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By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — While students cram for finals, liberal backers of the recall of Gov. Scott Walker are using this week to swarm the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Their goal: to register eligible voters among the university's decidedly liberal students, faculty and staff before they head home for the summer — and to persuade them to vote via absentee ballot for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who is opposing Walker in the June 5 recall election.
They're racing against the clock.
The students "are headed out of town. You pretty much catch them now, or you've lost them," said John McAdams, a political scientist at Marquette University in Milwaukee. "It sounds to me like a fairly rational strategy to boost up the anti-Walker student vote."
"Get out the vote campaigns always target areas where you think you're going to get the votes," McAdams said. "If you're liberal, you target Madison students. You don't go to Waukesha at a shopping mall to get people to vote."
Monday, as the registrationistas deployed around campus, students were already bailing out. Many — with rolling luggage in tow — boarded the buses of Badger Coaches to head home for the summer. Others were studying for exams on the school's extensive lawns, in dining halls or dorm rooms. It'll all end when graduation ceremonies commence Friday.
The 2011-12 academic year formally ends that day, and the vast liberal voting bloc will evaporate — unless the activists in Madison Student Vote Coalition, the umbrella group running the student registration effort, can get to them first.
Coalition members portray themselves as nonpartisan.
"We work nonpartisan to get as many people as we can registered and voting. We're open to any other organizations who want to help register voters," said Steven Hughes, who says he co-founded the coalition.
But Hughes acknowledged that the coalition is made up of Walker's liberal opponents. It's "an organization filled with different organizations — Young Progressives, WISPIRG (a public interest research group), ACLU, Associated Students of Madison, student leaders," he said.
Hughes is also a founder of the Young Progressives of Madison, a political organization that promotes progressive politics and activism among young people.
Documents show that everyone on the Madison Student Vote Coalition roster signed petitions for the Walker recall.
"A lot of people I met throughout the community offered to help" with the student-registration effort, he said. "Through that and through the city clerk and through word of mouth we were able to get in touch with" nonstudent volunteers.
Hughes said the coalition reached out to College Republicans in the past, but they weren't interested in the offer.
McAdams, the Marquette political scientist, was not surprised about the coalition's partisan nature.
"That would be a scandal if anyone actually believed a group that calls itself nonpartisan was nonpartisan," McAdams said. "It's extraordinarily difficult to police nonpartisan. Anybody can call themselves nonpartisan. It's easy to see through, but they can say it if they want."
Monday, the activists were everywhere. At a Madison Student Vote Coalition kiosk near the entrance to the university's famed Der Rathskeller — a beer hall with a view of Lake Mendota — volunteers Marian Matthews and Maggie Dugan helped students register and fill out absentee voter ballot requests.
Like Hughes, they described their function in purely nonpartisan terms. Dugan said students would ordinarily have staffed the registration effort. But finals and graduations — along with the short election cycle — killed student enthusiasm for the project. So they stepped in.
"Many elections offer no clear choice," said Dugan. "But this one offers two very distinct paths for the future of the state, so we think it's important that everybody participate."
Monday afternoon, state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, who endorsed Barrett before the primary, came to the university to speak to members of Students for Barack Obama and volunteer special registration deputies — individuals who are able to register voters — about the importance of voting in the June 5 election.
"Sen. Erpenbach came to get everyone fired up, to create a real sense of urgency because we only have a couple more days to register. Registration closes Wednesday at 5 p.m., so we're trying to register students," said Janel Alters, vice-chairwoman of Students for Barack Obama.
"So we have people headed out to high-traffic areas outside of libraries, outside of dining halls where we know students are going to be … We're just trying to inform people. And then also we have absentee ballot forms so people can fill those out and have them sent wherever they're going to be."
The more than 40 volunteers canvassed the university like seasoned panhandlers.
"Are you registered to vote?" one volunteer called to a passer-by. When the passer-by said he was, she followed up: "Do you need an absentee ballot?"
A teenage girl with her mother, who identified herself as a member of We Are Wisconsin, a coalition of union organizations, held a "Register to Vote" sign, the words in red, white and blue.
The prospect of lost student votes has preoccupied state Democrats for months. In March, Scot Ross, then-spokesman for Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, worried that the Government Accountability Board, the state's election watchdog, would push the recall vote beyond the school year. That would make it more difficult for recall supporters to mobilize the university's thousands of student voters, most of them liberal voters, and many part-time Madison residents.
"We will pursue any and all means available to ensure Wisconsin's university students are not disenfranchised by this unjustified and unnecessary delay," Ross said, according to a Wisconsin State Journal article at the time.
Like many students, Hannah Somers, chairwoman of Madison Student Vote Coalition, has finished finals. Wisconsin Reporter reached her by phone at her family's Pittsburgh home. But she's registered in Madison, she said, and will vote via absentee voter ballot.
Who will she vote for? "I'd rather not say," she said. "I don't want to get anyone in trouble."
Somers signed a recall petition Nov. 15, the first day of eligibility.


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Lottery planned for new beach driving permits
By DOTTY NIST
As envisioned, the Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) has voted to expand permitting in the county's beach driving program–by what is considered a number of additional permits in keeping with maintaining safety on the short stretches of beachfront where driving is allowed.
The decision took place at a public hearing for the ordinance revisions that was part of the Feb. 8 regular BCC meeting at the South Walton Courthouse Annex.
For the public, beach driving is allowed in Walton County only by permit along short designated sections of Grayton Beach and Inlet Beach, and only during specified hours.
Between April 1 and May 10, property owners and residents who meet the conditions of the Walton County Beach Driving Ordinance will be able to apply for 150 additional permits that will be available for purchase beginning on June 1, with no more than one application possible per household.
Assuming that more than 150 people meeting the conditions of the ordinance apply for these additional permits, the Walton County Tax Collector's Office is to conduct a lottery on May 15 to select which applicants will be able to obtain the 150 permits. The tax collector's office will notify those whose applications are chosen in the lottery.
