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The Ka`iwi Coast of east O`ahu. This area was purchased from a private owner to protect the open space. This slice of O`ahu's coastline includes Makapu`u Point (behind), Sandy Beach (Sandy's), the Halona Blowhole, From Here to Eternity Beach, Hanauma Bay, and Koko Crater. Koko Head is near the top left of the image. ...


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Hundreds of people showed up to a public meeting with federal officials in Salida, Colorado, to voice their support for protecting Browns Canyon, an area in southern Colorado well known for its whitewater rafting, fishing and outdoor recreation.
Every year, autumn delights us with grand displays of color. And every year Americans flock to prime places to see magnificent landscapes filled with reds, oranges and yellows.
This is encouraging news, especially given that the bill, the Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic Development Act (H.R. 5205), advanced in the midst of Wilderness Week, a national event sponsored by The Wilderness Society and partner groups to bring Americans to D.C.
For decades, The Wilderness Society's magazine The Living Wilderness gave members and subscribers an inside look at efforts to conserve some of our country's most special wildlands, as well as travelogues, prose, photos, poems and art about the places themselves.
Many exceptional wildlands remain unprotected or under-protected, but sportsmen, businesses and outdoor recreationists at the local level are hard at work to close the gap.
Befitting a pioneer nation, many of our most revered natural landscapes, from the Grand Canyon to Yosemite, are in the west. However, the roots of American conservation lie firmly in the eastern half of the country, as do many pieces of extraordinary designated wilderness.
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This is a 360 degree Panorama of the Aumndsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole Antarctica.
This was taken on 7-28 during the afternoon at a temperature of around -90F with a windchill of -130F. The moon in the shot was only a slight crescent but is incredibly bright. When the moon is not around we are surrounded by total darkness, unless we happen to be graced by a beautiful aurora! I was lucky enough to catch this nice aurora along with the moon. The moon is so bright down here that it mutes out the sky, making shots of stars quite difficult. I have to move very fast while taking photos down here as my batteries freeze quite quickly and even my tripod freezes and no longer will rotate...
Normally I keep a headlamp with me, but this time I had forgotten it while in a rush to capture the dissipating aurora, so had to shoot with whatever I had last set the camera at, and had to hope i didn't bump the rings since i wouldn't be able to see to change anything. Unfortunately while walking out to this point to take the photos I bumped the focal ring on the lens and ever so slightly causing the pictures to bit out of focus, but the pano was so beautiful I couldn't just toss it.
These images were taken with a Canon EOS-1D Mark II at 16mm, f-stop 2.8 for 30 second exposures.
*edit: You can see each of the constellations drawn in over the skyline here:
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Quite possibly the most beautiful pano I've seen here. Thanks for sharing it!
Unfortunately the stars are not very sharp, but great work at harsh conditions
Fantastic panoramic view! thanks for show!
Very nice.
Each star stays in the own place relative to the other stars. Planets and the moon move through the constellations of the zodiac. This winter we have watched Jupiter slowly moving back and forth among the stars of Capricornus. It was the only planet to stay in our night sky. Every 2 weeks the moon rises, and then lingers, slowly moving eastward for 2 weeks through the stars of Virgo, Libra, Scorpius, Sagittarius, Capricornus, and Aquarius. Then it sets and spends 2 weeks among the northern zodiacal constellations. This year the sun is at a solar minimum, and we weren't expecting to see very many auroras. We have had a number of very nice displays, such as this one, but they don't occur daily, and many of 2009's auroras were wispy lights that appeared suddenly and faded quickly.
Spinecrawler has captured the lower half of the sky in this full-circle panorama. The photograph includes stars that are located in the sky between 0 and 45 degrees south declination, and those stars are all less than 45 degrees above our horizon. The stars in our sky don't rise or set. They just circle around us once in a 24-hour day. The star field does shift about 4 minutes westward every day. Most of us don't notice much difference over a short time, but it is certainly noticeable over a longer time period. For example, if you were here on January 28 in the afternoon, and you stood in the same spot where spinecrawler stood to shoot this panorama, Scorpius and the other stars that he photographed over the station on July 28 would be behind you, and Orion would be behind the station. Of course, in January you would be looking at blue sky and all of the stars would be lost in sunlight.
This panorama of the South Pole at night shows the elevated station and the Dome under an accurate star field which features the rising moon, the Milky Way, Jupiter and a very nice aurora. The only way to see this sight is to spend a winter at the Pole. The last flight leaves here in mid-February and the planes return in mid-October. Only a serious emergency will bring a plane to the Pole between sunset and sunrise. Counting the first winter-over crew who stayed here in 1957 to the present crew of 2009, only 1267 people have spent a winter at the South Pole.
Beautiful photograph
Wow, GigaPan of an aurora?!? This is really amazing. I hope I was there.
marvelous shot! very unique opportunity
very cool, are these colors in the sky always visible ? shutter speed ? thanks for sharing jim trotter
That was awesome! Thank you!
