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DESCRIPTIONThis module displays geometry data. Multiple inputs may be fanned in to Render, and the input objects will be separately managed and updated.
The Render module is built using the Inventor SceneViewer, which allows a number of different viewing paradigms. To access all the functions of the SceneViewer, the Render control panel must be popped up into its own window. A more limited amount of interaction is still possible in the mini control panel on the map editor.
The Render window has a viewing area in the center, a menu across the top, some icons on the right edge, and viewing controls on the other edges. The viewing controls will change with the viewer that is selected; the other features will remain the same. The "decorations" are not present when the control panel is on the map editor.
There is also a popup menu available in the viewing area that can be accessed with the right mouse button. This menu is also available in the mini control panel.
The eight icons on the right edge of the control panel are buttons that activate, from top to bottom: picking, viewing, help, home, set home, view all, seek, and camera type. Here is a brief description of these commands:
- Picking/Viewing
- There are two major modes in Render, viewing and selection/picking. In viewing mode, the camera parameters - position, direction, field of view, etc. - can be changed. It is important to keep in mind that in this mode it is not camera, not the objects in the scene, that is moving.
Selection/picking mode does not involve the camera. In this mode, mouse and button events affect the selection of objects, attachment of manipulators, and querying objects through picking.
The Picking and Viewing icons choose between these two modes. Click on the arrow to enable selection/picking. Click on the hand to enable viewing.
Selection is done by clicking the left mouse button on an object in the scene. When something is selected, a red box will be drawn around it. To deselect, click on something else or on the background.
- Help
- The Help button brings up a help screen describing the different viewers. You must have Inventor installed on your machine for this to work correctly.
- Home and Set Home
- The Home button (house icon) returns the camera to the previous set of parameters saved with Set Home, or to the initial view, if this hasn't been saved. Set Home (house + arrow icon) saves the current state of the camera for later recall with Home.
- View All
- The View All button finds the geometry in Render and modifies the camera parameters to create a reasonable view that shows everything on the screen.
- Seek
- The Seek button changes the cursor to a crosshair. When the mouse button is pressed, the view will be changed to put the object under the crosshair in the center of the screen. If the object has a normal vector associated with it, the resulting view will be along the normal.
Seek is a temporary mode that stays active only until the mouse button is pressed in the viewing area. If there is no object under the crosshair, no camera changes are performed.
- Camera Type
- The Camera Type button toggles between using a perspective and an orthographic camera. Use of this button when an input camera is wired is highly discouraged.
- The menu bar at the top allows access to other functions:
- File
- Save
- This menu item saves the current geometry into the last specified file. If a save has not been previously done, it brings up a file browser. The geometry is saved in the Inventor ASCII format, and can be quite large.
- Save As...
- This menu item brings up a file browser to save the current geometry. The 3D scene (all the geometry in the Render window) may be saved either as an Open Inventor file (.iv), or as a VRML 2.0 file (.wrl) by using the "Save Options..." menu described below.
- Save Options...
- This menu item brings up a cascading menu where various options can be selected. You can choose to save the current geometry in "Explorer" or "Inventor" format. Saving as "Explorer" shared geometry format (with cxSo style node and field names) allows shared manipulation of the data when read back into IRIS Explorer; Saving as "Inventor" geometry format (without cxSo) allows the data to be handled by other Inventor programs.
Toggle options are also provided to include "Camera" and/or "Lights" and/or "Screen Geometry" with the saved geometry. "Screen Geometry" refers to geometry read in via Render's "Screen" port. You may wish to set these, depending on which viewer is going to be used to read the saved geometry. If ivview is used and you wish to include the "Screen Geometry" you must also include the "Camera" to correctly view the saved geometry. If SceneViewer is used, then "Screen Geometry" cannot be viewed correctly and is best not included. SceneViewer also ignores the "Camera", it is best to read camera information via its "Read Environment..." option.
SceneViewer can read environments saved from Render, see "Save Environment..." below. If the saved geometry is going to be read back into a Render module, via its "Input" port, then do not include "Screen Geometry", it will be rendered incorrectly. If an included "Camera" is found Render will adjust its camera to that of the included "Camera".
- Read Environment...
- This menu item reads in a previously saved environment - camera, lights, and some rendering options. The format is an Inventor file with a specific scene graph organization. This proper format is easily created with the "Save Environment" menu selection. Render can read environments saved by SceneViewer.
- Save Environment...
- This menu item saves the current environment - camera, lights, and some rendering options. The environment may be read in to the Render module later with the "Read Environment" menu selection. The environment can also be used with SceneViewer.
- Print...
- This menu item brings up the Inventor printing dialog, where you may select a printer and hardcopy specifications. PostScript may also be dumped to a file.
- Edit
- Pick Parent
- This menu item selects the parent node of the currently selected node.
- Pick All
- This menu item selects all nodes in the scene. Note that only geometry received via the "Input" port is selected, while geometry received via the "Annotation" or "Screen" ports is not selected.
- Copy
- This menu item copies all the selected nodes into the "Inventor clipboard", which can subsequently be pasted into other applications.
- Single Selection
- If this menu item is chosen then only one scene node can be selected at a time.
- Toggle Selection
- If this menu item is chosen then multiple scene nodes can be selected. Picking a node toggles its selection state on/off.
- Shift Selection
- If this menu item is chosen then multiple scene nodes can be selected, by pressing the "shift" key whilst making a selection. If the "shift" key is not pressed then all previous selections will be cancelled (deselected).
- Viewing
- Pick/Edit
- This menu item toggles the mode between viewing and selection/picking. It performs the same function as the arrow and hand icons on the right edge of the control panel.
When viewing is active, the camera may be moved and altered. In selection/picking mode, objects may be manipulated within Render or queried through picking.
- User Pick Mode
- When viewing is not active, either selection or picking may be done. Selection refers to selecting and manipulating objects within Render - attaching manipulators, changing material properties, etc. Items of geometry that are selected are also passed out of the module via the Picked Geometry output port. Picking transfers information about events within the module through the Pick output port. The User Pick Mode menu item toggles between these two interpretations of events. When User Pick Mode is on, mouse button and keyboard events trigger an output of pick information through the Pick output port.
- Examiner
- The Examiner is one of four mutually exclusive viewers. A viewer is a paradigm for manipulating the camera. The Examiner is selected by default when Render is executed.
The Examiner implements a "crystal ball" interface, allowing rotation of the camera about a center point while the left mouse button is pressed. The center of rotation may be translated by moving the mouse with the middle button pressed.
Press the Help icon while the Examiner is active to get more information about this viewer.
- Fly
- The Fly viewer is intended to simulate constrained flight through space. The left and middle mouse buttons increase and decrease speed exponentially. The direction of flight is controlled with the mouse position.
The Fly viewer does not give dynamic control over roll. It is constrained to use a constant "up" vector.
Press the Help icon while the Fly viewer is active to get more information about this viewer.
- Walk
- The Walk viewer simulates a walkthrough by allowing motion and camera pointing with a constant eye level. Press the left mouse button to move forward and backward or turn left and right. Press the middle mouse button to control the direction of sight.
Press the Help icon while the Walk viewer is active to get more information about this viewer.
- Plane
- The Plane viewer lets you manipulate the camera with respect to the viewing plane. The camera can also be aligned to the major axes.
Press the Help icon while the Plane viewer is active to get more information about this viewer.
- View Selection
- This menu item works like View All, except it only considers the currently selected object.
