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My name is Ben!
Facts about Ben
- Breed: Labrador Retriever/Pit Bull Terrier Mix
- Color: Brown/Chocolate
- Age: Senior
- Size: Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg)
- Sex: Male
Ben's Info...
I am already neutered, up to date with shots, and good with dogs.
BEN! (A19380224) *Senior Sweetheart!*
Kind, gentle sweetheart alert! This handsome, baby-faced guy is named Ben (A19380224)! He is estimated to be between 7 and 10 years old and appears to be some sort of Retriever/Pittie mix, but to be safe we'll just call him one adorable mutt! Ben came to the shelter as a stray and is now on the hunt for a new foster or adoptive home! Though he has stubby little legs, Ben is a bit.. round... and weighs close to 80 pounds! He may have a bit more energy when he loses a few pounds, but he will likely stay a low-energy guy who LOVES to spend his time with people. If he's not cuddling up to his volunteer and staff friends, you'll find him on a walk out in the shelter yard, which he loves. He'll gladly stay right next to you on walks and will not pull you around, despite being a bigger boy. Ben has great manners, already knows basic commands and is very treat motivated! Ben has met a few dogs here at the shelter and was friendly, social and comfortable spending time with them! He'd likely make a great addition to families who already have dogs at home. Despite being a little overweight, he appears to otherwise be in good physical shape. Ben is already neutered and microchipped and can go home with his family the same day. The shelter is no place for this sweet, social guy. He needs a foster or adoptive home! Interested in meeting him? Please stop on by!
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Why Adoption is a Great Option
Ben, a Philadelphia Labrador Retriever/Pit Bull Terrier dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Labrador Retriever/Pit Bull Terrier for sale in Philadelphia, or seeking a Labrador Retriever/Pit Bull Terrier dog from a breeder in Philadelphia.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Philadelphia already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Philadelphia breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Labrador Retriever/Pit Bull Terrier breeders who help with Labrador Retriever/Pit Bull Terrier rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Philadelphia paves the way for another one to be saved.


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My neighbor has a lovely viburnum shrub. It's about 8 feet high and maybe 5 wide? I'm guessing it's at least 10 years or more. I don't know much about viburnums, but it's the highly sweet scented kind, in bloom right now! (zone 5). I love this shrub. Turns out they have plans to take it out mid-summer. Is it worth trying to transplant to my yard? How hardy are these things? Also, is there anything I can do to improve its chance of survival? Thanks! |
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- Posted by adopt_greyhounds Zone 4b (My Page) on Mon, May 3, 10 at 4:45
I have a similar situation... moving shrubs for a fence. I talked to a landscaper, he said to use a sharp shovel & get as much of the root ball as you can. |
mid-summer is probably the worst time. I've done it successfully twice -- in the fall. The summer conditions will be pretty stressful for the plant. However, vibs are pretty tough so if that's the only time you can get it, you can try. Prune it back a good amount to remove foliage to compensate for root loss. Put up a temporary screen/shade if its going to a sunny spot. Lots of mulch and deep watering. |
Ask your neighbors if you can take it out right now--if they want to part with it, they shouldn't care. You don't say where you are in Maryland, but it gets way too hot here in the summer to transplant anything. Offer to do all the work yourself, and your neighbors should be thrilled. And yes, cut it back one-quarter to one-third and water it regularly. I transplanted a black haw this year, and it really didn't like being moved (it has a long tap root), but aside from slightly wilty leaves and a rather offended aspect, it is doing well. |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, May 3, 10 at 12:38
google viburnum MOHAWK ... if that is it.. or post a pic .. then just go spend a few bucks and get a potted one.. and forego the 10 hours of backbreaking labor involved in hauling this massive thing from one yard to another ... there can be a big difference between what you CAN do.. and what you SHOULD do .... ken |
Thanks guys... probably is viburnum mohawk. Similar flowers, and definitely very strong fragrance in early spring. Guess I'm going to end up buying one... |
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Dominator & Friends Winter Schedule
The Winter schedule is starting to take shape. Hope to see you soon.
Dominator & Friends Fall Schedule
Here is the updated Fall Schedule for Dominator & Friends. First up is Dominator's birthday bash at Dono dal Cielo on Saturday October 11. Come out and enjoy the fun. No gifts, please. Your presence will be an awesome gift.
Dominator & Friends - House Concert
Dominator & Friends, Steve Skidgel and Eric Chun will be performing at another House Concert in Sacramento on Saturday September 20th. Seating will be limited so make your reservations early.
Sacramento House Concert
Dominator & Steve Skidgel will be performing at a House Concert in central Sacramento with three other acts including headliner, Sandra Dolores. Seating will be limited so make your reservations early.
Dominator & Friends - Summer Schedule
Things are looking to be pretty busy this summer. In addition to the schedule below we also have a number of private gigs coming up as well. We continue to add new material including 3 new songs we are ready to unveil soon.
Roseville Brewing Company
The week will soon be over and it will be time for a cold one. Dominator & Steve Skidgel will be back at RBC this Friday night with some new tunes. See you there.
Herb Ohta Jr. Wins Album of the Year at the Na Hoku Awards 2014
Herb Ohta Jr. won Album of the year last night for his CD "Pure Ukulele". This CD, which contains only two ukuleles, is just Fantastic. I've added Ten to our set list and will be adding Sunrise in our next practice session. Here is a video Steve and I did last weekend of Ten.
Reno Ukulele Festival
The 6th Annual Reno Ukulele Festival will be once again held at the Nugget in Sparks, Nevada, April 24th - April 27th. Dominator will be teaching his "Stress Free Soloing" workshop on Saturday at 11am and will be performing in the afternoon with Steve Skidgel and Bill Griffin.
Dominator & Friends at Roseville Brewing Company
Dominator will be performing at the 2nd Anniversary of Roseville Brewing Company at 4pm this Saturday Feb 22. Come on out and enjoy some good food, music and of course great craft beer.
Musician's Friend - The Hub - Featured Article
Check out the great article put together by Musician's friend. The interview took place before the holidays. Thanks to Bridget and the other staff at The Hub.


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Kuska, Inc. is a U.S. non-profit organization, exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Under state law, which will vary from state to state, and federal law, which may change annually, monetary donations made in the U.S. are tax deductible.
Kuska, Inc.
24 Woodland St.
Sherborn, MA 01770, USA
Kuska, Inc.
24 Woodland St.
Sherborn, MA 01770, USA
Latest News
Kuska is excited to announce the graduation of our second student, Odilo! Thanks to all of the donors who helped support his education!
Kuska is excited to announce the graduation of our first student, Rose Marie! Rose Marie graduated with a degree in Laboratory Technology on Decemeber 20, 2013. Thanks to all of the donors who helped support her education!
Kuska volunteers helped to bring holiday cheer to many families living along one of the Amazon River tributaries on December 21, 2013 with the first annual Kuska Holiday Activity! This years event was sponsored by the Baylor Med-Peds Class of 2017.
Kuska held its first Peruvian fundraising event (a raffle) on August 31, 2013. The event was a success, raising over $700, which will help support our students who still do not have funding for September and October! We are so proud of our Peruvian team and students for putting the raffle together!
Eva and Kim traveled to Iquitos during February and March of 2013. Their tasks for the trip included meeting with the Kuska students, especially the two newest additions to the Kuska family, Jack and Francisco! For more information about those two, please see the student profiles page. All of our students are doing well, and the theme of the meeting actually became English lessons, because most of the students have become interested in learning English. As you can imagine, English is a wonderful skill to have for almost any job in Peru, because much of the technical literature is in English. We also discussed the opening of Kuska's new office (hopefully this will happen in July 2013, stay tuned!), an Internet cafe business model that our Business students are creating, and recruitment of students from the small villages outside Iquitos.
