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Controversial exam for Minnesota teachers faces new criticism
Here's another consequence of a change of power at the Capitol. Tim Weber of MPR says: "Teachers and school administrators across Minnesota are asking lawmakers to rethink a law they passed last year that was aimed at producing higher-quality teachers. The law requires teacher candidates to pass the Minnesota Teacher Licensure Exam before they can get a teacher's license. The test includes reading, math and writing sections. Now schools are worried they might lose recruits, current teachers and particularly teachers of color because they haven't passed the exam. There's currently a proposal at the state Capitol to scrap the test altogether. … There are critics who want to dump the test because of another issue at the core of the debate: Large disparities by race. ... On the writing test, 77 percent of all candidates have passed, including 79 percent of whites, but only 35 percent of blacks passed." Ouch.
Because they were so popular the first time … Tim Harlow of the Strib reports: "Remember PhotoCop, the cameras installed years ago at several intersections in Minneapolis that were used to capture red light runners and mail them a ticket? A bill that once again would allow their use is up for discussion today at the State Capitol. … The highly controversial cameras were installed at 12 intersections in Minneapolis in 2005. They operated for eight months and thousands of drivers were captured on video and mailed citations. They were turned off in 2006 when a Hennepin County judge found they violated state law. His ruling was subsequently upheld by the state Supreme Court." What about traffic drones?
On his weather blog, Paul Douglas makes several predictions:
"1) Based on a shift in the pattern Minnesota's drought will ease by late spring;
2). Last summer we got off easy with tornadoes, due to record heat. This summer we'll spend more time in our basements, with far more severe storms;
3). Another "Black Swan" weather event will strike the US in 2013 — an historic flood, hurricane or major urban tornado; evidence of more heat & energy in the system;
4). We'll pick up close to average snow at MSP (50-55) inches) this winter — February will be our snowiest month, by a country mile. … Thursday's storm doesn't look quite as impressive; a quick burst of plowable amounts before the dry slot pushes in from the south. A second snow storm is brewing 1 week from today; with even heavier amounts." Let it snow. The Toro is humming like a champ.
GOP Sen. Branden Petersen's declaration that he would vote for a gay marriage bill has the attention of The Huffington Post. Amanda Terkel writes: "Petersen's father-in-law has been in a same-sex relationship for nearly 20 years and he says the issue has divided his family. … A recent survey by Public Policy Polling found that 47 percent of Minnesotans support marriage equality, compared to 45 percent who oppose. Seventy-five percent back civil unions."
Yeah, it's a good day to be outdoors handling big chunks of cold stone … The AP says: "The long process of repairing the exterior stone on the Minnesota State Capitol is getting underway. The Department of Administration says crews will begin installing scaffolding this week to make repairs to the deteriorating Georgia marble facade. The three-phase project is expected to be done by 2015."
Some traffic fatality states from the Department of Public Safety. Via the Rochester Post-Bulletin: "A year ago today, eight people were killed on Minnesota roads, making it the deadliest day of 2012. Among those killed were four North Dakota State students who were involved in a crash on Interstate 94 near Alexandria. A report from the Minnesota State Patrol attributed the crash to driving too fast for the slick road conditions. According to preliminary reports from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, the 384 traffic deaths in 2012 were up from the 368 recorded in 2011. Still, the recent report marks just the second time since 1944 that the state had fewer than 400 deaths. … In the past 20 years, there have been eight days with 10 or more traffic deaths, according to the DPS. … The longest stretch of days in which there were zero deaths was only four, which occurred from Jan. 15-18; Feb. 5-8 and June 10-13. There were 136 days with zero traffic deaths."
There are still facets of tax reciprocity between Minnesota and Wisconsin that need some re-thinking. Shelley Nelson of The Superior Telegram writes: "Without Minnesota legislative action, Wisconsin residents who work in Minnesota and Minnesota residents who work in Wisconsin will probably have to continue filing two state tax forms, Wisconsin Revenue Secretary Richard Chandler told Superior Days delegates Tuesday morning. The sticking point — one that has stalled negotiations for about a year — is the revenue Minnesota would lose from its residents who work in Wisconsin. Minnesota doesn't provide a full credit for taxes paid to other states, Chandler told the delegates. And Wisconsin taxpayers shouldn't make up the difference, he said. Wisconsin provides a full credit for income taxes paid to other states. 'They're taking a treasury-centric approach,' Chandler said of Minnesota. 'We think they should take a taxpayer-centric approach'." How much more do we have to do for that crowd? I mean, we let 'em live right next door …
And if you hadn't thought of the business-to-business tax in trucking terms … Pippi Mayfield of the Forum papers says: "One of the changes that would come with Dayton's budget is a 5.5 percent sales tax for trucking services. That tax would be added every time product is shipped. For example, if it's lumber, there would be a tax for trucking the raw material out of the woods and to the mill. It would be taxed again to haul it to a plant. It would be taxed yet again to haul it to the distributor, and finally, it could be taxed if it's trucked to the person purchasing the lumber to build something. This is because each time it is hauled somewhere, it is a service, and therefore would be taxed the proposed 5.5 percent. That has a 'huge multiplier effect,' [Minnesota Trucking Association President John] Hausladen said. 'It's hard on small businesses in Minnesota.' "
The basic message is: "Use more and better words." A Benilde-St. Margaret student, Jackie Lawyer, writes in a Strib commentary: "We have placed efficiency higher than 'luxuries' such as creativity. We cast aside adverbs, adjectives and all manner of descriptive speaking in search of getting to our points swiftly and safely. In so doing, we forfeit texture and color. The Shakespearean era marked the zenith of the English language. An insult hurled in that age had the force of a brick, the bite of a piranha. No one worried about the repercussions of political incorrectness, and rolling lists of adjectives were merrily added to any sentence. It was a fearless age. Today we cower. … I implore you to seek out adjectives beyond 'good,' 'bad,' 'lame,' 'cool' and 'awkward.' They express little passion, and the frequency of their occurrence in our everyday conversations simply bores me." And you're a kid …
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Teacher testing
What? I thought the only test they had to pass was to hit the bullseye at 200m!
You mean they have to TEACH too? (Someone better tell the NRA . . . . . . . . . )
The idea
that one can be an outstanding (or even adequate) teacher without a basic ability to read, write and cypher is incomprehensible.
A 77% to 35% disparity between white and black test takers is frightening.
It either indicates a major problem with the tests (and I know that test designers try to avoid any cultural biases) or the there are still major educational differences between blacks and whites.
I'd be interested in seeing a breakdown by subtest area (I would expect maths to be less culturally sensitive than language; certainly this is true for Asians). I would also be interested to see how Hispanics and SE Asians did on the test.
I took a quick look for detailed results by couldn't find anything. Any suggestions?
Where is a sample test?
Remember a while back when there was much angst about the student test scores, and someone posted an available online test with the same kinds of questions? And a bunch of commenters took the test with varying degrees of success (or lack thereof)?
I wonder if there's also an online example of this "teacher's competency test" anywhere? It might help to get some insight into the possibility of cultural bias if we could see the actual questions being asked.
OK -- found some breakdowns.
The most important thing is that out of about 4000 test takers (3000 of them female), only about 100 each were black and Hispanic.
This means that the samples for non-whites were too small to have much validity.
Again, the real question is why the numbers are so small.
It's not rocket science.
Just as a parking ticket is a civil fine which is levied against and payable by the owner of the car, a civil fine can be levied against the owner of a car which runs a red light. (We already hold owners legally responsible for damage caused by the operation, maintenance or use of their vehicle by another.) What the Constitution does not allow is the issuance of a criminal citation or the levy of a criminal penalty absent proof that the individual cited or penalized committed the crime.
Teachers must be able to write.
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I am in my second year of tutoring in middle school. One of the skills my 7th and 8th grade students truly lack is the ability to write simple, declarative sentences, to asemble those sentences into paragraphs and to organize those paragraphs into a finished product, even if only a single page.
Any teacher whose students are expected to turn in such work must be able to so himself or herself. Accepting barely comprehensible, or incomprehensible, work is unacceptable.
The only way we can know whether a teacher has this skill is to test it. While we can argue about the specifics of a given test, can anyone really argue that an english, social studies or science teacher does not need to know how to write? Try taking a test written by someone who can't phrase a question unambiguosly or properly use the vocabulary of his or her own subject matter.
