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Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) Fact Sheet
What does a mute swan look like?
They are very large birds (25-30 lbs.) measuring 56-62 inches in length. Their orange bills with black knobs, white plumage and long necks make them conspicuous. When swimming, mute swans often hold their wings slightly upraised over their back, forming a hump if viewed from the side. Their young have a dusky tinge and grayish bill and usually remain with their parents for about four months.
Where are they found?
Mute swans reside primarily in estuarine river habitats with smaller numbers on inland lakes and ponds. The largest number of mute swans occurs in Talbot, Queen Anne, and Dorchester counties.
Where did mute swans come from?
Mute swans are not native to North America. They were brought to this country from Europe in the late 1800's. Mute swans that escaped from captivity have established populations in a number of states. The mute swan population in Maryland originated from the escape of five captive birds in Talbot County in March 1962.
How many mute swans are there?
Currently, over 22,000 birds occupy coastal and freshwater habitats along the Atlantic coast from New Hampshire to Florida, the Great Lakes, Washington State, southern Ontario, and British Columbia. There are 3600 mute swans currently living in Maryland's portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is estimated that in ten years, if left unchecked there will be over 20,000 mute swans in the Chesapeake Bay region. Adverse ecological effects are occurring as a result of this swan population and will increase if the population is allowed to grow.
What do they eat?
A mute swan feeds almost exclusively on submerged aquatic vegetation or "SAV", also referred to as Bay grass. Every day an adult mute swan eats eight pounds of SAV, year round. It is estimated that the 3,600 mute swans that reside in the Chesapeake Bay consume 10.5 million pounds of SAV each year, or about 10.5 percent of the total biomass of SAV in the Bay. In ten years, the estimated 20,000 birds would eat over 58-million pounds of Bay grass a year. Additional SAV losses occur through the mute swan's foraging behavior – their consumption of immature seeds, removal of SAV biomass before plant maturation and uprooting of whole plants.
What harm does the mute swan do?
Mute Swans are voracious feeders on the Chesapeake's wild grass beds, what scientists call "submerged aquatic vegetation" or "SAV". Mute swans eat about eight pounds of it every day, which equates to approximately 10 million pounds of SAV consumed every year. This SAV is an important ecosystem in and of itself, as well as an important nursery area for the fish and crabs that are critical to the Chesapeake Bay estuary. SAV has declined throughout the Bay because of water quality problems, and the growing mute swan population is a threat to the native grass beds that remain.
The mute swan is one of the world's most aggressive species of waterfowl. In Maryland, mute swan pairs have become a nuisance, driving people away from shorelines where swans vigorously defend their nest during the breeding season. This aggressive behavior has also led to the displacement of native birds from nesting and feeding areas. Mute swans are responsible for driving the last remaining colony of black skimmers, a state-threatened species, from the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Mute swans have been observed exhibiting aggression toward tundra swans, driving them from their habitats of protected coves and feeding areas. Since the mid-1970s, Maryland's wintering tundra swan population has declined by about 30%.
Why doesn't DNR relocate mute swans
to various breeders and individuals, both in and outside of Maryland?
The primary goal of the DNR Mute Swan Management Plan is to reduce the number of mute swans in order to protect critical Chesapeake Bay habitats. While the capture and relocation of swans to certain types of scientific or educational facilities is a strategy within the management plan, DNR has concluded that to allow swans to be "adopted" as pets would not only fail to solve the immediate problem, but may actually compound it.
All of the feral populations of mute swans in Maryland and other parts of the United States and Canada originated from either the intentional release or accidental escape of mute swans kept in captivity. In Maryland, all of our mute swans are the descendants of a single flock of five pet birds. Given the history of the species once it is introduced into captivity in new environments, it would clearly be irresponsible for us to relocate our swans to areas where they do not presently inhabit.
Every U.S. state wildlife management agency along the Atlantic coast and Canada has endorsed removal of adult swans. No state wildlife management agency wants or should allow the importation of this harmful species into their state. Nor would it be responsible for us to try to solve our problems by exporting them to adjacent states, either increasing existing populations or expanding the current range of the mute swan, which is already far too large.Are there "good" swans too?
There are two species of swans that are native to the Chesapeake Bay that do not damage the aquatic ecosystem. One of these species, the trumpeter swan, no longer survives in the wild in this region. The other, the tundra swan, is only here in the winter months. Mute swans are not "bad" animals, they are just animals that have been introduced to an ecosystem in which their behavior and biology is a danger to the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.
Have studies been completed on how best to deal with the mute swan?
The Swan Management Plan, released in April 2003, is a culmination of multi-year study by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) of the impacts of the mute swan. The Plan provides direction and objectives for the Department to manage this overabundant species through 2008 including recommendations to reduce the current mute swan population. The overwhelming scientific evidence indicates that immediate, lethal action must be taken before mute swan populations continue to proliferate and irreversibly damage the Chesapeake Bay. The plan is available on line.
Do any other organizations support the Swan Management Plan?
The Plan has been supported and endorsed by local and national environmental groups; including the National Audubon Society, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Severn River Association, the South River Federation, the American Bird Conservancy, the Wildlife Management Institute and numerous other organizations. These constituent groups recognize the benefits this plan will have on other species and the Chesapeake Bay as a whole.
Why do biologists believe it is necessary to kill mute swans?
Although non-lethal methods to control population growth will continue to be used, lethal control is necessary to reduce the population. The quickest–and most humane–way to effect a 67 percent reduction of the population is to decrease adult survivorship by killing adult birds. Because of the mute swan's high reproductive potential and long life spans, traditional alternative control methods–such as addling eggs to suppress recruitment of young–are not effective in reducing populations. Non-lethal techniques such as harassment, exclusionary devices, and behavioral modification generally have limited effectiveness and are suitable only for site-specific situations involving problem individuals or flocks.
Why can't you just destroy the eggs or use birth control?
Wildlife Managers have been addling (preventing hatching of) mute swan eggs and this has slowed the rate of population growth. This practice will continue, however, egg addling alone will not lead to a significant reduction in swan numbers.
Using birth control on adult swans requires a surgical procedure, and it is simply impractical and too costly. Even if we used our entire budget for no other purpose, we could not capture and sterilize all of the mute swans.
Why can't you capture the mute swan for re-locate them?
It is impractical to place the swans in zoos, parks, and retirement homes and DNR does not have the resources to capture, pinion, sterilize and find homes for hundreds, let alone thousands of these birds.
