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I'm a firm believer in planning, if you don't have a plan it's more challenging to get where you are going. A plan is a map with directions and we all know what happens if you don't have directions. Something just as important as planning is living for today. How many times have you caught yourself saying "In a minute" or "I can't I'm busy right now", only to let time slip and miss out on special moments never to be gotten back.
I truly believe we are all just visitors here, and when you are a visitor somewhere don't you take the time to enjoy where you are? Time goes by whether you do something with it or not. So make your plans, draw your maps and follow your directions and if there is a chance to make a pit stop, do it! Time in the pits with the crew (or by yourself) is just as important to the journey.


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Users of assistive technology become aware of new hardware and software through various means such as joining newsgroups. However, those who suddenly become deaf, paralyzed, visually impaired, etc., might not be aware of how to obtain information about these products. Through using a CD-ROM (SNAPOUT), dedicated to assistive technology, the user can find out what hardware and software are suggested for their different disabilities. The visually impaired are also able to navigate this software using Jaws for Windows.
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Twelve visually impaired people mature students were trained in how to use Dragon Naturally Speaking Version 5 Software. Those who had some vision were given the training texts in large print. Those without any vision were given taped instruction and those who were deaf/blind had to repeat line for line the training instruction, guided by their assigned trainer in assistive technology. When individual files for each student were set up they would come back on a weekly basis for more training. For the students that had Macular Degeneration which had suddenly worsened and were not previously Braille-Users speech recognition seemed the most appropriate type of training. These students were interested in learning how to write letters, simple essays and emails. The students with Retinitis Pigmentosa who had previously been Braille-Users were interested in learning how to use speech recognition as an alternative communicator. The deaf/blind users were interested in speech recognition because with their hearing aids amplified, it was the first time they had ever heard their own voice.
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Arkansas – Rivalry history: 8 / Program success: 6 / Geography: 7 / Bad blood: 7 / Room for another rival: 7 / Frequency factor: 10 / Rival score: 45 / Notable: Back in 1903, A&M blanked Arkansas with a 6-0 win. It was the beginning of something beautiful. The two schools battled every season from 1934 to 1991 (including respective shutouts during A&M's '39 title run and Arkansas' '64 championship season). Plenty of haymakers have been thrown, with the Hogs holding a 41-24-3 series record. New life was breathed into the rivalry when the schools started playing again in '09, and the fact that they'll now be fighting for SEC West position will only add fuel to the fire.
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The 1st Battle of Bull Run: A Turning Point in Attitudes
The prelude to the first battle of the American Civil War was one filled with romantic notions of what war was supposed to be. Both men and women were swept up in the cause. Towns sent off their best to live an adventure. Many young men thought they had better hurry up and get to the war before it was over. However, after the first major battle at Manassas Junction, attitudes changed in both the North and the South. This war was not be a summer's war and home by harvest. It was to be a costly war fought over years.
From 1820 to 1860, the United States had tried to deal with the issue of slavery of in a variety of ways. However in the 1850s, new territory in the western US caused a debate over the spread of slavery and of slavery itself. Despite compromises in 1820, and then again in 1850, the road to war was coming to a head. After the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, the first shots were fired in angst between Americans. Over the next six years, the war drew ever closer. In 1859, John Brown's raid on the arsenal Harper's Ferry saw southern states react by creating state militias to prevent a slave uprising. In 1860, the election of Abraham Lincoln saw seven southern states secede from the Union and form the Confederate States of America. When Lincoln called for 75,000 soldiers to put down the rebellion, other southern border states joined in. What was once a Union of 34 states was no more. On April 12, 1861, the Confederacy took the federal fort at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The Civil War had begun.
In the watch fires of a hundred circling camps, the Union forces began to amass in and around Washington, D.C. The Confederacy positioned itself to the south in defense in both the Shenandoah Valley and the the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The Confederate troops had been well trained and disciplined. The Confederate forces had begun training in response to John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry. The Union, they were a mess carousing in the capital. After Ft. Sumter, the call came for the Union to counter and attack the South. However, General Irvin McDowell did not. Mainly a desk soldier, McDowell had come to be in charge after never having seen a field command. He may not have known how to command such a large army as this, but McDowell knew his men were not trained enough to invade the South. It did not matter. The pressure to attack in the summer of 1861 won out. President Lincoln ordered McDowell to invade. And so McDowell did on July 16, 1861. He would be back in Washington a week later.
McDowell entered Virginia with 35,000 men, enough to crush the 18-20,000 forces stationed at Manassas Junction under the command of P.G.T. Beauregard. However, the Civil War was not fought on paper. It was fought mainly in the south. Manassas Junction was only important for one reason, it had a railroad junction, and it was on the way to the Confederate capital of Richmond. There were not many such junctions in the South in 1861. The North, meanwhile, had hundreds. Irony would play the wild card quite often in this battle. The railroad connected the Shenandoah Valley and General Johnston's troops to Beauregard's. Combined, the two Confederate armies would equal the numbers of the Union army.
