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Must Watch: 17 Minutes of Batman: Arkham Origins Gameplay
If, like me, you have some serious questions and concerns about Batman: Arkham Origins, you'll want to see this.
Rocksteady stand-in WB Montreal just delivered 17 minutes of gameplay footage, complete with dev commentary, and it highlights what appear to be Origins strengths: the addition of the Bat Cave as a base of operations; exploring an open world that's twice the size of Arkham City; getting around that huge world quickly by jumping into the Bat Wing for fast travel; and a focus on using Batman's stealth and predatory skills when facing the GCPD and SWAT. See it all for yourself below:
Very nice. It appears the Batman: Year One-influenced narrative will bring some good challenges as well as a compelling storyline. I still worry that Rocksteady and writer Paul Dini weren't involved, but this video did a good job of quelling a number of my fears.
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This article is about an Indy 500 racer, 33 year old Dan Wheldon, died in a twelve car wreck along with a couple of championship contenders severely injured. The wreck happened in an Indy 300 race in Las Vegas. It was shocking news for the racing community. The championship event was canceled after this accident. Racing accidents are common but fatal ones are rare. Only a few have happened in the past decade. Even though there have been many safety improvements it is still a dangerous sport. The cars speed exceeds 225 mph. With that kind of speed the smallest mistake can go horribly wrong. Actually, if he had not been in the wreck he would have won $5,000,000.
I think that life is very unpredictable and that we should honor it. Racing is risky and adrenalin pumping. But, one small mishap can cost you greatly. I find speed fun yet dangerous, so going 225 mph must be fun and an unimaginable experience.
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There are days on the Laguna de Santa Rosa when all a person will see are birds. Like today. Beside a couple of hunters, an angry bee and some admittedly goofy looking holstein cattle, it was a bird paradise.
I was able to make quite a few decent images. The content in a few of the photographs below are firsts for me. I've never photographed a hawk hunting before, amazingly the bird never even flinched as it flew past me barely 15 yards away. Either I look like a tree (I've been called that a few times) or the hawk, which hangs out with it's mate in the area south of Occidental Road, has adapted to the big guy with a white lens.
All this on the last day of fall 2013 and 65 beautiful degrees.
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Beautiful captures!!! I do believe that the first three images are of a Northern Harrier not a Coopers Hawk. Keep up the blog. I've been enjoying immensely.
Thanks for the kind words, Brian. There are so many types of birds at the Laguna de Santa Rosa, it's been an experience just to figure out what I just photographed. Upon closer look, the hawk indeed does look like the northern harrier!
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Killing Them Softly
A Brief History of Brad Pitt Casting Himself as a Savior
- By Landon Palmer
- @landonspeak
- January 28, 2014
After the first Sunday of March, movie star Brad Pitt might be an Academy Award winner — not for his acting, but for his role as producer. His production company, Plan B, has been deployed since 2006 as a platform for making films (many that star or co-star Pitt, and...
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- By Landon Palmer
- @landonspeak
- December 10, 2013
"There are now two Americas. My country is a horror show." The above summary is of an an impromptu speech The Wire showrunner David Simon delivered at "The Festival of Dangerous Ideas" in Sydney this week. Simon's work as producer has been characterized by a distinct effort to represent the...
James Gandolfini's Best Performance
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- @scottmbeggs
- June 21, 2013
The world lost a robust acting presence on Wednesday. It was obvious looking at James Gandolfini that the big guy was powerful, but his work was often so fragile and nuanced that he had no trouble crawling into our veins. No one did vulnerable tough guys quite as well as...
The One Where I Vote for 'Lincoln,' 'Veep,' the GLOW Girls and Two New Candidates from Scream Factory
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- @FakeRobHunter
- March 25, 2013
Welcome back to This Week In Discs! As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. Beautiful Girls Willie Conway (Timothy Hutton) has returned home for his high school reunion at a very confused time in his life. His long time girlfriend (Annabeth Gish)...
Broken Projector Podcast: Jake Gittes Saves the Cat (with Andrew Dominik and Max Allan Collins)
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- March 22, 2013
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- @rejects
- March 21, 2013
You may be asking yourself, what is the Video On Demand Power Ranker? It's quite simple, really. Every week, more and more films are coming to your home entertainment systems prior to hitting the shelves of Blu-ray and DVD. Sometimes even before or during their theatrical run, you can get...
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In an off week at the box office, it was the battle of three holdover releases, with all of the new films dropping well down the charts. From Killing Them Softly's lukewarm 7th place finish to horror film The Collection, it was not a great weekend to be new to theaters. The...
Andrew Dominik, 'Killing Them Softly' Director: "I'm Not Interested in Ordinary People"
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- November 30, 2012
Killing Them Softly is both a surprising and unexpected return for director Andrew Dominik, whose name has been missing from the big screen for five long years. What's most surprising about the film is that it's not much more commercial than his previous film, The Assassination of Jesse James by...
After only about five people paid to see Andrew Dominik's beautifully poetic The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, the popular belief was that any director in that position would follow up his ambitious financial failure with something more commercial. While Killing Them Softly has far more public appeal than Jesse...
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- November 28, 2012
What is Movie News After Dark? According to everything that has happened in tonight's entry already, it appears to be quite inquisitive. All of your questions and more will be answered. Tonight's lead story is also tonight's leading non-story about leading men. Who will be the leader of Guardians of the...
The 10 Must-See Movies of November 2012
- By Jack Giroux
- @JackGi
- November 2, 2012
October offered up plenty of films to give this awards season a proper start. Ben Affleck once again showed he's got one of the best eyes for tension working today; John Hawkes gave another year's best performance in Fox Searchlight's The Sessions; Martin McDonagh made another wicked, original dark comedy with real bite; and, who could forget, The...
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- @rejects
- October 1, 2012
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- By Kate Erbland
- @katerbland
- September 12, 2012
After the box office bust and critical disappointment of their Lawless (hey! I liked it!), The Weinstein Company has pushed back their potential awards contender, Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly, to the more awards-friendly date of November 30. The film was last slated for a release on October 19, after...
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- @FakeRobHunter
- August 2, 2012
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- June 12, 2012
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- May 29, 2012
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- By Simon Gallagher
- May 22, 2012
Andrew Dominik always had an ominous mountain to climb with his next feature, having polarized opinion with The Assassination Of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford, that most tonal and visually textured of revisionist Westerns, but with Killing Them Softly he has certainly at least avoided the black hole that...
The Most Anticipated Movies of Cannes 2012
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- @scottmbeggs
- May 17, 2012
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The Super Bowl is upon us, and with it will come what is perhaps the most anticipated slate of movie trailers we've seen in years. The 2011 Super Bowl featuring the Green Bay Packers taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers will play host to a number of brand new movie previews for some of the year's biggest films, like 'Captain America: The First Avenger,' 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon,' 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,' 'Cowboys and Aliens,' 'Super 8,' 'Thor,' 'Rango,' 'Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom' and much more.
This post will serve as your home base for all the movie trailers that premiere before and during this year's Super Bowl. Please bookmark this page and keep coming back as we'll be continually updating it with trailers as soon as they arrive online.
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Updates & Follow-Ups: Helping an Abused Friend
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Amy –
Thank you so much for your help and advice a couple weeks ago. I am happy to report that my friend moved in with me for a couple of weeks before signing a lease with her sister, and moving in with her yesterday (her sister and I both agreed that having her sign a new lease would be best – as it would make her less likely to go back to him).
As of today, it has been 3 weeks since she last saw him, and has only communicated via email – to let him know she was moving out, details of the utilities and asking him to not be home when she came to pack (which I stayed with her during, and he never showed up).
I let her talk to me about everything, all her feelings, and like you said, reassured her that it was okay to be upset that her relationship was over, and admit that she still loved him, which I think allowed her to start the healing process.
