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Coffeetree, Kentucky Gymnocladus dioicus
Picturesque in summer and winter, coarse ascending branches often form a narrow crown. Oval leaflets emerge late in spring, changing from pinkish-tinged to a dark, almost blue-green. Tolerates most conditions, drought and pollution. Needs full sun. Grows to 60'-75' with a 45' spread. (Zones 3-8)Pricing Information
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Hardiness Zones 3 - 8The Kentucky Coffeetree can be expected to grow in the zones shown in color in the arborday.org zone map. View Map
Type of treeOrnamental Trees, Shade Trees
Mature HeightThe Kentucky Coffeetree grows to be 60' - 75' feet in height.
Mature SpreadThe Kentucky Coffeetree has a spread of about 40' - 50' at full maturity.
Growth RateThis tree grows at a slow to medium growth rate. More about this.
SunThis coffeetree does well in full sun.
SoilThe Kentucky Coffeetree grows in acidic, alkaline, drought tolerant, loamy, moist, rich, sandy, well drained, wet, wide range, clay soils.
ShapeThis coffeetree has oval, rounded shape.
Resistant to disease and able to adapt to a wide variety of soils and climates, the Kentucky Coffeetree is an excellent choice for parks and golf courses. It is also widely used as an ornamental and street tree.
Picturesque in summer and winter, coarse ascending branches often form a narrow crown. Oval leaflets emerge late in spring, changing from pinkish-tinged to a dark, almost blue-green. Tolerates most conditions, drought and pollution. Needs full sun. Grows to 60'-75' with a 45' spread. (Zones 3-8)
Wildlife Value
Sources disagree on which parts of the seed pods are edible. Although the seeds have been roasted to make a type of coffee, one source says the raw seeds are poisonous. The seed pulp is reportedly toxic to cattle, but it has been used in home remedies.
The Kentucky Coffeetree is native to the central states of America from Pennsylvania to Nebraska and from Minnesota to Oklahoma. This tree gets its name because early Kentucky settlers noticed the resemblance of its seeds to coffee beans. Timber from this tree tends to be brittle, but can be used for fence posts. In earlier times, its wood was used in the construction of railway sleeper cars.
It tolerates some wet soil, yet has extreme drought tolerance.
This tree has bipinnately compound, 2 to 3 inches long leaflets, light green in summer and yellow in autumn.
Flower Color
Purplish flowers of the female tree have a rose-like fragrance. These mature into large, brownish seed pods containing large 3/4-inch bean-like seeds. Pods remain on the tree throughout the winter. Raw seeds are toxic to humans.
Bloom Time
Fruit Description
This tree produces a pod, 5 to 10 inches long, dry, hard, green turning to brown.
Rate of growth refers to the vertical increase in growth unless specified differently. Rate, as is true for size, is influenced by numerous variables such as soil, drainage, water, fertility, light, exposure, ad infinitum. The designation slow means the plant grows 12" or less per year; medium refers to 13 to 24" of growth per year; and fast to 25" or greater.Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, by Michael Dirr.


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www.theincbear.com is a good one. Mainly for tanking, but they cover resto too.
So, I rolled a Worgen Druid on my Alliance server (my son and I did realm transfers of our Horde toons to what is now our Horde server) and that freed up a slot so I made a Druid. Now I have to ask, how the hell do I spec it and heal on it.
Anyone know of a good website dealing with Druids I can consult? I went to Noxxic and took a look at their Resto spec and it just didn't seem right based on what I would intuitively take. I'm starting to think Noxxic kind of sucks.
I presently heal on a Pally, Disc Priest and Shammy so healing is not foreign to me, but HoTs may take some getting used to.
I think http://restodruid.info/ could be a good start.
And http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...d-VP-gear-List when you will ding 85 and start to gear up
http://restoisepic.com/?page_id=41 is also nice
You can find this link on theincbear, but http://www.restokin.com/resto-druid-healing-guide/
Also, I can't understand how anyone can deal with the casting animations of worgens. I NEED to play a feral druid if I'm worgen. Even the few times I need to rez on my worgen feral make me cringe.
