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"For the first time in over a week, CBS covered the murder trial of abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell on Wednesday's CBS This Morning. But instead of a full report, as on April 15 [1], Norah O'Donnell read a news brief that lasted just 13 seconds on the trial judge dismissing three of the murder charges against the Philadelphia physician -- audio available here.
ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today on Wednesday failed to cover this noteworthy development in the case. Neither broadcast network has aired one second of reporting on the Gosnell trial on their morning and evening newscasts.
Dan Stamm and Maryclaire Dale of NBC's Philadelphia affiliate, WCAU, reported on Tuesday [3] that the doctor's attorney, Jack McMahon, "was able to convince the judge to drop three first-degree murder charges against Gosnell." On Wednesday, Dale noted in a follow-up report [4] that "Judge Jeffrey Minehart had ruled...that prosecutors over the past month failed to make a case on three of the seven first-degree murder counts, involving aborted babies known as Baby B, Baby C and Baby G. On Wednesday, Minehart clarified that he did not intend to dismiss charges related to Baby C, which former employee Lynda Williams admits killing after it was alive for 20 minutes."
NBC has reported on the Gosnell case online, but has yet to give any on-air news briefs or full reports, despite the gruesome details of this case that have emerged since the grand jury issued its report in 2011. Conservative commentator Peggy Noonan actually broke through NBC's blackout [5] on the case on the March 31, 2013 episode of Meet the Press.
Today anchor Savannah Guthrie also asked President Obama [6] if he had been "watching the Gosnell trial" on April 17, 2013, and wondered if "it animates a larger debate about abortion in this country". But neither mention of the case from Noonan and Guthrie has led to any actual reporting on the case from NBC.
On Monday, the MRC's Matt Philbin documented [7] that in the month-plus since the Gosnell trial began, the Big Three networks' newscasts have covered celebrity news items such as actor Dick Van Dyke's bizarre head throb and West Wing star Alan Alda teaching acting to scientists, while all but ignoring the proceedings against the accused murderer.
The transcript of Norah O'Donnell's news brief from Wednesday's CBS This Morning:
NORAH O'DONNELL: The Philadelphia Inquirer says the judge in the trial of abortion Doctor Kermit Gosnell has dismissed three of seven murder counts. The judge has not stated why. Gosnell is accused of killing babies born alive, and the remaining counts will go to the jury." -- Matthew Balan

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At Melbourne Zoo, we offer a range of services and facilities designed to make your visit with us more enjoyable.
Our services include a range of delicious food options from bistro dining to eating on the go, gift and souvenir shopping, function and venue hire, wheelchair and pusher hire, first aid, guided tours and carousel rides.
Parents' room
Our parents' room provides all the essentials you need to handle a day out with small children. We have a kitchenette, sinks, toilets, and private breastfeeding rooms – and children can interact with the purpose-built play-wall.
Where to eat
At Melbourne Zoo, we cater for every taste and budget – from adults looking for delicious bistro meal to kids looking for a snack on-the-go, and everything in between.
Functions and venue hire
Melbourne Zoo offers four flexible indoor venues (catered) and an array of outdoor spaces (catered or non catered), including award-winning gardens, terraces, lawns and picnic pavilions to hire.
Find out about all we can offer to make your next function a success.
Free guided tours
Enjoy a free guided tour around the Zoo with our friendly volunteer guides. Tours are subject to availability.
For impromptu tours on the day please check availability at Melbourne Zoo Reception, located at the front gate, or the Information Office, located at the Rail Gate.
Guide mobile tours
If you are mobility-impaired, we have guide mobile tours available from our friendly volunteer guides.
The guide mobile is an electric vehicle that carries up to three passengers at a time. It travels at walking pace, so carers can tour along on foot. As this is a volunteer-led service, guide mobile tours are subject to the availability of volunteers. Please note there are safety limitations on where the guide mobile can travel through the Zoo grounds and the tour runs for approximately one hour.
For impromptu tours on the day please check availability at Melbourne Zoo Reception, located at the front gate, or the Information Office, located at the Rail Gate.
Zoo shops
Make your visit last by bringing home a souvenir – or a gift for a loved one.
We offer an extensive range, including t-shirts, handmade jewellery, toys and books. All profits contribute to providing world-class care of our animals.
Our gift shops are located near the main and rail exits, at Wild Sea, Bugs & Butterflies and at Trail of the Elephants, where you'll find a unique range of elephant souvenirs and Asian handicrafts.
Our shops are open every day of the year.
Melbourne Zoo's carousel was built in England in 1878 and imported to Australia in the 1880s. It travelled the show circuit until 1963, before it finally arrived at Melbourne Zoo. It was lovingly restored, with the help of Heritage Victoria, in 2005.
Bring along the kids for for some old-fashioned fun. Open 11.30am–2pm (weekends, public holidays and school holidays). Closing times may vary, depending on visitor demand.
Rides are $3.50 each (GST inclusive).
Wheelchairs and pushers
Melbourne Zoo has an easy-to-follow pathway system, with access for people using wheelchairs and pushers.
Limited wheelchairs and pushers are also available for hire. Photographic identification is required.
- Wheelchair cost: Free hire, bookings essential. Tel: (03) 9285 9300
- Pusher cost: $20 (GST inclusive)
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Who says the sky is falling?
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This isn't about the earthquake, the hurricanes, tornadoes or even the September rain. It's about the nagging negativity that's becoming temptingly pervasive in our culture. Who says the sky is falling?
For some, it is as simple as blaming the media. After all, everyone seems to think that bad news sells better than good news. On the other hand, the majority of newspapers are losing circulation, so maybe it's not quite so simple. The media report the events of the day, who's done and said what to whom. Two observations:
1) Shooting the messenger isn't a very original strategy, and
2) Good news is perhaps less memorable.
We are all conditioned to learn from bad examples. That's why there are child-protective covers for electrical outlets and also why one learns quickly not to touch a hot stove. Wouldn't the world be a better place if we learned just as quickly from good examples? Unfortunately, pleasure isn't as tightly connected to our survival instincts as pain.
Conventional wisdom is that the world has pessimists and optimists — people who see the glass as half empty or as half full. This isn't necessarily as much a matter of predilection as it is one of choice. For example, a lot of business success arises from either persistence or luck. For the part that comes from persistence, phrases like, "Problems are opportunities," do a lot to get us through the day. We really do get to choose. Starting the morning thinking, "Today will be a good day," really does make a noticeable difference.
