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It was not Urskan Hanifi's night.
He was stopped at a border checkpoint just after midnight, crossing from Romania into Bulgaria, when guards doing a routine inspection of his car turned up documents written in Russian – including one that described a shipment of uranium.
It was enough to make the guards suspicious. Popping the trunk, they found an air compressor inside, and upon closer inspection a tiny amount of highly enriched uranium, encased in a small glass vial, encased in wax, encased in a lead container.
The uranium in this nuclear-age nesting doll wasn't weapons-grade, but it was sufficiently enriched to suggest that the batch it came from could be turned into a crude atomic bomb.
But where did it come from? And who performed a serious enrichment job on it?
Those questions, still largely unanswered in the 1999 Hanifi event, exemplify the kind of puzzle that falls to scientists involved in the small but vital field of nuclear forensics. Call it "CSI Atomic." Now, almost a decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the US government wants to ensure its nuclear forensics proficiency – and an adequate stable of scientists who know their way around radioactive materials.
The Nuclear Forensic and Attribution Act, signed into law last month, aims to improve coordination among US agencies that probe cases of nuclear terrorism or nuclear smuggling. And it encourages tighter international cooperation in probing incidents beyond US soil.
But just as important, it is designed to attract a fresh crop of scientists to the field, in recognition of a looming shortage of such expertise as current scientists near retirement. Scholarships for undergrads, fellowships for PhD candidates, and research awards to professors teaching in relevant fields are the government's incentives.
In return for the PhD fellowships, graduates must work two years at a national lab or at other federal agencies that help investigate nuclear terrorism or illegal trafficking.
Federal agencies already were beefing up their ability to trace radioactive materials to their sources – either samples intercepted during an investigation or, in the worst case, residue collected after a "dirty" bomb or nuclear device detonates. Still, the new law gives these efforts a more formal status, something that is "gratifying" to William Daitch, head of the Department of Homeland Security's National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center (NTNFC) in Washington.
Politicians from former Vice President Dick Cheney to President Obama have recently identified nuclear terrorism as America's most serious security threat. A key reason for their concern: a steady drumbeat of attempted or actual incidents of nuclear-materials trafficking.
Between 1993, when the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency began gathering data on illegal trafficking in nuclear materials, and 2008, the agency received 336 confirmed reports of criminal activity involving nuclear material. The IAEA logged another 421 incidents of stolen or lost nuclear material worldwide. Since 1995, reported incidents have averaged 19 a year.
Moreover, the soil for nuclear mischief may be getting more fertile. Nuclear energy worldwide seems poised for expansion, and, in the West, worries abound about Iran's nuclear program. The ongoing US-Russia effort to retire more nuclear warheads, if successful, may increase the risk that decommissioned nuclear material could be stolen if adequate safeguards are not in place.
At the same time, a shortage of nuclear forensics experts looms, experts say, citing unclassified reports on the field and a soon-to-be-released study from the National Academy of Sciences.
Indeed, these days just 60 researchers – mainly at the national labs – have experience in nuclear forensics, and none of them works full time on it, says Benn Tannenbaum of the Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Why so few? Many people with the skills to conduct nuclear forensic investigations opt for higher-paying jobs in other sectors, such as nuclear medicine or nuclear power.
Then, too, the US government ended underground nuclear-weapons testing in 1992, reducing the demand for a corps of full-time scientists who analyze test results and devise technologies to increase the precision and speed of that analysis, says Mr. Daitch at NTNFC.
But there's much work yet to do, says the AAAS's Dr. Tannenbaum. "We're still not at the limits of physics as far as how accurate our measurements can be or how fast [they] can be taken."
To attract young scientists into radiochemistry and nuclear forensics, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., finds summer internships to be a promising avenue for piquing the interest of undergraduates, says Nancy Hutcheon, who administers the lab's program, funded by the NTNFC. At least six students "are doing graduate-thesis work that in some way is involved with the nuclear forensics arena," she says.
One is Greg Brennecka, an Arizona State University student working toward a PhD in isotope geochemistry – a field that studies the abundance of chemical elements and their isotopes, including radioactive isotopes. Mr. Brennecka has spent several summers interning with the lab's nuclear forensic scientists. Once he finishes at ASU, he says, he may wind up at another university doing research. "But over the long term, I would like to something like Livermore's nuclear forensics program."
One of his projects there: developing ways to help pinpoint which of the 150 uranium mines that ever existed on the planet a sample came from.
On TV, forensic scientists of every ilk produce results in no time, but the reality is slower – and Daitch acknowledges the potential for enormous pressure for quick results. Nuclear forensic scientists are working toward that end, but the Hanifi case illustrates the difficulties.
Nine months after Bulgaria confiscated the vial of uranium, the US requested the sample. It took another nine months for Lawrence Livermore scientists to finish their analysis. Physical traits of the sample indicate it came from outside the US. Traces of paper pointed to Europe as the source for the trees. The glass vial appeared to be similar to those used at nuclear-fuel reprocessing plants to archive samples.
As for Hanifi? He served a short prison sentence in Bulgaria and was fined the equivalent of $900. Soon after his release, Hanifi went home to Moldova and reportedly died a short time later under mysterious circumstances.
Patrick Grant, with the lab's Forensics Science Center, says the material's source remains uncertain, although some reports suggest that the uranium came from a nuclear-fuel reprocessing facility in Russia. In effect, it is a nuclear "cold case."
Still, there are promising approaches to speeding an investigation.
One is to use high-speed supercomputers to model potential terrorist nuclear devices. The intent is to build a virtual archive of devices against which investigators can compare what they may one day find in the field.
Another is to use lasers to speed the analysis of a sample. Typically, samples must be first dissolved in a fluid, which can take hours, explains Michael Carter, who heads counterterrorism research at Lawrence Livermore. Laser preparation may make samples available for analysis much faster.


