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The state's first human case of West Nile virus this year has been reported in southeastern Indiana while mosquitoes in nine counties have tested positive for the disease, Indiana health officials said Wednesday.Video Transcript
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Gag Order Lifted on Nebraska Parents Who Used 'Safe Haven' Law
A little over a year ago, the WSJ chronicled the plight of two Nebraska parents, Sue and Avery Quakenbush, who had recently availed themselves of a new Nebraska "safe haven" law that allowed troubled mothers to put children, and even teenagers, in the hands of the state.
Shortly after the story ran, however, Nebraska's Department of Health and Human Services — and the child's guardian ad litem — obtained a gag order on the family, intended to ban them from speaking publicly about their child's confidential medical issues.
The news today: the gag order has been lifted. The Nebraska Court of Appeals on Tuesday removed the order on the couple, saying it couldn't find enough evidence of imminent harm to the boy — who is now 18 — to justify restraining his parents' speech.
According to this story in the Lincoln Journal-Star, appellate judges were told Sue Quakenbush wanted to participate last year in a legislative hearing on the original safe haven law and the availability of mental health services for troubled youth. She also had been prevented from participating in other forums with the same goal, she said.
"The object of the gag order is clearly to restrain the parents' constitutional right of free speech," the court said. "The right of free speech is 'constitutional bedrock' and a right by which other freedoms, such as assembly and free press, are given meaning and power."
Sue Quackenbush had told the WSJ that she and her husband had dropped off their teen because abandoning him seemed to be the fastest way to get him badly needed access to mental health services. Today, the child remains in state custody. And the state's safe haven law has been amended to apply only to newborns.


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Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska OCS Region, Chukchi Sea Planning Area, Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193
Notice Of Availability Of A Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Seis) And Notice Of Public Hearings.
The purpose of this SEIS (OCS EIS/EA BOEMRE 2010-034) is to provide new analysis in accordance with the United States (U.S.) District Court for the District of Alaska Order remanding the BOEMRE's Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193 Final EIS (FEIS) (OCS EIS/EA MMS 2007-0026). The District Court's Order instructs the BOEMRE to address three concerns: (1) Analyze the environmental impact of natural gas development; (2) determine whether missing information identified by BOEMRE in the 193 FEIS was essential or relevant under 40 CFR 1502.22; and (3) "determine whether the cost of obtaining the missing information was exorbitant, or the means of doing so unknown."
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The FEIS for Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193 (OCS EIS/EA MMS 2007-0026) evaluated the potential effects of the proposed sale and three alternatives: a no action alternative and two alternatives that incorporate deferral areas of varying size along the coastward edge of the proposed sale area.
Sale 193 was held in February of 2008. The BOEMRE received high bids totaling approximately $2.7 billion and issued 487 leases. Although the lease-sale decision was challenged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, the litigants did not request a preliminary injunction to halt the sale. Accordingly, the sale was conducted and 487 leases were issued. In July 2010, the District Court remanded the matter for further National Environmental Policy Act analysis of certain concerns. The BOEMRE is to address three concerns: (1) Analyze the environmental impact of natural gas development; (2) determine whether missing information identified by BOEMRE in the FEIS for Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193 was essential or relevant under 40 CFR 1502.22; and (3) determine whether the cost of obtaining the missing information was exorbitant, or the means of doing so unknown.
The SEIS will provide the Secretary with sufficient information and analysis to make an informed decision amongst the alternatives. In effect, the Secretary will decide whether to affirm, modify, or cancel Sale 193. This notice relates solely to the Supplemental Draft EIS for Chukchi Sale 193. It does not preclude possible additional environmental analysis with regard to future leasing or permitting actions.
Draft Supplemental EIS Availability: To obtain a copy of the Draft SEIS, you may contact the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5820, telephone 907-334-5200. You may also view the Draft SEIS at the above address, on the BOEMRE Web site at http://alaska.boemre.gov, or at the Alaska Resources Library and Information Service, 3211 Providence Drive, Suite 111, Anchorage.
Written Comments: Interested parties may submit their written comments on the Draft SEIS until November 29, 2010 to the Regional Director, Alaska OCS Region, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5820. You may also hand deliver comments to this address. Comments should be labeled "Attn: Chukchi Sea Draft SEIS." Comments may be submitted via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com (Note: please use e-mail address exactly as it appears. Do not add the letter "t" or anything else to the address.). Please include "Attn: Chukchi Sea Draft SEIS" in the subject line, and your name and return address in the message. BOEMRE will not accept anonymous comments.
Be advised that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you may request us to withhold from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Public Hearings: Public hearings on the Draft SEIS will be held as follows:
Monday, November 1, 2011, Kotzebue Middle/High School, Kotzebue, Alaska;
Tuesday, November 2, 2010, Oalgi Community Center, Point Hope, Alaska;
Wednesday, November 3, 2010, Point Lay Community Center, Point Lay, Alaska;
Thursday, November 4, 2010, Robert James Community Center, Wainwright, Alaska;
Friday, November 5, 2010, Inupiat Heritage Center, Barrow, Alaska;
Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 3800 Centerpoint Drive, Anchorage, Alaska.
All meetings will start at 7 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Back to Top
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5820, 907-334-5200.
Dated: October 8, 2010.
Robert P. LaBelle,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy and Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 2010-25938 Filed 10-14-10; 8:45 am]


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How could Prometheus 2 expand on its predecessor? As Fox confirms the sequel's March 2016 release date, we take a speculative look...
NB: The following contains spoilers for Prometheus and much speculation about its sequel.
Ridley Scott's Prometheus was a film of opposites. It explored grand ideas about myths and creation, yet its setting was a desolate and largely empty planet that offered few conclusive answers. It was about alien beings blessed with godlike, unfathomable intelligence, yet the human scientists who went off to meet them were a neurotic, hapless bunch.
Reactions to Prometheus from critics and series fans were mixed, but the box office receipts piled high enough to encourage 20th Century Fox to consider a sequel. Ridley Scott and cast members Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender had been talking about the possibility of a follow-up as long ago as 2012, when the director said that another film was required to "bridge the gap" between the events of Prometheus and Alien.
On the 24th March, it was seemingly confirmed that what was once enigmatically called an Untitled Ridley Scott Project is in fact Prometheus 2, which will start production later this year. It was also reported that Michael Green - one of the screenwriters behind Green Lantern and Scott's own forthcoming Blade Runner sequel - had been signed up to polish an existing script by Transcendence writer Jack Paglen.
The juiciest piece of gossip, however, is that Michael Fassbender is set to play what The Wrap describes as "multiple" versions of the android, David. If it's true, what could this mean for Prometheus 2, and where else could the film take the story, given the conclusion of its predecessor?
Onward to Paradise
Although heavy on slow build-up, the plot of Prometheus was quite straightforward: a group of scientists, led by Noomi Rapace's starry-eyed archaeologist Elizabeth Shaw, heads off on a mission to the distant moon, LV-223. Led to the location by a star map left behind by early humans, the explorers hope to come face to face with what they call the Engineers - a race of beings that created life on Earth.
The explorers arrive to find the moon eerily empty, its giant inhabitants apparently killed by their own technology. Thanks in part to their curiosity and the secret experiments of Michael Fassbender's synthetic human, David, a dormant alien threat is unleashed: one explorer is turned into a mutant zombie, while Elizabeth is impregnated by a squid-like proto chestburster. Meanwhile, David thaws out his decrepit master Peter Weyland, who's planned the mission in order to meet the Engineers and ask them to reveal the secret of eternal life.
To this end, David revives an Engineer he's found hidden in a cryo-chamber beneath the planet, only to find the hulking being in particularly ill humour. Having despatched Peter Weyland and decapitated David, the Engineer then heads off after Elizabeth Shaw, still reeling from an emergency Caesarean. During a final confrontation, Elizabeth defends herself with a fire axe, before rescue arrives in an unlikely form: the hideous squid creature she had removed her abdomen a short while earlier, now fully grown, smothers the Engineer and gives Elizabeth the time to escape.
Gathering up David's still-conscious detached head, Elizabeth clambers into an Engineer ship, and heads off in the direction of the Engineers' home world.
Now, while Prometheus' conclusion leaves the door open for a sequel, it also poses certain problems for whoever has to write it. In classic Alien style, the cast of the first film are largely gone, and all we're left with is Elizabeth and David's head in a bowling bag. Alien ended more or less the same way (Ripley and Jones the cat), but James Cameron's sequel found a way to introduce Ripley to a new cast of relatable characters.
