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Benjamin Elman, the Gordon Wu '58 Professor of Chinese Studies and professor of East Asian studies and history, focuses on re-examining how the history of East Asia has been told. He is pursuing this work through international collaborations, allowing for the possibility of a "shift in perspective" not only regarding the history of East Asia, but world history.
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Princeton University scholar Benjamin Elman has studied the history of East Asia for most of his intellectual life. Instead of getting easier, it has become more complicated — which for him is a good thing.
This semester, Elman is teaching a graduate class on medicine and mathematics in early modern East Asia. He is interested in showing how this part of the world had advanced in many spheres, before the so-called ascendancy of Europe as an economic and political power over the course of the 19th century. Here, Elman discusses the hexagrams in the ancient Chinese text "Yijing" ("Classic of Changes") and equates them with binary mathematics. (Photo by Denise Applewhite)
In a recent seminar, students discussed the text "The Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns," which originally was compiled in the early 1300s and recollated and printed in the mid-1800s. Professor Minzhen Lu, a visiting fellow in East Asian studies from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, explained the traditional Chinese matrix calculations in the text, which Elman said are akin to modern algebra from the Arab world. (Photos by Denise Applewhite)
Evolving as a historian
Elman's evolution as a scholar was by no means direct. Originally intending to study science and engineering at college, he became interested in Asian history and philosophy as a freshman at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. He spent his junior year in Hawaii and started studying Chinese, which he followed up with two summers in Taiwan. With no East Asian studies program yet in place at Hamilton, he majored in philosophy.
Awakening to his fascination for China, he was preparing to continue his studies in graduate school, only to have his plans disrupted by the Vietnam War; Elman elected to serve in the Peace Corps in northern Thailand.
For three years, Elman worked in malaria control, carried out epidemiology procedures along the Thai-Burmese border and learned Thai. Through training in the field, he said he "got a sense of society, economics and politics."
Upon returning to the United States, he was employed by the New York State Department of Public Health in Syracuse, where he worked in epidemiological control of venereal diseases. Again, he said, socially focused fieldwork proved to be "very good training for a historian."
During the 1970s, Elman pursued opportunities to study in Taiwan — China was off limits to Americans during this time — as well as Japan. At various times, he was employed by the U.S. State Department as a contract interpreter for guests to the United States.
In 1980, Elman completed his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. Before coming to Princeton, he taught at Colby College, Rice University and the University of California-Los Angeles, and was the Mellon Visiting Professor of Traditional Chinese History and Civilization at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Elman's Princeton colleague Susan Naquin, a professor of history and East Asian studies, has observed Elman's career over the long term. At Penn, she even served on his dissertation committee.
"Then as now, he was an intellectual powerhouse, full of ideas and fresh ways of looking at East Asia with a contagious enthusiasm for research and writing," she said.
Changing the historical framework
In working to change the historical framework in studying East Asia, Elman challenges what he calls the "failure narrative" of China. By this he means the West's "simplistic" interpretation of China as a failure economically and politically, as viewed in terms of the period from 1850 to 1950. Then, with the arrival of Maoism, the West continued to cast a dismissive — and alarmist — eye toward China, he said.
Elman uses various examples to show what, in fact, "China was doing right," noting that in many ways "the Europeans admired China in the 17th and 18th centuries because they were doing things they had not done."
He points to the civil examination system that was used for selecting government officials as one example. "I think it was a framework that the Europeans admired for selecting a government that wasn't based on aristocracies, that wasn't based on birth and that tested people based on a knowledge framework," Elman said.
Elman has been deeply engaged in developing academic partnerships between Princeton and Fudan University in Shanghai and the University of Tokyo. Here, Elman (far right, third back) was among a faculty group from the three universities gathered for a traditional Japanese dinner held at the University of Tokyo in December 2011. (Photo courtesy of Benjamin Elman)
In his book "A Cultural History of Civil Examinations in Late Imperial China," he describes how the civil examinations— which lasted nearly three centuries before ending in 1905 — had broader outcomes in "creating through competition a literate pool of men and women" who then went on to do other things, such as becoming writers, doctors and printers.
"The consequences of this huge apparatus was that it was kind of like a gyroscope; it ordered a society in perpetual motion," Elman said. "If you failed at the exams — most did — you could do all kinds of other things as part of the cultural sphere using classical Chinese as the language of politics, society, economy, medicine, religion and the premodern sciences."
Another area of focus for Elman is the history of science and medicine in China. In his book "On Their Own Terms: Science in China, 1550-1900," he refutes the argument that China "had no science" and describes how the Chinese and the Europeans exchanged ideas that advanced awareness of physiology, diseases and treatments.
For example, the Chinese "had notions of circulation long before there were notions of blood circulation in the West," Elman said. "The Chinese were thinking about the flow of 'chi' (qi) and blood as one of the chi in the system."
These ideas gave rise to the practice of acupuncture, which led to an understanding of the body's organs and later was adapted to the discovery of the central nervous system in Europe. "We can now view these things with a much more positive eye instead of saying this is some backward, medical tradition," Elman said.
This semester, Elman has delved into this topic in a graduate class on medicine and the mathematical sciences in early modern Asia, which is being co-taught by Mathias Vigoroux, a postdoctoral research associate who said one of the reasons he came to Princeton was for the "great opportunity to work with a leading scholar in my field, Professor Elman."
Dan Barish, a student in the class, said, "Professor Elman, in all his work, is exceptional in his ability to allow the texts and times to speak for themselves. He gives voice to the past without the prejudice of hindsight."
Elman offers many other examples of Chinese advances in the early modern period, including the "print revolution" three centuries before Europe; the expertise in creating handicrafts from woven silk and cotton; and the prodigious production of porcelain, which required the use of specialized kilns with firing capabilities of more than 1200 degrees Celsius.
The shift in global power, he explains, occurred with the industrial revolution in Europe, when machines were built to process the raw materials coming from Asia.
"What happened was not so much that Europe had an industrial revolution, but that India and China were to a degree de-industrialized," he said. "They became sources of raw materials that were shipped to centers where they were produced in machines. What we have to see in this story is that the industrialization of Europe in many ways required the de-industrialization of China and India."
Elman noted that, "Today the epic industrialization of China brings in its wake the partial de-industrialization of the United States and Australia, for example, who both now ship massive amounts of crops and raw materials to China."
These topics are central to the courses Elman has taught at Princeton, including the freshman seminar "Global Science in Europe and China, 1600-1900"; "The Perception of China and Asia in the West"; "Culture and Society in Late Imperial China, 1000-1900"; and a range of graduate courses that explore the early modern period in China, as well as comparative history with Tokugawa Japan.
Elman's approach to reframing the study of East Asia resonates with other historians, who are eager to engage with the broader discussion.
"I am interested in discovering a new way of interpreting and describing world history," said Masashi Haneda, a professor of historical studies and the director of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia at the University of Tokyo.
"I have learned a lot from Ben," he said. "Even when he discusses some specific topic of East Asia, he is always taking the whole world and its history into account. His discussion based on his wide view is excellent."
"Professor Elman is a globally influential scholar in the field of Chinese studies," said Zhaoguang Ge, the founding director of the National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Fudan, who is in his third and final year as a visiting Global Scholar at Princeton. "His in-depth studies focus on the history of intellectuals, civil exams and science and technologies of Ming-Qing [early modern] China. He recently has broadened his research interest into East Asia as a whole, and therefore his work now has its influence not only in the China field but also in the Japan and Korea fields."
For Jeremy Adelman, the Walter Samuel Carpenter III Professor in Spanish Civilization and Culture and professor of history at Princeton who collaborated with Elman on the first volume of the interdisciplinary history "Worlds Together, Worlds Apart," this lesson of multiplying perspectives for the interpretation of history is crucial.
"Ben insisted to all of us that world history looks distinct depending on your vantage point," Adelman said. "The view of world events looks different in Beijing than it does in London. This may seem obvious at first glance. But how do you write a book that is coherent but does not ignore the significance of perspective? Ben was so important for us for helping us figure out this puzzle. What I now teach and write about Latin American and world history has been shaped by this learning experience."
Senior Astrid Stuth said taking Elman's class "The Perception of China and Asia in the West" as a sophomore provided her with a "new framework for thinking about U.S.-China relations," and convinced her to major in East Asian studies. Stuth was named a Rhodes Scholar last year, and after she graduates she will continue her studies of China at the University of Oxford.
Internationalizing the study of history
Building a network to spark collaboration and the exchange of ideas is a vital part of Elman's work. It is also an approach that is significant in the ongoing efforts at Princeton to support internationalism as a central component of the educational experience at the University.
Adelman, who is also the director of the Council for International Teaching and Research at Princeton, said the Department of East Asian Studies "has been a model for us as we think about enhancing our presence elsewhere on the globe."
International initiatives, he said, are "important because they create opportunities for faculty and students to participate in the global production and circulation of knowledge."
Language training in Chinese, Japanese and Korean is a key activity of East Asian studies at Princeton, and undergraduates are encouraged to study in the region during their Princeton careers. Also, the intensive summer language programs Princeton in Beijing and Princeton in Ishikawa are popular for students of Chinese and Japanese.
From left: Professor Masashi Haneda of the University of Tokyo and Professor Zhaoguang Ge of Fudan University, who currently is completing his third visit to Princeton as a Global Scholar, joined Elman at the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park in Princeton in April 2011. The scholars are expanding the collaborations among the three universities to further internationalize research in East Asian studies. (Photo courtesy of Benjamin Elman)
Elman has helped forge partnerships around East Asia as well, with the multilateral relationship with Fudan University and the University of Tokyo as a central feature.
"Our partnership is triangular. That is a very important point," Haneda at Tokyo said. "Views of scholars belonging to these three institutions on East Asia and world history are often different."
Haneda said that "acknowledging other viewpoints" and "asking the reasons for these differences" allows the discussion to deepen. And, from the standpoint of Japan, he is eager to "build a bridge" that will allow for a "kind of internationalization of Japan studies in Japan."
Like Haneda, Ge said the alliance between the three universities is a "cooperation that is comprehensive and highly successful and fruitful."
Ge, who started communicating with Elman in 1996 after writing a review in China of Elman's book "From Philosophy to Philology: Social and Intellectual Aspects of Change in Late Imperial China," helped establish the institutional connection between Fudan and Princeton in 2007 when he invited Elman to join the academic council of the newly created National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Fudan. Through this relationship, Elman has pursued various research and teaching projects.
In 2009, Ge arrived at Princeton as one of the first group of Global Scholars, for one of three short-term visits over three consecutive years.
He said the experience has made him appreciate the "pursuit of excellence" of the research culture at Princeton; the value that is placed on "both the humanities and the humanistic spirit"; the "highly admired" library collections; and, in particular, the Department of East Asian Studies that is "of the highest standard worldwide."
The Princeton-Fudan-Tokyo partnership made possible a conference in December 2011 hosted by the University of Tokyo on "Local History in the Context of World History." Fudan University will host the next conference in December 2012 on "The Place of East Asia in Global History." This summer, a second special seminar for 30 chosen graduate students from the United States, Europe and China will be held in Shanghai from June 24 to July 3 at Fudan on "Studies of Asian Arts, Religion and History." A third conference is being planned at Princeton for December 2013 on "Differing Regional Perspectives of World History." Publications in English and Chinese will capture the work coming out of these discussions.
The institutional partnerships also have generated academic opportunities for students. Elman said that over the past five years, one or two Princeton graduate students a year have gone to Tokyo or Fudan to pursue research.
For Victoria Lee, a Princeton Ph.D. candidate in the history of East Asian science currently pursuing research at the University of Tokyo, the access to archival as well as secondary literature is essential to her work. Further, she said, "Engaging with Japanese scholars has provided a valuable perspective on my topics of study, in addition to giving me familiarity with the Japanese academic system."
Producing concrete results out of scholarly debate is an important goal for Elman, and the Mellon award is helping him organize new avenues for collaboration. In early May, he convened workshops at Princeton that will lead to a series of publications offering a comparative framework on historical developments in China and India in early modern times.
This project has also been sponsored as a research cluster jointly funded by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Program in East Asian Studies since 2009, which included parallel meetings on artisans, work and material culture in early modern China, organized by Naquin.
Another Mellon grantee, Sheldon Pollock, the Arvind Raghunathan Professor of South Asian Studies at Columbia University, is involved in this endeavor. "Our thinking about the India/China project is still very much in the planning stages, but Ben and I, and our other collaborators, understand the need to produce a book for the general reader about the lineages — social, political, ecological, intellectual, aesthetic — of these two re-emergent powers," he said.
"Truly globalized learning begins to take place when we have a steady, working relationship with our colleagues abroad," said Teiser, who will be teaching at the seminar at Fudan this summer.
Looking ahead, Elman and his colleagues at Princeton and beyond envision new opportunities for teaching, research and collaboration that will serve to internationalize the study of history.
"I think that in the future we will have scholars globally doing world history together," Elman said. "We need to undo the earlier narratives and to see things as they were dynamically developing from the inside, rather than seeing them passively from the outside in hindsight."
A poster promotes a conference between Fudan, Princeton and Tokyo universities held in Shanghai in December 2011 on "Local History in the Context of World History." The conference was the first in a series to be held annually. (Image courtesy of Benjamin Elman)


