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"If you stop at the crucifixion, your child misses the glorious resurrection. If you start at the resurrection, your child misses Christ's payment on the cross for our sins." — "I Love to Tell the Story" by Jeff Land (HomeLife, March 2013)
Yesterday I saw this great post about discipling kids in the midst of hectic lives. The author suggests practical ways to teach kids about Jesus using the head, heart, and hands. With Easter just around the corner, now is the perfect time to put these into practice with some hands-on activities that illustrate the resurrection for kids in tangible ways.
Resurrection Eggs
You can do this activity with your kids over the 12 days leading up to Easter or as one longer activity. To start, print this Resurrection Eggs printable: HomeLife Resurrection Eggs Printable
You'll need an empty egg carton, 12 plastic eggs (Target's dollar section has these as do most dollar stores), a permanent marker, a Bible, plus these 12 items:
1. palm branch – a small branch, leaf, or clipping
2. silver coins – nickels, dimes, or play money
3. bread – a small piece of bread, a cracker, or a crouton
4. whip – a piece of rope, baker's twine, or yarn
5. purple cloth – a piece of ribbon or a square cut from an old T-shirt
6. thorns – from a rose or bush, or you can break a toothpick into small pieces
7. cross – whatever you have on hand, such as a sticker, jewelry pendant, or you can make one with toothpicks or sticks
8. nails
9. sign – write on a piece of paper "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS"
10. spices – whole (not ground) spices, such as cloves or nutmeg
11. stone
12. empty – Jesus is risen!
Get creative and use what you have on hand.
Let your kids decorate a cover for the egg carton. (The resurrection eggs printable above has one your kids can color.) Label your plastic eggs 1 to 12. Using the printable, cut out the 12 Scripture readings to go along with each item. Then fill each egg with the appropriate item and corresponding Scripture. Have your Bible ready for more in-depth discussion.
Want to do this activity but are short on time? You can find a resurrection eggs kit here: http://www.lifeway.com/Product/resurrection-eggs-p005430542
Resurrection Cookies
This activity appeared in HomeLife's April 1995 issue, and it's been a favorite ever since. Try it with your kids the night before Easter. HomeLife Resurrection Cookies
Resurrection Rolls
These tasty sweet rolls make a great Easter morning breakfast, and you probably already have these ingredients on hand! HomeLife Resurrection Rolls
Easter is the most important holiday for a Christ-follower. Don't let it slip by without being intentional to teach your kids the good news.
Dawn Hollomon is a minister's wife, mom to a preschooler and a teenager adopted from Ethiopia, and the editor of HomeLife magazine.


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HP-UX was the first Unix to use access control lists for file access permissions rather than the standard Unix permissions system. HP-UX was also among the first Unix systems to include a built-in logical volume manager. HP has had a long partnership with VERITAS, and they use VxFS as their primary file system. For legacy as well as technical reasons, however, the file system used for the boot kernel remained Hi Performance FileSystem (HPFS; a variant of UFS) until the release of version 11.23 and so this older technology has continued to receive support from HP.
The current shipping release is HP-UX 11i v3 with Update 2 (0803). HP-UX 11i v3 currently is credited with leadership in observed performance, high availability and manageability. Version 3 of the HP-UX 11i operating system will scale as follows:
Following the merger of HP with Compaq in 2001, HP offered two UNIX operating systems: HP-UX 11i, its strategic UNIX product, and Tru64 UNIX with TruCluster technology for AlphaServer systems. HP continues to sell Tru64 UNIX but discontinued AlphaServer system sales in 2007, although options and refurbished systems may be available. HP has contributed the Tru64 UNIX Advanced File System (AdvFS) to the open source community. HP-UX 11i offers a common root disk for its clustered file system. HP provides HP Serviceguard as the clustering solution for HP-UX 11i as well as for Linux and Windows.
Prior to the release of HP-UX version 11.11, HP used a decimal version numbering scheme with the first number giving the major release and the number following the decimal showing the minor release. With 11.11, HP made a marketing decision to name their releases 11i followed by a v(decimal-number) for the version. The i was intended to indicate the OS is Internet-enabled, but the effective result was a dual version-numbering scheme. (The name change was apparently made to pay homage to the World War I Armistice anniversary, which occurs on 11.11 in nations that use decimal dates.)
The first version of HP-UX was 1.0, built about 1983. It started out based on System III Unix, and later on System V.
The first HP-UX, for the FOCUS systems (Series 500s), had a kernel written in MODCAL, a modified Pascal with extensions for low-level programming. Pascal/MODCAL was in vogue at HP for operating system work in the early-to-mid 1980s. This kernel in turn was hosted on top of another lower-level kernel called SUNOS (no relation to Sun Microsystems' SunOS) and emulated a file system similar to UFS on top of an HP-peculiar filesystem called Structured Directory Format (which led to curious features like . and .. not actually existing in a directory as opened and read). The userland was a mix of AT&T, UCB, and HP sources.
The series 200/300 history also started out claiming System III and later System V. The HP-UX ROMs for the HP Integral PC had two versions: 1.0 which was System III based and 5.0 which was System V based.
HP announced its Precision Architecture in the second half of 1986, for two hardware lines: the HP3000 series 930 which had an equivalent HP9000 series 840, and the HP3000 series 950 which also had an HP9000 series 8xx equivalent. Unlike later PA-RISC systems, in the 3000/930 and 9000/840, the PA-RISC processor was spread across several boards of TTL.
At the time, HP did not have shippable quantities of hardware, but did have some installed at third-party developers sites. It was another year before MPE/XL was ready for its 1.0 release to customers, and in that time the HP9000 series 840 had shipped with HP-UX and the HP3000 series 930 had been dropped from the price list, not being enough faster than a classic HP3000 series 70 running a similar workload.
When it came time to do a Unix for the first PA-RISC systems (Series 800), at least the kernel was based on 4BSD but then worked over to make it behave more like System V and other HP-UXs. BSD-isms gradually got put back into it over the late 1980s and 1990s. That is, HP started a fresh port of Unix and then layered the old code and APIs on top.