For the first time, in connection with the 150 new permits, beach driving applications will be accepted from Walton County registered voters who are not property owners in the county. Previously individual permits have been issued only to property owners, whether residents or nonresidents.
The 150 new permits will be in addition to the more than 750 beach driving permits that have a "vested" or "grandfathered" status as long as the property owners holding those permits do not allow them to expire. The yearly renewal fee for a beach driving permit will be $125, an increase from the previous fee of $105 per year. Permittees launching boats are required to obtain, in addition, boat trailer decals at a yearly cost of $30 per decal, with no increase in this fee with the revised ordinance.
The ordinance revision has removed the requirement for property owners applying for beach driving permits to have a habitable residence on their property.
Holders of the 150 new permits will not acquire a vested status. Those permit holders will have to take their chances in the lottery each year after applying for a permit during the April 1-May 10 application period.
Permits available to charter boat operators have been reduced from 20 to 15 with the revised ordinance.
Residents with disabilities will be eligible for a no-fee beach driving permit, and visitors will be eligible for a temporary permit.
County commissioners heard from a dozen residents and property owners at the Feb. 8 public hearing. Several who addressed the BCC complained that the grandfathering of their beach driving permits had been eliminated when the ordinance was last revised in January 2010 and the requirement for a property owner applying for a permit to have a habitable structure on their property was instituted. With that requirement to be eliminated, they urged the BCC to renew the vesting of their permits. However the commissioners were reluctant to add to the number of vested permits and did not take this action. Instead, people in this situation were invited to apply for one of the 150 new permits….
Read the full story in the February 17, 2011 edition of the Herald Breeze.

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I bought this bag last year and was immediately impressed as it can hold my 5 gloves, catcher's gear, batting helmet, bats, and all my accessories with lots of room to spare.Review by Starrett (Posted on 2/1/2015)
I can fit 4 bats, my catcher's gear (2 leg guards, 1 chest protector, a skull cap, a facemask, a catchers helmet) a batting helmet and 5 gloves with lots of room left overReview by Alex McGonnel (Posted on 10/23/2014)
This has to be my best equipment bag yet. I am able to fit all of of my catchers equipment as well as multiple gloves and my batting helmet. It also helps yah it fits with ease in a locker. So any High School baseball players know that they don't have to worryReview by Colin (Posted on 5/4/2014)
After going through some cheaper bags, we bought one of these last year for use as a team bag. After a season it's still in great shape. So, we bought one this year for a different team. Nice pockets, and plenty of room. Only downside to bag at all is you have to put bats in sleeve before your equipment or you fight to get them in.Review by Rick (Posted on 4/10/2014)
I'm on my 2nd Pudge bag as the middle area between the wheels tears and ultimately breaks (the plastics material basically snapped in half on both bags) and drags on the ground. My son doesn't drag the bag up and down stairs but occasionally drops the bag on the ground when taking it out of the car. This shouldn't cause it to snap.Review by Enswiler (Posted on 8/18/2013)
Overall the bag is great in terms of storage (3 bats, 5 gloves and catchers hear plus batting helmet) and with the extra pockets makes it easy to store batting gloves, drinks, etc. However, I feel any wheeled catchers bag should have a think piece of plastic between the wheels. I'll be purchasing more bags and a bunch of other baseball related gear for my 2 sons, but Wilson will both be on my list.
Son just transferred his catcher's equipment from his old bag to the the new Wilson Pudge Catcher bag. After transferring his equipment, he still had plenty of room in the bag for the rest of his equipment. We will wait to see how the zipper holds up through the season. The bag is easy to transport with the wheels and there are many pockets to store stuff like batting gloves, sunglasses, first aid supplies (just in case), towels, water, and everything else he carries.Review by Canes Catcher's dad (Posted on 4/16/2013)
The bag looks good and holds all the equipment for a reasonable price. Great product and a great price. Hopefully, this bag will be durable. Will have to comment on this after the season.
Regards, Canes Catcher's dad
The bag is a great size. All my son's catcher's gear fits nicely however the axle flexed causing the bag to scrape against the ground which caused damage. The zippers also broke making the bag unusable. Good size but has some flaws.Review by Planetbrownlee (Posted on 3/27/2013)
This seems like a well built bag, not one that will fall apart after a year.Review by KReed (Posted on 3/14/2013)
The test will be zippers and how the wheels hold up.Review by Riles (Posted on 3/6/2013)
This bag is large enough to put all your gear in plus more! I can fit my gear, probably another set of catcher's gear, my bats and all my gloves. Big and durable.Review by catcher (Posted on 3/5/2013)
This is exactly what I was looking for. I had a great catcher's bag that is now reaching the end of its life and this is just right for the overseas travel that I do.Review by Italo (Posted on 2/26/2013)


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Quiet week for export sales
USDA reports corn, soybean, and wheat export sales for the week ending March 14 were below pre-report estimates, while soybean meal was within the anticipated range, and soybean oil sales were larger than expected. Physical shipments of soybeans were more than what's needed weekly to meet USDA projections for the 2012/13 marketing year but corn and wheat both fell short of their respective marks.
Wheat came out at 484,500 tons (17.8 million bushels), down 46% from the week ending March 7 and 25% lower than the four week average. Nigeria bought 93,000 tons and Spain picked up 69,200 tons, while unknown destinations canceled on 100,500 tons. For the 2012/13 marketing year to date, wheat sales are 907.9 million bushels, compared to 925.4 million in 2011/12. Sales of 88,800 tons (3.3 million bushels) for 2013/14 delivery were mainly to unknown destinations (30,000 tons) and Mexico (28,900 tons) with a cancellation by China (55,000 tons).
Corn was reported at 92,200 tons (3.6 million bushels), 67% less than the week before and 59% below the four week average. China purchased 110,000 tons and Japan bought 86,000 tons; unknown destinations canceled on 178,800 tons. So far this marketing year, corn sales are 585.4 million bushels, compared to 1.299 billion this time last year. Sales of 183,300 tons (7.2 million bushels) were mostly to unknown destinations (110,000 tons) and China (67,000 tons).
