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If I had been asked a few months ago to name the state with the largest chapter of Trout Unlimited, my first few guesses would have been the classic fly-fishing and trout states of Montana, Idaho or Wyoming. If I had been reminded of the low population densities of those states, I might have instead guessed Colorado (and some river in the Denver area) or Michigan (with its famous trout streams not too far north of Detroit) or even California or Oregon. Or perhaps Maine. Or New York.
Indeed, there are many other states I would have guessed before I landed on Texas.


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Everything Is A Lie: The Deliberate Intent To Deceive People Is At An All Time High
From pollution to politics, the era of deception and duplicity has reached new heights and hijacked almost every form of media in the world. In the last frontiers for truth such as the internet, disinformation operations are in full swing to discredit and destroy any semblance of authentic and factual information available to the public.
How many more lies will people around the world accept as truth? Some say a global awakening is taking place, but at what cost? Will it take the destruction of most of the earth and its resources before people are enlightened?
The escalating media and political reports are so far fetched, cunning, and so beyond reality, it's as if each is trying to top the other with one sinister plot after the next. To demonstrate the outright lies by national governments and the media, let's take three examples from the last year alone, including the H1N1 scandal, airport body scanners and the BP oil disaster.
The H1N1 Scandal
Last year, the H1N1 scandal reached its pinnacle in the fall of 2009 when the world united on the internet with a consensus and practical understanding of the World Health Organization's orchestratration to deceive the masses. From radio, internet, television, newspapers, magazines, outdoor posters, signage and promotions, you could not escape the flu hype campaigns so diligently pursued by all the malicious agendas at play who only wanted one thing – to promote a dangerous H1N1 vaccine. After hundreds of reports exposed the criminal activity by all levels of government, we left the same people in power to do it all over again.
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Budlong Cemetery - Tombstone Tuesday
(Digital Image. Photograph Privately Held By Cynthia Shenette; Photograph and Text, Copyright (c) 2012 Cynthia Shenette) We drive by this little cemetery in Schuyler, New York whenever we visit relatives in the area. It intrigues me, because it looks like a place time forgot. The cemetery is in the middle of a corn field. My photo was taken last spring just after planting time. You can see the little corn seedlings if you look closely. By the end of summer tall corn stalks surround the cemetery, and in the winter the wind whips the barren, snowy field. A list of people buried in the cemetery can be found here. The list refers to an earlier list which mentions the cemetery may be in East Schuyler, but the cemetery in my photo is actually in West Schuyler.
Other Posts You Might Like:
Photo Story: Helping the Red Cross During World War I
Photo Story: Grandma and Grandpa Get Married
Tombstone Tuesday: Jacob Riis, Riverside Cemetery, Barre, MA
Walter Chamberlain Porter, Titanic Victim - Tombstone Tuesday
Labels: Budlong, Cemeteries, NaBloPoMo, New York, Tombstone Tuesday
2 comments:
- Kristin said...
It looks like a nice, if neglected, place to be buried.
- November 15, 2012 at 8:58 AM
- Cynthia Shenette said...
Kristin - I thought the same thing! It's nice and quiet and away from traffic. There are definitely worse places one could spend eternity. The area probably looks pretty much the same as it did when they were alive...
- November 15, 2012 at 5:01 PM
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Some of my happy zumba'ers
Fab Wednesday night class, I always leave on a real high. Tamara your enthusiasm is infectious and I have definitely caught the Zumba bug ! Cant wait until next time. Judith
Really good class, Tamara is a very friendly teacher who encourages you to do as much as you can and makes you find the strength within to carry on even when you feel your body can't do anymore haha!! Highly recommended if you a want a fun way of exercising and keeping fit with a friendly group of people!! Charlotte
I love "my" wednesday Zumba class! As a someone who doesn't find exercise easy or massively enjoyable, I keep finding myself smiling and laughing throughout the class, and then feeling and seeing the benefits throughout the week. Looking forward to next week's class! Caroline
Great class and getting more and more popular by the week – look forward to going and feel even better after each class Claire
Fantastic class with good music. Tamara makes sure you are doing the moves correctly to make the most impact Louise
Enjoyed my first class last week. Great music and workout. Recommended Aviva
A really good workout. Lots of fun. Looking forward to next week Sarah
A good Zumba class is the "fitness" equivalent with the same "euphoric" feeling as driving along with the music blasting, the window open and you smiling…
This class offers something for everyone … come and join the class
Fitness is not a destination it is a way of life.
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. As little of as much that feels good.
Zumba ensures a total body workout in a fun and interactive manner.
The aim of the class is to feel better when you walk out than when you walked in!
Fresh music with infectious beats
Calorie burning, toning and conditioning
Fitness moves including style of salsa merengue cumbia reggaeton
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What is a Mobile Device Anymore?
It used to be easy—mobile devices were brick-like devices that we carried with us to make phone calls. Not anymore. Now we have smartphones, tablets, eReaders, and other devices that we bring everywhere and can't seem to live without. No longer are we using them just for phone calls. In fact, they are now mobile computers, books, entertainment stations, game consoles, and social tools, in addition to our communications hubs. And, because Wi-Fi has become a prevalent way for many of these devices to connect to the Internet, they're no longer strictly "mobile," from a network perspective.
To learn more about what consumers are doing with their mobile devices, and how and where they are using them, the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) recently conducted a survey of U.S. mobile users. Following are our top three findings related to mobile devices:
1. Mobile devices are now Wi-Fi-enabled "nomadic" devices.
People love their mobile devices. Our research shows that 75 percent of Americans now have laptop computers. Perhaps more significant, our findings indicate that the number of smartphone users has surpassed that of basic mobile phones: 52 percent own smartphones, versus 48 percent who use traditional mobile phones. Just a couple of years after the launch of Apple's iPad, 20 percent of Americans now own some kind of tablet, and 20 percent own an eReader.
The remarkable thing is that all of these devices now have Wi-Fi Internet access capabilities. In fact, with the exception of smartphones, Wi-Fi is now the predominant access technology for mobile devices (see "Device Network Connectivity" chart). More "nomadic" devices like laptops, tablets, and eReaders almost exclusively connect to the Internet through Wi-Fi, with only approximately 20 percent of these devices having any mobile connectivity capability.
Device Network Connectivity (owned device)
Source: Cisco IBSG, 2012
2. Entertainment is shifting to the palm of our hands.
These new mobile devices are increasingly the place where we go to be entertained. Almost half of all mobile users regularly consume all forms of video, music, books, and games on their devices. And, a quarter of all consumers are now reaching for their mobile device to be entertained. We expect this trend to grow further as devices become more capable and networks grow faster.
