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Brett Novek was a contestant on America's Most Smartest Model.
In case you're wondering why the hunk didn't win, here's a hint: the clueless dude is dating Stephanie Pratt of MTV's The Hills.
"He's really sweet and cute," Stephanie told In Touch about Novek, who was spotted whispering in her ear and making her laugh at the Target Converse One Star party in L.A. on June 1.
We wonder if Spencer Pratt approves. We also wonder if Spencer Pratt has ever given a thought to anyone except for himself.

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My first sketch post. Its a collage of graphite sketches to get things started off right.
My first sketch post. Its a collage of graphite sketches to get things started off right.
Not quite up to Zhang Lu's caliber. I quit at about two and a half hours, having erased or painted over to the point of whining.
I enjoyed Zhang Lu's Caucasian Females video immensely. Hopefully, I can glean some of Mr. Lu's technique through repeat viewings and practice of course. Mr. Manley's narration was practical and informative.
Nice sketchbook so far; I'm particularly impressed with your use of values. Keep it going!
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Welcome! That's a great start. I especially like the man in the top hat and the horse head. Keep posting.
he he) horse mouth is like a human) more and more sketches needed
Another Zhang Lu inspired study. This took me three to three and a half hours when you add it all up. I dare say, I think I'm improving.
Some studies for a old west illustration.
I watched Disney's Enchanted the other night (Yes. I am a father of small children.) laughing and snorting from beginning to end. Inspired, I sketched out this ogre loosely based on the ogre from the film.
You are really good at determining values, i like everything you've posted so far! post #6 looks really good, especially the hair...maybe some of the lines of the face could be smoother (on the right side of her face/neck) but that's really minor. post more, i'd love to see what else you do (:
"the world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." - w.b. yeats
sketchbook. comments/advice appreciated (:
I posted this awhile ago on my deviant art and blog, but thought I'd re-post. I'd forgotten my password to conceptart.org, and then forgot about forgetting and just didn't remember...well, anyway. Re-post.
Good to be back
Kinda nice stuff this far, the latest Lu study is much better indeed than the previous. I dig the ogre too. Nothing else to say at the moment.
My wife is a good sport. She ends up my sketches a lot.
Just for fun.
Happy New Year, CA!
nice robot! great shading and the pose is fine too! maybe make the gun a different colour other than black so we can see the details. transformers rock. keep up the good work.
This is a drawing from my sketch book. I was flipping through James Gurney's great book Imaginative Realism, which is a fantastic resource, and read the section on Orientalism. Inspired, I ended up looking up pictures of Elizabeth Taylor in the movie Cleopatra.
There's something of an idea here that I'd like to pursue down the road, developing it into something more epic.
I love your elaborated and impressive pencil sketches. #12 would be really nice, the face could be more correct. You drew the skulls and the monkey neatly, even sharp, the face is even more important. But apart from the face, I dig this drawing.
The last one is a good start to make something epic indeed. Especially if you have some idea I wonder if it helps anything but I say what I think about the drawing. I'd include Cleopatra's legs fully, the picture need some breathing space there IMO. It need values to put the slave into the background but you surely see it yourself.
Definitely, I see a lot of deficiencies in my work. For some reason, I draw rather big, so I often find myself running out of paper when sketching. Proportionality and paper use are a skill I'm still developing, so in the case of Cleopatra I ran out of "leg room" so to speak.
Thanks for you comments. I appreciate it.
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It's fun to see how much you've progressed from 2009! =)
Just keep going!
Here's a sketch of my son riding a tiger. Naturally...
Love your graphite work. Keep posting.
Sketch with pencil, Copic Markers and Multiliners.
I did this sketch in pencil and then practiced my inking with a brush.
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1998 BMW E39, smoke under the bonnet when going up hill or driving hard. Replaced rocker cover gasket already. It looks like there is a leak, but cant find it. Smoke is on increase day by day that means leak is getting bigger. But there is no smoke on normal running or downhill, so far. There is also oil burning smell.
August 16, 2012.
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Check the exhaust system for presence of engine oil. If any oil drops onto the exhaust system, smoking would occur. If there are any leaks, you need to locate the source and rectify it.
Aug 16, 2012.
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Try to find the source of leak, There is lot of oil deposit around CVV, Oil return hose and dipstick. What are the most common failure among these? Can the leaks on this side of the engine produce smoke under the bonnet?
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Yes if they can get to the exhaust.
You would need to clean up and recheck the source of leaks. Anything that has a connection are possible leaking areas.
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PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan's letter to the National Assembly seeking approval to borrow US$1 billion from abroad as a result of the "urgent need to upgrade the equipment, training and logistics of our Armed Forces and Security Services to enable them more forcefully confront this serious threat" reveals the Jonathan administration's narrow notion of, and ad hoc awakening to the country's security needs. Government has the duty to eliminate any insurgencies in the land. Nevertheless, the National Assembly should summarily reject the President's request "for external borrowing of not more than $1 billion including government-to-government arrangements for this upgrade" for a number of reasons.
Firstly, the request, demeaning as it is, dresses the country in the garb of a beggarly banana republic. It is an obnoxious reminder of the apparent and intentional mismanagement of the resources of the country. Rather, there is need instead to draw the attention of the Jonathan administration to Nigeria's true security needs of constantly upgrading equipment, training and logistics to enable the military and security services to, at all times, not merely confront, as the President intends, but overpower and deter any acts of rebellion. The country possesses the wherewithal to fulfill the national security obligations as will be shown currently.
Secondly, the deliberately undefined government-to-government arrangements will cede to a posse of foreign governments (in contrast to competing individual foreign governments in a previous era) the upper hand in the management of the country's internal security affairs. That will compromise our sovereign independence and freedom to always act in the national interest. The innocuously termed government-to-government arrangements, therefore, should be seen as another but collective name for the defence pact which the United Kingdom singly attempted to foist on Nigeria in the 1960s. Nigerians rejected it then: and we do not need it today or tomorrow. There is absolute need to beware of the loan sum, which actually represents the tip of the iceberg. Going by the pedigree of the prospective foreign lenders (we know them even when they remain unnamed), their intention may be less altruistic than it seems. Nigeria should not be saddled with another external debt burden. Did this country not fight a 30-month Civil War without borrowing?
Therefore, the government should pay for the needed upgrade and handle any necessary government-to-government arrangements strictly at arm's length. Only prime quality equipment should be bought and at the right price. It is vital to obtain irrevocable guarantee for the supply of spare parts throughout the life of the equipment. The training period and place should be specified, and government should go through any other terms with a fine-tooth comb and eyes wide-open.
Thirdly, although there is longstanding public knowledge that the equipment available to the security arms is largely obsolete, the President waited till the eve of a long scheduled recess of the National Assembly before submitting the request which he deemed urgent. As a matter of fact, that is not the first time an important matter requiring legislative consideration has been delivered to the legislature on the eve of a scheduled recess. It is not clear if the now habitual tactic is intended to snatch the legislators' hurried endorsement without prior debate, necessary consultation with constituents and feeling the pulse of the public, which are sine qua non in a democracy.
