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Spatial analysis of the amenity value of green open space
AbstractThe objective of this research is to determine the spatial variation in amenity values for both quantity and quality of green open space in the housing market. Variables related to size, proximity, spatial configuration, and species composition of open space are endogenized in the global and local models in a hedonic price framework. Empirical evidence shows that amenities of different features of open space vary according to the degree of urbanization. In summary, evergreen trees, a diverse landscape with fragmented forest patches, and more complex and natural forest edges are more highly valued in Rural-Urban interfaces. In contrast, deciduous and mixed forests, larger forest blocks, and smoothly trimmed and man-made forest patch boundaries are more highly valued in urban core areas. As spatial variation in amenity values differs across a metropolitan area, the need for site-specific land use management to fit the local characteristics is recognized.
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Volume (Year): 66 (2008)
Issue (Month): 2-3 (June)
Pages: 403-416
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Hemp Is Not Pot: It's the Economic Stimulus and Green Jobs Solution We Need
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However, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, the DEA's predecessor, said its agents couldn't differentiate between industrial hemp and marijuana, a stance the DEA maintains today, so fewer farmers were willing to grow it. The exception came during World War II, when the armed forces experienced a severe fiber shortage and the government launched an aggressive campaign to grow hemp.
But after the war, hemp production faded away, and the last legal crop was harvested in 1957. Marijuana's propaganda-fuelled history, one filled with lurid stories, one-sided information, slander and corporate profiteerism, is too lengthy to address here, but hemp has never managed to remain unscathed.
Considering today's economic crisis and the combined threats of peak oil and global warming, there is increasing pressure to move toward sustainable resources before everything goes up in smoke. If there was any time to revisit hemp, it's now.
"Industrial hemp is the best gift a farmer could have. It's the ideal alternative crop," says Gale Glenn, on the board of the North American Industrial Hemp Council. Glenn, now retired, owned and managed a 300-acre Kentucky farm producing burley tobacco, and she immediately launches into hemp's benefits: It's environmentally friendly, requiring no pesticides or herbicides, it's the perfect rotation crop because it detoxifies and regenerates the soil, and it's low labor.
"You just plant the seed, close the farm gate and four months later, cut it and bale it," she says.
And there's more. As a food, hemp is rich in essential omega-3 fatty acids; the plant's cellulose level, roughly three times that of wood, creates paper that yields four times as much pulp as trees; hemp is an ideal raw material for plant-based plastics, used to make everything from diapers to dashboards.
In fact, Germany's DaimlerChrysler Corp. has equipped its Mercedes-Benz C-class vehicles with natural-fiber-reinforced materials, including hemp, for years. Even Henry Ford himself manufactured a car from hemp-based plastic in 1941, archival footage of which can be found on YouTube, and the car ran on clean-burning hemp-based ethanol fuel.
This leads to the most compelling argument for hemp: fuel. Hemp seeds are ideal for making ethanol, the cleanest-burning liquid bio-alternative to gasoline, and when grown as an energy crop, hemp actually offsets carbon emissions because it absorbs more carbon dioxide than any other plant.
As the world rapidly depletes its reserves of petroleum, America needs to create a renewable, homegrown energy source to become energy independent. Luckily, unlike petrol, hemp is renewable, unless we run out of soil.
"As a farmer, it's frustrating not being able to grow this incredible crop," says Glenn. But if Glenn did try to grow it, the American government would consider her a felon guilty of trafficking, and she would face a fine of up to $4 million and a prison sentence of 5 to 40 years. Because no matter how low its THC content, hemp is still considered a Schedule I substance, grouped alongside heroin.
It's exactly this war-on-drugs logic that has kept serious discussion of hemp off the table.
"I've met with senators over the last 13 years, and I've been to the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) four times, and I'm always amazed by what they tell us -- that industrial hemp is by far one of the most superior fibers known to man, but since it's a green plant with a five-point leaf, you'll never grow it in America," says Bud Sholts chairman of the the North American Industrial Hemp Council and former economist for Wisconsin's State Department of Agriculture.
Sholts' research into sustainable agriculture convinced him of industrial hemp's value, and he has been lobbying for it ever since. "We're overlooking something huge."
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Forum - View topicNEWS: Viz Reissues Original Inuyasha Series on DVD
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I'd suggest checking your local Wal Mart.
I'm seeing them go for about $10-15, I want to go closer to $10 but my memory is failing at the moment.
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No thanks. I didn't even have any intention of collecting this title until TRSI practically started giving them away.
