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Pearson: Darin, Good to have you back.
Newsom: Thank you, Mark.
Pearson: We have a mixed bag this week, I guess you could say. I mean we were so early in getting the corn crop in the ground. A lot of people are focused on that. There's a lot of interest in what's going on with wheat production and the stand that we have coming for 2012. Let's start there. Let's start with what you see for the wheat market. Again, kind of the repetitive thing has been there's plenty of wheat globally. But there really is a lot of wheat. We're feeding a lot of wheat.
Newsom: We have seen demand stay strong. Now, the interesting thing about this year's crop is that it's running 3-4 weeks ahead of time -- ahead of pace, so we're going to be looking at a very early harvest in wheat. And the condition right now, because of the early moisture and the early spring conditions, we're seeing a much better crop condition rating right now than we have in years past. We've got an earlier crop. It could be a bigger crop. And that could start to put some pressure on the market again a little bit earlier than normal, but we could start to see some pressure coming back into the market. What it's also going to lead to is a higher chance of larger double crop acres. And right now the debate is going to be -- the theme is going to be corn right now. It seems like leaning toward beans over a large part of the southern plains, so I think wheat is going to be very important to watch not only its condition but how it moves along here as it matures.
Pearson: If we're selling wheat -- and I don't think there's that much old crop left on farms. There's some out there. But making new crop wheat sales, is this a buy/hold/sell time period, in your mind. Could we look at maybe a larger crop here in the U.S., based on current crop conditions, and you maybe want to pull the trigger?
Newsom: You're almost to the point where you're going to have to pull the trigger in new crop wheat, because seasonally we go down through May. If we do see an earlier crop, it means we're going to have more pressure on this market. It's going to be very difficult to establish. So if we see some sort of move up, let's say we get some spillover support from corn or beans or maybe a lower dollar, the dollar index, maybe then we can get a few sparks of light in the wheat market, and we're going to have to use those to get some sales. I don't really want to sell here right at these levels because we've been under such pressure. But if we get any kind of bounce at all, given the fact that there's really nothing bullish out there in the market, I think we're going to have to increase some new-crop sales.
Pearson: All right. Let's talk about the corn market. There's been some China news. There's been some positives, but this old-crop corn market has softened up quite a bit.
Newsom: Yeah, the reason is really it's an interesting situation. We've got a divergence going on here. We do have bullish fundamentals. You know, we've got very strong demand for U.S. corn. We've got tightening supplies. We've known that for quite sometime. It's not getting any better. National average basis continues to run very strong, but the problem is we cannot get investors interested in this market. They continue to sell while the fundamentals get more bullish. This situation doesn't happen very often. If it does, it's usually the opposite. At some point either the fundamentals are going to come back and play or we're just going to throw in the towel. It's going to hit that tipping point where we're no longer concerned about the old crop. We're just going to be focused on the larger new crop, and that's going to probably -- that could possibly add more pressure to the market.
Pearson: So the big money is taking the money and running then.
Newsom: that's the biggest thing in corn right now is the continued liquidation of long positions right now on commercial traders. This started back --
Pearson: And this was a huge position --
Newsom: It was. I mean if we go back to, I think, early 2011, we were up to almost 620,000 some contracts. That's been whittled by more than half. So there's a lot of this pressure that occurred in corn has come from the investment side of the market. I guess fundamentally, the market probably should be going up.
Pearson: We're going to be on tractor seats here. We're going to be planting corn. A big chunk of it is planted over in my own home state of Illinois, some in Iowa, some in Missouri. We're seeing that corn belt really starting to move. We'll see the bulk of the players probably in the next week or two on tractor seats pulling planters. That's usually in time to make sales. Is this counter seasonal this year?
Newsom: It is because normally the corn market does move higher up into mid June. We usually get that planting season and early growing season rally in the market. We're not seeing it. So not only do we have bullish fundamentals, but we have a bullish seasonal tendency that just simply isn't coming into play. This all points to the fact that investors just aren't interested, for whatever reason it might be. But until they join the market, until they come back into the market, this corn could have some problems.
Pearson: All right. Buy or sell on old-crop corn at this point? Do you want to hold?
Newsom: I still want to hold. I mean, there's just too many bullish factors out there. We talked about basis. We talked about spreads. We talked about the longer term commercial outlook. We want to continue to hold the old crop for a little while.
Pearson: New crop.
Newsom: New crop, you know, that's a scary thought when we're talking about that 95.5 million acres increasing production, increasing all these things. But again, if we can get some sort of seasonal rally up into, say, later spring, then I think we pull the trigger. We don't want to wait too long because there is going to be that tipping point where we're no longer concerned about old supplies.
Pearson: All right. As we look at where the money's going, could it going into the soybean pit? We certainly see the move there.
Newsom: yeah, and just as with corn, there's a lot of rumors floating around right now in the soybean market. You talked of how soybeans closed up 10 cents for the week. Well, it added something like 30 some cents today. So it made --
Pearson: Right, on Friday.
Newsom: On Friday alone. It made it all up on today. And there was talk of Brazil possibly pulling its offers off of the export table.
Pearson: Concerned about that crop size.
Newsom: Exactly. And possibly even canceling some of its export shipments. So, you know, that hit the market and it immediately reacted. Now, come Monday, we'll find out if it's true or not. We'll find out if the market really believes, but it does seem to indicate there's a lot of money moving over into soybeans right now. Should probably keep pushing it higher again. Its seasonality usually goes up -- the seasonal rally usually goes up into early July. So we've still got some time, and we've still got a lot of fuel to burn up in the soybean market.
Pearson: And of course, we still have time on that corn trend too. As you say, it hasn't materialized yet, which we normally see it. It's a cause of concern. Let's shift. I want to talk about livestock, Darin, with you tonight, because we had that massive selloff on cattle. A lot of people are wondering what's the deal. I know the consumer was balking a little bit at some of those higher prices in the meat case. We're kind of moving around that. Grilling season is underway. For some of us, it never ends. But the grilling season for a lot of people is underway. And perhaps we're going to see things start to move again. What' your take on the fed cattle going forward?
