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Not "nu grime", "post-grime", "grimestep", "funky grime" or "retro grime." Just grime. Somehow, where other sounds died or dissolved, this grassroots electronic music movement has grown organically for over ten years now. In an era when information acceleration was supposed to grind any new idea up in the hype machine before it had time to find its feet, grime resisted all appropriation, retaining the qualities that made it exciting, fresh and subversive in the first place.
It wasn't easy by any means, and it's survived a lot in that time. It has seen its own MCs become superstars, frequently eclipsing the genre that raised them, then watched as its suburban first cousin dubstep snuck out from the shadows to world domination. It's been through beefs, bans and brawls; been held back by internal and external politics; struggled for recognition while flimsier, flightier sounds have been hyped to oblivion.
Through all that, though, throbbed the warped beats, hollow-sounding bass and preset synth sounds of the scene's uniquely inventive producers, in many ways the keepers of the true flame, while its vocalists searched for as many ways to sell out as they could find. Sometimes as sparse, freaky and out-there as anything else in the electronic continuum, sometimes so far up in your face that you feel like you're going to be spitting teeth. Sucking up influences from garage, techno, jungle, dirty south hip hop, funky house, trance, and anything else that stumbles into its path, but bending it all into its own contorted shapes, grime production remains a brilliantly uncompromising and bloody-minded strand in British underground music – and further abroad too. Journalist and talent scout Joe Muggs, who compiled the CD with Big Dada's Will Ashon, has been working with a number of grime producers on their own digital labels, and began to realise there was a vast untapped reservoir of talent.
So here we are with grime still alive and very much kicking. And here is the most comprehensive survey of grime production the scene has ever had – thirty five exclusive tracks from across the world and across the spectrum of grime, demonstrating it to be some of the most powerful and brilliant electronic music in the world today. We've got new tracks from the originators (the godfather Wiley, Manchester's dubstep/grime originator MRK1, the elusive Youngstar whose 'Pulse X' was the first ever released grime record). We've got the new stars of the scene (Royal T, Preditah, Faze Miyake), and the up-and-comers snapping at their heels (Midlanders Swifta Beater and TC4, Brighton's Moony, Southeast Londoner Mr. Mitch). We've got tracks from Japan (Prettybwoy), Australia (Juzlo), the Netherlands (Gumnaam), Ireland (Major Grave), the US (Starkey and Matt Shadetek) and Canada (Tre Mission). We've got bangers and bubblers, haunting melodies and psychotic grooves, dead-eyed threat and cantankerous joy – and all the way through we've got evidence that this is a scene whose creativity can't be held back and shows no signs of stopping.


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Kansas City has never had a major children's musuem like a lot of big cities although there have been plenty of people over the year's who have advocated for one and still do.
That doesn't mean there aren't places you can go NOW in our metro where kids can experience the wonder of discovery. We take you to a converted elementary school in Shawnee, Kansas where they've been filling kids with "wonder" since 1989. They call it Wonderscope.
In 1988, the Johnson County Commissioners established a task force to study programs and activities available for children and their families in the local community. The study concluded that there was a shortage of hands-on, interactive programs of interest to entire families. In response to that unmet community need, Wonderscope Children's Museum was founded in 1989, offering exhibits and programs in a former elementary school in Shawnee, Kansas.
Also in 1989, Children's Museum of Kansas City opened to its first group tours in the Carriage House of the Kansas State School for the Visually Handicapped. Marty Porter, the museum's founder and executive director, had started conversations about a children's museum in Kansas City, Kansas in 1984. In 1990, CMKC moved into the Indian Springs Shopping Center, offering exhibits, programming at the museum and through outreach, and the Recycled Materials Center.
In 2003, Beyond the Book incorporated to serve children and families with a unique hands-on approach to teaching children about the arts and sciences through literature. Beyond the Book was also committed to creating a leading-edge children's museum experience in Kansas City.
In spring of 2006, the respective boards of Wonderscope and Beyond the Book agreed that it would be in the best interests of both organizations and the community to explore the potential for a collaborative approach to achieving the common vision for a large-scale children's museum. In May 2007, Beyond the Book merged into Wonderscope, creating one combined entity, with a combined board, combined leadership and integrated programming. The merged organization began conversations with Children's Museum of Kansas City. In May of 2008, Children's Museum of Kansas City merged into Wonderscope Children's Museum to become Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City, operating out of Wonderscope's site in Shawnee. This merger effectively brought all of the children's museum interests in the metropolitan area together to achieve the vision of developing a world-class children's museum for Kansas City.

