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|Alex Chilton
|Free Again (alternate vocal)
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|Los Shakers
|Wont you Please?
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|Lorez Alexandria
|The End Of A Love Affair
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|Happy Song
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|Hot Like That
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|Find Another Man
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|Just Passing By
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|We Need More
|MY Marva Whitney tribute - http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/48863
|Sonny Curtis
|I Fought The Law
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|She Pays The Rent
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|Gloria Jones
|Tainted Love
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|How Do You Know?
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|Wanda Jackson
|Funnel Of Love
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|Yo La Tengo
|I Saw The Light
|Zombies, The
|Tell Her No
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|Ama Tai Tai
|Jackpot 1800
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|dB's, The
|Before We Were Born
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CLICK HERE and enjoy the part that starts 2:25 in.
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CLICK HERE for "Chuck Berry Performs "Roll Over Beethoven" during the 1994 Hall of Fame Inductions Ceremony" and it's lame
September 21st, 1939, radio station WJSV in Washington, D.C., recorded their entire broadcast day -- CLICK HERE to hear it!
CLICK HERE for Albums that never were (but should have been!)
CLICK HERE for info on an amazing new drug: Unpretentiousil!
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CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!
CLICK HERE for Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby's "Do You Remember That" Official Video !
CLICK HERE for info and a trailer for a new documentary on the Muscle Shoals sound!
CLICK HERE for The dB's live on World Cafe!
CLICK HERE for some info on Gabriel, the genius behind "Buzzard Lope" !
CLICK HERE for Long Bets.
CLICK HERE for "Drifter Kills Guy With A Hatchet The Gives INSANE Interview".
CLICK HERE for The Intriguing Passports of 20 Famous Artists and Writers !
CLICK HERE for "The Story of Pat and Lolly Vegas" - former guest Pat Vegas drives around L.A. and talks about their history.
CLICK HERE for a great video of Frank Howard & the Commanders.
CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!
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CLICK HERE for some minor key songs reworked into major keys.
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CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios
CLICK HERE to read a really bad review of a reissue of Keith Moon's "Two Sides of the Moon"
CLICK HERE to see Beastie Boy Mike D's lovely $9 a square foot wallpaper!
CLICK HERE to read "The Beatles and the Art of the Tambourine"
CLICK HERE to watch a robot band cover The Ramones
CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret"
CLICK HERE for a great Herman's Hermits Interview from the Oklahoma Historical Society!
CLICK HERE for a short film "The Life & Death of the American Arcade"
CLICK HERE for "Sony Releases Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn't Fucking Work" !
CLICK HERE for an article about Sandy Hook truthers who think they've found "absolute proof" that the Newtown shootings were a hoax.
CLICK HERE for a short film "Moon Hoax Not"
CLICK HERE to find out who played bass on some of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
CLICK HERE for "Confessions of a Bad News Bear".
CLICK HERE for a great Beach Boys Interview from 1964 (starts @ 1:30).
CLICK HERE for seven minutes of David Bowie getting pissed off during interviews.
Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version.
CLICK HERE for 1976 Frank Sinatra and Don Rickles on The Carson show!
CLICK HERE for 1974 Sly Stone on The Mike Douglas show!
CLICK HERE for a short film which explains how Mellotrons work.
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CLICK HERE Led Zeppelin vs The Beatles - Whole Lotta Helter Skelter !
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Listener comments!
Sat. 3/9/13 11:05am
Ken From Hyde Park:
Sat. 3/9/13 11:11am
meh. tim horton's is not all it's cracked up to be, believe me. he was a pretty good hockey player though.
Sat. 3/9/13 11:18am
As 1968 Detroit-area resident and Tigers rooter, I'll take Willie Horton instead :)
Sat. 3/9/13 11:19am
hot-a-phonic todd?
Sat. 3/9/13 11:19am
Todd-o-phonic Todd:
Wake up people!
Sat. 3/9/13 11:19am
jeeeez. i'd take denny mclain.
Sat. 3/9/13 11:20am
That, too, glenn. Unfortunately, he had the wrong last name to showhorn him into the discussion! And McLain even has a non-mainstream music tie-in..
Sat. 3/9/13 11:22am
i found out not too long ago that ernie harwell was also a songwriter.
Sat. 3/9/13 11:25am
Brian C.:
Yo G: Little known fact about Willie Horton, he was the youngest of 21 children!
Sat. 3/9/13 11:25am
Kenny Vaughan was great w Marty Stuart at Lincoln Center Outdoors. Lanky w glasses indeed. Pledge
Sat. 3/9/13 11:27am
Brian C.:
I'm really bummed, it seems I missed some discusion about the Detroit Tigers. Did anyone mention the Bird?
Sat. 3/9/13 11:28am
speaking of donuts, remember when Michael gave donut coupons as a marathon prize. Pledge!
Sat. 3/9/13 11:30am
The explorers club broke up?! Wtf!
