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Apr. 1 - "The money is there. Where are your VALUES?" That's the message Montanans sent to the Montana Legislature at our "No Fooling with our Future Rally." The rally took place at the state capitol in Helena Friday, April 1.
See more rally photos on our Flick site. (Thanks to photographer Chad Trettin and AFT for these photos)
Even more photos at AFL-CIO's web site.
Over two thousand Montanans from all over the state attended the rally. Participants came from Helena, Butte, Billings, Lewistown, Red Lodge, Bozeman, Kalispell, Havre, Miles City, Glendive, Missoula, and all parts between.
MEA-MFT and the Partnership for Montana's Future, a broad coalition of nonprofit groups, organized the rally. Huge thanks to our Partnership partners!
Governor Schweitzer made a guest appearance at the rally -- watch YouTube video below of his comments. Thanks to Mike Wessler for this vid!
Here's the same video from a different angle, from KXLH TV.
And here is a great video of the rally that NEA put together. Thanks, NEA!
Finally, here is a short video that we did here at MEA-MFT.
The rally coincided with the MEA-MFT Representative Assembly -- over 350 MEA-MFT RA delegates swelled the ranks of rally participants.
MEA-MFT staffers & drummers Marco Ferro & Larry Nielsen led the march around the capitol.
Missoula business owner Aimee McQuilkin talks about the importance of strong public services to businesses.
Ironworkers from around the state were among the many union members who participated in the rally.
Billings Firefighter Joe Sands talks about the value of public service. More photos at our Flickr site.
Concerned about the legislature's deep cuts to education, human services, children's health
programs, public safety, home heating assistance, and more, rally participants called on the
Montana Legislature to reverse its cuts and pass the governor's budget.
Revenue estimates from Governor Schweitzer's office show the State of Montana had enough revenue to fund the governor's budget, which was austere, balanced, and raised nobody's taxes. Yet the majority party in control of the legislature chose to insist on cutting crucial public services anyway.
Rally speakers talked about the impact of the legislature's proposed cuts on Montana citizens and the state's economy. The cuts would hurt Montana's most vulnerable people, destroy hundreds of existing jobs, and threaten the state's fragile economic recovery. The ripple effects will harm local economies across the state.
Rally participants included Montana faith leaders; nurses; small business owners; firefighters; veterans; union members; conservationists; advocates for children, low-income people, the elderly, and people with disabilities; students; the American Indian community, and others.
Buses, vans, and carpools brought Montanans from Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Havre, Kalispell, and Boulder.
Rally speakers included the following -- thanks to all these great Montanans!
The rally also rocked with music. Thanks to these musicians!
This was our second big rally in the 2011 session. Read about the Feb. 21 Courage Not Cuts Rally.
MEA-MFT also held a Day of Action January 17, for state employees and higher education members.
MEA-MFT also assisted with a rally to save the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls, and a rally for state employees. It was a big session for rallies!
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE RALLIES! It made a difference. The legislature reversed about three-quarters of the cuts before the end of the session.
RALLY NEWS COVERAGE (News media folks say "at least 1500" attended the April 1 rally. But we had people up on the capitol balcony counting -- it was more than 2,000.)
Crowd Rallies Against Budget Cuts (Lee newspapers)
Hundreds Rally for Public Funding at Montana's Capitol (GF Tribune)
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As I mentioned the other day I was quoted in the Red Eye about capes and ponchos for this season. In Chicago it is so important to have great outerwear because that's what most people see about 75% of the year. Having a non traditional coat is just a fun way to spruce up your outerwear collection without compromising practicality.
Because I only got to pick one of my favorites for Fall 2011 for the Red Eye, I decided to dedicate an entire blog post to the best capes and ponchos in a variety of colors, styles and price points…so you'll be sure to find one you love!
See By Chloe Wool Cape with Leather Fringe and BucklesRag & Bone Leighton wool and cotton-blend cape (as seen here)
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Gypsy 05 Hooded Poncho in Asphalt
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Join Date: Jul 2010
must watch:
- Haganai (if you don't watch this something is missing in your life)
- Bakuman 2 (finally the interesting arcs)
- Working 2! (just for laughs)
probably watch or set aside for later:
- Fate/Zero (great story, depends on adaptation)
- C3 (never read it but synopsis sounds interesting enough)
- Shana 3 (great story, depends on adaptation)
- Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon (never read it but too much hype among LN readers to ignore)
may check out:
- Gundam AGE (don't want to prejudge based on the first impressions, might have a great story after all)
- Maekn-ki (have never read the manga so...)
|2011-06-25, 15:45
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Edinburgh
Age: 36
Definitely be watching:
Persona 4, only if Horie Yui is playing Chie
Gundam AGE, it is a gundam series, reason enough
Shinryaku!? Ika Musume
Lupin III, is this a new series?
And any funny series that pops up.
|2011-06-25, 20:25
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Join Date: Mar 2006
And yes I know this is the upcoming anime section. I have no problem with the thread existing, I merely feel it's slightly early. Ah well. Semantics, right?
|2011-06-26, 01:08
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I have to say this fall season looks like it's going to be stacked with great anime. Can't remember when I've been looking forward to a season overall this much.
I mean a new Gundam, Persona 4, Shana 3, Mirai Nikki, Fate/Zero, new Ika Musume, and Working 2. Still leaves a few series that I'm curious about, but don't really know anything about.
|2011-06-26, 05:44
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 33
Based on this first list alone...