Bears are strong.
Do be careful on a lot of these sites however. Even on sites dedicated to a single spec there is an aweful lot of misinformation. For example, restodruid.info still doesn't explain the Omen of Clarity proc correctly.
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Thanks all.
I don't particularly like Worgens, but I have a Nelf Warrior and I just hate Nelfs more. Also, I wanted to see the Worgen starting zone and quests (I've done the Undead). Don't know if I'll go kitty, chicken or bear - something about turing a dog into a cat that just doesn't feel right.
When I server transfered by Tauren Pally to open a slot on my Alliance server I sent all the BoA's with him which included all my leather agility BoAs. I could buy the helm and back, but right now I have a 4 piece caster leather BoA so it's looking like Resto/Chicken until I get a few more JP.
I have Pally, Warrior, DK tanks so naturally this guy will be a Bear - but, I do like Boomkins - I'm so torn.
P.S. I made a Belf Warrior on my Horde server - it made it a female just, well, 'cause I thought all Belfs were female; I really hate Belfs more than Nelfs and Worgens.
Well if you're thinking about Balance let me save you the trouble of looking. Just go to ElitistJerks and read Hamlet's guide. While some specs on EJ are hit or miss, for Balance it is actually the best source despite there being like a dozen Balance dedicated sites out there (most of them have incorrect information).
P.S. In my experience, any Druid that calls himself/herself a boomkin doesn't actually play Balance correctly. Don't be that guy.
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- Inflammation of the blood vessels (vasculitis)
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- For the first two days, avoid straining your knee. Do not stand for a long time or do strenuous activity, like heavy lifting.
- Less knee pain
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- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, bleeding, or discharge from the injection site
- Signs of allergic reaction (eg, hives , itching, difficulty breathing)
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American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org/
The Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/
The Arthritis Society http://www.arthritis.ca/
Canadian Arthritis Network http://www.arthritisnetwork.ca/
Arnold W, Fullerton D, Holder S, May C. Viscosupplementation: managed care issues for osteoarthritis of the knee. Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy website. Available at: http://www.amcp.org/data/jmcp/May07%5Fsuppl.pdf. Published May 2007. Accessed February 23, 2011.
Condon G. Putting a needle where it hurts. University of Connecticut Health Center website. Available at: http://today.uchc.edu/headlines/2005/may05/knees.html. Published May 17, 2005. Accessed February 23, 2011.
Divine JG, Zazulak BT, Hewett TE. Viscosupplementation for knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007;455:113-122.
DynaMed Editorial Team. Degenerative joint disease of the knee. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what.php. Updated February 15, 2011. Accessed February 23, 2011.
Editorial staff and contributors. Osteoarthritis. EBSCO Health Library website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/healthLibrary. Updated September 2010. Accessed February 23, 2011.
Joint aspiration. Cleveland Clinic website. Available at: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/joint%5Faspiration%5Finjection/hic%5Fjoint%5Faspiration%5Fand%5Finjection.aspx. Accessed February 24, 2011.
Jordan J. Comparison of four treatments for patients with severe knee cartilage damage. University of Wisconsin-Madison website. Available at: http://tc.engr.wisc.edu/uer/uer01/author1/content.html. Published June 17, 2011. Accessed February 23, 2011.
Viscosupplementation treatment for arthritis. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons website. Available at: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00217. Updated February 2009. Accessed February 23, 2011.
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text: 5 Better then GHWT and also awesome to boot!SiScott | 31/08/2009 | See all SiScott's reviews (98)Top 100 Games Reviewer Top 100 Mobile Reviewer Since this is what a lot of people will want to know; this game is better then GH:WT for a lot of reasons. Don't get me wrong though, GH is a good game, but its not as polished as RB2 at all.RB2 offers you far more music (just look at the DLC on the PSN and compare).Its offers you more options for customising and looking after your band.It offers more locations to play in.A more structured "world tour".More mature music (IMO) compared to GH's MTV stuff.It's a lot easier to just jump in and play at a party with your friends if you want to because you can just plug another instrument in and go.It may sound daft, but RB2 just feels like a more polished game which offers better choices, more customisation, more music and just feels more mature.GH:WT unfortunately just feels like the same old thing but with more instruments. It feels like it was rushed out.BUT.... the GH:WT instrument are far better then RB's and I would recommend getting those instead as they DO work with RB.