Sat. 3/9/13 11:32am
Saturday night was wonderful! The broken windshield in prehistoric Gowanus! The Moon Unit party! Put it on archive, I know you taped it. That's why I pledged!
Sat. 3/9/13 11:34am
@Brian: The discussion was Tim Horton's, which led me to Willie Horton. I'm not sure anyone else can take the blame for the Tiger comments :)
Sat. 3/9/13 11:38am
Hey, I pledged after Michael's show last week... I requested I Can Hear Music, of course. I'm in Kuwait with the Army (it's 7:30 pm here now), but my 09337 APO Zip code shows me in Germany on the map!
Sat. 3/9/13 11:40am
Brian C.:
@G: Thanks for clarifying, I can work with that. '68 W.S. MVP Mickey Lolich was a donut shop owner! Go Tigs! Go fmu!!
Sat. 3/9/13 11:41am
That explains why Mickey Lolich got so fat!
Sat. 3/9/13 11:42am
Mike East:
Hey glenn. Was that you who won Alex Chilton? I was gunnin' for that.
Sat. 3/9/13 11:43am
i watched the jays play the tigers in a spring training game on the tube, and i gotta say, that tigers cap with the white triangle thingy in the front is really ugly.
Sat. 3/9/13 11:43am
Mike Sin:
Keep pledging, folks!... Todd A -- For clarity, that comment is on all my pledges because I submitted a pre-marathon pledge and it's divided among 24 shows or so... Hey, I'm insecure, but not that insecure!
Sat. 3/9/13 11:43am
yep. 'twas i.
Sat. 3/9/13 11:45am
Mike East:
Sat. 3/9/13 11:46am
tanx. i will enjoy it.
Sat. 3/9/13 11:46am
Brian C.:
@glenn: Ugly isn't strong enough of a word! Almost makes me miss the caps with the Tiger stuffed inside the "D"
Sat. 3/9/13 11:51am
Hey Tyler @11:38, you can make a manual entry on the map for Kuwait, if you want... I don't know if it'll work. Presumably you have to leave out the postal code though. www.wfmu.org...
How is Kuwait anyway? Decent local cuisine?
Sat. 3/9/13 11:52am
Ken From Hyde Park:
@Tyler - Thanks for serving your country and keeping WFMU in mind. Are there any Kuwaiti WFMU fans there?
Sat. 3/9/13 11:52am
Minnesota Jeff:
If you hate any of the baseball teams BP/Spring Training Caps just wait a few years until the release a newer more ugly version. Also, has the MLB revealed all of the "interview caps" which have a designed just for POST GAME TV INTERVIEWS! Ugh.
Sat. 3/9/13 11:53am
Mike I love ya but ya gotta stop smacking!
Sat. 3/9/13 11:55am
Ike: tried that. Didn't seem to work.
Ken: Don't know of any other WFMU fans here but there will soon be stickers on things here. PS I have a house in Clermont!
Sat. 3/9/13 11:56am
Brian C.:
(apologies to baseball haters)
@Minnesota Jeff: What's the weather like in MN in early April? Tigs season opens up there -- does Selig realize the Twins no longer play in a dome?
Sat. 3/9/13 11:57am
@MN Jeff: New and disimproved! Now with more than twice the superactivated kitsch factor!
Sat. 3/9/13 12:01pm
Minnesota Jeff:
Brian C: Well, I don't have the numbers - but I believe the stats for rain delays/snow delays between Target Field/Met Stadium (before the dome) are about on par with any other Northern team in the league. It certainly can snow in April here, but Cleveland had a Snow Delay a few years ago. So...yeah.
Sat. 3/9/13 12:07pm
interview caps? i think i missed that.
Sat. 3/9/13 12:08pm
Minnesota Jeff:
glenn: deadspin.com...
Sat. 3/9/13 12:08pm
i always want to say mahmoud with a scottish accent. -MAACHMOOOD!
Sat. 3/9/13 12:10pm
oh dear heavenly jesus. i wish ty cobb was still around so he could tell bud selig to fuck off.
Sat. 3/9/13 12:12pm
@glenn: and spike him real good sliding in at second during the annual player-frontoffice charity game. we can dream.
Sat. 3/9/13 12:12pm
that's pronounced shivon.
Sat. 3/9/13 12:17pm
Mike East:
looks like I'm up for the Liars CD. fingers crossed!
Sat. 3/9/13 12:18pm
@glenn: Ty Cobb? Get Spaceman Lee or Oil Can Boyd instead, and make them wear the caps. Selig fears embarassment more than anything else
Sat. 3/9/13 12:19pm
craig in morristown:
Saw the Lyres at Maxwells when the drummer threw the snare at Mono Man... a little tension in the band!
Sat. 3/9/13 12:20pm
Matt F:
This is my favorite Lyres song.
Hey Todd, all the playlist comments remind me that me & Belock were talking about making good on your threat from the other day and doing a sports talk show a la World's Greatest Music Experts. We could even do it on one of the alternate streams so there could be cursing.