Fourthly, recall that in 2012 the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) defended the request for $7.9 billion for the so-called pipeline project on grounds that it would attract low interest charge as against the prevailing high domestic lending rates. Today as in 2012, the Federal Government has access to its own interest-free dollar funds. It is, therefore, unnecessary to borrow. Pertinently, domestic interest rates are high and unattractive because the FMF, acting through the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Federation Account Allocation Committee, infringes the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007 and prevents the CBN from correctly implementing the managed float naira exchange rate regime which the FMF itself dictates every year in the medium term expenditure framework that the President presents to the National Assembly. It is also noteworthy that the IMF and World Bank though non-committal in public mockingly dubs the resulting faulty fiscal and monetary practices as home-grown policies. The Bretton Woods institutions agree that the home-grown practices do not measure up to "proper management of Nigeria's resources," to use the blanket phrase in a recent World Bank letter. In order to ensure sound economic management and transform Nigeria into a lender of funds to multilateral agencies and foreign countries, the FMF breaches of the CBN Act should stop.
Fifthly and sequel to the foregoing, the ultimate armour against the proliferation of acts that threaten national security generally is a strong and thriving economy with minimal unemployment rate. To that end, the CBN should begin to correctly implement the managed float naira exchange rate regime. That way, conducive conditions will evolve and facilitate deep-rooted economic production and also make the country to overcome the grave but unrecognised national security risk inherent in currently obtaining from abroad, 90 per cent of the country's capital needs for defence.
President Goodluck Jonathan should withdraw the letter asking for an external loan and instead submit a Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly for the appropriation of $1 billion from the external reserves for the needed upgrade.


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Lucis Pro 6 does everything LucisArt 3 does and much more. 5 Minute Learning Curve.
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Thinking of playing a little very candid camera with your other half? Engaging in your own sexual shoot, whether as the star or the director or both, can automatically make things more dramatic and theatrical, even if you end up keeping most of your clothes on or refuse to make any cliched "orgasm faces."
It was previously painted an "eww" persimmon color, with no light fixtures, so we refreshed with 1920s-appropriate white -- Benjamin Moore's Decorator's White CC-20, to be exact -- and added an amazing, midcentury-inspired chandelier, contrasting sconces and all kinds of decor for a vintage, eclectic look that Tyler loves!
When my screenwriter friend, Tyler Savage, told me he just bought his first house in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles and wanted Joey and I to help him pull it together and decorate, I was thrilled! I love a blank canvas with vintage bones which is exactly what this 1920's Spanish style house satisfies
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Starfare is a real time strategy game with a Space/Sci-Fi scenario. The game is about capturing Asteroids and holding them to gain resources and bring down the enemies. The tricky thing is that the Asteroids may not always be static. There are 12 missions with a (hopefully) exciting background story as well as the possibility to create custom games. A nasty AI will accompany or fight against you. You can play as one of four factions which can be picked by yourself in a custom game, or which is predefined in a campaign. All of them have different properties and advantages. A maximum of 64 players allows you to witness gigantic battles with like 24 different units.
For those of you thinking Starfare was dead, here's some heartbeat. The multiplayer code is already done and we had a lot of fun testing it but it's also been clear that there's some gameplay changes needed.
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For those of you thinking Starfare was dead, here's some heartbeat. The multiplayer code is already done and we had a lot of fun testing it but it's also been clear that there's some gameplay changes needed. Currently, the asteroids are spread randomly all over the map which means a guaranteed victory for the player with the biggest heap of luck.
Therefore, it's been decided that asteroids will be spawned randomly inside a particular area around the players so they can reach them before their opponents do. Each asteroid used to add 40 resources to the owners supplies each few seconds - which reduced their opponents victory chances to a minimum even with minimal asteroid differences, so we changed that a bit as well: Owners of asteroids will get 40 resources from their first asteroid, ~20 from their second, ~10 from their third, and so on.
I have worked on new models for the new units (which are necessary in order to change the gameplay as well) lately but it takes a lot of time because I'm somewhat not a 3D artist, but here's what I managed to produce so far:
Units will have damage/armor classes which determine how effective they are against other ones. For now, there are three classes and particular properties have been associated with them: First of all, there are the heavy-plated units (bottom row of the screenshot), which have counter-deflection weapons. They have a standard firing range and normal speed and more hit points than the other classes. Then there are those with polarization armor and plate-piercing weapons (top row) which fly a bit faster but have a very low firing range, they are supposed to do damage-bursting. The third class is the deflection-armor type with anti-polarization weapons (mid row). They have a long firing range but are slower and have less hit points which makes them the perfect artillery since all constructions have polarization armor.
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March 26, 2008
It was a rags-to-riches campaign in Champaign last season, but will the good times last? Though the majority of its starters return, Illinois must replace three All-Big Ten players, including star tailback Rashard Mendenhall. Although capable tailbacks remain and good ones are coming in, the emphasis this spring figures to be on upgrading the passing offense, which ranked 109th in the nation a year ago. Here's a look at the Illini as they prepare to begin spring practice.
The presence of Benn, a huge big-play threat, gives wide receiver some muscle. Three-fourths of the starting defensive line return, as well as solid backups who have starting potential. The Illini have three defensive ends who started at least seven games last season. Davis and Hicks are returning starters at cornerback, and Davis was an all-Big Ten selection.
Three-year starters Kevin Mitchell and Justin Harrison completed their eligibility, and the Illini likely will have two sophomores starting at safety. All-American middle linebacker J Leman is gone. Miller likely moves from the outside to try to replace Leman, but could that weaken two positions?
G Jack Cornell Jr.: A former three-star prospect, this redshirt freshman could step in to replace departed All-American guard Martin O'Donnell.
DT Reggie Ellis: A four-star prospect who enrolled early, Ellis reportedly already has added about 20 pounds of muscle and is expected to challenge for a starting role. Getting into the rotation at tackle shouldn't be a problem.
CB Marcus Thomas: He's a sophomore who could threaten to take Hicks' starting role. He came on strong at the end of 2007 and had a key interception in an upset of Ohio State and fared well against USC in the Rose Bowl.
Three years ago, wide receiver Jeff Cumberland arrived in Champaign as a four-star prospect, but he hasn't been that productive. He has 28 receptions through his first two seasons, but did get 11 of those in the last four games of '07. He needs to show some consistency.
Shoring up the safety spots and finding a big-play guy to replace departed tailback Rashard Mendenhall are vital. But just as important is for someone to take over the leadership roles previously held by Leman, O'Donnell and others who had fought through the lean years. Oh, yeah: Williams improving his passing accuracy would be huge, too.
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Energy firm says it destroyed evidence in aftermath of 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster
WASHINGTON Halliburton Energy Services has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the 2010 Gulf oil spill, the Department of Justice said Thursday.
Federal officials said in a news release that papers were filed in federal court in Louisiana charging Halliburton with one count of destruction of evidence.
Halliburton has agreed to pay the maximum fine, be on probation for three years and continue to cooperate with the government's criminal investigation, according to the news release, which did not list the amount of the fine.
The Houston-based company has also made a $55 million voluntary contribution to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. It was not a condition of the court agreement, the news release states.
The company said in a statement Thursday night it had agreed to plead guilty "to one misdemeanor violation associated with the deletion of records created after the Macondo well incident, to pay the statutory maximum fine of $200,000 and to accept a term of three years probation."
The Justice Department has agreed it won't pursue more criminal prosecution of the company or its subsidiaries for conduct arising from the spill, Halliburton's statement said, adding federal officials have also "acknowledged the company's significant and valuable cooperation during the course of its investigation."
The plea agreement is subject to court approval, the company said.
