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Fairfield, CT- The Sacred Heart Cheerleading Team had the opportunity to work with Tiy Fountain in a 2 day Stunt/Choreography clinic at Sacred Heart University. Fountain has been an integral figure in the world of cheerleading instruction, choreography and competition. The SHU cheerleaders will use the knowledge and skills they learned this weekend throughout the 2008-09 season.
Fountain was a NCA All-American as well as a Collegiate All American in his scholastic years. Fountain then became an NCA instructor and soon after began choreographing competition routines for high school, college, and all star programs throughout the nation. Fountain serves as the coach and resident choreographer for World Cup All Stars in Freehold, NJ. Fountain is also a coach and choreographs for The Shooting Stars, the top ranked World Cup team.
Head Coach Lisa Provenzano was very excited after the clinic, "The girls learned a great deal this weekend and are very excited for their competition season. We look forward to working with Tiy as our choreographer in the future."


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In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones, even as storm trackers predict the worst is yet to come. Most people seek shelter, while others run towards the vortex, testing how far a storm chaser will go for that once-in-a-lifetime shot. Told through the eyes and lenses of professional storm chasers, thrill-seeking amateurs, and courageous townspeople, "Into the Storm" throws you directly into the eye of the storm to experience Mother Nature at her most extreme. (C) Warner Bros
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- Application for Use of Campus Facilities (PDF requires Acrobat Reader)
Blue Ridge Community College makes its facilities available to non-college groups and organizations on a space available basis.
I. Priorities for Use of College Facilities.
- Educational programs of the College including student activities;
- College sponsored non-credit activities;
- Other approved (see Section III below) educational programs sponsored by approved agencies;
- Events and/or activities sponsored by community groups within the areas served by the College.
II. Facilities Available for Use.
The following College facilities are available as space permits:
- large lecture rooms
- general purpose classrooms
- conference rooms
- college grounds, i.e. parking lots and picnic area.
Community organizations requesting the use of the College grounds (item d, Section I above) must submit a certificate of insurance along with the application for facilities usage.
Computer laboratory usage is generally limited to credit classes offered by the College and non-credit classes offered through the College's Workforce Services and Continuing Education. In addition, special requests will be considered on an individual basis. In general, requests for use involving an application currently available on the BRCC network may be accommodated.
III. Procedure for Requesting Use of College Facilities.
A facilities application is completed and submitted by the organization/group requesting the use of BRCC facilities. Applications are available upon request from the office of the Vice President of Instruction and Student Services.
Upon receipt of the request, the application is reviewed and approved by the Vice President of Instruction and Student Services or his designee and is subject to review by the College president. If the request is unusual and/or requires that the College perform special services, the application is discussed with the Vice President of Financial and Administrative Services prior to approval. A copy of the approved facilities agreement is provided to the applicant as authorizing documentation.
IV. Criteria Used for Approval of Requests.
In general, requests for space are approved if:
- the sponsoring organization is a public agency or a nonprofit private organization, including state employee associations as defined in Executive Memorandum 2-93, Use of State Agencies and Institutions' Meeting Rooms by State Employee Associations;
- the function planned does not duplicate or conflict with the College programs or the College mission; does not interfere with normal college operations or with public access to college buildings; does not violate any laws, leases, or other contracts; the activity is compatible with the safety and security of the College community; and no fee is charged by the sponsoring organization;
- suitable space is available and the College can accommodate the arrangements requested.
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Jackie Rozo, the 27-year-old daughter of Mildred Baena, said she's still trying to come to terms with reports that her mother not only had an affair with Arnold Schwarzenegger, but also had a child with him more than 10 years ago.
"It hasn't set in yet, but you know I love my mom and I love my little brother," said Rozo.
She claims she didn't know until the news broke a few weeks ago. In an interview with Spanish language network, Telemundo, Rozo defended her mother, who is also the mother of four other children.
Local news from across Southern California
"She's like a superwoman pretty much," said Rozo. "She's always been there for us, for me and my brothers, and that's why me and my brothers will always be there for her, no matter what."
Rozo said she has not seen her mother since the news broke.
"They're going through a hard time right now, and I would appreciate if everyone would respect that, because it's a kid and it's a mother, so everyone should respect that privacy," said Rozo. "It's just a big thing because she's Hispanic, and he's a celebrity."
He is also the former governor of California, and was married to a member of one of the country's most prominent families.
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With "The Serpent & The Sphere" AGALLOCH deepen their musical body of work without losing one inch of their own classic trademark sound they have shaped and refined over nearly two decades. Taking their progressive and rock influences on higher levels, The Portland dark metal masters return with their most dynamic, prominent and rewarding musical experience. AGALLOCH have once again teamed up with legendary producer & engineer Billy Anderson, who recorded the album at Cloud City Studios in Portland, Oregon and later mixed it at Everything Hz. "The Serpent & The Sphere" goes down as the best, most transparent and complete sounding album to date. Nathanaël Larochette of Musk Ox makes a guest appearance on the record, providing the album's acoustic interludes.
1. Birth and Death of the Pillars of Creation
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3. The Astral Dialogue
4. Dark Matter Gods
5. Celestial Effigy
6. Cor Serpentis (the sphere)
7. Vales Beyond Dimension
8. Plateau of the Ages
9. (serpens cauda)
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Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, March 28: Youth in the Valley are now trying to make their presence felt on the silver screen. In the last two years, many young faces have made their debut in movies like Neerja and Fitoor.
Though the journey for these young actors has not been easy, their experience has been amazing.
Abrar Zahoor, 27, from the old city's Hawal area, who spent eight years in modelling, made his debut in the recently released movie Neerja.
Abrar lived in Kashmir till Class X and moved to Chennai and studied there after that. During his study years, he took part in school's fashion shows. That's how it all started.
Playing the role of a terrorist in the movie was difficult and required a lot of training and hard work. "The role was challenging. I had to learn Arabic and put on 10 kg for the movie," Abrar said.
He also said that People in Kashmir have a lot of talent, but they need to come out and explore.
Girls from the Valley are equally making their presence felt in the Bollywood. Zaira Wasim, 15, who hails from old Srinagar, landed a role in Aamir Khan's upcoming movie Dangal.
She got the chance of working in Dangal through auditions that were held in Mumbai. After returning to the Valley, there was a bit of fear in her mind about society's reaction. However, she said she was happy after getting a lot of appreciation from her family, friends and neighbours.
Fitoor, which is based on Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations and was shot in Kashmir, has featured many fresh faces from the Valley. Rayes Mohiuddin (30), who hails from Abhama, a village in south Kashmir, played the role of Aditya Roy Kapoor's brother Junaid in the movie.
