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Crop Update Drought continues to take its toll on the 2012 cotton crop. Significant chances of rainfall were forecasted over the past weekend, but little if any materialized over much of the cotton growing area. Based on Mesonet data, some parts of Caddo County picked up some beneficial rainfall. Chances of badly needed precipitation continue for the next few days. As of this writing, significant rainfall was obtained today in some parts of Harmon County. Triple digit heat has finally disappeared from the forecast and a few rain chances are still noted for several days for the next week. Based on 30-year "normal" temperatures, we have passed the date (around August 10th) when high temperatures have peaked and begin to decline. Results from IPM Extension Assistant Jerry Goodson's monitoring of 25 program fields indicate that as of this week, all have encountered "hard cutout" (bloomed through the terminal). Recall that the "Jackson County irrigated" sites (in the Lugert-Altus Irrigation District) were actually "dryland" as no water was available this year. Many irrigated fields had a bloom period of about 4 weeks (see nodes above white flower graph below). Dryland fields crashed rapidly toward hard cutout. This indicates that for many locations, yields will be disappointing. For results from selected sites, see below. Insect Update Scouting observations and consultant conversations indicate very little insect pest activity at this time. Regardless of cotton pest activity, with respect to insecticide applications for most pests, we are rapidly approaching 350 heat units past nodes above white flower = 5. The 350 heat units past NAWF=5 threshold indicates that harvestable bolls in many locations are sufficiently mature and typically do not need additional protection. August 21, 2012 Volume 2 Edition 11 Volume 1 Edition 7 Cotton Comments OSU Southwest Oklahoma Research and Extension Center Altus, OK
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As an electric cooperative, Lake Country Power is owned by the members it serves. As one of those members, I am getting more and more concerned about the high power bill I receive every month, and I'm willing to bet that many of my fellow "owners" are concerned as well. Let me offer a couple of obvious examples. Currently, we all have to pay almost $50 per service per month just for the privilege of having Lake Country as our power supplier. This is called a "facility charge" and it is just one of several "fees" that have to be paid before we even begin using electricity provided by LCP.
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NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 670 presents a big problem to AMD's Radeon HD 7900 series lineup. It clearly outperforms Radeon HD 7950, outperforms Radeon HD 7970 in most cases, and maintains a healthy cost-performance lead over Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, even if it lags behind in performance. To combat this, AMD is reportedly working on a new SKU, called Radeon HD 7950 GHz Edition. The "new" Radeon HD 7950 GHz Edition will be priced competitively to the GeForce GTX 670 (around $350-400), will retain the core configuration of the original HD 7950, with 1,792 Graphics CoreNext stream processors, 112 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and 384-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface holding 3 GB of memory; but will feature higher clock speeds, with a core clock speed ≥1.00 GHz, and could feature AMD PowerTune with Boost feature. It is also reported that a majority of HD 7950 GHz Edition graphics cards launched to the market (later this quarter), will be cost-effective non-reference designs by AMD's add-in board (AIB) partners. Sources: Benchmark.pl, Expreview
Yay I'm happy. Free performance boost at the same price. Excellent for people who were gonna settle for the HD7950. At similar price they will get a better product
This is long overdue. There was never an inherent problem with this sku, only the stock clockspeed which created some marketing fallacy I will never completely understand. Sure, it has more bw and isn't as tightly coordinated as the 670 so the tdp will be slightly higher for similar performance at 1080p, but it is and should be more versatile at higher-rez. That's the basic trade-off, and not really a huge one that should be an issue if one is cheaper than the other. Hope they don't cripple voltage tweaking with powertune as they seemed to in the 7970 ghz ed. Still po'ed these 'new features' seem to be more-and-more excuses to take away value potential and create market separation. That said, odds are the guy at ATi that gave us software voltage tweaking probably doesn't even work there anymore...
The original reference 7970 have been obsolete for a while now There are so many better non-reference designs out there, and the GTX 670 is such good price performance compare to the original 7970.
Here's an idea...why don't you just drop the price on the standard 7950, to a level it should have launched in the first place..because right now they're $75-$100 over priced. That way you wont have to worry about the 670, because the majority people looking to buy a new Gfx card will always look at the price,before performance.
AMD Radeon HD7900 series are overpriced, but they had a reason for that, their competitor could not supply enough 600 series cards in the market.
It seams like the original 7970 was a wait and see product. It was first with 40nm and had the performance crown while still leaving a huge room to grow for future products. And when Nvidia released their product it was easy for AMD to upgrade the cards.
