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WASHINGTON, October 29, 2011—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced Joseph Hautman of Plymouth, Minnesota, as the winner of the 2011 Federal Duck Stamp Contest. This marks the fourth time he has won the Federal Duck Stamp Contest. "I was surprised and excited to win," Hautman said. His artwork, an acrylic painting of a single wood duck, will be made into the 2012-2013 Federal Duck Stamp, which will go on sale in July 2012. Hautman, who first began participating in the Federal Duck Stamp Competition in 1989, said winning the competition was an honor because "the duck stamp has always meant something very special to me."
Also excited to see Joseph selected as the 2011 Federal Duck Stamp Contest winner was his brother, Jim Hautman, who won last year's competition. "I am glad he won; I can't say I'm surprised," said Jim, who added that Joseph "displayed great execution in his artwork."
This year's contest took place at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Over the course of two days, a panel of judges, which included DU CEO and former USFWS Director Dale Hall, considered 190 entries. After the winner was announced, Hall noted how honored he was to be a part of this year's contest. "This year's entries featured artwork from a very talented group of artists, making it especially hard to select a winner," said Hall. "The federal duck stamp will be well served by this year's winner."
For more than 77 years, the federal duck stamp has been conserving prime waterfowl habitat while also expanding hunting opportunities and land access across the country. While the stamp has helped to conserve over 5.3 million acres of waterfowl habitat, its buying power has been diminished over the years. The cost of the stamp has not increased since 1991, marking the longest period in the program's history without a price increase.
"Simply put, $15 is not what it used to be," said Hall. Ducks Unlimited supports efforts to ensure that the investment waterfowl hunters have made to protect waterfowl habitat over the years is sustained into the future. And it is up to duck hunters and all who enjoy wetlands and waterfowl to continue the conservation legacy of the federal duck stamp. "For these reasons, Ducks Unlimited supports legislation that would immediately increase the price of the stamp from $15 to $25, which would allow the program's revenues to keep pace with inflation," explained Hall.
To call attention to this issue, Ducks Unlimited is asking duck hunters and other waterfowl enthusiasts to "double up for the ducks" by purchasing two federal duck stamps this year. The purpose of the campaign is to show that hunters support the program and are willing to pay more for the duck stamp in order to conserve waterfowl habitat.
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I'm a bit of a fanatic regarding pure air. I once (single-handedly) moved a dresser into the hallway of a charming B&B because of the mothball smell (my boyfriend at the time was not impressed). Admittedly, it has never been easy being me/green — I smell everything! Synthetic perfumes, soaps, laundry detergents, "air fresheners" and other conventional "fresh smells" gag me. (I must have been a bloodhound in a previous life.)

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THIBODAUX, La. – Nicholls got a career-high 23 points from Dantrell Thomas and 18 from Sam McBeath in posting a 65-61 victory over the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's basketball team on Wednesday night at Stopher Gym. Terence Jones (18) and Chris Hawkins-Mast (13) finished in double figures for the Islanders.
A&M – Corpus Christi (4-17, 3-6 Southland) had one of its best shooting nights of the year, going 21-of-41 from the floor (51.2 percent) and 15-of-21 from the free-throw line (71.4 percent), but Nicholls (6-15, 2-7) brought a strong offensive night as well. The Colonels shot 42.3 percent from the field and 72.2 percent from the line in the contest. The Islanders were whistled for 15 turnovers to Nicholls' 11, though, and allowed 10 offensive boards to the Colonels.
The Islanders jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead with a Myron Dempsey layup, but the Colonels hit consecutive shots to gain a 5-2 lead. But the visitors then embarked on an 11-2 run to open up a 13-7 lead. Nicholls responded with a quick 5-0 run, but Jones rose to the occasion. After blocking a shot from behind on the defensive end, he sprinted down and drilled a three from the right wing. A Jake Kocher three-point play followed, and the Islanders led 19-12 with 9:40 remaining.
Nicholls responded with an 8-0 run to regain the lead at 20-19, before a Dempsey dunk broke the string. Nicholls added a 9-2 rally to push the lead to 28-23, aided by a pair of free throws following a Jones technical foul. The Islanders trimmed it to 30-29 after a Hameed Ali layup, but a couple of wild offensive rebounds gave Nicholls the ball for the last shot of the stanza. Bryan Hammond was fouled on a three and hit two at the line to result in a 32-29 Colonels advantage at the break.
The Islanders had one of their best shooting halves of the year, going 11-for-20 from the field and 5-of-6 at the stripe in the opening frame. But Nicholls hit 5-of-11 from downtown and got 13 points off eight Islanders turnovers, four of which were on offensive fouls.
Nicholls pushed it to 34-29 with the first basket of the half, but the Islanders responded with a 5-2 rally to move within two at 36-34. From there the teams went back-and-forth, with a Jones three pulling the Islanders to a one-point deficit at 38-37. The pace really picked up at that point, with end-to-end action. The Islanders took several leads, including a two-point edge at 42-40, but Nicholls stayed hot from the outside, burying three straight triples at one point to take a 54-52 lead.
The final of the three, a Thomas shot from the wing, sparked a 6-0 run to push the edge to 57-52. A Hawkins-Mast free throw broke the string, but the Colonels pushed the lead to 59-53 with 3:13 to play. Jason Smith took over the Islanders' offense, scoring six points in a row at one point for the team, and the Islanders trimmed it to two points on several occasions. Nicholls rose to the opportunity though, hitting all six of its free throws in the final 30 seconds to ice the victory.
The Islanders road trip continues this weekend, as they head to Natchitoches, La., for a matchup with Northwestern State on Saturday, Feb. 1. Game time is set for 2 p.m. Steven King will have the call on NewsRadio 1360 KKTX starting at 1:45 with the pregame.


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TWU wants to replace AMFA at Southwest Airlines
The Transport Workers Union this week has been mailing flyers out to Southwest Airlines mechanics seeking to switch them over from the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association.
We've talked to both TWU and AMFA officials, and there appears to be no love lost.
"They're really not doing their job for their membership. They're shrinking. They don't have any support from the AFL-CIO. They're not looked on favorably in the industry, and there's some tough roads there with Southwest negotiations."
Frank McCann, TWU organizing director
"We have a good track record on the property. We have the size of organization where we have the resources to put into negotiations. We're an organization that believes in the in-sourcing rather than the out-sourcing of aircraft maintenance."
Bobby Gless, deputy director for TWU air transport division.
"The things they're pointing fingers at us for, they should look in the mirror. Those are precisely the issues they've given up in their battles at American through concessionary bankruptcy proceedings."