Will watch:
1. Shakugan no Shana 3rd - Finally. Finally. Finally.
2. Tamayura ~Hitotose~ - Probably one of the best OVAs of the past few years.
3. Shinryaku! Ika Musume 2nd season - ALL HAIL OUR SQUID OVERLORD ~DE GESO!
4. Last Exile -Fam The Silver Wing- - They're very tight lipped about the details, but I loved Last Exile, so this will be a treat for me.
5. Persona 4 - As an unapologetic fanboy of the game, to not watch it would be a sin.
Will Try:
2. Kimi to Boku
3. Un-Go
All in all looks like a fantastic season to me.
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Location: Paris, France
|2011-06-27, 11:02
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The Power of One
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Earth
I'll probably watch:
Shakugan no Shana III/FINAL: No-brainer. I hope it gets the novel endong though.
Fate/Zero: Again, an obvious choice. It isn't as good as F/SN in my opinion, but still.
Mirai Nikki: Manga was really good. A bit creepy sometimes, but still great.
Haganai: Would love to see Sena.
C3: Never read a single chapter, but looks good. I'll try it.
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Age: 32
This looks like a great season. If it gets any better, I'm not going to get anything done this Fall. >_<
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: At the darkness beyond time.
|2011-07-05, 03:05
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The Bay Area
This looks interesting, there's probably at three series here that I'm definitely going to watch (Shana, Ika Musume, Mirai Nikki) and at least 2 or 3 more that I'm on the fence about right now (Fate/Zero, C3, and Persona 4). Given the incomplete nature of the number of this current list, the number of series I intend on watching could increase. (Note that this does include any OVA's I might watch, of which there are two or three I'm interested in.
|2011-07-14, 23:49
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: California
Age: 22
How much I will enjoy Ika Masume and Tamayura is no match for MIRAI NIKKI, thank god its finally become and anime!!!
Really sad that I cannot the rest of the manga boks because of Tokyopop closing its western branch but I can finally enjoy The anime.Watching the OVA got me excited and now reading that it will be here in the fall, YES!!!!!
Ika!?Masume was always fun and hilarious for me, so that can be great too.
Tamayura will be great to watch too. From watching the OAV's a while back, I had a sudden urge for more, but cannot find any. Heres hoping for a great series.
The OVAs for Higurashi have been on my eye for a while. again heres hoping!
As for Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai and Infinite Stratos , those are just a small bonus for me. Cannot wait for fall
|2011-07-15, 01:00
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Born to make history
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Shibuya Psychic Research
Lots of interesting look titles, so far only ones I plan on watching are Lupin, Last Exile, Fate/Zero and of course Higurashi but Ill probably end up checking out 2-3 more.
|2011-07-15, 01:31
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Age: 26
I'll definitely be watching Persona 4, Working 2, Ika Musume 2 and Seitokai no ichizon 2 if it's airing this Fall! I love Persona 4 to death so I can't miss that at all and I really liked the previous seasons of the other shows so those are a must, too.
I might give Gundam AGE a try and I'll probably be watching Bakuman 2 as well, but we'll see.
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This is quite the prank! Recently, a mom tried to convince her son that he accidentally bought a $50,000 car on eBay. At first, when the mom is recording the video she asks why he bought a $50,000 car on eBay, he exclaims, "I didn't!" Then the mom says, "You did," while her worried son replies, "Oh, can we cancel it?" That's when the prank really sets in. The son starts crying and says they're going to have to sell "everything" and that he's "horrible." But the mom replies that he's not horrible and just made a mistake, and then some one (who we assume is his sister) says in the background, "I'll use my money to buy the hot wheels." The little boy then explains that he was just looking at the car on eBay on an iPad and tried to cancel out, but thought he accidentally hit purchase instead of exiting the page. However, the mom does come clean and they all have a good laugh. What do you think of this prank? Harmless? Or a little too mean? Sound off in the comments!


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A field program teaches undergrads to think differently about public lands
I am in school, watching a grown man cry.
He works at a clinic in the Klamath Basin on the Oregon-California border. He tells me and 22 other visiting college students what happened to local farmers one season, when the federal government shut off their irrigation water to protect endangered fish during a drought. He is counting divorces, cases of depression, heart attacks. He is counting suicides. "Fish are as important as people," he says. "Fish are not more important than people."
I am in school, ankle-deep in dust fine as flour.
Nevada's Crescent Valley palms up to blue mountains that close around it like fingers. "Do not enter" is painted in red across the closed door of a ramshackle structure without walls. On the ground: abandoned sleeping bags snagged in sage; two running shoes, a step apart; a broken telescope; sun-faded clothes.
A wind-battered sign rising against the sky proclaims "Newe Sogobia" –– land never ceded to the United States in the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley. The Western Shoshone's claim to millions of ancestral acres.
What is not here: the cattle belonging to the Native women who ranched this area in defiance of the feds -- seized days before by the Bureau of Land Management. What is not here: the earth scraped from the nearby Cortez Gold Mine, leached of its riches with no payment to the tribe.
It's the fall of 2002 and I am learning an unsettling version of the region where I grew up, on Whitman College's first Semester in the West. The traveling field program, offered to students at the Walla Walla, Wash., school, explores public-lands issues in nearly every Western state. Over three months, we visit, eat and camp with people on opposite sides of fights over grazing and mining, species protection and energy. Often, I realize how little I know, discover that those I disagree with aren't so different from me. Sometimes speakers fall through, or we offend them. Sometimes gear blows away and we find it high in trees, or not at all.
Slowly, I come to see the conflicting human claims to plains, mountains and deserts as features of the battered landscape itself, features that can't be ignored if any attempt to heal it is to succeed. This is why, four years later, I choose low-paid, head-bonkingly difficult work as a journalist -- to tell stories that, I hope, help others see this layered world more clearly, and become more compassionate environmental citizens because of it.