Thanks again to your wonderful advice and support, and that of all the readers – I am so relieved that she was strong enough to leave right away, rather than this being a long, drawn out situation.
No longer as Concerned
Oh, sweet lands, I am SO glad to hear this. I usually wait until I have a small handful of updates before posting them, but I couldn't wait to publish this very, very good news.
And can I add that I am like, uber-over-the-moon impressed with you and everything you did to help your friend — providing a safe place, going WITH her, back to the scene of an actual literal crime? Man, clearly you are one tough lady who shall not be messed with. And also the listening and validating romantic feelings that on the surface might not make a lot of sense to people who have never been in an abusive relationship. Just perfect, all around.
I do hope, in addition to the new apartment lease and relationship status, that your friend will consider seeing a therapist and/or joining a support group to continue the healing process. It's wonderful that she has people like you and her sister, but at some point she should maybe start digging into how this all happened in the first place, why she allowed it to go on as long as it did, and how to recognize early warning signs in potential future boyfriends.
But. I am proud of her. I am proud of YOU.
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SB Jan 08 at 12:53 pm Reply
So happy for you both.
Please be aware that women often make multiple efforts to leave an abusive partner. If this woman returns to her spouse, it's important to keep supporting her as you've been doing.
Often when someone helps a woman leave and she returns she attempts to end contact with the person who assisted her (for many reasons: shame that she didn't stay separated, anger that the person interfered with her relationship, etc). This only isolates the woman further, making it harder for her to try again to leave her abuser. If your friend does return to the relationship, continue providing her support as best you can and stay positive.
Hopefully her story with her abuser will end here with a happy ending. Unfortunately, for many women this situation cycles through multiple times before they're able to fully end the abuse.
Grammar Snob Jan 08 at 1:04 pm Reply
This made my whole day. What a wonderful new chapter in her life.
College At Thirty Jan 08 at 1:55 pm Reply
Hooray! This is the best news I've heard all year, and I doubt anything will top this! This news dances on the grave of 2009, and is a promise of good things to come for the LW and her friend!
Jennifer B Jan 08 at 2:00 pm Reply
Everyone should be lucky enough to have a friend like this one.
caleal Jan 08 at 2:26 pm Reply
Depending where you're located, it's worth it to look into DV shelters/nonprofits in the area. They often offer free individual/group counseling for survivors.
Suzy Q Jan 08 at 4:14 pm Reply
This is WONDERFUL news! I second Amalah's praise for your being such a great friend. I wish someone had done this for me when I was in the same situation.
Julie Jan 08 at 10:06 pm Reply
Wonderful news! She is lucky to have a friend like you. I will be sending strong vibes her way in hopes that she continues on this new path and is happy and healthy and well.
Willa Jan 09 at 8:17 pm Reply
Listen. I may get jumped on for this but I would like to say… Please be very, very careful about the difference between compassion and pity. Both in your original question and in your update here there is a level of condescension that gets my back up. You and her sister decided signing a lease "would be best?" You "let" her talk to you about her feelings? You're "relieved" that she was strong enough, presumably to do what you told her. Not proud or impressed or awed, but relieved. And in your original question you even say you saw it coming. Which, you know, maybe you did.
I'm just struck by the tone here. Compassion is caring by understanding it could be you in the situation. Pity is caring tinged with superiority because it could never happen to you. And while, of course, I'm glad you're willing to help your friend, I wonder if, by taking the reins and making her make this change, you aren't undermining what good you intend.
My ex-husband beat the crap out of me. And one of the saddest, hardest parts about that experience, that still gets to me, is that some of my closest female friends made me feel so ashamed and guilty about it. How could I let this happen? Wasn't I smart enough, strong enough, brave enough to stop it? And then, if not, I must be totally incapable of doing anything at all. Instead of reminding me of my strengths and encouraging me to get back in touch with my own will and power, they treated me like a child. They treated me not with respect and compassion, but with pity. And that was almost as damaging to my self-esteem as getting hit.
And I know there was love there. I'm sure you love your friend. And, of course, it's good that you feel good about helping her. But please, please, don't make her feel like you think you're better than her. Don't pity her. Love her and respect her and be glad to have her safe and sound.
I wish you all the best of luck. It's hard. And that sucks.
Concerned Jan 12 at 9:10 am Reply
To everyone out there – thanks again for your thoughts and caring and support. It really helped me, which in turned, allowed me to better help my friend.
As for Willa – I will come out and say that there is absolutely no pity in my feelings towards my friend. I was/am genuinely concerned, and even though you feel that the elements of my writing read as pity, that is your misinterpretation. I understand that you come from a background of physical abuse, and I very much hate that it happened to you – but please do not assume that I do not think or realize that it could happen to anyone, including me, or that I think I'm better than she is – I'm not. She is one of the most amazing, gifted, loving people I've ever met, and I cherish her as a friend for those exact reasons. (I've been a victim of verbal/emotional abuse in the past – while not the same, still traumatizing in ways that it effects my current relationships.)
Anywho, I am thankful and impressed and proud of my friend's strength. And I'm sorry that you misinterpreted my writing as any sort of condescension – I can assure you that there is none there.
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I'm glad things worked out. There is strength in being at peace with yourself.
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Megadeth Streaming New Song, "Super Collider"
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Megadeth are streaming the title track from their new album, Super Collider, over at their YouTube page, MegadethTV.
You can check it out below.
The song also is available at iTunes now for $1.29. Super Collider — the album — is scheduled for a June 4 release via Dave Mustaine's new label, Tradecraft, which is distributed by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe).
["Super Collider"] kind of came from that 'Symphony of Destruction' corner of my mind," Mustaine told Guitar World in the new June 2013 issue. "You can't always play aggressive, thrashy stuff. Sometimes those aren't even songs; they're like musical rams.
"But because I'm not a pop guy, I'm also not really comfortable playing sing-along songs. To me, 'Super Collider' made sense like a normal song — a verse-chorus-verse-chorus kind of thing. It's written the way a real songwriter would write the song, instead of just taking all these musical twists and turns."
For the rest of this interview with Megadeth's Mustaine and Chris Broderick, check out the June 2013 issue of Guitar World, which is available now at the Guitar World Online Store.
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My son will be 3 mo old in 3 days.He's already started breaking his first tooth. At night the pain seems to be too overwhelming for him. I give him day-time formula baby oragel during the day and the night-time formula at night. When he is still fussy despite the oragel I give him 1/2 the recommended dosage of tylenol as well. I have heard that some studies show that this could be bad for his liver. I am also worried about "doping my child up" so to speak. Is this ok? If not what should I do? My poor baby seems miserable and refuses to chew on anything other than his or our fingers for the pain. Which usually just angers him more. Any advice would be much appreciated. I tried the tablets but due to his young age he doesn't seem to be able to cooperate with us when we try to administer the tablets, this may also be the reason that he refuses to chew on anything else (ie:his cold teething rings and chewies.) Someone told me to freeze slices of peach but I'm worried about him choking.
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My son cut his teeth early too. Orajel didn't work for him at all. I would also give the 1/2 dose of Tylenol or Motrin. I discovered Teething Tablets. Try letting him suck on your finger and then slowly put the tablet in his mouth. I started off using 2 at a time. They disolve extremely fast. I would put it in his mouth and rub his gums with it until it was completely disovled. Now at 6 months, we use 3 at a time. GL! Also, I would slightly damp a wash cloth and put it in the freezer for about 5 minutes. Let him suck on it, it is easier for him to get in his mouth at that age than teething rings.posted 05/13/2010 by TiffanyHaynes22
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[UPDATE] 1st Interdisciplinary Linguistics Conference (ILinC) 14-15 October 2011
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Queen's University Belfast is pleased to announce its 1st Interdisciplinary Linguistics Conference (ILinC), a student-led initiative co-organized by the Schools of Education, English, and Languages, Literatures and Performing Arts. This two-day conference is designed to offer participants a stimulating and friendly forum in which they may present and discuss their research findings. Additionally, the event aims at bringing together researchers from different academic divisions carrying out language studies in order to foster cross-disciplinary contact.
