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When desperation strikes incumbents
posted at 8:31 am on October 20, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
It's been a while since we've had an incumbent President lose an election. In fact, it was 20 years ago, when George H. W. Bush lost in a three-way fight to Bill Clinton. What made that election remarkable was that Bush had enjoyed some of the best-ever job approval ratings of any modern American President just a little over a year earlier, into the 80s — unthinkable these days for anyone, Republican or Democrat. Bush, a decorated veteran of World War II and a longtime player in diplomacy and national security, lost the election to an upstart Governor when the economy turned somewhat sour.
I recall the moment when I realized for the first time — not feared, but realized — that Bush would lose the election. Bush was campaigning in Michigan at the end of October, trying to whip some energy back into his campaign in the home stretch, a task that would fall far short just a few days later. Then-Governor John Engler told the Warren, MI crowd that the Bush campaign was "hot" and the Democrats "dead in the water," which was merely the kind of fantasy all campaigns spin toward the end.
Bush then spoke, and went after Clinton and Al Gore in a personal, demeaning way I'd not heard from the President before then:
At a midday GOP rally at Macomb Community College, the president unleashed a rhetorical fusillade on Bill Clinton and running mate Sen. Albert Gore Jr., attacking their fitness for office, their character and charging, "My dog Millie knows more about foreign policy than these two bozos."
In particular, Bush targeted Gore, whom he now calls "Ozone Man," or just plain "Ozone." "You know why I call him Ozone Man?" Bush said. "This guy is so far out in the environmental extreme, we'll be up to our neck in owls and outta work for every American. He is way out, far out, man."
When I heard that, I thought to myself, "What President talks like that?" Part of the advantage the office gives an incumbent is its gravitas. Bush's own history as a diplomat, intelligence executive, and war hero gave him plenty more of that. Bush abandoned that in the final week in schoolyard name-calling. That's not why Bush lost the election, of course. It was, however, the moment that I knew he'd lost it — and was pretty sure he knew he was losing, too.
Keep that in mind when you hear Barack Obama on the stump talking about "Romnesia." Those elementary-school attacks using people's names are something one usually farms out to surrogates (and is pretty lame regardless). That comes with the grasping of "binders," literally grasping in Joe Biden's case (and literally literally, not Bidenesque "literally"), as a major campaign theme. When the President himself starts using attacks like this, it speaks to his desperation more than his opponent's positions. It adds more heft to the argument that the first debate wasn't a fluke, but demonstrated an actual gap in presidential stature between the two men.
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Bozeman Police investigate murder-suicide
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Police said they got the call just after 7 am of a domestic disturbance on Warbler Way in northwest Bozeman. And when they arrived on-scene, they found two people dead from what looked like a murder/suicide.
Detectives spent all morning investigating the residence.
"The two individuals that are deceased were in one part of the building, and then some roommates were in a different part of the building" said Lt. Steve Crawford with the Bozeman Police Department.
Crawford said a man and woman were in an upstairs bedroom, with the door locked and arguing, when the other two roommates heard the sound of a gunshot and called police.
Officers forced their way into the bedroom and found the 31-year old man and 32-year old woman dead.
"We're trying to piece together what happened" Crawford said. "Just document the scene, and get to the bottom of how things unfolded and what occurred."
What they've unfolded so far, he said, is two different guns -- a handgun and high-power rifle- - one shot fired from each.
The woman was shot in the chest. The man, in the head.
We talked to neighbors to learn more. They wouldn't go on camera, but told us the two were dating, worked at Outback Steakhouse and lived in that townhouse the past year.
The neighbors said they've called the police on the couple before, and have suspected illegal activity.
"We were here for some type of party or a disturbance in October" Crawford said, confirming they've been to that residence before -- but for nothing serious.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the incident in partnership with the coroner, and said one or both bodies will be sent to the state crime lab in Missoula for an autopsy.
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Greg White at UVM November 19th and 20th to discuss Climate Refugees
- 11-05-2013
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Dr. Greg White of Smith College will be at UVM and Gund November 19th and 20th to give two seminars on climate refugees.
Dr. White will give a seminar, "Who's Afraid of Big Bad Global Warming?: Climate Change and Migration as a Security Issue," on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 in Rowell 103. On Wednesday from 12:00-1:00pm, Dr. White will give a special Gund Tea in the Gund conference room in the Johnson House.
Greg White received his A.B. from Lafayette College, an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Delaware, and the M.A. and Ph.D. (with a minor in African Studies) in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He arrived at Smith College in Massachusetts in 1993 and was promoted to professor in 2007. He is Elizabeth Mugar Eveillard '69 Faculty Director of the Global Studies Center and teaches courses on international political economy, global environmental politics, migration and refugees, and North African politics.
He is the author of "Climate Refugees or Mere Migrants: Climate-Induced Migration, Security, and Borders in a Warming World" (Oxford University Press, 2011) and has authored articles in the Review of International Political Economy, Perspectives on Politics, Middle East Journal, and Middle East Policy. He is currently associate editor of the Journal of North African Studies and serves on the boards of the American Institute for Maghrib Studies and the Tangiers American Legation Museum & Research Center in Morocco. He serves on the advisory committees of African Studies, International Studies, and the Environmental Science & Policy Program at Smith, and a member of the Political Science Graduate Faculty at UMass-Amherst.
