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Here's what they know: The culprit responsible for one of the most deadly marine diseases ever recorded is a type of densovirus, a microbe that usually attacks crickets and other insects. While scientists had never associated densovirus with marine invertebrates before, it's been in the ocean for at least 72 years: The researchers found traces of the virus in ethanol-preserved starfish specimens from the 1940s and in healthy sea urchins alive today in Hawaii.
But here's what they don't yet know: If the virus has been around for so long, why did it go from benign microbe to purveyor of an epidemic that, since June 2013, has caused up to 95 percent of local sea star populations from Baja California to Alaska's Kenai Peninsula to dissolve into puddles of goo, altering the makeup of intertidal ecosystems for years to come?
Ian Hewson, a Cornell microbial ecologist and one of 25 co-authors of a breakthrough paper released yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has a few ideas. Before the epidemic emerged last year, sea star populations in the Pacific Northwest were "absolutely enormous," Hewson says. "And when you get a large concentration of the same species in any small area, the contact rates between virus and host is extraordinary." More potential hosts means more chances for the virus to mutate, and Hewson thinks that at some point, a random mutation caused the virus to become exponentially more lethal.
But why did sea stars become so abundant to begin with? Again, no one's sure, but nutrient pollution could be to blame. Most sea stars die because they run out of food when they're still tiny, plankton-eating babies. But both urban and industrial runoff and natural cycles have caused more plankton blooms in recent years, which could have fueled a surge in the number of baby starfish that survived to adulthood.
Yet Hewson points out that densovirus isn't just a killer — viruses are an important part of natural population cycles. "They're a predator," he says. "And they help increase diversity. When you have abundant populations of a single type of organism, viruses will (knock them back), permitting less abundant species to compete for space and resources." So not only will starfish recover, but other animals might thrive as well.
It's also important to note that while densovirus has been fingered in this outbreak of sea star wasting disease, it's not necessarily responsible for smaller die-offs during El Niño years in the 1980s and '90s, when the deaths were linked to warmer ocean temperatures. "There are only so many ways a starfish can die," Hewson explains. "You can get the same sort of symptoms from putting one in an aquarium where the salinity isn't ideal." In other words, starfish that are dying — either from increased salinity, warmer temperatures or microbial pathogens — all look the same, so what's collectively been called starfish wasting disease might not actually be a single phenomenon.
The new densovirus isn't the only development on the sea star wasting front: There are also signs that the current epidemic is subsiding. Scores of juvenile sea stars are maturing into adults — which is a good thing this time around, given that adult populations have become locally extinct in some places. Even more encouraging, some juveniles with high concentrations of densovirus appear perfectly healthy, suggesting that the animals might be developing resistance to the disease.
But that doesn't mean the scientists' work is done. If the past year's race to solve the sea star mystery has taught Hewson anything, it's that we know shockingly little about the ocean's microbial communities. Learning more about them — including how widespread the densovirus is, what other animals it can infect and what caused it to suddenly turn deadly — will only become more important as warming and acidifying oceans impact marine ecosystems in ways we haven't yet imagined.
Krista Langlois is an editorial fellow at High Country News. She tweets @KristaLanglois2.]]>
The fire towers, ranger stations and switch-backed trails of the Forest Service were built with stock animals, Funka says — not all that long ago, "mules meant Forest Service." But over the past few decades, the number of stock in the agency has dropped dramatically, and today, only two regional offices employ pack strings. One covers the state of Montana. The other tends to a sprawling geography of grasslands, mountains, canyons and desert that spans Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota's Black Hills and two-thirds of Wyoming. Ten mules and two packers service the entire region. Funka — one of the last and youngest of his kind — is among them.
His story begins 17 years ago on his family's farm in western Pennsylvania, when he fell in love with a pair of mules named Maggie and Cookie. By the time he left home, Funka knew he wanted to work with the goofy, sure-footed animals, but the number of places where mules were still needed to pack supplies in and out of wild, roadless mountains was rapidly dwindling. To secure one of the few paid jobs in such a place, he began polishing his résumé with a singular goal: "To be really good at being outside. Especially in big places."
His job skills — packing toilets and other trash out of the wilderness, traveling for days on horseback, and maneuvering a 30-foot stock trailer over mountain passes — can't be learned in a classroom, yet he couldn't have gotten the job without his forestry degree from the University of Montana. In most Forest Service jobs today, he says, "you don't get hired because you have old, traditional skills. You get hired because you have a degree."
You also get hired because you don't mind being transient: Each summer, Funka travels non-stop across the five states, living out of his horse trailer and going wherever his services are needed — like a cowboy, but one who's just as likely to sleep at a truck stop as by a campfire. As he loads the mules into their trailer in the sparkling wet field outside the Raggeds, Funka's already thinking about October, when he'll drive up to Wyoming to hunt with his dad. "I'm like a ski patroller who spends his days off skiing," he says. "When the season's over, I'm just going to drive my stock back into the wilderness and disappear again."]]>
Job title: Animal packer, U.S. Forest Service, Region 2
Official job qualification: "Ability to tie and fasten a variety of odd-shaped and unusual objects to a horse or mule in a safe manner."
500: Pounds of trash packed out of Colorado's Raggeds Wilderness- over the week of July 4th, 2014
5:5: Ratio of immediate family- members who work or have worked for the Forest Service]]>
The new maps could be "just as transformative" as the surveys of John Wesley Powell or Lewis and Clark, Gallagher predicts. Here's how they could benefit the West:
Guide Alaskan pilots. Inaccurate maps endanger Alaskan bush pilots, who fly blind when the weather turns foul. Better maps could also resolve land disputes and predict glacial melt.
Update flood, landslide and earthquake hazard maps. Big fault lines like the San Andreas can be spotted from the air, but dense forest hides the faults of the Pacific Northwest. In the late '90s, LIDAR helped geologists discover a series of shallow faults beneath the Seattle area, spurring architects to redesign a major suspension bridge. It's now revealing similar faults in Utah that could affect development there.
Prepare for climate change. LIDAR can map the amount of carbon stored in individual forests, helping land managers determine how much is released by logging or fires and how many trees must be planted to offset it.
Improve "precision agriculture." Detailed maps can help farmers adjust fertilization and spraying, increasing yields and decreasing chemical runoff.
Develop domestic energy. LIDAR can help improve the efficiency of renewables — measuring wind speed and direction, and mapping the residential solar potential of cities like Los Angeles. It can also reveal oil and gas deposits and help determine the safest locations for pipelines and wells.]]>
The environment wins a few, loses a lot more. North Dakota voters overwhelmingly opted not to dedicate oil and gas revenue to land and water conservation, and Nevada nixed raising the cap on mining taxes. In Alaska, though, a measure allowing lawmakers to block Pebble Mine if it's found to harm salmon won with 65 percent of the vote. And in California, Prop 1 — the $7.5 billion water bond that could fund a mountain of environmental projects but also build new dams — also won handily.
