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After the Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl 45 in Dallas, one of the top circulated videos on all of Facebook was a clip of the classic, movie-mocking comedy series, Mystery Science Theater 3000.
The bit came from the show's de-fanging of the Wisconsin-made, sincerely inept Bill Rebane giant monster/disaster flick, The Giant Spider Invasion. To poke fun at the real-life Wisconsinites running from the furry Volkswagen with legs that served as the titular arachnid, the MST3K japesters would frequently shout, "Packers! Woo! More Packers!" Football fans cut those moments together to poke a little fun at the uber-zealous Cheesehead celebrations that filled America's Dairyland after the Steelers fell.
While it's not news that Packers fans tend to be ravenous, the whole phenomena speaks to the pop culture power that Joel Hodgson's Mystery Science Theater 3000 still holds. While the Wisconsin native didn't invent the concept of throwing jokes at a movie screen during a bad film any more than Henry Ford invented the motor car, he and his fellow MST3K creators perfected it.
The original MST3K ran for 10 seasons – beginning in 1989 on the now defunct Comedy Channel before shifting to Comedy Central and then The Sci-Fi Network. Created and (originally) hosted by Hodgson, the show would see a turnover of its entire cast before ending its run and moving to the big screen with Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.
Before the show's Satellite of Love crashed to Earth in 1999 (reportedly somewhere just outside Milwaukee), Michael J. Nelson replaced Joel, while Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett took over as Servo and Crow. respectively.
Nelson, Murphy and Corbett reunited behind Rifftrax – an online download service selling snide commentary tracks for Hollywood's most recent clunky releases — i.e., deconstructing tomorrow's B-movies today. They also release some public domain films with commentary and popular short film compilations such as the brand new Shortstoberfest and Order in the Shorts.
Hodgson takes his brand of ridicule on the road as Cinematic Titanic for live, MST3K-style movie riffing. A few years ago, he teamed with his original Satellite of Love cast partners, J. Elvis Weinstein (Tom Servo) and Trace Beaulieu (Crow T. Robot). MST3K veteran writers and stars, Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester) and Frank Conniff (TV's Frank), also joined the crew.
From his secret bunker complex, Hodgson updated CraveOnline on the world of riffing.
CraveOnline: What does Cinematic Titanic owe to MST3K? And, how is it different?
Joel Hodgson: History has been very kind to Mystery Science Theater. We have a very loyal fan base, and every MST3K DVD set we release sells better than the previous one. Since the supply of those original episodes is finite, we wanted to give our fans something new that kept the spirit and the tone of the original show.
(Cinematic Titanic) is a riffing delivery system we offer to keep loyal MST3K enthusiasts well stocked with fresh jokes.
CraveOnline: When you first assembled your Cinematic Titanic crew, you began selling studio-recorded DVDs online featuring a premise close to the original MST3K idea – five comics held against their will to riff on bad movies. Why did you transition to releasing live DVDs?
Joel Hodgson: Around the same time we recorded that first DVD, we did our first live show for Industrial Light and Magic in San Francisco. Fans couldn't attend that ILM event, but, it went really well. So, we started doing shows on the road, performing at about one venue per month around the country.
I think the show is better live than in the studio. I think we're better live. But people were adamantly against it. We've got some emails from the fan base saying, "We'll never buy another DVD from you until you're back in the studio." But I think we can try too hard to be MST3K again. It's not our job to approximate the past. Doing it live keeps it fresh, and we can immediately get a sense if a riff is working.
CraveOnline: You've explained in the past that each member watches the films several time and writes between 300 and 500 jokes per film before the collection is culled down into the show script. But how do you pick the movies you end up riffing?
Joel Hodgson: It would seem like there's no shortage of bad movies to riff on out there, but it's so much easier to find a film in the public domain. Otherwise, it becomes a question of clearing the material legally.
You need a movie that has some sort of story, though. It can't just be bad. It's not true that worse a movie is, the easier it is to do. We've found that a film has to have some kind of decent editing for the riffs to work. There's a passage in one of our new movies (Rattlers) that is edited so poorly that it was difficult to write and perform around the sequence.
CraveOnline: Mystery Science Theater 3000 ran for 10 years on cable before living on in DVD sets and online amongst its dedicated fan base. Do you see any reason why Cinematic Titanic can't live online for years to come"
Joel Hodgson: We all agreed to do it for at least five years. I love the work, and I hope I always get to do it. After each live show, we stay around and do signings for the fans, and it's great to see kids and their parents who grew up with the show coming out to see us.
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Omni Direct is selected as the direct response marketing agency of choice to help develop, launch and test Franklin Electronic Publishers' "Interact with English" product in the U.S. Hispanic market.
OmniResponse, the wholly owned consumer products enterprise of OmniReliant Holdings Inc., signs an exclusive agreement with the makers of the Ruby Crystal Natural Nail Care System and Ruby Dazzle, granting it exclusive rights to the brand for global distribution and immediately adding a new revenue stream without requiring any upfront investment. In addition, it announces an increase in sales of its ColdFire brand since being featured on the season premiere of "Pitchmen" on The Discovery Channel.
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A 45-year-old who stole over £1,200 worth of household items from a house she was renting has received a suspended jail term.
Wendy Lorraine Doonan, of Sheskin Gardens, pleaded guilty to theft from a dwelling between February and July, last year.
Derry Magistrates Court heard that £1,222 worth of electrical and household items were stolen from the house in Bonds Hill.
When Doonan moved into the address she signed an inventory of items that belonged to the landlord and were to remain in the property.
However, when the 45-year-old moved out without notice, the landlord discovered that things were missing from the house.
Doonan was interviewed and told police that the landlord gave her permission to throw things away or to donate them to charity.
She admitted that she kept some of the items herself.
It was revealed these items have since been returned to the landlord.
Defence counsel Nicola Rountree told the court her client had a 'sense of ownership' over the items that she 'shouldn't have had'.
She said Doonan asked the landlord to remove some of the things in the house and when he didn't got rid of them herself.
The barrister added that when the 45-year-old moved out of the house the 'lines were blurred as to what she owned and what the landlord owned',
Suspending a six month jail term for two years, District Judge Barney McElholm said if there is any further offending 'you will go to prison. You are surviving by the skin of your teeth'.
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Utah quarterback Brett Ratliff finally got sacked -- and sacked, and sacked, and sacked, and sacked and sacked.
Wyoming's defense dished Ratliff, who hadn't been sacked this season, severe grief Saturday on the way to a 31-15 win, the Cowboys' first against Utah since 1999.
Cowboys redshirt freshman Karsten Sween, meanwhile, shone in his second start, throwing for 202 yards and a touchdown and running for a 4-yard touchdown.
The touchdown gave the Cowboys (3-4, 2-1 Mountain West Conference) a 17-0 lead to open the second quarter. By early in the third, the score was 31-0.
Wyoming wouldn't score after that, but it hardly mattered.
Cowboys coach Joe Glenn credited his defense, which held the Utes (4-3, 2-1) to just 33 yards rushing and 111 yards passing. "Relentless' is the word," he said.
"They couldn't run on us. They couldn't throw on us. When you're offensive coordinator for the other team, that's a long day in the box, when anything you call just gets stuffed."
The Cowboys finished with 100 yards rushing and 202 yards passing.
Utah coach Kyle Whittingham also praised the Cowboys' defense, which led the nation in pass defense before the game. "They are not full of superstars, but they play real hard and are tough guys," he said.
He said his team dug itself into "a big hole" committing turnovers.
Besides getting sacked, Ratliff had trouble with fumbles and interceptions. He fumbled late in the first half, setting up Sween for a 24-yard touchdown pass to Michael Ford that put the Cowboys up 24-0 going into halftime.
