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Maine Same-Sex Marriage People's Veto, Question 1 (2009)
- 1 Election results
- 2 Ballot summary
- 3 Supporters
- 4 Opponents
- 5 Campaign contributions
- 6 Media editorial positions
- 7 Television ads
- 8 Washington, D.C. National Equality march
- 9 Path to the ballot
- 10 Polling information
- 11 Fundraising investigation
- 12 Lawsuits
- 13 Domestic partnership rights
- 14 See also
- 15 External links
- 16 Additional reading
- 17 References
Question 1 was an effort by opponents of same-sex marriage in Maine to use Maine's People's Veto process to overturn "An Act to Promote Marriage Equality and Affirm Religious Freedom". This act (Public Law Chapter 82, of the 124th Maine Legislature) authorized same-sex marriage in Maine. It was passed by the Maine State Legislature and signed by Governor Baldacci on May 6, 2009.[1]
The same-sex law was scheduled to take effect September 12, 2009 but since the Maine Secretary of State determined that sufficient signatures were collected to place the measure on the ballot, the law remained pending until results from the election were tallied.[2]
In July 2009, veto supporters submitted approximately 100,000 signatures, approximately double the requirement.[3] On September 3, 2009, the Maine Secretary of State's office announced that petitioners collected sufficient valid signatures to place the measure on the state ballot.That same day, on September 3, Gov. John Baldacci signed a formal proclamation to place the measure on the November 3, 2009.[4]
Election results
Question 1 was approved as of November 4, 2009 at 2:05 a.m. EST.[5]
Question 1 | ||||
Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
Yes | 266,324 | 52.75% | ||
No | 238,595 | 47.25% | ||
Total votes | 504,919 | 100.00% | ||
Voter turnout | 54% |
Ballot summary
The language that appeared on the statewide ballot was:
Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages?"[6]
A "yes" vote on the people's veto was a vote to reject the same-sex law. A "no" vote was a vote to keep the law.
Voting on Marriage and Family |
Ballot Measures |
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By year |
Not on ballot |
According to Stand for Marriage Maine, individual groups that supported placing the measure on the ballot included:[8]
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland
- Maine Jeremiah Project
- National Organization for Marriage
- Maine Marriage Initiative
- Daughters of Isabella
- Knights of Columbus
- Concerned Women of America, Maine Chapter
- Maine Coalition of Concerned Families
- Eagle Forum
- Family Watch International
- Marriage4 Maine
According to Stand for Marriage Maine, if Question 1 was not approved and the same-sex law, approved by the governor in early 2009, was allowed to go into effect there might be several legal conflicts. Other arguments by the group included:[9]
- refusal by a religious school/organization to offer housing or hire someone in a same sex relationship as an employee to married same sex couple may lead to lawsuits
- professionals, such as doctors, psychologists or counselors, that object to same-sex marriage could face legal problems
- religious-based social service organizations may be subject to lose government funding if they refuse same-sex couples any services or benefits
Additionally, Stand for Marriage Maine argued that the same-sex marriage law eliminated the state's "commitment to promoting monogamous marriages between a man and a woman" - a building block of society. Question 1, said the organization, was a chance for voters to have a say on the issue. "Question 1 is about preserving marriage; it's not an attack on the gay lifestyle." [10]
If approved, Question 1 would, according to Stand for Marriage:[10]
- preserve the definition of marriage - union between a man and a woman
- maintain the rights and benefits that same-sex couples have under the state's domestic partners law
- children in schools would not be taught that "same-sex marriage" is the same as traditional marriage - union between a man and a woman
- ensure that voters decide on the meaning of marriage and not politicians
The official campaign organization that opposed the Same-Sex Marriage People's Veto was called Protect Maine Equality. They launched their official website in early August 2009.[7] Other opponents include Gov. John Baldacci and Sen. Christopher Rector.[11]
According to Protect Maine Equality, individual groups that opposed placing the measure on the ballot include:[12]
- Americans for Democratic Action
- American Academy of Pediatrics- Maine Chapter
- American Association of University Women (AAUW)
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence
- Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
- Community Counseling Center
- Downeast Pride Alliance
...view all opponents here.
Despite Question 1 supporters that argued that if the veto is not approved those who oppose same-sex marriage may face lawsuits, Protect Maine Equality argued that "marriage equality law respects and protects the rights of people of faith. It explicitly ensures that no one empowered to perform marriages will be required to marry any couple, including same sex couples, contrary to their conscience or their religious beliefs."
Additionally, Protect Maine Equality argued that marriage equality reflects traditional Maine values of fairness and equality. "Without marriage equality loving, committed same-sex couples are not recognized as a legal pair. They cannot file taxes jointly, do not have access to health insurance as a family and are not allowed to inherit property at the time of death without the hardship of crushing taxes. Their children are not entitled to all of the rights and protections conferred automatically on a family headed by a married couple."[13]
Phone campaign
Opponents of Question 1, according to reports, made hundreds of phone calls on September 27, 2009 in order to urge voters to oppose the measure. Additionally Protect Maine Equality started a nationwide "on-line walk" to raise additional funds for the campaign.[14]
Campaign contributions
According to the final 2009 financial reports, the Stand for Marriage Maine campaign raised a total of $3.073 million. Total expenditures were $2,880,895.29 and an additional $183,971.89 in operating expenses.[15]
Financial summary:
- In support of the ballot measure, the Stand for Marriage Maine campaign raised a total of $1.14 million according to quarterly state reports on October 1, 2009. Approximately $794,180 was raised during the third quarter.[16][17]
- However, as of October 23, 2009, Stand for Marriage reported a total of $2.6 million.[18]
- In September, Maine Catholics donated a total of approximately $86,000 in support of Question 1. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland reported a total of $41,000 in donations.[19]
Committee groups that contributed to the "Yes on 1" campaign included:[20]
- StandForMarriageMaine.com (PAC)
- Maine Marriage Initiative (PAC)
- Maine Marriage PAC (PAC)
- Focus on the Family Maine Marriage Committee (PAC)
- Maine4Marriage (PAC)
- Marriage Matters in Maine (PAC)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland (BQC)
- Family Research Council Action (BQC)
Below is a chart that outlines major cash contributions to the Stand For Marriage Maine Campaign, as of October 2009:[16][18]
Contributor | Amount |
National Organization for Marriage | $1.1 million |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland | $550,000 |
Focus on the Family of Colorado | $50,000 |
Knights of Columbus | $50,000 |
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Evansville | $1,000 |
Archdiocese of Santa Fe | $1,000 |
- On October 20, 2009, The Gazette, in Colorado, reported that Focus on the Family Colorado donated a grand total of $98,500 to Stand for Marriage. Additionally, they reported that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, Maine, provided approximately $390,000 in total donations.[21]
According to the final 2009 financial reports, the Protect Maine Equality campaign raised a total of $4.565 million. Total expenditures were $4,382,937.57 and an additional $210,832.43 in operating expenses.[22]
Financial summary:
- An October 23, 2009 report revealed a grand total of $4 million.[18]
- According to late September 2009 reports, NO on 1 raised approximately $642,459 via its website.[23]
- According to the report submitted to the state ethics commission, $2.56 million was raised during the period of July 1 - September 30 and half of the funds were reported to have been donated within the state of Maine.[17]
Committee groups that contributed to the "No on 1" campaign included:[20]
- No on 1 Protect Maine Equality (PAC)
- Mid-Coast for Marriage Equality (PAC)
- Equality Maine (PAC)
- TFC Maine PAC (PAC)
- Equality Maine (BQC)
- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (BQC)
- Maine People's Resource Center (BQC)
Below is a chart that outlines major cash and in-kind contributions to the Protect Maine Equality Campaign, as of October 2009:[22]
