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In this Sunday, April 21, 2013 photo, Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, center, wife of killed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, exits a car at the home of her parents in North Kingstown, R.I. At left is her father, Warren Russell. Federal authorities have asked to speak with her, and her lawyer said he is discussing with them how to proceed. (AP Photo/Katie Zezima)
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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have visited the Rhode Island home of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's (TAM'-ehr-luhn tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) in-laws and carried away several bags.
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I've posted on the fireplace and renewal energy boards about my fireplace being condemned after we took out the wood insert to have the chimney cleaned. (Apparently a couple of chimney fires which cracked the tiles and bowed the inside of the chimney).
Anyhow - I now have a stone fireplace that is right now - useless. The chimney sweep/inspector gave us 3 options: 1-reubuild $6k (not even thought about) 2-clean up old insert and re-install with stainless steel liner $2k 3-get a new pellet stove, the $2k for the stove but the liner is on 3-4" diameter stainless steel so install cost $150. And this would "improve" the house. But - we don't have any available $$$ for any of this. We used the insert heavily in the past winters to offset the oil heating bill and we got the wood really cheap. So-do we put this on the credit card and pay over time or do without, find a way to seal up the fireplace (drafts) and just pay more $$$ for oil? Since we paid off 99% of the cc I've really been trying to stay within the budget each month but don't know if this would "qualify" as a needed expense. help? thanks RA |
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RA-since it looks like options 2 and 3 will cost about the same I would absolutely go with a pellet stove. I have one in my home and it has saved us a lot of money on heating bills and I can't imagine being without it (you can buy the pellets by the ton which is the best way to go)Why waste your hard earned money on paying more for oil when you can invest the money in something that you will have for a long time and will heat your home comfortably and economically?? In addition, I don't know what condition your furnace is in, but less use will be less taxing on your unit. It won't take you long to recoup your expenses if you buy the stove. I personally view this as a needed expense-shelter, food and warmth are on the top of my list. |
rolling ridge, With most pellet stoves, or stoves that burn wheat, rye or corn, the stove has a fan that pushes air through the fire. This power draft means that one needs only a vent through any exterior wall. Many such stoves have a basic exhaust pipe and intake pipe (to pull cold air in from outside - as that fan pushes a lot of cubic feet of air through that fire in an hour, and you don't want it sourcing heated room air) for a short run included with the unit. Using pellets means that you are forced to buy from a supplier of pellets. In this area, one such plant burned down and they were unable to supply for some time. I don't know what alternative supplier was able to supply pellets. If you live near farmers who grow wheat, rye or corn, you might want to consider a stove that is certified to burn one or all of those fuels. Then you can obtain supply of fuel from any grower of that grain, you aren't limited to a certain or a few suppliers. I sold such stoves about 15 years ago, and said at the time that I believed that such stoves would supply heat more cheaply that any other fuel except wood that you cut yourself. Which requires a lot of specialized equipment ... ... and heats the producer of the wood about 8 times between cutting the standing tree (or cutting up the tops after logging) and throwing the block of wood into the fire, as cutting, stacking, hauling and storing fuel wood is heavy work. I still figure that judgement to be valid. Hope you find that equipment that best meets your needs. ole joyful |
My neighbor told me a few days ago that they had planned to put a pellet stove where their fireplace is currently and the city told them they would have to dismantle the chimney first which would mean tearing a two story section of their house. Can that be right? It seems like he must have misunderstood. BTW - I also think heating systems are a capital expense and worth borrowing for. |
- Posted by rollinridge (My Page) on Sun, Oct 1, 06 at 17:52
I would definately check that out again - we are looking to put a pellet stove insert in our masonry fireplace and all we need to do is use the required 4" stainless steel pipe from the stove out. I certainly wouldn't be able to dismantle the fireplace. (But I guess it all depends on the city code) And thanks for the other responses - I don't feel so bad about having to do it. Looking into credit union loan instead of cc |
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Hi all :) Is anyone waiting for an interview like I am? Super nervous and could really use some tips on the interview process. Thanks!... Read More
0Aug 28, '12 by kerleigh722I'm glad to know today was the deadline; I was wondering when my best chance was!
Wade, I am an alternate too! I emailed the admissions coordinator and just asked how many of us there were... there's 50. It's a little discouraging, but at least we can apply again for the next cohort (which excepts only 40-50 students instead of 96!!). I believe my GPA was working against me as well. It was a 3.4... but I have a lot of CNA experience. It's possible I was a little too nervous in my interview too- my voice was cracking haha!
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0Oct 27, '12 by pasodeblasI'm new to this forum. Is there anybody here applying for May 2013? I was invited for an interview on Nov. 16th but I have appointment so they scheduled me for a skype interview on Nov. 6. Anybody who applied for May 2013 who'd like to chat or share experiences with me? Thank you
0Nov 2, '12 by SummitRNA word of advice. Do not take HCE430 from Regis. Take it from Rio Salado. It is much more relevant, less likely to sink your GPA, and not take 30 hours a week. Also, it costs 1/3 the price of Regis's HCE class. Regis does accept this course in leui of HCE430 even though the Rio Salado course is a 200 level.
