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High altitude training is a must for professional pilots. As part of your advanced and safety training, you will have the opportunity to participate in a one-of-a-kind high altitude physiological training at the facilities of the Southern Aero Medical Institute in Melbourne, FL. SAMI is the only facility in the world providing crew-oriented training in their private hypobaric chamber.
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After completing your advanced aircraft system courses at JU, you will get an opportunity to fly the Boeing 737-800 full motion simulator, and log the time, thanks to our partnership with the Airline Training Orientation Program. ATOP's familiarization training is conducted at Continental Airlines Flight Training Center in Houston, TX.
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Course 3 Stacked Cake
My Wilton instructor gave us free reign with the design of our final cake, providing we did it stacked or tiered. I used this chance to try gelatin flowers. I felt like I needed to do something on this cake that we learned in the course so I made the leaves in cornelli lace. I need to work on smooting my icing and will have to stack / tier a few more cakes before it feels natural but this was fun!

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WASHINGTON - Offshore drilling safety and oversight is still lacking two years after the massive BP PLC oil spill sullied the U.S. Gulf Coast, two reports released Tuesday have found.
A presidential commission tasked with investigating the spill said it was "encouraged by the progress being made" by the oil industry and regulators.
But it cautioned that "much more need to be done" to improve drilling safety and environmental protection, particularly in "frontier" areas like the Arctic.
It also chastised Congress for failing to pass legislation needed to ensure regulators have the resources to properly monitor offshore drilling, lift the $75 million liability cap for oil firms, and ensure there are sufficient resources for spill response.
"In just the past 10 months, at least three offshore oil and gas rigs around the world have experienced significant leaks, demonstrating again and again how risky this activity is and emphasizing the need for the types of controls and protections the Commission called for," the report cautioned.
"The risks will only increase as drilling moves into deeper waters with harsher, less familiar environmental conditions."
The environmental group Oceana issued a more scathing report, in which it declared that efforts taken to improve safety and oversight were "woefully inadequate."
"Politics continues to triumph over common sense. It's outrageous that so little progress has been made to make offshore drilling safer," said Jacqueline Savitz, senior campaign director at Oceana.
"It appears that the government has done little more than require actions that were already being done voluntarily, even on the ill-fated rig--it's as if they are letting the industry regulate itself."
While new rules have been implemented, regulators have not yet addressed important problems such as an insufficient number of inspectors, low fines for breaking the rules, and fundamental deficiencies in the design of blowout preventers, Oceana concluded.
Oil spill response plans also remain inadequate and little has been done to improve cleanup and containment technology, it added.
"Without stronger regulations, and better inspection and enforcement, oil companies will continue to put profits over safety and there will be more problems," Savitz said.
"It's not a matter of whether there will be another oil spill, but when."
The April 20, 2010 explosion on the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers, blackened beaches in five U.S. states and devastated the Gulf Coast's tourism and fishing industries.
It took 87 days to cap BP's runaway well 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) below the surface that spewed about 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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John Hoopingarner | May. 14, 2012With no oilfield experts on its Scientific Advisory Board, Oceanas claim that "efforts taken to improve safety and oversight were woefully inadequate " is laughable. Of course, the industry regulates itself. Unsafe operations are unsustainable, and those companies which do not make the extra effort to operate safely will be forced to operate in areas with less risk and lower rewards. Deep water offshore drilling is "survival of the fittest". The very best oil companies, service companies, and rigs are managing these challenging tasks with great care and attention around the world.
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Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of ADL5747 in Participants With Postherpetic Neuralgia
This study has been terminated.
Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC
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First received: January 27, 2010
Last updated: July 8, 2015
Last verified: July 2015
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The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of ADL5747 in participants with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). The secondary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of ADL5747.
|Postherpetic Neuralgia
|Drug: ADL5747 Drug: Placebo Drug: Pregabalin
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase 2A, Randomized, Blinded, Placebo- and Active-controlled, 2-Period Crossover Study to Assess the Analgesic Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of ADL5747 in Subjects With Postherpetic Neuralgia
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MedlinePlus related topics: Shingles
Drug Information available for: PregabalinU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change in Weekly Average Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) Score From Baseline to End of Treatment (Week 2 of Each Treatment Period) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2 of Treatment Period 1 or 2 ]The NPRS is an 11-point scale (0 to 10) with 0 indicating no pain and 10 indicating the worst possible pain. The mean of the daily average scores were calculated from the NPRS pain assessments obtained up to 3 times per day over a 7-day period.
|Study Start Date:
|January 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: ADL5747
ADL5747 150 milligrams (mg) administered orally as 1 ADL5747 150-mg capsule and 1 placebo capsule twice daily (BID) for 14 days during 1 of 2 Treatment Periods.
|Drug: ADL5747 Drug: Placebo
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo: two placebo capsules administered orally BID for 14 days during 1 of 2 Treatment Periods.
Participants were also administered placebo orally BID during a 14-day washout period that took place between Treatment Period 1 and Treatment Period 2.
|Drug: Placebo
Active Comparator: Pregabalin
Pregabalin administered orally as a dose of 1 pregabalin 75-mg capsule and 1 placebo capsule BID for the first 3 days, increased to a dose of 1 pregabalin 150-mg capsule and 1 placebo capsule BID for the last 11 days of 1 of 2 fourteen-day Treatment Periods, followed by a dose of 1 pregabalin 75-mg capsule and 1 placebo capsule BID for 3 days as a taper period.