Contributor | Amount |
Human Rights Campaign | $155,000 |
Equality Maine | $90,000 |
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders | $87,000 |
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force | $75,000 |
American Civil Liberties Union | $10,000 |
Total campaign allocations
According to a report, "Maine Question 1: Where Did the Money Go?" by James R. Oaksun, the chair of Liberty For Maine and president of Virtual Galt Corporation, below is a summary of the campaign allocations for both the support and opposition of Question 1.[24]
Allocations | Support | Opposition |
TV/Radio ads | $1,637,000 (64%) | $2,551,000 (55%) |
Mailing/Signs | $307,000 (12%) | $810,000 (18%) |
Employees/Consultants | $270,000 (11%) | $343,000 (7%) |
Internet use | $113,000 (4%) | $343,000 (7%) |
Polling data | $176,000 (7%) | $160,000 (3%) |
Telephone use | $1,000 (0%) | $267,000 (6%) |
Other | $64,000 (2%) | $130,000 (3%) |
Media editorial positions
- Main article: Endorsements of Maine ballot measures, 2009
Editorial boards opposed
- The Bangor Daily News opposed Question 1. On October 17, the newspaper announced their opposition to the same-sex marriage veto. In the editorial they said, "It is hard to see how allowing more people to marry will weaken marriage. Instead, it seems the strong desire of gay and lesbian couples to be married, rather than declared domestic partners, shows the value and importance of marriage. Voting no on Question 1 will reiterate Maine's commitment to equality and acceptance of families of all types while respecting religious traditions and beliefs."[25]
- The Bowdoin Orient opposed Question 1. On October 16, the college weekly said "no" to Question 1. In an editorial they said,"As members of a generation that recites the ideals of equality and tolerance like an unofficial mantra, we cannot stand for legislation that denies citizens their right to marry. More than that, we cannot stand for a law that considers some citizens less worthy of certain things than others. The right to marry is not a privilege to be doled out to those deemed worthy—it is a decision between two individuals, regardless of sex."[26]
- The Portland Press Herald opposed Question 1. In an editorial they said,"While this change in the law could seem abrupt to some Maine voters, it reflects the way people are really living now in cities and towns all over our state. That's why we urge people to vote "no," to allow this reasonable law to go into effect. Leaders of the people's veto campaign argue that extending the rights and responsibilities of civil marriage to families headed by same-sex couples would have broad effects throughout society. We have listened to their arguments, but we just don't buy them."[27]
- The Boston Globe said "vote no on Question 1." In an editorial the board said,"The law signed by Governor John E. Baldacci in May recognizes that legalizing gay marriage is a matter of fairness. A civil union, the governor said, is not equal to a marriage. Just as the state of Maine would not deny the equal rights and protections of the law to its other citizens, it should not deny them to gay people who wish to build stable families. A vote of "no'' on Question 1 is a vote for equal protection of the laws, a guarantee in Maine's constitution and in the country's that all citizens should defend and embrace."[28]
- The Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel opposed Question 1. They said,"Families led by same-sex partners are here now. They are part of our communities and they need and deserve the legal protections -- as well as the dignity -- that comes with civil marriage status. Maine voters should recognize that even if their personal beliefs about marriage haven't changed, reality has. They should accept reality and vote "no" on Question 1."[29]
- The Seacoast Media Group opposed Question 1. They said, "This editorial board has had no change of heart on the issue of gay marriage. We supported both Maine and New Hampshire efforts to establish their laws, and we now oppose the effort to repeal the law in Maine in the strongest possible terms. Make no mistake: The eyes of the country will be focused on the state next Tuesday. If Mainers vote to keep the law on the books and reject repeal, it will be the first victory at the ballot box for gay marriage."[30]
- The Journal Tribune opposed Question 1. They said,"Just the same, those who take a more liberal view of marriage don't see any reason to deny two people who love each other the ultimate expression of that love. We at the Journal Tribune fall into that latter category and publicly state our support of the same-sex marriage legislation. We do not believe that any harm can come from allowing gay couples the same definition that heterosexuals have for a life-long commitment to another human being."[31]
- The Brunswick Times Record opposed Question 1. They said,"We hope the turnout is huge, and that a decisive majority of Mainers will vote "No" on this important social issue — which really boils down to acknowledging with loving-kindness in our hearts the freedom of everyone to marry the person they love, if not in church, then at least in a civil ceremony attended by family and friends."[32]
Television ads
Yes on One ad, 9-15-09 |
Supporters: On September 15, 2009 Stand for Marriage released their first television ad in support of Question 1. The ad emphasized the argument that if Question 1 is not approved and the same-sex marriage law was allowed to go into effect a range of lawsuits would begin to pop-up throughout the state against religious groups, schools and small businesses.
Stand for Marriage released a second television ad on September 22, 2009. The ad "Everything To Do With Schools" featured a couple urging voters to vote "Yes" in order to prevent same-sex marriage from being taught in Maine schools.[33]
Opponents: The week of September 1, 2009, Protect Maine Equality released two television ads against Question 1. One ad featured a military man talking about equality for his daughter, while the second add featured a family with two moms. According to reports, opponents of Question 1 analyzed ads during California Proposition 8 (2008) campaign. The outcome of Question 1 is said to be an indicator of how California Repeal of Proposition 8 (2010) would fare with voters.[34]
Shortly after Stand for Marriage's television ad was first released, questions arose regarding the truthfulness of the ad. Specifically, questions arose regarding two claims: the legal ramifications and the changes on education if the law was allowed to stand.[35][36]
- In regards to lawsuits, the ad stated: "Legal experts predict a flood of lawsuits against individuals, small businesses and religious groups." Veto opponents argued that the claim was "overstated" and was not the case in other states. However, Stand for Marriage said,"There is no reason to believe that it won't happen, there is every probability that it will happen."[35]
- In regards to education, the ad stated: "Homosexual marriage taught in public schools whether parents like it. Vote yes on question one." Opponents called the statement "inflammatory" and "misleading." The Department of Education reported that curriculum language about marriage does not and would not exist. Education plans about family life are created by individual schools districts. According to Stand for Marriage the statements were not meant to be taken literally.[35]
Protect Maine Equality ad, 09-02-09 |
State investigation
On October 7, the state's education commissioner Susan Gendron asked Attorney General Janet Mills to provide an analysis of same-sex marriage law effects on schools. "The commissioner felt it would be helpful to put this issue to rest," said education department spokesman David Connerty-Marin.[37][38]
Response to investigation
- See also: Interview with Scott Fish (10/8/09)
"Our campaign looks at it as a political stunt and I'll tell you why. In the first place, Janet Mills, in her capacity as attorney general testified in favor of same-sex marriage in, I think it was April 22nd of this year at the Augusta Civic Center when they had the one public hearing on LD 1020. So I think when you are an attorney general and you come out, as she did, you can see it YouTube and you can watch her testify, how you then supposedly come out with an unbiased opinion is a bit of a stretch. Susan Gendron, similarly, is in an interesting spot, because her boss, the governor not only signed LD 1020 into a law but he has appeared on t.v., Channel 7 in Bangor is one place I know, and also in print supporting the No on 1 position. And he has, in fact, taken part in fundraising activities for the No on 1 position. Susan Gendron, the education commissioner, serves at the pleasure of Governor Baldacci. So for those three to allegedly put together an unbiased legal opinion, again smacks as a political stunt and we're hoping that Attorney General Mills will do the right thing and not allow her office to be misused in that manner," said Scott Fish, spokesperson for Stand for Marriage Maine.
