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Golden snub-nosed monkey
The golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is an Old World monkey in the Colobinae subfamily.[1] It is endemic to a small area in temperate, mountainous forests of central and Southwest China.[3] They inhabit these mountainous forests of Southwestern China at elevations of 1,500-3,400 m above sea level.[4] The Chinese name is Sichuan golden hair monkey (川金丝猴). It is also widely referred to as the Sichuan snub-nosed monkey.[4][5][6] Of the three species of snub-nosed monkeys in China, the golden snub-nosed monkey is the most widely distributed throughout China.[4]
Snow occurs frequently within its range and it can withstand colder average temperatures than any other non-human primates.[7] Its diet varies markedly with the seasons, but it is primarily an herbivore with lichens being its main food source. It is diurnal and largely arboreal, spending some 97% of their time in the canopy. There are three subspecies. Population estimates range from 8,000 to 15,000 and it is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
Although typical colobine monkeys are largely arboreal quadrupeds and live in the canopies of moist tropical forests, there are a number of exceptions. The genus Rhinopithecus is unusual among colobines in having forelimbs almost as long as their hind limbs and ischial callosities separated in males and females.[8]
Found in the highly seasonal deciduous coniferous mixed forests in Hubei, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Sichuan, where the monkeys experience severe winters with snow cover for 4 months and lowest average temperature of any non-human primate in the world.[8]
Biologists presently identify three subspecies of this monkey,[1] which can be distinguished primarily by the length of their tails, as well as by certain skeletal and dental features.[2] The dense human settlement of much of eastern Sichuan and the Han River valley of southern Shaanxi creates geographical separation between the three subspecies.
- Moupin golden snub-nosed monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana roxellana. This subspecies is found in the mountainous areas flanking the Sichuan Basin from the west and north. According to the estimates made between 1995 and 2006, the population includes some 10,000 individuals, living mostly in Sichuan. Of them, some 6,000 lived in the Min Mountains of northern Sichuan, 3,500 in the Qionglai Mountains further west, and 500 in the Daxiangling and Xiaoxiangling ranges of south-central Sichuan. Smaller groups are also found just north of Sichuan border, in the border counties of Gansu (Wen County; about 800 individuals in 8 troops) and Shaanxi (Ningqiang County, about 170-200 individuals in 1 or 2 troops).[2]
- Qinling golden snub-nosed monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana qinlingensis. According to an estimate published in 2001, this subspecies included some 3,800-4,000 individuals (about half of them adults) in 39 in Qinling Mountains of southern Gansu.[2] The Qinling Mountains are separated from the more southern Min - Daba Mountains belt by the wide and comparatively densely populated Han River valley.[9]
- Hubei golden snub-nosed monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana hubeiensis. Members of this subspecies reside in the Daba Mountains (in particular, their Shennongjia section) of the westernmost Hubei (Shennongjia Forest District, Fang, Xingshan and Badong counties) and the northeaster Chongqing Municipality.[2][10] According to a 1998 estimate, the population included 600-1,000 individuals in 5-6 troops.[2] In 2005, the management of the Shennongjia Nature Reserve reported that the population had grown between 1990 and 2005 from 500 to over 1200.[11]
Physical characteristics
The adult and subadult golden snub-nosed monkey is sexually dimorphic.
Adult males (estimated at over 7 years of age) have large bodies covered with very long, golden guard hairs on their backs and cape area. The crest is medium brown while the back, crown to nape, arms and outer thighs are deep brown. The brown crest also contains physically upright hairs, which the shape are useful for individual identification.[4] Also, when their mouths are open, researchers can observe long canines.
Subadult males (estimated at 5–7 years of age) have a similar sized body as the fully developed male adult, but have a more slender body. The golden guard hairs on the cape are short and sparse, and their median brown crests show microbanding, while also turning from a brown color.[4]
Adult females (estimated at over 5 years of age) are smaller in size and are about half the size of adult males. The dorsum, crow to nape, cape, arms and outer thighs are brown to deep brown in some of the older females.[4] However, golden guard hairs are also present on the back and cape area, but they are shorter in length than in the males. The brown crest shows microbanding. Their breasts and nipples are large and easily visible which is also useful for identification. After pregnancy, it is common to observe infants and newborns hanging beneath the abdomen of females when they are climbing or walking.[4]
Subadult females (estimated at 3–4 years old) are smaller than adult females and are about two-thirds the size. The body hair is brown, gradually turning golden but lacking the beautiful golden guard hairs. Their median brown crest also shows microbanding. Their breasts and nipples are also not as large as they are in adult females.[4]
Juveniles (ranging from at least 1 year of age to 3 years old) are quite small, being less than two-thirds the size of adult females. Their body hair is light brown, gradually turning reddish gold. The rest of their body (dorsum, crown to nape, cape, arms and outer thighs) hair is brown. Golden hairs in the dorsum or cape area are not recognizable nor is the median brown crest present in subadult to adult females and males.[4] Sexual discrimination is difficult because their external genital organs are underdeveloped.
Infants (estimated at 3 months to 1 year old) are light brownish gray or light brown, appearing white in sunlight. They are often observed playing with juveniles or other infants, but are noted to spend most of their time beside their mothers or sucking milk.[4] They are also observed clinging from the front of their mothers (primarily the lower abdomen) for protection, feeding, and nurturing. Their sex of the individual cannot be distinguished at this point of time as well as in Newborns.
Newborn babies (estimated at less than 3 months of age) are dark to light gray. They turn light brownish grey after about 2 months.[4] They are also observed rarely leaving their mothers or other females carrying them, known as alloparenting. Sex at this time is indistinguishable.
Habitat and distribution
The distribution range of the golden snub-nosed monkey is limited to the mountains in four provinces in China: Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Hubei.[2][12] This monkey is found at elevations of 1,500-3,400 m. It lives at different elevations and increases or decreases the size of its home range with the change of seasons. The change in home range size and location is dependent upon the availability and distribution of food. The total area covered by its seasonal home ranges is surprisingly large for an arboreal species. One of the largest home ranges found covered 40 km2.[5]
The golden snub-nosed monkey lives in temperate areas. It is limited to broadleaf deciduous, broadleaf deciduous-conifer mixed, or conifer forests.[5]
In a study from 2000-2003 that was conducted in an area surrounding Yuhuangmiao village in Zhouzhi National Nature Reserve, in the Shaanxi Province in China, many methods were used to observe the Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys.[4] The average annual temperature observed over the study period was 6.4°C with a minimum of -8.3°C in January and a maximum of 21.7°C in July.[4] These temperatures observed are blamed for the limited vegetation of the monkeys. The vegetation varies with altitude from deciduous broadleaf forests at low elevations to mixed coniferous broadleaf forests above 2,200 m and coniferous forests above 2,600 m.[4]
The golden snub-nosed monkey is found in groups ranging in size from 5-10 individuals to bands of about 600.[5] The social organization of this species can be quite complex. The one-male-units (OMUs) are the basic social unit within groups of golden snub-nosed monkeys with many of the OMUs forming a bigger group. These multi-tier societies consist of several OMUs that include one adult male plus a number of adult females and their offspring. Some observers have even come to conclude that these large foraging groups are multi-male and multi-female societies.[13]
The male may stay solitary, often remaining away from the rest of the group members as they rest. Adult females tend to socialize more with one another than with other males or juveniles. Group members remain close to one another, interactions between different OMUs often result in confrontations.[4] Females of the golden snub-nosed monkey are usually observed to form several close associations with other females. However in conflicts against other units in the surrounding site, both males and females support each other, while also protecting their young (usually observed at a distance by putting the young in the center of the pack).[4]
Protecting the young is a group effort. Mothers often have helpers assisting them with the care of their young.[14] When faced with danger from a predator such as the Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), the young are placed at the center of the group while the stronger adult males go to the scene of the alarm. The rest of the day, the members of the group remain closer to one another with the young protected at the center.[15]
There is little information available on the sleeping cluster patterns of the Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys. However, in a detailed observation of the free-ranging band in the Qinling Mountains in central China, results have suggested that winter night activity of Rhinopithecus Roxellana is a compromise between antipredator and thermoregulatory strategies and an adaptation to ecological conditions of their temperate habitat.[16] Keeping warm is critical for survival in freezing temperatures, but their thick coats can provide this warmth as well as sleeping in these clusters. Monkeys often sleep in the lower stratum of the tree canopy, avoiding the upper canopy where it is cold and windy. They form larger sleeping clusters at night than in the daytime. The most common types of night-sleeping clusters were adult females and their young, followed by adult females with other adult females.[16] Adult males are usually observed sleeping by themselves or on the lookout for predators or dangers.