After a long march through Virginia in the summer (high heat and humidity) McDowell and the Army of the Potomac set up camp near Centreville. Strangely, McDowell ordered his men to complete the final march toward the battle field at 2:30 in the morning on July 21. By the time his men reached the battlefield, they were exhausted. At 10 a.m., the first battle of Manassas took place near Bull Run Creek on Matthews Hill. A small Confederate force of 1000 held off 10,000 Union troops for 90 minutes. When William Tecumseh Sherman's attack on the Confederate flank collapsed the Confederate defense, the rebels retreated to Henry House Hill. But rather than attack and finish off the Confederates, McDowell, waited, and waited, and waited…until 2 p.m. The resulting delay allowed for reinforcements to arrive via railroad.
At 2 p.m., the Union attack resumed. Over the next two hours, several factors swung Beauregard's way. First, the high ground allowed for better defensive measures. Second, J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry forces were put in to play. Third, the Union was not sure who was who. Later, the Union would wear Blue and the Confederacy, Grey. But at 1st Manassas, there was a melange of blues, greys, and reds on both sides. Finally, Thomas Stonewall Jackson's defense of the Hill became a rallying point for the Confederacy. McDowell, intriguingly, attacked piecemeal. Rather than throw his entire army at the Hill, the Union attacked a regiment at a time. After a regiment failed, McDowell ordered another regiment in.
Johnston's troops became the support that allowed the Confederacy and the Army of Northern Virginia to hold off the invasion. By 4 p.m., McDowell ordered a retreat to Washington. It became a catastrophe after that. With the Confederates in charge of the battlefield, every Union soldier hightailed it back to the capital, many left their guns behind. It became a disaster as the soldiers returned in disarray. The Confederates did not pursue. In addition, many spectators had come out to watch the battle including Congressmen. After the battle was over, the spectators clogged the roads back to DC and one Congressman was taken captive and held prisoner for six months by the Confederacy before he was released.
As a result of the Battle of Bull Run or Manassas Junction, this was a war that was not going to be over in a summer. Over 5000 casualties on both sides told of the cost of just one battle. Not only was this going to be a long war for the Union, it was going to be a bloody one. Napoleonic tactics had not kept up with the technology. It is hard to think of the Civil War as having a lot of technology, but the firepower contained in the .58 caliber mini-ball would require amputation in battle if used today. In addition, bored rifles created more accurate weapons along with greater use of artillery.
Shortly after the debacle, Lincoln called for 500,000 more soldiers twice. A million man army was initially going to be needed to put down the insurrection. Lincoln was also wrong. It would take much more.
All color photographs by Anne Petty Johnson (my wife)
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The Battle of Shiloh: Johnston's Gambit
When people think of the Civil War, they think of different things from slavery to Abraham Lincoln to the battles to women serving in combat. I, as a history teacher, tend to think of the massive loss of life. Some 600,000 men and women perished, more than any American conflict. In 1861, the Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas) showed that the war would not won in a single battle. Rather, it was going to be a long drawn out affair. The Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing) showed just how bloody this war was going to be.
The fact that battle took place in south east Tennessee was not where Grant wanted his next battle to take place. Grant's objective was 20 miles away at a railroad junction in Corinth, Mississippi. As part of the Anaconda Plan, Grant was trying to cut the Confederacy in half by capturing railroads and the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers that connected the Confederacy. Corinth contained a railroad junction. Capturing the junction would be a coup for Grant. Grant and the Army of the Tennessee made their way down the Tennessee River and began disembarking near Pittsburg Landing, about 2 miles from the Shiloh church. AT Pittsburg Landing, Grant was to hook up with Buell's Army of the Ohio and then reek havoc on the South. Upon receiving word of Grant's arrival in SE Tennessee, General Albert Sidney Johnston began organizing a complex plan to drive Grant from his positions and all the way back to the Snake Creek, and thus destroying the Army of the Tennessee before Grant and Buell could combine forces. Things did not go as planned, for either side.
April 6, 1862
The Confederates, stationed at Corinth, surprised the Army of the Tennessee at 6 a.m. Grant did not think the Confederates would dare leave Corinth. As a result, the Union had no defensive positions established. On the other hand, the Confederate attack, although 44,000 strong did not dispel the Army of the Tennessee from the grounds near the Shiloh Church. Ironically, Shiloh is a Hebrew word meaning Peace. The battle this day, and the next, would be anything but peaceful.
Throughout the 6th, Johnston attempted to push Grant's forces back into the river and nearby Snake Creek. The Union took up a defensive position in what has become known as the legendary "Hornet's Nest" for which the battle is also known. Throughout the day, the Confederates sent wave after wave of soldiers at the Union entrenchment. They all failed. Johnston was mortally wounded that afternoon. PGT Beauregard took command. Rather than bypassing the "Hornet's Nest" and focusing on the Union forces at Pittsburg Landing, Beauregard kept hammering away at a futile position, much to the chagrin and detriment of his troops. Eventually, the Hornet's Nest fell. The Union fell back to even more defensible positions around Pittsburg Landing.
Both sides had suffered heavy casualties on the first day, an estimated 8,000 plus . As night began to fall, the Confederates believed they would be victorious come morning. The night proved to be decisive. A thunderstorm battered the Confederate positions. Along with constant shelling by Union gunboats along the Tennessee and nearby creeks, the Confederates were left in tatters by the morning. What had been a force of 44,000, some estimate that only 20,000-28,000 were left come the morning of the 7th. Grant, meanwhile, had been reinforced by the Army of the Ohio. The second day of fighting would bring a greater number of killed and wounded.
