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Corporate Profits Before Taxes by Industry: 1998 to 2005
The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the US Census Department as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns.
A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed.
The tables that were changed (this is table 769):
0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467 0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629 1144 1227 1231
This dataset consists of a table of 36 rows and 1 columns.
In millions of dollars. Profits are without inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments. Covers corporations organized for profit and other entities treated as corporations. Represents profits to U.S. residents, without deduction of depletion charges and exclusive of capital gains and losses; intercorporate dividends from profits of domestic corporations are eliminated; net receipts of dividends, reinvested earnings of incorporated foreign affiliates, and earnings of unincorporated foreign affiliates are added.
- Based on North American Industry Classification System, 1997; see text, this section.
- Crop and animal production.
- Consists of scenic and sightseeing transportation; transportation support
activities; and couriers and messengers.
- Intangible assets include patents, trademarks, and franchise agreements, but
not copyrights.
- Consists of accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services;
architectural,engineering, and related services; specialized design services;
management, scientific, and technical consulting services; scientific research
and development services; advertising and related services; and other
professional, scientific, and technical services.
- Consists of bank and other holding companies.
- Consists of receipts by all U.S. residents, including both corporations and
persons, of dividends from foreign corporations, and, for U.S. corporations,
their share of reinvested earnings of their incorporated foreign affiliates, and
earnings of unincorporated foreign affiliates, net of corresponding payments.
Public Domain (Government Work)
This dataset was prepared by the government and is therefore in the public domain. There are no restrictions upon its use.


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Well the numbers are in....
...and according to Spike TV' President Kevin Kay, they're "fantastic"
Bellator Fighting Championships debuted on Spike TV last night (Jan. 17, 2013) and while the promotion was expected to see a ratings upswing, no one knew for certain how many viewers were going to tune in to a mixed martial arts (MMA) product not associated with the UFC.
Appearing on a special media conference call just moments ago, Kay revealed all the relevant statistics about last night's stellar show:
"It was the most watched Bellator event in the history of Bellator. We started the night in the first 15 minutes with 1.2 million viewers. 1.1 watched the Curran-Pitbull fight in the first half hour. We were up 394% over the MTV 2 broadcasts and had an average 938,000 viewers watching the entire broadcast with a 950,000 peak for the Chandler vs Hawn title fight."
Not bad at all, especially considering that's a better number than the majority of this past season of The Ultimate Fighter on FX, which forced the reality show to move to a different day of the week.
The Bellator event kickstarted with a Bellator Featherweight Title fight between champion Pat Curran and challenger (and season four tournament winner) Patricio Freire, which was a very evenly matched and entertaining five round battle which seemed to have held a significant portion of the TNA pro wrestling audience which was the lead-in.
While this number was very, very good, it will be very interesting to see how the ratings hold up as Bellator has really started its debut on Spike TV with a bang, loading its first two shows up with a significant portion of its biggest stars.
What do you make of these ratings? Are they sustainable?

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Restaurant Battles: Independents v. Chains
Here's a battle that will resonate with a lot of you: a Subway franchise planned for Mariposa's historic downtown district has thrown the town into a tizzy.
In one corner: Folks who want to protect locally owned, independent restaurants from competition with chains. Check out their Facebook group "No Way! No Subway in Mariposa!" (See the group's logo, at right.)
In the other corner: Facebook group "STFU, Subway Will Not Hurt Mariposa. Yes to Subway in 'Posa!" Their page says: "Bring it On, They have cheap, healthy food, might actually be open regularly, creates Jobs, provides Healthey [sic] Economic Competition for the other Restaurants that make sandwiches. It's a GOOD thing."
The Mariposa County Board of Supervisors will hear the issue on Tuesday morning.
This is a battle that could happen just about anywhere. We saw it in 1997, when Starbucks was looking for a spot in the Tower District.
And we've seen it worldwide. In the 1980s, the entry of a McDonald's in Rome sparked the Slow Food movement. (As a side note, McDonald's recent introduction of a McItaly line of burgers has outraged Slow Foodists yet again.)
So, what do you think? Are you one of those folks who loves Cheesecake Factory/Panera Bread/P.F. Chang's/Famous Dave's and cares not a whit that they're chains? Or do you always go for the locally owned, independent restaurants?


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Thanks-N-Giving Fundraiser for Generation Rescue to "Give Our Kids A Say!"
Kim Miskofski Ruckman fundraising for GENERATION RESCUE INC
Raising funds for Generation Rescue to continue helping families experience Autism all over the world.
Anthony was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum disorder when he was 3 1/2. 2 years later, he has recovered. He is in mainstream school, and therapy FREE! This is all because of bio-medical intervention. Generation Rescue helps parents all over the country find dr's just like Dr. Sletten (DAN). Generation Rescue helps families that can not afford bio-medical treatment. Generation Rescue helps families by providing information to guide families on this long journey of recovery.
Please help me raise funds for this wonderful organization that does so very much!!
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News: Rick Ross Addresses Freeway Ricky Ross' Name-Stealing Lawsuit
Friday, Jul 2, 2010 2:20PM
Southern rapper Rick Ross has addressed a recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed against him and Def Jam by former drug kingpin Freeway Ricky Ross.
Despite the threat of being legally forced to change his rap alias, Ross said he was not concerned over the suit.
"Naw...we just gonna let the people deal with that," Ross said referring to attorneys. "It's like owning a restaurant, you're gonna have a few slip and falls. You get lawsuits, you deal with them, and get them out your way...sometimes you lose." (All Hip Hop)
Freeway is also trying to block the release of Ross' upcoming Teflon Don album.
Ross has officially filed the suit in federal court in California to the tune of $10 million. He claims the Boss stole his name and identity and wants to stop the sale of his album. Along with Ross, the ex-con also names Jay-Z, Def Jam, Universal Music Group and Vivendi in the suit. Ricky reportedly asserts trademark and his rights of publicity in seeking an injunction that would prevent the rapper from using the "Rick Ross" name or releasing any albums using it. He also says that the U.S. Patent and Trademark office has refused to let the rapper trademark the name. (XXL Mag)
Freeway's nephew/rapper, Slim da Mobster, has also addressed Ross' usage of the name.
"So for me, it just be funny when I hear a n*gga use somebody that I actually know's name and it comes to [known] for one, [Rick Ross] was a cop or a C.O., police, worker, whatever. Now you're confusing people with this picture you painted. That's like you painting a picture and me takin' credit for it. That's like your picture with my signature at the bottom of it. That ain't cool. When you've sat in prison for over 20 years for this sh*t, I don't want anybody using my name unless you're along those lines or you're of that caliber." (Hip Hop DX)
Past reports suggest Freeway has been trying to stop Ross from using his name for the past four years.
The ex-convict claims his lawyers sent cease-and-desist letters to executives at music label Def Jam in 2006, after they signed Roberts, to protest "the exploitation and misuse of his name". He maintains he received no response from music bosses and claims the star went on to profit from the moniker "without his consent". (Contact Music)
Teflon Don is scheduled to drop July 2010.
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- 17 December, 2013
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Item 79045
Title: Red Cross Car and Trailer, Main Street, Northeast Harbor, 1947
Contributed by: Northeast Harbor Library
Date: 1947
Location: Northeast Harbor
Media: photograph
Item 10765
Title: Heywood Tavern, Skowhegan, ca. 1836
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House
Date: circa 1836
Location: Skowhegan
Media: Print
Item 6748
Title: Second Dwelling House, Alfred Shaker Village, ca. 1903
Contributed by: United Society of Shakers
Date: circa 1903
Location: Alfred
Media: Slide from a glass-plate negative
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Item 32813
Address: 133 Ash Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Chester A. Dikeman
Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 32040
Address: Assessor's Record, 133 Ash Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Clarance Dykeman
Use: Shed
Item 37449
Address: Assessor's Record, 2-40 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Gas Light Co.
Use: Ash Screening Plant


