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Hot spring, anyone?
Even some animals enjoy relaxing in nature's hot tubs. Care to join them?
Hot Springs and Geysers
Water sometimes comes into contact with hot rock. The water may emerge at the surface as either a hot spring or a geyser.
Hot Springs
Water heated below ground that rises through a crack to the surface creates a hot spring. The water in hot springs may reach temperatures in the hundreds of degrees Celsius beneath the surface, although most hot springs are much cooler.
Even in winter, the water in this hot spring in Yellowstone doesn't freeze.
Geysers are also created by water that is heated beneath the Earth's surface, but geysers do not bubble to the surface — they erupt.
When water is both superheated by magma and flows through a narrow passageway underground, the environment is ideal for a geyser. The passageway traps the heated water underground, so that heat and pressure can build. Eventually, the pressure grows so great that the superheated water bursts out onto the surface to create a geyser. Figure below.
Conditions are right for the formation of geysers in only a few places on Earth. Of the roughly 1,000 geysers worldwide, about half are found in the United States.
Castle Geyser is one of the many geysers at Yellowstone National Park. Castle erupts regularly, but not as frequently or predictably as Old Faithful.
- geyser: A fountain of hot water and steam that erupts onto the surface.
- hot spring: A stream of hot water that flows out of the ground continuously.
- When magma heats groundwater it may come to the surface as a hot spring or a geyser.
- Geysers erupt because the water is trapped and becomes superheated until finally the pressure builds enough for it to break the seal.
- Yellowstone is famous for its geysers. Hot Creek in California is also above a supervolcano.
Use these resources to answer the questions that follow.
1. What is required for a geyser to occur?
2. What provides the heat?
3. What supplies the water?
4. How is a hot spring created?
5. Explain how a fumarole occurs?
6. How is a mud pot created?
1. What creates a hot spring?
2. Why do geysers erupt rather than just bubble to the surface like a hot spring?
3. Are hot springs and geysers always found where there is active volcanism? What is the source of the heat?
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I am an Ultra-Conservative, Alpha-Male, True Authentic Leader, Type "C" Personality, who is very active in my community; whether it is donating time, clothes or money for Project Concern or going to Common Council meetings and voicing my opinions. As a blogger, I intend to provide a different viewpoint "The way I see it!" on various world, national and local issues with a few helpful tips & tidbits sprinkled in.
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Here is your chance to be part of the solutions! I would like to ask my readers and those interested in discussions and idea sharing with Cudahy Aldermanic District One Candidate Justin Moralez, Milwaukee Alderman Tony Zielinski and myself to continually enhance the South Shore area to stop down and talk with us.
Bay View and Cudahy have a lot in common and our futures are linked together.
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Anybody who has driven down KK in the last few years has been witness to the rapid growth and development of Bay View benefiting the residents of that community.
This has led to accolades from all realms, including the Shepherd Express, who recently named Bay View the Best Neighborhood to live in for the third year in a row. (http://www.bayviewneighborhood.org/)
I encourage everyone in our community to join myself, as well as, a network of young professionals and Bay View's Ald. Tony Zielinski, in an informal discussion Saturday February 9th at Studio Lounge. You are invited to share ideas on how to continue to enhance both these areas and bridge the gap between Bay View and Cudahy.
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Visitors uneasy about new security measures
MADISON, Wis. - Two lawmakers are asking a mining company to remove armed security guards at a proposed mining site in northern Wisconsin.
In a letter to the president of the Gogebic Taconite, State Sen. Bob Jauch and state Rep. Janet Bewley call the images of the armed guards "horrifying" and say the decision to hire the security firm is appalling.
"While no one can argue that your company does not have the right to protect your private property, these armed guards serve no purpose other than to intimidate local citizens and increase local tensions."
Photos taken by visitors to the site in the Penokee Hills show guards dressed in camouflage uniforms with masks covering most of their faces. They are also armed with rifles, and some appear to have multiple weapons.
Calls to Gogebic Taconite went unreturned Monday.
The lawmakers question why the guards are carrying assault weapons because they don't have the legal right to use them to protect property. The letter also states that the property is open to the public and not owned by the mining company.
"Not only does this decision reflect bad judgment, it is unfortunate that you don't understand how damaging an image it creates of Northern Wisconsin. Those who live here and work here hardly want to spend their time explaining that our forests are not filled with mercenaries from third world countries."
Protesters have caused some issues at the site on the border of Iron County and Ashland County. In June, a woman allegedly stole a cellphone and camera, according to the Iron County sheriff. There were also reports of vandalized property and barricaded entrances.
Shahla Werner with the John Muir chapter of the Sierra Club said her organization has mostly worked on the policy end of the mining debate. However, these images were hard to ignore.
"That seems like a gross overreaction to what's happening up there, and it could actually escalate tensions further," Werner said.
Werner said she doesn't believe the new security is from Wisconsin. She said if that's true, it's disappointing since Gogebic Taconite promising jobs for Wisconsin natives. She also said tensions are already high between the mining company and the community, and this could make things worse.
"This doesn't seem like that sort of olive branch that they want to extend if they want to be a good corporate citizen," Werner said.
The letter from the two lawmakers states the security firm is from Arizona.Pictures show armed guards at G-Tac mining site
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* to Tod* motor
Mine came out of an old printer. However when I first posed the question on the Reel Time BBS I got all kinds of good suggestions. You could use one from an old microwave rotisserie. Terry I believe used on from a cassette player. Some also suggested Cabelas catalog had one to be used in building rods.
The motor in mine is a 24DCV turning at 14 RPM's. It's made by Colman Motor Products Inc. Darlington WI, I hope this helps.
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Thanks again or the hospitality & to Bob, Nathan & Terry as well for taking a novice flytier under their collective wing (hackle?)...
Sully - meant to ask you for additional details on your fly drier. Feel a bit silly asking, but where would I find a motor suitable for building one?
Juro - great to see you. Glad to finally share my Labrador pics.
RE:Fly Tying Clave report
Great seeing everyone again at Stony Brook. That sure is a nice facility Sully. It has capacity for 50-75 tyers, although the flying feather bits from that bash would put a chicken orgy to shame
I wonder if we could make it a regular get-together? Perhaps one guy could volunteer to show a pattern to the group each meeting and the rest would be free-form tying and sharing.
One of the neatest patterns to share are the fly-dryer patterns... low rpm motor, mount, foam disc, etc. I feel like a schmuck for having bought one!
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Many thanks for being the gracious host for the tie-in this week. Fun to work on some new patterns and check out materials. A truly great facility for that type event. We should see if we can rally a larger group. With the amount of salvage computer hardware that's being retired these days, your epoxy dryer design could be an ultimate in materials recycling.
RE:Fly Tying Clave report
You're Welcome. Thanks to all (Terry, Bob, Tod & Nathan) I hope you had fun. I know I did.
It's a good size hall that I could possibly rent for a future event and with some help bring in a few Professional Tyers to complement the whole affair. Not to say that Nate and Bob can't pound out the flys. Geez, I was gonna ask them for their autographs and their union cards the way those two banged them off.
Juro, thanks for making it at the end. It was nice to see you again. You did the right thing. Family obligations ALWAYS come first! Just MHO.
Fly Tying Clave report
Well our own Mr. Sully was gracious enough to host his first tying clave. As a member of the Stoneybrook Fish and Game Association, Sully was able to use this great facility in Westford, MA. The club has a beautiful room lined with various taxidermy on the main floor and a lounge downstairs.
Though turnout seemed a bit shy, 5 of us whipped up a storm. I was overwhelmed by the ammount of tying materials 5 guys can produce. And the patterns, jeez, there was so much to see and learn.
With no agenda, we basically sat down and started tying those flies which we each have been working at lately. So right away 5 different patterns were being twisted up. The lesson here is it doesn't take many tyers to make one of these succesful.
As a new tyer I leaned on these guys to help me with a few problem areas and help they did. Thank you again Mr. Sully for the hand whip finish lesson, and thank you Nathan for the crab pattern lesson. Look forward to the next one, afterall,
it's still february Thank you again Sully for a job well done.
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Users that run unpatched software beware. Hackers have been relying on an old software bug connected to the Stuxnet worm to carry out their attacks.
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This is a great project, thank you for working on it for the community!I look forward to learning from your code.
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Hey Everybody,
My name is Spencer Miller and I'm currently in Grade 11 at Yale Secondary school In Abbotsford, B.C. I play club rugby for the Abbotsford RFC and represented Valley East in PRCs. This past summer I also played for Team BC U16 for both 15s and 7s, which we were lucky enough to win gold at the National Rugby Championship for 15s, and Western Canada Summer Games for 7s. I play mainly Scrum-half but have also played fullback and wing.
I have recently been invited to be part of the Canada U17 National Team that is participating in a tour in March 2012 that includes a week in Gloucester, England and then on to the Wellington Festival, a prestigious international tournament attracting teams from Europe, North America and the UK.
While it is a tremendous honour to represent Canada on this tour, there is also a tour cost of $3250.00 that we, as players have to cover through the current "Pay to Play" model.
If you are able to assist me in meeting my financial obligations so I can take part in this fantastic opportunity, your support will be greatly appreciated. Rugby Canada has set up this online fundraising tool through Mercury Communications Group as a way to help secure the funds needed to participate in this tour. This site will allow me to collect donations and in return will provide an official tax receipt for your gift.
I also invite you to follow our team's progress while on the tour by visiting the Rugby Canada website (www.rugbycanada.ca), by joining the Rugby Canada Fan Page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/rugbycanada) or following the Rugby Canada Twitter account (www.twitter.com/rugbycanada).
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International Day against Racism: ECRI publishes new reports on Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Switzerland
STRASBOURG, 21.03.2000 - On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) released detailed new reports examining racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance in five member States.
The reports mark the commencement of publication of a second four-year cycle of monitoring member States' laws, policies and practices to combat racism. ECRI's country-specific reports cover all 41 members of the Organisation, on an equal footing, in the perspective of the protection of human rights. They examine the implementation of the proposals ECRI made to the government concerned in its earlier report, provide a general up-date and contain a deeper analysis of selected issues of particular concern in the country in question. They are complied following a contact visit to the country.
ECRI recognises that in all five countries positive developments have occurred. At the same time, the reports detail continuing grounds for concern. These include:
In Belgium anti-racist laws are still very rarely applied. The incidence of discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin in employment is very important. Of deep concern is the widespread exploitation of racism in politics by extreme right-wing political parities. The occurrence of manifestations of racism and intolerance on the part of some law enforcement officials is also of especial concern.
ECRI's concerns in Bulgaria relate particularly to the Roma/Gypsy population, which has been the target of police ill-treatment and discrimination in many fields of life, including education and employment. Levels of tolerance in the general public are perhaps lower than is commonly portrayed and there is a need to raise public awareness concerning problems of discrimination in Bulgaria.
In the Czech Republic, of special concern is the continuation of racist violence, mainly – but not exclusively – directed towards members of the Roma/Gypsy community. The incidence of discrimination towards members of this community in many fields of life, including the administration of justice and access to equal opportunities in areas such as education and employment is also of concern. The widespread lack of communication between, on the one side, the authorities and the majority population, and, on the other, members of the Roma/Gypsy community is another important issue of concern.
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2008: Greatest turnaround in the history of the league and division champ
2008-2009 Miami Dolphins: "Legendary" or "Epic" or maybe both.
2008: Greatest turnaround in the history of the league and division champ
2008-2009 Miami Dolphins: "Legendary" or "Epic" or maybe both.
Dolphins in 2016 - Sucking at far fewer things
No hardware = just another case of blueballs, especially since Rex took over a 9-7 team and turned them into a 7-7-2 one.
Ravens and SF were both one very late play away from being repeat SB teams . Since '67, in actuality, the jest weren't even on the same block, let alone neighborhood when it comes to proximity to the SB.
Because it makes your HOF team's 09-10 finish not as impressive? Give me a god damn break. San Fran won by 4 and were 10 yds away from losing the game.they got lucky to play Atl.
keep those excuses flowing, it's what you do best.
it doesn't, they played in a weaker division and got a bye b/c of it. we had to win 2 road games to get to the title game.
Too ****ing aquaistically funny: I love the excuses you pull out of your azz: Atlanta was fighting hard for two winning seasons in a row, but in 08 when we finished the season in your crib beating you and clinching the division, you called it a meaningless game despite the need to finish the season positively based n Woody pimping PSLs and Mangini fighting for his job, not to mention the fans in the stands most of whom hated us. I love how you make excuses and accuse others of doing the same... very much like how you accuse others of whining but as some know, you are the biggest whiner on FH. You really have no-self awareness when it comes to attributing examples to the fins that can be fed right back to you, let alone accusing others of the petri dish of dysfunctionality you have exhibited here over the last close to 25thousand OCD posts on an enemy's forum. Comedy Gold!