I think of this one chilly October night in 2012, as I drive to my 10-year Semester in the West reunion at Comb Ridge, an 80-mile-long cornice of sandstone west of Bluff, Utah. When I get there, I intend to find the professor responsible, wag my finger in his face and say, "Phil Brick, this is all your fault."
A tall, wry Minnesotan with a crest of unruly dark hair, Brick joined Whitman in 1990 to teach international politics. But many of the Communist nations he focused on soon collapsed, and in 1992 he began switching to the American West -- "another place," he chuckles, "where conflict was central." He took students on camping field trips to northeastern Oregon and the Great Basin, learning the tricky nuances of environmental politics along with them. Eventually, his approach morphed into Semester in the West -- confronting students with resource conflicts that appeared simple in the abstract but became "irresolvable conundrums" on the ground.
That first year, Brick says he often flew "by the seat of my pants" and traveled too far -- nearly 10,000 miles. We crammed into three Suburbans, poring over readings as we drove to meet restoration-minded ranchers and loggers, conservative local politicians, property-rights advocates, environmental activists, writers, pragmatic ecologists, Vegas union bosses, a ranger who put us to work cutting down tamarisk -- nearly 90 speakers in all. Brick, along with our writing professor and our logistical guru, led the way in an F-250, hauling our gear in a horse trailer that doubled as computer lab.


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was just going through some pics and realized there were a years worth of trips i never shared at hf.heres some of them.
was out every weekend of january.and a good portion of feb.all of my trips were solo with the exception of the frozen butt hang were i enjoyed the company of some other hammock forummers .
Mac and Four dog
my clark keeping me warm at -14deg f
two weeks later solo me and the clark got down to -18degf.
da wool
hauling firewood to camp.the fire alone did not seem to keep me warm had to stay active.hauling and cutting firewood did the trick.
i credit this double layer hammock chair,i filled with leaves,and every dryed weed i could find on site ,and useing as a top quilt,for keeping me cozy warm.
it had about 4 in of loft.i also used a fleece blanket and a 32deg bag on top.the clarks pockets were stuffed with wool cloths,and some down parts and pieces of some coats i had taken apart at the seems.i also had bags of cattail down harvested near camp, stuffed in the pockets.pictured are the cattail down and contents of my makeshift top quilt
love haven a big long fire in the winter.this was common throughout all my camps.
this weekend i tried out the pod system.it only got down to about 28 this night so i ended up being way to warm in my -20 bag.
also that weekend i got some fairly good pics of this wolf.
this was about 150 yrds from were i was to set up camp.camp was about a mile of trail on a small bit of high ground surrounded by black spruce swamp.i was calling predetors when he came in about 30 yrds away.i called him to about 20 yrds at this pic.he came in to about 15 yrds before spotting me and running off.what a beautiful animal he was.he acted like the prince of the area.like he owned it.my little camara did not take good enough pics by far to do him justice.
about a week later i was dragging the sled accros some remote lakes about a mile in again.i had seen numerous otter tracks and was wondering how they got back into the lake .
at exactly that moment my left leg found out.now my left leg was wet up to the thigh.
i got a fire going very quick and dryed out.
heres a shot of my sled.started useing it after my rick tote cracked up during the -18deg trip.
for those wondering what a rick tote is,me pulling it after the 1st frozen butt.
slept on the ground the first time in allmost 5 years.made this shelter and slept in it a night got down to 10 deg.not very comfy,but i had to try it.
what i started with.
my bed.spruce/fir boughs and goldenrod stems.i covered up with a wool and a fleece blanket.
useing that sled.
the next morn.i burned allot of firewood overnight.i stayed mostly warm.really missed the hammock although i had it set up about 200 yrds away,just in case.
did a few summer trips.not many pics.
woke up to this view after a night on the river
i was exploreing a new area when the road i was on dead ended into this closed down bridge.i walked accros to see if there was any good hanging on the other side.it was thick and skeetery.walking back accros the bridge i thought ,hey i bet my hammock would fit right accros here, and there would be less bugs....
the bank was a perfect spot for my campfire
also trying out my peaked tarp v2 that weekend
allmost stepped on this little cutey that weekend.
took my nephew on an overnighter canoe trip.
we fished all day ,camped on a mid river isle,fried fish and slept in hammocks.a near perfect weekend.
of course i had allredy made him his own set up.
deer season saw me back up in the boonies.stayed thirteen nights.in temps 14 to 40.no deer for me this year but i had a good time.
fully enclosed tarp.
lots of snow to start.a trackers dream.
campfire cookin every meal
some good views.superior(lake)in fact
lost lake.superior way in the background
saw some deer.
a mid dec trip i had the winters first big longfire.
hung the clark tarpless
so i could enjoy the view of the years last full moon.she was spectacular.
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When I have done this, the Spirit has reassured me that while I'm still far from perfect, I'm better today than I was yesterday. And this gives me confidence that, because of the Savior, I can be even better tomorrow.
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Life can get hectic and make it difficult for us to always remember our Savior Jesus Christ . The sacrament , however, provides a special time each week when we can reflect on His life and teachings. With those you home teach, consider how you use those quiet moments now, and discuss how you can increase your focus on the Savior. How can you use those moments to reflect on the things you can personally improve? What is the value of remembering the progress you make each week?
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Just before going back into the lunar module, Cernan drove the lunar rover roughly a mile away so that the video camera could photograph the takeoff the next day. Next, he knelt and etched his daughter Tracy's initials — T D C — into the dust, according to his autobiography, "The Last Man on the Moon."