Newsom: Well, the biggest thing about the cattle market that I've seen -- you know, we talked about this divergence in corn. We had just the opposite -- we had the opposite situation where fundamentals weren't very bullish on the cattle market and they had been getting soft for a while, yet money kept pushing the markets higher. Once those adjusted back, that's what led to that huge break.
Pearson: Those funds came back out.
Newsom: The funds came out, the markets collapsed, and it came back to its fundamentals. Now, as you just said, we are starting to see some demand pick up again, so I think we could stabilize this cattle market. I think it's going to start in the cash market. I think we're starting to see some early signs of that, but once we do, I think that's going to give us some stability in the cash market and the cattle market, and it should start to slowly work higher again. I doubt if we test our highs that we've seen recently, but we should start to work higher again.
Pearson: All right. Well, there's a little bit of an upbeat outlook. Calf markets underpinning -- last time you were on, you said it's an extremely good shape. But obviously we're going to be sensitive to corn prices.
Newsom: They are. You know, they're looking at this lower corn market and saying this isn't all that bad for us. Now, if the corn doesn't move, the calf is still going to look pretty good -- the calf market is still going to look pretty good. If we start to see a better fat cattle market, then that's also going to provide support for the cap market as well. Out of the cattle markets, I still think the calf market is the strongest of the three that we'd be looking at.
Pearson: Even with that as a cow/calf producer -- there were some good prices out there. Further out should we be looking at marketing them this fall -- that's for the spring cow/calf crop this fall?
Newsom: Yeah, you know if you can get some good prices locked in and, particularly if you've got all your feed costs locked in, you've got all your inputs locked in, and you can make pretty good money with what's out there right now, sure, take some of it because these markets are getting more volatile. We're entering that time of year. So if you can lock it in now, probably not a bad thing to do.
Pearson: And I know it's all protein supply. We've got poultry and other issues out there, but the key one has been pork. Pork has been such a great export story. Has that story started to change or evaporate a little bit here?
Newsom: It certainly seems like it. I mean it looks like demand is just evaporated in the pork market. You can see what's happened on the charts for the lean hogs and some of the cash markets as well. I think it's going to be a while for them to come back. Maybe it can get some support from some of the other markets, but right now of the livestock - of the livestock contracts, it certainly looks like hogs remain the weakest.
Pearson: All right. Darin, you always have a good handle on energy. The energy market didn't move much this week. Crude oil didn't move much. Longer term, where do you think we're going to be? Are we going to hover over a hundred bucks from the summer?
Newsom: Yeah, again, we just don't have the fundamental catalyst for the domestic West Texas intermediate market traded in New York. There's really no reason for it to go much higher. I mean we're going to bounce around probably between 104 and 100, maybe get up a little higher than that. But long-term, there's just really no reason to push it higher, but they are going to keep a very close eye on the international Brent crude market because it is more fundamentally bullish.
Pearson: Darin Newsom, as usual, we appreciate your insights. Thanks so much for being with us tonight.


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I have a back wall and fence with ivy and wild aspargus vine and as I understand it the Ivy gives off a fluid in it's roots that stops other plants growing near it. Most of it is holding up some dead Elms along with the wild asparagus vine which is seriously invasive it's stem is sticky and it grows a mile a minute and has berries in Autumn. It wouldn't surprise me to discover that it was them that killed the trees. If I leave any of the roots in they'll just start up again so I need something that will kill off the roots as well?
hi liz i have lots of ivy in my garden with lots of cottage plants in and around them but i dont know about your vine did you see the a to z of gardening which is on every sunday morning on bbc 2 at around 9 30am alan titmarsh was talking about ivy and the myth of it destroying trees and the pebble dashing on houses apparently it does not kill of anything very interesting program
I don't know of a Wild Asparagus vine - can you post a picture for us?
Whatever it is it won't have killed your elms - sadly that will have been down to Dutch Elm disease
im wondering if you mean that vine called i mile a minute, cant think of the proper name but it has white blossom flowers in the summer and grows at a horrendas rate but nice if you can keep it in check,i also dont know od a wild asparargus vine
Just cut everything off at the base of the plant and leave to die for a few months. Then it'll be easy enough to pull away and you can spray fresh new growth with glyphosate to kill that off.
However, ivy is not a killer of trees and actuallu offers shelter and food to insects and birds so maybe just trim back where it's growing where you don't want it but definitely kill off the Mile a Minute as it's a thug and just plain ugly.
The above link might help.
Like chica I have masses of ivy in my garden and have had no problem growing spring and summer bulbs and perrebials alongside/underneath it. Ivy is a great source of food for insects and specially some moths.
Some of the stone dykes around my garden are completely covered in it and is popular with wrens and other small birds so I leave it largely to itself except for cutting back the creeping stems about this time of year whilst I can still reach them and then leave it to develop berries for the winter.
If it is possible I'd keep the ivy - I've never heard about it having poisonous fluid in it's roots.
I don't know what the mile a minute plant is but years ago I had a Russian vine that was called the same thing (otherwise known as triffid!) - it grew like crazy and covered a home made pergola in one season and was a mass of white flowers.
I think asparagus vine is the same thing as asparagus fern, a rampant climber that can also spread invasively.
Maybe I've just been lucky, but I've never come across asparagus fern growing wild in the UK - I know it can be a problem in the Southern states of the USA, but I've not met it here.
My first thought when the OP posted about this was that it might be wild hops (or cultivated ones gone rampant) as I know that some foragers gather the spring shoots to cook and eat like asparagus,
and she did say that the stem is sticky, which could be a way of describing it. But she went on to say that it has 'berries' which wouldn't be the way I'd describe them.
i looked it up yesterday and found that it can be invasive in parts of the UK, but a photo would end the uncertainty. I didn't know about wild hops being eaten in this way - fascinating!