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The GOP lost because they ran grandpa against a young, energetic, articulate candidate that promised "change". Grandpa and his outspoken VP runningmate ran the undecideds and moderates to the Dems!
BTW, there aren't enough Conservatives to elect a President. To win, they need to have the ability to pull from the undecideds and moderates. Which means they need to keep thier message focused on the economy and jobs and drop the Draconian social agenda.
The election debate needs to be about the Economy and Jobs. That includes effective policy in budget, re-evaluating most regulations, Foreign Policy and a realistic energy policy for both now and the future. If they stray from that message, they'll get beat.


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Vortex Update: 7 months later
Previously I wrote about my upcoming trip through the Vortex. It's no longer upcoming and I'm still on the other side, so I'm severely biased and you can't trust anything I say about it. But I thought I'd give a quick status update on my stated goals from last time:
- Work on customer-facing real technology products. Success. Not released yet, but you'll see.
- Help solve some serious internet-wide problems, like traffic shaping, etc. Yes, a bit, on my 20% project for now. You'll see that too. :) Must try harder.
- Keep coding, maybe manage a small team. Yes, with more of the latter and less of the former, but the ratio is under my control.
- Keep working on my open source projects. Sort of. Spreading myself so thin with cool projects that these are suffering, but that's nobody's fault but mine.
- Eat a *lot* of free food. Yes, though in fact I've lost weight, giving lie to the so called "Google 20."
- Avoid the traps of long release cycles and ignoring customer feedback. Total fail. The mechanics of this (totally under my control, but with lots of pressure to do it "wrong") are kind of interesting and I might be able to post about it later. For now let's just admit that I wanted to say my team had a product out by now (at least in public invite-only testing), and we don't, and that's mostly my fault.
- Avoid switching my entire life to Google products. Partial success, I have an Apple TV instead. But they gave me a free Android phone that (as far as I can tell) has actual garbage collection freezes *while I'm typing on the virtual keyboard*. So... fail.
- Produce more valuable software, including revenue, inside Google than I would have by starting a(nother) startup. Won't know until we release something.
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OXFORD – Rick Duke is the University of Mississippi's first director of economic development.
"Ultimately, our work results in two things – the enhancement of standard of living … and the enhancement of quality of life," said the Atlanta-area native, who held similar roles at Georgia Tech University and the University of Southern Mississippi.
"More and more, companies have come into the knowledge era, and they are interested in access to human capital and knowledge and innovation as a means of being internationally competitive," said Duke, who came to Oxford with his wife last fall. "What better place do we have a critical mass of knowledge than on college and university campuses?"
Duke is based in the Innovation Hub, the first building in the university's Insight Park. Recruiting potential tenants for that research park is one of his roles.
"The research park is about 100 acres, starting at the traffic circle here and going all the way down Insight Park Avenue down to West Jackson Avenue," he said. "We have other sites where private-sector firms can locate, conduct collaborative research with our researchers, allow students to work at the businesses and then, hopefully, employ graduates of the university and have a long-term relationship with Ole Miss."
While businesses of many kinds are welcome at Insight Park, a special emphasis will be on pharmaceuticals based on natural products.
"Our target will play off one of the principal strengths of Ole Miss – biopharmacy," Duke said. "That's a target that we have developed in concert with the Oxford-Lafayette Economic Development Foundation and the Mississippi Development Authority."
Duke and his wife, the parents of two grown sons, also published a magazine, "Retire in Georgia," which further honed his appreciation of communities with high quality of life.
Duke said Ole Miss and Oxford and their one-hour-away proximity to Memphis' airport and amenities constitute an "easy sell" for recruiting new residents and new businesses.
"It's not that we're trying to hide blemishes; we don't have that kind of community," he said. "If I look at (Insight Park) and the campus and Oxford and Lafayette County, I see so many strengths."


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On behalf of all of us at Manatee Amazon Explorer, I want to thank you for your interest in navigating Ecuador's Amazon Basin. Welcome aboard!
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Manatee Amazon River Cruise in Ecuador
Itinerary 3 nights
(Friday to Monday)
This is a journey that takes us into the endless heart of biodiversity, which extends its fabulous prism of life throughout the Amazon Basin. As detailed below, the very nature of this jungle realm teaches us that the best way to explore it is through a unique means of transportation: by navigating down the river on a fabulous, state-of-the-art vessel set to explore this truly unique environment. The inspiring adventure will provide many unexpected, astonishing encounters. We will discover the Yasuní (the largest of Ecuador's continental National Parks), a wild and untamed realm in the heart of the Ecuadorian Rainforest. We will climb observation towers to enjoy unique perspectives of the forest and explore black water rivers escorted by otters and turtles. We will hike trails learning about the wonderful flora that makes up the eternal green of Ecuadorian Amazonia.
DAY 1 - FRIDAY : QUITO – COCA – NAPO RIVER – YASUNÍ NATIONAL PARK Departure from Quito. A short 30-minute flight takes us to the frontier town of Coca (Francisco de Orellana) – and transfer to the dock, where we will embark on a motorized canoe and navigate down river about 1 ½ hour, to board the M/V MANATEE AMAZON EXPLORER. Throughout the journey we have a chance to admire the rainforest landscape and banks of the great Napo River. Immediately after boarding the M/V Manatee, we continue navigating downstream. Passengers will have their first opportunities to enjoy the exciting features of our cruise ship: the spacious social areas, comfortable suites, and an observation deck that offers spectacular views. An evening walk is organized after sunset; it gives us the opportunity to discover the forest's nocturnal activity and listen to the incessant sounds of nature.
Departure from Quito. A short 30-minute flight takes us to the frontier town of Coca (Francisco de Orellana) – and transfer to the dock, where we will embark on a motorized canoe and navigate down river about 1 ½ hour, to board the M/V MANATEE AMAZON EXPLORER. Throughout the journey we have a chance to admire the rainforest landscape and banks of the great Napo River.
Immediately after boarding the M/V Manatee, we continue navigating downstream. Passengers will have their first opportunities to enjoy the exciting features of our cruise ship: the spacious social areas, comfortable suites, and an observation deck that offers spectacular views. An evening walk is organized after sunset; it gives us the opportunity to discover the forest's nocturnal activity and listen to the incessant sounds of nature.
We will continue our navigation downstream to the Pañayacu River delta; take a canoe trip up the river to experience the sights of this fascinating reserve. We will seek out Pink River Dolphins, Common Squirrel Monkeys and much more. Pañacocha (Piranha Lake, in Quechua) is an ecosystem flooded by white waters. The rivers and lakes here are the perfect habitat for the infamous Piranha, as well as the Water Monkey Fish (Arawana) and White Caiman. After a refreshing swim (for the courageous!), we will enjoy a delicious Amazon-style BBQ meal nearby camping site. In the afternoon, we will head out on exploration trails, and return onboard for dinner.
Breakfast on board. We set out to visit one of the most amazing spectacles this side of western Amazonia known as parrot licks, these unique pools of mud become rich in minerals and attract hundreds of parrots, parakeets and amazons every day. If weather permits, we will have a chance to marvel at this astonishing natural phenomenon.
Later we will visit the Sani Warmi Kichwa Interpretation Center, where a group of Kichwa women will speak of their customs, cuisine and everyday life. They have created the center in order to showcase their culture, and it is a unique opportunity to learn about Amazonian lifestyles along the Napo River. You will also have the opportunity to buy crafts, local products and souvenirs.
After lunch, we will make a stop at the Yakukawsay Kichwa Interpretation Centre, and end with an interesting evening walk through the forest (depending on accessibility, river water levels and weather conditions).
In the morning, disembark the M/V Manatee and transfer by motorized canoe to Coca (1 ½ hour ride); flight to Quito.
- Transfer In and Out from Coca's airport to and from the M/V Manatee
- On board Accommodation
- Programmed visits according to itinerary with a certified naturalistic guide
- Unlimited water, coffee and tea
- All meals while on board
- Air ticket Quito – Coca – Quito
- Transfers to and from Quito's airport
- Communities entrances fees
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
- Tips and gratuities
- Internet Wi-Fi
- Personal Expenses
- Any other service not mentioned herein
NOTE: Please note the detailed itinerary specified above is an example of our operation, due to technical and operational factors; Manatee Amazon Explorer reserves the right to change it without previous notice.
There is no need to embellish the marvelous reality of Amazonia in terms of birds. With over 580 recorded species, including raucous parrots, glorious eagles, patterned herons, blindingly bright tanagers and cotingas, peculiarly unique hoatzins and umbrellabirds —and everything in between —birds are always a highlight of neotropical rainforests. Ecuadorian Amazonia, as we've mentioned before, is quite attractive because of its accessibility… whereas other parts of Amazonian South America may take a day or more to actually reach, here, the wait to find yourself birding in some of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth is much shorter! But one of the great things about birding with us at Manatee, is the fact that we can travel across the gamut of Amazonian ecosystems during a single trip, from the flooded forests of the Peruvian Border, the lake habitats of Limoncocha and Pañacocha, and extremely remote areas near the Peruvian border, to the record-breaking ever-diverse Yasuní, giving you the most complete version possible of bird life in the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin. We walk forests, climb observation towers, hide behind blinds, or silently canoe inside black water streams and out in open blackwater lakes, seeking out as many birds as possible: you'll be amazed at the variety, beauty and fascinating singularities of hundreds of different species.
Jungle Hikes
A lot goes on on the ground in the rainforest. So much, we couldn't write enough books about it to describe it all. This realm, the easiest realm to actually explore inside jungle habitats, is so teeming in life not even the most expert scientists could wish to identify it all. Some creatures are perfectly camouflaged, like walking sticks, sphinx moths, dried-leaf katydids, and glass frogs, others are quite the opposite, bright and perky like rainbow katydids, orchid bees, Morpho butterflies or poison-arrow frogs… antbirds closely following army ants, leafcutter ants creating enormous highways from one point of the forest to another, sculptural buttress roots towering above the tallest humans, the most unbelievable colors and shapes of fungi growing on fallen tree trunks… We walk and hike the rainforests under towering trees —as towering as a city full of skyscrapers—, the light trickling down in layers, smelling the aromas of a million different plants, feeling the presence of innumerable creatures filling every corner of the forest. The understory is a world within itself… Every plant holds a universe. Imagine every tree… imagine the entire forest… We program different walks for both inside forest exploration or lounging riverbanks and lakes, on longer, shorter, harder or easier trails, depending on interest or difficulty level, together with guides that enlighten us with their knowledge on life in the forest, the faunal communities that inhabit them, the medicinal plants that grow inside them, and much more…
Observation Tower
Observation towers are spectacular vantage points that give us a sense of the forest's overall scale. We climb several hundred steps (over 50 meters) up one of the enormous emergent trees traveling through the vertical stratification created by the forest's spectacular height and diversity. We move towards the light, reaching the subcanopy and later the canopy, noticing the different biological realities of each level, and then higher still, above the tree tops to a most spectacular view from where one can spot nesting birds, undulating mountain ridges, or monkeys swinging from trees. There is amazing activity up in this "neck of the woods". Scientists have explored little of these upper areas of the forest, mainly because of the difficulty of getting to them: which means thousands upon thousands of hectares of undiscovered territory.
Canoe Excursions
Perhaps the closest sensation to penetrating paradise when visiting the Amazon Basin takes place on canoe, inching down a black-water stream with the forest gyrating above you in a million sounds… These waters are full of vitamins and minerals, and like tea, they obtain their color from the vegetation that falls in them. You may suddenly surprise a pair of macaws preening each other, monkeys cackling while they feed or find enormous 2-meter long Giant Otters swimming up a creek with the entire family. The ancient inhabitants of these lands mastered the region's waterways, surely the most efficient way to transport themselves and their necessities to and from their homes and communes, and you will be able to experience, with them, the inspiring, ageless practice of paddling in the midst of forest life. At night you can seek out caiman and in the day the spectacular Pink River Dolphins or our very emblem, the elusive Manatee… For special, remote exploration, we use motorized canoes to get to and back from the site in time to unwind and dine onboard.