Rayes said that, it was a proud moment for him to represent Kashmir and getting experience with all the professionals around. "In Kashmir people don't get a platform to show their talent. For me, it was a dream come true," he added.


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Nationwide reaches $5.5M data breach settlement with 33 AGs
States claimed Nationwide and a subsidiary failed to apply a critical security patch to its network that could have protected it from the cyberattack!
PCI360 Aug 11, 2017 | By B. Colby Hamilton
Nationwide agreed to hire a technology officer responsible for monitoring application and software security as part of the settlement.
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. agreed to a $5.5 million settlement over a 2012 data breach that led to the theft of more than 1 million customers' personal information, attorneys general for 33 states announced Wednesday.
The settlement came after the states claimed Nationwide and a subsidiary failed to apply a critical security patch to its network that could have protected it from the cyberattack. Attorneys general from Connecticut, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington, D.C., were among those involved with the settlement.
Data from consumers seeking quotes
Hackers were able to gain access to Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, credit scoring information and other personal data the company collected on consumers seeking quotes, according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office. Many of the victims were not ultimately insured by Nationwide.
Could Nationwide's Security Breach Happen to Any Insurer?
The security breach of Nationwide Insurance last week is the last thing anyone in the business world wants to announce….
As part of the settlement, the insurance company agreed to be more transparent about its data collection policy for those that don't become customers, Schneiderman's office said.
"This settlement should serve as a reminder that companies have a responsibility to protect consumers' personal information regardless of whether or not those consumers become customers. We will hold companies to account if they don't," Schneiderman said in a statement, noting that nearly 3,000 New Yorkers were among the victims.
Agreed to improve internal security practices
As part of the agreement, Nationwide will improve its internal security practices, according to the AGs. The company also agreed to more regularly apply security updates, and to hire a technology officer responsible for monitoring application and software security.
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen noted state law "requires that anyone in possession of another person's personal information safeguard that data." Nearly 1,000 Connecticut residents were affected by the breach.
In the wake of the breach, Nationwide provided free credit monitoring and identity theft protection to those impacted, in addition to fraud expense coverage up to $1 million and access to credit reports, the AGs noted.
"Consumers in the district and across the nation entrust their personal information to retailers every day," D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said in a statement. "Data breaches open the door to identity theft, which can have real and devastating consequences for hard-working people, and we hope today's settlement reminds retailers that they have a responsibility to do everything they can to protect consumers' private information."
'Protecting consumer data is something that we take seriously'
In a statement, Nationwide spokesman Eric Hardgrove said the company was "pleased" with the settlement over the data breach caused by "a sophisticated, criminal attack" that the company "took immediate steps to successfully contain." The settlement itself "does not include any allegations that we violated data security laws" as the insurance company does not believe any such laws were violated.
"The decision to enter into a settlement agreement reflects our desire to continue our strong cybersecurity program and to concentrate on our core business operations," Hardgrove said. "Protecting consumer data is something that we take seriously. We believe a private/public partnership would be the best approach to combat cyberattacks on U.S. companies, and we are pleased Nationwide is at the forefront of this approach."


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Living with the Cattle of Iitate- Recovering after Evacuation of the Entire Village -
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The Sea of Fukushima Will Not Give In
The sea of Fukushima aims to recover from the aftermath of the earthquake.This video brings you mess...(2018年3月31日更新)
Fukushima Today Environmental Radiation and the Food Safety
It has been six years since the earthquake. Fukushima has made steady progress.Environmental radiati...(2017年3月30日更新)
For a Secure Future: The "Eye" of Fukushima - Monitoring the Decommissioning of the Reactors -
What is the current status of the reactors? What do we know about them?We will report on the past an...(2017年3月13日更新)
A Shore of Revitalization: The Tsunami-Stricken Region Today
This is the Coastal Region (Hamadori) of Fukushima Prefecture. We interviewed two Prefectural Offici...(2017年2月12日更新)
Situation of restoration and reconstruction in the coastal area of Fukushima Prefecture
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The GE Nautilus Dishwasher line was one of the most popular of the GE appliance lines. Knowing this we're surprised to say that it has been officially discontinued.
They were very inexpensive, had a long life span and had enough features that they were a popular choice among most consumers.
If you have ever been an apartment dweller, chances are you've come across a Nautilus Dishwasher. They are in many large apartment complexes because they are inexpensive to maintain and exceptionally durable.
Usually your biggest concern when considering a dishwasher (or any appliance) that has been discontinued is:
The good news here is that because of the popularity of the GE Nautilus line, chances are there are a number of technicians and repairmen out there who know these units well.
Also, with a brand like General Electric, their parts for discontinued lines are usually available for many YEARS beyond the official decision to no longer manufacture a particular model.
GE has one of the best customer service reputations in the appliance realm, so you'll never be out in the cold.
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Kerrupt Media on using Stop Motion in Corporate Video Production
This week we interview James Kerr from Kerrupt Media. He specialises in bringing stop-motion animation to the corporate video production world. Read more about him and Kerrupt Media below!
Would you like to be featured on our blog? Get in touch!
Who are you and what do you do?
I'm James Kerr, Creative Director of Kerrupt Animation. We're a full service animations studio which means we provide all areas of corporate video production – we can create a corporate video from start to finish. This is very helpful for clients, especially if they aren't familiar with the process of video production as we can guide them through each step. We have a wide range of clients from small firms to large multi-nationals. We also work with broadcasters like Channel 5, the BBC, Nickelodeon and MTV.
What makes you and your production company unique?
We provide all forms of animation including 2D and CGI but we specialise in stop-motion animation (think Wallace and Gromit!). It's a very rare art form and very difficult to source companies that can do it well – plus it's usually quite expensive. However, we've developed new techniques of video production that mean we can make commercials, promos and explainer videos in short spaces of time and on small budgets.
How does this unique aspect of your business help to create a better business video?
The fact is there are lots of great animation production companies. The software that is available means you can do amazing things with a computer and create fantastic 2D and CGI animated corporate videos. However, this creates a problem in itself – there is LOTS of CGI and 2D online and on television and the public are indifferent to it all. The advantage of stop-motion animation is that it has such a unique look. Not only this, but it also really connects with the audience – just look at Wallace and Gromit or Creature Comforts!
If there is one thing you've learnt while producing business videos, what would it be?
I always advise corporate video production clients to keep the message simple. A video should be simple, clear and concise in its message. Your aim is not only to engage your audience with what they are seeing, but absorb the message you're telling ...how many of us can think of a great advert now – but can't think of the company behind the product or service! Ouch.