This year's conference theme is Crossing Boundaries: The Impact of Language Studies in Academia and Beyond. With this theme we seek to look into the role played by language studies both within the academic scenario and outside it, paying special attention to the relevance of current language research findings to society in general.
The following distinguished scholars have confirmed their participation at the conference:
Prof. Deborah Cameron (University of Oxford);
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Make a compost bin to achieve the satisfaction of turning kitchen and garden waste, into rich, crumbly compost. This will make your plants and crops thrive - so keep them, and your local landfill site, happy.
Clear the area where you're going to put the compost bin and, if necessary, level the ground using a spade or a rake.
Take a pallet and stand it on its long edge to form the back edge of the compost bin. Push a stake through the two layers of the pallet at either end, using a sledgehammer to drive them firmly into the ground - about 20-30cm deep.
Position the remaining two pallets at right angles to the first to make the sides, butting the corners tightly together to stop compost spilling through the gaps. Fix in place with stakes in each corner, as in step 2.
To keep the structure stable, wire the pallets together at each corner. Trim the tops of the stakes with a bow saw.
Wire the last pallet onto the front of the right side pallet to make a gate - you'll need to open it when you want to get to the compost - and start filling your bin with garden and kitchen waste.
Do add annual weeds to your compost bin, but avoid putting in any perennials such as couch grass or ground elder.
Cover your bin with carpet to keep it warm and to help speed up the composting process.
24/11/2011 at 15:27
This looks great! I've been wanting to put one together for some time now. Anyone have suggestions on location. I've heard concerns of smell and such if you locate too close to the home. Full sunligth best?
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We have used this method for making compost bins for about 6 years and it works well, producing good compost.On our exposed site we have found it best to line the bin with old cardboard boxes placed between the two layers of each pallet and also to put newspaper inside.If you make a row of bins and turn the compost after about 6 months it works very fast.
24/11/2011 at 15:27
have some pallets at home now i have something useful to do with them thanks!
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Hi I'm making a couple of compost bins out of wood, does there have to be gaps between the slats or can I make it solid? After all aren't most of the plastic composters solid? Any help on this would be much appreciated.
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I have just got 4 pallets and I asked my husband to screw them together but I know I would have to wait months. Putting in stakes is a much better idea. I'm sure I can do that myself. Thanks.


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Initial investment: $50
2012 revenue: $4 million
Employees: 20
Products waterproofed to date: iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, Nike+ FuelBand and Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
Waterfi iPod shuffles shipped over last holiday season: 6,000
Patent application: $12,000
Who's selling? Waterfi and Amazon
Who's buying? Surfers, kite boarders, swimmers and triathletes
Current building: 1,800 square feet
New building: 5,600 square feet
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Royce Nicholas launched a San Diego business two years ago to waterproof electronics like the iPod Shuffle and Amazon Kindle. Waterfi has successfully waterproofed four products. We got an expert's opinion about how Waterfi is doing and what Nicholas should consider as his company grows. Joseph Molina, director of the Business and Entrepreneurship Center at MiraCosta College and a business consultant with the North San Diego Small Business Development Center, shared his insights.
What Waterfi is doing right
"This is what sounds like a very successful company," Molina said. "Being able to get $4 million in sales in two years is amazing growth."
Maximizing sales and minimizing costs is the name of the game in business, he said, and Waterfi seems to be smart about the latter. Nicholas has kept his sales online, as opposed to opening a retail store, which Molina said is a good move. "All online means no overhead," he explained.
He said Nicholas' decision to divide the growing company into departments was also good, as was hiring outside consultants to help ensure human resources and bookkeeping policies. "It sounds like he's doing all the things correctly," Molina said. "I would consider this to be a showcase type of company."
What it should consider
Now is the time to invest in people and good management, Molina said, and if Waterfi continues to double its sales year over year, staffing will only become increasingly important.
He says Nicholas should put systems in place so he can easily train new employees. He also needs to find a good supervisor who can lead people and manage tasks. Leading people effectively is the greatest challenge for any company great or small, he said.
Promoting people from within doesn't always work, Molina added, and advises companies to invest in either a trained supervisor, or in leadership training for existing employees. This type of training is easy to get through programs at local community colleges throughout San Diego County, he said, and costs vary depending on the program.
The faster the company grows, he said, the more important it will be to have standardized systems for tasks.
"If you understand your system, and have the ability to create a system that works for you, then you can replicate that within your company and allow for the organization to grow easier and better," he said.
Molina said he would also advise Nicholas to keep an eye on keeping costs minimal, and make the business pay for itself along the way.
Finally, he should focus on diversifying both Waterfi's products and its customers.
"Having one particular company to be the major buyer is great, but you want to have a few of those lined up just in case something happens," Molina said.


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Stan Curtis, USA Harvest
Stan Curtis is an entrepreneur, an investment executive, and the founder of the food distribution charity USA Harvest.
Before all that, though, he started his adult life touring the world as a professional tennis player. He retired from the sport in 1981 and entered the world of investment and finance. He now serves clients throughout the world as senior vice president at Hilliard Lyons in Louisville.
Of all of Stan's efforts, the most dramatic is USA Harvest. President Bill Clinton said in 1997 that "USA Harvest has become a movement in the economic, social, and political structures of America." In 18 years of operation, USA Harvest has grown to include 124 cities with more than 121,000 volunteers. Those volunteers have collected and distributed more than 11 billion pounds of food (more than 15 billion meals) by simply taking food from those who have it but don't want it and giving it to those who want it but don't have it.
Today, USA Harvest volunteers collect and distribute more than 1.2 million pounds of food every day. Entertainers such as Van Halen, the Goo Goo Dolls, k.d. lang, Neil Diamond, Bill Cosby, and the Rolling Stones have helped raise food donations. In partnership with Hilary Duff, USA Harvest delivered more than two million meals to America's hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast region. And the organizations says that a partnership with rock band Green Day will soon result in another major relief announcement.
In 1993, founder and chairman Curtis was one of six Americans honored with the America's Award. Known as the "Nobel Prize for Goodness," this award recognizes unsung American heroes who personify the American character and spirit. It was presented to Stan by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. In 1995, Stan received the National Caring Institutes' Caring Award, recognizing him as one of America's most caring and giving citizens. In 1997, President Clinton presented him with the nation's most prestigious volunteer award, the President's Volunteer Action Award, in a Rose Garden Ceremony at the White House. That award honored Stan's efforts on behalf of those less fortunate in America.
In addition to his work with USA Harvest, Stan serves on many boards of directors throughout the United States, including those of USA Today's Make a Difference Day and the Heart of America Foundation.
USA Harvest will be featured in a book entitled The Passionaries, to be published in spring 2007 by the Templeton Foundation.
- Program 108
- The Keep Louisville Weird campaign, media personality Susan Sweeney Crum, the Louisville Metro Department of Neighborhoods, U.S.A. Harvest founder Stan Curtis, and historic cast-iron buildings. (#108)


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Gates cash will back new plan to help youngest kids thrive $9 million program
The Gates Foundation and Gov. Christine Gregoire will announce a plan today to pour more than $9 million into the education of Washington's youngest children, signaling a move by the world's biggest philanthropy deep into early education.
Perhaps as important, the initiative marks a new commitment by perhaps the world's most powerful charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to the arena of early education. Overall, it plans to spend up to $90 million over the next 10 years.
