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I mis-read your xbox post. didn't realize thats what you were referring to specifically.
MOST games dont require cutting edge technology. They lag behind to prevent exaclty what youre talking about.
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they are ****ing over the industry with the inability to replay games.
You buy the Newest Assassins Creed 7 game in a few years, say "So this game is awesome, here's try it!" oh sweet!! except NOPE!!! YOU CANT!!! cuz you already played it!! cant rent games, cant borrow games, and you cant have your system offline at any point.
I will be sticking with PC games for the most part.
The secondary has very little to do with mobile qb, unless theyre taking off down the sidelines. Even in a zone the corner still has to stick with a WR if theyre running a go route and their back would be turned. On any route once that WR gets to the corner, the corner has to turn his back to the qb eventually or focus or the WR
I liked AC but its literally the same bloody game every year without much change. I want to play the new one cause Im liking to tomahawk. Never beat AC revalations cause it became to repetitive. And then I see this "king Washington" crap and that killed my mood immediately.
We have to cut and sign or restructure his contract cause his skills have gone down hill but that would leave us with Prince who is excellent, Hoesley who the jury is still out on, Coe and Tryon are dimebacks at best. We need Webby or a top 2 round talent CB that can step in and play from the opener . The way the league is heading with its pass happy ways, we need the best CBs that we can get to stand a chance with these offenses that are gonna toss it all day

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2008 started strong for Orange County NORML and The November Coalition, with successful rallies in both Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach. They were well attended, generating enthusiasm towards ending the drug war and marijuana reform. Rachel Morton, from the November Coalition, brought several public displays about the war on drugs and how it affects the victims and their families. Numerous people walked respectfully from display to display reading each of the drug war prisoners' stories. Meanwhile, OCNORML members held signs, distributed pamphlets, and posed for numerous photo ops. We estimate overall public exposure to our message exceeded ten thousand people during the four hour event.
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Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) November 26, 2013
UrbanFarm.org has just released a new, informative guide that teaches urban farmers, of all levels, how to save their seeds. The new how-to guide, Basic Seed Saving, is an extensive guide that describes in detail how to save seeds from 18 different vegetables and 29 wildflowers, and is full of useful tips and tricks that are essential and informative for both aspiring seed savers and veterans with plenty of experience. This guidebook is now available through the new app Urban Farm Guides, available at the App Store for iPhone and iPad.
Bill McDorman, author of the guide, is the executive director of Native Seeds/SEARCH, an indigenous seed conservation organization in Tucson, Arizona. He is an expert on saving seeds and has been teaching about seed saving as well as edible and medicinal plants for over 30 years.
His passion for the subject makes this guide an exciting read. McDorman writes that seed saving is, "a ritual as old as civilization, a ritual in many ways responsible for civilization…when a gardener plants his own open-pollinated seeds, he is passing on the ageless, priceless gift bestowed upon him."
"How incredible to realize that we can play a vital role in a process which has so profoundly shaped mankind over thousands of years." Says urban farmer Greg Peterson "Seed saving is essential if we are to mitigate the dramatic losses of agricultural biodiversity which has taken place during the past 100 years."
Peterson continues "This is of great concern because in today's society the majority of our food comes from only a small handful of plants. Additionally, the resilience of an ecosystem is largely determined by its diversity. Farmers and gardeners who save their seeds are fulfilling more than just a hobby—they are fostering diversity in a world starved of it."
In Basic Seed Saving, McDorman stresses that "gardeners and farmers can play an important role in building our food diversity by learning to save their own seeds from varieties that perform best in their own mini-ecosystems. This will assure diversity in the same way diversity was promoted and protected naturally throughout the history of agriculture."
This guide contains extensive information regarding the most important aspects of seed saving, including a variety of seeds to save and how to save them for beginning, intermediate, and advanced gardeners. It delves deeply into the world of seed saving, covering topics such as ecologically sensitive seed collecting, plant identification, tagging, timing, record keeping and the best methods for successful seed collection. All this in a simple how-to guide built for your iPhone or iPad.
Basic Seed Saving is one of many guides by The Urban Farm and is available for iPhone and iPad through the free app Urban Farm Guides, which can be downloaded from the App Store.
About Urban Farm Guides:
Growing one's own food can seem like a challenging endeavor, but the Urban Farm Guides make it simple. These easy-to-read and inspiring sources help readers learn topics quickly and successfully put them into practice. Currently, in addition to Basic Seed Saving, described above, the app has the following three How-To Guides:
A variety of other fun and motivational Urban Farm How-To Guides are set to be released starting in January. Urban Farm Guides is now available for download in the App Store.
About Urban Farm
UrbanFarm.org is the home of a wide range of urban farming resources, education, tips and the 10,000 Urban Farms Project, which was created to discover a farm on every street. Founder Greg Peterson began gardening in Phoenix, Ariz. in 1975, discovered permaculture in 1991 and dubbed his personal residence in central Phoenix, The Urban Farm, in 2001. Peterson earned his Master's in Urban an Environmental Planning from Arizona State University in 2006. His long history of environmental learning and growing food in the city contributes to the success of UrbanFarm.org. Peterson wrote and published The Urban Farm Simple Sustainability Series, sits on the board of Native Seed/SEARCH and teaches the class Sustainable Food and Farms at Arizona State University. To find out more, visit http://www.UrbanFarm.org.


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Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, WISL Director Bassam's Call to Action First appearing in Wisconsin People & Ideas, Vol. 55, No. 2 (Spring 2009).
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Blog Posts Tagged with "Cyber Warfare"
Stuxnet, SCADA, Nation State Terrorism and FUD
October 13, 2011 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
With the advent of the "smart" grid, this might in fact make it easier to have a larger percentage of failure within the system itself. Everything being tied together this way and monitored will only serve to make the system more susceptible to a single point of failure...
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Israel and Cyber Warfare
September 27, 2011 Added by:Stefano Mele
The book discusses the formulation and development of Israeli deterrence policies, including the ability to carry out injurious and direct response against any party engaged in aggression against Israeli cyberspace...
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Future Enterprise: Cyber Warfare
September 23, 2011 Added by:Bill Gerneglia
Cyber war is now an urgent issue that transcends lines between enterprises or governments. Unless a global cyber security framework can be engineered, a world of disorder will rapidly emerge - a turbulent world, where change has ceased to be beneficial and becomes ultimately destructive...
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Linking Cyberspace and 4th Generation Warfare - Act Deux
September 09, 2011 Added by:Don Eijndhoven
It is easily conceivable that online collectives such as Anonymous and LulzSec, who are known to harbor militant types, will eventually get bored with relatively innocuous attacks and start targeting digital weak points to critical infrastructure to bring their point across...
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RSA Attack: All That Glitters Isn't China
September 07, 2011 Added by:J. Oquendo
RSA Attack: So we have a company that digs up a name, associates that name with a quick Google search to an IP in China and labels it a threat, then they compile a half-checked dynamic malware analysis and call it a day. Those are the facts according to FireEye and others, here are mine...
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UK Investing Heavily in Cyber Offensive Capabilities
September 07, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Suppose you're a scientist at Cheltenham and you come up with a new exploit of Windows. Are you going to tell Microsoft, get it patched and protect 60 million Brits? Or are you going to keep quiet about it so you can exploit 1.2 billion Chinese and 1 billion Indians?"
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The Cyberworld Points at China
September 01, 2011 Added by:Joel Harding
While the rest of the world is seeking to define and quantify cyberwar, cyber espionage, cyber theft - and only then, finding ways to stop it - I believe the Chinese are nimbly spanking our butts in cyberspace – and we don't have the guts to stop them...
