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"A beautiful drive to Kingston" Top 5 Page for this destination Kingston by Bwana_Brown
Kingston Travel Guide: 190 reviews and 410 photos
My wife and I had to make a 1400-kilometre (870-mile) mad dash to Toronto for a family wedding, taking divided superhighways the whole way, including passing through Montreal. As a result, we decided to slow down an smell the roses a bit on our homeward leg by taking a secondary highway route to beautiful Kingston, Ontario. This city is located where the Great Lakes empty into the mighty St. Lawrence River amid a confusing array of small islands - known as the Thousand Islands area. We did not have a lot of spare time to spend in Kingston itself, but the beautiful lakeside drive through farmlands and historic small towns left us well satisfied with our decision! The entire coast along this part of Lake Ontario is full of historic buildings dating from the 1780s when British 'Loyalists' fled north from the American Revolution and began their new lives along this watery 'highway' of Quebec and eastern Ontario.
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- In a nutshell:A historic city with a fantastic location
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Came looking for Tobermory found a nice little Vietnamese restaurant in Kingston. Always wanted to the Oktoberfest here, who have thought they had winery. Looks like a very pretty place I missed on my many Toronto-London runs.
very nice photos and tips. seems like a lovely place to spend a couple of days.
This is not Kingston Penitentiary. This is Collins Bay Penitentiary.
Hi We stopped cat Kingston on 3rd June for Sunday lunch, on our way from Otawwa to Toronto. This drive was beautiful, our coach director spoke highly of Kingston.
This must be an amazing place if even the local prison is so stunning. Great information eloquently dispensed.
Excellent info on the oldest prison in Canada
That's a rather fancy prison! Do they serve a buffet breakfast and teain the afternoons? ;-) Looks like a much nicer, and safer, Kingston than the one I visited in Jamaica...
interesting to hear that canada has a burgeoning wine industry. i thought it might be a bit too chilly up there! excellent page!
Your intro pic looks more like a monastery than a penitentiary! Haha, I wrote that while I had not yet read your tip that says the same! You point out an aspect of history almost forgotten, hidden by US independence, with loyalist escaping to the north!
Glen, I really enjoyed this vicarious trip with you. The Kingston Penitentiary was amazing. Murray Canal looks interesting. The attention to detail about the Loyalist Parkway is impressive. Beautiful photographs, too.
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CCI to take up NTPC's plant relocation, linkage issue next week
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Investment may not only take up the issue of relocation of NTPC's North Karapura Power Project, but is also likely to take a call on providing originally agreed linkages to the proposed power plant in Jharkhand, in a meeting likely next week.
"The approval of Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) may be sought for relocation of North Karanpura Super Thermal Power plant in Jharkhand, in a meeting likely on February 20," a source close to the development said.
Besides, restoration of originally agreed coal linkage to set up the power plant by NTPC in the state will also be sought during the meeting, the source added.
NTPC is setting up 1980-MW power plant in the vicinity of Tandwa town in the Chatra district of Jharkhand, which is the first project of NTPC in the state.
Ministry of Coal withdrew the coal linkages in 2008 and raised issue of relocation of the project.
Group of Minister (GoM) on coal constituted a sub-committee in September 2011 under the chairmanship of member Planning Commission B K Chaturvedi to look into the issue.
"NTPC requires the restoration of original coal linkage to set up the power plant. The proposal is for restoration of coal linkage for setting up of North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Project (NKSTPP) by NTPC in Jharkhand at the proposed site with safeguards as per recommendation of Chaturvedi Committee and accepted by GoM," the note by power ministry said.
In its note, the Coal Ministry has, however, demanded relocation of the power plant and said: "NTPC has formulated a plan to set up a Super Thermal Power Plant...On the highly potential coal bearing areas of North Karanpura a coalfield in...Jharkhand.
"However, the proposed site for the plant blocks six billion tonnes of coal reserves, besides creating a threat..And posing safety concerns. Ministry of Coal has therefore proposed an alternative site for setting up of the power plant," it said.
Approval of Cabinet is sought for relocation of the site of proposed plant at North Karanpura to alternative site, the Coal Ministry note said, adding that "area near Kanhakala village 15 km North East of Chatra in Chatra district in Jharkhand is suggested."
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Knopf Publishing Group, Hardcover, 9780307959805, 331pp.
Publication Date: April 30, 2013
One of our foremost economic thinkers challenges a cherished tenet of today's financial orthodoxy: that spending less, refusing to forgive debt, and shrinking government austerity is the solution to a persisting economic crisis like ours or Europe's, now in its fifth year.
Since the collapse of September 2008, the conversation about economic recovery has centered on the question of debt: whether we have too much of it, whose debt to forgive, and how to cut the deficit. These questions dominated the sound bites of the 2012 U.S. presidential election, the fiscal-cliff debates, and the perverse policies of the European Union.
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"Kuttner (The Squandering of America), cofounder and co-editor of the American Prospect, pulls no punches in his latest full-throated defense of Keynesian economics and repudiation of the modern neoliberal system . . . Kuttner's deft overview of economic history—most notably his coverage of the Marshall Plan—demonstrates that economic stimulus can be very effective at ending recessions."