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UPA managed to sell the series by itself to 150 markets, some of which scheduled episodes in prime time. The popularity of Mister Magoo enabled UPA to sell Dick Tracy, its next series, without making a pilot episode.
UPA ending up setting up a production agreement with Henry Saperstein. Saperstein discarded UPA's reputation for quality and actively entered the made-for-TV cartoon market. Saperstein produced 130 cheaply made Mr. Magoo cartoons which premiered in syndication on November 7, 1960.
From September 18, 1989 to September 16, 1990, episodes from this series and DePatie-Freleng's "What's New, Mr. Magoo?" were rebroadcast (along with UPA cartoons from "The Gerald McBoing Boing Show") on the USA Network under the title of "Mr. Magoo & Friends" as part of "Cartoon Express."
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TOWSON, Md. - A Baltimore County developer has pleaded guilty to making straw contributions to a county councilman and exceeding contribution limits.
Stephen Whalen entered guilty pleas on five counts during a court appearance Thursday morning. A judge imposed probation before judgment and a total of $53,000 in fines. Whalen's attorney, Andrew Jay Graham, says his client paid the fines Thursday, which means he's no longer under probation.
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A - Thanks for the questions. The Church has never changed her doctrine. But, we might have to define what doctrine is. Doctrine is a teaching of the Church that comes from or is necessarily connected to the deposit of faith the Church was given by Christ and from the Apostles.
"Baptism of desire is the implicit desire for baptism of water by a person who makes an act of perfect love of God, based on faith and with a sincere sorrow for one's sins. Such was the case in the Acts of the Apostles, when Peter encountered pagans who, moved by the grace of the Holy Spirit, proclaimed the greatness of God. "Peter himself then said, 'Could anyone refuse the water of baptism to these people, now they have received the Holy Spirit....?'" (Acts 10:46-47)"
"Limbo was never a defined truth of faith. Personally -- and here I am speaking more as a theologian and not as prefect of the congregation -- I would abandon it, since it was only a theological hypothesis."
"As regards children who have died without Baptism, the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as she does in her funeral rites for them. Indeed, the great mercy of God who desires that all men should be saved, and Jesus' tenderness toward children which caused him to say: 'Let the children come to me, do not hinder them,' allow us to hope that there is a way of salvation for children who have died without Baptism. All the more urgent is the Church's call not to prevent little children coming to Christ through the gift of holy Baptism" (No. 1261)
Our conclusion is that the many factors that we have considered above give serious theological and liturgical grounds for hope that unbaptized infants who die will be saved and enjoy the beatific vision. We emphasize that these are reasons for prayerful hope, rather than grounds for sure knowledge. There is much that simply has not been revealed to us. We live by faith and hope in the God of mercy and love who has been revealed to us in Christ, and the Spirit moves us to pray in constant thankfulness and joy.What has been revealed to us is that the ordinary way of salvation is by the sacrament of baptism. None of the above considerations should be taken as qualifying the necessity of baptism or justifying delay in administering the sacrament. Rather, as we want to reaffirm in conclusion, they provide strong grounds for hope that God will save infants when we have not been able to do for them what we would have wished to do, namely, to baptize them into the faith and life of the Church.


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I bought these shoes for training runs on local trails. They are exceptionally well designed, and quite attractive. When my wife saw them she was dismayed to find that I was about to muddy them up! I needed to return the first pair I received because one of the eyelets wasn't sewn correctly. But the exchange was painless and the second pair is built perfectly. I am a neutral pronator with a wide foot and high arches. I find this model provides good fit, rock solid stability, and just the right level of trail feel. They work well with over-the-counter orthotics, too.
