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"Is not." "Is so." "Is not." "Is so." I have the same good-natured debate every summer after a small, pale bird shuffles out from the cattails, its long tail cocked high over its back. The conversation always happens while I'm looking for birds along the edge of a southeastern Arizona pond with a visiting birdwatcher who lives in an eastern or northern state.
"Song Sparrow," I say. My companion scoffs. Don't I know that the abundant and familiar bird is chocolate-brown and striped with a big, black spot in the center of its breast? The creature in front of us is light reddish and gray, and its underparts show a few narrow, rufous streaks. It must be some sort of wren, a Fox Sparrow or — this is Arizona, after all — a rare vagrant from Mexico.
Just as my companion is about to lose all faith in me, the bird lets loose with a Song Sparrow's unmistakable low-pitched "jimp." What happened?
Over much of the United States, Canada and some portions of Mexico, the Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), stands out as one of the most common and confiding of its avian tribe. It is a frequent sight in back yards, marshes and weedy field edges from Alaska to Florida, from the Bay of Fundy to the Sea of Cortez. Over this vast range, the Song Sparrow earns accolades as one of the most geographically variable birds in the world, with two dozen or more subspecies recognized by ornithologists.
Our Arizona encounters involve a member of the notoriously pale subspecies known as Desert Song Sparrow, a common year-round resident of moist habitats in the arid Southwest. These unusually colored songsters, with their equally unusual habit of raising their tails at an angle to their bodies, have confused observers since they were discovered. In the formal description of the bird in 1854, Spencer F. Baird gave the new subspecies the fitting scientific name fallax, meaning "deceptive" or "tricky."
Variety is the Spice of Life
Learning about geographic variations within a species might seem tricky at times, but as the Song Sparrow shows, it can add a great deal of enjoyment to our observations of even the most common birds. Another abundant sparrow, the Dark-eyed Junco, provides a particularly rewarding opportunity to see variation. A very widespread breeder in the North, the West and the Appalachians, and among the most reliable visitors to wintertime feeders across the United States, Dark-eyed Juncos might be divided into fewer subspecies than Song Sparrows, but they are hardly less extravagantly diverse.
The 15 or so subspecies of the Dark-eyed Junco fall into several recognizable "types." The widespread western, or Oregon, group includes subspecies with notably dark, slaty heads and breasts that contrast strongly with their bright brown backs and sides. Birds of the slate-
colored group, largely northern and eastern in their territories, appear uniformly gray or brownish-gray with bright white bellies. White-winged juncos — large and pale, with mostly white wings and tails — breed in ponderosa pine forests in South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska. Gray-headed juncos, which nest in the Rocky Mountains from Idaho to northern New Mexico, are large with gray flanks and bright rusty backs; their southern counterparts, the red-backed juncos, differ in their dark bills. Finally, the pink-sided juncos are as cute as their name suggests — pale-headed, pastel versions of the Oregon junco with a peachy breast.
Individual Ideas
They're all "just" Dark-eyed Juncos, members of what is currently considered the single species Junco hiemalis, but we can find pleasure and excitement when scanning through the winter flocks. Even if our searches do not turn up an out-of-range Oregon junco in the East or a slate-colored in the West, they might reveal variation of another sort.
Birds can show individual differences, and though not all of those differences are obvious to us, some of them are. A tiny percentage of otherwise "typical" slate-colored juncos, for example, exhibit narrow but well-defined white wing bars; many such birds also have conspicuous white eye rings, giving them an oddly appealing "goggled" look.
Even rarer than such leucistic birds — individuals with unusually pale feathers or white patches in the plumage — are complete albinos, which lack pigment in every part of the body including the bill, feet and eyes. These striking mutants tend to draw the attention of predators, but some survive, often with the help of birdfeeders, where they quicken the pulse of human observers.
In a number of familiar species, individual variation is stereotyped, and birds can be assigned to "morphs," regularly occurring color variations not determined by geography, age or sex. Snow Geese, for example, come in blue and white morphs, while Swainson's Hawks appear in a wide range of morphs, from black to rufous to startlingly pale.
Sparrows once again provide an especially fascinating example. The abundant White-throated Sparrow occurs in tan-striped and white-striped morphs. Scientists have discovered that white-striped adults excel at defending territories, while tan-striped birds have special talents in nurturing the young. As a result, the most successful White-throated Sparrow pairs — with "success" defined as raising many young during the nesting season — consist of one bird of each morph.
When we learn to recognize variation in our common backyard birds, it opens a window into the ways that nature uses difference, constantly transforming what we might think of as merely "the same" into something fascinatingly new. As a careful observer, you will find that even a Song Sparrow can open that window for you.
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Entrepreneurship scholar Mian honored with Chancellor's Award
Dr. Sarfraz A. Mian, professor in the SUNY Oswego School of Business, expert in entrepreneurship and business incubation, and scholar with a global reputation, has received a 2012 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.
Thu Sep 29, 2011
Professor's book explores development of entrepreneurship, innovation
"Science and Technology Based Regional Entrepreneurship," edited by SUNY Oswego professor Sarfraz Mian, takes a global view on how nations, regions and communities attract and sustain economic development through technological innovation.
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Twilight in the House of Hicks
Tom Hicks wanted to win. Badly.
Just about every move that Hicks made as the owner of the Rangers was made in the belief that it would ultimately help the club reach the World Series and win it. That was his only goal as owner of the Rangers. Anybody could see he was never in this for the money.
All perceptions to the contrary just are not fair.
Obviously he did not achieve his dream. Obviously the Rangers are dealing with a frustrated and disillusioned fan base. That part is painfully obvious. Eight losing seasons in ten years speaks for itself. So does the bank account and attendance figures
But Hicks did not fail for lack of trying. He tried hard. Perhaps too hard.
Consider $250 million for Alex Rodriguez, $65 million to Chan Ho Park, $60 million to Kevin Millwood, the long-term deals for Michael Young and Ian Kinsler, a relentless courtship of Roger Clemens that proved fruitless, a $99 million offer to Barry Zito – how does that look now – and significant offers to Randy Johnson, Carlos Delgado and others, a $150 million offer to Mark Teixeira, millions of dollars poured into scouting, player development and Latin America, the return of Nolan Ryan.
Anybody remember he authorized $2 million to a second-round pick – Vince Sinisi – who proved to be a bust?
Hicks thought he had it right when he hired a general manager with an unquestionably successful track record as well as a manager who had a significant role in building World Series championship teams with two different organizations. But he did so while arranging a shotgun marriage between John Hart and scouting director Grady Fuson that ultimately proved untenable.
It almost seems that the harder he tried, the worse it got until he realized that there are simply no short cuts in baseball. None, unless your home address is in the South Bronx.
Maybe if Hicks hadn't fired Doug Melvin, but if Bob Short doesn't fire Whitey Herzog then….
Roger Kahn wrote, "Losing after great striving is the story of man, who was born to sorrow, whose sweetest songs tell of saddest thoughts…"
In the end, Hicks just ran out of time and money, and ran into an economy that was tough on everybody. It's almost like he gave everything he had until he had nothing left to give, although it was obvious in the end he was still trying hard to retain control of the team. He wanted it badly, right up to the very end.
This is almost like Lyndon Johnson at the end of his presidency, a man who believed in the Great Society and all it stood for, and believed what he was doing was the best for all Americans, but also knew that, because of the Vietnam War, he did not have the support to continue for another term in office. There comes a time when the hardest choice is the best choice and that is to step aside.
By Opening Day, the Rangers should be under new management. Hicks will be on the sidelines. The team will belong to Chuck Greenberg, Nolan Ryan and others. Hicks will be a part of it but not in the same capacity.
It is undeniable that public opinion is in favor of this deal. Having the most popular athlete in the history of the state on your side certainly is huge. Great expectations and rising optimism perhaps bounds again. Let the honeymoon begin.