Prometheus 2, meanwhile, will presumably see Elizabeth visit the Engineers' home planet, with David's decapitated head serving as a translator between she and the aliens (David is, as the first film demonstrated, fluent in the Engineers' language). But if the rumour of multiple Davids is true, then Prometheus 2 could take a slightly different direction: back on Earth, a second David could be despatched, probably by Weyland Yutani, to find out what happened to the first mission. It's likely that he wouldn't be going by himself either - he'll more than likely be joined by a few other scientists or Yutani employees who haven't yet learned of the company's contempt for human life.
At the end of Prometheus, we saw a new type of alien creature - nicknamed the Deacon - emerge from the now very dead Engineer back on LV-223. Given that this is an infant, we can only guess at what sort of monstrosity it will grow into. It isn't too much of a stretch to assume that this new monster will have some sort of impact on the sequel's plot, either - particularly if a crew led by a second David does attempt to go poking around in the remains of the USCSS Prometheus.
Meanwhile, there's the Engineers' home planet to consider. In Prometheus, Idris Elba's accordion-playing captain Janek suggested that LV-223 is a military base, with its canisters of black goo essentially a world-destroying weapon intended for Earth. The planet Elizabeth's heading for, then, is likely to be far removed from the grey ball of rock she's left behind.
Plus there's the lingering question: why did the Engineers create us, only to change their minds and plan to wipe us out again? We're hoping that the rumour circulating a few years ago, that Jesus was an Engineer and the black goo was their intended retribution, isn't true.
The Dark Horse Prometheus comics
Prometheus left us with numerous questions, but we won't necessarily have to wait until the sequel arrives in March 2016 (its current due date) to find out all the answers. A few months ago, Dark Horse announced that it was relaunching its Alien, Predator and Alien Vs Predator comic lines, and adding a fourth: a Prometheus comic, which will "delve into some of the questions" left behind by the 2012 film.
"I know some people hated [Prometheus] and some people loved it," publisher Mike Richardson told Comic Book Resources. "I'm one of the people who loved it, and we're going to delve into some of the questions that Ridley's people have allowed us to delve into. So we'll address some things that seemed unanswerable, and we've got answers for all of them - that's one of the reasons why the story people at Fox are excited by this."
Dark Horse's Scott Allie revealed that the stories of all four comic books will be connected in some way, which means we could see some form of cross-over between the Engineers of Prometheus and their mysterious canisters of goo, the classic xenomorphs of the Alien franchise, and the big game hunters of Predator."The stories are very intertwined," Allie told io9 back in January. "A lot of shared characters, in some cases sort of a sense of one series being a sequel to another."
Allie also revealed that the Prometheus comic would see "a recon crew [...] return to LV-223", and that it would explore "the nature of synthetic life." Will this story connect to the plot of the Prometheus 2 movie and its reported multiple Davids?
A more Alien sequel
Although not without its good points - not least a great performance from Michael Fassbender and some eye-catching production design - Prometheus seemed more than a little lacking in terms of dialogue, characterisation and plot. Those are fairly major things to fix for any writer coming on board for a sequel, but it's possible that Michael Green could do just that. Elizabeth Shaw and David aside, the slate was effectively wiped clean at the end of Prometheus; all the characters were dead, giving Green the chance to start more-or-less afresh.
Hollywood sources have said that Prometheus 2 is going for a horror tone more akin to Alien. If those reports are true, then maybe, just maybe, Prometheus 2 really can provide a satisfying bridge to Ridley Scott's 1979 classic.
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A Quote by Wendell Lewis Willkie on facts, liberty, love, minorities, progress, society, and thinking
To suppress minority thinking and minority expression would tend to freeze society and prevent progress. Now more than ever we must keep in the forefront of our minds the fact that whenever we take away the liberties of those we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.
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Canada's Hot Housing Market Cools A Bit
By David George-Cosh
Canada's hot housing market has signs of cooling, with the latest figures from the Canadian Real Estate Association showing a 1.3% fall in existing home sales in June, the second consecutive monthly decline and the first year-over-year drop since April 2011.
The drop was due to fewer national sales and a rise in new listings, notably in Toronto, Canada's largest city.
Buoyed by low interest rates and a relatively healthy economy, Canada's housing market has been on a tear over the past few years as Canadians snap up low-interest mortgages and rack up household debt.
The Canadian government, concerned about overheating in the sector, has taken steps aimed at avoiding the type of housing issues that have plagued other economies. Last month, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty unveiled new mortgage regulations that lowered the maximum mortgage amortization period to 25 years from 30, and reduced the amount of home equity Canadians are eligible to borrow against, to 80% from 85%.
Gregory Klump, chief economist for CREA, said "the steam has come out of the urgency to buy", particularly in Vancouver and Toronto, which make up about one quarter of all home sales in Canada.
The new mortgage rules should lead Canadians to hold off on buying houses they can't afford, especially first-time buyers, he said. The new rules kicked in July 9, so their effect will be seen in the next CREA release.
Still, Mr. Klump said this isn't an example of the housing market "slamming into the wall", with monthly inventories running at "very low levels" at six months.
"It's not how far you fall, it's how far you bounce," Mr. Klump said. "The continuation of low interest rates is still going to be supportive of the housing market, so there's nothing apocalyptic in store for the housing market. It's just that I don't see it trending higher after the new regulations take effect."


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When we think of summer we often think of sunshine, hot weather, BBQs, garden parties, outdoor weddings, beaches and festivals, all the things that we don't usually do in the winter.
For me personally, the worse thing about our ever-changing weather is deciding what to wear. When the sun is shining I'm thinking great, a pair of shorts or a dress and I'm sorted. But no, I put on my shorts, walk outside and within 10 minutes its gone from being sunny to throwing it down with rain and the fake tan that I'd carefully applied before leaving the house, has now been washed away!
So what do we wear for that upcoming wedding, when we have no idea what the weather will be like? What about that BBQ, where we want to pull-off a summery look but the skies are grey and there's no sun in sight? The great thing about the summer season is you have an excuse to go shopping! My boyfriend often asks me if I need to buy that new top as well as that new dress, skirt, shoes and jewellery. Of course I do, I need an outfit I can wear whatever the weather!
Clothing from the 70s and 80s continues to pop back into fashion and the trends for this summer are no exception. We've had leggings, jumpsuits and jazzy trousers and now we have crop tops, dungarees and circle sunglasses - all great fashion ideas for events such as festivals. As I'm writing this, the festival season is in full swing so I will be teaming my new denim dungaree dress with a headband, circle sunglasses, long socks and of course wellies, to get in the festival spirit!
Also in fashion this summer are patterns. Don't be afraid to wear something that is really eye catching, I love the Aztec clothing and you can pretty much wear it to any occasion. Just don't go too over-the-top or you could end up looking like a carpet! Luckily high wasted skirts and shorts are also back in fashion which makes it acceptable for me to wear a crop top without having to do a million sit ups first. You don't have to break the bank balance either as all high street shops plus online retailers have similar styles in. New Look has some brilliant buys for denim, shoes and accessories and Boohoo and Missguided are also great for browsing bargains online.
Over the next couple of months I'm going to be blogging about some useful fashion ideas for different summer events whatever the weather. At the moment July is living up to summer expectations and hopefully August will continue on the same theme and be lovely and warm with sunshine all day! But just in case, I'll be on standby with some good alternative advice.
Let's hope the sun continues to take its hat and the the umbrella can stay by the front door!
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The album's ten traditional holiday songs are George's personal favorites. Songs on the CD include; We Three Kings, Deck the Halls and We Wish You a Merry Christmas, among others. "I wanted to put together a collection of my favorite traditional Christmas songs that I grew up listening to," says George. "It was hard to narrow it down to ten of them, but I think I've done it. I hope these songs bring back good memories for my fans like they have for me."
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NEW YORK - They'll be watching in Enid, Okla.
Earlier this month, members of the Enid school board put off deciding the fate of a certain literary classic until they could view "Born to Trouble: 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' "
Produced by WGBH/Boston and airing on PBS at 8 p.m. CST Wednesday, this 90-minute documentary is part of "Culture Shock," a splendid four-segment series exploring how art - be it a novel or a painting, music or the movies - habitually makes trouble.
Art invites troublesome questions, such as: Does "Huckleberry Finn" promote racism?
