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Early Organization and Administration
On the day he reached Washington, McClellan began to turn McDowell's raw and undisciplined troops—most of whom hailed from New England and the Middle Atlantic states—into soldiers. The men were efficiently organized, thoroughly trained, and well armed and equipped. Morale rose and the troops came to regard the handsome, nattily attired, and splendidly mounted "Little Mac" as their savior. McClellan's popularity with the rank-and-file would endure long after his removal from command late in the autumn of 1862. From the start, he was less popular among his political superiors; for months he ignored Lincoln's urgings—and then his demands—that the effective army McClellan had created take the offensive.
Originally, the army's highest echelon was the division, on paper consisting of approximately 12,000 men. Early in March, the command having swollen to more than 125,000 men, Lincoln ordered McClellan to create four corps (later expanded to six), each composed of two or three infantry divisions, with artillery and cavalry attached. During the Peninsula Campaign, these units were commanded, respectively, by major generals McDowell, Edwin V. Sumner, Samuel P. Heintzelman, Erasmus D. Keyes, Fitz-John Porter, and William B. Franklin. As would later become evident, each officer owed his position to seniority, not tactical prowess.
Command of the army's field artillery, which by early 1862 consisted of some 100 six-gun batteries, went to Brigadier General William F. Barry, who was a better administrator than a combat leader. Barry's second-in-command, Colonel Henry J. Hunt, supervised the army's 100-cannon artillery reserve. In September 1862, Barry was succeeded by Hunt, who served as chief of artillery for the rest of the war. Although never accorded rank commensurate with his vast responsibilities, Hunt gained a reputation as the most talented artillerist in the nineteenth-century American army. Confederate commanders conceded the superiority of his command, which remained a constant throughout the war.
McClellan's handling of the army's cavalry and his selection of its commander lacked inspiration. By reducing his mounted arm—initially 6,500 troopers—into small units for tactical employment, he frittered away its latent power. Titular command reposed in Brigadier General George Stoneman, who rarely had more than a few hundred troopers at his disposal. Ultimate authority was vested in the commanders of the corps to which the mounted units were attached, few of whom had cavalry experience.
For the first two years of the war the army's horsemen—relatively few of whom were native equestrians—were overmatched by Lee's cavalry under Major General J. E. B. Stuart. Not until mid-1863, when organized into an independent corps, was the cavalry able to compete against its vaunted adversary. By then the command had grown to 11,000 and had acquired such capable leaders as Brigadier Generals John Buford, David McMurtrie Gregg, Wesley Merritt, and George A. Custer. On the eve of the war's final year, command of the corps passed to Major General Philip H. Sheridan, whose hard-driving leadership helped it gain a sustained advantage over its adversary.
To head the army's many support units, McClellan selected well. As quartermaster general of the army he appointed Brigadier General Stewart Van Vliet, assisted and later succeeded by the resourceful Brigadier General Rufus Ingalls. Other efficient staff officers included the army's chief engineer, Brigadier General John G. Barnard; its chief topographical engineer, Brigadier General Andrew A. Humphreys (later a major general and corps commander); its chief commissary, Colonel Henry F. Clarke; its provost marshal, Brigadier General Marsena R. Patrick; and its adjutant general, Brigadier General Seth Williams. Most of these officers retained their positions under McClellan's many successors.
Operations: 1862
Although a gifted organizer and morale builder, McClellan proved a failure as a field commander. In early April 1862 Little Mac, having shipped his troops in transports to Fort Monroe, led them up the Virginia Peninsula to Yorktown. There he confronted a small garrison whose strength he greatly overestimated. Surprised and cowed, he spent a month laying siege to the port village. On May 3, just as his laboriously erected siege batteries prepared to open fire, the Confederates evacuated, heading for Richmond.
McClellan launched a ponderous pursuit, slowed further by a delaying action at Williamsburg. By late May most of his army was finally in position to attack or invest the enemy capital, but his ranking opponent, Joseph E. Johnston, struck first, precipitating the Battle of Seven Pines–Fair Oaks, May 31–June 1. Although the fighting ended with Johnston's withdrawal, it had exposed McClellan's faulty dispositions astride the Chickahominy River. Robert E. Lee, who replaced the wounded Johnston on June 1, was quick to take advantage. A raid by Stuart around the rear of the Army of the Potomac, weakly opposed by the fragmented and scattered Union cavalry, gave Lee the information he needed to launch a week-long series of attacks aimed at pushing his opponent as far from Richmond as possible. Almost all of the subsequent Seven Days' Battles ended in a draw or a tactical victory for the Army of the Potomac, which nevertheless retreated at McClellan's order. When the last Confederate assault was repulsed at Malvern Hill on July 1, thanks largely to the devastating power of Hunt's cannons, the flustered and intimidated McClellan was ensconced at Harrison's Landing on the James River, twenty miles from his unattained objective.
Although he had outnumbered Lee handily, McClellan accused the Lincoln administration of failing to provide him with sufficient manpower. After Malvern Hill he refused to reassume the offensive unless reinforced to an exorbitant extent. Unwilling to comply, Lincoln's newly assigned general-in-chief, Henry W. Halleck, ordered that most of the army return to Washington, D.C. The Third and Fifth corps and elements of two other corps were hastened west, where Major General John Pope's Army of Virginia was engaging the vanguard of Lee's army under Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson near Culpeper Court House. The two Union armies failed to mesh, helping to bring about Pope's decisive defeat on August 29–30 on the fringes of the old Manassas battlefield. The botched campaign ended with a general withdrawal to Washington and in Pope's relief. Fitz-John Porter, a political rival of Pope's, became a scapegoat for the debacle; subsequently court-martialed, he was dismissed from the service for alleged disobedience of orders. Meanwhile, Pope's survivors were absorbed into the Army of the Potomac, which McClellan continued to lead.
Lee, flushed with victory, led the Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac River into Maryland. Obliged to pursue, McClellan moved at his customary glacial pace. In mid-September he finally caught up with his opponent along Antietam Creek. The battle fought there on September 17, 1862, the bloodiest day in American history, inflicted 12,400 Union and more than 13,000 Confederate casualties. Lee's precarious position, McClellan's strength advantage and his capture of a copy of Lee's invasion plan should have produced a clear-cut Union victory. But Little Mac squandered his advantage through disjointed assaults, and he failed to ensure that subordinates performed capably. The primary underachiever, Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, commander of the newly acquired Ninth Corps, spent several hours trying to cross the creek in the face of a much smaller enemy and turn the Confederate right. When finally across, Burnside was stymied by late-arriving reinforcements.