The new regime is bound to bring renewed energy, great ideas and hopeful promises for the future…just like Hicks did in 1998.
He did everything he possibly could to make it happen. Whatever went wrong, it was never because of the lack of trying or a will to win.
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In the end I think what Hicks did wrong…and who am I to 2nd guess a highly successful businessman like Tom Hicks, is that he just threw money at the problem of losing. That might have worked in the soft drink business or in the chocolate business but it didn't work with the Rangers. The harder he tried it seems the worse it got. When he finally figured out that he was being mis-served by his "baseball" people and got Nolan Ryan and John Daniels it was really too late. Well maybe it wasn't too late, after all Tom Hicks didn't control the US economy did he? If the economy had stayed solid Banks may have continued his lines of credit. In the end the fickle fans of the Rangers are the ones who have killed the team. If the fans had packed the seats and we were drawing 3,000,000 thinks would have been different at the old ball park.
I respect the fact that Tom Hicks really tried hard to win. But, that was exactly his problem. He was trying to be George Steinbrenner and Jerry Jones. When he arrived, what we are currently doing was already in place with Melvin and co. I believe that if he had let them stay the course, we would've been back in the playoffs before now and maybe more. But, he came in and wanted to do it HIS way. He had that right given his investment. But, it has taken him a decade to finally figure out that he needs to let baseball people make baseball decisions. As a fan, I believe Tom Hicks did not want to win for me. I believe, right or wrong, that he wanted to win for Tom Hicks only. So with that, I bid him adieu. Thanks for nothing because ultimately that's what he gave us. Show me one thing that Tom Hicks did exclusively for the fans here. When the Ballpark in Arlington was built, it was built as a pure baseball park. I never called it Ameriquest Field and I will never call it Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. It is THE Ballpark in Arlington and I can't wait to see what happens next. That is one minor example of Tom Hicks meddling with something that was not necessary. So, after Ameriquest failed, he wanted to put HIS brand on the park. He is also the same one who said the Rangers have always been a blue team when in truth, their colors have always been red, white, and blue. Those are just petty little things but when you mix it all together, it paints the picture I, as a fan, have of what Tom Hicks was all about. All I want for Christmas is Greenberg and Ryan. Maybe next, we'll see the red, white, and blue Texas Longhorns uniforms go away and restore "Rangers" to the Texas Rangers. Then, we can sit back and watch these youngsters we have as the grow and develop into champions. With Greenberg and Ryan, I really believe it will happen. I have never believed that about he Hicks led Rangers. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
There's no doubt Hicks wanted to win here. The misguided signings of Park and Rodriguez are clear indicators he was willing to spend to make that happen. The problem was him underestimating what it takes to build a winner and by the time his ego let him figure out that he wasn't a great baseball mind the team's finances didn't allow for the free spending of days past.
Hicks' legacy will be decidedly, and for good reason, negative. The few positives will be the ***** he displayed in the hiring and sticking with Jon Daniels through his early mistakes, the brains he displayed in hiring Nolan Ryan and the foresight that led to him develop and fund the Latin American program. The Hicks era is, thankfully, over. It was not a productive tenure, in its own time, but I'll give him credit for leaving the club in a position, with better ownership, to win because he finally, almost too late, started listening to good baseball people.
In my view one word describes Mr. Hicks in his ownership tenure of the Texas Rangers, mercurial.
Still, no need to kick the man on the way out the door, best wishes to you and your family TH.
Tom will still be around, so let's not try to bury him, figuratively.
I will say that he didn't mind parting with some big bucks to try to build a winner–who'd have ever "thunk" that a Ranger owner would shell out A-Rod money? A-Rod performed, and well, for us, but O-Chan-Ho…….yikes!
Not until the idiot sport that won't let you use your hands, beckoned to Tom, that he started coming apart at the seams financially. Who cares a whit whether Liverpool beats Oxford 1-0? BORRRRRRING! It ain't a sport anyways…….
Back to basics: Tom is going to be a presence, and they ought to let him be in all photo ops, for sentimental reasons, but NOT make any impact on decisions—let Nolan run it. I have maximum faith in Nolan to get the ship into harbor, or at least going to the next level.
Meanwhile, Tom, you shouldn't have plucked your millions into Liverpool—-STUPID! Otherwise, you'd be sitting pretty as the Rangers seemed to right the ship last year. I do give Tom credit for putting Nolan in place, but SHAME him for ever firing Doug Melvin and Johnny Oates—-STUPID! Well, I guess the Tom vote is, 2 STUPIDS and 1 Bravo for Nolan.
GO Rangers!
Sullivanian hit the nail on the head up above. I say that my opinion is that Hicks is a great businessman. Not such a great owner. Lets just say it bluntly. Stubborn, meddler who at one time was unwilling to listen to his GM. If Hicks would have listened to Melvin, he probably would have already won that title and the team wouldn't be up for sale. Change for the sake of change, see Jerry Jones, just doesn't play out. Only after HICKS failed miserably was he willing to take a step back and subjugate his ego did this thing turn around. (What Melvin wanted). What the team is doing now is what Melvin wanted to do years ago before he was fired. Hicks didn't listen. Lets not feel too sorry for Hicks though, it has always been about the money to him and i am not against that. He paid $250 million for the team will get $500 million minus his debt and probably will still maintain 49+/- %. So he essentially is getting all of his original investment back and still staying involved. This is what HICKS does best. He got to play with his toy for awhile and got an ego stroke for being the owner. I just wish for his sake that he would have listened to Melvin and things could have gone better for him won loss wise.
Come on man?!?!?!?!?!? Lets be honest. I really like your page and I check it daily, but why do you always take up for whatever move the Rangers make. Maybe so they will keep your link up on their home page? Lets face the music, Tom Hicks will be remembered as maybe the worst owner in baseball history. Look at the payroll of every team in baseball since he took over. You try to say he spent money but did he really? I would be willing to bet he is in the bottom 5 in payroll since he took the team over. If he had the best interest of the Rangers at heart would he be buying some stupid Soccer team from Liverpool, while at the same time telling the fans of the Rangers "he has no money"? All I have to say is "GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE"!!!!!!!!!!!
rangerfan1, "the worst owner in baseball history?" Seriously? Do you remember Brad Corbett? Marge Schott? As a small boy I was a huge Yankees fan…the days of Maris & Mantle. CBS bought the Yanks and they proceeded to finish last year after year after year. I have been quick to point out Hicks' dumb moves, but he is light years away from being the worst owner in baseball history.


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What advice would you give someone starting this project? I made version one with the collar first and it was quite large so I think the pattern has quite a bit of ease. On that one, I made larger darts and took in the sides and it just didn't look good or fit good but it was a good experience and the collar turned out cute; so that was my muslin. On this one, I sized down. I had some gapping at the top of the back and I put in some sort of pleat (I think?!) that matched the release pleat on the bottom. You can see that on the back picture. Beings the blouse is delicate and small, I thought the bow we made in class was too big and overwhelming, so I bought a strip of velvet and made a bow out of that. Then I made a black linen pencil skirt using Diana Rupp's Craftsy class pattern. Now if only it would quit raining and I had somewhere to go!!
Your picks have inspired me. Especially the darts in the back. One must make the most of their waist while they have one.
Beautiful! This could be dressed up with black dress pants or skirt or dressed down with jeans. I love your fabric choices.


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Scholarships were presented to students and donors were recognized at the recent scholarship luncheon.
The Piedmont Technical College Newberry County Campus is opening its doors this summer for groups who want to take a tour of the facility.
Tours will be conducted for two weeks in June and two weeks in July to allow the community to visit the campus and hear about some of the offerings for traditional and the non-traditional students who may be looking at a career change or taking courses to enhance their current job skills.
