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Summary:When ten-year-old Xan and his father Peter come across an orphaned cheetah cub, they name their new friend "Duma," the Swahili name for cheetah, and he quickly becomes a member of the family. But when Duma is almost fully grown, to Xan's dismay, his father tells him that it's time to take his friend to his real home before he grows too old to survive in his native habitat. Xan reluctantly agrees, but their plans must be put on hold when his father suddenly falls ill and Xan and his mother must move to Johannesburg. When Duma escapes and pays a disastrous visit to Xan's school, the two of them must flee the city to keep Duma from being put into captivity. Not knowing where to go, Xan gets an ... Full Summary >>

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Southside Library
Adults and teens, join us at Southside Library to learn the basics of beading. You'll be provided with the materials and instruction to begin working in the popular craft of beaded jewelry! We'll be making a set of beaded earrings and a bracelet. Everything is provided, and the workshop is free and open to the public. Please call us ahead of time to register, so we know how many participants to plan for.
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The Sun has an encouraging number of spot groups as we enter what may be the year of the maximum - some suggest it has passed - a low not seen in decades. Let's hope not
The surface is so busy today that group identity is difficult and correction would be quite acceptable.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Robert Higgs interview on Taking a Stand book at Libertarianism.org
Recorded: Friday, November 20, 2015
Robert Higgs Senior Fellow in Political Economy for the Independent Institute talks about his latest book Taking a Stand: Reflections on Life, Liberty, and the Economy (2015) in this interview conducted by Aaron Ross Powell and Trevor Burrus from Libertarianism.org
This podcast was produced by Libertarianism.org, a Cato Institute project. November 20, 2015.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: Other EventIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), Education, History (U.S)
The Federal Reserve on Trial
Recorded: Friday, July 10, 2015
In this mock trial organized by FreedomFest 2015, Independent Institute Research Fellow Robert Murphy and Robert Kuttner present their arguments and witnesses to the jury and the judge, performed by Lisa Kennedy for the responsibility of the Federal Reserve on the financial crisis in 2008.
Thanks to FreedomFest, Inc. for the permission to post our fellows' presentation. For further information about FreedomFest, go to www.freedomfest.com
Experts: Robert P. MurphyType: Other EventIssues: Banking and Finance, Economic History and Development (International), Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Economists, History (U.S)
Was the American Wild West a Genuine Case of Anarcho-Capitalism?
Recorded: Friday, July 10, 2015
Independent Institute Senior Fellow Randy Simmons speaks at the 2015 FreedomFest in Las Vegas, NV.
Experts: Randy T SimmonsType: Other EventIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Economists, Free Market Economics, History (U.S), Political Ideology and Philosophy
Repudiation in Antebellum MississippiAn Interview with Clifford F. Thies
Recorded: Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Clifford F. Thies, author of The Independent Review article Repudiation in Antebellum Mississippi, is interviewed on National Public Radios All Things Considered about the state of Mississippi defaulting on its loans in the 1840s. Other states defaulted on loans during this period, but most reconciled with debtors, but not Mississippi. Mississippi repudiated its debts, refusing to pay them.
Experts: Clifford F. ThiesType: RadioIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Fiscal Policy/Debt, History (U.S)
The Great Depression & the Gilded Age of America | Steven Horwitz
Recorded: Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Professor Steven Horwitz contrasts the US economy during the Gilded Age (1870s to the early twentieth centurya period of industrialization and the growth of wealthwith the Great Depression (1929-39). He traces the role played by innovation and industrialization as well as the role of the federal government and the Federal Reserve System throughout these two contrasting periods.
00:00 Initial credits
00:07 The Gilded Age
09:00 The Progressive Era
14:53 The Federal Reserve and the Great Depression
20:16 The high school "story" about the Great Depression
21:18 What caused the Great Depression and why did it last so long?
23:00 1920-1929
25:00 1929-1933
28:37 The response of President Herbert Hoover to the Great Depression
34:11 Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt: the same?
41:10 The role of the Second World War
43:54 Conclusion
44:35 Final credits
Steven Horwitz, PhD is is Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University. A Senior Scholar at the Mercatus Center and Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute, Dr. Horwitz completed his Ph.D. in economics at George Mason University
Experts: Steven G. HorwitzType: Challenge of Liberty SeminarsIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), History (U.S)
The Public Pension Crisis Across the United States An Interview with Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan
Recorded: Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Sr. Fellow Lawrence McQuillan, author of California Dreaming appears on KLZ radio in Denver, CO. Lawrence talks about the public-pension crisis and how states and cities can change their pension contributions to avoid bankruptcy while honoring commitments to employees.
Experts: Lawrence J. McQuillanType: RadioIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), History (U.S), Labor and Employment, Taxes
Thomas DiLorenzo on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War Economy
Recorded: Friday, April 17, 2015
Research Fellow Thomas DiLorenzo appeared on the Kate Dalley radio show on KZNU in Utah to discuss the 16th U.S. President and the economy at the time.
Experts: Thomas J. DiLorenzoType: RadioIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), History (U.S), Terrorism and National Crises
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of "Recarving Rushmore," appears on the Lars Larson radio show
Recorded: Thursday, March 5, 2015
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of the newly updated book "Recarving Rushmore," appears on the nationally syndicated Lars Larson radio show to discuss how he ranks the U.S. Presidents in terms of peace, prosperity and liberty. The updated version of the book includes President Barack Obama.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Democracy, Freedom, Government Power, History (U.S)


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Land Use
Historic and Recent Land Use
Historically the area of the Sac River basin was frequented by Osage and Delaware Indians. The first European settlers are speculated to have arrived from Tennessee around 1820. Sparse records make specific information prior to 1832 speculative in nature. The first documented settlers were two brothers from Tennessee that homesteaded in the area southwest of present day Bolivar in 1832-33. The eastern half of the Sac River basin was contained in Polk County as established in 1835 when Greene County was divided. Polk County was given its present day configuration in 1845 as a result of the formation of Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, St. Clair, and Webster counties.
Diversified farming was the principle occupation in the area through the early 1900s. Livestock production has been a significant agricultural enterprise in the Sac River basin throughout its history. Dairy farming became the primary agricultural enterprise in the basin beginning in the late 1800s and continuing through the 1960s, with peak production occurring in the 1930s. Beginning in the 1950s beef cattle production became the dominant agricultural commodity of the basin. Grain crops were the most frequently cultivated agricultural products in the early 1900s. Grain crops were gradually supplanted by hay and pasture production. Hay and pasture have dominated cultivated crop production since the 1960s for the area. The Sac River basin is one of the top cattle and hay producing areas in Missouri.