The Army of the Potomac gained a strategic victory when, late on September 18, Lee ended his invasion and returned to Virginia. As though content to let him go, for six weeks McClellan remained in Maryland, resting and reorganizing. When Lincoln visited the stationary army, he described it as "McClellan's bodyguard." On November 7, political pressure forced him to relieve the general. To replace him, Lincoln unwisely chose Burnside, a soldier known more for stubbornness and inflexibility than for proficiency in combat.
Lincoln was encouraged when Burnside developed a seemingly viable plan to outflank Lee on the road to Richmond by crossing the bridgeless Rappahannock River opposite Fredericksburg. Burnside's army—which now consisted of eight corps divided into four "Grand Divisions"—stole a march on its enemy, but errant pontoon trains stranded it on the north bank near Falmouth. Before the bridges arrived, Lee took up nearly impenetrable positions south and west of Fredericksburg. Refusing to reconsider his strategy, on the frigid morning of December 13 Burnside commenced a series of gallant but doomed assaults, many directed toward a well-defended stone wall at the base of Marye's Heights. Although the Union troops briefly gained a foothold along Lee's right, by day's end 13,000 had been killed or wounded compared to fewer than 5,500 Confederates.
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, 1863
Late in January 1863 Burnside tried to salvage his campaign via a turning movement beyond Lee's western flank. Soon after the army got underway, rain, snow, and impassable roads brought an ignominious end to the "Mud March." On January 26, finally convinced of Burnside's incapacity and influenced by the intriguing of some of his subordinates, Lincoln replaced him with Major General Joseph Hooker. A caustic but relatively discreet critic of his deposed superior, "Fighting Joe" overflowed with self-confidence bordering on hubris; he once boasted that "God Almighty could not prevent" him from besting Lee. For all his faults, however, Hooker was a talented organizer and motivator. By dismantling the unwieldy Grand Division structure and consolidating his cavalry, he made the army more mobile and powerful. By ensuring that the men were better fed, supplied, and armed, he won their gratitude and respect. And by holding regular reviews and issuing corps badges, he bolstered morale and unit pride.
Like his predecessor, Hooker devised a complicated but promising plan to turn Lee out of his defenses below Fredericksburg. Late in April he led about one third of his 134,000-man army across the Rappahannock and into the rear of the Army of Northern Virginia. Another third was held in reserve; the rest remained near Falmouth to divert Lee's attention. Hooker's advance achieved surprise, but once across the river he made faulty dispositions, trapping his troops inside the dark and clotted Virginia Wilderness. More critically, at the eleventh hour he displayed moral infirmity—with success seemingly within his grasp, he went over to the defensive. At last aware of the danger to the rear, Lee turned about and attacked from two directions. The crucial blow was delivered on May 2 by 26,000 troops under Jackson who demolished Hooker's unanchored right flank near the Chancellorsville crossroads. Four days of ferocious but confused fighting ended when Hooker, thoroughly demoralized and dazed by a shell burst, withdrew the army to Falmouth.
In the aftermath of its latest humiliation, the Army of the Potomac marked time on the Rappahannock even as Lee completed plans for his second invasion. He began moving west and north on June 3, heading for Maryland via the Shenandoah Valley. Thanks partially to reconnaissance lapses by the Union cavalry, now led by Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton, Hooker did not discover his opponent's departure until mid-month. Only after the president vetoed Hooker's proposal to advance on Richmond (a move Lincoln and Halleck feared would uncover Washington), did the Army of the Potomac move north in strength. For two weeks, however, it remained in northern Virginia while the Confederates pushed into Pennsylvania.
Sensing that he had lost the confidence of his superiors, Hooker forced a showdown by demanding that the garrison of Harpers Ferry, Virginia, be added to his field force. When Halleck refused, Hooker tendered his resignation, which was quickly accepted. To replace him Lincoln selected the commander of the army's Fifth Corps, Major General George G. Meade, a competent but prickly soldier who could be counted on to defend his home state of Pennsylvania. With mixed emotions, Meade assumed command on June 28, three days before his advance overtook Lee's army outside Gettysburg and brought on one of the war's pivotal battles.
On July 1, during the first day of fighting at Gettysburg, Lee's vanguard—a full division of infantry—was held at bay by John Buford's outnumbered but tenacious cavalry. In classic dragoon tradition, Buford's troopers (who had first distinguished themselves in battle against J. E. B. Stuart the previous month at Brandy Station) fought in the saddle and afoot, as conditions dictated. The delaying action enabled the lead elements of the army's advance wing, under the able Major General John F. Reynolds, to reach the field. Overwhelmed by faster-arriving Confederate reinforcements and demoralized by the mortal wounding of Reynolds, late in the afternoon cavalry and infantry withdrew through Gettysburg. On high ground south of town they withstood further pressure until nightfall ended the fighting.
On July 2, the Army of the Potomac, now on the field in full strength, turned back offensives against both of its flanks. It gained an especially critical victory on the far left, where a desperate defensive effort secured strategic Little Round Top. On the third, Hunt's artillery helped break up a climactic assault by 12,500 Confederates (Pickett's Charge) against the center of the Union line along Cemetery Ridge. While infantrymen and artillerists grappled, cavalry under Gregg and Custer repulsed an attempt by Stuart to break through in the far rear. The battle—which claimed 23,000 Union and 28,000 Confederate casualties came to be known as the High Water Mark of the Confederacy. Afterward, the tide of Confederate victory began to recede.
When Meade failed to attack on July 4, Lee pulled out and headed for Maryland. The next day, his opponent began a cautious pursuit. Small-unit skirmishes—mostly cavalry affairs—consumed the next ten days. But although the rain-swollen Potomac prevented the Army of Northern Virginia from returning to its namesake region until July 13–14, Meade failed to deliver a parting blow. When Lincoln bemoaned the loss of a precious opportunity to destroy Lee's command, the prideful Meade offered his resignation but eventually consented to stay on. He would lead the army through the balance of the war.
The Coming of Ulysses S. Grant, 1864
Autumn 1863 was a season of maneuvering by both armies in the disputed area between the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers. It featured relatively few large engagements, mainly because both commanders, sensitive to recent manpower losses (Meade's Eleventh and Twelfth corps had been transferred to Tennessee to help Ulysses S. Grant lift the siege of Chattanooga), avoided a major confrontation. The largest clash occurred in mid-October when the crack Second Corps broke up a Confederate assault at Bristoe Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. In late November a promising drive below the Rapidan against Lee's right flank was blocked along Mine Run. Small-unit actions closed out the winter, capped by a raid on Richmond (February 28–March 4) by cavalry under Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick and Colonel Ulric Dahlgren. Controversy surrounded the expedition, which ended in Kilpatrick's retreat, Dahlgren's death, and the discovery of papers on the colonel's body suggesting the raiders had intended to capture and kill Confederate officials, including Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
Believing that Meade needed help to defeat Lee and take Richmond, Lincoln called Grant to Washington. On March 9, 1864, the victor at Shiloh (1862), Vicksburg (1863), and Chattanooga (1863) accepted promotion to lieutenant general, thus replacing Halleck in overall command of the Union armies. Recognizing the critical importance of the war in Virginia, especially with Lincoln up for reelection in November, Grant chose to make his headquarters with the Army of the Potomac. He would give the army strategic direction while allowing Meade to handle tactical dispositions and conduct combat operations The unorthodox arrangement appeared fraught with friction and discord, but the two generals managed to develop a mutual trust and admiration that made the relationship work.