He is the recipient of numerous grants from the Mellon, Ford and MacArthur Foundations, as well as two Fulbrights, and has served in residence at Columbia University's Earth Institute (2009-10) and as the Class of 1946 Visiting Distinguished Professor in International Environmental Studies at Williams College (2011). In 2011, Professor White also received the Kathleen Compton Sherrerd '54 and John J. F. Sherrerd Prize for Distinguished Teaching at Smith.


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"You can give me the finger all you want. You're a crook," says a heckler…
Video: When Called A Crook, Charlie Rangel Gives The Finger
I second that!
I 3rd that,what a scumbag !
A crook indeed! Charlie should be in jail and never to be heard from again. There are quite a few other men and women in congress who should be banished as well; for no longer defending our Constitution.
Charlie Rangel knows he's a crook who got away with murder but it doesn't matter all you have to do is look at his skin color.Hecould be a terrorist and his people would still vote for him.
God Bless the Man who had the courage to tell one of these douchebags exactly what he is…A CROOK AND WORSE !
Rangel, Obama and ALL the other N*****S are what you get when you stop taking them out in the woods and HANGING them!!!
This is disgusting on so many levels.
The first disgusting thing is isn't this a parade in AMERICA?? If so, why are we hearing wetback music? I'm sick of hearing mexican blasted on American streets!
Second disgusting thing I see is a supposed 'representative' giving a rude gesture to another American.
Besides being a crook, what a classless representative of New York.
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I had juvy and restylane injected under my tear trough area to get rid of shadows which left me with bags. My doctor suggested hyalurondaise to dissolve. We used .4 once a week over a period of 4 weeks. It wasnt until the last week that a deep thumprint dent next to my nose appeared. I showed my doctor and he knows deep down I didnt look like this before but claims, "this is all you!" He reinjected resty. to get rid of the dip but I am scared that ill have to keep injecting. Will it recover?
Will my Face Ever Recover..hyalurondaise? (photo)
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Base on the picture provided, it seems you still have abnormal fullness in the tear trough. This need to be disolved. Then examine the deformity without the fullness above it.Hyaluonidase does not usually affect the natural hyaluronic acid or cause fat to disolve.
repait will depend on the findings by examination, then a plan of repairA good permanent repair would be fat transfer using small alliqoutes of fat approached through different directions and different levels of depth to assure take and three dimentional building of the defect.
Note that I have seen hemetoma in the tissue causing a depression. the injection of fat should be done with high density fat and with an instrument that can give the surgeon a good control of how much is injected in each pass. the cannula should be smal and blunt.
Will my Face Ever Recover..hyalurondaise
This is hard to answer without a pre photo. However, hyaluronidase doesn't have an ability to remove natural collagen or HA, only synthetic products. Thus, if you didn't have this dent before, something else is going on and I'd assume you will recover fine. My assumption would be that you still might have a bit of filler around this sunken area, which is creating the dented area. Remember that you were trying to fill in under the eyes before, so you must have started with some sunken areas. If you have fillers around that now, even just a bit, the unfilled areas can look deeper, even though, really, it is just the way it was.
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Oceanography is one of the most integrative of all the sciences, and this fact will be reflected in this course. The course is an introduction to the major systems of the marine environment: physical, chemical, biological, and geological, with an emphasis on the interactions and interconnections of these four traditional disciplines of oceanography. Topics include origin of the oceans, plate tectonics, major ocean currents, the role of the ocean in atmospheric dynamics, life in the oceans, and cycling of energy, heat, and inorganic nutrients. The course will also focus on human impacts on ocean systems and the impacts that the oceans now have and can have in the future on human societies. Prerequisite: Math placement score of 22 and any of one of 1) Biology 170 or 180; 2) Biology 248; 3) Chemistry 121; 4) Geology 150 or 160; 5) Physics 200; 6) Marine Science 104; or 7) Biology 141 and permission of the instructor.
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Helping more than 279,000 youth since its inception in 1983, National Safe Place's yellow and black logo has been the distinguishing symbol for the organization. By preserving the yellow and black diamond shape and incorporating simple imagery, the new look evokes feelings of security and protection. This logo's rebrand is highly significant to the organization as this image is one that should be nationally recognizable amongst youth as a place to go for immediate help. With this new design, National Safe Place can ensure their message will remain clear and its purpose easily comprehensible nationwide.
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Thinking positive leads to action: 5 things we can all do for Maine
Only a week after I posted the Top 10 Reasons to Have a Positive Outlook About Maine's Economy, Forbes magazine ranked Maine 50th among the states for business. This is obviously discouraging; who wants to hear more bad news? Forbes' article cites several negatives including high energy costs, weak growth forecasts, and the regulatory environment. These numbers are important measures and the measures are bad, but as I look at the list I find that they don't negate any of my 10 points, which were more about the fundamentals – the tools to build a better economy.
We can, and do need to do something about the issues. Some of them need to be resolved in the political arena, such as the difficult regulatory environment which is something our Governor and State Legislature have been working on recently. There are things we all can do as ordinary citizens to move Maine forward. Here are five that came to mind for me.
1. Think positive – As our CEO Fletcher Kittredge said in a recent article, it's important that we have an accurate picture of where we are, but we also need to retain the firm belief that we can impact our own future for the better and continue to move forward. Consumer confidence is one of the most cited statistics in tough economic times, with good reason.
