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How to use this data set in a class:
This data set could be used in discussions of community ecology (species diversity), species interactions (brood parasitism), and management of an endangered bird species (the Kirtland's Warbler). It would also be a nice comparison with other removal studies showing great effects on community composition - e.g. Paine's starfish removals.
This is a fairly straightforward data set concerning possible effects of brown-headed cowbirds on songbird species diversity. Brood parasitism is a captivating phenomenon, and the idea that cowbirds negatively impact their hosts is a "truth" for most students who are familiar with cowbirds. Another attractive aspect of the study is that De Groot and Smith test this idea in two ways - 1) by comparing songbird composition for birds that accept cowbirds with community composition of birds that do not accept the parasites and 2) by comparing bird composition in sites with and without cowbirds.
Their hypothesis that songbird richness and evenness would be higher in cowbird removal sites was not supported. In addition, the proportion of suitable cowbird hosts did not decrease much in the cowbird removal locations. This is a good opportunity for students to see that even hypotheses that seem so likely must sometimes be rejected. In addition, this recent paper (2001) is the first on effects of a brood parasite on community composition, which will also surprise students.
Making and Using the Figures
I have reformatted the original Excel files so that columns could manipulated; both original and reformatted files are here. There are two data sets in two separate files - comparisons of birds in removal and control sites in 1996 and 1997 and for birds that are suitable hosts for cowbirds and those that are not.
De Groot and Smith use histograms in Fig. 4 (below) to compare effects numbers of individual birds in cowbird removal sites and controls for suitable and unsuitable hosts. The archive data are tables showing the "number and species of passerine individuals detected per site at cowbird (Molothrus ater) Removal and Control sites near habitat of the Kirtland's Warbler in northeastern Lower Michigan". In Data Files #2 and 3, I use a scatter plot to compare numbers of individuals for 39 species (suitable hosts) and x species (unsuitable hosts).
How your students work with these data depends on their experience with data in spreadsheets, your goals for the exercise, and the time available. You will need to prepare a handout or other form of instruction describing the data files and what you want the students to do with them.
Questions for discussion
1. As a result of cowbird control and habitat restoration Kirtland's Warbler populations in Michigan increased from 200 breeding pairs in 1972 to about 400 breeding pairs in 1998 However, cowbird control has not helped restore the endangered Willow Flycatcher in California. What are likely reasons for this difference?
2. Some ecologists believe that cowbird control is a short-term solution that ignores the real problem of habitat degradation from agriculture, grazing and development. Discuss.
3. In other studies researchers have found that cowbird predation did reduce numbers of songbirds living in forest fragments. Why might their findings be different from those of De Groot and Smith?
4. Compare the possible effects of obligate vs. generalist nest parasitism on bird community composition.
5. In the introduction to their paper, De Groot and Smith refer to several studies showing regulation of community structure by predators. Can you describe such studies? How is this research relevant to De Groot and Smith's?
6. The Kirtland's Warbler has very specific habitat requirements and a limited breeding range. Why do these characteristics make Kirtland's Warblers especially vulnerable to nest predation by cowbirds? How could you test your idea(s) using data from this study?
Possible assessments include accuracy and clarity of figures students make using the Excel spreadsheet, written descripion and analysis of these figures, discussion or analysis of the DeGroot and Smith study, and a short essay about one of the Discussion questions above. A rich discussion on assessment and evaluation appears elsewhere in TIEE in a paper on Assessment and Evaluation.
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URAGANI was the first rock band in ex-Yugoslavia. Band founded by Dario Ottaviani, Ante Škobrnja, Mario Peharda & Saša Sablić 1960 in Rijeka, Croatia (ex-Yugoslavia). In 1967 they had a big hit "Školjka" and in 1968 they had a second big hit "Deborah". They split in 1970.
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ALEKSANDAR MAKEDONSKI was formed in 1986, in Skopje, then Socialist Republic of Macedonia as an offshoot of the prominent punk rock group Badmingtons, and it included the frontman Vladimir Petrovski - Karter (guitar, vocals), Dejan Škartov-Deko (keyboards), Zoran Janković - Bajo (bass guitar), Vladimir Dimovski (drums) and the female singer Melita Stefanovska (backing vocals). Unlike Badmingtons, who were a punk band, Aleksandar Makedonski was initially a more pop-rock oriented act. The third former Badmingtons member, the drummer Boris Georgiev decided to join the gothic rock cult band Mizar and played on their first self-titled album released in 1988. Aleksandar Makedonski recorded several songs for the national Macedonian Radio-Television music production and soon became popular across the country. The group released its debut album "Za heroje i princeze" for Jugodisk record label in 1988. Unlike their previous material, the album was in Serbo-Croatian, because it was the most widespread language in the multilingual former Yugoslav market. In 1990, they recorded two songs, "Mi se igra" and "Sečavanja" in Macedonian at Mladinski Radio Klub 100, which were released on the Demoskop tape. The line-up soon changed. Melita Stefanovska left and joined the all-female alternative rock band Royal Albert Hall, while Dimovski joined the psychedelic rock group Kleržo together with Škartov, who later moved to Italy in 1991. Karter continued to work with a new bass player Mite Brljamov, but with a different musical style. In 1991, they recorded songs for the second album at the studio of Nikola Kokan Dimuševski of Leb i sol, however it was never released. After a long pause, they recorded a new material throughout 1995, which was finally released as Aleksandar Makedonski's second album "Moeto carstvo" for the Makoton label in 1997. All three original members of Badmingtons are on "Moeto carstvo" along with bassist Zoran Janković. The group finally disbanded, and Karter switched to studio and film work. Later he formed a new group called Opstrukcija which released an album in 1999 before disbanding. In 2007 he reformed the 1997-era Aleksandar Makedonski under the Badmingtons name without Janković. To celebrate that reunion, a CD single was released of two Aleksandar Makedonski tracks and one Badmingtons track under the Badmingtons name. (from wikipedia)
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AVRAM GRANT has piled the pressure on Rafa Benitez by declaring: Managing
Chelsea is easy.
Former Blues boss Grant has been mentioned as a possible Stamford Bridge
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And though the Israeli reckons Benitez will not be sacked by owner Roman
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Grant was Abramovich's guest for the recent home game against Brentford and
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"But, let me tell you something, coaching at Chelsea is very easy.
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It has been more than 30 years since pupils at the Dunedin secondary school last wore blazers as part of their school uniform.
And despite their promised return at the start of this year, pupils have to wait because of manufacturing delays.
Principal Rick Geerlofs said the school was having ''issues'' with the supply of blazers and blouses which were ''out of our control''.
''We're doing everything we can to expedite the progress.
''We're hopeful most of the issues will be sorted out in the next week.''
''It's unfortunate that this has happened, but they are just teething problems and we don't envisage this happening again in the future.''
Mr Geerlofs said there had been some pupils who had been unable to get all parts of the new school uniform, and were told they should wear the school's former uniform until the new one arrived.
After blazers were phased out in the 1970s, year 13 pupils were later allowed to wear mufti.
Until this year, the school had been the only secondary school in Dunedin without a school blazer, and the school felt it would be good for the pupils' image to bring it back.
Senior pupils said mufti was fine on a day-to-day basis, but in comparison to other schools, they felt under-dressed at public functions, and many pupils were finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with fashion and the associated expense of buying new clothes.
The new senior uniform sees the return of the school's green blazer, with added blue trim, and white shirts with ''KVC'' embroidered on the collar.
Junior boys are continuing to wear white polo shirts, junior girls have been given embroidered blouses, and both have been given woollen vests with the school's logo.
The new uniforms are now compulsory, except for year 13, which will become compulsory in 2014.
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Ontario is having a leadership race, which so far consists of seven current or former members of Dalton McGuinty's cabinet maintaining the government's never made a mistake in its life, but they could do better, not that they'd do anything different, since there's not really anything wrong.