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They certainly do have fun extras. I really like the DG Cobra Troopers. I've been lucky enough to find several, but I'd love to run into more.
They certainly do have fun extras. I really like the DG Cobra Troopers. I've been lucky enough to find several, but I'd love to run into more.
So far on my Ross hunts, I've only picked up Cobra Commander, Ultimate Roadblock and Snake Eyes with Timber. None were really must gets for me but at 4.99 why not?
Ross is getting new figures in, for a buck cheaper than even those they got last week ($3.99), along with a lot of Retaliation vehicles (for more than Target clearanced them for last year).
Also, I can personally verify the Night Viper is among them. Oyes!!
That's my jacket!
I'd say that the Night Viper is my albatross, but that would mean I had found one to tie around my neck.
I've been to 5 different Ross locations and it's looking like that first visit was the best I can find. Everywhere else has just Battle Kata Roadblocks. I did pick up for $6.99 an ML Steve Rogers.
I found the last GI Joe Retaliation wave at Five Below today. I picked up 2 Night Vipers and 3 Alley Viper figures for $5.00 each. There was several Blind Master and Jinx figures, but I didn't get any since I had bought a case of the last wave months ago.
Don Levine, creator of G.I. Joe, passed away this week at the age of 86.
I noticed in the news about this that a lot of folks were talking about Hasbro's current GI Joe design team being disbanded and spread to other brands, as if 2 sad things befell GI Joe for the 50th anniversary, but I'm pretty sure there hasn't been a dedicated GI Joe team for several years now, with Star Wars' Derryl DePriest (who wrote a book on GI Joe before he went to work with Hasbro) doing double-duty as the Joe brand manager and borrowing talent from other teams while also farming out work to outside designers.
Meanwhile, one of my local TRUs got in a ton of movie 2 figures that used to be hard to find, and nobody seems to care, shelves are stuffed.
This is a dark time for the franchise.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I wonder if we could get Hasbro to concede this is a collector-based line now, and maybe give us high quality 6" figures, or something.
Or, really, with the only real successes lately being Resolute, Renegades, and the original ARAH comic, focusing on those a bit more (and going light on the Snake Eyes resculpts). It's a shame that ARAH is now off in its own little world, when it was the lifeblood of the line, and both "R series" ended with cliffhangers never intended to be resolved.
That's my jacket!
I found one Blowtorch vs HEAT Viper at the TRU in Redlands. Passed; I have two HEAT Vipers and a Blowtorch already. Unfortunately, given TRU's "feast or famine" strategy when it comes to exclusives, and me not being really close to any anymore, I have the feeling that will be the only time I see any of them.
That's my jacket!


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Awards for performance on Hope's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) champion men's golf team have been announced by coach Bob Ebels.
The Flying Dutchmen this fall captured their fourth conference championship in five years.
Junior Ryan Shedd of Coldwater, Mich. (Coldwater HS) was voted the team's most valuable player while senior Jeff Melville of Grandville, Mich. (Jenison HS) was presented the captain's award.
Captains of the 2004 team will be Ryan Shedd and junior Kody Taylor of Greenville, Mich. (Greenville HS).


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The lives of the citizens of Christchurch, New Zealand including my own, changed dramatically when two major earthquakes recently struck the city. The first disaster occurred at 4 am on Saturday, 4 September 2010 (magnitude 7.1) and the second at 1pm on the busy working day of Tuesday, 22nd February 2011 (magnitude 6.3). Two large office blocks collapsed as did numerous old brick facades in the quaint Victorian city centre resulting in many injuries and 185 deaths.
I was on a lunchtime dash to my local supermarket when the second quake struck. When it was all over and reassured that no one near me was hurt, I shakily made my way to the car to send off texts to staff, family and friends. Hurrying home to check the damage and get my earthquake kit (food, water, first aid kit, matches, emergency radio and space blankets), I quickly realised that this second quake was much more destructive than the first one. Fortunately for many homes and businesses to the west of the city the damage was extensive but minor. On the east of the city centre the flooding and liquefaction of the soil caused major damage to buildings, roads and waste water systems. Our single storey office was on the edge of the cordoned off central city in which 900 damaged buildings have now been demolished. Fortunately no one had been hurt as we had carefully earthquake proofed the office after the first big one. Everything dangerous had been put on the ground or moved to a lower level.