Does an english teacher need a command of math? I don't see why they would. But I would demand that a math teacher be able to write, if only because I insist they be able to present test questions students can understand.
We have teachers who cannot do this. We have administrators who cannot do this. I know; I've worked with the materials that they've prepared.
Finally, there is this corollary of the old maxim that if all you have is a hammer, every problem is a nail: "Sharon Freeman, an assistant superintendent in St. Paul, said teaching skills don't shine in a test. She favors scrapping the test altogether. "It's about classroom management and relationships," she said. "Once you get those, the rest of it we can teach. But a test doesn't show if a teacher can form relationships and manage a classroom." So, a manager values management skills above all else. I wish I was surprised.
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A recently approved strategic plan for the next century will give the Israel Defense Force a global reach, according to the London- based newsletter Foreign Report.
The plan — described by the newsletter as "ambitious, extraordinary and radical" — will enable the IDF to deal more effectively with international terrorism and with potential threats from such countries as Iran, Pakistan and the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.
According to the report, the IDF will build a strategic command to deal with the threats rather than rely on creating ad-hoc forces to deal with emergencies as they arise.
The new command, which will be headed by a general who reports directly to the army chief of staff, will be constructed in four stages:
The first will involve the creation of an intelligence infrastructure in countries that do not border Israel — a massive operation that will involve the installation of eavesdropping devices and other monitoring systems, as well as making preparations for electronic warfare and computer espionage.
This task would normally be handled by the Mossad foreign intelligence service, but the strategic command will turn the project over to Israel's military intelligence service, Aman, according to Foreign Report.
The second stage will involve the gathering of intelligence data from distant sources. This is expected to occur some two years after the first stage begins.
The third stage will involve building a force capable of operating far from Israel. A first step toward creating that force began with the recent delivery from the United States of a squadron of F-151 jet fighters, which are now operative.
The aircraft are bought "naked" in the United States and, after arriving in Israel, undergo substantial modifications, including the fitting of sophisticated Israeli electronic equipment, the newsletter reported.
The F-151 squadron is intended exclusively for long-distance missions by the strategic command, including a possible bombing raid against nuclear installations in Iran. The jets are capable of traveling to their targets and returning to base without the need to refuel.
At the same time, a special full-time commando force will be trained for strategic missions beyond Israel's borders.
In the fourth stage, the chief of staff will coordinate all the ingredients of the new command. These include intelligence data from Aman, as well as the training of F-151 air and ground crews and the army commandos.
Also at this stage, Israeli officials envisage cooperation with the United States and Britain through liaison officers.
According to Foreign Report, Israel believes these are the only two governments that share the Jewish state's security concerns — and are willing to fight terrorism beyond their frontiers.

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What we've read in recent headlines was: 47 million Americans lack health insurance! Back on page 5, President Bush and Congress fight over reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which augments Medicaid coverage for children (and expires at the end of September). Looking at the data that produced the headlines makes it clearer how hard health reform is likely to be.
1. The coverage gap is widening fastest at upper incomes. Almost the entire increase in people without health insurance from 2005 to 2006 took place in families with incomes above $50,000 (median family income is $48,200). The number of uninsured people in families whose incomes were below $25,000 actually declined by about 4%.
Families with incomes above $50,000 a year account for an improbable 93% of the 2.1 million increase in the uninsured, and now represent 38% of the total uninsured in the United States. Two-thirds of the 2005-2006 increase was actually in families with incomes above $75,000! How far up into the middle class these incomes put someone obviously depends on where they live. In Manhattan, $75,000 a year is not a lot of money (consider that just parking your car, if you are foolish enough to own one, can cost $500 a month). In Topeka, Kansas, however, it's upper middle class.
What we don't know (and need to know) is exactly why nearly 18 million people whose families earn more than $50,000 a year lack health insurance. We can speculate that some of them are young, and have made what seems to them to be an intelligent gamble to "go bare" and spend the money on other things. Others not so young may be scrimping on health coverage in order to make their car payments, or to afford the suddenly more expensive jumbo mortgage payments on their homes, or cover their installment debt and energy bills. These data could indicate that worsening family cash flow is changing how the health benefit is viewed. The fact that relatively well-off households are having trouble remaining covered is deeply disturbing. It would be helpful to know more.
The average US household presently spends about 6% of its disposable household income on healthcare; the above average income household spends much less. In 2005, Americans spent about $250 billion out of pocket on health services and had another $190 billion taken out of their paychecks for health insurance premiums. In 2005, we spent a comparable amount, about $440 billion, on Christmas presents and about $470 billion on restaurants and fast food. How important is health coverage for middle and upper middle class households in their mix of spending priorities? However stressed financially, these families are not among the hundred neediest cases. How important it is to solve this problem with tax dollars will be discussed more below.Is it important enough to merit public subsidy?
2. Non-citizens are a large part of the uninsured population. One-quarter of the 47 million uninsured are foreign born, and over 10 million are not citizens. So the correct answer to the politically incorrect Trivial Pursuit question: "How many Americans are uninsured?" is a little less than 37 million (still too many, but . . .). When you look on a map at states that have the highest percentage of uninsured, you see essentially our southern border (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, etc.). Even those who surmount the numerous hurdles and become legal citizens are statutorily ineligible for federally funded health benefits for five years (though some states cover them in the unmatched part of their medically indigent programs).
So a significant contribution to the large number of uninsured people is made by our immigration crisis, which broke numerous Congressional teeth earlier this year and didn't get resolved. It is worth noting that the problem of covering immigrants is not unique to the U.S. It is a significant, though smaller, problem in every European country to which our health policies are unfavorably compared, including Britain, Spain, Germany, and Sweden. The legal restrictions on covering immigrants are not academic to our nation's hospitals, who must treat people who present in their emergency rooms regardless of their status, thanks to EMTALA (the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act), nor to community health centers and public health clinic systems, which treat people on the basis of need and ask citizenship questions later.
This is why candidate Romney's disingenuous "let the states do it" health policy makes limited sense. However many states make it as far as Massachusetts' highly evolved but still not universal health policy, it makes no sense whatever for each state to have its own immigration policy. That's what we have a national government for. From a public health perspective, to ignore this population is to tolerate a gaping hole in our defense against pandemic flu and other emerging disease risks.
3. Aging Boomers are a surprisingly large part of the uninsured population. Almost one quarter of the 47 million uninsured are between the ages of 45 and 64. Despite the large reservoir of public sympathy for "the kids", this older group of uninsured people may be the most expensive and scariest subpopulation because they are aging into the region of expensive chronic illnesses. Their emergency room visits are far more likely to be of the $25,000 variety and lead to hospital admissions. (A surprising 541,000 thousand people over age 65 lack health insurance, despite the smug assumption that we've achieved universal coverage for the elderly).
This older group of uninsured is bewilderingly diverse. It comprises homeless people, people who are widowed and divorced, laid off factory workers and computer programmers, free-agent knowledge workers, early retirees and those normal retirees whose companies either dropped retiree health coverage or went broke. (The disabled people in this age band are, of course, eligible for Medicare, though many do not enroll).
Mandating that these folks buy their own health insurance coverage, as "individual mandate" health policies such as Massachusetts' require, poses three practical problems: the limited number of health insurers that will offer coverage to high-risk, older people; their pre-existing medical conditions (which are increasingly numerous as one ages); and the cost, which can easily exceed $2500 a month (if coverage is available at all). Even families with $120,000-a-year incomes would struggle to pay that type of premium out of pocket. For families at or below the median income of $48,000, realistically, it's going to be impossible without public subsidy.
This is one reason why Massachusetts' supposedly universal health plan exempted 60,000 people who could not afford even a "stripped-down" benefit. How many more "high-risk/high-need" uninsured people could have afforded Massachusetts' health coverage if the state had seriously addressed its expensive health insurance mandates (requiring insurers operating in the state to cover chiropractors, in vitro fertilization, and breast reconstruction after cancer surgery, etc.) will be left to a future generation of doctoral students in health policy.
The obvious federal policy solution here was one proposed by unsuccessful 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry: Extend Medicare coverage on a voluntary basis to those over 55. This could reach about 4.5 million of the group. For those with lower incomes, federal subsidies would be required. Do these subsidies make more public policy sense than covering children whose families make, say, $84,000 a year, as New York would like to do with its SCHIP program? That is what we allegedly have a Congress to help sort out.
