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Earth Day Mural by Teresa Cox
Visitors to St. Paul's Como Zoo created this "Earth Day Mural" on April 22, 2000 with the help of artist Teresa Cox who designed and directed the project. ArtStart/ArtScraps also partnered on the project and Valspar Corporation donated the paint.
You gotta love it when kids do art.

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She's 8. At at school and with others, she is a model child. Perfect manners. I stay at home and have since her birth. She has always demanded my attention to the point that nobody, husband included, could even hold her as a baby because she would cry herself into puking. As she's grown, she becomes anxious at anything that she is not 100% informed of before it happening and even then, she is hesitant. She is smart, but very strong willed. It's her way or the highway. And that's my problem!! We are at constant war in the house over her behavior. She is sassy, disrespectful and aggressive toward one of her younger brothers. She says she wants them gone....obviously that is not happening. I do make it a point to do things only with her, she's enrolled in dance and softball, but the moment we return home, her negative behavior starts back up. She calls us all stupid, tells us she hates us and wants us to die. At bedtime, she is up out of her bed and all over the house disrupting her brothers. I tell her to clean her room, she refuses. I have tried every form of punishment...she doesn't care. Now my two year old it starting to do it too and I need HELP.
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Answer by Dardenella at 4:25 PM on Jul. 2, 2012
since issues for so long i am going to suggest this site http://www.feingold.org/
look at symptom page then overview-large site
Answer by fiatpax at 4:37 PM on Jul. 2, 2012
Here are the answers from last year.
Answer by meooma at 4:43 PM on Jul. 2, 2012
saw your question- i call my daughters action dr Jekyll and mr Hyde= BEFORE i took out LAKE dyes
LAKE dyes are artificial food dyes- that make some children just down right nuts (read symptom page)
i took these out, and huge difference,then i followed the rest of diet.taking these chemicals out of diet can help many not just spectrum kids
* have to follow 100%, even if my child has one treat with these chemicals- she turns into dr Jekyll and mr Hyde
it is not how many veggies your child eats, it is sometimes - just one treat that has chemicals that messes with the brain
Answer by fiatpax at 4:42 PM on Jul. 2, 2012
Answer by layh41407 at 5:32 PM on Jul. 2, 2012
Next question in School-Age Kids (5-8)
Push him forward or hold him back???
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text: SuicideGirls [ SuicideGirl of the Day — Felina [PICTURES] By Chris Illuminati January 27, 2012 | GuySpeed.com Meet Felina, a SuicideGirl who has a black lung but a clean urine test. Read More Category: Girls, Photos, Suicide Girl Of The Day Tags: Felina, photos, SuicideGirl of the Day Send to a friend! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr!


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Cosplayer Shey > Costume of Kurogane (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle)
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- 03-24-2014
- Series
- Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
- Character
- Kurogane
- Year Completed:
- 2007
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- Awards
- Best in Show - Nekocon 2009
- Costume worn at:
- Anime Mid-Atlantic 2010
- Anime Mid-Atlantic 2009
- Anime USA 2007
- Katsucon 2012
- Katsucon 2008
- NekoCon 2009
- NekoCon 2007
- Otakon 2008
- Otakon 2007
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- Construction Details:
This costume is a cross between an art book image and the one Kurogane wears at the beginning of the manga. The top is made of leather and cording backed with heavy interfacing. The straps are made from the same with large grommets at the ends and attached to the body with leather lacing. The shoulder armor is leather, cording and interfacing with heavy wire to help it hold it's shape. It is attached to the shirt at the strap connection and has a strap made from clear vinyl to stabilize it.
The cloak is a heavy polyester knit that I lined with cotton and held together with cording. It is cut to fall open at the front and show the shirt underneath.
The belt is leather painted with leather dye. There are slots cut in it to allow the leather holders for the black model magic ammunition to be attached. The leg belt is also painted leather and laces up the back. It is a heavier weight leather than the shirt but lighter than the belt to allow movement.
The head piece is Sintra, cut with an X-acto knife and then heated with a heat gun and bent to the proper shape. It was then painted, the rivets are googly eyes painted black and glued on. There is a strip of insulation foam to keep it from pressing against my face and black elastic to hold it in place.
The gauntlets are heavy leather that I soaked in water and then molded to the shape of my forearms. Once they were dry I dyed and sealed them, attached the cording and punched holes along the undersides so they can be laced shut.
The wig was a spiky black wig that I cut with a razor blade and styled with hair spray.
The sword is made from insulation foam and fiberglass cloth covered with epoxy resin and Bondo. The handle is Scuply wrapped around aluminum foil and baked. The dragon head was made from Sculpy. I then made a rubber mold and cast it in plastic so that it would be more durable. The final piece was the hilt which I made from layers of Sintra and cut and sanded it to size. I made the blade of the sword with a wooden dowel in it that I used to attach the blade to the handle. The hilt covers the seam between the two and the dragon head is glued in place. The sword is painted with silver and gold spray paint and was then sealed for durability. There is a loop on the belt attached with a Chicago screw that holds the sword.
- Personal Thoughts:
- I made this to surprise Tohma at Otakon 2007. I came down the escalator while she was wearing Fai (supposedly for the last time). Best surprise ever really. I made her cry :)
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Could Andy Fantuz become a key element of the Jason Maas trade?
Or how about Eric Deslauriers?
The Eskimos could select either one of the top receiving prospects in the spring's Canadian college draft with the first pick overall that was attained from Hamilton in the deal.
"Andy is an outstanding player," said Hamilton head coach Greg Marshall, who's very aware he might have lost his chance to draft Fantuz from the University of Western.
"He goes to ball as well as any receiver I have seen."
The six-four, 220-pounder won the Hec Crighton Trophy this week as the top player in the CIS.
The 21-year-old holds the all-time CIS records for receiving yards, catches and TDs.
Deslauriers is lighting it up south of the border.
"He has a ridiculous amount of catches, so he is going to be one that we are also going to keep an eye on," said Eskimo coach Danny Maciocia.
Ranked as the 20th best receiver in Division I in the NCAA by the Sporting News to start the year, Deslauriers has 75 catches, 874 yards and eight TDs for Eastern Michigan this fall.
Like many blue-chip prospects, they both could try the NFL first.


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Neil Shulman, M.D., is associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been on the medical school faculty since 1972, teaching, seeing patients, and conducting medical research with over $10 million in funding. He is also author or coauthor of over one hundred scientific papers and author or coauthor of over thirty books, including fiction, nonfiction, and children's books. One book was made into the movie Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox. He lectures internationally on serious medical topics and performs as a comedian. He is president of Patch Adams' organization, the Gesundheit! Institute.
The pediatric section was written by Joy Lawn, M.D. Dr. Lawn received an undergraduate medical degree with distinction from Nottingham University, England. She is a member of the Royal College of Pediatricians and has been a lecturer in child health at Kumasi Medical School, Ghana. She has had over 60,000 pediatric visits.


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The Patriots' wide receiver was a LAX star at Penn State. Converted to football
Ruth's Chris Ann Arbor's weekly promotion is subject to the Wolverines' margin of victory. Sticking to their word
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Anglophiles have been able to get their British Broadcasting Company News fix on Android for a while now, but if you prefer a larger screen, you were stuck with an upscaled interface on tablets. Until now, that is: the BBC just announced an updated News app that plays nice with Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich tablets. At the moment the app is only available to UK users, but according to the news service the international version will soon be updated as well.
Just as before, the app allows readers to access all the portions of the BBC News website in a mobile form factor. A useful addition is the ability to customize your homescreen (a la Google Currents) to see only the news that you care about. Video links contained in each story will play without opening another app. Like any good reader app, you can customize the size of the displayed font to your liking. A few features from the smartphone version have yet to make it to the tablet app, including homescreen widgets and Flash support.
The app is a free download in the Android Market, though as mentioned before, it's currently only approved for UK users. Early reviews of the tablet version indicate great success – if only all news outlets suported tablets to this degree! (Cough.) We await the international version with bated breath.


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Are you dumb? @Pointless do you really have no literacy skills to understand the description? Hell, even the title explains it. I was going to explain it but realized that stupid people fail to learn.
Works great. Not for soft keys. Found several bad pixels on my old phone. If you have hard buttons it works great. Icon scaling tiny on nexus 7, no full screen to test softkey areas. Seems like an easy fix. Hopefully they fix that.
Works great Got my lg g3 and this the first thing downloaded. And for you that are talking about not being able to check the soft button area. settings /display /home touch buttons /hide home touch buttons / then select the apps you want to hide the buttons in. Boom!!!
Mostly fixed my stuck pixels Had a clump of 4 pixels locked on bright blue in my title bar. Ran this app to confirm it was a stuck pixel and then left it on black overnight and it fixed up 3 of them! Tiny little dot is hardly noticeable. Working on removing it too over the next couple of nights! No ads and no excessive permissions. Thumbs up for good app!
Omgosh Peeps learn b4 ya comment..to WUT.. Works perfectly. My photon screen is perfect. I'm glad developers can soon get rid of stupid comments that are not true because of peoples ignorance, you go google play
Good, could be better Two things you should do: 1. Add a soft key dead pixel tester for rooted devices 2. Add an interface that is toggle-able so you can test for a specific color.