About 40% of the Sac River basin area was originally prairie (Schroeder 1982). The remainder was a mix of upland glades, savannahs, and oak-hickory forest.
Landcover in the Sac River basin is predominantly grassland/pasture with forest second in abundance (see Figure Lu01). The majority of grasslands are composed of non-native cool season grasses, primarily fescue. Grazing and hay production are the two most common uses of these expansive grassland areas. Forested areas (primarily deciduous) are more prevalent in the area between Stockton and Truman reservoirs in the northern-most reaches of the basin (Lower Sac River, Turkey Creek, and Brush Creek sub-basins). Row crop agriculture is concentrated in the western section of the basin (Horse-Cedar-Alder creeks sub-basin).
Soil Conservation Projects
Three communities in the basin participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); Everton, Ash Grove, and Republic. Five communities in the basin, identified as having flood prone areas but not participating in the NFIP, are Billings, Humansville, and Stockton (FEMA 2001).
Several efforts to reduce erosion and implement environmentally sound practices in various stream systems have been used in the Sac River Basin. Five Special Area Land Treatment (SALT and EARTH) projects have been/are being implemented in the basin. They are Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) funded projects administered through local soil and water conservation districts. These projects utilize a variety of practices to reduce impacts while maintaining effective use of the resources. The initial SALT projects were initiated to focus primarily on soil erosion. New SALT projects are focusing on improving water quality in watersheds by reducing all forms of agricultural non-point source pollution and are usually designated as AgNPS SALTs. Currently there are two AgNPS SALTs in the Sac River basin on the Upper Little Sac River watershed (Table Lu01 and see Figure Lu02). Proposals have been submitted and funding is pending, or has recently approved, for similar projects at Valley Water Mill in the upper Little Sac River sub-basin in Greene County and in the Bear Creek basin, primarily in Polk County.
The Upper Little Sac River AgNPS Salt is made up of two watersheds totaling 44,954 acres. There are approximately 100 miles of stream, Fulbright Spring, and McDaniel Lake in these watersheds. Land use is estimated to be 59% grassland, 23% woodland, 3% reservoirs, and 14% other uses. Concerns in the watershed include increased urban growth, stormwater runoff, non-point pollutants resulting from poor land management practices, and contamination of groundwater via septic systems, sinkholes, and abandoned wells. Project goals are to protect and maintain the quality of drinking water resources while enhancing economic sustainability for agricultural producers through education and improved land management practices. The AgNPS SALT project is administered by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and receives support and technical assistance from a variety of agencies and organizations including Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), MDC, University Outreach and Extension, the City of Springfield, Southwest Missouri State University, and Stream Team volunteers.
Public Areas
Most public areas allow activities such as fishing, hunting, birdwatching, nature study, and wildlife photography. Activities such as horseback riding, biking, camping, etc. that can cause environmental disturbance are restricted to certain areas and may be prohibited on some areas. Restrictions vary between public areas. Table Lu02 lists the public areas in the Sac River basin and known permitted activities. Figure Lu03 shows public area locations.
Corps of Engineers 404 Jurisdiction
Most instream and some stream-side projects require 404 permits. Applications for permits should be directed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office. The Sac River basin is under the jurisdiction of the Kansas City District.
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Posted on 10/9/2013
Don Dwiggins
Several Friends of the Library fall book sales get under way this month, each offering great bargains on gently used books and other materials. While not every location will hold a fall sale, each location offers an on-going book sale with the same great value on a wide assortment of books. Contact your local Branch for more information.
Here is a list of scheduled Friends of the Library book sales for the fall.
Friends of the Clemmons Branch Library
Friends of the Lewisville Branch Library
Friends of the Southside Branch Library
Friends of the Rural Hall Library
Friends of the Central Library
For more information contact the Friends of Central Library.
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Lewisville, NC 27023
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May 6, 2016
The Pitt County Sheriff's Department says the Woodmoor neighborhood is typically quiet when it comes to crime, but in the past three weeks, deputies have received five calls of break ins.
"I have started locking my cars at night and making sure that they are locked. That's something different that I probably didn't do a year ago. said Woodmoor resident Bob Desoto.
Recently, deputies increased their patrols through the neighborhood which led them to the discovery of the body of 36-year-old Michael Simmons inside his home on Wednesday.
"We've kind of beefed up our patrols in the area, keeping a look out for things that seem out of place, any vehicles any people that are coming in that they don't recognize," said Pitt County Sheriff's Office Det. Shannon Stewart
Residents say they are looking out for their neighbors.
"It's a tight knit community so everyone kind of lets everyone know when someone's in the neighborhood that doesn't live here," said Desoto.
Authorities say, they are surprised at the recent increase of break ins. However, some neighbors feel differently.
"I don't know that anything surprises me anymore. The stuff you see on the news, and things that happen around this world. I don't think that anybody's immune to bad times, unfortunate situations. You just have to be ready for anything," said neighbor Chris Candler.
You can call the Pitt County Sheriff's Office or Crimestoppers anonymously if you know anything about the recent break-ins in the Woodmoor area. The Pitt- Greenville Crimestoppers number is (252) 758-7777
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Water Quality
Designated Beneficial Uses
At the recommendation of the Department of Natural Resources, the Missouri Clean Water Commission determines the quality of water necessary to attain designated "beneficial uses" on Missouri streams. Only the lower eight miles of the Wyaconda River are designated for public drinking water supply (MDNR 1986a). All basin streams are designated for livestock and wildlife watering and protection of aquatic life. No streams in the basin are classified for whole-body contact recreation.
The primary deterrents to recreational use in the basin are high turbidity and siltation, which are direct results of poor soil management (MDNR 1986b). Excessive turbidity and siltation have not only decreased the abundance and diversity of aquatic life and habitat (Missouri Department of Conservation 1978), but have also made boating and canoeing more difficult due the locally heavy sedimentation. Stream channelization has also drastically reduced the amount and quality of aquatic habitats in parts of the basin, and has affected recreational use by creating high banks and steep-sided channels where access is difficult. The lack of public access points to streams in the basin also limits recreational use.