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learning to sew
About Ironing/Pressing
I wanted to have a record of the ironing/pressing poll I did a few weeks back, I was about to just delete it but thought it was good information to keep! The post with comments is here :)
Personally, I'm still torn – I like how flat the block is when I press my seams open, but there are times when the bit of bulk adds dimension to the blocks. So for now I'm just going to decide as I go!
There's a few applications where I will always press flat: triangles, working on mitered corners, binding strips, and anywhere with lots of seams meeting up. Oh, Fransson – had a post about ironing recently, apparently someone had the gall to tell her she was doing it wrong! I never did ask, why do you … Read More »
Work in Progress
I had my next bag finished – but it did not look good =( I tore out two seams and now trying to figure out a different way to finish it. I had previously thought that working with cotton would be much simpler than the raw silk – wrong!I really love the fabric so I will finish, but I may need to work on a quilt that is in my head for a bit. . .
It is raining, really raining here. No kids outside, or walks today – bummer. Ella began quilting a dolly quilt this morning. She lost interest pretty quick, but will work on it soon again. I told her she is going to be a great quilter when she gets bigger, since she is learning all the stuff I am … Read More »
Pretty Purse
Hi again! Ella and I had a great time Friday night sewing with friends. Ella really loves to be creative – her favorite subject at school is art or "Meet the Masters." They get to emulate famous artists with a variety of techniques, all very fun for this 2nd grader!Ella and Olivia's purses turned out great! We called it a night when the construction was complete, but the next day, Ella embellished her bag a bit.
We added the butterfly in crystals – although all I did was the ironing. She had all the creative freedom to do as she wished. She's been carrying it around all day with her reading and some chapstick!And this is why I have not posted since Friday – I was working on getting my quilt basted . To … Read More »


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There are no shows today. Please check our calendar for shows on other days.
Q & A with Lindsay Whitwell – Events Coordinator at De Grey Rooms
How long have you been working at York Theatre Royal?
I started on Friday 13th April 2012.
What does your job entail on a day to day basis?
There's a lot of versatility in my job, I field new enquiries and help plan the events that take place in the De Grey Rooms. I then set the events, I also duty manage the events to ensure they run smoothly. As we've only recently taken over as keepers of the De Grey Rooms I also develop the systems in place, meet with suppliers and look at ways of improving the product we offer our guests.
What are your favourite parts of the job?
I love helping create memories, and although putting together a wedding or special occasion can be exhausting it is also incredibly rewarding. Bringing a project together and helping someone realise the biggest day of there life is a very privileged position. And there's that moment when guests see the Ballroom for the first time; I never tire of seeing their reaction; it reminds me how I felt when I walked in for the first time.
It sounds clichéd but working as part of the theatre is a dream for me, there's always a new company of actors coming or going, along side staff who have been here for years. It creates such a dynamic atmosphere but you know there's always someone you can ask for help, an expert who can assist.
What are the most challenging parts of your job?
Thankfully, I enjoy problem solving because working in events you are always faced with the unexpected. Also first and foremost, the De Grey Rooms are part of a working theatre, so time and space management is essential in order to hold rehearsals and weddings in the same week.
What attracted you to working in Events?
Having studied Drama and Literature at University, my first love is the Arts so events might seem like an odd choice, but I think putting together a party or gala dinner is a lot like putting on a production; I have an incredibly set to work with in the form of the beautiful Victorian Ballroom. We then dress it, our cast is on hand to welcome and facilitate, lighting and music is added suddenly a little theatrical magic is created. It's the process of planning, putting on and packing away that is so appealing, that and I love a good party!
How would you describe working at York Theatre Royal in 3 words?
Diverse. Entertaining. Exhilarating
The newly refurbished De Grey Ballroom is the ideal venue to hold your special event.
The De Grey Rooms are perfect for wedding receptions and dances, but are also a stunning setting for conferences, celebrations, award ceremonies, dinners, or any other special event.
The Ballroom has a capacity to seat up to 144 guests for formal dining, and parties of up to 180 guests can be accommodated for dancing with less formal dining options.
The cost of hiring the Ballroom also includes the use of the staffed Cocktail Bar which is adjacent to the ballroom. With a wide range of beers, wines and spirits, the Cocktail Bar compliments the Ballroom beautifully.
For further information, please contact
Lindsay Whitwell, Events Co-ordinator:
01904 715455
You can also follow The De Grey Rooms on Twitter @DeGreyRooms


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Ladies and Gents,
Everyone is upset, including yours truly. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it. We have one more game left and then the off season we all have been waiting for is coming. You may like the changes coming,you may not. But in my opinion, and I read & listen a whole lot, it should turn out pretty well.
Here's what we got-
Joe Banner wants power. He doesn't want an argumentative GM that is going to disagree with his every move. The only person willing to take that role is Mr. Michael Lombardi. And I'm not a fan. Not a lot of people are. But really, what credible individual in the league wants to take on that position? Not a lot of people but him. He is dying to get back in the NFL.
But there are positives of this happening. One- Lombardi wont have much of a say because Banner wants to run the show. If he tries to make a dumb move, it most likely wont go through. Two- Lombardi has connections. From all the people he has met in the league and through the NFL network, he does know people, who could help improve this franchise. 3- He doesn't like Weeden at all, so the chances of him being the starter are slim. Do I think Weeden needs to be removed immediately from his starting role? I'm not sure, but I'm definitely not going to be opposed if he brings in someone who can significantly play QB better than Weeden. 4- He has connections to Josh McDaniel's, which obviously isn't the best thing in the world, but it has some positives from it. He could bring over Ryan Mallet with him and work him into the west coast offense.
Why Mallet is suited for the West Coast offense- He is 6"6!! He will be able to make those short passes over the interior of the defense without them being batted down. He also has an arm that is 33 inches long. His length and strength are good for deep balls, but they are also good for short balls as well. Ryan Mallet could be used in the west coast offense if everything is coordinated correctly. The play of Flash and Greg Little would improve significantly if we had someone who could make those short passes without the ball being batted down or intercepted.
Simply put, there are positives that come from this. I understand everyone is frustrated, but for the first time in a while, I trust what is being done in the front office right now. The changes coming are going to put this franchise back on track to be successful.
The Cleveland Browns are one of the most historical franchises to ever play in the NFL. It's time to start winning again.


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The Lander Pet Connection, Inc. is a group of volunteers who rescue stray and abandoned pets within Lander, WY. Since the town of Lander has no animal shelter, we raise funds to board them at a local vets and boarding facilities.
Pets come to us from a variety of situations. Some of them have been given-up or abandoned by their owners. Some have been found wandering alone in remote areas, and some have actually been put into dumpsters and dumped at the local landfill. Since we do not yet have a facility to house pets, we either find foster homes for them or pay to board them at a kennel. We make sure each pet gets a vet exam, shots, spayed/neutered, and is well feed. Our standard adoption fee is $85.00 for dogs and $35.00 for cats. We do have special fees for special animals and in those cases, the price of the animal will be listed in its biography.
We perform a number of community assistance tasks also. For example, we keep a list of people who want to adopt pets and put them in touch with owners who want to give up their pets when we do not have a suitable pet to adopt out to them. We also try to counsel pet owners on training tactics when they have behavioural issues, etc, with their pets. We work with the veterinary clinic and other local groups, socializing the animals and publicizing them on our Facebook page, flyers and website.
We've also initiated a low cost spay/neuter program with the cooperation of local veterinarians. This program is limited to those in financial need due to funding, but it's a good start on coping with the pet over-population problem in Lander.
When we get "feed back" on the dogs that have been adopted, it makes it all worthwhile! We'd love to hear from you if you have feedback for us.
To find out what volunteer opportunties we have or to donate time, services, etc., please contact us either by calling 307-330-5200 or visit by http://www.landerpets.org.
Since we have no shelter in Lander, WY, we board our pets at local facilities. Anyone interested in meeting our pets can contact us by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or calling 307-330-5200.
Lander Pet Connection Inc.
P. O. Box 854
Lander WY 82520
Phone: (307)330-5200
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Garden Gate Get-A-Way B&B sells gifts certificates in any dollar amount. You know your loved ones will be well taken care from owners, Herb & Carol Steffey. They help guests to map out itineraries of places to visit that match their interests. Ohio Amish Country has everything from fine gifts to flea markets to antiques, wine, golf, museums, cheese factories, chocolate factory and more. You can't go wrong with a bed and breakfast gift certificate to this area since they have something for everyone!
Written by Carol Steffey, Garden Gate Get-A-Way Bed & Breakfast, Millersburg, Ohio (330) 674-7608 www.garden-gate.com
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Christmas Shopping in Ohio Amish Country
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An Easy Chinese New Year Celebration
Chinese New Year is one of the biggest celebrations of the year in the Far East. Teach your family about this millennia-old holiday with fun crafts and a menu that put a decidedly Asian flavor on the evening.
The Chinese year 4,706 starts on February 7, 2008, and runs through January 25, 2009 in the Gregorian calendar (the one America uses). In the Chinese zodiac, it's the year of the rat. This animal signifies leadership, and people born in the year of the rat are associated with traits of organizational skills, ambitiousness, and intelligence.
To find out what sign you and your children were born under, check out Wikipedia.
Dinner RecipesMix and match any or all of these Chinese recipes for your celebration. If you have an Asian market nearby, you can also pick up some oriental snacks and sweets.
- Pork Pot Stickers
- Dipping Sauces
- Chinese Cabbage Salad
- Sweet Orange Chicken
- Fried Rice
- Almond Cookies