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I hope this card wont sell at all. I hope that something will happen to AMD to make their cards cost-effective again, even at the sake of losing market share.
I can get brand new 7970, with wararnty and everything else for $429. This card best sell for $329 or less. THat is the only way AMD can really compete. 7970 should be $379-$429(stock, oc, GHz, GHz OC @ $10 intervals), and 7950 should be $309-$349). Just my opinion though, of course.
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Dispatch wrote:Your right. The fact that it has a nice looking paint job doesn't mean its a quality board, that's why I put up this up to question what 321 carries. I have to say... it does bug me buying Chinese made products. As I stated, I'm new to the sport and I'm not sure who is quality and who is not. We have a few surf shops in Daytona Beach and an even bigger on in Coco Beach but I don't want to rely on the salesman for whats good. They will sell you anything.
Dispatch wrote:Been thinking about the proposed board though.... I'm thinking a round nosed 9' long board might be more cumbersome than a pointed shorter board like for when dodging under waves and such. Just don't want to sell myself short(no pun intended).
Dispatch wrote:I decided not to go with Surf 321 after all. I'll look at my local Maui Nix and others for what I can actually hold in my hand and feel for myself.
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Reviews by xseanprimex:More User Reviews:schoolboyOhio 3.76/5 rDev -8.5% look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75 Woo. Somebody burned some pork rinds and threw them in the stout. This is a big nasty stout with a crazy amount of some flavor. This is smoked as much as a full rauch beer and the stout is fully suppressed by the smoke. It pours nicely to a black foamy loveliness. The aroma only barely gives away the smoked taste that's going to follow. The taste is so smokey everything else is lost. The aftertaste is a burnt bitterness. O would put this in a line up of rauch beers, where it would fare well. As an imperial Stout, not so much. Serving type: bottle 12-19-2013 01:46:56 | More by schoolboy santomarkCalifornia 3.08/5 rDev -25.1% look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3 A - Pours a dark black, chocolate, body with a small toffee off white head S - Mild vanilla, molasses, sweet dark chocolate, and as weird as this sounds, a hickory scent reminiscent of BACON! T - Very dark up front, nice roasted notes, mild fruit and ends on this hickory bacon flavor. M - Very syrupy, but it's to be expected with this type of beer. O - I'm going to pass on this one. Serving type: bottle 12-18-2013 00:30:34 | More by santomark BB1313Ohio 3.58/5 rDev -12.9% look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5 Bottled on 10/24/13. 22oz bottle poured into a tulip. Pours black with just a little light getting through; khaki head that slowly fades and leaves nice lacing and retention. The aromas are loaded with cocoa malts. Lots of chocolate along with some smoke. The flavors are loaded with smoke and ash. They deliver on the hickory as well, in a subtle way. Tons of malts and grains. Lots of dark chocolate. Some hints of vanilla. There's a subtle bitterness. Earthy and woodsy. Alcohol goes unnoticed. Mouthfeel is full-bodied. It's very creamy and smooth with moderate carbonation. This is a nice beer to sip on and relax with. Not bad at all. It's not exactly anything unique or out of the ordinary, in my opinion, but it's well crafted and pretty enjoyable. Serving type: bottle 12-14-2013 23:11:44 | More by BB1313 BotoConnecticut 4.21/5 rDev +2.4% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25 22oz bomber: This one pours an inky, opaque dark brown color. There was a very small brown head on it that didn't linger long or leave any lacing. The nose is good. Touch of smoke, just a hint of alcohol. Chocolate, dark fruits, hint of spruce: there is a lot going on in there. The taste is good. A bit of a sweetness to it. Some espresso, chocolate, spruce, dark fruits and some bitterness/dryness in the finish. This is really good! Serving type: bottle 12-13-2013 22:30:40 | More by Boto |
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Former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain was the marquee name of the three Republican senators at Monday's town hall, where they talked about the threat of deep cuts to the defense budget.
But I got a kick out of Sen. Lindsay Graham, who spoke in his trademark South Carolina accent and assured Fayetteville folks we were "about to get screwed."
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Graham, McCain of Arizona, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, stopped in Fayetteville for the second of three stops Monday to sound the alarm about the potential cuts under a process called sequestration. They spoke at Fayetteville Technical Community College.
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Graham, who spoke last of the senators, clarified that 40 percent of our local budget relies on defense spending. We need to diversify our economy, he lectured.
