may be the true owners of the property referred to as "public" land.
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Environmental organizations, and agencies of the federal government, have been trying to rid the West of cattle for decades. The Hage decision demonstrates that the "ownership" of the forage, water and migration routes, may actually belong to the ranchers, and not to the government.
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The doctrine of "prior appropriation" governed land and water acquisition in the West long before there was a United States. This doctrine means that the first person to find water, and put it to beneficial use, had the exclusive right to use the water and the adjacent land and forage sufficient to maintain the livestock the water would support.
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, decided the boundary between Mexico and the United States. Article Eight of this treaty declares that citizens living within the area assigned to the United States, would "retain all the property they possess without their being subjected, on this account, to any contribution, tax or charge whatever."
Virtually every land law enacted since this treaty contains language that protects the existing rights of those who "possess property" as the new laws enter into force.
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For half a century, there was no thought or question about whether the federal government owned the land on which the ranchers grazed their cattle. The feds got involved to help resolve conflicts among the ranchers who claimed grazing rights on the same land. Since grazing rights flowed from the prior appropriation of water rights, access to water became the basis for establishing the extent of grazing rights.
In the late 1800s, the federal government established a mechanism for adjudicating these conflicts. Based on established and recorded rights to water, the adjudicators developed a way to measure the forage that would be required to support the cattle that could be supported by the available water. This measure was called AUM – Animal Units per Month. An AUM represents the forage required by a cow and a calf for one month. Conflicts among the ranchers were resolved by the federal adjudicators, who awarded an appropriate number of AUMs to each rancher involved in the dispute, and surveyed and defined the geography in which the cows could graze.
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These AUMs and the defined territory became the "allotments" attached to the water rights of the ranchers. Both the right to the water and to the forage, and access (rights of way) to the forage, were already owned by the ranchers. The allotments were simply the adjudicated division of pre-existing rights of the ranchers. The ranchers were required to pay a fee to the government, for the cost of this adjudication.
This simple process of adjudicating the existing rights of ranchers evolved to enlarge the fee to cover not only the adjudication costs, but to also provide a portion to local government, and to create a "range improvement fund," which could be used by the ranchers to help defray the cost of capital improvements to the range.
Environmentalists, and in recent years, the federal government have ignored these historical facts, and have held that the land and water in the West belong to the federal government, and may be used by the ranchers only with the permission of the government, expressed through the allotment of AUMs for which the ranchers pay.
This new interpretation of the ownership of "public" land was imposed on Wayne Hage a decade ago, when his cattle were taken by the government and sold, because Wayne did not have the permits the government said were necessary. The government has gone on a rampage, in recent years, to remove cattle from the West using the same assumptions and techniques against ranchers whom the feds say are "trespassing" on federal land.
The Hage case may pull the rug, floor and foundation from the government's efforts to exercise control of land that it may not own, after all. In his ruling in the Hage case, Judge Loren A. Smith said, " ... the Court is not of the Opinion that the lack of a grazing permit that prevents access to federal lands can eliminate Plaintiff's vested water rights ... that predate the creation of the permit system."
Ranchers who can demonstrate a clear chain of title to water rights and the adjacent forage may well, in fact, own the "public" land which the federal government claims.


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Scranton - 3, Farmingdale State - 2 F/OT
Farmingdale, N.Y. - Senior forward Samantha Russo (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) scored the game-winning goal for Scranton with 1:30 remaining in overtime in a non-conference women's soccer game this afternoon in Farmingdale, N.Y.
Farmingdale State (4-4) took a 1-0 lead only 7:12 into the game on an unassisted goal by sophomore forward Ashlee Thompson (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.). Scranton (5-2) answered 2:35 later as freshman midfielder Kelly Egan (Essex Falls, N.J.) scored in front and both Shannon McKenna (Islip, N.Y.) and Russo recorded the assists. Thompson gave the Rams a 2-1 advantage on her second goal of the afternoon after being set up by freshman defender Sammy Valentino's (Highland, N.Y.) pass. Farmingdale State held a 2-1 lead at the halftime break.
With only 7:12 left in regulation, Royals freshman forward Kelsey Bacon (Macungie, Penn.) scored off a feed from sophomore forward Gianna Vitolo (Denville, N.J.) to tie the game. Neither team was able to score over the final seven minutes forcing overtime.
In overtime, Russo's shot to the bottom right corner to led Scranton to the 3-2 victory.
Sophomore goalkeeper Breanna Blair (Littleton, Colo.) tallied five saves for Farmingdale State, while senior Kelsy McAnelly (West Chester, Penn.) had four saves for Scranton.
The Rams next will travel to Eastern for a non-conference game on Tuesday, September 24th at 3:30 p.m.


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