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Coverlets, Christmas cards from 1800s tell of holidays pastDecember 19, 2013 7:15 AM
For those who have wondered how people in the United States celebrated Christmas in the 19th century, a walk through the Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery at Saint Vincent College will provide some answers.
The gallery, on the lower floor of the Fred Rogers Center, is displaying 24 of the more than 400 coverlets in the gallery collection, donated by Foster and Muriel McCarl in 2004.
The coverlets, or bed covers, in the exhibit are grouped according to four different themes: floral, evergreen, Christmas dinner and mummering, the custom of house visitation during the Christmas season that dates to the Middle Ages and involves food, drink and often rowdiness.
"There were some fun things from the 19th century, like mummering, that are no longer practiced today," Lauren Churilla, gallery curator, said. "I find these fascinating and hope others will as well."
To augment the coverlet display, the exhibit also spotlights reproductions of Victorian era Christmas cards and vintage-inspired decorations.
"The first Christmas cards circulated in London in the early 1800s and had floral images to remind people of spring," Ms. Churilla said. "The first commercially produced card was commissioned by Sir Henry Cole in 1843 and shows a family sitting around a Christmas dinner table. The original card is now housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London."
For the exhibit, the gallery is decorated with live and artificial greenery and two Christmas trees, one of which is adorned with reproductions of Victorian era Christmas cards. Labels and text describe the history of Christmas in America from the late 1700s through the Victorian era.
The late Foster and Muriel McCarl were from Beaver Falls, and their coverlet collection is regarded as one of the premier collections of its kind in the nation.
The couple were antique collectors and bought their first two coverlets in 1959 in Ephrata, Pa. Three months later, they bought five more and the collection was begun. While the coverlets in the collection span 1820 to 1860, the bulk are from the 1830s.
Mr. McCarl once wrote "Someone asked me, 'Why coverlets?' My response was 'Where else can you find an item that has the name of the weaver who created it by hand, the name of the person it was woven for, the date and the community where the work was completed? When you have a coverlet with all this information, you have found an indisputable piece of American history.' "
Mr. McCarl founded McCarl's Plumbing and Heating Co. in 1946, which was later renamed McCarl's Inc. In 1999, he sold the company to PPL Corp.
Eventually, the couple looked for a permanent repository for their collection. A friend, the Rev. Joseph Lemp, a priest with Queen of Heaven parish in Koppel, introduced them to St. Vincent Archabbot and Chancellor Douglas Nowicki. Aware that St. Vincent College has a reputation for historic stewardship, the McCarls thought the college would be a good place to permanently house their collection and donated it and a $1 million endowment for its care and preservation.
Mr. McCarl died in 2005 and his wife died in 2012. One of their four sons, Brian, who lives in Beaver Falls, continues their passion for coverlet collecting.
"This is the first time we've staged an exhibit on this particular topic, although we did have one in 2011 titled 'The Winter Blues,' " Ms. Churilla, of Murrysville, said. "It featured weavers and Christmas traditions from Ireland, Scotland and England, who worked in a two-color style. The title took its name from the blue-and-white-colored coverlets we chose for the exhibit."
She explained the difference between a coverlet and a quilt: "A coverlet is woven in a single piece on a loom, whereas a quilt is sewn and pieced together. Both serve the same function as bed covers, and both come in all sorts of sizes."
"To my knowledge, the only contemporary manufacturer of coverlets is Stanley Heirloom Weavers of York, Pennsylvania," she said.
Admission is free to the "Christmas in America" exhibit, which will be on display through Jan. 10 at the Foster and Muriel McCarl Gallery is on the campus of St. Vincent College, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Unity. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. It is open on weekends and other times by appointment only. The gallery will be closed Dec. 24-26 and Dec 31- Jan. 1. Information: 724-805-2569.
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We are experienced travelers who love to explore new places. However, there is one place we have to go back to at least once a year. We have visited Le Fonti six times in the last five years and the hotel has been the venue for our big occasions such as courtship, wedding, 50th celebrations and anniversaries. All of our experiences have shown that this is a lovely hotel with a fantastic...
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Stayed in this Hotel as part of a package with Riviera Travel. The room was spacious and clean. Our room was to the side and did not have a view of the Tuscan country side. The terrace and pool area had magnificent views of the Tuscan countryside and after a busy Florence was very peaceful. The hotel is a short but uphill walk to the walled town of Volterra, which had a number of interesting...
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Air conditioning not working. But there is a fantastic view & delightful staff. Julie-United Kingdom Score 7,5
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Stayed here for four nights with Riviera Travel. Lovely hotel in a stunning location and a most friendly staff.
My wife is recovering from a recent hip operation and we were allocated a disabled friendly room on the ground floor which was much appreciated. Very comfortable room overlooking the terrace, swimming pools and the surrounding countryside. As regards the food the starters,and sweets...
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Shares of enterprise software vendor Symantec (SYMC) are down 41 cents, or 1.7%, at $23.74, after the company this afternoon reported fiscal Q3 revenue and earnings per share that topped analysts' expectations, and projected this quarter's revenue just a tad light of consensus.
Revenue in the three months ended in December fell almost 5%, year over year, to $1.71 billion, yielding EPS of 51 cents.
Analysts had been modeling $1.65 billion and 42 cents per share.
Operating margin in the quarter, on a non-GAAP basis, was 30.1%, up 4 percentage points from the year-earlier period.
CEO Steve Bennett said that the company's results were helped by "improved total business activity after separating our sales organization into dedicated new business and renewal teams earlier this year." He said the company had made "substantial progress" since July with respect to its offerings, its "go-to-market" approach, and with increasing its efficiency.
For the current quarter, the company sees revenue in a range of $1.615 billion to $1.655 billion, and EPS of 40 cents to 42 cents. That compares to the average Street estimate for $1.65 billion and 41 cents.


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Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Well, I wasn't as quick on the draw for this PO (that crazy thing called "work" )so...I'm sure I won't get any notice til after the 4th. That's okay...knowing he has an imminent arrival is cool for now...besides, I have Bacara due up my way next week for my "figure fix"...
Sorry to hear it, JB. Sue your employer for emotional damages. Also, sue the maker of your cellphone for making it impossible to get your figure quicker. Or maybe call Sideshow and perhaps they can let you know what to expect.
My card authorized this afternoon! $200.43. I am hoping to see Mr. Fett on my doorstep in the next 5 days, my preorder was at 10:02am that day. I am also hoping for a couple bucks' refund since I live very close to their shipping center.
Talked to Sideshow today, they're expecting to ship it sometime this week. Since it may not arrive until I'm at Comic-Con, I had to make another change to my shipping address for it, and I can't say I'm not somewhat disappointed. If they were a little closer, I'd just go pick it up in person.


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Take your first steps to mastering dark and powerful sorcery with our Soul Sacrifice demo guide.
The epic Soul Sacrifice demo offers around four hours of action-packed game time – and it's available to download now to your PlayStation Vita from our online store at no extra cost. You can even save your progress and continue your quest to become an all-powerful sorcerer in the full game.
There's no escape... or is there?
As you awaken, imprisoned by the evil sorcerer Magusar in a nightmare cell made of bones, your first thought should be of escape. But how?
Looking around your prison, you'll notice a mysterious book, half hidden under a pile of bones that seems to be calling out to you. This is Librom, an enchanted talking book who will guide you through the world of Soul Sacrifice and be your link to the spirit realm, where you'll learn the dark sorcery that you'll need to escape Magusar's clutches. Open Librom's pages and you'll begin your training – and immediately be thrust into battle where your spell casting skills will be tested.
The sorcerer's apprentice
Initially, you can use a selection of basic skills to fight off the enemies that confront you. Alongside a mysterious companion, powerful melee attacks will help you beat them back, as well as long-range spells that will allow you to pick off the creatures from a distance. Try to link these attacks together for maximum effect, plus lock on to each enemy to give you the best chance of taking them down.
This is a mere taste of the dangers ahead; you're soon confronted by a colossal monster, towering hundreds of metres into the air and seemingly indestructible by your novice sorcery – even with the powerful blocking attack you also have in your arsenal. That is, however, until your companion unleashes a devastating spell that will demonstrate the power of the mystical Black Rites, which will begin to teach you the true meaning of sacrifice...
Save or sacrifice?
As you delve deeper into Librom's pages, more of the legend behind Magusar's descent into madness is revealed – along with the stories of some of the savage creatures that you'll encounter throughout the game. As the dark tale unfolds, you can relive the battles that taught Magusar his immense and destructive powers and begin to learn them for yourself.
The first creatures you'll encounter are a pack of Goblins – vile, rat-like beasts that favour fast, thrusting attacks. Kill one, and you'll be faced with a decision; to save or sacrifice the monster. If you choose to save it, you'll get a boost to your defence power. Show no mercy and choose "sacrifice" however, and you'll receive an increase in your attack power. The Goblin's fate is in your hands... what will you choose?
Personalise your powers
By slaying the monsters in each of the Phantom Quests, you'll receive a new selection of powers to arm yourself with when going into battle. These could be more devastating attacks, powerful defensive abilities, or health regenerating spells to give you a vital energy boost.
You can only take a limited number of these abilities with you into each quest, so it pays to consider your fighting style and the tactics you'll want to use to defeat each monster. As well as customising your powers, Librom will let you change the details in his pages and personalise your sorcerer with new clothing and features. Once you've customised and renamed your character, you can save them – and your progress through this demo – and carry on your quest in the full game.
Download the free Soul Sacrifice demo to your PS Vita today and begin your training in the dark arts of sorcery.
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It's New Year's Eve and new radio intern, Dan, must save his drunken friend's life live on the air after his friend detonates a fire extinguisher in the studio.
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Shot at sunset from the roof of Griffith Observatory, overlooking Los Angeles. It was a clear day, but as soon as the sun went down, the marine layer rushed in, ruining the shot I had imagined. We'll try this one again when it warms up a bit and the sunset can really light up the LA basin.