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Did China Really Expose a Cyber Attack Tool?
August 30, 2011 Added by:Joel Harding
Wow, it's really cool that we have proof that China not only has the capabilities but has been caught red-handed attacking a website, and the target they're attacking is located inside the US. I'm sure somebody at the new US Cyber Command jumped up and down and said, "Yes! We have proof..."
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Advanced Persistent Monkey See Monkey Do
August 29, 2011 Added by:J. Oquendo
Arguments surrounding APT will remain a battle of expert vs. expert - but how about we use some common sense for a moment? If YOU were an attacker, why would you bother attacking from your own fixed location? It would make more sense to attack from another country for deflection purposes...
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From China with Love: The Chairman Meow Collection
August 26, 2011 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
China has been working us over for a long time, and with each day's passing we have been steadily more compromised by the 7th directorate and their proxy hacking groups. This is not to say that others aren't doing the same thing as well, China just happens to be the more active...
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Cyberspace and 4th Generation Warfare - A Marriage of Convenience
August 25, 2011 Added by:Don Eijndhoven
The lesson here is that we should prepare our online critical infrastructure for attacks ahead of time. Assume that attacks will come and that attacks will be successful. This means that critical services should be redundant and capable of providing service even while under attack...
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Chinese Documentary Reveals Cyber Attack Software
August 23, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Now we've got proof. They're also extending their persecution of Falun Gong overseas, attacking a civil website in the U.S. These are the clear messages revealed in these six seconds of video." said Jason Ma, a commentator for New Tang Dynasty Television...
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DARPA Calls for Innovation to Protect DoD Systems
August 22, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is requesting information on innovative technologies and approaches to secure the Nation's infrastructure and to ensure the survival of the Department of Defense's cyber capabilities in case of attack..."
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Israeli Cyber Command Plans to Cripple Iran in Cyberspace
August 09, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"The center, which has been set up under the auspices of military intelligence unit 8200 has already conducted a series of 'soft' espionage missions, including hacking into Iran's version of Facebook and other social networking sites..."
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The U.S. and China are Engaged in a Cyber Cold War
July 29, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"China is likely using its maturing computer network exploitation capability to support intelligence collection against the U.S. government and industry by conducting a long term, sophisticated, computer network exploitation campaign," according to a Northrop Grumman report...
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Report: DOD in the Midst of a Global Cyberspace Crisis
July 27, 2011 Added by:Headlines
According to the U.S. Strategic Command, the DOD is in the midst of a global cyberspace crisis as foreign nation states and other actors, such as hackers, criminals, terrorists, and activists exploit DOD and other U.S. government computer networks to further a variety of ideological objectives...
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- Department of Defense Reveals New Cyber Strategy
- Pushdo Spamming Botnet Still Active in the Wild
- CozyDuke APT Behind White House, State Department Attacks: Kaspersky
- Security of Internet of Things in Spotlight at RSA Conference
- Tech Brief: An Inside View of a Zero-Day Campaign
- How to Protect Yourself From Caller ID Spoofing
- The Changing Role of the CISO
- Apple Failed to Properly Fix "Rootpipe" Bug in OS X: Researchers
- Why Requirement 5 Must Change
- Weak SOHO Router Default Passwords Leave Tens-of-Thousands at Risk


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Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 | 2 a.m.
Las Vegas and celebrities have a symbiotic relationship. Casinos and nightclubs like the cache of having boldfaced names hanging around, and the famous and notorious enjoy the spoils — the appearance fees, perks and usual Vegas enticements. Add candy to that list.
Perhaps no candy store locally or nationally tries to tap celebrity to market its goods like Paris Las Vegas' Sugar Factory.
The candy store and restaurant sells Couture Pops — celebrity-endorsed lollipops. They cost $22 to $25, but the bedazzled lollipop stem is reusable, and three-packs of replacement candy heads sell for $12.50.
Here's how it works: Celebrities who design and endorse a lollipop for the store's "Signature Series" get a paycheck. Others who merely pose for a photo get free loot.
The Sugar Factory reaches out to celebrities who are already at the resort. For example, if the casino's Chateau Nightclub & Gardens has scheduled a celebrity appearance, then more than likely the celebrity will eat dinner at Sugar Factory American Brasserie beforehand.
The shop is going for "Willy Wonka meets MTV," said Corey Jenkins, a partner in the company. Here is a look at some celebrities who have taken to the Couture Pop photo opp in the past few months:
Photo by Denise Truscello/WireImage/DeniseTruscello.netMario Lopez
Television personality Mario Lopez and his girlfriend Courtney Mazza at the Sugar Factory in the Paris on Oct. 8, 2011.
Photo by David Becker/WireImageApl.De.Ap
Apl.De.Ap of The Black Eyed Peas poses with a Couture Pop on Sept. 23, 2011.
Photo by Denise Truscello/WireImage/DeniseTruscello.netBridget Marquardt
Former Playboy bunny Bridget Marquardt shops at Sugar Factory on Sept. 16, 2011.
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Actress Kelly Preston and daughter Ella Bleu made a visit on Aug. 31, 2011.
Photo by Isaac Brekken/WireImageKelly Rowland
Artist Kelly Rowland at Sugar Factory in the Paris on Aug. 27, 2011.
Photo by Isaac Brekken/WireImageBree Olson
Penthouse Pet Bree Olson made an appearance on Aug. 26, 2011.
Photo by David Becker/WireImageMike Sorrentino
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino of MTV's Jersey Shore with family and friends on Aug. 14, 2011.
Photo by Denise Truscello/WireImage/DeniseTruscello.netAdrian Grenier
Actor Adrian Grenier sans his entourage in the Chocolate Lounge at Sugar Factory on July 22, 2011.
Photo by Angela Weiss/WireImageDennis Rodman
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman made an appearance on July 19, 2011.
Photo by David Becker | WireImageRay J
Musician Ray J at the Sugar Factory at the Paris Las Vegas on July 16, 2011.
Photo by David Becker | WireImageMichael Madsen
Actor Michael Madsen joined Ray J at the Sugar Factory, Chateau and Gallery on July 16 and 17, 2011.
Photo by David Becker/WireImageShaquille O'Neal
Former NBA All-Star Shaquille O'Neal and Nicole Alexander at Sugar Factory in the Paris on June 25, 2011.
Photo by Denise Truscello/WireImage/DeniseTruscello.netAlyssa Campanella
2011 Miss USA Alyssa Campanella at Sugar Factory on June 19, 2011.
Photo by Denise Truscello/WireImage/DeniseTruscello.netLamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian Odom
Reality TV couple Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian Odom visited the store on June 17, 2011.
Photo by David Becker | WireImageCiara
American artist Ciara at the Chateau and Sugar Factory on June 10, 2011.


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Yuck lawn: Crab grass or disease
Cold temperatures came earlier this year, and so did the brown areas in our yards. Many homeowners are experiencing the typical late fall -early winter surprise of large brown areas in what they thought was a perfectly green and healthy stand of turf.
Two main events are happening to cause these brown areas. One is crabgrass die-out and the second is a pernicious disease descriptively termed "brown patch" or more recently, ominously renamed, "large patch." Large, brown, blotchy areas have taken up residence in what appeared to be a perfectly healthy and green stand of turf.
