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City of Kent to install new $1.7 million turf at Wilson Playfields
The city of Kent this summer will install $1.7 million worth of new synthetic turf on the popular Wilson Playfields baseball, softball and soccer complex.
The City Council voted 5-2 on April 1 to approve the contract to replace the turf at the complex along 132nd Avenue Southeast. City officials will close the park May 12 to install FieldTurf and reopen it in August.
Council members Bill Boyce and Les Thomas voted against the motion after longtime Kent resident Brad Martin, a representative of Sprinturf, testified during public comment at the council meeting that the city will pay as much as $200,000 more by going with FieldTurf.
"I would simply like to contend that the Parks Committee decision to procure FieldTurf through a buying co-op without soliciting other prices from competing manufacturers, including Sprinturf, is a colossal mistake and will potentially result in spending as much as $200,000 more in taxpayer money than is necessary for this turf replacement," Martin said.
The council's Parks Committee approved the FieldTurf agreement 3-0 prior to the full council vote.
Kent will buy the turf through the King County Directors Association (KCDA), a purchasing cooperative that the city has been a member of since 1982.
Parks Director Jeff Watling told the council putting a project out to bid isn't always the best way to go.
"A typical bid-type process presents some significant tradeoffs because how you define value in the product you're getting is not necessarily attributed to just the lowest cost," Watling said. "The recommendation at Parks Committee is we recommended acquiring FieldTurf. We feel it is the best combination of price, quality, durability and reliability. We respect there are likely difference of opinions out there."
Watling said other cities as well as school districts have used the KCDA co-op to purchase items. KCDA bids products and co-op members can purchase off the bid. KCDA has a current contract with FieldTurf.
Other jurisdictions have had problems with Sprinturf, Watling said.
"Why we are recommending to go with a product that perhaps is perhaps a little bit more expensive is in terms of consistency of installation and what we've heard from local jurisdictions about how Sprinturf was installed and other things, we felt as a critical investment for this community the additional dollars it might cost to go with FieldTurf will pay dividends in the 10 to 12 year life of this turf," Watling said.
Thomas and Boyce weren't persuaded that one company was much better than the other.
"Sometimes we get into these really difficult decisions where you have apples and oranges," Thomas said. "But here I see two apples. Everything is the same except price. So from my standpoint, I have to go with price."
Councilwoman Deborah Ranniger said she had confidence the parks staff made the right decision with FieldTurf.
"Wilson Playfields is a high-impact field as we get hundreds of teams on there during the season and we really need to have a turf that's going to last and really be durable," Ranniger said. "I'm comfortable moving forward with this particular product because I think it will serve the test of time and hold up under the wear and tear and abuse it's going to get from our highly popular programs."
The council in December approved an additional $500,000 in the 2014 budget to help fund the turf replacement at Wilson Playfields. City officials will use another $800,000 for the field from the real estate excise tax and carryover money from previous years. The rest of the money will come from delaying improvements at other parks.
Watling said all of the turf at the field will be replaced. He said the lines on the fields will change to include lacrosse lines, a growing sport in the area. He added the surface edges that are now rubber will be replaced with synthetic turf.
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The last Spider-Man movie trilogy died and there was a direct correlation between its death and the number of villains they forced into the movies. We've yet to see if history will repeat itself with the new Spider-Man movies, but we can basically confirm that the games don't care at all. Today Beenox released a villains trailer for their upcoming game The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It's a non-cannon game based on the movies. They titled the trailer the Kingpin reveal, but really there's at least half of a dozen scary looking faces who make an appearance.
Let's just get them all out there. We see Kingpin himself, Wilson Fisk, the big man with less of a neck and more of a tree trunk. He hasn't been and likely won't be in the films. They wouldn't be able to get an actor for him, right? Felicia Hardy, AKA Black Cat, played a part in the first video game but appears to be a full on villain now. Harry Osbourne, who I believe is the Green Goblin now, looks might ugly. Electro is in both movie and game it seems. Each of these characters seem to play prominent rolls in the game.
Then there are the teaser-y characters. First, and this one isn't a sneaky tease or anything, but we see Kraven strutting down the street looking rather well-groomed. Odds are he won't be in the movie and word is he's friendly in this game rather than a villain. We all know that will change down the line. Second, and this is the big teaser, is the appearance of Cletus Cassidy, also known as Carnage. We don't see him in full red parasite regalia, but we do see his arm breaking through a glass window with lines of red goo climbing over his skin.
Naturally my initial reaction to seeing Carnage is confusion, as we've yet to see Venom yet. You can't do Carnage without Venom! Then the gears in my brain click a few time. Oh, maybe Venom is in the new movie then? I guess we'll see, since there are already too many villains in this 90-120 minute film.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game is planned for release on April 29, a few days prior to the movie's launch on May 2. It's coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii U and 3DS.


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At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. Habits aren't destiny. As Charles Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.
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For decades we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F*ck positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, shit is f*cked, and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn't sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is - a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is his antidote to the coddling, let's-all-feel-good mind-set that has infected modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.
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In her latest book, The Universe Has Your Back, New York Times best-selling author Gabrielle Bernstein teaches listeners how to transform their fear into faith in order to live a divinely guided life. Each story and lesson in the book guides listeners to release the blocks to what they most long for: happiness, security, and clear direction. The lessons help listeners relinquish the need to control so they can relax into a sense of certainty and freedom.
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We're in the middle of an epidemic of average. So-called "normal" people get up every day, go to work, do what's asked of them, leave promptly at five, and return home to sit on the couch and watch TV. Society tells us that this is what it means to lead a balanced life. Don't stress too much or work too hard. Your career isn't everything. But Grant Cardone thinks this preoccupation with balance has really just given an excuse to be mediocre.
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Extreme success, by definition, lies beyond the realm of normal action. If you want to achieve extreme success, you can't operate like everybody else and settle for mediocrity. You need to remove luck and chance from your business equation, and lock in massive success. The 10X Rule shows you how!
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Stephen R. Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has been a top seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology for proven principles of fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity. Celebrating its 15th year of helping people solve personal and professional problems, this special anniversary edition includes a new foreword and afterword written by Covey that explore whether the 7 Habits are still relevant and answer some of the most common questions he has received over the past 15 years.