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|well as long as they don't change the boxes im good (still got few to collect)
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I agree. The box sets take a lot of space. I might buy Inuyasha if they came in regular size DVD cases.
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All 167 episodes were released on singles. The singles had extras that were not included in the season sets. They were mostly art galleries and, most important to me, accurate dub credits.
I am glad that managed to find and buy all 55 volumes a few years ago, but I doubt that it would be worth the time and expense for most people.
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What UK releases are you referring to? From what it looks like, they're not reprinting due to screw ups with the releases.
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The folks speaking of the RS sale in past tense are kind of wrong.
That sale is still going on. It also includes some of the movies, which are selling for $5.00 a piece. I bought up what I was missing last night.
A lot of it is not in stock, though. They're waiting on more from the manufacturer.
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|I was actually very interested in getting Inuyasha on DVD a while back. I was going to pick up Deadman Wonderland but with Digimon and this, I'll have to forget that idea. Deadman was only 12 episodes anyway.
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It was recent, but Viz has it so the retail price will change in a few months, it wasn't a change that happened on the spot, they have a planned date for it.
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I would just be happy to own the original none edited copies of the whole series. I own the whole seven seasons and two movies of the original releases of Ranma 1/2 and both movies and love the whole set.
I own the first four seasons of the edited copies of Inuyasha.
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I had never heard of editing in Inuyasha.
What was edited?
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|I was under the impression there were edits for broadcast content when the series went on Adult Swim. If this were indeed true, it would be rather strange considering the times they were once showing Inuyasha at.
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|This is good news, I guess. Hopefully they will be slimmer, like the Ranma re-releases. Speaking of Ranma, where is a Ranma release at a decent price (the current releases were just discontinued), and when are you gonna release the Ranma 1/2 manga unflipped? At least InuYasha finally got an unflipped rerelease in the VizBigs...
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Viz unloaded a ton of copies of Ranma pretty cheaply at Best Buy a few years ago. It gave me the impression that their license was expiring and they were attempting to unload excess copies. I would expect a Ranma re-release unless someone else rescues it. Of course with Viz, it's hard to know for certain.
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The Britney Spear Museum will be an add on to the town's military history-themed Kentwood Museum. (See the connection? Well, no, neither do we.)
The wing will be divided into three sections chronicling the popstress' personal and family history; her time on Disney's "The Mickey Mouse Club;" and her current status as a teenybopper superstar.
According to Britney Spears Museum co-coordinator Sandy Reed, the Britney wing will probably take up half of the Kentwood Museum's existing space. (Who needs military history?) It will exhibit personal items such as clothes and gold and platinum albums donated by the singer. And like all legitimate museums, it will also feature a gift shop.
"A lot of people have called or inquired to see if they can buy or see something of Britney Spears," Reed tells Hollywood.com. "Our main reason for doing [the museum] is that we want to have something in town for people and tourists to see."
"And Britney is 100 percent supporting us in this."
The museum is the brainchild of Reed (also the head of Kentwood Museum) and Kentwood town official Kathy Bryan. The two have been toying with the idea for about a year.
Reed estimates that the museum will probably have its grand opening early next year. While she hopes that Spears herself will be in attendance for the unveiling, she understands that the singer is very "busy."
But Reed adds that they will definitely try to work the inauguration around the singer's schedule.
Well, in a couple more years, they might not even have to wait.
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There is, of course, a difference between criticising Islam and persecuting its adherents. Too often discourse on Islam is divided between those who buy into hyperbolic headlines of "Muslim Rage" and those who repeat the insidious neologism "Islamophobia".
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They had to go looking for other Islams – and often they found it in the more mystical school of the Sufis. "Wahabi Islam is totally sensory: eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth," Usman says. "It lays out a strict set of rules to be followed here on earth, every moment of the day. Sufi Islam teaches instead that the realm of Allah is wholly separate and spiritual and nothing to do with the shadow-play of mere mortals. It is accessible only through a sense of mystery and transcendence." In this new Sufi Islam, Usman found something he had never known before: a sense of calm.
Ed Husain insists: "There are a lot of Muslims who agree with us. A lot. But they're frightened. They see what's happened to us – the hassle, the slander, the death threats – and they think: it's not worth it. But you know what? When I first spoke out, I was alone. I had no idea that, a year on, there would be this number of people speaking out, and many more who are just offering resources and support. Once a truth is spoken, it takes on its own life."
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Anjem Choudhary waves his hand angrily through the air, and says that in the world he wants to create, the people I have been interviewing will be put to death. "They are apostates. I don't consider [them] to be Muslim in any sense of the word," he says. "Everybody knows the punishment for apostasy." My facial muscles must involuntarily react, because he leans forward and asks suspiciously: "Are you Jewish?"