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This shoe should do well on the road with a flatter outsole. My experience was that the uppers were just too weak to hold my foot in place. On flat sections it was great but it's a rare trail that is flat the entire time. On the down-hills, my toes stayed jammed into the toe box without stop. I had to return them. I'd like to see this same shoe but with stronger uppers.
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Overall, the shoe is very nice. The first 1/2 mile on the trail was encouraging. However, once I started on the true trail - downhills specifically, is when I ran into trouble. The uppers on this shoe are very breathable and light but, more importantly, not very strong. And so on the downhills, my foot slid forward so much so that my toes were always jamming into the front toe box. Longer trail runs would result in many lost toenails. This shoe should be marketed strictly for the road. The tread is good but no where good enough to justify having to constantly deal with black toes!
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I saw Tesla in Memphis in September 2007, the venue was not the greatest, but the band certainly was. Caught them again in St Louis this weekend, WOW! This time I am compelled to note how good they really are. I have been very disappointed by "superbands" in the last few years playing amphitheaters and such, price gouging, going through the motions and whatnot. Not the case here, Tesla plays for the real fans. The line was long, the show was sold out, and they could have sold it out ten times over. The band really puts their heart and soul into it, I honestly believe they are better now than back in the 80's when I saw them. Unbelievable show for the money, I would not be surprised to see them doing arenas again soon, they are of that caliber. After a long absence, they have arrived once more to show everyone how it's really meant to be. Jeff Keith is very approachable and goes above and beyond during and after the show to make contact with the fans, I wish the rest of the band would as well, all are awesome. Thanks for keeping it real guys, can't wait to see you again, and I will most definitely be trying hard to do that!
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Romain Grosjean says he is not even considering attempting set-up work with the Lotus E22 before the Australian Grand Prix, due to the need for focus on reliability issues.
Having missed the first test at Jerez last month, Lotus finally made its public debut at Sakhir on Wednesday, but Grosjean could only manage eight laps due to a number of issues affecting the car.
Grosjean admitted to not having a clear idea of the various problems the team are currently facing, though he claimed none of them were too serious.
"To be honest, there are so many things going on at the rear of the car that I can't understand everything, but it was related to the engine or batteries or things like that. Nothing too crazy," Grosjean told Autosport.
"Hopefully we can understand it and get better solutions for tomorrow and the day after.
"I don't really care about set-up work, that's going to be when we are in free practice. It's just about fixing all the issues and making sure the car is in one piece when we do long runs.
"It is what it is. We have a car, and we know that with all these changes it could have some issues.
"On the other hand, if the car is born well then we will have three sessions in practice in Melbourne to put it on the right foot and then start from there."
Like all teams working alongside engine supplier Renault, Lotus have struggled at the start of the season, and things did not change in Bahrain on Wednesday.
Caterham fared the best, managing 68 laps, but Red Bull, Toro Rosso and Lotus combined completed only 27.
Grosjean did get to spend some time in the E22, however, and says there weren't too many nasty surprises.
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A super PAC ad running Ohio hopes it can woo African American voters with a new ad suggesting their loyalty to the Democratic Party is misguided, and that they should vote Republican because Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, too. [Watch below.]
According to Salon, the Empower Citizens Network has an ad in the Columbus area that argues: "It is a big lie that Democrats are for black Americans, and Republicans are against black Americans. Abraham Lincoln, who freed the slaves, was a Republican. Republicans founded the NAACP. Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act, while Democrats opposed it."
Evan McMorris-Santoro of Talking Points Memo writes that the group, which describes itself as an "alternative conservative" super PAC, has run a number of other ads throughout the state, including one that "accuses Obama and Democrats of imploding the economy by forcing mortgage companies to lend to 'unqualified borrowers' while the Soviet national anthem plays."
According to the Toledo Blade, a newspaper ad put out by the group says that the "Obamas throw lavish parties at the White House for 'socialist friends' that include flying in $100-per-pound Kobe beef from Japan."
