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I have a dozen mallard decoys and six wood duck decoys and I was just wondering how I should set them out to be effective.
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Your setup should be determined by the location you are hunting and the direction of the wind. With a smaller spread, you have more leeway as to how you set your decoys. Normally you want to have an open landing zone out in front of you with decoys somewhat wrapping the sides of that zone. When I am running a small spread, I normally just toss out the decoys somewhat randomly, just like you would see real ducks loafing on the water. If you commonly see mallards and wood ducks sitting together, you will be fine mixing them, but if you don't, I would keep them apart in your spread with maybe one or two mixed together. Easiest way to do it is to set up and watch how the birds react. If they are drawing away, don't be afraid to move decoys around.
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I never mix species up. I keep them in family groups but with a couple on the outside. Just like you see real life ducks, they stick to the species, but there are always some loners that will swim in the outskirts of the other species.
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Are you having success with the species being seperated? You mentioned that real ducks "stick together", however this is somewhat true more in spring/mating months then it is in the fall.
For example where I hunt (also in Minnesota) I honestly use actual mallard decoys for about 2 weeks, as soon as I see divers I switch. This being said we still shoot plenty of mallards/woodies over a all diver spread.(bluebills, cans, goldeneyes, ring neck, ect..) In my opinion once the actual migration starts its about moving south, and staying energized to do so. Ducks flock with other ducks to loaf, rest, and feed often in the fall.Safety in numbers id guess. I also shoot mallards in the fields over just goose decoys.
I get the family groups idea, however those groups are usually disolved as soon as season starts, as well as the migration. A flock of 20 or so ducks of any species usually arent one family of birds. Its usually a mix of different families of birds who have been shot up as season has begun.
But if youre happy with the successes youre having with them seperate, then Id leave it. dont fix something that isnt broken!
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As already mentioned, ducks will most certainly mix during the fall and will remain mixed until they start pairing off in the Spring. To say that duck species never intermix would entail that someone is either trying to pull your leg, or someone who is completely ignorant regarding waterfowl is making the assertion. I mean seriously, just look at the "Marsh Watch" in your DU magazine! It is true however, that some species are less likely to mix than others, but they certainly will do so when the situation/environment further dictates the behavior. Personally, I like using Wigeon decoys as they are an "advantageous species" and will readily impose themselves upon a given species especially if they are feeding or creating a feeding scenario (such as shovelers do when stirring the muck). Mix em up and good luck! Remember, ducks like to land into the wind, so set your dekes accordingly.
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I watched a wood duck drake follow a hen mallard all spring, and into the early summer - at the local park.
If your hunting big ducks in general - mix 'em.
If you are targeting wood ducks specifically - leave the mallards at home.
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Try your best to make sure you don't mix diver decoys with puddle duck decoys. The only exception is ringnecks, buffleheads, and blue-bills. I have seen them with puddle ducks on several occasions. Biggest thing is watch what the birds are doing. As far as wood duck decoys go, with them and teal, it is more where they want to be. Calling and decoying these birds can be done, but more often than not, it won't work. As said above make sure to have a pocket for them to light in. Good luck this season and make sure to post up some pictures!
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I'm a fan of loosely tossing out my decoys. That way they look relaxed and calm, like real ducks loafing. I might pair up a few drakes and hens but spread most of them apart. I always mix my spread but woodie decoys I won't put out in the open water. I keep them closer to the bank or brush in the water. I mean put them where they can be seen, but to look realistic they should be within 3 or 4 yards of cover. Just my opinion.
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also try tying a quarter or third of your decoys from the back this makes the spread look more realistic. The only time you see ducks all facing into the wind is when the wind is blowing reallt hard, in this case pick up those tied from back, and when there about to jump and fly.
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Hunt 1289: CWMU Buck deer
State Corner
Season dates
9-1-2014 to 10-31-2014
- Nonresident permits: No
- Resident permits: 3
- Total permits: 3
The Wildlife Board establishes timeframes for hunting on CWMUs. Hunters should expect to hunt at least five days within these timeframes
Type: CWMU
Species: Buck deer
Weapon: Any legal weapon
State Corner
DescriptionThe State Corner Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) is located south of the notch where Utah and Wyoming share a common boundary. The highest elevation on the Unit is in the south, Humpy Peak at 10800 feet elevation. Lower elevations, 7100 feet are in the north. Chalk Creek or the a road running next to the creek form part of the Unit's boundary on the northwest, north and northeast. The elevation range on the CWMU for Chalk Creek is between 6700 feet and 7200 feet. The most common elevation is 7100 feet but ranges from 6400 feet to 10000 feet with an elevation difference of 3600 feet. Fifty-three percent (53%) of the CWMU elevation ranges between 7500 feet and 10000 feet an elevation difference of 2500 feet.
There are three (3) bands of land cover types on the State Corner Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU). The most dominant band is on the north end and is mostly Inter-Mountain Basins Montane Sagebrush Steppe (62). The second band which goes through the middle of the Unit is Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest and Woodland (22) band. The third band is on the south end and is dominated by Rocky Mountain Subalpine Dry-Mesic Spruce-Fir Forest and Woodland (26). Scattered in the south end are large patches of Rocky Mountain Subalpine Mesic Meadow (70). There are also some areas of Rocky Mountain Alpine Bedrock and Scree (2). Toward the middle are patches of Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Riparian Shrubland (77). Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak-Mixed Montane Shrubland (41) is also part of this Unit.
One of the State Corner Cooperative Wildlife Mangement Unit (CWMU) nearest weather stations, COALVILLE (421590), is about 4.6 km west from the west edge of the CWMU. COALVILLE has thirty-four (34) years of records, 1974 - 2008. During the FALL (September, October and November) the average precipitation is 3.71 inches, but it can be as high as 7.09 inches or as low as 1.68 inches. During the 91-day FALL period, 19 days will experience greater than or equal to 0.01 inch of precipitation, 10 days of greater than or equal to 0.10 inch, or 2 day of the greater than or equal to 0.50 inch of precipitation. Snowfall during the FALL averages 14.8 inches but can be as high as 32.0 inches. FALL temperature at COALVILLE averages 43.4 degrees F. but can be as high as 87.0 degrees F. or as low as -17.0 degrees F. During the FALL, 61 days will be below freezing (32 degrees F.) and no days above 90 degrees F. This map is provided for general reference only and does not constitute a legal hunt boundary. The Division does not guarantee access to any private or public land. Hunt unit boundaries may include private property or other excluded areas.
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Andy Parsons, the chairman of the Blu-ray disc association said in an interview that the adoption rate of the Blu-ray disc format is the same as compared to DVD during the same period of the format's lifespan. The head of BDA refuted comments presumably issued by Steve Jobs, the head of Apple, who said that the Blu-ray would demise rather sooner than later like Super Audio CD or DVD Audio formats.
"According to market analysis, the Blu-ray disc's adoption rate is very similar to that of DVD at the same time of its lifespan (18 million of U.S. homes utilized Blu-ray in Q1 2010, the same as the penetration of DVD in Q1 of the fifth year on the market of that size – Adams Media Research), we agree that the Internet will increase its importance thanks to streaming or downloading the content, but we do believe that the physical media like Blu-ray Disc will continue to dominate for many years, due to ease of use, high durability and certainly the ability to deliver high definition experience and quality available anywhere," said Andy Parsons, the chairman of the BDA, in an interview with Setteb.it web-site.
Even though Apple is a part of the Blu-ray disc association, it has never released a single product that supports Blu-ray out of the box. The end-users can still acquire an external drive from a third party and enjoy Blu-ray technology without Apple's help.