The last release for the series 500 was 5.2.
Series 200 and Series 800 HP-UXs started with versions 1.0 and later got version number bumps up to other ports' version numbers as they became more compatible with those ports. So s200 went from 2.x to 5.0 when it got demand paging and more compatible with s500 5.0, and PA-RISC went from 3.1 to 7.0 when its userland was being built from common sources used in 7.0 on the s300.
By HP-UX 7 even the series 300 port was feeling somewhat BSDish, including the BSD Fast File System and a filesystem with long filenames.
Kernel had common source (across series 700/800 at least, maybe s300/400 too) in 8.0.
Solutions for wide-area disaster recovery and the compiler bundle are sold separately.The following lists the currently available HP-UX 11i v2 OEs:HP-UX 11i v2 Foundation OE (FOE): Designed for the demands of Web servers, content servers and front-end servers, this OE includes applications such as HP-UX Web Server Suite, Java, and Mozilla Application Suite. This OE is bundled as HP-UX 11i FOE.HP-UX 11i v2 Enterprise OE (EOE): Designed for database application servers and logic servers, this OE contains the HP-UX 11i v2 Foundation OE bundles and additional applications such as GlancePlus Pak to enable an enterprise-level server. This OE is bundled as HP-UX 11i EOE.HP-UX 11i v2 Mission Critical OE (MCOE): Designed for the large, powerful back-end application servers and database servers that access customer files and handle transaction processing, this OE contains the Enterprise OE bundles, plus applications such as MC/ServiceGuard and Workload Manager to enable a mission-critical server. This OE is bundled as HP-UX 11i MCOE.HP-UX 11i v2 Minimal Technical OE (MTOE): Designed for workstations running HP-UX 11i v2, this OE includes the Mozilla Application Suite, Perl, VxVM, and Judy applications, plus the OpenGL Graphics Developer's Kit. This OE is bundled as HP-UX 11i MTOE.HP-UX 11i v2 Technical Computing OE (TCOE): Designed for both compute-intensive workstation and server applications, this OE contains the MTOE bundles plus extensive graphics applications and Math Libraries. This OE is bundled as HP-UX 11i-TCOE.

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Need help with your fitness workout? Not sure how to use the outdoor fitness equipment available in more than 35 of our City parks? Check in with former San Antonio Spur and NBA Champion Antonio Daniels and his wife Sonia. They have videotaped instruction videos for more than 35 individual pieces of fitness equipment including the row machine, seated leg press, upper and lower body stretching machine, upper body cycling machine, overhead press, inverted rower, and lower body cycling machine, to name a few. New to exercise? Be sure to consult a physician before embarking on your new fitness regimen. Here's the link on to our SAParksFitness channel on Youtube:
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New opportunities to work out with Antonio and Sonia in person are now on tap as well. The Daniels will host the following boot camps:
These are outdoor events, but they will go on rain or shine, with the park community center gyms as the rain plan.
The Daniels will also co-host a Zumba class at Lou Hamilton Community Center in Lady Bird Johnson Park, 10700 Nacogdoches Road, on Aug.8, 10 a.m.Get active, get fit, San Antonio!
Antonio and Sonia have joined forces with the Parks and Recreation Department to offer Get Fit SA with Sonia and Antonio Daniels. Daniels and his wife are leading several Fitness in the Park classes as part of their national campaign to spread the word about the importance of fitness.
Antonio spent four years of his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, including a championship season in 1999. The Daniels family now calls San Antonio home and they have a passion for helping their city get active and fit.
After retiring from the NBA after 12 years of play, Daniels and his wife formed The Daniels Foundation with the mission of promoting the benefits of an active and healthy lifestyle.
Fitness in the Park was one of three program recently highlighted by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) when it awarded the department the Excellence in Innovative Programming Award during a special reception at the association's 2013 Congress & Exposition in Houston. The award honors an organization that demonstrates leadership through advanced, groundbreaking ideas in programming. It highlights efforts made by an organization to promote or increase the awareness of the benefits of parks and recreation to its community. Honored along with Fitness in the Park were Bike 2 Own and Take Note, the department's youth music ensemble.
The Parks and Recreation Department offers a wide variety of fitness options including a number of parks with lighted walking trails. These parks are open until 11 p.m. daily. Don't forget to spice up your workout by spending time working out on our outdoor fitness equipment. The list of more than 30 parks with equipment can be found at Fitness Stations.
For an indoor fitness option consider the Enrique Barrera Fitness Center, 5800 Old Highway 90 West. Barrera features a well equipped workout room as well as a variety of fitness classes. Click on the link for all the details.We want your feedback! Let us know what you think of the Fitness in the Park Program by filling out this quick Survey. Thanks!


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Adidas "the cautionary tale of Ebenezer Snoop" by Sid Lee
A Christmas Carol gets a celebrity makeover by Sid Lee for this year's Christmas campaign from Adidas. "The cautionary tale of Ebenezer Snoop" features the rapper Snoop Dogg and sport stars including the footballer David Beckham, the basketball player Derrick Rose and the tennis player Andy Murray. The work was written by Brad Getty, art directed by Jamie Gurnell and directed by Jake Szymanski through Jimmy Lee. It includes an online film, with illustrations by the Beavis And Butt-Head artist JJ Sedelmaier.


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- 15-Perfect 1.5" Ice Cubes Per Silicone Tray
- Easy to Clean, Dishwasher Safe
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The perfect cube of ice can change your drink much like a garnish. First, it makes your drink look picture perfect, secondly is slowly brings your drink to temperature while not being overly large and bulky. Do you like larger ice cubes? Checkout the other Tovolo King Cube options. These vivid pink (Fuschia) trays are definitely an eye catcher, great for themed parties, wedding gifts and more.