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Lighting the Way to a New Economy
What a delight to be here in beautiful, sunny, historic Charleston for this amazing BALLE conference Lighting the Way to a New Economy.
Congratulations to Michelle Long for putting together a fantastic new BALLE leadership team with a clear plan to carry forward our mission to catalyze, strengthen and connect networks of locally owned independent businesses dedicated to building strong Local Living Economies. Our Conference theme, and my focus this morning, is on the BALLE vision that our mission serves. Listen carefully. This is serious. We seek:
Within a generation, a global system of human-scale, interconnected Local Living Economies that function in harmony with local ecosystems, meet the basic needs of all people, support just and democratic societies, and foster joyful community life.
You may notice that this is a bit different from the greed-driven, money-centered, unjust, unsustainable, undemocratic, and predatory Wall Street ruled economic system we now have, which is why I'm so proud of being part of this organization.
As you know from your own experience, the work we are doing together is incredibly exciting and fun. It brings us into association with the world's most thoughtful, creative, loving, and generous people. Present company is a great example. It is also serious work, because the institutions of the old economy threaten our viability as a species. It is profoundly spiritual work, because it is about re-establishing our connection to community and Earth.
The actualization of our BALLE vision requires a profound transformation of cultural values, institutional power, and our ways of living. We must shift the economic system's defining value from money to life, its locus of decision-making power from global corporations and financial markets to local people and communities, and its defining purpose from growing profligate consumption for the few to supporting healthy, joyful living for everyone.
Ours is not your standard Chamber of Commerce agenda. BALLE means business, but we are business with a difference. We launched BALLE in 2001 around four big ideas:
- First, business exists to serve the community. We believe that a healthy economy is comprised of living enterprises in the business of contributing to the creation of living community wealth. A living enterprise treats profit as a means and a reward—not a defining purpose.
- Second, we believe that ownership matters. Ownership
is power and the self-defined interests of those who own the enterprise
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community it serves are living owners who naturally seek a living return, which
includes the benefits of living in a vibrant caring community with a
healthy ecosystem.
By contrast, absentee owners whose only gain from the enterprise is financial generally have a very different perspective, which is why there is little, if any, place for publicly traded corporations in a living economy—or in BALLE. Our next speaker, Marjorie Kelly pointed out in her seminal book The Divine Right of Capital the anomaly of the assumption that a publicly traded corporation should be managed for the sole benefit of absentee owners who contribute virtually nothing to its success.
- Third, we believe the individual living enterprise is most likely to prosper and contribute to community wealth building when it functions as part of a local living economy comprised of like-minded living enterprises that function together as a cooperative system.
- Fourth, we believe economic transformation is best advanced through a process of emergence and displacement—a concept from forest ecology. We are building the new living economy from the bottom up through citizen action to give people new choices as to where they shop, work, and invest that better align with their true values, aspirations, and well-being. In so doing, we unleash the creative life energy of the community and accelerate the transition from old to new economic values and old to new economic institutions and relationships. That is the theory, and we see it affirmed by what is happening in BALLE communities everywhere every day.
The values and institutions of the Old Economy drive it to self-organize toward accelerating economic instability, environmental destruction, concentration of wealth, and political corruption. Our future depends on displacing this defective Old Economy system with a New Economy system defined by new values and institutions that self organizes toward ecological balance, equitable distribution, and living democracy.
To achieve Ecological Balance requires that we reduce aggregate human consumption to bring our species into balance with Earth's biosphere. To reduce aggregate consumption while meeting the material needs of all the world's people, we need a more Equitable Distribution of Earth's real living wealth, which in turn can be achieved and maintained only through Living Democracy, a process of active bottom up popular economic and political participation that goes far beyond the ballot box.