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Pregabalin
Other Name: Lyrica
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Key inclusion Criteria:
- have a diagnosis of PHN (defined as pain present for at least 3 months after the healing of herpes zoster rash; there is no upper limit on the duration of PHN)
- have an average daily pain score of at least 4 on the numeric pain rating scale (0-10) at the start of baseline week for Treatment Period 1 (Day -7) through the start of the first week of Treatment Period 1 (Day 1)
- be willing and able to understand and comply with protocol requirements, dietary and dosing regimens, and other protocol instructions and restrictions (for example, forgo use of their normal pain medication and other protocol specified prohibited medications for the duration of the study)
- for male participants, be surgically sterile or agree to use an appropriate method of contraception or have a sexual partner who is surgically sterile or using an insertable, injectable, transdermal, or combination oral contraceptive approved and deemed highly effective by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from the first dose of study medication through 30 days after the last dose of study medication on Day 49
- for female participants of childbearing potential, be using an insertable, injectable, transdermal, or combination oral contraceptive approved and deemed highly effective by the FDA from the first dose of study medication through 30 days after the last dose of study medication on Day 49 and have negative results on a serum pregnancy test during the start of the screening period to obtain informed consent and determine eligibility for the study (Day -37 to -14) and on a urine pregnancy test during the start of the first week of Treatment Period 1 (Day 1) (women who are surgically sterile [for example, hysterectomy, tubal ligation] or postmenopausal [if ≥ 55 years old, no menses for at least 2 years; if < 55 years old, follicle stimulating hormone concentrations within the postmenopausal range of > 40 milli-International Units per milliliter (mIU/mL) and 17 β estradiol levels of < 37 picograms per milliliter (pg/mL)] are also eligible to participate)
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- be pregnant or lactating
- have significant skin lesions that could interfere with pain assessment
- have a history of seizures or a history of abnormal electroencephalographic results at any time (participants with a history of febrile seizures before the age of 6 years may be enrolled)
- have had previous neurolytic or neurosurgical therapy for PHN
- have had a treatment that included local anesthetic nerve blocks within 30 days before the start of the baseline week for Treatment Period 1 (Day -7)
- have any other type of pain that may impair the self-assessment of pain due to PHN
- have, as determined by the investigator or the sponsor's medical monitor, a history or clinical manifestations of significant renal, hepatic, hematologic, cardiovascular, metabolic, gastrointestinal, neurologic, psychiatric, or other condition that would preclude participation in the study
- have an active malignancy of any type (participants with a history of successfully treated malignancy > 5 years before the scheduled first dose of study medication and participants with treated basal or squamous cell cancer may be enrolled)
- have a medical history or condition that may interfere with drug absorption (for example, stomach resection)
- be currently using protocol specified prohibited medications in the absence of appropriate washout
- be currently taking moderate or strong inhibitors or inducers of cytochrome P450-3A (CYP3A) or inhibitors of P glycoprotein transporters
- have an estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) that is less than or equal to 60 mL/min calculated by the Cockcroft Gault equation or have alanine aminotransferase and/or aspartate aminotransferase levels that are at least 2 times the upper limit of normal
- have a history of substance abuse or dependence within the previous 5 years, including alcohol or positive results on the urine drug screen at start of screening period, start of baseline week, or start of the first week of Treatment Period 1 (Day -37 to Day 1); participants may be enrolled if positive results are due to medication(s) prescribed for the participant and permitted by the protocol
- have a history of suicide attempts or be judged clinically to be at serious risk of suicide
- have a score of more than 29 on the Beck Depression Inventory-II at start of screening period (Day -37 to Day -14)
- have a history of allergy to acetaminophen (the rescue medication for this study)
- have a history of intolerance to pregabalin or documented failure to respond to a maximally tolerated dose of pregabalin
- have ever received the investigational drug ADL5747 or have participated in any clinical study involving an investigational product in which they received that product within 30 days before the scheduled administration of study medication for this study
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01058642
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01058642
|United States, Florida
|Laszlo J. Mate, MD
|West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, 33407-2450
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Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC
|Study Director:
|Wei Du, MD
|Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC
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Keywords provided by Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 19, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01058642 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 27, 2010
|Results First Received:
|April 23, 2015
|Last Updated:
|July 8, 2015
Keywords provided by Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC:
delta opioid receptor agonist
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neuralgia, Postherpetic
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Calcium Channel Blockers
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Anxiety Agents
Tranquilizing Agents
Central Nervous System Depressants
Psychotropic Drugs
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He said, she said--it's all talk all the time! In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby open their mouths to teach you all about dialogue. You'll see how dialogue appears in different types of writing, from novels to comic books to scripts for TV shows and movies. You'll also learn a few of the rules that apply when you put dialogue into a piece of prose. Finally, You'll discover how to make your dialogue sound realistic, so that your characters seem more lifelike! Just don't forget the quotation marks!
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In this commands lesson for the animated ESL / ELL movie "Run! Don't Stop!", K-8 students act out and write commands, and use the expression "let's + verb". This lesson plan is aligned to Common Core State Standards. See more »
Writing Dynamic Dialogue Lesson Plan: Vocabulary, Punctuation, and Practice
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3 through 8, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the use of dialogue. Students will work in groups to create dialogue with varying word choice and vocabulary, learn how to punctuate dialogue correctly, and practice using and placing a variety of speech tags. This lesson plan is aligned to Common Core State Standards. See more »


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Situated at the southern end of the village of Hopkins in the Stann Creek district of Belize, the Sandy Beach Lodge offers the visitor solitude and tranquillity. The Lodge consists of 4 thatched cabins erected a scant 50 meters from the Caribbean Sea, so the beach is right there at your doorstep.
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Barcelona's Thomas Vermaelen has hamstring surgery, out four months
Barcelona announced Tuesday that defender Thomas Vermaelen underwent successful surgery on his right hamstring and is expected to be out the next four months.
Vermaelen originally injured his hamstring while playing for Belgium in this summer's FIFA World Cup. Acquired on a transfer from Arsenal in August, Vermaelen has yet to appear for Barcleona this season, though he had begun participating in training before the decision was made for him to have surgery.
The 29-year-old was Arsenal's captain and spent five seasons with the team but was limited by injury last season and lost his starting spot, leading him to seek a transfer. His eventual move to Barcelona came with a transfer fee of £15m ($25 million).
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Vermaelen has also made 47 career appearances for the Belgian national team.
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The new Cat Water Delivery System is being launched this week at MINExpo, says Rich Keith, Cat's OEM Solutions product manager. The system is being launched on the 777G, but will eventually be available with the 773G, 775G, and 785D.
Keith notes that many existing systems can control dust, but the Cat system uses a self-contained hydraulic system that controls spray patterns and allows for a consistent spray width regardless of engine RPM. This is designed to use the optimum gallons per square yard. "In some parts of the world, water is getting to be almost as expensive as fuel," Keith says.
Another significant factor is the system's ability to reduce fuel consumption, compared to traditional water trucks where the water cannon spray is tied to truck speed. With those trucks, operators often have to step on the gas to achieve maximum water cannon distance. In addition to water savings, the system also improves safety, Keith says, by eliminating over-spraying which can cause pooling of water and loss of traction on haul roads. "What the markets were telling us that the systems that were out there were good at getting the road wet, but had some safety issues," Keith says.
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Pesto Perfecto Burger
I love pesto in the summer so I thought what a great combo when all the tomatoes and pesto are in season for backyard barbecuing. Again I tried to make the recipe easy enough for the busy cook with accesible ingredients but also goumet tasting like they spent alot on time on it. I hope you like them.
Homemade pesto from a favorite recipe or store bought.
8 ounces vegetable oil for brushing on grill rack
2 pounds ground chuck
1 envelope onion soup mix
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon Bold and Spicy steak sauce
6 hamburger buns organic white
6 slices of asiago cheese
3/4 cup butter
6 slices red leaf lettuce
6 slices of tomato
24 basil leaves
6 slices of onion white sweet Vidalia or Wala Wala
Prepare a medium hot fire on a charcoal grill with a cover. Take 3 Tablespoons of bought or homemade pesto and mix with 1/2 cup mayonnaise.Mix well then place in refrigerator to keep cool. In a large bowl combine ground chuck with soup mix, worcestershire sauce, steak sauce and rest of pesto. Mix well handling the meat as little as possible to prevent meat compacting. Divide the mixture in 6 equal portions and form to fit the rolls. When the grill is hot brush the grill rack with vegetable oil. Place patties on the rack and cook 4 minutes per side for mdium rare or longer for preference. Turn once during cooking and don't press down on patties because this will release the juices you want to stay inside. while burgers are cooking take rolls and butter both sides. During last minutes of cooking place cheese on all burgers and place cut sides of rolls down on outside edge of grill to toast lightly. After rolls are toasted place pesto mayonnaise on each cut side of roll. Then place hamburger on bottom roll. Top with lettuce onion tomato and basil leaves. top with bun tops and serve while hot.


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It's our weekly look at Big 12 basketball from the play-by-play voice of the Red
Raiders, Brian Hanni.