There are several hypotheses to explain the formation of sleeping clusters, the most important one being a thermoregulatory process. The thermoregulatory hypothesis suggests that a primary function of sleeping in clusters is the conservation of heat during cold temperatures.[16] Along with thermoregulation, safety from predators is an important principle underlying the formation of sleeping clusters in primates. This antipredation hypothesis suggest that increased cohesion and large sleeping congregations might facilitate predator detection and enhance group defense.[16]
Females are sexually mature at about 5 years old. Males are sexually mature at about 5–7 years old.[4] Mating may occur throughout the year but peaks in the month of October. This approximates gestation at 6–7 months in length. The golden snub-nosed monkey gives birth from March to June.[17]
In primate research, although male-male competition for mates and female mate choice are the common causes of sexual selection, female-female competition over males is especially important in polygynous species.[18] The Sichuan snub-nosed monkey is a seasonal breeding species of colobine endemic to China, and lives in a multi-level social system. Because the basic social and reproductive unit is the harem or one male unit (OMU), which consists of a single resident male, a number of adult females, sub-adult females, juveniles and infants, it has been suggested that sexual competition in this polygynous species is skewed. Females faced with multiple competitors will exhibit a high level of sexual competition, while the single resident male will not experience within-group sexual competition.[citation needed]
The golden snub-nosed monkey eats (from greatest to least in amount) lichens, young leaves, fruits or seeds, buds, mature leaves, herbs, bark, and flowers. This diet varies from season to season, showing a correlation once again between food availability and home range. This diet also shows a complicated seasonal variation. The monthly diet varies from primarily lichen eater between November and April, to a mixture of folivore and lichen eater from May to July, and to a mixture of frugivore (or seed eater) and lichen eater or primarily lichen eater between August and October.[8] For this seasonal variation, the amount of lichens consumed appears to decrease in the summer with the greater availability of fruit or seeds. The monkeys' preferred lichen species seem to be Connus controversa, Cerasus discadenia, Salix willichiana, and Malus halliana. Lichens are found in great profusion on dead trees.[6]
This primate prefers to forage in larger trees of a tree species, and spends most of the time using primary forest and young forest, rarely uses shrub forest and does not use grassland.[8] Even though they primarily forest in the trees and sometimes on the ground, they have certain predators to be aware of. Both mammal predators, such as red dog (Cuon alpinus), wolf (Canis lupus), asiatic golden cat (Catapuma temmincki), and leopard (Panthera pardus), and eagle predators, like golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) and Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis).[8]
The golden snub-nosed monkey is endangered due to habitat loss. For instance, lichens are the main staple of the monkey's diet and dead trees have the greatest lichen coverage. Unfortunately, dead trees are harvested, thus reducing the quality of the habitat and availability of food. The monkey is a highly selective feeder, so damage to its habitat seriously impacts the species.[5]
This primate is found in a number of protected areas, including Baihe Nature Reserve, Foping National Nature Reserve, Shennongjia National Geopark and Wanglang National Nature Reserve. The golden snub-nosed monkey is also listed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meaning that international trade in this species is prohibited.[2]
See also
- ^ a b c Groves, C. P. (2005). In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 174. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Yongcheng, L. & Richardson, M. (2008). Rhinopithecus roxellana. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ Guo, Songtao, Li, Baoguo, Watanabe, Kunio (October 2007). "Diet and activity budget of Rhinopithecus roxellana in the Qinling Mountains, China". Primates: Journal of Primatology 48 (4): 268–276.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Zhang, Peng, Watanabe, Kunio, Li, Baoguo, Tan, Chia L (October 2006). "Social Organization of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithcus roxellana) in the Qinling Mountains, Central China". Primates 47 (4): 374–382. doi:10.1007/s10329-006-0178-8. PMID 16625309.
- ^ a b c d e Li, Baoguo, Chen, Chao, Ji, Weihong, Ren, Baoping (2000). "Seasonal Home Range Changes of the Sichuan Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) in the Qinling Mountains of China". Folia Primatologica: International Journal of Primatology 7: 375–386.
- ^ a b Yiming, Li (May 2005). "Seasonal variation of diet and food availability in a group of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys in Shennongjia Nature Reserve, China". American Journal of Primatology 68 (3): 217–233. doi:10.1002/ajp.20220. PMID 16477596.
- ^ Gron, K.J. (2007). "Primate Factsheets: Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology". Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ a b c d e Li, Yiming. (2007). Terrestriality and tree stratum use in a group of sichuan snub-nosed monkeys. Primates, 48(3), 197-207. doi:10.1007/s10329-006-0035-9
- ^ E.g., 使用中国地图集 (Shiyong Zhongguo Dituji, "Practical Atlas of China"), 2008, ISBN 978-7-5031-4772-2; map of Shaanxi on pp. 162-163
- ^ Chongqing Municipality was separated from Sichuan Province in 1997, and included much of Sichuan's part of the Daba Mountains, and all of former Sichuan-Hubei border. Thus older sources referring to the "northeastern Sichuan", may often mean counties transferred to the new Chongqing Municipality.
- ^ Number of golden monkeys doubled (Xinhua, www.chinaview.cn, 2005-08-08)
- ^ IUCN Range map
- ^ Zhang, Peng, Watanabe, Kunio, Li, Baoguo, Tan, Chia L (October 2006). "Social Organization of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithcus roxellana) in the Qinling Mountains, Central China". Primates 47 (4): 374–382 (http://www.springerlink.com/content/ep326v4886519434/)
- ^ Xi, Wenzhong, Li, Baoguo, Zhao, Dapeng, Ji, Weihong, Zhang, Peng (June 2008). "Benefits to Female Helpers in Wild Rhinopithecus roxellana". International Journal of Primatology 29 (3): 593–600. doi:10.1007/s10764-008-9260-y.
- ^ Zhang, Shuyi, Ren, Baoping, Li, Baoguo (1999). "A Juvenile Sichuan Golden Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxelanna) Predated by a Goshawk (Accipter gentilis) in the Qinling Mountains". Folia Primatologica: International Journal of Primatology 70: 175–176. doi:10.1159/000021693.
- ^ a b c d Zhang, P., Li, B., Watanabe, K., & Qi, X. (2011). Sleeping cluster patterns and retiring behaviors during winter in a free-ranging band of the sichuan snub-nosed monkey. Primates, 52(3), 221-8. doi:10.1007/s10329-011-0241-y
- ^ Zhang, Shuyi, Liang, Bing, Wang, Lixin (2000). "Seasonality of Matings and Births in Captive Sichuan Golden Monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)". American Journal of Primatology 51 (4): 265–269. doi:10.1002/1098-2345(200008)51:4<265::AID-AJP6>3.0.CO;2-8. PMID 10941443.