Soybeans were pegged at 107,800 tons (4.0 million bushels), a drop of 84% from the previous week and a decline of 71% from the four week average. China picked up 127,300 tons and Mexico purchased 38,000 tons but unknown destinations canceled on 93,000 tons. At this point in the marketing year, soybean sales are 1.308 billion bushels, compared to 1.133 billion a year ago. Sales of 234,000 tons (8.6 million bushels) for 2013/14 delivery were primarily to China (225,000 tons).
Soybean meal came out at 143,300 tons, up noticeably from the prior week but down 13% from the four week average. Mexico bought 80,000 tons and Guatemala picked up 24,800 tons, with unknown destinations cancelling on 38,800 tons. Cumulative soybean meal sales for the current marketing year are 7,666,000 tons, compared to 5,412,900 last year.
Soybean oil was reported at 19,600 tons, a big increase from both the previous week and the four week average. Canada purchased 13,200 tons and the Dominican Republic picked up 3,800 tons. 2012/13 soybean oil sales are 815,000 tons, compared to 331,300 in 2011/12.
Net beef sales totaled 15,300 tons, 51% lower than the week before and 16% under the four week average. The listed buyers were Japan (5,200 tons), Canada (3,000 tons), Mexico (2,400 tons), Hong Kong (1,200 tons), and South Korea (900 tons).
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Last week was marked by Senators Charles Grassley and Orrin Hatch making one more grandstand play on behalf of "freedom" and avoiding surrendering to the ugly clutches of "socialism."
What a familiar refrain this has become through the years. With FDR there was the American Liberty League and its panicky warnings that under Roosevelt's New Deal the grand republic we know and love was being plundered by socialism, and with it loss of our precious American freedoms.
Unlike what is happening now when Obama seeks compromise with those who are not interested in anything but their own narrow agenda and propagandizing toward that objective, Roosevelt knew the forces he was fighting and struck back in the public arena. He exposed the forces of greed arrayed against him as "economic royalists" and pointed out that what they really feared was losing their grip on monopoly.
Oh how we need that kind of leader now! In place of a leader who stands up to the lobbyists and those they represent, instead of confronting the enemy with cold, hard, irrefutable facts as Franklin Delano Roosevelt did, the response is to see if a compromise can be worked out.
In Charles Grassley's case we see what happened. He was finally compelled to concede that even if every one of his stated objectives were met that he would still have to abide by his natural constituency if that meant voting no on any proposal at hand, and we know where Grassley with plenty of health care money in his campaign pocket is being told to proceed.
Before Grassley was pushed to that level of admission, however, he soared to a new level of demagoguery that stands out even among those like himself who are committed to serving the ends of lobbyists with steely zeal. He warned about the creation of death panels under the Obama bill that might tragically pull the plug on granny.
The forces of archaic special interest reaction have been unleashing such parade of horrible examples for so long that any imagination has long been replaced by demagogic absurdity.
Such panels have been around since the onset of Medicare and are meant to provide an opportunity for family members and loved ones to discuss options in crucial life and death situations. There is nothing in the language of the current proposal that varies from the original Medicare legislation. In neither case was "pulling the plug" a factor.
Then again, the only reason why the Grassleys or Hatches of the Washington scene have anything good to say about the current Medicare program is that it would be political suicide to oppose it.
What did their ideological forebears have to say about Medicare in the sixties before its passage? What did they have to say about the Social Security Act some three decades earlier? As a matter of fact the opposition rate was 90 percent Republican each time, as candidate John F. Kennedy pointed out while campaigning for president in 1960.
Given the sober concern registered by Grassley and Hatch over the advent of runaway alien and destructive socialism on the health care scene, they might consider taking assertive action in the promotion of freedom.
Senators Grassley and Hatch, given your fears of socialism, do the noble thing and terminate your own health care plans as U.S. senators. Take a look at how extensive your coverage is.
If this is what makes you cringe when you think of even some of the same elements of your program being extended to others, then take the magnanimous step and declare that you are rejecting the socialistic health care plan under which you and your families are covered on the basis of principle.
Needless to say, this will not happen. It is just like abortion. The radical right as represented by the likes of Grassley and Hatch sound alarm bells while placing themselves on a privileged pedestal they seek to deny to Americans outside that select orbit.


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Mathieu Flamini believes that Arsenal are well-equipped to progress beyond the First Knockout Stage of the Champions League.
Wednesday night's first-leg stalemate has been reported in some sections of the media as a triumph for experience over endeavour. However, speaking to the matchday programme before the game, Flamini insists that Arsenal have plenty of know-how themselves.
"We have been playing together a few years now and already been to the Final of the Champions League," said the Frenchman. "So we cannot say we are inexperienced, too young, that is not a problem.
"Okay, not to the extent that they [AC Milan] are because they have a lot older guys who have won a lot, but we have beaten teams like Real Madrid and Juventus before so it's important to demonstrate that on the pitch again."
When the sides reconvene at the San Siro on March 4, Flamini will once again be at the heart of the midfield. With both sides offering an abundance of talent there, it is likely to be the decisive battle.
The Arsenal man expects the Premier League leaders to emerge victorious.
"They have a great midfield," said Flamini. "Very technical but also very aggressive. We will have to deal with that and the battle - after that we can play our game. It is important to be ready for the fight.
"Of course I have to achieve the right balance with Cesc because he is more offensive than me, but we have a good complicity - when he goes forward I stay and vice versa. This season the balance we have found is very good."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Interstate gridlock slows Wednesday night travel
BATON ROUGE- The evening highways looked more like the afternoon rush; clogged and mostly lit from the red glow of brake lights since I-10 and I-12 both closed for a part of Wednesday night.
All eastbound lanes closed just before eight on I-10 before the I-10/110 Split in downtown. Traffic was stopped into West Baton Rouge, almost into Iberville Parish due to a crash.