Attorney General response
In response to a request by the state's education commissioner Susan Gendron, the attorney general said, "I have scoured Maine laws relating to the education of its children for any references to marriage in the public school curricula. I have found none." According to Mills written opinion she said that the state's standards does not include the teaching of marriage, however, individual school boards "determine the exact content of each district's curricula."[39] [40]
Yes on 1 response: Marc Mutty of the Yes on 1 campaign argued that Mills' statement is "a shameless political ploy by supporters of homosexual marriage." Mutty added, "Yes on Question 1 has shown -- and our opponents have been forced to acknowledge -- that existing curricula ALREADY create an opportunity for teaching about same-sex relationships under the guise of 'safe schools' instruction. We know, for example, that the Portland schools already show films on gay relationships. What is to stop them from showing films about homosexual marriage if it becomes legal?"[41]
No on 1 response: Mark Sullivan of the No on 1 campaign said,"We hope the Question 1 campaign will stop attempting to hijack the fundamental issue at stake."[39]
Washington, D.C. National Equality march
On October 10 and October 11, 2009 thousands of people marched in Washington, D. C. in favor of equal rights for LGBT people in the United States. A week prior to the march a bill was introduced to the District of Columbia Council that proposed same-sex marriage in the district.[42] President Barack Obama's spoke at the Human Rights Campaign's annual dinner and addressed the issue of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, however, Obama did not directly address Maine's Question 1 or Washington's Referendum 71 directly. Two ballot measures that currently address the topic at hand - equal rights for LGBT people.[43][44]
President Obama opposes anti-gay referenda
Nearly a week after the Washington, D.C. march, President Obama announced his opposition to "anti-gay referenda in Maine and Washington state." At the October 10-11 event, Obama did not directly address either state's upcoming ballot measures regarding domestic partnerships and same-sex marriage. However, a week later, after questions arose regarding the President's stance on the issue, White House officials released a statement that said,"The President has long opposed divisive and discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same-sex couples, and as he said at the Human Rights Campaign dinner, he believes 'strongly in stopping laws designed to take rights away.'" Additionally, officials said, "He supports 'ensuring that committed gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country.'"[45]
Path to the ballot
The Maine Secretary of State determined that sufficient signatures were collected, therefore the law did not go into effect pending the results of the November election.[46] In August 2009 the secretary of state's office announced that they began the verification process.[3] And on September 3, 2009 the office announced that enough valid signatures were filed to qualify the measure for the November 3 ballot. That same day Gov. John Baldacci signed a formal proclamation to place the measure on the November 3, 2009. On September 3 the governor said, "I fully support this legislation and believe it guarantees that all Maine citizens are treated equally under our state's civil marriage laws. But I also have a constitutional obligation to set the date for the election once the secretary of state has certified that enough signatures have been submitted."[4]
Required signatures
Veto supporters were required to collect 55,087 signatures; a number equivalent to 10 percent of the total votes for governor in the last gubernatorial election.
Filed signatures
Supporters of the veto measure filed about 100,000 signatures with the Maine Secretary of State on July 31 in order to qualify the measure for the November 2, 2009 statewide ballot.[47]
National Petition Management
National Petition Management, a petition drive management company, was hired to collect signatures to qualify Question 1 for the ballot. They were paid $308,000 for the signatures they collected in this petition drive.[48][49]
Polling information
- See also: Polls, 2009 ballot measures
- An Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 poll by Public Policy Polling revealed that 51% of voters said they were in favor of Question 1, whereas 47% said they were opposed and 2% remain undecided. Approximately 1,133 voters were surveyed. The poll has a +/-2.9% margin of error.[50] [51]
- A poll released October 27, 2009 by Pan Atlantic SMS Services revealed that 42% of voters are in favor of Question 1, whereas 53% are opposed and 6% are undecided. Approximately 400 voters were polled. The poll is reported to have a +/- 4.9% margin of error.[52] [53]
- An October 16-19 poll by Public Policy Polling revealed that 48% of voters said they planned on voting to overturn the same-sex marriage law, while 48% of voters said they planned to vote to keep the 2009 law. A total of 1,130 voters were polled and the reported margin of error is +/- 2.9%.[54] [55]
- A poll conducted from September 30 - October 7 by Pan Atlantic SMS Services revealed that 43% of voters are in favor of Question 1, whereas 52% are opposed and 5% are undecided.[56] [57]
- A September 23-27 poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (GQR) revealed that 41% of voters said they were likely to vote "yes" to overturn the same-sex marriage law, 50% of voters said they would most likely vote "no." A total of 808 registered voters were polled.[58]
- A September 14-16 poll by Research 2000/Daily Kos indicated that 48% of voters said they were likely to vote to overturn the same-sex marriage law, 46% would vote not to and 6% were undecided.[59] The poll interviewed 600 people between September 14-16 and is reported to have margin of error of +/- four percent.[60]
- In light of the poll results, Equality Maine communications director Mark Sullivan said,"What I took away from that poll is that we really have to work hard. This is going to be a very close election but we have the opportunity to make history by becoming the first state to vote for marriage equality."[23]
- An April 2008 poll by Pan Atlantic SMS Services revealed that 49.5% of voters were against the same-sex marriage legislation approved by the legislature in 2009, 47.3% were in favor and 3.3% were undecided.[59]
Date of Poll | Pollster | In favor | Opposed | Undecided |
April 2008 | Pan Atlantic SMS Services | 49.5% | 47.3% | 3.3% |
Sept. 14 - 16 | Research 2000/Daily Kos | 48% | 46% | 6% |
Sept. 23 - 27 | Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (GQR) | 41% | 50% | 9% |
Sept. 30 - Oct. 7 | Pan Atlantic SMS Services | 43% | 52% | 5% |
Oct. 16 - 19 | Public Policy Polling | 48% | 48% | 4% |
Oct. 20 - 22 | Pan Atlantic SMS Services | 42% | 53% | 6% |
Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 | Public Policy Polling | 51% | 47% | 2% |
Fundraising investigation
- See also: Question 1 support donations and opposition donations
On October 1, 2009 the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices voted 3 to 2 to investigate groups supporting the veto campaign after a complaint was filed on August 25, 2009.[61] On September 30, commission staff said an investigation was not warranted.[62]
Fundraising complaint
The complaint was filed by Fred Karger, founder of Californians Against Hate, on August 25, 2009. In the 9-page complaint Karger said groups like the National Organization for Marriage and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, solicited contributions from individuals and in turn gave the money to Stand for Marriage - hiding the identity of the individual donors.[63] Maine election law states that every donation, regardless of how small, must be listed.
Investigation responses
- NOM response: Barry Bostrom, National Organization for Marriage attorney, said Karger's complaint is "nothing more than an attempt to harass and intimidate those of us who believe in the core truth that marriage is between one man and one woman." According to Bostrom, the organization complies with state campaign financing laws. It's policy is to collect funds and then submit the donations to a particular campaign so as to protect donors from harassment.[64]
- Stand for Marriage Maine response: Chairman of Stand for Marriage Maine Marc Mutty said,"It is yet another example of the harassment that follows supporters of traditional marriage. It is an abuse of power for the Commission to have allowed itself to be used as an instrument of politics in this fashion."[65]
- Protect Maine Equality response: "We are not involved in any way shape or form. We have nothing to do with the complaint and don't have any opinion about it one way or the other," said Mark Sullivan, spokesperson for Protect Maine Equality.[65]
Constitutional challenge
On October 21, 2009 NOM and American Principles in Action filed a constitutional challenge, NOM v. Mckee et al., to Maine's campaign finance law that requires that any person or organization who contributes or spends more than $5,000 on a ballot measure be registered as a "ballot measure committee." According to the James Madison Center for Free Speech, a Maine law that required individuals or organizations to register as political action committees (PACs) was declared unconstitutional approximately 10 years ago. That case was Volle v. Webster.[66]
Both groups also sought a restraining order that would allow for the groups to run television ads and donate funds to the Question 1 campaign without registering as a committee.[67]
Signature privacy
Domestic partnership rights
The State of Maine has a law on the books, since April 2004 and took effect July 30, 2004, that grants domestic partnership rights. If Question 1 was approved, the domestic partnership rights would still stand, however, Maine Same-Sex Marriage Law signed in May 2009 by the governor would no longer be valid.