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Bestselling author, speaker, and world-traveling success coach Jen Sincero cuts through the din of the self-help genre with her own verbal meat cleaver in You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life. In this refreshingly blunt how-to guide, Sincero serves up twenty-seven bite-sized chapters full of hilariously inspiring stories, life-changing insights, easy exercises, and the occasional swear word.
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Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever.
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In Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin share hard-hitting Navy SEAL combat stories that translate into lessons for business and life. With riveting firsthand accounts of making high-pressure decisions as Navy SEAL battlefield leaders, this audiobook is equally gripping for leaders who seek to dominate other arenas.
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Dr. Gary Chapman identifies five basic languages of love and then guides couples towards a better understanding of their unique languages of love. Learn to speak and understand your mate's love language, and in no time you will be able to effectively love and truly feel loved in return. Skillful communication is within your grasp!
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Robert Kiyosaki has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money. With perspectives that often contradict conventional wisdom, Robert has earned a reputation for straight talk, irreverence and courage. He is regarded worldwide as a passionate advocate for financial education. According to Kiyosaki, "The main reason people struggle financially is because they have spent years in school but learned nothing about money."
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Did you ever wish you could tell a story that leaves others spellbound? Storytelling teacher and champion Margot Leitman will show you how! With a fun, irreverent, and infographic approach, this guide breaks a story into concrete components with ways to improve content, structure, emotional impact, and delivery through personal anecdotes, relatable examples, and practical exercises.
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Think and Grow Rich is the number-one inspirational and motivational classic for individuals who are interested in furthering their lives and reaching their goals by learning from important figures in history. The text read in this audiobook is the original 1937 edition written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by Andrew Carnegie - and while it has often been reproduced, no updated version has ever been able to compete with the original.
"Liked it very much!"
This expanded edition includes dozens of practical tips and case studies from readers who have doubled their income, overcome common sticking points, and reinvented themselves using the original book. Also included are templates for eliminating email and negotiating with bosses and clients, how to apply lifestyle principles in unpredictable economic times, and the latest tools, tricks, and shortcuts for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either.
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Tony Robbins has coached and inspired more than 50 million people from over 100 countries. More than four million people have attended his live events. Oprah Winfrey calls him "super-human". Now for the first time - in his first book in two decades - he's turned to the topic that vexes us all: How to secure financial freedom for ourselves and our families.
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"While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their images with sheer, almost irrational force, I've found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their higher goals above their desire for recognition." (From the prologue)
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The Like Switch is packed with all the tools you need for turning strangers into friends, whether you are on a sales call, a first date, or a job interview. As a Special Agent for the FBI's National Security Division's Behavioral Analysis Program, Dr. Jack Schafer developed dynamic and breakthrough strategies for profiling terrorists and detecting deception. Now, Dr. Schafer has evolved his proven-on-the-battlefield tactics for the day-to-day, but no less critical battle of getting people to like you.
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In The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.
On The Power of Vulnerability, Dr. Brown offers an invitation and a promise - that when we dare to drop the armor that protects us from feeling vulnerable, we open ourselves to the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives. Here she dispels the cultural myth that vulnerability is weakness and reveals that it is, in truth, our most accurate measure of courage.
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People all over the world have been practicing meditation for many centuries. Meditation can help you get your mental, physical and emotional selves into sync. Whether you are looking for a great way to relax, or you want an improved focus with day-to-day tasks, meditation offers a very useful tool to achieve the results.
This book is a clear, concise, and easy-to-follow guide that tells you step-by-step how to set and achieve any goals. It gives you powerful, time-tested, and proven methods to help you transform yourself and life. Whether you lack direction, seem unsure, need guidance, are searching, or you simply feel frustrated and would like some sort of change, the information in this book can steer you in the right direction.
The best of the Minimalists! This book by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus collects the most relevant essays - some short, some long - from their popular website, TheMinimalists.com. This collection has been edited and organized to create an experience that's considerably different from reading individual selections online. From simple living, decluttering, and finances to passion, health, and relationships, Essential is for anyone who desires a more intentional life.
The most nervous man can quickly and easily learn to talk to any girl in a way that creates attraction with her: girls fall in love through their ears, men through their eyes. Learning how to get a girlfriend or even how to make girl want you are challenges that a lot of guys continue to struggle with. Even for guys who already know how to attract girls, it's still tough for them when they're ready to find the girl of their dreams, make her fall in love, and build a great relationship with her.
Advanced tips and strategy guide. This is the most comprehensive and only detailed guide you will find online. With the success of my hundreds of other written guides and strategies I have written another advanced professional guide for new and veteran players. This gives specific strategies and tips on how to progress in the game, beat your opponents, acquire more coins and currency, and much more!
Jesus taught more often on money than he did on love or on heaven and hell combined. Why? It's because money is one of the chief competitors for our affections. "You cannot serve God and money," he warned. How, then, should Christians view and use money? How should they view and participate in economic systems? In How Should I Think about Money?, Dr. R.C. Sproul offers much-needed biblical answers to these questions, and in so doing, provides clarity on an important issue in the lives of Christians.
You are not doomed by your genes and hardwired to be a certain way for the rest of your life. A new science is emerging that empowers all human beings to create the reality they choose. In Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, renowned author, speaker, researcher, and chiropractor Dr. Joe Dispenza combines the fields of quantum physics, neuroscience, brain chemistry, biology, and genetics to show you what is truly possible.
This speech is the direct result of work that began with Andrew Carnegie in 1908. Napoleon Hill interviewed Carnegie, Thomas Edison, George Eastman, Henry Ford, and many of the other most prosperous men of his day to discover their methods for success.
By listening to this book, you'll also learn exactly what palm reading is, the different ways you can read palms, and how an accurate reading can change your outlook on life. Practically anyone can learn how to read palms, it isn't hard! You just need to know the right way to read them and what exactly the different shapes, lines, and contours of your hands can mean. You will be impressed by how accurate these readings can be!
Make sure your child is equipped with the mindset that schools do not teach! This book contains proven steps and strategies on how parents who are entrepreneurs can set their children on the path to becoming entrepreneurs themselves someday.