On Thursday this got candidate Gerard Kennedy in a bit of a bind, as he struggled to explain how he could improve relations with the province's angry teachers, without criticizing anything specific the education minister has done on the file. "I think it's important the government acknowledge when it makes mistakes," he offered, reframing a blandishment that happens to be a favourite of Mr. McGuinty, who often explains away his missteps with an airy, "It's never too late to do the right thing."
Just by coincidence, two other Canadian leaders happened to be executing major reversals at that very moment, while trying not to admit to mistakes. In Quebec, Premier Pauline Marois was getting snappish with reporters who wanted more details on the employment status of former PQ leader Andre Boisclair, who was handed a nice little job-for-life by the new PQ government, only to have it yanked away when someone dug up the details and made them public. In Ottawa, well-informed leakers let it be known that the F-35 program – the jet fighter purchase the government had heretofore defended against all challengers – was about to be ditched. Turns out it was a bit too expensive after all. Oh well, back to the beginning.
If you took Mr. Kennedy's words to heart, both these decisions would be good things. As Ms. Marois snapped at her questioners: "It seems to me that you should be saying, This is wonderful, you're able to listen to people."
It's a legitimate point. When government's have completely bungled some policy or other, is it smarter to admit the mistake and take their licks, or try and brazen it out against critics? Anyone who's not in government would probably recommend telling the truth. Everyone makes mistakes, after all, even elected politicians. Especially elected politicians. If they're honest enough to own up to it, reasonable people should give them the benefit of the doubt. Right?
Yes, except that they usually don't. Especially in politics. What else do opposition parties have to do all day but sit around waiting for the government to make a mistake they can pounce on? They're so eager that they frequently try to invent mistakes that don't actually exist, taking some government activity and twisting it out of shape so they can justify condemning it. A particular joy for opposition parties is when they succeed in blocking some government action, then attack it for failing to take that same action.
The problem for governments is that, too often, the policy in question should never have been adopted. Ms. Marois has made a number of reversals in her short time as premier, because she couldn't stop herself from making bad promises when she was campaigning for the job. One of her worst was pledging to reverse tuition increases made by the previous Liberal government, an issue that had Montreal streets resembling battle zones last spring. After winning the election she kept her promise, and this week the universities suffered the consequences: a letter from the education minister informing them they'd have to chop their budgets by $124 million for this academic year. So to win a few votes from students and radical left-wing profs, the PQ will undermine education as a whole. "Sorry" just doesn't seem adequate in the circumstances.
The federal Conservatives can also expect serious blowback over the F-35, especially since the opposition parties have long claimed the purchase plan was flawed. You think Nathan Cullen got under Peter Van Loan's skin on the omnibus bill this week, wait til he gets going on the F-35s. Perhaps that's why the government held off admitting its reversal until a few days before Parliament breaks for six weeks over Christmas. The opposition will have four days to shout, then no one will be back until almost February. (Right on cue, Bob Rae says Peter MacKay should resign.)
The glass-half-full case on the F-35s is that the Tories were snowed into buying the jet by the military brass, and then stuck with the program until it became impossible to ignore its failings any longer. No money has actually been spent on purchases, so the change of mind just means another delay, which is par for the course in military procurement. (Can anyone say "Sea Kings"?)
The half-empty case is that the government foolishly wrapped itself in the program before understanding the real costs, then resisted all warning signs rather than face the embarrassment of acknowledging an error. Now it gets the embarrassment anyway.
Or perhaps it's a bit of both. The best approach would have been to lay off grandstanding on the purchase until much farther along in the game, when the certainty was greater. But the Tories were in a minority at the time, and delay might have meant another party got to take the credit later on. Which is another reason honesty and prudence are so rare when it comes to politics. They're just too risky to too many careers.
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PR: Avatar's Hour-Long Movie "Day of Black Sun" Premieres on Nickelodeon Fri, Nov. 30
Burbank, CA, November 14, 2007 – Nickelodeon's hit series Avatar: The Last Airbender invades television screens with a new one-hour TV movie "Day of Black Sun" on Friday, Nov. 30 from 8 to 9 p.m. (ET/PT). The epic third season of the series from creators Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko continues as Aang and his rag-tag crew launch their massive attack on the Fire Nation during the solar eclipse. This special television event features the guest voices of Avatar fan and tennis pro Serena Williams as Ming (Uncle Iroh's guard) and WWE wrestler Mick Foley as The Boulder.
In "Day of Black Sun," Aang's army is unlike any force seen before, with fleets of Waterbenders and a battalion of Earthbenders (including The Boulder, one of the best-known fighters) working together to pull off one of the most bizarre and ingenious invasion plans ever imagined. With Sokka, Katara and Toph at his side, Aang is determined to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar. He and the gang hunt down the evil Fire Lord for the ultimate showdown while the solar eclipse temporarily hinders the Fire Nation's powers. But the question remains; is the Fire Lord ready for Aang?
"The tension has heightened in this third season of Avatar, and fans will be on the edge of their seats," said Marjorie Cohn, Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Development, Nickelodeon Television. "An hour-long TV movie allows us the opportunity to further develop character arcs, advance the overall story and still provide the action fans love. We know they won't be disappointed."
In support of the television event, Nick.com/blacksun will feature a message board, embedded video player, link to Avatar games, collectibles, downloads, plus a sneak peek of the hour-long movie. On Monday, Nov. 19, the Avatar Game Tournament will begin, offering fans a chance to play their favorite Avatar games to boost their team's overall high score and win Nickpoints and digital prizes in the process. Additionally, a new Game of the Week, "Avatar: Black Sun Siege," will begin on Thursday, Nov. 29 where players can control squadrons of Earth and Water Nation soldiers, led by favorite Avatar characters, in a battle against the marauding Fire Nation.
Since its launch, Avatar has developed a fervent fan base, and not just with kids. The unique attributes of the show – epic storytelling, Asian influence and film quality graphics – have generated one of the most passionate fan bases in Nickelodeon's history. Avatar fans have built their own unique fan sites full of original fiction, storyline proposals, artwork, comics, message boards, blogs and more, all based on the property.
Fans are responsive on Nick.com as well, where the message boards hold two out of the top five spots this year on the site this year. Avatar games are also among the most popular on the site, garnering a total of 70 million game plays year to date, a 15% increase versus a year ago. The Avatar show page has generated 12 million visits, ranking within the top five properties on Nick.com. On TurboNick, the network's video broadband player, the property has generated more than 34 million streams year-to-date. On Nicktropolis, Nickelodeon's virtual world, the six rooms within the Avatar environment combined have generated 17.5 million visits-to-date (Source: Omniture Sitecatalyst).
Launched in February 2005, Avatar: The Last Airbender, currently in its third season, is ranked among the top 10 properties on all of television among boys 2-11 and boys 6-11 (4Q07) and No. 4 on all of television with Boys 9-14 in 4Q07. This season, the series has reached a total of 11.4 million total viewers (persons 2+), including 5.3 million kids 2-11, 3.6 million kids 6-11 and 3.5 million Tweens 9-14. Avatar is currently syndicated to more than 105 countries around the world and is one of Nickelodeon's top rated programs across broadcast and cable in multiple markets. The series is currently ranked No. 1 on Nick in Germany, Indonesia, Belgium and Colombia.
The epic story of Avatar: The Last Airbender follows the journey of Aang (Zach Tyler Eisen), a young boy torn between fulfilling his fate as the long-awaited Avatar and just wanting to be a regular kid. Aang is called upon to lead the fight against the vicious Fire Nation to restore balance in his war-torn world. Aided by a protective teenage Waterbender named Katara (Mae Whitman) and her bull-headed warrior brother Sokka (Jack DeSena), Aang proceeds on a perilous journey to save the world while sometimes shaking off his heavy responsibilities so that he can enjoy being a kid.
Avatar: The Last Airbender was created by Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko who also serve as executive producers. The series is produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California.
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Without playing the Prince of Persia video games — or many others, for that matter — I'm assuming it involves a lot of roof jumping, wall climbing and grunting. Not to mention clattering sabers and stilted chatter about destinies and loyalties.
At least that's the impression left by the movie version, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, one of the more tolerable examples of the joystick genre.
