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About Jeff Masters
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 6:48 PM GMT on September 20, 2011
Powerful Category 3 Typhoon Roke is bearing down on Japan, and is expected to hit the main island of Honshu on Wednesday morning, local time. Roke is on a dangerous track for Japan, one that would take the storm over some of the most heavily populated areas of the country. Heavy rains from Roke have already reached the coast of Japan, as seen on Japanese radar. However, Roke is starting to weaken, as seen in latest satellite imagery. The eye is no longer apparent, the cloud tops have warmed, and a slot of dry air has gotten wrapped into the storm's northwest side. Wind shear should continue to weaken Roke as it approaches landfall; shear is currently a high 20 knots, and will increase to 30 knots by Wednesday morning. Given the current weakening trend, I expect Roke is most likely to be a Category 2 typhoon at landfall.
Typhoon's Roke's storm surge, winds, and heavy rains will all be a concern. A damaging storm surge is likely to the right of where the center makes landfall, since Roke is a large storm whose winds are spread out over a wide area. If Roke tracks farther to the east than expected, a large storm surge may affect Tokyo Bay. Perhaps the biggest concern from the storm is heavy rain. The soils over much of Japan are saturated from the passage of Tropical Storm Talas during the first week of September. Talas was a very slow moving storm, and brought extreme rainfall amounts of over six feet to some portions of Japan. Roke is expected to bring up to 20 more inches of rain along its path. Roke could bring winds of 30 - 40 mph and heavy rains of 3 - 5 inches to the damaged Fukishima-Dai-Iche nuclear plant northeast of Tokyo.
Figure 1. MODIS image of Typhoon Roke taken at 1:45 pm local time (4:45 UTC) on Tuesday, September 20, 2011. At the time, Roke was a Category 2 storm with 110 mph winds. Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory.
Invest 98L continues to grow more organized
A tropical wave midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles (Invest 98L) has increased in organization this afternoon, but still lacks a well-defined surface circulation. Satellite imagery shows a number of curved spiral bands have formed this afternoon, and the area covered by heavy thunderstorms has steadily increased. An ASCAT pass from 8:21 am EDT this morning did not capture the full circulation of the storm, but did show winds of 30 mph on the east side of the center. Wind shear as diagnosed by the SHIPS model has increased to a moderate 10 - 15 knots, and is predicted to stay moderate through Friday. Ocean temperatures are 28 - 28.5°C, well above the threshold typically needed for a tropical storm to spin up. Water vapor satellite images show 98L is embedded in a moist environment, but there is dry air to the system's northwest. Given that the shear has now increased to the moderate level, this dry air may begin to hinder development on Wednesday. An analysis of upper level winds from the University of Wisconsin CIMMS group shows a pattern favorable for development, with an outflow channel open to both the north and south available to ventilate the storm and allow 98L to efficiently lift plenty of moisture to high levels.
Figure 2. Afternoon satellite image of 98L.
The latest 8 am EDT (12Z) runs of the computer models show either no development of 98L, or development of 98L into a tropical depression or weak tropical storm by Saturday. 98L's westward motion of 5 - 10 mph should bring the storm into the Lesser Antilles Islands by Saturday, though the models are not in strong agreement about the forward speed of the storm. The GFDL model brings 98L into the islands on Friday, while the HWRF model keeps the storm east of the islands through Sunday. If 98L takes a more west-northwesterly path through northern Lesser Antilles, which has been the preferred track for tropical systems this year, the disturbance should encounter high wind shear in excess of 20 knots due to strong upper-level winds out of the west. This shear should make it difficult for 98L to intensify as it moves though the islands. However, if 98L takes a more southerly path across Barbados, as predicted by the GFDL model, the storm will miss seeing the high shear area that lies over the northern islands, and the storm would have more opportunity to strengthen. The most likely scenario I see at this point is for 98L to be a weak tropical storm on Saturday as it moves through the Lesser Antilles--but there is more than the usual amount of uncertainty in both the track and intensity forecast. NHC gave the disturbance a 70% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Thursday in their 2 pm Tropical Weather Outlook.
September temperatures return to normal over the U.S.
The summer of 2011 was the second hottest in U.S. history, but September of 2011 is so far shaping up to be an average one for temperature. A series of cold fronts and cold-cored low pressure systems have moved southwards out of Canada this month, bringing typical amounts of cool air to the country. If you want to select dates for the start and end of the U.S. heat wave of 2011, the dates to pick would be May 20 - September 4. During the period May 20 - September 4, 2011, the number of daily record high temperatures at the 515 major airports in the U.S. exceeded the number of daily low temperature records every day but one. That's an astonishing 107 out of 108 days! Only July 15 had more record daily lows than highs during that 108-day period. I doubt one could find a similar stretch of days anytime in U.S. weather history where such a lopsided ratio of high temperature to low temperature records existed. For the 3-month summer period of June, July, and August, 2703 daily high temperature records were set, compared to 300 daily low temperature records--a ratio of 9-to-1. Not surprisingly, the summer of 2011 wound up as the hottest summer in 75 years in the U.S., and was only 0.1°F cooler than the all-time record hottest summer, during the Dust Bowl year of 1936. But so far this September, the ratio of high temperature records to low temperature records has been close to 1-to-1. There were 283 daily high temperature records set during the first sixteen days of September, and 246 low temperature records. Eight of the first sixteen days of September have seen the lows outnumber the highs, and eight have seen the highs outnumber the lows. The latest 2-week forecast from the GFS model shows a continuation of pretty normal weather over the U.S. for the rest of the month, and September temperatures will end up close to average.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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Alternate name: Coastal Prickly-pear
Family: Cactaceae, Cactus view all from this family
Description This sprawling prickly-pear is most commonly found in coastal California, often in huge colonies, its glistening red fruits contrasting with its yellow-green stems.
Habit: native perennial shrub; highly variable.
Height: to 3 ft (1 m); diameter to 10 ft (3 m) wide or much more.
Stem: succulent, segmented; flat narrow pads, oval to obovate, spiny, 3-10 in (7.5-25 cm) tall, 3-4 in (7.5-10 cm) wide.
Leaf: spine, straight, pale yellow to white, brownish-yellow at base, to 1.5 in (4 cm) long; clustered 4-11 per areole.
Flower: pale yellow to apricot, waxy, sometimes striped with red, 2-3 in wide.
Fruit: pear-shaped berry, purple-red to maroon, to 2 in (5 cm) long.
Warning Most cacti of the genus Opuntia have sharp spines as well as tiny barbed hairs called glochids that can be difficult to remove from the skin.
Flower April to June.
Habitat Sandy or rocky soils; hillsides, beaches, washes, alluvial fans, bluffs, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, deserts, pinyon-juniper woodlands, montane forests, disturbed areas; 25-1300 ft (8-400 m); also cultivated as an ornamental.
Range Southern California, and northern Arizona; Mojave Desert.
Discussion Also known as coastal prickly pear, western prickly pear, shore cactus, coast cholla. Three varieties are recognized. It is most common in southwestern California, where is usually dwells in the California chaparral. Cochineal insects often feed on the Short Coastal Prickly-pear and a relative, Opuntia ficus-indica (Indian Fig). The female insect produces a red dye that is used by southern peoples for staining fabrics.