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The success of the first five red light cameras during the program's first year may result in the addition of fifteen more cameras. A total of 586 notices for red light violators were sent out in the first thirty days of the program and numbers are currently on the decline.
The City reports that citations are down overall about forty percent over the last four months, when compared with the first four months of the program. The red light cameras first went on line in July 2004.
In addition to fewer red light violations, collisions are also down at the five red light camera-monitored intersections. The City reported just one red light running collision during the first year of the program, as opposed to an average of nine per year at the intersections in the past three years. Overall, there has been a twenty percent reduction in injury collisions at the intersections.
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text: Air Conflicts: Vietnam | Review James O. September 30, 2013 Air Conflicts: Vietnam isn't going to defy expectations, but that doesn't mean you can't have a good time. As straightforward as its title, it's what you see is what you get. The simplicity of the game is refreshing, but after playing I'm not sure if there's enough extras and variation to keep things interesting. Cue the introduction movie where we are given political reasons for the U.S. to take an interest in Vietnam and a bit of personal background for one of the recruits who has been sent over. Then we are shown a pre-mission screen where we preview the type of planes that will be flown in the next stage. The tutorial is comprehensive but not overlong, and quickly we see that there have been a few corners cut on the game. I am able to recognize different components of an airplane, so when the game insists that my ailerons are what lift the plane I was a bit skeptical. Ailerons are what allow the plane to bank while elevators lift the plane. What must be realized while playing Air Conflicts is that realism has to go out the window. There is no option to rotate the plane on a flat axis using the rudder, but this game is about flying fast and shooting guns, so the more finesse aspects of flying are not available. Some of the flying techniques that are available to fighter jets are also available to cargo planes, meaning it's possible to do a pretty dramatic barrel roll in a C-130 cargo plane. While planes seem to have gotten a simplification, helicopters are a bit of a mess. For those of us with experience with flight simulators, you'll know that a helicopter's tilt is directly correlated to its direction of movement. But it's not correlated here. I played this game using an Xbox controller. I played with the controls to get it set up but couldn't get it set in a configuration that made sense. One joystick controlled direction of movement while the other controlled tilt, causing a few moments of physics-defying flying where I could tilt forward yet move backward. So after that dissection of controls, what's left? Well, you get to fly things around and shoot big guns. Don't underestimate the enjoyment that comes out of shooting big guns. The mission structures aren't too creative, but there's only so much you can do with a strictly air-based game. High points were the moments of rail-shooting where you'd take on the role of a helicopter gunner, shooting ground troops and launching grenades at mobile AA vehicles. It's a somewhat vanilla experience, but it makes for a nice change of place from "go here, shoot that." The visuals are passable, certainly not winning any awards but they get the job done. I ran into trouble when flying low against targets on fire, where it's easy to lose bearings among the flames and the dark green color palette doesn't help much. Like I opened with, this game won't defy your expectations on how a game set in Vietnam should look. The sounds are a bit varied in quality. The guns are satisfying, but the dying yelp of a pilot sounds way too much like a guy at a desk doing his best to make a dying yelp sound. The songs are just as varied, since some are nerve-grating in their frank anti-war vocals, and other are catchy and fun. The story is a bit of a patchwork of politically-charged statements and personal vignettes. There is a neat aspect in that your pilots have names and skills. The more you use a pilot, the better skilled he becomes. If you lost a non-essential pilot during a mission he becomes MIA, which can be painful if you've been using him exclusively. The ability to quick-switch to any other of your pilots lessens the severity of the loss of a plane, but AA guns can make quick work of an entire crew if you're not careful. I can't say that I would recommend this game to anyone who doesn't have an explicit interest in either the Vietnam War or flying, but anyone who doesn't set their expectations too high could have fun in the quick and dirty dogfights that are the centerpiece of Air Conflicts: Vietnam. (Reviewed on PC, review code provided by Bitcomposer. Thank you) ONLY SINGLE PLAYER SCORE Story – 5/10 Gameplay/Design – 6.5/10 Visuals – 4/10 Sound – 5/10 Lasting Appeal – 6/10 _______________________ Overall – 6/10 (Not an average) Platforms: PC Developer: Games Farm Publisher: bitComposer Games Ratings: ESRB: T Werscherg Die Steuerung der Helicopter im Game ist eine Absolute Katastrophe, ich kann nicht verstehen, warum sich die Entwickler sich da nicht eine Steuerung wie bei zB. bei Battlefield als Vorbild nehmen. Dort kommt man auch prima nur mit Tastatur und Maus aus und brauch keine Kontroller dazu. Die Steuerung der Flugzeuge ist wie gewohnt gut (genau wie in den anderen Air Conflict Teilen, aber bei den Helicoptern bekommt man echt graue Haare. Abgesehen davon, ist es ein Witz, fliege ich mit einem Helicopter über eine Wolkendecke werde ich nicht mehr beschossen, das ist ok, wähle ich dann eine neue Einheit aus und die Vorherige Einheit(die in den Wolken) wird wieder von der Ki übernommen, wird diese auch auch wieder beschossen, der letzte Mist. Was dann noch dazu führt, das selbst auf einfachem Schwierigkeitsgrad die Missionen x mal wiederholt werden müssen, weil die Steuerung und die Ki da fürn Eimer ist.


