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Visiting Portland
If you're coming to Portland to visit Montessori Northwest or to attend a workshop, here are a few travel details that you might find helpful.
What makes Portland so special? Some will tell you it's all about the trees, fresh air and proximity to the mountains, rivers and ocean. Others think the indie music and arts scenes define our particular brand of cool. Locals tend to be partial to the amazing food and drink you'll find here. We are unabashedly biased and think it's because of the thriving Montessori community that exists here!
Montessori Northwest is located in a bright and spacious facility in the Buckman Neighborhood of Southeast Portland, characterized by its diverse mix of residential and urban-commercial buildings, convenient public transportation via Trimet, and easy access to cafés, supermarkets and beautiful Downtown Portland.
The address of Montessori Northwest is: 622 SE Grand Ave – PORTLAND, OREGON – 97214 (map)
Portland has great mass transit options. Even if you have a car, consider exploring our city's buses, MAX Light Rail, WES Commuter Rail and Portland Streetcar. Taking the MAX light rail train is the easiest way to travel from the Airport into the city. MAX is easy to use and runs nearly 24 hours a day. (Visit TriMet.org for routes and details)
Some economy hotel properties that you might consider:
Additional Housing Resources:
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VRBO (Vacation Rentals by Owner) – Apartment and Home Rentals
Convention Center Hotels Guide
Portland Resources:
Travel Portland's Neighborhood Guide


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I would like to digest DNA in an RNA preparation. I heard about bead bound DNaseI. Can anybody tell me something about this beads. Maybe anybody knows the company which offers them.
Re: DNaseI
Hey Bommel!,
I have removed DNA contaminants from RNA isolations.
The bead bound DNAseI is probably more expensive than the regular DNA, plus it may be contaminated with RNases (is it RNase-free?)
We usually use RNAse-free DnaseI - very very cheap, and very effective...
it is easy to get rid of also - just heat your sample at 80C... thats it
Rnase free Dnase is from:
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As for the DNaseI-Sepharose beads, I found they are usually made.
"Cell lysates were incubated with DNaseI immobilized on Sepharose beads at 4°C for 1 h."
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European Toys
From traditional wooden blocks to unique baby toys, our extensive collection of European toys is sure to please both parent and child. Crafted with a careful touch and eye for detail, our friends across the Atlantic continually produce adorable toys of the highest quality. Our line of European toys is designed by the master toy-crafters at Kathe Kruse, Haba, Djeco, and more. Here, you'll find toys designed in Europe as well as toys made in Europe. We hope you enjoy our unique line of toys from Europe!
Origami Faces
A wonderfully simple step-by-step approach to origami for young beginners. Each sheet of paper in the set is colorfully designed and includes clearly marked fold lines, which children can follow to make many different faces of all sorts of people from around the world. To finish off the faces, there are even stickers included to add smiles, eyeg...More Details →
Collages For Little Ones Craft Kit
Create beautiful works of art with our Hello Animals Collages For Little Ones. This set contains all the supplies your little one will need to get creative. Collage-making is a great activity for kids of all ages. This set features a mouse, bear, cat, and rabbit printed on a board and lots of supplies for dressing them up! For each picture, dire...More Details →
Origami Animals
A wonderfully simple step-by-step approach to origami for young beginners. Each sheet of paper in the set is colorfully designed and features clearly marked fold lines, which children can follow to make many different animals from boars to foxes. To complete the animals, use the included stickers to add whiskers, eyes, and a touch of personality...More Details →
Princesses Stamps & Stencils Kit
Create beautiful fairytale images with our Princesses Stamps & Stencils Kit. Ten illustrated cards, three stencil sheets, 10 stamps, and ink pad are included and sure to inspire beautiful creativity! An illustrated guide helps give some direction to those who need inspiration. This craft kit was lovingly designed in Paris by Djeco. Recommen...More Details →
Birds of Paradise Colored Sand Art Kit
The unique and beautiful set consists of 4 work cards with bird of paradise images, a special tool to reveal the glue covered areas, 12 different sand colors and an instruction booklet. Children will be delighted by their artistic creations which can be framed or used as gifts for family and friends once complete. Recommended For Kids 6 - 11 Ye...More Details →
Terra Kids Catamaran
Our Terra Kids Catamaran is perfect for little builders interested in the outdoors. This catamaran comes with over 50 pieces and a leaflet that guides your builder with easy step by step instructions on how to build his very own catamaran. Once built, the catamaran is ready for water! Let it float with the current, pull it against the current, o...More Details →
Glitter Animals Craft Kit
Four elegantly decorated pictures of an elephant, tiger, owl, and monkey wait to be decorated with the six tubes of glitter. We love this set because instead of glue, the pictures feature pull off stickers. Little ones pull the stickers off the illustrations to expose a sticky surface for the glitter. Then, section by section, different colors o...More Details →
Flower Maidens Stamp Set
This beautiful stamp set comes with 20 illustrated sheets and 14 elegant stamps for decorating each flower maiden. The three colored ink pads allow your little girl to experiment with patterns and colors while creating incredible art. The easy-to-follow instruction booklet provides guidance for beginner stampers. This lovely art kit was designed...More Details →
Finger Painting Craft Kit
Introduce your budding artist to one of the great joys in life: finger painting! Our Finger Dabbing Fun Finger Painting comes complete with eight 30ml paint bottles, eight picture backgrounds to paint on, and a paint palette. Just put some paint dollops on the palette and get started with the simple instruction book! This intuitive painting styl...More Details →
Circular Weaving Frame
Children will enjoy discovering the concepts and beauty of geometry with our Circular Weaving Frame by Grimm's Spiel und Holz from Germany. Use the 24 wooden pegs to create a multitude of intricate geometric patterns with yarn or twine (not included). Create artistic patterns or even weave leaves, flowers, or other treasures from your nature ...More Details →
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The 2012 edition of the International Quilt Festival at the Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., will be on display on Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28 from 10am to 7pm and Sunday, July 29 from 10am to 3pm.