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Pipeline operator MarkWest Energy Partners L.P. raised its third quarter 2011 cash distribution by 4.3% sequentially and 14.1% year over year to 73 cents per unit ($2.92 per unit annualized).
Cash distribution is up 192% since its initial public offering (IPO) in 2002. MarkWest's new distribution is payable on November 14 to unitholders of record as on November 7, 2011.
Denver, Colorado-based MarkWest Energy is engaged in the gathering, processing and transmission of natural gas, transportation, fractionation and storage of natural gas liquids (NGLs), and the gathering and transportation of crude oil.
The proposed hike in payout at MarkWest is in sync with its proven history of distribution growth. MarkWest, which is slated to report its third-quarter results on November 7, has bolstered its cash flows recently on the back of benefits from acquired assets and growth projects, significantly expanding its presence in liquids-rich resource plays.
MarkWest units currently retain a Zacks #2 Rank, which translates into a short-term Buy rating.
MarkWest owns a high-quality and diverse portfolio of midstream assets that generate stable and recurring revenues based on long-term fee-based contracts. Over the last few years, the partnership has consolidated its position in the midstream business, achieved through a combination of organic efforts and accretive acquisitions.
With its proven track record of supporting producers in the development of shale plays, MarkWest is in a great position to participate in the development of infrastructure required for the development of leasehold assets.
Last year, MarkWest teamed up with another MLP, Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. , to build a distribution system to transport ethane produced in the Marcellus Shale Basin (in north eastern U.S.) to markets along the Gulf Coast. We believe that the initiative, known as the 'Mariner Project,' offers several benefits.
Not only will the project help MarkWest to profit from the direct opportunity of capturing demand for ethane takeaway capacity at Marcellus, but it will also support higher gathering system volumes and higher ethane production.
We also appreciate MarkWest's steady improvement in its liquidity/cash flow position and its track record of consistent distribution growth. Furthermore, with nearly 200% distribution growth since the IPO in May 2002, we are confident of the partnership's total return potential.


text: ....yet another craigslist thread. Don't know whether to laugh or cry. After a long absence from replying to craigslist ads for bass players, I decided to jump in again and make a go of it. Got three replies back and arranged to "audition" Band 1: I looked at their set list and was impressed, watch a bunch of their Youtubes and the girl singer was great looking and the band was active and seemed to be enjoying themselves. I don't have audio sound on my work computer so I didn't actually hear the music but they looked to be having fun. I readily agreed to meet up that weekend. Later at home, I remembered and idly clicked on their YouTubes. OMG! Drummer was all over the place, singer was weak, rarely in pitch and guitarist was off key and tempo. Every single song was in C or D. Apparently that is the only range the wobbly vocalist can navigate I politely sent them over an email expressing my regret at not being able to audition and wished them luck. Damn, and I was so hoping to become a member of the "I Back a Hot Singerbabe Club" Band 2: Had Facebook page and calendar showed they had been playing out regularly. No audio though. Talked with guitarist and he seemed knowledgeable and enthusiastic. I agreed to show up the three nights later. He emails me over a list of 20 songs. I fortunately knew most of them but had never played them so I feverishly spent the next few nights learning the songs. He said they had a studio but I would have to bring an amp. I arrive at the location and it turns out to be a garage. It's 40 degrees outside and there is no heat in there. Schlep my rig in and start playing with my heavy coat on and I'm still cold. 2 hrs later, still freezing, I pack up and leave, I'm asked to join the band. Drummer had no clue how or what to play. Kept speeding up, slowing down and dropping beats . Every song he just ad-libbed and played through every stop. Rhythm guitarist was meter challenged and keyboardist was a no show. Most of the songs were just mush. I ended up knowing the songs better than them and would politely mention info about stops, bridges, intro-outros and chord choices. The shining light was the guitarist /singer. Amazing voice and awesome leads. Sadly he has surrounded himself with poor musicians. They all seemed to be good friends so I said nothing negative and thanked them for the opportunity. I politely send them over an email expressing my regret at not being able to join the band and wished them luck. Band 3: Has Facebook page, audio and it sounds really good. I am scheduled to meet up with them next week. Hope I don't have to politely send them a regret. What's it called when you keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results?


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Games of June 9-15:
Performers for each level:
Braves AAA: Christian Bethancourt - 8-21, 3 RBI, BB
Bethancourt earns this honor for the second consecutive week. Over the past two weeks, he's hitting .383/.388/.447 with three doubles and six RBI. He's up to .274/.301/.371 with 14 extra-base hits in 209 plate appearances. Recent reports say Bethancourt could be in Atlanta soon, but adjustments will have to be made. It has taken significant time at each level, but this recent stretch has been his best at Gwinnett so far.
Braves AA: Aaron Northcraft - 12.2 IP, 14 H, 4 R/ER, 3 BB, 12 K
It's been a slow week for Mississippi, but Northcraft has been a bright spot despite 14 hits. The 12 strikeouts are a trend that has lasted all season, recording 61 in 62.2 innings. He has back-end potential, but he's making a case for a promotion to Triple-A before the end of the season.
Braves A+: Jose Peraza - 12-27, 2B, RBI, 5 SB; Kyle Wren - 11-21, 2B, RBI, 4 BB, 3 SB
Peraza and Wren have been nightmares for opposing pitchers at the top of the Lynchburg lineup. Peraza is hitting .342 with 35 stolen bases, and Wren is hitting .297 with a higher on-base percentage than Peraza and 31 stolen bases. The two have been lighting it up lately, too, and I couldn't choose between them for the better week-long performance. Peraza has the higher ceiling as a potential first-division second baseman, but Wren could run and field his way to a second-division starter role.
Braves A: Jacob Schrader - 10-26, 3 2B, 2 RBI
Schrader is striking out a lot and isn't keeping up with the walks, but he's hitting the ball hard lately. He has 18 extra-base hits in 209 plate appearances, good for a .455 slugging percentage this season. He needs to show better pitch recognition as a college product in the lower levels, but he has good power.
Giants AAA: Darren Ford - 10-23, 2B, 2 RBI
Ford is minor league depth for the Giants, but he's hitting well at Fresno - .306/.381/.396 with 10 stolen bases.
Giants AA: Matt Duffy - 9-20, 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 3 SB
Duffy is absolutely raking. Since May 27, he's hitting .467 with four extra-base hits, 13 RBI, eight walks and six stolen bases. It's rare to see a hitter punish Double-A in his first test like this, but Duffy has finally caught up to his equal level of competition for his age, and he's hitting like he should be even higher. Duffy has a realistic utility role in his future, but the added speed is a nice extra.
Giants A+: Chris Stratton - 14 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 17 K
Only one of Stratton's past two starts came during this span, but he deserves attention for two very solid outings. It's been a grind for Stratton this season, who's racking up strikeouts but also getting knocked around at times. Some label the stuff as hittable in the upper levels. It certainly is if he doesn't have command, but I've seen him with excellent stuff at times.
Giants A: Brandon Bednar - 10-27, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 2 SB
Bednar hasn't shown much besides the hit tool, but that one tool has carried him to a .282 average in the first half. He keeps his hands inside the ball and barrels it well. He will need to tap into some gap power and pick up spin better down the road. I've been labeling him as a realistic utility role.
June 9:
Phil Gosselin, Braves AAA: 2-4, 3B, RBI
Elias Arias, Braves DSL: 3-5, 2B, RBI
Joe Panik, Giants AAA: 3-5, 2B
Mitch Delfino, Giants A+: 2-4, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, BB
Brandon Bednar, Giants A: 3-4, RBI, BB, SB
Cody Martin, Braves AAA: 6.2 IP, 8 H, R/ER, BB, 5 K
Aaron Northcraft, Braves AA: 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R/ER, 7 K
Chris Stratton, Giants A+: 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, ER, 9 K
Luis Ysla, Giants A: 6 IP, 5 H, R/ER, BB, 9 K
Giants - IF Will Callaway assigned to short-season
June 10:
Carlos Franco, Braves A: 2-4, 3B, 3 RBI
Victor Reyes, Braves A: 3-4, SB
Matt Duffy, Giants AA: 4-5, 2B, 2 SB
Devin Harris, Giants AA: 2-5, HR, 3 RBI
Jarrett Miller, Braves A+: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R/ER, BB, 6 K
Luis Mora, Braves DSL: 5 IP, 5 H, R, 3 K
Mike Kickham, Giants AAA: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, ER, 3 BB, 8 K
Ty Blach, Giants AA: 5 IP, 5 H, R/ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Braves - 3B Edward Salcedo (AAA) placed on DL with left thumb sprain
Braves - LHP Alex Wood assigned to AAA
Giants - LHP Josh Osich (AA) activated from DL; RHP Derek Law placed on DL with forearm tightness
Giants - Assigned RHP Ian Gardeck to short-season for rehab
Giants - Assigned IF Christian Arroyo to short-season for rehab
Giants - Assigned RHP Ray Montero to short-season for rehab
June 11:
Christian Bethancourt, Braves AAA: 3-5, RBI
Kyle Wren, Braves A+: 3-4, BB, SB
Nick Noonan, Giants AAA: 4-4, 2B, RBI
Trevor Brown, Giants AAA: 2-3, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB
Matt Duffy, Giants AA: 4-5, HR, 5 RBI
Jason Hursh, Braves AA: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R/ER, BB, 2 K
Tyler Brosius, Braves A: 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 4 K
Kendry Flores, Giants A+: 7 IP, 5 H, BB, 8 K
Carlos Diaz, Giants A: 8 IP, 3 H, BB, 6 K
June 12:
Jacob Schrader, Braves A: 3-4, 2B, RBI
Elias Arias, Braves DSL: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI
Joe Panik, Giants AAA: 1-3, HR, 4 RBI
Tyler Horan, Giants A: 1-3, HR, RBI
Yunesky Maya, Braves AAA: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 3 K
Victor Joaquin, Braves DSL: 4 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 7 K
Joe Kurrasch, Giants A+: 6 IP, 3 H, BB, 3 K
Matt Lujan, Giants A: 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, ER, 3 BB, 7 K
Braves - Activated C Tyler Tewell (A+) from DL; placed OF Will Skinner (A+) on DL
Braves - Assigned RHP Cody Scarpetta to A+
Braves - Assigned RHP Tyler Vail to A
Braves - Assigned RHP Colby Holmes to short-season
Giants - Activated C Andrew Susac (AAA) from DL
Giants - Assigned C Trevor Brown to A+
Giants - Sent RHP Santiago Casilla to A+ for rehab
June 13:
Jose Peraza, Braves A+: 3-4, SB
Ruben Perez, Braves DSL: 3-4, 3B, RBI
Angel Villalona, Giants AA: 3-4, 3B, 2 RBI
Tyler Horan, Giants A: 2-4, HR, RBI, BB
Alex Wood, Braves AAA: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 5 K
J.R. Graham, Braves AA: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R/ER, BB, 2 K
Kyle Crick, Giants AA: 5 IP, 9 H, 4 R/ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Christian Jones, Giants A: 6 IP, 6 H, R/ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Giants - Assigned RHP Joan Gregorio to A
Giants - Assigned C Matt Pare to short-season
June 14:
Kyle Kubitza, Braves AA: 2-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, BB
Kyle Wren, Braves A+: 3-4, RBI, BB, 2 SB
Jose Peraza, Braves A+: 2-5, 2B, 2 SB
Skyler Stromsmoe, Giants AA: 2-2, 3B, 2 BB
Cody Martin, Braves AAA: 6 IP, 5 H, R/ER, 3 BB, 7 K
Daniel Watts, Braves A: 7 IP, 3 H, R/ER, BB, 8 K
Kelvin Marte, Giants AA: 7.1 IP, 4 H, 6 K
Jose Reyes, Giants SS: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R/ER, 7 K
Braves - Placed RHP Tyler Vail (A) on DL with strained left calf; assigned RHP Colby Holmes to A
June 15:
Eric Garcia, Braves A+: 3-4, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
Victor Reyes, Braves A: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Gary Brown, Giants AAA: 2-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI
Adam Duvall, Giants AAA: 1-5, HR, 2 RBI
Aaron Northcraft, Braves AA: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R/ER, 3 BB, 5 K
Yean Carlos Gil, Braves A: 6 IP, 9 H, 5 R/ER, BB, 8 K
Adalberto Mejia, Giants AA: 7 IP, 4 H, BB, 7 K
Chase Johnson, Giants A: 3 IP, H
Giants - Placed SS Juan Ciriaco (AAA) on DL
Giants - Placed 1B Angel Villalona (AA) on DL with shoulder tendinitis
Giants - Activated OF Ryan Lollis (AA) from DL
Giants - Placed LHP Steven Messner (A) on DL