Chemical Quality of the Stream Flow
Water quality data have not been routinely collected because there is no USGS water quality monitoring station within the basin. One reach of the South Wyaconda River and one section of the lower Wyaconda River are considered impaired by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources due to high levels of manganese. These two reaches are on the 303(d) list of impaired waters submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Service. The manganese is derived from natural sources and considered a low priority. The South Wyaconda River also exceeds total maximum daily loads of sediment and silt and is listed as a 303(d) impaired water. This is due to poor land management practices and extensive channelization within the basin.
Non-Point Source Pollution
Sedimentation and excessive turbidity continue to be the basin's most severe water quality problems. Channelization, intensive row-crop farming, and livestock grazing on highly erodable soils have caused much of the problems. Anderson (1980) estimates sheet and rill erosion rates as high as 18 tons/acre/year on tilled land within the basin. Rates on permanent pasture vary between 9 and 13 tons/acre/year.
Agricultural run-off, which includes fertilizer, insecticides, herbicides, and animal waste, also poses a significant threat to water quality in the basin. Although fish kills in the basin are uncommon, they usually can be attributed to low dissolved oxygen concentrations or high levels of ammonia entering the stream from animal feedlots or sewage lagoons.
Point Source Pollution
Point source pollution in the basin is considered insignificant (MDNR 1984). The city of Wyaconda water treatment center discharges into Railroad Slough (MDNR 1976). Two other small privately-owned sewage systems lie within the basin.
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
There are no CAFOs within the Missouri portion of the Wyaconda basin (Center for Agricultural, Resources and Environmental Systems 2004). In the Iowa portion of the basin, there are approximately eight permitted confinement operations and eight non-permitted confinement operations. The impact of these facilities is not known, however, it is unlikely they are benefits to the water quality in the basin.


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Big 12 notebook: League third among conferences in computer ranks
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Heading into Wednesday night play, Big 12 basketball could be called healthy, if not robust - on both the men's and women's side.
In regard to the men, three conference teams are solidly within Top 25 polls. Kansas was at No. 9, Kansas State at No. 13 and Oklahoma State No. 14 in both the Associated Press and USA Today polls. The only other team to receive any votes this week, however, was Oklahoma, which received two votes in the latter poll.
Overall? The Sagarin computer rankings have the Big 12 as the nation's No. 3 hoops conference, behind the Big Ten and WVU's former conference, the Big East. After the Big 12 was No. 4 ACC, No. 5 Pac-12, No. 6 Mountain West and No. 7 SEC.
The women's side almost mirrors the strength of the men. Baylor is the nation's No. 1 team in both polls, but then there's a drop. In the USA Today poll, Oklahoma State is No. 22, Iowa State is No. 24 and Oklahoma No. 25. According to the A.P. poll, however, only Oklahoma State at No. 23 joined Baylor. WVU received two votes in the latest USA Today poll.
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Jellyfish: the Ocean's Canaries
Some may think jellyfish are simply a pesky problem when we want to take a swim or snorkel, but they are actually a sign of flagging oceanic health. We think of them as the canary in the coal mine. The difference is the canary dies when there is a problem, but jellyfish flourish in the conditions that global warming wreaks on our oceans.
Climate change heats and acidifies the planet's oceans. Overfishing adds to the first two major problems. All three contribute to creating an ideal environment for jellyfish to thrive and multiply. So what's the big deal if there are too many jellyfish?
The issue is that jellyfish take a bad situation and make it worse. They have a unique trait where they're able to eat up the food chain. This is surprising considering these sea creatures don't even have brains. However, they actually can consume animals that are bigger, smarter and faster than they are. They damage the ecosystem further by competing with large mammals, such as whales, by feeding on the same fish and plankton that these other animals need to survive.
Marine expert Lisa-ann Gershwin wrote the new book Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean. She points to an example where jellyfish wiped out an entire food chain simply by eating from the bottom up.
The jellyfish species Mnemiopsis leidyi was accidentally introduced into the Black Sea in the early 1980s. In just a few short years, these jellyfish comprised "95 per cent of the biomass in the Black Sea". This means "ninety-five per cent of every living thing was this one species of jellyfish".
Jellyfish could rule our planet's oceans as they once did in the Precambrian era. A time when biodiversity was low, the jellyfish commanded the oceans, and mammals and reptiles did not exist. This is a scary eventuality, that our feet are firmly planted on the path towards. We need to heed the warnings that these gelatinous invertebrates provide and begin seriously reducing our carbon footprints and offsetting the rest of our carbon emissions.
Rising Sea Levels and Sustainable Desalination
Depending on where in the world you live, it might be easy to forget that the environment is more than just the air we breathe or the land under our feet. It's important to keep in mind that the oceans also are being affected radically by climate change. The oceanic problems are too numerous to list. However, this week we are taking a closer look at one issue that people in different parts of the planet face, rising oceans as the polar ice caps melt and more saltwater.
Those of us that live in the United States might not be aware how rich we are in freshwater sources as say countries in the Middle East that are very arid environments. Obviously those countries have other resources that we lack, but water is essential to life. Our planet may be covered in a great deal of water, but much of it is unusable to humans in its natural state because of the high salt content.
Did you know that salt is expelled from seawater when it freezes? Although some brine is trapped, the overall salinity of sea ice is much lower than seawater. So the seas are rising as previously permanently frozen parts of the planet melt. This means that not only is there more water, but it's becoming salty as it melts.
Desalination is any of several processes that remove some amount of salt and other minerals from saline water. Unfortunately, it is quite an energy intensive process. Last week, a new renewable energy desalination project was announced in Masdar, Abu Dhabi, which is in the United Arab Emirates. The project seeks to transform seawater into useable, freshwater on land by building a commercially viable and renewable energy-powered desalination plant by 2020.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region of the Middle East is comprised of the Arabian Peninsula countries of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman. The GCC formed in 1981 and uses about half the world's desalinated water.
Of course, accessing renewable energy is not the only impediment to sustainable desalination. Another effect of global warming is oceanic acidification that contributes to massive algae blooms. These algae blooms can shut down a desalination plant. There are other unwanted components that might be present in seawater such as radioactive material from warships and nuclear power plants which would need to be removed before the water could be used safely.