So are those "The Southern Lights" Lovely shot whic follows my rule that a Gigapan should look great before you zoom in. KR


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- Producer: Les Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev
- Premiere: 14 June 1910, Théâtre national de l'Opéra, Paris
- Costume design: Léon Bakst
- Costumier: Marie Muelle
- Scenery design: Léon Bakst
- Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Choreography: Michel Fokine
- Libretto: Léon Bakst and Michel Fokine, after the first tale of
A thousand and one nights
- Main characters: Zoebéide (Zoebeida), Zoebéide's Favourite Slave, Shah Shahriar, King of the Indes, Shah Zeman, the Chief Eunuch, Odalisques, Almées (dancing girls)
The ballet is set in the harem of the Oriental palace of the Persian ruler, Shah Shahriar. Suspecting his wives of infidelity, the Shah and his brother, Shah Zeman, leave the palace on the pretence of a hunting expedition. As soon as the men leave, the women, lead by Shahriar's favourite wife Zoebéide, persuade the Chief Eunuch to release their slave lovers. Shahriar and his brother return unexpectedly and burst in on the ensuing orgy. Enraged at his discovery, Shahriar orders his guards to kill the women and their lovers. Zoebéide pleads for mercy, but finding her husband unrelenting, she stabs herself in the heart and falls dead at his feet.
Schéhérazade created a sensation in the Ballets Russes' 1910 season, its design by Bakst building on the powerful visual effects of his earlier Cléopâtre. This dance drama was the first production completely devised by Diaghilev and his miriskusniki collaborators, bringing together vivid visual spectacle, powerful choreography and a re-orchestrated version of the 1888 symphonic suite that Rimsky-Korsakov had based on tales from The arabian nights. Bakst's costumes are an imagined orientalist amalgam of Ottoman and Persian styles, pale and diaphanous silk harem pants for the almées contrasting with strongly coloured, embroidered and intricately structured silk and velvet costumes for the lead male characters. Bakst's drawing for Shah Zeman is an earlier, more ornate, version of the Shah's actual costume, accentuating the strong rhythms of the dancer's body by depicting the fabrics and the skirt ornaments as moving and floating. With gold body paint and bejewelled outfit, Nijinsky commanded the stage with his voluptuous and feline performance as Zoebéide's favourite slave. Against the set's emerald green walls and red carpets, the massed costumes of dancers in frenzied motion created a moving spectacle of colour intensifying towards the ballet's orgiastic and violent climax.


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Discussions about the impact of these recessionary times on the justice system too often revolve around budget-cutting statistics. Beyond the statistics are people in need, for whom the basic necessities of life – food, housing, access to health care, personal safety – are often a daily concern. Some fight these battles because of physical disability, mental impairment, or the isolation of advanced age. Others live in communities of concentrated poverty, where education is a distant dream, incarceration rates are high, and a history of abuse and discrimination is accepted as a basic reality.
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Economic stresses have social consequences, many of which present challenges to the legal profession and to the courts. So the need for pro bono representation is greater than ever, but so too is the potential. Especially in times of crisis, when services are cut, jobs are lost, and homes are taken, the courts serve as the safety net for a civil society. But this is not a challenge only for the courts, nor is it a challenge only for the bar. It is a challenge for all of us.
There are no caveats attached to the great promise of American democracy – equal justice under law. There are no qualifiers concerning the affordability of counsel or the availability of court services. Making good on that promise is the work of judges, court staff, legal services organizations, pro bono attorneys, public interest lawyers, social service agencies, and many others working together on behalf of the people we serve. It is a challenge for all Californians.
I have seen the power of pro bono service. I am honored to be part of this celebration of those who have embraced these challenges and dedicated their service to others.
Jonathan Kaiho, Tustin
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Since being admitted in 2009, Jonathan Kaiho has been busy building his three-attorney firm, Kaiho and Trivedi, and yet has devoted substantial time to pro bono activities. Mr. Kaiho firmly believes in giving back to the community, has been a volunteer at the Legal Aid Society of Orange County (LASOC) since 2010, and is always eager and willing to assist clients with complex and uncommon issues particularly in family law. As part of his commitment, Mr. Kaiho contributed more than 350 pro bono hours in 2011. He volunteered at more than 50 LASOC Family Law Clinics and personally provided legal advice and strategy to over 120 clients. He also represented 20 needy LASOC clients in dissolution, domestic violence, guardianship, custody, visitation and child support cases in Orange County as well as San Diego, Los Angeles and Riverside Counties. He drafts many of his own pleadings, discovery, law and motion, and does legal research and trial preparation for many of the clients assigned to him. Mr. Kaiho enjoys working with other new volunteer lawyers at the family law clinics and offers guidance and lessons learned. He feels he benefits more from providing pro bono work, by seeing the legal field from a different perspective, and developing compassion from those in worse circumstances than himself.
Mayte Santacruz, Costa Mesa
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Mayte Santacruz, an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP, provided outstanding pro bono services for the Public Law Center and Human Options. She assisted immigrant victims of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, and aggravated assault. These cases are both legally challenging and emotionally draining, but Ms. Santacruz handled the legal work with skill while earning her clients' trust and respect. In her three years of practicing law, Ms. Santacruz has provided more than 1,000 hours of pro bono work to clients referred by the Public Law Center. In 2011 alone, Ms. Santacruz dedicated 350 hours to this work, assisting 18 individuals with their VAWA and U Visa petitions. Because of these efforts, her clients can obtain the opportunity to lawfully work, obtain a Social Security number and driver's license, and otherwise live freely in our society. Ms. Santacruz has also demonstrated her dedication to public service in other ways. She is the incoming President of the Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County, a devoted volunteer of the Hispanic Education Endowment Fund, and founder of the "Mayte Santacruz Pre-Law Scholarship Fund," which awards scholarships to Hispanic high school seniors/college students from Orange County interested in pursuing a career in law.