PRIME PERFORMER: Marcus Smart put on a clinic Tuesday night in
Oklahoma State's 101-80 blowout of No. 11 Memphis in Stillwater. Smart had 24
points in his first nine minutes on the floor -- he finished with career-high 39
points, five steals, four assists and four rebounds. Smart had been averaging
13.7 points per game this season against a softer slate in the first two weeks
before erupting on national TV versus a fringe top-10 team.
For all the talk about the fabulous freshman class in college hoops this year,
Smart is one super sophomore that deserves every bit as much ink and air time as
Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle and Jabari Parker. He may not be drafted ahead of
them when it's all said and done, but he's in a similar class -- just ask Kevin
Durant who was on hand for Tuesday's game at Gallagher-Iba Arena.
Had Smart not gone-off on Josh Pastner's Tigers, this honor would have gone to
Iowa State's Melvin Ejim, who posted a game-high 22 points and nine rebounds in
a 77-70 upset of No. 7 Michigan in Ames. It was Ejim's first game back coming
off a hyper-extended knee.
RISING ROOKIE: Joel Embiid has the measurables scouts drool
over and a ridiculous amount of untapped potential given that he's only been
playing the game since he was 16. The seven-footer grew up as a volleyball star
in his native Cameroon, now he's a projected lottery pick just three games into
his college career. The Kansas center had his father in the stands on Tuesday
night and put on a show for dad's first ever chance to a see an organized
basketball game. Embiid helped the Jayhawks beat Iona 86-66 with 16 points and
13 rebounds. Don't expect those numbers every night, but Embiid is honing his
skills under a coach known for developing NBA bigs, and how he blossoms under
Bill Self this year will certainly be one of more intriguing storylines in the
Baylor JUCO guard Kenny Cherry deserves some mention as well after pouring in 20
points to help lead Baylor to an 87-68 win over Louisiana-Lafayette Sunday. The
Montreal native who used to go by Kenny-Fred Cherry is now averaging over 14 per
game in helping fill the void left by departed senior Pierre Jackson.
STOCK REPORT: A week ago, Big 12 co-favorite Kansas already had
a top-five win over Duke while fellow favorite, Oklahoma State, was blasting
cream puffs from Little Debbie U. Fast forward a week, and the Cowboys passed
Tuesday's test with flying colors, routing No. 11 Memphis by 21 with Marcus
Smart looking like the Wooden Award front-runner in a year in which college
hoops is long on MVP options.
The Cowboys looked every bit the part of the nation's No. 7 ranked team and did
so without the services of its top scorer over the first three games, Phil
Forte, who barely played after fighting an illness throughout the day. Forte had
been averaging 21 a game. Markel Brown poured in 20 proving he's a more than
capable Robin to Smart's Batman.
As previous mentioned, Ejim's well-timed return from a preseason knee injury
gave Iowa State just the lift it needed to upset Michigan. ISU held preseason
All-American Mitch McGary to nine points and six boards. The win vaulted the Big
12's preseason fourth place team into the national rankings for the first time
this year at No. 21 in the AP Poll.
Texas Tech lost by 12 at Alabama last Thursday, but since then the conference
has gone 11-0 -- including a quality win by the Red Raiders over Texas Southern.
That 11-game winning streak from the league including two top-25 wins, three
wins over projected NCAA tournament teams and TCU's first win (71-64 over
Abilene Christian on Tuesday), so it's been a good week for the league with no
notable fallers.
MUST SEE TV: If all goes according to plan, No. 20 Baylor and
No. 13 Gonzaga should meet up next Tuesday in the semifinal round of the Maui
Invitational. The winner could wind up playing No. 9 Syracuse the following
night. Monday's slate of Texas vs. BYU in the CBE (Kansas City) and Texas Tech
vs. Pitt in the Progressive Legends Classic (Brooklyn) should make for some
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Break-in at Higgovale
Hey all, just warning you all. had a break in last weekend at Higgovale Quarry. Nothing Stolen, I assume they were looking for my radio face which I had on me. Other than that they just broke a window and ripped off my door handle. If I can make a suggestion, try keep your cars parked on the left handside as you approach the crag. It seems to be safer as it is more open.
Breakins at Higgovale
A few weeks ago one of the residents chased away some undesireables who were trying to break into our car. Later they came back and stole a brand new set of speakers and the radio cover, damaging the dashboard and stealing the boot cover.
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Leave DHCP enabled on the SMC.
Some of my other threads here....plug a PC into your SMC....log into its web admin, go to the firewall tab, put a check in "disable firewall for true static IP subnet".
Leave DHCP enabled on your Tomato based router...uplink its WAN port to one of the LAN ports of the SMC, put a PC behind your Tomato based router..log into its web admin, on the WAN interface..type in your static IP info from Comcast.


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What could easily become an activist dominated organization, the America's Great Watershed Initiative (AGWI), is hosting a conference Sept. 26-27 to set an agenda for "meeting the many demands placed on the Mississippi River Watershed (MRW)."
The demand would appear to be demands on Mississippi River Watershed farmers more than anyone else. AGWI says the conference at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark is "part of an effort to unite leaders and decision makers from industry, state and federal agencies, academia and non-proft organizations in shaping the vision for the management of the MRW.
The MRW covers parts of 31 states and two Canadian provinces, it is noted. There are six major sub-basins and more than 250 tributaries that feed the Mississippi River. Additional regulations are apparently the goal of shaping a new vision.
Event speakers announced include: USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Ann Mills; Major General John W. Peabody, president-nominee of the Mississippi River Commission; Ingram Barge Company CEO Craig Philip; Steve Stockton of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Glenn Prickett, chief external affairs officer for The Nature Conservancy; and representatives from DuPont, IBM and others.
Individuals interested in attending the conference can register online at agwi.org, according to the announcement widely distributed at the last minute by The Nature Conservancy.
"The Mississippi Watershed is critically important to this nation and other nations, and warrants a unified vision that will benefit America well into the future," said Peabody. "This basin produces agricultural products worth $54 billion annually and accounts for 92 percent of the nation's agriculture exports.
"About 500 million tons of goods are transported on this system each year," Peabody added. "Millions of Americans get their water from these rivers. And people spend millions of dollars each year experiencing these rivers while fishing, hunting, boating and enjoying their beauty."
Michael Reuter, director of The Nature Conservancy's Great Rivers Partnership, said, "The people who attend this conference represent a wide array of interests. That's a good thing. The Mississippi and its tributaries provide a lot of different benefits to a lot of different people. The only way we're going to create a collaborative vision for the management of this system—one that meets all the demands placed on it—is by bringing stakeholders together. And that's why this conference is important."
Dan Mecklenborg, senior vice president and chief legal officer at Ingram Barge Compnay, said, "One of the goals of AGWI is to create a unified voice for the Mississippi River watershed. Such a voice could be powerful and address issues that cross city, state and even national boundaries—issues like energy, transportation, water quality, flood control, infrastructure, recreation and floodplain management. And such a voice could help build recognition among regional and national leaders about the importance of this river system and the need for its integrated management."
Individuals on the AGWI Steering Committee represent the Mississippi River Commission, the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, America's Wetland, the City of Dubuque, Iowa, The Nature Conservancy, America's Wetland Foundation, Caterpillar, Inc., Ingram Barge Company, and the Iowa Soybean Association.