Louie Key, AMFA national director, speaking of TWU criticism of out-sourcing at AMFA-represented airlines
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McCann, speaking of AMFA's future
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Anyway, he'd done some quality installs and mods on his/my FJR (Hellas, grips, powerlet etc.) so I was not reluctant to be a guinea pig when he called and asked if I'd bring my new/his old bike into his shop so he could take measurements to fit mounting brackets so he could expand to the FJR market. To shorten this up, after I made a couple trips out there, he had the new parts fabricated, and he gave me a good deal on a set--a "tester's discount" or something--and I had the new lights on when I rode up to Nakusp--the only ones. They got good reviews from the folks up there who saw them.
He's interested in getting them out there, and will offer a discount if there's interest here. First of all, here's his website: Clearwater Lights. About the site, as of right now, the site mentions they have a kit for the '03-'05 FJR only, since that's what he fitted them onto. But now he's double-checked, and the measurement fits both generations, so year of bike is not an issue.
Here's what I can tell you about the lights.
o Theyre LED (3-light cluster in each housing) so they draw VERY LITTLE current (about 1 amp each). They will not burn out before you do. He says the light output per side is roughly equivalent to a 55-watt halogen light, but hard to be exact as the light is 1) a different colorwhite, and 2) more diffused. For approaching vehicles, the white light really stands out from the much yellower light of the headlights. (Read Glenn's post later in this thread for better info.)
o Theyre DIMMABLE (rheostat controlled). I believe there are no other dimmable LEDs on the market anywhere. Glenns got a patent attorney researching and a patent may be pending now. At full brightness, these things SHOW UP! You can lower the power if you want, or are getting too many high-beam flashes (and yes, Ive had several). LOVE em for lane splitting (hooray for California)!
o Theyre BRIGHT. I bought them to BE seen, but they provide significant fill-in light on the road at night Im hoping some of the folks at CFR will chime in on this point, as I aimed them up a dark alley in the Kuskanax parking lot and showed the effect of different combinations of lights. By the way, these are mounted right down on the front axle, so they point wherever you turn the wheels.
o Blue is the standard housing color, but others are available. I think hes charging $20 extra for non-blue ones. He can tell you about available colors. (ADDED: See Glenn's post--no. 31 on this thread. He is WAIVING THIS CHARGE as a part of this limited-time FJR Forum-only deal!)
o Listed cost for the full kit is $475 (all brackets, controls, wiring, whatever). Assuming he gets half a dozen orders or so, hell sell to forum members (identify yourself) for $400at least for now. I believe he said shipped.
o Installation is very doable if you have some electronic know-how. I watched them do mine at the shop, since it was the first FJR and they wanted to learn the setup. They just tapped into the headlight circuits (explained in the instructions I am sure) and the physical mounting was pretty straightforward. You just need to find a good spot for the dimmer switch controller on the dash panels with a little space behind it. Mine (Gen I with some things already mounted on panel D) is on panel C, the upper right one. Glenn said theyd install for $100 (Sacramento area) if desired. Hes already placed these lights at the local BMW dealership and theyre charging $150 to install, for comparison. But I do believe most of you can do it.
o One other thing. Theres a larger version in the works that would be mounted on the fairing, like those big round Solteks, which are about the same size. 6 large LED bulbs instead of my 3 small ones, but dimmable and a low (10 amps total) power draw. Much brighter than the small ones (I saw a mockup prototype). What I really like about these is, being dimmable, you could run with them all the time, or whenever you wanted, unlike the super-bright-or-completely-off Soltek or similar lights that are only usable in certain areas and traffic conditions. No info on price or timing, but very interesting.
o I am NOT involved in the ordering of these, organizing a formal group buy, or have any stake in the business. I like the quality of these lights and vouch for it, plus I appreciate the deal he gave me. Id like to see these out in the FJR world. Id love to pass some other feejers shining these LEDs back at me sometime.
Heres what Im talking about
Here's where the dimmer is located on my bike. Lots of mounting options.
Coming at you (Should have called Old Michael over to take these pictures, huh?)
With lights at minimum brightness (headlights only), then at maximum. Compare the white pickup, for example.
If you have questions, you can pm me or just post, or contact Glenn thru his website. Hope you folks who saw these up in Nakusp will chime in with any thoughts. Re-reading my post, I want to say it again, if I sound like a cheerleader for these things, it's cause I think they're very cool. No other reason. Thanks.


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Wednesday's letters: Little tyranny'
Published: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 5:52 p.m.
To the editor: Good morning, America! Wake up to the little tyranny. Our governments executive branch is testing the expanding envelope of its power to intimidate its political enemies, obfuscate the truth of its partisan cover-ups and generally ignore limits on government interference guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
When the Supreme Court decides cases with a partisan bias, expanding the law by its interpretation; when Congress plays politics with its oversight responsibility; and when our massive executive branch and its myriad tentacles begin to assert their expanded power for their own benefit, then our broken government has become a little tyranny.
This is an accelerating spiral of growing government. Its power corrupts, and its power has a goal of retaining and increasing itself. We, the generation observing this tipping point, must slow and even reverse the growth of central government, spreading control back to the states. We must reaffirm that civil rights are the domain of citizens, not corporations or unions. We must keep big money out of elections. Thus begins a long list of necessary changes.
Do you want your grandchildren to wake to big tyranny or their grandchildren to wake to total tyranny?
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To the editor: The Times-News coverage of the 9/11 event honoring those Americans killed both in New York City in 2001 and Benghazi in 2012 missed the heart of the program and instead injected political bias. Nowhere in the press release of this event or in its printed program was Mike Scruggs listed as the former chairman of the Republican Party; rather, he was listed as a Vietnam veteran. Grady Hawkins was also listed on the program as a Vietnam veteran, not a county commissioner.
Both men shared a central theme when they spoke, that being the code of military services not to abandon fellow Americans in danger. Scruggs spoke of his own personal rescue after being shot down in Vietnam, which illustrates the contrast of no help being sent to Benghazi, which to this day remains a mystery shrouded in secrecy. Your editorial should have also asked for the truth about Benghazi, not criticize those who did.
This event did honor both 9/11 tragedies as stated and was in part sponsored by The Sons of Liberty Riders, a national organization. The spin stops here.
Pete and Carolyn Davis
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To the editor: Dawn Kuceras column Putting education numbers in context (Sept. 16 edition) did nothing of the sort. She sought to compare Sen. Tom Apodacas inarguable statement that North Carolina is spending more on education this year than last to the rhetoric ... heard at the Rally for Education. She ends up only adding to the rhetoric.