Recent graduates of Piedmont Technical College's associate degree nursing program at the Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood were recognized in a pinning ceremony in May.
Benefactors and community leaders joined together at Piedmont Technical College recently to celebrate the successes of the past year with the annual benefactors' event.
Fran Wiley, Piedmont Technical College Foundation executive director, welcomed those in attendance. The event was to honor Cornerstone Society members and benefactors who had contributed to the growth and success of the college.
At Piedmont Technical College's recent spring commencement exercises, outstanding students from each of the college's seven supporting counties were honored for academic achievement.
Young people looking for something different, fun and exciting to do this summer will find several options available on Piedmont Technical College's Greenwood campus. Two special career-oriented camps in automotive and engineering technology will be offered as well as a variety of interest-based camps.
The James Medford Family Event Center at Piedmont Technical College was the setting for the culmination of many dreams for the more than 300 Piedmont Technical College graduates who took center stage in two commencement ceremonies.
Dr. Ray Brooks, president, welcomed graduates, family and guests to celebrate the accomplishments of the graduates.
Piedmont Technical College will be holding two spring commencement exercises on May 9.
Piedmont Technical College is providing more tools to help students complete a degree and enter the workforce. Through the Journey grant program, Piedmont Tech is introducing Career Coach.
"Career Coach is a tool to use with new and continuing students to assist them in deciding on a major as well as seeing what careers are available in our geographical area," said Renee Carruth, director of Journey - Title III Grant. "The question most students ask is, when I graduate in two years, will I be able to find employment."


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Denver Botanic Gardens 2014 summer concert lineup: St. Vincent, B.B. King and more
You may see a couple of familiar faces, but for the most part its a new group of acts on deck to perform at the Denver Botanic Gardens for its 2014 concert lineup.
You may see a couple of familiar faces, but for the most part its a new group of acts on deck to perform at the Denver Botanic Gardens for its 2014 concert lineup.
Denver Botanic Gardens announced its ever-popular summer concert series this morning. And in Swallow Hill's second year of booking the summer dates, they've revisited many familiar names for the 2012 outing.
Over three days of perfect weather Friday through Sunday, the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary in high style, with a diverse array of musical performances from some of the masters of the singer/songwriter craft.
Marc Cohn's new CD "Listening Booth: 1970" covers songs released in — you guessed it — 1970. The vintage tunes aren't the only looking back Cohn did Wednesday evening at Denver Botanic Gardens.
The Denver Botanic Gardens will announce its summer concert season today, and fans of the laid-back outdoor series will be seeing both familiar names (Steve Martin) and unfamiliar talent (Los Van Van) in the Gardens' grassy bowl this summer.
[photopress:07_MarcCohn_AimeeMann_PJeye.jpg,full,pp_image] Aimee Mann at Chautaqua Auditorium on Wednesday. Photo by Mark T. Osler. Marc Cohn decided to address the issue of his shooting in Denver -- which happened three years ago during attempted carjacking, and after a show at Denver Botanic Gardens -- several times during his show at the Botanic Gardens Friday night, starting with saying how safe he felt to be back in Denver, then giving an explanation with a reference to "The World According to Garp." Cohn talked about how in the movie, Robin Williams is being shown a house and a plane crashes into it.
[photopress:04_MarcCohn_AimeeMann_PJeye.jpg,full,pp_image] Photos by Mark T. Osler. By some yardsticks of "what constitutes alternative music" (say, highly structured blonde hair, a propensity to stand up in the middle of an opera and scream, "He said, 'Shut up!'"), Aimee Mann was at her most "alternative" in 1985.


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Government Spending Up, Private GDP Down
It drives a lot of us at Cato nuts to read news stories almost every day which simply assume that government spending is good for the economy. Any defense or nondefense spending restraint will hurt economic growth, it is assumed. Even a recent AEI study seemed to accept this Keynesian concept.
Privatize the FAA
The federal budget sequester is interfering with the air traffic control (ATC) system and snarling up air traffic. As usual, politicians are pointing fingers of blame at everybody but themselves. But politicians are the ones who have strapped the ATC system to the chaotic federal budget. And they're the ones who have insisted on running ATC as a bureaucracy, rather than freeing it to become the high-tech private business that it should be.
Food Stamp Fraud and Twinkies
The federal food stamp program—now called SNAP—is attracting a lot of media coverage. One reason for thus is that the program's costs have exploded—spending more than quadrupled during the Bush-Obama years to $82 billion in 2013 (see here and here p. 16). The Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations all took steps to loosen the purse strings on food stamp eligibility, and those changes have led to the ballooning costs of recent years during the stagnant economy.
Simplifying the Tax Code by Fixing the Base
The Sunlight Foundation blogs today about the 6,503 registered tax lobbyists in Washington, and they provide 11 examples of the changes that these folks are pushing for.
Privatize the TVA
Perhaps President Obama has been reading about Margaret Thatcher's policy successes. He is apparently considering selling off the federal government's Tennessee Valley Authority. This is a great idea. As this story notes, it would allow the struggling electric utility more flexibility in dealing with the many challenges it faces.
Obama's Budget: Spending Too High, But Bush Was Worse
President Barack Obama's new budget proposes to spend $3.78 trillion in 2014, which would be 27 percent higher than spending in 2008. President Obama believes in expansive government, and he is proposing a range of new programs, including subsidies for infrastructure, preschool, and mental health care.
Keynesianism and Labor Markets: United States vs. Canada
Some more from the new Canadian budget: It has some interesting charts (page 38) comparing U.S. and Canadian labor markets (or "labour" markets as the Canadians would say).
New Estimates for Effective Corporate Tax Rates
The new Canadian budget includes estimates of marginal effective corporate tax rates for major countries (page 149). These rates measure the tax load on new investments, such as a manufacturing company buying new machines and expanding a plant.
Corporate Taxes: Low Rates, High Revenues in Canada
Canada's federal government introduced a budget yesterday that includes new estimates of corporate tax revenues. I've discussed how Canada has cut its statutory corporate tax rate to a fraction of the U.S. rate, yet Canada raises more revenue. The new budget shows that the Canadian federal 15 percent tax raised 1.9 percent of GDP in revenue in 2012, while the U.S. federal tax at 35 percent raised just 1.6 percent, per CBO.
Crumbling Infrastructure?
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently said that "America is one big pothole." President Obama, members of Congress, and pundits often claim that our infrastructure is "crumbling." The Senate Budget Committee's new spending plan, for example, uses that word no fewer than ten times in calling for a $100 billion infrastructure package. And in a report released yesterday, the American Society of Civil Engineers gives the nation a grade of D+ on its infrastructure.


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10 Things This New Mom Never Wants To Hear AgainMadelinePetersen
Having a baby opens up new avenues for awkward conversations with strangers. Before I had Tate, I rarely talked to anyone in public, which was fine by me. Don't get me wrong, I love when people stop me and tell me that my son is beautiful. It's the awkward advice and questions that get to me. (At least I don't have twins, like Mary and Ronnie. People says some crazy stuff to mothers of twins.)
Without further ado, here are 10 things strangers say that I never want to hear again.
"You Look Tired" 1 of 10No woman has ever, in the history of time, ever wanted to be reminded that she looks as tired as she feels. If I look tired, lie to my face and tell me I look fabulous. That would make any mom's day.
"He Looks Underfed!" 2 of 10Ah yes, you are so clever! We have a chubby baby, and you are the very first person to comment on it. Just give yourself a pat on the back right now.
"What's Wrong?" 3 of 10I have realized and am willing to admit that I don't always know what is wrong. Is he tired? Maybe. Is he hungry? Probably. Does he not like you? Also a distinct possibility. Sometimes kids fuss and cry, and I am done pretending I possibly know why. I just do my best to make him happy.