Previous concerns about nutrient runoff still makes it appear the biggest impact of anything that will come from AGWI appears to be against farmers and ranchers. Only one steering committee representative has strong ties to farmers.


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EuroChem, Russia's largest fertilizer company, announced that it has restarted the sinking of the cage shaft at its VolgaKaliy potash project following the successful completion of the shaft freezing stage. The cage shaft sinking operations have been resumed from the 100 meter mark following the suspension as a result of the failure in the grouting technology used by Shaft Sinkers, a South African contractor, which had been hired by the company for the project.
EuroChem has taken the necessary steps to continue with the sinking of the cage shaft by deploying freezing technology. After installing a freeze plant to protect the shaft during sinking and performing necessary works, EuroChem construction teams continued to sink the cage shaft. The shaft is now being protected during the sinking effort by a freeze wall which is designed and operated by Thyssen Schachtbau GmbH. Thyssen Schachtbau GmbH is also involved in the sinking of VolgaKaliy's skip shaft and the company's other potash project, EuroChem Usolskiy Potash.
Clark Bailey, head of mining at EuroChem, commented: "We are pleased with the progress we are making with the sinking of the cage shaft. We have suffered a delay of approximately two years and nine months as a result of the failure of the original shaft sinking grouting technology used by Shaft Sinkers. We anticipate to completely finish the cage shaft in 2017."
Formed in 2001, EuroChem has grown into one of the world's leading nitrogen and phosphate-based fertilizer producers. With revenues amounting to $5.4 billion in 2012, EuroChem is approaching a global top five position among fertiliser companies. Head-quartered in Moscow, it operates production facilities in Russia and Belgium, and has a network of distribution and sales offices globally.
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You may have noticed it already, but the two-stroke machine is going the way of the dinosaur. Too bad really, since the venerable two stroke engine is light weight, powerful, and relatively simple compared to its 4-stroke cousin. Its ugly side, however, is terrible CO (carbon monoxide) exhaust emissions. For this reason, Big Brother has seen fit to impose a crushingly stringent regulation in 2006 that will all but ban the two-stroke engine.
The major ATV and motorcycle manufacturers have been hip to this evolution, and over the years have tweaked their 4-stroke technology to give us machines like the earth shaking TRX450 and YFZ450 race-ready quads. While the other OEMs aren't quite up to the task of designing brand new 4-stroke (4T) engines from scratch, they've seen the writing on the wall and focused considerable attention on the release of new ATVs with 4T engines.
The youth ATV scene is also affected by the shift to 4-stroke engines, as evidenced by the huge number of 4T youth machines being showcased at the Indy Dealer Show this year. Not only have many manufacturers and distributors added 4T quads to their lineups, but many have gone as far to drop their 2T models in lieu of 4Ts. Models range from 70cc CVT powered quads to 125 and 150cc manual clutch units.
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A machine that sits right in the center of this group is the JetMoto 110. Manufactured in China, this quad is very similar to the other 110cc machines being produced in Asia such as the Yamoto, Kazuma, and Redcat models. Although very similar to one another, each of these machines are slightly different in various aspects such as suspension design, drivetrain, and body work.
Off-Road.com recently had an opportunity to review a Jetmoto 110 and immediately, we noticed the not-so-subtle resemblance to the Yamaha Raptor's bodywork design. The hand controls, indicator panels (reverse and neutral), even airbox are virtual duplicates of the Yamaha quad. At the rear end of the machine, the shaft drive, rear suspension, and drum brake echo the Raptor tail end as well.
As you move toward the engine and front suspension, it would seem Jetmoto decided that the Honda's TRX90 had bits and pieces worthy of duplication. Although the Jetmoto is a 110cc unit, the cylinder head and cylinder are nearly one-for-one knock-offs of the Fourtrax top end. Fortunately, the antiquated pull-start is gone, and an shiny little electric start motor sits on top of the engine. Starting the engine is as simple as turning the key, pulling on the hand-lever actuated choke, and jabbing the electric start button.
The semi-automatic transmission requires manual selection of gears, which translates to shifting once up from neutral to first, and then again twice more for third. The ATV has no manual clutch, so shifting gears is a no-brainer for the uninitiated young motorcyclist. First gear has plenty of low end to climb up most hills and for novice riders is slow enough to allow the parent or trainer to either jog along or watch from a distance with little worry of excessive speed becoming an issue. And upshifting to higher gears on the fly can eventually be learned, or simply done at a standstill - the 110cc four-stroke has plenty of grunt to pull away from a stop in even top gear.
A feature absent on many youth ATVs (and even full size quads) is reverse. The JetMoto has a very easy (almost too easy) to select reverse gear. To engage, simply shift down from neutral to reverse. A great feature for backing out of tricky trail situations or playing around on the farm, reverse was quick to bring a smile to our most avid recreational riders.
About the only gripe we had on this machine was the overly stiff suspension, which seemed to require a rider of adult proportions to get any sort of suspension movement. Reasonable for most trail riders, sure. But jumping or long distance trail riding would become arduous in short time with these rock solid boingers. Fortunately, Jetmoto tells us that they have a whole slew of aftermarket performance goodies in the works for this machine which not only include performance shocks, but wider A-arms, wheel spacers, nerfs, and exhaust system.
In a nutshell, at less than half the money for a brand new Fourtrax or Raptor, the JetMoto ATV is a steal. You could argue that the machine will never last as long as its legendary Japanese rivals, but when you throw in the goodies like electric start, shaft drive, lights, and reverse, it's really difficult to make the case, especially given the few years of use the average youth rider gets out of their machine before outgrowing it. The four-stroke youth ATV is here to stay. Might as well jump on board.
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- Ramon Castro was placed on the DL over the weekend for his arthritic back. With Paul Lo Duca already on the shelf the Mets now 'boast' a catching tandem of Mike DiFelice and Sandy Alomar Jr.
- Endy Chavez played in his fourth rehab game in St. Lucie last night. He said he is ready to return to the Mets whenever they call him but that he still needs to work on his timing.
- Pedro Martinezpitched his third rehab game yesterday throwing 72 pitches (52 for strikes). There is still no solid timetable for his return.
- There hasn't been any news on Carlos Delgado the last day or so. He hasn't played since last Wednesday when he suffered a contusion on his left leg.
- Damion Easley suffered a severe sprain on his left ankle and is possibly done for the year.
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We're going to need to do a lot of calling and writing in the near future, IMHO. I offer up the following as a template, to be copied, pasted, modified, as each of you see fit, in writing to your senators and representatives.
Like millions of Americans, I was horrified and saddened to hear the news about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Connecticut. As the father of a school-age child, I cannot begin to imagine the grief that the famillies of the children who were killed must be feeling. I grieve with them. Our nation grieves with them.
In addition to being a father, I am a husband, an attorney, a hunter and gun owner. I have watched, for the past five days, as the mainstream media and gun-control advocates have cried out for harsher restrictions on gun ownwership. Truth be told, such entities have seemed positively gleeful at the tragedy. The Sandy Hook shooting offers the gun-control groups a chance at garnering more political capital than they have had in years.