April 7
The day began with what the Confederates saw as a surprising Union advance. The whole day became surprising for Beauregard as Grant, Buell, and Sherman attacked the Confederates at every opportunity. By the afternoon, Beauregard had left the territory he had only gained the day before. His men, tired, hungry, and disheveled, gave up the battlefield that night and straggled back into Mississippi. Over 23,000 casualties showed that this war, this Civil War, would be anything but Civil. The aftermath of the battle saw Grant chastised in the Press for his command and inability to command the battlefield the first day despite being four miles away on crutches when the battle began. Grant was also criticized for his failure to properly set up a defensive position upon his arrival in south east Tennessee. Grant had instead chose to drill his young army. Despite calls to sack Grant, Lincoln paid no heed. "I can't spare this man, he fights." The victory to Lincoln was still a victory. In the east, the Army of the Potomac had yet to taste it. Lincoln knew Grant would taste it yet again. It would be at Corinth after a long siege.
Although Grant was attacked by surprise, Shiloh was only the beginning of a year of hell for Confederate forces opposing him. Grant, rather than attack head on in the next year, did so sparingly. He used the tactics of siege warfare not only at Corinth but again at Vicksburg, both times to success.
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By the standards of terrorism and security, Yemen has a lot to worry about: an explosive Shiite insurgency in the north and a war with Al Qaeda brewing in the south.
How one of the Middle East's poorest and most unstable countries resolves these conflicts has implications for the entire region, observers say, for its sectarian strife is already heightening tensions between Sunni and Shiite neighbors in the region.
The government has launched fierce attacks against the Shiite rebels in the north, known as the Houthis, in the last month, but has failed to defeat them. Yemen's president vowed Wednesday to crush the Houthis quickly, saying reinforcements would be sent to the rebel stronghold of Saada Province after fighting that has killed hundreds and displaced thousands, Reuters reports.
As the government has struggled to contain the north, Al Qaeda is benefiting from the chaos, observers say. A new report on Al Qaeda in Yemen from the Middle East Institute in Moscow warns that Yemen has become a strategic hub for Al Qaeda, reports the Yemen Post. The terrorist organization has strengthened its position in Yemen, the report says, and has turned the ungoverned spaces of the country into a transport hub for fighters going to conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and East Africa.
A month ago The Christian Science Monitor warned:
The Yemeni and Saudi branches of Al Qaeda merged in January this year, prompting the US director of National Intelligence to say that Yemen was "reemerging as a jihadist battleground and potential regional base of operations for Al Qaeda."
Editorials published around the region are warning that Yemen's mess is already pulling regional nations in to the fray. Nasser Arrabayee writes in Cairo's Al Ahram:
The armed conflict in Yemen is also connected to a wider political conflict in the region. After the outbreak of the conflict, Iran accused Saudi Arabia of participating in air strikes against the Shia rebels, who are also accused by the Yemeni government of receiving support from Iran.
Mr. Arrabayee quotes Najeeb Ghallab, a political analyst at Sanaa University:
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An editorial in Lebanon's Daily Star newspaper admonishes that to keep the north and south, Yemen needs to strengthen its central government, and that means addressing corruption.
Many of the factors at play in the northern conflict, and indeed other conflicts across the country, are beyond [Yemeni President Ali Abdullah] Saleh's control. But one thing that he can influence greatly is the poor performance of the central government.
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The Morning News's gallery of ghostmalls, accompaniment to an interview with photographer Brian Ulrich, is haunting and lovely. So much hubris. So many vinyl plants. These are the ruined temples of consumerism: "How can an economy sustain a lifestyle based on exponential growth and the leisure and wealth to support it? It's not rocket science to expect these kind of illusions to fail. What's strange is how ingrained the brands and spaces are to us that so many were not only surprised to see major retailers and malls sink but were saddened. Many of these ideas were set in motion decades ago."
Ghosts of Shopping Past (via Beyond the Beyond)
- Mark Dery on the death and rebirth of malls - Boing Boing
- Dead Mall contest results - Boing Boing
- Deadmalls as new urbanist playgrounds - Boing Boing
- South China Mall: the largest (ghost) mall in the world - Boing Boing
- Time-lapse of 1990 LA mall - Boing Boing
- Shrine to bragging, deadly Internet "mall ninja" - Boing Boing
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23 Responses to "Haunting dead mall photo-gallery"
Anonymous says:
Great photos. I've done a quick video of the old South Shore mall located in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Going into such areas with a camera is always a good time.
millionpoems says:
Not all these malls are closed, btw.
Between this and the Goldman Packs Heat story, I'm getting a little antsy about epistemology and fact-checking among the non-MSM, no offense.
octopod says:
Liberty Mall, just after you've gotten the cola for the guy in the gun shop.
mneptok says:
According to the caption, the above photo is from Dixie Square Mall, a mall made famous by the chase scene in The Blues Brothers.
Good times.
Anonymous says:
I would call these "ghost malls"… to me, a dead mall is just a crappy mall being slowly edged out by a newer mall nearby.
kebko says:
I will never understand how the place that references every cross-stitched Mario Brothers wall hanging and steampunk toilet brush becomes a pitch-fork bearing mob whenever the topic is about what everybody else chooses to buy or do.