What does the future hold for Kerrupt Animation? Do you have any exciting aims or targets?
We're currently developing a new children's TV series which we hope to take into production later this year – the aim is to make the next Peppa Pig (apologies to all the parents of small children out there – we appreciate how much Peppa dominates not only your child's life but yours too!)


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Harlem, History, and First-Year Composition: Reconstructing the Harlem of the 1930s through Multiple Research Methods
James Wilson
This article describes a first-year composition project in which the students assumed the role of historians, visiting the site of a riot and examining archival documents few researchers have ever studied.
Keywords: College
Gender 101: Helping Students Become Aware of Stereotypes of Gender and Language
Angela Petit
Students can draw from their own knowledge of gender to become more aware of stereotypes of gender and language.
Reflections on a Democratically Constructed Canon
Gregory Shafer
Empowering students to develop their own canon can generate excitement in the classroom and a sense of ownership over literature.
Teaching Meaning-Based Punctuation
John Dawkins
This paper explains the simplification of a theory of punctuation for college-level instruction.
INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE: Technical Students Interacting with Professional Literature and Writing
Stuart Tichenor
Using professional literature from technical students' majors may be the best way to actively involve them in the writing process.
Growing Researchers Using an Information-Retrieval Scaffold
Helen Foster
In the first-year composition research class, a disproportionate pedagogical focus is placed on the use of the library, rather than on the more difficult and integral problems of how to read, interpret, and analyze information the library offers, how to translate and synthesize this into knowledge, and how to produce a research product worthy of the genre.
Sociocultural Identity and Academic Writing: A Second-Language Learner Profile
Natasha Lvovich
Based on qualitative teacher research, this study examines one student's immigrant story in the light of identity and second-language learning and writing theories.
Mark Hara
Abstract for this article is currently not available.
Inductive Reasoning and Writing
Clay Rooks and Robert Boyd
This article discusses the logical connection between reasoning inductively and writing compositions in college English classes.
INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE: The Student Log: A Tool for Success
Reine Dugas Bouton
Student logs enable students to strengthen their organization skills, which leads to a higher probability of success in the course.
EDITORIAL: When Students Become Researchers
Howard Tinberg, editor
WHAT WORKS FOR ME: Slang is the Cat's Pajamas
Robert Perrin
WHAT WORKS FOR ME: Partners in Editing
Marsha Rutter
Children with Limited English: Teaching Strategies for the Regular Classroom, 2nd ed.by Ellen Kottler and Jeffrey A. Kottler
Bette Brickman
Silicon Literacies: Communication, Innovation and Education in the Electronic Age, edited by Ilana Snyder
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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Dumped by Christi! Help!! even the MP3 player won't talk to me.
From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing (linus_at_haxx.se)
Date: 2004-10-11
rinty wrote:
You must have accidentally changed the language. This setting is saved
1) Change back to English in the language selection. Quite tricky if you
2) Select english as your language. Key sequence:
3) Reset the settings. From the dir browser, the key sequence would be:
as the Wiki says, but there is one detail that is missing. Directly
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Brewster hat-trick sets up England v Spain Under-17 World Cup final
England will meet Spain in the final of the Under-17 World Cup after Rhian Brewster's hat-trick saw off Brazil 3-1 on Wednesday.
The Liverpool striker's clinical display in Kolkata booked his side's first ever place in the final of the tournament at the expense of the three-time winners.
Brewster opened the scoring inside the first 10 minutes, turning home the rebound after Gabriel Brazao had blocked his first effort from Callum Hudson-Odoi's cross.
Wesley levelled the scores 11 minutes later, capitalising on a loose ball after Curtis Anderson parried Paulinho's shot, but Brewster put England back in front before the break after Brazil failed to deal with Steven Sessegnon's cross.
The 17-year-old made certain of his side's passage to the final in the second half, turning in Emile Smith Rowe's cross at the far post for his second hat-trick in as many games.
No words to describe how we all feel right now!! One last big push ahead fully focused on that now #email@example.com/hZKUeR7Z7B-- Rhian Brewster (@RhianBrewster9) October 25, 2017
England will face Spain in Saturday's final after they overcame Mali 3-1 in Mumbai.
Barcelona's Abel Ruiz put his side ahead from the penalty spot after 19 minutes and the captain doubled Spain's lead in style before the break, latching onto Cesar Gelabert's fine throughball before rounding the goalkeeper and finishing.
Mali, beaten finalists in 2015, threatened a comeback in the second half and should have been awarded a goal through Cheick Oumar Doucoure, whose shot hit the crossbar before bouncing over the line only for the officials to rule otherwise.
Their frustrations were compounded when Ferran Torres finished off a move involving Ruiz and Sergio Gomez to make it 3-0 with 19 minutes left, and although Lassana N'Diaye gave Mali some hope, they could not muster a comeback to reach a second final in a row.
The showdown in Kolkata will give England the chance to avenge their final defeat at the European Under-17 Championship in May, which Spain won on penalties after a 2-2 draw.
FT | #FIFAU17WC-- #FIFAU17WC (@FIFAcom) October 25, 2017
Mali 1-3 Spain
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This week at Tuesday Throwdown, we are sponsored by Freckled Fawn and our theme is the ever popular "Anything Goes"! Freckled Fawn was so generous they sent each of us a great little packet of items to use and here's what I came up with using my gifts:
I used an acrylic frame, stickers and washi tape from Freckled Fawn. The stamp is from Stampabilites, the flower is from The Paper Studio and the paper is from Melody Ross.
So it's a super simple theme this week, no excuses for not joining in! See you there!


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Residual Echoes have managed to find the perfect balance. Theres something at once familiar and totally new about their psychedelic version of Punk Rock. On first listen, the similarities are obvious. The cascading guitar noise of Dinosaur Jr and the acid fried, spaced-out feel of the Meat Puppets are a main influence for Dead Head. But there is something refreshingly new about it too. In a world where the vast majority of the music you hear (including rock music) is polished to within an inch of its life, Dead Head offers a more visceral and raw experience.
As it says on the band's website, Residual Echoes has flexibility built into it's very core, including it's ever changing lineup. The only permanent member of the band is Adam Payne, who releases records sometimes as himself and at other times as Residual Echoes with a revolving cast of working musicians. Some records "document a certain line-up of the band and sometimes they are me by myself and sometimes these are scrambled up together. Each one is approached from a different angle." This relaxed approach to band structure seems to allow for greater freedom and productivity. Payne has released 12 records in the last 10 years, either as himself or as Residual Echoes and each of them has a different feel.