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Because this thread is needed.
Because this thread is needed.
Are the factory workers like stealing these from the factories? I thought they were like cheap reproduced items. Either way shame on them unless they are legit "factory gifts"
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My Star Wars Fan Film: The Lazy Jedi
This entire wave is a pass for me. Once I find wave 3, then I'll just be sitting on my thumbs until the next ROTJ figures are released (which will hopefully be Kithaba and the Weequay Skiffmaster).
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So our mission at Eazel is to do stuff that makes Linux easier to use and suitable for average desktop users.
And it's hard to remember that, when we're slogging away at Nautilus. Because Nautilus is just a piece of that puzzle, and Nautilus 1.0 is not supposed to be the be-all, end-all anything, just the place to start on that mission. On the other hand, Nautilus is already a lot better than it looks from screen shots. That much I am sure of.
On a separate topic, the way you connect to CORBA from C really sucks when you have another object system right next to it. It would be nice and pretty easy to make a way to use CORBA directly with GTK objects, without having to code to the OMG-style C interface as an intermediate step. Something like this would be a much better basis for developing Bonobo. Instead, in Bonobo, every single class has to do this by hand.
Anyway, it's also a bummer to find what I consider design problems in GNOME VFS and realize that the politics of convincing everybody is the main reason I can't fix them quickly. In particular, the GnomeVFSURI class is an unwieldy interface for dealing with a simple URI string, but I don't know what I'll do about that or when.
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The Cumberland hotel - Chelsea Flower Show
19-23 May 2010
Transforming the grounds of the Royal Hospital into the most exclusive and wondrous 11-acre plot in London the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a celebration of gardening, a feast for your imagination and bursting with inspiration for you to take home. This event brings together the cream of garden designers, nurseries and plantsmen to demonstrate the utmost excellence in horticulture and the very latest fashions, technology and new plant introductions.
At the heart of the show is the Great Pavilion showcasing displays from hundreds of leading nurseries and growers from around the world, with each displaying an outstanding selection of plants and flowers year on year. A stunning triumph of horticultural excellence, The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a unique and totally unmissable event.
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Royal Hospital Road
The Cumberland hotel is located on Park Lane near Mayfair only a short distance from the Chelsea Flower Show. Among Mayfair hotels, The Cumberland hotel offers the guaranteed best hotel room rates near the Royal Hospital Chelsea and the Chelsea Flower Show.
Discover The Cumberland hotel in Central London with excellent transport links to the Chelsea Flower Show.
The Cumberland
Highlight: Sitting at the Marble Arch end of Oxford street The Cumberland hotel is ideally located for exploring Mayfair. Home to the Rhodes W1 brasserie, Rhodes W1 Michelin star restaurant and Carbon bar its a great place to both relax and entertain.


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Like most of my fellow collectors, I will be dropping a good amount of coin on high-end Star Wars props, busts, statues, diecast ships, and studio scale models this year. So far on my list is:
Master Replicas
Already have:
Darth Maul Battle Damaged Lightsaber
Medal of Yavin
Anakin Skywalker Lightsaber
Will get:
Leia's Blaster ANH
Stormtrooper Blaster ANH
Rebel Blaster ANH
Mace Windu FX Lightsaber
Code 3
Slave 1 diecast model
And any other ship they may come out with.
Gentle Giant
All statues, minibusts, and maquettes
Yoda Full Size Bust
I'm sure more will be added before the end of '04.
So what's on your list?


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There are plenty of worthwhile reasons to convert a Portable Document Format (PDF) to a JPG image. Although PDF files are a fantastic way to package a slew of text and image documents together, they often require an external application or plug-in, and are unnecessary if you want just a single page or image. Plus, most office applications handle JPG images better, and JPG files generally have quicker load times than that of PDF files.
The tough part is switching from one to the other, especially if you have a PDF file that you need to extract some content from. We'll show you how to convert PDFs to more manageable JPGs, no matter which platform you're on!
If you're on Windows 10
Windows 10 doesn't have many innate tools to switch PDFs to JPGs, except for unsophisticated tools like screenshots. We don't want you struggling with cropping tools and resolution problems, so we suggest going another route instead. Here are the most effective ways to convert that we've found when working on Windows 10.
- PDF to JPEG App: This is a free Windows app that, well, converts PDFs to JPGs, like the name indicates. It's minimalist but allows for a welcome amount of control over converting specific pages, selecting where images will be saved, and more. If you only have access to Windows 10, this is probably your best solution for frequent conversions. However, make sure you know how to use it before starting! The commands have proven confusing for some users. Always select a folder for saving before trying to convert, and please remember that this converts PDFs to JPGs, and not the other way around.
- Adobe Conversion: Yes, technically this solution works for Macs as well, but it's a better solution on Windows where your options are limited. If you have an active Adobe account with tools like Acrobat or Photoshop, you can use them to quickly save PDFs as a variety of image files. Note that you need the full versions of Acrobat and Photoshop, with a live Adobe account, for this to work – in other words, you have to be paying for it. If you do, however, the process is simple. Go to Tools and look for the option that says Export PDF. From here, select Image to export as an image, and then select Export All Images to convert the full PDF file. There are other conversion settings you can tweak for various changes in color and quality, which is great for tinkering around with a stubborn PDF.


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"I went to shop for upgrade from my beloved Westone 4. Didn't bother to get custom. Aiming around $500-1000 options Audition candidates 1. Ultrasone IQ $730 2. AKG K3003 $1,140 3. Sennheiser IE800 $ 660 4. Aurisonics ASG-2 $653 5. Heir Audio IEM 5.0+ $ 690 Here are the mini review of IQ and versus of the other candidates. ..." --darkinners
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It is our Free and Easy Bake Along 1st Anniversary! I would like to thank our co hosts, Joyce from Kitchen Flavours who first initiated this bake together and also Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids, both of whom at one point we were all completely strangers to now have become wonderful friends. I'm very glad that i had the opportunity to meet Joyce and Zoe in person last year, something that i've always been looking forward to after all those communications through blogs and emails. Never was there an awkward or uncomfortable moment talking to them..you know, Joyce has a very cheerful and bubbly personality, always makes me laugh and Zoe, a very fun and sporting person, giving me so much warmth when i met her. Believe me, we do have our differences at times but i would call that good differences that we are able to understand each other more and enable us to be more honest in our opinions. They are always so kind and helpful to me, guiding me how to do this and that, coordinating the bake along and so on.
|our first anniversary
I would also want to take this time to thank some of you who have been always joining us baking together . Peng, Angeline, Anuja, Alice, Jeannie, Abbygail, Jasline, Vivian, Emily, Mimi Bakery House, Eileen it's always delighting to have all of you around, a big thank you! Not forgetting Yan, Yvonne, Mui Mui, Riceball joining us for the first time in the last two bake along, hope to see you gals joining again and also to Sonia, Laura, Wai Kitt, Baking Addict, Veena,Radhika ,Rebecka and Angel for your previous participation. I believe that we have got so much to share and learn from each other, it's always nice to get to know someone new in the group and again, if it's not for blogging, i wouldnt have known all of you including my blogger friends who drop by regularly here. So cheers everyone!!
|how about the candles represent me, joyce and zoe..hahaha...
I'm not going to write the entire recipe making this cake but included here are the links where i had earlier sourced from. It's a white cake filled with layers of lemon curd and swiss meringue buttercream. While i find that the white sponge is a little dense for my liking, the tangy lemon curd and the smooth buttercream complements each other very well. Initially what i wanted to do for its decorations were piped flowers everywhere surrounding the whole cake but it was already too ugly with me just piping a few of them , my fault, my piping skills...uurrgh...so i ended up doing a shapeless, nameless design..really i dont know what i was piping! LOL!
Sponge cake - Dorie's Perfect Party Cake taken from here. I used two 8 inch pan, cut each cake horizontally into 2 slices each. I used 3 slices instead of 4.
Lemon curd - same as what i did for my Pavlova. I made this few times already, very nice.
Swiss Meringue buttercream - sourced from Crumb Boss and Wendy's blog. It's my first time making swiss meringue buttercream, made 1/2 recipe of crumbboss for filling and 1 recipe of wendy's for decoration.
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I grilled a hen breast last night and man it was soooo goood it would make you smack your moma. I thought I would share it incase someone else would like to try it.
I marinated and injected the breast with creole butter and let it set in a zip lock bag in the fridge for a day and a half. Then I cooked it on the top rack of the grill at 300 degrees for an hour and a half. For the last 15 minutes of cooking I put some aluminium foil around it like a bowl and covered it in Baby Rays bar be que sause.
If you decide to grill a breast I would recommend this because it was good.