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I noted that Ayotte was as reserved as Graham was colorful. She is on the list of possible vice presidential candidates for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and McCain introduced her as a "rising star in our party."
She reinforced the message about the seriousness of cuts, saying they would harm our national security.
"If we don't have that, we don't have anything else," she said.
In the question-and-answer session, few talked or asked about the potential sequestration.
One man asked about a bill that would combine military posts and exchanges into for-profit retailers.
A woman said she had been a supporter of the Vietnam War and praised McCain, a POW in Vietnam, as a hero.
In a moving moment, Crystal Reilly, an Army wife, talked about the stress of deployments on her Green Beret husband and her family. She said she believes the Army is already trying to force soldiers out by blocking their progress up rank for what she considers minor offenses.
I spoke to her afterward and asked if she thought anything would come of the town hall. She said the goal was to alert people and the event did that.
I agree the senators met that standard, and Graham's stark assessment of what those size cuts would do to our community is likely correct.
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Sea Shepherd Will Battle Whalers Alone in Antarctica in 2006/2007 Please Feel Free to Distribute The Greenpeace Foundation has announced that they will not be returning to the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary for the 2006/2007 Japanese whaling season. In a recent meeting at the National Maritime Museum in Sydney, Australia, Shayne Rattenbury of Greenpeace said that they have accomplished all that they could this year and there was no need to return to Antarctic waters at the end of the year to confront whalers. If they return to Antarctica at all, it will be for a global warming research mission. Greenpeace is estimated to have spent over one million dollars in promotions over the recent campaign to Antarctica where Greenpeace crewmembers were filmed observing the slaughter of the whales. Shayne Rattenbury said that Greenpeace had to re-evaluate their tactics after one of their crew was thrown into the ocean during a confrontation with a Japanese whaling ship. ?If not for the fact that he was wearing a survival suit, he would have died in those frigid waters,? said Rattenbury. Captain Paul Watson was amused at the statement. ?I thought that was what a survival suit was for,? he said. ?My crew all jumped into the water on New Year?s day to swim with the penguins and they were only wearing bathing suits. Rattenbury seems to forget that risk is what this is all about. Of course it is risky. Of course it is dangerous. If it was easy then everyone would be doing it. Now it looks as if only Sea Shepherd will be taking these risks against the pirate whalers next year.? Greenpeace had two ships in Antarctic waters including the Esperanza that had the speed capability of being able to stay constantly with the Japanese fleet. The 30 million dollar Esperanza was the perfect ship for shutting down illegal Japanese whaling. Instead, Greenpeace used it as a filming platform. Greenpeace also had a refueling ship to re-supply their two vessels. Despite this the Greenpeace ships stayed only one week longer than Sea Shepherd and returned to Cape Town with plenty of fuel in their tanks. ?I visted the Esperanza in Cape Town,? said Farley Mowat Chief Engineer Trevor Van Der Gulik. They had enough fuel left onboard to have stayed with the Japanese fleet for another two weeks. When we arrived in Cape Town after a voyage of 8,500 miles we had only a days supply of fuel remaining. I cannot believe they abandoned the whales when they still had the means to stay down there.? Greenpeace also refused to cooperate with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and refused to post their coordinates on their website to prevent Sea Shepherd from getting the information. ?Greenpeace had the capability of helping us to stop the whalers, ?said Farley Mowat 1st Officer Alex Cornelissen. ?They knew that the whalers stopped whaling and ran every time the Farley Mowat approached. Instead they allowed dozens of whales to die that could have been saved.? The much slower Farley Mowat was able to intercept the Japanese fleet three time and each time, the Japanese ships ran. In total the Whalers fled over 4,000 miles and it cost them 15 days of whaling. ?Greenpeace is taking credit for this,? said Captain Watson. ?Despite the fact that the whalers killed whales as Greenpeace watched. I have been reluctant to publicly criticize Greenpeace because despite their tactical limitations they were still down there and their filming of the whale killing was educational to the general public. But now that they have announced they are abandoning the whales of Antarctica, I have no problem in being critical of them. As far as I?m concerned, they used the whales to raise money and that money should be spent on returning to Antarctica and not for purposes other than what people donated it for.? The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is putting all efforts into securing a faster ship to return to the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary to once again pursue the illegal whaling vessels from Japan. There is no doubt that the Japanese whalers are afraid of Sea Shepherd?s policy of intervening against their illegal operations. ?If we can match their speed, we can shut them down.? Said Captain Paul Watson. ?If people are sincere about stopping these outlaw whalers then we invite them to help us raise the funds to purchase the ship