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Thanks again Snags for all the 411, now all I have left is mcClamShell Trooper
I just ordered 2 mcsnowies and another mcsolo
Glad you got your stuff Stilla, a good day for Star Wars
GIGANTA: A robot that automatically produces fun!
just reminding everyone I have a complete set of the mcsolo wave if anyone wants them.
All Hail Darth Schmitsky!
Yes the 5.88 price is been found nationwide
thanks Chux Turbo LBC Bobafrett Mtriv73 Rjarvis JF96 JT JMG FB Rogue2 Tycho Slicker Deoxy Caesar JontheJedi JJReason Brandon Solo JMS UK for great deals.
SSG Pro Football Pick em and Bowl Pick em Champ 2006. 2007 NCAA Bracket Champ
#24 - Gone but not forgotten
Bad times! I'm completely firewalled at work and wasn't able to get any of the goodies on HTS today.
I picked up a Zartan last night, however, using the Friends20 code and it came out cheaper than buying one at Target or TRU.
thanks commtech for the heads up on the mcsnowies
i got 10 but had to do multiple orders, limit is two, it came to about $60.50. come do think of it i should of have gotten 10 more. if it comes up again im going for it
Big thanks to Deoxy for texting me about the McFigures on HTS today, I woke up just in time to get a pair of Snows and then a few mins later she got me another McSolo.
Now I just need wave 8 Jango, 2x McRebel, wave 7.5 Rebel Vanguard, and SL Evo Sandtrooper. I think this may be the first year EVER that I have the entire year's figures before January!
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.


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Attacks on the Press in 2011: Killing, Coverup in Kenya
It is not too late for justice for Francis Nyaruri, who was killed in 2009 after he wrote a story on police corruption. The murder comes against a backdrop of widespread extrajudicial killing. By Tom Rhodes with reporting from Clifford Derrick


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Gingrich to speak on health care policy
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 4:30 p.m. · Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall
Posted March 27, 2008; 12:53 p.m.
Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, will present a lecture titled "Real Change: Bringing Health and Health Care Into the World That Works" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
In his new book, "Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works," Gingrich argues that while Americans want real change, Democrats can't provide solutions and Republicans won't.
First elected in 1978 to represent Georgia in Congress, Gingrich served as speaker of the house from 1995 to 1999. He was the chief architect of the "Contract With America," which resulted in the Republican Party winning the the 1994 midterm election majority in the House of Representatives, ending 40 years of control by the Democrats.
Gingrich currently serves with former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey as co-chair of the independent National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care. He is an adviser to the U.S. Department of Defense, serves on the terrorism task force for the Council on Foreign Relations and teaches at the National Defense University.
The event is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the College Democrats and the College Republicans.


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Take a Thursday Night Ride with Ward 29 Bikes! Our popular social ride series returns this year with a mix of old favourites and brand new routes. Starting from the East York Community Centre, we'll take a leisurely bike ride before returning to our neighbourhood for dessert and socializing. Each 90-minute ride will be on both streets and mixed-use paths. Routes may include riding (or walking!) up some hills, but we'll try to keep the huffing and puffing to a minimum. Meet at the East York Community Centre at 6:15 p.m. The ride leaves at 6:30 p.m.
via Bike Month 2013.


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Since I posted the last diary entry, I've had a chance to talk a bit with Dracos who cleared up some questions that I had, specifically regarding the "theme contest". So I'll qualify my statements.
The request for ideas of a replacement to the then current theme engine was put forward to the community in mid-March with this announcement. The concept of what the core developers wanted was decided on. The Encompass rendering engine was ready at this time, but as ladyofdragons put it in this post "there's nothing wrong with what they've been doing. But a more radical change is in order than just a theme that has a templating engine in it.".
Elaborating any more on this will just place me on one of the sides so draw your own conclusion.
It is my understanding that at the start of the "contest" Encompass did not fulfill the goals of what the core developers wanted in their templating system, by the time the "contest" was over Encompass had not changed its design to please the core developers so Blocklayout was chosen over it. The contest was not "rigged" as I had suggested in my previous post.
The flamewar that ensued after the announcement, carried on and, no doubt, brought out the worst in everyone involved. The point of contention was not the decision for Postnuke to use Blocklayout as opposed to Encompass as the templating engine, but the methods through which the management presented the decision among other things. While there was a lull in which people from both sides decided to see if they could reach a united decision, once when the talks broke down the flames started up again, and eventually the fork was announced. Like most flamewars, there were a lot of developments, good arguments, bad arguments, none of which is particularly worth mentioning. The end result is that the Encompass team and the Postnuke team had too little in common to continue working on the same code. The Encompass team announced the fork and created the new open source CMS project called Envolution, which is based on the .714 Postnuke release.
Unfortunately things didn't quite settle down in the Postnuke camp, Postnuke .72 was released and it included a very controversial "lowercase module name" change. When the bickering started back up I unsubscribed myself from the PN-Dev mailing list, whose signal-to-noise ratio was unacceptable.
In the past 10 days, John Cox and the majority of the Postnuke developers have also officially left the project (although, you'll still find many of them hanging out in the #postnuke-chat irc channel). Harry (the last of the original four founding fathers) is now the Project Manager, and a second "Pheonix" .72 release has been released which reverts the lowercase module name change, as well as offers an upgrade possibility to Encompass users. The date for .8 release has been pushed back from 2 months to possibly 6 months.
Enough history. Now my thoughts.
The Postnuke .7x code tree was simply an intermediary step. The goal of the core developers was not to help people settle into the .71 tree, but to move as fast as possible towards a stable API and the long awaited Postnuke 1.0! Like with any other software, after the appropriate length of time the developers stop maintaining the old code and move on coding the next version, and the old code is abandoned. The creation of Envolution is the best thing that could have happened to the .7x code, it now has a home, and a team of coders who are dedicated to maintaining it and taking care of the people who are satisfied with the current codebase, and would prefer stability to the addition of new features, many of which current sites that are using Postnuke, would not utilize fully.
The way we as Postnuke developers would do the best good, would be to press on with the original vision, which is the release of Postnuke 1.0. There is a perfectly good alternative for people who for good reasons do not want to move with the Postnuke vision, and that is Envolution.


