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Celebrate National Trails Day everyday with some fossil friends!
There are many opportunities to get outside and experience your ancient America while hiking. We've listed a sample of fossiliferous hikes suggested by National Fossil Day partners. Do you have a favorite that's not listed? Let us know! Thanks to all the partners that submitted trails.
The trails listed here cross a variety of federal, state, and local lands. Fossil collecting regulations differ by management agency. It is your responsibility to know whether you can collect fossils before you hike. It is always appropriate to leave fossils where you found them for the next hiker to experience.
Use your head before using your feet. Plan ahead with these suggestions from the American Hiking Society. The links below provide hike-specific information.
What's new?6/17/13: Added Dinosaur Alley in District of Columbia and Maryland.
5/31/13: Added trails in Utah (Warner Valley Dinosaur Trackways) and Wyoming (Dry Creek Petrified Tree EEA and Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite).
Fossil trails by state:
Grand Canyon National Park
Trail of Time
Located along the South Rim, the Trail of Time is an interpretive walking timeline trail that focuses on Grand Canyon vistas and rocks to guide visitors to ponder, explore, and understand the magnitude of geologic time and the stories encoded by Grand Canyon rock layers and landscapes.
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Guided Fossil Walk
Stroll through an ancient ocean of marine creatures on this 0.5-mile (0.8 km), one-way walk along the South Rim. Daily at 9:30 am (summer 2013). Meet at Bright Angel Lodge.
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Petrified Forest National Park
Blue Mesa
Length: 1 mile loop, moderately strenuous; Trailhead: Blue Mesa sun shelter. Descending from the mesa, this alternately paved and gravel trail loops among badland hills of bluish bentonite clay and petrified wood. Plant fossils, including delicate ferns, have been found in the sedimentary layers of Blue Mesa. The top portion of this trail may be negotiated by strollers and various mobility equipment (power and manual). The trail then drops very steeply to its lower portion.
Crystal Forest
Length: 0.75 mile loop; Trailhead: Crystal Forest parking area. Despite more than a century of collecting, beautiful crystals still hide in the colorful petrified logs at Crystal Forest. This paved trail may be negotiated with strollers, although there are a few steep hills. Mobility equipment may be used to access the shade shelter with assistance, but are not recommended on the loop due to narrow width and steep sections. There are no stairs.
Giant Logs
Length: 0.4 mile loop; Location: Behind Rainbow Forest Museum. Trail guide available inside Rainbow Forest Museum. Giant Logs features some of the largest and most colorful logs in the park. "Old Faithful", at the top of the trail, is almost ten feet wide at the base! This paved trail has several sets of stairs and may not be suitable for strollers or mobility equipment.
Long Logs
Length: 1.6 mile loop; Trailhead: Rainbow Forest Museum parking area. Long Logs is one of the largest concentrations of petrified wood in the park. Explore this ancient log jam at the base of gray badlands. The first half-mile of this trail is paved and suitable for mobility equipment and strollers. Strollers may be negotiated on the loop, but it is not recommended for most wheelchairs and other mobility equipment due to its narrow width and very rough surface. Stairs up to the shade shelter can be avoided by using the Agate House trail to access the hilltop.
Agate House
Length: 2 miles round trip; Trailhead: Rainbow Forest Museum parking area. Archeologists believe that this small pueblo was occupied for a short time about 700 years ago. Seasonal farmers or traders possibly built Agate House from petrified wood as a temporary home. Do not sit on fragile walls. The first half-mile of this trail is paved and suitable for strollers and various mobility equipment (power and manual). The rest of the trail may be negotiated out to Agate House, but it is narrow width and very rough surface, not suitable for some wheelchairs and other equipment.
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Orange County Parks
Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park
Marine fossils are visible along the Pecten Reef Loop trail, an easy, 0.5 mile, multi-use trail.
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Laguna Coast Wilderness Park
You can find Laguna Coast Wilderness Park's earliest history written in stone. Some park rocks date back to the end of the age of dinosaurs -- 65 million years ago – with clay and sand deposited by streams, swamps, and ponds near the coast. In other park locations, fossil scallops tell of a time 40 million years later, when salt water covered the park and sea creatures thrived here on an ocean shelf. Paleontologists discovered 10 million-year-old giant shark teeth as workers prepared the roadbeds through Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. Scientists also found embedded in the rock the vertebrae and jaws of ancient whales. Trails throughout the park offer opportunities for exploration.
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Ralph B. Clark Regional Park
Orange County wasn't always populated with nice, friendly people. The original residents were a bit wilder. Mammoths, ring-tailed cats, giant ground sloths and a unique type of ancient llama lived in this area. Our nationally recognized Interpretive Center is home to one of the more significant fossil museums in Southern California. Short trails throughout the park offer opportunities to roam where the fossils were discovered.
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument: Petrified Forest Loop
This easy 1 mile loop trail leads through the bed of ancient Lake Florissant. It passes numerous giant petri�ed redwood tree stumps, including the colorful "Big Stump." The trail also passes the historic "Scudder" excavation pit. This trail starts behind the outdoor exhibit area.
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Morrison-Golden Fossil Area
Dinosaur Ridge Trail
This 1.5-mile trail along Alameda Parkway (closed to private vehicles), between Rooney Road North and County Road 93, has hundreds of dinosaur tracks, a quarry of dinosaur bones, and interesting geologic features. To hike the Ridge will take between 1-2 hours and is about 2 miles round trip. The trail has over 15 sites, each marked by an interpretive sign. Fossil sites, interesting rock sites, and scenic overlooks provide hints to the prehistory of Colorado's Front Range.
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Triceratops Trail at Parfet Prehistoric Preserve
Triceratops Trail is a 1.5-mile, gravel hiking trail located one block east of 6th Avenue and 19th Street in Golden, Colorado. The trail winds between large, vertical walls of sandstone and into reclaimed clay pits. The hike should take around an hour round trip and involve a few places difficult/impossible for elderly and/or handicapped persons to access. Along the trail are several stops highlighting clay mining and dinosaur, bird, mammal, insect, and invertebrate tracks and traces, as well as several walls full of plant impressions from the tree-lined delta-like environment.
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Garden Park Fossil Area
The Cleveland Quarry (6 miles north of Cañon City on the Garden Park-Shelf Road) is where scientists in the 1950s spotted dinosaur bones protruding from the base of a cliff next to Fourmile Creek. The skeleton of this huge plant-eating dinosaur is now displayed at the Cleveland (Ohio) Museum of Natural History. The BLM-managed Cleveland Quarry recreation site, adjacent to the quarry and the creek, features interpretive exhibits, a picnic area, and restrooms. Marsh Quarry, with a 0.25-mile, self-guided interpretive trail, is located about 0.1 mile north of the Cleveland Quarry. The parking area is on the west side of the road. The trail provides views of Marsh Quarry, the site of notable dinosaur discoveries from the 1870s and 1880s, including fossils of Allosaurus, Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, and others.
