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How much does a Cartoonist / Animator in Hendersonville, TN make? The median annual Cartoonist / Animator salary in Hendersonville, TN is $46,280, as of December 28, 2016, with a range usually between $38,606-$55,974 not including bonus and benefit information and other factors that impact base pay. However, the salary for someone with the title Cartoonist / Animator may vary depending on a number of factors including industry, company size, location, years of experience and level of education. Our team of Certified Compensation Professionals has analyzed survey data collected from thousands of HR departments at companies of all sizes and industries to present this range of annual salaries for people with the job title Cartoonist / Animator in Hendersonville, TN.
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Provides drawings or animations used in advertising and promotional efforts to amuse audiences or to meet other needs. Uses various methods to communicate the organization's efforts through an assortment of freehand artwork. May prepare artwork for printing or mass production. No formal experience or training necessary. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Performs a variety of tasks. Works under general supervision. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager. View full job description
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What's on the 2013 artwork?
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The 2013 National Fossil Day artwork features a variety of marine invertebrates from the Paleozoic Era. The scene is an idealized representation of a seafloor from the Ordovician Period (between about 485 and 444 million years ago) near what is now Cincinnati, Ohio.
Along the seafloor, a eurypterid, also known as a sea scorpion, chases after a soon-to-be meal of trilobites. Bryozoan fronds and rugose, or horn, corals are present in the background. A gastropod (snail) is partially buried in the sand of the seafloor.
Click on the tabs below to learn more about the animals featured on the logo, as well as ancient seas and the importance of Paleozoic marine invertebrate fossils.
- Eurypterids
- Trilobites
- Bryozoans
- Rugose Corals
- Gastropods
- Paleozoic Seas
- Useful Fossils
Eurypterid Fossil Facts
- Eurypterids were fearsome aquatic predators of the Paleozoic. The 2011 National Fossil Day artwork featured a fearsome aquatic predator of the Mesozoic.
- Eurypterids were the largest arthropods, attaining sizes more than 8 feet long!
- They lived from about 460 to 270 million years ago (during the Ordovician through Permian). Eurypterids are now extinct.
- The state fossil of New York is a Silurian eurypterid: Eurypterus remipes (the first eurypterid ever discovered).
Eurypterids were fearsome predators of Paleozoic seas across the globe. They were also among the largest arthropods (same phylum as insects, spiders, and crustaceans), getting up to more than eight feet in length. Early forms were marine, later eurypterids lived in brackish or even fresh water. There are about 250 species of eurypterids, all of them are now extinct. They range in age from the Ordovician to the Permian but are most diverse in rocks of the Silurian and Devonian (see a time scale). In North America they are found primarily in New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio. The eurypterid in the logo is based on the Ordovician genus Megalograptus.
Eurpyterids, sometimes called "sea scorpions," have a fittingly predatory appearance. The front set of appendages are chelicerae that look like (but are not homologous to) scorpion pincers. Behind the chelicerae are legs. The last pair of appendages are paddles (modified legs) for swimming. At the end of the segmented body is a telson that can be a spike, a paddle, or set of pincers. Although the telson looks similar to a scorpion's stinger, it is unlikely that eurypertids could sting. Nevertheless, you probably wouldn't want to tangle with one that was longer than you are tall! Eurypterids probably ate, or scavenged, just about anything they could catch or fit in their mouth. The trilobites shown in the logo may have been a common meal.
Word Origins
The name eurypterid is derived from the Greek word for "wide" or "broad" (eurys) and the Greek word for "wing" (pteryx). "Wide or broad wing" refers to the wide swimming paddles.
Trilobite Fossil Facts
- Trilobites were incredibly diverse marine arthropods which primarily lived on the seafloor and fed on detritus.
- Trilobites are now extinct, although they existed throughout the Paleozoic and their fossils are found on every continent.
- Some trilobites could roll up into a tight "ball" to protect their vulnerable soft parts.
- Three states have trilobites as their official state fossil: Ohio (Isotelus from the Ordovician, Pennsylvania (Phacops rana from the Devonian, and Wisconsin (Calymene celebra from the Ordovician and Siluiran.
Trilobites were a spectacularly diverse group of marine invertebrates and the most well-known Paleozoic fossil. Fossils of more than 17,000 species have been discovered on every continent. Trilobites were almost exclusively benthic, meaning they lived on the seafloor. They fed on detritus, organic material that settled to the bottom, using their many legs to "kick" food particles toward their mouth. With thousands of species, trilobites attained many different sizes, from slightly bigger than microscopic to more than two feet long. They also had a wondrous array of ornamentation, from unadorned to covered in spikes and spines. View a sample here or here. The trilobite in the logo was based on the Ordovician genus Isotelus.
Trilobites are among the oldest Paleozoic marine invertebrates, appearing about 540 million years ago during the Cambrian. By the end of the Cambrian, about 50 million years later, they achieved their maximum diversity. Afterwards, they dwindled in diversity but not necessarily abundance during the rest of Paleozoic. The last few trilobite lineages were extinct by the end of the Paleozoic Era, 251 million years ago. All told, trilobites scuttled along the floors of Earth's oceans for around 290 million years. By comparison, dinosaurs lived for about half that amount of time and the human genus Homo has been around for not quite one percent of that span.