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Last year, I wrote about a proposal by Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post to allow college athletes to major in their sport, building a (hopefully) rigorous curriculum around participation on the team. Now here is David Pargman, an emeritus professor of educational psychology (and a self-described sports fan) making a similar proposal in Monday's Chronicle of Higher Education (H/T: Deadspin). Like Jenkins, Pargman uses performing arts majors as the analogue. He goes one step further and lays out what the last two years of the program would look like, with the first two years spent in basic studies. The advantage of this, Pargman argues, is honesty--students, coaches, family members, and universities all can openly acknowledge exactly why these young men and women (mostly men) are on campus.
As I wrote last time, this is an interesting idea with some potential, but the devil is in the details. Ultimately, my deepest question is whether this solution addresses the real problem facing college athletics. Pargman argues that not forcing student-athletes to pick a major in which they are not interested--when they really want to study their sport and become a professional athlete--is "integral" to a good portion of the other travesties that surround college sports. But is forcing a football player to major in, say, "Leisure Studies" really integral to all the other problems? Or are the real problems that 1) many of these people have no interest in being in college or studying at all, regardless of what classes they can take or what they can declare as a major, and 2) universities and coaches are making boatloads of money because of the skills of these students and the students are not seeing a dime. Honesty in their major does not change that.
Which is not to reject the proposal out of hand. It is just to emphasize that the problems inherent in college sport go much deeper than this.


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Dow's Record High: What's It All About?
Is the Dow's record a sign of U.S. recovery or a just an arbitrary number? Paul Vigna and Steve Russolillo discuss on Markets Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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... I ... Dow Jones industrial average of ... five points this morning fourteen thousand ... oh seven on twenty eighteen see it moving ... but after the rally yesterday after the rally Tuesday despite ... the selloff on Monday the Dow Jones industrial average ... by the ... five years after ... he held for years after bonus but do that ... the strike in a low in March two thousand and nine the market is on ... track for ... come on you right here ... can I get ... fourteen thousand one hundred and sixty five batsmen will admit that would represent a new record for the Dow Jones industrial average damage at ten thousand halfback in the late nineties bull times when they're given a pass will they be given the mat again ... anybody care about this number beside us an immediate hit a couple a trader's ... Steve Russolillo might compete read on the market people I he is one of the hat you are not in the protests this month is intensely fifteen years now and I looked into doesn't effect as the cool thing that ... of the euro about this this morning obviously when the writing about this as the market gets closer ... this record ... does it mean anything to just a number ... the assigned although fundamental rebounding economy what's the acting is so there's a lot things on here a day in office ... the cayenne and ... that it is just the number in the sense that really nothing changes if we get to fourteen one six five of the puzzle where we are now fourteen kg one hundred whatever it is right ... up but psychologically it matters in the sense that it shows up completely down here from the worst of the crisis in terms of the market to take the economy still have a long way to go for when you're talking stocks ... it means something you've seen some money come back into the market over the last few months here and psychologically I think that this actually is a lot more important in some people are are letting on and so I just as you alluded to the media put up a lot ... up but I think there is some sort of psychological impact from ... getting to me cleaning those in record level you know I would show the charm you can see in the chart in the house store does move in right as the years ... know it's interesting is that when the Dow first cut knew this number it in court in a January beginning in February ... BYJ in orders or even nine months to come into going higher going higher ... Faber has not been like that all exact high-end me now is very interest exactly because so we're all about this February first what the day when the Dow ... finally move back above fourteen thousand so as you mentioned you know we have a nice runup in January hit fourteen thousand for four and that's what people really start talking about the record one out every twenty eight that we've had an entire month ... and the market is basically just moved around that fourteen thousand level the entire time ... and all the last six days ago will stay with the the seventh day ... volatility has picked up within the markets instead of these minor moves then today ... you seen a triple digit swings five of the last six days the Dow was moved one hundred points in either direction or so or Morse or more exactly and so the volatility is picking up a little bit and you're seeing some of that the technical resistance ... that that's hovering around the fourteen thousand level as bad as well as you know this record high of fourteen thousand one hundred and sixty five so you see it on the chart you see that the markets are popping up right along there just had to stop freaking out there and waiting for move one where many of you mention the economy this morning swim debt to GDP reporter a vision for a revised from negative zero point one to positive zero point one right ... that's not a very big no such thing doesn't really change the game in OT me whatever you thought about the economy in the fourth quarter the first of the GDP ... number cannot use actually think the same thing regarding these numbers are so miniscule negative put one of them when one ... has only changed things ... it shows that the economy really was ... the open credit cards will halt at the end of the flash buyer and so ... some people had no expectations are a little higher for the current quarter that would rate now so it's a good sign ... up but still though ... why were as jobless claims are down more than twenty thousand so that's a good sign but still that isn't a great bottle that is the very value of the sequester coming up on Friday they don't ... sell a lot and certainly a lot of worries that ... out there ... but in terms of market of fourteen thousand here we are now two months its findings represent a new record Steve are still think they are a much