I've seen 'culinary' asparagus (officianalis) growing wild here in East Anglia, but I wouldn't call it invasive - I know that asparagus scandens (the climbing asparagus) is invasive in Australia, but as it's not frost-hardy I'd be surprised if it's causing a problem in the UK, especially after our recent winter weather
I see that the OP lives in Enfield - not the mildest part of the country but I suppose that there might be a sheltered nook where it can cause trouble.
Well, Dove, you are more likely to be right than me. Not much point in debate anyway until a photo is forthcoming. The only really invasive thing I've had to deal with is Japanese knotweed, in another garden, and the solution there, other than spraying and letting the land lie fallow for a year or so, was to cut off the stems an inch or so from the ground and pour in neat Roundup. We also had a rampant Boston Ivy growing in our garden whose roots were really next door. The solution there was to cut back the plant to the bottom of the woody stem, bore a hole in it and again, pour in neat Roundup. It did not grow back.
Thank heavens I've never had to deal with Japanese Knotweed I'm impressed that you beat it! A friend fenced hers in and turned the chickens loose in there then dug a trench around and put in sheets of corrugated iron - 20 years on it was still there but hadn't spread.
You're absolutely right - a photograph would be so helpful. I wonder where the OP is? Hope she's not been ensnared by the ivy and the vines
Brionia dioica would swamp anything. Has berries a bit like asparagas (but nothing else in common).
Black Bryony is one of my absolute favouritest plants - it is so beautiful sprawling across a hedgerow in the early autumn. What gorgeous photos on that website!
I agree, wouldn't be without it. But it does get out of hand if not supervised.
Trouble with the asparagus vine is that its very fleshy roots grow in amongst valuable shrub and tree roots. I've dug out the spidery roots many times and burned them, and pull up all the seedlings as soon as I see them. Anything too big to be pulled/dug out without damaging the surrounding shrubs gets cut down to the ground. I think the secret could be to deal with it the moment you see it because it does grow very fast. I definitely have less with each year that passes.
Mine is growing in very dry schist.


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Pale, elf like creatures, with natural necromantic talents
|Racial Traits
|Average Height: 5'5"-6'7"
|Average Weight: 130-170ibs
|Ability Scores: +2 Constitution, +2 Intelligence
|Size: Medium
|Speed: 6 squares
|Vision: Normal
|Languages: Common
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|Winter Resistance: You have a +5 racial bonus to endurance checks made to resist the effects of cold conditions.
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|Tuzanua Racial Power
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why would i not need them? i dont watch ****. haha all i do is watch movies off of tvlinks.com.
clintonfrombirmingham Oct 11, 2012 4:01 AM
in response to International15
Because there aren't any viruses out for Macs just now although there is some malware. Take a look at Mr. Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
pennbank Oct 11, 2012 5:11 AM
in response to International15
Try Sophos
Free for home use
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-ed ition.aspx
I have used it with no problem since owning a mac
Clamav is another antivirus available from App store but i think does not have on access scanning
cbs20 Oct 11, 2012 5:49 AM
in response to pennbank
Clamxav does have an on access scanner if you download it from the developers website directly and not through the app store. When mountain lion was first released sophos was causing problems even with there mountain lion compatible version, so unless they have fixed that then I would recommend Clamxav. I use to use Sophos and liked it alot on Lion, but when Mountain lion was released the sophos compatible version wasn't fully compatible and needed some fixing.
Linc Davis Oct 11, 2012 6:52 AM
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This comment applies to malicious software ("malware") that's installed unwittingly by the victim of a network attack. It does not apply to software, such as keystroke loggers, that may be installed deliberately by an attacker who has hands-on access to the victim's computer. That threat is in a different category, and there's no easy way to defend against it. If you have reason to suspect that you're the target of such an attack, you need expert help.
All versions of OS X since 10.6.7 have been able to detect known Mac malware in downloaded files. The recognition database is automatically updated once a day; however, you shouldn't rely on it, because the attackers are always at least a day ahead of the defenders. In most cases, there's no benefit from any other automated protection against malware.
Starting with OS X 10.7.5, there is another layer of built-in malware protection, designated "Gatekeeper" by Apple. By default, applications that are downloaded from the network will only run if they're digitally signed by a developer with a certificate issued by Apple. Applications certified in this way haven't actually been tested by Apple (unless they come from the Mac App Store), but you can be sure that they haven't been modified by anyone other than the developer, and his identity is known, so he could be held responsible if he knowingly released malware. For most practical purposes, applications recognized by Gatekeeper as signed can be considered safe. Note, however, that there are some caveats concerning Gatekeeper:
- It doesn't apply to software that comes packaged as an installer. Treat all third-party installers with caution.
- It can be disabled or overridden by the user.
- It can be bypassed by some third-party networking software, such as BitTorrent clients and Java applets (see below.)
- It only applies to applications downloaded from the network. Software installed from a CD or other media is not checked.
For more information about Gatekeeper, see this Apple Support article.
Notwithstanding the above, the most effective defense against malware attacks is your own intelligence. All known malware on the Internet that affects a fully-updated installation of OS X 10.6 or later takes the form of so-called "trojan horses," which can only have an effect if the victim is duped into running them. If you're smarter than the malware attacker thinks you are, you won't be duped. That means, primarily, that you never install software from an untrustworthy source. How do you know a source is untrustworthy?
- Any website that prompts you to install a "codec," "plug-in," or "certificate" that comes from that same site, or an unknown one, is untrustworthy.
- A web operator who tells you that you have a "virus," or that anything else is wrong with your computer, or that you have won a prize in a contest you never entered, is trying to commit a crime with you as the victim. [Some reputable websites did legitimately warn users who were infected with the "DNSChanger" malware. That exception to this rule no longer applies.]
- "Cracked" copies of commercial software downloaded from a bittorrent are likely to be infected.
- Software with a corporate brand, such as Adobe Flash Player, must be downloaded directly from the developer's website. No intermediary is acceptable.
Follow these guidelines, and you'll be as safe from malware as you can reasonably be.
Never install any commercial "anti-virus" products for the Mac, as they all do more harm than good. If you need to be able to detect Windows malware in your files, use the free software ClamXav — nothing else.
bentkitty100 Oct 5, 2013 7:58 AM
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clintonfrombirmingham wrote:
Thomas A. Reed, our resident Mac malware and virus guru
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EEEK! I'm excited to be here! Anyone else at 13 weeks and counting?