"Karsten put it in a spot where I was the only one who could get it," said Ford, who finished with five catches for 92 yards. "He believed in me, and I feel that he has confidence in me to make the big plays."
Three plays into the second half, Julius Stinson picked off a Ratliff pass and returned it 42 yards for a touchdown and a 31-0 lead. "This was our best all-around game of the season -- offense, defense and special teams," Stinson said.
Despite the wide lead, Sween said he didn't let up in the second half.
"Third quarter, we wanted to still go out and get drives going," he said. "We weren't too conservative because we didn't want to shut down and have them make a comeback."
Utah didn't score until Eric Weddle's 35-yard fumble return in the third quarter made it 31-7. In the fourth quarter, Derrek Richards scored on a 3-yard touchdown pass, and Bradon Godfrey caught the 2-point conversion to make it 31-15.
The Utes took possession once more, but Ratliff was intercepted by Dorsey Golston and the Cowboys ran out the clock.
Jake Scott gave the Cowboys a 3-0 lead with a 47-yard field goal on Wyoming's first possession, and Wade Betschart's 2-yard touchdown run made it 10-0 at the end of the first quarter. Sween's 4-yard touchdown run occurred on the first play of the second quarter.


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Jeremiah Griffin Harrison, original member of the Modern Lovers and guitarist/keyboard for one of the 20th century's greatest bands, turns 65 today. He also produced this massively underappreciated album. And he had a track on one of the best soundtracks of the '80s. Guy got around. Happy birthday!


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The Role
Basic Function and Scope
Plans and coordinates a safe and healthy work environment for all Company and Contractor's personnel in all the operating assets. Develops and monitors safety procedures; auditing work practices in assigned area, in particular the "work permit" system; conducting ongoing emergency preparedness program and skills, investigating and advising the Chief Safety, Environment & Quality Officer on all matters related to incidents or accidents; and preparing appropriate recommendations to prevent their recurrence in the future.
Develops, implements and administers a comprehensive Loss Prevention Program to ensure workplace safety, and compliance with relevant codes of practice and petrochemical industry engineering standards. The LLP comprehends but is not limited to Policies & Procedures; HAZOO/WHAT IT/Safety Reviews; Contractor safety; Safety Audits & Inspection; Incident/Accident Investigation; Risk Assessments and development of Safety/Fire Fighting Equipment Standards.
Studys all Company's risk management requirements, providing first line support to Managers on risk identification, analysis, evaluation & recommends proper coverage. Coordinates and maintains risk engineering activities in respect of risk management and risk analyses studies responding to plant operational events, assisting assets to develop risk based solutions to novel or higher risk situations. Finally monitors and follows up on the compliance status of risk improvement recommendations.
Tasks and Duties
Assists Chief Safety, Environment and Quality Officer, Risk and Safety Dept and EMS Dept in the formulation and development of safety programs in the Plant and Field locations
Monitors process conditions and changes, consults with Process Engineering, Engineering Services Inspection, Operations and maintenance departments to ensure that Plan/Field integrity and safety is maintained with regard to change in pressure, flow, temperature and materials to ensure worker safety.
Inspects the plant and offshore facilities to ensure that modification and new construction comply with relevant standards and design parameters with regard to safety and fixed fire protection systems. Reviews the criteria and the technical designs from the Engineering Department to ensure they meet the current standards, i.e. NFPA, API, etc and conducts HAZOPS/safety reviews to ensure workers safety, operations safety and environmental protection.
Reviews procedures and systems of work and analyses statistics to produce trends of accidents and environment effects of workers. Assists with the development of computer aided techniques/data bases for recording and analyzing safety performance. Applies quality control techniques to safety in the work place to protect the Company's human resources.
Drives the Qatargas Assets Improvement program in the areas of Process Safety and Loss Prevention:
• Assists Assets in the application of new process safety technology and risk assessment tools
• Provides Asset wide technical leadership via involvement (participation / facilitation) in formal technical networking / work groups
• Supports major capital (e.g. expansion projects) projects in the areas of design consulting, technical quality assurance and start-up assistance
• Develops and maintains technical standards & guidelines
Supervises in the provision of safety training to Company employees involving both classroom instruction or on site demonstrations and drills. Includes approving schedules for courses, checking contents, arranging publication of schedules, and reviewing nomination procedures. Co-ordinates activities with Emergency & Security Department and Plant / Field Safety Officers as required. Assists in development general safety and specific procedures and manuals, handbooks, etc. as required.
Oversees the implementation of the "permit to work" system, covering hot maintenance work and vessel entry procedures. Includes reviewing permits issued by operations personnel, ensuring proper measures are taken prior to commencement of work, such as equipment of plant isolation, shutdowns and that necessary tests (such as gas tests) are taken. Ensures all work area are safe for required work through visits to work sites during dangerous or potentially difficult work.
Job Requirements
Must hold a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science discipline.
Must be fluent in written and spoken English.
Must have 10 years varied experience in plant safety matters, including 5 years within an LNG/oil industry environment or a petrochemical plant.
Must have Managerial experience
About the Company
Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd. (known as Nakilat, which means carriers in Arabic) is a Qatari-listed shipping company established by the State of Qatar to own, operate and manage LNG vessels and to provide shipping and marine-related services to a range of participants within the Qatari hydrocarbon sector. Nakilat is an integral component of the supply chain of some of the largest, most advanced energy projects in the world undertaken by Qatar Petroleum, Qatargas, RasGas and their joint venture partners for the State of Qatar.
Nakilat was established in 2004 and is a joint stock company owned 50% by its founding shareholders and 50% by the public. Nakilat owns 54 LNG vessels, making it the largest LNG ship owner in the world. Our fleet of vessels transport LNG produced from Qatars North Field, the worlds largest non-associated gas field with approximately 15% of the worlds total proven reserves to global markets. These vessels, ordered from Korean shipyards, incorporate the latest technology for safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation of LNG.


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Well this is gonna drive the wingnuts crazy, but let's admit, it's a short trip.
Dan Rather and I did the keynote interview for South by Southwest here in Austin today and we had a great time. It's hard to think back on Rather's history and his iconic moments with Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush and think of him in the same breath with anyone else out there today — if the Libby trial made one thing clear, it is that nobody is willing to ask George Bush or Dick Cheney the hard questions that need to be asked, and worse yet they don't seem to feel any shame for their failure to do so. It's hard to be embarrassed for people who don't have the good sense to be embarrassed for themselves.
We spoke a lot about the different factors that have led to the current crisis in journalism, where the fourth estate has largely fallen down on their responsibility as watchdogs to power. Dan is pretty feisty, and though we didn't get into it I'm sure his willingness to be candid about the problems plaguing his profession (which he is always quick to admit applies to himself as well) come from the mauling he got from right wing half wits. We didn't get into that but the specter of what happened to Rather at the hands of a bunch of GOP political operatives as they laundered their bullshit through clueless tools like Charles Johnson and John Hinderaker has probably urged many journalists into what Rather refers to as the attitude of "go along, get along." The politics of access, the "clubiness" of the beltway set, journalists who fall in love with their sources and stop putting pressure on them, an administration that actively punishes anyone who doesn't toe the party line, the consolidation of major media into the hands of a few and he death of the fairness doctrine — all bear some responsibility for the failure of journalists to ask the tough questions until somebody answers them. It may have created a vacuum for the blogosphere to fill, but I don't think anyone who cares about the future of the country can see much good in it.
We played the first few notes of "What's the Frequency, Kenneth" from REM when Dan came up on the stage and the audience loved it and gave him a well-deserved standing ovation, and then another at the end. It was really gratifying to see him to heartily welcomed by a huge auditorium full of people who want to see a return to his kind of investigative tenacity and integrity. We had a lot of fun and hopefully there will be a YouTube available of it soon, though there are not PoliticsTV gurus around so we may have to wait some time for a clip.