Clifford Anderson, Jr., Laguna Niguel
Limited Active Practice
Clifford Anderson, Jr., a retired family law practitioner and member of the State Bar's Pro Bono Practice Program, has been volunteering for the Legal Aid Society of Orange County (LASOC) since 2009. In 2011, he represented 15 family law litigants on a variety of sensitive and complex cases involving domestic violence, move-away issues and intricate custody matters. Some of these clients were also immigrants who were fearful of deportation. Mr. Anderson consistently represents clients with very challenging issues on short notice at ex parte hearings. He is very sensitive to their legal and social issues, and ensures that all his clients are aware of the resources available to them so that they are able to get immediate relief such as housing, public benefits, child support, or veteran's benefits. Clifford Anderson exemplifies the true meaning of a team player and is always willing to assist whenever needed, regardless of the time involved or the nature of the case. Many LASOC staff attorneys have turned to him for advice and counsel on their own cases, and he always gives his guidance and time without hesitation. Mr. Anderson was admitted in 1953 and is the oldest participant in the State Bar's Pro Bono Practice Program.
Michelle de Blank, Palo Alto
Limited Active Practice
Michelle de Blank's legal career has focused exclusively on helping low-income and underserved individuals beginning at the Mental Health Advocacy Project representing individuals with disabilities, and then at the Santa Clara County Superior Court helping unrepresented people in the areas of family law, housing, and general civil law. She left the court in 2007 to raise her children. When Ms. de Blank contacted the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County in 2011 to do pro bono work, they were experiencing a dramatic increase in requests for special education services and having difficulty keeping up with the demand for full representation. Ms. de Blank ably stepped in and provided nearly 200 hours of pro bono service in 24 matters by helping children access educational placements and specialized services under both federal and state law; educating families about their rights when negotiating IEPs and helping them brainstorm strategies for self-advocacy; representing families with IEPs; and helping a family file for due process against a school district that attempted to change an IEP without proper notice to the family. Her ability to communicate directly with Spanish speaking clients also has been a tremendous asset.
Grace Carter, San Francisco
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Grace Carter is a partner at Paul Hastings LLP. Despite an active commercial practice in 2011, she litigated, negotiated settlements and consulted on pro bono cases that resulted in thousands of severely indigent Californians qualifying for or retaining General Assistance (GA), the last resort county-funded aid program. Ms. Carter co-counseled with the Western Center on Law and Poverty and the Public Interest Law Project in these high-impact matters. She also established, trained, supervised and mentored a practice group within her firm so that another generation of lawyers can learn the area of GA benefits. Ms. Carter contributed at least 400 hours to these efforts, a third of which she spent on litigated cases. The impact of her work is particularly important because GA recipients are without assets or income and have no other means to provide for their basic needs. Many are homeless, recently aged-out foster children, domestic violence survivors, veterans, or persons with disabilities. The majority suffer from physical and mental health impairments. There is no doubt that because of her leadership, many firm associates have become more highly skilled litigators and more deeply committed to pro bono work. While Paul Hastings has a strong pro bono policy, Grace Carter stands out for her commitment to pro bono.
Leslie McAdam, Ventura
Law Firm Individual
Leslie McAdam is a civil litigator and employment law associate at Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP, a full-service firm in Ventura with more than 75 attorneys. Ms. McAdam has provided countless hours of pro bono legal assistance for the past three years to Santa Clara Valley Legal Aid, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization established in 1996 that provides legal assistance to the largely rural and non-English speaking population of eastern Ventura County. In 2011, she distinguished herself from other volunteer attorneys by devoting virtually every Thursday evening to advising women, agricultural workers, elderly and the working poor at weekly clinics, and taking on multiple cases involving tenant issues, employee rights, small claims, consumer issues and farmworker issues. She helped more than 100 individuals and contributed a total of over 200 hours. Among other matters, Ms. McAdam represented needy individuals and persons with disabilities faced with foreclosure and eviction proceedings, and for the first time learned bankruptcy rules to defend successfully an individual sued by his lender for fraud in bankruptcy court. Her experience with litigation coupled with her dedication, compassion and understanding creates a positive environment for her clients.
Snell & Wilmer, Costa Mesa Office
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The Costa Mesa office of Snell & Wilmer has served as a backbone for the delivery of pro bono legal services in Orange County for many years. The office contributed over 3,150 pro bono hours in 2011, more than twice the number of hours contributed in 2010. Many of the 70 pro bono matters handled were referred by the Public Law Center (PLC) and involved humanitarian immigration relief for victims of serious crimes, domestic violence and human trafficking, as well as representation in adoptions, elder abuse matters, collection defense, and nonprofit incorporation and related transactional assistance. The firm continued its partnership with PLC and UC Irvine School of Law to direct and supervise law students in the U Visa project that enables law students to participate actively in all phases of the process and helps instill an ongoing interest in pro bono. Snell also handled matters referred by Legal Aid Society of Orange County, Ninth Circuit Pro Bono Program, and Human Rights, USA, several involving non-English speakers who had suffered severe psychological injuries and were attempting to deal with foreign legal systems and customs. Many Snell & Wilmer attorneys developed the expertise necessary to handle pro bono matters outside of their normal practice areas.