The Bush Administration pre-veto rhetoric of "no socialized healthcare" (about the SCHIP expansion) would no doubt also rule out Medicare buy-in below age 65. And Congress rejected Bush-supported legislation to pre-empt state insurance mandates in order to help create a national (and electronic) market for health insurance coverage. Lots of luck, therefore, on finding a politically neutral solution for this population, which is probably the biggest dollar risk to both the society and the individuals involved.
Uninsured among children grew by almost 8%. According to Census estimates, more than 8.6 million children lack health insurance coverage. Children are the "high value" targets in the health care coverage debate, and the hostages in the present Congressional standoff over SCHIP. In a Democracy Corps poll earlier this year, over half of likely voters said they would be "much more likely" to support a Congressional candidate who advocated extending Medicaid/SCHIP to "all children". That was double the number who support the perennial Kennedy proposal of "Medicare for All", effectively a single-payer, government run health financing system. How could any sensible Congressperson running for re-election possibly vote against covering "all the kids"?
When one looks at the data, however, the rhetorical glow of this political "no-brainer" fades quickly. SCHIP presently allows states to cover children in families whose household incomes are double the federal poverty level for a family of four, or about $41 thousand a year. The state with the most successful SCHIP "marketing" program, Wisconsin, has been able to enroll only 72% of those eligible. Enrollment has lagged because states slacked on the marketing effort, because of federal funding caps in some years (while money has gone unspent in others) or because the parents didn't know they were eligible, or because parents did know and did not want to enroll them for a variety of reasons (immigration status, self-reliance, etc.).
Urban Institute researchers Ken Finegold and Linda Giannarelli, who dove deep into the child health coverage data using the Institute's TRIM 3 data model, found a messier and more complex picture. They found that the federal census data dramatically understates whether children are actually receiving public benefits. By adjusting for the actual enrollment data from state and federal health programs, they found that about 4.9 million children were uninsured for the entire calendar year (2003-4) — considerably fewer than the 8.7 million from the Census estimate.
Of this still formidable number, a little more than a million were eligible (for at least one month. . .) for either Medicaid or SCHIP, a far cry from the 5.5-6.5 million public figure Congressional Democrats have cited. This lower estimate was immediately seized upon by the Bush Administration, scrambling to justify an impending and politically damaging veto of a $50-60 billion SCHIP reauthorization bill (liberally larded with dubious earmarks for friendly interest groups) looming up from the Democratic Congress.
The Urban Institute researchers found that a larger number of children, about 1.1 million, were ineligible because of their immigration status (either outright undocumented or temporary work status), and another 400 thousand were children of legal aliens locked out of the programs because their families had not been not legal permanent residents for five years.
Of the remaining number, 2.2 million children were ineligible for SCHIP because their family incomes were higher than 200% of the federal poverty standard (roughly $41 thousand a year). This is the swampy ground on which the SCHIP reauthorization fight is being fought. The Democratic leadership wants to expand SCHIP eligibility to 300% of the poverty level (or around $62 thousand a year). Several states want to go higher. New Jersey wants to go to 350% (about $71 thousand a year) and New York to 400% (or almost $84 thousand a year). Even my staunchly left-wing, tree-hugging significant other raised her eyebrows when she heard these numbers.
Can Congress Set Priorities? So the debate in Congress right now is really about creating a much broadened, publicly subsidized health benefit for middle-class and upper-middle-class families. There's a lot we don't know about this population of families. But one thing we do know is that three-quarters of the families in the band between 200% and 300% of poverty already have private coverage. The availability of publicly funded health coverage would make it likely that employers will drop family coverage options, or raise the cost enough to force their workers to choose the public program option.
It is a legitimate public policy question whether we ought to be subsidizing childrens' health coverage for families comfortably above the national median income of $48,000 a year. Again, that is why we have a Congress. But the question Congress ought to be asking is this: Is covering middle- or upper-middle-income children a better investment of scarce public dollars than, say, increasing funding for federally qualified community health centers (which funding Bush quietly doubled during his first six years in office) or increasing Medicaid payments to primary care physicians (who are retiring by the thousands or going broke taking care of publicly funded patients) or improving childhood immunization rates, or better financing children's nutrition programs, or, for that matter, covering aging baby boomers who have lost their employer-sponsored health coverage? Let's do have this debate, because it's how the decision ought to be made. You cannot do this by debating SCHIP alone. It is a piece of a much larger and messier puzzle.
That isn't going to happen, however, because the program expires at the end of the month. Sadly, the SCHIP reauthorization has devolved into a cynical maneuver by Congressional Democrats to force a reeling Bush White House to swallow the following headline: "BUSH VETOES HEALTH FUNDING FOR KIDS!" (How could he?). What a sad difference a decade has made. SCHIP was a bipartisan product of a lame-duck Clinton White House and Newt Gingrich's Congress in 1997. Yes, these two bitterly feuding parties actually worked together a decade ago and created this program. And it's done a lot of good. It surmounted Medicaid's administrative and image problems and, along with a parallel expansion of Medicaid, provided coverage to 12 million children (and a million of their parents).
But in the present political climate, a reasonable modernization of SCHIP is no longer possible. And it isn't just the Democrats who are the problem. Sorry, Wall Street Journal editorial staff, but SCHIP is not an entitlement program: Its funding is capped, there is no mandated benefit package, and states have impressive flexibility about who gets covered and when. Sorry, White House Press Office, SCHIP is not "socialized medicine" — the vast majority of coverage is actually provided by private health plans, just like the Part D drug coverage under Medicare you helped create in 2003. The overheated rhetoric will make finding a solution to the larger problem that much harder.
SCHIP was a product of the type of bipartisan collaboration that we will absolutely not see next year during a Presidential campaign, nor, I'm afraid, the following year, when the vicious partisanship of the current debate has been absorbed into the body politic. The political price of the damaging headline "BUSH VETOES HEALTH FUNDING FOR KIDS!" will be a far more caustic political climate in 2009 than we saw in 1997 — a scorched-earth atmosphere that will prevent a new Congress and President from seriously addressing the larger question of achieving universal health coverage.
Short of a Lyndon Johnson-style Democratic landslide, which isn't in the cards, solving the problem will require the participation of Congresspeople from both political parties. How is this collaboration possible in a political climate filled with angry rhetoric and "go for the jugular" political maneuvering? The SCHIP authorization is, sadly, merely the warm-up for the 2008-09 debate. "Covering the kids" is actually the feel-good part of health reform. Our political system is well and truly broken, singularly lacking in statesmen of any political persuasion. And it isn't fooling the voters, who have given both this White House and Congress record-low approval ratings. If politics as presently practiced in Washington continues, we will not have a just and affordable solution to this complex and vexing problem any time soon.


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I had a beautiful smile before the brow lift now my upper lip does not move when I smile. I can pucker and move it find only when I smile it does not react.
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Garmin added several new features and optional equipment for G1000-equipped 200- and 300-series King Airs that minimize pilot workload, offer additional NextGen capabilities and provide a number of operational benefits. These new features are now available as a free software update for owners and operators of G1000-equipped King Airs.
New features include user-defined holding patterns and several NextGen components. The user-defined holding patterns can be created over an existing fix in the navigation database or user-defined waypoint, making it easier to do unpublished holds or those assigned by air traffic control. The NextGen enhancements include barometric vertical navigation (Baro-Vnav) approach capability and required navigation performance (RNP) capability that includes the ability to fly procedures with radius-to-fix segments. The improvements also make the system ADS-B out compliant.
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Although some local residents and environmentalists have raised concerns that fracking operations could taint drinking water supplies, the issue has not become a major sticking point in Great Bear's development plans.The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is currently taking public comment on draft fracking regulations that would apply to the state's future unconventional oil operations ( EnergyWire , Jan. 3.) Duncan said the North Slope's bountiful water supply "is a huge benefit to us. We're doing an aquifer study to establish rates of deliverability and also to identify bands in the deep subsurface that we can use as sites for injecting our drilling waste." Alaska also has ample supplies of sand that Duncan predicts will be suitable for fracking. "We're fairly confident we should be able to find an in-state source," he said. "Something like that would be a huge cost driver for us in terms of being able to find local sources as opposed to having to ship such a large quantity of fairly heavy material." At the same time, however, the company is facing a serious scarcity of rigs and a lack of trained workers. "The primary thing that separates the North Slope from the lower 48 right now is a shortfall in rigs and other drilling and completion equipment that will be necessary for full development of these places," Duncan noted. "There simply aren't very many suitable rigs on the North Slope at this time." That shortage hit Great Bear this winter when the company was in the middle of testing the oil resources at its Alcor and Merak drill sites. "We did one test, one perk and sampled oil out of one of the unconventional zones that we encountered in Alcor," Duncan recalled. "We also encountered that zone at Merak. But we ran out of time."