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In my experience as a mom of two young boys, and a life coach of moms looking for sanity in the chaos, one thing seems to be almost universal. Moms don't take very good care of themselves! Mom is always last, gets the dregs, and finishes the day too tired for self-care and downtime. I know that's how I feel most of the time! Aside from my kids, one of the most precious things I have is my Alone Time, which I've worked out with my husband so I have some time to take care of things that I can't do with kids around. Watch movies, read, make blank books (my latest obsession), hang out with girlfriends, or do whatever it takes to recharge me! Scrapbooking certainly fits the bill too :).
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WILSON CREEK (Collin County). Wilson Creek rises two miles east of Celina in northwestern Collin County (at 33°07' N, 96°32' W) and runs southeast for twenty-three miles, passing within two miles of McKinney and bending around Walnut Grove Cemetery and under State Highway 75, to its mouth on the East Fork of the Trinity River near Lake Lavon (a 33°20' N, 96°45' W). In the 1840s the stream was called Ten Mile Creek because that was the distance from its banks to the camp of James W. Throckmorton. The future governor of Texas renamed the creek a few years later in honor of his hunting companion and fellow county Democrat, Pleasant Wilson. Intermittent in its upper reaches, Wilson Creek flows through moderately to gently rolling terrain, surfaced by deep, clayey and loamy soils. The native vegetation consists of mesquite, juniper, oak, grasses, and some cacti, but it has largely been replaced by cultivated row or cover crops.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:Roy Franklin Hall and Helen Gibbard Hall, Collin County: Pioneering in North Texas (Quanah, Texas: Nortex, 1975).
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The best lenses for your Nikon D600By Kevin Carter - Wednesday May 15 2013 Lens Recommendations
With a DxOMark score of 94 the camera came just behind the firm's D800 and D800E in our sensor scores. Priced at around $2,100, about $900 less the Nikon D800, for enthusiasts the newer, lower-resolution D600 maybe the best balance between image quality and value for money.
We've tested and assimilated the data from a wide range of lenses numbering 70 in total to see which lenses perform best overall, bearing in mind the different imaging characteristics of the 24Mpix sensor in the D600. Like the other reviews in the series, the aim is to help readers maximize the potential of their camera and offer advice and recommendations when buying lenses.
As we've demonstrated with comparisons between the Nikon D800 and rival Canon EOS 5D Mk III, the quality of the lens influences the performance of the sensor.
We will reveal that when paired with certain high performance lenses, the lower resolution Nikon D600 can achieve results that are very close to that of the Nikon D800. With few real concessions to image quality, a smaller file size and lower initial purchase price, the D600 may be the better all-round choice for photographers on a budget.
We've tested 72 different lenses with the D600 including those made by Nikon, as well as third-parties such as Sigma, Zeiss, Tokina and Tamron. Of those, we've measured 42 primes ranging in focal length from 14mm to 150mm. Wide and ultra-wide lenses total 19 different models, and we've assessed 22 standard and short telephotos including macro-types.
Top 10 performing prime lenses we've tested:
Of the 32 zooms we've tested on the Nikon D600, seven are wide-angle, nine fall in the standard category and a further seven models are telephoto zooms, including three super-zooms.
Top 10 performing zoom lenses we've tested:
Results overview of Nikon D600 vs D800 vs D3x
While the Nikon D800 sit at the top of DxOMark database with regards to sensor scores and P-Mpix (Sharpness), if we dig a little deeper with the DXOMark body and lens combination scores some interesting results are revealed.
Each camera achieves its best score with a specific lens:
- Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM A Nikon for Nikon D3x and Nikon D800
- Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G for Nikon D600
Although the D800 has a much higher pixel count, the sharpness gap is not as large as expected. However, while a high-quality lens can maintain this benefit in sensor higher pixel count, a poorer performing lens can erode that advantage. The 72 lenses that were tested on the Nikon D600 were also the same lenses tested on the D800 and 24-MPix D3x.
D600 vs D3x sharpness comparison: Tie
Given the pixel count that's hardly surprising though there are other factors that might affect the sharpness, such as the AA filter, for instance. The scores are close enough to suggest there's no difference in AA filter between the D600 and D3x
D600 vs D800 sharpness comparison: only few lenses provide higher sharpness on D800.
When the results are averaged out across the complete sample of lenses, the overall sharpness figures measured in P-MPix matches that of the D800.
In fact, there are only a few lenses that deliver higher sharpness mounted on the Nikon D800 and even then the best performing lenses provide just 12% higher sharpness from a 30% increase in Raw file size. Given the price, this all makes the D600 look particularly attractive.
DxOMark score D600 vs D3x vs D800
If we take into account every IQ aspect and have a look at the lowlight performance, the D600 scores very well too: registering the same best and overall score as the D800. Sensor improvement explains the significant gap between D3x result and D600 results:
The best lenses for the 3 cameras are the same:
- Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G , Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G
- The Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM A Nikon is very close
Taking the sharpness into account, there's a lot less between the D600 and D800 than one might think by looking at pixel count alone.
Sharpness capture is only a part of the equation however. While the D600 is tempting in that respect there are plenty of other benefits of choosing the D800 over the more affordable D600, including the 51-point AF system, semi-pro construction (including a more durable shutter) and the choice of CF and SD cards to name a few. Be that as it may, there's no denying the D600 is a attractive alternative, especially if on a budget.
Stay tuned for the other part of the series where we'll discuss standard (or normal) lenses, and then in our third and final part, wide-angles and telephotos.
Further readings for the The best lenses for your Nikon D600
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Following on from the lens recommendations for the earlier full-frame Nikon D600, we've now had the opportunity to assess a wide range lenses with that model's replacement, the 24-Mpix D610. We've analyzed a total of 95 Nikkor and third-party prime and zoom models with the D610 to assess image quality, and we've come across some unexpected results. Read onto find out more about that and which lenses perform best when paired with the camera.
After evaluating the performance characteristics of lenses mounted on full-frame models such as Nikon D800 and D600, as well as the Canon EOS 5D Mk III, we've now had the opportunity to analyze a range of lenses on the Sony SLT-A99. In this concise report, we'll see how well the combination of Sony's high-end image sensor and the latest Alpha mount lenses perform.
Announced in 2012, the Nikon D800 is the current undisputed king of DxOMark, with results that eclipse every other camera from all other manufacturers. However, with so much resolution on tap, the question is, which lenses should you use to make the best of what you've got? The DxOMark labs have tested 61 different lenses on the D800 to bring you an unparalleled resource of which lenses are best and which should be avoided. To make it easy to follow, we have broken the reviews down into sections so you can concentrate on the lenses that are important to you. This first section will give you an overview of the D800. We will follow this with a review of the standard focal length lenses, then the telephoto lenses and super-zooms and finally there will be a wide-angle review.
Added by oasis888 | April 18 , 2014
Zeiss 21mm on D600 even usable?
Since so no one makes a focusing screen to enable easier manual focus with this body, should it even be on the best lens list? Or can it work as it is on D600
Added by jag11088 | August 08 , 2013
Nikon 70-210mm f/4 for D600
A different version of this lens is available but....I can't find where to go on website to suggest adding this one (f/4 throughout range) to database. Can someone give me a step-by-step?
Dxo support doesn't understand the question.
Added by AWoon | June 28 , 2013
Best Lens for Nikon D7100 or D5200?
Thanks for the objective and scientific review. I really think this is best review I've seen.
Just wondering if you will be doing any review on Best Lens for Nikon 7100 or D5200.
Best regards
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | July 08 , 2013
Re: Best Lens for Nikon D7100 or D5200?
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
It is planned and should be published during summer :)
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by parrysights | May 20 , 2013
D600 Wrap Up Reviews
A real tour de force; well done. With your analytical reports and the practical input of experts like Thom Hogan it really is hard for amateur photographers to make any regrettable errors when buying Nikon lenses or bodies.
It's always possible to do more, but this really provides definitive world-class benchmarks for higher end equipment.
Thank you very much.
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | May 21 , 2013
Re: D600 Wrap Up Reviews
Thank you very much for your comment and your kind support!
Best regards,
The DxO Labs team
Added by Obelcoo | May 16 , 2013
Sony A99
Cool for Canon 5d III Nikon D800 and D600. But, when with the Sony a99?
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | May 21 , 2013
Re: Sony A99
Thanks for your comment.
The A99 is one of our priority. But before there will be Canon EOS 6D and Canon EOS 700D.
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by Tord | March 15 , 2013
Nikon 600 back from the cleaners :-)!
Got my D600 back from Nikon a few days ago, with a note telling me it isn't dust-proof! Water-resistant, yes, but not dust-proof?! Guarding their backs, I guess ...
I love it anyway! I'm sure it will have some more dust problems in the future, who cares?! A fantastic camera for me, a poor enthusiast, who sold my beloved Pentax gear to buy this lovely baby! Today I have a nice setup for it: the 28/1.8, the 50/1.4G and the 85/1.8G, plus the Sigma 70 macro, and two classics: 400/5.6 and 80-200/4. If I need a 35 I'll use the DX lens, works quite well (needs some cropping, but not that much)! And I have the AF-S VR 70-300, too, but is more or less is glued to the V1. So no zooms on my D600 (sold the 18-70 & 55-200 today), except that supersharp old 80-200 manual lens!
This oil/dust issue isn't nearly as bad as that happened to a lot of K-5 owners, including me (mine was minor, didn't need to send it off)!
Just tried the 28/1.8G I bought today on it - smooth!
Added by deepakv2u | March 04 , 2013
Worst Nikon Camera
I was very happy and excited as it was my first full frame camera, but the sensor dust ruined my camera and my hopes of producing better images, even after cleaning i still see sensor spots on my images when i use it for landscape photography. I am not talking of one or two spots but around 25 to 30 dust spots even after cleaning. Please do not buy this camera, Thanks Nikon for ruining my hopes and ambition.
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Added by Istvan Lörincz | March 08 , 2013
Re: Worst Nikon Camera
Hi there!
deepakv2u: Can you tell me how you got these 30-35 dust spots on your sensor?
I am taking pictures for years as a pro photographer and never had any dust spots on my sensor. How come you got so many on yours in that short time??
All the best,
Added by oasis888 | February 25 , 2013
Nikon's not getting my money on this one!
24MP looked so good, I was ready to jump. But the dirt/grease issue hasn't gone away and now some people are not even having major issues until after 2700 clicks?
After reading Tom Hogan's latest threads http://www.bythom.com/, I'm staying with my
D700, D5100 & D300, none of which have ever caused me a second of worry.
NIKON...fix it or forget it!
Added by lothellom | January 11 , 2013
D600 video bad compression
Hi, we are making tests with low light ISO 100 and have found very bad compression errors in this camera. Will soon upload a lot more images. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W68p6PAiR9A ¿does anyone have information about this?
Added by funniq | October 13 , 2012
D600 overexposes just like the D7000
I saw some real life test on the www about the fact that the D600 overexposes. That was the reason why I sold my D7000 and use my 'old' D90.
Can anyone explain me why this D600 with such a bad exposure algorithm gets such a good score on DxOMark ...
I almost wonder if Nikon sponsors this site???? ;-)
Kind regards, André
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Added by Nerval | October 24 , 2012
Re: D600 overexposes just like the D7000