I was first drawn to Dead Head after hearing "Düds" on the brilliant but sadly defunct Hit It Or Quit It Podcast. The intro sounded like the little piece of music you get when turning on a video games console, before launching into a wonderfully distorted, off key, song. "Düds" is that perfect mix of loud, fast rock and melody that, if done right, can leave you playing the same track over and over again. Adam Payne's guitar playing is evocative of J Mascis at his most technical and melodic whilst the track is mixed so that the bass fills in the gaps during solos. Jessie Calvin of Bleached takes the lead vocals on "Düds" whilst Payne backs her up in the lackadaisical style he establishes throughout this album.
For an album where, walls of distortion are the norm, Dead Head starts off with acoustic picking and jangly, pop chords. "Warts" has a feel that is similar to early Lemonheads records (later on in the album,"Gum" also echoes this influence). That cross section of punk and indie-pop where the happy, trebley pop song is mixed with intermittent wails of noise and vocals that are ever so slightly off kilter. "Warts" is not as straightforward as all that though. It veers into echoey psychedelia for a while before slowing into an electronic sounding throb, before rounding the song out with a mixture of everything that descends into feedback. This is typical of Dead Head's nature as an album that is pretty much free from constraints or expectations.
"Fugcks" and "Fruits" both have a guitar sound that has echoes of the Meat Puppets' Up On The Sun in it. Without wanting to second guess Adam Payne's music, I would go so far as to say that if any band has had an influence on this record, it's the Meat Puppets. Throughout Dead Head, the out of tune harmonies and relaxed feel, easily belie Payne's skill as a guitarist and song-writer, a tactic that Curt Kirkwood had used to great effect in the Meat Puppets' SST days. However Payne isn't just rehashing old ideas. This record is an move beyond earlier attempts at fusing Punk and Psychadelica, entering into new territory. Even the album's cover is a representation of the two genres colliding with a mohawked punk in a Grateful Dead shirt being slain by a greasy haired hippy sporting the Black Flag logo and of course the title is a play on Deadheads, the nickname for fans of the Grateful Dead. Residual Echoes individual mix of the two genres is more than punk rock with guitar solos or a trippy song played with 4 chords and a clever guitar riff. Residual Echoes' sound on Dead Head is that of a band completely free to do what they want. Theres no trying to impress anyone or make sure that they're hitting the right markers so that the record will sell, they just play the songs as they feel they need to be played. If the song needs to dissolve into a lengthy guitar solo past the first chorus, then so be it. This gives the record an excitement that just isn't there in a lot of music. An excitement that only comes out when the artist says "Fuck being cool, I just want to play what I feel like playing". Dead Head is a raw, unfiltered album and it makes the hair on my arms stand up each time I hear it.
This is punk at its purest. Making music that matters to you regardless of restraints and convention and releasing it independently. Theres a lot said about how the internet has opened up music distribution to everyone. Whilst that certainly has it's downsides, if it leads to bands like Residual Echoes having an channel through which to funnel their wonderfully strange and absorbing music, then it can't be bad thing.
Go to Residual Echoes' band camp site to listen to their music and download their albums for an extremely reasonable amount of money.


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The DISH vs. Fox saga continues. Fox Broadcasting has filed an appeal today over Wednesday's court decision to deny their injunction against DISH Network.
The appeal, which has been heavily redacted to protect trade secrets, seeks to overturn Judge Dolly Gee's ruling that denied Fox's attempt to shut down DISH's "Hopper" service. Fox's case will now leave US District Courts and go to trial in the US Court of Appeals Ninth District.
As previously reported in The Inquisitr, DISH's "Hopper" service allows viewers to automatically skip ads on recorded material. DISH has defended their "Hopper" feature by calling it a matter of "consumer choice." After Wednesday's ruling, both sides issued official statements.
DISH Executive Vice President and General Council, R. Stanton Dodge, called Judge Gee's decision a "victory":
"Today's ruling is a victory for common sense and customer choice. DISH is gratified that the Court has sided with consumer choice and control by rejecting Fox's efforts to deny our customer's access to PrimeTime Anytime and AutoHop — key features of the Hopper Whole-Home DVR. The ruling underscores the U.S. Supreme Court's 'Betamax' decision, with the court confirming a consumer's right to enjoy television as they want, when they want, including the reasonable right to skip commercials, if they so choose. We look forward to vigorously defending AutoHop and Primetime Anytime, and the choice and control those features deliver our subscribers."
Fox Broadcasting disagreed. Citing part of the judge's ruling that stated DISH was likely committing copyright infringement, Fox stated:
"The court denied Fox's request for a preliminary injunction. But we are gratified the court found the copies DISH makes for its AutoHop service constitute copyright infringement and breach the parties' contract. We are disappointed the court erred in finding that Fox's damages were not suitable for a preliminary injunction. We intend to appeal that portion of the court's decision, as well as the court's separate findings concerning the PrimeTime Anytime service. DISH is marketing and benefitting from an unauthorized VOD service that illegally copies FOX's valuable programming."
Wednesday's ruling hasn't stopped Fox, NBC, and CBS from moving forward with their copyright infringement suits to put an end to DISH's "Hopper" service. It remains to be seen if Fox Broadcasting's filing of an appeal today over the injunction denial against DISH Network will be successful.


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Airline service innovation seems like an oxymoron considering the industry's reputation for low quality. But the industry is fighting back to improve its image. Companies that specialize in inflight entertainment as well as airframe manufacturers are accelerating the use of new technologies to deliver more value in the air. That's good news for an industry that has focused way too long on cost-cutting. The next battle for supremacy will be won by airlines and aviation companies that innovate services across the experiential "journey" in a sustained way. For this month's LAB, we will create new-to-the-world concepts for the inflight service experience using the S.I.T. tool set.
We begin by creating a list of the components of the product or service. We select a component and we further break it down to its sub-components or attributes that we can focus on. We then apply a tool to that component to change it in some way. This creates the Virtual Product. Working backwards ("Function Follows Form"), we envision potential benefits of the modified service to both the customer and the company.
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I was just getting comfortable with the relevation that we had a new surname, Joseph, on our hands, for my great-grandmother. I mentioned in my last post that this new information even led me to a record for one of my great-aunts. But then that record added yet another name to the St. Lucia parade. A Social Security Index record for Tia Clemina (a.k.a. Maria Estebana) listed her mother as "Edelanepe Mondese", which we can accept as an interpretation of Edelanise Mondesi. But then the father was listed as "Bernard Joseph." Ahem and pardonez mois, you crazy St. Lucian Panamanians, but WHO? Until now, I had never heard of anyone named Bernard in the family. Not for a first name, for a middle name, or for a last name.