And here's another: Does the "wrong" kind of painting corrupt its audience? Following "Born to Trouble" at 9:30 p.m., "The Shock of the Nude" revisits the scandal of "Olympia," Edouard Manet's portrait of a harsh-looking tootsy reclining in the raw.
In time it was embraced as a masterpiece. But in 1865, this painting virtually mooned the artistic tradition of dreamy, demure nakedness. With its brazen realism, "Olympia" outraged all who beheld it.
At 8 p.m. Feb. 2, "Hollywood Censored" explores the long-standing effort to rein in movie mischief.
As early as 1915, the documentary tells us, dozens of state and local governments had established movie censorship boards, which was easy since the U.S. Supreme Court then excluded movies from First Amendment protection.
But in the 1930s, Hollywood responded to threats of federal censorship with a self-imposed Production Code. Among its many provisions: childbirth and the use of illegal drugs could not be depicted; no brutal killings could be shown in detail; and dozens of words (including "slut" and "eunuch") were taboo.
We see Joe Breen, hired to police the code, grandly put the world on notice: "Cockeyed philosophies of life, ugly sex situations, cheap jokes and dirty dialogue are not wanted."
Then at 9 p.m., "Jazz: The Devil's Music" takes us back to the 1920s for the crusade against jazz - newfangled music widely condemned for triggering race-mixing, animal lust and social chaos. (Carmaker Henry Ford's comprehensive remedy: Everybody folk-dance!)
While each of the "Culture Shock" films is built around an artistic "outrage" from the past, the series deftly draws connections between then and now.
For example, "The Devil's Music" jumps from the '20s to the 1990s and the current uproar over gangsta rap. In today's world, a grim William Bennett unwittingly reprises yesterday's warnings about jazz: "I think that nothing less is at stake than the preservation of civilization."
Why does art get us so darn riled?
With "Huckleberry Finn," author Mark Twain aimed to expose racism as an atrocity - not endorse it. Yet, more than a century later, this "buddy novel" about a father-seeking white boy and a freedom-seeking black slave is the most widely banned book in the nation for its depiction of blacks and heavy use of racist language.
A black woman who filed suit in Tempe, Ariz., to have it removed from the high school's required-reading list speaks repeatedly of the "pain" the book's language causes her daughter.
A literary scholar who also happens to be black responds that learning can't always be painless.
"If the word 'nigger' did not have meaning today," adds writer David Bradley, "we wouldn't care that it was in 'Huckleberry Finn.' . . . The hurt is, that what happens on the playground is reflected in the book, not the other way around."
But this is only the latest chapter in a turbulent history. The film chronicles how "Huckleberry Finn" has been a literary bad boy since readers first encountered it in 1885.
Indeed, the Concord, Mass., public library banned the book a month after its publication, calling it "trash." The reason back then? Huck, this godless ragamuffin who spoke in vulgar English, was considered a poor role model.
Not so long ago, the same thing was said about Bart Simpson.
Such parallels abound. In the v-chip era - nearly a century after "indecent" movies were first vilified - the effects of media sex and violence are still debated.
And 134 years after guards were hired to protect "Olympia" for its Paris showing, a fed-up visitor to the Brooklyn Museum of Art tried to destroy a painting of the Virgin Mary that, besides customary materials, was notoriously rendered with elephant dung.
There's no mistaking the message of "Culture Shock": Art rages on, just as it always has, angering its public at the liberties it takes.
Does that make art dangerous? Referring to "Huckleberry Finn," Bradley concedes that a book can be the spark that sets off a powder keg. But then he cautions: Don't mistake the art for the powder keg.
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Definition of anthelion in English:
noun (plural anthelia /-lēə/)
1A luminous halo around a shadow projected by the sun onto a cloud or fog bank.
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- Incidentally, it is widely believed that the anthelion is the origin of the tradition of painting a halo around the head of saints in Western art.
- According to this theory, the anthelion should be visible together with other halos caused by column-shaped crystals if the ice crystals are spread over the whole sky.
1.1A parhelion seen opposite the sun in the sky.
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- The anthelion is a spot on the parhelic circle (the white arc through the sun and running parallel to the horizon), where the Wegener arcs, the Hastings arcs and the Tricker arcs cross the parhelic circle and increase the brightness.
Late 17th century: from Greek anthēlion, neuter of anthēlios 'opposite to the sun', from anth- (variant of anti- 'against') + hēlios 'sun'.
Words that rhyme with anthelionAristotelian, Aurelian, carnelian, chameleon, Karelian, Mendelian, Mephistophelian, Pelion, Sahelian
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By Sarah Pullman • Monday, September 11, 2006 - 20:35
Milloy, it may be recalled, is a so-called "adjunct scholar" at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a pressure-group advocate for out-of-control petroleum consumption funded by industry. In Ford's case, Milloy shredded him for declaring the company's most profitable vehicle – SUVs – degraded the environment. Predictably, he also took issue with Ford's call for higher gas taxes to reduce fuel consumption.
Browne's sins were advocating for global-warming regulation (unpardonable in Milloy's view), and perspicaciously branding gasoline in television commercials as "a necessary evil." Said Milloy: "Gasoline is a miracle product upon which our civilization depends." Immelt was criticized because "he apparently sees being green as GE's path forward."
Unlike Milloy, the three afore-mentioned CEOs appear to have dabbled in the ever-growing body of scientific evidence telling us that global warming is happening and humans are causing it. It may even have dawned on them that their businesses aren't sustainable and need to change in order to survive. While the likes of BP move forward they are leaving corporate cavemen like Milloy in the dust of a bygone old-boys club era.
Poor Milloy. Well, he's certainly not "poor" by a long shot, but he is pathetic in his inability or unwillingness to comprehend the science of climate change. But hey, Milloy isn't paid to confuse the climate-change issue with the facts.
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I'm sure it's entirely unrelated that the ad accompanying Steve Milloy's column is from Citgo, "one of the worlds strongest (??), most reliable suppliers of fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, asphalt and specialty products." Total coincidence.


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9 Ways to Use Baking Soda Around the House
Many people know that baking soda can be useful around the home, but few realize just how many different uses the acid neutralizing chemical truly has. Baking soda is an item that can be used for everything from odor neutralization to teeth cleaning.
1. Odors
Baking soda helps to neutralize acidity, thus it can help decrease and eliminate odors. Place an open box of baking soda in the freezer to keep away odors. Sprinkle some on the bottom of trashcans and in trash bags to keep them smelling fresh and clean. This also works for odors on carpets and furniture. The baking soda should be vacuumed off the carpet after allowing several minutes for it to take effect. If the chemicals in store bought deodorant are too harsh on a person's skin, they can rub some baking soda under the armpits to eliminate body odor.
2. Cooking
Baking soda is often used in cooking as a leavening agent for breads and other dough. It releases carbon dioxide bubbles that allow the dough to rise. Many items leavened with baking soda have an aerated look from the escape of the carbon dioxide, along with a crumbly texture.
3. Household Cleaning
When baking soda is mixed with water, it can be a powerful cleaning agent, especially for hard to reach crevices and tile cracks. Baking soda can be used on a variety of surfaces, from metallic to Formica, and will create a shine as well as neutralize any odors. Baking soda will remove dirt as well as crayon marks from walls. It can also be used on cars to clean upholstery and tire rims.
4. Fire Prevention
Keep a box or two of baking soda around the stove in case of a small grease fire. Sprinkle the baking soda on the flame to extinguish it. It is a great alternative if a fire extinguisher isn't available. As with all grease fires, never pour water in an attempt to extinguish or mix the baking soda with water before attempting to put out the fire.
5. Teeth Cleaning
Baking powder mixed with a little hydrogen peroxide makes a toothpaste that will keep teeth white and bacteria fee. Gargle with a mix of baking soda and water to eliminate bad breath and other odors in the mouth.
6. Detergent Add-on
If the water in a home is a little on the acidic side, then add some baking soda along with laundry detergent. The baking soda will help equalize the acidity in the water and make the laundry detergent more effective. It is also great for removing grease and other stains in clothing by rubbing a little baking soda paste on the affected area.
7. Medical
Baking soda has a myriad of medical uses in the home. A baking soda and water paste can help relieve the itchiness of bug bites and the pain from sunburn. Gargle with baking soda and water to help alleviate the pain of a canker sore. Mix some baking soda in a baby's water during a bath to help take the sting away from a diaper rash.
8. Flower Preserver
Place baking soda in the water of cut flowers to keep them alive longer. The baking soda not only helps equalize the acidity in the water, but will also absorb any odors caused from decay.