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Years ago (35-40 years ago)I made a hat for my brother with bobbles and cables. While cleaning out my Mom's house after her passing, I found the hat and my daughter took it over. I'd like to remake the hat for my brother...I've done google searches but haven't found the right hat. Any suggestions? Thanks, from a returning newbie |
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- Posted by donna_loomis (My Page) on Wed, Dec 20, 06 at 8:55
It would be so much easier to help you find the pattern you're looking for if we could see a picture of the hat. Any chance you can get a photo for us? |
My daughter is home for Christmas, I'll try to pry it from her to take a picture.....Thanks |
Here is a picture of the hat, it doesn't have to be exact..just something similar would be great. Thank you |
Here is a link that might be useful: Bobble and Cable Hat
- Posted by grannymarsh (My Page) on Wed, Dec 27, 06 at 12:18
- Posted by sheilajoyce (My Page) on Wed, Dec 27, 06 at 14:55
What an attractive hat, and the fisherman's knit looks so warm too. |
Thank you all for your help, I've gone through about half of the hats on the list and haven't found it yet, I'll keep looking though. Thanks again, Judys |
This one is cabled. Doesn't seem it would be to hard to add bobbles where you want them. |
Here is a link that might be useful: cable hat
- Posted by feedingfrenzy (My Page) on Wed, Jan 3, 07 at 14:11
Thank you all so much for the search. I think if I leave out every other cable on the "cable" hat pattern from yarnlover, and add the bobbles in those spaces it'll be very close. Thanks again, Judys |
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Hey, this subject has nothing to do with Ben!!Originally Posted by RuthlessBurgher
But, yes, I sure hope we don't love Jackson in Rd. 1. I'd almost rather have Iupati...no, not really Chadman.
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I am trying to embroidery some last minute towels for Christmas. For some reason the needle on my machine keeps falling out while it is stitching. It has done this numerous times now and I cannot figure out why. Anyone know what might be causing this and how to fix it?? Thanks... |
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amy I have that machine and it happened to me 3 times yesterday too! I use the white disc that came with the machine for the thread to tighten the screw and it seems to be holding at the moment. I believe it loosens because of the vibration, but I'm not sure either. I do know it was a pain in the patootie, I did manage to ruin one towel! Good luck! Lisa |
- Posted by stitchntime9 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 20, 06 at 1:02
As the other poster said, vibration loosens up everything. This is why you have to have the machine on a good, solid table. Right now I have mine on a Black & Decker workmate with a dining table pad underneath...no vibrations. quiets the noise, and makes it easy to scoot the machine around when I have to move it a bit. You have to periodically check everything throughout the day to make sure it's tight and secure. I use a short regular flathead screwdriver (you should have received one of those in your accessory box, forget the plastic widget). The set screw for the foot gets loose too so you have to check and tighten that up (foot hanging rather wonky?). |
I just wanted to clarify that I use the plastic disc to avoid overtightening...which can strip out the needle shaft and be costly to repair. Just a side note! Lisa |
- Posted by designsbymandy (My Page) on Wed, Aug 24, 11 at 20:19
My Brother Ulta 2003D does this all the time now. I have had it serviced three times, but they can't seem to duplicate the problem while they have my machine. Has anyone found out what could be the problem? (For me I know it is not vibration because I embroider on my kitchen counter tops.) |
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Today has not been my day!