Halliburton was BP's cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The blowout triggered an explosion that killed 11 workers and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf.
According to the news release, Halliburton conducted a review of the well's design and construction after the blowout.
The charge against Halliburton is associated with the deletion of records created during the review.
Similar evidence was destroyed in another subsequent incident, the Justice Department said.
"Efforts to forensically recover the original destroyed … computer simulations during ensuing civil litigation and federal criminal investigation by the Deepwater Horizon Task Force were unsuccessful," the news release said.
The plea agreement and criminal charge both arise from a criminal investigation by the Deepwater Horizon Task Force into the spill.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans recently presided over a trial in the matter and could decide how much more money BP, Halliburton and rig owner Transocean Ltd. owe for their roles in the catastrophe.


text: So I would like to get into grad school and research BioMEMs but am having issues figuring out where to apply and whether or not I should. A little background: I will be graduating in may with a degree in biomedical engineering from the U of MN. I currently have a 3.0 with a 3.26 in the last 60 credits and in addition I have done this with a learning disability and no accomidations. I taken the GRE and got a 680Q/520V. I have been reseaching thin films transducers getting some good research experience in the last year. Im in my late 20s and before going back to school 4 yrs ago I was doing auto body. I really want to get a phd reseaching BioMEMS and more specifically lab on a chip. My disability has made getting top grade hard but I have been getting better and expect that my grades will keep increasing. Im definitly applying to UCLA and probally UC Irvine and possibly U of Maryland for biomedical and likly PennState for enginering science. I doubt I will get into them but would really like to. I need to figure out if there are some other school that may not be so selective but still have descent facilities and reseach. I dont care what type of engineering I do wether it be a EE, ME, BME or what ever as long as I get to do the right research. So I am looking for advice as to how to approach this and are there maybe some schools that are a little less know but still might be descent to go to in my situation. Thanks


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Together with frightening accuracy became known start of the third world: March, 2014, exactly during the Olympic Games in Sochi or maximum five days after its completion. Where brew whole mess, Pavel Globa rather not talk. Said only that the African revolution will gradually move toward Russia in the coming years will lay Central Asia. A fault in the entire Black Moon. On the day when she was united with the Sun, began bombing Libya. And when the Dark Moon joined with Uranus, an earthquake in Japan.
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(a segment of Sunday Night (MBC))
5 episodes aired so far.
Members: 탁재훈, 노유민, 한상진, 박명수, 이기광, 싸이먼디, 박휘순, 김구라 (from left to right)
TAK JaeHoon, NOH YuMeen, HAN SangJeen, PARK MyoungSoo, LEE KiGwang, Simon D (of Supreme Team), PARK HwiSoon, KIM GuRa
(reference their original occupations from my previous posts)
Because of viewers' constant love for Happy Sunday
(1N2D is part of// constantly highest ratings among the same time Sunday Night shows),
Sunday Night (MBC)'s rating still around 6 %, it seems making fuzz on Internet forums.
Though because the national ratings doubtlessly depend on older generations
(especially for Weekend shows), it does not appear outside (through ratings),
people started discussing/talking more about Hot Brothers.
The people who at least once watched the show say that the show was hilarious.
Tak, Park, and Kim are like 2nd level MCs
(Tak has received the Grand Prize of the year from KBS Ent. Dep.).
(In Korea only Kang HoDong & Yoo JaeSeok are treated as the 1st level MCs,
which called the nickname, 'the national MC')
And the other five are almost new at the variety show field.
(For Han, Lee, Simon D, Hot Brothers is the 1st variety show ever on.)
After they began with crossing-Han River challenge, to show their volitions,
they tried a new format so called, "Avatar Blind-date" (Avatar Soge-ting in Korean)
,which an each avatar follows his owner's orders during the blind-dating.
Because of each members' different taste of humor style or communication style with women,
situations turned hilarious.
After two tries of Avatar Blind-date,
they also tried Situation Roll Playing, as they said it was to see each other's personalities through extreme situations.
The big hit of the epi. was Simon D's 'diet ad lib'. ↓haha…. Can't tell… You should watch it!
This week, they tried Women's Heart Award.
It was how well the members know about Women's feelings and communicate.
They again did the situation roll playing.
Anyway, this week's big hit was KiGwang's American Dance. ↓ hahaha…
(while Tak singing his ballad song, KiGwang danced…the American Dance… hahaha…)
As some review posts talked about, I also think
the staffs try to give every member the same chance as they as possible.,
(usually on the other variety shows, strong/unique characters only get to talk and survives)
so that they could use the characters for the future any projects/formats.
A define format of the show hasn't been decided yet.
However, I personally want the show gets hit and survives,
because it's really hilarious and I love MBC and Park MyoungSoo! haha!
Today a bad news has come. MC Yoo will join SBS' new sunday show format, (followed by Family Outing 2).
It'll be rating-battling either with Hot Brothers or with 1N2D. T.T oh, poor my MC Yoo~~~ (or could be poor MyoungSoo)
*every pictures' copyrights to MBC


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3 Big Things Today, Dec. 1 - 12/01/2015 06:17 AM
Corn, Soybeans Little Changed Overnight as EPA Ruling a Mixed Bag Corn and soybeans were slightly higher in overnight trading on mixed news from the Environmental Protection Agency on how much ethanol must be blended into gasoline next year. The EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard released Monday said about 18 billion gallons of biofuel must be blended into gasoline in 2016.Read more on Agriculture
LEGAL: 2015 agricultural law year in review - 12/01/2015 05:15 AM
This article appears in the December 2015 issue of Dairy Herd Managementmagazine. It was a busy and exciting year for agricultural law. From federal regulations to cloning, drones to GMOs, there's been no shortage of legal issues affecting the agriculture industry. Here are some of the key developments in 2015.Read more on Pork Network
Resource sector hopes for brighter 2016 - 12/01/2015 03:23 AM
After one of the worst years on record for oil companies and miners, investors might be forgiven for asking if there are still opportunities in commodities following the end of the so-called "supercycle". The key question for 2016 is whether the current gloom overhanging the sector this year represents the nadir before a recovery or merely a shift to what some describe as the "new normal", characterised by years of oversupply and weak markets.Read more on The Financial Times
Central America tests drought-resistant 'miracle' beans - 12/01/2015 02:47 AM
In Quezaltepeque, a village 30 kilometers north of San Salvador, Ceren and 13 other co-farmers feel fortunate to be the first testing the bean. They proudly showed off an abundant harvest of around 0.7 of a hectare (1.7 acres) of the bean grown on the farm where they work, to the awed gaze of visitors.Read more on Phys
Australia will produce less grain than expected, but still more than last year: ABARES report - 11/30/2015 08:49 PM
Hot and dry weather over spring has seen the national commodity forecaster ABARES drop its estimate for Australia's total grain production by 5.6 per cent since its September forecast. Despite adverse grain growing conditions in key regions of Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia, including fires in WA and SA, Australia's total grain harvest is tipped to be two per cent higher than last season, coming in at 39.1 million tonnes.Read more on Australian Broadcast Company
Grain growers lead a slump in rural confidence to 12 month low - 11/30/2015 08:30 PM
The bank's deputy chief executive Peter Knoblanche said grain and cotton growers led the fall in sentiment. "The main reason for the fall is the dry seasonal conditions that happened through the three quarter mark of the winter grain season that's really caused issues across major grain belts," Mr Knoblanche said.Read more on Australian Broadcast Company