According to the law:[68]
Under the law, registered domestic partners are accorded a legal status similar to that of a married person with respect to matters of probate, guardianships, conservatorships, inheritance, protection from abuse, and related matters. The legislation establishes a Domestic Partner Registry housed within the Office of Health Data and Program Management, Bureau of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
See also
- Same-sex marriage measures raised over $100 million in 2008
- Maine finance campaign law challenged
- Recent Question 1 poll reveals Mainers are evenly split
- Both sides of Maine Question 1 concerned about resource allocation
- Maine officials approve investigation of same-sex marriage fundraising
- Maine ads stir controversy
- Maine may investigate alleged illegal fundraising
- Sen. Susan Collins plans to stay neutral on Maine same-sex marriage
- Maine same-sex marriage law likely to be put on hold
- Language for same-sex marriage referendum filed in Maine
External links
Additional reading
- Washington Post,"Thuggish liberalism at work in Wash. state vote," October 31, 2009
- Examiner,"Maine becomes battlefield for same sex marriage," October 28, 2009
- The Atlantic,"Ballot Initiatives To Watch On 11/3," October 26, 2009
- CNN,"Same-sex marriage battle moves to Maine," October 25, 2009
- Kennebec Journal,"PAC LAW HIT," October 24, 2009
- WMTW,"Stand For Marriage Maine, NPR At Odds Over Ad," October 21, 2009
- Maine Public Broadcasting Network,"Controversy Rages Over Question One's Impact on School Curricula," October 19, 2009
- The Maine Campus,"No on 1 ahead in fundraising, finance reports show," October 18, 2009
- Morning Sentinel,"Maine in Spotlight," October 11, 2009
- Associated Press,"Voters in Maine get historic chance to uphold or scrap state's same-sex marriage law," October 9, 2009
- Socialits Worker,"Maine's fight to save equality," September 30, 2009
- Bangor Daily News,"Catholics put cash behind Question 1," September 28, 2009
- Examiner,"Will Maine same-sex marriage destroy the sanctity of marriage?," September 25, 2009
- WMTW,"Both Sides On Defensive In Maine Marriage Debate," September 24, 2009
- Politico,"Dueling ads in Maine," September 24, 2009
- On Top,"NOM's Gallagher Confident Of Maine Win, Loves The Gay Press," September 23, 2009
- Fox Maine,"Maine Family Council Chief Resigns," September 23, 2009
- Advocate,"Poll: Gay Marriage Trailing in Maine," September 18, 2009
- NPR,"Battle Lines Drawn In Maine Same-Sex Debate," September 7, 2009
- Kennebec Journal,"Vote 'no' on Question 1 Support all Maine families," October 25, 2009
- Morning Sentinel,"We need to 'preserve institution of marriage'," October 24, 2009
- Seacoast Media Group,"'No' on Question 1: equality over fear," October 4, 2009
- Stand for Marriage,"Stand for Marriage Maine Issues Statement About Opposition to Question 1," October 1, 2009
- RPT-NJ vote on gay marriage could shape battles ahead
Video clips
- ↑ Politico, "The question in Maine", May 19, 2009
- ↑ Associated Press,"Gay marriage foes reach signature goal in Maine," July 8, 2009
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Edge,"Bay Area LGBTs pitch in to help Maine in marriage fight," August 17, 2009
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Associated Press,"Voters in Maine Will Decide Fate of Same-Sex Marriage Law," September 2, 2009
- ↑ Bangor Daily News,"2009 Election Results," last retrieved November 4, 2009
- ↑ Maine Government News, "People's Veto Effort on Same-Sex Marriage Receives Ballot Question", May 19, 2009
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Bangor Daily News,"Stand for Marriage launches Web site," August 28, 2009
- ↑ Stand for Marriage Maine,"Who We Are," retrieved September 1, 2009
- ↑ Stand for Marriage Maine,"The Threat to Marriage," retrieved September 17, 2009
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Stand for Marriage Maine,"About the People's Veto and Question 1," retrieved September 17, 2009
- ↑ The Advocate,"Maine Gov. Endorses Protecting Equality," October 27, 2009
- ↑ Protect Maine Equality,"Who We Are," retrieved September 17, 2009
- ↑ Protect Maine Equality,"Why Marriage," retrieved September 17, 2009
- ↑ Edge,"Activists to urge Maine voters to oppose marriage referendum," September 23, 2009
- ↑ Maine Campaign Finance,"PAC Summary: StandForMarriageMaine.com," retrieved December 18, 2009
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 State of Maine,"Cash Contributions to PAC," October 13, 2009
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Portland Press Herald,"QUESTION 1 Gay-marriage backers raise $2.7 million," October 14, 2009
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Bangor Daily News,"Money fueling battle over gay marriage," October 24, 2009
- ↑ Kennebec Journal,"Catholics add $86,000 vs. gay vows," October 10, 2009
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Maine Campaign Finance,"Committees Involved in the November 2009 Ballot Questions," retrieved September 27, 2009
- ↑ The Gazette,"Focus chips in $98k to help overturn Maine's gay marriage law," October 20, 2009
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 State of Maine,"Cash Contributions to PAC," October 13, 2009
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Seacoast Media Group,"Marriage campaigns heated," September 27, 2009
- ↑ Nolan Chart,"Maine Question 1: Where Did the Money Go?," December 17, 2009
- ↑ Bangor Daily News,"No on Question 1," October 17, 2009
- ↑ The Bowdoin Orient,"Vote 'No' on 1," October 16, 2009
- ↑ Portland Press Herald,"Support Maine families: Vote 'no' on Question 1," October 18, 2009
- ↑ Boston Globe,"Uphold equal rights in Maine," October 25, 2009
- ↑ Morning Sentinel,"Vote 'no' on Question 1 Support all Maine families," October 25, 2009
- ↑ Seacoast Media Group,"Our take on state ballot questions," October 28, 2009
- ↑ Journal Tribune,"Question 1 denies Maine's same-sex couples equal civil rights," October 21, 2009
- ↑ The Times Record,"'No' on Question 1," October 30, 2009
- ↑ Fox Maine,"Gay Marriage Foes Launch New TV Ad," September 24, 2009
- ↑ NBC,"Secret Weapon for Repealing Prop 8: Maine," September 5, 2009
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 WMTW,"Maine Marriage Ad's Truthfulness Questioned," September 22, 2009
- ↑ Opposing Views,"Push to Ban Gay Marriage in Maine Looks Like CA Prop 8 Fight," September 28, 2009
- ↑ Bangor Daily News,"Education head seeks analysis of gay marriage law effects on schools," October 8, 2009
- ↑ Maine Public Broadcasting Network,"Education Commissioner Asks AG for Analysis of Gay Marriage Law," October 8, 2009
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Morning Sentinel,"AG: Marriage law would not affect schools," October 16, 2009
- ↑ Kennebec Journal,"Gay-marriage foes criticize AG's opinion Yes on 1 insists law would cause educational changes," October 17, 2009
- ↑ Stand for Marriage Maine,"Stand for Marriage Maine Responds to Attorney General's 'Independent' Opinion," October 16, 2009
- ↑ CBS News,"Gay Rights Advocates March in D.C.," October 11, 2009
- ↑ Los Angeles Times,"Obama owes gays more support," October 10, 2009
- ↑ Towleroad,"Obama Commits to Work for LGBT Equality, Offers No New Promises," October 10, 2009
- ↑ The Advocate,"White House Says No to Antigay Referenda," October 16, 2009
- ↑ Associated Pres,"Gay marriage foes reach signature goal in Maine," July 8, 2009
- ↑ All Headline News, "Gay Marriage Opponents in Maine Submit Petition", July 31, 2009
- ↑ Times Herald Online, "Marriage doesn't need protecting from gays", December 9, 2009
- ↑ Nolan Chart, "Maine Question 1: Where Did the Money Go?", December 17, 2009
- ↑ Public Policy Polling,"TABOR Going Down, Gay Marriage Still Close," November 2, 2009
- ↑ The Advocate,"Maine Poll: 51% Yes, 47% No on 1," November 2, 2009
- ↑ Maine Public Broadcasting Network,"Poll Finds Waning Support for TABOR 2," October 26, 2009
- ↑ Bangor Daily News,"Opposition to ballot questions grows," October 27, 2009
- ↑ Public Policy Polling,"Maine split on gay marriage question," October 20, 2009
- ↑ Windy City Times," Maine: Taking everything down to the wire Extended for the Online Edition of Windy City Times," October 28, 2009
- ↑ Sun Journal,"New poll shows Mainers support gay marriage, TABOR," October 15, 2009
- ↑ Maine Public Broadcasting Network,"Majority Want to Keep Maine's Gay Marriage Law, Poll Finds," October 26, 2009
- ↑ Greenberg Quinlan Rosner,"Democracy Corps - Maine Frequency Questionnaire," retrieved September 30, 2009
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 Kennebec Journal,"Marriage law closely contested, poll shows," September 19, 2009
- ↑ Baptist Press,"Poll: Gay marriage opponents lead in Maine," September 18, 2009
- ↑ Maine Public Broadcasting Network,"Ethics Commission OK's Stand for Marriage Probe," October 1, 2009
- ↑ Associated Press,"Maine marriage campaign complaint rejected," September 30, 2009
- ↑ Maine Public Broadcasting Network,"Complaint Against Gay Marriage Repeal Campaign Filed With Ethics Commission," August 26, 2009
- ↑ Associated Press,"Maine marriage campaign probe gets OK," October 1, 2009
- ↑ 65.0 65.1 Bay Windows,"Maine will scrutinize anti-gay groups," October 1, 2009
- ↑ James Madison Center for Free Speech,"NOM v. McKee," retrieved October 22, 2009
- ↑ James Madison Center for Free Speech,"Motion for Temporary Restraining Order," retrieved October 22, 2009
- ↑ State of Maine,"Domestic Partner Registry," retrieved September 17, 2009


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Of the five pitchers the Pirates broke Spring Training with in late March, Jeff Locke is the only remaining right now.