"I Don't Mean to Be Rude…" 4 of 10First, can I just say that this is a absurd beginning to any sentence. It's code for, I am about to do something rude, I know it and am going to do it anyway and I would prefer if you didn't get mad.
Second, people seem to only say this to me when they are about to seriously encroach on his (and my) personal space. If occurs to you that it's rude, don't do it.
"Is He Sleeping Through the Night?" 5 of 10This is the classic question to ask a new mom. Why, I'll never know. Most babies aren't sleeping through the night at first. And moms of older babies that still aren't sleeping through the night don't need to be reminded of how tired they are.
"Are His Feet Cold?" 6 of 10Yes, my baby doesn't often wear socks (and never wears shoes). But you see, I live in a sub tropical climate. It's hot 9 months of the year, and warm for 3. He doesn't need socks. So, no, I venture to guess when it's 85 outside, his feet are not cold.
"He Sleeps Where?!" 7 of 10I get that not everyone shares their bed with the baby. But sometimes it gets a little old when people constantly act bewildered at the mechanics of it. Yep, he just sleeps in our bed. Between us. Every night.
"He Won't Always Be This Sweet!" 8 of 10Thanks, grandma-lady at the grocery store for reminding me that babies grow up. Believe me, I was a teenager and I know where this train is heading. I would prefer to just put my blinders on and not be constantly reminded that this kid is going to be an angst ridden teen that may want little to do with me.
"Where's His Hair?" 9 of 10You got me. I have a bald baby. Yes, you are the very first personto compare him to a Cabbage Patch doll or Charlie Brown. Hope that makes your day.
"You're Still Carrying Him? He must weight 20lbs!" 10 of 10He weighs more than 20 lbs, thank you very much. Our babywearing relationship has shifted, but I still wear him often when we are out and about. To quote Rebecca, "It's my kid, and I'll schlep if I want to."
What things have strangers said to you that drive you crazy?
More on Babble: What NOT to say to a mom
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*In full disclosure, I know I sound super grouchy in this post. This can be explained by my writing it while grouchy. It's also an attempt at sarcastic humor. So, don't go jumping down my throat for being a jerk, mmkay?


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Poorly designed stormwater management practices can result in a variety of problems. Many communities have been quick to implement EPA's recommended best management practices (BMPs) without fully understanding how they integrate with other important design considerations. Join this discussion of how designers are approaching BMP integration through a holistic Conservation Development design process. Learn how this design process addresses the implications of BMP's to a community's ecology, economy, and culture.
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Crime rates have been falling across the nation, though.
What was the control group used to determine that concealed carry reduced crime rates?
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Read the article!!
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The article didn't go into statistical analysis. Very disappointing.
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"Discredited" in liberal lingo means, "Ignore this study; it didn't come out well for us."
Coulter is one scary propagandist. She just never deals with facts but injects her philosophy and tells you what to think every step of the way. She gives you conclusions you only agree with.
Lott's economic analysis of the effect of concealed-carry laws on violent crime is the most thoroughly vetted study in the history of economics, perhaps in the history of the world.
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Gary Calamar
Gary Calamar is an American DJ and Grammy Award-nominated film and television music supervisor whose credits include Six Feet Under, House, True Blood, Dexter and Varsity Blues. He also hosts a long-running program on the influential radio station KCRW in Santa Monica, CA.[1] Gary Calamar's songs are represented by Downtown Music Publishing.
Early life[edit]
Raised in Yonkers, NY, Calamar developed an early fascination with music and radio by listening to WNEW-FM. He told journalist Tony Pierce in a 2007 interview: "I …was the kid who kept a transistor radio under his pillow. I was a big fan of WNEW-FM and their amazing staff of DJ's. I remember Scott Muni, Pete Fornatelle, Allison Steel 'The Night Bird' and Dave Herman. I was listening when John Lennon surprised Dennis Elsas on the air and guest DJ'd."[2]
Calamar migrated to Los Angeles in the early 1980s. His intense interest in music eventually led him to manage Los Angeles-area boutique record stores Licorice Pizza, Moby Disc and Rhino Records. It was at Licorice Pizza that he met musician Jeff Davis. Calamar was enlisted to manage Davis' band, The Balancing Act, who went on to release three critically acclaimed albums on IRS Records.[1]
In addition to his record store work, Calamar volunteered in the music library of highly influential NPR station KCRW in the early 1990s, opening mail and filing CDs.
He quickly made his way on to the airwaves. He described his transition from volunteer to DJ to Tony Pierce: "I got to know Chris Douridas who was music director and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic at the time. One day he casually mentioned that they were looking for a Saturday-Sunday overnight DJ... I dropped to my knees and begged Chris to give me a shot...and he did."[2]
Calamar's Sunday night radio program (known as The Open Road until a KCRW policy change in 2008 eliminated music show names) features a blend of contemporary and classic rock, pop, and folk music. He calls it "adventurous pop music both timely and timeless". He has also conducted on-air interviews with iconic musical figures including Brian Wilson, Lucinda Williams, Jeff Tweedy from Wilco, Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips as well as film composers Elmer Bernstein, Thomas Newman, Lalo Schifrin and Danny Elfman.[1]
Music Supervision[edit]
Calamar cites the 1998 film Slums Of Beverly Hills as his first major break in the world of music supervision.[2] The following year he co-supervised the number one hit movie Varsity Blues. Both films were co-supervised with G. Marq Roswell whom Calamar has called a mentor.[3] In 2001, he and then-professional-partner Thomas Golubić were given the opportunity to work on an HBO series called Six Feet Under, created by American Beauty screenwriter Alan Ball.[4] The show became hugely influential, as did its soundtracks. Calamar and Golubic were nominated for Grammy Awards for volumes 1 and 2 of the Six Feet Under soundtracks that they produced. The final scene in the last episode of Six Feet Under featured the track "Breathe Me" by Sia Furler. The singer often credits this placement as a major event in her career, leading her to both a record deal and wider fame.[5]
In 2006, Calamar founded Go Music to manage his various music supervision projects and continues to run the company with long-time colleague Alyson Vidoli.[4]
The success of Six Feet Under brought Calamar wide recognition as a music supervisor, leading to his work in some of the most popular and critically acclaimed shows on television; House, True Blood, Dexter, Weeds, and Entourage. He has also continued his work in film, music supervising the Sundance Award-winning documentary God Grew Tired Of Us: The Story Of The Los Boys Of Sudan (2006) as well as the Jim Carrey/Ewan McGregor film I Love You Phillip Morris (2009).[1]
In 2008, Calamar began work on the Alan Ball HBO series, True Blood, a vampire drama set in Northern Louisiana. The soundtrack albums he produced for the series have been nominated for Grammy Awards in both 2010 and 2011.[6] Volume 3 of the True Blood soundtrack album is slated for release in the fall of 2011 and will include a cover of the Zombies classic "She's Not There" by Nick Cave and Neko Case, which Calamar put together with producer CC Adcock. Other shows he is currently working on include Peabody Award winner Men Of A Certain Age, Wilfred (with co-supervisor Alyson Vidoli), and Death Valley (again with co-supervisor Alyson Vidoli) as well as continuing work on House and Dexter.[7]
In the spring of 2010, Calamar's first book was published by Sterling Publishing -- Record Store Days: From Vinyl to Digital and Back Again—co-authored by music journalist Phil Gallo. The lavishly-illustrated volume features a foreword by R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and tells the story of the development of record stores.[6]
In 2011, Gary Calamar was honored as "Music Supervisor Of The Year (Television)" by his colleagues in the Guild Of Music Supervisors.
Personal life[edit]
Gary Calamar lives with his wife Ali and daughter Zoe in the Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles.
