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A Colorful, Literary-Inspired Wedding at Wave Hill in the Bronx, New York
The Wave Hill botanical gardens were an ideal setting for history buffs, Danika Fears (27 and a journalist) and Anders Pauley's (28 and a lawyer), Hudson Valley wedding. "Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain both lived there," Danika says. "When we first visited, we noticed a portrait of one of my distant relatives on the wall, so there was a family connection there too." The historical references were numerous, yet subtle: "Anders walked down the aisle to a folk song that plays throughout Ken Burns's Civil War documentary, and our Mark Twain cocktail napkins were a personal favorite," Danika says. Guests sipped blackberry and basil gin fizzes—a cocktail that Danika and Anders frequently mix up at home. Additional treats included banh mi sandwiches, a raspberry-lemonade cake and a dim sum cart with dozens of dumplings, noodles and takeout containers.

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JGE 1999 - Volume 47
MarchAn Introductory Geophysical Exercise Demonstrating the Use of the Gravity Method in Mineral Exploration
Micheal Charles Dentith and Micheal Robert Wheatley, The University of Western Australia
Teaching geophysics to earth-science classes can present particular difficulties. This is because the majority of students are often numerically weak, but the presence of a few highly numerate individuals is not uncommon. Due to its conceptual simplicity, the gravity method is recommended as the starting point for an introductory course in geophysics. This is because the physics behind the method is conceptually straightforward and the rationale for the reduction and interpretation of the data can be easily understood based on simple equations. Also, widely applicable concepts can be introduced within a relatively simple context.
An exercise based on the use gravity measurements for exploration for a manganese deposit in the north of Western Australia is described. During this exercise, following reduction of the data, regional and residual anomalies must be separated and the latter interpreted in terms of the depth to its source and the excess mass causing the anomaly. To illustrate the different corrections in the reduction process and their relative magnitudes, a Macintosh-based programs calculates drift, elevation, and the latitude corrections for a profile of gravity observations and plots the profile after each correction has been applied. Survey parameters such as trend, elevations along the profile, and reduction density can be interactively adjusted and the effect on the Bouguer anomaly observed.
Keywords: Education - computer assisted, geophysics - applied, miscellaneous and mathematical geology.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1999.html#v47p213
Promoting andevaluating participation in high-enrollment undergraduate courses
Barbara Murck, University of Toronto at Mississauga
A particular challenge for instructors of high-enrollment (200+ students) classes is to encourage students to attend class regularly and to participate actively in learning. An adaptable form of "Participation Day" exercise which has been used successfully in large classes is the "One-Minute Essay," in which students are given one minute to write down something they have learned in class that day. One-Minute Essays encourage attendance, active participation, and mental involvement in course material, and they enhance contact between instructor and students. Ideally, Participation Day exercises should represent a component of the course mark. They also must be manageable in terms of required class time for the activity; require a minimum amount of marking time; be generally adaptable to very large class sizes; involve writing, if possible; and encourage students to interact with one another.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1999.html#v47p131
A Comprehensive Stream Study Designed for an Undergraduate Non-Majors Course in Earth Science
Frank Morris Dunnivant, Ronald Brzenk and Alexandra Moore, Hartwick college
Science courses for students not majoring in science present unique teaching challenges to educators. Often non-science majors need help seeing the relevance of the course material and making connections between science and their own lives. One promising way to motivate these students and increase their level of interest and understanding is to teach in an integrated lab/lecture format using inquiry-based methods. Such activities maintain a constant level of attention from the students by requiring them to collect their own data, analyze the data set, interpret their data, and prepare a class presentation of their findings. We are experimenting with a new set of science courses that are designed to be interdepartmentally staffed, to integrate aspects of mathematics, geology, chemistry, and biology in an environmental theme, and to use guided-inquiry methods in a lab/lecture format. The interdisciplinary faculty team provides students with a diverse set of backgrounds and skills, and the interaction between instructors allows the students to observe the connection among the different sciences. The laboratory described below is a typical exercise drawn from our curriculum. We have modified a classic exercise in stream hydrology by integrating each of the scientific disciplines listed above in order to illustrate the advantages of interdisciplinary, guided-inquiry teaching methods. We find that an interactive approach greatly improves the students' critical-thinking sills and stimulates scientific curiosity as compared to traditional lecture methods. While our new curriculum is facilitated by external funding and the commitment of our administration and science faculty, we believe that the exercise presented here is very flexible and can be undertaken by earth-science faculty in a variety of educational contexts.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1999.html#v47p158
MayAn exercise in Forecasting the Next Mauna Loa Eruption
Stephen Ross Mattox, Grand Valley State University
Mauna Loa, on the island of Hawaii, is one of the studied volcanoes on Earth. Based on Mauna Loa's long historic record and detailed geologic mapping, volcanologists have published forecasts for futrue activity at the volcano. The mean recurrence interval for eruptions at Mauna Loa is 1,459 days. The probability of the next eruption of Mauna Loa during or before the year 2009 exceeds 50%. The eruption should send lava flows away from the town of Hilo (assuming the active vent is in the northeast rift zone) and produce about 323x10^6 m^3 of lava. This inquiry-based exercise requires students to think like scientists while interpreting data about Mauna Loa's past activity. Students will forecast the next eruption of Mauna Loa, predict the location of the vent, and estimate the amount of lava that will be produced.
Keywords: Education - undergraduate; education - precollege; geology - teaching and curriculum; volcanoes and volcanism.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1999.html#v47p225
NovemberSystems Modeling of Nonequilibirum Chemical Reactions Using STELLA
Jonathon Levy and Larry Mayer, Miami University
Understanding mathematical models of chemical reactions is central to the fields of geology, geochemisty, and contaminant hydrogeology. Unfortunately, many students struggle with understanding the relations between the mathematics and the physical reality. Even upper-level undergraduate students oftern midunderstand fundamental concepts such as chemical equilibrium. To address the question of how to provide students with strong conceptual and qualitative reinforcement of systems in general and how to better understand chemical reactions in particular, we developed an exercise using STELLA to model a sorption-reaction system. STELLA enables students to build dynamic systems graphically from a physically based conceptual model independent of the governing differential equations. Using their STELLA models, students can gain insights into the system, observe relationships among model parameters and results, and discover new insights into what chemical equilibrium means and implies. Students can also explore their STELLA models to discover connections to the mathematical representation, thereby gaining a deeper appreciation of the mathematics behind the model and ultimately strengthening their mathematical skills.
Keywords: Education - computer assisted; education - graduate; education - undergraduate; geochemistry; hydrogeology and hydrology; miscellaneous and mathematical geology.
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I've compiled a list of the top 40 Houston Texans based on the current roster, but I need to spell out how I decided to rank the players. My rankings aren't based on overall value to the team or the ratings would start with "1. Matt Schaub, 2. Andre Johnson."
Instead, I decided to try and rank the Texans as "football players." I'm trying to decide how good a football player each player is relative to each other and how I come to my conclusions is certainly bound to be different than how you come to your conclusions. What you did in the past just factors in slightly as I'm looking to stack players based on where I think they are right now as players.
Keep in mind that some of my rankings will have players who have "never done anything" ahead of players who have experience under their belt. Oh well. In some cases I'm obviously projecting based on how I think they would play if given the opportunity that others have had. Here is my final list of the Texans Top 40. When you compare this list to what the list might have looked like in 2008, you'll see just how much better the talent is within the top 15 players.
1. Arian Foster, RB – With Tate on the roster, the Texans could survive without Foster but there is no doubt that Foster is a special back in this system and beyond. For those who think Foster is a creation of the zone scheme, I say watch the games closer. Foster has a unique ability to make men miss despite being a bigger back and his vision is elite amongst runners in the league. Do you need tough yards on 3rd and short? Foster is your guy. Do you need someone who can close the deal in the redzone? Foster is your guy. Do you need a player who excels against the best competition out there? Foster is your guy. Foster is a different breed of cat as a person, but that isn't a bad thing in my opinion. I think Foster has found himself as a person and enjoys being the best at his craft which is why I don't see him becoming complacent now that he's been paid.