Because of injuries to A.J. Burnett, Wandy Rodriguez and James McDonald, the rotation has seen a major overhaul since the beginning of the season. But Locke, the No. 5 starter when the year began, has been as reliable as they come.
Locke will put his 6-1 record and 2.19 ERA on the line Wednesday against Bronson Arroyo and the Cincinnati Reds. Locke hasn't lost since April 7, his first start of the season.
He had perhaps his best start of the season his last time out, throwing seven shutout innings in a 3-0 win against the Dodgers. He allowed just two hits and a walk, throwing 75 pitches.
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Locke bested the Reds on April 13, picking up his first win of the season by allowing a run, four hits and four walks over five innings.
Arroyo, a former Pirate and the club's third-round pick in the 1995 First-Year Player Draft, is 6-7 with a 3.88 ERA career against the Bucs. This will be his first outing against Pittsburgh this year.
The righty went 7 2/3 innings Friday against Milwaukee. He allowed three runs (two earned), 12 hits and two home runs, one in the eighth inning to tie the game.
"I felt strong. That's as good as I've felt all year as far as deep in the ballgame. I felt like I could have thrown four more innings," Arroyo said after that start. "But sometimes you win those, and sometimes you get burned on them."
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• Jordy Mercer bounced between Triple-A Indianapolis and Pittsburgh several times earlier in the season, but now he's found a home.
Hurdle said Mercer will get the "lion's share" of the playing time at shortstop over Clint Barmes. Mercer is hitting .284 in 32 games. He's also made only three errors while playing both shortstop and second.
"Mercer's going to get some reps here because of the quality of his play and the way he's swinging the bat," Hurdle said.
Barmes is hitting .198 with just a .496 OPS in 162 at-bats this season, but excels defensively.
"[Barmes] works with [Mercer] every day," Hurdle said. "Clint Barmes is actually helping Jordy get better every day."
Reds: Bats go quiet at home
• The Reds had not been shut out at home all season until Saturday, when the Brewers blanked them, 6-0. The Pirates did it again Tuesday in a 4-0 victory.
Before Saturday, they had not been shut out at Great American Ball Park since Aug. 31, 2011.
Worth noting
• Charlie Morton plunked Shin-Soo Choo with his first pitch of the game Tuesday, then brushed back Joey Votto with a high fastball later that inning, but no more came of it.
Reds closer Aroldis Chapman nearly hit Neil Walker with a 100-mph fastball Monday, and Mike Leake hit Andrew McCutchen earlier in the game. But the feud ended in the first Tuesday, although it remains to be seen what will happen with two games left in the series.
Steven Petrella is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Milwaukee is the hidden jewel of the Upper Midwest, and an urban thug's paradise.
After thugging around the North Shore, we hit up The City for some quality bbq at J.T. Bones.
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What natives of the Bay Area use to refer to San Francisco. All other cities have nothing on San Francisco and San Francisco is the only one that earns the title of "The City" (check the Warriors jerseys). Also can be refered to as the sco, 415 or Frisco, but only by natives. When people other than Natives call San Francisco by these names its a sign of disrespect, as they obviously really don't know what they're talking about by the context it tends to be used in.
1. "I'm from the sco beezies, you better respect that!"
2. Phone convo. better two kids that live in Marin:
Kid 1: "Let's hang out in the city this weekend."
Kid 2: "Sounds good, it's not like we'll have an issue paying the fucking $5 bridge toll to get there."
2. Phone convo. better two kids that live in Marin:
Kid 1: "Let's hang out in the city this weekend."
Kid 2: "Sounds good, it's not like we'll have an issue paying the fucking $5 bridge toll to get there."
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local term for San Francisco, only used by people who live in the Bay Area.
all I did over the weekend was stay in The City and eat Dim Sum
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Another way of saying San Francisco.
I'm going to the city today.
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San Francisco...is THE CITY in the bay area...known as THE SCO, FRiSCO etc. etc.
ay we finna hit the city right quick
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Nickname for San Francisco. Sometimes also called "San Fran", but the local residents hate it when someone refers to it as "'Frisco". A wonderful city for all, with steep hilly streets, among other things.
Jeremy: Let's check out The City and see Lombard Street. It's the Crookedest Street in the World. After that we can get on a ferry and visit Alcatraz. Then we can have a pizza.
Sam: Alright! Let's go!
Sam: Alright! Let's go!
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An urban area with entertainment and a downtown. Different place depending on where youl ive, if you live in NY or NJ the city means Manhttan, if you live in the Bay Area it means San Fran or Oakland. If you live in Illinois you'd prolly call Chicago the city.
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Mmmh, still no cpu usage stats.
Can someone illuminate me, where does brtfs come from and what's the main difference from ext3/4 so that it appears to perform someway better than ext4?
Phoronix: Testing Out Btrfs In Ubuntu 10.10
Yesterday we reported that Ubuntu 10.10 gained Btrfs installation support and since then we have been trying out this Btrfs support in Ubuntu "Maverick Meerkat" and have a fresh set of Btrfs benchmarks to serve up.
Mmmh, still no cpu usage stats.
Can someone illuminate me, where does brtfs come from and what's the main difference from ext3/4 so that it appears to perform someway better than ext4?
We really need to see CPU charts to see if 'this' is better then 'that'.
I know compression takes CPU time, it has to. Now the question is how much?
Think about Atom CPU's and a FS that uses compression, ouch.
Would be nice to have near real time CPU charts with every test.
One test could show something that is on the slow side, but uses 2x less CPU time.
And I dont think it would be to hard to do RAM usage on top while your doing CPU.
Can any one tell me what is that called "Btrfs compression" ?
Hi, I'm curious about the transparent compression - I searched google but didn't find a lot of useful information on it (just that it is zlib compression). I'm curious, does it actually the files stored on the hard drive smaller? And if so, then wouldn't it's performance be highly dependent on the type of file and how much it can be compressed? (Like media files performing badly, while txt files doing well?)
And as the others have asked, I would guess the CPU usage is very important with compression enabled. And along with the CPU usage, would it support parallel processing? Because I rarely use both the cores on my computer since most tasks can't, and if can harness the processing from the core that would have been idle anyway during a single-threaded task, then that would be awesome as well.
Excited for a new FS!