This a comment for this page on the website
I saw some real life test on the www about the fact that the D600 overexposes. That was the reason why I sold my D7000 and use my 'old' D90.
Can anyone explain me why this D600 with such a bad exposure algorithm gets such a good score on DxOMark ...
I almost wonder if Nikon sponsors this site???? ;-)
Kind regards, André
Might be because DXO Tests the sensor raw output and not the camera. And the sensor is indeed very good.
As for your problem with the D7000, it is not really a problem, new sensors are tuned up to be more sensitive.
So using base iso like 200 or 100 is often pulled, and not the real sensor ISO, so it tends to "over expose", but that's the idea getting more photons in order to get more information on the darker areas of the image and so less noise.
Knowing that, if you're shooting raw, you are able to recover about a stop and a half of highlights dynamic range anyway (except if the highlights are really blown up), so it's all right.
If you dislike the output and do not wish to toy with the raw, just use the center weighed average measure, aim at your subject and use AEL to lock the exposure setting and compensate by minus 0.7 ev it should do the trick.
Just a question of getting used to the gear.
Anyway for careful exposure, nothing is more reliable than a spot or an area measure, global average measure are rarely good, either too conservative or to prone to highlights clipping. IMO
Added by DinoBravo | December 03 , 2012
Re: D600 overexposes just like the D7000
Wow go Nikon go!!! HA HA Trouble is it's not real world.
How does DXO explain low light performance when the 600 is bad @ iso 3200 and not usable after that?? and they say its basically the best W T F ?
No good DXO, even your own tests show different to you results and scores. Oh no Nikon dose not do well no worries we'll post it as the BEST - yeah ;D
The 800 again noise is worse than others and all that res ? what did they do with it? Every real world testing and my own tells and shows why Nikon are cheaper and why they are semi pro cameras. DXO should put the coolpix camera as top dog ! score of 120 ha ha
Added by gkanitz | December 05 , 2012
Re: D600 overexposes just like the D7000
1) The tendency to overexpose cannot be judged by some images published on the internet. Unless the images were taken under controlled conditions the result reflects the knowledge of the user more than the qualities of a camera. If you want real world tests of the D600 and other cameras I suggest you look at www.dpreview.com
2) Correct exposure is a function of the camera's light meter system not the sensor. A camera with the worst sensor in the world could have the most accurate metering system and produce perfectly exposed images, albeit of limited quality due to the bad sensor. The opposite situation is also possible.
3) Regardless of the DXO mark, the only real test for a camera is in the hands of the user. There is no "bad" camera among current crop of advanced semi-pro and professional DSLR's no matter what make you look at. The decision comes down to which feature sets at a given budget are the best fit for your specific needs. At any one time there will always be one manufacturer that has just leapfrogged the rest and be at the top of technical ratings like DXO Mark, but the real world implications of this are for 99,9% of the photographers out there, just a curiosity, not relevant in real world terms.
4) Last but not least I'll tell you my personal experience with the D600. After 4 years using a D300 which is a fantastic camera I switched to a D600 and it is so much better than the D300 as to consider it in a different league. And BTW it does not overexpose. It has the most accurate meter I have had to date. My previous cameras have been D100, D80 and D300.
Added by Nerval | December 13 , 2012
Re: D600 overexposes just like the D7000
Wow go Nikon go!!! HA HA Trouble is it's not real world.
How does DXO explain low light performance when the 600 is bad @ ISO 3200 and not usable after that?? and they say its basically the best W T F ?
No good DXO, even your own tests show different to you results and scores. Oh no Nikon dose not do well no worries we'll post it as the BEST - yeah ;D
The 800 again noise is worse than others and all that res ? what did they do with it? Every real world testing and my own tells and shows why Nikon are cheaper and why they are semi pro cameras. DXO should put the coolpix camera as top dog ! score of 120 ha ha
Right... Sure... Know what? Get the D800 and the D600 in a store, take a couple of shots with your card and then process the raw files... You can print ISO 3200 on 60*40 cm with arguably NO NOISE.
Viewing D800 files on a 24" HD Screen @ 100% is equivalent at looking at an 8.3 x 5.5 feet tall print...
DxO is a company based in France, and if you wanna check their AR is available on infogreffe.fr the French trade registry agency.
Stop raging, seriously. Want to have a proof go shoot full frame. Take D800 and D600 raw file, no noise reduction then take 5DIII 6D raw files no noise reduction, reduce the Nikon files to 21.1 MP (like the canon's) and then watch again at 100%.
You'll see, Nikon SNR is better. Fact. By a margin, but better. Now, instead of raging about something so petty while most of us do not even print bigger than 60*40 cm (24"x16"), people should understand that by today's standard in IQ, at least in FF, there are maybe more relevant issues while evaluating a system than sheer pixel peeping sensor performance...
I use Nikon for instance, and I have criticism about some ergonomics in their cameras or other features, and about the lens line-up as well. If anything should be criticized IMO it's that.
But for that you would have to actually go shoot with one, instead of bashing something that you never ever cared to try...