This year, the show, sale and quilt-making academy will feature: close to 500 quilts and textile artworks on display; over 75 different classes, lectures and special events; and shopping in more than 250 booths selling quilts, fabrics, books, patterns, notions, crafts, machines and sewing supplies. General admission is $10. Seniors 65 and older and students are $8. Children aged 10 and under will be admitted free.
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Much to our dismay, cosmetic emergencies never arrive with advance notice. It's happened to me numerous times Consequently, we've learned that it's always good to have a few double-duty products on hand--the more prepared you are, the less you have to worry about, and you can face the day with confidence. As a self-proclaimed makeup guru, I've tried practically everything out there and have narrowed it down to the top 3 essentials.
Here are my picks for the key products--all found at the Mall at Rockingham Park-- to fix any makeup emergency on the go.
1. Q-Tips: A simple and great tool to wipe away smudged mascara, or blend harsh eyeshadows, Q-tips can help with tons of makeup issues. one of the best uses is erasing any make-up mistake quickly and easily and without ruining the rest of your makeup. Buying the travel size is definitely the way to go, since you'll be keeping them with you at all times. Bonus? You can find them at CVS for 99 cents!
2. Concealer: If your eyeliner or lipstick starts to run, concealer is a great product to have on hand. Warm up a small amount in between your fingers and pat it on the skin to erase any visible mistakes, while keeping a natural finish. Another tip: apply concealer to the lips before lipstick to help prevent bleeding. NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer is a fabulous choice. It's just thick enough to cover almost anything, but doesn't look caked on. You can find it at Sephora for $28.
3. Blotting Tissues: Shine and oil control is very important when it comes to maintaining a fresh face. Having a few blotting tissues with you at all times can help control shine, without having to use powder, or any other makeup. You'll look gorgeous in seconds. I absolutely love the new Tea Tree Oil Blotting Tissues from The Body Shop. You can get a pack for $10.
I hope these tips are helpful and will save you from any future makeup emergencies!
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Washington Mutual, another recent ward of the government, was restructured and quickly sold to jp morgan Chase.
That's like a 50 percent off sale, if you consider that BofA and jp morgan are pretty much the same size.
jp morgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup will all suffer billions more in credit losses before this recession is over.
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Morgan Mor·gan (môr'gən), Thomas Hunt. 1866-1945.
American biologist. He won a 1933 Nobel Prize for establishing the chromosome theory of heredity by his studies of the fruit fly Drosophila.


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Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri heat up 'Celebrity Cook-Off'Add to Favorites | Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off
Rachael Ray won the first contest, but she's ready for a rematch.
The television cooking star engaged in friendly battle with another -- Guy Fieri -- last year on "Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off," which saw each of them coach a team of celebrity amateur chefs competing for charities. The Food Network series switches coasts as Season 2 launches Sunday, Jan. 6, with new episodes taped in California.
"I told Guy if my team won the first season, we'd go to his turf for the next one," Ray tells Zap2it. "Every day was a separate location, so it was like making a movie per day. We worked these guys and ladies even harder than the first group, and it was incredible."
Among the new contenders: Chilli of music's TLC, comedian Gilbert Gottfried, designer-author Cornelia Guest, actor (and Tori Spelling spouse) Dean McDermott, actress Kathy Najimy, football veteran and Season 12 "Dancing With the Stars" winner Hines Ward, singer Carnie Wilson, and Olympic medalist figure skater Johnny Weir.
"There are no people behind the scenes making the food for them," Ray stresses, "or helping them out in any special way, and it's grueling. You think, 'Cornelia Guest, socialite,' but she worked like an animal in the kitchen. It's very humbling to see these people working so hard."
In a way, Ray isn't surprised by such dedication: "We're only dealing with people who want to learn more about cooking. It's lovely to meet with all of them, but Hines Ward is the one I was so excited about. I'm a big 'Dancing With the Stars' fan and a big football fan, and here's this guy who loves to cook for his son. I found it so warm and sweet."
Whatever the outcome of the second "Celebrity Cook-Off," Ray knows there won't be any permanent bruising between her and Fieri. "We've always said this is the most intense, exciting project we've ever been a part of," she says. "We were nervous to go back, because we can't physically show [the contestants] how to do things. We can only coach them, so it's nerve-racking."
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Having been an avid Xbox enthusiast from its launch, I have been an active participant in spreading that excitement in various online communities. Through my writing, photography, and videography, my event coverage has brought a unique and fun perspective to audiences all over the world. Relating industry news and events to gamers who do not have the benefit of the access that I have been so graciously given is truly an enjoyment and passion. I am currently an active member of the Union Video Game Forums, and am a contribute to Examiner.com as the LA Video Game Examiner. In 2008, I began a project called xboxpulse.com, an ambitious project which aims to pull together all of the Xbox Community sites on the net. Xboxpulse.com currently links to all news feeds from websites run by Xbox MVPs.


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Naomi Klein on class war nonviolence and climate justice in Copenhagen
Kelly Benjamin and Seán Kinane
WMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday | Listen to this entire show:
Activists are gearing up to shut down the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen tomorrow. Last night, WMNF reporter Kelly Benjamin recorded Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein speaking in the Freetown Christiana, an autonomously-governed squatted neighborhood in Copenhagen.
Much of the discussion in Christiania last night revolved around planning for the massive protests intent on shutting down the climate talks tomorrow. This is German activist Tadzio Mueller.