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A very impressive detached double fronted modern family house, built circa 1969, the front inset with two Bow windows and reliefs of hanging tiles. The property occupies a delightful position, set well back from a large and level landscaped front garden, and positioned within a select close, well away from busy passing traffic. This substantial modern family house offers versatile accommodation, and has been both professionally extended, and internally refurbished to a high specification in recent years by the present owners. The property provides a well planned family residence, positioned within a highly sought after location. Improvements include PVC replacement double glazed windows with leaded lights, white panel internal doors with chrome handles together with gas heating with panel radiators and a combination Worcester boiler. The generous accommodation is approached centrally, via an open fronted pillared porch-way, with stone threshold, leading to a main entrance hall. The hall leads to a newly installed stylish contemporary designed one year old Kitchen & Dining room, equipped with a stainless steel five ring range cooker and an integrated dishwasher. This sizeable room provides ample space for a large dining table and chairs, and overlooks the wooded rear gardens.An open plan lounge is approached from the dining area, and is inset with a cast iron log burning stove with tiled hearth. A spacious sitting room includes PVC french doors which open onto a decked front patio, whilst a further staircase provides access to the fifth bedroom. Off the main hallway is a family room, independently approached, and overlooking the front gardens. Also off the hall is a downstairs cloakroom with white suite. An external utility room is approached from the kitchen comfortably, and being separate limits any noise factor.The first floor accommodation consists four double sized bedrooms plus a large white family bathroom, equipped with a corner bath, a separate shower cubicle, a wash hand basisn, as well as a low level w.c. and bidet. The master bedroom leads to a truly stunning new stylish en-suite shower room, completed within the last two weeks, with oval shaped wash hand basin, slimline WC, and double sized shower cubicle. Within bedroom four, there is a concealed staircase which leads to a large and versatile attic space ideal for storage and complete with window. An internal door also opens into bedroom five, which can also be approached from the ground floor sitting room. A substantial integral single garage with electronically controlled roller door, is approached via a six car private driveway. The rear gardens have been designed to provide a natural wildlife and wooded atmosphere, terraced and private, with sun patios. This truly impressive, well refurbished & extended home would be ideal for a growing family.
Room Dimensions
KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM 24'9 x 8'2 increaseing to 10'0
LOUNGE 15'9 x 11'7
SITTING ROOM 19'6 x 11'7
FAMILY ROOM 16'8 x 8'9
UTILITY ROOM 10'10 x 6'4
MASTER BEDROOM ONE 12'2 x 10'10
BEDROOM TWO 12'6 x 11'10
BEDROOM THREE 12'8 x 9'5
BEDROOM FOUR 11'10 x 11'6
BEDROOM FIVE 21'8 x 7'10
FAMILY BATHROOM 11'10 x 11'6
INTEGRAL GARAGE 17'1 x 11'0
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Red-hot Cabrini keeps rolling along.
Brittany Sandone scored 15 points to lead four players in double figures as the Cavaliers extended their winning streak to 18 games with a 72-62 victory over Keystone in the CSAC semifinals Wednesday night at Nerney Field House.
Cabrini (23-3) used a 6-0 run at the start of the second half to break the game open and advance to the championship game Saturday against second-seeded Gwynedd-Mercy. The Griffins topped fifth-seeded Marywood, 68-56, to earn a trip to Nerney for the championship round.
It is Cabrini's first trip to the conference championship since winning the title in 2009. Gwynedd-Mercy is the defending champion.
Sandone also had eight rebounds and three assists to go with her 15 points.
John Hopkins 64, Haverford 59
Maggie Fruehan's jump with 57 seconds left ignited a 4-0 game-ending run that earned the Blue Jays a trip to the Centennial Conference semifinals at Gettysburg. Fourth-seeded Johns Hopkins takes on the top-seeded Bullets in Friday's 6 p.m. opener. Second-seeded Swarthmore takes on No. 3 Muhlenberg in the nightcap.
FDU-Florham 67, Eastern 62
A trip to the MAC Freedom Conference championship game was not in the cards for the Eagles. Meghan Nowak led Eastern with 17 points and Kaitlyn Dougherty added 10.
Kutztown 74, Cheyney 47
Lachelle Miller tied her career high with 20 points, but it wasn't enough to lead the Wolves (1-21, 1-19 PSAC East) over the Golden Bears. Kyra Hines-Allen added 14 points and nine rebounds.
Saint Joseph's 68, La Salle 31
The Hawks (19-6, 10-1 Atlantic 10) turned in their best defensive performance of the season, holding the Explorers to 23 percent shooting from the field.
Xavier 54, Temple 53
Jessica Pachko hit a layup with six seconds left to lift the Muskateers over the Owls. Victoria Macauley led Temple with 15 points.
Men's Basketball
Cheyney 103, Kutztown 79
Jason Sabb poured in 35 points to lead the Wolves. He also had six rebounds and four assists. Deshawn Curtis added 10 points.
Men's Hockey
Neumann 4, Nazareth 1
Harley Garrioch got the Knights off to a good start in the ECAC West playoffs with one goal and two assists. Sean Crozier added one goal and one assist, while goalie Braely Torris turned back 19 shots.
Men's Lacrosse
Widener 13, Neumann 2
The Pride got the offense going early and then cranked up the defense in the second half to take its season opener.
Eastern 9, McDaniel 7
The Eagles used a three-goal barrage in the third and fourth quarters to break a 4-4 deadlock and come out on top in their season opener.
Grant Ferguson broke the tie with the second of his three goals. Eric Waibel netted his second goal to give the Eagles a 6-4 lead. He also finished the game with one assist. Shawn Farmer tallied his first goal of the season to give Eastern a three-goal lead.
Zac Ivy got his season off to a fast start with two goals and three assists for Eastern (1-0).


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All of the horns in view on our approach hike 9/22/12. Left to right: Razorback, Spire, Spike, LH6, LH5 (5d, 5c, 5b, 5a), LH4, LH3, LH2, LH1, and the saddle above Big Windy Canyon.
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Marta standing on the summit of 5.c, taken from the summit of 5.d.
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The north face of Low Horn 5 as viewed from the summit of Low Horn 4.
Marta Reece scrambling up to the NE ridge of low horn #4.
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Marta Reece walking up the narrow east ridge of Low Horn 3. The ridge is significantly narrower than it appears in this perspective.
New Mexico : Organ Mountains : ... : East Ridge (5.4)
Marta Reece leading up the east gully between Low Horns 2 and 3. She chose the tunnel option (under the large chock stone), but with packs on, it was a bit of a squirm for me.
New Mexico : Organ Mountains : ... : 2-3 Saddle (5.2)
Your only pro for about 20m of runout on slab climbing. This is not the only runout on the route. From here it's another 20m to the next set of bolted anchors, you get good pro as you approach the a
New Mexico : Organ Mountains : ... : North Face (5.6 R)
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Looking up at our 5th pitch. We went right, protected at the crack, then run-out up and right to a set of bolts. Another option is to head straight up to the roof, then traverse right to the same se
Jul 8, 2012
View of a cloudy Sugarloaf on our approach hike July 7, 2012. We had nice cool climbing for the first 6 pitches (to big bivy ledge), watching storms carefully, we bailed two pitches too late and got
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Lion vs. dog print.
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Old summit register (see comment)
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Looking at The Retaining Wall from the summit of The Organ Needle. The route is shown. The actual summit is the jumble of boulders in the top center of the photo, or possibly the slanting block just
New Mexico : Organ Mountains : ... : North Face, Hummingbird Sad... (5.4)
Looking up the summit plane of The Cwm from near the bottom where the west ridge route comes up. It's hard to get a feel for the angle of the plane here, maybe 30 degrees(?), it can be walked, but yo
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Oct 15, 2011
On our hike out (back down to Aguirre Springs), looking up the approach Gulley. LtoR: Middle Rabbit Ear (w/ the church key looming over the MRE/NRE col), North Rabbit Ear, The Cwm, and Last Peak. A
The moon is setting during our early morning approach hike. From left to right: Middle Rabbit Ear, North Rabbit Ear, The Cwm, Last Peak, and Nordspitz.
