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Overwintering of the Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) at Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Klickitat County, Washington, 2000-2001
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Date Published: June 2001
Number of Pages: 46
Author(s): Marc P. Hayes, Joseph D. Engler, Susan Van Leuven, Daniel C. Friesz, Timothy Quinn, and D. John Pierce
ABSTRACT:We studied overwintering behavior in the Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) at Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge over the 22-week interval from 21 September 2000 to 17 February 2001. Ten adult (mass > 27 g) frogs (8 females, 2 males) from two sites 3 linear km apart were tracked on a weekly basis using radio-transmitters with an external belt attachment. During the study, we obtained 162 radio-locations, and most (n = 153) were based on non-visible, submerged frogs or transmitters. During successive surveys, we recorded straight-line radio-location changes of 0 to 160 m. We interpreted most location changes > 1 m, about 67% of the data, to be frog movements. Longer and more frequent location changes before the significant decline fall temperature are thought to represent directed movements to overwintering habitat. Frogs on which we placed transmitters in lentic habitats moved to lotic ones during the temperature decline interval that preceeded freeze up, but not vice versa. During the period of ice cover, we saw significantly greater movements from sites where dissolved oxygen (DO) was lower. Frog use of less vegetated, shallower sites nearer to shorelines during this interval also agreed with the idea of DO limitation. Several frogs selected sites associated with beaver workings (i.e., beaver step dams, submerged pathways). These sites may be favorable for overwintering because they provide a better DO environment, refuge from predators, or both. Recovery of frog remains or transmitters from six frogs suggests that one slipped its transmitter, two were preyed upon, and three may have died from low oxygen stress. Regardless of cause, we estimate overwintering mortality to be high. This pattern agrees with available demographic data, which indicates that annual turnover is high and Oregon spotted frogs are relatively short-lived. Study will be needed to determine how much of the observed pattern of mortality and low oxygen stress conditions is a typically annual event or the consequence of extreme drought conditions, as observed in winter 2000-1.
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WASHINGTON – The Congressional Budget Office placed a new hurdle in front of President Barack Obama's agenda yesterday, calculating that the White House's tax and spending plans would create deficits totaling $2.3 trillion more than the president's budget projected for the next decade.
The difference largely reflects the administration's more optimistic forecasts of economic growth through 2019.
The budget office figures, which will guide Congress as it takes up Obama's proposals, were worse than Democratic leaders expected and further complicated their job of achieving Obama's priorities on health care, energy policy and much more.
Moderate Democrats from competitive districts and states have already expressed nervousness about some of Obama's plans, especially as Republicans have grown increasingly emboldened to stay on the attack.
Sen. Judd Gregg, R-New Hampshire, said the report "confirms that under the president's plan, our debt will increase to shocking levels that are simply unsustainable and will devastate future economic opportunities for our children and grandchildren."
Obama, anticipating the report, referred to "the massive deficit we inherited and the cost of this financial crisis" in a speech to state legislators meeting in the capital. While he restated his vow to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term, Obama gave no ground on trimming his domestic agenda.
"What we will not cut are investments that will lead to real growth and real prosperity," he said, citing his commitments for health care, energy alternatives to foreign oil and education.
Although long-term budget projections are notoriously unreliable, they help set the terms of the debate and provide political ammunition to both parties.
Obama's budget forecast total deficits for the next decade of nearly $7 trillion. The Congressional Budget Office analysis of his plan put the figure at nearly $9.3 trillion, or a third higher.
The House and Senate Budget Committees are planning to draft their versions of a budget next week, and both chambers expect to vote the following week.
"No one ever had an expectation that they would just take our budget, Xerox it and vote on it," said Peter R. Orszag, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Obama's budget shows a $533 billion deficit by fiscal 2013, the last of his term, which would mean more than a two-thirds reduction – more than meeting his pledge to shave the annual deficits in half.
The budget office analysis of Obama's budget put the deficit in 2013 at $672 billion.
Meanwhile, the president announced guidelines aimed at preventing waste and fraud and limiting the influence lobbyists will have in carrying out the $787 billion economic stimulus program.
Also, Obama discussed spending on the nation's infrastructure at a private White House meeting with California's Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A Jefferson County Commission committee voted today to authorize the county attorney to pursue collection of money paid from a Cooper Green Mercy Hospital discretionary fund to three consulting firms.
Commission President David Carrington and Commissioners Joe Knight and Jimmie Stephens voted to go after as much as $80,000 paid from a hospital discretionary fund to Pollock Financial Group, Castle Oak Securities and Silverstone International.
Commissioner George Bowman voted against. Commissioner Sandra Little Brown was not present.
The full commission will vote Tuesday.
"We received an audit that showed some problems both operationally and procedurally and we felt we need to deal with those," Carrington said.
Carrington said the county received an audit from Warren, Averett LLC that identified many issues of inadequate control, improper procedures and spending for unapproved purposes relating to a discretionary fund at Cooper Green.
Carrington said it will be up to the county district attorney, the federal and state health care authorities to decide if any wrongdoing occurred.
Commissioner George Bowman said he authorized expenditures from the fund because the hospital faced an emergency.
"One of the uses of the fund is for emergency purposes," Bowman said. "I view the closing of the hospital as an emergency. I view the loss of 600 jobs as an emergency."
The commission committee also voted to finalize closure of the inpatient care unit at Cooper Green Mercy hospital and begin plans for a Hub and Spoke model at Cooper Green Hospital.
The commititee voted by the same 3-1 margin for the "hub and spoke" model of care for Cooper Green.
In the model, the central hub would offer 24/7 urgent care, as well as primary care, specialty care and diagnostic services. The spokes would be two primary care facilities at sites chosen to improve regular access to care in needy areas.
Under that model, promoted by Dr. Max Michael, dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Public Health and former head of Cooper Green, inpatient care now provided by Cooper Green would be shared by all the other hospitals in the county.
Stephens said the model would be best for the county's sick poor.
It "would properly utilize taxpayer dollars for the care of indigent," he said.
Dr. Sandral Hullett, CEO of Cooper Green, said she did not know about the resolution and did not know whether the "hub and spoke" model would work.
"They have not spoken to me," Hullett said.
Bowman said he only learned about the resolutions to investigate the discretionary fund minutes before today's meeting.
The meeting involved a tense debate between Carrington and Bowman over spending at Cooper Green.
Carrington said Bowman was a "one-trick pony" because Bowman only has one plan for Cooper Green -- a health care authority taking a model that is unsustainable, broken, Carrington said.
After the meeting Bowman took the high road and said he would not resort to name calling.
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Job Opening: SandCastle Coach – Destin, Florida
Destin – Fort Walton Beach – Santa Rosa Beach – 30A – South Walton – Northwest Florida #HelpWanted #JobOpening
YES this really is a job and its really FUN!
Beach Sand Sculptures is currently accepting applicants for this sandsational opportunity. We are seeking team players, who know how to have fun. We give our clients a quality family based experience which creates memories they will keep the rest of their lives — now that's rewarding!
Hiring Seminar: Friday April 15 and April 22 – 9:00-12:00
Beaches: Fort Walton Beach, Destin, 30A, Santa Rosa Beach, Northwest Florida
20 Positions: SandCastle Coach Full Time Seasonal – Tips and Incentives
Requirements: No experience necessary — we train, reliable transportation, fun, motivational, demonstrates a willingness to help, great customer service and hospitality skills, flexible, diverse, looking for something unique and rewarding.
Duties include: Creating Memories in the Sand by teaching our #1 Tripadvisor Activity – SandCastle Lessons. Become a member of a growing, values based company with a very cool culture!
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Unique Stocking Stuffers – SandCastle Lessons
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Does someone on your Christmas List vacation in Destin – Fort Walton Beach – or along the beaches of Scenic Hwy 30A in South Walton, Florida? Then we have the PERFECT Stocking Stuffer! SandCastle Lessons with Beach Sand Sculptures.
