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Perhaps the music isn't the kind that you would normally listen to, but hearing the performance from Atomic Tom certainly beats the other things that you might see on the subway.
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The Iowa Pleistocene Snail
One of the most interesting species found in the driftless area's Algific Talus Slopes is the federally endangered Iowa Pleistocene snail. Biologists had known this species for many years from ancient fossil deposits found across the Midwest. It was thought to have been extinct for 10,000 years.
However, in 1940 a scientist examining a collection of snails in the U.S. National Museum discovered that a live specimen of the Iowa pleistocene snail had been collected years earlier by an Iowa naturalist named Bohumil Shimek.
Unfortunately, the specimens collected by Shimek did not identify the locations in which he found them. In 1955, records were found that indicated Shimek was in Northeastern Iowa at the time he collected the live specimen. The U.S. Office of Endangered Species commissioned many biologists to find the sites, but they all failed.
Then, in 1980, State Ecologist Dean Roosa asked Terry Frest, a geology graduate from the University of Iowa, to investigate the snail. Not only did Frest find several sites where the species was alive and well, he also found other species new to science!
All of these unique snails are restricted in very small numbers to the Algific Talus Slopes.The Iowa Pleistocene snail is not the only endangered species on the slopes. These areas can be protected through sound management and education of area land owners.

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The Wienecke bust was modelled from life whilst the President was in Europe, and according to the Cape Town newspaper Ons Land, in its publication Ons Land Hulde aan President Kruger, 1905, this medal sold for 1/6 in bronze and was very popular.
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When Skyline took the opening drive for a score, then converted an Olympus turnover into a field goal and a nine-point lead just minutes into their Region 7 showdown, the Titans looked about as gloomy as Friday's weather.
Trailing by two at the half, the Titans put together a punishing, 13-play scoring drive that gave them their first lead of the night, and set the tone for a 27-9 win and a share of the Region 7 championship.
"The offensive line had an awesome game," said Olympus quarterback Corbin Anderson, who was part of all four touchdowns, two via the run and two via the pass.
Despite a driving rainstorm at kickoff, Skyline's option looked like a well-oiled machine with quarterback Tyler Snyder giving the Eagles a 6-0 lead after 6-yard touchdown run.
On the Titans' third play from scrimmage, Anderson coughed up the ball while running from pressure. Skyline recovered that loose ball and converted a 31-yard field goal from Stuart Barrett.
"We went into the half and I told the guys you weathered the storm," said Olympus coach Aaron Whitehead. "It all starts with the offensive line and those guys played like Titans tonight."
It wasn't just dominance by an offense that scored 27 unanswered points, but also a defense that took a few possessions to adjust to the Skyline offense but held the Eagles without a second-half first down until the 5-minute mark of the fourth. Defensive back Spencer Williams picked off two Eagle passes, and defensive lineman Matt Steffensen led a ferocious assault on Skyline's running attack.
"It took us a few series to adjust, but after we figured it out, we just played tough football," said Steffenson.
The effort of his team that has won five of six was not lost on Whitehead.
"Corbin has really matured and everyone on the offense played great," said Whitehead. "Our defense bent a little bit tonight, but we got it together and I just love these guys."


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Thanks gareth, bimcwe, and bluebee for the post on a philosophical note.
So today, I got the car washed so the undercarriage is cleaner and everything is more visible. Then on an impulse, I took it to Midas. The guy there was much more patient, much more willing to go over the car slowly with me than the Indy. We visually inspected a whole bunch of things. Getting the car washed made it clearer that much of the PS fluid leak was happening from the intake hose. So the MIDAS guy basically recommended I replace that first, and see if the leak continues. This is was exactly the diagnosis I received earlier as well.
We also went over various things visually- shocks looked good, control arms were fine, bushings were fine, all links looked good, plastic pulleys including water pulley looked fine. No cracks etc.
The belts were fine, but the AC belt had many small cracks. So I decided to replace that.
There were two clamps on the exhaust..one of which was surprisingly halfway torn, altho it still loked very strong. So decided to postpone that for now...