We cannot send them somewhere else either. Given the mute swan does not have a natural predator, they are overpopulating and damaging every area that they become established, in Europe as well as in North America. For example, in the Great Lakes area, mute swans are devouring native wild rice, destroying so much of this ethno botanically important plant that the Ottawa Nation has initiated a mute swan control effort.
What will happen if we don't do anything about the Mute Swan?
Mute swans have a tremendous reproductive capacity and no natural predators. There were only 200 mute swans on the Chesapeake on the 1970's. Without action, biologists believe that the current population of 3600 birds could exceed 20,000 in ten years. If this should happen, it may be impossible to restore SAV in the Chesapeake Bay. Native water birds and waterfowl would suffer, and the many aquatic species that depend upon the Bay's wild grass beds to survive; crabs, seahorses, rockfish, and many more; would lose their homes.
Aren't mute swans legally protected in the United States?
Yes. Mute swans have been officially recognized as Federally protected in the U.S. since December 28, 2001. On that date, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court ruled that, as swans and members of the waterbird family Anatidae, mute swans were protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The MBTA provides strong measures for the protection and conservation of migratory birds, while at the same time providing opportunities for people to use the migratory bird resource for sport, recreation, and scientific endeavors. The MBTA also provides considerable flexibility for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service–the primary Federal agency responsible for migratory bird management–to implement actions to address situations in which birds may come into conflict with human interests, as in the case of mute swans. (http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/)
What management action is the Fish and Wildlife Service proposing for mute swans?
The Fish and Wildlife Service's preferred alternative is to adopt an integrated population management approach, which would authorize a suite of lethal and non-lethal methods to address a variety of problems caused by an increased abundance of mute swans. Lethal methods would include shooting with firearms and/or live-trapping followed by euthanasia, plus egg addling to reduce production of young. Non-lethal methods would include pinioning and sterilization, harassment, exclusion, behavioral modification, and capture and relocation. Most of these actions could be conducted only upon receipt of a depredation permit issued by the Fish and Wildlife Service. The goals will be to reduce existing populations and prevent further range expansion. (http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/)
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV)
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What role does the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation ("SAV") play in the Chesapeake Bay?
Grass beds are the basis of a complex web of life in the Chesapeake Bay and are essential to the health and survival of the Bay. It is the home of seahorses and pipefish, of crabs and juvenile fishes, of ducks and herons. The whole ecosystem needs this "nursery" in order to function.
Perhaps most important, SAV introduces life saving oxygen into the Bay. Just like with humans, underwater life needs oxygen to survive and Bay grasses provide this by taking in carbon dioxide and, in the presence of sunlight, releasing oxygen.
What are causes SAV depletion?
In the 1960s and 1970s, the SAV was damaged due to nutrient run-off and pollution. In the 1990s, the mute swans have reduced the availability of submerged aquatic vegetation, or SAV, to native wildlife, reducing recreational crabbing and fishing opportunities. Mute swans have been documented feeding on 23 species of SAV including 16 species of pondweeds – sometimes referred to as "grasses" – and seven species of algaes.
What is being done to increase SAV?
The Chesapeake Bay Program partners recently set a new SAV restoration acreage goal for the Bay of 185,000 acres by 2010 (about the size of Anne Arundel County). Without immediate action, this goal may be impossible to reach. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/msfinalappendc.html
Additional Resources
- Bay Grass General Information:
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- Wild celery, Tape grass, and Freshwater Eelgrass:
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I face problam in understanding them but i dont find any problam wid the connection. ALL izzz well...
- 25th March 2010 #42
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My Experience with Tikona is worst. BANGALORE
I put a mail to them after getting connection see my mail
I had applied for Tikona Connection on 27th FEB 2010.
I want this connection to be discontinued and want back my Rs 500 check back.
From 27th FEB the problems from Tikona side i am facing is as follows
I applied for the connection on 27th FEB 2010. The sales person called me many times and asked me to take a connection.
As per the plan he offered me FUL599 plan and he assured me with this plan i will get 300kbps. Also he assured me that this will work on 1st MARCH.
Then i provide him all the related documents required for the connection. But after getting all this he did not call me. I called him so many times
Many times he did not pick up my phone. Then tuesday some technical people came and installed this connection. But they went back and did not bother
to show me the speed. They told me u will get USER name and PASSWORD in the evening.
Then again one more technical person came in the evening. But he told
me the speed is very less. He tried to repair it but at last after 2 and 1/2 hour later he told me that i am not able to solve the problem. Then next day even nobody
called to ask what is happening. Then i called with same sales person This time he told me to tell this problem to customer care. Then after calling so many times
from my side one more technical person came. He tried to solve the problem. He told now its ok as the speed was coming not exactly up to the mark but ok.
But still this connection is not working fine. I called to customer care on thursday they told they will send technical person. But that technical person came on saturday evening.
He also tried but was not able to solve the problem.
Again i called customer care for disconnecting this tikona internet connection.
They told me to send a mail to customer care for getting back that Rs 500 back which they people got during installation.
So now i want my money back and already i have raised the request for dicsonnection.
See wht customer care people did after raising the request of disconnection.
When i called to customer care one person told me that ur request for disconnection is in process. Only 4 days passed so with in 3 days connection will be discontinued and there is no billing to ur account and u will get installation charges back.
Then again i called after 10 minutes to Technical people of customer care. One person told me that your request for disconnection is canceled by one of their department because they want to repair it. They did not even ask me wheather i want to cancel my disconnection request. Now the same person told me ok now i am raising a request to disconnect and it will take 7 days to disconnect.
I don't know wht the hell these people are doing. I am personally suggesting to every one Don't take TIKONA connection. It will make u suffer a lot.
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It is really that connection provider where "Everything is left for God"
Even after 1 month of my connection termination they have taken my CP and the bill still comes though they have assured me 3 times that i will not receive any bill after 2 days of placing the request .
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Hi Am from Mumbai/ Kalyan.. and using Tikona Broadband
I got this connection in november and Was happy with the speed... But now from last 2 weeks am not at all happy with the service from Tikona guys... The speed is very bad and sometimes there is no connectivity.. which really frustrates me... I suggest if yu wanna get this connection.. plz ask them for trail for atleast a week.. as it depends on the area where u live.... be carefull before you get the connection... Am planning to change it soon... KJ
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Abey quit to MTNL??
Tera dimag kharab hai.
Firstly you say You have 1 Mbps connection.