We are the Josephs, I think
As you know, I was super excited to find baptism records for my grandparents and some of their siblings. But I was (am) also super frustrated that I have not been able to locate records for others. In the case of my maternal grandmother's family, I could not find baptism entries for the three oldest Colomb Mondesi siblings: Jose Julio (nickname: Jill), Maria Estebana (Clemina), and Maria Sebastiana (Fide).
Colomb Mondesi Baptism Records
Finding my great-grandfather Simon Vallee's Panama Canal employment record is not the only exciting discovery I've made recently – it just was the one that was so mind-blowing I had to blog about it immediately! The week prior I discovered that FamilySearch added Panamanian Catholic Church records to its ever-growing database of records from all over the world. Since these records are already indexed, I was able to find baptism records for my maternal grandparents and several of their siblings pretty easily. (I think I did not find any records for my paternal grandparents because, having roots in Barbados, they were likely not Catholic.)
There's a lot to reflect on in the records I've found for my French Caribbean ancestors, the Colombs and the Vallees, so I will have to break my findings into at least a couple of posts. Here we'll start with my maternal grandmother's family, the Colomb Mondesis. Out of the seven children listed below, I found baptism records for the four youngest. Continue reading
A Mamá By Any Other Name
When my mom and her siblings would talk to or about their mother they would often refer to her as Tere (short for her nickname, Teresa). Their cousins also called their mothers by their (nick)names. Weird that they didn't just call their moms some version of "Mom," right?
Nonetheless, there was someone else that my mother, her siblings, and their cousins called Mamá: their grandmother, Catherine "Edelanive" Mondesi. Though Catherine's actual children were Julio (a.k.a. Papa Gil), Clemintina (a.k.a. Clemina), Fide (real name: Maria Sebastiana), Tere (real name: Maria Anastasia), and Isa (real name: Elizabeth Juana) it was Catherine's grandchildren that knew her so affectionately as Mamá. Continue reading


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Have PMed you my service tag / info.
Just a message to keep me 'in the loop'.
XPS 630i Black
Q6600 @ 3.00 Ghz
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640 GB Raid 0 HD's
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic (D)
ATI Theater 650 TV Tuner
19 in 1 Memory card reader w/Bluetooth
Vista Premium SP1
Samsung 24" 2493HM LCD
Q6600 @ 2.40 Ghz
Nvidia GeForce 8800GT
19 in 1 Memory card reader w/Bluetooth
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Dell 22" 2208WFP Ultra Sharp
XPS9000, i7-920, NVidia GTS 240, 8GB DDR3 SDRAM @ 1066MHZ, Win7 Home Premium, 64bit, Dell ST2410 Display
@DELL-Chris_M wrote:
Results so far...
* 35 customers
* PCs reporting issue = Inspiron 530, XPS 630, XPS 420, XPS 700, XPS 710, XPS 720, XPS 730
* Card =
33 Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic (D) (the top two found here)
2 Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer (D) (bottom one found in same picture)
* Drivers = Dell and Creative
* Operating System = XP, XPMCE, Vista Home, Vista Ultimate
* OOB (out of box) with issue = AllMessage Edited by DELL-Chris_M on 06-23-2008 07:59 AM
This is what is so confusing. On my paperwork when I purchased my XPS 720 it was listed as the XtremeMusic (D). On the card itself it is listed as an SB0770. The card I have is the one pictured on the bottom. Nothing makes any since.
Back in 07 this is what Chris said my SoundCard was when I first started asking what I had.
WW202 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic (D)
It would be interesting to know the model number of the 35 cards reported as problems thusfar... I wouldn't be surprised if all or most of them were the SB0770 - regardless of the card name on the invoice or the model of the PC purchased.
Oddly, when I search Dell's "Drivers and Downloads" page for my service tag number, there are two audio updates available to me - both of them are for the XtremeGamer card - my invoice says I have the XtremeMusic card. Apparently, even Dell's program that identifies available updates doesn't recognize what card goes with my PC. I haven't tried to use these updates - don't know if they would work.
XPS9000, i7-920, NVidia GTS 240, 8GB DDR3 SDRAM @ 1066MHZ, Win7 Home Premium, 64bit, Dell ST2410 Display
As I said earlier - my sound card is the one on the bottom of the picture - and it has model number SB0770 printed on it. The invoice has it listed as item no. 313-5834 "Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music."
When I ordered and configured my XPS420 online in early December - this card was the only audio card option available. The PC was being marketed as the "XPS Studio 420" with the full Adobe sound/video/photo package. That's probably why the invoice and the web site called it the XtremeMusic card. It was being promoted as a studio rig rather than a gaming rig.
XPS9000, i7-920, NVidia GTS 240, 8GB DDR3 SDRAM @ 1066MHZ, Win7 Home Premium, 64bit, Dell ST2410 Display
Up to now I was going to say that jronesi and I were both in the same boat. However, something is different.
My Invoice says Sound Blaster X-FI XtremeMusic (D) with an SKU # 313-5450 and a product code of VXFI. The part number is listed as NJ941.
The card is an SB0770. My card is the bottom card in the picture that Chris posted.


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13 y/o Brags to Mom About Earning Major YouTube Money and She Writes a Genius Letter to Teach Him a Lesson
Posted on Sep 02, 2016
Kids act up often, and it takes a good parent to make a response strong enough to raise a good person, but not so strong to kill any individuality the child might show. This mom did exactly the right thing for her son. Take a look at what she wanted to teach him and how she did it.
1. Heidi and Her Son
Heidi and her son had a dispute recently because, Aaron, who is 13 years old, started being rude and giving her some attitude. He stopped doing his homework and skipped on doing his chores.


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Dear supporter of Liminal Theatre and Performance,
We are now settled into our new studio in North Fitzroy's J-Studios Artist Community. Our first work in the new space, Antigone – the descent across the bridge of Acheron, enjoyed a great sell-out season.
As a valued supporter we would like to offer you a Friends of Liminal membership. A Friend of Liminal receives discounted entry to Liminal events, performances, workshops and classes. Liminal Theatre is a small, non-funded, independent company and your support will go a long way towards continuing our research, practice and performance.
A Friends of Liminal Membership is $30,and will entitle you to concession prices for all of our upcoming performances and 10% off workshops and classes for 1 year from the date of receipt.
Liminal's 2010 program includes workshops and classes in acting; individual mentorships for directors and theatre makers; technical workshops for designers and production staff; and one to one acting classes, as well as perfomances and creative development.