Emotions on the gun-control front run very high right now, but I would urge you to exercise caution. Please use reason and logic in casting your votes on gun-control bills, which, I feel certain, will cross your desk in the near future. No amount of gun control, no amount of feel-good legislation would have prevented this tragedy. Please remember that the shooting at Columbine, which has become the archetype for school shootings in this country, took place in 1999, when the federal assault weapons had been in place for five years. Remember that Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people, including 19 children still in day care, using a box van, fertilizer and fuel. He used no firearms, to the best of my recollection. There were no calls for bans on box vans. The 9/11 terrorists used box cutters and airplanes to kill thousands. Not one firearm was used. There was no call for a ban on box cutters.
Please remember that restrictions on firearms only restricts those who will abide by the laws. Millions of gun owners killed no one. Millions of gun owners had no part in the Sandy Hook shooting. Millions of gun owners are just as horrified as the rest of the nation at the senseless butchery committed by a madman. Further restrictions on the law-abiding, gun-owning public only punishes those of us who will obey the law. Violent felons and the mentally ill will remain unaffected.
Further the creation of Gun-Free Zones has only served to ensure that killers can always find defenseless targets. At every public shooting, Sandy Hook, Columbine, Jonesboro, Appalachia Law School, Virginia Tech, as well as post offices, and many other public locations, killers have been able to trap their victims, sure in the knowledge that not one person in the target area would have the means to defend themselves. While the idea of a gun-free zone may seem nice at first blush, it has become apparent that a person who is willing to gun down dozens of others is unconcerned about the prohibition on firearms possession in a given area. Rarely, it seems, does such a killer plan on coming out alive. When I think of these Gun Free Zones, I cannot help but think about a phrase we used in the small town in which I grew up: "like shootin' fish in a barrel." The time has come to repeal the gun-free zones laws and allow all Americans the right to effectively defend themselves, their children, and those in their care, whenever and whereever they may be found.
Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.
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The Committee
There is no greater cinematic seduction than that of black and white film. Something about the absence of color helps you tune into so many other things and lose yourself in the screen; the images seem so much more complete and the messages come through clearly. While this film is fairly short, I feel even more excited about the filmmaker's ability to eliminate fluff and find that the choice to make your point quickly will never go out of fashion. In fact, the movie reminded me of a sci-fi picture without the excess and flash. The most charming part about The Committee is that it is a confident work that flaunts only that sense of assured storytelling.
The movie is from the '60s and known mainly for its groovy/intellectual soundtrack by Pink Floyd, and for the fact that it attacks conformism and politics within societies. It opens with a quote on free will and Britain's collective position on both revolt and passive submission. It then moves on to a young man (Paul Jones) hitchhiking across woodlands who is picked up by a talkative egoist (Tom Kempinski). When the men stop to check on the car, the young man beheads the driver, then puts his head back on and leaves the scene. He returns to the city and his dull job as an architect and receives a summons to attend a committee. Rumor has spread that committees are complex gatherings in the country. As little as eight and as many as 300 people are gathered and separated into groups in order to be surveyed, tested, and probed. The idea behind it is to see how the majority of people approach issues as meaningless as fruit, to a game of chess. One might be isolated in the country for a week up to a month, and in the end, the data gathered will help those in power control and regulate society. You could then compare such a letter to the draft, only the war you wage is entirely in your head. For our protagonist, he is fighting the urge not to go along with the government's game by attending.
Tensions rise once he decides to go and gets the idea that the gathering might be exclusively for his own demise. That fear is intensified by the fact that the man he has recently attacked is also in attendance. As his paranoia sets in, it seems intensified by the fact that everyone else who was summoned is quite jovial. For years, people have attended committees and seen them as a sort of free vacation. The director of the committee (Robert Lloyd) and his cronies have arranged for them to feel that way. While being technically held there against their will, attendees are given recreational privileges and live entertainment. There is an awesome scene where Arthur Brown and his band perform a psychedelic hit in a room full of hipsters. It looked like a ton a fun, except for Brown's terrifying costume with a pyrotechnic helmet (see the cover photo). By the end of the trip, the young man finds that his worries ring true and ends up having some one-on-one time with the director that leads to soul-searching and a lot of philosophical conversation.
The film has no climax, nor is it resolved well, but then again it isn't meant to have either of those things. Its sole purpose is to get you thinking about society and allow you to compare what you see on the screen to your own life. Obviously things have changed drastically since the '60s, and the UK is much different than the U.S., but I still found some of the dialogue relevant, if not unsettling. However, none of the messages were really compelling, and I think that the stunning cinematography might distract an audience from the dialogue. Aside from philosophy, there is a bit of dry British humor that glazes the movie and manages to charm more than annoy. I also enjoyed all the "name-dropping;" it references other films and filmmaker's, like Jean Cocteau, and shares similarities with the mentioned works. Honestly, this movie is recommended for its psychedelic and dream-like photography more than anything else. I wouldn't expect anyone to be blown away by it, but as I mentioned before, it has a charm and a strange seduction that keeps you more than interested till the end.


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Germany, South Korea, and Taiwan, 2015.
Margaret Collin Smith, Jonathan Balmer, and Victoria Engelhardt were selected for Fulbright English Teaching Assistant awards in 2015. Collin, a German major, is spending her year in Germany. Jonathan, a double major in English and History, is living in South Korea. Victoria, a Communication and Media Studies major as an undergraduate who also completed her MA in Education at GC, is teaching in Taiwan.
Slovakia, South Korea, and Ukraine, 2014.
Kelsey Castaneda, an English major from Columbia, Ky., Emily Krick, an English and History major from Ashland, Ky., and Leanndra Padgett, an English major from Lexington, Ky., were selected for Fulbright English Teaching Assistant awards in 2014. Kelsey spent the year in Slovakia, while Leanndra lived in South Korea. Emily had been slated to go to Ukraine but was prevented from doing so by the ongoing political and military situation in that country.
Spain and South Korea, 2013.
Victoria Lee "Tori" Shover, a Spanish and Elementary Education major from Louisville, Kentucky, and Rachel Ann Castillo, an English and Secondary Education major from Paducah, spent the 2013-14 academic year teaching English as Fulbright English Teaching Assistants. Tori spent the year in Spain, while Rachael lived in South Korea.
South Korea and Thailand, 2012. From left, Sarah Carey, an English major/Religion minor from Mackville, Ky. (Washington County) spent a year teaching English in South Korea and is now a middle school teacher in Kentucky. Portia Watson, an English and Cultural Studies double major from Mount Washington, Ky. (Bullitt County), taught English for a year and has remained in Thailand after the end of her Fulbright grant to work with the Burmese Refugee Project. Thomas Owens, a Chemistry major/Biology minor from Lancaster, Ky. (Garrard County), renewed his Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in South Korea for a second year.
Mongolia and Spain, 2010-11. Megan and Roger are 2010 graduates of Georgetown College. Megan, a psychology major, spent a year in Mongolia as an English Teaching Assistant. Roger, a double major in Math and Spanish, spent a year in Spain, also as an English Teaching Assistant.