In 1922, Napoleon Hill was invited to give the commencement address at Salem College in Salem, West Virginia. He was 39 years old at the time, and he spoke of what he had learned from his failures in life up to that point. His personal adventures in the business world illustrated for the students the cyclical nature of success and failure as well as the lessons one can take away from each of life's experiences.
With the success of my hundreds of other written guides and strategies I have written another advanced professional guide for new and veteran players. This gives specific strategies and tips on how to progress in the game, beat your opponents, acquire more coins and currency, plus much more!
Imagine the difference having high self-esteem will make in your life. Imagine how confidence will change the way you value yourself and the choices you make. You can have that boost of confidence through this powerful collection designed to rapidly increase your self-esteem to healthy and vibrant levels.
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The law of attraction is based on the idea that everything in the universe has a polarity, meaning that everything contains either a positive or a negative kind of energy. Fortunately, there is a way to manipulate the law of attraction and make it work for you: by changing your beliefs and using the power of positive affirmation. Positive affirmations give you a fresh pair of eyes to see the world and therefore give you courage to achieve a lot of things you never knew were possible.
When Emil Coue came to this country a number of years ago, he brought with him a piece of string with 20 knots in it, and an idea of which the string was but a symbol. His ideas that if you run your fingers over the 20 knots, repeating rapidly, "Every day, and in every way, I am becoming better and better," you will finally arrive at an affirmative realization of life. His piece of string was a method for changing the thought patterns that are more or less set within our minds.
Are panic attacks taking over your life? This self-help guide might be the most important step you take toward recovery. The author - a panic attack sufferer - offers invaluable advice for managing the uncomfortable symptoms of panic attacks. It's filled with natural techniques to prevent them from happening in the first place! All without medication or supplements of any kind. A perfect resource for quick and effortless relief from panic, anxiety, and phobias.
What is anxiety? Do you have it? How do you deal with this condition? Anxiety: How to Relieve Stress, Overcome Anxiety, and Stop Panic Attacks helps you understand the symptoms and causes of anxiety, the various types of anxiety disorders, and why they have become so common.
This book will teach you how to read and retain important information with much more ease and much less time. With some short and simple exercises you'll find yourself reading much more than you have ever been capable of before.
What is that magic quality that makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?"
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Regardless of age or occupation, conversation can be tricky. But like it or not, it's one of the most important things you do on a daily basis. Successful conversations help you advance professionally and make, maintain, and deepen relationships. Moreover, research shows that talking, when done on a substantive level, is correlated with a feeling of happiness and general well-being.In just six lectures, Professor Curzan teaches you key strategies that can dramatically improve your ability to converse with anyone, from strangers to supervisors.
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Brilliantly researched, impassioned, and accessible, Presence is filled with stories of individuals who learned how to flourish during the stressful moments that once terrified them. Every listener will learn how to approach their biggest challenges with confidence instead of dread, and to leave them with satisfaction instead of regret.
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Russ Harris offers a surprising solution to low self-confidence, shyness, and insecurity: Rather than trying to "get over" our fears, he says, the secret is to form a new and wiser relationship with them. Paradoxically, it's only when we stop struggling against our fearfulness that we begin to find lasting freedom from it.
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Perhaps once a decade, a book comes along that transforms people's lives in a very real, measurable way. This is one of them. Crucial Conversations exploded onto the scene 10 years ago and revolutionized the way people communicate when stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong. Since then, millions of people have learned how to hold effective crucial conversations and have dramatically improved their lives and careers thanks to the methods outlined in this book. Now, the authors have revised their best-selling classic to provide even more ways to help you take the lead in any tough conversation.
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Don't let problem people get to you! Whether it's a manager who keeps moving the goal posts, an uncooperative colleague, negative friend, or critical family member, some people are just plain hard to get along with. Often, your immediate response is to shrink or sulk, become defensive or attack. But there are smarter moves to make when dealing with difficult people. This book explains how to cope with a range of situations with difficult people and to focus on what you can change.
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In StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular assessment, language of 34 themes, and much more. While you can listen to this book in one sitting, you'll use it as a reference for decades.
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Each day we face a barrage of images and messages from society and the media telling us who, what, and how we should be. We are led to believe that if we could only look perfect and lead perfect lives, we'd no longer feel inadequate. So most of us perform, please, and perfect, all the while thinking, What if I can't keep all of these balls in the air? Why isn't everyone else working harder and living up to my expectations? What will people think if I fail or give up? When can I stop proving myself?
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Have you ever wanted to learn a language or pick up an instrument, only to become too daunted by the task at hand? Expert performance guru Anders Ericsson has made a career of studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak condenses three decades of original research to introduce an incredibly powerful approach to learning that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring a skill.
"Takes long, deliberate practice to be an expert"
Based on seven years of ground-breaking research and hundreds of interviews, I Thought It Was Just Me shines a long-overdue light on an important truth: Our imperfections are what connect us to each other and to our humanity. Our vulnerabilities are not weaknesses; they are powerful reminders to keep our hearts and minds open to the reality that we're all in this together.
"Good self-help book; not well-suited for audio."
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking presents practical, lively, and inspiring ways for you to become more successful through better thinking. The idea is simple: You can learn how to think far better by adopting specific strategies. Brilliant people aren't a special breed--they just use their minds differently.
"Thinking that could leads to change"
In Future Sex, Witt explores Internet dating, Internet pornography, polyamory, and other avant-garde sexual subcultures as sites of possibility. She observes her encounters with these scenes with a wry sense of humor, capturing them in all their strangeness, ridiculousness, and beauty. The result is an open-minded, honest account of the contemporary pursuit of connection and pleasure and an inspiring new model of female sexuality - open, forgiving, and unafraid.
For the past five years, Steve Kamb has transformed himself from wannabe daydreamer into a real-life superhero and actually turned his life into a gigantic video game: flying stunt planes in New Zealand, gambling in a tuxedo at the Casino de Monte-Carlo, and even finding Nemo on the Great Barrier Reef. To help him accomplish all of these goals, he built a system that allowed him to complete quests, take on boss battles, earn experience points, and literally level up his life.
"I purchased the book, now I have to buy the site?"
Good communiation is essential to any healthy relationship, whether it's between spouses, family members, friends, or co-workers. In this book Susan Chapman, a marriage and family therapist and a longtime meditation teacher, explains how mindfulness can be brought to bear in the way we speak and listen to each other so that we can strengthen our connections and better accomplish our goals.