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Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite Locality
With fossils of more than 100 invertebrate species, Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite Locality takes visitors on a fantastic journey 72.5 million years back in time. Featured here are giant ammonite species, such as Placenticeras meeki, and a large variety of other marine invertebrates. In fact, ten species of bivalves, gastropods and mollusks have been newly discovered here.
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McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area
Dinosaur Hill Trail
Located one mile south of Fruita, this BLM-managed trail includes the site of Rigg's 1901 Apatosaurus quarry.
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Fruita Paleontological Area
Located 2 miles southwest of Fruita, this BLM-administered area is home to a variety of fossils from microvertebrate mammals and reptiles to large dinosaurs.
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Trail Through Time/Mygatt-Moore Quarry
The Trail Through Time includes an dinosaur quarry (active May - Aug) and interpretive trail. The trail is administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Museum of Western Colorado. The quarry appears to have been an ancient watering hole 140 million years ago. It was visited by thousands of dinosaurs over thousands of years. The list of dinosaurs found at Trail Through Time is quite extensive, Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurus, Ceratosaurus, Allosaurus, Nodosaurus. During the warmer months you might find paleontologists at work in the quarry. The best time for visiting the Trail Through Time is spring or fall. Summers temperatures can reach 100+, with biting gnats and wet winters can cause the trail to be slippery.
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District of Columbia
Dinosaur Alley
There are many dino-sites within DC and suburban Maryland; some offer opportunities to stretch your legs. In 2007, The Washington Post published a guide to Dinosaur Alley, which is a great starting place for your fossil adventures. The Dinosaur Park in Maryland is now open.
Access the guide here (link to PDF)...
Visit Dinosaur Park in Laurel, Maryland...
Peace River
Suit up with flippers instead of boots! The Tampa Bay Fossil Club considers the Peace River the best river in the country to screen, snorkle, and SCUBA for fossils. Visiting the Peace River requires a $5 permit from the Florida Museum of Natural History. Get the permit here...
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Calvert Cliffs State Park
Fossil hunting can be done at the open beach area at the end of the red trail, approximately 1.8 miles from the parking lot. Over 600 species of fossils from the Miocene era (10 to 20 million years ago) have been identified in the Calvert Cliffs, many of which can be found at Calvert Cliffs State Park. Chesapectens, Ecphora, Miocene era oyster shells, and sharks teeth are common finds. Sieves and shovels can be used to sift the sand for fossils. Please keep in mind that the area beneath the cliffs is closed due to dangerous landslides and the potential for injury. It is illegal to collect fossils beneath the cliffs.
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Dinosaur Alley
There are many dino-sites within DC and suburban Maryland; some offer opportunities to stretch your legs. In 2007, The Washington Post published a guide to Dinosaur Alley, which is a great starting place for your fossil adventures. The Dinosaur Park in Maryland is now open.
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Mississippi Petrified Forest Nature Trail
Walk along the Nature Trail and pause to read the Trail Guide at each point of interest. Moving at a leisurely pace, you begin to see the story of the Mississippi Petrified Forest (located in the town of Flora) unfold. Seeing all of the natural beauty surrounding the Trail, and hearing the sounds of nature, you will always be near to the huge logs that lie right next to the trail, some close enough to touch -- to feel the rugged roughness of stone beneath your fingers where there was once bark and wood - a living tree.
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Sacagawea Peak
North of Bozeman, the approximately 2 mile hike (moderate difficulty) to Sacagawea Peak goes through the fossiliferous Mississippian Madison Limestone down to the Cambrian.
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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Fossil Hills Trail
This 2.7 mile trail begins at the visitor center, crosses the Niobrara River wetlands (just a stream in these parts) and loops around University and Carnegie Hills, where the great bonebed of Agate was discovered in 1904. Signs point out certain historic and geologic features and identify plants along the way. An unpaved one mile side trail leads to the restored (outside only) 1910 homestead of Harold Cook, which was later used by the scientists as their "Bone Cabin" while working the fossil quarries.
Daemonelix Trail
This one mile trail travels through time, including ancient sand dunes and fossil grassland soils, as well as the curious spiral burrows (Devil's Corkscrews) of dry land beavers. Their now petrified homes formed colonies much like current prairie dogs and attracted early scientists to this region. The view from the top overlooking the historic Agate Springs Ranch and surrounding tableland is superb and reflects the vast openness of the land east of the Rocky Mountains.
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Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Moenkopi Loop
Triassic fossils and various desert flora can be seen on this open country trail which starts at the visitor center just west of the weather monitoring station and traverses a prominent limestone ridge. In addition to panoramic views of the Wilson Cliffs, there are connecting trails to the Calico Hills area (2 mile loop, easy).
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New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Santa Fe Canyon Preserve
The Nature Conservancy's Santa Fe Canyon Preserve Trail is a 1.3 mile loop through the Santa Fe River riparian area
and historic dam site. 300-million-year-old marine fossils are visible along the trail.
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New York
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North Carolina
North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt National Park: Petrified Forest Loop
Located in the remote northwest corner of the South Unit, this 10.3 mi (16.6 km) hike takes you through ancient petrified forests and badlands wilderness. The loop includes the North and South Petrified Forest Trails as well as the Maah Daah Hey. Allow 5-6 hours.
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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Sheep Rock Unit
- Story in Stone Trail Foree Area (1/4 mile): This trail, accessible to those in wheelchairs, features touch exhibits with replica fossils. The trail offers short and longrange views of colorful landscapes.
- Island In Time Trail Blue Basin Area (1 mile round trip): This gentle trail ascends along the canyon floor of blue-green badlands, which scientists have prospected for fossils since the late 1800's. Exhibits and fossil replicas tell the story of these remarkable exposures along this popular trail.
Painted Hills Unit
- Leaf Hill Trail (1/4 mile): Accessible to those in wheelchairs, this drab looking hill was the scene of important scientific studies in the 1920's and 1990's. Thousands of leaf fossils found here helped give us our first glimpse of an ancient ecosystem 33 million years in age. A few fossils are on exhibit.
Clarno Unit
- Trail of the Fossils (1/4 mile): This is the only trail in the park where one can readily see fossils in the rocks. Large boulders strewn below the Palisades cliff contain hundreds of visible plant fossils from junglelike forests that blanketed the region about 44 million years ago.
- Clarno Arch Trail (1/4 mile hike): A moderate climb will bring you to the base of the Palisades cliff directly under a natural arch cut into the cliff by erosion. Petrified logs are visible in the cliff face.
Pocono Environmental Educational Center
Fossil Trail
Length: 1.25 miles, one-way; Difficulty: Easy-Moderate; Blaze: Blue; Elevation change: 237 feet; Trailhead location: Pocono Environmental Educational Center (PEEC) parking lot; Brochure: PEEC trails bulletin. The center is located within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The Fossil Trail is blazed blue and begins 20 yards up the campus road from the main building, across from group lodges A & B. The trail takes you past a vernal pool (seasonal wetland) important for breeding amphibians, and eventually descends into a beautiful mature hardwood ravine. After crossing a small stream, the trail begins to climb back up the other side of ravine. You will note a large sign depicting marine organisms found in this area hundreds of millions of years ago. These organisms can be found as fossils in the rock ledges to the right of the sign. Please leave your fossils for others to admire. The trail ends at PEEC's amphitheater site; follow PEEC's campus road back to the main building. Trail guides are available for a small donation at PEEC's nature center.