It is pretty understandable that Apple's Steve Jobs does not want to have another physical format: Apple makes tremendous amounts of money on its iTunes business, which sells music and which lends movies. Regrettably, neither iTunes nor competing online platforms allow watching movies with the same quality and bit-rate as Blu-ray does, but for Mr. Jobs even 720p resolution seems to be enough. In fact, the head of Apple does not see any value in the physical formats at all nowadays.
Manufacturers of consumer electronics can live without Blu-ray format since their products, such as televisions or players or receivers will still be in demand. The fact that the head of BDA – which is formed by makers of consumer electronics – refutes claims made by Mr. Jobs clearly points out that there is still a place for physical formats. Moreover, even PC makers these days integrate Blu-ray drives into their products, an indicator that there is indeed end-user demand for high-end movie watching experience.


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A hybrid form of retinopathy of prematurity
- Department of Ophthalmology, Advanced Eye Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
- Correspondence to Professor Dr Mangat R Dogra, Advanced Eye Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India; drmangatdogra{at}sify.com
Contributors Mangat R Dogra, Gaurav Sanghi and Amod Gupta conceptualised and designed the study. Gaurav Sanghi, Mohit Dogra and Deeksha Katoch were involved in data collection, analysis and interpretation of data and drafting the article. Mangat R Dogra and Amod Gupta were involved in critical revision of manuscript. All authors approved the final version of manuscript. Mangat R Dogra is guarantor of the study.
- Accepted 24 September 2011
- Published Online First 17 November 2011
Aims To study a hybrid pattern of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) demonstrating both ridge tissue (simulating staged ROP) and flat neovascularisation (simulating aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity (APROP)) in the same eye.
Methods Retrospective chart review from January 2006 to June 2010. We reviewed the retinal drawings and Retcam images for a hybrid pattern of ROP, that is, presence of ridge tissue (characteristic of staged ROP) along with flat neovascular syncytium (characteristic of APROP) in the same eye.
Results 28 eyes of 18 infants had hybrid characteristics. All eyes had severe plus disease, flat new vessels at the junction of the vascular and avascular retina and ridge tissue at variable locations. Three patterns were noted: I Ridge at the junction of vascular and avascular retina (14 (50%) eyes); II Ridge in the vascularised posterior retina (10 (35.71%) eyes); III Ill-defined ridge close to the optic disc, with mat-like fibrous proliferation into the vitreous (4 (14.29%) eyes). After confluent laser photocoagulation, we observed favourable outcome in 92.3% eyes with pattern I, 100% eyes with pattern II and 25% eyes with pattern III disease.
Conclusion Some eyes with ROP may have abnormal neovascularisation resembling both APROP and classical staged ROP. It is difficult to characterise these eyes according to the international classification of ROP. However, the presence of plus disease should serve as guide to treatment.
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- atypical ROP
- retina
- neovascularisation
- treatment lasers
- choroid
- ciliary body
- vitreous
- retina
- macula
Competing interests None.
Ethics approval Ethics approval was provided by Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.


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The farms are teeming with life. Regional vegetation includes crops that are grown for food production and plants that decorate and enliven the landscape. Every season offers a varied yet thriving view for those who traverse the roadways. The area is both visually appealing and alluring. The animal life in the region exists in abundance. Animal life flourishes on the land, in the sky, and on the sea. Again, the life forms reflect animal species that coexist in natural habitats and those bred for human consumption. There is a superabundance of life in the town and the surrounding area.
Visitors to the region contentedly tour the area, stopping to hunt or fish. Others journey to the region for exploration. These visitors engage in sight seeing and appreciative observation. The mere vibrancy of life is magnetic for these travelers. In fact, the region seems so ideal that the reader is lulled into a false sense of security.
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In this altered view of the town, animals simply die. Both livestock and wildlife perish with no apparent cause. People, too, begin to suffer from mystifyingly noxious diseases. Afflicted ones die within hours of falling ill. Death settles like a plague on the land. Moreover, even the animals that survive fail to reproduce. These animals are alive but their fecundity is replaced by utter sterility. The inhabitants of the town search for the origins of the lethal epidemic, but they discover nothing. Neither science nor superstition can explain the tragedy.
In the closing paragraph, the author explains that the depiction of the town is largely fictitious. Then she adds another clarification: although this actual town does not exist, the tale is based in reality. The portrayal of the town is a composite description of characteristics that exist in many towns. Like this town, there are actual locations that experience unexplained death, illness, and misery. Then she promises to offer an explanation for this freakish phenomenon.
The author begins this chapter with a stunning observation. Within the past 100 years, man has gained the ability to alter the environment. Previously, the environment had a significant impact on plant and animal life, but there was no reciprocal ability for life forms to alter the Earth. Consequently, the human impact on the environment was relatively insignificant and benign.
Recently, humans have had an unquestionably malignant effect on the Earth, primarily through various forms of pollution and chemical contamination. Radiation, pesticides, and herbicides penetrate the soil, the water, the air, and human cells, prompting "irrecoverable" and "irreversible" changes in all forms of life on Earth. Apparently, though there are naturally occurring environmental contaminants and "hostile" elements that wreaked havoc over the course of time, they cannot compare to the scope and degree of damage caused by man-made elements.
In the natural environment, change takes place over the course of time, which allows plant and animal life to adapt, adjust, and find the means of survival. On the contrary, the human impact on the environment has recently become rapid and rampant. In this instance, nature has not been granted the time required to adjust to the changes. The time required for the environment to adequately and healthily absorb the "500 new chemicals" introduced into the environment each year can only be measured in generations. In short, these transformations are lasting and pervasive.
Pesticides are the primary source of these chemical threats. These pesticides are generally sold as "sprays, dusts, and aerosols." Although they are applied with the sole purpose of destroying pests, these chemicals are often capable of destroying nearly all insects and plants. Therefore, rather than labeling the products insecticides, the author suggests using a broader term: biocides.
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In today's world, no human can avoid contact with chemicals. Water sources—both fresh water and salt water—are contaminated with chemicals. Likewise, chemicals are now found in soil and in the bodies of animals everywhere in the world. Regardless of the terrain or geographic region, the author insists that chemicals have permeated and tainted the environment. She lays particular blame for this contamination on the push to manufacture synthetic pesticides and insecticides following World War II. Moreover, she complains of the chemicals' ability to modify body processes and alter the function of enzymes.
Chemical pesticides and insecticides yield millions of dollars in annual profit for the companies that...
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Although the majority of the earth's surface is covered by water and all human life depends upon it, this precious natural resource is in short supply. Most of the earth's water contains too much salt to be used for drinking, so only a finite amount is available for human consumption. In fact, the quantity of safe drinking water is limited and rapidly decreasing. Some areas of the world already face critical water shortages while other areas will soon be confronted with a life-threatening depletion of potable water.
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There exists a reciprocal and symbiotic relationship between the earth's soil and earth's life forms. The decay of all forms of matter continually contributes to soil production. Simultaneously, living organisms use the soil and the substance therein to perpetuate their lives. Moreover, a typical acre of soil contains thousands of pounds of life forms such as bacteria, fungi, and algae. These organisms are largely responsible for generating the decay of "animal and plant residues" in the soil. They are also credited with modifying nitrogen for absorption by plants and for the oxidation and reduction processes in minerals that are used by plants.
Often, soil contains incredible numbers of mites and "wingless...
