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Brief Summary
Range Description
Distribution: Hispaniola (SW Dominican Republic; presumably in the Cul de Sac Plain of Haiti)
Type locality: Saint-Domingue.
Habitat and Ecology
Ricord's iguanas are strongly associated with thorn scrub woodlands, particularly with the thorn scrub-dry forest ecotone. Typical habitat can be found north of Cabo Rojo inside the fork of the Oviedo-Pedernales and Cabo Rojo-Acetillar bauxite mine roads. The topography of the area consists of a series of broad, flat plains punctuated by rocky steps and marine terraces with very fine soil over exposed dogtooth limestone. Trees and shrubs are widely spaced, without forming a closed canopy. Further north, only rhinoceros iguanas are present at a second, higher elevation site, with similar temperature but greater rainfall. In the transition zone between these two sites, both iguana species are present, sharing the edge habitat.
On Cabritos Island, where Ricord's iguanas have historically outnumbered rhinoceros iguanas based on frequency of sightings by visiting researchers, the plant community is a succulent-dominated 5-6 m dry forest on white sandy soil with low topography. Ricord's iguanas occur on north and south gentle slopes as well as on the central plateau, where soil conditions are favorable for their extensive burrows. Ricord's iguanas feed on a wide variety of plants and plant parts, depending on local availability. Insects and crustaceans are also taken opportunistically.
While rhinoceros iguanas make extensive use of limestone crevices in addition to soil burrows, Ricord's iguanas prefer to dig soil burrows which they continue to expand over time. Hollow tree trunks and rock cavities are also used for retreats when soil is unavailable. Retreat entrances are generally dug under dense thorny vegetation, shrubs, stumps, or exposed rocks.
Nesting sites are separate from retreats, in fine sandy soils. Egg laying is highly synchronized with the first rainy period (May-June). Females lay 2-18 eggs per clutch. Incubation lasts 95-100 days, and hatching is synchronized with the second rainy season (September-October). Females reach sexual maturity at about 2-3 years of age. The social behavior of Ricord's iguana generally resembles that of other rock iguanas, although wild males defend females much more aggressively in captivity than do wild male rhinoceros iguanas maintained at lower densities in comparable enclosures. Although of major research interest and significant conservation importance, little is known of interspecific interactions between Ricord's and rhinoceros iguanas.
- Terrestrial
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
Red List Criteria
Year Assessed
- Needs updating
- 1994Indeterminate(Groombridge 1994)
- 1990Indeterminate(IUCN 1990)
- 1988Indeterminate(IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
- 1986Insufficiently Known(IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
Population Trend
Conservation Actions
Ricord's iguana is partially protected in two areas. In the Neiba Valley, about 60% of the area supporting iguanas, including Isla Cabritos and a section of the south shore of Lake Enriquillo, is protected within the recently created Lago Enriquillo National Park. The Isla Cabritos population has been protected within Isla Cabritos National Park since 1974.
In the Barahona Peninsula range, two protected areas, Parque Nacional Jaragua and the Acetillar Scenic Reserve, cover most of the remaining distribution of the species to the north and east of Cabo Rojo. Ricord's iguanas are only known from the park's western boundary, where conflicts with limestone mining concessions on both sides of the park border continue to be unresolved. Until now, no formal management has been established in the Acetillar reserve, and the habitat is impacted by a variety of activities.
As of November 1995 the total captive population of Ricord's iguana was 5.9 individuals in two collections (Indianapolis Zoo and one private collection). Successful captive breeding has been achieved in both, but survivorship of young has been low. The only other significant captive breeding program was developed at the Parque Zoologico Nacional (ZooDom). Although adversely affected by institutional problems, the program lasted for a number of years with comparable success. Plans to re-establish the program at ZooDom have been halted since 1994 due to unfavorable institutional conditions
Cyclura ricordi
The Hispaniolan ground iguana, Ricord's ground iguana, Ricord's rock iguana, or Ricord's iguana (Cyclura ricordi) is a critically endangered species of rock iguana.[1] It is found on the island of Hispaniola in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and is the only known species of rock iguana to coexist with the rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta).[1][2] Its natural habitat is dry savanna within three subpopulations in the southwestern Dominican Republic.[1][2] It is threatened by habitat loss due to agricultural encroachment.[1][2]
Its generic name (Cyclura) is derived from the Ancient Greek cyclos (κύκλος) meaning "circular" and ourá (οὐρά) meaning "tail", after the thick-ringed tail characteristic of all Cyclura iguanas.[3] Its specific name is a Latinized form of French Biologist, Alexandre Ricord's last name; Ricord first wrote of the species in 1826.[4]
Morphological and genetic data indicate that the closest living relative of C ricordi is C. carinata of the Turks and Caicos Islands.[5]
Anatomy and morphology[edit]
Ricord's iguana is a large species of rock iguana with a body length of 49–51 cm in males and 40–43 cm in females with an equally long tail.[6] Ricord's iguana's toes are articulated to be efficient in digging and climbing trees.[6]
Their body color is a grayish green flat color marked by five to six bold pale gray chevrons alternating with dark gray to black chevrons.[6] In adults, the dark chevrons are less contrasting than in juveniles.[6] Ricord's iguana's eyes have a dark almost black iris and red sclera.
This species, like other species of Cyclura, is sexually dimorphic; males are larger than females, and have more prominent dorsal crests as well as larger femoral pores on their thighs, which are used to release pheromones.[7][8]
Ricord's iguanas have excellent vision, which allows them to detect shapes and motions at long distances.[9] As Ricord's iguanas have only a few Rod cells they have poor vision in low-light conditions. At the same time they have cells called "double cones" which give them sharp color vision and enable them to see ultraviolet wavelengths.[9] This ability is highly useful when basking so the animal can ensure that it absorbs enough sunlight in the forms of UVA and UVB to produce Vitamin D.[7]
Like other Cyclura iguanas, Ricord's iguanas have evolved a white photosensory organ on the top of their heads called the parietal eye, which are also called third eye, pineal eye or pineal gland.[9] This "eye" does not work the same way as a normal eye does as it has only a rudimentary retina and lens and thus, cannot form images.[9] It is however sensitive to changes in light and dark and can detect movement.[9]
Primarily herbivorous, Ricord's iguanas are presented with a special problem for osmoregulation: plant matter contains more potassium and as it has less nutritional content per gram, more must be eaten to meet the lizard's metabolic needs.[10] As Ricord's iguanas are not capable of creating liquid urine more concentrated than their bodily fluids, like birds they excrete nitrogenous wastes as urate salts through a salt gland.[10] As a result, Ricord's iguanas have developed this lateral nasal gland to supplement renal salt secretion by expelling excess potassium and sodium chloride.[10]
Ricord's iguana, like most Cyclura ssp is primarily herbivorous, consuming leaves, flowers, berries, and fruits from different plant species. A study in 2000 by Dr Allison Alberts of the San Diego Zoo revealed that seeds passing through the digestive tracts of Cycluras germinate more rapidly than those that do not.[11][12] The seeds in the fruits consumed by Cyclura iguanas have an adaptive advantage by sprouting before the end of very short rainy seasons.[12] Ricord's iguana is an important means of distributing these seeds to new areas (particularly when females migrate to their nesting areas) and, as one of the largest native herbivores of their Hispaniola's ecosystem, they are essential for maintaining the balance between climate and vegetation.[12]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Ricord's iguana inhabits dry xeric scrubland with sandy and earthen soils in which they excavate burrows for retreats and nest sites that they expand over time.[1] Entrances to these burrows are generally dug under dense thorny vegetation, shrubs, stumps, or exposed rocks.[1] The adults of the species are primarily terrestrial whereas juveniles tend to occupy arboreal retreats.[3][13]
Ricord's iguana was thought until 2008 to be found only in the southwestern Dominican Republic, where it is restricted to the arid Valle de Neiba and the most xeric portion of the Peninsula de Barahona coastal lowlands.[6] These two populations are separated by the Sierra de Bahoruco (Massif de la Selle in Haiti), with three peaks exceeding 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) that form an extensive ecological barrier.[6][14] Past drier Pleistocene climates may have allowed genetic exchange between the two subpopulations.[6] Throughout their range, Ricord's iguanas coexist with rhinoceros iguanas and both species have been observed swimming and floating in freshwater by herpetologist Jose Ottenwalder.[6] In 2008 it was found to exist in Anse-a-Pitres, Haiti.[15] All other Caribbean islands, if they do have a rock iguana species, are home to a single species.[13]
Mating occurs from May through June.[1][14] Copulation is preceded by numerous head-bobs on the part of the male, who then circles around behind the female and grasps the nape of her neck.[14] He then attempts to restrain the female in order to maneuver his tail under hers to position himself for intromission.[14] Copulation generally lasts from 30 to 90 seconds, and a pair is rarely observed mating more than once or twice a day.[14] Anywhere from two to eighteen eggs are usually laid in June or July depending on the size and age of the female, in nests excavated in pockets of earth exposed to the sun.[1] The eggs go through a 90 to 100 day incubation period hatching in September and October.[1] It has been noted that Cyclura eggs are some of the largest eggs laid by any lizard.[14]
On the Barahona Peninsula, the population of Ricord's iguanas has been threatened by agricultural displacement through increased farming and cattle grazing as well as charcoal mining.[16] The iguanas are hunted and trapped as a food source by humans and killed by goatherders under the false superstition that iguanas rip open the bellies of livestock with their pointed crests.[16][17] Competition from domestic and feral livestock is also a concern as is predation of juveniles by cats and dogs.[16] They are also poached for the illegal exotic animal trade, commanding a high price with collectors.