Ellen Eggers, Sacramento
Distinguished Pro Bono Service
Since 1990, Ellen Eggers has been a Deputy State Public Defender handling taxing and difficult death penalty appeals. In 2006, she learned of Francisco (Franky) Carrillo who had been incarcerated since 1991, at the age of 16, and was serving two life sentences. After reviewing the evidence, Ms. Eggers strongly believed he had been wrongfully convicted. Prohibited from representing Mr. Carrillo, she recruited the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) and Morrison & Foerster to represent him. In 2008, the Office of the State Public Defender granted Ms. Eggers rare permission to join the legal team. As a state employee she was required to perform all work on her own time and at her own expense. She devoted a total of over 2,000 hours, 500 of which was contributed in 2011, played a significant role in preparing and presenting the legal team's Petition for Habeas Corpus, and continued working on the case after the petition was granted on March 14, 2011. In addition to significant contributions by attorneys from NCIP and Morrison & Foerster, Ms. Eggers is credited for her unflagging commitment to Mr. Carrillo's exoneration, and is recognized for her extraordinary contributions to the legal team that secured his exoneration after 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit.
Small Claims Project, Los Angeles
Distinguished Pro Bono Service
In 2009, the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) and Bet Tzedek Legal Services began working with the court to create the Small Claims Project as an innovative and collaborative approach to helping small claims litigants.They recruited the law firms of Greenberg Glusker and Selman Breitman, Southwestern Law School and LACBA's Center for Civic Mediation to join together to provide advice, counsel and public education to self-represented litigants, as well as mentorship and training to law students. On a monthly basis, firm attorneys and Southwestern law students conduct detailed small claims workshops open to both plaintiffs and defendants hosted at Southwestern Law School. An average of 30-40 participants attends each workshop and outreach efforts specifically target low-income residents. Attendees view a PowerPoint presentation, are invited to discuss the option of mediation with a mediation representative, and have the ability to meet one on one with a volunteer to discuss issues further or to ask additional questions. In 2011, volunteers contributed 600 hours—300 by law students and 300 by firm attorneys—helping almost 400 ethnically diverse individuals. In addition, the Project has created website materials hosted on the LACBA website for the general public. The site has been accessed by nearly 3,000 people thus expanding the reach of this important project.


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"Color: deep; Nose: fragrant; Acidity: supple; Body: firm; Overall: rich; Soft and mellow meritage, interesting blend, robust mid palate, ok nose. Overall fabulous drinking wine but will look for better QPR. Good for something different than your standard Cab. The winery description shows the blend mostly cabernet: 2007 Buck Pasture Red Wine Buck Pasture - Rockpile Ridge Vineyards 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Petit Verdot, 10% Malbec, 10% Cabernet Franc Back in the old days, when you wanted to find a big buck, you went to the area of the ranch called the Buck Pasture. These days you'll find more big wines than big bucks coming from the Buck Pasture. The 2007 vintage is being lauded as one of the finest in recent history, and it is very deserving of the praise. Many people would describe the growing conditions as perfect. The crop set was slightly smaller than normal. We were in the midst of the first year of severe drought, stressing the fruit and further limiting the crop. The summer and fall were warm, yet moderate, and we did not have the huge temperature fluctuations common for that time of year. The 2007 Buck Pasture is elegant and powerful, restrained yet complex. The nose is a harmonious representation of the blend: Cabernet flavors of cassis, black cherry, cola, and tobacco, the red fruit and white pepper of Malbec, the dark brooding fruit of Petit Verdot, and the floral range of Cabernet Franc. The palate is no less enchanting: the tannins coat your mouth from front to back with a firm suppleness, the acidity is perfectly integrated, and the finish seems to last an eternity. This wine will age beautifully for the next 10 years."
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The S&P 500 has dropped 0.7% today but a bigger drop might lurk just around the corner.
That's the view of Societe Generale's Alain Bokobza and team, who see a 15% drop occurring just after the New Year. The reason: Fed tapering. They write:
We expect the drop to accelerate at the start of 2014 as the market starts pricing in the end of asset purchases (i.e. well before the market's Fed tapering expectation). The S&P 500 should dip to 1450 on our estimates, down c.15% from the peak.
Keep in mind the S&P500 fell by -16% after QE1 stopped and by -17% after the end of QE2…
In the two to three years that follow, the US equity index should remain relatively flat, burdened by higher yields (rate hikes in mid-2015), a higher US dollar and limited earnings growth (Return on Equity is already high), but supported by better economic prospects and a new shareholder value cycle, staving off a bear market.
What's an investor to do? "In the US, we prefer to focus on relative value plays," Bokobza says. "US banks appear particularly attractive." He also recommends investors switch into eurozone and Japanese stocks, "where economic policy is much clearer, monetary policy very loose and positioning is low."
Don't look for big banks to soften the blow today, however. JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has fallen 0.5% to $51.84, Wells Fargo (WFC) has declined 0.9% to $42.06 and KeyCorp (KEY) is off 1% at $12.54. Citigroup (C) has gained 0.2% to $48.71.


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Hope Summer Repertory Theatre's Children's Performance Troupe (CPT) begins its season June 20 with "Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business" by Barbara Park, with music and lyrics by Joan Cushing. This is followed by CPT's second show, "Go, Dog Go!" adapted by Allison Gregory and Steven Dietz on July 18. Both performances are held in the DeWitt Studio Theatre.