Overwhelmingly, though, the nation's abrupt lurch toward conservatism is not likely to help clean water, clean air or climate policy. James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) will likely replace California environmentalist Barbara Boxer to chair the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which has oversight over the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA's ability to prosecute environmental crimes has already been hamstrung by sequestration and a seemingly endless parade of lawsuits, but under Inhofe — who calls global warming a hoax — and new Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), its power will likely be eroded even further.
Even the Northwest couldn't stem the red tide. California billionaire Tom Steyer poured millions into state-level races in Washington and Oregon to secure Democratic state legislatures willing to help governors Jay Inslee and John Kitzhaber pass progressive climate and environmental policies. But even Steyer's money wasn't enough to turn Washington's red Senate blue. Oregon, on the other hand, turned out to be his saving grace: Democrats "gained at least one and maybe two seats in the Senate," reports The Oregonian. "In the House, they held on to their 34-26 lead and might well wind up gaining a seat."
Baked Alaska. Though Democrat Mark Begich hasn't formally conceded, returns show Begich out, Sullivan in, and Republican Rep. Don Young — quite possibly the craziest politician in a chamber with no shortage of competition — sailing to an easy victory. Nonetheless, the 49th state also legalized marijuana (along with Oregon), chose salmon over mining and showed a lot of love to Independent/Democratic gubernatorial mashup Bill Walker and Byron Mallot. It's unclear whether Walker and Mallot have beat incumbent Republican Sean Parnell, but the fact that they're currently winning signals a growing disgust for both partisanship and Parnell's coziness with the oil industry.
Doc and Henry's replacements. Congress' leading anti-wilderness voice, Republican Doc Hastings of Washington, and its most dynamic environmental supporter, Democrat Henry Waxman of California, will be succeeded by either Dan Newhouse or Clint Didier (both Republicans) and Ted Lieu (D), respectively. Though the newcomers come with neither the clout nor the charisma of Hastings and Waxman, they're also unlikely to stray far from the elder statesmens' politics.
Different climates on gun control. In the Northwest, Washington voters chose to close a loophole that let firearms be sold without a background check at gun shows and over the internet, plus defeated a measure that would've limited background checks. But in Arizona, even campaign money from the Super PAC formed by Gabby Giffords, the Representative shot in the head three years ago, may not keep keep her seat blue: Giffords' former aid Rob Barber is said to be losing an extremely tight race to Republican Martha McSally, who opposes most gun control. But a technical glitch means the final results may be days away.
Krista Langlois is an editorial fellow at High Country News. She tweets @KristaLanglois2.]]>
That's what one audience member told a panel of five farmers this week at a conference of the National Young Farmers Coalition in Durango, Colorado. Though the three-day event was mostly a chance for Western farmers to discuss the future of agriculture and learn about conserving water in the face of ongoing drought, the message came down to one thing: It's the soil, stupid.
For the last half-century, the trend in U.S. agriculture has been toward bigger farms, more advanced machinery and higher yields. While the argument can be made that such advances have helped feed our growing population, they've also degraded the soil. "We can't keep farming the way we've been farming," says Brendon Rockey, a potato farmer from Center, Colorado. "We just don't have the resources to maintain it."
The biggest resource that's lacking is also the most essential: water. With southwestern cities like Phoenix and Los Angeles getting ever larger, the over-stressed Colorado River may become even more taxed. And while it's not entirely fair for upstream farmers to cut back so that someone in L.A. can keep watering their lawn, agriculture is by far the biggest draw on western watersheds, and many farmers realize that the West's ability to survive persistent drought may depend on their ability to conserve water.
One way to do that is by taking care of the soil. A one percent increase in organic material over an acre can save up to 27,000 gallons of water — and pesticides, herbicides and other extensions of industrial ag kill the beneficial microbes that build organic material. Hence, GMO monocultures typically use more water than farms that employ techniques like cover cropping, crop rotation and no-till practices. That doesn't mean a rejection of technology — even small farms today are often incredibly high-tech — but it could represent a fundamental shift. There's "a growing demographic of young, beginning farmers — farmers by choice, not by heritage — who have committed themselves to small-scale agriculture," writes Lauren Markham in the November issue of Orion magazine. "Often with strong educational backgrounds and urban or suburban upbringings, these young people have chosen their vocation over many other options available to them, and … they've done it largely out of a deep environmental ethic."
Nonetheless, it's not just small, organic farms building better soil. Large farms — arguably necessary for the economy of scale they provide — can be good stewards, too, through many of the same methods. "There's room for both," says farmer Mike Nolan of Mountain Roots Produce in Mancos, Colorado. "Ten thousand acres of GMO corn is unsustainable, but so is one acre with 40 different kinds of veggies dug with a hand tool"— meaning, no one's going to stay in business or feed many people with the latter.
Plus, young farmers aren't alone in doing things differently. George Whitten, a third-generation, 61-year rancher from Colorado's San Luis Valley, was on hand this week to school young farmers on how combining pre-industrial practices with modern technology can help them survive drought. His own story is a case study: In 2005, after years of drought, many of his farmer-neighbors began planting cover crops by necessity, to conserve moisture and prevent their dry dirt from blowing away. At the same time, the public rangeland where Whitten had been grazing his cattle became almost too barren to support them. So Whitten began asking farmers if he could graze his cows on their cover-cropped fields.
Farmers who agree are paid for every pound of beef the animals gain on their land, plus they reap the benefits of soil improved by free nitrogen from the cow manure. Whitten, for his part, saves the expense of making hay, gets to know his neighbors, and feels he's contributing to the overall ecologic health of the valley. A decade ago, "it was impossible," he says, to get farmers on board with his crazy plan. But "the drought has forced us to do things we never imagined." And that, he says, gives him hope.
Krista Langlois is an editorial fellow at High Country News. She tweets @KristaLanglois2.]]>
The Drakes Bay Oyster Co. has long been a thorn in the side of California's Point Reyes National Seashore. Its lease was grandfathered into the preserve's designation in 1962, but was supposed to expire in 2012 so that an ecologically rich estuary called Drakes Estero could gain full wilderness protection. Then, co-owner Kevin Lunny sued the Interior Department to keep his oyster farm in business, prompting a drawn-out legal battle that pitted sustainable seafood advocates against wilderness purists ("What we got here is a failure to collaborate," HCN, 7/29/09).
Under an Oct. 6 settlement, Drakes Bay Oyster Co. has agreed to shut down, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case in June. Shortly after, the farm closed its retail operation and oyster shack, although it will harvest oysters until the end of the year; the National Park Service will then remove the farm's infrastructure. Lunny says he plans to open an oyster restaurant and distribution business nearby.]]>
H.R. 4899. Introduced by Doc Hastings, R-Wash., passed June 26, 2014.
To decrease foreign energy dependency and lower gas prices "for the American family."
Open the Arctic to mandatory annual petroleum leasing and nullify the historic 2013 decision to set aside key parts of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for migratory shorebirds, polar bears and other wildlife.
H.R. 3189. Introduced by Scott Tipton, R-Colo., passed March 13, 2014.
To give ski areas on public lands more control over their water rights and prevent Forest Service overreach.
Potentially undermine Endangered Species Act protections by stripping federal agencies of their power to maintain minimum streamflows for fish and wildlife.