The estimated wild population is only 2,000-4,000 animals making this species critically endangered.[18] The Indianapolis Zoo has been involved in the Dominican Republic for almost ten years and will continue its research and conservation efforts with the Ricord's iguana.[19] The zoo's Project Iguana aids the survival of West Indian iguanas and their habitats through in-site conservation, captive breeding, public education, and scientific research.[13]
The project's goals are:
- to work with the Ricord's Iguana Recovery Group to implement the ISG's Species Recovery Plan
- to conduct a census of iguanas on Isla Cabritos, Dominican Republic.[19]
- to determine vitamin D status of captive West Indian iguanas at the Zoo before and after exposure to sunlight
- to work in partnership with ZOODOM (the national zoo of the Dominican Republic) to develop a long-term captive breeding and husbandry program for Ricord's iguanas.[19]
- to develop an education program for West Indian iguanas and their habitats.[16]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ottenwalder, J. (1996). "Cyclura ricordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
- ^ a b c Hudson, Rick (2007-04-01). "Big Lizards, Big Problems". Reptiles Magazine 15 (4): 58.
- ^ a b Sanchez, Alejandro. "Family Iguanidae: Iguanas and Their Kin". Father Sanchez's Web Site of West Indian Natural History Diapsids I: Introduction; Lizards. Kingsnake.com. Retrieved November 26, 2007.
- ^ Hollingsworth, Bradford D. (2004), "The Evolution of Iguanas: An Overview of Relationships and a Checklist of Species", Iguanas: Biology and Conservation (University of California Press): 43, ISBN 978-0-520-23854-1
- ^ Alberts, Allison (2007). "Turks & Caicos Iguana, Cyclura carinata carinata Conservation & Mgmt. Plan 2005 - 2009" (PDF). Iguana Specialist Group. Retrieved November 26, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ottenwalder, Jose (2007), "Ricord's Iguana Cyclura ricordi", Iguana Specialist Group, retrieved November 26, 2007
- ^ a b De Vosjoli, Phillipe; David Blair (1992), The Green Iguana Manual, Escondido, California: Advanced Vivarium Systems, ISBN 1-882770-18-8
- ^ Martins, Emilia P.; Lacy, Kathryn (2004), "Behavior and Ecology of Rock Iguanas,I: Evidence for an Appeasement Display", Iguanas: Biology and Conservation (University of California Press): 98–108, ISBN 978-0-520-23854-1
- ^ a b c d e Brames, Henry (2007). "Aspects of Light and Reptile Immunity". Iguana: Conservation, Natural History, and Husbandry of Reptiles (International Reptile Conservation Foundation) 14 (1): 19–23.
- ^ a b c Hazard, Lisa C. (2004), "Sodium and Potassium Secretion by Iguana Salt Glands", Iguanas: Biology and Conservation (University of California Press): 84–85, ISBN 978-0-520-23854-1
- ^ Derr, Mark (October 10, 2000), "In Caribbean, Endangered Iguanas Get Their Day", New York Times Science Section
- ^ a b c Alberts, Allison; Lemm, Jeffrey; Grant, Tandora; Jackintell, Lori (2004), "Testing the Utility of Headstarting as a Conservation Strategy for West Indian Iguanas", Iguanas: Biology and Conservation (University of California Press): 210, ISBN 978-0-520-23854-1
- ^ a b c Foster PhD, John Scott (August 2005), Saving Ricord's Iguana: Conservation and Education in the Dominican Republic (PDF), Association of Zoos and Aquariums Communique, pp. 19–20
- ^ a b c d e f Blair, David (1991), "West Indian Iguanas of the Genus Cyclura: Their Current Status in the Wild, Conservation Priorities and Efforts to Breed Them in Captivity" (PDF), Northern California Herpetological Society Special Publication SE (6): 55–56
- ^ Accime, Masani, Ricord's Iguana Project: Message from our research team, retrieved 2012-02-12
- ^ a b c d Rupp, Ernst; Inchaustegui, Sixto; Arias, Yvonne (December 1, 2005). "Conservation of Cyclura ricordii in the Southwestern Dominican Republic and a Brief History of the Grupo Jaragua". Iguana: Journal of the International Iguana Society 12 (4): 222–234.
- ^ Rupp, Ernst; Inchaustegui, Sixto; Arias, Yvonne (2005). "Preliminary Report on the Distribution and Situation of Cyclura ricordi on the Southern Shore of Enriquillo Lake". El Vergel (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) (33): 1–12.
- ^ Alberts, Allison; Hudson, Richard D (2004), "The Role of Zoos in the Conservation of West Indian Iguanas", Iguanas: Biology and Conservation (University of California Press): 275, ISBN 978-0-520-23854-1
- ^ a b c Wyatt, III, John E. (2003). "Indianapolis Zoo Conducts Ricord's Iguana Field Research". Project Iguana. Indianapolis Zoo. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
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SEBRING — A deer was beaten to death in daylight with a board after it wandered into the city.
"Things got out of control," said Jamey Graham, a wildlife communications specialist for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources based in Akron.
The killing occurred shortly before noon Dec. 2 in the 100 block of West Ohio Avenue.
The deer had gone into a three-sided box created by a building and two extending walls.
Left alone, the deer probably would have ventured off, Graham said.
But instead of leaving the deer be, an undetermined number of people began to gather.
For the complete story, see Tuesday's Vindicator and Vindy.com
Related Story: Lost deer beaten to death with a board
Nothing like the annual "Deer Beatdown" in Sebring!
That is about the stupidest thing I have heard of lately.. if you told me it was a dog running loose AND biting people I would cheer- but deer are generally harmless.
Sebring is going to be known worldwide tomorrow. There's a reason youre not supposed to marry your cousin.
Don't have car problems and wander away from your car in Sebring! lol
Elderly people should look out. Whatever you do, do not get lost or disoriented.
I hope the police catch every person who was involved! ALL should get JAIL time, regardless of their ages.
Just sickening!!! Poor thing. It was probably so frightened... then to spend its last minutes being beaten. Just disgusting behavior.
Where is the nearest Judge? hope he or she gives them all stiff penalties and jail.