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Well 2008 was a busy year all around. Read oodles of books, reviewed oodles of books and started this blog. Met tons of fabulous folks. Thank you all for visiting and sharing you passion for reading.
Random 2008 Statistics:Here is a summary of the books I enjoyed the most this year in no particular order. Most of the titles were originally published in 2008 but some earlier ones may have snuck in, but in any case that's when I read them.
- Read 247 books by 178 authors
- Average 20.5 books per month
- Most read author - Richelle Mead (5 titles)
- Reviewed 113 books since July 1
FAVOURITES LISTS and CATEGORIES:Favourite Urban Fantasy/Paranormal
- Bond of Darkness by Diane Whiteside
- Break of Dawn by Chris Marie Green
- Brimstone Kiss by Carole Nelson Douglas
- Dark Harvest by Lynda Hilburn
- Dead Reign by T.A. Pratt
- Demon Bound by Meljean Brook
- Dragon Wytch by Yasmine Galenorn
- From Dead to Worse Charlaine Harris
- Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
- Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn
- Living with the Dead by Kelley Armstrong
- Lover Enshrined by J.R.Ward
- Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
- Night Season by Eileen Wilks
- Sea Fever by Virginia Kantra
- Small Favor by Jim Butcher
- Spectre by Phaedra Weldon
- The Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason
- The Bride of Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta
- The Mark of the Vampire Queen by Joey W. Hill
- The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
- The Wild Road by Marjorie Liu
- Touch of Darkness by C.T.Adams & Cathy Clamp
- Twilight Fall by Lynn Viehl
- Underground by Kat Richardson
- Dead to Me by Anton Strout
- Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry
- Magic to the Bone by Devon Monk
- My Wicked Enemy by Carolyn Jewel
- Nightwalker by Jocelynn Drake
Favourite Paranormal Romance Comedy
- Real Vampires Get Lucky
- Clockwork Heart by Dru Pagliassotti
- Gordath Wood by Patrice Sarath
- The Cipher by Diana Pharoah Francis
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Favourite Urban Fantasy – Young Adults
- Bite Me by Parker Blue
- City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
- Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine
- Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
- Untamed by P. C. & Kristin Cast
Favourite Science Fiction – Young Adults
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Favourite Anthology
- Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
- Emissaries from the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro
- Kushiel's Mercy by Jacqueline Carey
- Heroes Adrift by Moira J.Moore
- Ink and Steel by Elizabeth Bear
- The Queen's Bastard by C.E. Murphy
- The Sharing Knife: Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold
Most Disappointing Urban Fantasy Novel of 2008
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
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- Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
- Untamed by Pc Cast Kristin Cast
- City Of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
- Blood Memories by Barb Hendee
- Dark Harvest by Lynda Hilburn
- Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
- Midnights Daughter by Karen Chance


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Holiday Treat: How to Make Rolled Sugar Cookies
Everybody appreciates homemade holiday cookies. This recipe for rolled sugar cookies can be cut with any holiday-themed cookie cutters or cut into circles and decorated with simple sprinkles or food coloring. Sometimes the best gifts aren't store-bought; they're the ones you make or bake with your own hands.
Rolled Sugar Cookies
For this recipe, you need an electric mixer or food processor, a rolling pin, cookie cutters, and a paper pastry cone for icing (optional).
Preparation time: 1-1/2 hours
Cook time: 8 minutes
Yield: 4 dozen
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1-1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 cup superfine sugar
1 egg
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Pinch of salt
1In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the butter until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the confectioners' sugar and superfine sugar to the butter and blend well.
2In a small bowl, lightly beat the egg with the vanilla extract. Add it to the butter mixture and blend well.
3Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl and mix well. Add it to the butter mixture in three stages, blending well after each addition. Wrap the dough tightly in plastic and chill it at least 2 hours.
4Preheat the oven to 375° F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
5Divide the dough in two and roll each section between sheets of lightly floured wax paper to a thickness of 1/2 inch. Gently peel off the wax paper and use a variety of cookie cutters to shape the dough.
6Transfer the cookies to the cookie sheet, leaving 2 inches between the cookies. If desired, sprinkle crystal sugar or nonpareils (tiny, multicolored sugar pellets) over the cookies.
7Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the cookies are firm. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and transfer the cookies from the parchment to cooling racks. Decorate as you like.
To make the dough in a food processor, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, superfine sugar, and confectioners' sugar in the work bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Pulse briefly to blend. Cut the butter into small pieces and add it to the bowl. Pulse until the butter is cut into tiny pieces.
In a small bowl, lightly beat the egg with the vanilla and add it to the butter mixture. Pulse until the dough forms a ball, about 30 seconds. Wrap the dough in plastic and chill it for 2 hours. Then pick up with Step 4 of the recipe.
You can turn these into ornaments by using a straw to poke out a hole near the top before baking. After they're cool, string a decorative ribbon through the hole.


