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FOREST ROADS: The future
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Everett, Wash., June 10, 2013Each year five million people visit the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. They drive forest roads to get to their destinations, to experience spectacular vistas at places such as Big Four Ice Caves, Mt. Baker, Heather Meadows, Skagit Wild and Scenic River and Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. But what does the future hold for these beloved places?
Approximately 2,500 miles of roads crisscross the forest, from the Canadian border to the Mt. Rainier National Park on the western Cascades. The Forest Service can afford to maintain about a quarter of them.
Guided by mandates in the 2005 Travel Management Rule, each national forest must identify a road system by 2015 within budget for safe travel, use, administration and resource protection. To complete this report, the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest staff wants to find out what roads are important to the public and why.
Eight meetings are scheduled June through October in Seattle, Sedro-Woolley, Issaquah, Bellingham, Enumclaw, Monroe and Everett. Those who do not attend a meeting will be able to give their input online¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬. Partners and stakeholders representing a broad range of interests, from environmental, timber industry to off-road vehicle groups, have formed a Sustainable Roads Cadre to engage the public in the process.
A science-driven approach developed by the Forest Services Pacific Northwest Research Station and Portland State University will be used to understand how people use and value landscapes and resources. Social scientists from the lab will guide meeting participants in using maps to identify places of significance and assign values or activities associated with them.
This process creates socio-spatial layers that will be incorporated into digital map data to contribute to the report and can be used for future recreation and stewardship planning. The results will provide visual displays of visitor destinations, routes, and show places with special meaning or value.
The forest will share the results with the public in the late fall after the report is compiled and analyzed. No decisions will be made. Before doing road upgrades, closures, decommissioning or road conversions to trail, the forest will execute the National Environmental Policy Analysis.
The future is uncertain. But that doesnt mean we can afford to stand back and let circumstances dictate our decisions for us. This analysis will guide us, in a holistic forest-wide approach, choosing the roads we can afford to keep open, said Jennifer Eberlien, forest supervisor.
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June 29, 10 a.m.-12:30 noon
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Sedro-Woolley, Mt. Baker District office
July 23, 5:30-8 p.m.
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Bellingham Public Library
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Renee Bodine
Public Affairs Officer
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Service
Office: 425.783.6015
Cell: 425.293.1780
Member #40 Hombres jeep club
Region 2 landmatters chairman
Give input on the Sustainable Roads Blogsite: www.mbssustainableroads.com
Learn more about sustainable roads at: http://prdp2fs.ess.usda.gov/detail/m...telprdb5423889
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The third paragraph is the important one here. Keep what they can afford to maintain with the budget they have.
This is the start of all forests having to do the same thing. All members need to show up and scream for trail opportunities, and less maintained level 2 roads to be kept open. Otherwise you will have only ML 4 and 5 roads left. Translation, lane and a half or two lane gravel and paved roads only, and very few of those.
The "science" will show that only foot traffic is what studies show is the most important. (notice that the first one is at REI, the only non-public building on the schedule)
This is what I forewarned about over a year ago, and it is here now.
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Greetings Cadre,
Thank you for helping with our first sustainable roads meeting! It was a great success because of your participation and I am looking forward to the next sessions. Attached are the notes, courtesy of Kitty Craig with the Wilderness Society. I have attached a couple of photos—let me know if you want more for your websites. Our next meeting is right around the corner, July 9, at the Sedro-Woolley Mt. Baker Ranger District office. All volunteers please arrive an hour early, at 9 a.m.
Right now we only have nine RSVPs, so we are going to setup for a smaller session of two worktables with six participants at each, although we will have enough cadre volunteers to expand to four workgroups if we need to. Marlies Wierenga from Wildlands CPR is the co-host, but we are still looking for someone to co-host with her. Contact Kelly Sprute at 425-783-6050 or email@example.com to volunteer.
Forest roads are important to us all, so keep getting the word out, and have a happy Independence Day.
Renee Bodine
Public Affairs Officer
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Service
Office: 425.783.6015
Cell: 425.293.1780
Sustainable Roads Workshop #1 – DRAFT Notes
Location: Seattle REI
June 29, 2013, 10:00AM-12:30PM
1. Opening Statement: Jennifer Eberlien, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Supervisor
Supervisor Eberlien opened the meeting, thanking the meeting sponsors: Pacific Crest Trail Association, Washington Off-road Vehicle Alliance, and Kim Brown. She outlined key principles for the meeting and the purpose of the Sustainable Roads outreach process. She emphasized the concepts of balancing use and resource protection, while also considering safety and access needs. She also emphasized that the forest will use the best data they have availabile to make decisions, and that they will add to that data every year. Finally, she recognized that everyone is here to participate out of love of the landscape and how they use it, and that these workshops are a way to get to know one another while getting to know the roads and how they are used.
2. Background Presentation: Mike Schlafmann, MBS Public Services Officer
Mike provided an introduction to the sustainable roads project and the development of a strategy for the road system that is ecologically sustainable, socially acceptable, and economically feasible. He acknowledged the challenge in exploring the trade-offs between the three domains and the important role the public plays in helping to define this complex context.
Mike provided an overview of why the MBS is developing this strategy. The main reason is the 2005 Travel Management Rule that directed agency to do two things: Subpart B, develop a Motor Vehicle Use Map; and Subpart A, create a sustainable roads report (what we're doing right now). Mike clarified that Supbart A is not a decision – it is a report that informs future decisions, but is part of a strategy that will change over time. The other reason why the MBS is doing this is the condition of the road system: many of the roads on the system were built in the last 60 years for timber harvest, and not meant for long-term operation. The MBS currently has resources to maintain 25% of its road system; in 2013 they were able to maintain 628 miles. Funding trends are also significant: funding sources and appropriated dollars are declining – last year the forest roads budget was $688K; this year, it is $250K.
Mike then provided an overview of the public engagement process and timeline for the development and implementation of Subpart A.
• May-October 2013: Public engagement, ongoing analysis
• November 2013-December 2014: Compare and integrate results, develop strategy
• 2015 and beyond: Make strategic investments, NEPA, projects on the ground
One audience member asked if each forest in Washington state was having the same discussion. Mike shared that every national forest is engaged in this discussion, but each forest is taking a different approach.
3. Human Ecology Mapping: Lee Cerveny, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Lee provided an overview of human ecology mapping to familiarize the audience with the research approach. She talked about how maps and geospatial data can be used to show how people value the national forest landscape. By mapping important roads, trails, facilities, special management areas, and a number of other things, we can get a visual representation of what people care about.