2. Buy local -This seems like a no brainer, but it's surprising how many arguments you'll find on both sides of this issue. Logically though, if more of your dollar stays in Maine it will help the Maine economy more. A 2009 article in Time Business indicated that money spent locally is more than twice as efficient at keeping the local economy alive than purchasing from non local sources.
3. Become a lifelong learner and go back to school – At least three of my top ten reasons for optimism were about education and at least one of Forbes' poor rankings for Maine, the labor supply, was directly related to education. Clearly, Forbes is not saying we don't have enough people looking for work. The jobs that will be created in the new economy will require either advanced training or a college degree. At a Maine Telecommunications User's Group meeting this spring, we heard from the CEO of Wright Express, which had several unfilled jobs requiring computer science degrees and couldn't find qualified people to fill them. The openings we'll have in the coming year will require either specialized IT training or a college degree. This is why it's such good news that Maine has a great community college system with low tuition.
4. Implement that business plan – Many of the jobs created in Maine are and will be created by small businesses organized by Maine entrepreneurs. If you have a great idea that you believe in, there's no time like the present to get it started. As I said in my top 10, Maine has some great support resources to help you out, and if you're concerned that a recession is not a time to start a business, take a look at these 14 giant companies that got started in tough times.
5. Support initiatives that invest in Maine's future – Infrastructure projects are often advocated as a means of putting people to work in tough times, with good reason. Sound infrastructure puts people to work in construction in the short run, and facilitates economic development in the long run. While roads and bridges are still important, the infrastructure of the digital economy will be broadband access and renewable energy. The Three Ring Binder is a nation leading example of investment in digital infrastructure that we need to build on. It's vital that we continue to work to push this infrastructure closer to the front doors of homes and businesses everywhere in Maine.
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I have spent a good amount of personal time over the past two years reviewing the Forbes Best States for Business list. First, one should consider what Forbes is; the loudspeaker of unbridled capitalism. Its reference sources, especially in the regulatory area, come from The Pacific Research Institute, a comfy fit with the Heritage Foundation, The American Enterprise Institute, the Cato Institute and others.
All of the above abhor regulations on any business.
Forbes claims that Business Costs are the most heavily weighted of the its criteria. As you might expect, Massachusetts comes in at 50. On the other hand, Forbes Quality of Life rates Massachusetts at number 1.
Seven of the top ten states have "right to work"
laws. Of the bottom ten, only one, Mississippi has such a law.
My sense of Forbes is that Maine will never escape the bottom ten because of the criteria used and the data sources.
You might ask, "how about New Hampshire?" New Hampshire fell from 19 to 27 year to year. What has changed in New Hampshire? Didn't New Hampshire fail to pass a "right to work" law?
Maine's economic future lies in regional cooperation, boosting education (Advanced Engineering Degrees in Southern Maine), and adding value to our natural resources.
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Colorado Builds on No Child Left Behind Reforms; Offers Even More Options to Parents
Last week, Governor Bill Owens of Colorado signed into law a new school choice program expanding the number of options available to the parents of qualified low-income students. Deputy Under Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Nina Rees praised the new program in a Denver Post op-ed on Sunday. Following are select quotes from the op-ed:
"The new law builds on the principles of the No Child Left Behind Act, President Bush's historic education-reform initiative, by giving even more options to parents whose children attend underperforming schools."
"Nothing is more powerful to school reform than an informed parent with options. The new Colorado law will improve education not only for children who choose different schools, but also for children who choose to stay in their public school. When parents have options on where to send their children, public schools respond by improving their performance."
"Having options is not some experimental idea. It is part of the very fabric of American life. It is an expectation."
"The No Child Left Behind reforms provided Colorado's parents with options. Gov. Bill Owens and the legislature have now provided one more."
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette student John Guidry. (Nichole Osinski / American Press)
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Lake Charles native John Guidry is the sole student enrolled in the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's new traditional music bachelor's degree program.
The traditional music degree was approved by the Louisiana Board of Regents last year. Along with traditional music, a music business program was also created — something Guidry said more students gravitated toward. However, Guidry said he has noticed a mounting interest in Cajun music and culture overall.
"Traditional music down here is pretty prevalent and students are excited about it," Guidry said.
Guidry's interest in Louisiana-style music started while growing up in Southwest Louisiana. His family owned a Cajun-influenced restaurant in Lake Charles and at an early age he started playing the guitar and harmonica. Along with the influence of Cajun music and culture, he also was introduced to the blues.
At age 18, Guidry traveled around the country and immersed himself in various forms of traditional music. In Colorado he was influenced by the bluegrass scene. When it came time for college studies, Guidry took his growing love for Cajun music and culture back to Louisiana.
"When you move away or leave something, you don't know you love it until you leave it," he said. "Along the way I fell in love with Cajun music."
Guidry started out his freshman year at ULL planning to major in French. But when ethnomusicologist Mark DeWitt told Guidry about the new music program opening in the 2012 fall semester, he quickly switched majors.
DeWitt — who helped start the program — is the inaugural holder of the Dr. Tommy Comeaux Endowed Chair in Traditional Music. The late Comeaux, a musician and pathologist, is the reason the program was initiated. After Comeaux's death in 1997 his friends set out to form a $1 million endowed chair in traditional music within ULL. In 2008, after numerous campaign events and a matching program through the state, the goal was met and the School of Music began preparing for the new installment.