Bottom line, car looked quite fine...which was a relief. So here is what I decided with the Midas guy:
Differential flush- $45
Oil change- $80
Power steering feed hose replaced with labor- $150
AC serpentine belt replaced with labor- $110
The idea once again is to see if the PS leak persists simply after replacing the hose. This is a world of a difference from what the indy quoted. I will be getting this done on Friday.
The other good news- the Midas guy generally seemed cooperative, and willing to work with me to preventively change other parts. His level of expertise is of course the unknown...a big one...will take it a step at a time and get this done for now.
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At RWU, there are events on campus every single day -- from scholarly lectures and author readings to sporting events, movies and concerts. Fall and spring bring a farmers market in the middle of campus; Low Carbon Diet Day and Eat Local Challenge ask our students to make environmentally-friendly dining choices; Midnight Madness takes over in the fall, introducing our winter sports teams; movies in the field and bonfires take up fall nights; trips to Providence and Boston fill weekends; intramural sports allow students to get their competition on in pursuit of a championship shirt; and spring weekend is packed with events from block parties to big name concerts like Lupe Fiasco and O.A.R. There are opportunities for involvement in community service, clubs and orgs, athletics and many other groups on campus -- from honors societies to the radio station.
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Early voting begins
Presidential race, quality-of-life bond on ballot
EL PASO, Texas - Early voting begins Monday in El Paso. The race for the White House leads the ballot, but there are dozens of other races voters can decide in the next two weeks.
In El Paso, residents have an opportunity to support or oppose the quality-of-life bond election. Voters can vote on whether to approve the hotel occupancy tax rate increase, the funds of which will pay for the construction of a Triple-A baseball park in downtown El Paso. The approval of the construction of a children's museum and a performing arts facility are also on the ballot, along with improvements to area parks and the zoo.
El Pasoans will vote on who will represent them on Capitol Hill. Democrat Beto O'Rourke and Republican Barbara Carrasco are vying for the seat representing the 16th Congressional District, currently being held by Silvestre Reyes. Reyes held the seat for 16 years before losing to O'Rourke in the primary. Democrat Pete Gallego is challenging Republican incumbent Quico Canseco for the seat in the 23th Congressional District.
Another hotly contested race is for State House District 78, which includes West and Northeast El Paso. Republican incumbent Dee Margo once again battles Democrat Joe Moody. This is the third time the politicians have vied for the chance to represent El Paso in Austin.
In Texas, 13.64 million residents registered to vote this year, which is an all-time record.
There are 18 polling stations and three mobile voting sites available in the El Paso area during early voting. Voters can cast ballots at any location regardless of their home precinct.
Voters only need their registration card to cast a ballot.
Early voting runs until Nov. 2. Election day is Nov. 6.
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Flourish Iron and clouding.
Hey guys
In short and as directed I add just under 5ml for my tank but this results in 2 days of a cloudy tank. I was wondering if it might be a good idea to reduce the dosage by half and dose that once a day seeing as I just learned that the iron is only available for 24hours.
I'm using liquids to fert my tank and will be moving over to dry ferts in a month or two but for now, I need help with the liquid. I am seeing an improvement in reds with flourish iron and it's only been a week so far. Thanks.
are you using a UV filter?
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What is your level in the tank....You do have a test kit or reading instructions. I know if you over dose with iron, fish start stressing and you start losing good guy bacteria that you have built up in your filter and gravel that maintains your cycle. If you use iron you need a test kit.
I appreciate the help here guys. To answer your questions...
.My tank is a 50gal
.I'm not using a uv filter and have never seen the need to so please explain
.I haven't overdosed yet I don't think. Right now I have no fish in the tank so I'm using internal filters for flow. Seachem recommend 5ml for every 200L so far the most I have dosed in a week has been 6ml on different days. Is it wise to split the recommended dosage over a week and still keep the red plants red?
On that note, do you know what your phosphate levels are? It is plausible that if they are extremely high, that the iron could be forming an insoluble precipitate.