Lee shared a recent example of a community mapping project on the Olympic Peninsula called the Latino Forest Harvester project where the Olympic National Forest and Department of Natural Resources gathered Latino harvesters to talk about important areas across the forest as well as safety issues. The result was a series of useful maps showing use and important resources.
Lee reviewed the goals of the day: (1) create social spatial data layer that captures public values, uses, and priorities; (2) analyze data, produce maps, showing public values for forest roads; (3) use data in sustainable road planning. Lee then provided a more detailed overview of the destination mapping exercise and various worksheets the audience need to complete.
4. Guided Group Discussion
Mike provided an overview of what tables would be cover during the guided group discussion exercise. Facilitators guided the audience through three major topics:
• Consequences of Reduced Road System
o What are the positive or negative effects or consequences of a reduced road system?
o How might a reduction of the national forest road system affect you, your community or the natural environment?
o What are your top three consequences?
• Roads Criteria Discussion: What criteria should be considered when decisionmakers analyze the roads system?
• Strategies and Opportunities
o What are ways the USFS, partner, community and other groups could work together?
o What opportunities and resources already exist?
o What are your top 3 strategies?
Each workgroup/table reported out at the close of the workshop, presenting 1 mapping observation, top 3 criteria, and top 3 strategies:
• Group A:
o There was a lot of variety of places where people wanted to go, lots of recreational users. Because of the variety of people, the consequences are quite broad. There is need for more public outreach to educate people on funding sources, consequences for wildlife, etc. There is a need to more clear terms, not "Forest service speak."
• Group B:
o Consequences: overcrowding of places, reduction of day use areas, possible increase of usage conflicts (fewer roads, more people). Criteria: prioritize environmental concerns over convenience; geographic diversity of the system; destinations that cover different types and destinations (need lots of roads in lots of different areas). Strategies: prioritize maintenance standards by usage level; recommend "friends for public use" elsewhere; extend the life of roads by not decommissioning (lower standards instead).
• Group C
o We had many off-road advocates from the south end of the forest. Most of the dots were south of I-90; others were along the Mountain Loop Highway. The consequences were a lot of fun; the most important were: reduced access to the forest and reduced opportunities for activities. The criteria for judging were all across the board: the importance of the access and availability of maintenance by others (DNR, State Hwy, etc. – FS should look into partnerships with other entities). Strategies: strategy was to get more money; but we realize it is a no starter. Some other strategies could include: accessing resources from other agencies and entities; "adopt a road" concept came up (do things like volunteers are capable are doing – like WTA does for trail maintenance); and downgrading the maintenance level of roads (to maintain more at a lower standard).
• Group D
o Wide range of variety marked on maps. Top 3 consequences: less opportunity, less access, less support for wilderness, more traffic on fewer roads, fewer roads may equal more habitat. Prioritization criteria: economic impact for local communities, popular destinations, consider how many months a year the road is actually open (seasonality). Strategies: close roads that are not currently used for management; volunteer groups; more sustainable design.
5. Closing
Mike closed the meeting sharing that all the information recorded will be tabulated and available for everyone to see. He reminded the audience about the process and how the information will be used to inform the Sustainable Roads Report. He also highlighted the upcoming workshops, online questionnaire, and blogsite. He encouraged people to come to other workshops, share information with friends, and sponsor discussion groups to generate ideas. Jennifer also thanked participants for their time, energy, and conversation.
July 9, 10 AM-12:30 NOON
810 State Route 20, Sedro-Woolley, Wash., 98241
Introduction, 10-10:30 a.m.
District Ranger Erin Uloft Welcome (10 min)
Background Mike Schlafmann (20 min)
Forest Roads Mapping, 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Lee Cerveny
Break, 11:15-11:25 a.m.
Table Group Discussions, 11:25-12:15 noon
Consequences (15 min)
Criteria (20 min)
Strategies (15 min)
Closeout, 12:15-12:30 noon
Q & As
Member #40 Hombres jeep club
Region 2 landmatters chairman
Okay, someone up in that area best jump in to co-host!!! Yeah, I know, I'm not over there...Pay attention! I watch WildlandsCPR, and Marlies is about as rabid anti us as it gets! If I may be so bold, someone from PNW4WDA and/or WOHVA needs to be the co-host!!
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Land Use Coordinator
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we are hosting the meeting on august 6th and I believe the one in Bellingham and maybe the one in Monroe. Hopefully people will realize how important this is and participate in the other meetings as participants. You can also comment online thru their Blog they set up.
Member #40 Hombres jeep club
Region 2 landmatters chairman
meeting cancelled
Hello Cadre,
As you have probably heard, the Forest Service is shutting down with the rest of the government today. Since we are not allowed to volunteer or use government equipment, we must cancel our last sustainable roads meeting next Wednesday, Oct. 9, and reschedule at a later date. I will need your help to let the public know. Please post the information on your websites and tell your members. Thanks.
Renee Bodine
Public Affairs Officer
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Service
Office: 425.783.6015
Cell: 425.293.1780
Member #40 Hombres jeep club
Region 2 landmatters chairman
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Thanks, Abhimanyu.
This seems quite relevant, although I'll keep Maarten's caution in mind.
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On 14 June 2011 10:28, Abhimanyu Arora <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Hi
> Perhaps you could have a look at Gary Kings's -relogit-?
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> Abhimanyu
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Markus Eberhardt
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>> I have an empirical problem where for a very large dataset (panel,
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>> empirics.
>> Thanks a lot in advance.
>> markus
>> Markus Eberhardt
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Khi Cygni is one of the longest-studied variable stars, having been discovered in the 17th Century. Khi Cyg (also spelled "chi Cyg") is a bright Mira variable, a pulsating star near the end of its life with a period of about 400 days, and an enormous amplitude of 10 magnitudes or more per cycle. All stars like our Sun will become Mira variables near the ends of their lives, and by studying khi Cyg and other Miras, we can get a glimpse of what the fate of our own Sun will be, billions of years from now.
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Spectacular fashion! I would love to see this in person. The only thing I don't like about her is the cheek screening.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- DC Mayor Vincent Gray presided over his first same sex marriage, the first at the John Wilson building (City Hall) .
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Sunday, October 25
The Keene Pumpkin Festival 2009 and a Recipe for Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Maple and Pecans
This year there was pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cookies, and, one of my favorites: Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Maple and Pecans. More on the pudding (along with the recipe) in a minute. But first, let's talk pumpkins.
Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Maple and Pecans; recipe below.