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Howdy. I know this is a little early to talk about this as Trek Expo 2004 isn't until June (6 Months Away), but I thought as its a Sunday morning and I'm bored and this was on my mind that I would talk about it.
Sometime in June (can't remember the exact dates right now) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, The Tulsa Convention Center will host Trek Expo 2004. I volunteered at Decipher's Booth (Decipher used to have rights for 3 Star Wars Collictible Card Games) at Trek Expo 2001 and 2002. Admission is pretty cheap at this Con compared to Cons like WizardWorld, ComicCon, GenCon, etc. Yes because it is called Trek Expo, a large portion of the Con is devoted to Star Trek. However, there are a lot, I mean a LOT of other Scifi's featured at the Con, including Star Wars. There is AT LEAST one major SW star each year at the Con. When I went in 2001, Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett) was there. In 2002 when I went, Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) was there. I THINK Kenny Baker was there in 2003.
Tons of people who attend Trek Expo yearly wear SW costumes. I was looking at pictures on the Expo's main website of Trek Expo 2003 and someone dressed up as a cool lookin Plo Koon. Tulsa's Chapter of the FanForce Fan Club has a booth there every year and the members always walk around the Expo dressed up as a SW character.
Booths set up all over the Con sell SW figures with variaties all going from Vintage all the way up to Saga. Some booths have wonderful prices, others not so wonderful.
If anyone is interested in attending Trek Expo 2004 in Tulsa, Oklahoma this Summer, please let me know and I'll post more information here in this thread as I get the information.


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Simon Marcus vs Guo Hang Hang 2010
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Rian Scalia posted an article about upcoming fights, one of which is a "winner takes all" bout between Simon Marcus and Joe Schilling.
Marcus is a top fighter with a solid pedigree. He comes from Siam No. 1, possibly the finest Muay Thai gym in North American. (They have a reputation for putting out very well-prepared fighters). He turned pro not too long ago, after capturing a number of amateur belts, including the IFMA title and the SportAccord Games <81kg gold in Beijing.
This fight, from a San Da vs Muay Thai event in China, showcases Marcus's strong, traditional Muay Thai technique. For those who understand Chinese, the commentating is also fairly (and unintentionally) hilarious for reasons of racism and blatant national bias.
Marcus is in the black and gold, and Guo is in red.
(Edit: This is actually a rematch. Guo and Marcus fought on another San Da vs Muay Thai show in a one-sided, and I mean VERY one sided, beatdown (Guo landed maybe twenty strikes over five rounds.) Why they were matched again, I don't know. Guo had a slight knee injury in their first bout, so maybe the promoters thought he would do significantly better next time. If that was the case, he blew their minds by doing significantly worse.)
新华山superslow was kind enough to upload this fight back when it happened. My apologies to anyone having trouble with video speeds. I'm posting this from China, where Youtube is blocked. Don't make a ruckus, or they'll block Liverkick, too.
The fight is fairly short, as you can see. Marcus ends it in round one, after his opponent seems to have trouble figuring out what to do with him. Normally, San Da fighters have a height and size advantage, as well as an advantage in foot speed. They use this to keep the Thai opponents at distance and win on points by throwing their opponents when they do close.
Marcus is having none of it, and his base, which allows him to power that preposterous knee, also allows him to keep advancing through Guo's attacks.
In this short, four minute video, the Chinese commentators manage to mention the "African feeling" of Marcus's Wai Kru rhythm. Harmless, really, but reminds me of Goldberg's "explosive, athletic" black athletes. A minute after the KO, the first commentator asks if Marcus's knee strike was legal. If ever there were a reason to facepalm....
Anyway, enjoy the knockout. It certainly wasn't a very competitive bout -- though the Chinese fighter did seem to start out cold -- but it shows some of what Marcus can do. There are more clips of him on Youtube, including one in which he clinches with Buakaw.
For what it's worth, I think he outfights Schilling handily at Lion Fights 5 in Vegas.