Kuska has been accepted at Yale's Unite for Sight Conference on April 13-14! For more information, click here: http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/.
Purchase your Kuska Recipe Book today to try out amazing Peruvian recipes, straight from the kitchens of women from Iquitos! All proceeds will go to pay the tuition of Kuska students!
Kuska proudly welcomes our 2012 students! Please click on "Student Profiles" to meet Bianca, Javier, Kenny, and Melisa!
The Huntsville Times published the following article about Kuska: http://blog.al.com/living-times/2011/11/education_foundation_helps_stu.html .
The Dover Sherborn Press published the following article about Kuska: http://www.wickedlocal.com/dover/news/education/x519373585/Sherborn-resident-s-nonprofit-work-brings-grad-students-and-funding-Kuska#axzz1ZcwYbRjf. Check it out!!!
The first bi-monthly Kuska newsletter has been published, please click here to see it!
Congratulations to Kuska student Odilo Perfecto Alava Arevalo on opening his own buisness! He is now the proud owner of an internet cafe in Iquitos! For pictures and a statement from Odilo, click here!


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Mentoring a Methods Intern from Cleveland State University
The Office of Field Services greatly appreciates teachers who invite our interns into their classrooms during a field experience required for a methods course. CSU students are usually informed of their field placement matches for methods courses by the fourth or fifth week of the semester. At that time, they are directed to contact their mentor teachers to discuss specific arrangements for the completion of their field experiences. If you have agreed to serve as a mentor to a methods student and have not heard from him or her by sixth week of the semester, please feel free to contact your Program Coordinator in OFS.
Mini-Grant Applications
Teachers who agree to serve as mentors to methods students are not paid a stipend but are eligible and encouraged to apply for a mini-grant of up to $200 that may be used for a classroom project and associated instructional materials. Any funds awarded in the grant must be used during the academic year in which it is received. Receipts must be supplied to OFS at the conclusion of the project. Mini-grant applications should be completed and returned to the OFS Director by the deadlines noted on the application instructions. Complete details regarding guidelines, procedure, and criteria for awards may be found on the Mini-Grant Proposal.
Mini-Grants Fall 2011
The Office of Field Services provided over $4000 to area teachers who served as mentors to our fall, 2011 methods students. The funds to support these mini-grants come from lab fees paid by students in methods courses. For a list of the projects approved to receive the grant, click on the link below.
Mini-Grants Fall 2011
Resources for Mentor Teachers of Methods Interns
Mini-Grant Proposal and Application
Contacts for Methods Course Instructors
Student Guidelines for Methods Field Experiences


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It's another sunny and gorgeous day around Arizona with temperatures a couple of degrees cooler than yesterday.
Here in the Valley, look for highs in the low 90s with overnight lows tonight in the 60s.
We are still tracking low pressure off the coast of California, which will basically park itself there for the next couple of days before moving inland.
Expect cloud coverage to increase as it moves onshore late Wednesday and Thursday.
Temperatures will cool to the mid to upper 80s on Thursday with lows dropping to the low to mid 60s Valley-wide.
We will also have enough moisture at that point to possibly see some rain around the Valley.
Look for a 10 percent chance early Thursday. Then, we'll see a 30 percent chance of rain Thursday afternoon and evening with a 20 percent chance lingering into Friday across the Phoenix metro area.
Chances for rain will be even greater in the higher terrain with a chance of snow above 8,000 feet.
At this point, it looks like the only chance for accumulating snow will be on the highest peaks up north, above the 9,000 foot level.
Temperatures look absolutely gorgeous on Friday with Valley highs only in the mid to upper 70s.
We'll be dry again on Saturday with highs rebounding to the low 80s.
Look for sunny skies again on Sunday with highs warming to the upper 80s as we finish out the weekend.


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26 Jan 2015:
Oil Spills Can Lead to Toxic
Arsenic Water Contamination, Study Says
When petroleum breaks down in underground aquifers, toxic arsenic — up to 23 times the current drinking water
Water sampling at the Minnesota oil-spill test site.
standard — can be released into groundwater,
according to
a study by U.S. Geological Survey and Virginia Tech researchers, who analyzed samples collected over 32 years from a petroleum-spill research site in Minnesota. Arsenic, a toxin and carcinogen linked to numerous forms of cancer, is naturally present in most soils and sediments, but is not typically a health concern because its chemical properties keep it bound within soil and minerals. However, certain chemical reactions associated with petroleum contamination and microbial activity in low-oxygen environments, such as in aquifers, change the chemical state of the arsenic so that it can enter the groundwater, researchers say.
22 Jan 2015:
Draining of Greenland Lakes
Signals Massive Melting, Researchers Say
have discovered
craters left behind when two lakes under the Greenland ice sheet rapidly drained recently — an indication
Crater left after a Greenland lake drained.
that a massive amount of meltwater has started overflowing the ice sheet's natural plumbing and is causing "blowouts" that drain lakes away, they say. One of the two lakes once held billions of gallons of water and emptied to form a mile-wide crater in just a few weeks, researchers report in the journal
The Cryosphere
. The other lake, described this week in the journal
, was two miles wide and has filled and emptied twice in the last two years. The researchers suspect that as more meltwater reaches the base of the ice sheet, natural drainage tunnels along the Greenland coast are cutting further inland. The tunnels carry heat and water to areas that were once frozen to the bedrock, potentially causing the ice to melt even faster.
21 Jan 2015:
Filtering Polluted Stormwater
Through Soil Can Protect Salmon, Study Says
Filtering polluted runoff from urban areas through a simple soil mixture dramatically reduced the water's toxic metal and
A pair of coho salmon.
hydrocarbon content and made it safe for coho salmon and the insects they eat, according to
new research
. Scientists collected polluted runoff from a four-lane highway in Seattle, then filtered part of the water through a mixture of sand, compost, and shredded bark. Coho salmon and aquatic insects thrived in the filtered stormwater, but they quickly died in the unfiltered water, researchers reported in the journal
. Chemical analyses showed that filtering the water through the soil mixture reduced toxic metals by 30 to 99 percent, polyaromatic hydrocarbons to levels at or below detection, and organic matter by more than 40 percent. The research supports the use of rain gardens and other natural stormwater filtration systems, the authors say.
13 Jan 2015:
California Still in Widespread
Drought, Despite Heavy Precipitation
The heavy rains and snow that fell across much of California in the first half of December did little to recharge the state's
California precipitation deficits
dry reservoirs or ease long-term drought conditions,
an analysis
by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirms. By the middle of December, 98 percent of the state remained under drought conditions, which is the same portion as before the storms, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Dry conditions over the last three years have left the Sierra Nevada mountain range with a 30- to 50-inch precipitation deficit, NOAA reports, and the agriculture-heavy San Joaquin Valley has fared even worse. To bring the state's four-year precipitation total out of the bottom 20 percent historically — a benchmark used to declare drought conditions — every part of the state would need to exceed its average rainfall between now and September.