As a side note, it was my day to play fan girl. Afterwards I was walking through the lobby with my luggage (got stuck in Phoenix last night and went straight to the conference from the airport) when some guy said "nice job" and I turned to see him standing with Patrick Norton. Long time readers of the blog know that my favorite TV show was the long-lamented Screen Savers with Patrick Norton and Leo LaPorte; I watched it every day for years. Anyway Patrick is working for Ziff-Davis and is the host of DL-TV, and he now knows that both me and my luggage are unabashed fans.
The poodles are going to be very upset they were left out of all of this, Kobe always dreamed he would build an UGM. Between missing that and the nuclear tacos, I don't know how they'll ever get over the disappointment.
Update: I left this bit about Rather in the comments, but emptywheel says I should add it to the main post:
I asked him how he'd feel if somebody (no names, please) said they knew that if they put a story out through him they could "control the message."
You should have seen the look of horror that came over his face.
I laughed. A lot.


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A "huge wall of LNG" supply, fortified by US shale gas, will hit the market from 2017-18, pointing to weaker prices in Asia and posing problems for high-cost Australian projects, according to Citigroup's worldwide head of energy strategy,
London-based Mr Kleinman said that while LNG market outlook forecasts typically showed a supply surge five to eight years out, the likelihood was much higher because it was partly fuelled by the boom in shale gas.
Several of the circa $180 billion of new LNG plants being built in Australia would start production around the middle of the decade. They would be followed by the first LNG exports from the US Gulf Coast in about 2017, then by shipments from huge gas finds off East Africa towards the end of the decade.
"This wall is a lot firmer and real than the typical wall of LNG coming, so it does rightly have people nervous," Mr Kleinman said in an exclusive interview with The Australian Financial Review during a visit to Australia.
"Australia is at an uncomfortable part of the cost curve here: it's not the cheapest volumes," he said.
Chevron upbeat
Citigroup's view is more bearish than the upbeat assessment of the LNG market outlook given by Chevron chief executive John Watson this week.
Chevron, which is building the Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG ventures in Western Australia, which are worth about $81 billion, also expects a step-up in global supplies in 2017-18. But Mr Watson told investors in the US it would be a "challenge" to meet demand after that. He forecast a supply shortfall of almost 150 million tonnes a year by 2025 as projects were held up by costs and other issues, and said LNG prices would remain "robust".
But Mr Kleinman said the advent of US LNG exports to Asia, priced against the US gas price benchmark, and East African supplies would undermine the strong links between Asian LNG prices and crude oil prices. On current supply and demand trends, LNG prices and their benchmarks in Asia would start to look "extremely fragile".
However Mr Kleinman, who was Glencore's global head of oil analysis before joining Citigroup, said the trend emerging in the US, Europe and China to substitute oil with gas meant it was "not all doom and gloom".
In the US, diesel trucks are being converted to run on LNG and cabs are turning to propane, while shale fracking rigs are being switched from diesel to gas. Across Europe, LNG storage and supply infrastructure is being built.
Material shift in US
"You're seeing a very material shift across the economy: substitution of natural gas for oil," he said. "It's a big deal and I think it will take the market by surprise how fast it can happen."
Replacing a million barrels a day of the world's 90 million b/d oil market with gas was "easily doable" and would absorb 50 million tonnes a year of LNG. Substituting 2 million to 3 million b/d was quite possible by the end of the decade .
"That's when you can start to see that even if this wall of LNG does show up, it actually starts to get absorbed pretty quickly," he said. "This gas-for-oil substitution is a bit bearish oil but it is pretty damn bullish gas and it's very good for Australian LNG producers."
However, it would also contribute to relatively subdued oil prices. Citigroup forecasts Brent crude at $US80 to $90 a barrel in three to five years. That is down from almost $US110 at present.
Prices at that level could be problematic for Australian LNG producers given the typical LNG price indexation of 14.5 per cent to crude, he said.
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text: Economy 4 December 2012 Osborne's economic strategy remains self-defeating The Chancellor is wrong to fund £5bn of extra capital spending by squeezing public services. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML George Osborne's decision to increase capital spending by £5bn (to be announced in tomorrow's Autumn Statement) is a belated admission that, in times of stagnation, the state must intervene to stimulate growth. The delusion that the coalition's spending cuts would increase consumer confidence and produce a self-sustaining private-sector-led recovery has been abandoned after Osborne's "expansionary fiscal contraction" turned out to be, well, contractionary. Whisper it, but Keynesianism is back. The £5bn will be spent on "shovel-ready projects", including 100 new free schools and academies, roads, and science and technology programmes. But rather than taking advantage of the UK's historically low bond yields to borrow for growth (as the IMF and the CBI, among others, have urged the government to do), Osborne will fund the move by squeezing current spending even harder. All government departments, except health, education and international development, will be forced to reduce their budgets by an extra one per cent in 2013-14 and a further two per cent in 2014/15. By reducing demand and leading to thousands of extra job losses, the new cuts will limit the effectiveness of the £5bn stimulus, which, in itself, is inadequate. The FT's economics editor Chris Giles suggests that "on generous assumptions it might increase growth in one year by 0.1 per cent." Though Osborne will claim otherwise tomorrow, this isn't what's needed to make a real difference at this stage. › Fathers in prison need support too George Osborne during a visit to the offices of HM Revenue & Customs. Photograph: Getty Images. George Eaton is political editor of the New Statesman. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles Does her small majority mean Amber Rudd's hopes of becoming PM are already over? "I'm frightened, genuinely frightened": how London terror attacks affect the rest of the country The beggar used to be friendly – now he was ranting at everyone Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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A NATIONAL campaign spotlighting the role of dietitians is being supported by staff at Airedale Hospital.
A display is being staged – on the landing above the main hospital entrance – as part of Dietitians Week, which runs until tomorrow.
It includes British Dietetic Association advice about diets to help with depression, pregnancy and the menopause, skin complaints and arthritis.
Patients are referred to Airedale's dietetic service by health practitioners including doctors, nurses and consultants.
Common conditions it can help with include diabetes, food allergies and intolerance, bowel disorders and coeliac disease.
Assistance is also given to people with liver, renal and heart disease, and those struggling to lose weight or to eat nutritious food.
Katherine Jones, dietetics service manager and professional lead at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, said: "Choosing the right person to seek help and advice from can sometimes be a confusing task. Many people claim to be experts in nutrition yet have very limited knowledge and offer no protection to the public.
"We are a reliable and unbiased source for people wanting information about food and nutrition.
"It is very easy to be misled by people who claim to be nutrition experts or nutritional therapists but have no training or scientific background. This can lead people to follow dietary advice which is not based on evidence and to possibly end up taking expensive and unnecessary supplements."
For more information, visit bda.uk.com or trustadietitian.co.uk for further information.


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Exploring the top health issues affecting women
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:00:00 GMT —
Women and men share many of the same health issues, but some of those issues affect women differently.
In fact, research and technology are advancing the ways doctors understand women's health.
Pronews 7 breaks down these issues and the work being done to help women lead healthier lives.
Cutting edge gender-based medicine and research is happening right here in Amarillo and some of it's findings may surprise you.
In just the last ten years, doctors have been studying the biological and physiological differences between men and women. As women, we handle everything from pain to medicine differently than our male counterparts.
"So for everything as small as calcium to vitamin D differences, or large things like Aspirin recommendations, that affect women and men differently. We can now modify those things based on gender and have real outcomes," said Dr. Joanna Wilson, Center for Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine.
Outcomes on many issues like, heart disease, cancers, autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis, having a healthy pregnancy and mental health issues like depression.
In fact, 12 million females are affected by it annually, more than men according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Experts say that's because of hormonal changes that trigger the condition.