For example, she suggests that if North Carolina had not passed up Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, we might not have had the shortfall in Medicaid that ate up the money that was meant for the teacher raises. Wrong. The new Obamacare money would not be allowed to use to cover currently due Medicaid shortfalls.
Then she states, The 2014 maintenance budget is $44 million, half of what it was six years ago. What does that have to do with this years education budget vs. last year?
And of course this years budget on maintenance was less than six years ago! That was the budget year before the Great Recession; comparing any local or state budget item to that year is intellectually dishonest.
If Ms. Kucera is going to get it into the numbers in context business, she should get a fact-checker.
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Published: Friday, January 18, 2013 at 6:07 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 18, 2013 at 6:07 a.m.
A judge is refusing to dismiss a pair of challenges to the Florida Senate's redistricting map.
Circuit Judge Terry Lewis in Tallahassee on Thursday rejected the state's argument that only the Florida Supreme Court can decide legislative redistricting cases, saying that "flies in the face of case law."
Lawyers for the Legislature and Secretary of State Ken Detzner argued the case should be dismissed because the justices already have reviewed and upheld the map.
Democrats, the League of Women Voters of Florida and other plaintiffs say the high court conducted only a facial review. They contend the map "as applied" violates anti-gerrymandering restrictions in the Florida Constitution.
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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Tuesday, April 5, 2011
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- First Tee of Augusta has been around for ten years now. This is the seventh year Rock Fore! Dough has used music to raise money for the charity.
"It's becoming a family tradition to come out and enjoy the weather and enjoy some great music," Britton Serigney said.
"It's been pretty nice," Chris Bedenbaugh said while hanging out with his two twin daughters and wife. "The weather is a little chilly, but it's been nice."
Despite the wind chill, people came out to see the show, especially Darius Rucker--and it didn't matter if he played old songs or new ones, they screamed and cheered.
"It's a party," Rucker said. "It's a great thing they're doing here for the First Tee of Augusta."
It's especially great for the young golfers in the program who got a chance to meet Sister Hazel and Darius Rucker before the concert.
Leah Collins, 12, said she was nervous because they were famous, while her sister, Emily, was nervous because this was the first time she met a star.
As starstruck as many of them were, they fought off the nerves for pictures and autographs from the artists.
Brycen Bessey simply said that meeting Darius Rucker was "cool."
"He's nice," Emily Collins said. "He's not like a mean star, he's real a real down to earth guy."
Even though the kids think the stars are great, the stars think the First Tee is great for the kids.
"It's good it's about core values," Ken Block of Sister Hazel said. "Honesty, integrity, discipline, all those things they instill in the kids makes it an honor to be a part of it."
"I think that all of the great charities out there, especially First Tee, who dedicate their time to help kids one on one are just awesome," Rucker said.
And that's why artists rock this stage, year after year.
It will take a while to tally up how much was raised, but from the looks of it, tonight's show was bigger than last year's. In the past seven years, the event has raised more than $400,000 to help young golfers learn the game .


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Gazprom's Energy Imperialism
An ogre of a giant looms to the east of Europe – occasionally in the shape of a country, other times in the shape of a company, the two often indistinguishable. Russia and Gazprom, Gazprom and Russia, are poised to devour the whole of Europe and its Asian neighbors.
OAO Gazprom's influence has been underestimated and astonishingly not discussed enough. By far the largest owner of natural gas reserves, and the largest supplier in the world six times that of the second biggest player, Royal Dutch/Shell, the company currently provides over a quarter of Europe's natural gas and is aggressively looking to greatly increase this share. Gazprom has been the flagship of former president Vladimir Putin's strategy, and the battering ram to break down defenses in what can arguably be called energy imperialism. The Russian state owns 50.01 percent of the company, and almost all of the company's top executives are devout Kremlin loyalists. President Dmitri Medvedev was Gazprom's chairman. He replaced Putin, who became prime minister, thereby replacing Victor Zubkov, who became Gazprom's chairman. You get the story.
Gazprom, springing from the old Soviet ministry of gas, was huge from the very start. But after the 200405 dismantling of Yukos and Sibneft, Gazprom got into the oil business as well by taking over Sibneft, now called Gazpromneft.
But it was the first international salvo lobbed in early 2006 that caused a clamor in Europe. That's when Gazprom cut off gas supplies to Ukraine after it balked at seeing its gas prices rise to $230 per 1,000 cubic meters from $65, on par with prices paid by western European countries. Of course the issue was not what happened to Ukraine, which was drawing a tiny portion of the flowing gas. Cutting Ukraine's gas flow meant massive gas deficits in a freezing Europe. Nor was the Ukraine dispute the end of it. It opened the floodgates for gas price hikes, targeting Russia's friends and foes alike. The fruits of monopoly are obvious. According to an early July statement from CEO Alexei Miller, gas prices for a thousand cubic meters will be $500 by the end of 2008 and $1,000 by the end of 2009, compared to the current $230.
The Ukrainian affair was the trumpet heralding the sovereign. Hints of a new Russian empire, this time riding on oil and gas, projected hegemony over its neighbors, from East Asia to Europe. Putin was the new Tsar, and most Russians, starved for power after the Soviet collapse, loved him. Western niceties of democracy, human rights, and freedom of the press were never really big deals in that country. Transparency International puts Russia's corruption rating between Nigeria and Indonesia, but that doesn't seem to bother Russians, who are suddenly internationally relevant.
Gazprom has been the primary vehicle for the new imperium. Far beyond the former satellite states of Ukraine, Belarus, and the Baltics, Russia has resorted to divide and rule, dangling the same carrot in front of China, Japan, Germany, and Britain. It is coy over the ultimate destination of future energy pipelines, poised to reward or punish, depending on concessions and acquiescence.
Russian geopolitics, always shaped by energy sources, takes several hues. For example, Russia buys lots of discounted gas from Turkmenistan for its own use, allowing Gazprom to spare Russian natural gas resources and sell them outside the country at a huge premium. Russia and Turkmenistan signed recently a 25year contract for Turkmenistan to increase its gas supplies piped to Russia to 2.3 trillion cubic feet per year, from 0.17 Tcf. Coincidence? This is exactly the amount Gazprom has agreed to sell to China, beginning in 2010.
But huge challenges lurk for Gazprom and Russia. With claims by many that the company cannot meet gas promises in both Europe and Asia in the near future, Gazprom has announced that it will spend $420 billion on projects by 2020 to bring more natural gas to market. Nearly half will go to pipeline transportation, and up to a third will go to exploration and production. While Gazprom inherited a huge infrastructure built by the Soviet Union, after decades of neglect those pipelines have deteriorated, and are in dire need of repair and upgrading. The cost of that effort will likely exceed Gazprom's projected investments into new pipelines and infrastructure.