19 Dec 2014:
'Nuisance Flooding' Will Affect
Most of U.S. Coastline by 2050, Report Finds
By 2050, most U.S. coastal areas are likely to be threatened by 30 or more days of flooding each year due sea level
Nuisance flooding projections for U.S. cities
according to
a new report the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The researchers looked at the frequency of so-called "nuisance flooding," which occurs when the water level reaches one to two feet above local high tide, and found that several cities along the East Coast are already seeing more than 30 days of nuisance flooding each year. Additional major cities — including Baltimore, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco — will reach or exceed that benchmark by 2030, the report says. Although nuisance flooding is not typically catastrophic or dangerous, it is often costly. The report drives home the point, researchers say, that such floods will become commonplace far earlier than 2100, which is generally cited as the date when sea level rise is likely to become damaging.
18 Dec 2014:
Clearing Rainforests Distorts
Global Rainfall and Agriculture, Study Says
Clearing forests not only releases carbon into the atmosphere, it also triggers worldwide shifts in rainfall and temperatures
Global effects of forest loss
that are just as potent as those caused by current carbon pollution and that pose great risk to future agricultural productivity,
researchers report
. Deforestation in South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa may alter growing conditions in agricultural areas as far away as the U.S. Midwest, Europe, and China, the study in
Nature Climate Change
finds. The researchers calculate that complete tropical deforestation could trigger atmospheric changes leading to an increase of 0.7 degrees Celsius in global temperatures, in addition to warming caused by greenhouse gases released from the deforestation itself. That would double the observed global warming since 1850, the researchers note. They say their findings indicate that many of the predicted changes associated with widespread deforestation are already occurring — from Thailand, which is receiving less rainfall at the beginning of the dry season, to parts of the Amazon, where once-predictable rainfall has shifted notably.
17 Dec 2014:
Obama Protects Alaska's
Bristol Bay From Oil and Gas Development
President Obama yesterday announced
protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska
, one
A grizzly bear catches a salmon in Bristol Bay.
of the most productive fishing grounds in the nation, from future oil and gas development. The president's action is expected to benefit commercial fishermen and Native Alaskans and boost conservation efforts in the region, which is roughly the size of Florida. Noting that Bristol Bay is the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery and the source of 40 percent of U.S. wild-caught seafood — a catch worth $2 billion annually — Obama vowed to ensure long-term safeguards for the bay. The region has been under protection intermittently since 1989, when the Exxon Valdez spill prompted a federal moratorium on offshore drilling. "It is a natural wonder, and it's something that's just too precious to be putting out to the highest bidder," Obama said in a
video message
. The federal government is still considering whether to allow development of what would be North America's
largest open-pit mine
in the bay's watershed.
25 Nov 2014:
China's Lake Ebinur Has Been
Shrinking Dramatically, NASA Image Shows
As this NASA satellite image
, Lake Ebinur, located in northwestern China near the border of
China's Lake Ebinur
Kazakhstan, has shrunk by 50 percent since 1955 as a result of development, agriculture, and natural fluctuations in precipitation. The lake's saline water is light blue, and the dried lake bed appears white due to salts and other minerals that have been left behind as the water evaporates. The lake's size fluctuates from year to year due to natural variations in snowmelt and rainfall, and human activity also plays a key role, Chinese researchers say. The nearby city of Bole, with a population of 425,000, consumes significant amounts of water, and farmers irrigate their crops — especially cotton — with water that would otherwise flow into the lake, researchers say. Frequent saline dust storms contribute to desertification, damage soils, harm wetlands, and may be hastening the melting of snow and glaciers downwind, researchers say.
28 Oct 2014:
Scientists Find Seafloor Fallout Plume of Oil from Deepwater Horizon Spill
Researchers say they have found a large fallout plume of oil on the seafloor from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon oil at the surface of the ocean
disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. According to a report in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
, a portion of the 2 million barrels of oil thought to be trapped in the deep sea after the spill appears to have settled across a 1,250-square-mile patch of the seafloor centered around the Macondo Well, which discharged an estimated 5 million barrels of oil in the nearly three months between its blowout in April and eventual capping in July. The oil is concentrated in the top half-inch of the seafloor, and mostly distributed in patchy deposits to the southwest of the well, the study found. These deposits account for between 4 and 31 percent of the Macondo oil sequestered in the deep ocean, researchers estimate. The rest has likely been deposited outside this area, they say, but has evaded detection so far because of its patchiness.
27 Oct 2014:
Forests Protect Waterways
From Nitrogen Pollution, Researchers Find
Forest top soils capture and stabilize nitrogen pollution very quickly but release it slowly, according to new research published in the journal
. The findings indicate that mature forests may be providing an under-appreciated service by storing excess nitrogen, which can lead to algal blooms and oxygen-depleted dead zones if too much is released into lakes and waterways. Older forests store nitrogen more efficiently than young forests recovering from clear-cuts, the
researchers found
, because they have accumulated more top soil and organic matter within the forest floor. Previously, it had been unclear how mature forests continued to capture and store nutrients such as nitrogen after they stopped adding tree biomass. The new research indicates it's likely due to the delay between nitrogen uptake, which happens within days, and nitrogen release, which unfolds over years and decades.
21 Oct 2014:
Desert and Mediterranean Plants
More Resistant to Drought than Expected
Desert and Mediterranean ecosystems may be more resistant to climate change, particularly long-term
Plants in a Mediterranean ecosystem in Chile.
drought, than previously thought, a new study published in
Nature Communications
shows. Over the course of a nine-year experiment, researchers subjected plants in four different climatic zones to rainfall conditions predicted under future climate change scenarios. The ecosystems typically received 3.5 to 30.7 inches of precipitation annually, and researchers cut that total by roughly 30-percent to simulate drought conditions. Surprisingly, the researchers found no measurable changes in plant biomass, density, or species composition and richness in any of the four ecosystems over the course of nine generations of plants. The ecosystems already receive highly variable amounts of rainfall and the 30-percent drop likely falls within the plants' natural "comfort zone," the researchers say, which could explain the unexpected resilience to drought.
26 Sep 2014:
Aral Sea Basin Dry for First
Time in Modern History, Images Show
For the first time in modern history, the eastern basin of the South Aral Sea has gone completely dry, as this
Drying of Aral Sea
NASA satellite image
captured in late August shows. The Aral Sea is an inland body of water lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in central Asia. It was once one of the four largest lakes in the world, but it has been shrinking markedly and dividing into smaller lobes since the 1960s, after the government of the former Soviet Union diverted the region's two major rivers to irrigate farmland. One Aral Sea researcher suggested that it has likely been at least 600 years since the eastern basin entirely disappeared. Decreasing precipitation and snowpack in its watershed led to the drying this year, and huge withdrawals for irrigation exacerbated the problem. Water levels are expected to continue to show major year-to-year variations depending on precipitation and snowpack levels, the researcher said.
23 Sep 2014:
Food Security Issues Often
Neglected After Extreme Weather Events
Extreme weather events — the sort likely to arise with increasing frequency as the planet warms — took a heavy toll on Russia and East Africa in 2010 and 2011, in large part because governments and authorities were ill-equipped to address resulting food shortages and other fallout, according to researchers at the University of Oxford. Russia experienced a heat wave that led to food hoarding and price-fixing of staple crops by speculators, according to the report, which was
commissioned by Oxfam
. A drought in East Africa in 2010 through 2011 was tied to an uptick in armed conflicts in the region, which interrupted international and domestic aid for six months. Crop prices reached record levels in several markets, including wheat in Ethiopia, maize in Kenya, and red sorghum grain in Somalia, the report notes. Investing in additional health facilities, establishing pre-positioned food supplies, and other tactics aimed at mitigating the effects of future heat waves, droughts, and floods, could help to blunt the effects of climate change on the poorest and most vulnerable populations, the researchers say.
