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It's almost midnight and a lone white pickup truck sits atop a grassy hill on a remote tract of government land near Dublin, California, that is used as a military training base. In the driver's seat, biologist Jack Barclay hunkers down over a night-vision scope that amplifies light 30,000 times. Barclay is watching two quarter-size pieces of glowing reflective tape that mark a trap he has concealed in low weeds 100 yards away. He has brought a truckload of equipment to this site to band some of its few remaining burrowing owls.
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Barclay sees a flicker of movement. Now. He presses a remote-control button, and a spring-loaded net arcs over the owl. Barclay sprints to the net and slips the owl headfirst into a plastic-coated can that once held frozen grape juice. The bird inside the can is still; only its legs protrude. Slits in the can's side allow Barclay to examine the owl, and he records that this is a female. Under her breast feathers he sees a burgundy-colored "brood patch" of bare skin with abundant blood vessels that enables her to transmit heat efficiently to her eggs and young. Barclay attaches identifying bands to the owl's legs and within minutes releases her.
Barclay began his career working with the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology on an innovative program to reintroduce the peregrine falcon to the Eastern United States, from which the bird had disappeared. The reintroduction effort, which released captive-bred peregrines into the wild, was so successful that the program concluded its work in the mid-1980s.
Barclay eventually moved to California and joined an environmental consulting group. In 1989, he began monitoring birds at the San Jose International Airport, where a burrowing owl colony had set up housekeeping near the tarmac. The owls fascinated him and became his passion; he has devoted the past 20 years to working on burrowing owl conservation.
"I've always been interested in birds of prey," he said. "Burrowing owls represent an interesting conservation challenge. It's a high-profile bird that generates a lot of interest."
Burrowing owls are playful, nine-inch-tall birds with bold, lemon-colored eyes. They are the only North American bird of prey that nests exclusively underground. Although they are called "burrowing" owls, the birds prefer to let other animals do the digging; they then show up as uninvited guests and appropriate the burrow. Because burrowing owls are active during the day, they are a highly visible species.
The owls often decorate their burrow entrances with dung, animal parts, bottle caps, aluminum foil and other trash. Scientists suspect the behavior may benefit the birds by attracting insects or signaling to other owls that the nest is occupied. During breeding season, a pale, sun-bleached male stands guard at a burrow entrance and brings food to the female, who attends to six or eight chicks in their underground sanctuary.
Strange as it seems, close-cropped fields near airport runways, like where Barclay first studied the birds, offer good burrowing owl habitat. The low-cut grass dotted with ground squirrel tunnels mimics the owl's native rangelands that were kept short by grazing animals or prairie dogs.
In many places where burrowing owls could thrive, however, ground squirrels have been eradicated. Where this has happened, biologists sometimes install artificial burrows for the birds, often with volunteer assistance from an informal network of amateur burrowing owl enthusiasts. Barclay has published plans for an artificial burrow that is used in many locations. It is constructed from four-inch-wide flexible plastic piping that runs underground to a nest made from an irrigation valve box that's roughly the size of a toaster oven. The bottomless molded-plastic valve box allows for a natural earthen floor, while the removable top provides easy access for biologists to monitor the birds.
In recent decades, as agricultural development and urbanization have spread across Western North America, the once-numerous burrowing owl has declined in vast areas of the Great Plains and Canada.


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BEVERLY HILLS — A suspected bank robber struck again in the area on January 28.
The Los Angeles Police Department put out an alert after a female bank robber was caught on tape as she stole from another bank. She has been linked to five other robberies, according to the LAPD.
The suspect entered a bank on the 100 block of North La Cienega at around 5:10 p.m. The video caught by security cameras shows the woman entering the bank and then approaching a female teller. The LAPD states that at this point the suspect handed over a handwritten note to the teller before drawing her attention to a gun in her hand. After receiving the money from the teller, the suspect quickly left the building.
The bank robber is described to be a black female between 35 and 40 years old, standing between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing around 140 pounds. On the day of the robbery, the suspect was wearing a dark colored shirt, a long blonde wig and sunglasses.
If anyone has information about this crime or the suspect, they are urged to call Robbery Special Section Detectives Benjamin or Sandoval at 213-486-6840. Calls made during non-business hours should be placed at 877-527-3247, while anonymous calls can be made to 800-222-8477.
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Read It and Weep
How the Tea Party's fetish for the Constitution as written may get it in trouble.
Members of the Tea Party are really into the Constitution. We know this because on Thursday, House Republicans propose to read the document from start to finish on the House floor, and they also propose to pass a rule requiring that every piece of new legislation identify the source of its constitutional authority. Even Roger Pilon of the Cato Institute—its popular pocket version of the Constitution is only $4.95!—agrees that these are largely symbolic measures, noting in the Wall Street Journal that as a legal matter, "at least since Marbury v. Madison in 1803, the Supreme Court has had the last word on what the Constitution authorizes Congress to do." Nobody has suggested that legislators don't have an independent duty to uphold the Constitution as they understand it. But that doesn't change the fact that the courts, not Tea Party Republicans—even those with the benefit of extra-credit classes from Justice Antonin Scalia —get to make the final call.