Let's review why these brown spots may be there and what to do about them:
In south Florida we have about five species of crabgrass! Some are perennial and some are annual. The seeds seem to germinate year-round! One estimate says that each crabgrass plant can produce more than 700 tillers and more than 200,000 seeds. This makes crabgrass the cockroach of the weed domain.
When temperatures dip to around 40 degrees and lower some of the tropical crabgrasses species turn brown. You can tell by the texture of the browned out-areas. Crabgrass species tend to have a finer texture and "crawl" on top of the coarser bladed St. Augustinegrass. In the past, we were spoiled by the very effective results a selective grass herbicide called Asulox provided as a post-emergent (after the weed has established) application. Since it was taken off the market, the public and landscape maintenance companies have been suffering from Asulox withdrawal.
An immediate replacement for Asulox hasn't been recognized. To handle your own crabgrass issues, see turf care fact sheets at: turf.ufl.edu
You can also contact a lawn maintenance company; there have been some new products which hold some promise in suppressing crabgrass.
What to do: Thus, crabgrass management boils down to these options:
Keep your turf vigorous. A thick turf will shade out or reduce crabgrass invasions.
Raise your crabgrass tolerance threshold. Accept the fact that there will be some crabgrass in your lawn. Just attack it before it takes over large areas.
You may choose to "R&R," — Roundup and replace. Apply Roundup (glyphosate herbicide that kills anything green) and replace sod during the rainy season. Sod will establish better if you wait and do the job once we are into our — hopefully — rainy season this summer.
Attempt the use of pre-emergents. This means about three extra applications per year and the results will never be as good as up north because the pre-emergents break down within a short period, 3 to 6 weeks or so, in our heat and rainfall. Pre-emergents prevent the crabgrass seedlings from growing into a plant.
Brown/large patch
We are seeing brown patch disease, caused by the pathogen, Rhizoctonia solani, in St. Augustine and zoyziagrass lawns. Symptoms begin as 6- to 12-inch diameter, off-color patches that turn yellow with reddish-brown margins. They progress to brown to straw-colored areas. These patches may merge and may expand several feet in diameter. Often, there may be rings of yellow-brown turf with green centers.
Also, turf at the outer margin of an infected patch will be dark and wilted. This is the active zone of the pathogen as it spreads outward. To distinguish this disease from other ailments, check the basal area of the leaf blades for a black rot at the juncture of the stem and leaf blade.
This disease becomes active below 80 degrees Fareheit; 73 degrees is optimum. Surprisingly, it is inactive during the hot humid summer conditions that one would typically think a fungus would thrive in. It also shuts down when temperatures go above 90 degrees. Infection occurs during periods of high humidity or excessive moisture for 48 hours or more.
Soluble nitrogen fertilizer applications, greater than 1.1 pounds of actual nitrogen per 1000 square feet, put the turf at risk. Thatch buildup, more than 0.75 inch, also creates a disease favorable habitat.
What to do: Avoid excess soluble nitrogen during November-April. Use slow-release sources of nitrogen and apply a balanced fertilizer containing equivalent amounts of potassium, preferably as a slow-release form. Reduce late fall-winter watering to once per week (0.5 to 0.75 inch per week for St. Augustinegrass) to lower the available moisture level.
Keep records of areas where this disease appears. These high activity areas can be targeted with fungicides first; it is not always necessary to spray the entire lawn. However, fungicides work best when they are applied as a preventive, that is, before the fungus is active.
Applications should reduce spread if the infection is caught early. Commonly recommended fungicides are propiconazole, thiophanate methyl, mycobutanil, or azoxystrobin. UF/IFAS turf pathologist, Phil Harmon, recommends Headway. Some products come in a "hose-end" package and can be applied with a garden hose.
Doug Caldwell, Ph.D., is the commercial landscape horticulture extension agent and landscape entomologist with the University of Florida Collier County Extension Service. E-mail email@example.com
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Scrabble word: JAVELIN
In which Scrabble dictionary does JAVELIN exist?
Definitions of JAVELIN in dictionaries:
- noun - an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible
- noun - a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
- A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
- Sports.
- A metal or metal-tipped spear, about 2.
- The athletic field event in which a javelin is thrown.
- verb - to pierce with a javelin (a light spear)
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chocolate and pear tart, fresh from a country kitchen
November 5, 2011This weekend has been spent in the country! Well, almost. We were in walking and staring distance of orchards and farms. Not only this, but we had animal friends to hang out with, giving us an excuse to walk to … Continue reading
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Schools in Roxbury, VT
About Roxbury Schools
- There is 1 K-12 school in Roxbury, VT. Roxbury public schools belong to one district, Roxbury School District.
- There are 1 Roxbury elementary school and 2 Roxbury preschool schools.
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the winking equivalent to :D
what's going on? ;D
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A fun way of expressing joy and happiness. Used when excited by a situation or person.
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An emoticon in which the character appears to be winking and licking his or her lips.
"Damn you look tasty. ;d"
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adj. horny, one who is demonstrating their state of horniness.
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A face commonly used by a Pedobear. If someone *purposefully* makes this face, run for your life. DON'T LET THE PEDOBEARS GET YOU!
Person: I'm babysitting. Any ideas of what to do with these little brats?
Pedobear: Throw them in mah dungeon to be tortured ;D
Pedobear: Throw them in mah dungeon to be tortured ;D
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So how do you get Facebook to quit tattling? Here's three things below that you can do:
1) One surefire way to get Facebook games from ever bothering you again without leaving Facebook is to turn off all apps. You can do that by logging into Facebook and clicking here.
2) If you want to stop a single game from sending out information about you, but you don't want to remove it outright, then another method is to head to Application Settings, select the game from the list, click on the word "edit" on the right side, look at the bottom for "App Privacy", and then choose a security setting from the tabbed list on the right. If you choose "Customize" from that list, you'll get the option to make the game viewable to "Only Me" or to even block certain people from seeing that you're using the game.
3) Finally, we come to the spankin' new, never-before-seen Facebook games ticker. For some people, this ticker is a godsend. For others, the ticker represents social gaming stalker central. However you feel about it, there's a way to stop the ticker from telling everyone what you're playing and when you've played it.
To do that, just hover your mouse over your status in the ticker, which should cause a little "x" box to appear. Clicking on it gives you the following options: "Remove this post", "Don't publish 'is playing . . . ' posts", and "Edit app settings". You're going to want the second option if you want the game to stop notifying people of your playtime via the ticker.
And now you're good to go!
Since its inception, the Facebook App/Games Ticker has inspired plenty of love and hate. Which camp do you fall into and why? Sound off in the comments. Add Comment


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The right-brain business plan : a creative, visual map for success / Jennifer Lee ; foreword by Chris Guillebeau. |
Authors: | Lee, Jennifer, 1974- |
Call number: | 658.401 LEE |
Publisher: | Novato, Calif. : New World Library, c2011. |
Publication date: | c2011. |
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Business planning.
Creative ability in business. Creative thinking. Entrepreneurship. |
Title: | The right-brain business plan : a creative, visual map for success / Jennifer Lee ; foreword by Chris Guillebeau. |
Physical description: | 223 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. |
Contents note: | Starting from the top: the skinny on the right-brain business plan process and structure -- Crafting your business vision and values: where is your business headed, and what do you and your company stand for? -- Painting your business landscape: it's a big world out there; where do you and your business fit in? -- Getting the word out with marketing: find and connect with your perfect customers -- Managing the moola - color by numbers: develop a financial plan with fun and flair -- Corralling your creative cohorts: build a creative playground of business support so you don't have to go it alone -- Action planning - where the rubber meets the road: make your plan real with goals, strategies, and action steps -- Weaving it all together: put the finishing touches on your right-brain business plan -- Maintaining the magic and momentum: keep your right-brain business plan alive. |
Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781577319443 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1577319443 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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Source: Team_Talk
Davey hopes to convince Hammill
The Liverpool winger spent the last three months of last season on loan with the Tykes, who are one of two clubs who have had an offer accepted for the 21-year-old.