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Sony Vaio VPC-SB4L1E/W
SpecificationsNotebook: Sony Vaio VPC-SB4L1E/W (Vaio VPC-SB Series)
Processor: Intel Core i3 2350M
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6470M
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 1.7kg
Price: 800 euro
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
Reviews for the Sony Vaio VPC-SB4L1E/W
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Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/31/2012
Rating: Total score: 82% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 78%
Source: 01Net FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/03/2012
Rating: Total score: 40%
AMD Radeon HD 6470M: Entry to middle class graphics card based on the Seymore XT codename featuring the UVD3 video processor.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
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Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. The CPU is clocked at 2.3 GHz and features the Turbo Boost 2.0 only for the graphics card.
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13.3": This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Netbooks, UMPC and some subnotebooks have tinier displays. Nevertheless, the majority of standard laptops has a higher format. The advantage of a small display is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.7 kg: This sub-notebook weighs less than the average of all notebooks and represents a medium class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 11 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
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61%: Such a bad rating is rare. There exist hardly any notebooks, which are rated worse.
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Posted 28 August 2012 - 11:03
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Posted 28 August 2012 - 11:53
There is, of course, offline protection. Some of which is highlighted in the video.
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Posted 28 August 2012 - 12:09
Then it provides no benefit over its competition. My AV checks for updates every hour. If within that hour I get hit with something new which totally blocks my AV from grabbing an update (which may or may not resolve the issue) then I am hosed.
If I run the service you suggest and I get hit within the hour, I can't reach the cloud to grab the update so off-line mode can't fix it. Hosed either way.
If I run the service you suggest and I get hit within the hour, I can't reach the cloud to grab the update so off-line mode can't fix it. Hosed either way.
Posted 28 August 2012 - 15:23
I like the idea of a constantly-updated "cloud" definition-base, but it would have to work as a hybrid system that also periodically downloads it locally. That way you generally get the very latest definitions, but in the event of malware that kills your internet connection, you still have a relatively-recent offline copy it can use to scan the system. I'm sure that's what er0n mentioned, but I am at work atm and can't view the video, so I can't be sure of how it works. So then, Rohdekill, the advantage would be that in most cases you have a very up-to-date solution. Not sure which AV you use, but most people's don't update that frequently, so it may provide some benefit for an "average" user.
Posted 28 August 2012 - 15:47
Honestly, do we need AV that is updated every second? Unless you're a high value target (e.g.: government, banking, super rich...) are you really at risk of being hit with 0-day attacks?
Even if the 0-day threat is real for average users, which I don't think it is, the frequency of the definition downloads are less important than the total time it takes the AV vendor to discover, classify, and add a definition for it... The AV venders don't publish those numbers though...
Posted 28 August 2012 - 16:58
I think most users will be absolutely fine, and it really depends how you use the internet, how highly you value your sensitive data, and how highly you value your time. If you don't do online banking or store your resume/CV on your PC, then you'll probably be fine with one of the legacy signature-based solutions.
Your last comment is exactly why we have decided to take the approach that we have. There are approximately 7 million users currently using Webroot SecureAnywhere today - whenever a new file is observed for the first time on one of our customer's PCs, it's executed on the PC in a isolated sandbox environment where we'll capture the intial behaviour of the file. We'll then make a determination as to whether the behaviour is good or bad - if it's bad, all of our 7 million customers are instantly protected without having to wait for us to publish a signature or get them to download anything.
If the behaviour doesn't appear to be bad, the file is executed on the endpoint but the user/PC is still protected using the methods shown in the video.
The window of exposure to a new threat (1 in ~50,000 per day) is dramatically reduced using this model.
FWIW, 0-day threats are not necessarily targetted attacks. They can spread through software vulnerabilities and infected legitimate web-sites.
P.S. I have no idea whether i'm actually allowed to be posting on this thread. I hope I'm not breaking any rules.
Posted 28 August 2012 - 17:25
How is this dynamic scanning any different than heuristic engines that have been built into AV scanners for the last decade? Unless you're saying that every file a user opens is transmitted to Webroot for additional analysis?
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In ancient Rome, a Centurion referred to a "captain of 100," since such a man had authority over that number of foot soldiers in a legion. Centurions were loyal and courageous soldiers who had worked their way up the ranks. Once noticed by the general for their skill and courage in battle, they were made officers. Given this special status, signified by unique armor and helmet, they received a "Hail!" (meaning health, or safety) salute consisting of beating on one's breastplate, continuing with an upward thrust of the hand.
What's all this have to do with Vettes? Well, we recently came across a Centurion of a different sort, a rare design that fits on either the C1 or C2 chassis ('53 to '65). This 20th century warrior boasts its own special status and colorful history, both of which deserve recognition. While we won't try to imitate that traditional Roman hand motion (it reminds us too much of Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I and those absurd "sword and sandal" scenes with Comicus and Empress Nympho), we will dignify the car by recounting its inspiration and origins, stemming from a famous Corvette.
Regular VETTE readers will likely recall Jeremy Clough's literate and conscientious coverage of Bill Mitchell's '59 Sting Ray racer in a recent issue ("Silver and Exact," Feb. '11). While a Roman Centurion was required to be literate as well, the details of the car of the same name are somewhat less civilized, though no less courageous.
The story begins with Warren "Bud" Goodwin, who founded the Fiberfab company in 1964, offering street-rod parts and body panels for Mustangs. He developed a number of kit cars using various chassis platforms and bearing exotic names such as Aztec, Banshee, and Jamaican. None was quite as alluring as the Centurion, however, which is not surprising since it was a close copy of the seminal Corvette concept. While this effort was certainly not the origin of the expression "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," the maxim surely applies here.
Only seven bodies were built, but the limited run was not due to a lack of interest or promotion. Goodwin raced the Centurion shown here—the prototype and only factory-built version—in club events, and it appeared in "Man from Glad" commercials and as a backup car in the Elvis movie Clambake.
Sadly, both the company and its creator came to unfortunate ends, according to Tom Lieb, president of Scat Crankshafts, whose father was a dealer for Fiberfab. After the Liebs had picked up a load of body parts at the factory in Northern California and were heading back home, a startling news report aired on their truck's radio as they approached Los Angeles.