H.R. 1526. Introduced by Doc Hastings, R-Wash., passed Sept. 20, 2013.
To reduce wildfire risk and create thousands of timber-related jobs.
Require the Forest Service to designate "revenue areas" in each national forest, and log at least half of each area, absent of public input or environmental review. In Montana, for example, more than 14 million acres of forests, including Wilderness Study Areas and roadless areas, could be opened to new logging projects.
H.R. 2641. Introduced by Tom Marino, R-Pa., passed March 6, 2014.
To create construction and development jobs by setting hard deadlines for environmental reviews.
Fast-track National Environmental Policy Act requirements, and limit environmental lawsuits on new development.
H.R. 1459. Introduced by Rob Bishop, R-Utah, passed March 26, 2014.
To ensure that cost-benefit analysis is considered in the designation of national monuments.
Highly restrict the president's authority to designate national monuments — a right, originally granted in 1906, that's helped permanently protect millions of acres of public land.
H.R. 5078. Introduced by Steve Southerland, R-Fla., passed Sept. 9, 2014.
To ensure that water-quality regulations imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency don't hamstring farmers.
Revoke Clean Water Act clarifications passed earlier this year to protect tributaries and ephemeral rivers from industrial and agricultural pollution.
H.R. 3826. Introduced by Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., Passed March 6, 2014.
To provide cheaper electricity.
Roll back long-awaited EPA regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new coal-burning power plants.
H.R. 935. Introduced by Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, passed July 31, 2014.
To "reduce burdensome regulations without rolling back any environmental safeguards," according to Gibbs.
Allow farms to discharge regulated pesticides into navigable waterways without a permit.
Statistically, my 65-year-old, TV-watching father is also more likely to vote in the upcoming midterm elections than people of my generation, which is partially why campaign ad spending is set to break a record $1 billion for the election season. "Television is still, in most campaigns, the largest single expenditure you'll see," said Neil Oxman, a media consultant who's been making campaign ads for 30 years. "Older people (who are more likely to vote) … sit in front of the television. They don't flick away from commercials."
Plus, Oxman explained on WHYY's Fresh Air, the stakes are higher: Forty years ago, it wasn't uncommon to have 200 or so hotly contested Congressional races. Today, with redistricting and increased polarization, fewer than 50 out of 435 districts are legitimately competitive. "You have 300 congressional districts where not a penny is spent (on campaign ads)," Oxman said. "And you'll have 50 where 5 or $10 million or more is spent."
So where's all the money going? With two weeks to go before elections, I spent a morning glued to YouTube, catching up on political ads from around the West. Here's what I found:
The Sunlight Foundation, a D.C.-based nonpartisan group that advocates for transparency in government, notes that such scare tactics are on the rise — and go both ways. Republican ads are more likely to show an intruder breaking into a residence, appealing to voters' fears that Democrats who want to take their guns away are putting American families at risk. Democrats are more likely to play off fears that Republicans' poor environmental record could harm children's health, like this air pollution spot attacking Colorado Republican Cory Gardner, who's running for U.S. Senate:
As I scrolled through the ads — many bizarre and over-the-top — I wondered how many other people my age have seen any of them. As the New York Times' Derek Willis reported today, "most non-cable broadcast advertisements in House races air on just 11 programs, among them the local news, 'Wheel of Fortune,' 'Jeopardy!' and 'The Today Show.'" In other words: the shows my dad watches.
Political advertisers are beginning to target more online audiences, but as Willis notes, online users aren't very likely to click through to watch ad spots. Plus, as this "Say Yes to Bob Beauprez" ad — a spoof of the TLC reality wedding show "Say Yes to the Dress" — painfully shows, many campaigns are still out of touch with younger voters.
Krista Langlois is an editorial fellow at High Country News. She tweets @KristaLanglois2. Homepage image credit Flickr user Daniel Go.]]>
With The Wilderness Society's Jeff Widen giving the play-by-play over our headsets, a trio of Cessnas lifted from an airstrip outside Durango and flew 20 miles north to Hermosa Creek, at the edge of the San Juan Mountains. From our 11,000-foot vantage, the foothills spread out in a mosaic of burnt-gold aspen and shadowy spruce, threaded by blue streams and capped by freshly-snowed peaks. The trip was courtesy of EcoFlight, an Aspen-based nonprofit that advocates for land protection through small-craft flyovers.
If the Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act — introduced last year by Colorado's Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican Rep. Scott Tipton — makes it through Congress this year, it'll be only the third wilderness bill to do so since 2011. In comparison, an average of 14 new wildernesses a year were designated between 1990 and 2009. So what does it take to draft a successful wilderness bill in today's political climate? Here's what I learned:
1) Give yourself plenty of time. Hermosa Creek has been recommended for wilderness protection by the Forest Service multiple times since 1964 and was held back because legislators' attention was focused elsewhere. The current proposal was more than six years in the making, and is the result of countless hours of work by Trout Unlimited, the San Juan Citizens Alliance, Southwestern Water Conservation District and some 70 other groups. "It's a great case study in how wild areas come into being," says Dan Olson of the San Juan Citizens Alliance. "They take years and years and years of effort. And they face all these junctures where they have the chance to become ... derailed." In other words, a good wilderness proposal is like a peach — it needs time to ripen.
2) Be prepared to offer more than just wilderness. No longer will Congress consider protecting a wild place on its own merits — if it's not making money, it's not happening. Land swaps — often in the form of wilderness in one place for oil and gas leasing in another — are one way to do it, but Hermosa Creek advocates took a different approach: They split the watershed into three parts with three different levels of protection, so mountain biking, grazing, timber and mineral rights were protected along with pure wilderness. They even got off-roading groups onboard by tacking on a rider that cedes half of a wilderness study area on nearby Molas Pass to "winter recreation" (aka snowmobiling) while granting extended wilderness protections to the other half. "A bill with wilderness components that has support from the motorized community is practically unheard of," says Trout Unlimited's Ty Churchwell.
3) Hire a PR team. Gone are the days when a few hours of IT help and a well-written plea in Comic Sans could sway the public to your cause. Today, a professional website is pretty much required, and if you can make bumper stickers, tap into social media and start an online petition, all the better.
4) It helps to be located in a fairly liberal locale. Western Colorado leans conservative, but college-town Durango is a bastion of outdoor-loving liberals; garnering broad support here is probably more viable than in, say, nearby Mineral County. Other wilderness legislation with a good chance of passage, like Washington's Alpine Lakes proposal, are also from liberal regions.
5) Be willing to compromise. Conservation groups parted with some Hermosa Creek wilderness to appease mountain bikers, and mountain bikers lost a trail to the wilderness. "Everybody at the table gave something up, and everybody got something," says Widen. "With such a dysfunctional Congress, the only bills moving forward are those where lots of compromises have been made."
6) Be prepared for setbacks. After six years of community input and bipartisan support, last month the House Natural Resources Committee tweaked the language of the bill to undermine the level of protection granted to Hermosa Creek. That's because committee heads like Washington Republican Doc Hastings and Utah Republican Rob Bishop "have become more assertive in imposing their ideology," Widen says. "They'll mark up bills just to weaken protection for protected lands," telling junior members like Tipton, in effect, that it's "the price that must be paid" for their bills to move forward.