13 Weeks today!!
Posted 01/31/2013
13 weeks today for me too. I had an ultrasound yesterday and everything is looking great!
Posted 01/31/2013
13 weeks today too! I'm having my first boy! I lost my baby girl last year in September so he will be my rainbow. So excited!!!!!
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'Flowers of War' Opens Wide in U.S.
After navigating a series of public relations bumps, Chinese director Zhang Yimou's historical drama "The Flowers of War" will finally make its way to a wider U.S. audience today in 13 different cities.
With its $100 million budget, the film – which stars "Dark Knight" star Christian Bale as an American undertaker caught in Nanjing during infamous Japanese raid of the city in 1937 – is the most expensive in China's history. But released in December, the film has grossed roughly $93 million through mid-January and was China's highest-grossing film of 2011.
U.S. distributor Wrekin Hill Entertainment hopes the film – which was passed over by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences as a Best Foreign Film nominee earlier this week – will connect as well with Western audiences as it has in the East. In its Academy-qualifying one-week run in December, it grossed roughly $90,000.
Speakeasy spoke to Mr. Zhang, with an interpreter on hand, and Mr. Bale about the film last December. Below is an excerpt of our conversation.
Mr. Zhang, did you always intend for "The Flowers of War" to be an expressly international film?
Zhang Yimou: The film was an international story to start with because in real life, there really were Americans who stayed in Nanjing to help the Chinese. In fact, the original script called for two foreign characters, but we felt as if that was too many so we condensed the story into being about only one person – Christian's character.
The film recalls a very violent period in Japanese history. Were there any scenes or moments when the Japanese actors became overwhelmed?
Zhang Yimous: Everyone was a professional about it and it was just like any other film set. In China, we remember the Nanjing incidents every year on their anniversary, and the Japanese actors were really respectful of that. I also asked the Japanese actors if they would get in trouble for acting in my film, and they all said that they liked the story and believed in the characters — that's why they wanted to play the movie. They also trusted me, because they knew of my reputation and they were interested in collaborating on a project on an international level.
Christian, what was your thinking in deciding to accept this role and shoot in China?
Christian Bale: For me, the decision was about the movie and the movie alone. The fact that I got to work with all sorts of cultures and travel was a bonus. Yimou is a masterful director and that was the end [of the discussion] for me. A couple of people have asked me about the film from more of a business viewpoint, but I have no real interest in that side of it, so my eyes kind of glaze over when they start talking to me about that aspect of it.
Zhang Yimou: Everything still comes down to the story and the script. This story and script really needed this kind of east meets west collaboration. If we were making the film simply for the sake of bringing two cultures together, it would never work and be a waste of time.
Christian, you've mentioned how you didn't realize everyone in China works seven days a week. What else did you learn about Chinese filmmaking culture?
Bale: I can only speak to Yimou's style, because each and every director has their own style of working. The seven day a week thing does seem to be consistent across all of China. Once I started doing the seven days, I found that I was fine. Things can get done incredibly quickly in China and some of the sets were phenomenal — the speed at which they went up were amazing. However, I do support unions and do benefit greatly from my own.
Do you find that the piracy situation is getting any better in China, or is it pretty much the same?
Zhang Yimou: I don't know whether it's worse or better. I have no statistics you know, but it is a fact is that after any kind of movie is released in China, you can download a high-quality HD version of the film off the internet after three days. It's definitely very upsetting, of course, for everyone who has created the movie, so hopefully it's a problem that can eventually be eliminated.


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The first of three mandatory Eagles minicamps started Tuesday under steamy conditions at the NovaCare Complex. Just two more camp practice days left -- Wednesday and Thursday -- before the players flee for the final time before training camp. Here are 10 observations from Tuesday's practice:
1. In the aftermath of LeSean McCoy's once again saying DeSean Jackson's release sent a message to the clubhouse, it's notable that the Eagles had everyone in camp for the voluntary OTAs and again Tuesday for the start of this final camp.
"We had a 100 percent attendance for everything, including minicamps," Kelly said.
Asked about its significance, he added, "We got a bunch of guys that love playing football."
2. Kelly spoke highly of outside linebacker Travis Long, who spent all last year on the practice squad after signing on in the middle of training camp as a rookie free agent. Long was coming off an injury at the end of his senior year at Washington State. He's one of the guys I wrote about at the end of last season whom other teammates were optimistic about, and apparently he's catching the staff's attention this spring. He worked mostly at third-team Predator, where Trent Cole starts, but also took some second-team reps at the "Jack," where Connor Barwin plays. He hadn't taken many second-team reps in the OTAs. The Eagles have depth at outside linebacker, with two first-round picks (Brandon Graham and Marcus Smith) also as backups, so Long has no easy path to a roster spot.
3. Nick Foles made a few nice throws on the run, moving to his right side. It's one of the strengths he's shown in his first two years, but it's become more recognizable now that he's getting all the first-team reps. On one pass in team drills he moved to his right, kept his eyes downfield and found Jeremy Maclin sitting in a zone about 15 yards downfield for a connection.
4. Speaking of Maclin, we won't really know if he's back to 100 percent until the pads come out, but he's done everything and isn't missing reps or taking breaks. He looks sharp coming out of his breaks, comfortable with his routes. Foles said his "gut feeling" is that Maclin will be better this year than he was before getting hurt last year.
5. Nolan Carroll has stood out as much as someone can really make an impression in spring camps. He shows up in the 7-on-7s and full-team scrimmages. On Tuesday, he picked off a pass and had some breakups. He offers what Kelly is looking for at cornerback -- size, strength and physical play. If the Eagles intend to scale down DeMeco Ryans' snaps by playing more dime, Carroll can make an impact on the defense. He's a guy to watch at closely training camp.