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Winifred "Winnie" Joyce O'Rourke, age 90, of Madison, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at St. Mary's Care Center. Winnie was born on February 25, 1922 in Madison, Wisconsin, the daughter of Lawrence and Laura (Fiebiger) Joyce. She graduated from Edgewood High School in 1939 and attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison completing an Associates Degree and later, Edgewood College.
Her father started the Joyce Funeral Home with which she was involved and she managed the Joyce Apartments in Madison. Winnie married Dr. William James O'Rourke on October 18, 1947. They had five children who attended Madison Edgewood Campus and High School for a span of 25 years.
Winnie was a member of the Alpha Phi Sorority and she maintained longtime membership in a number of organizations including the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association Auxiliary, the Madison Catholic Woman's Club and Serra Club and was a dedicated volunteer for the Apostolate to the Handicapped and Edgewood High School and supported many other organizations.
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A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. with visitation one hour prior to Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 602 Everglade Drive, Madison. Msgr. Donald Heiar, Jr. will preside with private burial in Resurrection Cemetery.
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Just about every discussion of childhood obesity includes a recommendation that parents set a good example for their kids by getting more exercise. But are our children really paying any attention to what we do? According to Kristen Holm, Assistant Professor of Medicine at National Jewish Health, the answer is a definite Yes. When parents increase their own levels of physical activity, their children do the same.
Holm and her colleagues tracked 83 families that were enrolled in a special program aimed at keeping overweight and obese 7-14-year olds from putting on even more weight. The researchers gave parents and children pedometers and asked them to walk an extra 2,000 steps per day. When the parents achieved that goal, their kids logged an average of 2,117 extra steps. But when the parents fell short, so did the kids.
As you might expect, parents and kids were more likely to hit the mark on weekends—typically a time when families are up and around and more likely to exercise than during the week. But what was especially interesting is that the effects generally didn't last. In other words, walking 2,000 extra steps one day didn't make anyone—adult or child—more likely to do the same thing the next day or the day after that.
Bottom line? If you want to change behavior, you can't just do it once and hope it'll happen again by itself. Exercise needs to be a part of our daily lives, whether you want to do it or not.