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With over a quarter of a million copies sold, Mindfulness in Plain English is one of the most influential books in the burgeoning field of mindfulness and a timeless classic introduction to meditation. This is a book that people listen to, love, and share - a book that people talk about, write about, reflect on, and return to over and over again.
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7 BuyWord
My wife Jenny loves word games, as I have blogged about before. I like them theoretically but tend to suffer while playing them, wrestled to BuyWord, I went in with my usual optimism that I would find that balance between clever and excruciating and have a good time but actually put up a reasonable challenge to the Queen.
She jumped ahead immediately with leavened, for $145 (we often play the variant where all prices are rounded to the nearest 5, which works remarkably well for the square numbers you use in this game). My reply was juices for $45 less but I didn't use a wild to get it. And when she looked over at my partially formed exam- and finished the word for me (after considerable uming and ahing on my side I should add, I was nearly there...), I could have been said to be in the lead.
That was my zenith (her next word), she then proceeded to produce a series of $120+ words in a row, while I struggled to triple figures. I rallied a bit at the end, with a whimper, I was zippiest but by then she had enough of a lead. It was closer than usual though.
And after that game, I must admit, I was pretty fried. I like it (and much prefer it to Scrabble), but it takes a lot out of me.
6 Pick-a-Dog x2
And talking of heavy brain burners, after a fine dinner with friends, we broke out Pick-a-Dog. Actually, we Picked-a-Pig. And we threatened to combine the pigs and dogs and make the big game, but still we didn't do that yet.
We had a quick practice round (in which Jenny, ostensibly the one who had played before) crashed because she forgot to look out for 1 or 2 arms. Then we played for real and Geoff, who had expressed some doubts bout his ability to process a real time game, showed remarkable aptitude, while his wife Leah showed characteristic caution, steadily picking up cards after due consideration (my kids, oddly, played it the same way). I was fairly steady too, while Jenny was again fairly aggressive in her grabbing and after I lost out on a card to someone, it was me who called a halt. But no mistakes, so J & G were ahead. The second round went similarly except this time, Jenny pushed her luck too far and made the mistake, giving Geoff a good cushion for the final round. I went on a bit of a tear in that one, grabbing a ton and there were more for me to get on the table when time was called. So that got me up to second place, as Geoff proved his mastery.
In the inevitable rematch, I kept finding myself in a cul-de-sac, while Leah did better. Geoff again piled up the cards and Jenny did too, not making any mistakes and so it was her that grabbed the win by a single point.
This is silly fun and I initially thought it was a game to play with the kids (true) and with the adults after an adult beverage or two. But I think that latter one is off, the part of the brain that processes shapes and subtle differences is thrown off by alcohol and so now I think this is one for earlier in the evening, an opener or perhaps a between game filler. Still, it really is a lot of fun, the frantic grabbing of cute pigs and dogs - and the mega game with both will happen soon.
Next day, Jenny disappeared into the office where all the games are and came back armed with games. First one was:
7 Hansa x2
This game is in my wheel house for how it all flows together, I get this game on a level I don't get with a lot of them. But still, I thought Jenny had this one, she was getting markets in lots of cities, there were free goods spots she was using, I had to pay to refill 2 out of the 3 times and it felt like I would make a good play to sell a batch of goods, but would leave the ship in a nice spot for her. But I was undoubtedly selling more goods and one turn she moved the ship to make it hard for me (spending cash to do so) but missed my arrow back to Danzig, so I had less trouble that she had really paid for. And though I was in 7 cites and nowhere alone, my barrel count at the end was enough to give me the game.
J: 13 goods, 24 barrels, 22 cities = 59
D: 15 goods, 33 barrels, 14 cities = 62
She wanted to play again immediately, it was set up almost already so we played again. I got a lot of my markets down pretty early, a couple with piles of 3, forgoing sales early on. Jenny played a bit of a 'match me' game in some of the cities but as the game progressed, I did get a few spots where I could get free goods, especially Copenhagen/Aarlsberg and Danzig. She did like to leave it in an awkward spot though. This one came down to the wire though, I had to lose goods a couple of times and our relative sales were much closer, I had goods unsold at the end so Jenny actually had more barrels than me and we matched exactly on cities but crucially I had more goods markers than her overall, including my unsold ones, that was enough for a 1 point win.
D: 16 goods, 26 barrels, 18 cities = 60
J: 14 goods, 27 barrels, 18 cities = 59
7 Wasabi!
The other game she brought up was perhaps inspired by Sushi Go, Wasabi! A bit of a refresher needed but this is a pretty simple game.
My plan was to complete a quick recipe then work on my 5 (the all day breakfast featuring urchin). Jenny had a similar plan, hers was the squid dish. Anyway, our 2 5s were perpendicular to each other and I foolishly tried to mess with her progress putting my urchin in the way. So she Stacked a clam on top and even after I threw rice at the end (completing a 2 by the way!) she did hers and with style as well. I had to take a longer road, with a switch and a chop needed to do mine (I managed to leave a salmon in my way so needed to switch the fish with tofu) and I was getting through my recipes but not usually with style points, while she seemed to be able to do both and still at speed. By the end, I made a couple neat plays to put me nearly done and I could have made my last turn play to steal the game, but she completed her last (a 2) a turn ahead of me. And she was well ahead on points.
And in contrast to Hansa, this is a game in her wheel house, it all just seems effortless to her. What I love about this game (other than the presentation, which is stellar) is thinking about how to use the action cards and your tiles to make clever plays, maybe getting things all arranged so you do two at once, stuff like that. But while I am trying to be clever, my wife is busy making dinner, and with style too.
10 Race for the Galaxy x2
The game I really wanted to get to in this post (and often in life in general) is my beloved Race for the Galaxy. With still a good bit of time left to play, I suggested it and Jenny went along. It was set up to play with the Xeno Invasion expansion, so we played it like that.