Word is the deer was a victim of a drug deal gone bad.
And yet another reason I generally like my dogs better than most people.
How would these people (and I use the term loosely) like it if they got lost somewhere and an unruly mob beat them all to death with a board in a violent and tortuous manner? This story sickens and disgusts me.
this is really disgusting.
Only monsters do these types of things. Makes you wonder what else they are capable of.
I have 7 deer that regularly visit my property. I will advise them to avoid Sebring!
It's that "Lord of the Flies" mob mentality. Horrifying! It's no wonder none of these barbarians wanted to be identified.
vindyak, i think you're right about the drug deal. heard he tried to keep the "doe".
This is sick and horrible. Any person who could beat a defenseless, innocent animal deserves the same. This world is a very sad place.
I really hope they get caught.
Pure evil.
"Things got out of control,"
I am a bit curious about this comment in the article.
WHAT A BUNCH OF STUPID PEOPLE!!!! I hope they are all proud of themselves! IDIOTS
Harmless, my ass. You should see what one did to my car a couple of months ago. Psh.
It never ceases to amaze me just how cruel some people can be to other living creatures.
You libs believe deer are like Bambi. Cartoons aren't reality.They're wild, dangerous, vicious animals. Grow up you fools.
Nothing to do with politics.
way to be a big tough guy and take out your SHORT comings on a defenseless animals.
Pathetic reasoning.
One place I would not want to live in because if they treat animals this way what would they do to humans ?? Wouldn't want to know or find out should a person come to that city to visit and stop to look at a map near a building.
These people who did this need to be booked and then have counseling for at least 2 years. I live in an area where there is deer and never had a problem with them at all because when you walk near them they motivate away from you.
I ran with my dog this morning...saw 3 deer, no vicious deer attacks to report here.
so you are condemning beating a trapped deer to death with a board? say this out loud, maybe it will make more sense this way.....
abortion debate baiting...classic tactic.
Big talk...little man.
Be gone.
There are plenty of deer visiting Youngstown every night and no attacks against them have been reported . Perhaps the deer should have visited at night ? Has anyone studied what the crime rate is in Sebring ?
Attaqcking this deer was plain stupid. For those of you have had your cars damaged by deer could it possibly be due to the fact we have taken wooded areas, dug them out and built businesses and homes which has taken from their habitat.
USA1 you sound like a beetch with your comments. Maybe "the culture" Stan talks about will get to you.
Yep, these fools are so tough, attacking a trapped deer....what a bunch of stupid idiots!
The deer must be packin some serious heat...watch your back... girl.
USA1 should change his name to PARTIAL BIRTHABORTION since that's all he can rant about!!!!! Stay on topic, D.B.
Yea, USA1/Pro Conservaterican likes to see deer killed and doctors murdered by the whacky pro-life killers.Typical conservative hypocrisy.Murder is a-ok if it fits their agenda so a doctor who performs an abortion to save the mothers life deserves to be gunned down worshipping in his church.Fools.
OH MYGOD! What if that had been a child who had gotten lost. Sounds like those people in Sebring are IDIOTS. There is soemthing in the STATE OF OHIO called a GAME WARDEN. I know that deer can damage cars or trucks if they run into them. But to beat one to death with a board. HANG YOUR HEADS IN SAME. I HOPE YOU GET PUNISHED. If not here on earth - then with your maker. Yes I agree. Quit INBREEDING.
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Farmers Diner | (Tod) Murphy's Law: Buy Local, Eat Local, and Prosper
Murphy set out more publicly than anyone to reverse the trend: to make local food a reality for people who weren't yuppies or hippies or teensy-tiny-baby-vegetable gourmets. He would make the French fry local. The Farmers Diner, he announced, would buy most of its food from within 50 miles of the kitchen door.
When the Barre restaurant opened in the summer of 2002, it drew all kinds of attention. Food writers from around the country came to eat, and they wrote glowing reviews. It didn't hurt that Murphy is genial, and country handsome. ("Dealing with customers fits my Aquarian personality," he says. "You don't have to make a long-term commitment, but you do get to converse.")
Tailing him for a day as he made the rounds of his suppliers showed the promise of the idea. You could start the morning in Strafford, say, at Rock Bottom Farm, where Earl Ransom's cows were producing organic milk and cream on the land where he was born. ("I had to educate people that cream isn't necessarily white," Murphy recalled. "When the cows went out to pasture in the spring, the half-and-half changed color noticeably, and the waitresses were afraid people would freak.") Then you could drop by the farm's Strafford Organic Creamery, which was processing Rock Bottom's dairy products, providing along the way the basic ingredients for that famous diner staple, the milk shake. Utterly delicious ice cream, too.
Or you could go up the road to Thistle Hill Farm in Pomfret, where John and Janine Putnam were making a gruyère-like cheese called Tarentaise, which they could have sold for $21 a pound in New York. "I totally subscribe to the idea of local," said Janine. "The people around here should eat our cheese." So it was neat that Murphy was using some of it in his ploughman's lunch — a truly delectable ploughman's lunch.
But the Barre operation had problems, and they could be summed up this way: too small. The diner itself had only 60 seats, and the kitchen was considerably smaller than any of the home kitchens you see in a magazine photo shoot. It was a cramped and greasy alcove, with no room for the machinery that might have made it more efficient. So French fries meant a guy cutting potatoes with a knife, which meant high costs, which meant that one day in the summer of 2005, Murphy put a sign on the door saying that he was shutting down for a month. A month turned into a year, and plenty of people thought Murphy was finished.
But it's hard to keep a good idea down. Early last fall, The Farmers Diner reopened, half a mile east of Quechee Gorge on Route 4. It's a different world from downtown Barre, where the diner sat next to an Aubuchon hardware store. Here it's in a rusticated, tourist-cutesy strip mall, complete with a toy locomotive that kids can ride in an endless circle. Whereas there used to be cops at the counter, here you'll more likely find vacationers, which means you can charge a little more. Not a lot — but a burger might run you $8.50, not $6.50.
It's bigger, too — there are 120 seats, plus room for 40 more people outside in the summertime. And the kitchen is much roomier. Now there's a machine that can take a sack of Vermont potatoes and turn them into a pile of French fries in just minutes. And that frees the cooks to do other things — like produce the homemade English muffins that have become the restaurant's new calling card.
Still, says Murphy, the diner remains too small to really make economic sense. What it needs are siblings: two or three more scattered around the state that he can serve from a central commissary kitchen in Quechee. The machine could be making French fries for all of the outlets, and the ad budget could be spread across three rooms full of munching patrons.
And, more to the point, the money that investors have put up to build these diners might come back with some profit attached. Plenty of communities across the state might welcome the idea: a Farmers Diner in Middlebury, in St. Johnsbury, in Bennington.
But of course this is the line of thinking that led to McDonald's. Once upon a time, it was a single restaurant, too, with a small machine to cut French fries. But the more restaurants the company opened, the higher the returns, so it just kept growing. Now the chain's manufacturing plants peel, slice, and freeze two million pounds of spuds a day. If you follow the logic of economies of scale, that's where you end up — as far from local food as it's possible to be.
Which is why, Murphy says, he's got different ideas for expansion. The business model calls for growth by regions — "pods," he calls them. Already, he says, investors in the Boston area are keen to open outlets there. Maybe they'd have five or six, served by their own central commissary kitchen. Probably they'd serve some different things: clam rolls, maybe.
In fact, if Murphy's scheme really works, there might be Farmers Diners across the country someday — each one buying food from farmers in a close radius around the city, creating new opportunities for local farmers, and serving local tastes. You'd get the economies of scale that come from standardization: Murphy can wax poetic about "modular buildout," or about the fact that the walk-in refrigerator at every Crab House restaurant in America is laid in out in exactly the same way, so that managers can move easily from one to the next. But you'd still be local.
Even if Murphy can get the scale right for his operation, though, it's not clear he can make it mesh with the scale of the local farmers he set out to try to help. Consider, for instance, the pig.
