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Hunt 7101: Limited-entry Black bear
Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/South
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8-23-2014 to 9-29-2014
11-1-2014 to 11-20-2014
Type: Limited-entry
Species: Black bear
Weapon: Any legal weapon
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DescriptionGrand and Uintah counties--Boundary begins at the Utah-Colorado state line and the White River; west along this river to the Green River; south along this river to Swasey�s Boat Ramp and the Hastings Road; south on this road to SR-19; south and east on SR-19 to Exit 164 on 1-70 near the town of Green River; east on I-70 to the Utah-Colorado state line; north on this state line to the White River. EXCLUDES THE BOOK CLIFFS, LITTLE CREEK ROADLESS UNIT. EXCLUDES ALL NATIVE AMERICAN TRUST LAND WITHIN THIS BOUNDARY. USGS 1:100,000 Maps: Huntington, Moab, Price, Seep Ridge, Vernal, Westwater. Boundary questions? Call the Vernal office, 435-781-9453 or the Price office, 435-613-3700. EXCLUDES Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless Unit as follows: Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless Grand County--Boundary begins at Steer Ridge road and Ten Mile Knoll; southwest along Diamond Ridge and the Book Cliffs summit (north-south drainage divide) to the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation boundary (Hells Hole/head of Sego Canyon); north along this boundary (west side of West Willow Creek) to the Wildlife Management Area/Ute Tribe Fence at the confluence of East and West Willow Creek; northeast to the west fork of the Steer Ridge road (NW 1/4 Sec 7, T17 S R 21 E); south and east along the Steer Ridge road (atop the drainage divide) to Ten Mile Knoll. EXCLUDES ALL NATIVE AMERICAN TRUST LAND WITHIN THIS BOUNDARY. USGS 1:100,000 Maps: Westwater. Boundary questions? Call the Vernal office, 435-781-9453. 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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Confined area operationsJune 22, 2011 by Tim McAdams
The very nature of helicopters, especially in EMS operations, requires maneuvering in close proximity to objects. Large solid objects like walls and fences can create very turbulent air by interfering with a normal rotor downwash pattern. In a hover near the ground, the air being accelerated down hits the ground and travels away from the helicopter. When this air encounters a large solid object it slows down and gets redirected disrupting the air flow through the rotor system Typically, the side close to the object sees more disturbed air creating a lift imbalance felt by the pilot as pitch and roll instability. Depending on the location of the object relative to the wind (which can hurt or help the situation) the instability can be mild to severe. Turbulent air that gets near the tail rotor can cause yaw instability as well. The constantly changing air flow creates fluctuating lift from the rotor requiring power changes to maintain a hover. For a helicopter that is heavy and operating at a high density altitude, insufficient power available could cause a hard landing.
However, a bigger danger is actually striking the object with the rotor system. According to the NTSB, on Aug. 31, 2002, the pilot in command of a Sikorsky S-76 taking off from a hospital helipad became distracted by a large section of torn awning that was flapping in the wind due to rotor wash. The main rotors struck the top corner of the building and the helicopter began to settle. The pilot lowered the collective and navigated between the building and the parking garage to the street below, applying full collective pitch to help cushion the hard landing. The pilot and two medical crewmembers received minor injuries.
That same year the pilot and flight nurse of a BK117 were not so lucky when their helicopter struck the hospital building at night during gusty wind conditions. The paramedic was the only survivor and said that when the helicopter was about 20 ft. above the helipad, he was programming the GPS receiver and felt a sudden gust of wind push the helicopter from behind. He was not alerted to anything unusual until he looked up and noticed the helicopter's close proximity to a 16-floor brick building that extended above the height of the helipad by four floors. The paramedic yelled, "Building, building, building!" to alert the pilot, who then made a rapid right cyclic input to avoid hitting the building. But the helicopter struck the building and fell about 13 floors to ground level.
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Utah's Senate Bill 96, sponsored by Senator Chris Buttars (R-District 10), was passed by the Senate on January 23, 2006, by a 16-12 vote.
Senate Bill 1959 (RTF), introduced by Senator Daisy Lawler (D-District 24), is the third antievolution bill to be introduced in the Oklahoma legislature in 2006. If enacted, SB 1959 would provide:
A. Every teacher in a public school in this state shall be authorized to present information and allow classroom discussions that provide for views that may pertain to the full range of scientific views in any science course.
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This is the last year in which the Mint struck the Washington Quarters depicting the reverse eagle design that was used from 1932 - date. As the following year or in 1999, the Mint introduced the State Quarter program where it changed the reverse design for Washington Quarters.
The 1998-P Washington Quarter is very common and can be found in circulation even in some mint state grades. Only in MS66 and higher does it become challenging to locate. But there are enough MS66 examples that have been graded already to meet the demand. Examples in MS67 are scarce but there are probably still hundreds of examples available. In MS68, they are very difficult to find and possibly less than 100 examples exist with none known in any higher grade.


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Admission Requirements
Kansas Applicants
- Open admission for all graduates of a Kansas accredited high school.
- GED - An average test score of 450*
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As an out of state resident, you must meet one (1) of the following requirements:
- Rank in Class Graduate in the upper 2/3 of your high school class
- GPA - 2.00 or above on a 4.00 scale
- ACT - A composite score of 14
- SAT - A composite score of 930
- GED - An average test score of 450*
*(The GED test must be taken prior to enrollment at Highland Community College.)
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Christmas Party for the Ages
Do any of the following images bring a smile to your face?
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Δ Couples being caught in the doorway under the mistletoe.
Δ Dads dancing with their daughters to the tune "Rocking around the Christmas Tree".
Δ Families gathered around a piano singing carols.
If any of these thoughts give you a warm feeling, then you definitely want to do this event with your family and friends.


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About the Author: Melvin W. Hall serves in the Youth Programs Division of the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Recent conflicts around the world, highly publicized by the media with vivid images, urgent tones, and non-stop coverage, serve as a reminder of the "Great Game." It is the term used to describe the struggle that takes place between states, nations, political groups, and national leaders for power and influence. And the drama of the Great Game tends to exacerbate and reinforce the surface differences between cultures, nations, and governments. A foil to the Great Game is the "Quiet Game," which Djavad Salehi-Isfahani recently described as the "everyday game of life where families get up in the morning, have plans for themselves, [and] for their children." It is the Quiet Game, because we seldom hear about the family life of people from around the world, their individual interactions, their hopes and conversations about the future, and the reasons and circumstances which compel them to make decisions about their lives. And when we engage in the Quiet Game with people from around the world, we take advantage of a wonderful opportunity to learn about their individual aspirations and dreams for their families and children.
