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11-7 Fall Foliage Report
Here's the latest Fall Foliage report from arkansas.com Take advantage of a beautiful weekend forecast with highs in the 60s!
Northwest/North Central
Rainy days this week have helped the colors immensely, although the Northwest Arkansas area is definitely past peak. Many of the trees here have lost a significant percent of leaves.
Down around the Little Missouri River at the Albert Pike Recreation Area, there was significant color on Monday the 4th.
The Fort Smith/ Van Buren area is past peak. Maples and dogwood are still red but most trees are past prime showing mostly yellow with some gold.
Lake Fort Smith State Park is just past peak at this point. The past few days of rain and wind have knocked a lot of color out of the trees. There is still a lot of color to see but it lacks the variety of color it had last week.
Colors are past peak on Mount Magazine. There are a few splashes of color along highway 309 before reaching the park. Some maples are showing a range of colors from light green to yellow to orange to red.
At Hobbs State Park the brightest colors are beginning to fade, there is still beauty hanging on and fluttering through the brisk winds! Don't miss this beautiful forest rainbow.
On Hwy. 9 between Sylamore & Melbourne this crooked and scenic drive is loaded with red Dogwoods, yellow Hickories and orange turning oaks. There are scenic views just before dropping down from Brandenburg Mountain.
Central/Ouachita Mountain Arkansas
The Conway- UCA Campus area is significantly more colorful this week, with vivid colors and lots of gold. There is still some green, but the color will peak this week. Leaves are starting to fall after the rain from this week.
DeGray Lake is at peak now! The landscape is 40-50% color with a lot of evergreens breaking up the color. Head over to see lots of red from Sweet Gum and Black Gum trees, yellow hickories, and russet oak. HWY 7 around the DeGray Lake Resort State Park is lovely with Winged Sumac on either side. Leaves have started falling and it adds to the overall feel of autumn in the park.
Pinnacle Mountain State Park is at peak! Oaks have started to turn amongst the gorgeous yellow and oranges. All the trees are bright right now, but its feared that rain and wind will knock leaves off quickly.
Petit Jean is at peak! The landscape is dotted with yellows, reds, oranges, and greens. The best places in the park to see the colors would be the Cedar Falls Overlook and behind Mather Lodge. Some trees are showing more than one color. And we have had some rain so a lot of the leaves are falling from the trees. The trails are littered with vibrant colored leaves. The park is beautiful.
Plantation Agriculture Museum State Park- Cypress along Horseshoe Lake behind the museum is aglow in the rusty red. The pecans and sycamores are beginning to yellow. The driving tour down AR 161 from the museum to England is multi-colored with the trees lining the new growth of winter wheat.
Cossatot River State Park has a big mix of every color. There are hardly any green trees except for the evergreens. The park will peak within the next 7-10 days. The Southern Oaks have changed along with the Black Gum, Maple, Sweet Gum, Mockernut Hickory (White Hickory), Boxelder, White Oak and Shumard Oak. You can see a lot of these leaf colors on Hwy 278 West (old Hwy 4) (off of Hwy 71 at Wickes, and off of Hwy 84 at Umpire), in our park Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area, and along Hwy 246 (towns on this stretch are Vandervoort and Athens), and Hwy 71 (Mena to De Queen and possible further either way).
Southern/Eastern Arkansas
Although there is still quite a bit of green, yellow is the dominant color, with some reds and oranges. Bradford pear trees are still green. As you travel north on highway 71, yellow is very prominent with more red and oranges. The Murfreesboro/Lake Greeson area is very colorful although still not at peak. The peak for that area should be a week to ten days depending on the weather. The peak for the Texarkana area is at least 10 days away or more.
Moro Bay State Park- South Arkansas is starting to see some vibrant colors. The sweet gums are changing to a beautiful gold, the bald cypress trees have changed to a nice bronze, and the black gums are a vibrant red. Fall foliage is almost at its peak at Moro Bay State Park.
At the Mississippi River State Park Hickories, poison ivy, and tulip poplars are showing lots of yellow. The smooth sumac and Sweet Gum are turning red. Many oaks are already brown. The leaves closer to the lake seem to show more color than the ones along the Great River Road and Crowley's Ridge Parkway.
The Lake Village Welcome Center area has Noticeable change taking place along Hwy 65 South. The sumacs are bright red and the Sawtooth oaks are turning yellow. The sweet gums are the most colorful with lots of yellow, red and purple color. Our dominate color is still green with splashes of color mixed.
The Logoly State Park hickory trees have turned a brilliant shade of yellow and the sweet gums and maples add splashes of red and orange which stand in sharp contrast to the dark green of the pines. For southwest Arkansas fall of 2013 has been an exceptional year for colorful fall foliage.
The El Dorado Welcome Center area and Southern Arkansas has finally begun to turn. From here to Hope, the color is about 25% changed.
West Memphis Welcome Center area has orange, red and yellow colors slowly showing up but the primary color is still green.
Lake Poinsett State Park near Harrisburg - The reds are starting to disappear, but there is still a variety of light greens, yellows, and some browns and an occasionally red spot that creates a beautiful mixture in some areas. Yellow is the primary color being seen most in the hickory and gum trees on the park. Even some of the cypress trees have turned a pretty yellow color. The lake still has a pretty good array of colors close to the water. Lake Poinsett State Park is located on Hwy 163 just outside of Harrisburg, Arkansas. Hwy 163 is a beautiful drive this time of year.
Parkin Archeological State Park has leaves near peak color. Recent rains and wind have caused some leaves to drop. Any drive along Crowley's Ridge right now is good. Sugar maples near Forrest City are excellent.
The Cypress trees are almost complete brown now near Hampson Archeological Museum State Park, but other trees are turning golden yellow, sunset orange, and radiant reds. These colors can be seen all over the town of Wilson.
The trees near the Delta Heritage Trail State Park have changed color now. Yellow is the dominant color right, but there is still a lot of green visible with pops of red. Oak, hickory, elm, and gumball trees make up most of the foliage visible along the trail but there are plenty of other colorful species including sumac and sassafras.
The Ozarks and parts of Northwest Arkansas are past peak, but there are still opportunities to see great foliage in these areas.
Central Arkansas and the Ouachitas are peaking now. Don't miss the beautify array of colors in this area.
Eastern and Southern Arkansas are seeing some significant changes. Peak is expected in mid-November.