The funny opening, we both pick Develop, both play New Military Tactics and then both use it to settle a military world. Mine was slightly bigger, as I had the Anti-Xeno Defense Post (which has some military already) while she took on the role of the Starry Rift Pioneers. I set about trying to get a good military going, though I had trouble, playing Terraforming Robots and the 6-dev Terraforming Defenders as my main cards for the bulk of the game. She had a better array of goods (including a couple of useful production worlds). And she was beating me in military with some anti-xeno attack and defense (though she kept muddling which was which). But with her goods, she got the war effort contributions as well and then better defense points as I did manage to get ahead in military eventually, though I also had some good points worlds including Terraformed World which was nice for the Defenders. So she scored some consume VPs and a last turn Merchant Guild which wasn't ideal exactly but my better worlds and better 6-dev carried me to victory.
J: 16 + 8VP + 9defense + 5 (War contrib) + 4 (Merchant Guild) = 42
D: 25 + 1VP + 8defense + 5 (admiral) + 9 (terra def) = 48
Now I thought this was a fine game and was quite pleased to have pulled out the win, but my dear lady wife expressed her frustration with the expansion, coming down to that she liked the old stuff (Arc 1) and missed it, while this new military bent to the game was less exciting for her. So I suggested I reset the cards to Arc 1 but she still wanted the Xeno cards, so she suggested the unthinkable: that we combine the sets.
I pushed back initially, the designer has said several times on BGG that the game was balanced for the sets to be kept separately, the deck will get too unwieldy, it will be hard to find the cards you need. She wanted to try it. So I agreed.
So we had all Arc 1: cards from The Gathering Storm, Rebel vs Imperium and The Brink of War, we had the Goals, the Prestige points, everything. And with the Xeno Invasion on top of that. We discussed delaying the arrival of the Xenos to help us set up, but in the end we just went with it.
I had a heavy gene strategy. I was Old Earth, had another world that gave a +2 on trade and a genes production world, so I could trade green goods for 7. Jenny was the Imperium Warlord and she quickly got a couple rebel worlds (with that goal on deck). She was quite comfortable against the invasion, with some specialty military contributing, plus she also had a nice brown production world but no way to spend it (her other world being her trade) so with my frequent produce calls, she was contributing to the war effort like crazy. I was in a more delicate position, no military, just the bunker power for the early game but I got lucky with minimal xeno attacks that I could at least deflect if not beat. I got another genes world which also provided defense (both my genes world had discard a green good for an effect) and as we got into the 3rd stage attacks I decided space marines were going to be required, both for the attacks and for getting some Uplift worlds, as I also had the Uplift Bio-Engineers.
Meanwhile Jenny had built a whole lot, Rebel Alliance and New Galactic Order and Uplift Code as well! She got the prestige points (I didn't get any) so claimed that goal, plus the one for 5 VPs, though my produce and consume engine, boosted by Uplift moles and other gene uplift worlds went into overdrive late on. And she got the all phases goal. It all lined up for her but my tableau was really fun to play as well (and a record of no damage to my tableau from Xeno attacks as well). She had the big win but this was - perhaps surprisingly - a really fun way to play RFTG.
J: 20 + 12VP + 3PP + 7defense + 12 goals + 10 (admiral/contributor) + 9 (Reb All) + 8 (Uplift Code) + 5 (NGO) = 86
D: 13 + 23VP + 0PP + 10defense + 0 goals + 12 (Uplift BioEng) = 58
In fact, I'd say this was my most enjoyable game of Race that I can remember, everything that I love about the game just came together. Perhaps another run through and the Xenos would be wrecking things and not letting me play or cards would be unkind. But for sure, unthinkable or convention breaking or not, I will bet we play this way next time as well.
Boardgame photo thanks go to m_hamburg, EndersGame, s.pauchon, punkin312 and Photodump (for both RFTG pics)


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>> Oregon is making little progress or heading in the wrong direction when it comes to raising elementary and middle school reading and math achievement. Progress for high achievers in math is at a standstill.
>> Oregon is allowing low-income students to fall further behind their better-off counterparts faster than 48 other states. Compared to 2003, in 2015 Oregon's low-income fourth- and eighth-graders were 9 percentage points further behind their more-prosperous peers. Only Washington had a worse increase in the achievement gap separating the two groups.
>> School funding, or rather the lack of it, helps put Oregon in the educational basement. Given each state's gross domestic product, only four states had a lower effective tax rate for K-12 education: Arizona, North Carolina, and North and South Dakota.
>> Partly as a result of low taxes for education, Oregon had very few students attending schools that were funded at or above the national per-pupil average. Just 13 percent of Oregon students enjoyed that level of funding, versus 42 percent of students nationally.
Each year, Education Week grades states for the quality of their public schools in a report it calls Quality Counts. Although the grading methodology has "evolved" from year to year, this year's grades were calculated almost the same as last year's, said Holly Yettick, director of the Education Week Research Center.
Oregon's overall grade this year was a C-, based on its student achievement (D), school finance (C-) and conditions for success (C ).
As has been the case for many years, Massachusetts was the top-ranking state for education. Nevada ranked last this year.
Washington ranked No. 20.
The Quality Counts rankings closely follow the findings of an in-depth look at school performance by The Oregonian/OregonLive last year. That investigation also concluded that Oregon ranks No. 38 among states, partly because Oregon lags far behind the national average in classroom spending.
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Skip to comments.New START nuclear arms treaty with Russia goes into effect
Posted on 02/05/2011 7:53:07 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
After extended wrangling among lawmakers in both countries, the new START treaty between the U.S. and Russia went into effect Saturday at the global security conference in Munich.
"The principles of equality, parity, equal and undivided security lay a solid foundation for the modern Russian-American cooperation in various spheres," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, appearing with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to exchange the treaty documents, said, according to RIA Novosti.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Did Obama ONLY sell out America and the UK?
Were other country's secret information also given
to Russia?
What was the quid pro quo? Money? Sex? or was
that the deal for covering up Obama's Kenyan birth?
How many allies HAS the Emperor/Pharaoh/Imam Obama
backstabbed so far, anyway?
I just went to WH.gov and there is not any mention of Obama signing START into law. What am I missing?Numerous news reports reported they're great Obama would be signing START NEXT week, so I thought MAYBE the GOP could (would?) stop it some how. WTF? Smith from the judiciary ratified it with his vote so will he have an impeachment trial with Obama? Nuts! Also:go to hill.com Boehner refuses cameras in the house.
Good questions. Now..........why hasn't the media talked about the UK? Including Fox. Will Republicans step in on this one?