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"Robert Kuttner nails the missing piece in Barack Obama's presidency—the reason the American economy is still stalled and sickly. Read this book, then send it to the White House. Kuttner has the plan. The president needs to see it."
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Immortalize your pet or favorite animal in your own creative style. Lay out the basic animal's shapes and build with shadows and highlights to render a beautiful and unique painting. This workshop is ideal for beginners and will introduce the structural basics of animal portraiture.
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This recipe blew me away! We are pretty new to vegan cooking. I thought there was no way this would compare to my regular tzatziki recipe. Wow, was I wrong! This is AWESOME!! I didn't have silken tofu~~only extra firm regular tofu. Other than that, I followed the recipe to a "T" and used it in pita bread with falafel and tomatoes. YUM!! Thanks SO much for sharing! I think I may cut down on the garlic just a tad next time, but otherwise it was PERFECT!!! This will become a staple in our house! :O)
This is absolutely fantastic, honestly, no one would know it doesn't have dairy products in it. I would easily serve this to non vegan friends and I bet they love it! Very creamy, does not have a funny tofu-ish aftertaste or texture, just really very good-thanks so much for sharing!
I just made this wonderful recipe and the taste of tofu was barely discernable. I would recommend going easy on the garlic, but apart from that it tastes like the real thing. Great to be served with lebanese bread...
Would never have known it was made with tofu if I hadn't made it myself! Highly recommend!
This recipe is amazing, thank you! I've always used plain soy yoghurt as I it's all I can get hold of, the tofu is perfect, tastes just how I remember it pre-vegan days! Love it really garlicky so the whole recipe works for me. Do you know how long it keeps for?
Great recipe!! Even the non-vegans (including a 7year old) preferred this to the regular tzatziki.<br/>Definitely prepare this the day before if you can. We used "soft" silken tofu as it was all we could find last time (it turned out great so don't worry if you need to substitute) After souvlaki night it was used on pretty much everything...even as a salad dressing! Stock up on gum and mouthwash and enjoy!
Yayyy! This blew me away ! I am new to vegan cooking and as a huge tzatziki fan (can u blame me, I have a background that's almost Greek) I wanted to give this a go. I had no white vinegar so I skipped that step but even so it turned out great ! Awesome recipe ! Its a must try I think :)
Absolutely fantastic! I only used 1 small clove of garlic (unless you like your food very garlicky) and subbed champagne vinegar for white wine as it is the one I have on hand. Thank you so much for this fabulous easy recipe.
I agree with the other reviews-this was a great recipe!!!! I will be using this recipe to make vegan gyros with seitan, onions and tomatoes. They were yummy!
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01102: Second Semester Core: Introduction to Design and Visual Studies in Architecture (STU 0110200)
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Cameron Wu, Ingeborg Rocker, Jeffry Burchard, Yael Erel, John Hong, James Khamsi, Jinhee Park
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The overarching pedagogical agenda for second semester is to expand upon the methodology of technique from the first semester such that students should develop an understanding of the complex interwoven relationship between form, space, structure, and materiality. This semester is about embodying and motivating the logical techniques from first semester with the problems of materiality, mass, proportion, tactility, and structure. Prerequisites: GSD 1101
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- , A. KrassniggAffiliated withInstitut für Physik, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
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We examine the applicability and viability of methods to obtain knowledge about bound states from information provided solely in Euclidean space. Rudimentary methods can be adequate if one only requires information about the ground and first excited state and assumptions made about analytic properties are valid. However, to obtain information from Schwinger functions about higher mass states, something more sophisticated is necessary. A method based on the correlator matrix can be dependable when operators are carefully tuned and errors are small. This method is nevertheless not competitive when an unambiguous analytic continuation of even a single Schwinger function to complex momenta is available.
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These are delicious fluffy sweet potatoes mixed with butter, sugar, and vanilla, and baked with a crunchy pecan streusel topping on half and mini marshmallows on the other. A must have at our table during the Holidays.
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- 4 1⁄2 cups sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1⁄3 cup milk
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 cup light brown sugar
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- In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar and flour. Cut in 1/3 cup butter until mixture is crumbly, then stir in pecans. Sprinkle pecan mixture over half of the sweet potatoes.
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- If desired it can be made with just the pecan topping or just the marshmallow topping (just double the amounts).
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Dissolve 1 teaspoon sugar and yeast in warm water, and let stand 5 minutes. Place remaining sugar, 1-1/4 cups all- purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, and salt in food processor, and pulse 2 times. With food processor on, add yeast mixture, milk, oil, and egg through food chute; process until dough leaves sides of bowl and forms a ball. Process an additional minute (dough will be sticky). Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic (about 5 minutes); add enough of remaining flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, to prevent dough from sticking to hands. Place dough in a large bowl coated with cooking spray, turning to coat top. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85 degrees), free from drafts, 1 hour or until doubled in bulk. Punch dough down; cover and let rest 5 minutes. Coat 12 muffin cups with cooking spray. Divide dough into 12 equal portions. Divide each portion into 3 pieces; shape each piece into a ball. Dip balls in melted margarine; place 3 balls in each muffin cup. Cover and let rise 45 minutes or until doubled in bulk. Uncover dough; bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until browned. Yield: 1 dozen (serving size: 1 roll). Per serving: 128 Calories; 3g Fat (20% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 22g Carbohydrate; 15mg Cholesterol; 108mg Sodium Serving Ideas : Remove from pans, and serve warm. Recipe by: Cooking Light, Jul/Aug 1995, page 74 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #435 by email@example.com on Jan 28, 1997.
