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Watching the wildlife can be endlessly entertaining.
Sunset over Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee (more ways than one?)
March 4, 2014Nice photo from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park:
Beautiful place, nice photographic capture.
Then I look, and I see a lot of necrotic tree tops. Acid Rain? Warming? Pine borers or some other insect?
Sometimes, Mark Twain's lament is right. Sometimes you know too much to just sit back in awe. Feynman was right, too.
- "Winter's freeze stopped ash borers and stink bugs cold, but they're primed for a comeback," Washington Post
- "All the dead trees," William Britten Photography
- Hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive species, National Park Service
Happy 142nd birthday, Yellowstone National Park!
March 1, 2014Ken Burns called the National Parks probably the best idea America has had.
Certainly a great idea — really born on this day, 142 years ago, with the designation of Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone NP contains the world's largest collection of geysers. It is the heart of the largest, nearly-intact temperate zone ecosystem on Earth as well, contained in 3,468 square miles (8,983 km²), a laboratory and playground for geologists, geographers, botanists, zoologists, and almost anyone else who loves the nature and the wild.
Only 142 years old? In the U.S., we have more than 300 units in the National Park System, now, including National Historic Places as well as the best of the wild. Around the world, how much land has been saved, for the benefit of humanity, by this idea? Not enough.
What's your favorite memory of Yellowstone? What's your favorite feature?
- Note at Indian Country Today media network, on the troubled history, too
- Disease-free Yellowstone bison okayed to start wild herds in other places, Christian Science Monitor
- "Its up, up and away for ancient trapped helium at Yellowstone National Park," Los Angeles Times
- Yellowstone recruiting for 2014 Youth Conservation Corps
- "The wonders of wolf-watching in Yellowstone National Park," Washington Post
- "Yellowstone: The great American family vacation," at Experiential Passage
- Ferdinand Hayden's geological survey, at Now We Know 'Em
- "Why we love America's National Parks," at Passport To Your National Parks® Blog
- "Hitching a ride" and "Winter Walk" at Fiordiliso Photography
- "Wolf as ecosystem engineer," at 9 Fox Tales
When the Moon hits your eye, in Arches NP
February 12, 2014It's just a click of the shutter? Ha!
I'm assuming not a lot of post-photo processing on this. Lynn Sessions had to figure out when the Moon would be in the North Window Arch, calculate exposure, and shoot off enough of them to get a decent shot before the Moon moved. I suspect the rocks were "painted" with a flashlight during the exposure.
(Haven't yet found the technical details of the shot. But I did find this about the photographer:
I'm a frustrated amateur photographer who is trying to visit every corner in Utah as well as hike/photograph every canyon in southern Utah. More at http://www.DreamBreeze.com )
Patience, planning, creativity — then just push the button.
- North Window Arch and South Window Arch, together, are sometimes known as The Spectacles
- Arches National Park, at Marbleart.us
- Hiking the Windows Trail, at Utah.com
- Official site for Arches National Park
Grizzly on the Snake, in the Tetons
January 15, 2014From the U.S. Department of Interior's Great American Outdoors Tumblr:
A Grizzly Bear crossing the Snake River at sunrise in the Grand Teton National Park.
Photo: Donald Higgs (www.sharetheexperience.org)
I was born on the Snake River, farther south and west, in Burley, Idaho. It's a grand river, not so much in the water it moves as the way it moves through the landscape and becomes a part of grander parts of the American west. Kathryn and I honeymooned in Yellowstone, and stayed in Grand Teton on the way out.
There is nothing grander on Earth than a sunrise in the Tetons. Do you think a grizzly appreciates that?
Yeah, gotta get back there.
'The water is awake, and alive!' Yosemite Falls
December 30, 2013I love the poetic descriptions, from geologists!
From Yosemite National Park's "Nature Notes":
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Yosemite Falls is the tallest waterfall in North America, and is a powerful presence in Yosemite Valley. From winter ice to spring flood to autumn dryness, this magnificent waterfall is a dynamic force of nature.
There's even a resurrection story for the falls. Maybe Emily Dickinson was on to something about finding religion in nature.