The Quiet Game, however, is not made available to us in the same way the Great Game is made available. Engaging in the Quiet Game with our counterparts from around the world requires commitment -- commitment to seek out cross-cultural encounters, commitment to learn someone else's language, and commitment to live for an extended period of time in another culture. The National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) gives committed American young people the opportunity to be full participants in the Quiet Game -- to sit down at the dinner table with their international peers and participate in their discussions and daily lives.
NSLI-Y, a Department of State funded program, provides full-scholarships for American youth ages 15 to 18 to learn Arabic, Farsi, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Turkish in summer, semester, and academic-year overseas immersion programs. NSLI-Y programs immerse students in the language and culture of the host country through formal education and daily interaction with host country counterparts (families and communities). While participating in a rigorous program of language study, it is expected that most NSLI-Y participants will live with host families. In addition, community service projects will be an important part of the language curriculum. Participants will interact with their host country peers to complete various community service projects in their language of study, such as working in orphanages, promoting environmental awareness, and developing youth programs. In essence, NSLI-Y language programs are a springboard to a lifetime of language use and participating with people from around the world in the Quiet Game of their everyday lives.
NSLI-Y is a wonderful opportunity for all American youth who have an interest in languages and a desire to experience other cultures firsthand in a learning environment. The deadline for 2009 and 2010 applications is February 2, 2009.
Join the NSLI-Y Group at Exchanges Connect, an international social network, to meet past participants of NSLI-Y language programs, ask questions about NSLI-Y programs, and take part in on-line discussions about language learning.
You may apply for the program through the American Councils.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
Is there active program for older adults in this manner?
...Or are we considered disposible unless we are still active in Govt., influencial fiscally or of family namesake?
Anthony in U.S.A. writes:
@ Joe in Tennessee -- Joseph, baby!
Ya took the words right out of my mouth.
But in all reality, the answer to your question is a resounding, emphatic, "No!!"
Joey, baby, you are your own garbage man. You, and no one else, decides your disposability. The sooner you understand, the sooner you advance.
You truly "create" your own destiny. Heck, look at the fellows for example; they set their own stake and built an empire of freedom around, and around and around it. Brilliant!!
The planet truly spins constantly, regardless of our own miniscule, personal axis, it continues to rotate. The key is to properly gauge the rotation of the world in which we live in, estimate the proper trajectory, close our eyes, and jump in.
You'll be surprised how fast you'll be swept up in the spin of things. As long as you're okay with "motion" you have nothing to worry about!
Joey, darling,
Just keep on truck'in. You must never hesitate. If another language is what you want. Learn it.
If you want to rub shoulders with the big boys, then get close. You need not another to grant permission.
This entire world belongs to you. Exercise your potential. They'll come runnin!
If you have more to bring to the table than only your appetite, you'll be invited to dinner.
Can anyone say "head of the table?"
That's right Joe - Joe. You are not disposable . . .or are you?
The answer lies within.
Lesley in North Carolina writes:
In reference to the above youth program, I am 28 yrs of age and a City Police Officer and would like to learn a foreign language; my preference being Russian, however, I cannot afford to take classes and am unaware of any programs for people of my age. I am already paying back student loans from by Bachelors Degree and would like to apply for a position with the U.S. State Dept. but feel learing and knowing a foreign language would be helpful. Any ideas? I do however, think the above youth program is wonderful and only wish it were around when I was a child.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
I'll take out trash for DoS anytime, but that brings me to a solution to the old timer's dilemma Anthony, ( having stole the words out of my mouth dude, I gotta think of something besides a worthy pep talk to cure the so called unworthy...or just too old and slow...in mind.)
I think if a person has a demonstrated interest, and meets the background check, I think State should invest in a work/study program. Not just for the young and impressionable, but for crotchety old farts like myself and Joe who could find new usefulness with having a few new horizons in the distance, while we earn our keep.
We ain't braindead yet...(chuckle).
Let's face it Joe, we actually serve a usefull purpose by making this blog readable...LOL! If that's any comfort...
Katrina in Washington, DC writes:
The Game Conflict
The Quiet Game, describes what we believe we know and experience daily.
The "Great Game" is right in front of us, yet seldom publicized and has the most affect on aspirations, dreams families and children. The Great Game consists of "Public Politicians and Players", hiding their own cards and taking ours! The game is played everywhere, right here as well as in other countries. Are the laws for disbarment the same? Do we pass "GO" and collect $200.00 or go to jail trying to shed light on this game?
Katrina in Washington, DC writes:
Can someone please tell me where the local laws are written regarding representation of Minorities? Thank you.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
LOL! What else can I say, and my lineage is rather rare, I have not forgotten Cornwall....
Rub shoulders with the Big who? Boys? LOL! Love it, you sound like Frank Carlucci when no one is around...
The question was put out there as it is apparent there are many on the board who may be interested in further development and all the references thus far as to aid or help are geared toward the youth for obvious reasons...yet one seems to forget, we were the generation who were supposed to change things...LOL! So what happened? Twenty years latter and Rip Van Winkle wakes up to the same world.....Tony Baby....Sweetheart...LOL!
Quando lei stato andato tanto tempo, lei deve assicurarla sa dove lei cammina. Mentre il paesaggio potrebbe aver cambiato, le persone che lei deve assicurarsi di...capice?
Donald in Virginia writes:
@ Lesley in North Carolina -- In reference to learning new languages my simple suggestion is alot of websites online offer free learning. Since I'm like an ideas kind of a guy, you have a multitude of ways of learning without having to pay big bucks.
- Library offers books and cassettes on learning
- Online websites
- Rosetta Stone language software is a brand name which does actually cost but it appears to be one of the best learning tools
Good luck and enjoy learning a new language.
John in Greece writes:
@ Eric in New Mexico, Joe in Tennessee and Anthony in U.S.A. -- I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself...
According to my poor opinion, it's very important to have you in here (in DipNote) guys. And, you make this Blog not only readable, but also "writable!" (Chuckle&LOL!)