When the first Farmers Diner opened in Barre, it needed bacon — you can't have a diner without bacon. The problem was that no one was producing pork commercially in Vermont. Fifty years ago, sure — every farm had a few hogs growing fat on leftover milk from the dairy herd. But as agriculture became a commodity business — as dairy producers concentrated on cows, and pork producers on pigs — that changed. Vermont dairies became fewer in number and much, much bigger, and in other parts of the nation the same thing happened with hogs.
According to Brian Halweil in his book Eat Here, for instance, there's a hog farm in Utah with 1.5 million pigs. That's absurd — they produce more solid waste each day than the entire city of Los Angeles. It's also cheap — so cheap that it sets the psychological price for a pound of bacon pretty low.


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I practically forgot about the glass piece that came with my Vaporstar. Turns out it fits my MZ stems nicely. This is what it looks like, though...
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It's a great little vape, though mine doesn't get much use since I got my Zap. If you're thinking about the Vaporstar you might want to consider...
Didn't realize everything was out of stock. Guess I got mine at the right time.
Cheaper to buy a new one from Dave.
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Corps delays affect Morganza once again
Published: Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 5:59 p.m.
NEW ORLEANS It could be three years before an updated federal Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee project, designed to the post-Katrina hurricane-protection standards, can be sent to Congress for authorization, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials said Wednesday.
And after the project is authorized, the levee will take 20 to 30 years to build, said Carl Anderson, senior project manager with the corps.
The initial study for this project started in 1992. If you add those two to three years, theyre talking about, thats over 20 years of study on a project, said Jerome Zeringue, former Terrebonne levee director who is now a top administrator with the Governors Office of Coastal Activities.
Corps officials held a briefing at district headquarters in New Orleans Wednesday to give reporters a picture of what the bigger, stronger and more-expensive Morganza might look like.
Morganza is a system of levees, floodgates and a lock on the Houma Navigation Canal designed to protect Terrebonne and parts of Lafourche from storm flooding. After Morganza was approved by Congress in December 2007, the corps sent the project back for more studies to update the nearly 15-year-old project.
The new Morganza will be made up of earthen levees armored with protective fabrics. To get the system to a 100-year level of flood protection, the levees would increase in height by 60 percent and could be up to 28 feet high in some areas, Anderson said.
The levees will increase in width by over 300 percent and could be more than 700 feet wide in some areas, he added.
Such a levee system would take 20-30 years to complete along the 64-mile path from western Terrebonne to Larose, Anderson said.
After a little over a year of study, corps officials said theyve decided that the original levee route is the best way to protect Terrebonne.
The corps studied four alternatives and weighed the benefits.
What they announced was that after a year of study, they approved the same alignment weve had for 10 years, Zeringue said.
The corps is proposing two possible levee projects along that path.
One features levees up to 15 feet high at an estimated cost of $2.5 billion. Levees that high would likely only protect the parish from smaller storms with an 8- to 10-foot tidal surge, Anderson said.
The second would provide 100-year storm protection at a cost of up to $8.5 billion, Anderson said.
The announcement was made at the same time Gov. Bobby Jindal was visiting Houma to discuss $195 million in state and local money to push ahead with local construction on the project.
The intent is to move forward with the first phase of construction on the levee, even as the corps continues on its bureaucratic path of study, Zeringue said.
He added that the local levee district plans to complete the 10-foot scaled-down version of Morganza, which runs from Pointe-aux-Chenes to Montegut, in five years.
The Terrebonne Levee District has done everything possible to keep all the agencies pacified, said Windell Curole, levee director for South Lafourche and former interim levee director for Terrebonne. Would the higher levee protect better? Theres no argument. But were going to build what we can with the resources we have now.
The corps endorsement of the alignment will also give the Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District a chance to get federal credit for work done on levees built along that path.
Theyre submitting their plans to us, and were reviewing it and commenting on it, Anderson said. If they dont follow our recommendations, the risk they take is losing credit.
The corps and the levee district havent signed any agreement guaranteeing a federal match, and that also represents a risk, Anderson said.
Despite appearances, U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon said the corps announcement is a victory. Before intervention from lawmakers, he said, the Morganza project risked being set back by decades or more.
But he and other locals approached Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., and chairman of the Houses Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to apply pressure to the corps.
If that meeting had not occurred, it could have taken another 15 to 16 years to get to that point we are now, Melancon said. This may not seem like it, but its a quantum leap.
I just hope and pray that before I leave this Earth I get to see protection for Terrebonne and Lafourche, he added.
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Off-Campus Dining:
there are quite a few options but if you don't have much money it isn't what i would spend it on
Off-Campus Dining:
Peach Street is the main strip in Erie, with tons of restaurants (most importantly a Chipotle) and tons of shopping. It's about 5 minutes from campus so as long as you have a car or a friend with a car it's easy to get to.
Off-Campus Dining:
It is a small town, not really many choices out there let us to choose.
Off-Campus Dining:
Behrend is very isolated, so reaching any off-campus dining option is impossible without a car, or taking the bus. However, if you take the bus, you can go to the Millcreek Mall, which has a plethora of dining options. And if you have a car, you can go to any fast food or restaurant on Buffalo Road. Most places near Behrend accept Lion Cash, and most chains have some sort of college student discount.
Off-Campus Dining:
Being a small town, there aren't many options especially late night options aren't too many. I usually just buy a random selection of foodstuffs for a month and go with it.
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Off-campus dining near campus is great. Although Hungry Howie's is the only place that a student could reasonably walk, many places are within a short drive. There are three main areas where students can go to eat. Buffalo Road is about a five-minute drive and has places like Perkins, Applebee's, El Canelo (a local Mexican favorite), Subway, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Sheetz, and many other restaurants. Peach Street, about 15 minutes off campus, has many more restaurants, including Texas Roadhouse, Olive Garden, Buffalo Wild Wings, O'Charley's, Quaker Steak and Lube, Red Lobster, Smokey Bones, Applebee's, and Boston's, among many others, including the Millcreek Mall food court. Finally, the tourist area near Presque Isle has many great places to eat. Students love to go to Sara's, a local favorite, for a quick bite or the fantastic ice cream. The tourist area may be a little more expensive but some local favorites are here.
Overall, off-campus dining is very good, reasonably priced, and convenient—as long a student has a way of getting there. But, it is almost never a problem since people are always going out to eat and asking if others want to go with them. For freshmen, it is very helpful to have a friend with a car since taking the bus is no treat and can get expensive. Since so many students at Behrend have a car on campus, it is not usually difficult to find a ride.
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|The gem of the local IGA Perfect gift for
|Insence minus ion i bottle
|i bottled water, shochu, sake, etc,
Due to the negative ion effect becomes very mellow.
|Rice, soup, tea, coffee and water
Width 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm depth x 27 cm (height)
|Capacity: 1 litre
|Color: white/black
|I bottle of ceramic pottery, baked into natural radium. Only by putting the water overnight and will be very mellow.
In sake, shochu and noodle soup put it, so is ideal for summer.
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I've been "hacking" one of my favorite games from when I was younger, and I've managed to be able to intercept OpenGL calls and inject C++ code using an opengl32.dll wrapper. I've been able to come up with a number of cool uses for this, but my current goal is to implement post processing glsl shaders into this old game to make it look a bit more modern. The game was originally released in the late 90's, so its usage of OpenGL and its rendering code is limited/primitive/outdated.
I have been able to successfully produce vertex and fragment shaders by injecting code to initialize and use glsl shader programs, but my problem lies in producing a framebuffer / rendering my scene to a texture to send to my fragment shader as a sampler. As far as I can tell, the texture I produce is usually all black.
It's hard to find resources that are relevant to what I am doing and examining the raw opengl calls (I have been trying to determine where to insert the code by reading an opengl trace of a single frame of gameplay), so I haven't been able to wrap my head around what I'm doing wrong.