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Q. Can my child be admitted to first grade after transferring from a kindergarten program in an out-of-district public or private school?
A. Regardless of whether the child has attended kindergarten, no board of education is required to accept a transfer student from public or private school who has not turned six by October 1 of that school year. However, the board can admit any pupil if he or she meets such entrance requirements as established by rules or regulations of the board in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:38-5.
Q. Is kindergarten mandatory in New Jersey?
A. Kindergarten is not required under state law with the exception of certain school districts mandated to offer kindergarten due to high concentrations of lower-income families. However, most school districts provide at least half-day kindergarten for five-year-old students.
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We knew that the current (112th) Congress was a do-nothing sort, but now, thanks to Steve Benen's handy dandy chart, we know that the 112th Congress is actually the do-nothingest Congress since…..the House Clerk began keeping records in 1947.
Keep in mind that it wasn't Democrats who held things up. It was Republicans who were set on defeating Obama. And many of these Republicans/Tea Party people were reelected on November 6 by their obviously know-nothing constituents.
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RE:Orvis wader returns
Orvis has far and away the best return policy I'm aware of. They are more than fare...to the point of being taken advantage of. I'm not saying that they aren't making a lode of dough, but I remember talking to someone in customer service and she told me of a woman who tried to return all of her husbands fishing stuff...waders, rods,reels ect. because her husband had drown! That's a tragic situation and a very loose interprtation of a satisfaction guarantee.
They are a very big company, and when you send stuff back to Manchester or Roanoke, it can take a while to be proscessed. I recomend that you call up a Company store and ask (nicely) if they can exchange them for you. Usually there is an over the counter policy for most stuff excluding rods and reels. I think that it is easier to talk to someone in a shop as opposed to a customer service person at the telephone center.
If you fish a lot, you might consider upgrading on the waders. The cheaper waders are pretty light duty and probably not suited to the hard core types. Hope it goes well, Eddie
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I haven't sent anything to Orvis but I typically have good luck with returns. I always send a passionate letter about my brand loyalty and dire need, just in case someone reads them.
I would have asked for a rush due to an upcoming big trip... like the rip trip on the 29th. Best of luck getting them back!
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On the eve of his twenty-second birthday on 7 October 1899, Heysen boarded the Ville de la Ciotat at Port Adelaide and sailed for Marseilles, France. One month later he arrived in Paris and on the advice of fellow Australian students found lodgings on the Boulevard du Montparnasse, in the centre of the Parisian art world. He enrolled at the Académie Julian and the Académie Colarossi, and was later selected for admission to the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts.
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At the end of 1902 Heysen spent two months in Venice. He then travelled south, through Rome and Naples, crossing to the Isle of Capri, where he stayed for three months.
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04-15-2013, 02:45 PM #1Junior Member Guppy
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Unintentional Bad Fish Mommy
I recently bought myself a 10 gallon tank, asked what I thought were all the right questions, and sent myself into the downward spiral of being a bad fish mommy and unintentionally "killing" some of my fish in the process. :( I had the assistance of a friend who has had two goldfish for the past two years, and quickly learned that caring for tropical fish seems to be much more intense and now I'm trying to rectify things and keep the casualties to a minimum. I upgraded to a 37 gallon tank with a Penguin filter, 3 danios (glo-fish) and one corey catfish. I converted the 10 gal. tank to a filterless tank for my african dwarf frog, as the shop I got my fish from did not, in my opinion, provide me with adequate guidance to create an environment for happy and healthy fish. I have spent hours and hours scouring online to find the answers, and am hoping that I have hit a happy tank place but am looking for some insight. My water is naturally very hard and very alkaline...I was told by Petsmart that this is typical of all tanks in this area and the fish adjust. I also purchased the API master tester kit as my understanding of "cycling" did not occur until I went to Petsmart instead of the previous pet shop. The Ammonia in my tank has been 0-025ppm for about two weeks...and even with daily water changings (alternating 10% on day and 20% the next) I cannot seem to get my nitrites below 5.0ppm. I have been feeding the danios a very scant amount every morning and then proceed to change the water about 15 minutes later. After my water change I will drop half of an algae wafer into the tank for the catfish (usually every other day) to make sure he's fed. I luckily have not lost any more fish in the past week, but no matter how often I do water changes, I can't get the nitrite down below 5.0ppm. I had read online that using a gravel vac should only remove the food and not the bacteria, but now I'm reading that I shouldn't be vacuuming the gravel...won't that throw my Nitrates through the roof too? HELP!?! I don't want to be a bad fish mommy and I know I need to get my tank under control so I can get buddies for my catfish and danios for their mental health.
Hello and welcome!
It sounds like for the most part you're on the path to successful fishkeeping. I'd make a couple recommendations regarding your high nitrites -
1. First, do a nitrite test on your tap water to make sure you're doing the test correctly and your test kit is working properly. That should read zero, of course - although some people may have nitrites in their tap water.
2. Assume your readings are accurate, you need to be doing larger water changes. A 10% water change on a tank with 5ppm nitrites will still leave you with 4.5ppm. You need to be doing 50% or 75% water changes daily (or even a couple times a day) until you get your nitrite levels down to a healthier level.
Last edited by Brhino; 04-15-2013 at 02:58 PM.300 gallon mega tank: sailfin pleco, clown loaches, silver dollars, roseline sharks, congo tetras, new world cichlids
125 gallon office tank: Africian cichlids, synodontis catfih
75 gallon community tank: bolivian rams, black skirt tetras, dwarf neon rainbowfish, corys, harlequin rasboras, otos, bristlenose and bulldog plecos, assassin snails, various shrimp
60 gallon goldfish tank: fancy goldfish
04-15-2013, 03:14 PM #3Junior Member Guppy
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Thank you so much...I have already checked my tap water...I initially did that since the 10 gallon went through the roof. I feel horrible that I've basically had to move my fish from a super toxic tank, into a brand new one and cycle it with them in it, but my water quality in the 10 gallon was so horrible, the lady at Petsmart told me it would be safer to risk the shock than try to perform the large change that would be required for the 10 gallon. I've noticed that the few fish I have managed to keep alive seem to be doing better with the daily water changes and they actually are starting to check me out while I do the change instead of hiding. I was just scared to change more than 20% cause most people I've talked to has told me that big water changes are bad and stress out the fish. I originally was told to use Quick Start when changing the water...then told to use Stress Zyme...and then later read that using these bacteria can actually prolong the cycling process so I'm only using the water conditioner at this point. I purchased a bottle of Prime but have not added it as I wasn't sure whether that would actually stall the cycling.
I'll give the large water change a try tomorrow morning and hope to get my fishies into a more happy place. I have to say, initially I thought "what have I got myself into?" but I really enjoy the fish and the frogs. The work is totally worth it, I just wish I would have read more before starting up my tank(s) instead of going by what I thought was reliable information.
04-15-2013, 04:42 PM #4Senior Member Red tailed catfish
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If the 10 gallon was so toxic, then you should have been doing 50% water changes every day until you got the ammonia and nitrite levels to a safe range.
Cycling links are below in my signature.
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I used Tetra SafeStart when doing cycling with fish. It kept the Nitrite at 0 and the Ammonia at .25 the entire cycle, making it much easier on the fish. You might want to try this, and keep up the water testing daily for the next few weeks. SafeStart contains the correct beneficial bacteria to decrease the cycling time.
Everyone has given you great advice. Please check out the sticky on cycling with fish that is in Lady Hobb's signature line. It will help give you some insight on how to get your tank cycled and the process that occurs during a cycle.
In the meantime, here's your goal: while you are getting your tanks cycled, don't let your ammonia and or nitrites rise above .25. You keep it there by testing your water each morning and if it's above that, then you do a large water change. Every time you do a water change add enough water conditioner (dechlorinator) to treat the entire tank. Eventually you should be able to cut back to every other day or ever 3 days until you are finally reading 0 ammonia and nitrites. then you can cut back to weekly W/C of 50%.
Do not touch your filter or filter media during this time. Try to avoid vacuuming also. You're building beneficial bacteria during the cycle process and that bacteria will eventually level out your ammonia and nitrites to 0. then all you have to worry about are nitrates and you want to keep them under 20ppm - again, you do this with weekly water changes, vacuming and not over feeding your fish.
One additional note: after your cycle is completed (which could be weeks or months from now) do not replace any of your filter media - no matter what the instructions that came with the filter say. that media is where your BB lives. You don't want to throw it away. If it gets to the point where you feel it's too gunky, then simply rinse it gently in OLD TANK WATER (NEVER TAP WATER) and put it back in your filter. Many here have had the same media for years.
Hope that helps30 g FW planted:corys, female ABNP, blue angel, harleys, zebra danios, rummies,
15 g FW planted:2 male guppies, neons, pygmy corys, clown pleco, 4 types of shrimp, assassin snails
90 Gal Journal: http://bit.ly/1vC7gVX
fishless cycling: http://bit.ly/1DARf3T
fish in cycling: http://bit.ly/1ILvcfp
04-16-2013, 04:54 PM #8Junior Member Guppy
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Thank you all so much for your input, I really appreciate it! I almost had a meltdown this morning when I came out into my living room to only the sounds of my bubble wand...the filter had become blocked by gravel sediment at some point during the night and I was afraid I was going to have to go get a new filter and start all over again! Luckily, my friend helped me pull it apart and get it working again. I set the filter and biowheel aside while doing this so as to not mess up the bacteria that was still in there. I changed out 20 gallons, waited about half an hour and tested the water...ammonia was 0.25ppm and the nitrites were down to 2.0ppm. All fish seem to be doing well, and I'm gonna go ahead and do another 20 gallons tomorrow morning to get it down further. Thank you all so much for helping me get my little buddies into a happier environment and I'll keep you posted on our progress.
Nitrites are too high for sure. Don't wait until tomorrow. Change 75% - 80% of the water now to get that nitrite under .25.~Manna
120 gallon FW bowfront in progress
030 g FW planted:corys, female ABNP, blue angel, harleys, zebra danios, rummies,
15 g FW planted:2 male guppies, neons, pygmy corys, clown pleco, 4 types of shrimp, assassin snails
90 Gal Journal: http://bit.ly/1vC7gVX
fishless cycling: http://bit.ly/1DARf3T
fish in cycling: http://bit.ly/1ILvcfp