- ^ a b c d KCRW. "Gary Calamar Biography". KCRW.com. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ a b c Tony Pierce. "Morning Becomes Eclectic 30th Anniversary Interviews: Gary Calamar". LAist.com. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ IMDB. "Gary Calamar Biography". IMDB.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ a b Geoff Boucher (2008-11-23). "Music Man Who Sets The Mood". LATimes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ Scotland On Sunday. "Sia - This Way Up". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ a b Alyson Vidoli. "Gary Calamar". GaryCalamar.com. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ IMDB. "Gary Calamar Biography". IMDB.com. Retrieved 2009-06-23.


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Topical Cyclosporine for the Treatment of Dry Eye in Patients Infected With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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Today, the Windows team shared that after much anticipation, Windows 8 is available to the world.
Windows 8 represents a tremendous step forward in reimagining what people can expect from the devices in their life – whether PC, tablet, or something that can be both.
The entirely new Internet Explorer 10 is a huge part of the reimagined Windows experience.
Yesterday Google released its latest micro-benchmark, RoboHornet, in which Internet Explorer 10 scores rather well. While we appreciate the gesture, members of our engineering team took a look at the benchmark and found that RoboHornet isn't all that representative of the performance users might encounter on real-world sites. Like all micro-benchmarks, RoboHornet is a lab test that only focuses on specific aspects of browser performance.
I am incredibly excited to see what kinds of apps developers build for Windows. I make it a habit to regularly check the Windows Store for new and interesting apps. I remember over a year ago this week, we previewed Windows 8 to developers for the first time (wow, has it really been a year?!) and I got to witness their excitement first-hand.
Today we heard about a recent study completed by web performance management firm New Relic. The study confirmed that when it comes to real world page load times - Internet Explorer 9 is fastest on Windows. The study can be found here: http://blog.newrelic.com/2012/04/05/fastest-browsers/
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If you haven't had a look at IE recently and are ready for change, here are some reasons we think IE9 might be the browser for you.
On Friday, we mentioned that things were looking up for developers interested in building the latest set of web experiences for a modern browser like IE9. The good news for developers is that with IE9 at almost 35% share on Windows 7 in the US near the close of October - now 65% of all Windows 7 users in the US have a modern browser!
There certainly appears to be more than a little enthusiasm for browser numbers these days, and it's great to see early adopters adopting the latest browsers across the industry. With Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 4.0, and Chrome 10 all hitting their final releases recently, drawing instant comparisons around downloads or initial usage is a natural temptation, but unfortunately you can't do it quite yet. Here's why.
Last month, we saw share of both Internet Explorer 8 and 9 grow, and we're pleased to see that momentum continue in February with the availability of the IE9 Release Candidate. Since its release on February 10th, the IE9 RC has already been downloaded over 11 million times. Together with the IE9 Beta, IE9 has been downloaded over 36 million times since its initial availability on September 15, 2010.
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…I went to Scaryvale, on assignment for this here publication.
I am currently back from another assignment, which was an interview request by some inhabitants of an area containing permafrost, which, as we know now, is thawing. Which is a nightmare. Seriously, I'm not happy about it. Also, excuse my grammar. I'm a musician (that excuse will no longer be used again, after today).
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RIM Weighed Down by Tablet 'Albatross' in IPad-Ruled World
Research In Motion Ltd.'s commitment to keep battling Apple Inc.'s iPad even as demand for its BlackBerry PlayBook slumps means the company will likely have to sell the tablet at a loss. Its strategy depends on it.
The company said on Dec. 2 that it would book $485 million in pretax charges to write down the value of its PlayBook inventory and that it doesn't expect to meet its full-year earnings target. Shipments have fallen for two consecutive quarters and are now about 1 percent of those of the iPad, forcing RIM to cut the price by $300, or more than half, making it unprofitable.
RIM will need to keep suffering the losses because the PlayBook is its sole product to run on software called BBX, an operating system the company is betting its future on, said Matt Thornton, an analyst at Avian Securities LLC. Abandoning the PlayBook may signal a lack of confidence in the system, alienating developers and leaving Apple's iOS and Google Inc.'s Android mobile ecosystems with little competition, he said.
"You can't kill it," Thornton said. "The PlayBook is all they have to show developers, they don't have a smartphone yet."
The PlayBook writedown is the latest in a steady stream of bad news for Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM, whose BlackBerry is losing market share to the iPhone and Android devices. Apple and Google are attracting consumers with handsets that can run tens or hundreds of thousands of games, tools and other applications made by developers for those systems.
Dim Prospects
RIM said more promotions are needed to drive demand for the seven-inch PlayBook, shipments of which slumped to 150,000 units last quarter, down from 500,000 units in the quarter of their April debut. That may mean further price reductions for a product that costs $250 to $300 to make, according to Thornton.
"If they're selling it at $199, they're already in the red," said Thornton, who is based in Boston and has a "neutral" rating on RIM shares. "For every one they sell, they're losing money."
Apple sold a record 11.12 million iPads in its most recent quarter and Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire tablet -- similar in size to the PlayBook -- may sell 3.9 million units in its first quarter on sale, according to researcher IHS iSuppli. Hewlett-Packard Co. scrapped its TouchPad tablet in August after failing to draw users away from the iPad.
Marisa Conway, a spokeswoman for RIM, referred queries about the company's PlayBook strategy back to comments co-Chief Executive Officer Mike Lazaridis made in the Dec. 2 statement.
'Positive Response'
Lazaridis said at the time the PlayBook was worth continuing because the tablet market is still "in its infancy and that ''based on the positive response to the promotions that are underway in select markets, RIM believes this strategy will accelerate adoption'' of its new operating system and help built the application ecosystem for devices planned for 2012.
''Whether you call the PlayBook an albatross or a yoke around the neck, management has not done a good job in bringing good products to the forefront and that's why the share price is suffering,'' said Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel's Matt McCormick, whose firm oversees $4.1 billion and doesn't own RIM shares. ''I don't see the prospects brightening anytime soon."
RIM shares have dropped 71 percent this year, while Apple has climbed 22 percent. RIM added 1.5 percent to $17.02 at the close in New York.
'Amazing' Opportunity
Co-CEO Jim Balsillie told analysts in March that the cost of developing the PlayBook and its new operating system would "impact our near-term earnings growth trajectory" but that it was worth it for a product with "amazing market opportunity."
Weeks later after its April debut, the PlayBook was criticized for lacking a dedicated e-mail program. RIM promised it would fix that in a software upgrade that it now says won't come until February. Moreover, the company says the first BlackBerrys built on BBX won't come out until they're ready, declining to reiterate an earlier goal of the first quarter of next year.
RIM fell 9.7 percent on the day it announced the PlayBook writedown, its biggest decline since its previous quarterly sales miss in September. Before today, the stock was 11 percent below its book value of $18.92, implying investors view RIM as worth less than the net value of its cash, inventories, real estate and intellectual property.
No Return?
"The BlackBerry is a bad product" and "the market is saying this is a broken company," said Malcolm Polley, chairman of Stewart Capital Mutual Funds, who oversees $1 billion and is based in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Compounding RIM's problems is the slumping demand for its BlackBerry smartphones. Device shipments, made up mainly of BlackBerrys, will decline in the fourth quarter from the third quarter, RIM said Dec. 2.
"It's not just PlayBook, this is more of a mix on the BlackBerry smartphone side coming in on the lower end," said Jeff Fidacaro, an analyst with Susquehanna International Group LLP in New York.
The company's U.S. market share sank to 9.2 percent in the third quarter from 24 percent a year earlier as consumers opted for the iPhone and phones from Samsung Electronics Co. and HTC Corp. that run Android, according to research firm Canalys.
"RIM needs compelling product lines," said Ashok Kumar an analyst with Rodman Renshaw LLC New York. "They are losing market share and they have to stem that to recover, or they reach a point of no return."