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ACHICA > Choi Time
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Choi Time
Few teas have the glamour of Choi Time's tea range, hailed as the 'Dom Pérignon of the tea world' by the Sunday Times Style magazine. Its Jasmine Green Tea Pearls for instance, which slowly unfurl in hot water, won three gold stars at the Great Taste Awards - the highest level of award any producer can aspire to. In total Choi Time's collection of teas has won 16 accolades at Great Taste; the acknowledged benchmark for specialty food and beverage. All the teas in Choi Time's range make for an effortless detox, and customer testimonials include weight loss, significant changes in lowering cholesterol and raising anti-oxidant levels.


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Family: Picidae, Woodpeckers view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Has mainly black upperparts, including upper tail, but with neat white barring on back, wings, and outer tail feathers. Face is mainly black, but with broad, white stripe surrounding ear coverts and white nasal "tufts" and facial stripe; rear crown is red (red on crown is more extensive in male Ladder-backed). Throat and underparts are mostly white, but with neat black spots on flanks and black barring on flanks. ADULT FEMALE Similar, but crown is black. Nasal tufts are white (grubby in female Ladderbacked). JUVENILE Recalls adult male, but red on crown is more extensive.
Dimensions Length: 7-7 1/2" (18-19 cm)
Habitat Locally common resident of oakdominated chaparral and woodland, often in vicinity of streams and rivers. World Population almost entirely restricted to California.
Observation Tips Easiest to locate by visiting suitable habitat and listening for call.
Range Northwest, California
Voice Calls include a sharp, upslurred k'wik-k'wikÖ and a trilling rattle.
Discussion A California specialty. Similar to Ladder-backed, but separable by differences in plumage, habitat preference, and range. Unobtrusive, and presence often first detected by calls. Sexes are dissimilar.


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At the entrance of the Old Port of Marseille, floating between sea and sky, a new national museum is opening its doors. Directly facing the open sea, the MuCEM's very location makes it a major development for the Mediterranean, redefining its horizon to create a place where its two shores unite. Never before has a museum been exclusively dedicated to the cultures of the Mediterranean, despite their richness and diversity in terms of history and civilisation.
Open from 11am to 6pm. Closed on tuesdays. Free every first sunday of the month.


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Will Katz get his new downtown arena/entertainment district?
Posted on 6 Apr 2011 by Scott Pattison.
Edmonton City Council is currently meeting to determine whether or not to embrace Darryl Katz's proposed new downtown arena/entertainment plans. Discussion has plateaued in recent weeks, much of it fueled by leaks to the media about ongoing back-door discussions between Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel and Katz, the Edmonton Oilers' owner. Katz allegedly told Mandel that he had not verbally approv...


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And I'll play if you have some money
Or if you're a friend to me
But that one-man band by the quick lunch stand
He was just playin' real good for free
Nobody, I say nobody, nobody stopped to hear him
Though he played so sweet and high
They knew they had never seen him on their TV screen
So they passed his music by.— Joni Mitchell
"Come down to Exchange Street," the voice-mail message intones. "You'll find us. We'll sound like Kenny G on acid." And while Kenny G on anything isn't really my thing, I was intrigued.
I found Cornell Welch and Jason Giacomazzo at the corner of Exchange and Spring streets, across from Tommy's Park. Forty-year-old Welch, who sports a ponytail and has the physique of a Lord of the Rings warrior (human, not hobbit), was sitting on an upside-down milk crate, keeping beat on a Middle Eastern drum called a doumbek. He was the acid of the pair. Boyish Giacomazzo — this duo's Kenny G — stood nearby with both an alto and a soprano saxophone around his neck. Between them were Giacomazzo's boom-box, and a small gold pot with a few dollar bills already nestled inside. As they played — both wearing shades, both with fingers flying — they elicited smiles, stares, and a handful of monetary gifts from passers-by.
I'd say they sounded more like Kenny G after a few bong hits — mellow, with somewhere to go, but no need to rush.
The city transforms during summer months, and musicians both benefit from and contribute to that change. From May through September, Portland is balmy and laid-back, full of tourists and farmers'-market shoppers. As their fingers thaw, musicians emerge from hibernation (most live in Portland year-round, but don't play during the finger-numbing cold months); simultaneously, colorful sidewalks surface from a bleak winter cityscape. The brick and cobblestone streets, complete with calling seagulls and the smell of the ocean, make a charming backdrop for the busker who performs with his instrument and few accoutrements. (All this isn't to say that Portland is devoid of street musicians during the winter months – the lively Half Moon Jug Band practices an early form of busking – wassailing – when it treats the city to raucous Christmas carols on Exchange Street each year.)
For better or worse, modern-day minstrels become and create part of the landscape; they provide a soundtrack for the city, and become familiar fixtures for locals and merchants. They influence the city in intangible, deeper ways too; the present of street musicians is a "sign of creativity, but then it's also something that would be attractive to members of the creative economy," says Todd Gabe, an economics professor at the University of Maine. The creative economy, or "creative class," a term coined by author and researcher Richard Florida, refers to people who work in a range of fields, from engineering to theater. Buskers appeal to these people who create for a living, Gabe says. "The economic impact would be somewhat indirect, in terms of making it a more attractive place to live."
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In the mean time, feel free to send your kid to public school. Mine is home-schooled and I want to give him as much of an edge as possible. No, really: send your kid to public school, do us all a favor. This problem will sort itself out in a generation or two.
That is a bit harsh. It sounds like you would like to grind up other people's kids to feed yours. While it might be great if every family was like yours and could provide a good home school environment, that is not currently the case. Indeed, if it were the case, you would lose your edge so I guess it is to your advantage that public education be as crappy as possible.
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Family: Pinaceae, Pine view all from this family
Description Large evergreen coniferous tree. Crown wide, variable. Needles grow in a single flat plane, 3–6 cm. long and 2 mm. wide by 0.5 mm. thick, glossy dark green above, two green-white bands of stomata below, slightly notched at the tip. Leaf arrangement spiral on the shoot, each leaf variably twisted at the base so they all lie in two more-or-less flat ranks on either side of the shoot. Cones 6–12 cm. long and 3.5–4.5 cm. broad, with about 100-150 scales; scale bracts short, hidden in the closed cone. Winged seeds released when cones disintegrate about 6 months after pollination.
Dimensions Height: 30-61 m. (100-200 ft.)
Diameter: 0.5-1 m. (1 1/2-3 1/2 ft.).
Habitat Canyons & valleys, Mountains.
Range California, Rocky Mountains, Northwest, Western Canada.
Discussion Wood soft and not very strong; used for paper making, packing crates and other cheap construction work. Foliage has an attractive scent, sometimes used for Christmas trees and decoration. Planted as an ornamental in large parks.
Grand fir provides good thermal and hiding cover, often close to water, for big game animals. Young trees provide good cover for grouse and small mammals including squirrels, chipmunks, and pikas. Roosting sites for grouse, pileated woodpecker, Williamson's sapsucker, pygmy nuthatch, Vaux's swift, and red crossbill.