Despite other lingering issues, it is still worth asking the question, "Can these enormous desalination plants powered by renewable energy help mitigate some of the issues we face from rising sea levels?" The answer is, "Every bit helps." But don't start thinking it's a magic bullet since none exists. We still all need to do our parts in reducing our carbon emissions and footprints. However, it is good news that desalination can be a sustainable and environmentally responsible industrial solution and worth noting that low cost, low impact renewable energy technologies do exist.
Clear Estimates Celebrates 30 Years in Business and Five Years CarbonFree®
As part of the US economic recovery, residential housing market values and housing starts are watched closely as a key indicator to economic growth and stability. Last week, Freddie Mac released its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for December, showing projections for modest but steady gains in both home value and housing starts in 2013.
These projections are good news for US home owners and for the thousands of businesses that depend upon new home construction, renovations, and an active home buyer/seller market. CarbonFree® Business Partner Clear Estimates is one of these businesses; one that has maintained a five-year commitment to operating in a carbon emissions-neutral environment.
Clear Estimates, a father-son owned and operated business with three decades of experience, offers a cloud-based construction estimating software that enables contractors and home renovators to manage efficient and cost-effective home building and improvements projects. Clear Estimates allows contractors to accurately anticipate the labor, materials, and their related costs that will be required for all aspects of a construction project and automatically drafts professional proposals ready for client presentation.
The Clear Estimates website serves as the business storefront, and their products are only distributed digitally. For the past three years Clear Estimates has implemented a "paperless" operational philosophy, limiting its carbon emissions footprint to the electrical energy required to run the computers and servers used for developing the product and supporting customers. To address the impact of their energy consumption emissions, Clear Estimates partnered with Carbonfund.org five years ago to neutralize their remaining operational emissions by supporting renewable energy projects each year.
"We chose Carbonfund.org because of its solid reputation," confirms Nolan Orfield. "As the leading nonprofit carbon offsetting organization it is clear they are a reliable resource for any business or individual hoping to protect our most important asset, the environment."
Mountain Rose Herbs Digs in Deep on Environmental Commitment
It seems only fitting that a business that depends entirely on organic and natural herbs, flowers, and medicinal plants would maintain a strong commitment to environmentally responsible business practices. Carbonfree® Business Partner Mountain Rose Herbs sets a high standard in this regard and has made significant steps in following Carbonfund.org's motto of "reduce what you can, offset what you can't™" by lessening its energy consumption prior to neutralizing their remaining annual operational emissions with Carbonfund.org.
Mountain Rose Herbs' primary facility was constructed with LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards and relies heavily on natural lighting. Energy demand was further reduced by making a complete lighting upgrade to energy-efficient bulbs in their principal facilities and installing Energy-Star rated heating and cooling systems. In addition, Mountain Rose Herbs upgraded all their computers to those with Gold Star ratings for energy conservation, minimal shipment packaging and elimination of environmentally-harmful materials as well as more energy-efficient flat screen monitors. Mountain Rose Herbs converted all electrical usage to their local Greenpower program to ensure that a significant portion of their electricity comes from wind and solar sources.
Despite all of these energy-saving measures and efficiency enhancements, Mountain Rose Herbs still generates a measurable annual carbon emissions footprint from its business operations. In order to neutralize these annual operational emissions, Mountain Rose Herbs has partnered with Carbonfund.org for the past four years to measure and offset these unavoidable emissions by supporting Carbonfund.org's clean energy and carbon reduction projects.
"If we are to move past coal and look forward to a greener future that is full of alternative energy, then we must support the endeavors of Carbonfund.org, who are creating the infrastructure necessary to make it happen," states Shawn Donnille, Vice President of Mountain Rose Herbs.
We applaud Carbonfree® Partner Mountain Rose Herbs for pursuing a meaningful commitment to environmentally-conscious business operations, measuring and neutralizing their annual carbon emissions, and supporting our clean air technology projects.


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The chancellor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill says he's leaving to become provost of Washington University in St. Louis.
Thorp said in an email he was sending Monday to students, faculty and staff that the new job would allow him to teach and do research while serving as chief academic officer of Washington University.
The 48-year-old Thorp announced in September he would step down as chancellor at the end of the academic year. He said he would return to the classroom.
Thorp has been chancellor at UNC for five years. For the past two years, he's been affected by a sprawling scandal that started with improper benefits for football players and spread to academic fraud in the African and Afro-American Studies Department.
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Caught in The Act
Caught In The Act: Matt Halpern
Caught In The Act: Matt Halpern
Artist: Matt Halpern
Where: Carrboro, NC
Venue: Cat's Cradle
Periphery's tour kicked off this week in North Carolina and we got shots of Matt Halpern in performance and giving a class in a bar. Who knows? It's a trend that could catch on. Matt is on the cover of DRUM!'s February 2015 issue with an interview that takes you inside his playing secrets and survival tips for today's drummers.
Remaining Tour Dates
- January 14 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution Live
- January 16 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
- January 17 Houston, TX House of Blues
- January 18 Dallas, TX House of Blues
- January 20 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
- January 21 Phoenix, AZ Club Red
- January 22 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
- January 23 Anaheim, CA Yost Theater
- January 26 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
- January 27 Portland, OR Hawthorne
- January 28 Seattle, WA El Corazon
- January 30 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
- January 31 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
- February 2 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
- February 3 Chicago, IL House of Blues
- February 4 Detroit, MI St. Andrew's Hall
- February 6 Toronto, ON Opera House
- February 7 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
- February 8 Albany, NY Upstate Concert Hall
- February 9 Rochester, NY WaterStreet Music Hall
- February 11 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
- February 12 New York, NY Irving Plaza
- February 13 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
- February 14 Philadelphia, PA District N9ne
For more info visit Periphery on Facebook.
Caught In The Act: Robert Downs Outtakes
Caught In The Act: Robert Downs Outtakes
Photograhper: Robert Downs
Locations: Various
Subject: Cover Shoots For DRUM! Magazine
Robert Downs has been a regular contributor of covers and inside photography for DRUM! in the past decade. Here's a series of outtakes from four of his shoots.
Steve Jordan with Robert
Stanton Moore was posed on the banks of the Mississippi.
Brann Dailor of Mastodon made a great camera subject.
Ray Luzier.
Street Drum Corps Travels The World
Middle East To Cuba: Journeys With Street Drum Corps
During their recent ten-year anniversary, Street Drum Corps got the chance to visit US military installations in the Middle East, Africa, and Cuba and to see a lot of countries around the world. We asked Frank Zummo to send pics of their journey as he and co-founders Adam and Bobby Alt traveled the world. They got to play at several bases, and had a lot of fun, but as Frank says, "The best part of the trip was performing for the troops and their families."