9. Children's Clay
Mix baking soda with 1/4 cup of water and a cup of cornstarch to create safe, non-toxic clay. Children can create sculptures using the clay, and then have mementos when they dry. Adjust the amount of baking soda and corn starch to create thicker clay.
Baking soda is a wonder product in the kitchen and almost every other room in the home. It's always a good idea to have several boxes around the house to help with everything from cleaning to cooking.


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Charles Schwab Bank's High Yield Investor Savings Account
Update 3/23/10: The rate has fallen to 0.50% APY. Refer to the bottom of the post for the rate history.
Charles Schwab has started a new savings account called the Schwab Bank High Yield Investor Savings. The yield as of 2/27/09 is 2.00% APY which is a little low for online savings accounts, but it has some features which may be appealing to certain people. Like the High Yield Investor Checking Account, this savings account has the following features:
- no minimum balance requirements and no monthly fees
- ATM fees reimbursed worldwide
- FDIC insured
- Provides an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) service for initiating ACH transfers to and from other institutions. An EFT form is required to set up a link. Once the link is set up, you have to call by phone to initiate the transfer.
There are some important differences between the checking and savings. Unlike the checking account, the savings account has:
- no check writing or online bill pay
- a limit of 6 non-ATM withdrawals (as required by regulation)
- no requirement that you must also have the brokerage account
Even though you can open this without a brokerage account, you'll probably want one. The brokerage account gives you the capability of using Schwab's MoneyLink service to initiate ACH transfers to and from other institutions. Readers have mentioned that MoneyLink transfers are fast. The MoneyLink online service appears much more convenient than the EFT service.
The current 2% APY is a little low compared to other online savings account rates. Schwab may have set it a little low with the intention of keeping it at 2% for a while even as rates continue to fall. However, Schwab High Yield Investor Checking Account doesn't have the best history of competitive rates. For much of last year, the checking account rate was only 2%, and it has been at 1% since mid January. So if you don't already have a Schwab account, this new savings account alone isn't that great. For those who already have the checking account, this savings account can make a good addition by providing a boost in your interest rate for the money that you don't immediately need to pay bills.
With the mixing of bank accounts and brokerages, it's becoming confusing to understand what's covered under FDIC. Money held in this High Yield Investor Savings is under Charles Schwab Bank, N.A. which is FDIC insured (FDIC Certificate # 57450). However, money held in the brokerage account is under Charles Schwab & Co. which is a separate company from the bank. Brokerage products are not FDIC insured.
My past reviews of Charles Schwab products:
- Charles Schwab High Yield Investor Checking Account review
- Charles Schwab Visa 2% Cash Back Credit Card
- Brokerage CDs at Charles Schwab
Thanks to the reader who commented on this new account in the Daily News & Deals post.
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Espoo's location next to Helsinki, the capital city, and its international airport and ship terminals offers excellent connections by bus, train, car, plane and ferry.
Espoo is easily accessible whether you are travelling by bus, train or you own car. Espoo's location right next to the capital Helsinki and its international airport and ship terminals offers excellent connections by plane and ferry as well.
The Central Bus Station is located in the centre of Helsinki in Kamppi with hourly services to Finland's main cities and towns. From Kamppi there are many connections to different part of Espoo, and an average journey to Espoo takes 15 to 30 minutes. Long-distance buses arriving from the Western Finland also stop in Espoo.
More information on long-distance connections on www.matkahuolto.fi.More information on Espoo regional public transport on www.hsl.fi.
Espoo is located next to Helsinki and therefore only 15 minutes away from the international passenger ports. Helsinki is the busiest passenger port in Finland, with diverse services to Tallinn, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Travemünde and Rostock. During the high season in summer there is up to 17 daily departures to Tallinn.
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Helsinki Airport is located about 20 kilometres from Espoo and it takes around half an hour to reach Espoo by car. Measured in terms of destinations, Helsinki Airport is the leading airport for long-haul travel in northern Europe. It offers fast non-stop service to 12 Asian destinations every day. The North American destinations of New York and Chicago are also served with daily flights. In all, Helsinki Airport offers non-stop service to 130 destinations and 350 take offs daily basis.
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A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
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Mr. Stryver then called his few witnesses, and Mr. Cruncher had next to attend while Mr. Attorney-General turned the whole suit of clothes Mr. Stryver had fitted on the jury, inside out; showing how Barsad and Cly were even a hundred times better than he had thought them, and the prisoner a hundred times worse. Lastly, came my Lord himself, turning the suit of clothes, now inside out, now outside in, but on the whole decidedly trimming and shaping them into grave-clothes for the prisoner. (2.3.102)
The operating metaphor here is simple: an argument in court fits a story around an accused man in the same way that a tailor fits a suit. Dickens plays with this metaphor, stringing out the multiple possibilities of its usage until it becomes an almost farcical insight into the workings of the law.
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From the dimly-lighted passages of the court, the last sediment of the human stew that had been boiling there all day, was straining off. (2.4.1)
The "stew" of humanity that attends court becomes a marker of the sort of attraction that famous court cases had for the populace. All of England seems to have turned out to see Darnay tried for treason.
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The grindstone had a double handle, and, turning at it madly were two men, whose faces, as their long hair flapped back when the whirlings of the grindstone brought their faces up, were more horrible and cruel than the visages of the wildest savages in their most barbarous disguise. False eyebrows and false moustaches were stuck upon them, and their hideous countenances were all bloody and sweaty, and all awry with howling, and all staring and glaring with beastly excitement and want of sleep. (3.2.31)
We're not given an actual account of the fighting that goes on during the revolution. The indirect accounts of men working the grindstone to sharpen weapons, however, might be more gruesome than the fighting itself. By not directly depicting the events of the day, Dickens forces us to imagine just how all of the weapons came to be stained with so much blood.


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The gallbladder is a small pouch that sits just under the liver. The gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver. After meals, the gallbladder is empty and flat, like a deflated balloon. Before a meal, the gallbladder may be full of bile and about the size of a small pear.
In response to signals, the gallbladder squeezes stored bile into the small intestine through a series of tubes called ducts. Bile helps digest fats, but the gallbladder itself is not essential. Removing the gallbladder in an otherwise healthy individual typically causes no observable problems with health or digestion yet there may be a small risk of diarrhea and fat malabsorption.
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In late spring 2012, Harvey Wilson and Tony Brake began a yearlong study of Ospreys in the San Francisco Bay Area. It's where the birds, mostly absent in the 20th century, are beginning a comeback.
Wilson and Brake studied Osprey populations from the South Bay to the tip of San Pablo Bay, but limited their studies to the area west of the Carquinez Strait where the birds have not been seen for many years.
This weekend, to celebrate both the raptor's return and the Wilson-Brake research, the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve will hold San Francisco Bay Osprey Day.
The two-day event will offer visitors insights into the rare raptors, and organizers say they likely will be easy to spot with the naked eye.
The brown birds have distinct facial markings and white chests, and can dive as deep as six feet into the water for their prey, Wilson said.
Wilson said he and Brake's survey was inspired by the birds' sudden return to the Bay Area and their growing population.Last year, 17 chicks were recorded for the whole San Francisco Bay Area. So far this year, the number has nearly tripled, to 45.
Yet the nest locations may hamper the population growth.
The large birds often choose to nest on tall, man-made objects -- such as cranes and light poles. More often than not, these objects are abandoned and no longer functioning, like a shipbuilding crane where one family nested on Mare Island.
But when those nesting locations are active, it can
be problematic and dangerous for the birds.
Myrna Hayes, executive director of the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve, said if the birds nest on active light poles and cranes, the nests may be torn down by building and equipment owners who may not know the birds are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
The act prohibits the take down of an active raptors nest in order to protect populations.
"People need to be more informed so they can be proactive about preventing the birds from building a nest," Hayes said.
Allen Fish, director of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, said the birds usually settle in man-made locations because they like the area, and there are no tall trees to accommodate them.
Yet the population continues to grow, Wilson said.
Since the birds feed almost exclusively on fish, anything that affects fish population or the birds' ability to catch them will affect the Osprey population.
"I think that the last of the gold rush much has been flushed out, so the water is just clearer," Wilson said. "I don't know if that means there are more fish or not, but the water clarity must affect Osprey fishing."
Wilson said, however, that the reasons for the Osprey comeback are more complex than just water clarity.