- Yosemite National Park sponsors film contest for youths (fresnobee.com)
- The Mist Trail : Yosemite National Park (nobodygoingnowhere.wordpress.com)
- San Jose: High school student wins national honor for brave save at Yosemite (mercurynews.com)
Happy birthday Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; 53 years
December 6, 2013Icy day here in Dallas, we missed a lot of dates that should have been commemorated.
Let's catch this one: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) was created 53 years ago today in the administration of Dwight Eisenhower, by Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton.
ANWR finds itself the center of controversy, now, because of the possibility of oil underneath it, and the difficulty of getting that oil without destroying wildlife habitat, or the possibility of destructive oil spills. For an understanding of the issues, visit ANWR's website and the non-partisan discussion there.
Odd that land so severely beautiful, so far out of the way and so difficult to master, has its fate decided in marble halls in Washington, D.C., 3,172 miles distant. The United States is a big, sprawling nation.
Information on the ANWR:
History and Culture
Refuge Establishment: Legislation and Purposes
The Arctic Refuge was established in 1960 and expanded in 1980.
- Brief description of Refuge purposes
- Public Land Order 2214 creating the Range in 1960
- Excerpts from the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act expanding the Refuge and its purposes in 1980
Refuge History
The Arctic Refuge has been providing for the physical and emotional well-being of humans for many thousands of years. It remains an important resource to help sustain local Eskimo and Indian cultures. The Refuge continues to be valued, even by those who never travel within it's borders, as a symbol of America's vast and remote wilderness – a place of inspiration and beauty – a promise for the future for all Americans.
- Caribou Fences: People of the Caribou
- Time Line – Establishment and management of the Refuge
- Legacy of Conservation
- Discover what three official names the Refuge has had.
- Partial listing of historic writings related to the Refuge
Local Cultures
The lands of the Arctic Refuge continue to support the Inupiat Eskimo and Gwich'in Indian peoples who have lived here for centuries.
- Communities adjacent to the Refuge
- A gathering to learn traditional ways
- ANWR Campaigns March On, No End in Sight (alaskapublic.org)
- Senate Duo Announces Bill Protecting 1.56M Acres of Arctic Refuge (joemiller.us)
- PolitiFact Florida: Dave Weldon claims no wildlife in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (tampabay.com)
- Legislation introduced would prevent drilling in ANWR (juneauempire.com)
- Alaska oil separates Hanabusa and Schatz (staradvertiser.com)
- A bipartisan call to protect the Arctic (seattlepi.com)
- In a Warming Arctic, Oil Drilling Brings Disaster (Op-Ed) (livescience.com)
America's wildlands: Sunset at Malheur NWR, Oregon
November 8, 2013In Oregon, a scientist's view from a field research station at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
A photo from the actions of President Theodore Roosevelt:
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was established on August 18, 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt as the Lake Malheur Bird Reservation. Roosevelt set aside unclaimed lands encompassed by Malheur, Mud and Harney Lakes "as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds." The newly established "Lake Malheur Bird Reservation" was the 19th of 51 wildlife refuges created by Roosevelt during his tenure as president. At the time, Malheur was the third refuge in Oregon and one of only six refuges west of the Mississippi [six, then].
- The Oregon Outback – September, 2013 (oregonfieldnotes.wordpress.com)
- Oregon DFW Fish Passage Task Force to Consider Passage Waivers for Baker County and Malheur Basin Projects (outdoorhub.com)
- Burns explores Roosevelt legacy in new documentary (thenewstribune.com)
Moon, stars, Earth, all conspire to produce astonishing beauty in Hawaii
November 5, 2013It's a composite of 11 photographs to get the whole panoramic view — which just demonstrates that in photography it's great to be lucky, but it usually takes great skill to get that amount of luck.
How much processing was involved, really?
Don't worry, just check out the photo.
Perfect autumn walk, Rachel Carson NWR
September 24, 2013While we're talking about Rachel Carson's legacy, gander at this gorgeous fall walk at the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, in Maine.