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Keep Railtown open donate $20 a year
To the Editor,
As a volunteer at Railtown, I was deeply disappointed with the vote against Measure C.
If Railtown and the fairgrounds are forced to close, the loss in tourism will have a devastating effect on the economy of Tuolumne County.
I have been frustrated by the fact that the people who wrote to The Union Democrat opposing Measure C have said they support Railtown but have not, to my knowledge, suggested any specific alternatives for funding it.
I have a couple of suggestions for them.
If the 6,500-plus persons who voted against Measure C sincerely want to keep Railtown open, they could each donate $20 per year to the park.
The resulting $130,000 would be close to what Measure C would have raised from tourists who come to our County to enjoy all that it has to offer. Even better, the anti-Measure C folks could purchase memberships in Railtown and both support and enjoy the park.
Doing either is easy, just visit Railtown or go to its website.
Steve Ralston
Mi-Wuk Village
Fish planting regs must be changed
To the Editor,
In reference to Larry Stewart's recent letter: I've been a fisherman, camper, firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service. I've been camping/fishing in the Sierras for about 50 years, I know more things than you can fathom. If that one experience for your son brings him to enjoy and love the great outdoors and fishing as I do, I am happy for you.
But don't hold a blind eye to things you know nothing about!
We are just seeking equality on how fish are planted for all fishermen, not selected resorts! Fish on!
Joe Fedor
San Jose
Reject TUD water
rate increases
To the Editor,
I attended the June 7 public water rate increase workshop.
I once again reject the TUD rate increases. The board and management continue to ignore the fiscal problems of TUD.
Rate increases no matter how large, accounting gimmicks, and lame expense cuts do nothing to fix the fundamental problems. The TUD Board and Management have a spending problem, not a revenue problem and TUD is a short few years away from bankruptcy.
Public sector unions and water districts have a monopoly on making sure the benefits and salaries stay in a certain range and will not change them until we vote in a new board that is fiscally responsible and ask management for the real expense cuts.
We as citizens need to keep the pressure on to reform the bloated public sector system. We cannot afford to pay the full freight for CalPERS retirement, Cadillac healthcare and free-for-life retirement healthcare.
The state water mandate is to raise rates to cover your expenses.
Well, if that is done the concern is that water rates will escalate so much just to pay for salaries, retirement and healthcare benefits for current and retired employees that we won't be able to fix, maintain and upgrade the water delivery system as the money will just not be there.
This is happening throughout our state and nation. Services are being cut back because salaries and benefits are eating away at the general fund.
It is insane and needs to be reformed.
We are broke in California if you haven't noticed. Rate and tax payers are revolting and saying, "No more!"
MP McHugh
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Taylor Hall jobbed as Alex Ovechkin named to BOTH All-Star teams
If there were any remaining questions that the NHL awards system is in serious need of an overhaul, they have been answered with today's embarrassing revelation that the same player has made both of the season-ending All-Star teams … at two different positions. "Impossible!", you say? Not for the Professional Hockey Writers Association, whose members collectively commited an epic faux pas.
Alex Ovechkin is a great player who had a great season, but he played all of it but four games at right wing after being switched in a highly-publicized and somewhat controversial move by incoming coach Adam Oates. A huge percentage of the "experts" charged with choosing the league's best were entirely unaware of this despite all the headlines generated at the time, and apparently never watched Washington play any games either. When the votes were counted for the end-of-season All-Star team, Ovechkin was rightfully atop the list of right-wingers … but also ranked second among portsiders as well.
No fewer than 45 (!!) voters ignored a specific directive that "If you intend to vote for Ovechkin, please note that he has been playing RIGHT WING this season." With 41 of those placing Ovi on the First All-Star team, he accrued just enough points to outscore eke out Taylor Hall for the second team spot. Here's how the left wing voting broke down, as per Justin Bourne of Backhand Shelf:
Kunitz (!!) was clearly the top choice, earning 145 votes in all. Ovechkin's 45 votes trailed the 77 cast for Hall, 69 for Ladd, 67 for Zetterberg, and 60 for Nash, but the 5-3-1 points structure put him on the second team.
Collectively, Ovechkin accumulated 178 votes, the most of any NHLer (tied with P.K. Subban and one ahead of Sidney Crosby, consensus All-Stars both). Deservedly so for the league MVP, it's just the distribution of those votes that raises eyebrows, with fully a quarter of them placing him in a position he barely played all season long. Alternatively, if Ovi really did figure out how to clone himself, he should be getting nominated for a Nobel Prize instead of mere All-Star teams.
There's no real polite way to put this other than a significant fraction (25%!) of PHWA voters have crapped the bed. By apparently not watching games, reading any news, or following emailed directives, they have proven themselves to be incompetent to the task of selecting the league's best.
The NHL has exacerbated the situation by simply accepting these votes as cast and not making allowances for the misinformation on which they were clearly based. In a situation that cries for an executive decision to fix the mess, it seems the league office doesn't contain any executives capable of delivering one. Presumably if the NHL was going to fix the situation for 2013, they would have done so before this announcement, but they would be well served to revisit the situation, both retroactively to 2013 and going forward.
One unfortunate outcome, in Bourne's words, was "robbing Taylor Hall of his rightful spot on the second team (and potentially some bonus money)", reportedly $50,000 for an second team selection for players on their ELC. The blunder could have cost Hall as much as $2 million (prorated for the short season)had he not achieved his primary bonuses by barely achieving point thresholds.
I assure you this is not (just) sour grapes coming from an Oilers fan, but outrage from a lifelong follower of the game who has always placed value in the NHL awards, including All-Rookie and All-Star teams. Despite their flaws, they are one method of tracking the league's history, and the cumulative accomplishments of a given player's career. But this result is, in a word, irrational. But the PHWA and NHL found a way.
It's odd that the voting process differentiates between left and right wing, but not between left and right defence. When it comes to rearguards, the top two make the first team and the next two are on the second team, regardless of where they actually line up. Perhaps it's time for the NHL to expand that concept to wingers. Especially since the "experts" voting on the matter have proven utterly incapable of making the distinction.
A couple of historical footnotes, both with an Oilers connection. A variation of this problem occurred in the mid-1980s, when Edmonton winger Glenn Anderson finished (if memory serves) third in voting at RW and fifth at LW. Had the votes been concentrated at one position he would have made the All-Star team.
Secondly, Ovechkin has joined Mark Messier as the only players in NHL history to make the First All-Star Team at two different positions. Messier did so as a left wing in 1982 and 1983, and as a centre in 1990 and 1992. A previously unique achievement that underscored Messier's adaptability. But even Mark Messier wasn't versatile enough to make both teams in the same season!
It stands to reason that some voters — many of them true experts who do take the process seriously — are not impressed with this outrageous outcome. Here's what Bob McKenzie had to say on the matter:
Key word: "embarrassing". I'm embarrassed as a fan of the game for pete's sake. The NHL has proven over the years that it doesn't embarrass easily, but this outrage needs to be fixed.
ADD: For much more on this fiasco, including a spirited defence by a PHWA member citing the NHL's failure to properly identify Ovechkin's correct position in its own database, I recommend this post by Tyler Dellow on his blog mc79hockey.
Related at the Cult of Hockey:
Justin Schultz named to All-Rookie Team; Nail Yakupov snubbed