Anonymous says:
Malls didn't fail because we could no longer sustain them. Malls failed because:
1. Suburbanization has became declasse and tacky and so consumers are going back to downtown areas to shop.
2. Newer shopping malls are constantly being built (nowadays, it is fashionable to design them like faux downtown streets), and why go to an old crusty mall when you can go to a nice shiny one?
Roy Trumbull says:
The curious thing to me has always been the number of stores that contain nothing essential to life. You could live out your days without ever having a reason to go into any of them.
Sometimes this takes over a city or a street. Sausalito, CA is like that. Caledonia St. is an original street and has the only stores for the residents. Bridgeway, the main street once had useful stores but that was 50 years ago. Now it's totally tourist. Long gone are the Purity market, the Tides Bookstore, Ole's Bakery, and Sausalito Hardware.
Jonathan Badger says:
What do mean exactly by "not essential to life"? You mention a bookstore, bakery, and a hardware store with appreciation, as if *those* were essential — and they aren't. It sounds like you just mean "stores selling consumer goods I want to buy".
nutbastard says:
dude. a hardware store is in fact an essential. who could live in a world without hardware stores? how would we build potato guns, huh? HOW??
downdb says:
deadmalls.com has been documenting this stuff for years.
DarthVain says:
Is it just me or do you see zombies in there?
octopod says:
you can almost hear the witch crying. I'd be like, turn off the flashlights and stfu.
Anonymous says:
I think Roy's point is that those useful stores (hardware stores, book stores, etc..) are pushed out of malls and main shopping areas by stores that sell nothing of any use to anyone who doesn't need posters of babies playing the sax, plants with a built in fish bowl or pizza sized cookies.
wolfiesma says:
It's a striking photo. Assuming the building was not in danger of toppling down on itself, I'd think you could clear out the debris and still have a useful space. I could see a skate park or roller rink. Emergency housing also comes to mind. I wonder if there were a way to make that work economically.
Jazzhigh says:
If it was a bit darker, that could easily be a subway station from Fallout 3. No zombies, mutants…
SC_Wolf says:
"Malls are like bananas – You get some at one price and get rid of them at another. Some of them go bad. Those you throw out."
– Real Estate Developer Haywood Whichard, who was unsuccessful in revitalizing Augusta, GA's Regency Mall.
Anonymous says:
Another great blog related to these images is http://www.labelscar.com/. Great archive and I love the term "labelscar".
jaytkay says:
Amazing to me how quickly things deteriorate. I'm not the best housekeeper, but apparently my semi-annual dusting keeps the apartment from becoming a dystopian movie set.
Jonathan Badger says:
Which is one of the reasons why Fallout 3 (and most other depictions of life set generations after the collapse of civilization) is unrealistic. As others mentioned, this looks a lot like the ruins in Fallout 3. But Dixie Square has only been abandoned for about 35 years, not hundreds.
Anonymous says:
Huh. Some of these places still have the lights on. What a waste of resources.
ab3a says:
"How can an economy sustain a lifestyle based on exponential growth and the leisure and wealth to support it?…"
Uhh, it doesn't. The actual curve has an exponential growth until it approaches an asymptotic limit caused by resource scarcity or the practical scale of the technologies. I'm pretty sure that business schools teach this.
The problem is that everyone wants to climb aboard the exponential part of the curve and nobody is quite sure where the limits are, so they act as if it doesn't exist. The result is what we see here.
It also happens to be the result of a crashed economy. When the one company of those one company towns that supported these sorts of things go out of business or leave for greener pastures, this is the consequence. I fault politicians for not learning to diversify their economic bases, but we can't all be geniuses…
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European groups behind ATM cloning, says PNPBy Julliane Love de Jesus
The Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group sees separate groups of European nationals as the brains behind the rampant cloning of ATM cards in the Philippines.
The Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group sees separate groups of European nationals as the brains behind the rampant cloning of ATM cards in the Philippines.
Despite the standoff between China and the Philippines over the disputed West Philippine Sea, police forces of both countries merged to bust a telecommunication fraud involving Taiwanese suspects in Pampanga.
Fourteen foreigners who were about to be released from the Las Piñas City Jail after posting bail have been held by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to keep them from leaving the country while their case is being heard by the courts.
The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested five Korean nationals illegally operating an online casino in the country.
Immigration officials released 52 Taiwanese and Chinese tourists on Tuesday night, almost 12 hours after they were taken to the Bureau of Immigration office here for verification of their passports and other travel documents.
The Bureau of Immigration deported 21 Taiwanese nations suspected of being part of an international syndicate engaged in credit card fraud and cybercrimes.
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More than 300 foreigners, suspected members of a cybercrime and human trafficking syndicate, were arrested in simultaneous raids in Quezon City, Marikina City, and Cainta and Antipolo City in Rizal province on Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines–Saying it was another illegal recruitment scheme, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration on Monday warned job seekers about Internet scams offering hospital jobs in North America with "no experience required." POEA chief Hans Leo Cacdac said these scammers, through e-mail, offer jobs in prestigious hospitals in Canada and the United States "without any fees" [...]


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Dear Toby,
Stuart's family has been getting sick. Since the gas wells were drilled near their family farm, life hasn't been the same. The noise from the pumps and drills make it hard to sleep. They are worried about the land too, having heard what has happened to water supplies in other places where coal seam gas mining has occurred.