"There are three to four factors affecting them," he said. "It's better quality in water, better quality in the Bay Area and maybe a need to move from another location."
Wilsonsaid the Mare Island colony might have branched off from the Marin County colony in Kent Lake.
"That breeding colony started in the 1970s; there's a strong population there," Wilson said. "It's speculation since we have no way to trace them back there, but Tony and I have seen them fly out that way, so it's a good guess."
Wilson also said Bald Eagles nest in Kent Lake, and the birds prey on the Ospreys.
Wilson said he and Brake hope to update the range of the birds and inspire others to study them further -- especially in areas such as nest competition.
"What we noticed while studying the Osprey was that many harass other birds with active nests, we saw that more than we thought we would," Wilson said. "
Raptors usually defend and maintain both their nests and hunting ground, but Ospreys are different because their fish diet precludes hunting grounds, Wilson said.
But Wilson said, they jealously defend their large and complex nests from year to year.
"Success depends on nests. And even if their nests fail one year, they'll stick around to prevent others from using it," Wilson said.
This year more of the overall nests were used and better yet, many new nests were built, Wilson said. Twelve of the 26 nests in the area studied were on Mare Island.
This weekend, Wilson said visitors will get to see both the juveniles and adults.
"They're pretty early this year, so you won't be seeing small chicks in the nest or parents delivering food," Wilson said. "What you can expect to see are a lot of Ospreys flying around the Island, adults and the juveniles they've raised, and a few who are preparing to leave the nest in a couple of weeks."
Contact staff writer Marie F. Estrada at (707) 553-6840 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @MarieVTH.
If you go
1. 9:30 a.m. Sierra Club guided hike on Mare Island Preserve
2. Napa-Solano Audobon Society guided tour of nest sites with Robin Leong, 4:40-6:30 p.m. Meet at 3:45 p.m. at G Street and Nimitz Avenue on Mare Island.
1. Morning Boat Trip, 8:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Dolphin Charters' River Dolphin, visitors will ride along Mare Island Strait to observe nests, soaring adult and fledgling osprey in the sky.
$20 per person, no children under 8 permitted. Space limited. Pre-registrations must be made by calling 707-249-9633 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
2. Guided outing in Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Public will see nest sites up close with field guides from the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, the Audubon Society, the Mare Island Heritage Trust and others.
Leaves from the visitors center, 167 O'Hara Ct. on Mare Island.
For more information, call 707-249-9633
Ospreys at a glance
Scientific Name: Pandion haliaetus
Wingspan: Four to five feet
Special features: Classified as raptors due to their talons, they can move a forward toe forward to aid in the capturing of fish. The also have a modified shoulder joint that allows them to bend their wings back while underwater so they can resurface after a catch.
Diet: 99 percent fish
Habitat: Near lakes, rivers and coastal waterways.
Fun fact: The Osprey can be found on every continent except Antarctica.
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There's no question the weather is getting hotter and hotter each year. So playing soccer in extreme heat in August is becoming more and more common.
The USSF has an excellent document called the USSF Heat Stress Guidelines which provide excellent tips on recognizing heat stress and how to keep players properly hydrated (drink liquids at home too!)
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Because of our creative user base we could design our telco around a knowledge sharing model.. All users have access to the core configuration code and overall system workflow. Beyond this the user is invited to streamline the system or find new cost effective ways of doing things. This could be anything from slick management interfaces or area code based cost effective sip routing. Lower overall system cost means a lower monthly bill.
For software I am leaning towards freeswitch, which is threaded, easily cluster-able, and after testing is seen to be a high performance sip switch. Another plus, The entire confuration uses XML which should make it easily configurable by outside software.
We have a Core 2, 2GB ram, ~10mbs / 4000GB transfer todo development on. It is currently running freeswitch-svn(1.5pre?) on debian 5.0. Want a account? let someone know.
feel you want to bring something to the table? commit to learning/building something
There are some initial things that should be in place before we commit to bulk ordering voip services
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Founded in 1990, the North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) is a not-for-profit, educational and technical society that is dedicated to promoting the benefits of trenchless technology for public awareness through education, training and research. In 2010, the NASTT Board of Directors voted to create a Hall of Fame in order to ensure that the Society's most outstanding and praiseworthy members received due recognition.
The intent of the NASTT Hall of Fame is to preserve the outstanding accomplishments of exceptional individuals and to honor their contributions to the advancement of both the trenchless industry and the Society. Members may be elected from all five NASTT membership categories: Manufacturers and Suppliers; Engineers and Consultants; Municipal and Utility Employees; Contractors; and Academia. NASTT's Hall of Fame award will be presented each year at NASTT's No-Dig Show. Click here to view the qualifications, nominations and election process information.
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Finding Marc's Family: Sanitizer, Snickers and Sardines
As thousands of Haitians flee the capital of Port-au-Prince, Marc Henry Bigot of Miami is going in to rescue what is left of his family. Wall Street Journal reporter Gina Chon is accompanying Marc on his journey. Follow his story here on Dispatch, and on Facebook.
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It has been hard for Marc to focus on all he needs to do before he leaves.
Since the earthquake, his "brain couldn't function," he said, and he's been eating only a few crackers and drinking a few cans of beer a day, along with the two packs of Bronco Menthol cigarettes he usually smokes.
He was worried about bringing too much because he fears it might make him a target for looters. He also wanted to travel light -– just one bag, a blue duffel, in the event of problems crossing the border into Haiti.
On Sunday, with the flight to Santo Domingo hours away, he stopped at a CVS pharmacy to stock up. He purchased children's vitamins, baby wipes, hand sanitizer, band aids, a pack of Snickers bars (to cheer up his daughter and others), pain-relief medication and stomach medicine. He packed canned sardines and crackers for his wife.
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The Christmas show opened Nov. 23 with 400 patrons. On Saturday, 200 people had reservations, but the show was canceled after one sprinkler head malfunctioned and sent water pouring into a portion of the auditorium.
The spokesperson said that since the mishap, the AMT had received several calls inquiring when the theater will re-open.
Resplendent with sparkling sets and colorful costumes reflecting the Christmas season, the show will feature the same multi-talented singers, comedians and back-up band that has delighted audiences since the first performance in July.
According to AMT President and Producer Kenny Sexton, the show will follow the same fast-paced, high-energy format as the flagship presentation, except that it will highlight the many facets and moods of Christmas with music and comedy skits to please everyone.
This weekend's performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Additional shows will take place at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 15. Sunday matinees will begin at 2 p.m. on Dec. 9 and 16.
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4 Ways To Ensure Promotional Excellence Online
By Stephanie Ciccarelli
March 20, 2008
When you direct people to your website, the goal is to be hired, is it not?
What happens when you have multiple websites to choose from and don't know which one to send your clients to?
Check out 4 questions you should ask yourself before you invite people to visit your business on the web.
Promoting your website is easy, but for those of you who maintain a number of websites to promote your voice, you need to make a decision as to which site you will consistently be referring your clients and potential buyers of your services to.
When deciding which website to use to promote your business, make the decision based upon which website best meets the following criteria:
1) Looks most professional
2) Best represents your services
3) Easiest to use
4) Provides a means to accept payment
Let's take a closer look at each of these criterion:
1. Looks Most Professional
How would you describe the visual identity of each of your websites?
Do any of them look dated, like a mishmash of fonts, misrepresent you, or include unrelated images? If you feel that one of your websites looks ragged in comparison to another, it may not be the best site to send prospective customers to.
After going through the motions, one of your websites should rise to the top as the best candidate to ensure your success -- remember that one.
2. Best Represents Your Services
Do your websites immediately let people know what you do for a living?
Which of your websites gives the best impression of what your capabilities are and quickly puts customers at ease? Can people readily listen to your demos, or, are they difficult to locate, listen to and share with others?
Pick the website that has the most obvious and consistent branding as well as features the bulk of your work. Earmark it as a finalist in this exercise.
3. Easiest to Use
How easy is your website to use?
When comparing your websites, check to see which has the easiest, most consistent navigation and features everything you need to showcase about your talent to get the gig. Test the audio player and note how simple it is to use, how long it takes to load and if the player is user friendly to all visitors.
Whichever site is easiest to use is the winner here. Write it down.
4. Provides a Means of Accepting Payment
Can you accept payment online?
Most important of all, doing business online is doing business, and that means being able to accept payment for work you have procured.