I've tried putting the code in many places, but currently, I'm binding the framebuffer after the game calls
wglSwapBuffers() and I'm unbinding it immediately before the next
glFlush() call is made, but I'm not sure if the multiple viewports setup, or matrix operations, or whatever else created between these times is somehow messing with the framebuffer.
This is the code to initialize the framebuffer:
void initFB()
/* Texture */
glGenTextures(1, &fbo_texture);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, fbo_texture);
glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, 1920, 1080, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, NULL);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
/* Depth buffer */
glGenRenderbuffers(1, &fbo_depth);
glBindRenderbuffer(GL_RENDERBUFFER, fbo_depth);
glRenderbufferStorage(GL_RENDERBUFFER, GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT16, 1920, 1080);
glFramebufferRenderbuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GL_RENDERBUFFER, fbo_depth);
glBindRenderbuffer(GL_RENDERBUFFER, 0);
/* Framebuffer to link everything together */
glGenFramebuffers(1, &fbo);
glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, fbo);
glFramebufferTexture2D(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL_TEXTURE_2D, fbo_texture, 0);
glFramebufferRenderbuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GL_RENDERBUFFER, fbo_depth);
GLenum status;
if ((status = glCheckFramebufferStatus(GL_FRAMEBUFFER)) != GL_FRAMEBUFFER_COMPLETE) {
fprintf(stderr, "glCheckFramebufferStatus: error %p", status);
glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
This is the code called after
GLenum fboBuff[] = { GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0 };
glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, fbo);
glDrawBuffers(1, fboBuff);
glPushAttrib(GL_VIEWPORT_BIT | GL_ENABLE_BIT);
This is the code called before
glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
glPopAttrib(); // Restore our glEnable and glViewport states
... Draw an Overlay containing with fbo texture binded ...
Here is the gl trace of a single frame.
It's nearly 800 lines but a trained opengl eye should be able to see what calls are getting made when. I removed several hundred lines of drawing calls that I atleast understand.


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Deep-Fried Oysters With Hot Sauce
Total Time
Prep 30 mins
Cook 2 mins
Prep. time does not include the time to refrigerate the hot sauce for the flavors to blend well.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 3⁄4 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1⁄8-1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne
- salt and pepper
- 2 dozen oysters, shucked and drained
- oil (for deep frying)
For Hot Sauce
- 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise (or half mayonnaise and half sour cream)
- 3 tablespoons prepared horseradish, preferable freshly grated
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1⁄8 teaspoon mustard powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon sugar
- salt
- white pepper
- 1 -2 tablespoon lemon juice
- Mix together the ingredients for sauce.
- Cover closely and refrigerate for several hours to allow the flavors to blend.
- Mix the cornmeal with cayenne, salt and pepper to taste.
- Dredge the oysters in cornmeal.
- Deep fry in batches in oil heated to 375 degrees for about 2 minutes or until golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels and serve immediately, with hot sauce.
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I use the same breading recipe as this but use equal parts flour and cornmeal. Loved the hot sauce!! I did add a little tabasco. The sauce went very well with the oysters. Thanks!!
Although I used another recipe to bread the oysters, I did serve them with the Hot Sauce recipe. The Hot sauce recipe had a great creamy texture and subtle blend of flavor with a little kick, yet it didn't over-power the flavor of the oysters. I added 1/2 tsp. hot sauce to the recipe, as we like hot & spicy foods. In fact, I'll probably add 1 tsp. next time. I will definitely serve this Hot Sauce with my next oysters.


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How much is too much? REITs will have to make
compelling arguments that the equity is committed to
accretive projects. Issuing shares for the sake of
all-too-vague "future opportunities," like those issued by
Prison Realty Trust ( (NYSE:PZN - news) ) last week, are
likely to be critically scrutinized by investors. A
plethora of secondaries and gimmicks like UITs will signal
the top. Hopefully REITs have learned, making 1999 a
pleasant surprise.
The copies can be purchased from the American
Correctional Association. I do not know if anyone can get them
or just members. You could get the information from
the ACA home page. Look on the CCA or PZN home page
and there is a link to ACA.
But, as long as you and all other PZN investors
take the attitude that since there is crime . Why not
profit from it? And all the criminals take the attitude
that crime pays. Nothing is ever gonna change. I do
believe that criminals should spend their entire
sentance. I have never said otherwise. Diamond D your post
was a good one. I would like to know where i can find
copies of these standards so i can review them. If you
or someone else can point me in the right direction
i would be grateful.
....believe me, as a real true blooded American
raised with values, I would love to see the rate of
crime drop to zero. However, with the society of today
accepting such low standards as evidenced right before our
eyes and ears every day, I think it's going to take a
lot changes to change the direction of things to
where our need for prisons is reduced. I hope and pray
that will be the case----at least for a trend
reversal. In the meantime I maintain my conviction it will
take 'conviction' and that means more need for
imprisonment penalties. When I see or sense we have laws with
sustance and appropriate penalties to really reduce crime
I will sell my PZN---and even consider 'shorting'
it ---which is not my investment style. I figure my
investment in PZN is the only way I can make crime pay
because I sure to H--- won't participate otherwise----for
what it's worth.
Government will be in the loop even if the
facilities are not managed by unionized CO's. Every
contracting agency has what is called a contract monitor.
This individual insures that we operate within the
contract guidelines. Furthermore, the state where the
prison is located does audits which could shut the
prison down if unfavorable. Topping the list is the fact
that all CCA/PZN facilities must attain ACA
accreditation. These standards within themselves would almost
eliminate the need for the governments big eye's. Again we
as a private company have standards above those ran
by government. Opinion!
Pzn has been testing its low looking at the chart
shows Pzn has preformed VERY!! poorly in relation to
the Dow and the S&P and so on during the entire year
of 98. It has to penetrate the 25 level before any
real rally would begin and it looks like judging from
today no one wants it to move to that level. As far as
occupancy rates and PZN. Do you guys see the contradiction
in wanting crime to decline but at the same time
wanting the occupancy rate for PZN beds to increase? I
saw another post where it was mentioned that "If CCA
owned the prison but the government's unionized CO's
managed it . Net margins would only be 16%. But, if CCA
owned and managed it net margins would widen to 40%".
Maybe i'm misreading it but sounds like if pzn can get
the governments out of the loop profits will
increase. If the government is out of the loop. Who will be
there to keep an eye on Pzn's activities? Its just a
question. If someone can give me a reasonable answer i'm
willing to listen. I hate to keep sounding like a stick
in the mud. But i feel these are reasonable
It's like traders are in and out of this PZN. I'm
an investor just like you. It sold off today. It's a
real steal as far as I'm concerned. Thank you traders
for the opportunity you seem to have created. It's
much more likely the occupancy rate of the prisons
will be at very high rates. It sure beats what can
happen to hotel/motel occupancy rates----as evidenced in
that market trend right now. I'd rather put my money
on the probable occupancy winner. Plus it's one way
to get some of your hard earned money back from the
government. Best of everything to the real investors!!!!!!
Great post regarding crime increase in economic
downturn. But we don't necessarily have to wait. The public
is currently fed up with the early release programs
and are pressuring states to keep inmates for a
greater portion of their acutal sentences. The prison
populations will increase despite a decrease in crime. I
doubt there will be empty cells no matter what economic
conditions are. IMHO, from a technical perspective PZN is
currently testing lows. I anticipate some nice gains this
year after that task is complete. If the bears are
right, we can also anticipate the crowd sniffing around
for good dividends. I'll stay put with my 15% loss.