From the Wilderness to Petersburg, 1864
Grant's so-called Overland Campaign—in effect, a continuous and nearly year-long advance—began on May 4, 1864. That morning Meade's army, which due to battle losses had been consolidated into the Second, Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth corps, crossed the Rapidan east of Lee's headquarters at Orange Court House and plunged into the Wilderness. Next morning, before Union troops cleared the forest, Lee rushed up and brought them to a halt. For two days the armies clashed furiously and often blindly in the woodland where Hooker and his men had met disaster just one year earlier. By the close of the day on June 6, the Army of the Potomac had absorbed 17,000 losses (some 15 percent of its total strength) to little avail—the road to Richmond had been effectively blocked.
Unlike Meade's predecessors, Grant refused to retreat and salve his wounds. Late on the seventh the Army of the Potomac shifted southeastward and resumed its advance. Enjoying interior lines of movement, Lee barred Meade's path near Spotsylvania Court House, precipitating a series of bloody but indecisive battles (May 8–21). During this period Meade's newly installed cavalry leader, Philip H. Sheridan, led 10,000 horsemen on a raid in the general direction of Richmond. Again the Confederate capital escaped capture, but on May 11, at Yellow Tavern, Sheridan battled Stuart's cavalry to a standstill and mortally wounded its celebrated commander.
On May 21 Grant had the army disengage and march to the North Anna River, where he was again stymied by the alert Lee. By the close of May Meade's army was heading to Cold Harbor, a crossroads hamlet ten miles northeast of Richmond. Once again Lee got there first and dug in. Backed up against the James River, a frustrated Grant ordered Meade's troops and an attached column from Major General Benjamin F. Butler's smaller Army of the James to attack Lee's hastily constructed but formidable defenses. The assaults of June 1 and 3 produced drastic losses, bringing Union casualties to a total of 50,000 since the start of the campaign.
Obliged to plan anew, on June 12 Grant sent Butler's forces by transport down the Pamunkey and York rivers and then overland to Petersburg, twenty-two miles below Richmond. As Butler moved out, Meade's troops began to cross the James on pontoons. On the south side they, too, headed for Petersburg, Richmond's primary supply center. The risky stratagem was aided by diversions, including a raid by Sheridan toward Charlottesville. The expedition culminated in the war's largest mounted battle, at Trevilian Station (June 11–12), where Sheridan was roughly handled and turned back.
At first, Grant's plan to take Petersburg appeared a brilliant success. The Army of the James reached its lightly defended objective before Lee realized it had left Cold Harbor. Then, however, a disastrous lack of cooperation between Butler's advance and the later arrivals under Meade produced a series of uncoordinated, piecemeal attacks that were soundly repulsed. By June 18, having discovered Grant's escape, Lee was at Petersburg with his entire army.
Unwilling to concede defeat, Grant sanctioned a fantastic-sounding scheme to dig a powder-filled mine under an enemy salient on the east side of Petersburg. On July 30 the mine detonated, blowing the salient to pieces, but a botched attack (the Battle of the Crater) ended any chance of taking the city by storm. Grant now felt compelled to besiege both Petersburg and Richmond. Over time the operation, shared by Meade's and Butler's armies, forced Lee to extend his lines more than thirty miles. Though ultimately successful, the time-consuming strategy lowered the morale of the Northern public, causing Lincoln to despair of reelection.
In mid-July, Grant was forced to detach troops to repulse a raid on Washington by Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early. On August 1 he sent Sheridan, with the Sixth Corps and two of Meade's cavalry divisions, to the Shenandoah Valley, to which the raiders had withdrawn. Sheridan spent the next seven months battling Early and laying waste to the "Breadbasket of the Confederacy." A series of dramatic victories over the Valley Confederates, combined with the September 2 capture of Atlanta, Georgia, by Major General William T. Sherman (Grant's successor in the West), revived spirits throughout the North and helped Lincoln defeat his Democratic opponent, former General McClellan, who had run on a peace platform.
The Road to Appomattox, 1865
Into the spring of 1865 the Army of the Potomac continued to extend its lines below Petersburg. On March 29 it began a final effort to crush Lee's right flank. On April 1 infantry and cavalry under Sheridan, recently returned from the Valley, achieved a breakthrough at Five Forks. The next day Lee evacuated Petersburg, Richmond, and the works in between. His army headed west, hoping to turn south and link with Joe Johnston's army in North Carolina. By hard marching, elements of the Army of the Potomac forged ahead of the weary, half-starved Confederates and brought them to a halt near Appomattox Court House. Failing to clear the roadblock, Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9. Lee's capitulation had a demoralizing effect on other Confederate forces, including Johnston's, which surrendered to Sherman on April 26.
An Appreciation
The Army of the Potomac endured some of the most devastating and humiliating defeats in the history of American arms, yet it never relinquished its quest for ultimate victory. By prevailing over a formidable foe despite political pressure and both uninspired and incompetent leadership, the army came to epitomize tenacity and perseverance. Its long-suffering troops fervently hoped that history would grant them these accolades. As one of its enlisted men observed midway through the war, "It is actually wonderful how the Army of the Potomac stand the deprivations, trials, & reverses that have been heaped on them without stint or mercy to meet the foe with undaunted spirits. … I look forward to the time when a man can say with pride, 'I belonged to the Army of the Potomac'." That day finally came on April 9, 1865.
Time Line
July 25, 1861 - The Military District of the Potomac is formed; it comprises troops from the Army of Northeastern Virginia and the defenses of Washington.
August 15, 1861 - Upon the merger of the military district into the Department of the Potomac, its army assumes the name it will bear for the remainder of the war.
August 20, 1861 - George B. McClellan forms the Army of the Potomac out of Union troops gathered in Washington, D.C. He becomes its first, best-loved, and most controversial commander.
April–May 1862 - In the Peninsula Campaign, Union general George B. McClellan leads the Army of the Potomac toward the Confederate capital at Richmond from the southeast.