- ^ Li, B., & Zhao, D. (2007). Copulation behavior within one-male groups of wild rhinopithecus roxellana in the qinling mountains of china. Primates, 48(3), 190-6. doi:10.1007/s10329-006-0029-7


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In short: Great scenery, Great puddles and Great fun.In full: Mud and puddles made this interesting this year, if slower. Excellent break from the norm! Will be back for more.Date of review: November 16, 2008
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In short: Turned into a long flat X Country raceIn full: First half for many years and thoroughly enjoyed it. Conditions added on a few mins. but not really a problem. One suggestion-IPODDERS are a bit of a menace in these conditions-too narrow and can't hear runners behind. Well done Purple Patch!Date of review: November 10, 2008
In short: Too much mud and not enough overtaking.In full: My first half marathon and I'd been looking forward to it for ages hoping to beat the 1h45 a friend set in the GNR on his first. I thought that with a much smaller event I'd have a decent chance, but if you can't over take without sprinting past people in the short gaps available and you've got to concentrate on your footing all the time then you've no chance of a PB.I enjoyed it, but it's not my kind of run so I doub't I'd do it again.Date of review: November 10, 2008
In short: great day -shame about the wind and mud......In full: however what do you expect for November? It could have been worse and rained as well!! This was my first half and I really enjoyed it. The organisation was great, the marshalls encouraging,people friendly and the route well signed. Well done to everyone for not falling in the canal!Date of review: November 10, 2008
In short: Nice flat route just a shame about the mud!Date of review: November 10, 2008
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Right, wrong differ from legality
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One common, and amusing, retort I encounter whenever I point out that not all laws are equally moral or ethical, is "It's the LAW; you have to obey whether you agree or not." Usually that is followed by some personal ins-ults and innuendo.
It is a pathetic excuse for an argument. The first thing bad government (but I repeat myself) does is make its own abuses "legal." It fools those who just want to do the right thing into taking the side of the bad guys.
Remember that there is right and there is wrong, and legality has less to do with rightness with each passing day. Suppose history repeats itself and suddenly a segment of the population — in the past it has been Jews and runaway slaves — is forced into hiding in order to survive. The law also demands you report any of those in hiding or you become a criminal just like they are. Would you obey the law? Would you ridicule and report those who refused to obey the law? It would, after all, be "the law."
If you would, I pity you. I still will not obey laws that violate the basic, inborn natural human rights of others, even people I don't particularly like. My conscience is more valuable than is the feeling of being a "good citizen" by doing the bidding of those who believe they have the authority to rule.
Plus, there is a glaring inconsistency. We are expected to obey everything government imposes upon us, yet government employees conveniently forget to obey the laws that bind them. And, judging from recent history, they can't generally be held accountable.
Legally, as amendments, the Bill of Rights supersedes anything in the body of the Constitution. Where the two clash, the Bill of Rights is the supreme law of the land. That means every gun "law," no matter how minor, is illegal, and enforcing it is a serious crime. Yet, how many enforcers end up in jail for enforcing gun regulations and prohibitions?
It also means that the constitutional mandate for government employees to stay out of your home and papers (and today, your car, computer and phone records) except in severely limited circumstances is rock solid. Any "fishing expedition"-type searches are illegal. Contrary to the clear intent of the law, warrants are rubber-stamped with no specific criteria, usually to enforce laws that the Constitution clearly prohibits.
In the coming years, as things average citizens care about become just as illegal as those things they don't, I will be amused to see the shift in attitudes, and will be thinking "Welcome to the party, pal."


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TaxonomyUnlike American or European lobsters spiny lobsters do not have large claws. Instead they defend themselves with their whip-like antennae. These have numerous spines that also occur on their body, which gives them their common name.The first part of their scientific name Panulirus derived from Palinurus the helmsman of Aeneas' ship in Roman mythology, referring to their wandering habit. The second part, argus, refers to the giant of Greek mythology who had a hundred eyes. It is the four large 'eye-spots' on their tail that distinguishes P. argus from other spiny lobsters in the Caribbean.


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Thanks, man. It's fine to like or hate a performer, or most of their stuff. Opinions are like..well you know. But if there was an anti-Paul forum, and I'm sure there MUST be somewhere, I wouldn't be going there to just argue with people all day. And none of those folks seem to get that we all have disagreements--but it's mostly well-behaved. We also all have our own personal Paul pet-peeve songs that we hate. Macca is human. He has flaws. SO what--so does everyone else.
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Spotted seahorses are the most valuable species in the traditional Chinese medicine trade (TCM) due to their large size, smooth texture, and pale complexion when dried (Project Seahorse et al, 2003). According to traders, TCM books, and recent pharmacological studies, seahorses can regulate urinogenital, reproductive, nervous, endocrine, and immune systems as well as mimic certain hormones related to aging, tumor development, and fatigue (Zhang et al., 2003). None of these uses, however, have been tested. The global consumption of seahorses for medicinal purposes during the year 2001 alone has been estimated at 25 million seahorses or 70 metric tones ("Project Seahorse", 2003). ("The biology of seahorses", 2003; Foster, Marsden, and Vincent, 2003; Zhang et al., 2003)
Spotted seahorses are very popular among aquatic collectors as a favorite aquarium fish (Lally and Hough, 1999). Over 51 nations and territories are involved in buying and selling H. kuda and its relatives (Job et al., 2002). The largest known exporters of seahorses are Thailand, Vietnam, India, and the Philippines, and the bulk of seahorses are fished from the Indo-Pacific region (Xu et al., 2003). (Job et al., 2002; Zhang et al., 2003)
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MANCHESTER — About 900 people who pay for parking through a meter left on their car dashboard will need to swap their devices for new ones starting later this month.
The city needed to get a new vendor after the company it was using went out of business, according to Denise Boutilier, the city's parking manager.
But customers shouldn't worry.
"They're not going to lose any money," she said.
Starting Sept. 23, customers of the in-vehicle parking meters can swap their current device for a new one.
"We will transfer the balance of the old meter onto the new meter," she said. Or customers can spend down their balances to zero. If people no longer have balances, they will have to pay at the meters or kiosks to park until they get new meters.
People will need to register their new devices online. A registered credit card pays for the meter use.
The new devices also can be used in Portsmouth and Dover because those cities use the same company, OTI/EasyPark, she said."You only pay for the actual amount of time the meter's running," Boutilier said.
People without the devices pay for a set amount of time, say 75 cents an hour, and don't get any money back if they leave their spots early. But not with the meters.
"I've run in and out of CVS and it's only charged me a penny," she said.
People pull up to a metered parking space, check what zone they are in and set their meter for that zone, she said.
"You don't have to go to a kiosk" to pay and then put the receipt on the dashboard, Boutilier said.Those not currently customers can pick up a device at the city parking office at 25 Vine St. for $29.95 preloaded with $10 worth of parking. The office is open weekdays from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m.There will be no cost to those getting a replacement device, she said.
Robin Comstock, president and CEO of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, called them "an incredible asset."
"It just makes conducting business, doing business, circulating around downtown whether a business person, resident or guest easier," Comstock said.
Comstock, who has a meter but typically walks between downtown meetings, called the system "very progressive and forward-thinking."
She said the "business community greatly appreciates how this system makes parking easier and paying for parking easier."
The company that made the "iPark" meters, ePark Systems Inc., of Woodland, Wash., declared bankruptcy Tuesday, according to the Washington Post.
Friday, the company's website said: "ePark Systems, Inc. is in the process of shutting down its operations and will no longer be able to provide support for customers who have purchased its products."
The website referred the company's Manchester customers to Boutilier's contact information.


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* Any Equipment and/or Park fees when diving are not included and must be paid in Cozumel.
* Holiday Blackout dates Apply.