3. It's all about the home.
While they may be called "mobile devices," they're typically used at home. All consumers use their mobile devices at home, averaging more than 2.5 hours of usage in a typical day – more than double the time that they spend using them at work. While two-thirds of people still use their devices on the go, the world of mobile devices is changing from a "mobile," on-the-go world (average usage of 0.5 hours per typical day) to a "nomadic" world dominated by the home. And, people expect to increase their home use of mobile devices even more.
Cisco IBSG conducted its online survey of 1,079 U.S mobile users in March 2012. The study was also undertaken in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Full results of the survey can be downloaded here.
Future articles will highlight additional findings from the study and our predictions for key changes in the mobile industry over the next two years.
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Mexico Bans U.S. Agents From Carrying Guns
Now that a federal agent has been murdered by a drug gang in Mexico, the Obama Administration promises to "look into" the crime-infested nation's policy banningU.S. law enforcement officers from carrying weapons during official missions.That, of course, means that the U.S. government deploys federal agents intoMexico's most violent regions unarmed. This may seem
Record High Mexican Violence As U.S. Dollars Flow South
Although the U.S. government has showered Mexico with more than $1 billion in the last few years to combat drug violence, serious crime associated with illicit narcotics operations hit record levels in scale and brutality in 2010.More than 13,000 people were murdered across Mexico in disturbing and cruel ways not commonly seen in previous years, according…


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Hi, I have just bought a copy of black ink and I am experiencing a problem-namely, too small interface. I have a high-resolution (3200x1600), high-powered 14 inch laptop and I think the high DPI of the screen is causing the program to make interface small, thinking that I must have a large screen; however the characters on the screen in too small that I have to lean in to read the interface. I think it is about 7pt in font.
Is there an any way resize the interface so as to make it legible? without changing the resolution of the screen? It is too much hassle to adjust everything every time I would use it and it is an illustration app so I feel not happy to stick to lower resolution. Since this is a ongoing project the developers probably can add this kind of feature but if there is a quick fix, please let me know.


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"O Lady of the Fair Hair,
"Girls, forever young and beautiful,
"Sing to me one last time,
— Song to the Lady of the Fair Hair,
We now leave the mild climate of the ancient Aegean, and the cold, forbidding regions of the North.
Here, we enter the lush, green land, shrouded in mists of magic and wonders. The land is young yet ancient; beautiful yet intriguing; and something quite magical.
We meet people who are fair and noble. Yet when aroused into battle, these people can easily become savage. One can lose their heads, quite literally, at the end of the swords.
Here we turn our page to Celtic Mythology.
Though Celtic myths was not written until eleventh century AD, after the Vikings was driven out of Ireland, their sources, mostly oral traditions, were quite old. Even ancient.
Many of the myths that come to us, come mainly from Ireland and Wales. Celtic myths also included those from Scotland, Cornwall and Brittany (in France). We have to thank the Welsh myths, and to a lesser degree to the Irish, for the legends of King Arthur. While the medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde originated in Brittany, it gained popularity in Continental Europe and the British Isles.
Though Celtic literature didn't appear until the Middle Age, Celtic people and their religions existed during the time of ancient Rome. For more information on the Celtic people and their history and myths, feel free to read About Celtic Myths.
Otherwise, continue on.
The pages devoted to Celtic myths, has been divided into three section:
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The majority of the characters and stories presented in Timeless Myths, belonged to Irish myths. There are stories of Welsh myths, such as the collection of prose tales, called the Mabinogion.
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2000: For the second straight season Ambriz finished the season as the squads leading returning scorer with 13 points, just one shy of the overall lead...Scored 6 goals on the season leaving tied for the team lead and 13th in the MPSF...Tallied one assist...Twice scored two goals in a single match, two in a win over Valparaiso and another two which came within a minute of each other in a victory over Sacramento State...Placed 32 shots on goal...Started 13 matches appearing in 14...Ambriz' other goals came in wins over Centenary College and UNLV...1999: The Gauchos leading returning scorer with 18 points...Tied for team lead with eight goals...Had a goal and an assist in UCSB's 2-1 MPSF win at UC Irvine.
Santa Barbara City College
Redshirted sophomore campaign after suffering season-ending injury prior to first match...Had standout freshman season for Coach Tim Vom Steeg...Notched 59 points on 24 goals and 11 assists on 1997 State Final Four team.
High School
Local phenom starred for Brent Kruk at Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard...Thrice named All-Channel League and twice an All-CIF choice...Honored as Channel League MVP senior season, helping Rio Mesa to a Channel League title...Holds school record with 31 goals in senior season and is second in career goals with 59.
Born December 8, 1978 in Ventura, California...Majoring in psychology...A Scarface fan...Favorite athlete is Rivaldo...Top author is John Irving...Parents are Froylan and Maria Elane Ambriz.


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I had a dream. I had dreams of falling off bridges over and over again. The one thing that terrifies me the most, bridges, came to me in a night long of nightmares and no matter how many times I woke up I would go back to sleep starting up where I left off. Falling and falling… falling. It was an endless cycle that night and when I woke up it was Sunday morning and I had a horrible headache. I think it was the night she died, this is what I believe. Was that my fear of losing her? Was it that there had not been the time to tell her all of the things I needed to tell her? Things should not have been left between us as they were. Both of us are to blame in this. Were the nightmares her fear of leaving? Was she not ready? In my heart of hearts, I am not sure she is at peace. I have seen a peaceful death in my daughter's father, Kevin. I have asked Kevin to help her if she needs it. When we viewed her at the funeral home all I could see was my Grandmother and I was so surprised. I had never really thought my mother looked like her mother but there it was much of Elizabeth Fender Duncan there in her daughter.
I have lost my mother too early. She was found August 30, 2011 and it seems as though she went swiftly. I am grateful and thankful that she went as she did and not suffering for weeks, months or years. She was very lucky to be given a quick out. I hope I am as lucky when my time comes. I couldn't have stood to watch her suffer and I never felt she was fully content in this world. In some ways I know she is happier. She has been so unhappy since my step father died. A local psychic took one look at me and my mother about 20 odd years ago… or maybe 30. She said I had an old soul and I was my mother's soul's teacher and here to bring her through this life. I am not sure how I feel about these things but I am not sure I did too swift of a job here either.