May 31–June 1, 1862 - In the Battle of Seven Pines, Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston takes advantage of a flooding Chickahominy River and attacks a split Union army under George B. McClellan. Only stubborn fighting and timely reinforcements save McClellan from disaster. Johnston is severely wounded in the fighting.
June 25–July 1, 1862 - In the Seven Days' Battles near Richmond, Robert E. Lee defeats George B. McClellan in a series of fierce engagements. In contrast to the Shenandoah Valley campaign, Confederate general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's movements are slow, sparking controversy among contemporaries and subsequent historians over the reasons for Jackson's performance.
August 1862 - After defeat in the Seven Days' Battles, Union general George B. McClellan is ordered back to Washington, D.C., and most of his troops are transferred to a new army under John Pope.
August 28–30, 1862 - At the Second Battle of Manassas, Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia defeats Union forces under John Pope.
September 17, 1862 - In the bloodiest single day of the war, George B. McClellan attacks Confederates under Robert E. Lee at Antietam Creek in Maryland. The battle ends in a stalemate, but Lee is forced to retreat south to Virginia.
December 13, 1862 - Confederate general Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia crush Union general Ambrose E. Burnside and the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fredericksburg in one of the most lopsided defeats of the war.
May 1–4, 1863 - Joseph Hooker is defeated by Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
July 1–3, 1863 - Union general George G. Meade defeats Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg, forcing the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to retreat toward Virginia.
March 10, 1864 - Ulysses S. Grant is promoted to lieutenant general and named general-in-chief of all U.S. armies.
May 5–June 3, 1864 - Ulysses S. Grant, the Union's new general-in-chief, directs the Army of the Potomac south toward Richmond. Bloody and largely inconclusive fights at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania, along the North Anna River, and at Cold Harbor result in Grant's army's taking up siege positions before Petersburg.
June 15, 1864–April 2, 1865 - Ulysses S. Grant presides over the Petersburg Campaign and effects the evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg.
July 30, 1864 - The Battle of the Crater causes 4,000 Union casualties and, though a technical success, is a tactical catastrophe for Ulysses S. Grant.
April 6, 1865 - At the Battle of Sailor's Creek during the Appomattox Campaign, Confederate general Robert E. Lee loses 20 percent of his army, most of it captured, including nine generals.
April 9, 1865 - Confederate general Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia surrender to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
- Civil War, American (1861–1865)
Further Reading
Cite This Entry
- APA Citation:
Longacre, E. Army of the Potomac. (2012, April 19). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Army_of_the_Potomac.
- MLA Citation:
Longacre, Edward. "Army of the Potomac." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, 19 Apr. 2012. Web. READ_DATE.
First published: January 25, 2012 | Last modified: April 19, 2012
Contributed by Edward Longacre, a retired historian for the Department of Defense. The author of biographies of several Union and Confederate generals, he lives in Newport News.


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This was all about kumra kalyan ras, an extremely effective ayurvedic medicine for dealing with your health problems and also for keeping your body healthy in future. The last question that must be your mind right now if ayurveda is new for you is the availability of ayurvedic medicines. Ayurveda is nowadays reaching to every house, and taking this into consideration, many companies have started dealing in ayurvedic medicines. In fact, you can now buy ayurvedic medicines online. There are many medicine stores and millions of medicines in each one of the store, but unfortunately for ayurveda it was not the same. Ayurveda promises to give your health back to you, and by keeping this promise, it once again has entered into the heart of Indians. And the results can be seen in the form of many ayurvedic brands, stores, and some online efforts to enhance the reach of ayurveda in the form of parmanand ayurveda.
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My Ninja, Please! 1.31 : Machine Learning
Imagine this problem: you are blindfolded and sat next to a person typing on a standard keyboard. You listen to the person type for 10 minutes. Click-clack, tip-tap. Your task is to learn to recognize what they are typing by the sound of fingertips striking keys. Sounds pretty tricky, but some researchers at Berkeley developed an AI system that can do just that.
How does it work? This is where things get even more impressive. The input to the system is a 10 minute sound recording of a person typing. The algorithm uses this recording to build a model of the sounds generated by certain keys being struck. Amazingly, there is almost no knowledge built into the system from the start. The initial model does not know how many keys there are or where the boundaries between keystrokes are.
Most machine learning systems begin by using data that has been labeled by people - this is called "supervised learning". The Berkeley system doesn't need an annotated dataset. It doesn't even need to know the alphabet being used. To think of the equivalent task being performed by a human, you have to imagine something like a blindfolded Russian listening to someone type English, although even that doesn't go far enough, since Russian and English share some semantic and syntactic linguistic universals that an AI system isn't privy to.
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Tory Lanez & A$AP Ferg come through for a cartoonish new video.
This is Tory Lanez & A$AP Ferg like you've never seen them before. The brand new video for "Bal Harbour" finds both rappers undergoing the animated treatment courtesy of Tristan Zammit, enacting a storyline imagined by Tory himself. It's a colorful journey with psychedelic visuals and a surreal, trippy vibe.
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Sep 10, 2019
International migrations: a global issue is a time demanded course for the population movement operations front line worker for better approach to reach the beneficiaries.
Mar 02, 2020
Thank you for a job well done by the instructor and cousera.\n\nI look forward to more courses on related subject, preferably with credits.\n\nMerci!
von Nera H•
Nov 26, 2018
The course is not up date with current developments on the matter. As it is an international relations course, it should be regularly improved and developed. No information is given on when was it recorded/published.
Some materials are repetitive.
Tests are too easy.
von India F•
Mar 03, 2019
I learned a lot from the course however there was a lot of repetition, English translations were not of a good quality, there was not a variety of interactive ways to learn so it at points became quite tedious. I did enjoy the content, I just felt the presentation was severely lacking and wouldn't recommend this as a beginner level course.
von Diana C P P•
May 08, 2020
I really enjoyed this course because helped me to understand better the Global Migration Phenomena as a result of Globalization and other factors, but specially how migration and development have a both side relationship. The course give you the global vision of the problem and if you are interested in starting learning about this theme I really recommend it to you.
von Carla D•
Feb 17, 2019
It was a privilege to follow this course taught by a real expert in the subject. I realize that my knowledge on the subject of global migrations increased considerably.
von Marna P•
Aug 23, 2018
very interesting and with a lot of information about the topic.
von Gina V•
Mar 26, 2019
Interesting content, though in a field like migration having few references that are more recent than 2015 is slightly disappointing!