Walk neighborhoods in New England in October, and you'll see scores of jack 'o lanterns smiling (or grimacing) at you. They're often propped atop a big bale of hay, accompanied by some tall cornstalks and a spooky black cat. There is one New England town, in particular, that reigns supreme when it comes to jack o' lanterns: Keene, NH. This was the first year I visited, and just the festival itself was worth the cross country trip.
In 1991 the first Keene Pumpkin Festival featured 600 pumpkins downtown. It was so warmly received that it became an annual event. Now it's a pilgrimage. This year the locals, along with tens of thousands of visitors, lit a record-breaking 29,762 jack 'o lanterns!
The entire festival, which consists of setting up and lighting pumpkins, and eating funnel cakes and doughboys, is more fun than you can imagine. Oh, and there is also a Dunkin' Donuts booth (which had a hundred people lined up this year waiting for a hot cawffee).
The night was magical for kids and adults alike. We plan on going again next year. I hope you do too!
You wouldn't find this jack 'o lantern in San Diego (or New York).
Anyone want a pumpkin M & M?
How about a squash-eyed pumpkin?
I can haz cheeseburger pumpkin.
When the sun sets, everyone helps light the pumpkins.
Kids (like my 9-year-old niece) LOVE to light pumpkins. She lit 52 of them!
My other niece is deciding which pumpkin to light. These things can't be rushed. After all, this is serious business for a 7-year-old.
Two hours later, and she's still lighting pumpkins.
My niece's favorite pumpkin of the night: a pretty, petite, pale yellow pumpkin with a flower in her hair.
Doesn't he just make you smile?
Yes, this pumpkin caused thousands of kids to loudly, "Oink! Oink!" as they passed by.
This pumpkin captivates viewers on his eerie, black perch.
If you want your children to look like this, then meet us at the Keene Pumpkin Festival next year.
Then go home and enjoy some warm Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Maple and Pecans. Serve it with hot cocoa for the kids and some spiked mulled apple cider for the adults. Trust me, everyone will be smiling, not just the pumpkins.
Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Maple and Pecans
Serves 12-14
Print recipe only here.
This dessert celebrates the flavors of autumn: Rich, moist bread pudding is laced with fragrant pumpkin pie spice and pure maple syrup while earthy pecans provide just the right crunch.
1 (16 ounce) stale French baguette, torn into 1-inch pieces
1 stick butter, melted
1 cup heavy cream
2 cups whole milk
3 large eggs
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 1/4 cups canned pumpkin
1/2 cup pure maple syrup, plus extra for garnish
3/4 cup pecan halves
whipped cream, optional garnish
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. You will need one ungreased 9 X 13 rectangular glass or ceramic baking dish.
2. Place bread in a large bowl. Pour melted butter over it, and toss.
3. In a large bowl, whisk cream, milk, eggs, sugar, salt, pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin, and maple syrup.
4. Place bread in the baking dish. Add pecans (saving a few to scatter on top). Pour pumpkin mixture over bread, and toss until well coated. Scatter remaining pecans over the top of the pudding. Bake for 25-30, or until the top is lightly browned and the custard is set.
Toss in 1/2 cup raisins or dried cranberries.
Substitute walnuts or cooked chestnuts for pecans.
Add 3 tablespoons rum.
Drizzle with hot caramel.
Here are more pumpkin desserts you might like:
Pumpkin Spice Cookies with Cranberries, Raisins, and Pecans recipe at Food Blogga
Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie recipe at Simply Recipes
Pumpkin Coconut Muffins recipe at Sarah's Bella Cucina
Pumpkin Spice Cake recipe at Pinch My Salt
Pumpkin Pie Pudding with Candied Pecans and Whipped Cream recipe at Food Blogga
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26 comments:
- Rocquie said...
What a great post! I enjoyed your recipe, the pumpkins and your beautiful nieces.
Also, I cast a Quaker vote for you today.
- October 25, 2009 at 8:07 PM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
Such pretty pumpkins! That pudding looks mighty scrumptious!
- October 25, 2009 at 8:29 PM
- Katie said...
so cute! I can't wait to try this:)
- October 25, 2009 at 8:43 PM
- Simona Carini said...
What a nice photo album! Thanks for sharing your visit to the festival. It sounds like you ate a fair share of pumpkin during your visit. I have acquired my first pumpkin of the year, but have not yet decided what to do with it. Your pumpkin bread pudding is a tempting option.
- October 25, 2009 at 10:36 PM
- Karen said...
Our local botanical garden has a festival of lights in November every year, and one of the highlights for me (ok, and my kids too!) are the carved pumpkins that line many of the paths. And the punkin' bread pudding is something I would have thought to try. I love anything with maple syrup in it, so this works for me!
- October 25, 2009 at 10:44 PM
- Ivy said...
Lovely bread pudding and cute pumpkins!!!
- October 25, 2009 at 11:39 PM
- Manggy said...
Wonderful! My favorite is the super-creepy dark one and the one with the squash eyes :)
My worst fear with bread pudding is it can get mushy, but this looks absolutely delicious :)
- October 26, 2009 at 1:11 AM
- Unplanned Cooking said...
Such sweet photos! Can't wait for Halloween ;).
- October 26, 2009 at 2:57 AM
- Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) said...
Oh, I'm so glad you got to experience the Keene Festival (our grandkids loved it, too). Closer to home, we have the Jack O'Lantern Festival at the Roger Williams Zoo in Providence every year. I can't imagine October without foliage, pumpkins, cranberries floating in the bogs.....
- October 26, 2009 at 4:38 AM
- The Teacher Cooks said...
I love bread pudding. Something different to try in the fall. Pumpkin phots were very good. I liked the Hamburger.
- October 26, 2009 at 5:58 AM
- Laurie said...
I have always wanted to go to the Keene Pumpkin Festival! Maybe we'll meet you there next year.
Your bread pudding looks out of this world and I have three sugar pumpkins on my counter right now.
- October 26, 2009 at 7:52 AM
- Sippity Sup said...
Well this post makes up for the fact that I never bother to carve a pumpkin anymore. No kids in the house so it seems pointless. But I do want to say. I live in So Cal too and it's my favorite season here. I love the low, clear light, which makes the big cloudless sky seem so blue... GREG
- October 26, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- Susan G said...
Too bad I didn't know you were there. I'm in Keene, and my grandchildren and son were here from Cranston RI. This was a lovely year for the Festival, but sadly may be the last, victim of the economy. Did you hear Animaterra singing at the gazebo from 7 to 8? If so, you saw me. Your niece is lovely and dedicated to light so many pumpkins. Anyone with an older Guiness Book will see the record Keene had until recently -- overtaken by Boston, with a population at least 40 times more. Ah well, we'll console ourselves with Pumpkin Bread Pudding.