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Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Badlands National Park: Fossil Exhibit Trail
This easy, 0.25 mile (0.40 km) trail features replicas and exhibits of now extinct creatures that once roamed the area.
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park: Permian Reef Trail
For serious geology buffs, this trail has stop markers that can be used with a comprehensive geology guide, available at the park's Headquarters Visitor Center. There are excellent views into McKittrick Canyon from the top of Wilderness Ridge. The trail is 8.4 miles round-trip, rated strenuous with 2,000 feet of elevation gain.
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Ladonia Fossil Park: North Sulphur River
The riverbed and embankments of the North Sulphur River at Ladonia Fossil Park contain Cretaceous marine and Pleistocene (ice age) vertebrate fossils. The riverbed is typically accessible and dry within 3 days of any rain event. Do not hike the riverbed during rain events.
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UtahFree Guided Hikes on June 1st at Poison Spider Dinosaur Track Site and Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trail, hosted by Moab BLM Field Office. Download event information (PDF)...
Bureau of Land Management: Moab Field OfficeCopper Ridge Dinosaur Tracksite
The Copper Ridge site (north of Moab) features the tracks of a brontosaurus and four three-toed dinosaurs. The many different kinds and sizes of dinosaur tracks make Copper Ridge unique. The preservation of the tracks is fantastic, and this site is well worth a visit. There are sauropod tracks made by a brontosaur (probably a Camarasaurus, Apatosaurus, or Diplodocus), as well as Allosaurus and small mammal tracks, all dating back to the Jurassic period. The BLM has placed interpretive signs in the area, and parking is less than 100 yards from the site.
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Get a glimpse of an era when huge creatures roamed the earth. Dinosaur bone still encased in rock may be viewed in Mill Canyon (north of Moab) by following a short nature trail near the Monitor and Merrimac mountain bike/jeep trail. This is a short, self-guided interpretive trail. There are signs along the way and you can pick up a brochure/guide at the beginning of the trailhead.
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From the center of Moab, travel north on Highway 191 for 5.9 miles and turn left on Highway 279 (Potash Road). Continue 6 miles from this junction until you reach the "Dinosaur Tracks" sign, and turn into the parking lot. Tracks can be viewed from here, or a short hike up the hill.
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Travel on Route 191 north of Moab and turn right onto Willow Springs Road until you see the sign, or head into Arches National Park, and turn onto Willow Flats Road from the area by Balanced Rock. The tracks can be found just west of the Park's boundaries, just feet from the designated road. Requires a high clearance vehicle to visit, and a 4X4 vehicle is suggested.
Dinosaur National Monument: Fossil Discovery Trail
The 1.2 mile (one way) trail cuts through several tilted rock layers which expose a variety of rocks and three fossil areas. The Morrison Formation stop features an outcropping of several small fossil fragments and a few large pieces of dinosaur bones in their natural state, just as Earl Douglass found them in 1909.
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Warner Valley Dinosaur Trackways
At the Warner Valley Dinosaur Trackways locality you can see 161 individual footprints and 23 trackways. The trackways at this locality include Grallator footprints (attributed to coelophysid dinosaurs such as Coelophysis) and Eubrontes footprints, which are likely produced by a Dilophosaurus-sized theropod. This locality provides an excellent opportunity to see where dinosaurs walked in the early Jurassic period. A short trail leads to the trackways and there is an information sign for visitors to read.
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Cottonwood Creek Dinosaur Trail (Alcova Lake)
This trail is located west of Casper at Alcova Reservoir on public lands administered by the Bureau of Reclamation. The trail crosses the fossiliferous Jurassic Sundance and Morrison formations. It is a favorite destination for Tate Geological Museum-guided school group hikes.
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Dry Creek Petrified Tree Environmental Education Area
The Dry Creek Petrified Tree Environmental Education Area (EEA) is about 13 miles east of Buffalo, Wyoming. About 60 million years ago the red sage hills and sagebrush country were a jungle-like swamp with towering Metasequoia trees. A 0.8 mile loop interpretive trail winds its way through portion of remnant petrified trees.
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Fossil Butte National Monument: Historic Quarry Trail
Hiking the 2.5 mile Historic Quarry Trail is a great way to experience the geology of Fossil Butte National Monument. The trail passes through parts of the Wasatch and Green River formations. A short side loop leads to the site of a historic fossil quarry on Fossil Butte. Wayside exhibits provide information about geology, area history, wildlife and plants of the high desert. The trail is moderately strenuous with a 200m (600') elevation gain. Allow 1.5-3 hours to hike the trail.
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Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite
At BLM's Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite (near Worland), you can imagine yourself walking along an ocean shoreline 167 million years ago with dozens of other dinosaurs, looking to pick up a bite of lunch from what washed up on the last high tide. The ground is soft and your feet sink down in the thick ooze, leaving a clear footprint with every step you take.
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The official "board cutting" by co-founders Melva Shick and Arlon Shick took place recently during the Grand Re-opening of the Chautauqua Brick Company. Also participating were William Briggs, corporate president; Robert Briggs, corporate secretary; and local dignitaries and friends. The all-new showroom has expanded lines of hardware, plumbing and electrical departments, plus the latest addition of the Lawn and Garden Dept. They also offer a complete and increased line of lumber and building materials.
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Forty years ago – 1973
A special meeting for all persons interested in organizing a senior citizens group in Sheridan will be held this afternoon in the Sheridan Town Hall.
Fifty years ago – 1963
Brocton High senior Eileen Pratt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pratt of Webster Road, Portland, was crowned "Miss Port-land 1963" at a contest sponsored by the Portland Sesqui-Centennial Committee.


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Looks like Florida's program to drug test welfare recipients will save the state $40thousand to $98thousand a year, not including cost of administering the program, at a cost of only $178million. tbo.com
This has nothing to do with Florida governor Rick Scott's shadow-ownership of the major drug testing company in Florida.
Republicans are against government intrusion into people's private lives. This is not an intrusion into anyone's private life, either.
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I think you're missing the point. It's not correct to think that receiving free welfare is the same as receiving a loan. In fact, they're 2 totally different beasts. And I assume your definition of 'handout' is equivalent to free.
Welfare handouts are free to these individuals. They don't have to be paid back. Loans accumulate interest and it gets compounded. Sure, I get assistance, but it's assistance for an otherwise unaffordable endeavor for many. However, the government will not only get the money paid back + interest (including Sallie Mae before the government took over in July of 2010), but they'll also see a return investment when I get done with residency. So I will be putting back into the system at my OWN expense, all-the-while throughout school as well.
A tax credit isn't a handout. It's a deduction from your income based on criteria you've met, ie donation of clothes or books, money to charities, etc... Again, not a handout, but a deduction of your taxes.