It was never easy being my mother's daughter. She and I are so much alike in many ways but there is a lifetime of head butting. She was a difficult woman but I loved her with every ounce of my being. I marched to my own drum from a very young age and she liked everything around her to be as she liked it. So I fought the control as most children did and do.
I have lost a parent, my mother, and it is turning out to be a hard thing to reconcile. We all made mistakes, we all could have done something different. What I do know is it gives me a view of where my energies need to go. My family unit is strong but it will be made stronger and there are things I have to do and say to my children so that they know where they fit into my life.
Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of humor, fun and good times in the long past years. In fact the funeral director was very patient with my sister and I as we let our senses of humor get the better of us while making arrangements.
The news came on my birthday… this birthday thing is an interesting thing.. Carrie Baldwin (My great-great grandmother) lying in her dying bed asking the date until March 24 hit, and then she died, in peace. Her husband's birthday and death date were March 24.. That was my mother's birth date too. She did not die on my birthday but that will be what he death certificate reads.
And a note to the Genealogists, I thought I was being such a dweeb when the funeral director was going over the information for the death certificate and obituary notice. I kept interjecting with information saying I wanted it clear for those looking at this information in 100 years. He was nice, tolerant but then toward the end he added something else to the obit and got this little grin on his face and said, "for the future researchers". I had to laugh and it turns out he is married to the Town Historian so he knows! It was odd at that moment all I could think of was the various webinars I have sat in on hearing, "the facts of the death certificate is only as good as the informants knowledge". I am happy to report that a future genealogist will get accurate information from these two sources.
Rest in peace, Mom. I love you.
JoAnne Duncan Statt
March 24, 1940 - August 30, 2011
Elizabeth Fender Duncan, JoAnne Duncan Stevens Statt & Sharon Stevens Lighthouse


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Readers of my book The Lost Art of Walking will remember my story about going walking in a wood with my dad and being accosted by the land owner. I've found something oddly similar, and truly wonderful, in a short story by PG Wodehouse, who was also an enthusiastic walker. The story is The Autograph Hunters.
A couple of paragraphs run as follows:
"On the afternoon of the twenty-third of the month, Mr. Watson, taking a meditative stroll through the wood which formed part of his property, was infuriated by the sight of a boy.
"He was not a man who was fond of boys even in their proper place, and the sight of one in the middle of his wood, prancing lightly about among the nesting pheasants, stirred his never too placid mind to its depths."
Safe to say that my dad and I weren't "prancing lightly about among the nesting pheasants" - my dad was a serious Yorkshireman, after all - but a part of me wishes we had been.


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Dormancy, state of reduced metabolic activity adopted by many organisms under conditions of environmental stress or, often, as in winter, when such stressful conditions are likely to appear.
There are few environments in which organisms are not subject to some kind of stress. Some animals migrate vast distances to avoid unfavourable situations; others reduce environmental stresses by modifying their behaviour and the habitats (immediate surroundings) that they occupy. Arctic lemmings, for example, are able to avoid severe winter weather by confining their life in winter to activities beneath the snow cover. Still another mechanism used by some organisms to avoid stressful environmental conditions is that of dormancy, during which an organism conserves the amount of energy available to it and makes few demands on its environment. Most major groups of animals as well as plants have some representatives that can become dormant. Periods of dormancy vary in length and in degree of metabolic reduction, ranging from only slightly lower metabolism during the periodic, short-duration dormancy of deep sleep to more extreme reductions for extended periods of time.
General observations
Value of dormancy
In terms of evolution, dormancy seems to have evolved independently among a wide variety of living things, and the mechanisms for dormancy vary with the morphological and physiological makeup of each organism. For many plants and animals, dormancy has become an essential part of the life cycle, allowing an organism to pass through critical environmental stages in its life cycle with a minimal impact on the organism itself. When lakes, ponds, or rivers dry up, for example, aquatic organisms that can enter a period of dormancy survive, while others perish. Moreover, animals that can become dormant during the extreme cold of winter can extend their ranges into regions where animals incapable of dormancy cannot live. Dormancy also ensures that these animals will be free from competition during their periods of activity. Thus, dormancy is an adaptive mechanism that allows an organism to meet environmental stresses and to take advantage of environmental niches that otherwise would be untenable at certain times.
Causes of dormancy
The dormant state that is induced in an organism during periods of environmental stress may be caused by a number of variables. Those of major importance in contributing to the onset of dormancy include changes in temperature and photoperiod and the availability of food, water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. In general, because organisms normally exist within a relatively narrow temperature range, temperatures above or below the limits of this range can induce dormancy in certain organisms. Temperature changes also affect such other environmental parameters as the availability of food, water, and oxygen, thus providing further stimuli for dormancy. In Arctic regions, for example, certain animals become dormant during the winter months, when food is less abundant. In desert biomes, on the other hand, the summer months, which may be periods of reduced food availability, intense heat, or extreme aridity, stimulate some desert organisms to become dormant. The lack of water during summer periods of drought or winter periods of freezing, as well as annual changes in the duration and intensity of light, particularly at high latitudes, are other environmental factors that can induce dormant states.
Under natural conditions, most of the environmental variables that influence dormancy are interrelated in a cyclical pattern that is either circadian or annual. Fluctuations in the major daily variables—light and temperature—can induce rhythmical changes in the metabolic activity of an organism; annual fluctuations in temperature and photoperiod can influence the availability of food and water. Concentrations of oxygen and carbon dioxide normally do not vary on a cyclical basis but as a result of habitat selection, such as burrowing in the mud, seeking a den, or other similar activities, in which the metabolic responses of the organism can alter the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in its environment.
In an attempt to determine the relative influence of environmental factors upon dormancy, they have been varied experimentally. Investigations indicate that an organism, after it has adapted to a sequence of cyclical rhythms, tends to maintain its adaptive behaviour even though the environmental stimulus that originally elicited such behaviour is no longer present. For example, the Arctic ground squirrel (whose winter period of dormancy is referred to as hibernation), when taken into the laboratory, supplied with adequate amounts of food and water, and exposed to constant temperature and light, exhibits periodic torpor (extreme sluggishness)—an innate behavioral pattern that operates independently of environmental cues. Other animals frequently will continue to respond as if they were exposed to the cyclical changes of their home environments after they are removed from their natural habitats.
