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By Stuart Briscoe
Thursday, March 01, 2007
It was a hot sticky day in the early part of June 1776 in
Thomas Paine, in a pamphlet entitled "Common Sense," had said it made no more sense for America to continue to have allegiance to Britain than for a young person to continue living with their family into old age. "Common Sense" dictated that a change needed to be made. That was the consensus as far as the representatives of the Congress were concerned. So they voted on this proposal and twelve of the thirteen voted in favor; New York did not vote.
They then asked five men -- Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston -- to spend time drafting a specific declaration of independence. The five men met together and determined that the most suitable person to do it was Thomas Jefferson, even though he was the youngest member of the five. In fact, Jefferson was the youngest member of the Congress but a brilliant young man.
He went to his lodgings, got his little writing desk, put it on his knee, and set to work. He obviously drew a lot from work he had already done on the Constitution of his home state of Virginia. It is very obvious that much of his thinking was derived from his extensive reading on the Roman Republic and also on the writings of the scholar John Locke.
Jefferson came up with his initial draft and sent it round by messenger to the lodging of his good friend, Benjamin Franklin, who also consulted with John Adams. Adams read it and felt that he certainly couldn't match the literary skills of Jefferson, so he didn't make any recommendations at all, although he did say, that he had some reservations about George III being called a tyrant. Adams certainly agreed that George III had his problems but tyranny was not one of them, but he didn't say anything about it.
Benjamin Franklin, who made his money in printing and publishing, however, went through the documents with more care and made a number of suggestions, all of which Jefferson accepted. The draft declaration was then taken to the Congress, and they did what committees tend to do -- they started going over it, and they made many, many changes to what Jefferson had written. Jefferson was not particularly happy about this. Ben Franklin recognized that he wasn't very happy about it, and took time out to tell him a very funny story, which I'd like very much to tell you but I don't have time. It's rather nice to know that even at that particular time Franklin, at least, had a sense of humor -- even if Jefferson couldn't see the humor in his work of art being cut and pasted as it was.


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Marvin H. Matuszak
Position: LB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 232 lbs.
Born: September 12, 1931 in South Bend, IN
Died: February 28, 2004 in South Bend, IN
High School: Michael Washington
College: Tulsa (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 3rd round (29th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 24 (4153rd overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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No excitement for Derek yet?
I'm sure the season starts back up on Sunday. I think this episode is the start, but it is sort of hard to determine if this is the right one, or a repeat. Air time is right. The title doesnt' look familiar.
I just finished watching the Train Heist episode. God, how awesome was that? Such a great episode, with such great tension and ultimate payoff.
Goddamit. I guess I had copied that one first. I feel like a dummy.
Correct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd5WdxGRNG8
As far as Nadine Shah goes, YES. She's fantastic. I learned about her from the forum mixtape thread, btw.
Yikes, Derek looks horrible. :( Is it just me?
I don't really think Gervais has done much worth seeing since the original Office, really. I keep hoping he'll find the magic again.
I saw one episode of Extras, the one with Kate Winslet. Didn't really care for it. Gervais has a sort of humor that is more like rubbernecking at a horrid accident with body parts scattered about than wacky antics. I'm not sure how funny it actually is a lot of the time, as opposed to that tingly sense of "Oh Lord, I've --met/worked for/could have been-- that guy. Kind of a mixed sense of horror at the recognition followed by the giddy relief that it wasn't you, or that you had only been an onlooker instead of a participant when something similar happened near you at some point of your life.
This is pretty heavily biased by my watching pretty much just The Office with Gervais.
Extras was fantastic. Patrick Stewart's scene alone is worth the entire price of admission. I haven't laughed that hard in ages. Although the whole "Harry Potter is really a horndog" episode was almost as good.
As for the nature of his comedy, you're problably not a fan of a huge sector of the genre if that type of funny bothers you. There's been a dark side to comedy from the very beginning. As the great Mel Brooks once said, "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
Sir Ian describing his "process" on Extras provides one of the funniest two minute bits you'll ever see.
Then the same episode was on a week later, and when I turned it on, it was suddenly hilarious! Maybe I needed some distance from the painful awkwardness, or maybe I needed to watch it once before I could appreciate it. But that was pretty much the pattern for every episode I watched: extremely uncomfortable the first time, hilarious after that.
What I'm saying is, I completely understand if you don't find that sort of humor funny. I'd also understand if you tried it again and found it suddenly hilarious. But mostly the first one.
I'd never heard of that. They remade Judge Dredd, the Sylvester Stallone/Armand Assante movie? A reboot? Or is a different movie altogether?
I will weep for thee, for this post of thine, methinks, is like another fall of man.
"I said Hot. Shot."
Anderson: He's thinking of going for your gun.
Dredd: Yeah.
Anderson: He's changed his mind.
Dredd: Yeah.
God I loved that exchange.
"You look ready."
Rock8man, what no one is telling you here is that while it's a remake of Judge Dredd, it's really a remake of the Asian film The Raid. The whole thing takes place in one building, pretty much. Both are excellent, if you haven't seen either. I liked The Raid a bit better because of the martial arts angle but Dredd is great.
I think they were both riffing on Die Hard, and this IMDB FAQ(for whatever that's worth) seems to agree.
I watched the recent Dredd remake yesterday because of this thread. So grizzly! Like a samurai flick.
That's actually an apt comparison in my opinion. It does have the feel of a 70's samurai film. I recently picked up the Lone Wolf and Cub box set and it has kind of the same feel.
Tuned in Dredd last night without expecting much. I was very pleasantly surprised. Urban did a good job, the guy who played Avon Barksdale in the wire was a good character, too. the movie had a good flow, the effects were good but generally not overpowering, and the story was good.
Thanks for the recommendation, all!
What are some 70s Samurai films that would remind me of this? Because I'd watch that .