Technology, transportation and high-speed communications have all helped to create an increasingly global marketplace. We live in a world that looks more at macroeconomic trends than microeconomic ones. Rarely does a day go by without hearing concerns about the European debt crisis and its impact on the global economy. Our financial markets hinge more on the words of politicians and central bankers than on the actual results of the companies that make up their markets.
When it comes to the sky falling, it's not unfair to associate such negative sentiments with the world of partisan politics. Recent events in Washington and elsewhere have made it increasingly clear that there is a great divide between what is required to win elections and what is required to govern effectively.
Increasingly fractious political parties make nominations and campaign funding unlikely for anyone who fails to embrace party orthodoxy. Voters are less likely to come from the center than they are from the fringe, especially in less-noticed local elections where new candidates begin to build their careers. Political positions are no longer built upon the qualities of candidates. Instead they rely on the shortcomings of the opposition. If there is anywhere that deserves credit for taking strength from bad news it is the political arena.
Moving from the global to the local level, there is evidence that the economy is getting better. According to CNBC, 71 percent of S&P 500 companies reported second-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates, 9 percent reported earnings that were in line with expectations, and only 20 percent were below projections. The estimated earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 for the third quarter is 15.6 percent.
Looking at Virginia's largest 10 public companies by revenue, seven of them reported better earnings in the first half of 2011 than during the first half of last year.
Getting even more local, the number of ad pages in Virginia Business has significantly increased during the past couple of years. This is not just about the good fortune of the magazine; it's an indicator of growth for the commonwealth's economy.
So, who says the sky is falling? At Virginia Business we really don't see the world that way. Outside of the circus-like political arena, there is very little to be gained from negative thinking. Things are getting better. It may be slow, but the economic recovery has been under way for some time. Scaremongering thoughts of double-dips don't help anyone and certainly won't lead to positive outcomes.
When it comes to shaping results, we really do get to choose. Next month, we'll have statewide elections for the General Assembly. Regardless of which candidates or parties you might support, please make sure to participate in the democratic process. It really does make a difference.


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Seed treatments continue to be a hot market in the crop protection business. Growers are buying products offering increased disease and insect packages to protect high-priced seed and to help ensure top yields.
"The market for seed treatments is really taking hold," says Palle Pedersen, technical crop manager for Syngenta Seedcare. "We know the yield benefits to early planting. But with early planting there are early stresses that can impact yield. Seed treatments help battle those early disease and insect stresses. And farmers are demanding new combinations that help get them better yields."
Crop protection companies have responded with an impressive lineup of new products.
Bayer CropScience
Bayer's Poncho/Votivo seed treatment, which received registration from the EPA for use in corn and soybeans last spring, combines Poncho 500 with the company's Votivo seed treatment. Votivo is a specific bacteria strain that colonizes roots upon germination and creates a biological barrier of protection against nematodes. It provides protection to withstand early season nematode feeding and is effective against all major plant-parasitic nematodes, including lance, lesion, needle, root-knot and soybean cyst nematodes.
Stratego YLD is a triazole fungicide for long-lasting disease protection in corn and soybeans. It offers two different modes of action for broad-spectrum control. Stratego YLD's water-based SC formulation is compatible with most crop protection products, including herbicides, insecticides and adjuvants. Application in corn is recommended from VT (tasseling) to early R2 (blister). For soybeans, application is recommended at early flowering (R1) to full pod (R4) and prior to disease onset. Use rates range from 4 to 5 oz./acre in corn and 4 to 4.65 oz./acre in soybeans.
Bayer has finalized a licensing agreement with Heads Up Plant Protectants for access to Heads Up seed treatment. Heads Up contains a naturally occurring substance extracted from Chenopodium species. When applied to soybean seed, Heads Up triggers the crops' defense systems against diseases upon germination. When used with seed-applied fungicides, Heads Up brings an additional mode of action to protect young soybeans from soil diseases that are present in the environment when soybeans are traditionally planted.
Syngenta Seedcare has increased its portfolio of seed treatments for both corn and soybeans for 2011.
Maxim Quattro seed treatment fungicide is a four-way formulation that combines mefenoxam, fludioxonil and azoxystrobin with thiabendazole, an active ingredient newly registered as a seed treatment on corn. The fourth mode is systemic and cleans up surface and internal pathogens. Maxim Quattro guards against seed- and soilborne diseases, including a broad spectrum of Fusarium species, to help decrease mycotoxin levels. It will be sold as a component of Avicta Complete Corn nematicide/insectidice/fungicide or CruiserMaxx 250 Corn insecticide/fungicide.
"With thiabendazole we are moving our corn fungicide package up to an even higher level," Pedersen says. "It is a great product for seedborne diseases and provides broad-spectrum control."
CruiserMaxx Plus insecticide/fungicide seed treatment is a new formulation for use on soybeans. It combines Cruiser insecticide with Maxim and Apron XL fungicide at a higher rate of mefenoxam for increased protection against Pythium and Phytophthora. It provides protection against a broad spectrum of soil-dwelling and foliar-feeding insect pests, as well as all major seed- and soilborne disease pathogens.
Avicta 500 FS nematicide has been approved for use on soybeans and will be available in a combination called Avicta Complete Beans. This combination includes the separately registered Cruiser seed treatment insecticide and an ApronMaxx seed treatment fungicide. Avicta Complete Beans seed treatment provides protection against all major nematode species, including cyst nematodes, and a broad spectrum of early season insects and diseases.
Avicta Duo Corn and Avicta 500FS are restricted use pesticides.
Stamina F3 HL fungicide seed treatment is now available for use on corn, sorghum, and oats, in addition to wheat, which was previously approved. It contains F500, the same active ingredient in Headline fungicide. The new label for Stamina F3 HL also recognizes the product's ability to improve seedling performance (more rapid and increased emergence) in certain cold weather conditions.
"Seed treatments are an important part of best management practices for growers," says Chris Exton, marketing manager for seed treatments at BASF. "Stamina F3 HL protects seedlings from disease and is proven to help give crops a strong start even in cold growing conditions."