This newfound attention to the relationship between Congress and the Constitution is thrilling and long overdue. Progressives, as Greg Sargent points out, are wrong to scoff at it. This is an opportunity to engage in a reasoned discussion of what the Constitution does and does not do. It's an opportunity to point out that no matter how many times you read the document on the House floor, cite it in your bill, or how many copies you can stuff into your breast pocket without looking fat, the Constitution is always going to raise more questions than it answers and confound more readers than it comforts. And that isn't because any one American is too stupid to understand the Constitution. It's because the Constitution wasn't written to reflect the views of any one American.
The problem with the Tea Party's new Constitution fetish is that it's hopelessly selective. As Robert Parry notes, the folks who will be reading the Constitution aloud this week can't read the parts permitting slavery or prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment using only their inside voices, while shouting their support for the 10th Amendment. They don't get to support Madison and renounce Jefferson, then claim to be restoring the vision of "the Framers." Either the Founders got it right the first time they calibrated the balance of power between the federal government and the states, or they got it so wrong that we need to pass a "Repeal Amendment" to fix it. And unless Tea Party Republicans are willing to stand proud and announce that they adore and revere the whole Constitution as written, except for the First, 14, 16th, and 17th amendments, which totally blow, they should admit right now that they are in the same conundrum as everyone else: This document no more commands the specific policies they espouse than it commands the specific policies their opponents support.
This should all have been good news. The fact that the Constitution is sufficiently open-ended to infuriate all Americans almost equally is part of its enduring genius. The Framers were no more interested in binding future Americans to a set of divinely inspired commandments than any of us would wish to be bound by them. As Justice Stephen Breyer explains in his recent book, Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View, Americans cannot be controlled by the "dead hands" of one moment frozen in time. The Constitution created a framework, not a Ouija board, precisely because the Framers understood that the prospect of a nation ruled for centuries by dead prophets would be the very opposite of freedom.
The wonderful Garrett Epps writes today that if Tea Party Republicans really listen to the Constitution, they will quickly realize that "the document they are hearing is nationalistic, not state-oriented; concerned with giving Congress power, not taking it away; forward-looking, not nostalgic for the past; aimed [at] creating a new government that can solve new problems, not freezing in place an old one that must fold its hands while the nation declines." So long as there are fair-minded judges on the bench, the Constitution will be read for what it actually says, and not what any one results-oriented group or faction wants it to be.
In a thoughtful essay on Salon, Michael Lind contrasts "the semi-religious reverence with which the Founders or Framers or Fathers of the Constitution" are regarded, with the endless and casual amendments to the constitutions of the 50 states. He wonders why we fetishize the perfection of the federal constitution and embrace the idea of workable, mutable state constitutions. That question raises another problem with the states'-rights obsession of some of the current Tea Party Republicans: Some of the constitutional rhetoric—whether it's talk of two-thirds of the states being allowed to nullify laws or threats to repeal the 17th Amendment (which allows for the direct election of senators)—seems to confuse increased state power with greater individual freedom.


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A struggling actress in 1990s New York City searches for work and the perfect hair product while befriending a rival and resisting her father's pressure to get a "real" job.
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The stage and screen star best known for her work in such series as
Gilmore Girls
presents the story of a struggling actress in 1990s New York City who searches for work and the perfect hair product while befriending a rival and resisting her father's pressure to get a "real" job.
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It's January 1995, and Franny Banks has just six months left of the three-year deadline she set for herself when she came to New York, dreaming of Broadway and doing "important" work. But all she has to show for her efforts so far is a part in an ad for ugly Christmas sweaters, and a gig waiting tables at a comedy club. Her roommates?her best friend Jane, and Dan, an aspiring sci-fi writer?are supportive, yet Franny knows a two-person fan club doesn't exactly count as success. Everyone tells her she needs a backup plan, and though she can almost picture moving back home and settling down with her perfectly nice ex-boyfriend, she's not ready to give up on her goal of having a career like her idols Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep. Not just yet. But while she dreams of filling their shoes, in the meantime, she'd happily settle for a speaking part in almost anything--and finding a hair product combination that works.
Everything is riding on the upcoming showcase for her acting class, where she'll finally have a chance to perform for people who could actually hire her. And she can't let herself be distracted by James Franklin, a notorious flirt and the most successful actor in her class, even though he's suddenly started paying attention. Meanwhile, her bank account is rapidly dwindling, her father wants her to come home, and her agent doesn't return her calls. But for some reason, she keeps believing that she just might get what she came for.
Someday, Someday, Maybe
is a story about hopes and dreams, being young in a city, and wanting something deeply, madly, desperately. It's about finding love, finding yourself, and perhaps most difficult of all in New York City, finding an acting job.
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"A winning, entertaining read . . . [Lauren Graham] has smartly mined just the right details from her own experience, infusing her work with crackling dialogue and observations about show business that ring funny and true."
The Washington Post
"A charmer of a first novel . . . [Graham] has an easy, unforced style and, when the situation calls for it, a keen sense of the ridiculous."
The Wall Street Journal
"With insight, care, and an abundance of humor . . . Graham demonstrates that her acting chops are not her only talent."
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"Thoroughly charming."
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"Sweet, funny, and full of heart . . . a dazzling debut."