Overall, would recommend for a broad understanding of the foundations of this field of study.
von Jonathan G•
Feb 21, 2018
as coarsely absolutely no sense. There were no tests or assignments, it was in English but the professor who presented it spoke French! What was the point of this course?
von Marlot H•
May 24, 2019
There are no updates in this course and no references to the literature. The videos are in French, without English subs. The content is interesting though,
von Matthew L•
Aug 03, 2020
Course with interesting content. The first few weeks are a more globally-focused, but then on it takes a strong European focus. Videos are in French and are clear, and English subtitles are available for non-French speakers. I found the tests a bit too easy though.
von Marianna G•
Oct 22, 2020
The course is very good especially if you have no knowledge at all regarding migrations. The only thing I could point out to be improved is to use more recent data since most examples are dated from 2015 or 2016 and a lot has changed since then.
von Christian M C B•
Sep 02, 2019
It was an amazing class, with a clear idea and developed in small sub-topics, that together help you understand, based on the past, what global migration means nowadays not only for developed countries but also to underdeveloped countries.
von SOUMIK M•
Feb 23, 2019
The course is quite enriching and student friendly to complete. Students shall be able to gather enormous amount of knowledge from this course. It would have been great if input of other eminent personalities were also available.
von Samantha D•
Jun 29, 2020
I enjoyed the short videos followed by the readings, which helped fill in the gaps to certain things said in the videos. Very easy to follow and a great class to take if you're interested in migration issues!
von Huma K•
Sep 23, 2018
After learning and getting deep insight knowledge from an excellent faculty of Sciences Po, Paris, I have learnt a lot about International Migrations and consequences and factors related to it.
Thank you!
von Amarjargal•
Jul 31, 2020
My work experience and career in somehow to linked with migration activity, therefore it was good to gain structured information and deepen knowledge on migration and its interrelation with development.
von Lizbeth G•
Jun 02, 2020
A great introduction to the migration complex situation. It will help me a lot to improve my skills and knowledge in my duties at work. I am looking forward for more courses like this one.
von Prokofev A D•
Oct 02, 2020
Overall, the course is interesting and I liked it. But, unfortunately, the lectures are in French with English subtitles, which somewhat reduces the perception of the material.
von Tofail A•
Sep 10, 2019
International migrations: a global issue is a time demanded course for the population movement operations front line worker for better approach to reach the beneficiaries.
von mustafa d•
Jun 30, 2020
I saw the question "how can I start to study for migration topic?" asked by lots of students. I was also curious about the answer and found it in this excellent course!
von Luca G•
Apr 01, 2020
I found this course really intresting and complete. The migration issue is explain in the proper way and I think it can help me to improve my university carrer.
von Aida S M C•
Jul 23, 2020
Un curso muy interesante, se aprende acerca el proceso de migración que se ha visto a lo largo de la histpria y cuales han sido los que más an tenido.
von Bakre R A•
Mar 02, 2020
Thank you for a job well done by the instructor and cousera.
I look forward to more courses on related subject, preferably with credits.
von Theophilus Q•
Jul 29, 2020
Very insightful and rich in content. Learnt a great deal about migration in the 21st Century world with all its attendant information.
von Kaesha-Leigh M•
Jul 27, 2020
Although the primary focus is European, there are many things that I learned. I enjoyed this course thank you.
von Grace M G•
Jan 28, 2019
Curso introdutório fundamental para o conhecimento do tema imigração/emigração e refúgio em escala global.


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Intrinsic motivation is the highest possible form of motivation that an organization can pursue. Because if the organization succeeds in finding all of their personnel the trigger that ignites their intrinsic motivation, then the staff is motivated by the activity itself and they will do everything to succeed. The HR Manager will therefore have to ask: what is your motivation?
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text: Regional Cancer Centre, RCC, Thiruvananthapuram 7. September 2019 18:42 / dilip / Admission Notice . Admission Miscellenous Course . Kerala / Comments (0) Regional Cancer Centre, RCC, Thiruvananthapuram Recognized by Indian Nursing Council & Kerala Nurses and Midwives Council Medical College Campus, Post Bag No.2417 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Phone-No: 91-471-442541 Fax: 91-471-2447454 Email: email@example.com Website: www.rcctvm.org About College: The Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Thiruvananthapuram, was established in 1981 by the Government of Kerala and Government of India. We are a comprehensive cancer centre catering to the population of the State of Kerala and the adjoining parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. From a modest beginning, the Regional Cancer Centre has evolved into an internationally recognized centre for conducting a wide range of cancer research and providing state-of-the-art facilities for cancer diagnosis, treatment, palliation and rehabilitation. Course Name: Post MSc Diploma in Radiological Physics (PG Dip R.P) Eligibility: · Applicants should satisfy the following conditions: · Nativity: Should be an Indian Citizen · Academic Qualifications: B.Sc. with Physics as one of the Main subjects conducted by any of the UGC approved Universities in India. A pass in Full time M.Sc. Physics conducted by any of the UGC approved Universities in India with 60% marks in aggregate of the subjects · In case of Grade System, grade to percentage of marks conversion scheme obtained from University should be submitted along with the application Age Limit · Age as on (01st January 2019) · General – 26 years · OBC – 29 years · SC/ST – 31 years · For Physically challenged candidates, there is a relaxation of age by 10 years; only candidates with physical disabilities limited to the lower extremities, are able to stand and move and are physically able to carry out the course requirements will be considered · Number of Seats: 04 (Four) Per Year Selection Process · The selection of candidates will be based on the marks obtained in the entrance exam · The merit list will be based on the total scores obtained out of a maximum of 120 marks which will be derived by adding 100 marks (MCQ) and 20 marks (interview) Fees Details · Application Fees: Rs.300/- (Rs.100/- for SC/ST Candidates) · Administrative Charges Fee: Rs.3000/- (non-refundable) · Tuition Fees: Rs 1,20,000/- · Caution Deposit Fee: Rs 50,000/- (refundable without interest after Internship) · University Fees: As fixed by Kerala University of Health Sciences, Thrissur · Exam Fees – As fixed by Kerala University of Health Sciences, Thrissur How to Apply: Application Form · Candidates seeking admission to the course should do online registration and complete the application form provided in the website. The Prospectus and Annexure can be downloaded from the website. · The candidate has to visit the website. where he/she can find the link 'Application for Post-M.Sc. Dip RP 2019-20' for submitting his/her application · Step 1: The candidate will be directed to another page where he/she should click the link 'Apply Online'. Fill in the required details; click 'save button'. Verify all details entered and click 'submit button' for final submission · A 'Confirmation Page' will be displayed with a unique application number; note down the application number and password; this is required for completing the application process and for future reference · Step 2: Candidate Login, Candidate login is required to complete the rest of the steps of online application. For login, enter the Application Number and password · Step 3: Upload Photograph Once you are successfully logged in you will be directed to upload the photograph · Take a printout of the filled Application form. Duly completed application must be accompanied by a Demand Draft payable at State Bank of Travancore, Medical College Branch, Thiruvananthapuram or any of its service branches payable at Thiruvananthapuram for Rs.300/-drawn in favour of "Director, Regional Cancer Centre" Closing Date: Last Date for Completing Online Application: 16th September, 2019 Last Date for Receiving Postal Application: 20th September, 2019 Publishing the list of Eligible candidates: 25th September, 2019 Comments: To know more Information about this courses please visit: www.rcctvm.org 54d1ae80-dbf9-441b-9cc4-f232b1e1cd96|0|.0|96d5b379-7e1d-4dac-a6ba-1e50db561b04 Tags : Admission in Regional Cancer Centre , RCC , Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala , admission process in Regional Cancer Centre , 2019 Kerala , eligibility criteria in Regional Cancer Centre , admission procedure in Regional Cancer Centre , RCC Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 2019 , admission status in Regional Cancer Centre , Post M Sc Diploma in Radiological Physics 2019


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Tempting Cameron: A Lone Pine Lake Novel #2 by Karen Erickson
Book Description (Amazon)
The girl next door never looked so good…
For Cameron McKenzie, Chloe Dawson has always just been his younger sister Jane's best friend—a pesky annoyance who followed him around and acted like he hung the moon. It isn't until Jane's wedding to her firefighter beau Chris that Chloe reappears in his life…and she isn't pesky or annoying anymore. In fact, the beautiful Chloe tempts him beyond reason. But Cam knows he's damaged goods—not nearly good enough for Lone Pine Lake's resident good girl.