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Princetonians to showcase talents, Feb. 24
Posted February 12, 2006; 02:13 p.m.
Princeton faculty, staff, undergraduates, graduate students and
alumni will showcase their wide-ranging talents in "This Is Princeton,"
a benefit performance for local youth arts programs, at 8 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 24, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
"This Is Princeton" will feature a variety of performances ranging from original music composition and dance to award-winning photography, stand-up comedy, poetry and film. All proceeds will benefit the University's Community House.
Tickets, available through University Ticketing, are $6 for students, faculty and staff; $10 for the general public; and free for Tiger Tickets holders. ). The event is sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students and the Undergraduate Student Government Projects Board. More information, including the full list of performers, is available on the Projects Board Web site.


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Yep American field bred dogs are so much better looking and physically suited to the job that it's not even comparable.
Bert Rodgers
Unfortunately what the general public sees on tv forms their ideas of what labs look like. I have a very good looking 2 year old male, (Eba and Ram lines) no bias here . I take him to work with me every day. Not a week goes by without a visitor or guest commenting on how sweet my lab "mix" is. The one or two times I have asked what made them think he was a mix, the reply was the same. Oh he is so much taller and his head isn't blocky! Shoot, this is one of the nicest proportioned dogs I've seen, not weedy, not whippet headed but I just smile and thank them for the complement.
Carol Howey
Owned and handled by Cruisin' with Indiana Jones, JH
Alternate Handler: Westwind Buffalo Soldier
Apprentice Handler: Snake River Medicine Man, SH
To me a lot of those dogs are just plain freaks. It's amazing what humans create through breeding. Or destroy the same way. My favorite group is the working dogs. I like the big suckers. Saint Bernard, Newfounland love them, Mastif. My favorite was the Leonberger.
It CAN be done, this boy would put mud on your face leavin' the line and run like a bat outta heck there and back and would never get tired of it. He ran hard and determined. They told me he wouldn't win in the show ring and I saw the snickers as I walked up to the ring entrance that first time and they saw mine when I walked out WINNERS DOG over SPECIAL'S on some BEST IN SHOW HANDLERS...yeah baby... He remained competitive and kept taking those points... I was on a high with a boy that I felt was EVERYTHING I worked for. So instead of wishing someone else would get a better dog in the ring...why don't YOU get a better dog in the ring... and then take him to the field and show 'em that IT CAN BE DONE Never a day passes that I don't wish I could throw for him one more time ....
Glad to know some of the midgets can do field work. Our field labs would not get to first base in the ring because they don't begin to conform to the "breed standard". I always said, though, that I didn't care what they look like if they could bring in the placements and had fun doing it.
This year the Lab with initials at both ends had some of it's best representation in years. Among those in the final cuts were 2 GRCH/MH's and a CH/SH with 3 MH passes. 2 of those were females. While I am not a fan of what is in the ring and the fact that most don't work their Sporting group Labrador, Keifer was far better than what has been in the past. Along with last years winner who was a lovely more moderate female who now has her JH. I for one hope the trend continues and the age of a more moderate labrador returns
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AKC CH pointed USJ HR U-GRCH Fish Dog's Playing in the Kona Surf MH CGC "Kona"
WindyCanyon's Don't Stop Believin SH " Journey"
Folly Hill's Crazy Train @ Triple Threat " Ozzy"
Triple Threat's Rebel Rebel- " Bowie"
Why don't they judge the labs by the akc standards and not by what is fashionable.
Maybe a bit off-topic... but has anyone ever seen the movie "Best In Show"? It is an older movie now... but hilarious...
HR UUD GRACH4 ROC UNJ About Time Ben SH UD RE AX MXJ OF WCX CGC CC"Ben"
HR RO3 USJ Ironpaws Black Rock Time To Dream CD RE WC CGC "Kona"
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Hey hey. Stopped in on a Valley Target this afternoon and ran into a fellow Star Wars fan. For more on that proceed to paragraph 2. What I walked away with was a set of Order 66 figures. The kind clerk brought out 3 cases and put them all on the endcap. This was about 2 hours ago, tho, so you might want to call them before heading over. PM me for the locale. I will answer for the next hour or so.
Meanwhile, back to the fellow toy collector I ran into... I don't know what to make of the situation. I saw him waiting in the toy aisle with an empty cart, so I greeted him and asked if there was anything cool being brought out from the back room. He replied negative and said he was waiting for his girlfriend. I told him I was looking for the Order 66 figures and he told me there were a ton of them on the shelf at a Target a few miles away and to go there. He then ragged on the figures' paint jobs and said he'd checked the DPCI at this store already - they had nothing.
So as I wandered off to do some other shopping, I see the guy who manages the toy department calling to my fellow collector: "I need that number again!" Perhaps he'd requested some other item? But he told me he was waiting for his girlfriend.
I asked a different clerk to run the number and she came up with multiple locations in the stock room. When I returned to the toy aisle, the other toy collector was gone and the toy department manager was approaching with three cases of Order 66.
Very strange. This fellow collector was always very straightforward about things in the past, willing to share, and knows I'm not the type to jump on someone else's stash. Yet here he was telling me he'd already had them run the number and the store was dry. I didn't see him checking out so I have no idea what he bought.
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This new laptop is utilizing a cell processor for multimedia based applications. It specifically mentions encoding video:
If you're into home video editing you know how long it can take to process those big files before your masterpiece is ready—sometimes over an hour to convert a typical 1GB movie. But with the powerful new Toshiba Quad Core HD Processor, transcoding can take as little time as ten minutes. You'll be finished so fast they'll be raving for a sequel.
I wondering how this might help the future of video editing in general. I wish i could get my hands on that laptop and test it >.>


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Trader Joe's Turkey Corndog with French's Mustard. I'm afraid to say that I've officially lost my taste for yellow American mustard, the only time it's good anymore is when it's on a store-bought hot dog like 7-11 or Wienerschnitzel or Disneyland, everywhere else it's weird to me.
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I didn't know that there were different versions of the 'Clones' DVD. What are the differences? I'm definatly getting Widescreen for sure. Its the best way to watch any movie!
I really want to go to IMAX but havn't made it yet. I don't like driving down there either. They should have it in Denver instead.