I think that you are joking about your "ages," on the ground that as long as you still write, you are still "babies," willing to offer for a better world...
P.S. I do not know about the DoS jobs: so, Eric, apply.
DipNote Blogger Luke Forgerson writes:
@ Lesley in North Carolina -- I encourage you to speak with the State Department's Diplomat-in-Residence at Duke University. He will be able to give you guidance on Department careers. His contact information is available here.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Age is a matter of mind over matter John, If you don't mind it doesn't matter, but it won't change the fact that I wouldn't get an A-1 medical clearance for world-wide service.
Hell, I'm just lucky to be fully functional, and I count my blessings.
"The Great Game" - End to a myth:
Ain't no game, great or otherwise, to call diplomacy such just cheapens the experience, and belittles the human condition.
It assumes "we the people" are just pawns in somebody's power trip. And that folks are quietly playing at living.
Now that dipnote has opened the pandora's box of public opinion on an interactive level, it's time folks started shedding old ways of percieving things.
Time to step outside the box of those definitions that limit private and public diplomacy.
When diplomacy is used as a tool to save lives, it is no game one can comfortably quantify by who wins or loses and keep score, quietly or not.
Unless you're into body counts.
(This myth busted for one and all courtesy of common sense.)
DipNote Blogger Melvin Hall writes:
Thank you for your questions about language programs for adults. There are several U.S. Government sponsored programs. Each program has unique eligibility requirements (may require enrollment at a university or college). I have posted the links to these programs below. I especially recommend that you look at what the Flagship Language Program has to offer. In addition, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Professional Exchanges Division offers reciprocal exchange programs for American and international fellows. I recommend you visit the Professional Exchanges Division website for a list of their programs. Finally, I recommend you visit your local community colleges or universities to ask about adult language programs and exchanges. These institutions may be aware of privately funded programs.
Undergraduate and Graduate Language ProgramsCritical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer InstitutesFulbright U.S. Student ProgramGilman ScholarshipsThe Language FlagshipNational Security Education Program (NSEP)
Ron in New York writes:
Learn a Language....see the world.....
Reminds me of the matchbook cover: Can you draw this pirate?
Way too little; way too late for Bush & Co...
The Great Game could have been avoided,,,,,,
Instead, Bush made it a deadly game...
Quiet Game?....is that like wiretapping U.S. citizens?
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Thanks for the links Melvin, I've tried a number of times to become an FSO so I have no illusions of my chances, but I'll give the Dip. in Res. @ UNM a call and see if there's a glimmer of hope to be had.
I should also add that my comments regarding "The Great Game" were not directed at you personally. Just to be clear.
I was just re-reading the post, and I realized it might get taken the wrong way. The term irks my sensibilities for sure, but I don't take issue with anyone personally for using it.
It just doesn't accurately reflect reality as I know it.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
QUOTE:John in Greece writes:@ Eric in New Mexico, Joe in Tennessee and Anthony in U.S.A. -- I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself END QUOTE...
Never considered myself a wild animal, though Mankind in General is still primitive by far compared to the leaps in technology we have made -- nor have I ever considered myself sorry for such. Perturbed at false accusations, etc. of the past perhaps and unwise personal decisions (like most people), but that's it.
As far as age, there is a reality to limitations and usefulness for certain occupations etc. and still cannot phantom why there is always a direction to personalize in tangents.
I appreciate the actual answers given to finding adult aid in learning new langue skills.
It is critical for many professionals at this time in America to become more mobile in their occupations unless Nationalization was to take place in industry here.
Fortunately, my children had the foresight to be multi linguistic at an expert level. I am afraid many of us older Americans never seen the need for such, as America was the Center of the Universe -- who would want or need to leave it for work or continue an occupation of choice, unless it was in another country by choice?
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Joe, I think if you look back, you'll realize I've simply prodded you to be the best you can be.
Would you expect less from a friend?
I have no doubt John's comments were made with the same intent to the both of us.
Que vida loca! Here's to your success. Cheers!
John in Greece writes:
@ Joe in TN -- Dear Joe, I really RESPECT you and your comments. I think this makes things more clear!
I attempted to say that "age" does not matter as long as the brain is so intelligent, like yours.
I really thank you for all your posted comments that made me a better "thinker". (I may disagree with some -- but I think this is healthy) Nevertheless, I admire your way of thinking and the strength of your argumentation and references you bring to table.
I apologize if I made you think something else!
PS: Thank you very much Eric. It's exactly as you say!
Manuel in California writes:
Where was this when I was growing up?
It is never too late to learn a foreign language. :)
I am teaching myself Arabic. It is not as hard as I thought it would be


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If you wished to see a vivid illustration of how the broadcast news media in the US are perceived in 2011, you could do worse than watch President Obama tell jokes.
At the White House correspondents' dinner he delivered a left and a right, so to speak. First, he played his "official birth video," a clip from Disney's animated Lion King. "That was a joke," he enunciated at the table for Fox News, the network that has facilitated "birther" rumors that the president was born in Kenya. Then he looked around the glitzy gathering to find National Public Radio: "You guys are still here?" he quipped, referring obliquely to congressional thundering against continued public funding for the network, adding, "I was looking forward to new programming like No Things Considered "
That's about it in a nutshell. On one side, successful commercially funded entities that are popularly characterized as having abandoned high-quality reporting for ratings, one way or another, to one degree or another. On the other side, a public media system with a highbrow reputation but a political mountain to climb to maintain the public portion of its funding.
And somehow the two parts are not greater than the whole. America lacks a central voice in terms of both reporting itself to the world and the world to its diverse citizens. This puts the country at a disadvantage. The quality of its democracy suffers, as does its global image.
In the first two weeks of March, when I began working on this article, the news media in the US had two very different unfolding protest stories to follow. One was the latest wave of the Arab Spring, which rolled into Bahrain that month and met violent resistance from the authorities. The other uprising, less violent but similarly newsworthy, was taking place in Madison, Wisconsin, where Republican Governor Scott Walker's union busting "budget-repair bill" hit a wall of public workers and Democratic senators fled the state in an attempt to hold up its passage.