Afterwards, Naomi Klein voiced concerns that police clashes with protesters, which led to over 1400 arrests last weekend in Copenhagen, are overshadowing the big picture there. Klein pleaded with activists to remain non-violent in the face of police aggression.
Shortly after Naomi Klein spoke last night, a small group of protesters again clashed with police just outside Christiania. This time the police used tear gas and arrested another 200 people.
WMNFâs Kelly Benjamin hopes to continue reporting for us throughout the week from Copenhagen unless he is swept up in a mass arrest.
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March 27th: The book tour has begun! I started with the Wildlfower Festival in beautiful and historic Deland, FL on Saturday. It was a great day with lots of interesting vendors and speakers plus a pretty good crowd considering the rain in the morning. I was glad I had my tarp with me to keep the books dry. My umbrella is not that large and the breeze blew the percipitation in various directions. Anyway, I spent a lot of tiem talking to folks about the native wild garlic (Allium canadense), which is one of the crops we cover in our book. If you missed this event, there are plenty more between now and the end of June. See my event calendar to see where I'll be next!
While spring has officially arrived, no one told Mother Nature!
This morning there was frost on the plants away from the house. The cool-weather vegetables may finish their cycles so I can harvest them before the hot weather hits, but all this cool weather is not good for our warm-weather crops. I was tempted to get them in the gardens last week when it was warm, but I'll wait until next week--after April Fools' Day. I guess you're a fool if you plant before then unless you're prepared to protect those tender crops if a late frost happens.
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4th! It seems like a good day for a hike!
So spring is working its way into our weather, but still a few frosty nights are left so the cool wether vegetables will have a chance to mature before the heat of summer is upon us.
We received 1.8 inches of rain the other day and three
days later this first rain lily (Zephyranthes
atamasca) was the first to show itself this year.
<< I won this abused winged elm (Ulmus alata) in a plant raffle three years ago. I could see that it had been badly pruned, but the circling roots were not obvious when I removed it from its pot for planting. This is one reason why you need to rinse all the soil away from trees that have been growing in pots.
Read more about how this elm is doing and more in my post " Native plants for your yard: the next step" where I answer the question, "Is native plant gardening a fairy tale?
My new book is now available and at one point last week it was #6 on Amazon's best seller list for southern garden books.
See my posts "Love your planet!" and " Back to cold weather" for some of what I've been doing so far. My official book tour begins in April and goes through June. Here is the link to the book's website and my events' page. I hope to see you at one or more of my events--it's going to be a crazy few months!
Also see my posts " Tomatoes and peppers from seed" and " A compost turning = happy gardening in 2013."
Let me know what you think of the book!
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12/25/12 Merry Christmas!
My neighbor's camellia brightened my Christmas morning walk. I hope your holidays were merry. And I wish you a happy and greener 2013.
This Green Gardening post includes details on the winter garden including some beautiful broccoli, a new load of wood chips, and an invasive plant that snuck into a wooded area on our property.
Scrubjay Trail Winterfest is a pictorial essay of a celebration in Clermont in central Florida. This was a great event to raise money for the trail maintenance. I was there to sign some books, talk about my next book and to promote the 2013 Florida Native Plant Society conference.
While I saw some scrubjays, a Florida endemic bird, this mockingbird was more cooperative for photo opportunities.
Supporting wildlife beyond your garden gate is a post I wrote for the Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens blog.
"Its a pleasant experience to write for people like myself who also believe that creating more wildlife-friendly habitat is a good idea, but isnt one of our goals to reach out to wider audiences who might not have thought that their landscaping decisions are important?"
Do you know the rule of P's when dealing with various government agencies and our political representatives? Read the post for my ideas and to see what I said to the Clay Count delegation earlier this month.
I enjoyed my visit to Porter's Garden--such a green and sustainable community project. I loved running into Chris Cano of Gainesville Composting who remembered me from that stormy night at UF when I made a presentation to Gators for a Sustainable Campus three years ago. As I said at the time, "meeting these enthusiastic students and learning about their initiatives, gives me hope for the future." So now it is the future, and look what I uncovered. How Cool!
Recipe for failure: Long-day onions in Florida
When I went to Home depot to purchase onion plants on Dec. 1, most of what they were selling were long-day onions. This type of onion is for places like Maine or Minnesota where gardeners plants their onions just prior to the last snow of the season and where they would form bulbs as the days become longer. Here in Florida, we need short-day onion plants, because we grow onions right through the winter, when the days are guess what? Short! Read my rant over on my GreenGardeningMatters blog.
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11/21/12 Thanksgiving Harvest
Now it's time to harvest the edibles I'd planted on Labor Day. I'd planted two types of carrots, "nantes half" and cosmic purple." The purple carrots have matured faster than the orange ones. They both taste great because they are so fresh, but the purple ones flavor is more complex--my husband called the flavor "darker."
Read about the rest of my Thanksgiving harvest, which was my contribution to the family dinner.
Other recent posts:
· Blog Action Day on Oct 24th when thousands of bloggers all write about the same topic is always interesting. This year the topic was the Power of We. I posted my topic on the Florida Native Plant society's blog.
· Planting Garlic in Wide Rows is a look at how I build this intensive gardening arrangement and also how I implement trench composting as part of the mix.
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10/10/12 Organic Methods for Vegetable Gardening in Florida
Don't you just love the cover of my new book? It is now available for preorder on Amazon. Yay! I will be available for speaking to garden-oriented groups and gardenfests from April through June 2013 in north and north central Florida. My coauthor, Melissa Contreras, will be covering south and south central Florida. Send me an email if you're interested. firstname.lastname@example.com
Here are some of my recent posts:
· A beautiful cover and progress in the gardens where I discover that my very productive okra had root-knot nematodes.
Changes... Progress on de-lawning and how to accomplish it a little
at a time. And I talk about the new USDA planting zone map. It's about
time, because the old one was from 1990!