Sorry 'bout the fingers in the picture, I couldn't shade the camera from the sun and keep my fingers out. Anyhow, photo shows the middle of the route, If done in 3 pitches, P1 out of view, and P3 goe
New Mexico : Organ Mountains : ... : West Ridge (5.5)
Here's Marta, coming up to finish our 3rd pitch (could be the finish of a second pitch). The Cwm/Last Peak saddle jut out of the shade in the far upper right of the photo. From here one could scramb
Marta Reece leads out on our second pitch after leaving the big ledge, there's some steep but easy (5.5) climbing with good exposure.


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The number '8' is synonymous with prosperity and fortune in the Chinese culture. This number is so auspicious that it's becoming a common figure in the Chinese community – phone numbers, addresses or even car number plates are preferred to have the number '8'. Riding in the wave of '8's is the Standard Chartered Extravagant 8 Menu for this Chinese New Year, whereby the campaign is participated by a total of 8 restaurants, with 8 dishes per menu, costing RM888 per table. So many '8's! One of such restaurants is Gu Yue Tien at Chulan Square. It was my first time going to Chulan Square and certainly my first time stepping into this classy Chinese restaurant.
Comfortable dining environment at Gu Yue Tien
The interior of the restaurant was elegantly furnished, with gold-coloured chairs, white table clothes and dark blue carpet.
The first dish to start off the menu was the Norwegian Salmon 'Yee Sang'. The first thing I noticed with this Yee Sang was the absence of shredded vegetables! Instead of the common shredded vegetables, carrots, ginger, etc used in a plate of Yee Sang, I saw lettuce and radish instead. And so the story went that the chef is not a fan of processed or preserved food, hence the ingredients used were fresh vegetables. I was game!
Norwegian Salmon 'Yee Sang'
The sauce had a tangy and fruity sweet finish to it, which was later discovered to be strawberry sauce. Lovely.
Lou Sang or Lou Hei
The appetizer came in a delicate egg shell with its top removed. Upon further exploration, we found a half-boiled egg yolk submerged within the foie gras gravy. This dish of Gu Yue Tien Soft Boiled Egg with Foie Gras was prepared by removing the egg white first and pouring hot foie gras sauce onto it, making the yolk to be half-boiled, while maintaining the warmth of the egg during serving time.
Gu Yue Tien Soft Boiled Egg with Foie Gras
This was decadent to say the least! Glorious, smooth and delicious without overly rich. What a smart idea from the chef.
Gloriously sinful
For those who are anti-shark's fin, this dish of Thick Assorted Seafood Soup with Crab Roe is perfect. Served with a golden hue from the crab roe, it was aromatic, flavourful and hearty.
A Thick Assorted Seafood Soup with Crab Roe
The star of the night was undoubtedly and unanimously, the Salt Baked Spanish Iberico Pork Ribs! Its entrance alone was eye-catching and attention-seeking, stopping people in the midst of conversations, and screaming for cameras. We all loved the Iberico pork ribs! The aroma was distinctive, tantalizing and mouth-watering. I swear, I was this close to drooling while taking pictures of this lovely slab of pork ribs.
Salt Baked Spanish Iberico Pork Ribs
Watching the staff cut the ribs was another sight to behold – the cracking of skin, the oozing of juice and the whiff of the spices were almost too hard to handle.
Cutting up the pork ribs
And finally, when the ribs were on my plate, could I scream 'heavenly!'. The ribs indeed, brought me to heaven and back. The first bite of the skin was crispy, while the meat inside was juicy and tender, with minimal fat and oil. Just the way I liked it! In fact, this could easily be the best pork ribs that I've ever tasted! These were so good I shamelessly had multiple helpings. 😛
Best ribs ever
Next up was the Steamed Giant Garoupa with Minced Ginger and Yellow Bean Paste. This giant garoupa was a whopping 36kg piece of fish – with the capacity to feed over 250 people! Now I've had my taste of huge fish before and the meat is usually firm and tough, but this was fresh, smooth and flaky. The minced ginger took away what fishy smell it would have, and the yellow bean paste made it very moreish and delicious.
Steamed Giant Garoupa with Minced Ginger and Yellow Bean Paste
Smooth and flaky texture
Steamed Glutinous Rice with Fresh Water Prawn and Wax Meat arrived when I was already full, but the sight of the huge fresh water prawns was enough to entice my palate. 🙂 Everyone was busy 'booking' the prawn with the most roe, while I was secretly feasting my eyes on the waxed meat instead.
Steamed Glutinous Rice with Fresh Water Prawn and Wax Meat
While I enjoyed the fresh and succulent prawn, I found the glutinous rice to be a tad oily. Still, the waxed meat was good!
Fresh water prawn
Pan Fried 'Nian Gao' was done differently in Gu Yue Tien. Instead of deep-frying it with flour like it's commonly done, this was coated with black and white sesame seeds, giving it a very aromatic flavour, minus the guilt from deep-frying! 🙂
Pan Fried 'Nian Gao'
'Nian Gao' coated with sesame seeds
Last but not least, something sweet to end our wholesome meal – Chilled Mango Cream with Pomelo or commonly known as "Yeung Ji Kam Lo" in Cantonese. A mixture of mango cream with morsels of pomelo, topped with a scoop of ice-cream. I can never say no to that!
Chilled Mango Cream with Pomelo
Dinner was amazing, but it was made more awesome with the company of new friends and the animated Chef Frankie Woo!
Tim and Chef Frankie Woo
Gu Yue Tien dining environment
Gu Yue Tien Restaurant
Are you a Standard Chartered credit card holder? In conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration, the best chefs from the Top 8 Chinese restaurants in the Klang Valley will cook up a storm to prepare customized Extravagant 8 menus to satiate the palate and tantalize the taste buds between 20th January and 17th February 2011, exclusively for Standard Chartered credit card holders.
Restoran Gu Yue Tien Sdn. Bhd. (Non Halal)
Chulan Square
92, Jalan Raja Chulan,
50200 Kuala Lumpur,
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American Beauty Recipe
The perfect signature drink for your soiree, this is surprisingly smooth, so it'll go down easy. But be careful: Too many of these and you'll go from American Beauty to Sleeping Beauty! —Simple & Delicious Test Kitchen
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- 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
- 1/2 ounce orange juice
- 1/2 ounce brandy
- 1/2 ounce grenadine syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon clear creme de menthe
- 1 teaspoon port wine
- 1. Fill a shaker three-fourths full with ice. Add the vermouth, orange juice, brandy, grenadine and creme de menthe; cover and shake for 10-15 seconds or until condensation forms on outside of shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass; top with port. Yield: 1 serving.
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YouTube to Pull the Plug on at Least 60% of its Programming Deals
YouTube has helped fund about 160 "channels" as part of a new strategy to make the video site more TV-like. And just like the TV world, YouTube isn't going to renew all of last season's programs. This week, Google's video site will start offering new contracts to some of the channel programmers/creators it signed up in the last year, but not all of them. YouTube figures it will end up reinvesting in up to 40 percent of its original channels by the time the renewal process is done.
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Third-party insurance against the invalidation risk of Californian carbon offset credits has yet to sell, with buyers and sellers addressing the potential liability in other ways so far. While the company offering the product reports some initial interest from market participants, it expects demand to pick up as offset liquidity increases.
Parhelion Underwriting, a London-based insurance firm specialising in carbon markets, launched the product last year to address what is a particular problem for California carbon offsets (CCOs): such credits can be invalidated by regulator Air Resources Board (ARB) for up to eight years after issuance. Furthermore, if not agreed otherwise at the time of the deal, the buyer, rather than the seller, is liable.
"We haven't completed any transaction yet, but we have a pipeline of around 20 offset projects with which [we] are under underwriting consideration, representing approximately 250,000 offset credits", CEO Julian Richardson told ICIS.
The product is suitable for offsets issued under the ozone-depleting substances, livestock and forestry offset protocols.
"Offsets have been less liquid then expected because of low [Californian carbon allowance] CCA prices. As we see more offsets being traded, we expect higher demand for our product," Richardson added.