7) Did I mention giving yourself plenty of time? The changes introduced in the House have caused ardent advocates like The Wilderness Society to revoke their support of the bill in its current form. Widen and others hope to persuade Tipton to change the language back to what was agreed upon by the community, and are hopeful that Congress will pass legislation before the year is up. Still, there's also the potential that the bills will expire and have to be reintroduced. "There's going to be a lot more work in the next couple months and maybe even the the next couple years," Olson says. Widen, in response, jokingly buried his head in his hands.
Krista Langlois is an editorial fellow at High Country News. She tweets @KristaLanglois2.]]>
Most reports — with the exception of a few ultra-conservative sites — decisively linked the record numbers of on-shore walrus to record low sea ice offshore, and overnight, the walrus became an international symbol of climate change. The New York Times called the situation a "walrus crisis," and NBC News reported that it was a " very visual sign of what wildlife scientists know and worry about: From the Arctic to Antarctica, some species are having to adapt, or die, in the face of the long-term threat of a warming planet."
But two walrus experts currently using a National Science Foundation grant to analyze recent, historic and prehistoric walrus samples to piece together the species' 4,000-year history say that we don't understand enough about "normal" walrus behavior to know whether the massive haul-out is, in fact, unusual. Nicole Misarti, a research professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Lara Horstmann, a professor of marine biology, say that it's certainly not unprecedented: Massive haul-outs of walrus are annual events in Russia, and were recorded in Alaska in 1938. Just because the walrus haven't hauled out in this specific location in such large numbers during the limited time we've been studying them doesn't mean that the behavior is necessarily abnormal, or related to climate change.
Nonetheless, Misarti and Horstmann aren't ruling climate change out, either. There's no doubt that the trend of more and more walrus gathering on Alaskan beaches in recent years mirrors a decrease in Arctic sea ice, "but nobody knows enough about walrus to say whether it's a lack of sea ice or sea ice moving in a different direction or prey moving to different areas," Misarti says. "Those are the burning questions."
Plus, reports claiming that the haul-out is harmful to the walrus or is a "crisis" are overblown, the researchers say. "It's important that people realize it's not a mass die off and it's not a mass stranding," Horstmann notes.
"It's not like whales stranded on a beach. The walrus are purposely hauling out there — they're not helpless and the numbers of trampled young are actually quite low so far," adds Misarti.
Yet like most species, walrus numbers in Alaska have indeed decreased over the past several decades, and those that remain are vulnerable to climate change. Just as vulnerable, though, are the subsistence villages that depend on walrus. That's why Misarti and Horstmann are combing through historic interviews and analyzing trace hormones like cortisol (the "stress hormone") collected from bone and tooth samples to figure out how walrus populations responded to past climactic events like the Little Ice Age or the Medieval Warm Period. "We really don't know much about walrus, so pretty much any information we can give subsistence hunters or state agencies is going to be helpful," Misarti says.
Aiding their groundbreaking research is the fact that walrus teeth have growth rings similar to those in trees. "With a tree ring, you can look at an individual tree and how it's changed over time," Horstmann says.
"We're doing some of that, but we're also looking at groups [of walrus] over time.," Misarti explains. "It would be like looking at ten trees from 100 years ago, ten trees from 1,000 years ago, and so on."
Still, the lab work is slow and painstaking, and one year into a four-year study, the researchers don't yet understand how walrus react to environmental changes. One hypothesis behind the current trend is that larger haul-outs used to be more common in Alaska, but the introduction of snowmobiles and ATVs drove the animals farther to sea. Another is that perhaps clams have flourished recently in the area, and the walrus are simply following their favorite food source. And a third, of course, is that melting sea ice is driving more females and juveniles onto shore.
Again, no one knows, but media hyperbole that oversimplifies the threats walrus do face and plays into the growing tendency to relate any unusual event to climate change only gives climate deniers a stronger case for decrying all climate science as bunk.
Krista Langlois is an editorial fellow at High Country News. She tweets @KristaLanglois2.]]>
Still, the USGS study is the country's most comprehensive assessment of water quality to date, and it does offer some good news — or at least, what passes for good news on the environmental beat. For one thing, farmers are doing a better job at reducing runoff: The number of agricultural rivers with pollutants exceeding aquatic life benchmarks decreased from 69 percent to 61 percent, while pollution in mixed-use streams stayed about the same.
The study also demonstrates how effective federal regulators can be at reducing pollutants — and how slow they are to catch up with real-world conditions. Diazinon, for example, a commonly used pesticide in the '90s that's toxic to bees and birds, was phased out of residential use by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2004. Levels in waterways have since dropped dramatically. Yet for each toxin removed, dozens more are added: Even as the EPA was phasing out diazinon, a new pesticide called fipronil — classified as a "possible human carcinogen" — began showing up in high concentrations in urban streams, apparently in runoff from gardeners.
Altogether, some 15,000 new chemical compounds identified in patents and academic literature are added to the federal database of the American Chemical Society every day, and the "EPA simply cannot keep pace," writes Jerald L. Schnoor, editor-in-chief of the society's Environmental Science and Technology journal. "Their budget is in decline and the list grows exponentially."
The EPA isn't the only federal agency that can't keep pace. Due to "resource constraints," the USGS study was only able to monitor about half of the 400 herbicides and pesticides widely used in U.S. agriculture, meaning that serious pesticides like neonicotinoids — linked to widespread bee decline and banned in Europe — weren't included in water quality assessments. Nor were unregulated chemicals used by oil and gas companies.
Plus, even as the public health organization NSF International recently found that 87 percent of Americans are concerned about trace pesticides in their water and the USGS report credited the reduction of pesticide pollution to EPA regulations, the U.S. House of Representatives is quietly working to reduce the EPA's ability to regulate stream pollution. On July 31, the House passed Ohio Republican Bob Gibbs' "Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act," which would allow regulated pesticides to be dumped into navigable waterways without a permit. On Sept. 11, it followed suit with Florida Republican Steve Southerland's "Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act," which would exempt seasonal streams and some tributaries from Clean Water Act protections. Both bills stalled in the Senate.
Krista Langlois is an editorial fellow at High Country News. She tweets @KristaLanglois2.]]>
Earlier this month, a group of female Forest Service firefighters in California filed a complaint alleging discrimination, harassment and sexual abuse from men in the agency. One, an outspoken Comanche woman named Alicia Dabney, has shared lewd voicemails she says were left by male co-workers and claims a supervisor tried to rape her. Another woman, Brooke Nuñez, was demoted from her position as fire captain because, according to her supervisor, the men she oversaw would have "eat[en] her alive."
The complaints are the first step toward a class-action lawsuit, and if it goes forward it'll be the fourth such suit in three decades. According to Lesa Donnelly, vice president of the USDA Coalition of Minority Employees, California also has the highest number of equal opportunity complaints among U.S. Department of Agriculture employees in the nation.