Guidry's classes focus on Cajun and Creole French dance music where songs are learned by ear. The program also encompasses traditional music history, theory and literacy among others. To assist in his studies Guidry plans to minor in French and/or an area related to traditional studies.
He has private instruction with area musicians and is part of the university's traditional ensemble where he plays harmonica. He is also taking accordion lessons.
Guidry said he wants to use his degree to either teach or promote Cajun music in Lake Charles. He hopes to eventually provide young people who have an interest in Cajun culture an outlet for their creativity — just like the university's music concentration has provided him.
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Cindy West of Marshalltown, Iowa fixes this moist snack cake topped with sweet cream cheese frosting. "Squares of this cake freeze extremely well," she notes.
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- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup canola oil
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 cups shredded zucchini
- 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons milk
- In a large bowl, beat eggs and oil. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; add to egg mixture and mix well. Stir in zucchini. Spread into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
- Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Add enough milk to achieve spreading consistency. Frost cake and cut into squares. Store leftovers in the refrigerator. Yield: about 24 servings.
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VADITO, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico [auth] will be kicking off the start of the ski season Saturday with the opening of the Sipapu resort.
Snowmaking has started at some ski areas around New Mexico, but Sipapu will be the first to open. The resort is reporting an 18-inch base.
Ski resorts in New Mexico and around the West had an unusual season last year. Early on, the snow was relatively good in New Mexico, but resorts in other Western states were forced to close early thanks to lackluster snow.
Forecasters with the National Weather Service have said it's rare to experience a third consecutive La Nina year in which weather patterns push moist air from New Mexico.
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You might remember the Crystal Method for their big-beat sounds of the late 90s, thanks to tracks like Busy Child, Trip Like I Do and Keep Hope Alive from their debut album Vegas. But you may not know that production duo Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan have branched out from the airwaves to the screen.
Their music has appeared in ads for Gap and Mitsubishi, and selected as the theme tunes for TV dramas Third Watch and Bones. Last year, they wrote the soundtrack for the film London, starring Jessica Biel.
It's no wonder their music is popular in the audiovisual world, given its driving basslines, relentless beats and lack of vocals in many cases. But Kirkland says they never write with that in mind.
"We create songs and those songs are enjoyed on our albums, then someone comes along and licenses something or wants to use a piece of music. But I remember hearing a Leftfield track in a Guinness ad in England and thinking, wouldn't it be great to be able to bridge those two worlds, to make a little piece of art."
The duo's biggest corporate gig is with Nike. The Crystal Method wrote a motivational track called Drive: Nike + Original Run for the new sport music section of iTunes. The song is designed to guide athletes through a 45-minute run.
While that might sound more ad than art, Kirkland insists it's not such a leap from the days when they started making music on Apple Macs.
"We put our music on the major labels whose job is to make money for the board of directors. You make videos which are hopefully played on MTV, which is one of the biggest corporations, so it's really hard to avoid those things.
"The purpose is to motivate people to go out and be active. Even though it is for two major corporations, Apple and Nike, they're brands that have been a part of our lives from the very beginning."
Kirkland admits he's not much of an exerciser but he's pretty active on stage, "jumping around and climbing up on things I probably shouldn't be", including a stack of speakers in Perth last year.
It seems the corporate connections haven't dented their appeal or relevance. The duo were nominated for a Grammy in 2004 for their album, Legion of Boom, and they've been touring the world consistently since the 90s.
When they're not performing or writing new tunes, they're running a radio show in Vegas. Guess who their favourite new discovery is? New Zealand electronic band Minuit. "I love her voice, the style. It's not necessarily rock or electronic, it's sort of a hybrid between all these worlds," says Kirkland.
"We've been playing Fuji on our show."
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Albums: Vegas (1997), Tweekend (2001), Community Service (mix album, 2002), Legion of Boom (2004), Community Service 2 (2005)
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Kicking off their spring tour here in Houston, Radiohead have broken the record for the fastest sellout in Aerial Theater's brief history, packing the place faster than even the reunited Jane's Addiction could. This from a band with only one hit single in the last five years ("Creep") and extremely limited airplay potential since.
The British quintet has subsisted quite well on an increasingly brilliant and challenging studio oeuvre, a string of clever videos and more critical raves of late than any "alternative" artist since Beck. OK Computer was nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy, and won in the Alternative Album category. CD sales, of course, were boosted by that recognition; that was also the case when both Spin and Rolling Stone named Radiohead Band of the Year.
Even in the lofty British tradition of the rock and roll concept album, OK Computer is an ambitious effort. Stepping away from their straight-arrow, modern-rock past, Radiohead fuse Pink Floydian psychedelia and Clash-style pop-punk with soaring acoustic interludes and portions of epic noise for an ungainly meditation on technophobic paranoia. Throughout the disc, modern life is thrown under a microscope, its operator driven by disgust. Xylophones, strings, synthesizers, shimmering guitars and gorgeous melodies disguise tragicomic sentiments. It's high-concept, to be sure, a grand-scale album in an era when only small-scale singles seem to matter.
