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by Janelle Nanos, Brides
Before taking the plunge- into home ownership, that is- make sure now really is the right time.
We all know the dream: You become a "we," get married, buy a house, start thinking of yourselves as real adults-maybe even pop out a kid or two. Whether it's a Craftsman bungalow with built-in bookcases or an industrial loft with insane river views that you're pining for, this vision of home ownership as part of your new grown-up life has probably been looming a little larger in your head ever since you got engaged. But given today's sluggish real estate market, the foreclosure horror stories we've all heard about, the chunk of savings you most likely put toward your wedding, and all the inherent life adjustments (good and challenging) that come along with being a spouse-does it really make sense to buy right this second? For some, the answer is a resounding yes, but others may decide renting isn't so bad after all.
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Newly engaged, Sharon Kunz and her husband, Erik, thought they were ready to put down roots in Boston when they found a five-bedroom fixer-upper that they both loved last summer-one where they could easily envision raising a family. "It seemed like this amazing opportunity," Kunz says of the $369,000 1920s house. "It was so much space for the price." They decided to take the plunge.
However, in February, Erik was offered an enticing job opportunity in Connecticut (a two-and-a-half-hour commute), and the couple had to put the house back up for sale. Before the housing crisis, this would have been inconvenient, but Kunz and her husband could have flipped the property, perhaps for a tidy profit. However, the days of flipping are a thing of the past, says Rona Fischman, an agent with 4 Buyers Real Estate in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "We're in a flat market, so you stand to lose ten to fifteen percent of the value of your house the minute you buy it," she explains. "It's like buying a new car: You should only do it if you love it and are prepared to hold onto it for at least seven to ten years."
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As a rule of thumb, Fischman recommends: "Buy your second house first, and skip the starter home. Even when the market was going up, starter homes were dicey unless you had a crystal ball." Aviva Lomeli, a recently married agent with online real estate brokerage Redfin in Long Beach, California, seconds that: "A two-bedroom condo down the street from your favorite bar may seem ideal in the short term…until you're cramming two kids into bunk beds and pinching your pennies for private school because the public ones in your neighborhood are lousy."
To figure out what's best for you, CPA and marriage counselor Paula Levy suggests sitting down as a couple and creating a detailed "joint financial vision" of the things you're looking forward to in your life together-don't just assume you're on the same page. Discuss what you really dream about. "Is it a dog, a couch, a trip to Italy, a master's in nursing, a house of your own? Are you happy in your job? Are you ready to have kids?" Levy continues. "You want to make a list of these things and then start to talk about how to fulfill them."
For example, she says, if you're dreaming about a six-week trip for two to Costa Rica, you may want to rent for now and use your savings to travel. If, on the other hand, you know you want to have three kids in the next six years (and you can afford to), now may be the perfect time to become a homeowner.
"I'm definitely of the camp that if all your financial ducks are in a row, and you plan on staying in an area for at least five years, then buying a house is a great idea," says just-wed Yahoo! finance expert and author of Psych Yourself Rich Farnoosh Torabi, who recently purchased a two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn with her fiancé. "But you really need to make sure the stars are aligned, both financially and psychologically."
For starters, Torabi says, do the math: "Ask yourselves: Do we have good credit? Do we have reliable incomes? Do we have enough savings?" ("Good credit" in the current market means a score of 760 or higher; "enough savings" means you can make a down payment of at least 20 percent on the house and still have a whopping nine months' worth of living expenses left in the bank.) Also: Have you worked out how you're going to share bank accounts, expenses, and finances going forward? Make sure you're comfortable with how you're paying the car note and cable bill before you add a mortgage to the mix.
Now let's say your financial ducks are in a row; the next step, Torabi says, is to make sure you're emotionally ready. Do you want to take on a fixer-upper, or is new construction more your style? Either way, "if the toilet breaks, you can't call the landlord anymore; you're on your own," she explains. "You have to mow the lawn and deal with the leaky roof." To some newlyweds, this might sound just dandy. Others may think: A weekend spent at Home Depot is not my idea of wedded bliss right now.
San Francisco resident Virginia Martin and her new husband assumed they were ready to buy in the suburbs-until they really thought about it. Although they'd like more space than they have in their 750-square-foot one-bedroom and are "sick of not having a washer-dryer," they realized they're not ready to give up urban life yet. "We love the convenience of living in the city," Martin explains. "We want to be able to take a cab to dinner. We want to be able to get that great cup of coffee." That said, Martin cheerfully acknowledges that buying that house in the burbs isn't too far off in their future. "A lot of our friends have already moved," she says. "They're having kids; they're moving to bigger places. I know at some point soon, we'll be ready for it."
Whether you decide to rent or buy, the key is to make an informed decision. And remember: It's not the house that will make you happy-it's the life you create inside it that will.
1) You have a down payment of at least 20 percent saved, plus another 6 percent for closing costs, lawyers' fees, etc. Use a mortgage-qualifying calculator (hsh.com, mortgage-info.com) to see how much house you can afford.
2) You have a credit score of 760-the minimum you need for a mortgage with the best interest rate. For free credit scores, try quizzle.com or creditkarma.com; to see your credit report, go to annual creditreport.com.
3) You've got nine months of expenses in the bank to protect yourself in case of job loss or disability.
4) You won't need to move in the next five to seven years for work or any other reason.
5) You're up for the maintenance, in terms of time, labor, and expense. Depending on the age of your home, you'll want to set aside 1 to 2 percent of its value per year for upkeep, as well as emergency repairs-more during the early years, if you plan on making any upgrades.
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Updated: Monday, February 18 2013, 08:31 AM EST
Small Businesses drive the economy, locally and beyond. And one Mountain Town is leading the way. Black Mountain is the first town in the U.S. to receive the designation of Advantage West Certified Entrepreneurial Community.
So on National Entrepreneurship Week News 13's Victoria Dunkle met up with some of the Small Business owners who are making Black Mountain thrive.
They include the owners of The Red Radish, Dynamite Roasting Company, and Noble Cider.
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Sure, spring statistics don't mean much — unless someone is hitting .521, of course — especially in the case of many veteran pitchers, who spend most of their camp working on pitches and fine tuning things, slowly incorporating new wrinkles as they go. But for Josh Beckett, a veteran working on his own tweaked delivery, the results so far have been magnificent.