- Fog
- This menu item toggles fog effects. It is only active on machines with a hardware accumulation buffer.
- Antialiasing
- This menu item toggles antialiasing. It is only active on machines with a hardware accumulation buffer.
- Screen Door Transparency
- There are four mutually exclusive types of transparency selectable. The default is screen door transparency, which is supported on most machines. Screen door transparency is generally the cheapest transparency mode.
- Blended Transparency
- Blended Transparency is active on machines which support blending. An alpha buffer is not needed.
Because of the way blended transparency is done, there may be artifacts when a transparent object obscures itself or other objects. The Blended Transparency mode takes no steps to avoid these artifacts.
- Delayed Blended Transparency
- Delayed Blended Transparency renders all opaque objects before any transparent objects. This takes care of artifacts that may occur when transparent objects obscure opaque objects. There may still be artifacts when a transparent object obscures itself or another transparent object.
- Sorted Blended Transparency
- Sorted Blended Transparency renders all opaque objects before any transparent objects, and then renders transparent objects in back to front order, based on their bounding box. This takes care of artifacts that occur when one transparent object obscures another transparent object and the two objects are noninterpenetrating. Artifacts may still occur if a transparent object obscures itself or if two transparent objects intersect.
- Edit Background Color...
- This menu item brings up a color editor to change the background color of the viewing area. This color is saved along with other parameter settings if a map containing the module is saved (actually, the color will be saved only if the module is fired after the color has been set).
- Editors
- Material Editor...
- This menu item attaches a material editor to the currently selected object. The editor is a popup window that contains widgets to change the appearance of the object.
The material editor is always attached to the selected object. If no object is currently selected, changes in the material editor will not affect anything.
If material parameters are specified as part of the object definition, those values cannot be changed in the material editor. For example, if colors are explicitly set on an object by cxGeoColorAdd, changing the diffuse color in the material editor will have no effect. Other parameters, however, may still be edited.
The sphere in the material editor is a sample rendering of the material as specified. Because lighting in the editor in general is not the same as in the actual scene, the appearances may not be exactly the same.
The sliders in the editor allow changing the mix of the ambient, diffuse, specular, and emissive components of the lighting model. The color of each component may be changed by attaching a color editor with the radio and toggle buttons. Activating a radio button (diamond shaped) selects that component alone. Activating a toggle button (square shaped) allows changing the color of more than one component simultaneously.
Other sliders in the material editor allow changing the shininess and transparency of the material.
- Color Editor...
- This menu item brings up a graphical color editor that sets the diffuse color on the currently selected object. It can also be brought up from the material and light editors to choose other colors.
Use the left mouse button to select a color in the color wheel area. The color pads to the left show the current color (on the left) and one saved color (on the right). This allows comparison and easy switching. Use the buttons underneath to copy one pad to the other.
The Sliders menu allows bringing up a slider to manipulate intensity (Value) as well as sliders for choosing colors in the RGB or HSV color spaces.
- Transform Sliders...
- This menu item attaches a Transform editor to the currently selected object. The editor is a popup window that contains widgets that can be used to change the scale, orientation, and location of an object.
The transform sliders are always attached to the selected object. If there is no selected object, changes in the transform sliders will not be applied to anything.
- Manips
- A manipulator is a graphical object that can be attached to the selected object to transform it. There are several types of manipulators which can be selected through this menu.
- Transformer
- This manipulator has small cubes at the corners and small balls sticking out of the middle of each face. Click and drag any face of the box for 2D translation in the plane of that face. The face you selected will highlight in yellow. While you drag, yellow feedback arrows display the two directions of motion. Press the <Shift> key and the arrows turn orange; you may now pick between these two directions to constrain the motion. The direction you move the cursor in will determine which direction is chosen. Press the <Control> key and the dragger will translate perpendicular to that plane. The translation field is modified as the face is dragged.
Click a corner to scale the dragger. The corner you selected will turn yellow and radial lines will indicate that you may move toward and away from the center of the box. Drag radially and you will perform uniform scale. Press the <Control> key to scale about the opposite corner instead of the center of the box.
To stretch the dragger non-uniformly, press <Shift> when you drag the corner cube. Now you will see three orange arrows indicating that your gesture will determine which direction to choose. Move the cursor and the selected arrow will turn yellow while the others disappear. Now the dragger will stretch only in the direction you selected. Pressing <Control> at the same time as <Shift> allows you to stretch the dragger while keeping the opposite side pinned in place. When you drag a corner, this modifies the scaleFactor and possibly the translation field of the dragger.
Click one of the spherical knobs to rotate the dragger. When you first click, you'll see two orange lines and two purple circles. The purple circles indicate the two ways you can rotate. The orange lines are, once again, the two choices for your mouse gesture. Each line begins you moving around one of the two circles. Once you move the cursor far enough, the selected line turns yellow and you begin rotating the dragger about the selected circle. The other circle and line will disappear.
To perform unconstrained ("free") rotation, just press <Shift> while you drag the spherical knob. There will be no choices; instead all three purple circles will be displayed, forming a ball that you can roll around. Regardless of how you rotate, dragging the spherical knobs will modify the rotatation field of the dragger. Depending on how it is centered and what transforms precede it in the scene graph, rotation is likely to affect the translation and scaleFactor fields as well.
Pressing the <Control> key will change the center of rotation in both the constrained and unconstrained (<Shift>) case. By default, rotation occurs about the center of the bounding box. With <Control> depressed, rotation occurs about the middle of the opposite side of the bounding box. The purple feedback will change to illustrate this; the feedback circles increase in size and purple crosshairs sprout at the new rotational center.
- Trackball
- This manipulator appears as three circular ribbons that represent a sphere. It can be used to change the orientation of an object about its center. Clicking and dragging the left mouse on the trackball outside of the ribbons allows unconstrained rotation. Click and dragging within the ribbons constrains the rotation to a fixed axis.
A custom axis may be created and oriented by holding the shift key down and clicking and dragging the left mouse. The object may be scaled by holding the alt key down and clicking and dragging the left mouse.
- HandleBox
- This manipulator appears as a wireframe box with "handles" at the vertices and the faces. Clicking and dragging the left mouse on a face of the box allows translation in the plane of that face. Clicking and dragging the left mouse on a face handle allows scaling normal to the face. Clicking and dragging the left mouse on a vertex handle allows uniform scaling.
If the alt key is pressed while scaling, scaling is performed about the opposite vertex or face of the box. The size of the box may be changed by pressing the control key and clicking and dragging the left mouse.
- Jack
- This manipulator appears as a "jack," a set of three axes with handles at the ends. Clicking and dragging the left mouse on the object allows free translation. Clicking and dragging the left mouse on the axes allows free rotation about the center of the object. Clicking and dragging the left mouse on the handles allows uniform scaling.
- Pick Jack
- This manipulator behaves in a similar way to the Jack but sends pick information on the "Pick" output port. The "LatSmoke" range of modules use this pick information, see the relevant module help page for further information.
Note: the "LatSmoke" range of modules are not implemented on every platform.
- Centerball
- This manipulator appears as three circles which represent a sphere. It can be used to rotate the object about an arbitrary origin. Click on one of the circles with the left mouse button to rotate the object about the axis normal to the circle which passes through the center of the ball. To translate the origin of rotation, click and drag the left mouse on one of the crossed arrows.
- TransformBox
- This manipulator is a simpler version of the HandleBox. It performs translation in a plane and uniform scaling.