Sat. 3/9/13 12:21pm
Minnesota Jeff:
As a Minnesotan I must specify, I am a HOCKEY FAN - I just happen to have this small bit of baseball information.
Sat. 3/9/13 12:24pm
Sean T.:
I once went to a book signing for a Drew Friedman book and as part of the event Joe Franklin was there, introducing him was "F-troops" Larry Storch. Absolutely surreal moment.
Sat. 3/9/13 12:30pm
Minnesota Jeff:
Michael: I am planning on getting your "cut up" premium from the Warehouse this year.
Sat. 3/9/13 12:32pm
We saw that amazing Wanda Jackson show @ Maxwells recently! Was great, especially when Wanda's husband paid the band in cash onstage while they were still playing! Old school show biz moment!
Sat. 3/9/13 12:38pm
Sat. 3/9/13 12:39pm
Todd-o-phonic Todd:
Hey George- Indeed, that was classic!
Sat. 3/9/13 12:39pm
nobody is doing what Michael is doing on the radio. #1 Hits plus great interviews and info, not to mention his pet gripes, is a formula for real quality broadcasting.
Sat. 3/9/13 12:40pm
Rick in WO Town:
Shelley's premium last year was the best of any premium I got. " Different for Girls" -- "Right Back Where We Started" Look forward to this year's.
Sat. 3/9/13 12:42pm
Doug Schulkind:
Amataitai line-up:
Mntima Dube - Lead Guitar;
Thomas Motshwane - Rhythm Guitar;
Lameck Moloi - Bass;
Dan Van Wyk - Drums
Sat. 3/9/13 12:42pm
The problem with last year's premium was that I didn't want to break the shrink wrap... Beautiful stuff!
Sat. 3/9/13 12:43pm
Super Hits of the Seventies is truly a home run!
Sat. 3/9/13 12:44pm
@Doug - sorry to miss you yesterday. I got distracted by many things but never fear, I will be checking in in one way or another. My daughter says that spring is in the air at Pburg...
Sat. 3/9/13 12:44pm
Jimmy Wipper:
Very cool that the legendary Key Wilde did the artwork for the cd!
Sat. 3/9/13 12:46pm
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Musicians have to have a thick skin. Not fan, really. But when a DJ says " when he used to be good" must not be great thing to hear.
Sat. 3/9/13 12:46pm
Doug Schulkind:
Sat. 3/9/13 12:46pm
Jimmy Wipper:
I mean, the layout!
Sat. 3/9/13 12:55pm
Here is 2 Love
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In a 2006 book, the late New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid summed up the future of Iraq as ghamidh, meaning "unclear" or "ambiguous" in Arabic. Seven years later, uncertainty continued to exacerbate the threats that journalists faced. Newspaper offices were attacked by unknown assailants, and journalists were threatened, assaulted, and detained. At least 10 journalists were killed in 2013, but the assailants and their motives were frequently unclear. For all the uncertainty and ambiguity, one truth remained clear: Central government officials and Kurdish regional authorities repeatedly attempted to silence critical voices through a combination of detentions, the denial of credentials, the suspension of television licenses, and raids of stations. Iraqi journalists continued to call for revisions to the Journalist Protection Law, which CPJ criticized for its ambiguous and restrictive provisions. In a sign of hope, the Iraqi parliament withdrew a draft Information Crimes bill that would have restricted online journalism. Still, with so much uncertainty and so little security, journalists continue to flee into exile, amid fears that Iraq could slide back into the dark days of civil war.
With not a single conviction in the 100 journalist murders of the past decade, Iraq remains the worst country in the world for impunity.
While some murders occurred in the anarchy of sectarian violence during the U.S.-led war, many cases could be solved today if authorities demonstrated the will. CPJ has found no sign that authorities are working to solve any of them.
For six consecutive years, Iraq has topped CPJ's Impunity Index, which calculates unsolved journalist murders as a percentage of each country's population.
1. Iraq
2. Somalia
3. Philippines
4. Sri Lanka
5. Colombia
6. Afghanistan
7. Mexico
8. Pakistan
9. Russia
10. Brazil
11. Nigeria
12. India
Political uncertainty, escalating violence, and direct threats have led at least 20 Iraqi journalists to flee their country in the last five years. Iraq ranks sixth in the world for journalists in exile, according to CPJ research.
Both Iraqi and Kurdish authorities continued to briefly detain journalists throughout the year, but CPJ documented no journalists in prison in its annual prison census conducted on December 1.
On April 28, the Iraqi government suspended the licenses of 10 mostly pro-Sunni satellite channels, saying in a statement that the stations had used a "sectarian tone" to incite violence against security forces and to promote "banned terrorist organizations."
As an example of the banned stations' "unprofessional coverage," authorities cited broadcasts of a raid in the town of Hawija, outside Kirkuk, in which government forces attacked a Sunni-led demonstration against the Shia-dominated federal government. Dozens were killed in the violence.