He has pitched in three Cactus League games, plus two more starts have come on the back fields. In 9⅓ innings, Beckett has allowed just one run and has 11 strikeouts to go with just three walks.
Beckett was one of several Dodgers hurlers to work with Sandy Koufax during the Hall of Famer's 10 days at Camelback Ranch. Beckett was the one with the longest history with Koufax, having worked with him as a member of the Marlins, ten years ago in the spring before their World Series win in 2003.
"You can imagine as excited as I was seeing him this year, already knowing him, you can imagine how excited as I was 10 years ago," Beckett said. "He was only there two or three days, but it was pretty special."
Beckett was quite good for the Dodgers in seven starts after he was acquired in the Nick Punto trade from the Red Sox on Aug. 25. After a 5.23 ERA and 17.2% strikeout rate with Boston, Beckett put up a 2.93 ERA and 20.8% strikeout rate in Los Angeles.
But Beckett also saw his average fastball dip to 91.4 mph in 2012 after never previously falling below 93.1 mph in any season. Perhaps a newer, cleaner delivery honed with the assistance of Koufax will help Beckett.
"A lot of it's just trying to get more straight and direct to the plate. He felt by watching video — and I worked with him 10 years ago, so he has a working idea of where I need to be — I don't think my lines were as direct as they need to be," Beckett said. "I feel like it's going to help me get to where I need to be for the season and put me in a position to use my stuff."
Manager Don Mattingly loves Beckett, and has him unofficially slotted into the third spot in the rotation behind Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke. If Beckett continues to pitch anything like he has during spring training, the Dodgers are in for a heck of a year.
Down 3-1 in the series, Beckett's two-hit shutout in Game 5 of the 2003 NLCS against the Cubs, with 11 strikeouts, had a game score of 93, tied for the eighth best game score in postseason history. His five-hit shutout in Game 6 of the World Series that year at Yankee Stadium had a game score of 84, tied for 71st.
Utterly meaningless Saberhagenmteric stat: Beckett's ERA in odd-numbered years is 3.27, and his ERA in even-numbered years is 4.56.
Contract status
Beckett has two seasons remaining on a four-year contract he signed while with the Red Sox. He will make $15.75 million in both 2013 and 2014.
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30 | 127⅔ | 3.17 | 8.18 | 5.78 | 4.54 |
2011 | 31 | 193 | 2.42 | 8.16 | 2.89 | 3.57 |
2012 | 32 | 170⅓ | 2.75 | 6.97 | 4.65 | 4.15 |
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Bill James | 174 | 2.64 | 7.91 | 3.26 | 3.62 | |
ZiPS | 150⅔ | 2.75 | 8.06 | 3.70 | 3.83 | |
Pecota | 156 | 2.13 | 8.25 | 3.17 | ---- |
2013 Outlook
Those projections seem awfully optimistic for Beckett, who has admittedly looked quite good this spring. I'll guess a 3.73 ERA in 28 starts, with 154 strikeouts.
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The Army is declining to publicly disclose any possible punishment for a Colorado soldier depicted in an Instagram that included comments saying she deliberately avoided saluting the flag.
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Fort Hood soldier charged in prostitution case
A Fort Hood sergeant who was a coordinator of the post's sexual assault and harassment prevention program faces multiple charges after he was accused of setting up a prostitution ring involving cash-strapped female soldiers.
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Top US Army sex case prosecutor suspended ... for sexual harassment
Top prosecutor who allegedly assaulted and tried to kiss lawyer at sex abuse conference is suspended in latest embarrassment for US military The US Army's top prosecutor overseeing sex assault cases has been suspended over allegations he groped a woman lawyer who was working for him.
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An Army sergeant who had been accused of secretly photographing and videotaping at least a dozen women at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has pleaded guilty in a court-martial, officials said Friday.
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A Fort Jackson Army staff sergeant who was wanted on charges of desertion and multiple sex crimes was arrested Thursday, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
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In his immaculate blue dress uniform, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair stood ramrod straight before a judge Thursday and pleaded guilty to three charges that could send him to prison for up to 15 years.
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A U.S. Army general accused of sexual assault was set to plead guilty to three lesser charges Thursday in a move that his lawyer says will strengthen his position going into trial.
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Legislation to curb sexual assaults in the military by stripping senior commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses is headed for a highly anticipated vote in the Senate.
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A U.S. Army general accused of sexual assault was set to plead guilty to three lesser charges Thursday in a move that his lawyer says will strengthen his position going into trial.
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Lawyers for a U.S. Army general say he will admit guilt on three criminal charges, but he maintains his innocence on five remaining counts stemming from allegations he sexually assaulted a junior officer.
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A woman in Merrill, Wis., is behind bars after allegedly attempting to hire a hit man to kill her fiance.
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Earlier this month, my family and I met a friend at a local restaurant for dinner.
Two days after that dinner, my husband decided to check our electronic banking account.
He noted that the restaurant had charged us $4 over the amount of the tip that I included.
I called the manager and asked her to look at the receipt, only to find out that my $4 tip had been changed to $8. My 15 percent tip had been changed to a 30 percent tip.
I was told that a manager generally has to sign off on all credit cards receipts, but that night, no one did.
Using credit cards at restaurants poses a risk to consumers.
We can verify the amount charged before the tip is written in, but not what is actually charged until that amount hits our bank account.
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Anybody who uses a credit card should check all amounts, not only on receipts, but on statements to ensure that fraudulent individuals do not get away with their behavior.
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A security patch in 4.0.8 causes the mysqld server to die if the remote hostname can't be resolved. This is now fixed.
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Critical thinking and concise, persuasive writing are prerequisites for any professional career. In fact, both go hand in hand. The Workshop in Critical Writing introduces graduate students to advanced research techniques, to the conventions of scholarly discourse, and to the various kinds of writing practiced in literary studies. We will analyze scholarly articles as examples of research methods, argument development, rhetorical technique, and stylistic presentation; we will test a variety of practical approaches to the interpretation of literary texts; and we will explore how we might use theory in critical argument. Students will be asked to prepare and submit a scholarly article using previous written work of their own (senior thesis, independent study project) as a basis. The workshop format of the course will permit students to read and critique each other's work and to sharpen their editorial skills.