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It's amazing: After months of national anguish, an oil slick the size of the state of Delaware suddenly is nowhere to be found.
But out of sight shouldn't mean out of mind. Oil didn't soil beaches along the East Coast, as some feared, or drift ominously toward Europe, as others predicted. Still, eleven people died in the BP rig explosion in April. Hundreds of businesses cratered when oil spewed for three months. Oil still soaks wetlands and marshes in Louisiana and Mississippi. The effect of oil and cleanup chemicals on marine life won't be known for years.
Most important: Much of BP's Deepwater Horizon spill could have been prevented.
Deepwater drilling must remain a part of the U.S. energy portfolio if this country has any hope of weaning itself off foreign oil dependency. The most important lesson from the BP-caused disaster is that drillers and regulators must conduct the drilling in more responsible, less cavalier ways.
Business: Upgrade your cleanup and safety technologies
Oil cleanup technology in the United States is mired in the 1960s, and disaster plans formulated for drilling on land or in shallow water are inadequate for riskier deepwater drilling. A hodgepodge mix of aging oil skimmers, booms, controversial chemical dispersants and controlled burns still aren't enough.
The Exxon Valdez disaster led to thicker hulls on tankers and cleanup equipment strategically stationed in ports. Deepwater drillers must make similar safety commitments, looking to Norway, Australia and the United Kingdom for better safety practices, regulations and new cleanup technologies. And like some countries, the U.S. should consider requiring drillers to install additional blowout preventers and sensors, and drill backup relief wells.
Regulators: Regulate
Over the years, BP received numerous safety and environmental breaks from accommodating regulators who blindly accepted the firm's claims that it could properly respond to a major spill. Then federal officials continued to unwisely take the company's word that the spill was less serious. The industry, says William Reilly, a co-chair of a national commission investigating the BP disaster, is "a technological behemoth," and "the government regulator is a 98-pound weakling."
The lesson: Trust, but verify and hold drillers to accountable for their claims and actions, and regulators accountable to being regulators.
Policymakers: Set standards for lifting the moratorium
Thousands of jobs are at risk, making it all the more imperative that drillers demonstrate as quickly as possible that existing deepwater rigs are safe. Drillers should undergo additional inspections and submit new oil spill response plans. The quicker safety can be demonstrated, the quicker the six-month ban on deepwater drilling can be lifted. It's unwise to hold the drillers and other coastal businesses in limbo any longer than necessary.
It is time to for companies and regulators to jettison the dangerous mindset that catastrophes don't happen and rules are made to be broken. It's time to commit to making deepwater drilling as safe as possible. • Toughen safety and environmental reviews
• Strengthen inspection and enforcement procedures
• Correct gaps and misrepresentations in spill response plans
• Require safety backup systems and detailed drilling and production plans
• Change the culture of regulators from accommodation to oversight
• Restrict the revolving door between government regulators and private industry
• Train volunteers in coastal communities to be part of an emergency cleanup effort
• Invest in new technologies that could make offshore drilling safer and cheaper


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From: Les Horn <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Scottish Censuses,Population Listings & Communion Rolls
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:56:44 +0200 (CEST)
Hi all
I'm quite often asked what Censuses, other than the 1841 to 1911 ones, exist. Of course most of us know of the "Inhabitants of the Argyll Estates 1779." However, Kirsty Wilkinson has just updated her list of "Scottish Censuses, Population Listings & Communion Rolls" for the counties of Scotland. And yes the elusive 1792 Census is there. Have a look at :
Many of the records previously held by NRS have been returned to Local Archives. Those for the "forgotten" parishes in the north of Argyll which since 1974 have been in in Highland [viz Ardnamurchan, Ballachulish & Corran of Ardgour, Kilmallie, Lismore & Appin and Morvern] have been transferred to the Lochaber Archive in Fort William. SOME of the others for the remaining parishes of Argyll to the Argyll & Bute Archive in Lochgilphead.
Have a look at the Link in Kirsty's URL. http://www.nas.gov.uk/about/101101.asp
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Church garden is Mukilteo's 'stone soup'
Like the story of 'stone soup,' the Pointe of Grace garden has grown through the cooperation of volunteers and is enjoyed by many.
The 1/4 acre "learning garden" next to the church parking lot at 5425 Harbour Pointe Blvd. is designed to be both nobody's garden and everybody's garden.
Garden Director Cherrie Wallace said her goal is to teach others how to garden organically and sustainably – by rotating crops, germinating seeds, making compost, etc. – and to grow community in the process.
"I'm just trying to get people in touch with how good the food is that comes from a garden," she said. "It tastes incredible."
However, it's not all about the food, Wallace said, but about the process: learning how plants grow, how to plant them and how to care for them.
"A garden is never done; it's always changing," she said. "It's about things growing and learning."
In the garden are several planting beds that grow strawberries, pumpkins, carrots, peas, squash, marigolds, broccoli, leeks, cantaloupe, sunflowers, lavender, rhubarb, tomatillos, zinnias, romaine, kale and herbs.
There is also a row of apple, pear, plum and cherry trees.
In 2009, before Trinity Lutheran Church expanded to Pointe of Grace, Wallace, of Mukilteo, approached Pastor Eileen Hanson and said, "If you ever get that church, I'll start a garden."
She looked at where another parking lot was meant to be and instead saw possibilities.
Wallace did what she promised, and started the garden – although, she started it with nothing, not even an empty pot and a stone.
"I just keep volunteering," she said. "Every year, I buy all the seeds and soil, and I seek out people to do projects and to volunteer. We have no source of revenue.
"It's just like 'stone soup'," she said. "That's how I think of the garden."
Garden volunteers – some as young as 4 and as old as 85 – show up every week, rain or shine, to keep the garden growing. They donate their time, money and whatever else they may have, adding to the 'soup.'
The garden operates on the honor system. Volunteers may take up to four strawberries and one other fruit or vegetable every time they work in the garden.
Although most know to just "pick one," theft has been an issue.
A woman once cleared the entire garden, filling her trunk with organic produce. Wallace confronted her before she drove away.
"She told me she thought that this was nobody's garden and nobody was watering it," she said. "I was like, 'It's freshly watered! I just spent two hours watering it!'"
Wallace asked the woman if she'd like to volunteer in return for what she took. She said no.
Wallace doesn't let the stealing get to her. She has many volunteers and donors, and is always finding more. Most of her volunteers are teenagers.
"They're not going to be gardeners right now, but some day," she said. "They can't do it if nobody has taught them. They don't learn this in school."
In return, Boy Scouts have completed projects in the garden to earn their Eagle rank, including building a gazebo, compost bins, kiosk and chicken pen. A chicken coop is in the works.
Girl Scouts have done projects to earn a Silver Award, including installing a labyrinth, making tripods and planting garden beds. A greenhouse is in the works.
"If there's somebody in the community who needs a project, they call me," Wallace said.
Harbour Pointe Middle School students plant and harvest seeds, spread wood chips, pull weeds and pick crops. Harbour Pointe Christian preschoolers have planted a zinnia cutting garden.
Adult volunteers have built a garden shed and a skeleton for the Girl Scouts' greenhouse; they also plant, water and weed; give tours to kids and teach them how to garden.
One even writes a weekly letter to the kids about the garden from the perspective of "Morris the Mountain Beaver."
On Tuesday, Wallace was surprised to find four newly built benches in the gazebo.
Right now, four eighth graders from Girl Scout Troop 42048 are building a greenhouse out of plastic pop bottles. The girls need about 1,500 bottles to complete the project.
"I always liked doing little projects," Girl Scout Iris Lee said. "I would buy all the supplies and do it at home, but this is different – it's for the community, and also it's really big.
"This is a good experience for me. It's a step up."
Wallace designed the sustainable greenhouse with the idea to "make something out of nothing." She looks forward to growing tomatoes, melons, peppers and cucumbers inside.
So far, the girls have washed and rinsed about 100 bottles and cut them so they can stack on top of each other.
"It's a really good project," Girl Scout Samantha Kim said. "Whenever we pass the greenhouse, we'll be like 'Oh, we made that,' and it will feel good."
Wallace has many more projects in mind, such as a cutting garden, seed packets, a trellis and a fence.
That fence may show up sooner than later: A woman who recently passed away left the garden $5,000 in her will for one.
"'Stone soup,' I'm telling you," Wallace said. "I'll just keep plugging away and then all of a sudden, someone will have something to donate."
Help the Girl Scouts build a greenhouse: Drop off your plastic 2-liter pop bottles in designated boxes located at Pointe of Grace Church or Harbour Pointe Middle School.
Adult volunteers who would like to garden and learn about sustainable gardening practices are welcome to join Wallace from 7:30-9 a.m. Tuesdays.
Kid volunteers are invited to work in the garden 3:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. At least two adults are there to supervise.
Want to volunteer? Call 425-446-1821 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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How the Boston bombings exposed the fragility of the American state
In the messy aftermath of the Boston bombings, there's food for thought on the American state and the social media revolution.
Apr 24, 2013
In the messy aftermath of the Boston bombings, there's food for thought on the American state and the social media revolution.
So let's just recap it all at once …
As the alleged Boston bombers were turfed up following a lock-down of the whole city, and the false ID of a missing student, Sunil Tripathi, as the bomber, a massive crowdsource via Reddit of people looking suspicious and wearing backpacks at a large event, the only surviving suspect was tracked down to a boat and pumped so full of lead that he is now unable to be questioned properly. A three-day argument was then made about whether he should be read his "Miranda" rights or not ("you have the right to remain silent …") which can be skipped in extraordinary circumstances. Turns out he was Mirandised, but then senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham began to call for this US citizen, accused of a violent crime on US soil, to be treated as an enemy combatant, engaged in act of war. He was arrested on charges of using weapons of mass destruction and also of disrupting interstate trade, the latter to ensure that a federal death penalty could be invoked. Meanwhile CNN and others, reeling from 48 hours of misreporting, non-reporting, and desperate filling, were then faced with trying to work out whether there was any connection to the massive explosion of a fertiliser factory in West, Texas, on the anniversary of the Waco slaughter (and the Oklahoma City slaughter), or whether the 15 killed were simply the victims of American deregulation. At this point, an Elvis impersonator was arrested on suspicion of sending ricin poison to several senators and the White House, only to be later released — but not before someone had hacked the Twitter feed of AP website and tweeted that there had been bombs at the White House and President Barack Obama had been injured, which was picked up by Russia Today and, circling the world, knocked 100 or so points off the Dow in a matter of minutes. A busy day or two ended with the revelation that "Boston Strong", the emerging slogan for Boston, had been trademarked by several parties as the smoke was still clearing from the second bomb — and with Senator Rand Paul, who had staked a claim for libertarianism in disputes about the use of drones against US citizens, now deciding that he really quite likes them, and if US citizens are killed by drones whilst in the commission of a crime, that's OK.
What was striking about the responses to these attacks was that each challenge to the structure as was — of daily social-political life, of media and reality — came apart, not at the 50th challenge, or even the 10th in short order, but at the first.
The entire US system is a federal one, designed to deal with public order at the state level if possible. Yet to respect states' rights would have been to respect Massachusetts' refusal of the death penalty; so a way of managing that had to be found. The media's purpose had been to distil and impart information from reality to reality — and ended up having to fill the gap between with fiction. The full court press of a social media society was employed, and information was lost in oversupply.
We've always known this about the American state. More than most it guarantees its commitment to being a "republic of laws", by jumping into agreed-to imposed exceptions at the drop of a hat, from the Patriot Act, back through Bush v Gore, Nixon, and all the way through the suspension of democracy in the US Civil War to the Louisiana purchase. But these days — well, it doesn't take much. Two bombs, after all, was part of a bad morning in Belfast in the 1970s. Awful as it is, the intent of the act is to be singled out as meaningful and exemplary, when it reality it is probably a mix of violent Islamism and home-grown American anomie. Treating it as nothing other than a crime — akin to a bank robbery in which three people are killed, investigating its motives for predictive purposes, but not evaluative ones — would have gone a ways to taming it.
Instead, once again, Americans have gone for the significance, for the moment.
"Treating [the bombings] as nothing other than a crime … would have gone a ways to taming it."
Ironically, most of the American Right was billing and cooing over Margaret Thatcher because that is what she did against Bobby Sands and the hunger-strikers of the IRA (publicly; we now know what we always knew, that backchannel negotiations continued through the whole process) — refused their demands for political recognition and waited till the strike broke.
Yet that was in an earlier era, when politics had not yet been fully subjected to the culture of the image, the spectactle, and to the immense and persistent low-grade loneliness and separation that comes with the social media revolution, and which is now its major cultural effect. Strong societies, joined by real bonds — even when in conflict — can live by their own rules. Weakening ones, undermining themselves, must always resort to the exception in order to guarantee the rule survives.
Thus the constitution, the rights and freedoms of citizenship are guaranteed by suspending them — eventually doing so, so many times that the rule no longer rules, and the place ceases to be a republic of laws. After the barriers had all broken down between media, law, the citizenry and the state, how could the rule have survived? What was it now ruling?
Compare and contrast the single most famous photo image from the Blitz — a London milkman doing his rounds along a street that was now rubble. The image is half-staged and largely propagandistic, but true enough. Even when protesters were invading the Savoy Hotel to demand bomb shelters for the general public, things also kept going, the buses ran, the post was lodged into doors that now led nowhere.
It's no slur on Americans, who have been brave, compassionate, and in some quarters retained a hipster-ish cool (having a potentially lethal Elvis impersonator helped), to point out that when a society has been engaged in wars without meaning or ethical ground, and get hit with atrocious reprisal that — in its fusion Islamist and Americanist themes — is itself looking for meaning, its chances of retaining resilience are somewhat diminished. When the whole culture itself has wider problems — of form and content, of information overload so grievous that meaning is squeezed to zero — then it is surprisingly vulnerable to real damage.
The question is not what happens when Sandy Hook and Boston occur in the same winter, but when they occur on the same day. So we go back to the ticker-tape … Tamerlan Tsarnaev may have killed three minor drug dealers/friends a coupla years back — and no one really bothered to investigate — because they were drug dealers. He and his brother may also have been finely turned out by FBI grooming. In the UK, a man who sold £85 million worth of golf ball detectors relabelled as explosive detectors was convicted of fraud, not murder, even though untold numbers have died from IEDs that went "undetected".
In testing them, no one appears to have taken the simple step of opening them up to see if there were any working parts. They are still in use by the Iraqi government. And on we go through the wilderness of mirrors …
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text: My Take on Leftovers There are so many children in this country who go hungry to bed or to school. In the same token there is an abundance of food thrown away on daily basis. Whether it's leftovers from last nights dinner or expired food items we never had the chance to cook. Regardless, below is my take on leftovers. By the way for all of you who have been blessed with an abundance of food consider helping out with this great organization: No Kid Hungry. This nonprofit organization is helping to eradicate child-hunger from American Schools. Every fifth child goes hungry to school. That's … [Read more...]