* Feb 1 April 16 period only : non-diving 6-11 yrs are $50 (retail) per night
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Combo Promotion Packages available
January 3, 2017 to December 15, 2017
Dates 2017
Combo Promotion Packages are not available 5 days
before or 5 days after the following U.S. Legal Holidays:
CARNAVAL ~ February 28 ===> Feb 21 - March 3
Easter Sunday ~ April 16 ===> April 10 - April 21
Memorial Day ~ May 29 ===> May 24 - June 3
Independence Day ~ July 4 ===> June 29 July 9
Labor Day ~ September 7 ===> Aug 30 Sept 9
Thanksgiving ~ November 26 ===> Nov 18 Nov 28
December Holiday Period ===> Dec 16 Jan 2
NOTE: No Combo packages available during
December holiday period (packages begin again on Jan 3)
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$2 Per Diver Per Day Marine Park Fee Not Included
Equipment Rental Not Included
Flights/Transfers not Included
All Dive Paradise packages include a "Bienvenidos" (welcome) tank for practice shore dive on arrival date.
Non-diver accomodations must be shared with diver.
All posted rates in US$ and include the 10% "Mexican Government Tax".
Day dives are "Caribbean" 2-tank boat dives, afternoon dives are single tank boat dives. To convert to 3 tank trips add $30 per day.
The morning dive trips are "Caribbean" style. They utilize a big boat and include a snack, water/soft drinks, use of tanks, weights, belt, and an in-water divemaster. No upgrades are permitted unless space is available. There is an additional US$10 (per trip) surcharge for all upgrades. NOTE: "Express" boats can only accommodate 2 dives per trip because of space limitations therefore the third dive (available on the "Caribbean" trip) is forfeited.
A 50% deposit is required to confirm reservation unless otherwise stated.
There are absolutely NO CHANGES to the packages as shown (other than stated) and no refunds will be granted for unused services.
Promotional packages are not available during certain "blackout" dates - see listing above
Any cancellations must be made at least 21 days before arrival in high season and 7 days prior to arrival in low season.
Each 14th package is complimentary. No other "comp" structure is available with these packages.
Vouchers (from booking agency) for diving services must be presented at Dive Paradise's main store, 602 Melgar Ave., or one of our branches at Barracuda, Hotel Cozumel & Resort or Villablanca Hotels at least 12 hours prior to commencement of services.
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Mary Johnson and Oshea Israel (photo: Brian Mogren)
The death of one's child, I've been told by several people, including my grandmother, is something you never get over. My uncle Dennis died of an accidental gunshot wound when he was a young boy living on a farm outside of New Rockford, North Dakota. My grandma once said that she'd rather lose a husband or her parents before she ever lost another child again. Nearly four decades later, the pain is physically present, palpable and thick with grief and sorrow. It breaks my heart to think about it. And Dennis's death was just an unfortunate accident.
So what Mary Johnson endured 18 years ago and has seen her way through is almost incomprehensible, but it's a marvelous story to behold.
"I just hugged the man who murdered my son."
In 1993, Oshea Israel was a teenage gang member in Minneapolis, Minnesota. One night at a party, he got into a fight with Laramiun Byrd — Mary Johnson's only child — pulled a gun, and shot and killed him.
Convicted of second-degree murder, Israel was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Twelve years after his sentencing, Johnson asked to meet her son's killer.
The experience transformed both Israel and Johnson. Now 34, Oshea has finished serving his prison sentence. They are friends working together to share their story.
In this interview from StoryCorps (audio above), they speak in loving terms about one another and talk about forgiveness, pain, and the love and mercy of a woman who embraces a man she could rightfully have hated.
Unnatural deaths caused by accidents are unbearable enough, but to lose a child at the willing hands of another individual, I imagine for most parents, might precipitate into bitterness, anger, rage. For Mary Johnson, it became a redemptive moment, an opportunity to transcend the violence. She founded From Death to Life, an organization that supports mothers who have lost children to homicide, and encourages forgiveness between families of murderers and victims. And, Oshea Israel, he's going to college.


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LBOM, or the "L-Bomb," as I like to call it, began when my husband and I bought our first house in 2005. We thought that to be "real adults" we had to buy a house. It was the height of the market, and we'd been outbid on four previous offers. Our desperation to buy caused us to act irrationally.
After using all of our savings for a 5% down payment, we took on a mortgage payment that ate up 30% of our net monthly income. I suggest to clients that it should never be more than 20%.
Six years and two babies later, our monthly expenses are $12,000 while our net income is only $10,000. After three months of putting my kids' daycare payment on a credit card and seeing our revolving debt snowball to $40,000, something had to give. And it was our pride.
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Hunt 6211: CWMU Bull moose
Jacob's Creek
Season dates
9-1-2014 to 10-31-2014
- Nonresident permits: No
- Resident permits: 1
- Total permits: 1
The Wildlife Board establishes timeframes for hunting on CWMUs. Hunters should expect to hunt at least five days within these timeframes
Type: CWMU
Species: Bull moose
Weapon: Any legal weapon
Jacob's Creek
DescriptionThe Jacobs Creek Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) is west of Morgan, Utah on the Morgan County side of the Davis � Morgan County boundaries. Higher elevation are on the west side of the Unit, ranging from 9200 feet in the north to 9300 feet in the middle, then dropping to 9000 feet in the south. Jacobs Creek is a drainage in the northern part of the Unit. It ranges from 8600 feet to 5000 feet. Petersen Creek flows west to east and has three forks. The Right Fork starts about 8800 feet elevation, 7500 feet for the Middle Fork, and 7600 feet for the Left Fork. Petersen Creek exits the Unit at 5000 feet. Another west to east drainage that has three forks is Dalton Creek. The Right Fork of Dalton Creek starts at 7400 feet, the Middle Fork at 7700 feet and the Left Fork at 7500 feet. After converging into Dalton Creek the forks exit the Unit at 5500 feet. Two other drainages are Smith Creek ( 8200 feet to 6600 feet) and Line Creek ( 8700 feet to 6800 feet) drain the Unit. The most common elevation is 5700 feet but ranges from 4900 feet to 9300 feet with an elevation difference of 4400 feet. Fifty percent (50%) of the CWMU elevation ranges between 6300 feet and 8400 feet an elevation difference of 2100 feet.
Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak-Mixed Montane Shrubland (41) is the dominant land cover typeon the Jacobs Creek Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU). It is mostly located onthe north and east sides of the Unit. Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest and Woodland (22) is another major land cover type on the Unit, it runs down the middle and toward the west side of the Unit. In between the Shrubland and Forest and Woodland are patches of Inter-Mountain Basins Montane Sagebrush Steppe (62). Rocky Mountain Montane Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland (32), Rocky Mountain Montane Dry-Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland (30), and Rocky Mountain Subalpine Mesic Spruce-Fir Forest and Woodland (28) add to the Forest and Woodland character of the Unit. Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland (79) intermixes with lower elevation Forest and Woodland types.
One of the Jacobs Creek Cooperative Wildlife Mangement Unit (CWMU) nearest weather stations, FARMINGTON (422721), is 6.6 KM west of the west edge of the CWMU. FARMINGTON has seventy-two (72) years of records, 1893 - 1965. During the FALL (September, October and November) the average precipitation is 4.61 inches, but it can be as high as 7.83 inches or as low as 1.18 inches. During the 91-day FALL period, 17 days will experience greater than or equal to 0.01 inch of precipitation, 11 days of greater than or equal to 0.10 inch, or 3 days of the greater than or equal to 0.50 inch of precipitation. There can also be 1 day with precipitation greater than or equal to 1.00 inch. Snowfall during the FALL averages 6.8 inches but can be as high as 20.5 inches. FALL temperature at FARMINGTON averages 51.0 degrees F. but can be as high as 98.0 degrees F. or as low as -1.0 degrees F. During the FALL, 30 days will be below freezing (32 degrees F.) and 2 days above 90 degrees F. This map is provided for general reference only and does not constitute a legal hunt boundary. The Division does not guarantee access to any private or public land. Hunt unit boundaries may include private property or other excluded areas.