As an avid consumer of news, and as someone who is relatively new to the US, it was striking and a little disconcerting to find out how hard it was to follow either narrative arc contemporaneously through the mainstream media. I remember a particular evening in mid-March when Twitter alerted users to the fact that both #Bahrain and #Wisconsin were "trending," yet it was impossible to find comprehensive coverage of either story. Cable news did not break its schedule to bring the news instantly; the New York Times website, normally a source of wide-ranging news, was slow to update; on the radio, NPR made clear that it is not a twenty-four-hour service. All outlets eventually carried some coverage of both stories, of course, but locating information about events in Madison and Manama as they unfolded in real time was difficult.
Back in Britain, when momentous events were unfolding, I would switch on the BBC, or click on its website, confident that I would be able to find a broad, if sometimes shallow, impression of what was going on in the world. The BBC is omnipresent in the UK—an all-encompassing news website, eight national TV channels and ten national radio channels, dozens more local and international channels, outlets on each platform dedicated to breaking news. In the US, I seem to have no such go-to broadcast news source when big stories break. Like what I expect is an increasing number of people, I find myself reliant on social media feeds. Is this a problem at all? Is it a problem for Americans?
These days, my default position for big stories is to follow the stream of aggregated news from multiple sources—Facebook and Twitter, as well as search engines like Google News. Here, links from domestic sources such as CNN blend increasingly with international coverage from convergent news organizations, such as the BBC and Al Jazeera English, which reach wide audiences with web and broadcast platforms far outside their domestic markets.
The web is increasing audiences for news, but growth is often outside domestic markets and not supported by proportionate advertising increases. Those who benefit most from this situation are often the news organizations that have funding models that allow a concentration on editorial firepower and reach, in terms of how many million visitors see a story, rather than revenue. And predominant among that group are often state and publicly funded media entities.
This is not surprising. In a world in which international news is holding the interest of audiences more frequently, the ability to publish and broadcast news pan-nationally is hugely advantageous. And without a reliance on advertising or subscription, editorial focus becomes paramount. For commercial outlets, speed is a function of being competitive, but resources for producing content are under pressure. So large appealing advertising audiences are more often anchored to big name talk shows, which are more reliable in terms of generating revenue, than to streams of events, which by their nature are unpredictable.
In this trans-national world, it is unclear what the American proposition is to the international market.
In a recent speech, Peter Horrocks, director of the BBC World Service, addressed America's problem as he discussed a new era of government investment in global media: "There is an explosion of state-funded international news at the same time as there is a dramatic cutting back in resources by most commercial news organizations," Horrocks said in a keynote speech at the International Journalism Festival in April. He pointed to China's $7 billion expansion program for its overseas media operations, "including an increase in foreign bureaus for its global English news channel CCTV, from nineteen to fifty-six over the next three years." He could have pointed to others as well: Russia Today is stepping up investment; Qatar-based Al Jazeera is similarly looking for international expansion.
CNN remains America's predominant news channel overseas, with a reach that exceeds 260 million homes around the world through CNN International, a very distinct news service from the CNN accessed in another 100 million US homes. CNN is the US equivalent of the BBC for reach and profile, but as part of Time Warner, its future is dependent on shareholders and the marketplace.
And domestically, CNN is in a dogfight with competing networks, notably MSNBC and Fox News. The economic necessity to be able to prove that a network is holding steady "audience share" works in favor of personality-driven schedules. Hence the investment in faces such as Piers Morgan and Anderson Cooper, to pit against MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and Fox News's Bill O'Reilly. This competition in the network's home market draws heavily on management's time, focus, and resources.
I asked Horrocks to expand on his remarks in an e-mail exchange. "Could the BBC be invented now for the USA?" Horrocks asked, rhetorically. "Of course not. Could its currently publicly funded media be made to operate more seamlessly and effectively? Of course." As Lee Bollinger does in more detail—in the next article in this CJR package—Horrocks described the messiness of a US system in which the key overseas state-funded broadcasters, such as Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, and Alhurra, are prohibited by law from rebroadcasting into its domestic market. "The lack of consolidation is a fatal flaw," Horrocks said. "There have been some noble efforts but it is still utterly Balkanised."
And there are consequences to that. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently employed the notion of Al Jazeera "winning"—with its coverage of the Middle East—as a stick to poke US domestic media, framing this soft power struggle as a policy issue.
Still, what was interesting and illustrative to me about trying to find news in the US is that the system works exactly as it is designed to work. It is highly pluralistic and market-driven, meaning that with news in particular there is not one canonical version of events. In speaking to a number of academics, executives, and media policy researchers, the same phrase occurs again and again in describing the US public media system: "designed for weakness."
The highly decentralized nature of US public media was always intended in part to ensure that state-funded media did not reach the levels of dominance scaled by the BBC.
This is very much the main point of the monograph Nixon and the Politics of Public Television by David Stone, which is being republished this fall by the New America Foundation as part of its Media Policy Initiative program. Stone, now executive vice president of communications and public affairs at Columbia University, wrote the original paper almost thirty years ago, but the fierce antipathy Richard Nixon's administration showed toward public broadcasting, following Lyndon Johnson's creation of the system with the 1967 Public Broadcasting Act, is remarkably similar to the contemporary pressures faced by the entities that law created—public media's main funding body, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and its main beneficiaries, TV's Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR).
Since I come from the UK, where the BBC has been the culturally dominant force for more than seventy years, the idea that there is not one outlet dedicated to telling the whole nation what is going on in the world right now is disorienting. But to US audiences, many of its politicians, and even many of its journalists, the idea that your dominant media authority would be publicly funded is the very vision of a dystopian horror.
In the past, such cultural differences have been interesting but not much more than that, because these outlets operated pretty much in isolation. It took television technology more than fifty years before the market was ready for international TV services. Until CNN International's arrival in 1985, five years after CNN's birth, news channels on television operated for their domestic audiences only. The BBC only extended its international TV reach after that, in 1987, with the stuttering start of BBC TV Europe, which became part of BBC World in 1991.
Then came the Internet in the mid-1990s. In addition to upending the financial model to support news, the global interconnectedness of the Internet as a delivery system has also had the effect of creating a new global market. Citizens can converse and consume beyond their borders, and news organizations can transcend previous formats and licensing arrangements to reach much bigger international audiences. Just as the revenue opportunities are shrinking, so the opportunities of reach are expanding. And again, some advantage goes to state-funded media, which do not have to worry as much about revenue and can focus on content and distribution.