6. Alex Henery and Carey Spear each had their moments. Henery made all of his kicks from around 50 yards, although one was helped by a favorable bounce off the crossbar. Murderleg hooked one wide left but made his next two. On kickoffs, Spear's were consistently out of the end zone. Henery's were consistently a few yards deep in the end zone.
7. G.J. Kinne continued to look for opportunities to drive the ball downfield in the team drills. He didn't connect on a bomb Tuesday like he did last week to James Casey, but of all the backups he seems most willing to let the ball go and stretch the field. Maybe it's because he has the least to lose, but he certainly plays with confidence and has a good grasp of the offense.
8. Rookie safety Ed Reynolds, a fifth-round pick from Stanford who couldn't attend the OTAs, did everything in practice and worked on the third team. Interestingly, Kelly said Reynolds stayed in the playbook while at Stanford by having weekly Skype sessions with defensive backs coach John Lovett and special teams coordinator Dave Fipp.
9. Mammoth second-year right guard Mike Bamiro spent most of the OTAs working on the second team, which I wrote about recently. Don't get too excited. On Tuesday, third-year lineman Dennis Kelly anchored second-team right guard while newcomer Andrew Gardner manned right tackle. Bamiro ran with the third string. I thought Dennis Kelly's days at guard were over. Guess not.
10. Last year, veterans on the defensive line were high on rookie free agent Damion Square, who made the team and quickly carved his niche in the rotation as the backup nose. This year, guys are similarly optimistic about seventh-round pick Beau Allen. Several D-linemen have mentioned Allen as someone who looks impressive.


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Understanding Pool System Components
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Kevin Braidic: Hello! My name is Kevin Braidic, Product Manager with Zodiac Pool Systems. I am talking about how to select an automatic pool cleaner for your pool.
When selecting the automatic pool cleaner, it's important to have a basic understanding of the features of your pool. So let's start with the pool skimmer. The skimmer is where the circulation system all starts. The skimmer captures debris of the pool surface in the filter skimmer basket.
Next is the pool filter pump. The filter pump pulls water through the skimmer, through the pump basket, and then pushes water out through the pool's filter, heater and then back to the pool through the pool's return lines.
Next is the dedicated cleaner line. Dedicated cleaner line is a line that's plumbed in the center of a long wall of the pool, solely for the purpose of operating the automatic pool cleaner. Before selecting the automatic pool cleaner, it's important to identify whether you have this line or not.
Now, not all pools have a dedicated cleaner line. If in fact, you do have a dedicated cleaner line, there's a simple test to perform to determine whether you have a suction or pressure dedicated cleaner line. Simply take a leaf, we'll put it down in front of the dedicated cleaner line. We'll turn on the pool pump. If the leaf pushes out, we have a pressure line. If the leaf sucks in, we have a suction line.
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Guess The Bassline: PART DEUX
So this was a thread idea from a long time ago. It kinda failed. Will probably fail again. But for everyone who wants to work on sight reading just a little bit each day it can be fun.
Please wrap your answer in spoiler tags so others can continue to guess. If multiple people post new lines, please quote the line you are answering. Don't forget the spoiler tags. Then go ahead and post your own. Or if you'd rather just guess, I'll check on the thread daily and can add one.
1) Please make it a well-known bass line. You could even just do a melody to a song as long you write it in bass clef
2) In the case the bass line is sampled, it'd be best if you guess the original version. But it really doesn't matter because the game's not about that. It's more about you getting a chance to work on sight reading.
Sound fun?
EDIT: I forgot to add the key signature of B♭/Gm. Whatever. :haha:
^Dave--you may want to add tab to that since there are those folks who can't read standard notation. ;)
Then this is their first lesson! :p:
I'll get the ball rolling with an easy one: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3088022/namethatbassline1.wav
That would be Bad Touch by Bloodhound Gang... great tune. ;)
Here's my contribution:
somehow i think my intentions must have been lost in translation. lol. oh well. as long as people are having fun and playing bass i guess. :shrug: :haha
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TTC after a miscarriage
Hi I am very new to this... I have a question well I have a lot of questions but I'll start with 1. Ok so I started to mc 6/17 at 6wks 5 dys ( yes fathers day). That really sucked. I bleed from 6/17 to 6/25. I had weekly blood test to monitor my hcg levels. On 6/20 my levels were 1025,on 6/21 they were 435, on 6/27 they were 43, on 7/03 they were 8, and as 7/09 they were on considered to b at 0. Its been 18 days since I last bleed and a alillte ove a week since my levels have been at 0. I wondering when should I expect my period. Also I have did the BD a few times I the last 9 days. And if it matters I have been using clearblue digital monitor which have me a smiley face on 6/29,7/7,&7/13 which I thought was weird but could have came from having the mc. I also experiencesd light pinkish red spotting only when I wiped a few times yesterday and now nothing. Could my body be going the all the changes due to the mc and when is it safe to try again .... Doc says right away if I'm ready
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I'm very sorry for your M/C. It's heartbreaking, I know, I've had 2 at 8 weeks. Basically your body will see the M/C as a long period which means that you're more likely to ovulate again about 3 weeks from the start of the M/C. If you're up to it mentally and your bleeding has stopped, then start having sex every other day. Due to the hormones, you are suppose to be at your most fertile right after a M/C. After my second M/C I didn't even wait. I became pregnant before my body could even have a period. Good luck!posted 07/14/2012 by Izabo
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Palawan rainforests
Coron Island, Philippines. (Photograph by Sterling Zumbrunn/Conservation International)
Palawan represents a bridge between the Sunda Shelf and Philippine bioregions and contains faunal elements from both, as well as it own unique elements. This ecoregion, though more intact than any other region in the Philippines is under great pressure from logging interests.
Location and General Description WWF
This ecoregion includes the island Palawan plus Balabac, Ursula Island, and the Calamian Group. Palawan itself is the sixth largest of the Philippine Islands. The climate of the ecoregion is tropical wet. In northwest Palawan, a dry season lasts from November to May while the wet season lasts from June to October; the rest of the island experiences a short, one- to three-month dry season. The east coast becomes progressively drier than the west coast from north to south.