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J. Nichols '89 to Keynote Colorado 'Green Summit'
July 20, 2012
"Marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols will be the keynote luncheon speaker at the 'Green Summit: Blending Business & The Environment,' a daylong conference presented by the Boulder County Business Report," reports the publication. A 1989 graduate of DePauw University, "Nichols is a scientist, activist, community organizer and author. He works to inspire a deeper connection with nature, sometimes simply by walking and talking, other times through writing or images," adds the report.
"A research associate at the California Academy of Sciences, Nichols has authored and co-authored more than 50 scientific papers and reports. His work has been broadcast on NPR, BBC, PBS, National Geographic and Animal Planet, and featured in magazines including Time, Newsweek, GQ, Outside, Fast Company, Scientific American and New Scientist."
Learn more about the August 7 event here.
J. Nichols, who goes by his middle initial, received the 2012 "Wave Saver Award" from the Save The Waves Coalition on June 15. He regularly returns to DePauw and delivered the principal address to the University's Class of 2010, "You Are Lovers and Fighters."Back


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Ryan's bipartisan budget moment?
Paul Ryan's bold budget documents have helped shape House Republicans for a half-dozen years.
They've been slabs of red meat to the Republican base but have served little practical purpose, as differences have only deepened with the Democratic Senate.
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But now, he and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) appear to be closing in on a bipartisan budget deal. And for the first time in his 14 years in Congress, the Wisconsin Republican has a chance to shepherd a major bill with his name on it into law, giving him an opportunity to shape part of the 2014 election and, perhaps, his own political image as he considers a possible 2016 White House bid.
( PHOTOS: Paul Ryan through the years)
Despite holding the Budget Committee gavel and a prized seat on the Ways and Means Committee, Ryan has just two laws to his name: In 2000, he helped rename a post office in Janesville, Wis., after the late Les Aspin, the former Defense secretary; and in 2004, he changed an excise tax on arrows.
Over the next few weeks, as Congress pushes up against the December recess, Ryan's influence in the Capitol will be put to a test. He will have to play a major role in convincing the same House Republican Conference that triggered a government shutdown to pass a budget agreement that doesn't drastically change Medicare, Medicaid and other entitlement programs — the longstanding goal of Speaker John Boehner's majority.
In doing that, Ryan can burnish an image of someone willing to find — and tout — common ground in a historically divided Washington. It's a credential that could serve him well as he looks to grab the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee or run for his party's nomination before the 2016 presidential contest.
( Also on POLITICO: Ryan, Murray closer to budget deal)
Comprehensive tax reform or the elusive grand bargain, this is not. Ryan, Murray and their allies take pride in saying that the deal emerging is narrow and massively unimpressive. It simply sets spending levels for 2014 and 2015, and changes the composition of statutory across-the-board spending cuts by finding savings in other areas of the budget. It's an attempt to return Congress to some sense of normalcy — but even that could provide Ryan with a political win.
"It's a victory to be an instrumental part of something that is functional in Washington," said Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), the chief deputy whip and a member of his party's leadership. "When the entire nation looks at this town and says 'I can't relate to it,' and clearly his ability to be part of putting something together that is even an incremental change is helpful. It's something he's been talking about — it's consistent. He's said, 'This is why we're doing these things. This is where we need to be going. This is this trajectory.'"
In a sign of just how paltry this deal will be, it will almost certainly leave aside an extension of unemployment benefits, a fix to the formula by which doctors get reimbursed for treating Medicare patients and a boost in the federal minimum wage — three issues that members of both parties would like to see resolved before Congress adjourns for the year.
( Also on POLITICO: Boehner: Senate must 'get serious')
Of course, a budget deal could fall apart — again — and Ryan could be left without much in the way of legislative accomplishments for this Congress. Similarly, there are risks to deal that doesn't do enough — he could hear criticism about settling for another small deal.
But the change among Republicans is evident: A narrow, bipartisan deal is finally acceptable and an accomplishment that could move Washington forward.
"The big grand bargain is not going to happen. We're going to take this with baby steps if we get anything and explain how we're slowly solving the problem," said Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.), a member of House Republican leadership and Ryan's budget committee."In a football season, there's Hail Marys and then you got four yards and a cloud of dust. It's not as exciting, and it sure does score touchdowns eventually."