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July 21, 2008 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Using Satellite Numbers
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- Missouri Voter Registration Application: The Missouri Voter Registration Application (WIC/MVR-1) forms are available at the DHSS warehouse. Please order the form as needed. If you have questions, please contact Takako Tagami at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Missouri WIC Approved Exempt Formulas and Medical Foods: This is to clarify the e-mail notification regarding the discontinuation of non-contract formulas (Effective October 1, 2008). Local WIC providers will still be able to issue the Missouri WIC approved contract infant formulas, exempt formulas, and medical foods to participants. Please review the Missouri WIC Program Reference Sheets for WIC Formulas, WIC Foods, and Food Packages list of formulas. Only the non-contract infant formulas are being discontinued. We will be sending out the revised Missouri WIC Program Reference Sheets for WIC Formulas, WIC Foods, and Food Packages by September 1, 2008.
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Geekgirl wrote:Taste: This is still a good tea, though IMO, if you have access to a good shop or another source, this tea does not make the grade. While it has a good "green" flavor, floral and smooth, there are undertones of the type of bitterness and astringency you get with broken leaves, which are not present in a higher quality tea.
If this were being sold as a standard grade "good" quality BZ, in the sub-$100 range, it might make my list. I have to admit that I am skeptical when a US tea company tries to make the transition to fine teas from blacks, blends and flavors. IME, the teas being offered seldom measure up to small vendors and traditional teashops. Sadly, this tea has done nothing to adjust that perception.
rhondabee wrote:The TKY smells to me for some strange reason like mashed potatoes with a green scent, some roasted notes. Maybe it is actually a buttery smell, not sure. Not really floral to me at all. The flavor of the tea is similar to the scent - buttery/starchy/vegetal(?),
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Franks Twisted Diner Bread
Recipe courtesy of Chris Schwartz, co-owner Franks in Kenosha, WI
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
- 1 egg
- 4 1/2 cups baker's flour
- 1/3 cup powdered milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 ounces wheat bran
- 1 package dry yeast
- 4 ounces yogurt
- 1 -ounce honey
- 1 -ounce butter, melted
- 2 1/2 cups warm water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Beat egg thoroughly and set aside.
Mix flour, powdered milk, salt, wheat bran and yeast in a large bowl. Mix yogurt, honey, butter and water in a separate bowl. Add wet ingredients to dry. Knead mixture for approximately 7 minutes until dough is no longer wet but smooth.
Let rise until doubled in size.
Remove dough from bowl and invert it onto a lightly floured surface. Divide dough into 3 equal parts. Pat dough to make 3 equal strips approximately 10 to 12 inches long and about 1 to 1 1/2-inches thick.
Join the ends of each bread strip and pinch all 3 together. Begin braiding, lapping each strip 1 at a time over the other. Pinch the ends together. Tuck the pinched ends underneath the braided bread. Line a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper. Place the bread on baking sheet. With pastry brush, brush loaf evenly with beaten egg. Allow dough to rise until doubled in size. Bake until lightly brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on a rack.
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Property in APA lawsuit sold
HAWKEYE – Leroy Douglas has sold the Silver Lake property that's the subject of a still-pending, multi-million-dollar federal lawsuit he filed three years ago against the state Adirondack Park Agency and the Adirondack Council.
Records on file with the Clinton County Real Property Office show Douglas sold six parcels totaling 17.1 acres on Island Road in the town of Black Brook earlier this year to Donald Burrell and Kevin Williams for $350,000. The deal does not include the nearby resort and campground Douglas and his family own and operate on Silver Lake.
One of the parcels included in the transaction is an 11-acre lot that was the subject of an enforcement case the APA pursued against Douglas for filling in wetlands to widen an existing road. The violations were resolved by a 2006 settlement agreement, but Douglas claims the Council and its then-chairman, Brian Ruder, a neighbor of Douglas on Silver Lake, conspired with the APA to reopen the enforcement case against him in 2007. He's alleged that Ruder pushed the APA to take action to stop his plans to subdivide and develop the lakefront property, which has been listed in the state's Open Space Conservation Plan.
Douglas' lawyer, Matthew Norfolk of Lake Placid, confirmed that the property had been sold, and he wrote in an email that his client declined to comment. A family member of Douglas told the Enterprise Wednesday that the land was sold to help pay for the mounting legal costs in the case. Douglas had planned to subdivide the land into smaller building lots and sell them for much more than the $350,000, the family member said.
"The whole point of subdividing the land was to sell the lots for a profit," wrote Norfolk, who said his legal fees weren't paid from the proceeds of the sale of the lots. "Part of the pending lawsuit is a claim that the development and sales of the lots were foiled by the repetitive and unlawful APA enforcement proceeding that we allege was commenced, at least in part, due to Brian Ruder's directive."
The sale of the land was mentioned in a recent status update on the lawsuit filed by the Council's attorney. Norfolk said it doesn't affect the merits of Douglas' case.
"The fact that it was in (the status update) had to do with issues of if they want to look at the property and inspect it," Norfolk said. "If the defendants want to inspect it for whatever reason, we can't necessarily give permission now. They're going to have to get it from the current landowner."
Douglas filed the suit in March 2010, seeking more than $67 million plus punitive damages and attorney fees.
In September of last year, a federal judge dismissed many of Douglas' claims against the Council and the APA, but he left enough for the case to proceed to trial, including Douglas' claim that the state agency and the environmental advocacy group conspired to reopen the enforcement case against him.
In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby specifically referred to allegations that Ruder and APA employee Doug Miller had a phone conversation, which Ruder later summarized in a lengthy email message to Miller, that spelled out a plan of action for the agency to take against Douglas, including offers from Ruder to provide legal assistance to the APA.
The Council has said its communications with the APA are "protected speech and petitioning of government," but Suddaby's decision said the lawsuit alleges facts "plausibly suggesting that the (Adirondack Council) defendants and the APA defendants reached a meeting of the minds as to what actions to take against (Douglas)."
Since the decision, Norfolk said both sides have been exchanging documents in preparation for a trial, which is scheduled to take place in Plattsburgh sometime next year.
In recent months, both sides have agreed to let Hawkeye Conservationists, a nonprofit Silver Lake-area conservation group that Ruder had also been affiliated with, out of the case.
"The more we looked at what we could get for paperwork or everything we had, there wasn't really any outcry from Hawkeye Conservationists about the Douglas Corporation," Norfolk said. "That's why we agreed to it. We said, 'Look, maybe we don't need to have this more complicated than it needs to be with another party that had nothing to do with this" So we dismissed it without prejudice. In the event something were to show up, we could arguably bring it back."
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Weishoff Named U.S. Women's Team Assistant Coach
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 14, 2010) – U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) announced today that he has added Paula Weishoff to his coaching staff as an assistant coach. She formally starts with the U.S. Women's National Team on May 1 and will remain in the role through the 2012 Olympic Games.
"We are very excited to have Paula join our staff," McCutcheon said. "She is a wonderful volleyball coach and we expect her knowledge and experience to be invaluable. We could not have hired a better person for this job."
Weishoff (Huntington Beach, Calif.), a three-time Olympian for the U.S. Women's National Team, will continue to serve as head women's volleyball coach at the University of California, Irvine while holding her National Team position. Weishoff recently completed her second year as head coach at UC Irvine this fall.