Like I stated, welfare is implemented as assistance. With the assistance, you are expected to provide a return. It's similar to an investment and we Americans are investing in our poor so that there is an opportunity to make life easier for themselves.
And yes, I can get randomly drug tested at any time by the hospital and I've already had to do a criminal background check a while ago, along with a statement from my local police department.
A couple of things. First of all, Stafford (or government "subsidized" loans) are, in fact, a handout. Loans normally accumulate interest. Government-subsidized loans do not because the government pays the loan interest for free while you are in school. Therefore, it's a "handout".
A tax credit is not the same as a deduction. If you have $0 income taxes in a given year, a credit would give you money back. Therefore, tax credits (i.e. earned income credit, child tax credit, etc) are handounts.
When you really think about it, though, nothing is a government handout since we all pay in via taxes. We all pay school taxes (if we own property), sales taxes (which is a regressive tax), income taxes (although some get the whole of their income taxes back). Welfare is not all that different from other kinds of government programs from which we all benefit. We look down our noses at welfare recipients, though, because of an innate classism that exists in most of our minds, that somehow being poor is the fault of laziness or the like.
Subsidized loans accumulate interest after you graduate and it still has to be paid back. This is unlike welfare where it does not need to be paid back.
And yes, you're correct and I'm incorrect about the tax credit/tax deduction. Major faux pas on my part. Thank you for catching that and clarifying it.
I don't agree with your last paragraph. I don't look down on the poor, and I know many others that don't. Nor do I consider them lazy. I don't think of them as any less human than I am and I don't believe classism is 'innate'. Also, yes, you're right, education is welfare, but again, it's an investment that sees returns, ie. graduating seniors going either to work, to college, playing sports for college, etc...
Subsidized loan interest, while in school, which is paid by the federal government on your behalf does not need to be repaid. That's the handout that I am referring to.
I wasn't specifically referring to your specific views on welfare, but the general view which permiates society. The classism arises when we single out welfare recipients for testing. We do this because there is an assumption that people on welfare are more likely to do drugs.
There is also a large backlash in the US from some groups regarding the very idea of welfare in the first place. That people on welfare are leeching off of the federal government and choose to not work out of laziness. That assumption, again, comes from classism.
As for returns, welfare does provide returns. Returns far exceeding the benefits of those who go on to "play sports for college", which I don't consider a societal benefit at all....People on welfare are normally on it for short periods of time, after which they go on to get jobs. Welfare cash paid out by our government provides stimulus for businesses as close to 100% of welfare funds paid is used to purchase consumer goods, compared to small percentage of funds paid in subsidies or millionaire tax breaks. Consumer spending creates jobs, tax revenues, and also provides food, clothing and shelter for families who, without welfare, may be on the streets dying of disease.
I find it funny, that Florida created this drug testing policy with the classist expectation that they'd save a ton of money by kicking off all of the drug-using criminals, only to find out that the occurence of drug use among welfare recipients appeared to be a smaller percentage than the national average. How's that for irony?
Right, while in school interest won't accumulate because yes, the gov 'pays for it', but the loan is not a handout because it has to be paid back lol. After graduation, that 6.9% goes into effect and it starts compounding.
No no, I wasn't thinking you were directing the statement specifically at me. I was just clarifying that many people I've come across don't think that the poor are lazy, etc...
It's not that it's people that are on welfare are more likely to do drugs, it's that those who live under the poverty level are more likely to turn to and abuse drugs. And it just so happens that people under the poverty level also happen to apply for welfare.
I think we'll disagree with the statement that welfare provides more returns than playing college sports and that they aren't considered to have any societal benefit. Pretty sure Phil Knight would disagree with you on that.
And yes, welfare pays for consumer goods, but it's supposed to be consumer goods that are meant for survival. If you live below the poverty line, receive welfare, but spend earned money to purchase drugs so that you eliminate the ability to adequately save, then it should be imperative that one be tested to determine whether or not one should be qualified to receive aid.
I don't know if the main goal was to save 'a ton' of money. I'd say more of 'get your stuff together and you can get the aid that's needed'. From what I've read, it's been about being responsible when receiving welfare.
Anyway, I'll leave it at that.
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Victory! United Airlines Stops All Shipments of Primates to Laboratories
We have very exciting news to share. Earlier this week, a representative from United Airlines phoned PETA to say that the airline will no longer transport primates for use in experiments anywhere in the world! In order to ensure that animal experimenters get the message loud and clear, United even posted the new policy on its website, and it leaves no one in doubt: The airline "do[es] not book, accept or transport primates to or from medical research facilities."
United's compassionate stance means that there isn't a single commercial airline based in North America that is willing to transport primates to a cruel death in laboratories. This will make it much more difficult for experimenters to get their hands on primates in order to lock them away from their families and poison, cut up, and kill them.
YOU helped make this possible! Last year, after we organized demonstrations against the airline at its offices around the world and purchased stock in the company with the intention of introducing a shareholder resolution this year, we encouraged our members and supporters to contact the company. Hundreds of thousands of you flooded United's inboxes and Facebook wall with messages demanding that the airline stop profiting from cruelty to animals. One supporter even interrupted a United senior vice president at a trade conference, took over the microphone, and announced to attendees that United was the last U.S. airline that was still transporting primates to be abused and killed.
United's new policy means that only four major international airlines remain in the world that are willing to shuttle primates off to years of torment in exchange for a few dollars in revenue. Let's make that number zero. Please take a moment to tell Air France, China Eastern Airlines, Philippine Airlines, and Vietnam Airlines that you won't be flying with them until primates don't either.
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poor poor animals getting treated like shite all the over the world and for what. MANS GREED
really really sick and i feel very angry for someone to do that do a beautiful creature and leave them alone and they are not to be abuse or torture for stupid pointless experiment thats doesn't work . This is very ugly side of the world and mankind . really a shame and how would someone like that do to a child . I wish someone would put these staff in these cages and treat the same way and i am sure its hell for them . …. try it to all people who abuse and hit those monkeys and they should be put in hell . we should show our kindness and speak for them . i couldn't get out of my head when i see these video of the youngs ones hugging each other out of fear like human children , why can't u all people see that ? … what the matter with u sick people .
Dont make those animals suffer, you will suffer for the rest of your life otherwise. Think they are part of your family. Eespect them .
STOP ANIMAL SUFFERING they are part of us, they have a life like u and me. respect them like your children.
These monkeys are our cousins.
RESPECT ALL EARTHLINGS, especially the ones with no voice. ESPECIALLY THESE our brethern of this planet. We are their voice and we command you stop this now.
that's really sad those people are sick, and their families should be taken from them
It's so sad that we are making these poor monkeys suffer and for what toxicity testing/efficacy for drugs and other medical substances that can vastly increase quality of life, studies of infectious disease, such as HIV and hepatitis that can save millions of people; neurological studies such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, studing key behavior and cognition, reproduction, genetics, and xenotransplantation for potential treatment for end-stage organ failure. Poor, poor monkeys we need to stop the scientists from murdering them in order to save millions of lives and help prevent death and disease for our babies and children in the future, they're a bunch of selfish, war-mongering human mudpile.