Btrfs info
Btrfs is intended to be more scalable and flexible than ext3/4. Essentially, ext4 is a stop-gap measure to get some more out of the ext design so that Btrfs has time to mature. Some of the things Btrfs supports and ext4 does not include quick and easy snapshots (better than LVM snapshots, since they know about the filesystem structure), online defragmentation, and online growing and shrinking. Btrfs, once complete, should do pretty much everything that ZFS does and some things that ZFS doesn't.
The compression does make the files stored on the disk smaller, and its effectiveness does depend on the type of file.
A short history of btrfs (LWN.NET July 22, 2009) by Valerie Aurora (formerly Henson) is available at http://lwn.net/Articles/342892/
Btrfs provides the foundation for many useful features.
Snapshots are point in time data captures. Most would recognize system rollback which depends on snapshots.
Backup, the feature most people don't do until the data is lost. This backup is almost instantaneous.
When combined with distributed data storage systems like CEPH, you get replication, protection and performance.
That's a great article on btrfs, everyone should read it.
btrfs (btree file system) really isn't being created to increase performance over existing file systems, the idea is to get a bunch of really cool new features, and try to make it all optimized enough to keep it from slowing down.
Yes. Although the main reason to do this is to reduce the amount that has to be read from the disk and therefore the number of seeks, speeding up access by relying on a fast cpu rather than a slow hdd resource to do the majority of the work.
Yes. Especially when it comes to artificial benchmarks, since they might just rely on writing all zeroes or ones out to the hdd which are more compressible than anything you'd run into in real life. Actually, it seems like they could probably make the file system smart enough to heuristically stop compressing files that are already compressed (like video) in order to avoid the performance penalty. I don't have any idea if that's already being done or not.And if so, then wouldn't it's performance be highly dependent on the type of file and how much it can be compressed? (Like media files performing badly, while txt files doing well?)


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I sure hope you kids are wearing your lab coats and goggles with all that fancy measurin' goin on.
You are such a hoot. I'm imagining your kitchen stuffed with all manner of flour bags, petri dishes, scales and of course the obligatory smoking beakers.
scott123,Without the broiler my oven temperature in an hour with the soapstone was 505 degrees F on the soapstone. My home oven doesnt get very high. There is only 4 1/2 inches from the top of the soapstone to my broiler element. Norma
Thanks, Norma. I think that puts the nail in the coffin for broiler pre-heats at any distance greater than 3 inches. I tried the same thing with a 4 inch gap and got pretty much no where as well. Did you happen to notice, as you were trying to increase the temp with the broiler, did the broiler kick in/glow red?
Norma, this may not be any less expensive, but they've been able to make some pretty amazing strides in using stem cells to treat torn ligaments in dogs:http://www.livescience.com/animals/080123-dog-stemcell.htmlThe $2K to $3K price tag was back in '08. I'm guessing that it's got to be less expensive now.
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Reducing air pollution and meningitis risk in Ghana
Cooking over an open fire may lead to air pollution and adverse human health effects. Credit and Larger Version
January 3, 2013
The following is part eight in a series on the National Science Foundation's Environmental Research and Education (ERE) programs. Visit parts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 in this series.
Where there's smoke, there's disease?
They're little more than a pile of burning sticks with a stewpot atop them.
But these open fires or basic cookstoves have been linked to the premature deaths of 4 million people annually, many of them young children.
Three billion people around the world rely on wood, charcoal, agricultural waste, animal dung and coal for household cooking needs. They often burn these fuels inside their homes in poorly ventilated stoves or in open fires.
The resulting miasma exposes families to air pollution levels as much as 50 times greater than World Health Organization guidelines for clean air, setting the stage for heart and lung disease.
Household air pollution can also lead to pneumonia in children and low birth weight in infants.
Now, researchers believe the smoke may be a contributing factor in bacterial meningitis outbreaks in countries such as Ghana, whose northern region is located in Africa's "meningitis belt."
An estimated 300 million people live in the meningitis belt, which includes part or all of The Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Those exposed to indoor air pollution from cooking over open flames are nine times more likely to contract meningitis, studies show.
Meningitis, a potentially deadly disease, is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Most cases are caused by a viral infection, but bacterial and fungal infections are also culprits. Bacterial meningitis is the most dangerous form.
Outbreaks usually happen in the dry, dusty season, and end with the onset of the seasonal rains.
The dust and dryness may irritate sensitive human membranes, making victims vulnerable to infection. Cooking smoke may play a similar role, increasing susceptibility to meningitis.
"Smoke from cooking practices may irritate the lining of the mucosa, allowing bacteria to become invasive," says Christine Wiedinmyer of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo.
Links among cookstoves, air pollution and human health
Wiedinmyer and colleagues have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) Program to study the effects of cookstoves in northern Ghana.
CNH is part of NSF's Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) investment, and is supported by NSF's Directorates for Geosciences, Biological Sciences, and Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences.
The study is breaking new ground by bringing together atmospheric scientists, engineers, statisticians and social scientists.
Researchers are analyzing the effects of smoke from traditional cooking methods on households, villages and entire regions--and whether introducing more modern cookstoves will help.
They hope their findings will reach across the African Sahel, the semi-arid zone between the Sahara Desert in the north and the savannas of Sudan in the south.
Integrating the physical, social and health sciences
"The adoption of more efficient cookstoves could lead to significant improvements in public health and environmental quality," says Sarah Ruth, a CNH program director at NSF, "but research has usually focused on the effects on individual households, local air quality, or the weather and climate system.
"By integrating the physical, social and health sciences, these scientists are providing a more complete analysis of the costs and benefits of improved cookstoves."
An overview of the research was presented at NSF in November 2012, as part of a forum featuring NCAR research.
The results will provide critical information to policymakers and health officials in countries where open-fire cooking or inefficient cooking practices are common.
"When you visit remote villages during the dry season," says Wiedinmyer, an atmospheric chemist, "there's a lot of smoke in the air from cooking and other burning practices.
"We need to understand how these pollutants are affecting public health and regional air quality and, in the bigger picture, climate."
To find out, the scientists are using a combination of local and regional air quality measurements; new instruments with specialized smartphone applications that are more mobile than traditional air quality sensors; and computer models of weather, air quality and climate.
"The project involves exploring new technologies to improve human health and well-being while also improving environmental quality," says Tom Baerwald, an NSF program director for CNH.
"By looking at this problem from social, cultural, economic, health and atmospheric science perspectives, these researchers are developing a framework that will help people in many other regions."
Scientists and local communities working together
The scientists are surveying villagers to obtain their views on possible connections between open-fire cooking and disease--and whether community members are willing to adopt different cooking methods.
Cooking fires are a major source of particulates, and of carbon monoxide and other gases that lead to smog.
The fires also emit heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide that, when mixed into the global atmosphere, can affect climate.
Widespread use of more efficient, or "clean," cookstoves--which can produce less smoke than open fires--may lower these toxic emissions.
"Newer, more efficient cookstoves could reduce disease and result in improved regional air quality," Wiedinmyer says.
To find out, the scientists are introducing upgraded cookstoves into randomly selected households across the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana.
In addition to determining whether the clean cookstoves improve air quality and human health, the researchers are exploring the social and economic factors that encourage or discourage such cookstove use.
It takes a village
They're asking villagers for help.
"Community members will assist with measuring air quality and reporting disease," says social scientist Katie Dickinson of NCAR.
Dickinson, Wiedinmyer and others are working with townspeople to develop scenarios in which realistic changes in cooking practices interact with climate processes to improve air quality and reduce respiratory illness and bacterial meningitis.
"We hope this project will alleviate a major health problem," says Mary Hayden, a medical anthropologist at NCAR, "one that extends across the entire Sahel."