Years later, Cernan was looking at a painting done by fellow astronaut Alan Bean. It showed the Apollo 17 crew working near a massive boulder they had encountered during their mission. According to Bean's book, "Painting Apollo," Cernan said he wished he had put his daughter's name on the side of the rock. Bean, therefore, included her name on the rock in the painting, which is called "Tracy's Boulder."
As Cernan prepared to climb up the lunar ladder for the last time, he paused and spoke these words:
"As I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come – but we believe not too long into the future – I'd like to just (say) what I believe history will record. That America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus–Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17."
He and his crewmates returned to Earth on Dec. 19, 1972.
Cernan recalled that he was tempted to fly on the shuttle, and he probably could have flown a couple of the early missions. But after being to the moon, he was not as inclined to do it. That's why he left the agency in 1976, he said.
"You wouldn't get me up there to do that. Once you've gone to the moon, staying home just isn't good enough."
Cernan left NASA for private business, which included starting the company The Cernan Co. for management and consulting in areas such as aerospace. While he did not fly the shuttle, he did report on it for ABC for a time. He also was chair of the board for Johnson Engineering, a company that specialized in space crew stations.
Speaking in his NASA oral interview, Cernan recalled a speech he had given in 1973 about Apollo 17's legacy. Most of his feelings on that hadn't changed three decades later, he said.
"I said, 'I've been tired of being called the end. Apollo 17 is not the end. It's just the beginning of a whole new era in the history of mankind.' Of course at that time I said, 'We're not only going to go back to the moon, we will be on our way to Mars by the turn of the century.' "
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hotelicopter necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 109 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
We're a new hotel search engine with a unique name looking for a creative logo to kick-start our brand identity. Please read on!
Who are we?
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What exactly do we do?
Our goal is to help travelers easily research and book hotelsonline. We use meta-search technology to aggregate prices andavailability for over 140,000 hotels worldwide. This helps consumersfind the right hotel at the best available price. We have partnershipsin place with some of the largest online travel agencies and hotelchains in the world.
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, one of her country's most polarizing political figures, announced Thursday that she will run for presidential elections set for May 25.
Tymoshenko, who was released from jail last month following the overthrow of her political rival, President Viktor Yanukovych, said she would stand to protect the unity of Ukraine.
Presidential elections are taking place against the backdrop of dismal economic conditions, Russia's annexation of Crimea and rumblings of discontent in the country's mainly Russian-speaking eastern provinces.
"I will be the candidate of Ukrainian unity," Tymoshenko said. "The west and center of Ukraine has always voted for me, but I was born in the east, in Dnipropetrovsk."
This will be her second attempt to secure the presidency. She narrowly lost to Yanukovych in 2010.
Her renewed ascent to the forefront of public life marks the return of the most divisive figures in Ukraine's political scene. She is variously admired as an icon of democracy and detested as a self-promoting manipulator with a shady past.
With her blond braids and telegenic smile, Tymoshenko came to international prominence in the 2004-05 Orange Revolution, which culminated with the overturning of a widely criticized election that had given Yanukovych victory.
A re-run of the election handed the presidency to her political ally Viktor Yushchenko, under whom she served as prime minister. Amid broad disappointment at that government's performance, Yanukovych was again elected in 2010.
Tymoshenko said that she would not squander voters' trust this time around.
"I will do everything to ensure that our second European revolution does not lead to distrust, depression and disappointment," she said. "I will everyday work to earn the trust that is afforded to me by the people."
Tymoshenko is the best known of an array of new candidates in a race left wide open by Ukraine's political upheaval, ranging from former heavyweight boxer Vitaliy Klitschko to politicians who have their political base in eastern provinces.


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A couple days ago, I tested my new KitchenAid Grain Mill's output with a formula calling for about 30% whole grain flour. It was very good. In fact, the flavor of that bread has improved over two days. Even as I dipped my toe in the home-milled flour waters, I knew that the real test, for me, would be how the flour performed in a 100% whole wheat bread.
Most of my breads are made with levain, but my favorite whole wheat bread has remained the "Whole Wheat Bread" from BBA. This is made with a soaker of coarse ground whole grains and a "poolish" made with whole wheat flour. I have used bulgur for the soaker in the past. Today, I used coarsely ground fresh-ground hard red winter wheat, the same wheat was used finely ground for the poolish and final dough. The formula can be made as a lean dough (plus honey) or can be enriched with oil and/or egg. I used both.
The KitchenAid Grain Mill does a great job with coarse grinding. I found that, with the first pass, the particle size is rather variable. It seems to even out by putting the flour through the mill again at the same setting.
I ground the rest of the grain at the next to finest setting. I put it through 3 passes of increasing fineness, actually. The flour ends up somewhere between semolina and AP flour fineness, at least by feel. This slightly coarse flour, fresh-ground, seems to absorb a bit less water than the KAF WW flour I usually use. I ended up adding about an extra tablespoon of flour to adjust dough consistency during mixing.
Bulk fermentation, dividing, shaping and proofing showed no differences I noticed from the behavior of this bread made with KAF WW flour. However, there was a remarkable difference in the aroma of the bread during baking and cooling. It filled the kitchen with a wheaty smell that both my wife and I found absolutely lovely. (As I write this, the bread is cooling. I hope it tastes as good as it smells!)
Another remarkable difference is that the color of the loaves is quite a bit lighter than loaves made with KAF WW flour and exactly the same other ingredients and the same baking time and temperature. I thought this might be because the KAF WW has malt added, but it is "100% hard red whole wheat," according to the ingredient list on the bag.
The flavor of the bread is just perfect, to my taste. It has a wonderful whole wheat flavor with not a bit of grassiness. It is very slightly sweet. I used a very mild-flavored clover honey, and I cannot find any distinct honey taste in the bread. The flavor is bolder and more complex than this same bread made with KAF WW flour. I'm sold!