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bestselling author of
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Where We Belong
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bestselling author of
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bestselling author of
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Kevin Nunn was wrongly convicted and given a 22 year life sentence for a crime he did not commit.
Please read the facts of this case and contact the campaign with any information that may assist in our
fight for justice for both Kevin Nunn and Dawn Walker.
On the 20th November 2006 Kevin Nunn was wrongfully convicted of murdering Dawn Walker. They had been in a relationship for two and a half years and had enjoyed many holidays together, both passionate about outdoor pursuits and regular gym users.
Suffolk Police appealed to the public for information of Dawn Walker's last known movements 2nd February 2005. A video still showed her last visit to The Suffolk Golf and Leisure Club in Fornham All Saints, Bury St Edmunds that evening at 2130hrs. These stills were in the press and on the local BBC news at the start of the murder investigation. Kevin Nunn also attended the gym and is clearly seen on the CCTV footage, that same evening. It is alleged by the prosecution, that after being told by Ms Walker the relationship was at an end they had argued outside her home. The argument was supposedly witnessed by a neighbour opposite sometime after 10pm. He told police he saw a man in a dark suit about the same height or taller than Ms Walker and assumed it was her boyfriend - Kevin Nunn is 2" shorter. Kevin Nunn had visited Ms Walker's home after leaving the gym at around 2030 hrs and had returned to his home in Woolpit, Suffolk some 10 miles away within the hour. The police accused Kevin Nunn of lying continually about his movements, after all, they had the CCTV footage from The Suffolk Golf and Leisure Club showing all the visitors that evening.
It is alleged that Kevin Nunn murdered Dawn Walker in a fit of jealousy. A voicemail sent to Kevin Nunn from Ms Walker in the early hours of Thursday morning was portrayed as a part of his plot to hide the truth.
Dawn Walker did not turn up for work the following day. Kevin Nunn reported Dawn Walker as a missing person to Suffolk Police on the morning Friday 4th February 2005. Dawn Walker's body was found alongside the River Lark later that Friday by two women just before 5pm. It is a public footpath used regularly by dog walkers and joggers and just over a mile away from Dawn Walkers home in Oak Close in Fornham St Martin. No known cause of death was ascertained. If, as the prosecution alleges, and Ms Walker was killled in a jealous rage on the evening of Wednesday 2 February 2005, why did 2 Pathologists state "probable cause of death was hypothermia owing to exposure?"
Kevin Nunn is alleged to have asked a close friend of Dawn Walker - a man that Kevin had not knowingly met before, to assist in disposing of her body. This man was a work colleague of Ms Walker. He owned a silver estate car which was seen outside Ms Walker's home around the time of her disappearance. It was alleged he helped Kevin Nunn to take the body of Ms Walker from her home concealed in a carpet or similar in a silver estate car. The co-defendent and Kevin Nunn were identified by neighbours in the vicinity of Ms Walkers home in Oaks Close when they were actively trying to find her.
The prosecution told the jury that Ms Walker's body had been in her home since Wednesday evening. They also suggested whilst summing up during the trial, Ms Walker's body could have been kept in the water butt in her garden! There was no forensic evidence whatsoever to substantiate any of these claims. There was no missing carpet, underlay or disturbance within Ms Walkers home, garden or evidence of a body stored in the water butt. No forensic evidence was ever found on any possession owned by Kevin Nunn or evidence of a body being placed in the silver estate car owned by the co-accused. Kevin Nunn had a company owned black Volkswagon Passat. There was nothing but assumptions, heresay and circumstantial evidence to link Kevin Nunn to the disappearance and murder of Dawn Walker. In fact, there was no evidence to indicate that this was, as the the prosecution claimed, a jealousy killing.
Kevin Nunn was arrested for the murder of Dawn Walker on 14 March 2005 and charged 2 days later. In October 2005 he was granted bail and was able to live on his own and sign-in to a police station each day. The trial took place at Ipswich Crown Court in October 2006 and was based purely on circumstantial evidence. The co-defendent was acquitted during the trial. Kevin Nunn was wrongly convicted in November 2006 and given a 22 year life sentence for a crime he did not commit.
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Pueblo Police need your help in locating a man wanted in the violent stabbing of a 21-year-old this week.
Investigators say it happened on December 20, 2010. They received calls of a man lying in the middle of the street on the 4000 block of North Drive. The victim, 21-year-old Joshua Ager, had been stabbed, and was unresponsive when police arrived.
Police say he was stabbed several times in the face, neck, shoulder and left arm.
The investigation revealed that 19-year-old Santana Ray Rael was responsible for the stabbing, which actually happened several miles away from where Ager was found, on the 1800 block of Jerry Murphy Road. Ager had apparently driven himself to North Drive before collapsing.
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- Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 4.7%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 4.7%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
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- The gross profit margin for CENTURYLINK INC is rather high; currently it is at 58.70%. Regardless of CTL's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of 1.60% trails the industry average.
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- Over Population in Pakistan, Causes, Effects and measures
Posted by : Ahsan Khan Monday, 23 April 2012
What is Population?
In human biology, the whole numbers of residents take up an area (such as a country or the world) and frequently being changed by increases (births and migrations) and losses (deaths and migrations).
What is Over Population?