· Attracting damsels and dragons is my monthly post over on the Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens blog. This time I talk about the odonates: the dragonflies and damselflies.
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I've done a fair amount of ranting this past month, but on a gentler note
I've also covered my wide-row planting methods for my edibles:
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8/4/12 Snow squarestem or salt and pepper (Melanthera nivea), a member of the daisy family (Asteraceae), attracts a high volume of butterflies, skippers, bees, wasps and even hummingbirds. It has only white disk florets in its flower headunlike a sunflower, it has no ray florets that look like petals. Its common name comes from the white flowers and its square stems with a mostly opposite leaf arrangement. Many members of the mint family (Lamiaceae) also have square stems and opposite leaves, so when I first heard the common name I assumed that this was in the mint family, but the plants are classified mostly by their flowers characteristics, not by their stems or leaves. (See A Plant by Any Common Name )
The squarestem is a perennial that dies to the ground each winter and
over winters with a ring of basal leaves. It can tolerate poor soil, drought,
and some salt spray, which are all important traits for much of its range,
particularly here in Florida. Its range includes most of the SE US, according
to the USDA.
Read more on my post over on the Native Plants & Wildlfie Gardens blog.
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7/27/12 I hope your summer is going well and that the country-wide drought has not taken too much of a toll in your gardens. Here in Florida We had too much rain at the beginning of the month (12" in 2 days) and then a couple of weeks with no rain, but now "things" are in a normal pattern for our wet season with frequent afternoon/evening thunder showers.
In my Green Gardening Matters blog, I talk about how to build okra swales and more in Okra Swales. Okra flowers are simply beautiful. Don't you think??
Come take a walk around my yard just after sunrise. I posted a short photo journal in An Early Morning Garden Tour where I show you both sides of this newly emerged male black swallowtail.
Recently I settled a family feud in my herb garden--it was the mint family vs. the onion family and the mints were winning. Actually it was a couple of mint family members causing the problems; 1) The greek oregano was growing into the chives (as shown in this photo), and 2) the spearmint was fixing to take over the whole herb garden. I think I removed the errant rhizomes, but if not, I'll be keeping a close eye on new growth so the feud does not begin again.
Read The herb garden: a (mint) family affair
7/4/12 Passionvine, purple passion flower, maypop (Passiflora incarnata) is a beautiful perennial native vine with a wonderfully complex flower with crimped petal-like tepals. It dies back to the ground in the winter, but pops up in more places the next springin May usually.
Like most gardeners, I love beautiful plants that attract many pollinators. See what else happens to my passionvines on my post over on the Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens blog.
This week I was also a guest ranter on the Garden Rant blog. Read my post: Garden Writers: Who are we writing for and why is it important?
I hope you enjoy your 4th of July celebrations.
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6/27/12 "For the rain, it raineth every day," Wm. Shakespeare
My neighbor's swale would be more effective at quickly soaking up the stormwater if the turf was replace with a good selection of rain garden plants.
As gardeners we must make adjustments and plan for better
drainage to absorb future storms.
For more details, see my article We All Live in a Watershed! that I wrote for Blog Action Day 2010 on The Florida Native Plant Society's blog.
Continue reading this blog post, which relates Tropical Storm Debby and all her rain: It Raineth Every Day!
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WORCESTER, Mass. - The Holy Cross baseball contest, scheduled for Wednesday, March 26 versus Harvard at Fitton Field, has been postponed due to field conditions. The game will be made up at a later date.
The Crusaders (6-13) return to action on Saturday and Sunday, March 29-30, when they will begin Patriot League action with a four-game series versus Lafayette at Fitton Field. Saturday's doubleheader will begin at 2:00 p.m., while Sunday's twin bill starts at 1:00 p.m.


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D.C. Forecast: A hot weekend with stray storms, much cooler at midweek
Look for a partly sunny, hot, and quite humid day with a stray thunderstorm possible this afternoon. Highs should reach the upper 80s.
- This Afternoon:
- Partly Sunny, Hot, Humid, Stray Storm
- Highs: 87-90
- Wind: S 5-10 mph
- Tonight:
- Partly Cloudy & Warm
- Lows: 65-71
- Wind: S 10 mph
- Sunday:
- Partly Sunny, Hot, PM Storms Possible
- Highs: 89-93
- Rain: 30% Chance
It's a warm start to a weekend that will be seasonably hot and humid with the threat of afternoon thunderstorms, especially on Sunday. That same pattern will persist into early next week with daytime highs in the 90s, dew points in the uncomfortable 70s, and strong storms even more likely than today or tomorrow.
But just as it seems that summer is hitting its stride, a pool of cool air in the midwest will bring some refreshing air to the metro area. Starting at midweek, daytime highs near 80 and dew points in the 50s won't quite make a mockery of the season, but they'll cast it in a far more flattering light. Until that natural air-conditioning arrives, keep cool and enjoy the weekend.
NOTE: Be sure to take in the so-called "super moon" tonight. When a full moon like tonight's appears at the moon's perigee - it's closest brush with earth on its elliptical orbit - the moon seems especially large.


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Today, the US National Commission released an excerpt of a report into the causes of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.This commission report highlights what industry doesn't want to admit - offshore drilling is inherently dangerous and always will be. Any number of technical mistakes or simple profit-driven greed can lead to disaster at any time. Right now, BP is drilling even riskier wells in the Arctic and in deep north Atlantic waters, and the company is still part of lobby groups opposing tougher safety regulations in the US. Better blowout technology, increased regulations and stricter enforcement will never erase the risk of drilling in deeper, more remote and ecologically fragile places. While it's great that the truth is finally being published in the President's Oil Spill Commission Report, it is what President Obama does with the report that will determine if we have learned anything from the BP oil spill disaster.