Palawan (along with the Calamianes and the island of Mindoro) was rifted (below water) from the Asian mainland approximately 32 million years ago, transported through seafloor spreading across the growing South China Sea, added to the growing Philippine Archipelago approximately 17 million years ago, and uplifted above water approximately 5-10 million years ago. Metamorphic rocks are found in the northern portion of the island north of Mt. St. Paul. Volcanic rocks are found in the vicinity of Cleopatra's Needle, just south of Mt. St. Paul. Mt. St. Paul itself and the El Nido Cliffs are karst landscapes. The southern third of the island, south of the Quezon-Aboabo Gap, is dominated by ultramafics mixed with volcanic rocks and Tertiary limestone. Tertiary sandstones and shales occur along the southwest coast.
The channel between Palawan and Borneo is about 145 meters (m) deep. During the middle Pleistocene, sea levels were 160 m lower than today, and the islands were connected. During the last ice age (late Pleistocene), sea level was approximately 120 m below current levels, and Palawan was separated from ice age Borneo by a narrow channel. Palawan has always remained separated from the rest of the Philippines. Palawan is long and narrow, consisting of a steep mountain range whose highest point is 2,085 m (Mt. Mantalingajan). More than 45 percent of Palawan consists of mountains with slopes greater than 30 percent.
Vegetation types on Palawan are diverse and include beach forest, tropical lowland evergreen dipterocarp rainforest, lowland semi-deciduous forest, montane forest, and ultramafic and imestone forest. Beach forest merges with other forest types away from the coast and includes Calophyllum inophyllum, Canarium asperum var. asperum, Pometia pinnata, Palaquium dubardii, and Ficus spp..
The lowland evergreen dipterocarp rainforest, which naturally occupies 31 percent of the island, is dominated by Agalai spp., Dipterocarpus gracilis, D. grandiflorus, Ficus spp., Tristania spp., Exocarpus latifolius, and Swintonia foxworthyi. Sygium spp., Dracontomelon dao, and Pongamia pinnata are emergent. Lianas and cycads are common. In southern Palawan, a Casuarina sp. dominates in the lowland forests.
The eastern half of the island is in a rain shadow and contains moist semi-deciduous forests. Soils are thin on the steeper slopes and support medium-sized trees (up to 15 metres tall), which shed their leaves during the March-May dry season. The rainy season is June-July. Common tree species include Pterocymbium tinctorium, Pterospermum diversifolium, Hymenodictyon spp., and Garuga floribunda.
Montane forests, found between 800 and 1,500 m, are dominated by Tristania spp., Casuarina spp., Swietenia foxworthyi, and Litsea spp. in the lower elevations. Upper montane forest trees include Agathis philippinensis, Dacrydium pectinatum, Podocarpus polystachyus, Gnetum latifolium, Cycas wadei, Cinnamomum rupestre, Nepenthes philippinensis, and Angiopteris spp.
Limestone forests are found on the islets surrounding Palawan and over large areas in the southern portions of the island. Represented are Euphorbia trigona, Aglaia argentea, and Antidesma, Drypetes, Gomphandra, Sterculia, Pleomele, and Begonia spp.
Victoria Peak, in south-central Palawan, contains the largest region of ultramafic forest on the island. Although many of the ultramafic tree species are shared with semi-deciduous forest, several species, including Scaevola micrantha, Brackenridgea palustris var. foxworthi, Exocarpus latifolius, and Phyllanthus lamprophyllus are believed to be heavy metal indicators.
Biodiversity Features
Relative to the size of Palawan, the ecoregion contains a rich fauna, including several groups that are not found in the rest of the Philippines (carnivores, pangolins, porcupines, and some insectivores).
There are many endemic mammals in Palawan, but nearly all the genera (96 percent) are also found in Borneo. Of twenty-five indigenous nonvolant mammal species, eleven (44 percent) are endemic to Palawan, and the remainder are shared with Borneo. Therefore, the greater Palawan region is rightly considered part of the Sunda Shelf bioregion rather than that of the Philippines. The large number of endemic species but few endemic genera of Palawan are consistent with a separation of Borneo and Palawan of approximately 160,000 (since the middle Pleistocene). There are fifteen endemic or near-endemic mammals in greater Palawan (Table 1).
|Table 1. Endemic and Near-Endemic Mammal Species.
|Acerodon leucotis*
|Axis calamianensis*
|Sundasciurus steerii*
|Sundasciurus moellendorfi*
|Sundasciurus rabori*
|Hylopetes nigripes*
|Chiropodomys calamianensis*
|Maxomys panglima*
|Palawanomys furvus*
|Hystrix pumila*
|Crocidura palawanensis*
|Haeromys sp. A*
|Sundasciurus hoogstraali*
|Sundasciurus juvencus*
|Tupaia palawanensis*
|An asterisk signifies that the species' range is limited to this ecoregion.
The Calamian deer (Axis calamianensis) is found only in the Calamian Islands, where it survives in low densities on Busuanga, Calauit, and Culion Islands. The only protected area for this species was established to protect free-ranging African ungulates on Calauit Island.
Balabac, Palawan, and the Calamian Islands also provide habitat for an endemic subspecies of the bearded pig (Sus barbatous ahoenobarbus), another subspecies of which is widely distributed in the Greater Sundas. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) considers this species to be rare and declining. This species naturally inhabits tropical evergreen rain forest but is able to use a wide variety of habitats within forests. They are quite dependent on fruit supplies but consume a wide variety of foods. Directional large-scale population movements in scattered or condensed herds lasting days, weeks, or even months are reported for other subspecies in Borneo and Sumatra; this is generally associated with the mast fruiting of dipterocarps. Such movements have not been reported from the Philippines.
Several of Palawan's endemic mammals are considered threatened. Three endemic mammal species are considered endangered, including the Calamian deer, a Sunda tree squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus) (recommended for delisting), and the Palawan rat (Palawanomys furvus), which was collected only four times in 1962. A subspecies of mouse deer, the Balabac chevrotain (Tragulus napu nigricans), which is confined to Balabac Island, is also considered endangered. Five endemic mammal species are considered vulnerable, including Acerodon leucotis, the Palawan treeshrew (Tupaia palawanensis), the Palawan stink badger (Mydaus marchei), the Palawan binturong (Arctictis binturong whitei), and a Sunda tree squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori).