So happy to hear all the Dredd love. :)


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President Barack Obama says the US cannot stand by and let President Bashar al-Assad get away with the alleged chemical weapons attack.PT0M0S 620 349
Lacking domestic consensus, UN support and NATO backing the President has turned to Congress to authorise a military strike against Syria that Mr Obama had been poised to approve.
Only hours before, Secretary of State John Kerry had laid out a passionate argument in favour of attacking.
"I have decided that the United States should take military action against Syrian regime targets," the president said in a statement at the White House on Saturday afternoon. "I'm also mindful that I'm president of the world's oldest constitutional democracy."
President Barack Obama arrives to make a statement about Syria in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, delaying what had appeared to be an imminent strike. Photo: AP
Hours later the White House sent a resolution to Congress for it to consider and vote on that would give him authority launch an attack on Syria, and Congressional leaders confirmed they would vote on the resolution no later than the week beginning September 9, when they return from summer recess.
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The senior Republican hawks John McCain and Lindsey Graham said they could not support the attack because it did not go far enough.
Both men have long been calling on the US to intervene to remove Dr Assad from power.
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Only hours before, Secretary of State John Kerry had laid out a passionate argument in favour of attacking.
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Blanchie Brown Dedrick, 73, died Aug. 20, 2012, at Baptist Health, Little Rock. Blanchie was born Sept. 2, 1938 to the late Pearlean Lane Graydon and Arlee Garry.
She attended school in the Wabbaseka Public School System. Blanchie was a homemaker.
Blanchie was a member of Allen Temple Missionary Baptist Church for a number of years. She was an active choir member, she enjoyed singing, helping older people and reading the word of God.
She was preceded in death by her son, Carl Dedrick; a daughter Vivian Brown; brothers, Albert Camp, James Graydon Sr. and John Graydo, Sr.; and sister Willie M. Culclager.
Blanchie leaves to cherish her loving memory a loving companion of more than 20 years Ully Hall; two daughters, Katherine Brown of Pine Bluff and Lover Jean Brown of Oakland Calif.; three sons: Charles (Donetta) Brown, Tony (Natalie) Dedrick and Marku (Shanta) Dedrick, all of California; a special daughter, Patricia Edwards of Stuttgart; 19 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, friends and other loved ones.
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There are simple gestures that can mean even more than the most courageous of actions. William Swenson's return to active duty is one example of this. Swenson, a United States Army captain who was awarded the Medal of Honor on Oct. 15, 2013, had previously submitted a formal request asking to return to active duty. As reported by The Army Times on April 9, Capt. William Swenson is now back on active duty, serving as a plans officer at I Corps headquarters.
According to the report, Swenson joins Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry and Staff Sgt. Ty Carter as the only Medal of Honor recipients honored for actions in Afghanistan who are currently on active duty. All three men are stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington.
Last year, President Barack Obama gave the highest military award to War on Terror veteran, Army Captain William D. Swenson, in recognition of his efforts to save American lives during a battle with Taliban insurgents near the Pakistan border in 2009.
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Swenson was first proposed for the Medal of Honor in 2009, but missed the documentation and had to re-process the proposal in 2011. Swenson critcized the Army for the lack of support his unit received during the battle. This led to an investigation in which two Army officers were punished.
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Howard Dean makes an interesting point:
"The real issue is this. Who would you rather have in charge of the defense of the United States of America, a group of people who never served a day overseas in their life, or a guy who served his country honorably and has three Purple Hearts and a Silver Star on the battlefields of Vietnam?"
Of course, that was when John Kerry was running for president. He doesn't seem to value those medals quite so much, now. H/T Instapundit.
As Mr. Tapper notes at the link above, " McCain, by the way, has been awarded the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Star Medals, a Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross."
Of course, gallantry in battle is evidence of character, but is not necessarily evidence that one would make a great President, as President Grant demonstrated. What's really amusing is that Dean, like Obama and like Hillary (but unlike McCain) will simply say whatever it takes; truth has *no* meaning for them.


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|"Don't mess with blondes."
|Unforgettable in my book.
|Recognize her without her Orion green?
|Please, not them.
Czerwinski out.
A grass-roots effort to get actor Mary Czerwinski where she belongs: on the USS Enterprise as Dr. Elizabeth Dehner in JJ Abrams' reimagined Star Trek.
|"Don't mess with blondes."
|Unforgettable in my book.
|Recognize her without her Orion green?
|Please, not them.
The noble blonde tradition in Star Trek should be upheld! Didn't Kirk almost marry that "little blonde lab technician?" And what about that Carol Marcus who he had his only son with? How about breaking the temporal prime directive to ensure that the 23rd century could have just-one-more-blonde in the mix with Gillian Taylor?
Please don't say that the blonde tradition died with Tasha Yar! And don't say that Kes or Seven of Nine don't count because nobody likes Voyager! The lack of the fair hair in Star Trek 2009 could well be our only criticism. Yes it's time that the blonde got a good, fierce and inspired representation as Star Trek re-presents itself again.
Dehner is positively the best to bring forward.
She evaluates crew response in stressful situations --this is rapt for comic, poetic relief!
Cmon, Orci and Kurtzman, you already grabbed the magnificent Delta Vega from WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE, why not take the dammed Aldebaron colony this time around? Pick up a crew member to work the psychology of the crew! And just because there's potential for "tin-foil" eyes, don't mean the story has to go there.
Heck. She could just be the annoying, yet sexy, yet canon beauty monitoring Kirk's growing hands.
Actually don't do the hands again.
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Californicated Redux; or me here fiddling while California burns
By Kelly Feser Eells 01/24/2013
Forrest Mize is one lucky bastard. For he managed to do what I've been trying to do since the overturning of Prop. 187, i.e., leave.
Indeed, it occurs to me that Mr. Mize and I were separated at birth, seeing as how I, too, have been paying through the nose for car insurance — with nary a claim in 30-plus years! — in order to keep this way-past-Golden State's uninsured on the streets.