- October 26, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- Susan G said...
I must also mention that most of the food at the Keene Pumpkin festival was homemade by local organizations. Animaterra Womens Chorus made 1160 some apple turnovers (plain, with raisins, and with cranberries and crystalized ginger), sold out by 6:30. You can go to Dunkin' Doughnuts anytime!
- October 26, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
sage trifle-Thank you for the sweet words and the vote! I truly appreciate it.
rosa-It was scrumptious! :)
simona-We had a wonderful time. I only wished it lasted longer. I'm sure you'll come up with something delicious!
karen-There is something so magical about hundreds of jack o'lanterns on a chilly autumn night. I hope you try the pudding. It's a keeper!
ivy-Thank you!
mark-I know what you mean about soggy bread pudding, but I promise that this one isn't soggy! Hope you try it!
unplanned cooking-Me too!
lydia-Yes, we tried to go to the Roger Williams display on two different nights but were rained out on both.
teachercooks-Isn't that hamburger great? There were so many creative ones, it was hard to choose which to photograph.
laurie-See you there! :)
greg-Really? I'm surprised to hear that, but that wonderful, really. I never thought about it that way before.
susang-Oh my gosh! How funny is that? From Cranston, huh? We could have picked him up on the way. ;)
I have to tell you that the festival far exceeded my expectations. I would be heart-broken (as would 1000s more) if it were stopped because of lack of funding. Have they considered charging a nominal entry fee? Also, I didn't see a stand for donations. Do they have one? If not, they should station them around the downtown. Just some thoughts. Thanks for the note!
- October 26, 2009 at 3:10 PM
- Abby said...
Aww, such sweet girls!
I love this time of year, too. Our crepe myrtles look like they're on FIRE they're so bright red this year!
I've never made bread pudding; this looks great!
- October 26, 2009 at 3:53 PM
- zakkalife said...
I've never seen the hamburger pumpkin before, it made me smile.
And your pumpkin bread pudding looks delicious!
- October 26, 2009 at 3:54 PM
- Lori said...
That pudding looks amazing!
I love the pumpkin photos :D
- October 26, 2009 at 6:35 PM
- The Italian Dish said...
What great pumpkins! The cheeseburger one was my favorite.
And pumpkin bread pudding - oh, man! That sounds great.
- October 27, 2009 at 12:28 AM
- Vanillaorchid said...
I am a pumkin lover...you pudding makes my mouth-watering.
I enjoyed reading all the story,the pumkin faces, you nieces made me smile :)
Here in Italy, I seldom see this kind of event.
- October 27, 2009 at 1:06 AM
- Lisa Johnson said...
I just voted for you Susan! Best of luck!
This post is really fun. I've never been to Keene, but it looks like a really fun event. I can definitely see why you visit New England in October. I just looked outside my window, and the leaves on the trees have suddenly gotten so bright, they look like they're on fire. I guess the cold last night did it. Well, at least there's a benefit. : )
- October 27, 2009 at 9:04 AM
- Janet said...
Terrific post!
But remember... Half Moon Bay, California IS the Pumpkin capital of the world, and their Pumpkin festival is Fantastic!
I know the weather and colors can't compare to New England, and the chill is missing from the air... But some of the most beautiful pumpkin carvings I've ever seen was in Half Moon Bay at the Pumpkin Festival!
Happy Fall! And thank YOU for this amazing recipe!
- October 27, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- Lynda said...
Great post - great photos! From another New England girl I am in total agreement: Northern California is lovely, but nothing compares to a New England fall. The Pumpkin Bread Pudding sounds lovely, and so appropriately New England.
- October 27, 2009 at 11:12 AM
- elsa said...
sounds terrific. I just made a wonderful pumpkin and turkey goulash.
- October 30, 2009 at 11:55 AM
- Johanna GGG said...
those pumpkins are amazing - I'd love to develop some pumpkin carving skills (except I noticed they are starting to sell halloween pumpkins in our supermarket but they are $24 each which seems just silly) - your pumpkin bread pudding sounds great - I made one with pumpkin and chocolate recently which I can highly recommend
- November 1, 2009 at 4:57 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
abby-Aw, thanks. That's sweet.
kawaiicrafter-It made me smile too! :)
lori-They're fun, aren't they?
elaine-You're not alone. The hamburger was a BIG hit!
vanillaorchid-It's as American as apple pie. ;)
anali- I hope you make it there next year. It' really magical.
duchessofwessex-No, I didn't know that! Go figure! Thanks for letting me though cause now I'll have to see it for myself. :)
lynda-Thanks for the kind words.
elsa-Pumpkin goulash? Mmmm.... sounds delicious.
johanna-$24 does sound crazy! Yikes!
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Jamie Lynn Spears Registered for $2,500 in Gift Cards at One Store
All Britney's sister wants are gift cards. That's it.
Feb. 8, 2014 -- What does one get the girl who has everything?
In Jamie Lynn Spears's case: gift cards. A lot of them.
According to a wedding registry for Spears, 22, and her fiancé, Jamie Watson, the couple has only requested gift cards (in various increments) to Bed, Bath & Beyond.
Spears, who announced in 2007 that she was pregnant at 16 with her daughter Maddie, likely already has many of the things she needs, as she's been living on her own for some time. In November, the aspiring country singer released her first single, "How Could I Want More?", which big sister Britney plugged.
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Does anyone remember a short (I think 3-box vertical comic) on Ghastly or a similar manga (maybe Tang's?) where a guy and a girl are kissing (they are both facing front, guy is behind) and he is fondling her chest with 1 hand while reaching down her panties with the other?
She mumbles 'no.. stop' but when he is alarmed and withdraws his hands and holds them overhead, she seems upset by it and calls him an idiot, pouting that he actually did what he told her.
I remember this but in spite of looking have been unable to find it for years. If anyone knows what series this was from I'll read the whole thing over to find it, but that would be a huge help.


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One would think that given the scope of such a project and the other projects built under his reign that Vespasian would have welcomed suggestions for increasing the efficiency of construction practices. But he didn't. Instead, as historian Michael Grant reports in The World of Rome:
[W]hen Vespasian was offered a labor-saving machine for transporting heavy columns, he was said to have declined with the words: "I must always ensure that the working classes earn enough money to buy themselves food."
Of course, Vespasian had to contend with a slave workforce which he needed to keep busy and free working-class Romans who needed to be fed. We don't allow slavery (unless you count the sweatshops of the world as its successor); but the idle workforce, especially of the unskilled, continues to expand.