All of which explains why OK Computer's success has been as steady as it's been gradual. It seems only months ago that Radiohead's American fan base was anchored by record store clerks and music journalists. But, judging from the Aerial's packed house, that's changing. Apparently, word has spread about the group's cathartic live performances. Led by frontman Thom Yorke's intense, herky-jerky stage persona, Radiohead refuse to hold back, pushing the boundaries of their songs into dark recesses, then exhuming the tattered remains and showing them off under the spotlight. Indeed, a Radiohead show has the potential to be the concert experience that prompts the newly converted to make enthusiastic late-night phone calls to those who first convinced them to take a chance on the band.
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While it makes intuitive sense that corridors would benefit wildlife living in fragmented habitats, the evidence that animals actually use corridors is limited and ambiguous. Now genetic evidence shows that red-backed voles use existing corridors to move between forest fragments, according to new research in the April issue of Conservation Biology.
This is the first genetic study showing that animals use corridors.
"Our results show that for habitat specialists, forest corridors increase gene flow between populations relative to isolated patches," says lead author Stephen Mech, who did this work at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, and is now at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. Mech's co-author is James Hallet of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.
Mech and Hallet assessed corridor use in a managed forest near the Pend Oreille River in northeastern Washington state that, like much of the land in the Pacific Northwest, is a mix of closed-canopy, clearcut and regenerating areas. To test corridor use, the researchers determined the genetic relatedness of (and so gene flow between) animal populations living in pairs of closed-canopy sites. There were three types of site pairs: they were either both in continuous closed-canopy, connected by a corridor of closed-canopy, or isolated by a clearcut or young regenerating stand. The distance between site pairs ranged from about 1500 to 4000 feet, and the corridors were up to about 500 feet wide.
Mech and Hallet found that corridors did increase gene flow in red-backed voles: populations connected by a corridor were more related to each other than those that were isolated. However, populations were even more related to each other in continuous closed-canopy, showing that corridors do not completely connect populations. This makes sense because the voles are habitat specialists that prefer closed-canopy forest.
In contrast, the researchers found that gene flow did not vary with habitat type in deer mice: populations in all three types of site pairs were equally related to each other. Likewise, this makes sense because deer mice are habitat generalists that thrive in all three types of habitat studied.
Because forest corridors increased gene flow between vole populations, Mech and Hallet conclude that corridors can help connect populations of habitat specialists. This suggests that managers should preserve corridors of forest when planning timber harvests.
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And it still cracks me up that people think a stable, winning organization isn't more attractive to free agents than an in-flux, losing organization. Also cracks me up that some people think Florida is a prime destination for free agents.
If you were an NHL free agent where would you go for the same money? Detroit, Pittsburg, Boston, etc. or Florida, Edmonton, NYI?
I am not against trading away some of our players (Kuba, Santo, Kovalev, some others), but I am against trading away most of our players and blowing up the roster just for a couple draft picks.
Thanks to the salary cap, the cap floor, and team budgets there are only so many teams with enough money to pay free agents. Basically, free agents get their options limited because of the structure if they want to get paid. Flash could have gone to Pittsburgh but he'd probably have to take like 50-75% of what he got here. Money talks. All things equal free agents probably don't come here over the teams you listed. There are some attractive things about playing here. No state income tax, weather (the wife might have input), less media spotlight/pressure, etc. which may sway free agents over those teams but we'll have to get better yoy to ever attract a big name.
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Oregon Blue Book cover photo contest begins
Secretary of State Kate Brown announced Wednesday the opening of a contest to select the cover photo for the 2015 Oregon Blue Book.
Amateur photographers who would like submit an entry can find the contest guidelines on the Oregon Blue Book website.
The Oregon Blue Book is the official state almanac. It contains facts about all levels of government and more. The Blue Book has been published biennially since 1911, but 20 of Oregon's 36 counties have never been represented on the front cover -- including Crook County (Deschutes has had three and Jefferson one).
Secretary Brown said she is committed to address this oversight.
"The Blue Book is a special institution in Oregon," said Secretary Brown. "And as with every institution it deserves a fresh look to make sure it best serves and reflects all of Oregon."


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It was 1989. James "Jimmy" Garner was 10. While the hit songs that year were by Madonna, Public Enemy, Tom Petty and the B-52s, Garner danced to a different drummer.
Rather, guitar player.
Garner loved all that was Johnny Cash. Yes, even in sixth-grade. Sure, it didn't endear him to most friends. But the boy from the San Joaquin Valley town of Hanford didn't care.
It was the Man in Black -- or no one.
"I dug everything Cash," said Garner. "I was a weirdo in school."
Not that he tried to figure it out. He just loved the Cash sound, the look, the story.
"I didn't really try to analyze it," Garner said. "Something really just clicked in my head about the music."
Garner grew up in farm country, the son of a cotton grower. And his dad did like Cash.
"Maybe on some kind of subconscious level, it was a connection to the land," Garner said.
It wasn't until 2007 -- Garner had moved to Galt near Elk Grove -- when he strapped on a guitar and toyed with some Cash tunes after gaining fans performing karaoke.
He was 28 and still fascinated by Cash. Garner virtually knew the words to every Cash song, be it one of the many familiar tunes or the obscure nuggets. It was time for Garner to walk his own musical line.
A part-time career was born, complementing Garner's day-time job in the farming industry.
"I had done no music before I started this thing," Garner said. "It's the first and only music I've ever done and only music I want to do."