We are also thrilled to have Senegalese performer Ousmane Ngom (who played Tiresias in Antigone) conducting African Dance Classes in the Serer tradition of West Africa. Ousmane is Liminal's Artist in Residence, continuing our research in ancient Greek plays and Serer dance.
To become a Friend of Liminal please complete the attached form. For more information about Liminal visit our website at www.liminal.com.au.


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|Archived February 20, 2019
Woods Hole Field Center Visitor from University of Minnesota
Gary Parker, from the University of Minnesota's St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, visited with Chris Sherwood and Dave Twichell of the USGS' Woods Hole Field Center (WHFC) after presenting a lecture at WHFC on "Co-Evolution of Topset, Foreset, and Bottomset Deposits of Deltas with Plunging Turbidity Currents." Gary discussed sediment-transport modeling with Chris, and sedimentation in Lake Mead and its relation to the evolution of intraslope basins in the Gulf of Mexico with Dave.
in this issue:
cover story:
Career Options for Jr. High School Girls
Gulf of Maine GIS Workshop for Teachers
Florida Caribbean Science Center Open House
Communicating Science in a Virtual World
Continental-Shelf Territory Rights
New Woods Hole Chief Scientist
University of Minnesota Visitor
Special Issue of Marine Geology on USGS Monterey Bay Research
Timely Publication for Gulf of Mexico Mercury Concerns
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November 3, 2016 (JUBA) - The Kenyan government in collaboration with South Sudanese authorities has deported the spokesperson of armed opposition leader, Riek Machar to the capital Juba, in a new shift in relations between the two countries.
- James Gatdet Dak, Riek Machar's spokesperson 'Reuters photo)
Relatives told Sudan Tribune on Thursday that James Gatdet Dak,l was picked on Wednesday afternoon in what a appears to have been a coordinated operation organised by the special service of Kenya and South Sudan and taken to the airport where he was allowed to speak to some of his family members and relatives.
The motive behind Dak's kidnapping remains unclear and speculative.
Some people attribute the cause to the statement in which he welcomed the sacking of the force commander of United Nations mission in South Sudan who hails from Kenya.
Others, some of whom are high ranking members of the government, however, blamed the South Sudanese government for allegedly engineering Dak's deportation.
"This is a coordinated operation. The office of the president and the first vice president paid the money to the Kenyan government to execute this operation. They wanted James Gadet to be deported to South Sudan so that Riek Machar is denied an opportunity to speak to the outside world through his spokesman. This is the strategy employed by Taban Deng Gai. Now James Gadet is here. They brought this afternoon. I saw at him at the blue house", a highly placed source told Sudan Tribune.
A relative separately said "it appears my brother has been brought to Juba".
No official statements from either the government of Kenya or South Sudan was made. Officials at the ministry of foreign affairs and office of the president declined comment.
SPLM-IO opposition officials in Addis Ababa today told Sudan Tribune that Gatdet was flown to the capital Juba Thursday afternoon.
Since yesterday Gatdet was held at Jomo Kenyatta Airport waiting deportation to Juba
The deportation comes hours after SPLM-IO leader, Riek Machar on earlier on the day establishes contacts with authorities in Kenya to set free his spokes person who was arrested on Wednesday.
Earlier today an official in the office of the opposition chairman told Sudan Tribune that Machar, who is currently in South Africa for medical treatment, has started negotiations with Kenyan authorities for his spokesperson's release.
Dak was reportedly picked from his residence in Nairobi by uniformed and non-uniformed wearing officers claiming to be Kenyan authorities.
Earlier Machar had also contacted UNHCR officials as Nairobi prepared to deport Dak, who also is a United States citizen.
According to opposition officials Asman Kamama, a Kenyan MP believes that Juba government has paid $ 1 million for the arrest and deportation of the opposition spokesperson.
The payment is also to track down other opposition members residing in Kenya.
An investigation has revealed that UNMISS has failed to protect civilians and foreign aid workers in South Sudan's Juba and Malakal cities.
UN has admitted the failure saying the malfunction of the mission was mostly due to poor command.
UN secretary general, Ban Ki Moon has called for the replacement of UNMISS force Commander Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani who himself is a Kenyan citizen.
The decision was welcomed by Dak on behalf on the SPLM-IO on his Facebook page.
It is believed that Dak's post angered some politicians in Kenyatta's government.
Opposition officials say Dak could be killed, prosecuted or subjected to different forms of abuses while in the hands of the Juba government.


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Exchange rates stay stable
Exchange rates are showing stable development in Vietnam, says financial and banking expert Nguyen Tri Hieu.
The average inter-bank rate of exchange yesterday, as listed by the State Bank of Vietnam, continued to stay at 20,828 dong per US dollar, a level it had maintained for almost all of a six-consecutive-month period since November 24 last year.
Exchange rates on the regular market were showing correlative moves, with commercial banks — including Vietcombank, BIDV, Eximbank and Vietinbank — listing buying rates at around 20,820 dong/dollar and selling rates around 20,870 dong/dollar.
Hieu told Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam (Viet Nam Economic Times) newspaper that the stable trend was due to significantly increasing State Bank foreign exchange reserves, few fluctuations on the gold market and great differences between the interest rates for dong and dollar, which was making the foreign currency less attractive.
The trend was also backed by central bank measures to stabilize the foreign currency market, positive signs from import-export and declining demand for foreign currencies due to domestic production slowdown, he added.
The National Financial Supervisory Committee (NFSC) said there was a high possibility that stability would continue over the coming months. Exchange rates would not see strong fluctuations in the short term with abundant supply and small demand for foreign currency, it said, noting that the nation's general payment balance was seeing a surplus of about US$2 billion while international investors were showing greater confidence in the domestic economy.
Hieu warned, however, that there were still many unpredictable factors that could cause fluctuations in the foreign currency market during the remainder of the year, as global prices remain unstable and imports are likely to see sudden changes by the end of the year.
Tai Hui, an economist at Standard Chartered Bank, recently said although the trade deficit had narrowed to $257 million in the first quarter of this year from $1.6 billion in last year's fourth quarter, it was still too early to determine whether the trade balance would continue to improve or not.
He reportedly forecast that the dong would depreciate slightly by 4.3 per cent in 2012.
The NFSC said flexible policies were needed in order to avoid pressure on exchange rates between now and the end of the year and that rates should be kept at "reasonably stable" levels.
The dong should not be floated so as not to negatively affect the Government's efforts in restoring the confidence of business, investors and people in the domestic currency's value and the economy.