Word Origins
The term "trilobite" was derived from Greek words meaning "three-lobed" referring to the three longitudinal (parallel to the body's length) lobes of trilobites.
Bryozoan Fossil Facts
- Bryozoans, or "moss animals", are sessile, colonial, marine animals that superficially resemble corals, but are from a completely different phylum.
- They are one of the latest-appearing phyla in the fossil record and are still extant today.
- Fossils are found on every continent and across North America.
- Bryozoan colonies encrust hard surfaces (even the bottoms of ships!) or form beautiful fronds.
Bryozoans appear similar to coral and are primarily sessile (immobile), colonial marine animals. However, bryozoans are in a completely different phylum than corals, and the bryozoans were among the last animal phyla to appear in the fossil record. Definitive bryozoan fossils appear in the Ordovician, although some recent discoveries may push their first appearance in the fossil record back to the upper Cambrian. Bryozoans (also called "ectoprocts") are still extant, with about 5000 living species today. There are a few times that number known from the fossil record.
Individual bryozoans, rarely more than a millimeter across, are called "zooids." They live in colonies ranging from a few to a few million zooids. Bryozoans feed on even smaller microorganisms like diatoms via a filter-feeding structure called a "lophophore." They secrete a rigid skeleton of calcium carbonate (limestone) that forms the framework for the colony. The colonies can encrust (hence their name) hard surfaces or form expansive frond-like structures. Upright frond-like colonies, such as those on the National Fossil Day artwork, were common during the Paleozoic. The bryozoans in the logo were based on the Ordovician and Silurian genus Chasmatopora.
Word Origins
The term bryozoan is derived from the Greek words for moss (bryon) and animal (zoös). "Moss animal" is a common name for bryozoans and refers to the moss-like appearance of encrusting species.
Rugose Coral Fossil Facts
- Rugose corals were abundant corals during the Middle Ordovician through the Late Permian. They are now extinct.
- Solitary rugosans are called "horn corals" and some were around 3 feet long.
- Although they look like modern corals, rugosans are a much more ancient group, going extinct before modern stony corals appear in the fossil record.
- No rugosan corals are state fossils, but other Paleozoic corals have been selected as the state rock of Michigan (Hexagonaria percarinata, the "Petoskey Stone," of Devonian age) and the state stone of West Virginia (Lithostrotionella, of Mississippian age).
Rugose Corals
Rugose corals, also called "horn corals," are an extinct group of Paleozoic corals that were abundant from the Middle Ordovician through the Late Permian. They reached their peak diversity during the Devonian and their fossils have been found on every continent except Antarctica. They are found across North America but are particularly common in New England and the Ohio River valley . Individual rugose coral polyps were stationary and constructed calcium carbonate (limestone) frameworks. Some rugosans were solitary while others formed colonies.
Solitary rugosans often were horn-shaped, giving the group its common name, and could reach sizes around three feet in length. Although none of their soft parts have been preserved, rugose coral polyps were likely similar to modern corals in that they had tentacles (perhaps even with stinging cells) and could capture food floating past. You could call them "microcarnivores"!
Word Origins
Rugosus is Latin for "wrinkled" or "shriveled," referring to the wall of the coral.
Gastropod Fossil Facts
- Gastropods (snails) are the most diverse group represented on the National Fossil Day artwork. There are at least 62,000 living species of gastropods and tens of thousands in the fossil record.
- The fossil record of gastropods extends back to at least the Lower Cambrian and covers every continent and every subsequent period of geologic time.
- Although gastropods today inhabit nearly every habitat on earth, the first gastropods were marine.
- No state has selected a Paleozoic marine snail as a state fossil. Maryland's state fossil (Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae) is a predatory marine snail from the Cenozoic Era.
Of all the animals featured on the 2013 artwork, the one you are most likely to run into (well, outside of a rock shop or fossil museum, anyway) is the gastropod, or snail. Gastropods today are found in just about every aquatic and terrestrial habitat from equator to pole. There are at least 62,000 extant species, and perhaps as many as 150,000 gastropod species alive today. Tens of thousands of fossil gastropod species are known. The earliest gastropod fossils appear during the Lower Cambrian and were marine. Terrestrial gastropods do not appear in the fossil record until 200 million years later.
Although marine snails today have a variety of shell shapes and some complex ornamentation, early Paleozoic gastropods had simple mostly unadorned coiled shells, similar to the snail in the NFD artwork (loosely modeled after the Ordovician and Silurian genus Salpingostoma). Paleozoic snails fed in a variety of ways. Some were detritus feeders, others were active predators able to drill holes in the shells of other gastropods to reach the animal within!
Word Origins
Gastros is Greek for "stomach" and poda is Greek for "foot." The term "stomach foot" refers to the appearance that a snail is crawling on its stomach.
click to see maps throughout the Paleozoic Era...
During the early Paleozoic Era, seas covered much of North America. The red star indicates the location of the idealized seafloor featured in the 2013 artwork about 450 million years ago (mya). Paleogeographic map by Ron Blakey (Colorado Plateau Geosystems).