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About Blizzard92
Ph.D. Student - Earth System Science (UC Irvine), B.Sc. - Atmospheric Sciences (Cornell University)
By: Zachary Labe , 10:34 PM GMT on January 29, 2011
The North American Mesoscale Model (NAM) is a high resolution model courtesy of the National Center for Environmental Prediction. Another very common and referenced name for the model is the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF). They are the same model and run out to 84 hours. The purpose of the model is to run a higher resolution determining mesoscale features that often cannot be picked up by the global models due to their larger scale. The NAM can be run on an 80km resolution with a broad view of the United States, or 40km which allows the viewer to zoom in on a localized region to put up on mesoscale features. Also a very high resolution form of the NAM exists using a 12km parametric and can zoom into different states. The model is released four times a day at 0z, 6z, 12z, and 18z. Keep in mind that time is zulu or more commonly known as greenwich mean time.
Computer models are critical to forecasting the weather as they use parametric and other mathematical equations to derive the current and predicted state of the atmosphere using a physical and chemical explanation as the background for the predictions. The NCEP is associated with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to be the developer of these computer models. Each meteorological organization worlwide uses their own developed computer models to serve as a basis for the forecasts. Without computer models, we are not able to derive predictions on the weather greater than 24 hours out.
Like all computer models, the NAM shows all layers of the atmosphere in maps determining positioning and speed of the jet stream, surface precipitation amounts (quantitive precipitation forecast QPF), temperatures throughout the entire core of the atmosphere, convective indices, simulated radars, etc. Due to the higher resolution of the NAM, several problems do exist. It often produces convective elements in many middle latitude cyclones and these are known as convective feedback problems. This is where it developed these unstable regions and often associates them as surface lows causing the surface depiction to be distorted. This was a problem in the recent prediction of the January 26-27 winter storm and will be noted below. Also the NAM has a tendency to produce higher than normal precipitation amounts. I typically find myself cutting totals nearly by 30% as shown on the NAM. Finally the NAM has a bias to overamplify a low pressure and close them off to early particularily on eastern United States cyclogenesis off the coast.
The January 26-27 winter storm featured many model headaches do to some interesting variables. Early on it appeared likely for a low pressure to track up inland along the coastal plain. There was a lacking 50/50 low, unfavorable position of the western trough axis, neutral NAO, natural baroclinicity along the coastline, and stale antecedent cold air mass. This would produce rain along I-95 with heavy snows inland. The 500mb synoptic pattern showed very strong signals for this time of setup with most computer model guidance also in support. The GGEM and ECMWF led the pack with the heavy snows from I-81 on westward. The GFS suffered major problems with varying solutions for each run. But then the computer models began to delay the storm. In fact it was delayed nearly 48-60 hours from the original starting time. This caused a different scenario to unfold. The lacking high pressure to the north was still a problem as the anticyclone zoomed east-northeast, but now a high pressure and associated shortwave out ahead of it allowed sunk east-southeast across the Midwest and western Great Lakes. This acted as a 'kicker' helping to push the cyclonegenesis farther off the coast. This in turn allowed for a colder scenario along with precipitation to occur farther east. Therefore a turn of events allowed for a major I-95 snowstorm with 6in+ totals from Washington DC to Boston. This was very fortunate for snow lovers in that corridor due to pure luck given the poor synoptic setup.
Given the NAM's high resolution, it often overanalyzes prognostics post hour 60. It tends to enhance QPF, overamplify lows, and pick up on mesoscale features that really do not exist. Therefore I typically throw out hours 60-84. It would be a rare event where you would find the NAM 84 hour verifying anywhere close to accurate. But in the near term range, the NAM does an excellent job locating temperature thermals, QPF ranges, and picking up on mesoscale features; coastal fronts, enhanced convection, deformation bands, etc. But in this recent storm, it suffered a plethora of problems and even the 6 and 12 hour surface maps had poor verification especially in the QPF department.
Let us first look at the actual accumulated precipitation totals for the storm.
Given this is a 24 hour accumulated precipitation amount, about .01-.1in of additional precipitation fell south of the Mason-Dixon line in the previous 24 hours.
Here are the preceeding NAM total QPF forecasts...
(January 24; 18z) (January 25; 6z)
(January 25; 12z) (January 25; 18z)
(January 26; 0z) (January 26; 6z)
As you can see, the NAM had a lot of variance with the northwestern sharp precipitation gradients. These tight gradients this year have been caused by the rapid intensification of the coastal lows allowing the heaviest moisture to be confined closer to the center of circulation. Also in this instance, a very cold and dry air mass along with associated cold front was quickly advancing southeast across the Great Lakes and was even picked up on by the 700mb RH charts. This allowed the flow out of the northwest to dry up some moisture for areas more inland.
The NAM simulated radar vs. the forecast QPF did not match up. Often the NAM simulated radar showed the heavier mesoscale bands lining up in northern Maryland and southern Pennsylvania where as it only showed total QPF to be .25in-.5in. In fact looking at total verification, the NAM did very well for its simulated radar.
(Actual NEXRAD National Radar) (6z NAM January 26 Simulated Radar)
The NAM did seem to have a hold on the 500mb map showing the negatively tilted trough producing the coastal low along with the placement of the upper level low and associated shortwave kicker just to the west.
(18z NAM January 24; 500mb) (0z NAM January 26; 500mb)
In general the differences in the 500mb maps were very subtle with just a general strengthening in the closed 500mb low, which verified a tad north of the January 24 18z model run.
The NAM did a very excellent job in identifying mesoscale band using the UUV/700mb RH charts.
(6z NAM January 26; 700mb)
It indentifed the enhanced snow growth over southeastern Pennsylvania up through New Jersey and New York City. The problems with the NAM generally existed in the QPF fields. The model likely suffered a very convective feedback issues in QPF totals. This is why it is important to note other maps than surface maps to help locate the heaviest precipitation. The 700mb map screamed that snow totals would be farther inland with the enhanced deformation band and UUV rates. In general the high resolution models handled this the best with the HRR scoring an amazing victory for QPF along with the ECMWF. The GFS/NAM did a very poor job for QPF, but as noted above QPF does not always tell the story. Sometimes it is important to note other layers of the atmosphere to help make a forecast. This point is why many forecasters missed the boat. Many forecasters (especially broadcoast meteorologists) are drawn to the easy to understand QPF/surface maps, but one has to look at all layers of the atmosphere to make a prediction.
Lower Susquehanna Valley Doppler...
(Courtesy of WGAL)
"Here northeast of Harrisburg 2010-2011 winter statistics"
(Snow Stats)
Current Snow Cover- 0-3in
Monthly Total (November)- Trace
Monthly Total (December)- 0.6in
Monthly Total (January)- 18.90in
Monthly Total (February)- 1.35in
Seasonal Total- 20.85in
Winter Weather Advisories- 7
Winter Storm Warnings- 2
Ice Storm Warnings- 0
Blizzard Warnings- 0
Freezing Rain Advisories- 1
Winter Storm Watches- 2
(Temperature Stats)
Lowest High Temperature- 23.7F
Lowest Low Temperature- -1.7F
Wind Chill Advisories- 0
Wind Chill Warnings- 0
(Snow Storms Stats)
First accumulating snow - December 10 - 0.50in of snow
Clipper light snow - January 7-8 - 2.25in then another 1in of snow
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One dead in South Hill officer-involved shooting
SPOKANE, Wash. - Authorities with the Washington State Patrol are investigating a officer-involved shooting on the lower South Hill Tuesday morning.
According to police, several people called 9-1-1 at 1:18 a.m. to report a bald white man with blue jeans and no shirt standing in the middle of the street yelling and firing a gun near the intersection of 8th Avenue and Adams Street.
"[A friend of mine] was riding his bike on Adams Street, 8th and Adams and he heard an individual screaming, calling for his girlfriend," witness Derek Delos Santos said. "Apparently he was yelling her name, 'Mandie, Mandie, Mandie' over and over again, [he] also said he heard gunshots, two gunshots go off in the air before we saw the cops actually arrive on the scene."