- TabBox
- This manipulator appears as a box with tabs at the vertices and at the center of the edges. Clicking and dragging the left mouse on any of the faces of one of the tabs causes the object to be uniformly scaled in one (for edge tabs) or two (for vertex tabs) dimensions.
- None
- This menu item deactivates all manipulators.
- Replace
- This menu item toggles whether selections from the Manips menu will be applied to the currently selected object or only to subsequently selected objects.
- Lights
- Up to eight lights in addition to the headlight may be created and managed in Render. As lights are created, an entry in this menu will be made to control them.
The menu created has four cascade items. On/Off activates and deactivates the light. Icon turns the light manipulator on and off. Edit Color brings up a color editor to change the color of the light. Remove deletes the light and its menu entry.
- Create Dir Light
- This menu item creates a new directional light source. Its manipulator looks like a light with an arrow. The direction of the light may be changed by clicking and dragging on the arrow head with the left mouse. The position of the icon may be changed by clicking and dragging on the light with the left mouse, but the position of the light has no effect on the lighting.
- Create Point Light
- This menu item creates a new point light source. Its manipulator looks like a light with nothing else. The position of the light may be changed by clicking and dragging on the light with the left mouse.
- Create Spot Light
- This menu item creates a new spot light source. Its manipulator looks like a light with an arrow and a skirt. The direction of the light may be changed by clicking and dragging on the arrow head with the left mouse. The position of the light may be changed by clicking and dragging on the light. The spread of the spot may be changed by clicking and dragging on the skirt.
- Ambient Lighting
- This menu item brings up a color editor to change the ambient lighting characteristics.
- Turn All ON
- This menu item turns all lights on.
- Turn All OFF
- This menu item turns all lights off.
- Show All Icons
- This menu item shows the icons for all the lights.
- Hide All Icons
- This menu item hides the icons for all the lights.
- Functions
- This is a cascading menu that allows easier access to several commands.
- Draw Style
- This is a cascading menu that allows overriding the drawing style set in the geometry. Some items allow using a cheaper method of rendering while the camera is in motion.
The single, double, and interactive items control the buffering of the display. On machines that can do double buffering at full color resolution, this should stay at double. Machines that sacrifice color resolution for double buffering may do better with single or interactive.
- Viewing
- This menu item toggle viewing on and off.
- Decoration
- This menu item toggles the display of the frame surrounding the viewing area.
- Headlight
- This menu item turns the headlight on and off.
- Preferences...
- This menu item brings up a preference sheet for the current viewer.
It is possible to change some of the default rendering options with a configuration file. This file should be named .Renderrc and should be in the user's home directory.
The contents of this file must be a valid Inventor data file. It will be added to the scene graph in Render before any geometry.
The default Render configuration is:
ShapeHints { vertexOrdering COUNTERCLOCKWISE creaseAngle 0.0 }
#Inventor V2.0 ascii # values shown are defaults DrawStyle { style FILLED # poly style, may be FILLED, LINES, POINTS, INVISIBLE lineWidth 1 # line width linePattern 0xffff # line pattern } LightModel { model PHONG # lighting model, may be BASE_COLOR, PHONG, DEPTH nearColor 1.0 1.0 1.0 # near color for DEPTH model farColor 0.0 0.0 0.0 # far color for DEPTH model } Complexity { value 0.5 # object complexity [0..1] type OBJECT_SPACE # measure, may be SCREEN_SPACE, OBJECT_SPACE, BOUNDING_BOX }
More information about rendering options and the data format may be found in the Inventor documentation.
Port: Input
Type: Geometry
Optional: This port is optional.
This is the port where all regular geometry should be wired. The module uses information about the connections to update the proper geometry.
Port: Annotation
Type: Geometry
Optional: This port is optional.
Geometry that arrives on this port is rendered into a separate z-buffer from geometry on the main port. The result is that geometry on this port is always drawn in front of geometry on the main port. This may be useful for keeping annotation unobscured.
Port: Screen
Type: Geometry
Optional: This port is optional.
Geometry that arrives on this port is rendered in screen coordinates, [-1,+1] in both x and y, and in front of all other geometry. This port can be used to draw legends or other information that moving the camera shouldn't affect.
Port: Input Camera
Type: Geometry
Optional: This port is optional.
Geometry that arrives on this port is searched for a perspective camera. If one is found, that camera will be used to display the scene.
Port: Snap On Redraw
Type: Parameter
Optional: This port is optional.
If this port is wired, then on every data change, the image is snapped and output on the Snapshot port. See Snap Widget.
Port: Snap
Type: Button
This input provides an interface to capture the drawing area display into a lattice. The widget is invisible, so it must be activated by connecting from a suitable parameter port (for example, the output of WidgetsButton). When data is received, the drawing area pixels are grabbed from the screen and output as a lattice. The Render window must not be obscured while the snapshot is being taken.
Port: Background Color
Type: Text
This input provides an interface for specifying the background color. The widget is invisible, so it must be activated by connecting from a suitable parameter port (for example, the output of WidgetsTextTypein). The port accepts a text string, which is interpreted as the name of a color to be used as the background color. The background color is unchanged if the name cannot be interpreted.
Port: Window
Type: Drawing Area
This is the module drawing area widget.
Port: Output Camera
Type: Geometry
The current camera output as geometry is available on this port. The camera is sent out whenever its parameters change and there is a delay since the last change, one second by default. This keeps the port from constantly creating new data while the camera is in motion. For efficiency, the camera geometry is not created if the Output Camera port is not wired; for this reason, there will be no camera available until the first time the camera is moved after wiring the port.
The output camera is created using the cxOutputDataFlush command, which interferes with execution control of loops. Therefore it is advisable not to wire Output Camera when Render is used as a loop controller or within another controller's loop. Since the camera changes only as a result of user interaction or Input Camera data arrival, neither should be used to create output camera data within a loop. The former action can be used without a loop, while the latter is easily duplicated by wiring the source of Input Camera to the destination of Output Camera.
Port: Picked Geometry
Type: Geometry
This port outputs geometry that has been picked from the scene. Data is updated on this port whenever something new is selected or deselected, including when "Pick Parent" or "Pick All" are used.
Port: Sync
Type: Parameter
Outputs a parameter to be used in loop synchronization. The parameter is generated whenever Render redraws due to new input.
Port: Snapshot
Type: Lattice
Constraints: 2-D
Constraints: 3-vector
Constraints: byte
Constraints: uniform
This lattice contains a snapshot of the screen in RGB pixel order. The Render window must not be obscured while the snapshot is being taken.
Port: Pick
Type: Pick
Pick data is output on this port on mouse button and keyboard events when user pick mode is active.
KNOWN PROBLEMSThe Output Camera port causes looping problems (loop containing Render fires once, but does not iterate) because of its use of cxOutputDataFlush. Do not wire Output Camera when Render is a loop controller or used within another controller's loop.
The module will not snap its input on the first arrival of the Snap parameter. This prevents spurious snapping when the module is first launched, but means that you might miss the first snapshot in an animation sequence.
SEE ALSOAnimateCamera, VolumeRender.
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The Tall Tale in American Folklore and Literature
Brown, Carolyn S.
Paper Edition, $18.95s
Paper ISBN: 0-87049-627-1
Status: In Print
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DescriptionDrawing on previous research and her own original fieldwork, the author develops a definition of the tall tale as a genre of folklore, and she then explores how tall tale methods and meanings have been translated into literary humor.
