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"Nothing will be the same after September 11." This is the view offered since the announcement of the war on terrorism, a "permanent war" declared with an ill-defined objective and unclear enemies. At this upcoming Independent Policy Forum and based on his new book, Theater of War, Lewis H. Lapham will instead discuss with intelligence and wit why the recent behavior of the U.S. government is consistent with that of past administrations. Politicians have long fostered pork, corporate welfare, government surveillance, and global interventionism that have created a more dangerous world. Now, we face the prospects of a major war in Iraq combined with the Orwellian USA PATRIOT Act, TIPS domestic spying program, Department of Homeland Security, incarcerations without charge or trial, militarized domestic law enforcement and airport security, and national ID cards.
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Recorded: Thursday, April 18, 2002
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29 U.S. Code § 49 - United States Employment Service established
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In order to promote the establishment and maintenance of a national system of public employment offices, the United States Employment Service shall be established and maintained within the Department of Labor.
Source(June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 1,48 Stat. 113; Pub. L. 97–300, title VI, § 601(a), formerly title V, § 501(a),Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1392; renumbered title VI, § 601(a),Pub. L. 100–628, title VII, § 712(a)(1), (2),Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3248.)
1982—Pub. L. 97–300substituted "the United States Employment Service shall be established and maintained within the Department of Labor" for "there is created in the Department of Labor a bureau to be known as the United States Employment Service".
Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–300effective Oct. 1, 1983, but with Secretary authorized to use funds appropriated for fiscal 1983 to plan for orderly implementation of amendment, see section 181(i) ofPub. L. 97–300, which was formerly classified to section 1591 (i) of this title.
Short Title
Act June 6, 1933, ch. 49, § 16, formerly § 15, as added by Pub. L. 97–300, title VI, § 601(h), formerly title V, § 501(h),Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1397; renumbered title VI, § 601(h),Pub. L. 100–628, title VII, § 712(a)(1), (2),Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3248; renumbered § 16,Pub. L. 105–220, title III, § 309(1),Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1082, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Wagner-Peyser Act'."
Transfer of Functions
Functions, powers, and duties of Secretary of Labor under this chapter, insofar as relates to prescription of personnel standards on a merit basis, transferred to Office of Personnel Management, see section 4728 (a)(2)(A) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Functions of all other officers of Department of Labor and functions of all agencies and employees of that Department were, with exception of functions vested by Administrative Procedure Act (see sections 551 et seq. and 701 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees) in hearing examiners employed by such Department, transferred to Secretary of Labor, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, §§ 1, 2,15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
United States Employment Service transferred to Department of Labor, functions of Federal Security Administrator with respect to employment services, and Bureau of Employment Security transferred to Secretary of Labor by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1949, § 1, eff. Aug. 20, 1949, 14 F.R. 5225, 63 Stat. 1065, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
Section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1949, also provided that functions transferred by this section shall be performed by Secretary of Labor or, subject to his direction and control, by such officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Labor as he shall designate.
Act June 16, 1948, ch. 472, title I, 62 Stat. 446, provided in part that: "Effective July 1, 1948, the United States Employment Service, including its functions under title IV of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, is transferred to the Federal Security Agency, and on and after such date the functions of the Secretary of Labor with respect to the United States Employment Service are transferred to the Federal Security Administrator and shall be performed by him or, under his direction and control, by such officers and employees of the Federal Security Agency as he may designate. There are transferred to the Federal Security Agency, for use in connection with the functions transferred by the provisions of this paragraph, the personnel, property, and records of the Department of Labor related to the United States Employment Service, and the balances of such prior appropriations, allocations, and other funds available to the United States Employment Service as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may determine. The provisions of section 9 of the Reorganization Act of 1945 (Public Law 263, Seventy-ninth Congress) shall apply to the transfer effected by this paragraph in like manner as if such transfer were a reorganization of the agencies and functions concerned under the provisions of that Act."
United States Employment Service and all functions of Social Security Board in Federal Security Agency relating to employment service transferred to War Manpower Commission by Ex. Ord. No. 9247, Sept. 17, 1942, 7 F.R. 7379. That Commission was terminated by Ex. Ord. No. 9617, Sept. 19, 1945, 10 F.R. 11929, and the United States Employment Service transferred to the Department of Labor.
Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, § 201, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, consolidated United States Employment Service in Department of Labor and its functions and personnel, with other offices and agencies, under one agency to be known as Federal Security Agency with a Federal Security Administrator at head thereof.
Section 203 of Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, provided that functions of United States Employment Service should be consolidated with unemployment compensation functions of Social Security Board and should be administered in Social Security Board in connection with unemployment compensation functions under direction and supervision of Federal Security Administrator.
Section 203 of Reorg. Plan No. I of 1939, further, abolished office of Director of United States Employment Service and transferred all functions of that office to Social Security Board, to be exercised by Board, and provided that functions of Secretary of Labor relating to administration of United States Employment Service should be transferred to, and exercised by, Federal Security Administrator.