Ahhh just go ahead – give your family a SandCastle Lesson Gift Certificate for Christmas then you will have to go the The Emerald Coast for vacation, right! Give your family the gift of vacation memories with such a remarkable experience they will remember it for a very long time. SandCastle Lessons are the #1 Tripadvisor Outdoor Activity in Destin, Florida and your family definitely needs to experience this activity for themselves.
" . . .will definitely recommend this to everyone."
"(A SandCastle Lesson) Is definitely on our itinerary for our next trip."
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Invest in memories to last a lifetime, invest in an quality family experience they will talk about for years, Invest in your family with a positive, wholesome, award winning experience you will all treasure.
For more information on SandCastle Lesson and Gift Certificate go to www.BeachSandSculptures.com
SandCastle Lessons Expand on Florida Beaches
SandCastle Lessons Expand
SandCastle Lessons with Beach Sand Sculptures; The #1 Tripadvisor Activity in Destin are now available in Fort Walton Beach, Fl. They now provide a unique family bonding experience to vacationer along on Okaloosa Island (aka Fort Walton Beach, Fl) on the Emerald Coast on the Florida's panhandle.
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (Jan 28, 2015) — Beach Sand Sculptures has adding an additional stretch of beautiful Florida beach to their available locations for SandCastle Lessons. Daily, visitors along Okaloosa Island (Fort Walton Beach) are captivated by the sand castles that spring up as a result of SandCastle Lessons. According to sources, people love this experience and describe it as educational and memorable; a must do activity.
Fort Walton Beach – Okaloosa Island are gorgeous and their white sand beaches are great for building sand castles. Described as the "best family activity ever!", Sand Castle Lessons have joined the fun filled activity line ups in each location. Rick Mungeam, the CEO of the company said, "Fort Walton Beach is a beautiful vacation destinations. SandCastle Lessons are adding something distinctive and truly memorable, and we have received a great reception with this new location."
A SandCastle Coach will meet clients at their resort beach, with all the tools and equipment necessary to teach "SandCastle Success". The 2 hour lesson begins with a demonstration of tools and their usage. Sandcastles that stand approximately 3 ½ feet tall frequently cause "SandCastle Envy". People have described this quality activity as the highlight and crown jewel of their family vacation. A father from Little Rock, Arkansas expressed, "We were completely amazed. Now we can create sandcastles like the pros. Make sure to purchase the sandcastle tool kit so you can create after your lesson. Let's face it, what we remember most about vacations are unique and interesting experiences. My family is still talking about it! We highly recommend it for anyone. Worth every penny!"
Okaloosa – Fort Walton Beach SandCastle Lessons is service of Beach Sand Sculptures, a professional sand sculpting company. Fort Walton Beach, is conveniently reachable from Navarre, Pensacola, and Orange Beach (AL). Beach Sand Sculptures' services include; marriage proposal and wedding sand sculptures, birthdays, anniversaries, family reunions, team building, advertising in the sand, as well as corporate sand sculptures for marketing, trade shows, festivals, and special events.
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Where did you get the Sand? FAQ #20
Yes people really do ask this question, and you might too if you happened upon a 4-5 ton sand sculpture on the beach standing 6 feet tall.
A: . For those of you who really must know, the answer is – from the beach. The trick is to shovel the sand from the top layer of sand without digging a whole. There is plenty of sand available on most beaches to build huge sand sculptures without digging any holes.
PS. Holes, and especially tunnels in the sand are VERY – let me emphasize EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! Every year children and adults are killed by the sheer weight of sand when it collapses in a tunnel. Many people walk on our beach, lifeguards and other enforcement officers ride the beaches on ATV sometime at night. Holes create the danger of twisted or broken legs or ankles and possibly a vehicle accident. Holes also cause life threatening obstacle for newly hatched turtles returning to The Gulf of Mexico. Build taller sandcastle but please do not dig holes.
Beach Sand Sculptures Shovels up Records in 2014
Two Thousand Fourteen was a busy year for owners, Rick and Capri Mungeam, of Beach Sand Sculptures. During the cooler winter months the Mungeams and their son, Marcus, began the strategic planning to move Beach Sand Sculptures to the next level.
Capri sadly expressed, "It was heart breaking! During the summer of 2013 we regretfully turning away hundreds of families who wanted to experience SandCastle Lessons, because we physically could not teach any more lessons." Rick leaned forwards to explain, "To meet the demand – we had to take Beach Sand Sculptures to the next level. We had to grow from owner/operators to employer/trainers". It's been a year of very steep learning curves for these entrepreneurs, but just as they have created a prominent Professional Sand Sculpting Company from mere sand and water, the couple rose to the occasion in 2014 as well.
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Facebook has been a very fun way for Beach Sand Sculptures to connect and establish relationships with their clients and followers = 4200+ Facebook Fans in 2014. It seems everyone loves Beach Sand Sculptures.
The Premier SandCastle Lesson Company in the World
The totals are in. Over 3000 people enjoyed the experience of learning to build a taller sand castle with Beach Sand Sculptures; grandparents, parents, children, teens, families, groups, friends, family reunions, wedding parties, birthday parties, newly engaged couples, you name it, they took SandCastle Lessons. The newly trained SandCastle Coaches not only taught 400+ SandCastle Lessons they helped each family/group create vacation memories to last lifetime. These numbers have sculpted Beach Sand Sculptures into the world's premier SandCastle Lesson Company!
A VERY Romantic SandCastle Company too
14 Marriage Proposals Sand Sculptures was another record for 2014. Romance was in the air – or should we say – Romance was in the sand! A few weeks during the Spring and Summer these beautiful "Will You Marry Me ______?" Sand Sculptures were "Popping The Question" nearly twice a week to sweetly surprised, unsuspecting ladies.
The Best Job on The Beach
An extensive interview process was created for selecting just the right people to become SandCastle Coaches. Rick Mungeam stresses, "The enthusiasm of our SandCastle Coaches is crucial in creating the fun and interactive SandCastle Lesson experience our clients have come to know. It was vitally important to hire employees who were fun and energetic to carry on our tradition as a 5 Star rated activity. Beach Sand Sculptures was successful in creating a fun and memorable employee culture too; one SandCastle Coach enthusiastically stated on social media, "This is the BEST job I've ever had!"
Seasonal Permanent Locations in NW Florida
Through gracious arrangements with two well-known resorts, Seascape Resort in Miramar Beach and Visionary Destin, another new exploration for Beach Sand Sculptures in 2014 was the development of 2 Seasonal Permanent Locations. These two exclusive locations enable clients to take a SandCastle Lesson at a central location. Pricing for Permanent Location SandCastle Lessons is reduced from every popular Mobile Unit SandCastle Lessons.
Destin's Tripadvisor #1 Activity
Through the gracious reviews of clients Beach Sand Sculptures has been rapidly moving up the Destin Tripadvisor Activity listing since 2012. In July the Crown Jewel of Beach Sand Sculptures 2014 Record Breaking Year was the honored elevation of becoming the #1 Tripadvisor Activity in Destin, Florida. "With the competition in Destin we NEVER expected to even reach the top 3. Our clients have handed this distinct honor to us with their 5 Star reviews", Capri praised. The Mungeams credit their SandCastle Coaches strongly in the attainment of this prestigious honor as well.
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Beach Sand Sculptures expects another Record Breaking Year in 2015. Their quest for additional #1 Tripadvisor Listings will continue. Plans to utilize opportunities, created from Rick Mungeam receiving the 2015 South Walton Sculptor of the Year award, should grow and enlarge throughout the New Year. Expansion to offer SandCastle Lessons on more beaches along the Gulf Coast and beyond may be certain. Meeting the ever growing demand for the experience of SandCastle Lessons and creating vacation memories to last a lifetime will continue to be at the top of Beach Sand Sculptures list in 2015.