Stoller USA
Bio-Forge ST is a new concentrated formulation of the company's seed treatment. The application rate is reduced by ½ to 2 oz./cwt of seed. It is designed for even seed coverage and ease of application through the seed treater and is compatible with other standard seed treatment chemicals. Bio-Forge ST enhances seed germination, ensures early root growth and reduces early season stresses.
"Our customers are sold on the ROI [return on investment] that Bio-Forge offers; it's a way for them to protect their seed investment," says Jeff Morgan, marketing director for Stoller. "But they were looking for a more concentrated formulation of Bio-Forge to address the concerns inherent with seed treating. We were able to pivot quickly and give them a better tool to do that with Bio-Forge ST."


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Taylor Swift Takes Artist of the Year Honor at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards
Taylor Swift is really cleaning up at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards and she can add Artist of the Year to the laundry list of hardware that she's taking home from Vegas.
She accepted the top honors in her royal blue mini dress from Celine Dion, who looks like she hasn't aged a day in about 20 years. We guess the rhinestone-encrusted 'Haters Gonna Hate' unicorn t-shirt didn't fit the occasion for award acceptance.
Swift was her usual sweet and grateful self, thanking her family and adding that she considered her mom, dad and brother Austin some of her best friends. Awww! She described her music, especially her most recent album 'Red,' as being on total opposite ends of the emotional spectrum -- ranging from love to heartbreak. The '22' songstress told her fans she was forever in their debt for making her music the soundtrack to their emotions. Of course, Swift also gave props to her collaborator and buddy, Ed Sheeran!
Perhaps, T. Swift got the last laugh when she finished her speech with a remark to her fans, "You are the longest and best relationship I've ever had." Ha! Tay Tay's got a sense of humor and she's not afraid to show it! Now that she's poking fun at herself, do you think everyone and their brother might stop with the relationship jokes? As the old adage goes, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!"
The 23-year-old pop star beat Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, One Direction and Rihanna to claim the honor and we can think of no one more deserving of the Artist of the Year honor!


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The rustic ceiling fans absolutely are a perfect match for you who want to accentuate the charm and appeal of rustic design style in the room. Whether it is the rustic ceiling fans with lights or without lights, matching the style of your ceiling fan can ensure that the fixture will never seem out of place when it is installed in your cozy, warm, and inviting rustic room, such as living room or bedroom.
When you are considering rustic ceiling fans to buy, consider the finishes to ensure the fixture can match and feature the right feel and look. You can take a cue from any existing finishes already present in your house. For instance, if the cabinet hardware and door handles are all already in brushed nickel, install a ceiling fan with a complementary finish. Antique bronze, oil-rubbed bronze, matte black and polished pewter are also among popular finish options when it comes to ceiling fans.
Looks aside, it is always important to ensure that your rustic ceiling fans to be optimized so you can get the most out of its use. This means choosing the right ceiling fan size which depends greatly on the size of the room. It is to provide optimum air circulation for the comfort of you and your family. You can take a cue from the recommendations for diameter of ceiling fan provided by Energy Star as your guide. And don't forget to get the ceiling height right so you can decide which mounting option that works best in your room.
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Rihanna Gives Chris Brown Mercedes for His Birthday
Chris Brown will turn 24 on May 5 and his on-off boo Rihanna reportedly gifted him with quite a pricy present – a Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss that's swaggier than a set of Bieber wheels.
Before you go groan and think, "Oh, big deal, a Benz," recognize that this model is so exclusive that only 75 have ever been made. Plus, it's a set of wheels that RiRi customized, adding Breezy's initials to the leather interior. What a thoughtful thing to do.
So while ChRihanna are yet again dogged by "Are they or aren't they?" rumors about the status of their relationship, this gift makes it seem like things are somewhat good.
The ride had a steep price tag – it cost RiRi over a million bucks.
A source told The Daily Mirror (quotes via Contact Music) that "Rihanna has spent more than a million dollars on his main gift - a custom-made car. She's had his initials put on the red leather seats.''
Word is Rihanna is planning another surprise for her man but it's tricky given their schedules. The source said, "It's a surprise. All I can say is she's got a few things up her sleeve. She wants Chris to know how much she loves him and wants him and honestly, she just wants to be with him and let him know she's got his back."
The insider continued, ''Chris treated her so bomb and surprised her with his presence when she turned 25, she wants to be with him badly when he turns 24. She's not going to flat out ask him to be with her -- not on his birthday because she feels that's his day -- but in her heart she wants him with her."
Something tells us despite their chaotic schedules ChRihanna will find a way to celebrate his birthday together, even if it means he has to fly out to wherever she is.
Anyone else notice the irony that she bought him a car and their famous domestic dispute took place in a car in Los Angeles?
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Rasjomanny Puntorg: Resiliencia difundiendo reggae, Vibraciones sustentando biodiversidad (Si no vives para servir, no sirves para vivir).
Nos complace darle la bienvenida a nuestro portal de noticias culturales y sustentables, actualizaciones musicales y avances de proyectos. (Estamos determinando las estrategias de negocios para publicarlas, mil disculpas por los vínculos caídos).
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Jimmy Cliff goes out shooting with 'Rebirth'
I've got one more bullet in my gun, and I can't run.
I've got one more shot left to go, straight from the soul,and I'm in control"
- Jimmy Cliff from the song "One More" on the album "Rebirth"
Like the character he portrayed in a 1972 movie and soundtrack that introduced the world to reggae music, Jimmy Cliff is going out with both of his guns blazing.
From the first song's introductory drum beat, the album "Rebirth" is in the style of Cliff's post-rocksteady, early roots-and-culture reggae. Cliff's tenor is equally upbeat, youthful and passionate.
"I think my voice is sounding better than it sounded then because I've learned to control my notes better," Cliff said by telephone from Austria, where he performed earlier this month. "It's just a matter of practicing in the areas I know I had weaknesses and cut off some of my bad habits like smoking and those kinds of things."
The world's best-known living reggae artist contemplated his mortality, legacy and, moreover, reggae music, treating "Rebirth" as if it would be his final album; the last, if you will, of the many rivers he has crossed. And if Cliff indeed elects to stop recording at the age of 64, he is going out on top. "Rebirth" is a definitive reggae album of the new millennium. The theme of the artist's career remains consistent throughout, a reiteration of how music from Jamaica inspired the world.
"Rebirth" is in the similar vein, he said of his first successful albums, 1969's "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" and 1971's "Another Cycle." Cliff's sound took a different direction after the release of the movie and album "The Harder They Come," which 40 years ago made him reggae's first superstar.