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6.7: Classifying Quadrilaterals
Have you ever heard of a yurt? Take a look at this dilemma.
"This is very cool!" Marcus exclaimed when looking through a book on different types of houses.
"What do you see?" Lynne asked leaning over her desk to look at the book that Marcus was holding.
Lynne and Marcus are both students in Mrs. Patterson's World Cultures class. Like Jaime, they are also working on projects. Marcus has discovered a yurt. A yurt is a type of home common in Mongolia. There is a lattice structure that is build and then a canvas is used to cover the frame.
"That is cool, what is it?" Lynne asked.
"It's called a yurt. I think that this is what I am going to do my project on," Marcus said studying the picture.
Marcus took out a piece of paper and a pencil and he began to draw the lattice of the yurt.
As Marcus draws his design, take a look at the lattice and hunt for the quadrilaterals that are used in the design. In this Concept, you will learn all about different types of quadrilaterals so that you will be able to identify the ones that Marcus will need to use.
What is a quadrilateral?
A quadrilateral is any four-sided figure. In the word "quadrilateral", we find the word "quad" which means four. This means that any four-sided figure is considered a quadrilateral. Now, there are different types of quadrilaterals that we are going to learn about in this lesson.
We can say that a quadrilateral is any four-sided figure. We could consider this an umbrella category meaning that there are different types of quadrilaterals that we can identify in a specific way even though they are still quadrilaterals too.
Let's look at identifying the types of quadrilaterals.
The first type of quadrilateral to learn about is called a parallelogram. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and congruent. Here is a picture of a parallelogram.
When you look at this picture, you can see that the opposite sides of the figure are parallel. They are also the same length-meaning congruent.
There are three main kinds of parallelograms.
Parallelograms can be plain old parallelograms like the one in the picture. They can also be rectangles, squares and rhombi.
A rectangle is a parallelogram with four right angles, where opposite sides are congruent and parallel. You have been looking at rectangles for a long time, but now you need to notice that there are specific properties that make a rectangle a rectangle.
A rhombus is a parallelogram with four congruent sides, but not necessarily four right angles. A rhombus can look like a square, but while a square is always a rhombus, a rhombus is not necessarily a square. A rhombus can only be a square if it has four right angles.
A square is a parallelogram too. The big difference between a square and a rectangle is that a square has four congruent sides. It also has four right angles though just like a rectangle.
There is one other type of quadrilateral. This quadrilateral is NOT a parallelogram. It is a special kind of quadrilateral. It is called a trapezoid. A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with one pair of opposite sides parallel.
Write these definitions and draw a picture of each figure in your notebook.
The best way to remember the different types of quadrilaterals is to spend a little time studying the definitions. Then you will be able to identify them and answer questions about the different types with ease.
You will often find quadrilaterals in real-life pictures and buildings. Take a look at this situation.
Name the quadrilateral pictured below.
Now let's examine this picture. We can look for the qualities that identify this quadrilateral. Notice that it has two parallel sides. The other two sides aren't parallel or congruent. With one pair of parallel sides, this figure must be a trapezoid.
Name each type of quadrilateral.
Example A
A parallelogram with all sides congruent and has four right angles.
Solution: Square
Example B
A parallelogram with two pairs of congruent sides and four right angles.
Solution: Rectangle
Example C
A quadrilateral with opposite sides congruent and one pair of parallel sides.
Solution: Trapezoid
Now let's go back to the dilemma from the beginning of the Concept.
Now look at the picture of the yurt once again.
In looking at this diagram, it looks like there is a square being used as the design of the lattice. Examine this more closely and you will see that the sides of each figure created by the lattice are all equal. This may make you think that this is definitely a square. However, if you look at the angles, the angles are not right angles. Therefore, it can't be a square. In fact, it is actually a rhombus. Remember that a rhombus has four sides of equal length, but it does not have to have right angles.
This is the answer.
- Quadrilateral
- any four-sided figure.
- Trapezoid
- a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides.
- Parallelogram
- a quadrilateral with two pairs of opposite sides that are congruent and parallel.
- Rhombus
- a parallelogram with four congruent sides.
- Rectangle
- a parallelogram with opposites congruent and four right angles.
- Square
- a parallelogram with four congruent sides and four right angles.
- Congruent
- means exactly the same.
Guided Practice
Here is one for you to try on your own.
Name the quadrilateral pictured below.
Looking at this pool, we can begin to think about the different characteristics of the pool. First, it has opposite sides that are congruent and parallel. It also has four right angles, this makes this figure a rectangle.
This is our answer.
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Directions: Identify each quadrilateral based on the description provided.
- A figure with four equal sides and four right angles.
- A figure with opposite sides congruent and parallel.
- A figure with opposite sides congruent and parallel and four right angles.
- A figure with four sides.
- A figure with four equal sides which may or may not have four right angles.
Directions: Use what you have learned about quadrilaterals to answer each of the following questions true or false.
- A quadrilateral can be any four sided figure.
- A rectangle is also a parallelogram, but a parallelogram is not necessarily a rectangle.
- A square is never a parallelogram.
- A rhombus can be a square.
- A square is always a rhombus.
- A rhombus is a parallelogram.
- A quadrilateral is a type of parallelogram.
- A trapezoid has opposite sides parallel and congruent.
- What does the sum of the angles of a quadrilateral add up to be?
- What are all four angle measures of a rectangle?
- What are all four angle measures of a square?
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I took my brother out last weekend and got into one hell of an argument with a boss hen, but couldn't get anything in. A few hours later in a different location, I had (no kidding) 8 or 9 gobblers all around us. We just couldn't close the deal. I went back the next day and saw where they were...30 feet away, behind the thick! Exciting never the less.
Yesterday, I was out and glassed a jake at the edge of a cornfield. He was limping pretty bad. He could barley walk. I felt that even though I would have rather had a big tom, this injured jake needed to be "put down." I hooked around through the treeline and got close enough for a clean kill. He must have been hurt pretty bad because he never even looked my way. When I got him opened up, his right leg was all busted up. I doubt he would have made it through the night before something got him. No idea how it happened. I think I made the right choice.
I still can't believe that I took 2 turkeys on my 1st season! Fall is going to be busy! Turkey, duck, goose, deer....my poor wife.


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Julia Blackburn is the author of several other works of nonfiction, including Charles Waterton and The Emperor's Last Island, and of two novels, The Book of Color and The Leper's Companions, both of which were short-listed for the Orange Prize. Her most recent book, Old Man Goya, was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. Blackburn lives in England and Italy.


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Yellow fever is a viral infection spread by mosquitoes.
Yellow fever is caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes. You can catch this disease if you are bitten by a mosquito infected with this virus.
This disease is common in South America and in sub-Saharan Africa.
Anyone can get yellow fever, but the elderly have a higher risk of severe infection.
If a person is bitten by an infected mosquito, symptoms usually develop 3 - 6 days later.
Yellow fever has three stages:
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The health care provider will perform a physical examination and request selected blood tests. These blood tests may show liver and kidney failure and shock.
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There is no specific treatment for yellow fever. Treatment for symptoms can include:
Yellow fever can cause severe problems, including internal bleeding. Death is possible.
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If you will be traveling to an area where yellow fever is common:
There is an effective vaccine against yellow fever. Ask your doctor at least 10 - 14 days before traveling if you should be vaccinated against yellow fever.
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On Friday, by sheer luck, I found 2 of the new Mattel DC Superheroes Superman figures. I picked up 1 and passed on the other due to paint issues. What's funny to me is that, while I've owned very few comics compared to most folks I know, the comic that this figure comes with is one I actually bought when it came out (and it's still a lie, no secrets are revealed that I can tell).
Superman is damn near the perfect Supes figure. The articulation is a little loose in a few areas, and more range out of the elbows and neck articulation would have been much appreciated, but they did so much with what they had. The first and foremost thing I wanted was a pair of decent flying poses: 2-armed and 1-armed. The figure pulls off the 1-armed so very well with his left side, the right looks like he's turning which is good but a bit specific, but that left side version is quite acceptable. The 2-armed version is good, the hips don't let the legs come together quite as much and without his torso turned his head isn't looking up as much, but it still is decent. Other poses are good and fine as well, I haven't even dreamed up what all this guy can really do. The sculpting is damn good, the face is mature without being old, serious without being constipated, concerned without being psychotic, and chisled without being cartoonish. The use of closed fists is the right touch, Supes doesn't hold much stuff, he hits stuff and flies and lifts stuff, so closed fists can do 2 out of 3 of those important poses. A rubbery, S-free cape wasn't my first choice but it looks good and dynamic without being insane, doesn't move much but does cover a lot of needs. The paint is admittedly the weakest point, it's just not even, one hip is brighter red than the rest of the red on the figure (both figures had that), and the S-shield logo could be crisper, and the hairline has a few border issues, but overall it's acceptable and that's fine by me.