"The chance to be able to work with Hugh, Karch (Kiraly), Jamie (Morrison), the rest of the USA Volleyball staff and players is an incredible opportunity," Weishoff said. "When Hugh came to me and asked if I wanted to come help coach the U.S. Women's National Team, I thought 'Wow, what a privilege.' It is a chance to maybe go and coach at an Olympics. I have played at the Olympics, but I have not coached at an Olympics."
Weishoff put much thought into the decision before taking on the extra coaching role outside of the UC Irvine athletic department. Before accepting her larger role with the U.S. Women's National Team, she first wanted the blessing of her supervisors at UC Irvine.
"The fact my athletic director was so supportive of this whole decision and being 100 percent on board helped make the decision easier," Weishoff said. "The athletic administration here thinks it can only one, help the sport of volleyball and two, the sport of volleyball here at UCI. Many other athletic directors may have hesitated because of the effect it would have on our team. So the ability to coach both is kind of a unique situation."
"We are excited that Paula has this opportunity," UC Irvine Athletic Director Mike Izzi said. "We have several head coaches working with U.S. National teams and I think the knowledge that they gain working with these elite athletes and coaches not only make them better coaches, but benefits our program as well."
John Speraw, the head men's volleyball coach at UC Irvine, held a similar dual role as an assistant coach with the U.S. Men's National Team and helped the squad to a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Courtesy of FIVB "We are delighted to welcome Paula to our National Team staff as she will be a tremendous asset to the team, not only because of her remarkable playing career, but also her experience and success as a coach at all levels," USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Doug Beal said. "She has already spent a significant amount of time with Hugh, (assistant coach) Karch Kiraly and the team during the first two years of the quadrennial, so I envision this as a seamless transition in 2011 as the team works toward qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games."
Weishoff states that she is fortunate that everyone involved is willing to work with the dual role, one that keeps her a part of the UC Irvine staff while assisting with the U.S. Women's National Team.
"I think it is important that people know that I am still part of the UCI staff, and I am not leaving the team to go on just a volleyball trip," Weishoff said. "This is something that has been planned. We have talked with the players, Doug Beal, Mike Izzi and the rest of my administration. Everyone is willing to make this happen. In that sense, I am lucky everyone is on board."
Despite doubling up the workload, Weishoff is prepared for the extra hours to handle both roles.
Weishoff is no stranger to the U.S. Women's National Team and High Performance pipeline. She served as an assistant coach with Team USA this past fall while the squad finished fourth at the FIVB World Championship. Last year Weishoff served as an assistant coach for the 2009 Pan American Cup team.
Photo courtesy FIVB As a respected coach within the USA Volleyball High Performance pipeline, Weishoff led the U.S. Women's Junior National Team to the gold medal at the 2008 NORCECA Women's Junior Continental Championship, which qualified Team USA into the 2009 FIVB World Championship. She also led U.S. squad at the U.S. Women's Junior National Team at the 2009 FIVB Women's Junior Continental Championship held in Mexico. Weishoff has served as the U.S. Women's A2 Team head coach in 2003 and 2007.
"Whether it's coaching at a camp or with the U.S. Women's Junior National Team at the FIVB World Championship, Paula has been a driving force behind the success of our National High Performance program over the past 10 years," said Tom Pingel, managing director of USA Volleyball's Indoor High Performance Department. "As her influence and input continues at the High Performance level, it's only fitting that she will also add the USA Women's National Team to her already impressive coaching resume."
At UC Irvine, Weishoff helped guide the Anteaters to a 22-8 overall record in her first season in 2009, along with an 11-5 record in the Big West Conference. UC Irvine narrowly missed receiving a berth in to the 2009 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship tournament as an at-large team. UC Irvine garnered two American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America honorable mention selections in Weishoff's first year, marking the first time in school history the Anteaters had multiple All-Americans in the same season.
Prior to accepting the UC Irvine position, Weishoff posted 146 victories in five seasons as the head coach at Concordia University, Irvine. She was tabbed as the 2008 AVCA NAIA National Coach of the Year after the Eagles reached the championship match before falling to Fresno Pacific University to conclude the year with a 31-6 record. Weishoff guided Concordia to the NAIA national finals twice and the semifinals on two other occasions.
Weishoff, a 1998 Volleyball Hall of Fame inductee, was named to USA Volleyball's 1978-2002 All-Era Team. To many, Weishoff is regarded as one of the greatest female athletes in the history of the sport and certainly one of her generation's most dominant middle blockers and servers. Weishoff is the only two-time U.S. Olympic medalist in women's indoor volleyball, having won the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games, and the bronze in the 1992 Olympic Games. She played on the 1996 U.S. Olympic Games Team in Atlanta.


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Somewhere around the middle of November I start to brace myself. I love the holidays but they aren�t always kind to my family.
When I send our oldest son off to school, he offers a weary smile � a sure sign of another sleepless night spent with memories of birthdays and Christmases before his adoption.
Then, there�s the man I married who hasn�t heard from his biological father in more than 30 years. While perfect families flash smiles across the screens, he fights off the questioning and the wondering that�s always chasing him this time of year.
My job is usually to comfort them, to reassure them that they are loved and valued, and to keep the holidays normal for the two younger boys. I wrap presents and drape strings of pearls on the tree. I make hot chocolate and search for the best neighborhood light displays. I stay home and feather the nest.
I�ve gotten pretty good at it, so we look OK from the outside. But I�ve been angry inside. Troubled that the people I love have been hurt. Upset that some of their joy has been stolen. Burdened by the thought that Christmas doesn�t feel very welcoming to them.
So this year I�m reading the Christmas story differently. And in the process, we�re rewriting our own.
I�m elbowing in at the manger, knowing that Jesus welcomes everyone. The grieving. The sick. The financially strapped. The less-than-perfect and the far-from-perfect.
I�m sidling up beside Mary and Joseph who know what it�s like to have a family that�s different from everyone else�s and what it�s like to have your own plans changed.
I�m standing shoulder to shoulder with the shepherds who are desperately seeking light in the darkness, who have come in their dusty shoes for the promise of peace.
Oh, how I�d like to get that angel�s attention. I desperately want to be close enough to whisper: Please, continue to tell the good news. Light up the sky and invite people to come as they are to Christmas. Remind them that they aren�t alone in this crazy life and that there�s plenty of room � and love � here at the manger.
And I pray that the sacred, almost indescribable joy of Christmas comes to hearts both whole and broken this season. It�s meant as a gift for all.
"When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy."