Averaging a concert a week, The Cash Tribute Show returns for an encore visit to the Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre at 8 p.m. Saturday. Garner & Co. debuted at VPAT in 2009.
It isn't an Elvis-like impersonation of Cash, said Garner. More like something out of the Biography Channel.
"I like telling stories about Johnny Cash as much as I like singing the songs," Garner said. "He cut a broad swath across popular culture, and when folks hear about all his accomplishments, his influence on music and musicians and his strong advocacy for social causes, I think they're reminded that he really was an American icon."
Cash died Sept. 12, 2003, at 71.
"I was sad," he said. "He was still putting things (music) out. I remember waking up at 6:30 in the morning and they're playing 'I Walk the Line' on the radio and announcing he had past."
Garner received dozens of consoling calls from friends and relatives.
"Everyone knew I was a big Johnny Cash fan," he said. "I didn't feel like doing much that day."
Garner has the indelible memory of meeting Cash for a brief moment after a 1992 concert at the Fox Tower Theatre in Hanford after he had received tickets for his birthday from his mom.
The wide-eyed lad sat in the second row "and I knew every song and sang every song to the disappointment of everyone around me. After the show, I saw his bus."
Garner approached the legend, extended his hand and managed to offer a high-pitched greeting.
"It was awesome," recalled Garner. "His hand was so big. It was just huge and engulfed mine."
Garner admitted he never entertained the thought of actually performing Cash's songs in front of a crowd until that fateful night of karaoke in 2007 -- it was then he actually began dreaming of putting a band together to perform shows.
He started with a guitarist --Vacaville's Denny Colleret -- who was found via Craigslist. Colleret provides the signature sound of Cash guitarist Luther Perkins.
Though two of the band's charter members have left to pursue other interests, Garner is happy with their replacements: bass player Rick Duncan and drummer Nick Auriemmo, both from Lodi.
Because of job and family obligations -- Garner has two young children -- the Cash Tribute Show doesn't venture much out of Northern California.
"I'm thankful we developed a devoted following. People who saw us our first year continue to come see the show," Garner said.
It's not difficult for Garner to treat repeat customers with different material.
"Cash's catalogue is close to 3,000 songs recorded over six decades," he said. "That's a lot of ground to cover."
As for Garner's wardrobe? Just check his closet, it's mostly black.
"My wife always thought I was bizarre," Garner said. "But she still married me -- which is good."


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Libraries, Legacies And Mother England
There is this big, rather nice looking old building in town. For quite a while appeared it might have been abandoned. Looked like just another one of those structures which had once been vital to the community, but had lost its usefulness due to factors beyond anyone's control. Probably didn't meet some safety code or other such public imperative.
But, I was wrong! Went by this week and found it was not only opened but full of some really neat stuff. Did you know there was this place in town where anyone could go and read books for Free, find great things for your kids and grandkids, and even rent DVD's for only 50 cents? They call it the Brazil Public Library. And, apparently you can now go into it without fear of some fire door closing (or was that opening?), or fear of any other obscure safety possibility possibly happening. I told the Library lady person I'd waited patiently for six years for the Library to reopen. She assured me it only seemed that long.
An appreciation of learning, books and libraries is my legacy from my father. He ingrained in me that we are what we read and can only hope for the future when we honor and preserve our collective past. To this day I can't bring myself to throw away a book. It was a good thing he left me this legacy, he didn't have any money.
One of the few tangible things I received from my father are the works of Sir Winston S Churchill, Prime Minister of England during World War II. My father was a great admirer of Churchill, and quoted him often. I suspect that one would have had to live through that period of history to really appreciate what Churchill did to save the world. Through the strength of his charisma he held the world together so that civil servants could keep libraries closed for two years in order to look good obscure and unlikely problems.
Anyhow, I went to the library to see if they would want a four-volume set of Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples. This is an important work, and a prized possession of my dad. I have had these books in my possession since 1967 and made a valiant effort to read them twice. They are important, just not very interesting. The Library didn't want them and I can't say that I blame them. They would take up space on a shelf for another forty years and by the 23rd century my father would still be the only one who'd read them.
So, we have our Library back, which is good. I still am richer from my father's legacy, which is good. If you know of someone who could get some real uses out of my Churchill legacy, that would be good, too.
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The music is playing, the trees are being decorated and the televisions are filled with adverts showing happy family meals and presents being exchanged. It is a time for family, for celebrations and for parties. I like Christmas.
Working in mental health services make it a busy time for me as a social worker and an approved mental health professional (AMHP). For as long as I've worked in social care, which is more years than I'd like to recount, I've worked over Christmas.
From end of November onwards, the team, reduced to a skeleton staff over Christmas, begins to feel the lid being released from the pressure cooker and the busy steam of stress escaping in terms of the referrals that come in – though we do have a higher number of emergency referrals.
But these 'marker' times of the year are very difficult for some of the people I work with. It might be a birthday or an anniversary of a wedding or a death of a close family member or friend. It might be a day that has a specific significance to a particular person – the date they moved to the city or the date someone else moved away – and comes at the same time for everyone.
People remember Christmases past which might have been much happier or much sadder depending on their own experiences, and these recollections can be painful.
There's no way of getting around these expectations without feeling like a grumpy curmudgeon.