"It's exactly this kind of partnership we have been hoping would unfold," said Sharon Lynn Kagan, head of the Office of Policy and Research at Columbia University's Teachers College. "The presence of the private sector dramatically propels the early childhood field forward."
This article, written by Paul Nyhan, appeared in the July 10th, 2006 publication of The Post-Intelligencer.


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And when I die, I expect to find him laughing
The funeral director LOVES O.G. (as most people not related to her do) and she has gotten to know me since I am always there.
FDirector: "This must be your favorite Grandchild!"
O.G. : (shaking her head) "Nope."
Jenn: "Gee, thanks."
FDirector: "HAHA! Why not? She's always taking care of you!"
O.G.: "She's always mad at me."
Jenn: "Geez, I wonder WHY."
FDirector: "You guys are so much alike!"
O.G.: "I wouldn't say that if I were you..."
Jenn: "Someone kill me..."
The funeral director could not stop laughing. I should have left that Old Lady in the hood...
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Every year, a little known federal agency called, Wildlife Services, slaughters millions of animals all with taxpayer dollars. Wildlife Services, a branch of the U.S. Department of Agricultures Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, started in 1886 ostensibly to help people control bird damage to crops. In 1914, it expanded its lethal services to carnivores. Its programs were intended to address domestic animal loss, property damage, and threats to human health and safety. In reality, its activities are government-sanctioned killing sprees.[1]
Wildlife Services employs a variety of barbaric techniques to exterminate coyotes, bears, cougars, wolves, bobcats, and other carnivores.
Animals are shot, poisoned, gassed, burned alive, caught in leg hold traps and neck snares, decapitated, pursued by hounds, helicopters,
and planes, and lured to bait stations where they are shot. Other animals, including dogs and cats, are unintentionally killed by agency traps,
snares, and poisons.
[2] In 2006, the agency killed: 87,877 coyotes, 2,579 gray foxes, 2,542 red foxes, 2,532 bobcats, 1,184 cats, 512 dogs, 511 badgers, 278 gray wolves, and 265 arctic foxes.
Wildlife Services kills wild animals for such offenses as wandering onto private property, eating flowers or pet food, digging in gardens, and frightening people all of which could be easily addressed by non-lethal measures. Some, such as wolves and cougars, are culled to boost game species for hunters. Carnivores, demonized for centuries as vicious predators, are often targetted out of hysteria largely perpetuated by the federal government, ranching and other development interests, and state agencies. Usually, it is the irresponsible behavior of humans that leads to conflicts with wildlife. Tragically, carnivores often pay the fatal price. For example, ranchers who leave animal carcasses in pastures or home owners who neglect to properly secure garbage essentially lure carnivores and condition the animals to seek out food where people live. Such conflicts are likely to increase as humans further encroach into wildlife habitat.
Wildlife Services executed 2.7 million wild animals in 2004 one animal every 12 seconds because they were deemed a nuisance to ranchers, farmers, or municipalities. Most taxpayers have no idea a significant portion of the federal wildlife management budget about $100 million each year is devoted to exterminating wildlife. The agency wastes taxpayer dollars by spending far more to kill carnivores than the actual damage the animals cause. It costs over a $100 for each animal killed (sometimes this price can be up to $2,000) while damages incurred by the animal average $22.50. Lethal control is far more expensive and inhumane than non-lethal alternatives.
Wildlife Services utilizes methods condemned by many as non-selective, haphazard, and brutal. Frequently, these methods endanger more than targetted animals. People and companion animals have been hurt or killed by traps and poisoning devices. Such horrific methods include:
Trapping may be the most inhumane method used by Wildlife Services, other public agencies, and private interests. It is highly unregulated with few restrictions on types of traps that can be set or the number of animals that can trapped. Most states do not require trappers to check traps for 2-4 days, allowing the animal to suffer. Animals frequently sustain severe injuries from traps. When not killed outright by the trap, animals can endure physiological trauma, dehydration, exposure to severe weather, and predation by other animals. Trappers usually club, suffocate, or strangle the animal because a bullet hole and blood would reduce a pelts value. Most traps are notoriously indiscriminate, capturing almost any animal who triggers them. Non-target species found in traps include endangered species, raptors, dogs, cats, and humans. Even if released, they may die from injuries or reduced ability to hunt or forage for food.
The most commonly used trap is the jaw leghold trap, a restraining device with spring-loaded steel jaws that clamp on an animals foot or leg when triggered. Leghold traps can cause severe swelling, lacerations, fractures, self-mutilation, limb amputation, and death. A desperate animal will often try to chew off a limb to escape. Snares are primitive wire nooses that are designed to tighten around an animals leg or neck. While small victims of neck snares may become unconscious in ten minutes from strangulation, larger animals may struggle for days. Conibear traps consist of two metal frames hinged at the center and powered by two torsion springs to create a scissor-like action. The traps are supposed to kill animals instantly by snapping their spinal column at the base of the neck. But, the devices kill fewer than 15 percent of trapped animals quickly. Many animals die slow, painful deaths as their abdomens, heads, or other body parts are crushed.
Aerial gunning
Each year, more money is poured into aerial gunning than any other Wildlife Services program. Aerial gunning employs the use of helicopters and fixed wing aircraft to shoot animals from the air. In 2006, the agency killed over 35,000 animals using aircraft. Though Wildlife Services claims it shoots only animals who have caused damage, it is difficult to determine which animal is responsible. As a result, any carnivore unlucky enough to fall within sight of an agencys low-flying aircraft is shot. Since aerial gunning is imprecise, non-target animals, like domestic dogs or endangered wolves, are often killed. Aerial gunning is also frequently used for preventative predator control, permitting government agents to gun down as many carnivores as they can prior to ranch animals entering an area. And the pricetag for shooting carnivores from the sky can be high: killing one coyote can cost nearly $1,000.
Wildlife Services prefers two toxins to kill wildlife: Compound 1080, a rat poison developed by the Nazis during World War II, and M44 projectile devices, a spring-loaded, baited mechanism that releases sodium cyanide into the mouth of any animal who disturbs it. To easily poison carnivores, the agency uses Compound 1080-filled Livestock Protection Collars. The collar has a bladder attached that contains 1080 a poison so lethal a single teaspoon can kill 100 people. Odorless, colorless, and tasteless, it causes symptoms similar to a heart attack or seizure. It not only kills the target animal but any animal who feeds on the carcass. Compound 1080 presents serious challenges to protecting national security because it is largely unregulated and could serve as a powerful terrorist tool.
Denning is the practice of tracking carnivores to their dens, then killing the pups hiding inside. Poisonous gas canisters are placed in dens to asphyxiate pups. Or government agents dig the pups out and dispatch them by shooting, decapitating, or clubbing them. Pups have even been burned alive in their dens.
Bounties, Contest Hunts
Engaging local citizens in carnivore control is also a common practice supported. Bounties and contest hunts are relied on heavily in western states. Most of the contest hunts focus on coyotes where hunters compete to kill the most coyotes within a specified time. In 2000, Utah appropriated $100,000 of taxpayer funds to the County Bounty program. The funds were used with matching funds from the county to pay $20 for every pair of coyote ears brought in by hunters. Bounty and contest hunts are barbaric and ineffective and foster antipathy toward carnivores, degrading them to vermin status. During these hunts entire coyote packs are shot, their ears taken, and their bodies left to rot.