Dormancy in protozoans and invertebrates
Cysts and cystlike structures
Many parasitic and free-living protozoans (one-celled animals) exhibit a dormant stage by secreting a protective cyst. The stimulus for cyst formation in free-living protozoans may be temperature changes, pollution, or lack of food or water. Euglena, a protozoan that encysts to avoid environmental extremes, has two kinds of cysts. Apparently one is formed only to avoid stressful conditions; the other is formed for the same reason but also involves asexual reproduction, resulting in a cyst that may contain up to 32 daughter organisms, which emerge under proper environmental conditions.
Free-living protozoans form cysts around themselves and avoid environmental extremes, but cysts are a part of the life cycle of parasitic protozoans. The causative agent of amebic dysentery, Entamoeba histolytica, is found in the intestine of infected individuals, in whom it forms cysts that pass to the outside in feces. When food or water containing cysts enters the digestive tract of another person, the amoebas are released from the cysts and infect the new host. Without encystment, which allows the organism to live in a dormant state in an unfavourable environment (e.g., water), amebic dysentery could be much more easily controlled. Protected by the cyst wall, however, the dormant contents of the cyst can survive for weeks. Although they are not particularly resistant to drying, the cysts of E. histolytica can withstand temperatures of up to 68 °C (154 °F) for five minutes. They are also resistant to certain chemicals.
Dormant cysts are formed during the life cycles of invertebrate parasites such as the oriental liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis). The cyst stage of this organism develops in fish muscle; if the fish is eaten raw or undercooked, the encysted fluke is transferred to a new host. The encysted stage of the trichina worm (Trichinella spiralis), which causes trichinosis, is found in the muscle cells of hogs; it is also an invertebrate parasite in which the dormant stage is an essential part of the life cycle. When undercooked pork is eaten, the cyst wall is dissolved by digestive juices, and the worm is able to make its way into the tissues of a new host.
The cystlike forms found in many other invertebrate groups are all dormant stages that preserve the species during times of environmental stress. All freshwater sponges and some marine species survive cold or drought by forming gemmules within the body of the adult sponge. These structures, which are surrounded by a resistant covering, are released when the sponge dies and disintegrates. When conditions are appropriate, the cell mass escapes from the covering and forms a new sponge.
Rotifers are microscopic aquatic animals that produce winter eggs with thick and resistant coverings similar to protozoan cysts; the eggs may remain dormant for long periods. They can survive drought or freezing and may be dispersed by wind or carried by animals. Thus, the cyst serves not only for survival of the egg under adverse conditions but also for dispersal. Some freshwater bryozoans develop disklike buds, or statoblasts, that are surrounded by a hard, chitinous (horny) shell. These statoblasts are the dormant structures that survive when the bryozoan dies in the fall or during a drought; they form a new bryozoan colony when favourable environmental conditions again prevail.
Among mollusks, land snails remain largely dormant throughout the day, with the soft head and foot withdrawn into the shell. During periods of drought or cold, they retreat into their shells and secrete a membrane (the epiphragm) of mucus and lime that covers the opening of the shell and resists desiccation. Slugs, on the other hand, bore into the ground and secrete a mucus mantle around themselves for protection during periods of unfavourable environmental conditions. Among the arthropods, many freshwater forms develop dormant cystlike stages that resist desiccation and allow the species to survive unfavourable periods.
Diapause in insects
Many insects undergo periods of reduced metabolic activity called diapause. Diapause, which may occur during any stage of the life cycle—egg, nymph, larva, pupa, or adult—is usually characterized by a cessation of growth in the immature stages and a cessation of sexual activity in adults. In some insects, it is a reaction to unfavourable environmental conditions; in others, such as certain moths and butterflies, diapause is a necessary stage of the life cycle. The 17-year larval and pupal periods of the cicada are examples of diapause. This form of dormancy is particularly common among insects that live in arid desert areas, where during the dry and hot summers, the insects usually hide themselves in the soil at suitable depths or under any available protective objects.
Insects may overwinter as egg, larva, nymph, pupa, or adult; because they can stand very low temperatures, few of these forms die if the winter temperatures are within their normal range. Even rather fragile forms, such as mosquitoes and butterflies, survive in sheltered, relatively dry places out of doors. Some butterflies even survive the winter in low shrubbery, where they may be completely covered by snow and ice for three or four months. Other insects prepare for winter by constructing nests or cocoons; still others seek suitable hiding places.
Among some insect species, diapause lasts only until favourable environmental conditions return, after which the insect resumes its normal activities. In other species, favourable environmental conditions alone do not break the diapause; some other stimulus, such as cold or food, is necessary. The eggs of the mosquito Aedes vexans, for example, remain in diapause until the damp soil on which the eggs are laid is flooded to form a pool suitable for the larvae. The eggs of another mosquito, Aedes canadensis, are laid in the same soil as those of Aedes vexans, but they will not hatch until they have been subjected to cold. Thus, when both species lay their eggs together in early summer, those of Aedes vexans hatch in pools formed by late summer rains, but those of Aedes canadensis overwinter and hatch in the spring rain pools. Not only are certain conditions required to break diapause but in some species (e.g., certain cutworms) a specific length of time must elapse before the stimuli are effective.
The onset of diapause depends upon a combination of environmental factors operating on the regulatory mechanisms—i.e., nervous and endocrine systems—of the insect. Photoperiod and temperature influence the endocrine function of the brain, which synthesizes and secretes a substance (hormone) that controls other endocrine organs, specifically the prothoracic glands. Under the stimulation of the brain hormone, the prothoracic glands secrete a hormone called ecdysone. When stimulation by the brain hormone ceases, ecdysone is no longer secreted, and, in its absence, all insect growth and metamorphosis are halted. Thus, provision is made for the overwintering of immature insects in a state of developmental standstill. With the arrival of more favourable conditions, ecdysone is again secreted, and development resumes. Because many insect species have more than one generation of progeny per year, the prothoracic glands do not cease functioning except at some stage in the life cycle of the brood that must overwinter.
Dormancy in cold-blooded vertebrates
Two kinds of dormancy can be distinguished in vertebrates on the basis of body temperature. Most vertebrates are poikilothermous, or cold-blooded, because the body temperature follows that of the environment and is not kept constant by internal (homoiostatic) mechanisms. The second group, the homoiotherms, maintain a constant body temperature regardless of the ambient temperature; these warm-blooded animals include birds and mammals.
Fishes and amphibians
The metabolism of poikilothermous animals is most influenced by the environmental variables of temperature, nutrition, and photoperiod. Photoperiod, the daily length of light exposure, has a marked metabolic effect in both fishes and amphibians; fishes, however, remain active throughout the year, although the activity may be limited by temperature, as in those fish that rest on the bottom or in mud during cold periods. Brief superficial freezing and supercooling (without freezing) to temperatures below the freezing point of body fluids are experienced by resistant species, but it has not been established that fishes that have been frozen solid can become active when thawed. In the Arctic, no fishes are found in lakes that freeze solid in the winter. Because most fishes do maintain some kind of activity year round, they cannot be said to become dormant in the sense in which the word is used in this article.
