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Baldwin 0014264
Satin Chrome Package Sized Spring Tension Brass Letter Box Plate with Hinged Interior Cover
Item # BCI969737 | Model # 0014264 | Letter Box Collection
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Letter Box Collection Package Sized Letter Box Plate with Covered Interior
Featuring an extra large opening able to accommodate small packages and catalogs, the Baldwin 0014 letter box plate is perfect for home and business owners who prefer not to have important mail left outside on the front step. Especially designed for use on exposed exterior doors, the set of exterior and interior hinged plates both prevents wind from forcing rain and snow in through the slot, while also allowing for increased personal privacy. Constructed of heavy gauge wrought brass and available in more than a dozen beautiful finishes, the 0014 letter box plate is stylish, highly functional, and built to withstand the tests of time.
- Overall Size: 13" x 3-5/8" (330 x 92mm)
- Inside Opening Size: 11" x 2" (279 x 51mm)
- Large Opening will Accommodate Catalogs and Small Packages
- Designed to Prevent Wind from Forcing Rain and Snow Through Slot
- Hinging Interior Plate Provides Additional Privacy (Not Suitable for Vertical Installation)
- Optional Sleeve Available for Hollow Core Doors (See Baldwin Item 0052 - Purchased Separately)
- Material: Heavy Gauge Wrought Brass
- Includes Necessary Wood Screws
There are brand names, and then there is Baldwin. Constantly building and re-building upon a time tested legacy of superior design, craftsmanship, functionality and innovation, Baldwin Hardware has delivered modern luxury to discriminating homeowners, architects and designers since 1946. From being the first to forge solid brass door hardware to setting precedence for Lifetime Finishes, Baldwin has been and always will be synonymous with revolutionary technology and unsurpassed quality. Aspire to make your home much more than mere shelter, and relax in the assurance that function and elegance can finally flourish within the same line of fine products—Baldwin can show you how.
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This Baldwin item can also be referenced by the following color/finish specific model #:
- Baldwin 0014038*
Aged Brass
- Baldwin 0014151
Antique Nickel
- Baldwin 0014034
Lacquered Vintage Brass
- Baldwin 0014003
Lifetime Polished Brass
- Baldwin 0014055
Lifetime Polished Nickel
- Baldwin 0014056
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- Baldwin 0014152
Matte Antique Nickel
- Baldwin 0014031
Non-Lacquered Brass
- Baldwin 0014102
Oil Rubbed Bronze
- Baldwin 0014260
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- Baldwin 0014140
Polished Nickel
- Baldwin 0014190
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- Baldwin 0014040
Satin Brass
- Baldwin 0014050
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- Baldwin 0014060
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- Baldwin 0014264
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- Baldwin 0014150
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Venetian Bronze
- Baldwin 0014033
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May 6, 2016
U.S. forecasters are raising their estimate of potential storms in the remainder of the Atlantic hurricane season, which enters its peak period this month.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its updated forecast Thursday. Forecasters say wind patterns conducive to storm formation and warmer-than-normal sea temperatures mean chances are higher for an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season.
NOAA forecasters say they expect a total of 12 to 17 tropical storms, with as many as five to eight hurricanes, for the season from June 1 to Nov. 30. Two to three of storms could become major hurricanes.
So far this year there have been four tropical storms and two hurricanes.
In May, forecasters had predicted nine to 15 tropical storms, with as many as four to eight storms strengthening into hurricanes.
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May 4, 2016
The structural engineer who created the five-category system used to describe hurricane strength has died.
His son says Herbert Saffir died Wednesday in Florida from complications of surgery. He was 90.
Saffir created his scale in 1969 -- laying out for the first time what kind of damage could be expected from an approaching hurricane. It has since become the definitive way to describe intensity for storms that form in the Atlantic and parts of the Pacific.
Before the scale, hurricanes were simply described as major or minor. They're now rated Category 1, the weakest, to Category 5.
Saffir's scale was expanded by former National Hurricane Center director Robert Simpson and became known as the Saffir-Simpson scale in the 1970s.