Still, Gazprom's ambitions seem to escalate weekly. The company announced it may build a second LNG terminal near Vladivostok, on the Pacific coast, for Asian exports. Though there is little chance that will actually happen, Gazprom outrageously claimed that the first LNG tanker load would be shipped to China next year. The gas will be piped from energyrich Sakhalin Island, where numerous disputes are brewing among Gazprom, Rosneft its stateowned competitor, and Western super majors Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch/Shell.
Gazprom, at least at the rhetorical level, oozes confidence, and has set ambitious goals for expanding its energy empire while attempting to assuage any remaining doubts of its capabilities. In June, CEO Alexei Miller said at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, "Our international business ties and our joint projects have turned Gazprom into a global company. We will rigorously abide by all of our longterm contract obligations. The size of our reserves permits us to confidently state that Gazprom is able to meet any solvent consumers' demand for gas, in domestic and foreign markets alike."
Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller speaks at a news
conference in June after the shareholders
meeting in Moscow.
Miller has been on the stratospheric rhetorical path. In July he predicted that crude oil prices could reach $250 in the foreseeable future, and that as a result, Gazprom's market capitalization would exceed $1 trillion by 2014. No other major energy company executive even came close to such a prediction, but then again, nobody else has the power to make his own predictions come true.
Dmitri Medvedev, left, and Alexei Miller visit the
NIS Jugopetrol oil refinery in Pancevo, 10 miles north of
Belgrade, in February.
Rubbing it in a bit further, Miller suggested the creation of OPEC2, a smaller core group of energyproducing countries that might have a greater effect on crude prices. Russia is currently trying to persuade Iran and Qatar to join this gas cartel in a move highly criticized by the U.S. and the E.U. Russia hopes to be admitted to OPEC within the first year of Medvedev's term. Gazprom's Miller defends this strategy: "The main task of the forum, in contrast to OPEC, isn't the setting of daily production quotas, but questions of longterm strategy and investment plans in the gas industry."
Gazprom clearly has a strategy, and it's to lock up as much gas as possible. In early July, Gazprom offered to buy all of Libya's exportable gas supplies. The company recently opened its first African office in Libya, and while it will take time to hash out a final agreement, Russia's brash move to further control the European energy markets is hard to disguise. Libya is its only credible and neighboring competitor.
At the same time the U.S. is fighting an unwinnable war in Iraq and trying to contain radical Iran along with other Western powers, the Russians are cutting deals with Tehran. On July 13, Gazprom agreed to jointly develop oil and gas in Iran with its state oil company. Miller and Iranian oil minister GholamHossein Nozari will develop Iran's South Pars gas field and drill in Iranian oil fields.
With little worry about the politics of religion and radicalism which Russia had ostensibly fallen victim to on occasion, this deepening alliance between it and Iran may allow Gazprom to capitalize on the latter's energy riches. This, while the rest of the world recoils at the Iranian threat. Despite the fact that nearly all have shied away from investing in Iran, Russia's Ekho Moskvy radio recently reported that Gazprom could replace French oil company Total's projects in Iran.
The situation is now transparent and blatant, reminiscent of the Khrushchev era: world beware – the energyinvigorated Russian bear is at bay. After the Soviet Union's collapse and its resulting economic calamity, it was up to Putin, through Gazprom, to redefine Russia's position in the world. Its abundant oil and gas resources are now being put to work to accomplish what nuclear weapons and 50 years of the Cold War were unable to.


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Reconsidering Rachel Carson's Silent Spring: it was Jun 05 2007
Reconsidering Rachel Carson's Silent Spring: it was an influential book...too bad the science was all wrong. "She cited scary figures showing a recent rise in deaths from cancer, but she didn't consider one of the chief causes: fewer people were dying at young ages from other diseases (including the malaria that persisted in the American South until DDT). When that longevity factor as well as the impact of smoking are removed, the cancer death rate was falling in the decade before 'Silent Spring,' and it kept falling in the rest of the century."
Update: Scienceblogs' Tim Lambert has been following a campaign to discredit Carson and her book. More here and at Google. (thx, jim & paul)


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I have a ViewSonic media player. That one cant stream out movies from rar folders...
So now I tryed Playstation media server... And all works great, I am happy with it...
But I cant fast forward, or go backwards in movies, the movie is hang up, and I need to see the movie from the beginning all time that is happend..
So my problem is that I cant go fast forward or backwards with PMS...
But I can do that without problem with my other media player...
My rig is:
Windows 7 64 bit
Intel Core i5-2500K
Ram: 8GB DDR III
LAN = 100Mb
I am running PMS on my SSD disk.
And I have movies on a intern SATA III disk (6GB/s)
Bonus Question: Can I get my ViewSonic to see and use PMS through network?
How to?


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EAGLE -The ice has melted at WECMRD's Eagle Pool & Ice Rink and the roller rink is in. The 10th Mountain Roller Dolls return to Eagle on Sunday for the beginning of the group's second season with a 5:30 p.m. informational meeting for everyone interested in roller derby. Women's Flat Track Roller Derby is a recent addition to adult programming at WECMRD; the league uses the rules of Women's Flat Track Derby Association and skates in Eagle in the summer and Edwards in the winter.This summer the league will host four bouts, in addition to regular scrimmages. In June the 10th Mountain Rollers host the Kill Scouts from Rocky Mountain Rollergirls (Colorado's original Flat Track Roller Derby League); and in August Moab Roller Derby will bout the Mountaineers,10th Mountain Rollers A-team. Sunday's season two kickoff is the place to be to find out more about roller derby and sign up with the 10th Mountain Rollers, positions are available for skaters and non-skaters. The afternoon's festivities start at 3:30 p.m. with a boot camp - basic training for new skaters and skaters returning from an extended break. At 5:30 p.m. there is an informational meeting followed by a practice and open skate. "We are excited to welcome new and returning skaters and officials to roller derby on Sunday. We learned so much over the winter and are eager to share what we have learned with everyone," said Coach Zen Blaster, aka Robin Nash, who got the roller derby program going last spring. Preregistration for the bootcamp is required, sign up online at www.wecmrd.org or by calling 970-328-5277. Practices take place on Sunday and Thursday evenings April 22 to Sept. 9. A variety of sign-up options are available for participants.
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About the Book
"A well-researched and beautifully imagined novel….If Jane and the Austen family were not quite like this, they should have been."