Spokane police officers responded to the scene within two minutes. Police Chief Frank Straub said that when officers approached the man, who was standing in the middle of the street, he took off running.One dead in South Hill officer-involved shooting
"The suspect then got in a vehicle and fled the area," Straub added. "We then engaged in a very short vehicle pursuit lasted all of about five or six minutes."
"The first one turned on 7th, then next one turned on 8th, the third one turned on 9th and then two more went straight up Monroe," Delos Santos said.
"It was a very weird thing to see, especially with it being like a Jeep Grand Cherokee trying to outrun some cops. It was like he had no chance," witness Nate Arnold said.
Officers pursued the suspect for about five minutes, and were able to box in the suspect near the Ace Hardware store at 9th Avenue and Monroe Street.
"Another cop's car followed from behind, pinning him in and just moments later we could hear close to a dozen gun shots go off all within a few seconds and it was all over," Delos Santos said.
"One of the police officers ended up side-swiping him, a PIT maneuver I guess, into the Ace Hardware building, and right when that happened we heard, I estimate, about ten gunshots," Arnold said.
The suspect had gotten out of the Grand Cherokee and pointed a gun at officers, who responded by firing several shots at him, striking and killing him.
"Within a few seconds gunshots and then silence from then on out. All you could hear were sirens and see lights. Besides that, as far as I know, the individual, his life, was over," Delos Santos said.
It's not known if the suspect fired on officers, however no officers were injured. Paramedics were called in but the suspect died at the scene.
Due to the scale of the crime scene, which covers many city blocks, police have closed Monroe Street between 8th and 10th Avenues indefinitely while the scene is investigated.
Since the officers involved were members of the Spokane Police Department, the critical incident protocol is in effect, which means another law enforcement agency -- in this case the Washington State Patrol -- is leading the shooting investigation.
This was the first time Chief Straub has dealt with a deadly shooting involving his officers and had high praise for their performance.
"My message to the community is that we are served by a very good police department, police officers who puts themselves at risk every day to protect the community so they can be safe at night and sleep in their homes and enjoy their neighborhoods," he said. "They are incredibly fearless, incredibly brave and incredibly dedicated to the job to the job they perform and incredibly professional in the way they handled this scene."
Late Tuesday afternoon the medical examiner identified the suspect as Jacob Dorfman, 52. The cause of death was listed as gunshot wounds. Dorfman, who is originally from California, has a string of convictions from Grant County in the mid-2000s on charges ranging from burglary and possession of stolen property to assault, domestic violence, eluding police and assaulting a law enforcement officer.
As for the officers involved in the shooting, they will now be placed on paid administrative leave and give their statements on the shooting to investigators within the next 72 hours.
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In case it slipped by one or two of you out there, Maine is a pretty homogenized state overall, even more so than a carton of Oakhurst or Hood milk. And no, despite the dairy analogy, I don't mean the whiteness of Mainers, though that's a big part of it.
While it is true that things are changing in Maine, racially, religiously, and otherwise, it's a slow process. Sometimes, it seems the biggest differentiator between most Mainers — at least where I live — is whether they speak that bastardized form of French or not.
With homogeneity often comes a distrust or even fear of outsiders. Of difference. And of change.
And that, I think, is why the "No on 1" folks lost, and why same-sex marriage will not be a reality in Maine right now.
Among those in the majority, there is a tendency to fear what is different — Blacks, Latinos, and most recently gays and lesbians — and that's the kind of sentiment that undermined the push for diversity training in the 1990s. Such training forced people to face their fears and to see a twisted vision of themselves in the metaphorical mirror. That made them uncomfortable. It was easier, I think, for such people to dismiss diversity training as inherently divisive or unnecessary. Question 1 had much the same effect, I suspect, on a little over half of Mainers who went to the polls this month.
Much like interracial marriages, same-sex marriages will almost certainly become a reality around here in the relatively near term, and elsewhere in the nation, unless the planet gets walloped by a huge meteor. But many, myself included, felt let down by last week's vote.
In fact, since Question 1 passed, I have witnessed many online and real-life buddies express anger and disgust over the situation, along with a feeling that those who voted against upholding the same-sex marriage law — which had been passed by legislators — were small-minded bigots.
It's an easy answer, and a tempting one to accept. But I don't think it speaks to the whole truth of why people voted the way they did.
I think many of the people who entered the voting booth and voted "yes" on Question 1 were operating from a place of ignorance and fear. Those two factors are what mostly create bigotry, I think, and not necessarily small-mindedness or meanness.
The ignorance and fear come about because in many cases, these people don't know anyone who is gay or lesbian. They have no real-world reference for them as people who want to commit, want families, and want what is best for those families.
Instead, they often have images of what flash across the screen during the gay pride time of year, when some men wear ass-less leather pants in public. It's a skewed image, but having grown up around annual gay-pride parades in Chicago, I have seen my fair share of flamboyant and in-your-face gay folks. They are the minority, but much like the stereotypical Black criminal, it's an image that sticks with people who fear change and difference.
One of the popular themes of the same-sex marriage opponents was to say, "Gay marriage would be taught in school." Predictably, many Mainers didn't see that as a positive form of diversity and acceptance of families of difference, but instead as a prelude to men in ass-less leather pants showing up on career day and talking to their kids.
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Almost the whole Mississippi congressional delegation in some way directly influenced passage this week of the Stolen Valor Act, a set of statutes making more explicit – and it is hoped constitutional – the criminal illegality of falsely using claims of military service and commendation for profit.
The bill, approved Wednesday night by the Senate's unanimous consent in its House form, HR 258, was sponsored by Mississippi U.S. Reps. Gregg Harper, Alan Nunnelee, and Steven Palazzo. Sen. Thad Cochran was a co-sponsor of the Senate version, and Sen. Roger Wicker a sponsor of previous versions.
The new law is an appropriate introit for Memorial Day Weekend, the chief holiday honoring all who died in mlitary service to the United States.
The measure passed this week in both chambers revives and refines a law struck down by the Supreme Court. The court said in 2012 it may be disreputable to lie about receiving a medal, but it's protected speech under the First Amendment.
The new bill is narrower, making it a crime to lie about being decorated with the intent to profit financially.
The Army Times reported in its May 23 editions, "Under the bill, it's a federal crime to benefit from knowingly lying about receiving certain valorous military medals and awards. Maximum punishment would be a fine of up to $100,000 and up to one year in prison for each offense."
Army Times also reported that the law will not apply to every medal.
"Specifically covered are the Medal of Honor, service crosses, Silver Star, Purple Heart and combat badges such as Combat Infantryman's Badge, Combat Action Badge, Combat Medical Badge, Combat Action Ribbon, or Combat Action Medal," the newspaper reported.
Claiming decorations "becomes fraudulent if the liar obtains or tries to obtain money, property or some other tangible benefit. For example, claiming to be a combat veteran on a job application or to receive a government contract set aside for a veterans would be fraud, as would receiving unearned veterans' disability or health benefits if any of the combat-related awards used to qualify for those benefits were falsely claimed," Army Times reported.
Lying about military service for personal gaiin is not a new phenomenon, and the alleged untruthful beneficiaries more often than not have been high-profile politicians in both parties, some who have good military records but with false embellishments.
The Act was first introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 19, 2005, by Rep. John Salazar, a Democrat from Colorado, as H.R. 3352. The House passed the Senate version, S. 1998, on Dec. 6, 2006, and it was struck down in 2012.
The corrective action passed this week seeks to provide appropriate penalities for claims that are both dishonorablle and criminal, a reaffirmation of the valor, heroism and sacrifice of all who are memorialized this weekend.