The term "Over Population" or "Population Explosion" is used to express the idea of more population for fewer resources.
Population Situation in Pakistan:
According to the economic survey of Pakistan 2010-11, the total population of Pakistan is 177.1 million against the 173.5 million in last year. Population growth rate is 2.1 % and in the list of most populous countries, Pakistan is at 6th number.
Following are the main causes of over population in Pakistan:
- ALLAH is RAZIQ
Muslims have a solid belief that God gives food to everyone even to an ant living in a stone. So, why they reduce the size of family?
No or Less Opportunity Cost
71 % Women are not active in economic activities in Pakistan. Women have no any economic loss while having a childe. Opportunity cost for having a childe is very low or zero in Pakistan.
- Low Per Capita Income
We know that per capita income derives by dividing national income on total population. Low per capita income shows population explosion. Per capita income in Pakistan is $ 1254.
- Unemployment
Unemployment is also a symbol of over population. It is difficult to adjust the huge population in economic activities. Rate of unemployment is 5.6 % in Pakistan.
- High Population Growth Rate
The birth rate is very high which shows that our country is over populated. Rapid growth rate of population is 2.1 % in Pakistan.
- Need for More Earning Hands
A single person cannot sport his large family in developing countries like Pakistan. He thinks to have more children to be more earning hands.
- Afghan Refugees
An arrival of refugees from India and especially from Afghanistan is also resulting in more population.
- Low Death Rate
Reduction in death rate is another cause of over population. Death rate in 1951 was 2.8 % while it is just 0.73 % in 2010-11.
- Low Standard of Living
It is observed that in Pakistan people with low income have more children. It is difficult to support such large size family. It results in low living standard of the population.
- Warm Climate
Due to the warm climate, youth and maturity is attained at an early age. It also results in rapid population growth.
- Absence of Family Planning
Effective family planning is not available in Pakistan. People are not familiar with the methods of family planning. They feel hesitation to consult a doctor.
- Joint Family System
There is competition among the family member in accordance with the family size in joint family system. It is also a cause for rapid growth of children.
- Early Marriages
The marriages take place usually between 16 to 22 years of age in Pakistan. The duration for re-productivity is very lengthy.
- Illiteracy
Due to lack of education, people are not aware of with the economic problems caused by high birth rate. Literacy rate is 57.7 % in Pakistan.
- Inefficient Population
Dependency ratio is very high in our county. Only 32.17 % population take part in economic activities and other 67.83 % depends upon them. It views as a pressure on land and population expulsion.
- Polygamy Practice
Polygamy is the condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time. The existence of polygamy also contributes to the increase in population.
- Urbanization
Due to rural urban migration and lack of facilities in cities, there are many social problems. It results in increase in urban population. Higher rate of urbanization is an indicator of over population.
- Low Saving & Investment
The rate of saving and investment of GDP are only 9.5% and 13.4% respectively in Pakistan. Rate of investment and employment is also very low due to low rate of savings. So these indicate that Pakistan is over populated.
- Poor Nutrition
People in Pakistan get poor diet, which affects the health and working capacity. It reduces the per capita income, which is a sign of population explosion.
- Concept of Large Family
Large family size is considered as a source of power to influence people and to control the persons around them. People feel pride to have a large family.
- Vicious Circle of Poverty
Very high population growth rate reduces the per capita income, saving, investment and productivity. A country is thus caught up in vicious circle of poverty. Vicious circle of poverty is also a symbol of over population.
- Universality of Marriage
All men and women of marriageable age enter into wedlock. As such the birth rate is higher in Pakistan.
- Absence of Other Activities
There is absence of recreational facilities and employment opportunities in Pakistan. Time passing and any other enjoyments in Pakistan are very costly. So, people have a more time to spend with their wives.
- Low Per Capital Income
The population growth reduces per capita income of the people because national income is divided by a big size of population. Per capital income of Pakistan is $ 1254 during 2010-11.
- Unemployment, Under-employment and Disguised-unemployment
It is impossible to provide jobs to such highly growing population in Pakistan. It results in unemployment, under-employment and disguised-unemployment. Rate of unemployment in Pakistan is 5.6%.
- Low Growth of Agriculture Sector
Very fast growth rate of population is a pressure on land. It caused to use of agricultural products at domestic level, increase in the landless workers and shortage of food. Growth rate of agriculture sector is 1.2%.
- Low Saving and Low Investment
The rapidly increasing population increases the expenditure of government. It reduces the saving and investment. Low level of saving & investment means economic backwardness. Domestic savings are 9.5% of GDP and total investment is 13.4% of GDP during 2010-11.
- High Rate of Inflation
There is more demand for goods due to more population. More demand results in more prices and inflation in the country. Rate of inflation is 14.1 % in Pakistan.
- Pollution
There is not any effective system to control the pollution. Capitalists install industries with billion dollars of resources but do not install treatment plants of million rupees. The rapid growth of population creates pollution, unplanned colonies and environment problems.
- Backward Social Infrastructure
Rapidly growing population creates economic and social problems such as housing, education, health, transport, water, power etc.
- Vicious Circle of Poverty
Very high rate of population growth lowers the per capita income, which caused in low saving and low investment that result in low rate of capital formation. All this forms the vicious circle of poverty.