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text: After gathering broad critical and public acclaim for his first two albums ? ?Feather & Stone? and ?Skybound? ? Tom took time out to rediscover his passion for the guitar and love of song-writing. It was a journey that took him from the wilds of Devon, through the foothills of India, the mountains of Southern Spain, and ended in California. The end result was ?The Uncarved Block ? Part One? which showcases his masterful guitar-playing and the raw, confessionary depth of his lyrics and voice. The man who co?wrote the song ?Better?, the modern day classic that has become entwined into the fabric of so many people?s lives, has garnered broad appeal over the years, not only as a dextrous musician but also for a knack to wear his heart on his sleeve & connect in ?song? with his audience. Whilst Tom?s music has been placed in numerous Hollywood films, his achingly beautiful voice has also been the backdrop to some of the nation?s most exciting moments over the last few years, from the Beijing Olympics to the coverage of the 2012 Royal Wedding. Since the release of his first two albums, his songs have also been covered by the likes of Dame Shirley Bassey to Boyzone, as well as having respected names such as Tom Waits, Rufus Wainwright & Gary Barlow (to name a few), tipping their hats to him. The success of ?Feather & Stone? was built via word of mouth and his irresistible live shows; however, for ?Skybound? Baxter decided to exemplify ?creative ownership? and funded the recording by creating ten canvases, each a visual interpretation of a track on the album. The pieces were sold to eager admirers, before being displayed at the Richard Dennis Gallery in London. It?s an unusual multi-media template that Baxter intends to use again as he works on a new art project. ?It?s how I intend to continue in terms of music, because it keeps me fresh. One medium feeds off the other.? Few albums can claim to have been written in Devon, India, Spain, and California but if you listen closely you may soon find yourself transported to some otherly place. The ?Uncarved Block- Part One? is now available & those who discover Tom Baxter rarely look back. Witness him live, and you?re part of that rare experience of an audience totally captivated by what they?re watching. If a pin drops, you?ll hear it. ?I try to go into a zen-like state when I?m performing, because it?s important for me to realise that everybody has the potential to be affected by music. As an artist, that?s my aim.?


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Veris Gold Corp. Announces Filing Of Audited 2012 Annual Financial Statements
VANCOUVER, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Veris Gold Corp. (TSX: VG) (OTCQB: YNGFF) (Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6A) has filed with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities on SEDAR its 2012 audited annual financial statements and management's discussion and analysis in relation thereto (the "Statements"). The Company will also file the Statements with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on EDGAR. The financial statements and the management's discussion and analysis will also be available on the Company's website: http://www.verisgold.com/s/FinancialStatements.asp.Veris Gold Corp. is a growing mid-tier North American gold producer in the business of developing and operating gold mines in geo-politically stable jurisdictions. The Company's primary asset is the permitted and operating Jerritt Canyon gold mine located 50 miles north of Elko, Nevada, USA. The Company also holds a diverse portfolio of precious metals properties in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, Canada, including the former producing Ketza River mine. The Company's focus has been on the re-development of the Jerritt Canyon mining and milling facility. If you would like to receive press releases via email please contact email@example.com and specify "Veris Gold Corp. releases" in the subject line. The TSX has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" and "forward looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, including without limitation, statements relating to plans for or intentions with respect to the offering of Securities and the Company's use of proceeds from the sale of Securities are forward-looking statements. Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". By their nature, forward-looking statements and information are based on assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include among other things the following: the Company's ability to engage underwriters, dealers or agents on terms and conditions deemed reasonable by the Company; the need to satisfy regulatory and legal requirements with respect to any offerings; gold price volatility; discrepancies between actual and estimated production and mineral reserves and resources; the speculative nature of gold exploration; mining operational and development risk; and regulatory risks. See our Annual Information Form for additional information on risks, uncertainties and other related factors. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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Recorded: Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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For more than a century U.S. foreign policywhether conducted by Democrats or Republicanshas been based on the assumption that Americans interests are served best by intervening abroad to secure markets, fight potential enemies far from American shores, or engage in democratic nation building. But, what is the record of such policies, including now in Iraq?
Experts: Carl P. Close, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, James L. Payne, Edward P. StringhamType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy
Robert Higgs on How the State Leads People to Their Own Destruction
Recorded: Friday, October 12, 2007
Lecture presented by Robert Higgs at the Ludwig von Mises Institute's 25th Anniversary Celebration in New York City; 12-13 October 2007. This celebratory event discusses the legacy of Ludwig von Mises, his students such as Murray Rothbard, and the movement Mises inspired. http://mises.org
Check out Higgs' book Crisis and Leviathan.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Freedom, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Regulation and Deregulation
Living With a Nuclear Iran and North Korea?
Recorded: Thursday, June 21, 2007
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What if North Korea and Iran become nuclear states? If the United States must live with a nuclear Iran and North Korea, what policies should it adopt? Furthermore, could the U.S. change its foreign policy to reduce the risk of nuclear proliferation to even more countries?
Experts: Doug Bandow, Ivan Eland, Trita Parsi, Charles V. PeñaType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy


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Car pulled from St. Joseph River
No one was seriously injured from an accident in which a vehicle rolled into the St. Joseph River Friday afternoon.
Elkhart City Police responded around 3:15 p.m. to Lexington Avenue near Vine Street, where a green Dodge Avenger rolled into the river after spinning down Lexington Avenue.
Elkhart City Police officer Drew Neese said Tori Gordon, 17, was driving on Lexington Avenue when the passenger, Israel Cedeno, 19, grabbed her purse to throw it to the back of the car, pulling the hand brake.
The car then spun out of control, hitting a fence along the road and flipping in the air before landing in the river.
"It all happened like in slow motion," Cedeno said, adding that the two escaped the car through the back window, which had shattered from the impact.
Gordon and Cedeno walked up from the river bank and only Cedeno had a small cut on his right leg near his ankle.