The work moves from the Crockett Almanacs, sketches, newspaper hoaxes, and frontier frame tales to present new readings of such standard works as George Washington Harris' Sut Lovingood and Mark Twain's Autobiography.
Brown views the tall tale as a challenge and an entertainment as well as a story that identifies and binds a folk group and helps people to cope with a stressful world.
"By approaching her subject with, in her own words, 'a sense of humor, proportion, and humility,' Brown has produced the best book we have on the subject. It is sensible, informative, and clearly written and it belongs in all libraries for undergraduates or above with any concentration in American culture."
"This work is a significant contribution to American literary scholarship, particularly to the study of American humor. It is large in scope, its procedure is orderly, clear, and knowledgeable, and its conclusions illuminating."
--Milton Rickels.
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Appalachia Inside Out (Paper)
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Hedgehog Wheels
Not everyone know this, but an exercise wheel is a necessity for a hedgehog. Really! Without regular exercise your hedgehog will have a tendency to gain too much weight and become generally inactive.This is not good for your hedgehog's health at all!
When shopping for hedgehog wheels keep in mind that you will want something on the larger end of the wheel spectrum. Also make sure you never buy a wire wheel. Just like wire cage floors, these can really damage your hedgehog's feet and lead to serious health problems (and expensive vet bills!)
There are primarily two excellent wheel choices – a homemade wheel made out of 5-10 gallon buckets or cake covers (you do not have to make this yourself – many breeders and rescues offer them for sale), or a couple models made by either Ware or Superpet. Just remember – do not get a wire wheel. Just like wire cage bottoms – these are not safe for your small pet as their legs can easily slip through.
Here is an example of a specialty hedgehog cake walk wheel:
The best retail wheels (always buy the largest size – 12in diameter):
Silent Spinner (Superpet) – Good but some people have noticed it is a little noisy. Attach to the side of the cage using zip ties otherwise there is the possibility it can tip over.
Comfort Wheel (Superpet) - Same notes as above.
Flying Saucer Wheel (Ware) – Quiet and easy to clean. You want the largest size. Flying Saucer Wheels also have the tendency to tip over when used by larger sized hedgehogs. Be sure to secure.
Hedgehog Wheels – Cleaning
Exercise wheels are likely to need regular cleaning as needed. Many people find they need to clean anywhere from every couple days to once per day.
If you want to prevent squeaky exercise wheels and extend the lifespan of this useful supply, then it's a good idea to lubricate the ball bearings every few weeks. All you need is some vegetable oil or some Vaseline and a hair drier. Apply the lubrication to the bearing, then heat gently with a hair dryer and spin the wheel slowly at the same time. This will help the lubrication to get into every crevice.


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Wayne Allen
Common Staff Writer
It was announced Thursday that Vice President Joe Biden will appear at Portsmouth High School on Sunday, with doors opening at 9:30 a.m. and speaking at 11:45 a.m.
Biden will be accompanied on Sunday by Scioto County native and former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland.
The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis and can be obtained at the Obama For America Portsmouth office, 1018 Chillicothe Street Portsmouth, Obama For America Ironton office, 1520 South 11th St., Ironton, and the Obama For America Chillicothe office at 149 W. Water Street Chillicothe. Tickets can be picked up today from from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
"You've got to come in to the Democrat Headquarters and get the tickets. I think two is the max they'll let any one person have at a time, and they're free. It's a ticketed only event," said Scioto County Democratic Party Chairman, Randy Basham.
According to information from the Obama campaign, participants of the event can expect to go through airport-like security and should bring as few personal items as possible. Participants will not allowed to bring bags, sharp objects, umbrellas, liquids, or signs inside.
Vice President Biden will make a two-day swing through Ohio which will include stops in suburban Cincinnati, Zanesville, Athens and Portsmouth.
According to the campaign information, "The Vice President will discuss the choice in this election between two fundamentally different visions on how to create an economy built to last. The Vice President will lay out what's at stake for the middle class in this election – the choice between continuing to move forward to an economy built to last that's grounded in a strong middle class, or going back to the same 'top-down' economic policies of the last decade that crashed our economy and punished the middle class."
Basham said it is always exciting to have a major candidate visit the area, and that it is a sitting vice president is even more exciting. The last sitting vice president to visit Portsmouth was Dan Quayle in 1992.
"Because of 60 days less to go, or whatever it is, they're trying to cover a lot of territory in Virginia and Ohio and those key swing states. So Obama is really pounding on those counties that he won four years ago, and Joe Biden is a blue-collar man and he and Strickland are working the old Strickland servicing area from representative to governor," Basham said.
During the event cameras are permitted.
Parking will be available at the school but will be limited. Participants are asked to enter the high school, using the entrance on Waller Street across from the football field.
Before On Friday at 6 p.m. Obama For America Ohio's "Heartland Tour 2012: Moving the Middle Class Forward", RV tour will make a stop at the Scioto County Democratic Headquarters on Friday, Sept. 7th at 6 p.m. Greg Shultz, Obama For America State Director will be in attendance along with others, according to released information "highlighting the stark contrast between President Obama and Mitt Romney on the issues that matter to Ohio's rural communities."


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MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif., Jan. 5, 2006 – Former First Lady Mrs. Nancy Reagan is taking part in an aircraft arrival ceremony and the unveiling of the "Spirit of Ronald Reagan," the eighth C-17 Globemaster III aircraft that will become part of the inventory of the Air Force Reserve Command.
The event will take place at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 13, 2006.
This aircraft is named "Spirit of Ronald Reagan" in honor of and in tribute to Ronald Reagan, our nation's 40th president.
As part of the arrival ceremony, the aircraft will be piloted by Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, Commander, Air Force Reserve Command.
The C-17 is the newest, most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force. The Globemaster III is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operation bases or directly to forward bases in a deployment area.
The aircraft is also capable of performing tactical airlift and airdrop missions when required.
The C-17 further improves the ability of the total airlift system to fulfill the worldwide air mobility requirements of the United States from March ARB.
Reporters are invited to cover the aircraft arrival and ceremonies which Mrs. Reagan will participate in along with other key military leaders, elected officials, business and civic leaders who will be available to answer questions.


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HES-100, Emergency Care/First Aid, Safety, and CPR
Credits: 3
Course Description
HES-100, Emergency Care: First Aid, Safety and CPR, prepares the student beyond basic knowledge, skills, and abilities needed in emergency medical care situations. This academic course covers legal concepts in first aid; emergencies related to the ten body systems; basic life support, rescue breathing, choking care, and AED use; bleeding, shock, burns, bites, stings, poisoning, wound and soft tissue injuries; head and spinal injuries; chest, abdominal, pelvic injuries; bone, joint and muscle injuries; extremity injuries requiring splinting; cold and heat emergencies; behavioral emergencies, rescuing and moving victims, and administering first aid in remote locations. Emergency care and evacuation plans for home, work, school and other locations are also discussed. CPR/First Aid certification by the National Safety Council is included upon successful completion of this course. Prerequisite: exemption/completion of READ-099. Three hours lecture each week. Three credits. Three billable hours. Offered Fall and Spring terms.