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Dearest Cousin Jane by Jill Pitkeathley, the author of Cassandra and Jane, is an inventive reimagining of the intriguing and scandalous life lived by Jane Austen's cousin, Countess Eliza de Feuillide. The fact-based story of a remarkable woman whose progressive and passionate views on love and marriage greatly influenced Austen's work—including such beloved novels as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility—Dearest Cousin Jane will fascinate and enchant readers interested in Victorian Era Britain and all lovers of Jane Austen literature and lore. Janet Aylmer, author of Darcy's Story, says, "This novel brings a new and enjoyable dimension to our knowledge of Jane Austen's life and work."
In Dearest Cousin Jane, an enchanting new novel that draws on historical fact, Jill Pitkeathley paints a luminous portrait of the true-life cousin of a literary legend—from her flirtatious younger years to her profound influence on one of the world's most beloved authors.
Free-spirited and seductive—outrageous, precocious, and a well-known flirt—Countess Eliza de Feuillide has an unquenchable thirst for life and a glamorous air that captivates everyone around her. Rumored to have been born of a mad love affair between her mother and the great Warren Hastings of the East India Company, Eliza sees the world as her playground—filled with grand galas, theater, and romance—and she will let nothing hold her down. Even tragedy cannot dim her enthusiasm. Losing her only child at an early age and widowed when her husband—the dashing French count Jean de Feuillide—is claimed by Madame la Guillotine during the dark days of the Reign of Terror, Eliza is determined to remain indomitable, unpredictable, and unfettered. And it is this passionate spirit that she brings to a simple English country parsonage to influence the life, the work, and the world of her unsuspecting cousin . . . a quiet and unassuming young writer named Jane Austen.
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Critical Praise
"A well-researched and beautifully imagined novel. I loved Jill Pitkeathley's delicate hand and lightness of touch. . . . If Jane and the Austen family were not quite like this, they should have been." — Ruth Rendell
"This novel brings a new and enjoyable dimension to our knowledge of Jane Austen's life and work, and the extended family that was so significant in her development as a author." — Janet Aylmer, author of Darcy's Story
Product Details
- Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
- On Sale: 03/23/2010
- Trimsize: 5.313 in (w) x 8 in (h) x 0.649 in (d)
- Pages: 288
- List Price: 13.99 USD
- BISAC1: FICTION / Historical


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I'm still unsuccesful with Windows Phone but I will win!
Yesterday after the thousendth crash with wmv profile I decided that I don't want to see it anymore so I downloaded PMS sources, set up the envirorment and added a new MP4H264AAC profile, luckily it didn't involve many changes and at least my phone doesn't crash anymore (still getting an error though).
I found a problem with the build process on Windows that stops the package phase:
At line 1052 of the pom.xml file <phase>prepare-package</phase> should be <phase>package</phase> otherwise it cannot find the jar file cause it hasn't been created yet.
I was wondering also why in RequestV2.java has been added CLoverride != DLNAMediaInfo.TRANS_SIZE in this condition:
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line 787 // Content-Length override has been set, send or omit as appropriate
if (CLoverride > -1 && CLoverride != DLNAMediaInfo.TRANS_SIZE) {
// Since PS3 firmware 2.50, it is wiser not to send an arbitrary Content-Length,
// as the PS3 will display a network error and request the last seconds of the
// transcoded video. Better to send no Content-Length at all.
output.setHeader(HttpHeaders.Names.CONTENT_LENGTH, "" + CLoverride);
Doing this causes the ChunkedTransfer's option in the conf file to be completely useless, if the PS3 doesn't want the header should be added to it's configuration file ChunkedTransfer = true and removed the && CLoverride != DLNAMediaInfo.TRANS_SIZE from the condition.
Apart from this I have some questions about the dlna protocol, I think that's the problem with my phone, when it request a file it sends this headers:
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GET /get/0$2$14/prova.mp4 HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*
User-Agent: NSPlayer/07.00.0000.0000 WMFSDK/07.00.0000.0000
GetContentFeatures.DLNA.ORG: 1
Pragma: getIfoFileURI.dlna.org
Host: 192.168.1.3:5001
It requests the content feautures to the server so the problem might be in that specific header in the response. From what I understood serching on the internet and using wireshark is that it is composed by:
DLNA.ORG_PN for the protocol name,
----> I set it to AVC_MP4_MP_SD_AAC_LC in DLNAResource.java for video/mp4 files
DLNA.ORG_OP for the seek options,
----> This shouldn't cause much problems although maybe for me would be better to set it to 00 to be safe
DLNA.ORG_CI 1 if transcoded, 0 if not,
----> Why is it hardcoded in pms?
DLNA.ORG_FLAGS other feautures (don't know which),
----> Why 017? What does it mean? I saw that WMP uses 015
About the TransferMode.DLNA.ORG: header, apart from streaming and interactive, what other values exist and shouldn't it be specified in the response?
And what is Pragma: getIfoFileURI.dlna.org ?? I couldn't find any information about this.
I know, a lot of questions :p but I really want to understand how this works


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Look for the Wood County Genealogical Society table at the Autumn Trails Days Business Expo, Saturday, October 3. Our vice-president, Dorothy Harbin, arranged for our presence to publicize the society and offer genealogical information and help to interested expo visitors. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Winnsboro City Auditorium at the city park and rodeo grounds off Hwy. 11. Admission to the Expo is free, so come on by and say hello.
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6 Ways to Find Eco-Friendly Restaurants
One of the biggest things you can do to support and encourage responsibly raised food is to vote with your wallet. You may be patronizing CSAs and farmers' markets for local produce, buying organic brands from your supermarket, and studying nutrition labels for evils like high fructose corn syrup and artificial preservatives. But if you're eating in restaurants blissfully ignorant of where the food on your plate comes from, then you might be undermining your efforts.
Choose the food you eat in restaurants just as wisely as what you choose to eat at home, and your choices will be more likely to influence the foodservice community to change their ways and offer more environmentally friendly choices on their menus. Plus, with restaurants, being green goes beyond the food they serve — restaurants can, and should, be conservative with energy usage, use eco-responsible construction methods, and treat their staff fairly.
Do a little research on the restaurants in your area, or before you travel to other cities, to find businesses that care about the environment. These tips will help you make the best choices:


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It is Sunday morning around 8:09 AM and today I'm finalizing my second month of training. Next week is rest week! So I have plenty reasons to celebrate. For those who don't know me, I follow a conditioning routine in a set of three-week intervals with the fourth week used to recuperate. My goal on the third week is to train for 20 hours or more. This type of training regimen was easy back on college days, but so difficult nowadays due to the amount of responsibilities and people I have around. Add to this my well-known poor planning and my open agenda. To be fast, drop riders on the hills, be at the front of the pack, contest a sprint and ride the Tour of Colorado in descent form, life needs to have structure and a well-elaborated training schedule. Despite all the week's inconsistencies, I think today is possible to train for four hours and achieve my third-week goal!