Paleozoic Seas
Throughout the Paleozoic Era, shallow seas covered much of North America, meaning marine invertebrates had extraordinary expanses of habitat. Indeed their fossils are found across the continent and span hundreds of millions of years of geologic time. They are often found in exceptionally fossil-rich deposits. The logo depicts only a few of the major groups of Paleozoic marine invertebrates. Other important groups include brachiopods, bivalves, ammonites (Mesozoic ammonites were included on 2011 National Fossil Day artwork), graptolites, and echinoderms.
Why so many marine invertebrate fossils? North America was near the equator during much of the Paleozoic, meaning many of the shallow seas were warm and teeming with life. Lots of living things leads to lots of fossils. Following the development and diversification of hard parts in the early Cambrian, invertebrate animals were much more likely to be preserved as fossils.
Useful Fossils
Although they don't star in many feature length films, Paleozoic marine invertebrates were swimming, crawling, burrowing, building reefs, attacking prey, filter-feeding, stinging, exploiting new habitats, constructing elaborate shapes and shells, and evolving for hundreds of millions of years before terrestrial animal fossils appeared during the Devonian.
Paleozoic marine invertebrates are immensely important to the science of paleontology. Because many species of marine invertebrates were widespread and abundant, but only lived for a relatively short (geologically-speaking) period of time, they make excellent index fossils. Index fossils are used to determine the age of sedimentary rocks and correlate them across a continent or around the world. Massive reefs and other limestone deposits constructed or inhabited by marine invertebrates are important source rocks for petroleum as well as sources of immense quantities of building stones. Therefore, much of our modern society is fueled by, or built upon, fossil remains of Paleozoic marine invertebrates!
Go See Them!
Numerous National Fossil Day partner fossil sites and museums are excellent places to learn about the fossils on the 2013 artwork. For example, the first discovered eurypterid fossil (the state fossil of New York) and the largest complete eurypterid fossil are both at the Paleontological Research Institution's Museum of the Earth. Trilobites are featured on the logos of many NFD partners. You can see bryozoans and rugose corals at Falls of the Ohio State Park (Indiana). A variety of Paleozoic invertebrates can be discovered at Mineral Wells Fossil Park (Texas).
Overall, Paleozoic marine invertebrates are incredibly common fossils and can be found in just about every natural history museum and rock shop in the country. You can also see them in many building stones. For example, the Indiana Limestone is a popular building stone (see it on the National Mall and the Empire State Building) nationwide that is chock full of fossils. Rock outcrops of Paleozoic limestone are commonly fossiliferous.
2013 Paleozoic Partner feature articles:| January: Fossils of the 2013 National Fossil Day Artwork | February: Paleontological Research Institution, Museum of the Earth | March: Falls of the Ohio State Park | April: Field Museum of Natural History, Mazon Creek Collection | May: Prehistoric Trackways National Monument | June: Cincinnati Museum Center | July: Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve | August: University of Michican Museum of Paleontology, Silica Formation Fossils | September: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Beecher's Trilobite Bed | October: Guadalupe Mountains National Park | November: Utah Geological Survey, Millard County Cambrian Fossils | December: Denver Museum of Nature and Science, High-Altitude Mass Extinction |
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a1elbow2.0, on 31 October 2012 - 02:57 PM, said:
2) This is just making excuses. The HC came in and wanted a guy, vouched for him, etc. To try and put blame on Tanny for that is just making excusss cor Ryan's favoritism.
We dont need everyone but we do need to fill holes. Are you saying coming into this year we were set at WR, RT, S ect.... We could have kept BE for a million a year. I dont know what woody wanted but I am sure it was not huge $. You have to have a solid player at every position. You do not let a guy like BE go for a million when you dont have a replacement. Instead we paid Burress $3 million. Bad move on Tannys part.
As far as excuses go.... it is more of a reason. There is a reason for everything. I am not saying Rex is the perfect coach but no coach would take this team to a SB. This team has too many missing parts.


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This blog entry is written byNancy Brinker, Chief of Protocol at the U.S. Department of State.
On Tuesday, I was asked to attend a meeting about the Women Leaders' Working Group, a group which was created in 2006 by Secretary Rice in order to ensure that women's empowerment issues such as education, political and economic empowerment, and access to justice are international priorities. It is comprised of women Heads of State, Ministers, and high ranking female government officials from across the globe. They meet intermittently to discuss challenges women face and how to address these issues strategically. Having founded and built one of the largest cancer NGOs in America, I was invited to participate and make suggestions for future activities and growth.
This program is overseen by Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, who is Secretary Rice's Ambassador for women's empowerment issues. The meetings are rotated by country and usually a single issue is discussed at each. Ambassador Tahir-Kheli has extensive international experience addressing these important issues.
Afterwards, I hosted a luncheon for the female Heads of Mission in Washington. We had a lively discussion of the current issues and challenges we face as Ambassadors. The group was comprised of representatives from over 23 countries. They represent many different regions of the globe, but all have a common interest in healthcare, energy, security, trade, business and economic development for women.
We agreed to meet monthly to review issues of importance to those here in Washington as well as concerns specific to the member's individual countries. We had a robust discussion and I appreciated the opportunity to share ideas with the group in this informal setting.