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This competition's winners are:
1st Place: Chris David - Barron Falls
www.gigapan.com/gigapans/1233952nd Place: Roland Saikali - Wartook Lake
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- Entry Name: Lake Lucerne by Roger
Panorama of the Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee). Photos taken from the Tells-Platte where a part of the story of Wilhelm Tell took place -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell
- Entry Name: Mountains in Santa Barbara by dylan.cauchon
- Entry Name: Barron Falls by Chris David
- Entry Name: Kite Surfing: Toby troubling the judges by Maurice Windley
Toby showing the judges what he has at the South Australia Kite Surfing Association State Titles 2013. Canon 1Dx, 600 mm F4 ii, 1.4 iii
During the recent king tides California has seen some impressive coastal action. In this shot we attempt to capture that action all at once. Paying particular detail to shooting at times of chaos. Each frame was hand selected from 6 and compared to what would be surrounding images to insure the crashing water, surg...
- Entry Name: Miami's Bayside, Bayfront Park, Port of Miami, Cruise Ships and South Beach by Robert Holmes
This image taken from near the top of the Miami's Vizcayne South Tower shows Miami's Bayside, Biscayne Bay, Port of Miami and South Beach. (Image MB022715-3073_C.psb) This Gigapan was taken on a Saturday when the Port is full of large cruise ships. This Gigapan was taken with a Nikon D800 camera and a 500mm equivalent ...
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El Circuito de Playas de la Costa Verde, popularmente conocido sólo como Costa Verde es una vía ubicada en la ciudad de Lima, capital del Perú que recorre la parte sur central del litoral limeño uniendo los distritos de San Miguel, Magdalena, San Isidro, Miraflores, Barranco, Chorrillos.
- Entry Name: Valkeakoski Riipparit3 Nokia 808 Pureview by Kimmo Juoperi
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- Entry Name: Belem by Daniel Santos
- Entry Name: ART ON THE YARRA MELBOURNE by Mark Busuttil
- Entry Name: Galapagos Underwater by Jason Buchheim
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Didn't want to hijack another thread, but one of the posts got me thinking.
Would you consider taking a dog off of the test grounds to 'address' a behavior that you observed, in say the first series, like creeping etc. Or do you never 'train' on test day? Does it help to reinforce a desired behavior in this situation when you can see that your dog may be on the verge of 'blowing up"? I realize the dog would probably give one multiple opportunities to correct said issues during training. I unfortunately, am not that good.
FYI: I have one dog that I have trained myself through 2 senior passes, so I know very little about this game that I enjoy so much.


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By The Associated Press
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The Lafayette County Literacy Council and the United Way of Oxford-Lafayette County are working together on a new initiative aimed at ensuring students in early grades are reading at their appropriate level.
This new effort, called Grade-Level Reading, is part of a national program that these two agencies plan to introduce to the community next year.
Local leaders say this new program will complement another early education effort already under way in the community — Excel by 5.
The Excel By 5 program is in its second year of certification and is focusing on how to better prepare children, ages 5 and younger, for kindergarten. The Grade-Level Reading initiative builds on that program and helps make sure children from kindergarten to fourth grade are reading proficiently by the end of the third grade.
"This is a perfect extension of the Excel by 5 coalition's work — the next part of the pipeline, in fact," said Meridith Wulff, director of the Lafayette County Literary Council.
By helping those who have reading problems at an early age, the entire community will benefit, Wulff said.
"Statistics show that by increasing the number of kids reading at grade-level by the end of third grade, we will increase those kids' chances of graduating from high school, going to college and staying out of jail, which is good for the entire community," she said.
Oxford and Lafayette County schools are often touted for their successes, but 48 percent of third-graders and 38 percent of fourth graders in the local schools are not yet reading proficiently, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Mississippi is near the bottom for reading scores, lower than 45 other states, according to the Nation's Report Card for 2011.
The local Grade-Level Reading effort is just getting started. A planning meeting will be held in January.
"We currently have several community leaders and organizations who have committed to participating in the planning process the United Way, the Lafayette County Literacy Council, the city schools, the county schools, faculty and administration within the School of Education, university representatives, and other local nonprofit, educational organizations as well as city, state and county agencies," Wulff said.
United Way is also examining one of the root causes of students not doing well in school — poverty.
"We are focused on poverty and reading as United Way goes forward," Kathy Sukanek, director of United Way, said at a recent Lafayette County Board of Supervisors meeting. "Our new focus is on root causes rather than individuals."
Sukanek said the United Way's ongoing support of agencies will not change, but it will have a new focus on what causes the problems.
"One way we have already partnered toward that goal is with Excel by 5," Sukanek said. "We need to increase the number of kids reading and increase the number of kids ready for school. We will talk over the year how we might do that together."