Eastbound lanes of I-12 also closed in Livingston Parish so crews could collect what was left of a wrecked 18-wheeler. The interstate was closed, also before eight, near Springfield.
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|900 sq. ft.
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This original homestead cabin overlooks Cornelius Lake, is along side a salmon creek, and sports views of Pioneer Peak and the surrounding Chugach Mountains. From this cabin, Alaska's beauty is abundant. The cabin is close to highways for easy access to the large variety of activities and sights available here in the Mat-Su Valley. Yet, it is also the perfect place to relax. You will want to enjoy a BBQ dinner eaten at the picnic table right outside the cabin front door. While you are relaxing you will want to watch the pair of loons and a pair of white swans enjoying their summer visit to the lake. Birds abound between these two lakes, so you can watch eagles hunting and riding the air currents as you enjoy a morning cup of coffee. The cabin is also creekside, so you can watch both red and silver salmon (runs take place in August and September if you are here) as they make their way to their spawning grounds.
Use this cabin as a home base. Fishing spots, hiking areas, glaciers, animal farms, bike trails, shops, spas, gyms, and historic townsites are all located here in the Mat-Su Valley.
This log cabin has two cozy bedrooms upstairs. The larger one features a custom built pine queen size bed while the smaller one has 2 single beds. The new bathroom is located on the main floor and features a large tiled shower. The beautiful kitchen area has granite counter tops, an electric stove, microwave oven, coffee maker, refrigerator, and a washer and dryer. Linens and kitchen utensils, pots, and pans are provided. The living room has a comfortable leather couch, custom blinds for privacy, and large windows for gazing at the spectacular views of ' nature at its best'.
The cabin is not suited to folks with mobility issues or those who are traveling with very young children. The stairs are steep.
Keywords: historic log cabin, lakefront and creek access, mountain views, centrally located, easy access to highways, 1 hour drive from Anchorage
Bob and I have lived in Alaska for more than 30 years. We love living here in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley and we love our lives. Bob is a General Contractor who builds custom homes locally. I am a teacher who loves working part time with elementary students at a local public school. Our two sons were hockey players growing up here in Alaska.. Now, one son is currently out of state attending graduate school, and the other son lives in rural Alaska and is currently working as a civil engineer.
We are a very busy and active family. For more than 10 years, Bob and our younger son had both run the Mt. Marathon race in Seward on the fourth of July. All four of us kayak and camp in Katchemak Bay and the Homer area most summers with friends. We also like to ride bikes, hike, fish, and play golf. We recently "re-homed" a middle-aged terrier that loves to go for hikes and walks with us. She is a great addition to our family.
Kathryn purchased this cabin in 2005
The Mat-Su Valley really has the best of what Alaska has to offer, and we have lived here for twenty seven years. We bought this amazing piece of property thirteen years ago. Bob built our beautiful home on the bluff overlooking one lake at the back of the property. On the front of the property is an original homestead cabin built in 1958. It took us 3 years to remodel the inside of the cabin while saving many of the original logs. It is beautiful and we now would like to share it with visitors in the summer months. In the winter months, the cabin is rented for the school year schedule, early August through late May, to a teacher .
If you enjoy watching birds like we do, you will especially enjoy your visit to this homestead cabin on Cornelius Lake . In addition to local water fowl and eagles, we get to enjoy viewing the many migratory birds who visit Alaska in the summer. Neklason Lake has been the temporary summer home to a pair of white swans who raised six signets here. The parents lead the flotilla in parade style around the shore of the lake everyday when the signets were strong and big enough.The parents modeled for their youngsters 'touch-and-go' landings on water, traveling between our two lakes. We watched all 6 of the signets grow to young adults and then one day we watched all 8 of them fly south together in late September. It was soooo exciting!! Hopefully they will return this coming summer and you can watch them too.
The property was even better than described in the listing description. Very clean and well maintained. The owners were awesome! We knew we were going to have a very late arrival, so they were so kind to leave some breakfast goodies for us in the refrigerator. And they were very helpful in offering suggestions for activities.
The cabin and property overall was immaculate. The Wasilla location is great, as we were able to see many great sites within a few hour's drive - from Denali (to the north) to the Portage Glacier in the Chugach National forest (south of Anchorage), and many places in between. I would highly recommend this property for both the ideal location and wonderful hospitality shown by the owners.
Be sure to bring a good camera, as the scenery is spectacular (and a smartphone camera just can't capture the detail)!
This a was a great place to relax and regroup between adventures! So convenient to have laundry, kitchen, grill, and beautiful lake/creek right outside the door. Very clean and well maintained. We will stay again! Thank you!
This was a wonderfull expierience for us. I really wish I could say the place was bad just so we could rent it more frequently. However that is not possible. I can say that I hope to go back and stay at the most wonderfull place in the world and with the people that helped us with our expierience. Bob and Katheryn are the greatest. Good down to earth people. They are the the most helpful people for vacationing folks. Three Bears grocery store was great as well we didn't want for any thing. If you want peace good food good stay and the best tenants that I have ever expierienced you can go stay at their place. It was the best vacation we have ever had and we will go back. Thank you so much Bob and Katheryn.
We really enjoyed the cabin. The home was perfect for our stay, clean,comfortable for the two of us, comfy bed, lovely view from the deck, all amenities of home and the owners were wonderful. Kathryn brought fresh salmon,bagels, cream cheese and her smile to welcome us. We also enjoyed the fire pit and canoe available for our use. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed a canoe ride around the lake. It was so pleasant to sit on the porch and listen to the Creek. Very lovely grounds. The cabin is so close to resturants, stores coffee and served as a home base for us. We would recommend this cabin and we would absolutely stay again. Thanks for making our stay so memorable.
We loved staying at the cozy cabin in Wasilla Ak! We were able to speed quality time with my son and his family! The cabin was awesome and we loved the gorgeous flowers and beautiful mountain views! The stream next to the cabin was really pretty filled with
trout and Salmon! We definitely would recommend staying there again and thank the owners for their sincere kindness and hospitality!!!!!