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[Verse 1]
Well met, well met, my own true love
Well met, well met, cried she
I've just returned from the salt, salt sea
And it's all for the love of thee
[Verse 2]
I could have married a King's daughter there
She would have married me
But I have forsaken my King's daughter there
It's all for the love of thee
[Verse 3]
Well, if you could have married a King's daughter there
I'm sure you're the one to blame
For I am married to a house carpenter
And I'm sure he's a fine young man
[Verse 4]
Forsake, forsake your house carpenter
And come away with me
I'll take you where the green grass grows
On the shores of sunny Italy
[Verse 5]
So up she picked her babies three
And gave them kisses, one, two, three
Saying "take good care of your daddy while I'm gone
And keep him good company."
[Verse 6]
Well, they were sailing about two weeks
I'm sure it was not three
When the younger of the girls, she came on deck
Saying she wants company
[Verse 7]
"Well, are you weeping for your house and home?
Or are you weeping for your babies three?"
"Well, I'm not weeping for my house carpenter
I'm weeping for my babies three."
[Verse 8]
Oh what are those hills yonder, my love
They look as white as snow
Those are the hill of heaven, my love
You and I'll never know
[Verse 9]
Oh what are those hills yonder, my love
They look as dark as night
Those are the hills of hellfire my love
Where you and I will unite
[Verse 10]
Oh twice around went the gallant ship
I'm sure it was not three
When the ship all of a sudden, it sprung a leak
And it drifted to the bottom of the sea


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(Clas Olsson, CIO of the International Growth Equity team at Invesco.)
2012 International Equity Manager of the Year, No. 1:
Invesco Ltd.
International ADR Growth SMA/Wrap
This is an expanded profile of one of Investment Advisor-Prima Capital's 8th annual Separately Managed Account Managers of the Year. View the complete article with all the winners here. Read about the process of choosing this year's winners here.
Truth be told, the voting committee at Prima was so impressed with both of the primary nominees in the International Equity Category that they couldn't pick one over the other, so they gave it to them both. It's a good problem to have and reflects the quality of the management in the space overall.
Three key ingredients—philosophy, team and process—helped Invesco's International ADR Growth SMA/Wrap make this year's cut.
If you haven't heard of Invesco, you're probably living under a rock, but we'll provide the basics anyway. The firm is based in Atlanta and is an independent global investment manager providing worldwide investment management capabilities in a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to retail, institutional and high-net-worth clients around the world.
"We're bottom-up stock pickers," says Clas Olsson, CIO of the International Growth Equity team at Invesco when describing the philosophy. "We employ EQV, which stands for earnings, quality and valuation, when looking to purchase high-quality growth companies at attractive prices. And we're true active managers; we're not looking to replicate a benchmark."
Olsson says he and his team are long-term investors, with 20% to 30% turnover of the maximum 75 stocks in the portfolio.
"We also have a stable team in place," he adds. "The portfolio management team has worked together for over 10 years, and most of us arrived at the firm in the mid-1990s."
The team is stable, diversified, experienced—and most interestingly—from different nationalities, something that gives them a unique global perspective that differentiates them from other management teams in the space.
"It's very much a team-managed strategy," he generously states. "I get written up and get all the accolades, but we all participate in getting the shareholders' returns. Our process has been in place since 1992, it's been through good market cycles and bad. It's time-tested and it works."
Prima agrees, noting "The Invesco International Growth strategy is a good choice for investors seeking international large cap quality-growth exposure. Lead portfolio manager Clas Olsson has managed the strategy since 2001 and we have a positive opinion of the team that supports them. In terms of style, Olsson is conservative in his approach to investing in growth companies; thus, we expect the portfolio to generally lag in up markets, but protect in down markets. Overall, the investment team has demonstrated its ability to execute on its stated strategy and Prima has confidence that it will be able to add value going forward."
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Many times the thoughts of Christmas evokes of the bustle of shopping and the quickened pace of activities and events. In times past, gifts were given in order to provide the necessities of life rather than filling the fringe of every desire. In looking back through the leaves of history, I would like to share glimpses of past gifts, gatherings, and benevolence at Christmas.
1908…Gifts for the Wife
If you love your wife buy her a Cook Stove, Range, or a Buggy. These three things are dear to every married woman's heart. What we have in the Stove, Range, and Buggy lines are strictly up-to-date and are A1 quality. The best line Cook Stoves are $6.00 and up. The best Ranges on the market start at $25.00. For the best Buggy on the Market prices start at $35.00. Come see I. J. Morris, The Implement Man in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
1909... Gathering at the Apron Strings (We used to call this "Sparking.")Misses Argie and Margie Redus entertained a large number of their friends Friday evening with an apron and tie party. The girls brought the aprons and ties and the boys chose the ties in envelops and matched them with the aprons the girls were wearing. Each apron was unhemed and the boys had to hem the girl's apron. A prize was offered for this and was won by Mr. Claude Alley. Later a gum molding contest kept the fun moving. Each had to make from a piece of chewing gum some animal or bird designed. Miss Beulah Casey won this prize by making an excellent dog. Refreshments were served later in the evening. All spent a very pleasant evening.
1910…Gifts in Baxter County
Shoes, Oranges, Candies, and Nuts were on sale for Christmas at the Redus Mercantile Store in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
1911…Gifts in Cotter
Some of the greatest influences in Ozark history are the many times the White River flooded. Great havoc has been chronicled in this region, including the "Flood of 16" (1916). Nevertheless, "The Flood of 27" was the turning point of exasperation. I will not repeat a great entry that is cataloged on the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, but I encourage you to read about it here at the Flood of 27.
Cotter, Arkansas
The Flood of 1927
The flood brought devastation along the Mississippi, Arkansas, and White Rivers. The rains began in the spring, lasted through the summer until September. A small reprieve was felt by October. At Christmas, another soaking made front-page news, although it was small in comparison.
The North Fork River was at 30 feet flood stage, the Buffalo River was at 45 feet flood stage, and the White River at Cotter was resting on 28 feet at flood stage and fomenting its' weight down to Batesville. Baxter, Izard, and Marion County roads along the rivers and streams were washed out. The White River Division of the Missouri Pacific Railroad was damaged. Half of the town of Calico Rock, Arkansas, was flooded, and water ran through the main street in Guion, Arkansas.
Many lost houses, crops, cattle, and land this year to the deluge. Although houses were destroyed, the Ozark home endured by grit and determination. Even so, neighbors strove to lend a helping hand to bridge the chasm of despair with goodwill, compassion, and true Christmas Spirit.
1927… Gatherings in Mountain Home
Mr. and Mrs. Z. M. Horton gave a reception Christmas afternoon from four to seven in honor of Mr. Horton's brother, Mr. L D. Horton, and wife, of Durant, Okla. Music was furnished during the afternoon by little Miss Dow Horton, who has unusual talent for one her age, Mrs. Lon Jones and Miss Hallie Shiras. A delightful two-course lunch was served, and Miss Lucie Horton was assisted by Misses Madge Roane, Annie Simpson, and Hallie Shiras.
The guests in attendance as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wolf
Mrs. Patillo
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Dyer
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Morris
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Talburt
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Baker
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Seaward
Misses Simpson, Roane, and Shiras
May you Bless the Father in Heaven...
Find Healing in His presence...
Renew broken bonds with those who were once afar off...
Make Peace with your foes...
Find Joy in the small things...
Feast on the bounty of the land for only $2.00... in your Ozarks' Christmas.
1929…A Feast for the Gatherings
Works Cited"Advertisement - I. J. Morris, The Implement Man". The Baxter Bulletin. 9.51 (6 Dec. 1908) 3. Mountain Home, AR.
"Advertisement- Reus Mercantile". The Baxter Bulletin. 9.51 (6 Dec. 1910) 1. Mountain Home, AR.
"Christmas Offerings" 11.47 (22 Dec. 1927) 1. The Cotter Courier. Baxter County Library. Mountain Home, AR.
"Social Events" 28.2 (3 Jan. 1928) 1. The Baxter Bulletin. Baxter County Library. Mountain Home, AR.
"True Christmas Spirit" 4.49 (31 Dec. 1914) 1. The Cotter Courier. Baxter County Library. Mountain Home, AR.
"A Two-Dollar Dinner For Six" 29.1 (20 Dec. 1929) 3. The Baxter Bulletin. Baxter County Library. Mountain Home, AR.