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Not everyone can attend a game every Friday night. People work, have other obligations, etc. There are shut-ins who are fan of the McMinnville and Newberg programs.
Radio coverage provides a connection between the two programs and their fans.
Great decision on the part of Dave and Norma Adams and KLYC.
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Harnessing the power of pop culture is one of the best ways our clients can push (pun-intended) their way into mainstream media coverage. Whether it be celebrating the birth of a very royal baby (have you heard, it's a boy!), developing a package in celebration of an annual holiday or creating special dishes with a current food fad (cronut French toast, anyone?); taking on the reigns of pop culture is a strategic way for PR initiatives to be creative and timely.
Using this strategy, here are examples on how our clients are nobly celebrating the addition of the royal family's newest member:
The Waldorf Astoria New York invites mothers-to-be to enjoy a "Royal" babymoon of their own with accommodations in the hotel's historic two-bedroom Royal Suite (the former residence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor) and Guerlain Spa Couples Service complete with the "When You're Expecting Massage."
To celebrate Hawaii's royal history and the birth of Great Britain's new royal heir, the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa is blending both cultures by offering complimentary Pineapple Scones for all children under 12 during breakfast this. Parents can also enjoy the celebration and discuss parenting advice for Will and Kate over a special royalty-themed cocktail, the Pineapple Lullaby ($10).
The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa is offering a royal rollback off its Pea in a Pod prenatal treatment with a discount of 22 percent off, a nod to the official birth date of the royal prince.
JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa is celebrating royal baby fever by offering a complimentary room upgrade to any lucky guest with the same name as the royal prince from the month following the name announcement.
The Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans presents a 20 percent discount on a special edition of this weekend's afternoon tea with a themed menu comprising crown-shaped cookies and tea sandwiches and the addition of a non-alcoholic child's cocktail called the "New Crown Toast."


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starship_jen | Drive-Up Date Climbed: Oct 14, 2006 | |
Beautiful fall day. HP #22. | ||
Posted Oct 16, 2006 2:54 pm |
royswkr | Crew working at tower with gate open Date Climbed: Mar 27, 1991 | |
Also visit alternate HP near Centerville but don't find BM | ||
Posted Aug 8, 2006 10:51 pm |
NavySeabee | Route Climbed: Residential streets of Wilmington Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2005 | |
Last of my highpoints for the weekend (WV, MD, PA previous day). Returned to VA Beach via the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. This one is a check in the box at best - HP #5! | ||
Posted Jul 21, 2006 10:41 pm |
Alpinist | Businessman's route Date Climbed: Apr 11, 2006 | |
My 14th state highpoint and the first that I've done in a suit and tie. | ||
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koz | Route Climbed: Ummm... Date Climbed: September 22, 2001 | |
Highpoint #8 for me, and so far the only one I've done in a bathing suit (had the family in tow and just left Sesame Place for the day). | ||
Posted Jan 2, 2006 11:35 pm |
hgrapid | Route Climbed: took the road Date Climbed: 2/8/02 | |
Went with my friend Kim before she left for 3 1/2 years of working/living in Japan. Initially we drove too far, and were in a bad part of Wilmington. We drove back up the road, and there was the street sign. It was a small hill to get to the top, but no more than 50 feet up from the main sub-highway. We passed the tower up to higher ground, and asked around for the highpoint location. Some kids were biking by near their house, and it occurred to me that this is the ONLY residential highpoint - (i.e. located in a neighborhood among several homes). All the other highpoints are remote, even if on somebody's land, and Jerimoth Hill, RI is in the woods. We asked a woman where the actual highpoint was, and she pointed to a white rock. Basically, the whole street is like the highpoint, and it is really disconcerting nonetheless. Basically, I was glad to get this one done. The Delaware Highpoint isn't too far off of I-95, and no other highpoint is anywhere near this most traveled road in the United States. It really discourages you to see how developed the land is, but considering the fact that the other 49 aren't developed like this, you should feel better. | ||
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TLP | Route Climbed: there's nothing to climb Date Climbed: August 11, 2005 | |
Drove to this highpoint. Took some pictures to prove I was there, and then left. Nothing really to see. | ||
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Predictors of New-Onset Diabetes Identified in Patients With HypertensionPosted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008The major predictors of new-onset diabetes (NOD) in patients with hypertension were baseline fasting plasma glucose (FPG) level greater than 90mg/dL. (5mmol/L), body mass index (BMI), and use of an atenolol regimen with or without a diuretic, according to the results of the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial-Blood Pressure Lowering Arm (ASCOT-BPLA). "Observational data suggest that hypertension is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and hence the two conditions frequently coexist," write Ajay K. Gupta, MD, from the International Centre for Circulatory Health, National Heart & Lung Institute in Imperial College, London. "The increased propensity of the hypertensive population to develop diabetes is variably affected by different classes of antihypertensive medication." The goal of this study was to determine the baseline predictors of NOD in patients with hypertension and to develop a risk score to detect those at high risk for NOD. ASCOT-BPLA was a randomized trial comparing 2 antihypertensive regimens: atenolol ± thiazide or amlodipine ± perindopril. Of 19,257 patients in the ASCOT-BPLA who were randomized to receive 1 of these regimens, 14,120 were "at risk" of developing diabetes at baseline, and 1366 (9.7%) subsequently developed NOD during follow-up (median duration, 5.5 years). Independent predictors of NOD were developed with a multivariate Cox model, and these predictors were used to calculate individual risk scores. Significant predictors of the development of NOD were increased baseline FPG levels, BMI, serum triglyceride levels, and systolic blood pressure (SBP). Protective factors were an amlodipine ± perindopril regimen (vs atenolol ± thiazide; hazard ratio [HR], 0.66; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.59 - 0.74) as well as increased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels, alcohol use, and age older than 55 years. The most powerful predictor of NOD was FPG levels, with the risk increasing by 5.8 times (95% CI, 5.23 - 6.43) for each 18mg/dL. (1 millimole-per-liter rise above 5 mmol/L). With increasing quartile of risk score, the risk for NOD increased steadily. Compared with those in the lowest quartile, those in the highest quartile had a 19-fold increase (95% CI, 14.3 - 25.4) in the risk for NOD. The multivariate risk model had excellent internal validity as well as discriminative ability, and the risk score developed from that model allowed accurate prediction of NOD in a 5-year period for an individual. "Baseline FPG >90mg/dL.(5mmol/l), BMI and use of an atenolol ± diuretic regimen were among the major determinants of NOD in hypertensive patients," the study authors write. "The model developed from these data allows accurate prediction of NOD among hypertensive subjects." "Pending further definitive evidence related to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality with antihypertensive-associated incident diabetes, it seems at best unwise, except where compelling indications apply, to use beta-blockers and diuretics in combination in preference to other combinations such as CCB [calcium-channel blocker] plus an ACE [angiotensin-converting enzyme] inhibitor, particularly since the latter agents have been shown to be more cost-effective," the study authors conclude.