As I've written, above, Reinhart's whole wheat bread from BBA has been my favorite. I've made other whole wheat breads from formulas in Hamelman's "Bread" and Suas' "Advanced Bread & Pastry" that I found less tasty. I am now wondering how they would be if made with fresh-ground flour. Hmmmm …. This is shaping up to be a project.


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DENVER – Flanked by fighter planes and fronted by Denver Broncos legend John Elway, Mitt Romney rallied some 6,000 supporters Monday night ahead of this week's pivotal debate against President Barack Obama.
Romney repeated the broad critique he has issued against Obama for weakness in the country's economy and its prestige abroad.
"If I am elected – when I am elected president of the United States – I will do everything in my power to keep America strong," Romney said. "I'll do everything in my power to get our economy going again, lifting all people, helping all people in this country."
In addition to his usual criticisms on the economy, Romney also went after Obama's performance overseas.
He said Obama's planned cuts to the military budget would endanger the country's standing, and he accused Obama of thinking he could get other countries to follow America on the force of his personality alone.
Unrest in the Middle East proves Obama wrong, Romney said.
"We're seeing fires burning at U.S. embassies around the world," he said.
But Democrats were quick to point out Romney's comments at a private fundraiser when he said nearly half of Americans look to the government for handouts and won't vote for him.
"When Mitt Romney said behind closed doors that 47 percent of Americans think of themselves as 'victims' unable to take 'personal responsibility' for their lives, Coloradans saw confirmation of what was already clear from Romney's record and policies," said Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio in a prepared statement.
"Not only has he written off students, wounded veterans, seniors and combat troops with a single statement, but he had written off middle class families and teachers long ago," he said.
After going nearly six weeks without visiting Colorado, Romney's campaign has heaped attention on the state the last two weeks.
Monday's night's rally ranked among the biggest and most enthusiastic of his campaign in Colorado.
An overflow crowd packed into a hangar at Wings Over the Rockies museum, and American military planes flanked the stage.
Elway and former Gov. Bill Owens – perhaps Colorado's two best-known Republicans – introduced Romney.
The rally kicked off an intense week on the campaign in Colorado.
Romney's wife, Ann, will lead a rally in Denver today. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will do the same Wednesday.
Wednesday night, Romney and Obama will meet at the University of Denver for their first debate.
The next day, Obama will hold a rally in a Denver park.
Also Thursday, some of the top Republicans in the country will be at a Denver hotel for a one-day Conservative Political Action Conference.


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Internet Sales Tax Legislation
Bad for businesses and customers
Rep. Eileen Kowall, R-White Lake, introduced her Main Street Fairness bill in the Michigan Legislature in February. Also that month, U.S. Sen. Michael Enzi, R-WY, introduced the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013.
Both bills are bad news for Michigan specifically, and the United States in general.
Michigan residents who make out-of-state purchases via the Internet already are required to pay a 6 percent sales tax as they would if the transactions occurred at a traditional brick-and-mortar store within the state. However, the state estimates it loses $450 million each year from unpaid Internet sales taxes.
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Rep. Kowall's and Sen. Enzi's bills seek to force Internet retailers to collect those taxes for remittance to the states where the purchases were delivered. Free market Internet policy analysts, however, are saying both schemes would result in higher costs to consumers if online retailers were saddled with the responsibility of collecting taxes for each U.S. tax jurisdiction.
"The so-called Marketplace Fairness Act is a proposal that does away with any requirement that a business have a physical connection in a jurisdiction before it can be required to levy taxes on its sales," said Bartlett Cleland, policy counsel at The Institute for Policy Innovation, a Texas-based free-market think tank. "If this law were to pass, accessing a Web site of a business would be enough to require that business to pay taxes in the state where the accessor resides.
"The U.S. Constitution was written, in part, in response to, and as a solution for, this exact problem, which developed under the Articles of Confederation: state looting across state lines and taxing without representation," Cleland added. "The Constitution included the Commerce Clause as a way to keep overly aggressive states from imposing barriers to trade on the citizens of other states. The Constitution never granted the power to tax out-of-state, and did grant the power of the individual states to protect their citizens from other governments."
Seth Cooper, an Internet policy analyst with the Maryland-based Free State Foundation, said there exists more than 7,000 U.S. tax jurisdictions: "[Enzi's] legislation appears to somewhat simplify procedures for state tax administrators to assert taxing power and perform audits on online remote sellers," he said. "But remote sellers would be the ones facing complicated tax collection compliance burdens, and those costs would ultimately be reflected in higher prices to consumers.
"The Marketplace Fairness Act would give state taxing authorities an easier path to saddle out-of-state retailers with sales tax collection burdens," Cooper added. "The legislation appears to somewhat simplify procedures for state tax administrators to assert taxing power and perform audits on online remote sellers. But remote sellers would be the ones facing complicated tax collection compliance burdens, and those costs would ultimately be reflected in higher prices to consumers."
Rep. Kowall's Main Street Fairness bill adheres to Commerce Clause principles reinforced by the 1992 Quill v. North Dakota U.S. Supreme Court ruling by requiring any Internet seller with a physical presence — called a "nexus" — in Michigan to collect and remit Michigan sales taxes.
However, Rep. Kowall's proposed legislation would serve only as a disincentive for Internet retailers seeking to build warehouses and distribution centers in Michigan. Concomitantly, it would stifle any employment opportunities for these newly squelched sites.
What both pieces of legislation ignore as well is the direct benefits brick-and-mortar stores receive in exchange for the state sales taxes they collect; namely, the roads and other infrastructure that are not equally used by Internet retailers.