Chilling under the Flag of Bahrain.
Visiting musical groups have been a staple at American military bases for a century.
On stage in Djibouti, Somalia.br>
Flying in Cuba.
Welcome to Cuba.
Did that washing machine fly with them?
Happy Travels.
Drums Of The Nashville Drum Show
Caught In The Act: Nashville Drum Show
Nashville Drum Show impresario George Lawrence, also the publisher of Not So Modern Drummer, was nice enough to offer some photos to us from the show, as we didnt' make it out to Nashville for the event on September 18 and 19, 2014./p>
By all accounts it was a good show, with tons of vintage and custom gear, some interesting clinics and a great vide. For more, and there's plenty of good stuff, check out the Facebook page here.
Not So Modern Drummer, engraved
I'm thinking I need a Porkpie snare.
Engraved Taye piccolo snare
Curt Sines of Artisan Drumworks.
Artisan Drumworks snare drum of cocobolo wood.
Acid-etched Billy Baker drum
Beat Boogie Drums
Bello Fiberglass Drums.
Jeff Hankin of Carolina Drumworks
Beautiful work at Carolina Drumworks
Swindoll Drums. Curly maple stave. Wow!
Vintage Rogers and Camco drums. Great show.
Tommy Lee: How Does The Cruecifly Fly?
Tommy Lee: How Does The Cruecifly Fly?
Tommy in flight (above,) and his custom E-Pro live kit (below).
All Bad Things Must Come To An End is the final tour of Motley Crue and Tommy Lee. Those who have seen the shows know Tommy is playing Tommy new Pearl E-Pro Live drum kit and rollercoaster rig—The Cruecifly.
What you may not know is how this differs from his standard rig. After all, playing upside down sixty feet in the air is not an everyday occurrence. First, the Cruecifly went through an exhausting series of tests to make sure it worked. They tried various configurations in order to understand what setup would work best. They had to take into consideration the width and length of drums in proporation to the riser, the distribution of weigh on the platform and the reaction of the drum set while upside down and traveling. Once that was right they had to make sure that Tommy could sit comfortably behind the kit and that it was still playable. Even with all that in mind, due to safety considerations, the Cruecifly has only made an appearance at some of the venues on the tour.
The tour runs through November 22, 2014, so you've still got time to see it. Go to Motley.com
Here's a fan video of the Cruecifly (above) and the view from Tommy's seat (below).


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Guest Commentary by Brian Soden (RSMAS, Miami)
Current model estimates of the climate sensitivity, defined as the equilibrated change in global-mean surface temperature resulting from a doubling of CO2, range from 2.6 to 4.1 K, consistent with observational constraints (see previous article). This range in climate sensitivity is attributable to differences in the strength of 'radiative feedbacks' between models and is one of the reasons why projections of future climate change are less certain than policy makers would like.
Although radiative forcings and radiative feedbacks both influence the climate by altering the radiative fluxes at the top of the atmosphere, it is important to distinguish between the two. A radiative forcing results from changes that are external to the climate system and may be either natural or anthropogenic in origin. For example, anthropogenic emissions of CO2, changes in solar flux, and the reflection of sunlight from volcanic aerosols are all examples of radiative forcings. A radiative forcing initiates a change in climate that is distinct from the system's internal variability. A radiative feedback, on the other hand, arises from the response of the climate to either external forcing or internal variability. These responses can either amplify (a positive feedback) or dampen (a negative feedback) the initial perturbation. The exact boundary between a feedback and a forcing depends on what is considered to be part of the 'system' and can sometimes be a little fuzzy. This discussion addresses just the feedbacks associated with the atmospheric physical system (see this earlier article for why that is), but other, less well understood, feedbacks (changes in land vegetation, biogeochemical processes, and atmospheric chemical feedbacks – see the NRC 2003 report), while potentially important, are not part of the generally understood definition of 'climate sensitivity'.
In the absence of radiative forcings, the amount of sunlight absorbed by the earth roughly balances its thermal emission to space; i.e., the earth is in a quasi-steady radiative equilibrium. Doubling the concentration of CO2 decreases the emission of thermal radiation by ~4 W/m2. Because the earth is now emitting less radiation than it absorbs, there is a surplus of energy going into the system and its surface must warm. Because the thermal emission of energy increases as an object warms, the increasing temperature acts to restore radiative equilibrium. In the absence of any feedbacks, a doubling of CO2 would result in an increase in global surface temperature of ~1 K. However, as the climate warms in an attempt to restore radiative equilibrium, other changes occur. These changes can also influence the top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes and thus act to either decrease (a negative feedback) or to increase (a positive feedback) the radiative surplus. For example, as the climate warms the amount of snow and ice cover decreases which leads to more sunlight being absorbed, thus enhancing the initial radiative surplus and requiring greater warming to restore equilibrium.
There are a number of different radiative feedbacks in the climate system, some more complex than others. Those which are most commonly represented in climate models are feedbacks from water vapor, snow/ice cover, clouds and lapse rate (the change in temperature with height).
Despite the importance of these feedbacks in determining projections of future climate change, there has never been a coordinated intercomparison of their values in GCMs. In a recent issue of the Journal of Climate, Isaac Held and I estimated the range of feedback strengths in current models using an archive of 21st century climate change experiments performed for the upcoming IPCC AR4. The results of this analysis are presented in the figure which expresses the strength of the global mean feedback for each model in terms of their impact on TOA radiative fluxes per degree global warming (units are W/m2/K).
Figure 1 from Soden and Held (2006) showing ranges for each model for each of the key atmospheric feedbacks for the IPCC AR4 models and a comparison with an earlier survey (Colman, 2003).
All models predict the concentrations of water vapor to increase as the climate warms due to the rapid increase in saturation vapor pressure with temperature. Because water vapor is the dominant greenhouse gas, this provides a strong positive feedback in the climate system. In current models, water vapor was found to provide the largest positive feedback in all models and its strength was shown to be consistent with that expected from a roughly constant relative humidity change in water vapor mixing ratio. It should be noted that models are not constrained to conserve relative humidity and significant regional changes in relative humidity are simulated by models in response to atmospheric warming. On the global scale, however, changes in relative humidity are small.