On the other hand, the NFSC said with an inflation difference level between Vietnam and its major trade partners expected to reach 5-7 per cent this year, and with the dong being valued about 5.46 per cent higher than its real value, a fixed exchange rate would affect the competitiveness of domestic goods in the future.
The committee said the current exchange rate could be adjusted in a 3-5 per cent amplitude to facilitate exports, which were expected to see many difficulties.
A Government commitment to maintaining stable exchange rates with low-level adjustments would stimulate short-term capital flows into the country, including finances from foreign direct investment and foreign short-term lending, the NFSC said.
Such capital sources would help increase foreign currency supply and national reserves, which could promptly be withdrawn from Viet Nam in case of fluctuation, posing a risk for the country in the middle term if capital inflows were large-scale compared with national reserves, it noted.


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My partner has reiterated, when speaking about fashion, that if all of a sudden, showing one's left breast became fashionable, most (he used to say all) women would begin wearing tops that kept the left breast exposed. Well, we're getting closer to that.... I just saw that shaving off one's eyebrows completely off is becoming the new avante-garde look.
Now I thought it was freaky enough when I was a child that one of the neighborhood mothers plucked her eyebrows out and then penciled them back on. I know that in China and I think Japan, it used to be a sign of beauty to have a face like an egg, completely devoid of hair. I believe the article also mentions Queen Elizabeth the First who had a breakdown and completely removed all of her hair (at least the hair that could be seen, I'm not so much of a historian that I can speak to the rest).
I'm not mentioning this because I give a rat's half-eaten ass about fashion or trends. The connection that I made is the one in the socialist handbook wherein the populace is continuously distracted by the bizarre and where things are made to move so quickly that people are kept in sensory overload. In a world where men are being gelded by society (please see this article at American Thinker) and women are also made to look androgenous, where children are now 'choosing their gender', there is a spiral downward in our society as a whole. As with raising children, there needs to be context, there needs to be stability, there needs to be some sort of boundary. Our world and society are ceasing to provide any kind of structure and chaos is the result.
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Tuesday, August 10
This evening we were to have his friend and the family over for dinner at out place; last week we did barbecue, but today we were going to cook something and eat in the house.
We went shopping early in the afternoon and bought a whole LOT of food (we didn't forget how much we ate last time). We got home to find there was a message on his cell phone, and learned that their younger kid got sick today and they wanted to rearrange our gettogether. It was too bad that we didn't get the message before or even during shopping, but kids suddenly get sick all the time, so it was none of their fault or anything. We made it so that we would do it later sometime this week.
Fortunately, most of foodstuff we bought today was either fine for a few days refridgerated or frozen, so we could just keep the food and stick to the same menu that we had decided. But for some dishes I had already started preparing, or simply he got carried away with his desire to eat a particular dish, I decided to gave them a go.
First, I prepared porc au cidre, or what he likes to call "apple pork". This was a small recipe mentioned in the book mes petits plats preferes (2002, Marabout) by Trish Deseine, as a variation of boeuf bourguignon; using pork instead of beef, and hard cider instead of red wine. It is, in fact, the very first pork dish that impressed him who doesn't like pork, as he claimed it as "the best pork dish" he had ever tasted when he had it last time. Besides the fact that he hadn't had so many pork dishes to compare with this dish before, I thought it was pretty good, too.
I cut up vegetable and pork, sauteed them and added cider and herbs, and let it cook on the stovetop for a couple of hours.
Next was salad. Very plain salad of greens, nothing apparently peculiar - except for the dressing. The herbed vinegar dressing, whose recipe is seen in Chapter 12 of the book Cooking for Mr. Latte: a food lover's courtship, with recipes (2003, W.W. Norton & Co.) by Amanda Hesser, is highly labor-intensive to make - I soaked several different herbs (rosemary, thyme, oregano, parsley, and basil) in a mixture of vinegars, which I put on a heat and boil down to the half, and mixed with oil infused with shallot. In fact, it wasn't so complicated recipe, but just time-consuming than most other dressings, and definitely fancier than what I would usually do with salads (I typically pour good extra virgin olive oil or sesame oil and season with salt and pepper, with occasional addition of lemon juice or soy sauce). First thing that I came upon when I first read through the recipe was, those sophisticated salads served as a starter at a fancy restaurant.
As is often the case, I made substitution for some of the ingredients; I used white balsamic vinegar in place of red wine vinegar, and just olive oil in place of peanut oil. Also I couldn't find tarragon and chervil, so I just used mesclun salad greens with a bit of edible flowers.
The result was very impressive - my guess wasn't terribly far from the reality. We both were very impressed with the delicate flavor of the dressing; it wasn't overwhelmingly herby at all, not sour, either but very sweet due to the boiled-down balsamic vinegar. Peanut oil would have added a hint of nutty flavor to the dressing, I imagined. Since I made some more herbed vinegar, we will be able to enjoy the salad again sometime soon.
The apple pork came out somewhat different from the last time; it wasn't as apple-y as the last time, probably because I used different kind of cider. Also, I added an unnecessary bit of extra cider towards the end of cooking, which made the dish really soupy and look shabby. It was nevertheless good, and we both enjoyed it a lot. This is definitely more like a dish for winter than summer, but I don't mind as long as it is NOT hundred degrees hot.
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The moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday demanded revocation of special power given to the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir [Images].
The Hurriyat Conference seeks revocation of "black laws" from Jammu and Kashmir especially special powers being enjoyed by the security forces, the separatist amalgam headed by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, said in a resolution passed at a seminar in Srinagar [Images].
The seminar titled 'Secret of prosperous South Asia: Resolution of Kashmir Issue' was presided over by its acting chairman Moulana Abbas Ansari.
Another resolution urged United Nations and other organisations, particularly human rights groups, to play an effective role in curbing the "rights violations" in the state.
Reiterating its support to the four-point formula put forth by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf [Images] for resolution of the Kashmir issue, the Hurriyat asked the Centre to respond positively to these proposals for a peaceful resolution of the long standing issue.
Acknowledging the support of Pakistan, another resolution hoped that the neighbouring country will continue its moral, political and diplomatic support to Kashmiris till their agitation reaches its logical conclusion.
Earlier addressing the seminar, Ansari said peace in the South Asian region was impossible without the resolution of the Kashmir issue.
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Instead of farming, she now shops at the supermarket and her grown children and grandchildren live in places like
Here, and in other tropical countries around the world, small holdings like Ms. Ortega de Wing's — and much larger swaths of farmland — are reverting to nature, as people abandon their land and move to the cities in search of better livings.