text: Crush, the new release from Bon Jovi, is not only one of the best albums in their collection, it is one of, if not THE best album of 2000. From sweeping ballads to energetic rock songs to orchestrated anthems, there's something for everyone on this album. "Thank You For Loving Me" will be a smash hit, and probably the wedding song for the next 5 years. "Just Older" is a song that, if you sing along, will make you feel better about your life and circumstances, no matter what they are. Your feet would have to be firmly cased in concrete if you could listen to "One Wild Night" without moving. And then there are unexpected jewels like "Mystery Train," a romantic lyric with a flowing melody and "Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen from Mars," a rocker filled with humor and irony. As always, Bon Jovi is a band that will make you believe, whether it's in a Higher Power or Yourself. Jon Bon Jovi's vocals are mature and diverse, giving each song a character of it's own. Bon Jovi's message is positive and their songwriting and musicianship skills are concise. They are far and above the best American rock band. Do yourself a favor and buy this CD.


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The Week: What You Missed
Sunday, October 9| Most people get brand new cars for their Sweet 16, but this week, one girl got the car she was born in. Sentimental gifts are great but we can all agree that we would never want the sheets from the bed our mother gave birth on.
Yiddish signs have appeared in Brooklyn stating "Precious Jewish daughters, please move over to the side when you see a man come across." Hung around the holidays to encourage women to let men pass in order to get to synagogue, these signs have been taken down by city officials.
Monday, October 10| For the first time since 1980, the Detroit Lions are celebrating an undefeated season thus far. If they keep up on this streak they will be 5-0, a record that has not happened since Eisenhower.
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a law that will ban girls under 18 from using tanning beds. Don't worry, there will still be plenty of girls in Syracuse mysteriously tan in the dead of winter.
Tuesday, October 11| Urban Outfitters faces a huge legal issue with their new "Navajo" prints and line. Read a Native American woman's well-argued letter of complaint here.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts the organization has introduced a new and improved list of badges young girls can earn. Let's be honest here, as long as they still have those cookies we are all happy.
Wednesday, October 12| Apple released a free software update for its products, iOS 5. While it was time for a change, it's like a Facebook change and people are just as confused with the new features.
A study in Canada determined that people with healthier diets that include more fruits and veggies were at a lower risk for heart disease. Shocker.
Thursday, October 13| Girls before you put on that skirt this weekend, if we can even call it that, you should know a new study released information stating that the skimpier your clothing is the more fragile and weak a man thinks you are. So cover up and stay a little warmer in the Syracuse chill.
Some good news, another study released 8 out of ten teenage boys are using condoms when having sex. Remember: no glove, no love.


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I'm a Southern Girl through-and-through, so obviously chicken and waffles is one of my favorite things to eat. But at restaurants, even nice ones, they are made with white flour – both the breading on the chicken and the waffle.
The day before I made my Grain Free Chicken Nuggets, I had come across a really cool waffle recipe in the meal plan menu from Cara of Health, Home & Happiness that called for 12 eggs. I whipped up a batch and they were delicious!
I was so relieved that they tasted good and that my daughter Penelope would eat them. She has been going through a little phase lately where she doesn't want to eat eggs in the morning, at least not every single day. And y'all know what a nut I am about eating eggs in the morning instead of grains. So this is the perfect substitution for her to eat, and she is secretly getting the same amount of eggs in the morning.
I froze the rest of the waffles in rectangle pieces, and now I can just take one out and heat in the convection oven for a minute and breakfast is done. No different than taking Eggo waffles out of your freezer and putting it in the toaster. But so much healthier! Just look at the label of Eggo waffles. Just gross! Why do you need food dye in waffles?!!
Cara said I could post the recipe for you. To find more super healthy and healing recipes you can buy her meal plan menu. It's grain free and GAPS legal. Now on to the chicken and waffles (the recipe is on the next page!)…