First, I managed to tip my glider over backwards, with me IN IT!! Luckily it cushioned me very well, but how the heck did that happen? I wasn't leaning back very far, and wasn't rocking. I checked the assembly on the bottom of the chair and nothing is broken or appears to be missing! But, that's not the reason for this post. On to my next disaster! We have a beautiful antique enameled coffee pot. We generally use it at camp, but always on a stove and never on the campfire because we don't want to ruin it. On Sunday, I made quite a bit more coffee then we used, so I brought it home to finish up. I do that sometimes. Then today, I made coffee in it, while I was working. I do that whenever I have the pot at home (rather then camp) because I really like the perked coffee. I set the timer on the stove, so I wouldn't forget and perk it too long. When the timer went off, I checked and the coffee looked ready so I shut it off and took a cup of coffee back to my desk with me. Then, at about 10:45 (probably 3 or 3 1/2 hours later) I decided to have another half cup off coffee before quitting for the day (I can't sleep at night if I have caffeine too late). I went into the kitchen and smoke was coming from the pour spout of my coffee pot!!! I must have turned the timer off and left the burner on! I had made about 12 cups of coffee, and drank one, the rest boiled out and is now coffee charcoal on the bottom of the pot. Does anyone know the best way to clean this out without damaging the enamel? I was thinking maybe baking soda... but then thought I'd ask around first. Thanks! |
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- Posted by donna_loomis (My Page) on Tue, Jun 26, 12 at 12:41
I know its a strong chemical, but I believe spray oven cleaner will do the trick. I have often used it to get baked on stuff off my corningware. Doesn't hurt it a bit. |
I cleaned my metal coffee carafe by putting water in it and then dissolving a Cascade Complete gel pac in it (the ones you use in your dishwasher). It cleaned it as clean as a whistle. Worth a try. I bet whatever DW detergent you have on hand would work. And I'm glad you weren't hurt in the glider accident! |
NOOO please don't use the spray oven cleaner! Put baking soda in the pot to cover the charred area. Add water to cover and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat and let sit on the burner to cool completely. Wash as usual. This WILL work. I have taken a pot that my friend thought totally ruined when she boiled soup beans dry in it and returned it to useable condition. If some of the charred area is still stuck, repeat the baking soda and boiling. Just stay in the kitchen with it while you are doing it! Tami |
- Posted by sheilajoyce (My Page) on Tue, Jun 26, 12 at 13:40
I always soak any burns I cannot remove with enough hot water to cover the burn area and a tablespoon or more of powdered electric dishwashing detergent. |
- Posted by ruthieg__tx (My Page) on Tue, Jun 26, 12 at 14:12
I do the water/diswasher powder thing too.....rinse it and add more water until it all just washes off.... |
Get out the baking soda and your Mr. Clean Magic Eraser sponge - it will be gone in a flash! |
- Posted by ravencajun (My Page) on Tue, Jun 26, 12 at 14:48
I use the powder or liquid that I put in my dishwasher put it on thick and let it sit on it till it loosens it all up I have had great success doing this, with pots I thought I would have to throw away. That detergent contains enzymes that will break down the stuck on char. |
- Posted by lazypup (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Jun 26, 12 at 14:49
I have burned my pot dry dozens of times....First step, empty the pot, rinse it out, the fill water until its about an inch above the burned area. Let that sit overnight. In the morning you can wash it with baking soda and it will be fine. |
I use ice to clean glass burnt pots, put in bottom and swirl around until it comes off. Only takes a couple minutes. Wonder if it would work on enamal too? |
also checked online and they say about the same thing... |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.ehow.com/how_5808068_clean-burnt-pots-pans.html
I feel for you. I did the same thing, except mine was my electric tea kettle. I had just had a call from a friend who was wanting to move back here from NC, and she was so unhappy and in pain. After I hung up I was in tears and I just had to have some hot tea. Without thinking, I filled the kettle and instead of plugging it in, I put it on the stove and turned the burner on. Yep, burned it up, completely. I hadn't had it long, and got another one just like it. My friend was never able to get things worked out to move back here, and she died three weeks ago. I hope you get your pot cleaned; probably you wouldn't be able to replace it. Sue |
- Posted by carol_in_california (My Page) on Tue, Jun 26, 12 at 16:49
If you have a dryer sheet handy, you might try putting it into the bottom of the coffee pot and adding just enough water to cover the bottom....let it sit for several hours and it should clean up nicely. |
Boil water and a generous amount of cream of tartar, then let sit overnight. Works every time. |
- Posted by bengardening (My Page) on Tue, Jun 26, 12 at 19:58
at work we just use ice and salt. Just keep swishing it around until it is all loose. |
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It was over, right? The Milwaukee Brewers were done in the standings, so you were done with the season.
Yes, you'd checked out of America's pastime and into Wisconsin's addiction. The Pack was back. So were the Badgers. Come September, there were plenty of things to keep you busy. Emotionally investing in a team with no playoff hopes until 2013 was not on the to-do list.
But let's hope you wrote that list in pencil. Some revisions could be in order.
When dawn broke Wednesday, the Brewers were 71-71, the first time they'd been .500 since April 24, when they were 9-9. They were also four games out of a wildcard spot with 20 games left to play. And under normal circumstances, this would hardly be cause for celebration.
But this is a team that was once 12 games below .500 and 12.5 games behind in the wildcard standings. Seen through that once-bleak prism, Milwaukee's current outlook is positively glowing.
Making up four games in three weeks is a huge ask. Especially when you're racing four other teams for one playoff spot. St. Louis, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh are all ahead of the Brewers, while Philadelphia has staged its own back-from-the-dead run to share Milwaukee's spot in the standings. Given all of that, the cool sight called CoolStandings.com gives the Brewers a scant 4 percent shot at the postseason. Daunting.
And yet, once upon a time, Milwaukee's chances stood at 1 percent. That time was three days ago. And once upon a time, St. Louis' playoff hopes were 1.1 percent. That time was August 27, 2011, two months before their World Series celebration.
So daunting does not mean done.
The hardest thing for Milwaukee to overcome may be this. The Brewers had to put together an amazing run just to reach this point. For so many teams, a 17-5 stretch into September would put the icing on their playoff cake. For the Brewers, it only got them into the conversation. Now, they have to basically do it all over again.