Davey said: "There are other clubs interested and one has also had a bid accepted, so it's up to me to sell Barnsley and persuade him this is the place he can develop as a player.
"Adam was loved by our supporters last season and the coaching staff really enjoyed working with him. I'm confident we can convince him to come here."


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"John, you should do a story on the Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger and the FTC's continued bizarre bullying of us over a year after we completed the merger. Is Whole Foods a monopoly? The answer is obvious to everyone with common sense: "Of course not!" We are less than 1 percent of the retail food market in the USA and less than 10 percent of the organic foods market. No one is compelled to shop at any of our stores, and our competition is everywhere."
That's the start of an angry e-mail I got last week from John Mackey, Whole Foods CEO. I don't know the intricacies of antitrust law or the secrets of this case, but I think Mackey has a point.
Outside the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, D.C., twin sculptures sum up the government's attitude toward economic freedom. They depict a muscular figure heroically holding back a wild horse that presumably would wreak havoc if let loose. The title is "Man Controlling Trade".
How typical of government. Trade is an activity in which two people realize mutual gains through voluntary exchange. It's win-win -- or else it doesn't occur. Commerce is cooperation. It's the essence of civilization.
Yet the FTC likens trade to a wild animal that someone -- government, of course -- must control.
I thought the Microsoft prosecution was just the usual excesses of regulation-loving Democrats, but apparently not. Even with Republicans in charge, bureaucrats bully businesses.
A year ago, the FTC ordered Whole Foods to stop its merger with Wild Oats Markets. A federal judge refused to go along, and the merger was completed. This summer, however, an appeals court reversed that judge, and now the FTC has reopened its case.
The FTC believes that since "Whole Foods and Wild Oats [were] each other's closest competitors in premium natural and organic supermarkets," the merger means "higher prices, reduced quality and fewer choices for consumers."
But why do the bureaucrats look only at Wild Oats? The supermarket industry is crowded. Even the submarket for natural and organic foods has vigorous competition. As the Whole Foods Web site stated a year ago:
"Whole Foods doesn't merely compete with other natural foods supermarket companies such as Wild Oats but also with natural foods discount chain Trader Joe's, upscale perishable supermarkets such as Wegman's and Central Market, new supermarket-created natural foods stores such as GreenWise by Publix and Sunflower Market by SuperValu, over 200 food co-ops around the United States … ".
The FTC's case would be no better even if all those supermarkets didn't compete with Whole Foods. I understand why people think antitrust law is necessary. They fear that businesses will collude to raise prices. But if the government has not created barriers to entry, even a lone seller of a product can't charge whatever he wants because unwarranted high prices and profits will draw competition. At best, antitrust is unnecessary, and at worst, it harasses competitive companies. What counts is not the number of firms in a market but the potential for competition.
The only "antitrust" policy we need is repeal of all government barriers to entry. Government can't assure competition. Competition happens when government stays out of the way.
The FTC lawyers believe that the Whole Foods-Wild Oats merger is costly to consumers. But they seem oblivious to the costs their own policies impose. As Mackey told me:


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The Time Variation of Risk and Return in Foreign Exchange Markets: A General Equilibrium Perspective
This article successively introduces variable velocity, durability, and habit persistence in a standard two-country general equilibrium model and explores their effects on the variability of exchange rate changes, forward premiums, and the foreign exchange risk premium. A new feature of the model is that agents make decisions at a weekly frequency and face conditionally heteroskedastic shocks. Nevertheless, even the most complex model fails to deliver sufficiently variable risk premiums without causing forward premiums and exchange rates to be excessively variable. Unlike previous models, the model can roughly match the persistence of forward premiums. Article published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Financial Studies in its journal, The Review of Financial Studies.
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After researching the mealtime mechanisms of mosquitoes, I've come up with a fool-proof plan to keep the bloodsuckers off me this summer.
First, I'll wear light-colored clothing. Second, I'll bathe more often in an attempt to be as odorless as possible. Third, I won't exhale while I'm in the woods.
"Snow mosquitoes," the big, sluggish mosquitoes that are the first to irritate us, survive the winter by bundling up in leaf litter or wedging themselves under loose tree bark. Like many hibernating insects, overwintering mosquitoes depend on supercooling, a process by which an animal has the ability to rid its body fluids of impurities that would trigger the formation of ice, thereby allowing it to cool down below 32 degrees Fahrenheit without bursting cell walls.
Mosquitoes in hibernation can survive temperatures down to about 25 below zero. But years with a meager snowpack causes quite a few mosquitoes to freeze and die when the mercury plummets. Yellowjackets, another supercooler, may take quite a hit in low snow years. But a lack of snow doesn¹t effect the eggs of mosquitoes. Those eggs are the source of the smaller, faster mosquito species that hatch later in the summer.
Mosquito eggs laid last fall will soon be floating atop standing bodies of water ranging in size from Wonder Lake to a water-filled moose track in the tundra. The dozens of Alaska mosquito species that will hatch from these eggs won't be sluggish to strike -- they'll act like a human male in a grocery store: quick in, quick out.
Only female mosquitoes bother us. Females need blood's protein to develop their ovaries and make more mosquitoes. Males survive by sipping nectar from flowers and sucking juices from fruit; females also supplement their diet with nectar. While both males and females have antennae, the males' are much more garish, protruding like large feathers. The males' antennae act as tuning forks, resonating to the whine produced by the wings of females.
During mating season, a few to a few thousand males gather together in swarms. Males in the cloud seize any female that wanders inside. Like dragonflies, mosquitoes mate in mid-air.
Once fertilized by the male, the female mosquito searches for a blood donor. Using sensors on its antennae, a mosquito picks up animals' body odor and carbon dioxide (a gas we exhale, along with water vapor). The female mosquito follows the trail upwind to its source. Once mosquitoes get closer, they're attracted to other cues such as dark colors, moisture in the air, and silhouettes of potential victims. Researchers found that mosquitoes responded to the cues of a calf when the calf was standing 45 feet away, according to the British text, The Biology of Mosquitoes. Insect repellents are designed to block mosquitoes' sensory organs with heavy, bulky molecules. When its sensors are clogged, a mosquito is fooled into looking elsewhere for its blood meal.
Mosquitoes may not prefer human blood, though. In the 1949 book, "The Natural History of Mosquitoes," researcher Marston Bates reported that one species of mosquito laid half as many eggs after feeding on humans than it did after digesting the blood of rabbits, guinea pigs and rats. Bates reported on another experiment where mosquitoes were released in a room containing humans, pets and livestock. Factoring in the size difference of each animal, cows were the mosquitoes' favorite target, swelling with 47.6 percent of the bites. Goats followed at 25 percent, then pigs at 13.8, humans at 4.8, dogs at 3.6, cats at 3.4, and barnyard fowl at 1.8 percent.
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In past years, my husband and I have taken each other to Bouley, Jewel Bako, Cru, Eleven Madison Park. I'm more of a foodie than he, but he definitely likes to eat and has enjoyed all of these places.