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4.1: Biodiversity
Understanding Biodiversity does not attempt to provide a complete review of biodiversity. For additional information about biodiversity, see the Communities and Populations chapter in the CK-12 Biology FlexBook at http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/book/2537 and the Ecology and Human Actions chapter in the CK-12 Biology I - Honors FlexBook at http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/book/829.
"If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things." Confucius.
Biodiversity refers to the variety of life and its processes, including the variety of living organisms, the genetic differences among them, and the communities and ecosystems in which they occur. Scientists have identified about 1.9 million species alive today, each with their own unique scientific name. They are divided into the six kingdoms of life shown in the Figure below. Scientists are still discovering new species. Thus, they do not know for sure how many species really exist today. Most estimates range from 5 to 30 million species.
Diversity of life from Archaebacteria to Plants and Animals.
The Importance of Biodiversity
Human beings benefit in many ways from biodiversity. Biodiversity has direct economic benefits. It also provides services to entire ecosystems.
Economic Benefits of Biodiversity
The diversity of species provides humans with a wide range of economic benefits. Just a few of these are described below:
- Wild plants and animals maintain a valuable pool of genetic variation. This is important because many domestic species are genetically uniform. This puts the domesticated species at great risk of dying out due to disease.
- Other organisms provide humans with many different products, including timber, fibers, adhesives, dyes, and rubber.
- Certain species may warn us of toxins in the environment. When the peregrine falcon nearly went extinct, for example, it warned us of the dangers of DDT.
- More than half of the most important prescription drugs come from wild species. Only a fraction of species have yet been studied for their medical potential. Therefore, declining biodiversity can indirectly harm human health.
- Other living things provide inspiration for engineering and technology. For example, the car design in the Figure below was based on the structure of a fish.
From flowers to fish, biodiversity benefits humans in many ways.
Ecosystem Services of Biodiversity
Biodiversity generally increases the productivity and stability of ecosystems. A large biodiversity helps ensure that at least some species will survive environmental change. It also provides many other ecosystem services. For example:
- Plants and algae maintain the atmosphere. During photosynthesis, they add oxygen and remove carbon dioxide.
- Plants help prevent soil erosion. They also improve soil quality when they decompose.
- Microorganisms purify water in rivers and lakes. They also return nutrients to the soil.
- Bacteria fix nitrogen as part of the nitrogen cycle and make the nitrogen available to plants. Other bacteria recycle the nitrogen from organic wastes and the remains of dead organisms.
- Insects and birds pollinate flowering plants, including crop plants.
- Natural predators control insect pests. They reduce the need for expensive pesticides, which may harm people and other organisms.
Why Study Biodiversity?
The economic services and benefits of biodiversity listed above are just a small sample of the reasons to study biodiversity. Every time a species goes extinct or an ecosystem is harmed, it can be argued that we are affected as well. So, as a species, we need to understand as much as we can about other species, especially the niche of other species and how they benefit their ecosystems. Benefits to humans are bound to result from the study of other species. See Biodiversity at http://vimeo.com/14105623 for additional information.
Millions of Unseen Species
A study released in August 2011 estimates that Earth has almost 8.8 million animal, plant, and fungi species, but we've only discovered less than a quarter of them. Recent newly discovered species have been very diverse: a psychedelic frogfish, a lizard the size of a dime, and even a blind hairy mini-lobster at the bottom of the ocean. There are potential benefits from these undiscovered species, which need to be found before they disappear from the planet. The study estimates that of the 8.8 million species, about 6.5 million would live on land and 2.2 million in the ocean. The research estimates there are 7.8 million animal species, followed by fungi with 611,000 and plants with just shy of 300,000 species. See http://news.yahoo.com/wild-world-millions-unseen-species-fill-earth-210051661.html for additional information.
If the 8.8 million estimate is correct, "those are brutal numbers," said Encyclopedia of Life executive director Erick Mata. "We could spend the next 400 or 500 years trying to document the species that actually inhabit our planet."
Biodiversity and Human Actions
Over 99 percent of all species that ever lived on Earth have gone extinct. Five mass extinctions are recorded in the fossil record. They were caused by major geologic and climatic events. Evidence shows that a sixth mass extinction is occurring now. Unlike previous mass extinctions, the sixth extinction is due to human actions.
Some scientists consider the sixth extinction to have begun with early hominids during the Pleistocene. They are blamed for over-killing big mammals such as mammoths. Since then, human actions have had an ever greater impact on other species. The present rate of extinction is between 100 and 100,000 species per year. In 100 years, we could lose more than half of Earth's remaining species.
Causes of Extinction
This is one of the most powerful birds in the world. Could it go extinct? The Philippine Eagle, also known as the Monkey-eating Eagle, is among the rarest, largest, and most powerful birds in the world. It is critically endangered, mainly due to massive loss of habitat due to deforestation in most of its range. Killing a Philippine Eagle is punishable under Philippine law by twelve years in jail and heavy fines.
The single biggest cause of extinction today is habitat loss. Agriculture, forestry, mining, and urbanization have disturbed or destroyed more than half of Earth's land area. In the U.S., for example, more than 99 percent of tall-grass prairies have been lost. Other causes of extinction today include:
- Exotic species introduced by humans into new habitats. They may carry disease, prey on native species, and disrupt food webs. Often, they can out-compete native species because they lack local predators. An example is described in the Brown Tree Snake Figure below.
- Over-harvesting of fish, trees, and other organisms. This threatens their survival and the survival of species that depend on them.
- Global climate change, largely due to the burning of fossil fuels. This is raising Earth's air and ocean temperatures. It is also raising sea levels. These changes threaten many species.
- Pollution, which adds chemicals, heat, and noise to the environment beyond its capacity to absorb them. This causes widespread harm to organisms.
- Human overpopulation, which is crowding out other species. It also makes all the other causes of extinction more severe.
Brown Tree Snake. The brown tree snake is an exotic species that has caused many extinctions on Pacific islands such as Guam.
Effects of Extinction
The results of a study released in the summer of 2011 have shown that the decline in the numbers of large predators like sharks, lions, and wolves is disrupting Earth's ecosystem in all kinds of unusual ways. The study, conducted by scientists from 22 different institutions in six countries, confirmed the sixth mass extinction. The study states that this mass extinction differs from previous ones because it is entirely driven by human activity through changes in land use, climate, pollution, hunting, fishing, and poaching. The effects of the loss of these large predators can be seen in the oceans and on land.
- Fewer cougars in the western US state of Utah led to an explosion of the deer population. The deer ate more vegetation, which altered the path of local streams and lowered overall biodiversity.
- In Africa, where lions and leopard are being lost to poachers, there is a surge in the numbers of olive baboons who are transferring intestinal parasites to human who live nearby.
- In the oceans, industrial whaling led a change in the diets of killer whales, who eat more sea lion, seals, and otters and dramatically lowered those population counts.
The study concludes that the loss of big predators has likely driven many of the pandemics, population collapses, and ecosystem shifts the Earth has seen in recent centuries. See http://news.yahoo.com/loss-big-predators-disrupts-earth-ecosystem-study-181200945.html for additional information.
Disappearing Frogs
Around the world, frogs are declining at an alarming rate due to threats like pollution, disease and climate change. Frogs bridge the gap between water and land habitats, making them the first indicators of ecosystem changes. Meet the California researchers working to protect frogs across the state and across the world at http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/disappearing-frogs. Learn about the plight of the yellow-legged frog at http://www.kqed.org/quest/radio/plight-of-the-yellowlegged-frog.
Nonnative Species
Scoop a handful of critters out of the San Francisco Bay and you'll find many organisms from far away shores. Invasive kinds of mussels, fish and more are choking out native species, challenging experts around the state to change the human behavior that brings them here. See http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/san-francisco-bay-invaders for more information.
How You Can Help Protect Biodiversity
There are many steps you can take to help protect biodiversity. For example:
- Consume wisely. Reduce your consumption wherever possible. Re-use or recycle materials rather than throwing out and buying new. When you do buy something new, choose products that are energy efficient and durable.
- Avoid plastics. Plastics are made from petroleum and produce toxic waste.
- Go organic. Organically grown food is better for your health. It also protects the environment from pesticides and excessive nutrients in fertilizers.
- Save energy. Unplug electronic equipment and turn off lights when not in use. Take mass transit instead of driving.
Lost Salmon
Because of a sharp decline in their numbers, the entire salmon fishing season in the ocean off California and Oregon was canceled in both 2008 and 2009. At no other time in history has this salmon fishery been closed. The species in the most danger is the California coho salmon. Examine efforts to protect the coho in Northern California and explores the important role salmon play in the native ecosystem at http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/californias-lost-salmon and http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/coho-salmon-in-muir-woods.
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- Archaebacteria image courtesy of NASA, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Halobacteria.jpg, public domain. Bacteria image copyright 4designersart, 2010, http://www.shutterstock.com, used under license from Shutterstock.com. Protist image copyright MichaelTaylor, 2010, http://www.shutterstock.com, used under license from Shutterstock.com]. Fungus image copyright turtleman, 2010, http://www.shutterstock.com, used under license from Shutterstock.com]. Tree image copyright Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin, http://www.flickr.com/photos/challiyan/2172151322/, CC-BY-SA 2.0. Fish image copyright Alex Staroseltsev, 2010, http://www.shutterstock.com/, used under license from Shutterstock.com.
- Flower image copyright pinay06, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kumintang2.JPG, CC-BY-SA 2.5. Fish image copyright J. Petersen, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ostracion_cubicus.JPG, CC-BY-SA 2.5. Car image courtesy of CK-12 Foundation, CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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Description ADULT In summer plumage, has beautifully patterned brown, black, and white feather markings on back and upper wings. Head, neck, and breast are streaked with brown, and underparts are mainly white, but with brown spots and barring on flanks. Bill is usually all-dark. In winter, looks more pale with gray-brown overall feathers on back, and upper wings marked with marginal white spots and scallops. Bill is pale at base. JUVENILE Similar to winter adult, but feathers on back have buffy marginal spots and breast has obvious dark streaking. Bill is paler at base.
Dimensions Length: 14" (36 cm)
Habitat Widespread and common breeding species in open, boggy, boreal forests. Long-distance migrant that winters from southern U.S. to South America. Usually found on coast (mudflats and lagoons) outside breeding season but, during migration, sometimes stages on lakes.
Observation Tips Distant birds can sometimes be identified with reasonable certainty because of their frenetic feeding habits. Close views allow separation from Lesser Yellowlegs: concentrate on relative body sizes, and bill size and shape.
Range Western Canada, California, Southeast, Northwest, Alaska, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Florida, Plains, Eastern Canada, Great Lakes, New England, Mid-Atlantic, Texas
Voice Utters a strident tiu-tiu-tiu in flight. Song is a yodeling twee-ooo.
Discussion Robust, elegant wading bird. Extremely long, orange-yellow legs and long, relatively thick and slightly upturned bill make identification easy. However, confusion is possible with Lesser Yellowlegs, which is smaller and an altogether more dainty bird. Feeds primarily in shallow water, catching aquatic invertebrates and small fish, but equally at home on open mudflats. Often chases wildly, like a thing possessed, after prey. Seen from above in flight, all birds have mainly dark upperparts, with contrasting white rump and pale-barred tail. Typically rather wary and nervous. Sexes are similar.