There are particular problems and issues that arise every year. One is always around hospital discharges and trying to co-ordinate them more speedily as the hospital beds fill up more rapidly. This year we have fewer hospital beds, despite the governments' assurances that there are no frontline cuts, and I can't say it's something I'm relishing.
We have the referrals that come when families get together annually and notice that things with their parent, or child or sibling are not quite as they were last year, or the last time they saw them. Then we have the emergency respite when a family or carer feels the increased stresses due to the pressures and expectations of providing a 'traditional Christmas' and the roles become more than can be managed.
A couple of years back, I assessed someone for compulsory hospital stay under 'section' in the week before Christmas. A policeman attending with me asked me if I felt guilty bringing someone into hospital just before Christmas. "Guilty?, I said. "No, better that he is with people who will be able to care for him over Christmas, than here, on his own with the thoughts that are torturing him".
It isn't guilt I feel, it is sadness. Sadness for liberty lost. Sadness for a society that sometimes doesn't look hard enough to see some of the suffering that lies under the surface and sadness for the individual who had not imagined Christmas this way.
When I think of Christmas I think of jolly family occasions, I think of sitting in front of the TV with mince pies and a shot of Baileys. I think of Christmases I have spent in the past. I think of friends and family who are no longer with me and those who are now far away, and I cherish those who are still close to me.
But I also think of those whose lives I have touched over the year and the pain that Christmas can bring.
And then I prepare myself to go to work after Boxing Day to see what pieces need to be picked up.
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text: joplin Joplin Chamber delivers first fund installment to Moore, Okla. By Associated Press • May 27, 2013 Twitter Officials of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce have presented the first installment of a special fund for the town of Moore, Okla., following last week's EF5 tornado that devastated the city. The Joplin Globe reports the $20,000-dollars in donations delivered Saturday are intended to help the Moore Chamber of Commerce start its own business recovery fund. 'The longest six, seven minutes of my life': Joplin remembers By Scott Harvey • May 23, 2013 Two years to the day that an EF-5 tornado ripped through Joplin, killing 161 people, the city was greeted with near perfect weather, as thousands came out Wednesday to honor the lives of those lost, and reflect upon the continuing recovery effort. FEMA gives Joplin deal on 2 fire engines By Associated Press • Apr 29, 2013 File / KBIA The federal government is giving the city of Joplin a deal on two fire engines it loaned the city after the 2011 tornado. Housing reopens for third year medical students in Joplin By Katy Mersmann • Apr 25, 2013 University of Missouri School of Medicine Housing re-opened for third year medical students practicing rural medicine in Joplin Monday. The housing is part of the MU School of Medicine rural track pipeline program, which trains students to practice medicine in small, rural communities. The Joplin arm of the program shut down in 2011, after a tornado destroyed the old living quarters. Kathleen Quinn is the director of the rural track pipeline program at MU and she says the program helps create more doctors in rural areas, where care could be in short supply. KC medical school considering Joplin for satellite By Associated Press • Jan 25, 2013 The Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences is considering a possible satellite campus in Joplin. Two people from the school were in Joplin last week to meet with city leaders and scout possible locations. Lisa Cambridge, spokeswoman for the school, says a decision will be made in April. Joplin officials say the medical school visited Missouri Southern State University and met with city and business leaders. New I-49 unveiled in SW Missouri By Scott Harvey • Dec 14, 2012 Scott Harvey / KSMU Listen Listening... / 1:31 1,300 new signs now line the highway formally known as 71, following Wednesday's unveiling of Interstate 49 between Kansas City and Pineville. Final meeting for response to natural disasters By Zach Garcia • Sep 11, 2012 Kellie Kotraba/ColumbiaFAVS / KBIA An interim committee examining Missouri's response to natural disasters is holding its final meeting in Jefferson City today. Muslims in Joplin receive interfaith support after mosque fire By Kellie Moore • Sep 8, 2012 Kellie Kotraba/ColumbiaFAVS / KBIA It's been about one month since a fire destroyed the only mosque in Joplin. Now, members of the Islamic Society of Joplin – and the interfaith community there – are picking up the pieces. The mosque was burned down before daylight on August 6, during the holy month of Ramadan. The FBI is still investigating the cause of the fire. Earlier in summer, on July 4, someone tried to set fire to the roof. That incident is still under investigation, too. Hundreds turn out for Joplin mosque rally By Associated Press • Aug 27, 2012 Jennifer Davidson / KSMU Hundreds of people turned out for a rally aimed at showing solidarity with area Muslims whose mosque was destroyed in a suspicious fire. Kinder to head new Mo. disaster response panel By Associated Press • Jul 16, 2012 Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder will lead a newly formed state committee reviewing Missouri's disaster recovery efforts and preparedness for future challenges. The committee was created by Republican House Speaker Steven Tilley. It also includes lawmakers, a Joplin city council member, an official from a health care company and a Jasper County official. AmeriCorp shooting for 16,000 volunteers in Joplin By Janet Saidi • Jun 14, 2012 File / KBIA The city of Joplin will be getting more AmeriCorps volunteers to help with recovery and rebuilding following the tornado in May 2011. Wendy Spencer, the CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees AmeriCorps, says Rebuild Joplin will receive $2,800,000 in AmeriCorps funding. AmeriCorps expanding for Joplin recovery By Associated Press • Jun 13, 