Administration of Manpower in District of Columbia
Pub. L. 93–198, title II, § 204(a),Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 783, provided that: "All functions of the Secretary of Labor (hereafter in this section referred to as the Secretary) under section 3 of the Act [section 49b of this title] entitled 'An Act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes', approved June 6, 1933 (29 U.S.C. 49–49k), with respect to the maintenance of a public employment service for the District [of Columbia], are transferred [effective July 1, 1974] to the Commissioner [of the District of Columbia established under Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967 (now the Mayor)]. After the effective date of this transfer [July 1, 1974], the Secretary shall maintain with the District the same relationship with respect to a public employment service in the District, including the financing of such service, as he has with the States (with respect to a public employment service in the States) generally."
Recruitment and Distribution of Farm Labor
Act July 3, 1948, ch. 823, § 1,62 Stat. 1238, authorized the Federal Security Administrator to recruit foreign workers within the Western Hemisphere and workers in Puerto Rico for temporary agricultural employment in the continental United States and to direct, supervise, coordinate, and provide for the transportation of those workers from such places of recruitment to and between places of employment within the continental United States and return to the places of recruitment not later than June 30, 1949.
Act July 3, 1948, ch. 823, § 2,62 Stat. 1239, appropriated $2,500,000, for fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, to carry out the purposes of section 1 of act July 3, 1948.
Farm Placement Service
Act Apr. 28, 1947, ch. 43, § 2,61 Stat. 55, provided:
"(a) The provisions of the Farm Labor Supply Appropriation Act, 1944 (Public Law 229, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, title I [sections 1351 to 1355 of Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense]), as amended and supplemented, and as extended by this Act, shall not be construed to limit or interfere with any of the functions of the United States Employment Service or State public employment services with respect to maintaining a farm placement service as authorized under the Act of June 6, 1933 (48 Stat. 113) [this chapter].
"(b) The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Labor shall take such action as may be necessary to assure maximum cooperation between the agricultural extension services of the land-grant colleges and the State public employment agencies in the recruitment and placement of domestic farm labor and in the keeping of such records and information with respect thereto as may be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the State unemployment compensation laws and of title V of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended (58 Stat. 295)."
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The Wyaconda River basin lies within the eastern section of the Glaciated Plains Natural Division (Thom and Wilson 1980), also known as the Dissected Till Plains (Fenneman 1938; Figure Ge01). These plains were formed by glaciers that deposited glacial till which consisted of mostly clay and some rock. Over time, wind-blown soil (loess) was deposited atop of these soils left by the receding glaciers. Across most of the basin, this loess ranges from zero to eight feet deep, atop 100-200 feet of glacial till. Pennsylvanian aged rock lies beneath the soils of the upper basin and it shifts to Mississippian aged rock in the lower basin (MDNR 1984). This stratification of layers limits the amount of water that infiltrates into groundwater. The large amount of clay and many shale and coal deposits also limits the vertical movement of water within the basin (MDNR 1984). Therefore, most of the stream flow within in the basin is only supported by surface run-off. Also, there are no significant springs within the basin, causing poor baseflow during extended dry periods.
Because of the glacial till, the soils in the upper basin differ dramatically from the lower basin. The upper basin is characterized as the Deep Loess and Drift general soil association (Algood and Persinger 1979; Figure Ge02). The topography is rolling to hilly with some wide, nearly level ridge tops and bottom land adjacent to streams. The soils were formed under mostly tall grass prairie vegetation and are of the Edina, Kilwinning, Lamoni, or Armster soil associations. These soils range in slope from 0-20 percent with clayey subsoils and are all highly susceptible to erosion (SCS 1975). The lower basin soils are characterized as the Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes (Algood and Persinger 1979). The uplands in this area have soils from the Winfield, Lindley, and Keswick soil associations, which are deep, well drained, and gently sloping to steep (SCS 1992). These upland soils are also highly susceptible to erosion. Soils in the floodplains are from the Arbela, Fatima, and Blackoar soil associations and are deep, nearly level, and poorly to moderately drained.
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Stream channel gradients (slopes) were determined for all third-order and larger streams by using USGS 7.5-minute topographic maps and digitizing software (Table Lo01). The overall gradient in the Wyaconda River was very low at 2.7 ft/mile. The North and South Wyaconda rivers had a somewhat higher gradient at 5.6 and 6.9 ft/mile, respectively. The average gradient of fourth order streams in the basin was 4.85 ft/mile and ranged from 4.3 to 5.4 ft/mile. Third order streams in the basin had an average gradient of 12.9 ft/mile and ranged from 4.8 to 33.3 ft/mile. The highest gradient stream was an unnamed tributary that enters just upstream of the mouth of the Wyaconda River and drains higher uplands in the Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes. Most of the lower gradient streams were in the upper and middle reaches of the basin.


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Majority Democrats at the State House laid out a broad agenda of legislative goals today that they said will improve the lives of all Mainers. Better access to health care, lowering energy costs and upgrading the state's infrastructure are all major themes for Democratic legislative leaders who are determined to put people back to work. Republicans said they share many of the goals outlined by Democrats. Unlike the majority party, GOP leaders said they will not support any new taxes on working Mainers.
When Democrats won control of the Maine Legislature last fall after two years of Republican rule, they also earned the right to set the agenda for policies that will be reflected in the next two-year state budget. After the official opening of the legislative session on Tuesday, Senate President Justin Alfond (D-Portland) said Mainers will soon see the difference in priorities.
"Many have asked what will be different, there are two things that we hope will be different, one, Democrats will be leading the way for lawmakers to be focusing on strengthening our economy, putting people back to work and growing our middle class," Alfond said.