Similarly, I, too, have lately been the victim of crimes against my person and property, five-out-of-six of which were perpetrated by illegal aliens (proved by my and a couple witnesses' fingering of said "perps" who, naturally, weren't prosecuted. Unless you count their having to flee this Land o' the Fleeced for a few weeks as "prosecution").
I've also been held financially hostage by spurious "laws" that only apply to peaceable taxpayers, e.g., the county shook me down for removing a cracked/lawsuit-waiting-to-happen tree branch from my own property because — gasp! — I had the temerity to remove it without first securing its permission … which was right about the same time my water company board, in an effort to appease a bunch of knee-jerk reactionaries who don't even consume my H2O, much less live in my community, approved a multimillion-dollar ladder-to-nowhere for some mythical fish that hasn't been seen in these parts since the 1940s, resulting in my paying triple for water that literally stinks one-quarter of the year.
And let's not forget the fact that, after paying my health insurance company $56,000 (yes, THOUSAND) in out-of-pocket premiums over the course of nine years — with, again, nary a claim! — I had the audacity to require an MRI and subsequent radiation treatment. Neither of which could get me "high," yet both of which I ended up paying half for, in order to, what? Subsidize the maternity room care of more "instant citizens"?
But before you snarl "racist," please think (c'mon, I know you can, past election notwithstanding): Did I once use any term that even rhymes with, say, Texaco? I mean, how're you so sure that THIS native's quality of life wasn't decimated by hordes of invading aliens from, say, Canada? Ha! Who's the racist now, you elitist gasbag!
As indicated earlier, I've been in semi-hate with my resident state — an unpleasant feeling, to be frank — since Prop. 187 was consigned to the dead letter file by Federal District Court Loon, er, Judge Mariana Pfaelzer. [*1] Since that initiative gave our THEN "merely" 55-percent "Democratic" [*2] legislature an idea: "Say, let's pretend we actually care about the poor, huddled tired masses, then secure the illegal alien vote [*3] for time immemorial!" (Oh, to have been a Bolshevik fly on the wall when Pfaelzer's ruling came down: "Say, what's YOUR nanny's name, Assemblyman (Antonio) Villaraigosa (D-Los Angeles)?" "Like I even have a clue, Rep. (Nancy) Pelosi (D-San Francisco), but she sure can cook!")
Hell, I loved the poor, huddled tired masses — even the "undocumented" ones. Well, the old coots, anyway, because, really, is it THEIR fault their offspring feel entitled? — not to mention the plain old ordinary born-and-bred indigent … right up until voting in this state became entirely masturbatory. Right up until our legislature (and now, sadly, nay, tragically, this country's ruling class) decided it would be up to THEM to dictate whom We the People/the masses should feel charitable toward.
Sigh. Nowadays I can barely afford to cut a quarterly check to the Polly Klaas Foundation. Much less offer "ongoing support" to veterans, children's hospitals, et al. Thanks, desperate-to-stay-in-power Lefties; always a pleasure to see how generous you are with OTHER people's money.
In closing, Mr. Mize, I envy you your escape! To date, I've only managed to convince HALF my family members that paying to live in this godforsaken state is like paying for a boil.
[*1] Spit out her surname phonetically if it makes ya feel any better … or kindly just note that she was appointed to the bench by that — surprise, surprise —insane anti-Semite from Plains, Jimmy Carter. [*2} A misnomer if there ever was. [*3] Because, to vote in this country, one has to be a citizen, and to be a citizen, one has to speak English, so why in Sam Hill are our ballots printed in SPANISH? Look up the rules becoming a U.S. citizen if you doubt, Thomas. And after you do, care to join me in a class action lawsuit against our secretary of state?
Kelly Feser Eells is a resident of Ojai.
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I've always wanted a definition of "drowning in guilt". I think I found it.
I have lived in Oxnard longer than Mrs. Shulman, eat at BG's, shop at Vallarta and have Latino neighbors and friends. I do not suffer from guilt of my criticisms of newly arrived Latino's and problems they present.
The 14th Amendment was not drawn up to allow foreigners to arrive here pregnant and take advantage of our Constitution, welfare and schools. NO NO NO. It was drawn up to protect the children of slaves, period.
Mr. Mize's excellent essay is regrettable only in that people like Shulman take the anti-Latino portions and use that as a wedge against the whole message. Mize spent just as much time criticizing what has become of California with its bloated bureaucracy and stupid laws. I dare say, when Shulman arrived in Oxnard its business climate, indeed the business climate of all California, was much more vibrant. It's decline has nothing to do with Latino's, it has all to do with stupid liberalism and its reliance on huge, bloated bureaucracy and public employee unions.
I few years ago my house was broken into by young Latinos. I don't hold the whole of our Latino neighbors responsible, but facts are facts.
When whites commit stupid crimes, I shout out "white trash' with the best of them. Like I say, no guilt here.
Mize's essay was great. Try and look at it with and eye for its entirety, not just its criticism of Latino's.
This above is a posting error. It belongs to the previous essay by Mrs. Schulman.
Eells essay is hilarious.


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I am using Xcode 3.2 on 10.6, with the shipped version of gcov and default GCC compiler (both version 4.2.1). I have created a dependent Cocoa unit test bundle which is injected into my app, and followed Apple's documentation on setting up a gcov-instrumented build configuration - based on the Debug configuration which doesn't have any compiler optimisations enabled.
When I build the test bundle with this 'Gcov-instrumented' configuration, the app launches and the tests are injected and run. Also the coverage statistics files are generated at:
So far so good. I know the tests are really being run because if I insert failures then the test suite fails as expected. Unfortunately, gcov reports that no lines of the objects have been covered by the tests! Every line is reported as 0 coverage. I've searched here and at the Apple mailing list archives, and can't find anyone with a similar problem. I expect I'm missing something - but what is it?