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Nov 01, 2011 | ISBN 9781590309261
"Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal inner peace and peace on earth."—His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"Thich Nhat Hanh writes with the voice of the Buddha."—Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
"365 pithy teachings. . . . In the editor's preface, Melvin McLeod suggests reading them slowly, maybe one or two a day, in order to savor and digest them more fully. This is excellent advice, but whenever I sit down with the book, I find myself reading 'just one more' and 'just one more' again."—Shambhala Sun
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"Melvin McLeod has done a wonderful job of compiling one year's worth of Hanh's teachings. Each reading is short: none is more than a half page in length and most are shorter. Yet each contains a potent seed capable of transforming a day or even a lifetime if allowed to take hold and grow. If the world could practice what Hanh preaches, I believe the major problems facing our world today could be resolved."—San Francisco Book Review


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1968 Dodge Charger - Recharger
XV Motorsports Remakes The Classic Mopar Muscle Car For 21st Century Use.
Your humble reporter could be sent straight to hot rodder's hell just for suggesting this, but maybe the great muscle cars of the '60s weren't all that great. Sure, they were pretty stout in a straight line-for their time, anyway. But with their primitive chassis and dinky drum brakes, they weren't good for much else, like turning or stopping, for instance. And as long as we have set aside the rose-colored glasses, we can admit that their creature comforts were often weak as well: slab-like seats of cheap, slippery vinyl and cheesy instruments and controls. And then there's the iffy '60s build quality-far below Detroit's current-day standards for fit and finish.
Muscle cars are indeed special, but after all, they were manufactured 40 years ago. The bar has been raised since then. That's what the restomod and Pro Touring trends are all about, really: taking these great vehicular icons of the past and updating their hardware to more contemporary and streetworthy standards. Now here comes XV Motorsports of Irvington, New York, looking to raise the bar yet another notch. XV (stands for eXtreme Velocity) is operated by President Steve Buscema, a former Wall Streeter who cashed out to go play with cars, and Technical Manager Sean Hyland of Sean Hyland Motorsports. Their idea: integrate, as seamlessly as possible, contemporary OE refinement and supercar performance into the shell of a classic Mopar muscle car-and then sell them.
In the company's marketing material we found what could well serve as XV's corporate mission statement: "We believe that a true high-performance vehicle must be a complete and balanced package. The entire range of performance requirements must be satisfied equally and harmoniously. Wild horsepower in a vehicle without comparable capabilities in all other supporting aspects will ultimately deliver subpar performance . . . and can be hazardous to your health." We couldn't agree more. The car we are featuring here is a '68 Charger, but XV can apply the same treatment to any Dodge or Plymouth B- or E-Body of muscle car vintage: Road Runner to Charger, Challenger to 'Cuda. (Sorry, Mopars only.) Two stages of development are offered, Level I and Level II, with this red Charger being a Level II version with all the bells and whistles.
XV Motorsports begins by upgrading the original unit body for greater rigidity. Guided by extensive testing of the original structure on a four-post shaker rig, the company installs welded subframe connectors, which are laser-cut to dovetail with the floorpan contours, along with reinforcements for the engine compartment, radiator support, and shock towers. The original K-member is swapped for a fabricated aluminum cradle to accept cast-aluminum control arms and spindles, coilover shocks, and a power rack-and-pinion steering unit. Rear suspension is also by coilovers, with billet trailing control arms and a Panhard bar to locate the live rear axle. XV's own antiroll bars are installed front and rear.
But no matter how refined underneath, it's still a muscle car. Naturally, we want to know what's under the hood. In Level II tune, the Charger receives a 6.1L late-model Hemi rated at 500 hp, which is in turn coupled with a four-speed automatic transmission with overdrive, the whole business managed by XV's own electronic control system. Of particular interest are the XV single-plane intake manifold and billet aluminum four-hole throttle body. The cam profile and valve-springs are special XV items as well. Stainless 4-into-1 headers and 3-inch exhaust pipes provide the one aspect of the original muscle car experience, amid all the improvements and refinements, that survives in pure '60s form: the sound.
We didn't get a chance to drive the XV Charger. When we last spoke to John Buscema, the red rocket had just found a new home. And in case you were wondering, no-Classic Mopar muscle cars as reinvented by XV Motorsports do not come cheap. This one drove away for just over $200,000. That's up there in Ferrari and Lamborghini territory, but look at it this way: When you drive up to the front door of the local country club, you won't meet another one just like it, right down to the colors, as you would with a new F430. There's a lot to be said for exclusivity, not to mention classic muscle car style and muscle car performance just as you remember it-which is to say, far better than it ever was when cars like these were new. So while we didn't get to drive the XV Charger (drat), HOT ROD Editor Rob Kinnan recently got to road-thrash a very similar XV Challenger in the same Level II tune. (It's good to be the boss.) Here are his driving impressions of the E-Body version: "With the proliferation of Pro Touring-style, over-the-top muscle car builds as are the trend now, I'm automatically skeptical when I see one, wondering if it's actually built and engineered to work as well as the sum of its parts or if it's just thrown together with no real thought to actual functionality. In the case of the XV Challenger, which is similar to this Charger from a suspension standpoint, I'm not skeptical in the slightest.