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Robin "RED" Freeman
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Robin, plan a trip to Northeast Arkansas in October. There are about 15 custom call shops up there, but most shut down during duck season for some reason.....If you decide you are going to make a trip send me a pm and I will get you some addresses and phone numbers.
Last year I picked up a call from http://www.rmcustomcalls.com/index.html and I really like it.
There are so many options out there it'll make your head spin. Many of them have a loyal following, so a call you don't like is fairly easy to unload.
There is an article in the Sept Wildfowl mag(pg 92/93) about custom calls. The RM that TCFarmer just mentioned is there. I actually have 4 RM calls and have hunted with Ronnie a few times. He can custom make a call to fit your style. He is the most anal attention to detail guy I have ever met. And I mean that in a good way. I sent a call back for him to do a little tuning and he didn't like the way it sounded so he made me a brand new one at no cost. Can't beat that!
want a good duck call go to duck hunting capital of the world. arkansas. more specifically stuttgart
if you get a chance to go to the wings over the prarie festival during thanksgiving weekend in stuttgart the booths down by the world championship duck calling contest have hundreds of call makers
cant go wrong with a RNT daisy cutter. best all around duck call.
if you hunt flooded timber go for a backwards turned olt (arkansas cut down) tuned by an arkansas or louisiana hand. because olts are in short demand you can always go for a Black Ops DFB which is a variation of the arkansas style cut down olt
Thanks joseph! good info on the RM site as well.
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(864) 992-5801
Good Calls and Dogs that work right!
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Still usin' the ole' reliable wooden Olt bought in '1983..
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Veelayudan is the General Manager of Research & Planning for Malaysia Airports.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agribusiness Science from Universiti Putra Malaysia.
He began his career in the Malaysian civil service as Assistant Director in the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation Planning Unit (MAMPU) at the Prime Minister's Department in 1983.
He later joined the Department of Civil Aviation in 1986 and continued to serve Malaysia Airports upon corporatisation in 1992.
For over 24 years in the aviation, he held positions as Assistant Director of Air Transport Operations, Head of Administration, Finance and Public Relations, as well as Head of Terminal Operations at the Subang International Airport. In 1996, he was tasked to set up the Research and Planning Division and has been heading it since.
Veela carries out economic, statistical and strategic analysis for the company and provides business intelligence and inputs on matters related to traffic performance, traffic forecasts, charges and other air transport economics related matters.
He sits on the Board of Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn. Bhd. that operates KL International Airport.


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So I am going through obedience with my 5.5 month old pup, and I was reading the "How to Train Retrievers Alone" book that comes with Dennis Voigt's DVD. He talks about when having a dog at the line, you need to align them properly. He mentions using "heel" to move the rear end of the dog towards you and "Here" to move the front legs towards you. I completely understand this, but how do you train this skill? Is it as simple as moving yourself, and then using the commands so the dog only moves his front or rear legs? Just wanted to hear some opinions on the matter from some experienced trainers.
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The tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), also known as yellow poplar, was adopted by the 1931 Indiana General Assembly. The tree attains great height and can be found throughout the state. The leaf is distinctive (it appears in the border of the state seal), and the lovely, bell-shaped, greenish-yellow flowers appear in May or June. The soft white wood has many uses.


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By Emily Le Coz/NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – A citywide traffic study could advance to the next step after Tupelo's Major Thoroughfare Program Committee invited five firms to compete for the job.
Civil Link of Hernando, Cook Coggin of Tupelo, Florence & Hutcheson of Paducah, Ky., Neel-Schaffer of Jackson and RPM Transportation Consultants of Nashville have until Nov. 2 to submit proposals.
"We selected large engineering and planning firms that have experience in these types of studies," said City Engineer John Crawley, who is working with the Major Thoroughfare Program Committee.
The study will look at Tupelo's traffic conditions and identify current problems as well as anticipate future issues that could be alleviated by the Major Thoroughfare Program. The program uses a voter-approved, 10-mill property tax to make large-scale road improvements throughout the city.
The program's previous study was completed in 1991. It recommended a host of road improvements that now nearly all have been accomplished. Program leaders say it's time for a fresh look at the city's traffic flow.
"Everything has changed," said Greg Pirkle, who chairs the Major Thoroughfare Program committee. "The traffic patterns, the residential areas, the commercial areas. We think we need to have other professionals look at that plan and tell us, is this still relevant or should we update it."
The committee will spend an estimated $100,000 on the study. It hopes to start work by the end of the year or early next year and have a final product by late 2013.
Among the potential targets are West Jackson Street, Eason Boulevard by Itawamba Community College's Tupelo campus, Colonial Estates Road by the airport and the connection between U.S. 45, Front Street and McCullough Boulevard.
"But those are based on the committee's experience in driving in Tupelo," Pirkle said. "We see those as individuals needs but think we need a professional to do a more comprehensive study."
The study will help determine which projects come next in the current, five-year phase, as well as picking projects for Phase 6.
The election for that phase comes in May 2016.


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Have a nice life in your little midget world where every thing is the fault of the right.
You and people like you are the true problem with our country. Blinders on, if it is from the other side it has to be bad, no room for talk just say no and blame, blame, blame.
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A slightly random choice for my Song of the Week this week, or should I say this month as I'm not very good at writing this regularly.
The reason for this choice is that this song suddenly came to mind on my way home from work tonight. I was listening to Radio One when a song came on that had some elements that reminded me of Edge of Darkness. Given I was driving through the icy darkness high up on a hill on the edge of the Colne and Calder Valleys near Huddersfield it felt like an appropriately dramatic soundtrack for my drive, and I couldn't shake it out of my mind afterwards.
Edge of Darkness was a song I first discovered when I was a child and had one of these cassettes of TV theme tunes. I remember Edge of Darkness came after the Howard's Way theme (another great) and before Tomorrow's World. That shows how many times I listened to the cassette even though I don't even own it anymore. I'd never seen the TV series Edge of Darkness that was first shown on the BBC in 1985. I was ten at the time and so probably still a bit young. And I've still never seen it, but looking it up on Wikipedia I see it did have Yorkshire connections and so it seems even more appropriate that it came to mind when I was driving through the Yorkshire countryside.
It's astonishing that a great like Eric Clapton did a TV theme tune, but he did. I just love the drama and mystery of the tune that fits with a dark story that involves conspiracy and intrigue. A brilliant bit of guitar playing and I know how much of an understatement that sounds.