When I feel sad about something I like to come to peta scour pages and cry so I realize that there are things alot worse going on in the world and it motivates me to push harder so that I can do what I feel what my life was meant for; to help animals.
Think of your international reputation. Stop the hideous traffic of monkeys NOW!!!
Stop transporting animals to cruelty
God the creator, did not create mankind to destroy creation, mankind destroys creation through reckless and misguided use of freewill ……
Now if we can just stop them from breaking guitars.
Animals value life just as much as we do! They are beautiful beings who do not deserve to suffer!
You have to help stopping this cruelty immedetly! Its horryfing and doesnt belong in the year of 2013! This is a horryfing and so cruel. Stop this Please!!!! think about this poor animals and the suffering and pai they have to go true…please open your hearts..its another day for all of you in paradis…dont forget that
i got an email from peta a couple days ago urging to call (china eastern) airlines about them transporting primates on their planes..310-649-3994..well i just got off the phone with a guy who spoke with an accent that called himself"joe" and told me that china eastern stopped primate transport 2 years ago?..dont know if he was blowing smoke up my ass or not but again his name was joe @customer service..so i dont know
Please stop this horrific way of doing "business" These animals are scard and terrified and then uopn arrival are treated even worse. Why are human beigs so numb to the suffering and pain of other species on this planet. How can they sleep at night? Pleae help stop this!
God bless & protect all animals on the planet. Peace, Love & Furbabies.
Stop à toutes ses atrocités !
don t torture animals we must protect them
No animal should be involved in experiments unless they had died of natural causes.
All 2012 Victories are showing clearly that goodness and kindness is taking over 🙂
Thank You United Airlines. Thankyou for showing the world that you care for the innocent & defenceless animals in the world. This is a New Eras we live in No need to inflict & Abuse such helpless animals for testing. Last month I avoided United Airlines when travelling to US. I am glad now I can go with this airlines. Please BE KIND TO ANIMALS. THEY ARE SENTIENT BEINGS & BELONG TO THIS MOTHER EARTH…THE SAME AS WE.
stop abusing animals.
Is it really a victory if they barely or never shipped animals for this purpose already? When are you going to work on actual carriers that do the bulk of shipments to research facilities instead of these familiar companies that barely have anything to do with it? This thing is like saying "Victory! Hindus pledge not to eat beef."
please stop crualty
What about people dying from Aids everyday? If treatment are not tested on primates, we will continue to die from Aids. As laboratories which have enough funds are all located in North America or Europe, Africans will continue to die from Aids without animals testing (plus note that primates are also infected by HIV). Money is one thing. Mankind welfare is another.
Thank you so much for honouring truth, compassion and the way. Thank you for stopping the unaceptable cruelty and wickedness of this trade. Thank you for showing the higher human qualaties of compasssion to emotionally evolved animals that have all the same feelings and emotions as we do, animals who are Non Human Persons with feelings of Love and oneness with us! Thank you God for everything! and for this transformation of horrific human ignorance to people choosing to do the right thing! With deepest respect and gratitude, Kathryn
Wise choice. You are more respected bc of it.
I am so so happy that we got victory in this matter I had many people I know send the emails to UA as well and it feels great having been a part of this and taking another measure to keep animals safe! It means alot.
Thank you United. I'm flying with you all for now on,..
Please stop animal shipment for experiments.


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I startet to use jQuery in my Rails 3 app.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Travelogue Writing For Genealogists
For those who don't know, genealogy travelogue writing is a style that emphasis how research was conducted, the order in which certain documents were located and the path the research took. It is suggested that this type of writing is not really relevant to most genealogical researchers and that a style that lists the materials that have been located along with an analysis is preferable.
Personally I learn more from why certain things were done rather than just an analysis of documents. Don't get me wrong, I can learn from an article that discusses all the records that were applied to a specific problem. But I learn more about research and methodology when I see what a document lead that researcher to do next and why they did it.
The reason a significant number of researchers have brick walls is that they do not know where to go next in their research when they have one document and no additional information. Showing them a whole stack of documents with the completed research does not always help.
Students in my math classes learn more when I show process, when I show things that do not work and when I make mistakes. When they can see my process and ways that I "problem-solve," that helps them to develop those skills themselves.
To be certain there is a benefit in seeing the final work on a problem, all neat and clean and organized. But if I'm to learn about research, or if I am to teach about research, then I need to either see the process of research demonstrated or to demonstrate that process.
I'll stick to travelogue style writing for my research and for most of my lectures. Travelogue writing is not simply listing what was done in the order in which is was done. Researchers want to see process--particularly researchers who are stuck in their own research.
At least that's my thoughts.
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- AnonymousSeptember 30, 2011 at 9:22 AM
I agree 100%!ReplyDelete
The way I see it, there are 2 reasons to read a research article. The first is if the research relates to a family I am working on. The second reason and the reason I usually read research articles is to LEARN from the experiences of others. If they only write about the positive results, then I am only getting 1/2 of their experience.
Thanks for a thought provoking post.
Nancy Lecompte
I totally agree with you, Michael. And that is why I have been reading your writing so long.ReplyDelete
I learn a lot from the "process" and I find it is easier to process the new information when it is laid out in an orderly fashion, from start to finish. If you write just the results I think you forget the road map on how you got there and won't learn from that trip.
My brain works the same way. I also pick up on things quicker with great visual aids.ReplyDelete
I completely agree! Telling how and why you researched is a much better why to teach than just giving the final conclusions.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the comments. I know there are some who really think this style of writing is not all that instructional. Final, cleaned up proofs are good--the problem is that, like other things, not all of them are well-written.ReplyDelete
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"Buy local" is a phrase commonly associated with greenmarkets and farm stands. But when a high-powered Manhattan attorney ditched a Chelsea apartment to purchase a brownstone in Harlem, he and his partner wanted to apply the same principle that works for tomatoes and peaches to their new home's interior design. So they hired decorator Sheila Bridges, who has lived in the neighborhood for more than two decades, and charged her with the task of turning the 5,000-square-foot house into an elegant, welcoming retreat in the city. Says the client, "I thought someone who knew this part of town would understand how to get things done here and would be in tune with the community."
In the living room of a Harlem townhouse designed by Sheila Bridges, the sofa and armchairs are by George Smith, the cocktail table is from BK Antiques, and the cabinet is a custom design; the drawing at left is by Graham Nickson, the rug is by Stephanie Odegard Collection, and the walls are painted in Farrow & Ball Estate Emulsion in Light Blue.
For Bridges, whose recent projects have taken her from Martha's Vineyard to Denver, the chance to work close to home again was appealing. "It was such a pleasure to do a job in my own backyard," she says. "I get tired of getting on and off airplanes. And I love Harlem."
What's more, Bridges is in tune not just with her neighborhood, but also with the unique challenges posed by the brownstones that line so many of its streets—and those of the rest of the city. "Most of these buildings are sandwiched between other brownstones," she says, "so the sunlight is generally coming from only the front and back of the house. Part of my job is to create the illusion of light where it doesn't exist." By using a soft, luminous palette for this project, she aimed to "make the spaces flow together without seeming tunnellike," she says.