Lieb told us in a recent interview at his factory office that Goodwin apparently discovered his wife and factory engineer in flagrante delicto. Enraged, he grabbed a shotgun and added the suffix morto to his wife's salacious activities. He later claimed the gun went off accidentally, hitting her between the eyes. Apparently, the jury didn't buy his story.
GM's lawyers made the Centurion morto as well, not wanting to see an unauthorized replica on the market.
Goodwin's prized Centurion prototype is now owned by vintage racer and car collector Wes Abendroth (who confirms Lieb's recollections, by the way). He has a fondness for obscure and rare kit and race cars from the '50s and '60s, along with nearly two dozen Corvettes. One in particular, an '80 model that he bought new, bears mention, as it sheds some light on his attraction to the Centurion.
Abendroth stored the car for 30 years, putting only 4.7 miles on it all that time. Formerly a Corvette dealer in the Dallas, Texas, area, he had access to just about any model he wanted, and then some. But back then, the new-fangled computer technology on the impending '81 model bothered him, so he decided to purchase a car from the last year of carbureted Corvettes.
"My original thought was that it was the end of an era," he recalls. "The thought of a Corvette without a carb panicked me to buy a new 1980 model. The fear was that I wouldn't be able to work on it—no backyard tuning. You'd have to take it to the dealer."


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Robyn has received a lot of media attention as she has worked to spread the word about the healing power of whole foods. Here are some of the features we are especially excited about:
One of Utah's most famous mega-millionaires, Greg Butterfield, took Ken Krogue of Forbes Magazine to the GreenSmoothieGirl franchise in Highland, Utah. Ken was blown away by the simplicity of getting tons of raw, leafy greens in a simple drink that is surprisingly yummy.
Green Smoothies at the Utah state legislature
On March 5, 2012 by invitation, I spoke to the spouses of the Utah State Legislature. Some of them are longtime GSG readers. Stan Lockhart, whose wife Becky is the Speaker of the House, is the biggest ham we've ever had, racing me to eat a plate of greens before I can make a blenderful of green smoothie for everyone. He's a delightful person and I'm very excited if green smoothies are now being served in the home of our Speaker of the House.
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Sunday, 30 November 2008
[MoBP] Pro beta version now available
A beta version of the new release of Burp Suite Professional is now available to licensed users. The free edition will be made available in two or three weeks time. If you just can't wait that long to get your hands on the new Burp, there is an easy solution!
If you bought or renewed your Burp license within the last year, you should today have received the new beta. If you think you have missed out, or have any other licensing questions, please email us directly. If you have feedback about the beta, including bugs, either email us or use the comments below.
There are still one or two bugs that we are aware of, and presumably many that we are not, so today will see a freeze on functionality changes, and a focus on ironing out any glitches. The final edition will be released just as soon as we are happy with it, but the beta release is highly stable and suitable for day-to-day working right away. Have fun!
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I just downloaded the new version (beta) and it is rocking my face off, especially burp scanner. Burp Suite continues to be an excellent and well thought out piece of (underpriced) software -- great job!!!
- 1 December 2008 at 17:18
If Burp Suite were a woman, today would be the day we eloped. I love you, Burp Suite v1.2.
- 1 December 2008 at 21:01
I've been testing out the new beta since I first received the email yesterday. It's awesome and gives me what the commercial tool vendors can't. Awesome job, man! Keep it up!
- 1 December 2008 at 23:04
Yeah, it's one of the best tool for a web pentester. Thanks for a great job!
- 2 December 2008 at 21:04
Any way we'll be able to modify the Scanner vulnerability checks in a future release or add our own custom Scanner checks?
- 5 December 2008 at 02:31
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Re custom scan checks, not in this release, but in future, yes, hopefully.
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Boots, chaps and cowboy hats… nothing else will matter tonight!
The annual Rotary Classic PRCA Rodeo is back at the Mississippi Horse Park with the final night of competition.
Don't miss the spills and thrills as different contestants will be challenged by some of the toughest stock around.
The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association is a premier sanctioning body of rodeo that provides superior rodeo events that qualify competitors to compete in the National Finals, in Las Vegas, Nev.
Rodeo action will include bareback, saddle bronc, bull riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, team roping and girl's barrel racing. Come out for the wildest show on dirt as they risk it all and fear nothing on National Rodeo Finals (NFR) bulls like Secret Agent.
With the Dixie Nationals going on at the same time in Jackson, the Rotary Classic Rodeo draws some of the best cowboys around to compete each night.
Not only will this bucking frenzy be entertaining for the whole family but the rodeo is also the Starkville Rotary Club's largest fund raiser of the year.
All of the proceeds are donated to a local charity and this year will benefit the Tuition Guarantee Program overseen by SOAR. Associated with East Mississippi Community College, this program provides opportunities for students in Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Clay Counties to attend college tuition free. Kid tickets are just $5 Saturday night. Come to the arena early Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. for the free petting zoos and pony rides with admission to rodeo.
For more information on this event contact Tasha Hill, Special Events Coordinator for the Greater Starkville Development Partnership Office at 323-3322/ firstname.lastname@example.com [2].
Information on other upcoming events please call the event info line at 325-0508 or visit www.mshorsepark.com [3].
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Justified is an American television drama series developed by Graham Yost. It is based on Elmore Leonard's novels Pronto and Riding the Rap and his short story "Fire in the Hole".[3] Its main character is Raylan Givens, a deputy U.S. Marshal. Timothy Olyphant portrays Givens, a tough federal lawman, enforcing his own brand of justice in his Kentucky hometown.[3] The series is set in the city of Lexington, Kentucky, and the hill country of eastern Kentucky, specifically in and around Harlan.[4]
In Episode 2, Searcy confronts Raylan about yet another shooting that, to borrow from the show's title, Raylan claims was justified.
"Put it like this," Searcy says: "If you was in the first grade and you bit somebody every week, they'd start to think of you as a biter."