Related WebsitesNational Science Foundation Awards Grants for Research on Coupled Natural and Human Systems: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=125578New Understanding of How Humans and the Environment Interact: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121734NSF SEES Discovery Articles Publication: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/disco12001/disco12001.pdfNSF Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Investment: http://www.nsf.gov/seesStudying Nature's Rhythms: Soundscape Ecologists Spawn New Field: http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123046&org=NSF
View Video Basic cookstoves in African countries are linked with poor air quality and human health.Credit and Larger Version
The "meningitis belt" stretches across Africa from The Gambia through Ghana to Eritrea.Credit and Larger Version
Scientists are measuring indoor air pollution from traditional cooking setups.Credit and Larger Version
Villagers and researchers talk about the benefits of more efficient cookstoves.Credit and Larger Version
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7,8,9,12, March -- Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, Toronto Ontario, CA
11 March -- George Weston Recital hall, Toronto Ontario, CA
"The return of an audience favourite! Tafelmusik's virtuoso violinists perform Vivaldi's Spring, Summer, and Fall concertos, and Wen Zhao (Chinese pipa), Aruna Narayan Kalle (Indian sarangi), and Aqsarniit (Inuit throat singers) bring to the stage seasonal music from other traditions. The grand finale is Winter by Mychael Danna, the Oscar-winning Canadian composer who recently scored Life of Pi. ..."
(US) Salon Sanctuary Concerts: "JS Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II" (02 Mar 2014)
Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord
Location: The Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium, 417 East 61st Street, New York NY, US
"Following last season's performance of Book I, the internationally acclaimed harpsichordist continues his exploration of The Well-Tempered Clavier with Book II. …
(CA) Toronto Consorts Concert: "Carnival Revels" (28 Feb / 1 Mar 2014)
Location: Trinity-St. Paul Centre, 427 Bloor St. West, Toronto ON, CA
"From Epiphany to Mardi Gras, the streets of Renaissance Europe resounded with the sounds and songs of Carnival. ..."
(CA) Nota Bene Baroque Players (NBBP) Concert: "The Four Seasons"
From a recent NBBP newsletter
"One of the best known Baroque works, Vivaldi's beloved masterpiece "The Four Seasons" is a cycle of violin concerti inspired by four sonnets and their pictorial descriptions of the seasons. The cheerful birdsong of spring, the languor caused by summer's heat, drunken festivities at harvest time, slipping and sliding on the winter ice; take a vivid journey with Nota Bene Baroque Players through nature's complete yearly cycle in one memorable concert.
* Julie Baumgartel, Victoria Melik, & Anthea Conway-White soloist
* Howard Dyck, reader ..."
(UK) Wigmore Hall 2014 Summer Concerts
From a recent Wigmore Hall newsletter
News from Wigmore Hall of their Summer 2014 busy concert line-up. While the list is quite exhaustive, suffice it to day that many of them are of early music and quite popular, and, to add, many more events to match one's taste in music ...
(UK) Handel House -- February Events
From a recent Handel House newsletter
"Over the next couple of weeks London experiences some trouble with its tube network but Handel House will remain open for visitors and concert-goers.
The first event in February starts this evening with our annual Stanley Sadie Memorial Lecture taking place at the Royal Over-Seas League. We are delighted to have Handel scholar Ellen Harris who has travelled from the US for this event and she will explore the subject of Handel's Mayfair neighbours.
February marks a special anniversary: Handel's birthday. We celebrate with free admission to the museum so pop in and listen to musicians playing the harpsichord and catch the last day of exhibition The Triumph of Music Over Time where you will be able to hear the final chimes of a Clay Clock. ...
(CA) TafelmusiK Concert: "Handel Saul" (21-23 Feb 2014)
Location: Koerner Hall, Toronto Ontario, CA
"From triumph in victory to envy, madness, and murder, Saul is an epic oratorio of powerful drama - the story of a great but doomed king, and his jealousy of the young David. With a stellar cast of soloists and Handel's rich orchestration, don't miss the choral event of the year at Tafelmusik. Three performances only!"
(US) Baroque Band: Their Master's Voice
Well-known to audiences throughout Chicago and internationally, Baroque Band's harpsichordist David Schrader needs no introduction. His program includes C.P.E Bach's String Symphonies and Telemann's Suites and Ouvertures and concludes with J.S. Bach's Triple Concerto.
March 19;@7:30 pm Grainger Ballroom-Symphony Center, Chicago, IL
March 21;@7:30 pm Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, IL
March 22;@7:30 pm Augustana Lutheran Church, Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
Visit the Baroque Band website for more information and of ticket availability.
(US) Salon Sanctuary Concerts: "Perpetual Motion -- Galileo and his Revolutions" (07 Feb 2014)
Location: The Fabbri Mansion, House of the Redeemer, 7 East 95th Street, New York NY, US
Sarah Pillow, soprano & Mary-Anne Ballard, viola da gamba
with guests Ronn McFarlane, lute; author Dava Sobel & Marc Wagnon, video artist
A moving and compelling account of a remarkable moment in the history of science, human thought and music, …
(CA) TafelmusiK Concert: "Intimately Bach" (29-31 Jan 2013 / 1-2 Feb 2014)
Location: Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, Toronto Ontario, CA
"Ring in the new year with Bach! Tafelmusik Music Director Jeanne Lamon is featured in Bach's Violin Concerto in G Minor, after BWV 1056. We also bring you the beautiful Trio Sonata for flute and violin from A Musical Offering, the Triple Concerto for harpsichord, flute and violin (BWV 1044), and a piece of newly commissioned music inspired by Bach, written by flutist Grégoire Jeay. ..."
(CA) Nota Bene Baroque Players Interview: "In the Spirit of Christmas" (01 Dec 2013) (Constance Madelina, 12 Jan 2014)
Nota Bene Baroque Players presented their program "In the Spirit of Christmas" at the Registry Theatre (Kitchener ON, Canada) on December 1, 2013. It can only be regarded as a significant event for this ensemble as the Registry was filled to capacity. Nota Bene's Christmas musical offering was received with excitement and enthusiasm!
Music for the concert was written by composers Michael Corrette, Georg Philipp Telemann, Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Torelli, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and Gaetano Schiassi whose lives collectively span the time period of 1683-1795.
After the concert, I spoke with Artistic Director Borys Medicky ...
(BE) Outhere Music: Highlights of 2013!
From a recent newsletter from Outhere Music
"what a year it has been! Once again we've just finished a year full of good surprises! With various awards and distinctions in the press all over Europe, we want to put forward the STAR artists and albums for 2013!" ...
(UK) Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music 2014 (16-24 May 2014)
Location: The Lufthansa Festival takes place at three beautiful and historic venues in the heart of London
"We know when it's time to celebrate at the Lufthansa Festival, and a clutch of anniversaries in 2014 leaves us in no doubt that now is one of those times. Not only is it our own 30th birthday, it is also the 300th anniversary of the founding of the church that today is our home, St John's Smith Square.
But it is another momentous event 300 years ago that is the main inspiration for our programming this year: 1714 was the year in which Georg, Prince-Elector of Hanover, acceded to the throne of Great Britain as George I, thereby ushering in the era of political stabilisation and economic growth that was the Georgian Age. ...
(UK) Linn Records 'Best of 2013'
" 2013, Linn's fortieth anniversary year, has been full of fantastic new recordings.
As well as our special 'Linn 40th Anniversary Collection', highlights have included two spectacular recordings from Dunedin Consort - Six Brandenburg Concertos and John Passion ...
(UK) Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2013
"The 2013 Gramophone Classical Music Awards have been announced! ...
For the first time in the history of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards the Award-winning recordings in each category were revealed exclusively here on the Gramophone website three weeks before the Awards ceremony."
(UK) Opera Today Review: "Les Arts Florissants: Airs sérieux et à boire" by Claire Seymour (24 Dec 2013)
From a recent Opera Today review article:
William Christie, director; Emmanuelle de Negri, soprano; Anna Reinhold, mezzo-soprano; Cyril Auvity, high tenor; Marc Mauillon, baritone; Lisandro Abadie, bass. Wigmore Hall, London, Thursday 19th December 2013.
"In this unusual programme of late-seventeenth-century airs de cour, Les Arts Florissants presented a flowing sequence of songs for solo and ensemble voices with chamber accompaniment, the intimacy of the Wigmore Hall neatly mimicking the privacy of the royal chambers of Louis XIV in which the courtly compositions were originally performed. ...