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Skip to comments.Texas GOP chooses tea party-backed Cruz for Senate
Posted on 07/31/2012 6:35:50 PM PDT by Palmetto Patriot
Tea party-backed Ted Cruz has defeated Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.
(Excerpt) Read more at hosted.ap.org ...
"Look at the bright side, David...
You still have a job!"
So all those obituaries for the TEA Party that we've been hearing from the commie libs in the state run "media" were premature? LOL! Chrissy and Special Ed are probably feeling something wet running down their leg. Sorry boys!
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.............Tea Party Rocks and Rolls.
The Tea Party is dead.....Oh wait.
Excellent ....
It must be killing the obama ass-kissers from the AP just to write the headline.
Folks, those aren't boos you're hearing, they're shouting..
The TEA Party is BACK!!...FOR MORE!!
Mmmmm, some cream and scones with that tea, if you please!!
This is going to be sucha big upgrade over Christine Todd Hutchison!
UST as important as replacing Dems is upgrading Lugars and Hutchisons with true conservatives. Once we get critical mass, the remaining RINOs, some of them anyway, will fall into line lest they be targeted next. The fewer RINOs, the more we can focus our fire.
AP doesn't bother giving the vote totals or %, but here Cruz is shown as presently getting 54%:
Thank ya very much. Let's all keep the momentum and throw as many rino's and libs outta office as we can.
God bless y'all.
Christine Todd Whitman + Kay Bailey Hutchison !!! = Christine Todd Huchison
I almost forgot about Christie Todd Whitman, NJ Gov, RINO
Saddle up boys, we gonna need some real men to repeal Obamacare,
repeal Dodd-Frank, cut DOE, Dept of Education, Food Stamps and
block grant Medicaid.
Real Clear Politics has been early with the results all night.
They have it Cruz 54.6, Dewhurst 45.4 with 45% in.
Better site yet without liberal media filter: http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/july31_162_state.htm
Better site yet without liberal media filter: http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/july31_162_state.htm
Excellent. We slay the beast one election at a time.
Excellent news!
Cruz should cruise in the general.
The Tea Party Express was there for days helping Cruz win this:
Tea Party Celebrates Cruz's Historic Victory!
We did it, we did it, we did it!
Tea Party Express, the nations largest tea party political action committee, congratulates Ted Cruz on his upset victory tonight and thanks all of its supporters!
Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz pulls off a historic victory!Tea Party Express Chairman Amy Kremer said, We could not be more proud of this historic tea party victory tonight against the Texas establishment. This is probably the most significant upset Texas has seen since Perry defeated Hightower in 1990, and it comes at the hands of the tea party.What we saw in Ted Cruz and this Senate race was threefold: we saw an unquestionably strong and bold tea party conservative in Cruz; we saw Dewhurst as the anointed Austin politician that was exactly what we have been working to rid Washington of; and finally we saw the passion in the Texas tea party activists that could set the stage for this historic victory...The excitement is palpable tonight inside the Cruz victory partyThe false narrative continues to be written that the tea party is dead, and 2012 will not be like 2010. However, every month we see a strong example to the contrary. In May, Tea Party Express-endorsed Richard Mourdock beat 36-year incumbent Senator Dick Lugar. In June, Tea Party Express-supported Governor Scott Walker defeated a national union-led campaign to recall him. Now, in July, we have witnessed a monumental accomplishment with Ted Cruz securing the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Texas.Tonight we sent a message that should shake Obamas Chicago headquarters: Texas not only is going to be staying a red state, but the tea party is alive and ready to own 2012, Kremer concluded.
Local hispanic race hustler Domingo Garcia is losing in the Democrat runoff as well. Voted for Cruz this morning. Poll site was pretty steady and I actually had to wait in line.
Tea Party Express had a phone bank bus in Texas several days:
Our efforts are making difference
Great news. BTTT.
Is he keeping his Lt Governor job? I just had a flash why Dan Patrick thought it politic to get in a little ruckus with Ted Cruz - political theater. He knew Dewhurst was going down, and that he was going to have to deal with him in the Senate next session, and reckoned that it might be a good idea not to get too close to Ted right at this moment in political time.
We're going to own the party after November.
He was elected in 2010 and, unless he resigns, will be Lt. Gov until 2014.
Congrats Texans from the crazy northern end of 35W! Tea Party rules the day! Wish I was there...
Woo hoo!! Tea for Texas!! Congratulations, Ted Cruz!! Congratulations, Texas!! Well done, Tea Party conservatives!!
The April primary in Pennsylvania was especially interesting as TEA Party factions were backing different candidates in the crowded GOP field. Still, the TEA Party candidates finished #1 and #2. The GOP establishment candidate finished third.
They were unmistakably in force at the Texas GOP Convention in Ft. Worth.
Yes, very true.
And the Tea Party Express endorsed many of them
At this link, you can click on the states to see who they endorsed
The Tea Party is Dead!
Long live the Tea Party!
Thanks Jim!
Hoping that this will send a few shock waves out to other areas of the country as well!
Ted Cruz WINS! Drink Hearty, Tea Party!!
Dewhurst. 44.08%
The margin grows!
Yea Cruz
Thank you Jim
It's a great win for Texas.
It looks like a 12 point blow out, about 56% to 44%.
Thank you, Texas!
A shot across the bow of the establishment GOP!
The Tea Party is heard from.
We don't win EVERY race,
but we win a lot of them.
Hear that, Robert Bennett? Hear that, Dick Lugar? Hear that, Nebraska?
I''m so excited! I'll probably have trouble getting to sleep tonight!
Well done to all Texas blood
Congrats to my fellow Texans. Dewhurst needs to be watched closely. Any retribution he deals out in Austin can and should be used against him in 2014.
Congratulations Texas!
Took day off to make sure an vote. Tea Party is strong up here in the panhandle. Hope Cruz does well.....
Stay safe ...
Congratulations, Texas!!!
Bump dat!
The TEA Party is alive and kickin, in force!
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The Mississippi Public Service Commission approved and still has active an experimental rate schedule that would now be considered Time of Use but when approved for use in 1989 was just called Experimental General Lighting and Power Rate Schedule. The commission also addressed distributed generation by 1998. [1, 2]
Time of Use breaks the cost of energy into an off-peak and a seasonal on-peak price.
Distributed generators include qualifying cogeneration and small power production facilities where prices are based on a seasonal on-peak and off peak price.
Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
- Entergy Mississippi, Inc. Residential Rates
- Entergy Mississippi, Inc. Business Rates
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- Mississippi Power Business Rates
See the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) for information on consumer-owned Cooperatives: http://www.nreca.org/members/MemberDirectory/Pages/default.aspx
Mississippi has a TVA generation partners program, and a loan program for thermal electric.