Sir you DO NOT get speed of 200 KB/s on 1 Mbps connection. You get maximum 140 KB/s
So if you got 200 KB/s You should be happy should you not?
Secondly you talk about fluctuating speed...well what do you have? I say you opt for their nano-station mode connection instead of full wireless one.
Thridly, If you think this connection has speed fluctuation, I just can't wait till you get MTNL connection...
Then you come here & tell me what NIGHTMARE you face
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Tikona isn't a good ISP. i hv plan of 600 per month in which they include speed of 300 K bits/s but still im getting speed of around 140 Kbits/s n is always fluctuating. The connection is always unstable n u will need to repair it again n again. packet data loss is too much. N im gonna quit this conection i ll advice u to take MTNL. My rating is for tikona is zero N dissatisfiesd.
- 21st April 2010 #49
Rushi I don't agree with you.
Yes I've only got this connection for the past 4 hours now but I don't face any problems that you put forward.
Yes I also have a plan of 600 kbps but my Speed is fluctuating in between 1.3 Mbps - 1.8 Mbps.
Yes I haven't used my quota of 400 MB but I will finish it soon & get back here.
I advise you go for NanoStation mode connection instead of wireless router one.
Just make sure you get 2 indicator lights on the NanoStation & your good to go.
It is disappointing in a way they advertise it as WiBro/ WiMAX but it isn't.
It's more like a 3G GSM mode internet...the pings are sometimes scary...but a refresh fixes that ASAP.
I will get back with my review again in a couple of days.
Until then Fingers Crossed
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Tikona - Review
Sonu you are rite you are not agree wid me rite now.
But soon you will agree wid me. as you have not finishd ur 400MB quota, you are gettin speed of 2Mb but soon u will start facing probs.
And im already using Nano-station. Speed will always fluctuate and u ll face much problems so till den Enjoy ur speed...
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DoD Contracting Principles & Practices
The basic contracting rules for all Federal Government agencies are set forth in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Additional rules unique to DoD are set forth in the DoD FAR Supplement (DFARS). These publications can be reviewed at any DoD purchasing or contract administration office, at any Small Business Administration (SBA) office, and at many local libraries (where they are known as Chapters 1 and 2 of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations). To be a successful Defense contractor, you must have a working knowledge of both of these regulations.
In compliance with federal regulations, Crane Division synopsizes competitive and sole source requirements with an estimated value at or above $25,000, unless an exception applies. Award information is also synopsized. Contracting and subcontracting possibilities for Crane Division and other federal activities may be identified by checking the Crane Division's synopses. Crane's requirements are also being posted on the Federal Business Opportunities web site as the single electronic entry point for vendors regarding federal procurement opportunities.
World Wide Web and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) processes are being developed and utilized at Crane Division. All contract awards/modifications/delivery and purchase orders are being distributed through the Department of Defense Electronic Document Access (EDA) web site. This enables Crane Division to comply with the paperless process concept of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994. To facilitate rapid payment to vendors, Crane Division uses the government wide commercial purchase card program for most procurements under $2,500. For additional information on the Government-wide Purchase Card or to contact the Crane Division DSB, see Crane Division Points of Contact (POC).
How DoD Buys
Almost 98 percent of DoD's purchase transactions are for $25,000 or less. Although they account for less than 20 percent of DoD's procurement dollars, they total in the billions of dollars each year. Most of these millions of actions are accomplished using simplified acquisition procedures (SAP). Oral solicitations or very brief written requests for quotations are issued to prospective suppliers in the local purchasing area. The successful offeror is issued a purchase order, and compliance with the order (i.e., delivering the product or performing the service) constitutes contract acceptance and fulfillment. Purchases over $25,000 are normally made by competitive proposals, or (in unusual circumstances only) by other-than-competitive procedures. Competitive proposals allow flexibility in defining the exact requirement or the terms and conditions of the procurement. Procurement by sealed bidding begins with the issuance of an invitation for bids (IFB) containing all the information bidders need to respond. The IFB states the needs of the purchasing activity and defines the work in sufficient detail to permit all bidders to compete on the same basis. It also identifies all factors to be considered in evaluating the bids. A standard form is provided on which bids are submitted, and a specific time is set for bid opening. The opening is held for public attendance, and the contract is awarded to that responsible bidder whose bid offers the lowest cost to the Government. When sealed bids are not appropriate, competitive proposals are solicited. The purchasing office issues a request for proposals (RFP). After reviewing the proposals received, the contracting officer ordinarily will negotiate with those suppliers that have submitted acceptable proposals, seeking the most advantageous contract for the Government.
SeaPort-E Contract Information
Dear Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane (NSWC Crane) Business Partner,
You may be aware that we are participating in a contracting initiative called SeaPort-enhanced (SeaPort-e). SeaPort-e is an effort to consolidate and streamline contracting procedures for acquiring engineering and technical services and Research and Development (R&D). Currently, 151 vendors hold SeaPort-e contracts.
An expansion of the scope of the SeaPort-e Multiple Award Contract is planned to accommodate service contracting requirements originating in NAVAIR, NAVSUP, and SPAWAR. The admission of additional vendors ("rolling admission") will be considered as part of that process. The SeaPort-e Rolling Admission synopsis has been posted at:
The SeaPort-e Rolling Admission RFP has been posted at:
Additional information about SeaPort, SeaPort-e and the planned "rolling admission" solicitation is available at:
If this business initiative is of interest to you, please review the information provided at these web sites. The web sites also provide a means of submitting questions about this initiative to the contracting officer. Additional information about this initiative will be posted at these sites in the future.
Thank you in advance for your attention to this very important matter. If you have any questions please utilize the web links provided above. We appreciate your contributions to NSWC Crane's mission and your support in "Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter."
M. Kelly SiffinChief of the Contracting Office
Special Help for Small Businesses
It is national policy that a fair proportion of the products and services used by DoD shall be purchased from small businesses and small disadvantaged businesses. Certain factors limit DoD's ability to contract with small business. Vast amounts of facilities and working capital are required to produce major weapons systems. In many cases, even the resources of large business can be strained by performance and cost risks. To offset these factors, DoD has implemented a major program to ensure the award of a fair proportion of its contracts to small businesses. For more information, check out the Small Business Office page.
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Unit Identification (UID) Information
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|Get a second Stereo Headset for your iPhone and keep it in your bag, your car, anywhere.