needed to do the job. A donation to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a donation directly to the whales and not to the administrative overhead, fund-raising machine and salaries of an eco-bureaucracy that has officially abandoned the campaign to stop the whalers in the Southern Oceans.? Captain Paul Watson is not happy to be criticizing Greenpeace. He was a co-founder of Greenpeace back in 1972 and he was also the man who first developed the tactic of blocking the harpoons with Zodiac inflatable boats. He and the late Robert Hunter, the first President of the Greenpeace Foundation were the first two people to place their bodies on the line to protect whales in June 1975. Robert Hunter?s daughter Emily Hunter was a crewmember on the Sea Shepherd ship Farley Mowat for the recent campaign to Antarctica. ?Greenpeace was a cutting edge grassroots organization in the Seventies, ?said Captain Watson. ?Back then we were not afraid of being controversial and we were not afraid of taking risks. Sea Shepherd is now what Greenpeace was then. I never changed, Greenpeace changed when they exchanged gutsy effective intervention for ocean posing, public relations and fund-raising. They are rich and we are poor but we give a greater bang for the buck and we are the organization most feared by the pirate whalers and outlaw fishing operations.? The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society cannot compete with the expensive ad campaigns and direct mail operations of Greenpeace. Despite this it will be a Sea Shepherd ship confronting the whalers in 2006/2007 and not Greenpeace. Captain Paul Watson Founder and President - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Director - Sierra Club USA Director - The Farley Mowat Institute Director - Atlantic Grey Whale Society President - Oceanic Research and Conservation Action Force P.O. Box 2616 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Tel: 360-370-5650 Cell: 310-701-3096 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Website: www.Seashepherd.org |
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greenpeace's actions in germany with the beached whale at the embacy was amazing, they should get credit for that. it seems they were a little soft on the water although. one good thing about all this is that while this whaling was taking place a helpful boost in japans snow fall was pelting their county with record breaking snow, causing economic problems and other problems resulting in more money loss then they could earn back at 10 whaling journeys. what was it like 30 feet of snow or something? at the same time the same weather was hitting the west coast with huge rainfall. maybe this 06/07 year will be dismil for the whalers cause their numbers are declining. cheers to the sea sheppard.
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So sad our Thermodynamic views are:
Although it is true that some of Greenpeace's actions have credit and credit is givin where credit is due, it is very hard to sail along side a 300 million dollar a year organizetion with the ability to shut down antartic whaling forever and not even acknowledge our exsistance even when the founder of Sea Shepherd is one of the founders of Greenpeace! If Sea Shepherd had 1 tenth of there money no whale on this planet would ever die again. And worse yet about 20 persent of the money donated to Greenpeace is really ment for Sea Shepherd, bucause most think SS is GP. It's time to get the job done and stop thinking about personal goals. Trevor |
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yep! sad state of affairs when the whales only defense against hunters is protection in small scattered numbers. green peace seems more like a controlled orginization that follows strict guide lines from like the government or something. my question to them is why follow the rules when the whalers are not following them? they have no chance of winning. by the time they wake up it will be to late for some whales i'm sure, but atleast they will have pockets full of cash and bellies filled with yummie delicacies!!!!
and as far as the thermodynamics are concerned, yeah sad i know but that's just me....look for the positives in the worst situations. i have an idea to start something much like sea sheppard but on a worldly scale, well much like green peace is or was i guess. a GWO (green) not NWO. i would take a stab in the dark and go as far to say once the world is finally deemed out of whack in laymans terms, the NWO will use this as one of their primary themes. Paul Watson is a revolutionary in my book....
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Your comments are truly great and look fwd to your revolutionary idea in combating the world issues upon our generation in which we must respond. As for on a more worldly scale I can only hope that another group can come out of the grass roots and be more international that SSCS has been. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has visited every continent on the planent and has confronted every pirate whaling nation, and will do so unill there are no whalers left. At that point they hope to retire and go home to there families unlike other "eco agencies" where the decline of our enviroment is profit and good for biz!!! I truly look fwd to hearing more about you ideas and think anybody doing anythig is good, even GP is good on the education front. All things in time, just hopefully not to late! Trevor P.S. Captain Watson is truly an eco-lutionary |
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Trevor, how long have you been with sscs? and where have you gone with them? i know they're based out of the san juan islands in washington. is there a group in canada as well?