In the US, the lack of a clear path toward funding what has been called "accountability journalism" has triggered a number of suggestions that the country should rethink its resistance to publicly funded media. In 2009, Leonard Downie Jr., the former executive editor of The Washington Post, and Michael Schudson, a Columbia Journalism School professor and CJR contributor, wrote a report, published here in CJR, called "The Reconstruction of American Journalism." Among several recommendations was one that public funding for journalism be increased, via the Federal Communications Commission, which would contribute a portion of its fees from telephone networks, broadcast licenses, and spectrum auctions to create a new Fund for Local News. It also recommended a more consolidated approach toward distributing funding through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, giving larger sums to fewer recipients, and suggested that this body change its name to the Corporation for Public Media.
The same year, Princeton professor Paul Starr, testifying before the Congressional Joint Economic Committee during a hearing on "the future of newspapers," called for more government support of journalism, holding up as encouraging the example of public broadcasting, which he said "has become an important source of news and public-affairs discussion."
But two years later, for those who had hopes that a serious discussion about public funding for the press would arrive, the world has moved backward. As most readers know, NPR has suffered through a plethora of public controversies this year (Juan Williams, Ellen Weiss, James O'Keefe, et al.), culminating in the resignation of NPR's president and chief executive, Vivian Schiller. A week later the House of Representatives voted to strip NPR of its government funding, though the measure is expected to fail.
Even in the UK, political pressure on the BBC is forcing its director general to attempt cutting costs by 20 percent. The big difference between the UK and the US, though, is the scale of the funding. In the UK, a license fee charged to every TV-owning household in the country raises more than $5 billion a year for the broadcaster—this from a domestic market roughly a fifth the size of the US. In the US, the total amount the CPB distributes to the public broadcasters is just around $400 million per year, which in turn is split between NPR, PBS, and many local affiliates.
In the US, PBS and NPR receive a mere $9.37 per capita in revenue, counting all sources of revenue—federal funding, donations, and sponsorships. That compares to $116.43 per capita in the UK and $54.03 in Japan, according to a recent report by the media advocacy group Free Press.
But the argument that the US compares poorly in its state and public investment in media is not one that gets much traction in the US. And many Americans do not think that the decentralized system operated here is necessarily a disadvantage. Even some of those involved in public broadcasting see decentralization as a plus. "The fact that NPR has zero control or authority over affiliate stations is not necessarily a bad thing," says Schiller, the former NPR chief, now the chief digital officer of NBC News. "Independence of ownership is often a strength as these stations are closest to their audiences."
Schiller is skeptical that there will ever be more public support for funding for public media than there is at the moment. "I just don't see it," she says. "Even journalists who work inside public media are conflicted about taking public dollars."
Yet while public media may struggle for funding, it is having no trouble finding audiences. Schiller's time at NPR might have ended with a series of controversies, but her two-year tenure saw a continuing growth in audiences and a focus on digital innovation. And at a time when the normal trajectory for 'legacy media' has been at best static, NPR's figures have increased to around 27 million people listening to at least one NPR show a week, up from around 13 million in the late 1990s. Similarly, PBS claims a monthly reach of 117 million and an online monthly reach of 20 million.
Bill Clinton set public-media-advocate hearts aflutter in May, when he suggested an American or international entity, similar to "NPR or the BBC," that would put out unspun truth and debunk Internet rumors. But privately, even those at the top levels of public broadcasting feel that this is unlikely.
What may be more likely is that a new ecosystem could spring out of current networks of professional and amateur news organizations, using the cheap or free infrastructure of the Internet to create traction.
Tom Glaisyer, a Knight Media Policy Fellow at the New America Foundation, for example, envisions the emergence of a connected world of public service publishing based around libraries, community groups, and journalism schools, many of whom are already active participants in publishing to local communities. Such a vision relies on the idea that the majority of newsgathering will fall to more dispersed sources, some of them professional journalists and many of them not. "These will be new information institutions, and look very different from what we had in the past," says Glaisyer. Context and analysis might as easily come from experts in the field publishing their own material as from news organizations.
We certainly got a glimpse of the ability of the Internet to facilitate and integrate news sources, and maybe of a new news ecosystem, during the Arab Spring and the Japanese earthquake and tsunami this year. Whether it was NPR's own head of social media strategy, Andy Carvin, ceaselessly tweeting links of disparate sources and coverage of the Middle East for months on end, or MIT's nuclear science and engineering students blogging the post-earthquake problems with the Fukushima power plant (mitnse.com), we could begin to see how such an ecosystem might work. Investment in professional journalists—to follow sources and subjects even when they are not in the public eye, to investigate and stand up to governmental and corporate pressure, to help sort the fake from the real—will still be needed, but the money currently spent on maintaining bureaus and infrastructure is almost certain to shrink—at least in America.
This need was made clear in the recent FCC report, "The Information Needs of Communities," published in June. But meanwhile, the increased and rapid investments by many other governments into centralized media will continue to be a challenge to the US. The "soft power" struggle in the world has begun a new and more political phase, and globalized news has increasing relevance to domestic markets. People and money move ever more fluidly across borders, so information about an earthquake in Japan, an explosion in Russia, or a riot in Tehran becomes directly relevant to a viewer in the US or a listener in Europe.
In this new world, the US is undoubtedly a leader at least in one way. The US has a more powerful media platform than any of its rivals, through technology companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter.
It is somewhat ironic then, that the journalism distributed via these networks will be increasingly generated by non-US sources. To many, this might seem like a blessed liberation from the pervasive Americanization of culture through the likes of MTV and CNN in the heady days of cable expansion. But one can see why Hillary Clinton talks about other countries "winning" the information war, and why this might be of concern to the US.
News journalism will come through these free, commercial, private platforms as much as through any other means, including the broadcast channels of old. In this respect the future of public media is already here. It is networked and highly dispersed.
But in another way, it still feeds on the ability of individuals and organizations to present reports and perspectives, to motivate debate and action. And in that realm, it is unclear what the US national news identity might be, or how it might be funded.
It may be that the notion of the cross-national news brand, such as the BBC, is outmoded, but this seems a premature and quite possibly wrong conclusion. Signal is needed above noise, and professional journalists at their best should be about signal.