More information can be found in the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE): http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?re=1&ee=1&spv=0&st=0&srp=1&state=MS
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The Master's in History and Archival Studies consists of 48 units providing formal training in history and archival education. Graduate archival education includes scholarly and experiential elements to imbue students with an intellectual framework for engaging in theoretical and wide-ranging questions and principles related to archives and records. Students in archival studies have found career opportunities in libraries and special collections, in corporations and other areas of business that recognize the value of documenting their history and records.
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Students must complete 36 units in history in their area of choice and gain a solid grounding in history and historical methods. The remaining 12 units (three separate courses) focus on archival education, archival practices, and invaluable hands-on experience. See Current Course Listing or Search the Course Archive
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The candidate must demonstrate reading proficiency in historical materials in one foreign language. Foreign language proficiency is demonstrated when the student passes a language exam for reading comprehension. European studies students must demonstrate proficiency in either French or German. More information...
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A candidate must write one substantive research paper meeting the department's requirements.
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CORRECTION: Correcting statements regarding 32nm bulk test wafers.
Globalfoundries, a joint venture between Advanced Micro Devices and Advanced Technology Investment Company, showed off its first wafers with logic produced using 32nm and 28nm process technologies. While existence of 32nm silicon-on-insulator wafers at Globalfoundries is hardly a surprise, bulk 32nm and 28nm wafers seems rather promising.
Globalfoundries is busy these days finding customers for itself as currently it has only one client: the parent company Advanced Micro Devices, which produces all of its central processing units (CPUs) at Globalfoundries and will also make its graphics processing units (GPUs) as well as core-logic sets using 32nm and 28nm bulk process technologies at Globalfoundries. The latter still needs to find more interested parties ahead of beginning to construct its third fab in New York, USA. No surprise, the firm brought its latest achievements to show at Computex Taipei 2009, the biggest technology trade-show in Asia.
At Computex, Globalfoundries demonstrated a wafer with six-core AMD Opteron "Istanbul" processors made using 45nm SOI process technology, a wafer with test chips produced at 32nm SOI node, a wafer with test chips processed at 32nm bulk node as well as a wafer with SRAM manufactured utilizing 28nm bulk fabrication process.
Since AMD's chief executive officer promised to ramp up processors using 32nm SOI process tech in the second half of 2010, it is hardly a revelation that Globalfoundries has test chips produced using the technology. What is more surprising is that the company demonstrated its 32nm and 28nm bulk wafers, which implies that that it has been working on 32nm/28nm fabrication processes for quite a while. Earlier this year the company said it would be ready to accept orders for 32nm bulk production in late 2009. Early risk production using 28nm fabrication process is anticipated in the second half of 2010.
While Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has yield issues with its 40nm process technology, demonstration of 45nm, 32nm and 28nm capabilities seems to be just what the doctor ordered for Globalfoundries to attract attention of the industry.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (236 votes).
In short: 100% Improvement on the 2006 Event - Well done the organisersDate of review: April 10, 2007
In short: big improvement on last year In full: great personal best potential and a worthwile event will definetly be back next yearDate of review: April 8, 2007
In short: If you want a personal best then this is the oneIn full: Travelled up to Edinburgh from cambridge to take part along with the wifes step-dad as this was his first half marathon at the age of 65. Course was fine, bit boring in parts but overall pretty good and fairly flat. Lack of crowds and encouragement left you feeling like you were taking part in a training run but the finish more than made up for it. Organisation couldn't be faulted and I broke my personal best by almost ten minutes which not only shocked me but my wife who was stood chatting at the finishing line instead of taking photos. all in all I had a great time and my step-dad-in-law finished in 2 hours 20 and he had a blast.Date of review: April 8, 2007
In short: Glorious day although that wind was a bit biting! Reasonable course, with pretty scenery eventually. Could learn a thing or two about goody bags though!In full: New PB on this one, so cannot complain about the course. Felt a bit low when the anouncement at the start geared everyone up as the elite groups, sub-hour, sub-one and a half took off...then he said the 'strollers' were now moving off! Please! Everyone deserves a wee bit encouragement! Date of review: April 8, 2007
In short: Huge improvement on last year.In full: There was much criticism of this race last year, but the organisers took it on the chin and tried to address it all. There's still minor niggles, but that's all they are. Start and finish organisation and the use of timing chips greatly alleviated the timing issues. Some of the scenery's a little uninspiring, but some is great as long as there's no wind.Plenty of water etc, and signage good (although keep your eyes peeled for the mile markers, they could do with being a bit higher so you can see them above the crowd). Great post race opportunities and entertainment for non runners and runners alike, I travelled from Glasgow and will make the trip again based on this improvement.Date of review: April 8, 2007
In short: A fantastic race along a less frequently seen part of the Scottish capital.In full: Several of the reviewers have written negatively about the race organization. I can't say I agree with comments about the start. After all we all had race chips - which in addition to precisely recording times - would have stayed on if correctly secured. To my mind this also negates gripes about the way runners were cordoned off with their expected finishing times in mind. You'll always get runners disregarding these sorts of divisions -slow in front of fast. I started within the two hour lines, after arriving later than I'd planned on. Since most of us aren't elite-standard, why get into a kerfuffle over something which is really in all truth nothing. I'm not in a position to judge the finish though since I bettered my P.B by some eight minutes, running through after 01:35:42. The public support was much like the Sussex Beacon Half in Brighton on Feb. 18th, Edinburgh was warmer and sunnier on the day, and Dun Eideann was nothing like as windy as the south coast of England. All in all over the weekend beautiful accents enchanted this goateed and moustachioed lad from south London. Plus I'll be returning next year for the same event. Peace all ! Date of review: April 6, 2007
In short: Great PB potential. plenty water stations, not much atmosphere at the start compared to The Great Run & Great Scottish Run events! Poor goody bag aswell. Scenery at sea great but rest of it not inspiring, also finishing crowd quite small.In full: Can't grumble cos I got a great PB, but for atmosphere it lacked a lot. The final run up to the finish round the side of ocean terminal was pretty bleak even though you knew you were near the finish!! There wasn't much of an area for spectators to 'line' the finish route. No bananas and a very poor goody bag! When you compare it to The Great Scottish run in Glasgow there is no comparison. The start and finish of that race which I appreciate is a huge event is awesome.. Also next year I would park about a mile away from the start cos the traffic as usual in Edinburgh was horrendous.BUT I would still recommend it as a good race. Date of review: April 6, 2007
In short: Well organised event. Great weather. Hope to be back again next year.Date of review: April 5, 2007
In short: Better than 2006 - no bananas at end - goody bag poor - ideal for parking and shopping afterwardsDate of review: April 5, 2007
In short: Really Enjoyable.In full: This was my first ever half marathon, and has really encouraged me to do another one as soon as possible. Date of review: April 5, 2007
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Skip to comments.Egypt announces cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas
Posted on 11/21/2012 10:47:59 AM PST by yoe
Egypt announced a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas effective Wednesday evening local time, the Associated Press reported.
In details of the agreement obtained by the news agency, Israel will cease all military activity against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip at 9 p.m. local time (11 a.m. PST) and Palestinian militants will cease rocket attacks into Israel. After 24 hours of quiet, Gaza's border crossings with Israel will be opened further to allow freer movement of goods and people.