This must never happen again. There are some leadership-sized decisions to make regarding the future of offshore drilling in the US and the environmental security of the nation. If they take this report to heart, the administration must, in good conscience, re-impose the moratorium on offshore drilling.
Kert directs Greenpeace's research team. He works closely with investigative journalists and frequently represents Greenpeace at international climate negotiations and scientific conferences. Kert has also partnered with major global corporations to help them implement solutions to global environmental problems.
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With the Republican machine taking over the majority, I just hope whatever Obama decides can actually strike a cord with these MONEY driven slobs. It'...
With the Republican machine taking over the majority, I just hope whatever Obama decides can actually strike a cord with these MONEY driven slobs. It's time for us to make a change! Take a stand! And to REALIZE... DOING THIS IS KILLING THE EARTH AND RUINING ANY CHANCE FOR OUR CHILDRENS FUTURE TO BE BRIGHT! STOP NOW!!!
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Everyone should have been allowed to help BP clean up this oil spill. They should not have been stop and kept out of the area which hampered the clean...
Everyone should have been allowed to help BP clean up this oil spill. They should not have been stop and kept out of the area which hampered the clean up effort
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The Deepwater Horizon oil rig had drilled the world's deepest offshore well before it exploded and sank on April 20, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Deepwater Horizon drilled the well to 35,055 feet (10 kilometers) or more than six miles, operating in 4,130 feet (1 kilometer) of water, according to BP.
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Hello Jen, such an amazing time you are having, great to see you all in some photos. Hope you have recovered from the plane flight and enjoying the food. The boat looks a lot like the one in Vietnam and you finally got into a tuk!!! Lots of Love Mum, Dad ,Martin and Luci


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I want to make more art than what I currently make but I seem to not have enough confidence in my work. I get afraid that I cannot do a render like how I imagine in my head. Does anyone have any ideas to bring up confidence level so that I can one day be a great artist that I want to be?
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October ride @ the Arizona Strip
The "Arizona Strip" is not a gentleman's club. It's a vast chunk of BLM dirt south of St. George, Utah. And we're going there.
Starskey, Warp9man, Infidel, and others.....are going to be there for one final bash before the cold weather sets in. We plan to travel down on October 23, and return on the 27th.
The land yacht owned and navigated my Warp9man will be mission control, and if all goes well it will be parked somewhere south of St. George near the Arizona state line. We'll be close enough to St. George that those desiring a hotel room will not be far away, and those wanting to camp with us will not be THAT close to the city.
There is a LOT of VARIED land out there. There's something for the big bikes, and something for the small. The intent is for our large group to break into smaller groups every day, depending on bike size, riding style, and what everyone wants to see, then do our thing and return in the evening for comraderie, swapping lies, and other such tomfoolery.
Early on in the trip, I'd like to lead a group from mission control up and over Mount Trumball, to my favorite Grand Canyon overlook at Tuweep. This will be a great ride through the middle of the area, and thus giving everyone a taste of what is out there. I used to work out there, and I think there's something for everyone.
Indian petroglyphs, piney highlands, red rock canyons, historic sites, caves, white washes of gypsum...this place has something for everyone. For those that like to fish, there are a couple of decent resivoirs around. Additionally, St. George has motorcycle shops and other "stuff" so we can get parts, go to restraunts to eat, and enjoy other amenities.
If you think you'd like to join us, post so here and we'll get some details and organization going. If you can't be up there for the whole thing, we'd enjoy having you there as much as you can.
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I'm thinking I can leave Friday night and return on Tuesday.........time off request goes into the hopper tomorrow.......:smile6
I'm Game
I'll be watchin this, it's my back yard after all. Would love to show some peeps some of what the area has to offer and join in the fun! Any questions, just ask! Count me IN!
Im IN
Sounds good to me. I'll get my time off request in tomorrow. What's your plan, ride or trailer down:D ???
jtaylor, it'll be nice to have a local along. I used to work with a wilderness rehab program out there, but it's 6 or 7 years since then so I have a vague recollection of things, but that's it.
dakardad, Warp9man will be pulling his trailer behind his motorhome and he and I are leaving here friday morning to get down there and set up before too late friday evening. I won't speak for space on his trailer, but he'll be posting soon on this thread and he may have some trailer space available.
I was camping in this area last March and really wished I had brought the DRZ along. My girlfriend has really been wanting to go back.... maybe this would be a good chance. Hows the weather in October? March was cold and super windy (we camped at Toroweep)
Which one are you? Big brother?
Oh ya I'd like to see the strip too.
I'm working on a way to swing it.:D
Not sure if I will still be down there in Oct. - I am doing a job for Zion NP starting next week and the Uly is loaded in the work trailer. I love the strip area and all the riding possibilities down there. So I will keep checking in and if there are any "big" bikes crashing around between now and Oct. I would love to tag along. I have my sat phone and was going to do some single riding in the area whenever I get a free moment. Better than the wet NW!
I'm Game
If you don't mind a n00b on a KLR jr. I' think I can swing the time off and I would love the experience.
I might be confused, but wasn't it you and your son that Warp9man and I met on the Liberty to Avon pass a few months back?
BTW.....I'm not making official plans since I don't trust the fates to let me plan anything........I went to a Greek play yesterday and totally agree that the gods are intent on playing with us lowly humans to amuse themselves.........:smooch
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Robert Winston relates how he had been ostracised at scientific conferences as a "populariser" (31 January, p 22). This sadly reflects not only the sometimes blinkered vision of one's fellow scientists but also the reality of the organisation of British science in universities. I know of a well known popular-science writer who left employment at King's College London because of lack of support and the pressure to publish research in preference to popular science books and articles.