Director Mike Newell assembles a CGI cast of thousands to charge across desert sands before fake green-screen skies, waving weapons and generally acting like the Dark Age hordes they're portraying. In the foreground is an unlikely action hero, Dastan, who's unlikely because the actor playing him, Jake Gyllenhaal, looks like he should carry a surfboard rather than a shield.
Dastan apparently borrowed his childhood from Aladdin, growing up orphaned and hanging around bazaars where action stuff happens. The kindhearted King Sharaman (Ronald Pickup) witnesses the boy (William Foster) take a daring stand against bullies and adopts him. Jump to 15 years later, and Dastan is a swashbuckling prince of Persia.
Every action hero needs an establishing battle, and Dastan's is the first and most exciting set piece in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. It's also a misguided mission, an assault upon the sacred city of Alamut after spies report sales of WMDs — steel knives and arrows in those days — to Persia's enemies. The reports aren't true, concocted by the king's shifty brother, Nizam (Ben Kingsley), who's just Dick Cheney in silk robes and guyliner.
Considering the fact that Persia later became Iran, the screenplay's allusions to modern headlines is a nifty, if overused, inside joke. Even more obvious is the introduction of Sheik Amar (Alfred Molina), a bandit who runs ostrich races and apparently founded the tea party movement, with his complaints about taxes and an intrusive government. If everyone else delivered with Molina's gusto, this would be a better movie. The fall of Alamut concerns the king since he isn't a crusading kind of guy. But he thanks Dastan and his brothers (Richard Coyle, Toby Kebbell) and accepts a holy man's robe in tribute. Ah, but the robe has been poisoned (huh?) and the king melts into goo, with Dastan framed for murder. He escapes, taking along the Alamut princess (Gemma Arterton) and the supernatural Dagger of Sands.
What does the dagger do? If it's loaded with enchanted sand and you push the jewel on the handle, time rewinds. Whatever happened a few seconds ago, didn't. It comes in handy, especially at the climax after several key good guys have been killed. The dagger is what Nizam was after all along, and it's Dastan's only hope of clearing his name.
From there, the dagger keeps changing hands whenever a fight ends, until the time when there's nobody left angry. Dastan gets trapped in the world's largest sinkhole, battles Hassansin assassins with really cool weapons, and comes out safely with Gyllenhaal's lopsided grin. None of it is thrilling, but Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has a Saturday matinee goofiness that'll go well enough with air conditioning.
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This two tier cake was made for a christening, the only issue i have with the photo was that i took this prior to the cake being finished, the writing wasnt on it at this point, and i hadnt glossed it over with my lustre. The top tier was moist vanilla sponge with strawberry jam and homemade vanilla butter cream. The bottom tier was a moist deep chocolate sponge, with a chocolate fudge filling.


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A team of volunteers is helping to make the streets of Falmouth and Penryn safer by helping to monitor the towns' CCTV cameras.
They are part of an innovative multi-agency scheme which is believed to be the first of its kind in Devon and Cornwall. The initiative is part of a partnership involving Falmouth, Penryn and Truro councils together with Cornwall Council and the police.
So far, ten volunteers have been recruited to man the CCTV cameras at a central monitoring centre in Truro, but more are being sought to further increase the effectiveness of the CCTV systems.
The team is made up of people of varying ages and backgrounds and includes retired people, a student, an IT specialist and |part-time workers who want to help their community in their spare time.
The use of trained operators supplements the current operation and increases the number of hours the cameras are being monitored. All the new volunteers have been subjected to strict security checks and have received professional training to national standards.
Sgt Steve Parr, community safety sergeant for West Cornwall, said: "We are delighted at the success of this project which has only been made possible through all the relevant agencies working together. We are now looking to increase the scheme even further. Anyone who may be interested can contact me on 01209 611379."


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Brittany Murphy's Foreboding Problems On 'Something Wicked' Set
Two weeks before the shocking news broke of 32-year-old Brittany Murphy's death, the actress was recast in the horror film, The Caller. While Murphy's PR rep maintains that Brittany was not fired, sources from the set tell TheWrap the actress was barely physically able to finish the film she shot just prior, Something Wicked.
The snitch claims Murphy was "barely there…she'd go in and out of consciousness in the middle of takes" and as a result, most on set "presumed she used prescription drugs." As a result, scenes featuring the Clueless actress were rewritten, the source maintains.
In the past, Brittany shrugged off rumors of drug use, telling the Daily Mail in 2005, "Just for the record I have never tried [cocaine] in my entire life, I've never even seen it, and I don't leave the house too much, except to go to work." She added, "My worst vice is caffeine."
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7 Myths About Crown Molding
Installing crown molding in your home can enhance the aesthetic appearance of its interior as well as the general value of your home. However, there are a number of general misconceptions that deter homeowners from capitalizing on the benefits of adding crown molding to their home decor. The following list dispels seven common myths about the appropriate use and installation of crown molding.
Myth #1: My ceilings are too low for crown moldings.
It's untrue that crown molding should not be installed in rooms with low ceilings. In fact, using moldings that project further than the wall can provide an optical illusion that makes ceilings appear taller than they actually are. For rooms that are vertically challenged, use crown moldings to give modest spaces a sense of elegance.
Myth #2: Flimsy crown moldings will add just as much value to my home.
If part of your motive for installing crown molding is to enhance the value of your home, using cheap and poorly crafted crown moldings will not suffice. Just like any interior design pieces that you would use to decorate your home, flimsy crown molding will not provide the same visual splendor as do high quality moldings. Moreover, crown moldings that are lacking in quality, construction, or material are easily recognized as such and won't contribute to the monetary value of your home.
Myth#3: Crown moldings made of wood are always preferable to those made of polyurethane.
There are a number of reasons why choosing to install polyurethane crown moldings can be a better choice than wood crown moldings. The advantage of using crown moldings made of polyurethane is that they are not affected by changes in climate or humidity. Wood crown moldings, however, are subject to expanding, contracting, cracking, and warping in environments with variable temperatures. For this reason, polyurethane crown moldings are a better suited for areas with frequent temperature and climate changes; they are also a good alternative to wood in isolated areas of your home that often vary in climate, such as damp basements.
Myth #4: Wood crown moldings are more durable than polyurethane crown moldings.
Recent developments in the materials used to construct polyurethane crown moldings make this statement obsolete. As discussed above, polyurethane moldings will stand up to changes in climate and humidity and are not affected by indirect lighting. Moreover, though, new, high definition polymer systems are now used to produce a new type of polyurethane that is used in crown molding production. This new synthetic, high-density material is extremely durable and stress resistant, which means it won't crack or scratch; lastly, polyurethane crown molding is not attractive to bugs or termites.
Myth #5: Crown molding is unsuitable for rooms frequented by children.
Many people think that crown moldings are not well suited for use in children's bedrooms or playrooms. The primary reason for this is because of the misconception that crown moldings are not durable enough for application in rooms that house more rough-and-tumble activities. Contrarily, though, crown moldings, specifically high-density polyurethane crown moldings, are extremely durable and perfect for application in rooms where children are at play. Specifically, chair-rail moldings can even help protect walls from being dented, scratched, or damaged, and are known for their resilience.
Myth #6: Crown moldings should always be white.
Crown moldings do not always have to be white. This is a frequent design faux pas; in fact, crown moldings should be the same color as the moldings that are already in your house. They can also be painted or stained to match existing color schemes, making them perfectly suitable for any room decor.
Myth #7: All the crown moldings in your home should be the same style.
All of the crown moldings in your home do not need to be the same style. Different styles of crown molding may more appropriately suit some rooms but not others; there is a wide array of crown molding styles to choose from, and you should take advantage of these options to maximize their aesthetic potential in each particular room. However, it is important to consistently use the same crown molding size around your home to maintain consistent dimensions and visual proportions.
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I would like to expand on Myth #3. Another big advantage of polyurethane crown molding is that eventhough it is as strong as wood it is much lighter. Since polyurethane molding is lighter in weight its easier to handle and insall. This allows the installers to complete the molding installation quicker which results in savings to the homeowner.