Only 5.5m offsets have been issued so far to the market to date, data from regulator Air Resources Board show. Companies can use offsets to fulfil up to 8% of their compliance obligations, under the Californian cap-and-trade system rules.
Legal sources said that the insurance product could become attractive to large buyers such as Investor Owned Utilities, which under California Public Utilities Commission rules can only buy offsets for which the seller assumes the invalidation risk.
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The ways in which invalidation risk and buyer liability is addressed by dealers has generated price spreads among credits with different risk profiles.
The most expensive credits are offsets for which the seller commits to replacement in case of invalidation, which the market refers to as "golden" CCOs.
At the opposite end of the price range are non-guaranteed credits, for which the invalidation risk remains with the buyer for the default invalidation risk period of eight years. This type of credits are known as a CCO8s.
The invalidation period can be cut down to three years if the project is verified a second time by a new verifier, which turns a CCO8 into a more expensive CCO3.
The insurance product would stand as a third way to deal with the risk at a lower cost as its price is "within the market spread between CCO3s and golden CCOs", Richardson said.
With CCAs for delivery in December 2014 currently valued at $11.96/tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e), a golden CCO is worth around $9.85/tCO2e, a CCO3 $8.95/tCO2e and a CCO8 $8.85/tCO2e. Silvia Molteni


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Super Bowl teams are used to getting an outpouring of support from their fans for the big game. But the New York Giants have received a different type of cheer from residents of the Cedar Crest Retirement Community in Pompton Plains, N.J. - a YouTube video in which they lip-synch to a rap song created for the Giants by 3rd Infantry.
The video has received 8,925 hits since it went up Jan. 30.
"We have our own TV studio and residents run all the equipment," Larry Curran, lead TV community coordinator at Cedar Crest told ABC News.com. "They're getting tired of some of the stuff we've been doing. We wanted to do something really fun."
The residents, who range in age from 76 to 91, had plenty of equipment and no shortage of participants who wanted to show their love for the Giants as word of the video spread through an ad on Cedar Crest's community television network.
But then came the biggest decision of all: What kind of video should they make? As the residents sat in Curran's office, browsing through videos and listening to 3rd Infantry rap about the Giants, Curran looked out his 15-foot window and saw someone talking on a cell phone. He could only see the person's lips moving and could not hear the conversation at all. All anyone could hear was the rap music, and suddenly an idea was born: They'd lip-synch to 3rd Infantry's Giants song.
Simulating travel to Indianapolis - home of the big game - was the residents' idea. The Winnebago RV painted in Giants colors belonged to the family of Cedar Crest's transportation coordinator.
"The residents on camera, they love to have fun," said Curran. "Tony, who said, 'I'm driving,' in the video, said, 'Hold on Larry, I'm missing something. I don't have a beer in my hand.'" But since Tony was going to be driving the RV, they decided against the beer.
"It was a lot of fun, and I was really surprised about the amount of play it's getting online," said Rob Evans, the lead rapper in the video.
As for the Super Bowl plans of the Cedar Crest residents, all the living rooms in the community will be hosting parties come Sunday.


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" Hague Lane / Wentworth / Rotherham / South Yorkshire / S62 7TF / England "
I visited this garden centre for the first time very recently. Located in Rotherham, where I have lived for 9 years, I have never really come across this place till recently. My son's school took the two year one classes on a trip here from school which I was asked to accompany them on. At first I was thinking to myself what a strange place for a school trip, but our experience on the day was a good one, and it was actually a place with lots to do and plenty to entertain children.
It is situated over the other side of Rotherham from the village where I live. We had to take a bus over to the village of Wentworth which took about 20 minutes. The garden centre is located on Hague Lane, and can be accessed using the postcode S62 7TF.
The place can be divided into several different sections, and you pay to go into some of the sections, though access to the main garden centre is free. Entry was through a gate into the garden centre. This was like any garden centre I have been to, stocking a large variety of plants from flowers to vegetables, to trees and fruit trees, which you could purchase at a kiosk at the gate. There was then another section behind another wall where there were different ornamental features for gardens, such as paving slabs, statues, different types of pots, and this was where the garden centre seemed that bit superior to other places due to the sheer variety of things you could get here if you chose to.
To the right of the main garden centre is a garden, which you need to pay to go into. The cost was £1.50 for adults, or £0.75 for children over 3 to go into this area. This is a historical garden belonging to the house owned by the Fitzwilliam family. The first item we came across was a maze. The children were all pretty excited to go into this maze, which was high enough for adults to not be able to see over. Although this was not a large maze, it was quite fun to go round it.
Other highlights for this garden are:
-the header tank area - now a gravelled area, next to a paddock with deer in it. The children enjoyed watching the deer playing in the sun and grazing, and climbing down the steps into the tank to see how deep it is.
- the bear pit - this used to house bears, now, you can walk down some steps into the pit and see what it was like.
- the duck houses - these were located within a lovely ornamental garden that we told the children was a secret garden. There was a date from the 1800s scratched into one of the stone steps, and it is amazingly beautiful in this area.
The water features are also very relaxing. There was a pond with a little stream to step over using a stone, and a water feature to sit next to. The gardens were very relaxing to walk round with plenty to see, and gave the children plenty of ideas to create their own garden when they got back to school.
We walked round the garden and maze at quite a pace, and spent about an hour in there, but I think I could happily just sit in there for a while and enjoy the peace of the day.
We then found a patch of grass to sit and have a picnic, but other visitors to the site can make use of the café. There was a large outdoor terrace to sit at.
In the afternoon, the children were allowed some time to enjoy the playground that is there. We took one class of about 25 children at a time to play on the wood chipped park, and there were a couple of families with younger children there too, and the park was big enough to accomodate them. There were a couple of sets of swings, a see saw, some of those rockers on springs that go backwards and forwards when children sit on them, a couple of climbing frames with a firemans pole and a slide. It was enough to occupy children under tens, and it looked like a smaller park for toddlers was being made but wasn't yet ready to open. All the equipment was well made and a lot of fun watching all our kids on it.
For our last part of the day, we went into the family farm attached to the centre. I wasn't sure what to expect from this with it not being a proper farm, but it was quite decent for the 5 and 6 year olds we took with us. Again, you need to pay a bit extra to go into the farm, but I am not sure how much this was as it was paid for by the lead teacher on behalf of all of the group.
There was food for sale at the kiosk, which was that sort of pellet food you always seem to be able to buy at farms. On the pens, it was pretty clear if you were able to feed that particular animal or not.
We were able to see goats, pigs, newborn lambs, different species of birds from hens that were laying eggs, to peacocks, to the more exotic kookaburra. It was interesting to see that they had a pen with foxes in it. It's rare to see foxes that close up - I know I've only ever managed it when visiting my in-laws down in London where the foxes are so brazen that they will come within feet of you on a domestic street. Like many places, they had meercats. I'm not sure how many as none were out of their burrow when we were looking, but a lady who works at the garden centre did bring one out to show our children up close. I am not sure if that was just because we were a school party however. I didn't see anything suggesting keeper talks. Although this area was quite small, it had within it an area with toy tractors for children under 6 to drive about on, and there was also a small wooden play area too, which seems odd as the garden centre has its own park. However looking on the website I see that the farm used to be a seperate attraction and its fairly recent that they merged.
While I would never have thought of taking my children here for a day out, I have to say that it is perfectly reasonable to do so and it would not cost you that much as a family to do all there is to do on the site in one day. There isn't really a designated place to have a picnic, but we were quite happy finding a patch of floor and sitting there to have our break in the day. I think if I were visiting on my own I would be tempted to just use the café. There was certainly a lot more to entertain on site than I would have thought myself, and my son enjoyed it so much he has asked if we can go back at some stage.
There's more to this venue than just a garden centre. I feel its a bit of a hidden gem, and I would never have thought it a tourist attraction before our visit. If you live nearby, then I feel it is somewhere worthy of a visit.
I've been going to this garden centre for many years now and have seen so many improvements in this time.
Recently they have had a new children's playground built which is fantastic and suits all ages. Next to the playground is a lovely little farm, but when I say little I mean little. You could easily kill 45 minutes there but not much longer. You have to pay to enter, only a few pounds and you can also buy the bags of food for the animals for a few pence. It has recently been improved and is really clean and has more animals to show.