Alfond and Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves (D-North Berwick) did not reveal any specific pieces of legislation. Instead both laid out their desire to enhance the ability of Maine workers to match high-tech jobs, many of which are available now. Alfond said 50,000 Mainers are now either unemployed or underemployed, in many cases because they lack the necessary skills.
"According to a study by our community college system, 4,000 jobs between now and 2018 will remain unfilled because of the skills gap," Alfond said. "Today, there is a three-year waiting list for programs in nursing at our community colleges. That's unacceptable."
In addition to boosting educational opportunities, Democrats plan to pressure their Republican counterparts to support bond proposals they said are needed to keep Maine competitive. Although Gov. Paul LePage and many GOP lawmakers have shown little enthusiasm for increased state borrowing, House Speaker Mark Eves said Maine can no longer afford to ignore the costs of not investing in itself.
"An economic investment package to fix out crumbling roads and bridges and boost research and development at our universities and labs will create jobs now and in the future," Eves said. "A safe and strong transportation network is the foundation of a growing economy. Our small businesses rely on our roads and bridges to move their products across the state and our working people depend on them to get to their jobs."
Democratic leaders said they also want to improve access to affordable health care for all Mainers and could be open to changes for the Republican-led Public Law 90 that revamped the state's health insurance laws two years ago. Some Maine small business owners have complained bitterly about the revisions, saying their insurances costs have skyrocketed as a result. Initiating regulatory changes in state policies and programs could be accompanied by additional costs. Senate Majority Leader Seth Goodall (D-Richmond) said Democrats believe all sources of revenue should be on the table in the upcoming session and that includes new fees and taxes.
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Although Republicans share many of the Democratic goals for a better Maine, House GOP Leader Ken Fredette said tax increases are not among them. In fact, Fredette said the tax cuts advanced by Republicans have already improved the business climate in Maine. Assistant Senate Republican Leader Roger Katz agrees.
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Outside help – including a hotshot crew of tanker fire experts from Texas – was helping Lincoln deal Wednesday with a potentially catastrophic propane fire in a railway tank car. The crew from Fort Worth, Texas' Specialized Response Solutions flew in on a private jet to be part of a local team augmented by area fire officials and led by Lincoln Fire Chief Dave Whitt. Plans were announced at a Wednesday press conference to extinguish the fire and allow evacuees in a one-mile radius around the blaze to return to their homes as early as Thursday. Dick Simmons, Placer County's emergency services program manager, said the county is also assisting with an emergency that had the potential to overwhelm city of Lincoln personnel. The county's Office of Emergency Services kept five fire information lines open overnight Tuesday and Wednesday. Each of five people manning phones was averaging as many as 100 calls an hour around 11 p.m., Simmons said. Lincoln staff was able to take over the phones at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The public information line is (916) 434-2450. Placer County Sheriff's Office deputies assisted by providing personnel to do "a lion's share" of the evacuation work, going door-to-door to request residents to leave their homes because of the danger of a major flash-fire, Simmons said. A decision was made by incident-command leaders to not evacuate three, long-term care facilities inside the one-mile evacuation area. But Simmons said Placer County Health & Human Services employees assisted with helping remove people in wheelchairs or with fragile health issues from their homes. One care facility outside the evacuation area helped out by providing beds at no cost, he added. Simmons said he was hopeful that Lincoln Fire and the Texas team, which was recommended to local emergency officials by Union Pacific, would be able to take the measures necessary to put out the fire as soon as possible. "They've done this before and when they arrived, they walked right up to the tanks," Simmons said. "We're happy they're here." There were reports of emergency alerts to evacuate going out to households as far away as Auburn and Granite Bay. Simmons confirmed those took place and said early indications were that some of the 4,800 automated calls that went out did go to outlying areas. A "computer glitch" emanating from the maker of the early warning system was being investigated as the possible cause, he said. Simmons said emergency officials are concerned about the problem and don't want it to happen again. He added that there were no reports that the messages created any harm, such as someone breaking an arm in a rush to leave their home.


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Eating Disorders: Feeling Better About Yourself
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People who have eating disorders are often very self-critical. Learning to be easier on yourself is essential.
- Pace yourself if you are feeling weak. Everything you do may take more time and effort. Do not expect to do all the things you want to do right away. Choose what is most important and do those things first. Break larger tasks into smaller ones and do what you can.
- Remember that negative thinking—feeling bad about yourself, feeling hopeless, and thinking you are unattractive—is part of your condition. As you work in counseling, you will start to feel better about yourself.
- Remember that it takes time to recover from unhealthy eating habits. Your body needs time to adjust itself. As you begin to eat in a healthier way, you will feel better and have more energy.
- Don't expect too much too soon. Your desire to have all things in order is probably not achievable. Learn to accept your good qualities.
- Spend time with other people. Do things you like to do. If you do not have any hobbies, try something new and see whether you like it. Resist the temptation to give up on something too soon.
- Don't blame yourself for your condition or try to find out why this is happening to you. It's better to work on getting better than to spend time trying to answer questions that may not have answers.
- Cooperate with the health professionals who are working with you. Resist the temptation to reject new ways of looking at yourself and your situation.
- Learn to accept help.
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As fans of director and visionary Tim Burton know, anything he puts his finger on – even costumes – has to have that slyly twisted sense of humor, off-kilter edge and lots of visual candy.