Headers ramp up activity in Riverina wheat crops - 11/30/2015 07:48 PM
Grain growers in southern New South Wales are on the harvest home stretch. Rain put the brakes on early activity, but after a string of dry, warm days headers have made good progress. Charlie Clemson has just about finished stripping grain on his property at Ardlethan. "We're probably some of the lucky ones this year," he said.Read more on Australian Broadcast Company
Japan Offers Greatest Trade Opportunities for Canada Under TPP - 11/30/2015 06:00 PM
CANADA - According to research lead by Agri-Food Economic Systems, among those nations involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Japan stands out as offering the greatest market opportunities for Canada's agri-food sector, writes Bruce Cochrane. In October an agreement was announced among the 12 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.Read more on Thepigsite
US deals double blow with ethanol ruling - 11/30/2015 05:58 PM
The Obama administration has delivered a blow to the corn industry and oil refiners with an ethanol ruling that disappointed groups on opposite sides of a fight over renewable fuels. Setting out long-delayed mandates on how much ethanol should be mixed with petrol, the administration on Monday unveiled targets that were seen as too low by groups that mash corn into fuel and too high by oil refiners.Read more on The Financial Times
EPA sets higher RVOs for ethanol, biodiesel - 11/30/2015 05:30 PM
EPA gave corn and other biofuel feedstock producers an early Christmas present, raising the final renewal volume obligations or RVOs in the Renewable Fuel Standard higher than it had initially indicated it would do in June. The agency set the RVO for renewable fuel at 18.11 billion gallons in 2016, which was about 700 million gallons higher than it proposed in its preliminary announcement for the RVOs last spring.Read more on Delta Farm Press
Efforts to 'turbocharge' rice and reduce world hunger enter important new phase - 11/30/2015 04:51 PM
Led by scientists at Oxford University, this phase of the project will build on the work carried out in the first two stages, with the ultimate aim being to 'supercharge' photosynthesis in rice by introducing more efficient traits found in other crops. Rice uses the C3 photosynthetic pathway, which in hot dry environments is much less efficient than the C4 pathway used in plants such as maize and sorghum.Read more on Phys
EPA Ups Ethanol Use in RFS - 11/30/2015 03:46 PM
EPA sets smaller, but growing, target for ethanol use. The EPA set a target for the gasoline industry to use 14.05 billion gallons of corn ethanol this year and 14.5 billion gallons of the renewable fuel in 2016 - 4 percent more than it proposed in May but 5 percent less than expected when Congress created the Renewable Fuels Standard.Read more on Agriculture
EPA Mandates Biofuel Volumes for 2016, Big Oil and BIO Attack Requirements - 11/30/2015 03:37 PM
The EPA finally announced the long-delayed biofuel volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for 2014, 2015 and 2016, boosting the volume of renewable fuels that must be blended into US gasoline, compared to the levels the agency proposed in June. Neither the biofuels industry nor the oil and gas industry is happy [ ]Read more on Environmental Management
High concentration of CO2 protects sorghum against drought and improves seeds - 11/30/2015 03:28 PM
The rising atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), chief among the greenhouse gases fueling global warming and climate change, is beneficial for the physiology of sorghum, an economically and nutritionally important crop grown worldwide. This is the conclusion of a study performed at the University of Sao Paulo's Bioscience Institute (IB-USP) in Brazil.Read more on Phys
Nebraska Corn Decries EPA Decision to Reduce Corn Ethanol Requirements in Nation's Fuel Supply - 11/30/2015 02:38 PM
Lost Corn Demand Equates to More Than 500 Million Bushels for 2015-16 LINCOLN, NE—A slap in the face to the American farmer and another strike against the American consumer. That's how Nebraska's corn industry is characterizing the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to reduce the amount of corn-based American Ethanol in the nation's fuel supply.Read more on Nebraskacorn
RFS Final Rule Provides Stability and Modest Growth for Biodiesel - 11/30/2015 02:29 PM
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Final Rule setting the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements, including the volume requirements for biomass-based diesel for 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 on Monday. The American Soybean Association (ASA) appreciates EPA, the U.S ...Read more on Soygrowers
EPA Raises RFS Volume Requirements - 11/30/2015 02:14 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)-On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced raising the Renewable Fuels Standard, opening the window for more corn to be used for ethanol production. Ethanol industry leaders are not happy with the decision. EPA finalized the volume requirements ...Read more on Agriculture
GRAINS-Soybeans, corn climb, rallying from last week's lows - 11/30/2015 12:50 PM
Corn also firmed at the Chicago Board of Trade while wheat was mixed, with nearby contracts pressured by larger-than-expected deliveries against the December contract. At the CBOT as of 12:23 p.m. CDT, January soybeans were up 8-1/ 2 cents at $8.81-1/ 2 a bushel, after reaching $8.83-1/ 4, the highest since Nov.Read more on CNBC
Weekly Outlook: How Long Will Low Corn Prices Persist? - 11/30/2015 12:16 PM
Corn prices declined following the USDA's Crop Production report released on November 10 and continue to trade just above marketing year lows. The rate of corn consumption has increased in recent weeks, but the market is skeptical that consumption will increase enough to alter the prospects for abundant year-ending stocks.Read more on Agriculture
Jim Long Pork Commentary, Thanksgiving - A Good Week for Family Not So Good for Hog Markets, November 30th 2015 - 11/30/2015 11:52 AM
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics This past week was Thanksgiving and a time for family and reflection of the past and future. My 13-year-old son Aidan and I went to the Thanksgiving football game of the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles. It was nice family time. An American tradition.Read more on Swineweb
The (Un)Coordinated Framework of GE Regulations - 11/30/2015 11:26 AM
Those tuned into the biotechnology regulatory landscape will have noticed quite a few changes and announcements from the federal government lately. Several agencies have been asking for public comments, announcing proposed rules, releasing guidance, and taking other actions related to biotechnology, or genetic engineering ("GE").Read more on Sustainableagriculture
Dow Expects Enlist Duo To Be On Market For 2016 Growing Season - 11/30/2015 11:15 AM
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revoked the registration of Enlist Duo herbicide. This mix that features two key active ingredients-glyphosate and 2,4-D choline-is the herbicide component of Dow AgroSciences' Enlist Weed Control System. The 2,4-D choline formulation is a new one that addresses concerns regarding off-target movement that exists for current formulations like 2,4-D ester and 2,4-D amine.Read more on Agriculture
County Agricultural Risk Coverage payments explained - 11/30/2015 11:15 AM
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) recently issued Agricultural Risk Coverage – County (ARC-CO) payments for all program crops, except minor oilseeds and chickpeas, which will be determined at a later date. "ARC-CO was designed as a safety net that would provide income ...Read more on Farmandranchguide
Perennials Have Potential In Low-Productive Land - 11/30/2015 10:46 AM
If crops were a baseball position, miscanthus would be the right fielder of the crop world. Right field is where youth baseball coaches have placed earnest but initially untalented players. At worst, it's the position where they can do the least amount of damage. At best, it's a place where late bloomers can unfurl their talents.Read more on Agriculture
Save Water by Measuring Temp of Plants - 11/30/2015 10:25 AM
For farmers in places like Colorado, where population growth and drought have made water a critical issue, managing irrigation water more effectively has emerged as a top priority. "With water becoming more precious, we need to exploit the potential of every tool available," says Kendall DeJonge, an Agricultural Research Service engineer in Fort Collins, Colorado.Read more on Agriculture