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"The Square Root of Evil"
A genre defining, supernatural serial killer mystery, that successfully combines smart horror elements with terror, religious and apocalyptic themes.
"The Square Root of Evil" is a screenplay, based on the book 'The Square Root of Evil,' written by Randy Simmons and William Imbornoni. They are currently looking to have the screenplay made into a featured film. Here's what it's about…
In the horror/thriller "The Square Root of Evil" a bloody serial killer must be stopped before an apocalyptic prophecy is fulfilled, and the ultimate evil unleashed.
Something foul, ancient, and evil has come to a large metropolitan city, beginning its reign in the suburbs with the horrific slaughter of an innocent, pregnant housewife. Kathy Connor, a slick, work-obsessed homicide detective, is assigned to investigate.
Within days, another grotesque murder occurs. Kathy and her partner, Brock Lets, are quickly convinced they are dealing with a sadistic serial killer who has a taste for butchering young women. At each murder scene, an ancient coin is left as a form of perverse payment for the gruesome crime against God and man.
An interview with a witness named Natas, a vile old man, convinces Kathy and Brock that he knows more than he will admit. But Natas soon turns up dead and Brock mysteriously goes down with a flu bug, leaving Kathy to face the mounting body count and the building terror alone, with the realization dawning that all that is coming to pass is somehow connected to her.
As the case flies toward its conclusion, Brock transforms from colleague to suspect and Kathy learns that these attacks were indeed not random, that the personification of evil has drawn her into a realm of horror where the hunter has become the hunted.
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Is there a magic number or formula for setting the values of SetMaxThreads and SetMinThreads for ThreadPool? I have thousands of long-running methods that need execution but just can't find the perfect match for setting these values. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
The default minimum number of threads is the number of cores your machine has. That's a good number, it doesn't generally make sense to run more threads than you have cores.
The default maximum number of threads is 250 times the number of cores you have on .NET 2.0 SP1 and up. There is an enormous amount of breathing room here. On a four core machine, it would take 499 seconds to reach that maximum if none of the threads complete in a reasonable amount of time.
The threadpool scheduler tries to limit the number of active threads to the minimum, by default the number of cores you have. Twice a second it allows one more thread to start if the active threads do not complete. Threads that run for a very long time or do a lot of blocking that is not caused by I/O are not good candidates for the threadpool. You should use a regular Thread instead.
Getting to the maximum isn't healthy. On a four core machine, just the stacks of those threads will consume a gigabyte of virtual memory space. Getting OOM is very likely. Consider lowering the max number of threads if that's your problem. Or consider starting just a few regular Threads that receive packets of work from a thread-safe queue.
Typically, the magic number is to leave it alone. The ThreadPool does a good job of handling this.
That being said, if you're doing a lot of long running services, and those services will have large periods where they're waiting, you may want to increase the maximum threads to handle more options. (If the processes aren't blocking, you'll probably just slow things down if you increase the thread count...)
Profile your application to find the correct number.
If you want better control, you might want to consider NOT using the built-in ThreadPool. There is a nice replacement at http://www.codeproject.com/KB/threads/smartthreadpool.aspx.


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The Canadian Vintage Radio Society (CVRS) is a non-profit, national organization dedicated to the preservation, and enjoyment of antique radios and vintage electronics throughout Canada. Membership in our organization extends well outside our borders.
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The drier air and below-normal chances for afternoon storms continues with the heat index making it feel like it's hotter than 100 degrees in Volusia and Flagler counties.
Wednesday will be mostly sunny with temperatures soaring to the mid-90s and a south-southwest wind of 5 to 10 mph, according to forecasters with the National Weather Service in Melbourne. Watch for a 20 percent chance for isolated showers and storms in the afternoon. Rain chances remain at 20 percent in the evening and overnight temperatures drop to the mid-70s.
Identical forecasts are predicted for Thursday and Friday before rain chances climb to 30 percent on Saturday and more typical scattered afternoon storms are anticipated. The best chance for storms will come when sea breezes move inland later in the day.
On the roads, the Florida Highway Patrol reported no incidents affecting traffic in Volusia or Flagler counties.
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Born to Nigerian and Jamaican parents, Temitayo Ogunbiyi grew up in Lower Gwynedd, PA. She graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, NJ, with a BA in art history in 2006 and went on to obtain a MA from Columbia University, New York City, in 2011. Ogunbiyi also completed Yale University's summer program in Norfolk, CT (2005). The artist now resides primarily in Lagos.
Interpersonal relationships and contemporary modes of communication—Ogunbiyi uses emails, Facebook profiles, and text messages as materials—are recurring themes in her work. She employs drawing, painting, sculpture, and collage to echo social patterns with visual ones, at times purposefully disrupting their fluidity. Her mixed media installations are often site-specific, shaped by the anatomy of the individual gallery space.
Ogunbiyi's work has been shown internationally in exhibitions such as All We Ever Wanted, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (2011); and Boomerang: Perm Biennial of Graphic Arts, Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Russia (2010); and she participated in the 3rd Crazycurators Biennale, SPACE, Bratislava (2010). Her solo exhibitions include Am I a Thief?, Freies Museum Berlin (2012); and New "Paintings," Boardroom, S&S Hotels and Suites, Lagos (2011). She has recently participated in several projects to foster art education in Africa.


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Pam and I seem to be going though one of those periods that you have when a number of challenges loom up to face you.
First it was the battery on the car that died, then I had problems with the installation of programs on my new computer, I had a hair on the sensor of my best camera, one of my UPS expired, the fence at the back was making its way into the garden below and finally (I hope) the new air conditioning unit stopped blowing cold air.
This air conditioning unit worked fine when it was first installed. The air in the room was nicely chilled and it was taking out a decent quantity of water each day. Then gradually it chilled less and less and the room still felt muggy an hour or so after the unit was switched on.