Models do exhibit a range of values for water vapor feedback. This range is not due to departures from constant relative humidity behavior, but rather from intermodel differences in the response of the atmospheric lapse rate to surface warming. All models suggest that the troposphere warms more than the surface (at equilibrium at least – responses are more varied for a short transient period – see the CCSP report). This amplified warming of the troposphere represents a key negative feedback in models because it further increases the thermal emission of energy to space. Models with more surface warming in low latitudes tend to have larger atmospheric warming (and more negative lapse rate feedback) because the surface and free troposphere are more strongly coupled in the tropics than at higher latitudes. Because the water vapor and temperature responses are tightly coupled in the troposphere, models with a larger (negative) lapse-rate feedback also have a larger (positive) water vapor feedback. These act to offset each other. As a result, it is more reasonable to consider the sum of water vapor and lapse-rate feedbacks as a single quantity when analyzing the causes of intermodel variability in climate sensitivity. As shown in the figure, the range for the sum of these two feedbacks is considerably smaller than the range of either the water vapor or lapse rate feedbacks individually.
Not surprisingly, the surface albedo feedback due to changes in snow and ice cover was also found to be positive in all models, although its magnitude is only about 25% of that from the combined "water vapor plus lapse rate" feedback.
Consistent with previous studies, clouds were found to provide the largest source of uncertainty in current models. For the most sensitive models, cloud feedback is positive and comparable in strength to the combined "water vapor plus lapse rate" feedback. For the least sensitive models, cloud feedback is close to neutral. Many specialists and non-specialists alike are sometimes surprised to see that the model-predicted values for cloud feedback ranges from neutral to strongly positive; often believing that cloud feedback is more uniformly distributed between negative and positive values. This confusion may stem, in part, from misinterpretations of the change in the easily-diagnosed "cloud radiative forcing" in model simulations of climate change. This diagnostic, based on the comparison of clear sky and cloudy sky radiation differences (Cess et al, 1996) is related to the more-difficult-to-calculate cloud feedback, but can be negatively biased by correlated changes in water vapor and temperature (Soden et al., 2004). Thus studies that use the "cloud radiative forcing" calculation have reported a more negatively skewed 'cloud feedback' then seen here. However, based on these estimates and on a survey of published values of feedback calculations (Colman 2003), there do not appear to be any models for which clouds provide a substantial negative feedback on the climate.
Observational studies do have the potential to help narrow the uncertainties in these individual feedbacks – for instance from studies of the response to Mt. Pinatubo and from long time series of satellite measurements – but observational constraints of cloud feedback remain elusive.


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The Predator is a Police Assault Boat used by the police force. It has appeared in the following games:
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- Grand Theft Auto IV
The Predator is a speedboat designed to serve local Police Departments, but its performance is typically slightly inferior to even the most basic of speedboats such as the Speeder. However, the Predator is an unique in that it has built-in .50 caliber machine guns on both sides of the hull, the boat shoots the same rounds as the helicopter Police Maverick. But in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the boats have the Little Willie rounds, thus giving the player the ability to destroy any other boat directly in front of them; however, the guns are also revealed to seize briefly after prolonged firing, implying it is reloading ammunition.
Being a Police Boat, the Predator will, with the exception of GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, appear if the player has a wanted level and is on water ; however, despite being a Police Vehicle, the Predator does not have Vigilante Missions associated with it. In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, an officer will be on the roof of the boat and will shoot the player if they have, at least, a two star wanted level. The Predator has been seen driving around San Fierro Bay if the player has no wanted level or lock stars cheat activated. In GTA San Andreas, the Predator also has the ability to use the radio, despite being a Police Vehicle. It also has emergency lights, but no sirens.
In GTA IV, the Police Predator does not have the built-in machine guns, having been replaced by two Police Officers at the back who will shoot the player with M4 Carbine Rifles ; the Predators themselves only begin to appear from a 3 wanted level onwards. They will be more aggressive if the wanted level is higher.
The Predator serves as the basis of another boat in GTA III, known as the Ghost (Missing). Appearing only in the mission Gone Fishing, the Ghost sports an entirely blue (PS2 version) or black (PC version) body and lacks the twin machine guns of the Predator.
- At the docks next to Asuka Kasen's apartment, Newport.
- By the northern runway of Francis International Airport.
- At the Porter Tunnel dock in Portland after unlocking Staunton Island.
- GTA Vice City
- Below the Links Bridge, next to Leaf Links.
- GTA San Andreas
- Sometimes you can find Predators in the waters or if you got more than a 2 stars wanted level or you can kill the Police Officers in a boat and steal the Predator.
- GTA Liberty City Stories
- At the docks next to Asuka Kasen's apartment, Newport.
- By the southern runway of Francis International Airport.
- GTA Vice City Stories
- Can be commonly seen around Downtown and Hyman Memorial Stadium by the Helipad.
- The only way to obtain one is by having a three star wanted level in the water. When the boat is near, kill the Police Officers onboard and clear your wanted level.
- Despite being a Police Vehicle, the player's wanted level does not go up if he collides with the Predator in another boat.
- In GTA San Andreas, if the player ever climbs on board the Predator with the never wanted cheat, the Policeman who drives the boat will jump off the boat and drown, this glitch also happens when the player climbs on board any boat with a pedestrian in it.
- It can be very difficult to obtain a Predator in GTA IV, because once it is boarded, others will spawn and fire on the player.
See also
- Coast Guard Launch, GTA Chinatown Wars equivalent.


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I think he has to be unless Harbaugh won't come.
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combine the scores against to the two Michigan teams... 101 points against this bowl season.... WOW!
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Wow, the Big 11 sucked out loud today.
I dont see Rich Rod coaching again at Michigan.
Rich Rod is the #1 trending topic on twitter right now. He's gonna get canned.
It will be interesting to see where he ends up next year. I agree that he will get canned. Another program that hasn't canned its coach yet may do so to get RR.
When did he start?
let the richrod to isu oc threads begin!
He's still a hell of a coach. For one reason or another it just didn't work at Michigan. Someone will pick him up and he will succeed.
If fired I am willling to bet alot of money that he ends up as Okie States OC.
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If fired I am willling to bet alot of money that he ends up as Okie States OC.