Furthermore, not every Internet retailer is a gigantic behemoth akin to Amazon or Overstock.com. This writer personally knows of several retailers who provide retail services from their respective home offices — and who barely scrape by under the current tax structure. Forcing them to collect and remit sales taxes for each sale either in-state or nationwide would prove not only cumbersome but so remarkably expensive as to drive them out of business completely.
How this equates to "fairness" isn't clear, regardless the mislabeling of the bills proposed by Sen. Enzi and Rep. Kowall.
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Phelsuma antanosy
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Phelsuma antanosy Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered B1ab(ii,iii)+2ab(ii,iii) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Jenkins, R., Randrianantoandro, C. & Ramanamanjato, J.B.
|Bowles, P. & Cox, N.A.
Listed as Critically Endangered on the basis that its area of occupancy is a maximum of 9 km², but is likely to be considerably less than this and potentially less than 1 km², it has an extent of occurrence of around 16 km², the species has a severely fragmented population, and there is a continuing decline in both extent of occurrence and area of occupancy, as well as potentially in the number of subpopulations.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
This gecko is endemic to Madagascar where it is known from a few localities in the extreme southeast of the island, at Ambatotsirongorongo (Ramanamanjato et al. 2002) and Sainte Luce (Ramanamanjato et al. 2002). A third population, at Petriky, was extirpated before 1994 as a result of habitat destruction (Ramanamanjato et al. 2002). At Sainte Luce, it is known from three forest fragments (Ramanamanjato et al. 2007). Its distribution within its extent of occurrence is discontinuous and it is absent from Mandena littoral forest, possibly because of the lack of suitable plant species.It is unlikely to occur outside this area, but may be present in littoral forests further north which have biological affinities to Sainte Luce. It occurs from sea level to 300 m asl. The species is unknown from the adjacent protected areas of Andohahela and Tsitongabarika. It has an extent of occurrence of 16 km². The area of occupancy may be as low as 1 km², and is certainly no greater than 9 km² as this represents the maximum extent of forest containing suitable plant species within its range.
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|Three subpopulations exist, two of which occur in forest fragments at Saint Luce (40% of the total population), with the remaining 60% in Ambatotsirongorongo. Due to the isolation of these sites from one another, the low dispersal capabilities of these lizards, and the small area of suitable habitat remaining to support each subpopulation (at most 9 km² between the three subpopulations), the population is considered to be severely fragmented. The total population is estimated to include between 5,000 - 10,000 individuals, with an estimated population density of approximately 10 individuals per hectare where suitable Pandanus plants are found (J.-B. Ramanamanjato pers. comm. January 2011). Due to the loss of the plants on which the species depends throughout its range, the population is in decline.
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|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This day gecko is only known from low altitude littoral and transitional forests in the coastal forests of Tolagnaro, southeastern Madagascar. It can be found in degraded forest with a sufficiently dense canopy, but is absent from deforested areas and those where key plant species are absent. It is thought to have specific habitat requirements for egg-laying and usually uses a single species of Pandanus that is found at Ambatotsirongorongo and Sainte Luce (Jenkins et al. 2005). During the night and the day it uses Dypsis palms such as Sainte Luce Dypsis (D. saintelucei) and Ravenala madagascariensis to forage (Ramanamanjato et al. 2002).
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
|Use and Trade:
|There is no trade in this species, and it is unlikely that any individuals exist in captivity.
|Major Threat(s):
|This day gecko is threatened by the destruction of its remaining forest habitat and selective exploitation of Dypsis species by people. The screw palms (Pandanus spp.) on which this species depends are slow-growing, and so loss of these during land clearance represents a threat to this species. Although new protected areas have been created within its range, illegal forest degradation continues. Forest fragments in Sainte Luce where this species occurs are used by local communities for forest resources and although a local management law (dina) was passed in 2005, the forest remains under heavy pressure. Some areas of forest in Sainte Luce where this species occurs will be destroyed if planned ilmenite mining proceeds, which may result in the loss of up to 20% of the population.
|Conservation Actions:
|The Ambatotsirongorongo forest and two of the fragments at Sainte Luce are being developed and managed as new protected areas. An estimated 80% of this species' population falls within protected areas, but information on the state of these forests and in particular the key plants that P. antanosy requires are lacking. The population of this species is presently being monitored, and small-scale captive breeding programs may be appropriate for this species. The protected population at Sainte Luce may be stable, as this area is subject to a conservation management plan. All species within the genus Phelsuma are included on CITES Appendix II.
|Jenkins, R., Randrianantoandro, C. & Ramanamanjato, J.B. 2011. Phelsuma antanosy. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T63658A12704038. . Downloaded on 16 October 2018.
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There's no doubt that Windows Phone 7 titles, especially games, seem a little on the pricey side compared to their iPhone counterparts, so when you do purchase a game you want to make sure it's for you; this is taken care of, to an extent, with the "try" it feature.
However, if there's one game on the platform that is worth every penny of the £2.29 price tag it's our App of the Day - there's not a lot of depth to it, in fact it's pretty one dimensional in terms of gameplay; it's just bloody good.
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- £2.29
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Like many games this has been ported in from the iPhone format, which at £1.99 on iOS isn't exactly a snip, and plays every bit as well as the original version.
For those of you who haven't had the pleasure, you control a pivoting turret which has the ability to fire shells into a rectangular playing area. These explode and produce circles which you then have to destroy with other shells, if you don't destroy them quickly enough you'll end up with a screen full and it'll be game over.