"especially, when you go through menopausal changes with your mood swings and obviously because of all that women they tend to be a little bit more, conscious and irritable about certain things that normally wouldn't bother them in the past," said Dr. Cristiane Tan, BSA Family Medical Clinic.
Doctors have even found that depression is treatable during pregnancy.
"A depressed mother should never stop her anti-depressants when she gets pregnant, because depression is the worse thing you can do for a fetus," said Dr. Thomas W. Hale, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.With advancements in medicine, doctors say depressed women can adjust to find the right medication, with less loaded side-effects.
Autoimmune diseases affect about 75% of women. According to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, diabetes, thyroid disease, and lupus make up the fourth-largest cause of disability in women.
"Women are very verbal, so they will come out and they'll pretty much say I'm having this fatigue or I'm having this weight loss for this long time," said Dr. Tan.
Women also need to be aware of their gynecological health. This year, there is a recommended change to when women should get an annual pap smear, they say age 21, despite sexual activity.
Ladies, that "annual exam", may no longer be annual.
"In women who are 21 to 29 pap smears should be done every two years and not annually," said Dr. Robert Kauffman, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.
For women 30 to menopausal age, a pap smear should be done every three years.
Surprising findings in women's health and this is just the beginning.


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|Pretty fun! Not that hard. Definitely 5.7 at most. I like mixed climbs....
By Jim Fox
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Oct 19, 2014
rating: 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
Lead this yesterday. The bottom part was awkward but easy. About halfway up the crack/flake, I moved onto the face & felt it climbed better. The section above the crack was really fun, not super hard but pretty sustained and lots of smaller edges/holds. Some high stepping and balancy. The bolts are spaced pretty far apart, which adds some spice to the climb. I didn't have a lot of gear with me and didn't have anything that would fit in the horizontal crack between the 1st and 2nd bolts, so I just ran it out. A Tricam or small cam/TCU would have been easy to place.
One of the more fun routes I've done at JP.
5.7+ or 5.8 sounds about right. We climbed this early afternoon & the sun glare above the flake was so bad I had to shield my eyes with my hand to see the holds and bolts above! Made it feel like 5.8 due to poor visibility.
By Joe Hughes
Jul 9, 2017
rating: 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|The anchor looks damaged. It consists of hangers, chains, and quicklinks, the quicklinks were badly bent, so I clipped the chains.
By Bruce Hildenbrand
Jul 9, 2017
|This is a Tom Kohlmann route. When he establishes anchors on top of his climbs, he uses one quicklink in each bolt with the quicklinks twisted 90 degrees to align the rope properly for rappel. Most likely, someone added chain to his twisted links.


text: looking to canoe with the girlfriend and want to do a canoe/camp trip for 1 night. live in the thumb will travel within a few hrs. looking to drop our own canoe off and camp along shore. we both love to fish and eat fish, where can I take her and be able to catch fish for a shore dinner. taking a tent and basic lures for panfish/pike. rivers r ok but don't want to have to paddle around in the rivers for fish. can do it but were looking for a relaxing trip. any suggestions to the north or west?? looked online but hard to tell what we could be in for by just reading. any good experiences? lake or rivers and where to drop the canoe or stay the night?


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Hi! I am returning here after many months or perhaps a year of silence! I read some posts this morning, and realized why I chose to post here before!!
As mentioned in Title this is my 55th year as a T1D. Many ups and downs over the years, but doing OK. T1D is definitely a learning curve every day. From using little tiny (!!!) sticks to pea on, sterilizing glass syringe before every use, and no test strips, no meter, no pump, just me, the doc and ...... common sense. Although not much was known about diabetes or any self help available in the "dark ages" as I refer to them, here I am doing fine today.
I am a Joslin 50 Year Medalists. The hospital where diagnosed no longer standing or the records. But my husband whitnessed my health issue and so I was accepted back in 1957. I continue to receive information on the Trials I participated in plus muich more..
Now use the Medtronic's Revel 523 pump that has helped a great deal.
Mu husband and I are retired, married 56 years, have adult son and daughter; neither of which are diabetic. Hobbies: artist, volunteer wildlife naturalist and co-chair of my town's Disaster Prepardness.
This November 14th Day is World Diabetes Day.
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Leaders of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, today voted more than $600,000 for special projects, to be launched this year, to advance its work in Israel in medical research, nursing and vocational education. The action was taken at Hadassah's annual mid-winter conference here, attended by more than 200 leaders from all parts of the United States.
The conference delegates called upon the Government of West Germany to find the way to extend the Statute of Limitations affecting the prosecution of Nazi war criminals beyond the present cut-off date of May 8, and urged the Bonn Government "to halt the participation of German citizens in plans to destroy Israel."
In acting to broaden the scope of Hadassah's programs in Israel, the leaders voted:
1. $30,000 for the establishment of a kidney transplant research program, with an additional $20,000 for the annual maintenance of this work. The program will be headed by Dr. Marco Caine, chief of Hadassah's Department of Urology.
2. $350,000 for construction of a nurses' residence–a three-story structure comprising 30 efficiency apartments–for unmarried graduate nurses at Ein Karem, in the immediate vicinity of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center.
3. $150,000 for construction of a special floor at the Medical Center to be devoted solely to various types of medical research.
4. $50,000 for construction of an additional floor at Hadassah's Brandeis Vocational Schools in Jerusalem, to permit inauguration of a special course in industrial electronics. An additional $17,000 was voted for equipment to be used in this course.
In other resolutions adopted by the conference today, the Hadassah leaders hit at the Arab boycott against Israel; supported a proposed amendment to the Export Control. Oct of 1949, introduced by Sen. Harrison A. Williams, New Jersey Democrat, which would back American firms rejecting the Arab boycott practices; urged that United States foreign aid be given only to countries using such assistance for peaceful, economic purposes; and lauded President Johnson's message to Congress in support of a new immigration bill which would eliminate the national origins quota system.


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Today I had to import an machine from our vSphere 5.1 production vCenter to our vSphere 5.1 test vCenter. I allready found that is isn't possible to connect with VMware converter 5 directly to a vSphere 5.1 vCenter server. Converter will crash when you try to do this*. It is however possible to connect directly to an ESXi 5 (or less) host.
*Note: This issue has been resolved in VMware Converter Standalone 5.0.1 (since october 24, 2012)
Since we are still in the process of upgrading, all our hosts are still ESXi 4.1, so I figured this would be no problem. First I tried to convert the running VM by using the option "powered-on machine". This usually isn't a problem, but today it threw an exeption: error 1604.
I decided I would not spent a lot of time trying to figure out why it would not let me do this and just made a clone of the running machine. I left the clone powered off and I could then use the source type "Vmware Infrastructure virtual machine" with the conversion. I connected to the host where the clone VM was registered, selected the powered off VM and clicked next.
Only to find that this generated another error:
unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine
I remembered I had seen this error before, although then it was related to the OS of the server. This was way back when windows server 2008R2 was new and not yet supported. I googled a bit and did indeed find several references from people having trouble with this. Both windows server 2008 and 2003. My machine was a windows server 2003 32 bit. I did change the OS type of the machine, as suggested in these references. To my regret, this didn't do the trick.
I thought about what could cause converter not to be able to collect the hardware data of the VM. Then I remembered, the virtual machine, I was trying to convert, had a network connection on a vDS. A vDS is essentially a device generated/managed by vCenter. So maybe, with converter having trouble with vCenter 5.1, converter wasn't able to collect the data from the vDS.
I edited the VM to connect to a standard vSwitch and then started the conversion again. This time it worked like a charm and the conversion was done in less than 10 minutes.


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JERUSALEM (Nov. 20)
Premier Menachem Begin would be inclined to resign and call early elections if his government is once again reduced to a slender majority of three, as happened when it barely survived a no-confidence vote in the Knesset yesterday. This was made clear by a source close to Begin following the 57-54 vote on motions of no-confidence in the government's economic policies.