The heart of the problem seems to be the legacy of a 1972 lawsuit called Bernardi v. Madigan, filed by a female Forest Service researcher who said she was denied promotion because of her gender. The case was settled in 1981 with a "consent decree," or a voluntary settlement without admission of guilt. On the surface, it seemed like a slam-dunk for equal rights: the USDA (parent agency of the Forest Service) was forced to match the gender breakdown of the civilian labor force in California by employing 43 percent women, including in leadership positions. New female hires and promotions flooded non-traditional fields.
Yet among many female firefighters who were around at the time, the phrase "consent decree" can hardly be mentioned without a shudder. Bequi Livingston, a former hotshot who's now the Forest Service's fire operations health and safety specialist for the Southwest, calls it a "horrid and deplorable" time: qualified men were denied promotions they deserved, while unqualified women were thrust into new positions that set them up for failure. "Men were pissed and women were pissed," she says. "The intention was good, but the execution was bad."
Lesa Donnelly, a claimant in the suit, says men who felt bypassed for promotions they'd been working toward for years were bitter, and sometimes expressed their resentment by harassing female colleagues. Even female firefighters who didn't work in California were aware of the resentment-fueled harassment, and sometimes avoided the state for that very reason. So in 1995, Donnelly filed a second (followed by a third) class-action complaint.
As a result, she says, a new process for investigating and addressing complaints was implemented, sensitivity training became mandatory, and conditions improved. The first female Type One Incident Commander in the nation, Jeanne Pincha-Tulley, was hired in California in 2005, and 24 percent of leadership positions on California wildland crews are now held by women — not much, but an improvement. Yet after the terms of the agreement ended in 2006, Donnelly says harassment resurfaced. She's now leading the latest lawsuit.
Elsewhere in the West, female firefighters I talked to acknowledge that while the field remains male-dominated in both in its numbers and culture, the sense of camaraderie can surpass gender differences. One, who asked not to be named, wrote in an email, "For the most part, men were great when I was on the line. … There were men who thought we shouldn't be there, and who wouldn't listen to my orders, but listened to men who gave them, and we always felt pressure to succeed, but I never experienced threats or sexual assault. And I never heard of anyone who did."
Bequi Livingston has heard otherwise. She says women's experiences differ from one unit to the next, and in some places, biases remain strong. Rapes within crews happen, but often go unreported "either out of humiliation or because (the victim) doesn't think the agency will support them."
The Forest Service has responded to official allegations with statements that say they take the problem seriously and are looking into it. The agency has 180 days to investigate and potentially settle the most recent complaint before it goes to an equal opportunity court.
Livingston, however, has lost some of her faith in the efficacy of legal recourse. Instead, she's created a boot camp in Albuquerque and Phoenix to bring more women into the field. Part of the purpose is to recruit strong, qualified women to wildland firefighting to help break down barriers. But an equally important purpose, she says, is to give women a place to share their stories and build a support network. "Let's say they become a wildland firefighter and they experience bias, they have a trusting environment where they can come back and report it."
Krista Langlois is an editorial fellow at High Country News. She tweets @KristaLanglois2.]]>
Except that it wasn't natural at all. A study released Monday in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America confirms what scientists have suspected for years: That the 2011 quake — along with dozens of others in the Raton Basin of Colorado and New Mexico — were caused by a byproduct of coalbed methane extraction. Other studies have made similar connections in Oklahoma and Ohio, but this is the first to conclusively link oil and gas development with increased earthquake frequency in the Southwest.
It also skews the popular notion that fracking alone is responsible for tremors in oil and gas country. U.S. Geological Survey research geophysicist Bill Barnhart, who reviewed the study and has worked in the Raton Basin, emphasizes that the human-induced seismicity there is "completely unrelated" to fracking.
Instead, the culprit is coalbed methane extraction — or, more specifically, the wastewater it produces. Coalbed methane is a natural gas trapped in the seams of coal deposits, and when it's sucked from the earth it brings up huge quantities of water so salty it can't be legally disposed of above ground. The solution is to drill even deeper wells, up to 1.5 kilometers down, to inject the water into deeper geologic formations — where it stays, hopefully, for eternity. The only problem?
"At those depths, you have naturally occurring faults," explains Barnhart. "You put water down there, it increases the pressure and reduces the strength and makes the fault lines less clamped together. That leads to earthquakes."
Since 1999, 28 wastewater wells have been drilled in the Raton Basin — together injecting up to 3.6 million barrels of water per month. In roughly the same period, the number of earthquakes increased 40-fold. Each quake has been within three miles of a well; two of the biggest were in close proximity to the highest-volume wells.
Though technology exists to map the ultra-deep fault lines that may be causing the quakes, there's been little impetus until now to do so, and they don't show up on USGS's earthquake hazards map. Plus, because researchers have struggled to link specific quakes to specific wells, industry groups have been slow to respond, calling the studies "inconclusive." In an email, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association cites several "preliminary concerns" with the latest research, including a lack of robust seismologic tracking prior to 2001.
Nonetheless, by using fluid-injection data and seismic monitoring, USGS geophysicist Justin Rubinstein and his colleagues have made the strongest argument yet that some wastewater injection wells do, in fact, cause the earth to slip and slide. Wastewater injection has been linked to earthquakes as far back as to the 1960s, when a 4.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Denver area shortly after chemical-laden water from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal was shot underground. Back then, scientists figured that injecting pressurized wastewater into hard rock like granite had caused the quake.
Today, unpressurized water injected into sedimentary rocks is causing even larger tremors, and while researchers have made strides in identifying the phenomenon, plenty of questions remain. No one knows, for example, why some wells remain benign for decades while others cause the earth to shake, or just how large an earthquake humans have the potential to cause. "That," Barnhart says, "is the question of the day."
Krista Langlois is an editorial fellow at High Country News. She tweets @KristaLanglois2.]]>


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Area residents are invited to experience the sights and sounds of the holiday season at the 2014 Wake Forest Christmas Parade. Sponsored by PowerSecure and presented by Wake Forest Downtown, Inc., this year's parade is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 13. at 1 p.m. and will be held rain or shine.
Widely considered one of our area's most popular holiday spectacles, Wake Forest's annual Christmas parade features over 100 colorful floats and entries from local businesses, churches, schools and civic groups, as well as several high school marching bands and – of course - Santa Claus.
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The procession begins at the intersection of Elm Avenue and South White Street and continues north along South White Street before turning east onto Wait Avenue. It then turns south onto South Brooks Street and continues until ending at the Elm Avenue intersection.
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Area motorists are advised that East Holding Avenue, from South Main Street to South Franklin Street, and South White Street, from East Holding Avenue to Elm Avenue, will be closed at 10 a.m.
Additionally, South White Street, from Elm Avenue to East Roosevelt Avenue; Wait Avenue, from South White Street to South Brooks Street; and South Brooks Street, from Wait Avenue to Elm Avenue, will be closed to motorists at noon.
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Click the image above to view/download our Christmas Parade map highlighting the parade route, related road closures and free event parking.
South Franklin Street Advisory
Starting at approximately 11 a.m., motorists traveling east along the Dr. Calvin Jones Highway/NC 98 will not be permitted to turn left onto South Franklin Street. In order to ensure a smooth flow of traffic, motorists will only be allowed to access South Franklin Street by traveling west along the Dr. Calvin Jones Highway/NC 98 and turning right.