Anjem is one of the last of the famous Islamists from the 1990s still walking London's streets, free and furious. A decade ago, this city hosted a stream of fanatical Muslims who kept cropping up in the tabloid press as semi-comic pantomime villains. But gradually, one by one, they have been deported or arrested, leaving Anjem as their final public face. He has said the Pope and the Mohamed cartoonists should be executed, and has lauded the 7/7 bombers as "the Fantastic Four."
I wanted to see what the people the ex-jihadis have left behind make of them – and to sense if they are seen as a real threat. Anjem suggests meeting me in the Desert Rose Café in Leyton, not far from Usama's mosque. The 41-year-old lives here on social security benefits, paid for by a populace he believes should – in large measure – be lashed, stoned or burned in the hellfires. A long beard covers his chubby face, and long white robes cover his swollen form. I was surprised he agreed to meet me. He rarely speaks to print journalists. The last time he did, he stormed out, accusing the reporter of being a paedophile.
He immediately launches into a lecture about how the ex-Islamists are all liars and charlatans. They are "government bandits, set up by them and funded by them to do their dirty work within the [Muslim] community ... They were never actually practising! They were ignorant of Islam."
When I read him statements by ex-Islamists, he spits: "This is heresy ... The Muslim must submit to the sharia in all of his life. If I start to say things like, 'I don't believe the sharia needs to be implemented,' then that's tantamount to denying the message of Mohamed ... To say that any part of the Koran is not relevant nowadays is a clear statement of apostasy."
Taking any part of the Koran as metaphor will, he warns, cause the text to turn to dust in their hands. "I can't pick and choose what I like from the scripture. This is not strawberry season, where you can pick your own strawberries. You abide by whatever Allah brought in the final revelation with the example of the Prophet. And if there's something that you don't like, then you need to correct your own emotions and desires to make sure they're in line with the sharia."
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Date of News Release: 10/30/2013
(Henderson, KY) - Halloween is a time for candy, costumes and trick-or-treating! With many festivities kicking off this weekend, Kentucky State Police wants to make sure parents review safety tips with their little 'goblins'.
Trooper Corey King, KSP Post 16 Spokesperson, says the agency wants the children to have a fun but safe trick or treating experience.
"Prior to departure, parents need to be mindful of the weather, especially for Thursday afternoon and evening. With the threat of severe storms for our post district, it is important to periodically monitor the weather conditions," says King.
"While trick or treating is fun for the kids, it also has the potential to be one of the most dangerous for them too," adds King. "Our children are outside after dark, walking along and crossing unfamiliar streets, often wearing dark colors which are difficult for motorists to see."
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The KSP also wants to remind those driving on Halloween to be extra cautious of our small pedestrians.
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Your girls are always filled with joy – this series seems to capture that joy just perfectly….
I am joining a group of talented ladies to document the happenings of a day in our life. Project 10 essentially involves taking 10 photos on the 10th of each month — roughly one photo an hour, for the duration of the day, no matter how mundane. I don't want to look back in 20 years and only remember the key moments. So without further ado, here is my second entry. July 4th was a lazy day for us, and a picture perfect day. We decided to stay away from the crowds, went biking and then drove to the coast. The girls absolutely love the beach; it's amazing what a little sunshine and sand does to children. After a nice dinner and drive home, we lucked out viewing some fireworks from our house as the evening drew to an end. Sometimes with kids, simple is best. Head on over to see Kirsty Larmour, Abhu Dhabi Photographer's gorgeous girls living a life full of adventure!
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Students from a special education program in Middlebury have a special motto, "where there's a will there's a way."
The running club at the Diversified Occupation Program in Middlebury is gearing up for the big race.
"At the end of every race or practice, no one leaves until the last runner comes in," said Lain Hoefle, teacher.
For the second year in a row, the students at the alternative school for special education are participating in a 5K.
For 18-year-old Dan Briggs who has Spina Bifida, this was a dream no one ever thought possible. Dan has very little leg strength and struggled with even walking.
"I am ready for Sunday," said Dan.
"So when this program came along and he expressed desire to be in a running club, I was a little dumb founded, I wondered how. So when they came up with this jogger idea, I was thrilled," said Kathy Briggs, Dan's mother.
The students refusing to let their teammate and friend sit on the sidelines.
"Dan is the best student I've ever met," said Phillip Charles Jerome, runner.