Increases in crime is what drives the need for
additional prisons. In strong economies, as we have been
experiencing, the rate of crime generally goes down. As the
economy weakens and employment rates decline crime then
begins to climb. Of course, the more crime----the more
prison requirements----assuming 'the process' does it's
job. If you believe we will continue to enjoy strong
economic growth in the near/longer term, then don't invest
in PZN. I believe history repeats and our economic
cycle will, unfortunately, experience a downturn in the
not too distant future. How long can we absorb
personal 'bankruptcies' at the current record pace---in
the best of times? Imagine what's ahead if things
take a turn for the worst. I don't like sounding so
negative but just trying to be realistic. PZN seems to
have a very good future from what my crystal ball
tells me--- It's a contrarian way to find value but I'm
putting some money on it NOW.
Great post. Very informative.Keep it up.
Doc's solution to not having to play that "game"
and be subject to the landlord's whims, was to BE THE
LANDLORD! And the REIT is the mechanism by and through
which management expects that highly capital intensive
goal can best be realized, hence the
It's simply a matter of investing capital and human
resources for the greatest return on investment and,
expectedly, a commensurately more assured share value
enhancement and appreciation.
In CCA's 1Q98 CC, Doc
said that the potential market size for a PZN was
TWENTY TIMES (20x) that for a CCA (a management ompany).
But to be a player in "that market" requires access
to ever greater amounts of capital. It's an example
of the Golden Rule: "Whoever has the gold, makes the
This "ownership" versus "management" situation reminds
me of an old Amos 'n Andy radio bit where the
Kingfish is trying to persuade a reluctant Andy that air
travel is safe but Andy will have none of it.
you's in a car an' the motor quits on you, you knows
where you is.", Andy tells the Kingfish. "But if you's
up there in a aeroplane an' the motor quits, where
is you?" "I's a believer in good ol' terra firma.",
Andy concludes. "The more firmer, the less terror."


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We stayed at Harborside Motel overnight on a visit to Key West. The whole place
beautifully clean and well kept.There was a good size Fridge in room .
Beds comfortable and a nice pool area and place to watch sunset.
It was too far to walk to Duval st.but easy to locate
- Also Known As:
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- Harborside Motel And Marina


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What is DBQ Essay?
A DBQ essay is a document based question essay and is part of the Advanced Placement exam. It requires a student to use their critical thinking skills to defend the thesis formed from the documents provided at the time of the test.
"DBQ" stands for "Document Based Question" (sometimes also referred to as a "Data Based Question") and is often associated with AP history courses, such as APUSH and AP European History. DBQ's are focused less on what you know and more on how you can synthesize given information (hence the "document" or "data" part). The student should be able to use background information learned in class as well as the wealth of information provided in the given documents to think critically about historical events. Students should be able to determine the differences between primary and secondary sources and identify important aspects such as bias that may affect the meaning or use of a document. Students should strive to use as many of the documents as possible without sacrificing the quality of their argument or of their essay overall. The DBQ is a great way to rack up points with minimal worry about memorized facts.
On many exams for the AP courses, DBQ essays will be an integral part. These Document-Based Questions will seek to test your knowledge on a particular topic by providing you with information from or about a certain topic. From these documents, you will be asked to form an essay and take a stand to prove your point of view.
The term "DBQ" stands for "Document Based Question". A document based question essay is written using prior knowledge and sources provided by the test administrator. These essays are most frequently used for AP U.S. History exams and International Baccalaureate U.S. History exams.
DBQ stands for "Document-based question." This means that student must respond to an essay question using literary and contextual evidence from a series of documents provided to them by the instructor. The documents can range from letters to essays to cartoon images, and all revolve around a single subject.
A DBQ Essay stands for a "data-based question," where students are expected to answer questions in the form of an essay while using and citing provided articles, political cartoons and/or graphs. DBQ's are usually exercised in history testing.
A DBQ essay is a Document Based Question essay. Quite literally, this means that the essay will have to be answered through the use of provided or chosen documents and analysis. Say there was a question on World War II, and the question for the essay surrounded three separate essays/ letters home from soldiers. You would then need to read the prompt, think deeply about the time period or subject it surrounds, think about an opinion surrounding the prompt, and before even looking at the documents it is important to form a thesis so that you can have a strong idea, not based solely upon the documents given to you.
A DBQ Essay is an essay where the student combines their own outside knowledge with evidence from analysis of the included primary source documents. The primary source documents could be an image, an article, a letter etc. but will relate to the prompt in some way.
DBQ is an acronym for "Data/Document Based Question." This is an essay you are asked to write after given a bunch of data, facts, or history. Being able to write this essay effectively after been given bundles of information allows the instructor to see not how much you really know about the subject, rather your interpretation of the matter.
The DBQ essay, or "Document Based Question," is an argumentative essay that requires students to support their thesis using evidence culled from a set of provided documents. These documents often include primary sources, statistical information, or other supplementary information that students would not be able to come up with on their own during the essay-writing process. It is important to note that these documents are meant only to supplement the students' own knowledge; the essay ought to contain plenty of information on top of what can be found in the provided documents.
is an essay or series of short-answer questions that is constructed by students using their own knowledge combined with support from several provided sources. Usually it is employed on timed history tests.
This is a Document Based Question Essay. It means that you will be given several sources, and ask to make a statement which you will support with evidence from your sources. It is often used in history class!
DBQ stands for document-based question. This is often used to build your ability to draw on textual evidence in order to make claims about a work.
Document Based Question- could be completed short answer, or in essay form. This question asks for an answer that includes referencing a given text.
A DBQ Essay is a document based question essay, found on AP Exams like AP US History, AP Euro, AP Lit, and AP Comp. You will see a series of documents on the test which you will have to analyze to answer the question presented.
Document Based Question. They give you a question, and you answer it via a written essay using primary documents that they have provided.
DBQ Essays are "Data (or Document) Based Question Essays", typically assigned in an AP history class. You are given a packet of more or less six excerpts from various sources and assigned a general task, such as "Analyze the effectiveness of United State Cold War policy" or something to that effect. You are given a short amount of time to read and assess each other documents, then the rest of the time is used to write your essay. Generally you much use all or all but one of the documents in direct support to your thesis, which can be in the form of quotations, paraphrasing, interpreting, analyzing, and so on. You must also analyze the bias in each of the documents and assess their effectiveness towards your essay depending on how trusted the source is. You must also suggest one other document that would have been useful to your essay, for example, a document about the Civil Rights movement in America from the point of view of a woman would be useful in rounding out an essay about the Civil Rights movement. The DBQ is not made to test your knowledge of history in general, but rather how well you can write a historical essay from provided documents. Potentially, even if you knew nothing about a specific era in history, you would still be able to write a fantastic DBQ given the source material and assigned task!
DBQ stands for Document Based Question and is a particular type of essay that appears on the AP US History exam. The essay is handwritten and is usually around two pages. In your essay you are required to analyze the historical documents provided and use them to support your essay and discuss their significance in regards to the prompt. The first rule of these essays is simple: answer the question! Never write an essay for a DBQ that doesn't provide a response to the prompt. Furthermore, the best DBQ essays always incorporate outside knowledge of the topic and time period rather than just information about the documents. Finally, try to develop a full thesis that suggests something greater about the time period and prompt instead of just merely answering the question. However, at the very least you should have answered the given prompt.
The DBQ has a bad rap for being one of the hardest AP essays, but it doesn't deserve it! As one of the biggest sections of the AP US History and European History tests and thus one of the most important components of your overall score, the DBQ is your friend. You don't even need to have a whole lot of outside information to write the essay--but, of course, the more you can mention the higher your score will go--because most of it will be in the documents you're given right at the beginning of the essay! Most important tip is to use your time to plan the essay; don't rush into writing it without knowing what you're writing about!
A DBQ essay is a "Document-Based Question" essay. Your teacher will give you a set of documents, which can be written pieces, graphs or charts showing statistics, or works of art, which all have something to do with the topic of your essay, and you'll be asked to formulate your thesis based on the evidence you can find in the documents. Using this evidence, you'll sort the documents into groups, each group corresponding to one topic sentence (or DI, developing idea) or body paragraph in your essay; in each body paragraph, you'll analyze the documents you took into account while creating the topic sentence for that paragraph.