- Low Living Standard
Rising population cannot be provided the basic facilities of life in developing countries like Pakistan. So, rising population means low living standard. About 21 % population is living below poverty line.
- Adverse Balance of Payment
Over populated nation has to import various items to support a huge population. On the other hand their export decreases. Due to over population our balance of payment is unfavourable in case of Pakistan. At present value of deficit in balance of payment is $ 8.3 billion.
- Reduction in Wage Rate
High growth rate of population is caused in more labour force and unemployment. There is absence of skill and training that leads to low wage rate.
12. Increase in Dependence Ratio
Rapid rise in population growth increases the dependency ratio of unemployed population to employed population. Labour force is 54.92 million of the population in Pakistan and remaining population is depending upon them.
Following measures are suggested by the people and experts to check the rapidly raising population:
- Control the Birth Rate
The high birth rate i. e., 2.1% should be discouraged to reduce the population size. Effective and successful family planning should be introduced.
- Use of Medicines
More contraceptive medicines should be introduced to people. By using these medicines; people will control the birth rate.
- Late Marriages
Marriages should take place in late age to control the rapidly rising population. It will be helpful to control the over population.
- Health Centers
Government should open the health clinics in all the regions of the country. These clinics will be useful for reducing the high birth rate.
- High Literacy Rate
Government should provide the more educational facilities to the backward population. This will provide the true picture of the economy, resources and population growth rate. Literacy rate is 57.7% in Pakistan.
- Women Employment
Only 29 % women take an active part in the economic activities in Pakistan. They live full time at home and have no opportunity cost to have a baby.
- Family Planning
Government should introduce the family planning to the population to control the high growth rate of population.
- Increase in Employment
More employment opportunities must be provided to the young, talented, trained and educated population. It will be helpful to decrease the fast birth rate.
- Provision of Credit Facilities
Government should provide the easy credit facilities to population to adjust the existing population in economic activities. It will lead to reduce the population explosion.
- Growth of Small Scale and Cottage Industries
Growth and development of small-scale and cottage industries is also necessary to reduce the pressure on land. It will provide more jobs to men and also to women.
High growth rate of population creates unfavourable effects on the economic development in the developing countries like Pakistan. High rate of population growth in Pakistan means poverty, illiteracy, low living standard, absence of prosperity and vicious circle of poverty.
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Overpopulation can also lead to poverty. It will make people rely much on their income protection plans to help them get by but other than this, government intervention is also necessary.ReplyDelete
You have said it all!ReplyDelete
I only read the mention of the effects of unquestioning allegiance to religious beliefs that promote and encourage irresponsible reproduction. This is a HUGE factor in a country where Islam is pervasive.ReplyDelete
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You can use the Gradebook to curve grades for an assignment. In the academic community, curving grades is advisable if only a certain number of students can pass, or when you require a fixed distribution of grades distributed throughout the class.
To curve grades, Canvas asks for an average curve score and then adjusts the scores as a bell curve 66% around the average score. For instance, if the average score is the equivalent of a C, Canvas would distribute mostly C- and C+ scores, distributing outward down the curve to Bs and Ds, and then ultimately As and Fs. This type of scoring creates a predictable distribution, but it means that students will compete against their classmates for scoring.
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Hello, I am Qqshamanheal - I play a resto shaman as my main. I have been playing WoW since the start. I am currently progressing through Vaults/Fear as a 25m raiding guild. Here are a few raid videos from our kills. I will upload more when I get them recorded. What to expect from the videos: 1. Guild Talk - open vent 2. Hearing our call outs and what we are currently doing with cool downs 3. I dont think I play music on any of the videos but I might be wrong - all footage is recorded live with no editing. Gara'jal http://www.twitch.tv...lez/b/334472857 Four Kings: http://www.twitch.tv...lez/b/334473016 Will of the Emp: http://www.twitch.tv...gglez/c/1723323 Blade Lord Ta'yak http://www.twitch.tv...gglez/c/1723303 guild : Sevenguild.net Recruting DPS/healers/Tanks - the works. Thank you for your time.
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- Foliage
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- Flowers
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- Fruit
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- Invasive Species Management Plans for Florida - University of Florida - Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
- Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests - USDA Forest Service
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The Corruptor is the main antagonist of TRON 2.0:KILLER APP. He appears as an orange-faced being in a purplish suit, with multiple faces and mantis-like arms. The final boss of the Mercury story line (as opposed to Securo in Tron's.)


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Football Pilates Buff Rodney Harrison Comes Through For Patriots When It Counts
The leader of the New England Patriots secondary is back. ''I've been working out twice a day, pretty much doing everything from on-the-field work to [being in] the weight room to my usual yoga and Pilates,'' Rodney Harrison said. ''I was just doing a lot of different things that I do in order to stay in shape. I'm ready to go.''
When the Patriots needed to come up with big stops in the fourth quarter, safety
Rodney Harrison came through.