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2010 has come and gone, and whether it was a year to remember or one to forget, make sure you see it out in style this Fayetteville New Years Eve. Covering everything from street parties and club nights, to fine dining and Under-21 activities, Eventful makes it easy to discover, share and promote all the latest information on a huge variety of Fayetteville New Years Eve Parties and events.
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Dynamic device management with Udev, HAL, and D-Bus
Just a couple of years ago, configuring new hardware on Linux was a daunting task and just one more reason for newcomers to keep clear. Now, Linux offers convenient device management that provides trouble-free, dynamic handling of devices plugged in at run time – including WLAN sticks, digital cameras, and even camcorders. Linux can listen on interfaces such as Bluetooth and Firewire and, if necessary, not only integrate a device you plug in, but launch the matching application as well.
Fortunately, the trend in recent months has been toward standardizing the underlying technologies. Udev has already clearly ousted its predecessor, Devfs, and found its way into the Linux kernel. Now the Freedesktop.org-sponsored team of HAL and D-Bus is establishing itself in the face of competition from the previous Gnome and KDE favorites, Corba and DCOP.
This merge has greatly improved communications between the two desktop environments. Gnome already has a mature front end for dynamic device management with Gnome Volume Manager and related tools. KDE is following suit after considerable restructuring of its libraries in version 4.
The KDE Solid hardware library adds a new and powerful framework to make hardware management on KDE easier than ever. In the months to come, you can look forward to more dynamic device management fireworks.
Short form of User Event. This means a notification event from the kernel to programs in userspace. This memory area, which is separate from the kernel space, is populated by normal programs and non-kernel subsystems. The Udev subsystem runs in userspace.
A virtual filesystem that was introduced with kernel version 2.6. It is normally accessible under /sys and makes device and driver information defined in the Kernel Device Model, the kernel's internal device database, available to programs in userspace.
Short for Interprocess Communication, a method of communication and data exchange between processes on the same computer.
- Udev: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html
- HAL: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal
- Freedesktop.org: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki
- D-Bus: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus
- Corba: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORBA
- DCOP: http://developer.kde.org/documentation/other/dcop.html
- DCOM for programmers: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms809311.aspx
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This error usually happens when two scripts or handlers (Apache::Registry in this case) call a function defined in a library without a package definition, or when the two use two libraries with different content but an identical name (as passed to require( )).
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Summer is upon us, and with it a whole new crop of seasonal questions about what is appropriate to wear in public. Who among us hasn't wondered if pajama pants are OK in the winter? What about clingy, see-through blouses for spring? And now that it's almost summer, what about nightgowns? Specifically, what about midthigh-length, straw-colored cotton nightgowns at work?
I'm asking for a friend.
Last week, my "friend" was housesitting for her parents. Rummaging through her mom's closet, she found a cute sundress that she put on and wore to work. The day passed uneventfully - quite comfortably, actually - and she thought no more of the dress, except that she liked the way it rippled just above her knees when she walked. When her parents returned the week after, her mom was upset because she couldn't locate her nightgown. ("I swear it was in my closet." "Who on earth would steal a 60-something woman's ratty nightgown?") The daughter was genuinely perplexed and helped her mom dig through the clean and dirty laundry, to no avail.
You can probably see where this is going. When my "friend" did her own laundry and returned the clean sundress to her parents' house, it dawned on everyone what had happened. Namely, the twentysomething Office Pro had mistaken her mother's sleepwear for a summery daytime dress and worn it to work. Most miraculously of all, no one had seemed to notice. (She checked with co-workers the day after she found out about the gaffe, and they pled total obliviousness. Plus, as of now, she still has her job.)
My friend would like to think she learned an invaluable lesson from Nightgowngate, although she's not sure precisely what it is. Maybe that the mortifying scenarios that fuel anxiety dreams can prove inconsequential in real life. Or that everyone is too wrapped up in his or her own world to notice slight variations in your appearance or dress. Or that co-workers are observant but polite. Or that entitled millennialism will bite you in the butt: You must always ask before rifling through a family member's belongings. Maybe the lesson is that the modern woman's nightgown, a garment of increasingly beautiful construction, actually should take its part in the daily pageant of stylish office wear. It's just like a maxi dress, I told my friend when I heard of her goof!
But my friend's preferred takeaway is this: How you look really doesn't matter as much as you think.
Which is the main reason why I am telling you this story. For all the indications that we live in a style-obsessed culture, women should know that it is entirely possible to arrive at work in a nightgown and leave work in a nightgown and not die and have to be resuscitated by shamans somewhere in the middle.
So ladies, learn from this example! Wear whatever makes you feel productive, alluring and good, because, honestly, no one else is paying any attention.
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Profile and Interview by Angus Batey, NME, November 1997
THERE'S A shadow across Rakim's face, but his brown eyes are shining. The man who is for many the greatest rapper ever to have picked ...
Jay-Z: Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter (Roc-A-Fella)/Rakim: The Master (Universal)
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THIS ISN'T A generation-gap piece, really. I ain't even 30. But a lot of folks ain't authentically feeling Rakim Allah; they just takin' the "experts' ...
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Jackass: The Movie
Johnny Knoxville, Jason 'Wee Man' Acuna, Brandon DiCamillo, Ryan Dunn, Dave England
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It's hard to know just how to take Jackass: The Movie. It's not exactly stupid — who else would have thought of releasing a movie that's pretty much exactly the same as the TV show it's based on? Cynical might be a better word. Or even inspired — as long as your definition of inspiration includes shoving a toy car in your rear end. Jackass: The Movie (the DVD) throws in thirty minutes of new stunts. In one, "Pocket Ass Return," Johnny Knoxville tries to return a gay-sex toy that he says gave him a "mid-shaft gash."