My mom, oldest teenage daughter, and I love the cabin! The owners are wonderful hosts who are available, as needed, and provided homemade salmon (YUMMY!) and other breakfast items for our first morning. The cabin is located down the lane from the main house (out of sight) and on the outskirts of Wasilla. There is a small grocery store approximately 3 – 5 minute drive on E Palmer-Wasilla Hwy, but we tended to travel out to E Park/Hwy 3 to the Fred Meyer grocery/retail store approximately 10 – 15 minute drive. The cabin provides the comforts of home….kitchen has necessary equipment, beds are comfortable, HOT water, washer/dryer, internet access, black out shades to block the midnight sun to name a few comforts. Yes, the stairs are steep and narrow, as mentioned, but use of the handrails makes it easy to manage or crawling on all fours works, too. :-) We are physically able folks, so we thought of it as an adventure. The few times we were not out hiking, driving the country side, or being obvious tourists, we would open the two windows that created a cross breeze through the entire upstairs. Aw…the fresh air! The owners offered the use of their canoe and row boat, but we did not have time. On our next chance to visit Alaska, we will definitely check availability of this cabin. We had a wonderful time, appreciate the hospitality, and enjoyed staying in the cabin. Thank you for everything!
We are located on N. Engstrom Rd. in the core area of the Mat-Su Valley which makes for easy access to the following attractions: Matanuska and Knik Glaciers, guided rafting trips, Iditarod Headquarters-Wasilla, Hatcher's Pass and the Independence Mine, Musk Ox and the Reindeer Farms-Palmer, Alaska Railroad Depots-Wasilla and Palmer, salmon and trout fishing, flight seeing tours, and Denali Park
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The $49 charge is for the VRBO insurance, this is protection for all. It is a 1 time charge, whether you stay 6 days or 16 days. There is no cleaning fee. It is included in the nightly fee. There is no additional charge for pets coming with guests, but please notify us. It is agreed upon that pet owners will be extra vigilant about the care and clean up regarding their pets while at the cabin.
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Here is the latest recruitment process from BHEL – Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited. All the interested candidates are invited to apply for this BHEL Recruitment. There are approximately 800 vacant posts in this recruitment. All the important details regarding this recruitment are described below. There are various Artisans posts in this BHEL Artisans recruitment.
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In a bid to bring down import of gold, the government is working on more attractive investment options to dissuade people from buying the metal, a senior finance ministry official said on Saturday.
"We should create more attractive instruments which provide people an alternative source of investment than gold. And I think, we are working on those," said chief economic advisor in the finance ministry Raghuram Rajan at a function in Chennai.
The government recently launched inflation indexed bonds with an aim to ensure better returns to inventors.
"As the economy starts doing better, more of these instruments will look more attractive. Equities look more attractive, fixed income will look more attractive as inflation comes down. That will take off some of the hunger for gold as an investment," Rajan added.
Both government and RBI have been taking steps to curtail import of gold, which is mainly responsible for India's high current account deficit (CAD).
Referring to controversy over the poverty line figures, Rajan said: "I think the point really is wherever you draw that line what is important is large number of people have (already) crossed. Won't you want more of our people to have the resources to do what they want."
The planning commission's poverty line which says persons are not poor if their daily consumption of goods and services exceed Rs 33.33 in cities and Rs 27.20 in villages, has generated a lot of controversy.


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Check out the full list of winners from the 2012 MTV Movie Awards — Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart take home Best Kiss!
The 2012 MTV Movie Awards took place June 3 at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles, California. Check out the full winners list below and tell us if you love or loathe the choices!
– Best Onscreen Dirtbag — Jennifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses)
– Breakthrough Performance –– Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
– Best Male Performance — Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games)
– Best Female Performance — Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games)
– Best Kiss — Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1)
– MTV Generation Award — Johnny Depp
– Best Fight — Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson Vs. Alexander Ludwig (The Hunger Games)
– Best Cast — Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2)
– Best Hero — Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2)
– Best Onscreen Transformation — Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games)
– Trailblazer Award — Emma Stone
– Best Movie — The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
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Tulip Craze Redux and What Models Mean to Pensions
Since the mid 1600's, tulips have come to symbolize economic bubbles. Excess demand for the floral beauties led Dutchmen to pay a hefty price, resulting in the tulip mania of the early 17th century.
One wonders if a June 24 article by New York Times reporter Gretchen Morgenson hadn't been inspired by this tale of yore. Entitled "When Models Misbehave," this prize-winning business columnist describes the challenges of assessing securities that trade in relatively illiquid markets. In the absence of ready buyers and sellers, traders mark to model, making assumptions about the future behavior of inputs such as interest rates. Unfortunately, problems may arise if the underlying assumptions make no sense. Consider the notion that past is prologue. Referring to the sub-prime debacle currently plaguing several large financial institutions, Morgenson describes 2006 and 2007 lending practices as overly generous and likely to tighten. Correctly recognizing that future supply-demand conditions for credit might change leads to an altogether different model outcome.
Lack of independence or "the fantasy that a firm's principals prefer" is another concern. Blind acceptance of model-generated outputs as gospel could mean a subsequent, and arguably tainted, outlay of serious money to other trades.
Morgenson has a good point.
It's easy to be lulled into false security with computer-generated numbers. Unfortunately, bad values beget bad economics. A computational flaw, unstable or inappropriate model and/or low-integrity data could end up costing investors millions of dollars. Trading decisions based on garbage are expensive mistakes.
Good model-building is a start. Validating, testing, revising and testing anew should follow. Heady stuff but anything else might be considered remiss. Importantly, it's up to investors to query asset managers about what's inside the black box.
Anecdotally, I'm not sure there is enough of this rigorous oversight happening right now. As an accredited appraiser, I'm disturbed by the laxity of investigation about valuation and the related process of risk management.