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Although humankind acknowledges dependence on plants for sustenance, we arbitrarily destroy plants that do not provide immediate benefits as food or decoration. Plants have intricate and often complex relationships with the earth, with other plants, and with animals—including humans. Therefore, destroying any plant can have long-term consequences for the earth, other plants, and animals including humans.
Still, the market for generic "weed killers" is an ever-expanding proposition. To illustrate the ill effects of eradicating particular plant species, consider the sage. This plant thrives in the west. However, humans have made a concerted effort to replace large areas of sagebrush with grasslands that can be used...
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CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE, DISCOURSE, AND LANGUAGE II April 12-14, 1996 State University of New York at Buffalo Sponsors: Department of Linguistics, Center for Cognitive Science, Conference in the Disciplines, Council on International Studies, Intensive English Language Institute, World Languages Institute. Registration: Free for SUNY students, $15 for non-SUNY students, $25 for others. Send cash or checks (payable to 'SUNY-Buffalo/Linguistics') to: CSDL II, Linguistics Dept., 685 Baldy Hall, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260. Contact: jpkoenigacsu.buffalo.edu, (716) 645-2177, or visit our Web Site at : http:// wings.buffalo.edu/soc-sci/linguistics/csdl2' FRIDAY, APRIL 12 (Center for tomorrow, Amherst Campus) 9:00-9:25 Turner, Mark. University of Maryland, College Park. 'Blending and counterfactuals.' 9:25-9:50 Robert, Adrian. UC San Diego. 'Blending and other conceptual operations in the interpretation of mathematical proofs.' 9:50-10:15 Grush, Rick. Washington University, St Louis. Mandelblit, Nili. UC San Diego. 'Blending in language, conceptual structure, and the cerebral cortex.' 10:15-10:40 Fridman-Mintz, Boris. Universidad de Colima. Liddell, Scott. Gallaudet University. 'Sequencing Mental Spaces in ASL narratives.' INVITED SPEAKER: 10:55-11:35 Gentner, Dedre. Northwestern University. 'Metaphor as mapping.' 11:35-12:00 Kellogg, Margaret. UC San Diego. 'Bodies in action: active zones and verb expression by aphasic patients.' 12:00-12:25 Allen, Shanley and Heike Schroeder. Max Planck Institute. 'Preferred argument structure in early Inuktitut spontaneous speech data.' 12:25-12:50 Harris, Catherine. Boston University. 'Psycholinguistic studies of entrenchment.' LUNCH BREAK INVITED SPEAKER: 2:20-3:00 Dubois, John. UC Santa Barbara. 'Dialogic Syntax.' 3:00-3:25 Fraczak, Lidia. University of Paris-Sud. 'A two-level approach to discourse analysis.' 3:25-3:50 Mushin, Ilana. SUNY at Buffalo. 'Perspective shifts in narrative discourse.' 3:50-4:15 Irandoust, Hengameh. University of Paris-Orsay. 'Perspective and temporal structure of narrative texts.' 4:30-4:55 Michaelis, Laura. University of Colorado. Lambrecht, Knud. University of Texas at Austin. 'On sentence accent in information questions.' 4:55-5:20 Matthewson, Lisa. University of British Columbia. 'Salish determiners: evidence for a discourse parameter.' 5:20-5:55 Schilperoord, Joost and Arie Verhagen. Utrecht University. 'Sense dependency in clausal configurations in discourse.' EVENING SPEAKERS: 8:00-8:40 Fauconnier, Gilles. UC San Diego. 'Principles of Conceptual Integration' 8:40-9:20 Talmy, Leonard. SUNY at Buffalo. 'Attention and Focus' SATURDAY, APRIL 13 (114 Wende Hall, Main campus) 9:00-9:25 Strausfeld, Laura. UC Berkeley. 'Speech acts and truth models: metaphor analysis in discourse pragmatics.' 9:25-9:50 Grady, Joseph. UC Berkeley. 'A reassessment of metaphors for mental processes.' 9:50-10:15 Cienki, Alan. Emory University. 'Metaphoric gestures and their relations to verbal metaphorical expressions.' 10:15-10:40 Taub, Sarah. UC Berkeley. 'The connection between grammaticalization and event structure metaphor: evidence from Uighur auxiliation.' INVITED SPEAKER: 10:55-11:35 Schiffrin, Deborah. Georgetown University. 'The interactive construction of space in discourse.' 11:35-12:00 Hirst, Graeme. University of Toronto. 'The conceptual differentiation of near-synonyms.' 12:00-12:25 Barnden, John, Stephen Helmreich, and Gees Stein. New Mexico State University. 'An AI system for metaphorical reasoning about mental states in discourse.' 12:25-12:50 Narayanan, Srini. International Computer Science Institute and UC Berkeley. 'A cognitive model of aspect.' LUNCH BREAK 2:20-2:45 Fong, Vivienne, and Christine Poulin. Stanford University. 'Locating linguistic variation in semantic templates.' 2:45-3:10 Goldberg, Adele. UC San Diego. 'Lexical items and principles of predication.' 3:10-3:35 Kirsner, Robert. UCLA. van der Kloot, Wim. Rijksuniversiteit Leiden. 'Right in the middle of it: the discourse pragmatics of geometric versus non-geometric periphrastic progressives in English.' 3:45-4:10 Polinsky, Maria. Univeristy of Southern California. 'Double object constructions: a cognitive account.' 4:10-4:35Croft, William. University of Manchester. 'Locative subjects and related constructions.' 4:35-5:00 Byrne, William. UC San Diego. 'Lexical semantics vs. pragmatics and the distribution of generic objects.' EVENING SPEAKERS: 5:15-5:55 Langacker, Ronald. UC San Diego. 'On Subjectification and Grammaticization.' 5:55-6:35 Lakoff, George. UC Berkeley. 'The metaphorical structure of mathematics: a research program for cognitive science.' CONFERENCE PARTY: 7:30-11:00 Charter Oaks community house SUNDAY, APRIL 14 (109 Knox Hall, Amherst campus) 9:00-9:25 Schwenter, Scott. Stanford University. 'From hypothetical to factual and beyond: independent 'si'- clauses in Spanish conversation.' 9:25-9:50 Israel, Michael. UC San Diego. 'Until 2.' 9:50-10:15 Sweetser, Eve. UC Berkeley. 'Evocative protases and discourse function.' 10:15-10:40 Koenig, Jean-Pierre and Beate Benndorf. SUNY at Buffalo. 'Meaning and context: German aber and sondern.' INVITED SPEAKER: 10:55-11:35 Bowermann, Melissa. Max-Planck Institute. TBA. 11:35-12:00 Cumming, Susanna and Tsuyoshi Ono. UC Santa Barbara. 'Categories and terms: a re-examination of the basic level in discourse.' 12:00-12:25 Emanatian, Michele. University of Massachusetts. 'Intellectual and conversational paths.' 12:25-12:50 Farrell, Patrick. UC Davis. 'The conceptual basis of number marking in Brazilian Portuguese.' LUNCH BREAK 2:20-2:45 Fong, Vivienne. Stanford University. 'Place and time as semantic primitives for directional locatives.' 2:45-3:10 Braun, Friederike. Kiel University. 'Prototype theory and covert gender in Turkish.' 3:10-3:35 Achard, Michel. University of Florida. 'Stucture and grammatical coding of a conceptual category: the complements of perception verbs in French.' 3:35-4:00 Van Hoek, Karen. University of Michigan. 'Negative polarity 'any': a Mental Space account.' 4:10-4:35 Carey, Kathleen. University of North Texas. 'A historical approach to the English reflexive.' 4:35-5:00 Ariel, Mira. Tel-Aviv University. 'The grammaticalization of person agreement: an accessibility versus a markedness account.' 5:00-5:25 Dorgeloh, Heidrun. University of Duesseldorf. 'Marked syntax and the relevance of discourse type and structure.' 5:25-5:50 Huumo, Tuomas. University of Turku. 