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Because seeing the sun rise is surprisingly not just about the colors, it's more about the emotions of the visible, consistent and irrepressible advancement of the Earth. Even on it's coldest, shortest and cloudiest days. There is something about the effortless perfection in the exact slow and steady motion, which turns every single dark night into an unmarked day that frustrates me when equipped only with words to describe it.
Yet it's one of the only things I've been able to think of every time I sit down to write. The perversions of my own perceived standards of perfection have prevented me from even attempting to nail it down.
Written words remove my chance to take them back once they are out into the minds, and freewheeling interpretations, of the people who read them.
The impossible task of capturing the force that powers the stubborn and undeniable progression of a planet, and a person, into a new age, has kept me from writing anything. For a year. Because bearing witness to the inevitable meter-measured movement of every single thing goes so far beyond the word "lovely", or "beautiful" or any other word overused to the point of meaninglessness, to describe something so ordinary and profound.
I need a word that captures the subtle glory in the grand simplicity of the profound juxtaposition of insignificance and omnipotence in witnessing the sun…rise. I need hand motions, facial expressions, eye contact and tone of voice. I need to take the awe that punches me in the back of the throat and fills my eyes with tears and wrap it around you till you have it too.
My move to a new state has relocated my frame of reference and I don't always know where I am. Add that to a tendency to lose my keys in a city where doors are locked tightly, elevators are cramped, and stairways are small and every day holds the potential to turn into a place I have never been.
I've called NYC home for a year & a half and some change. Change is constant and impossible to count quickly enough so I've learned to survive by tipping generously. And by realizing that the sun rises and sets daily, no matter what the day brings.
At the beginning and end of each brand new day, I get to be home in the arms of the city of my current cohabitation. Falling asleep to the city's twinkling lights that beat like the warm heart tucked into the chest where I lay my head every night, in a king-sized bed, on the 17th floor.
The best word I can use to describe this is the most overused, underrated word in the English language. Love.
Shout out to Jonathon Colman & Marja Huhta. Thanks for the encouragement and best of luck in your next chapter.
I sit on the Subway and stare at the state of the people standing. Some city things I still fail to consider, like how the silk of this slip dress would slide soundlessly on smooth silent seats of plastic at every stop. Slamming me, gracelessly, into the spacey sadness of the unoccupied eyes in the occupied seat next to me as he's repeatedly knocked into by pre-occupied me.
Suits, sweatpants, sneakers, strollers, skirts and shopping bags sweat through the slow pace of Sunday Subway schedules in the summer. Man pats the perspiration trickling alongside the tattooed tears on his face with a white towel. Holds his daughter's tiny pink painted fingers with the other while she clutches a blue birthday balloon.
Make-up-less mom moves mountains to maneuver multiple children amongst the mob of Manhattan-bound masses like me this morning. Heading to daycare or day camp, to daydreaming about having a nanny like that one she stares at longingly across the center of the train. Uniformed nanny holds the uniform hand of the uniformed child who sits soundlessly until his stop.
Hipster with purple plastic peepers, menswear inspired shoes, destroyed 80's denim jeans and a cantankerous cloth bag that's maliciously swinging into heads, hips, arms and a face as she makes her mindless mark amongst the unfortunate passengers she's standing with. No smiles or apologies just a grimacing gaze at the man in the suit stepping into the train on the Lower East Side.
Chaotic crowded train containing cool kids with Cookie Monster shoes and a giant white baby in a tiny Baby Bjorn with a tiny baby daddy who stands oblivious to his son's fascination with touching the tiny intricate braids of the beautiful black barista seated within the reach of his giant baby hands. She sits and smiles causing him to seek the source of such radiation and reciprocate by reaching for her hand that he holds till High Street.
Heat hinders my ability to see subtle signs of something foul in the car I choose as my chariot on the 2 train today. Shoeless and silent a man with his own bench and his own stench creates camaraderie among the rest of the riders. Realizing too late my measured movement to the middle of the car is a misguided move he leaps up and begins to make frantic laps of the car. Working to warn us in whispers of those that will drain our blood until he catches his reflection in the door and dances the robot for himself on repeat until I reach Penn Station.
Crowded chaos in close proximity as those of us in a rush head home. Too-tight jeans guy finds a too-tight spot to stand holding the rail right over my head as I sit. The train clears yet he continues to stay near, and jut his tiny jeans in my too-close face. I attempt a nonchalant turn of my head to the left pretending not to notice. My eyes connect with the wiggling and quietly giggling woman next to me. We both spend the next stop strategically avoiding his thrusty too-tight jeans guy sway.
My recent trip back to Indianapolis was my first since I moved to NYC. Traveling back to Indy steered me down all kinds of memory lanes.
I'd like to focus on the turning lane for the purpose of this post.
Getting into my car, and driving down familiar streets after not driving for four months reminded me of my rocky and pot-holed relationship with driving. I actually hate it.
It never occurred to me that driving would not be something I was good at doing. Every person I knew over the age of 15 (even those Amish neighbors of mine) could drive, how hard could it be?
It all started in Driver's Ed. I believe I got a C, one of my worst grades ever and therefore one of the classes I dreaded the most. My high school's Driver's Ed car was a stick shift which I managed to not learn how to drive, despite passing the class. My driving reports would contain notes like "almost got us hit by a semi due to failure to check blind spot" and "needs to understand right-of-way on left turns".
My Driver's Ed teacher (who's identity I shall protect so as not to incriminate in this post as he did his best to teach me) granted me the coveted waiver that allowed me to bypass the driving test at the DMV so I only had to pass the written test to get my license. Usually this is reward given to good drivers. I was waived because "I'm afraid if you have to take the driving test, you'll never get your license, I don't want to do that to you."
I'm positive he was right. In fact, I'm not 100% sure I could pass one now despite 15 years of driving. Four-way stops and left turns are not my thing.
My first ever car came from my father. A $300, 1993 Plymouth Colt that looked like a red roller-skate with a bajillion miles on it. It made a loud sckreechy-squealy noise sporadically when it rained. This car was affectionately referred to as "Mr. Puby" by my friends and me due to the embarrassment of driving while it was squeal-eak-eeching being equal to that of the humiliation suffered during of puberty.
***Sidenote: My father deserves the blame/credit for that analogy. To him nothing is more embarrassing or hilarious than puberty so many things have become "pubic" situations I found this hilarious as a teenager and actually still do despite how gross it sounds.***
So yeah, Mr. Puby. My dad mistakenly assumed I could drive a stick shift because I'd gotten my license and my driver's ed car was manual. For about the first month, I let my friends drive me around in my car because I couldn't drive it without a panic attack at four-way stops where all the pressure not to stall was more than I could handle. I did quickly master the radio so remained in control of the soundtrack to which we rolled.
My dad eventually noticed that I wasn't driving my car and taught me how to drive a stick, something I did end up mastering and am still good. This skill was born mostly out of necessity to accommodate the deteriorating transmission of Mr. Puby and learn to shift from first to third to fifth gear as they began to blow out. I also blew out the speakers. And may or may not have blown through stop signs on back country roads while honking my horn and flashing my headlights when late for curfew.
When the transmission finally quit on me, Mr. Puby went where a lot of Hoosier cars go to die… a trailer park. My dad had some mechanic friends operating out of their home who he lovingly called the "Beverlies" as in the Beverly Hillbillies… They tried to find junkyard parts… or parts to cars in their yard (aka car graveyard), to keep ol' Puby on the road but in the end, it was his time.
My mom got me my next car, a shiny bright blue and bubbly 1997 Neon. The Neon had a TAPE deck and air conditioning.
I felt fancy. A lot of Destiny's Child, Biggie Smalls, Puff Daddy and Mase were bumped in this car with a side of Wu-tang and Tupac. This vehicle only received a name posthumously because in life it was mild but when it went out, it went out hardcore.
This car shall be called the Bambi-Killer. I was returning to college one night, again on back country roads. Speeding as usual, with the windows rolled down and the stereo blasting 112. I found myself facing a doe and it's fawn seconds before I ended their lives with the Bambi-Slayer. I ended up in a ditch, my car filling with water, my airbags smacking me in the face, and crawling out of the window of my car for the last time.
This time my dad went to a car auction with the $1,000 I managed to scrape together and got me a sexy (or so I thought at the time) little black Saturn Coupe. WITH a CD player I might add (the removable face didn't work but it still played CD's so that counted). This car had great gas mileage but horrible motor oil mileage. It could've been considered a dude-magnet if I didn't mind having my intelligence questioned by a different guy at the gas station every time I pulled in to fill up and threw a quart or two of oil in the engine without checking it. They would always tell me there was no way my car needed that much oil, I must need to learn how to check my oil. The poor guy would then check my oil, realize it was as empty as my gas tank, and look at me like "uh, you're car is messed up sweet cheeks". Duh.
So I decided I was an adult and I was going to go to a dealership and buy a car by myself. It wasn't one of my best financial decisions, I had no clue what I was doing and was not the savvy saleswomen I ended up becoming so I fell for every trick in the book.
I purchased a with a car that had tinted windows, a moon roof, leather seats and power windows. I thought my 2000
Grand Prix GT was really classy.Too bad it was like a huge boat that I was terrible at driving. And the (drug-dealer) tint was (turns out) illegally dark and impossible to see through at night.
Yet this was the car I held onto the longest. I was so proud of myself when I paid that thing off that I rode it into the ground. I hit two parked cars, rear-ended someone while talking on my cell phone, blew the speakers out, got pulled over for the tint three times, and let a homeless guy fix a dent in the parking lot of a grocery store for $50 and lunch at McDonalds. I repainted it, guessed at my fuel levels when the gas gauge stopped working and was the sole person who knew the trick to getting the keys out of the ignition… most of the time. I had a friend-of-a-friend slap some junkyard parts in her to hold the old' gal together for as long as I could hold out.
What's great about this car is that by this time in my life my financial means, my career, my house, my wardrobe, all the trappings of success and adulthood I possessed would've lead you to believe I drove a much nicer car. But nope, I would strut out after a client meeting in my suit and heels to my big ol' jalopy and hoped it would start. And that no one was looking out the window or needed me to drive to lunch.
Until last summer. I agonized over the decision to buy a new car. I didn't want to make a bad decision so I avoided it until the ol' hoopty finally gave out on me. I wanted a car that was easy to drive, reliable but cool — damn it! I wanted an understated but nice car. So I researched cars, sought top advice from savvy car-buyers on how to negotiate, researched percentage rates and decided on a 2009 Acura TSX.
Then I decided to move to New York City 3 months later just to spite myself.
So, during my trip to Indy I cut the last tie to my former suburban life- I sold my car. The car I FINALLY treated myself to after that long history of sloppy –jalopy-hunky-junky-rinky-dink-clunker-oil-burning-pubic-squeaking-creaking-deer-slaying beasts. I sold my grown and sexy car.
This means I am serious about my NYC life. This is the first time I have been carless since the age of 16.
This also means the streets are safer. You're welcome.
Life is a highway, a bi-way, a runway, and a cobblestone road. It's also a subway, an elevator and a sidewalk.