Since Thursday I realized that I had my momentum back. The flu, cough, and the weakness were a thing of the past. I still had the job insecurity pestering me and other ongoing social things. Although I managed to take on each possible opportunity and at the end I got a great training day. In the morning, it was all about strengthening the core, at lunch time I rode for 2.30 and by night time I was pumping up the upper body. If you all recall, Wednesday I did a three training sessions. Was I beaten by Thursday night? You bet. My bike ride was challenging. For the first time I ventured to back to back long hilly roads; yes I'm slow and heavy. My primary goal was to keep my heart in zone 3. I'm not yet ready to do intervals; I'm set by climbing slow and easy to burn the midsection fat or love handles.
Friday probe to be interesting because I tried to emulate what I did on Wednesday. Legs weight training followed by an hour of cycling. To spice up things, I rode my bike most of the time on the 53x14. My goal was to start training the legs to smash big gears. It was important to have a good form rather to have a high cadence. Sure it was fun and easy with the tailwind pushing me, but hard and demoralizing with the wind against me. Too early in the training program to have strength and stamina, my anaerobic days are one month and half away perhaps. I'm not a happy camper when other riders pass me. I know I can go as fast as they not to mention going uphill. Sure I can climb, that's my terrain you know! But this is my base mileage three months. I gotta avoid being on red zone. Believe me I'm itching to go fast, close gaps, and breakaway with the best riders of my group ride. I long for the day that on the decisive climbs, I will be the one doing the attacks and counter attacks. I know what I'm capable of... But I owe to stay focus. These three months will have a big pay off when I start doing intervals sessions.
Last week I thought I will not see rain in San Diego until next year. Saturday morning was my big day to get the 4-hour ride done. It's been three weeks that I wanted to assess my physical conditioning during the fourth hour, but my life with bells and whistles, GF's drama, and other circumstances have prevented it me from riding for four hours straight. I wasn't too motivated when I saw the cloudy sky and heard the weather man brag about the 90% chance of rain. I had the sightliest doubt, I knew I wouldn't dare to ride. One thing is to ride in the middle of day when on a rainy day another is to solo the cold flooded streets of San Diego at 7 AM. But since I wanted to so bad to accomplish my goals, I grabbed my rain wear and embraced the idea that I would get wet no matter what. Sure, I like challenges and I rode east to Santee and 52 HWY hoping to get rain-on while climbing the long hills. It didn't rain on my way there, but God bless the sky heart it poured on my way back. I had to stop to put my glasses on because the nail sharpening rain drops were leaving blind. The head wind make things interesting, but seasoned in rainy days I was able to get home safe but surely soaking wet. Nothing special only 2:30 hrs in the bike. Again, I said it to myself... "Lance Armstrong said that if you train in the rain it counts as twice"
All day I've been thinking is Thursday. The beginning of the day was gloomy just like it was the morning sky. I had a migraine, some flu symptoms remaining, and the feat to wake up my son to go to school and endure all the excuses that come along. The thought of job insecurity simply ended up obscuring my morning and sooner than I had expected I had serious doubts.
Last time I wrote on my training blog, I reported being under flu simptoms and doubted I could continue my training with the same intensitiy. Undoubtly I endured the Sunday and Monday dissappointed just staring at my bike and feeling how my body weakened. These two forced rest days felt like two weeks of inactivity. Sunday was such a calamity; I hated myself and the world and suffer deliriums because of Nyquil overdose. On Monday, on the other hand, was kind of my redemption day, I cleaned the R3-SL and went out for diner with my GF. We simply pig-out in style and best I got happy drunk and self-declared cure from the flu.
I gotta tell you that on Tuesday I looked on forward to resume training. However, once again I felt victim of my poor planification and my ever lasting family and work responsibilities despite having a good start. My manager communicated me about a work opportunity; she made clear her intention to have a meeting to review some material. Work is work and the money is very good because without I will not be who I am or have what I have. No brainer. I decided to stay wide open to meet her at her time convienience; the root of the problem became that she never specified our meeting time. At lunch time, I rushed to the gym and completed a 45-minute core session then quickly headed back to my work desk. Surprise, surprise… She still didn't have a definite time for us to meet. Two hours later GF showed up to say too many times she was hungry and was asking about travel and weekend plans all these while I was trying to find a way to pay my rent. At the end, I settled with one hour around-the-neightborhood bike ride which left me upset rather than fulfilled. At night, I had to host my photography group meeting and the opportunity to go to the gym at night was pretty much null.
Sometimes I imagine those who have no family or pay no rent because they have the excuse for not to work. Trust me I know many of these individuals. These weasels, leechers and scoundrels have the bad habit of complaining and line up all sort of excuses for not trying hard. Boy oh boy... If I at least have the nerve to have an excuse.
This preparation for the Tour of Colorado is challenging, so far it's frustrating not to have the time to go for an endless bike ride. Job insecurity, end-of-the-month season, a ten-year old to name the few are some of my biggests challenges. Add to this my chronic hip injury and my condition of being "soft" a.k.a prone to break so easily. I certainly don't have any nerve left to worry about me being chubby or that my health insurance was cancelled. So you tell me how can someone who doesn't pay rent have lost of excuses for not trying? If something disinguish me from my family (or those wanna be's) is that I had transformed what can be my excuse into a challenge. Yes, I'm well-known to my friends as someone who always is complaining about something and has too many regrets. I love to complain, yes too ***** about life injustices and such. All this ranting is pure motivation which pretty much have enabled me to get the job done and be hungry, thirsty and wanting more. It's not easy although I make it look easy. On top, something I'm certain life ain't going to get any easy but harder. The best I could do is to have a razor sharp mentality and always have my comtemptous auto-critic to give me hell for not giving my best.
My above-mentioned stand has been my mantra throughout the day. Sure, it was gloomy and I felt sick again, yes I did rush my legs workout again because my stupid manager… But I found an opportunity in the middle of day to ride my bike for 1:20 hr. And what is best the night is wide open for me to return to the gym and do at least 45 minute of upper body conditioning. Now I don't have any excuses for not trying hard. If I'm sore tomorrow so be it, this is my only opportunity and I gotta make the most of it!