"A lot of fans were saying, Why didn't I stay in the same mode?" Cliff said. "I think I am on the closed chapter on my career and so in order to 'Rebirth,' one has to come back to point zero.
"So that's what I have done on this album. It's a rebirth of my career taking me to another level and also reminding people of the value of that music to this generation and it's also rebirth of the planet earth because we're going through a lot of changes politically, economically, spiritually in all of those ways. So it's all of those considerations is why I call it 'Rebirth.' "
"Rebirth" was produced by Tim Armstrong, who comes from the punk rock genre and is best known for the band Rancid. Cliff is a longtime admirer of punk rock's bent for social and political messages, which he said began in reggae.
"Wherever there is tyranny or political injustice, reggae music is there as the voice of the people standing up for the right of the true life," Cliff said, suggesting a solution in his song "World Upside Down."
"The political system, the social system, the economic system -- all of these things are breaking down and a new era is about to emerge because for the past 2,000 years these systems have outlived their time and the humanity needs a new system in place now," he said. "All the old ways are breaking down are fading away for the new way to begin... They say the world is spinning around but I say the world is upside-down, and I say why?"
Bob Dylan said Cliff's tune "Vietnam" was the greatest protest song ever written. Cliff and Bob Marley are the only reggae artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Cliff learned about Armstrong from the Clash's Joe Strummer, when the two recorded "Over the Border" on Cliff's previous album, 2004's "Black Magic." A victim of heart disease, Strummer's recording session with Cliff was his last.
"He talked about punk music on both sides of the Atlantic and he introduced me to Rancid, which is Tim Armstrong music," Cliff said. "(Armstrong) is a connoisseur of reggae music and he knew all of the instruments that we played. He kind of reminded me of the value of the music that we did then. The value that they still have today and in the future. He woke me up to a lot of things that I had overlooked."
Cliff performed six of the 12 songs on the "Harder They Come" soundtrack. The other six where popular singles released in Jamaica between 1967 and 1972, introducing to an international audience Toots Hibbard and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker and the Melodians.
In the movie, Cliff plays the role of Ivan Martin, an aspiring young singer from the country who struggles to survive in the big city of Kingston. After circumstances lead him to crime, Ivan becomes a fugitive at the same time his song, "The Harder They Come," becomes a hit single.
Written by bassist Paul Simonon, the Clash paid homage to "The Harder They Come" and Cliff's character, Ivan, in a song about oppression in South London, "Guns of Brixton."
When they kick out your front door, how you gonna come? With your hands on your head or on the trigger of your gun? When the law comes in, how you gonna go? Shot down on the pavement or waiting on death row?
Cliff and Armstrong reciprocated by covering "Guns of Brixton" on "Rebirth." That song followed "Bang," which describes the philosophy of Cliff, aka Ivan.
"That's a lesson for life." Cliff said. "Don't be a whimper. It's better to go out fulfilling your dreams... I am living my bang."
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Property Here - Saturday, March 16, 2013
Transforming a basic rural property into a lovely family home and art gallery within beautifully landscaped grounds takes the right people. Like Shelley Chignell, a former landscape-design writer with a passion for art, and her husband Ed, who has outdoor machinery on tap as chief executive of arboricultural company Treescape.
Shelley says, "This has been a wicked family home. And outside the work has all been done - decks, landscaping, pool, paths, plants and mature trees. The gardens are in a really good stage to just enjoy."
Ed was in his late 20s when he bought this Coatesville property in 1987, before he met Shelley, who now works in arts and publishing.
She was editor of More magazine under her maiden name "Clement", wrote about landscape design for Next and later retrained in arts management.
Shelley has fond childhood memories of big gardens. So she and Ed relocated to this property, which had been rented out, when they were living in Onehunga and expecting their first child.
Back then, it was just a simple cottage, a few mature trees, a sheep paddock and a barn, later replaced by Shelley's art gallery business.
After a decade, with children Rory (now 18) and Grace (nearly 16), they outgrew the cottage. At first they planned to extend it, but instead replaced it with a new home designed by George Clarke Architects.
"It was on the same footprint, because I said to my husband, 'I've already done 10 years of landscaping here and we're not wrecking that!"'
Fortunately, their 2003 tradespeople anticipated future regulation changes, building a solid plaster home with large eaves, equipped with full flashing and a cavity system before those features were mandatory.
There's a separate driveway and parking for the Flametree Art Garden and Gallery, Shelley's outdoor art business.
This light-filled exhibition studio with covered front courtyard, rear toilet and storage, could continue as a gallery, become a gym, or be used for another home business.
A driveway leads to the two-storey home, near the gallery's namesake flame tree. Shelley studied Japanese garden design, which is the influence behind floating platforms prefacing the house and gallery that encourage people to "pause and think before you enter a dwelling".
The house relates cleverly to the garden, with views from every window and a pavilion effect when opened up. But it's mainly a functional family home, with loads of room and attractive materials, such as ground-level jarrah floors.
The main open-plan kitchen, dining and family space looks out over a big, level front lawn.
The dual-oven kitchen has cool drinks in an extra fridge, ready to take out to two north-facing decks or the rear in-ground pool and spa.
A sunny extra lounge has recently been a "teenage boy pit", for watching TV, playing computer games and cranking up pool-side music. This level's two bedrooms, family bathroom and big laundry are rounded out by upstairs' third bedroom with en suite and master suite. As well as an en suite and walk-in wardrobe, it offers a quiet parents' retreat - a lounge/study with balcony.
"We have fantastic views," says Shelley.
"And because we're part of a corridor of bush, we have a really big resident population of tui and wood-pigeons."
The established grounds have hosted garden tours, but Shelley's proven the upkeep is manageable - "a day each month or a few hours each fortnight".
Some outdoor art stays with the property. Garden highlights include a fountain courtyard, an outdoor room with chiminea fire, a sunken garden and a vege-flower garden with chook-house.
The double garage incorporates another office and storage.
Now the children are entering university years and Ed's often travelling for Treescapes, the Chignells are moving on.