'Bound spaces and the semantic interpretation of existentials.' ALTERNATES Dancygier, Barbara: 'How Polish structures space:prepositions, direction nouns, case, and metaphor' Hinkson, Mercedes, Simon Fraser University: 'The Salish lexical suffixes for 'belly": a case study in grammaticalization' Raymond, William, and Kristing Homer, University of Colorado: 'The interaction of participant role and pragmatic function in constituent question constructions' Rhee, Seongha, University of Texas at Austin: 'The grammaticalization of serial verbs of displacement in Korean' Zhou, Minglang, University of Oregon: 'Function of temporal adverbials in discourse' TRANSPORTATION: HOW TO GET TO THE AMHERST AND MAIN CAMPUSES The CSDL-II conference will take place on the Amherst (or North) Campus of SUNY Buffalo on Friday, April 12 1996, and Sunday, April 14,1996. The conference will take place on the Main (or South) Campus of SUNY Buffalo on Saturday, April 13, 1996. The Amherst Campus is situated north of I-290, near the intersection of Route 263 (Millersport Highway) and Maple Road. The South Campus is located within Buffalo itself, at the corner of Main Street (Route 5) and Bailey Avenue. See enclosed maps for location on campus of the buildings where CSDL-II talks will take place. If you fly into Buffalo: Taxi service is available from the airport to the hotels near the Amherst Campus. The fare is approximately $15.00. If you fly into Toronto: Direct transportation to the Amherst or Main Campus or to the hotels near the Amherst campus from Toronto International Airport is available via Niagara Air Bus. The rates cited here are in US dollars. The individual rate is $35 one way, or $70 round trip. The fee rates per group for groups with exclusive use of vehicle are: for groups of 4 people $135 one-way, $270 round trip; for groups of 10 people - $200 one-way, $400 round trip. Arrangements should be made several days in advance through Glenny Travel (toll free:800-667-488. Or 716-853-3572). If you come by rail: Local bus/MetroRail service is available from the downtown train station. From the train station, walk about a block and a half west along Exchange St. to Main St. Take the MetroRail to the UB Main or South Campus. To get from the Main Campus to the Amherst Campus take a #44A bus to the Flint Loop on the Amherst Campus. From the Depew Station, you would have to take a taxi, which would cost $15-$20 to the UB Amherst or Main campus or to the hotels near the Amherst Campus. Taxi service is also available from the downtown station but would cost somewhat more. If you come by bus: Same as if you come by rail to the downtown train station, except that you walk about 2 blocks west to Main St. to get the MetroRail. If you come by car: The Amherst Campus is just off Millersport Highway (Route 263), north of Maple Rd. If you are arriving via the New York Thruway, either from the east or from the west, take exit 50, I-290 (Youngmann Memorial Highway) to the Millersport Highway North (Route 263). Proceed north to the State University Exit (SUNYAB-Flint Entrance). If you arriving from Canada, either from the Peace Bridge or from one the more northern bridges, take I-190 to I-290. Proceed on I-290 to I-990. Go north a short distance on I-990 to State University exit. See map enclosed. If you wish to park on campus, you will need a parking tag to do so; if you want a tag, please let us know and we will send you one. You should know that parking on campus is rather tight, particularly on Friday from 8:45 to 2:30. The Main Campus is at the corner of Bailey Ave. and Main Street (Route 5). If you are arriving via the New York Thruway, either from the east or from the west, take exit 50, I-290 (Youngmann Memorial Highway) to the Main Street West exit. Proceed West on Main for about 4 miles to the corner of Main and Bailey. If you are arriving from Canada, either from the Peace Bridge or from one the more northern bridges, take I-190 to I-290. Proceed as follows then. See map enclosed. If you wish to park on campus, you will need a parking tag to do so; if you want a tag, please let us know and we will send you one. You should know that parking on campus is rather tight, particularly on Friday from 8:45 to 2:30. ACCOMMODATIONS The hotels and motels listed here are located next to the Amherst campus, where the conference will be held, but require at least a half-mile walk to get onto campus. The last one listed, Motel 6, is a little further away, about a mile from the center of campus. A campus shuttle stops at the Center for Tomorrow, which is not far from the closer hotels; it can take you near the buildings where CSDL-II is taking place. It runs Monday to Friday, from 7:45 to 5:45, every 10 or 15 minutes. In addition, we will provide a special CSDL-II shuttle service between the hotels and the buildings where the meeting takes place. We will leave information about this shuttle at each of the hotels and motels. All of the 800 numbers cited below are supposed to work from Canada as well as the U.S. For the first four motels and inns, ASK FOR THE SPECIAL CSDL (or Conceptual Structure, Discourse, and Language) rate. 1) Red Roof Inn, I-190 and Millersport Hwy., Amherst, NY 14221 (716) 689-7474 and (800) 843-7663. Fax: (716) 689-2051 Special rates: Double: $49.99 + tax. King: 59.99 + tax. 2) Super 8 Motel, 1 Flint Rd., Amherst, NY 14226 (716) 688-0811 or (800) 800-8000 Fax: (716) 688.23.65 Special rates: Single: $44.00 + tax. Double: $52.10. Triple: 58.40 + tax. 3) Marriott Inn, 1340 Millersport Hwy., Amherst, NY 14221. (716) 689-6900 or (800) 334-4040 Fax: (716) 689-0483 Special rate: Single or Double: $79.00 + tax. The price includes free transportation to and from the airport, and use of an indoor pool, hottub sauna, and workout room. 4) Hampton Inn, 10 Flint Rd., Amherst, NY 14226 (716) 689-4414 or (800) 426-7866 Fax: (716) 689-4382 Single: $59.00 + tax. Double: $63.00 + tax. The price includes: continental breakfast, free transportation to and from the airport, and use of an indoor pool, jacuzzi, and fitness center. The following is somewhat farther from campus than the four listed above: 5) Motel 6, 4400 Maple Rd., Amherst, NY 14226 (716) 834-2231 or (505) 891-6161 Single: $35.99 + tax. Double: $41.99 + tax. Triple: $44.99 + tax. Quadruple: $47.99 + tax. Fax: (716) 834-0872 Some "crash space" may be available for students. If you are interested, please let us know well ahead of time. CSDL-II REGISTRATION FORM Please return by April 5 to: CSDL-II, Dept. of Linguistics, 685 Baldy Hall, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA 14260. Make checks payable to "SUNY-Buffalo/Linguistics". 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Town of Franklin opposes new gun law
VERMONTVILLE – The town of Franklin is the latest local government to put on paper its opposition to New York's new gun control law.
Town Supervisor Art Willman said his board unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday that supports the Second Amendment and opposes the process used to enact the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013, as well as portions of the law itself. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the SAFE Act into law in January after a hurried legislative process.
The resolution says the right of people to keep and bear arms "for defense of life, liberty and property is regarded as an inalieanable right by the people of the town of Franklin," and that people in the town "derive economic benefit from all safe forms of firearms recreation, hunting and shooting."
It says the SAFE Act bans the possession of firearms commonly used by people in the town and that the law "was passed in such haste without opportunity for the public or even members of the Legislature voting on it to truly understand its implications."