Germany, Spain, and Mexico, 2009-10. Bethany, Michael, and Jordan were 2009 graduates of Georgetown College. Bethany, served as an English Teaching Assistant in Germany. Michael, who majored in Spanish and the interdisciplinary Commerce, Language, and Culture program, was an English Teaching Assistant in Spain. Jordan, who also majored in Spanish and Commerce/Language/Culture, received a Bi-National Business Grant, which allowed him to take classes in Mexico while interning at an international investment bank.
Germany, 2008-09 Jill graduated in May of 2008 with majors in psychology and political science, with a minor in German. She will be spending a year teaching English to German students as an English Teaching Assistant. Jill completed a masters degree in non-profit management and currently lives and works in Indianapolis.
Spain, Hong Kong, and Germany, 2007-08. Jordan, Sarah, and Brittany all graduated in May of 2007. Jordan, a Spanish major with secondary education certification, taught English to students in Spain; Sarah, a biology major, served as an English Teaching Assistant in Hong Kong; Brittany, a double major in Economics and German, was an English Teaching Assistant in Germany.
South Korea, 2006-07. Katie and Melinda both graduated in May 2006. Katie is a double major in English and Communications; Melinda is an English major with minors in Economics and History. They both served as Fulbright Teaching Assistants in South Korea. Melinda completed a Masters degree at Princeton Theological Seminary; Katie completed a Masters degree in Communications at Georgetown University and is pursing a Ph.D. at Ohio State University.
Germany, 2005-2006. Mike graduated in May, 2005, with a double major in history and political science and a minor in German. He enrolled in the Patterson School of Diplomacy at University of Kentucky during his senior year, and he worked on his Masters thesis during his year serving as a Fulbright Teaching Assistant in Germany. He then completed law school and is currently an attorney.
Belgium, 2004-2005. Emily graduated in 2003 with a double major in English and Philosophy. She spent a year teaching English to students in Belgium while also taking classes and investigating the cultural context of Belgium. She returned to Belgium to complete her Masters degree. Emily is currently Coordinator, Greater Louisville International Professionals (G.L.I.P.) program.
South Korea, 2003-2004. Will graduated in 2003 with a double major in English and European Studies as well as a minor in Classics. He spent a year teaching English to Korean students while also working to further his own studies of the Korean language. Will completed a Masters degree in History at the University of Colorado, and he often serves as a curriculum instructor for the Fulbright Teaching Assistant program. He also spent two years in Albania with the Peace Corps.
India, 2001-2002. Bart, a 2001 graduate with a major in chemistry, spent a year studying creative approaches to renewable energy resources in India. He left for India in September of 2001, but the unrest following the events of 9/11 led the Fulbright Foundation to bring the Fulbright Scholars home until a measure of calm could return to the area. Undaunted, Bart returned to India and completed his studies. He graduated from law school at the University of California/Berkeley. He is currently a public defender in San Francisco, California.
Qatar, 1999-2000. Ben, a 1999 graduate with a triple major in English, religion, and philosophy, studied the ways in which Arabic high school students are taught English language skills, and the degree to which the culture of English-speaking nations is taught with the language skills. He completed a Masters degree in ESL at Western Kentucky University, returned to Qatar to teach at the university there, and now teaches at American University of Kuwait
Spain, 1998-99. Brad, a 1998 graduate with a double major in philosophy and modern languages, studied the Spanish philosopher Unamuno, who was the subject of Brad's honors thesis. He is currently teaching Philosophy at Loyola Marymont University in California, where he is in charge of the Honors Program.
South Korea, 1997-98 Rhyan, an American Studies and history major, was given a grant to teach English in Korean schools. He elected not to take the grant in order to pursue a graduate degree at Vanderbilt University. Rhyan now holds an M.A. from Vanderbilt, and works in Institutional Research at Transylvania University.
South Korea, 1996-1997. Noah, who majored in English, spent a year teaching English in Korea. He enjoyed the experience so much that he extended his grant for an additional six months. Noah is currently teaching English in the Jefferson County public school system.
France, 1993-94. Bev, a French major, spent a year on a teaching assistantship in France. She is currently living in Georgia, where she is a happy stay-at-home mother.
Jordan, 1992-93. Elizabeth (also known as Mechelle), a political science and history major, spent a year studying Arabic language and culture. She completed her Ph.D. in political science at the University of Kentucky in 2005. During her doctoral studies, she often returned to the Middle East, and she wrote her dissertation on parliamentary elections in Yeman and Jordan. She spent five years teaching and administering a study-abroad program in Muscat, Oman. She currently works at the University of Louisville.
India, 1991-92. Chris, an English major, studied the interrelationship between women, caste system status, and attitudes toward the environment. Chris is currently an environmental activist in Kentucky, where she is a past director of Kentucky Heartwood.
Singapore, 1990-91. Mark, who was a triple major in English, religion, and philosophy, studied eastern religious philosophies. Mark has completed a Ph.D. in philosophy at Rice University. He now teaches philosophy at Blinn College in Texas.
In addition, several Georgetown College students have made it past the first round of selection and were recommended for grants, though they did not in the end receive the grants. These students applied to programs in Singapore, Spain, Australia, France, New Zealand, India, Czech Republic, Malaysia, and Malawi.


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I guess the only option left for 8.2.x then is to PQftable() and PQftablecol() on the result and then query the pg_attribute to figure out the type. The penalty would be an additional server round-trip and query execution per OID type fetched, which may be considerable. Changing 'lo' back to the independent type for 8.3.x, will help significantly in increasing performance and reducing complexity. Thank you. Unmesh -----Original Message----- From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us] Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 2:59 PM To: Unmesh Churi Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #3015: libpq: PQftype() on a lo type result column returns Oid of type oid instead of Oid of type lo. Well, we could change type 'lo' back to an independent type as of 8.3, but I'm not sure that will help you --- 8.1 and 8.2 are doing it as a domain and we can't retroactively change that situation. regards, tom lane
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Apr 14, 2013 at 6:50 PM
This little guy has been in the yew by my house all day
Looks like maybe a Barred Owl, they can frequently be out and about in broad daylight during mating season (now). They are pretty ubiquitous as owls go. In fact, they are so successful that they threaten other owl species by basically taking over their territory. They are even threatening the Great Horned owls out here in the west. When I lived in Virginia, I realized there was a mating couple whose nest was just across the street from my driveway. I followed them through a mating season during which they had 2 owlets. Fascinating. Anyway, keep watching for the owl. What you've seen could be either him or her. She'll occasionally take a break from sitting on the nest, but he'll never go in and sit on the eggs. He'll bring her food, she'll incubate the eggs and keep the owlets nourished. I hope you get to watch the whole thing play out. I actually put together an illustrative narrative of my experience watching them in 2005. Here's the female mom we named Harriet:
It's a northern saw-whet owl. First I have ever seen in my yard.
Oh yeah...cute little birds. My sense of scale from the pic was way off. Can you tell if they're nesting nearby?
I have no idea, I was taking out the garden bed below the yew and he flew right into it. Was there all day. Think he / her left when it got dark. Will have to wait and see if it comes back again.
Watching chipmunks ?
Good picture
Might keep mice , shrews etc. in hiding
We had one swoop down and kill a rabbit a few weeks back.
Cool Saw-whet pic. Quite appropriate - call supposedly sounds like a hand saw being sharpened with a whetstone.
Thank you for sharing this experience. I love owls.