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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 8:23 PM GMT on February 22, 2006
Glaciers in southern Greenland are flowing 30% to 210% faster then they were ten years ago, and the overall amount of ice dumped into the sea from Greenland increased from 90 cubic km in 1996 to 224 cubic km in 2005, up 250%. As a result, Greenland's contribution to average annual sea rise increased from .23 mm/year in 1996 to .57 mm/year in 2005, and now accounts for between 20% and 38% of the observed yearly global sea level rise. Two-thirds of Greenland's contribution (.38 mm/yr) was due to glacier dynamics (chunks of ice breaking off and melting), and one-third (.19 mm/yr) from melting. These were the results of a paper called "Changes in the Velocity Structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet" published last Friday in Science magazine. NASA scientist Eric Rignot and University of Kansas researcher Pannir Kanagaratnam used ten years of satellite radar interferometry data to arrive at their conclusions.
The authors attributed the speedier glacier flow in southeast Greenland to climate warming, and noted that there had been a 3° C rise in temperature in the past 20 years at one station there. Widespread glacier acceleration affected just the southern tip of Greenland south of 66° north between 1996 and 2000, then spread rapidly northwards to 70° north by 2005 to cover the southern half of Greenland. The authors anticipated that as glacier acceleration continued to spread northward, Greenland's contribution to global sea level rise would continue to increase in coming years.
Greenland's increase in glacier speed and a corresponding rise in global sea level are reason for great concern, since Greenland holds enough ice to raise global sea level by over 20 feet (6.5 meters), should the ice cap disintegrate. However, the paper does not discuss many complicating factors, and it is uncertain if the paper's findings mean that Greenland's ice cap is in immediate danger. The most worrying aspect of the paper's findings is that we are told that the computer models used to estimate how long it will take Greenland's ice will melt are significantly in error--and in the wrong direction!
Figure 1. Change in sea level from 1993 to the end of 2004 shows a steady increase of about 3 mm/year. No acceleration of sea level rise due to increased input from Greenland or other causes is apparent. Image credit: University of Colorado.
Is the new Greenland melting evident in global sea level trends?
Sea level is a surprisingly difficult thing to measure. Tide gauges are very noisy, and only show sea level trend for the coastal areas they happen to be installed on. Global sea level trends from these gauges show a rise of between 1.5 and 2.1 mm/yr for the period 1950-2000. Satellite data from the TOPEX/POSEIDON and JASON satellites can give a better global picture, and show a rise of 2.9 mm/yr for the period 1993-2004 (Figure 1). This had increased to 3.4 mm/year for the period 1993-2007. The reason for the disagreement between the tide gauges and satellite data is unknown. There is a lot of variability in the data, due to changes in evaporation and precipitation related to such events as El Niño and La Niña. Indeed, sea level is not rising everywhere. In Scandinavia, the land is still rebounding from the Ice Age, and local sea level is receding. Sea level is also not increasing in the South Pacific's Vanuatu Islands, which Michael Crichton focuses on in his State of Fear book. This lack of sea level rise is not well understood, but may in part due to regional ocean current and precipitation patterns that reduce the amount of sea level rise one might expect. Mitrovica et.al. (2001) argue that as an ice sheet melts, the gravitational pull of the ice sheet on the surrounding ocean decreases, so that a substantial melting of the Greenland ice sheet would result in substantial drop in sea level over the North Atlantic, and a major sea level rise over the South Pacific with the maximum rise near the southern part of South America.
Given how noisy the global sea level data is, it should be no surprise that an increasing trend in sea level due to the increased contribution from Greenland is not apparent in Figure 1. According to Rignot and Kanagaratnam, Greenland's contribution to global sea level rise increased from .23 mm/year in 1996 to .57 mm/year in 2005, an increase of .34 mm/year. This is less than the error bounds of .4 mm/yr in the Figure 1 satellite data. It is also worth noting that while Rignot and Kanagaratnam's estimates to contributions to sea level rise due to glacier flow (.38 mm/yr) are not disputed by other studies, their estimate of the amount of melting Greenland is undergoing (.19 mm/yr) is in dispute. For example, Box et al. (2004) came up with a global sea level rise of 1.5 mm/yr due to Greenland's contributions, and Chylek et. al. (2004) say that the ice sheet may not be adding to sea level rise at all.
Figure 2. Average temperatures for the two stations in Greenland with a century-long record. Top: Godthab. Bottom: Angmagssalik. Image credit: NASA Goddard.
Is Greenland's Ice Cap in danger of disintegrating?
Greenland's ice cap is probably not in immediate danger of disintegrating, if temperatures stay at their current levels. Most of Greenland has been in a cooling trend over much of the last 60 years. It is only during the past ten years that we have seen a sharp upward jump in the temperatures at many (but not all) Greenland locations. However, temperatures as warm as Greenland is seeing now were also observed back in the Medieval Warm Period of 800-1300 A.D., and again in the 1930s. We can see the warm period of the 1930's reflected in the temperature records for two Greenland stations with records extending back over a century (Figure 2). Presumably, Greenland's glaciers at that time accelerated to speeds similar to what we are seeing today, without the ice cap suffering significant disintegration. I haven't looked for records of glacier flow and iceberg calving for that time period to check this hypothesis; I doubt reliable records exist.