You can imagine how I feel... All bumped out. I have this stupid flu symptoms. Today Saturday I rode for 3 hours, good deal many of you may think. Am I happy about it... Not really. I began my ride very stressed out because my GF's drama. Her first winter training with me no wonder she fails to understand what entails is to ride base mileage. I wish not to elaborate any further... Only I gotta say is that drama before going to bed, during the night, and plenty to chose from right before my bike ride is worst than having two flat tires in a race. So much stressed led to headache, lower back pain, and nervousness. She doesn't know any better -right? Thank goodness I wasn't racing or riding the Tour of Colorado—I would have crashed on the first mile. Yes, I had to be a jerk, boss her around ala Lance Armstrong to get her going to her house where she rightfully belongs!
I rode for 3 hours, good deal many of you may think. Am I happy about it... Not really. I began my ride very stressed out because my GF's drama. Her first winter training with me no wonder she fails to understand what entails is to ride base mileage. I wish not to elaborate any further... Only I gotta say is that drama before going to bed, during the night, and plenty to chose from right before my bike ride is worst than having two flat tires in a race. So much stressed led to headache, lower back pain, and nervousness. She doesn't know any better -right? Thank goodness I wasn't racing or riding the Tour of Colorado—I would have crashed on the first mile. Yes, I had to be a jerk, boss her around ala Lance Armstrong to get her going to her house where she rightfully belongs!
I took the Cervelo R3 SL and less than a mile into my training ride, I almost had a head collision with a Cadillac Escalator. Totally my fault. Not paying attention. Dwelling on GF's words. Not surprised I lost my nerve. For an hour or so, I pedaled the bike slowly with no motive. My eagerness was lost; I wanted to go back home, but I kept going like if I was on automatic mode. Surprisingly second hour went fine; I had good sensations and somewhat of desire to keep pedaling. My lower back pain was gone and only a small headache was left. I thought I could reach a milestone: complete a four hours ride. "Why not?" -I thought. Legs were strong, will had desired, got plenty of food and water. Such the ingratitude of life is! Five minutes later my son called, he asked me where I was, wanted to be picked up, mom was heading to work, and so... "Well, it wasn't my morning" -I thought witch such regret and I headed back.
Yes, I did rode Friday for 2:15 minutes. I had a sole-Core gym session in the morning, but I couldn't return to the gym at night. I felt tired throughout the day, and on top my GF showed up at 5 PM sharp like all Fridays. God bless the routine and the people that make it possible! She was all dressed up, high heels and new haircut. "I'm very hungry" she said. "Hmm, she is hungry and I just ate... Good by Gym!" I thought. Since I have an open agenda, we ended up talking where to go eat. Wonderful choice of mine... We ended up eating Spanish tapas. Food was so good that I ended up pigging-out in style. Three hours later back at home: indigestion and drama. GF go all psycho. It was my fault, but she is like that when she gets drunk. End of story: can be read at the beginning of this blog story.
The real story today wasn't all the stress I endure prior my bike ride but the appearance of the flu. My son brought his bug from school into my home. Spraying Lysol every other hour hasn't been enough. Taking old prescription drugs has probe to be insufficient. In another fail attempt, I cleaned the bathroom, kitchen, and rooms, but the flu bug is still inside my throat. No PM Gym on Saturday, why push it? And about tomorrow ride and gym... Well, it's up in the air sincerely.
On Monday as I mentioned before, I paid a visit to Doctor Brown who is my official chiropractor, physical therapist, and soul adviser. He has been my doctor since 2006 when I was returning to road cycling after five years absence from the sport because my piriformis syndrome. He along other three individuals played a supporting role on me gaining confidence as an athlete and learning how to handle my chronic injury. My hip pain never went away, I stopped relying on western medicine and flushed all the pain killers and muscle relaxants on the toilet. I did learned how to manage my injury and pain. The physical therapy and back alignment Doctor Brown gives me helps on the long run, but in short typically lefts me sore and hurting. This was another reason I had pathetic Tuesday and Wednesday workout sessions. But as my training progresses it is critical for my success to seek his assistance because he can definitely spot and work my troubled areas to prevent setbacks.
I have mixed feelings for the upcoming three days. At one end I'm eager to ride 3+ hours on Friday and Saturday; on the other end I'm doubtful I can pull it up. Going to the gym is critical and probably develop the habit to take power naps in the middle of the day to recharge, and begin to take multi-vitamins because my protein shake doesn't seem to have any effect on me.
After taking a week off in Florida partying in style, I returned to San Diego to resume training. Back in Florida I logged only five hours of conditioning all focused on strengthening two of my weak spots: Core and Trapezius sections. My goal was to rest my legs, but by the end of the week I had three major hangovers, two pig-outs, and lots of lack of sleep. I was tired but so happy. Hey that was my rest week! My personal slogan is that life is too short to be playing Mr. Athlete 27/4 besides I needed time off from the bike, yes after completing my first month of training.
Back in San Diego I was eager to resume training and burn all the calories the hard liquor and Argentinian Steakhouse left me. To my surprise Southern California had several thunderstorm systems in the forecast. All weather men seemed to agree in one thing: stay home and dry. Yeah right -I thought.
Yes, it poured rain like never before. I rode my bike with determination and obviously with a rain jacket on thinking that no silly rain could stop me. Whatever it takes!--I thought. During the ride I had to duke up with the cars and the cross winds. Yes, I was the only freak on the road. Funny enough I got interviewed by Channel 6; I was all smileys of course and later that night I saw myself on TV. One thing that I learned from the Jerk (a.k.a Lance Armstrong) is that if you train on treacherous weather conditions, your training effort counts as twice. I totally agree. Riding a bike with 700x23c tires in the rain is though especially when there are cross winds and uncertainty on which route to take. To me it wasn't such a big deal in due part my bike experience in Florida where thunderstorms with cross winds are on the call of the hour. Besides it never freaking rains in Southern California, so to me it was all about seizing the opportunity. Obviously, riding in the city of San Diego during a storm can be a bit challenging and dangerous taking into account the slippery asphalt roads, flooding, landslides and worse the inexperience car drivers. Nowadays it amazes me how easy I confused being stupid with the need-to-seek-thrill and obtain self-actualization. But like Homer Simpson said it: You gotta do what you gotta do.
In sum, it rained for the entire week. Roads were flooded and filled with rocks and tree debris. The 24-Hour fitness became my second house. Besides my typical workouts, I came out with two leg strengthening gym sessions with the anaerobic zone in mind. No squats with Olympic bars or loud screaming for me. My leg strengthening routine consists of exercises that allow me to use leg muscles cyclists hardly use. I also did some core and upper body sessions with lots of indoor cardio. And by Friday I was back on the bike enjoying the last rainy day of the week and probably of the year.