More specifically, the resolution calls the SAFE Act's seven-bullet limit on magazine clips arbitrary and says the law doesn't specify the cost or requirements for its mandatory five-year recertification for pistol permits. It says the law would ban a group of weapons "based solely on cosmetic properties but which actually are automatic and function on the same 100 year old technology as any other modern sporting rifle." The town also criticized the section of the law that would require background checks for people who want to purchase ammunition for target practice or hunting.
The town suggested other ways to control and reduce violence in our communities, such as mental health reforms, anti-bullying programs and improvements to school security.
Willman said the resolution will be sent to the town's lawmakers in Albany and Washington as well as the New York Association of Towns.


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Kaley Cuoco Gossip
Kaley Cuoco gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Who is Henry Cavill?
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Henry Cavill is promoting Batman vs Superman. It opens next week. We've been waiting – or told to wait – for two years. And it needs to be a big deal. Ben Affleck Full Story
Friends + BBT
That Friends "reunion-but-not-really" happened last night at the taping of director James Burrows's tribute and now we have a photo of the Friends without Matthew Perry, who's doing a play in London, with cast members from Big Bang Theory. Ummmm NIGHT MADE. Can't breathe #friends meets #bbt @bigbangtheory_cbs I died and went to heaven Full Story
Smutty Social Media, Friday October 16, 2015
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I know this observation has probably been made a million times, but why do people pre-order digital albums? They aren't going to run out of copies. He's pretty adorable though. Sorry. #sadboy not really sad it's just for effect #😢😢 Full Story
Dear Gossips,
Forbes has released its list of the top earning actresses in Hollywood. Sandra Bullock came in at #1 with $51 million between June 2013 and June 2014. Happy 50th Birthday, Sandy! In second place is Jennifer Lawrence. She made $34 million. Read Full Intro
Kaley's two bad hair days
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I wasn't going to write about Kaley Cuoco until July 2, the one year anniversary of her letting us know that she was dating Henry Cavill, only to break up with him 10 days later. That whole mess made him look like a fool and elevated her to a new level of celebrity. But Cuoco showed up to two events this week – first on Wednesday at the Vera Wang opening and then last night at Critics' Choice. Full Story
Superman and Nerd Girl move on
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It's been a month since Henry Cavill and Kaley Cuoco hooked up and took the paps to the grocery story – click here for a refresher. Full Story
Superman's ex and my shoes
Kaley Cuoco showed up on her first carpet last night since hooking up and then breaking up with Henry Cavill… 10 days later. Me, I think she's better for it. A guy who wigs out from the heat and taps out that quickly isn't a good investment. And by the way, Sarah from Cinesnark Full Story
Superman & Nerd Girl lasted 10 days
On July 1, US Weekly broke the news that Henry Cavill and Kaley Cuoco were dating. The next day, Cuoco conveniently got papped at the nail bar. The day after that, Cuoco and Cavill were shot together on a hike in the hills by a photographer who just, you know, woke up and decided it would be a good place to hang out for several hours that day in the hopes that Superman would just show up. Full Story
Superman's at Stampede without Nerd Girl
Henry Cavill was in Calgary last night at Stampede. He took some photos with fans. Kate just sent this one over to me – thanks Kate! – and there are more here. Apparently he's there for his brother's wedding on Saturday. While Cavill was in Canada, Kaley Cuoco was papped in West Hollywood yesterday after dinner at Cecconi's. Full Story
Superman & Nerd Girl couldn't wait a week
Please click here for a refresher on the Henry Cavill girlfriend timeline I put together the other day. Repeat: Man Of Steel and Big Bang Theory are Warner Bros properties. And they're both represented by the same publicity firm. The point is Cavill and Kaley Cuoco happened fast. Full Story
Superman's girlfriend at the nail bar
Today was the first time I've ever posted about Kaley Cuoco. It happened, of course, because she's now reportedly dating Henry Cavill. Click here if you missed that article from earlier today. Cuoco was papped this afternoon in LA. Full Story


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Homeownership Fair June 9th 2012 by Chris Hickman, RE/MAX HomeStores - over 4 years ago
"Homeownership Fair June 9th 2012 at the Sierra Vista Mall. Over 40 vendors serving the real estate market at the mall. We stood out over everyone thanks to our booth and visible RED shirts from Cus..."View full details
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Staring at 30 g of '97 7542. Sure wish I had a tong of this cake...
May have gone overboard on the sharpen. Still getting used to these small images sizes (ahem...Chip.)
Nice red beet juice example. I love this tea.
This pic came put pretty funky with the photo editing software. The tea is not so red.
Clumps of dirt on beetroot.


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The "Honor Flight" documentary is an incredibly moving film about a few of these men from the Midwest. It captures American history and pride, and their trip to visit some of our nation's monuments in Washington. And for many of them, this will be a last day of tribute that they will remember in their lives.
A recurring theme throughout the film is that many veterans did not talk about their experiences when they came home from the war. This fact was touched upon in a previous PowerBlog post about Marine veteran E.B. Sledge, who was a great writer and author of With the Old Breed. Admiral Chester Nimitz paid tribute to Americans like Sledge when he said of the men who took Iwo Jima, "Uncommon valor was a common virtue."
Fortunately over the last couple of decades there have been a number of popular books, films, and new museums that have raised awareness of this war and its importance for liberty around the world for a new generation. There are great places like the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, and the book and film Band of Brothers, which tells the riveting and heroic story of "Easy Company" and their combat experience in Europe. "Honor Flight" is another important tribute that raises the awareness of the heroics of many of these men and the sacrifices they made for America and the world.
The goal of the Honor Flight program is to help "every single veteran in America, willing and able of getting on a plane or a bus, visit their memorial." Since it is at no cost to the veteran a lot of money has to be raised. This film touches on some of the monumental fundraising efforts that made this trip possible.
Featured in this film are the stories of Harvey Kurz, Orville Lemke, Julian Plaster, and Joe Demler. These are humble men. Almost humorously, the film features footage of Kurz, holding down a job and bagging groceries at his local Pick n' Save. Kurz, of course, is probably at least in his late 80s. Demler, also known as "the human skeleton," wasted away to 70 pounds in a German POW camp during the conflict.
What is so amazing about this film is the way it brings veterans and families together to reap so many memories and moments of joy. So many men are reunited and given a worthy and tremendous tribute. They share stories for the first time and take us back to a time when the world was at war and American blood was shed on the soil, beaches, skies, and oceans across the world. This film is worth seeing and while many have come before "Honor Flight" to give World War II veterans their due and tell their story, this is a reminder of just how many we are losing and that they are indeed "The Greatest Generation."


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Although 802.11n Wi-Fi technology was found in less than 1% of Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones last year, in 2014 at least 87% of Wi-Fi-capable smartphones will feature this latest of the 802.11 protocols, according to ABI Research. However, users of these phones should not expect laptop-like performance, at least not initially.
"Driven by chip-makers more than by handset vendors, 802.11n is making its official debut in higher-end smartphones in 2010. 802.11n is arriving in the handset just at the right time. We had to wait for consumers to switch over to 802.11n access points, and we're just now reaching that tipping point. Something like 50% of the Wi-Fi access points on offer are now 11n. Consumers are becoming aware of what it can do," said ABI Research industry analyst Michael Morgan.