2. Johnathan Joseph, CB – When we talk about the best cornerback in the pro football, it is common to default to Darrelle Revis from the Jets. Before last season, the default was a choice between Revis and Nnamdi Asomugha. If Johnathan Joseph isn't added to that list of cornerbacks, then something is wrong. Joseph outplayed Asomugha last season and provided the "lockdown corner" that allowed Wade Phillips to utilize his safeties all over the field without concern for helping Joseph over the top. Joseph proved to be an excellent tackler and his highly competitive nature helped to set the tone for a defense that complately remade itself last year.
3. Duane Brown, LT – I'm sure that where be plenty of people who argue this selection and I will admit that a case can be made for Andre Johnson, J.J. Watt and even Brian Cushing here. Duane Brown can shut down bull rushers, speed rushers and dominate in the zone scheme,which is why he is one of the top three tackles in all of football and deserves to be listed within the top three here. Brown has matured a great deal off the field and his professional attitude is one of the reasons that he's been able to reach his potential in both the running game and with pass protection. Very few tackles have the athleticism to get out on the perimeter and make blocks on cornerbacks on bubble screens while still being able to play with a certain degree of power. The Texans made some tough roster moves this offseason in an attempt to get their cap situation where they needed to in order to be prepared to make Brown one of the highest paid tackles in the league in 2013.
4. Andre Johnson, WR – Initially I had Andre Johnson behind J.J. Watt, but in the end I had to give the nod to Dre thanks to his consistency of production. If he remains healthy (which is getting to be a bigger "if"), there is no doubt that Johnson will produce at a high level. In anyone's list of who the Texans can least afford to lose, Andre Johnson will end up in the top three if not the top two. Johnson's work ethic and talent have always been off the charts and he doesn't carry himself with the diva-like attitude we see from so many wide receivers. I would be lying, however, if I told you I wasn't concerned by the fact that Dre missed nine games with injuries that didn't involve any contact last year. At the age of 31, Dre's health is going to be something to keep a very close eye on.
5. JJ Watt, DE – I recognize that Watt could easily be in the top two of this list, but I just want to see him do it a little longer. Watt started off like most rookies and then looked like one of the best interior defensive linemen in football by the end of the year and I think it is very likely that he is that type of player. Watt's strength at the point of attack is obvious, but what sets him apart is his ability to explode off the snap and destroy the plans of the offensive lineman in front of him. If he plays up to his potential, he will challenge Arian Foster and Johnathan Joseph for best Houston Texan.
6. Brian Cushing, LB – Cushing's bounce-back 2011 was very important to not only the Texans success, but also for Cushing's reputation. Cushing was an animal in 2009 and then morphed into a normal human in 2010. Who here amongst you believed that Cushing was going to show back up in perfect form in 2011? I wasn't so sure about that my damn self, but I was ecstatic to see it. What really makes Cushing fly off the field at you is his ability to diagnose quickly and then make decisions with outstanding football instinct. His ability to get around blocks while guessing the right path to the ball is what made helped to vault him back up near the top of the inside linebacker rankings.
7. Antonio Smith, DE – The most underrated Houston Texan is the darling of coaches and people like Greg Cosell from NFL Films who watch coaches tape for a living. Smith still does some stupid things on the field when he loses his composure, but there is no denying his toughness and nasty demeanor. Smith was critical in setting up the outside linebackers on his side up for success with the "T/E" stunts that he was the catalyst for. In that stunt, Smith shoots up the field between the guard and tackle in an attempt to occupy both players which allows the OLB to loop underneath to the vacated area and with a clear shot to the quarterback. Smith is much stronger at the point of attack than most players his size and his relentless pass rushing from the interior helped to make quarterbacks uncomfortable throughout the season.
8. Matt Schaub, QB – If this list were called "Who can the Texans least afford to lose?" then Matt Schaub would be No.1. Schaub's importance to this team was never more evident than at the end of last season and during the playoffs when the Texans offense played so inconsistently thanks to a lack of consistent passing attack. Unfortunately for Schaub, this list is about who the top football players on the team and there are some good ones ahead of him. Schaub understands the offense and will always be able to post some fairly impressive numbers in it, but when it comes to making big plays at big times and carrying the team when called on to do so, he has come up short.
9. Connor Barwin, OLB – Barwin showed up and showed out in a big way last year and as opposed to Brooks Reed who combined motor with opportunity, I think many of Barwin's sacks and pressures were the result of outstanding one on one skills. Barwin's "stab move" is a very underrated pass rush move that was able to create balance issues for tackles and open up inside pass rushing lanes. Barwin has ridiculous athleticism which should allow Wade Phillips to run a few more games with him this year in the second year of running this defense.
10. Danieal Manning, S – I ran this list by a few football people and their opinion of where Manning should be on the list varied greatly. There is school of thought that Manning is a decent player who benefited from an outstanding pass rush. There is another school of thought (and I attend this university) that says that Manning is one of, if not THE, best tackling safety in all of football who also has the ability to cover WRs out of the slot and return kicks. The biggest concern with Manning is that he will take some chances and let guys get behind him and that will be something that teams test this year.
11. Owen Daniels, TE – Tough to slot OD because everyone judges him based on his 2007 and 2008 seasons when he racked up 133 catches, 1630 yards, but even then he had just 5 TDs. When you isolated on Daniels, it was obvious that he was still able to get open and make plays, its just that he isn't targeted as much as he was earlier in his career. Daniels is still a solid blocker in the run game and should be a much bigger factor in the passing game if Schaub stays healthy.
12. Chris Myers, C – Myers has gone from being a scapegoat to being a key off-season re-signing by the Texans in just four short years. Make no mistake, I understand that Myers has much more value in the zone scheme than he might have in a man-blocking attack, but the loss of Myers would have hurt much more than the loss of Mike Brisiel.
13. Ben Tate, RB – I like Ben Tate, but I don't love him as a football player. Tate has speed and proved that he could step in and post good numbers in this offense when Foster went out, but he also left yards on the field. Tate's vision is very, very average and he still needs to learn to be more of a complete runner, but the potential is definitely there for him to be a solid starting RB.
14. Brooks Reed, OLB – Brooks has a terrific first step and plays with a motor that is as good as any player on the team which is one of the reasons that he was more impressive than most of us expected from a rookie thrust into a starting position. Reed has a variety of pass rush moves which certainly adds to his "football player" status and will likely be handling the stating snaps this year. The Texans drafted Whitney Mercilus and were targeting Bruce Irvin according to some very reliable sources so I have to wonder if the Texans believe in Reed's ability to be a full-time starter.
15. Wade Smith, LG – Is Wade Smith a product of the system? He might be. Smith was "just a guy" before he got to the Texans, but within the Texans scheme, Smith has been a key component in the success of the running game. Smith is an intelligent player who has adapted well to the scheme and has been good at getting to the second level and making his blocks.
16. Glover Quin, S – Quin struggled in preseason with his tackling as he struggled with new angles moving from cornerback to safety, but Quin really elevated his play during the season. Quin's ability to support the run and cover wide receivers and tight ends helps to make the Texans safety duo one of the most versatile duos in the league.
17. Rashad Butler, RT – Butler could easily be rated in the top 12 by the end of the year if he wins the right tackle job and handles himself well in that position. Butler's pass protection ability could be an upgrade from Eric Winston's but the real question to me is how he handles himself in the running game which is very important for this offense's success.
18. Shaun Cody, DT/NT – While Mitchell has the greater upside, Cody showed that he could handle the position better than most of us expected heading into 2011. Cody isn't built for handling double teams all game long, but he did a good job of getting the job done last year. It will be interesting to see if Cody can play up to 2011 or if he loses some reps to Mitchell this year.
19. Earl Mitchell, DT/NT – Mitchell may be higher on the list than you expected him to be, but he can play – just ask Wade Phillips. Unfortunately for Mitchell, he might not be best suited in a 3-4, but his ability to rush the passer and disrupt from the NT position makes Mitchell a very valuable member of the Texans. If I were a 4-3 team looking for a 3-technique who can get up the field, I would be calling the Texans looking to trade for Mitchell.
20. Kevin Walter, WR – Walter is known as a great run-blocking WR and he has earned that distinction over the years. The problem for the Texans is that Walter's reception numbers has gone down in each of the last four years and he isn't getting any younger. With younger wideouts behind him, Walter could lose some snaps this season.
21. Whitney Mercilus, OLB – Mercilus has all the potential in the world but is still very raw right now. Mercilus played with his hand in the ground and standing up at Illinois so the Texans know how he rushes from both stances, but he'll likely be a rotational pass rusher to start off the season.