Turtles in the Sand @ Bahia Honda State Park
First Hawksbill Turtle Nest in the USA for 3 Years
Two very unique yet similar events happened at Bahia Honda State Park in The Florida Keys: Turtles hatching from the sand and turtles emerging from the sand. You might think these two sound the same, but you will soon view them as two unique yet similar occurrences.
Florida's seas turtles include Loggerhead, Green, Leatherback, Kemp's Ridley, and hawksbill. "All of these sea turtle species are listed as either threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, and monitoring nesting activity is critical to understanding the biology and ecology of these imperiled species" according to the FWC website on turtle research. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says two, of the 5 sea turtles species found in Florida (Kemp's Ridley and hawksbill) nest in very small numbers. It is believed no reported nesting of a hawksbill turtle has occurred in the US since 2011.
Mid September – While this is late in the turtle season, Bahia Honda State Park Ranger Elaine Mason discovered a turtle crawl. A crawl is the trail a turtle leaves in the sand when they nest; proceeding from the water, up to the dune area, and back to the ocean. Each turtle species has a distinctive pattern. Even though hawksbill turtles nest every 2-3 years, Ranger Mason was excited to see, what she believed, was the hawksbill female reported nesting on this same beach for over 16 years. Hawksbill are similar to salmon returning to the exact stream where they were hatched, hawksbill turtles return to their beach of origin, "they are very beach specific", stated Sue from FWC.
Then the waiting began. The average incubation period is around 2 months (approx. 60 days). "All of us at Bahia Honda are very excited that this hawksbill turtle nest hatched. Like expectant parents, we had been waiting in great anticipation!" explained Brittany Burtner, Bahia Honda Park Services Specialist. A turtle nest of 100 Ping-Pong sized eggs does not guarantee 100 adorable little turtles in 2 months. There are many factors that contribute to the demise of an entire nest of turtle eggs, from natural predators, weather, and tides to feral cats, uneducated tourists, and poachers. Mid November, two weeks past the typical closure of "Turtle Season", the little tiny tracks of forty-some hawksbill hatchlings were discovered trekking down from the nest location to the waters edge. Assessment of the nest revealed the startling truth about the circle of life – it's not always easy!
What of the turtles emerging from the sand? I'm glad you asked. Florida State Park Volunteer, "TheSandman" Rick Mungeam just happened to be on hand the day evaluating the nest. Knowing the importance as well as the threats to sea turtles and the fact his business Beach Sand Sculptures uses and reuses the natural resource of sand from the beaches of Florida, Rick Mungeam wisely promotes turtle awareness. "This was a unique opportunity for us to use the Art of Sand Sculpting to increase the public consciousness on the importance of protecting our sea turtles", explained professional sand sculptor, Rick Mungeam. Each morning during turtle season (May 1 – Oct 31) Beach Sand Sculptures SandCastle Coaches await the "ALL CLEAR" text from various Turtle Watch organizations before proceeding to teach SandCastle Lessons. Annually their SandCastle Coaches receive continued education from local volunteer organizations; in turn the SandCastle Coaches incorporate this vital information into every SandCastle Lesson to encourage the awareness of protecting the sea turtles. Creating the sand sculpture, Turtle Emerging From The Sand, is just one more way they help educate the public about these endangered animals.
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Romantic Rosemary Beach
South Walton County, Florida. Ah romance, such a wonderful thing. Snuggling by a beach bonfire on a cool night can create or reignite amorous sparks. Sunsets and wine are obvious staples for romantic interludes. Locating a quaint beautiful and accessible destination to pursue romance is easier than you think.
Named by CNN Travel in "6 of America's Most Romantic Towns", Rosemary Beach is the answer; located in NW Florida this Hwy 30A community is definitely within driving distance for well over half the US and only 20 minutes for the Panama City Beach Airport. Founded in 1995, Rosemary Beach's cobblestone streets and gas lantern ambiance enhance her charming European village architecture. You will find open air cafes with local flavor andwhimsical restaurants serving seafood as well as unique dishes created by award winning chefs all within walking distance. What you won't find in Rosemary Beach are all inclusive Gulf front beach resorts. Luxury rental homes, all with the same Old World charm, are abundant but her singular crown jewel, The Pearl, might offer just the luxurious hotel accommodations you desire.
Your days will be filled with walks on the beach, exploring the enchantedbookstore, or creating your very own fragrance. Fun beachy stores will adequately fill any shopping desires that might arise. Scenic Hwy 30A's Bike Path can be explored on a bicycle built for two, if you're both ready for that type of commitment. Exploring Coastal Dune Lakes may create a wonderful opportunity for landscape photographs. Other small romantic towns might offer similar daytime activity but Rosemary Beach has something so unique few people would believe it was actually available; SandCastle Lessons.
Yes, that's right! SandCastle Lessons with Beach Sand Sculptures offers a truly one of a kind experience topping the romantic activities list. Not only will you learn tips and techniques for creating the tallest SandCastle of your life! You will work together as a couple, with mentoring from your private SandCastle Coach, to create a master piece that will create "SandCastle Envy" on the beach. This quality time experience is guaranteed to stir your cooperative efforts. And if per chance you desire to "Pop The Question"during your romantic Rosemary Beach getaway Beach Sand Sculptures can create a marriage proposal sand sculpture she may never stop talking about, or showing the pictures.
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Rosemary Beach, Florida is the ultimate romantic getaway, providing all the amenities expected and required – along with a few that are entirely unique. If romance is what you are seeking Rosemary Beach is the place to find all you might wish for and more!
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2015 South Walton "Sculptor of the Year"
Sand Sculptor Rick Mungeam Receives Top Art Award
Dateline: Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Beach Sand Sculptures is honored and pleased to announce Founder and Lead Sculptor, Rick Mungeam (mun-jum) becoming the 2015 South Walton "Sculptor of the Year"!
Artists are chosen based on their medium and how well they capture the nature, heritage and beauty of the coastal communities of South Walton County, Florida
Rick Mungeam 2015 South Walton Sculptor of the Year Award
"This is huge honor for myself and Beach Sand Sculptures," Rick Mungeam stated exuberantly, "but it is an enormous credit to the 2015 South Walton "Artist of the Year" Judging Panel for recognize sand sculpting as an art form!"
Rick Mungeam and Beach Sand Sculptures plan to assist South Walton throughout 2015 and into the future in as many ways possible to maintain our beautiful beaches while encouraging tourism to our unique coastal communities. Demonstrating and educating about the artistic and extensive methods involved in the creation of professional sand sculptures is a goal. We expect this goal to be greatly assisted by the announcement of this significant art award to Mr. Mungeam as the 2015 South Walton "Sculptor of the Year".
For more information about Rick Mungeam and Beach Sand Sculptures go tohttp://www.BeachSandSculptures.com
Couples Play Date
Dateline: Destin, Santa Rosa Beach, 30A, Seaside, Florida
Dating Couples, Young Married Couples, Empty Nest Couples, Retired Couples, and Snowbird Couples frequently share the same question; what can we do on a date that is FUN? Couples instinctively know spending quality time together on a date is essential to any relationship. Developing new love or reinvigorating well-seasoned love takes time and energy. Dinner and a movie seldom generate the playful environment couples desire to create fun memories.
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"Play and laughter perform an essential role in building strong, healthy relationships by bringing people closer together, creating a positive bond, and resolving conflict and disagreements. In new relationships, play and humor can be an effective tool not just for attracting the other person but also for overcoming any awkwardness or embarrassment that arises during the dating and getting-to-know-you process. In longer-term relationships, play can keep things exciting, fresh, and vibrant, and deepen intimacy. It can also help you overcome differences and the tiny aggravations than can build up over time."