As with mammals, Philippine birds in general show a strong Bornean affinity, and it is clear that the main pathway of Asian immigration to the Philippines was through Palawan; of 395 Philippine breeding species, 137 (35 percent) also breed in Borneo. Palawan birds exhibit strong differentiation at the subspecific level when compared with its nearest Philippine neighbor, Mindoro. This is in contrast to the other partial land bridge between Borneo and the Philippines, the Sulu Islands, which have not differentiated significantly from Mindanao. Borneo and Palawan share twenty-three bird species that are not found in the rest of the Philippines. The Asian genera Polyplectron, Malacocincla, Malacopteron, Dinopium, Aegithina, Criniger, Seicercus, and Gracula are found only in Palawan within the Philippines. The island forms an important bird migration route between Borneo and the rest of the Philippines for southern migrants.
This ecoregion corresponds exactly with the Palawan EBA. The EBA contains twenty restricted-range birds, seventeen of which are found nowhere else on Earth and five of which (Palawan peacock-pheasant [Polyplectron emphanum], grey imperial-pigeon [Ducula pickeringii], blue-headed racquet-tail [Prioniturus platenae], falcated wren-babbler [Ptilocichla falcata], and Palawan flycatcher [Ficedula platenae]) are considered vulnerable. All these vulnerable birds are dependent on lowland and hill forest. There are twenty endemic or near-endemic bird species in the Palawan ecoregion (Table 2).
|Table 2. Endemic and Near-Endemic Bird Species.
|Common Name
|Palawan peacock-pheasant
|Polyplectron emphanum*
|Grey imperial-pigeon
|Ducula pickeringii
|Blue-headed racquet-tail
|Prioniturus platenae*
|Mantanani scops-owl
|Otus mantananensis
|Palawan scops-owl
|Otus fuliginosus*
|Palawan swiftlet
|Aerodramus palawanensis*
|Palawan hornbill
|Anthracoceros marchei*
|Blue paradise-flycatcher
|Terpsiphone cyanescens*
|Yellow-throated leafbird
|Chloropsis palawanensis*
|Palawan flycatcher
|Ficedula platenae*
|Palawan blue-flycatcher
|Cyornis lemprieri*
|White-vented shama
|Copsychus niger*
|Sulphur-bellied bulbul
|Ixos palawanensis*
|Ashy-headed babbler
|Malacocincla cinereiceps*
|Palawan babbler
|Malacopteron palawanense*
|Falcated wren-babbler
|Ptilocichla falcata*
|Palawan striped-babbler
|Stachyris hypogrammica*
|Palawan tit
|Parus amabilis*
|White-fronted tit
|Parus semilarvatus
|Palawan flowerpecker
|Prionochilus plateni*
|An asterisk signifies that the species' range is limited to this ecoregion.
The critically endangered Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) was historically found on the islands of Luzon, Mindoro, Masbate, Samar, Jolo, Negros, Busuanga, and Mindanao. Busuanga contains one of the only remaining populations (others are found on Mindoro, Negros, and Mindanao). Whereas the decline of the species was initially driven by overexploitation, habitat loss and human persecution are now the principal threats to the Philippine crocodile. Surveys in 1980-1982 revealed a total wild population of approximately 500 to 1000 individuals, but current wild populations may be approximately 100 nonhatchlings. Captive breeding efforts are being led by the Crocodile Farming Institute, an entity of the Philippine government.
A total of 1522 to 1672 vascular plants have been identified on Palawan, and it is estimated that more than 2000 species are present on the island. As detailed earlier, Palawan has an extremely diverse range of vegetation types for the Philippines. A small number of dipterocarps, an important timber tree group, are present on the island, as well as a variety of medicinal plants used by ethnic tribes and plants used in ceremony and as ornamentals.
Current Status
Almost all of the Philippines was once completely forested. As of 1988, Palawan contained 7,410 square kilometers (km2 )(54 percent) of total forest remaining. At the time this was the highest percentage of any of the Philippines' large islands.
Later aerial surveys indicated that significant reductions in closed-canopy forest cover had occurred since 1988 as a result of recent logging. As seen from the air, the lowlands and hillsides consist of slash-and-burn agriculture up to the edges of natural forest in the highlands. Closed-canopy forest caps only the highest areas on the island.
Palawan's forests are of low commercial value because of the small number of dipterocarps, and until the last twenty years Palawan's forests were ignored in favor of the more valuable forests of Luzon and Mindanao. Government logging regulations setting guidelines for minimum diameter, minimum rotation length, and replanting have been largely ignored.
Because of a generally high population density in other parts of the Philippines, large numbers of shifting cultivators (kaingineros) are attracted to Palawan to eke out a living on the hillsides of the island, and their cumulative impact is enormous.
All of Palawan was declared a Fauna and Flora Watershed Reserve, and this includes a variety of protected areas, including national parks, wilderness areas, experimental forests, forest research reserves, game refuges, wildlife sanctuaries, museum reservations and research sites, tourist zones, and marine reserves.
Recent reports in the international press indicate (and have been confirmed, L. Heaney, pers. comm., 2000) that the situation in Palawan has stabilized, that large-scale logging has been halted, and that a balance is being achieved between economic development and conservation; future monitoring will determine whether this is remains true.
Types and Severity of Threats
Habitatdestruction is the main threat to biodiversity in the Philippines, and Palawan, though currently in better condition, is no different. Logging and shifting cultivation (kaingin) are cited as the primary forces of habitat conversion. Logging takes many forms, from industrial scale to smaller-scale operations that use water buffalo to haul logs out of the forest. Mangroves are used locally for firewood, dyes, and tannins, and they are sometimes removed to make way for fishponds.