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LocationTreviso, Province of Treviso, Italy
Concept1st Phase mzc+ (Mario Marchetti, Fabio Zampiero, Giuseppe Cangialosi) 2nd Phase: Amaca Architetti Associati (Carlo Zavan, Monica Bosio, Martina Cafaro, Marco Ferrari)
Project TeamCarlo Zavan, Martina Cafaro, Serena Guadagnini, Elena Cecchetto
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If you meant that Allah shall provide justice, then you are correct and i welcome your comment, as Allah is the supreme judge, but until the commencement of the day of judgement; we humans will have to continue to provide Allah's judgements and justice should be provided according to the wish of Allah SWT.
Now i know that our entire judiciary system is based upon the english law... I am against it ofcorse... But the anti-Islamic rules shall be replaced by the ones of Islamic Shariat... or upon the wishes of Allah... Is this what you meant by the above; implying that i should stop following the country's law?
This is what you have to understand brother man... You can never win an argument based on the punch line of Justice, at least as far as our politicians are concerned. First of all, it is next to impossible to find justice for our political misgivings. Things are just terribly terribly twisted. Besides Justice is such a strong word, that it has been advised by buzurgs not to include Justice in our prayers --- just an FYI. This is one of the reasons I never believed that Imran Khan's PTI would ever get any where.
You have to think for your self here, and think logically and not emotionally. No one in Pakistan can claim to provide justice - if there is one, then he is as stupid as they come.
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The John Giles Foundation aims to facilitate positive social change by using the power of football to build community cohesion, promote health, and encourage lifelong participation and learning.
It will drive fundraising initiatives that will help football clubs, schools, and community groups to raise funds for themselves and for other worthwhile local projects
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Matt Kenseth nipped Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne at the finish line Thursday night to win the first of two Daytona 500 qualifying races.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Matt Kenseth nipped Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne at the finish line Thursday night to win the first of two Daytona 500 qualifying races.
Cole Whitt and Alex Bowman, both rookies, raced their way into the 43-driver field via the available transfer spots. Whitt and Bowman are both rookies.
"It's a huge sigh of relief," said Bowman, who drove a Toyota for BK Racing. "It's huge for me and my family. Shoot, we're in the Daytona 500. It's something I watched every year as a kid."
Whitt battled back in a car that was damaged in Wednesday's practice and had to be rebuilt after teammate Parker Kligerman also wrecked. Kligerman needed a backup car, and Swan Racing only had one, so the team was forced to rebuild Whitt's Toyota.
Kligerman was in the same 150-mile qualifying race as Whitt, but finished 18th and didn't transfer into the Daytona 500. He had to wait for the second Budweiser 150 Mile to see if he made the field.
It was a wild turn of events for Kligerman, who was turned upside down for the first time in his career in Wednesday's wreck, then landed a sponsor for the Daytona 500 in Lending Tree on Thursday morning, then had to sweat out his spot in the "Great American Race."
Kligerman's backup car wasn't as good as his primary, and he struggled on the final lap, when he dropped from ninth to 18th.
"I actually had my wheel all set wrong, so I was fighting with a wheel in the wrong position," he said. "It felt like we were going to have a solid finish there. Then (Greg) Biffle started hitting me in the bumper pretty hard. I looked down and my gauges were flashing. I suddenly started to lose power, lose power, lose power until it was cut off. I pulled down because I didn't want to get wrecked, obviously, because we can make it in on points.
"I tried to see if we could make something happen on the bottom. But we missed it by two or three spots. Hopefully, we get in on points."
Michael McDowell, who has three previous starts in the Daytona 500, was eliminated from the field in the first qualifying race. So was Dave Blaney, who withdrew because he didn't have a backup car after wrecking in Wednesday's practice.


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Earlier today, we reported about Kozani Alekos Athanasiadis, a member of parliament for the Greek ruling PASOK party, who in a radio interview said that he would vote against the medium-term program. Next up is Giorgos Lianis who has just tendered his resignation as a member of Pasok's central committee, but is keeping his parliament seat and will continue to serve as an independent, leaving the ruling Pasok party with 155 MPs. Athens News reports: "Commenting on the public anger over the austerity measures on the Alter television channel late last year, Lianis had declared his intention to leave politics in order to be able to safely "walk the streets." It is uncler what the state of the other 155 or so PASOK members will be when walking the streets should they indeed proceed to go ahead and vote on the medium-term fiscal program, whose discussions begin tomorrow and which is expected to see a vote on June 28. Elsewhere both the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and Radical Left Coalition (Syriza) announced that they will refrain from all Parliamentary procedures that concern the Mid-Term Fiscal Strategy, including participation in the competent committee and the Parliamentary plenary session. A statement issued underlined that "the anti-popular monstrosity is condemned and voted down because it serves the interests of plutocracy and levels off the rights of the workers and the people."
More details on Lianis' decision from Protothema:
Mr. Lianis is expected to make a public statement during the day. At the same time a government communiqué is also expected.
"I no longer believe in the economic policies that we have followed. Since we failed, we have been trying to hide the truth from the people", states the four-page letter from the Florian MP.
"Everyone now admits that our economic policy was wrong. It is up to us to admit our mistake. It is up to us to apologize to the Greek people and to radically change our policies, as hard as that may prove", he states.
Mr. Lianis notes that he voted for Memorandum 1, thinking that otherwise, Greece would go bankrupt and thousands of Greeks would remain unpaid.
"If the medium-term plan is the only thing that can save Greece from destruction, it should be decided on by a nationwide commitment of all parties and all Greeks", he said.
"It would be wonderful for three or four parliament members to be able to save the country each time. Wonderful is one step away from ridiculous. I cannot be coerced to enter the same process again (…). Voting is coercive, and they should be anything but that. I cannot bear the Sisyphic burden that you are putting on our shoulders, while at the same time you baptize us as the country's saviors. This is hypocritical", states Mr. Lianis in the letter.
The MP also mentions the situation of his county, complaining that Florian has the highest unemployment rate in Greece and the European Union. Its train line has been denied since the line between Thessaloniki and Florina was described as sterile. Two sections of the university were closed reducing the students in the county by 2000. Mines are closed, the dam covering ten villages worth of water requirement has been shut down.
"Maybe we are talking about two types of borders" states Giorgos Lianis. "Achievemetns of 25 years of labour, made under your own contribution are either shrunk to nothingness of auctioned off", he underlines, referring directly to the Prime Minister.