In addition to light and temperature, another environmental stress imposed upon fish is drought. Lungfishes, as represented by the African lungfish (Protopterus), burrow deeply into the mud when their water supply is diminished. They surround themselves with a cocoon of slime and remain inactive. Their gills are nonfunctional during this period of dormancy, and they use a lunglike air bladder for respiratory purposes. They rely on fat reserves as an energy source, and in order to conserve water, they excrete urea rather than ammonia. This is because ammonia as an excretory product is highly toxic; animals that excrete ammonia require large quantities of water to dilute it below toxic levels. Urea is a semi-solid substance of low solubility, and requires little or no water for its excretion. (Desert animals and many insects excrete urea.)
During periods of drought or cold, amphibians seek protective niches in which to remain dormant until the return of favourable environmental conditions. Overwintering of frogs and salamanders frequently involves their aggregation in large numbers in a moist terrestrial niche, such as a rotting log, the mud on banks or bottoms of marshes and ponds, or in springs. The more terrestrially oriented amphibians, such as toads, may pass the winter in solitary burrows on land. During dry seasons, frogs may be dormant in a mud cocoon.
Effects of temperature
Because reptiles depend on external sources of heat to keep warm, they survive during periods of low temperature by seeking a place where the temperature will not fall below freezing, except temporarily. The commonest niche for reptilian dormancy is almost always found underground at a depth dependent on the thermal conductivity of the soil relative to the minimum temperature reached. This factor alone can control the distribution of reptiles. None can survive in the Arctic or Antarctic in places in which the subsoil is permanently frozen; and relatively few can exist in areas near these regions, even if suitable sites for dormancy were available, because the short summers would prevent the completion of life cycles. Although the distribution of snakes at high latitudes or altitudes is limited, the adder has been found at 3,300 metres (10,000 feet) in the Swiss Alps and as far north as the Arctic Circle. The Himalayan pit viper has been found at an altitude of 5,000 metres (16,000 feet).
Winter dormancy in reptiles, which is also called brumation, is akin to hibernation in mammals. Instead of experiencing long, sustained periods of inactivity, brumating reptiles stir occasionally to drink water; however, they may go without food for several months. Dormancy in reptiles may display a circadian rhythm, a seasonal one, or both; it is a state of torpor directly induced by low temperature. When the adder, for example, experiences temperatures of about 8–10 °C (46–50 °F), it begins to search out suitable niches in which to rest. Its dormancy ends on the first sunny days after the maximum temperature has reached 7.5 °C (45.5 °F). Because these conditions vary, the adder's period of dormancy extends from 275 days in northern Europe to 105 days in southern Europe and is about two weeks in the United Kingdom, where the Gulf Stream provides warmth.
Reptiles also normally become dormant during the hottest parts of summer, but the physiology of summer dormancy is quite different from that of winter. As already mentioned, winter dormancy is a state of torpor, induced by a low temperature, that becomes more pronounced as the temperature falls. There is, however, a wide range between the animal's normal, active (coenothermic) temperature and the lowest temperature at which it can exist. At high temperatures, on the other hand, there is a much narrower range between the coenothermic temperature and temperatures that cause death. In other words, reptiles can tolerate colder temperatures much better than they can tolerate higher ones. For this reason, during hot weather they must seek refuge underground or in cool, shady places, where they remain physiologically active but must forego all normal activity because of the restricted nature of the cooler niche. Desert reptiles, in particular, exhibit such temperature responses daily.
During its dormancy, the amount of water needed by a reptile is less than at other times and is normally supplied by water produced from the metabolism of the animal's own stored food reserves, particularly fat. In areas in which alternating wet and dry seasons occur, reptiles maintain a longer period of dormancy during the dry season. This behaviour may be related more to the lack of available water than to temperature, because in such areas the onset of the seasonal monsoons elicits a period of increased reptile activity.
Because there is only a limited number of suitable sites available for dormancy, several snakes, usually of the same species, may be found in each niche. As many as 100 or more snakes have been taken from one winter den. Occasionally, lizards and toads may also be found in the same den, but stories of snakes that share denning sites with small birds and mammals have been difficult to substantiate. It is much more usual to find that the entry of snakes into the burrow of a prairie dog or some other warm-blooded animal is followed by the evacuation of the original occupant.
Effects of latitude
Changes in latitude not only alter the lengths of the dormant and active periods of reptiles but also affect their circadian rhythms because of the changes in the proportions of night to day. Many species of snakes, including the adder, are normally active in the early evening. In the northerly latitudes (e.g., northern Europe, such as Scandinavia and Finland), where the length of the active season is reduced by as much as two-thirds, these snakes are active throughout the day and are able to take advantage of every warm hour in order to complete the necessary portions of their life cycle. Even this increased activity during the shorter summer season, however, does not compensate for the latitude. Growth and development slow to such a point that sexual maturity is delayed, and the reproductive period requires two years rather than one; young are produced only every other year instead of every year, as at lower latitudes.


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Whelk8891 replied to whoareyou's topic in Ford Focus ClubIts probably State Blue. Paint color can fade over time though, so an off-the-shelf can may not be a perfect match. Best option is to get a can from a paint specialist who will make the exact shade for you. Last time I did this it cost about £8 for a 400ml can. Funnily enough, it was for my State Blue Ford Escort.
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I'd recommend regularly using Miller's Diesel Power Sport 4 Things to check: 1. Wheel/tyre size: My MPG dropped through the floor when I had 215/40/17s on. 2. Tyre pressures should be 32PSI all round. 3. Change air filter 4. Change fuel filter Just some stuff off the top of my head. No one thing I've mentioned would cause MPG to drop to 40. Mine was down to about 43 when I had big daft tyres on - two of which were losing about 12lb every couple of weeks. Back on 15s now, 139k on the clock and get about 55MPG. Also, lugging extra weight around with you all the time will cost a couple of MPG, so take trolley jacks/tool boxes, gallon bottles of screenwash etc out the boot.
Whelk8891 replied to hubballi's topic in Ford Focus ClubSell it and get a diesel. Mine's done 139,000 and I still get ~55MPG.