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Balancing the state budget is easy.
If by "easy," you mean "ridiculously difficult."
All it takes is a genius-level grasp of finances, the political acumen of Abraham Lincoln, and negotiating skills not seen since 1919, when Jacob Rupert of the New York Yankees convinced Harry Frazee of the Boston Red Sox to sell him Babe Ruth for less than the alleged off-the-books income of a Kennebunk Zumba instructor.
Other than that, any idiot can make projected state revenues match expected state expenditures so everything comes out even — if by "any idiot," you mean "any idiot except the idiots who are actually responsible for doing so."
For the two fiscal years beginning on July 1, 2013, Maine government is facing an estimated shortfall of $883 million. Between now and the end of the current budget year on June 30, the state has to deal with an actual deficit that currently stands at $137 million, but could go lots higher. When all the errors, miscalculations, and bull-headed stupidity that went into this spending plan are accounted for, the red ink will almost certainly total over $150 million and could be as much as $200 million.
In 1919 dollars, that's enough to stock the rosters of every Major League team with Babe Ruths, and there'd be enough left over for all the beer they'd drink.
Fortunately for the incompetent boobs charged with balancing the budget, there are plenty of even less qualified bozos willing to give them advice. Of course, advice from bozos is usually bad advice, but bad might be a slight improvement.
Let's start with the Maine Heritage Policy Center, a conservative think tank that's in charge of Republican Governor Paul LePage's brain. Which is a heavy responsibility, because LePage's noggin is easily overloaded when confronted with nasty facts, while being soothed by outrageous statements based on wishful thinking.
To keep the LePage neurons comfortable, the center's staff recently authored the 2012 edition of the "Maine Piglet Book," a pamphlet that claims to expose "new government boondoggles and . . . pork barrel spending that takes waste and fraud to a whole new level."
That ought to make budget-balancing a cinch. Eliminate all the fat exposed by the center, and there'll be so much money left over, we could buy every Maine citizen who wants them season tickets to the Red Sox.
Let's see, that's about two people.
The Piglet Book reveals that overall compensation paid to state employees is down $45 million since 2008. What's more, the number of workers taking home six-figure salaries has declined significantly. The only wasteful workforce spending the center found was for overtime. It suggested hiring more people to cut that expense.
The book takes notice of all the high salaries and stipends in the University of Maine System, but isn't sure if they're justified or not, because finding out would have taken real research. And anyway, the new chancellor has already said he's going to fix that stuff.
"Is there another government program that has caused more politicians to go to jail than Clean Election campaign funding?" the book asks in arguing for a funding cutoff.
I'm in favor of any program that sends politicians to the pokey, although, to the best of my recollection, only a couple of candidates have actually done time for stealing modest sums from the public trough.
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Another year is coming to a close. The final Court of Honor of the Year is in the books.
The Scouts did as they always do, a great job. They worked hard and achieved their individual Goals.
Tonight at the Court of Honor the boys showed a year in review video. It was hard to pick the pictures, because the whole year was great and the photos showed so much of the troop as they developed. But they did a real nice job.
I'll try to get the video up to the blog soon.
In the mean time, here are some numbers that stuck out in my mind that spoke to a well rounded troop. A troop that is Boy led and offers a robust program.. it's no wonder they keep coming back.
So here's what makes me proud.
2008- from January 1st, 2008 thru December 6th, 2008.
111 Service hours
104 merit badges earned
23 Badges of Rank earned
5 World conservation Awards
53 nights of camping
19 Scouts trained in TLJT
2 trained from NYLT
6 New Scouts joined
5 elected and completed Ordeal in the Order of the Arrow
1 Open house put on by the Scouts
3rd Place in the Fairview Chili on the green cook off (Scout team)
1st Place Scoutmaster Cook off- Camp Baldwin
5th Place Scoutcapades Dutch Oven Cook off… no adult help (only team that did not use Den mothers)
And the list goes on… I can't express in words how proud I am of these boys.. young men.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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In The guitar player Philip Connard depicted his daughters Jane and Helen, and the family cat James. The woman seated on a couch playing the guitar is possibly the children's nursemaid, Evelyn, while the standing woman at the back is Connard's wife. The artist portrayed himself at work, reflected in the mirror at the back of the room.
The guitar player is more than just a celebration of family life. Connard painted it using a kind of tonal impressionism derived from Velasquez.


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Nearly 20 weeks ago a young 15-16 month old BLF was doing a straight line drill over a plank when it miss judged the distance and srtuck it's knee against the plank and tore it posterior and anterior ligaments. The dog was operatted on for the knee injury. After 18 weeks of being restricted initially to the crate then graduating to a comfortable room in the owners workshop followed by daily limited distance walks on a lead the young dog is still favouring the leg. Tearing around the mowed short cover farm yard for a single thrown bumper. The young dog gets only one bumper then it goes back on lead for controlled walks. Most other times young female is showing she is favouring the rear leg by moving about on three legs.
When the owner took the dog in on the 4th of October the Veterinarian said to give it a month before returning for assessment of the dogs progress.
The owner is a medical doctor and is thinking that his hoped for field trial dog may become a companion dog on his hobby farm.
Is there any advice I can pass on as far as therapy to improve the prospect of the dog running as a trial dog?