I had to take early retirement from the same university in order to concentrate on publishing books (The Poison Paradox, Oxford University Press) as I was actively discouraged from doing this, ostensibly because of the demands of the UK's Research Assessment Exercise.
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You've had a long day, and you're in a hurry to get home. Traffic is crawling, and you have to stop for groceries. After waiting forever in the checkout line, it's your turn—and the cash register goes on the blink. That does it. You're ready to lose it.
Millions of us lose our tempers every day. Rude behavior and rage have increased at home and in public. Time constraints, congestion, unrealistic expectations, and people's sense that the world owes them something all fuel anger. It's not just unpleasant, it's downright unhealthy; studies have linked anger to heart disease.
But when you control your emotions and respond to others' emotions the right way, you can avoid or defuse anger, and enjoy life more.
Why do you get angry? Is it really because you stubbed your toe? More likely, you're frustrated with your job or struggling with marital problems. "Often, your anger toward the littlest thing is really about something deeper," says motivational speaker C. Leslie Charles, author of Why is Everyone So Cranky?
Unrealistic expectations, whether about Prince Charming or a faster computer, can send you fuming in a world that constantly bombards you with advertisements for the perfect life, available now.
Anger of the moment
Momentary anger can be justified or not. The child who dashes into traffic to retrieve a ball may rile you for good reason. But what about that busy store clerk who fails to greet you? Because of their high expectations, more people feel a sense of entitlement for attention, time, money, or things, Charles says.
Lack of time also can anger you. A long commute takes you to a job where you're overworked and constantly interrupted. With so little time and too much to do, you fall victim to "hurry sickness." In rushing from one task or place to another, people become impatient at anything and anyone that slows them down.
"Often, what stresses us out aren't major crises, but the little things that build up day after day," adds Charles.
You also may be prone to anger because of a difficult childhood or a physical problem. "Some evidence indicates that aggression can be socially and biologically related," says Edward C. Suarez, Ph.D., a North Carolina psychiatrist.
How does anger harm your health? Insomnia, headaches, and digestive problems are common. Flaring tempers also release stress hormones that raise your blood pressure and heart rate. Over time, too many stress hormones "can raise your cholesterol, thereby clogging arteries and possibly leading to a heart attack," says Dr. Suarez.
So don't let anger rule your life. "Angry behavior is a choice," Charles says. "Learn how to manage your choices, and you can manage your anger, or avoid it altogether."
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Google Nexus 4 hits Harvey Norman
blog Frustrated at not being able to buy Google's Nexus 4 handset (manufactured by LG), which Delimiter recently rated as the best non-4G handset available in Australia? Worry not. LG has just announced the handset will be on sale through Harvey Norman imminently. Praise be. The media release:
SYDNEY, January 24, 2013 – LG Electronics (LG) has announced that the widely anticipated Nexus 4 will be exclusively available through Harvey Norman stores on Optus mobile plans from February 1.
A design collaboration between LG and Google, the LG Nexus 4 was officially launched on Google Play in November 2012, and quickly proved to be a hit after selling out within 20 minutes. Global demand for the smartphone continues to grow, and offering the handset in Australian stores now will give sales another boost.
The Nexus 4 brings together LG's advanced hardware design, including Qualcomm's cutting-edge Snapdragon™ S4 Pro processor, for speed and power. Featuring 2GB of RAM and the latest version of Android® (Jelly Bean), the Nexus 4 is the snappiest Nexus smartphone to date.
"The Nexus 4 is a great example of how LG's state of the art hardware is innovating in the smartphone market with Google choosing to be its latest hardware partner," said Lambro Skropidis, General Marketing Manager at LG Australia. "The response in Australia has been overwhelmingly positive on Google Play already, and we know our Harvey Norman partnership will create even greater demand."
Stock will be available for an outright purchase of $496 in all Harvey Norman stores and on an Optus plan in selected stores. Pricing will be dependent on the customer's choice of Optus plan; details of the suggested plans and pricing can be found in store and online at www.harveynorman.com.au. Customers can pre-order now for stock available on the 1st February.
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$496 (and they don't say if that's for the 8GB or 16GB version). Yeah, I'd be waiting for the Play store to have stock again.
Also, this is a pretty big kick in the teeth to everyone who's been trying to buy a Nexus 4 on the Play store over the last couple of months.
"Thanks for trying to order from us, but we just can't handle that responsibility so we're going to move our stock through a third party who'll charge you more."
Why can't one order a Google Nexus phone or tablet via the Internet? Why must distribution be channelled through a retail store? Surely we've moved beyond this by now? I don't care if HN are the sole distributor of the best device on the planet, if I can't parallel import it I'd rather saw off my own feet with a rusty spoon than buy something from HN.
Why is it $496 at Harvey Normal, yet online from Google it is $349+shipping?
Maybe HN are selling the 16GB model, which is $399+shipping – which is still ~$100 more.
Harvey Norman website clearly lists it as the 16GB for $496.
No, they won't price match an online store. Their best price clearly states
"6. The Best Price Guarantee does not apply where:
(a) the competitor has an online store only, and does not have a physical retail store in Australia;"
No doubt the Play Store will get stock next month as well. Just a matter of if they sell out within the first or not again.
I'm gonna try ask for a price match against the google play store. Lol
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5 on October 03, 2014
Hallo Jos en Donna Jammer, dat we maar 1 nacht konden blijven. Jullie wonen geweldig mooi, we voelden ons meteen thuis. We werden vriendelijk ontvangen, ondanks dat we te vroeg waren. Heerlijk geslapen en 's morgens een geweldig ontbijt. Jullie waren erg gezellig en gastvrij. Als we nog een keer in Canada zijn, komen we zeker terug. Bedankt voor alles Henk en Hanny.