I was reminded of Vespasian when Charlie Hall, perhaps the best-known energy researcher you've never heard of, commented at a recent conference that we have built a society where fossil fuels have consistently displaced labor. This has had the unfortunate result that those whose primary aptitude is with their hands are finding less and less work.
Of course, much of the manual work which used to be performed in the United States is now done in the Far East, particularly China. And, the kind of work that most factory workers do there might very well be considered drudgery by many people. Hall's point, however, was two-fold. First, impending declines in available energy to society will likely force such work closer to the markets it serves. This is because rising transportation costs will diminish the advantage of worldwide manufacturing webs in favor of regional and local ones. Second, manual labor often requires skills that we in the United States do not teach as widely as we used to. We aren't ready to make the things we once made. And, all of this remains true even as the ranks of the unemployed swell and energy costs continue to climb.
Certainly, Vespasian's attitude would have prevented the immense advances in productivity of the modern age. But since those advances are largely premised on the growing availability of cheap energy inputs, we may need to re-examine our attitude as those energy inputs become constrained and thus are no longer cheap.
Moreover, continued policies that lessen opportunities for manual labor will, of necessity, doom an entire group of people to the unemployment rolls just because their intelligence shows through in what they make with their hands rather than what they say or write.
I am not here romanticizing backbreaking labor. The one place that mechanization has failed to progress very much in the last few decades is the picking of fruit. Researchers had been looking for ways to harvest fruit mechanically. But an onslaught of cheap immigrant labor into the United States from the 1980s onward pushed real wages down for farm labor so far that mechanized fruit picking did not seem worth the effort. Even in the exploitative world of farm labor the laws of supply and demand apply. An avalanche of new workers depressed wages and doomed the mechanization effort.
We may be facing something similar in the next decade. The financial turmoil of Europe is but the latest chapter in what I believe is an unfolding depression that will take many years to resolve itself. It is worth remembering that as late as 1931, no one alive back then thought they were in a depression, let alone what would come to be called the Great Depression. Back then, of course, governments engaged in very little of what we would call stimulus, and central banks did not regard it as their purview to save the economy and provide full employment. We have bought some time with countercyclical measures from both institutions. But now the effects are running out, and we must face the consequences of too much debt and not enough cheap energy.
During the Great Depression President Franklin Roosevelt proposed and implemented huge government works programs, the results of which can still be seen today in forests that were replanted and dams that were built. Such programs put people to work on useful public projects largely with their hands. Advances in productivity are useful, but useful work is more important to the human psyche and thus to social stability.
Jay Hanson, one of the first to publicize approaching resource limits through his dieoff.com site, was recently quoted as saying that the most important issue to face society in the coming era of limits is what to do with all the young men. No one needs to be reminded what can happen when this subgroup of society sees no useful role for itself. One way in which many societies solve this problem is to send the young men to war. And, certainly, the United States and others might try this as a way to harness the restless mass of unemployed young people. Of course, the stimulative effect of war on the economy is well-known. (This is assuming your country is not being destroyed by the war.)
In the coming era of limits we will need to rely less on fossil fuels and more on each other. "Idle hands are the devil's playground" will become more than a trite aphorism if we do not see that the future will require us to find more work for idle hands. The work is there to do, to restore our environment, to teach the young, to repair our crumbling infrastructure and to rework it for a lower energy future.
Those in the skilled trades are available for these tasks. Those who are unskilled will need to be brought into the workforce, paid decent wages and given reasonable working conditions. We can argue all we want about economic theory and market-determined wage rates for such people. But the alternative to providing decent wages and conditions for the least skilled among us is an army of unemployed, dissatisfied and potentially disruptive people whose potential contribution to society will be wasted because of a slavish devotion to free-market ideology.
The fantasy that machines will more and more dominate our lives will only come true if there is the energy to fuel them. Absent that, we will be forced to rely increasingly on our hands and our feet to do the daily work of living. Vespasian understood that hands and feet need something to do that produces a living. The sooner we see that, the better.


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With the new year comes resolutions to make your life better than it already is. Those resolutions often include exercise and eating well. Here are a few recipes that are tasty and also, good for you.
1. Tortilla soup. Packed full of vegetables, chicken and flavour.
2. Healthy fruit smoothies. Smothies are the new health kick.
3. Fresh mango salsa. Who says that healthy has to be boring?
4. Transform out-of-season fruits and vegetables. Because, yes.
5. Kick start your cleanse. Everybody's cleansing; here are some great recipes to get you started.
6. Healthy salmon recipes. Omega 3 fatty acids AND healthy. Win, win!
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It will probably come as no surprise to people that Twitter co-creator Dom Sagolla has more than one account on the social networking site and he likes to tweet a lot.
In fact, Sagolla encouraged the audience at Gartner's annual Symposium/ITxpo on the Gold Coast to tweet as often as possible using the avenue he refers to as the 'story of people's lives'.
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"Twitter is simply the fastest way to create hyper-text and if you boil it down to that, there is nothing to be afraid of," he said. "The scariest time with Twitter is just before you start using it."
Sagolla, who previously worked as a print journalist in the US, said he views writing on Twitter as breaking the news of his life and watching the news unfolding in front of him.
"I don't watch television any more and I don't even have broadband TV in my house. All of my news comes from the 886 people I follow on Twitter which would confound my mom as she's a traditional media person," he said.
However, Sagolla conceded that the danger with social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn is that people get information and news overload.
He asked the audience if they had more than 10 unread emails in their inbox, the majority of delegates raised their hands.
"It's so difficult to just get through all of your emails and then when you have something like Twitter it's impossible to read all of the tweets," he said.
"You do not have to read every email. Information overload can be solved with filters and that's what we did when we created Twitter."
Sagolla went into the history of the social networking site which began in San Francisco in 2006. He worked with Web developer Jack Dorsey on creating the site. According to Sagolla, Dorsey was a talented artist and liked to sketch his ideas.
"We were very fond of artistic pursuits and I would encourage you all to sketch to your own ability. Just take a few minutes every day to engage through drawing," he said.
"That's what Jack [Dorsey] did in 2001 when he made a sketch called Status which has a logo, text field, one button, ability to find your friends and a small sidebar."
This sketch was the starting point for the profile page Twitter users see when they log into the social networking site.
"All we did was take this idea and add a bit of style," said Sagolla.
In using his own story of Twitter, Sagolla urged the audience to have passion for the next project they would be embarking on as it might be the one that could potentially change the world.
"Whatever project you build next or activity you are pursuing, choose something that you need to have in this world — that is what brought me here. I needed to tell the story and help people use Twitter because I could see a lot of confusion out there," he said.