Year round, in Destin, Miramar Beach, and Sandestin, Florida couples are very much in luck when it comes to a fun and intimate activity for a date. The beaches of Destin along The Emerald Coast of Florida are one of the few locations in the world where your own private SandCastle Coach will teach professional tips and techniques for building a taller SandCastle (approx. 3 ½" tall). While playing in the sand something magical happens. You will forget about work and responsibilities. You will relax as you begin to play as you once did in childhood with creatively and freedom. The ephemeral (non-lasting) nature of SandCastle building lends itself to releasing our inhibitions as adults. Quietly the cooperative power of "The SandCastle Effect" begins to work its magic as simple childlike joy begins to infuse each moment. The benefits of a SandCastle Lesson Date come complete with memories to last a lifetime and perhaps some pictures that will give all your friends a little "SandCastle Envy".
Schedule your SandCastle Play Date in Destin, Florida online today – to create memories in the sand.
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LONDON, Ont. — Prosecutors in the high-profile trial of a man charged in the abduction, sexual assault and death of Ontario schoolgirl Victoria (Tori) Stafford will continue laying out its case in closing arguments Wednesday.
Crown attorney Kevin Gowdey is expected to take another full day.
Michael Rafferty, 31, is charged with first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping.
The eight-year-old girl was last seen outside an elementary school in Woodstock, Ont., on April 8, 2009.
Her badly bludgeoned body was found on July 19, 2009, buried under a rock pile in a field near Mount Forest, Ont., more than two hours north of where she had last been seen. She was found with a Hannah Montana T-shirt and no pants or underwear. Her remains had been wrapped in garbage bags.
Two years ago, Rafferty's ex-girlfriend, Terri-Lynne McClintic, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Stafford's death and was sentenced to life in prison.
On Tuesday, Gowdey told the 12-member jury that the evidence points to Rafferty being the "leader of the operation" and the one who manipulated his younger girlfriend into luring the Ontario schoolgirl for his sexual purposes.
"McClintic did not do this by herself," he said. "Whatever the suggestion may be, she was, in the Crown's submission, the violent pawn that Michael Rafferty used to make this happen for himself."
The prosecutor asked jurors not to believe the defence suggestion that Rafferty was an "innocent dupe" who did not know he was participating in a kidnapping that would eventually lead to murder.
McClintic, who testified for the Crown over a period of six days during this trial, told the court that she took the girl at Rafferty's urging.
They then drove to pick up drugs and to purchase a hammer and garbage bags in Guelph, Ont., before stopping at a secluded clearing near Mount Forest, Ont.
There, she says, Stafford was repeatedly raped. After this, McClintic testified, she took a hammer and dealt at least four fatal blows to the girl's skull. The child was also kicked and stomped, leading to a cut on her liver before she was buried, court heard.
The jury in Rafferty's trial is expected to be sent out for deliberations later this week.


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Review of LAN Topologies for industrial Ethernet, Part I
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Unlike the office or home networking environment, industrial networking demands more stringent applications with a wider temperature range and harsh environmental conditions. Challenges include high electrical noise originating from high voltage power-lines, motor-driven EMI-induced elements, shock and vibration requiring durable connections and cabling requirements within a factory automation floor. This is in addition to maintaining standard networking automation protocols and mission critical 24/7 uptime of the network.
While the very foundation of legacy Ethernet was a non-deterministic protocol in a collision-based networking environment, a majority of factory and control automation applications adapted Ethernet to a more deterministic-like response time. This led to a plethora of proprietary implementations within the industrial automation and control industry. In 2002 the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol Standard addressed the need for deterministic response by introducing a precision clock synchronization protocol for networked measurement and control systems. The adoption of this standard is implemented in various Real Time Industrial Ethernet networking protocols.
LAN topologies: From bus to star topologies
In the past two decades, Ethernet has evolved from a half-duplex protocol, supporting CSMA/CD(Carrier Sense, Multiple Access with Collision Detection) to a full-duplex Ethernet. As a Local Area Network (LAN) topology, it migrated from a shared medium bus topology to a star/hub topology. In the early 80's, the original commercial medium was based on a yellow coaxial cable, referred to as the thick cable with a characteristic impedance of 50 ohms. This was quickly replaced by the lower cost thin RG58 coaxial cable, commercially known as the Thinnet, Thin Ethernet or Cheapernet.
By the mid-80's, the lower cost cabling medium helped pushed Ethernet as the popular medium of choice for interconnecting PC's. Using BNC (Bayonet Neill Concelman, named after the designer) T-type coax connectors per each node connections, the 10Base-2 (IEEE802.3a Std.) network had a network diameter distance of 185 meters. The thin coaxial cable bus supported a multi-drop topology with its opposite ends terminated with a 50 ohm termination plugs. The physical cable minimum spacing between each multi-drop node must be greater than 50 centimeters (See Figure 1)
From a physical layer point of view, a collision circuitry is used to monitor the coaxial DC level. If the level is more negative than the collision threshold, the collision output is enabled by the coax PHY transceiver. The coax-based bus topology supported a half-duplex, shared medium at 10 Mbps which had enough performance for interconnecting NIC cards on AT or ISA busses on PC's whose bus bandwidth were adequate for the shared medium.
By the early 90's, the fundamental shared LAN topologies changed to what it is today. Two main inflection points of change for LAN topologies include:
- Implementation of low cost structured wiring based on unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cabling (e.g. CAT5 cabling), leading to centralized wiring hubs or star topology.
- Rapid development of Ethernet LAN switches overcame the barrier of limited system performance for repeater-based topologies.
Prior to LAN switches, hubs or repeaters were the interconnecting "concentrators" for supporting structured unshielded twisted pair, wiring connections. A typical 24 port repeater would support 24 ports in a single collision domain. The bundled structure telephone wiring located in a wiring closet usually comes in a bundle of 50 wires. Thus a typical 24 port LAN repeater at 10 Mbits/sec. would coexist in a structured wiring infrastructure with PABX's in an office environment, supporting both data and voice communications.
In 1995, 100Base-T or Fast Ethernet provided a smooth transition to existing 10 Mbps by introducing an innovative concept of auto-negotiation where the 10/100 Physical layer chips level would interchange status packets in the form of an embedded 16 bit word within the Fast Link Pulses (FLPs), determining the data rate and automatically adapting to the highest speed between the 2 Cat5 links. At the physical layer chip level, the same collision type circuitry would detect the simultaneous transmitting and receiving activity for both the TX and RX differential pairs. Thus it was easy for to have hybrid networks to support both existing 10 Mbits/ sec and 100 Mbits/sec. connections.
While 100 Mbps Ethernet is based upon the same principles of CSMA/CD as 10 Mbits/sec., the shared medium architecture did not provide an expected tenfold in performance. This is because the maximum bandwidth available to each user decreases proportionally to the number of network nodes and network delays are always variable due to CSMA/CD network access control method.
Single collision domain and repeater architectures
Previously, the meaning of collision domain was defined as a shared medium architecture, supporting a collection of nodes connected by any number of repeaters. With 100 Mbits/sec networks, the collision domain demands that the round trip delay must not exceed 512 bit times (one slot time) which amounts to 5.12 microseconds. This implies that it takes more time for a packet to traverse the network and collide with another packet, resulting in a collision, transmitting the status to the originating source. It also that ensures that if a collision arises in the network, it would be recognized at all node locations.
If this time is exceeded the 512 bit (one slot time) the originating node will not detect a collision prior to transmitting its 512 bit. This results in late collisions faults within the network. For 100 Base-T networks the network diameter distance is limited to 210 meters. With 100-Mbit repeaters, the timing budget constraints are calculated to ensure no late collisions. An example calculation is as follows:
With a limited bit budget, no more than 2 repeaters may co-exist in a collision domain. Between 2 repeaters, the inter-repeater link is generally limited up to 5 meters. The only exception is stackable repeaters that are interconnected via the internal backplanes of the inter-repeater bus. These repeaters are modular and expandable but all the interconnected ports are under one collision domain. Class 1 and Class 2 repeaters were defined in the IEEE802.3u standard, thus affecting topology differences. A Class 1 repeater will have a more relaxed timing budget, supporting only one repeater within its collision domain and permit further budget delays for stackable repeaters (See Figure 2).