03 Sep 2014:
Mobile Phone Networks Can
Help Monitor Global Rainfall, Study Says
New research
that mobile phone networks, which cover 90 percent of the world's population, can help track rainfall events — a task that has proven difficult for both
advanced satellite systems
and ground-level observation networks. By compiling data on signal disruptions from mobile phone networks in Burkina Faso in West Africa, a team of researchers was able to calculate with 95 percent accuracy both the location and volume of rain that fell, even during short-lived storms, according to a report in
Geophysical Research Letters
. Mobile phone companies maintain detailed records on signal disruptions, which can occur when water droplets block and deflect signals between antennae, to determine whether their networks are functioning properly. By tapping into those records, researchers could distill data on rainfall events at extremely fine spatial and temporal scales. As mobile phone networks expand across the globe, such data could be used to create highly accurate rainfall maps, researchers say, although gaining access to records could prove difficult.
02 Sep 2014:
Six Strategies Could End
Global Water Stress by 2050, Scientists Say
Global water stress could be alleviated by the year 2050 if countries work to implement six key strategies
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Strategies for reducing water stress vary by area.
ranging from building more reservoirs to controlling population growth,
according to
research from Canada and the Netherlands. Water stress is defined as occurring when more than 40 percent of the water from a region's rivers is unavailable because it is already being used — a situation that currently affects roughly one-third of the global population. Writing in
Nature Geoscience
, the scientists propose six steps they believe can help reduce water stress: planting crops that use water and nutrients more efficiently; using more efficient irrigation methods; improving the efficiency of water use in homes, industry, and municipalities; limiting the rate of population growth so global population stays below 8.5 billion by 2050; increasing reservoir water storage capacity; and intensifying
water desalination operations
by 50-fold.
29 Aug 2014:
New Database Tracks Ecological
Health Impacts of Dams on World's Rivers
A newly launched
online database
illustrates the impacts of nearly 6,000 dams on the world's 50 major
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Dams in the Yangtze basin
river basins, ranking their ecological health according to indicators of river fragmentation, water quality, and biodiversity. The "State of the World's Rivers" project was developed by the advocacy organization
International Rivers
and created using Google Earth. Users can compare the health of individual river basins, see the locations of existing and planned dams, and explore 10 of the most significant river basins in more depth. The 6,000 dams represented in the database are a small percentage of the more than 50,000 large dams that impact the world's rivers, the organization notes.
26 Aug 2014:
Meat Production, Especially
Beef, Strains Land and Water, Study Says
Global meat production has expanded more than four-fold over the last 50 years — and 25-fold since
Beef cattle graze in Colombia
1800 — due to growing purchasing power, urbanization, and changing diets, according to a new report from the
Worldwatch Institute
. Consumers in industrial countries still eat much larger quantities of meat (75.9 kilograms per person) than those in developing nations (33.7 kilograms), though that gap is beginning to close, the report says. Nearly 70 percent of the planet's agricultural land and freshwater is used for livestock, with additional land and water used to grow grains for livestock feed. Beef production alone uses about three-fifths of global farmland and yields less than 5 percent of the world's protein, according to the report.
Sustainable agricultural practices
such as feeding livestock with grasses instead of grains and using natural fertilizers could reduce these impacts, the report notes, but alternative dietary choices hold the most immediate promise for reducing the environmental footprint of meat production.
22 Aug 2014:
Drought in Western U.S.
Has Caused Land to Rise, Researchers Say
The western U.S. has lost so much water during the ongoing severe drought that the land has sprung up by
GPS station in California's Inyo Mountains
as much as 15 millimeters (0.6 inches), according to a study in the journal
. Water at the surface of the earth typically weighs down the land, but the region has lost enough water that the tectonic plate underlying the western U.S. has undergone rapid uplift, much like an uncoiling spring, researchers explain. California's water deficit over the past 18 months has caused some of its mountain ranges to rise by more than half an inch, and the West overall has risen by 0.15 inches, according to the study. Using ground positioning data from GPS stations throughout the region, researchers from the University of California, San Diego, estimate the water loss to be 240 gigatons (63 trillion gallons) — equivalent to a nearly four-inch layer of water spread out over the entire western U.S.
14 Aug 2014:
Some Chemicals in Fracking
Fluids Raise Red Flags, Researchers Say
Of the more than 200 compounds used in hydraulic fracturing fluids, eight are toxic to mammals and the
A Marcellus Shale fracking operation
health risks of roughly one-third are unknown,
according to
researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is a drilling technique that releases natural gas and oil by injecting fluids with chemical additives deep into rock formations. The research team tracked down substances commonly used as fracking additives and found they include gelling agents to thicken the fluids, biocides to inhibit microbial growth, and compounds to prevent pipe corrosion. The industry claims the additives are non-toxic and food-grade, and while that is true in some cases, the researchers note, most fracking compounds require treatment before they can be safely released into the environment. Moreover, a number of chemicals that could pose health risks, such as corrosion inhibitors and biocides, are used in reasonably high concentrations in fracking fluids, the researchers note.
06 Aug 2014:
Western U.S. In Its Quietest
Fire Season In A Decade, Officials Report
The western U.S. is in the midst of its
quietest wildfire season
in a decade, according to data from the National
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U.S. wildfire trends
Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). With 1.7 million acres burned through August 4, the 2014 fire season has destroyed well below the average of 4.4 million acres for the previous nine years through the same date. Fire season still has a few months left, however, and the year's good fortune may not last: Above normal fire potential is
expected to continue
over most of California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, according to the NIFC. Average temperatures have been 2 to 4 degrees above normal for most of the West; portions of the western Great Basin, northern California, and Pacific Northwest were 6 to 8 degrees warmer than normal; and exceptional drought conditions continue in California, western Nevada, and the Texas Panhandle, the center says.
04 Aug 2014:
California Takes Steps to
Curb Lawn Watering During Severe Drought
In the midst of a severe, long-term drought, California is taking unprecedented steps to discourage watering of
A drought-resistant yard
residential lawns, with some areas offering residents substantial cash incentives for installing water-saving landscaping,
AFP reports
. The "Cash in Your Lawn" program in Los Angeles offers residents up to $6,000 ($3 per square foot) for replacing their lawns with drought-tolerant plants, rocks, and pebbles. Throughout the state, Governor Jerry Brown recently prohibited lawn watering more than two times per week and banned fines for brown lawns, which homeowner associations sometimes impose with the intent of improving a neighborhood's appearance. The drought, currently in its third year, threatens the water supply of California's 38 million residents.
Agricultural regions
have already seen severe water reductions, placing extra pressure on the state's groundwater reserves.
25 Jul 2014:
Southwestern U.S. Aquifers
Are Extremely Low, NASA Data Show
Groundwater reserves in the U.S. Southwest are severely low and prospects for their long-term viability are bleak as persistent drought continues to parch the
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land and prevent recharging, according to an
assessment from NASA
. As shown in this map, many underground aquifers in the Southwest are extremely dry compared to average conditions over the past 60 years. Deep red areas on the map, such as in southern California and Nevada, depict aquifers that are so dry there's less than a 2 percent chance they could have experienced such levels of drought-related depletion since 1948. Although the Pacific Northwest is experiencing drought-related wildfires, its aquifers appear to be well-stocked, according to the map. The discrepancy is likely due to the long lag between dry conditions at the surface and depletion of groundwater reserves, researchers say.