22. Brice McCain, CB – There weren't many players who looked worse than Brice McCain in 2010 and yet McCain would have easily won the "Most Improved Texan" award last season. McCain has good speed and quickness and showed a good deal of "stickiness" when matched up with WRs in the slot. I was also very pleased with what I saw from McCain in terms of his tackling in 2011. McCain's play could end up keeping 2nd round pick Brandon Harris on the bench for awhile.
23. Kareem Jackson, CB – Despite being the city's"whipping boy" for football, Jackson did improve in 2012. While Jackson played better, the Texans also realize that his game speed and closing speed isn't what they had hoped it would be when he was drafted. Jackson's upside will never be equal to where he was drafted, but he does have a chance to be "solid."
24. Tim Jamison, DE – Jamison came out of nowhere last year and made just about everyone a believer. You could see his motor ran hot last year in camp and it ended up carrying over into games where he worked his way in as a rotational DE. Jamison doesn't have the typical measurements of a 3-4 DE, but he does have the tenacity that defensive line coach Bill Kollar covets.
25. James Casey, FB/TE – Casey's biggest problem is that he's caught in-between positions. He's not a true fullback and he's not an every down tight end. What he is, however, is a football player. Casey will produce at a high level on special teams, but he also has some of the best hands on the team. If his blocking improves in year two as a fullback, Casey could become a huge weapon for Coach Kubiak as he gives the Texans unbelievable versatility with their formations that creates matchup havoc.
26. Keshawn Martin, WR – Surprised? This might surprise you right now, but you'll get it once we get halfway through the season. Martin is tailor-made for the slot in Gary Kubiak's offense. With an ability to shake defenders off the line of scrimmage, Martin figures to be a tougher matchup for nickel cornerbacks than Jacoby Jones was and he has great special teams value as a returner.
27. Bradie James, ILB – The old dog still has plenty of tricks and I'm sure that Wade Phillips has no problem with plugging James into the starting lineup once camp begins. James is at the stage of his career where he has no upside left, but he is a very capable starter in this defense.
28. Derek Newton, OT – Newton has size, a strong base and athleticism. The fact that Newton has almost no NFL experience might make this ranking a surprise to some, but I was actually dying to put him higher. Newton is a very real contender for the starting spot on the right side this year (although he is an underdog to Rashad Butler) and has starter's potential.
29. Antoine Caldwell, RG – Caldwell isn't as bad as he looked last season. In fact, Caldwell tried to tough it out with two high ankle sprains which hampered his performance and caused Caldwell to get "very down on himself" according to sources with the team. Caldwell should win the battle at right guard against rookie Brandon Brooks and from there we will finally see what type of game a healthy Caldwell has. This is probably a make or break year (camp?) for him.
30. Lestar Jean, WR – Jean is the "cause célèbre" of Texans fans on message boards, at water coolers and on sport talk radio. And you know what? I'm buying into the hype. When I watch Jean, I see a WR with not only tremendous hands, but an ability to operate vertically as well. Most importantly, Jean has a great demeanor on the field and exudes confidence when you watch him work. While Kevin Walter may be the starter this year, I expect Jean to be the first man off the bench if Walter or Andre Johnson get hurt or need a rest.
31. Justin Forsett, RB – Forsett might be the Texans 3rd string RB, but he can play the game. Forsett saw his opportunities go way down last year with Marshawn Lynch's emergence, but he fits in the zone scheme, he's a solid pass catcher out of the backfield and he can return punts and kicks. Forsett will be an upgrade at the Texans RB3 spot this year.
32. Darryl Sharpton, ILB – Sharpton is aggressive and started to show signs of improvement last year until an injury sidelined him. With DeMeco Ryans gone, the thought was that Sharpton would get his chance, but with the signing of Bradie James and with Sharpton slow to recover from his quad injury, Sharpton's playing time may be more limited to special teams if he can't beat out James in camp.
33. DeVier Posey, WR – Posey missed most of last season and is playing a position that can be tricky for rookies to pick up. I wouldn't expect much from Posey this year and I think he'll find himself behind Lestar Jean in terms of pecking order at the outside WR position. Despite his size and speed, Posey just isn't ready to make a dent in 2012.
34. Bryan Braman, OLB – Braman has the type of athleticism that could vault him into the top 25 by the time the season is over, but I still need to see more before I bump him that high this quickly. When I watch Braman on kick coverage, I see a future special teams Pro Bowler. Braman runs in the 4.5 range and that is obvious as he blazes down the field. Despite having greater athletic ability as a pass rusher than Brooks Reed, he still lacks the skill level necessary to be a consistent pass rusher. He is still young and learning, however.
35. Jared Crick, DE – Although smaller than JJ Watt, Crick has the type of game motor that Watt had coming out, but he doesn't have Watt's talent. In Wade Phillips' defense, Crick has a chance to be a solid rotational player who is allowed to cut it loose up the field when called on. Crick will fight for snaps this year.
36. Brandon Brooks, RG – Brooks has never done it, but there is a good chance he will do it… but probably not this year. Brooks has outstanding power and better-than-expected lateral movement for a man his size. Right now, the game will be too fast for Brooks, but that doesn't diminish his talent and potential as a player.
37. Tim Dobbins, ILB – Dobbins is somewhat limited at the LB position, but he can thump and was used at times around the goal line. Dobbins has always been a strong player on special teams since he came into the league and that value as a "teams" player along with his aggressive demeanor gets him slotted inside my top 40.
38. T.J. Yates, QB – Yates wouldn't be a guy that anyone around the league would covet as a starter, but he did show some flashes this year and I know that Gary Kubiak is very high on his potential. If the Texans had to go to him for an entire season, they probably wouldn't be a playoff team, but he has some potential to build on a second year player.
39. Troy Nolan, S – It was tough deciding what to do with Nolan. Initially, I had him out of the top 40 and he could wind up outside of this list by the time camp starts. Nolan helps on special teams and had to step in and start last year when Danieal Manning went down, but he will have competition in camp to hang onto his job this season.
40. Garrett Graham, TE – Graham has had very little action on the field so far and when I've watched him in camp and in the preseason, he hasn't really flashed. In this offense, he has a chance to really make a name for himself, but right now he doesn't stand out as a playmaker or blocker at the tight end position.


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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Garth Brooks mused that the public may have moved on when he announced he was coming out of retirement.
Was he ever wrong.
Tickets for Brooks' first 20 shows at the Wynn Las Vegas resort sold out in less than five hours. The resort says in a statement released Saturday afternoon that the resort reached its maximum capacity for callers at 141,934 and those who called in after got busy signals.
Officials say the ticket Web site had more than 5.4 million page views with 40,000 waiting to buy tickets online at one point.
Brooks announced a five-year deal with casino owner Steve Wynn last week that will include 15 weeks of shows in the Encore theater, which seats about 1,500. All tickets were $125 plus fees.
The best-selling solo act in history will play shows Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays of select weeks beginning Dec. 11.


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On the morning of October 1, 1854, forty-five children sat on the front benches of a meetinghouse in Dowagiac, Michigan. Most were between ten and twelve years old. . . For the last couple of weeks notices had been running in the newspapers, and bills had been posted at the general store, the tavern, and the railroad station asking families to take in homeless boys and girls from New York City. The children had arrived on the train from Detroit at three that morning and had huddled together on the station platform until sunup . . . .If you have the slightest genealogical interest in orphans, half-orphans, or abandoned children, Stephen O'Connor's 2001 book Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed will keep your attention all the way through. The author manages to tell three intertwined tales: the life of Brace, a classic New England reformer; the stories (those that are recoverable) of many of the children themselves; and the way nineteenth-century Americans, including Brace's Children's Aid Society, thought about the problem of children without competent or affluent parents.
Because the big surprise here is that Brace's basic ideas have not been jettisoned at all. They are still at the heart of our foster care "system"; only the trains are missing. The past is not dead; it isn't even past.


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Kim Kardashian has given birth to her first child according to multiple reports.
Both TMZ and the Daily Mail report Kardashian welcomed her and Kanye West's first child together Saturday.
Kardashian was admitted to a birthing suite at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills this morning, according to the Daily Mail.
TMZ reports the birth of the couple's daughter comes five weeks ahead of her scheduled due date.
Kanye's sixth album "Yeezus" leaked online Friday. It's due out Tuesday in stores.
No word on a name yet.