- Typewriters of the moment: Mitford and Carson, two environmental journalists (timpanogos.wordpress.com)
- How Rachel Carson Are You? (sierraclub.typepad.com)
- How to become a good scientist (usfwsnortheast.wordpress.com)
- Science and Imagination Under the Sea-Wind (bigbearblue.wordpress.com)
Earth on fire? No, just Idaho (and a lot not pictured)
August 23, 2013Photo and press release from NASA's Earth Observatory:
Description of the photo:
Taken with a short lens (50 millimeters), this west-looking image from the International Space Station includes much of forested central Idaho. The oblique image highlights part of the largest single wilderness area in the contiguous United States, the Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness.
Within this mountainous region (the dark areas are all wooded), several fires produced extensive smoke plumes. The densest smoke appeared to be generated by a combination of the Little Queens and Leggit fires (within the Salmon River Mountains [link added]). This image shows the common pattern of westerly winds carrying smoke in an easterly direction, as seen during the wildfire season of one year ago.
Named fires—most ignited by lightning—had burned 53,000 acres of forest south of the Salmon River by August 20, 2013; the number would be significantly higher if unnamed fires were included. The Gold Pan fire, north of the Salmon River, had burned 27,000 acres. For a sense of scale, Gold Pan lies about 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of the Little Queens fire.
Ten days before this image was taken, fires in central Idaho (near Boise) had been aggravated by southerly winds. Some of those fires began to burn in July, but were quelled and remain under observation for new flare-ups.
In the image above, smoke partly obscures the black lava flows of the Craters of the Moon National Monument [link added] (lower left). The Beaverhead Mountains [link added] mark the eastern boundary of Idaho with Montana.
Astronaut photograph ISS036-E-32853 was acquired on August 18, 2013, with a Nikon D3S digital camera using a 50 millimeter lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 36 crew. It has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by M. Justin Wilkinson, Jacobs/JETS at NASA-JSC.
Instrument: ISS – Digital Camera
My older brother Dwight was a firefighter with the Bureau of Land Management in the early 1960s. There were some huge fires then — but not so many, so large, all at once. While we don't have satellite photos to compare from way back then, this is just scary. Those were scary on the ground, and smaller than these — and fewer.
Notice in the photo below, some of these huge fires are not even big enough to be named. Wow.
- NASA scientists study wildfire trends from space (ktvb.com)
- Fires Around Darwin, Australia (spaceref.com)
- Astronaut's astounding ISS mission photos (flickr.net)
- News on California fires, at California Fire Blog
- Uncontrollable Idaho fires ruin vacations, Time Magazine
- Fire updates from the Idaho Statesman (Boise)
- Fires in the Himalayas, from 2 Degrees Centigrade
Compare with NASA photo from a month ago; Idaho's been hammered by fire in 2013:
Not an emerald ash borer — but what is it?
August 21, 2013Emerald green beetle, looks a lot like a longhorn. I feared it to be a dreaded emerald ash borer, but it's not.
Okay. What is it? Any body know?
From our Backyard Collection, two weeks ago:
It's too big to be an emerald ash borer.
Perhaps a flower longhorn beetle?
Where's Bug Girl when we need her? (Moving?) Roused Bear? Beetles in the Bush?
Update, mystery solved: Ted C. MacRae said (see comments) it's the bumelia borer (Plinthocoelium suaveolens). He wrote about it here. So, Kathryn, what are they eating in our backyard? Bumelia lanuginosa is a Texas native; do we have one, or a relative, in the garden? Dallas-area Dirt Doctor Howard Garrett says they're mostly harmless in the garden. (Here's a closeup, from MacRae's blog):
Campout Bingo cards, from the National Wildlife Federation
August 16, 2013Found this via a stream of Pinterest and other blog posts: National Wildlife Federation (NWF) put together four great camping bingo cards to use with your kids – depending on how wild your backyard is, you may not even need to go far to play.
Here in South Dallas County, you can see much of this stuff with a stroll through a local nature preserve.
Teachers, you can use this idea, with pictures and words, yes?
Here's the link to get the four cards NWF created in .pdf. If you want to create your own (history, geography, mathematics, language arts) teachers, here's a blank form in .pdf.
Tip of the old scrub brush to Duncanville ISD's Judy Henry.