15 Jul 2014:
California Agriculture Relying
Too Heavily on Groundwater in Drought
California's agriculture industry is relying too heavily on groundwater to irrigate drought-stricken farmlands — a trend that will not be sustainable long-term, according
Central Valley orchard
a study
by the University of California, Davis. The drought, which is the third most severe on record, is responsible for the greatest water loss ever seen in California agriculture, with river water for Central Valley farms reduced by roughly one-third, the study found. Groundwater pumping will likely replace most river water losses, and some areas have more than doubled their pumping rate over the previous year. If the drought continues for two more years, the report says, groundwater reserves will continue to be depleted to replace surface water losses and pumping ability will slowly decrease, which could affect crop production. So far in the current drought, 428,000 acres of cropland — roughly 5 percent — has been made fallow across the Central Valley, Central Coast, and Southern California.
14 Jul 2014:
Human Activity Has Caused
Long-term Australian Drought, Model Shows
A new high-resolution climate model shows that southwestern Australia's long-term decline in fall and winter rainfall, which began around 1970 and has increased over the last four decades, is caused by
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increases in man-made greenhouse gas emissions and ozone depletion,
according to
research published in
Nature Geoscience
. Simulating both natural and man-made climate effects, scientists showed that the decline in rainfall is primarily driven by human activity. Rises in greenhouse gas emissions and thinning of the ozone hole have led to changes in large-scale atmospheric circulation, including a poleward movement of the westerly winds and increasing atmospheric surface pressure over parts of southern Australia. This has led to decreased rainfall, the study said. The drying is most severe over southwest Australia, where the model forecasts a 40 percent decline in average rainfall by the late 21st century, with significant implications for regional water resources.
12 Jun 2014:
U.S. Breweries Cut Water
Use Amid Widespread Drought Conditions
Major breweries in the U.S. are cutting back on the amount of water they use to brew beer as drought threatens their water supplies, the
Associated Press
reports. MillerCoors, headquartered in Chicago, has reduced its water use by 9.2 percent since 2012, a company sustainability report said. Earlier this month St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, the largest U.S. brewer, reported that it has cut water use by 32 percent in the last five years. Employing strategies such as fueling boilers with wastewater, recycling water used to clean bottles and cans, and installing sensors to fine-tune irrigation in hop and barley fields, MillerCoors has cut water use to 3.48 barrels of water for each barrel of beer, the company says. The company is also giving $700,000 to landowners in the watershed of its Fort Worth brewery who make efforts to curb erosion and runoff by, for example, planting native grasses or rotating cattle grazing lands. Craft breweries typically use twice as much water as major breweries per barrel of beer, the AP notes, because they are smaller in scale and don't have access to the same technology.
11 Jun 2014:
Group Will Pay Farmers
To Create Temporary Migratory Bird Habitat
A program
started by The Nature Conservancy aims to enlist California farmers in creating temporary habitats for migrating birds — a partnership that could become
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more important as the state's long-term drought continues and the birds' wetland habitats dwindle. Using crowdsourced data, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) tracks the paths of migratory birds on their annual journey from Canada to South America to determine where and when the birds will need suitable wetland habitat for stop-overs in California's Central Valley. Then, in a sort of reverse auction, TNC asks farmers how much they would charge to temporarily flood their land to accommodate the birds, and pays farmers with the lowest bids to do so for a few weeks or months. The Nature Conservancy says the year-old program has been a success, enabling the organization to rent habitat for roughly 0.5 to 1.5 percent of what permanent protection costs. The program's budget is $1 million to $3 million annually. Forty farmers flooded roughly 10,000 acres last year, and sightings of key migratory bird species were 30 times above average, according to TNC.
21 May 2014:
Trash-scooping Water Wheel
Cleans up Garbage From Baltimore Harbor
new contraption
in a Baltimore river is helping to clear trash and debris — up to 50,000 pounds of it each day — from the city's Inner Harbor. The 50-foot-long
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Baltimore's trash-scooping water wheel
"water wheel" gathers garbage floating in the Jones Falls River, which runs through the city to the Baltimore Inner Harbor, and deposits it in a large dumpster so the trash can be hauled away. Two large booms funnel debris toward a conveyor belt powered by the wheel, which itself is powered primarily by the flowing river. When the flow isn't strong enough to turn the wheel, water pumps, run by solar panels lining a canopy over the wheel, turn on and push water up to spin the wheel. The water wheel was designed to handle the heavy debris and larger pieces of trash that the river often carries, said its designer, Baltimore-based Clearwater Mills. It began operating earlier this month and cost $750,000, with $500,000 of that contributed by the Maryland Port Administration, Co.Exist reports.
13 May 2014:
Half of U.S. is Experiencing
Some Degree of Drought, Analysis Finds
Half of the United States is in the midst of a drought, a
recent analysis
from the U.S. National Drought Monitor found, with nearly 15 percent of the nation in extreme to
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U.S. drought conditions
exceptional drought. Dry conditions are pushing north rapidly, along with warmer temperatures, and soil moisture and groundwater levels are low far in advance of the agricultural peak demand season, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center. Much of the Southwest and Great Plains regions have been in a persistent drought for several years, and as this map prepared by federal agencies shows, an exceptional drought is currently plaguing parts of those regions. The entire state of California is experiencing some level of drought, much of it extreme to exceptional. Snowpack is at half its typical level in many parts of the West and much of the snow has completely melted before it normally would, researchers say. The map is based on measurements of climate, soil, and water conditions from more than 350 federal, state, and local observers around the country.
02 May 2014:
Fracking May Induce Quakes at
Greater Distance than Previously Thought
Hydraulic fracturing and underground wastewater disposal may trigger earthquakes at tens of kilometers from the wells in which water is injected — a greater range than previously thought, according to new
research from seismologists
. In one case, an earthquake
Fracking injection well in Louisiana
swarm in Oklahoma has been linked to a cluster of fracking injection wells up to 50 kilometers (31 miles) away, Cornell University researchers report. So-called "induced seismicity" — when human activity causes tremors in the earth's crust — is gaining attention as reports of earthquakes within the central and eastern U.S. have increased dramatically over the past few years. The rise coincides with increased hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas, and the injection of wastewater in deep disposal wells in many locations, including Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), an average rate of 100 earthquakes per year above a magnitude 3.0 occurred in the three years from 2010-2012, compared with an average rate of 21 events per year observed from 1967-2000.
22 Apr 2014:
Run-of-River Hydropower Set
For Big Gains, Turbine Maker Predicts
A type of hydroelectric technology known as "run-of-river" hydropower is set to grow
10-fold over the next decade
, potentially becoming a $1.4 billion industry,
Hugh Keenleyside Dam
according to Dutch turbine maker Tocardo International BV. Run-of-river hydropower stations redirect part of a waterway through a diversion to spin turbines and generate electricity. Run-of-river is considered a more benign type of hydropower than large dam projects because it is a smaller-scale technology that doesn't create large upstream reservoirs that flood ecosystems and disrupt a river's natural flow. Some
conservation groups are concerned
that problems with migratory fish passage and other environmental issues could outweigh the power-generating potential of run-of-river hydro projects. The company implemented its first project to harness tidal streams at Den Oever, Holland, and it has been operating for five years.
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Munster man accused of causing death while drunken driving going back to jail
By Ruth Ann Krause Post-Tribune correspondent November 2, 2012 4:16PM
Updated: December 4, 2012 6:13AM
Lake Superior Court Judge Clarence Murray revoked the bond for a Munster man charged with causing death while operating while intoxicated.