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You can use public Google Fusion Tables as a data source for your chart. In order to do this, you must first understand how to send data queries for charts, and you should consult the Fusion Tables documentation and the Fusion Tables API.
The following instructions are for an old version of the Fusion Tables API and may not work with the current version.
Here is how to query a Fusion Table for data.
Find the ID of the Fusion Table table that you want. Open the Fusion Table in
your browser and look for the docid in the URL. For example, if the URL is
https://www.google.com/fusiontables/data?docid=1VlPiBCkYt_Vio-JT3UwM-U__APurJvPb6ZEJPg, the table ID is 1VlPiBCkYt_Vio-JT3UwM-U__APurJvPb6ZEJPg. Note that the table must be public for the query to work (that is, view permissions must be granted to everyone).
Choose which columns to reference. You can use either the column label, or the
string "colN" where N is the zero-based column index, starting from
the leftmost column, for example:
col1, and so on.
Create a query that includes a
FROMclause that references the table ID, as well as the columns you have selected. Important: The query should use the Fusion Tables SQL syntax; this syntax is similar to, but not the same as the same as the Google Chart Tools query syntax. Clause order matters in this syntax: for example, the
FROMclause must precede any optional
GROUP BYclauses. A successful response will return a data table with columns appropriate for your chart. Read your chart's documentation to learn its required data format. You can send and handle the query using any supported methods, including
google.visualization.drawChart()or the
If you need to customize the column names, modify the retrieved table by
DataTable.setColumnLabel()on it.
- Set the table as your chart's data source.
Important: Columns can appear to be a different data type than actually are. For example, column with values such as "1/12/2011" might be in a column of type string; Fusion Tables does not expose a way to learn the declared column type in tables that you do not own. Trying to reformat or sort a string-formatted date using a date formatter will fail.
Here is an example table that queries
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">   <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Google Visualization API Sample</title>


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Chris Kaergard and Chuck Sweeny's rose-colored remembrances poetically recalling the demise of former President Richard Nixon would be laughable if they weren't so pathetic.
In Aug. 10's Rockford Register Star, both authors opined on the man and the last days of a conspiracy attempting to usurp the Constitution and create an "imperial presidency."
Remarkably, Sweeny would have us believe Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal was marginal, and that his resignation was the poor product of staff ineptitude. Nothing was further from the truth, including Nixon.
Nixon never acknowledged the illegitimacy of the bungled Watergate break-in or the malevolent cover-up he personally managed. Consider his 1977 answer to broadcaster David Frost: "Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal."
After Gerald Ford's pardon, Republican Party conservatives began a crusade toward vindication, achieving their phoenix-like resurrection in Ronald Reagan's 1980 election. Former acolytes Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld continued Nixon's ideology of a presidency beyond constitutional reproach all the way to Baghdad.
Let's not fool ourselves through fond nostalgic delusions: Richard Nixon orchestrated and conducted a federal criminal enterprise for self-vindication. That's his presidential legacy and disgrace, not something to recall with admiration.
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As Assassin's Creed's is basically predicated on brainwashing and an enormous conspiracy theory, it's the perfect subject for the kind of viral clue-hunting alternate-reality game that surfaced on the game's official site this past week.
On Friday, the game — "Hacked History" — reached 100 per cent completion. That is, everyone spotted all the anomalies presented in three historic paintings. That produced this image (above), of the original protagonist Desmond Miles in the rafters at an arena, taking in some MMA action. There's a QR code on the scoreboard, and some numbers lurking in the background.
The full puzzle has now been deciphered, which you may see for yourself here, but the payoff — this video — is available only to those in the U.K. as it is playable in that region only. A NeoGAF user says the video "might be the opening sequence. So best wait to watch it in game. It is literally a "Previously On Assassin's Creed" type video."
American viewers, you can get the same experience by watching this video.
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Junior • 2013
Contributed eight kills, seven blocks and five digs at No. 6 Penn State (Jan. 26) ... Scored 10 kills against Loyola-Chicago (Feb. 1) ... Had 12 kills and a hitting percentage of .346 against Juniata (Feb. 2) ... Recorded nine kills against Rivier (Feb. 5) ... Tallied five kills against St. Francis (Pa.) (Feb. 17) in three straight sets ... Tallied six kills and four digs while also recording three aces in a victory over NJIT (Feb. 22) … Recorded five kills to go along with a team high five digs in a team victory over Rutgers-Newark (Feb. 23) ... Credited with one kill, three digs, and three blocks in a win over MIT (Mar. 5) ... Tallied six kills, three digs, and one block in a victory over Emmanuel (Mar. 7) ... Notched 11 kills, one dig and five blocks in a victory against NJIT (April 12) … Registered three kills and three digs in a win over Rutgers-Newark (April 13) ... Credited with two kills and three digs in a win over Sacred Heart (April 20).
Sophomore • 2012
Played in 23 matches and started 15 … Recorded a season-high six kills against Rivier on Jan 27 and Sacred Heart on March 24 … Registered kills in 10 of the team's final 11 matches … Finished third on the team with 61 blocks … Concluded 2012 with 11 service aces, the third-best mark on the team … Maintained a 0.57 kills per set, 0.80 blocks per set, and 1.13 points per set average.
Freshman • 2011
Record eight kills, two service aces and five blocks in wins over Newbury and Endicott ... Tallied seven kills on a .400 attack percentage to go with five block assists in 3-1 win over MIT ... Registered two kills and two service aces and one block assist in April 16 win over NJIT ... Played in 73 of 84 games, averaging 0.82 kills per set, 0.70 digs per set and 0.63 blocks per set.
Before Harvard
Was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter in volleyball … Lettered three years and started two years in basketball … Lettered and started two years in tennis, playing doubles … Captained the volleyball team sophomore and senior year and the basketball team senior year … Made first team all-conference team 2008–10, second team all-state junior year, first team all-state, team MVP and conference MVP senior year in volleyball … Was honorable mention all-conference senior year in basketball … Earned second team all-conference in tennis junior year … Volleyball team was a state tournament participant all four years he was a varsity member … Tennis team participated in state tournament both years of participation, finishing as runner-up junior year … Member of the National Honor Society … 2010 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletics Association (WIAA) Scholar Athlete … Middleton High School 2010 Senior Athlete … Brother, Tim, played basketball at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.


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Editor's Overview
Assembled in Tennessee, the Toyota Tundra has proven itself a formidable competitor in a predominantly domestic segment. With over two dozen variations, a wealth of class-exclusive features and three powerful engines to choose from, there is a 2013 Tundra to fit just about every need and lifestyle.
You'll Like The 2013 Toyota Tundra If...
If you have grown tired with the usual suspects from Ford, Chevrolet and Ram, it might be time to take a closer look at the Toyota Tundra. Backed by Toyota's enviable reputation for safety and reliability, the 2013 Tundra is a genuine workhorse with impressive towing capabilities, rugged construction and first-class interior accommodations. To top it all off, every Toyota Tundra is built in America.
You May Not Like The 2013 Toyota Tundra If...
Toyota is proud that its full-size pickup is capable of towing the substantial loads of a three-quarter-ton in half-ton guise. A remarkable feat indeed, but the beefed-up rear suspension that permits this impressive capability produces a bouncy ride when unloaded. Furthermore, full-size truck shoppers who consider fuel economy a top priority will find plenty to like in the new Ram 1500 V6.
What's New
Toyota's Entune infotainment system makes its way into the Tundra pickup for the 2013 model year. In addition, the TRD Rock Warrior Package is now available for Limited models.
Interior Features
A big project can call for hauling big people and even bigger equipment, and the 2013 Toyota Tundra has both areas covered. CrewMax models can comfortably hold up to six adults plus provide the convenience of multiple storage areas for toolboxes, jumper cables and other essentials. Adding to the Tundra's comfort level is a rear seat in the Double Cab model that has more rearward angle than in other trucks, making the small space more suitable for long trips. If 4-passenger (or more) accommodations are what you seek, the CrewMax is the right body style for you. With its fore-and-aft-adjustable rear seats and adjustable seatback, the 2013 Tundra CrewMax is the ultimate people-hauler.