Congress was lied to in order to pass it, needs to be voided
"Two years ago we all laughed about the translation of the ceremonial 'reset' button I gave to the Foreign Minister," Clinton said. "But when it came to the translation that mattered most, we turned words into action to reach a milestone in our strategic partnership."
I just found it. Who is the hell does Obama think he is?
President Obama Signs START Treaty, Doesn't Allow Reporters in the Room
As far as I could hold my nose to go there and look the SOB does not have the START treaty on WHDotGov. Tranparency
POTUS my ass!
Obama and Clinton suck up to Russia and sell UK secrets to them and Russia hacked into our nasdaq computers.
Nothing to see here move along...
This is why you have to read things before signing them. And this is why we need to hang this albatross on the neck of every signee in 2012.
I think this is what Obama wrote his college thesis about. They are lawless. Keep waiting for the good guys to step in. It is hard to counter the corruption when is seems systemic, well funded. Plus the collusion of MSM.
So because congress was lied to and the dems snuck a lameduck treaty in...
-We could all suffer a loss in national security after Obama and Hillary try global communism and it fails (SEE EGYPT SEE YEMEN they are not ready to play NWO) AND those countries that we though were holding our hands sitting around singing kumbaya in global love peace and order will force communism or we will be blown to kingdom come?
Who can you impeach and remove from their corrupt office if we are all blown to smithereens because of the greedy wealth and radical communist ideals of Alinsky-Clinton-Soros-Obama-ProgressiveDNC and our very own mainstream media?
We were thinking the same thing at the same time accept I added the gorey details.
Oh goody! Russia immediately gets to begin increasing their nuclear arsenal while we immediately begin reducing ours. And any plans we have in using existing launchers for SDI must immediately be scrapped. And all those cruise missles we have which carry conventional warheads? They are now counted against our total nuclear count.
This is nothing short of treason against the United States. And most of our US Senators are collaborators in this.
Agreed it is treason! We need to clean house and media.
The NYPost reports...When will the MSM ever report this?
Also why is Boehner refusing C-Span cameras?
Is the GOP stupid or corrupt?
Thanks Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!.
Have a great weekend, all. Super Bowl weekend means loads of sample tables at the warehouse clubs.
...aaand, once Great Britain looks on, naked!
It's like our country's been hijacked by Islamic Fundamentalists.
We are selling out Britain and Israel and becoming butt buddies with the Camel jockeys.
God help us.
Sounds like they decided to take care of the signing in Germany.
"The New START treaty went into effect when US secretary of state Hillary Clinton exchanged the ratification papers with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich."
I mean really...?
I think this is what Obama wrote his college thesis about. They are lawless. Keep waiting for the good guys to step in. It is hard to counter the corruption when is seems systemic, well funded. Plus the collusion of MSM.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
YOu both might want to see this video. Obama is bought, lock stock and barrel, by the Muslim Brotherhood. Listen closely.
( Thanks for the Ping Dubya!)
ex-CIA Agent Reveals: Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated Obama Administration
I think these came about by passage of the McCain - Feingold billl. (McCain seems to be on the wrong side).
Also Kagan (IMO) will help advance their agenda. She did not require US constitutional law as a requirement at Harvard, and accepted money to start Islamic studies program
Dr. Ahmad Dwidar, imam of the Islamic Center in New York and a lecturer at Manhattan University, did an interview with the Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC) on June 9, 2005, that was captured and translated by MEMRI TV
Dwidar: In 1995 I heard some sermons, saying that Muslims should march on the White House from some of the mosques.
Host: What do you mean by "march on the White House"?
Dwidar: One cleric said in his sermon: "We are going to the White House, so that Islam will be victorious, Allah willing, and the White House will become into the Muslim house."
Host: How? I don't understand.
Dwidar: This is simply a slogan. I'm only saying this to...
Host: Are they going to occupy the White House or what?
Dwidar: No, they say that through the domination of Islam and its ideas, the White House will change.
Host: This will happen one day, but not this way. Islam will be victorious, no doubt, but not this way.
Dwidar: It will not happen unless the Muslims abandon their slogans and become a role model. If a Muslim doctor who invents a cure in the hospital or performs an important operation successfully - all the media will broadcast it live and announce it worldwide. The Muslim who makes do with breaking the wooden podium, with screaming, and with patronizing, condescending rhetoric that "Islam is coming, and it will change the face of the earth," while at the same time he cannot even change the face of the Islamic capitals, which overflow with garbage - this path will lead to no good.
As LGF writes, the imam isn't advocating marching on the White House himself, he's simply saying that he heard other clerics say it. But as far as the White House becoming the "Muslim House," that he has no problem with. However, although he doesn't seem to be "on the same page with the extremists," his message is for Muslims to be patient and they'll have "the First Lady in a burqa (ht - LGF) but they won't get there by pounding and screaming (and presumably blowing things up).
Obamah, The SNITCH, is one disgusting SOB!
However, although he doesn't seem to be "on the same page with the extremists," his message is for Muslims to be patient and they'll have "the First Lady in a burqa (ht - LGF) but they won't get there by pounding and screaming (and presumably blowing things up).
I agree completely with you with one added caveate.
The strategy is to have patriotic America and our patriotic military focused on the podium pounders and violent jihadists on the right had, while on the left hand the truly damaguing initiative of traducing America is prosecuted slowly and relentlessly.It is a true left hand as well, moved by liberal fascism here at home.It is also the reason why Obama bought the CIA to a rigid heel in the first days of his administration so he can have time to get rid of patriot CIA officials who had occupied crucial positons to stop this slow erosion of America.( You will remember the Holder/Obama threats to prosecute CIA officials with "Torture Offences?").
I repost this link for all others who may read what you have written here: Great Video, listen closely, Professor Lopez is awesome.)
ex-CIA Agent Reveals: Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated Obama Administration
The UK wasn't sold out! The UK has already revealed back in 1998 the number of Trident D5 that is pools from the US Trident inventory. This was revealed in the Strategic Defence Review. The number was 58. All the US is doing is supplying the serial numbers for these UK Tridents. This will enable the Russian inspectors inspecting the US Tridents on US soil to verify the exact numbers in the inventory.