It costs manufacturers virtually no more to include 802.11n in handsets alongside the current "b" and "g" protocols. And those older technologies will be going away, because handsets will need to work in the widest possible range of connectivity environments. The same applies to frequencies: 802.11n works best in the 5GHz band, while b and g are restricted to 2.4GHz. Hence, it is important for vendors to continue offering all these protocols and if possible selectable frequency capabilities for some time to come.
"At first, 802.11n-enabled handsets will not offer MIMO or some of 11n's more advanced enhancements. So users won't see the same degree of improvement that they would with a laptop or netbook. While 802.11n will start to penetrate mid- and lower-end smartphones from about 2012 on, the full power of the protocol won't be available in most handsets until 2014 or later," added Mr. Morgan.


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Grandchildren of Minimalism: The Miró Quartet's Joshua Gindele On Playing Philip Glass's String Quartet No. 5Posted by Chris Becker in Austin, Cello, Chamber Music, Classical Music, Concerts, Contemporary Classical, Houston, Strings, tags: Beethoven, Houston Friends of Chamber Music, Miro Quartet, Philip Glass, Schubert, String Quartet
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(Houston, TX) As a way of acknowledging the impact composers such as Terry Riley, Meredith Monk, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass made on him in his formative years, composer John Zorn has described himself as a "child of minimalism" and said that the influence of the minimalist school "is somewhere in almost everything I do."
Cellist Joshua Gindele, a founding member of the Austin-based Miró Quartet, probably wouldn't describe himself as a child or even a grandchild of minimalism, since Glass's repertoire, as well as the repertoire of several of the composers we've come to associate with the "M" word, has since found a home among the standards that any self-respecting classical chamber ensemble plays. Along with performing traditional string quartet music, including works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Schubert, the Miró Quartet has commissioned and performed several new works by composers, including Brent Michael Davids, Chan Ka Nin, Leonardo Balada, and Gunter Schuller. On Tuesday, September 17, 7:30 PM at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, the Quartet performs a program of works by Schubert and Beethoven as well as Philip Glass's String Quartet No. 5.
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My guess is roughly $20/month. But we'll see.
Now, my cross-stitching budget would terrify most people
As per most mornings - my first tea this morning was coffee. But then again "morning" was a rathe obscene hour with the baby. I think I will be moving on with some Golden Monkey, then pulling some old bags out of the cupboard to use them up.


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Kate Bosworth is still suffering in the style category. This pic from People's Style Watch shows the actress (who is still famous though I'm not sure what she has been in since Blue Crush) who looks completely dowdy and washed out in this outfit that is way too big on her thin sickly frame.
I think the pale pink blouse would have looked better if she wore a pair of jeans instead of that loose fitted skirt with all those buttons. This skirt ruins the entire look. And what is with hamster size purses? What could she possibly have in there? I've never used anything that can't fit my wallet, makeup case, Purell, sunglasses, iPod, phone, keys, aspirin, cardigan, and dog treats!
To top it off, she wore a small brown wedge sandal with an ankle strap which did nothing for her. I don't get this look. This entire look is something I'd expect from Jennifer Garner who thinks that just because she landed Ben Affleck she doesn't have to try and look good anymore. But hey, I guess some guys don't like pretty girls!
Well, Bosworth is still my top most unfashionable person in the world. I don't even know if "How Do I Look" or "What Not to Wear" could help this girl. I continuously hope that the girl will get some style, be able to keep a guy, and live happily ever after, but unfortunately she is stuck in a rut of poor style taste.
Racquelle Nash-Snow
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Vital Vox 2011: A ReviewPosted by Chris McGovern in Composers, Concert review, Contemporary Classical, Electro-Acoustic, Events, Experimental Music, Festivals, tags: Dafna Naphtali, Gelsey Bell, Iva Bittova, Judith Berkson, Paul Pinto, Socorpo, Toby Twining Music
Judith Berkson performing "Vor an Sicht" (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Reddin)
Vital Vox: A Vocal Festival (Vital Vox 2011)
Brooklyn, NY
Sat, Nov 5 & Sun, Nov 6, 2011
I guess there was no better way to kick off the Vital Vox Festival than with a primal scream. Gelsey Bell and her partner for this performance, composer/performer Paul Pinto, actually gave us several of them separate and together at the start of the song cycle Scaling, and they seemed to be the sound that signified both the power of vocal performance and the experimental nature of the festival as well.
In general, the festival is a huge emphasis on artists that recognize the human voice as an instrument, an instrument that has just as much range and capability as any great violin, piano or guitar, and works wonderfully as a duet with other instruments or other voices. These artists are all equally gifted as vocalists as they are composers or musicians of other instruments, and they all put on compelling performances. Read the rest of this entry »
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Hockey Central wins Warjacks tourney
MARQUETTE – An 8-2 win over the Eau Claire (Wis.) White Mustangs on Jan. 6 gave the Marquette Hockey Central Pee Wee B squad the Marathon County Warjacks Youth Hockey Tournament in Wausau, Wis.
Leading the way was Gaetano Cammarata with four goals and two assists. Jon Jason added two goals and three assists, while Brendan McCoy chipped in a single marker.
Adding assists were Karsten Kamps (2), David Storm and Tre Locke.
Soren Higgins made 17 saves in newt for Hockey Central.
In a semifinal contest, Marquette beat the Eau Claire Maroon Mustangs, 8-0, behind three goals and two assists by Jason.
Cammarata tallied four goals, while Tim Muladore added a single tally.
Storm picked up two assists and Locke one.
Higgins made 18 saves for the shutout win.
Jan. 5, Hockey Central downed the Ozaukee Ice Dogs, 8-2, as Jason posted two goals and two assists. Cammarata and McCoy each added two goals and a helper.
Locke notched a goal and an assist, with Collin Fure picking up a lone goal.
Also collecting assists were Kamps with two and Braedyn Locke with one.
Higgins made 19 save in the win.
Jan. 4, Hockey Central blanked the Madison (Wis.) Patriots, 11-0. Jason and Fure each recorded two goals and two assists, while Cammarata turned in one goal and three helpers.
Storm posted a marker and two assists, while McCoy and Kamps each had a goal and a helper.
Muladore, B. Locke and T. Locke each added a goal.
Higgins picked up the shutout (no saves available).
TriMedia sees plenty of
A two-day battle with the Calumet Ice Kings left the TriMedia Squirt AA hockey team of Marquette with a 2-1-1 record.
On Dec. 29, TriMedia swept the host Kings, 4-0 and 3-2.
Preston Maki made 31 saves in goal for the Marquette shutout. He turned aside 29 shots in the second contest.
Cooper Anderson led the offense in the shutout with a goal and an assist. Other goals were scored by Jacob Peterson, Brayden Stannard and Andrew Fedrizzi.
Collecting assists for the winners were Joseph Luke, Lucas Guertin and Ryan McCoy.
In Game 2, Anderson notched another goal and an assist. Ethan Sellers and Peterson also dented the twine.
Hogan Nemetz recorded a helper.
Dec. 30, the Sentinels hosted the Kings, tying the first game 3-3 and losing the second, 7-1.
Anderson notched two markers and an assist in the opener. Sellers chipped in a lone goal.
Maki turned aside 18 shots on net.
Peterson recorded the lone TriMedia goal in the second game, with McCoy picking up an assist.
Carsen Hayes and Maki shared net duties (no saves available).
With the two wins and the tie, TriMedia pulled to within one point of the Kings in the NIHL standings. The Kings have completed league play, while the Sentinels have two NIHL games remaining.
On Jan. 4 and Jan. 6, TriMedia split with the Traverse City Bruins, winning the first game 5-1 and losing the second, 5-1.