Junie B. Jones, from the popular children's book series, is an outspoken kindergartener who is going to be a sister for the very first time. Initially acting jealous of the new addition to the family, Junie B. Jones overhears her grandmother calling her new baby brother the "cutest little monkey," and her mind goes wild! Could this new family member win her the best show-and-tell award? Joan Cushing, writer of this show's music and lyrics, is also the adapter of last year's sold-out hit, "Miss Nelson is Missing."
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To purchase tickets, please stop by the ticket office at DeVos Fieldhouse located at 222 Fairbanks Ave. between Ninth and 11th streets. Hours are Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased from the ticket office located in the DeWitt Center, on the Hope College campus, at the corner of 12th Street and Columbia Avenue. Hours are Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 616-395-7890 and are $10 each. For more information please visit www.hope.edu/hsrt.


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Family: Pieridae, Whites and Sulphurs view all from this family
Description Ganyra josephina, the Giant White, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from southern Texas through Mexico and Central America to northern South America. The habitat consists of open, dry, subtropical forests.
The wingspan is 73–96 mm (2.9–3.8 in). The cell of the upper forewing of the male contains a prominent round black spot. The wet-season form of the female has a black cell spot and also some diffuse black postmedian spots. The veins are outlined with black near the wing margins. The dry-season for of the female is not so prominently marked. Adults are on wing from September to December in southern Texas. They feed on flower nectar from a variety of weeds and garden plants including Lantana, Eupatorium and Bougainvillea.
The larvae feed on older leaves of Capparidaceae species.
Dimensions 2 1/2-2 7/8" (64-73 mm).
Habitat Forests & woodlands, Meadows & fields.
Range Texas.


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|A McGill University study suggests as many as 87 percent of women struggle with annoying, even overwhelming food cravings. Good news: "Cravings aren't a sign of weakness -- they're triggered by deficiencies and chemical imbalances that we now know how to correct," says nutrition researcher Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., author of "Beat Sugar Addiction Now!" So, are cookies, chips or chocolate constantly calling your name? If you're tired of battling your brain for control of your diet, get to the bottom of what your cravings really mean and watch them disappear
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|The Likely Culprit: A Magnesium Deficiency
According to Tucson's University of Arizona researchers, up to 49 percent of women with food cravings are defeated by chocolate -- some during their premenstrual week, others daily. Underlying trigger? Usually a magnesium deficit. Chocolate contains up to 65 milligrams of magnesium per ounce, so these cravings are your brain trying to correct a shortfall in the tastiest way possible, says Carolyn Dean, M.D., author of "The Magnesium Miracle."
Rx: The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for magnesium is 320 milligrams daily. Skip the chocolate with spinach (157 milligrams per cup), nuts and seeds (up to 156 milligrams per ounce) and soybeans (108 milligrams per cup). If you must, reach for dark chocolate. According to USDA trials, it contains triple the magnesium of milk chocolate, so you'll need less to feel fulfilled.
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As many as 90 percent of Americans are deficient in chromium -- mostly because this mineral is not found in a lot of foods to begin with and easily destroyed during food processing, say USDA researchers. The #1 symptom? Ferocious sugar cravings. "Chromium helps your tissues soak up glucose," explains Richard Anderson, Ph.D., a research chemist at the USDA's Diet, Genomics and Immunology Lab in Beltsville, MD. "When chromium levels plunge, your cells have trouble getting the sugar that they need, and that's what leads to those intense cravings."
Rx: According to the National Academy of Sciences, 25 to 50 micrograms daily is often enough to short-circuit sugar binges. Some simple ways to ramp up your daily intake: Eggs (the yolks contain 35 micrograms of chromium each), cheese (16 micrograms per ounce), 100% whole grain or rye breads (up to 12 micrograms per slice) and beer (up to 30 micrograms per 12 ounce glass).
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Few people have heard of tryptophan, yet your brain loves this amino acid because it uses it to make antidepressant hormones, say researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). But that means when tryptophan levels dwindle, your moods can take a nasty downturn. Your brain's response? It tries to correct this mess by craving a tryptophan-packed snack like potatoes, MIT studies show.
Rx: The key to taming this craving is to nosh 1/2 cup of any tryptophan-rich treat when your munchies flare. Potatoes will do the trick, and so will bananas, cottage cheese, hummus or rice (brown or white). According to MIT researchers, giving in to this craving will squash it in 10 minutes and keep it at bay for up to eight hours straight.
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|The Likely Culprit: Not Enough Iron
Almost 10 percent of women are anemic, say researchers at Pennsylvania State University, PA. And aside from making you constantly tired, this mineral shortfall can make your taste buds die and slough off, leading to a sore tongue -- and then an odd craving for ice, which helps numb the pain, says Dr. Teitelbaum.
Rx: There's no on-the-spot cure for this frustrating problem, but with patience you can restock your tissue stores of iron, erasing ice cravings permanently. Enjoying 4 ounces of iron-rich legumes, fortified cereals, meat or poultry daily is a great start. Also, if you are a tea drinker, it is important to sip your tea between meals, and not actually with your food (tea's tannins bind to iron in the intestines, cutting the mineral's absorption in half, say researchers at the University of California, Berkeley). On the other hand, Tufts University research showed that citrus, berries, bell peppers or tomatoes, which are rich in natural plant acids, double the amount of iron you absorb.