4.8 on September 24, 2014
We planned a stay of three nights in the Victoria area but didn't want to stay in a standard "cookie cutter" hotel. We found this wonderful bed & breakfast and couldn't have been more pleased. It is close to everything but feels like it is off in the woods. The food was excellent and the hosts were so helpful. It was very close to Butchart Gardens which was a nice extra for us, but stil very close to the activities in Victoria. We would certainly stay here again. Two of the rooms share a bathroom which was fine for us. The other has its own bathroom.
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We loved our two night stay at Arbutus Hill, not a long drive from downtown Victoria and several other nearby attractions. Comfy bed, wifi, an access code so we could sneak in after watching spectacular fireworks at Butchart Gardens, and the cherry on top was delicious breakfast! Jos went above and beyond for the sake of food sensitivities. Thank you so much!
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clean, comfortable rooms and bath. Gracious hosting. Good breakfast. restful surroundings.
4.8 on July 11, 2014
Very private, great hosts, excellent food. Room on the small side but very adequate and comfortable. Location is a little isolated, but quiet and restful. Birdwatching was great. We would stay there again.
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Jos and Donna were delightful hosts for our short stay at Arbutus. We were in Victoria looking at real estate and they were incredibly helpful and patient with all our questions
4.8 on May 29, 2014
We loved this B&B. Jos and Donna are a delight and went out of their way to make our stay as pleasant as could be. All of our dietary needs were accommodated over a fantastic breakfast, recipes exchanged!
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We were very happy to see the "out of the city" and consider ourselves winners. The site was great, the hostess were welcoming. We had a great time.
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We stayed here with another couple just this past weekend and were all blown away by the beauty of the place, and the hospitality. We were kept comfortable and the breakfasts were amazing - they set us up perfectly for the day! We enjoyed wonderful conversations with our hosts, but were also given privacy when appropriate. And with what we paid, the value was incredible. I'm marking this one down and making sure I come back next time I'm out there. I'll also be recommending it to friends and family. I only wish I could have stayed longer.
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Comdex is well-known as the biggest week in the Las Vegas convention business as more than 200,000 conventioneers pour into the city.
It's also the week when the "Sin City" image comes into full force as the Las Vegas sex industry enjoys its biggest week of the year.
Las Vegas's strip clubs spend the week packed to the gills, outcall services put their dancers on 24-hour call, and "AdultDEX" -- an adult video convention held during Comdex week at the Imperial Palace hotel-casino -- draws an estimated 15,000 people.
ADULT FILM ACTRESS Asia Carrera is the center of... photographer's attention at the AdultDEX convention at the Imperial Palace. The local sex industry has its biggest week of the year during the same week as Comdex.
By conservative estimates, adult-oriented businesses will see their business double during Comdex week. That draws in dancers from across the country during the week, hoping to cash in on the Comdex-created boom.
"You get a lot more $20s and $100s on stage," said Cheri Reed, a bartender at Talk of the Town nude nightclub, who has danced during two previous Comdex weeks. "They're real generous. They're out to have a good time, so they're willing to spend a lot of money. Some will even send you cards afterward."
Those in the business say there are two elements at work: One, that Comdex tends to draw a younger, male, often single crowd; and two, those in the technology industry have a considerably higher amount of disposable income than traditional visitors.
"The hotels tend to complain that the computer geeks ... don't spend money gambling," said Raymond Pistol, president of Showgirl Video and Talk of the Town. "But they do spend money on our operations. It's a matter of putting their money in a different area, as opposed to the hotels.
"Basically, you've got a younger crowd, and younger guys tend to be single. They're very computer oriented, they know the math ... and I guess their interest isn't sitting at a table. They're interested in the women."
Adult entertainment, a business city and county leaders have tried in vain to clamp down on, is already a good-sized industry in its own right. Pistol estimates the city's sex industry grossed $175 million in 1995 and employed 2,000 people. Now, he guesses that it has passed the $250 million a year mark.
How much of that is grossed during Comdex, no one's quite sure, though Pistol said he increases his staff during the week.
"It's hard to tell, because we have several days that are high-water marks," he said. "Any time the town's full, we're full, is what it amounts to. Any big fourth of July or New Year's Eve are high-water marks. You can't say one is better than the other, because they fill you up.
"If anybody's not doing well this week, they're in trouble. You don't need special promotions, because there's so many bodies out there."
Ashley Taylor, a dancer who works at Pistol's club, says she's hoping to gross $7,000 during Comdex, a week where she'll be working 18-hour days for 11 consecutive days.
"You'll make 10 percent of your annual earnings in a week," Taylor said.
Taylor spends the days as a model at the AdultDEX convention. For $5 each, conventioneers can get a signed photo. But the real reason it's done is to draw visitors back to the club that night.
"We're the bait to lure the guys in (to the booths)," Taylor said.
AdultDEX was launched five years ago as a kind of rebellion, after Comdex organizers booted the adult Internet businesses from the convention.
Now at the Imperial Palace, the conference has become a significant draw in its own right. Organizer Faye Sharp estimates the conference will draw 15,000 people this year, but says the real purpose of the conference is to promote the business side of adult entertainment on the Internet, not to give Comdex visitors a chance to ogle women.
"It's still a trade show," Sharp said. "Basically, there's a lot of people on both sides of the business (traditional and adult)."
But opening day Tuesday brought out hundreds of Comdex attendees, each paying $8 at the door. As women performed -- and sometimes flashed -- the men, crowds quickly formed and minicams appeared left and right. Many booths hawked X-rated tapes and DVDs.
"When people get tired of the classroom, they come to the playground," said William Margold, director of the West Hollywood, Calif.-based Free Speech Organization [Free Speech Coalition], the trade organization of the adult film industry. "This is recess. They come here to play."