DBQ essays sound daunting, but with a little practice you'll have this!
A DBQ Essay is a Document Based Question Essay. In this type of testing, you have to read documents about a topic and then design an essay that tells your reader what your opinion and analysis of how these documents fit together.
A DBQ Essay consists of a prompt and a series of documents/sources that should be used to answer the question. The best way to go about responding to a DBQ question is to briefly browse through the different documents to get an idea of what information they provide, then to formulate your thesis based on what you know and what support you think the documents can provide. You should cite as many documents as you can (about half of them or more is a good amount) when explaining your thesis and elaborating on your ideas.
DBQ essays are essays that ask students to review a series of documents, analyze them and respond to a specific prompt.
A DBQ is a Document-Based-Question. Most frequently used in Advanced Placement history tests (AP US History, AP World History, AP European History), they are questions in essay-format in which the student needs to refer to and use a collection of historical documents to support their argument. This collection of documents can include excerpts from legal documents, bills, photographs, maps, etc. and must be used as supporting evidence.
Document Based Questions are part of the written response on several Advanced Placement tests, such as the AP European History and AP U.S. History tests. Successfully answering a DBQ requires the ability to thoroughly understand the question, and then sift through the documents to find relevant information. Of course, a good thesis and strong organization are also necessary!
DBQ stands for Document Based Question. You see these a lot in some History classes. In these essays, you are given a series of about 10-12 short documents. You are then expected to answer a question based on what can be learned from the documents. This is sort of like a research paper, only your research has already been given to you.
DBQ stands for Document-Based Question. A DBQ essay is an essay that synthesizes information from numerous primary source documents and answers a prompt with that essay synthesis. DBQ essays are common on many AP exams like AP US History and AP European history--a sort of mini-preparation for the college long research paper!
A Document Based Question (DBQ) Essay is an essay based on a series of documents, data, or information and is typically used in a History or Social Studies course. The focus in a DBQ is the thesis, which should directly relate to both the essay question and the documents provided. DBQ Essays are designed to encourage students to think critically about a certain period or event in History, and expect students to draw on their historical knowledge as well as the information provided in the sources to successfully formulate an argument to address the question.
A "Document Based Question". These questions are often found on AP tests such as AP US History. This question is not created to stump your or test your knowledge on the material. It is more or less there to see if you can synthesize (combine) various articles into a well written essay. Background knowledge with obviously aid in the ability to write a good essay however you may be able to score well on an essay of this form without knowledge just by reading the provided articles/photos/graphs. My advice, practice this type of essay. It could very well be a great way to rack up some points on that AP test!
A DBQ is a document-based question. You'll often find them on standardized tests. In order to write a DBQ, read the provided documents, analyze the question you are being asked, and the synthesize the given information into a cohesive essay.
Why study DBQ Essay?
The DBQ is often mistaken as the most difficult essay prompt on many AP tests, however, this is the only essay prompt that provides much of the information and evidence needed to craft a suitable argument to earn a high score on your writing portion.
The most immediate reason to practice DBQ essays is because they are an easy way to rack up points on your AP test. Because you are already provided with most of the information you need, even a very limited background knowledge of the topic will take you a long way. Looking at the long-term benefits, DBQ essays are valuable ways of practicing data synthesis, which applies across many subjects, not just history. DBQ essays require the student to be a critical reader, not only reading what's on the page but thinking critically about it - is the writer biased? Is the document a primary or secondary source, and how does that affect the document's meaning? As synthesis essays are used in AP English courses as well as social science courses, studying the DBQ essay for one AP test will help you in your future AP test taking.
The DBQ is the basis of proper historical writing. History is all about primary source documentation-- the "data"part of "data based question". To write for a history class, ranging from high school to AP to undergrad and beyond, you need to be able to look at a set of documents, decide what they're saying, and compare them to other documents. All of these skills are essential for the DBQ portion of the AP World History test, so it's a useful format to learn even if you don't plan on going into history and just want to do as well as possible on the test. The WHAP test, especially the written portion, is extremely intimidating. Coming in with a game plan, even if it's just a format for writing a DBQ thesis statement, can help immensely with your confidence AND your score!
A DBQ, or document based essay, is an essay that requires you to use information from documents given to formulate a response. It is important to note the authors, dates, and perspectives that these documents are coming from when making a response.
DBQ stands for document-based question. It's a formatted, five-paragraph essay in which the thesis is stated in the first paragraph, setting out how you will support it in the following three paragraphs. Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 each support one subthesis, and in paragraph 5, you summarize your points in a conclusion.
A DBQ essay is a type of essay often seen on an AP English or AP History test. You will be asked a question and provided with documents to go through to help you answer the question. There will be one DBQ essay on your exam, and it is important to be able to read the documents and form your argument quickly in order to write your essay to the fullest extent and hopefully receive a high grade.
The Document Based Essay question can easily be your best friend (and raise your AP score) or your worst enemy. Let's work to make it your friend. There is a tried-and-true (and trust me, it raised my AP grade) method to beating these questions, and it is all in extraction of the facts and learning how to create good discussion out of whatever articles are presented to you. DBQs could be the difference between a 4 and a 5 (or a failing 2 and a passing 3), so if you need help, ask me!
DBQ essays can seem intimidating, but if you develop a set of skills to deal with them, they're a piece of cake! You are given 15 minutes to read the prompt and other materials, as well as begin your prewriting. Think about what period of history the question could be referencing. Then link important events and people you know from that time. After that, look over the sources (and make sure you use most of them!) and apply those to your ideas as well. Remember that the sources may agree or disagree with your point. Try to bring all these ideas together into a thesis statement. Now you can begin writing your essay--make sure to stick to your thesis and apply your own knowledge as well as the information from the sources to answer the question effectively.
A DBQ is a document based question. This is an opportunity to show off your ability to analyze and connect historical documents (such as newspaper articles, graphs, letters, etc.) through a central thesis statement. Your thesis must be argumentative and universal; you use relevant articles as evidence to prove your thesis. Data points from the documents should be incorporated smoothly and effectively into the DBQ essay.
A DBQ essay is a document based question essay that appears on AP History and AP English Lang exams. They require you to use multiple sources that are given to you during the exam to craft an argument based on the question they give and support it with the documents given. It's the APs way of testing your ability to write a research-style paper in which you support an argument with evidence you have found. The AP exam will give you a reading period to look through all of the materials given and brainstorm/outline your paper, and then give you a set amount of time to write.
DBQ's are a great way to study the meatier topics of history. Too often people think history is the memorization of names and dates. This simply isn't the case. Names and dates and facts are the foundation of the study of history, and a great way to test knowledge for large groups, but not the best way to understand history in depth. DBQ's allow you to apply these facts and figures to arrive at an interpretation of history. By studying various documents related to the past, you can see differing viewpoints and draw your own conclusions. This teaches you invaluable critical thinking and analytic skills, and is vital for understanding the past on a deeper level.


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Head Of IRS Tax-Exempt Division Reportedly Placed On Leave
Lois Lerner, the IRS official who oversees the branch of the agency that targeted conservative groups, has been placed on administrative leave a day after she refused to answer questions in a congressional probe of the scandal.
Lerner, who invoked the Fifth Amendment in refusing to testify at a House hearing on Wednesday, is effectively suspended from her job as head of the exempt organizations division, according to a congressional aide who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
On Wednesday, Lerner made a statement before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee saying she'd done nothing wrong and had broken no laws, but otherwise declined to answer lawmakers' questions.
The AP reports that the new IRS acting commissioner, Danny Werfel, sent an email to agency employees saying he'd selected a new acting head of the tax exempt division.
He said Ken Corbin would be the acting director of the division that Lerner had overseen.