Chloe's always dreamed of a future with the dark, brooding Cam, and after they share an explosive kiss, she wonders if her dream could be coming true. Cam's never stuck around his hometown for long, though, so she makes him an offer: one sweet summer romance with no strings attached. This good girl's ready for an adventure…one that just might end up lasting a lifetime.
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If you are looking for a "feel good" light romance, then this is a book you'll enjoy. The story's main conflict is whether Chloe Dawson can convince Cameron McKenzie to open his heart to her. Providing alternating point-of-views from Chloe and Cam gives readers an in depth look at the realities each face in life and their struggle to find love and acceptance from each other.
Cameron McKenzie left his hometown right after high school graduation, determined to escape the small town lifestyle that has always stifled him. His career as a freelance photographer has enabled him to travel all over the world, giving him an excuse not to have to return home.
While working as a war photographer in Afghanistan, Cam is wounded and his sister Jane's wedding provides an opportunity to return home to heal the emotional and physical scars that plague him. It also provides an opportunity for him to realize that his sister's friend Chloe is no longer "…the skinny, flat-chested girl with braces and glasses."
Now, Chloe has blossomed into an attractive young woman, who in Cam's mind is "…the epitome of the sweet beautiful girl who wanted it all." That is reason enough for him to stay away from her. He isn't the type for relationships, and he knows that, if he pursues Chloe, it will only end with her getting hurt.
It's been years since Chloe has seen Cameron, but, when she sees him at his sister Jane's wedding, she realizes she still hasn't outgrown the crush she's had for Cam since she was twelve-years-old.
Although she tries not to be obvious about her feelings for Cam, he is already aware of her attraction to him: "…he'd caught her more than once looking at him with an uninhibited, adoring gaze. As if she believed he could hang the moon and touch the stars."
Cam is an enigmatic, mesmerizing character, whose quiet, sullen nature keeps most at a distance. He has a reputation as someone who runs; when situations become difficult, he leaves. However, through his point of view, readers are able to look beyond his aloof exterior to see a man who has been both physically and emotionally wounded.
Chloe is such a wonderful character. She's kind-hearted, open, and giving to others. Her personality, as well as her status as an elementary teacher, has made her a beloved member of the community. Although she is relatively content with her lifestyle, she can't help but feel that she's missing out. She tells Cam, "…I can't help the way I feel. Like there's something deep within me that longs to be free. I want to explore, have an adventure, do something shocking…"
Her revelation becomes the impetus for Cam to move beyond polite conversation and kiss Chloe:
"She tasted of sunshine and innocence. And beneath that, an aroused sexy woman…she was temptation personified." Yes, good girl Chloe becomes a temptation that he tries so very hard to resist. Being around Cam brings out an uninhibited side of her that others never see. When she boldly suggests that they could have an intimate adventure together, he realizes that. although he would enjoy a fling with her, he would ultimately leave again letting her and his family down.
The temptation to be with Chloe is so great that Cam forces himself to say hurtful, cruel things about Chloe's crush on him to further discourage her. His callous words have the intended effect, and an angry, tearful Chloe leaves feeling utterly humiliated.
When Cam discovers that Chloe has had a car accident soon after she leaves him, he blames himself: "Guilt squeezed Cam's heart in its ferociously tight fist. He'd made her cry with his rotten words that had been full of half truths. He was a complete jackass. And was most likely responsible for the accident."
Interestingly, when Chloe awakens in the hospital, she is unable to remember most of the events leading up to the accident. Cam spends time with Chloe partly to assuage his guilt, and partly because he's attracted to her. He knows he needs to confess what happened between them prior to her accident, but he keeps putting it off, telling himself he'll wait until she fully recovers.
Although Chloe knows Cam will leave as he always does, she still propositions him for a summer romance, only she's smart enough to know that becoming intimate with him will surely break her heart. Although Chloe is willing to jump into a "no strings attached" relationship with Cam, she does make the stipulation of no sex.
The plot of the story moves at an effective, smooth pace detailing the "adventures" of Chloe and Cam and their evolving relationship, which starts out with Cameron "courting" Chloe just like in the good ole' days, where they just talk and smooch.
Their friendship deepens as they begin to confide their doubts and insecurities to each other. Chloe is patient, forgiving, and nonjudgmental, which is exactly the type of woman Cam needs, as he struggles with past emotional and physical scars. Yes, he does act like a jerk at times, but Chloe is always right there, persistent in tearing down the barriers he has erected to protect himself.
One of the most poignant scenes in the book is when Cam and Chloe are at their most vulnerable in deciding whether to take their relationship to the next level of intimacy:
"I need to know. Is there a chance I could break your heart, Chloe?"
She wasn't sure how to answer. Her heart was already breaking for him…she was in love with him.
I break everyone's heart…I don't know how to stick anymore even when I want to.
"I could teach you." If he turned her away now, she was done. She couldn't face the humiliation of being so open with feelings for Cameron any longer if he shut her down. "If…if you want to know how."