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Aesthetics Salon United Kingdom
What a stunning and beautiful hairstyle taken from the "Age of Innocence" collection created by none other than Aesthetics Salon in the UK. It really portraits young adults now a days in all their essence. From their straight bangs to long hair. It seems this last year has been one of natural beauty. Women tend to do less and still look on point.
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N.D. crude moves more by rail than pipeline
Railroads are moving three-quarters of the crude oil in North Dakota to markets, according to Justin Kringstad, director of the North Dakota Pipeline Authority in Bismarck.
"They're a very active player, to the tune of 75 percent of our oil now moved by rail cars. Only 25 percent is moving by pipeline in current market conditions," Kringstad told members of the Minot Area Chamber of Commerce's Energy Committee during a recent meeting at Minot's Vegas Motel.
"This is something we expect to kind of move back and forth as pipeline projects come on line, but it's very interesting that three-quarters of our oil is moving by rail," he said.
Kringstad said the first movement of oil by rail car started in August 2008.
"Since then, it's just been growing as production has ramped up so rapidly," he said.
He said the latest statistics show that about 675,000 barrels of oil per day are being moved out of North Dakota by rail.
Although the North Dakota Pipeline Authority is called the pipeline authority, he said it is just as active on the rail side.
The pipeline authority is under the North Dakota Industrial Commission comprised of the governor, attorney general and agriculture commissioner.
He said the pipeline authority is unique because it is not a regulatory agency but is strictly on the business development side, working with the pipeline companies and processing companies to make sure they have adequate means of moving and processing North Dakota's oil and natural gas.
He said the latest data available shows there was 2,353 miles of pipeline operating in the state in 2011. That, he said, is approximately the same mileage as from Seattle to Washington, D.C.
North Dakota shares transportation infrastructure with eastern Montana and South Dakota. Kringstad said there are basically two challenges for moving Bakken crude oil moving the oil out of the area since much more is produced than can be consumed at the local refinery, and moving it safely and effectively.
The Tesoro Mandan Refinery at Mandan is the only refinery in the state.
He said three small refining facilities are proposed in the state and two have broken ground MDU Resources Group's refinery near Dickinson and the Three Affiliated Tribes' Thunder Butte Petroleum Services refinery near Makoti. A third project in the Williston area is still working on the business development phase, he said.
Currently, three major pipeline systems are operating in the state Enbridge with offices in Minot, Tesoro with its refinery in Mandan and True Companies, a family-owned company out of Casper, Wyo., that owns several pipelines.
A number of rail-loading facilities now are operating in North Dakota handling crude oil. The Canadian Pacific Railway and BNSF serve those facilities.
One hundred to 120 car trains pull in and get loaded at these facilities, he said. He said the crude can be delivered by truck or by pipeline.
"It's a pretty efficient process moving those trains in and out," he said.
He said there were times when there wasn't adequate transportation for North Dakota's crude oil for various reasons.
"With more pipeline projects under way along with rail, he said the good news is the oil should be able to be moved and barrels of oil should not be stranded in the state because there is no means to move it out of the region with the combination of pipelines and rail.
With the existing rail structure now in place, he said they can reach refineries in many different areas of the country.
In regard to the Keystone XL Pipeline, he said, it would be able to handle 100,000 barrels a day from the Bakken crude oil loaded near Baker, Mont.
"Going forward, we see that as a key component of our infrastructure just the timing of it right now there's some uncertainty," he said.


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Juvenile Graphic Novel Collection
We now have almost 500 titles in our Juvenile Graphic Novel collection! They range in subject from comics such as Superman and Batman to graphic treatments of true novels such as A Wrinkle in Time, The City of Ember and The Little Prince.
Some new titles and series are:
Pond dwellers make a plan to rid the pond of the destructive snapping turtle, but what does that mean for the delicate balance of the pond ecosystem, especially when a new and more vicious predator is found lurking in the deep?
District Comics:An Unconventional History of Washington, D.C.
Impartial? Washington's first newspaper / Gregory Robison and Brooke A. Allen -- Urban legend / Chad Lambert and Kevin Czapiewski -- Burn, Washington, burn! / Scott O. Brown and Mal Jones -- Code duello / Kevin Rawlings and Dale Rawlings -- With a poet's heart / Max Ink -- Not such a collection as the timid would care to visit at midnight / Michael Rhode and Kevin Rechin -- National pastime / Jason Rodriguez and Charles Fetherolf, just a partial list of the contents.
Nate goes up against Gina, the class brainiac.
Ariol: Just a Donkey Like You and Me
Ariol is an everyday 'tween donkey with blue glasses who lives in the suburbs with his mom and dad, as well as a host of other animal friends and teachers.
Little White Duck: a childhood in China
A young girl describes her experiences growing up in China, beginning with the death of Chairman Mao in 1976.
It seems that everyone at school has taken up snowboarding, so Babymouse decides she must hit the slopes, too.


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Topic: Beginners question - problem with the linkage of routes and actions
Hi all,
since a few weeks I try to get familiar with Ruby and Ruby on rails.
After trying some first basic tests with plain Ruby I now switch over to Rails.