Course Objectives and Grading Information
MAJOR COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Explain the term first aid, how to decide when to help a victim, and how to stay prepared for administering first aid in various situations. (PG1,5, GE2, Exam 1)
2. Explain legal concepts in first aid including Good Samaritan Laws, consent, scope of care, standard of care, negligence, abandonment and confidentiality. (PG1,5, GE2, Exam 1)
3. Identify the primary areas of the human body using correct anatomical terminology. (PG1, GE2, Exam 1)
4. Evaluate emergency situation and appropriate steps for preventing disease transmission. (PG1,5, GE 2, Practical)
5. Discuss prevention methods and first aid for heart attack, angina, stroke, respiratory distress, fainting, seizures, diabetes, and abdominal pain. (PG1, GE2, Exam 3)
6. Identify the signs, symptoms, and risk associated with various accidents and injuries that occur. (PG1,5, GE2, Practical)
7. Demonstrate proper care and treatment of the various types of bleeding, shock, burns, bites, stings, poisoning, wound and soft tissue injuries. (PG1,5, GE2, Exam 2 and Practical)
8. Demonstrate basic life support including rescue breathing, choking care, and Automated External Defibrillator use. (PG1,5, GE2, Practical)
9. Differentiate between the types of wounds and injuries that affect the head, spine, chest abdomen, pelvis, bones, joints and muscles. (PG1, GE2, Practical)
10. Demonstrate proper bandaging and splinting techniques for extremity injuries. (PG1,5, GE2, Practical).
11. Differentiate between cold and heat emergencies and demonstrate appropriate care for frostbite, hypothermia, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. (PG1,5, GE2, Exam 3).
12. Explain appropriate methods for handling behavioral emergencies related to altered mental states, anxiety, panic, depression or violent behavior. (PG1,4, GE1, Student Presentations).
13. Discuss best first aid practices when emergencies occur in remote locations such as rural, hiking, boating, camping, ice, snow, water or high altitude areas. (PG1,4, GE1, Student Presentations).
Learning Goals
The abbreviations in parentheses represent Learning Goals which have been identified for this course and program of study:


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Reiki master Lynn Palmer will offer instruction in Reiki -- whose practitioners claim the practice leads to soothing, relaxing energy – July 23-24 at Antelope Valley College.
The first Reiki class session begins at 6 p.m. July 23 in Room FA4 186 with the second session at 1 p.m. July 24.
Reiki is being offered through Antelope Valley College's Corporate and Community Services Office. Students may register online at http://www.avc.edu/academics/ccs/ or contact the Corporate and Community Services Office at (661) 722-6300, ext. 6584.
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Kukufeldia tilgatensis is an iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur - a member of the same dinosaur group as Iguanodon, Mantellisaurus and Camptosaurus.
Its identification is based on a single right lower jaw (NHMUK 28660) that contains several unerupted teeth.
In general, the jaw and teeth are very similar to those of its close relatives, such as Iguanodon. However, Kukufeldia possesses a row of small holes (termed 'foramina') that is positioned just behind the front end of the lower jaw.
These holes were channels for blood vessels and nerves and formed a line that ran parallel to the tip of the jaw.
No other ornithopod dinosaur possesses this unique row of additional foramina on the jaw and this allowed the specimen to be recognised as a new species in 2010 (McDonald et al 2010).
Other features of the jaw, including the shape of the tooth sockets and the sites of attachment for the jaw muscles also differ from those seen in other closely related dinosaurs.
Although known from fragmentary remains, the teeth and lower jaw of Kukufeldia indicate that it was an animal that would have been very similar in appearance to better-known Cretaceous ornithopods like Iguanodon and Mantellisaurus.
Like its better known relatives, Kukufeldia was probably a bipedal animal, with strong muscular hindlimbs and relatively small forelimbs that would have been used for:
The head had a long, deep snout and the jaws were lined with grinding teeth and tipped with a horny beak.
It is possible that Kukufeldia possessed a thumb-spike, like its relatives.


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1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
Writers: Simon Beaufoy, Michael Arndt, Suzanne Collins | Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 434,538
2. Funky Town (2000)
Writer: Matthew Janzen | Director: Matthew Janzen | Stars: Doug Heder, Hailey Smith, Lincoln Hoppe, Rodger Sorensen
Votes: 32
3. Every Little Step (2008)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Music
Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.
Directors: Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern | Stars: German Alexander, Bob Avian, Justin Bellero, Michael Bennett
Votes: 1,194
4. The Hunger Games (2012)
PG-13 | 142 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete.
Writers: Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray | Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 630,345
5. The Italian Job (2003)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After being betrayed and left for dead in Italy, Charlie Croker and his team plan an elaborate gold heist against their former ally.
Writers: Troy Kennedy-Martin, Donna Powers, Wayne Powers | Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron
Votes: 264,560
6. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
PG-13 | 123 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Katniss Everdeen is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage.
Writers: Peter Craig, Danny Strong, Suzanne Collins | Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 223,282
7. The Salesman (1999)
21 min | Short
Writers: Douglas Heder, Matthew Janzen | Director: Matthew Janzen | Stars: Michael Cox, Mark Berrett, Lauren Keller, Aaron William Johnston
Votes: 54
8. Without a Paddle (2004)
PG-13 | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
After their friend dies, three men decide to fulfill their childhood promise by going on a camping expedition for the lost D.B. Cooper bounty, with calamitous results.
Writers: Fred Wolf, Harris Goldberg, Tom Nursall, Jay Leggett, Mitch Rouse | Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, Dax Shepard, Matthew Price
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What A Gas: Part I
Who discovered nitrous and why did it take them so long?
Only new readers of History House will be surprised to learn that the same organization that publishes Consumer Reports puts out one of the most authoritative sociological drug studies in the United States. Yes, the same people who busy themselves rating minivans and toasters for soccer moms produced a fat book with chapter titles like "A Dope Fiend's Paradise", "Supplying Heroin Legally to Addicts", and "How to Launch a Nationwide Drug Menace" for their dope smoking soccer playing kids. That book bears the concise title Licit and Illicit Drugs: The Consumers Union Report on Narcotics, Stimulants, Depressants, Inhalants, Hallucinogens, and Marijuana -- including Caffeine, Nicotine, and Alcohol. Adding insult to injury, they also strongly advocate legalization of both marijuana and heroin. Our favorite chapter of this illustriously apellated book is "The Historic Antecedents to Glue-Sniffing", in which the reader is entertained with all manner of recreational inhalants, or rather, stories thereof. In accordance with the Ecclesiastes principle -- there is nothing new under the sun -- such amusements have a lengthy history. As Edward A. Preble and Gabriel V. Laury note in Fall 1967's International Journal of the Addictions,
In the ancient Judaic world, the vapors from burnt spices and aromatic gums were considered part of a pleasurable act of worship. In Proverbs 27:9, it is said that 'ointment and perfume rejoice the heart,' Perfumes were widely used in Egyptian worship. Stone altars have been unearthed in Babylon and Palestine which have been used for burning incense made of aromatic wood and spices.[1]
The Consumers Union replies that, "[w]hile casual readers today may interpret such practices as mere satisfaction of the desire for pleasant odors, this is almost certainly an error; in many or most cases, a psychoactive drug was being inhaled.[2] Indeed, there are historical references to burning bales of marijuana in ancient China, India, by the Scythians outside of Greece, and Old Testament Israelites,[3] plus North and South American indigenous peoples.[4] So after people had been inahling things to make them loopy for several millenia, Joseph Priestley finally applied science to the problem and invented nitrous oxide in 1776 by introducing iron to nitrous peroxide.[5] This gave the world laughing gas, from which it was never to recover. (1776 was a rough year for the world -- the US came onto the scene, too. Coincidence?) All this ought to have been enough to maintain Priestley's popularity with the neighbors. Unfortunately, his status as a sympathizer for the budding French Revolution led to the pillaging and burning of his house in 1791. He was in France at the time.