In the opener, Maki stopped 31 shots for the Sentinels. Fedrizzi and Stannard each notched two goals, with Nemetz adding one of his own.
Luke and Anderson each recorded two assists, while Guertin and Sellers added one helper apiece.
In the second game, Maki turned away 22 shots.
The lone TriMedia goal was scored by Anderson, assisted by Evan Kroll.
The Sentinels are 27-11-5 on the season.
City Insurance sweeps
The Marquette City Insurance Pee Wee AA hockey Sentinels swept the Calumet Kings 6-1 and 8-4 on Jan. 5, and the Keweenaw Storm 6-3 and 11-3 on Jan. 6.
In the first game in Calumet, Nate Bordson and Luke Beerman each scored two goals, while Daunte Fortner and Chris Sliva added one apiece for the Sentinels.
Bordson picked up four assists, with Beerman, Fortner and Tanner Phillips collecting one each.
Dylan Sibilsky turned aside 13 shots on net for the winners.
In the second game, Reece Fortner, Sean O'Connor and Bordson each scored twice. Phillips and Nick Leafers added single markers.
D. Fortner recorded four assists. Phillips and Bordson collected two apiece, while Beerman, Alec Olivier and Ethan Jones posted one each.
Tyler Bergwall turned aside 19 shots in goal for City Insurance.
On Jan. 6, the Sentinels scored three goals in a 1:49 span of the third period to defeat the Keweenaw Storm, 6-3.
Jones and Bordson each scored twice, with Phillips and D. Fortner also notching goals.
Bordson posted three helpers, while Phillips, Alec Beauchamp, Leafers, Carter Peterson and Beerman added one each.
Sibilsky stopped 19 shots.
In Game 2 against the Storm, the Sentinels romped, 11-3. Beerman and Bordson each scored four goals and assisted on two others to lead the Sentinels.
Phillips added two goals and R. Fortner one for the winners.
D. Fortner chipped in two assists, while R. Fortner, Phillips, Sliva and Beauchamp notched one apiece.
Bergwall turned aside 33 shots for the Sentinels, 33-11-1 overall. They finished the NIHL regular season at 19-1-0.


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Santa Cruz City Council
809 Center Street, Room 10
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Dear Council Members,
My name is Mark Davidson and I represent Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz (MBOSC) – a volunteer non-profit educational association whose mission is to create, enhance and preserve trail opportunities for mountain biking in Santa Cruz County. We have over 400 people on our mailing list, over 1500 supporters on our facebook group(s) and have about 175 current paid members.
I am writing to express the unequivocal support of our organization for the Pogonip eastern multi-use trail (EMUT) as proposed by the Parks and Recreation department. Our organization has been working with the Parks Department and it has been a very productive partnership that will result in a highly sustainable and safe multi-use trail that will benefit the community of Santa Cruz.
Benefits of the Pogonip EMUT
There are so many public safety, environmental and economic benefits of this multi-use trail. I will attempt to itemize some of them here.
Benefits: Public Safety
The current conditions in the eastern part of the Pogonip include illegal camping and drug activity. According to the testimony of Chief Park Ranger Heather Reiter at the Parks Commission meeting in early March, there has been 6 major camp clean ups since the beginning of the year (Jan 1, 2012).
At the Parks Commission meeting in early March, Fire Marshal Grant Parker mentioned that illegal camping causes all spot fires and the threat of wildfire is real. Wildfires are the most challenging fires to address for the City Fire Department due to the remoteness. Fire Marshal Parker said the benefits of this trail include early detection of wild fires by legitimate users of this trail and easier access for hose lines. I'm sure that the elimination of the illegal camping will severely decrease if not eliminate the chance of human caused wild fire as well.
The remoteness and uneven terrain of the eastern Pogonip has created a sanctuary of criminal activity. Addressing public safety issues takes the Police and Fire department out of the City into this remote location for several hours at a time thus jeopardizing the public safety of residents of Santa Cruz.
I have heard reports of bike riders and runners being assaulted in the Pogonip along the tracks and near the Fern trail. This is second hand information and I hope they write to tell you their stories. However, these stories are floating around in the community and I personally know there are people who not take themselves and their families to the Pogonip for fear of personal safety.
The EMUT will do a lot to mitigate criminal activity from that area of the park. This was true when the mountain biking and equestrian community put the U-Con trail in back in 1999. There was evidence of illegal camping back near the alignment back then. "Pogonip Jane" – a murder victim – was found in this area in 1994. After the implementation of the trail, all that activity disappeared from the area. Today there is no evidence of illegal camping in this part of the Pogonip.
Eliminating negative use by bringing in positive use is a common land management technique that has been used nationally in other urban hotspots. There are several case studies in which the mountain biking community has partnered with a municipality to help remediate the negative conditions of a blighted area and replaced it with a public recreational that has health benefits for the community. Highly documented examples include the I-5 Colonnade project in Seattle and Highbridge Park in NYC.
Approving and implementing the EMUT will mitigate these public safety issues and allow the community to reclaim an area that is currently closed to the public.
Benefits: Environmental
From a conservation perspective the current conditions of illegal camping and drug activity is unacceptable use of the park. Trees and plants have been cut. Unsustainable ad-hoc trails have been created. The threat of wild fire from camping is real.
Chief Park Ranger Reiter's testimony mentioned that the 6 cleanups included 21 yards of trash hauled out of the Pogonip (a cubic yard is approximately the size of a pickup truck bed). Last August Take Back Santa Cruz (TBSC) partnered with Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz (MBOSC) to do a cleanup of the EMUT. We hauled out 15 cubic yards of trash, dozens of used hyper dermic needles and other drug paraphernalia, food wrappers, moldy bedding, stolen bikes and assorted other trash. We found broken suitcases and children's clothing that appeared to be the bounty stolen from the cars of visitors to our City. Clearly this trash does not belong in the forests of the Pogonip and the best remediation is to ensure that it doesn't get there in the first place.
Creating the 1.5 mile EMUT will probably lead to a net reduction of trails and improve the environmental conditions. Currently there are dozens of ad-hoc social trails on unsustainable grades. We can decommission these social trails during the implementation of the EMUT. We can transplant cuttings from the MUT path into the trail bed of the social trails.
The proliferation of illegal camping and drug activity in the EMUT area increases the amount of garbage and human waste that flows into Redwood Creek during seasonal rains. This creek flows into the San Lorenzo River about 0.5 miles above the Tait St inlet which is where the City gets 50% of its water (according to the 1998 EIR response by Water Director Bill Kocher). By not addressing these problems we have threatened the quality of the city water supply and have severely increased the garbage at our local beaches and into the ocean at the San Lorenzo outlet.
Trail erosion is caused by water running through a poorly designed trail – not bikes. In fact, some of the most unsustainable trails in this county are hiking only trails (examples: Pogonip, Henry Cowell near the camp grounds). For example, some sections of the Fern trail is at a 20-25% grade and water will run down this trail and rut it out carrying the soil content into the streams. There is no evidence that bikes contribute to these problems. We have an opportunity to remediate this section of the trail as part of the EMUT project.
Approving and implementing the EMUT will mitigate these environmental issues and replace the current negative use with healthy positive use.
Benefits: Economic
According to estimates from the Parks Department, an estimate of the hard costs of implementing this trail will be about $25K. They have already approved a $25K environmental impact study (perhaps more) so lets include Parks staff time at say $25K so we can generously estimate that the total cost to the City for this trail is $100K – noting that probably 2/3s of the costs have already been payed. These are just the numbers I'm working with. I'm sure you have better numbers from the City Manager.