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Roast beets are a year-round staple in our house, fantastic for tossing in salads, quick pickling, or making into fritters. We roast several at once by wrapping them in foil and tucking them into the oven to cook alongside braises, bread, or whatever else we might be cooking. Then the beets are ready for whenever we need them. Here's a step-by-step guide for roasting perfectly tender beets every time.
Beets don't have to be roasted, and are actually quite good thinly sliced and eaten raw. But roasting transforms beets from something crunchy into something silky and tender. Though it requires a hot oven, I prefer roasting over boiling or steaming because roasting concentrates the beet's flavors and brings out its sweeter side.
How to roast another popular root vegetable. Watch the video!
This roasting method works for any kind and any size of beet. Pick beets that feel hard in your hand, never soft or squishy. If you have the choice, pick bunches with their big leaves still attached. Those greens wilt down beautifully and can be added to stir fries, frittatas, pasta dishes, or anywhere else a little extra green might be welcome.
Once roasted, beets will keep refrigerated for up to a week. I keep them in one big container and slice off just what I need for whatever I'm making.
What are your favorite ways to use roasted beets?
How to Roast Beets in the Oven
What You Need
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Aluminum foil
Baking sheet
1. Heat the Oven: Heat the oven to 400°F. This is a flexible cooking temperature; if you're using the oven for cooking something else, beets can be cooked at that temperature. Beets will cook more slowly at lower temperature and more quickly at higher temperatures. At higher temperatures, check more frequently for scorching (see Step 3).
2. Prepare the Beets for Roasting: Slice off the beet leaves close to the tip of the beet, leaving yourself enough to grip. Save the beet greens for another purpose. Scrub the beets thoroughly, then wrap them loosely in foil. No need to dry the beets before wrapping. Small beets can be wrapped together, but it's easiest to roast large beets individually.
3. Roast the Beets: Transfer the wrapped beets to a baking sheet (to catch drips in case the beet juices leak). Roast for 50-60 minutes. Check the beets every 20 minutes or so. If they are starting to look dry or are scorching on the bottoms, dribble a tablespoon of water over the beets before re-wrapping. Beets are done when a fork or skewer slides easily to the middle of the beet. Small beets will cook more quickly than large beets.
4. Peel the Beets: Let the beets cool enough to handle. Hold one of the beets in a paper towel and use the edges of the paper to rub the skin away. The skin should peel away easily; if it doesn't, the beets likely need to cook for a little longer. Peel the remaining beets.
5. Store the Beets: Beets can be stored whole or sliced for up to a week in the refrigerator.
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Three types of vehicles are powered by electricity: electric vehicles (EV), hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), and plug-in-electric vehicles (PHEV). These vehicles offset foreign petroleum usage and cost less to refuel per mile than conventional vehicles.
Electric Vehicles (EVs) are propelled by a battery-powered motor, and the battery is charged by plugging the vehicle into the electric grid either at home or at a public charging station. EVs do not have an internal combustion engine and therefore do not use petroleum.
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) are powered by conventional or alternative fuels as well as electric power stored in a battery. The battery is charged through regenerative braking and the internal combustion engine. In other words, the battery captures energy normally lost during breaking by using the electric motor as a generator. Unlike EVs and PHEVs, HEVs are not plugged in to charge. Because HEVS use both electricity and petroleum, this car is a good option for driving long distances.
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) are powered by conventional or alternative fuels as well as electric power stored in a battery. The battery can be charged by plugging it into an outside power source, by the internal combustion engine, or by regenerative breaking. Unlike HEVs, which still depend on petroleum, it is possible for PHEVs to run on only electricity when fully charged. Because PHEVs can run off petroleum or electricity, they are a good option for driving long distances if you are uncertain about charging station availability.
Side-by-Side Comparison: To learn more about each vehicle type, view the Department of Energy's side-by-side comparison of their fuel economy and fuel cost savings. You can also check out EV Explorer to see what vehicle would best suit your needs as well as estimated savings.
Public charging station locations: Indiana has ninety-four public charging stations. Click here to view charging station locations, hours, and type of charging equipment. Be sure to call in advance to make sure the charging equipment is currently available.
There's an app for that! The free Alternative Fueling Station Locator iPhone app, developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, allows iPhone users to find the 20 EV closest stations within a 30-mile radius. Users can view the locations on a map or as a list containing station addresses, phone numbers, and hours of operation. You can also use PlugShare to locate charging stations around the country. You can download the free PlugShare app on your smart phone or tablet.
Home charging stations: Once a charging station is installed in your home, charging your EV or PHEV is as simple as plugging it into an electric outlet. PHEVs have relatively small batteries, which recharge in shorter times and can use a regular 120 volt outlet. Depending on the vehicle type, Level 1 charging can take 8-12 hours, whichis perfect for overnight charging. Full battery EVs have larger batteries, so a Level 2, 240-volt circuit charging station will be more suitable. Level 2 charging takes 4-8 hours.
Federal Tax credits for charging equipment: Consumers who purchase qualified residential charging equipment prior to December 31, 2016 may receive a federal tax credit of up to $1,000. Businesses and investors who purchased charging equipment may receive a federal tax credit of 30% of the equipment and installation cost, up to $30,000. Learn more about the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property credit here.
Utility incentives for residential charging equipment: If you are a NIPSCO customer and own or are considering purchasing an EV, you may be eligible to receive a credit of up to $1,650 for the installation of a residential electric vehicle Level 2 charger. Along with this charging stations, you would receive free charging between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. daily. Learn more here.
Utility incentives for businesses and organizations to install public charging equipment: NIPSCO customers can receive rebates for public charging equipment. Learn more about this opportunity here.
Tax credits for new EVs and PHEVs: The Qualified Plug-In Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Tax Credit provides a $2,500 federal tax credit for vehicles with batteries of at least 4 kWh and $417 for each extra kWh. The maximum tax credit is $7,500. The Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid qualifies for $2,500, and the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt qualify for the full $7,500 tax credit. Click on the following links to see the tax credit amounts for PHEVs and EVs. This incentive applies only to the first 200,000 cars sold for any given company, and the credit will be slowly phased out after that. This credit also applies only to new cars, so make sure the car dealership has not already registered the car in its own name. You can learn more about the tax credit here.
To claim your federal tax credit, complete the 8834 tax form titled "Qualified Plug-in Electric and Electric Vehicle Credit. Then report that you have claimed a credit on your "U.S. Individual Income Tax Return" 1040 tax form. Businesses should fill out the 3800 form titled "General Business Credit" and fill out Section B of the 8834 form. Finally, the tax credit only applies to your tax liability - if you have a tax liability of less than $2,500, then you will not receive the full credit. These forms can be obtained from www.irs.gov.
Many car dealerships offer leases for EVs, and the lease terms average two to three years. Because EV technology is improving quickly, with many auto manufacturers projecting that they will double their vehicle range in the next two years, leases provide a way for people to drive electric vehicles now and easily switch to a newer model in the next couple of years.
Is your community ready for increased use of electric vehicles? Community leaders and planners can assess their community's EV readiness by using this tool from the Federal Department of Energy. After assessing your community's current EV readiness, the tool provides tips and sucess stories for areas where your community could use improvement.
Fuel cells are being explored as a way to use electricity generated on board the vehicle to power electric motors. Unlike batteries, fuel cells convert chemical energy from hydrogen into electricity.