The garden centre grounds are just lovely with plants around the walkways. They also sell a few items of garden furniture.
There is a nice little cafe there but it gets so busy I would recommend eating before you go as people are often queuing out of the door.
A few small shops surround a little courtyard including some lovely nick knack shops and a great butchers.
Our favourite part is the aquatic centre which houses 100's of fish and also small animals and birds.
Outside the entrance you will find a small market stall selling fruit and vegetables from a local farm which are great quality and competitive prices also.
There are quite a few car parking spaces but it often gets really busy especially on weekends.
All in all a lovely place to spend an afternoon


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Coast Guard Medal
Service: Coast Guard
Instituted: 1958
Criteria: Heroism not involving actual conflict with an armed enemy of the United States.
Devices: Gold Star
The Coast Guard's search and rescue mission makes it inevitable that personnel of that service will occasionally be faced with extremely hazardous situations. After World War II, to provide a parallel Coast Guard decoration to the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the Coast Guard sought legislation for an appropriate counterpart decoration.
Authority for the new decoration, know as the Coast Guard Medal, was accordingly granted by an Act of Congress on August 4, 1949 but it was not designed and struck until 1958.
The Coast Guard Medal is awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Coast Guard, distinguishes himself by heroism not involving actual com bat with the enemy. To justify the Coast Guard Medal, the individual must have performed a voluntary act of heroism in the face of great danger which also extended beyond that normally expected of the individual. For lifesaving, the individual must have displayed heroism at the risk of his life.
It was first awarded in June of 1958. The first recipients were Engineman Third Class Earl A. Leyda and Boatswain's Mate Third Class Raymond A. Johnson, both of whom received the medal for their attempted rescue of workers trapped 5,800 feet below Lake Ontario after a tunnel explosion at Oswego, New York.
The Coast Guard Medal was designed and sculpted by Thomas Hudson Jones of the Army's Institute of Heraldry and is a bronze octagon. On its obverse it bears the Coast Guard Seal enclosed within a circle of continuous cable. The reverse is plain except for the inscription, "FOR HEROISM" in raised letters. The ribbon is medium blue in the center and at the edges, with two sets of alternating white and red stripes (four white and three red). An additional award is denoted by a five-sixteenth inch diameter gold star.


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I Have Pac-Man Fever Again
My fellow CHEGhead Marc Check began his last blog talking about some of the great Pac-Man artifacts in the NCHEG collection and how this character evokes in him a sense of early 80's nostalgia. Like Marc, I too, caught Pac-Man Fever when it struck in epidemic proportion in 1981. My heart still holds a special place for Pac-Man and his family. Yes, family. Such a global phenomenon was bound to inspire spin-offs, and in this case it included a wife and children.
When Bally/Midway released Ms. Pac-Man later in the year, I immediately switched my allegiance and, like most of my friends, dropped quarter after quarter in pursuit of the high score at the local arcade. With its four distinct mazes and faster action, this game proved much more challenging, and a successful round yielded untold school hallway bragging rights. I can still remember the sense of pride I felt the first time I broke 100,000 points.
In addition to playing arcade games, I also loved the fast action and marvelous sounds of pinball. In 1982, Dave Nutting, an industry veteran who had earlier produced Sea Wolf (1976) and Gorf (1981), launched Bally/Midway's Baby Pac-Man, a unique pinball and arcade game hybrid. But don't let the title fool you; this was a difficult game to master. A local bowling alley had a copy and small crowds gathered to watch players challenge the machine on a regular basis.
Players of Baby Pac-Man navigate the video game maze in much the same way they do in both Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, but there are no energizers (power-ups) to help turn the table on the ghosts pursuing Baby Pac-Man. On-screen escape tunnels transition gameplay from the arcade screen to the short pinball playfield below, where players can earn energizers and points. In this way, action between the video game and the pinball play is interlinked in a more significant way than just your final score.
Until recently, when we acquired a working copy of Baby Pac-Man for the NCHEG collection, I hadn't played the game in more than two decades. When Marc first saw it, his facial expression gave away the fact that like me, he remains a fan. We quickly discovered that in our youth we both had played Baby Pac-Man at the same local bowling alley. I'm planning to challenge Marc to a game here at NCHEG, but first I'm going to play a few rounds by myself to freshen my skills.
You'll have to excuse me now; I think I may need to take the afternoon and head to the doctor. I have a fever again….
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There's an interesting article in last month's Game Informer that talks about the history of Ms. Pac-Man. The team that invented in discussed how the game came about. I never realized that every Ms. Pac-Mac is really just a Pac-Man cabinet with a daughterboard attached that randomizes some of the gameplay and gives Pac-Man a beauty mark and bow. Brilliant! I like how the dip switches can be changed too. My wife and I try to play the ones in the Rochester area that are on the "faster" speed setting.
My best experience with Pac-Man was finally finding a real Puc-Man machine for play at an arcade in California. The Pinball version was out on the floor at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Vegas.
You should both polish up on your Pac-Man speed runs and read up on the Pac-Man pattern!
A NDS Homebrew author known as "Copper" has coded a very faithful Emulator for the NDS (DS Pack). It supports the entire Pac-Man board, including Puc-Man and various clones.
There have been GBA Homebrew ports, Clones, Flash versions, etc. The great thing about Pac-Man is the number of ports, clones, and spin-offs. Everyone can usually find at least 1 Pac-Man game that they will enjoy.


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I had uneven skin tone and was told that 3 treatments using the Palomar laser would even my skin tone. I was told there were no negative side effects. After 2nd treatment I noticed dark ridges under my eyes but was assured they would go away. After 3rd treatment, the ridges were deeper and darker.
After 1 1/2 yrs the dark ridges remain and they have added 10 yrs to my looks. There are before and after pictures to prove my complaint (possession of Dr. office) The doctor said they were willing to try injections and defer 1/2 the cost for the 1st treatment but I declined. I did not want to subject myself to a life time of having injections to correct an obvious problem with this treatment.
I have tried over the counter topical applications to alleviate the dark ridges, but nothing works. I am a professional woman that must interface with customers. The end result of this procedure has made me extremely self conscious about my appearance considering the negative feedback I receive.
I am constantly asked, "if everything is OK at home?" "rough night?" etc. The doctor contacted Palomar and was told they never had any complaints of this nature and therefore didn't have a course of treatment to correct the condition.


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Directory: Techniques → Offensive techniques
Gigantic Blaze is an Exploding Wave attack used by Omega Shenron.
OverviewOmega Shenron lifts his right hand and a giant explosion erupts underneath the enemy, inflicting a great amount of damage.
Omega Shenron uses this attack against Goku and the other Z Fighters to show off his powers after absorbing the other six Dragon Balls. When he uses the attack, it blows all the Z Fighters away, except for Super Saiyan 4 Goku.
Appearances in games
Gigantic Blaze was named in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3, where Syn Shenron has it as his Ultimate Blast and his transformation to Omega Shenron has it as a Blast 2 attack.


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I am dying my concrete indoor floors and have tile where the concrete meet with tile. Does anyone know what I need to do for transitions from the floor types. What has been written does not help! DH
Changing flooring materials within the same room or between rooms with large openings requires some forethought and planning.
The materials not only need to look good together, you'll need to choose an edging or transition that makes the change as attractive, comfortable, and level to walk across as possible.
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I am dying my concrete indoor floors and have tile where the concrete meet with tile. Does anyone know what I need to do for transitions from the floor types. What has been written does not help! DH2/23/2011 04:44:04 PM Report Abuse
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Buyer and Logistics Coordinator
Marengo Foods Company, LLC was formed in August of 2009 as a partnership between three well-established growers. This partnership was the result of continuous improvement studies and statistical analysis that showed us the need to come closer to our customers in order to bring the freshest and safest product to the consumer and also the need to do this in the most efficient and cost effective way.
We're currently seeking to hire a Buyer and Logistics Coordinator for a position based in the Dallas – Fort Worth, TX metroplex area. Office/work hours (subject to change based on work needs) are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday - Friday (w lunch break) and 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Saturday. Must be on call to handle/resolve work issues 24/7.
Equipment Provided:
- Computer (Laptop) to be on reach to make changes in system when out of the office
- Company paid cell phone to be on reach when out of the office.
- Nextel DC will be provided if required by work.