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Always store coffee in an airtight container at room temperature, says Starbucks — and never in the refrigerator or freezer. Despite what you may think, storing coffee in the refrigerator or freezer can result in moisture from condensation. If coffee needs to be kept for more than two weeks without being used, store it in the freezer in an airtight container.
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A small but remarkable group of drawings by Spanish masters spanning five centuries will be on view at the Princeton University Art Museum through June 10.
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Community leaders and police are on the hunt for man who tried to teenage girls into his Cadillac Escalade in two separate incidents on Friday. The suspect pulled his car up to the girls and attempted to abduct them, according to police.
At 7 a.m. the 30 to 35-year-old male stopped his car on Northern Blvd. at 102 St. in Corona and started talking to a 13-year-old girl. Once she realized that she didn't know who the man was, she walked away from the car.
The man got out of his car and followed the girl as she walked away from him. He then grabbed her arm, but the victim was able to free herself from his grip and escape.
Later that day at roughly 8 p.m., the same suspect was back on Northern Blvd. where he took another shot at abducting a girl. This time he was on Northern Blvd. at Parsons Blvd. in Flushing.
In this incident, he motioned to a 14-year-old girl to have her come closer to his car. When she ignored him and continued walking, the suspect followed her. However, she was able to get away.
Local elected officials are taking no chances in allowing another possible abduction attempt. Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras sent out an email to her constituents outlining the two incidents and what they need to do to report the crime.
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But in the end, even more than any play of events, or any rational analysis of the hopeless political situation, perhaps it was this: I found it increasingly difficult to look into my children's eyes.
As an editor and producer covering national and global issues since the mid-1990s, I'd always been relatively well informed about climate change. Or so I thought. In fact, like most of my peers, I'd never really wrapped my head around the full implications of climate science, or internalized how little time we have left to make a difference. As I dove into the subject in 2010 and 2011, going deep in a way that time-pressed editors and producers rarely do, I felt an overriding responsibility — especially in light of my own lackluster record covering climate — to engage. If that meant working outside the bounds of mainstream journalism, then so be it.
I knew that if I was really committed to the path of activism, I would almost certainly never be hired again by a mainstream media outfit like WBUR or the Globe, or PBS Frontline (where I was managing editor of the web edition from 2001 to 2004), or even a magazine like The Atlantic (where I was an editor from 1994 to 2001 and served as editorial director of TheAtlantic.com). I knew that once I'd crossed the line to the "other side," there could be no turning back.
Over the past 18 months, I've helped organize and spoken at rallies, joined the board of Better Future Project, and helped launch 350 Massachusetts, a statewide grassroots network, allied with 350.org. And as I've become deeply involved in the climate movement, I've often thought about what I'd say to my old friends and colleagues in the mainstream media if we were all together in the same room, or if I could address them in an open letter.
Now the Phoenix has offered me that opportunity, and this is what I want to say.
Dear friends and colleagues:
This is hard. Coming to grips with the climate crisis is hard. It's frightening. It's infuriating. It's heartbreaking.
Likewise, what I have to say here is hard. But it's honest, and it's necessary. And it's for real.
Our most respected climate scientists, people like NASA's James Hansen and MIT's Kerry Emanuel, as well as global energy experts such as Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency — people who, it's fair to say, may not always agree on politics and policy — are increasingly clear and vocal about one thing: we're rapidly running out of time to address climate change in any meaningful way and avoid the risk of global climate catastrophe, with the incalculable human suffering that it will bring, quite possibly in this century.
In the face of this situation — as much as it pains me to say this — you are failing. Your so-called "objectivity," your bloodless impartiality, are nothing but a convenient excuse for what amounts to an inexcusable failure to tell the most urgent truth we've ever faced.
Let me be clear: the problem isn't simply a matter of "false balance" — for most of you, that debate is largely over, and you no longer balance the overwhelming scientific consensus with the views of fossil-fuel lobby hacks. No, what I'm talking about is your failure to cover the climate crisis as a crisis — one in which countless millions, even billions, of lives are at stake.
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Finest Hour. About the Battle of Britain. Actually, it starts a few weeks before, during the blitzkrieg in the Low Countries and France. This book was more focused on the people than the politics. One pilot's story is told from journal entries; his fiancee at the time donated his journal to the Imperial War Musuem. Good read.
Even though it's fiction, I don't know if I will ever be able to see or read about Abraham Lincoln the same again after reading Seth Grahame-Smith's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. It is quite historical in style and tone, using (perhaps?) actual information and adjusting it to fit the concept of Abe being a hunter of the dead. The final chapter was somewhat unexpected, but I did expect how the Ford's Theatre event would take place.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
I've seen at my local library zombie books on/about...
1)Tom Sawyer Huckelzombie Flinn. Ok, I'm making up the last part but there IS suck a book!
2) Some sort of zombie football game. Again I don't know what its all about, I've only seen the cover art for both of these "books."
So some guy stuck a zombie subplot into Pride & Prejudice and now it's a new genre?
I find that sad. Anyone who can come up with a decent story about zombies (or whatever) should be good enough to write an entire book. This was a cute gimmick once. Once.
That's my jacket!
Operation Dark Heart. An interesting account of intelligence and special operations missions in Afghanistan. I saw the author on one of the cable news shows. The Pentagon didn't want his book to be released. There was a lot of editing throughout: big black portions marked out.
My fav book is atlas shurgged by anne rand. it is about this guy named john galt and how the govt took the money and he had to made a place within to make city for no govt steeling so is called galts galch and is about for is 'men of mind' and is a place sounding for is much me
this is the longest iv written in english so sory for speling mistakse
sumtimes ppl make a war and why is for? i dno think war cool,
Finished reading Red Harvest. Except for one or two spots that it slowed the pace down, it was a good fast read. Finished it in two days.
I have two Borders that are closing in my area. I was planning on stopping by, hoping to get a few bargins, but a friend told me the store I intended to go to was packed and everything was just 20 percent off. I skipped it. I used a 33 percent coupon and picked up Knight Errant at another Borders.