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David Coburn (born 31 October 1969; age 50) is an actor, voice artist, and singer who appeared as Ensign Brower in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth season episode "The Nth Degree" in 1991. He filmed his scenes on Monday 28 January 1991 on Paramount Stage 9.
He is perhaps best known as the voice behind Captain Planet on the popular animated television series Captain Planet and the Planeteers. This series also featured the voices of his fellow TNG performers LeVar Burton and Whoopi Goldberg, as well as Dean Stockwell, Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Clyde Kusatsu, Ed Begley, Jr., Kenneth Mars, Alan Oppenheimer, Robert Ito, Brock Peters, Michael Bell, and Frank Welker.
Television career
Coburn made his television debut playing Ted Loomis in a 1979 episode of the CBS situation comedy series One Day at a Time, which featured John Putch. He returned to the show in 1981, reprising his role as Loomis. In 1988, he appeared on NBC's Rags to Riches (with Robert Pine) and on ABC's Just the Ten of Us (in an episode directed by Anson Williams). He also guest-starred on The Munsters Today (with Lee Meriwether, Jason Marsden, and John Schuck), Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, 21 Jump Street, Who's the Boss?, and Growing Pains.
In the role of Walter Potter, Coburn was a series regular on Harry and the Hendersons during its first season, as were Bruce Davison and Kevin Peter Hall. Coburn later became a regular on the short-lived UPN series Live Shot (alongside Sam Anderson, David Birney, Bruce McGill, and Jeff Yagher). In between these shows, Coburn made a guest appearance on Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the popular comedy series on which James Avery was a regular. After Live Shot, Coburn made guest appearances on such shows as JAG (with Jim Fitzpatrick and Stephanie Niznik), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (with Felecia M. Bell), and The Sopranos (with Steven R. Schirripa and Josh Pais).
Michael Vejar directed Coburn in the 1999 Babylon 5 movie A Call to Arms, which featured Tony Todd, Tracy Scoggins, and Scott MacDonald. Coburn played a Minbari ranger in this production.
Film work
Coburn was seen in several feature films during the 1980s, the first of which was Richard Fleischer's 1980 musical drama The Jazz Singer. This was followed with a supporting role in Renny Harlin's 1986 thriller Born American, which co-starred Thalmus Rasulala. He then appeared in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), along with Albert Hall, Gregory Itzin, Todd Jeffries, and Dakin Matthews.
Coburn made an appearance in Oliver Stone's 1991 biographical film The Doors, [1] in which Mark Moses, Titus Welliver, and Paul Williams also appeared. In 1998, Coburn starred in the independent comedy film To Hell with Love, which won the Feature Film Award at that year's New York International Independent Film & Video Festival. He then starred in the 1999 independent comic drama Screenplay. More recently he appeared in the crime thriller Able Danger (2008).
Voice-over work
Besides voicing Captain Planet on Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Coburn voiced the role of Dan Darret on the short-lived animated series Pole Position. He also voiced Donnie Wahlberg on the season-long New Kids on the Block animated series, while Loren Lester voiced Jordan Knight.
Coburn and the aforementioned Whoopi Goldberg supplied voices for the animated 1992 television movie Defenders of Dynatron City. Both Coburn and Judi M. Durand provided additional voices on the 1995 film Bad Company, which starred Frank Langella. There was also the 1999 science fiction family television movie Can of Worms, which featured the voices of both Coburn and Malcolm McDowell.
In addition, Coburn has provided additional dialogue recording (ADR) for several live-action feature films. His credits as part of the ADR "loop group" include The Cemetery Club, My Father the Hero, Jackie Brown, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Murder by Numbers, and The Devil Wears Prada.
Coburn has also been supplying voices for video games, most notably the 2004 hit Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Clifton Collins, Jr., Andy Dick, and Wil Wheaton provided voices for this game, as well.


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It's kinda bittersweet to be posting about a job I just did for BusinessWeek on the same day I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop regarding the expected job cuts, but what the heck…it might just be a long time before I have another BusinessWeek story to talk about, right?!!
Last Tuesday, I get a 7:00AM wake-up call from one of my favorite people in the whole World, Sarah Morse…the magazine just got an eleventh-hour OK to shoot Ron Burkle, the supermarket Gazillionaire, and would I be available…like right now…to shoot him?!! I was literally getting ready to head out for a location scout on another gig, but sure…I can call and get Bo's lazy ass outta bed and the two of us could hang with Mr. Burkle for a bit. And I actually knew a lot about Burkle…he was a huge Democratic fundraiser, a regular on the New York Post's Page Six, he owns the Pittsburgh Penguins, he hangs out with Bono and Diddy and Leo and various Supermodels…and he recently bought Sky Studio, a triplex photography studio with it's own swimming pool that I used to rent, as a New York pied-à-terre for about 17 million bucks and that's where we were gonna do the shoot! Of course, we were told that he would have very little time for the shoot and I wouldn't get to meet with him until he arrived, but that didn't matter. Even with a ten-minute shoot window, I figured I should be able to pull something kinda cool off…..
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The backlit, cantilevered staircase gave us a grand entrance focal point and we quickly saw it as the perfect location for our opener. Thank God Burkle showed up wearing a suit and not the jeans and polo shirt his publicist had promised!
After an extremely quick five-minute shoot on the stairs, I asked Ron if we could have a few more minutes to shoot him up on the roof…he graciously obliged and this was the result…..
You can read the article, 'The Other Ron Burkle', HERE and y'all stay tuned to see if I have any more BusinessWeek stories to relay in the future!