Whelk8891 replied to vinnyvangough's topic in General ChatI had a drug dealer living next door to me a couple of years ago. One night I'd been on the sauce and I snapped - went after him with baseball bat but he wouldn't come out to play til his mates turned up. By that time I'd got bored and gone in. Police came and arrested ME for being drunk. Dealing drugs is OK though? He later threatened my g/f with an axe. His house got raided soon after and he got 2 months for threatening behaviour and 2 months for drugs offences. He was back dealing again in less than 6 weeks. Oh, and he keyed my car all down the driver's side and slashed two tyres. I'm biding my time as an opportunity will no doubt present itself one day. I don't forget easy.
How do i take door card off focus mk1???????
Whelk8891 replied to barnsleydan's topic in Ford Focus ClubThe clip behind the winder is a nightmare to get off. Its doable with persistence and swearing. As for the fronts, they're pretty easy. Remove the piece of trim at the bottom of the A-pillar - it just clips on in about 4 places. If you have electric mirrors, the controls are mounted on this and you'll need to undo the multiplug to remove it fully. Next, there's a screw in the door handle recess below a plastic cover. Prise it off with a screwdriver and remove the screw, then remove the door handle surround together with the electric window controls. Unplug the multiplug to remove fully. Carefully prise the fascia part of the main door handle off (the one you pull it shut with) - there are two long threaded screws behind here. Remove both. Hint: Prise it from below - if you accidentally chip it, it won't be so noticable as if you'd hacked at it from the top. Finally, there are two screws in the open edge of the door, two at the hinged edge, and two in the bottom. Remove all, noting that the bottom two are slightly different from the side ones. That should do it. Pull the door card upwards from the open edge of the door and it should come off.
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Whelk8891 replied to steve67's topic in Ford Focus ClubAre you here for any reason other than to advertise your website?
ST 170 alloys
Whelk8891 replied to slowcraig's topic in Ford Focus Club...then why reply?
Whelk8891 replied to SSGoku87's topic in Ford Focus ClubSomebody (Tezza off FFOC) made me some adapters for the ST170 lights that are on my MK1 saloon. There is also a wiring mod you need to do, in order to keep the dipped beam on when main beam is on. Its one or the other by default and I found it wasn't bright enough. The details of this mod escape me but its somewhere in the wiring behind the steering wheel.
Focus 1.6 Zetec - DS Window & Blowers Not Working
Whelk8891 replied to Nick_Zetec's topic in Ford Focus ClubWindow: The two main likely causes would be either a faulty switch, or a faulty window motor. My money would be on the motor at this stage. Blowers: Do they work on #4? Or not at all? If they only work on #4 then its the thermal resistor, which can be found behind the glove box, next to the heater motor housing. About £15 for the part - dead easy to replace. If its not working at all, then you could check the multiplug is properly pushed into the heater motor (this involves removing some bits of trim and standing on your head almost in the passenger footwell).
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Whelk8891 replied to dfoord's topic in Ford Focus ClubI distinctly remember typing a reply to this, dunno where it went. There are two noises that spring to mind which could be branded a 'beep'. There's the indicator tick sound, and the 'bong' sound like when you've got the door open, ignition off, with the lights on. I would assume its the former - I had it myself ages ago. What I did was stick the car into diagnostic mode, then leave it 30s to exit diagnostic mode by itself and it hasn't happened since. To go into diagnostic mode, open any door (I use the driver's door) and press the door switch on the B-pillar 8 times within 6 seconds. You'll hear a tick. At this point you can press the keys on the remote and you should hear further ticks if the car is picking up a signal (its not essential that you do this). Wait 30 seconds and you'll hear another tick. If its not a 'tick', and its not a 'bong', then.... I dunno.
Immobiliser Issue
Whelk8891 replied to geoff milkshake's topic in Ford Focus ClubDid you replace the battery too? Are you sure its not just stone dead? I had my battery off for ages last week while I had the driver's door to bits, and didn't have any trouble after reconnecting everything. (Mine's a MK1)
Water leak In front of off side front wheel
Whelk8891 replied to tingtongbell's topic in Ford Focus ClubProbably nothing - I've noticed it a few times on mine (had it 5 years now) and put it down to dew/condensation/general atmospheric dampness. Confused - when you say "off side with me facing the bonnet", do you mean the driver's side or the passenger's side? If its the passenger side, the screen washer bottle is in there, behind the wheel arch. Easy to see if that's leaking - fill it right to the top and leave the lid off for a few minutes. If you meant the driver's side, that's where the expansion tank is, so leave the engine running and look for leaks. Could also get somebody to rev the engine to increase the water pressure while you look. I really don't think you're going to have a leak anywhere, though.
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Whelk8891 replied to mkj's topic in Ford Focus ClubDo the tail lights work? They use the same 5/21W offset bulbs. The fuse you should have checked is #42 (15A).
Michael Jackson Dies
Whelk8891 replied to vinnyvangough's topic in General ChatYeah, watching it on News24. Grew up listening to him all through the 1980s. Am gutted. :(


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New automotive account openings increase for subprime
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Mid-size businesses weather economic storm while small and large businesses not faring as well
September 22, 2011
Four of the top five lenders are now using VantageScore®
September 15, 2011
First-party fraud accounts for a quarter of total charge-offs
September 8, 2011
Adverse action amendments to increase consumer exposure to credit scores
September 1, 2011
Consumer delinquency rates on bankcards declining
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August 25, 2011
Are student loan delinquencies on the rise?
August 18, 2011
Automotive delinquencies reach lowest level over the past year
August 11, 2011
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August 4, 2011
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July 21, 2011
To what extent are home prices really falling again?
July 14, 2011
Mortgage strategic defaults significantly higher in areas with largest price declines
July 7, 2011
Bankcard debt levels decline to early 2006 levels
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June 23, 2011
Are automotive loan delinquencies decreasing?