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Stunts like this lead to violence, which precipitates even more violence in return. Before you know it the majority of the public is forced to choose a side, though they were previously on the fence. Then it's on.
Fringe groups start coming out of the woodwork, sales of guns and ammunition skyrocket. The National Guard gets called out to squash pockets of resistance. But it's too late. Each new act of violence fuels the flames even higher.


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Guns—Not the Mentally Ill—Kill People
After a year of violent tragedies that culminated with the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, America is finally having a conversation about gun control. For the many who want to decrease access to firearms in the wake of several mass shootings, new laws being proposed around the country to limit and regulate guns and ammunition represent a momentous first step.
But running through the gun-control debate is a more delicate conversation: how to handle mental-health treatment in America. Among both Democrats and Republicans, in both the pro-gun and anti-gun lobbies, there's a widespread belief that mental-health treatment and monitoring is key to decreasing gun violence. Shining more light on the needs and struggles of the mentally ill would normally be a positive change; mental-health programs and services have been cut year after year in the name of austerity. But in the context of gun violence, those with mental illness have become easy scapegoats. Rather than offering solutions to the existing problems that patients and providers face, policymakers instead promise to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. The trouble is, that often means presenting policies that are actually detrimental to mental-health treatment—threatening doctor-patient confidentiality, expanding forced treatment rather than successful voluntary programs, and further stigmatizing people with databases that track who's been committed to hospitals or mental institutions.
The National Rifle Association has led the charge to blame those with mental illness. "The truth is that our society is populated by an unknown number of genuine monsters—people so deranged, so evil, so possessed by voices and driven by demons that no sane person can possibly ever comprehend them," NRA executive vice president Wayne Lapierre said at his December 21 press conference. "How can we possibly even guess how many, given our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill?" Ann Coulter was more succinct: "Guns don't kill people—the mentally ill do."
It's not just the NRA and the right wing who are turning mentally ill Americans into political pawns. See, for instance, New York's new gun-control law, the first passed after Newtown. In addition to banning assault weapons and semiautomatic guns with military-level components, the legislation requires therapists, nurses and other mental-health-care providers to alert state health authorities if they deem a patient is a danger to self or others. That would then allow the state to confiscate the person's guns. The measure broadens the confiscation powers to include those who voluntarily seek commitment to a mental-health facility—in other words, the people who get help without being forced. Finally, it strengthens Kendra's Law, which allows the courts to involuntarily commit the mentally ill.
Other states will very likely follow suit. Legislatures in Ohio and Colorado will both consider measures to make it easier to commit people. Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley wants to broaden the range of people banned from owning guns to include those who have been civilly committed to mental institutions at any time. Policymakers in Louisiana, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Utah have also proposed measures aimed specifically at keeping the mentally ill from getting guns.
The new rules and proposals perpetuate the assumption that people with mental illness are dangerous; instead of making people safer, the requirements may hurt efforts to get the mentally ill treatment. For instance, the expanded reporting requirements mean mental-health providers must alert officials if a patient may harm herself or others. Law-enforcement officials can then show up and confiscate any guns the patient owns. Mental-health providers are already supposed to report if a patient seems in imminent danger of doing harm, but the new law broadens that rule. It could easily chip away trust between therapists and their patients. The threat of gun confiscation may make it less likely that folks like policemen and veterans suffering from trauma get help, since many are gun owners. "It's very hard to get people to come forward and get help," says Ron Honberg, the national director for policy and legal affairs at the mental-health advocacy group National Alliance on Mental Illness. "If they're aware that by seeking help they're going to lose their right to have a gun, we're concerned it's going to have a chilling effect."
It's also not likely to slow down the violence. Predicting murderous behavior is extremely difficult and most of the time, the providers can't do it accurately. "We're making an assumption that violence can be predicted," Honberg says. In fact, it's lack of treatment, combined with substance abuse and a history of violence, that tend to be the best predictors of future violence. Yet many of New York's new laws—like the reporting requirements and the push to put more mentally ill people in government databases—target those who are already getting help.
The issue is not that mental-health advocates want to arm more people but that those with mental illness are being singled out by often well-intended gun-control measures, which could increase the stigma around getting help. By focusing on keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill specifically—and not those who have histories of substance abuse, domestic violence, and other predictors of violent behavior—these laws perpetuate the idea that the mentally ill are an overwhelming threat. So does a recent report from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which highlights the gaps in reporting mentally ill people to the NICS database; in red pullout text, it prominently displays examples of mentally ill people responsible for violence.
The stereotype that the mentally ill are very violent is simply incorrect. According to the National Institute for Mental Health, people with severe mental illness, like schizophrenia, are up to three times more likely to be violent, but "most people with [severe mental illness] are not violent and most violent acts are not committed by people with [severe mental illness.]" On the whole, those with mental illness are responsible for only 5 percent of violent crimes.
"People with mental illness are so much more likely to be victims of crimes than perpetrators that it's almost immeasurable," says Debbie Plotnick, the senior director of state policy at Mental Health America, an advocacy group for mental-health treatment. According to one study, people with mental illness are 11 times more likely to be the victims of violence.
Fortunately, the national conversation hasn't been entirely negative. Advocates see an undeniable opportunity to get more funding and attention to mental-health services. For the first time in recent memory, governors and lawmakers across the political spectrum are pushing for more dollars to help those with mental illness. That's particularly important because over the past four years, $4.35 billion was cut in funding for Medicaid mental-health funding, substance abuse, housing, and other mental-health programs at the state and federal level. Now, even Kansas's ultra-conservative Governor Sam Brownback is pushing for $10 million more for mental-health care. South Carolina Governor Nicki Haley, a Tea Party favorite, has also argued for an increase in funding. In Oklahoma, Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri, legislatures will very likely consider investing more heavily in treatment of mental illness.