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Red Letter Day :
Recipe for Disaster :
A recipe for disaster is a mixture of people and events that could only possibly result in trouble.
Red Carpet :
If you give someone the red-carpet treatment, you give them a special welcome to show that you think they are important you can roll out the red carpet, too.
Red Herring :
If something is a distraction from the real issues, it is a red herring.
Red Letter Day :
A red letter day is a one of good luck when something special happens to you.
Red Light District :
The red light district is the area of a town or city where there are prostitution and sex shops.
Red Mist :
If someone sees red or the red mist, they lose their temper and self-control completely.
Red Rag to A Bull :
If something is a red rag to a bull, it is something that will inevitable, make somebody angry or cross.
Red Tape :
This is a negative term for the official paperwork and bureaucracy that we have to deal with.
Red- Tapism :
Excessive use of formalities in public business
Reds Under The Bed :
An ironic allusion to the obsession some people have that there are reds (communists) everywhere plotting violent revolution
Reduce To Ashes :
If something is reduced to ashes, it is destroyed or made useless.
Reinvent The Wheel :
If someone reinvents the wheel, they waste their time doing something that has already been done by other people, when they could be doing something more worthwhile.
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Missouri Senator Roy Blunt delivered the GOP Weekly Address today.
"We still can avoid going over the fiscal cliff if the President and the Democrat-controlled Senate step forward this week and work with Republicans to solve this problem and solve it now."
Here's the transcript:
"Hi, I'm Senator Roy Blunt from Missouri. As we bring 2012 to a close, leaders in Washington have an opportunity to kick off the New Year by working together to solve some of the big challenges facing our country today.
"At a time when our federal debt's topped a record $16 trillion, it's been more than three years since the Democrat leaders in the Senate have passed a federal budget, and the Senate Majority Leader has refused to bring any appropriations bills to the floor this entire year. There's an old saying that when you fail to plan, you plan to fail, and that's exactly what they've been doing.
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"Meanwhile, small businesses and farm families don't know how to deal with the unfair death tax—a tax that the President and congressional leaders have threatened to expand to include even more family farms and even more small businesses.
"More American energy means more American jobs. But unfortunately, energy projects in the United States are being held back by federal obstacles of all kinds, and the Keystone XL Pipeline been hanging in the balance because President Obama has refused to move forward on what should have been an easy decision for more energy and more jobs.
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"Republicans hope to work across the aisle to solve these and other critical challenges facing America in the New Year. Divided government is a good time to solve hard problems—and in the next few days, leaders in Washington have an important responsibility to work together and do just that.
"Unless Congress and the President act immediately, every American will be forced to pay for the largest tax hike in our nation's history on January 1st. At the same time, the federal government—including our Armed Forces and defense workers—will undergo deep, across-the-board budgetary cuts. Remember, these are cuts that President Obama promised during the campaign would never take effect. And while we need to reduce spending, we can do it in a much smarter, more targeted way.
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"Economists not representing either political party have continually warned that going over the so-called fiscal cliff will lead to devastating job losses at a time when American families and small business owners are still struggling to get back on their feet. In contrast, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that extending tax rates for all Americans would create nearly 1.8 million jobs and increase the nation's Gross Domestic Product by almost 1.5 percent next year.
"Every American taxpayer got a tax cut in 2001, and those tax cuts were good for the economy and good for families. Congress' action to make the first tax bracket 10 percent instead of 15 percent, double the child tax credit, and deal with the marriage penalty in the tax code made a real difference to a whole lot of American families.
"Fortunately, going over the fiscal cliff is avoidable. There's not much time, but there's still time to act. Both President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have claimed that an achievable plan is one that can pass both houses of Congress and Republicans agree.
"The Republican-controlled House has taken a step in the right direction. The House has already passed bills to protect all Americans from burdensome tax increases. In addition, they've passed legislation to replace damaging across-the-board spending cuts with responsible targeted ones, and to bring our nation's record debt under control. But instead of working across the aisle and considering the House-passed plan to protect taxpayers, Senate Democrats have spent months drawing partisan lines in the sand.
"The President's proposal to raise taxes on the top 2 percent of Americans won't even pay one-third of the annual interest that's now owed on this massive $16 trillion debt. In fact, the President's tax hike would only fund the government for eight days. Americans deserve to know: What does the President propose we do for the other 357 days of the year?
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"Inaction shouldn't be an option. The problems facing our country are big, but they're not necessarily all that complicated. The President will never have more political capital than he does right now, and the next few days will begin to define his second term. He was elected to lead.
"We still can avoid going over the fiscal cliff if the President and the Democrat-controlled Senate step forward this week and work with Republicans to solve this problem and solve it now."


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I thought no one would ever use the iPad 2's camera after they realized how shitty it was. But I guess the crappy picture quality doesn't bother Spike Lee, a film director of all people, from using his iPad 2 3G to record a video (I'm guessing cause of his hand placement) of Barack Obama, POTUS. Some moments need to be documented, I guess! But at least put your iPad 2 in landscape mode Spike! [White House Flickr
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Donna Ruhlman
I wanted to include this Baron family recipe because it underscores how rooted in poverty Jewish cuisine is. This is a traditional spread to be served on crackers or toast, an easy and inexpensive canapé. It shows off the versatility of the egg, the power of schmaltz to enrich, the forcefulness of the gribenes to flavor, and the power of the onion. Onion and egg, that's it. In its plainest form—egg, sautéed onion, gribenes, schmaltz, salt and pepper—it's good but very plain. Arthur Schwartz's version, chopped by hand and mashed slightly with a fork, is even plainer-eggs, schmaltz, salt and pepper, enlivened with raw onion. That said, its greatness lies in this simplicity.
Lois is going to get a little huffy, but I've fallen back on my habit of giving this a little sparkle with some minced shallot macerated in lemon, a kick with cayenne, a little more depth of flavor with fish sauce, and a nice crunch from some diced celery folded in-but it's up to you. No matter how you make it, it goes great on water crackers, matzo, thinly sliced toast, and would be a great garnish for a green, leafy salad. For a more fanciful canapé, combine it with chopped liver.
This recipe can be doubled.
- Yield
- 2 cups/350 grams
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 Spanish onion, finely diced
- 1 to 2 tablespoons/15 to 30 grams Schmaltz
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Optional additions, with apologies to Lois:
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 tablespoon minced shallot macerated in a tablespoon of lemon juice for at least 5 minutes
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 small celery stalk, diced
- 2 tablespoons/15 grams gribenes
- 1. In a small saucepan, cover the eggs with 1 inch/3 centimeters of water and bring the water to a boil over high heat. As soon as the water reaches a full boil, cover the pan and take it off the heat. Let the eggs sit in the covered pan, off the heat, for 12 to 15 minutes, then remove them from the water. (Or, if you have a pressure cooker, steam them for 7 minutes, then chill; these are invariably easier to peel.) Run the eggs under cold water, or transfer them to an ice bath, till they're thoroughly chilled. Peel the eggs.
- 2. Meanwhile, in a separate small saucepan over medium heat, saute half the onion in 1 teaspoon schmaltz till translucent. It's a good idea to give them a pinch of salt as you do this, don't be shy. Transfer the onions to a plate and allow to cool slightly.
- 3. Combine all the ingredients except the celery and gribenes and do any of the following: put them through a meat grinder fitted with a medium or small die; coarsely chop them in a food processor; chop by hand and finish by mashing to a pleasing consistency with a fork. Then fold in the celery and the gribenes.
Reprinted with permission from The Book of Schmaltz: A Love Song to a Forgotten Fat by Michael Ruhlman, © 2012


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Barefoot Olympic Gold
Ethiopian runner Bikila Abebe with his gold medal after winning the marathon at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, 12th September 1960. Abdeslon Rhadi of Morocco, left, won silver and Barry Magee of New Zealand won the bronze. Abebe, one of Haile Selassie's personal bodyguards, ran the race barefoot and set an Olympic record with his victory. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