(US) Salon Sanctuary Concerts: "From Ghetto to Palazzo -- The Worlds of Salomone Rossi" (26 Jan 2014)
Location: Edmond J. Safra Hall, Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Park Place, New York NY, US
"Co-produced with The Museum of Jewish Heritage and co-presented by Centro Primo Levi, an unprecedented exploration of Rossi's music and time marks the fourth presentation of Salon/Sanctuary's program devoted to the groundbreaking Italian-Jewish composer.
A violinist in Monteverdi's orchestra, Salomone Rossi (c. 1570 – 1630) is credited with having invented the trio sonata. …
(FR) Festival Ebar(O)quement immédia! 2014 (10 May - 1 Jun 2014)
Location: Metropolitan Valenciennes, FR
Relatively new on the scene of festivals, Festival Ebar(O)quement immédia! 2014 found its beginnings in 2002 with the help of Yannick Lemaire and Fabien Guilloux who shared a passion for their sacred musical heritage and founded the association of Harmonia Sacra followed by the Festival Ebar(O)quement immédia! 2014. It has since flourished into the festival that we now know.
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- We apply a microcanonical statistical model to investigate hadron production in pp collisions. The parameters of the model are the energy E and the volume V of the system, which we determine via fitting the average multiplicity of charged pions, protons and antiprotons in pp collisions at different collision energies. We then make predictions of mean multiplicities and mean transverse momenta of all identified hadrons. Our predictions on nonstrange hadrons are in good agreement with the data, the mean transverse momenta of strange hadron as well. However, the mean multiplicities of strange hadrons are overpredicted. This agrees with canonical and grandcanonical studies, where a strange suppression factor is needed. We also investigate the influence of event-by-event fluctuations of the E parameter.
- Production of pentaquark states in pp collisions within the microcanonical ensemble (2004)
- The microcanonical statistical approach is applied to study the production of pentaquark states in pp collisions. We predict the average multiplicity and average transverse momentum of Theta+(1540) and Xi(1860) and their antiparticles at different energies.
- A micro-canonical description of hadron production in proton-proton collisions (2003)
- A micro-canonical treatment is used to study particle production in pp collisions. First this micro-canonical treatment is compared to some canonical ones. Then proton, antiproton and pion 4 pi multiplicities from proton-proton collisions at various center of mass energies are used to fix the micro-canonical parameters (E) and (V). The dependences of the micro-canonical parameters on the collision energy are parameterised for the further study of pp reactions with this micro-canonical treatment.


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Death, Disease & the Gospel
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Government shutdown and the G Fund
Thursday - 1/17/2013, 2:00am EST
When they want a safe place to park their retirement nest egg, many Thrift Savings Plan investors go to the super-safe, never-has-a-bad day Treasury securities G Fund. But super-safe also means super-conservative. And what happens to a Treasury-securities fund when the government stops borrowing money to operate?
Although feds love the G Fund, many get nervous each time Congress and the White House square off for a fight over raising the debt ceiling. The implication is that the only safe place for your money (better yet gold coins) is under armed Uncle Lem's mattress or buried in Mason jars in the back yard.
So what is the status of the G Fund (not to mention the stock market itself) when politicians push us toward, then rescue us from going over the fiscal cliff? Or paying our national debt, or facing mandatory cuts because of sequestration? But first, a quick overview of the TSP.
It has more than 3 million investors. Most of them are either active-duty or retired federal workers or members of the uniformed services. But some are the survivors of feds or former federal employees who work elsewhere but remain in the TSP because of its low administrative fees and the availability of the G Fund. Many high-income political appointees and super-rich people who come into the federal government (mostly ex-lawyers) switch their outside 401(k) plans to the TSP to take advantage of its low-fees and the super-safe nature of the G Fund.
While the G Fund never has a bad day, it will never make you rich. Or even keep pace with inflation. Last year (2012) for example, the G Fund return was 1.47 percent compared to 4.29 for the F Fund (bonds), 16.07 percent for the C Fund, 18.57 percent for the small cap stock S Fund and 18.62 percent for the international stock-index I Fund. For a numbers on the target-date funds, click here.
When the recession hit in 2007, many nervous TSP investors switched from the C, S, I and F funds into the safer G Fund.
Since the market bottomed out in March of 2009 — when many people moved into the G Fund — it has gone up 9.5 percent as of this month. The F Fund (bonds) has gone up 28.5 percent while the C Fund (S&P 500 index) has risen 134.9 percent. The S Fund (small-cap stocks) is up 177.4 percent and the international stock-index I Fund is up 105 percent.
So what about now? Congress and the White House are squaring off for yet another fight over the debt ceiling limit. The White House says it won't negotiate; House Republicans say it must. A government shutdown could be the result of the impasse. That troubles many G Fund investors since the fund is made up of special U.S. Treasury securities. Here's what the Government Accountability Office, and the TSP's executive director, Greg Long, says about the situation:
"As we await legislation on raising the federal debt limit, I would like to address your concerns about the possible suspension of issued securities to the Government Securities Investment (G) Fund. In the event that the U.S. Government reaches the statutory federal debt limit, the federal government may temporarily be unable to issue new securities to the G Fund because to do so would exceed the present debt limit. However, G Fund investors are always fully protected and G Fund earnings are fully guaranteed by the Federal Government due to statutory protections in the Thrift Savings Plan Investment Act of 1987. This protection, known as the "make-whole" provision, will work to ensure that G Fund investors are completely unaffected by the limitation on securities issued by the U.S. Treasury. G Fund account balances will continue to accrue earnings and be updated each business day, and loans and withdrawals will be unaffected."The Government Accountability Office has published a report which explains the full protection provided to G Fund investors when the U.S. government reaches the statutory federal debt limit. If you have any additional questions, please call the toll-free ThriftLine at 1-877-968-3778 and speak to a Participant Service Representative."
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These Carhartt® flame-resistant, relaxed fit jeans are constructed of 14.75-oz. FR denim (a blend of 88% cotton and 12% high-tenacity nylon). Relaxed fit provides more room in the seat and thighs for better range of movement while working. Denim is garment washed giving you that already broken-in feel. Arc-resistant, high-tension snap closure at waist, along with a brass zipper fly with Nomex® zipper tape. Two reinforced back pockets. 17" leg openings fit over work boots. NFPA 70E compliant. HRC: 3 ATPV (CAL/CM2): 25.0. Carhartt FRB160. Specify Men's waist size and inseam from the selection box above. See drop down for sizes currently available.
Flame-resistant clothing, or FR clothing as it is commonly referred to, is personal protective clothing designed for electricians and workers in the utility, oil, gas and petrochemical fields who are at risk of exposure to electric arc and flash fires. FR clothing provides thermal protection from electrical arcs or flash fires, reducing the degree of burn and body burn percentage in the event of such an exposure.
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Actually I was hoping they would drop their power management patches and they have! If one looks in /kernel/power the only file not in linus's tree is suspend_time.c and that's encouraging. Hopefully this code has been tested and is as power efficient as Android's current code if not more so.
PS: It will be interesting to see what google does with F2FS too.
Is there an easy overview somewhere with the diff sizes between the Android kernel and Linus' branch with the corresponding version number and how this has evolved over the kernel releases?
Also, it would be interesting to see those diffs divided into the different directories/functional units of the kernel sources.
In a way that would give an indication of how long they have to go to run on an almost pure mainline kernel.
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* Can use strings in cases in switch()
* Type interfering, less code, less repetition of code
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Ah yes... It is sooooo difficult to just take vanilla linux, all the drivers, systemd, dbus, pulseaudio, port current homescreen design to Enlightenment (ship that shit?), slowly phase out Java (like Microsoft phases out win32), copy Tizen work on having HTMLv5 work on EFL, rename Google Play to Repository browser and put Google Play inside a repository file... And just fscking ship it with GNU tools.
DRM the shit out of Coreboot and have Android as a secure payload. Allow other unsigned payloads, but warn about security (and have a checkbox saying "Do not warn me about this payload anymore"). Everybody happy.
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