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Remember a while back when apple higher the creator of web OSs notification system they could be going with a gesture based maybe small touch screen or button in place of the home button.
You do realize that the retina screen is simply high pixel density. Theoretically the same pixel density can be achieved with AMOLED.
looks more like a 5th gen ipod touch case
I sincerely hope this is not the newly designed iphone. I hate the curved back thing, and I would hope they would not go back to the same old 3G+3GS form. I really like the thing being, and not wasting that space that you have to round off on the all four sides of the back.
JMO, But here's hoping this one is just another bogus picture
i agree! why would Apple go back to the 3G/3GS design ? Thats taking a step backwards in my eyes. I prefer the IPhone 4 design more too. It differs from all the other phones on the market.
im using samoled right now. I know the difference
Retina display is clearer.
"Retina" is just Apples buzz word for high pixel density.
You can have "Retina" LCD, AMOLED, Plasma, CRT
touch home button with gestures
The new iTouch is awful, it is much harder to press the volume buttons then the privious design.
NO!! I bet apple will never dare to kill the home button to make it touch button.
That's what all competitor is dying for.
Try using other touch devices with no home. Button.
It's a pain in ***
I got so bored using same iPhone for so many years, so decided to try other top of the line android monkey and hate them so much.
Main problem was that you have to touch the power button then come down to home screen to slide their stupid gesture to unlock the screen.
With I phone I do it with one single thumb.
Just press the home button with thumb and same thumb slides the unlocker.
I threw all the devices back on best buy face and got back to my my iPhone.
Wow what a relief.
So I bet and pray apple will never kill home button.
This would be design regression for Apple. That's not their bag baby!
The iphone 5 would have to have some very good features as a trade-off for taking me back to the curved back design. If it does have a curved back I will get an iphone 4 instead unless it shits rainbows.
So there's plenty of comments about the home button... but why hasn't anyone mentioned the thing that appears to be an SD card slot?
what? you mean the micro SIM tray? do you really think Apple will
let you transfer files freely?


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What do Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and a 14-year-old boy from Morisset Park, NSW, have in common?
All have smoked cannabis.
But only the 14-year-old has ended up detained in an Indonesian immigration facility and may soon be on his way to Kerobokan prison in Bali. Just for the crime of smoking dope. Not only that, the anonymous boy is said to be likely to receive a lesser punishment because his blood and urine tested positive for cannabis.
If this does not make any sense to you, don't worry.
Since it was introduced in 1925, global cannabis prohibition has been like a Ponzi scheme, built on ever increasing scientific fraud and irrationality.
Lester Grinspoon, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard University, said: "there is something very special about illegal drugs. If they don't always make the drug user behave irrationally, they certainly cause many non-drug users to behave that way".
The idea of prohibiting cannabis around the world was agreed at the Second Opium Conference in Geneva in 1925.
Cannabis was not on the agenda for this meeting but the Egyptian delegation claimed cannabis was as dangerous as opium and should therefore be subjected to the same international controls.
No formal evidence was provided about the harms of cannabis, nor were conference delegates briefed about cannabis.
Nevertheless the delegates agreed to ban cannabis around the world.
Australia was represented at the meeting so Canberra officials then told the states and territories what they now had to do. The NSW Under Secretary of the Colonial Secretary's Department wrote back to Canberra that the omission of that drug [cannabis] from the operation of the Act would have been of small moment, but having been considered by the conference as required to be included, it might perhaps be as well, if practicable, to bring it within the purview of the dangerous drug laws.
In 1937, Henry Anslinger, Commissioner of the US Federal Bureau of Narcotics, declared "there are 100,000 marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others". Now you know. Authorities cannot prevent the inevitable, but they can delay them.
Fast forward four score years and global cannabis prohibition is starting to fall apart.
This week the 2011 results of the annual US Gallup poll were announced. Since 1969 respondents have been asked annually "do you support the legalisation of marijuana?".
Opponents had always outnumbered supporters but the gap has been shrinking steadily, especially in recent years.
In 1969, 84 percent opposed and only 12 percent supported legalisation. In 2006, 60 percent opposed but 36 percent supported legalisation. In 2010, 50 percent opposed and 46 percent supported legalisation. This year, for the first time, supporters outnumbered opponents: 50 percent supported and 46 percent opposed legalisation. The Californian Medical Association also came out in support of taxing and regulating cannabis.
Australians do not seem to be big fans of criminal penalties for trivial cannabis offences.
In the 2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey of people over the age of 14 years, of those who have a view on the matter 67 percent opposed cannabis possession being a criminal offence and 69 percent supported the medical use of cannabis.
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MP October 24, 2011
Is this guy an actual medical doctor? It seems that he's quite flippant about the risk of mental illness (which can be very profound, as I have seen myself) & overly concerned about lost revenue through taxes.
dramaqueen75 October 24, 2011
yes, many things the god doctor says are factual and make sense, but i think we need to consider two further points.
Firstly, articles like this imply that cannabis is a drug commonly used by many Australians. Whilst some Australians smoke dope, the percentage of people who reported using cannabis recently was only 10.3% in 2010
source – http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=32212254712So, I would like to remind people to beware of "normalising" dope and thinking of it as a common drug of choice for most Australians.
The other thing to consider is that while many of us would not like to see cannabis users, especially the young, subjected to criminal convictions we also don't support legalisation of marijuana. We all know of the chronic health problems caused by smoking cigarettes and we are learning more about the mental health issues that can be exacerbated by marijuana use for people with a pre-disposition.
So, by all means think about continuing the trend to de-criminalize cannabis but not legalise. There is a big difference
Dramaqueen75 October 24, 2011
The good doctor, not the god doctor, lol.
I just ask people to consider this-
What if someone came along now and they had discovered "tobacco"? It's a product that makes people feel more alert and stimulates the nerves. It seems to be like strong caffeine. The producer can make a lot of money from it because it is addictive. Its growth and production can generate wealth for the whole economy. Sounds great. However, these days responsible governments have drug regulations. We would insist on research to prove that the product was safe, or in the very least had an acceptable level of harm. In the case of tobacco we would not legalize it once the health risks were revealed.So, it's too late for tobacco, the horse has bolted. We can only try to discourage people and implement restrictions on its use.