"XV's John Buscema let me take it on a banzai ride on the public roads near his shop, and the roads weren't perfectly smooth by a long shot. The car worked very well, did everything right, and felt exceptionally solid without hammering your fillings out. If you didn't know you were in a '70 Challenger, you'd swear you were driving a new Corvette. Label me impressed."
Quick Inspection: '68 Dodge ChargerXV Motorsports * Irvington, NYPowertrainEngine: XV developed its own performance package for the 6.1L Hemi, including forged pistons and rods, an in-house camshaft and valvesprings, a heavy-duty head and main studs, a single-plane intake manifold, and a billet throttle body. Balanced, blueprinted, and hand-assembled, the engine is also treated to a bespoke engine management system by XV.
Power: XV rates its 6.1L Level II engine at 500 hp. If that's not enough for you, the boys also have a twin-screw supercharger system in the wings.
Transmission: Surprise: The gearbox is a Ford AOD four-speed automatic with overdrive top gear for easy cruising.
Rearend: A Mopar 83/4 axle has been treated to black powdercoating, a nodular-iron centersection with billet adjusters, heavy-duty axles, and a Sure Grip-style limited-slip unit with 3.91:1 cogs.
ChassisFrame: The Charger's original unit construction is retained but thoroughly upgraded, with reinforcements throughout to improve NVH (noise, vibration, and harshness) and provide tauter, more repeatable handling.
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Animal Facts
Scientific Name
Cotylorhiza tuberculata
Animal Type
food produced by tiny plants called zooxanthellae; zooplankton
diameter to 13 inches (33 cm)
crown jelly; Family: Cepheidae
Mediterranean Sea, coastal lagoons
At the Aquarium
After receiving Mediterranean jelly polyps from the New England Aquarium, Wyatt Patry, senior aquarist, helped raise them behind the scenes to display them at the Aquarium. "The most unique thing about these guys is probably how fast they grow—from just a few millimeters to the size of a quarter in a couple weeks," he says.
"They start off as polyps and we raise the temperature from 20 degrees Celsius to 25 degrees," Wyatt says. Warming the water causes the Mediterranean jellies to strobilate, or asexually reproduce, and release tiny medusae, or baby jellies. "From there, we put them in floating bowls and that's where they start to grow," Wyatt explains. The Mediterranean jellies then move from the floating bowls into floating bags because they need soft walls to bump up against. "These guys are a little bit more sensitive," Wyatt says.
Mediterranean jellies can live in any of our Aquarium tanks when they grow to be a bit larger. "Once we get them to about the size of a quarter, there's really no special requirement," Wyatt says.
Natural History
The unusual looking Mediterranean jelly, also known as the "fried egg" jelly, has a smooth, elevated bell surrounded by a ring. It has numerous short, clublike appendages that expand and flatten at the ends, in addition to some longer ones. The clustered appendages contain mouth-arm openings that are colored deep purple.
This jelly only lives for about half a year, from summer to winter. Researchers think this short life span is the result of adapting to a highly seasonal environment where the water temperature varies greatly.
Massive blooms of the Mediterranean jelly appeared in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon in the Mediterranean area after human activities, including agriculture, caused nutrients to seep into ground and eventually to the lagoon through coastal runoff.
Jelly populations naturally ebb and flow. Scientists are now wondering whether human impacts like overfishing, pollution and possibly climate changes might affect jelly populations also.


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Europe's Week Ahead: Fed in Focus
Tapering is set to land after the Federal Reserve's meeting on Wednesday. Katie Martin joins Peter Nurse and Nina Bains to discuss what the week holds for Europe.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Manufacturer of Prog-Die Components Offers E-Catalog
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-Finished with a brushed lobster claw. Optional extender at check out
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-The Crown Chakra is located at the top of the head. It is associated with high states of consciousness. When balanced we experience mental clarity and meditative peace. Violet is the foundational color of the 7th Chakra. White represents the ethereal state. The Crown Chakra Collection was designed with peaceful elements to enhance these concepts.
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If you thought over 100 frenzied sharks eating a dead whale was a tremendously unpleasant reason to go in the water, here's a swim hazard that's depressingly weirder. A 38-foot-long dead humpback — that Australian cetacean rescue experts speculate was hit by a ship while migrating — washed up in an ocean bath abutting Sydney's Newport Beach. The bath was closed to swimmers, on the off chance sharks breached the walls.
Although whale beachings are sad, surreal, and happen under even stranger circumstances, park official Chris Grudhoff noted a silver lining: "The upside of the fact that we are seeing more dead whales is that it indicates that we have a whole healthy population out there in the ocean."