This is new info. for me to learn about crown molding, thank you for the post.
This article was so encouraging! I've always wanted crown moldings, but my house has 8′ ceilings, so I really thought crowns were out.
Thank you for dispelling that myth!
For a while now, my wife and I have been looking at crown moldings at the stores near us and haven't seen anything really special. Seems like the stuff we see in these stores is the same stuff we see in everyone's houses. We really want something that will stand out—get noticed, you know?
Your moldings are beautiful. Your range of style is impressive -sleek, ultra modern to genteel classically styled. Wow!
i have always been a person who liked my clean modern styles and never thought that i would ever even think of ornamenting my room with moldings that look a bit more decorative, but after seeing your collections i believe i had a change of heart. in the inspiration gallery i saw quite a few people mix their styles of modern with ornamental and i am in awe of how it turned out! i honestly would have never imagined– i guess that is what they call Art Deco, but i am not that well versed in my styles.
i guess you really do learn something new every day!
Lighting can make a huge impact on the color scheme you have chosen. Remember all the times you have tried on an outfit in the store only to come home and wonder why it looks so different? Or wondered why that bedspread you loved just doesn't work when it is home? It is all because of light.
Amiable dispatch and this fill someone in on helped me alot in my college assignement. Thanks you seeking your information.
I purchased my home a few years ago and have recently noticed the molding that was already in my home is starting to crack. After reading this article, I realized it is because of the humidity in my area. I am so glad there are easy and quick solutions to my problem. I never really liked the original molding anyway, so I am excited to have an excuse to spruce up the molding and replace the damaged crown molding.
i am using LED lights for our home lighting because they can save my electric bills
i would be busy again doing some home decors this coming christmas, i'd be buying some new decors for the season
Is it appropriate to use crown moulding in only one room, for instance, the kitchen ?
Why not – when you add architectural details – you can keep adding. If you like it in the kitchen you can expand outward and onward.
Thanks I really need to know that what I want to do is okay!
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House Opens First Immigration Hearing
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said the nation's immigration system is "in desperate need of repair" as he opened Congress' first hearing on immigration.
The session Tuesday comes as President Barack Obama pushes for swift action to pass immigration legislation. But in a sign of the difficulties to come, the Judiciary chairman, Republican Bob Goodlatte (GOOD-latt) of Virginia, cautioned against a "rush to judgment" and said each piece of the issue must be examined in detail.
Goodlatte said there are lots of questions about how any large-scale legalization program would work, how much it would cost and how it would prevent illegal immigration in future.
Obama supports a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country, something many Republicans oppose.
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OpenVPN 2.4.3 -- released on 2017.06.21 (Change Log)
OpenVPN v2.4.2 was analyzed closely using a fuzzer by Guido Vranken. In the process several vulnerabilities were found, some of which are remotely exploitable in certain circumstances. We recommend you to upgrade to OpenVPN 2.4.3 or 2.3.17 as soon as possible. More details are available in our official security announcement.
Compared to OpenVPN 2.3 this is a major update with a large number of new features, improvements and fixes. Some of the major features are AEAD (GCM) cipher and Elliptic Curve DH key exchange support, improved IPv4/IPv6 dual stack support and more seamless connection migration when client's IP address changes (Peer-ID). Also, the new --tls-crypt feature can be used to increase users' connection privacy.
Compared to OpenVPN 2.4.2 there are several bugfixes and one major feature: support for building with OpenSSL 1.1.
A summary of the changes is available in Changes.rst, and a full list of changes is available here.
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Windows installer I602 includes updated OpenVPN GUI (188.8.131.52) and easy-rsa (2.3.0). The installer also fixes a security vulnerability in the service management code.
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On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 02:03, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote: >> On 01/15/2012 12:20 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >>> >>> Please follow the style already used for system catalogs; ie I think >>> there should be a summary table with one entry per view, and then a >>> separate description and table-of-columns for each view. >> >> >> Yes, that's a perfect precedent. I think the easiest path forward here is >> to tweak the updated pg_stat_activity documentation, since that's being >> refactoring first anyway. That can be reformatted until it looks just like >> the system catalog documentation. And then once that's done, the rest of >> them can be converted over to follow the same style. I'd be willing to work >> on doing that in a way that improves what is documented, too. The >> difficulty of working with the existing tables has been the deterrent for >> improving that section to me. > > I've applied a patch that does this now. Hopefully, I didn't create > too many spelling errors or such :-) > > I also applied a separate patch that folded the list of functions into > the list of views, since that's where they are called, as a way to > reduce duplicate documentation. I did it as a spearate patch to make > it easier to back out if people think that was a bad idea... I think it's a little awkward this way; maybe it would be better as a separate table column. Or maybe it was better the way it was; I'm not sure. Or maybe we could have a separate table that just gives the equivalences between stats table-column pairs and functions. Of those ideas, I think I like "separate table in the same column" the best. Also, I wonder if we should promote section 188.8.131.52. Other Statistics Functions to 27.2.3. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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Inexpensive red-dot sights?
There are a few inexpensive low-eyestrain red-dot sights available. Barska makes one, ATN, Sunclear that claims to be a holosight for $70, and so on...there are a few others out there under other names, all under $100. But these are NOT the cheap ones designed for paintball or a .22.
Any opinions on stuff like this?
You generally get what you pay for, and I swore off cheap optics years ago after having several frustrating experiences. Some people swear by one cheap sight or another, so there's a different opinion.
The optic in the photo is absolutely not a holographic sight-- there is no laser window in front of the "lens" and you can clearly see the reticle projection point at the back (shooter's end) of the sight body. It is a reflex type sight.
A holosight works by shining a wash of laser light through a hologram, toward the shooter, thereby displaying a "laser transmission hologram", which is a completely different technology. The physical structure, as well as the obvious coloration imparted by the lens, are dead giveaways. (a hologram looks no different from a standard piece of flat, clear glass until you shine laser light through it in a specific way at a specific angle)
I don't know what is meant by a "low eye strain" red dot sight, because I have yet to see one of them there "high eye strain" sights that are implied by the term. I suspect the term to be the result of a desperate need to "say something nice or exciting" about a product, when the person doing the promotion hasn't the creativity or technical knowledge to think of anything else.
One way to look at it that you can blow the 100 or fewer bucks on the cheapo, and when it fails to satisfy, you've only added 20% to your eventual purchase of a high-end unit. (Disclosure: I sell high-end optics as a part of my profession, which consisists mainly of mechanical design)
Thanks, Omnivore. Yeah, the rule "you tend to get what you pay for" makes sense, particularly with stuff like this.
"Low eye strain" is used to describe sights designed like the one pictured as opposed to red-dot sights that look like scopes (tubes).
The Barska doesn't claim to be holographic - just a red-dot. Though with the curvature of the lens, the dot stays put pretty well on the target even if you move your eye around.
I think I'll save my pennies for an EOTech or Aimpoint.
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I just bought a red dot from homer tools $15.looks like tasco.I'v bought norinco scopes for $13 they all worked well,i donot put them on anything bigger than 30/06.works for me.
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ANDERSON – It's high school prom season and graduation is just around the corner. The celebrations means for teen drivers will be on the roads and the chance of car accidents increases.
"Car accidents go up dramatically, fatal car accidents go up dramatically," says T. L. Hanna Principal Sheila Hilton.
In conjunction with the Alive @ 25 program, T. L. Hanna and Westside High Schools have provided a daily reminder for students to stay safe. Wrecked cars have been placed outside the high schools and administrators hope as students see the cars each day, they'll remember to stay focused behind the wheel.
"You hope that doesn't happen to anybody you know, hopefully that car isn't somebody I knew," says T. L. Hanna senior Stephanie Guevara.
All high schools in Anderson County use the the Alive @ 25 Program. They require students to pass the program before they are allowed to park at the school. The program strive to decrease accidents by teaching students to avoid speeding, drinking and distractions while driving.
"Any distraction when you take your eyes off the road increases your chances of being in a fatal car accident," Hilton says.