The costumes created by his long-time collaborator, Colleen Atwood, for example, for his live-action version of "Alice in Wonderland" – Disney Pictures production – are lavish and downright trippy.
Only Burton's vision could make the orange clown wig, psychedelic cravat, mismatched striped socks and lace-covered top hat that Johnny Depp wore as the Mad Hatter a picture of cool insanity.
So what happens when Disneyland Resort, known for its much more encompassing, family-friendly aesthetic, draws from Burton's visual vernacular for the costumes in Mad T Party, the new evening entertainment debuting Friday at the Hollywood Pictures Backlot of Disney California Adventure?
First, consider the premise: The Mad T Party Band is a pop/rock and roll band with the Mad Hatter and Alice on lead vocals, March Hare on bass, Dormouse on lead guitar, Caterpillar on the keys, Chesire Cat on drums. It gets better: the White Rabbit is the DJ and Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee are the bouncers in the Rabbit Hole.
When the band isn't playing on the main stage, Hottest Deck, the deck of cards-costumed dance crew, keeps the crowd moving to the beat.
Regrettably, there's no Queen of Hearts – a missed opportunity from a costuming standpoint, if you ask us.
The dance crew's red, white and black loose-fitting tops and pants are ho-hum, but Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee's red-tinted curly mohawks and seriously chunky platform red and black checkerboard boots would look right at home on Hollywood Boulevard's street circus. The White Rabbit projects coolness while wearing glowing white ears on a headband, reflective sunglasses and an all-white suit with large visible stitches as ornamentation.
The coolest costumes belong to the band where the designer runway meets rock and roll on overdrive vibe. Alice looks like she could have stepped out of a Betsey Johnson fall 2010 show in her medium blue short-sleeved fitted dress with a peplum and layers and layers of ruffles underneath over black laced-up tights and a red Louis-heeled ankle boots.
The costumes of the male band members channel the menswear collections as well as the clothes of the fashion's world's bad boy, John Galliano. March Hare, for example, wears tight black and green pants, an emerald vest over a black T-shirt, green combat boots and fuzzy long ears tucked under a bandanna. Dormouse is in a snug red shirt with a lace-up neckline and tight blue and purple pants with iridescent panels.
The most fabulous of the costumes, however, is the Mad Hatter's outfit, starting with the top hat in brilliant ocean colors accented with three hat pins, the short blue and green jacket over a red T-shirt that reads "we're all mad here," (potential hot item number one, we think), the red and black vertical-striped boot-cut pants over harlequin-patterned blue and black pointed-toe boots.
Slung across his hips is a loose belt made of spools of colorful threads, a direct nod to the Mad Hatter's costume in Burton's live-action movie. In the film, Depp wore the spools as a sash across his chest.
The band's outfits are fun to look at from a distance because of the riotous colors and theatrical impact. But lovers of fashion, costumes and over-the-top clothes will find that it's worth it to move as close to the stage as possible to take in the dressmaking details such as the piping around the ruffles of Alice's skirt or the beautiful hand-crafted work that went into the Mad Hatter's top hat (another potential hot item).
Burton was consulted on the conceptual designs for Mad T Party, said Alan Bruun, creative director of entertainment for the Disneyland Resort. And there's a good chance the film director will probably like what the theme park costumers came up with, if for no other reason than it's not a literal replication of aesthetic of the movie, but a clever and creative riff on it.
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Homemade Worsted Wool Top Hat !
In the most serious tone he took off the hat to show me how he made it himself. iIbelieve he refinshed it with grey worsted wool (it must have been an old hat)
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i love this coat! where did he buy it?
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Absolutely exquisite.. It must have been a treat!
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Tussock grassland, breeding habitat of Yellow-eyed penguin, Otago Peninsula. @ C.Michael Hogan
The Canterbury-Otago tussock grasslands ecoregion has unique and unusual landforms and habitats supporting plant and animal communities, rare or absent elsewhere in New Zealand. For example, in addition to tussock habitat, the ecoregion contains expansive coastal marshes and varied coastal terrace landforms. The inland climate is more continental than other parts of the country with extreme seasonal temperature variations. The low rainfall and tendency towards drought conditions had made the original forest cover vulnerable to fire, and by the time European settlers arrived it had long been replaced by tussock grasslands due to alteration by the Maori people who arrived approximately 1100 AD.
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The ecoregion is situated on the eastern side of South Island, New Zealand. Canterbury and Otago lie on the eastern side of the Southern Alps in the South Island of New Zealand; Canterbury to the north, and Otago to the south, the ecoregion is divided by the Hawkdun Range and the Mackenzie Basin. This region lies in the rainshadow of the Southern Alps, so the intermontane basins that lie between the Southern Alps and the eastern foothills tend to be dry and subject to severe frosts in winter. The largest of the basins, the Mackenzie and Maniatoto, in Central Otago, are some of the driest places in New Zealand with annual precipitaion rarely exceeding 500 millimeters (mm).