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Waiting backstage for her cue, the doe-eyed fifth grader adjusted her black-and-white polka-dot dress, fiddled with her rhinestone headband and peeked out from behind the curtain. She had no stage fright, having sung and danced countless times before.
But this was no mere act for the school talent show. This was an announcement to the world: that the 10-year-old boy everyone knew as Niko was now a girl named Nikki. "I was so scared," says Nikki, now 12. "But I was like, 'I can do this.'"
Her parents, Marci and Barry, watched from their seats. "We were so nervous," Marci recalls. "She was getting up in front of everybody, all the families, the teachers. It was kind of an out-of-body experience for me."
Marci and Barry are among a small but growing number of the hundreds of families of transgender kids who have made the difficult, even controversial, decision to put their child on medication that, for Nikki, will halt the onset of the male puberty she dreads.
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In its 20th year, Left Bank (511 Rhode Island St.) has maintained its reputation as one of the city's most-loved restaurants for more than a decade.
Part of its attraction is the menu drawn from a broad range of cuisines, including Asian flavors, especially celebrated on Wednesday nights, when Left Bank offers a menu with an emphasis on Thai and Vietnamese dishes.
One of the restaurant's longest-running dishes made its way over to the regular menu from Asian night roughly 15 years ago. The Tilapia Stack ($11) is a vertical playground of textures and flavors that makes a napoleon of crispy fried wonton wrappers, sautéed Asian vegetables like baby bok choy and bean sprouts, and baked tilapia filets. The whole structure is dressed with a warm Asian vinaigrette that brings garlic, ginger and sesame oil to the party.
Then-chef Mark Weatherbee created the dish, originally designed for sea bass, said manager Mailien Chichester. It was originally created with sea bass, she said, but when that species was put on a protected species list, the chef switched it for tilapia, a fish that's considered sustainable.
Diners who are looking for the same can still get their yen met, at the hands of current chef Zack Gehring. "When we wanted to change our menu, we put the big seller on Asian evenings onto our regular menu," Chichester said. "It was the summertime, and we were looking for something light and fresh." Some things never change.
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Whole Wheat Pumpkin Waffles with Rosemary
adapted from A Passionate Plate
1 cup (120 g) whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 stem fresh rosemary, chopped (that ends up as 1 heaped Tbsp)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
2 eggs
1 cup (215 g) pumpkin puree
1/2 cup (240 ml / 245 g) plain natural yogurt, or buttermilk
1/4 cup (65 g) light brown sugar
3 Tbsp grape-seed oil
Preheat the waffle iron.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, rosemary, and all the remaining spices.
In another medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, pumpkin puree, yogurt, sugar and oil.
Carefully incorporate wet mixture into the flour and slice blend. Lightly mix everything, until all the big lumps dissolve. Though, be careful not to over-mix, cause waffles may not rise then.
Spray the waffle iron with a little bit of additional oil and cook the waffles according to the iron maker's instructions.
* If you have some time, leave the batter to rest for 15-20 minutes before cooking the waffles. In that way, you'll get reasonably fluffier waffles. I promise!
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These unique socks do not have toes or heels, allowing you to grip the mat as you do yoga and still keep your feet warm. Without toes or heels, these socks also make for a quick and easy knitting pattern. The twisted cable pattern adds great texture to these stylish yoga socks. The socks are a great way for beginners to practice the cable technique.
- Plymouth Yarn: 2 balls (50g each) Oceanside Organic
- Knitting Needles: Size 4 double-point knitting needles
Gauge: 24 sts = 4" on a US 4 needle over st st.
Loosely cast on 48 sts. *(K4, p2); repeat from * around for the first round of sts, dividing onto 3 needles, 12-12-24. Join sts in a circle, taking care not to twist, and continue in the (k4, p2) pattern for 1".
Begin Twisted Rib Stitch:
Row 1: *(K4, p2); repeat from * around.
Row 2: *(RT twice, p2); repeat from * around.
Row 3: *(K4, p2); repeat from * around.
Row 4: *(K1, RT, k1, p2); repeat from* around.
Repeat Rows 1 – 4 until sock measures 4".
Continue working in pattern on needles 1 and 2.
Bind off needle 3 loosely.
Continue working in pattern on needles 1 and 2.
Cast on 24 sts on needle 3.
Continue working in pattern on needles 1 and 2.
On needle 3, work in (k4, p2) rib.
Continue this way, until foot of sock measures 3".
Work all needles in (k4, p2) ribbing for 1".
Bind off, in rib, loosely.
Right Twist - RT: K2tog, leaving stitches on LH needle, insert RH needle from front between 2 stitches knitted together and knit first stitch again, then slid both stitches from needle together.
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Aug 24, 2012
what ply is Plymouth yarn please
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@tpisces1 Plymouth is a yarn brand. You can find their yarn here: http://www.plymouthyarn.com/
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Feb 26, 2012
I also want to know the way to cast on the 24 stitches after you bind off the 24 sts. Right now I have the 2 dpneedles with the 12 sts of cable pattern on each. What now?
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Qustion please tell me the right way to cast on the 20 stitches after you bind off 20?? email@example.com
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Dec 21, 2009
I'm knitting the yoga sock and have completed the "twisted Rib St. and I'm about to begin the "Foot" After I bind off the rib st. how far do I knit before I start the foot? The heel looks larger then a slit. Perhaps it's because it's after my bedtime. Would appreciate help on this. Marge Wiley shop owner
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After a 1-7 year in its first varsity football season, Veritas Prep did some soul searching.
The analyzing revealed that the mistakes the team made last year are correctable. Coach Phillip Battafarano isn't expecting his program to turn into a playoff contender overnight, but he is hoping to see some improvement this year and build some momentum before Veritas Prep's first 11-man foray arrives in two seasons.
This summer, Battafarano's 8-man program started tackling some of the issues that affected last year's team. First, Veritas Prep hired another coach to solidify its coaching staff, picking up former Mesa Mountain View and Arizona State player John Schaeffer, who was coaching at Chandler Basha for the past three seasons.
"We are trying to get new guys on board with experience," Battafarano said. "With Coach Schaeffer (defensive coordinator) and my knowledge and going to a passing league for the first time, I think we are heading in the right direction."
Battafarano used to coach at Phoenix Shadow Mountain, where he was accustomed to seeing about 120 student-athletes participating in the football program.
At Veritas Prep, there are about 30 players in the program.Veritas Prep lost only three seniors off of last year's team, but Battafarano learned in the off-season that some of his starters, including last year's starting quarterback and a couple of key skill players, decided not to play football this year.
But that isn't stopping Veritas Prep from wanting to finish with a .500 or better record this year.
One of the other issues Battafarano will address was the lack of discipline his team displayed near the end of games last year. The coach said his team could have finished with a 4-4 record in 2011 if Veritas Prep hadn't made the fourth quarter mistakes it made last year.
What also hampered the team last year was the lack of a home field, Battafarano said. But this season, the team will debut a new field on its campus.
The days of traveling to parks for practice and playing on the road every week are over for the young program. To prepare his program for his 11-man football, Battafarano will implement a spread option offense this season.
A couple of players are competing for the starting quarterback role, but Veritas Prep already has two reliable offensive lineman in place, the Promberger brothers, Nick and Joe.
Nick (6-1, 250) is a senior center and played his first three years for Battafarano. Joe (6-2, 240) started every game last year as a freshman.
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Tigers, Lady Tigers each place third in District 5-2A Track Meet
By Mike Rizzuto
Sun Times Editor
The Lake Arthur High School Tiger and Lady Tiger track and field teams traveled to Welsh High School this past Wednesday, April 22, 2009 and each took home third place honors in the District 5-2A Track and Field Meet held there.