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Neurobiological Trauma, Teaching, and Transformative Learning
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Here, Daniel S. Janik, MD, PhD, argues replacing education and teaching with non-traumatic, curiosity-based, discovery-driven, and mentor-assisted transformational learning.
Unlock the Genius Within
is an easy read that explains—in conversational manner—the newest ideas on neurobiological and transformational learning beginning with what's wrong with education and ending with a call for reader participation in developing and applying neurobiological learning and transformational learning theory and methodology. Janik draws extensively from his own experiences first as a physician working with psychological recovery from trauma, and then as an educator and linguist in applying neurobiological-based transformational learning in clinics, classrooms, and tutoring.
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CHICAGO, April 2. -- Swimming by himself all the way, Adolph Kiefer, sensational Chicago high school boy, smashed all records for the 150-yard back-stroke tonight in the men's senior national A.A.U. championships, finishing in the amazing time of 1:32.7.
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Original article The whole war on terrorism has been, in effect, a bait-and-switch operation from the beginning. The idea that US military operations were somehow going to make America safer after the 9/11 attacks was the bait. What has actually happened ever since then, however, is that senior officials at the Pentagon and the CIA have been sacrificing the interest of American people in weakening al-Qaeda in order to pursue their own institutional interests.
Original article History is full of failed dominant superpowers, from the Roman Empire to the Ottoman Empire. Many no longer exist. Their declines were almost invariably due to excessive spending, unsustainable debt, military overreach, and a society that abandoned the core values which made it wealthy and powerful to begin with. Every successive superpower always believes that they will never suffer the same fate. And every time they're wrong.
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Scientists are plotting migration routes to predict where bird flu might enter the country. If the cold, continental winter continues, more wild birds are expected to fly into Britain seeking milder temperatures.
The French agriculture ministry confirmed last night that the presence of the highly-pathogenic H5N1 virus was found in a duck, which was found dead last Monday on a bird reserve 20 miles north of Lyon.
A three-kilometre protection zone has already been set up around the outbreak area as well as a seven-kilometre deep surveillance zone. France, Europe's largest poultry producer, is the seventh country on the continent to be hit so far by the bird flu virus. Along with the Netherlands, it has applied to the EU to start preventative vaccination of domestic birds in some areas.
The French poultry industry supports 900 million birds on 200,000 farms.
Yesterday, further cases emerged around Europe including 28 wild birds diagnosed with the H5N1 virus on a north German island where dead swans and a hawk were found last week to have the disease.
Tests on a swan found dead in the Austrian capital, Vienna, also revealed it had been infected with the virus and the Austrian government yesterday warned farmers to keep all their poultry stock indoors.
India has also recorded its first cases of H5N1 bird flu in chickens on a farm in western Maharashtra state, while officials also said eight humans were being tested for the disease. A cull of up to 500,000 domestic birds has been announced.
Iran confirmed its first cases of H5N1 in its northern province of Gilan, while Indonesia confirmed a man, aged 23, had become the country's 19th bird flu fatality.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said that if the winter on the continent eases, wild birds will not need to fly west. If it continues, however, they could head to Britain.
Fred Landeg, Britain's deputy chief veterinary officer, said officials were examining flight paths and weather patterns in a bid to predict whether the virus will arrive on British shores. So far, 3,500 samples from wild birds in the UK had not yet detected H5N1.
"The expert ornithologists have advised that ducks from the Lyon region do not normally fly to the UK at this time of the year," Landeg said.
"Yet we know that the pochard duck uses the East Atlantic flyway, which is the same migratory path under which the UK lies.We have existing robust surveillance measures in place and have taken over 3,500 samples from wild birds, which so far have not detected H5N1 in the UK."
The H5N1 strain has killed at least 90 people worldwide, mainly in south-east Asia, since it emerged in 2003. It can infect humans in close contact with infected birds, but there is no evidence that it can be passed from human to human. Public health experts, however, fear the virus could mutate into a pandemic human flu strain that could cause millions of deaths.


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by ken April 20, 2004
An older (70s-80s) term that means to walk in an exaggerated motion, where you are rocking, or "switching" your behind back and forth to get attention. Streetwalkers do this to get the attention of johns. Therefore, switching is not seen as a positive term. It's a term used for someone who is considered slutty, promiscuous or just a plain showoff. Usually used for women but also sometimes for effeminate or gay men.
Look at this chick walking down the street. As soon as I drove up, she started switching. She still ain't gettin' no ride. I gotta get over my mom's for some of her bomb ass potato salad.
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- Gear & Maintenance (http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/)
- - Holding tank location (http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/10928-holding-tank-location.html)
Holding tank location
Hello, I''m wondering if there is any problem with installing a holding tank about two feet higher then the head itself? I realize it is putting weight up high, but aside from that fact is there any common problems with the pump pushing the weight upward? and any problems with the tank leaking back downward? Thanks
Holding tank location
Your toilet should be pumping into the TOP of the holding tank. and your holding tank discharge line should run out of the bottom fitting to a deck pumpout or overboard discharge. The only downward pressure would be moving the slug of waste from the toilet to the inlet of the tank. Once in the tank, it would not go back in the hose unless grossly overfilled.
If it were me, I would ensure that clean water was pumped in the hose section after toilet use I would not count on the joker valve holding back a slug of sewage that would continually try top get back in the toilet.
Holding Tank higher than toilet
Problems with doing this:
1. Pressure is greater than the pump is designed for to get water uphill. The packing around the piston wears out quickly and leaks, getting your hand wet as you pump with sewage and/or outside water.
2. Sewage will sit in the hose unless you pump a great deal of water through the system to clear the sewage, at least 20 strokes. Stinky smells develop.
We have this situation in our forward head. We like the fact that it empties by gravity when out in the ocean. But our Wilcox-Critendon head isn't strong enough to handle the situation. Maybe an electric toilet would be the answer. Holding tank would fill up pretty fast, however. We're still struggling with the odors, continuing to replace hosing, but the above problems remain.