The program first began in South Carolina in 2006. The National Safety Council tells 7 On Your Side since 2006 they've seen a 37% reduction in fatalities in car accidents for young adults from 15 to 24. But they say even that decrease isn't enough.
Last September a teen from T. L. Hanna died in an accident and shortly after another teen from Wren High School also died in a fatal wreck.
'It's scary thinking wow, that's a real car, in a real accident and someone whose really hurt and that's not somewhere you want to end up," says T. L. Hanna junior Luke Wilson.
Administrators hope their continuous push for safety will continue to net results.
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Grenades found in a backyard in Las Milpas
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It all started with police checking out what was called suspicious activity on the 800 block of Zavala Avenue.
"Nobody answered the door, and they started walking around the perimeter around the house," said Chief Ruben Villescas.
What they discovered in the backyard of this Las Milpas area home surprised them.
"They found 4 grenades," said Villescas.
Pharr police chief Villescas said it's an uncommon discovery, and police took the necessary precautions.
"They will cause destruction. They will cause death," said Villescas.
Which is why, Villescas said police didn't handle the grenades and neighbors were immediately notified.
Police said that neighbors weren't evacuated, but some neighbors did decide to leave as a precaution.
Eva Olivarez decided to stay home.
"It's very surprising when you hear of grenades," she said.
She said for the most part, this is a quiet neighborhood.
"I even sleep with my doors open and windows and everything," she said. "I don't lock up anything."
As for those who live at the residence where the grenades were found, Olivarez said, "They don't bother anybody. They keep to themselves."
But this neighborhood is just a couple of miles from the border, and Olivarez said it doesn't sit well with her that grenades were found in the neighborhood.
"I think I'll start locking up everything," said Olivarez.
The city of McAllen's bomb squad determined the grenades are not live.
Meanwhile, investigators are trying to track down the homeowners.
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Ground covers often make our jobs as gardeners easier by preventing weeds, holding soil in place, and helping to moderate soil temperature extremes. Ground covers, however, are not maintenance free. Like all plants, they can be susceptible to disease problems. In fact, ground covers are frequently used where conditions are favorable for disease.
- They grow low to the ground and fairly close to each other, which can limit air circulation.
- Their leaves are often wet, favoring fungal infections. This is the result of frequent rains, overhead watering, crowded plantings, and heavy shade.
- They are often grown in less than optimal conditions where other plants won't grow. Plants grown in a stressful environment are more prone to disease.
- Fallen leaves from overhead trees are often left on top of ground covers. This promotes wetness and provides a favorable environment for disease to grow and overwinter.
Some of the more common diseases of ground covers are described below.
Ornamental ground cover Japanese pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis) is susceptible to a serious, destructive stem and leaf blight called Volutella blight. The native Allegheny pachysandra (Pachysandra procumbens) is reported to be more tolerant of the disease.
Conditions Conducive to Disease
Volutella is an opportunistic pathogen. It can infect a plant any time during the growing season but is more common during periods of rainy weather. Infections tend to diminish as the weather becomes drier in the summer, but the high humidity created by heavily mulched beds can promote the blight. Stresses, such as overcrowding, winter injury, or shearing, also may increase susceptibility to stem blight. Older and injured plant parts of Japanese pachysandra are more susceptible to the disease. Consider whether the site is one in which pachysandra can thrive. Pachysandra prefers filtered sun to full shade more than full sun conditions, and will be stressed by the latter and more susceptible to blight.
See cultural control recommendations at the end of this leaflet.
Fungicides listed for Volutella blight should be applied at 10-14 day intervals, beginning at the start of new growth or at the first sign of the disease, depending on the product selected and weather conditions.
- Copper (Dragon Copper)
- Mancozeb (Dragon Mancozeb, many products)
- Copper hydroxide (Ferti-lome Blackspot
- Chlorothalonil
Stem blight is a serious disease of periwinkle (Vinca minor), also known as myrtle.
Stem blight is caused by Phoma exigua var. exigua, a fungus that can live indefinitely in moist soil and plant debris. Dark brown to black lesions appear on stems of overwintering runners at the ground line. These lesions girdle the stem. Soon after growth begins in spring, the new stems may also wilt, turn dark brown to black, and die. In just a few weeks, entire clumps of plants may die. The fungus frequently spreads from the stem lesions onto the leaf petioles and the base of the leaf. This is a difficult disease to control once plants are infected, so prevention is important. Rhizoctonia blight appears similar to Phoma but no fruiting bodies are produced on the lesions. Be sure of which disease you have to increase your likelihood of growing healthy plants.
Conditions Conducive to Disease
Phoma blight is more common in cool, wet weather. Thinning overcrowded plants to improve air circulation and drying is helpful.
- See cultural control at the end of this leaflet
- Some cultivars are more resistant than others, although little has been published on this. For example, Vinca 'Darts Blue' is reported to resist the blight.
Apply fungicides when disease symptoms first appear.
- Thiophanate-methyl (Bonide Bonomyl, Dragon 3336, or Ferti-lome Halt)
- Copper sulfate pentahydrate (Phyton 27)
- Mancozeb (Bonide Mancozeb or Dragon Mancozeb)
Although over forty pathogens cause leafspots on the popular ground cover English ivy (Hedera helix), the two most common foliar diseases are caused by a bacterium and a fungus. If you are using chemical control, it is important to determine which of the two pathogens are the cause because chemicals used for bacterial leaf spots are different from those used to treat fungal leaf spots. Fortunately, it is not difficult to determine if an ivy leaf spot is bacterial or funal.
Conditions Conducive to These Diseases
These diseases require a wet leaf surface for an extended period of time, often more than 24 hours. For fungi, this allows spores to swell and germinate, and penetrate the leaf surface. Bacteria will multiply and enter through leaf stomata (a natural surface opening) or colonize in plant wounds. Leaf spot diseases may be more severe if leaves are infected when they first emerge in the spring. If the weather is dry during bud break, infection may occur later during wet weather after the leaves have expanded. Late infections are unsightly but rarely harm the plant.
See the cultural control at the end of this leaflet.
Apply a bactericide for bacterial leaf spot when symptoms first appear.
- Copper (Dragon Copper)
- Copper hydroxide (Ferti-lome Blackspot)
- Copper sulfate pentahydrate (Phyton 27)
- Mancozeb (Bonide Mancozeb or Dragon Mancozeb)
Apply a fungicide when disease symptoms first appear for fungal leaf spot.
- Thiophanate-methyl (Bonide Bonomyl, Dragon 3336, or Ferti-lome Halt)
- Sulfur (Bonide Liquid Sulfur or Ferti-lome Sulfur)
- Potassium bicarbonate (Bonide Remedy)
- Copper sulfate (Hi-Yield Bordeaux)
Botrytis blight is a common fungal disease of many plants, including vinca, pachysandra, and ivy, as well as hundreds of trees and shrubs. There are several species of the fungus Botrytis that can cause blights. The most common is Botrytis cinerea.
Botrytis can affect leaves, stems, flowers and flower buds, seeds, seedlings, and bulbs. The fungus often colonizes dead plant parts first, and then spreads into living ones. Infected plant parts look blighted or dark with lots of gray fuzz in the infected area. This fuzz is actually fungal mycelia. Clouds of air-borne spores may be released from the mycelia in wet weather. Tiny, black specks may be visible in the gray fuzz. These are sclerotia, which are the fungal structures in which the disease overwinters. The fungus also overwinters in diseased plants.
Conditions Conducive to Disease
This disease is most prevalent in cool (55-65 degrees F), humid to rainy conditions. It attacks plants that are weakened by poor nutrition, low light intensity, low temperatures, or senescence (aging).
See the cultural control at the end of this leaflet.
Apply one of the following fungicides.
- Thiophanate-methyl (Bonide Bonomyl, Dragon 3336, or Ferti-lome Halt)
- Mancozeb (Bonide Mancozeb or Dragon Mancozeb)
- Potassium bicarbonate (Bonide Remedy)
- Purchase healthy plants that are free of disease.