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Memorandum from Brian Niehoff: Mentoring fellowships for women and minority tenure-track faculty in sciences and engineering
Enclosed are announcements for the fall 2013 competition for the K-State Mentoring Fellowships for women and minority tenure-track faculty in the sciences and engineering who have been appointed since Jan. 1. The deadline for submission of applications to the provost's office is Sept. 11. Detailed information about this award is also available on the provost's home page.
Please contact me if you have any questions. We appreciate your help in encouraging faculty to apply for these awards.
Request for proposals for the fall 2013 K-State mentoring program for women and minorities in the sciences and engineering.
K-State awards fellowships that provide mentoring for tenure-track women and minority faculty in the basic sciences, applied sciences and engineering disciplines. The mentoring program will support up to five mentees per year at approximately $6,000 each. Typically, four awards are made in the spring competition and one award is made in the fall competition of each year. The fall competition is open only to new tenure-track women and minority faculty in the sciences and engineering appointed at K-State since Jan. 1 of the current calendar year. The funds provided for the fall 2013 award are to be used during the current academic year, 2013-2014. The spring competition is open to all eligible faculty members, and the spring 2014 awards are for the next academic year, 2014-2015. Eligibility for both the fall and spring competitions is limited to those who have not yet received significant external funding.
The goal is to provide women and minority scientists and engineers with mentors who will help them secure the external funding usually necessary for achieving tenure in these fields. The award monies can be used for such things as personnel, attendance at short courses, meetings that enhance professional development, seed money for research or other justifiable uses. Each award recipient submits a report toward the end of the academic year that describes the results of the progress achieved as a result of the fellowship. Individuals who are awarded fellowships graduate from the program upon receipt of substantial external funding. If a fellowship recipient does not receive extramural funding during the year of the award, a request for renewal for a subsequent year may be submitted, but it is important for applicants to show both progress in their research and attempts to obtain extramural funding to be considered for a renewal.
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Grumpy (dave w) I swiped this off of The PP site since I couldnt repl to it there and this is a real hot button topic for me.
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:43 pm Post subject: BRC and Reiter!
DNR has closed Reiter, if and when it re-opens the DNR plans to make it much smallerMarch 9th, 2010
Dear BRC members, supporters and action alert subscribers,
Our partners over at the Northwest Motorcycle Association (NMA) sent us word that the Washington State Department of Natural Resources has released its Draft Reiter Foothills Forest Recreation Plan.
You can read NMA's alert here: http://www.nmaoffroad.org/news.shtml#346
BRC is asking our members and supporters in Washington to contact Washington DNR Commissioner of Public Lands, Peter Goldmark, telling him the DNR should prioritize motorized recreation at Reiter.
We've put together another one of our INSANELY EASY 3-Step action items below.
Please take action today, and please forward this to friends and family who could help.
Thanks in advance,
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The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has released its Draft Reiter Foothills Forest Recreation Plan, and there are serious concerns about the current plan. The new DNR plan proposes limiting ORV use to only 1,100 acres. That is 72.5% less land for ORV use than what has historically been available.
The DNR admits that 1,100 acres is inadequate to accommodate existing ORV use, and their own research has identified additional area suitable for ORV use. Still they refuse to increase the area available to ORVs.
Please write to Washington DNR Commissioner of Public Lands, Peter Goldmark, telling him what you think of this plan, and asking him for a detailed reply on how he plans to solve the problem.
NOTE: Please Remember - be polite. If possible, make your comments as personal as you can.
STEP 1: Open your email program and start a draft email. Address the email to
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The area the proposed Reiter Foothill plan allocates for motorized recreation is significantly inadequate to facilitate the current recreational usage. This shortcoming is addressable as noted below.
In addition to the proposed ORV area, additional suitable area should be allocated for lightweight, single-track motorized recreation.
It is important that the DNR recognize that different types of ORV use have different impacts on the landscape. Just because the largest ORV may be inappropriate in a specific area, that should not preclude allowing lightweight two wheeled ORV access.
Prioritizing motorized recreation at Reiter is consistent with the DNR's Statewide Recreation Program Vision and Management Goals. "DNR envisions a future in which the lands it manages offer distinct and diverse outdoor recreation opportunities within the overall fabric of recreation in Washington."
The overall fabric of recreation in Washington includes prohibitions on motorized trail recreation in all National Parks, all Wilderness Areas, all Natural Resource Conservation Areas, all State Parks (except the 600 acre Riverside facility near Spokane), the Mt Baker/Snoqualmie National Forest, and the vast majority of county and city parks. At a statewide level, motorized trail use is prohibited on over 80 percent of the trail mileage. In the areas adjacent to the Reiter Foothills, that prohibition is 100 percent.
When considering the overall recreation fabric, it is reasonable for all areas within the Reiter study area that are found to be suitable for motorized recreation to be incorporated in the plan as areas where some form of motorized trail recreation is allowed.
The Reiter Foothills Forest Recreation Plan shows that the offroad motorcyclists are the largest user group, their recreational needs should be a priority.
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This is exactly why I don't support Blue-ribbon anymore. The idea of a large blanket Org. that supports us all is a great idea but time and time again all I see from Blue-ribbon is action supporting snowmobiles and motorcycle. in every alert I have seen from them in recent years 4x4 use is conspicuously absent And to add to the cake where was blue ribbon with the NOVA funding theft ? Where is blue ribbon at with their "Backcountry" designation ? With all of the wilderness grabs going on this should be their absolute highest priority but nothing has happened with it since it was introduced years ago. It still just remains as a idea on the table. I supported Blue-ribbon for years when it was new and if they ever open their eyes and start supporting ALL of us I will again. Until then I will donate my time and money to the ORGs that actually support OUR use as 4x4s. Jim
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Jim, if you see anything over there that isn't over here, you're more than welcome to "steal" it And I agree whole heartedly with your comments! As of this time, I don't see them as big support, and my comments to them go unanswered. I alerted them to the legal action on Sled Springs, up at Enterprise. Got a note back about interest, then nothing. This has come up with the club several times, and we feel pretty much the same.
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While I undersdtand the sentiments towards BRC, I think that we need to also look at who bankrolls them...