- Back to School Does Not Have to Mean Back Inside for Kids (virtual-strategy.com)
- Mom Bloggers Write the Book – Literally – on Getting Kids Outside in Summer (virtual-strategy.com)
- Be Out There: a FREE e-book by Fadra Nally (and many, many others) (allthingsfadra.com)
- Outdoor play linked to better quality sleep, says guide (time4sleep.co.uk)
Mountain goat nemeses everywhere!
August 12, 2013Normally I might just let this beautiful photo slide by without comment.
In this case, I find this particularly frustrating. See that creature? That's the same goat that blocked my trail in Glacier National Park. I'm sure of it. I'd recognize those beady eyes and horns anywhere! (See the first story linked to in the "more' section; maybe this goat stopped in Washington on the way to Alaska.)
He's probably in Alaska now under the Federal Goat Protection Program.
He probably thinks he's safe there at Kenai Fjords National Park. Ha! He's farther away, but that just means I have farther to travel to find him!
I'm taking a longer telephoto, a wide angle, and a first aid kit, next time. I'll be prepared!
- Glacier, UM to study human, goat interactions near Logan Pass (missoulian.com)
- Billy Goat Gruff (bigskyken.wordpress.com)
- Life's Outtakes: When Something Gets Your Goat (njtoday.net)
- Glacier park to conduct new mountain goat study (billingsgazette.com)
- Glacier, UM to study human, goat interactions near Logan Pass (billingsgazette.com)
- The Kenai Peninsula Awaits (suitcasesweethearts.com)
- July 6-9: Kenai Fjords (vs. Denali) Wins By a Landslide (Glacier Slide) (tinaspangler.wordpress.com)
- Breathless (trimadnessblog.wordpress.com)
- Glacier Driving Tour – (Glacier National Park) (rv-dreams-journal.com)
New Boy Scout merit badge: Sustainability
July 25, 2013It's Eagle required, too — well, Scouts can choose either Environmental Science or Sustainability, but must earn one or the other to earn Eagle rank.
Requirements for the new Sustainability merit badge were released on July 16, concurrent with the 2013 National Scout Jamboree at the Summit. A lot of people missed the announcement, I'll wager.
It's good news. Conservation and nature-related merit badges have suffered a decline in Scouting, it seems to me. The conservation series was very much the keystone of a trek to Eagle when I was a Scout, at least as important as the citizenship series. But I don't see that emphasis in Scouting today, sadly.
BSA recently created a Mining merit badge, which created some quiet grumbles among conservationists — this new, Eagle-path badge more than makes up for that, I think (though mining is a great topic for Scouts, especially in the western U.S., I think). This will not set well with the anti-conservation, anti-Agenda 21 crowd and their merry hoaxsters. But nothing BSA does is removed from political criticism from the right any more (see this odd photo choice for the Sustainability badge notice at the radical right-wing Daily Caller site).
This announcement gives me hope.
- Worksheet for the Sustainability merit badge from Boy Scout Trail
- Flyer with requirements for the Sustainability merit badge from Scouting.org
- Boy Scouts Launch Sustainability Merit Badge (stateimpact.npr.org)
- Boy Scouts of America introduce sustainability merit badge (treehugger.com)
- Boy Scouts Prepare for Sustainablilty (echo2hotel.wordpress.com)
- Five big takeaways from today's release of the 2013 Guide to Advancement (scoutingmagazine.org)
- Fenton Eagle Scout earns all 135 merit badges (mysanantonio.com)
- Mining finally arrives: Boy Scout merit badge approved (mining.com)
Below the fold, the requirements and announcement from Bryan on Scouting, at Scouting Magazine's site, verbatim and in total.


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Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: No matter the age, hurting others isn't OK
"I have two girls, 4 and 11. My brother has a 2-year-old daughter who ALWAYS hits, scratches, bites, pulls hair and pokes my younger daughter's eye. This happens at every family event and even on a trip when our families shared a suite. My daughter had bite marks after the trip. I baby-sat m…
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: Kids need to hear the rules on behavior
What really bugs parents of young children? The public display of embarrassing behaviors that arise from egocentricity.