The Elkhart Fire Department diving team were called to secure the car and hook it to a tow truck, which pulled it out of the water. As this happened neighbors walked to the scene to take a look.
Mary Hunt, who lives on Lexington near the river, walked down the road to see what had happened. She said it's not uncommon to see cars speeding down Lexington Avenue.
"I haven't called the police, but we are constantly yelling at people to slow down," she said.
It was unclear whether speed had much to do with the accident, but Neese pointed out that the fence along Lexington Avenue had multiple dents from previous accidents.
"At first we weren't even sure where it hit because of the many dents it has," he said.


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Remember that $1 million winning lottery ticket that was bought in Jacksonville which recently went unclaimed? Well, it turns out the same store sold another Carolina Cash 5 winning ticket from Wednesday night's drawing.
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On June 4, 2009 the Smithsonian art blog Eye Level posted an entry, "Isadora Duncan," written by Howard Kaplan. I found that some items in the Smithsonian - which incidentally celebrates its 163rd birthday today - collection dovetail with those in ours. The combination of items and the histories behind them help to recreate a microcosm of the art world from the early twentieth century. Let's consider:
First, Kaplan describes some sketches created by Abraham Walkowitz of American ballet dancer/modern dance icon Isadora Duncan. The featured image on Eye Level shows a figure in a red tunic gaily dancing across a stage, her hair flowing behind her jubilant body.
We have in our collection, a watercolor of Isadora Duncan by Walkowitz titled Isadora Duncan (Yellow Toga). She stands, back curved in towards her body with arms out and yellow fabric draped and falling to the floor.
Abraham Walkowitz (American, born Tyumen, Siberia 1878 - 1965), Isadora Duncan (Yellow Toga), 1909, watercolor on paper, 9 ¾ x 8 inches. Permanent Collection 2002.095. Gift of Mr. Sid Deutsch.
I imagine if one were to see a whole suite of these watercolors together they would create a series dedicated to dance poses and costuming. Howard goes on to explain that the Grecian tunic was Duncan's clothing of choice and that Edward Steichen had photographed her in Greece wearing said tunics during the 1920s.
Currently on exhibit in Camera Work: Photography from the Permanent Collection, we have an array of photographs by Edward Steichen, and one striking photograph in particular, of Auguste Rodin from 1903. The photogravure (pictured below) demonstrates Steichen's Pictorialist period, showing Rodin's dark silhouette posed in sober meditation, similar to his sculpture The Thinker (Le Penseur), against the half-tones of the plaster cast Hugo statue in the background.
Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg 1879 - 1973), Rodin, 1903, gum photogravure, 18 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches. Permanent Collection 2007.5.113. Bequest of Isadore and Kelly Friedman
This photograph was featured in Volume Two of Alfred Stieglitz's magazine Camera Work, for which our exhibit is titled. Edward Steichen was quite a prolific photographer during the start of the century and busied himself both before and after World War I with photographing prominent people in the art and fashion worlds (in addition to the straight style of photography centered around city life).
Which brings us to another interesting point; Steichen's photograph of Rodin solidifies the link that Eye Level's Kaplan made about the circle of people that gathered at Alfred Stieglitz's studio, 291 Gallery in Manhattan. Kaplan goes on to explain that Walkowitz met Duncan at Rodin's studio in Paris and went on to create the colorful watercolors, two of which are in our and the Smithsonian's collections.
A tight little coterie has emerged through the study of both art and history, as demonstrated by the items collected and studied at both the Smithsonian and the Boca Museum. It seems that Rodin was the common link between Steichen, Duncan and Walkowitz for some time during the early 1900s.
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As you all may know with 'o' or 'O' you can insert a new line after/before the current line. But both commands enter the insert mode, which may sometimes not what you want. I put this in my vimrc-file to insert a new-line after the current line by pressing Enter (Shift-Enter for inserting a line before the current line):
nmap <S-Enter> O<Esc> nmap <CR> o<Esc>
If you want to stay in the line where you have been before use the following maps:
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It's also a nice idea to map something like
nnoremap <C-J> a<CR><Esc>k$
because it's the opposite of Shift-J. A more sophisticated solution would be
nnoremap <C-J> ciW<CR><Esc>:if match( @", "^\\s*$") < 0<Bar>exec "norm P-$diw+"<Bar>endif<CR>
For whatever reason, I was unable to get the suggest mapping with <S-Enter> and <CR> to work properly (both ended up inserting below). So I did:
nmap <F8> o<Esc> nmap <F9> O<Esc>
Which works fine for me.
<S-Enter> and <CR> will work separately in gvim but not in urxvt. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/598113/can-terminals-detect-shift-enter-or-control-enter
Referencing the above, the default terminal on MacOS returns ^M with all modifier keys.