Nothing else for it, call the shop and get someone out to look at it so that is what we did yesterday. This morning, first thing, the technicians arrived and confirmed my suspicions that somehow all the gas had escaped from inside. After taking this outside unit off the wall, it was an easy job to locate the gas joint that was leaking, correct that, fill the unit back up with gas, and check that all was well with a manometer.
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|Vol. 19, No. 19
|October 15, 1997
TMC Institutions, Rice
by KRISTINA VAN ARSDEL
Texas Medical Center News
Clinicians, scientists, and engineers are combining their efforts in a new area of science that could change the way burn, orthopaedic, and cancer patients, among others, are treated. With the Texas Medical Center and Rice University in collaboration, Houston is poised to be one of the hubs for such activity in the field known as tissue engineering.
Michael J. Miller, M.D., (left) and Charles W. Patrick, Jr., Ph.D.,
examine a polymer in the Laboratory of Reparative Biology and
Bioengineering at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Tissue engineering involves the clinician's knowledge of what patients need, the life scientist's understanding of how cells interact, and the engineer's development of biomaterials that can function with cells in the body to form new tissue. When these three disciplines come together, the objective is to develop new ways of replacing tissue using biodegradable materials that interact with the cells in the body to spark tissue growth.
"Tissue engineering is very exciting. It's unique and it's going to change the way we do medicine," says Michael J. Miller, M.D., who is currently working on tissue engineering applications for cancer patients with other members of the plastic surgery department at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Miller, associate professor in the department of plastic surgery, was one of several presenters at the annual "Advances in Tissue Engineering" continuing education short course held at Rice University in August.
"The classical approaches of replacing function with synthetic materials, such as in the case of bone where substances like titanium or ceramic are used, often work for only a limited time," says Larry V. McIntire, Ph.D., chair of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering at Rice University and chair of the newly created bioengineering department. "There is a need for a true biological substitute."
According to Antonios G. Mikos, Ph.D., an associate professor of bioengineering and chemical engineering at Rice University and organizer of the annual short course, the FDA has approved three products for skin and cartilage replacement in the last year - good news for patients with such problems as burn wounds and damage to knees. While researchers continue to study and refine the areas of skin and cartilage replacement, Dr. Mikos and Dr. Miller, in collaboration with Alan W. Yasko, M.D., associate professor of orthopaedic surgical oncology at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, have set their sights on developing bone tissue.
Bone is a complex structure, made up of a multi-cell, three-dimensional system which requires extensive blood supply. In contrast, skin is a two-dimensional cellular system, which makes it easier for vascularization to occur. Cartilage, like bone, is three-dimensional but has fewer cells to maintain, so development of a blood vessel network is not necessary, says Dr. McIntire.
Maintaining adequate blood supply to bone cells is one of the major challenges scientists face in growing bone tissue. Another problem is size. Studies have been conducted using small animals, but the same principles do not always apply to larger animals or humans, says Dr. Mikos.
"When one scales up in larger animals or humans, there are major problems such as diffusion limitations for transplant cells, or vascularization of implants," Dr. Mikos says.
"We can grow bone cells and we can grow limited amounts of bone-like tissue outside the body, but because bone requires a blood supply, the amount that can grow outside the body is very limited," says Dr. Miller. "One approach is to grow bone tissue in the body, using the body as a bioreactor to grow tissues and blood cells together." Dr. Miller and Dr. Mikos have already made advances in the area of in vivo tissue growth in a large animal by developing vascularized bone tissue on a scaffold in the rib cage of a sheep.
Though it may be several years before engineered bone tissue is available in a clinical setting, the plastic surgery team at M. D. Anderson has already begun to explore its practical applications. In the field of plastic surgery, engineered bone tissue would allow for the replacement of bone in the face, hands, and other limbs without taking the bone tissue from another part of the body.
"When Dr. Miller rebuilds a jaw bone now, frequently he has to take bone from the leg. That leaves some potential problems from the donor area," says Gregory R. D. Evans, M.D., associate professor of plastic surgery at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, whose research involves the engineering of peripheral nerves. Dr. Evans and Dr. Mikos are currently working to develop synthetic biodegradable polymer materials for peripheral nerve regeneration.
Gregory R.D. Evans, M.D., in the Laboratory of
Reparative Biology and Bioengineering at
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The plastic surgery team is also developing a program in which fat cell tissues are engineered for such applications as breast reconstruction following a mastectomy. In this procedure, plastic surgeons would remove a small amount of adipose tissue from the patient following the mastectomy and expand it ex vivo, according to Charles W. Patrick, Jr., Ph.D., research director in the department of plastic surgery at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The expanded tissue would then be attached to a biodegradable polymer that matches the shape of the patient's other breast and then re-implanted inside the breast envelope while being neovascularized. The fat tissue would then continue to grow while the scaffold dissolves, says Dr. Patrick, who has recently edited a book with Dr. McIntire and Dr. Mikos due out this month called Frontiers in Tissue Engineering.
"Our hope is to have a comprehensive program where we're looking at the whole spectrum of tissues," says Dr. Miller. "We could get a long way to solving problems in this field with the collaboration of the whole medical center, local academic institutions and the biotechnological industry in the region."
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Annual DOE picnic
September 12th
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Elk's Club 7:30 pm
October 9-11th
National Convention
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Dear Daughters,
It is my privilege to invite all of you to a Membership Appreciation Evening at the Elk's on our regular meeting night, Friday, June 13th at 6:30 for appetizers and 7:00 for dinner. Dinner will be catered by Remo's at $10/person. Cash bar as usual. Guests are welcome. We will be honoring 11 women for their length of membership and contribution to the betterment of our group. We will also award the long awaited Tara award that evening. The Knights are also honoring some of their members and will be joining our celebration.