My phos kh and gh are all high. I couldn't give you an exact number but I know from previous test and talking to the water company that they are high.
I've dosed 2ml and got like 5% clouding as opposed to the recommended 5ml where my tank clouds for days? What would you recommend as my next course of action? Is there another fe solution I can use to avoid the cloudiness?
I would first try to get an actual measurement of your phosphate level; it might be the phosphates, or it might not be.
There are some bacteria that feed heavily on iron, and could also cause cloudiness, but that might be a long shot...
i had the same problem and it turned out phosphates were the problem.
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Expats accuse Arriva of censorship over adverts
European expats living in Malta are accusing Arriva of censorship for removing from buses adverts urging an end to discriminatory fares. The expats insist that EU nationals are discriminated against by being charged more than their Maltese neighbours for several services, including car registration, energy bills and bus fares.
They instituted a class action lawsuit in December, a constitutional case in February and, in May, presented a petition to the Prime Minister demanding equal treatment. Last month, the group decided to promote their cause through adverts on a number of Arriva route buses.
The Arms Class Action Group launched its Up In Arms poster campaign on buses in mid-August but less than a month later, it was informed that the bus service operator had pulled the plug on their campaign, spokeswoman Patricia Graham said.
The posters read: Stop the discriminatory pricing for EU citizens in Malta. They included the Up In Arms slogan and an e-mail address that can be used to help fund the campaign.
The group said last Thursday it was informed that, concerned about the political and controversial content of the advert, the operator removed the posters from its buses.
Questions about the matter sent to Arriva by Times of Malta remained unanswered at the time of writing despite several attempts to contact a spokesman.
A spokeswoman for the Transport Ministry said when contacted, that neither the ministry nor Transport Malta had ordered the removal of any adverts and suggested the newspaper directed its questions to Arriva.
In the meantime, the advertising company that handled the campaign refunded "every single penny" to the Up In Arms group.
Ms Graham expressed her counterparts' frustration: "This is about freedom of speech. We paid money for the adverts. The issue screams censorship."
She pointed out that the funds had been raised from among the 2,500 members of the group and the plan was to run the posters until mid-November. The group has been approached by other advertisers to take their campaign elsewhere in Malta.
Up In Arms wants to take the campaign beyond Malta's shores and is eyeing national newspapers in other EU states to warn those wanting to settle in Malta what they would have to put up with.
The group is also planning to approach EU heads of State and of government.
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Church to say its last prayers on Sunday
October 25, 2012 , 6:24 PM by Patrick Mitchell
Uniting Church in Waggarandall has been put up for sale and will hold its final service on Sunday.
Kath Gibbs is the secretary of the Church, she's been a member of the congregation for more than six decades.
Ms Gibbs says the church has been forced to close due to a lack of interest from the community.
"Unless people come to it, we can't keep it open," she said.
The Church has been listed online as a one bedroom, one bathroom home.
An auction will be held on November 24.
The final church service will be held at 11am on Sunday October 28.
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Atlantic Wind Symphony to Perform Songs by American Composers at Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, 10/5
The Atlantic Wind Symphony in partnership with the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts (PTPA) is pleased to present its "Pops in Patchogue" concert series program titled "MADE IN AMERICA" featuring band compositions written by American composers on Sunday, October 5 at 3:00 PM. Selections in this performance include Alfred Reeds' "El Camino Real," "Symphonic Suite" by Clifton Williams and Frank Tichellis' "Apollo Unleashed from Symphony No. 2." In addition, the concert will also feature a number of concert band favorites by American composers. PTPA & Atlantic Wind Symphony present Made in America: Band Selections Written by American Composers
Sunday, October 5 at 3:00 PM Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, 71 E. Main St., Patchogue, NY 11772 Tickets: $10-$25 + fee adults/ $7-$15 + fee seniors & students +fee available at the box office, by phone 631-207-1313, or at www.patchoguetheatre.com. The Atlantic Wind Symphony is Long Islands' oldest fully professional concert band featuring only Long Island musicians. The Atlantic Wind Symphony made its' Carnegie Hall debut on March 22, 1998, has performed at the Islip Arts Councils' "Play it Forward" concert at Heckscher Park on July 13, 2013, and will perform once again at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts' annual "Sousa Salutes our Armed Forces" concert on November 9, 2014. The Atlantic Wind Symphony programs are funded or partially funded by Suffolk County. The Music Director is Joel Levy. www.atlanticwinds.org.