If you don't use return to navigate in normal mode, you can remap two returns to insert a new line:
:nmap <CR><CR> o<ESC>
Since I have
inoremap jj <Esc> in my
.vimrc, it take not too much to type
ojj or
To add a blank line below or above and keep the cursor in place, I think this is easiest:
nnoremap <C-J> m`o<Esc>`` nnoremap <C-K> m`O<Esc>``
It uses the jump list to remember the cursor position, so it does clutter up that list. But I don't mind. You could use any other mark, like so (uses mark a):
nnoremap <C-J> mao<Esc>`a nnoremap <C-K> maO<Esc>`a
This mapping interferes with command execution in the command-line window.
The command-line window can operate in normal or insert mode and in both
<CR> executes the command from current line. Using
nmap instead of
map in the mapping declaration partially fixes the problem. Then, to execute the command, you must enter the insert mode and press
<CR>. While this is a feasible workaround, I prefer to dispense with this mapping and type
oii to insert a new line (
ii being my map for
- Excellent point!
:mapapplies to too many modes, I went ahead and made it
:nmap. For the other problem, we should edit the mapping to detect the command-line window, like in Syntax folding of Vim scripts. Probably this will need an
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You wouldn't necessarily think that exhaustion and depression would be fertile subjects for a big-screen slapstick – at least, for a big-screen slapstick that didn't star Paul Giamatti. Yet in director Paul Feig's buoyant and brainy Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig plays a sad, discouraged, frequently humiliated maid of honor with such inventiveness and style that she seems to be creating a new comic archetype right before your eyes. Hiding her misery behind a thinly veiled mask of courtesy and good cheer, and letting her anger and resentment spill out in sarcastic asides and messy, chaotic bursts, Wiig's Annie – like many of the brilliantly talented performer's most memorable characters – is a singular creation. And so, too, is Bridesmaids, a female-driven Judd Apatow comedy (he's a co-producer) with the rare distinction of being smarter than it is funny, though it's still plenty funny.
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At that res, each pixel is 7.8m across so really its more of a tree like texture than actual tree shapes. You might be better off getting hold of some aerial trees at a higher res than that and resampling them down such that they are approx 7.8m per pixel and then using that as a texture fill into the areas you want to put trees down. Since NASA images are public domain I am sure you could get something from them for terrain and cities at about that scale.
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Hola from Peru.
Well, I have been nominated by the other three to give those at home a little Peru ISA world championships update, so here goes.
So we got onto town after a very long day of travel about 2 a.m. Sunday morning. We woke up to bright sunshine in our eyes at about 6 a.m., and headed to the event registration downtown Miraflores.
After registration the event officially opened with the parade of nations, 17 different countries walking around the town with their country's flag. The opening ceremonies ended with the "Sands of the World", where each representing country pours into a large bowl a cup of sand that was brought from their home country. Colin and I were introduced on stage, and we poured San Clemente beach sand and combined it with the other countries, kinda cool.
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New York hobos is the name given to an enigmatic, feral colony of bipedal mammals that can be found loitering about in the slums of the mighty metropolis of New York. While it is not yet definitively known how they came into existence, or the reason for their odd congregations in already densely-populated urban areas, there exists a widely-accepted theory that their demeaning lifestyle of fetid fornication and bathtub gin is at the root. As of the 2010 census, there are an estimated 37,000 New York hobos, the majority of which are of the seemingly-lower caste, distinguished by their darker complexion.
New York hobos are considered to be a true omnivore, much like the common brown rat, and one will consume almost anything, but alcoholic beverages form a substantial part of its diet. A study conducted during the Reagan administration on the diets of the New York hobos came to the conclusion that the most-liked foods of New York hobos were (in order) alcohol, fast food, pizza, macaroni and cheese, rat feces, human feces, and cooked corn kernels. The study also concluded the least-liked foods were apples, raw beets, peaches, and raw celery.
Hobos around New York City became infamous nuisances upon their sudden appearance sometime after the Irish flooded Ellis Island in the late 1890s and early 20th century. Some residents complained about the excessive drinking they brought to the metropolitan area. Commuters on the subway would sometimes provide them aid by tossing them cigarettes or half eaten hotdogs as they ran away in terror. However, many financial leaders in the city found them to be a valuable resource of cheap but unreliable labor. In the early 1920s, the city government decided to force the dirty drunkards to get jobs constructing skyscrapers. Thanks to their cheap labor, the city of New York managed to complete the construction of the Empire State Building a decade ahead of schedule and only fifty percent less structurally stable than expected.
During most of the early 20th century, there was an area known as "the Bowery" where many of the alcoholic hobos could be found sleeping on the streets, bottle in hand. Young children would often make the Bowery one of their favorite stamping grounds, bringing baseball bats from home to play a game known as "Bashin' Vagabonds" in which the players would take their bats and strike as many of the hobos, who fled facetiously in faux fear, as harshly as possible. At least one Our Gang film featured the African-American Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison and the Caucasian Mickey Daniels playing a game of "Bashin' Vagabonds" during the opening scene.
At the onset of the Great Depression, city officials began secretly relocating several of the hobos to Massachusetts where some became state politicians. However, not every hobo was apprehended, and those that remained spawned a new population. The city then tried to isolate the problematic populace to the Bronx, but the hobos managed to spread throughout the entire city once again by using the subway. Subsequent isolation and removal efforts failed as well.