While working through several tutorials I often encountered problems with the routes in Rails and it connection to corresponding actions - the fact that lots of tutorials are not for my Rails3 but for Rails2 doesn't make it any better
I will show up my current issue:
In a tutorial I try to make some kind of forum. The tutorial uses the nifty-generators and sqlite3 so I also did this.
I went through the model definition, database and data association creation with success, created the layout via rails generate nifty:layout.
Then it was about editing the routes.rb.
The tutorial proposed an entry
map.root :controller => "forums"
but I figured out that map.root is old Rails2 style and outdated.
I changed to entry to
root :controller => 'forums', :action => 'index'
From my understanding this should jump into the forums_controllers.rb to the index-action whenever the root of the webserver is adressed, right? (so, http://localhost:3000 should trigger index within forums_controllers.rb , right?).
The corresponding entry in the forums_controller.rb looks like this:
class ForumsController < ApplicationController
def index
@forums = Forum.all
After starting the webserver and typing in localhost:3000 it tells me the following error:
NoMethodError in ForumsController#index
undefined method `all' for Forum:Module
app/controllers/forums_controller.rb:3:in `index'
Changing the line in routes.rb to
root :to => 'forums#index'
does not do anything else and the same error appears.
What did I forget to change/to add? Is there more to edit I don't know yet?


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Yesterday, I participated in two events, using new tools -- specifically social media -- to explain the ways that the United States is providing humanitarian assistance to those affected by the violence in Syria. I started off the morning with Mark Bartolini, the Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance at USAID in a "Live At State" forum. This format is a virtual press conference; journalists log-in, submit questions in real time, and watch the discussion online from wherever they are around the world. Over 15 international media outlets participated, and we were able to reinforce the message that Syrians are not alone during this crisis, that the United States is deeply engaged in providing relief and assistance.
That event was followed by a Facebook chat on the same topic, open to the public. We reached participants asking questions from around the world. A single mother asked a question about how she could help the Syrian people, and we heard from many Iraqis who had fled to the then-relative safety of Syria, only to be displaced again by the new round of violence in the region. Other interested international participants asked great questions about how aid is distributed and monitored.
These new means of communicating offer the State Department the opportunity to share an important story. We are currently providing nearly $82 million in humanitarian assistance to support those affected by the violence in Syria. This assistance is programmed through experienced partners, including UNHCR, ICRC, WFP and other international and non-governmental organizations. These organizations have trained, professional staff on the ground who risk their own lives to distribute aid to the people who need it most. Providing assistance in times of crisis is challenging enough, but this is magnified by a lack of access to those trapped by the fighting in Syria. Many relief agencies have reported that the insecure environment within Syria is causing delays or blockages in getting relief to the most vulnerable. We continue to call on all parties to the conflict to allow humanitarian workers and aid safe passage to reach the people in need.
We understand the frustration of those who desperately want help, security and safety. The United States is working tirelessly with its international partners and other governments to pre-position supplies in the region and to move them into Syria as quickly as conditions allow. In fact, we've significantly scaled up assistance in the past several months. Right now our assistance is reaching 780,000 people inside Syria, and our support to neighboring countries, international partners and other agencies has helped provide aid to the tens of thousands who have fled the country. All this has been possible because, for more than 30 years, the U.S. has been instrumental in creating and enabling a robust international humanitarian architecture to respond to crises like these.
The conversations I had yesterday help provide a clear sense of where the spotlight must shine, to draw attention to those most in need. The United States is the leading contributor to humanitarian assistance across the globe and as we address the conflict in Syria, we are simultaneously responding to dozens of crises around the world where civilians are at risk. We will continue to be a pillar for international humanitarian assistance, and support the important work that our international and non-governmental organization partners carry out. It is our deepest hope that the violence that created this humanitarian emergency will end, and with it, the suffering of the Syrian people. Like those who fled, we too look forward to the day when a political solution will allow Syrians to return to their homes to build a democratic Syria.
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Samah H. in Syria writes:
I am the mother of three American kids. We live in AlMidan area. we are literary living under the shellings and bombardment and we have been like this for more than a month. We visited the UNCHR in Lebanon trying to seek admission to the US resettlement program, since neither me nor my husband could get a visa to the US.
The answer was that America is not accepting any Syrian refugee, that was 7 days ago. Help us please you said you are helping Syrian inside Syria but we did not see any of that and we are in dire need since my husband has been out of work for over a year now. How come no one care about the American kids inside Syria why. All we did is that we over stayed our visa. We are not criminals and we are not begging this is just to remind you guys that when you speak about the millions you are spending to help others, remember that you are ignoring your very own people.
Hala in Saudi Arabia writes:
A further addition to the case mentioned below is the case of my nephews and niece, three American children facing death in Syria and the US government is refusing to evacuate their parents with them just because they're not americans. They offered evacuating only the kids to an orphanage in the states. It's not accepted how they turned to treat their own people and how they can imagine that the kids can leave their patents while they can't depend on themselves as the eldest one is only 13 years old. I believe the US government should feel shame for abandoning their own people
Shehabaddin in Syria writes:
I am a resident of the Iraqi refugees in Syria were Toting to the United States in 2010 and completed all the procedures and expected security checks since then / now we're in very difficult circumstances And as especially in these days where I live with my family in the region of Sayda Zeinab which have many Iraqi refugees live in it .