The announcement by Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton followed talks in Cairo between Clinton and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
TIMELINE: Israel-Gaza conflict
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"Peace In Our Time!"
How long will that last ? Not long..... Israel should go in there and clean house.
Promises of big bucks for terrorists from Uncle Sugar?
I am all for no killing, but Israel is getting played again. Most likely a threat from the WH (although no one knows who authorized it) to stop the bombing or risk losing money from the US.
Israel agrees to stop taking out Arab launch sites.
Arabs agree to not to fire more than 1,000 missiles per day into Israel.
Europe accepts Israel's part in this, and heaps praises on the Arabs for once again showing how interested they are in being peaceful productive players on the world stage.
Europe adds, "We'll be sending increased funds so you an repair all the damage Israel caused." The Arabs lick their lips and pull out their Iranian Arms catalog.
Europe once again pats itself on the back for bringing peace to the Middle-East, even if it may only be temporary for some strange reason...
How much did the bribe cost the American taxpayers?
How many times has this play been run and Israel always pulls up short while the terrorists rearm and prepare for the next attack. Israel will perish unless it is prepared to do what is unthinkable in the West.
Heard Oliver North say much the same thing yesterday, it's that weaponry access would dry up. I hate we have that kind of power over Israel. And here comes Hitlery smelling like a rose!
Word is that a cease-fire was agreed to yesterday but they waited for HRC to show up to announce it.
Just gives them time to re-load and re-supply.
Another 10 such supposedly even-handed cease fires and Israel will cease to exist.
Rush says this is nothing more that Hitlery's get out of Benghazi Jail Card.
Obama Claus must have promised some of his Obama Stash.
Did this communists Bitc! consult Israel? Oh, Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood is in control of the entire region. If I were Israel I would tell this sick Bitc! to go to hell and wipe out Gaza and hit Egypt where it hurt.
"People" = suicide bombers; "Goods" = bomb vests.
I heard Obama promised Israel more money for Iron Dome. No idea what he promises his friends in hamas.
I wouldn't immediately assume this is bad for Israel. They did a heck of a lot of damage.
And I don't think spending life and treasure in Gaza when Iran is cheering them on, is a strategic win.
Also, Israel may attack if Gaza does not abide. This could also be Israel letting Hamas show they do not wish a ceasefire.
I give it 12 hours before Hamas starts with the "innocent rockets that don't really do any damage".
Finally, lasting peace and now everyone is safe. I can already see the Hamas terrorists and Jews having fun on the beaches, together.
It's a darn good thing the People of the Entire World have Obama and Clinton to guide us FORWARD to a peaceful future.
Oh, I do have a question —
**WHO in the hell gave the damn order to NOT rescue our men in Benghazi?**
This just in via FNC. 15 minutes after the "cease fire", rockets are being fired into Israel. I guess the terrorists didn't get the memo. LOL!
Had 28 mins in the office pool.
Evidently, about 15 minutes. It went into effect about 2pm Eastern, and rockets were fred about 2:15pm Eastern.
Evidently, about 15 minutes. It went into effect about 2pm Eastern, and rockets were fired about 2:15pm Eastern.
This will go as well as mediation between Hostess and the unions
Beat me to it, LOL.
An even funnier thing about this is Israel never was consulted about any cease fire.
Riiiiiiggggghhhhhtttttt!!! I'm certainly buying THIS line of BS.
What Egypt is ACTUALLY announcing is that Israel will honor a cease fire, but Hamas will keep on shooting.
Peace my butt bisquits!
Charlie Brown, Lucy, football.
I hate we have that kind of power over Israel
When you are a welfare country like Israel taking our money for years and years, we will have power over you. Very easy to see.
Time to reload.
The rockets continue as we speak. To make matters even more ludicrous, the Israeli Defense Minister said, "This is to be expected."
Damn the torpedos! Full speed ahead!
Just why do those pesky Israelis continue to taunt the innocent palis by existing?
Just why do those pesky Israelis continue to taunt the innocent palis by existing?
I've been following Ben Hartman, of the Jerusalem Post, on Twitter. He's counted 12 rockets since the cease-fire!
Two words, my Israeli brothers:
No Quarter.
Clausewitz was right. The only way to stop an ideological enemy is to take the war to him and crush him so thoroughly he will be incapable of coming against you for the foreseeable future.
That was my first thought.
What size bribe did we pay Morsi and Hamas? And how many days before it falls apart?
Yes. Oliver North said that the U.S. will threaten to slow the delivery of vital parts for key aspects of the Israeli armed forces. My question: If Israel can make a nuclear missile why can't they manufacture all necessary parts for the maintenance of a fighter jet, for example? Or is it not a matter of technological prowess and simply the deal they signed with the U.S. in order to get those fighter jets.
RE: "What size bribe did we pay Morsi and Hamas? "
It's called JIZYA: http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/004-jizya.htm
I say we don't make it to the opening of the stock market on Monday morning before Hamas is firing more rockets.
According to Twitter feeds the Hudna only lasted about 15 minutes before the barrage resumed.
Israel of course is expected to refrain from retaliation no matter how much blowing up HamAss whips on them.
It's only fair... for the children...
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That is certainly an interesting question, but of course such a munitions operation would be target 1 for every terrorist in the ME. Probably a lot safer on one hand to get from the US. It's just that when you shake hands with the US lately, you had better count your fingers when you draw back.
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This summary of Victor Stanley v. Creative Pipe et al., provided by Ron Schutz of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi is a cautionary tale for patent prosecutors served with subpoenas (or about to be). If the appropriate steps are not taken to preserve documents or, even worse, if documents are destroyed, the consequences can be severe.
The Gang That Couldn't Spoliate Straight (Updated)
Topic: Available sanctions for repeated, egregious, willful spoliation.
Plaintiff Victor Stanley brought claims for copyright infringement, patent violations, and unfair competition against defendant Creative Pipe and its owner, Mark Pappas. Despite four specific court orders regarding preservation of electronically stored information ("ESI"), Victor Stanley demonstrated that Pappas had repeatedly and deliberately destroyed extensive quantities of ESI crucial to Victor Stanley's case. Exasperated and appalled, Chief United States Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm undertook an extensive review of the law of spoliation throughout the circuit courts in order to craft the most effective set of sanctions possible. The Magistrate's opinion acknowledges the "collective anxiety" that exists due to a lack of a uniform standard governing the duty to preserve and then attempts to synthesize existing case law in order to provide a cohesive analytical framework for future spoliation disputes. After reviewing all available sanction options, Magistrate Grimm recommended that the district court enter a permanent injunction and default judgment as to Victor Stanley's copyright claim. Magistrate Grimm also directly ordered an award of all costs and attorneys' fees incurred by Victor Stanley in proving spoliation over the course of the litigation as a monetary sanction. Notably, the acts of spoliation were deemed civil contempt, allowing the magistrate to order that Pappas be jailed for up to two years "unless and until" payment of the ordered sanctions occurs.


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