Natural Variability
The temperature plot of Figure 2 demonstrates that Greenland is subject to large decades-long changes in its climate due to natural variation. The 2-4° C increase in temperature during the 1920s must have been primarily due to natural causes, since human-emitted greenhouse gases were relatively low then. Research results show that the climate of Greenland is dominated by a regional weather pattern called the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). The NAO oscillates unpredictably between a negative phase and a positive phase. If the wintertime NAO is negative, the persistent low-pressure area near Iceland called the Icelandic Low moves towards the southern tip of Greenland, bringing a sharp increase in precipitation and warmer temperatures to the island. During the positive phase of the NAO, the Icelandic Low moves back towards Iceland, allowing colder and drier conditions to prevail over Greenland. The wintertime NAO during 1950-2000 was primarily positive, which led to cooling over virtually all of Greenland--the opposite of the global warming trend of most of the rest of the world (Chylek et al., 2004). This cooling reduced the amount of glacier break-up and melting one would have expected due to global warming. To make things more complicated, increased precipitation during the wintertime negative NAO phase tends to add mass to the ice sheet in the interior, and may partially or totally offset the mass loss due to melting from that phase's increased temperatures (Johannessen, 2005). This is a very complicated system with many unknowns! The question--which was not discussed in Rignot and Kanagaratnam's paper--is, how will the expected rise in global temperatures of 1.5 to 4.5° C this century affect the NAO, and thus Greenland's temperature and precipitation? The current consensus from the computer models is that global warming should act to create a more positive NAO, which would keep Greenland cooler and drier.
When will Greenland's Ice Cap be gone?
The consensus view (Gregory et. al, 2004), using computer models that treat the Greenland ice sheet as a static hunk of ice, has been that the Greenland ice sheet will melt in about a thousand years, if atmospheric CO2 doubles. However, the doubling in glacier flow observed in the past ten years comes as a major shock. The models used to come up with the 1000 year estimate do not account for changes in glacier speed at all! The unexpected increase in glacier flow probably occurred in response to the lubrication effect of melt-water penetrating down to the glacial bed, as well as other poorly-understood processes. The paper concluded: "Current models used to project the contribution to sea level from the Greenland Ice Sheet in a changing climate do not include such physical processes and hence do not account for the effect of glacier dynamics." In other words, the models were wrong. Climate change skeptics are find of criticizing computer models, and cite their inadequacy as grounds for dismissing the threat of climate change. Well, it works both ways. Climate change models can be off in the wrong direction--as we also saw with the Antarctic ozone hole, which was completely missed by the models. These new results imply that if Greenland warms significantly (at least 3° degrees C), Greenland's ice could melt in a few centuries, not 1000 years. With 20 feet of sea level rise locked up in its ice, sea level rises well beyond the capability of humans to handle could occur later this century. The real test of the stability of the Greenland Ice Sheet will come when we reach temperatures not seen since before the last ice age, 125,000 years ago. Warm temperatures then caused the Greenland Ice Sheet to mostly disintegrate, leading to perhaps 14-17 feet (4.5-5 meters) of sea level rise (Cuffey and Marshall, 2000). The likelihood of this scenario is highly uncertain, though, given our lack of understanding of the system, the high amount of natural variability, and the limited amount of historical data we have to look at.
One interesting political note
Rignot works for NASA, which has recently been embroiled in controversy over whether political appointees there had tried to silence NASA climate scientist Jim Hansen from voicing his opinions. According to Time Magazine, when Rignot was asked if anyone at NASA had tried to shut him up, he said he had not been subjected to any such pressure.
The University of Colorado has a nice image showing where Greenland melted in 2005, and which areas melted for the first time.
Jeff Masters
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Chylek, P, J.E. Box, and G. Lesins, "Global Warming and the Greenland Ice Sheet", Climatic Change 63:, 201-204, 2004.
Gregory, J.M., Huybrechtsm, P., and Sarah C. B. Raper, "Threatened loss of the Greenland ice-sheet", Nature 428, 616 (8 April 2004) | doi:10.1038/428616.
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Cuffey, K.M., and S.J. Marshall, "Substantial contribution to sea-level rise during the last interglacial from the Greenland ice sheet," Nature, 404, 591-594 (2000).
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BOSTON – Attorneys for Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger filed an appeal Thursday of the federal convictions that sent him to prison for life last year, arguing that he was not given a chance to fully present his defense as he stood trial for 11 killings and other gangland crimes dating to the 1970s and '80s.
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Gov. Romney And Rep. Paul Ryan Want To Drill, Slash, And Sell Our Public Lands
by Jessica Goad
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, told The Reno Gazette-Journal earlier this year that he doesn't know "the purpose of " public lands. Presidents since Theodore Roosevelt—who was an avid hunter and the father of American conservation—have realized the many purposes of public lands. They support our nation's energy sector, provide clean air and clean water, and serve a critical role in preserving our heritage as a nation. Protecting parks, monuments, and other wilderness areas stimulates hundreds of thousands of jobs from recreation and tourism alone. Yet Gov. Romney apparently thinks our 700 million acres of federal public lands serve no obvious purpose.