We still have that chance though with dope. Would doctor Wodac welcome the increase in bronchial disease and lung cancers if marijuana became a legal product?
Rachel October 24, 2011
This is a tricky one. I know people that smoke "dope" and I have to say I do think long term use alters the chemical balance in the brain and of course it does have all the down sides similar to tobacco i.e lung cancer etc.
However I also know of people who are in extreme pain and use it for its medicinal uses and swear it helps.
As it stands now the drug is extremely expensive and is lining the pockets of the petty criminals who deal it. It is also a drug of choice to a lot of unemployed people and like any drug, it is costly, and bites a large chunk out of their centrelink benefit. Which is OK if they choose this for themselves but if there are other family members such as children or spouses that have to miss out on basic needs because of their parents or spouses habit, it is extremely unfair.
More effort should be put into helping those give up the "dope" habit and looking at why people start any type of drug to begin with. There are many people who smoke dope and would love to give it up but don't know where to go or are too embarassed to admit they smoke marijuana to seek help.
In the end it doesn't really matter if it's legal or not. It really only effects the price of it,and even then, if the Government think they can get the same price per gram as the dealers do, it will probably still be expensive. Maybe even more expensive!. If people want it badly enough they will get it no matter what! -
Shiralee October 25, 2011
Yes for medical reasons use dope, otherwise you can choose to be a crimminal looser or or not. I choose not and any person who wants to be associated with me can choose to be in my life or be a crimminal. You can't have both.
PS I know of 2 regular drug user who have mental illness's who more than likly wouldn't have if not for illegal drugs, and 3 families introuble due to addicotion and I wouldn't wish their problems on my worst enemy. -
Kid October 25, 2011
Prohibition successfully erased thousands of years of historical evidence regarding marijuana use from the minds of the public. Those with an agenda to push have been trying to justify it ever since.
Hasn't anyone else noticed how so many studies of marijuana use focus only on heavy daily users? One a few years ago looked at users who did five cones a day! I know many users and they all agreed this was excessive. It's like studying the effects of alcohol by looking only at alcoholics and then claiming that the smallest level of alcohol consumption poses the same level of risk.
The method of use ie smoking is a separate issue. The benefits are worth pursuing.
Deborah December 6, 2011
I'm late coming to this talk but I did read the article when it first appeared on the site. Currently, I'm not against marijuna legalization. I'd just love even more unbiased information on it. It's hard to find a Doctor like Dr Wodak who is willing to present a balanced view. Generally, articles in the media are extremely biased — against legislation of marijuana and often presented as being the trigger for serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and I'm not sure that is true. I used to smoke marijuana but gave it up after a couple of years because I thought it made me more anxious. There has been literature that supports the theory that marijuana also leads to anxiety/depression disorders. Now, many years later, looking back to childhood I can see I was always an anxious person and that perhaps the reason I liked marijuana is that for a couple of years I experienced relief from anxiety because of my use of marijuana — self medicating – but that possibly it eventually stopped working for anxiety and anxiety 'broke through.' just like many prescription drugs will stop working after a while. Much of the info on marijuana on the net is against it, too, although it has it supporters.
I'd love to read more medical opinions about this emotive issue. Especially, I'd love to read the opinion of someone like Dr Goude (sp?) head of St Vincent's Emergency Department, Sydney He and his staff get to see the more dire results of illegal drug use and I just wonder what his opinion would be. I'd also like the opinion of psychiatrists as well. Plus social workers and people who work with people living with the fallout of drug addiction. I just wonder how greatly marijuana features when no other drugs, including alcohol is involved.
Alberto Rosso February 16, 2012
Nobody in their right minds would encourage the use of any drug including marijuana – and alcohol for that matter.
However the War on Drugs policies that have been implemented throughout much of th world has been a disaster.
Portugal has implemented innovative decriminalisation laws which appear to be have positive effects.
The web site of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) is worth reviewing.
blue February 16, 2012
I am married to a verbally abusive alcoholic. I wish he'd have a toke instead of his drinks each evening and I'm sure life, for me, would be a hell of a lot nicer. Nicer for him, too, probably.
Why isn't alcohol made illegal? Probably because the great majority of Australians would scream 'no' and it would probably be the one thing that got them all moving to storm the barricades of the law makers protesting against criminalization of alcohol. So many Aussies drink, you'd think they'd understand that there are many Aussies that would like to have a smoke of marijuna and do it completely legally and be able to go to their licensed store to buy it just as anyone over the age of 18 can go to their local bottle shop to purchase alcohol and know that they are getting quality control of the product..
melissa February 17, 2012
My father was a violent, abusive monster whose brutality escapated when drunk, in the process damaging the lives of several people, very proundly. I, like Blue wish he had a tke instead.
Let's get some perspective on te way the law treat drug issues. So ofte a rapist or child molester will get a very scant sentence, a vastly lesser punishment than a person who was using ' drugs' or seeling drugs to willing consumers. -
Sean March 27, 2012
As an Australian teenager I am surrounded by abusers of alcohol. Alcohol is proven to do more damage to you than using marijuana, but as mentioned earlier, can you imagine what would happen if the government banned alcohol in Australia?? We would turn a majority of the population into 'criminals' who would seek 'underground alcohol'
Is it even the governments place to make such a ban? It shouldn't be up to the government to decide what we can and can't do where it is a personal choice for many.People should be educated on BOTH sides of the story, then choose for themselves. Not be brought up on "smoking marijuana is definitely going to cause you serious bodily harm" (the ad campaigns never show the majority of people that ENJOY using it for some reason…)
If there is such strong support for marijuana decriminalization, why are the punishments so severe? If it is on the edge of being made legal there shouldn't be jail terms attached to it's use?
57, 000 arrests were made last year in AUS relating to marijuana, yet the leaders of BOTH major political parties have used it AND both are running the country!
The whole 'War' is silly, stop mucking around and decriminalize it.
Hempanon April 5, 2012
Good one Sean, it was great to read a post like your's written by one of today's teenagers.
Dr Wodak was involved with the Australian21 report released on Tuesday as were a number of other prominant Australians including Bob Carr.