"It is a system of public record but also a way to connect two people instantly."
Hamish Barwick travelled to Gartner Symposium on the Gold Coast as a guest of Good Technology
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Marc Anthony Has a New Girlfriend
Jennifer Lopez may have rebounded faster with bad boy dancer Casper Smart, 24, but her ex-husband Marc Anthony has taken up with a model in the wake of their split. A rather gorgeous model, at that.
On Jan. 4, Anthony, 43, posted a photo of himself and new lady love, Venezuelan model Shannon De Lima, also 24, like Smart, on his Facebook page. Their arms are wrapped around one another, while they smooch and look at the camera. Those multi-taskers! That said, don't they look incredibly into one another? It's almost enough to have Anthony asking, "J Lo who?"
If there's one way to take the sting off of a breakup with the Most Beautiful Woman of 2011, it's with a super hot model!
While it's clear that Anthony is crushing on De Lima, his adopted son Chase also declared his support and approval, tweeting: "To all my followers and everybody on twitter follow 2012′s best couple and for many more years to come @MarcAnthony and @Shadelima!!!!!"
It's refreshing to see Anthony rebounding and enjoying himself after a shocking and undoubtedly painful split.


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Over the years Neal has worked as a commercial diver, treasure salver, stunt coordinator for the movie and TV industry, owned and operated hotels, a airline charter company and established a chain of Neal Watson's Undersea Adventures franchise dive operation in the Bahamas and Caribbean.
Neal's achievements are legendary. Neal currently holds several Guinness World Records, including the compressed air diving depth record where he descended to 437 feet. He recorded another milestone by swimming 66 miles underwater non-stop without surfacing in 19 ½ hours from the Florida Keys to Miami.
Neal has worked in numerous major motion pictures, and appeared in television shows including 20/20, Inside Edition and The Today Show. Neal has also been featured in countless magazine and newspaper articles including People Magazine and Outside Magazine for his world records and exploits in shark diving. For 13 years Neal annually produced Ocean Fest, the only seaside consumer dive show in the United States.
Neal has worked with numerous celebrities and taught Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York to dive and hand feed sharks for an ABC Special with Neal's longtime friend, Jean-Michel Cousteau.
In November 2004 Neal was inducted into the "Fort Lauderdale Sports Hall of Fame" along with three time Super Bowl Champion and Football "Hall of Fame Recipient" Michael Irvin. In 2005 Neal was inducted into the DEMA "Diving Hall of Fame".
For the Past 15 years Neal has served as President of the Bahamas Diving Association and recently finished his third term as a DEMA Board of Director.


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Welcome to the University of Glasgow Story. Through this website, the University pays tribute to the talented men and women who have made a contribution to the development of the University over the past six centuries.
The University's reputation and standing as one of the world's leading universities is built upon the work of those men and women who have studied, taught and undertaken pioneering research here. It is also built on the network of alumni, friends and partners who support the University's activities in all sorts of crucial ways. In this website, we tell their story and the part they have played in the University's 550 years of innovation and excellence. I hope you will find this site interesting and informative and that through its pages you will have the opportunity to relive the remarkable Glasgow Story which continues to this day.
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Space Miner: Space Ore Bust in Review – We Will Rock You!
The Californian Gold Rush which lasted for 7 years in the middle of the 19th century was arguably one of the most romantic periods ever. Some people think that once we finally truly step into space the rush will come again, but this time people will go hunting for rich asteroid deposits the scientists are predicting. How long do we have until the next Gold Rush is a mystery, but Venan Entertainment will be ready for it. Space Miner: Space Ore Bust – is the future miner's guide to all things asteroid mining -minus the bad puns of course. Feel free to discuss this review of Space Miner: Space Ore Bust in our forums.
Space Miner: Space Ore Bust is a top-down Shooter/RPG game that plays a lot like Asteroids but with a serious makeover. The story follows the adventures of a young pilot who arrives to his uncle's space mine in search of fame and fortune. With no ships of his own the young lad is sent out to collect ore in his uncle's Old jalopy. Having returned from his first trip out the young lad finds out to his horror that the uncle not only grabbed a huge loan, but wasted all of it on a giant billboard. Meanwhile,  the bank wants to foreclose the loan already. Now he has little choice but to go back out and earn the cash to save his uncle's business.
The gameplay of Space Miner is centered around going out, destroying asteroids, collecting ore to fill up your cargo bay, and getting back to base. But all is not that easy. For one thing the MegaCorporation, that is after the uncle's mine, has sent out robots to do their own ore gathering, which you'll have to dispose off. Furthermore the asteroids themselves often offer surprises, like unexpectedly exploding or shooting out ice spikes. And finally all of this is punctuated by side-quests that require you to save tourists, defend the ship of the "Galactic Hero†and some other minor ones.
One of the features that make Space Miner really stand out is the excellent RPG system neatly tied into the gameplay. You can upgrade your ship's hull, weapons (including special stuff like an actual drill), shields, etc. You can either buy the upgrades from the shop on the mine or search the areas for derelict ships or even alien artifacts. More upgrades are unlocked as you level up your license. Just make sure you don't overload your reactor. The item progression is excellently designed at the start though I felt the developers could've done a bit more since I maxed out everything roughly a bit after half the sectors were cleared out.
The graphics in Space Miner are simply gorgeous. Space is colourful and a joy to look at. The music score has been written specially for the game and does an excellent job of putting you in the "Gold Rush†mood. The characters are beautifully drawn with a pinch of humour on top. The story and dialogues are really above all praise and this is one of the few games I didn't have to force myself to read through. And finally the interface is excellent and easy to use with a direction pad on the left and the thrust/fire buttons on the right.
Space Miner: Space Ore Bust launches  the spirit of the legendary "Gold Rush†in space with excellent graphics, moody music, humorous dialogues and an extensive RPG system serving as the engines for such a feat. I have no trouble believing that when space mining becomes the next gold rush, it will be like in Space Miner. This is definitely a must have game and among the best games I've ever seen on the AppStore.
With this I declare Space Miner: Space Ore Bust officially touched!
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WASHINGTON -- A California congressman said Tuesday he was considering asking the Pentagon inspector general to investigate why President Barack Obama hasn't approved the nation's highest military award for gallantry for a former Army captain whose nomination has been stalled at the White House since last summer.
Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. said that before requesting a probe, he wanted to give the Army and the Defense Department a final opportunity to explain the delay in awarding the Medal of Honor to former Army Capt. William Swenson for valor for acts he performed during a 2009 battle in eastern Afghanistan.