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These Religious Boyfriend poems are examples of Religious poems about Boyfriend. These are the best examples of Religious Boyfriend poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
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God is always love
Forever seek the kingdom;
Praise the creator
Keep giving what you can give
Please endure until the end
Beautiful Heavens
Protecting the meek ones earth
Watching over us
Helping us to cope with life
Comforted with hope and trust
When you find rhythm
You find your hearts inner core
Celebrate the times
Make them better than before
Reminisce and dance all night
Copyright © humble b | Year Posted 2013
I have fallen victim so many times
To nobody's fault except only mine.
I will ask for forgiveness and have faith,
Even though I feel like I am not saved.
Copyright © Kevin C. Martin | Year Posted 2013
Love is not easy
Love is hard
Love is time apart
Trying not to drown
Praying to stay loyal
Holding on to lover's promises
Dreaming of reuniting
Crying tears of hurt and joy
Thinking of you constantly
Asking God for all the best
Love is difficult
Love is not easy
Love is hard
Love is faith
Love is hope
Love is trust
But love is beautiful
Oh, so beautiful
And love is worth it
Oh, so worth it
Love is in God's Hands
Love is protected
Love will come back again
Reunion again
For God is love
In Jesus' Name
We pray
You pick me up and fly me away;
Oh my baby, what a beautiful day!
Like a rock, you are strong to withstand the motion,
And your love runs deep, the heart of the ocean.
Dedicated to all of the guys who helped me to make the checklist - thanks!
The Empty Rib Slot
I think I might have
A perfect checklist
Highlights from men
Gathered now missed
Yes special highlights
Each man carried some
Now added to my checklist
For a guy having it all in one
This could be the key to find
The man I'm dreaming of
Not with bits and pieces
One filled full of love
A man made for me
No it would be not
I should fit perfectly
Into an empty rib slot
Let me share this list
With every one of you
Then decide for yourself
If it could possibly be true
My first check comes from
This guy with dreamy eyes
He deeply touched my soul
Way more than ever realized
He even had a special smile
That made you want to grin
No matter if life was down
He encouraged me to win
There was the big hugger
With squeezes oh so tight
He lifted me off the floor
Like if I was taking flight
He never did grow tired
Of giving me those hugs
I never had to ask for them
He always did it out of love
Then there was the dancer
He stayed light on his feet
He loved dancing with me
Carrying rhythm and a beat
Now of course on this list
There certainly has to be
That best friend I count on
Who can also count on me
I am even going to count
The good points of quality
Generated from my brothers
And even from my daddy
From them they all carry
A very good temperament
Always being so easy going
Not looking for an argument
When I am nestled in that slot
With a perfect feel of passion
All of his glory will then shine
As it eludes from my reflection
The most important one of all
He who shares a spiritual side
Being spiritually open with me
Not allowing his beliefs to hide
I know how this all may sound
Like a crazy thing that I've got
I want the man I fit snuggly with
When I match his empty rib slot
Florence McMillian (Flo)
Copyright © Florence McMillian | Year Posted 2013
If our love were ever to become a gamble between the gods,
And the Lord and the Devil both desired to see us flawed,
I would make my plans for deicide and, as a mortal, face the odds.
First I would build you a castle and hide you far away,
So no god could find you or take you as his prey.
They would have to go through a man if they wanted to get their way.
Then I would fashion a sword of the most wonderful elements.
Sharper than Satan's wit and greater than God's blessedness,
I would wield it into battle and redefine the Exodus.
Through the gates of Heaven and across the plains of Hell,
I would meet the gods wherever to confront them where they dwelled.
Yea, a mortal man I may be, their homes would be expelled.
And if I should fail in my quest for our love,
The gods would at least regret their gamble thereof,
And I alone would stand as the martyr who set you above.
Copyright © Bruce Coates | Year Posted 2013
Many call making love, from
a physical reaction.
As many try to find a loving satisfaction!
True love can't be bought, paid, or traded
This is something that shouldn't be debated!
True love is from God, and freely given!
His love can change the way
you're livin'!
Only God's love can cleanse the heart from sin!
And bring true satisfaction
deep within!
If it's "cheap love," you seek… You can find it!
But you'll end up empty,
hurt and blinded!
If it's true love you want. Look no more!
Jesus is here... Knocking at your heart's door!
Won't you let him in? And let his
love touch you?
He wants to do this. Because
he really loves you!
He loves you so much, he bled and died!
In him, you can be made
whole and sanctified!
Won't you accept the love he freely gives?
It will bless you each day
that you live!
By Jim Pemberton
Copyright © Jim Pemberton | Year Posted 2013