That description, however, could in fact be misleading as it's not actually the circles that kill you but your own bullets ricocheting around the screen, one stray shell hitting below your defence line (see pic below) and it's game over.
There are three game modes each bringing its own take on the formula: Pure involves the basics and is a low scoring affair, but no less addictive; Gravity involves just that, where the shells swerve in reaction to previously created circles; whilst Supernova is all about creating chain reactions and clocking up multipliers - great fun.
There's also a local multiplayer option which can be a little twitchy, with just the absence of online action letting it down.
If you want multiplayer you can, however, buddy up with someone in the same room, this in fact works extremely well; the aim of the game in multiplayer is to scupper your opponent's options for firing back, leading to their inevitable demise.
The game is very clean and crisp with an air of Geometry Wars about it, which is no bad thing, and the excellent playability means you'll be coming back time after time.


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Friday, October 14, 2011
Pay It Forward Blogfest
45 comments:
- Natalie Aguirre said...
Thanks for including Literary Rambles as one of your recommendations. I love Carolina & Elana's blogs but haven't heard of Chris.
- October 14, 2011 at 7:00 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
Thanks so much for taking part in our blogfest, Kelly! You're featuring the best blogs ever written.
- October 14, 2011 at 7:51 AM
- julie fedderson said...
Jared Leto and a wombat? That's a book I must see in print. Great list, can't wait to check them out! Have a good weekend, lady!
- October 14, 2011 at 8:28 AM
- Tony Van Helsing said...
Thanks for the tips, I enjoyed Adam Rex's, illustrations on blogs are a nice change.
- October 14, 2011 at 9:18 AM
- Shannon O'Donnell said...
I adore Literary Rambles and Elana J! And Carolina! The others, I'm about to meet. :-)
- October 14, 2011 at 9:42 AM
- Jonathon Arntson said...
Good call on TPR!
- October 14, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- Angela Ackerman said...
Very awesome choices, Kelly! But then you are practically exploding with awesome, so of course I am not surprised. :) Have a great weekend!!
Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse
- October 14, 2011 at 10:06 AM
- Susan Oloier said...
No Motley Crue, please! Elana, Carolina, and Literary Rambles are terrific.
- October 14, 2011 at 10:50 AM
- LTM said...
Yay! Super choices, and wow. I love Adam's illustrations! Thanks, K~
- October 14, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- Sharon K. Mayhew said...
I know almost everyone on your list, Kelly. :) What a great group. Now I'm off to check out the two I don't know.
- October 14, 2011 at 12:00 PM
- salarsenッ said...
You've picked some fabulous bloggers!! Thanks for sharing them. I know them all. :)
- October 14, 2011 at 12:43 PM
- Kelly Polark said...
Natalie - Visit Chris, too! He amuses me.
Matthew - Sorry I just realized I spelled your last name wrong. I wouldn't have it was still Rush! :)
Julie - Thanks and enjoy the weekend!!!
Tony - Yes, and he's so very talented!
Shannon- Thank you for checking them out!
Jon - Now I need to check in with TPR more!
Thank you, Angela! I should have put your blog in the rock star category! I really should have!!
Susan - All right, all right, I won't sing the Crue in your ear..
LTM - They are awesome.
Sharon - Thanks for checking the others out!
- October 14, 2011 at 12:46 PM
- Sherrie Petersen said...
Great recommendations, though Motley Crue in my ear wouldn't be such a bad thing :)
- October 14, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- Pat Hatt said...
Will check out your picks, as I go on blog hopping away. Nice blog you have as well!
- October 14, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Chris and Carolina are both awesome! And now I'm the King of Blogfests. Cool! Thanks for participating in the blogfest.
- October 14, 2011 at 1:47 PM
- Anita said...
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- October 14, 2011 at 2:37 PM
- Jennifer Shirk said...
Oooh, some of these are new to me. Thanks, Kelly.
- October 14, 2011 at 2:40 PM
- Christina Lee said...
A wombat *snort*!!! NICE RECS and I agree with most (but must rush off to follow the others)
- October 14, 2011 at 2:56 PM
- Laura Pauling said...
Great picks, Kelly! I think we run in the same circles! :)
- October 14, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- Stina Lindenblatt said...
Awesome list, Kelly. I haven't visited Carol's blog in a while. Ooops!
- October 14, 2011 at 5:48 PM
- Kim Kasch said...
Oh I'll be popping around the blogosphere this weekend :) thanks for the links
- October 15, 2011 at 1:11 AM
- Bish Denham said...
Okay, I'll have to go check these out!
- October 15, 2011 at 7:18 AM
- Michael G-G said...
Great blog recommendations, and your blog rocks, too!
- October 15, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Some newbies I will definitely check out. Looks like Frankie has the late night munchies.
- October 15, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- Carolina Valdez Miller said...
You're such a kind soul, Kelly. Thank you for such a sweet mention. So unexpected! I'm truly flattered. Hopefully one of these days I'll get back to blogging more than just reviews! Ha!
I wish I'd been able to participate in this blogfest. A brilliant idea!
- October 15, 2011 at 11:23 AM
- Suzanne Casamento said...
This Pay it Forward blogfest is great! Bish did it too. So now I have lots of cool new blogs to check out. Thanks!
- October 15, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Kate Larkindale said...
Wow! Apart from your rock-star ones, I've never been to any of these. Will have to check them out!
- October 15, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- Rena said...
I love the Frankenstein picture. The boys and I are reading an abridged version of that in school right now.
- October 15, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- Jeremy Bates said...
i missed the pay it forward hop, so coming fashionably late to say hello! nice to meet you kelly :)
- October 16, 2011 at 3:40 AM
- Amie Kaufman said...