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While there are some climatic similarities between Canterbury and Otago there are significant differences that differentiate the two. Canterbury's smaller intermontane basins and frontal ranges (e.g., the Craigieburn and Grampian Ranges) are higher and wetter than the ranges in Otago. They are characterized by typical greywacke landscape features like extensive scree slopes and large alluvial fans. This area was extensively glaciated and remnant features include broad, deeply incised river valleys and moraines. Festuca tussock grasslands and Matagouri (Discaria toumatou) form the main vegetation cover. East of the foothills, the Canterbury Plains stretch 180 kilometers (km) along the coast, with a maximum width of about 70 km. They are a series of giant alluvial fans made up of coarse greywacke-derived gravel, up to 500 metres (m) deep in places, and overlaid with loess. The rivers that formed these fans, the Rangitata, Rakaia, Ashburton and Waimakariri, arise in the Southern Alps and are generally wide with multiple braided channels threading between semi-permanent gravel islands. A millenium ago, there was a zone of swamps at the river mouths, but most have now been drained, with coastal lagoons remaining.
In contrast, the distinctive block mountains of central Otago were generally too low lying, and possibly too dry, to have been glaciated. Their broad tops, decorated with distinctive rocky tors and dotted with boggy wetlands, are thought to be the remains of an eroded peneplain formed during the Cretaceous period. The parent rock is predominantly schist, with only incidental intrusions of greywacke. A large proportion of the area is semi-arid, and the winters can be extreme. Records from the Old Man Range (1590 m) show an average of only 73 frost-free days per annum. In the most arid areas, salt pans occur that support rare plants and animals specifically adapted to saline soils. The mountains and low hill country of Otago are linked to the coastal zone by deep rivers often surrounded by rocky gorges, such as New Zealand's largest river (by flow volume), the Clutha.
Prior to the Maori people's arrival, the drier central regions of Otago exhibited a cover of low conifer-broadleaf forest comprised buy species like Mountain Toatoa (Phyllocladus trichomanoides var. alpinus), Montane totara (Podocarpus cunninghamii), New Zealand Broadleaf (Griselinia littoralis), and White Teatree (Kunzea ericoides). The foothills from north to south were originally covered in beech forest (Nothofagus spp.), while the plains were carpeted with mixed beech-podocarp forest dominated by the tree taxa Matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia) and Totara (Podocarpus totara). Coastal broadleaf forest was extensive, and kahikatea swamp forest (dominated by Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) grew discontinuously from the Banks Peninsula southward. However, the Maori people destroyed many of these forests, likely to flush out Moa, large flightless ratites (Order Struthionformes) that are now extinct; morever, Europeans later continued the process of land clearance.
The burnt forests were eventually supplanted by tussock grassland communities. Cushion plants such as Veronica thomsonii, tall tussock grasses (Chionochloa spp.), and large herbs such as the speargrass Aciphylla subflabellata are found at high elevations above the natural treeline. These communities are generally stable with few alien plant invaders, although they are often colonized by woody shrubs such as Matagouri. These grasslands can, however, be depleted by burning and grazing animals that selectively take out the more palatable species, leading to a dominance of shorter, less preferred plants.
ort, drought-resistant tussock communities, mainly Hard Tussock (Festuca novae-zelandiae) and Blue Tussock (Poa cita), once dominated the region's lowland zones. The majority of these low- and mid-elevation grasslands are now highly modified as a result of human-caused fires in the Maori period, weed invasion, overgrazing commencing in the European settlement era, irrigation, fertilization, and European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) plagues. Introduced pastoral grasses now predominate on the fertile, intensively farmed lowlands and many short tussock species such as Carex inopinata are now severely restricted. Nationally only 10 percent of the tussock areas that were present in 1840 remain today.
Original beech forests (and areas of regeneration) occur in northern and southwestern parts of the region. Coastal and swamp forest remnants are rare.
Biodiversity Features
The Canterbury Plains, South Island, New Zealand. @ Peter Sundstrom Extensive braided river systems are not common worldwide (only North America, the Danube Delta and the Himalayas have similarly extensive systems), and in New Zealand they are limited to Canterbury and parts of Marlborough. During spring and summer, at least 26 species of water birds feed or breed along these dynamic rivers. However, some of these birds are now threatened or critically endangered. The critically endangered Black Stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae) is one of the rarest wading birds on Earth: in 2000 only 48 adults remained in the wild. The braided riverbeds, swamps and tarns of the upper Waitaki Basin are now its sole breeding habitat. In addition to birds, braided rivers provide important habitat for numerous plants and other native fauna. These include McCann's Skink (Oligosoma maccanni), various encrusting lichens, small cushion plants (Raoulia spp.), willowherbs (Epilobium spp.), and prostrate shrubs such as Sprawling Wirevine (Muehlenbeckia axillaris}. There is a poor vertebrate species richness in the ecoregion with a scant 58 specie of vertebrates recorded, with no native mammals or amphibians.
The small salt pans found in Central Otago's dry montane basins are also noteworthy. There are now few such areas still retaining their native flora, which include very specialized species such as Atriplex buchananii, which plant is normally found in coastal saltmarsh or aerosol spray zones. Also of note are the very rare, minute Lepidium spp. each specimen of which covers only a few square centimetres.