Research shows lethal carnivore control is ineffective in the long run and often achieves the opposite of what is intended. This is especially true of coyotes. When left alone, coyotes regulate their own numbers. Coyote populations often follow their prey base. For example, when jackrabbit populations decline, coyote populations usually follow the same trend. Much like wolves, coyotes have a highly structured pack hierarchy, with only the alpha pair breeding. Other females, though physiologically capable of reproducing, are "behaviorally sterile." Coyotes respond to lethal control programs with a number of complex biological mechanisms, which work very efficiently to boost their numbers. If an alpha pair in the pack is killed, subordinate pack members splinter off from their original pack, forming new packs, breeding, and eventually bearing larger litters of pups. To feed these new litters, coyotes will reluctantly as they are wary of "novel" foods prey upon domestic animals, if adequate quantities of their normal diet of mice, gophers, and rabbits are not available. Killing coyotes not only increases the next generation of coyote numbers, but drives them to hunt sheep and calves they would normally avoid.
There are many non-lethal control solutions that are less expensive and more effective. Ranchers who use guard dogs, herder dogs such as collies, or llamas report lower or no predation problems. Nighttime penning also reduces conflicts with carnivores Taste aversion is one of the easiest, cheapest tools used to decrease predation. Lithium chloride, a natural salt, is inserted into bait. When ingested, the animal becomes ill; much like people experience when stricken by food poisoning. After such an unpleasant episode, the animal learns to avoid that food. This method makes far more economic sense than lethal methods as it can cost up to $2,000 to kill a carnivore, while the cost for Lithium Chloride is about $25-35 per herd per year. Monies spent on lethal control could be used in more productive ways. Funds could be allocated to educate and aid ranchers and others to upgrade their fencing or assist them with non-lethal techniques. Eliminating domestic animal grazing on public lands would dramatically reduce encounters with carnivores.
Help raise awareness about a group of species that are essential to healthy ecosystems. Dont buy fur. Boycott businesses that sell fur products. Voice your support for efforts to ban trapping. Urge lawmakers to pass legislation that ends all lethal control on public lands. Insist on policies that encourage use of non-lethal methods. And support Big Wildlife, committed to restoring native carnivores around the globe.


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Relocating to Finland - Guide for Expats
For the expat who yearns to roam free and experience the wilderness, they couldn't do better than relocate to Norway where there are endless miles of wild unspoilt terrain that has probably not changed for thousands of years.
Some expats with a good imagination might even expect to see the odd dinosaur grazing the vast plains. Despite being one of the largest countries in Europe, it is also the most sparsely populated with only an estimated 5.4 million in habitants. For the fishing expat enthusiast there are, believe it or not, around 180,000 lakes dotted about and the Finns like to make the most of the short summer months by vegging out in log cabins by the lakes and pass the time fishing, swimming and hiking in the remote regions. Helsinki is the capital of Finland which is bordered by Sweden on the west, Norway to the north, Russia to the East and Estonia to the south.
Language and culture
Finnish is the predominant language spoken in Finland although Swedish is also widely spoken. Some minority Finns speak Sami or Lapp which is related to the Finish language.
The main religion in Finland is Protestant – Evangelical Lutheran.
Sport and leisure
For the expat into winter sports, Finland can offer a wide variety of activities including downhill skiing and cross country skiing with many trails networking the country. With its many lakes, fishing is a favourite pastime as well as water sports during the summer although with much of its land surface within the Arctic Circle many of the lakes are frozen between November and March.
The usual rules of Europe apply when driving in Finland i.e., seat belts are mandatory front and back, alcohol levels are 0.04. The Police can pull you over at any time and if you are over the limit, you risk going to prison. Passports, licence and other relevant documents must be carried at all times, headlights must be used on roads outside of the towns at all times and in the towns headlights must be used in wet, dull or misty weather, the national speed limit on motorways is 100kph, 80 – 100kph on main roads and 30kph in the cities as a rule.
Public Transport
Public transport in Finland can be pricey. Although there are good bus services, the most efficient form of travel is by rail. There are different kinds of service by train with the local commuter trains, the intercity trains and the superfast trains the Pendolino which has restaurant facilities.
Finland is known for its excellence in telecommunication with digital fibre-optic fixed line network and a wide coverage for mobile telephones.
There is a national radio and television company which is funded by licence fees and there are two private media companies with national TV channels. The national company Yle has four channels. Although satellite and cable is possible in Finland it is not common.
Electricity in Finland is 230 volts and 50 Hz and the plugs are the European two pin. Few people in Finland use gas now and most households are dependent upon electricity. The electricity in Finland has recently been deregulated so that the prices of consumption are competitive.
Climate and Weather
It is commonly thought that Finland is a land of ice and snow and that it is always cold, this is not so. The long summer days are frequently warm with temperatures reaching 20c in the height of the summer. However, it is a different story in winter when temperatures can plummet to minus 20c from December to mid March and, in the depths of winter the sun struggles to make an appearance at all.
Visas and Immigration
A valid passport is required by all nationals except for EU members with a valid ID card. Visas are not required by EU members or nationals from Australia, Canada or the US for stays of up to 90 days within a six month period. Prospective expats from the EU must apply for a residence permit if staying longer than 90 days.
Expats taking pets to Finland should ensure that the animal has a microchip which complies with ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation). The pet should have the pet passport as required by the EU ruling 998 which states that the animal must be shown to have been vaccinated against rabies and other diseases by a licensed vet at least 30 days prior to travel.
The currency in Finland is the Euro.
Health Service
Finland has a very good public health service which is funded via taxes and supplemented by health insurance. Anyone who has lived in the country for more than four months must contribute to the health system.
Education in Finland is compulsory from the age of seven for nine years until 16 when students need to pass an exam on order to enter for post lower secondary education to higher education or to a vocational school. The applications are made through a centralised system.
There is an International school in Helsinki.
Buying Property/Renting Property
Buying property in Finland is not difficult and can be processed via the Bank and a Real Estate Agent without the need for a lawyer. However, it is advisable to know exactly what is happening and to use the services of a solicitor who can look into the 'nitty gritty'. Foreign nationals are permitted to purchase property anywhere in Finland except for the province of Ahvenanmaa.
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|Harkin's Analysis of House Republican Budget Cuts on Education in Iowa – Major Proposed Cuts from Head Start to Pell Grants
|News Releases - Business, Economy & Finance
|Written by Sen. Tom Harkin
|Thursday, 17 February 2011 08:38
February 15, 2011
Later this week, the U.S. House will consider a budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2011. The current funding proposal (called a "continuing resolution") expires on March 4, 2011. Analysis released today shows that the budget proposal will have a devastating impact on education in Iowa if enacted. Below, please find some specific details.
Harkin's full statement on the budget proposals before Congress can be found here: http://harkin.senate.gov/
"From crib to college, Iowa students will be at a disadvantage if the House proposal is enacted," said Harkin. "There is no question that the time has come for tough budget decisions, but the smart way to bring down the deficit is for Congress to pursue a balanced approach of major spending cuts and necessary revenue increases, while continuing to make investments in education. That is the only way our country will remain competitive in the global economy and create good jobs that provide a sustained economic expansion in the years ahead."
Head Start:
The House proposal would eliminate comprehensive early childhood services nationwide for 218,000 low-income children and their families next year (a cut of over 20 percent), close over 16,000 Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms, and lay off 55,000 teachers, teacher assistants, and related staff.
Under current funding levels:
For more information, please call Kate Cyrul or Bergen Kenny in Senator Harkin's press office at (202) 224-3254.
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Monday, January 13, 2014
John Moore OK after fight; Lundqvist to start
A full skate for the Rangers today, sandwiched between Sunday night's 4-1 win over the Flyers and Tuesday night's game against the Lightning at Madison Square Garden, the third in a four-game homestand.
Henrik Lundqvist, after making 37 saves against Philadelphia, will start his fifth straight game, coach Alain Vigneault said. Lundqvist, by the way, was the NHL's third star of the week after the Islanders John Tavares and Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller. Lundqvist went 3-0-1 with a 1.97 goals-against average and .943 save percentage
Actually, there is very little mystery about the Rangers' lineup these days as they've won three straight. There are no spare forwards - Vigneault said today there are currently no plans to recall J.T. Miller from Hartford (AHL) though he's an early call-up in case of need - and Michael Del Zotto has played better as of late, leaving Justin Falk to be the healthy scratch as a defenseman. Further, Vigneault sees no reason to break up any of the lines as they develop chemistry and are producing, with the team 8-2-1 since Dec. 22.