What is clear is that in a world where the rapid deployment of news has widespread impact but limited economic value, to stick rigidly to the idea that the market will provide for it is a high-risk strategy.


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Without a doubt, both running and cycling are great�heart-pumping, calorie-scorching�workouts. And as long as you�re getting your body moving on most days of the week�whether that�s hopping on a spin bike, lacing up your sneakers, or even taking your dog out for a walk�that�s a win. But�which activity is better for fat loss�biking or running? For bones? For injury prevention? The answer: It depends. Both biking or running deliver unique health benefits, studies suggest. Here�s how they stack up in four key areas: Fat Loss Winner: Running When done at the same intensity, running burns more fat compared to cycling, according to a small study in people who were well trained in the respective sports, published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. Running may recruit larger muscle groups and more muscle fibers to use up fat for energy. Injury Winner: Biking Researchers at Appalachian State University compared intense cycling and running workouts, finding that long-distance runners experience more post-exercise muscle damage and inflammation compared to cyclists. One reason: cycling is a lower-impact exercise that�s easier on your body�and may be the better choice for newbies. Bones Winner: Running To keep bones strong, hoofing it on pavement might be your best option. In a group of healthy adult men, cyclists were 7 times more likely to have osteopenia of the spine (a condition that increases fracture risk) than runners, found a 2007 study from University of Missouri, Columbia researchers. Running creates a load on bones that strengthens them in the process. Hunger Winner: Both Does working out make you hungrier? Turns out, it actually decreases your appetite, according to a 2012 UK study. Researchers looked at the hunger hormone concentrations of men after cycling or running. Hunger levels didn�t differ between the two sports�in fact, exercising lowered appetite in both. Overall Winner: It�s a tie! Though it looks like running has the edge, both have their perks. Beginners new to a fitness routine might want to start out with biking, whereas running might be more effective if you�re looking to lose weight. The best option, though, is to fit both into your workout routine. You�ll slim down and reduce your risk of injury at the same time. Now get out there! This article originally appeared as on Spry Living


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Whether you have a dog or a cat, odds are you'll have to give him medication at some point. Of course, some animals will not give their owners any problems and will take whatever form of medication (pill, tablet, liquid, etc.) they need easily. However, that's not always the case.
When it comes to giving medication to dogs, pet health experts say there are some tricks to making sure they eat what you give them. Some pet owners can simply put a pill, capsule or tablet into their dog's bowl at mealtime and watch him gobble it up. Others will have to be a bit more proactive.
"Hiding" the medicine in some food can be a successful strategy for some. This can be done by putting the medication in the middle of some cheese, bread, peanut butter or some wet dog food, and making a ball. Veterinarians often recommend feeding the dog a few pieces of the treat without the medication before sneaking it in, as well as giving him some un-tampered with treats afterwards.
According to WebMD Pets, there are also treat-like products available at your local pet supply retailer that may make it easier to give your dog a pill. Some brand names include Pill Pockets and Flavor Doh.
Vets often don't recommend breaking pills up for finicky animals, as they often won't taste very appetizing. Additionally, according to the Seattle Times, pills with a protective coating are formulated for a timed-release and tampering with the coating could affect it.
While hiding the medication in some food may be helpful, it's important to remember that some medications need to be taken on an empty stomach. If this is the case, you likely will have to work a bit harder to get your canine friend to swallow it.
If you have to give your dog his medication manually, there are ways to ensure he swallows it. The Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine suggests tilting the dog's head back and using your hands to open his mouth first. Then, fold the animal's upper lip over the teeth so if he bites down, he'll bite his lip instead of your fingers first. Place the pill as far back in the mouth as possible and close the dog's mouth and hold it closed. To get him to swallow, try blowing sharply on his nose while stroking his neck.
Giving a dog a liquid medication can also be challenge. Veterinarian Dr. Kevin Wilson told the Seattle Times that using a syringe or dropper to measure and administer it is a good strategy. Again, hold the dog's snout up and squeeze the liquid into the animal's mouth between the cheek and teeth, as far back as possible. Remember to hold the nose up and hold the mouth closed and try to get the animal to swallow it by blowing on his nose and stroking his throat.
Some medications, like those to treat canine diabetes, may require you to give the animal a shot. If this is the case, it's a good idea to ask your vet for a lesson on giving shots to dogs.


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"However much we try to distinguish between morally good and morally evils ways of killing, our attempts are beset with contradictions, and these contradictions remain a fragile part of our modern subjectivity."
—Talal Asad, On Suicide Bombing
You can often detect it when a politician or journalist uses a word like "barbaric" to describe the actions of any suicide bomber before, on, or after 9/11: the assumption that "Islamic terrorism" represents an uncontainable hostility toward modernity.
The extremists, on this view, are primitive; we are civilized. They are irrational; we are people of prudence and reason. This is the "clash of civilizations" narrative that has held sway in the West for generations, but with a special power in the last decade.
Yet as anthropologist Talal Asad points out, the histories of Europe and Islam are not so neatly separated and thus the clash of civilizations rhetoric ignores a rich legacy of mutual borrowings and continuous interactions among Christians, Jews, and Muslims. More than that, though, the very selective heritage that shapes a people (that strange, unknown hybrid called Judeo-Christianity, for instance) often bears no relation to the hard facts on the ground — to the way people self-identify, to what they do, how they negotiate the world, and so on.
The concept of jihad is a case in point. Asad notes that the term is not central to Islam, but Western histories of the religion have made it integral to an Islamic civilization rooted in religion. In fact, jihad has been a subject of centuries-long debate among Muslim scholars of different historical and social contexts. It is simply not part of a transhistorical Muslim worldview but rather belongs to, as Asad writes, "an elaborate political-theological vocabulary in which jurists, men of religious learning, and modernist reformers debated and polemicized in response to varying circumstances."
All of which is to say that the West's tidy narration of Islam vis-a-vis modern liberal social orders has posited a set of very persuasive yet fictive binaries: freedom vs. repression; savagery vs. the rule of law; legitimate warfare vs. terrorism. So much so that in the deeply partisan, brutally contentious world of American politics, both Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, routinely employ a model in which, Asad says, "rational democrats in the West react defensively to destructive terrorists from the East."