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The Bridge Community presents its 6th performance of "Behold the Lamb of God: The True Tall Tale of the Coming of Christ" at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
It is a singer-songwriter-style concert written by Andrew Peterson that tells the tale of the anticipation and arrival of Jesus in Bethlehem, said worship and arts pastor Matt Black.
The style of the concert mixes folk, bluegrass, country and rock, he said.
Glen Rice and friends will offer Christmas entertainment at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Hodgenville Civic Center.
Rice performs traditional and gospel Christmas favorites and some original music in "Christmas at the Center: A Lost and Found Christmas."
Other musicians include Amber Martin, Pat Portman, Roger Conley, Camille Turner, Ron Benningfield, Eddie Black, Ricky Puckett, Glenn Williams and Lou Bingham.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Doors open at 2 p.m.
Dream interpretation is part of the plot of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
Dream realization is a fringe benefit for the actor playing the title role in the Hardin County Playhouse production, and the play provides other actors special opportunities as well.
Ben D'Amico, 17, landed the title role after a last-minute decision to audition. Winning the role fulfilled a dream he had since he was 13.
For 35 years, the Dance Centre of Elizabethtown has presented "The Nutcracker" to audiences young and old.
Sherry Barnard, owner, has experienced the joy of "The Nutcracker" for all 35 years. Waverly Williams, 14, has been dancing for 11 years and this year plays Clara, the lead role.
The ballet centers around Clara's adventure in the magical world of the Nutcracker Prince.
"Life of Pi," based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, is a beautiful spectacle of cinematic art but fantastic elements disconnect the audience from the story.
The story, as Pi Patel tells it to a writer, documents his life leading up to and including becoming the only survivor of a shipwreck.
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Hey, jolly old fellow. It's been a kind of a rough year so I have a few things on my list I'd like you to get to this Christmas.
Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours will perform in concert Saturday as part of Acoustic Guitar Masters Concert Series 13 at Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m.
McClain is a singer and songwriter who infuses his material with humor and stages his shows from a fictional trailer park called Pine View Heights. He modeled the location after his childhood surroundings and experiences.
Jessica Chism, 32, always has been involved in artistic and creative endeavors, but didn't put brush to canvas until about five years ago.
Now, inspired by nature and movies, she uses painting to relieve stress and express herself, which is hard for the self-professed introvert.
She has sketched since she was a little girl but learned she could paint after helping with a SpongeBob SquarePants mural in her son's room. After discovering painting, within six months she completed about 30 portraits, she said.
Strains of a cappella music will fill the air when Street Corner Symphony performs Saturday at the Historic State Theater in Elizabethtown.
The show begins at 7:30 p.m. with an optional dinner before the show.
Street Corner Symphony were runners-up on the NBC show "The Sing-Off." The group will perform songs from the show, new songs and maybe some holiday music.
The great thing about traditions is they can be started at any time, modified or adjusted, and they can be shared with those who are special to you.
They don't have to make sense to anyone but those who participate, and even then, they don't necessarily have to make sense as long as they are mutually enjoyed.
Over the years I've probably described a few traditions my girlfriend, Rebecca Ricks, and I share.
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East County Chapter Steps Out! Part 2
- When Monday, May 7, 2012 at 10:30 a.m.
- Where Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1008 Wall Street, La Jolla, CA Map | Website
- Age limit All ages
- Categories Arts, Lectures & Classes, Museums
- Cost Not available
Above: Exterior image of the La Jolla Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
Explore this important San Diego cultural institution with the East County Chapter. Amy Britt, Support Councils coordinator, will highlight the connections between the San Diego Museum of Art and the Athenaeum.
For information please contact Barbara Campbell at (858) 565-7979.
Sponsored by the East County Chapter.
Date: Monday, May 7, 2012 at 10:30 am
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Boeing Co., the second-biggest defense contractor, plans to grow through smaller acquisitions in new industries and by boosting international sales, even as U.S. military spending declines.
"I'd like to build out additional capacities and get more balance," Dennis Muilenburg, president of the company's defense unit, said in an interview today at Bloomberg's headquarters in New York. "It's more about adding than subtracting."
Boeing Defense Systems has bought 10 companies in three years to expand in unmanned systems; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; computer networks; and logistics services. Chicago-based Boeing will stick with that strategy rather than seeking to join with a similar-sized rival because mergers in the past two decades have shrunk the industry, Muilenburg said.
"I don't see large-scale consolidation," he said. "In some cases our customers are left with a single or two suppliers at the prime level. Even in the second and third tier, the number of competitors is dwindling."
Boeing is second only to Lockheed Martin Corp. in military sales, with $33.7 billion in 2009 revenue, compared with $34.1 billion for the company's commercial-airplanes business.
The company will have to look to countries such as India for sales growth as U.S. military spending will be unchanged or even drop slightly over the next five years, Muilenburg said. Foreign contracts make up about 18 percent of Boeing's defense sales and will grow to 25 percent in five years, he said.
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A decline in U.S. defense budgets may persist "for an extended period of time given the history of decade-long cycles," Noah Poponak, a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analyst in New York, wrote yesterday in a note to clients.
With the Pentagon pushing contractors to take on more risk in the form of fixed-price orders, defense companies' profit margins may also decline, wrote Poponak, who has a buy rating on Boeing.
Annual sales growth will exceed 10 percent in cyber-security, the focus of about half of Boeing's recent purchases, Muilenburg said. He said he would continue to look for "selective, niche" takeover targets.
"Our focus on the acquisition side has been on how we can execute our business strategy and provide capabilities that fill out that strategy," Muilenburg said.
Delays on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, which is almost three years behind schedule, isn't affecting the defense unit's ability to expand through acquisitions, Muilenburg said. Defense acquisitions help the company, and corporate support has been "rock solid," he said.
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I designed this.... believe it or not.... there not the colourd stones I actually wanted myself but the person it was made for wanted them so there they are.... the knotwork is my design though, the first piece of jewlery I designed to actually be made... I'm so pleased!!
You're amazing!!! It is so beautiful!
Wow its so pretty, I feel inspired to draw now o.o
Really nice design. It would look beautiful with or without the stones. I love the shape of it that's what drew my eye to it.
That is a beautiful piece. remarkable.
well sweety, since i didnt comment none of your drawings im going to comment them all now! i hope i have time...wish me luck!
this neckless is devine!like it very much!!!
this neckless is devine!like it very much!!!
wow, this piece of work is beautiful o__o *worships*
It's really cool
Very pretty stuff I see you found somewhere to upload it to... but is it supposed to be a broach or what? Nice meeting you, incidently
Its a neclace, and it was nice meeting you too ^_^
Its very pretty, i didnt know you made jewlery, your talents are expanding, i want your soul even more now.. *pines*
Not many do know, I have pages of designs for vairious pieces of jewlery, but not the funds to make them
woow how beautiful! ^__^ hehe =3!!!
That-is-so-PRETTY!! ><
That-is-so-PRETTY!! ><
Cheese has a mother? Wouldn't that technically be a cow?
reminds me vaguely of a face...I see the slanted eyes and the nose, the pointed ears..
I'm wierd like that...
I'm wierd like that...
I guess it does look a little face like
wow thats amazing! celtic knotwrk is so perty! i love yours!
Thanks, I was really pleased with how qwll the design worked ^_^
Finally found a catagory for it?


text: A pulley with radius R and rotational inertia I is free to rotate on a horizontal fixed axis through its center. A string passes over the pulley. Mass m1 is attached to one end and mass m2 is attached to the other. At one time m1 is moving downward with speed v. If the string does not slip on the pulley, the magnitude of the total angular momentum, about the pulley center, of the masses and pulley, considered as a system, is given by:


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I have my msn email account setup with a bunch of folders to put all my different emails in. I don't use rules, just drag and drop sort. On my current computer, I have it go to outlook, and all the folders pop up fine. But I set that up 4 years ago, and now I'm setting up a new laptop and have no idea how to get it going again. Any ideas?
Are you looking for the Outlook Hotmail Connector?