Of course, you could do this with a Lavac head, and by properly mounting the pump, you can probably avoid having to pump a lot of excess water to clear the lines.
Jeanneau 40,Beneteau 361..................are like this,no problems.
Have you heard of the Kiss system?
I think the holding tank is above the water line and the tank exit and point where the honey-dipper pipe bottoms out is below the tank. Thus, the tank is totally empty when evacuated. Not sure how they handle the pipe from the pump to the input of the holding tank. But that is the advantage of a high tank.... it is totally empty when cleaned out and therefore reduced breeding of smells.
Maybe the ideal is a tank somewhat below the head/pump, but above the waterline?
Hi davejean,
I have had occasional problems with the "joker" valve in a Jabsco head allowing waste from the waste exit line flow back into the head. (not a lot of volume, but it creates a stink) The waste is coming from the vent loop which, on my boat, goes up about 2.5' above the level of the joker valve. I believe that an entire tank of waste above the head creates the potential for a disaster, as a failure of the joker valve would allow the entire contents of the tank to empty back into the head... ugh!!
Hope this helps,
That isn't necessarily a risk, if the tank installation is properly designed.
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On the (mis)measurement of legislator ideology and shirking
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- Goff, B.L. & Grier, K.B. Public Choice (1993) 76: 5. doi:10.1007/BF01049340
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In this paper, we show that current statistical measures of legislator's shirking are implicitly based on the electoral concept of a unique majority rule equilibrium point in the policy space where elections are contested. We note that such equilibria do not exist generically and present statistical results showing that cross-sectional regressions where legislators' voting indices are predicted by district average demograhic and economic data are mis-specified. We also discuss a weaker equilibrium construct, the uncovered set, and present statistical evidence showing that differences in voting behavior between Senators from the same state are positively related to the heterogeneity of the electorate. We argue that current evidence alleged to show shirking by Senators is equally consistent with Senators who perfectly represent an idiosyncratic constituency that cannot be represented by district average data.


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With a stay at Hotel Leopalace Hakata in Fukuoka (Hakata), you'll be minutes from Furuyu Onsen and Kawakamikyo Onsen. This 4-star hotel is close to Tochoji Temple and Ohori Park.
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A Brookfield man who impersonated an associate so he could receive free urgent surgery at Tauranga Hospital for his "plumbing" problems could have put his life at risk, health officials say.
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Students not daunted by hefty tertiary fees
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Idaho - A Jefferson County house is a total loss after it caught fire early Wednesday morning.
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The Rigby and Ririe fire departments fought the blaze.
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German national footballer Lukas Podolski can be sure not to hit the "Albert Hall" into the "beans on toast" this season after getting a crash course in Cockney rhyming slang from his new Arsenal teammates.
Former midfielder Ray Parlour has been teaching the forward, who signed for the Gunners in August, to distinguish his "loaf of bread", head, from his "Barnet Fair", hair.
In a video released on the Arsenal Player website, Podolski can be seen learning some of the most common phrases such as "apples and pears" for stairs, "trouble and strife" for wife, "dog and bone" for phone and "rub-a-dub" for pub.
The lesson then moves on to more modern variants like "Britney Spears" for beers, and "Fatboy Slim" for the gym.
It ends with a special section on football-related terms, which Parlour suggests he uses at post-match interviews.
These include "beans on toast" for post and "Albert Hall" for ball.
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Born in Mexico, Bill Melendez helped create some of the most quintessentially American animation in memory.
He concluded his storied resume Wednesday in Santa Monica, California, passing at the age of 91.
Melendez worked on early Disney game-changers like Fantasia and Pinocchio before moving on to Warner Bros. to animate shorts featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.
But it was his collaborations with Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz that would bring him the greatest fame: The award-winning Melendez created more than 70 Peanuts classics, and even gave Snoopy his voice. From A Charlie Brown Christmas onward, he remained the only artist ever authorized by Schulz to animate the Peanuts narrative.
Melendez's credits don't end there: He won an Oscar for Gerald McBoing-Boing, brought Babar, Garfield and Cathy to television, and even delved into C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. But Snoopy and his Peanuts work will live on much longer than all of them.
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Building the ban
On 22 March 2007 the Belgian Parliament voted unanimously to ban DU ammunition from 20 June 2009. The politicians may have voted in the law, but it was a group of tireless volunteers who made it happen. Ria Verjauw and Willem Van den Panhuysen of the Belgian Coalition to Stop Uranium Weapons tell the NI their story.
Ria: The inspiration came from a visit to Belgium by US anti-DU activist Damacio Lopez. The idea was to bring together people from different campaigning aspects to form an international coalition: activists, union people, scientists. In 2003 the group met for the first time in Berlaar. Nobody had any money, so we met at someone's house. Very soon we decided to try for the maximum result, which is a total ban on DU. We were a very dedicated group, and everyone agreed that was the result to go for, even without money, just dedication and idealism.
Willem: At the end of the year we met again with a number of Belgian NGOs who worked on human rights, peace and the environment to form a Belgian coalition. We started looking through lists of NGOs and contacted them to see if they were interested in forming a network.
Ria: We realized that it is important to represent a large group of people if you want to be heard, especially during elections. You get taken more seriously.
Willem: Eventually we had about 70 organizations who committed to our mission. We had not contacted any individuals yet. From 2004 we started to send letters to the chairs of the Flemish political parties. Of the six parties, five responded positively.
Ria: We kept all the letters we received from the parties and confronted them with their promises when they were elected to form a government. It was important during election time to question parties and especially their chairs and get them to answer the questions. This is valuable and essential information for lobbying later on. We received information from an employee about to leave the Health Department which revealed that the Pentagon was lobbying Belgium to buy DU weapons.
Willem: I started thinking that if the Ministry of Defence says they haven't bought any and won't buy them in the future, there shouldn't be much objection to banning them altogether. It would just be an affirmation of the existing situation. But when we asked the Minister of Defence whether a ban would be possible, he replied: 'We can't do it, because NATO and the UN aren't encouraging it. So long as there is no international ban, it isn't possible for a small country like ours to ban them.'