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Here is the 8th part of 10 in my "Restoration Series" of this, our 1959 British Daimler Ferret Scout Car. The military vehicles are the "centre" of our family Military Collection. This is the Mk2/3 variant.
Photo .1 Shows the Ferret emerging from the paintshop, as detailed in my last post. ALL ancilliary parts and components have been stripped away from the vehicle and while the major refurbishment has been underway, these parts have been laid back to bare metal and refinished as they would have been when they emerged from the makers.
Photo .2 Upper: Shows aluminium and steel parts stripped bare then sprayed with an aggressive etch primer that allows the finish to adhere extremely well to the surface. Lower: Shows the Machine Gun ammunition tray in it's finished glory. This is typical of all the parts inside the Ferret. The colour of most items in the Driver/Commander compartment are this fetching silver colour!
Photo. 3 Upper: Shows one of the large battery boxes before renovation. The Ferret had been standing in the Government Disposal Yard for years and the battery's had cracked and leaked acid, causing severe corrosion. Lower: Shows the two battery boxes in their fully and carefully renovated state.
Photo .4 This was one of our greatest concerns in the renovation and rebuild of the Ferret: All around the vehicle are periscopes that allow the driver and commander to see out when it is shut up tight. The periscopes are made out of delicate cast aluminium and contain delicate optics. Because aluminium reacts poorly when against steel there was a lot of corrosion to the periscopes caused by electrolytic action. The periscopes had to be driven out of the armour with soft mallets and then carefully disassembled and renovated, then rebuilt. (A few were broken but later rebuilt). All the optics in the finished vehicle are as clear as can be!
Upper photo section: Shows the process of renovation for the periscope housings from far back to front. Lower photo section: Shows a finished, articulating periscope housing in it's finished state.
In the next CW post I will detail the refitting of the Ferret to its near finished state. Thanks for your interest in my post and series.


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OXFORD – The Oxford Park Commission discussed Monday whether The Skate Place, an 18,000-square-foot building near the city limits on South Lamar Boulevard, would suit a need to expand commission facilities.
Executive Director Rob Boy said in a special meeting, "Space is a valuable commodity for us. I hate to think we'd look back three or four or five years down the road and say, 'man, we should have taken advantage of that opportunity.'"
Commissioners and staff members discussed several aspects of whether the building is practical.
Its 13-foot ceiling peak would preclude basketball and volleyball, and its pool seemed to be more liability than asset. It would require two lifeguards and would not lend itself to her program's senior aquatic exercise classes.
"If that pool were usable for us, I'd say, 'Get us out there,'" said Deb Helms, who oversees senior programs.
Commission Chair Marvin King had reservations about ongoing costs but added that moving some programs to The Skate Place facility would free new space at the Activity Center.
Several members mentioned that bus service would have to be extended to provide access for most Oxford youths.
Commissioner Rhea Tannehill asked, "Would we be better served to wait until we can build an activity center all in one place?"
Staffers will provide layouts of both buildings for more detailed consideration when the Commission reconvenes for its April 10 meeting.


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Dirty Blood?
Sure, I'll Clean Your Blood
You may have heard that "cleanliness is next to godliness", and certainly someone must have to told you to wash your hands or take a bath more than once? So you probably have the idea that being clean is a big deal. But, what if what needs to be cleaned is on the inside? Hmmmm, soap and water won't do the job then. But if it's your blood that's dirty, don't worry. You can always turn to dialysis.
- Kidney Dialysis - Matthew's Story at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyWcEfT6D44
Now, that you know what it's like for a person, find out more of the details of what's happening on a small scale.
- Dialysis Basics at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q09QraVPZ7k
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Use the resources below to answer the following questions:
- Describe how diffusion affects dialysis? Are you surprised that such a simple process is key to dialysis? Why or why not?
- In dialysis, what is the dialysate? What properties must it have relative to the blood for dialysis to work?
- What is the difference between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis? What type of dialysis does Matthew undergo? Which would you prefer to undergo? Why would you make this choice?


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