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Beginning in mid-December, the Town of Wake Forest will rebroadcast the Christmas Parade daily on Wake Forest TV 10 throughout the remainder of December at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
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Complete information about town-sponsored holiday events is provided through the "Holiday Events" function on the Town of Wake Forest app. Download the app and utilize the "Holiday Events" function for instant access to the Lighting of Wake Forest (Dec. 5); Christmas Historic Home Tour (Dec. 6); Christmas in New York with Franc D'Ambrosio (Dec. 7); the Wake Forest Christmas Parade (Dec. 14) and more! IPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Android users can download the app by searching for "Town of Wake Forest" on iTunes, in the iPhone app store, or in Google Play or by scanning the appropriate QR code provided at www.wakeforestnc.gov/app.aspx.
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Ultimate Cat Eye From Charlotte Tilbury
I have been so obsessed lately with trying to master the cat eye and of which I have not yet quite yet done. But I came across this editorial in Glamour Magazine in which Charlotte Tilbury gave a step by step manual on how to create the ultimate cat eye. I was very interested of course since this is clearly an area where I desperately need help in. Tilbury was inspired by sixties-era icons such as Brigette Bardot and Verusschka. Little did I know, these two beautiful actresses studied eye shapes of actual wildcats to master the look and of course Tilbury perfected her own signature look over the years.
It's funny because, I've been told by several makeup artists about their brows, they sleep in their brows because they have perfected the art of shape, they don't want to ruin it. The same goes for Tilbury, she swears by the look so much that she wears it to bed. Tilbury shared her ultimate look plus three favorite variations with Glamour, but I'm going to share my favorite which is the Bombshell Cat Eye. For a video tutorial, watch below:
The Bombshell Cat Eye:
1. Curl lashes at the root to open up eyes and doing this is the first important step 2. Starting at the inner corner of the eyes, line your top lids with a kohl pencil three quarters of the way across with staying close to the lash line as possible 3. Looking straight into the mirror, draw a dot about one tenth of an inch up and out from the outer corner of each eye to mark where the tip of the wing should end 4. Draw a line connecting the dot to the liner on your upper lash line. Perfect the shape and clean any mistakes with a pointed Q-tip covered in moisturizer 5. Gently list your eyelids up with your finger and rim the upper waterlines for definition 6. Trace over the pencil with a black liquid liner such as Charlotte Tilbury's Feline Flick Quick Fine-Line Shodõ Pen in Panther $29 at Charlotte Tilbury.com or for more intensity use an angled brush dipped in a gel formula. 7. Finish with two coats of black mascara
You can guarantee that I will be using this tutorial…
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Sunglasses are a statement for the face. We all feel fierce when we have that awesome pair of sunglasses on the eye. Seriously, admit it, you know you do… That is the first thing people see and comment on. Either around your eyes or on top of the head, eyes will stare out of envy with one of these ( or more) pair of sunglasses. All this talk about sunglasses is making me want a new pair! Geez!!
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There's a new sheriff in town and her name is Tory Burch. Finally, after years of creating such magical collections of clothing, accessories and shoes, she has now introduced her own makeup line. Her line is exclusive to Nordstrom and contains blush/bronzer, lipsticks, face brush and lip tint. The colors are perfect for spring and for a starter collection, its doesn't overwhelm you with too many choices.
Nars has come out with The Final Cut Collection, again brought exclusively to Nordstrom. The collection is the new edge of pink, featuring a modern montage of passionate and provocative hues. The blushes have transparent pigments for a soft and sheer look, the lip pencils have high impact colors with a soft sheer feel.
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As much as I would give just about anything (to a point) to be attending spring 2014 NYFW, I regretfully am not. But, if I were to be attending this glam fashion fest, I would have the essentials to survive the week with. Attending fashion week is extremely stressful work you know (wink); with the back and forth to venues and trying to get in to your favorite show, snapping pics etc.. What's a girl to do? With these beauty essentials, you'll want them just to have in your purse at all times, not just for Fashion Week.
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The Elements of Gold
There are so many ways to wear gold as an accent during the holidays and especially for New Years Eve. Gold accents in makeup, skin and the hair can really add a special touch that will bring out say… your eyes. Below are some really great tips that will have you sparkling and shining…..
Using an enhancing powder for your body or face will give a subtle little glow and sparkle, but be sure not to use anything that has too much of gold specks, make sure is light and airy. Clé de Peau Beauté Luminizing Face Enhancer in Gold, and my choice of which I most definitely am trying is Marc Jacobs Beauty Lightshow Luminizing Powder, and for an all over body glow try Edward Bess All Over Seduction in Afterglow.
Clé de Peau Beauté Luminizing Face Enhancer $95 Neimanmarcus.com
Marc Jacobs Beauty Lightshow Luminizing Powder $59 Sephora.com
Edward Bess All Over Seduction $38 Sephora.com
For The Eyes:
Other than the lips, the eyes are the first thing that someone looks at on your face and for special events and parties. When using eyeshadows try using my favorite MAC Cosmetics Nocturnals Pigments and Colors, this will make your eyes pop. For that extra mile, try Kre-At 24 Karat Gold Lashes
MAC Cosmetics Pigment in Gold $21 maccosmetics.com
Kre-At 24 Karat Gold Lashes $295 Barneys.com
For The Hair:
If you want to be the belle of the party and really get them staring, try Oribe 24 -Karat Gold Pomade. Use to sleek back your ponytail and add some sparkle or use on a side swept bang.
Oribe 24 Karat Gold Pomade $49 Neimanmarcus.com or if you're in the Roseville Ca area Nevaeh Salon and Spa has the full line of Oribe products
The nails are definitely a statement maker and when you make your rounds at your party or event, go ahead, show off your nails girl! You'll be the envy of the party.
Dior Sparkling "Nail Powders" Set $48 Nordstrom.com
Formula X For Sephora in Holiday Ornament $14 Sephora.com
So there you go so your fabulous must have gold elements, I don't know about you but I'm making a bee line to these stores to buy them all!


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Is now coming to Steam!
I'm very happy that this happened and certainly there's a lot of things that has to be changed until TFO gets on Steam!
Major things that will change:
- Map bugs will be fixed.
- The Inventory system, dialogue system will be remade...
Any suggestions are welcome, I'll focus a lot on fixing stuff that has been mentioned on the recent reviews here on moddb as well.
Thank you all!
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Black Snow Coop v1.2.0 features great fixes, extended gameplay, new ending, new intro, more fun! And even better, you can experience all this with three...
After 2 weeks of hard and intense work its finally here! Black Snow Coop aka Operation Black Snow v1.0.0 is released! For more info, click on Read More!
I love how you guys stole assets from other modders, without giving them credit.
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WHY NO SERVER?!? Im to scared to play alone now make a server!
add me skype: striker9115 (i can play, and i need you to get error :D)
BTW, one fix for the crash is to take sv_cheats 0, sometimes with sv_cheats 1 it crash in the bsc_int map.