I'm looking for something in the same price range as above or less, south of 34th Street. He doesn't eat pork, so anyplace that's pig-heavy wouldn't work. I would say American & Japanese (though someplace that doesn't have only sushi) are top choices.
I know all the usual places, but nothing is jumping out at me thus far. Maybe if someone's had a recent fantastic meal at a new-ish place (or new-to-me place) that would help me decide.
Thanks for your help!
Blue Hill or Kanoyama.
If you don't mind a little above 34th Street, Sakagura is an excellent non-sushi, authentic Japanese.
re: ShinjukuAce
Kanoyama isn't special enough for a birthday. Maybe Soto?
I haven't to 15 East, but I've heard good things about it, and the menu has both sushi and cooked fish. Also, if you would consider French/New American, 15 East's parent restaurant, Tocqueville, has delicious cuisine and understated elegant ambiance. It tends to fly somewhat under the usual radar but is a lovely place for a celebratory meal.
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What about Kyo Ya for japanese? I have not been there but a friend of mine who is a big japanese food person loved her meal there.
Matsugen is good too, although the room seems a little too cold for a birthday celebration0-
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Kyo Ya is nice and very modern, sleek in design. However, it's on the slightly less "celebratory" side.
re: kathryn
I think Kyo Ya is at the top of my list for the moment, with 15 East at number two. Thanks for your help -- I'll report back.


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Hornady 44 240gr lead for 44 special.
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Crimp over the shoulder of the bullet.
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Hellooo! So the last time we talked, I was just starting my "off-season" and was still almost a month away from finals! Well finals were a big, stressful blur (just like Cady Heron's first day of school), and I haven't gotten my grades back yet, but I am reasonably confident that I at least didn't fail anything, which I think is a good start. I more or less took 3 weeks completely off from anything barbell-related, but started going to the gym on the DU campus and playing around with some free weights when I needed to get out of the library. After a few days of dumbbell presses (and staring at the amazing spectacle of undergrad mating rituals that take place near the hamstring curl machine), I decided to look into finding a non-Olympic lifting strength program that I could use for some accessory work while my off-season continued. Cue Krissy Mae Cagney's Black Friday sale! After browsing around for a bit, I decided on Krissy's 12-week "Sexy Sculpt" program, and, despite the fact that I cringe every time I say its name, I have been loving the program.
I just finished the first 4 weeks of the programming, which signals the completion of "Phase One." The program is broken up into three 4-week phases: the first phase is "strength building," the second is "muscle building," and the third is "fat burning" or leaning out. The program revolves around powerlifting moves (i.e. squats, presses, and deadlifts) and accessory work like box step-ups, lunges, push-ups, and lots of dumbbell curls. And it is definitely NOT as frou-frou as you would come to expect from something called "Sexy Sculpt," and in fact it isn't fluffy at all. The programming is 75-90 minutes, 4x/week, and I am always sore in all the right places the next day. And yes, at first I felt a little silly (and definitely got made fun of) for all the "globo gym" moves I was trying to pull off in the CrossFit gym, but I've pretty much gotten used to it at this point and am just trying to embrace it.
So you are probably thinking, Claire, a 12-week lifting program is not exactly an off-season. And you would be right. But the first time I put a barbell on my back after 3 weeks, I felt such a palpable flood of stress relief, that I realized there was no way that giving up lifting altogether was going to benefit my mental or physical health. So instead I have been focusing on staying away from anything that raises my heart rate for more than a minute or two at a time, while still acknowledging my brain's need for a release every once in a while. And since this "off-season" is about trying to reduce stress in my life–not necessarily about rehabbing an injury, in which case I would want to be more strict about staying out of the gym–I definitely feel like this is doing the trick.
So how's my tremor, you ask? It's the same. I found out that my cortisol levels were actually completely "average," although who knows whether or not that's normal for my body. But my hands still shake when I flex my hand or arm, my legs still shake a little sooner than they used to if I'm straining or off-balance, but either I'm getting used to it, or I am doing something right, because it isn't really flaring up as much as it was when I was still doing a lot of olympic lifting and long WODs. Obviously I will eventually go back to full-fledged CrossFit, but I feel like this program has also been an opportunity for me to sort of get to know my "new" body, if being slightly tremulous is going to be my new normal.
Oh, did I mentioned I PR'd my deadlift by 15 pounds, my 5RM back squat by 10 pounds, and my 5RM strict press by 5 pounds so far on this program, too? Yeah, that's not too shabby either. Also, it's ALL stuff you can do in a globo gym (and in fact some of it is easier in a globo gym because it has things like cable pull-downs and hamstring curls), so if you are not a CrossFitter, I would definitely recommend checking it out in the new year! Unfortunately it is a little pricey without the Black Friday discount ($60), but for 12 weeks of detailed programming, I'd say it's definitely worth it. If you're interested you can check it out here.


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My family and I would like to travel to Montreal or Toronto at Christmas time. Any...
My family and I would like to travel to Montreal or Toronto at Christmas time. Any suggestions for what to do or where to stay? We like to shop and see the history of the area.
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last time i wanted to go to Montreal, i tried many booking and hotel websites but i ended up on this website www.corporatestays.com/locations/montreal . i stayed in one of their apartments for 3 weeks and really enjoyed my stay. the guest service people were very nice and helpful and the apartment was furnished from a to z which is quite better than a hotel and a lot cheaper btw. i really felt like i was staying at my own place, i just did not have to worry about the cleaning.. ahaha. Anyways, Montreal is a great place, i think i'll go back there next year and ask for the same apartment :)
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I would choose Montreal. It's great during the holidays. I would stay right downtown near ice skating rinks and all the festivities (Marriott, Hotel Place D'Armes, Delta Centre-Ville, Loews Hotel Vogue, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, etc) or get a cozy bed and breakfast. Check out these:
Also, it's older but here is an article the New York Times wrote about a Montreal Christmas:
Also, it's older but here is an article the New York Times wrote about a Montreal Christmas:
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So, I know Faith is much more commonly used as a middle name, but we are "kinda" considering if for a first name. The only middle name I can come up with that I think sounds good with it is Makenzie. Our last name starts with a G and is one syllable. So most names starting with vowels are out! And, I think it needs to be longer to balance out the one syllable first and middle. So, any suggestions that meet those criteria?? Thanks! Less than 6 weeks to go so it's crunch time!!
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Just a little confused -- why are most names staring with vowels out? Oh, never mind -- no A's or O's or I's. Actually, it's really no A's. How about E? Sorry, I'm a little slow today!
OK, let's suppose that your last name is Grant (starts with a G, one syllable), just so examine the pattern.
Faith Makenzie Grant
Faith Evalie Grant
Faith Ellery Grant
Faith Corinne Grant
Faith Elizabeth Grant
Faith Danielle Grant
Faith Kathleen Grant
Faith Lorraine Grant
Faith Natalia Grant
Faith Camille Grant
Faith Celine Grant
Faith Christine Grant
Faith Elodie Grant
Faith Carissa Grant
Faith Gabrielle Grant
Faith Renee Grant
Faith Victoria Grant
Faith Simone Grant
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FAITH is a pretty name & I love it as a fn. BUT, with a one syllable LN, her 1st & last name........ which will be used the majority of the time........may end up sounding very short, harsh & lacking for more substance , as a combo! The softness of the name FAITH may help this from happening though....& may not be a deal breaker for you.