Bob has posted a about his position which now must come through his Foreign Minister filter and you can read it here.
http://bobcarrblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/drug-policy-reform/#comment-5768Check it out.
I commented on the blog and it's copied below.
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April 5, 2012 3:01 pmYour having a bob each way here Bob but let's just leave it simple.
I am a male baby boomer who has used cannabis for 40 years. I don't drink, other than a glass of wine with dinner probably 5 times a week. I've never injected drugs intravenously. I've snorted cocaine twice and years ago I occasionally yielded to a dexamphetamine temptation if it was produced at a party. Way back in the day I took far to much LSD when we were all tuning in, turning on and dropping out but that was over 30 years ago.
Since then cannabis has been to the fore in both my recreational and medicinal regime and I use it as a colleague might use a whiskey or two in the evening. My drug won't give me a headache, in fact I've known it to make one go away as recently as yesterday.
I want to be able to continue as I have lived for 40 years unmolested. I also want to be able to grow enough so that I know what is going into my body at a price I can afford and I want to be able to use it as a medicine for ailments that arise as we get older.
Yes, the problem is filled with minefields but I don't see my part in the saga as being a problem to anyone, even myself. So what needs to happen to turn my furtive illegal habits into what they should be, normal activities in my everyday life?
That's what I'd like to know Bob and fortuitously, the Nimbin Mardi Grass is being celebrated on the first weekend in May. I believe a couple of retired NSW politicians are attending and I'm sure you would be warmly welcomed. Doubtless you'd be hailed as a hero, especially if you could see a way to solve my problems with the failed war on drugs. You can be sure that there will be thousands of people there with the very same concerns as mine.
Of course I understand why you might not be able to make it, haha.
Freja Leonard April 16, 2012
The mistake that many people make here is to suggest that repealing unworkable cannabis (and other drugs) prohibition leads to increased use and society condoning drug use. Each drug that is currently illegal has had use surge under prohibition – being illegal doesn't stop people using, it just makes them criminals. It also creates a powerful financial incentive for black marketeers to come up with new and more addictive drugs.
Endorsing decriminalisation – even legalisation – is not the same as endorsing drug use.


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Paul Grogan
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The Queen's University Biological Station has several distinct landholdings within Frontenac and Leeds counties in southeastern Ontario (click | here | for details). This region contains a variety of soils ranging from very shallow, acidic, well-drained sandy loams through to moderately deep, calcareous, poorly drained clays. The vegetation of the region is classified within the Mixedwood Plains ecozone where agriculture is a major land-use (Wiken 1996). Mixed coniferous-deciduous forest is common, as are successional shrub communities in lands that have been abandoned from agriculture, and wetlands (Crowder et al. 1996). Finally, the region contains several alvars which support a distinctive flora that is characteristic of seasonally dry environments associated with very shallow soils on the edges of limestone plains (Crowder et al. 1996).
a) Geology. The northern part of the region is composed primarily of Precambrian Canadian Shield granites and gneisses with some inclusions of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks such as crystalline limestone. By contrast, younger (Ordovician) limestone rocks generally underly the soils of the southern part of the region (Corlett 1986). More detailed geological descriptions indicate a scattered mosaic of differing bedrocks including granites, gneisses, granulites, sandstones and limestones within 15 km of QUBS (Wynne-Edwards 1967). Nevertheless, at the broadest scale, sandy soils tend to overly the Canadian Shield and clays and loams overly the southern part of the region.
b) Post-glacial history. Events during and after the most recent glaciation which ended ~10,000 years ago have had a profound impact on the landforms and associated surficial deposits of the region (Anonymous 2003; Corlett 1986). The harder Canadian Shield rocks resisted the grinding action of the glaciers to a greater degree than the softer sedimentary rocks to the south (Gilbert 1994). Furthermore, the glaciers in this region generally advanced in a southwesterly direction, moving eroded material off the Shield and on to the limestone (Corlett 1986). As a result of the glaciers and their meltwaters, patches of tills and other sediments such as glaciofluvial sand and gravel are scattered widely across the region (Anonymous 2003; Gilbert 1994), and moraines, drumlins and eskers are found to the south. Finally, large water bodies such as glacial lake Iroquois and the later connection to the Champlain sea resulted in substantial lacustrine and marine silt and clay deposits in the southeast of the region (Gilbert 1994). In theory, the markedly different physical and chemical properties of the Canadian Shield and limestone bedrocks would be expected to strongly influence soil development, and may well do so when directly adjacent to bedrock that is exposed above the post-glacial deposits (Curtis 1946). In practice however, development of the different soil-types across much of the region has been much more strongly influenced by the patchy distribution of underlying post-glacial surficial deposits than by bedrock-type.
c) Land-use history. Human impacts on soils of the region are likely to have been substantial. European colonization began in the 1780s (Gillespie et al. 1966; Osborne 1978) and was initially focused on the southern limestone plains close to the edge of Lake Ontario. The mature forests that would have covered most of the region at that time were logged and cleared for agriculture (Keddy 1993). These actions, and deliberate burning to produce potash fertilizer (Osborne 1982), would undoubtedly have resulted in soil losses via erosion as well as changes in soil biogeochemical properties and destruction of soil horizons (Foote & Grogan 2010). The lack of roads northward restricted initial movement of settlers on to the agriculturally less favorable Canadian Shield surfaces (Barber & Fuchs 1997; Osborne 1978). However, continuing population growth and demand for new farmland in the 1850s pushed settlers to clear the flatter and less rocky tracts of these lands for agriculture (Osborne 1982), while the more rocky areas were logged to provide wood for building construction, fuel, and export down the Rideau and other rivers (Osborne 1978). Logging and clearance were so intense across Eastern Ontario that most townships had <30% forest cover by 1880, and wood was apparently so scarce by 1900 that many townhouses were heated primarily by coal (Keddy 1993). Rural populations peaked around 1881, after which an ongoing pattern of abandonment of agricultural land began (Gillespie & Wicklund 1968; Osborne 1978) that continues to this day. In summary, many of the soils in the region are likely to have been significantly affected by the initial land clearance and then by subsequent agricultural practices. The more productive soils remain affected and are primarily in the southern parts of the region (Gillespie & Wicklund 1968; Gillespie et al. 1966), whilst the soils in abandoned lands are in a state of slow recovery as the vegetation naturally regenerates back toward mature forests (Foote & Grogan 2010).