Customers expect to find methods of payment when shopping and love doing business painlessly with merchants who have the ability to accept payments by credit card, PayPal, and other direct means over the Internet, for example in our industry, Voices.com's SurePay.
They also desire the security of knowing that they are in good hands all the way through.
Getting the financial aspect over with quickly and the delivery of a quality product in a matter of hours (perhaps longer in some cases) is very attractive to both the buyer and seller. Also, knowing that both buyer and seller are protected is a great benefit, especially when doing business for the first time together on the 'net.
Which of your websites does you the service of making sure you are paid every time? Add that one to your list of favorites.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury
After some quick tabulations the verdict should be clear.
Do you know which of your websites will ensure success and voice over excellence for you online? Identify it and start promoting it like crazy!
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Central Europe, 1618. Germany is a jigsaw puzzle of independent Electorates, Bishoprics, Dukedoms, and Imperial Free Cities nominally under the control of the Holy Roman Emperor in Vienna. An alliance of Protestant leaders rebel against the Emperor, who raises armies to suppress them and regain Catholic property lost during the Reformation; the surrounding kings of Spain, France, Sweden, and Denmark intervene to stake their own claims. Germany is plunged into thirty years of war that will last until 1648, when the exhausted combatants sign a peace establishing the competing spheres of interest that will control Germany for the next two centuries. Thirty Years War recreates this conflict with the award winning game system used in GMT's Wilderness War, Paths of Glory, and For the People. There are four scenarios provided: the Full Campaign (14 turns), Early War (5 turns), Intervention (3 turns), and Apocalypse (5 turns).
This is a two-player game; one controls the Protestant forces (German Protestants, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, France) while the other runs Catholics (the Empire, Bavaria, Spain, and occasionally Saxony, which can switch sides during play!). The heart of the game is the playing card decks of 55 cards that each player receives. Playing a card gives a player the option to move and attack with an army, to recruit new units, to bank up money to pay ever-hungry troops, or to declare an event.
The Peace of Westphalia made certain that Germany would remain divided for another two centuries. Can the Catholic player defy history by recreating the power of the old Holy Roman Empir? Does Gustavus Adolphus survive to dictate peace to the Emperor in Vienna? Thirty Years War allows the players to determine these and other historical what-ifs, while opening a window onto one of the most influential events in European history.
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Product Information
David Fox
GMT Games
Mark Simonitch, Rodger B MacGowan
Year: 2001
Players: 1 - 2
Weight: 712 grams
- One 22" x 34" full-color mapsheet
- 456 full-color die-cut counters
- 110 Strategy cards
- Two 10-sided dice
- 32-page Rulebook
- 2 Player Aid cards
Product Reviews
Average Rating: 3.2 in 4 reviews
I recently purchased this game and have now played it 4 or 5 times. I had delayed purchasing due to the negative publicity this game received when it first appeared (see the oldest review below for an accurate summary of this view). After reading through the Consimworld mailing-list for this game (an excellent resource on which the game is well-supported by its designers) I realized that this perception is slowly changing.
The game now has second edition rules. I found these clear and had no problems learning the game out of the box, without errata or FAQ. It falls at the more complex end of the card-driven spectrum, but moves smoothly. Simple modifications have been made to cover the perceived earlier problems, and I would recommend using these. The game itself reminds me most of 'Wilderness War' due to its lack of clear front-lines. It is full of difficult decisions, but these are generally decisions about how to use the ops associated with a card, rather than whether to play the card as an event. In this respect the game differs from most other CDGs.
I have enjoyed all the games I have played and have learned much about an interesting period of history in the process. I'm sure I will play the game many more times and I regard it as a shame that many are over-looking the potential for a great gaming experience due to poor initial press.
Incidentally, the playing time quoted in a review below is rather optimistic. 8 hours is about par in my experience.
Having been a fan of the card-driven wargames, I was curious to see how this one would stack up against such 'giants' of the genre as Paths of Glory, For the People, and Hannibal. The simple answer is: quite well!
Not being a 30YW historian, I was struck by the colour and period flavour of the cards, leaders and special game concepts. This is a plus to me - this game uses a popular 'game system' but throws in enough special stuff so that it seems 'different' enough to be distinctive - for example, recruiting and national differences are important.
I have played this game several dozen times on ACTS and face-to-face. It's not an easy strategic situation for players to wrap their brains around - there are no obvious front lines or 'objective hexes' but there are clear strategy imperatives which will be uncovered through repeated play. When to attack and 'go for the throat' and when to lay low and recruit are key strategic player decisions (among many other more tactical ones).
This game is a top-shelf addition to the card-driven wargame genre. I rate it slightly below Paths of Glory but above Wilderness War and For the People.
Being a raving fan of GMT's Paths of Glory, I thought that Thiry Years War would at least come close. It doesn't. The card play lacks the excitement of PoG. The player aid charts and tables printed on the map are poorly laid out-I've had to make my own. These two aspects were a bit disappointing for me. On the plus side...the map is beautifully done as well as the counters. The cards are nicely done as well but, as I said before, aren't that interesting. The gameplay in my opinion is fairly good, with the Protestent player gaining more of an advantage as the game progresses.
In short, the game is fun to play but could have been done a whole lot better. Let's hope the next card-driven games in the line-up from GMT are much improved. If I had to choose between TYW and say PoG, I'd pick PoG hands-down and so would 99% of everyone else I think.
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A tumultuous period in Europe sees the same card-driven movement featured in Wilderness War. The cards are used here for either their historical value (bringing in reinforcements, Swedish Intervention, Spanish War in the Netherlands, etc.) or to activate existing leaders to order troops around. This war had long periods of relative tranquility, cleverly covered by the designers, who divided the scenario into three main Epochs: Early War (Catholic Domination), Swedish Intervention, and Apocalypse (disintegration of the major combatants, and French Intervention). There's a history lesson here, but it masquerades as a surprisingly fun game despite the somber subject. Recommended for the solitaire wargamer.


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Morning Breakout Groups: Utilizing Mobile Banking
Morning Breakout Session: Utilizing Mobile Banking
Morning Breakout Session: Digitizing Healthcare
Morning Breakout Session: Digitizing Healthcare
Opening Remarks: Innovations in International Development
9:30 am Opening Remarks
Parish Hall Tasting Party
Parish Hall Tasting Party
Join fellow Wagnerds, Foodsters, and Advocates alike for an evening of conversation, cocktails, and more. The Wagner Food Policy Alliance is pleased to partner with a Brooklyn pioneer, Parish Hall for what promises to be a delicious evening. Wagner Alum, Suzanne Zuppello is the Operations Manager at this locally-sourced saloon and has special specials to match your grad student budget, with your discerning foodie palate all while supporting local suppliers in a sustainable way.
If that's not enough to make you RSVP immediately, check out some of the tantalizing photos and read about the Parish Hall food mission here: parishhall.net
Wait, did we mention it's actually in Brooklyn? Only a 20 minute trip from the Puck building! Hope you will join us!
NYU Cogeneration Plant Tour
NYU Cogeneration Plant Tour
Heat, light, power... they are the necessary evils of daily life. Even those of us who love the earth best, would have a hard time forgoing a smart phone and hot showers. Universities take a lot of power to run, and NYU's new combined heat and power (CHP) plant provides high temperature hot water to 40 NYU buildings and also provides electrical power to an additional 18 to 20 NYU buildings. Because of its high energy efficiencies the CHP plant provides a 75% decrease of regulated pollutants, and a decrease of over 5,000 tons of greenhouse pollutants annually, than both the former plant and the local utility.
The new CHP Electrical plant is located under the plaza along the west side of Mercer Street between West 3rd Street and West 4th Street. The plaza was re-designed using a collaborative and open process to be a more inviting, usable, and visibly pleasing space.
On Thursday, April 11th at 3pm, come tour the CHP plant with WEPA! We'll be burrowing beneath the gross NYC streets to see a true modern marvel. The Roman aqueducts have nothing on this, probably. We'll meet in the lobby of Warren Weaver Hall (the Courant Institute) on Mercer St.
WFPA: Career Chat with One Acre Fund
Career Chat with One Acre Fund
Interested in a career in sustainable agricultural development? Come learn what it's like to work directly with smallholder farmers in East Africa with Barrett Prinz, Global Director of Human Resources and Legal for One Acre Fund. Launched in 2006, One Acre Fund works against persistent hunger and food security by working with small farmers in high-need regions in order to boost crop yields and create lasting models for economic development, food security and improved nutrition. As an organization, One Acre Fund has grown rapidly since its inception and hopes to expand beyond Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya into new countries and regions in order to meets its mission of serving millions of farmers. One Acre Fund is currently hiring for a number of positions, including New Country Scout, M&E Associate, Finance Analyst and many more. During this one hour session participants will have a chance to learn about the One Acre Fund model, what it's like to work for the organization and the nature of the recruiting process, with ample time allotted for Q&A.