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Well, maybe not a *bunch* but a remote transmitter with 3 releases for my SOG wingers and a 2-dog e-collar system to go with the 2 used e-collars I have that were sent by some very nice folks here.
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The Calm Before The Storm
Ivedent Lloyd, Jr. has held the points lead for quite some time, but hasn't pulled away from the field. Dillon Wood is just 22 points behind Lloyd and is still searching for that 1st win. Wood held the lead early in the season and has continued to run in the top 5. With consistency at the front comes wins and Wood isn't far away. Mark Whitener has Augie Burttram's 58 in 3rd, but Whitener and Burttram are banned until mid-September after the argument 2 weeks ago. The new points system can keep the 58 battling for points but a new driver will have a tough hill to climb. "The Locomotive" has steamed his way to 4th but is more than 100 points back. Collins has a runner-up finish earlier but will need some wins and bad luck for the top dogs to catch back up. Still without a driver's license because of his age, Christian Augspurger has driven the 35 to 5th. Augspurger won in the Mike Peters Era early in the season and after some bad luck has come back to 5th. Bo Allen and the 71 team were the others in the argument 2 weeks ago which means Allen would need a replacement driver to gain more points. The 71 can drive to the front, but does need a driver in the seat. Tyler Ivey was also a points leader, but some bad luck and missing the double feature night has dropped him to 7th. Ivey won the Mike Peters Open and can get his 47 in Victory Lane and needs some wins to get back in the hunt. "IceMan" Austin Kirkpatrick comes off of a trip to Victory Lane and would love to repeat. Kirkpatrick is top rookie and shows improvement every week-end. Shan Smith has driven his 99W17SS (99W for short) to 9th and has run up front and could take that win at any time. JO Nobles, the 2009 champion, has taken his 18JO to the top, both in the results and on the track, and the 18JO has taken a liking to the banking. Darrell Padgett hasn't shown his 46P since the Powell Memorial, but did take a win early in the season.
Chad Scranton was the 1st points leader and is the only 2-time winner in the 2011 Hobby Stocks. Of course, he hasn't started a race since and that left the points lead to Tim Powers. Powers has 1 win and 3 runner-up finishes, but even with that consistency, he'd love another win. Kevin Durden comes off of his 1st win of 2011 and wouldn't mind becoming the 2nd 2-time winner. Buck Woodhouse hasn't battled for the win but has put his 55W near, or in, the top 5 every week. Woodhouse, much like 4th place Howard Osteen, is still searching for the win, but it isn't far away now. Joe Belkey took a win already, but still wants another. Belkey has a fast car and takes it to the front and has put himself in 5th because of it. Joe Boyd, Billy Carlbert, Jr., and Tommy Ausburn have kept their cars clean, for the most part, and are 6th, 7th, and 8th, respectively. They can all get to the front and take a win and move up even higher in the standings. Mark Maresca and Donnie Reed round out the top 10 and have both taken their cars to the front. Mike Tovet and Matt Shea have wins, but they didn't count for points, but both could take another.
Jason Gamble has put all 3 of Eddie Tillander's cars near the front, but has only put the 27 in Victory Lane in the first 3 races. Gamble has held off the fight from Vaughn Woodall and Chad Scranton, both 18 points back, but with 2 different stories. Woodall has run every race and used his strengths to power to 2nd. Scranton is listed as 3rd, with 4 more wins than Woodall, but 3 starts less. In 4th is Brian Shea, 23 points behind Gamble. Shea is still searching for his 1st win, but has taken his 19 to the front and win #1 is right around the corner. "Mr. Consistency" led the standings for a week, but hasn't put his 64 in Victory Lane before. Gillette, along with Woodall and Shea, is in his 2nd full season and has made gains alng with them. He's just 25 back now. Gordon Cade is 51 points behind the leaders and stil searches for win #1 on dirt. Cade holds just 8 over Chris Watson. Watson still searches for his 1st win, and could take it this week-end. Tim Mathieu, John Thorpe, and Jonathan Appleby are more than 90 points back, but are all front-runners and this division has seen 30 point swings on a night before so you can't count anyone out.
A Double Points Night will give 5 drivers a shot at the points lead, but Ray Folwell and Brittany Yates have separted themselves from the field. Folwell holds a 12 point lead over Yates, but she has gained on him the last few races. In 3rd, 52 back, is the rookie Ryan Babcock. Babcock continues to hold strong at the front and a reward could be coming soon for the young driver. Ray Ethridge took a few wins last season but hasn't had much luck in 2011. Ethridge is 107 points behind Folwell and is battling for wins now. Buddy Pope has an early season win, but after missing a few week-ends of action has dropped and is now mounting a comeback. Chris Zimmermann and Roberto Morfin, Jr. have misse the past 2 races and have dropped to 6th and 7th, respectively. They could take wins as they both improved much from the 1st week-end, and both are hungry. Kody Kinsey is 8th and hopes to gain points on Babcock for rookie of the year in the Mini Stocks. Kinsey has his hands full as "Hammerdown" Shirlene Hammond is 9th, just 6 behind him. "Hammerdown" will try to gain those lost points to the leaders back, but it's easier said than done. In 10th is Charlie Staats, but he's missed some races and has lost valuable points because of it. With $500 on the line and Bubba not not exactly thrilled about the car count, we should see a full field of Mini Stocks battling for points and glory.
The 7-time winner, Steve Cox, leads by more than 70 points over Reid Christensen. "The Dominator" will have his 1st of 14 more scheduled shots at breakng the all-time wins in a season record set by Mini Stock driver Keith Briggs in 2008. He'll need to win half of those scheduled races to break the record. Reid Christensen will look to stop Cox, at least for a week-end, and celebrate in Victory Lane with the #30 team. Brandon Haseleu will hope to take a win this week-end and celebrate with his father in victory lane. Richard Todd and Jerry Taylor round out the top 5, but both still search for their 1st victory in their short careers. "The British Bulldog" has the smallest car and Bubba Raceway Park career with only 6 starts. Frankland has taken the 7UK to the top 5 on numerous occasions and could break out and win at any time. Steve Johnson was a main threat for the championship last season, but decided to run a limited schedule in 2011. He's run half of the season and has his 81 in 7th and will hope to catch team-mate Cox by season's end. Matt Kramer and Kody Fisher have put themselves in the top 10 and always battle hard no matter where they're at on the track. Casey Feaster is 10th and after the retirement speculations has decided to bring the 20 back to Bubba Raceway Park and battle for another win. Feaster took 3 wins early, but hasn't won in the points season. Scott Sullivan, Jonathan Green, and Sammy Dale each have a win recently and could add another.
All 5 divisions will put a show on as everyone wants to enter the break as the points leader and race winner. Gates open at 4:30 with racing scheduled for 7. For more information you can check out www.bubbaracewaypark.com or call the Speedway hotline.