It is interesting to note that almost zero New York hobos died on 9/11. This may be because most New York hobos rest in the subway during the day; however, many claim these savage beasts avoided the Twin Towers that day because they helped Osama bin Laden plan the attacks. There is no evidence proving this, but some cite the horrendous odor of a typical New York hobo as proof-positive that they may have been involved in the attack. One pedestrian was quoted as saying, "I'm not afraid of no towelhead, but I get scared as Hell when those hobos approach me."
Opposition to this belief states the New York hobos may just have an acute ability to sense danger and fled the area around the Twin Towers prior to the horrendous tragedy. They say it is an evolutionary trait deriving from the many decades of floggings and other public abuses ancient New York hobos once suffered.
During the summer of 2009, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg began offering free one-way plane tickets out of New York City to the hobos in a last-ditch attempt to eradicate the problem without committing animal cruelty.[1] Unfortunately, the removal efforts failed to gain any traction as the airlines refused to serve the hobos alcohol.
Beginning in the 1980s, various individuals started coming forward claiming to know the mystery of their origin. My rich conservative uncle has claimed on several occasions that the majority of the hobos are hippies and communists who refuse to get jobs because they are all lazy bastards. But these could very well just be superstitions bred from the fear of the unknown.
The highly respected news anchor and Christian leader Glenn Beck said in his book An Inconvenient Book that all hobos were once global warming alarmists who now have nothing to do because "climate change isn't real!" He also stated that they are all just "lazy liberals without any employable skills to function in the professional workforce."
In 1990, Ben Stein claimed that while on the campaign trail in 1968, he and Richard Nixon learned that a school that raised hobos was closing and that the resident hobos would be killed. The two supposedly scooped up the hobos and succeeded in hiding them at home until the hobos started waking up in the middle of the night scrounging for food and liquor. Ben Stein says this is why he and Nixon hiked to Central Park and deposited two pillowcases full of hobos there. If true, this could explain the sudden spike in the New York hobo population immediately following the Vietnam War.
In 1992, a Manhattan man who would give only his first name ("None-a-fuckin'-biz-nest") claimed that he and his brother put their pet hobos under the freeway, "to help take care of a little problem." He then stated to the police (as he was being arrested on weapons charges), "We were afraid to confess after (their numbers) got out of hand because we thought the city would bill us, If You Know What I Mean."
The most likely story, but never verified, of the New York hobos initial origins comes from a cab driver named Bob. In 2000 he was quoted as saying, "I tried to avoid a lady who cut in front of me and I turned over. I was taking anywhere from 500 to 1,000 hobos back from the Jersey shore to a slaughterhouse on Staten Island. They were all women. We never picked up men. These were females that had stopped laying. They would eat but not produce. They were getting too old. Anyway, I had a crate of eggs on the seat beside me, and when I turned over, my head fell into the crate. That's when the slags robbed me and ran off." According to leading zoologists, a colony of females would naturally be unable to care for itself, making this explanation rather dubious.
Recent observations
According to statisticians, the number of New York hobos seems to increase vastly during any economic recession or shortly after a war, but have mysteriously faltered in times where the rest of society embraces social programs. However, no evidence has found connecting these events to one another and all experts agree it is purely coincidental, the New York hobos likely showing fear and suspicion towards those extending hands to them.


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Wikipedia has more details, but essentially, an unrolled linked list is great because it will give you better performance than a regular linked list, is more cache friendly, and will probably have much less overhead. The basic idea is to store an array of elements at each node rather than a single one. This keeps your pointers closer together, which will make your cache happy when you are iterating through your items.
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Climate change effects on birds
Image by Joe Rav
Many birds species all over the world are highly sensitive to the effects of climate change. Scientists have found declines of up to 90 percent in some bird populations, as well as total and unprecedented reproductive failure in others, althought the role of any change in climate is typically not determined. Population declines generally have several associative causal factors including habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and pollution.
Specific groups that are at high risk from climate change include migratory birds, mountain birds, island birds, wetland birds, Arctic birds, Antarctic birds and seabirds. Bird species that can move easily to new habitat are expected to continue to do well; however, bird species that thrive only in a narrow environmental range can be expected to decline, and to be outcompeted by invasive species.
With a 0.8°C average of global warming having occurred in the past century, it seems that the world is in the early stages of human-caused climate change. Bird species are already demonstrating the effects of some of these changes in regions ranging from the poles to the tropics. More specifically, these changes can be tracked from the level of individual species all the way up through entire communities. This evidence shows that climate change is already impacting biodiversity. There is a general scientific consensus that climate change has already had a profound effect on biodiversity and will continue to be a primary driver in the loss of biodiversity. Significant impacts that are already occurring include changes in the distribution of species, population sizes, timing of migration or reproduction, and a greater occurrence of pests or infectious diseases. One of the most crucial factors determining the magnitude of these changes is the rate of climate warming because a faster rate of warming equates with the adaptation capacity rapidly declining. This data suggests that there will soon be an accelerated decline in biodiversity. Currently, there are 9,787 known living species of birds, 21 percent of which are currently prone to extinction due to a wide variety of threats. Habitat destruction and fragmentation are currently the greatest threats; however, it seems that if climate change continues unchecked, it will cause greater rates of extinction than habitat loss and fragmentation. Ultimately, climate change is surfacing as perhaps the greatest long-term risk to biodiversity in many, if not most, of the world's regions in future decades.