Irrigation Intensive Grazing - 11/30/2015 09:51 AM
Like many parts of western Nebraska, the area south of Madrid is peppered with green circles that have been carved out of grassland pastures with the help of center pivot irrigation. However, Joe Vak, who manages nearly 5,000 acres in Perkins County, took a little different path when he installed three center pivot units around his farmstead back in 2006.Read more on Agriculture
DNA sequences in GMOs: Largest database now publicly available - 11/30/2015 09:31 AM
The JRC has published a new database, JRC GMO-Amplicons, which contains more than 240 000 DNA sequences appearing in genetically modified organisms (GMOs). It will help to verify the presence of GMOs in food, feed and environment. To date, this new database is the largest and most comprehensive in this area and could be key to developing new methods for detecting GMOs in food and feed.Read more on Phys
Transportation Support from Checkoff Gives U.S. an Edge - 11/30/2015 09:00 AM
United States Has a Clear Advantage Over Brazil In many ways, soybean farming in Brazil is similar to the United States, yet there are also distinct differences that challenge Brazilian soybean farmers. Like their counterparts in the United States, farmers in Brazil have access to advanced genetics and the latest technology; but they also dealRead more on Unitedsoybean
'Back to the Future' Weed Control: Herbicide Outlook 2016 - 11/30/2015 09:00 AM
What's new for herbicides in 2016? Well, not much, but the learning process is sure to continue for fine-tuning resistance management. "It's probably the fewest number of new herbicides we've ever had," says Dr. Mark Loux, Professor and Extension Specialist, Weed Science at The Ohio State University.Read more on Croplife
Monday's Corn Market Is Higher - 11/30/2015 08:59 AM
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--On Monday, the CME Group's corn and soybean markets have jumped up. At the open, the March corn futures are trading 2 cents higher at $3.69. January soybean futures are trading 4 cents higher at $8.77. March wheat futures are trading 1 1/2 cents lower at $4.77. Jan. soymeal futures are $0.40 per short ton lower at $283.40.Read more on Agriculture
Soybeans, Corn End Higher Monday - 11/30/2015 08:59 AM
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--On Monday, the CME Group's corn and soybean markets closed higher on short-covering. At the close, the March corn futures settled 5 cents higher at $3.72 1/4. January soybean futures finished 8 cents higher at $8.81. May wheat futures closed 3 1/2 cents lower at $4.75 1/2.Read more on Agriculture
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen Speech - 11/30/2015 08:49 AM
Seoul Belfast CME Group is the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace. The company is comprised of four Designated Contract Markets (DCMs). Further information on each exchange's rules and product listings can be found by clicking on the links to CME , CBOT , NYMEX and COMEX .Read more on Cmegroup
Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard Speech - 11/30/2015 08:49 AM
Seoul Belfast CME Group is the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace. The company is comprised of four Designated Contract Markets (DCMs). Further information on each exchange's rules and product listings can be found by clicking on the links to CME , CBOT , NYMEX and COMEX .Read more on Cmegroup
Climate change ahead - 11/30/2015 07:56 AM
Editor's note: The following article was featured in the November/December 2015 issue of PORK Network. For thousands of years, sea level has remained relatively stable and human communities have settled along the planet's coastlines. But according to NASA scientists, Earth's seas are rising: ...Read more on Pork Network
Research to improve resistance to costly wheat fungal disease - 11/30/2015 07:20 AM
Stagonospora nodorum blotch (SNB) is widespread across the Wheatbelt, especially the high rainfall zone, which results in shrivelled grain and average yield losses of nine per cent. Department of Agriculture and Food is using new genomic technology from its counterparts in Victoria to identify and track gene combinations that produce resistance to SNB, for future use in breeding new commercial wheat varieties.Read more on Phys
North Dakota ag trade delegation travels to Cuba - 11/30/2015 07:15 AM
In late October a delegation of agriculture representatives from North Dakota traveled to Cuba on a mission to establish trade relationships. The group, led by North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, were in Cuba from Oct. 25-28, and included representatives from several commodity groups and agricultural organizations.Read more on Farmandranchguide
Corn futures were neutral-higher to start the week - 11/30/2015 07:05 AM
Corn futures were neutral-higher to start the week after weekly corn export sales exceeded expectations last Friday at 2.036 million tonnes, compared to the expected .9 to 1.3 million tonnes. Ethanol stocks for the week ending Nov 20 were 19.6 million barrels, 2% higher than the previous week and 15% higher than a year ago.Read more on Pork Network
Food sector innovations tap nutritional potential of fish - 11/30/2015 06:57 AM
The results of the EU-funded SECUREFISH project were discussed at an agrifood parallel session of the EU's Bioeconomy Investment Summit, held November 9 and 10 2015 in Brussels. Project coordinator Dr Nazlin Howell from the University of Surrey in the UK outlined the recently completed project's key successes and how these will benefit both SMEs in Europe and communities in the developing world.Read more on Phys
3 Big Things Today, Nov. 30 - 11/30/2015 06:23 AM
Corn, Soybeans Little Changed Overnight as Investors Weight Exports vs. Glut Corn futures were little changed in overnight trading as investors weigh an unexpectedly strong export sales report on Friday against a generally bearish tone for agriculture commodities. Soybeans rose slightly while wheat futures were mixed.Read more on Agriculture
EPA withdraws registration for Dow's Enlist Duo herbicide - 11/30/2015 06:02 AM
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Wednesday it had pulled its approval of Dow Chemical Co's new herbicide Enlist Duo as the agency studies new information regarding the product's impact on non-target plants. The EPA approved the herbicide for sale and use in several U.S. states more than a year ago, but later found that its assessment of the product's two active ingredients was incomplete.Read more on Pork Network
EPA expected to nudge higher biofuels mandates - 11/30/2015 06:01 AM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is widely expected to increase requirements for biofuels use through 2016 due to higher total fuel demand, when it publishes a final Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rule in the coming days, sources said. The environmental regulator is expected to announce requirements on its plan for the program, on or by Monday, Nov. 30, when global climate change discussions are set to start in Paris.Read more on Pork Network
Researcher studies cover crop effects on winter pasture - 11/30/2015 05:42 AM
ARDMORE, Okla. — Noble Foundation researchers are studying how cover crops could be part of a year-round grazing system that provides economic and environmental benefits to farmers and ranchers. Noble Foundation research agronomist James Rogers, Ph.D., received a three-year, $155,975 conservation innovation grant from the U.S.Read more on Noble
Novel technique to find salt-tolerant plants - 11/30/2015 05:09 AM
The researchers hope that the technique will enable rapid screening of plants to assess their root growth under saline conditions, without needing to dig up and destroy them. "Soil salinity is a major problem for agriculture around the world," says project leader Dr Megan Shelden, from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology within the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine.Read more on Phys
Sport shooting plan to be examined for Goldfields wild dog plague - 11/30/2015 02:39 AM
The head of Western Australia's peak body for sporting shooters says recreational hunters are ready and willing to help Goldfields pastoralists with their ongoing battle against wild dogs. With pastoral leaseholders across the region battling a steady increase in dog attacks on livestock over recent years, local councils are investigating whether engaging recreational hunters is a viable option in a bid to thin out dog numbers.Read more on Australian Broadcast Company