The endemic Canterbury Mudfish (Neochanna burrowsius) dwells in lentic streams, but can burrow into damp mud even in dry conditions. Its numbers are small, and this fish is presently restricted to habitats that are at risk from modification and drainage. Other native fish found in the region include a variety of Galaxid species such as Whitebait (Galaxias brevipinnis) and the Banded Kokopu (G. fasciatua). In recent years a number of new Galaxids have been described in this region. These, and most other native fish, are migratory and their breeding success is dependent upon maintaining open fish passages to the sea. The large rivers of Otago and Canterbury are now also populated by introduced sport-fish such as Brown Trout (Salmo trutta), Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Quinnat Salmon (O. tshawytscha), and Sockeye Salmon (O. nerka).
The dry inland climate and rocky mountain outcrops of Otago are known for their high number of endemic reptiles and invertebrates. Of particular note are two of New Zealand's rarest lizards, both listed as vulnerable on the IUCN 2000 Red List: the Otago Skink (Oligosoma otagense) and the Grand Skink (Oligosoma grande). The range of both these skinks has decreased by approximately 90 percent as a result of habitat destruction and predation. Also found here are the Eyespot Ground Skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum); Gray's Sticky-toed Gecko (Hoplodactylus granulatus), a new Zealand endemic found on both South and North Island as well as some of the smaller islands in Cook Strait; Whitacker's Sticky-toed Gecko (Hoplodactylus kahutarae); Natural Tree Gecko (Naultinus rudis); Spotted Sticky-toed Gecko (Hoplodactylus maculatus) and the Near Threatened South Island Tree Gecko (Naultinus gemmeus)
Sixty percent of New Zealand's known invertebrate fauna are also found in Otago and an estimated ten percent of these are endemic to the region. They occupy all available habitats from high elevation peaks to coastal habitat and are found in mixed native/exotic communities as well as less modified habitats.
Beetles are a dominant arthropod order, and Otago has a number of distinctive species, particularly the flightless chafers of the genus Prodontria. P. lewisi is restricted to a 0.8 square-kilometer (km2) reserve of sand-dune habitat in the Cromwell area. Moths are also well represented: Otago has 120 endemic species - about 10 percent of its total moth fauna. Some moths have unusual distribution patterns in the region, with normally alpine species such as Chloroclystis nereis found along the coastal zone.
Marine taxa
The Otago Peninsula is a major breeding center for New Zealand Fur Seals (Arctocephalus forsteri), and is also the northernmost place where vulnerable New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) breeds on the mainland. About 20 pairs of southern royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora VU) nest at a protected area on the northern end of the Otago Peninsula: the only mainland colony of this species worldwide. New Zealand's rarest penguin, the endangered Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptus antipodes) is also found on the Otago Peninsula and southward along the coast. It has made a comeback in recent years after a population crash in 1990.
Current Status
The need to preserve intact indigenous communities is a management priority, but because of the discontinuity of land tenure, it requires a high degree of interagency and community cooperation. For example, the Department of Conservation is currently working with pastoral leaseholders on a tenure review to protect the natural values of the region's tussock grasslands. As a result of the review significant blocks of high altitude areas will come under conservation management over the next few years. Forty-two covenants have already been created on private land in Otago, protecting a combined area of nearly 50 km2 and conservation parks are proposed for the Rock and Pillar, Lammermoor, Old Man, Old Woman, Pisa, and Remarkable Ranges. However, the restoration of lowlands is more problematic, given the degree of degradation already present.
Project River Recovery was set up to create and enhance rivers and wetlands in the region and to maintain populations of native plants and animals. River protection will directly benefit the intensively managed black stilt. Other landforms and ecosystems in protected areas include beech and podocarp forests, braided rivers, lakes, coastal wetlands, inland salt pans, geothermal areas, and enclosed bay shorelines. However, the fragmented nature of this region's protected areas (particularly in Otago and on the Canterbury Plains) result in low boundary to area ratios meaning protected areas vulnerable to edge effects such as weed invasion and fires.
There is also a lack of protection for some specific ecosystems (high country wetlands, short tussock grasslands, some forest remnants) and insect species. Threatened plant species currently being protected or monitored include the endemic saltpan cresses (Lepidium kirkii and L. sisymbrioides subsp. matau), the upland shrub Veronica cupressoides, the endangered Hector's tree daisy (Olearia hectorii), native Peraxilla mistletoes, and the epiphytic forest shrub Tupeia antarctica.
Types and Severity of Threats
Many of Canterbury and Otago's low stature plant communities are threatened by the invasion of weed species and browsing. Browsing in tussock grasslands and unfenced forest remnants causes habitat damage, erosion, and gives greater scope for weed invasion. Control programs target possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), goats (Capra hircus), Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus), and red deer (Cervus elaphus). Efforts are also being made to exclude farm stock from high value tussock grasslands through the tenure review program.
Tussock grasslands are threatened by exotic conifers, such as the lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), while dryland environments are invaded by broom (Cytisus scoparius) and sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa). Along with loss of conservation values, weed species such as conifers can reduced stream water yield, reduced profitability of pastoral farming, restrict access for recreation, and generally transform the landscape.
If weed species caused a transformation to taller, denser cover, all the open country and tussock-dependent species would be disadvantaged. Dense mats of hawkweeds (e.g. Hieracium pilosella) tend to take over in heavily grazed short-tussock grasslands, preventing any regeneration of native species. Braided river habitat and surrounding wetlands are at risk from weeds like willows (Salix cinerea and S. fragilis) and Russell lupins (Lupinus polyphyllus) which can colonize and stabilize the dynamic gravels. This makes it difficult for wading birds such as the endemic wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) and the black stilt to feed. These birds also need open habitat and good visibility to avoid predators.