Exterior Features
Outside, the brawny Toyota Tundra boasts the tough, in-your-face attitude demanded by full-size pickup buyers. Although still clearly a product of Toyota design, the Tundra's huge chrome grille surround, prominent hood bulge and sculpted lower door edges project an intimidating appearance. While the base Regular Cab model looks rather pedestrian with its black grille and bumper, up-level trims show off a lot more chrome and flashy options. The Double Cab model features shorter half doors for accessing the smaller rear seat, while the CrewMax models are easily identifiable by their longer cabs, shorter beds and long rear doors. Toyota also offers a Work Truck package that outfits Tundra regular cab models with a vinyl bench seat, durable rubber flooring and a choice between the standard V6 or the available 4.6-liter V8.
Driving Impressions
From behind the wheel, there is no getting around that the 2013 Toyota Tundra is an enormous truck. A tall, upright seating position makes it easier to see over the massive hood, but the Tundra's overall girth, like all trucks in this segment, requires some top-notch driving skills when navigating narrow roads or confined quarters. The optional rearview camera is a great help when parking or attaching a trailer and really should be standard on all models. As for how the 2013 Tundra drives, we found the big Toyota offers excellent steering feel and better ride quality than most three-quarter-ton pickups. The good handling and solid feel have everything to do with the Tundra's frame, which features a fully boxed front section, partially boxed C-channel under the passenger compartment and more flexible open C-channel below the bed for added protection against overloading. Of the two V8 engine choices, we prefer the more powerful 5.7-liter V8 for its rich baritone and high level of torque.
Pricing Notes
A base 2013 Toyota Tundra carries a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of just over $26,000 and tops out around $50,000 for a fully loaded CrewMax model in Platinum trim. Stepping up to a double cab adds about $2,000 to the bottom line, with CrewMax models commanding an additional $5,000 over the standard regular cab. Full-size offerings from Ram and Chevrolet start around $23,000, while America's best-selling vehicle, the Ford F-150, comes in closer to $25,000. Kelley Blue Book is here to help you get the best deal on your new Toyota Tundra, and it begins with a look at our Fair Purchase Price tool at the bottom of this page. As for resale value, we expect the 2013 Toyota Tundra to hold high 5-year values and lead the full-size segment in residuals.
Notable Equipment
Base 2013 Toyota Tundra models come with heated outside mirrors, 18-inch steel wheels, a basic auxiliary audio jack for portable audio devices, 2-speed windshield wipers and a slam-proof hydraulic tailgate. Double Cab and CrewMax SR5 trims add an 8-way power driver's seat, fog lights and the newly available Display Navigation system with Entune, Bluetooth and a rearview camera. Limited models include a JBL premium audio system, 18-inch alloy wheels and chrome body cladding, while the range-topping Platinum grade features heated front seats, 20-inch alloys and perforated leather seating. On the safety front, the 2013 Tundra has eight airbags, trailer-sway control and a full complement of electronic stability aides.
Notable Options
Perhaps the most desirable features available for the Toyota Tundra reside in the TRD packages. Optional equipment exclusive to TRD models range from cosmetic enhancements such as sport fabric-trimmed seats and color-keyed front and rear bumpers to off-road niceties like Bilstein trail-tuned shock absorbers and BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A tires. If you long for in-vehicle navigation, we recommend opting for the new Display Navigation system in favor of the older, less capable and inexplicably more expensive DVD-based navigation unit. Configuring the right Tundra for your needs is rather simple; if you are willing to sacrifice a bit of hauling capacity for additional interior space, the Tundra CrewMax is the ideal choice. Conversely, drivers who need all of the cargo space they can get should opt for a regular-cab version or the Double Cab with the available 8-foot cargo bed.
Favorite Features
Toyota's new app-based infotainment system features a suite of popular smartphone applications and data services designed to compete with Ford's SYNC Applink, Hyundai Blue Link and Chevrolet MyLink. Currently, Entune includes features like Bing local search, Pandora Internet radio, OpenTable and real-time services such as traffic, weather and fuel prices.
Compared to its smaller V8 counterpart, the 2013 Tundra's optional i-Force 5.7-liter V8 produces an additional 71 horsepower, yet exacts only a marginal penalty in fuel economy.
Under the Hood
The 2013 Toyota Tundra offers three engine choices: the standard 270-horsepower 4.0-liter V6, a 310-horsepower 4.6-liter V8 or the 381-horsepower 5.7-liter V8. The V6 is mated to a 5-speed automatic with uphill/downhill shift logic, while the V8s are mated to a 6-speed automatic. Both the V6 and V8 powertrains employ several technologies that deliver big power and improved efficiency. Dual Variable-Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i) optimizes engine performance for changing conditions and demands, while the V8's 6-speed automatic transmission employs a low first gear to aid low-speed acceleration and two overdrive gears to maximize fuel efficiency on the highway.
4.0-liter V6
270 horsepower @ 5,600 rpm
278 lb-ft of torque @ 4,400 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 16/20 mpg
4.6-liter V8
310 horsepower @ 5,600 rpm
327 lb-ft of torque @ 3,400 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 15/20 mpg (2WD), 14/19 mpg (4WD)
5.7-liter V8
381 horsepower @ 5,600 rpm
401 lb-ft of torque @ 3,600 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 14/18 mpg (2WD), 13/17 mpg (4WD), 13/18 mpg (4WD, E85)
Editors' Notes
Nowhere is brand loyalty more prevalent than in the full-size pickup category. Deep-seated entrants like the Chevrolet Silverado, Ram 1500 and the best-selling Ford F-150 continue their dominance over the segment whereas relative newcomers, namely the 2013 Toyota Tundra, struggle to gain market share. These comparatively low sales numbers, however, do not reflect the Tundra's performance capabilities, as it equals or bests the competition when it comes to horsepower, towing capacity and available features. And while many full-size truck manufacturers have pushed the subject of safety to the back burner, Toyota elected to embrace this often overlooked virtue and developed the first full-size pickup to receive the coveted Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).


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"A man from the West will fight over three things," the aptly named Barry Goldwater observed: "Water, women and gold, and usually in that order."
In 1890, A.W. Wohlford came to Escondido to find gold but ended up in the citrus business, ultimately founding the city's water company (as well as owning a bank, where the gold was stored).
History records that Wohlford married wife Sallie (without bloodshed) and raised a landmark Escondido family.
The other day, I shot the breeze with Burnet Wohlford, A.W.'s avocado-growing great-grandson.
The subject: The price of water and a two-year "bridge" to an idyllic future of relatively cheap recycled water purple-piped into the city's groves.
As you know, many North County growers are getting crushed by the price of water. It's a fact of agrarian life.
Wohlford remembers the green salad days when irrigating trees accounted for 15 to 20 percent of a ranch's budget. In this parched era, water's up to 75 percent, he says, a punishing reality that can force growers to shortchange fertilizing and pruning, costly elements of the fine art of producing high-quality fruit at the right size and time.
Back in 2006, when water shortages hit emergency levels, Escondido's groves were cut back nearly a third, Wohlford recalls. The rural heritage of the Hidden Valley, its identity as a modern mid-size city surrounded by fecund green belts, was vanishing.
Fortunately, Wohlford said, the city, which draws water from Lake Henshaw as well as the County Water Authority, traditionally has viewed farmers as a favored class of customer. Farmers buy in bulk and pay less. They get a Costco-style deal.
Wohlford bristles at the word "subsidy." To him, it's fitting and fair that farmers pay less.
If you look at water through the lens of history, you see two things:
First, groves aren't just pretty landscaping. They add aesthetic (i.e., real estate) value while creating jobs and adding to the tax base. Escondido without its groves, great and small, would be hotter, drier and browner, more vulnerable to wildfires.
Second, the water pumped into groves takes a one-way, not a two-way, trip. It does not come back to clog the sewer system. Moreover, farms tend to be old customers; the plumbing is already in place, often having been paid for by growers themselves.
The fact is, we live in an impure economy where job- and tax-generating businesses expect, and get, sweeteners from governments. The trick for cities is to drive smart deals that advance the public good. Everybody wins.
Viewed that way, the city and the growers have the makings of a life-sweetening deal:
After a two-year rate preference, the farms will line up as the prime customers for reclaimed water suitable for irrigation but not for drinking.
Wohlford calls the new source of water "toilet-to-trees."
The two-year grace period, which Wohlford calls a "bridge," is the time it will take for Escondido to set up the reclaimed water infrastructure. If it doesn't do something to reduce its sewage, officials have said, the city may be on the hook for $300 million to widen pipes carrying Escondido sewage into the ocean.