- Purchase species or cultivars that are considered disease tolerant or resistant.
- Select plants that are right for the site conditions. Plants growing in less than optimal conditions are more likely to be stressed and more susceptible to infection.
- Plants should be watered during dry periods by using drip irrigation and/or by watering early in the day to allow foliage to dry out. In established beds, avoid overhead watering or watering in the evening.
- Avoid working with plants when they are wet to prevent the spread of disease.
- Remove and discard diseased leaves and plants immediately to keep infections from spreading to healthy plants.
- Clean up fallen leaves and other debris that has accumulated on top of ground covers.
- Thin, prune, and divide overcrowded plants in early spring, when weather is dry, to improve air circulation.
- Avoid over-fertilization, which causes dense, succulent growth susceptible to infection.
Refer to the Illinois Urban Pest Management Handbook (University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service) for a complete listing of chemical recommendations. Use pesticides safely and wisely; read and follow label directions.
The pesticide information presented in this publication is current with federal and state regulations. The user is responsible for determining that the intended use is consistent with the label of the product being used.
The information given here is for educational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement made by The Morton Arboretum.


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Last year, I was working at a public school in an after school program with kids at risk run by the YMCA near my home. When March rolled around, I told the kids I wanted to do something with them for St. Patricks Day. A few days later when we were cutting out shamrocks one boy asked me, Miss Katie? Who is Patrick and why do we celebrate Patricks Day?
Can anybody else answer his question? I asked, Does anyone know who St. Patrick is or what St. Patricks day is all about?
A couple of kids tried to answer, but it struck me that every single one referred to Patrick. The word Saint did not pass through a single pair of lips other than mine.
I had been told before not to bring up religion with any of the kids. If they asked (which they did as I often wore a Rosary around my wrist) I was to deflect their questions, saying something like, Well this is what I believe, but you should ask your parents what they think.
With these constraints, I found myself floundering trying to explain who Patrick was with no mention of religion. Well Patrick was a man who came to Ireland many years ago to, uh . . . Evangelize! Spread the gospel! Teach the Irish about Christ! We associate him with shamrocks because, well . . . he used to use them as a symbol
. . . Of the Trinity!


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LG working on a Windows Phone 8 device?
LG's smartphone efforts have been exclusively related to Android in the last few years. But it looks like the company is finally getting ready to embrace Windows Phone 8.
According to Light Reading India, Soon H. Kwon (LG India's Managing Director) declared: "At home (South Korea), we are actually working on our Windows Phone 8 OS powered smartphone." Unfortunately, no further details were given, so we don't know if the company's first WP8 handset will be released this year. Meanwhile, LG is busy anyway – for example with the development of the new G2 Android flagship smartphone that should be announced next month.
LG hasn't released a new Microsoft-powered smartphone since 2010, when it introduced the Optimus 7 (pictured below) and Optimus Q7, both running Windows Phone 7.
Yesterday, Nokia (which is clearly the top WP8 seller) has announced its latest Windows Phone 8 flagship handset – the Lumia 1020. This comes with a 41MP PureView camera, and it's going to be hard for LG to offer something more exciting. Still, the Lumia 1020 will be expensive on contract ($299 at AT&T), so maybe LG will decide to introduce more affordable Windows Phone devices. We'll see.


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Technical Article => Business => Google
Google is missing in the photo with Chinese president Xi Jinping
Chinese president Xi Jinping has started his formal visit to US on 22nd September. The first stop is Seattle where Microsoft and Amazon headquarters are located. On 23rd September (Wednesday), Xi Jinping attended a forum named "The 8th US-China Internet Industry Forum" in Seattle.
On this forum, president Xi expressed the attitude of Chinese government to Internet. He advocated to build an peaceful, secure, open and collaborative Internet environment so that every country can benefit from it. He emphasized that both US and China are two giants of Internet industry, there are many tech giants in both countries, both sides have huge space for cooperation and there should be mutual respect between US and China.
On this forum, president Xi met CEOs from US tech giants, including Microsoft, IBM, Apple. And he also took photo with tech giant CEOs from both US and China. From the above photo, we can see some familiar faces of these CEOs. The name list includes:
- Alibaba executive chairman Jack Ma (China, First row, the fourth)
- Sohu CEO Charles Zhang (China, Second row, the first)
- Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing (China, Second row, the third)
- 360 CEO Hongyi Zhou (China, Second row, the eighth)
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (US, First row, the first)
- JD.com CEO Qiangdong Liu (China, First row, the second)
- IBM CEO Ginni Rometty (US, First row, thr fifth)
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (US, First row, the seventh)
- Apple CEO Tim Cook (US, First row, the nineth)
- Tencent CEO Huateng Ma (China, First row, the tenth)
- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (US, First row, the eleventh)
- Sina CEO Charles Chao (China, Second row, the tenth)
- Cisco CEO John Chambers (US, First row, the third)
- Intel CEO Brian Krzanich (US, Second row, the seventh)
- Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf (US, Second row, the fifth)
- AMD CEO Lisa Su (US, Second row, the second)
- Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky (US, Third row, the eighth)
An interesting finding is that there is no people from Google showing on the photo. The reason may be obvious. Since Google announced to quit China in 2010, the relationship between Google and Chinese government becomes a bit tricky. Google was strong on their position about censorship, but their attitude is changing in order to return back to China.
Apparently there is still a long way to go, Google has to learn how to deal with Chinese government in order to gain the attention of Chinese leaders. Google knows about it and has learnt the lesson.
No comment for this article.


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Residents and businesses in central Brisbane have escaped relatively unscathed after the Brisbane River peaked around 2m below predictions.
The river had been expected to peak at up to 2.5m this afternoon (NZ time), 20cm higher than Monday's high tide but still about 2m lower than its last serious flood in January 2011.
Brisbane Mayor Graham Quirk says it is business as usual in the city, but doesn't want people to be complacent.
The death toll from the flooding has risen to four – the latest victim a three-year-old boy, who died in hospital from head injuries he received when he was hit by a tree while flood-watching with his mother.
The weather has moved south, causing flooding in parts of northern New South Wales. Many major roads between Sydney and the Queensland border are closed, and an evacuation order has been issued for the city of Grafton.
But the Australian Bureau of Meteorology says conditions there will not be as bad as initially forecast, with rain and strong winds expected to die down in the Sydney area by this afternoon.
- PHOTOS: Flood damage in Qld, NSW
- VIDEO: Queensland froths over sea foam
Bundaberg worst affected
The Burnett River in the Queensland city of Bundaberg is still rising, despite there being no rainfall in the area this morning.
"It's a beautiful sunny day and yet this lethal threat continues to rise," Queensland Police Minister Jack Dempsey told ABC News.
The river is expected to peak at a record high of 10 metres tonight or tomorrow morning – two metres higher than the 2010 floods, which at the time were the city's worst in 60 years.
Authorities say around 2000 homes will be inundated.
Residents were given a full day's warning to evacuate, but many of them stayed, causing emergency services to work through the night to airlift people stranded on the rooves of their houses.
Mr Dempsey says those rescues are continuing today. He says thousands of emergency service workers have been deployed throughout the state, including police who are monitoring people's abandoned homes to "give them peace of mind while they are in evacuation centres".
Ten high-dependency patients from Bundaberg Hospital have been transferred to Brisbane, and the Australian Defence Force and Royal Flying Doctor Service are on standby to help transfer another 130.
Ipswich breaths a sigh of relief
Flooding in Ipswich, in southeast Queensland, has not been as bad as expected, with the Bremer River peaking a metre lower than expected last night.
"Instead of thousands of houses, hundreds of houses have been affected - a lot of people will be able to go back into their homes this morning," Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale told ABC News.
However, power is still out to 165,000 homes and businesses.
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How can we cope with my dad's severe sundown syndrome?