At night, as the conventions close their booths and doors, the outcall business begins to take off. One operator that does exceptionally well this week is Richard Sorrano, owner of S.O.C. Inc., the largest outcall operator in Las Vegas, whose pamphleteers blanket the Strip.
On a normal day, Sorrano's agency will send out 50 to 60 dancers a day. During Comdex week, that rises as high as 150 a day -- each charging $150 to $250 per visit, not including tips. Many of his 200 entertainers will be on call 12 hours a day for the entire convention.
"(Wednesday night), around midnight, is our peak hour," Sorrano said. "The first day, they're registering. By the second day, they'll leave early, begin exploring the city.
"I've got to say Comdex is our biggest week."
One of the biggest booms in Sorrano's business comes through his website, www.vegasgirls.com. The site normally sees less than 200,000 hits a day, Sorrano said, but that rises above 1 million during Comdex week, he said. That creates residual business for Sorrano, who uses the site not only for advertising, but for a year-round subscription based adult entertainment business.
"It's a matter of putting out increased advertising targeted for these types of people," Sorrano said. "This crowd likes electronic things, so our Internet site does very well. We also put billboards on the back of trucks that are electronic billboards. They're not only interested in adult entertainment, but at the same time, it associates to them electronically.
"We're being tricky by hitting them both ways ... and we definitely get an edge by doing that."
Even Nevada's legal brothels -- the only legalized prostitution establishments in the United States -- see a modest boom during Comdex week.
Despite the 70-mile desert trek out of Las Vegas -- and the state's ban on advertising -- Sheri's Ranch in Pahrump sees business rise 25 percent during the week. That's despite a ban on brothel advertising.
"Comdex is probably our busiest week, because of the length of it, though the lack of advertising really curtails us," said Jim Miltenberger, owner of Sheri's. "It's more or less word of mouth, through the cabs and what not.
"Regardless of what convention it is, they make it out here. Most all of the (brothels) have limos, and they'll come back and forth to the ranch. They'll stay busy this week."
Miltenberger says Sheri's won't increase the number of women on the ranch this week, "though we have more girls applying, because they've all heard of Comdex."
The sex business is something civic and business leaders would want to see swept under the rug in Las Vegas. But promoters say they deserve the same legitimacy as any other business.
"We're really not as scummy as everybody thinks we are," said Dondrea Eisenbarth, owner of Wyoming-based Web Overdrive, an Internet consulting firm specializing in the adult entertainment business. "We're good people. We run serious businesses. And we've been pulling in millions for years."
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SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners had several heartbreaking losses during their eight-game losing streak.
They ended it with an uplifting win in their last at-bat.
Jason Bay hit a two-out RBI single in the 13th inning, lifting the Mariners to a 4-3 victory Sunday over the Texas Rangers.
"It feels great. Not just for me but for everybody. That was a big sigh of relief for a lot of people," Bay said.
The Mariners had been on the losing end of three walkoff victories by the Cleveland Indians in four games and were facing an extra-inning loss after A.J. Pierzynski had given the Rangers a 3-2 lead in the top of the 11th inning with an RBI single.
But Raul Ibanez hit a solo home run off Rangers closer Joe Nathan to keep the game going and Bay came through in the 13th after he was denied a chance to win it in the 11th, when David Murphy leaped above the fence in left-center field to catch Bay's drive.
Yoervis Medina (1-0) worked out of a jam in the 13th inning to keep the game tied.
Kendrys Morales doubled and advanced to third on a groundout by Carlos Triunfel. Bay didn't miss his second opportunity as he singled to left off Rangers reliever Michael Kirkman (0-1) to score Triunfel from third and hand the Mariners a much-needed victory.
The Mariners had moved within a game of .500 after taking two of three from the New York Yankees. Then three losses in the last inning in Cleveland started the eight-game skid.
"We've got a good group of guys out there. They're grinding. They're fighting. They're not giving into it. A lot of breaks have gone against us this week," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "We've got guys that are working to try to get to where they need to get to help us win ballgames. We've got a lot going on out there right now but a great win for us."
Jurickson Profar hit a leadoff home run off Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma. Texas scored again in the second after hits by Nelson Cruz and Mitch Moreland put runners in scoring positions. Leonys Martin drove in Cruz on a sacrifice fly to give the Rangers a 2-0 lead.
The Mariners left a pair of runners stranded in both the fourth and fifth innings before finally breaking through against Nick Tepesch in the sixth. Kyle Seager doubled down the right field line and Morales homered to knot the game at 2.
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Directed by the UNAC family, which owns 100% of the company, UNAC SAS' headquarters are in VERGEZE, between MONTPELLIER and NÎMES in Southern France.
For more than 39 years, UNAC has been a world-renowned specialist in manufacturing trenchers for the installation of underground networks. They have taken their experience and applied it in manufacturing small and medium sized mobile hydrostatic power transmission vehicles in the road-rail, military, forestry and snow-removal fields.
Originally founded in 1943 and relocated to Vergèze in 1962, UNAC is directed today by Michael Unac, a descendant from a long line of entrepreneurs. Michael Unac, engineer, took up the family torch 5 years ago with the same passion that the past 2 generations displayed; each one used their creativity, desire and work ethic from manufacturing agricultural trailers to designing specialized machines on the cutting-edge of technology to make UNAC an undeniable player in promising sectors such as integrated underground conduit installation systems or dual-purpose road-rail machines including their most recent creation, the X6 road-rail vehicle, as well as state-of-the-art military dozers.
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Current manufacturing trends are pushing manufacturers to become assemblers. UNAC decided to preserve their extensive expertise that covers all stages of production, from boiler and sheet metal works to electricity, including machining of parts. A UNAC carrier is therefore a home-made solution, crafted with care, which only those who see the product created from start to finish can provide.
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