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|The Likely Culprit: Calcium Pinch
Almost 55 percent of women struggle with impossible-to-ignore cravings during their premenstrual week -- often for sweet or starchy snacks, say UCLA researchers. Those feeding frenzies could be a tip-off that your calcium stores are sinking low. Calcium keeps your nervous system calm and relaxed as your estrogen and progesterone levels plunge premenstrually. So, according to studies at the University of Tennessee, when this mineral is in short supply, you'll feel rattled and stressed and crave calming carbs.
Rx: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggests that you can cut your premenstrual cravings and binges by 48 percent in three months, just by adding 1,200 milligrams of calcium to your daily diet. Yogurt is the true powerhouse of the calcium world -- one cup is packed with 454 milligrams. Other great sources: Cheese (200 milligrams per ounce), non-fat milk (300 milligrams per cup) and canned fish (240 milligrams per 4-ounce serving).
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Your adrenal glands store a lot of salt -- and they need this nutrient to produce energizing adrenaline and noradrenaline, plus the stress hormone cortisol. "But when you're super-busy and under a ton of pressure, your adrenals can get burned out trying to produce all of that cortisol," says Dr. Teitelbaum. "Their salt stores become drained and hormone output dips, leading to stubborn salt cravings, plus that awful drained and draggy feeling."
Rx: Forget about food fixes and look for ways to relax and unwind every day, suggest researchers at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine. Their studies show taking 20 minutes daily to meditate, stretch, practice deep breathing, soak in a tub or get a little exercise is often all it takes to cut your adrenal glands' cortisol output by 25 percent--allowing it to restock its salt stores, and cut cravings, in as little as two weeks.
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As many as 60 percent of Americans are deficient in essential fatty acids (EFAs), which are found mainly in fish, seafood, flax and other concentrated plant oils, says Barry Sears, Ph.D., president of the Inflammation Research Foundation in Marblehead, MA. "Your body can't build EFAs, despite how desperately it needs them -- and cravings for fatty foods are a common symptom of this dietary shortfall."
Rx: Add three 6-ounce servings of fish or seafood to your weekly diet, sprinkle 2 tablespoons of ground flax onto your daily meals or take 3 grams of fish oil each day, and your pizza pig-outs could ease in as little as one month, says Sears.
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Rx: Make it a top priority to get at least eight hours of serotonin-boosting sleep nightly, and researchers at Houston's Hermann Hospital say your carb cravings could disappear in as little as 72 hours.
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Rx: Succumb! According to the National Academy of Sciences, eating 46 grams of protein daily can prevent this shortfall entirely. Their top picks: Beef, chicken, turkey, lamb and tuna, which are packed with at least 48 grams of protein per 6-ounce serving.
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Rx: Start by going to your doctor and fessing up. Most people hide this type of craving, yet getting a proper diagnosis is the key to a speedy recovery. The good news: Finding out which minerals you're deficient in -- and taking prescription-strength doses until your shortfalls are corrected --can erase this embarrassing problem in as little as three months, says Cutler.
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Family: Rallidae, Rails, Gallinules, Coots view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE In breeding season has blue-gray face, neck, and breast, but note black between base of bill and eye, continuing as line down to center of chest. Belly is pale and flanks are barred brown, black, and white. Upperparts are brown, spangled with white on back; undertail is creamy white. Bill is yellow and legs are yellowish green. Nonbreeding bird is similar, but with duller bill and leg colors, and less extensive black on face. ADULT FEMALE Similar to nonbreeding male. JUVENILE Recalls adult female, but blue-gray elements of plumage are buff and bill is darker.
Dimensions Length: 8-10" (20-25 cm)
Habitat Widespread and common summer visitor to fresh-water marshes. Migrates south in fall and winters from southern U.S. to northern South America. Migrant and winter birds favor similar habitats, but also turn up in coastal wetlands.
Observation Tips Learn to recognize a Sora's call and you are likely to soon detect its presence in your local wetland. Seeing one is a different matter, but with patience it well may emerge from cover. Typically, a feeding Sora will follow a circuit around its territory, appearing in the same spot every hour or so.
Range Southwest, Great Lakes, Plains, Rocky Mountains, Western Canada, Florida, California, Alaska, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Texas, Northwest, Eastern Canada, Southeast
Voice Utters a whinnying squeal, and a loud keek in alarm.
Discussion Dumpy and rather secretive waterbird. Heard more often than it is seen. Typically skulks along marsh margins, its long toes allowing it to walk over soft mud or floating plants. Walks with a bobbing action and occasionally swims short distances. Feeds mainly on aquatic invertebrates. In flight (typically brief and low), note white trailing edge to inner wing (above and below) and white leading edge to underside of inner wing. Sexes are separable with care in summer.


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I know that directX is more used, but its really advanced for me, its taking me quite a while to understand code.
So I thought, let me check out more basic libaries, this led me to SDL and SFML? Which of these two is better?
Is directX that much better than these two libraries?
wouldn't it be hard to learn SFML and then have to reprogram the whole thing in directx for the 3d version later on.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
edit: Thanks everbody, i think ill look into SFML.