So I may not be driving, but I plan to travel further than ever, in ways I never considered.
They say there is nothing to fear but fear itself. I agree. I also think it's worth acknowledging that in real, grown-up, adult life… seriously scary shit happens. I would venture to say that the majority of what we fear in life is not the actual scary shit though…
Three years ago, a 26-year-old colleague and friend with an inclusive and infectious laugh, and huge beautiful blue eyes, didn't wake up one Tuesday morning in February. Her funeral was on Valentine's Day and her husband, who was her high school sweetheart, bought her roses for the last time and buried them with his love. Death parted them much sooner than any young couple ever considers when walking down the aisle and taking those vows.
I'm embarrassed when I am honest about how many Valentine's Days prior to that one I'd spent, like a lot of other women, succumbing to the cultivation of the expectation of unnecessarily grand gestures on this day. Usually leaving me unnecessarily disappointed. Fearing, and typically realizing, disappointment on the same day, in some form, year after year.
This past summer my older sister gave birth to her second child. She and my brother-in-law already have one child, and like many young families, they decided to expand theirs and make her a big sister. The day they found out they were expecting a boy, they were also told he had a very serious heart defect. Every day for the rest of her pregnancy my sister walked around knowing she was carrying a child with a low chance of survival and a long road ahead of him. My nephew passed away after eight hard fought days leaving my sister to return home to an empty blue nursery with a heartbreakingly tiny casket.
At the time I was living alone in a house much bigger than I needed. I had four empty bedrooms and rarely ventured to the second floor. Scared of empty rooms that no amount of furniture or redecorating could ever fill. Afraid that the seemingly endless days of coming home to myself, my thoughts and my perceived failures was the punishment I deserved for my imperfections.
That same summer, I attended a funeral full of uplifting gospel music about joy, faith and love. Planned by the man it was for, it took place shortly after his 30th birthday. Some chest pain after a pick-up basketball game less then two years prior led to the discovery of cancer. His wife was early in the pregnancy of their second baby together, and although he fought as hard as he could, there are two little girls who will grow up flashing the same smile as a father they didn't get to know. His young wife and their tiny daughters stood at his casket and comforted everyone else.
I spent so much of that year angry, afraid and feeling sorry for myself. Working constantly, I stressed about contracts and quotas and quarters. The quality of my life was quantifiable to me at the time because I got it into my head that dollars would bring the change I needed. I didn't realize how mindlessly I was capable of passionately throwing myself into everything I was doing just to fulfill the need to throw something at the discomfort I was feeling and fearing.
The primary function of fear is to aid survival. In tougher times this translated to an instinctual avoidance of physical pain. As humans we are wired to fight or take flight to stay alive. But sometimes we don't stay alive. And sometimes fear becomes so powerful it's immobilizing. Or insanely circular. As a true lover of technology I can appreciate the purpose of an application that does not offer seamless integration with the platforms we use to communicate today. I can also identify when it's time to move on to one that has emerged as more intuitive technology in the context of what we need to survice and thrive today.
Examining the petty, prevalent anxieties I have battled at different points in my life through this lens revealed them to be frivolous, self-absorbed and self-indulgent.
Fear is to be feared when it becomes an omni-present and dominating force in our lives , unanswered by hope or faith of any kind, in any thing. When it keeps us in one place, in one time, prevents us from stretching out and growing. Of viewing something from many different angles over time, it is a threat to our survival.
I now live so close to the Brooklyn Bridge that I can walk across it from the 9/11 Memorial and it will take me home. I did not live in New York City on the morning that people peered across this very Bridge into the City to see the Towers coming down. I cannot even fathom what that must've looked like from where I stand now. Probably the end of the world.
And yet, New Yorkers still ride the train to work, still sell meat on the street, still take elevators to offices in skyscrapers. Because one unexpected and really bad day, one extremely horific tragedy will change you but
it doesn't mean we should live our daily lives as if every day is a tragedy.
Among other places, I draw (with gratitude and humility) from the resiliency and honesty of the people of New York City for the continued encouragement needed to reject living life in the confines of fear.
Let me explain. Until September 15th, 2011, I lived in Fishers, Indiana, A family oriented, quiet little suburb of Indianapolis, full of kids, bikes, dogs, parks, churches, chain restaurants, nice people and good schools.
I bought this house when I was 26 years old. One of my goals in life at the time was to provide myself a home that was stable, consistent and mine. I felt I was an adult and it was a responsible thing to do. I had a good job and everyone I worked with was buying a house and talking about investing in property. So I did my homework and some house shopping and ended up here.
Owning this house did not create the home, or life I was hoping for or planning to have. In fact, during the four years I lived in this house absolutely nothing I did went well or according to any plan. Pretty much everything turned to shit, to put it eloquently.
So I began to resent the house. Looking back I actually think the resentment started the day I got the keys and walked into my big new responsibility. It was so empty and my attempts to fill it up and make it nice were fruitless failures. In the Fall of 2010 I finally decided let go of my pride and make some moves. I put it up for sale.
Turns out my good investment in 2007 was a pain in the ass to get rid of in 2011. Unshakeable in my dedication to shed the suburban subdivision lifestyle, I re-carpeted, re-roofed, re-painted, re-landscaped and removed any personal traces of life from the house to make it sale ready. Enduring a constant stream of strangers and curious neighbors traipsing through my always clean, unlived in home, I was undeterred and undiscouragable.
So one year, 97 total showings, four price-reductions, three offers and one 47' flat screen TV later, it was sold. Although it felt more like I paid someone to take it away. My heart was nowhere near this house, it did not feel like a home and I was relieved to leave it behind.
The problem I discovered in the month it took to finalize the closing on the sale was that I hadn't put that much thought into where I wanted to go next, just that I didn't want to be where I was. Turns out that was not the house's fault, it was mine. It's far too easy to focus on the things in life that make us unhappy. I filled a lot of time and put a lot of effort into ridding my life of unhappiness. Only to find my life empty. Not being unhappy does not necessarily equal happy by default, who knew?
It was time to passionately pursue joy and not just avoid pain by seeking stability. I tried that tactic, it didn't work but it did teach me the huge, yet seemingly subtle difference between the two concepts.
So, I decided to rent a funky little house with a friend in the hipsterville of Indianapolis, South Broadripple. It was trendy, cheap and a completely different vibe than family-friendly Fishers. I gave myself the length of the lease to figure out what I wanted to do next.
The decisions had been made, moves were in motion but life doesn't stop and it definitely doesn't go according to plan in any experience I've had trying to force it to. The week I was moving to my new apartment and closing on the sale of my house, I had to head to NYC to attend a conference for work. I was not happy with the horrible timing of this trip, It was absolutely the last thing I felt like doing. Exhausted from moving, emotionally spent, stressed and freaking out a little about the lack of big picture direction in my life, I had no time or energy for NYC.
You know where this is going.
Horrible timing turned out to be perfect timing. I arrived feeling lost and focusing on the final leg of a period of loss in my life. However, all I'd really lost was hope and that was what I rediscovered during this trip. I returned to Indianapolis after traveling feeling light, free, excited and a little crazy. For the first time ever, I knew with confidence where my new home would be.
Ultimately trying to find and define home for myself taught me that you can lose yourself, but not your heart. Your heart is in your chest, on the left side, steadily pumping to circulate your blood throughout your body to keep you alive and keep things moving, just like it's supposed to. Home is where you are, and a broken home does not have to break you. When something breaks, it needs to heal. It needs repair.
My heart, like many, has continued beating after taking a beating because it's a professional heart and it's doing a good job despite what I've put it through.
Three and a half months after that business trip and this is the view from my apartment-my home, in Downtown Brooklyn.
The story of how that came to be is a good one. It's a story about rediscovering love in many forms. It will get its own post.
I am however, confident that a life-long obsession with hair, two parents in the business and the view-blocking ability of my 'do qualifies me for staking a confident claim in my life being of a particularly hairy nature. Let's review my most recent salon experience, which also happened to be my first trip to a NYC house of beauty…
For once I didn't go looking for a salon to magically transform me into someone with suddenly cooperative hair. I also didn't go in with a list of demands and expectations including (but not limited to) threatening the life of anyone who tried to chop my hard-won inches off, give me an updo with 3,000 bobby pins and a shellac finish or make my hair so straight I walked out feeling like a bobble head – Till it rained.
Being a benevolent Hair Queen, I am that girl that ends up showing my stylists my own methods of curl containment. Particularly when I found myself in the chair of someone looking visibly squeamish at the thought of getting a comb through my hair.
As a former straight up, straight hair evangelist, my bag of hair tricks has evolved over the years. Some classics include scalp-scalding chemical treatments, a clothing iron (and an ironing board) and a full-sized hood dryer in my house.
My reputation for hair straightening abilities preceded me. My girlfriends and co-workers of every race would come to me for advice. I spread the good word of hair control to all of my curly friends.
Like most people, when faced with the big 3-0 I started freaking out about…everything. Nothing about my life was recognizable. I looked in the mirror and saw a hard working stranger engaged in a long, gruesome, tiring and unwinnable battle with herself.
So I surrendered. I don't ever remember loving my hair. It had been 15 years since I had just left it alone and gave it the freedom to be. Freeing my hair freed me.
Because in NYC anything is possible and everything exists, I found a salon entirely focused on curly hair love when I moved here a couple of months ago. A magical place that doesn't claim to be multi-cultural but boasts singular focus; curls.
Women tend to walk into salons with hope. I didn't walk into this salon. I was ushered in by the doorman. He took one look at me and knew exactly where I was going. "Downstairs to the right."
I entered a place of understanding and a room full of curls, kinks, and waves in all shades of gray, ginger, brown, black, blonde and blue. Buoyant, boinging, bouncing and billowing beauty. So much diversity, yet one common theme: self-acceptance. It was magical. I belonged.
A fellow client waiting with me asked "is this your first time?"
I told her I was new to town and only recently learned of the existence of such a place.
She assured me I'd found a new home.
These stylists were fearless when faced with my tangles. They taught me tips and showed me how to show love to my tresses. Every product, every tool designed to set my hair up to lovingly do its own thing.
So yes, my life is hairy. And big. And bold. And unruly. And beautiful. Thank God.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - As investigators search for the cause of a plane crash that killed the son of U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, the orthopedic surgeon is being remembered as a skilled surgeon who loved to fly.
The state medical examiner's office confirmed Tuesday that 52-year-old Perry Dyson Inhofe II died Sunday when the plane he was flying crashed just north of Tulsa International Airport.
Perry Inhofe was a surgeon at Central States Orthopedics in Tulsa and was one of four children of Sen. Inhofe.
Clinic CEO David Long, says Perry Inhofe was a dedicated pilot who had logged more than 3,000 hours of flight time.