American Farm Bureau News Release - November 30, 2015 - 11/30/2015 01:00 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 30, 2015 - "EPA's decision today to lower the Renewable Fuel Standard undermines our nation's commitment to advancing biofuels and establishing energy independence. Biofuels have been a homegrown energy success story for the U.S. and our rural economies. The RFS has produced jobs, decreased reliance on foreign oil and contributed to cleaner air.Read more on The Voice of Agriculture
Iowa State: Orphan gene boosts protein - 11/30/2015 01:00 AM
AMES, Iowa – A gene found only in a single plant species – Arabidopsis – can increase protein content when introduced into staple crops, Iowa State University geneticists have shown. Their research has implications for a variety of crops, especially in areas of the world where sufficient sources of protein are limited.Read more on Agri View
Sesame Gaining Traction in Congressional Push for Food-Labeling Requirements - 11/30/2015 12:01 AM
For the estimated 300,000 to 500,000 people in the United States who are allergic to sesame, the recently introduced Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2015 comes as good news. Included in the act's provisions, which primarily seek to give consumers easy-to-understand labels on food so they can make healthy choices, is Section 8, which would require...Read more on Food Safety News
Deere Profit Forecast Tops Estimates As Crop Prices Slump - 11/29/2015 11:27 PM
Deere & Co., the world's largest farm equipment manufacturer, forecast fiscal 2016 profit and posted fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates even as lower crop prices reduce the money that growers have to buy tractors and combines.Net income for the year through October will be about $1.4 billion, the Moline, Illinois-based company said Wednesday in a statement.Read more on Farms
ABC TV's Back Roads: Heather Ewart captures the spirit, grit and humour of rural Australia - 11/29/2015 11:04 PM
Back Roads transports audiences to some of the nation's most remote and inspiring communities to highlight rural Australia's trademark grit, generosity, humour and innovation. Hosted by ABC journalist Heather Ewart, Back Roads travels the country to find the real stories of rural Australians and how they survive hardship and often isolation, with generosity, humour and innovation.Read more on Australian Broadcast Company
Arkansas Soybeans Remain Steady In 2015 Despite Rough Weather; Winter Wheat Suffers - 11/29/2015 07:16 PM
Soybean yields look to remain high, if not record-breaking for 2015 Despite heavy flooding in both the Arkansas River Valley and the Mississippi River, along with delayed planting and temperature fluctuations throughout the year, Arkansas soybean production will likely remain close to previous years' levels.Read more on Farms


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The Giralda Music and Arts Festival is scheduled for Sunday on the lawn of Giralda Farms. This photo is from the 2012 event.
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It's graduation time in Morris County. High schools across the county this week will mark the end of students' four-year journeys by awarding diplomas. They've studied, passed tests, learned plenty of lessons along the way, and now it's time to party and prepare for what's ahead - for many, another four years of education. Soak it in, graduates! Congratulations! Check DailyRecord.com this week for photo galleries from the ceremonies.
Go back in time
Starting Saturday at 10 a.m., Historic Speedwell will host its annual Civil War Weekend. The Second New Jersey Brigade will offer visitors a glimpse at the lives of Civil War soldiers' camp life. Visitors will be able to speak to the soldiers about their wartime experiences, watch a stage skirmish, feel the ground shutter with the firing of massive period cannon, experience the soldiers' daily life through authentic cooking and see how they live in tents. Historic Speedwell is at 333 Speedwell Ave., Morristown. For more information, visit MorrisParks.net.
Antique boat show
The Lake Hopatcong Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society is celebrating its 39th annual Boat Show on Saturday at the Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club, 79 N. Bertrand Road in Mt. Arlington, with a step back in time when these magnificent classic boats were in their prime for all the world to see. The opening ceremony is at 10 a.m., and judging begins at 10:30 a.m. At 3 p.m., visitors can watch a flotilla of all the boats. For more information, visit www.lhacbs.org.
Music and Arts Festival
Morris Arts on Sunday presents the Giralda Music and Arts Festival on the lawn of Giralda Farms, located on Madison Avenue in Madison. Gates open at 4 p.m. for picnics and activities including an art show/sale and games for children. The concert by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra starts at 6 p.m. For more information, visit www.morrisarts.org/events/giralda.


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And it's awesome. It seems like more people need these things. This is the (cheap) one I got:
The front pockets big enough for my multitool, allen keys, wallet, phone, keys, spoke wrench, and patch kit. There's a big middle pocket, two side mesh pockets and ANOTHER top pocket. There's two straps for a pump but mines a bit too big so it's staying on the top tube.
This things awesome. I can't wait til this cold breaks and I can pack it full of food and go for like a bazillion miles worry free.
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Alrighty, so I passed my 1st trimester scan with Low Risk. YAY! I'll be going for a follow up at 19 weeks next month on March 13th. I have a reg. appointment this Monday. Do you think they'll try and find out if it's a girl or boy before that at my doctor's?? They even said they'd see me at 20 weeks for my Gender scan, which is only 1 week after the anatomy scan at another place. When do you think I'll actually find out?? I'm almost 14 weeks now and VERY anxious to find out!!
Anatomy scan in 5 weeks..
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Hey! Your anatomy scan is two days after mine! I'll be 19 weeks as well when we find out :D
But yup! They should be able to tell you the gender pretty reliably. Just depends on if baby is being cooperative or not, LOL. I'm hoping our baby has no modesty and shows no problem in flashing us so we can find out what we're having.
My Rainbow Baby made his appearance on 8/14/2013! Welcome to the world, Elijah!
I thought it was weird too that they scheduled an ultrasound at my doctors 1 week after the Anatomy scan. The Anatomy scan is at a different office for Prenatal Development. Maybe incase they don't find out then??? I have no idea! I'll be asking though at my appointment this Monday. Have fun ladies with your scans and don't worry.... March will be here before you know it!!!


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An American Airlines jet and US Airways jet taxi for takeoff on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, AZ.
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The Supreme Court has rejected a request to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways, which is scheduled to close Monday.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg rejected the request late Saturday from a group of 39 airline passengers who argued that the merger would hurt consumers by reducing competition.
The 28-page filing by New Jersey lawyer Gil Messina cited a Government Accountability Office report in June that 53 million passengers would be affected by the merger eliminating competition in 1,660 pairs of cities. ...


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WALLA WALLA — Public transportation was the farthest thing from Riett Brown Jacks' mind last November when the ladder buckled under her husband, dropping him to the garage floor at their Walla Walla home.
She now refers to that accident — and the series of events that ultimately threatened his ability to drive — as her "wakeup call" to the importance of the public bus system.
"I had always supported it, but it didn't become personal" until then, she said.
In the aftermath, Jacks has become a voice in favor of a sales-tax increase proposed to help save the financially floundering Valley Transit service.
Residents who live within the boundaries of Walla Walla Public Schools and College Place Public Schools are being asked for a three-tenths of 1 percent sales tax increase — or 3 more cents on a $10 purchase — to help fund the operation, maintenance and capital needs of Valley Transit. The proposition needs a simple majority approval.
Jacks epitomizes the make-or-break vote in the Feb. 9 special election: A local resident who doesn't actually ride the bus but believes it to be such a vital service that she will vote "yes" for a tax increase during a recession.