The point here — mine and most certainly Asad's — is not to condone or justify atrocities committed by extremists. Osama bin Laden was a bad guy and the violence he was responsible for indefensible. Period. The point, instead, is to question the moral high ground America regularly claims in response to criminals like bin Laden and to ask the difficult questions that arise from inhabiting such a lofty perch.
The point also is to be willing to entertain unsettling answers to these questions — to name the contradictions that beset our attempts to rationalize, and celebrate, state-sponsored violence while we categorically condemn, and punish, rogue terrorism.
Can we begin to acknowledge that violence is embedded in the very concept of liberty that lies at the heart of liberal social orders like the United States of America? As Wendell Berry puts it in a poem, "When they want you to buy something they will call you. When they want you to die for profit they will let you know."
Can we begin to acknowledge that there is no moral difference between the horror inflicted by state armies and the horror inflicted by insurgents? Shot-off limbs, dead babies, destroyed livelihoods — these are the on-the-ground realities whether the munitions come from teenage suicide bombers or the U.S. military.
Can we begin to acknowledge that Americans seem to take a de facto stance in which war is condemned only in excess but terrorism in its very essence?
Can we begin to acknowledge that terrorists often talk about what they do in the language of necessity and humanity (as do five-star generals and American presidents)? But, as Asad notes, the banal fact is that "powerful states are never held accountable to [war crimes tribunals], only the weak and the defeated can be convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity."
Can we begin to acknowledge that, as Asad perceptively puts it, "human life has differential exchange value in the marketplace of death when it comes to 'civilized' and 'uncivilized' peoples" and that "this is necessary to a hierarchical global order."
Can we begin to acknowledge that events in recent days ought to disturb us sufficiently to resist the prepackaging of acceptable responses by corporate-controlled media outlets?
To entertain the possibility that the violence wrought in the name of "liberty and justice for all" bears a moral equivalency to that waged by operatives of al-Qaeda is not to impute sinister motives to the American military or its leaders. Not at all. That's the easy, cynical view born of occupying the moral high ground on another plane.
But the uneasy truth remains: Osama bin Laden is dead, and we have killed him. And the story of violence continues — his, ours, and the inextricable link between the two.
Debra Dean Murphy is an assistant professor of Religion and Christian Education at West Virginia Wesleyan College and serves on the board of The Ekklesia Project. She regularly blogs at Intersections: Thoughts on Religion, Culture, and Politics.
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The day of the meeting is a holiday and the banks will be closed.
There will be no speaker, but there will be a meal followed by a short business meeting, the fifth grade county poster winner will be honored as well as the high school essay contest winners and the conservation farmer of the year will be named.
The evening will close with a drawing for door prizes.
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I purchased an M1a must have been 2010, online from a place in Scotland(I'm in the UK btw!) & the sound was very nasal, I did send an email to lr baggs but didn't get a reply, there was no product registration form in with the PU just the box,& as far as I can remember no forum or support site!.
I thought it was my amp that was at fault(behringer acoustic amp)but since then I have tried it on very many different amps & even tried recording with it & always the same nasal sound, the best I sound I found I can get is if I do a cut @ 868Hz & then it sounds half way ok.
I tried adjusting the pole pieces, I've tried it on different guitars but always the same sound.
I keep seeing posts about how everybody thinks they are great pickups & I'm quite jealous coz mine sounds crap!
I use a Martin D35 just in case anybody thinks it's the guitar that's at fault, just this morning I was going to try sending another email to Baggs when I saw this forum & thought I'd ask here first!
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BEIJING (AP) Three Olympic men's handball games came down to winning shots in the final two minutes Tuesday.
Alexey Rastvortsev scored in the 59th minute to boost Russia past Egypt 28-27. Rastvortsev led the Russians with eight goals. Ahmed Al-Ahmar led Egypt with 10 goals.
The win helped Russia, the 2004 bronze medalists, avoid an 0-2 start.
Alberto Rocas scored the game-winning goal in the 59th minute as Spain defeated Poland 30-29. Spain, like Russia, avoided an 0-2 start. Poland is 1-1.
Jung Suyoung scored in the final minute as South Korea beat Denmark 31-30. South Korea is 1-1-0, while Denmark is 0-1-1.
In other action, Mirza Dzomba scored on all seven of his shots, and defending Olympic champion Croatia defeated Brazil 33-14.
Croatia held Brazil to five goals in the first half and led by as many as 20 goals in the second half. Croatia improved to 2-0, while Brazil fell to 0-2.
France defeated China 33-19. The French are 2-0 and have outscored their opponents 67-45.
Iceland also is unbeaten after defeating Germany 33-29. The small island nation already has beaten Germany, the 2007 world champion, and Russia, the 2004 Olympic bronze medalist, in pool play. Action resumes Thursday.


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The Bears have made it official: Jason Campbell will start at quarterback Monday against the San Francisco 49ers.
Campbell, 30, has started 70 games for the Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders during his eight-year career. The Bears signed him to a one-year contract during the offseason to provide better depth behind Jay Cutler, whose six-game absence last season exposed a lack of talent at backup quarterback.
The Bears' investment in a new backup quarterback has paid off. Cutler sustained a concussion in Week 10 against the Houston Texans and has not been able to practice this week.
Campbell is expected to address media members Friday afternoon at Halas Hall.
-Tom Musick


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Criticism Of Rabb Is Misinformed
To The Reader's Forum:
I was quite surprised and saddened to read an article criticizing the Jamestown City Council President, Dr. Greg Rabb, in a letter to The Post-Journal's editor.
The first sentence of the article is a poorly veiled cheap shot at an individual who has spent countless hours working on behalf of the city of Jamestown. I am going to tell you what I know about Greg from personal experience. He is an amazing teacher who challenges his students to think. He brought me out of my shell at JCC and helped turn me from a introspective rural child into a worldly adult. He is a citizen who cares deeply about the community he is a part of and does nothing but talk its praises every time I see him. His involvement with the gay marriage community comes out of a place of love and understanding, something that I find very difficult for anyone to criticize. Above all else he is incredibly intelligent and knowledgeable about public policy. I personally have gotten to know diplomats, Congressmen, and educational leaders; individuals that many would consider to be supremely knowledgeable of public policy. Dr. Rabb is still one of the most uniquely wise voices I have ever heard speak. The attacks on his character are baseless and crude, and quite frankly make little sense.