With the Patriots trailing, 24-20, and looking to get the ball back, Harrison tackled running back Willis McGahee on a second-and-8 play – dropping him for a 1-yard loss – that ultimately led the Ravens to punt. On the Ravens' next drive, Harrison stopped McGahee a yard short of a first down on a third-and-2 pass play, forcing a punt and setting up the winning drive
Earlier in the fourth quarter, Harrison had an interesting exchange with Ravens coach Brian Billick. After safety James Sanders intercepted a pass, Harrison wound up in front of the Ravens' bench and was apparently passing along some of his thoughts regarding Boller. Billick was within earshot and blew Harrison kisses.
After the game, Harrison described the defense as rising when it counted. "It was just a sense of urgency," he said. "We were getting our butts handed to us from the run-game standpoint. Guys just looked at one another and said, 'Forget about what's happened in the past, let's step up and worry about the here and now. Let's make a play.' "
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A list of books that are commonly found on reading lists for US high school English classes.
Books featured in my Sparknotes Literature 101 compilation ISBN 1-4114-0026-7. Since they are available on feedbooks for kindle and other devices, I thought they'd make good book club selections.
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Custard 'n Jelly Guardian Angel Dolls
I love the idea that these sweet dolls can help a little one during a difficult time and make the child protected by their very own guardian angel. Not only do the Custard 'n Jelly dolls help kids feel secure, the company also truly believes in helping kids! When you purchase a guardian angel, you can register it online, and choose one of 3 charities with kids in mind, and Custard 'n Jelly will to make a donation to that organization.
I was sent Laney to review, this adorable little guardian angel doll immediately brought a smile to my face. I would have loved to have had one of these dolls as a child. I would have proudly attached her to my backpack!
Each doll has a unique special skill, she has special angel training and she earned her wings in a unique way. Laney's special skill is painting rainbows. She earned her wings by teaching others that "making wishes is believing that anything is possible!"
I love the positive image behind this adorable product. I love that the creativity of a child resulted in a sweet toy/accessory that helps other kids on many levels. Imagine how many lives have been positively impacted by Custard 'n Jelly Guardian Angel Dolls!
You can purchase a Custard 'n Jelly Guardian Angel Doll of your very own for $14.95 by visiting the website www.custardnjelly.com. There are 7 adorable Guardian Angel dolls to chose from!
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Charles & Remeron
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I felt very sad this morning. After four years with Charles I'm aware of the distinctive shape, coloring and shading of his moods. When we last we spoke his misery was audible in almost every syllable. Tolerate immodesty for a sentence or two. In losing me, Charles lost one of the best things he ever had. He really does need someone who can accept, cope and carry on.
He had been lonely and hurt. I'd forced him to go to Alabama when I knew he didn't want to. I wanted the peace his absence would offer. Instead I stood in my front yard hurting because I believe he was hurting.
His phone call this morning was a sharp surprise. Charles was cheerful and sounding as clear and reasonable as I can recall. His new medication, Remeron, whether as a placebo or a genuine psychochemical miracle worker had lifted him out of the cramped subjectivity that governs most of his moments.
Of course how long the cheer and clarity will last is always a question.
I spent most of my late morning groaning because an old surgery scar is hurting badly. But the bodily agony was offset knowing my former lover was happy.
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It was another smashing success for the children and families of Eastern Carolina, with another higher than ever dollar amount for the Children's Miracle Network Telethon.
$1,710,541, all of it raised by you, the viewers in Eastern Carolina. All the money raised on the phones at the two day event will go to help the KISSU, or the Kids Immuno Suppressed Special Unit. All the money raised at the fundraiser will stay here in Eastern Carolina, and will help the Children's Hospital at Pitt County Memorial Hospital better serve the 29 counties in our area.
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I don't try to hide my disdain for found footage films. I think that the people who make them often do so as a shortcut – it provides an excuse to avoid spending money on special effects and laying down tracks and setting up shots, which are all expensive and time consuming. Found footage is often a shortcut, and a cheat, if it's not done specifically to tell a very unique story.
Ghost Encounters almost tells that unique story. The initial concept is pretty cool – a group of reality TV show makers lock themselves into a haunted sanitarium, and stuff goes wrong. The idea is that these guys were the first "ghost hunters" before our cable television has become saturated with them. It opens with a producer telling you this isn't a movie, but rather culled found footage. Mmhm.
I would put the number of deaths we see fairly well confirmed on-screen at two, but just realize that this does not end well for anyone, so we can assume there are a couple more.
A mostly bloodless affair. Someone gets "hello" carved into their back, a ghost lays a beatdown on some dude, someone coughs blood, and a guy takes a long drop to a sudden concrete stop.
The camera girl is cute, which is the biggest clue this is a movie. If it were real, she'd easily be 20lbs heavier.
I mean, seriously – don't lock yourself into a haunted insane asylum.
Despite my dislike of found footage, I had heard good things of Grave Encounters so wanted to give it a shot. The film starts off interestingly with a producer telling us this wasn't a movie, which it totally was, and we know, so why even have it there? I was bothered by the fact that we never see the producer again, either. This is a problem of found footage – what the producer has in his hands is literally 100% irrefutable proof that ghosts exists so instead of making an amazing documentary and blowing the world's collective mind, he apparently has it edited into a 90 minute, cliched horror film.
The best part of the movie is the first thirty or so minutes, where it feels like a parody of Ghost Adventures, where a group of combative paranormal investigators challenge ghosts by yelling at them to reveal themselves. It's funny and feels pretty much like an actual episode of television at times.