For some considering their vote, the decision may be punctuated by the element of surprise. Many in the community were not aware of Valley Transit's financial need until funding became so dire last year that fares were tripled to 75 cents and major service cuts were proposed. The cuts were postponed pending the outcome of the election.
Historically, Valley Transit was funded with a three-tenths of 1 percent sales tax — approved by voters when the service began in 1979 — as well as matching funds from the state through the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax.
Valley Transit Manager Dick Fondahn said it was a well-oiled machine until 1999 when voters approved Initiative 695.
The initiative replaced the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax with a flat $30 car tab fee. Like transit systems across the state, the local operation lost more than half its funding with the loss of the MVET. But unlike the others, it didn't immediately ask voters for additional sales tax to make up the difference.
Instead, Fondahn said, Valley Transit's board of directors found ways to continue operating. In that first year, the organization saved $35,000 by bringing Dial-A-Ride inhouse. Before then Valley Transit had contracted with the local senior center to provide supervision and operation of the service. The operation also added more van-based services in place of fixed routes. Some services were cut back while new sources of revenue could be found.
When that money was found — through state and federal grants — the services were restored. Along the way, the operation was infused by injections from Valley Transit's reserves. With the local economy booming, Valley Transit would have the needed sales tax revenues. But then the recession hit, dropping Valley Transit's portion of sales tax by 15 to 20 percent.
Fondahn said the 2010 Census brought one more glimmer of hope. Walla Walla was expected through the Census process to be re-designated from a rural area into a small urban area in the eyes of the federal government. The change would have resulted in a boost in federal funding. However, the government raised the population requirement for the re-designation, dashing any expectation for more money.
All the while, ridership has generally increased, Fondahn said. In 2009, 750,000 passenger rides were provided on Valley Transit buses. That number was down from 2008, when 800,000 rides were provided.
Fondahn believes the fare increase at the end of the year may have played a role. December saw a drop in passenger traffic.
Since 2000, however, more people have utilized the service, he said. In 2006, Valley Transit saw a 26 percent increase in ridership. That went up another 12 percent in 2007; and a 7 percent hike in 2008.
Fondahn said he believes the board of directors and employees have done a better job than many transit systems in the state.
"They spread that rainy day fund out over more than 10 years," he said. "Really nobody else in the state has done that."
But the relatively smooth operation through the hardship may also pose a challenge.
"The downside is it's created a disconnect with the voters today because they don't understand how the loss of a revenue stream in 2000 could be causing this amount of problems in 2010," Fondahn said.
Local residents have shown they can be generous in the worst of economic times if they believe in the cause. Last August, Walla Walla voters approved an $11.6 million bond for a new 28,000-square-foot police station to be built at Second Avenue and Moore Street.
If the sales tax measure fails, Valley Transit would have to cut service by about 50 percent by the end of the current biennium. According to The Campaign for Valley Transit — co-chaired by Barbara Clark and Jack Barga — that would result in the elimination of most or all fixed routes. It would also mean an 18 percent reduction in the 48-person staff, officials said.
Proponents say those impacts are just the beginning. The trickle-down effect of a weakened bus system would spread to social-service agencies and businesses whose clients and customers are fed to them by the transit system, they say.
Valley Transit serves a network of human-service agencies that don't have their own transportation programs. If the bus system is downsized, organizations such as the Blue Mountain Action Council, Helpline and Children's Home Society would likely be forced to shift their own budgets to compensate for transportation needs — meaning money would have to be taken from some other aspect of their operations to pay for it.
For local businesswoman Jacks, the need for the service was brought home about a month after her husband, Rich, fell from that ladder. Initial tests at the hospital that November day showed he had made it through the fall with no major injuries.
But by Christmas Eve he was exhibiting stroke-like symptoms. One leg was dragging, and he could no longer move it from the gas pedal to apply the brake. Through further testing, it turned out his nasty spill had resulted in a tiny bleed that was slowly affecting his body's ability to function.
Rich Jacks has since recovered from neurosurgery. But when the Valley Transit proposal came forward, his wife had an epiphany: If Rich's health hadn't improved, he wouldn't have been able to drive. And with tax season here, Riett, a certified public accountant, would not have been able to taxi him around.
"It brought it home in both of us in such a strong way that, yeah, we normally think of (the bus) as something that benefits other people, but not really," she said. "We're all just a heartbeat away from having to use this ourselves.
Vicki Hillhouse can be reached at email@example.com or 526-8321.
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Picture: Steven Soderbergh Screening of the film, 'Haywire' at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema in Manhattan New York City, USA - 18.01.12
Despite being directed by an Oscar winner and starring two other Oscar winners, Behind the Candelabra, Steven Soderbergh's drama about flamboyant pianist/entertainer Liberace, received a pass from every major studio, Soderbergh told TheWrap.com. The film, which cost just $5 million to produce and stars Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as his longtime lover Scott Thorson, will wind up on the HBO pay-TV channel. The studios, said Soderbergh, said it was too gay. Everybody. This was after [the success of] Brokeback Mountain, by the way. ... I was stunned. It made no sense to any of us. He added, Studios were going: 'We don't know how to sell it.' They were scared. In the end, however, he was gratified by HBO's decision to finance the film. Ultimately, I think more people will see it, he said, and that's all you care about.


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Wetter winter predicted for north state
Low temps, rainfall forecast for season
This winter looks cool and soggy in the north state, federal forecasters said.
But the rain will have to keep falling through spring if Lake Shasta's to fill a third straight year. And long-range forecasts suggest spring may wind up on the drier side in Northern California.
Lake Shasta has filled three straight years only twice over the past half-century.
Heavy winter precipitation combined with copious late-season rain pushed the lake toward its spillway each spring from 1956 through 1958 and again from 1965 through 1967, Western Regional Climate Center figures said.
Lake Shasta has never filled more than three straight years.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's winter forecast calls for greater likelihood of cooler-than-average winter temperatures along the West Coast from Southern California through southern Alaska.
But healthy chances for higher-than-normal rainfall will be limited to the Pacific Northwest and far Northern California from December through February.
These forecasts do not predict how much colder than normal temperatures may be. Nor can they say how much rain or snow might fall this winter, since individual storms are impossible to see more than a week or so in advance.
Federal climate scientists base these forecasts on nearly a dozen factors governing the atmosphere and oceans, starting with La Niña.
The periodic cooling of the equatorial eastern Pacific produces a distinct winter pattern across North America that favors above-average rain and snow across the north, drought across the south and savage spring storms in the Midwest.
La Niña was fairly strong last winter before waning early this summer. But the robust trade winds that spark La Niña off equatorial South America revved up again in August. Forecasters now expect a reprise, although this winter's effects will be weaker.
Last winter was not typical La Niña in some respects. Southern California saw its soggiest December on record. And cold, wet weather persisted far longer than usual across the Pacific Northwest into far Northern California.
But desiccating drought across Texas and other parts of the south are typical of the pattern. This winter does not promise much relief for Texas, suffering its worst drought on record, forecasters said.
Climate scientists look at the interaction between La Niña and other long-term, large-scale, less well-known circulation patterns in the atmosphere and the oceans to come up with their winter forecast.
The buildup and disappearance of immense domes of bitterly cold air over the Canadian and Alaskan tundra is perhaps the most powerful of these other influences. Strong upper-level troughs linked to intensely cold air over Hudson Bay often pumps up a ridge over the West Coast that keeps Pacific storms from hitting Northern California and even the Pacific Northwest.