Daughters who have been members for 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 years will be recognized. This evening is something that I would like to see happen every year. If it were not for the support, dedication, and commitment of all of you long-time members, there would be no present and no future. If you have been around forever (or it feels that way) and your years of membership fall between the years mentioned, know that you are valued and that one day soon you also will receive this same recognition. This evening is intended to celebrate each other, to thank those who have faithfully served and to acknowledge that every member contributes to the strength of the group, both DOE and KOE. As they say in New Orleans at Mardi Gras: Let the good times roll! ~Mara
Your prayers are requested for...Margie Muldowney, Maggie Gallagher, Ellen Toomey's sister and nephew, Terri Meyer (daughter of Mary Margaret Meyer) and JoAnne Freeman. Please also remember all of the DOE and KOE and their families, and the born and unborn.
The Annual DOE Picnic will be held on Saturday, August 23rd at "Finnegan Beach". Details to follow....
June Birthdays
4th - Fran O'Toole, 5th - Noreen Crummie, 7th - Kathy Basko, 16th - Ruth Ann Finnegan, 20th - Christie Caparelli, 20th - Rose McMahon
The 108th Knights of Equity & Daughters of Erin National Convention will be held October 9th - 11th at the Hyatt Regency in Buffalo, NY. Registration package is $125.00. Room rate is $99.00/night if you register through the Buffalo KOE, you will save on room taxes (over $13.61/night). Reservations must be made through the KOE before August 22nd. You can view the convention schedule of events on our National News page.
Congratulations to Lois Leahy for 51 years of membership and for being named the 2008 Tara Award recipient!
One world, one people, one prayer....Peace
2008 Officers
President, Mara Scanlon-Roberts
V. Pres., Michele McManama-Stein
Recording Secretary, Lorri Garrison
Treasurer, Nancy Bondi
Financial Sec., Ruth Ann Finnegan
Ellen Toomey
Norma Jean Reilly
Jean Novak
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Touted as one of the country's great tropical paradises, Miami Beach is justifiably famed for its fabulous palm-studded shoreline, eccentric architecture and colorful local residents. The city, a separate community from Miami, occupies a narrow barrier island about 2.5 miles off the mainland, along with 16 islets scattered in Biscayne Bay. Built on dreams and speculation, this is an island in perpetual transition, where the atmosphere can shift from shabby to chic in a single block. The atmosphere here is hotter than hot, with sizzling nightlife and celebrity-studded cafes, clubs and beaches. To see the famed Art Teco District take MacArthur Causeway, which offers great views of the enormous cruise ships that dock at the Port of Miami.
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Art Deco Historic District
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this enclave of small-scale Art Deco hotels and apartment houses dating from the late 1920s to the early 40s amounts to the largest concentration of architecture of its kind in the world. Art Deco u..
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USA - Miami Beach, FL 33139
Along this lively north-south boulevard bordering the Atlantic Ocean beats the heart of the SoBe scene. Locals and tourists lunch at shaded sidewalk cafes, while scantily clad youths streak by on in-line skates; nightfall brings revelers to some of M..
1001 Washington Ave. USA - Miami Beach, FL 33139
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Days Inn Oceanside
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Surrounded by a lush tropical garden and overlooking the Atlantic Ocean on Miami Beach, this comfortable hotel offers the perfect beach holiday in a prime location. The Days Inn Oceanside is surrounded by historic Art Deco architecture. Just minutes..
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4041 Collins Avenue USA - Miami Beach FL 33140
Best Western Atlantic Beach Resort
4101 Collins Avenue USA - Miami Beach FL 33140
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Our weather is warming up across the Wasatch front and that typically means more outdoor activity and family adventure. If you're thinking of taking your little ones to a farm for a spring break visit, stopping at a relative's pasture on Easter Sunday, or preparing them for riding lessons over the summer, there are several helpful tips that can assist in keeping everyone safe and happy;
1. Don't startle the horse. Horses are prey animals, humans are predators. While youngsters may not comprehend this concept, it's good for supervising adults to understand and remind the little ones that fast movements (running, jumping) and loud noises (yelling, screaming) can put the horses in a state of fright and panic. A panicking 1,000 lb. animal can be dangerous. Try to be calm when close to the horse.
2. Teeth are for biting. Horses are not mean, but they are relatively simple. They use their teeth to bite. If you put objects that appear edible (hay, apples, carrots, fingers) near the teeth, there's a good chance they will be bitten.
3. Kicking is natural. Horses often kick when they run and play. Horses kick at each other if they feel their space is invaded. Horses kick if they are frightened or (see #1) startled, and if they feel they're in danger in any way. Being large and powerful, their kicks can be extremely painful (or worse) when they connect with a human being. The height of the average horse kick is generally in the height range of the average child's head. Keeping heads away from the kicking region of the horse is always recommended.
4. Horse hoofs can hurt you. While the hind feet are used for kicking, the front feet can paw (stomp) and it's easy for even a non-kicking or non-stomping hoof to step on little toes. Weighing in at over 1,000 lbs., most horses are big and heavy. Being stepped on by an animal of this size is pretty painful. It's best to avoid being stepped on.
5. Horses are fast. With their natural tendency to startle somewhat easily and that constant prey-animal awareness, horses are programmed to move swiftly. Anyone weighing less than the horse (which means most of us) can easily be bowled over should the horse jump sideways or, worse yet, run over you. Once on the ground, you're closer to the feet, which (see 3 and 4) can be dangerous. Staying near the shoulder of the horse is usually a good place to be.
6. Be gentle with the horse. Horses, despite being pretty darn big, are also pretty sensitive. They can feel a tiny fly landing on their back! If petting or grooming (brushing) a horse, a light touch is appreciated. A calm touch can make the horse feel more safe and relaxed.