These new "secondary" forests are emerging in Latin America,
"There is far more forest here than there was 30 years ago," said Ms. Ortega de Wing, 64, who remembers fields of mango trees and banana plants.Continue reading the main story
The new forests, the scientists argue, could blunt the effects of rain forest destruction by absorbing carbon dioxide, the leading heat-trapping gas linked to
The idea has stirred outrage among environmentalists who believe that vigorous efforts to protect native rain forest should remain a top priority. But the notion has gained currency in mainstream organizations like the
"Biologists were ignoring these huge population trends and acting as if only original forest has conservation value, and that's just wrong," said
"Is this a real rain forest?" Dr. Wright asked, walking the land of a former American cacao plantation that was abandoned about 50 years ago, and pointing to fig trees and vast webs of community spiders and howler monkeys.
"A botanist can look at the trees here and know this is regrowth," he said. "But the temperature and humidity are right. Look at the number of
Dr. Wright and others say the overzealous protection of rain forests not only prevents poor local people from profiting from the rain forests on their land but also robs financing and attention from other approaches to fighting global warming, like eliminating coal plants.
But other scientists, including some of Dr. Wright's closest colleagues, disagree, saying that forceful protection of rain forests is especially important in the face of threats from industrialized farming and logging.
The issue has also set off a debate over the true definition of a rain forest. How do old forests compare with new ones in their environmental value? Is every rain forest sacred?
"Yes, there are forests growing back, but not all forests are equal," said Bill Laurance, another senior scientist at the Smithsonian, who has worked extensively in the Amazon.
He scoffed as he viewed Ms. Ortega de Wing's overgrown land: "This is a caricature of a rain forest!" he said. "There's no canopy, there's too much light, there are only a few species. There is a lot of change all around here whittling away at the forest, from highways to development."
While new forests may absorb carbon emissions, he says, they are unlikely to save most endangered rain-forest species, which have no way to reach them.
Everyone, including Dr. Wright, agrees that large-scale rain-forest destruction in the Amazon or
At issue is how to tally the costs and benefits of forests, at a time when increasing attention is being paid to global climate management and carbon accounting.
Just last month, at climate talks held by the United Nations in Poznan,
Dr. Wright and other scientists say they should be. About 38 million acres of original rain forest are being cut down every year, but in 2005, according to the most recent "State of the World's Forests Report" by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, there were an estimated 2.1 billion acres of potential replacement forest growing in the tropics — an area almost as large as the
With the heat and rainfall in tropical Panama, new growth is remarkably fast. Within 15 years, abandoned land can contain trees more than 100 feet high. Within 20, a thick rain-forest canopy forms again. Here in the lush, misty hills, it is easy to see rain-forest destruction as part of a centuries-old cycle of human civilization and wilderness, in which each in turn is cleared and replaced by the other. The Mayans first cleared lands here that are now dense forest. The area around Gamboa, cleared when the Panama Canal was built, now looks to the untrained eye like the wildest of jungles.
But Dr. Laurance says that is a dangerous lens through which to view the modern world, where the forces that are destroying rain forest operate on a scale previously unknown.
Now the rain forest is being felled by "industrial forestry, agriculture, the oil and gas industry — and it's globalized, where every stick of timber is being cut in Congo is sent to
Globally, one-fifth of the world's carbon emissions come from the destruction of rain forests, scientists say. It is unknown how much of that is being canceled out by forest that is in the process of regrowth. It is a crucial but scientifically controversial question, the answer to which may depend on where and when the forests are growing.
Although the United Nations' report noted the enormous increase of secondary forests, it is unclear how to describe or define them. The 2.1 billion acres of secondary forests includes a mishmash of land that has the potential to grow into a vibrant faux rain forest and land that may never become more than a biologically shallow tangle of trees and weeds.
"Our knowledge of these forests is still rather limited," said Wulf Killmann, director of forestry products and industry at the United Nations agriculture organization. The agency is in the early phases of a global assessment of the scope of secondary forest, which will be ready in 2011.
The Smithsonian, hoping to answer such questions, is just starting to study a large plot of newly abandoned farmland in central Panama to learn about the regeneration of forests there.
Regenerated forests in the tropics appear to be especially good at absorbing emissions of carbon, but that ability is based on location and rate of growth. A field abandoned in New York in 1900 will have trees shorter than those growing on a field here that was abandoned just 20 years ago.
For many biologists, a far bigger concern is whether new forests can support the riot of plant and animal species associated with rain forests. Part of the problem is that abandoned farmland is often distant from native rain forest. How does it help Amazonian species threatened by rain-forest destruction in
Dr. Wright — an internationally respected scientist — said he knew he was stirring up controversy when he suggested to a conference of tropical biologists that rain forests might not be so bad off. Having lived in Panama for 25 years, he is convinced that scientific assessments of the rain forests' future were not taking into account the effects of population and migration trends that are obvious on the ground.
In Latin America and Asia, birthrates have dropped drastically; most people have two or three children. New jobs tied to global industry, as well as improved transportation, are luring a rural population to fast-growing cities. Better farming techniques and access to seed and fertilizer mean that marginal lands are no longer farmed because it takes fewer farmers to feed a growing population.
Gumercinto Vásquez, a stooped casual laborer who was weeding a field in Chilibre in the blistering sun, said it had become hard for him to find work because so many farms had been abandoned.
"Very few people around here are farming these days," he said.
Dr. Wright, looking at a new forest, sees possibility. He says new research suggests that 40 to 90 percent of rain-forest species can survive in new forest.
Dr. Laurance focuses on what will be missing, ticking off species like jaguars, tapirs and a variety of birds and invertebrates.
While he concedes that a regrown forest may absorb some carbon, he insists, "This is not the rich ecosystem of a rain forest."
Still, the fate of secondary forests lies not just in biology. A global recession could erase jobs in cities, driving residents back to the land.
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It's been almost two years since January Jones' son Xander entered this world, and the mystery continues: Who is his father?!
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I was shocked to read in the Enterprise-Record that the average cost of an ambulance ride to the hospital in Butte County is $3,000. It is not even recommended that an individual attempt to save money during a medical emergency by having someone drive him directly to the emergency room, because not knowing the ropes, he will encounter a wall of red tape that the ambulance drivers know how to circumvent. I wonder how many people would, and have, thought twice about calling an ambulance for $3,000.
In October 2011, we were in Houlgate, France, and my wife had a femur fracture. She needed to be transported to the hospital in an ambulance. The hospital was 15 miles away, 33 minutes according to Google Maps. I paid the ambulance bill with the money that was already in my wallet — the cost was 104 euros, at that time $137.
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