So what are Gov. Romney's and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI), policies on public lands? We examined the plans of the two candidates alongside their previous votes and policy positions, discovering that, for them, the purpose of public lands is:
- More access for oil and gas drilling and less investment in cleaner alternative energy sources
- The sale of public lands rather than further conservation for future enjoyment and job creation
- Less public access to public lands due to ill-considered budget cuts rather than investments in our parks and wilderness areas to boost local economies and jobs
In short, the public lands policies of Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan would be disastrous for the 700 million acres of federal public lands that belong to all of us.
Much of the evidence for this analysis of the Republican ticket's public lands policy agenda is derived from Rep. Ryan's past votes as a member of Congress. But Gov. Romney's vagueness and lack of understanding about public lands issues in general also provides a sense of where the campaign's priorities do or do not lie.
It is clear that instead of putting public lands to work in support of a balanced energy strategy and conservation goals compatible with economic opportunity and the pursuit of happiness, the Republican candidates for the presidency and vice presidency of our nation would drill, slash, and sell our public lands to benefit a few well-connected businesses and individuals. In this issue brief, we detail these plans, beginning with energy and then moving to access, funding, and the sale of public lands.
Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan want fossil fuels to be the winners and want sources of renewable energy to be the losers in our nation's future energy development. They want to preserve tax breaks for oil companies, slash clean energy investments, and promote vast amounts of new oil drilling. These energy priorities also extend to public lands, as can be seen through the campaign's energy plan and Rep. Ryan's past votes in Congress.
The campaign's focus on expanding domestic oil and gas production seems particularly strange when put in context—under the Obama administration, fossil fuel production has been steady and growing on both private and public lands. For example, oil production from publicly owned lands and waters is higher now than it was in the final three years of the George W. Bush administration. Additionally, the Bureau of Land Management held three of its five largest-ever oil and gas lease sales in calendar year 2011.
Turning energy decisions over to the states
The energy plan released by the Romney campaign in late August proposes transferring decisions regarding energy development on public lands from the federal government to the states. This could result in much more drilling and mining on public lands while bypassing federal environmental and health protections because, as The New York Times put it, "States, as a rule, tend to be interested mainly in resource development."
Troublingly, this portion of Gov. Romney's plan is very vague when it comes to the integrity of national parks. It claims that energy decisions about "lands specially designated off-limits" will not be turned over to the states, but it is unclear about what precisely that means. It could indicate that places protected from development by current law such as national parks would be off limits. But it also could be interpreted to mean that only places chosen by a Romney-Ryan administration would be off limits, leaving the management of energy resources in national parks up to different states.
Giving states the authority to permit drilling or mining in or near national parks would also sidestep public comment procedures as required by the federal review process. This means that rather than involving the public in decisions about their lands, individual states would be solely in charge of permitting controversial projects near national parks such as uranium mining around the Grand Canyon, oil and gas drilling near Arches National Park in Utah, and coal mining 10 miles from that state's picturesque Bryce Canyon.
This proposal prompted many citizens who value public lands to be concerned, including sportsmen. A columnist for Field and Stream, a popular outdoor activities magazine, recently wrote that:
When it comes to the future of public hunting and fishing—especially out West—fewer proposals could be more frightening.
Turning over federal land management decisions to the states proved too extreme even for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a conservative Republican. Earlier this year she vetoed a bill that would similarly transfer ownership of all the public lands in Arizona from the federal government to the state, explaining that she was "concerned about the lack of certainty this legislation could create for individuals holding existing leases on federal lands." Various legal scholars also note that proposals to turn federal lands and their management over to the states are probably unconstitutional.
Reckless development in special places
Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan also want to promote reckless energy development and natural resource extraction in places that are valuable for recreational purposes, as well as their scenery and heritage. Here are several cases in point:
- Rep. Ryan voted repeatedly—in 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2006—to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the last best wildernesses on earth and home to abundant wildlife and recreation opportunities. These efforts passed in the House with close votes but later either failed in the Senate or were not included in conference agreements.
- Rep. Ryan also voted to drastically increase careless and irresponsible logging and development of our forests during the 109th Congress in 2006. He voted for a bill that rolled back environmental laws in national forests, removed protections from roadless areas, and cut the public out of decisions regarding logging. The bill passed the House by a 243–182 margin.
- An amendment to a budget bill in 2001 was designed to prevent the George W. Bush administration's Department of the Interior from issuing new leases to drill and mine within national monuments. But Rep. Ryan voted against this provision, effectively throwing his weight behind drilling in national monuments. Despite Rep. Ryan's vote, the provision passed (242–173) and was signed into law.
Favors to oil, gas, and mining companies
The energy policy history of Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan also is replete with past favors to corporations interested in exploiting our natural resources. For instance:
- A number of Gov. Romney's energy donors and campaign advisers boast stakes in companies that would directly benefit from more public lands being opened to development. Continental Resources, Inc., owned by Gov. Romney's top energy advisor Harold Hamm, already drills on public lands in Montana and North Dakota. Oxbow Corporation owner Bill Koch, who has given at least $2 million to the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future, as well as millions to other conservative groups,operates the Elk Creek coal mine on public lands in Colorado.