The investment is badly needed. Over the years, most states have cut back to only providing emergency and crisis care for mental illnesses. That's both expensive and ineffective. Harvey Rosenthal, executive director of the New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitative Services, says the most successful programs are those that focus on getting a patient help wherever they are, while providing other necessities like housing. For instance, the "housing first" model provides housing to people who might not otherwise qualify and then layers on services like mental health and substance-abuse treatment. Such programs, like New York's Pathways to Housing, have an astounding 85 percent retention rate, and according to Rosenthal, they're successful because they tailor to a person's specific needs rather than telling patients, "You're mentally ill and you need medicine."
More attention to the cracks in care for the mentally ill is a good thing. While it may not have much to do with gun violence, there is a serious mental-health-care problem in the country.
Thu, 2013-02-07 11:37
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Fri, 2013-02-08 09:42
Fri, 2013-02-08 14:33
Yes, I think the mass shooters probably were suffering from mental illness. But how do you know that all were taking anti-depressants? That they were all Democrats? And are you saying that these medications cause mass shootings?
Most gun violence isn't a mass shooting. Most entail one-to-one humdrum incidents involving acquaintances, neighbors, family members, or suicide. Maybe there's a history of mental illness (particularly in the last) but for the most part it's usually some combination of alcohol, carelessness, poorly expressed anger, and easy access to firearms.
Thu, 2013-02-07 16:22
"On the whole, those with mental illness are responsible for only 5 percent of violent crimes."
That's an interesting and utterly meaningless statistic. While only 5 percent of violent crimes in general may be attributable to mental illness, virtually 100 percent of the slaughters like Sandy Hook and Virginia Tech have been committed by individuals with serious, previously identified but largely untreated mental problems.
Like it or not, a gun is an inanimate object. No gun has ever jumped up, on its own and harmed anyone. The person holding the gun is always the problem, whether mentally disturbed or not.
Fri, 2013-02-08 14:23
Well, the author didn't explain the statistic very well. Only a small percentage of violent crimes are mass shootings like Sandy Hook and Virginia Tech---which were committed by individuals who clearly were mentally ill. I think the statistic refers to the constant deluge of day-to-day gun violence, the great majority of which is committed by people who do not appear to be mentally ill. People exactly like your neighbors, your family, and you (I'm assuming you're mentally sound).
Thu, 2013-02-07 17:51
Fri, 2013-02-08 08:07
before anyone says that drunks not cars cause the bulk of the carnage on the roads. remember the Stephen King documentary on a rabid car.
""Christine is a 1983 American Horror thriller film (documentary) about a sentient automobile named "Christine" and its effects on its teenaged owner, written by Stephen King.""
Yes, yes some creative editing by me - sorry
before anyone says that drunks not cars cause the bulk of the carnage on the roads. remember the Stephen King documentary on a rabid car.
""Christine is a 1983 American Horror thriller film (documentary) about a sentient automobile named "Christine" and its effects on its teenaged owner, written by Stephen King.""
Yes, yes some creative editing by me - sorry
Fri, 2013-02-08 09:34
I stopped reading at "It's also not likely to slow down the violence. Predicting murderous behavior is extremely difficult and most of the time, the providers can't do it accurately." So, it's not behavior that kills people (regardless of the tool used) but it is? Right in the quote says "murderous behavior". Is that NOT a key indicator that it IS mental illness??
Why can Lefties not think in clear terms and see fact? They must start using their brains instead of their hearts to create policy.
Tom Genin
Fri, 2013-02-08 09:41
I'm curious why the liberals haven't attacked the group that recently called for more armed guards in their schools with the same vitriol as the NRA and others?
I guess the FACT that the Newtown School Board was the one calling for armed guards made their tirade a bit tougher. (which is why nobody in the media has reported it. Curious, isn't it?)
Fri, 2013-02-08 10:34
Fri, 2013-02-08 10:44
Of course the liberals and politicians in general want to 'do something' about these killings, even though they only represent 1% of the deaths by gun overall. Spree killings are not on the rise (about 150 per year killed in these type of killings, so the author is right that the mentally ill account for a small part of the issue. Most gun deaths are from gang related crime and domestic violence (15,000 per year), and you don't hear a peep about the gang culture and black america's over representation as perpetrators and victims, nor any mention of the 'gangsta' culture that is so prevalent in our pop culture.
No, politicians want to do something symbolic, not meaningful. Hardly news to the rest of us.
Fri, 2013-02-08 11:32
Sad but true. Gun violence in the US is no greater than in Europe - if all you count is the white population. Once you get the minorities into the mix..then we have high rates. Truly a culture issue. In DC and Chicago with strict gun laws you have a lot of gun violence, in neighboring communities in Alexandria and Schaumburg with "lax" gun laws, not so much.
If it is any comfort to the left, the vast majority of gun deaths are suicides (60% vs 30% homicides) . So perhaps the problem is self correcting.
Mo Freedom
Fri, 2013-02-08 10:44
Keeping the mentally deranged focused on guns may actually limit the carnage. All James Holmes had to do was block the exits at that theater in Colorado, douse the entrance in gasoline, and light a fire or throw a Molotov cocktail in there. And perhaps he could have used large shop fans to fan the flames & channel the deadly fumes back into the theater. The shooter in Newtown could've done the same.
Fri, 2013-02-08 11:53
I think it boils down to two very liberal concepts:
1. That liberalism seeks unchallenged control; that the removal of guns from the citizens strengthens a predominantly liberal, ruling class, and
2. the 'Mommy State' that fosters a dependancy on government, punishes independant thought and self-motivation, and restricts successes that would compete with the dependancy concepts.
My observation is that 99% of the Dems and more than 50% of the Repubs are liberal is fiscal policies and governance. They've made a profession not as leaders, but as rulers - now, the liberal ruler elite - exepting themselves from law and accountability, protected by a complict liberal media, and re-elected by self-serving political base of government dependants.
Liberalism will cause the death of freedom and the United States.