Not with a lot of positions left to go. I would think Maryland will be waiting for him and I would bet if Clemson fires their coach he would be at the front of the line because he has a history there. I don't see him being an OC anywhere. He will be getting paid so he doesn't have to work. Finding a job shouldn't be hard.
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If fired I am willling to bet alot of money that he ends up as Okie States OC.
That would sort of surprise me Curt, unless he's got a close relationship with some people at OSU I'm not aware of.
Is Rich Rod now the leading candidate for the Pitt job?
RR will not be relegated to an OC position after this. He will be a head coach somewhere next season.
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Visiting United States basketball team AND1 stamped their authority over Dar All Stars cruising to 123-71 in a friendly match played at the National Indoor Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Sunday.
The visiting side comprising eight players is on a five-day tour of Mwanza, Arusha and Dar es Salaam courtesy of the Coca-Cola beverage firm.
Players of the AND1 kept spectators spellbound throughout the game as they took a huge half time lead 64-23.
AND1 stars who thrilled fans during the match include Justine Fly, Paul Otim, High Rizer, Pharacist Davis, Lacue Brandon, Denis Chism, Philip Champion and Hot Sarce.
Dar all Stars were represented by Juma Kisoky, Frank Kusiga, Gerard Baru, Gilbert Batungi, Adamu Jegame, Fidelis Sunday, Sylvain Yunzu and Bernard Mageni.
Coca-Cola's resident manager in the country Demeji Olaniyan hailed the visit by the American team as they left a big mark in the overall promotion of the game in the country.
The manager gave pat on the back for the visitors who displayed brilliant game to keep spectators spellbound throughout.
This is the second time for AND1 to tour the country under sponsorship of the Coca-Cola through Sprite brand.
The manager also hailed a hand in glove cooperation extended by the Tanzania Basketball federation as well as media members, before and during the American team's visit.


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Antiandrogens for Prostate Cancer
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How It Works
Androgens are hormones. Antiandrogens are drugs that block the action of these hormones. In prostate cancer, they block the action of testosterone made by the testicles and/or adrenal glands. This usually slows prostate cancer growth.
There are steroidal antiandrogens and "pure" antiandrogens. The steroidal antiandrogens include megestrol (Megace). The "pure" or nonsteroidal antiandrogens include bicalutamide (Casodex), flutamide, and nilutamide (Nilandron).
Why It Is Used
An antiandrogen is often added to luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) agonist therapy to prevent a rise in testosterone at the beginning of LH-RH agonist therapy. (The rise in testosterone can cause a tumor flare with bone pain, urinary blockage, or other symptoms of rapid cancer growth. But this growth does shrink over time.)
Antiandrogens can be used along with surgery to remove the testicles (orchiectomy).
Antiandrogens may be used before or after radiation for men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer.
Antiandrogens are often used in combination with other hormone therapy to block the supply of testosterone. This is done to slow the growth of advanced prostate cancer and ease severe bone pain caused by the spread of cancer to the bones.
How Well It Works
Studies show that taking antiandrogens may provide a small benefit for men who have metastatic prostate cancer and are also taking an LH-RH agonist.1
Side Effects
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
- Usually the benefits of the medicine are more important than any minor side effects.
- Side effects may go away after you take the medicine for a while.
- If side effects still bother you and you wonder if you should keep taking the medicine, call your doctor. He or she may be able to lower your dose or change your medicine. Do not suddenly quit taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
- Trouble breathing.
- Swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
- Shortness of breath and chest pain.
Call your doctor if you have:
- Hives.
- Any signs of infection, such as a fever or chills.
- Breast pain or breast enlargement (gynecomastia).
- Problems with your vision or night vision.
- Swelling in your legs, ankles, or feet (edema).
- Yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice) or belly pain. This may mean the medicine has damaged your liver.
Common side effects of this medicine include:
- Hot flashes.
- Sexual problems, such as decreased sex drive or erection problems.
- Constipation or diarrhea.
- Dizziness or nausea.
- Fatigue or weakness.
Long-term treatment with antiandrogens may cause osteoporosis, which causes bones to become brittle and break more easily. Your doctor may prescribe a bisphosphonate medicine. Zoledronic acid is a bisphosphonate specifically designed for people who are getting treatment for metastatic cancer.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
Research shows that men who take antiandrogens may be able to prevent bone problems by taking medicines such as zoledronic acid and denosumab.2, 3
Antiandrogens may improve a man's quality of life when bone pain caused by prostate cancer is severe.
Sometimes flutamide has an effect called a "withdrawal response" in which the tumor shrinks and the PSA level improves when a man stops taking the medicine.
Taking medicine
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
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The wood whispered to me as I conjured it. It said that it did not fear flame.
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Searing Totem is a core shaman ability learned at level 16. It is a reliable source of extra damage, and is useful in situations where the other damage totem ([Magma Totem]) isn't and/or when the [Fire Elemental Totem] is unfeasible.
When dropped, the totem randomly selects an enemy within range and continuously attacks until A.) the totem expires, B.) the target leaves range or C.) the target dies. If B or C occur, the totem randomly chooses another target in range and begins attacking it. If there are no targets within range, it does nothing until an enemy comes in range. Also note that the totem only engages hostile targets on its own; it ignores neutral targets, unless you engage them first.
It is useful primarily in single-target, prolonged fights (EG: Boss Fights). You should avoid using it in situations where it could accidentally hit a target that shouldn't otherwise be hit (such as something that has been CC'd).
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- [Totemic Restoration] (talent)
- [Totemic Recall] (core ability)
- [Elemental Reach] ( elemental spec ability)
- [Mental Quickness] ( enhancement spec ability)
- [Searing Flames] ( enhancement spec ability)
- [Mastery: Enhanced Elements] ( enhancement spec ability)
- Glyph of Totemic Vigor
- Item Level 25
- Major Glyph
- Classes: Shaman
- Requires level 25
- Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
Increases the health of your totems by 2% of your maximum health.
- Sell Price: 1
- Glyph of Totemic Encirclement
- Item Level 25
- Minor Glyph
- Classes: Shaman
- Requires level 25
- Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
When you cast a totem spell, you also place unempowered totems for any elements that are not currently active. These totems have 5 health and produce no other effects.
- Sell Price: 1
- The totem has only 5 health; it is easily destroyed by mobs and players.
- Useless against high Fire resistant players/mobs.
- In certain situations, the totem might draw unwanted aggro from mobs who are not engaged in combat.