- Rep. Ryan voted yes on a bill in this session of Congress (H.R. 1904) that would transfer the world's third-largest copper deposit—located on U.S. Forest Service lands—to the multinational mining companies Rio Tinto Group and BHP Billiton Ltd. Rather than properly compensate taxpayers for the lost value of the copper, the bill only provided for an exchange of land parcels while sidestepping an economic valuation of the copper for which taxpayers would not be reimbursed. The bill passed the House on a 235–186 vote.
- Rep. Ryan is a co-sponsor of the Roadmap for America's Energy Future (H.R. 909),a bill introduced in this session of Congress that includes a provision encouraging the development of oil shale, one of the dirtiest fuels known to mankind, on public lands.
Access to public lands
Public access is one of the greatest assets of our public lands. Rather than leaving the enjoyment of outdoor activities to the whims of private estates—as is the case in much of Europe—Americans have the privilege of being able to get outside in national parks, national forests, national monuments, and other areas that belong to the taxpayers. But Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan's past votes and decisions show that they may not protect the places where Americans can hunt, fish, camp, and hike.
Keeping sportsmen from accessing public lands
While Gov. Romney stated on the campaign trail in 2007 that he has generally only hunted "small varmits," Rep. Ryan is a serious sportsman, who has bagged his share of bucks and wild turkeys. Yet the two men share a policy agenda that would cause wide-ranging damage to the public lands that sportsmen treasure.
Rep. Ryan in particular endorsed a number of bills in Congress that could restrict the ability of the hunters and anglers to access public land:
- First, he voted yes on the Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012 (H.R. 4089), which, despite its misleading title, contained provisions that would degrade prime wildlife habitat. The bill allowed for motorized vehicles, roads, and other development within pristine wilderness areas, potentially driving game away and damaging opportunities for hunting. A Congressional Research Service analysis of the bill noted that it could conflict with the "stated purpose" of the 1964 Wilderness Act: keeping especially valuable wild places "untrammeled by man." The sportsmen advocacy group Backcountry Hunters and Anglers stated that the legislation could "result in enormous negative consequences for world renowned hunting and fishing destinations." The bill passed the House by a 274–146 margin.
- Rep. Ryan also voted for The National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act
- (H.R. 1505), which would give the Department of Homeland Security "operational control" over federal public lands within 100 miles of the northern and southern U.S. borders. As such, the department could put up fences around, drive vehicles through, fly drones over, and otherwise intrude on the unspoiled lands and waters used by recreationists and sportsmen, thereby in effect restricting access to the land. An amendment to strike this provision from a larger package failedwith a vote of 177-247.
- The vice presidential candidate's most recent budget proposal, which Gov. Romney has backed, also endorses the idea of selling off public lands to the highest bidder, which might severely impact sportsmen. As a columnist at Outdoor Life magazine put it, "Without public lands, there's a hell of a lot less public hunting."
Blocking citizen proposals to protect special places
Along with impeding access to public lands, Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan want to stop the preservation of additional land for future generations to enjoy. While governor of Massachusetts, Romney did little to protect open space for the state's citizens. More recently, Rep. Ryan attempted to stand in the way of citizen proposals to set aside the public's favorite places. The ticket's history of trying to hinder public proposals to protect and preserve public lands specifically includes:
- The watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility noted that in Massachusetts in 2006 the Romney administration protected the smallest amount of open space in the state of any year since 1991.
- Rep. Ryan voted against the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which established three new national park units, a new national monument, and protected
- 2 million acres of wilderness. He also voted against a similar bill in 2008. Both ultimately passed and enjoyed bipartisan support.
- In the 110th Congress, Rep. Ryan voted against a bill that codified the National Landscape Conservation System, which is commonly referred to as the "crown jewels" of lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and includes places such as the California Coastal National Monument and the Pony Express National Historic Trail. It ended up passing, with a 278–140 vote.
- Rep. Ryan voted in 2011 to take away the president's authority to designate new national monuments under the Antiquities Act of 1906. This act has been used by 16 of 19 presidents (including President George W. Bush) to protect places such as the Grand Canyon and the Statue of Liberty.
- President Bill Clinton designated a number of national monuments using the Antiquities Act during his presidency. But in 2000 Congress tried to prevent the administration from spending any funds on national monuments that had been designated since 1999, in effect blocking these monuments' existence. This provision was part of a larger budget bill, and Rep. Ryan voted against an amendment that would have removed it from the bill.
Funding for public lands
Ensuring that our nation's special places receive adequate funding for their upkeep, management, and repairs is a key component of protecting the great outdoors for future generations. Providing government agencies with the necessary financial resources allows them to properly oversee the elements that make visits to public lands enjoyable and safe—things such as law enforcement in parks, road and trail maintenance, and education programs.
Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan, however, are not at all friendly to discretionary spending on our parks, monuments, and public lands. Indeed, Rep. Ryan's current budget includes a number of devastating cuts that would have major consequences to the number of visitors our public lands could accommodate and to the safe and proper management of our lands. Gov. Romney, though providing less detail, has proposed even further cuts to these and other nondefense programs than Rep. Ryan. Cuts that they have proposed include those to national parks, fighting fires, and important land acquisition programs.