WSCO radio's Justin Hull did some math on Twitter, and here's what he came up with. If the Brewers go 14-6, they'd need at least the following results from their fellow contenders: St. Louis 8-12, Los Angeles 9-11, Pittsburgh 11-10 and Philadelphia 13-7. That all seems within the realm of possibility. But what about Milwaukee going 14-6?
Well, if the Brewers did that, they'd close the season on a 31-11 run. It sounds almost too ludicrous to even contemplate.
Unless you're the Brewers, who once upon a time had a 31-11 stretch. And that time was in 2011, from July 23 to Sept. 6.
Look, is a Brewers playoff berth likely? No. Is it a lot more likely than before this run? Indeed. Should that be enough to tear fans away from football and pay attention to what happens? Absolutely.
Because the Brewers have already crafted quite the baseball story.
If they pull this thing off, you can change that to history.
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To mark today's feast of St. Joseph, here is a brief excerpt from Pope John Paul II's 1989 apostolic exhortation on St. Joseph, Redemptoris Custos. * * *
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After the Election
Following the Presidential election, the ratio of people who are happy and unhappy about the results is fairly close to even. Such is our political process. But after a tough and sometimes nasty campaign, we all voted and must accept the outcome.
With the House remaining Republican and the Senate and Presidency Democratic, neither party will be able to dictate what will happen in the next four years. Some call it gridlock, but there are great examples in history of our government working well with this type of divided government. In fact two of the most successful Presidents had this structure, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Both of these men had the leadership skills to bring people together to accomplish great things. Let's hope America can somehow be united.
And yet, the challenges ahead are still great. The election did not solve one single problem. We still need to increase the number of people working and control our spending. How this happens will be up to our elected officials, but this is what I want to apply to financial planning and specifically retirement planning.
Simply put, most people do not do a good job planning for their retirement. It just sort of happens or they do what others do and sometimes it works out and other times it does not. Why do I say this? Well according to a Harvard University study the average worker spends 83,000 hours working in their life and only spends 10 hours preparing for retirement. Even though the life span of most people has significantly increased, only 2 percent of people opt to take the most money out of their Social Security. It is time to stop ignoring our problems and, like our government, we need to reach out to professionals that have a better understanding of the problem and the experience to solve it.
Study after study says that financial peace is the number one objective of most retirees. This is contrary to what most people spend their time on. We focus on the value of our retirement plans or stock portfolios and wonder why we are so nervous about the future. I believe if we would focus on what we can control instead of what is impossible to control we would feel much better about retirement. I know this sound like a politicians promise for a solution for everything and it is not. Instead I am suggesting that you spend some time and money to be educated before you retire to make wise decisions that may lead to greater understanding and hopefully the financial peace that most want.
It starts with understanding Social Security, which accounts for 38 percent of most retiree's income. Based on the data provided by Social Security Administration, 45 percent choose the minimum benefit to begin at age 62 and only 2 percent choose to wait until the maximum benefit at age 70. Consistently they look to products that promise return without risk. Instead, people should work with their advisor to create a simple income stream that matches risk tolerance.
I have stepped away from selling any products to commit my company to education. It was the right decision for me so that I can truly provide unbiased education. I see too many people making decisions without the facts and my goal is to change this. I am not here to be an adversary to advisors, but rather an advocate for people that need more information to make the necessary decisions for their retirement.
After all, according to Daniel J Boorstin: "Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know." If you have questions or would like to take one of our classes give me a call or send me an e-mail.


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Every summer it seems like there are a handful of guys who slip through the cracks of GMs' attention spans for what seems like way too long, and certainly this offseason has been no exception. While teams scrambled to give too-old or too-mediocre players too much money, others seemed, for relatively few reasons, to sit on the market for far too long.
The interesting thing, though, is that some of these guys are still on the market as a result what seems to be a fit of good sense by general managers league-wide, which as you likely know all too well, is rather a rare thing. Jaromir Jagr, for instance, remains unsigned and now appears to be preparing himself mentally for the possibility that he won't be coming back to the NHL next year, if ever.
Could it be that general managers now officially see Jagr as being too old? Not worth giving $4 million for a year or something like that? Seems like it would be impossible, doesn't it? He still put up 35 points in 45 games last season, which is nothing to sneeze at, and his underlying numbers all seem to show that he was pretty effective at driving play, even if he rarely did so in a way that was aesthetically appealing. The only thing I can think of, and it doesn't make a lot of sense, is that his zero goals in the Bruins' playoff run is what's keeping interest limited. I can't imagine that any GMs are that cautious of the fact that he's now 41 years old, given that they were not shy about giving him slightly more money at 40 and his points-per-game actually went up despite having arguably worse teammates in Dallas and Boston than he had in Philadelphia.
Mikhail Grabovski and Damien Brunner, meanwhile, seem like the more obvious guys for whom teams should — and, you'd think, would — be lined up around the block.