On the topic of economic malaise that has struck Jamestown, the plain truth is much of it is out of the hands of local government. The same affliction has struck much of the mid-west region in the past half decade, including Buffalo to the North. The problems are macroeconomic and structural in their nature. To give total praise or blame to recent government actors is beyond shortsighted.
The plain truth is that Dr. Rabb is a man of honor and intelligence, and Jamestown is lucky to have him in its community.
Mark Pellham


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Bird House of Blooms®
Give them something to chirp about! We've paired our charming green wooden bird house planter with a gorgeous blooming hydrangea plant, creating the perfect gift for decorating the garden or brightening up a special place in the home.
You set the standard for success,
Then guided us with care;
A Mother's role need have no bounds,
With so much love to share
With elegance and simple grace,
You stand above the crowd;
There's no grandmother dear as you,
You make us very proud.
You pledge your love and constant care
To one so small and dear;
As years go buy you'll share each step;
We're thankful you are near.


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Living Toxic-Free
Creating a world free from harmful toxins in our environment and in our lives
We all deserve to live our lives free of the harmful impacts of toxic chemicals. Whether by pushing for safer chemical plants or detoxing the clothing we wear every day, we're working towards a toxic-free future for all.
© Les Stone / Greenpeace
Toxic chemicals have no place in our homes, our clothes, or our food. And yet there they are, polluting our water, air and soil and threatening our health.
Toxic emissions from chemical plants, waste dumped into our water sources, and the chemicals in our clothing are all unseen but serious threats to our well-being. For the one in three Americans living in close proximity to hazardous chemical facilities, the threat of a major disaster looms large.
Protecting people from the harmful impacts of toxic chemicals is key for the health and safety of communities everywhere. That's why we're fighting locally and globally to remove toxic chemicals from the lives of millions.
The Time Is Now to Stop Chemical Disasters
Roughly 110 million Americans live, work, and go to school in a potential chemical disaster zone. 466 chemical facilities each threaten more than 100,000 Americans, and at least one in every three schoolchildren attends school near a chemical facility. There have been more than 355 chemical incidents since the fertilizer explosion in West, Texas in April 2013 that killed 15 people and injured more than 200.
But the solutions for safer chemical facilities exist, and we can achieve them without sacrificing jobs. As of 2010, 554 chemical plants have changed their practices, swapping in safer chemicals and adopting new safety procedures. Thousands of facilities, however, still lag behind.
Our goal is to protect all communities from the preventable horror of a chemical disaster.
In the wake of the West, Texas disaster, President Obama issued an Executive Order in 2013 directing government agencies to improve safety regulations at chemical facilities and prevent chemical disasters. We're pushing the EPA to act now to make sure that new rules protecting workers, nearby communities and first responders are implemented as soon as possible.
Detoxing Industry
The multibillion dollar corporations that produce our clothing are some of the biggest polluters out there.
Every year, the fashion industry pollutes waterways in places like Mexico, China and Indonesia by using hazardous chemicals in the manufacturing plants. Those same toxic chemicals are present in our clothes, too.
Since 2011, we've challenged some of the world's most popular clothing brands to work with their suppliers to stop the flow of toxic chemicals into our waterways. Already, companies like Nike, Adidas, H&M, and more have signed on. Will your favorite retailer?
We All Deserve to Live Toxic-Free
Toxic chemical pollution affects all of us, but it has the most devastating effects on disadvantaged communities.
Too often, those with the fewest resources to protect themselves are the ones exposed to harmful pollution. In the U.S., low-income communities and communities of color are statistically more likely to live in the country's most polluted neighborhoods. In fact, the poverty rate in the communities living closest to chemical facilities is 50 percent higher than the national average. And at the global level, it's often developed countries and their industries that dump their hazardous waste in the developing world.
That's why it's so important to take advantage of the opportunities we have right now to create a toxic-free world. We're campaigning to eliminate the risk of major chemical disasters across the country and to end toxic industrial pollution across the globe.
If that sounds like the future you want, join us! Check out the links below to learn how we're making a difference and how you can join the movement.


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Very good quality!
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I love this product as its good for cooking, adding to soups etc
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Special Hairstyle For Women
In this special hairstyle, hair is full of layers. The ends are flicked on the sides to enhance the look. The hair is parted "zigzag". There are also lots of volume. The hair color is quite unusual for a young woman, it's all white.
British Hairdressing Awards 2009 Hair: Andrew Barton Photography: Elise Dumontet Styling: Cassie Steer Make-up: Carol Brown Nails: Trish Lomax
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Et Cetera …
Black eyes piling up
Fairmont's airport commission deserves some scrutiny these days. First it was involved in a publicly embarrassing, flip-flop decision about the hiring of a consulting engineer. Then news was revealed that the company operating and maintaining the airport has been far from satisfactory for quite some time, yet the problems are ongoing.
We realize that airport commission members are citizens who do not know all the intricacies involved in operating the facility. But the kind of oversight, decision-making and accountability they would use in their business or personal lives still apply. They need to better represent all of us.
What a great program!
We have said it before and are likely to say it again:?Fairmont Area High School has an awesome speech team. The group recently returned from a trip to the state meet, where it excelled, as usual. It was the fourth consecutive year the team has earned the most medals.
The ability to speak well in public is an important skill in and of itself. It also carries with it an underlying confidence-building component that serves every orator well in other aspects of their lives.
Fairmont students are lucky to have the opportunity to participate in speech. We hope more take advantage.
A tradition all its own
Organizers of Holy Hotdish, a fundraiser for Interlaken Heritage Days in Fairmont, have certainly struck a vein locally. The dinners, which move from church to church and this year feature themes that delve into their histories, have been well-received.
Each year, Holy Hotdish offers locals a reminder of the summer festival to come. But Holy Hotdish has become, in just a few short years, something of a local tradition itself. We congratulate the many organizers and participants.
Kudos to Red Rock
The good local nonprofit organizations have an underlying strength:?They are supported by people who believe in the cause and are willing to put their dollars where their mouths are. So we offer praise to Red Rock Center for the Arts and to the community for the recent renovation of the front steps at the site.
Red Rock completed the project in accordance with historic standards, and paid for it largely with local contributions. Many times, groups are tempted to turn to the city for help with financing. We appreciate what Red Rock did instead.


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