According to Chief Park Ranger Reiter's testimony at the March Parks Commission meeting, the 6 major camp clean ups since the beginning of the year. Yes. Beginning of this year – 2012. Each occasion costs about $1,400 of ranger/park staff time and they had to bring in contractors to help with the waste disposal and removal at a cost of about $5000 (not sure if it's occasion or a 1 time cost). Assuming a conservative one time cost this amounts to $13,400 to the City for managing the Pogonip for about 60 days (Jan 1 – March 5). Lets be conservative once again and extrapolate this for only half the year so that we multiply that number by 3 and we can estimate the costs of managing the Pogonip in its current condition to about $40,200/year. This is only the costs to the parks department and does not include the staff time for the Police and Fire Department for dealing with the Pogonip. It's not unrealistic to believe that it costs the City $100K per year to manage the Pogonip. Again, you probably have access to better data.
The trail opens up a scenic area to a wide cross section of the trail using public. This trail becomes very attractive for tourism so the downtown community can reap some economic benefits from it's proximity to the open space. I have heard from many out of town MBOSC members and other visitors who have expressed interest in visiting this trail. They see the convenience and safety of parking downtown, along the river levy or at the boardwalk and intend to start and end their trail experience from within the City limits. Keeping visitors in Santa Cruz will allow them to use our local businesses before or after their trail experience.
The one time cost of implementing this trail is probably less than one year of managing this trail. The net result will be a recreational and economic resource for many decades to come. The short and medium term benefits to the City means that they don't have to expend the resources to manage this issue and can invest in other programs like homeless services and drug treatment – which is a healthier use of public funds for the community.
Demonstrating community support
We have been running an online petition on our website as a passive way for folks to express their support for this project. The petition was just a simple statement: I support the Pogonip multi-use trail proposal by the Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Department.
As of Sunday March 25th we have 1788 signatories of this petition. Out of these signatories, 711 of them come from your constituency in the city of Santa Cruz 304 in the County but outside the city for a total of 1015 supporters who have identified Santa Cruz County as their home address. I will deliver the petition as a separate document.
The petition comments are very passionate and reflect the thoughts and feelings of a entire cross section of the community. Supporters include doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, social workers, trades people, business owners, students, the retired, the unemployed, mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers. Some of them happen to be mountain bikers but not all of them.
The following tag cloud was generated from petition comments on March 1st. A tag cloud is a visual representation for textual data with repeated words represented as a progressively larger font size. The value of this image is to determine the weighted importance of the words used by the supporters.
Conjunctions and house keeping words like "and", "but", "or", "if", "when", "my", "to", "I", etc… have been eliminated so that the focus can be on nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. The words santa cruz pogonip multi-use trail was also excluded since they dominated the cloud and didn't offer any insight.
The layout is more or less randomly generated but one reading of the zeitgeist of these comments could be "Please support community use".
Paying for the hard costs of the project
This community wants this trail and is willing to help pay for it.
In the last 3 years MBOSC has raised over $50,000 and have allocated these funds to community improvements. None of this money has come from corporate grants or big donors. We have tapped into a broad constituency in small amounts of $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. This is the very definition of grass roots fundraising and demonstrates the passion of mountain bikers and their willingness to pay to get these trail experiences. We have very little overhead so all the funding we receive goes right back into public infrastructure projects and organizations which benefit mountain biking.
According to estimates from the City, an estimate of the hard costs of implementing this trail will be about $25,000 – which includes bridges, signage, rock work, platforms, tools, day labor and other equipment. This seems like a lot of money and could be a big discretionary cost to the city but that's where the community comes in to help.
Last April, Santa Cruz Bicycles donated a new mountain bike to MBOSC for a fundraiser raffle with the proceeds benefiting the EMUT. This successful fundraiser raised over $11,000.
In February of 2012, we applied for a $10,000 Bikes Belong grant to benefit the EMUT with the support of the City, local bike shops and the bike industry. We have been told that we have a very strong proposal.
This leaves a small short fall that we can easily make up with a combination of a $2,500 Specialized dealer grant and the proceeds of the Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival in April – of which MBOSC will be the primary beneficiary. We have successfully applied for the dealer grant on two previous occasions. We received a letter of support for the Pogonip trail from an advocacy representative of Specialized for our Bikes Belong grant so our chances are good to get a grant if/when we apply.
We are very confident that we can raise the $25,000 for the hard costs to implement this trail.
We can organize the skilled volunteer labor force to build this trail.
MBOSC has been successful in bringing together large groups of people to work on trail projects we think we recruit a large skilled volunteer labor force to implement this trail.
We have sponsored trail maintenance days at Soquel Demonstration State Forest and consistently get about 25-35 trail workers. Last March, despite torrential monsoon type rains we brought together 40 volunteers to improve the drainage on the Zane Gray trail in Wilder Ranch.
For past 4 years, MBOSC has been the lead organizer for bringing Northern California mountain bike clubs for an annual trip to the Lake Tahoe region for a weekend riding and trail work. We have consistently recruited between 90-110 trail workers designing and building 1000s of feet of trail each session.
We have had assurances from these bike clubs, local bike shops, local bike industry and small businesses that they want to support trail work days for the MUT.
The importance of mountain biking to Santa Cruz County
Mountain biking is growing rapidly. It is entering it's second generation and is an important economic activity for Santa Cruz County – both in terms of innovation and employment and secondly in terms of tourism.
However public access has not kept up to meet this demand so we have seen an increasing number of riders on too few trails. Meanwhile this county has land that is effectively month balled, unmanaged and continually threatened with invasive species, pot farms, meth labs, illegal camping and drug trafficking. Bringing in positive use has a way of displacing negative use and can help to remediate environmental issues.
Mountain bikers share the values of preserving open space and environmental sustainability. Mountain bikers can bring youth, enthusiasm, leadership and funding to an environmental movement which seems to have stagnated over the last couple of decades. Our signature issue is climate change but progress has been slow and kids seem more interested in electronic entertainment than physical activity and the natural world. Mountain biking is a gateway to bike commuting and land stewardship for the young.
As City, State and Federal budgets continue to be stretched Parks and Recreational seem like a discretionary expense and are always threatened with cuts. The failure of Prop 21 and the impending closure of 70 state parks demonstrate that we do not have enough allies who can help protect our parks. The cold reality is that preserving our local parks is going to require partnerships with the community.
Partnering with the mountain biking community can help accomplish these shared conservation goals and to meet these funding challenges. We have similar values with many conservation-based organizations. We all seek our nature experiences to take a respite from the hectic pace of the modern world.
There are so many benefits from the approval and implementation of this trail including the improvement to public safety, mitigating negative environmental conditions, increasing sustainable economic activity, decreases the costs to the City and increasing public health and recreation.
The Parks Department, Fire Department and Police Department all endorse this trail. The trail using community has the funds, the support and the volunteers to get this trail implemented.
All we need is your support for this wonderful and beneficial community project.
Thank you for your consideration.
Mark Davidson
President, Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz


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Wedding Updo
Need a little inspiration for that special day of yours when you will finally walk down the aisle? Why not go with a gorgeous curled out updo? A sure attention grabber and definitely looks stunning on a bride, especially when topped off with a beautiful diamond tiara. There is nothing more elegant than an updo done right leaving more all the attention around the neck line and the dress one picks where as longer hair often hides the shoulders and some details on the dress depending on the length.