Vigneault mentioned a few times the tried-but-true, "taking it one game at a time," philosophy and also that he was "not focused of if we're turning the corner," when asked whether, indeed, the Rangers have turned the corner on their season.
"We're getting timely saves, timely goals," Vigneault said.
Meanwhile, defenseman John Moore declared himself "completely fine," after his fight with Brayden Schenn with 11 seconds remaining in Sunday night's game. Per hockeyfights.com, it was just John Moore's second NHL regular-season fight (plus two NHL preseason fights) after dropping the gloves with the Panthers' Jake Skille last season.
Moore had some redness in his left eye but said he does not think it was due to an eye gouge. Regardless, Moore said he does not think Schenn did anything deliberate to harm him during the fight.
"It was a good fight, it was kind of a strange one," Moore said. "Right when I got to the pile, he wanted to fight right away. I wasn't too keen but you can only take too many punches to the face before showing some pride."
Essentially, Moore said Schenn hit him with his gloved hand before the two dropped their gloves.
"When I was skating into the scrum, I didn't think I'd be fighting," Moore said.
"I didn't fight a lot when I was younger," Moore said. "But I was always big and strong and the coaches were always harping on me to play big and strong."
By the way, also per hockeyfights.com, Moore was voted the winner of both his NHL regular-season fights.
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Average annual precipitation ranges between 35 and 37 inches (Klein and Daley 1974, MDNR 1986).
USGS Gaging Stations
There are eleven active gaging stations in streams of the basin (USGS 2001). Water quality was monitored at the Salt River at New London station from 1967 through 1986 and suspended sediment data was collected at theMiddle Fork-Paris station from 1980 through 1997. A stage recorder is located in Mark Twain Lake.
Permanence of Flow and Average Annual Discharge
Average annual discharge at the eleven stations ranges between 67 cfs (Crooked Creek) and 2,038 cfs (Salt River). With exception of the lower Salt River, all streams are subject to periods of very low or no discharge. Only the lower Salt River is denoted by a solid blue line along its entire length on USGS maps. Nine other streams are denoted by solid blue lines for over 90% of their length (North Fork, Otter Creek, Bear Creek, Middle Fork, Elk Fork, Flat Creek, Mud Creek, South Fork, and Peno Creek). Many third-order streams are denoted as intermittent along their entire length.
Base flow and Low-Flow Frequency Data
Base flows throughout the basin are not sustained by groundwater inflow during dry weather due to the low conductivity of the underlying clays and rock. Prior to 1976, streams at all gauge sites, except the lower Salt River, were subject to seven day periods of flow less than 0.5 cfs about every five years (Skelton 1976). With the same exception, stream discharge fell below 2.5 cfs for 30 days or longer every five years. Five year recurrence intervals for the lower Salt River indicate that flow can fall to less than 12 cfs for seven days or longer and less than 37 cfs for 30 days or longer. From 1987 through 1996, instantaneous low flows ranged from 20 to 59 cfs.
Flow Duration
Flow duration statistics reflect the stream discharge that is exceeded for a specified proportion of time. Median discharge (flow exceeded 50% of the time) for the lower Salt River exceeds 400 cfs. Median discharge for North Fork, Middle Fork, and South Fork is 31, 31, and 16 cfs, respectively. The ratio of flow that is exceeded 90% of the time to flow exceeded 10% of the time (90:10 ratio) is indicative of the flashiness or variability of stream flow. The 90:10 ratios for gage stations in the Salt River basin range from 1:117 for the Salt River at New London site to 1:4,400 for Lick Creek at Perry. These ratios indicate that stream flows are highly variable. Small precipitation event cause rapid increases in stream flow because most water runs off quickly due to the low permeability of the underlying strata.
Flood Frequency
Alexander and Wilson (1995) determined through multiple regression techniques that drainage area and main-channel slope can be used to estimate return period flows for unregulated streams in Missouri. The generalized least squares regression equations are as follows:
Qt=estimated discharge in cubic feet per second (cfs)
A=drainage area in square miles
S=main channel slope in feet per mile
Discharges in excess of 9,000 cfs occur every five years in the North Fork, Middle Fork, Elk Fork, and South Fork (Table Hy01). Prior to the construction of Clarence Cannon Dam, discharges in the lower Salt River exceeded 40,000 cfs every two years.
Dam and Hydropower Influences
Actual construction of Mark Twain Lake and Clarence Cannon Dam began in 1970 and was completed in 1983. The dam impounds the upper Salt River about 63 miles upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River. Approximately 165 miles of the river and its tributaries were inundated. The dam has two hydropower units capable of producing 58,000 kilowatts of electricity. One of the units is designed to become a pump when operated in reverse. It can be used to return water to the lake during extremely low lake level periods to be reused for power generation. A second dam (re-regulation dam) about 9.5 miles downstream of the main dam impounds water for the pump back generation. This pump back feature was tested twice in 1984 and has not been used since. At normal pool of 606 M.S.L., the lake has a surface area of 18,600 acres and storage of 457,000 acre-feet. The top of the tainter gates is 638 M.S.L., at which time the lake would cover 38,400 acres and have 1.43 million acre-feet of storage.
Low dissolved oxygen concentrations in the re-regulation pool caused by hypolimnetic lake water moving through the turbines is a major water quality concern. A temperature control weir was constructed about 400 feet in front of the main dam to act as a skimming weir so the turbines would draw a mixture of epilimnetic and hypolimnetic water during periods of lake stratification. However, when the lake level is high (625 M.S.L.), the metalimnion may stabilize as much as 19 feet above the crest of the weir (580 M.S.L.) allowing poorly oxygenated, hypolimnetic water to pass through the turbines and into the re-regulation pool during generation. During periods of non-generation at this elevation, hypolimnetic water fills the forebay between the weir and main dam. This water leaks through the wicket gates into the tailwater. Upon start up of generation, this poor-quality water is flushed downstream. Current operational procedures during periods when the turbines cannot discharge water with adequate dissolved oxygen concentration calls for opening the tainter gates so that one-third of the discharge is from the tainter gates (surface release from the lake) and two-thirds is through the turbines. Discharge exclusively through the tainter gates will be used when oxygen concentrations in the re-regulation pool remains too low.
Low discharge and poorly oxygenated water moving through the re-regulation dam into the lower Salt River is also a concern. A surface water intake was recently constructed at the re-regulation dam so that oxygenated surface water would pass through the dam instead of bottom water with little dissolved oxygen. A minimum of 50 cfs is released through the dam to maintain downstream flows and adequate water quality. Maximum discharge through the re-regulation dam is 6,000 cfs from April to November (growing season), but during the winter months it may be as much as 12,000 cfs (D. Foss, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, personal communication). Discharges are significantly reduced, no more than 2,500 cfs, when the Mississippi River is at flood stage.
I used the Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) and Range of Variability Approach (RVA) to closely examine how Clarence Cannon Dam has altered streamflows in the lower Salt River (Richter et al. 1996, Richter et al. 1997). This method assumes that natural variation in hydrologic regimes is necessary to sustain native biodiversity and function of aquatic ecosystems. The IHA uses daily discharges to compute measures of central tendency (mean or median) and dispersion (standard deviation or percentiles) for each of 33 hydrologic parameters for each year in a data series, i.e., one set for the pre-dam period and one for the post-dam period (Table Hy02). The RVA uses the pre-impact values to establish a natural range of variation for each parameter. Post-impact means or medians can then be compared to the RVA target ranges to determine which parameters have been significantly altered (fall outside the natural range of variation). I chose parametric procedures to describe each parameter for the Salt River at New London. Because construction of Clarence Cannon Dam began in November 1970, the pre-impact period was set as 1923 - 1970. The post-impact period was defined as 1983 - 1996. RVA target ranges were computed from the pre-dam means + or - one standard deviation unless targets fell outside of the pre-dam data range. When this occurred, the 25th or 75th percentile was used to set the lower or upper limit, whichever fell outside of the data range.