The obvious stigma for Grabovski is that a team as bad as the Maple Leafs bought him out, and perhaps that he's one of those dangerous and terrible Russian players we're always hearing so much about. But one must also consider that he's not Russian and also that the Maple Leafs are run like an only-somewhat successful tire fire. On the other hand, he is a proven driver of possession who is not so far removed (by a year of being woefully misused by a coach who is an obvious idiot) from two consecutive 50-point seasons. If Derek Roy of all people can get $4 million out of St. Louis, albeit for one year, then certainly interest in Grabovski should be far more significant. So significant that they're willing to pay him something commensurate to that level for multiple years which is what he's probably — and should be — asking for? Well, that much I doubt.
Brunner is a little easier to understand all the way around. Nothing overwhelming in terms of possession, and you can probably make the argument that he was the product of his linemates, but when he's asking for about the same money as Danny Cleary on a two- or three-year deal, and he's just 26, don't you at least kick the tires on that? Nashville just gave Eric Nystrom four years and $10 million. Brunner, though a player with far different skills, seems in all respects to be a better investment. Yet he waits by the phone nonetheless.
Tom Gilbert is another guy I kind of can't believe hasn't been scooped up, though again the arguments against bringing him aboard are at least as convincing as those for it. His possession numbers aren't great and neither is his points total. However, when used in the right situations, he could be an effective defenseman. It's hard to guess at what his asking price might be, but some of the money being thrown around on defensemen this summer seems to dictate he could be a reasonable option for just about any team looking for a good third-pairing guy. If Ben Lovejoy can get three years, anybody should be able to.
Finally, we come to a player who is on this list of guys who should really have been signed by now literally every time he's a free agent: Kyle Wellwood. I don't know whose dog he ran over (easier joke: "ate") to be so routinely given short shrift. Like a few of the others, he took a big step back in terms of production this season, but was among the best on the Jets in terms of driving possession; he started 48 percent of his shifts outside the offensive zone, and ended 52.6 percent of them there. He was also only given 12 minutes a night at even strength, and finished just 13th on the team in power play TOI, which, yup, that's going to cut into your point totals. He also won 55.1 percent of his dras last season (though somehow only took 78).
There's really no good reason for these guys to not be signed, other than GMs aren't always great at player evaluation. Which I suppose isn't news at all.


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The Tallgrass Prairie: An Endangered Landscape (Released November 2011)
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Carey, John, National Wildlife, 06-01-2000
Only remnants remain of the nation's original prairie, and biologists are scrambling to understand and restore what is left
WALT WHITMAN may have been bewitched by the prairie sunset's "pure luminous color fighting the silent shadows to the last." But for the scientists who study the remnants of America's once vast prairie lands, the real magic comes at dawn. Botanist Kenneth R. Robertson of the Illinois Natural History Survey, for one, likes to recall the splendor of an early summer morning when he ventured out in the darkness before daybreak to survey plants on a small patch of prairie. Striding through tallgrass covered with dew, he soon was soaking wet and oblivious to everything but the task at hand. Suddenly, the sun cut through lifting fog. All around him, thousands of dewy, zigzag-patterned webs of the orb spider glistened in the dawn's early light. "It was just a spectacular, fabulous sight," he says.
The peak working hour for ornithologists, dawn is when the prairie scientist tracks the sights and sounds of bobolinks, meadowlarks and scores of other birds. "The birds are sitting there singing their hearts away, whereas in the afternoon they're all quiet-and you would think there's nothing there," says ecologist Jill Dechant of the U.S. Geological Survey's Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, North Dakota. What's more, early spring mornings bring the booms and foot-stomping dances of mate prairie chickens searching for mates, among the most characteristic yet extraordinary of prairie sounds and sights.
Such wonders, however, are small solace for these scientists and others who study and value the habitat, as the prairie itself is in dire need of a metaphorical new dawn. Only remnants are left of the prairie's tallgrass that once carpeted the eastern side of the nation's heartland, the mixed grass that flourished through its midsection and the ribbon of shortgrass that spread before the Rockies. The tallgrass prairie has been hardest hit. Humans have plowed up or paved more than 99.8 percent of the rippling oceans of tallgrass that once covered vast areas from Canada south through the Dakotas to Oklahoma, and from Nebraska east into Indiana-in excess of 90 million acres. "People are still breaking native prairie-which is astounding," says prominent prairie ecologist G. David Tilman of the University of Minnesota.
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Allen, Leslie, Science News, 12-15-2007
Researchers put restoration to the test
It took less than a century after John Deere unveiled his steel-bladed plow in 1837 for the North American prairie to all but disappear. For 20 million years, a nearly 1,000-mile-wide swath of unbroken grassland belted the continent's midsection from northern Canada to Mexico. Now, only about 5 percent is left, mainly as mixed and shortgrass prairie in the Plains states. To the east, less than 1 percent of the original lush tallgrass remains, most of it as remnants in pioneer cemeteries and old railroad rights-of-way.