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The best feature though...the absolutely positively most awesomest feature is the lights. I love it when a toy lights up, but I've always wanted companies to drop the limitations where the lights only stay on for like 10 seconds or have to be accompanied with sound effects. Holding down the button for a few seconds and the lights staying on as long as you want is just down-right brilliant. And the lights are actually bright, making it even better! And the bussard collectors pulse during this, it's like whoa.
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The NFL's Collective Bargaining Agreement will make this offseason either very tumultuous or very boring. Should there be no negotiation, prolonged posturing and no resolution we're all in for a long hibernation period where we learn to like Arena Football (Go Philadelphia Soul). Tumultuous would be the case if an agreement is reached say sometime around the March 3 deadline or thereabouts....


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TUPELO – The largest high school in the state made a big splash on Wednesday. Amory coach Trent Hammond was named the new head football coach for the Tupelo Golden Wave.
"Tupelo is the largest city in Northeast Mississippi, kind of the premier town. Everybody always comes to Tupelo," Hammond said. "A lot of football coaches said, 'Hey, we want to be a part of that, too,' and I was one of them."
Hammond, 45, was unanimously approved at a specially called board meeting, met with players, then introduced to players and students at an afternoon press conference. He and his family – wife Kim, fifth-grade son Hayes and freshman daughter Maddie – were introduced by Tupelo mayor Jack Reed and THS principal Jason Harris.
Hammond has been head coach and athletic director at Class 4A Amory the past three seasons.
He replaced David Bradberry, who retired last month. Bradberry went 17-17 and made the 6A playoffs in two of his three seasons.
Tupelo superintendent Gearl Loden appointed a four-person search committee. Loden was Amory's superintendent when Hammond came to North Mississippi three years ago.
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Playing with HDA Intel codecs
When debugging a problem with the snd-hda-intel module on a machine that has an unsupported codec model, I've spent some time studying the Intel HDA specification, and noticed that we can get very interesting information from the hardware. You can do many interesting things even if the driver never saw an specific model of the audio codec, because the HDA architecture allows you to ask lots of information and control many aspects of the codecs.
I've written small script that generate a graphviz graph from the information on
/proc/asound/card*/codec#*. I've generated the graph for a bunch of different machines that have HDA Intel. They are interesting to see if you want to know what the hardware you have can do, and to find out the correct NID and commands supposed to be used by the alsa drivers. Here they are:
A Realtek ALC660 on an Asus W5F notebook
A Realtek ALC861 codec, found somewhere on the web
A SigmaTel STAC9200 on a Dell Latitude 120L notebook
A Realtek ALC880 on a LG LW20 Express notebook
A SigmaTel STAC9200 on a Dell Latitude D-something notebook
A Realtek ALC86x on a HP DX2200 machine
The script is on a GIT repository. You can clone it with:
git clone http://git.raisama.net/hda-tools.git.
What I would really like to see in the end is the ability to change the way the nodes are associated to alsa streams and mixers from user-space. Then this could be configurable using a GUI where the user would change the input connection settings and associate nodes with mixers and streams, while seeing the graph. Then instead of waiting somebody to change the Alsa driver to do what you want regarding the mixer and streams, you could simply change the codec settings on a GUI and everybody would be happy. :)


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Everyone knows you've got to get your car ready for snow season, but don't forget about summer, folks. Your car could always use a little love, and summer presents some unique automotive challenges and opportunities. If you want to maximize your fun in the sun, check out my tips for making this car summer the best one yet.
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Bellevue's economic success and growth has not come by accident. Careful planning, with community input and support, has been key. The city's codes and comprehensive plan are revised when necessary. For major land use and transportation initiatives, the city undertakes studies, often with the assistance of committees of residents and businesses. The city currently has several commercial land use and transportation studies underway.
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• Amory WR Dario Robinson signed with Southeastern Louisiana over a group of nine other offers, including Illinois.
Robinson committed to the Lions last week after a visit to the campus three weeks ago.
"It's a good fit for me. Their campus and their football facilitiesare great," Robinson said. "It felt like a great atmosphere when I was down there and a place I could enjoy playing."
Robinson, a two-time Daily Journal All-Area selection, lead the Panthers in rushing last season with 117 carries for 1,021 yards and 10 TDs and also catching 52 passes for 801 yards, good for second on the team. He led the state in receiving his junior season with 2,191 yards and 21 TDs.
• Itawamba Community College had eight more players sign with four-year schools, to go with five mid-term recruits. The latest signees included defensive back Terrell Pinson, from Tupelo, to Louisiana Tech, and offensive lineman Connor Popeck to Western Kentucky.
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• The first signing class for new Delta State coach Todd Cooley included Northeast CC offensive lineman Brandon Avant, an East Webster product.
• North Alabama signed West Point defensive lineman Freddie Reed, joining two area transfers – ICC linebacker Quad Freeman, from Saltillo, and Northeast linebacker J.R. White.
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If you've ever wanted to eat churros for breakfast, prepare yourself because all your dreams are about to come true. This recipe for churro french toast is one near and dear to my heart and also one of my favorite dishes from my childhood.
In the town where I grew up just outside of Chicago, there was a restaurant we often went for breakfast or brunch, and churro french toast was my favorite thing on the menu. To this day, when I go home for a visit, I still order this dish. Now that I live too far away to go home very often, I've recreated a version of their recipe that tastes almost identical. They serve it drizzled with a caramel sauce, making it even more decadent. Make no mistake—it's not a healthy dish by any means. It's absolutely indulgent. But I guarantee if you love churros, you will love this recipe. And this dish is sure to be popular with your kids since it's got a pastry-like quality to it that's so delicious and sinful, they won't believe you're serving it to them for breakfast.