Federal Aviation Administration records show a company owned by Perry Inhofe recently bought the 1974 Mitsubishi MU-2B aircraft that he was flying when he crashed.
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Former Florida Gators (AND BOWLING GREEN) coach Urban Meyer will become the next head coach of the Ohio St. Buckeyes, according to his agent and his current employer. That much we know. We don't know when he'll be introduced and who will make up his staff. We know the contract figures that have been thrown around, which also happen to be the numbers still being reported now that the deal's 99.9 percent official, so it would appear we have a good handle on that part, as well.
@SiriusXMCollege Urban Meyer has accepted the Ohio St job. 7 yrs, 40 mil
That's $5.7 million per year, which would make him the highest-salaried coach in the nation by about a half a million dollars if accurate. Ohio State has the money to pay absolutely anybody, not to mention needed a hire like Meyer to scoot the end of the Jim Tressel era a little further out of sight. That kind of money would bring pretty much anybody out of retirement, you'd think.
Meyer has proven himself an instant winner virtually everywhere he's been. He'll have the Big Ten's best set of resources to work with, plus a Meyer-friendly quarterback in Braxton Miller. And he's returning to his midwestern roots. If he were to stick around for all seven years of that reported contract, might he win the Big Ten in most of those seasons? He might!
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Obama asks Vermont to help host immigrant childrenJuly 17,2014MONTPELIER The Obama administration has asked Vermont whether it can house immigrant children who have crossed into the United States over the Mexican border.
Gov. Peter Shumlins office says that its willing to investigate locations and logistical requirements and work with them to determine if Vermont would be an appropriate host state.
Democratic opposition increased Wednesday to legal changes that would speed removals of young Central American migrants, jeopardizing President Barack Obamas call for $3.7 billion in emergency border spending to deal with the surge of unaccompanied youths at the South Texas border.
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This activity includes a presentation with links to videos about scientists and engineers working with NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (from the Faces of GPM series), as well as other STEM careers videos, followed by a number of... (View More) links to online career resources. It is designed to be used by students working at their own pace, choosing which videos and links they are interested in watching and exploring, but could also be used with a larger group. As part of the activity, students identify personal skills and abilities related to career interests and develop a career goal. Includes a student capture sheet with guiding questions. (View Less)
This website features a range of interactive games, hands-on projects and fun facts about Earth, the Sun, our Solar System and Space.
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The Cosmic Times Gallery Walk and Cosmic Times Jigsaw lessons serve as extensions to the Cosmic Times suite of curriculum support materials. They are intended to provide an introduction to Cosmic Times as a whole, giving students the larger picture... (View More) of how our understanding of the universe has changed over the last century. During the Gallery Walk lesson, students peruse the Cosmic Times posters to answer open-ended questions. During the Jigsaw lesson, students work in cooperative teams to understand the primary scientific advances over the past century that have contributed to our current understanding of the universe. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about generating hypotheses and testable questions. Learners will use critical thinking and a collaborative approach to pose questions related to the study of Mars and evaluate the quality of their questions. They will explore... (View More) remote-sensing data collected by a camera orbiting Mars - the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) and develop a team science question. Students will practice critical thinking skills, use a collaborative approach to this first critical step of the scientific process. Exploring the images of the surface of Mars in Visible (VIS) images, students will come up with a topic of study, their team science question and hypotheses. The lesson models scientific inquiry using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes and vocabulary. (View Less)
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In this activity, students analyze a 2011 article by physicist Dr. Richard Muller addressing the climate change skeptic's claim that the scientific data used to support global warming is poor or unreliable. He headed a two-year study where his... (View More) research team examined sources of data independently of climate scientists, and concluded that despite the imperfections in the available data sets, scientists have managed to avoid bias in data collection and correction. A student worksheet provides questions to guide the investigation. This activity is supported by a textbook chapter, What is Global Warming?, part of the unit, Climate Change, in Global Systems Science (GSS), an interdisciplinary course for high school students that emphasizes how scientists from a wide variety of fields work together to understand significant problems of global impact. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about using evidence to construct sequences of geologic events. Learners will interpret real NASA science data to identify features on the surface of Mars, determine the surface history of the area, calculate the size of features,... (View More) and develope investigable questions. Students will study images taken by NASA's Mars Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera orbiting Mars. Students will use the THEMIS images to analyze the surface features and geological history of Mars. The lesson models scientific inquiry using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes and vocabulary. (View Less)
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This chapter describes how to set a scale and measure distances and areas on satellite images. Using ImageJ, a freely available image analysis program that runs on most operating systems, users set the spatial calibration of an image, then select... (View More) and measure distances and areas on it. The measurement results are reported in real-world units. The technique is most useful and accurate for nadir view (straight down) images. In this chapter, users examine satellite images of the Aral Sea, which has shrunk dramatically since 1960 because the rivers that flow into it have been tapped for irrigation. Users access satellite images of the region, then set a scale and measure the width of the sea each year. On another set of images, they highlight areas that represent water and measure them to see how these areas of the sea changed. This chapter is part of the Earth Exploration Toolbook, which provides teachers and/or students with direct practice for using scientific tools to analyze Earth science data. Students should begin on the Case Study page. (View Less)
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In this activity, users download and graph modeled climate data to explore variability in climate change. Most people know that climate changes are predicted over the next hundred years, but they may not be aware that these changes are likely to... (View More) vary from region to region. Using data from the University of New Hampshire's EOS-WEBSTER, a digital library of Earth Science data, users will obtain annual predictions for minimum temperature, maximum temperature, precipitation, and solar radiation for each of these 5 states: New York, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, and California. Data will span the years 2000 through 2100. Users will import the data into Excel and analyze it to see what, if any, regional variability exists. Finally, they will download data for their own state, compare these results with the results from the other 5 states and use their results to answer questions related to climate change. This chapter is part of the Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET). Each EET chapter provides teachers and/or students with direct practice for using scientific tools to analyze Earth science data. Students should begin on the Case Study page. (View Less)
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This is an online set of information about astronomical alignments of ancient structures and buildings. Learners will read background information about the alignments to the Sun in such structures as the Great Pyramid, Chichen Itza, and others.... (View More) Next, the site contains 10 short problem sets that involve a variety of math skills, including determining the scale of a photo, measuring and drawing angles, plotting data on a graph, and creating an equation to match a set of data. Each set of problems is contained on one page and all of the sets utilize real-world problems relating to astronomical alignments of ancient structures. Each problem set is flexible and can be used on its own, together with other sets, or together with related lessons and materials selected by the educator. This was originally included as a folder insert for the 2010 Sun-Earth Day. (View Less)
Users explore data, using My World GIS, that characterize the dynamic Greenland Ice Sheet. By examining photographs, map views, and tabular data, users gain an understanding of how and why scientists are monitoring the ice sheet and what they are... (View More) finding. Users explore map layers that represent ice sheet thickness, weather station locations, and annual melt extents of the ice sheet. They learn about the working conditions that Arctic scientists must endure to collect their data, and how sensors on satellites are used to gather information from an area as large as Greenland. Finally, users learn about scientists' methods for measuring ice flowing downhill from Greenland, and examine that data to learn how fast the ice is moving. This chapter is part of the Earth Exploration Toolbook, which provides teachers and/or students with direct practice for using scientific tools to analyze Earth science data. Students should begin on the Case Study page. (View Less)
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My friends and I were chatting in the pub the other day, and we got onto the subject of Jake Shields in the UFC. Whilst we all agreed that he was a top class fighter, our opinions became divided when we started to debate on who he could actually beat in the UFC's welterweight division.
The biggest divide in opinions came when we matched Jake Shields v. Jon Fitch, with half of us believing that Shields would win if they fought, and the others vice versa. The arguments for both sides went pretty much as follows:
Jon Fitch -
Superb wrestler, tough as nails. Unanimously considered #2 WW in the world, Fitch has amassed a 12-1 record in the UFC, with his only blip coming from a UD loss to GSP, the current WW champion and pound-for-pound great. As you all recall, Fitch took a beating in that fight, but still kept going. They argued that if GSP's beating couldn't stop Fitch, then Jake Shields won't be able to either. The Fitch supporters also pointed out that he is a huge WW, and unlike Henderson, an absolute fitness machine (here, the others pointed out that Shields had been fighting above his natural weight class, and was thus use to fighting larger, if not stronger, opponents).
The pro-Fitch half of the group thought that with his gritty wrestling-based fighting style, he would be able to take Shield's down, defend against submission attempts and grind out the win (at this point, the others argued that Shields effectively out-wrestled Dan Henderson, one of the best wrestlers in MMA. The retort was that Fitch is not 39 years old).
Jake Shields -
Another superb wrestler and BJJ player in his own right, Shields has been on a tear since 2005, building up 14 consecutive wins against quality opponents. Like Fitch, Shields also showed that he has plenty of heart by surviving an early RIGHT HAND OF DOOM from Dan Henderson and coming back to get the win. The pro-Shields argued that Shield's standup game had also improved dramatically, and this was demonstrated when he used strikes and kicks effectively in his bout against Robbie Lawlor (the counter-argument here was that Fitch has fought better strikers than Shields, such as Thiago Alves, and won).
The pro-Shields half also claimed that Fitch had not been the same since his loss to GSP (I considered this rubbish), and pointed out that Fitch was rocked in the final round of his bout against Mike Pierce, and that he was also almost the victim of a guillotine choke when he fought Paulo Thiago. They reasoned that Shields, with his BJJ skills would either be able to catch Shields in a choke, or work enough to get the decision win.
So there we have it. We will probably see this fight made for real somewhere down the line, but for the moment, I would like to ask you BE folks to kindly help 10 guys sat in a pub solve this debate! What do you guys think, Shields or Fitch?