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Transfer news: Chico Flores leaves Swansea to join Qatari club Lekhwiya
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Swansea defender Chico Flores has issued a fond farewell to the club's fans after leaving to join Qatari side Lekhwiya.
The Spaniard, who joined the Premier League club from Genoa in 2012, will link up with former Swans boss Michael Laudrup in the Middle East.
Flores, 27, was keen to express his gratitude to club's fans and staff as he departed and has left the door open for a potential return in the future.
"I hope this is not a forever goodbye," he said in a statement posted on his Twitter account.
"I wish you all the best for the players, coaches, chairman, directors, all employees of the club, and fans. I will support you all from afar; I will always be a swan.
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"Thank you from the bottom of my heart!! Come on Swansea!!"
Flores becomes the third Spaniard to leave the club following the departures Michu and Alejandro Pozuelo already this summer.
The defender's future has been the subject of speculation recently with manager Garry Monk thought to be keen to reshape the squad he inherited in February in his own image.
Flores' time in Wales was never short of incident and he was involved in a highly-publicised training ground spat with Monk last season.
He also incurred the wrath of West Ham boss Sam Allardyce for his theatrical reaction to a foul from Andy Carroll which saw the striker sent off at Upton Park.
Keen to leave the Premier League on good terms, Flores included a general apology for any offence he may have caused during his time in England in his farewell statement.
"If, at any time, I disrespected any opponent, coach, referee or rival fans I apologise," he said.


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Loophole Deja Vu: Senate Climate Bill's Agriculture Offsets Include Polluter Giveaway
Loophole Deja Vu: Senate Climate Bill's Agriculture Offsets Include Polluter Giveaway
Hearings began in the Senate last week on the Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. This bill, the companion legislation to the Waxman-Markey climate change bill passed by the House, aims for a 20 percent cut in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
After a reading of the Senate bill's agriculture offset provisions, however, Environmental Working Group's Craig Cox warned that, "The Kerry-Boxer climate bill simply borrows the agriculture offset provisions in the House bill, and if those provisions remain in place, it opens a loophole big enough to let 67 of the dirtiest power plants off the hook for their emissions."
Cox, EWG's Midwest vice-president, manages our office in Ames, Iowa, and co-authored an analysis of the House version. He found that polluters could take credit for meeting their required pollution reductions by paying farmers simply to keep on doing what they were already doing -- and without putting any new conservation practices in place. This could allow the equivalent of over 67 of the dirtiest power plants to avoid any controls on greenhouse gas emissions while missing the opportunity to encourage farmers to do more to protect the climate and our food supply.
Additionally, the Kerry-Boxer bill, like the House version, doesn't do enough to guarantee that key conservation practices that generate credits for polluters will actually stay in place over the long-term. The so-called 'permanence' issue, a big concern for carbon conservation practices, raises the question:
What good would it do to store carbon in the soil by reducing tillage if you can just go back to plowing again after 5-to-10 years?
Cox did find reasons to be optimistic after reading a discussion draft of proposed amendments to the Senate climate bill by Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow.
"The interesting dynamic is who is going to take the lead in the Agriculture Committee with climate legislation. Senator Stabenow appears to be seizing that role with her discussion draft, which we believe includes more credible and effective offset provisions and attempts to to shrink the loopholes in the flawed House provision."
"If the stated purpose of this landmark legislation is to reduce the carbon emissions that threaten the health and well-being of our planet and its inhabitants, then these loopholes need to be addressed," Cox concluded. "Letting polluters take credit for practices farmers already have in place not only lets the polluters off the hook, it also squanders the opportunity for agriculture to play a critical role in fighting climate change and protecting our food supply."
And as we've been saying at EWG, agriculture has a lot to lose with climate change.
Go here for the full analysis of the House climate bill's agriculture provisions.


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Closing Web Ad for the Mitt Romney Campaign – "The Moment."
Here is a new Romney ad that says "America needs a Leader." Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are offering real leadership for a stronger America.
New Mitt Romney Ad: "America Needs a Leader" – Video 11/4/12
Here is an inspiring new Mitt Romney ad – "Bigger, Better America." What a contrast to Barack Obama.
Inspiring New Romney Ad: "Bigger, Better America" – Video 11/4/12
Here is a new Mitt Romney ad that uses Barack Obama's statement yesterday urging his supporters to vote, saying "voting is the best revenge." Romney mentioned that statement at his "Victory Rally" in West Chester, Ohio last night, and then said, "Instead, I ask the American people to vote for love of country."
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"Revenge" or "Love of Country?" New Romney Ad Uses Obama's "Revenge" Remark against Him – Video 11/3/12
Here's a new ad from Mitt Romney that is simple but powerful: "More than Just a Number."
Simple but Powerful New Romney Ad: "More than Just a Number" – Video 11/2/12
Strong ad for Romney in Iowa. The ad features the endorsement of the Des Moines Register and points out Romney has been endorsed now by all the major newspapers in Iowa.
New Romney Ad Features Des Moines Register Endorsement – 11/1/12
Great new ad from Mitt Romney. The ad takes President Obama's suggestion he might create a "Secretary of Business" position and says the country does not need another Government bureaucrat. The country needs a President who understands business and how to create jobs!
New Mitt Romney Ad Hits Obama's Idea of Creating a "Secretary of Business" Position: "We Need a President who Understands Business" – Video 11/1/12
Here is a new Mitt Romney web ad that reaches out to Hispanic voters, featuring key Republican leaders like Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov. Susana Martinex and others.
New Mitt Romney Web Ad Reaches out to Hispanic Voters: "We can Revive the American Dream" – Video 10/31/12
Here is a new Mitt Romney ad showing the kind "Change" Barack Obama has brought to America when it comes to Energy Prices.
New Romney Ad Shows the Kind of "Change" Obama has brought to America in Higher Energy Prices – Video 10/30/12
Here's a strong new ad from Mitt Romney going after votes in Pennsylvania! Polls have tightened there, and this ad hammers Barack Obama's War on Coal.
New Romney Ad Running in Pennsylvania Hammers Obama and His War on Coal – Video 10/30/12
This is a GREAT web ad! A positive, optimistic message that has the feel of a winning campaign.
New Romney Web Ad: "Momentum" – Video 10/24/12
Here's a great new Mitt Romney ad featuring one of his best moments from the final 2012 Presidential Debate. It focuses on Mitt Romney's smackdown of President Obama for his Apology Tour upon taking office, a tour that he pointed out skipped over Israel.
New Mitt Romney Ad Highlights Romney's Debate Smackdown of Obama's "Apology Tour" – Video 10/23/12
Here is a powerful new Mitt Romney ad that goes after Barack Obama's failed Foreign Policy, featuring Obama's almost Messianic claim in 2008 he would stop the rise of the ocean levels and enable the planet to be "healed." That rhetoric is juxtaposed with the reality of Obama's weakness in the Middle East and towards Russia. Obama's whispering assurances to the Russian President that he would have "more flexibility" after the election is also featured.
This just might be a preview of what Mitt Romney will hammer on in tonight's Foreign Policy debate. It would be a great moment is Romney point-blank asked Obama what he intends to do with the "flexibility" of a second term that he does not want the American people to know about before the election?
New Romney Ad Features Obama's 2008 Vow to "Heal the Planet" and His Whispered Assurance to the Russians He would "have more Flexibility" after the Election – Video 10/22/12
Here's a great new Mitt Romney ad that hammers Barack Obama for his failure to get things done to turn the u.S. Economy around. The ad closes with, "Some can't live up to their promises. Others find a way."