Mature forests in the area are generally dominated by sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and red oak (Quercus rubra L.) with some white oak (Quercus alba L.), red maple (Acer rubrum L.), basswood (Tilia americana L.), eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis L.), white pine (Pinus strobus L.), ironwood (Ostrya virginiana(P. Mill) K. Koch), and blue beech (Carpinus caroliniana Walt.) (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995; Wiken 1996). In accordance with the climatic gradient toward the boreal zone, the coniferous component tends to increase in dominance in the northernmost parts of Frontenac and adjoining counties (Beschel et al. 1962). However, proximity to Lake Ontario modulates the climate within South Frontenac and Leeds counties, resulting in a mild north-south temperature gradient (Gillespie et al. 1966). The composition and productivity of the forest vegetation within this area do not broadly correlate with climatic or geological patterns (Beschel et al. 1962). Instead, it would appear that variations in soil properties and in land-use histories have been the primary determinants of the current vegetation distribution (Crowder et al. 1996).
The capacity of the soil-types in this area to hold and supply moisture seems to strongly influence both vegetation productivity and composition. This capacity is related to two properties: soil depth and soil texture. Relatively deep and fine-grained soils generally hold more water, and support relatively high plant growth rates. For example, the Luvisol soils of Wolfe and Howe Islands are the most agriculturally productive in Frontenac county and are used primarily to grow hay, oats, and to a lesser extent corn to support the livestock industry (Gillespie et al. 1966). Larger scale studies of the whole northern Great Lakes region also indicate that the distributions and relative abundances of the major forest plant species is determined primarily by variability in soil moisture rather than climate or geology (Maycock & Curtis 1960).
The water holding capacities of soils across the region vary substantially at several spatial scales because of strong heterogeneities in both soil depth and soil texture. At the landscape scale, topographical depressions in a watershed tend to accumulate greater depths of post-glacial deposits and soil organic materials. Precipitation inputs also accumulate in depressions on the landscape, resulting in moist conditions especially if the underlying bedrock is Canadian Shield and therefore poorly drained. However, even at scales of 10-100 m, strong spatial heterogeneity in both soil texture and depth have been observed within hayfields on the Canadian Shield (Crowder & Harmsen 1998), presumably as a result of small-scale patchiness in glacial and post-glacial deposits. Such heterogeneities lead to substantial variation in vegetation composition. For example, Rumex spp. are much more prevalent in sandy well-drained than in clay-dominated patches of hayfields on the Shield (Grogan, pers. obs.).
The composition and productivity of vegetation in the region is probably also strongly influenced by the supply of nutrients from soil. Nutrient availability to plants undoubtedly varies due to the differences in soil moisture described above that would affect rock weathering and soil biogeochemical cycling. In addition, chemical composition of bedrock and surficial deposits may be important. Phosphate and mica mines are scattered across the Shield area, presumably modifying local nutrient availability. Soil pH may also influence the supply of nutrients to plants. The distribution of certain calciphilic plant species in the region is clearly related to exposed limestone (e.g. alvars). However, just as for texture, soil pH is highly variable at small spatial scales (Grogan, pers. obs.), and often unrelated to the chemical composition of the underlying bedrock (Foote & Grogan 2010).
Soil fauna may also influence vegetation structure and productivity. For example, earthworms generally enhance nutrient cycling, and are frequently observed in soil cores from forests and fields throughout the region (Foote & Grogan 2010). However, populations of the invasive nightcrawler earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris, L.) are spreading within the region. This earthworm species in particular tends to move litter from the ground surface down into deeper soil layers, thereby changing the forest floor environment (Bohlen et al. 2004). Recent studies in mature forests of the QUBS region indicate infrequent surface litter layer cover (Foote & Grogan 2010), leading to the concern that understory plant species germination and tree seedling survival may be adversely affected.
Herbivory by animals such as white-tailed deer, beavers and meadow voles undoubtedly have substantial impacts on the region's vegetation (Brdar, pers. comm.; Grogan, pers. obs.;Cote et al. 2004; Horsley et al. 2003). Furthermore, fluctuations in deer and beaver population numbers associated with eradication of predators (e.g. wolves) as well as varying intensities of hunting and trapping over the past two centuries have probably had strong impacts on vegetation development. Wildfires have also been an ongoing feature of the region, influencing local vegetation succession, and promoting blueberry heath and Jack pine stands in particular.
The importation of alien (mostly Eurasian) invasive species is altering the composition and structure of the region's vegetation. Eurasian grasses and weeds are very common in roadside and agricultural areas. Mature forests outside Kingston seem to be largely unaffected so far, but nevertheless are clearly threatened by potential invasions of tree species such as European buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticaL.),vines (e.g. Vincetoxicum andCynanchumspp.),and herbs such as Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolataL.). Furthermore, several imported fungal pathogens and insect pests such as Dutch elm disease and Emerald ash borer can have severe impacts on certain native tree species, thereby altering forest vegetation composition.
Finally, airborne pollutants such as acid rain and atmospheric nitrogen deposition are likely to have influenced both vegetation and soils of the region over the past ~50 years.
The following characterizations are based on the Ontario Soils Survey maps (Gillespie & Wicklund 1968; Gillespie et al. 1966), but do not encompass the substantial small-scale variation described above.
Bracken tract: Clays (Napanee series – Humic gleysol); Sandy loams (Monteagle and Tennyson series – Gray-Brown podsol); Upland sands (Podsol)
Massassauga property: Sandy-loam (Monteagle series – Gray-Brown podsol); Wetland peat (Muck – Organic)
Opinicon road properties: Sandy-loam (Monteagle series Gray-Brown podsol); Wetland peat (Muck – Organic); Uplands sands (Podsol). More detailed soil studies directly around the station including Cow island (where the eastern part is underlain by sandstone, while the western part is crystalline limestone) clearly demonstrate strong small-scale variation in soil horizon structure and nutrient contents (Curtis 1946).
Thanks to Adele Crowder, Dolf Harmsen, Dale Kristensen and Floyd Connor for comments on a previous version of this document.
Dolf Harmsen (Queen's University), Adele Crowder (Queen's University), Dale Kristensen(Queen's University) and Floyd Connor (Queen's University Biological Station)


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