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Hello all! I am officially announcing the P.U.T.T. contest. This contest is for Beginners and Intermediates but all are welcomed to join. This will be a 1-month contest. For those who are wondering "why so long?", it's because this contest is for Beginners and Intermediates.
The contest will start from October 1, 2013 12am UTC and end at November 1, 2013 12am UTC.
The contest will focus around the game of pong/table tennis. Everyone knows how this game works so I won't go into a lengthy explanation. However, the game will have to be a complete game. This means the game must have:
- Start Screen
- Win/Lose Screen
- Graphics for the background, ball, and paddles (ie. not just a monochrome rectangle and ball)
- Scoring
- Sound effects
- Music
- Exit (key and screen)
Game Rules
- The theme for this contest is Time. So that means that your game must in some way or ways reflect the Time theme.
- As the title indicates there will be power ups and they are mandatory. 3 powerups are mandatory. The mandatory 3 powerups will be Time based. 2 of the mandatory power-ups are: Speed Up and Speed Down. You can apply these powerups as you see fit (ex: make the paddles move faster, make the ball move faster, or make the timer move faster). Also it's totally up to you how the powerups are distributed to the players. In other words, you determine how the powerups get on the board and how the players get the powerups. The 3rd mandatory powerup must be Time-based but you can make it whatever you want.
- Because there is scoring, there must be a score limit that determines the winner.
Options - The following are optional but will add to your score.
- Also, 2 additional, OPTIONAL powerups can be added as well. The 2 additional powerups can be anything you want them to be (ie. not does have to be Time-based) and they are optional.
- Timer
- Variable score limits (ex: 5, 10, 100, infinity)
- Pause functionality
- Difficulty settings
- Level progression
- Save functionality
- Animated background
- Different backgrounds and graphics for level progression
Points distribution - There will be a total of 220 points. The first 100 points will be following the mandatory rules. The other 120 points will be given if and how well you implemented the optional features. To be clear, optional points will not be given if the mandatory requirements are not meant.
Mandatory points -
- 10 - Start Screen
- 10 - Win/Lose Screen
- 20 - Graphics for the background, ball, and paddles (ie. not just a monochrome rectangle and ball)
- 05 - Scoring
- 10 - Sound effects
- 10 - Music
- 10 - Exit (key and screen)
- 05 - Theme
- 15 - Power ups
- 05 - Score limit
Optional points -
- 10 - Powerups
- 10 - Timer
- 10 - Variable score limits (ex: 5, 10, 100, infinity)
- 10 - Pause functionality
- 10 - Save functionality
- 15 - Animated background
- 15 - Difficulty settings (ie. Easy, Normal, Hard, Legendary)
- 20 - Level progression
- 20 - Different backgrounds and graphics for level progression
Of course if there are any questions, please feel free to ask.
Participant Rules -
- The game must be 2D, but you can use any library, free graphics, and free sounds.
- You can go solo or make teams.
- Games must be made during the 1 month period of the competition (i.e. you can't submit a game you made previously or are making now)
- You may use any library, game engine, tools, art, or audio to develop the game, provided you have the appropriate license to do so (if licensing is required for what you use); note that this means you may use code, art, and audio that you or others may have made in the past (the explicit limitation is that you may not use existing game logic (i.e. you may use libraries and engines, but you still have to actually make the game during the 1 month period))
- You may target any platform (but at least 3 judges must play your game, so if you develop for something the judges don't have, you can't be accepted as an entry; I'll post a list of platforms judges have before the competition begins)
- People may work in teams of up to 3 people (a person may only be on one team, though)
- Games must work on the judges' platforms (that is, if you have a bug in your program and it works fine on your computer but not on a judge's, you must fix it for it to be judged (during the 1 month period; no work/updates/fixes may be done after the 1 month); at least 3 judges must be able to evaluate it for it to be accepted as an entry)
- If only 3 judges can run your game (and not of all the judges, if we have more than 3), you will not be punished/penalized (that is, judge scores will be averaged)
- You must develop for one of the following systems (because the judges don't have unlimited hardware/platforms to test on):
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Windows Phone 7
- Windows Phone 8
- iOS
- MacOSX
- Android
- Google Chrome (latest version)
- Safari (latest version)
- Firefox (latest version)
- Opera (latest version)
Participation Points (ie. points that will be added to your actual reputation points)
- + 20 points for attempted participation (i.e. submitting a game that doesn't include all mandatory features).
- + 50 points for successful participation (requiring ALL mandatory features to be implemented).
- + 300 points for 1st place (in addition to participation points).
- + 150 points for 2nd place (in addition to participation points).
- + 100 points for 3rd place (in addition to participation points).
- "People's choice" we'll give + 200 points (in addition to participation points) to the selected winner.
- For every 3 optional features implemented, the person gets +20 points. If they do all 9 features, they get +75 points
Current Participants are -
- aurioch
- achmudas
- k_meleon
- Aspirer
- lailame
- lucentbeam
- Ahmad239
- Phz
- Segmented
- condemn
- Vortez
- dr01d3k4
- David Revilla
- Confirm4Crit
- Jamison
Current Judges are -
- Alpha_ProgDes
- LVreg
- Gaiiden
- cornstalks
- jbadams
Edited by Alpha_ProgDes, 31 October 2013 - 06:17 PM.


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VARIOUS: Isole Che Parlano
From the International Festival in Sardinia, mixing contemporary and traditional musics. This CD includes Jon Rose, Amy Denio, Paulo Angeli, Takumi Fukushima, Vakki Plakula, and all manner of Itaian performers. A fascinating hour of varied pieces.
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Fifth Annual Tour DeFleur 5K Run to be held at Binghamton University
BINGHAMTON, NY -- Lace up your sneakers for the fifth annual Tour DeFleur 5K Run to be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 16, on the Binghamton University Campus. Registration begins at 10 a.m. in lot E-1, behind the East Gym tennis courts.
The race will follow the Binghamton varsity Cross Country Course concluding with an awards presentation. Prizes will be given to the top three male and female finishers as well as the best in each age category.
A 100-yard dash Kids Fun Run will start at 11:45 am. Student performance groups will be on hand to provide entertainment, and there will be a variety of giveaways and snacks.
Runners and walkers can sign up in Room 260 of the University Union. The pre-registration fee is $10 and day of registration is $15, which includes post race refreshments. A $2 discount will be offered to registrants that have a valid University ID card. The first 100 registrants will receive a free t-shirt.
The Tour DeFleur is sponsored by Campus Recreation, Sodexo and the Eating Awareness Committee. All proceeds will be donated to the Binghamton University Eating Awareness Committee for educational programming and resources.
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Hello Everyone!!!!!
Slowly but surely, they have been announcing various benefits for the members of the Fan Club. You can get in an hour early, special screening of Clone Wars 3, and I'm sure there will be much more in the coming months. I am attending Celebration III with my brother, who is not in the fan club. At first I didn't think this would be a problem, but it seems that it will. With my 4-Day pass I recieve 4 Fan Club passes. I originaly thought that these would allow my brother to tag along with me every day, but it seems these passes are only good for one event, not one day. Now I am faced with a minor dilema.
Is the Fan Club Membership kit worth it just to give him access to all the benefits at Celebration? All I really look forward to from the Fan Club is the magazine, really. The ironic thing is that he gets the magazine right now. When I had to re-subscribe when Lucasfilm took over, I still had a virtually brand new subscription with Paizo. . . so I get two magazines. So. . . he gets my extra mags.
Although I currently have a membership and a subscription, I am considering going halves with him on a membership just so he can have full access at Celebration. I'll get the membership kit (which isn't all that great), he'll get an "official" subscription, and most importantly there will be no problems in Indy.
I'm sure there are some more of you who are attending that are going to have this problem. What would you guys do? I think getting another membership is ridiculous, but do you see any other options?