New Romney Ad Hammers Obama's Failed Leadership: Real Leaders "Find a Way" – Video 10/21/12
Since Barack Obama won't tell anyone what he will do in a second term as President, a new Mitt Romney ad fills in the blanks on what will happen if Obama is re-elected.
New Romney Ad: "Five Reasons We can't Afford Four More Years of Barack Obama" – Video 10/20/12
Here's a great new Mitt Romney ad that has Romney making the case the America needs leadership that can get things done on a bi-partisan basis. Obama has proven he cannot and will not do that. Romney has a proven track record of working across the aisle to get things done. Time's Mark Halperin says this will be the theme of Romney's "closing argument" over the last two weeks of the Campaign.
Notice the facial expressions from Obama as Romney gives this argument. Perfect for making the case Obama won't do any better in a 2nd Term at working across the aisle.


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Outspoken director Spike Lee has made some new enemies since The Hollywood Reporter last month published his controversial letter lambasting the exclusion of black characters in Mel Gibson's The Patriot.
"I've been getting a lot of hate mail lately," he confesses to TV Guide Online. Among those not amused with Lee's published rant is Patriot screenwriter Robert Rodat, who offered what Lee describes as "a weak rebuttal" in the Hollywood trade paper.
But Lee has already moved on to a new target, Paramount, which, in conjunction with MTV Films, is releasing his latest project, The Original Kings of Comedy. Lee and co-producer Walter Latham say they're disappointed with the lack of promotion and distribution for the comedy concert pic, which stars funnymen Steve Harvey, Cedric "The Entertainer", D.L. Hughley and Bernie Mac.
"Paramount considers it a small picture and believes it should be treated like a small picture," complains Latham, who put up some of the financing on the $3 million pic. "Why? Because it's black actors who they've never heard of and it's a 'black' film and should be treated like a 'black' film. Every film they compare [us] to are other black films."
Lee and Latham say the situation is no different than Paramount's handling of The Wood, a movie with a black cast that died a quick death last year at the box office. Lee doesn't understand the need to compare black-oriented films to each other, but has a theory: "White America is still in a mode of thinking that all African-Americans are the same. We all look alike, talk alike, dress alike, whatever. We're all one lump-in group together."


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The Most Fantastical Parade
I thought I'd ressurect this fun post from last year because you all enjoyed it so much and it's so pretty!
Last week my senses were overcome by the fantastical new Magic Kingdom Festival of Fantasy Parade at Walt Disney World. I've lived in Central Florida since third grade and been here through many parades and this one is unlike any other I have seen. I remember 25 Years of Disney Magic, that one was so moving it made me cry, it seemed so special and was held during a special time in my life. But it was nowhere near as grande as Festival of Fantasy.
It's So Big!
One of the things that makes Festival of Fantasy so over the top is the size. Some of the floats are as much as three stories high and I assure you they all look that tall from where you'll be standing. This time around the parade will focus on both the Disney and Pixar films including characters such as Rapunzel from Tangled and Merida from Brave and of course Frozen and old favorites like Pinocchio, Peter Pan and Sleeping Beauty. I personally love Jiminy Cricket, he has always been a favorite and a hard to catch character and he makes an appearance in the parade!
The costumes are over the top in the best way ever. It took 10 costume houses in eight cities and 2 countries to pull this together. That's a lot of people and a lot more work. Things had to be sculpted, hand curled, cut out, bedazzled, glued back on and the list just goes on and on. But the good part is that it shows while you are watching the parade. These are by far the best costumes we've seen, ever, in a Walt Disney World parade. Festival of Fantasy certainly lives up to its name.
And of course as I'm sure you've heard, Maleficent makes a fiery appearance. And by appearance I mean she rolls up as a Steampunk Metal Dragon that breathes fire. Breathes fire ya'll. She is awesome. Prince Phillip is there to slay her but Aurora/Sleeping Beauty is nowhere to be seen which breaks my heart since she is my favorite (she gets to sleep all the time and no one judges her for it).
*I was invited into Disney complimentary to view the parade. All the opinions are my own. Jiminy Cricket is a legend. Seriously, he's your conscience so listen closely when he tells you that disclosing for every little thing isn't necessary.


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Charlotte (N.C.) Vance cornerback Nolan Corpening pulled down his first scholarship recently. The 5-foot-10, 170-pounder is intrigued as his recruiting is on the rise.
"I just got an offer from Air Force earlier this week, that is my first one and it's a Division I offer," he said. "I was surprised. I was really happy cause the first one is the hardest."
What does Corpening think about Air Force?
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"I know that I have to stay in the Air Force for four years after graduation, but the scholarship is worth $475,000 and they get a stipend."
While he's considering the option, Corpening is looking at other schools as well.
"I get letters from Missouri and Georgia Tech every week," he said. "I know Clemson talks to my coach about me a lot and Wake Forest knows about me. I'm really cool with the recruiter there.
"I'm not sure about the situation with them. A lot of the schools want me to go to camps. I'm supposed to go to Wake Forest on the second, I plan on going to Maryland's camp, NC State, Clemson and team 7-on-7 camps."
Corpening likes one school, but maintains no favorites.
"I like Clemson, but I really don't have a No. 1, 2 or 3," he said. "I like Clemson cause one of our players visited there and we got to go down and experience everything. I liked it, the environment and how the coaches coach."
For Corpening, he is looking for a few things in his future school.
"A lot of time I look at the number of corners they have on the roster and whether I'll redshirt my freshman year," he said. "I'm look at the environment of how the town is and how the coaches coach. I'd prefer to stay in the south from Georgia to Virginia. I like the heat. I also want to pursue engineering, since I'm taking that at Vance now."
Playing both ways, the Charlotte corner posted 44 tackles, 10 pass breakups and one interception on defense. He added first team all-conference honors at wideout with 643-yards and nine scores.
"I did really well," he said. "I think I showed my ball skills, my awareness and reaction last year. My quickness stands out too. I have the hips to play corner."
Corpening is getting looks for track as well since he runs the 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles and the long jump. He is third in the region in the long jump at this time.


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Clarity needed on school funding
Sunday's Banner-Herald editorial page included commentaries from two local columnists on local and state public school expenditures that left me wondering a bit.
On the one hand, columnist Myra Blackmon used aggregate numbers that indicated Clarke County school funding has declined due to reductions in state funding. She noted that state funding for Clarke County's public schools has been cut by $33 million over the past six years. She also noted that Georgia legislators have enacted a law that, in effect, lets parents get a tax credit for private or religious school tuition. Money could then be taken from counties to fund these schools.
On the other hand, columnist James Garland wrote that per-pupil spending in Clarke County increased from $7,383.78 in the 2000 fiscal year to $11,811.08 in the 2011 fiscal year. That's an increase of 59.96 percent, more than the total rate of inflation over this time period — and those figures take into account the decline in total school funding.
So how does this occur? Do we have fewer students among whom to divide this funding? Is the system infrastructure getting larger and more expensive? What portion of district expenditures have taken a larger share of the pie? Or do these figures take into account the local sales tax funding with which the school system has been blessed? We know teachers are not getting these increases.
My thoughts on this have to do with the instruction the students are getting. I have a grandson who has just completed eighth grade. I've been pleased with his progress, but it's taken a lot of encouragement and help with homework. With the exception of two teachers, over an eight-year period I've been pleased with his instruction. One of his teachers willingly took time to tutor me in middle school math so I could help him. Somehow I wish we could give more "pats on the back" to our teachers and provide more competitive salaries. Speaking as a former high school and college teacher, teaching is hard work, but rewarding.