Logic, one of the hot where he was killed yesterday in which nearly 500 people after armed clashes lasted all night, I and my family and my three children were afraid of the guns after the vote:
We urge you on behalf of humanity and the name of human rights that move us from this country to safety place until our security checks complete as soon as possible because our lives are in danger and threatened me and my family and thank you
For your cooperation with us .
Iraqi Refugee/ Shehabaddin


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There's a sacrifice gap in America today that many don't see but that some — military families — see and feel every day.
Blame the professionalism of a volunteer force that is able, into a 10th straight year, to wage war against enemies far from the homeland.
The uncomfortable reality is that only 1 percent of U.S. adults serve in our military, and an even smaller number does most of the fighting.
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"It's our hope," said Michelle Obama during a White House kickoff ceremony Tuesday "that what we're launching today becomes part of the fabric of the country."
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In January the administration announced that for the first time the well-being of military families would become a priority throughout the federal government, not just at departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
For example, the department of Health and Human Services has partnered with DoD to help lower suicides across military and veteran populations; the department of Housing and Urban Development is working with VA and Labor to end veterans' homelessness by 2015; DoD, Labor, Commerce and the Small Business Administra-tion are encouraging corporate America to expand career opportunities for military spouses. A total of 50 such commitments by federal departments are being implemented.
"Joining Forces," said Michelle Obama, is to get "the rest of the country" involved in lifting whatever burdens they can off of military families.
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text: Cesar Pleased to have been able to help. I'd be interested, though, whether in a few months time, your playing, technically and musically, shows real signs of benefit from the work you will have done following the advice you have been given. I look forward to a positive review. Regards Roger On 23 May 2008, at 01:42, Cesar Gonzales wrote: > This has been a fantastic answer to my question. It's helped me re- > affirm my goals and through that has helped me find direction and > drive again. I have to say you might have just sold your book to me, > heh. > > Thanks again, > > Cesar > > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Roger Harvey <rharvey at brassworks-music.com > > wrote: > Dear Cesar, > Here are some of my ideas about practicing. The first two passages > are extracts from classes I have given at music colleges in London. > The third is a chapter from my BrassWorkBook for Trombone (Bk 1 in a > series of 3 - details at www.brassworks-music.com if you are > interested.) There is some duplication between them but they each > had a slightly different purpose and so things are expressed in > different ways. > > Best wishes > Roger Harvey > Q1: Is practice necessary? Why Practice? > Some players play well without apparently needing to practise. > They have probably started with good physical set up and developed > good habits while playing in bands etc. The good has been well > reinforced through what amounts to constant practice while performing. > (Anyone in this category can go now) > > Most players are not so lucky and need to work at basic technique > to develop sound, flexibility, production, legato range and > stamina. All of this is necessary if we are to be flexible musicians > and adjust as required by the needs of performance. > > There may be years of bad technique to un-consolidate. This can > only be done by constant attention to new, improved techniques and > sufficient repetition for the new to replace the old in the muscle > memory. > > Having gained some degree of excellence it is important to maintain > it.Time spent largely unemployed in an orchestra or the effects of > ageing on the muscles can and will mean reduced technical > response.Practice sessions need to be sensibly organised to ensure > that deterioration is prevented from becoming a threat to ones > playing standard. > > This is all to do with basic ability. If faced with a particularly > demanding playing task then extra effort has to be made in order > to develop the necessary skill or stamina. > > Leaving aside musicianship requirements, playing a brass instrument > is a physical skill akin to an athletic activity; constant, > sensible training is essential if the relevant physical parts are to > be in shape to do what you want exactly when you want. > > > Q2: How should practice be organised? > 1) Goals: > What are your realistic long term goals? > How do you want to be playing in a year or 2? > What do you want to sound like? > What level of technical skill do want to have? > > 2) Short-term objectives: > What do I need to address this week,month/term? > What are my particular technical targets? > How best do I maintain and develop my basic skills? > What exercises/routines will work best? > 3) Time: > How much time do I need to devote to basic maintenance? > How much time do I need to devote to developing skills? > How much time can I find in my schedule? > > 4) Assessment: > Am I doing the right sort/amount of practice? > How do I set realistic, attainable and measurable targets? > > Q3: How do I develop a good attitude towards practice? > 1) There are no gimmicks that realistically turn you from a > struggling player into a virtuoso. Good advice might help to > approach the activity in a more productive manner and sometimes > results can be quickly obvios. But mostly improvement comes only > with medium to long term practice. That is not to say that a few > days concentrated practice on a particular aspect of technique > cannot pay dividends. But even this needs to be consolidated and > reviewed constantly if it is to become more or less an automatic > feature of your playing. In other words you need to work, work and > work and you have to accept that there is little chance of > substabtial improvement in your plaing without it. > > 2) Work for its own sake, though is probably not very helpful. It > could be harmful if all you are doing is repeating over and over > again old faults. Each time you play a poor quality note it > reinforces