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Lakeland (Fla.) Victory Christian Academy athlete Demeitre Brim has been committed to Virginia since April, but that hasn't stopped him from attending games at Central Florida the past two weekends.
"They have been sending me letters, but I haven't been talking to them a lot," Brim said of the Knights. "I just decided I would go up there and watch a game and everything. I wanted to see the environment."
Brim said that the atmosphere surrounding the Boston College game was impressive.
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"Everything was nice," Brim said. "The game was sold out, so the environment and everything was real good. It was a good game. UCF is really building their program. I didn't know they were that good."
The 6-foot-3, 215-pound athlete said he arrived to the game late, so he didn't get a chance to speak with the coaches as they were already with the team on the field. He did have a chance to catch up with the staff the previous week when he attended the Charleston Southern game and their message was simple.
"It was pretty much that I am still on their board and that they would love to see me on their defensive side of the ball at safety," Brim said. "They said that they are still open to me if I decide I ever want to decommit from Virginia. They just said they will be with me throughout the whole process."
Despite his back-to-back visits to Central Florida, and overtures from other programs, Brim said that he still considers himself a commitment to the Virginia Cavaliers.
"I feel like I am still firmly committed to Virginia," Brim said. "I do want to take all of my official visits and I know Virginia had a problem with that, but I think I deserve it for myself to go ahead and see some other places. I am still praying about all of the decisions that I make, but I feel I am still a firm commitment to Virginia."
At this time, Brim has yet to schedule any official visits. He said some possible destinations include Ole Miss and Virginia.
The three-star Sunshine State prospect has yet to play during his senior season after suffering a broken jaw. He is scheduled to be reviewed by his doctor on Thursday when he gets the bars removed. Brim is hoping to be cleared to play at least offense for this Friday's game, but he said he is not optimistic he will get the green light this week.


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Great for a nursery or kids' room.
Obsessed with anything faceted.
Pretty for your bed
Vezda Green Bowl (4 colors avail)
You can never have enough pretty bowls, imho
Deborah Lippman Polish (4 colors avail)
Of course I pick polish.
I;m not a big cook, but this is straight adorable.
Time to give your sheets a refresh for the new year!
This looks cozy beyond belief.
A pretty addition to your bar.
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'We didn't fully anticipate how popular it would be,' said Neil Porter of Gustafson Porter, who co-designed the fountain. 'When it was inundated with people at the start they had a hard time standing up. Especially when the autumn came and the grass became sodden underfoot.'
The 10-month-old fountain, situated near the Serpentine in London's Hyde Park, is due to open on Friday after four months of work to replace the surrounding grass with a rubberised track. Made of resin and stone chippings, the new track cost £200,000 to install and is designed to stop visitors slipping over.
The result, after four months of renovations, is a very different set of surroundings for the fountain from the simple elegance that Gustafson Porter originally intended. The Royal Parks Agency has erected a fence around the fountain in a bid to manage the crowds expected to flock to the memorial when it reopens this week.
But Porter said he was pleased with the eventual result. 'We were involved in the design and the layout of the track. Tonally, it matches the grass. Hopefully, when the interest dies down a bit, the fence will be able to come down,' Porter said.
The fountain has been beset by problems since it opened last year. Leaves clogged its pump system forcing it to be closed for a week last July. Algae formed on the granite surface making it slippery underfoot.
But Porter said despite the negative publicity he was proud of the memorial. 'You can imagine there have been moments when we wondered whether it was the wisest thing to get involved with. But we're proud of it and what we have achieved.'


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What could be more thrilling than to run with a band of wild mustangs - and to share Little Pinto's struggle to survive?
"Thundering wild horses leap off the pages. . . . A must for cowboy wannabes and horse fans; suggest this for science units as well."— BOOKLIST
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Jonathan London is an award-winning author well known for his compassion for and commitment to wildlife. His recent book PANTHER: SHADOW OF THE SWAMP was the recipient of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award. About MUSTANG CANYON he says, "When I first saw wild horses while on a white-water rafting trip, my heart pounded as hard from seeing the mustangs as from riding the rapids."
Daniel San Souci is the acclaimed illustrator of many books for young readers. About Little Pinto, he says, "The Plains Indians believed that a horse with dark shield markings on its neck and chest possessed magical powers. I created Little Pinto with these markings because the horse, I felt, must have had 'magical powers' to survive the river's raging waters."
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text: I did a estimate for a customer, over the phone, I went to the house without them to look at the job, since its there weekend home. They said that they wanted only 1 yard of mulch around there pool. And then some bushes on the side of there house pruned/ shaped . Nothing in the front, pruned/ shaped. Today I go there to do the job, I laid the yard of mulch. It really was not enough mulch, the existing weed barrier was sticking up in some areas. It needed a little more in some corners. It didn't look good. I told them that I need to come back with maybe a bag or 2 of mulch, to make it look good, that I couldn't just leave it the way it was. They started to have attitude after that. Like, what is it going to cost me. Even though I said the same price. And then they pulled a fast one, and then wanted every bush/ plant on there property pruned/ shaped, when they said on the phone only on the side of there house. I did tell them that not what we agreed on . They had a attitude, left without the job being finished. What should I do.


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A new research report issued May 9, 2013, examines auditor involvement in fraudulent financial reporting cases cited in US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions issued from 1998–2010. During the thirteen-year period, there were eighty-seven sanctions against external auditors in SEC fraud investigations involving publicly traded companies. Approximately 9,500 entities file financial statements with the SEC on an annual basis.
An Analysis of Alleged Auditor Deficiencies in SEC Fraud Investigations: 1998–2010 highlights insights for the audit profession related to the eighty-seven instances of alleged auditor deficiencies involving fraudulent financial reporting. The study notes that eleven of the eighty-seven cases involved fraudulent reporting in periods of 2003 or later, which represents years following the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) in July 2002. There is a time lag between when an infraction occurred and when the SEC releases an enforcement action, thus the number of deficiencies is subject to change.
"The auditing profession, the CAQ, and our member firms have been, and continue to be, actively engaged in efforts to mitigate the threat of fraud, which is why we commissioned this study", said Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) Executive Director Cindy Fornelli. "I believe the fact that SEC allegations of financial reporting frauds are rare, albeit serious, events and that the large majority do not involve sanctions against public company auditors is noteworthy. Our first concern is investor confidence in the credibility of the capital markets. It is important that public company auditors and other members of the financial reporting supply chain take their responsibilities in this regard seriously and commit to seizing opportunities for improvement."
Among the eighty-seven instances examined, the size of the public companies involved was small, with median assets and revenues under $40 million, and the companies span a number of industries. The public company auditing profession commissioned the study in an effort to provide a critical look for auditors and others concerned with improving audit quality and the detection of financial statement misstatements due to fraud.
The study identifies the root cause issues related to audit deficiencies involving fraudulent financial reporting cases citing the auditor and contains a number of insights to enhance understanding of the audit process and strengthen the execution of procedures performed to lower the incidence of undetected fraudulent financial reporting. In recent years, the CAQ and the profession have pursued efforts that address a number of the opportunities for improvement identified in the study. The primary deficiencies cited by the SEC relate to audit evidence, due professional care, skepticism, management representations, and the audit opinion.
The CAQ's related initiatives and projects include the funding of academic research on professional skepticism and financial reporting fraud deterrence and detection; the 2010 publication Deterring and Detecting Financial Reporting Fraud – A Platform for Action; and the Anti-Fraud Collaboration – a major, ongoing combined effort launched in 2010 by the CAQ, Financial Executives International, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the National Association of Corporate Directors. Key resources published by the Anti-Fraud Collaboration to enhance fraud deterrence efforts include the Hollate Manufacturing Case Study, which examines a potential material fraud at a fictional company to raise awareness of environments in which financial reporting fraud might flourish; and the Skepticism Webinar Series, which highlights the importance of skepticism as applied by external auditors, financial executives, internal auditors, and audit committee members.
The new report's research was compiled by professors Mark S. Beasley of North Carolina State University, Joseph V. Carcello of the University of Tennessee, Dana R. Hermanson of Kennesaw State University, and Terry L. Neal of University of Tennessee. The CAQ commissioned the research from the professors because they had previously authored the foundational research report Fraudulent Financial Reporting: 1998–2007, An Analysis of US Public Companies, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in May 2010.
Source: Center for Audit Quality Press Release


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