A persistent Hudson Bay low can cancel out La Niña effect favoring above-average rainfall and below-average temperatures across the north state, forecasters said.
Climate scientists also look at recent weather trends to predict whether the coming season will be warmer or cooler than normal in one place or another.
Places like Texas, where soils are already parched, will be even less likely to have rains thanks to feedback between soils and atmosphere. Far northern Alaska is steadily warming thanks to positive feedback with disappearing sea ice, forecasters said.
This rainfall season is off to a wet start in the north state, thanks to a couple of solidly soaking storms earlier this month.
Redding Municipal Airport has recorded 3.33 inches of rain since July 1. That's 147 percent of the 2.30 inches normally falling at that spot by today's date.
Forecasts suggest rain could return to Northern California by about Nov. 4, although precipitation chances do not look strong at this point.
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1979 Chevrolet Impala station wagon front bench seat. Photos courtesy GM Media.
Just as the manual transmission was once considered standard equipment – enough for people to use "standard" synonymously with "manual" when referring to their transmissions – so too was the bench seat. Yet both have been superseded by their once-optional counterparts, the automatic transmission and the bucket seat, to the point where bench seats and manual transmissions are actually considered optional equipment today.
Or, at least, one of the two will be for only a short time longer. According to Chevrolet, the last passenger car in production in North America to offer the bench seat, the Chevrolet Impala, will go buckets-only with the 2014 model year. "A lot of people prefer bucket seats because they're sporty, even in models that aren't sports cars," said Clay Dean, GM director of design. "Our customers also appreciate having the center console as a convenient place to store their phone and other personal items."
With the bench seat a $195 option on the current Impala LS and LT, only one in 10 buyers choose to eschew buckets for the traditional front seat. After 2014, the only GM products to offer front benches will be pickups and sport-utilities.
1963 Chevrolet Impala Sport Sedan front bench seat.
Though the bench seat may soon be kicking the bucket, as Chevrolet put it, we cannot let it go unmourned. The front bench seat allowed full-sized cars to fit six passengers rather than five; it gave us more freedom to sleep in our cars when necessary; it permitted us to get a little closer to our dates. In fact, one could argue that its decline is directly tied to the decline of drive-in movie theaters and the movement to keep children out of the front seats of cars until they're practically old enough to drive on their own.
So what is your favorite bench seat story? What did you like most about the bench seat, especially in older cars? Why do you prefer bench seats over buckets? And do you believe the bench seat could ever make a comeback?
In 1957 Dad traded in his '52 Studebaker Commander and purchased a '57 Studebaker Silver Hawk, 3-speed manual and Black over Aqua. It had a bench front seat.
I was just 16 and thought I'd died and gone to heaven. We had a hot car and I had a driver's license.
I got permission to take a date to a movie with the Hawk after being completely checked out by Dad that I could handle the car. As soon as I left the house I stomped on it in 1st going around a 90 degree left corner.
I was completely thrown to the passenger door but managed to hang on to the steering wheel with my left hand. Fortunately with my stupid foot of the accelerator the Hawk stalled sideways in the road and no one was coming.
So, I fired it up and took off to pick up my date. It was just the first of many stupid things I did with cars and survived to tell the tale.
Everyone in the family drove that Hawk and it lasted in our possession until 1977 asking for nothing but oil/filter changes,tires & gas. What a quality car
As a Millennial, I never really had the opportunity to experience a car with a front bench seat — and the associated good times. .
Those of you who were more fortunate may enjoy the song "Stick Shifts and Safety Belts" by the band Cake. One of my favorite lines:
"Well a lot of good cars are Japanese
Yeah, but when were driving far I need my baby
I need my baby next to me."
Faced with a shrinking and rapidly aging population, maybe a bench seat Toyota or Honda would be of great benefit to Japanese society? I kid.
I've actually had more bench seats than buckets since my first car, a glamourous yellow '49 Studebaker Commander Starlight Coupe. As the header above says, there were many advantages, both practical and adventurous. Before my first seat belts ('56 Bel Air 2 door hardtop), a properly executed right hand turn with your girlfriend was an SOB – "Slide Over Baby."
My family of 5 had always had vehicles with bench seats…we were a family and needed room ( Impalas and Bel Airs ) to seat our grand parents as well on our family vacations. We up graded to a suburban in in 1982. We made the mistake of Armoraling the vinyl seats and they became a hazard at sudden stops. Once my little Grandmother had to be helped from the floor as she slipped, even while wearing her seat belt, when my mom suddenly stopped for a red light. The person sitting in the middle of the front seat was always sliding from right to left and there was always someone to say "whoops" when coming to a sudden stop…but the seats were always bright and shinny.
Bench seats are the best i have a 1995 sable and a 63 comet and boy I can see everything when I turn my head not like my 2011 fusion if I didn't have all those mirrors i be dead new car are nice but give me an older car with a bench seat any day!!!


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With my first baby I swear every time I was in there my doc always had his hand um my cooch and I remember everything always being very uncomfortable and painful. With this pregnancy I switched doctors and I have only had one pap done and that was the first appointment. Pretty much every other appointment they weigh me, get my BP, and the babys heart beat and then the doc(actually a LPN not a MD) will come in ask if I have any problems/concerns then leaves. Its actually quite nice quick and easy but soo different then my first baby! I have an actually doc too but I guess I wont see him until closer to my due date and when I deliver.
Whats you're typical appointment like?
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I'm with a midwife. Show up and get HUGS, urine test, weight, BP, doppler, feel the belly/uterus and then almost an hour of talking about how I'm feeling, answering any questions I have, talking about what to expect between now and my next appointment.
Mommy to Nathan James 10/3/06 Emma Rose 6/7/13
*sparkles* all up in this!
OB: Urine test, nurse does weight check and blood pressure. Then I see the doctor right away for a quick ultrasound to get the heart rate. Then I'm outta there. Nice and quick. I had a pap at my first visit, because I hadn't had one in a while.
Perinatologist: weight check, blood pressure, abdominal and transvaginal ultrasound from sonographer, wait for doctor, another abdominal ultrasound from doctor. Takes about 1.5 hours, including waiting.
Married my high school sweetheart 2009
Our 2 angels were taken by God 2009
Expecting our bundle of joy 5/21/2013
I've only had to pee in a cup once - at my first appointment.
My appt. involves a nurse weighing me, taking BP and asking a bunch of standard questions about medication, allergies, state of mind and potential abuse in the house.
Then the OB comes in, chats for a few, listens to the heartbeat for a split second and that's it.
Sometimes I request that they do a blood draw to check my TSH since I have Hashimotos and my endo recommended testing once a month.
A baby needs a mother, not a martyr.


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Review: My partner and I visited Brugge the weekend just gone with a couple of vegetarian friends so I had researched restaurants that were veg friendly. The host was friendly and very amusing and his wife, the chef (brilliant woman!) was superb. I would consider this a moderately priced restaurant and with the excellence of the food it is outstanding. our Vegetarian friends were happy with the choice on the menu. A note to the review above: It was a full house on Saturday and plenty of people eating meat. The system this restaurant has to take food fumes away (the kitchen is open to the public) is so good that you cannot smell food until your plate is placed in front of you. Excellent restaurant and well worth the visit! Patricia
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