The UK during 2010 unilaterally revealed along with France and the US the numbers of nuclear warheads. UK numbers are 160 nuclear warheads operational with a maximum not exceeding 225. All revealed in Parliament. The UK has also revealed the number of missiles and warheads that they would deploy on the subs as part of the deterrent. All very much public knowledge. All the US is doing is supplying the Trident serial numbers.
While the wikileaks may be a twisted headline. Will we be inspecting Russia? Do we trust Russia? I know it is all a geo political game to form global communism but what will happen when global communism fails? China, Russia and Obama's muslim brotherhood are not our friends they are our foes.
Just as in the past strategic arms reduction US inspectors will inspect inside Russia, and vice versa. What is the alternative? Both sides have enough nuclear weapons to wipe each other off the face of the earth. Either we have an ultimate and robust strategic arms control treaty between Russia and the US or an out of control nuclear arms race.
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PapiDimmi Sep 16, 2014 at 05:36 UTC - 0 likes
Cracked Minecraft is for poor people.
micahblalock Apr 25, 2014 at 04:08 UTC - 0 likes
Hey I own a server with 45-96 players and I didn't have this.. I feel so stupid. Someone logged in as me with a slash while I was gone and screwed everything up. They should automatically block these charecters with default cracked minecraft. Or even in the default minecraft server it should be blocked.
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Could you please update this plugin? Thanks,
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Update pleas
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Where is the config.yml? the folder did not generate when the server started. Is this plugin updated to 1.3?
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@pimsserver: Go
BanNull can solve that. http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/bannull/
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IN -v2.0
When this plugin is enabled, it says v1.2 is enabled, even though i know for sure i am using v2.0
Also, this plugin does not seem to block spaces for me, players with spaces in their names can still connect.
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plz update..
1.2.3 don't work..
this is very good plugin..
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Think of the '70s as TV's Golden Age of Confusion, 10 years in which the tube searches for its own identity, its place in society. The decade commenced with the father of daytime talk, Phil Donahue, going into national syndication (a sign we were ready — nay, wanted — to see real people get in touch with their feelings, even if we didn't know the end result would be Jerry Springer). The '70s ended with Dallas' "Who Shot J.R.?" cliff-hanger (a sign that we were ready — nay, wanted — to forget all our national troubles and focus on the maiming of a rich guy in a ten-gallon hat: TV as ultimate escapism).
Really, what a schizo time. Newly aware of its role as reflector of society, the tube presented a ceaseless amount of piping-hot news: the Pentagon Papers scandal; Watergate; Nixon's trips to Peking and Moscow; Nixon's resignation; the punk-rock explosion. Surrounding all this, entertainment programming reached new peaks of fluffiness; for every great or groundbreaking series — The Mary Tyler Moore Show and All in the Family spring immediately to mind — there was schlock (albeit memorable schlock) epitomized definitively by The Brady Bunch. This even as reality continued to seep in: Bea Arthur's character got an abortion on Maude, and miniseries like Roots and Holocaust made us confront our past, present, and future.
In between the bests and worsts, the '70s gave rise to its share of innovation (everything from the increasingly influential Sesame Street to bleak-comic M*A*S*H to what would come to be scornfully called disease-of-the-week movies, beginning with the quality work Brian's Song). In the exact middle of the decade, Saturday Night Live premiered, providing the next 20 years with some of the most inspired TV satire and many of the worst movie comedies ever made. And there was a refinement of already-established formats, such as the prime-time newsmagazine (60 Minutes came into its own preeminence) and the afternoon soap opera (All My Children hooked millions with carefully paced and spiced storytelling). On the business side, it was largely a period of steady expansion and consolidation: ABC, CBS, and NBC remained the big guns; videotape replaced film as the primary way to capture TV images; and Nielsen began breaking down its findings into something called demographics. All in all, it was a growing stage for TV — an awkward adolescence for a medium continuing to mature in always unexpected ways.
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Even the most sports-phobic TV viewer has the image stamped indelibly on the brain: Yugoslavian Vinko Bogataj illustrating the "agony of defeat" by careening off a ramp during the International Ski Flying Championship in Oberstdorf, West Germany. Bogataj not only survived the hideous spill but went on to become a celebrity thanks to ABC's Wide World of Sports coordinating producer Dennis Lewin, who inserted the segment into the show's opening credits. Lewin recalls the U.S. ski-jumping team being none too pleased with his use of Vinko's tumble: "They thought we were giving the sport a bad name." Rank 88
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Who doesn't crack a smile just thinking of John Cleese's goofy leg-jiggles in this classic bit from Monty Python's Flying Circus? Well, John Cleese, for one. "I'm very glad you've chosen one of my least favorite sketches," he scoffs. No matter. We think the Silly Walks perfectly sum up Python's absurdist, pomposity-puncturing sketch show. The brilliant BBC boys have left their silly footprint on every TV skit-fest since, from SCTV to Kids in the Hall to today's Mr. Show. Rank 76


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Alternate title: liberal heads are making like watermelon at a Gallagher show all over Wisconsin!
In 2011, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker(R) served as the embodiment of the state by state battle to balance budgets and the best symbol of the struggle between the two political parties about how best to meet those fiscal challenges. His first year will extend well into his second year, quite likely culminating in a recall election to remove him from office.
He has dominated the political debate on both sides. Defining the issues. He is cited by both Democrats and Republicans as the best of example of what is wrong, or what is right with a conservative approach to government. Although they will never admit it, many Democratic governors are different from Walker only in a matter of degrees.
…This is why Governors Journal has selected Scott Walker as the 2011 Governor of the Year.
Kablooey! Holy crap, there's a run on plastic ponchos! Zombie buffet line! No, wait, not on the leather seats! Go outside! Outside!
Note: none of the above exclamations should be construed as desirous or approving of the spontaneous explosion of liberal heads.
I especially enjoyed these couple of paragraphs:
Nearly every governor, regardless of party, began the year saying the current path of expensive pension and benefit packages for public employees is unsustainable.
"Nearly every governor, regardless of party." And more than one of those governors, regardless of party, are following in Walker's big-ass footsteps.
Even if Walker is removed from office, he still wins the debate. Any setback will be temporary. Pension reforms are a reality. California is next.
Not to mention, the absolute worst that could happen is Democrats taking back the Governor's office and the State Senate. To repeal Wisconsin's collective bargaining law, they'd need the Assembly, too. But they won't have it.