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Abstract: The CMS report discusses a set of strategies for addressing congestion within each corridor, including land use strategies; transportation demand management (TDM); intelligent transportation system (ITS) techniques and operational tools; roadway projects to add capacity; transit strategies; and bicycle/pedestrian strategies. For each corridor, the list includes projects and actions from the adopted TransPlan as well as additional work being done in ongoing efforts, such as the ITS plan for the area. [From the document] Description: 43 pp. Maps [some layers appear to be missing]; charts, tables, appendices. Published September, 2004. Captured June 5, 2009. URI: http://docs.lcog.org/PDF/CMS09-01final.pdf
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Abstract: The following reasons provide the basis for developing an [Intelligent Transportation System] plan for the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area: the region cannot build itself out of congestion; the region endeavors to maximize the efficiencies and improve the safety of the existing infrastructure; the public demands better information about traffic congestion; the plan fosters [multi]-agency coordination for system operations; the Federal Highway Administration requires that all ITS projects funded through the Highway Trust Fund shall be in conformance with the National ITS Architecture and applicable standards. [From the document] Description: 27 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Maps, charts, tables, figures, illus. Published November, 2003. Captured June 5, 2009. URI: http://public.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/ITS/PDFs/Eugene_Springfield/ExecutiveSummary.pdf
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Abstract: The Preliminary Draft Central Lane MPO Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) represents a required update to the federal elements of TransPlan. As noted in Chapter 1, the RTP will be adopted by the Metropolitan Policy Committee. Additional information on the federal requirements for MPO areas is provided in Chapter 1. [From the Plan] Description: 259 pp. Includes maps and figures. This is an update to the federal portion of the July 2002 Transplan. Published December 2004. Received from ODOT January 2, 2007. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1794/4883
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Abstract: The Central Lane Metropolitan Planning Organization Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) guides regional transportation system planning and development in the CLMPO metropolitan area. The RTP includes provisions for meeting the transportation demand of residents over a 20-year planning horizon while addressing transportation issues and making changes that can contribute to improvements in the region's quality of life and economic vitality. [From the Plan] Description: 259 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Maps, charts, tables, figures, illus., appendices. Published December, 2004. Captured January 29, 2009. URI: http://www.thempo.org/documentstoc/doc_2004_2025_rtp.cfm
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Abstract: The Lane County Transportation System Plan (TSP) updates the first Transportation Plan adopted by the County in 1980. The TSP is a 20-year planning document whose overall purpose is to facilitate orderly and efficient management of the Countyâ s transportation system....[T]he purpose of adopting a new Transportation System Plan and associated code amendments is to: comply with Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS 197.175) and the Transportation Planning Rule (TPR, OAR 660- 012), which require the County to adopt an updated TSP to comply with new state requirements and changing circumstances; describe the existing transportation system, including the roads system, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, public transportation, rail, air, and water facilities, and pipelines; identify present and future transportation needs, and how these needs will be prioritized and paid for given the current and anticipated financial outlook; promote coordination between transportation system improvements and land use requirements; facilitate the multi-modal transportation needs of County citizens; and promote consistency and coordination between agencies with jurisdiction over components of the transportation network. [From the Plan] Description: 231 pp. Item contains two files. Plan and appendices are in one file; referenced maps are included in a separate file. Bookmarks modified by UO. Effective June 4, 2004. Captured June 13, 2006. URI: http://www.co.lane.or.us/Transportation_Planning%5Cdocuments%5CTSPadopted.pdf
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Abstract: The Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for the Central Lane Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is a federally required certification document describing the transportation planning activities to be undertaken in and surrounding the Central Lane metropolitan area from July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004. Development of the UPWP provides local agencies participating in the transportation planning process with an opportunity to identify transportation planning needs, objectives and products. Within the guidelines set by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the UPWP sets priorities for local transportation planning activities. [From the document] Description: 39 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Tables. Adopted April 10, 2003; amended January 8, 2004. Captured June 5, 2009. URI: http://docs.lcog.org/upwp/UPWP_FY03-04.pdf
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Abstract: This report serves as the technical analysis of an update of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan (PFSP) and the Metro Plan Element: Public Utilities, Services, and Facilities. [from the Report] Description: 81 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Includes maps. Published April 1999. Captured August 20, 2007. URI: http://www.lcog.org/metro/pfsp_tbr.pdf
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A while back, I noticed the following link on io9 regarding Idea Bird, a wonderful tumblr with cool story ideas updated every few days or so. Many of these ideas are for are aimed at writers and thus can't always be directly ported to gaming. But most can be mined for some kind of useful nugget.
An example from 5/16/12:
He knew he'd faked his way into the CEO slot, and plenty of people knew it. But damn if he didn't look good in a suit, and competent people made his initiatives work. Until they didn't work, and he wound up in front of a Congressional hearing. A year or so out, and he was asked to appear on an interview show. He'd forgotten to shave, and the cowboy hat looked OK on him. His gritty approach and tough language led to the vice-presidency. Which was fine until the president choked to death.Not much of a scenario, but it is a pretty cool character concept (player or non-player). And the previous post on 5/14/12 offers up a pretty cool world-building nugget:
Clarke's third law makes most think technology & magic are somehow interchangeable. But magic is more like singing or solving math equations, it's a function of personality & skill. Technology, however, is great for recording things and playing them back. Record how an equation is done, and feed the variables into the calculator. Anyone can autotune their voice. Translate this into a world of Real Magic, where people cast spells at each other. Non-magic users use technology to record every step of a magician's spell, and recreate it, over and over again.Anyway, the word "Idea Bird" inspired this Silver Age super hero for Risus:
Description: Kate Loveless fell into a team of London superheroes by virtue of being Spring-heeled Jackson's girlfriend. It wasn't long before her nascent technical aptitude proved indispensable - her more martially inclined mates stopped calling her Jackson's Bird and and starting calling her Idea Bird instead. The moniker fit like an expensive pair of go-go boots (which she always sports) and she has become famous for coming up ingenious gadgets disguised as women's fashion accessories.
Cliches: Fashion Conscious Gadgeteer [4], Super-spy Wannabe (2), Bookworm (1)
Hook: Half dice when threatened with capture (getting rescued from or escaping from captivity is constant occurrence).


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Christine Kerr, Ph.D., A.T.R.-BC, C.G.P., LCAT, Director of Art Therapy Programs, has been a practicing clinical art therapist since 1974, with 39 years of clinical experience. She is a board certified clinical art therapist and currently is certified as a group psychotherapist. Dr. Kerr holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Her main focus is the clinical application of art psychotherapy with adult populations, including but not limited to: affective disorders, addictions, eating disorders, dissociative disorders, and family therapy. Dr. Kerr maintains an active private practice. She has published research articles on art therapy with the elderly, family therapy and dissociative disorders. Dr. Kerr has lectured nationally and internationally on adult disorders. Dr. Kerr is currently the Unites States Representative for the European Art Therapy Consortium. Dr. Kerr's seminal textbook in family art therapy, titled Family Art Therapy, was published by Taylor-Rutledge in August 2008 (245 pages),This text has been translated into four languages. Her new family art therapy book will address family treatment from an international perspective. Dr. Kerr has a wealth of experience and knowledge in family practice and family art therapy.
Dr. SeungYeon Lee, Ed.D., ATR-BC, LCAT, assistant professor, has served as a board certified and licensed creative art therapist since she received her master's degree in art therapy from New York University in 1999. Her clinical practices focused on immigrant youngsters' artistic engagements as learning tools for them to grow into thoughtful and engaged citizens living in a challenging environment. For those young immigrants, she developed a series of community after-school art therapy programs in New York City. In 2009, she received her Doctor of Education in Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Lee's research has involved the study of at-risk immigrant children and the role played by the visual arts in their efforts to form new identities; she has presented papers on the topic at national and international conferences. At New York University's Langone Medical Center, Dr. Lee expanded the clinical application of art therapy to an adult population with inpatient psychiatric services. She also initiated a partnership with the Museum of Modern Art to facilitate art-appreciation therapy groups for the psychiatric patients and their families. In 2007, she launched a pilot project to teach digital photography to patients of the Rusk Rehabilitation Institute and managed several exhibitions, the latest of which consisted of eight patient-artists' works at the Clamp Art Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Before joining LIU Post's Clinical Art Therapy Program, Dr. Lee taught at New York State University at Dutchess as well as at Montclair State University. She has also maintained an active private practice in New York City.
Seung Lee is a painter and installation artist. His paintings, drawings, and large-scale installations have been exhibited extensively in the U.S. as well as internationally. He has received numerous reviews in the New York Times, Newsday, Art World magazine and is included in "Artist Profiles of Korea and Japan." Seung serves as Director of Fine Art and Graduate Studies at LIU Post. Professor Lee received the prestigious "Best International Korean Artist of 2010" award during a ceremony at the Korean Art Festival.