Predation from alien species is the greatest threat to native species within conservation areas with feral cats (Felis cattus), rats (Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus), stoats (Mustela erminea), and ferrets (M. putorius) causing the most concern. The region's reptiles, black stilts, and the yellow eyed penguin, are especially at risk from introduced predators although all have benefited from targeted management programs in recent years.
Wetlands and river systems are exploited for water extraction, flood protection works, drainage, and dams. Some once common aquatic species are declining due to obstructed migratory routes, commercial and recreational fishing pressure, especially on some Galaxid species and on freshwater eels (Anguilla spp.), competition from alien species of fish, and habitat degradation.
Fire has played a significant part in the origin of the region's biota and is still used as an agricultural tool in some places. However, repeated and frequent firing of grasslands leads to nutrient depletion, and human-caused fires can destroy established grasslands, shrublands and forest communities.
Justification of Ecoregion Delineation
The Canterbury-Otago tussock grasslands extend from the foothills of the Southern Alps to the east coast of the South Island, incorporating ecological regions and districts as defined by the New Zealand Department of Conservation. The ecoregion largely falls within Wardle's Canterbury and Otago Botanical Provinces, but extends further north, and does not reach as far west, but instead is bounded by the Alps.
Further Reading
- J. Dawson. 1988. Forest vines to snow tussock: the story of New Zealand's plants. Victoria University Press. Wellington, New Zealand. ISBN: 0864730470
- Department of Conservation. 1987. New Zealand topographical map: Ecological regions and districts of New Zealand. Map (1:500,000). Departments of Lands and Survey, Wellington, New Zealand.
- Department of Conservation. 1998. Otago Conservation Management Strategy. Otago Conservation Management Planning Series: 7. Otago Conservancy. Dunedin, New Zealand.
- Department of Conservation. website. http://doc.govt.nz. viewed September 2001.
- C. Hilton-Taylor. 2000. The IUCN 2000 Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN: 2831705657
- M.S. McGlone. 1989. The Polynesian settlement of New Zealand in relation to environmental and biotic changes. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 12: 115-219.
- L. Molloy. 1988. Soils in the New Zealand landscape: the living mantle. Mallinson Rendel. Wellington. ISBN: 0908606559
- L. Molloy. 1994. Wild New Zealand. New Holland Publishers. London. ISBN: 0262133040
- Patterson, G. 2000. Skinks on the edge. New Zealand Geographic 47: 60-81.
- Soons, J. and M. Selby, editors. 1982. Landforms of New Zealand. Longman Paul, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN: 0582717868
- Wardle, P. 1991. Vegetation of New Zealand. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN: 193066558X
Disclaimer: This article contains some information that was originally published by the World Wildlife Fund. Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth have edited its content and added new information. The use of information from the World Wildlife Fund should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for any new information added by EoE personnel, or for any editing of the original content.


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Oh, I love the photo. Both of them actually. I know you'll enjoy the family pictures. My family took some last summer when we were together that I just love. And I can really relate to the spools of thread – I'd like to frame that one for me. Very cool. Enjoy!
beautiful pictures!
For real? Grandchildren? This wouldn't happen in CA. They would have asked you if you ran a daycare. I have only three kids and it happened to me. (You will be a very foxy granny one day far, far in the future.)
Very cool! My friend Jane was day 3 or 4 in the project. Funny how I know two people in his project this time. Love the pictures.
Saw the pics on FB and LOVED them.
great pics so natural
Grandmother? Are you kidding me? That lady must not of had her glasses on because you look like a little kid…in photos and in person!:)

I love your icon photo too!!
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i saw your pic on facebook! (i'm friends with him) — so cool!!
How FUN!! I loved the pictures he took of you, your mom, and your daughters. What a neat experience!
That photo of you and your daughter is so sweet – and the one with your mom and daughters is priceless – really! I don't think enough families take photos that include ALL generations.
Love the photos! Although, I just can't believe anyone in their right mind would think that you are a grandmother!!
I'm baffled at the fact that someone has asked you if you were a grandmother! What the heck???Maybe what was in her head and what came out of her mouth got mixed up?!? I've been asked on several occassions when I was "due" when I WAS NOT pregnant. I don't know what's worse, but I can empathize with you. Don't worry though. That lady was crazy to think they were
bwahaha that grandma comment is so ridiculously funny!
I love them too! Amy is a doll and Justin too! I was so happy when I saw you got to be a part of the project!!
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After saying goodbye to Lapras Ash and co. arrive on Hamlin Island, which has a ferry line that goes straight back to Pallet Town. Unfortunately, the town is deserted because of the many Electrode inhabiting the city. Lucky for our heroes they meet a man named Poncho who specialized in Electrode Rangling. Soon Team Rocket appears to capture the Electrode by any means necessary, by order of the mayor. Will Team Rocket have their way or will Poncho save the day?
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Four ways to think about energy storage
California utilities share their approach
We've kicked around energy storage this week and it's appropriate to finish up the week's focus with a few points straight from the horse's mouth: four large California utilities that last week shared their thinking with the California Energy Commission. (Two were large municipal utilities, two were investor owned.) Their points weren't exactly news but certainly deserve a wider audience.