Seeking an inspector general's inquiry "is something that we're talking about if the Army and the Defense Department don't come out and say why" Swenson hasn't been awarded the medal yet, said Hunter, a former Marine who served two combat tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. "It shouldn't be complicated to come out and do the right thing."
In an interview with McClatchy Newspapers, Hunter said the holdup with Swenson's decoration was emblematic of wider problems with a military award system that he has long charged lacks transparency and is susceptible to improper interference and manipulation.
"There're too many political considerations in the Medal of Honor process, and I don't know what happens now with Secretary Panetta leaving -- if that is going to delay things even more," Hunter said, speaking of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. "Congress shouldn't have to get involved in this. You simply want the awards process and the process within DoD to be transparent and to have people held accountable."
The White House didn't respond to an emailed request for comment. Lt. Col. Laurel Devine, the deputy director of Army Public Affairs, referred an inquiry to the Defense Department. George Little, a spokesman for Panetta, wrote in an email that he had no comment.
Hunter's remarks came four days after Obama announced that former Army Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha would receive the Medal of Honor for valorous actions during a clash in eastern Afghanistan that occurred three weeks after the battle for which Swenson was nominated. Romesha, of Minot, N.D., is only the fourth living recipient of the award from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Obama awarded then-Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer the Medal of Honor in September 2011 for heroism in the same battle for which Swenson was nominated.
Swenson, 33, of Seattle, declined to comment for this article. The first living Army officer nominated for the Medal of Honor in four decades, he resigned from the service in February 2011.
He was nominated for gallantry in the Sept. 8, 2009, battle of the Ganjgal Valley, one of the most extraordinary military confrontations of the post-9/11 wars, a six-hour clash that erupted when some 50 to 60 Taliban-led insurgents ambushed a contingent of Afghan troops and border police and U.S. trainers.
Five American and nine Afghan service personnel and an Afghan translator died; 24 Afghans and four Americans, including Swenson and Meyer, were wounded. In addition to the two Medal of Honor nominations, participants received a slew of other commendations. Moreover, two Army officers received reprimands for dereliction of duty for spurning calls by Swenson and others for artillery and air support.
According to a draft Army narrative obtained by McClatchy Newspapers, Swenson, an adviser to the Afghan Border Police, was cited for helping to extricate the force, which was denied air and artillery cover despite the demands for support. He then repeatedly drove back to the ambush site under heavy fire to recover Afghan and U.S. casualties. He was joined by Meyer, two other Marines and an Afghan translator in a final foray to retrieve the bodies of three Marines and a Navy corpsman.
Swenson was first nominated on Dec. 18, 2009. However, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John Allen, had to resubmit Swenson's papers in July 2011 after they were "lost" in what the Army later claimed was in a bureaucratic foul-up due partly to high staff turnover at U.S. Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A), the American contingent in NATO's International Security and Assistance Force.
But a McClatchy Newspapers investigation published Aug. 6, 2012, found that an internal U.S. military probe indicated that as Meyer's nomination sailed through the approval process, there may have been an effort to kill Swenson's nomination.
The military investigation uncovered U.S. Army PowerPoint briefing slides showing that Swenson's nomination was improperly downgraded to a Distinguished Service Cross after his papers arrived at USFOR-A headquarters in Kabul on May 19, 2010. The lesser award nomination then was sent for approval to U.S. Central Command, in Tampa, Fla., according to the slides.
Moreover, military investigators failed to find any trace of Swenson's Medal of Honor packet -- typically comprising a draft citation, a draft narrative and dozens of digitized documents supporting the nomination -- "or any other award" for Swenson on any computers except for a tiny excerpt on a classified computer network.
The period in which the slides showed the downgrade taking place corresponded with the second month of now-retired Army Gen. David Petraeus' stint as the commander of ISAF and USFOR-A. Petraeus, who resigned as CIA director on Nov. 9, told McClatchy Newspapers in August that he had "no recollection of seeing this packet."
Regulations prohibit U.S. commanders from downgrading Medal of Honor nominations. They only may recommend approval, disapproval or disapproval with a downgrade to a lesser award. They then must forward the packet up the command chain until it reaches the president, who has the sole authority to approve it or downgrade it.
Every level of the command chain is thought to have recommended approval of Swenson's resubmitted nomination.
Asked how long he will wait for the Army and the Pentagon to explain the holdup with Swenson's award before seeking an inspector general investigation, Hunter replied, "Until it becomes apparent that they are just stonewalling. I think pretty soon."
"This shouldn't be super secret. It shouldn't be as hard and as bureaucratic as the Department of Defense is making it even though this award nomination has been there for years," he said.
An investigation by a McClatchy Newspapers correspondent who survived the ambush found that the Marine Corps and the White House had inflated their accounts of Meyer's deeds, attributing acts to him that were embellished, unsubstantiated or couldn't have happened.
Some parts of the Meyer accounts conflict with the Army's draft account of Swenson's actions. Untangling the differences may explain the delay in Swenson's award, although the Marines and the White House said their accounts of Meyer's deeds were accurate.


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Last year's Almanac
Tide and time wait for no one, as they say.
In just a few weeks it will be 2013 - where did the year go?
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- O Docker said...
Have you read the one two books to the right of the almanac - Ernie Gann's Fate Is The Hunter?
Gann was a sailor, but more notably a commercial pilot and this book is a collection of tales about his flying days. A great read.
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- JP said...
Thanks - I haven't. Next time I'm in there I'll check it out
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- Bursledon Blogger said...
I'm still using the 2005 almanac plus an up to date £1.50 tide table - strangely enough all the ports harbours and rivers are pretty much in the same place!!!
- 6:17 am
- JP said...
Actually I've been doing something similar - getting HW Dover / Portsmouth of the web and then using those times with my 2004 almanac.
Maybe I should post asking people how old their almanacs are and trying to find the oldest out there
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Healthcare.gov enrollments in Tennessee higher than national average
Tennessee's enrollment rate in the federal health exchange was higher than the national enrollment growth rate in January, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday.
In Tennessee, the federal government reported that 59,705 people had enrolled in Marketplace plans as of February 1. As of the last report, which covered through December 28, there were about 36,250 enrollees in Tennessee. That's a growth rate of about 65 percent.
However, enrollment in the federal exchange grew by 50 percent nationally in January. As of February 1, there are 3.3 million enrollees nationally.
Most states are still lagging when it comes to sign-ups under President Barack Obama's health care law, but an Associated Press analysis of numbers reported Wednesday finds a dozen getting ahead of the game.