Coal seam gas is a relatively new form of mining, but it's spreading like a cancer across the eastern seaboard, with over 700 new wells a year in Queensland alone. Huge amounts of water are removed from natural aquifers to force gas out of the ground, then pumped back into the earth filled with industrial contaminants. Gas can escape, contaminating water supplies. People get sick. Agricultural land and water supply is spoiled. And once an aquifer is contaminated there is no known way to fix it. (See footnotes 1 – 5.)
Last night the community hall here in Lynches Creek, QLD, was full of residents from the Northern Rivers in NSW who had driven up to hear from locals in Queensland who have already experienced firsthand the devastating impacts of gas mining. The hall was packed, the atmosphere tense. People here are scared and angry, and they are organising to stand up for their land, the environment and their communities.
Locals here are calling on the Federal Government to stop coal seam gas expanding — at least until they research and regulate the practice. But this is an issue of national importance — and only together can we stand up to the powerful mining interests who want to expand unchecked. Can you sign the petition and stand in solidarity with the people who are under threat from this out-of-control industry?
Earlier this week Tony Abbott announced that he would support giving farmers the right to stop mining on their property. But within hours he changed his mind, and now says the issue should be left to state governments.
We can't let other politicians back away from this important national issue. If Australians from right across the country show our concern, we can prove to the Government that this is an issue of national concern — and we expect them to act. Let's call on Health Minister Nicola Roxon, Environment Minister Tony Burke and Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig to step in and protect our farmland, water, health and communities.
Coal seam gas mining in Australia has expanded faster than it can be regulated. The industry is without safeguards in place to protect the livelihoods of communities, the quality of our water, and the sustainability of the farmland. With coal seam gas reserves right across our country, it's not just those next to the wells who have to be concerned.
No-one is taking responsibility for the long-term impacts of coal seam gas mining. The State and Federal Governments are playing political football with livelihoods – handballing the issue because it's too hard to deal with. With the States failing to adequately control this industry, we need the federal government to act. Our nation's food, water and health are at stake; let's tell the Government to halt the expansion of coal seam gas mining:
The community is mobilising – neighbours are uniting to fight the expansion of coal seam gas in their community. A group of concerned residents collected over 300 signatures for a petition in just one day outside the local supermarket. Landowners are 'locking the gate' to stop the industry getting access to their property. Day in day out, they are doing what they can to stand up to this enormous industry.
Now it's our turn to step up and back these communities. Our movement can bring the passion from the town halls into the halls of Parliament. Add your name to the petition calling for an end to coal seam gas mining before it's too late.
With hope,
Paul, Justine, Simon DW and the GetUp team.
PS – Over the next few days and weeks we'll be travelling around NSW and Queensland meeting communities on the frontline of the coal seam gas industry expansion. Let's stand with them in and show the federal government that this is an issue of national
importance. Sign the petition here: http://www.getup.org.au/stopcoalseamgas
1 Parliament of Australia Parliamentary Library Background Note: The development of Australia's coal seam gas resources Date 28 July 2011
2 National Water Commission, December 2010, The coal seam gas and water challenge: National Water Commission Position.
3 Dunn, Ross. Australian Petroleum Producers and Explorations Association on Lateline 02/08/2011 Coal Seam Gas Debate.
4 Doctors for the Environment Australia, June 2011, Submission to the Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee Inquiry into management of the Murray Darling Basin – impact of mining coal seam gas.
5 Senator Heffernen questioning Mark McFarlane of Santos in Federal Senate Inquiry. ABC radio, August 9, 2011.
6 ABC News, Jeremy Thompson Abbott backtracks on coal seam comments Updated August 16, 2011


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An event benefiting local high school youth is back for another year.
Students of the Orangefield High School Agriculture Department, Horticulture and FFA programs will be having their second annual plant sale from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday, March 25 at the Green House located next to the ag building on the campus of Orangefield High School, 10058 FM 105 in Orangefield.
"The purpose of the plant sale is to help generate support of our horticulture program, as well as our FFA program, and all of the students involved," said Jessica Gates, AST/FFA Advisor at Orangefield High School.
Gates said there will be hundreds of plants of available for purchase, including numerous varieties of tomatoes such as early girl, celebrity, big boy, and beefsteak tomatoes. Several types of pepper plants, including jalapeno, banana and bell peppers, will also be on sale. Prices are $1 for a single plant or $3 for a four-pack of any plant.
"We had over 1,000 plants for sale last year, and we sold nearly all of them," Gates added. "The green house is full of plants again, thanks to Farmer's Mercantile which helped us acquire the plants. We are hoping to have the same kind of success this year."
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I'll be on WDET 101.9 FM talking about the Tigers and their losing ways at 10:40 this morning. If you're so inclined you can flip the dial there, or hit a preset, or get the stream from WDET.org
UPDATE: Here's the audio. I'm on about 45 minutes in.
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To underscore how the team is playing, perhaps you can discuss which Tiger is going to be the token Allstar representative.
Tigers are in a perfect storm of multiple player coinciding slumps.
Kind of constricted by the interviewer's questions, but you just came across as sane and objective. Loved your defense of Magglio and swinging at the first pitch!
by Kathy on May 16, 2008 at 10:55 am
My first time hearing Billfer. Good show.