In some ways, I view BRC as earnest money put down for buying a house. The amount of money put down shows bank or buyer how seriuos you are about buying the house. In this case, how much money has PNW4WDA as an Association, our regions or our member clubs put into the coffers of BRC to show them that we are serious contenders in the event of a lawsuit on behalf of 4x4 enthusiasts? My guess would be very little at this point.
When you compare the money given to BRC by the snowmobilers and the ATV/cycle groups and then what we have been willing to do, I bet that they outstrip our donations by 5 to 1. Unfortunately, money talks and you are going to serve the ones that give it to you.
In talking to BRC, they have had no problem helping or guiding responses to appeals or how a process works. They are selective in what they are willing to fight legally because of money issues. In the case of Sled Springs, they were willing to fight the issue legally because the laws had been followed in regards to process. The quad folks in the area (who basically were the ones involved in the process and development of said OHV area) have anted up $5k for legal costs estimated to be $15-50K by the time they get done.
So, I guess what I am saying is, that we as an Association are going to get back from BRC what we put into it. Just like some of our members feel about our own association. My other thought is that we as a subgroup of recreationists involved in BRC, have not been good at being involved in BRC in recent years and have allowed the snowmobilers and ATV groups to take over, if you will. But it is all water under the bridge at this point as we have too many in our fold who hold grudges about what BRC has or has not done for us and not willing to try and improve the relationship or ask how to get out of them what we want...
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BRCs origins were for motorcycles, quads and snowmobiles and they have been effctive
Region 6 has donated way over 25 thousand dollars to BRC since the late 80's. When we contacted them for strategy over the Christmas Valley Sand Dunes closures they refused to look at our works.
Santiam, Pine Mountain, Cline Falls TM Plans; when we asked for advice of BRC we never even got a phone call in return from them.
Region 6 then began investing in ourselves by banking our events proceeds into a trails-legal fund thereby taking charge of our own legal actions and defense of our own backyard, Region 6.
Deschutes County was a class II Mecca of trails in the 60's. Motorcycles came along and demanded separate trails from class II rigs. A large amount of our trails went away, designated to single track and 50 inch limits, then horseback riders and so on started demanding exclusive trails until we are now the minority in an area that use to be named jeep trails on agency maps.
This scenario went throughout the west. BRC had for the majority of their efforts been creating single track and quad riding areas. The addition to BRC of other "users" has been an afterthought on their part. I would venture to guess necessity being the mother of invention. Meaning financing makes strange bedfellows. Sure bets are also I feel a calling card for BRC. Sure bets and media coverage; if the challenge is a high profile case they seem to address it.
Region 6 is still giving BRC monies however; we are working with them by giving BRC another 3000 dollars in the fight at 6 Rivers. This is money they requested of us. They say they have a basically open and shut case and approached several associations in our area for monies; Region 6 was just one they asked money from.
We won't get a house, we may get to keep a trail but there are no guarantees for the Class II users. BRC chooses their fight by their own stipulations. If BRC wins at 6 Rivers and their legal cost monies are returned by the win we will not get a refund.
PNW membership should not depend on BRC. PNW should find a lands lawyer who can stand up and defend our liberties in the public land arena. Enough monies are made by events within our organization to defend our own backyards. This is not pro PNW or anti BRC it is just an opinion, in today's climate 4wheeling means being political if you want to keep what you have, and if you are going to be political you must have the tools.
Members of clubs who belong to two organizations and ask monies from one for the other organization cause emotions to win over common sense and character. Right now PNW's code of ethics doesn't say we will fight to the last man standing for our legal right to trails. I think it should. BRC is an effective organization it does what it was created to do. PNW is a great 4x4 organization it must evolve to do what its creators knew and had forethought to prepare for, we must as its current members take up the banner, charge and enter the arena prepared, lawyer or document or legislator in hand for our freedom to wheel as we wish be it in sand, dirt, mountain trail, snow, mud or rock.
No person, no organization nor any association is a better advocate for the 4x4 enthusiast, a Class II user, than The Pacific Northwest 4 Wheel Drive Association.
Mona Drake
Deschutes County 4 Wheeler
(Trails Development Committee)
Harney County High Desert Wheeler
Region 6 PNW4WDA Secretary
BlueRibbon Coalition Board Memeber
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Hopefully being able to help BRC with Six Rivers Forest, Region 6 will start a better working relationship. And maybe they will remember us next time we ask for help. Or does 3000 on the 25 thousand even buy a porch light?
I'm not trying to "Bash" Blue Ribbon. I'm a member, and supporter of BRC. I do find it very ironic that a group that claims to represent all forms of outdoor recreation would throw Class II users under the bus, while claiming "2 wheeled ORV's" do less damage to the environment. The motorcycle enthusiast that wrote that press release, is helping the environmental extremists win, by dividing us, as motorized recreationalists.
Instead the author should have described how we could unite, and keep the area open for Class I,II, and III OHV's.
Alan Paulson
Umpqua Valley Timber Cruisers 4 Wheel Drive Club
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As an FYI for everyone else, Christmas valley was past the appeal time frame and would require a lawsuit to get anything back. Since BLM instituted the closure to protect fossils in the hardpan as the sand moves east, that type of a suit is a non-winner from the get-go. A 2 gram fossil will outweigh a 4000 lb rig every time in the court system.
And as I also recollect, a letter from BRC helped out back a few years ago with McGrew.
Not trying to stir the pot, just stating things as I remember it.
Hope that BRC would at least take a hard look at the issue at Reiter and hopefully get invloved.
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Christmas Valley was let go past the appeal because the people on our committee dropped the ball and everyone knows it. There is always options, but we had none because we rolled over and played dead and watched the time elapse.
Now someone woke up the sleeping dog on the McGrew and we can start that all over again!
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Deschutes County 4 Wheeler
(Trails Development Committee)
Harney County High Desert Wheeler
Region 6 PNW4WDA Secretary
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However, the Senegalese was only one of seemingly hundreds of people who went mental during the Celtic's 1-0 Scottish Cup replay win over Rangers last night.
Even that lovely Neil Lennon - who has an appeal hearing today regarding a six game touchline ban - kicked off at former Question of Sport banter boy Ally McCoist (or vice versa. It's hard to tell).
It's an ugly side of football that nobody likes to see…
There are TWO VIDEOS OF ALL THE FIGHTING AND SENDINGS OFF AND EVERYTHING!
Here's the second one…
This post, written by Richard Anderson, is republished with permission from The Spoiler. Go there often if you like soccer stuff.