My dad gets sundown very severely and it has been happening since he had a battle with pneumonia, sepsis and shingles. He has a very bad back condition which has been aggravated by sitting and lying too much. The shingles were very severe on his bottom and swell up his rectum and front also so he needs a catheter until the swelling goes down. The hospital and rehab centers do not stop giving him antipsychotic drugs and/or Ativan to stop his anger at night which in turn makes him sleep all day. He is ambulatory when awake. The doctor in the hospital now has increased his Namenda to 10 mg twice a day and taken away Aricept due to some afib and they have started him on 125 mg of Depakote three times a day to even out his moods. If he did not have such anger at night we could take him home, any suggestions?
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Your poor father has a lot on his plate. Most of us would feel angry and frustrated dealing with the pain and discomfort he must be feeling at night. It sounds as though his physical care needs are quite high. Is it realistic at this point to think about caring for him at home? It may make sense to see if the medication prescribed will help his mood swings and to wait until the swelling is gone and he can get along without a catheter. Generally residential care is better able to handle out-of-control anger than family at home, even though they often do it with medications. I would be inclined to wait and see whether his anger subsides with his medical conditions before trying to cope at home.
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Hi Lolli,
My heart goes out to you! I am a geriatric care manager and RN. most people with dementia become highly irritable and have an increase in their confusion, sometimes to the point of hallucinations, when there is acute pain or infection. Your dad isn't himself right now, and you'll need to wait for his conditions to clear, to find out how much improvement, if any, he will exhibit. The health team is trying to use medication to turn his cycle around. It may be time to call for a care conference and bring up all your worries. You may want to hire a geriatric care manager to be present at this meeting. It helps to have a third party listen in, advocate for you and your dad, and be a voice of reason for everyone. It may be a couple months or more before he is stabilizing. Good luck to you and your father!
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Georgetown buildings contain a history of cargo
Published 10:00 pm, Thursday, June 18, 2009
Just half a mile from the ships and trains moving cargo containers here and there Thursday, a crane stacked 12 containers into four neat rows, erecting side walls for two new Georgetown buildings.
"We're in industrial Seattle," said Dixie Stark, who owns DA STARK Interiors with her husband, Jay, as she watched her firm's new headquarters take shape. "It's so appropriate."
Using containers made the building distinctive and saved money, Jay Stark said. "We're able to build what's basically going to be a steel-framed building for the price of a wood-frame building."
The two three-story buildings will be Seattle's first commercial buildings made from recycled cargo containers, according to DA STARK and designer HyBrid Architecture, of Seattle.
"This is the largest cargo container project on the West Coast, at almost 7,200 square feet," HyBrid principal Joel Egan said. He said the next-largest building was a house of less than 2,000 square feet.
Each of the two buildings will have a roof made from structural insulated panels connecting the side walls, glass covering the front, a stairway and mezzanine second level in back and a complete third floor.
DA STARK plans to use one building for the business and a new furnishing showroom and lease out the other. The buildings are scheduled to open in October.
The Starks chose the 12 containers from the port and then sent them to a local fabricator, who punched interior openings and several exterior portholes, reinforced around the new openings, sealed the container doors, added insulation under the first-floor containers, attached ledges to hold up the mezzanines and third levels between wall containers, and painted the containers olive green.
Each container company has its own color. The ones the Starks bought bore the distinctive dark blue, white lettering and red eagle of shipping company APL.
"There's an APL right there," Jay Stark said, pointing to a container going by on a flatbed truck down the street.
Dixie Stark chose olive out of the limited selection of specialized cargo container paints because most of the other choices were much louder.
"They needed to stand out but not scream," she said.
Despite the paint job, the containers still bear obvious dings and dents from their former lives.
"It gives it a little personality," Jay Stark said. "These containers have been all around the world."
Insulation and framing will cover the inside of the exterior walls, but the interior container walls will remain visible.
The color also goes with the green theme of the project, which will use about 80 percent recycled material, by weight; be insulated 20 percent over code requirements; have high-efficiency windows; use low-fume paint and carpet with high recycled content; refinish the plywood floors of the containers as office flooring; and contain water that falls on the site with a planted roof and a rain garden at ground level. Much of the material in the two houses formerly on the site was reclaimed for use elsewhere and the rest was recycled, Jay Stark said.
HyBrid Architecture calls container building system "cargotecture," touting it as a sustainable alternative to traditional construction. The method saves 20 percent to 40 percent from traditional construction costs, not counting energy savings from increased efficiency, the firm said in a news release.
"Hybrid looks forward to transforming this model," Egan said. "We can transform it to meet any site."


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It all started with a tweet by @AustinAaron of a great quote:
"Anyone who lives within their means, suffers from a serious lack of imagination." – Oscar Wilde
I re-tweeted it, which prompted a reply from Ian Lee:
If managing your money well means you lack imagination, so be it. At least these people are not in debt.
Good point. But I wasn't thinking about debt as the only way to live beyond your means. In fact, there are a lot of ways to enjoy the good life (or at least a little bit better life than you can ordinarily afford) without racking up debt to do so. Here are just a few ideas, all in 140 characters are less:
- Have rich friends who enjoy your company and include you in their activities.
- Find last-minute travel bargains by not planning vacations too far in advance (Priceline FTW).
- Who says you have to OWN a jet to enjoy the benefits of private flights? FractionalJetOwnership.com. (Timeshares are a similar concept.)
- Travel light. You can travel the world w/10 lbs or less (plus how to negotiate convertibles & luxury treehouses).
- Barter. Liquidate unused inventory/time in exchange for goods/services you might not ordinarily spend $$$ on.
- Closely related to #1 & #5..do favors for people – amazing how many will reciprocate w/ cool stuff.
- Negotiate. Most things are negotiable – most people just don't ever try. "Is that the best you can do?" works great.
- Buy in bulk. Amazing how much money you can save w/ a 2nd fridge and/or freezer in the garage, for example.
- One man's trash and all that — Freecycle.org
- Some people have some pretty nice couches (some aren't even couches): CouchSurfing.org
What are some of your favorite ideas for enjoying a little luxury without spending a fortune?


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Carey and Minaj 'collide creatively'
Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj have "collided" in a "good, creative way".
Mariah was announced as an American Idol judge earlier this year, with Nicki, Keith Urban and returning star Randy Jackson all confirmed last week.
Although the new panel line-up is still in its early stages, there has been speculation that Mariah and Nicki are not getting along.
However, Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe has rubbished such claims.
"[They] have collided, but only collided in a good way, a creative way," he explained, according to People.
"Nicki is very deferential to Mariah. [Nicki] says, 'You do realise you're auditioning in front of this incredible singer here, why would you want to choose her song to sing?'"
The Idol panel is made up of a host of popular singers across a wide variety of genres. While Nigel says country star Keith, pop legend Mariah and rapper Nicki are all appreciated by fans, Randy may feel a little left out.
"The kids that come in are either super fans of Nicki... or they are fans of Mariah and they've been to Camp Mariah. And then Keith Urban [also has his] fans," he said.
"So, Randy is sort of left."
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Rosmann: Trend toward larger farms is growing
The number of U.S. farms was estimated by the 2012 Census of Agriculture at 2.1 million, down from 2.2 million farms five years earlier.
The average farm size in 2012 was 434 acres, in comparison to 418 acres in 2007. The U.S. Department of Agriculture includes ranches as farms.
Many of the key census reports are becoming available as USDA statisticians release their analyses of the extensive 2012 agricultural census data supplied by farm operators in early 2013. Noteworthy findings are emerging that suggest clues about the future of U.S. agriculture.
Very small farms decreased. Reversing a trend noted in previous censuses, the number of farms earning less than $10,000 in 2012 declined from 2007.
Previously, these low-income farms were increasing in the category of lifestyle choice farms, which are sometimes called hobby farms, and among the very small agricultural producers who largely depend on other sources of income for their households.
Farms that reported gross sales receipts of $10,000-$500,000 increased slightly, but there was a substantial increase (8.6 percent) in the number of farms earning more than $500,000 in 2012. Recent high commodity prices for grains and oilseeds helped push gross farm receipts upward.
The trend toward larger farms in terms of the number of acres operated and higher income is occurring faster than many producers anticipated. The trend is emerging in all parts of the country and on most types of farms, such as crop farms, livestock operations and organic farms.