Further information:
- Up to 5 (paid) days per year for medical/personal reasons.
- Office space, supplies, equipment, furniture, and anything else required will be provided by the company.
- Employee will be responsible of maintaining and updating his equipment for its good performance and well functioning.
- Receive daily quotes for spot market sales from vendors by region (FOB-McAllen, FOB-Nogales, FOB-San Diego, FOB-domestic crop areas in the summer)
- Source all produce needs to cover contracts and sales in coordination with the sales team and the repacking team in Dallas.
- Negotiate contract pricing with potential vendors to cover contract/committed business.
- Document food safety requirements from vendors.
- Document contract breaches from produce vendors regarding quality and condition of purchased product on a timely manner to ensure protection from shippers in the event when deductions would be required.
- Receive daily quotes for spot market freight rates.
- Assign transportation for all inbound product from Marengo Hidalgo, and from all other areas where product is purchased.
- Follow up on inbound trucks periodically during the day to ensure timely arrivals.
- Manage and track up to date insurance for all carriers and make sure on file at all times and keep updated as needed
- Document contract breaches from trucking companies regarding temperature, and time to deliver.
- Weekly review of PO's for purchased produce as well as freight/transportation bills, to approve and pass on to AP for prompt payment.
- Weekly report on duties and activities to sales executive Joe Martinez.
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Arturo Camarena, 35, and Mary Sanchez, 29, were arrested during a monthly probation-compliance check by the Vista Sheriff's Station's Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving Unit and booked into the Vista jail, the news release states.
The daughter was taken into protective custody, the release said.
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So, let me get this straight.. are there no V05 products in Australia that don't have cones in them? This absolutely sucks. I saw people on the 'frustrated' thread talking about 'pears' conditioner but I checked the ingredients and I saw a few cones in thier products! I'm honestly about to give up on this 'gc method' it's getting kind of rediculous attempting to find products.. i miss my panteen. lol.


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Capo on 4th
C#m E A G#m
Battle hymns for the broken, Battle hymns for the misled
E G#m C#m
Battle hymns for the wretched, The forgotten and the dead
Battle hymns of redemption, Of solidarity and pride
Battle hymns we will be singing, At the turning of the tide
continuous downstrokes
C#m E B C#m
continuous downstrokes
C#m E
Can you explain to the mothers, And the fathers of those
B C#m
Who come riding home in coffins, In their military clothes
Shiny medals pinned, To their dead teenage chests
While the trumpets blare, And you lie your best
So ask all you want, From the dusk til the dawn
The answer's still no, Cause brother I'm gone
Bridge (I haven't figured that out yet)
C#m B G#m G#m
C#m E B C#m
Can you explain away the sleight of hand, And the criminality
Of spending souls for oil, Well in the mirror I can see
I am the path that leads down, I am a dark and bloody hall
I'm the reaper, executioner, Hangman, judge, and the law
So tie a yellow ribbon, Round the oak tree on the lawn
But the cavalry's not comin', Cause brother they're gone
Bridge (I haven't figured that out yet)
C#m B G#m G#m
C#m E B C#m
So I'm sharpening my shovel, I'm firing the kiln
I'm blind and I am purposeful, A martyr on the hill
The dream you might be dreaming, Might be someone else's dream tonight
I'm the whisperer of misgivings, I'm the fading tail light
I'm the call for retribution, From the back of the smoke filled hall
I'm the vow of bitterness, I'm the poison in the well
I've a photographic memory, Of the deeds I will avenge
I'm the cold in the river hollow, I've a hatpin, I've a plan
I don't care of cause or consequence, Head shaved and body lean
I'm the go-getter, the score settler, I'm the shadow on the green
There's a flock of blackbirds flying, Nearly ten thousand strong
Who set off this morning, And brother they're gone
C#m E B C#m


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– Joan of Arc, by Leonard Cohen
(the most gorgeous version
of which is sung by Jennifer Warnes)
I admit it: I'm burned out. Fried. Toasted.
But this time, there's something satisfying and tasty about being…roasted by the life I've chosen. I'm reveling in it. Rather than the usual "How'd I let this happen?, or, I'm weak, or, I should take better care of myself…" admonishments (from myself and others,) I'm curling up to my tenderized being and I'm really very pleased with the state of me.
I'm devoted to tending the fire of knowledge, to blazing my own trail. Burn out is a natural part of shining. Naturally. I welcome it now.
Because I'm such a Typically Tough Cookie, admitting to burn out is not my first inclination. My response to the creeping psyche crispies has been to put on more mascara and tighten my bra straps. But the evidence has been surfacing:
- – Your friend asks where you want to go for breakfast and you say, "Anywhere they serve mashed potatoes and chocolate cake."
- – When asked what famous historical figure you'd like to have dinner with, you choose Joan of Arc, "because I want to know if she was a nut-bar or truly vocationally inspired."
- – You start listening to inordinate amounts of music from high school (for me that would be The Cure) and Gregorian chants.
- – You wear a hat, sunglasses, and a scarf to the grocery store. You wish you could wear your Uggs to business meetings.
- – You generally feel like you're walking through the world minus a layer of epidermis and it's really windy outside.
- – You totally relate to this "Overnight Success" video from Chris Brogan.
- – When you hear some tragic news about brutality and violence, you want to collapse into a ball of sobbing guilt because, clearly, you're not doing enough to save the human race from it's mortal coil.
- – Your monastic fantasies are unceasing. You dream of living on an island only accessible by boat (but where, magically, FedEx and Pizza Hut still deliver.)
Yep, you done be fried.
- – You run long and hard, you get tired. That's a fact. Marathoners don't criticize themselves after a race for being exhausted. They rest.
- – Rest and excitement don't have to be mutually exclusive terms. You can have some down time and still bubble with the anticipation of getting back into the game.
- – My wonder goddess coach, Dyana Valentine puts it this way: "Your energetic vulnerability is helping you get clear on what you need." Damn, that's goood.
- – Take stock of all you've accomplished. You've come far, baby. And you've got the road rash and the muscle definition to prove it.
- – "Life balance" is an insidious myth. Picasso, Oprah, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Maria Callas – they weren't aiming for balance, they were aiming to rock their genius, and they've all had periods of burn out.
- – Cozy comfort hiding quiet time can make for some amazing new ideas.
- – On the seventh day, even God rested.
- – As the legend goes, when the Phoenix resurrects from the flames, she is even more beautiful than before.
I will start a fresh fire and jump back into it. I'm gathering kindling in between unpacking my suitcases and naps. I've got Bigger Than Ever Plans. And maybe six months or six years from now, I will be burned out, spent, deeply satiated and in need of cocoa and solace again. I'm looking forward to it.
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Danielle LaPorte is the author of the book The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide for Creating Success on Your Own Terms (from Random House/Crown). An inspirational speaker, former think tank exec and business strategist, she is the creator of the online program The Spark Kit: A Digital Experience for Entrepreneurs and co-author of Your Big Beautiful Book Plan. Over a million visitors have gone for her straight-up advice on DanielleLaPorte.com, a site that has been deemed "the best place on-line for kick-ass spirituality."
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Continuous-wave operation of a diode-pumped solid-state Raman laser at 1176 nm is reported. The intra cavity Raman laser, based on a Nd:YAG laser crystal and a Raman crystal, reached threshold for 4 W of diode input power and gave up to 800 mW of output power at an overall conversion efficiency of 4%.
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text: Michael Snoyman wrote: > I would prefer if the test read as: > > > test33 = fmap (== Left "throwError") $ test3c (throwError "throwError" :: > ErrorT String IO String) > > Which never in fact returns True. Or, more to the point, the test is > never even called, since the runtime exception prevents it. If you prefer the raised exception to be reflected back into the monad it came from, that can be arranged. I have updated http://okmij.org/ftp/Haskell/CaughtMonadIO.lhs to use your test: > test331 = fmap (== Left (show "throwError")) $ > test3c (throwError "throwError" :: ErrorT String IO String) *CaughtMonadIO> test331 sequel called True The `show' is the artifact of `reconciling' Error and Exception classes. The class Error doesn't seem very informative; one may wonder if it is needed given that we already have Exception. If in your real code, the argument of throwError is actually an Exception, the show hack can be eliminated, where it is mentioned in the instance CaughtMonadIO (ErrorT e m). I can do the adjustment if you post more details about the desired functionality.