Customer Reviews of Original Apple Stereo Headset with Mic for iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3Gs
GOOD for price8/22/2012
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it is not an original Apple product. poor quality audio... please do not advertise that it is an original Apple product! you are deceiving the customers.
haven't tried these yet but used them in the past and was very happy with them.
not exactly like apple but working good
nice item and cheap1/18/2011
Its good, but I received late
Good for the price3/3/2010
Its very cheap and works.... Sound quality is not as good as original.. These are not the original apple product.
This headset is ok for the price.9/24/2009
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Veteran striker Martin Palermo was surprisingly named in the Argentina squad for the forthcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ qualifiers against Brazil and Paraguay.
The 35-year-old has not worn the Argentina shirt in the last nine years, while there were two other late call-ups made by coach Diego Maradona with Rolando Schiavi and Rodrigo Brana receiving their first calls ever on Monday night.
Maradona decided to call up the trio after seeing that several of the 25 men he had picked arrive in Argentina with injuries. Inter Milan duo Diego Milito and Nicolas Burdisso and Boca Juniors midfielder Sebastian Battaglia are almost ruled out for these qualifiers.
Palermo's last appearance for Argentina was in a FIFA World Cup qualifier in November 2000, a 2-0 win over Chile.
Argentina squad
Goalkeepers: Juan Pablo Carrizo (Zaragoza/Spain), Mariano Andujar (Catania/Italy), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar/Netherlands)
Defenders: Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan/Italy), Nicolas Pareja (Espanyol/Spain), Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle/England), Gabriel Heinze (Marseille/France), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan/Italy), Sebastian Dominguez, Emiliano Papa, Nicolas Otamendi (all Velez Sarsfield), Rolando Schiavi (Newell's Old Boys)
Midfielders: Fernando Gago (Real Madrid/Spain), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool/England), Maxi Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid/Spain), Jesus Datolo (Napoli/Italy), Juan Sebastian Veron, Rodrigo Brana (both Estudiantes), Mario Bolatti (Huracan), Sebastian Battaglia (Boca Juniors)
Forwards: Carlos Tevez (Manchester City/England), Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Spain), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid/Spain), Diego Milito (Inter Milan/Italy), Lisandro Lopez (Lyon/France), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli/Italy), Eduardo Salvio (Lanus), Martin Palermo (Boca Juniors)


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I asked the user if they were on the main menu and they said yes. I must have issued the command right before they were actually entering their user ID and password while I was thinking they were in their main menu =). They wouldn't have received the report the way that they did if I didn't change their profile. I should have asked if they were signed off or ask them to sign off before issueing the command. Thanks Rob. Frank ================================================================= They didn't need to sign off/on for this to take effect? Rob Berendt -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
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You'll be the queen of the Nile in this Cleopatra child costume. The 100% polyester garment is classically beautiful and features a stunning one piece dress with aqua cape, a detailed sequin and gold trimmed collar, matching wrist cuffs and a gold headpiece with beads.
Cleopatra is comin at cha in this Jewel of the Nile Tween Costume! Bedazzle your spectators as they kiss the ground you walk on in this dress with golden metallic top and attached faux velour skirt, gold arm cuffs, and stretch sequin headband.
Step into the ring of Rome ready to battle in this Gladiator boys costume. The body armor of this gladiator costume features an attached cape and comes complete with a tunic, arm bands, cuffs, leg guards and a matching headpiece.
Take the throne wearing this Dark Egyptian Princess Child Costume! Proudly prance around in a faux leather top and pants with gold and silver detail and attached sheer cape. Glovelettes, gold belt and collar finish off your royal image!
As queen of the Fearleading Squad, now's your chance to rule the party in this awesome and officially licensed Monster High Cleo de Nile girls costume. Walk like an Egyptian in this beige, 100% polyester shirt with matching pants, belt, armband and glovelette.
You already know you are a goddess - now show the world in the glorious Ruby Red Goddess tween costume. Exercise your many powers in this bright red toga-like dress with golden trim. A belt, red and gold choker and gold leg wraps complete this mighty outfit.
Get wrapped up this Halloween in the Mysterious Mummy Tween Costume. Leave a trail of mystery in this matching pants and shirt combo with shredded bandage details.
Cleopatra would be jealous if she caught you in this clever Cleo Cutie tween costume. Walk like an Egyptian in the 100% polyester dress with gold trim. A blue and gold collar and gold headpiece complete this decadent outfit.
Not even a ghost will get past you on Halloween when you wear this Gladiator Boys Child Costume. Do your duty to protect the queen and her people on Halloween, whoever she may be. You shouldn't have any trouble in this faux leather tunic, body armor with attached cape and shoulder guard, faux steel…


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Infant Motor Development Milestones: Rolling Over
When do babies roll over? Developmentally, usually around four months old. This includes hints to encourage baby's development and things to remember after they bgin to roll over.
When do babies roll over? The short answer is that babies usually roll over by the end of their fourth month. Some learn to roll over sooner, as early as three months, and others as late as five months. But there is a lot more to it than that. Even before your baby is four months old, there are things you can do to encourage baby's development. Tummy time, or placing your baby on their tummy on the bed or floor, can help develop those muscles necessary for rolling over. Your will notice your baby beginning to lift their head and shoulders up, using their arms for support. He or she will also start to balance on their tummy, waving their arms and legs in a swimming motion. I noticed that just before my babies got ready to roll over, they would lift one leg very high in an attempt to start rolling over.
Another thing you can do to encourage baby to roll over is to shake a favorite noisy toy to one side of them. Babies usually roll over from stomach to back first. Your baby will probably surprise itself when they roll over for the first time. They might even get upset and start crying. Make sure that you applaud their efforts with smiles, words and comforting gestures if they do get upset.
It is important to remember that each baby develops at his or her own pace. If this is your first baby, it is a good idea to have an idea of the milestones that baby should be reaching every month. There are a number of books on the subject and many websites devoted to parenting and babies. Try not to compare your baby to others. Babies focus on one major developmental task at a time. While they are concentrating on language, their learning of body movement slows until they master the task at hand, and vice versa. The best way to know if your baby is on track is to make and keep well baby checkups with your doctor or pediatrician. That way, you can discuss any concerns you might have about your baby's development. Your pediatrician can also tell you what you can expect from your baby's development in between checkups.
When babies do learn to roll over, it is very important to remember to keep one hand on them at all times during diaper changes. Also, do not leave them unattended on a bed or couch or other elevated surface. You may think you can catch them before they roll off, but chances are you probably won't make it.