Huge disparities are emerging in how well states are living up to federal enrollment targets, and that will help determine if the White House reaches its unofficial goal of having 7 million signed up by the end of March, six weeks away.
Connecticut is the nation's over-achiever, signing up more than twice the number of residents it had been projected to enroll by the end of January. Massachusetts, which pioneered the approach Obama took in his law, is at the bottom of the list having met only 5 percent of its target.
Six Republican-led states — Florida, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin — are on pace or better.
The administration said Wednesday about 1 million people signed up for private insurance under the health law in January, extending a turnaround from early days when a dysfunctional website frustrated consumers. There were fewer enrollments than in December, but a drop-off had been expected.
"It's very, very encouraging news," said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. "We're seeing a healthy growth in enrollment." Still, the goal of 7 million by the end of March seems like a stretch.
Also, officials are unable to say how many of those who signed up were previously uninsured — the ultimate test of Obama's hard-fought overhaul. They also don't know how many have sealed the deal by paying their premiums.
The numbers showed an uptick in the number of young adults signing up, now 25 percent of the total. Officials expect a last-minute surge of 18-34 year olds before the end of open enrollment on Mar. 31. Their premiums are needed to help with the cost of care for older adults.
Overall, 4 in 5 of those signing up were eligible for financial assistance with their premiums or out-of-pocket expenses.
"Enrollment will continue to increase because it's easier to sign up," said Lynn Blewett, director of the State Health Data Access Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota. "What everybody hopes is that we see more young people and families with young children enrolling, to give the insurance pools a healthy mix of younger and older people."
While the national numbers are improving, the latest report raises questions about what's going on in the states. Ultimately Obama's law will play out differently in each state, since insurance premiums are set at the local level.
Among the states meeting or exceeding expectations, New York was the biggest. Its 211,290 signups represent more than one-and-a-half times its goal. Other populous states among the top performers included Florida, Michigan, and North Carolina.
California, which leads all the states in enrollment, had met 90 percent of its goal with 728,086 signed up.
Texas, which has the highest proportion of uninsured residents of any state, was subpar. It met 53 percent of its goal.
Surprisingly, the worst performers include four jurisdictions where Obama's law has strong support: Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon and the District of Columbia. The three states on that list have all had problems with their enrollment websites.
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More men than women have enrolled in Marketplace plans nationwide – as of February 1, 55 percent of enrollees were female and 45 percent were male. In Tennessee, women make up 56 percent of the total population enrolled in insurance on the exchange.
25 percent of Tennesseans who have signed up for Marketplace plans are between the ages of 18 and 34.
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Review: 'Injustice: Gods Among Us' takes players to alternate DC superheroes universe
One of the classic geek pastimes is arguing over the superiority of superheroes. Is Superman or the Flash faster? Does Batman have a higher IQ than Lex Luthor? Ultimately, these debates break down to a question of might. It always boils down to who would win in a fight.
NetherRealm Studios lets fans answer these "what if" scenarios and offers up a compelling story to boot. "Injustice: Gods Among Us" continues the evolution of the developer behind the "Mortal Kombat" series. It's by far the biggest change for creative lead Ed Boon and his team. "Injustice" borrows elements from their past works, like "Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe," and brings some needed innovations.
"Injustice" introduces players to an alternate universe where Superman has gone mad. The Joker tricked the Man of Steel into killing Lois Lane and their unborn child. At the same time, the crime lord sets off a nuke in Metropolis. Those tragedies lead Supes to kill the Joker and set up a one Earth government ruled by superheroes.
It's a bizarre world, one where Superman is an authoritarian leader, but crime and conflict have been quashed. This doesn't sit well with Batman and others, so the Dark Knight discovers a way to bring the good version of the DC superheroes to this realm and free the people once more.
With two sets of DC characters running around, NetherRealm creates a fertile ground for cataclysmic fights and an epic plotline. Fans play through a Batman vs. Batman matchup or see who would win in a spat between the Joker and Harley Quinn. There are plenty of scenarios and minigames to tackle over the single-player campaign's 12 chapters.
Those expecting "Injustice" to be like "Mortal Kombat" will be surprised to find out that it's more like "Street Fighter IV." NetherRealm does away with the block button; pressing back is good enough. A majority of special moves are done with the familiar quarter-circle motions. Players can dash back and forth by double tapping in either direction. These changes make an unfamiliar game easier to learn.
But the better improvements come in the environment and the comeback mechanics baked into the fighting system. "Injustice" does a brilliant job of making the stages a part of the battle. Players can pick cars out of the air and smash them into foes or uses devices to escape corners.
In stages such as the Fortress of Solitude, punching rivals so they go tumbling through rooms is the norm. Fighters can even use the environment in a combo, slamming foes into the background before juggling them in the air. It pays to know the ins and outs of a stage now, and it factors into attack and defense.
The comeback mechanics are more unusual. First, there are the ultra moves that do heavy damage but need a full power meter to activate. They're always fun and absurdly exaggerated, amplifying the size and scope of the fight. Then there's the Clash move, which lets players wager their power meter in hopes of winning the exchange. Whoever risks the most meter wins the Clash, dealing heavy damage or healing the character. It adds another layer of strategy and is fitting, giving rivals a chance to banter like in the comic books.
"Injustice" introduces good ideas; unfortunately, they don't seem as polished or balanced as they could be. Players don't rack up enough meter energy to take advantage of the higher-level moves. The character power is important to some fighters more than others, while the fluidity of combat just isn't there. The pacing of a match can feel staggered.
Still, fans have to admire the risks that NetherRealm took. It's not the prettiest fighting game or the most responsive, but there are enough fresh ideas to make the title worthwhile for DC aficionados.
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Now that Groupon's traffic weekly traffic is down 20 percent and chief rival LivingSocial's traffic is up 80 percent, Groupon no longer looks like its worth $6 billion.
I admit that I never really liked Groupon and its public dismissal of Google's $6 billion buyout offer just reeked of hubris. Then there's the idea that the Chicago-based company might be worth $15 billion -- and that it better strike while the iron's hot because its copycat rivals are taking a huge chunk of their market share. In other words, sell your shares to the suckers now because in a few months Groupon may be worth a whole lot less, according to a report from Experian Hitwise.
Buoyed by a $10 deal on $20 Amazon gift certificates, Living Social grew its traffic by 80 percent in the last week, and now has more than half of the visits made to Groupon. Groupon, the industry leader, saw traffic drop by 20 percent, wrote analyst Bill Tancer. Of course, the Amazon gift certificate wasn't really a coupon, but a deal brokered between LivingSocial and Amazon -- but I'm sure the buyers didn't care, they just wanted a deal.
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