"Mr. President, we have humiliated, hurt and wronged the Greek people. A proud people, full of fighting spirit. That's why the people humiliate us now. We have hurt and wronged Florina. I feel the urge to apologize to the Greeks and my compatriots. We have taken human dignity away from them", he includes in his statement.
Last but not least, Mr. Lianis states that he does not intend to run in the upcoming elections and does not intend to resign. "It is neither fitting to my personal believes nor to the voters of Florina, that I would set another parliament member representative of the country. That will only be up to the people of the county in the elections".
Lastly, a third PASOK member appears to have also resigned in symbolic revolt over what increasingly more even within the ruling party are realizing is treason of their own people:
The resignation of former MP and minister Antonis Kotsakas from the PASOK National Council had preceded Mr. Lianis'. In a statement towards the Prime Minister stated that he is quitting "the party formerly known as PASOK", clarifying that "I am not leaving the party. The party left itself".
All this is happening as all eyes turn to Athens tomorrow, where a general strike is expect to paralyze the country, and hundreds of thousands will be piling in front of the Parliament as the protest meetings, so far peaceful, now enter into their 3 week.


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About the time former presidential hopeful Al Gore was picking up his Nobel Peace Prize for scaring the bejeebers out of people about global warming, he was being criticized in Tennessee for the huge amounts of energy being consumed by his mansion in the exclusive Belle Meade subdivision of Nashville.
Seems his 10,000 square-foot home was about as energy efficient as an air-conditioned out house.
So Gore added a few solar panels on the roof, geothermal heating, caulked the windows and replaced light bulbs with energy-efficient ones. The U.S. Green Building Council subsequently sacrificed its reputation as a non-political organization by giving his new home its second highest rating for sustainable design.
Unfortunately, making the 80-year-old house more energy efficient had about as much impact on the environment as dimming the dash lights on a Hummer. Published estimates of the energy costs required to keep the Gores' home comfy after the renovation ranged from 11 percent lower to 10 percent higher.
According to the conservative-leaning Tennessee Center for Policy Research, the Gores' annual utility bill in 2007, after the renovation, was $16,533. When asked the costs of the renovation, a Gore spokesperson declined to divulge figures, but conceded that typical folk like you and me couldn't afford it anyway.
There should be a green slime award given to those who reach high levels of environmental hypocrisy, but I sure wouldn't want to give a bad name to anyone doing admirable work with the stuff. Like the so-called "algaepreneurs," who are investing in algae's potential as a feedstock for biofuel.
Yes, in the beginning, there was algae. And from this algae came oil, and from oil, gasoline, and from gasoline, the ability to get where we need to go really fast. Now we could be making full circle back to algae as an energy source.
According to an article in the San Francisco Business Times, Solazyme Inc., in San Francisco has announced an agreement with the Chevron subsidiary Chevron Technology Ventures to develop and test biodiesel feedstock made from algae. Chevron has already struck a deal with the Department of Energy's Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop jet fuel and other transportation fuels from algae.
According to the article, Solazyme will also generate algal oil for Imperium Rewnewable's biodiesel production process. Solazyme recently unveiled what it called the first algae-derived biodiesel fuel, dubbed Soladiesel, which has already successfully powered a factory-standard automobile for long distances under typical driving conditions.
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Art is what you can get away with is a self-portrait by the artist Rodney Pople. The title is a quote from Andy Warhol, a truism that also reflects Pople's attitude to making art. The quote adorns a T-shirt that Pople recently purchased from the Warhol exhibition in Brisbane, which he paints himself wearing here.
The painting takes its inspiration from Goya's The shootings of May 3rd 1808 painted in 1814. "I chose the Goya painting because it's a painting about surrender," says Pople. "It's about execution and spectacle – the execution and spectacle of ideas, of the artist and of the painting itself. In contemporary times, executions are staged in the public eye, whether through media reporting, reality television programs or intrusive, paparazzi photographs. This feeling of being exposed, of being vulnerable to sound bite-sized interpretation is a disconcerting yet inherent part of being an artist today, especially when participating in high-profile exhibitions such as the Archibald Prize, which, rightly or wrongly, receives more media attention than any other art exhibition in the country. As an artist who exhibits regularly, I am constantly surrendering myself to public persecution yet still always trying to get away with what I can in terms of pushing the boundaries of my artistic practice."
Born in Launceston in 1952, Pople gained a Diploma of Fine Arts (Photography) at the Tasmanian School of Art and undertook postgraduate studies in sculpture at the Slade School of Art in London and the New York Studio School. He has been exhibiting annually since 1978 and is represented in Sydney and Melbourne by Australian Galleries. This is the seventh time that Pople's work has been selected for the Archibald Prize. He is also a finalist in this year's Wynne and Sulman Prizes.


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Edward and Carolyn Czerkies have been passionate advocates in the fight against cancer around the world and in Will County. Carolyn fought myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, with her heart, body and soul. Throughout her diagnosis, treatments, and endless days in the hospital, the couple thought about how they could make life better for others battling the disease and their family members.
After Carolyn's passing in 2000, the Joliet entrepreneur turned cancer activist made several significant contributions to many charitable organizations in a valiant effort to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find cures.
In 2011, Ed's benevolent donation supported the creation of the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross Hospital. Named the Carolyn J. Czerkies Pavilion, the two-story facility provides state-of-the-art chemotherapy and radiation therapy as well as access to clinical trials. Through a unique partnership between University of Chicago Medical Center and Silver Cross Hospital, leading cancer specialists as well as advanced and investigational therapies are available in a community hospital setting.
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Learn the facts about virtualizing Hadoop on vSphere
The growth in volume of big data is huge and is coming from everywhere, every second of the day. Systems and devices including computers, smart phones, appliances and equipment generate and build upon the existing massive data sets.
But what is big data? Big data is a broad term for both structured and unstructured data sets so large and complex that traditional data processing applications and systems cannot adequately handle them. Big data often powers predictive analytics. Analysis of data sets are used to find new correlations to identify business trends, prevent diseases, combat crime and much more.
Industry analyst, Doug Laney, defined Big Data in terms of the three Vs:
Apache Hadoop (aka Hadoop) is open source software used for distributed storage and processing of big data. Hadoop has been packaged and integrated in large distributions (aka distros) by companies such as Cloudera, Hortonworks, MAPR and Pivotal to run big data workloads.
Companies often encounter roadblocks when implementing big data projects. These can include budget constraints, lack of IT expertise and risk of platform lock-in.