Babies grow up fast! Don't spend your time worrying that they are not developing normally unless you notice a real problem. Chances are, your baby is doing just fine. So savor each little moment and enjoy the process of watching your baby grow. One day they are smiling for the first time or rolling over and then before you know it, they will be a teenager wanting to borrow your car keys.


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YW Mentoring Network – Next Steps
About 6 months ago I posted a short survey which wondered how our network of churches and youth workers might be able to help each other. Maybe you thought I forgot about that question but I haven't. The responses to the survey were phenomenal. I had twice as many responses as any other survey and the feedback spoke loud and clear to what we might be able to do. Over 82% of those who answered asked for some sort of coaching network, 10% were unsure and 8% didn't see the need. So, what did I do with all of that? I took all of the data and made some summary statements based on those responses and then sent a 17 page proposal to our regional pastors because my proposal called for some funding and I wanted their blessing. After they had time to consider it, they invited me to meet with them this past January. After meeting with them I now know what my next steps are. First up is to give this offering a name so here goes. The name is YMD which stands for Youth Ministry Development My next steps are to seek out a pilot church, to create some start up documents and to try to get the word out while aiming to share more about this at the CLB Convention in Fergus Falls this summer. Interested? Then read the rest of this to see what we are looking at doing. Does your church…
- Have someone in the midst of it who could benefit from a veteran youth worker coming along side and mentoring them to strengthen their ministry?
- Desire to have someone come alongside your church, students, and community to see how your church might begin an intentional youth ministry?
If that is how God is encouraging you we would love to have you consider working with us. We are seeking a pilot project to partner a veteran youth worker with. This youth worker would:
- Come on site for 2-5 days for multiple meetings with your pastor, leadership teams and parents and students. In addition they would work to offer any specific training offerings, to share what they do in their context, to help set up any needed processes, and to help lead an assessment of what God might be doing in your church
- They would communicate weekly with a key contact or leader from your church for the purposes of helping them to develop an action plan and to implement that plan via email and via telephone and at the end a one year period of time reconnect either in person or via conference call
If your church is ready to take the next steps, we would love to take those steps with you. Key ingredients asked of from the hosting church are:
- A dedicated lead contact
- Housing for the mentor youth worker while on site
- Transportation costs to bring the mentor youth worker on site
- An honorarium for the mentor youth worker (talk to your regional pastors or regional leadership to see if they might have resources to assist here if needed)
- Preliminary evaluation surveys completed
If you are in fact ready to take these next steps, we invite you to contact me, Mark Johannesen, to begin those next steps. Please feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or to call me at (952) 255-9572


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Privacy and Cookies
US-based Apollo Aviation Group has signed a purchase agreement with Lloyds Banking Group for the acquisition of eight aircraft, according to market sources.
The transaction includes eight of the 11-aircraft portfolio that were offered for sale by the bank.
The portfolio includes three Boeing 737-900 aircraft on lease to KLM, two Airbus A321 on lease to Air France, a 737-700 with Scandinavian Airlines, a 737-700 with GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes and one 737-700 with Shanghai Airlines, one source says.
Last month Lloyds narrowed the bidding process for the purchase of its 11-aircraft portfolio bids to two buyers from a shortlist of three financiers. A hedge fund and a private-equity firm, both US-based, were the final bidders.
BOC Aviation has been handling the sale on behalf of Lloyds.
The transaction, which expected to be completed over the next few weeks, will leave one A320 on lease to Monarch Airlines, one A319 with Brazilian carrier TAM, and one 737-700 with Turkish Airlines from the original 11-aircrraft portfolio.
The Miami-based lessor will buy the aircraft with the backing of its second aviation fund Sciens Aviation Special Opportunities Investment Fund II (SASOF II), which began trading in the first quarter of this year. SASOF II already includes 737-700, 737-800, A320, A330-200 and A330-300 types.
Apollo Aviation and Lloyds were unavailable for comment at the time of press.


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The Henry Debate moves to the Middle Class
The current political climate is reviving the debate about Henry. Henry is the high earner not rich yet American. And yes, this is the first group to be hit with tax targets. They earn $250,000 or more per year and are usually high achievers who worked themselves out of poverty and/or the middle class. They went to college, worked more than one job to start their professional career, and may have started a business. They are the nation's "mom and pop" businesses, lawyers, doctors, dentists, financial advisors, and accountants. At one time, they were the "so called" aspiring "Joe the Plumbers."
They played by the rules and did everything right. The got high grades in school. They worked double and triple time to provide for their families. And yes, they are in the top 1% of income earners along with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. But they will tell you that they are not any where near the income or lifestyle level of Mssrs. Gates or Buffet. They'll say: "I'm not rich and live a middle class lifestyle."
Many of these Henry(s) will complain about being targeted and will use the public employee pension system as a focus of comparison. For instance, a firefighter, police officer or school teacher might be able to retire at 80% of salary after 25 or 30 years. With salaries in the range of $75,000 to $100,000 or more, a retirement income of $80,000 is possible. These employees can also elect survivor benefits and have vested portions which can be left to children if there is no surviving spouse.
Then come the Henry(s). In order to generate an $80,000 pension, it would be necessary to have saved up to $2 million in a 401k or IRA with annual withdrawals equal to about 4%. If you earn $250,000 per year as much as $100,000 is federal and state taxes, and you are left with $150,000. If you took half and saved it for 25 years, you'd be just below the $2 million mark without taking into consideration earnings or stock market crashes. Today, if you have what you've put in, many investors feel lucky. These Henry(s) will tell you, they are paying for or just finished paying for expensive college tuitions and don't have or didn't have children who are getting or did get massive financial assistance. Besides they are being hit with things like the alternate minimum tax and don't or didn't get tuition tax credits because of their incomes either. In their minds, they are being penalized for hard work and success.
Henry's also complain about the tax consequences of children inheriting retirement money as it can be hit with up to 85% or more of combined estate and income tax leaving very little of a life savings behind.
They'll also tell you that things are changing because as the health care debate roars forward, their concerns about taxing and spending have moved to the middle class including working and retired teachers and firefighters. The reason, they see their highly coveted health plans and future Medicare benefits at risk. Move over Henry and welcome MC voters.
The Forgotten Man
I just completed an interesting book that deals with the history of "The Great Depression." One of the startling commentaries is one political theory opinion that but for the "New Deal" programs of the Roosevelt Administration, the United States may have gone the way of Russia in political structure. It is titled: The Forgotten Man.