The smart green solution is to pump treated sewage into the groves. The recycled H2O will be cheaper than potable water, giving Escondido growers an edge in the marketplace. It will be "incredible," Wohlford gushes.
There's a pragmatic elegance to this toilet-to-tree solution that only a grower could explain.
The worst time for sewage plants is during the rainy season when the landscape is awash in water, Wohlford says. Pipe capacity is strained. Disaster looms.
No problem, Wohlford predicts. Farmers can draw off excess and pump it into their soggy groves, forcing the salt of the earth deeper into the ground, which in this context is a healthy thing.
It's axiomatic that details of any deal are devilish, but the broad points should be easy for Escondido's council to grasp next month.
Giving farmers, the salt of the Hidden Valley's earth, a break on rates is a short-term investment in a life-enhancing solution to sewage disposal.
And who knows? Get this right and the world may start spinning in another direction.
Some of us may live to see tired old houses on the city's edges being razed to make way for new groves.
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Remnants of the latest deadly snow and sleet storm system to batter the South and Northeast were still causing havoc for millions Friday. But there was hope for winter relief along much of the region Friday.
The National Weather Service forecast improving conditions and warmer temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic region as a pesky Nor'easter coursed into New England after blanketing several states with up to two feet of snow. Crashes involving dozens of cars and trucks jammed traffic along portions of the slickened state Turnpike near Bucks County, Pa., for several hours Friday, injuring at least 30 people and snarling traffic for miles.
The lingering storm is responsible for at least 24 deaths so far, about 14,000 canceled flights and snarled traffic from the deep South to upper New York State. The chilling impact remains: lost retail sales, less worker productivity and stressed parents, frazzled by another day of youngsters home-bound by canceled classes in at least nine states. Many will have an extended weekend because of Monday's closures for Presidents Day.
Hopes that Mother Nature might lighten up on Valentine's Day failed to mend the soured relationship between NBC meteorologist Al Roker and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over the mayor's decision to keep schools open Thursday. City schools have been closed for snow fewer than a dozen times since the 1970s.
Roker blasted de Blasio in a series of tweets for his criticism of the Weather Service. Roker hasn't backed off, but Friday morning, he apologized on the Today show for tweeting "one term" for the newly elected mayor.
New York was hit by 10 inches of snow. Storm-related deaths included Min Lin, 36, who was killed by a snowplow as she was loading groceries in her car at a Brooklyn shopping center. Her nearly full-term baby was later delivered by cesarean section at a medical facility, where the baby is listed in critical condition.
More than 1 million homes and businesses were without power Thursday, but that fell to about 440,000 Friday, mostly in South Carolina, with 228,000 customers without service after the state's worst winter storm in a decade. Four residents died, among them a man who killed by gas fumes as he used a grill to heat a bedroom. In Georgia, where 175,000 customers had no power, a 5-year-old girl died early Friday after a candle ignited flames in her Millen home.
Washington, D.C., virtually shut down by nine inches of snow Thursday morning, picked up another three inches Thursday night. Federal offices reopened two hours late, but many schools remain closed.
Officials in several states continue to warn about storm hazards. Snow cleanup is being blamed for fatal heart attacks of two Burke County, N.C. residents. And at least two suburban Maryland men died after shoveling snow.
"Please don't over-exert yourself,'' said Howard County, Md, executive Ken Ulman. "Clear a little at a time."
Winter storm warnings were lifted in parts of the South, although some regions were expecting up to four inches of snow by Friday evening. In Kentucky, the congregation of Calvary Baptist Church at Pinetop was mourning the death of the Rev. Carlos Craft, 73, killed when the vehicle he was using to clear snow slid into a creek.
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The Maasai of northern Tanzania continue to scramble to stop a government plan to turn 600 square miles of their traditional grazing pasture into a private hunting reserve for foreign tourists.
The plan, announced in March and stoutly opposed by Maasai activists led by women, would mean the eviction of some 30,000 herders in the Loliondo area near Serengeti National Park.
The land would be appropriated for a sporting ground or "wildlife corridor" for the Ortello Business Corporation (OBC), a big-game hunting firm owned by Dubai's royal family.
Tanzania authorities say a new corridor will protect the migration zones of the wildebeest; but the Maasai say their livelihood as cattle herders will be destroyed.
The plan to take land was first announced in early spring as a kind of fait accompli by Tanzania's minister for tourism, Khamis Kagasheki.
Maasai females in particular were outraged and organized protests across the Loliondo highland savannah. Their group got support from Tanzania's powerful ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), and a delegation of Maasai leaders, including women activists, were given a meeting to air their grievances with prime minister Mizengo Pinda.
In the meeting, Mr. Pinda assured the Maasai activists that he supported their cause and would take their concerns to the president, according to members of the delegation. But no official decisions have been made since the meeting with Pinda two weeks ago. The women fear the government is stalling.
"We are worried that this is just a smokescreen," said Morgayamat Maanda, a grandmother of seven, speaking of the meeting with the prime minister.
Indeed, Pinda's spokesman told the Monitor that the government's position is still that of Mr. Kagasheki, the tourism minister. Kagasheki had earlier launched a national media campaign claiming the Maasai are squatters on government land, and that their cattle are overgrazing and threaten the local wildlife.
With no clear answer from Pinda, the women are camping in tiny Arash village in the shadow of one of the corridor's forested mountains, debating whether to sell their husbands' cows for funds in order to travel to Dar es Salaam to demand an audience with President Jakaya Kikwete.
Ancestral heritage
The Maasai view the land in Loliondo as part of their ancestral heritage. In practical terms, about 90 percent of Maasai locals raise and export a breed of humped cattle that pays for their food and for the costs of living, including school fees for children.
"If the land goes, then the livestock does not have grass," said Mairetwai Olenguyo, a local mother. "I won't have cattle to sell, and then my children will die of hunger."
When the plan was first announced, a number of local politicians, males, said they would resign their offices in protest. Yet none did, sparking anger by women and mothers, who experts say suffer most from the kind of social upheavals that a mass removal of Maasai herders would involve.
Women here recall being left behind by their husbands to care for children during a 2009 drought when security forces for the OBC company, which has operated in Loliondo for the past two decades, denied them access to water. Maasai men often seek work in the city as guards since they are seen as fierce warriors.
Broken promises
Tanzanian Maasai have suffered from a history of broken promises. The British removed them from the Serengeti in 1959 with assurances that land rights would never be infringed again. Yet post-independence governments did so anyway.
"You cannot move the same group of people twice in their lifetime," said Tina Timan, a Maasai representative dressed in a red cloak and a blue head scarf who met with Pinda, the prime minister. Ms. Timan's parents were evicted from the Serengeti a year before she was born.
In recent weeks, the women, whose protest was largely spontaneous, each donated 7,000 Tanzanian shillings ($4.30) to send Timan and another woman to meet Pinda. In the current rainy season, a woman earns about 10,000 Tanzanian shillings ($6.14) per week selling milk.
Mwigulu Nchemba, a political officer from CCM, the party taking up support of the Maasai, says the local herders already have title deeds. "The villages are registered … and [the Maasai] have little impact on the ecology," he told the Monitor, denying that the cattle harm wildlife.
Tribal leaders say the abundant wildlife enjoyed by OBC's hunting party clients is evidence that the Maasai tribe have been good stewards of the land.
They say that Tanzania's president Kikwete has tried for years to give OBC more land in return for heavy payments from the Dubai-based firm. A more radical contingent of Maasai have threatened to occupy OBC's hunting camp.
Ms. Olenguyo, the local mother, doubted the Maasai protest would make a difference.
"I don't think he'll give back our land," she said of Kikwete, even though she retains some hope: "Even the president has children and a wife."


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A Feelgood Story ...
Armed with a new charger for my camera, I wanted to post a quick reflection on three events that happened this week.
1. Biscuits?!
One of my regular customers brought in a bunch of biscuits for me, made using some coffee that I had roasted for her the week before. Note the exquisite work with the piping nozzle. (The textbook is pretty good, too.)
2. Catastrophe!
For some reason, I came home to find puddles of water all over my espresso bench, including all around my tampers. This stuff sometimes happens in a shared household. It only took a minute to clean up, but I realised that the handle of this tamper had rotted so that it no longer gripped the threads of the bolt.