The pp gave alot of great mn ideas for FAITH. Here are a few more:
Mom to "M" ( 1974), "C" ( 1976), "A" (1985) & "Glamma" to "C" ('2007) & "M" ('2010) & "J" (2012)
Normally I wouldn't recommend pairing a one syllable first name with a one syllable last name...but Faith does have the more drawn out "aye" sound, so I think it can work (a la Faith Hill).
How about a family name in the mn spot? Otherwise, how about:
Faith Carina G.
Faith Madeline G.
Faith Caroline G.
Faith Charlotte G.
Faith Kathleen G.
Faith Elizabeth G.
Faith Evangeline G.
Faith Danielle G.
Faith Victoria G.
Faith Jillian G.
Faith Margaret G.
Faith Rebecca G.
Faith Christina G.
I'd steer away from any middle names starting with A, though. ;)
Jaime, mom to Norah (6.06)�and Lucy (4.08) and Henry (3.11).
Love Faith! Great choice! I think it will sound fine with a 1 syl last name.
How about:
Faith Cecilia G
Faith Miranda G
Faith Jocelyn G
Faith Cassandra G
Faith Jillian G
Faith Sabrina G
Faith Cheyenne G
Faith Delaney G
Faith Savannah G
Faith Waverly G
Faith Harper G
Faith Roxanne G
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Faith Christine ( my neice is Christine Faith ;) )
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Faith Samara
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Faith Victoria
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Faith Alexandria
Faith Emmeline
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I think Faith Renee is beautiful... but then again I'm kind of partial.. Renee is my middle name but it is really, truely great.
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And in one of those weird coincidences on the very day that the embargo on official information for the A45 AMG lifts ... Audi reveals the next-gen S3 Sportback to sit alongside the three-door already announced. And it has a 300hp turbo four-cylinder, Haldex-based four-wheel drive, dual-clutch transmission, premium badge and pricing with five-door hatch practicality. Spooky, eh?
Clearly the A45 outguns the S3 by some margin and a true A3-based contender will come in the shape of a new RS3 at some point but the S3's 300hp and 280lb ft aren't disgraced entirely. It'll still hit 62mph in 5.0 seconds, four tenths down on both the old RS3 and the A45, and is likewise limited to 155mph. And it's a serious boost over the 265hp and 258lb ft of the previous S3, together with a 70kg like for like weight loss. All of which leaves plenty of headroom for the next RS3 to get properly mental in the effort to put AMG back in its place - don't expect any less than 400hp.
For now though we've got the S3 in both three-door and Sportback form, the former unveiled at Paris and the Sportback no doubt joining the throng at Geneva. Sales start in Germany in September at a smidge under 40,000 euros, 600 euros less than a five-door BMW M135i. That'd put the new S3 Sportback at around £31K if it's to match the BMW's base UK price of £31,085.
Of course, if you really want to go chasing the A45 you'll need one of the old 340hp five-cylinder RS3s, no longer available new but still pulling high 30s for nearly new examples in the PH classifieds. Hot hatches suddenly got a whole lot hotter...


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If the NFL draft breaks the way it did on Monday's NFL Nation mock draft, then the Green Bay Packers probably won't be able to address their top need.
Are these two key offensive veterans staying away because they're unhappy with the contracts? We'll know more this week.
GM Martin Mayhew saw a picture of DeAndre Levy walking out on the wing of a biplane in Washington, and that was enough.
James Ihedigbo decided to skip the Lions' voluntary workouts that started this week. He's the only Lions player who is not in attendance.
Morgan Burnett turned 26 just three months ago, yet by at least one measure, he's now the senior member of the Packers' secondary.
Quin first noticed the opener, and then the finish, and then the placement of the home games.
ESPN NFL Nation reporter Rob Demovsky predicts the outcome of each Green Bay Packers game for the 2015 season.
The schedule should allow the Vikings to be in playoff contention as they hope to end a two-year playoff drought.
The Detroit Lions faces brutal stretches in their schedule at the beginning and end of the season
ESPN's NFL Nation reporters predict the regular-season record for the team they cover.
A decent start by the Bears could give their fans some early optimism.
If this is the year the Green Bay Packers break their run of 1-2 starts, then they will either have to win a division road game or beat Seattle.
The Minnesota Vikings' success in 2015 could be determined by tough stretches at the beginning and end of the season
The Lions have a tricky start to the season and plenty of prime-time slots, indicating that expectations remain high in Detroit.
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If you found this answer useful, please consider making a small donation to science.ca.Glass mirrors are made by evaporating a thin layer of silver onto the back of the glass. The surface of the mirror is very smooth and reflective, so light reflects off it very well. Almost all the photons in the incident light beam are neither absorbed or scattered, but are perfectly reflected at an equal and opposite angle from the angle of incidence.


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Rippin, Markus (2006) Classification list for price data. Zentrale Markt- und Preisberichtstelle für Erzeugnisse der Land-, Forst- und Ernährungswirtschaft GmbH, DE-Bonn. [Unpublished]
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This classification list for price data was processed by EISfOM in order to provide a structured classification systematic to obtain comparable data and enable the exchange of data between national and Eurostat databases. A correspondence table for every national database should be defined, to link national codecs to those of Eurostat.
As Eurostat uses a highly aggregated level of crop details (due to the lack of availability of data), member states should be free to use as many disaggregations as needed for their individual purposes, as case in the present list of ZMP in Germany. As long as a correspondence table is defined and data are recorded in a consistent structure, there should not be no problem to exchange data with Eurostat.
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Subjects: | Food systems > Markets and trade Knowledge management > Research methodology and philosophy > Specific methods > Surveys and statistics |
Research affiliation: | Germany > Central Market and Price Report Office - ZMP European Union > EISfOM |
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Deposited By: | Rippin, Dipl.-Ing.agr. Markus |
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CHARLESTON — Two Mingo County boys now face criminal charges stemming from an investigation of sexual-abuse allegations.
The Mingo County prosecutor's office has filed juvenile petitions against the boys. Prosecuting Attorney Teresa Maynard told the Daily News that although she cannot provide specifics because the suspects are juveniles, the charges have been filed and the investigation by the West Virginia State Police is continuing.
Earlier this month, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a lawsuit alleging officials at Burch Middle School brushed aside allegations that the boys had sexually abused female classmates. The lawsuit filed in Mingo County Circuit Court also alleges that school officials interfered with the state police investigation of the allegations.
Maynard said no adults have been charged but that the criminal investigation is continuing and those circumstances could change.
Morrisey claims in the lawsuit that administrators at the school retaliated against the girls for reporting the allegations. It says the abuses occurred during the 2012-13 school year and have continued to the present.
Defendants named to date in the suit include Melissa Webb, Deanna Maynard, Hester Keatley, Melvin Cunningham, Randy Keathley and the juvenile males, as well as their parents. Names of the boys and their parents were not released. The lawsuit asks the court to prevent further abuse and retaliation and bar defendants from interfering with the police investigation.
The suit states that the two male students have avoided criminal investigation, prosecution or meaningful punishment due to the actions and conduct of the administrators and teachers at Burch Middle School, as well as the Mingo County Board of Education. Both boys have close relatives employed with the school. Instead of a meaningful investigation by the school, upon information and belief, the female students have been disparately treated and punished, while the alleged male perpetrators have been "taken care of."
The lawsuit goes on to say that the girls made sexual-abuse allegations to a guidance counselor in the spring of the 2012-13 school year that included acts of nonconsensual fondling, groping and molestation, "oftentimes forcible in nature."