Plowed up, paved over, and little lamented, the vanishing prairie found few early champions. Among them were naturalists Aldo Leopold and John Curtis, who began using Civilian Conservation Corps enlistees in the 1930s to help restore more than 110 acres at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. One of the earliest attempts at habitat restoration, the site today has hundreds of species of native plants, birds, and small mammals.
Now, prairie restoration is attracting widespread interest among environmental scientists, conservation groups, and even the U.S. government. The first federal grassland preserve, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, opened 3 years ago on the grounds of the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant near Chicago. Thousands of ordinary midwesterners are also rediscovering their long-spurned heritage, working to preserve or restore patches of prairie in fallow cornfields, quarter-acre backyard plots, and an expanding network of preserves. How-to Web sites instruct landowners in restoration techniques, and seed companies specializing in prairie species are thriving. Prairies now rank among the most popular ecosystems targeted for restoration anywhere, especially the tallgrass of the Midwest's eastern third.
Klinkenborg, Verlyn, National Geographic, 04-01-2007
The Prairie's Grip is Unbroken in the Flint Hills of Kansas Americans have always lived in a land of possibility-a place where the grass is "hopeful green stuff," as the poet Walt Whitman put it. Our habit is to wonder what we can make of a place, to gaze at the future instead of the present. As a result, nature often lies hidden beneath our expectations. That's why the Flint Hills of Kansas-the last great swath of tallgrass prairie in the nation-can be so hard to grasp. The Flint Hills are no longer hard to get to, no longer a matter of ox train and overland trail from somewhere east of the Missouri River. They're transected by roads of every description now. But when you get to the hills, when you rise onto the low shield of flint and limestone that defines them and walk up onto the highest brow and stand into the wind that's trying to pry your ears apart, what do you see?
Open sky, open land, unending horizon, the "limitless and lonesome prairie," to quote Whitman again. But the word that also springs to mind may he "nothing." A glorious nothing, hut nothing nonetheless.
That too is an American word, full of the conviction that nothing much stands between herds of bison and herds of cattle, between the millions of acres of tallgrass prairie that once stretched across the plains and the millions of acres of corn and soybeans growing there now. Historically, we have valued the prairie grasses mainly as cattle fodder or as placeholders till the sod could be broken and crops planted, crops that are themselves just placeholders until the houses eventually come. The prairie topography is almost too subtle for us, which may be one reason the National Park System contains only a single unit dedicated to grassland-the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Chase County, Kansas, the heart of the Flint Hills.
By F.A. SILCOX, New York Times (1923-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jul 29, 1934. pg. XX3, 1 pgs
Abstract (Summary) AT the very time when the drought-stricken States of the Middle West are more than ever focusing national attention, a gigantic drought-relief project is being launched by the United States Forest Service — a forest shelterbelt 100 miles wide and extending more than 1,000 miles across the Great Plains from the Canadian border to Texas.
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Boston Globe (1960-1979). Boston, Mass.: Nov 29, 1970. pg. 79, 1 pgs
Abstract (Summary) Of all America's vanished wilderness, no part has suffered and declined as much as the prairie.
Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file). Boston, Mass.: Jul 28, 1978. pg. 1, 3 pgs
Abstract (Summary) "You'll find them up there," a rancher told me on a broiling July afternoon as he pointed to a far hill.
by EYSTER-SMITH, NANCY MAY, Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1984, 341 pages.
Abstract (Summary) Tallgrass prairie is a North American vegetation type with a preponderance of four main grasses little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash), big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman), Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash), and switch grass (Panicum virgatum L.) , and a large assemblage of distinct forb species. The objective of this study was to quantitatively describe and analyze the vegetational composition of tallgrass prairie within a large geographical region. The study was conducted in the vicinity of the western Interior Highlands in portions of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma where little previous research had been conducted. Data on species composition, management practices, and soils were gathered in addition to quantitative vegetational data obtained with line-intercept sampling.
These data demonstrated that tallgrass prairies in the region studied are qualitatively quite similar, but that quantitatively the Importance Values (IVs) of a number of species varied, including the importance of the four main grasses. A fifth grass, broomsedge (Andropogon virginicus L.), was also determined to be important, especially in prairie remnants in the eastern part of the study area. Although no conclusive explanation was established for the differential IVs of this fifth grass, it was demonstrated that broomsedge is negatively correlated with the four main grasses and with soil fertility, and that management practices are probably partially related to these differences. Vegetational parameters were compared for three geographical sections of the study area (WEST, BORDER, EAST). Total percent basal cover was not significantly different between these three sections. However, species richness, species diversity, and the total IV of the four main grasses were statistically different in all three sections. Species richness and species diversity increased from WEST to EAST across the study area, while the importance of the four main grasses decreased from WEST to EAST. This is the first time that such patterns have been recognized in tallgrass prairie. Insufficient data on a number of environmental variables prevent adequate ecological explanation of these patterns.
This study can serve as the nucleus for further research because it is the only large data set that has been collected in a consistent manner over a large geographical area. Now that such data exist a number of additional hypotheses and relationships concerning prairie vegetation and environmental parameters can be tested and applied to prairie preservation and management.