the bad habit and you will be extending the time it > will take to develop good habits. Stop now practising without > thought and learn to focus on the matters in hand. This can range > from the aspects of playing a single good quality note to building > an extended phrase. Knowing what you are trying to do and what it > should sound like are essential. Then there must be intense > concentration on the process. You should try to give the best > possible performance of the exercise. Remember that you are trying > to consolidate and reinforce good performance. > > 3) If the concentration os properly focused then, however > simplistic the means to your end, you will find yourself in a > 'zone', fully preoccupied by your desire to achieve good results. > Practising while watching TV or otherwise distracting activities > may sometimes help in simply reinforcing if the basics are good. > Even then it is easy to become mindlessly repetitive and lacking in > sufficient focus to avoid bad habits creeping in. Best not to do it. > > Q4: What materials should I use for practice sessions? > 1) In order to concentrate fully on the technical matter in hand, > it is best to use the simplest of materials for basic practice > routines. Many players have their own exercises that help them with > their particular approach and requirements. There are numerous > books of warm-ups, flexibilities etc and these can be useful in > directing the attention to particular techniques. Use whatever > material you wish but make sure it is suitable for what you are > working on. > > 2) When attempting to develop technical skills the exercises need > to make demands on your technique. Choose or write exercises that > will give you the opportunity to move forward at a reasonable pace. > The carrot needs to dangled somewhere in front of you but not so > far that you trip up trying to reach it. > 3) When faced with something more advanced to work at, choose > specific exercises that will help with the technique required. > For example a difficult passage in a solo item can be isolated and > made into an exercise in its own right. > --------------------------------- > Motivation: > Do you have a burning desire to play music and play it well? > Do you at least have a burning desire to earn a decent living? > > What are your means to this end? > -individual practice > -ensemble performance experience > -listening > > What are your individual goals in the short, medium, long term? > -technical > -sound quality > -musical > > How do you organise your practice to achieve these goals? > -Overall Objective: specific target area > -Means: choice of material. > -Performance - public emulation ideas to ensure full attention: > -TV show demo of how a trombone sounds > -last minute call to high profile concert > -teaching video > -someone important in next room > -1 note audition (busy panel choose a single note at random from > audition tape to select suitable candidates) > -last minute of recording session - final take > > -remember that in spite of all the technical considerations, you > must aim for a good sound - instead of thinking just about what is > going on at the embouchure/lungs etc, try to make the air in the > room resonate - especially if it is a large hall. > > -Awareness/assessment: must make judgements and assess (positively) > -Review; store success, delete failure; decide how to proceed > > (OOMPAR) > --------------------------------------------- > > Chapter 11 :Practice > > > A few lucky players seem to be able to pick up an instrument at any > time and play with great facility and a good sound. Unfortunately > most of us need to work at our playing, firstly to develop the good > habits that give control and quality to the sound and then to > maintain them. However, whether we are a beginner or a professional > player it is just as important not to waste valuable time on futile > practice. Practice time is best used if we have a clear idea of what > we are trying to achieve and how we are going to set about it. > Trombone players tend to play a lot less in orchestras than strings > or woodwind and even the other brass. Often, in the working > situation, we do too little to maintain our 'match fitness'. > Ideally we do our preparation in a relaxed and private situation > before the rehearsal but this is not always possible and any time > available should be used sensibly. > > > Why do I need to practise: > As we learn a physical or mental process, repetition allows the > brain to recognise the stimulus and respond with what it expects to > be the correct reflex. Any repetitive activity will reinforce the > memory; the more recognisable the activity becomes to the brain the > stronger will be the reflex to it. This will apply to bad playing > habits as well as good. It is important therefore, that we are > constantly vigilant that as we practise we are providing the memory > bank with good information and not nurturing bad habits to become > yet stronger. It is always possible to break bad conditioning but > the more deep-rooted it is the longer it takes. Better to avoid it > in the first place. > > > What should I practise: > Before you start the session set out, mentally or in a written > schedule if it helps, what the aims of the session are. This may be > a simple list of basic exercises to develop or maintain technical > aspects of your playing or it may include work on studies, pieces or > repertoire. Even the more general repertoire-based practice can be > broken down to include work on specific trouble points with some > thoughts about how to help the specific technique required. Using a > set programme of exercises can help to direct the attention but try > not to let repetition of this programme become mindless. Always > remind yourself why you are doing it. > > > How should I practise: > If you have decided what your objectives are, when you begin to play > you will immediately be working productively. Continually > concentrate on what you are doing so that you can assess the > progress. It may help to imagine that you are performing to an > audience in a major concert hall or making a video in which you are > demonstrating how it should be done. Review your performance, even > if it is only a single note, repeat or move on as you see fit. > > > Is it working: > Have a realistic view on what progress you expect to make > immediately and in the longer term. For example, some gentle long > notes and flexibilities should improve the response of the > embouchure within minutes whereas it may take weeks to see any great > development in range or sound quality. Be