The source said Begin would have resigned had the vote been tied, even though there would have been no strict necessity for him to do so. Similarly, he would consider his position untenable if a future no-confidence motion results once again in his government being saved by the tiny breakaway factions, as was the case yesterday. The government was saved, in effect, by the last minute decision of two members of the three member Ahva faction, a split off from the Democratic Movement for Change, not to vote against the government, and a similar move by independent Knesseter Shmuel Flatto-Sharon.
There were recriminations after the vote in coalition ranks after the vote against the failure of the coalition whips in recent weeks to woo the Ahva members. Coalition sources said today there would be on assiduous effort to "talk to" Ahva and make certain it voted with the government in any future test of strength.
The Ahva faction comprises three distinct personalities: insurance millionaire Shlomo Eliahu, who voted against the government; Showfiq Assad, who at the very last minute mysteriously absented himself from the Knesset chamber; and Akiva Nof, who decided at the last minute to abstain. Eliahu, Ahva's chairman, said today he had no explanation for Assad's behavior, after the three faction members decided unanimously to vote against the government.
If former Defense Minister Ezer Weizman is ousted from Herut as a result of his vote against the government yesterday, one more Knesset vote will have to be counted against the coalition whenever the chance arises to force its resignation and trigger early elections.
The Herut Secretariate, meeting in Tel Aviv today, decided to give Weizman a hearing before taking action. He will appear before it next week. Sentiment at the meeting was overwhelmingly against Weizman and it appears that his days are numbered as a member of Herut. But anything can happen, observers pointed out.
Meanwhile, the Labor Party opposition is preparing to topple Begin's government. Shimon Peres, the party's leader, said today that it is urgent to bring Israel "back under proper economic management." He stated that "we intend to introduce a planned economy, an economy where work is as profitable as speculation." Peres added that, for his own part, he will do everything in his power to build on yesterday's relative success by harassing the government with no-confidence motions at every opportunity.
Some observers believe that next month's inflation figures, expected to be as high as this month's because the oil price hike will make itself felt, would present an appropriate basis for the opposition to try again.
During yesterday's debate in the Knesset, former Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, who is now an independent MK, said "I will vote no-confidence because one cannot vote confidence in 200 percent inflation." This was a reference to unofficial forecasts that the inflation rate for the final quarter of 1980 is expected to be around 200 percent.
Dayan said that as long as the economic situation is not improved there is no point in discussing the "autonomy option" or the "Jordanian option" in the West Bank autonomy settlement because "we will not have an option for any option. We will have to do what others tell us to do."
Finance Minister Yigal Hurwitz, who has been under severe attack by the Labor opposition, members of his own Likud Knesset faction and Cabinet ministers for failing to stem inflation, said during the debate, "I have only one formula: that we live with what we have, and that we consume only that which we can produce." He blamed Israel's economic woes on Labor's "overblown unproductive services."


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The Museo Ferragamo in Florence pays homage to Marilyn Monroe with a major exhibition and a catalog dedicated to her a half century after her death. Like many divas of the silver screen, Marilyn Monroe loved to wear Salvatore Ferragamo shoes. The exhibition and catalogue dedicated to her are the result of long research and preparatory work, presenting items from the actress's wardrobe worn on the set or in her private life, as well as important documents that reveal the actress's managerial side, her skill and determination in building and grooming her success. In this volume, the curators have sought to interpret a comprehensive collection of famous photographs taken in Marilyn's day-to-day life (by such notable photographers as Beaton, Stern, Barris, Greene) that portray Marilyn in "classic" poses by comparing them with famous works of art from the past that represent similar poses and expressions, from the balanced pathos of French painter Jean-Baptiste Greuze's Alessandro morente to Botticelli's Venus. The catalog gathers together all the photos of clothing and Ferragamo footwear, the documents in the exhibition, and a very large group of photographs and exceptional works of art from such prestigious institutions as the Museo Canova and the Warhol Foundation, and from private collections in Italy and abroad. The catalog also includes essays addressing such themes as classic and modern beauty, Marilyn's biography, and her relationship with other women, as well as an introduction by Stefania Ricci and Sergio Risaliti, exhibition curators.
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Stefania Ricci is the director of the Museo Ferragamo in Florence. Sergio Risaliti is an art critic and an author.
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This weekend, Cesar Chavez celebrations will ensue, though the holiday — officially March 31 — is observed on Monday, April 1 (no fooling).
But while many will join the festivities honoring the Chavez legacy, most farmworkers struggle to climb above the poverty line. Many of their children don't know the leader's history and associate the day with nothing other than a day off school.
In the 1960s and '70s, as president of the United Farm Workers (UFW) Union, Chavez's struggles ultimately led to many farmworker benefits and protections still in place today. Because of these efforts, farmworkers have clean water and toilets in the fields, lunch breaks and collective bargaining rights among other legal protections.
Chavez also focused the UFW's efforts to strengthen farmworker health and safety regulations. Included among these efforts was the removal of the widely used short-handled hoe which caused excruciating back injuries. He also drew national attention to the fight against chemical pesticides.
Ultimately, due in part to the efforts of Chavez, the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act passed in 1975 with the goal of ensuring peace and stability between employer growers and farmworkers. The Act, now part of the California Labor Code, protects the freedom of association rights of agricultural employees, and explicitly prevents employers from using coercive tactics that discourage collective bargaining agreements.
But times have changed since the Chavez era and employers have grown wiser. Stop a farmworker on the side of the road and inquire as to the name of his employer and odds are they either won't know, or will provide an incorrect answer.
Many growers nowadays run multi-million dollar operations with few, if any, actual produce-pickers "on the books." Instead, they use farm labor contractors to supply workers — and absorb any risk. The employee actually "works" for the contractor, but thinks he works for the produce company whose name appears on the package at the local grocer.
The liability for problems plaguing fieldworkers such as rampant sexual harassment, work-related injury claims and wage claims for failure to pay a minimum wage are transferred to the contractor. And if the grower sets certain goals for production and communicates those goals to the contractor, the grower can turn a blind eye to the methods by which such goals are accomplished. If anything untoward occurs, the grower can skirt responsibility and simply point a finger elsewhere.
Adding another layer of confusion to the mix, the labor contractor sometimes doesn't even hire these workers — they are sent workers from staffing companies.
Such tactics, along with the seasonal nature of farm work coupled with the migratory pattern followed by these workers, make it extremely difficult for unions to organize farmworkers — and that's just how big ag likes it. Should things change, membership at a few local country clubs might drop off.
For now, growers can continue to exploit workers without getting their hands dirty — by having labor contractors do it for them.
What California needs is a new generation of agricultural labor leaders to help swing the pendulum back and provide a better path for those who put food on our tables.
Dirk Stemerman is a lawyer with Rucka, O'Boyle, Lombardo & McKenna in Monterey. This column is intended to answer questions of general interest and should not be construed as legal advice. Mail queries to "On the Job," c/o The Monterey County Herald, Box 271, Monterey 93942.


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London, United Kingdom, 2008/08/21 - Generix Group of France has announced that it has been included by Gartner Group among the companies part of the exclusive Magic Quadrant 2008, which is dedicated to B2B platform providers and independent software vendors.
Generix Group is well known for its performance capability and its vision as a provider of collaborative solutions in the rapidly expanding B2B Gateway market.
Generix Group, a European provider of inter- and intra-company collaborative solutions, has announced that it is now part of the group of selected companies that constitute the Magic Quadrant 2008 covering B2B Gateway software providers, as featured in a report published by Gartner, one of the leading specialist information-technology consulting and analysis firms. (The full Magic Quadrant for B2B Gateway Providers, 2008 report is available on Gartners website).