It is clear that no single organization is going to achieve such an audaciously ambitious agenda on its own. The good news is we are not alone. There are far more organizations contributing to this agenda than I could possibly name. Those with which BALLE is developing cooperative associations include the New Economy Working Group, the New Economy Network, Transitions Towns, YES! Magazine, Green America, the American Sustainable Business Council, B-Corp, the Institute for Policy Studies, the New Rules Project of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, the American Independent Business Association, and Business for Shared Prosperity. Each of these organizations is making its distinctive contribution to the larger vision.
The larger change strategy to which we are all contributing has three primary elements: first, change the cultural stories that frame our understanding of the nature and purpose of the economy and its defining institutions. Second, create a new economic reality from the bottom up. And third, change the rules of the game to support ecological balance, equitable distribution, and living democracy rather than environmental destruction, wealth concentration, and political corruption. Let's take each of these elements one at a time.
I give a lot of attention to changing cultural stories in my role as board chair of YES! Magazine, because changing the culture's defining stories is central to our YES! mission. We have observed that every transformational social movement begins with an idea that spreads through a conversation to challenge a prevailing cultural story and ultimately displace it with a new story of unrealized possibility. The civil rights movement changed the story on race. The environmental movement changed the story about the human relationship to nature. The women's movement changed the story on gender. Economic transformation depends in part on changing the prevailing stories about the nature of wealth, the purpose of the economy, and the possibilities of our human nature.
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BALLE contributes to changing the economic story by creating a new economic reality of bioregional living economies from the bottom up. Creating the new reality is our primary work. Communities that sustain themselves within the means of their regional ecosystems have no need for war to expropriate the resources of their neighbors and have significant incentive to maintain the health and vitality of their natural systems. The work includes reorienting land-use patterns and transportation systems to reduce auto dependence by concentrating population in walkable, energy-efficient, multi-strata communities; retrofitting buildings for energy efficiency; and rebuilding local productive capacities based on closed-loop production and consumption systems that reduce long-distance shipping, eliminate waste, increase energy efficiency and build local self-reliance in the production of food, energy, and other basic essentials.
As BALLE networks live the New Economy into being, we change the story in a very material way, while simultaneously creating a political base to support the third element of the strategy, changing the rules of the economic game.
Current law and public policies at local, national, and global levels consistently favor the Wall Street economy over the Main Street economy. Changing the rules to favor Main Street will require effective political mobilization, a process to which responsible businesses contribute important moral authority. As BALLE, we so far have studiously avoided political engagement for very good reasons that I support. Our issues, however, are ultimately political issues relating to the distribution of power between Wall Street and Main Street. Eventually we will have to come to terms with that reality by engaging the politics of policy change. We must begin informing ourselves on the defining New Economy policy issues.
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This glossy, gregarious corvid replaces the American crow in coastal and tidewater regions of the Southeast. Its range has expanding up the Mississippi River Valley, its tributaries, and elsewhere away from the coast. While subtle structural differences exist, the most reliable way to identify this species is by call. Monotypic. Length 19" (48 cm).
Identification Very similar to the American crow but with proportionately longer tail and longer wings. Fish crows have a bluish-violet or greenish gloss over most of the wings and body (less so on lower underparts) that is more extensive than in the American. The bill is usually more slender, but female crows have smaller bills and small-billed female Americans may have bill that appears very similar to the fish's. Juvenile: brownish cast to feathers; grayish eye, fleshy gape (quickly darkening after fledging). Immature: tends to show worn brownish wings that contrast with fresher black wing coverts. Flight: similar to American crow but with slightly stiffer and quicker wingbeats. When gliding, wings often appear swept back at tips, creating a less-even trailing edge to wing than American crow. The small-headed and long-tailed appearance is often most noticeable in flight. More apt to hover and soar than American crow.
Similar Species The American crow averages somewhat larger with proportionately shorter wings and tail, but such differences difficult to use in the field; best identified by call. Note that some juvenile begging calls of American Crow resemble fish crow vocalizations. Closely related to tamaulipas crow, but does not overlap in range; tamaulipas glossier, smaller, with proportionately even longer tail. Rarely overlaps with common raven, but common much larger with very large bill and wedge-shaped tail.