Gabby Guidry of Lake Arthur was named Outstanding Track Girl in the meet for winning three races--the 800 meters, the 1600 meters, and the 3200 meter runs.
Here are the results of the District 5-2A Girls Track and Field Meet for Lake Arthur High School:
--Shotput, Angelle Robinson, 4th place, 27 feet two inches; Jenna Hoffpauir, 5th place, 26 feet four inches.
--Discus, Jenna Hoffpauir, 3rd place, 77 feet, five inches.
--Javelin, Jenna Hoffpauir, 5th place, 84 feet three inches.
--High Jump, Sabrina Benoit, 3rd place, four feet six inches.
--100 Meter Dash, Latara Conley, 4th place, 13.9 seconds.
--200 Meter Dash, Latara Conley, 3rd place, 29.25 seconds; Amber Guidry, 4th place, 29.46 seconds.
--400 Meter Run, Jenna Hoffpauir, 3rd place, 1:23.55.
--800 Meter Run, Gabby Guidry, 1st place, 2:56.10; Sabrina Benoit, 4th place, 3:02.93.
--1600 Meter Run, Gabby Guidry, 1st place, 6:30.01; Carly Hay, 2nd place, 6:58.35.
--3200 Meter Run, Gabby Guidry, 1st place, 15:24.07.
--100 Meter Low Hurdles, Matti Smith, 1st place, 17.73 seconds.
--300 Meter Low Hurdles, Matti Smith, 1st place, 53.92 seconds.
--400 Meter Relay, Lake Arthur, 3rd place, 56.25 seconds.
--800 Meter Relay, Lake Arthur, 2nd place, 1:54.32.
--1600 Meter Relay, Lake Arthur, 2nd place, 4:55.94.
Here are the results for the Lake Arthur High School Tiger boys in the District 5-2A Meet:
--Shotput, Kyle Trahan, 3rd place, 39 feet two inches; Trey Dugas, 4th place, 37 feet nine inches.
--Discus, Kade Trahan, 5th place, 92 feet six inches.
--Javelin, Colby Lavergne, 2nd place, 138 feet 11 inches; Spencer Royer, 5th place, 120 feet.
--Long Jump, Aulden Robinson, 5th place, 19 feet eight inches.
--Triple Jump, Duane Watkins, 2nd place, 41 feet three inches.
--High Jump, Rory Guidry, 5th place, five feet four inches.
--Pole Vault, John Comeaux, 4th place, nine feet.
--200 Meter Dash, Aulden Robinson, 5th place, 24.39 seconds.
--400 Meter Dash, Tyler Malos, 3rd place, 55.47 seconds; Jacob Broussard, 4th place, 57.70 seconds.
--800 Meter Run, Trent Hargrave, 2nd place, 2:18.20; Jacob Broussard, 4th place, 2:25.53.
--1600 Meter Run, Jacob Broussard, 2nd place, 5:12.68.
--3200 Meter Run, Darren Yates, 5th place, 13:17.00.
--110 Meter High Hurdles, Scott Trahan, 3rd place, 18.25 seconds.
--300 Meter High Hurdles, Scott Trahan, 5th place, 46.27 seconds.
--400 Meter Relay, Lake Arthur, 4th place, 46.61 seconds.
--800 Meter Relay, Lake Arthur, 4th place, 1:36.24.
--1600 Meter Relay, Lake Arthur, 2nd place, 3:50.08.


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It seems you can't flip channels anymore without coming across some show that makes cakes that look like anything. But I'm guessing you can channel surf until doomsday and not find Buddy or Duff or anyone making cakes like the ones you'll find at this site. They're real, and they're odd. Does anyone really want a cake that looks like a stuffed Chihuahua? Unless you really hate Chihuahuas ... Hey, maybe I DO want a cake like that.
I know. With a title like that, I'm sure you can come up with a lot of things that you don't need: a gym membership, cable in the bedroom ... a spouse. But that's not exactly where this site is headed. It looks at 10 things you don't need to own and explains why. Two on the list that I'm dubious about: a car and a television. No TV? Just rip my heart out and shove it down my throat while you're at it.
How stressful is that dream where you're naked in the classroom right before a test that you forgot to study for? According to this site, that means you're scared of making mistakes in areas that you've already succeeded. Either that, or you like showing up in school without clothes. This site interprets those stressful nightmares and tries to shed some light on them. You ever have that dream where you're standing on a pyramid wearing sun god robes while thousands of naked women throw little pickles at you? No? Why am I the only one who ever has that dream?
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Hey all! anyone have tips on installing tha Java runtime environment? What repo should i use? It's the only thing left that doesn't work for me. I have yet to see it under Debian... I don't remember Sun making the 'JRTE' easy to install. Ideas? dav=-0
It depends
When they say "self extracting file" they mean a binary package that installs the application on your computer. It is something like a setup.exe in Windows. However, for a non-debian binary package, like that from java.com, you have to worry about the directories you place the app and the permissions you need, because not all GNU/Linux systems are organised in the same way. You need the Command Line Interface for moving files, changing permissions and things like that. You normally type $sh whatever or $./whatever to install it, but should always check the instructions. In Linux you can even get the "source" (the human-made programs), compile (translate to computer binary language) and install, but that's another thing. Thankfully, some distributions have their own kind of binary installable packages so that all the system is coherent and software is easy to install and configure. For example, Debian has the .deb pakages you can easily install with dpkg -i. Synaptic makes it even easier. It downloads and installs them with a click. As Linux gets more user-friendly the CLI becomes less needed but it is very useful to know the basic commands. I suggest you take a look at http://www.tuxfiles.org. Cheers Pablo
Thanks again Pablo,
One your response giving more then hours with google. I very appreciate it. mirami Asus M6Va,CPU 2GHz, RAM 2GB, 64studio 32bit 2.1 pre11
Hello Pablo, I used debian "sid" repository and java6 works much better in my case. Not totally, but good enough for me. So decide to not install from "self extracting file" ... maybe not necessary risk. Just curious ... exists some "HOW-TO install from self extracting file" or is it all time different process ??? Thanks a lot for your help. mirami Asus M6Va,CPU 2GHz, RAM 2GB, 64studio 32bit 2.1 pre11
Debian repositories
Nowadays 64studio is based on Debian etch (the stable branch of Debian). However Sid (unstable) has got the sun-java6 packages. So, my piece of advice is: download it from Sid. In order to do that, you have to add it to your repository list. Go to Settings-->Repositories and add a new one, URI: (Like that of Debian Etch). Distribution: sid. Sections: non-free Then Reload, and search for sun-java. You can uninstall sun-java5-jre (and *-bin) and install the sun-java6 packages you need. Don't forget to disable the sid repository after you have downloaded this package. If you still want to download from java.com, go for "Linux (self extracting file)" and follow the instructions. If you get stuck in certain step, ask for help here and I'll try to help you Cheers Pablo
Thanks Pablo, I downloaded
Thanks Pablo, I downloaded latest JRE packages from repositories by synaptic.(sun-java5) On web sites java.com are Java6 update 5. I thought that upgrade can help. Maybe you can advise how to install files from java.com??? I am running 32bit version of 64studio. mirami Asus M6Va,CPU 2GHz, RAM 2GB, 64studio 32bit 2.1 pre11
64 or 32 bit version?
afaik, by the time being the java plugin won't work for iceweasel 64 bit. I suppose you are running the 64 bit version of 64studio. If this is the case, if I were you I would try the following: Install konqueror (another web browser) and get the latest java packages from debian (using synaptic, which should be easier and safer for newby and non-expert users). Try with konqueror and see if it works. If you are running the 32 bit version, you shouldn't have any problem with iceweasel, as long as you have installed the java packages (from synaptic again) Feel free to ask here.
I got Java web plugin
I got Java web plugin working native in 64 bit with Blackdown Java (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackdown_Java) it seems that Blackdown is no more, but the files are still around. I have the debs in case someone wants them.