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There are five races in Guild Wars 2, but up until now we've only been able to play as three - the humans, the cat people, and the bigger humans. ArenaNet rectifies this the weekend of July 20-22, when the Asura and Sylvari finally get their chance to shine.
It ain't easy being green, and it's even harder being an annoying little know-it-all, which probably explains why we've had to wait until the third and final beta weekend for Guild Wars 2 to get our hands on levels 1-20 for the game's most exotic races.
Along with the snacks and veggies, the event will also feature the two races' cities of Rata Sum and Grove, as well as a new Guild-Conquest PvP map, finally giving those titular organizations some time to shine.
Not in the Guild Wars 2 beta yet? I'll see what I can do.
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Sensual Toys for Long Distance Lovers
Internet access via computers and smartphones has opened up many opportunities for long distance lovers to keep intimacy – and that includes sensual intimacy. This is important, because sensual health is very important both for the welfare of each partner and for almost any relationship. From dirty SMS to Snapchat to video chats, couples can enjoy each other's bodies from a distance. While this form of long distance intimacy is great, technological advances now allow people to better enjoy the pleasures of one another, fostering better relationships between scattered lovers. Anyone who has a remote partner should know about the following sensual toys.
Toys are his toys and truly a wonder of the modern world. It comes with Nora – a replica of a male organ with an external stimulator for her – and Max's arm – which is fun for her. Toys are controlled through apps, which work like a remote. Nora's replica had twisted the beads inside and the arms trembled outside, its speed was controllable; Max's arm contains a contracted air pump to mimic female organ contractions, and also vibrates as well – the speed of contraction and vibration can be controlled. Sensual Toys for Long Distance Lovers
Partners can control their own toys to play solo, but the true magic of the Lovense series comes from the fact that toys can interact with each other through apps. That means, as he spins the spinning beads / vibrations of Nora, his Max contracts and vibrates faster, and vice versa. The interactivity of these toys gets long-distance lovers as close as possible to making love as is possible. The set will run from $ 200- $ 400, which does not sneeze, but may be appropriate for couples who do not often meet each other.
This is not his own toy, because only one toy is stimulating; However, the control he gave him also made him very stimulating. The Vibease is an external stimulator that can be used for it that fits inside a woman's panties; she can wear it to bed, around the house or even outside and around, depending on how dare she is. The man can activate the vibrator and vary its speed using the application from any location. Anytime.
Couples who use toys like Vibease need to discuss basic rules – when will they wear them? How important is the surprise element here? Is there a block of time that will be off limits on certain days? Working on these questions will ensure that the experience is great without coming at the wrong time. The toy is likely to run a partner between $ 90 and $ 120, depending on whether it is for sale.
Clone a Willy
Sometimes a woman wants a certain male organ inside her, and when the man who has the organ is far away, nothing else may feel good. Now, he can be pretty close. The cloning kit is equipped with a mold gel to make detailed molds of male organs and silicone to fill the mold. The finished product looks like genuine leather. There are also clone kits for female organs, but they only clone the outside and are not designed to have sensual connections with it. The kit is pretty cheap, each running under $ 40.
Getting these and other sensual toys involved in the couple's playing time can lead to more frequent sensual activity – which means a greater need for psychiatric care. The male organ skin is soft and prone to falter with frequent use and rough handling. Just because a distant lover does not mean men can loosen their manhood in peak condition. Using a male organ health cream (health experts recommend Man1 Man Oil) is a great idea, because it is packed in a natural moisturizer (Shea butter and vitamin E) and even contains acetyl neuroprotective L-carnitine acetyl, which helps maintain nerve sensitivity in the members. So, get some great sensual toys, interlace with long distance lover and keep as good as possible the man's organ. Sensual Toys for Long Distance Lovers


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Moose Behavior
By its body proportions, antlers' shape and size, and demeanor, the moose is the mighty symbol of the boreal and subarctic zones of the entire northern hemisphere. To describe moose country, an immense area of different habitats, is not easy. However, in simplified form, moose country is the variously dense mixed forest, called taiga or "northern bush," on the one hand; on the other hand, it is the open "forest-tundra," where conifers, ten to fourteen feet (three to four metres) high, dwarf-birch, alder and willows are scattered, mostly around takes, bogs and streams. The climate differs from zone to zone, and moose prefer only those zones where the average summer temperature does not much exceed sixty degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius).
Wind chill or take abundance help the moose to stay cool in the coastal and relatively humid zones, as well as in the much drier interior. Thus, in evolutionary terms, the moose has had to adapt both to humid and dry climates, and to dense and open habitats...
North Americans refer to this animal as the moose; however, throughout continental Europe, it has often been known as the "elk." The scientific name, Alces alces, also translates into British English as "elk." For North Americans this has been a source of confusion, as the name "elk" is also given to another member of the deer family, the wapiti (Cervus canadensis). Unfortunately, the common names of many living things differ from region to region, from country to country. On the other hand, the scientific names, albeit frequently awkward to articulate, are universal in their usage and eliminate the confusion generated by the more familiar appellations.