Budget constraints and cost are the top reasons why many companies are shying away from deploying big data, according to a study performed by Deloitte. It can be hard to justify investing in new IT infrastructure to process large amounts of data, especially if the business does not yet havean immediate business case.
Processing big data workloads is different than processing typical enterprise application workloads. Big data workloads are processed in parallel, instead of sequentially. IT typically prioritizes business critical workloads and schedules lower priority jobs in batches at night or when there is excess capacity. With big data analytics, many use cases must be run in real-time for live analysis and reaction. This forces IT to change data center policies and learn new tools to create, manage and monitor these new workloads.
Companies need to choose the right type of infrastructure to run their applications and data. Procuring hardware takes time. Going into the cloud may be great for a proof of concept, but it carries the risk of platform lock-in, comes with security concerns and incurs tremendous cost at scale. Companies must also decide which Hadoop distribution to select, with Cloudera, Hortonworks, MAPR, and Pivotal all offering competing (and incompatible) architectures. There are many decisions that, once made, make it difficult for a company to pivot later so many companies just delay having the big data conversation.
The role of infrastructure, whether it's physical or virtual, is to support applications. This includes traditional business critical applications as well as modern cloud, mobile and big data applications.
Virtualizing big data applications like Hadoop offers a lot of benefits that cannot be obtained on physical infrastructure or in the cloud. Simplifying the management of your big data infrastructure gets faster time to results, making it more cost effective. VMware is the best platform for big data just as it is for traditional applications.
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The National Corn Growers Association has asked members of the U.S. House of Representatives to protect the focus of the National Plant Genome Research Program on crops that are "agronomically important" — plants grown to bring value back to the consumer and the taxpayer, as stated in the program's original intent and mandate.
Pam Johnson, a farmer from Floyd, Iowa, and chairwoman of NCGA's Research and Business Development Action Team, presented testimony to the House Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations subcommittee and discussed the program's successes, which led to the announcement in February of the completion of a draft sequence of the corn genome.
"This high-quality genetic map is a foundation and the first step in creating a robust pipeline of scientific knowledge and innovation on a pathway to application and crop improvement," Johnson said. "Access to the information encoded in the corn genome will improve water and nitrogen efficiencies, help plants cope with challenges from disease, pests and adverse weather, and allow us to tailor the crops we grow to specific end users."
Johnson said she fears efforts to shift the program within the budget structure of the National Science Foundation could lead to reduced funding for the program, and urged the subcommittee to include in the fiscal 2009 Science, State, Justice and Commerce appropriations bill, language that secures the $101.22 million National Plant Genome Initiative budget to be applied exclusively to species of economic importance, keeping in line with the original intent of the program.
She ended her testimony by saying this effort is especially critical at this time in history, when the growing global population looks to corn and other plants to meet demands for food, feed, fuel and fiber.


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The Xbox One Stereo Headset Adapter lets you plug a compatible chat or stereo headset into the Xbox One Controller so you can control your audio experience on a Windows 10 device without taking your hands off the controller.
The Xbox One Stereo Headset Adapter package includes:
Via Xbox wireless and USB
Via Bluetooth
Xbox One Console
Xbox Wireless Controller only – 8
Xbox Wireless Controller and Xbox Chat Headset – 4
Xbox Wireless Controller and Xbox Stereo Headset – 2
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Windows 10
Xbox Wireless Controller only – 8
Xbox Wireless Controller and Xbox Chat Headset – 4
Xbox Wireless Controller and Xbox Stereo Headset – 2
Note Wireless connection requires Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows.
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Note Requires Windows 10 Anniversary Edition and Xbox Wireless Controller with Bluetooth.
Windows 8.1
Xbox Wireless Controller only - 4
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Windows 7
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Follow these steps to install the Xbox One Stereo Headset Adapter with a headset:
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Game/Chat balance: These two buttons adjust the mix of game audio versus chat audio. At default, the mix is 50/50, but you can adjust it to anywhere from 100/0 to 0/100. For example, if you want more game volume than chat volume, press the button with the controller icon until you reach the level you want. A tone will sound when you have reached 100 percent.
Mute: This button mutes your chat audio so other users can't hear you. It doesn't mute game/music/app audio. This button has an orange LED to indicate that you are muted. This LED lights up only if a headset is plugged into the adapter.
Volume: Volume up and down buttons control all audio coming to your headset, including game and chat audio. If you don't want to increase both game and chat audio at the same rate, adjust your game/chat audio balance (see "Game/Chat balance," above).
If you have a question about or a problem using the Stereo Headset Adapter, see the following topics.
Stereo Headset Adapter isn't working
If your Stereo Headset Adapter isn't functioning well, check the following:
My controller doesn't connect after I insert my Stereo Headset Adapter
If your Xbox One Controller doesn't work or gets disconnected after you plug in your Stereo Headset Adapter, unplug your adapter, and then update your controller without the adapter. After the controller is updated, insert your Stereo Headset Adapter back into the controller. If you're prompted to install another update for the adapter, install that update as well.
Note This fix was updated in the Xbox One June 2014 system update. If you previously tried to update the controller but were unsuccessful, please try again.
If your controller still disconnects after you update it, you need to replace the controller. To order a replacement, go to Device Support.
There's too much game or chat audio
If you have both game and chat audio plugged into the adapter, use the Game balance or Chat balance button to increase or decrease the audio levels as desired.
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Software vendor Adobe has added direct support for 3D printing to Photoshop. An updated to the company's subscription-based Creative Cloud suite rolled out on 16 January includes direct support for desktop 3D printers from MakerBot and the Shapeways online 3D printing service.
The Cube 3D Printer is also supported, but printing to it and to other devices that do not yet have Photoshop 3D printer profiles requires the export of an STL file to a USB drive.
The move will make "3D printing available for the first time to the creative mainstream," said Adobe product manager for Photoshop Andy Lauta at a press conference.
"We're envisaging that on the horizon there's going to be an inflection point in the 3D printing market," Lauta said.
"And that inflection point is going to be driven by consumer uptake and consumer usage of 3d printing technologies, but most importantly consumer consumption of 3D printed content."
Although 3D models can be created directly within Photoshop, Adobe envisages it more as a 'finishing' tool for 3D creations in a similar fashion to how it is currently used as a tool to tweak 2D imagery before production.