Joan Harrison, M.A., is a professor of art who has taught drawing, painting, sculpture and photography for the clinical art therapist. Professor Harrison is an artist and photographer, and teaches drawing photography and collage. She is Interested in images, ideas and how to sustain creativity over a lifetime. Her publications include "Family: A Celebration of Humanity" (2001), "Black and White Photography, Manifest Visions an International Collection" (2000), and "Pregnant Pictures" (2000). She also wrote several other books, including a "Magic Wand," article on teaching digital imaging published by Addison Wesley (1998), "History of Photography," and "Colour in the Gum-Bichromate Medium; A Uniquely Personal Aesthetic."
DeeDee Lictenberg-Scanlan, MCAT, A.T.R.-BC, graduated from Hahnemann Medical College with a master's degree in creative art therapies. This was an innovative degree 25 years ago when it proposed a team approach utilizing all of the creative therapies (dance, music, art) in conjunction with the more mainstream psychotherapeutic modalities. In Philadelphia, she had the unique experience to work with a number of institutions who were forerunners in integrating alternative therapies. DeeDee has been fortunate to work with many populations and age groups in a variety of organizations and institutions, including the Chester-Crozier Hospital Psychiatric Unit, Carrier Clinic, The Wood School, United Cerebral Palsy of NYC and Suffolk County, and the Sid Jacobson JCC. Her professional philosophy is to use art both diagnostically and therapeutically. Snd she believes that we have just started to see the magic and benefit of the arts in our society.
Naomi Schwartz, M.A., ATR-BC, LCAT, is a licensed, board certified, registered art therapist. She is presently an adjunct professor and serves as the Internship Coordinator in the Clinical Art Therapy program at LIU Post. She is also currently employed as a primary counselor specializing in creative arts therapy in the children's program at VIBS (Victim's Information Bureau of Suffolk), where she works with children who have suffered trauma witnessing or being victims of domestic violence. She has also worked in a variety of psychiatric and educational settings, and maintains a private practice with clients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries. Ms. Schwartz is a professional member of AATA and NYATA, and is a prize winning watercolor painter of the Independent Art Society of Long Island.
Dina Palma, A.T.R-B.C, LCAT: A C.W Post alumna of the Creative Arts Therapy program in 1999, Dina has worked with various populations, ranging from traumatic brain injury, physically disabled and those suffering from mental illness. Her main focus over the last decade has been providing primary group therapy and art therapy services to adults and seniors at South Oaks Hospital, an inpatient psychiatric care facility. She blends her love of art, writing and extensive training in the Sanctuary Model (Trauma-Informed / Evidence Based) to help patients resolve loss, improve insight, motivation and regain hope. She shares her enthusiasm and support in the field by providing supervision to undergraduate / graduate level students for over ten years. Dina has also provided review classes for the art therapy exam and supervision for new graduates seeking New York State licensure. Her hope is to share her knowledge and experience in the classroom, on-site and in supervision to foster a seamless transition from student to seasoned professional.
Kelvin Ramirez, M.S., A.T.R.-BC, graduated from the College of New Rochelle with a master's degree in Art Therapy/ Counseling. He has worked with a variety of age groups in diverse settings, including educational, medical, and psychiatric. Currently, Kelvin is the Vice Principal for Student Affairs at a high school in the South Bronx where he has integrated the creative arts therapies into the ninth grade curriculum to aid students transitioning into high school. Kelvin is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Expressive Therapies at Lesley University, where his research interest is in exploring the impact of creative art therapies on adolescent academic achievement and personal growth. Artistically, Kelvin has exhibited in both solo and group exhibits at Stonehill College and Rio Penthouse Gallery, respectively. Kelvin is professionally affiliated with AATA and IEATA.
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In terms of Governor Ashcroft's appointment of women to the state judiciary, it was reported in late 1988, when Ashcroft was about to start his second term and had just appointed Jean Hamilton to the state Court of Appeals, that Hamilton was only the second woman among at least 48 judicial appointments that Ashcroft had made. "Gov. Ashcroft Appoints Woman to St. Louis Appellate Bench," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dec. 6, 1988. The head of the judiciary committee of the Women Lawyers Association in St. Louis said that the Association had "long urged Ashcroft . . . to appoint more women to judgeships." Id.
A study of Ashcroft's judicial appointments reported on by the press in February 1989 stated that Missouri continued to be "one of the lowest states in the country in percentage of women judges." "Ashcroft is Ranked Last On Women as Key Aides," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb. 25, 1989. As noted above, Ashcroft appointed Ann K. Covington as the first woman on the state Supreme Court. In addition, as discussed below, he appointed an African American woman to the state bench in 1991. However, throughout Ashcroft's tenure, observers remained critical of the lack of gender diversity in his appointments. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jan. 3, 1993, May 26, 1991.
Ashcroft supporters have released a 1991 letter from an African American bar association thanking Ashcroft for appointing an African American woman to an appellate court post, stating that "there is still much that needs to be done to increase the number of minorities and women on the bench," and stating that the appointment and Ashcroft's record in the area are "positive indicators of your progressive sense of fairness and equity." (Letter from Mound City Bar Assn. to Gov. Ashcroft, April 1, 1991.) Other Missourians, however, have criticized Ashcroft on this score. A former member of one judicial commission commented that the judicial selection process was "still a white male bastion." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 20, 1988. The head of the state black legislative caucus had met repeatedly with Governor Ashcroft, asking him to appoint more blacks to his Cabinet and staff but, as of May, 1988, he had "done absolutely nothing." Columbia Daily Tribune, May 24, 1988. The head of the National Association of Blacks Within Government noted in 1988 that there was one black member in Ashcroft's cabinet, but that in "most offices in Jefferson City, it's an ocean of whiteness." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 25,1988. And according to a recent memo from the Congressional Research Service, the best available information indicates that out of approximately 78 judicial appointments by Ashcroft, "roughly five of them were African Americans," a total of less than 7%. (Memo from Carol D. Davis, CRS Information Research Division, to Hon. William L. Clay, Jr., January 9, 2001.)
In 1989, Ashcroft appointed Donna Ransom White, an African American woman, to head the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, a Cabinet position. Ms. White replaced an African American man - Jerry Hunter - in the position. St. Joseph New-Press/Gazette, Dec. 14, 1989; News-Leader, Dec. 9, 1989. At the end of Ashcroft's administration, Ms. White was the only woman serving in his Cabinet. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jan. 3, 1993, Dec. 14, 1992.
One non-judicial appointment by Ashcroft was particularly controversial. In 1985, Governor Ashcroft nominated Springfield, Missouri newspaper columnist Joan Hart to the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, the agency responsible for enforcing the state's anti-discrimination laws. The nomination provoked much criticism, since Hart had taken extreme right wing positions in her columns. For example, Hart opposed the ERA, and claimed that American women knew the ERA would "not provide equality, only enslavement to the feminist philosophy." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 27, 1985. She opposed abortion, favored prayer in public schools, supported elimination of Miranda warnings, and referred to "radical feminists and homosexuals" as "anti-family groups." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 27, 1985, Oct. 31, 1985; UPI, Oct. 26, 1985. She wrote that Rev. Jesse Jackson had a "lack of intelligence in believing the American people would ever consider him a viable candidate for any public office." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 27, 1985; ) Hart, who was described in the press as a "longtime friend of Ashcroft's," was a county co-chair of Ashcroft's gubernatorial campaign in 1984. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 27, 1985.; UPI, Oct. 26, 1985. Ashcroft said he was aware of Hart's newspaper columns before he nominated her. Forty members of the state House of Representatives, including the majority floor leader, signed a petition opposing Hart's confirmation. UPI, Jan 29, 1986. The state Senate ultimately confirmed Hart's appointment.
Finally, observers noted that Governor Ashcroft left a definite personal legacy on the Missouri bench. Ashcroft's appointments were considered relatively young and decidedly conservative. "More than any other governor," commented one law professor, "Ashcroft's personal ideological interests are represented in his appointments." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 26, 1991.