7. Know the warning signs. Horses can't talk with words but they can say a lot with their bodies. The horse language is physical, and horses are always saying something. If a horse pins her ears, she's warning you to stay back. If a horse swings his hind end toward you, he's likely preparing to kick. A swishing tale might just be moving flies, but it can also mean the horse is getting annoyed. A horse that puts its head up in the air and makes a snorting noise feels threatened and may get excited or even a little aggressive. Pay attention to that warning because it's usually only given once (after that the horse is likely to bite, kick or strike out).
8. Respect the friendly zones. If a horse is gentle and friendly and calm you may want to pet it. That's great! There are areas where most horses like to be touched; up by their withers (the top of their back, near the shoulder) is usually a favorite spot and lightly stroking the neck (with a backward motion, toward the back of the horse) is nice, too. Most horses do not like to be touched on the face if they don't know you very well.
9. Be alert but not nervous. It's a good idea to be aware of how the horse is responding to you, to nearby activity and the general surroundings, but there's no need to be nervous. A tense person will actually make a horse uneasy; they're very aware of people's emotions and easily interpret human nervousness as a reason for them to become jittery and uncomfortable, too.
10. Horses are health nuts. While it's usually good to share with other humans, it's rarely a great idea to share treats with a horse. Besides that biting issue, horses feel better when they stick to eating grass, hay and food that's made just for horses. An occasional carrot or apple may be okay. Still, some horses have special health problems that might make digesting sugars dangerous (it could make them very sick), so not giving them snacks at all is usually the safest way to go.
Riding, grooming and playing with horses are terrific activities that offer the opportunity for a lot of fun! It's even more fun when we all stay safe.


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Siegrist, P T; Comte, N; Holzmeister, J; Sütsch, G; Koepfli, P; Namdar, M; Duru, F; Brunckhorst, C; Scharf, C; Kaufmann, P A (2008). Effects of AV delay programming on ventricular resynchronisation: role of radionuclide ventriculography. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 35(8):1516-1522.
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PURPOSE: Optimal atrioventricular delay (AVD) setting for cardiac resynchronisation therapy, i.e. biventricular pacing in patients with heart failure, remains a formidable challenge. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of different AVD on inter- and intra-ventricular resynchronisation using phase histograms of radionuclide ventriculography (RNV). METHODS: In 17 consecutive patients (mean age 64 +/- 6 years), RNV was performed 236 +/- 350 days after pacemaker implantation for cardiac resynchronisation therapy. Images were acquired during atrial pacing at 80 bpm and during biventricular pacing with AVD ranging from 80 to 160 ms. Inter-ventricular dyssynchrony was measured by the delay between the mean phase angles of the left and right ventricles. Intra-ventricular dyssynchrony was measured by the standard deviation (SD) of left ventricular phase histograms. RESULTS: Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) was inversely correlated to LV dyssynchrony (SD of LV phase histogram, R = -0.82, p < 0.0001). However, the increase in LVEF by biventricular pacing (mean +4.4 +/- 4%) showed only modest correlation to the resulting resynchronisation effect (characterised by a -13 +/- 8 degrees decrease in LV phase histogram SD, R = -0.38, p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: RNV is helpful in optimising pacing parameters for resynchronisation therapy. Varying AVD did not have a major impact on intra- or inter-ventricular resynchronisation. Thus, the benefit of AVD-based LVEF optimisation seems to result from atrioventricular resynchronisation.
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"I crawl right back into the sound
I take one breath and spiral down
And you now watching the road
Watching the flood stage rise
We are yearlings
Watching the tide roll out
To what the daylight hides"
– Shearwater, "Breaking the Yearlings"
Shearwater, born from two members of the highly acclaimed Texas indie band Okkervil River, decided to unleash their hard rock chops with their new single. "Breaking the Yearlings" is the listener's first peek into the band's forthcoming eighth studio album, Animal Joy. The stomping blues rhythm heavily and ominously pulsates, accompanied by the constrained growl of the guitar as Jonathan Meiburg's haunting falsetto swoons over the music. The lyrics seem to evoke a feeling of helplessness against the power of the world's forces, and a desire to break the endless cycle and trend. Apparently this style is no anomaly on the upcoming album, as the band has made it clear that they went in a slightly heavier direction this time around in comparison to their previous work. From the sound and quality of this single, it appears Animal Joy will be a must-have come February 10th.


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Cheyenne Police Find Body of Missing Teen
Late Tuesday morning, Cheyenne police found the body of 13 year old Cheyenne resident Alexander Frye on property owned by the Union Pacific Railroad at the west end of the rail yard in a field south of Ames underpass.
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band To Play Live In Casper [VIDEO]
Fireworks Festival 2011 will be held Monday, July 4th on the grounds of the Casper Events Center. There will be a Beer Garden as well as food and vendor booths that include BBQ, kettle corn, jewelry, purses, and lots of other great items and tasty treats! K2 Radio, Townsquare Media and the City of Casper are pleased to announce that THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND will be this year's featured performers.
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Dad is going to love you no matter what you get him, but seriously, he really doesn't need another tie. This year, get him something he might actually use, like one of these five ideas for Father's Day gifts that can do a heck of a lot more than a "World's Best Dad" mug.
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Is there any home accessory more fought-over than the remote control? TV-loving dads have long had to establish that they are masters of their domain by commandeering the clicker from the kids.
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The A'Salt Creek Roller Girls had one heckuva Memorial Day weekend. On Saturday, they utterly domintated the Rushmore Rollerz and the Madhouse Madams, scoring well into 3 figures in each game. This double header was about as rough neck and hard hitting as it can get.
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Gathering Workload Statistics
By Mike Dietrich-Oracle on Mar 09, 2010
We refer in our upgrade talk to gather system (aka workload) statistics to give the optimizer some good knowledge about how powerful your IO-system might be. The optimizer since Oracle 9.2 takes CPU and IO costing into consideration. If you never have taken care on these stats you'll find default values in AUX_STATS$. These values have been defined a few years back. So it might be a good idea right a few days after upgrading to the new release to create them while a real workload is running. Taking these stats does not generate any overhead or performance degredation on your system.