This is still my favorite owl call of all. I love being out in the woods during spring gobbler season, just before sunrise, and hearing the barred owls and whipoorwills everywhere calling and talking. I do the barred owl call to 'shock' the turkeys into gobbling on their roost in the dark, makes setting up on them a lot easier.....
We've called several barred owls in by trying to locate turkeys.
Sounds like "who cooks for you....who cooks for you-all"......
One night a few summers ago I was up in the Cascades foothills at a friend's place. We were sitting around the firepit and it was getting late, the fire had dwindled to glowing coals . With no light pollution the night sky was stunning in its starry display. The Milky Way ducked behind Sauk Mountain, crisply outlined in silhouette. In the distance coyotes were yipping at the night splendor. A bottle of Maker's Mark had sedated us into a peaceful reverie. All of a sudden we heard very clearly a beep beep beep beep out of nowhere. When it stopped we asked each other "did you hear what I just heard?" Then, about a minute later it repeated with a steady beep of about 8 counts. Now it really had our attention. Sounded like a bloody UFO. Then silence, then it repeated, now from a new location. The rhythm and pitch were so perfect it sounded man-made, but we were out in the boonies and anyone thrashing through the woods would have surely made a lot of noise. This went on for about 10 minutes. The effect with a backdrop of coyote yipping in the far distance was magic.
Eventually we all decided this had to be a bird of some sort, and likely an owl due to it's nocturnal behavior. When I got home I got on the internet to see if I could identify this mystery night denizen. After listening to many owl audio clips I found it to be the northern pygmy owl. I'll never forget that night. It was one of those rare moments where life and universe are singing and we were lucky enough to be there for the show.
Here is the call: http://www.owlpages.com/sounds/Glaucidium-californicum-6.mp3
If you like owl calls, Owl Pages is a great site for audio clips:
Often see those big barred owls out hunting. Had one being mobbed by crows fly right up to me. Chucked a rock at the crows to scare them away and he hung out for a few seconds eyeballing me before he split.


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The NBA season is just over a week away with tip off set for October 29th. Gonzaga has two rookies currently in the NBA in Kelly Olynyk and Elias Harris, and both have gotten off to decent starts so far.
Both Olynyk and Harris are trying to establish themselves with the Celtics and Lakers. Harris is fighting for one of the last spots on the Lakers' roster, while Olynyk is working at becoming a starter for the new look Celtics.
Harris, who went undrafted, thus far has seen limited minutes in the preseason. He is averaging 12.4 minutes per game in the five games he has played. The Lakers need to cut their roster to 15 players by the start of the season and Harris is right on the edge. After Darius Johnson-Odom was let go by the Lakers, three players are the candidates for the final roster position: Elias Harris, Ryan Kelly, and Marcus Landry.
Luckily for Harris, he has a partial guaranteed contract ($100,000) and has played well in the short time he has seen. He is only averaging 3 points per game but has shown some of his versatility. Harris is in the process of making the transition to the small forward position from the power forward spot he played in college. If Harris can continue to show some of the athleticism he possesses, he should be able to beat out Kelly and Landry. Kelly has been recovering still from his foot injury and has only played in two preseason games. Landry has averaged more points than Harris at 4.2 points per game, but looks like he still will be cut by the Lakers due to his inconsistent play.
Kelly Olynyk was drafted 13th overall by the Celtics and has some expectations to live up to. After the team went through a major overhaul trading away Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, Olynyk is expected to begin the rebuilding process.
Thus Far, Olynyk has not disappointed. After his stellar NBA summer league, Olynyk has not slowed down. Averaging 11 points per game, Olynyk has been efficient. In his past three preseason games he has shot better than 62 % from the field, and in two of those games he shot over 80% from the field.
Olynyk's game is about efficiency and thus far he has been able to show it. The Celtics currently have a very crowded frontcourt with Jared Sullinger, Kris Humphries, Gerald Wallace, and Brandon Bass. Olynyk may be able to win the starting center position, but it will be interesting to see how the Celtics lineup shapes out.
While Olynyk and Harris are both looking to find their role in the NBA, their roles will be different. Harris is trying to make it with the Lakers, while Olynyk is trying to be a key player for the Celtics. It is hard to get a true read on how each players will perform based off the preseason, but both players have made impressions. Hopefully Harris can latch on to the Lakers while Olynyk can find his way to the starting lineup. Either way both players will have a shot to play in the NBA and thus far have had a good showing.
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February 2013
Kicking off their Black History Month programming, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gives Cleveland its due with a new series focused on the Rock'n Roll capital's contributions to rock's roots in R&B and soul with "Cleveland Is the City," starting Mon 2/11 and running through Wed 2/27.
Photo: Robert Lockwood, Jr. at the first Ingenuity Fest, 2005.
* Mon 2/11 at 1:30PM: Installation of Robert Lockwood Jr.'s guitar
* Wed 2/13 at 7PM: An Evening with Lou Ragland
* Sat 2/16 at 11:30AM: Jimmy Baynes Photography Collection Spotlight
* Wed 2/20 at 4:30PM: Teachers Rock: "Talk to Me": A Cleveland Music Oral History Project for K-12 Students
* Wed 2/20 at 7PM: Boddie Recording Studio Panel Discussion with Mrs. Louise Boddie, Harvey Hall of Harvey and the Phenomenals, and Dante Carfagna of reissue label Numero Group
* Wed 2/27 at 7PM: Hall of Fame Series with Bobby Massey of the O'Jays


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EVEN the mayor has to take some time to stop and smell the flowers.
Didcot mayor Peter Reade was officially opening a new community garden as part of the Restore autumn fair, which also featured live bands, stalls, workshops and a bouncy castle.
The Didcot garden, funded by Lottery grant-giver Ecominds, has been built over the last two years by people with mental health issues. It contains a pergola, a pond and a sensory garden and was designed for people with disabilities.
Mr Read said: "They have done a tremendous job, and that is attracting funds from other charities into Didcot.
"The garden is a very pleasant space with lots of wild flowers which attract insects and make it very tranquil. I made a bee line for the bench under the willow trees."
Manager Olivier Guillot said: "We are very happy to share this beautiful, peaceful garden with the local community. It aims to educate children about the environment and provide a space for everyone to relax and enjoy."
Restore is an Oxfordshire-based charity that helps people with mental health problems, using gardening and other activities to help build self-esteem.


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406 Koch Avenue, Ann Arbor 48103
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08/31/2016 at $388,000
In the heart of the Old West Side and just around the corner from Wurster Park, this charming 1920's home is only a short walk to downtown. Detailed in an bounty of natural woodwork and wood floors throughout, this wonderful home is brimming with its original charm and character. The distinctive living room is adorned with a wood burning fireplace while the formal dining room is highlighted by a large bay window. The gallery style kitchen is a conducive space for preparing for all of your dinner parties and get-togethers. Gather your guests in the welcoming family room or host an outdoor gathering in the huge two tiered yard with panoramic views of downtown Ann Arbor. Additional features include fresh paint throughout, a full basement with daylight windows, new furnace, and a one car detached garage with new floor.
Property Information
- Total Finished SqFt
- 1,222
- Above Grade SqFt
- 1,222
- Garage Desc.