Murray found that deputy prosecutor Sabrina Haney had met her burden of proof that Michael Temores had driven a vehicle, despite the judge's ruling that he had to give up driving privileges to remain free on $10,000 cash bond in the case.
Temores, 25, is charged in the death of Fred Skafgaard, 61, of Lansing, Ill., whose pickup truck was struck by Temores' speeding SUV at about 2:30 a.m. Dec. 30, 2011, at Hohman Avenue and Ridge Road in Munster. Temores has pleaded not guilty.
From the witness stand, Temores denied driving a blue Hummer early on Sept. 16.
Munster police Patrolman Thomas Uszakow testified he was working stationary radar in a darkened corner of the parking lot of St. Thomas More, which is near Temores' home in the 8600 block of Calumet Avenue, when he spotted Temores as he emerged from the Hummer, assisted a female from the passenger side and went inside the house. Uszakow said the area is well illuminated with a street light and a porch light at Temores' residence.
Uszakow said he slowly drove his police SUV in the parking lot, at about 5 mph, as he headed for the parking lot exit onto Calumet Avenue, then responded to a bank alarm and left the area.
Uszakow was the first officer on the fatal crash and said he has had prior contact with the family and can identify both Michael Temores and his father.
Temores' father, John Temores, and his father's girlfriend, Angie Camacho, testified the Hummer is his vehicle and he has never allowed Michael to drive it. The couple said they went out for dinner at a Schererville restaurant and listened to a band play until about midnight, then drove to Temores' house.
Defense attorney Steve Mullins elicited through questioning that Michael Temores' girlfriend was eight months pregnant at the time and that they were most likely home that evening.
Haney argued that Temores being a new father was calculated to "pull at the heartstrings," and that Temores' witnesses had a vested interest in him remaining free on bond.
"I'm not going to parade three people in here to commit perjury," Mullins shot back. Mullins challenged Uszakow's identification of his client in part because it would be obvious if the female passenger had been pregnant.
The judge said he heard conflicting testimony but questioned why a police officer would want to risk his reputation and career by lying under oath. If a jury was hearing the case, Murray said he would instruct jurors to consider the relationship between the witnesses as a way to measure their credibility.
Murray said Temores will be held without bail until his trial. The next hearing in the case is Dec. 5.
Temores faces six to 20 years on the most serious of the charges, which alleges he had a blood alcohol level of at least 0.15 percent.


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Yes, I did remind D to get dad a card. He is difficult to buy for, so he says they'll have lunch, which is fine by him.
It so easy to pick on teens. Their brains do not function as adults yet, and if they need a little reminding -- it doesnt mean they are bad people. |
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While I was at the cemetary yesterday(first Fathers Day w/0 Dad) DH got call, Teen SS is coming to visit, no word from adult SS...So, Teen SS brain working really well, adult SS, not so much...Will spend the day composing hideous emails in my head, which I ll never send, but feel like he truly deserves to get.... |
Dotz, I am sorry for your loss. My dad -- who was great -- died when I was young, and this is always a sad day for me. My sister and I are going out to cemetary Friday. |
- Posted by organic_maria (My Page) on Sun, Jun 21, 09 at 10:04
The first days without them are the most intense.....sorry for your loss. Mother's day is a sad for me. Lost my mom at an early age. Sk just called for my dh. Wished him well and all was content. My son is with fever, so we cant' go fishing for fathers day:( they stock the lake with trout...would have been fun. |
I see my dad just about every day at work and we're working together today. He told me he thinks 'Fathers Day' is a stupid holiday created by retailers. (along with Mothers Day) He said if kids want to honor their parents, they should do it every day, why make a holiday to buy a bunch of crap? I guess he's got a point. Nevertheless, I invited my siblings over to have a BBQ for Fathers Day. (and I still got him a card) SD is with her dad this weekend and I am working both days so she gets him all to herself. My DD is working and won't call her BD. She is trying to establish a stronger relationship with DH and got him a card and will probably do something nice for him. My younger son hasn't decided if he will text his father. He hasn't spoken to him in a couple of weeks and they're at a stand off. He is also getting along much better with DH but probably not to the point of acknowledging him on Father's Day. It's my older son's first Father's day and I'm very proud of how he has matured in his role as father. I had many concerns about his maturity and readiness to be a parent, but he has stepped up. I don't know if he will call his father today. The last I heard, his father had just been released from prison and was staying with a girl that didn't have a phone. That was several months ago, he doesn't talk about his father to me much. |
- Posted by mariealways (My Page) on Sun, Jun 21, 09 at 10:53
I've been reminding DD that father's day is this weekend. She did not buy anything, says she won't be calling, and since she is a strong-willed child who usually means what she says, probably won't call. The ex hasn't called her in over three months, but he sent me an email yesterday (first in about 3 months) to ask a lame question about visitation, which he already knows the answer to as we finalized arrangements months ago. The timing indicates to me that he is expecting a call for fathers day. Well I won't force her to call. There are several phones in the house; she knows its fathers day, and if she wants to call she needs only pick up one of the phones. Happy fathers day to all the great dads out there! |
- Posted by mistihayes (My Page) on Sun, Jun 21, 09 at 15:40
Dotz, I'm sorry for the loss of your Dad. Do the boys/men know the fragile health of their father? |
The kids and I made breakfast in bed for DH complete with homemade cards and then we went to the pool for a few hours. I am making fried chicken (his fav) for dinner tonight. Called my dad and wished him happy father's day... he is visiting his mother since this is the first fathers day since my grandfather died. We wanted to go but finances are tight so no traveling right now. Dh called his dad because if he didnt he would never hear the end of it and called his stepfather who is more of a father to him than his dad ever was. We are all relaxing and enjoying each others company. All in all a great day. |
KKNY Maria, Misti, Oh, Thank you, much appeciated..SS came and he took us out to lunch with a new credit card LOL, was very cute, No I ll take care of this bill...Surprise, surprise SS number two called, told Dad he was IN CHURCH all day (but his Myspace says he was at a picnic)DH was happy for the call, so thats good, but I still rail at the lie, but happy if DH is happy for the call..Put a halo on your head good son...Misti, I dont think either one has a clue about the seriousness of dads illness, torn on telling, or not telling, my place , or not? |
- Posted by mistihayes (My Page) on Mon, Jun 22, 09 at 0:05
Dotz, I think his sons should be aware of the seriousness of their father's illness. I think your DH should tell them. If DH won't tell them, then I think it is your place to explain to your DH the reasoning & importance of why they should know that information. 1)It could be genetic & 2)Their outlook might change if they realized their days with Dad are now limited. Maybe not, but I'd hope so. I'd start there. Not that your DH will pass tomorrow, but say if he did pass in the next year, I wouldn't want a question in your head on whether you should have said something. You don't need to live with any regrets of not saying anything or questioning yourself. I'm like you that way too. Whatever makes DH happy, makes me happy. Love that Halo. You're a good woman. |
- Posted by finedreams (My Page) on Mon, Jun 22, 09 at 8:57
sorry for all those who lost their fathers. My dad's birthday is on father's day so we combined holidays. We did have a party for him yesterday. It was very nice out so we had a party in their backyard. My dad is hard to shop because he has so much stuff. I got him giftcard for a very fancy restaurant that he can take my mom, dress up and stuff, it also has life music and I think dancing area, my parents love to dance. My dad is 72 and recently retired (well forced to retire) and went through period of sadness sitting home and feeling useless but now he is busy with gardening (vegetables and flowers), playing tennis, and fixing things around the house, he even took playing piano again but he has Dupuytren's disease in his hands so he can only play a little. But he actually seems happy staying home. He worked for over 50 years, enough already. |
We had a lazy day at home and for once, did not host a big family get together. (Hubby and I are both tired of always being the ones to host *every single time* -- Yet no one else will step up to do it except Grandma, who's in her 80's and not in the best of health.) Hubby's daughter and son-in-law called and had a nice long talk. Our son made Dad breakfast and washed the cars. I made him his favorite meal (pork chops). And his oldest son texted him because he was too embarrassed to talk on the phone. (A separate post) |
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I'll be traveling cross-country in about three weeks for the holidays, my CCW is good for most states that I'll be passing through or visiting.