Ok well really i haven't played a server, but thanks for the heads up
do i have to get hl2 ep 2 cause i dont have it :/
The only way I know of is to buy it on steam.
Sometimes the guy standing inside freezes and doesn't finish his schedule. You can restart the map or write "ent_fire eric_to_door startschedule" to restart him if you are playing on a local server.
True, its best if you make your own server. :P
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This mod is created by the genius creators of "Battle-Force" and "The Forgotten Ones". These are also the same mods that use up tons of space for no specific reason, such as unused models and textures.
If you want to play BLACK SNOW, don't play it like this. The playermodels are all ripped off of various websites/games, and the game isn't even good with more than 1 person. Experience the original mod, not this.
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Sara Harp Minter Elementary School opened its doors in 2002-2003 to students from surrounding Fayette County elementary schools. To celebrate the first year of the school's opening, each charter student and faculty member had their hand prints painted on the school walls in the shape of a flower and the person's name along with their hand prints. Read More»
Organization for the 11th Annual Southern Crescent Alzheimer's Memory Walk got off to a flying start by the initial meeting of the County Chairs at Frank's Old Mill Restaurant in Fayetteville. The 2009 Walk in Peachtree City was the largest yet in terms of both the number of participants and the amount of money raised...$230,000. Read More»
Have you been looking for a good reason to spend time on the green? Then sign up for the 10th Annual Piedmont Fayette Hospital Auxiliary Golf Classic, on Monday, May 10, at the Flat Creek Country Club in Peachtree City. Proceeds from the Golf Classic will be used to fund several projects for Piedmont Fayette Hospital, including ongoing operation of the courtesy shuttles, Cancer Wellness at Piedmont Fayette Hospital, and student scholarships for study in the medical fields.
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Fayette Presbyterian Church will host its fourth annual Spring Fling, a community outreach festival, Saturday, May 8, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the church campus, 791 Forest Ave. (Hwy 92 North), Fayetteville.
Highlights of the festival include a variety of live music all day long, grilled lunches, inflatables, carnival games, bingo with prizes, used book sale, craft sale, and bake sale.
Local vendors include Bruster's Ice Cream, Rizzo Massage Therapy, Humane Society pet adoptions and Muddy Puddle pony rides. Read More»
Sheri Pepper (L), chairperson of the Square Foot Ministry Yard Sale committee, and Judy Reynolds prepare for this year's sale coming up Friday and Saturday, May 14 and 15, at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church. Donated items will be taken through Friday, May 14 and may be dropped off at the church Thursday, May 13, or early Friday morning, May 14. For more information, contact Sheri Pepper, 770-354-8693. Photo/Special.
The Holly Grove Church family will celebrate its 113th Anniversary this year. The celebration will begin with a Fun Fest on Saturday, May 15. The day will consist of a yard sale and breakfast starting at 8 a.m., followed by games and activities for the children, fish fry, bake sale, and live entertainment.
The Historical Room will be open in the rear of the church. Read More»
Local resident Aaron Evans will sign his book, The Emerging Daniel Company, at Books A Million at The Avenue in Peachtree City Saturday, May 15, from 2-4 p.m.
"The Emerging Daniel Company is a unique book for the times we are in," Evans says. "It has a present Word that contains spiritual substance and life. This book is not for the complacent, who desire the status quo. It is for those described in Daniel 11:32, 33, '...but the people who know their God shall be strong and carry out great exploits. And those of the people who understand shall instruct many.'" Read More»
Providence United Methodist Church will offer a "Parenting is Heart Work" seminar Saturday, June 12, from 8:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The seminar is open to the community and emphasizes helping parents solve the real problems they are facing. A children's program is offered at the same time, so that the whole family can attend. Read More»
The Fayette County School System this afternoon said it is experiencing technical difficulties with its website, www.fcboe.org, and that the site might be down for several days. School board agendas and other school system areas can be accessed on other available websites. Read More»


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A BlackBerry software upgrade in the Middle East that turned out to be
an e-mail interception program was likely a buggy beta version of a
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Sheran Gunasekera, who works as a security consultant in Asia, released
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What's more, command messages sent to the BlackBerry to initiate and
halt interception can be transmitted to the device through e-mail or
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visible on the handheld's screen for a fraction of a second when they
arrive and a copy of commands sent via e-mail appear in the user's
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The spyware came to light when Etisalat, a phone and internet service
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Starship Scuffles in Real Life? A "realistic" design for a space battleship was created by the United States air-force during the Kennedy administration. It would be propelled by an Orion Drive (i.e. driven by the force of nuclear explosions), and would be equipped (alongside a full nuclear arsenal) with naval-style battleship turrets. A battle between two such ships using their turrets is probably the closest Real Life could come to fulfilling this trope. In practice, the very design of the ship terrified Kennedy to such an extent that he cancelled the entire program. It's also worth noting that such a battle in low orbit around a planet or moon could result in a phenomenon known as Kessler Syndrone, where collisions between debris become common enough to create a man-made Asteroid Thicket. If this were to happen in low Earth orbit, safely launching and maintaining satellites (to say nothing of larger manned vessels) could be all but impossible for many generations.


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Larry, from what I gather the Bohemian Club was a merchant marine (civilian) vessel? If that is the case, info at this web address may be of interest to you:
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Happy Birthday, Heidi Montag. You're 24 today. As a special treat to you, let's relive some wonderful moments from those 24 years by looking at lovely pictures.
This is the oldest photo of you available on image library Rex Features, which, to a journalist, basically means that's when you began to exist. Welcome to existence, Heidi Montag.
Look how bloomin' wholesome you look. You're so young and naive and silly, you've accidentally put on just your dad's shirt and no trousers. You don't mind, though, you're beaming with happiness. We predict big things for you.
This is the first time we saw you with BFF Lauren Conrad.
Look at you, like two highly-manicured peas in an over-privileged pod. Your relationship will always be a solid and happy one, we foresee.
This is the first time we saw you with Spencer Pratt.
He'll be your husband one day, y'know. Not only have you found a future husband, you've found some lovely boobs. You're still not very good at getting dressed - you've come out wearing a nightgown, silly you. But we don't mind at all.
By jove, look at you. You've certainly got a lot better at dressing yourself. Good for you, H-Mon (that doesn't really work, does it?).
Let's skip ahead a few years, 'coz we haven't got all day and it won't be your birthday for much longer.
This is what you look like now.
You're probably quite busy on your birthday, Heidi Montag. But, if you've got any spare time, why not read some more stories about yourself:
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The Past, Present, and Future Podcast
Steve Tignor and Ed McGrogan discuss the legacy of Vic Braden, the state of Maria Sharapova, and forecast a suddenly shifting ATP tour
The Big Fall Questions
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Catching Up with Matt Cronin
Matt Cronin, one of the most dedicated and respected journalists in sports, has been fighting a health battle throughout 2014. Before he returns to the press room at the U.S. Open, we discussed his world and the tennis world on the podcast.
Canada Chat
Peter Bodo and Ed McGrogan discuss the importance of the Rogers Cup, the opportunity of Milos Raonic, the return of Victoria Azarenka, and the final stretch of the Slam season.