Without a word he moved over her, cupping her face with his calloused hands. "Every time," he murmured, his expression grim, his gaze pained. "Every time I'm ready to pull back, you have this way of reeling me in."
I loved seeing them both so open and honest with each other, without hidden agendas. The author shows the authenticity of their feelings for each other as they fall in love. Chloe and Cam are both dynamic characters each growing into stronger and more resilient because of the other.
Yet, how far can their relationship go, as long as Cam continues to hide the truth from Chloe? He knows he needs to confess, but now he is too afraid he will lose her, if he does.
When the truth finally is revealed, Chloe is devastated, thinking Cam has only been in her life out of guilt.
Can Chloe ever forgive him for what happened the evening of the accident? Or, will she even get the chance, since Cam's first inclination in dealing with conflict is to run?
The author does an excellent job of showing the complexities of a real romantic relationship. One ultimate theme that emerged for me after reading this book —
Although this is the second book in the Lone Pine Lake series, it can be read as a stand-alone novel.
I received an advanced review copy (ARC) of this book from the author through Entangled Publishing for an honest review.
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This one is for you Chloe!
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Elvis Presley "Can't Help Falling in Love"
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Ronnie Coffman serves as International Professor of Plant Breeding and Director of International Programs of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. He also serves as Principal Investigator of the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSPII), the Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat project, the Agricultural Innovations Partnership, and the NextGen Cassava Project. Previous positions include Associate Dean for Research and Director, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station; Chair of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, and Plant Breeder at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Coffman`s work has been important to the development of improved rice varieties grown on several million hectares throughout the world. He has collaborated extensively with institutions in the developing world and has served as a board member for several international institutes. His Ph.D. is from Cornell and undergraduate work was done at the University of Kentucky, his home state. Coffman is the recipient of the 2013 World Agriculture Prize.
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Agricultural biotechnology and crop improvement
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Agriculture in the Developing Nations
Agriculture in the developing nations
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- World Agriculture Prize (2013) Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations
- Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils, and Environmental Sciences Mentoring Award (2011) American Society of Agronomy / Crop Science Society of America / Soil Science Society of America
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- The Threat of a New Wheat Stem Rust Race to the World's Food Supply. AAAS Annual Meeting 2012. February 2012. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Vancouver, Washington.


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My poor husband has to manage one of the most entitled babies in the fucking world and she flipped the fuck out today. Unfortunately, my husband is a human being with feelings who doesn't love drama, so he is stressed and has no one to vent to except me. And I have no one to vent to except you guys, so here goes!
Imagine — setting the scene — that you're a middle manager at a small-ish company who has ~ 10 people under you, and you announce to them that you plan on exiting the company loudly and repeatedly. You, in this scenario, literally tell your manager that you are planning on leaving to start your own business MANY times over the course of months. You work on this new venture of yours on the clock at your actual job and everyone kind of lets you with the understanding that you're stepping out soon.
And then you don't leave. Important dates for the company are coming up that are going to require fully invested management, and you're still twiddling your thumbs because you haven't raised enough venture capital (or something, who the fuck knows). On top of that, you schedule yourself to be completely absent during all important — company-wide —upcoming dates without consulting anybody.
Then, when senior management decides they have waited long enough and can afford to wait no longer — after all, they have to train new managers! — and demotes (not fires!) you with a reasonable pay cut so they can better compensate replacement management, you FREAK THE FUCK OUT. You complain that you were going to leave on your own timeline.
Oh, yeah, obviously, the ENTIRE company should just wait for you to do exactly what you want to do and fuck anyone else. They should just pay you your same salary regardless of needing to put other management in place. Compensation should have nothing to do with work quality, ethic, or company loyalty.
So when you get demoted you try to go above your manager's head, direct to the owner of the company, and shit all over everything and complain how you didn't get your way because you didn't ask to be demoted in writing. As if removing yourself from the schedule and telling everyone for months wasn't clear enough.
Who the FUCK thinks like this?! Does no one talk about how 'everyone is replaceable' anymore? I'm one of those Damn Millennials and even I know that! Who has the stones to get demoted and jump to the owner of the company as if that wasn't the person who authorized the management restructuring?
All this drama, for something a person openly advertised that they wanted.
I'll be honest — for me, there is a personal element to this. My husband personally hired this person specifically with the intention she'd be upper management someday and has been totally let down by her lack of commitment to the position(s) she's had. It's been so fucking obvious (she's literally said it to me at a company event, which was a bad move) that she doesn't think the position she's in is 'worthy' of her. She's thinks she's cut out for bigger things.
Well good. Go do your big things, girl. You'll have all the time in the world now.


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What do we pay a realtor for? (part 2)
If a client asks what he pays a commission for, then the service is not clear to the client. A convincing answer should begin with a counter question: "What do you want and expect from a realtor?" I believe that the real estate service today is positioned incorrectly. Traditionally, it is offered to the buyer, and money is taken from the buyer. We are not working properly, gentlemen! Realtor services should be aimed at protecting the interests of the seller – the owner of the property. We must help him sell the property as profitably as possible, which means more. This is the essence of the work of a realtor. Therefore, for our services, we must take money from the seller, not from the buyer. And the realtor must help the buyer choose the option that he wants. Continue reading


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Perhaps you already have narrow down your choices to these two brands – LG and Samsung. Both provide the largest steam washers on the market now, both are price attractively to consumers being Asian brands and both provide very nice size washing machines – up to 8kg if you have need for one.
The question now is, which do you choose?
Surveys from consumers have shown that both LG and Samsung command a large group of loyal consumers when it comes to purchase of a new washing machine. According to the latest 2008 report by J.D. Power and Associates Laundry Appliances Study, LG came in first for best clothes washer vendor. Samsung won the dryer manufacturers awards instead.
This survey, comprising more than 3300 consumers, is based its ranking on a few factors:
a. Ease of use
b. Energy efficiency and noise level factors
c. Types of special features
d. Design and style
e. Warranty coverage
f. Value
The report came out that LG has scored the highest followed by Samsung, Sears, Kenmore. The difference in points is 831 for LG against 829 for Samsung – a mere 2 points set them apart. Sears and Kenmore are not far behind with same score of 819.
One interesting fact that comes out of the report, is that both Asian brands (that is LG and Samsung) has won over the consumers with their clothes cleaning effectiveness compared to other more established US and European brands.
Another important consideration with consumers nowadays is the energy efficiency of their washing machines. More consumers are switching to higher-efficiency washing machines and this figure has picked up to more than 60 per cent now.
So the bottom line is that both Samsung and LG differ very little. Performance reviews has shown that Samsung front loaders are well designed and uses less water whereas LG most popular models are its top loaders which require less maintenance.