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China wants banks to lend more to small businesses. The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 0.5% today.
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Taiwan's president said he'd try to restore ties with the Philippines soon. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Index fell 0.2%, while the Philippines Stock Exchange PSEi Index dropped 0.5%.
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His art addresses "the poetic in everyday life," according to the museum. Or, as his gallery, James Harris in Seattle, writes, it's about investigating "systems and structures that shape contemporary life and experiences."
Witkin lines a hallway with simple wood chairs and banners printed with lists; he fills a room with hundreds of framed pictures leaning against each other, hiding their images.
A second room offers a table and chairs, and a second table piled with blank-covered books (inside, each page is printed with a phrase: "flame's glow," "equality of sacrifice," "forever changing"). Archival boxes are stacked in the corner (newspaper obituaries lie on top), and a wall is covered with news clippings about Governor Deval Patrick, the Red Sox, and Marilyn Monroe, as well as New Yorker fiction. All the while, various singers' recordings of "My Way" play.
It's home decorating and scrapbooking as art. Or it's a privileged, aesthetic ascetic showing off his handsome collections. Everything is arranged just so, but it's all so opaque, and Witkin offers so little to go on that it might as well be random.
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'I'liP hoard imaniniousiy agircd to uianl Ihe college i^\7iO lor administiatixo o\))ons('s liio rt>si <it iho school year. .\ hiHiiicliild ni ?,Tiko Mandc- \ille. the c-ollc!,'o idea in\f)!\t'v {xissiblc conloninorai > couise of'crin;'^, scmiiuu's and uiiai- «ver ('!.>•> students may uaiu to eoraluct outsioe tfio I'nix fi sii> struct HIT'. .\t it.s lirst ni«'«'liiiu ot tlw <|iiart«T, tfi»* boar<1 >«'^trrtla\ aNo a|>|»ro\«(l a .S'i.I.'iT apprt^pri- atioii to (•radiiad- and I'ri^leN- stonal stiidf'Mt ."^cnat*' tor «oii- liniiatiiHi ot llu* <iP*sS h'ri«la\ Ni>;ht S«Ti«'N and lor o|i«'^nitioM td a (iradii:il4- la>(!ti$;:c in IIiisKn Hollow. .\s outlined in tiie senate's iequc>1. iJie inone\ uill fw> spent lor Frid.iN-niulit enter¬ tainment, on liiied help to over¬ see Jlv lounj;e"s operation from 11 [t.m. iintii 1 a.m. six nights a wtek. and lor a color ti'lexi- sion set, game.s and periodic;li .-ulj.scj'ijitions loi- the lounge. The (Iraduate Senate haci as teed foi- a S.KX) contingency lund, but the board nixed the iv(i-,;.'st. 10-(i. John .Mosier ol>jc<ti-d to Uranting a blaaK clUN-k to the Si-nate lH'<-aus<' he said he \\as afrai«l to set sueh a pre<'«deiit lor hiliire Hoards of ( ontnJ. Fliil Bo>itau wanted to <j:i\c the senate the .S.")(>(l, 'I iru.^t liiom. and 1 tiust tiiey uouM use it w i<el\." he .-aid. Frol. Jarolimek, Wayne I'lair • who i.'N the CJraduate .Senate's represenlati\e on BOUi, Kim Knit rim. Cathy Baylon. Bob .lallee. md Boshaw \o1>'(i tf) "trust ' the .^en.Me with tlie mone\. Ten others were ti^ht- fi>ted. Among tho>i' again>t the lunfl was lta.\ Hallinan, whom the l> »ard mo\ed to seat as an in¬ terim representative of tlie men's dorms. Hallinan was filling the posi¬ tion ht'ld h\ Car\ Gouer, w im rr>iviK ;] earlier this wot^k alter tlif i:e>idenee Kails Council (!is,.p;novi'I oi his Ii\jng off- eampiis ;infl still >e'\ iri<-; as a dorm represeniati\i-. ?No one ehalienued H.illman's riglit t" the positi'-n. In oTli'.'r acvli'ti. the boai'd ur.inli'd .\e.Hifmic Alfairs Coin- ini.'sion v. hat ma\ amount to as mueli as .s.ioo \\,t a salary ff»r a <iii-eetor of eouix> eritifpie. ¦|"lie director, wlio will lay ground-Work lor a variety of course evaluatiori f>rograms, will 1m> .ij^poiriUMl l)\ .\.\C suhjeet to 1'.( H " aiiprox al. 'Experiment' Is Key to College liy Uia ( K KDMONSON ".M.xiirium t \:'< riirn'ntatifin" combira'd with "minimum risk" lor the iiidiNidual student is the tormi'.la fe>:' Kxperimental Col- i'ge aeeording tf> Mike Man- (Ie\ille. \\ hf» eaine Ui> with th(> idea. .Mai!ile\ Ille. ASl \\ second \ie»> president, xaxs he has in nnnd "Free 1. kind of thinj;s" and wants KvperiineiUal ( «>l- le;;e to iM'eorne a cleans for stti- (I« nts int^-re^tMl m the eonteni- |M»rar\ are.is to express them¬ selves with a niinintuin «it' e.\- |M'nse and etnuiuitment. A> ?.Iar><)f ¦> (lie «ee.- it. tiie lo)- leL;e "administration" would l>i' coiniMised of all interested stu¬ dents who would eondiKt regis- tiaiifni, pui)lish a catalogue, |)i\)eure classroom space and se¬ em e publifity lor courses and seminars designed hy virtually any student s{x>nsor. i'he college would not guar- .intee the succes.s of each cla.ss it publicizes. The re^^ponse of the student b(Hly--ard tho qual¬ ity of leadership shf>wn by stu¬ dent sponsors would determine the sucee^ss or failure of u <-ourse. Ahmfievillf. who already wears a feather in his cap from th(> Leeture Notes organization i(\)ntinued on Pace 8) University Okays 'Open' Dance in Pav V,\ DKNMS (AKI.SON .V-'sintant talilor In a major 'oxception ' to I'niver-ity policy, the atlminis- traliuns Ctin-.!^..ittee on U.-e of University Facilities has <jrant. td pLi'mission tor stnde'nts from o'iier eanipuses in the r.iea to attend a Universits-sponsorf^l d.ince in the Favilioji on Jan. 12. Dr. ItobiiT ^^'aldo. viee presi¬ dent ff>r Unixersity relations, announced in a letter recently to .Steve Derby of Washinj:1oii Proiv.otions. si^onsor of the dame, that the admini-tiation eoniniitree had agrei-d to use of the r,;\iI:on b\ sn;';i Ms from oth'^i- eolli'-c^s in tiii> instance "as an cxpei'imer.t." \\aldo said that the decision was reache«I because the admin- istiaiion was «oueerned with in\estii;atiny "the jmtfuiial UW ot tl'.f I'aviliiMj as a lability for social e\ent>." He said that flioii'^h there has hct^n opposi¬ tion amony sUub-nt*' in the past to letting students from other colleges attend I ni\»»rsity so¬ cial (unelioMs. "thi- •'\eeplion sect,IS to be jn-iiticd hy the Continued fiU Pai Si Computers Give Pass-Fail Incomplete By >1K1.\ IN (iOO Computers, the celebrated machines ot si)eed. are responsible for a delay that will come a^ a disapjoint- ment to many. Pass-fail, <»rigina]Iy expected to liegin next qiurtei. vvill l)C delayed until autumn qu; rter. Dean Phiiip Caitwiight saal \esteiday. < artAvriiiht. dean «d th.-. < oil.-.' o| Ari^ .uul Scienco, altiihuied tin- delax to lh» "t H4»ru»ous It^hnital prob- IfiHK ut ihitu^ir.i; and rearraMyinu the < ompiiter cards tlo at'ContiiMHlate' |>ass-lail. •Stud< nt.- will (.V ; .T. which cise they want 1o take on a pass- at the time they legister. but piofe^sors vii: r <> - >c'/«nal grades to the registrar. "Compiitfrs wil: -e grades to cither pass oj 1 .il "0\ir plans aio re. <jy s.ivd we had hoped to begin pHss-lail tiiis spring, but I just got. a letter fiom the diiector of tliC data processing center and it looks like the lechnical a«Jju«-tmeijts can't hv con pleted in time. "It now looks like we'll have to h< !d < fl .rlij -- vance legistration for fall." Th#^ |Siropo«i.<f-d pas«-f';ifr prngram fi>r ih.- ( ..iir;.f ..r \rls and >« iciiee>. would permit students who h.i\e c.jriied 4."> or m«>re credits to enroll for a maximum ot fi\e hours on a pass-fail hasis ea«h ipiarter up to a t«>tal uf ¦;.¦> puss-fuil ireililN. Kxeept lor courses Used lo satisf\ iirolieiencx re- «iuiremcnts. students will b<' allowed to enroll lor any course offered by the college on a pass-lail basis. For this rea>on, Cartwright said he considered the Arts and Sciences pi-ogram more permissi\e than pro- L'lams propf»sed by other colleges at the Unixersity. But the School ot Bii-,;nes>, .\(iniiiiist rat ion may j>ro\i' him wrong. students in busines'% will he permitled a total ol 8.") pass-tail rredils. said Dr. \ ir^il llader. the s<hoo!'s tlirectur uf undergraduate pruKruins. Accffi-ding tf» the program passed b\ the business .vchoo!'.< Student-FacultN Count il on l>ecember 7. stu¬ dent.s will ha\e the option of ch(x>sing pass-lail for 15 ci-edits taken lioni any business course except upptn' f^ivision coie requirement.s. In addition, bu-^ine.ss students will be allewtd 10 .more pass-fail credits taken from couivses olfei-ed out- ^ide the business school. Univeisity I'egulation.s passed by the Faculty Senate la-t spiing restrict lo 27> the total nv.mber of credits an\ stiident may option pas>-fail. Iluder siiid the husiness s4'htH>l is planning: two cours.-s. howe\<'r. whieh will h«' offered exelusixfly on a pass-fail basis. Since students in these t oiirses would run be t'^en thi- option oi choosinj; pass-lail or cou- xentioiial urades. these two eours«'s (all outside the I ni\ersity restrictions. Bu«.:ne-s students who enroll in them n..".y thus end up with a total of '^5 pass-fail credits Kngineering Dean Charles H. Norris. in charge of his school's pa.ss-fail jiroposals. was <au with tho flu yesterday. Bui earlier the school's Corimittee on Educational Policy had pr<jposed that engineering sti;dents b<.^ given the ojition of pass-fail onlv for courses outside the student'h major. The C«»llege ol Education has not \ ¦ ";;lly ap¬ proved a pa.ss-fail program, but it s are expected lo be similar to those of the <.i- • c •¦.-p^es. Ediicaiion Dean Frederic Giles said yestt yn,<y a com¬ mittee has already fonvarded pixJiKis-als :or I'ass-fail to the entire colUge faculty. Pending a faculty meeling on Friday to discuss those proposals, however, Giles withheld corryier't as to ¦' - ¦*' 'os«> j)roposyls exactly involve.
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text: I was joking about the girl thing. More of a point about identification. I've never mentioned anything about State's rights trumping the Constitution; however, you made the point that voter id is not included in the Constitution which makes you point sorta pointless. How can something that is not protected by the Constitution being enforced by a state be the same as the federal government disregarding our rights that are protected by the Constitution? Please enlighten me.