Voice Possibly more limited repertoire than American crow. Call: typically a high nasal ca-hah, second note lower; has a similar inflection and emphasis to American's sometimes casual dismissal of something with an audible uh-uhh. Also gives low, short awwr. Begging calls of fish crow similar in quality to American's begging calls, but are shorter and cut off abruptly.
Status and Distribution Common. Resident. Usually near fresh and salt water lakes, rivers, beaches, marshes, or estuaries. Migration and Dispersal: in many regions (e.g., Maryland, Tennessee, central New York), spring migration/return of breeders appears to peak in mid-March–April. Fall migration more protracted: Arkansas late August–early November; departs central New York September.–October; Maryland mid- or late September–mid- to late December (peaks October 20–December 10). Vagrant: casual: southern Ontario, southern Florida peninsula and Keys, Nova Scotia, and Bahamas. Winter: becomes more localized throughout range as species gather in large flocks. Because birds become less vocal in winter, the northern limit of wintering birds is somewhat uncertain. Withdrawal from northern portions of range, particularly in the interior.
Population Increasing in abundance, and populations spreading northward. First recorded Oklahoma in 1954; Kentucky 1959; Missouri 1964; Maine 1978; Kansas 1984; Indiana 1988; Vermont 1998.
—From the National Geographic book Complete Birds of North America, 2006
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The Biology Field Station (also known as the "River Station") at Thomas More College is a one-of-a-kind center for applied biological research whose reach is as wide and powerful as the Ohio River and all its tributaries. Located just 30 minutes from the main Thomas More campus, the Station is perched on the shore of the Ohio River, one of the original U.S. thoroughfares of commerce and transportation. Working closely with federal, state, and local authorities to monitor and improve water quality in the Ohio River, the staff and students at the Station are dedicated to improving water conditions, education and preserving the rich heritage this and other waterways have to offer.
The Center for Ohio River Research and Education at the Thomas More College Biology Field Station
The Center for Ohio River Research and Education (C.O.R.R.E.) was established in 1998. The Center offers students, faculty and staff an opportunity to enhance their knowledge of the natural world through field courses, research projects and outreach programs that focus on the ecology of the Ohio River. The Center welcomes students of all ages from grade schools to graduate schools and visitors from the general public. Through hands-on, inquiry-based teaching methods, the faculty and students at the Center educate and engage visitors about the Ohio River ecosystem and surrounding watershed, teach the value of the watershed to those who live within it, and empower students to make a positive impact on the River and surrounding environment.
The Center for Ohio River Research and Education has become a regional center for research, consulting, government, private industry, environmental education and community service. Students and faculty have worked with a diverse group of professionals with backgrounds in science, engineering, education and other similar disciplines. (See Research Projects.) Furthermore, the Center has a tradition of conducting scientific and educational outreach programs, involving undergraduate students and local school students and teachers. (See Field Trips and High School Summer Science Camp.)
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As a result of a promotion sponsored by Moser Motor Sales, the music department has an extra $3,510 to use toward needs at South Adams High School.
Jim Eicher, representing Moser Motor Sales, said that as a result of cars driven through his company earlier this fall, the check could be presented to South Adams principal Trent Lehman and music department chairman Curt Amstutz.
"We really are grateful to Jim (Eicher) and the people at Moser Motors for partnering in this," said Amstutz. "This only backs up the company's outstanding reputation of being a good neighbor to the entire community."
The fundraiser was held in the north parking lot at the high school and featured presentations by all of the music groups in the school, including the high school and grade school choirs. In addition to Amstutz, the high school choir is directed by Jennifer Thomson and the grade school choir is directed by Karen Moser.
Eicher said that the effort was part of a national promotion designated as, "Drive One for Your School." The money was raised through doing test drives on company vehicles. Each time a car was test driven, another $20 was donated to the music department.
"Ford does less commercials on national TV so that it can put the money that would have been used in advertising into grass roots," observed Eicher. "They (Ford) said that most schools our size typically have 60-120 drivers in such an event. They were totally amazed at the support that we had."