Short Talks, Big Ideas: Transportation Innovations
Short Talks, Big Ideas: Transportation Innovations
What's new in transportation? Join the NYU Rudin Center for this high-energy series of short talks about how we're using, improving and thinking about the future of transportation. Several speakers will make short presentations about new projects and concepts, followed by networking and refreshments. Confirmed speakers include:
Register below, and join the discussion on Twitter at #BigIdeas13
This event is co-sponsored by the University Transportation Research Center
Local Innovations in Bus Rapid Transit: A Panel Discussion
Local Innovations in Bus Rapid Transit: A Panel Discussion
This panel will focus on innovative bus planning in the New York Metro area, and the unique challenges it presents to both policy makers and citizens. This topic is particularly timely given the recent progress being made in the installation of bus lanes and Select Bus Service in the five boroughs. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) also has a place in the upcoming mayoral race, as most major candidates have publicly expressed their views on it.
Speakers include:
Immigration Reform and the Asian Pacific American Community
Immigration Reform and the Asian Pacific American Community
The Asian Pacific American Student Alliance (APASA) is proud to present its first annual signature event : Immigration Reform and the Asian Pacific American Community. Come join APASA, current Wagner students, alums, and community members for a roundtable discussion addressing Asian Pacific American (APA) immigration trends, health disparities impacting immigrant communities, civic engagement in the APA community, and legislation for immigration reform. The discussion will be facilitated by NYU Professor Shankar Prasad and feature invited APA community leaders May Y. Chen, Commissioner of the White House Advisory Commission on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, Dr. Chau Trinh, Assistant Professor at NYU Langone Medical Center's Center for the Study of Asian American Health, Steve Choi, Executive Director of the MinKwon Center for Community Action, and more. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Police and Community Relations
Police and Community Relations
The Association of Latin@as in Public Service (ALAS), the Black Student Association (BSA), the Stonewall Policy Alliance (SPA), and Students for Criminal Justice Reform (SCJR) seek to highlight the relationship between the NYPD and various ethnic communities in New York City, as it informs public safety policies, community enrichment programs and civil liberties protection.
Policy Framework
GMO Labeling: Do We Need It?
GMO Labeling: Do We Need It?
Polls show 90% of Americans want the right to know what's in the food they buy. The Biotech industry maintains GMOs pose no special risk and so labeling is unnecessary; The New York Times Editorial Board agrees. Labeling proponents counter that existing research studies on GMO safety are industry-conducted and inadequate; human health risks remain unknown. Labels will allow consumers to make informed decisions.
So, to label or not to label? Spurred on by moderator Frederick Kaufman's provocative questions, our panel of experts will share their differing points of view on this hot-button topic, leaving the audience to decide in which camp they stand.
Dr. Carolyn Dimitri
Jean Halloran Consumers Union, Food Policy Initiatives
Patty Lovera
This event is open to the public.
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Film Screening: The Long Shadow of Incarceration's Stigma
Film Screening: The Long Shadow of Incarceration's Stigma
Presented by the Students for Criminal Justice Reform (SCJR)
Please join SCJR for a screening of the documentary short film "The Long Shadow of Incarceration's Stigma."
The United States imprisons more people than any other nation in the world. An estimated 700,000 people are released from prison in the United States every year. Where do they all go? How do they find employment, housing, education and reunite with their families? Photographers Jessica Dimmock, Ashley Gilbertson, Ron Haviv and Ed Kashi teamed with Supervising Producer Kimberly Soenen and Think Outside the Cell to produce a multimedia documentary short film about the experience of reentry and the stigma formerly incarcerated persons endure while reentering society after release from prison in the United States. Learn more at www.EndTheStigmaFilmSeries.com.
A Q&A session will follow the film with:
Sheila Rule, Executive Director and Founder of Think Outside the Cell Foundation
Yolanda Johnson-Peterkin, Women's Prison Association
Ismael Cedeno, Fortune Society and The National Reentry Resource Center
Marlon Peterson, Associate Director, Crown Heights Community Mediation Center, Center for Court Innovation
5th Annual Wagner Variety Show
5th Annual Wagner Variety Show
Bringing together administration, faculty, and students for one night of unforgetable singing, dancing, comedy, and many other quirky talents. Tickets will go on sale this Monday in the Puck lobby. $5 for early bird tickets and $10 at the door.
Doors open at 6:00 pm and the show starts at 6:30 pm
Stop by the Urban Exposure exhibit in Puck before making your way to Housing Works!
Urban Exposure: Out in Public
Urban Exposure: Out in Public
Urban Exposure is an arts contest followed by a one-day showcase of selected artists; it is open to aspiring and student artists interested in exploring tangible and intangible elements of the urban geography. Now in its second year running, Urban Exposure is proud to announce its new theme for this year: Out in Public.
This year's contest explores the role of public spaces in making the life, challenges, and victories of the LGBT community more visible. This year's artists will present a wide range of queer public forums, from the internet and social media to equal rights protests in public parks and streets. We will be featuring the work of photographers, performers, and activists from events all over the world.
This event is free and open to the public.
Learning to Lead
Learning to Lead
This event includes two interactive workshops and a panel discussion with a focus on women's leadership and strengthening professional skills. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in two workshops: negotiation and risk-taking led by Fiona Greig (Deputy Budget Director for the City of Philadelphia and McKinsey & Co), and utilizing personal strengths for leadership led by Bethany Godsoe (Executive Director of NYU Wagner's Research Center for Leadership in Action). To close the event, participants will hear from several accomplished women leaders in public service during the panel discussion and short networking reception.
Film Screening: Mugabe: Villain or Hero?
Film Screening: Mugabe: Villain or Hero?
Is there more to President Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe than is being shown on our television screens? What's the true extent of Mugabe's support inside Zimbabwe? What has happened to the country that they called the bread basket of Africa- and why? All of these questions are tackled by British filmmaker Roy Agyemang in his documentary, Mugabe: Villain or Hero?
Mugabe: Villain or Hero? is an epic personal journey narrated by Agyemang who, together with his UK-based Zimbabwean fixer, found themselves in Mugabe's entourage, on Colonel Gaddefi's private jet and around a host of prominent African leaders.
This film already screened at the British Film institute (BFI) London and Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles, explores the relationship between African and Western leaders in the fight for African Minerals. Roy will answer other questions about President Mugabe and Zimbabwe in a Q&A session following the screening.
To see more, please watch this short video.
WHN Student Chat Series: ACHE Congress - Healthcare by Design
WHN Student Chat Series: American College of Healthcare Executives Congress - Healthcare by Design
The annual ACHE Congress, held in Chicago, is a professional development opportunity for all members in the network - students and professionals alike. Our presenters will be Amber Mullins and Christopher Nolan, HPAM students and current ACHE Program Assistants, as well as John Donnellan, Wagner Professor and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). Please join us to learn more about current opportunities with ACHE – including a question and answer period with our speakers!
Human Trafficking and Child Labor: What Role(s) Do International Organizations Play?
Human Trafficking and Child Labor: What Role(s) Do International Organizations Play?
Human trafficking is an ongoing reality in many parts of the world, especially in Africa. A growing concern is child labor/trafficking, especially in the agricultural sector. Today, child trafficking is a phenomenon that persists and is seen in various parts of the continent; from Benin to Burkina Faso; and in countries such as Nigeria and South Africa, children are too often trafficked and exploited enabling premature labor. This program seeks to enlighten attendees on this global phenomenon, as tackling human trafficking is a global issue that needs to be addressed. It for one facilitates the illegal movement of people across borders and offers a ready source of income for organized crime groups and even terrorists. Secondly, most interventions do not seem to target the root causes and have done nothing to stop and/or minimize human trafficking. This lecture, followed by a Q&A session, will be given by Dr. Suzanne Stutman, author of All the Power Rests with You.
Viewing of A Rebel Missionary in South Africa: A Documentary by Cherif Keita
Viewing of A Rebel Missionary in South Africa: A Documentary by Cherif Keita
Join WSAFA for a viewing of Cherif Keita's documentary, A Rebel Missionary in South Africa.