I've heard that in NJ it is illegal to even own JHPs. So I'm wondering if I should only pack FMJ ammo for my entire trip. Of course I'll not carry while in New Jersey but I'm wondering if it means big trouble just to have hollow points in a lock box in my vehicle while there?


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Justin Bieber and Chris Brown Premiere Official 'Next 2 You' Video
The cinematic music video clocks in at just over six minutes, and shows the two singers struggling to be reunited with their loved ones after an end-of-the-world event. While Justin is in a star-crossed relationship, Chris is madly in love and desperate to find his girl in the midst of the destruction.
Justin keeps having flashbacks to the good times with his girlfriend, and as the R&B stars sing their hearts out, their ladies cross paths in a shocking way. But don't worry Beliebers -- in the end love conquers all.
'Next 2 You' is featured on Chris' latest album, 'F.A.M.E.' Watch the hot-off-the-press video below, and download the song on iTunes now.


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California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law an amendment to California's data breach notification law on Monday. Although at least one news outlet has reported that the law requires a company to offer credit monitoring services, this interpretation is misguided. Rather, the law only places restrictions on certain companies if they choose to offer identity… Continue Reading
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Posted in Privacy LawOver the past eight years, the New York Attorney General's office has been compiling statistics on data breaches pursuant to the state's breach notification law. Earlier this week, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman published a report titled, "Information Exposed: Historical Examination of Data Breaches in New York State," which provides analysis and insight into how those… Continue Reading
The Privacy Legal Implications of Big Data: A Primer
Posted in Big DataBy now many lawyers and business managers have heard of the term "Big Data," but many may not understand exactly what it refers to, and still more likely do not know how it will impact their clients and business (or perhaps it already is). Big Data is everywhere (quite literally). We see it drive the… Continue Reading
How Cyber Risk Insurance Can Help SMB's Stay in Business After a Breach
Posted in EventsJoin us for a free webinar on Oct. 24th at 1pm ET, where Richard Santalesa, ILG Senior Counsel, and Christine Marciano, President of Cyber Data Risk Managers LLC, will discuss why it is important for small-to-mid sized businesses to prepare for a data breach, and how cyber insurance provides a valuable risk management tool that… Continue Reading
Eleventh Circuit Rules "Damages" Properly Alleged in Data Breach-Identity Theft Lawsuit
Posted in Damages, Identity Theft, Lawsuit, Motion to DismissInfoLawGroup Counsel Andrew L. Hoffman contributed to this post. In a case of first impression in the Eleventh Circuit, the Court ruled in a 2-1 opinion that the plaintiffs in a putative class action had sufficiently alleged liability against a health plan provider for a data breach involving actual identity theft. The Court's opinion, decided… Continue Reading
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I had my big thirtieth-birthday party the other night," says Josh Wambeke, singer/guitarist and leader of Fell. "I just bought a new home in Arvada, and we're surrounded by older people, so we had to make sure they were going to be okay with it."
Respecting your neighbors isn't exactly a driving force of rock and roll. And for Wambeke, an obsessive sonic experimenter who's been recording at home since he was a teenager, worrying about keeping up the Joneses at night seems a strange if not futile concern. But with the release of Fell's soaring, spacious and deliciously bleak sophomore full-length, A Farewell to Echoes — not to mention the release in August of the group's third album, Incoherent Lullabies — Wambeke has found himself suddenly a grownup. And, oddly enough, loving it.
"When I was younger, I'd just go crazy," Wambeke recalls. "My dad always played records by Black Sabbath and AC/DC. He loved to listen to music. But my parents divorced when I was eleven, and my stepfather moved in. He brought an acoustic guitar with him, and I would just bang on it. I didn't know what I was doing. I'd just sit it on my lap and play with the strings."
Wambeke, a native of Bailey, doesn't make a big deal about the influence his childhood stamping grounds had on him — yet the sleepy mountain town still looms over him, he admits. "It's a white-trash, redneck-ish place," he says with a laugh. "It's different up there now, though. There's a mixture of people. But back then, when I was a kid, Bailey was a place you moved when you didn't have a lot of money."
While Bailey may not have been a bastion of culture, Wambeke hooked up in his early teenage years with a kid from the neighborhood who remains one of his closest friends: Patrick Porter, a fellow local singer-songwriter. "Patrick and I would come down to Denver to go to Wax Trax," Wambeke relates. "I would be so frightened. But when I got in there, I just wanted to stay in there all day and discover all these cool records." Thanks to those day trips, Wambeke became a huge fan of three of the most depressingly epic bands of the '90s — Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead — which inspired him to start making his own music in earnest. Maybe too earnest.
"I was thirteen or fourteen when my mom bought me my first electric guitar," Wambeke remembers. "It was this shitty, awful guitar, and I just started making up these weird little songs. They were terrible. It was a really tough time in my life, my parents' divorce — I was really miserable. So from the start, playing music was an emotional outlet for me."
It was then that Wambeke began his love affair with home recording — even if the initial results haven't quite stood the test of time. "I had a little tape player with a microphone on it, and I'd record all the songs I wrote," he recalls. "The last time I listened to it, it was just hilarious, all these little angst-filled songs I wrote about my parents and school and stupid shit. They made no sense."
After a sketchy high-school outfit named Static Low ("I originally wanted to call it just Low," he notes, "but then I found out there was already a band called Low, a band I wound up loving"), Wambeke formed Phineas Gage with Porter. As he eventually discovered, though, best friends don't necessarily make for best bandmates. "Patrick was always into all this punk and avant-garde stuff," Wambeke points out. "He was always so out there as a musician. I was more or less into the mainstream. I always wound up writing shitty alternative-rock songs."
While Porter and Wambeke did share some core tastes — the whispery melancholy of Low, for example, not to mention the epic mindscapes of Pink Floyd — the two found themselves ultimately incompatible as musicians. But before breaking up in 2001, they'd released an album of grainy, gorgeous space rock titled Reconsidered on the small but highly regarded Australian label Camera Obscura Records. So when Wambeke began recording new songs in his home studio under the name Fell in 2001, Camera Obscura head Tony Daley was the first person he sent the songs to.
"I'd be up 'til four in the morning getting drunk and making these weird songs," Wambeke says. "It was a really cool experience. It reinvigorated me totally. When I finished it, I sent it to Tony Dale just to get an opinion. I didn't even ask him to put it out. But he loved it so much and wanted to release it. I'd felt sort of underdeveloped as a songwriter up to that point, so that made me feel vindicated as, like, my own artist."