Excerpted with permission from Moose Country: Saga of the Woodland Moose. Copyright ©1991 by Michael W. P. Runtz. Pictures and text copyright © 1991 by Michael W. P. Runtz. All Rights Reserved. (First two paragraphs taken from the Forward contributed by Dr. A. (Tony) B. Bubenik.)
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This is a great exercise for engaging your team or a group of individuals in the critical topic of motivation while they also get out of their chairs and have some fun. The purpose is to expand motivation within the team by understanding what motivates one another, building team resonance on which actions to engage, and to strategically use those actions to stimulate team engagement.
- In advance, post enough flip chart pages around the room for each small group to have a page. It's easiest for the group if they can see a sample of what you will ask them to draw on their flip chart page, thus on a flip chart up front, draw a large circle taking up the whole flip chart page and then draw a smaller circle inside the big circle. This inside circle will be about one-third as big as the outside circle. Follow the directions below for creating three wedges in each circle and labeling each wedge.
- Direct the group/team to break into small groups of approximately 4 or 5 persons and ask each small group to convene around one of the flip chart pages posted on the wall. Ask the members to give each person a different color marker.
- Show all participants the sample you have drawn in advance of what you want them to create. And then ask that someone in each small group draw a circle with a target in the middle on the flip chart page similar to the one you show them. Next ask the person to draw 3 wedges in the big circle and label each wedge with one of these phrases:
- Move Toward
- Move Away From
- Move Against
Then do the same to the inside circle so it has the same 3 wedges. For this circle they might just write the words, toward, away and against for the 3 wedges.
- In the space between the outer and inner circle, ask each person to write how he/she is motivated to engage with their team in the move toward wedge, and in the other two wedges list what he/she moves away from (or is bored by, or withdraws from, and so on), and list what he/she moves against by writing words. For example, someone might write praise or interesting assignments in move toward, in the move away from wedge, he/she might write purposeless meetings, and in the against wedge he/she might write unreasonable deadlines given on Fridays.
- Once each person has finished writing then ask the small group members to talk with one another and write the words in the appropriate wedges of the inner circle that indicate areas of agreement for all members.
- Ask each small group to report their results to the full group/team and to particularly focus on the points of agreement in the inner circle.
- Facilitate a group discussion about what terms would go into a wedge for the three areas of move toward, away from and against for the full team or group.
- Challenge the group to create an action plan based on what they have learned. Can they build in ways to create more positive motivators that they move toward to support better engagement? Can they take action to remove something that leads many to shut down or quite paying attention as listed in the move away from wedge? Can they take action to change something that is so upsetting to at least some team members that they are actively moving against it?
Follow-up activities can be to get team members in pairs to talk about what each person wrote and to talk with one another about how they might better support each other in finding high motivation ways to engage. You might also schedule a time to review the action plan and focus on success and next steps. The team/group can check in with their motivation target periodically to see if they are operating on target.
Excerpted from Developing Emotional and Social Intelligence: Exercises for Leaders, Individuals, and Teams by Marcia Hughes and Amy Miller.


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Europe's Week Ahead: Germany Goes to the Polls
The Fed's phantom taper has slapped even greater focus onto the U.S. data flow. Katie Martin, Nina Bains and Sara Sjolin discuss that, plus the week's PMIs.
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The election campaign has taken a dramatic turn, with the opposition Conservatives jumping into their first real lead over the governing Liberals, a new poll shows.But here's the good part:
The survey, conducted by EKOS Research Associates for the Star and La Presse, found that 36.2 per cent of decided voters say they will support the Conservatives, while 30.4 per cent favoured the Liberals.
The NDP is supported by 17.9 per cent of voters, while the Bloc is at 10.4 per cent nationally and the Green party is at 4.7 per cent.
If the numbers hold up, it would mean a Tory minority government.
However, the electorate is still volatile, with 40 per cent of respondents saying they could still change their minds.Damn, I wish I could vote!


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Study finds IT pros sleep deprived
IT pros are spending too much time on manual routine tasks and denying themselves a good night's sleep.
A new report finds that most IT pros aren't getting a good night's rest. In fact, 87% of those surveyed working in midsized companies said they're unable to avoid working evenings, weekends and holidays.
Go ahead. Pour yourself another cup of coffee. You'll need it.
The sad truth is that in medium-sized companies, IT pros are still forced to work outside of regular business hours in order to finish routine IT tasks. Only 13% of IT staff in midsized companies are able to avoid working overtime, compared with 20% at large companies and 34% at small companies.
The reason: Lack of automation, according to Diane Hagglund of King Research, the California-based firm that conducted the study.
"Corporate IT departments spend significant time and resources managing their server and desktop computers. Many of these tasks -- patch management, inventory, new machine deployment and many others -- can be time-consuming and expensive."