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Hello Mr. Armada,
I have been working for SSCS for 16 years and was born a member. I have sailed the Atlantic N and S, Pacific N and S, Indian, Both coast of north America, Austrialia, Antartica, South Africa, Canada, Europe etc. SSCS was started first in Vancouver B.C. then moved to L.A. and now in Friday Harbour. Paul Watson is a Canadian all though the organization has a lot of diputes with the government of Canada and our ships get a lot of harassment from the Canadian Gov even though we have Canadian registered vessels. SSCS also has an office in Holland, Vancouver Canada, Hamberg Germany and soon opening one in Melbourn Aus. It seems you have been folowing the work of SSCS, and nice to see people with genuine interest with our work! R u out of North America or some where else on this big rock, A Pirate in the Carib maybe? Trevor |
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Canadian National Newspaper Editorial Condemns the Canadian Seal Slaughter Canada's conservative national newspaper the National Post ran an editorial by former Presidential speech writer Matthew Scully that eloquently eviscerated the idea that there is anything traditional or honourable about the annual Canadian seal slaughter. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society heartedly applauds both Mr. Scully for the literary lethality of his words in describing the slaughter for what it is – an embarrassment and a disgrace to Canada's international image. We also applaud the National Post for having the courage to run the article and for rejecting the Canadian government's pressure to stifle the media on covering the annual massacre of young seals. This editorial is yet another nail to be hammered into the coffin of this despicable, obscene, and barbaric industry. The sealing industry is on the ropes now and is being pummeled with boycotts, national bans on pelts, protests, confrontations, and condemnations from celebrities and on the floor of the British House of Parliament. This bloody cruel slaughter has already decimated harp seal populations, destroyed the cod fishery, and has caused irreparable ecological damage to the entire Northwest region of the North Atlantic Ocean. Sea Shepherd has been fighting this horrific killing of young harp and hood seals since we were first founded in 1977. We have never retreated from our opposition to the killing and we never will. Saving these seals has been worth the beatings inflicted upon us, it has been worth the arrests and the imprisonment for the "crime" of documenting the killing, and it has been worth the expensive efforts to continually go to the ice floes to intervene against the killing of the seals. Together, all of the organizations and individuals opposing the slaughter of the seals will prevail. This annual massacre of hundreds of thousands of newly born seals will be shut down. We will never rest until it is ended forever. Link to the National Post Editorial: http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/n...6-a892dfeb1d08 An ivory trade to call our own by Matthew Scully, National Post Published: Monday, February 13, 2006 Forming right now inside their mothers, seal pups will soon fill the ice floes off Newfoundland and Labrador. Then comes one of their very first sights on this Earth -- the swarms of men bearing clubs, hooks, guns, and knives. Welcome to the world. Nature has its own ruthless ways, as those men like to remind us, and makes no special allowance for the young and helpless. But this annual killing binge is not of nature's design, and there has always been something uniquely abhorrent in the spectacle. If we could understand what possesses people to do such things, and do it all with such smug self-assurance, the insight would have relevance far beyond Atlantic Canada. Their professed reasons - the marginal economic benefits of the hunt, the protection of an ancient "way of life," etc. - have never really explained it. When you've dispensed with all their excuse-making, it becomes clear we are dealing here with some deep and implacable force. Cruelty is the endpoint of greed and other vices, and rarely done for its own sake. Yet in every age and every place, there is a certain type of man who glories in violence -- only more when the victims are helpless and innocent. There is "a cruelty that is fed, not weakened, by tears," as a long-ago philosopher observed. Whether this malevolence directs itself at humans or at animals, it all comes from the same rot, the same dark and unreachable place in the human heart. I was struck last year by a letter to this paper from one seal-pup slaughterer who took offense at my use of "innocence." The word springs naturally enough to mind when one is attempting to describe newborn mammals left defenseless on the ice floes that are their nursery, creatures so new to the world they cannot swim and can barely crawl. But you can understand why someone who clubs, shoots, or skins alive hundreds of such creatures in an afternoon would find the term uncomfortable. Twenty or so centuries' worth of Western literature and religious allusion has looked to young animals as the very embodiments of vulnerability and innocence, as in the Lamb who suffered for the sins of the world. And there is no reason to shy from plain moral language here as well. That same tradition left us with an abundance of other ideas such as humility before Creation, the moral restraint of the strong toward the weak, and the spirit of mercy that extends even to humble animals - ideas readily grasped by all except the perverse hard of heart. There is a passage in The Heart of Darkness that has a familiar ring. If you substitute "sealskin" for "ivory," Joseph Conrad could be reporting directly from the ice floes: "The word ivory rang in the air, was whispered and sighed. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew threw it all, like a whiff from some corpse ... and outside, the silent wilderness surrounding this cleared speck of the earth struck me as something great and invisible, like evil or truth, waiting patiently for the passing away of this fantastic invasion." A harsh but truthful portrait of the type -- of men who think that every last thing on Earth is there for the taking, and traipse about as if their only business in this world is to allocate death. More than anything else, what really amazes me about the seal-pup slaughter is the stubborn pridefulness of it: Let all the world think they are callous fools. Let nation after nation slam the doors on their stolen products, as Greenland, Denmark, and Italy have done in recent days. Let a worldwide boycott of Canadian fishery products destroy the markets and jobs of other people. For these folks, all of this is only more reason to set course toward the seal nurseries. They talk a lot about traditional values and the like, as opposed to modern, "urban" values, and you wonder how many of these characters still like to think of themselves as good Christian men. Maybe by now, as I am told by witnesses to the mayhem, the pretenses have all pretty well fallen away. We can be certain, in any case, that even when the cameras are barred and the protesters kept away, no cruelty goes unrecorded, and no forsaken creature's whimper is beyond His hearing. If the Good Shepherd does indeed watch over those scenes, I would not want to be wearing their bloody boots. Recall, too, that all of this cruelty is subsidized, propped up by millions of dollars a year from Canada's taxpayers. Yet all arguments were lost last time around on Prime Minister Paul Martin. Even to the very end, he could be heard pandering in Atlantic Canada during last month's election with pledges to "save the seal hunt." So let it be a Conservative government that finally brings the wretched business to an end. It would be a fitting start for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a courageous and merciful exercise of his new powers. And to a watching world, no decision of his could more dramatically demonstrate that corrupt old ways will no longer be tolerated, and a new day has truly arrived in Ottawa. |
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canada is a great place. happy to see people are speaking out about the slaughter of seals. change is on the way it sounds!! this will make your hard work and the hard work of others all the better.
i was born in washington, raised on a washington island as well, and still live in western washington. always been interested in conservation and green living. currently reading this great book called "the new ecological home" by Danial D. Chiras. i recmomend it. a lot of green home tech. stuff...it's good reading. is the sscs's ships available for viewing when in the home port here?
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I love Washington State and the pacfic northwest in general! SSCS ships now are in the south seas. The Farley Mowat is in Cape Town adn the Sirenian is in the galopagos. The ships are very rarely in one place for very long. To much work to do.
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Fall Photography Workshop :: Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks
4th Annual Bryce Canyon Hoodoos and Zion Fall Color Photo Workshop
November 1 - 5, 2014
Early fall in Bryce and Zion National Parks is a magical experience and this workshop will allow you to experience both of these National treasures in a relaxed and unhurried pace. The workshop will begin at Bryce Canyon National Park where vivid sunrises and sunsets provide a colorful canopy over the mystical hoodoo formations comprising the Bryce Amphitheater. Early November is off-tourist season meaning that we will have much of the Park to ourselves as we explore iconic vistas from high atop the rim to a liesurely morning photo stroll through these grand hoodoo formations on a loop trail to the base of the canyon! You will get two sunrise and two sunset location shoots along with a mini-image review and workflow instruction. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon which, despite its name, is not a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by wind, water, and ice erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. The red, orange, and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views for any landscape photographer.
The workshop will then caravan southwest (roughly 2 hours) to Zion National Park where fall color will be plentiful and crowds will also be light. The vivid autumn yellows of the aspens and cottonwoods blend with the incredible rich reds of the big tooth maples providing a palette of color to excite any photographer or artist. A prominent feature of the 229 square mile park is Zion Canyon, which is 15 miles long and up to half a mile deep (we will explore the first 7 miles). The canyon is cut through the reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone by the North Fork of the Virgin River. We will not be going to the Subway or Narrows.
Based on the color in Zion Canyon that we photographed this past year, we should be in prime fall color conditions in Zion Canyon (though peak fall color is not always predictable).
This workshop will be limited to only 12 students and will have an emphasis on field location shooting. It will also include two sessions of Photoshop training and a minimum of two image review sessions. The Photoshop training will include: basic workflow, Levels, Curves, color correction, sharpening, adjusment layers, masks, burning and dodging techniques, image blending, and RAW conversion. We will also look at software from Nik and Topaz.
Also planned is a night of star photography over Bryce Canyon (weather permitting).