Though the interviewer seemed knowledgable, I agree with Kathy that he was a bit constricting. Wish he would have kept the questions short and general and let Billfer ramble on a bit.
by Sean C. in Illinois on May 16, 2008 at 10:59 am
How did I miss the interview? I tuned in on the live stream over the web at 10:40 and there was a discussion about hockey. Hopefully the audio can be posted.
I think Billfer actually came on around 10:45. Maybe you were a bit early, or late, or something. Computer clocks can be a little off sometimes.
by Sean C. in Illinois on May 16, 2008 at 11:16 am
Or maybe the broadcast was blacked out on the West Coast. Can't have any Diamondbacks fans stealing secret Tiger strategies from Billfer.
by Sean C. in Illinois on May 16, 2008 at 11:19 am
"Let's give up three runs in the first and see what happens" doesn't qualify as strategy, Sean.
Caught the tail end of the show and think you're right Bilfer. The rest of the division is waking up. If the Tigers don't begin to heat up by Memorial Day, they're going to end up in nothing more than the spoiler roll.
by Kurt on May 16, 2008 at 11:23 am
It's the best strategy they've been able to come up with so far, Kurt. They're working on it. Leyland and coaches have been burning the midnight oil.
"What if we move those 3 runs to the 10th instead? 'Cause, you know, there isn't always a 10th inning. Can we do that?"
by Sean C. in Illinois on May 16, 2008 at 11:29 am
Sean, Well played!
by Kurt on May 16, 2008 at 11:46 am
Chris – the all-star representative from the Tigers appears to be Jim Leyland.
Good luck having him fired now.
by Adam on May 16, 2008 at 12:10 pm
DL Leyland.
by Sean C. in Illinois on May 16, 2008 at 12:15 pm
The thing is:
It looks like Sheffield is walking the balancing bar on the Leyland issue. Here are the variables:
1. Bloated contract/No Trade Value
2. Underpreforming/Downright NOT performing
3. Wildcard in Clubhouse
4. Potential Lineup Card Filler-Outer
If you DL him you likely risk taking the full loss on the contract — even if its only a 30 day. You're basically dissing him (in his mind) –deservedly so — but the risk is creating a monster, or as Billfer says, "erupting Mt. Jim" and creating a cancer in the clubhouse of a team already in a huge funk. You have a guy who has every track record of shooting his mouth in public, saying the wrong things, openly coddling veterans — whatever. All of a sudden maybe Guillen starts driving in runs — maybe Raburn and Thames start — maybe Cabrera starts to hit for power — maybe Inge starts at 3B, and on and on. One good apple could set off a chain reaction. In which case it forces your hand — you have to write off the bad investment. For sure Leyland will likely never produce again cuz the baditude. Anyway, it's absolutely ridiculous to be taken hostage like that, but this is what is in the back of Sheffield's mind when "coddling" the manager.
So… instead of going there, he's basically playing yet another hunch. He's hoping Leyland's mind will come alive sooner than later and the problem will go away by itself. Unfortunately, that's not really happening.
If I were Sheffield, I'd just take him into my pimped out Navigator (in between the cream and the clear) and tell him frankly and like it is: "…Skip, you're going on the DL. Until your mind is 110%, for both in game strategy and personnel moves, this team can't afford to rehabilitate you on the coaching staff. You're my best option for manager, if you're at 110% — but until then, there is little margin for error."
by Sean C. in Illinois on May 16, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Thanks for the kind words. FWIW, I didn't feel constricted. The interviewer (Craig) covered quite a few topics about the team in a short amount of time. Plus it's his show and I'm just the guest so it's his time to do with as he pleases. I'm just happy for the chance to do it.
by billfer on May 16, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Yep. That's it. Leyland's hurt. Tired mind? Strained logic?
Any shot at class-action law suit against Big Tabacco here?
by T Smith on May 16, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I think T Smith is on to something. The Tigers sluggish play is due to the effects of 2nd hand smoke.
by Joel on May 16, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Apologize about the repeated post … but think it belongs in this tread, too:
In all sincerity, Leyland is not entirely to blame, no. The truth is, it is mostly the players. But the poor play of his beloved veterans compounds his peccadillos. He did the same kind of bone-headed things in 2006 & 2007, but he was backed up by solid play and talent. So he must have been doing something right, right? Well that something right ain't right this year. Now he's just mismanaging.
I know it's tempting to finger a fall guy, and there is a lot of that going on here, but when all you have left at the end of the day are dubious decisions from the guy pulling the strings, those decisions will get called into question a hell of lot more when the team can't win. This team played horrible in KC, but in my mind, I can honestly say without falling into the fall guy trap, that the Tigers should have taken at least one of the three games. Leyland blew it in the first game by pulling Robertson after 82 pitches. The series still would have sucked, but 1 of 3 is certainly better than being swept.
I'm well aware the game may have turned the same tide if Roberston pitched in the eighth, but I honestly think the Tigers would have won that game with solid managing. They had the momentum the entire game, were hitting in every inning — they just didn't get the key hit. If the game went into extra innings, the Tigers would have won. If the team is in a nasty funk in a vertical nose dive to suckitude, it can't afford as much as one game-costing mistake in managment if it hopes to turn it around before it's too late.