Can the administration do a better job of explaining these points? Let's don't go down the road of widespread private schools — funded by public money — and leave part of the student population to fend for itself. If you think education is expensive, what is the end result of poor education?
Bill Givan


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LABOUR was today heading for an electoral bloodbath, as early analysis of local council polls put Conservatives as many as 20 points ahead nationally.
After about 50 results, David Cameron's party had a 44 per cent projected national share of the vote, against just 24 per cent for Labour - the lowest in recent history.
The margin was similar to the drubbing received by John Major in council elections in 1995, two years before he was ejected from Downing Street by Tony Blair.
Senior Tory aides described the results as ''a significant step foward'' which showed that Britain was ready for a change in Government.
They will heighten pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who has seen his party perform worse than it did under Tony Blair in Labour's low point of 2004, when most of the seats contested yesterday were last up for grabs.
Yesterday's polls for English and Welsh councils, the London Assembly and London Mayor were the first large-scale opportunity for voters to give their verdict on Mr Brown through the ballot box since his move to 10 Downing Street last summer.
Results announced overnight will intensify speculation that Labour's Ken Livingstone is facing the fight of his life against Tory Boris Johnson in the race for the London mayoralty, due to declare this evening.
In a highly symbolic development, Conservatives won control of Bury in Greater Manchester to plant their flag within the Labour heartlands in the North.
The Tories also gained Nuneaton and Bedworth in Warwickshire from Labour and West Lindsey in Lincolshire from the Liberal Democrats, while taking Harlow in Essex, Elmbridge in Surrey, Maidstone in Kent and Wyre Forest in Worcestershire from no overall control.
Liberal Democrats were celebrating reasserting control over Hull, which they first won last year only to see it slip from their hands because of councillors defecting. Nick Clegg's party also took St Albans from no overall control.


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Britain allays India's visa concernsAugust 23rd, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) British Immigration Minister Damian Green Monday assured India that Britain's new cap on skilled labour was not designed to bar skilled professionals and stressed that key stakeholders in business and education sectors will be consulted to smoothen the visa process.
Green, who is currently on a three-day visit to India, met Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and allayed concerns of the Indian business over the British government's annual cap on immigration from non-European Union countries, said sources privy to talks.
Sharma reiterated India's worries that the proposed changes have the potential to hurt economic engagement between the two countries.
Green also interacted with officials of the British visa office at the British high commission as well as the visa application office at Nehru Place.
He leaves for Chandigarh Tuesday morning on a day-long visit during which he is expected to meet Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and P.S. Gill, Director General of Police, Punjab.
Green plans to hold extensive consultations with key persons associated with business and education sectors in India on Wednesday when he returns to New Delhi.
Green's discussions with Indian leaders and officials are part of the broader consultation exercise to make the British visa process more efficient, Marcus Winsely, spokesperson of the British high commission, told IANS.
Before embarking on his visit, Green had said: "I look forward to using my visit to explain the changes under way in the UK's immigration system and the reasons for them."
- Britain may limit non-EU immigrants - Jan 21, 2011
- UK decision to cap non-EU immigrants may hit Indian students - Sep 06, 2010
- British immigration minister to visit India - Aug 22, 2010
- Immigration policy not to put barriers: Britain - Aug 25, 2010
- UK's new proposals to protect Brit workers may hit skilled Indian migrants - Feb 08, 2011
- Britain talks tough on abuse of visa rules - Aug 24, 2010
- Britain to open deputy high commission in Chandigarh - May 23, 2012
- After Cameron, more high-profile visits from Britain - Jul 30, 2010
- Many skilled migrants in Britain work in lowly posts - Oct 28, 2010
- 160,000 Britons lost jobs to migrants in five years - Jan 11, 2012
- UK Immigration Minister meets Ravi to discuss immigration policy - Aug 25, 2010
- UK allays India's AfPak concerns, confident of special ties - Jul 27, 2010
- Britain allays India's AfPak concerns, confident of special ties (Lead) - Jul 28, 2010
- Only 25 pc 'highly skilled migrants' from India, Pak end up in top job in UK, says report - Oct 28, 2010
- British workers losing jobs to immigrants - Aug 23, 2010


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We'll keep track of today's D-League assignments and recalls here, with any additional moves added to the top:
- The Mavs have recalled Jared Cunningham from the D-League, the team announced via press release. Cunningham had been with the Texas Legends ever since his January 28th assignment, and he's produced 15.3 points in 34.5 minutes per game over 15 D-League contests in two stints with the Legends this season. The 24th overall pick last June has barely seen action for the big club in Dallas, appearing in eight games for a total of 26 minutes.
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If you thought the popularity surrounding History Channel's "The Bible" had run its course, consider the fact that producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey are reportedly in talks to create a three-hour feature film. And plans for a follow-up television series may be in the works as well.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, theaters across the globe have already made offers to show the project, which is apparently complete. The release of the film is expected to come in the fall, with the majority of its focus on Christianity's central figure: Jesus Christ.
"We're cutting a movie version right now, a three-hour version of Jesus and [we have] many, many offers from theaters globally," Burnett said in an interview with the Reporter.
"We've already done it. It's just a matter of choosing exactly [how to release it]," Burnett added, according to Entertainment Weekly (these latter comments were made during an NBC Universal event).
The project will reportedly be a condensed version of the series that already aired on History — but for those looking for fresh, new content, Burnett and Downey likely won't disappoint.
Entertainment Weekly explains:
Meanwhile, Burnett confirms he's working on a follow-up to The Bible, which he later estimated could be more than a year from release. "I have scripts in my bag that I just received today for what's next," he said. "Clearly we are people of faith, so it's not a show to us. And to all those people who rolled our eyes at us three years ago and said, 'No one is going to watch the Bible on TV,' we're glad they were wrong, and we feel blessed."
He adds: "It's going to be a bunch of episodes in the same world because we feel there's a void and we're filling that void."
Burnett also noted that the DVD of the series sold a year's worth of projected units in just six days.
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The moment President Reagan's signature dried on the 1986 tax reform, two things doubtlessly happened. One, the anti-growth lobby started dreaming up credits, deductions, rate changes, and other tweaks to gum up the code. Two, policy wonks and politicos started planning the next grand tax reform. Fast forward 25 years, and it seems both groups are still hard at it. No deficit panel, commission, or any defensible set of fiscal policy recommendations would be complete without proposing fundamental tax reform. Everyone seems to agree that what we have is bad and we should lower the rates and broaden the base.
But what does that get you?
A better tax code would be good for the economy, but by how much? When staring the massive U.S. debt square in the face, this is no longer an abstract concern — especially for the 12 people locked in a Capitol room to deal with it. According to the CBO, if GDP gets one percentage point higher over ten years, the federal government gets a $310 billion windfall: $266 billion in higher tax revenue and $46 billion in interest savings, offset by $2 billion in higher direct spending.
A little growth can go a long way.
How much growth is likely? To make things simple, we concentrate on revenue-neutral tax reforms. The level of taxation is, in the end, a political decision and not an analytic one. And revenue-neutrality puts aside the distracting debate over tax cuts paying for themselves (they typically don't).
While there isn't a consensus on the ideal tax reform, there are a range of estimates that encompass the options in broadening the base and lowering rates.
A widely cited study by highly respected economists David Altig, Alan Auerbach, Laurence Kotlikoff, Kent A. Smetters, and Jan Walliser simulated multiple tax reforms. They found that GDP could by as much as 11 percent higher from tax reform. Not surprisingly, the highest growth rate was associated with a consumption-based tax system that avoided double-taxing the return to saving and investment.
The study also simulated a "clean," revenue-neutral income tax that would eliminate all deductions, loopholes, etc.; and lower the rate to a single low rate. By eliminating progressive marginal rates, it is probably biased toward growth, but income taxes are not as pro-growth as consumption taxes, leading to a slight bias against. So it seems like a good place to start.