June 9, 2011
Vehicle title history impacts loan performance
June 2, 2011
Latest delinquency trends show improvement
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May 26, 2011
Consumer payments decreasing
May 19, 2011
Consumer payments decreasing
May 12, 2011
New rules create new opportunities
May 5, 2011
Number of newly opened bankcards increasing
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April 28, 2011
Bankcard debt levels decline to early 2006 levels
April 21, 2011
Uniform data breach notification
April 14, 2011
Auto lenders increase lending to subprime consumers
April 7, 2011
Consumers are feeling the squeeze from holiday purchases
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March 31, 2011
Risk scores improve for very large businesses
March 24, 2011
Delinquent balances for mortgages also impacting credit unions
March 17, 2011
Percentage of delinquent dollars showed dramatic increase in Q4 2010
March 10, 2011
Look beyond the economic volatility and re-enter the market with confidence
March 3, 2011
Consumer balances increase on home-equity lines, reduce for bankcards
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February 24, 2011
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February 17, 2011
Bankcard debt levels decline to early 2006 levels
February 10, 2011
U.S. businesses showing signs of stabilization
February 3, 2011
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January 27, 2011
Consumer credit varies by metro area
January 20, 2011
Loan growth spurred by lenders' loosening criteria
January 13, 2011
Loan originations grow by as much as 30 percent
January 6, 2011
Auto lender increases one-year campaign net profit
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December 30, 2010
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December 23, 2010
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December 16, 2010
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The business of identity theft rings
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CFPB and Consumers Union issue agenda
November 11, 2010
U.S. businesses are paying bills more slowly
November 4, 2010
White House releases draft strategy to fight online fraud
October 2010
October 28, 2010
Consumer debt continues to decline in uncertain times for lenders and consumers
October 21, 2010
Consumers with first-time delinquencies more likely to charge off
October 14, 2010
Automotive lending showing positive movement in recent quarters
October 07, 2010
Are you ready to comply with the FTC's new Risk-Based Pricing Rule?
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September 30, 2010
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September 23, 2010
First half of 2010 shows major improvement in risk scores for very large businesses
September 16, 2010
Super–prime consumers are more likely to undergo strategic default
September 9, 2010
Portrait of a fraud victim: who's most at risk
September 2, 2010
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August 26, 2010
Automotive loan balances decrease
August 19, 2010
A Growing number of consumers attempt to remain current on their mortgages
August 12, 2010
Consumer debt levels continue to decline
August 5, 2010
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July 29, 2010
New bankcard credit availability remains low
July 15, 2010
Retail card lending seems relatively unaffected by economic conditions
July 22, 2010
Available credit hits an all-time low
July 8, 2010
Automotive lenders still exhibit caution
July 1, 2010
Possible double dip in housing in some U.S. regions
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June 24, 2010
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Portrait of a fraud victim – who's most at risk
June 3, 2010
Bankcard credit limit changes caused no adverse effect among consumers
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May 6, 2010
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May 13, 2010
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May 20, 2010
March 2010 consumer bankruptcy filings soar
May 27, 2010
Mortgage delinquency rates vary widely in the United States
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April 1, 2010
New attributes can provide significant lift in acquisition models
April 8, 2010
Better ways to improve acquisition campaign performance
April 15, 2010
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April 22, 2010
Automotive originations increase across the credit spectrum
April 29, 2010
Mortgage lenders continue to tighten standards
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Captive auto lenders are gaining market share
March 11, 2010
Subprime bankcard limits decline
March 18, 2010
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March 25, 2010
Changing bankcard trade origination terms
February 2010
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Subprime automotive lending increases
February 11, 2010
Recent mortgage vintages show improved performance
February 18, 2010
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February 25, 2010
New bankcard account delinquency trends worsen
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MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The Georgia College men's basketball team (9-15, 5-12 PBC) dropped a Peach Belt Conference (PBC) road battle at No. 16 University of Montevallo (20-4, 13-4 PBC) Saturday, 95-87.
The Bobcats got a pair of 20-point scorers in sophomore Terrell Harris (Indiantown, Fla.) and senior Royal Thomas (LaGrange, Ga.). Harris finished with 26 points, six rebounds and three assists. Royal Thomas had 24 points, two off his career high.
Junior Larrentis Thomas (McDonough, Ga.) had his second-straight double-double at 11 points and a career-high 15 rebounds, his ninth double-double overall this season. Classmate Jeremy Newsome (Gulfport, Miss.) exploded for a career high 18 points in just 13 minutes, knocking down 5-for-9 from long range.
The Bobcats out-shot the Falcons 49 percent (31-63) to 46 percent (32-70) from the floor, but Montevallo made three more from long range (11-8) and hit three more free-throws (20-17) as well.
Georgia College dug a 50-28 hole at the half, but flipped the fortune in the second stanza to the tune of 59-45. Newsome made a big difference, all 18 of his points coming after the break.
Montevallo had six double-digit scorers, led by 14 out of Shykeem Jackson. Troran Brown posted a 13-point, 10-rebound double-double.
The Bobcats are back in action Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m., hosting Lander University for Bobcat Senior Day in the Centennial Center. Wednesday will mark the final home contest for both Royal Thomas and Aaron Robinson (Lawrenceville, Ga.).
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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Jazz Improv and Wamidan To Present Concertby Karen Handley • November 12, 2007 Share:
Wabash College's Music Department invites you to a concert given by Wamidan World Music Ensemble and the Jazz Improv as they present their first concert of the season at 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 14 in Salter Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
Some of the featured performances for Wamidan will be two instrumental pieces and two folk dances. The instruments to be featured will include endingidi (1-string tube fiddles), adungu (9-string bow harps), endongo (8-stringed bowl lyres), madinda (12-slab log xylophones), and entenga (cone-shaped pitched drums). The dances will include the royal entertainment dance of the Baganda people, and the courtship dance of the Banyoro people. Wamidan is under the direction of James Makubuya, associate professor of music.
The Jazz Improv is under the direction of Stephen Robinett. The Jazz group will perform Freddie Freeloader, Milestones, All Blues, So What, and Four, all written by Miles Davis.
The concert is free and open to the public.


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Alexander MacDonnell settled at Sand Point which is just north of Arnprior passed Braeside on the Ottawa River. The house still exists that he built and I did see it for I drove up to Sand Point to see why he would choose that area to settle. It is a little hilly. The Ottawa River was beautiful and close.
Before I did this little side trip in the car I stopped at the Albert Street Cemetery. It was just up the street from the Arnprior Public Library. I took John St. N. up to Victoria and turn right over to Albert Street. You cannot miss the cemetery.
WARNING! Be careful of the roads into this cemetery, they stop and you have to carefully back up. One road stopped at a very precarious place. This is the south side of the cemetery. It is situated north to south on Albert Street and right by the river. There is a main entrance up the road at the north end which I advise you take instead of an earlier road. Trust me!
My goal was to find the graves and tombstones of Alexander MacDonnell and his family. The publication of this cemetery has a map and so does the online Gravemaker Website – Here is the link to the tombstones that were photographed and a map which is there at the top in the summary pages.
The Albert Street Cemetery is very large and I encourage you to have some way to identify the tombstone that you wish to view like the publication of this cemetery or online sources.