- In the most recent Ryan budget, overall allocations to environment and natural resources agencies would be cut by 14.8 percent from the already-low 2012 levels. The Democratic members and staff of the House Natural Resources Committee noted that this cut could result in the loss of 73,000 jobs in 2014 alone.
- Funding for national parks could be slashed by $380 million starting in 2014 in the most recent Ryan budget. An analysis from the Office of Management and Budget determined that starting in 2014, hundreds of national park units "would have to shut down for parts of the year" if the Ryan budget were to pass.
- The most recent Ryan budget proposes cuts to national forests of up to $678 million every year starting in 2014, endangering important programs such as fighting wildfires, sustaining clean drinking water, and supporting recreational activities such as hunting and fishing.
- The Land and Water Conservation Fund is one of the key tools used by federal, state, and local governments to acquire additional public wildlife habitat. Using receipts from offshore oil and gas drilling, the fund has supported tens of thousands of projects over its nearly 50-year existence. It has also enjoyed bipartisan support. But in February 2011 Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) offered an amendment to the H.R. 1 budget bill that would have almost entirely eliminated the fund, and Rep. Ryan voted for it.
Selling off public lands
The complaint that the federal government "owns" too much land is a common refrain, especially from Western Republicans. Although Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan both come from states with relatively small amounts of public lands, they nevertheless indulge this movement by proposing the sale of large portions of the public estate.
- The official Republican Party platform—approved at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, in August—addressed the party's support for privatizing public lands. It states that "Congress should reconsider whether parts of the federal government's enormous landholdings and control of water in the West could be better used for ranching, mining, or forestry through private ownership."
- Rep. Ryan's most recent budget includes a provision to sell off millions of acres of public lands without specifying how taxpayers would get a fair return for them. The plan cites as its inspiration a bill from Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) to sell 3.3 million acres of land in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. The government already has a system in place to transfer existing public lands to willing buyers, a process which has worked in the past.
In Gov. Romney's interview with The Reno Gazette-Journal, he was nonspecific when answering a question about whether he would sell public lands back to the states, saying that he "hadn't studied it." But then he added that, "Unless there's a valid, and legitimate, and compelling governmental purpose, I don't know why the government owns so much of this land."
Public lands serve very important purposes to our nation. They create jobs, provide drinking water and clean air, and are the places where we go to get outside and play. The federal government manages nearly 700 million acres of public lands on behalf of all Americans, making it a uniquely American idea.
But based on their recently released energy plan, previous policy positions, and past congressional votes, it is clear that Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan have not prioritized protecting our natural resources and public lands for future generations. When it comes to energy, access, conservation funding, and selling off public lands, the two Republican nominees embrace a devastating view of the traditional American land ethic.
We can have both—a balanced energy policy and land conservation—but history shows that the Republican ticket not only will ignore such ideals but will also actively work to undermine our protected public lands.
Jessica Goad is the Manager of Research and Outreach for the Center for American Progress Action Fund's Public Lands Project.
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The republican trend of looting public resources for myopic private special interests continues. This party represents no value of public good, progress, or the push for a better future. It is instead focused on the temporary and increasingly fragile power of their self-serving and short sighted constituents. A vanishingly small percentage of the American public.
The only way is the sustainable way. We see this clearly now that we are hitting the wall….
Teck Resources Admits Polluting Columbia River For 100 Years; Damage To Be Assessed
The cost of cleaning up the contamination has been pegged as high as $1 billion
"I think the question really is a much broader one than just the Upper Columbia River and needs to be answered," he said.
"These sorts of questions are going to be more and more prevalent over time, as people measure wind-borne or aerial-borne pollution from China coming to the United States, the whole question of greenhouse gases…
Teck has invested more than a billion dollars into environmental improvements and in 1996 stopped dumping slag into the river. Just last year, the company said it would invest another $210 million
Ryan and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker are alike. Walker proposed selling public utilities in no bid contracts. There is no need for public hunting grounds, Romney's and Ryan's friends can afford to buy the public lands and have their friends hunt there. Sorry common man, you don't have enough money to hunt with us. We want trophy animals. Where I live most people hunt for the meat not for the trophy rack to hang or mount. They do not care about the needs of the average person in this country.
The purpose of public lands is just that, for public use! The mantra of the TEA-Libertarian-GOP-Republican-Evangelical sects is the one screamed out by Sarah Palin, "Drill, Baby, Drill." It seems that every TEA-Libertarian-GOP-Republican-Evangelical running for office will cry out this if needed to show their siding with the extremes for the vote. Vagueness, lies and 180's by the TEA-Libertarian-GOP-Republican-Evangelical contenders shows they do not care about truthfulness. The TEA-Libertarian-GOP-Republican-Evangelicals want to use up and destroy the pristine lands and public lands to profit while leaving spills and unusable properties. They say the want America to be energy secure, while oil and gas exploration is doing such a great job much of the end product is being sold off-shore and exported for profit. Remember the Valdez spill? We are still working to fix that problem. The president needs a congress that will pass legislation to protect our water, air and lands for future generations.