I encourage you to look over the four utilities' (and other parties') presentations through the link above or through the specific links below, as they contain much food for thought.
The presentations were based around three key questions:
- How does the role of energy storage differ from the utility or market perspective?
- Who should own grid connected energy storage?
- How will California's utilities implement the energy storage development, demonstration and deployment plan for meeting AB 2514 requirements?
Rather than trot out four utilities' answers to three questions, I'll just share a few standout comments that reveal current thinking by these utilities, now driven by a legislative mandate to explore storage options.
First, it was good to hear a theme emerge that both simplifies a potentially complicated subject and encourages me that utilities are acting thoughtfully in this area.
"Energy storage is not a single application or technology," according to San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E).
"Identifying where and how storage may be used on the electric system (i.e., applications) is a logical and ideal starting point for discussions about storage," according to Southern California Edison. "'Storage' as a unified concept is impractical and misleading."
"The focus should be on the cost effectiveness of benefits delivered," according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). "We shouldn't pursue storage for storage's sake, we should pursue the value it provides. Other technologies such as renewables, energy efficiency and load control may provide equivalent value more cost effectively."
On that question—is storage really an answer to real-world needs or would existing alternatives meet the same requirements?—Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) had the following thoughts: First, identify the need, which is technology neutral. Then use a competitive process to determine the best resource to meet that need.
All the utilities were of one mind on the question of mandates.
"Do not create a set aside for storage," PG&E said. "Set asides lead to sub-optimal solutions and higher customer costs."
Further, "wide-scale deployment of energy storage technologies is not yet mature," said SDG&E. "Energy storage systems are currently expensive. Energy storage systems should be assessed on a case-by-case basis."
Readers, take any angle you'd like. Or aim for the editor.
Phil Carson
Intelligent Utility Daily
There is a certain amount of resistance from the utilities concerning storage and the reason isn't that it doesn't provide numerous benefits, rather (1) the addition of storage will reduce the need for combustion generation used for integration, balancing and firming of variable renewable generation. (2) It will create the opportunity for sub-hourly markets and (3) it will create a bi-directional market. Though all three reasons should reduce customer energy cost plus reduce Ghg emissions the utilities stand to lose part of their assets which include peaking energy generation. As more renewable come on line and if that energy is coupled with storage not only does natural gas fired peakers lose the amount of base needed is also reduced. There is a profound amount of resistance by the utilities to even model storage for transmission planning efforts. Statements such as "There isn't enough variable renewable generation to justify modeling storage" are found in the WECC transmission scenario planning decision concerning project modeling requests. The utilities are about dollars not efficiency nor RPS goals. California's CPUC effort to place a value on the benefits of storage will be torpedoed by the large PUCs outside California.
Energy Storage in Electric Vehicles
If energy storage in batteries has a benefit/cost ratio greater than 1 let's install the batteries next to the generators. Let's not put wheels, seats and windshields on them and use them as cars.
Dennis Fleming, P.E.
Uses for storage
The potential services for storage aren't a mystery - time shifting of supply, bilateral firming of renewables across various time-frames, system frequency regulation, spinning reserve, load-following, local voltage and other power qualitly support. Regulators should focus on ensuring markets are sufficiently developed so that owners of storage can get compensated for the value they bring to the grid. Then the market can decide where storage makes sense and where it doesn't. Of course the big concern is that whatever market rules are adopted, they'll change a year later, and then again which makes it hard for developers to figure out asset value.
Bob Shively
More About Storage
I think the utilities have part of the story correct. Figure out where you need it before opening the floodgates to developers. Subsidies are inappropriate, particularly in California because subsidized storage undermines other policy priorities. At some point, establishing too many priorities means nothing is a priority.
However it might also make sense to leverage storage that's already available at customer sites. I wrote this for an another forum earlier today.
Why should customers pay for the IOUs or the ISO to acquire storage when they can sell some of the services storage would provide instead? Customers with refrigerators and electric hot water heaters, cold storage warehouses, and those customers who live near the coast or up in the mountains could provide hundreds of megawatts of ancillary services for the cost of a wholesale spot market that produces credible prices and a few bits of wire and electronic components. Why aren't we developing these resources, which could be done pretty cheaply, before we spend hundreds of millions of dollars subsidizing larger, more expensive projects that don't have a clearly demonstrable need?
Then there are electric vehicles, which provide a nearly perfect form of flexible demand. If we had credible wholesale prices, a few hundred thousand EVs equipped with smart chargers would provide enough demand flexibility to manage infrequent overgeneration conditions at a very reasonable cost.
These ideas aren't just "low hanging fruit". They're fruit that's been rotting on the ground for fifteen years. We'll know the state agencies are really serious about demand management, which is after all at the top of the state's loading order, when we see some meaningful progress on credible spot prices and these simple, cost-effective ideas for harnessing latent flexibility.
Jack Ellis, Tahoe City, CA
Energy Storage
PG&E has it right! First a utility should 'identify the need". Identification of the need should be in the form of a written problem statement. Potential solutions can then be evaluated based upon how well they solve the problem. A benefit to cost ratio for each solution that solves the problem can be calculated.
Other approaches are similar to attempting to find one's way out of a wilderness without a compass or map. One doesn't know if they are moving towards civilization or just consuming resources while walking in circles.
Dennis Fleming, P.E.