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They've risen up the ranks and infiltrated the Top 10. Have Halep and Bouchard reached their ceilings, or are their ascents only the beginning?
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Peter Bodo and Ed McGrogan discuss two very different but resonant finals, which saw Petra Kvitova and Novak Djokovic win their second Wimbledon titles.
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Nadal and Murray are out, while Federer and Djokovic have kept their title hopes alive—but not if Dimitrov or Raonic can help it. Peter Bodo and Ed McGrogan discuss a most interesting men's event at Wimbledon.'
The Wimbledon Halftime Podcast
Steve Tignor and Ed McGrogan catch up at Wimbledon's midpoint to discuss Serena's surprising loss, women's contenders, young men making moves, and the darkness issue at the All England Club.
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Andy Murray lifted Britain's curse, but there is still much to anticipate at a wide-open Wimbledon. Steve Tignor and Ed McGrogan discuss the top topics.
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Sharapova survives, Murray wins 12-10, Monfils/Fognini drama (again), Canadian champions? Reporting from Paris, Peter Bodo catches up with Ed McGrogan.
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Who would have guessed that 18-year-old Taylor Townsend, playing in her first major, would go farther than either Williams sister? Peter Bodo gives his thoughts on these Day 4 developments from Roland Garros.
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The program is funded at $300 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and will stimulate demand for home appliances, provide consumers with significant savings on the initial purchase cost and long-term utility costs of appliances, and will provide environmental benefits by substantial decreases in appliance energy consumption.
The DOE announcement allowed states to respond to the Energy Efficient Appliance Consumer Rebate Program solicitation with an individual state plan by August 15, 2009. DOE will then allocate funding to each state to administer and to provide direct rebates to consumers that purchase Energy Star appliances.
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"Great Telling of a Tough Fight"
Top 1/3. It is a great telling of Marines in combat. As a Marine, I am probably partial to these kind of stories.
Overall, the combat and the conditions are told with detail enough to make you a little cold and a little nervous while you listen.
Any of the moments when wounded men, that many would say should have been evacuated (but couldn't be) would be bandaged up enough to continue to fight for their brothers.
No, but he does a great job of adding tension and emphasis when needed.
True Tale of the Frozen Chosin
Highly recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding what makes Marines tick.
Also, a great title from the Marine Corps Professional Reading List. Recommended for Staff Sergeant, 1st Lieutenant, and CWO3.
"Great Addition to the Story"
Another Story Within
**Limited Spoiler**
The final battle, great detailed description of conflict and combative movement.
Limited character differentiation
Hard to avoid any spoilers but there are many inspirational moments regarding Tim and his mother.
Another great example of Stephen King being able to weave a story within a story within a story. My favorite part of the book, which I think was why King felt he needed to tell the tale, was Tim Stoutheart's story within Roland's story, within King's series.
"Historical Parallels Abound"
Obtaining a better grasp on what caused the war, what happened during the war, and what the outcome was.
How much it ties into events that still occur in international relationships to this day.
The description of the battles on Cyprus and the Athenian fleet when they left for Cyprus were amazing.
I knew it would be too long to listen to in one sitting.
If you are a lover of history, international relations, or military action you should listen to this book.
The only frustrating part was the significance of the people involved in this conflict and how I had no clue how to spell their ancient Greek names since I read this as an audiobook instead of on paper.
"Amazingly Inspirational, Not Instructional"
Helps to keep me focused on leadership and motivated to be a better leader by providing ideas and concepts on which to base my leadership style.
No real story. He has many small stories included to represent specific ideas.
I have listened to 360 Degree Leadership and I liked both. My current position lends itself more directly to 360 Degree Leadership, but all of the fundamentals of 21 Irrefutable Laws can still fall under the conceptual structure presented in 360 Degree Leadership.
Read by the author, a practiced orator. Easy to listen to and understand. No great production, no additional actors playing specific roles.
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Goodie Mob - They Don't Dance No Mo' Lyrics
Goodie Mob – They Don't Dance No Mo' Lyrics
They don't dance no mo'
They don't dance no mo'
(what we doin is sittin around chillin)
They don't dance no mo'
They don't dance no mo'
[Verse 1: Big Gipp]
Yeah, uh, yeah
Did it, done it, run it, sayin "How you want it?" Leave it
when you finished let me dress it up and made it seem sweet
Like a beach in Martinique, Goodie back up on they feet
Set it straight for the nine-eight, license plate with the triple A
Callin all them cars, because the club be goin left and right
Throwin blows like them pros, runnin lows up in the night
Feelin numb from the cup I drank, holla at them thugs in the back
Baby what you lookin fo', Shawty I ain't showin no slack
[Chorus: x2]
People don't dance no mo'
All they do is diss/this [x3]
[Verse 2: Khujo]
They get off on holdin folks hostage
They good, fo' casin malls and leavin broken glass
where you park, those two inch white walls that was lit by cat eyes
Fools calm, triggers fourth and long, zone three
Deep coverage, man under
We used to break doin eighty-three
2 Live dropped, and we was Throwin That D
They don't fight with fists
They bring they piece
Pat everybody down, before they leave this piece
[Verse 3: T-Mo]
Educate themselves, and went to jail, that filthy morgue
with the core, and high-powered restrainin mechanisms
Why is it? They slayin this last nigga, ready to sic em
but I stay cool,and observe them fool and let's just thank, and drank
and clear the way you think, actin out and about
that gat he pulled, that my partna sawed
And he worked quickly, was it worth it? He didn't deserve it
Predestined weapons for lessons that we learned
HOT, bullets burned
[Verse 4: Cee-Lo]
Wellllll, my name is Sugar Low, and this is my trade
For years we been some players, what more can I say?
Saturday night at my dance, throw on a few clothes, uhh
Hit Atlanta live, and break a few rolls
Get some drinks, and stroll the halls, hold the walls
Just in case security can't control the brawls
I still roll the ball, but I done got a little too old
to get all sweaty dancin round wit y'alls
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Mike Schpitz - Jockin'
Artist: Mike Schpitz
Featuring: Neak, Sincerely Yours
Producer: Slot-A
Album: #illRaps Series (Installment 7)
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The problem of hatin' may get all the press, but no less prevalent in today's game is Jockin', a related phenomenon in which talented artists are subjected to egregious levels of imitation and obsessive attention. Following in the footsteps of Tone Tone and Jay-Z, Mike Schpitz does his part to raise awareness on installment #7 in the ongoing #illRaps series. Here, the upbeat chopped-soul boardwork (complete with an entertainingly obscene sampled hook) of Slot-A sets the stage for a little lyrical venting from the freestyle series contributor and two fellow jock-ees. After the headliner vents his frustration with his peers' unseemly behavior, Windy City neighbor Sincerely Yours and reader fave/fellow freestyle alum Neak chime in to commiserate, seasoning their verses with engaging imagery and punchlines: "You ready for the recipe? You wouldn't understand, how to make these fellas jelly every time they hear me jam." While I have a feeling this banger won't dissuade the jockin-inclined, it will undoubtedly succeed in its secondary mission: to keep fans coming back for future entries in their weekly #illRaps series.
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