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Facebook entry into S&P 500 could be 'imminent'December 6, 2012: 1:41 PM ET
Facebook will make its way into the Nasdaq-100 (NDX) next week, but the social network could find itself in the even more widely tracked S&P 500 (SPX) soon enough, too.
According to Standard and Poor's methodology, "initial public offerings should be seasoned for 6 to 12 months before being considered for addition to an index." Facebook (FB) just celebrated its six-month birthday as a public company a little over two weeks ago.
While the company's stock has had a rocky debut, with shares still down almost 30% below the IPO price of $38, there's not much preventing it from being added to the benchmark index.
"I think it's a near certainty that we'll see Facebook as part of the S&P 500," said Paul Larson, chief equities strategist at Morningstar. "It's only a matter of time, and my thought is it will be sooner rather than later."
In fact, Larson thinks Facebook's entrance into the S&P 500 could be "imminent--within a couple of weeks." Though there's a chance that Standard and Poor's could decide to give it a few more months.
MetLife (MET) was the fastest company to join the S&P 500, just eight months after its market debut.
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"I'd say the reasons for holding off are very tenuous at best," said Larson, adding that with a market value of about $60 billion, Facebook would rank among the 50 largest companies in the index.
One reason Larson suspects S&P has some of its rules on timing in places may date back to the dotcom era, "when there were some ridiculous IPOs that were flash in the pan situations."
"But Facebook is not even close to that," he added. "It's a company with a real business, and it will be around for a long time. And given that its one of the most highly trafficked websites, I don't see how it would fail any sort of subjective judgment regarding its relevance."
Still, it's worth remembering that it took Google (GOOG) about 19 months to be added to the S&P 500. (It went public in August 2004 and wasn't added to the S&P 500 until March 2006.)
S&P spokesman Dave Guarino declined to comment on the potential of a company to be added or removed from its index, adding that the firm considers "this information to be market moving and material.">
While Facebook's addition to the Nasdaq-100 will help it win some additional shareholders, since more than a dozen mutual funds and about six exchange-traded fund tracks the index of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on its exchange, the social network's stock could enjoy a bigger bump upon its entrance to the S&P 500.
More than 1,300 mutual funds and 17 ETFs use the S&P 500 as their primary benchmark index, which means they would have to add Facebook shares to their holdings once it is included in the index.
"Usually when a stock is added to the index, we see a short-term rise in the stock price as people speculate about all the various index funds that will have to add the stock in order to track the index," said Larson. "But when you think about what it means for the long-term value of the company, it doesn't really matter one way or the other."


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Emerging Market Spread Compression : Is it Real or is it Liquidity? »
Volume/Issue: 2008/10
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Laura Kodres , Kristian Hartelius , and Kenichiro Kashiwase
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451868722.001
Keywords: Sovereign Spreads, Fundamentals, bond, bond spreads, market bond, emerging market bond, standard deviation,
Despite recent turmoil, spreads on emerging market countries' sovereign bonds have fallen dramatically since mid-2002. Some have attributed the fall to improved economic fundamentals while others to ample global li...


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14 February 2013 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
Lignol Energy (LEC) becomes one-of-the-biggest stakeholders of ARW
Singapore: Lignol Energy (LEC) announced its participation in a Private Placement and Rights Offering financing, undertaken by Australian Renewable Fuels that will result in LEC becoming one-of-the-largest shareholders in ARW. Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) had recently allowed Lignol Energy to increase its ownership in ARW beyond the threshold for foreign ownership of 15 percent
On February 7, 2013, ARW proposed a takeover bid for all outstanding shares of Wentworth Holdings, an offer that is expected lapse on February 15, 2013. ARW announced it had instead proposed an alternative capital raising mechanism to raise $12.72 million (A$12.3 million) at $0.01 (A$0.007) per share, comprising an immediate private placement of $4.42 million (A$4.27 million) and an underwritten rights offering of $8.28 million (A$8 million) to ARW shareholders at $0.01 (A$0.007) per share, with the ability of shareholders to apply for oversubscriptions.
The ARW Placement of $4.42 million (A$4.27 million) successfully closed on February 12, 2013 and the ARW entitlement offer is expected to close on March 5, 2013. Through these transactions, LEC intends to make a further investment in ARW of approximately $2.76 million (A$2.67 million) and acquire a further 381,660 billion ordinary shares in ARW. Upon completion of the transactions, LEC expects to hold a total of 744,660,715 ordinary shares of ARW, or approximately 17.75 percent of the firm.
Furthermore, in connection with the ARW entitlement offer, Wentworth and Thorney Holding have agreed to underwrite any shortfall under the ARW offer. Subject to the completion of definitive documentation, LEC has committed to participate in the underwriting obligation with Wentworth and Thorney up to a maximum of $1.81 million (A$1.75 million). Should the ARW entitlement offer not be fully subscribed, then LEC will have an obligation to acquire further shares of ARW.
The above transactions will be funded by the company's existing cash and by a proposed line of credit that will be provided by one of LEC's major shareholders, Difference Capital Funding (DCF). It is currently proposed that DCF will provide LEC with a line-of-credit bearing interest at eight percent per annum on the drawn amount. The term-of-the-credit facility will be the earlier of one year or until completion of a further equity financing. Funds drawn on this facility will be secured on a sole recourse basis against all of the ARW ordinary shares owned by LEC.


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Heather Cameron, Michael Nilson, Kendall Lege, and Dana Macalanda represented Oregon and the Northwest Wushu Alliance this past Saturday (4/28) at the annual competition between various teams from universities around the country. All four were very proud to represent the Northwest and would like to congratulate the University of Virginia Wushu Club for putting together such an awesome tournament.
Medal Count: 2 total (2 bronze)
Michael Nilson: 3rd Intermediate Other Weapon (Fan)
Dana Macalanda: 3rd Intermediate Longfist (Chang quan)
Videos of all four competitors have been uploaded to the YouTube channel.


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Digital radio is the next evolution of radio broadcasting in Australia. While AM and FM radio frequencies are familiar to us all, digital radio is still a very new concept. So what makes digital radio different? It uses a compression format called DAB+ that allows a digital radio device to receive audio that is very detailed and much clearer than the AM or FM station signals received on an analog radio.
In Australia, digital radio broadcasts can only be received by a device with a DAB+ decoding chip built in. These devices, commonly called 'digital radios', can be identified by a blue sticker with a white cross on the product or its box – this is the Australian digital radio broadcasting logo.
Digital radio broadcasts take up much less 'space' on the radio spectrum than analog AM and FM radio – meaning there is room for twice the number of stations that are currently broadcasting on the AM and FM bands. Many of the commercial FM radio stations are also broadcasting on the digital service, with ABC AM and FM stations including Radio National and Triple J also available. To find out exactly which stations are available in your area, there are online services that can tell you, such as the Digital Radio Plus Web site.
If your favourite local or community station is yet to switch over to the digital service, the good news is that some digital radios have analog FM radio tuners (and some even have AM radio support).
As seen with the new digital television services, digital radio also offers significant improvements over its analog counterpart in terms of sound clarity and quality. When you compare a digital radio signal to an FM signal, for example, you can easily hear the improved quality of both music and voices on a digital radio.
In addition to the improved audio quality, another reason to upgrade to digital radio is the ease of use when tuning in to a station. Tuning a digital radio is as simple as scrolling through a list of radio stations on-screen and selecting one – the radio will do the rest, connecting to the strongest signal. Because there's no analog tuning necessary, you'll always have crystal clear reception and no static or interference.
As well as better sound quality and clearer reception, digital radio boasts additional user-friendly features. These additional features vary on each model of radio on the market, so make sure the radio you buy has the features you need.
All the digital radios on the market have an LCD screen that displays information such as the station you're currently listening to, as well as the volume level, time and other text. One feature we like is the ability of radio stations to transmit text along with audio to your digital radio display – for example, when a song is being played the radio station can also transmit the song title and artist. Additional uses include the ability to transmit information about upcoming programs, breaking news or even weather reports. This feature is available on every digital radio.
All the traditional features found on AM and FM tabletop radios can be found on digital radio. Everything from station presets to alarm clocks can be found on digital radio sets. Digital radios may include an audio equaliser, similar to the one found in many stereos. The audio equaliser lets you adjust the bass, for example, so you can boost the audio frequencies from a radio station to make the sound clearer or richer.
Some digital radio models also have a 'review' feature, similar to a digital television recorder's 'time-shift'. It allows users to rewind and replay up to 15 minutes of digital radio broadcasts. This is a nifty feature if you've left the room and just missed the news bulletin or weather forecast.
Digital radios have the potential to evolve into far more than just a simple listening device, as more functionality is implemented into products such as the iRiver B30 MP3 player with intergrated digital radio.
The iRiver B30
The DAB+ digital radio standard allows for the next generation of digital radios to receive music downloads, information and picture slideshows alongside digital radio broadcasts, and some may let you record and save audio clips from digital radio broadcasts to the device. There are a few portable digital radio players available that allow you to listen to digital radio when you're out of the house. These portable digital radio players range in size from large, table-top radios that are battery powered, to small, MP3 player-sized devices that use rechargeable batteries.
Digital radio is the future for radio broadcasting in Australia due to the improved audio quality and the potential to grow the number of radio stations available.