It wasn't to hard to find the graves of Alexander McDonell (not spelled MacDonnell) and his family. I will posted more photos later from this cemetery when I get the opportunity.
While I was studying the graves and photographing them this creature came out of the trees lining the edge of the cemetery. At first I thought it was a beaver but then maybe it was a ground-hog. He didn't look very good, like he was old. He marched through almost the whole cemetery and was a little concerned about me but I kept my distance. He headed for this fence and to the left was what looked like a parking lot and not a really good idea. He thought the better of it and went into the trees and down the hill and disappeared. He was not going to be the only animal I saw this trip.
UPDATE 7/9/2012: Here is a link to the set of the photographs for this cemetery. There is a publication for this cemetery, see above for the online version.
|Albert Street Cemetery, Arnprior, Ontario


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European Commission
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Brussels, 26 June 2013
E-invoicing in public procurement: another step towards end-to-end e-procurement and e-government in Europe
The European Commission has today proposed a draft directive on e-invoicing in public procurement, accompanied by a communication setting out its vision for the full digitisation of the public procurement process, so-called 'end-to-end e-procurement'.
E-invoicing is an important step towards paperless public administration (e-government) in Europe – one of the priorities of the Digital Agenda - and offers the potential for significant economic as well as environmental benefits. The Commission estimates that the adoption of e-invoicing in public procurement across the EU could generate savings of up to €2.3 billion.
Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier said: "Ensuring that public administrations in the EU are modern and efficient is a priority for the European Commission. Switching to e-procurement, and particularly to e-invoicing, can bring significant savings and make life easier both for the governments and for the thousands of businesses active in the Internal Market. Switching from paper to fully automated invoicing can cut the costs of receiving an invoice from 30-50 euro to 1 euro. These are good and useful savings in the current economic climate. As the largest spender in the EU, the public sector should play a leading role in stimulating its uptake."
Key elements of the initiatives:
The draft directive on electronic invoicing in public procurement proposes the establishment of a European e-invoicing standard which is expected to improve interoperability between different, mainly national, e-invoicing systems.
It aims to eliminate legal uncertainty, excessive complexity, and additional operating costs for economic operators who currently have to use different electronic invoices across the Member States. It will also help boost the uptake of e-invoicing in Europe which remains very low, accounting for only 4-15% of all invoices exchanged.
End-to-end procurement
The Communication on end-to-end e-procurement places the draft Directive on e-invoicing in public procurement in a broader context and presents the Commission's vision on the digitisation of the public procurement process. It identifies the current state of play in the implementation of e-procurement and e-invoicing across the EU, and sets out the areas in which actions should be taken to achieve the transition towards end-to-end e-procurement:
The Communication will serve as a basis for possible future initiatives on further digitisation of the public procurement process.
The Digital Agenda for Europe, one of the pillars of the EU 2020 strategy, identifies e-government and the Digital Single Market as crucial elements of a modern and competitive EU economy. Within this framework, the Commission has undertaken significant efforts to digitise public procurement in the EU. At the end of 2011, as part of the modernisation of the public procurement legal framework (IP/11/1580), the Commission proposed to make the e-notification, e-access to procurement documents, and e-submission phases mandatory across the EU. Negotiations on that review of public procurement rules are in the final stages.
In April 2012, this was followed by the Communication "A strategy for e-procurement" (IP/12/389), which set out a strategy for the transition to e-procurement. In 2010, the Commission published a Communication entitled "Reaping the benefits of e-invoicing in Europe", which urged the Member States to adopt e-invoicing and to address the problems resulting from the lack of interoperability between existing e-invoicing systems. The Communication called for making "e-invoicing the standard method of invoicing by 2020". In 2012, the European Council called for measures to promote e-invoicing, and the European Parliament called for making it mandatory in public procurement by 2016. As a result of these calls and the benefits which it offers, in October 2012 the Single Market Act II (IP/12/1054) identified a proposal on e-invoicing in public procurement as one its twelve key actions.
The management of public procurement is of primary importance in the current context of fiscal consolidation. As public expenditure on goods, works, and services represents 19% of the EU's GDP, managing it more efficiently can significantly contribute to improving the overall efficiency of public expenditure. An effective public administration is a key element of the competitiveness of the EU economy. The modernisation of public administration was identified as one of the five priorities of the Commission's Annual Growth Survey in 2012 and in 2013. Reform of public procurement, digitisation of public administration, reduction of administrative burden, and increased transparency are all growth enablers.
The transition to end-to-end e-procurement can generate all these benefits and more: it can result in significant savings and simplification for market actors, facilitate innovation and initiate structural re-thinking of certain areas of public administration. It can also facilitate SME participation in public procurement by reducing administrative burden, by increasing transparency over business opportunities, and by lowering participation costs.
Next steps
The Commission's proposal on e-invoicing will be transmitted to the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament for adoption.
See also MEMO/13/614
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Francis Wolff
Herbie HancockAbout this photograph
Herbert ?Herbie? Jeffrey Hancock, born on 12th April 1940 in Chicago (United States), is a jazz pianist and composer. He integrates elements of soul, rock, funk and disco, as well as several rap rhythms, into his work as a jazz musician. He has worked with the greatest jazz artists throughout his career including members of the Miles Davies Quintet in the 60s. This artist loves discovering new sounds. His musical forages encompass being one of the first to use synthesizers and scratch: remaining melodic his music has unfailing public success. Some of his creations, Watermelon Man and Rock it were commercially successful.Read more Read less
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Francis Wolff was born in Berlin in 1907. He met Alfred Lion when he was 15 years old and already a jazz and photography enthusiast. Their shared love for this new music cemented their friendship. In 1933, Lion emigrated to American soils. Wolf pursued a brilliant career as a photographer and collected records in spite of the Third Reich's rise to power. In 1939, he had to face facts and escape Nazi Germany. He reached New York in October. He moved into Alfred Lion's apartment. This place had also been the head office of a brand new jazz label 'Blue note' for about ten months. Wolff worked retouching in a photography studio in the daytime and in the evening was devoted to managing the label. The label developed and soon Wolff devoted all his time to it. He did however take his camera to each recording session for 28 years. He therefore photographed an important part of the history of jazz and its legends.In 1951, with the advent of the LP, and the imminent importance of record covers, the photographs taken by Francis Wolff became primordial for Blue Note. In 1967, Alfred Lion retired and Wolff took over the role of producer. He had to relinquish his photography. He remained at the helm of Blue Note until his death in 1971.