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17th Annual Kovner-Behrman Health Forum: Accountable Care Organizations: How Do We Get From Here to There?
17th Annual Kovner-Behrman Health Forum
Due to an overwhelming response, we are no longer accepting reservations for the Kovner-Behrman Health Forum. We welcome you to participate in the event via livestream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wagner-special-events. If you have any questions, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Moderated by Tony Kovner, this Forum features Henry Chung, MD and Timothy Ferris, MD, two national leaders of the ACO movement; and NYU Wagner's John Billings, who has developed his own unique plan for Medicaid ACOs. In addition, New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah, MD, MPH will share his comments.
John Billings
Henry Chung, MD
Timothy Ferris, MD
Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH
moderated by
Anthony R. Kovner, PhD
5:30 PM - Reception
Established by NYU Wagner Professor Tony Kovner in 1996, the annual Kovner-Behrman Health Forum convenes leading health experts for a dialogue about how to improve the healthcare delivery system. With extensive experience as both a health practitioner and academic, Professor Kovner recognized the value of bridging the gap between the two sectors. Each year, experts at the Kovner-Behrman Health Forum debate a different healthcare topic that is relevant to both practitioners and researchers, with the goal of learning from one another and improving overall health outcomes.
Presented in partnership with the New York State Health Foundation
Executive MPA Nurse Leaders Information Session
Executive MPA Nurse Leaders Information Session
APA NY Metro Student Symposium
APA NY Metro Student Symposium
Annual student symposium hosted by the Student Relations Committee of the American Planning Association NY Metro Chapter. This half day event will feature a keynote from the APA NY Metro Chapter President, James Rausse, lunch hour table networking session, and nontraditional pathways to planning career presentations. The tentative schedule is posted below.
APA Student Symposium
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Introduction
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Light Lunch and Interest-based Conversation Tables
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Keynote
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | PechaKucha
5:00 PM | Happy Hour
Educators 4 Excellence (E4E) Teacher Evaluation Brown Bag
Educators 4 Excellence (E4E) Teacher Evaluation Brown Bag
E4E is an organization that works to ensure that the voices of classroom teachers are included in the decisions that affect the education profession and students.Join E4E's Executive Director, Jonathan Schleifer, to hear about their stance on teacher evaluations. Jonathan will take on this hot topic by discussing: the sticking points in current negotiations; status of the state's involvement at this point on the deal; and his thoughts on what will happen in the future (short and long-term). This is a not-to-be-missed event. So, bring your brown bag lunches and join the conversation.
Vital Voices Breakfast Discussion
Vital Voices Breakfast Discussion
During the week leading up to International Women's Day, Vital Voices Global Partnership and NYU's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service partner to co-host a panel discussion with two women leaders at the forefront of combating violence against women in their countries. Marina Pisklakova-Parker, founder of the first domestic violence crisis hotline in Russia, and Panmela Castro, founder and president of Nami Rede Feminista de Arte Urbana, a Brazil-based NGO that uses urban art to promote awareness about women's issues, will share their challenges and triumphs in a panel discussion moderated by Vital Voices' Vice President of Human Rights, Cindy Dyer.
Fiscal Transparency and Accountability Around the Globe: What Have We Learned During the Financial Crisis and How Do We Fix It?
Fiscal Transparency and Accountability Around the Globe: What Have We Learned During the Financial Crisis and How Do We Fix It?
with Marco Cangiano, visiting scholar at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and assistant director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund


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Definition of pouch in English:
1A small bag or other flexible receptacle, typically carried in a pocket or attached to a belt: a tobacco pouch webbing with pouches for stun grenades
More example sentences
- The cartridges are carried in a clip in bunches of five, and these are carried in small leather pouches attached to the belt, several in a pouch.
- Basic webbing ammunition belts and pouches were supplemented by as many bandoliers as the soldier could carry without falling down.
- Kneeling, he took some birdfeed out of a pouch attached to his belt and placed it on Jack's cheek.
1.1A lockable bag for mail or dispatches.
Example sentences
- A spokesman for Royal Mail said secure pouches were strategically positioned to give a better service of delivery.
- A postwoman watched in amazement as two teenagers snatched her Royal Mail pouch bag full of letters while it was attached to her bike.
- Royal Mail has applied for planning permission for pouch boxes, which are used to store additional delivery bags on heavy rounds.
2A pocketlike abdominal receptacle in which marsupials carry their young during lactation.
Example sentences
- The primary difference is that the young are not raised in a special pouch, as in marsupials.
- The functions of the brood, incubating and marsupial pouches should be further investigated in relation to their osmoprotective and perhaps also trophic roles for the embryos.
- Two situations are considered, internal development of the embryos in closed incubating, brood or marsupial pouches, and external development in eggs exposed to the external medium.
2.1Any of a number of animal receptacles similar to a pouch, such as those in the cheeks of rodents.
Example sentences
- I sucked all the spit from the pouches of my cheeks, making a nice squishy sound.
- He caught chipmunks whose cheek pouches were so stuffed with lodgepole pine seeds that not one more would fit.
- In the breeding season, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches develop throat pouches that allow them to carry food back to their young at the nest.
verb[with object]
- Example sentences
- The broad firm cheeks droop into a pouched flush as they sink downward into his draggled lace collar.
- Four resplendent Siberian chipmunks with their pouched cheeks and striped fur are wanted dead or alive after fleeing from an enclosure in southern England, a newspaper reported yesterday.
- This group includes all of the pouched animals, such as opossums, kangaroos, and Tasmanian devils.
- Example sentences
- The best thing about a return to high waistbands is that ladies who enjoy their lunch can smooth away their pouchy tummies by investing in a sensible pair of 'control' knickers.
- In my head, I was the gorgeous young thing running around with the aged pouchy bachelor, and it was the best relationship I'd ever been in.
- His plump, pouchy features are positively pink with pleasure and he's clapping his hands delightedly.
Middle English (as a noun): from Old Northern French pouche, variant of Old French poche 'bag'. Compare with poke2.
Words that rhyme with pouchavouch, couch, crouch, debouch, grouch, ouch, slouch, vouch
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PVTA Five College bus service. Note that this service tends to operate according to the academic calendars of the campuses.
Other PVTA Routes
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Off Campus Transporation Options
For trips that are not covered by MHC transportation options, the following agencies provide services which may assist you.
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Local Taxi and Limousine Services
- City Cab Company, Springfield, (413) 734-8294
- Trinity Taxi, Holyoke, (413) 455-3706
- Executive Cab, Springfield (413) 693-5099
- Metro Taxi, Holyoke, (413) 650-0111
- VanGo, Pioneer Valley, (617) 431-8308 *does not go to Bradley
- Bluebird Airport Transportation, (413) 221-4512
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World Poetry October Exciting News, Award Winner, Poetic News!
By worldpoetry on October 8, 2010 - 11:13am
World Poetry October Exciting News, Award Winner, Poetic News!
Welcome World Poetry Canada and World Poetry International!
A great thank you to the 203 poets and supporters that sent good wishes and prayers to the family of Ashok Bhargava. What a wonderful World Poetry Family! Neil is home and getting better! Our love goes out to them!
New World Poetry Blog/website coming soon!
Thanks to the help of WP Committee Member Heidi Mueller, we will have a new blog/website starting next week: www.worldpoetry.ca It is great to use our www.worldpoetry.ca domain after all these years! We hope to have poet news, photos, and a featured poet of the month, lots of links and our national and international news. World Poetry Café Radio show downloads will be available also.
World Poetry Canada:
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World Poetry Lifetime Achievement Award Winner for 2011: Dr. Warren Stevenson. His award will be given at our 10th Anniversary Gala at the Vancouver Public Library, February 14th. Also from February 7-14, there will be an interactive display at the library on the Power of Love.
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"The Tijuana Projection" (2001)
"The Tijuana Projection," 2001
Public projection at the Centro Cultural de Tijuana, Mexico (as part of In-Site 2000)
© Krzysztof Wodiczko
Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York
"I have realized with time that there must be another reason why I'm occupying myself so much with those drawings. And that is to keep a certain distance from what I hear people say over and over again about the same traumatic experience, repeating in the process of filming and editing in order to actualize and complete the statement in the present time...Somehow the process of sketching keeps me sane. Because I cannot relive each time what I hear. It will trigger my own experiences and trauma, whether I remember them or not. So I need to have something in between."
- Krzysztof Wodiczko