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Love One Another (simplified)
As I have loved you,
Love one another.
This new commandment—
Love one another—
By this shall men know
ye are my disciples,
If ye have love
one to another.
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Music: Luacine Fox
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Composition Date: 2012-08-12
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I tried a search, but I get answers also in the results.
I'd like to search only questions.
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wiki:1 question:1 (shot in the dark) but it didn't work, I still get answers in the results.
In contrast, perhaps a way to search only answers would be useful too
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Novel mouse model provides insight into rare neurodegenerative disease
New research sheds light on common pathogenic mechanisms shared by Huntington's disease (HD) and HD-like disorders. The study, published by Cell Press in the May 12, 2011, issue of the journal Neuron, uses a new transgenic mouse model for an HD-like disorder to unravel complex molecular events that drive disease pathology.
Huntington's disease like-2 (HDL2) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder that is similar to HD. However, HDL2 patients do not have the HD-causing mutation: a repeating CAG sequence in the huntingtin gene that codes for the amino acid glutamine. This mutation results in the production of a chain of glutamines called a polyglutamine (or polyQ) tract within the mutant huntingtin protein. Instead, HDL2 is caused by a CTG/CAG repeat within a region of the Junctophilin-3 (JPH3) gene.
"Both HD and HDL2 brains contain a pathological hallmark called 'intranuclear inclusions' (NIs) that have a similar but not identical distribution pattern in the brain," says senior study author, Dr. X. William Yang, from the Semel Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. "The NIs in HD contain mutant huntingtin protein, but those in HDL2 do not. Therefore, the pathogenic origins of NIs in HDL2 and the mechanisms underlying HDL2 pathogenesis remain to be uncovered."
To gain new insight into HDL2, Dr. Yang and colleagues at UCLA, and collaborators led by Dr. Russell Margolis at Johns Hopkins University, developed a series of bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-mediated transgenic mouse models of HDL2 (BAC-HDL2) that contain an expanded CTG/CAG repeat in the human JPH3 gene, as well as control BAC mice with a nonexpanded CTG/CAG repeat. BACs have been shown to be useful for modeling genetic diseases because they allow introduction of a large piece of human DNA carrying the disease mutation into the mouse genome, thereby permitting the accurate expression of the disease gene similar to that in the patient.
The researchers found that the BAC-HDL2 mice exhibited several key characteristics found in HDL2 patients, including age-dependent motor deficits, selective forebrain atrophy, and brain region-specific distribution of NIs. Molecular analysis revealed that a novel promoter was driving expression of an unexpected section of DNA which encoded a polyQ protein. Importantly, BAC-HDL2, but not control BAC mice, accumulated polyQ-containing NIs in a pattern that was remarkably similar to that seen in HDL2 patients.
The findings point to overlapping polyQ-mediated pathogenic mechanisms in HD and HDL2. "We have generated and characterized the first BAC transgenic mouse models of an HD-like disorder, HDL2," concludes Dr. Yang. "Our analysis suggests that expression of a novel expanded polyQ protein could play a critical role in HDL2 pathogenesis and provides experimental evidence to suggest that HD and HDL2 may have overlapping polyQ-mediated disease mechanisms. Further elucidation of such mechanisms may provide therapeutic targets for both disorders."