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How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
This is a question that has been pondered over the centuries. Can it be answered using scientific method? Is it a scientific question?
The Goal of Science
The goal of science is to answer questions about the natural world. Scientific questions must be testable. Which of these two questions is a good scientific question and which is not?
- What is the age of our planet Earth?
- How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
The first is a good scientific question that can be answered by radiometrically dating rocks among other techniques. The second cannot be answered using data, so it is not a scientific question.
Scientific Method
Scientists use the scientific method to answer questions. The scientific method is a series of steps that help to investigate a question.
Often, students learn that the scientific method is a linear process that goes like this:
- Ask a question. The question is based on one or more observations or on data from a previous experiment.
- Do some background research.
- Create a hypothesis.
- Do experiments or make observations to test the hypothesis.
- Gather the data.
- Formulate a conclusion.
The process doesn't always go in a straight line. A scientist might ask a question, then do some background research and discover that the question needed to be asked a different way, or that a different question should be asked.
A flow chart of how science works that is much more accurate than the simple list above is found here: http://undsci.berkeley.edu/lessons/pdfs/complex_flow_handout.pdf.
Ask A Question
Now, let's ask a scientific question. Remember that it must be testable.
We learned above that average global temperature has been rising since record keeping began in 1880. We know that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere. This leads us to a question:
Question: Is the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere changing?
This is a good scientific question because it is testable.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide has been increasing at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii since 1958. The small ups and downs of the red line are seasonal variations. The black line is the annual average.
How has carbon dioxide in the atmosphere changed over those 50-plus years? About how much has atmospheric CO2 risen between 1958 and 2011 in parts per million?
Answer a Question
So we've answered the question using data from research that has already been done. If scientists had not been monitoring CO2 levels over the years, we'd have had to start these measurements now.
Because this question can be answered with data, it is testable.
- greenhouse gas: Gases such as carbon dioxide and methane that absorb and hold heat from the sun's infrared radiation in the atmosphere.
- scientific method: A means of investigating a testable question using empirical information gathered from experiments, experience, or observations.
- Scientists use scientific method to answer questions about the natural world.
- First, scientists ask a question that they want to answer.
- Background research is essential for better understanding the question and being able to move to the next step.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
1. What is the first rule of writing science questions?
2. What is rule number 2?
3. What type of questions should NOT be used?
4. What is rule number 3?
5. Write a good scientific question using the three rules.
- What features does a question need to have to be a good science question?
- Create a list of three questions that are good science questions. Create a list of three questions that are not science questions.
- Look at the graph of atmospheric CO2 over time above. As close as you can determine, how much as the atmospheric CO2 content risen since 1958?