The suit says that on multiple occasions, the boys would "team up" and restrain one of the females, while groping her breasts, genitalia and/or buttocks. Some of the intrusion and groping was above the clothing and some of the intrusion and groping was underneath clothing.
One of the alleged attacks on "Female Victim 1" allegedly occurred on a school bus while on a school field trip to Charleston, in which the two juvenile defendants are said to have trapped her in a bus seat and subjected her to unwanted and illegal sexual abuse. She alleges that "forcible penetration occurred, which equals a charge of sexual assault in the second degree. During the course of the attack, the victim threatened to report the abuse to school administrators, to which one of the boys purportedly said to the other defendant, "Don't worry, (your relative) will take care of us."
The females, as well as their parents, allegedly were told by school administrators that the problem would be taken care of. It allegdly was not.
Last April 23, , a state police trooper went to Burch Middle School and requested the opportunity to take a statement from "Female Victim 2," as well as another juvenile female. He reportedly was informed by Principal Melissa Webb that the third female was absent from school that day, but said he could speak with Female 2 if her parents consented. The principal left the room and, upon returning, reportedly announced she could not reach the parents. The trooper left the school and drove to Female Victim 2's residence and found the mother without any difficulty. The mother called the school and gave her consent for the interview. The victim then gave her statement to the trooper.
The following day, after providing her testimony, it was reported to the trooper that school administrators had "wrote up Female Victim 2" with the student infraction of "bullying". Upon information and belief, the "bullying" charge was based on Female Victim 2's actions in allegedly "blocking her Facebook account" from the niece of a teacher at the school. Then, on May 25, the school administrators at Burch Middle wrote the female student up for yet another student infraction, alleging "insubordination," for which she now faces additional discipline.
In November of 2013, within weeks after an attempt by "Female Victim 1's" parents to obtain a copy of their daughter's investigation file, the female student was charged by school officials with "engaging in deceitful conduct" and disciplined her, and allegedly threatenng her with expulsion. She reportedly also received multiple levels of punishment, including being forced to meet with school administrators on four separate occasions.
When the trooper returned to the school to interview a third juvenile female with her mother's permission and in her mother's presence, Webb is said to have refused to allow the trooper to take a statement and informed him that he "could no longer take statements from students at Burch Middle School because it disrupted the learning environment."
The only "discipline" brought against the two male students by school administrators, according to the suit, was denying the boys a break for ice cream during the WESTEST, one day of out-of-school suspension, and one day of in-school suspension.


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Social networking is great for charities. Done well it creates a much deeper relationship between charities, supporters, volunteers and end-users. But is there really room for one more? Kirsty Weakley asks.
As a supporter I can 'like' the Facebook page to get access to exclusive content, 'follow' it on Twitter to keep up-to-date with the latest breaking news and can now add it to a 'circle' on Google+ to…I'm not sure what yet, but I have spent a good two hours setting up my profile and adding people and organisations (mostly those I already follow on either Facebook or Twitter).
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But where does Google+ really fit into the social media landscape? And can it really offer charities something different in terms of communication and relationship-building? Facebook has got the 'added value' area covered and Twitter is great for breaking news stories and instant reaction.
Charities are constantly being told that they need to be more engaged on social networks to develop relationships and doing this can take a surprising amount of time. Posting a status, uploading a photo, responding to comments across more than one social networking site can become a full-time job. In fact some charities have been recruiting social media executives, or interns, to do this role in recent months.
Unless charities have sufficient resources how can they expect to make the most out of each platform? At a media conference I recently attended we were told not to try to do everything but to focus on one or two - but do it well. As yet, I can't see any incentive to drop Facebook or Twitter in favour of Google+, although it will be interesting to see if any charities do in the coming months.
It's not just time-consuming for the organisation but for supporters – I'm sure I'm not the only person suffering from 'social media fatigue' - once upon a time notifications were a cause for excitement, but I found myself groaning when Google+ started spamming my email to tell me people had added me to 'circles', and swiftly turned off email notifications.
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(Associated Press) JOHANNESBURG – In the six years he's managed a sanctuary for abused and orphaned chimpanzees, South African conservationist Eugene Cussons is from time to time called on to comment when an ape elsewhere in the world attacks a human. Cussons says he could always pinpoint a moment of taunting or perceived aggression that could have set off the quick and powerful animals.
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Geographic Range
Hermit thrushes (Catharus guttatus) are widely distributed songbirds found in northern hardwood forests and boreal and mountainous coniferous forests throughout North America during the breeding season, and both North America and Central America during the winter. In North America, they breed in the western and northeastern United States into Alaska and much of the southern half of Canada. The winter northern boundary is in the United States from southern Massachusetts moving gradually southwest to the southern parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, most of Oklahoma and Texas. Their winter range then encompasses all of the area below this to the Gulf of Mexico and then south through Mexico to Oaxaca. They are found year round in much of New Mexico and in the eastern half of Arizona. Within these broad ranges individuals are short-distance migrants. They do not cross the Gulf of Mexico as other Catharus species do. They are found in lower altitudes, river valleys and coastal areas in these wintering areas.
There are currently 8 recognized subspecies of hermit thrushes divided into 3 geographic groups including 3 subspecies in the Pacific coastal group, 3 subspecies in the northwestern interior mountains group, and 2 subspecies in the eastern group. (Ehrlich, et al., 1988; Jones and Donovan, 1996)
- Biogeographic Regions
- nearctic
- neotropical
Hermit thrushes use a wide range of forest vegetation types. Breeding habitat includes young to climax forest vegetation types with internal forest edges. These birds are found in the interior of such forest vegetation types near openings including ponds, meadows, or small man-made clearings.
During winter in the United States, hermit thrushes are usually found at lower elevations than that of their summer habitat. Characteristics of winter habitat include a dense cover of woody plants proximate to insect populations and berry-bearing vegetation. Hermit thrushes need open water in their winter habitat. Information on habitat in Mexico is limited, and no generalizations can be made. (Ehrlich, et al., 1988; Elphick, et al., 2001; Jones and Donovan, 1996)
- Habitat Regions
- temperate
- terrestrial
- Terrestrial Biomes
- forest
- scrub forest
Physical Description
Hermit thrushes are shorter and stockier than other spotted thrushes, with an average length of 6.75 in (17.2 cm) and wingspan of 11.5 in (29.2 cm). The three main geographic groups have graded characteristics, with a distinct white eye-ring, indistinct whitish bar over the lores, darkly spotted breast and sides of the throat, olive-brown to gray-brown dorsal coloration, white ventral side with buffy to grayish flanks, and varying amount of reddish wash on flight feathers and tail. There is no obvious sexual dimorphism in this thrush species.
Hermit thrushes have reddish coloration on the tail, whereas wood thrushes (Hylocichla mustelina) have similar coloration on the head and veery (Catharus fuscescens) have reddish upper parts. Gray-cheeked (Catharus minimus) and Bicknell's (Catharus bicknelli) thrushes also have some reddish coloration, but they only have a thin partial eye-ring and do not have the whitish bar over the lores. Because hermit thrushes are short-distance migrants, their primary flight feathers do not project beyond their secondaries. Other thrushes that migrate over longer distances have longer primary projections, including the Swainson's thrush (Catharus ustulatus) and grey-cheeked thrush (Catharus minimus). (Elphick, et al., 2001; Sibley, 2000)
- Other Physical Features
- endothermic
- homoiothermic
- bilateral symmetry
- Sexual Dimorphism
- sexes alike
- Average mass
- 27.8 g
- 0.98 oz
- AnAge
- Average length
- 17.2 cm
- 6.77 in
- Average wingspan
- 29.2 cm
- 11.50 in
Males establish and defend breeding territories in late April to late May. Once a female is accepted into a male's territory, she begins building a nest. The open-cup nest is 10 to 15 cm in diameter and consists of a variety of vegetable material including grass, leaves, mosses, and lichens. Nest location is variable. In the eastern United States nests found on the ground beneath live woody and non-woody plants and in open areas, and in the western United States nests were commonly located above the ground. Females lay 3 to 6 eggs beginning in Late May, and may lay 2nd or 3rd brood as late as August. Egg color ranges from very pale blue to blue-green with few brown flecks. Females begin incubating after final egg is laid, and this period lasts around 12 days. The male feeds the female during incubation.