In 2012, three-quarters of all farms earned less than $50,000 from farming, and they produced 3 percent of the total value of farming sales. Those with sales of $1 million or more accrued 66 percent of farming sales on just 4 percent of the total farms.
Small operations are still defined as farms because they produce more than $1,000 in agricultural sales or receive that amount or more from the federal Conservation Reserve Program and other types of payments, such as wetland preserves.
Demographics are changing. Farmer owners in 2012 who were Asian (13,669), African American (33,371), and Native American (37,851) increased from 2007, while the number of white, non-Hispanic owners declined slightly during the same interval.
Hispanic-operated farms increased 21 percent from 2007 to 2012. The number of medium-sized farms (180-499 acres) and larger farms (500 acres or more) owned by minorities expanded more than smaller farms during the five-year interval.
The data suggest that minority producers are progressively entering the mainstream of agriculture.
Are producers of agricultural goods sold locally increasing? The data say "yes."
Younger beginning food producers, regardless of their ethnic background, are entering farming in somewhat greater numbers than in the past, especially in community supported agriculture (CSA) operations where farmers sell their products locally to individual customers and to institutions such as schools, hospitals and nursing homes.
Many CSA farms are certified organic operations or moving toward this certification. This data confirms consumers like to support local producers they are acquainted with, and that they express a preference for vegetables, fruits, dairy, eggs and poultry that are not genetically modified organisms or raised with synthetic pesticides and manufactured fertilizers.
Organic farming receipts nearly doubled during the past five years. Organic sales reached $3.12 billion in 2012, in comparison to $1.7 billion in 2007.
Nonetheless, organic food sales accounted for only 0.8 percent of total agricultural sales. Organic foods are mainly sold directly to customers, restaurants and institutions rather than through commercial food distributors but mass markets are increasingly developing in the grocery industry.
Corn and soybeans are the major crops grown, topping 50 percent of all harvested acres in 2012 for the first time. Beef production was the main livestock enterprise in 2012; 619,172 farms (29 percent of all farms) reported raising cattle.
California led the nation in agricultural production in 2012 with agricultural sales of $42.6 billion; Iowa ranked second ($30.8 billion); Texas was third ($25.4 billion); Nebraska ranked fourth ($23.1 billion) and Minnesota was fifth ($21.3 billion).
Nine of the top 10 counties in terms of the value of agricultural goods sold were in California; Weld County in Colorado ranked ninth among all U.S. counties.
Conclusions: Farms are becoming large – no surprise. The 2012 Census of Agriculture also indicates the people producing food, fiber and renewable fuels are becoming more diverse. And, locally produced foods and organic foods are finding favor with consumers wherever they are available.
Mike Rosmann is a Harlan, Iowa, psychologist and farmer. To contact him, go to www.agbehavioralhealth.com.


text: Snyderville Planning Commisison Winter Sports School Has New Home By Lynn Ware Peek • Sep 12, 2013 Park City's Winter Sports School is celebrating the Snyderville Planning Commission's approval of the location for the school's new home. Lynn Ware Peek has more. Snyderville Planning Commission Agenda By Rick Brough • Aug 28, 2013 At its regular meeting on Tuesday, the Snyderville Planning Commisison is following up on a proposal for a Hyatt Hotel along Highway 224, and a request to add space to the Tanger Outlet Mall. Rick Brough has more. Canyon Corners Granted Extension on Development By Rick Brough • Jul 31, 2013 Originally aired July 25, 2013. The Snyderville Planning Commission Tuesday night granted a four year extension for Canyon Corners, a project approved nine years ago at Kimball Junction that hasn't seen development yet. Rick Brough has more. Pages« first ‹ previous 1 2 3


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A WEBSITE for parents has become the latest victim of a hacking outbreak.
Mumsnet, which has more than one million UK members, revealed it had asked members to alter their passwords after discovering that hackers had exploited the so-called Heartbleed bug to steal members' data. It is the first company in Britain to announce a data loss.
It came as Canada's tax authority confirmed that it had also fallen foul of the Heartbleed security breach.
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In a statement yesterday, Mumsnet said it had first become aware of the problem last Thursday and immediately ran tests to check whether its servers were at risk.
Technicians subsequently applied what is known as the 'Heartbleed patch' to fix the security hole exposing them to the threat from hackers.
However, some members' details had already been stolen.
Founder Justine Roberts said: "It became apparent that users' data submitted via our login page had been accessed prior to our applying this fix.
"As a result, we decided to require all registered Mumsnet users to change their passwords. We have no way of knowing which or how many accounts were affected but have advised users to change passwords on other sites, particularly if they use the same password on Mumsnet as elsewhere."
The Heartbleed bug is a breach in the encryption used to mask the sensitive data passed between computers and servers when users are online.
It has put details such as credit card accounts and passwords at risk.
The flaw was discovered a week ago, having gone undetected for more than two years.
Last week, blogging site Tumblr urged all users to change their passwords immediately to prevent personal and sensitive data being stolen.


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On Sunday, October 7, 2012, Arthur Bergin Dunne, Jr. passed away gently at his daughter's home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he had been living for the last several years. He was 89.
A third generation native San Franciscan, he was the eldest son of Arthur Bergin and Elizabeth MacArthur Dunne. He was a graduate of The Thacher School in Ojai, California (Class of 1942) and of Stanford University (Class of 1947). He was a member of the Stanford soccer team, a running companion of his grandfather, Robert MacArthur, an enthusiastic skier, and an artful carpenter. He served in the Navy during World War II as a Seabee, completing his education after his return from active duty.
In 1953, he married Eve Rosamund Bordé of Santa Monica and together they traveled the world as he pursued his engineering career building a dam in Tunisia, a tailrace tunnel in New Zealand, and the tunnel housing NORAD in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, among other projects.
He and Eve raised three children along with generations of Golden Retrievers, were avid golfers, and always remained devoted to their California roots and heritage.
Bergin was preceded in death by Eve, and by his sister, Betsy, and her husband, Martin Skewes-Cox, but is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Wendy and Gregory Smith of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Doreen Dunne of Houston, Texas; daughter and son-in-law, Margaret Dunne and Herb Rice, of Napa, California; grandchildren Malcolm Bordé Smith and Bergin Elizabeth Smith of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; brother and sister-in-law, Peter and Kay Dunne of Burlingame, California; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Lynn Dunne of Bainbridge Island, Washington; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. He is also survived by Norman and Mary Alice Smith of Longwood at Oakmont who embraced him as one of their own upon his move to Pittsburgh, adding much enjoyment to his transplanted home. He was lovingly cared for by the dedicated staff of Eastern Area Adult Services, as well as Family Hospice and Palliative Care, for which his family is enormously grateful.
Services were held with family and close friends at Spangler Mortuary in Los Altos, California on Thursday, October 18. Burial was attended by immediate family in Cambria, California where he was laid to rest with Eve near the site of a Bordé pioneering family home. He will be joyously remembered and dearly missed.


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> Is there a critical reason to leave the SCSI timeout at 30 seconds ?
Yes, On busy arrays (lots of queued command), even 30 seconds is not sufficient. Our testing on heavily loaded arrays
says i/o timeouts should actually be in the 60 second range. These measurements were on standard single-path
configs. You could argue that multipath configs make the queuing worse. Also, background array tasks, such as
driver rebuilds, etc will increase the normal i/o execution times.
This said, smart administrators should be monitoring i/o load, adjusting queue depths, etc so that things aren't in the
range of 30 seconds. However, with multipathing in the mix, this becomes a much more difficult task for the admin.
Please note: it is bad to assume what the command execution time latency is based simply on having physical
My personal opinion is that you really want a "cancel i/o" interface. This way, at least when you get notified of
the loss of connectivity, you can cancel the remaining i/o's and failover quicker. I would assume, in much the same way
as the generic status codes are being handled, the block layer can be expanded to add this interface (and call the
SCSI abort handler, which already exists).
-- james