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Britain's financial regulator was warned that banks were blatantly fixing interest rates in the run-up to the financial crisis but did nothing stop it, the former head of Barclays claimed yesterday.
Bob Diamond told Parliament that Barclays had raised the issue of banks "under-reporting" the true amount they were having to pay to borrow money but were ignored. Asked if regulators "were asleep at the wheel", he said: "There was an issue out there. [It] should have been dealt with". Asked how bodies like the Financial Services Authority (FSA) had responded to the allegations, he replied: "Various levels of acknowledgement but no action."
During his testimony, Mr Diamond, who stepped down as Barclays chief executive on Tuesday, was repeatedly pressed by MPs over whether he had been instructed by the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, Paul Tucker, to lower Barclays' own Libor rate of borrowing in October 2008.
He insisted he did not believe that to be the case – despite writing a contemporaneous memo suggesting Mr Tucker had told him that his bank's rates "did not always need" to be "as high". "I didn't feel it was an instruction," he explained. "I took it as either a heads-up that you're high or an annoyance that you're high." He also declined to name the "senior" Whitehall officials who had expressed concern at Barclays' borrowing costs, saying he did not want to "speculate" on who they might be. Mr Tucker is expected to be asked to name those who expressed concern over Barclays when he gives evidence to the committee next Tuesday.
Mr Diamond told MPs the rate-rigging scandal needed to be seen in the light of three distinct phases. The first between 2005 and 2007, when a small number of rogue traders at Barclays "lowballed" rates for personal and professional gain; the second between 2007 and 2008 when at an institutional level a number of banks were manipulating rates to make their borrowing costs look lower; and the third at the end of 2008, during the banking bailout.
Mr Diamond claimed that at no stage was he aware that Barclays' employees were manipulating the rates until he received the final report from regulators. "When I got the results of this investigation… I got physically ill. It's reprehensible behaviour. I am sorry, I am disappointed and I am also angry. There is absolutely no excuse for the behaviour and the types of emails that were written," he said.
However, he defended the actions of the bank in co-operating fully with the investigation and suggested it might have been unfairly penalised because it was the first to settle.
"The actions we took when we found out, I think all of them were appropriate, including recognising that we would be out ahead of the pack and helping the regulators. We did not think the focus on this would be as intense in terms of potentially harming our brand and reputation," he said.
Mr Diamond repeatedly apologised for what had gone on at the bank he "loved" and the behaviour of those responsible. "The culture was absolutely opposite of anything that we wanted," he said. "We are serious in Barclays that when people don't behave they have to leave. We missed it here, we missed it with 14 people, and that's wrong."
Afterwards, committee members appeared unconvinced by his testimony. "It was quite difficult to believe that such a successful banker as this, the head of one of the big four banks in Britain, seems to be completely oblivious to the years of the illegality of fiddling Libor," said former Treasury adviser David Ruffley.
The Labour MP, John Mann, added: "He didn't give us any straight answers. He saw nothing, he heard nothing, he knew nothing, but he still managed to get these incredibly large bonuses for being the best banker in the world. If he's so good, he ought to have known what was going on in his own bank with his own staff."
The former Business minister, Pat McFadden, said Mr Diamond's evidence only strengthened the case for a judge-led inquiry. "What's been exposed here raises wider questions. There's a case for a broader inquiry."
In response to Mr Diamond's criticism, the FSA said: "Barclays raised concerns about other banks and did make comments about Barclays' own approach to submitting Libor to external entities including the FSA [in the course of routine liquidity calls]. However the comments made to the FSA did not reflect fully Barclays' conduct."Reuse content