The author Amity Shlaes begins with the original notion of "the forgotten man," described half an century earlier than the Great Depression by Yale philosopher Willaim Graham Sumner. He penned a lecture against the "progressives" of his own day in favor of "classical liberalism." The lecture resulted in an essay by the same name as Shlaes' book title.
Sumner described the issue as follows: "As soon as A observes something which seems to him to be a wrong, from which X is suffering, A talks it over with B, and then A and B propose to get a law passed to remedy the evil and help X. Their law always proposes to determine...what, A, B, and C shall do for X." As Shlaes says, "What about C? There is nothing wrong with A and B helping X. What was wrong was the law, and the indenturing of C to the cause." C is the forgotten man, or the men and women who pay and are never thought of by A and B or if they are thought of, they are ignored.
Roosevelt however successfully morphed the notion of the forgotten man to be X which justified numerous programs such as Social Security and Medicare. Later during the Johnson "Great Society" programs, this further expanded to include Medicaid and other social welfare benefits which have now been increased with National Health Care under the Obama Administration.
The modern forgotten man is now personified by television and talk personalities like Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck and persons involved in the "so called" "Tea Party Movement" or the "Henry" described in my previous blog entry.
Why is this important to estate planners? Because the national debate about public benefits and taxes appears to be something that is not going to leave us very soon. The country is sharply divided on many of these issues. As the politics continues to be sorted, there is no question that changes and/or increases in income taxes and death taxes will be with us for some time to come as it is the only way for A and B to get C to pay for X.


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On Wednesday 30 June 2004 10:44 am, Henry House wrote:
> P� onsdag, 30 juni 2004, skrev Rod Roark:
> [...]
> > Also, starting with release 2.1, Postfix has a little-known
> > feature that will allow content filters to reject mail
> > BEFORE the offending SMTP connection is closed. I went out
> > of my way to install 2.1.1 along with my recent server
> > upgrade, intending to try this out soon. See:
> >
> > http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_PROXY_README.html
> Nice. This is exactly what I am looking for, though it is worrysome that the
> documentation says that external content filters are only suitable for
> low-traffic sites. Rod: have you experimented with this yet? Has anyone
> else?
Not yet, unfortunately. Obviously the definition of "low
traffic" is nebulous, and will also depend on the specific
content filter chosen and its configuration. For you and me
I'm pretty sure it's a non-issue.
> Honestly, I think the e-mail system is going to become unusable in the
> not-too-distant future and we will all be forced by circumstances to switch
> to a sender-pays-per-message system. Think how much less profitable
> indiscriminate bulk mailing would be if the sender had to pay you one cent
> for every message successfully delivered!
I don't think that will happen. Spam filtering is very
effective if done right. Currently I filter almost
exclusively based on RBLs and custom IP blocking (not
message content, other than viruses), and that catches
about 99% of the junk.
I suppose I'll do content filtering when the need increases
to 99.9+%. As spam escalates, so will the measures that are
taken against it.
-- Rod
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Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Conference
March 24-25, 2015
North Baltimore Plaza Hotel
The Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Conference (formerly the Maryland Nutrition Conference) is recognized as a premier educational event for the animal nutrition industry. Local, national, and international nutritionists share new, innovative, and practical research being conducted at universities, in industry and at government institutions. Regulatory issues and future opportunities are discussed. The program is focused onpoultry, dairy, and equine nutrition.
Brought to you by the following affiliations:
Maryland Feed Industry Council, University of Maryland, American Feed Industry Association, Pennsylvania State University, Rutgers University, University of Delaware, University of Pennsylvania - Veterinary School, USDA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, West Virginia University
Conference Committee
Chair and Editor: Nick Zimmermann, University of Maryland
Coordinator: Jennifer Reynolds, University of Maryland
Program Chair: Amy Burk, University of Maryland
Technical Symposium Sponsor:
General Program
Co-Chair: Gary Howell, Perdue Foods, LLC
Poultry Program Committee
Chair: Joe Moritz, West Virginia University
Co-Chair: Chris Olinger, Wenger Feeds
- Roselina Angel , University of Maryland
- Rami Dalloul, Virginia Tech
- Robert Elkin, Penn State University
- Hank Engster
- Jeannine Harter-Dennis
- James McNaughton, AHPharma
- Ted Miller, Mountaire Farms
- Randy Mitchell, Perdue Farms
- Audrey McElroy, Virginia Tech
- Bill Saylor, University of Delaware
- Nick Zimmermann, University of Maryland
- Gary Howell, Perdue Foods, LLC
- Dave Nuttle, Perdue Agribusiness, LLC
Equine Program Committee
Chair: Amy Burk, University of Maryland
Co-Chair: Marty Adams, Southern States
- Laura Gladney, Rutgers University
- Burt Staniar, Penn State University
- Amy Iafolla, Triple Crown Feed
- Ann Swinker, Penn State University
- Michelle Jennings, Mill of Bel Air
- Rebecca Splan, Virginia Tech
- Carissa Wickens, University of Delaware
Dairy Program Committee
Chair: Rich Erdman, University of Maryland
Co-Chair: Sue Puffenbarger, Land O'Lakes
- Mike Westendorff, Rutgers University
- Tanya Gressley, University of Delaware
- Mark Hanigan, Virginia Tech
- Ginny Ishler, Penn State
- Rick Kohn, University of Maryland
- Lisa Tager, Vi-Cor
- Clay Zimmerman, Kent Nutrition
- Brad Oldick, Southern States


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Former Eyewitness News reporter Marty Kasper was in the middle of an interview when he accidentally captured the altercation. Darin Spades from the Rockford Police Department details what it was about: "As we continued our investigation we found out that there was two groups of people that had a child custody dispute inside the courthouse."
Eminem's newest music video for his hit single "Berzerk" was posted last week and already has over 18 million views on YouTube.
So just why would the Detroit-based rapper choose to fight footage that went down right here outside the Rockford police station? Naruz speculates, "You have a high crime rate--Rockford has its problems, like Detroit--thank god we're not as far gone as they are. But I'm sure that the video that was shown and shot here in Rockford has some resemblance of what happens in Detroit."
Now these Rockford rumblers are unintentionally immortalized in Eminem's newest music video.


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NFL Betting: NFL Matchups for Week 9
- Updated: November 4, 2011
Here at Bang the Book, we have all of the top matchups of the 2011 NFL betting campaign covered! Today, we're taking a look at the matchups for Week 9!