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: 'The talk' guidelines for our role models in chief
Parents are the first teachers. They have strong influence because of the special parent-child bond and the fact that they spend more time with their child than any single teacher.
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: Our nation needs to commit to the reality of today's families
Let's revisit maternal employment.
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: Anxious parents take wind out of kids' sails, so learn to back away
How come parenting advice sometimes seems contradictory?
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: Parents should buy 'naked' foods that roll around in the cart
Author Michael Pollan has taught us a very simple way to eat healthy. "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." He also cautioned that it is far better to eat food that grows rather than the packaged stuff made of many ingredients processed in a factory.
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: Remove toddler who bites, pulls hair from situation; swoop in as trouble brews
A recent question in my inbox: "My 19-month-old toddler is becoming very aggressive … biting, pulling hair. She has picked up this behavior at her day-care center, where it seems to be rampant. I am quite concerned about transferring her to another day care where she might be a primary aggre…
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: The right way, and wrong way, to praise
I have written a good deal on the subjects of praise (the right way to do it) and self-esteem (how it is misunderstood and overrated by parents and teachers).
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: This 19-year-old needs a firm push to develop a plan
Recent question: "I have a 19-year-old boy who acts more like he is a 14-year old.
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: Try 5 simple steps to fend off the flu and germs naturally
Because 48 states, including Arizona, report epidemic levels of flu and because this season's flu is hitting children hard, we are reprinting a column originally published in this newspaper on Dec. 25, 2011.
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: For parents' absence, a 'rehearsal' can help Grandma and Grandpa
There is no question in my mind that grandmas and grandpas are the perfect people to baby-sit when both parents are away traveling.
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: Parents should get facts straight, vaccinate their children
Some parents have it backward. They do not want doctors to vaccinate their children, but they urge doctors to give their children antibiotics when the kiddies have a cold.
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: A little bit of improv can be best in parenting situations
What does improvisation comedy have to do with parenting?
Marilyn Heins: ParenTip of the week: Mindless acts can kill - don't phone while driving
The word "mindless" troubles me sometimes. Mindless eating, at a movie or when watching TV or reading a mystery, can put on unwanted pounds. Not paying attention to what a family member is saying to you can lead to hard feelings.
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Analysis: IBM's plain vanilla flavor leaves investors satisfied
NEW YORK (Reuters) – While IBM's rivals have suffered through earnings misses, massive executive upheaval or seismic strategic shifts, Big Blue has been the technology world's most consistently performing company since narrowly avoiding bankruptcy 19 years ago.
Sure, IBM lacks an obvious wow factor. Indeed, the company is to the technology world what vanilla is to ice cream: plain. But in the business world, plain is simply another word for dependable, and IBM has grown into one of the few companies analysts and investors can count on to deliver on its promises each quarter.
Quantum Leap sees gold in mining social media data
NEW YORK (Reuters) – He has helped the military predict where bombs will go off and worked with law enforcement to fight crime, but now Quantum Leap Innovations CEO Joseph Budner Elad wants to use his technology to help consumers
On February 29 the Newark, Delaware, based company will release Quantum Leap Buzz, a tool that uses pattern based analytics for social media, starting with Twitter, to mine data from the huge amounts of information created on these sites every day.
IBM seen posting Q4 growth, headwinds expected in 2012
Jan 17 (Reuters) – IBM Corp (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is expected to
report solid fourth quarter results on Jan. 19 under new chief
executive Virginia Rometty as investors look for news about the
potential impact of the Eurozone crisis and currency headwinds
in 2012.
For IBM, a bellwether stock due to its global reach and wide
range of corporate and federal customers, analysts on average
expect operating earnings per share of $4.62, a more than 10
percent increase from the quarter a year earlier.
IBM scientists create smallest magnetic memory bit with 12 atoms
In IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California Andreas Heinrich gets to explore. His quest: Demonstrate that very few atoms are needed to store information. Why would anyone care? Because size matters.
Today, to store a single bit — the most basic piece of information a computer understands – a disk drive needs one million atoms. Heinrich and his team have successfully shown that data can be stored in as few as 12 magnetic atoms. That's 12 versus 1 million and it means a hundred times more information can be stored in the same space.