Whilst I don't use this tamper any more, it still has a lot of sentimental value. I bought it from Greg years ago when I bought my first espresso machine and grinder combo. Back then, the tampers came with a really long handle, the idea being that you could grab it in your fist. The base was also just a well machined circle of stainless steel. The tamper traveled back and forth between Greg and I as various modifications were made. The first was cutting down the original Jarrah handle. In hindsight, we probably went too short. It didn't take too long until I met up with Greg in Adelaide and he showed me a zany new type of handle - I had to buy it and switched over to it straight away. I can't remember exactly what happened with the base, but at some stage I ended up with a version with the lines that I wished for in my review and the partly chamfered base that Greg Kaan suggested. Of course, along the way it has also been my pleasure to test out various tampers and designs that I'm bound to stay silent about.
Watching Greg's tamper and his business evolve has been a lot of fun. The tamper will continue to occupy a special place in my collection.
3. Syphon
In the photo; Syphon brought back from Japan for me by Pete, cup brought back from Sri Lanka by Nim and copious amounts of advice from the Barismoids.
I have met a lot of very nice people in coffee and I shall miss them very much when (if?) I leave it.
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Kn10 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 71 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
Looking for a logo design for a business called "Aquatrek". They specialise in products for managing water such as house down-pipes. Would like to see some water theme worked into it.
A Journey with Water
Desired Style:
Water themed
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As mentioned in the short summary. The business is called "Aquatrek" and they specialise in water management products like down-pipes on houses.
Their slogan is "A Journey with Water". Perhaps you could show a version of your submitted logo, one with and one without the slogan.
Designs must be Vector based.
At completion of payment the full rights of the logo must be transferred to me, but I don't mind if you use it in your portfolio.
Something that people would be able to recognize it as Aquatrek's logo if they saw it elsewhere.
I am looking for an image and text in the logo. Not just text with a fancy font.
As for colors, since there is no existing designs so you can use whatever colors you want.
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Suwinski: Motorcycles on Tenderfoot Mountain public meeting on Thursday
On Thursday, Dec. 6 at 5:30 p.m. in the Dillon Town Hall there is a special meeting of the Snake River Planning Commission to consider the U.S. Forest Service's proposal to create a 21 to 26-plus mile motorcycle and four-wheel vehicle trail system on Tenderfoot Mountain.
Tenderfoot Mountain is the mountain north of Highway 6 (overlooking Lake Dillon), behind Corinthian Hills, the Dillon Cemetery and adjacent to the county recycling area.
The Forest Service's review has been ongoing for years with public meetings, and many concerns expressed about the location of the proposed motorized system so close to residential areas.
The Forest Service report states that this location was focused on because of its history of motorized use, a use which has been largely illegal in the past
The Forest Service didn't have the resources to police the illegal cutting of new trails into the landscape by illegal use. On a site visit with county commissioners and Forest Service representatives about three years ago, trails made by motorcycles or other off-road vehicles were clearly seen in a fern, well off any "legal" motorized trail. See the Summit Daily article: http://tinyurl.com/b2sg9l6.
Thursday's meeting seeks input from those most immediately affected by the Forest Service proposal, the residents in the valley below the proposed motorcycle track: Dillon, Summerwood, Corinthian Hills, Summit Cove, and the western end of Keystone Resort.
This meeting is being held because the Forest Service released their Draft Environmental Assessment for public review and comment on November 15th. Their 30-day public comment period ends Dec. 15. Additional information is available on the Forest Service website at: http://tinyurl.com/
If you are unable to attend, please email comments to Kate Berg: email@example.com. Thank you
Craig Suwinski, chairman Snake River Planning Commission, Keystone
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It is unclear how lithium prevents
cluster headaches. It may affect the function of the
hypothalamus, a part of the brain that regulates sleep
cycle, body temperature, and pituitary gland activity. Some experts believe
that altered function of the hypothalamus is the cause of cluster
Lithium may be used to prevent
occasional and chronic cluster headaches. Lithium costs less than some other
Lithium works best to prevent chronic cluster headaches.1 It is sometimes combined
with other medicines, such as corticosteroids or ergotamine, for more effective
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor right away if you have:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not
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If you are taking lithium, you
will need to have regular blood tests to monitor the level of lithium in your
blood. You may also need to have your thyroid gland and kidney function watched
during long-term use of lithium.
Keep the amount of sodium you get in
your diet the same. Your doctor will check the sodium levels in your blood to make sure the lithium
does not cause a side effect called hyponatremia (low sodium).
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Women who use this medicine during pregnancy have a slightly higher chance of having a baby with birth defects. If you are pregnant or planning to get pregnant, you and your doctor must weigh the risks of using this medicine against the risks of not treating your condition.
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Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
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|Mai Abu ElDahab (Ed.)Behave Like an Audience
All songs composed and performed by Concert (Chris Evans, Morten Norbye Halvorsen, and Benjamin Seror)
Intimate late night conversations among friends often find drunken answers to everything, and are replaced in the morning by a hazy joyful mist where the specifics are all forgotten. Throughout my five years at Objectif Exhibitions, I shared many of those nights with the artists I've commissioned here to write and perform the songs on this record, and it is this mix of desire and enthusiasm we've put into making this record. Adding one final adventure to those moments, Behave Like an Audience is another last last drink...
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Obama to press: 'I'll take a question'
President Barack Obama had just done the unthinkable.
He took questions last week from the White House press corps — not just once, but twice. He didn't call only on the reporters who were selected ahead of time by his senior aides. He even stuck around longer than he wanted at a briefing Friday to appease the room of shouting correspondents.
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"Hold on, guys. Come on. You're not that pent up," Obama joked. "I've been giving you questions lately."
This never used to happen in the Obama White House, a place so obsessed with message control that the president could go months without talking with the press corps. However, in the past seven weeks, Obama has taken questions an average of once a week.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama: 'We tortured some folks')
The shifting media strategy is part of a new White House effort to jolt its communications operation, especially as Obama fights weak poll numbers and wages an intense campaign to keep the Senate in Democratic control this November.
Obama himself has been feeling isolated, aware that he's not breaking through to the public. Senior advisers say they have noticed their message gets lost when the president holds what has amounted to quarterly formal press conferences.
So the White House is going the other way, setting up the president for casual lunches with Americans who write him letters, late-night games of pool and surprise strolls around Washington. And it means more interaction with White House beat reporters, not just the kind of nontraditional outreach through celebrity magazines, sports radio and social networks that the administration used to great effect throughout his presidency.
"It is a remarkable transformation," said Ann Compton, an ABC News Radio White House correspondent who's covered the last seven presidents.
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But the scenes in two black-and-white photos hanging outside the press secretary's office — reporters and photographers crowded around Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, each sitting at his Oval Office desk — aren't expected to be replicated anytime soon. Obama isn't likely to hold any more open-ended, hourlong news conferences than he has in the past.
Now, the pattern is for Obama to speak for 10 or so minutes and then take a few questions.
"We've been strategic about choosing the optimal moments for the president to personally press his case in response to questions from journalists," said Josh Earnest, who took over as White House press secretary in June. "These exchanges give reporters valuable insight into his thinking that far exceeds the impact of a written readout, for example."
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The nature of the interactions is also less rehearsed. When Obama took office, he continued a practice started by President George W. Bush to call on only the reporters who appeared on a list generated by his top aides. This became so much of a habit that some reporters stopped raising their hands or shouting questions.
By the time Obama started this new routine with a South Lawn statement June 13 on the increased violence in Iraq, he had to prompt the press corps to ask him something.
"I'll take a question," Obama said. After responding to the first question, he wanted more: "Anybody else?" He took three additional questions.
( Also on POLITICO: Josh Earnest's media diet)
Six days later, Obama did it again, showing up in the White House briefing room, where he delivered another statement on Iraq and took nine questions from four reporters. The next session was during a July 9 visit to Texas, when he spoke about the influx of Central American children along the southwestern border. Obama repeated the approach three more times in July: a statement first, then questions.
The setup means reporters' questions are more likely to be on the news of the day, whether it's Ukraine or Iraq or immigration, rather than the political food fight of the moment.
"Presidents cannot control the climate in a big formal news conference, the way he can dominate in a one-on-one interview with a reporter," Compton said. "It appears President Obama is willing to take a handful of short questions when there is real news breaking and, so far, seems to have gotten solid news-based questions, not weird off-the-wall or 'Why are you failing at everything?' questions."