The running club got supply donations from the community to build Dan his very own jogger.
"I'm just thankful for him to be able to come in and do this as well," said Devin Lavoie, runner.
"We always take turns on pushing Dan, even if there's a big hill, we do double ups," said Clifford Bell, runner.
Dan's mom says this kind of team work has helped Dan with his social and developmental skills.
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Leda and The Swan
Legend holds that Zeus was a rake.
He had this thing for beautiful earth women,
And he had a bag full of tricks.
He would use any ploy,
Anything to satisfy his desire for sex.
The god wanted Leda,
He wanted her real bad.
Yet when he became swan,
(The guise he adopted for this one, particular encounter)
The landscape of his attire, the white,
It blinded him, and for the moment,
The god stopped, he had to orient himself.
And she, she knew what was in store.
Had not the oracle promised?
Her community knew her face and body were extraordinary.
I want to tell you, Leda luxuriated in her loveliness.
No question about it!
She had prefigured the experience.
She had always sought a role in history.
Her vanity, big time,
She lived in era before Acknowledgment,
She had no idea, the seven deadly sins.
Then suddenly the swan returned to his purpose.
He lowered his neck.
He ran his head right through her inviting arms
- No resistance there - and his bill,
After it kissed her breast,
It easily reached underneath her hair
All the way around the back side of her head.
Then he tugged at her lobe;
He whispered into the drum of her ear.
His wings encased both her arms to the shoulders.
Once he entered her,
When he released himself,
He recognized how delightful the feel of his feathers,
His enchantment invigorated his abandon.
Verily had he become swan at the very depth of his loins.
Later, upon her return to the village,
Leda prostrated herself before the shrine of Eros.
She thanked the golden-winged god for his steady aim,
And then made sure to praise the power of the potion,
Which now had brought a god to herhis knees
In which he dipped his arrow-heads.
For it had brought the King of the gods to his knees.
As she staggered to her feet,
She threw some coins at the stone upon the altar.
Everyone saw her wanton disarray,
And heard her boast that she had become pregnant.
Such flush was upon her cheeks that
She seemed afire with divinity.
She announced to all, and wildly ran
To anyone who appeared to listen, screaming
'My baby's name is Helen! '
With eyes wide open she saw the Greeks,
The heroes at war before the gates of Troy.
She saw the girl atop the city's walls,
Looking down upon the assembled ranks.
Within the certainty of her vision she watched
Her daugther straining upon the tip of her toes
Searching the colors and the faces of the army below,
Hoping for sight of her two brothers.
And at the moment Leda envisioned
The whiteness of the maiden's hands,
That her knees were slender
And that the beauty of her face matched her mother's
Leda knew her immortality,
That she and her daughter had become legend.
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Rogen is a nonstop hoot, but it's the byplay between Frost and Pegg that roots the laughs in characters we care about. That's right: characters. No anal probes. show more
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A big fat geek kiss to the movies of Steven Spielberg and his fanboys, Paul is a mild, meandering comedy. show more
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Affectionate, funny and action-packed sci-fi spoof. show more
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Good cast, enjoyable funny movie
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This movie was hilarious!
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Has it\'s moments but a little low on comedy but over all worth watching; although, I will watch anything with simon pegg and nick frost
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I thought this movie was pretty funny; watched it several times after the first time. I have seen all of seth rogans movies before and a big fan of it. So, I knew what type of genre and humor this movie was going to be. Plus, a big fan of simon pegg and nick frost. If you like seth rogan, simon pegg and nick frost, then you wont be disappoint to see this movie. A modern ET movie lol
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Saw it in theaters. I love aliens, UFOs, etc. so I was really excited to see this. I was so disappointed I almost walked out of the theater. I managed to sit through to the end just for the free refill on popcorn. What a letdown! Dumbest movie I\'ve seen since I can\'t even remember when. Two thumbs DOWN!
August 06, 2011 Robyn
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I don't like aliens only nice and kind aliens.My favorite part of the movie is the man fainted. (:
August 04, 2011 rmadden715
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I saw the movie at the theater. I had relatively low expectations going in but I was very pleasantly surprised. I thought the storyline was pretty good. There were some classic scenes and even better lines. A bit slow at times but I really liked it. I was afraid that Seth Rogen was going to be too over the top like in all his other movies but he plays Paul really well. There are some ROFL moments. Very likeable. So much better than most of the recent releases.
May 25, 2011 kn00000000091528
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Not a good movie at all. Just dumb.
May 08, 2011 Fucking Asshole
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I havent seen it, so I give it a 5!!!!!!!!!
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