Fri, 2013-02-08 12:38
I'm sorry but the title of this piece is just another piece of meaningless rhetoric just as stupid and lazy as if it has said the opposite. Killing requires both an agent and means. You can certainly argue about one particular agent or means being more or less important, but please don't characterize it with bullshit titles like this one. I'm not commenting on the content of the article because frankly I'm too annoyed by the cheesy title to read it.
Bill P.
Fri, 2013-02-08 12:51
It may the drugs. In nearly every case of a psychopathic killer in the last few decades, whether using guns, baseball bats, knives, machete's, and even a bathtub, the killer had been on some kind of psychiatric drug. In the other than "nearly every case", the medical history has not been released.
Columbine. Aurora, Virginia Tech, Ikeda, Jokela, Sudbury, Dekalb, Fresno, Kauhajoki, Houston. The list goes on and on. Dozens of them. You do not hear about the ones that do not use guns so much, except maybe Yates. But a gun is just one of the many tools. They were all on drugs or had recently stopped taking them.
Fri, 2013-02-08 12:55
For LaPierre to complain about the lack of a national database of mentally ill individuals is a classic case of the NRA's tactic of pot calling kettle black. We don't have a national database of public health info related to gun violence. And why not? Because the NRA has lobbied for the Tiahrt amendments and other legislation to forbid the CDC, NIH, ATF and other agencies from collecting data on gun violence.
Fri, 2013-02-08 13:02
Pretty blatant that this is just another try to limit the 2nd amendment. As soon as you said, "to limit and regulate guns and ammunition represent a momentous first step", it is obvious you don't want to have a discussion about this issue. You are just going to use this as a foot in the door or "first step" to eventually get to the real goal of eliminating private gun ownership.
Fri, 2013-02-08 13:24
"perpetuate the assumption that people with mental illness are dangerous"
A straw man argument. Whether or not proposals to identify and commit dangerous people are practical and will be effective, they are not predicated on the "assumption that people with mental illness are dangerous" - they are predicated on the fact that SOME people with mental illness are dangerous.
Whether the measure proposed will help, I don't know. Certainly, great care would have to be taken - and some dangerous people will always be missed.
What the author doesn't offer is any reason to think that gun restrictions will prevent dangerous people from getting their hands on guns.
Fri, 2013-02-08 13:41
Fri, 2013-02-08 14:45
Not everyone who uses a gun to kill another is mentally ill. They made a choice to pick up the weapon and kill. But I am so tired of those who beat their chests that I will not have my rights taken away...somewhere along the line you have forgotten all those who lay buried, all those families who mourn, who are angry because their loved ones will never have the right to speak out on their rights because in one moment their voices were silenced forever.
I have no issue with someone owning a gun but I do take issue with assault weapons, like the one my son used in Iraq, to be accessible to anyone. I have not heard one reasonable point of view as to the necessity of that type of weapon. Seriously you all need to reach inside your souls and search for an answer. You set in judgement on this group or that group.
Too many lives have been lost and there is no one singular answer. In CT last week hundreds showed up at the legislative office building to speak for and against gun control yet the very next day only a handful showed up to speak on mental health.
Seriously you all need to get a grip.....
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Jesse Fell
Fri, 2013-02-08 15:57
It goes without saying that someone who walks into a crowded public place and starts shooting people is mentally ill. This does not alter the fact that he is far more dangerous having a gun than he would be without one. We need both better monitoring and treatment of mental illness, and better regulation of guns.
Fri, 2013-02-08 23:40
What do people's fetishes with guns & weapons have to say about human civilization in the 21st century? What are we? Nomads? Are we still of the mindset that every stranger we meet is out to get us?
Heal those that need healing. Help those that are crying and in need. And put away this fetish called guns.
Sat, 2013-02-09 00:56
Sat, 2013-02-09 10:27
I think a lot of times it is when passion overcomes rational thought, that's when people make the ultimate mistake of playing god and killing some one. And sometimes that effect is multiplied if alcohol is involved, like the instance with Joven Belcher, no history of mental illness... Just tensions with the opposite sex, and alcohol blinded his inhibitions and he popped. I don't blame the guns, I blame American society, our culture massages our insecurities by offering guns and our irrational fear drives us to defend gun ownership even in the wake of 20 children getting killed. Most people don't have to thank gun ownership for their life being here safe today, but we sure as hell fight tooth and nail to keep our options because you just never know...
That's what I find to be troubling the issue here, our culture.
All it takes is one small instance of getting overwhelmed and if a gun is in reach (usually the case all over the US) then there is the risk of passion taking a life overboard with it. Once done it cannot be erased, gun accidents and incidents are too lethal.
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Sun, 2013-02-10 07:24
So your argument is that it is too difficult to properly,accurartely and fairly diagnose and categorize those with mental health problems and therefor we should simply ban guns?How about identifying simple minded thinkers and bamming them from their 1st Amendment right to express their thoughts. Ithought not.
Sun, 2013-02-10 12:00
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Mon, 2013-02-11 11:51
Wow, the gun advocates are out in number (even though they are a minority of the population) with their usual ad hominem attacks on liberals and made-up stuff about their 2nd Amendment rights being in jeopardy (yeah, only if you want to have a tank or bazooka in your rec room).
All this nonsense about guns not killing anyone; that's right, but it's killers (or participants in accidents) with a gun. The focus on mass murders misses the daily carnage in this country from guns: not just gang violence but accidents, murders of family members in hot blood, suicide, etc.
The numbers are overwhelming. No other country has anywhere like this kind of gun-driven bloodshed. They have violent media and mentally ill people, but they also have what we don't: limits on the most dangerous weapons.
Is that American exceptionalism? We value abstract principles (or more accurately, paranoid interpretations of them supposedly being under threat) more than human life?
The majority get it. This time we will prevail, with common sense rules, and all the flimflammery and gun lobby money won't be enough.
Mon, 2013-02-11 13:43
Someone wrote: "The absurdity of the title of this ill conceived essay is enough to make me puke! Since when does a gun do anything on its own. It is an inanimate object you stupid fools AKA liberals"
This incorrect argument is used over and over again. The discouraging thing about the gun debate is the fact that such demonstrably incorrect reasoning continues to have purchase.