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That California government is in a financial crisis is not news – but it is in crisis. And, that only 13% of Californians think that the legislature – both Republican and Democrats are doing a good job, indicates a that an opportunity exists to throw the baby out with the bath water. Or, as Rahm Emanuel says, "don't allow a good crisis to go to waste."
At an interesting conference, "Getting to Reform: Avenues to Constitutional Change in California," on October 14, at the Sacramento Convention Center, Prof. Kimberly Nalder, an associate professor of Government at Sacramento State said California voters are like a person who contracts with a personal trainer to lose weight, then says, "but I don't want to do any exercise and I don't want to go on a diet." and then blames the trainer for not producing results. The conference was sponsored by the Center for California Studies at CSU-Sacramento and others.
New Field Poll figures released Wednesday Oct.14, at the conference show that voters think the state needs fundamental reform. And, majorities would favor a constitutional convention to propose revisions.
However, they tend to oppose commonly discussed changes such as reducing the two-thirds voting threshold to pass a state budget or raise taxes, modifying or eliminating term limits and altering the state tax system.
"The rub is, what are we going to reform?" Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo said. "With these results, it's going to be a tall order to put a package before voters that they will support."
There are two major groups promoting fundamental change, Repair California a mostly business interests group that plans to place a measure on the ballot for November 2010 calling a convention ( http://www.repaircalifornia.org/), and California Forward ( http://www.caforward.org/), a mostly business interest group –along with the State Building and Construction Trades Unions and other bipartisan advocates- who prefer to change the constitution with a series of concrete proposals rather than a convention. For example, a proposition could be placed on the ballot calling for a majority rule in the legislature rather than the current 2/3 requirement to pass a budget or to raise taxes. The Repair California convention approach assumes that delegates to a convention would be selected rather than elected and the 2/3 vote requirement would be off the agenda of the convention.
A constitutional convention could, for example, change the laws on labor rights or educational rights.
Scholars and advocates at the conference noted that California voters want more services and to pay less taxes, and some hope that a Constitutional Convention will achieve this improbably end. R. William Hauk, of the California Roundtable ( a business lobbying power house), the pre eminent Capitol insider argued that "the sky really is falling," and that excessive partisanship prevented the legislature from fixing the very real financial problems of the state. This is a position- it should be noted- frequently taken when your side is not winning.
Prof. Amy Bridges of U.C. San Diego gave a historical analysis of the last time a constitutional convention revised the California Constitution in 1879 and Glen Gendzel, of History at San Jose State U. reported on the reform efforts of 1911 which brought us the initiative, the referendum, and the recall processes.
The history was informative, however it failed to note that the 1879 constitution replaced the 1849 constitution, and in so doing it eliminated the protections of bilingualism, of Mexican American political and property rights, and established a regime of White Supremacy. They did note the infamous efforts to ban Chinese immigration. These issues continue to resonate as recently as California Prop. 187 and 227. Proposition 187 itself was somewhat inaccurately described at the conference as having no practical effect because of the federal court injunction. That is partly correct. However, as those of us who were active in the campaign for No on Prop. 187 know, most of the provisions of California Prop. 187 went on to be included in the Immigration Reform and Control act of 1996 and thus apply throughout the nation.
So, for ethnic minorities, the constitutional convention route may be fraught with peril. Noticeably, the conference was almost 90% Anglo with an roughly equal distribution of men and women participants. California's registered voters are 65% White, 21% Latino, 5.8 % African American, and 8.2 % Asian and other.
There was a significant presence of English speaking media participating on panels so I anticipate that readers will soon see essays based upon the polls and the presentations at the conference. For details on the many aspects of the reform efforts see http://www.ReformCalifornia.org.
The precedings of the conference will be on line at http://igs.berkeley.edu/events/reform2010.html. And will be broadcast on the California Channel.
Friday, October 16, 2009
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Maybe this is why Adam Carolla called it The Man Show.
Carolla, who most recently appeared on Celebrity Apprentice, recently told the New York Post that "dudes are funnier than chicks." While promoting his new book, Not Taco Bell Material, Carolla insisted that he doesn't hate working with women, but that they're always the least funny members of the various writing staffs of which he's been a part.
"They make you hire a certain number of chicks," he says. "If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I'm just gonna tell her, 'Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they'll have to hire you, they can't really fire you and you don't have to produce that much. It'll be awesome."
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Carolla also likened working with female comedians to choosing your basketball team. "You'll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you're playing the odds. When it comes to comedy, of course there's Sarah Silverman, Tina Fey, Kathy Griffin — super funny chicks. But if you're playing the odds? No.
"If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they'd be off TV," he continued. "They're not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we'd know who she was? Honestly."
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NEA President: Obama's budget keeps America moving forward
Students take back seat in House spending proposal
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President Barack Obama today released his Fiscal-Year 2012 budget, making the tough choice to focus scarce financial resources on education. His budget comes on the heels of a proposal by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) to make draconian budget cuts in the FY 2011 Continuing Resolution Obama requested.
"Money is tight in every American household," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "In tough economic times, it's reassuring that President Obama continues to make education a national priority by calling for important investments in quality public education to keep America moving forward. Reckless cuts, like those proposed by the House Appropriations Committee Chairman, would dash the dreams of countless American students and stall the engine that drives our economy. We urge House Republicans to rethink their approach and ensure that our students can 'out-innovate, out-build and out-compete' the world."
Rogers is seeking deep budget cuts to the tune of $100 billion in the FY 11 Continuing Resolution that President Obama requested, effectively gutting special education grants to local school districts, Head Start for children and Pell Grants to disadvantaged college students, among other proven programs.
The proposed cuts would put additional strain on states' budgets already cut to the bone. Wisconsin faces a two-year budget deficit of $3.6 billion. Ellsworth Community School District in Wisconsin is slashing 24 of its 150 school personnel positions to save $1.1 million. Educators and students already are feeling the economic pinch.
One of the educators not returning to school next year is Shelly Moore, a 13-year English and drama high school teacher at Ellsworth Community High School. Moore teaches grades 9-12. She also is the school's only Advanced Placement instructor. Moore took her message to Congress last week, pleading with lawmakers to put students first and reminding them that investing in education is the right thing to do for students, communities and the nation.
"Policymakers need to make tough choices to restore fiscal discipline, but we hope they do not jeopardize our students' education, which is tied to all of our futures," said Van Roekel. "How many working families will see their children's future vanish before their eyes if one wing of the House Republican caucus has its way?"
NEA is urging Congress to oppose any proposals that put the nation at great risk by decimating public education and other programs that ensure a competitive workforce and future economic vitality. "We know that there is a diversity of opinion within the House of Representatives about our national budget priorities," said Van Roekel. "We encourage House leaders to allow for a full debate and hope that a majority of the House will support investments that support students and our country's progress."
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Check out this brilliant collection of famous album covers remixed to star all of comics' greatest superheroes. The Teen Titans sit in Bat-Detention, Elektra's a maniac, and you'll never guess who plays Prince.
All of these album cover remixes are from illustrator and comics god Cliff Chiang, who even went so far as to change up the final letter at the end of The Breakfast Club as a tribute to John Hughes:
"Dear Batman: We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in Bat-detention for whatever it is we did wrong, but we think you're crazy for making us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is an archer, and a speedster, and a swimmer, a princess, and an acrobat. Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, The Teen Titans."
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Drought in 2001-2002 Fueled Rocky Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak
Reduced precipitation in the southern Rockies turned outbreak into epidemic
Results of a new study show that episodes of reduced precipitation in the Southern Rocky Mountains, especially during the 2001-2002 drought, greatly accelerated a rise in numbers of mountain pine beetles. The overabundance is a threat to regional forests.
The research is the first to chart the evolution of the current pine beetle epidemic in the southern Rocky Mountains.
It compared patterns of beetle outbreaks in the two primary host species, the ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine, said University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder) researcher Teresa Chapman.
A paper on the subject is published in the current issue of the journal Ecology. Chapman is lead author of the paper; co-authors include CU-Boulder scientists Thomas Veblen and Tania Schoennagel.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the research.
"This study confirms that warming temperatures and drought are likely triggers of the widespread bark beetle outbreaks that have devastated forests over vast areas of the West," said Richard Inouye, program director in NSF's Division of Environmental Biology.
"It also suggests why bark beetle outbreaks may vary for two different tree species," he said, "and how different forests may be more or less susceptible to these insects that are transforming mountain landscapes."
The current mountain pine beetle outbreak in the Southern Rockies–which ranges from southern Wyoming through Colorado and into northern New Mexico–is estimated to have affected almost 3,000 square miles of forests.
While the 2001-2002 drought in the West played a key role in pushing the pine beetle outbreak into a true regional epidemic, the outbreak continued to gain ground even after temperature and precipitation levels returned to levels nearer the long-term averages.
The beetles decimated lodgepole pine forests by moving into wetter and higher elevations and into less susceptible tree stands–those with smaller-diameter lodgepoles that share space with other tree species.
"In recent years some researchers have thought the pine beetle outbreak in the Southern Rocky Mountains might have started in one place and spread from there," said Chapman.
"What we found was that the mountain pine beetle outbreak originated in many locations. The idea that the outbreak spread from multiple places, then coalesced and continued spreading, really highlights the importance of the broad-scale drivers of the pine beetle epidemic, like climate and drought."
Mountain pine beetles range from Canada to Mexico and are found at elevations from sea level to 11,000 feet. These native insects have shaped the forests of North America for thousands of years by attacking old or weakened trees, resulting in younger forests.
The effects of pine beetle overpopulation are especially evident in recent years on Colorado's Western Slope, including Rocky Mountain National Park, with a particularly severe epidemic occurring in Grand and Routt counties.
The most recent mountain pine beetle outbreak began in the 1990s, primarily in scattered groups of lodgepole pines at low elevations in areas of lower annual precipitation.
Following the 2001-2002 drought, the outbreak was "uncoupled" from the initial weather and landscape conditions, triggering a rise in beetle populations on the Western Slope and propelling the insects over the Continental Divide into the Northern Front Range to infect ponderosa pine, Chapman said.
The current pine beetle epidemic in the Southern Rocky Mountains also was influenced by extensive forest fires that ravaged Colorado's Western Slope from roughly 1850 to 1890.
Lodgepole pine stands completely burned off by the fires were followed by huge swaths of seedling lodgepoles that eventually grew side-by-side into dense mature stands, making them easier targets for the pine beetles.
"The widespread burning associated with dry years in the 19th century set the stage by creating vast areas of trees in the size classes most susceptible to beetle attack," said Chapman.
Veblen said a 1980s outbreak of the pine beetle in Colorado's Grand County ended when extremely low minimum temperatures were reached in the winters of 1983 and 1984, killing the beetle larvae.
But during the current outbreak, minimum temperatures during all seasons have been persistently high since 1996, well above the levels of extreme cold shown to kill beetle larvae in laboratory experiments.
"This implies that under continued warming trends, future outbreaks will not be terminated until they exhaust their food supply–the pine tree hosts," said Veblen.
Chapman said there has been a massive and unprecedented beetle epidemic in British Columbia, which also began in the early 1990s and now has affected nearly 70,000 square miles.
"It is hard to tell if this current beetle epidemic in the Southern Rockies is unprecedented," she said. "While warm periods in the 16th century may have triggered a large beetle epidemic, any evidence would have been wiped out by the massive fires in the latter 19th century."
The rate of spread of the mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine forests has declined in the southern Rocky Mountains during the past two years because of a depletion of host pine population.
But surveys indicate that the rate of beetle spread in ponderosa pine forests on the Front Range has increased sharply over the past three years.
The current study suggests that under a continued warmer climate, the spread of the beetle in ponderosa pines is likely to grow until that food source also is depleted.
"Our results emphasize the importance of considering different patterns in the population dynamics of mountain pine beetles for different host species, even under similar regional-scale weather variations," said Chapman.
"Given the current outbreak of mountain pine beetles on the Front Range, the effect on ponderosa pines is certainly something that needs further study."
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This morning on Fox And Friends, the crew quizzed Miss Oklahoma about whether known Arab Rima Fakih won Miss USA fair and square. Hint: some people wonder if she didn't! To her credit, Morgan Woolard didn't take the bait.
Despite having to acknowledge the fact that the questions are randomized, Gretchen Carlson was quite intent on discovering just how Oscar "Nunez" might have rigged the whole thing in order to oppress the all American blonde.
Also, Morgan Woolard supports states' rights, which means states can do whatever they want and she's fine with it, case closed.
Since Jon Stewart is on vacation this week, we'll have to render our own moment of zen now from Steve Doocy and the other guy who isn't Doocy earnestly arguing over whether it was a poledancing contest, a stripper contest, or a radio promotion that Rima Fakih won.
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Police win federal grant for school safety
The Newtown massacre made schools everywhere realize how vulnerable they may be.
Some Central Iowa districts began to re-examine their security issues long before the tragedy.
The Knoxville Police Department is one of few departments nationwide to receive a special type of grant from the federal government. They applied for it last spring, and decided the best use of the money would be in keeping schools safer.
"The relationship between the school district and the police department can always be better, and one way to make it better is to have an officer there all the time," said Police Chief Dan Losada.
In the days since Sandy Hook, school safety has been a priority for law enforcement.
"We had this plan well before Sandy Hook," said Losada.
But in Knoxville, a new school resource officer isn't so much a sign of the times, as it is a way to bridge the gap between young people and police.
"We're fortunate and we're a small community, we're on a first-name business with a lot of people in the community, even the officers are. So we're going to put a friendly face in the schools," said Losada.
The school resource officer will rotate between the five schools in the Knoxville district, spending the most time at the high school.
"I think seeing the same face, a familiar face, time and time again, is going to be a real benefit to the kids," said Knoxville High School principal Kevin Crawford.
Most of the time, police visits to Knoxville schools are the result of minor issues like fighting or tobacco, but principal Crawford said there's always room for improvement.
"Another set of ideas to how you can make your schools safer and more proactive, I think that's a real benefit," said Crawford.
By having an officer in schools, Losada hopes the district will avoid ever having a more serious need for law enforcement.
"We're hoping that if someone does want to plan something like Sandy Hook, that another student will hear about it and come talk to the officer and will be able to prevent those types of tragedies," said Losada.