2012 Matt Evans / KBIA The national service group AmeriCorps plans to boost its volunteer force helping Joplin rebuild from the deadly May 2011 tornado. One year on, Joplin remembers tornado By Associated Press • May 23, 2012 zensmom1 / flickr Much of Joplin fell silent to mark the precise moment the city was hit by a tornado one year ago. Ragtag holds special screening to benefit Joplin By Carly Sedberry • May 22, 2012 Photo courtesy of Ragtag To mark the one-year anniversary of the Joplin tornado, tonight Columbia's Ragtag Cinema is screening a documentary that relives the days following the disaster. Joplin rebuilding continues on tornado's one-year anniversary By Associated Press • May 21, 2012 File / KBIA A year after the deadliest tornado in decades hit southwest Missouri, the images remain indelible. Newscast for May 21, 2012 By Scott Kanowsky • May 21, 2012 File / KBIA Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including: Contractors charged with defrauding Joplin tornado victims By Associated Press • May 17, 2012 File / KBIA Two Laclede County contractors stand accused of fraud after allegedly accepting insurance checks from three Joplin homeowners to repair tornado damage but not doing the work. Nixon announces new funding for Joplin schools By Associated Press • May 15, 2012 File / KBIA The state of Missouri is providing $2.3 million to help build special rooms at five Joplin schools designed to withstand severe weather. Ceremony honors fallen Missouri workers By Marshall Griffin • Apr 23, 2012 File Photo / KBIA The state of Missouri paid tribute Monday to those who died while on the job last year. Joplin orders creation of new storm shelters By Associated Press • Apr 9, 2012 File / KBIA Joplin residents are getting an extra layer of security in storms thanks to their approval last week of a $62 million school bond issue. Newscast for March 12, 2012 By Zheng Hwuang Chia • Mar 12, 2012 Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including: Some Joplin residents are filing complaints about changes in mail delivery. The University of Missouri wants the school to speed up its move to a smoke-free campus. The St. Louis Zoo Association plans to purchase the site of the former Forest Park Hospital. Joplin residents file complaints about mail delivery changes By Associated Press • Mar 12, 2012 Some Joplin residents and postal service workers are upset with changes in mail delivery in sections of Joplin hardest hit by last year's tornado. Missouri insurance group foresees premium increases By Micah Smith • Mar 6, 2012 Recent natural disasters will affect more than just those Missourians living in disaster areas. Joplin High welcomes Obama commencement visit By Associated Press • Mar 5, 2012 The Joplin High School class of 2012 will graduate one day later than expected in May, but students will get a memorable commencement speaker in exchange for the delayed ceremony. Joplin donations By Associated Press • Feb 20, 2012 KBIA / File photo Some Joplin residents are questioning how the city's school district used millions of dollars it received in donations after the May 22 tornado. Newscast for February 10, 2012 By Brian Pepoon • Feb 10, 2012 Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including: Joplin looking for weather radios New video camera for Columbia Police True/False Film Festival chooses its lead documentary Politicians to meet in Columbia to discuss flooding issues Joplin looking to get weather radios By Associated Press • Feb 10, 2012 zensmom1 / Flickr Joplin City Manager Mark Rohr wants the city to distribute weather radios to all Joplin homes that don't already have one. Rohr says a survey indicated 58 percent of Joplin homes don't have a weather radio, meaning the city would have to distribute about 11 thousand radios at a cost of more than 300 thousand dollars. The Joplin Globe reports the state denied the city's application for money to fund the project. The American Red Cross donated 50 thousand dollars and Rohr says he will ask the Joplin Tornado First Response fund for an additional 250 thousand dollars. 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Attraction and retention in rural and remote communities
Becker, Karen L., Hyland, Paul, & Soosay, Claudine (2011) Attraction and retention in rural and remote communities. In 25th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: The Future of Work and Organisations, 7 – 9 December, Wellington, New Zealand.
Attracting and retaining a skilled labour force is a critical yet complex issue for rural and remote communities. This article reports the findings of a study investigating the current approaches to recruitment and retention in two separate Australian regions. Building on previously developed models, the research analyses the roles employers and the wider communities are playing, or potentially could play, in addressing issues that influence labour shortages. The findings of the research highlight the complexities of employee attraction and retention and emphasise the need for communities and businesses to work together to overcome labour shortages in rural and remote locations.
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Polo Dro continues with the renditions to his single "Fuck Dat Bitch" and rounds up Bobby Ray, Folarin and Sosa for the second remix.
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It's still fuck dat bitch for Young Dro. With that said, he rounds up his fellow Grand Hustler T.I. along with a few familiar faces for the official remix. xzone
It's a Grand Hustle and Cash Money affair. And for their latest visual, they surround themselves with plenty of paper and a handful of women in body paint. G.D.O.D. is available here.
When the weather is nice, it's time to hit the pool. And in support of his recent mixtape, Day Two, Young Dro and Doe B cordially invite us to their penthouse suite. Don't forget the swimming trunks.
Young Dro is back on the scene and comes equipped with a bundle of music. Hosted by DJ Drama, the tape features his Grand Hustle family, Trinidad James, Travis Porter and more.
Off the Hustle Gang's compilation, G.D.O.D., Young Dro, Bobby Ray and Yung Booke ride through the A in this summer flick. Hey, I need my car washed too.
Produced by Will A Fool, Young Dro drops a new track off his upcoming tape and accompanies it with a NSFW video. Project drops June 11th.