I like to serve this dish with sliced fruit and when I make it at home, I usually prefer to forgo the caramel sauce or syrup because it's sweet and decadent enough without any syrup for me. A child-size serving is two sticks; three for adults. I can't be held responsible if your family never wants to eat anything else for Sunday breakfast again!
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Under the Convention, all Parties should report on the steps they are taking to implement the Convention
(Articles 4.1 and 12). Most of the 41 Annex I Parties submitted their first report (known as a
"national communication" (NC)) in 1994 or 1995, their second in 1997–1998 and the third after
30 November 2001. The fifth NCs were due on 1 January 2010 and the sixth NCs on 1 January
2014. Decision 9/CP.16 calls for submission of the seventh NCs on 1 January 2018.
Submissions of the sixth NCs by Annex I Parties to the UNFCCC secretariat, as well as previous NC
submissions, can be found here.
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guidelines have been revised twice, at COP 2 (Geneva, July 1996) for the preparation of the second round of
communications, and again at COP 5 (Bonn, Oct./Nov. 1999), where revised reporting guidelines (FCCC
FCCC/CP/1999/7) were adopted for the preparation of third NCs and continue to be applied. The UNFCCC
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relevant guidelines and reporting requirement.
Parties included in Annex I to the Convention are requested to provide information on global climate
change observing systems (GCOS) in conjunction with their national communications, in accordance with
decision 11/CP.13.
The 2016 GCOS implementation plan provides updates to the Essential Climate Variables listed in Decision
Compilation and Synthesis Reports
Upon requests from the Conference of the Parties (COP) and from the Conference of the Parties
(CMP) serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto, the secretariat prepares compilation and synthesis (C&S)
reports of the information provided in NCs by developed country Parties and the supplementary information
incorporated in NCs submitted in accordance with Article 7, paragraph 2, of the Kyoto Protocol, as
The latest C&S report of sixth NCs, presented to SBI 41 (Lima, December 2014), has presented a summary of
information reported under both, the Convention and under its Kyoto Protocol.
In-depth Reviews
In accordance with the existing procedures and decisions under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol, the
secretariat is organizing and coordinating in-depth reviews (IDRs) of NCs of Annex I Parties. The review of
each NC typically involves a desk-based study and an in-country visit, and aims to provide a comprehensive,
technical assessment of a Party's implementation of its commitments under the Convention, and for the
Annex I Parties that are also Parties under the Kyoto Protocol, under the Kyoto Protocol. In-depth reviews
are conducted by an international team of experts from Annex I and non-Annex I Parties, selected from the
Roster of Experts.
The in-depth review results in an in-depth review report which aims to facilitate the
work of the COP/CMP in assessing the implementation of commitments by Annex I Parties. The in-depth review
reports also allow easier comparison of information between NCs of Parties. The in-depth review of the sixth
NCs began in February 2014.
The UNFCCC secretariat invited lead reviewers to share their experiences in review of the NCs and BRs at the
First and Second Meeting of Lead Reviewers for the review of Biennial Reports and National Communications of
Annex I Parties in March 2014 and March 2015, respectively.
The Fourth Meeting of Lead Reviewers
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Dr. Terry Swan is Professor of Psychology and Religion and Dean
of the Chapel at Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, Kentucky.
He has served in various capacities at the college over the past
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Saturday marks the close of turkey season here in North Carolina. Does anyone have any tricks or special places to hunt they've held off on, but plan to hunt between now & sundown Saturday evening?
I plan to go with my best hunting buddy, and his father, and the Landowner to see if we can call one up for those two who have not yet tagged out this season. We know where a decent bird is roosting and have left him alone for a few days so we can go after him on Saturday.
My buddy, E.P. took his handicapped friend to another property not far from the lease to try for a bird this morning. They had a pop-up blind set in place for a few days near where there had been a lot of activity earlier last week. The physically challenged guy was driven right up to the blind and assisted getting in place while E.P. went and parked the truck a few hundred yards away. No birds were gobbling at sun-up, though it was cloudy from some serious storms that blew through the area last night. A few of those storms spawned tornadoes nearby to give an idea of why the turkeys held on to the limb a little tighter and were reluctant to let go this morning.
By 6:30, they hadn't heard a single gobble. They were fearing a lack of action, when E.P. told the other guy that maybe the gobblers would gobble on their way in versus calling from the tree. He had no sooner spit those words out of his mouth, when a turkey gobbled so close they expected to see the blind to vibrate. E.P. broke out his call and lightly yelped & was cut off by another loud gobble. They looked out through the mist and saw no birds at all. E.P. clucked one time and the bird fired right back unseen. About that time, they heard wingbeats and saw a gobbler fly down from a tree less than 35 yards away. He hit the ground running the opposite direction away from the blind. That was the only bird they had a chance at all morning.
They had to have driven to less than 30 yards from that bird before dawn and he held tight. They had been talking to each other & drinking coffee from a thermos in the blind & that bird stayed put. No telling what might have happened if they had been able to get in there & set up quietly.
That's how turkey hunting goes sometimes...at least they got to hear one gobble closeby.


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