The fact that a gun does not have intent does not, of course, mean that the gun is not the problem. The gun is a tool that arguably enables the human agent with evil intent to actualize that intent. So, to the extent that it is particularly effective tool in this respect in relation to other tools for visiting death and injury, it is indeed very much the problem.
Again, we really should not have to have this particular discussion - the "its only a tool" argument can be undermined by a ninth grader. So why do we keep hearing it? There may, repeat may, be legitimate arguments to allow citizens to have guns. Lets concentrate on those and discard the clearly fallacious ones.
Tue, 2013-02-12 00:11
Wed, 2013-02-13 07:13
The NRA would love to push a narrative that only criminals and the mentally ill misuse firearms and are a threat to society; the rest are "law abiding citizens" like their membership. They don't want us to delve into the mentality of those who seem obsessed with gun ownership and compelled to target practice. One wonders what the purpose of target practicing with an assault rifle really means. This country has a lot of problems to address like jobs, the environment and our infrastructure needs. The right wing wants the entire national focus to be on their vision of Armaggedon and government tyranny and armed conflict. Talk about the mentally ill.
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Snow crystals form when tiny supercooled cloud droplets (approx 10μm in diameter) freeze. These droplets are able to remain liquid at temperatures colder than 0°C because in order to freeze, a few molecules in the liquid droplet need to get together by chance to form an arrangement close to that in an ice lattice; then the droplet freezes around this 'nucleus'. Experiments show that this 'homogenous' nucleation of cloud droplets only occurs at temperatures colder than -35°C. In warmer clouds an aerosol particle or 'ice nucleus' must be present in (or in contact) with the droplet to act as a nucleus. Our understanding of what particles make efficient ice nuclei is poor - what we do know is they are very rare compared to that cloud condensation nuclei which liquid droplets form on. Clays, desert dust and biological particles may be effective, although to what extent is unclear. Artificial nuclei include Silver Iodide and dry ice, and these form the basis of cloud seeding.
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The individual ice crystals often have an hexagonal symmetry. Although the ice is clear scattering of light by the crystal facets and hollows/imperfections mean that the crystals often appear white in colour.
Ice crystals formed in the appropriate conditions can often be thin and flat. These planar crystals may be simple hexagons, or if the supersaturation is high enough, develop branches and dendritic (fern-like) features and have six approximately identical arms, as per the iconic 'snowflake' popularised by Wilson Bentley. The 6-fold symmetry arises from the hexagonal crystal structure of ordinary ice, the branch formation is produced by unstable growth, with deposition occurring preferentially near the tips of branches.
The shape of the snowflake is determined broadly by the temperature and humidity at which it forms.. Rarely, at a temperature of around , snowflakes can form in threefold symmetry — triangular snowflakes. The most common snow particles are visibly irregular, although near-perfect snowflakes may be more common in pictures because they are more visually appealing
Planar crystals (thin and flat) grow in air between and . Between and , the crystals will form needles or hollow columns or prisms (long thin pencil-like shapes). From to the habit goes back to plate like, often with branched or dendritic features. Note that the maximum difference in vapour pressure between liquid and ice is at approx. -15C where crystals grow most rapidly at the expense of the liquid droplets. At temperatures below , the crystal habit again becomes column-like again, although many more complex habits also form such as side-planes, bullet-rosettes and also planar types depending on the conditions and ice nuclei .
Interestingly, if a crystal has started forming in a column growth regime, say at around , and then falls into the warmer plate-like regime, plate or dendritic crystals sprout at the end of the column producing so called 'capped columns'.
There is a widely held belief that no two snowflakes are alike. Strictly speaking, it is extremely unlikely for any two macroscopic objects in the universe to contain an identical molecular structure; but there are, nonetheless, no known scientific laws that prevent it. In a more pragmatic sense, it's more likely—albeit not much more—that two snowflakes are virtually identical if their environments were similar enough, either because they grew very near one another, or simply by chance. The American Meteorological Society has reported that matching snow crystals were discovered in Wisconsin in 1988 by Nancy Knight of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The crystals were not flakes in the usual sense but rather hollow hexagonal prisms.
Snow remains on the ground until it melts or sublimes. In colder climates this results in snow lying on the ground all winter; when the snow does not all melt in the summer they become glaciers.
The water equivalent of the snow is the thickness of a layer of water having the same content. For example, if the snow covering a given area has a water equivalent of , then it will melt into a pool of water deep covering the same area. This is a much more useful measurement to hydrologists than snow depth, as the density of cool freshly fallen snow widely varies. New snow commonly has a density of between 5% and 15% of water. Snow that falls in maritime climates is usually denser than snow that falls in mid-continent locations because of the higher average temperatures over oceans than over land masses. Cloud temperatures and physical processes in the cloud affect the shape of individual snow crystals. Highly branched or dendritic crystals tend to have more space between the arms of ice that form the snow flake and this snow will therefore have a lower density, often referred to as "dry" snow. Conditions that create columnar or platelike crystals will have much less air space within the crystal and will therefore be more dense and feel "wetter".
Once the snow is on the ground, it will settle under its own weight (largely due to differential evaporation) until its density is approximately 30% of water. Increases in density above this initial compression occur primarily by melting and refreezing, caused by temperatures above freezing or by direct solar radiation. By late spring, snow densities typically reach a maximum of 50% of water.
Spring snow melt is a major source of water supply to areas in temperate zones near mountains that catch and hold winter snow, especially those with a prolonged dry summer. In such places, water equivalent is of great interest to water managers wishing to predict spring runoff and the water supply of cities downstream. Measurements are made manually at marked locations known as snow courses, and remotely using special scales called snow pillows.
Many rivers originating in mountainous or high-latitude regions have a significant portion of their flow from snowmelt. This often makes the river's flow highly seasonal resulting in periodic flooding. In contrast, if much of the melt is from glaciated or nearly glaciated areas, the melt continues through the warm season, mitigating that effect.