Fell's self-titled debut was recorded in 2004, but it didn't see the light of day on Camera Obscura until 2006. The delay was more than frustrating — it almost spelled the end of Fell. "We hadn't even played a show in Denver," Wambeke notes. "I remember we played a show at Double Entendre Records, but that was mostly it. I was so afraid. We didn't know anyone or how to get gigs." But a chance meeting with Denver's Cat-A-Tac — whose own space rock meshed well with Fell's — helped Wambeke bring his band up to the next level. "I met Jim McTurnan at that show, and he was really cool to me," Wambeke recalls. "We get along really well." Soon after, Wambeke finalized the current lineup of Fell, which includes him, bassist Bryan Romero, cellist Michael Dewey, guitarist-keyboardist Raven Butler and drummer EJ Ulery.


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Tin-based alloy used to make domestic utensils. Pewter dates back at least 2,000 years, to Roman times. Ancient pewter contained about 70% tin and 30% lead. Such pewter, also called black metal, darkened greatly with age, and the lead readily leached out in contact with acidic foods. Pewter with little or no lead is of finer quality, and alloys that include antimony and bismuth are more durable and shinier. Modern pewter is about 91% tin, 7.5% antimony, and 1.5% copper; the absence of lead makes it safe to use for foods and beverages. The surface of modern pewter is bluish white with either a bright finish or a soft, satin sheen. It resists tarnish, retaining its colour and finish indefinitely.
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The Kora Band integrates the uniquely entrancing timbre of the kora, a traditional 21-string harp from West Africa, into a jazz context, bringing together two musical traditions with historical connections to create a totally unique sound reflecting the globalized world of the 21st century.
Founded by London-based American pianist and composer Andrew Oliver after a 2007 U.S. State Department tour to West Africa, the band features New York-based virtuoso Kane Mathis on kora, bringing extensive knowledge from two decades of study with master musicians in the Gambia in addition to conservatory training in the U.S. The band performs Andrew's original music as well as traditional and repertoire from across West Africa with the seamless integration of piano and kora churning along as the backbone of the group sound, augmented by trumpet, bass, and drums.
The group's 2010 album "Cascades" (OA2 Records) won Earshot Jazz's award for "Northwest Jazz Album of the Year" and peaked at #12 on the U.S. World Music radio charts. In 2012, Andrew was awarded a prestigious Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Grant for the commissioning and recording of a new concert length work transforming elements from specific traditional kora pieces into new jazz compositions.
The resulting album, "New Cities," will be released in the spring of 2015 on Whirlwind Recordings with an accompanying UK tour featuring Andrew and Kane alongside an all-star cast including Byron Wallen (trumpet), Michael Janisch (bass), and Dave De Rose (drums).
Listen to "The Contract," the opening track from "New Cities":
"World jazz" […]projects frequently come off as gimmicky. Not so with the Kora Band, a group of Portland and Seattle musicians […] who successfully incorporate West African rhythms and textures into their otherwise mainstream jazz sound. "Cascades" proceeds in a manner that's unhurried and consistently inviting. – Jazziz
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China supplied 35 percent of the worldwide digital set-top box market in 2004, and more than 50 percent of all worldwide digital set-top boxes are forecast to be produced in China by 2010, according to a report from IMS Research. The research firm, based in Wellingborough, UK, says that China produced more than 17 million digital set-top boxes in 2004, which accounted for around 35 percent of the total worldwide market, including China. The firm says this figure has already made China the largest digital set-top box production base in the world. The production volume of digital set-top boxes in China is forecast to grow at a 21 percent CAGR over the next 5 years to reach 56 million units in 2010. This means that more 56 percent of worldwide digital set-top box supply in 2010 is envisioned to come from China, IMS reports. "In 2004, more than 50 percent of the digital set-top boxes produced in China were destined for export markets," notes Ann Yi-Yen Bird, who authored the research report. "Despite high growth predicted for the domestic digital set-top box market, the proportion of total Chinese production output for export markets is forecast to maintain at above 50 percent over the next 5 years." Currently, the majority of digital STBs produced in China are basic satellite boxes. As deployments of digital cable TV, digital terrestrial TV, and IPTV in both China and the rest of the world intensify, IMS says the proportions of digital cable, digital terrestrial, and IP set-top boxes within total Chinese digital STB production are expected to increase over the next 5 years.
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Pirates acquire Chris Snyder
The Pirates have acquired catcher Chris Snyder and a minor leaguer from the Diamondbacks. Arizona will receive D.J. Carrasco, Ryan Church and Bobby Crosby in the deal.
Game 102: Lineups
Pirates: McCutchen-CF Tabata-LF Walker-2B Jones-1B Alvarez-3B Milledge-RF Cedeno-SS Kratz-C Karstens-P
Cardinals: Lopez-3B Jay-RF Pujols-1B Holliday-LF Rasmus-CF Molina-C Ryan-SS Carpenter-P Schumaker-2B
Calculating trade value: Zach Duke edition
We are just a bit over 24 hours from the trade deadline, and the rumors are flying left and right. That being said, after being very active leading up to the past two deadlines, the Pirates have been relatively quiet so far this year. We have already taken a look at what Paul Maholm and Garrett Jones might fetch if the front office decided to deal them. Today, let's take a look at Zach Duke.
Series Preview: Pirates vs. Cardinals
Probable Pitchers
Friday, July 30th – 8:15 PM: RHP Jeff Karstens vs RHP Chris Carpenter
Saturday, July 31st – 7:15 PM: TBA vs. RHP Jeff Suppan
Sunday, August 1st – 2:15 PM: LHP Zach Duke vs. RHP Adam Wainwright
Revisiting Neil Walker's plate discipline
Last night, Nate Rose of Stealing First Base took my recent article regarding Neil Walker and began digging deeper. He went to FanGraphs and took a look at Walker's plate discipline numbers, wondering whether we should expect his walk rate to improve. Nate noted that Walker does not chase out of the zone all that much, and my interest was piqued.


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There is good news about your bad relationship: It can be changed.
Mistaken identity is at the core of many bad relationships. Sometimes you are interacting with a person, let's call her a frienemy, and she simply believes you to be very different than you are. People look for, and find, the actions and behaviors that reinforce their current beliefs and impressions. This wrong impression contributes to miscommunication and can lead to significant relationship trouble. But no matter how long someone has had the wrong impression of you, if you are willing and committed, you can apply effective techniques to change impressions in an existing relationship.
The three techniques are: direct approach, indirect behavioral approach and visual cues. This is part two of a three-part post detailing each technique and when to use it.
Sometimes you have no clue what happened to give your 'frienemy' the wrong impression of you. When this is the case, then the indirect behavioral approach can be used to transform the relationship. It involves repeatedly and consistently engaging in obvious behaviors that 1. clearly communicate your intended message and 2. meet your frienemy's needs.
Of the three change techniques, I personally find this one the most difficult. This technique requires you to tune in to the communication style, preferences and desires of someone that, frankly, is a pain in neck. To effectively alter the relationship, you must over-communicate with actions and behaviors that your frienemy clearly understands and likes. This means doing things that may not come naturally and saying things differently than you usually do – consistently. If the Golden Rule is to treat others the way that you want to be treated, then this approach applies the 'Platinum Rule:' Treat others the way they want to be treated.
Unlike the direct approach, which can transform opinion and relationships in an instant, the indirect behavioral approach takes time. How much time depends on the frequency of interactions: It may take one month to change the impression of someone with whom you interact daily; and six months or more for someone you see less frequently to begin to notice you differently. No doubt, it can be hard work to behave differently over a long period of time. But it builds character and if you have to be in a relationship, it is better to make it good.
Using visual cues in conjunction with the indirect behavioral approach helps change impressions and relationships much more quickly.


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