Hello, Are there any possibilities to get lattest Java on the 64studio, some web sites require this. It is frustrating to switch to Windows just because that. I found this http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp#lin , but don't how to install,if it is possible. Maybe stupid question, but I am new in Linux. mirami Asus M6Va,CPU 2GHz, RAM 2GB, 64studio 2.1 pre11
Hi Dav. I have it successfully installed. I really can't remember how I achieved it, but in synaptic, when I search for "jre" I see that I have the sun-java5-jre 1.5.0-10-3 and sun-java5-bin 1.5.0-10-3 packages, both from ftp.fr.debian.org/non-free. I hope this helps. Pablo


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Moviegoers in Albuquerque might want to be a little extra cautious this week.
The FBI confirms it's looking into an online threat made against a movie theater in Albuquerque.
The FBI won't say which theater, but Action 7 News cameras caught heavy security patrols at Century Rio 24 on Monday night.
The threat is being taken very seriously in light of the recent mass shooting at Aurora, Colo. where a dozen people were killed.
Even though the investigation is ongoing, the FBI said it doesn't believe there's any immediate danger. People are being asked to report any suspicious behavior to theater personnel.


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text: All 24 Top Gear car reviews hidden in Forza 4Ray Wert10/07/11 11:15amFiled to: Forza motorsport 4Forza 4Top GearJeremy ClarksonAutovistaTop471EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Part of Forza Motorsport 4's tie-up with Top Gear, the BBC's hit motoring show, is a walk-through review of 24 special vehicles by the show's co-host, Jeremy Clarkson. The videos that I not-quite-painstakingly unlocked while playing the game, were buried deep down in yesterday's review of the game. So if you missed them, let's rectify that situation — because they're too cool to miss. I mean, it's basically like watching 24 never-before-seen Top Gear car reviews. Warning for anyone planning to buy the game — these are spoilers, so treat them us such. If you don't want to miss any part of the game, then don't watch them. That said, I really don't think it will ruin it for anyone, but just thought I'd make that clear up front. Advertisement Advertisement The mode is part of something Turn 10 Studios, the folks behind the game, call "Autovista" mode. We unlocked each of the vehicles and recorded Clarkson's dulcet tones and galleried up for your pleasure over to the side there. Walk through all of them to hear Clarkson's commentary on each of these 24 cars:• Aston Martin One-77• Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Sponsored • Delorean DMC-12• Enzo Ferrari• Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Advertisement Advertisement • Ferrari 458 Italia• Ferrari 599 GTO• Ferrari California Advertisement • Ferrari F50• Ford GT• Gumpert Apollo S Advertisement Advertisement • Hummer H1 Alpha• Koenigsegg CCX• Lamborghini Reventon Advertisement • Lexus LF-A• McLaren F1• Mercedes-Benz SLR Advertisement Advertisement • Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG• Morgan Aero SS• Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster Advertisement • Peugeot Sport Total 908• Spyker C8 Laviolette• TVR Sagaris • BONUS: Bentley 8 Litre Advertisement You might also be wondering where the 24th one is — the final easter egg vehicle from the Autovista feature, the Halo Warthog.Yeah, you know, the one that the teaser video over to the left showed off a month ago. Turns out that's one Clarkson review that's not included in the game. Bollocks! We've still included it here because, you know, it's funny. Enjoy! You can keep up with Ray Wert, the author of this post, on Google+, Twitter or Facebook.Reply47 repliesLeave a reply


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The Duhks
Seeing The Duhks (pronounced ducks) live is nothing short of a spiritual experience. A syncopated bluesy banjo number seamlessly follows a Brazilian samba; an old-time jaunt nestles comfortably next to a gospel performance. GRAMMY nominees and JUNO award winners, they are one the most musically adventurous bands to come from the roots scene in the past decade. The Duhks coming to the Opera House stage is definitely a cause for celebration as they perform a mix of contemporary, traditional, and original tunes with irresistible energy and musicianship. Think Carolina Chocolate Drops. Longtime Duhks fans will be pleased to know the band is bringing the original lineup—banjoist Leonard Podolak, fiddler Tania Elizabeth, guitarist Jordan McConnell, percussionist Scott Senior, and singer Jessee Havey. And, for those who like their roots music with a dose of social responsibility, the group is heavily involved in Green Duhks, an environmental mission to raise awareness about ways to live a more economically viable and ecologically sustainable lifestyle. "Canada's premier neo-tradsters romp from world-beat to blues, urban-pop to old-timey, with wild-eyed invention, haunting traditionalism, and spine-rattling groove." - Scott Alarik, The Boston Globe
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American Rivers, a nonprofit, has issued its annual list of the nation's most endangered rivers. The list is a kind of combination of political, environmental and science considerations, and is compiled without a formal scoring system based on specific measurements.
The group lists the Cedar as the fifth most-endangered. The report calls for better flood protection based on planting grasses and other nonstructural techniques that will help cut runoff pollution. Here is the full press release:
Cedar River named one of America's Most Endangered Rivers for 2010
Outdated flood management threatens public safety
Washington — Flood risk along Iowa's Cedar River is growing, and outdated flood management is putting public safety and the river's health at risk. This threat landed the Cedar in the number five spot in America's Most Endangered Rivers: 2010 edition, produced by American Rivers.
"Unless decision makers and communities along the Cedar River embrace 21st century natural flood management solutions, public safety and the river's health will continue to be compromised," said Rebecca Wodder, president of American Rivers.
American Rivers called on Congress and the Iowa legislature to work with the Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize lower cost, non-structural flood management solutions in the Cedar River Basin. Natural, non-structural flood management solutions, like protecting wetlands and restoring floodplains, are cost-effective and can have multiple benefits.
"We have an opportunity to learn from the devastating floods of 1993 and 2008 and rebuild smarter and stronger. We need to incorporate non-structural, natural solutions that provide flood protection, improve water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, and provide recreational opportunities and economic benefits to local communities," said Sean McMahon, state director of The Nature Conservancy in Iowa.
"It is time for Iowans to insist that state and federal flood protection policies work to reduce flood damage by moving people and structures out of harms way, allowing the flood plain to perform its natural function to absorb and slow the river's flow during future floods," said Susan Heathcote with Iowa Environmental Council.
"The newly-organized Cedar River Watershed Coalition has recognized the need to take a holistic approach to watershed management by reaching across city and county jurisdictions to take a whole watershed approach to flood mitigation and river restoration. This innovative group of concerned individuals and communities is committed to working together to reduce the impacts of flooding in the watershed and to improve water quality in the Cedar River," said Rosalyn Lehman with Iowa Rivers Revival.
By 2008, the Cedar River had had two 500-year floods within 15 years. Rain falls on a radically changed landscape: plowed fields have replaced tall grass prairies; streams and creeks have been straightened; 90 percent of wetlands have been destroyed; floodplains have been filled and developed; and flows have doubled in just the last half century. Even without factoring in possible effects of climate change, which would exacerbate the problems, the landscape changes will bring more frequent and severe floods. The communities along the Cedar River deserve better, 21st century flood protection solutions to ensure public safety and river health.
The Cedar River, a tributary to the Mississippi River, provides drinking water to more than 120,000 residents, and roughly 530,000 people live and work in the Cedar River watershed. The primary land use in the watershed is agriculture and the river is a popular place for boating and fishing. The river is home to globally rare plant communities and fish and wildlife, including two species of endangered mussels.
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Each year, American Rivers reviews nominations for the America's Most Endangered RiversTM report from river groups and concerned citizens across the country. Rivers are selected based upon the following criteria:
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• The significance of the threat to human and natural communities
• The degree to which the proposed action would exacerbate or alleviate stresses caused by climate change
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