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Fer ready for Premier League challenge
The Netherlands international signed for Chris Hughton's side on July 13 from Twente, almost six months after a move to Everton collapsed following a failed medical.
Fer returned to Holland and made 18 appearances, scoring two goals, as the club qualified for the UEFA Europa League with a play-off win over Utrecht.
However, after a successful UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the Premier League club jumped ahead of any other potential suitors to sign the 23-year-old for an undisclosed fee.
And Fer is confident that he can repay the faith shown in him by making an impact next season.
"I'm very happy – I've been waiting for this moment for a long time," he told the club's official website. "Chris Hughton told me that he's been following me for a long time so it's very nice to be here.
"I think the Premier League fits my qualities – I think they're good for this division. I want to help the club and I also want the club to help me become a better player.
"My new team-mates are very good and easy (to get on with). It's been very easy for me to fit in the group. The fans have been really amazing too – I'm getting lots of tweets already."
Fer joins fellow Dutchman Ricky van Wolfswinkel at Carrow Road and the midfielder admitted that the 24-year-old had helped persuade him to make the move.
"He (Van Wolfswinkel) was saying to me that he wanted me to come and play for the club," he added. "That also helped me make my choice."


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As many of you may have noticed - inspite of having an identical 'picture' Starbucks cards over the years have been issued in diff. 'series' (1st 4 digits of card number), pin cover variations, sometimes sku variations
I am one of these crazies who would like to have every variety of a given card in his collection - wondering who of you can help me out. Can buy or have SBX cards from around the world to trade.
My email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Happy collecting!!


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Crop fields hold hope in Haiti
The roots of this country's food crisis lies next to Mesidor Sagesse's humble field, where large-scale farming was long ago abandoned in favor of imported ''Miami'' rice.
Following a week of deadly demonstrations over rising food prices that cost the prime minister his job, Haitian President René Préval recently announced government subsidies to cut the price of imported rice by more than 15 percent and to revive local agriculture primarily by reducing the price of fertilizer.
Like elsewhere, Haiti is feeling the effects of rising global fuel and food prices, which have triggered riots in many parts of the developing world. Once a major producer of rice, Haiti's local market sharply decreased after Haitians became hooked on U.S. rice in the mid-1980s. Due to U.S. subsidies, the rice, even though it was imported, was cheaper than the homegrown product.
Today, like most poor farmers in this central rice valley, Sagesse cultivates only enough rice for his family's consumption. With a hefty $40 price tag on a sack of fertilizer and Haitians' appetite for long-grain varieties imported from the docks of Miami, he can't make a living farming.
''The fertilizer is too expensive,'' Sagesse said.
The story is the same in this valley where thousands of acres stand underutilized and irrigation dams and canals are in disrepair. Even the government agency created in the 1940s to unclog the canals and provide farmers with seeds and machinery doesn't have enough money to gas up the tractors.
For Préval, the long-term solution to Haiti's hunger problem is to wean Haitians off expensive imports, and revive a once thriving but now ravaged agricultural base.
''We are going to bring down the price to the lowest price possible,'' Préval said a week ago Saturday during a televised address, adding that the current stock of imported rice will temporarily drop from $51 to $43 for a 110-pound bag.
Nowhere are the constraints -- and the promises -- of Préval's challenge more visible than in the heart of Haiti's central rice basket -- the Artibonite Valley, located north of Port-au-Prince.
''You can't have national production without passing through the Artibonite,'' said Josaphat Vilna, executive director of the Organization of Development of the Artibonite Valley (ODVA). ``This is where the best quality of the country's agricultural land exists.''
For centuries, the valley has carried the weight of this nation on hunched shoulders, helping to produce most of the rice Haitians consumed: about 210,000 metric tons annually. Then came cheap U.S. subsidized grains in 1987, which crowded out the domestic market, creating dependence on imports.
Haiti's local rice production today is about 90,000 metric tons annually, or more than half of what it was a generation ago. U.S. rice imports now account for 360,000 metric tons annually, costing $270 million. But with once 'cheap' rice unaffordable because of rising energy costs, Haiti is realizing that opening the gates to global trade and U.S.-friendly tariff policies took its toll.
'In 1987 when we allowed cheap rice to enter the country a lot of people applauded `Bravo,' '' Préval said in another television address. ``Cheap foreign rice crushed the Artibonite rice.''
Vilna, the newly assigned director of ODVA, believes the Artibonite can rise to Haiti's newest challenge, but there is much work to be done.
''We are not ready to respond to the reality,'' he said, painting a portrait of a valley plagued by neglect and an agency weakened by corruption and lack of funds. Last year only 61,700 acres out of 98,842 acres were actually cultivated for rice, Vilna said.
''Neither the canals nor the drainage system are in proper working condition. The farmlands are not in shape for them to produce,'' he said.
The biggest challenge: money. The bulk of the agency's $1.6 million budget goes to the salaries of 423 employees, with only $106,000 left for operations, he said.
To be competitive, he noted, the irrigation systems need to be fixed and expanded so water can properly circulate; quality seeds are needed for farmers. Bulldozers, tractors and other agricultural equipment must be purchased.
''The Artibonite merits a special kind of attention regardless of which government is in power,'' said Vilna, 45, who estimates the valley needs at least $1 billion in investment. ``It's the biggest wealth the government has for national production.''
While some doubt the country will ever produce enough to feed its 8.5 million citizens, the United Nations Development Program resident representative in Haiti said revamping agriculture here is critical to addressing Haiti's food crisis.
And agriculture reform must include a comprehensive program for rural areas, said Joel Boutroue, the U.N. representative. This includes organizing and coordinating peasant groups and infrastructure repair.
''It's not only a question of fertilizer and improved seeds. It's all of the tools; it's sort of reenergizing the whole ministry of agriculture with its extension workers and making them do the work that they are supposed to carry out,'' Boutroue said.
``We need indeed to have political will to have a real reform of the agricultural sector.''
As part of a six-month emergency response plan, UNDP is looking to put thousands of poor Haitians to work in labor-intensive jobs that include building dikes, cleaning clogged canals and revamping the overall infrastructure.
But weaning Haitians off foreign products in a country where almost all of the foodstuff is imported, is not easy.
''Our rice is better, but it doesn't have any value,'' said Loremaine Descieus, 44, as she described how Haitians would rather spend almost $4 on a Marmite or six pounds of U.S. long-grain rice (No. 5) than $5.26 on the same quantity of Shedla and Shella Artibonite rice, which is more natural and local.
''It's the big guy, destroying the little guy,'' she said.
Leveck Mondesir, 50, who owns a rice mill in the province of Drouet, said he hopes reforms don't end up like Préval's controversial agrarian land overhaul during his first presidential term (1996-2001) when the government handed over land to peasants and they in turn sold it for a profit.
''You have to give the opportunity to people who want to work,'' he said amid the buzz of his 35-year-old rice mill.
Clothère Presidieu, a rice farmer who also lives in Drouet, says help from the government would mean he could stop buying rice on the open market to resell, and he could grow enough to feed his 30 family members and make a living.
''The more rice the country can produce, the better it would be for us,'' he said, standing in his front yard where several sacks of harvested rice were drying as he prepared a batch for the mill.
''But the canals need to be cleaned, the price of fertilizer has to come down so planters like us can afford it and work,'' Presidieu said. ``There are people here who can't afford it at all, and end up losing their harvest because they attempted to plant without it.''