Things go down here from there as it devolves into a mixture of things we've seen before, namely The Blair Witch Project and any horror movie like The Exorcism of Emily Rose or Dead Birds where the ghosts have sunken black eyes, big wide CGI mouths, black lines near their mouths and a generally wet look. Yawn.
After the fun thirty minutes is up, the crew is stuck in the ever changing sanitarium so one guy obviously loses his shit and everyone turns against each other. No one loses their shit when confronted with hands coming out of walls or fucking ghosts, but man, being locked in the same place for a few hours is what pushes you over the edge these days.
Towards the climax the film almost goes balls out, with lots of ghosts, blood, and jump scares. It does get interesting and exciting momentarily, but then fumbles with ghosts we've seen a hundred times before and oh yeah, let's throw in some Satanism here at the end.
Grave Encounters will rock your world if you love found footage, but I personally would have preferred to see this story told traditionally (though it would end up being like House on Haunted Hill). It is ultimately a passable film that has some good moments from first time directors The Vicious Brothers. You won't hate yourself for missing this one, though I can't get on board with the format or the use of CGI.


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The Power of Independent Thinking
P.J. O'Rourke Talkin Bout His Generation
Recorded: Thursday, February 13, 2014
P.J. O'Rourke, a Member of the Board of Advisors for the Independent Institute, is Americas leading political humorist and the best-selling author of over twenty books. He spoke at an event held on February 13, 2014 at the Independent institute in Oakland, CA.
Experts: P. J. ORourkeType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Culture/ Society, Entertainment, Political Ideology and Philosophy
The New International Arms Race in SpaceAnd How to Avoid It
Recorded: Friday, March 7, 2008
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An Independent Policy Forum held on 3/7/08. Peter L. Hays, Associate Director of the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies, and Theresa Hitchens, Director of the Center for Defense Information, discuss the implications that the U.S. takedown of a malfunctioning satellite have for a potential arms race in space.
Experts: Ivan Eland, Peter L. Hays, Theresa HitchensType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Science, Technology
P.J. ORourke On the Wealth of Nations
Recorded: Friday, February 9, 2007
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In this hilarious and insightful examination of Adam Smiths work, P.J. shows us why this seminal book on economic liberty is so relevant today and why it has been so revolutionary.
Experts: P. J. ORourke, David J. TherouxType: TelevisionIssues: Economists, History (International)
P.J.'s Economics 101
Recorded: Thursday, October 29, 1998
With his numerous books, articles and essays about politics, war and social disorder under his belt, it was only a matter of time until P.J. O'Rourke found his way to the subject of his new book, "Eat the Rich." In "Parliament of Whores," he lampooned the entire U.S. government. "All the Troubles in the World" attacked the pandemic worries of the politically correct; and this time it's the economy, stupid! What is wealth and how do we get it? Or as he asks, "Why do some places prosper and thrive while others just stink?"
As most people (along with many "experts") try to fathom the volatility of financial markets and the complexities of global economies, the man who Time magazine has called "one of America's most hilarious and provocative writers" brings it all into perspective. Who else but P.J. could provide this primer on Wall Street: "In order to understand the stock market we have to realize that, like anything enormous and inert, it's fundamentally stable, and like anything emotion-driven, it's volatile as hell."
But he doesn't stop there. Embarking from Wall Street, P.J. takes us on a hilarious and enlightening worldwide tour of the foibles of governments from Russia to Tanzania, from Albania to Shanghai, and from Hong Kong to Havana, and revisits college economics courses, counteracting them with his own version of Econ 101.
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Kate Beckinsale insists new young actresses like Keira Knightley and Lindsay Lohan are spoiled because they have a team of publicists and stylists working for them, whereas when Kate started out, a stylist was unheard of in London.
She explains, "I look at these girls now, KEIRA KNIGHTLEY and LINDSAY LOHAN – and it's terrifying. When I started in England, nobody knew what a stylist or a publicist was.
"You turned up looking generally like s**t. You'd done your own make-up. You're 19, so it's bound to be awful.
"I was grabbing flowers off the breakfast tray and putting them in my hair, saying, 'Does this look nice?' before my premiere at Cannes. That's really, truly what it was."
Kate Beckinsale left out one other very important fact. Not only are there stylists and publicists, but there are also Digital Image Editors. No matter how good a stylist or a publicist is, if someone looks like terrible, it can't be fixed, unless ofcourse, digital image editing is used. Every picture of Lindsay Lohan that I thought was relatively sex was when she had no freckles. Kate on the other hand, is great looking when she is working out or being sexy (below).
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June 5, 2013
First row, from left, Eileen Haldiman Crawford, Dorothy Rau Daman, Ruth Woodard Hohman; second row, Clarence Woodayd, Clarice Stock Alexander, Margaret Bestgen Reynolds, JoAnn Jackson Sansbury; third row, Loyd Rohrbach, Betty Lou Tising Woodyard, Marilyn Hoefener Schatzer, Mary Jo Fisher Taube; fourth row, Robert D. Harlan, Roger L. Kirchoff, Robert Brizendine, Morris Burger, David Leroy Connell and John Barry.