Symantec: parts of antivirus source code exposed
By Nicola Leske
(Reuters) – Symantec Corp, the top maker of security software, said hackers had exposed a chunk of its source code, which is essentially the blueprint for its products, potentially giving rivals some insight into the company's technology.
The developer of the popular Norton antivirus software said the hackers stole the code from a third party and that the company's own network had not been breached, nor had any customer information been affected.
AT&T says will complete wireless network upgrade by end 2013
Jan 5 (Reuters) – AT&T Inc (T.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is on track to finish
its wireless network upgrade with faster mobile Web services by
the end of 2013, having exceeded its target for 2011, a top
executive said.
By the end of last year the company had extended its new
high-speed service to markets of 74 million people, surpassing
its previous target of 70 million, John Stankey, AT&T's head of
business solutions, said at a conference on Thursday.
JP Morgan upgrades Cisco to overweight;shares rise
Jan 3 (Reuters) – Investment bank JPMorgan upgraded
its recommendation for Cisco Systems (CSCO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) to "overweight"
and raised its price target for the network equipment maker on
expectations of a rebound in public sector spending and improved
margins in 2012.
Cisco stock was up 3.4 percent to $18.65 in midday trading
in New York on Tuesday.
Web gambling gets boost from Obama administration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration cleared the way for states to legalize Internet poker and certain other online betting in a switch that may help them reap billions in tax revenue and spur web-based gambling.
A Justice Department opinion dated September and made public on Friday reversed decades of previous policy that included civil and criminal charges against operators of some of the most popular online poker sites.
AT&T gives up on $39 billion bid for T-Mobile USA
By Nicola Leske and Sinead Carew
(Reuters) – AT&T has dropped its controversial $39 billion bid for Deutsche Telekom's U.S. wireless unit, bowing to fierce regulatory opposition and leaving both companies scrambling for alternatives.
AT&T will have to find another way to address its shortage of wireless airwaves while Deutsche Telekom has to go back to the drawing board on what to do with T-Mobile USA, the struggling U.S. business it had desperately wanted to shed.
AT&T gives up on $39 bln bid for T-Mobile USA
Dec 19 (Reuters) – AT&T has dropped its
controversial $39 billion bid for Deutsche Telekom's
U.S. wireless unit, bowing to fierce regulatory opposition and
leaving both companies scrambling for alternatives.
AT&T will have to find another way to address its shortage
of wireless airwaves while Deutsche Telekom has to go back to
the drawing board on what to do with T-Mobile USA, the
struggling U.S. business it had desperately wanted to shed.


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A first half penalty try proved to be the difference as Munster defeated Connacht 16-12 in tough conditions in Galway.
Munster crucially struck for 10 unanswered points late in the first half while Connacht hooker Jason Harris-Wright was in the sin-bin.
Ian Keatley converted a penalty try and added his second penalty, handing Rob Penney's men a 13-6 interval lead with Dan Parks booting a brace of penalties for Connacht.
Continuing the recent spate of quickly awarded penalty tries, a close-in scrum saw the seven-man Connacht pack lose ground and referee Dudley Phillips signalled for a penalty try.
Keatley converted the 37th minute effort and rewarded a second ground-gaining scrum from Munster near halfway by landing a crisply struck late penalty.
The run of penalties against was beginning to hurt the westerners, with Keatley nudging over his fourth successful kick on the resumption.
Eoin McKeon won a lineout to set up the Connacht forwards for a series of pick and goes and Parks popped over a close range penalty for a 16-9 scoreline.
A drop goal from 25 metre range from Parks put just four points between the sides, the opportunity coming after young number 8 Eoin McKeon ran hard from turnover ball.
With Mike McCarthy and replacement Michael Swift having more of an impact, Connacht's tails were suddenly up and Munster centre James Downey soon saw yellow for a high tackle on McCarthy.
Parks missed the resulting penalty though and moments later the covering Peter Stringer did just enough to put George Naoupu off as the pair dived for a bouncing ball inside the Munster in-goal area nine minutes from time.