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post2294992624678415133..comments2014-08-29T01:40:20.609-04:00Comments on Down the Line!: Serena beaten in Marbella, will lose keys to WTA PenthouseRich Rodriguezhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-11363898251355492362009-04-09T10:53:00.000-04:002009-04-09T10:53:00.000-04:00I personally just ignore the ranking system becaus...I personally just ignore the ranking system because we all know it's crap. I think the WTA suffers because of it's constant crap. The ATP is more smoothly run.

-firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-91567743557976735412009-04-08T19:04:00.000-04:002009-04-08T19:04:00.000-04:00I would love to see JJ bag a title (Slam would be ...I would love to see JJ bag a title (Slam would be great) and some seriously glitter, but I'm not holding my breath.

Curlbis was def a dark horse last year. I was wondering where he was. Good for him, I hope the change email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-41968676771340082572009-04-08T18:49:00.000-04:002009-04-08T18:49:00.000-04:00Forgot to say, Yay, Curlbis! He knows when to dum...Forgot to say, Yay, Curlbis! He knows when to dump a coach. Bonus points to email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-67759872799058031722009-04-08T18:48:00.000-04:002009-04-08T18:48:00.000-04:00Hell, I'd lurv to see JJ win ANYTHING. But yep, i...Hell, I'd lurv to see JJ win ANYTHING. But yep, it ain't gonna happen anytime soon.

Richie,
I got the shirt in blue and dark obsidian. I got the low rise shorts in scarlet to wear at our Wimby warm-up. Do you think Rafa will be able to spot firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-55087019612104776982009-04-08T18:41:00.000-04:002009-04-08T18:41:00.000-04:00johanne: thanks for the info - def needed. too muc...johanne: thanks for the info - def needed. too much talent to waste. curlbis was dangerous (love the rhyme) last year at RG so let's hope he gets his marbles together before then. we NEED him in the mix - if only to see those bouncy red locks against the clay backdrop. picturesque.RiCHhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-26294876019728989092009-04-08T18:32:00.000-04:002009-04-08T18:32:00.000-04:00Good for Gulbis, I really expected him to come up ...Good for Gulbis, I really expected him to come up with better results late 2008 and early 2009.

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-83595220241142024912009-04-08T18:30:00.000-04:002009-04-08T18:30:00.000-04:00I feel like Serena wore a similar 3/4 length shirt...I feel like Serena wore a similar 3/4 length shirt when she played doubles with V at Wimby last year, no?

Rich: this is all I got via tennis.com:

"Latvian sensation Ernests Gulbis, a quarterfinalist at last year's French Open, has parted ways with his coach following a recent run of dismal results."

THE CHANGE HE NEEDS
http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-92063028507319411882009-04-08T18:23:00.000-04:002009-04-08T18:23:00.000-04:00anon: I'd LURVE JJ to win RG. Now will it happen? ...anon: I'd LURVE JJ to win RG. Now will it happen? Completely different story.

natch: That's the one Alexa wore in their match - I remember you said you had it. I'm sure you can still work it out. Just don't wear any bottoms. You know, change it up.

johanne: NO! I did not hear that one. Any more deets?RiCHhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-90658499583858309842009-04-08T18:12:00.000-04:002009-04-08T18:12:00.000-04:00It's going to be really interesting to see what ha...It's going to be really interesting to see what happens with the ladies at the French. Seems everything's up for grabs these days!!