The breeding patterns of species such as Canada geese are affected by climate change. (Source: Saikat Basu, own work)
How climate change affects birds
Similar to most plants and other animals, the distribution of birds is often limited by climate factors. Climate, in fact, is perhaps the greatest factor in determining birds' ranges and abundance. Climate factors vary for different species of birds; for example, at high latitude, temperature is the greatest climatic influence for many species. At low-latitude regions, which generally have consistently warmer temperatures, variables related to the surrounding bodies of water seem to have the most influence. Regardless of the regions where different species are located, all species of birds appear to be very sensitive to changes in climate, and evidence seems to indicate that this sensitivity makes them primary indicators of global climate change.
For birds, a change in temperature can be one of the most threatening climate factors. Birds' responses to temperature changes will, of course, vary from species to species, but their ability to adapt largely depends on how strongly their metabolisms react to new temperature levels. Climate change, however, will affect temperatures in regions around the world differently. Regions closer to the poles will undergo more drastic changes in temperature, with the Arctic warming almost twice the global average rate over the past three decades. Because of this, habitat loss is expected to be most severe towards the poles. Where local and regional climates tend to warm, bird species are expected to shift their distributions either towards the poles or upward in elevation in order to help maintain their optimal temperatures.
Another factor of climate that greatly impacts bird species is precipitation. Fluctuating precipitation levels are also expected to greatly influence the behavior of birds, especially the behavior of migratory bird species. Precipitation fluctuations are expected to affect species' decisions to depart for migration by the effects on food availability. Drought in critical stopover areas along the migration routes of species also affects migratory birds' ability to refuel on water and prey before crossing critical barriers. As a result of unpredictable precipitation fluctuations, many migratory species could see a decline in population in the coming years.
Frequency and severity of storms
Global warming is also suspected to cause greater weather extremes, which can effect the survival of both the young and adult birds in a species. Because some species of birds are pushed to their limits during migration, an increased frequency of storms may reduce some birds' abilities to reach their breeding grounds on time, if at all.
Indirect effects of climate change
In addition to the direct effects of climate change, several predictions about the indirect effects of climate change have been made. It is expected that birds' habitats will be altered through changes in sea level, fire, vegetation, and human land use. Coastal habitat may be altered or completely eroded away as sea levels rise and wave activity continues to increase. It is also likely that increased drought will raise habitat susceptibility to fire. Fire and additional effects of climate change are expected to cause major vegetation shifts, further reducing bird habitat. Climate change could also potentially affect land use by humans, which could result in encroachment upon previously unaffected habitat. As these direct and indirect effects accumulate, a shift in communities is likely to occur as more species push pole-ward, which may also increase competition with invasive species or cause complete displacement.
Effects on ecological synchrony
One of the greatest effects on ecological synchrony caused by climate change is that birds' seasonal responses are shifting. As weather patterns continue to shift and global temperatures change, a shift in seasonal weather may push birds out of sync with the ecosystems and the communities of which they are a part. If birds are unable to adapt to changes in the surrounding ecosystem, it may be detrimental for the species.
There is also strong evidence that climate change is causing birds to lay their eggs earlier. This may potentially have several implications for the reproductive success and the survival rate for a species
The timing of migration is also being significantly impacted by climate change. The spring migration of birds is generally considered to be more important than autumn migration because spring migration determines their arrival timing at breeding grounds, which is crucial for mating and territory choice. The number of successful spring migrants also directly affects the breeding population size. In general, research is indicating that birds are migrating earlier in the spring in conjunction with the warming climate trends. In some regions, however, it is becoming apparent that climate change is causing individuals of some species to fail to migrate all together.
Climate change is seemingly causing a general mismatch between behavior and environment as many bird species' migratory and reproductive behavior continues to shift along with climate change. There is concern among the scientific community that some bird species may not be able to alter their behavior enough to match the availability of important food sources. A timing mismatch between predator and prey could also cause a significant decline in species for both predator and prey. Because of the delicate complexity of food webs, it is likely that more and more problems among species will arise as climate changes worsen.
Although migratory species, in general, seem to be in danger as a result of climate change, it seems to be the long-distance migratory species that are in the most danger. Long-distance migratory bird species do not seem to be responding to climate change as readily as short-distance migratory bird species. Because long-distance migratory species seem to determine migration times by an internal clock, they are more likely to suffer from a mismatch with their ecosystems than short-distance migratory species are. It is argued that this has resulted because past selection pressure could have promoted a very stable timing of migration as a result of the severe reproductive consequences of arriving either too early or too late at spring breeding grounds. Genetically speaking, this means that long-distance migrants could lack the ability to change the timing of migration.