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You know.... some people are good, some are nice and some just always think of others and don't really care much about themselves or their own status. ncm is one of those people.
Today (yesterday to some of you) ncm gave me a bit of a boost in relation to my certification. It wasn't a big boost (apprentice level) but one I probably rightly deserve. Now the reason why I mention ncm, is the fact that I decided to take a look at his page and I noticed that he is certified at "Master" level. He has been the second at that level to visit my little section, and actually certify me. Thanks ncm! :)
The other thing I do admire about this chap is the fact that he himself considers that he should only be at "Journeyer" level and has actually asked people to withdraw their certifications on him so that he can drop to that level. Christ!! most people (99%) would want to retain that level of status! Another thing he also does, is to withdraw certifications on certain people and then certifies others he thinks deserves to be certified.
There should be more people like him, unselfish and fair.
Oh... and thanks to arozell to. I didn't forget you either ;)


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Gaggia TS Commercial Espresso Machine - Black
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By Chris Kieffer/NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – Thomas Street Elementary School students made rockets from paper towel rolls, met local authors, painted with balloons and listened to music.
The school's annual Arts Festival was filled with activities that took place throughout the day Friday. The event is intended both as an end-of-year celebration and a culmination of its efforts to include creative writing, visual arts, dance, drama and music in regular classroom activities.
Thomas Street is a model school in the Mississippi Arts Commission's Arts Integration Program.
"To me, this is the beginning of the culmination of the year," said Principal Kay Collins. "This is a time for us to celebrate the hard work we've done all year."
Students began the day with a dance in the school hallway and then spent the rest of the morning visiting with authors or creating visual art work. The theme was "Elevate the Arts," and the student creations related to flying objects.
Kindergartners painted with bubbles and decorated kites, first-graders created rockets and dipped balloons into paint to make patterns and second-graders assembled birds from sheets of scrapbook paper and put designs on plastic boomerangs.
"I think the arts festival is about the funnest place on Earth," said first-grader Elizabeth Witcher, 7, who added she enjoys getting messy.
Visiting authors included Louis Rowles, Diane Page and Barbara Homan.
During the afternoon, each student released a balloon with a note attached about what he or she likes about the arts. They also made Mother's Day gifts.
Media Center Specialist Christy Jordan, second-grade teacher Jenny Chandler and challenge teacher Tara Harris help direct the school's arts integration efforts during the year.
"The Common Core is all about real-world experiences, and what we are doing is providing the students with more real-world experiences," Jordan said. "A lot of them don't have an opportunity to meet an author or an illustrator or go to a theater, and we are providing them with that.
"When we have people like that come in and talk to our children, it helps them to make connections."


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24-Inch Flat Design Wall Mount Ventilation Hood
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To Zorb the Stone Ring
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The second challenge of the day was actually navigating our way out of London
After a few hours driving and a short time stuck in traffic, we arrived in Bournemouth to have our first glimpse of a British beach. We could have been in Queenscliff to be honest. What happened to the black pebble beaches you always hear about? Maybe they ship the clean white sand in from other more desirable beaches? To be honest it was quite nice with seagulls and lots of people swimming in the cold Channel. After a quick lunch we continued on to Dorchester to experience Megan's birthday present - Zorbing!
If you ever get the chance to Zorb take it, it was so much fun
After drying off and being fully qualified Zorbonauts, we headed back to the car and worked out where to go for the night. We figured out we were just a few hours from Bath so we headed there. Driving in Bath was worse than driving in London. The whole place was one way streets but they all looped around the town making it impossible to get into the middle. Eventually we stopped cruising around, parked the car and walked into the heart of town. Once we had booked a couple of beds at the local YMCA we headed out for some dinner at a quaint little Italian place then wandered around the town
After an early night and our free breakfast (well actually it was included in the cost) we returned to some of the prettier places in Bath to take some photos before the day trip tourist busses rolled into town, Jumping back in the car we decided to head for the famous Stonehenge. On the way we stopped in a little town called Devizes for a rest and discovered it was famous for it's canal locks called the Caen Hill Locks. After a short walk along the canal we found the series of 16 locks and watched a few boats maneuver their way through. We decided the novelty would wear off after watching two boats go through some locks, we were told it takes three hours to get through all of them. Three hours of hard work opening and closing all the locks. From here we headed down the road to Avebury which has another national trust covered stone area similar to Stonehenge. After wandering around for a while we continued on our way to the more famous site with the heavens opening and rain pouring down. We had no choice, having driven all this way, but to get out in the rain and have a look at the henge. To be honest it's a lot smaller than you would imagine and whilst it is famous we really wandered what all the fuss was about. Soaked through we jumped in the car and headed home. We really liked the freedom the car gave us and may consider hiring one again later on in the trip.