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WRU National Finals Day returns to Principality Stadium on Easter Sunday. The annual event sees the Wales' best clubs sides go head to head at Principality Stadium in a day that celebrates community rugby. RGC will be making their Cup debut having seen off Merthyr in the semi-finals with a last minute try.
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3 red stickers for Albuquerque restaurants
Red or Green Restaurant Report: March 18, 2013
The Albuquerque Environmental Health Department handed out three red stickers last week after customer complaints were made.
Health inspectors paid a visit to the IHop at 5221 Ouray Rd NW after a customer claimed their glass of water smelled like sewer water and the food served was cold.
The health department found several violations including ham thawing improperly, cooks did not have a thermometer to check if food was cooked the proper temperatures and the restaurant did not have a sanitizing solution ready to use.
Inspectors gave the restaurant a red sticker.
Action 7 News left messages for IHOP's district manager, but that message hasn't been returned.
After a reinspection, the IHOP now has a green sticker.
Violations at Los Compadres Restaurant at 2437 Central Ave. NW resulted in a red sticker.
Health inspectors said violations at Los Compadres Restaurant at 2437 Central Ave. NW resulted in a red sticker.
Health inspectors said a customer contacted the department about a strong sewer odor.
Inspectors found food improperly stored – several boxes of potatoes stored on the floor, salsa beans and chile in the cooler without covers, several hamburger patties stored directly on the freezer shelf and several whole non-pasteurized eggs stored at room temperature.
Inspectors also found employees reusing gloves to handle ready-to-eat food and touching bread without gloves on.
"I wasn't around at the time of the inspection and some of the employees were slacking off. We had a big meeting and made sure everyone knows how to do their job. We even shut down for a day to do a major cleaning. We take this very seriously," owner Robert Martinez said.
After a follow up inspection, the restaurant has a green sticker.
Papa Felipe's Mexican Restaurant at 9800 Blvd. NE was also hit with a red sticker. A customer claimed they became ill after eating the restaurant's salsa.
Inspectors said they found the restaurant was not cleaning and sanitizing food prep area properly and a layer of debris on the dishwasher.
Action 7 News stopped by the restaurant, and the owner had a prepared statement.
"On Friday during a routine inspection, we were sited on a technicality and were given a not in compliance. On this past Monday, we went to the environmental health department and spoke with a supervisor to clear this up," owner Rudy Guerrero said. "We were reinspected and received a 98 out of 100."
The restaurant owner said this is the first red sticker Papa Felipe's has ever received after decades of being in business.