Based on 48 years of pre-dam and 14 years of post-dam data, mean annual flow was higher during the post-dam period (2,077 cfs compared to 1626 cfs), indicating more precipitation and/or run-off during the last 14 years. However, the coefficient of variation was lower from the post-dam period (1.5) than from the pre-dam period (2.6). The means of ten of the 33 flow parameters from the post-dam period were outside the RVA target ranges. Post-dam means for 21 of the 33 parameters were outside the RVA target ranges in at least 4 of the post-dam years (>30%), and means of 12 parameters were outside target ranges in at least half of the post-dam years (>50%).
Primarily due to the construction of Mark Twain Lake, Bachant et al. (1982) projected that the recreational value of the Salt River basin would increase from a statewide ranking of 19 to a ranking of 12 (out of 38 basins evaluated).


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NEW YORK -- All the single ladies will be watching the upcoming Super Bowl along with football lovers -- that's because Beyonce is the halftime show performer.
NFL confirmed the news Tuesday afternoon after Beyonce posted a photo of herself sporting eye black, where "Feb. 3" is written on one and "2013" on the other, on her Tumblr page. The Super Bowl is set for Feb. 3, 2013 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
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In another era, every detail of a wedding this grand would be reported in the newspaper, from a description of the bride's dress and the flowers in her bouquet to the names of the most prominent guests. In the internet age, I find myself being careful to keep things anonymous without any real reason, except that it seems like an invasion of privacy not to.
The wedding, which started last night at 8:30 p.m. and ended at dawn, as Argentinian weddings do, was held in the Nuestra Senora del Pilar church, at the Recoleta Cemetery. (More about it later.) Everyone then walked to the Alvear Palace Hotel, where the reception was held. ...
I snuck in and took a photo of the ballroom in advance, but the picture doesn't convey the elegance of the room. (The bride added the disco balls to make it livelier for dancing later.)
I had learned my lesson the two nights before, so I didn't touch any of the hors d'oeuvres being passed around before dinner. I also only had one glass of champagne, even though it was harder to get a glass of water than champagne during the reception. I turned down the foie gras mousse canapes, the savory creme brulees served with tiny spoons, the fried shrimp on a stick, the cheese puffs, the lomo empanadas and more other treats than I can remember.
I did laugh when the crab balls came out in honor of the bride's hometown, even though they didn't look like any crab balls a Marylander would recognize. And because the bride's mother is from the deep South, the carving station was ham served with little biscuits. Those two must be a first for the Alvear Palace kitchen.
I was glad I'd restrained myself when I sat down at my table and read the dinner menu, which I'll try to reproduce in its entirety. (I seem to have misplaced mine, although I thought I stuck it in my purse.)
It's like a joke: What's the vegetarian option at an Argentinian wedding?
Answer: A quarter-pound instead of a half-pound of beef tenderloin.
First course
Assortment of seafoods (which included shrimp, salmon mousse, caviar and various smoked fish)
Main course
Beef tenderloin (huge) with duxelles and a Malbec sauce with potatoes Anna
Alvear signature cake (fabulous)
Coffee and petit fours
Wedding cake
Dessert stations
End of the evening
Veal sandwich station
In case you weren't counting, those were four different courses of desserts spread out over the evening.


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Through May/June I was travelling in the US, to a number of feminist and tech events including WisCon, AdaCamp and Open Source Bridge. I gave talks, ran unconference sessions, and sat on panels at each event, as well as talking to lots of smart people doing good stuff. In between, I hung out with remote colleagues and met new ones in spaces like San Francisco's feminist hackerspace Double Union. Along the way, I made three realisations, all of which are related to community in some Continue reading →


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The same thing happened with the ones I have grown in a large tub but the ones in the ground are still producing longish stems.
I'll be buying some sweetpea seeds this afternoon and sowing them shortly. I started this year's ones in February but wanted to give this autumn sowing a go.
Thank you David. I'll be planting mine in a couple of weeks time then.
I planted my sweet peas early spring this year, but after seeing Monty's trial and other info from this forum having decided to sow some now and then some in the spring. Mine did ok (apart from the one's my 12 year old daughter pulled up when helping with the weeding!) but I didn't spend much time on them and didn't cut any for the vase. After reading lots of tips etc I hope to get a better lot for cut flowers next year.
If the sweet peas are sown now, when is germination expected ? That is, do they come through in a few weeks as usual and then just sit dormant as small plants through the rest of winter - or what ?
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If the sweet peas are sown now, when is germination expected ? That is, do they come through in a few weeks as usual and then just sit dormant as small plants through the rest of winter - or what ?
Sweet peas take between 7 & 21 days to germinate, depending on the temperature they are subjected to.
21 days is far preferable to 7 days as the latter indicates being too warm, which may result in straggly plants.
Getting started is a bit of a balancing act, taking advantage while temperatures are still warm enough to germinate the seed and then for cold weather to keep them from putting on growth until late February.
The nights are starting to get quite cool now, so I will be sowing my seed in my cold greenhouse one day next week.
Thanks David, I've always Spring sown before but lost most of them this year with the weather. Will try Autumn sowing hopefully for a better result
Thanks for the advice David - have you ever grown the dwarf variety Cupid? I am hoping that the method will still be the same. Unfortunately I don't have a greenhouse or coldframe so I will be planting into the ground in March. Fingers crossed.
Lunarz - I haven't grown 'Cupid' (would that be 'Pink Cupid'?) as I tend to stick to cordon grown varieties.
If you intend to grow your 'Cupid' in pots or containers, you can sow them in situ now. Being extremely hardy they will survive the frost, although they don't like cold biting winds and they will need protection from slugs.
I would say to anyone who doesn't have a coldframe or cold greenhouse, you can still sow directly into the ground in autumn.....just keep in mind the aforementioned slugs & cold winds.
Great - thank you. I'll try some now and some in March then
This has to be one of the quietest SP threads I've ever started....Anyway, as Thursday this week is forecast to be wet, I'll probably spend time in the greenhouse sowing my sweet pea seed.
I think it would probably be a good time to sow in most parts.The young seedlings should then be established by early November, when hopefully we get some cold weather to slow them down.
That's it, all SP seed sown....if the seedlings surface by Nov 2nd, that's job well done.
David what compost do you use for sowing? Do you add anything?
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How many have you sown David?
Well, I tend to grow preferred varieties rather than mixed collections. I buy these in individual packets containing 10 seeds of each variety and this year I'm growing 17 packets, so I make that 170 seeds.
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David what compost do you use for sowing? Do you add anything?
Kate, I prefer to use compost specifically formulated for sowing seed (normally labeled 'seed compost') as this contains very little added nutrients. I use 'John Innes Seed Compost', this is a loam based compost, but other seed composts will do, provided they are sold as 'seed compost'.
I know some people use multipurpose compost, but IMHO it contains too many nutrients which encourages them to put on too much growth in the early stages......we need them to just mark time from germination until say February, when a dilute feed can be used if necessary.
As you will now understand, I definitely don't add anything.
Seed compost on my shopping list then!
Figrat - this is how mine looked in February & March earlier this year, using JI seed compost:
Thanks David I thought I had better check. Those plants look great.
I hope mine grow as well as yours David. Will toilet roll tubes be ok to plant them in? Or should I get something special?