- Dangerous to use when it can break a CC effect; it can also aggro unengaged creatures.
- Very useful in PvP for an extra bit of consistent damage. Most players ignore the totem, knowing it will go away when you die.
- Always useful in a boss fight, assuming the boss doesn't have adds which get CCed and the boss is not immune to fire.
- Most of the time if you drop the totem while in melee, it will start attacking the target you have selected. This may be a function of closeness or may be a function of who you have selected at the time. It may simply pick the closest target when it doesn't have one.
- It can be used to effectively disrupt spellcasting, especially in conjunction with melee attacks and a fast weapon. When combined with [Wind Shear], it can be difficult for an enemy caster to get out a spell.
- Useful in PVP against another shaman. Searing Totem will often target and destroy the other shaman's totems.
Patch changes
- Patch 5.3.0 (21-May-2013): Will now chain cast spells with no delay between casts, allowing it to cast its spells more frequently in the same amount of time.
- Patch 5.1.0 (27-Nov-2012): All totems are now considered spells, and summoning totems can be prevented by silencing effects. Searing Totem, Magma Totem, and Fire Elemental totems fall into the Fire school, while all other totems fall under the Nature school.
- Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Searing Totem (Rank 4) now does the proper damage for its rank.
- / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): All totems are now considered on the "Physical" school, and no longer magical spells.
- Patch 2.4.0 (25-Mar-2008): The Global Cooldown of all Totems has been reduced to 1 seconds, down from 1.5 seconds.
- Patch 1.11.0 (20-Jun-2006): Mana cost has been reduced.; This totem now receives increased damage from effects that increase the Shaman's spell damage.
- Patch 1.3.0 (07-Mar-2005): Damage slightly increased.
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Heading towards the White Ruins, Ash and co. come across a special Kanto Fair, a fair celebrating the region of Kanto and the various Pokemon that dwell there. Ash is excited to see all these attractions that remind him of home and ends up seeing a cheerful Charmander right on stage. Reminding him of his old friend after telling his stories to them, Ash calls Professor Oak and requests that he sends over Charizard (since he came back from Charific Valley) while he sends Unfezant to his lab. However, once there, Charizard soon meets Iris' Dragonite and a fierce rivalry between them begins with a battle. Will the battle last? Who will win?
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- The third was a Dragonite (when everyone called him a rogue) that Iris caught in BW091: Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!.
- The fourth was a Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon, and an Eevee who were belonged to Virgil in BW104: Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!
- Instead of Rachel Lillis returning, Michelle Knotz (Who voiced Misty in Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon) voices her in the flashbacks of this episode.
- Although Team Rocket appears in a flashback, they are barely visible as in the scene they appear that they are being burned by Charmander's Flamethrower, leaving only their weak silhouette visible.
- This is Sarah Natochenny's first time portraying Ash in the Original Series via flashbacks.
- This is the first time Brock, Misty (Flashback) and Tracey (cameo), appear in the BW saga.
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- This would be the third time in the entire series for Ash's Charizard to battle a Dragonite since OI031: Enter the Dragonite and JE137: Great Bowls of Fire!, but the thing is: Iris' Dragonite looked different than the others due to the fact that it wants to challenge any Pokémon that it happens to meet and much thougher ones than itself to get as strong as possible as Jervius describes it in BW091: Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!.
- In this episode, Ash decides to bring Charizard back to his team the fourth time in the entire series since he showed him how strong he becomes and join his journey in Unova.
- Who's that Pokémon?: Charmander.
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Danzo's final words were referenced to how roots (himself) and leaves (Hiruzen) work together to keep a tree alive so I figured why not put it in there since Naruto's Orange Hokage being a combination of the Red Habanaro and the Yelloow Flash.Cloudtheavenger (talk) 07:50, April 1, 2013 (UTC)
- Danzō final words were a reference to the fact that he has gone "unnoticed" or passed over his entire life and a little less about the fact that roots and leaves to keep a tree alive. Also has nothing to do with Naruto's 'orangeness'.--Cerez365™(talk) 12:39, April 1, 2013 (UTC)
Protecting the village from shadows was according to Shisui the way of a true Shinobi. Itachi and Danzo also shared this ideal. So in a way, Danzo was always equal to Hiruzen, it was irrelevant that he couldn't become Hokage because his actions despite being "evil" and morally questionable were all for the good of their village. He was the opposite of Hiruzen, together they balanced each other like yin-yang thus maintaining balance/order/peace.--Elveonora (talk) 12:48, April 1, 2013 (UTC)
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The May 20 date, which marks Bellator 19, though is likely to host Lombard's season-two fight.
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The source said Bellator officials are specifically targeting Filho because of his notoriety and longtime top-10 ranking. Although he's recently struggled with depression and chemical-dependency issues, the Brazilian has won three consecutive fights since a bizarre loss to Chael Sonnen at WEC 36 in which Filho appeared distracted and sluggish throughout the fight.
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- November 2007: The Organisation for Rural Education Simplicity (ORES) has been carrying out solar cooker research for several months. After experimenting with parabolic cookers, which they found difficult to keep focused on the sun as it moves, they chose to develop a solar box cooker that can cook for five people. The box can be closed to keep water warm overnight. Glass and mirrors are the only cooker materials that are not produced locally. Production cost is about $150 per cooker. Although ORES is based in Bamenda, in the western part of Cameroon, ORES hopes to promote the cookers in northern Cameroon where the Sahara Desert is encroaching and where the sun shines nine months per year.
- Fall 2006: Details about SHE's pilot project were arranged with the Association for the Protection of the Environment and the Fight against Desertification. This NGO was founded by a group of Cameroonians concerned with the destruction of their environment. The project is scheduled to launch in January 2007.
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Paul Lebga Fonyonga, a teacher in Cameroon, taught two workshops on solar cooking in 2002.
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- Northern part of the country: Sunny throughout the year and local sources of firewood are depleted. The north is a good region for solar cooking. Southern part of the country: Abundant rain and abundant firewood. (Source: Juan Urrutia Sanz, 2010-Feb-15)
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- Discussion of West-central Africa's suitability for solar cooking
- Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables
Possible funders for solar cooking projects in Cameroon
Grounded and Holistic Approach for People's Empowerment (GHAPE)
Articles in the media
- June 2008: Cameroon: Austrian Engineer Introduces Solar Cooker - The Post (Buea)