According to their study, this reform raised GDP by 5.1 percent over ten years. So, with 5.1 percent higher GDP and CBO's rule of thumb, the reform would reduce the deficit by roughly $1.5 trillion — revenues up by about $1.4 trillion, direct spending up by $10 billion, and interest down over $230 billion. That would more than meet the supercommittee's mandate. Everyone could shake hands and go home.
That probably represents the upper bound for any serious policy discussion. Eliminating all credits and deductions and flattening the rate is probably not going to be the product of the deficit committee. However, with time so short, one possibility would be to simply turn to an existing product — the 2005, a bipartisan tax reform commission
Among its proposals was the Growth and Investment Tax Plan. This was a simple plan with three low rates. It retains individual taxes on capital gains and dividends, but on the business side goes to a cash flow tax. So admittedly, it may be more forward-leaning than what we can expect, but it retains several tax expenditures and is similar in rate structure to the Simpson-Bowles plan. The Treasury Department at the time estimated this would yield about 2.4 percent in higher GDP. That would reduce deficit by nearly $750 billion ($638 billion in higher revenues, $5 billion in higher direct spending, and over $100 billion in interest savings). That's more than halfway to the $1.2 trillion needed to avoid the sequester.
Now you may be a skeptic of theories and commissions. If so, look to1986 as an example. As Kevin Hassett noted in recent testimony, according to a study by Victor Fuchs, Alan Krueger, and James Poterba, the 1986 tax reform produced about one percentage point higher growth over a long period, according to the consensus view of surveyed economists. Going back to CBO's rule of thumb, a reform that generated this impact would yield $266 billion in higher revenue, $2 billion more in direct spending and less in interest by $46 billion — lowering the deficit by $310 billion. Certainly not earth-shattering, but not too bad for government work.
The bottom line is really simple: The improvement in long-run economic growth from tax reform cannot solve the U.S. debt crisis. But it can make a real difference.
Finally, if tax reform jump-starts the moribund recovery, this will add to the beneficial growth effects by getting the U.S. more quickly back to full employment. According to CBO, projected GDP doesn't converge with potential GDP until about the third quarter of 2016. If we assume that a pro-growth tax reform gets us there two years earlier, this translates to 0.6 percentage points in higher growth per year. Plug that into the CBO's rule of thumb and the supercommittee can definitely go home with a job well done.


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Classical Music | Music for Quartet
Sergei Prokofiev
String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op.92Play
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Recorded on 02/04/2009, uploaded on 03/16/2009
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When the war engulfing the rest of the European continent came to the Soviet Union with Nazi Germany's brutal hammer stroke in 1941, Sergei Prokofiev, along with many other artists, were evacuated away from the major cities and the Nazi's ruthless advance. In August of that year, Prokofiev was taken to Nalchik, the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic in the North Caucasus, some nine hundred miles south of Moscow. Prokofiev inevitably was exposed to the folk music of Nalchik during his stay. Though he rarely turned to folk melodies for inspiration, Prokofiev did so at the behest of a government official when he composed his Second String Quartet in F major. Yet, despite the infusion of native music and the imitation of Middle Eastern and Caucasian sonorities, the quartet remains distinctly Prokofievian, and does not fail to lose the composer's characteristic buoyancy or wit.
In three movements, the Second String Quartet spans less than half an hour. The Allegro sostenuto first movement features two animated themes making it blithe and jocular, despite the shadows that appear during its development section. The following Adagio is exotic and mesmerizing with the Middle Eastern influences of its opening theme, but turns more playful during its middle episode. Buoyant and jocular, the Finale provides a boisterous conclusion to the Quartet. Its energetic drive persists relentlessly through the movement, unaffected by the ominous clouds that attempt to overshadow its rowdy mood and serve as the only hint of the war that had driven Prokofiev to this exotic land. Joseph DuBose
More music by Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Sonata No. 1 in f minor
Piano Concerto No.2 In G Minor Op.16
Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet
Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, op.119
Piano Concerto no. 2 in g minor, Op. 16
Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet
Sonata No. 9 in C major, op. 103
March from the opera "Love to the three oranges"
Five pieces from the ballet Romeo and Juliet for viola and piano
Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major, Op. 84
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String Quartet No. 12 in c minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
String Quartet in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
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Experienced Surfers ONLY! Lonesomes is an awesome right when it decided to work! It's a fickle big-wave break and can hold size up to about triple-o.
DistanceTake a car
WalkInstant access (< 5min)
Easy to find?Easy to find
Public access?Public access
Special accessDon't know
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperiencePros or kamikaze only...
FrequencySometimes break
BottomReef (coral,sharp rocks etc..) with sand
PowerFast, Powerful, Ledgey
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell directionNorthWest, West
Good wind directionEast, NorthEast
Swell sizeStarts working at Over 3.5m / 12ft and holds up to 5m / 16 ft and over
Best tide positionLow and mid tide
Best tide movementFalling tide
Week crowdEmpty
Week-end crowdEmpty
- Rips / undertow
- Rocks
- Sharks
The takeoff zone is in front of where the dunes end into the cove and way outside. You do not want to get caught inside here! Myself included, many have broken boards here, and had to scamper up the dry reef.
Like all waves inside of Montana De Oro, it is ALWAYS BIGGER THAN IT LOOKS! And just like all the other waves it also requires a bigger board than you think to get into the wave. Something like a 9'0' is comfortable but many go bigger.
Takeoff is the most critical here. It rarely closes out, but the peak can shift further out during the bigger sets so stay towards the open cove more to stay on the safer side.
You'll never see more than 6 guys out here. Two reasons, one - it hardly ever breaks year round, and two - when it is breaking clean enough to surf, all the other big-wave spots are going off as well.
It is mostly a big drop with a short shoulder ride, but you can 'challenge' your wave selection ability and ride much further in if you can make the small flat section where the wave begins to back off.
Be warned though, riding in much futher and not paying close attention, you will quickly find yourself in a small racy barrel with reef going dry below your huge 9' gun. Try manuevering and your liable to kick out into a rock.
On lower tide, it breaks much further from the cliffs which is comfortable. During high tide, the takeoff zone is too close to the cliffs for most people's comfort level and it becomes unsurfable.
If you know what your doing out there it shows, and the locals realize this. You'll be chased out in no-time if your kooking it or they think you might die out there for your lack of ability to surf the heavy wave.
It takes a big swell to get it going and the right winds! Most locals watch the cove for an hour before making the decision to paddle out. So don't jump the gun and paddle out first just because nobody else is out. There is usually a reason!
Be patient! It's a fickle spot and sometimes the sets are very long in between and just like all heavy big-wave spots, wave choice is critical.
If you feel that you need a much more close look, bring your binoculars or walk the trail that goes along the top of the dunes on the North Side of the Cove. You can walk all the way out to the top of the dunes and watch Lonesomes break straight away.
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By Anonymous , 01-09-2010
- Pretty fun. Only surfed it 6-8 foot. When it's like that watch out you don't get washed into the rock in the middle of the cove that everyone climbs on: there are some caves that if you get washed into you won't make it out alive.
Just a novelty spot, and very dangerous to boot. Hardly ever breaks and really sharky. I love it!
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soooo gooood bro.... - Perfect for a longboard. Hot chicks on the beach. Great vibes all around. Tell all your friends.
By i rode to texas , 15-12-2005
just visiting - i'm from orange county, it's nice to hear of a spot called lonesomes. down here we have someloans. interesting, yes?
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Vanessa is wise beyond her years. She's never really fit in at school, where all the kids act and dress the same. She's an artist who expresses her talent in the wacky colors she dyes her hair, her makeup and clothes. She's working on her biggest art project, and counting the days until she's grown up and can really start living. That adult world seems closer when Vanessa gets her dream job at the art supply store, Palette, where she worships the couple who runs… (more)
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