Eicher said that there were officially 170 test drives, but counting family members and friends that showed up for the event, there were hundreds people who attended over the Saturday event. Much of the support for refreshments and promotions came from Ford Motor Co.
"It really turned out nice," said Eicher. "We would like to thank everyone that took the time to come out on a busy Saturday afternoon and support the kids. They are the real winners in this.
"We got the customers in our products and we had a chance to shake hands with them," continued Eicher. "The money ended up going for something worthwhile. Ford praised our town for its outstanding parental support of the school and the community."
Amstutz said that funds raised through the event would go to the purchase of instruments and music for choir and band, plus guest speakers that would be assisting with music programs from time to time.
"Give a lot of credit to the music booster officers," continued Amstutz. "They did a great job of organizing the event and supplying volunteers to take care of the food and to check drivers.
"Jim and his staff did a wonderful job; the vehicles showed up clean and neat, very personable," commented Amstutz.
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Our Climate Is Headed Toward 'Extremely Dangerous' or 'Catastrophic:' Here's Our Best Off Plan For Staving Off Total Disaster
The following excerpt is from the introduction to Alex Steffen's new book, Carbon Zero. The rest of the book is available as chapters on Grist and in ebook form on Amazon. You can learn more about Steffen at his website AlexSteffen.com or follow him on twitter @AlexSteffen.
On Monday the 29th of October, 2012, a tidal surge 13.9 feet high (the highest ever recorded) washed up and over the waterfront in Lower Manhattan, pushed forward by the superstorm Sandy. That same week, the storm destroyed large swathes of coastline from the New Jersey shore to Fire Island, while driving torrential rains, heavy snows, and powerful winds inland across the eastern U.S. and Canada. By the time the storm blew out, it had killed more than 100 Americans, made thousands homeless, left millions without power, and caused at least $50 billion in damage. Sandy was, by any reckoning, one of the worst natural disasters in American history.
Maybe, though, the word "natural" belongs in quotes. Because what was surprising about Sandy wasn't that it happened (indeed, many had predicted that rising sea levels and storms intensified by warmer oceans would make something like Sandy inevitable), but that it was seen so clearly, and so immediately, for what it was: a forewarning of what a planet in climate chaos has in store for us.
Sandy was far from the first sign that climate change is here — scientists have been warning for decades of the dangers of a heating planet, and in the last 10 years we've seen a flurry of unprecedented storms, droughts, floods, melting glaciers, and wildfires, as well as record-breaking heat waves following one after another. Sandy, though, knocked down walls of denial and inattention that have kept us from admitting what's happening to our world.
What's happening is that we're losing the climate fight. Climate change is here, it's worsening quickly, its effects are more dire than many thought they would be, and — if we continue with business as usual — we're on a track to unleash an almost unimaginable catastrophe on ourselves, our children, and our descendants.
"Part of learning from [Sandy] is the recognition that climate change is a reality," said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the time. "Extreme weather is a reality. It is a reality that we are vulnerable." He added later, "Anyone who says there is not a dramatic change in weather patterns is denying reality."
Our choice: "extremely dangerous" or "catastrophic"
To not warm the planet at all no longer remains an option. The Earth is already dangerously hotter than it was before the Industrial Revolution.
We used to think that warming up to 2 degrees C fell within a sort of "safe zone," where we could expect change but not crisis. But in a world we've warmed only by about 1 degree C above the historical baseline, we're already seeing massive climate impacts across the planet. These unexpected impacts, along with new projections from ever-improving climate models, tell us that the climate is not nearly as forgiving as we'd like it to be. As the Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research's Kevin Anderson puts it, "1 degree is the new 2 degrees." Two degrees, meanwhile, now appears not just dangerous, but extremely dangerous.
That means the menu of choices in front of us no longer includes a completely safe and stable climate. Instead, our choices come down to two options: a world in which climate change becomes extremely dangerous, or one in which it becomes totally catastrophic.
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