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Ann Brauer Kennedy
Much to the sorrow of family and friends Ann Brauer Kennedy passed away unexpectedly Sunday, April 21 after a brief illness.
Ann was born July 31, 1959 in Madison to Doris and James Kennedy. She was the youngest of three sisters, graduated from Madison West High and UW-Madison. She was an accomplished cartographer and employed at Mapping Specialists for over 28 years.
She was a devoted daughter, sister, friend, wife, neighbor, aunt and mother. She biked, ran marathons, hiked mountains, cross-country skied, played softball, volleyball and basketball. She was an avid reader, outstanding cook, refinisher of furniture and had a green thumb.
She lived with her husband, Jeff Brauer, of 26 years and her son, Avery Kennedy Brauer, in the Bay Creek neighborhood of Madison. Her home had an open door policy for neighbors and friends. Avery's friend Tyler Mack lived with them for his last year of high school.
In her last moments, Ann was surrounded by her husband and sisters. She was preceded in death by her father (1984). She is survived by her husband, son, mother (Doris Kennedy of Madison) sisters Janet Kennedy (Madison) and Ellen Gullickson (Cottage Grove), nieces Erica and Michelle Gullickson (Cottage Grove).
A celebration of life will be held at 2pm Sunday, April 28 at Cress Center, 6021 University Avenue, Madison Wisconsin, Pastor Phil Haslanger of Memorial UCC presiding. There will be a visitation at the funeral home from 12:30pm to 2:00pm with a reception following the service.
A very special thanks goes out to the staff of the Meriter ICU, especially Nurse Marzena.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Ann's name to Wisconsin Public Radio, 821 University Ave, Madison 53706.


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2.1: Customary Units of Length
Have you ever planted a garden? Have you ever looked at a package of seeds to see how tall a plant would grow or how far you should plant them apart?
Well, Tania is going to plant a vegetable garden with her brother Alex. Tania is going to start the plants as seedlings and then transfer them outside.
To get started, Tania does a little research about starting tomatoes. On the package, she reads that she should plant each seed 1/4" deep and 1/2" apart. Then she notices that the next instruction says that she should cover the seeds so that they are 1/4" deep.
Tania takes out her ruler and gets started.
To be successful in her task, Tania will need to know how to measure length in customary units. Pay attention during this Concept and you will learn how to help Tania.
Measurement is a concept that appears all the time in everyday life. How far apart are two houses? How long is a basketball court? How far is the Earth from the sun? Sometimes we need to measure a long distance and sometimes we need to measure very short distances. You have probably measured many things before in your life.
If we measure length, we measure the distance between two points, two things or two places. For the tomato plant question, we want to measure how long something is. To measure length, we need to use a unit of measure.
Let's begin by learning about the Customary Units of measurement for measuring length.
The most common Customary Units of measurement are the inch, the foot, the yard and the mile.
The inch is the smallest of these units of measurement. There are 12 inches in 1 foot. There are 3 feet in 1 yard. There are 5,280 feet in 1 mile. Whew! That is a lot of measuring. Let's go back to the inch and work with that one first.
One inch is roughly the length of your thumb from the tip to the knuckle. The ruler below is shows inch long segments (not shown to actual scale).
We can measure small things in inches. That is what makes the most sense. Here is a picture of a crayon. Let's look at how long the crayon is in inches.
We can also divide up the inch. An inch can be divided into smaller units. We can divide the inch into quarters. Look at this ruler. We can see .
Beyond that, we can measure things as small as eighths. This means that each inch can be divided into 8 units. Two times this smallest unit is one fourth of an inch. Let's look at what one fourth of an inch looks like on a ruler.
We use inches and parts of inches to measure small items.
The next unit we use is the foot. To abbreviate the foot we write (for example, 3 ft). One foot is roughly the length from your elbow to the end of your fingers. We can use a ruler to measure feet, because a ruler is exactly one foot long.
As you can see, one foot is much longer than one inch. We therefore use feet to measure bigger objects, such as the height of a door or the length of a car. We can also use feet to measure the distance between things. When two people stand apart, it would take a lot of inches to measure the distance between them. In this case, we can use feet.
A unit of measurement that you will sometimes hear about is yards. There are three feet in one yard. You can think about yards as being a measurement shortcut.
The rope was 2 yards long. How long was the rope in feet? Well, you can think about this mathematically. If the rope was 2 yards long and there are 3 feet in every yard then we can multiply to figure out the number of feet that the rope is.
3 2 6
The rope is 6 feet long.
It makes sense to use inches, feet and yards when measuring short distances or the length of objects or people. We use these customary units of measurement all the time in our everyday life.
What happens when we want to measure long distances-like the distance between two houses or two cities? It would be very complicated to use feet or yards to figure this out.
In a case like this, we use our largest customary unit of length-the mile.
There are 5,280 feet in one mile. The best thing for you to remember about miles right now is that miles are used to measure very long distances.
Here are few things for you to measure in inches. Find examples of these things and measure them.
Example A
Solution: Answers will vary. Check your measurement with a peer.
Example B
Your Sneaker
Solution: Answers will vary. Check your answers with a peer.
Example C
Your math notebook
Solution: Answers will vary. Check your answers with a peer.
Now let's think about Tania and her tomato plants. Here is the original problem once again.
Tania is going to plant a vegetable garden with her brother Alex. Tania is going to start the plants as seedlings and then transfer them outside.
To get started, Tania does a little research about starting tomatoes. On the package, she reads that she should plant each seed 1/4" deep and 1/2" apart. Then she notices that the next instruction says that she should cover the seeds so that they are 1/4" deep.
Tania takes out her ruler and gets started.
This problem doesn't exactly ask you to figure something out. However, you should now understand that how to find each of the measurements for the tomatoes on a ruler. Look at the following ruler and identify where 1/4" and where 1/2" are located. Then you are ready to move on in the Concept.
Here are the vocabulary words for this Concept.
- Measurement
- using different units to figure out the weight, height, length or size of different things.
- Length
- how long an item is
- Customary units of length
- units of measurement such as inches, feet, yards and miles
- Inches
- the smallest customary units of measurement, measured best by a ruler
- Foot
- a customary unit of measurement, there are 12 inches in 1 foot
- Yard
- a customary unit of measurement, there are 3 feet in 1 yard
- Mile
- a customary unit for measuring distances, there are 5280 feet in 1 mile
Guided Practice
Here is one for you to try on your own.
Kyle is going to help his mother put a fence up in their yard. If he is going to be measuring the distance between fence posts and the height of the fence, which measurement unit will Kyle need to work accurately?
Inches will be too small for Kyle, and it doesn't make sense to use miles. Kyle will need to use feet as he works on the fence.
Video Review
Here is a video for review.
Khan Academy Adding Different Units of Length
Directions: Write the appropriate customary unit of measurement for each item.
1. The height of a sunflower
2. The depth to plant a seed in the soil
3. The height of a tree
4. The area of a garden plot
5. The distance from a garden to the local farm store
6. The length of a carrot
7. A stretch of fencing
8. The length of a hoe
9. The distance between two seedlings planted in the ground
10. The height of a corn stalk
11. A piece of pipe for a water line
12. The depth of a pool
13. The distance across a lake
14. The distance from your home to school
15. The size of a paperclip
16. The measure of a length of thread
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