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Looking for the perfect touch to complete your room scheme? Or perhaps you're after a statement piece to start your interior design? Here you'll find a host of decorative accents for the home including wall décor and signs, mirrors, candlesticks, photo frames, clocks and vases as well as a range of quirky and unique one-off pieces. In the way of soft furnishings, there's a collection of luxurious finishing touches to choose from too, including beautiful cushions and sumptuous throws from the latest designers and master crafters, with stylish curtains to match. For the finishing touches to your room scheme you'll find an attractive range of home fragrances in the way of scented candles, diffusers and other wonderfully scented accessories.


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The Lost Legend Trilogy
Learn the origin of the mystical bond between horses and humans in THE LOST LEGEND TRILOGY--a series of books that reminds the world of the essential role played by the horse in the civilization of the world.
In the Trilogy, author J. L. Hardesty (Jo West Lauter) takes the reader on an adventurous ride aboard God's beloved horse to the First Christmas and beyond. These are books that the whole family and readers of every age will enjoy.
Kevin Ludden, Editor of the Arabian Horse Times, has this to say about Book Three of the Trilogy, scheduled for release in February, 2009:
"Dawn Across The Mountains is another wonderful book from Jo Hardesty that speaks to the reader of the special bond existing between mankind and his equine companions. Bravo, Jo! You have done it--creating an exciting read that truly captures and expounds on the magic that defines the first two books of this magnificent trilogy." --Kevin Ludden, Editor, Arabian Horse Times
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PETE DOHERTY has been released from prison, and he claims to have stayed clean during his internment. Judging from post-release photographs, I'm guessing he means "clean" in the drugs sense. But, hey, congratulations are due: the boy looks significantly pinker than usual, and now he can finally slap a two-digit number on his "__ days since I've been arrested with a needle hanging out of my eyeball" sign.
In other classy-Brit news: sensual irritant AMY WINEHOUSE recently spent the night in jail for getting effed up, slapping a dude in the face, and head-butting a woman who tried to call her a cab. Whenever I try to picture her in my head, I just see a brunette version of Andy Capp's wife.
Wow, another free NINE INCH NAILS album. Sort of like a couch on the sidewalk: sure, it's free, but it probably stinks, and what the hell would I do with it? Still, I dig the dude's sentiment. "Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years," said TRENT REZNOR on the official NIN Web site. "This one's on me." There are plenty of musicians with twice the money who'd never consider something like that.
R. KELLY's lawyers have requested that a "gag order" be maintained during the singer's child-porn trial. Kinky! The proceedings finally got under way this past Friday, six years after the indictment, despite his defense team's motion for a further postponement. It's delightful how the lighting speed of our judicial system has let the dude release at least three #1 albums (and an absurdly intricate R&B opera) between the time he videotaped himself peeing on a teenager (allegedly!) and the actual trial.
These allegations are the pinnacle of a long career of teen-boning rumors that include an alleged illegal marriage to 15-year-old singer AALIYAH. (And to think, we used to run guys out of the industry on a rail for minor indiscretions like marrying their 13-year-old cousins.) If convicted, Kelly will be trapped in something not unlike a closet for up to 15 years.
That sly dog NICK CANNON, it's reported, managed to marry Mariah Carey without a pre-nup. I'll offer him a tentative high-five on the assumption that it's some kind of crazy scheme, but I won't offer him a low one on the flipside until he pulls the trigger on the deal and walks out with half her shit.
Some new OASIS songs have leaked on-line. If you'd be so kind as to suspend your disbelief for a moment, I'll entertain the premise that you might give a shit. Two are mediocre and undifferentiated Noel-sung ballads, but "Nothin' on Me" is a little baffling. There's not enough of a tune that it can legally be called a song, so I'm guessing it must have some kind of industrial application. Like, maybe it neutralizes cat-urine odor, or boosts cellphone reception in tunnels.
In a clash of two of the most irrelevant show-biz vestiges in the world, P-DIDDY has been honored with a star on the HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.
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PortaPro - the little headphones that could
Pros: sound signature is mega fun, and quite surprising for a small supra-aural set of phones
Cons: headband pinches hair, look dorky to some
wow! am i really the first to write a review for the venerable portapro??
the portapro is an age old design, but has held up over the years, despite newer portable cans coming along. and perhaps it is the very age of the design that keeps people coming back to it. what with its alnico magnets and paper diaphrams. and it's weird retro look. and its mega fun sound!!!
yep, the sound is fun. the portapros have a nice, punchy sound. and great bass for a small supra-aural set of phones. they are great for pop, rock, hip/hop and the like.
the comfort is okay. the temple pads are supposed to releive some of the pressure of the ear pads, but i find that they don't really do this much for me. also, the adjusting metal headband is prone to catch your hair and can hurt when it does this.
overall, for $30 to $40 street price, these are such a wonderful product, and very enthusastically endorsed by me. (as i'm sure they will be by others here.)
a classic! and with reason!!


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The Approach to Miami International Airport's Runway 9 at Night. I believe the lighting of this Runway at night is so beautiful. Image #MA020277-0374_BC_Runway 9 Approach.psb
Miami International Airport, SouthWest side, featuring Runway 9 at night. This quadrant of the airport is used primarily by the cargo carriers. Runway 9, the airport's longest runway was recently beefed up to support the next generation of super airliners such as the Airbus A380-800 flown by Lufthansa who makes a dai...
Miami International Airport Runway 27 from a different angle with the Cathay Pacific B747 taking off. (Image LL190001-0485_B.psb)
Panorama of Old Harbour Skiathios and the Paralia where the Taxi race scene in Mamma Mia was filmed. Just started using new camera so exposure and AWB not locked but fun to look around the Tavernas so we will leave until revisited.
View from the clock tower now more famous as the church, Agios Nikolos , where Sophie posted the letters to Sam, Bill and Harry inviting them to the wedding in Mamma Mia.
This is the Agios Ioannis Prodromos Monastery where a number of scenes in Mamma Mia were filmed.