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The Great and Powerful Reddit
How the site went from a second-tier aggregator to the Web's unstoppable force.
That the Occupy movement and SOPA got Redditors riled up isn't surprising. OWS' simple, us-vs.-them message jibed with Redditors' underdog sympathies, while the piracy bills confirmed the site's suspicion that nobody in government nobody in government understands the Internet. During OWS, Reddit became the source of the movement's enduring memes, including the Casually Pepper Spray Everything Cop. It was an online counterpart to Zuccotti Park—a place where people who had no real-life connection to the movement could add their virtual support.
When the piracy bills sparked outrage, Redditors joined together to lash out at everyone on the other side of the issue. They sponsored fundraisers for political opponents of SOPA and PIPA, they led a boycott against GoDaddy (the domain name company that was forced to drop its support of the legislation), and they pushed for the world's largest sites to go dark this week. Today Redditors are reveling in their victory: The site is overrun by news that scores of lawmakers who supported the piracy laws have backed away, and the site's denizens are now contemplating ways to push legislation that will guarantee their online freedoms. I don't know if their new push will go anywhere, but I like that they're trying. And we should all be thankful that Reddit helped save the Internet from some of the worst tech-related pieces of legislation that Congress has ever considered.
A few weeks ago Gawker's Adrian Chen—the Web's closest follower of Reddit, and its most punishing critic—argued that "Reddit has gone mad with power," and that its chaotic hive mentality can't sustain long-term political action. "The thinking of the Internet hive mind is shallow and frantic, scrambling from one outrage to the next," he argued.
It's true, as Chen points out, that the Reddit hive isn't always a force for good. For example, the site has long been plagued by an awful section called "Jailbait," which collects pictures of scantily clad young girls; when administrators shut it down last fall, users quickly resurrected it. Last year, one Redditor got it into his head that a woman who was raising money for kids with cancer was actually a scammer; the hive made her life hell for a few days, even though she was telling the truth.
Still, I suspect Chen misses the point about Reddit-born activism. Reddit isn't meant to inspire sustained political participation; the hive mind is frenetic, and I'm sure it will soon tire of SOPA and move on to something else. Reddit's powers can sometimes be terribly misused, and sometimes it's a force for good. Question its might at your peril.


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Named 'Cabbage Patch Palace' after the site where these five teak houses were reassembled in 1952 by Prince and Princess Chumbhot, this delightful museum exhibits artefacts including Khmer Buddha statues, monks' fans, betel nut sets, shells and prehistoric Baan Chiang pottery. Most exquisite is the pond-side Lacquer Pavilion, an Ayutthaya-era library with gold and black lacquer scenes from Buddha scripture, the Ramakien and Thai life. The grounds also contain Marsi Gallery, and the Khon Museum on classical Thai drama.
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Posting another regionish map.
This creation was only for practice so I doubt much more will happen with it
The rivers and lakes is a bit off, but please tell if they seem to unrealistic
Comments and critism is accepted with thanks!
What's with the dotted red line? Is that a border? Is it meant to be invisible/nonexistent in the mountains?
Where do those lakes drain to? "Even the loneliest river finds its way to the sea."
Nice style. I kinda would like to see what's outside the red line, too, though.
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?
The red line is a political border, but I was not to satisfied with it therefore I tryed to make it disappear with some other features (like the mountains)
And I agree about the lakes that lacks and out- (and in) flow, something that will given more care in my later maps!!
Would it be a good idea to put some features on the other sides of the borders and fade them out with for example gaussian blur?
Must give credit to mr Andrew Law for the style. His warhammer maps is a great inspiration to me
Thanks to both of you for the comments
I would second the motion to add details outside the border and further second the motion to blur them out or fade them out closer to the map edges or somehow reduce the opacity or lighten them with fades, blurs, etc.


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Hole # 17: Par 4, 346 Yds.
Pro's Advice: #17 plays from ridge to ridge, amid a maple grove. A gentle, rolling hole, a relaxer, it has sentinel maple on the right of the fairway at about 250 yards from green to tee. The green rests just above the pond you played across on #16, with a tucked away feeling. Hitting it straight is vital on this hole, but the further down the fairway you are, the better off you are. This small green accepts a bad shot like water off a duck's back! If you do not think you can get on from where you are at, lay up for a small chip shot. To reach the 18th and final hole, the golfer must cross #14, just in front of the tees. Please be aware of the play on #14, stop at the signs, and be cautious.
Naturalist's Advice: You are in the most likely place to see the red fox at the tees here, especially early in the season. A fox den had been in the banks between the right side of #17 tees and the entrance road for many years. The adult fox are seen coming and going, busy hunting for the kit's supper in the deeper woods to the right and in the woods behind you. The young kits frollick on this hillside in the sunshine in May, and are frequently seen up on these tees in June. They have become quite used to humans and do not spook easily.


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I think Tampa's line up is much different now that they have Delmon Young - he could be scary and has had a lot of playoff experience and success......
But Rangers get back Cruz after his long lengthy suspension!! not a good news for Rays!!
but it could hurt us too
imagine getting beat by one of these 2 thugs? A cheater and a bona fide thug? I thought that was the reason why Tampa shipped him out? I guess they are getting like the yankees - desperate to win at any cost......