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What You Can Do
At our new website - GreenWA.org - residents can learn how Bellevue and partner organizations are working to lessen their environmental footprint and how residents can do their part. GreenWA features interactive maps, videos and educational pieces showcasing best practices for thinking globally and acting locally.
Residents can cut greenhouse gas emissions and conserve energy at home without going to a lot of trouble. The City of Bellevue also offers tips with the help of a mascot for environmental stewardship, the Carbon Yeti.
In the "Smaller Footprint Pledge" book, the cartoon Bigfoot shows ways to save energy in and around one's home. The Carbon Yeti has an interactive house with related games too.
Some easy things residents can do to reduce their carbon footprint include:
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Small, Community Wind Empowers Rural Communities, Strengthens U.S. Economy
Small, Community Wind Empowers Rural Communities, Strengthens U.S. Economy
Date: 9/9/2013
Source: Seanica Otterby, National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service
Audio with Heather Rhoads-Weaver, eFormative Options principal consultant. (MP3 2.9 MB). Download Windows Media Player. Time: 00:03:08.
Distributed wind and small wind are two terms that tend to confuse people. What's the difference between the two? eFormative Options Principal Consultant Heather Rhoads-Weaver says distributed wind is a homegrown energy strengthening the domestic economy that is an important aspect of the manufacturing renaissance in America for a clean energy future. Rhoads-Weaver explains small wind.
"Small wind is one type of distributed wind. And the way we define small wind is up to 100 kilowatts. So small wind turbines that are generally used at a farm or residence, or right on site, where you'd be consuming the power in a type of arrangement with your utility called net metering, where you would spin your meter backwards for all of the wind energy that you're producing, and then when the wind is not available, then you'd be using utility power."
Rhoads-Weaver says it's important to note that in 2012, 91% of small wind turbines installed in the U.S. were made in the U.S., with most jobs generated in rural America. She says wind is a proven, broad-based solution for empowering self-generation on farms and in other facilities that benefits everyone.
As for community wind, it is related to distributed wind, but Rhoads-Weaver says not all community wind projects are distributed. She says generally there is a local ownership component with community wind, which benefits the local economy by keeping more of the dollars local and generating more local jobs and benefits.
"They're often installed at schools and other nonprofit facilities that would drive benefits back into the local community. In my state of Washington, we have a community wind project that is owned by a community action agency, that all of the proceeds go to help their meals on wheels program, their weatherization, their low-income heating assistance programs, and it is out in a rural area that doesn't have a lot of other revenue opportunities. So, they're really turning their wind power into a revenue source for the agency."
For anyone interested in installing a wind turbine for their home, Rhoads-Weaver recommends going to the Small Wind Certification Council website at www.smallwindcertification.org.
"You can look at the ratings of various wind turbines that have gone through third-party testing and evaluations. You can make sure that the turbine you're interested in buying compares favorably to the other turbines of that size. And also, it shows not just production, but also sound levels, and it's been tested for safety, duration. So, I would definitely recommend that people buy a turbine off the certified list."
Rhoads-Weaver says other good resources are openei.org—which includes a consumer guide, wind resource map, and other tips—and windpolicytool.org, which shows what incentives might be available in certain areas and how to improve project economics.
This information was last updated on September 09, 2013


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Family: Laridae, Gulls and Terns view all from this family
Description ADULT SUMMER Has mainly black upper wings and back, continuous with black cap and back of neck; forecrown and underparts are white. In flight, note dark center to otherwise white upper tail, dark gray primaries, and white trailing edge to dark upper wing. Legs are short and red and bill is red-based and dark-tipped. ADULT WINTER Similar, but black cap and nape are separated from black back by streaked white hind neck. JUVENILE Similar to winter adult, but with paler gray-buff margins to feathers of otherwise dark elements of upperparts. These are molted gradually through first winter.
Dimensions Length: 18" (46 cm)
Habitat Local and generally scarce in southwestern U.S., but common and much more widespread on Gulf coast. Nests on sandy beaches. Extremely vulnerable to changing water levels, but more so to human disturbance, both directly and by the presence of aggressive dogs. Present year-round on Gulf coast and Atlantic coast north to North Carolina; summer breeding range extends north to New England.
Observation Tips Usually easy to see on suitable coasts in Florida.
Range Florida, Mid-Atlantic, Texas, California, Southeast, Eastern Canada, New England
Voice Utters a nasal kwuup call.
Discussion Extremely distinctive, ternlike waterbird with wonderfully bizarre and laterally flattened diagnostic bill. Lower mandible is appreciably longer than upper one and used in characteristic fashion when fishing: feeds in flight (mostly after dark), skimming low over water, bill open, then snapping at prey that comes into contact with lower mandible as it scythes through the water surface. Tail is slightly forked. Often seen in flocks. Sexes are similar.


text: In a twist this year, I'm not going to Comic-Con. Anyone going that might be willing to pick up the Bluefin MMPR stands for me? It's actually not ecen for me, but a friend of mine who has always helped me out and doesn't know anyone who will be there. I'll pay in advance.


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Remington Brass Cartridge Case
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Drawn from specially alloyed brass
Primer pocket tolerances held to .001"
Made of new, unprimed brass
Designed to resist case stretching and brittleness
The Remington cartridge case provides consistently exact internal volume and resistance to case stretching and brittleness. The case neck is fashioned with new, unprimed brass and the annealing process is closely monitored to assure easier re-sizing and longer reloading life. This is not loaded ammunition. Bulk brass should be full-length sized, trimmed, and chamfered before loading.


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The Anti Bow Tie
One of my very very few rules about bow ties, is that you must tie them yourself. Yes, it can be bit tricky, but to me, here lays half of the beauty. So imagine the frown on my face when I came across this new bow tie from Diesel that is one step beyond pre-tied.
I get it, they are playing the clever angle, not my thing, but a tie that does not even bother to go around your neck really goes against everything a tie stands for.
The history of neckwear is relatively short, and very well understood.
"The bow tie originated among Croatian mercenaries during the Prussian wars of the 17th century: the Croat mercenaries used a scarf around the neck to hold together the opening of their shirts. This was soon adopted under the name cravat, derived from the French word for "Croat" by the upper classes in France, then a leader in fashion, and flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries."
This slowly evolved into the bow tie and eventually the necktie was born.
Surely you can see the issue that I am having here; ties, be them neckties, cravats, bolos or bow ties have a history of closing ones shirt collar due to our lack of button technology. So hanging a bow tie on the closing button of the shirt really seems to go against everything a tie stands for.
In closing, please don't do that, thank you.
ps. In the bigger picture I quite like Diesel. If you want to give them your money right now, this shirt is a much better option than a button on bow tie.


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School has started up again, but there's still time for toys! As Mr. Rogers says, "Play is the work of childhood."
Check out all these art supplies! With silly crayons, adorable erasers, and crazy pens, we have everything you need to make going back to school fun and exciting. These unique school supplies will definitely make you stand out from the crowd.
We even have an awesome selection of fun backpacks, lunch boxes, pencil cases, and more. If you have something to carry, we have something for you to put it in.
Don't forget to grab some learning toys while you're here! This Monkey Multiplier is so cute and easy to use — just slide his legs to the numbers you want to multiply and his hands will show you the answer.
Or if you need to brush up on your geography, we have globes of all different styles and sizes. Our geography toys include puzzles, wall maps, flashcards, and the cool trivia game, GeoBingo.
Whether you're just starting your ABCs or think of yourself as a student of life, there is learning fun for everyone at Terra Toys!


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In "Decision Time," Editor Brian Lovett shares a scenario from his 20-plus years hunting turkeys. Each hinges on a critical decision. Post what choice you would have made, and then see how things actually turned out.
Conclusion: Through the Looking Glass
The turkey tracks were so fresh that we opted for the safe play. The gobbler had to be nearby. If the bird answered our calling from the cornfield, we could slip through the woods to a better setup. If he were closer, however, we'd still be in position to kill him.
Turns out he was closer. In fact, I actually saw him gobble during our first series of yelps. He then trotted directly down my gun barrel and took a load of No. 6 shot in the head at about 12 steps.
Wow, we'd been right and had enjoyed a great hunt for what was undoubtedly a lonely 2-year-old gobbler.
Well, we'd been right about the hunt, but that was it. The bird's 17/8-inch hooks clued us in that he was slightly older than 2. And that was a sign so obvious that even we couldn't ignore it.
What decision did you make?
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