In the United States at about the same time, an American chemist and physician named Lantham Mitchell, looking for more proper uses, gave some animals nitrous oxide, killing them quite dead.[6] He declared the substance poisonous, and thought that it might even contribute to the spread of disease by carrying pathogens. In 1775, though, at the tender age of 17, a hardy soul named Humphry Davy decided to give it a go himself and took a fat snoot-full:
Instead of dying, he experienced many pleasurable sensations; he felt an agreeable sense of giddiness, a relaxation of the muscles, noticed his hearing to be more acute, and in general felt so cheerful that he was compelled to laugh.[7]
The Bard Indulges
Davy, who was a surgical assistant, subsequently took a whiff when a pesky wisdom tooth bothered him. The instant relief of his pain gave him ideas about the gas's utility. One must remember that the "surgical assistant" in those days helped with the actual procedure but also held down screaming, thrashing patients, who were quite awake during invasive procedures. Davy published a book, Researches, Chemical and Philosophical; Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide in 1800. By this time there had been minor explorations into anesthesiology through chemical means; some of these had even made it into Shakespeare. The Friar in Romeo and Juliet makes reference to a certain liquid [IV.1.93-97], as does Iago in Othello [III.3.330-333], and Cleopatra in Anthony and Cleopatra [I.5.3-6]:
Cleo.: Ha, ha! Give me to drink mandragora.
This scant pharmacological knowledge notwithstanding,[8] most folks in Europe looking to cure pain for entertainment or scientific reasons seemed much happier following people like Franz Mesmer around, who had managed to convince everybody that he'd harnessed "the powers of the cosmic energies."[9] Essentially, Mesmer would wave a magnet about and scores of patients would claim to be cured. Mesmer found that the limiting step in his healing process was the size of the magnet, so he rubbed it on a stick for awhile and announced the stick was conducting the magic energies now, too. This solved his problem, for he could point the stick at large groups of people,[10] whereas he could only cure one at a time with the magnet. Before long he decided that he really didn't need the stick at all, and these cosmic energies emanated from his very being; he rechristened this ability as his "animal magnetism". Mesmer was the rage in Paris, until a commission headed by Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and author of Fart Proudly, debunked him in the 1780s.
What a Pain in the Gass
Against this sort of competition, we should not be surprised that the intrepid Davy was eventually knighted and elected president of Britain's Royal Society, though the use of nitrous oxide during surgical procedures did not become commonplace for another forty years. What took so long? Turns out the medical men of the period were so accepting of pain during surgical procedures the idea of eliminating it never even entered their heads. The modern reader may scoff, but the reality is that Davy himself cauterized a dog bite wound on his own leg without a dose of nitrous even after he discovered it.[11] While nobody thought to do surgical procedures with nitrous until well into the nineteenth century, great use was of course made of the gas recreationally, of which plenty more next time.
Further Reading
The invention of anasthetic actually made surgery much more deadly, as it encouraged much longer operations well before the widespread use of sanitary operating procedures. On the role this played in President Garfield's death, Garfield's Lengthy Demise. On the history of medicine in general, read Why Only Women Get Hysterical. Finally, for fun stories about drug research, don't forget to hit LSD and the CIA.
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MURDOCK, Minn. - A heavily-used highway in western Minnesota is open again two days after a crash that involved a semi-truck hauling anhydrous ammonia collided with a train.
The Swift County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday State Highway 12 is open for traffic between Murdoch and DeGraff after crews removed the damaged truck and trailer. Motorists are urged to use caution as crews will still be working near the intersection of Highway 12 and Swift County Road 85.
Four people were hospitalized and a local elementary school evacuated after the Burlington Northern train struck the rear of the tanker trailer Tuesday morning around 8:30 a.m., releasing what authorities called a "small" amount of anhydrous ammonia.
Burlington Northern spokeswoman Amy McBeth says three train crew members suffered non-life threatening injuries and the driver of the semi was also hurt. Sheriff's officials say one of injured was airlifted from the scene.
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Rosemary and Thyme is a British television series. The title and soft soundtrack allude to the Simon and Garfunkel song, "Scarborough Fair," which was inspired by a traditional English ballad. Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme are professional gardeners and amateur detectives solving crimes in the beautiful, English countryside. Enjoy!
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From genotype to river basin: the combined impacts of climate change and biocontrol on a dominant riparian invasive tree/shrub (Tamarix spp.)
Science Need(s)
Impacts of climate change and land/resource management to watersheds and associated hydrecologic resources; Climate change impacts to surface water and groundwater dependent habitats and species; Climate change impacts to future water supply and resource availability for humans and ecosystems.
Grantee: Desert Botanical Garden
Principle Investigators: Kevin Hultine, Dan Bean, Tom Dudley, Shannon Fehlberg, Kevin Grady, Andrew Salywon
Cooperative Agreement: $151,911 in non-Federal funds and $149,269 in Federal funds provided by BOR
Project Duration: 2012-2014
Project Goal(s)
Test whether climate warming amplifies the deleterious impacts of herbivory by the tamarisk leaf beetle on tamarisk trees; test for an association between plant genotype and resistance to drought, herbivory, and/or the interaction of drought*herbivory; and determine whether expanding beetle populations display shifts in reproductive phenology that will facilitate their spread below Lake Mead, and enhance their impacts to tamarisk.
Brief Project Description
Delivering adequate water supplies to support expanding human enterprise while maintaining the necessary flow regimes to support desired riparian ecosystems and formally protected wildlife species that depend upon them is increasingly difficult in the arid western United States. Many riparian systems have undergone dramatic alteration over the last 50 - 100 years, exacerbating the conflicts between resource use and biodiversity protection. One of the most visible changes that is in part due to altered flow regimes is the establishment of invasive plant species in riparian ecosystems. The highest priority invasive riparian plant is the Eurasian tree/shrub, tamarisk (or saltcedar, Tamarix spp.) the third most abundant woody species in the western United States riparian zones. Tamarisk control and removal has become a priority of riparian ecosystem management, due in part to its potential negative impacts on stream flow and groundwater recharge.
A controversial and potentially effective tamarisk control approach is the release of the tamarisk leaf beetle, Diorhabda carinulata. The beetle has spread throughout virtually the entire upper Colorado River Basin, established major populations at Lake Mead in 2012, and is now poised to expand into the lower Colorado River Basin concordant with documented evolutionary change in beetle developmental that enables southern establishment. The beetle feeds exclusively on tamarisk, resulting in periods of defoliation that can last several weeks. These episodic defoliation events result in carbon starvation that in turn reduces leaf production and growth, leading to incremental dieback and in some cases mortality. The actual rate of mortality, however, is highly variable across the landscape. Repeated years of defoliation can result in anywhere between 0% to 100% mortality, with mortality rates of 20-40% being common after three to five years. Superimposed on this direct plant/herbivore relationship is the potential impact of climate change on the future performance of tamarisk, and hence on its effects (both negative and positive) on ecosystem structure and function. Temperature- and drought-related mortality of native riparian tree species is not random and some genotypes are more susceptible than others. Common garden studies show that riparian species exhibit substantial genetic variation and source population differences in survival and growth in hotter and drier environments. Tamarisk shows a similar range of responses to environmental stressors, both within Tamarix species and across hybrids formed from multiple Tamarix species. Nevertheless, information on how tamarisk populations and genotypes will respond to a combination of episodic defoliation and climate change is lacking. Therefore, the overarching objectives of this project are to: 1) determine if climate warming coupled with herbivory by the tamarisk leaf beetle synergistically reduce the performance of tamarisk in western North America: 2) assess whether some tamarisk populations are more susceptible (in terms of canopy die back, above ground productivity and plant mortality) to the combination of climate change and herbivory than others: and )3 evaluate how genetic change in D. carinulata will enable southern colonization into the lower Colorado River Basin and extend phenology, thereby changing riparian vegetation in this critical region.