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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Vote Griffey, MacEwan for new leadership
Robert Rogers, Shelton
Vote Griffey, MacEwan for new leadership
If you have been watching TV or reading your mail lately, you must be confused about all the "small government" Democrats campaigning in our state, especially in the 35th District. These can't be the same people who have been in the Legislature during the past 14 years. Oh wait — they are!
Rep. Haigh's TV ad touts her small government and lower tax stands. Is this the same person that was the fifth highest in sponsoring or co-sponsoring proposed tax or fee increases in 2012 in the House? (The Freedom Foundation Voter Guide) Is this the same person, and party, that refused to work on and address the budgetary needs of the state this year until forced to in a second special session? Is this the same representative that votes against the 35th and continually supports overriding the people's will to make tax increases difficult and not the very first option?
It is the same person, and it is time for a change to a representative who actually is for smaller government, prioritized spending, and truly represents the people of the 35th District. Dan Griffey will actually bring these issues to Olympia and work to implement them, not just give them lip service for a week in the fall, every two years. Let's get a representative who votes the same way they advertise, and who listens to and represents this district, not the party caucus.
I support Dan Griffey and Drew MacEwen as new leadership for the 35th.


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Scientists have recently tossed out some scary warnings. According to recent studies, the oceans will be essentially devoid of fish by the year 2050, supplies of oil will soon reach their peak and warming temperatures may soon turn Montana's Glacier National Park into the National Park of Puddles [sources: Black, Porter, Jamison]. At the rate we're going, it looks like future generations will face some insurmountable challenges, but not if the environmental nonprofit Earthwatch Institute has anything to say about it.
Earthwatch, the world's largest private independent organization supporting volunteer-assisted research, is on a mission to create environmental sustainability one volunteer at a time. Environmental sustainability means protecting the environment so that it can support diverse plants and wildlife indefinitely. Founded in 1971, Earthwatch takes a three-pronged approach to sustainability by engaging scientists, educators, students, business people and others in research, conservation and education.
Since its inception, the group has directed more than 80,000 volunteers and $57 million to research projects that otherwise would not have had enough resources. That equals 10.8 million hours spent on activities like surveying a coral reef in the Bahamas, excavating an ancient settlement in the Andes Mountains or tracking cheetahs in Namibia [source: Earthwatch].
Each year, approximately 4,000 volunteers sign up for one of roughly 160 projects located in 50 countries and 18 states [source: Earthwatch]. By involving people in research and education for a sustainable environment, Earthwatch not only provides labor and funding to research projects, but also tries to inspire those people to spread their knowledge (and Earthwatch's goal of sustainability) throughout their hometowns. Earthwatch reports that many volunteers start their own conservation projects upon returning home.
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Didn't take long for the lawsuits to start flying. Here are the links to the actual petitions filed yesterday. The first was filed in Austin by the Texas General Land Office (TGLO) and the other was filed by the Texas Oil and Gas Association in Denton. Both take the stand that this falls under the Railroad Commission which means it's outside of Denton's power to ban. The TGLO goes a bit further in that they say that Denton doesn't have the power to apply this ordnance to the land owned by Texas that the TGLO manages.
Texas General Land Office Petition
Texas Oil and Gas Association Petition


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Lapis Lazuli Sphere
Lapis Lazuli is one of the most sought after stones in use since man's history began. Its deep, celestial blue remains the symbol of royalty and honor, gods and power, spirit and vision. It is a universal symbol of wisdom and truth.
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Today there are 150 children, all conceived with sperm from one donor, in this group of half siblings, and more are on the way. "It's wild when we see them all together "" they all look alike," said Ms. Daily, 48, a social worker in the Washington area who sometimes vacations with other families in her son's group.
As more women choose to have babies on their own, and the number of children born through artificial insemination increases, outsize groups of donor siblings are starting to appear. While Ms. Daily's group is among the largest, many others comprising 50 or more half siblings are cropping up on Web sites and in chat groups, where sperm donors are tagged with unique identifying numbers.
Now, there is growing concern among parents, donors and medical experts about potential negative consequences of having so many children fathered by the same donors, including the possibility that genes for rare diseases could be spread more widely through the population. Some experts are even calling attention to the increased odds of accidental incest between half sisters and half brothers, who often live close to one another.


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User talk:Peterandanna
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Hello Peterandanna, and welcome to OpenStreetMap!
Welcome to OpenStreetMap
Hello Peterandanna, and welcome to OpenStreetMap!
Here are some tips to help you make the most from OSM:
- Please don't use copyrighted maps as a data source for OpenStreetMap edits
- To meet other mappers from your country, add these lines to your wiki userpage:
- [[Category:Users in your_country|Peterandanna]]
- [[Category:Users in your_city|Peterandanna]]
- Join your regional mailing list
- Take a look at the Beginners Guide
- And if you have any questions, look at the FAQ page, or just ask!
Have fun mapping! --EdoM (lets talk about it) 09:25, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


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San Jaun National Forest: Twilight Peaks
Despite their impressive appearance from Molas Pass between Durango and Silverton, most hikers pass by the twisted, slabby West Needle Mountains on their way to somewhere else. Too bad, because one of Colorado's best peakbagging weekends is a climb of the three Twilight Peaks—North, Central, and South are each a hair more than 13,000 feet high.
From Molas Pass, hike six miles to Crater Lake. It's moderately popular, so keep going before setting up your basecamp. Continue a quarter mile southeast, climbing across metamorphic slabs to the obvious pass above Crater Lake. Cross it and drop several hundred feet, then turn southeast and traverse beneath the rugged face of North Twilight. Pitch camp here at an unnamed lake perched at 11,700 feet and surrounded by craggy summits. To the south, you'll have views across the yawning gulf of the Animas River gorge.
The Twilight climbs are rugged but technically straightforward class 2- 3 scrambles. Allow a full day for any two of the peaks. Aggressive parties might be able to bag all three in a day. Take helmets for the solid but rarely traveled rock slabs, and a light rope in case of trouble or routefinding errors. --Steve Howe, howephoto.us
MORE INFO: San Juan National Forest; fs.fed.us/r2/sanjuan/recreation/
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Wildsam - Austin Field Guide
The gateway to the American West. Home to cosmic cowboys and pit bosses, Silicon Hills and Barton Springs. It's a place famous for the offbeat, the wide-open, a frontier disregard for the norm. Far more than weird, its sense of possibility feels a part of the limestone strata, cut long before taglines and tee shirts. You feel this independent vibe everywhere, from taco trailers to neon shops to live music every night of the year. As hotelier Liz Lambert says, "If you grow up in Texas, and you're a little different, all roads lead to Austin."
Illustrations by
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