- Detached, Door Opener
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- Public
- Year Built
- 1920
- Home Style
- 2 Story
School Information
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- Elementary School
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Rooms and Land
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2009 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award recipient Rick Soria, who is an assistant principal at Choctawhatchee (Florida) High School and co-chairman of Okaloosa County's Engineers for America program, will be one of five speakers at the 25th anniversary ceremony to honor the seven astronauts who died in the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion. The nationally televised event is Jan. 28, 2011, at the Kennedy Space Center.
According to Stephen Feldman, president and CEO of The Astronaut's Memorial Foundation, which is helping organize the event and is a partner with the Space Foundation and NASA in presenting the Shepard Award, Soria was selected to speak both because of his dedication to technology and his extraordinary public speaking skills.
After Feldman met Soria and heard his Shepard Award acceptance speech at the Opening Ceremony of the 25th National Space Symposium in March, 2009, he said that he "knew he was perfect for the Challenger ceremony."
The Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award is given to educators who develop programs with a focus on aerospace and aeronautics, such as the Engineers for America program that Soria helped start in local schools in 2006. The program is designed to increase students' interest in science, technology engineering and math (STEM).
The 2011 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award will be presented on April 11, 2011, at the 27th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. For information about the Symposium, click here. For information on the Shepard Award, click here.
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In a post for the Sales Hunter, Mark Hunter explains how salespeople destroy profits by not truly believing in their price.
"Too many salespeople roll over and play dead when the customer even hints at not being willing to pay full-price," he writes.
He cites an example of a recent exchange between a customer and a salesperson where the salesperson — even before putting the offer on the table — told the customer they were going to give them a lower price.
(See Sales: Here Are Some Myths)
"As if offering a discount right up front wasn't a big enough mistake, the salesperson went on to give the customer an even bigger discount when they were slow to respond with their decision," he writes.
Although the customer did end up buying, the salesperson gave up nearly 50% of the profit they should have made.
"The #1 way salespeople destroy profit is by not having enough confidence and conviction in what it is they sell," he writes.
Hunter says it is vital to believe in what you sell and how your customers will benefit from it.
(See Stop Selling and Start Building Relationships)
"Your job is to believe 100% in what it is you sell and to then sell it at 100% full price," he writes.
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Marco Milazzo
Marco Milazzo holds a Ph.D. degree in animal biology (ecology) and serves as a Lecturer in Ecology at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Palermo. He is primarily engaged in marine ecological research within the Department of Earth and Marine Sciences (DiSTeM) at the University of Palermo, Italy. His main research interests are experimental ecology, effects of climate change on biodiversity of costal marine ecosystems, patterns of species distribution, biological invasions, and marine conservation. His research approach consists of field observations and then testing the explanation of these patterns in controlled laboratory conditions and/or through manipulative field experiments.
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Mur Lafferty is offering up her eBooks for free!
by Nojh on May.07, 2012, under Articles, Books, News
As SF Signal is reporting, author Mur Lafferty is offering up all her current eBooks for free for the months of May and June of 2012.
This includes awesome novels like Playing For Keeps, Marco and the Red Granny, and the Afterlife series. I particularly suggest Playing For Keeps and the novella Marco and the Red Granny. You can download the books here.
If you still would like more info about the series, you can read SF Signal's book descriptions or all the books. Here are the descriptions for Playing For Keeps and Marco and the Red Granny:
Playing For Keeps
The shining metropolis of Seventh City is the birthplace of super powers. The First Wave heroes are jerks, but they have the best gifts: flight, super strength, telepathy, genius, fire. The Third Wavers are stuck with the leftovers: the ability to instantly make someone sober, the power to smell the past, the grace to carry a tray and never drop its contents, the power to produce high-powered excrement blasts, absolute control. over elevators. Bar owner Keepsie Branson is a Third Waver with a power that prevents anything in her possession from being stolen. Keepsie and her friends just aren't powerful enough to make a difference. at least that's what they've always been told. But when the villain Doodad slips Keepsie a mysterious metal sphere, the Third Wavers become caught in the middle of a battle between the egotistical heroes and the manipulative villains. As Seventh City begins to melt down, it's hard to tell the good guys from the bad, and even harder to tell who may become the true heroes.Marco and the Red Granny
By bringing back the patronage system, a new alien species has transformed the moon into the new artistic center of the universe, and Sally Ride Lunar Base soon gains the nickname "Mollywood." These aliens can do amazing things with art and the senses, allowing a painting, for example, to stimulate other senses than simply sight. When someone asks a starlet, "Who are you wearing?" she could as easily say "J.K. Rowling" as she could "Gucci."
Every creative person in the world wishes for a patronage. It's quite competitive.
Marco wanted one, once. But then his girlfriend got one and shuttled off to Mollywood for fame and fortune, and Marco stayed home, waiting for his own patron. After several years, he gave up entirely. His career faltered. His agent dumped him. And then, one morning, he gets a call. At last he has a patron, at last the aliens want him. But he's about to find out that an artistic patronage isn't what it was in the good old days, and that the only friend he's made, a tiny old woman who's the star of a blood sports reality series called The Most Dangerous Game, has secrets of her own.


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Bill Berloni brings Chico (pictured with him in San Diego in May) to North Shore Music Theatre to play Bruiser in "Legally Blonde,'' which stars Kelly Felthous (below). (Robert benson for the new york times; shane maritch (below))
From in cage to onstage
'Legally Blonde' dog was rescued from a shelter
By Joel Brown Globe Correspondent / October 28, 2011
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Kelly Felthous stars as Elle in the production of "Legally Blonde'' opening Tuesday at North Shore Music Theatre, but a dog named Chico, who plays Bruiser, takes center stage in the big, splashy opening number, "Omigod You Guys.'' The 6-year-old Chihuahua, who also played the part on Broadway, was adopted from a shelter in 2007 by trainer Bill Berloni, who received a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre this year for his work training dogs, cats, and even a few farm animals for the stage.
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Track the Capitol Christmas Tree
Did you ever wonder where the Capitol Christmas Tree came from and how it travels all the way across the country to D.C.? Now you can track its every stop as it makes its way across the country. First, volunteers had to wrap the 88-foot long tree and finagle the behemoth which was placed on the flatbed of a tractor trailer after it was originally cut. They then had to build a box around the tree with aluminum and plywood to protect the tree on its journey. In the words of Clark Griswold, "Little full, lot of sap!"
There is a new website which is dedicated to tracking it's movement as it crosses the U.S. here:
From the Official Website of the 2013 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, they talked about where the tree came from,
"The 2013 88 foot tall Engelmann spruce was in Colville National Forest in northeast Washington State on November 1st, Colville National Forest staff selected several tree candidates and in June the superintendent of the capitol grounds made the final selection of the official 2013 Capitol Christmas Tree.
The tree grew on the Newport District in Pend Oreille County. It was wrapped over a period of three days for its journey and will spend several weeks on the road visiting communities across the country before arriving at the U.S. Capital in time for Thanksgiving."Path of the Capitol Christmas Tree
The Colville National Forest was created on March 1, 1907 by land set aside by President Theodore Roosevelt. The forest consists of 1.1 million acres of land in northeast Washington state and is located north of the Colville Indian Reservation north to the Canadian border. Interesting to note, the forest calls itself home to the last remaining herd of Caribou in the United States.
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