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SN5882 : Aberystwyth Grits - bedding
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Trex World, Part 31Submitted by kelson.philo on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 16:39.
Paul's face brought more attention than his run-in with yesterday morning's terrorist event. Standing outside the local hospital wing, the skylight felt harsh, domineering. Checking the time, he found himself to be in the middle of a shift change, he'd have to wade through about a million or so eddies of humanity to get home. A long walk was ahead of him. One positive, people actually got out of his way, if only to bring their trex's into focus range. Why all this publicity couldn't score him some raisins, Paul didn't know.


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text: Joan Rivers stopped by The View this morning. She's always a lot of fun, even when she's making crazy, old lady racial statements (like today when she said her Chinese translator had a "stupid name"). But what really made me wince/laugh was when she complained that she's slept with all the same men Barbara Walters has, and then some. Clip above.


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Flanked by the ocean and the mountains, it is one of the most beautiful locations in Spain, boasting one of the most luxurious marinas across the world - Puerto Banús - as well. This Andalusian city will be a spectacular host for athletes, as well as their families and friends. All participants will find a wide range of activities in the region and a perfect climate to make the most of their stay.
Athletes will swim in the Mediterranean waters. After the transition, located in the legendary Avenida de las Naciones Unidas, they will cycle the 90 km of the bike course through memorable settings like Puerto de Ojén, ascending along the "caracolillos" road. They will cross different towns like Onda, Coín, and Cártama. Athletes will then ride back to Marbella to enjoy the last 21 km run by the seafront promenade, flanked by cheering spectators as they strive for the finish line - right on the sand of Puerto Banús.
2020 IRONMAN 70.3 Marbella offers 65 qualifying slots for the 2020 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Taupõ, New Zealand, comprising of 40 age group slots plus 25 qualifying slots for the Women for Tri initiative.


text: ... Advertising Age named Barack Obama "Marketer of the Year" (in truth, they did that before the election, but still! I'll bet you're angling for person-of-the-year from Time, too. Leave some scraps for the rest of us, Prez!). My friends at ReachForce did a nice blog post about it, highlighting the key online marketing tactics.


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Thirty small dogs were removed last week from a one-bedroom North Chicago apartment that authorities said was "covered with animal waste and extreme insect infestation."
Police Animal Control said most of the dogs suffer varying degrees of dehydration and malnutrition, and two dogs needed emergency medical care. Two other dogs were noticeably pregnant, animal warden Dana Duestch said.
The 42-year-old owner relinquished the dogs to police and Duestch last Friday. Charges are pending, police said.
Animal Control is working with area veterinarians to evaluate and treat the dogs, Duestch said. Authorities also are reaching out to rescue facilities to place the dogs in shelters and adoption homes.
In the meantime a makeshift kennel was created at the police department.
"While the process of getting these dogs to shelters and good homes continue," Duestch said, "the North Chicago Police Department is asking for your help with the everyday care and handling that is so urgently needed during the next few weeks."
Anyone interested in helping with the dogs on a volunteer basis is asked to call 847-596-8774 and leave a contact number.