Seattle Seahawks (2-5 SU, 3-3-1 ATS) @ Dallas Cowboys (3-4 SU, 3-3-1 ATS)
Spread: Dallas -11.5, Total: 44.5
Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX – Sunday, 1:00 ET
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It feels like these two teams are on totally different planets, not just a game separated from one another. Dallas almost feels like a team that has fallen into some bad circumstance this year. The team has been beaten down by a brutal schedule, and it finally gets a bit of a reprieve this weekend. QB Tony Romo should be back on his game going against a woeful Seattle secondary as opposed to dealing with the high flying unit of the Eagles. The Seahawks are just more or less drifting through the end of the season, wondering if another teams are going to win games in front of them that they can possibly get involved in this whole "Suck for Luck Sweepstakes." It sure doesn't feel like the visitors have a chance in this game, but the Hawks have already won once on the road against an NFC East team this year, beating the division leading Giants in the Meadowlands.
San Francisco 49ers (6-1 SU, 6-0-1 ATS) @ Washington Redskins (3-4 SU, 3-4 ATS)
Spread: San Francisco -3.5, Total: 37
FedEx Field, Landover, MD – Sunday, 1:00 ET
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Many think that the 49ers are immune to going on the road since they already have wins at the Bengals, Lions, and Eagles this year, but we have to remember a few facts. Teams on the West Coast coming to the East actually have a worse record than teams on the East Coast going out West over the past several seasons, and the Niners seem to be the exception to the rule. The Redskins are struggling, but they are at a crossroad of their season. A win salvages a tumultuous first half of the season but keeps them alive in the playoff race with a .500 mark, while a loss probably takes them out of postseason consideration whatsoever. At some point, San Fran is going to fail to cover a game, and this looks eerily like the one that it might happen in.
New York Jets (4-3 SU, 3-4 ATS) @ Buffalo Bills (5-2 SU, 4-2-1 ATS)
Spread: Buffalo -2, Total: 44
Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, NY – Sunday, 1:00 ET
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Of all of the games on the Week 9 slate, this is probably the one with the most importance. The Jets are one of the many 4-3 teams that are on the brink of potential disaster, and a loss in this one will leave them having to close a gap of two games on the rest of the division and on the Wild Card leaders just to get into the playoffs. We just don't know if it is going to happen. Meanwhile, save for win over New England, the Bills have more or less won the games that they were figured to win and have lost the ones that they were figured to have lost. This is a swing game in the season to say the least. If Buffalo can get out of this season with two wins against Miami and even a split against New England and New York in those four games, it really should make the playoffs. This one could be brutal in Orchard Park on Sunday.
Cleveland Browns (3-4 SU, 1-4-2 ATS) @ Houston Texans (5-3 SU, 4-3-1 ATS)
Spread: Houston -11, Total: 41
Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX – Sunday, 1:00 ET
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The Browns might be just a game below .500, but they really don't feel like a team that has any shot of contending for the playoffs this year. QB Colt McCoy can't seem to get this offense going anywhere over the course of the last few weeks, and it might be high time to try a new offensive scheme aside from this West Coast offense. He is only averaging 5.7 yards per pass attempt, a gruesome number by quarterbacking standards. Again, this is one of these games that the Texans feel like they should win and win handily to get to 6-3, and if that does turn out to be the case, it'll be their best start to a campaign in franchise history and will ensure that they will have at least a half game lead in the division race as we turn into the second half of the season.
Atlanta Falcons (4-3 SU, 3-4 ATS) @ Indianapolis Colts (0-8 SU, 2-6 ATS)
Spread: Atlanta -7, Total: 44.5
Lucas Oil Field, Indianapolis, IN – Sunday, 1:00 ET
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Not that just fading the Colts on an unconditional basis is that bad of an idea, but before you do that, be sure that you take into consideration that it has been a month since this team has been at home. The last three games have all been on the road, and thus far this year at home, the Steelers and Chiefs probably got a heck of a lot more than they bargained for when they took on QB Curtis Painter and company. Atlanta has won its last two road games, but in neither game did the team really look all that convincing. If the Seahawks can come within a few inches of beating the Falcons, so can the Colts. Remember that this team was absolutely atrocious in its first two road games of the year. Granted, this duel isn't as tough as the one at Chicago and the one at Tampa Bay, but it still could be a hazardous spot for the defending NFC South champs.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-3 SU, 3-4 ATS) @ New Orleans Saints (5-3 SU, 4-4 ATS)
Spread: New Orleans -8.5 Total: 50
Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA – Sunday, 1:00 ET
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Absolutely 100% of the pressure in this game is going to be on the backs of the boys in black and gold. New Orleans absolutely has to win this game, especially after losing the first game of this series just a few week ago at Raymond James Stadium, and double especially after losing by double digits as two touchdown underdogs on the road against a winless St. Louis outfit last week. If the Bucs can find a way out of the Bayou with a victory, they'll be sitting pretty in the NFC South, at worst tied for the division lead with a 3-0 record thus far against New Orleans and Atlanta, and with two games to still play against Carolina. No one is really giving the Buccaneers a chance, but no one was really giving them a chance three weeks ago when these two teams met either.
Miami Dolphins (0-7 SU, 1-5-1 ATS) @ Kansas City Chiefs (4-3 SU, 5-2 ATS)
Spread: Kansas City -4, Total: 40.5
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO – Sunday, 1:00 ET
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The Dolphins have yet to win a game this year, but there are just a boatload of people that think this is the week that they can get win No. 1 on the campaign. Miami has had a fourth quarter lead in each of the last two weeks, and the team has been outscored 28-0 from that point forward against Denver and New York. Now, the team has to come on the road to take on the Chiefs, whom no one really thinks is good enough to be 4-3 and sitting atop the AFC West right now. Still, it's hard to deny the fact that KC has won four games in a row and covered five in a row, and it has a great chance in this game to not just solidify itself as a contender in the division for a second straight year, but maybe to keep some feint Wild Card hopes alive as well.
Denver Broncos (2-5 SU, 2-5 ATS) @ Oakland Raiders (4-3 SU, 5-2 ATS)
Spread: Oakland -7.5, Total: 42.5
O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA – Sunday, 4:05 ET
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The QB Tim Tebow experiment really could be over by halftime of this game. It has been clear that Tebow is not an NFL quarterback over the course of these last two weeks, and though we do tend to think that he has a place in this league, it's not under center, and it's not in Denver. Oakland's defense has to be licking its chops over what it saw last week while it was on its bye with Tebow getting beaten up by the Lions, and we expect to see much of the same in this one. This is going to be the debut for QB Carson Palmer as a starting quarterback for the Raiders, and he says that he has the team's playbook down pat. Palmer probably couldn't have asked for a much better situation coming into this week, as he had some reps in real game time two weeks ago, albeit in a bad blowout loss to the Chiefs, he has had a bye week, and he gets to play against a terrible offense and a defense that is in shambles.