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Something is killing whole wintering populations of bats in eastern North America as they hibernate in caves and mines. Bats are losing their fat reserves long before the winter is over and are dying of starvation. This affliction has been given the name white-nose syndrome (WNS) due to the telltale white fungus growing on the noses of some infected bats. Only recently described as a new fungal species, Geomyces destructans may also appear on the wings, ears, and/or tail membranes, but may also be absent.
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is not well understood and scientists are investigating all potential aspects of this mysterious disease. Geomyces destructans appears to infect hibernating bats as their bodies are cold and amenable to its growth. Infected bats may arouse from hibernation to attempt to deal with the fungal infection and in doing so prematurely burn up their fat stores and starve to death in midwinter. Affected bats have been observed flying outside during the day in winter, found dead or dying on the ground, or on buildings, trees or other structures during winter, or not arousing at all after being disturbed.
Bats Matter
Bats are an essential and beneficial part of the ecosystem. They play critical roles in insect control, plant pollination, seed dissemination, cave ecosystems, and provide food for other animals. There are 16 species of bats found in Oregon and Washington, most of which hibernate in caves. Hundreds and hundreds of caves exist on national forest land as well as other private and federal lands in Oregon and Washington.
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One tool to remind ourselves of what is possible when it comes to 'rare' natural events is science.
Next time you're sitting on the chair lift waiting to take that next run at Kirkwood, look around at these beautiful mountains and picture the ancient volcanic landscape that created the terrain.
The geologic history of the greater Bay Area helps explain the unique geometry of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
El Niño is the nickname of the climate pattern called the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO.
USGS geologists are finding that Gold Rush-induced sediment levels in the San Francisco bay might be diminishing.
San Gregorio State Beach is approximately 40 miles south of San Francisco near the junction of Highway 1 and 84. This beach is one of my favorite spots along the coast between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz.
Mapping of the underwater topography (called bathymetry) reveals landscapes fundamental to understanding the Bay Area's unique geology. The Golden Gate strait connects the San Francisco Bay to the open Pacific Ocean and is only one mile across.
The combination of steep terrain and the geology of the Devil's Slide area have made this area prone to landslides since Highway 1 was constructed in the mid 1930s.
Although it may not be obvious at first glance, the bay side of San Francisco is largely artificial.
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Not unlike on land, features of the undersea landscape - such as Monterey submarine canyon - have a significant influence on the quantities and diversity of animals.
Point Reyes National Seashore is not only a haven for birds and other wildlife but has a geologic story that is uniquely Californian. Learn about this area in the first in a series of posts highlighting the geology of the Bay Area's scenic landscapes.
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|Reviews for On the Wings of the Storm
| legolasgirl77 chapter 2 . 12/16/2014
Mouauaua ! i want to know so bad what was his answer to this question !
| legolasgirl77 chapter 1 . 12/16/2014
Starts weel. But I want them to fight before falling in love :)
| biddle29 chapter 31 . 9/7/2014
That was an absolutely beautiful story! I literally read that in a day it was so good! I loved it! :D
| Antwonette chapter 31 . 8/8/2014
Beautiful. Ravishing. Absolutely, positively amazing!
After watching the Desolation of Smaug three times in the past three days, my love for LOTR was rekindled. On a whim, I popped up and who would've thought that the very first story I stumbled upon would be so wonderfully written! Filled with emotions enough to bring me to tears, make my heart clench, my breathing stall in my throat. It was a beautiful tale, and I couldn't help but to appreciate how you used the books for references, incorporated the main storyline, stuck to the standards of the time, and wove fact with fiction. It was AMAZING! I can't tell you how many hours I spent reading all 31 chapters; it is now 3:09 AM where I am and I'm exhausted and bleary-eyed, but I will undoubtedly implore my humble thanks for such a heartfelt, gripping, and romantic tale! It was exactly what I was hoping to stumble upon! Perfect! Bravo! I enjoy reading more (if there is more; that will have to wait until tomorrow to be discovered!) You, your creation, and your impeccable writing are a joy to have found.
| Guest chapter 31 . 7/19/2014
Well, thank you for that! Don't quite know what to do with myself now that's it's over,
| Guest chapter 29 . 7/19/2014
Dad's speech got me in the feels and the sword toss? Oh my!
| Guest chapter 25 . 7/19/2014
We all need purpose in life. Brought a tear to my eye.
| H.Chris.H chapter 20 . 7/19/2014
The hole in the floor leading to the rain gutters…you answered a life long question I didn't know I had.
| H.Chris.H chapter 16 . 7/19/2014
A bath, with an elf was just was we needed :)
| H.Chris.H chapter 15 . 7/19/2014
I'm enjoying this very much, great tension, believable angst, limited tears and a splash of cannon for context. Looks like I'm not getting my chores done today. :)
| H.Chris.H chapter 1 . 7/18/2014
No crying…always a good sign for a first chapter :)
| mh21 chapter 31 . 6/25/2014
What a perfect story. So well written and I adored both characters, their romance was wonderful and so sweet. You certainly know your Tolkein as well - the attention to detail and elegant dialogue was beautiful and just right. I couldn't stop reading, which was surprising for me because I went into this expecting to be bored (I usually prefer stories where a girl from earths falls into Middle earth). I can't wait to read more of your stories. Thank you for sharing this, I'm adding it to my favorites!
| Guest chapter 31 . 6/21/2014
This is a masterpiece. Please write more E/L stories, I beseech you.
| Berry Smoothie chapter 31 . 2/26/2014
oh my god this is so brilliant
| Guest chapter 12 . 2/21/2014
I love this story, I absolutely love it. But what I don't get about this chapter is why it's such a big deal that she's leaving for Helm's Deep. I mean, she's never been to Rohan before, wouldn't it be normal for her to take short trips to see different parts of it? It's not like she's going there permanently. Also, Eomer is leaving Edoras as well, he's not staying there. Why is it a big deal that Lothiriel isn't at Edoras since Eomer is hardly there himself?
In closing, I just want to reiterate that I do love this story - it's the best Eomer-Lothiriel dynamic I've read so far, and consequently one of the best LotR stories I've read. A HUGE round of applause to you! You have such a gift for storytelling!