*off-topic*
Rich, did you hear Curlbis dumped his firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-44847110920610311722009-04-08T18:01:00.000-04:002009-04-08T18:01:00.000-04:00Booo! Hiss! That's MY shirt she's wearing in the...Booo! Hiss! That's MY shirt she's wearing in the pic (except I got mine in two different colors.) Natch no email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-27204616295994326722009-04-08T17:26:00.000-04:002009-04-08T17:26:00.000-04:00can you say "tanked"?i love Ms ReRe, but c'mon, se...can you say "tanked"?

i love Ms ReRe, but c'mon, seriously girl?

i hope JJ wins now, she could do with putting an end to her Serbian Slide. I know I sound crazy, but I think JJ might actually win RG this year, just for irony's email@example.com


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Sat, Feb 1 2014 6:54 am |
I like when I'm genuinely surprised by a video. My first impression was that this was going to be a bunch of street tricks but in a skatepark. I started to get suspicious that there might be a little more to Travis Hughes' riding when he fired out a flair. I was definitely convinced after the double truck!http://player.vimeo.com/video/85562455
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Voice is a grammatical term which indicates the relationship between a subject and verb. There are three different voices in French and English. In the passive voice, the action described by the verb is being done to the subject by an agent, which is usually introduced by one of two prepositions:
1. When the verb expresses an action, the agent is introduced by the preposition par:
Active voice
David fait le ménage.
David is doing the housework.
Passive voice
Le ménage est fait par David.
The housework is done by David.
Active voice
Lise lit le livre.
Lise is reading the book.
Passive voice
Le livre est lu par Lise.
The book is read by Lise.
2. When the verb expresses a state of being, the agent is either introduced by de or left out entirely:
Active voice
Tout le monde le respecte.
Everyone respects him.
Passive voice
Il est respecté de tout le monde.
He is respected by everyone.
Il est éminemment respecté.
He is highly respected.
Active voice
Mes amis aiment ma mère.
My friends love my mother.
Passive voice
Ma mère est aimée de mes amis.
My mother is loved by my friends.
Page 2: How to conjugate the passive voice
Page 3: Using and avoiding the passive voice
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This game caused several heart attacks, I heard. Everybody okay?
Jay went totally gif-gaga as she usually does after a huge game. THIS game is huge. How huge? Read the recap.
This is a long post, so brace yourself.
Here goes...
NO ONE has on- and off-court swagger like Clutch. He definitely had his eyes on Tucker that night.
Coach Parsons (CP- get it?) on hand to support his guys. What's with the hand wave, CP? SMH
Let's start with a nice Lin-Harden combo: a bounce pass from Jeremy resulting in a backdoor cut by James. .
This isn't the first time they've done this. Let's go back to that first ever Lin-Harden game...
Ah, they've come so far...
Anyway, back to now.
Greg's put-back dunk.
Let's all agree that James intended that pass, okay?
Greg needed to be fed. He wanted an alley-oop dunk.
This feed from Cisco was too low.
Jeremy was on point, but Greg was fouled. The dunk became a lay-up and and-1.
Whoa-O, Omer!
Our "quiet" Turk has been surprising us lately.
The Suns had a time-out after this shot. When the game commenced, the Suns were suddenly swarming around O.
PatBev caught a steal and dunk at one point, but the cameraman didn't catch it. Wish we could have giffed that.
Was it just mewho felt as if the Suns were helping us win?
Here's a Dragic cross-court pass - to Jeremy!
Thanks, Dragic.
This victory, of course, would not be complete without our honorary Rocket, Jermaine O'neal.
Dude, what are you doing? Thanks for the and-1, but what are you doing?!
Unfortunately for the Suns, this wasn't the end of JO's antics.
The Hand of God
So James shot a 3 (okay, who here did not expect that? YOU LIE!) which clanked against the rim and backboard. Ugh, overtime, right? WRONG! JO tipped it out - every Rocket on-court started signalling goaltend - except Jeremy, who probably did not see it from his vantage point.
JO clearly did not want OT.
Everyone went crazy when the refs ruled it goaltending, giving the Rockets 3 points to win over the Suns.
Jeremy and Patrick go ham on James.
James is loving it.
Jeremy still couldn't believe it.
Oh, that P thing... Play-offs!!!!!!!!!!
(pic from rockets.com)
Dang, I'm exhausted. Thanks again to Jay for these gifs.
Just in case you didn't know - Jay lives in Asia and I live in Europe.
Have an awesome day, Shakers. Go, Rockets!


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The Emmys lived up to its reputation as the least predictable entertainment awards show.
Television's annual night of honors, where the AMC drama "Breaking Bad" and ABC comedy "Modern Family" were judged the industry's finest on Sunday night, mixed in surprises with expected winners, and ended some winning streaks while extending others. Newcomer Netflix made its presence felt, but not in the splashy way it had hoped for.
"Nobody in America is winning their office pool," host Neil Patrick Harris said late in the CBS telecast from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
2013 Primetime Emmys Awards
The best drama win for "Breaking Bad" was its first ever, and Anna Gunn won a best supporting actress award for playing the wife of Bryan Cranston's Walter White character, the chemistry teacher turned drug lord whom the series revolves around. Cranston was denied a bid for his fourth drama acting award for the show.
It was splendid publicity for "Breaking Bad," which airs its series finale next Sunday. "What a way to go out," Cranston said backstage.
"I'm biased, I love our show," added Vince Gilligan, the series' creator. "I was stunned that we won. It was a very big surprise for me."
Going into the Emmys, much speculation surrounded whether Netflix's "House of Cards" would be the first series not shown on a broadcast or cable network to win best drama. It didn't, but Gilligan said if it wasn't for streaming services like Netflix, his show wouldn't have lasted beyond its second season.
"House of Cards" was the first online program to be nominated for a top series honor, as big a revolution in the TV industry as when HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show" became the first cable series nominee. It was a decade, however, until another cable show, "Sex and the City," won one of the awards. David Fincher of "House of Cards" won a directing award.


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ALBANY, N.Y. – A Code Blue is in effect until Sunday March 2 in Albany.
According to Executive Director of Homeless and Traveler Aid Society Liz Hitt, The Albany Code Blue Chapter announced Code Blue will be in effect beginning Monday and ending on Sunday.
Albany residents are asked to stay alert to homeless and low-income people in need of housing.


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Editors' picks
The Great Naked Celebrity Photo Leak of 2014 is just the beginningRoxane Gay: There will always be another leak, because there is always danger in being an Other
Are you a summer person? Because the autumn people are already winningEmma Brockes: Good riddance to the sunny, lazy season. You know exactly what you're going to get with a rainy, productive day
You might need Somebody too – the messaging app with a personal touchDeborah Coughlin: A new app that delivers messages via the nearest human is a breath of fresh air in a virtual world
We need to tell the truth about what Russia is doing in UkraineWesley Clark: Nato must face up to the realities of Putin's war of aggression – and take material steps to support Ukraine
Brunch is a waste of time, money and drunken pleasure that you don't haveShawn Micallef: All this effort for authenticity is imaginary. Also, isn't brunch kind of stressing you out?
Addicted to email? This might be the answerYvonne Roberts: Do we dare disconnect from the inbox?


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Talk Round-up
14 September 2012
"So what went wrong at your wedding?" asked ivykaty44, admitting that the morning of the happiest day of her life was spent trying to convince the police not to remove her mother to the nearest station. (We are happy to report that she was a witness to a crime, rather than a lady on the lam).
"Nothing," declared FolkGirl. "It was perfect. Well, apart from the appalling weather. Oh and the fact that DD (two at the time) turned into Velcro toddler and I did the whole thing holding her. It was perfect." Aaaaw.
Yoghurtisnoticecream's brother-in-law committed the ultimate best-man sin on her big day. "He left the rings behind - plonker! We had to borrow some for the ceremony. I thought DH was going to pass out. He thought you couldn't actually get married without the correct rings."
Nancerama, however, was let down by her caterers, who brought "the wrong cake". (Hopefully not a Colin the Caterpillar chocolate log...) Still, you can't fault their customer service, as she says: "I complained the following week and am now the proud owner of a voucher for 20% off my next wedding cake. [hmm]"
QueenofFarkingEverything wanted a list of: "Things you don't want to hear a toddler say..."
"'I'm being Tarzan!' isn't great when they are in the furthest corner of the soft-play climbing area," suggested Soupdragon, "when as any experienced parent knows, Tarzan wears just pants." Most of us would agree with MammaTJisWearingGold that few utterances could be more doom-laden than a child proudly declaring, while in DIY giant B&Q, that: ''I needed a poo but it's ok: I found toilet all by my own."
But Psammead's poor DD attracted her ire with her: "'Bye bye Thomas' - in reference to her most precious and beloved Thomas the Tank Engine, which whistles and beeps and chugs - seconds before he was thrown two storeys through the upstairs banister, all the way into the concrete cellar."
Tough times for toys. Did he make it? "He survived. With a stutter."
In light of recent news events, Goldmandra made a dig regarding a dig. "Am I being unreasonable," she asked, "to think they should leave dead kings where they are? How long does someone have to be dead before it's OK to dig them up again?" When they're past their best-by date, presumably, as PicklesThePottyMouthedParrot put it: "I'd rather be moved than have a Lidl on my head." Waitrose, however...
(Follows us on FB and Twitter for more tales of wedding diasters and toy cruelty.)
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