Cincinnati Bengals (5-2 SU, 6-1 ATS) @ Tennessee Titans (4-3 SU, 3-4 ATS)
Spread: Tennessee -3, Total: 41.5
LP Field, Nashville, TN – Sunday, 4:05 ET
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The Bengals and Titans weren't exactly two teams that most had on their short list at the start of the season as potentially playoff teams. It might not ultimately play out that way either, but at least for now, they're both right on the cusp. Cincinnati knows that it has to rack up as many wins as possibly now, because the second half of the season is littered with two games against Baltimore and two against Pittsburgh. Getting through those four with one win would be impressive to say the least. The Titans are still chasing the Texans in the AFC South, and knowing that the leaders of the division have a half game lead and have the tiebreaker for the moment with the big win at LP Field, every game is a big game for a team that is direly trying to stick around in the postseason picture.
Green Bay Packers (7-0 SU, 5-2 ATS) @ San Diego Chargers (4-3 SU, 2-5 ATS)
Spread: Green Bay -5.5, Total: 50.5
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA – Sunday, 4:15 ET
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This game probably would have had a heck of a lot more pub to it had the Chargers not fumbled away Monday Night Football last week against the Chiefs. Now, San Diego looks to be in a bit of a rut, and with the Chiefs and Raiders playing easy games this week, if the chalk all holds up, it will be in third place in the division by the time everything is said and done with. For Green Bay, this might be the last time this season, including the playoffs, in which it is favored by less than a touchdown, especially if it can come out and win this game by a comfortable margin and without much fuss. QB Aaron Rodgers could probably cement himself as the league's MVP just eight games into the season if he can pull this one off.
St. Louis Rams (1-6 SU, 1-6 ATS) @ Arizona Cardinals (1-6 SU, 3-4 ATS)
Spread: Arizona -2.5, Total: 41
University of Phoenix Stadium, Tucson, AZ – Sunday, 4:15 ET
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Isn't this the game that you all have just been dying to see this year? The Rams and Cardinals are both atrocious, and there's still a chance that this game will feature QB AJ Feeley going up against QB John Skelton. We already know that Skelton is going to be in the starting lineup behind an atrocious offensive line that essentially got QB Kevin Kolb destroyed in the pocket. The Rams are at least on a winning streak, having shocked the NFL betting world by pulling the biggest upset of the year last week against the Saints at home. This one is on the road, but it is against an Arizona team that, quite frankly, is lucky to even have one win this year, and that came way back in Week 1.
New York Giants (5-2 SU, 3-3-1 ATS) @ New England Patriots (5-2 SU, 4-3 ATS)
Spread: New England -9, Total: 50.5
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA – Sunday, 4:15 ET
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Many feel as though this game is going to be the beginning of the demise of the Giants. After all, they are two games up in the NFC East, have the Eagles starting to come on strong and the Cowboys playing the easiest part of their schedule, and the G-Men don't have a game for the rest of the season that you look at and say, "Yep, that's a guaranteed win." However, has anyone thought that perhaps this could be the beginning of the end of the Patriots? They were beaten last week by the Steelers, could have (lest, maybe should have) been beaten three weeks ago by the Cowboys, and they still have that ugly loss to Buffalo to their credit as well. A loss could set up a three way tie atop the division, and, at least for the moment, would knock the Patriots out of the playoff picture. Be very careful, New England.
Baltimore Ravens (5-2 SU, 4-3 ATS) @ Pittsburgh Steelers (6-2 SU, 4-4 ATS)
Spread: Pittsburgh -3.5, Total: 41.5
Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA – Sunday, 8:25 ET
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We tend to find it a bit odd that the Ravens were favored by 2.5 at home in this series in Week 1, and Pittsburgh is favored by 3.5 now that the scene has shifted back to the Steel City. What has happened in the past few weeks that has made the oddsmakers really think that Pittsburgh has the better of these two teams? Baltimore struggled last week against the Cardinals before turning on the jets, and it was beaten the week before by Jacksonville on the road, but that doesn't mean that the team isn't the best in the AFC North, if not the entire AFC. The Steelers did pick up that huge win last week against the Patriots for their fourth straight win, and the truth of the matter is that Head Coach Mike Tomlin probably would have taken a split against New England and Baltimore in these two games had you asked him two weeks ago. If the Ravens can win this one, they'll have the lead in the division and the tiebreaker for the rest of the year against the Steelers. Pittsburgh has the best record in the conference though, and a win would make it the first team to seven wins in the AFC.
Chicago Bears (4-3 SU, 3-4 ATS) @ Philadelphia Eagles (3-4 SU, 3-4 ATS)
Spread: Philadelphia -7.5, Total: 47.5
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA – Monday, 8:35 ET
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This is quite the interesting Monday Night Football betting battle to say the least. The Bears are 4-3 and would be in the playoffs if they started right now, but no one really believes that they are going to be able to hold onto that distinction when push comes to shove. Meanwhile, the Eagles are 3-4, and many still feel as though they should be the favorites in the NFC East even though they are two back of the Giants. Last week, the men in green made a huge statement on this field, beating the snot out of the Cowboys on SNF, and if they can do so once again versus the Bears, another playoff contender, we tend to think that it will officially be time to say that the "Dream Team" is back, and at least will have a shot of winning all of the marbles this year.
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Pioneer InterviewDecember 7th, 2011 by Crusader
Rock, Paper, Shotgun interviewed the developers of Pioneer about the project's efforts to recreate the classic space sim Frontier, and the virtues of free software:
RPS: So what relevance does Frontier/Pioneer still have in a world with games like X, Eve, Freelancer… ?
Brian Ronald: I used to work on the X games! Pioneer is free. Its license allows it to be improved, shared, ported to other systems. I'm a big proponent of free software. Pioneer will never become abandonware as long as there is any interest, because there will always be the freedom to pick it up and continue its development.
Kimmo Kotajärvi: The free-ness is indeed remarkable. And even when compared to commercial efforts, you'd be hard pressed to find a single player experience with this mix of simplicity and gigantic scope. Except Frontier.