Hunting and the wild pet trade are also significant threats in Palawan. Leopard cats have been hunted for their pelts and are sold when kittens as pets. The Palawan binturong is hunted for meat and as pets, and the pangolin is hunted for its hide. The Palawan peacock-pheasant, blue-headed racquet-tail, Philippine cockatoos (Cacatua haematuropygia), and blue-naped parrots (Tanygnathus lucionensis) apparently are suffering greatly from the pet trade. The final destination for these birds often is the United States.
Ornamental plant collecting, especially for the orchids (Phalaenopsis amabilis and Paphiopedilum argus), pitcher plants (Nepenthes spp.), palms (Veitchia merrillii), and aroids (Amorphophallus spp. and Alocasia spp.) threatens some plant populations.
A valuable resin, known as Manila copal, is collected from Agathis dammara trees. This collection weakens the trees, and slackening production and disease combined with overexploitation are threatening the species.
Currently, Palawan's mineral wealth (chromite, copper, iron, manganese, mercury, and nickel) has not been extensively exploited, but the possible future extraction of these minerals represents a potential threat.
Justification of Ecoregion Delineation
MacKinnon identified seven subunits in the Philippines, and the Philippine Biodiversity Action Plan demarcated fifteen biogeographic units. Udvardy identified the Philippines as a single biogeographic province. We delineated nine ecoregions in the Philippine islands, including Palawan. We deviated from Udvardy, MacKinnon, Stattersfield et al., and the Philippine BAP to varying degrees and based our delineation of the Philippine ecoregions on Heaney.
We placed Palawan, Calamian Islands, and Cuyo Islands into a single ecoregion, the Palawan Rain Forests. Palawan has closer zoogeographic affinities to Borneo.
Additional information on this ecoregion
- For a shorter summary of this entry, see the WWF WildWorld profile of this ecoregion.
- To see the species that live in this ecoregion, including images and threat levels, see the WWF Wildfinder description of this ecoregion.
Disclaimer: This article contains information that was originally published by the World Wildlife Fund. Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth have edited its content and added new information. The use of information from the World Wildlife Fund should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for any new information added by EoE personnel, or for any editing of the original content.


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WASHINGTON (AP)-A new study estimates that fewer than 2 million people have newly enrolled in Medicaid as a result of President Barack Obama's health care law.
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Medicaid is a safety-net health program for low-income people. About half the states have accepted a program expansion in the health law.
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Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, said on Tuesday there has been a growing number of reported bullying cases during an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"The bullying of kids who are LGBT is probably the largest growth area in our docket," Perez said. "This is about safety — whether it's kids who are gay, whether it's kids who are Muslim, whether it's kids who speak English with an accent, whether it's kids with disabilities, and we have in Tennessee a case involving bullying of kids with disabilities — this is an emerging growth area, I regret to say."
Perez made the remarks on bullying in response to questioning from Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), who introduced legislation known as the Student Non-Discrimination Act that aims to protect LGBT youth from bullying and harassment in school.
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Perez voiced his support for the proposed legislation, saying that while current law prohibiting gender discrimination can be interpreted to include discrimination based on conformity to gender stereotypes, "it would obviously be much simpler if you could expand the universe of cases involving people who have been victimized if you were to expand those definitions" to include sexual orientation and gender expression. He compared that with what he called the success of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act, which was passed by Congress in 2009:
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure to replace the aortic valve in people with aortic stenosis.
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During transcatheter aortic valve replacement doctors access your heart through a blood vessel in your leg or through a tiny incision in your chest. A hollow tube (catheter) is inserted through the access point. Your doctor uses advanced imaging techniques to guide the catheter through your blood vessels and to your heart.
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Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is ranked among the Best Hospitals for heart and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report.
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Two parasites, one carried by cats and the other by opossums, are teaming up in the Pacific Northwest to kill seals, otters and other marine mammals.
One of the parasites, Toxoplasma gondii, can infect people, though it's most often found in cat feces. That bug is a known contaminant along the Pacific coast.
The other parasite, Sarcocystis neurona, was a surprising find in the tissues of dead marine mammals, researchers report May 24 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Even more surprising was the discovery that infection by S. neurona makes toxoplasmosis, the disease caused by T. gondii infection, worse. The result is brain swelling and death.
"The most remarkable finding of our study was the exacerbating role that S. neurona appears to play in causing more severe disease symptoms in those animals that are also infected with T. gondii," study researcher Michael Grigg of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said in a statement.
Grigg and his colleagues performed necropsies on 151 dead marine mammals who they suspected had parasitic encephalitis, the medical term for the brain swelling caused by parasite infection. They also examined 10 dead California sea lions that had been healthy when they were euthanized to protect fish stocks in the Columbia River.
The team found parasites in 147 of the animals, including all of the healthy sea lions. Thirty-two animals had T. gondii infections, while 37 carried S. neurona and 62 carried both parasites.
Among the animals with parasitic encephalitis as a likely cause of death, animals with both parasites were more likely than those with just one to have severe brain tissue swelling. Because the two parasites are similar, Grigg said, researchers suspected that infection with one would trigger an immune response protective against infection with the other. However, that did not seem to be the case, he said. Pregnant or nursing animals were particularly vulnerable to symptoms from the double infections.
T. gondii enters water via infected cat feces, while researchers suspect that S. neurona has been introduced by opossums, which have been moving northward from California. Rain in the area washes infected feces into waterways, where S. neurona can contaminate the food supply of dolphins, sea lions and other mammals.
"Identifying the threads that connect these parasites from wild and domestic land animals to marine mammals helps us to see ways that those threads might be cut, by, for example, managing feral cat and opossum populations, reducing runoff from urban areas near the coast, monitoring water quality and controlling erosion to prevent parasites from entering the marine food chain," Grigg said.
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Herbert Bayer's Articulated Wall sculpture was erected at the Denver Design Center on S. Broadway in 1985. Many don't realize that Bauhaus-artist Bayer originally built this sculpture on a smaller scale for the Mexico City Olympics in 1968, placed with other wild sculptures in the "Paseo Olímpico". Here is Raquel Welch doing a "space dance" among sculptures that include the original Articulated Wall in 1968!
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