( Also on POLITICO: Schultz part of 'reloading' W.H. team)
The start of this approach roughly aligned with the turnover in early June of press secretaries from Jay Carney to Earnest, whose pitch for the job included cultivating better relationships with the reporters who cover the president. It wasn't exactly driven by a renewed commitment to transparency, or the president suddenly deciding he likes reporters. Simply taking questions, White House staffers say, is not a smart communications strategy. But the occasional give-and-take, when it's topical and targeted, very much serves their interests, aides said.
Obama's never done much to mask his disdain for those questions he sees as frivolous, nor does he show patience for reporters who try to prod him at unrelated events, as Alexis Simendinger, a White House correspondent for Real Clear Politics, was reminded when she asked about Syria on May 27 while he stood amid science projects in the West Wing.
"I'm sorry, we're doing a science fair, come on," Obama said before turning on his heels and walking out of the State Dining Room.


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This October, the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. will unveil the world's first-ever exhibit of yoga's visual history, called "Yoga: The Art of Transformation."
The museum's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery will display 120 masterpieces of Indian sculpture and paintings with pieces that date as far back as the third century to the early 20th century. Temple sculptures, devotional icons, illustrated manuscripts, as well as colonial and early modern photographs, books, and films aim to shed light on the 2,000-year old practice.
To build the collection, Debra Diamond, curator of South Asian Art, gathered pieces from 25 museums and private collections in India, Europe, and the U.S.
Highlights include an installation of three monumental stone yogini goddesses from a 10th century Chola temple, ten folios from the first illustrated compilation of asanas made for a Mughal emperor in 1602, and the first film ever produced about India, Thomas Edison's "Hindoo Fakir" (1906).
Some of the potential programming includes free yoga classes within the exhibit, much like MoMA and the Brooklyn Museum of Art have done in the past.
The show runs from October 19 through January 26.


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The Madeiran capital
Funchal was apparently named after the abundance of fennel on the island. Although its great sea trading days may be over, today there's a new form of trade in the form of visitors in search of off-season sun, natural beauty, fortified wine and, interestingly, migrating birds.
Funchal's shops and markets brim with Madeiran needlework, fortified wines, ceramics and basketry. For hand embroidery, head for Patricio & Gouveia (Rua do Visconde de Anadia 34) or Casa Oliveira (Rua da Alf�ndega 11), which have on-site workshops and shops selling everything from embroidered towels to nightwear. Catch-all souvenir shop Casa do Turista (Rua do Conselheiro Jos� Silvestre Ribeiro 2) has handicrafts and keepsakes galore, while Madeira Wine Company (Avenida Arriaga 28) is best for liquid mementos. Meanwhile, the Workers' Market off Rua Hospital Velho is a riot of colour, with flower vendors in traditional Madeiran outfits tending crafts and food stalls.
Food & Drink
Fresh fish, steaming hot soups, honeyed cakes and Madeira's famous fortified wines are some of the treats on offer in Funchal's restaurants and caf�s. Many of the best eateries are found in hotels, such as high-end Il Gallo d'Oro (Cliff Bay Hotel), which boasts a Michelin-starred chef and stunning ocean views. A more economic option is the rustic O Celeiro (Rua dos Aranhas 22), which dishes up generous helpings of regional fare. Another backstreet gem with a traditional Madeiran-Portuguese menu is Armazem do Sal (Rua da Alf�ndega 135), which occupies a centuries-old salt warehouse.
Madeira Carnival
Samba troupes, parades and pounding rhythms take over the streets of Funchal each spring during carnival. The Saturday procession is a riot of colourful costumes, while Tuesday's 'fun parade' is ripe with satire.
Flower Festival
The heady scents of azaleas, bougainvillea, agapanthus and mimosa flood Funchal during this kaleidoscopic festival. Floral carpets spring up on the pavements, flower-smothered floats parade the streets, while concerts, folkloric music and dance troupes add to the fun.
Volta � Madeira Classic Rally
Classic cars roar around the rollercoaster dips, rock-cut tunnels and hillside hairpin turns of Madeira every summer during this four-day rally event. It kicks off in spectacular style along Avenida Arriaga in Funchal's historic centre.
Madeira Wine Festival
The grape harvest goes hand in hand with this celebration of Madeira's famous fortified wines. The harvest and procession takes place in Estreito de C�mara de Lobos, while central Funchal overflows with wine tastings, food stalls, music and wine-related exhibitions.
New Year's Eve
31 December
"Oohs" and "ahhs" mingle with bangs, whizzes and crackles from all sides of Funchal Bay at New Year. The bay is a spectacular natural forum for fireworks, and the city takes full advantage, laying on one of the world's biggest annual pyrotechnic extravaganzas.
From picturesquely ramshackle old quintas (country estates) to top-notch deluxe hotels, Funchal has a wide range of places to lay your head down. Whitewashed and colonnaded Quinta da Fonte (Estrada dos Marmeleiros 89) has terrific views, idyllic gardens and mid-range rates on a hilltop. Also flirting with the edge of town is 200-year-old hunting lodge Casa Velha do Palheiro (Rua de Estalagem 23), now a five-star retreat beside a golf course. If you'd rather stay near the centre of town, family-run Quinta da Penha de Franca (Rua Imperatriz Dona Am�lia 85) has a pool overlooking the sea, lush gardens and affordable prices.


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The city of Carlsbad Airport Committee has told the Federal Department of Transportation that it prefers Boutique Air as the city's air service provider.
The committee, appointed by Mayor Dale Janway, met Tuesday to draft the city's comments and state a preference for one of the three air carriers that submitted bids to the DOT. The city's comments to the DOT were due on Thursday.
For the last six years the city's air service has been provided by Pacific Wings, doing business in New Mexico as New Mexico Airlines. The contract is due to expire in May.
The federal Essential Air Service Program provides a subsidy to air carriers that provide air service to small and rural communities.
In addition to New Mexico Airlines' bid to continue air service between Carlsbad and Albuquerque, the DOT received two other bids that included California-based Boutique Air and Sovereign Air, based in the Midwest.
Sovereign Air has not been present at the committee's recent public meetings.
Janway said the committee worked "really hard" to arrive at its recommendation that has the city's approval.
"I am excited about the prospect of having flights from Carlsbad to Dallas. It is a good hub," he said.
"We have to do what we think is best for Carlsbad," Janway said.
Daniel Helland, Boutique Air project manager, said in addition to providing pressurized planes, his company will also staff the Cavern City Airport with customer service agents and a station manager.
Two air craft will also be based in Carlsbad.
He said flights to Albuquerque are projected from $49 to $99.
Flights to Dallas would range from $69 to $129. He said the airline is working to secure a private facility at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport with shuttle service to the main terminal. In addition, rental car service would also be available for passengers who are staying in Dallas.
Helland said he contacted the DOT's analyst Thursday after it received the city's comments to see when the agency will issue its decision.
"I was told that normally, they issue their decision a month before the June 1 start date of the new essential air service contract. However, I was told it could be earlier. I am hoping it will be within the next two weeks," he said.
He said in the mean time, his airline will continue moving ahead with its plans as an air service provider for Carlsbad.
"We will go as far as we can get without signing lease agreements. Getting the EAS bid is not a sure thing. Anything could happen," he said. Roswell offers flights to the Dallas-Fort Worth hub while Hobbs offers flights to Houston.
Source: http://www.currentargus.com
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New Auction Items
We have added our final items to the PacificSport Silent Auction. Three more jerseys have been added - Olympians Lesley Tomlinson and Andreas Hestler, plus Worlds silver medallist (1998) Ryder Hesjedal. Also, Ryeka Sport has donated a video pack of the Mountain Bike Worlds from 1994 to 1998, a 1999 Tour de France video (plus a 2000 Graham Watson calendar), and a $259 USE Shok Post.
However, there is now less than 4 days left to vote on these and our other auction items, so don't leave it too long to make your bid. To go to the Auction, click on the button in the upper right corner of your browser window.
CC Awards
The votes keep rolling in on our 1999 Canadian Cyclist of the Year awards. We will give you an update on the standings within the next 24 hours. However, we are a little surprised at the lack of lobbying going on in the Forums... Other than supporters of Roland Green and Peter Wedge, everyone has been very quiet about trying to promote their favourite riders. Let's see some speeches!
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