After surviving that late scare, Munster held their ground and their late control of possession wound down the clock for another hard-fought inter-provincial victory.
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12 | Zebre | 16 | 18 |
Time | Fixture |
Connacht | |
Sunday 23rd March | |
RaboDirect PRO12 | |
15:05 | Newport Gwent D'gons vs Connacht |
Sunday 30th March | |
14:05 | Scarlets vs Connacht |
Friday 11th April | |
19:05 | Ulster vs Connacht |
Saturday 19th April | |
15:00 | Connacht vs Munster |
Saturday 3rd May | |
15:00 | Connacht vs Cardiff Blues |
Saturday 10th May | |
18:30 | Ospreys vs Connacht |
Result |
Connacht |
Saturday 1st March |
RaboDirect PRO12 |
Connacht 38 - 6 Benetton Treviso |
Sunday 23rd February |
Zebre 19 - 27 Connacht |
Saturday 15th February |
Connacht 11 - 7 Edinburgh |
Sunday 9th February |
Glasgow 8 - 6 Connacht |
Saturday 18th January |
British and Irish Cup |
Connacht 12 - 10 Llanelli |
Heineken Cup |
Saracens 64 - 6 Connacht |
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Who is the OL coach at Louisville? I thought his OL did a tremendous job tonight (as they did against UF the year before), as they blocked very well and picked up lots of blitzes pretty well. There were some breakdowns here or there of course but overall, UL's OL coach should at least be someone we could take a look at as our new assistant.
Charlie has assembled a very good staff at Louisville. With the chips falling in the right places, he could be in line for an even better job this year or next. Who knows where he might end up (wink wink)? He would certainly take his staff with him. It will take a special set of circumstances to attract a top OL coach to UF this year. I'm hoping our new OC has input. His experience in the ACC might give us some insight as they have a number of hurry-up offenses.
Lol why in gods name would he leave UL for us . Do we just say come on down for an extra 40? Coordinator will be his next job
Louisville looses Bridgewater to the NFL and we'll get a good indication of how good their staff really is next year. It is obvious that Charlie's time with the HBC's he worked under have prepared him to be a winning HBC.
Yeah, but I thought we didn't want him because his wife is white. (that was sarcasm, as that's what is written everytime his name comes up for a job).
Its sad but true. Not us but there were many rumblings about that. Some schools didn't want such a polarized issue to be attached to there HC. to bad for them. They missed on a good one
Do people really worry about that kind of stuff anymore. ? If this prevails here than we are no better than The old mascot for Ole Miss. The old Rebel
Yes, IF you are unproven. Look at the angst in our posts regarding our OC. And then look at the posts regarding our lack of HC skill and Petrino. Once you prove yourself, nothing about your personal life (unlawful activities notwithstanding) will keep you down.
Watch Texas tonight. Stacy Searels is the OL coach for the Longhorns and a strong candidate in Gainesville.
I didn't even know there was a bowl game on tonight. When I tuned in I saw Texas waaay down to Oregon. How has Texas' OL looked btw?
On their one score of the game they ran power right down Oregon's throat. Oregon is just too talented and too fast.
I have not been impressed with the Texas OLine tonight. Oregon has dominated the game on both sides of the line. Texas has missed some big plays on offense. The one running back has been the Texas offense.


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Fertile soil for structural funds? A panel data analysis of the conditional effectiveness of European cohesion policy
Structural funds are the most intensively used policy instrument by the European Union to promote economic growth in its member states and to speed up the process of convergence. This paper empirically explores the effectiveness of European Structural Funds by means of a panel data analysis for 13 countries in the European Union. We show that - on average - Structural Funds are ineffective. For countries with the 'right' institutions, however, Structural Funds are effective. The latter result is obtained for a wide range of conditioning variables, such as openness, institutional quality, corruption and indicators for good governance.Download Info
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- Sjef Ederveen & Henri L .F. Groot & Richard Nahuis, 2006. "Fertile Soil for Structural Funds?A Panel Data Analysis of the Conditional Effectiveness of European Cohesion Policy," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(1), pages 17-42, 02.
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