Project Location
Lower Colorado River Basin
Project Tasks
- Test whether climate warming amplifies the deleterious impacts of herbivory by the tamarisk leaf beetle on tamarisk trees.
- Test for an association between plant genotype and resistance to drought, herbivory, and/or the interaction of drought*herbivory.
- Determine whether expanding beetle populations display shifts in reproductive phenology that will facilitate their spread below Lake Mead, and enhance their impacts to tamarisk.
Project Deliverables
- All data will be imported into a project relational database, accompanied by relevant metadata files and backed up regularly following standard laboratory protocols.
- Spatial maps of tamarisk hybrid introgression.
- Spatial maps of predicted tamarisk beetle spread into the lower Colorado River Basin.
- Gas exchange data - interval-based measurements of the photosynthesis rate, leaf conductance, and transpiration of tamarisk trees occurring in the experimental common garden.
- Stable carbon isotope ratio data- interval-based measurements of the carbon isotope ratio values from tamarisk trees occurring in the experimental common garden.
- Percent growth and biomass allocation of tamarisk genotypes - interval-based measurements from the common garden.
- Percent mortality of tamarisk genotypes- interval based measurements of tamarisk mortality from the common garden, and monitoring sites on the Virgin River.
- Microclimate data- continuous microclimate data from a weather station to be located at the common garden that will report air temperature, relative humidity, and sunlight intensity.
- A series of research-specific methodological protocols for each of the laboratory and field research measurements to be collected
- A detailed site description of tamarisk genotype locations and monitoring plots, including photographs


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Things are going well. But for whom?Written by Thomas Berry | | email@example.com
During his visit to Toledo, Ohio, Vice President Biden grandly proclaimed that "Things are going well." His context was clearly the economy, so let's take that as a starting point in gauging the accuracy of his statement.
Our gross domestic product's growth tailed off from 3.7 percent in the first quarter of 2010 to 2.4 percent in the second; the second quarter figure was then revised downward by a third to 1.6 percent. That's going well only in that economists expected an even larger revision.
Unemployment is still at 9.5 percent – even though Biden himself promised in April that 250,000 to 500,000 jobs a month would be created within a couple of months. If all those jobs are being created, then about as many others are being lost; and Treasury Secretary Geithner paradoxically warned us, also in April, that unemployment would stay unacceptably high. This is going well only for those who want voters on long-term government dependency.
Things are going great for waste and stagnation. Consider the Porkulus program for home weatherization. This $5,000,000,000 boondoggle is rife with inefficiency, incompetence and delay, and has been suspended since May in Biden's home state of Delaware. Then there's the construction industry; despite the Porkulus' "shovel-ready" projects and the ballyhooed 10,000 projects underway, industry employment remains depressed as the Democrat-controlled Senate has failed for 18 months to pass a new transportation appropriations bill – not that there's any money left to pay for it anyway.
Which brings us to the deficit. If you like the color red, things are just lovely thanks to the sea of red ink being created by this Congress. Don't have revenues to pay for trillions in new spending? Confiscate more money from the private sector! When that dries up, just print more; and when the economy crashes and hyperinflation is unleashed, it's all Bush's fault. (Things are really swell for fans of irresponsibility and projection, given the Obamacrats' habit of blaming Bush for the problems they've created or exacerbated.)
How well are things going on other fronts? Glad you asked.
Things are peachy for tyranny buffs. The will of the public and the Constitution itself are rejected where they conflict with President Obama's agenda. Unaccountable czars are named at will, states' rights are violated, and the government takes over health care as Obama and the progressives pry loose the Constitutional chains that were forged to restrain the government. Moreover, from health care demolition to the Ground Zero mosque, Obama has repeatedly taken positions that reflect open contempt for the values and sensibilities of the majority of Americans.
It's the bee's knees for enemies of free speech, and of the Reverend Dr. King's call for us to look past skin color to character. Conservatives who oppose Obama's agenda and principles are stereotyped, misrepresented and intimidated towards silence. The Obamacrats tried to take down Fox News, only to have the normally sycophantic liberal media defend Fox; they've personally attacked leading conservative spokespeople; and they've dismissed ordinary citizens who disagree with them as racists simply because their hero is black. Meanwhile, New Black Panthers go free after intimidating voters with racial epithets and a baton at a Philadelphia polling place in the November 2008 election.
Things are boffo indeed for those offended by secure borders and the safety of citizens. Witness the lawsuits against Arizona's call for enforcement of existing border security law, and the desire to grant undeserved citizenship to millions of illegal aliens who already receive benefits at taxpayer expense. But things aren't going well at all for American citizens along the Mexican border who are being robbed and murdered by drug runners and other criminals while Washington looks away.
Things are grand if you're a jihadist terrorist. Sure, many have been eliminated by our military, interference and hamstringing by the Administration notwithstanding. But terrorists have far less to fear from Obama than from his predecessor. On the one hand, the Obamacrats have PC'ed the War on Terror – after all, calling it a war or terrorism is offensive! – and sought to bring the terror suspects held as POWs at Guantanamo to Manhattan for trial in criminal courts. Now, they're refusing to prosecute the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing. On the other, they brand conservative critics as potential terrorists and vow investigations of dissenters. Consequently, be it intentional or not, the focus on eliminating violent terrorism is diluted, and attention is diverted from our real enemies.
Millions of Americans are awakening to the peril now facing our republic and our rights. In this only, things are truly going well because of the Obamacracy. Cherish your liberty, while you still have it.
Thomas Berry, for the Children of Liberty, http://www.meetup.com/The-children-of-liberty/
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TumbleBooks - animated picture books!
Submitted by DatabaseDiva on March 15, 2011 - 3:26pm
Love reading picture books with your kids? Check out our new database: TumbleBook Library! In addition - take the Tumble Tour!
TumbleBook Library (scroll down to TumbleBook Library) is an online collection of animated, talking picture books - teaching kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love.
TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration (sentences are highlighted as they are read) to produce an electronic picture books which you can read, or have read to you!
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horns blocking up the screen!
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The second mod is kelandenra's Girl Mod which adds a
tasteful bit of hair 'down there' on the female characters.
Wastecase updated the original files with alpha layers to
correct some minor problems, so if you've downloaded
kelandenra's original files - be sure to grab this updated
Screen shot Muff #1 - Black
Screen shot Muff #2 - Plain
Screen shot Muff #3 - Latina
Download The Girl Mod Here
Mod installation instructions and original game file
backups are included in each .zip file.
The Plain Muff file that you'll find inside the download
affects the white/light skinned chick texture - but they
have a few different hair colors, so 'the drapes don't
always match the carpeting' for them with this mod. Just
use the original Plain Muff file and replace the rest of the
Muff files with the modded ones if you don't want girls
running around with mis-matched hair/bush color in your
game. You'll get a nice mix of hairy vs. shaved muff
chicks this way!