Aside from that, Leyland is simply not getting it done motivating these guys. Yesterday the KC camera crew focused in on the Tiger dugout in the late innings, and all you saw were Maggs and Inge and some other guys joking and laughing. I don't know about you, but if KC was throwing my team an ass whoopin' for the second straight series, the last thing I'd be doing in the dugout is laughing and joking without a care in the world. Have 'em study film, send them to a yoga retreat, bring in Tony Robbins as a consultant, I don't know. Anything! If you're not utterly embarrassed by being dominated by the KC "friggin'" Royals (to quote Kevin in Austin, I believe), please hide it a little better. Leyland could and should set the tone just a little better.
by T Smith on May 16, 2008 at 3:02 pm
RE: song for the 7th inning stretch? Faith – George Michael.
by tiff on May 16, 2008 at 3:03 pm
tiff how about It Ain't Over Till it's Over by Lenny Kravitz? Nah. That song sucks.
Anyway I'm going to play If I Were Dave Dombrowski For A Day. Looking ahead to 2009 (not that I'm writing off 2008 – lots of baseball left), I see one glaring move that IMO *has* to be made. I say decline Renteria's club option and go after Rafael Furcal, who will be a free agent. Think about it. He's a switch hitter, a defensive upgrade and he can actually steal a base. He's also a leadoff hitter, allowing Granderson to move to a more natural slot lower in the order. And he's slightly younger than E-Rent. Does this make too much sense? That's like filling 5 holes at once, which previously I only thought was possible if you were Jenna Jameson. Hey-oh.
by Chris in Dallas on May 16, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Good Post T-Smith. That's the disturbing thing, the apparent complacency at times. They should have anger from being this embarrassed. If they do, they're masters at concealing it. They have been the dormat of the AL for 40 games, and there's little sign that it bothers them.
I'm not convinced they need to relax more, I'm afraid they're too relaxed.
Take guys like Ryan Freel or Reed Johnson. These guys oooze energy. You can't watch a game without them making a strong impression about how they leave it all on the field, even if they go 0 for 5. Those guys will run through a wall for you. Every ground ball, they don't just run hard, they run like their sole purpose in life is somehow making it safe to first. A week doesn't go by without that kind of hustle leading to an error, because the fielder is rushed to throw the guy out, which prolongs an inning, which leads to a rally, which leads to runs, which leads to a loss turning into a victory, which can lead to a winning streak.
by greg on May 16, 2008 at 3:53 pm
A good sign.
From Milive.com a quote from Maggs:
"You know what is going on with us?" said Ordonez. "We suck. We stink. We're not hitting, not pitching and we are making errors."
This is good. The sooner the rest of them come out of denial, the sooner they realize what Maggs has realized, the sooner they'll snap out of it. None of this 'We're a really good team, we're just playing bad.' No, they flat out suck. Right now, they're a really, really bad team. The sooner the rest of them realize that, the sooner they'll make the changes they need to make to turn this thing around.
by greg on May 16, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Haha. With that quote you can tell Magglio has spent time around Ozzie Guillen. Without the expletives, of course.
by Chris in Dallas on May 16, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Maggs is my hero for saying that.
T Smith is my go-to guy on Leyland. Oops – am I being presumptuous (assumptuous?) Shoulda maybe played it safe with go-to person? Seriously, good words on Leyland and the whole blame thing.
Chris in Dallas – Speaking of Ozzie, someone brought up whether there was a parallel between the CHW and Detroit Tiger post-World Series declines. In some ways, there could be, but at least we (they) don't have OG as manager. Ozzie is funny, a character, but in really good or really bad times, I'd much rather have a Jim Leyland.
And leave "assumptuous" alone, Chris. (hehe)
by Sean C. in Illinois on May 16, 2008 at 5:04 pm
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by Sean C. in Illinois on May 16, 2008 at 5:12 pm
I love Ozzie. He's a one man quote machine. Anybody who slanders Jay Mariotti in such a way is the tops in my book. I'll look past his, um, comments about Maggs a couple years back. That being said, I think over the long haul Leyland's style is probably better.
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Love, they say, triumphs all odds. A young couple, who had eloped and taken the ill-fated luxury bus which killed eight near Manor on Wednesday, will second that saying. The couple has survived the tragedy and will soon tie the knot.
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"The next day, I bundled up a few clothes and we met in Vashi. We paid the bus cleaner Rs500 each and got onto the bus," she said. Their smooth ride on the path of love was interrupted past midnight by the accident.
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I remember the feelings of terror just moments before departure and wondering if I was really as strong as I thought I was. I had said goodbye to me dearest family and friends the night before in what had been a week long party of last laughs, good luck wishes, and unbridled encouragement. At that point I had travelled abroad to Europe on vacation and Cuba to volunteer for 2 weeks but this time it was different. I was going to a land I had studied closely in college and had fascinated me since my teenage rebellion had led me to the stories of Che Guevara, Emiliano Zapata, and Salvador Allende. Latin America was a place that seemed as foreign as the moon and I was heading to Cordoba, Argentina for 6 months as an unpaid volunteer EFL teacher.