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A.Behaviour is just the evidence for mind,not its very own nature.
B.The view that a mind can be reduced to patterns in behaviour is a hypothesis long abandoned.
C.Thus, you can act as if you are in pain and not really be in pain.
D.The turning test,one may say,is seriously flawed.
a.ACBD b.BACD c.DBAC d.DABC
1. The success of any unit in a competitive environment depends on prudent management sources.
A. In this context, it would have been more appropriate, if the concept of accelerated depreciation,
together with additional incentives towards capital allowances for recouping a portion of the
cost of replacements out of the current generations, had been accepted.
B. Added to this are negligible retention of profits because of inadequate capital allowances and
artificial disallowances of genuine outflows.
C. One significant cause for poor generation of surpluses is the high cost of capital and its
servicing cost.
D. The lack of a mechanism in Indian tax laws for quick recovery of capital costs has not received
its due attention.
6. While this may apparently look costly from the point of view of the exchequer, the ultimate cost
to the government and the community in the form of losses suffered through poor viability will be
a. ADBC b. BCDA c. CBDA d. DBAC
My first PJ :
1)Mavericks such as Bill Gates of Microsoft and Howard Schultz of Starbucks, who may not have fit easily into established companies, succeeded at building their own unique empires.
2)The free market often seems better at recognizing and promoting individual leaders than large organisations.
3)With all these emerging leaders, the time has come for small companies to enjoy some time in the spotlight.
4)They, and others like them, stand out as heroes in the business world.
5)Indeed, a research company has found that most of the job growth in the US this decade has come from small companies.
herz one more---------
(A) We think back with an element of nostalgia to that earlier dream of a world in which we were promised accurate prediction, control and endless progress.
(B) Add to this a host of other problems we encounter and things do seem to be in a mess.
(C) We feel today that we are living in a world that is constantly in crisis.
(D) In the face of all this we feel a burning need for corrective action, for major interventions, government legislation, aid programmes.
(E) All around us newspapers and television warn of global warming and environmental degradation, of terrorism and international conflicts, of Third World poverty and the implications of the recent economic slump. (1) CEDBA (2) CEBDA (3) CEDAD (4) CEBAD (5) CAEBD
one from my side...
A. The situations in which violence occurs and the nature of that violence tends to be clearly defined at least in theory, as in the proverbial Irismans question: Is this a private fight or can anyone join in?
B. So the actual risk to outsiders, though no doubt higher than our societies, is calculable.
C. Probably the only uncontrolled applications of force are those of social superiors to social inferiors and even here there are probably some rules.
D. However, binding the obligation to kill, members or feuding families engaged in mutual massacre will be genuinely appalled if by some mischance a bystander or outsider is killed.
( a) DABC ( b) ACDB ( c) CBAD ( d) DBAC
Puys need your help on this set
A-That's where J Lo, got her start,singing and dancing in neighbourhood shows in New York City
B-She's dressed all in white-squeaky clea running shoes and velour track suit she designed herself, with a "J. Lo" insignia over her breast.
C-She's come a long way from the Kip's Bay Boys and Girls Club
D-Today she's in Vacouver, filming an Ufinished Life, in which she teams up with Robert Redford.
Its pretty easy, but i'm caught between two options. Unable to justify which is wrog and why. Any suggestions?
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Comments on Questions Quoted TypePad 2012-12-21T18:45:51Z Shimer College http://blog.shimer.edu/provocations/ tag:typepad.com,2003:http://blog.shimer.edu/provocations/2013/01/questions-from-various-voices-quoted-/comments/atom.xml/ Toko Jelly Gamat Gold-G Di Bandung commented on 'Questions Quoted ' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a010534b2c34a970c01b7c717f20c970b 2014-12-05T06:13:40Z 2014-12-05T06:13:40Z Toko Jelly Gamat Gold-G Di Bandung http://obat-darahtinggi.web.id/toko-jelly-gamat-gold-g-di-bandung/ http://obat-darahtinggi.web.id/toko-jelly-gamat-gold-g-di-bandung/
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 Susan Henking commented on 'Questions Quoted ' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a010534b2c34a970c017ee742fd81970d 2013-01-12T03:55:30Z 2013-01-12T06:42:58Z Susan Henking http://blog.shimer.edu/provocations/ Hmmm on the foreign language point -- worth discussing?
Hmmm on the foreign language point -- worth discussing?
 Sam commented on 'Questions Quoted ' tag:typepad.com,2003:6a010534b2c34a970c017ee70c61c6970d 2013-01-07T19:12:17Z 2013-01-07T19:12:29Z Sam http://shimercollege.wikia.com That Lyman quote really gets to the heart of things, doesn't it? I'm in no position to even attempt to...
That Lyman quote really gets to the heart of things, doesn't it? I'm in no position to even attempt to address the question as stated, but I have been pondering some related thoughts in connection to Shimer's own history. I guess I may as well post them here...

For most of the Mount Carroll period, Shimer was basically a very small LAC following a (somewhat modified version of a) curriculum designed for a very large and well-resourced university. (Mark Benney, who was of the opinion that even the U of C could barely manage to pull off the Hutchins curriculum, has some harsh words for this aspect of Shimer in _Almost a Gentleman_). Most students speak very well of the resulting experience, but *providing* that experience was an enormous strain on the school even in the best of times. Financial and other pressures ultimately forced Shimer to adopt the curricular reforms of the late 70s and early 80s, leading to the Shimer curriculum of the Waukegan/Chicago period -- thus, a student from today will find remarkably little that is unfamiliar in a catalog from 1985, but much that is unexpected in a catalog from 1975. This "Waukegan curriculum" (for lack of a better term) was a triumph of design, but IMO it no longer speaks very well to Shimer's situation.

I might put it like this: in the early Great Books decades Shimer was taking a curriculum designed for abundance and applying it to a context of scarcity; but now we are applying a curriculum designed for scarcity to a context of (in some respects) abundance. To take a relatively minor example, the old foreign language requirements were unsustainable in the Waukegan years, but in the context of Chicago there is no longer any shortage of qualified language instruction providers within an easy commute (even leaving out distance learning).

I think it may be time to consider how some of the older "general education" ideals that were partially or entirely jettisoned in the Waukegan curriculum may be able to be readopted/adapted in Shimer's new context. This also creates the opportunity for Shimer to once again leapfrog the competition -- *while* remaining true to its "traditional" identity -- rather than getting sucked into a reactionary eddy as happened in the 1940s and very nearly in the late 2000s.


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Recorded: Monday, January 28, 2013
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Robert Higgs on Economic Intervention
Recorded: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Senior Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Delusions of Power, talks about the history of government intervention in the economy on the Peter Schiff Radio Show via Disposable Wisdom.
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Robert Nelson on Environmentalism as Religion
Recorded: Monday, May 21, 2012
Senior Fellow Robert Nelson, author of The New Holy Wars talks about the the religious implications between church, state, and environmentalism with Anthony Gill on Research on Religion.
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Clifford Thies on the American Economic Association and Richard T. Ely
Recorded: Monday, November 28, 2011
The American Economic Association (AEA) takes pride in celebrating its founder Richard T. Ely. This pride is strange, given the character of Elys thought, which is revealed in The Independent Review article The Shaping of a Future Presidents Economic Thought: Richard T. Ely and Woodrow Wilson at The Hopkins by Gary M. Pecquet and Clifford F. Thies, as well as the Econ Journal Watch article Richard T. Ely: The Confederate Flag of the AEA? by Clifford F. Thies and Ryan Daza. In this podcast, Thies is interviewed by the economist Lawrence H. White and explores Elys ideas, values, and impact. Thies is the Eldon R. Lindsay Chair of Free Enterprise and Professor of Economics and Finance at Shenandoah University.
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