Gartners Magic Quadrant offers a visual snapshot of the players in a specific market, ranked according to Gartners view as to how the market will evolve, and those players ability to implement this view. In its 2008 analysis of the B2B Gateway independent software vendor market, Gartner selected 14 world-class publishers on the basis of a number of criteria, including the positions of the independent software vendors in their respective markets, their views of their markets, and their abilities to act in response to these. The selected vendors must have a turnover above US$10 million and an international presence.
As a historic player for EDI/EAI solutions with its Influe brand, Generix Group has been selected because of its position in the market, the functional coverage of its TradeXpress solution, and its European customer portfolio. TradeXpress is a B2B integration platform for handling large volumes, designed to reduce administration costs and to speed up business processes by automating exchanges all along the value chain. TradeXpress, by applying web technologies, can integrate 100% of inter-company commercial applications and partners, regardless of the acquisition or publication means.
Paolo Malinverno and Benoît Lheureux, Gartner analysts and the authors of the Magic Quadrant 2008 report, explain: The B2B Gateway market is booming, reflecting the quantitative and qualitative changes in users expectations for optimised inter-company exchange applications, for the management of greater numbers of, and increasingly complex, B2B projects.
Michel Jardat, Alliances & Strategy Director for Generix Group, adds: The Generix Group inclusion in the Gartner Magic Quadrant B2B Gateway survey is a true acknowledgement of the comprehensiveness and the quality of our TradeXpress solution, and also of our ability to implement it. Companies are faced with increasing expectations regarding compliance, with the globalisation of trade, and with competitive pressures, so that more than ever they need reliable, efficient and cost-effective solutions for their inter-company management. From now on, our objective is to consolidate our positions worldwide.
Belron Carglass, DHL and Dachser are among the clients most recently added to the list of companies that successfully use the solutions developed by Generix Group.
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Magic Quadrant is the intellectual property of Gartner (2008, all rights reserved) and is used subject to Gartners authorisation. Magic Quadrant is a visual snapshot of the market over a defined time period. It offers an assessment of a number of providers based on criteria defined by Gartner for a given market. Gartner does not guarantee any provider, product or service described in Magic Quadrant and does not recommend that users only select the providers covered in the leaders quadrant.
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I'm looking into correcting the bulbous tip of my nose, and was wondering that as the bones of my nose won't be affected at all, would it be possible to have this correction done only with a local anaesthesia?
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Anesthesia for Rhinoplasty
There are various methods of anesthesia used in rhinoplasty and cosmetic surgery. These include general anesthesia, IV sedation, local / topical anesthesia. Different surgeons prefer different types of anesthesia depending on the what needs to be done surgically, but the number one priority during surgery (other than obtaining a good cosmetic result) is the patient's safety.
Discuss your concernes about anesthesia with your surgeon. Then, make your decision about which doctor to go with based on their skill as a rhinoplasty surgeon, not what type of anesthesia would be used.
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General anesthesia is more comfortable for the patient
The bulbousness of the tip can be corrected under local anesthesia, but it is difficult to get the entire nasal tip numb. In our office it is usually done under general anesthesia as it is very safe and comfortable for the patients. It is possible to have a tip plasty done under a local anesthesia, but the nose will have to be numbed up completely, which can be quite painful.
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It could be done, but I wouldn't recommend it
It is generally best to have your rhinoplasty done under general anesthesia for several reasons.
1. Even though you plan on only having your tip done, it is often necessary to adjust some other part of your nose to keep the entire nose in balance. If only local is being used, then the surgeon will be very limited in what he/she can do to give you a superior result.
2. Most people find it extremely uncomfortable and unpleasant to have any procedure done on their face. When the surgeon is working on your nose, even if it is on your tip, they will need to lean a little on your cheek with their hands. Also, their hands will be hovering over your eyes. They will have a scalpel blade and needles in front of your eyes. Also, there will inevitably be some bleeding. Overall, this is an exceedingly unpleasant experience. In the middle of the procedure, you will probably wish you had decided to have general anesthesia.
For these above reasons, I think local anesthesia is not sufficient. I think the very least anyone should have is local plus IV (intravenous) sedation. This will put you much more at ease and make everything much easier to tolerate. However, I find general anesthesia is best.
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Tip rhinoplasty can be performed under local anesthesia if you can tolerate injections.
Local anesthesia can be administered by itself or in combination with oral or intravenous sedation.
Depending on your surgeon as well as your tolerance level for injections, the tip rhinoplasty can be performed under local anesthesia.
Discuss your desires with your surgeon.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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WASHINGTON — An Obama administration lawyer defended an Arizona program that funds religious schools with state tax credits and urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block advocates of church-state separation from suing over such arrangements.
The argument ran into sharp and skeptical questioning from the court's liberal justices, including President Barack Obama's two appointees to the court.
At issue was the constitutionality of a 13-year-old Arizona law that allows its taxpayers to direct a $500 tax credit to private organizations, which in turn can fund students to enroll in exclusively religious schools.
A federal appeals court ruled the plan unconstitutional because it uses tax money to support the teaching of religion.
Acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal joined Arizona's lawyers in defense of the program and urged the justices to rule that no one could even go to court to challenge an alleged subsidy for religion.
The First Amendment bars laws that involve "an establishment of religion," and the court has said that means states may not directly subsidize religious schools. In recent years, the court's conservative wing has moved toward making it harder for critics to challenge aid-to-religion programs.
The Arizona case has the potential to be a far-reaching one if the court were to agree with Katyal and broadly shield the government from legal claims that it is wrongly diverting public money to aid religion.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — the two Obama appointees — joined Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in objecting to Katyal's argument.
Ginsburg asked if anyone in Arizona could go to federal court and sue for an alleged violation of the First Amendment.
"No," Katyal replied. "I don't think any taxpayer could challenge it."
Kagan questioned Katyal's contention that taxpayers cannot sue over public aid to religion, saying it would have knocked out most of the court's landmark decisions involving the separation of church and state.
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Katyal's intervention in the case drew a sharp rebuke from Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
"It's a shame that the Obama administration has taken the wrong side in this case," said the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of the group. "The Arizona scheme diverts scarce tax dollars to religious schools."
He cited surveys that found 92 percent of the money that goes to the private organizations that receive the tax credit subsidies is used to pay tuition at religious schools.


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Bull Shoal-White River State Park is home to many wildlife species and water birds of Arkansas. You can enjoy nature from your riverside campsite, on one of the park's nature trails, or one of the many guided Arkansas wildlife canoe trips on the White River or Bull Shoals Lake. These waters provide a flyway for migrating bird species, so this area offers an excellent setting for spotting birds native to Arkansas in the late fall and early spring. Each winter bald eagles make their way to the lakes and rivers in the Ozark Mountains including 45,440-acre Bull Shoals Lake. America's national bird is featured in the park's Eagle Awareness program, one of the largest annual eagle events in the state. With over 10 miles of hiking, biking, and ADA-accessible trails, the park offers ample opportunities to observe the abundant wildlife species while exploring the diverse ecosystems found in the park. Regular sightings include the Great Blue Heron. Occasionally, a Red Fox will come into view. Park interpreters lead guided jon boat, canoe and kayak tours on the river. Along the way, your guide will relate river history and point out wildlife and unique geological features. As you paddle down this renowned Ozark Mountain stream, look for herons and hawks soaring in the sky above. Look-or fish-for trout in the cool waters below. Now you, too, will understand why this is one of Arkansas's natural treasures. For details about Bull Shoals-White River State Park, call 870-445-3629 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/BullShoalsWhiteRiver.