I will have another qualified professional as a second instructor on this workshop
Workshop will begin at 2:00 pm on November 1st at our hotel in Bryce and end after the sunrise and secondary shoots in Zion at approximately 9:30 am on Wednesday, November 5th.
Some locations we plan to visit at Bryce Canyon National Park
- Thor's Hammer
- Natural Bridge
- Navajo Loop Trail (1.5 mile loop through the hoodoo formations)
- Sunrise Point
- Sunset Point
- Agua Point
- Bryce Point
- Rainbow Point
Some locations we plan to visit at Zion National Park
- Court of the Patriarchs
- Checkerboard Mesa and surrounding washes
- The Grotto
- Temple of Sinawava
- Emerald Pools
- Towers of the Virgin
- Riverside Walk
- The Watchman
- Weeping Rock
- The Great White Throne
Cost: $1795.00 (includes 4 nights hotels in Bryce and Zion)
Frequently Asked Questions: Fall Bryce/Zion Frequently Asked Questions
Lodging: The workshop will be held at the the following hotels: Best Western Ruby's Inn (Bryce Canyon City), located just 1 mile from the entrance to Bryce National Park. Our Zion locations will be the Cliffrose Lodge and Gardens (Springdale), which is located 1/2 mile from the main entrance to the park.
Meals: Participants will be required to purchase their own meals.
Transportation: We will carpool to shooting locations. Participants are required to provide transportation to and from the workshop and between the two Parks. Paricipants are also responsible for Park entrance fees.
Travel and other expenses: Under no circumstances will I refund any charge not paid to me, such as (but not limited to) airfare, lodging, car rental, or meals. Though I've never had to cancel a workshop, and consider the possibility extremely remote, for your peace of mind I strongly encourage you to purchase travel insurance to cover any losses resulting from a cancelled workshop.
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Injured Blue Jackets right wing Jared Boll underwent surgery to repair a torn tendon in his left ankle today and will miss three to four more months.
Boll, the club's longest-tenured player and its fourth-line enforcer, suffered the injury on Nov. 22 during a loss at Vancouver and has missed all 11 games since. He could miss the remainder of the season, although general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said he was hopeful Boll would return during the regular season.
"We just patiently wait and see how he recovers," Kekalainen said. "Everything went well with the surgery. I'm optimistic."
Boll had not skated in recent days and his locker stall had been cleared yesterday. The injury, which Kekalainen said likely occurred when he was struck with a puck during the loss to the Canucks, was not thought to require surgery, but that changed in recent days.
"Everything seemed to be going fine but then it wasn't getting better," Kekalainen said. "He took an MRI and the doctors thought there might be more (damaged) than what they could see in the MRI. But they felt the operation was a success, that everything went well."
The surgery was performed by Dr. Greg Berlet of OhioHealth's Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Center.
After playing five games in eight days, the Blue Jackets took their rest this morning. It was needed.
Last night, the Jackets – 2-2-1 in that five-game stretch – played a man down (Dalton Prout, upper body) for nearly all of a 3-2 loss to Winnipeg. They played two men down for two periods (Derek MacKenzie, lower body). They played three down for most of the second (Fedor Tyutin, stick to the face).
"We went down to four defensemen and 11 forwards," Jackets left wing Matt Calvert said. "I think we got a little tired. We just got hemmed in a bit.
"The second period, we had a lull. Short bench, guys playing more, a penalty kill. We got out of rhythm and it was tough."
Most Jackets stayed off the ice today, although goalie Curtis McElhinney (lower body) said he would skate. He has missed two starts after suffering his injury during a morning skate on Thursday in New York.
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Ohio State linebacker Ryan Shazier was named to the first-team Associated Press All-America team today. Buckeyes left tackle Jack Mewhort and running back Carlos Hyde made third-team All-America.
The Blue Jackets, to borrow from Gump, are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. Tonight, you got a couple that were sweet and delicious, and a couple more that had the cherries in them – but they were busted, and the goo was running out – and a couple more that were the kind you bite once and spit out.
It was a mixed bag in the Nationwide Arena. The Jackets lost two players to injury in the first period, and another (temporarily) in the second. They got (insert verb here) on a couple of (choose between "questionable," "bad" or "horrible") calls by the officials. On top of all that, they had a couple of passengers on board, and they took a couple of stupid penalties, and they didn't play the Pizza Song.
The result was a 3-2 loss at the hands of the Winnipeg Jets. And announced crowd of 11,448 took it in. The fans that were on hand were a hearty bunch. They took full note of the poor calls and let referee Tim Peel have it. They tried to inject energy into a tired team in the third period. They kept it close.