Lauta said that Adobe had identified a "software gap" in the 3D printing process. That gap is at the point between the tools used to create, generate or otherwise source 3D models and the actual printing.
Photoshop incorporates tools to identify problems with 3D meshes, Lauta said.
"The problem is that these models — the meshes, the 3D meshes that these different tools create — actually have many flaws and if you try to print those models right as they exist to these various printers you're going to see failures," Lauta said.
"You'll get spaghetti on your local printer if you're trying to print on a MakerBot or you'll get a rejection letter from Shapeways because of the flaws in the model."
A mesh may not be watertight or its walls may not be thick enough to support themselves in the material being used or portions of the model may require support structures.
When a 3D printer profile is selected and a material to print in is chosen, the main Photoshop window reflects these changes in a WYSIWYG fashion. All of Photoshop's standard tools can be used when creating textures and patterns for objects, limited only by the print media by a particular device.
Printer profiles are defined in XML files, and Adobe said that vendors and end users can use the profiles shipped with Photoshop as the basis for creating new profiles or achieving unusual effects with already supported printers.
Immediately prior to printing, a print preview style function adds scaffolding and a raft (the base a model sits on).
Photoshop will support five formats for importing 3D models: OBJ, STL, 3DS, Collada, KMZ.
Support for 3D printing from Photoshop is available to Creative Cloud subscribers in an update rolled out on 16 January.


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The Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) is a research organisation established in 1994 in Culver City, Los Angeles by Matthew Coolidge. The largely volunteer run, non-profit organisation is funded through government and private arts grants with the aim of examining the relationships between the physical landscape and its human occupation. This is carried out through an investigation into different land uses, their ownership, and the economic and cultural value associated with parts of the landscape. The work is disseminated through a variety of means including the setting up of databases, publications, exhibitions, lectures and residency programmes, as well as the more unusual format of bus tours and the use of placards and information kiosks. Through these different methods, CLUI raise awareness and stimulate debate about the physical landscape in the US, from vast working factories to abandoned military facilities or sewage treatment works and waste incinerators. Their research uncovers the variety of unusual and often environmentally catastrophic uses that support the lifestyle that we are used to in developed countries.
CLUI's ongoing work includes the Land Use Database, a collection of material including a photographic archive on what they have termed 'exemplary' sites in the US, parts of which are available online. They are also developing the American Land Museum, which will comprise a series of sites across the US, each dealing with its own region and becoming a curatorial hub for various related programmes. CLUI prefer to present themselves as an educational organisation, taking on the role of the impartial expert relating an 'objective' view, a wry stance that allows them to highlight the problematic relationships between the economy and land-use in the US.
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Overlook: Exploring the Internal Fringes of America with the Center for Land Use Interpretation, ed. by Matthew Coolidge and Sarah Simons (New York: Metropolis Books, 2006).
On the Banks of Bayou City: The Center for Land Use Interpretation in Houston, ed. by Rachel Hooper and Nancy Zastudil (Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, 2009).
Matthew Coolidge, 'Landscape is a Metaphor', in Experimental Geography: Radical Approaches to Landscape, Cartography, and Urbanism, ed. by Nato Thompson, Independent Curators International (New York: Melville House Publishing, 2008), pp. 43-47.
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"But in the museum of the American Land, the material artifacts
are places and spaces, and they cannot be housed in a vitrine. The
answer is the bus tour; creating a museum atmosphere inside the bus
bubble, and taking it out to the land. The bus is the
vitrine (and the tourists are part of the subject, too)."
- Matthew Coolidge, 'Landscape is a Metaphor', in Experimental Geography: Radical Approaches to Landscape, Cartography, and Urbanism, ed. by Nato Thompson, Independent Curators International (New York: Melville House Publishing, 2008), p. 43.
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Professor Manus teaches Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Environmental Advocacy, and Land Use. He joined the New England Law faculty in 1992 after serving as an associate at the Boston law firms of Goodwin, Procter and Peabody & Arnold. He has written numerous articles analyzing the environmental movement and is coauthor of several books on environmental law. He regularly engages in environmental projects on a pro bono basis, often with the assistance of interested students.
Kivalina at the Supreme Court: A Lost Opportunity for Federal Common Law,
8 U. Pitt. J. Envtl. & Public Health L. 223
Five Against the Environment,
44 New Eng. L. Rev. 221
Seems Like Old Times: The Supreme Court's Conservative Turn in 2008-2009,
1 Geo. Wash. J. Energy & Envtl. L. 40
Bhopal, Precaution and the Boston Biolab,
42 New Eng. L. Rev. 847
Indigenous Peoples' Environmental Rights: Evolving Common Law Perspectives in Canada, Australia and the United States, 33 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 1(2006).
Our Environmental Rebels: An Average American Law Professor's Perspective on Environmental Advocacy and the Law, 40 N. Eng. L. Rev. 499 (2006)
Sovereignty, Self-Determination, and Environment-Based Cultures: The Emerging Voice of Indigenous Peoples in International Law 23 Wis. Int'l L.J. 533 (2005)
To a Candidate in Search of an Environmental Theme: Preach Environmental Restoration
-- Promote the Public Trust, 19 Stanford Envtl. L. J. 315 (2000).
The Blackbird Whistling – The Silence Just After: Evaluating the Environmental Legacy of Justice Blackmun,85 Iowa L. Rev. 429 (2000).
Introduction to the Symposium: A Declaration Against the New Environmental Initiatives, 33 New Eng. L. Rev. 615 (1999).
Wild Bill Douglas's Last Stand: A Retrospective on the First Supreme Court Environmentalist, 72 Temp. L. Rev. 111 (1999).
One Hundred Years of Green: A Legal Perspective on Three Twentieth Century Nature Philosophers, 59 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 557 (1998).
The Owl, the Indian, the Feminist and the Brother: Environmentalism Encounters the Social Justice Movements, 23 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 249 (1996).
Natural Resource Damages from Rachel Carson's Perspective: A Rite of Spring in American Environmentalism, 37 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 381 (1996).
Federalism Under Siege at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal: Preemption and CERCLA after United States v. Colorado, 19 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 327 (1994).
Clearing Muddy Waters: Anatomy of the Comprehensive General Liability Pollution Exclusion, 75 Cornell L. Rev. 610 (1990) (with Nancer Ballard).