patient but constantly re- > assess how things are going so that you can persevere or adjust as > necessary. > > The 1% rule is used by some sportsmen in training and can be > usefully applied; a difference of just 1% in performance ability by > doing extra work may be the significant factor between success and > failure. Repeated additions of 1% will become even more significant > as time goes on. > > Cliché or not, a journey of a thousand miles really does start with > a single step. > > Our mental disposition to our work is also a factor in how much we > can achieve. We have a choice: we can approach our instruments with > an attitude of pessimism or reluctance and the results will probably > reflect it; on the other hand we can assure ourselves that because > we are organised in our mind our session is going to be productive, > we are going to enjoy it and make some definite steps forward, even > if we are only laying some ground work for tomorrow. > > Slogans on the wall, practice diaries etc can all help but in the > end the pleasure and stimulation we get from our playing are the > best motivation. > > > How long should I practise for: > The amount of time spent practising is less important than the use > it is put to. 30 minutes really sensible, dedicated practice is > better than 3 hours of mindless doodling. This is not an excuse for > doing the bare minimum. If you can only spare a few minutes then use > them wisely; make sure the basics are covered, breathing, embouchure > response, production control etc. Check out a few low notes as well > as a few high ones. If necessary spend time working on current > repertoire but rather than simply playing through, economise on time > by picking out the most troublesome passages for particular > attention. Try and include a few minutes of something entertaining, > busk a tune, try to play something you know fairly well from memory, > try it in different keys. Whatever you do, concentrate on sound > quality and enjoy what you achieve. > > If more time is available work longer at basics, developing > techniques and repertoire building. Spend a few minutes doing some > sight reading or developing other musical skills such as > transposing, reading from other clefs etc. > > The more time spent playing as well as possible the longer the > benefit will last. 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The last three are all niche retailers in hard surface only: Lumber Liquidators, Floor and Décor and the Tile Shop. Each has received a transfusion of capital from investment companies who now have part of the action. Two of the companies (Lumber Liquidators and The Tile Shop) are now publicly traded corporations.
Lumber Liquidators 300 stores $900 million sales wood and laminate
The Tile Shop 73 stores $245 million sales ceramic tile and stone
Floor and Décor 34 stores $285 million sales ceramic tile, wood, laminate
Almost $1.5 billion of hard surface sales are generated by these three companies. Their spectacular growth has happened in the worst of times. It is all due to narrowcasting (offering a very narrow product mix but deep assortment of same) and those with deep pockets outside of our industry.
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Faison, Edward K. "Complex Effects of Ungulate Browsers on Tree Recruitment and Herbaceous Layers in New England Temperate Forests" (2015). Dissertation from University of Massachusetts Amherst. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/451/
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Holgerson, Meredith A. "Drivers of carbon dioxide and methane supersaturation in small, temporary ponds." Biogeochemistry 124.1-3 (2015): 305-318. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10533-015-0099-y#page-1
Urban, Mark C., and Jonathan L. Richardson. "The evolution of foraging rate across local and geographic gradients in predation risk and competition." The American Naturalist 186.1 (2015): E16-E32. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/681716
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Joshua Lee Hoiland, 31, Minot, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, near Stanley, from injuries sustained in a work-related accident.
Josh was born Jan. 4, 1982, in Hazen, to Eldon and Janice (Reinhardt) Hoiland. He moved with his family to several different cities including Beulah, Baltic, S.D., Deering, Williston and Minot. While in Baltic he played basketball and was teammates with his brother, Justin.
While growing up he enjoyed spending summers at his Grandma Ida Reinhardt's home in Beulah. He also enjoyed riding bike and fishing with his friends. Between the ages of 10 to 13 he enjoyed trucking with his Uncle Al and he covered 37 states by the time he was 14.
Josh married Ashley Hanson on April 27, 2009, in Minot. They made their home in Minot and together had a beautiful daughter, Brooklyn Leigh Hoiland, who he adored and who was his pride and joy.
Josh was a go-getter. He loved to work and enjoyed trucking in his semi. He worked for Stallion Oilfield Services, Badger Daylighting, Rockwater Energy Solutions and most recently First Choice Energy.
Josh and Ashley enjoyed making trips to Las Vegas for their anniversaries. He enjoyed visiting the Pawn Stars shop every trip there. He also liked to watch the reality shows Pawn Stars, Duck Dynasty, Truck Repo and Storage Wars. In the summer months he loved working in the yard and making trips to the zoo with his family.
Josh loved animals and had a huge heart for everyone. If someone was in need he was the first there to help them out.
Those who shared in his life: Wife, Ashley Elizabeth Hoiland, and daughter, Brooklyn Leigh Hoiland, both Minot; parents, Eldon and Janice Hoiland, Williston; brothers, Jeremy (Amber) Hoiland, Williston, and Justin Hoiland, Minot; nephews, Cooper and Jaeger Hoiland; and niece, Aleah Hoiland; grandmother, Mabel Hoiland, Minot; his favorite uncle, Al Reinhardt, Bismarck; and several other aunts, uncles and cousins; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Steve and Leslie Hanson, Minot; sister-in-law, Nicole Hanson, Fargo.
Josh was preceded in death by: his grandparents, Herbert and Ida Reinhardt and Roy Hoiland; and by many aunts, uncles and cousins.
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Burial: Rosehill Memorial Park, Minot.
Visitation and prayer service: Visitation will be today, Wednesday, March 20, from 3 to 7 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., all at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot.
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