You'll create the system stats while there's workload on the system with:
exec DBMS_STATS.GATHER_SYSTEM_STATS('start');
exec DBMS_STATS.GATHER_SYSTEM_STATS('stop');
You could run this for several hours and you could revert with:
exec DBMS_STATS.DELETE_SYSTEM_STATS;
to the default values.
Now yesterday in Melbourne we had an interesting discussion after the workshop regarding the behaviour of DB_FILE_MULTIBLOCK_READ_COUNT when taking system stats. The Performance Tuning Guide has some interesting information regarding this so I'll quote it here:
22.214.171.124 Multiblock Read Count
If you gather workload statistics, then the mbrc value gathered as part of the workload statistics is used to estimate the cost of a full table scan. However, during the gathering process of workload statistics, Oracle Database may not gather the mbrc and mreadtim values if no table scans are performed during serial workloads, as is often the case with OLTP systems. However, full table scans occur frequently on DSS systems but may run parallel and bypass the buffer cache. In such cases, Oracle Database still gathers the sreadtim value because the database performs index lookup using the buffer cache.
If Oracle Database cannot gather or validate gathered mbrc or mreadtim values, but has gathered sreadtim and cpuspeed values, then the database uses only the sreadtim and cpuspeed values for costing. In this case, the optimizer uses the value of the initialization parameter DB_FILE_MULTIBLOCK_READ_COUNT to cost a full table scan. However, if DB_FILE_MULTIBLOCK_READ_COUNT is not set or is set to 0 (zero), then the optimizer uses a value of 8 for costing.
Once you have created system/workload stats it might be a good idea to duplicate them to your test system(s) as well even though the test system might have not this super-fast IO subsystem. But the optimizer will "believe" he would have ... Therefore use the procedure DBMS_STATS.CREATE_STAT_TABLE and transport the system stats with DBMS_STATS.EXPORT_SYSTEM_STATS and DBMS_STATS.IMPORT_SYSTEM_STATS procedures.


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Oct. 20, 2012
AMHERST, Mass. - All season the Minutewomen have continued to impress as a predominately young team. Leading the team week-to-week as been sophomore Rachel Hilliard as well as freshman Carly Zinner. Another name that pops up at the top of the results for UMass is junior Sarah Barrett, who has quietly moved her way from placing top five to challenging for top three each week. The junior's work ethic is a key reason for much of her success this season.
Other Minutewomen who have given strong performances so far this this season are Danielle McNiff and Katie Powers. Powers has improved each week while McNiff has given consistent solid performances all year long. Lizzy Blanchard and Molly McMahon have both been important additions to this year's squad as the two freshman have ran well all year long.
The team will use this meet as a launching pad into the week ahead that will be dedicated to preparing for A-10's next Saturday.
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My husband and I both have federal student loan debts (US Dept of Ed and Sallie Mae). We have already each consolidated and are on 20 year repayment terms. He used credit card in college so we had $8000 credit card debt when we began our marriage. We were able to make payments, but have never paid it totally off. ... Read More »
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I'm the Primary Wage Earner, Getting Divorced, and Upside Down in My Mortgage. – Anne
"Hi, I am currently going through a divorce, and have 3 small children. I have been the primary (sole) earner in the household. We have no debt except the car and mortgage and my credit score is 793. The problem is that we are upside down on the mortgage, and can't sell the house. My husband can't afford to take ... Read More »
I'm a Victim of Credit Fraud By My Husband. We Are Now Divorced. – Bobbi
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We Are Drowning in Debt And My Husband is Against Bankruptcy. – KC
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I Used an IPO to Pay Off My Mortgage. Now I'm $450K in Debt. – Lynn
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Sinking Into Debt Quicksand, Inch by Inch. – Diana
"Dear Steve, Lost my job of 4 years when I was almost 5 months pregnant. Now my baby is 2 months old, I have a 6 year old boy and a 4 year old boy aswell. My "husband" ( not really married) of 8 years has been the backbone of the family, But I can't help but notice that we ... Read More »
I Am Very Deep in Debt and My Husband Doesn't Know. – Noname
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VDOT is open for all business. It has established an outreach plan to ensure equal contracting opportunities for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) and Small Women and Minority owned (SWAM) businesses.
Virginia Megaprojects
Megaprojects are a group of large-scale construction projects in Northern Virginia that are taking place over the course of several years. Together, their purpose is to improve multiple modes of transportation and ridesharing, and to create a new highway network for carpools and buses called Express Lanes, or High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes. Click here for more information.
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Callorhinus ursinus
Northern fur seals have the second thickest fur in the animal kingdom.
This keeps them warm as they hunt for food in the cold waters of the
Northern Pacific. Visit the fur seals at the Aquarium to see them in action.
Size Males can weigh up to 600 pounds and grow up to 7 feet long. Females
weigh up to 120 pounds and are generally 4.5 feet long.
Diet Squids and small schooling fish such as walleye pollock and herring
Lifespan 15 - 25 years
Range Northern fur seals are widely distributed in the North Pacific Ocean.
Their primary breeding location is the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska.
Habitat Fur seals are migratory, spending about half of each year out at sea.
While at sea, they sleep by floating at the surface, often with their flippers up and
out in what is called the jughandle position.
Predators Adult fur seals are hunted by orcas and large sharks.
Relatives Northern fur seals and sea lions are in the same family known as "eared
seals." They are known for their ability to rotate their flippers under them and "walk"
on land.
Family life Mating occurs between June and July on remote island beaches called rookeries. Pups are born one year later on the same beach. They are able to live independently after four months.
Conservation status Vulnerable Fur seals were commercially hunted for their pelts until the practice was banned in 1966. The population has continued to decline since then. The reasons for the decline in fur seal populations are unclear, but possible factors include overfishing, entanglement in fishing gear, climate change and pollution.
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