Love your recs! I agree, Carol writes the best reviews in the blogosphere, hands down. I'm off to check out the others, since they're in such good company!
- October 16, 2011 at 5:26 AM
- cleemckenzie said...
Great list of recommendations! And I promise to follow those blogs. Please no Motley Crue music!
- October 16, 2011 at 10:06 AM
- Missed Periods said...
I want to follow those blogs, but I also want you to scream Motley Crue lyrics into my ear. I'm torn.
- October 16, 2011 at 10:16 PM
- MG Higgins said...
Thanks for the cool recs! I'm going to check them out right now.
- October 17, 2011 at 9:14 AM
- C.R. Evers said...
I've been so bad with getting around to blogs. I didn't even know about the pay it forward thing until today.
those look like great blogs! I'll have to check them out.
- October 17, 2011 at 10:45 AM
- Theresa Milstein said...
I agree with you on Elana and Carolina - worthy choices.
I'm going to take a look at the other blogs now.
- October 17, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- Lydia Kang said...
So glad Chris made it onto one of these lists. Great choices!
- October 17, 2011 at 8:38 PM
- Lola Sharp said...
Oh, mans, what a great blog-fest concept, by two great guys I adore. Sorry I missed it. I've just been so darn busy.
I love your choices!
- October 18, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- Murugi Njehia said...
Hi kelly, stopping by from the blog hop. Glad to have discovered your blog, it's really cool! I am a new follower!On twitter too..:)
- October 18, 2011 at 9:22 AM
Hi there,
Hope you are well. I'm just hopping around as many blogs as i can from the blog fest. Great blog :) I will try and stop by as much as I can. So many blogs on the list phew!!! you have a new follower.
Eve. :)
- October 19, 2011 at 7:39 AM
- Lindsay N. Currie said...
Great post Kelly and I love so many of these blogs. You've got good taste:)
- October 19, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- Tina Laurel Lee said...
Thanks for talking TPR. I missed it until now. It truly does make the writers' office feel a little more populated. Thanks for writing with us, Kelly. It's always a hoot when you're there.
All those blogs on your list are fantastic. The only one I don't know well is Chris Phillips. Going to check now...
- October 21, 2011 at 6:21 AM
- Tasha Seegmiller said...
I LOVE Adam Rex, and this book is one of my absolute favorites.
Heading over to check out the blogs you recommended. Glad I found your blog.
- October 24, 2011 at 8:29 AM
- Kelly Polark said...
Thanks for stopping by, everyone! :)
- October 24, 2011 at 3:27 PM
- Christina Farley said...
Great blog links! I love finding new blogs to check out.
- October 30, 2011 at 7:09 PM
- Elana Johnson said...
Thank you for mentioning me! I really need an email when these things happen. I'm so going to let Matt have a piece of my mind... Ha! Just kidding. Sort of.
- November 1, 2011 at 2:42 PM


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"...there are in Los Angeles a couple of rare and extraordinary treasures in the history of Chinese culture. One is this garden..." - Peter Sellars, Professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles
The Garden of Flowing Fragrance, Liu Fang Yuan 流芳園, is amongst the largest Chinese-style gardens outside China. Designed to promote the rich traditions of Chinese culture, the garden is truly a cross-cultural effort. Architects and artisans from Suzhou, the renowned garden city of southern China, worked alongside California builders and gardeners. As a result, the Garden of Flowing Fragrance combines the botanical with the artistic and scholarly, in the tradition of Henry Huntington.
"Flowing fragrance" (liu fang 流芳) refers to the scents of the flowers and trees throughout the year as the seasons turn. The Chinese poet Cao Zhi 曹植 (192-232) first used the phrase in his "Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess" ("Luo shen fu" 洛神賦) to describe how the fragrance of the flowers trailed in the goddess's wake. The name also serves to echo that of the Ming dynasty painter Li Liufang 李流芳 (1575-1629), one of the late masters of landscape painting.
In the garden, Chinese architecture and rocks from Lake Tai, placed around the water's edge, balance native features such as the Californian oaks. Sheltering woods were left undisturbed and a man-made lake stands in the same deep spot where once water naturally collected after heavy rains.
A Chinese garden, it is said, is like a scroll painting, presenting a series of carefully composed scenes. New vistas are revealed as one strolls along the pathways, with a number of key elements combining to create a sense of harmony and of beauty.
Architectural features both compose views and become an aspect of those views. Intricate lattice and shaped doorways frame various scenes and generate anticipation as the garden is slowly revealed. Visitors stroll down patterned pathways and across bridges with hand carved decoration. Carvings of bamboo, pine, and plum, symbols of fortitude, integrity, and resilience, adorn the ceiling of the "Pavilion of the Three Friends" (San You Ge 三友閣) near a grove where all three of these plants grow.
A flower is never just a flower; all plants in a Chinese garden mark the shift of the seasons and represent a particular moral property. Similarly, water, symbolizing the ever-changing, and rocks, symbolizing the eternal, create a harmonious balance of nature's yin and yang. Weathered limestone rocks from China's Lake Tai line the water's edge capturing the majesty of the mountains and rivers of China, while the surface of the lake reflects shifting patterns of skies overhead.
The private gardens of China were where culture was both created and enjoyed. A garden's features were considered incomplete without, in the words of the great eighteenth-century Chinese novel The Dream of the Red Chamber (Honglou meng 紅樓夢), "…that touch of poetry which only the written word can lend a scene."
Throughout the Garden of Flowing Fragrance, the names of features and the couplets that grace these features, all labeled by contemporary calligraphers, conjure up the literary, philosophic, and artistic traditions of China, and encourage us to experience the world around us in new ways.
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