A hatching bird "pips" the egg, breaks its shell into 2 parts near the egg's greatest diameter. The female removes eggshells from the nest after young hatch. Young are altricial at hatching and have minimal dark grayish down on crown and dorsal feather tracts. The female feeds nestlings with food brought to the nest by the male. Nestling eyes are open by the 3rd day after hatching; full juvenile plumage develops by 10 to 12 days after hatching. Nestlings fledge 10 to 15 days after hatching by leaping from the nest towards a parent on the ground. No information on development from fledging through immature stages is available.
Brood parasitism by the brown-headed cowbird is common, but little is known on how this affects populations of the Hermit Thrush. Recruitment may be limited by nest predation, but little information is available. Studies estimating the probability of fledging at least 1 nestling varied from 17% in Arizona to 37% East of the Rocky Mountains. There is no evidence of cooperative breeding in hermit thrushes. (Ehrlich, et al., 1988; Elphick, et al., 2001; Jones and Donovan, 1996)
- Key Reproductive Features
- iteroparous
- seasonal breeding
- gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate)
- sexual
- fertilization
- oviparous
- Breeding interval
- These birds once per year, in the spring and summer.
- Breeding season
- May through August
- Range eggs per season
- 3 to 6
- Average eggs per season
- 3
- AnAge
- Average time to hatching
- 12 days
- Average time to hatching
- 12 days
- AnAge
- Range fledging age
- 10 to 15 days
Females incubate and deliver food to the nestlings. Males bring food to the nest.
- Parental Investment
- altricial
- provisioning
- female
- male
- female
- male
- female
- male
- female
- male
- female
- male
- female
A banded hermit thrush lived at least 8 years and 8 months. Other thrushes have been known to live 10 to 13 years. (USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 2002)
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 8.55 (high) years
- Range lifespan
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 112 months
- Bird Banding Laboratory
- Average lifespan
Hermit thrushes can be distinguished from other similar thrushes in the field not only by their song, but also by other distinctive behaviors including tail- and wing-flicking. When a bird lands, it may quickly raise and then slowly lower its tail. It also makes a distinctive "tchup" call when doing this. When perched, hermit thrushes will extend their wings out from their bodies very rapidly and then immediately return them to their sides.
Males are territorial during breeding and winter seasons. Males arrive on breeding grounds before females and establish territories. Males initially display hostile behavior when a female first enters the territory, but after 3 to 4 days of developing courtship flight, they accept the female. Territoriality on wintering grounds likely results from competition for food and cover. Agonistic displays include gaping, crest raising, horizontal stretching, and bill snapping. (Brown, et al., 2000; Jones and Donovan, 1996)
- Key Behaviors
- arboreal
- flies
- diurnal
- motile
- migratory
- territorial
Communication and Perception
Food Habits
Hermit thrushes are omnivores that eats insects, small invertebrates, and fruits from trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. They forage on both the ground and in vegetation, and may move leaf litter with their bills to look for food, glean from leaves while perched or after hovering, or probe into ground or dead wood. The proportion of animal and vegetable content in the diet of Hermit Thrushes varies with availability. Generally, hermit thrushes consume more animal matter during the spring and summer, and more vegetable matter (especially berries) in the fall and winter.
Foods commonly eaten include: beetles, bees, ants, wasps, flies, true bugs, other small invertebrates, small amphibians and reptiles, and fruits. (Jones and Donovan, 1996)
- Primary Diet
- omnivore
- Animal Foods
- amphibians
- reptiles
- insects
- terrestrial non-insect arthropods
- terrestrial worms
- Plant Foods
- fruit
There is little information on predation but they probably are subject to the usual songbird nest predators (snakes, crows, jays, raccoons). Body parasites found on or in adult hermit thrushes include lice, louse flies, mites, spirochetes and ticks. (Jones and Donovan, 1996)
- Known Predators
- snakes (Serpentes)
- American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata)
- raccoons (Procyon lotor)
Ecosystem Roles
- ticks (Ixodides)
- lice (Pthiraptera)
- louse flies (Hipposboscidae)
- mites (Acari)
- spirochaetes
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
There are no known adverse effects of Hermit Thrushes on humans.
Conservation Status
Breeding Bird Surveys indicate that hermit thrush populations have increased over extensive parts of their range. (Elphick, et al., 2001)
- IUCN Red List
Least Concern
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- Protected
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- No special status
- No special status
- State of Michigan List
- No special status
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The name Catharus derives from the Greek word katharos or "pure" referring to its song. The name guttatus comes from gutata or "spotted", for its spotted breast. (Wells, 2002)
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- Nearctic
living in the Nearctic biogeographic province, the northern part of the New World. This includes Greenland, the Canadian Arctic islands, and all of the North American as far south as the highlands of central Mexico.
- Neotropical
living in the southern part of the New World. In other words, Central and South America.
- acoustic
uses sound to communicate
- altricial
young are born in a relatively underdeveloped state; they are unable to feed or care for themselves or locomote independently for a period of time after birth/hatching. In birds, naked and helpless after hatching.
- arboreal
Referring to an animal that lives in trees; tree-climbing.
- bilateral symmetry
having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.
- chemical
uses smells or other chemicals to communicate
- diurnal
- active during the day, 2. lasting for one day.
- endothermic
animals that use metabolically generated heat to regulate body temperature independently of ambient temperature. Endothermy is a synapomorphy of the Mammalia, although it may have arisen in a (now extinct) synapsid ancestor; the fossil record does not distinguish these possibilities. Convergent in birds.
- external fertilization
fertilization takes place outside the female's body
- fertilization
union of egg and spermatozoan
- forest
forest biomes are dominated by trees, otherwise forest biomes can vary widely in amount of precipitation and seasonality.
- iteroparous
offspring are produced in more than one group (litters, clutches, etc.) and across multiple seasons (or other periods hospitable to reproduction). Iteroparous animals must, by definition, survive over multiple seasons (or periodic condition changes).
- migratory
makes seasonal movements between breeding and wintering grounds
- motile
having the capacity to move from one place to another.
- native range
the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.
- omnivore
an animal that mainly eats all kinds of things, including plants and animals
- oviparous
reproduction in which eggs are released by the female; development of offspring occurs outside the mother's body.
- scrub forest
scrub forests develop in areas that experience dry seasons.
- seasonal breeding
breeding is confined to a particular season
- sexual
reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female
- tactile
uses touch to communicate
- temperate
that region of the Earth between 23.5 degrees North and 60 degrees North (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle) and between 23.5 degrees South and 60 degrees South (between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle).
- terrestrial
Living on the ground.
- territorial
defends an area within the home range, occupied by a single animals or group of animals of the same species and held through overt defense, display, or advertisement
- visual
uses sight to communicate
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