Cane Creek State Park's location where the West Gulf Coastal Plain and the Mississippi Alluvial Plain meet provides visitors the opportunity to see a wide variety of wildlife and birds native to Arkansas. Regular sightings of white-tailed deer, turkey, red fox, squirrels, raccoons, opossums, armadillos, and turtles are enjoyed in the park and from the lake. Year-round paddlers can view beaver lodges or see the assorted birds of Arkansas that visit the lake. On sunny days, watch for egrets, herons, waterfowl, and a variety of woodpeckers as they fly overhead, and see fish snatching insects right below the bow of your boat. You might glimpse an osprey, a threatened species that lives here throughout the year. In the colder months, look for wintering bald eagles. This is also an especially good place to introduce kids to birdwatching. Bring along your rod and reel and as you fish from your kayak, enjoy the wildlife watching, too. For details about Cane Creek State Park, call 870-628-4714 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/CaneCreek.
Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area stretches for 12 miles along the wild and scenic Cossatot River and includes a variety of protected wildlife habitats, from a dry open shale pit to a mature shortleaf pine and hardwood forest. To learn more about the area's wildlife, visitors can explore several park trails, wade in the river, or check out the interactive exhibits inside the park's new discovery center. For details about Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area, call 870-385-2201 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/CossatotRiver.
There are many things to do at Crater of Diamonds State Park besides dig for diamonds. Be sure to check out the Diamond Discovery Center, enjoy Diamond Springs water play area, and talk a nature walk on the River Trail, the longest wheelchair accessible trail in southwest Arkansas. For details about Crater of Diamonds State Park, call 870-285-3113 or visit: www.CraterofDiamondsStatePark.com.
Crowley's Ridge State Park offers a number of opportunities for birding and wildlife watching. White-tailed deer, turkey, fox, and raccoons live in the park and can be seen on the trails and around the two lakes. The park has a butterfly garden that is the perfect place to look for these flying jewels. A wide variety of birds makes their home in the park and can often be seen singing, hunting for food, and tending nests. For details about Crowley's Ridge State Park, call 870-573-6751 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/CrowleysRidge.
Daisy State Park is a great park for watching wildlife. Driving through the park you are likely to see wildlife including squirrels and white-tailed deer. The park is home to many birds native to Arkansas that live here throughout the year. Bald eagles winter on Lake Greeson from fall to early spring and nest around the shoreline. For details about Daisy State Park, call 870-398-4487 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/Daisy.
Fishing is a major activity at Davidsonville Historic State Park, both in the 12-acre lake and in the adjacent Black River. Experienced anglers know they can experience excellent birdwatching and wildlife viewing opportunities while waiting on the fish to bite. For details about Davidsonville Historic State Park, call 870-892-4708 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/OldDavidsonville.
With its vast expanse of water, 13,800-acre DeGray Lake is famous for its eagle watching opportunities. In fact, since wintering bald eagles are so abundant here on the lake, DeGray Lake Resort State Park is home to the state's longest-running eagle awareness program, the annual Eagles Et Cetera program that occurs each January. The event is celebrated with programs and activities centered on eagles and other birds of prey. Bald eagles can be spotted around DeGray Lake during October through February. Many other birds also make DeGray Lake their destination as well and can be observed throughout the year residing or passing through the area. Here you can also see loons, grebe and a variety of ducks. Many other wildlife species live in and around the lake and can be best seen in early morning or late evening throughout the 938-acres of the state park, so it's a great place for Arkansas wildlife canoe trips. Park visitors often report seeing white-tailed deer, skunks, fox, armadillos, and raccoons in the park. For details about DeGray Lake Resort State Park, call 501-865-5810 or visit: www.DeGray.com.
Located on 2,500 acres within the Boston Mountain Plateau, the oak-hickory forest, crevices and crevice caves, and Lee Creek valley all add to the beauty and diversity of habitats at Devil's Den State Park. The park's wild inhabitants include 170 species of birds, a variety of mammals including two endangered bat species (the Ozark-big eared bat and the Indiana bat) as well as white-tailed deer, raccoons, foxes, groundhogs, bobcats, and many others. The Devil's Den Trail, one of the most popular trails within the park, features two fracture caves: the Devil's Den and the Devil's Icebox. [NOTE: All caves in the park are closed to the public as Arkansas and other states try to protect hibernating bats from White-nose Syndrome.] Gravity flow springs, peculiar erosional remnants of sandstone strata, wet weather waterfalls, and lush Ozark plant and animal life are just a few of the sights you can expect as you wind through the rugged Boston Mountain terrain found here. The park is also home to several species of reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects. For details about Devil's Den State Park, call 479-761-3325 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/DevilsDen.
Regular sightings of Great Blue Herons await you on the shore's edge of 1,940-acre Lake Catherine. From late fall to early spring, get your binoculars ready to spot a couple of bald eagles that winter on the lake. Lake Catherine State Park is your gateway to this lake. The park in rich in birding and wildlife viewing opportunities, too. Here, you will also find white-tailed deer, squirrels, turkey, chipmunks, raccoons, opossums, and armadillos. Park visitors can enjoy hands-on exhibits at the nature cabin (open seasonally), participate in an interpretive program (including guided lake tours), or hike one of the park's nature trails through the pine and hardwood forest to see a variety of animal life, birds and plant life. This park provides many opportunities for photographing birds and wildlife. Streams and cascades along the trails are great for providing solitude and attracting the keen eye of the photographers, too. For details about Lake Catherine State Park, call 501-844-4176 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/LakeCatherine.
Lake Charles offers many ways to observe wildlife. Silently glide along the lake shore in a kayak, relaxe aboard the pontoon boat for a morning or evening lake cruise, or simply grab your binoculars and take to a trail. A wide variety or birds and animals call the lake and its environs home. White-tailed deer are never far from the White Oak Trail. Fox kits can often be seen frolicking across the cove from the swimming area, and the resident bald eagle makes a regular appearance. For details about Lake Charles State Park, call 870-878-6595 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/LakeCharles.
Although it may never again experience the power of rushing waters, 20-mile long Lake Chicot, the largest natural lake in Arkansas, has established its own place in history with a unique and diverse natural heritage seen in the variety of birds and wildlife that live in the park or visit here each year. Located in the Mississippi Flyway, Lake Chicot offers some of the best year-round birding opportunities in Arkansas. Because of this, Lake Chicot State Park is one of the hottest birding spots in southeast Arkansas due to the excellent low-land habitat which makes for a wide variety of summer and wintering residents as well as spring and fall migrants. Sights include Prothontary Warbler, American Red Start, and wood storks. The park interpreter offers lake tours, levee tours and other opportunities for you to view a variety of birds and other wildlife. Many animals call Lake Chicot State Park home. With the diversity of habitats, you will find numerous birds, mammals, and reptiles such as red foxes, alligators, and red-headed woodpeckers throughout the park and surrounding areas. Some of the best areas to see wildlife include the following habitats:
The cypress-tupelo swamp found across the lake is a safe haven for many water and shore birds in addition to aquatic reptiles, mammals, and fish throughout the year. An excellent way to discover this hidden habitat is through a guided Barge Tour offered at the park. During the winter, one of the best spots to look for birds is Lake Chicot itself. Sitting at one of the docks, you can scan both the shoreline and open waters for a variety of migrating water and shore birds. You can spot other animals such as raccoons getting a drink at the waters edge usually around dawn and dusk. The Delta Woodland Trail is a great spot to search for wildlife year round. This one mile loop gives you the opportunity to see song birds, woodpeckers, reptiles, mammals including red foxes and many, many more. Another wildlife hotspot is the Mississippi River Levee. Migrating hawks, kites, and shorebirds as well as wild turkey can be seen on the levee. Other finds include deer, rabbit, the occasional herd of horses (tame), alligators, and much more! You can begin your wildlife expedition at the park visitor center with the wildlife viewing window found in the Discovery Room and the Butterfly Garden in front of the center. Watch for red-headed woodpeckers, Monarchs, Carolina Chickadees, squirrels, many common backyard birds, Swallowtail, plus other wildlife.