Brandon Dubinsky fairly summed up the post-game atmosphere in the Jackets' locker room.
"It wasn't good enough as a team – but I've got to play better than that," Dubinsky said. "That wasn't close to my best. I'm pretty upset with myself – not the team. It has been a tough stretch, but some guys played well. Some guys dropped the mitts and were engaged. I've got to be better, all the way through."
The first period ended in a 0-0 draw. Defenseman Dalton Prout (upper body) left after one shift and
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I just love yard sales. I love going to 'em, and I love having 'em. 'Cause the thing is, if you go to a lot of yard sales, you have to have a yard sale every once in awhile to get rid of the stuff you bought at the other yard sales, right?
Oh, I've gotten some wicked good stuff at yard sales. Like one of them crocheted toilet paper covers, only with a poodle on top. (I kid you not). And at Debbie Ledoux's last year, a bobble head moose and a hand-painted wooden frog for my frog collection. Score!
I've also bought crap that looked good in the heat of the moment. But then I get it home, and think. Sugar! Why'd I waste a buck fifty on this piece a doo doo? I mean, a French condiment server for "sel, poivre et moutarde," shaped like a toilet? You get the idea.
The good thing, is even when a yard sale find flops, it's no big whoop. The next time you have a yard sale, you can pass your treasure along to some other hapless soul. Or, you can bring to the swap shop down to the transfer station. In the end, it'll find a good home. 'Cause if yard sale-in's taught me anything, it's that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I was reminded of that a few years back when Charlie and me were having our yard sale. It was a beautiful day for it, too, sunny with low humidity. The early birds had already come and gone, and I'd just finished chattin' with Claire Lambert, when who do I see walking up to our yard, but Jeanie Anderson.
My heart literally skipped a beat. See, I thought Jeanie was going to be in Dexter that weekend, visiting her grandkids. That's what she told me anyways, the last time I saw her. And 'cause I knew she wasn't gonna to be around, I decided to put the little picture she give me for my 50th birthday into our yard sale. Look, it was this dark thing in a dinged-up black frame. Some print of a painting, I think, with this old man saying grace, a small loaf of bread on the table. I just found the picture, well, so lonesome lookin', you know? It'd been in my yard sale box for years, and since Jeanie was goin' to be out of town, I decided this was my moment to move it out.
But here she was, all smiles, wavin' to me, her birthday present on a table not six feet away. I wave back thinkin', Geesh, I'm caught between a dog and a hydrant here. Well, Ida, it was six years ago. Maybe she won't remember.
I decide to head her off at the pass. "Jeanie! What a surprise! I thought you were in Dexter this weekend visiting your grandkids."
"Oh, they decided to come here, instead," she says. "I was on my way to the A&P for some cookie baking supplies, but saw you were havin' a yard sale. So, I thought I'd check it out."
"Aren't you somethin'?" I reply, thinkin', Do not look to your right, Jeanie. "You know, we have a craft table over there that's got your name written all over it. Lot's of great stuff."
"Oh, Ida, you know how I love crafts. What, beside the exercise bike?"
"Yup," I says, pointin' to her left. "Way over there." I'm thinking, while she's gone, I'll just mosey over and hide that picture, right? I'm on my way over to it when I bump into my friend Celina, who'd just lost her husband, Henry. So we commiserate 'bout that for awhile. Then I get nabbed by some fella looking for Nazi paraphernalia. I mean, come on! By the time get away from him, I look over and see that Jeanie's cashed out (My niece Caitlin was takin' the money, freeing me up to work the crowd), and she's headin' back to her car.
"Jeanie!" I yell, "come show me what you bought."
"Ida," she says, "I hit the jackpot. Look at this: two Barry Manilow CD's!
"Oh, Mandy'll love that."
"Won't she? I snatched up your knittin' machine. And this kit for a macramé plant hanger."
"Never been opened."
"And here's the best one. Would you look at this little picture! Isn't it special?"
"It is special, with that nice black frame and all?"
"The old man looks so...serene, doesn't he?"
"Interesting. I never thought of it like that! I guess he does look serene. Anyways, I'm glad you like it. Something told me you might."
"Like it? Ida, I love it! Well, I'm off to the A&P."
"Take care, Jeanie! Say hi to Bob for me."
I'm watchin' her go, thinkin', Wow! She has no idea. Goes to show, we give as gifts the very things we want for ourselves.
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