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May 14, 2011
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. -
Six runs in the top of the seventh inning spelled the difference as the Cal State Northridge Matadors (20-29, 3-14 Big West) wound up on the wrong side of an 8-2 decision to the UC Riverside Highlanders (25-19, 8-9 Big West) in a Big West Conference game at Matador Field on Saturday afternoon.
The six-run inning was the second in two days for the Highlanders, and gave them an 8-0 lead in the late stages of the game.
UC Riverside scored a run in the top of the first inning against the Matadors for the second day in a row when Tony Nix hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Ryan Goetz with two outs.
The Matadors were able to put runners in scoring position in the bottom of the second with one out but could not tie the game. After Adam Barry recorded the first Northridge hit with a one-out single, Tommy Simis singled through the left side but the next two hitters struck out to end the inning with two left on base.
The game threatened to get away from the Matadors early on had it not been for timely defensive stops behind starter Paul Tremlin (2-5). In both the third and fourth innings, UC Riverside had runners on base with one out before Tremlin induced ground balls to start inning-ending double plays.
Northridge saw a runner advance to third with two outs in the bottom of the third but could not score. After Ridge Carpenter singled, stole second and advanced to third on a groundout, Andrew Muren was hit by a pitch but catcher Marty Bowen was set down to end the inning.
The Highlanders extended their lead to 2-0 in the top of the fifth following a leadoff double by Vince Gonzalez and a sacrifice bunt from Bart Steponovich. With one out, Phil Holinsworth hit a sacrifice fly to score Gonzalez from third.
The Northridge defense saved more runs from scoring in the top of the sixth on a stellar assist from freshman Miles Williams. With runners on first and second and two outs, Ryan Juarez came in to relieve Tremlin (5.2 IP, 2 ER) and gave up a single to right field. Williams charged the ball and fired home to Bowen, who tagged out Justin Shults trying to score to end the inning.
The big inning for UC Riverside came, however, in the top of the seventh. Five straight singles for the Highlanders off of Juarez scored two runs and loaded the bases with no outs. Joshua Goossen-Brown replaced Juarez and gave up a two-run single to give UCR a 6-0 lead. A fifth run scored on a fielder's choice when Goossen-Brown fielded a comebacker and tried to throw the runner out at the plate. The final run in the inning came across when TS Reed tried to turn a double play but threw wide of first, allowing a runner to score from third on the play.
The Matadors were able to break onto the scoreboard in the bottom of the eighth inning as first baseman Chris Allen hit a double to left center with one out. Muren followed with a double that hit off the top of the wall in right center, missing a home run by mere inches. After a groundout that advanced Muren to third, Adam Barry was hit by a pitch and Tommy Simis singled to score the run and put the deficit at 8-2.
Both Justen Gorski and Shawn Wilyman pitched scoreless innings out of the bullpen for the Matadors to end the game. In addition to his plays in the outfield, Williams also had two hits at the plate, both singles, for his second career multi-hit game.
Muren finished the day 1-for-3 with an RBI and run scored and was also hit by a pitch. Carpenter reached base three times (single, two walks) and stole his team-high 15th base of the year and Simis notched two hits and an RBI in four at-bats.
The series will wrap up with an afternoon contest on Sunday, May 15 at 1 p.m. at Matador Field. The projected starting pitchers are Carlos Gonzalez, Jr. (CSUN) and Trevor Frank (UCR).


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Attorneys for Matt and Melanie Capobianco want the biological father of the couple's adopted daughter and an American Indian tribe to pay them more than $1 million for what they called unnecessary legal wrangling in Oklahoma.
Lawyers for the James Island residents appeared in six Sooner State courtrooms over seven weeks before they won the final order transferring custody of 4-year-old Veronica in late September.
That wouldn't have happened, they said, if Dusten Brown hadn't tried to halt a Charleston judge's order finalizing his daughter's adoption from being enforced in Oklahoma.
But it was Brown's right to fight for his daughter, his Charleston attorney, Shannon Jones, said Tuesday.
"This is pure greed in the most offensive form," Jones said. "I think it reveals a lot about the character of the people behind these attempts to financially benefit from sad and unfortunate events."
The request for the funds is sealed from public view, but the Tulsa World newspaper obtained a copy of the paperwork Tuesday.
In the motion filed Friday in Nowata County, Okla., the attorneys said "Brown's blatant refusal to comply" with the decree entitled them to reimbursement of the legal expenses they incurred during the time he "secreted" the child away to land owned by the Cherokee Nation, the tribe he belongs to.
Four law firms cited in the document spent 2,114 hours on the case and $6,535 in costs. The fees for their services totaled $1,028,797.
Two of the attorneys, Paul Swain and Noel Tucker, are from Oklahoma. Each said they racked up about $130,000 in fees.
The other two firms are based Washington, where successful litigator Lisa Blatt argued their side in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Blatt's charge was about $322,431, or about $618 per hour.
The other Washington attorney, Lori Alvino McGill of Latham & Watkins, acted as a spokeswoman for the couple in the last weeks of their legal saga. Her firm incurred $441,931 in fees, the filing stated, at an hourly rate of about $721 — the priciest of the four.
Alvino McGill said Tuesday that the Capobiancos long ago exhausted their personal funds during appeals in South Carolina, so their attorneys continued to work for them for free, or "pro bono."
But under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, the Capobiancos' attorneys are entitled to the expenses because they ultimately prevailed, Alvino McGill said.
She said the Capobiancos and their attorneys would have been happy to collect "absolutely nothing" if Brown and the tribe had abided by the decree in early August. Instead, they "exposed themselves to liability" for not promptly handing over Veronica, Alvino McGill said.
In contempt of court proceedings in Charleston, the couple's attorneys here also have filed documents asking Brown and the tribe to pay for expenses. The status of that case wasn't immediately known Tuesday.
Jones, the Charleston attorney for Brown, said the Capobiancos' lawyers had agreed to represent the couple pro bono and shouldn't be allowed now to get money for their services.
Brown won custody of the girl in late 2011 under the Indian Child Welfare Act. But the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that the federal law didn't apply to Brown, plowing the way for South Carolina courts to finalize the Capobiancos' adoption of Veronica the next month.
Despite Brown's challenges and a failed attempt at mediation, Oklahoma courts registered the adoption there in late September. Brown was forced to hand over the child without a guarantee that he would ever see her again.
When he was on the winning side in Charleston, Brown paid more than $75,000 in legal fees, his attorney said. But he didn't ask for reimbursement from the couple, Jones said, because they had suffered too.
Reach Andrew Knapp at 937-5414 or twitter.com/offlede.
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Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina primary on Saturday in a stunning comeback for the former House speaker who lost the first two contests for the Republican presidential nomination, according to Fox News and MSNBC.
Powerful debate performances and stumbles by Mitt Romney, along with help from an allied super PAC that spent millions in South Carolina, propelled Gingrich from a double-digit deficit to his first victory. He even managed to weather his second ex-wife's allegation that he asked for an open marriage sohe could keep the six-year mistress who is now his wife.
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It was Gingrich's second comeback of the primary season. His staff and advisers quit last June after he took a Greek cruise with his wife instead of focusing on the campaign. But he climbed back into contention in Iowa until an assault by a pro-Romney super PAC crushed his chances there.
Gingrich still faces major challenges in overtaking Romney, who is well-organized and well-financed across the country, including in the next primary state of Florida.
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