Shifting ranges and disrupting communities
In general, when the climate changes, it may force a shift in distributions for both plants and animals. When the climate boundaries change significantly enough, bird distributions are expected to shift. As mentioned before, if local and regional climates follow global trends in warming, bird species are expected to shift either upward in elevation or pole-ward to track their optimum temperatures.
When the species that make up a community respond to climate changes, they do so by shifting their ranges. Entire communities, however, do not shift intact, but rather the rate and distance at which each species shifts depends on their sensitivity to climate change, as well as their mobility, lifespan, and the availability of food sources. Consequently, the makeup of communities will change as different species shift into new areas. These disrupted ecological communities may mean that birds may also face new competitors, predators, prey, and parasites to which they are not adapted. Range shifts also make it likely that many "optimal" habitats for species will disappear, but as old habitats disappear and as new habitats emerge, the consequences of these changes are largely unknown and greatly unpredictable.
Another threat to distribution shifts is that of human barriers to migration. Human development is increasingly fragmenting birds' habitats. Consequently, climatically-induced migrations will be obstructed by highways, farms, cities, and other human barriers in addition to the natural barriers that are already in place, such as mountain ranges or large bodies of water. Human-caused fragmentation can also make possible the introduction of invasive species into other species' native habitat regions.
These distributional shifts are of great concern to bird conservation efforts, which in the past have mainly focused on areas with high numbers of endemic and threatened species, which are often located within protected areas. As the climate continues to change, many bird species will begin shifting their distribution patterns, possibly out of protected areas and into areas with human development or conflicting land use. Eventually, climate change is expected to cause significant contractions in range-size for many birds species as climatically suitable areas shrink or disappear all together. All of these aforementioned factors are feared to be detrimental inhibitors to conservation efforts.
Effects on population characteristics
Population dynamics are affected because local weather and regional climate patterns have a strong influence on the behavior of birds in both breeding and non-breeding seasons. Since the size of a bird population depends on both the survival through the breeding and non-breeding seasons and on breeding success, the ultimate impact of climate change will include the success rates for both of these factors. So far, research indicates that for birds whose offspring are highly dependent, known as altricial species, climate changes during the non-breeding seasons will have the most impact on the specie's survival rate. For bird species with more independent young, known as a nidifugous species, and for birds that breed in arid environments, the effects of climate change during the breeding season is most important. An increased frequency of weather extremes will affect population characteristics by negatively impacting both adult birds and their young in the summers and winters. Overall, more extreme weather patterns can greatly reduce bird populations, and a population's recovery can be very slow.
The possibility of extinction
Extinction is the most serious consequence of climate change for bird species as a whole. With further changes in climate likely, both globally and locally, it is likely that bird species that are even considered to have a safe conservation status currently could eventually be at risk. The key threat to climate change is the rate at which it is occurring, leaving little time for species to adapt. Species in northern latitudes will be forced to adapt even more quickly, as northern regions continue to warm at rates several times higher than those of the mid-latitudinal regions. When climate change is put into perspective, it becomes apparent that these scenarios are expected to produce even greater extinction rates than habitat loss, the current greatest threat to biodiversity. In terms of migratory species, there is concern that climate change will cause an increase in the distances between birds' breeding and non-breeding grounds. When longer migratory distances are coupled with the continued loss of habitat, the results for migratory species could be catastrophic and eventually lead to the extinction of many species.
Ultimately, climate change is expected to interact with other human interferences such as habitat loss and fragmentation, which will cause a cascade of effects that will eventually eliminate entire species. Scientists are now beginning to use the term "extinction spasm" to describe the pending situation of climate change combined with habitat loss and destruction. When all these scenarios are considered together, these factors explain why bird species are responding more strongly than originally expected from the 0.8°C increase that has occurred during the past century. Unless efforts are made in the near future to reverse these trends, the biodiversity of the planet will receive a severe blow as bird species begin to disappear at alarming rates.
Image by Luc Viatour
References and Further Reading
- Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA). 2004. Impacts of Warming Arctic. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Arnott, S.A. and Ruxton, G.D. 2002. Sandeel recruitment in the North Sea; demographic, climatic and trophic effects. Marine Ecological Progress Series 238:199.
- BirdLife International. 2004. State of the world's birds 2004: indicators for our changing world.
- Both, C. and Visser, M.E. 2001. Adjustment to climate change is constrained by arrival date in a long-distance migrant bird. Nature 411:296.
- Both, C., Bouwhuis, S., Lessells, C.M. and Visser, M.E. 2006. Climate change and population declines in a long-distance migratory bird. Nature 441:81.
- British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). 2002. The Effect of Climate Change on Birds. Information page by David Leech.
- British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). 2005. Climate Change and Migratory Species (PDF).
- British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). 2005. Looking for lazy birds.