Here's the porpose of Public Land:
For the Dedication of the Roosevelt Arch
August 25, 2003
One hundred years ago the Grand Lodge of Masons of Montana laid the cornerstone of this arch assisted by President Roosevelt. We are honored to be here to remember that act by a Great American and Mason, and to rededicate this arch.
With all of the natural wonders surrounding us, it might seem peculiar that we have met to celebrate a man-made structure. The establishment of Yellowstone National Park "for the benefit and enjoyment of the people" is a revolutionary concept in human progress. This phrase from the Park's founding legislation–carved into this structure–proclaims a revolution in the government of both land and people.
Throughout the history of civilization the ownership of land has been the symbol, even the definition of a free and sovereign people. But, commonly, both the land and the people have been the property of a ruling tyrant, priesthood, or industrialist.
There are various sources of the Liberty American's enjoy. These include the Constitution, the will to be free, cooperation, dissent, and–of particular interest here– the landowners rights derived from our joint ownership of the public land. The act of preserving land for the people affirms that the value of a person is intrinsic and not the result of his utility as a laborer or consumer. Correspondingly, it affirms that the land has value beyond just being a source of commodities. Americans long ago demanded that the people would own this Nation, and all Americans hold the deed for this and other public lands. Just as the defense of a neighbor's liberty protects our own; the defense of the public lands preserves for all of us the rights that result from the ownership of land.
If we leave here today merely having commemorated the piling of stone on stone we will have missed an opportunity to follow President Roosevelt in his vigorous defense of this land and its people Let's remember the spirit behind the stone and dedicate ourselves to protecting Yellowstone Park from all who contrive to appropriate its majesty for their own selfish use.
Jim Sweaney


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[NOTE. For nearly forty years now Wai-lim Yip, a major Chinese poet-scholar, has been our (almost) neighbor & close friend in southern California. His reputation in the United States has mostly focused on his critical writings on Ezra Pound (Pound's Cathay & other seminal works) & on his Chinese Poetry: Major Modes and Genres, which greatly expands & clarifies the Pound & Fennolosa approach to "the Chinese character as a medium for poetry." What these English works mask however is the extent of his prolific & influential writin
For Stuart Kendall
Gotham Bar & Grill in Manhattan, dining with Caryl, Cecilia & Jim.
At a table near ours, alone, a woman in whose face I saw the face of death.
At one point she turned toward me:
I could only stay in her black ray lane a few seconds.
[Himself on the cusp between "outside" & "inside" poetry & art, Chirot, whose work, both verbal & visual, is a great too often hidden resource, writes from an authoritative if barely visible position in contemporary letters. The Fénéon commentary excerpted here is from a longer essay/talk, "Conceptual Poetry and its Others," written for a symposium at the Poetry Center of the University of Arizona, 29-31 May 2008 & appeared earlier in the blogger version of Poems and Poetics. The depth & breadth of his more recent work is outstanding. (J.R.)]
[Written in the process of reading Mikhl Likht's Protsesiye/Processions along with the translation from Yiddish by Ariel Resnikoff & Stephen Ross, while following the procedures set earlier in The Lorca Variations. A tribute both to Likht & to his language.]
[The eight poems posted here are taken from the 17 typed manuscript pages Pizarnik brought to the home of the poet Perla Rotzait in 1971, less than a year before her death.]


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Jason McEntee
Position Title: Associate Professor and Department Head
Department: English
Area of Study: American Literature and Film Studies
What motivates you about your chosen field?
The majority of my research is in war literature and film, specifically the Vietnam and Gulf Wars as well as Afghanistan. I am consistently looking for ways to bring my research endeavors not only into my classrooms but also into the communities at large.
Why did you choose to teach at SDSU?
I am a South Dakota native (Mitchell), and I attended SDSU from 1990-94 (BA in English Education) and again from 1996-98 (MA in English). When I finished my Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky, I pursued a Visiting Assistant Professor position here, and the position turned into a tenure track the following year. I have always felt that SDSU is an excellent university, and I am glad to be a part of its community. I'm also glad to be here during this important time of change at the university.
What have been some of your greatest accomplishments while at State?
I consider my teaching to be my greatest accomplishment - almost everything I do has some connection to the classes I teach. I am restless when it comes to preparing for classes. I am not satisfied with my efforts unless I put myself and the class in a position to have an outstanding class session time after time. I am most proud of this, hands down. I am also very proud of my outreach work with the Sioux Falls VA Hospital, for which I am in my second year of facilitating the Literature and Medicine Program for the hospital staff. In this program, I work with the staff on ways to use literature and film to address issues that our veterans face in their day-to-day lives. I am also proud to have been recognized as the recipient for the 30th Annual Victor Webster award in 2010 - the award recognizes excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service, and I was nominated for it by my peers, largely based on my work with war literature and film.
What do you enjoy most about SDSU?
My colleagues and my students - great community of people in which to live and work. It's actually fun coming to work each and every day!
What piece of advice would you give new students?
Don't underestimate how important it is to keep up with reading and other coursework. University classes often move very quickly, and falling behind is a difficult thing from which to recover. Keep your options open: One may "know" what his or her major is from the very first moment arriving on campus; however, one always needs to remember that nothing is set in stone, and that taking a class or two outside of one's area can - and often does - have a lasting impact on that person's intellectual life.