I didn't ride on Saturday. Why? Because of some photography trip. Besides it was too cold and I felt extremely tired. I managed a late workout. On Sunday, I returned to my 3 hour cycling mark despite having sore legs and being pester by two weak knees. On top, my bad hip began to start acting funny. I ended strong but realized that it was time to visit Doctor Brown.
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Previously I told the story of Florence May Chappell, a young Edwardian lady who ran away to Canada with a married father of six, Reuben Stenning.
The story was pieced together from records held within the Stenning family, census returns, passenger lists and immigration cards to solve the mystery of where Florence went in 1912 when she vanished from Brighton and ceased using the name of Chappell.
Reuben's story is just as startling though so it seems only fair I write about him too.
Reuben was born in about 1877 in Croydon, the seventh child of Phillip and Rhoda Stenning who were in their late thirties. Phillip and Rhoda had nine children in total, eight sons and one daughter. Phillip worked as a coach builder with help from his sons.
Reuben stayed at home working with his family until 1899 when he married Harriett Sarah Gosling. Reuben was 22, Harriett was 23. Harriett's family was smaller and her parents were a decade or so younger than Reuben's. Her father was a clock maker.
Within a year of marriage Reuben and Harriett had moved to Brighton and on the 1901 census they're recorded there with their one month old son and Reuben is working as a coach painter. By 1911 the couple had been married twelve years. They'd lost one son in 1905 at the age of 5 but had five children still living including a babe in arms.
It was in the summer of 1911 that Reuben met Florence. By the spring of 1912 she was pregnant and in July 1912 Reuben vanished to Canada. For the next ten years Reuben and Florence lived in Canada as a married couple and had two sons. Meanwhile Harriett stayed in Brighton, struggling to look after the children with no idea where her husband had disappeared to.
In 1922 when Florence died, Reuben was left with two young sons and appears to have done something very audacious. He contacted Harriett and asked her to come to Canada. What Harriett made of Reuben's return to her life can only be imagined but in 1923 she said yes.
Harriett's entry card for Canada is a very emotive document. By now she was 46, working as a dressmaker (a hard and poorly paid job) and carrying just £3 in cash. Her passage was paid for by Reuben, her object in going to Canada is listed as 'going to join husband'. Her three youngest children travelled with her.
Descendants of the family tell me that Florence's children and Harriett's lived alongside each other as equals and made fresh new lives within their community. An unusual but peaceful ending to this Edwardian drama.


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Some muscle building is done on the bike, but there is much that can be done off the bike too.
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Muscle building is the same as any other type of self-improvement: if you have the right information and know where to begin, it can be a simple, straightforward process. No one can do the work for you, but you can be pointed in the right direction; here are some muscle building tips that work well.
Keep in mind that there is no one method to build muscle that will work fast, effectively, and in the area that you really want to target. Muscle building takes work, and it takes time too. If you want to see success you must come up with a solid plan and remain committed to it. Overnight success stories do not happen when it comes to building muscle, so be sure to take it slow.
Make the "big three" a part of your daily workout routine. These three exercises include: the deadlift, squat and bench press. These particular exercises are known to help build bulk, strength and condition your muscles each time they are done and should be included in your routine for maximum muscle building success.
Genetics are one of the most important factors in building muscle mass. There is not much you can change about your interior genetics that shape your body, but you can improve the way you look by becoming more tone. Some of us just do not have the bodies that will have large muscles, so accept that and strive for better tone.
Limit yourself to four workouts per week. Doing five or more can cause recovery issues that limit or even hinder your progress. Having three days off a week also allows for mental recovery as well as physical. You will be more enthusiastic about going to the gym on your four days.
In order to build muscle effectively, you must include a variety of exercises in your weekly exercise routine. For instance, do push-ups and pull-ups one day, then on another day lift weights instead. Varying the workout induces muscle confusion, which prevents the body from getting used to the workout and not reaping all the benefits from it.
Train at least three times per week. You need at least three training sessions every week if you want to see significant muscle growth. If you are really new at weight training, this can be reduced to two at the start; however, you should increase the number of sessions per week as soon as you are able. If you already have some experience with strength training, you can add more sessions as well.
Any time you are lifting a heavy free weight, it is very important that you have a spotter. This is someone who knows the routine that you are doing and also understands when you are requiring help. Many times this person can become a type of gym buddy as well.
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One of the best things that you can do to gain muscle is resistance cycling. This means that you will sit on a bike and pedal with a higher level of resistance and tension than usual. This technique will help to strengthen your legs, which is a core component in your body.
Building up your muscles takes the same commitment, time and effort that any self-improvement activity does. You have to do the exercise, but the right information and learning the right techniques can be more helpful than you know. Use the tips in this article to put you on the right path.


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Friday, 02/08/1991
The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH
Set 1: BagAC/DC Bag > Reba, Buried Alive, Forbin'sColonel Forbin's Ascent > MockingbirdFly Famous Mockingbird, MSOMy Sweet One, Stash, CoilThe Squirming Coil > Runaway Jim, GuelahGuelah Papyrus, BowieDavid Bowie
Set 2: Llama, MangoThe Mango Song, Cavern, Lawn Boy > Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, Horn, Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room, LizardsThe Lizards, AntelopeRun Like an Antelope
Encore: Magilla[1], La Grange[1]
[1] Carl Gerhard on trumpet.
· Steppin' Out tease in David Bowie
· Buried Alive tease in La Grange
Noteworthy Jams: Run Like an Antelope
Average Song Gap: 2.33
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, Carl Gerhard (Guest)
Notes: The Bowie intro contained a Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson) tease from Page. Carl Gerhard made a guest appearance on trumpet during the encore. La Grange featured a Buried Alive tease from Trey.
Song Distribution:
6 A Picture of Nectar
6 Lawn Boy
4 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
2 Stash
2 The White Tape
1 Rift
1 Junta
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This show was part of the "1991 Winter/Spring Tour."
The show is straight fire. Nothing outside the box. Everything is just tight and well played. It's always fun while your counting money, and phish drops a Forbins four songs in after a solid show opener, a firey Reba and a buried alive. The whole set is like one long set with a straight listen. I was bouncing around in my seat non stop. Nothing is poorly done and every song is executed. This is a 91 show so a more talkative trey is on stage and introduces a familiar face from 91, Carl gerhardt, for the encore. Fans now would be drooling over the set list with a lizards rantelope set two closing combo. If you haven't heard, listen now. It definitely mDe my morning a lot better.


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