- Chamber, L.E. 2005. Migration dates at Eyre Bird Observatory: links with climate change? Climate Research 29(2):157.
- Coppack, T. and Both, C. 2002. Predicting life-cycle adaptation of migratory birds to global climate change. Ardea 90:369.
- Crick, H.Q.P. 2004. The impact of climate change on birds. Ibis 146(1):48.
- Davis, A.J., Jenkinson, L.S, Lawton, J.H., Shorrocks, B. and Wood, S. 1998. Making mistakes when predicting shifts in species range in response to global warming. Nature 391:783.
- Fraser, W.R. and Hofmann, E.E. 2003. A predator's perspective on causal links between climate change, physical forcing and ecosystem response. Marine Ecology Progress Series 265:1.
- Gaston, A.J., Hipfner, J.M. and Campbell, D. 2002. Heat and mosquitoes cause breeding failures and adult mortality in an Arctic-nesting seabird. Ibis 144(2):185.
- Giles, J. 2006. US posts sensitive climate report for public comment. Nature 441:6.
- Gordo, O., Brotons, L., Ferrer, X. and Comas, P. 2005. Do changes in climate patterns in wintering areas affect the timing of the spring arrival of trans-Saharan migrant birds? Global Change Biology 11(1):12.
- Lanchbery, J. 2005. Ecosystem loss and its implications for greenhouse gas concentration stabilization. Presented at: Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change Conference, Exeter, UK, 1 February.
- Leemans, R. and Eickhout, B. 2004. Another reason for concern: Regional and global impacts on ecosystems for different levels of climate change. Global Environmental Change 14:219.
- World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Climate Change: The Problem.
This article was partially researched by a student at Texas Tech University participating in the Encyclopedia of Earth's (EoE) Student Science Communication Project. The project encourages students in undergraduate and graduate programs to write about timely scientific issues under close faculty guidance. All articles have been reviewed by internal EoE editors, and by independent experts on each topic.


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On the third and unofficial final day of Copenhagen Fashion Week, a late breakfast followed by a stroll through the Copenhagen Botanical Gardens led to a block party on the longest pedestrian street in Europe, Strøget. Here, store openings, live DJs, coolers full of Carlsberg and Heineken beer and lawn chairs full of champagne-sipping show-goers made for a rowdy walkway to City Hall's courtyard full of posing fashion fans. Apparently a stiletto run was held on Strøget, too, and the winner of the race was, for the first time in CPHFW history, a man—wearing five-inch heels.
Stine Goya's store opening showed her most recent collection, which was sadly not on the runway this season, due to a happily busy schedule. As always, the S/S '14 pieces are entirely desirable and fresh, made up of new it-patterns and textures I'm sure of which I haven't seen that last.
The standout womens wear show today was an impressive Freya Dalsjø, which I say was impressive for a few reasons. First, in-demand model Lindsey Wixson walked, and second, she walked many times, given the structure of the show: Models had to layer on garments, as they were in keeping with the Marc Jacobs/Louis Vuitton/Prada recent trend of easy dressing for the home... Silk nightgowns, robes and Céline-like fur-lined sandals. One important part of CPHFW to note is that most of the collections are very wearable, and this albeit highly luxurious one was no exception. Next was a decidedly more esoteric designer, Moon Spoon Saloon, which brings out an avid Jeremy Scott-like crowd to its shows. The theme was very Bowie's Spiders from Mars, and the walks just as dramatic as the sparkling jumpsuits.
From City Hall we drove out to an abandoned building (I'm sure I could find out what it used to be, but I rather liked the arguments between our drivers over whether it was a hospital, a school, or a factory) with no seats in its large, tape-marked show space. This was the last show I planned on attending, and since it was menswear, a first show for the designer—Wali Mohammed Barrech—and since I had heard very little buzz about it, I had no expectations for the collection. What ended up being the standout show of the entire week started slowly, with a monochromatic pale blue scrub-like uniform and sandals. More models emerged, wearing long straight wigs, criss-crossing through the room in thin, camping tent-like material and sanitary masks, adding bungee closures and dramatic rouching to the mix of ornamentation. Just as exciting as the clothing (an Eckhaus Latta meets Marilyn Manson vibe) was the slow color shift, which took us from washed denim and B&W inverted Compostition book patterns to tomato red in every texture, and back again. I'm hoping I see much more from this new talent.
To top off the magical week on day four, the beautiful and amazing coordinators Eva Kruse and Anne Christine Persson swept us over to Noma, literally the best restaurant in the world (four years in a row) for lunch. Needless to say, it was the best lunch I've ever had. Next up, two premiere ballets, based on Oscar Wilde's novel A Portrait of Dorian Gray and Bernard Pomerance's play, The Elephant Man—both tragic, timeless, and at once modern. Along with Danish magazine parties, more trips to Tivoli's amusement park, the shore, the clubs and the shopping, Copenhagen's Fashion Week extras almost—I said ALMOST—upstaged the shows. But that's just the kind ofprecarious balance Danish culture is all about, right?