Ria: We had been told the military trade union had a lot of information, especially through soldiers who were involved in the Kosovo war and had become ill. So we contacted them and explained what our intentions were. Their co-operation was new for us. I find that if we have a conference and we have military speakers, there is always a positive response. It's one of the reasons why the campaign was successful, because it brought together people from different ideologies, but who all wanted to fight for one cause.
Meanwhile they painstakingly put together an information dossier which they circulated to politicians, urging them to propose a bill in Parliament or start a debate on the subject. The matter was examined by the Parliamentary Commission on National Defence, where experts testified to the dangers of DU on behalf of the campaign, while those working for the nuclear industry tried to play down the health risks. At another meeting of the Commission representatives of Belgium in NATO and the UN were present.
Willem: The NATO person was totally against a ban, because there was no diplomatic precedent in Europe or the world. The UN person was a bit more positive. He said every country could decide independently, even though it had not happened before.
Eventually Social Democrat member of Parliament Dirk Van der Maelen put forward a bill for a ban in January 2007. Then began a round of meetings to brief him and ensure that the information he put to Parliament on the dangers of DU would hold up.
Willem: There was research done by the Pentagon, the British defence ministry and others, which took as a starting-point that the conclusion should be that the health risks are minimal. A lot of money was spent in scrappy research aiming to minimize the dangers, reassure the public and to mitigate long term healthcare costs. So it was important in our campaign to quote research for the Pentagon by Alexandra Miller, a radiobiologist in Maryland. She has done several studies with rats and human cells being exposed to DU, and from those it is clear that there are cancerous and genotoxic effects.
Ria: We also argued strongly for applying the precautionary principle, because there are arguments and there are counter arguments.
Ria and Willem explain that in the final wording of the bill reference to 'weapons' had to be replaced by 'inert ammunition' because the former could have been interpreted to include nuclear weapons stored at the US military base in Kleine Brogel. Peace campaigners at heart, they realized an anti-DU law stood a chance, whereas an anti-nukes law didn't.
NI: Now the law is here. Belgium was also the first country to ban landmines. Critics said then that Belgium doesn't produce landmines and doesn't use them. If Belgium bans them, it doesn't have any meaning. The same could be said about this ban.
Willem: They say it is symbolic, but it is not just a ban on using the weapons, but also on transport, stocking, buying or selling by the State. If a company wants to produce weapons, there will be a check that everything is according to the law.
Ria: And of course there is the port of Antwerp, through which a lot of weapons for Iraq are transported. So it is oversimplification to say that it is only symbolic. The first time a country votes for a ban like this is the most difficult and the most important. If a small country, which houses NATO and US nuclear weapons, succeeds, why shouldn't other countries be able to ban it too? Belgium has given a very strong signal. Especially during the voting, there was a lot of pressure on the Prime Minister. He had a call from the US Government asking him not to let the ban go through. But the vote was unanimous, which really surprised us. The next two years will be crucial, as the law only comes into force in two years' time.
The International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons
With more than 80 member organizations worldwide, ICBUW campaigns for an explicit international treaty that would not only ban uranium weapons but also cover the decontamination of battlefields and rules on compensation for victims. In propagating a Draft Convention for a ban, ICBUW is attempting to emulate the successful example of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. ICBUW's member organizations lobby at the national level, while ICBUW itself works with supranational bodies such as the European Parliament and the United Nations.
The Coalition has also compiled a reliable archive of information on DU and sponsors independent research into its effects. The Basra Epidemiological Study will attempt to quantify for the first time the scale of the cancer epidemic around Basra, southern Iraq, by the examination of pre- and post-1991 cancer records. The Iraqi Children's Tooth Project aims to assess the spread of DU across Iraq through analyzing children's milk teeth for uranium isotopes.
www.bandepleteduranium.org/en/i/10.html – for a list of member organizations in various countries.
Soldiers say NO!
The hazardous nature of DU munitions has made many soldiers reluctant to be around them. EUROMIL, the European Organization of Military Associations, has gone one step further in calling for a complete ban. EUROMIL consists of 34 military associations from 22 countries representing nearly 500,000 individuals.
'EUROMIL recognizes that there may be long-term implications for the health of soldiers performing duties in areas where DU weapons were used. To counteract such effects, governments should ensure that measures are put in place that guarantee the safety and protection of troops during their missions in areas contaminated as a result of the use of DU… EUROMIL also recognizes that there may be long-term implications for the health of the population in the area where DU weapons were used… Therefore EUROMIL strongly urges governments to ban the use of DU weapons and to use their influence to appeal to their worldwide partners to abandon the use of these weapons.'
DU and international law
Although no treaty explicitly banning DU weapons is yet in force, using DU runs counter to the basic rules and principles enshrined in International Humanitarian Law.
These include:
- The general principle on the protection of civilian populations from the effects of hostilities.
- The principle that the right of the parties to an armed conflict to choose their methods or means of warfare is not unlimited.
- The principle that the employment in armed conflicts of weapons, projectiles, and material and methods of warfare of a nature likely to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering is forbidden.
- The prohibition of the use of poisonous weapons according to the Hague Regulations and the rules of the Poison Gas Protocol.
- The prohibition of widespread damage to the natural environment and unjustified destruction according to the Hague Regulations and the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions.
Additionally two resolutions of the Sub-Commission to the UN Commission on Human Rights (1996/16 and 1997/36) state that the use of uranium ammunition is not in conformity with existing International and Human Rights Law.†
In 2006, the European Parliament strengthened its previous three calls for a moratorium on DU weapons by calling for a total ban.
† UNHCHR resolutions: 1996 http://tinyurl.com/yqn5qv; 1997 http://tinyurl.com/ypjn75
6 November – International Day of Actions against Investments in Producers of Uranium Weapons
For further details, see www.motherearth.org/du/bank.php
11 November – International Day of Action against Depleted Uranium Weapons
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