For details about Lake Chicot State Park, call 870-265-5480 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/LakeChicot.
Lake Dardanelle has been named an Audubon Society Important Birding Area. During the fall and winter months birds of all types retreat to the lake from their homes up north. Bald eagles nest on Lake Dardanelle and they can frequently be seen soaring and searching for fish. Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfishers and Canada Geese call the park home throughout the year. Seasonal species include red-winged black birds, scissor-tail flycatchers and Osprey. You can see snow geese and white pelicans, too. The best birding sites in the park are along the rock breakwater, along the bank throughout the park or at the bird observation deck along the Meadowbrook Trail. The park is also home to many of Arkansas's common mammals such as white-tailed deer, red fox, raccoon, and opossum. These mammals can frequently be seen around dusk throughout the park and along the wooded Meadowbrook trail. Park interpreters offer programs, tours and boat cruises throughout the year that provide unique opportunities to view these creatures in their habitat. For details about Lake Dardanelle State Park, call 479-967-5516 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/LakeDardanelle.
Lake Fort Smith is a 1,490-acre mountain reservoir built on Frog Bayou. It supplies several communities' drinking water including Fort Smith. Lake Ft. Smith is surrounded by the Boston Mountain range of the Ozark Mountains making it among the most picturesque lakes in the state. This area with the mountains, wetlands, and the lake offer an ideal area for birding and wildlife watching. Along the lakeshore you'll have good chances of seeing a Blue Heron, Kingfishers, Wood ducks, and, during the winter, bald eagles. Sightings might also include Bluebirds, Summer Tanagers or Roadrunners. Almost any evening you can hear the distinctive call of a Barred Owl. Almost daily you can see White-tail deer and raccoons, and occasionally you will see a black bear or bobcat around the park and lake. For details about Lake Fort Smith State Park, call 479-369-2469 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/LakeFortSmith.
The park's 114 acres are situated along the eastern shoreline of peaceful Lake Frierson. The wooded hillsides and lake environments provide productive habitats for nearly 100 species of resident and migrant birds. The park also provides home to a variety of wildlife such as woodchucks, squirrels, foxes, and white-tailed deer. For details about Lake Frierson State Park, call 870-932-2615 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/LakeFrierson.
Located in the heart of the Ouachita Mountains, 40,000-acre Lake Ouachita offers visitors the opportunity to observe and photograph an abundance of wildlife. Featuring 975 miles or pristine shoreline, the lake is surrounded by the Ouachita National Forest. Lake Ouachita State Park on the lake's eastern end, offers two hiking trails where you might encounter white-tailed deer, butterflies, lizards, and a variety of birds. Along the shoreline, you might see beaver, otter, turtles, or other wild animals. At dusk, you may see a bat or an owl flying nearby. Several locations in the park provide opportunities for wildlife watching. One of the most popular and sought after species to see is the wintering bald eagles that arrive in November and depart in February. Park interpreters offer covered barge tours throughout the season in search of these magnificent birds. Often, other wintering waterfowl are seen such as loons, grebes, osprey, and a number of other ducks and geese. Check the park program schedule for dates and times of the tours. For details about Lake Ouachita State Park, call 501-767-9366 or visit: www.ArkansastateParks.com/LakeOuachita.
For birding and wildlife watching, the 1.1-mile Great Blue Heron Trail at Lake Poinsett State Park can be enjoyed in a leisurely 45-minute hike. Activities offered by park interpreters include trail walks, guided kayak and canoe tours, and birding and watchable wildlife excursions. For details about Lake Poinsett State Park, call 870-578-2064 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/LakePoinsett.
A National Natural Landmark, Mammoth Spring is Arkansas's largest spring and the second largest spring in the Ozark Mountains. Flowing nine million gallons hourly, Mammoth Spring forms a 10-acre lake in the park, then flows southward as the Spring River, a popular trout and float stream, which is also good for birding and wildlife watching. For details about Mammoth Spring State Park, call 870-625-7364 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/MammothSpring.
Songbirds, shore birds, aquatic birds and birds of prey can all be found in abundance in and around Millwood Lake. Visitors to the area can walk the lake trails or take to the open waters to see resident birds such as cardinals, egrets and herons. During the migratory season, sea gulls, pelicans, ducks and bald eagles make Millwood their southern destination. Area visitors can also spot other wildlife including whitetailed deer, beaver, nutria, and an occasional bobcat. A healthy population of alligators also calls Millwood home, and can be seen basking along the shorelines or floating in the river. Millwood State Park offers guided nature hikes and lake tours designed to introduce visitors to the natural wonders of Millwood and the inhabitants that abound there. A series of boat lanes meander through timber, marshes and oxbow cutoffs, making Millwood Lake a tree-filled fishing and birdwatching haven. Over 330 bird species have been spotted in the Millwood Lake area. For details about Millwood State Park, call 870-898-2800 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/Millwood.
Stout's Point is just one many places to watch for wildlife in Petit Jean State Park. Here, visitors watch for hawks, vultures, pelicans, and other birds in the Arkansas River Valley. On the park's 20 miles of hiking trails, be sure to look for deer, songbirds, and other wildlife. For details about Petit Jean State Park, call 501-727-5441 or visit: www.PetitJeanStatePark.com.
Pinnacle Mountain State Park's diversity of habitat, from high rocky ridgetops to extensive cypress swamps, provides excellent opportunities for viewing wildlife. The park's 2,100 acres present a vast diversity of habitats for wildlife, and wildlife viewing opportunities especially off the regular paths. Classified as a birding hotspot, the park offers opportunities to see bald eagles at the vistas and the rare Swainson?s Warbler at the increasingly rare cane thickets along the Little Maumelle River. For details about Pinnacle Mountain State Park, call 501-868-5806 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/PinnacleMountain.
The almost 7,000 acres of Village Creek State Park abound with wildlife. Some of the park's more easily seen wildlife include deer, raccoons, gray squirrels, fox squirrels, nine banded armadillos, and eastern cottontail. The more patient observer may be rewarded with a glimpse of a beaver, gray fox, muskrat, or possibly even a bobcat. For the bird lover, 205 species of birds that can be found in and around Village Creek State Park. The park attracts a wide variety of migratory birds as well as being the permanent home of many species of song and game birds. The park's year-round residents include Eastern Bluebirds, white-breasted nuthatches, Carolina Wrens, Pileated Woodpeckers, Wild Turkeys, Barred owls, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, and Carolina Chickadees. Migratory species include Mississippi Kites, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, yellow-rumped Warblers, Prothonotary Warblers, Summer Tanagers, and Indigos Buntings. For details about Village Creek State Park, call 870-238-9406 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/VillageCreek.
Rich in wildlife, White Oak Lake State Park offers regular sightings of great blue herons, egrets, osprey and green herons along the lake. On the park's nature trails, be sure to watch for white-tailed deer, armadillos, and other mammals. For details about White Oak Lake State Park, call 870-685-2748 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/WhiteOakLake.
Visitors to Withrow Springs State Park appreciate this quiet getaway within an hour's drive of the hustle and bustle of nearby Fayetteville and Eureka Springs. Be sure to hike the War Eagle Trail to watch for wildlife and see caves, rock formations, and views of War Eagle Creek. For details about Withrow Springs State Park, call 479-559-2593 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/WithrowSprings.
Nestled in the Ozark foothills, this state park is a serene getaway overlooking 40-acre Lake Bennett. Visitors can watch for birds and other wildlife at the lake's edge at dawn and dusk. The park also offers a nature trail for more adventurous wildlife watchers. For details about Woolly Hollow State Park, call 501-679-2098 or visit: www.ArkansasStateParks.com/WoollyHollow.