I was going out of frustration from lack of opportunity after college as the bad economy and "dime a dozen" Liberal Arts degree hadn't given me the open-doors I was naive enough to believe in before graduation. My experience in Argentina was a volunteering opportunity I paid for out of my own pocket because I needed to feel as though I could make a difference no matter how minute or insignificant that difference was and at the very least find my niche. Best case scenario I wanted to change the world but at the very least feel as though I was part of the helplessly hopeful that get up everyday to try. I had my TEFL certification and teaching abroad seemed like a sensible step. My short lived career as a collections agent and medical records processer had frequently led me back to craigslist in search of something better. I started to realize fulfillment for me wasn't just a job but having a sense of purpose as a contributing member of society. The need to be an important part of a tribe is essential to human wellness and while some find this playing poker, gathering at the local watering hole, or sharing a meal it is more difficult for others. I spent 6 months in Argentina teaching students from 5-14 years old.(Also partying too hard) I had found a suitable occupation for the time being and did some travelling to Buenos Aires, Patagonia, Chile, and Brazil. I was beginning to build a valuable skill set while confronting my immaturity and fear of adulthood. I wouldn't be sure about my occupation choice entirely until after the next experience but I knew being abroad was just the experience I needed.
When I arrived home I knew I'd be off again but this time I had to get paid. Working for the sake of just teaching was great and all but I had college loans to pay and who knows maybe I'll eventually need some cash for grad. school and an actual teaching certificate. This time I decided to part with my love of Latin America and looked toward Asia. Asia is the land of tomorrow deeply rooted in antiquity or some other extreme form of an oxymoron that I found to be true. I knew it'd be important toward my personal and educational experience to spend some time there. I was at first conflicted as to which country to teach in but I had narrowed it down to China and South Korea. While China is massive and emerging at the forefront of the world economy I decided to save it for a vacation in favor of South Korea. My choice really came down to the fact I knew a rather stunning beauty living in Seoul that I had met in Argentina. (I screwed that one up before it began but somehow managed to find a Peruvian girlfriend so managed to maintain some Spanish, more on that next time)
Fast forward after months of finding an agency ,job, placement, etc. and I'm in a small town near Suwon (satellite city of Seoul). After a lot of adjustment and misunderstanding during the first week I reckoned teaching 35 Korean students per class in public school was going to be entirely different than teaching 6 Argentine kids at their local community center. After many failures and exhausting efforts I was able to finally set a rhythm after our winter break. (Went to China,Vietnam, Thailand on vacation, gorgeous!!!) I was even beginning to enjoy my job and started eating kimchi on a daily basis. Argentina had been more about the cultural experience but for me Korea really gave me a lot of incite into my vocation. I became interested in improving my teaching ability and that is something that differs greatly between the volunteer and the working experience. My skillset expanded from simply writing and executing lesson plans to developing my own activities, explaining idioms, discipline, testing,etc.
I remember the first time I fell in love with my career choice as an ESL or *EFL teacher. I had assigned some creative writing to gather possible material for our school English newspaper. The assignment was intended to induce critical thinking in response to the question "What 3 Things Would You Want if You Were Stranded on a Desert Island?". Many of my students gave the typical responses such as cellphones, candy, computers, videogames, etc. which were all with the intention they would eventually be rescued. One of my more quiet students had responded he would like to have seeds (to grow his own veggies), a water filter (so he could have drinking water and water for his veggies) , and a fishing pole (to of course get some protein). It hadn't even ocurred to him that he needed to be rescued as he summed up the response with something like, 'then I could live happily ever after." I was in absolute awe of his creativity and I must remind you this was an 11 year old boy. When I asked him how he came up with his response he said he did a google search on survival and then told me his favorite activity to do with his Dad was fishing. There is something truly visceral the first time you see a child learn from you and it is an experience that lives with you forever. It becomes a good addiction and if you are someone who wants to feel good about something then I highly recommend considering teaching abroad as a possibility.
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By David Hendricks firstname.lastname@example.com The San Antonio Symphony, as if a victorious army, marched Friday evening through the Great Gate and into Kiev for the final program of the 2008-09 season. The performance of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition," as famously orchestrated by Maurice Ravel, was distinguished by attention to detail and harmonious adhesion […] [Read More]
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Repentant Barnet midfielder Jon Nurse has issued an apology for his horror tackle on Jonathan Smith that saw the Town midfielder stretchered from the field with his leg in a splint as the Hatters overcame the Bees 2-1 at the Hive on boxing Day, writes Mark Wood.
Nurse's irresponsible late lunge left Smith crumpled in a heap on the stroke of half time with the Hatters leading 2-1.
The challenge, right in front of the dugout, was met with an angry reaction by Town's players and management alike.
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South Orange celebrated the Fourth of July with some recreation and the annual parade of patriotic and uniquely decorated bikes, strollers and citizens.
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Please take the win point away from him thanks.
and Lehtonen did win with no credit
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The DNA lab at the University of Wisconsin may help bring the final member of a World War II unit home.
Twenty-eight-year-old Pfc. Lawrence Gordon, from Canada, was killed during fighting in Normandy, France in 1944.
Staff Sgt. David Henry of Viroqua was wounded, but eventually came home.
Henry's grandson Jed Henry, who's a filmmaker, says Gordon was like a family member to his grandfather. The grandson began searching for Gordon in 2011 while making a documentary about his grandfather.
WISC-TV reports (http://bit.ly/K5QQ12) after a lot of research, he thinks Gordon ended up in a German cemetery. And he reached out to UW's Biotechnology Center to confirm it.
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