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by Baer, Sara Genevieve, Ph.D., Kansas State University, 2001 , 204 pages.
Abstract (Summary) Less than 5% of the tallgrass prairie remains intact, with the majority lost to intensive agricultural practices. The reduction in the historical extent of the tallgrass prairie represents the greatest loss of any ecosystem in North America, and underscores the need to understand the ecological principles underlying effective prairie restoration. The primary objectives of this research were (1) to determine the effects of grass re-establishment on former croplands on a suite of plant and soil properties and processes, and (2) to examine whether the manipulation of soil resource availability and heterogeneity affects the structure (i.e., diversity) and function (i.e., productivity) of restored prairie.
A 12-year chronosequence of grasslands restored through the Conservation Reserve Program was used to evaluate rates of change in soil and plant properties and ecosystem function during grassland restoration. Native grasses dominated the vegetation within 6-8 years. Root biomass, the C:N ratio of roots, and C storage in roots increased over time and approached values characteristic of native tallgrass prairie. Improved soil structure; increased soil carbon, and greater conservation of nitrogen occurred during the first 12 years of restoration. These results demonstrate important short-term changes in ecosystem structure and function in response to re-establishment of the dominant matrix grasses.
In order to assess resource constraints on diversity and productivity in newly restored prairie, a restoration experiment featuring 4 levels of soil heterogeneity was created by manipulating soil depth (deep vs. shallow) and nitrogen availability (reduced, ambient, and enriched). Aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) was lower in shallow than deep soils, and fertilization increased ANPP relative to ambient and reduced nutrient treatments. Plant species diversity was positively correlated with variability in productivity and cover established through the soil treatments. Total plant diversity declined over time in all soil treatments and among all levels of soil heterogeneity as a result of the increasing dominance of Panicum virgatum. Diversity was negatively correlated with the photosynthetic rate of P. virgatum, which was positively correlated with soil nitrate levels and intercepted photosynthetically active radiation.
In summary, these studies demonstrate that the establishment of the matrix grasses can drive the recovery of ecosystem function in the trajectory of the original system. However, restoring the structure of tallgrass prairie plant communities may depend on the heterogeneity of the soil environment and the responses of the dominant species to resource variability.
by Bentivenga, Stephen P., Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1991 , 82 pages.
Abstract (Summary) North American tallgrass prairie is dominated by warm-season C$\sb4$ grasses which have been previously shown to rely heavily on vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for nutrient acquisition. However, the contribution of mycorrhizal symbiosis to the prairie ecosystem remains unclear. Therefore, a series of studies was performed to elucidate the role of mycorrhizae in tallgrass prairie in Kansas.v The impact of benomyl fungicide and spring burning on mycorrhizal activity and plant growth in tallgrass prairie was assessed. The productivity of mycotrophic plants was reduced by inhibition of indigenous vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under field conditions. Burning stimulated both plant growth and active mycorrhizal colonization. These observations support the hypothesis that mycorrhizal fungi play an important role in the growth of warm-season tallgrass prairie grasses and may contribute to enhanced plant growth following spring burning.
Field studies were performed to assess the effect of phenology of cool- and warm-season grasses on mycorrhizal fungal activity and fungal species composition. Mycorrhizal activity was greater in cool-season grasses than in warm-season grasses early (April and May) and late (December) in the growing season, while the mycorrhizal activity in roots of the warm-season grasses was greater (when compared with the cool-season grasses) at mid-season (July and August). A growth chamber experiment was conducted to examine the effect of temperature on mycorrhizal dependence of cool- and warm-season grasses. For both groups of grasses, mycorrhizal dependence was greatest at the temperature which favored growth of the host.
The effects of tallgrass prairie management practices, burning, mowing (simulated grazing), and fertilization on mycorrhizal symbiosis were studied in a field experiment established in 1986. In 1987 and 1989 there were no significant effects of these management practices on mycorrhizal fungus species composition. In 1989, N fertilization of unburned plots significantly increased the number of mycorrhizal fungus spores. In late spring and early summer when plants were actively growing, fertilization reduced total root colonization, active root colonization, and inoculum potential in soil. However, N fertilization was not as inhibitory to mycorrhizal symbiosis as fertilization with P or both N and P. The negative effects of N fertilization on mycorrhizal symbiosis are probably offset by the pronounced benefit of N fertilization to plant biomass production.


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Disappointment drips from the voice of Oregon receiver Josh Huff when he talks about his sophomore season.
Bothered all year by a stress fracture in his leg, haunted by dropped passes, Huff had a productive but not outstanding 2011. That after playing in all 13 games as a true freshman, when he averaged 83.5 all-purpose yards per game.
That average fell to 50.3 last fall.
"I didn't stay on track," Huff said.
An emotional young man who wears his heart on his sleeve, Huff can't help but be honest about in his self-evaluation. He also brightens when looking ahead to the coming campaign.
"I'm pretty fired up," Huff said, a smile creeping across his face.
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