SMBs playing catch up
Not surprisingly, medium-sized companies are behind the curve when it comes to automating routine IT tasks such as patch management, software/hardware inventory, software distribution, security enforcement, help desk ticket management and new machine deployment. Nineteen percent of participants in the midmarket space have essentially no IT automation, and for any given IT task, only half of the companies in this space automate the task, the survey found.
In fact, while larger companies are automating their routine IT processes at a much higher rate (82%) than companies in the midmarket space (54%), only 29% of smaller companies automate these kinds of tasks.
It costs how much?
By far the greatest complaint by medium-sized companies regarding automation tools had to do with their cost, said Sheila Baker, a spokesperson for automation tool provider KACE Networks Inc. in Mountain View, Calif. (KACE commissioned King Research to do the study, although no mention of KACE or its products were mentioned in the survey.)
"They want the tools but haven't been able to afford them," said Baker, whose company designs and markets products to medium-sized firms.
While Baker's comments could be construed as biased, other research firms corroborate that enterprise-like technology is too expensive. Good news for buyers: There are a number of companies such as KACE that cater to the small and medium-sized firms bringing more affordable technology to your door.
Maybe now you can go home and get some sleep.
Let us know what you think about the story; e-mail: Kate Evans-Correia, News Director


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Japanese Relocation During World War II
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared that the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, would live in infamy. The attack launched the United States fully into the two theaters of the world war. Prior to Pearl Harbor, the United States had been involved in the European war only by supplying England and other antifascist countries of Europe with the munitions of war.
The attack on Pearl Harbor also launched a rash of fear about national security, especially on the West Coast. In February 1942, just two months after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt as commander-in-chief, issued Executive Order 9066, which had the effect of relocating all persons of Japanese ancestry, both citizens and aliens, inland, outside of the Pacific military zone. The objectives of the order were to prevent espionage and to protect persons of Japanese descent from harm at the hands of Americans who had strong anti-Japanese attitudes.
In Washington and Oregon, the eastern boundary of the military zone was an imaginary line along the rim of the Cascade Mountains; this line continued down the spine of California from north to south. From that line to the Pacific coast, the military restricted zones in those three states were defined.
Roosevelt's order affected 117,000 people of Japanese descent, two-thirds of whom were native-born citizens of the United States. The Issei were the first generation of Japanese in this country; the Nisei were the second generation, numbering 70,000 American citizens at the time of internment. Within weeks, all persons of Japanese ancestry--whether citizens or enemy aliens, young or old, rich or poor--were ordered to assembly centers near their homes. Soon they were sent to permanent relocation centers outside the restricted military zones.
For example, persons of Japanese ancestry in western Washington State were removed to the assembly center at the Puyallup Fairgrounds near Tacoma. From Puyallup to Pomona, internees found that a cowshed at a fairgrounds or a horse stall at a racetrack was home for several months before they were transported to a permanent wartime residence. Relocation centers were situated many miles inland, often in remote and desolate locales. Sites included Tule Lake, California; Minidoka, Idaho; Manzanar, California; Topaz, Utah; Jerome, Arkansas; Heart Mountain, Wyoming; Poston, Arizona; Granada, Colorado; and Rohwer, Arkansas.
As four or five families with their sparse collections of clothing and possessions squeezed into and shared tar-papered barracks, life took on some familiar routines of socializing and school. However, eating in common facilities and having limited opportunities for work interrupted other social and cultural patterns. Persons who became troublesome were sent to a special camp at Tule Lake, California, where dissidents were housed.
In 1943 and 1944 the government assembled a combat unit of Japanese Americans for the European theater. It became the 442d Regimental Combat Team and gained fame as the most highly decorated of World War II. Their military record bespoke their patriotism.
As the war drew to a close, the relocation centers were slowly evacuated. While some persons of Japanese ancestry returned to their home towns, others sought new surroundings. For example, the Japanese American community of Tacoma, Washington, had been sent to three different centers; only 30 percent returned to Tacoma after the war. Japanese Americans from Fresno had gone to Manzanar; 80 percent returned to their hometown.
The internment of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II sparked constitutional and political debate. In the 1940s, two men and one woman--Hirabayashi, Korematsu, and Endo--challenged the constitutionality of the relocation and curfew orders. While the men received negative judgments from the court, in the 1944 case ExParte Mitsuye Endo, the Supreme Court ruled that, "Mitsuye Endo is entitled to an unconditional release by the War Relocation Authority." Some people refer to the relocation centers as concentration camps; others view internment as an unfortunate episode, but a military necessity. During the Reagan-Bush years Congress moved toward the passage of Public Law 100-383 in 1988 which acknowledged the injustice of the internment, apologized for it, and provided a $20,000 cash payment to each person who was interned.
One of the most stunning ironies in this episode of American civil liberties was articulated by an internee who, when told that the Japanese were put in those camps for their own protection, countered "If we were put there for our protection, why were the guns at the guard towers pointed inward, instead of outward?"
Other Resources
Manzanar (New York: Times Books, 1988), with photographs by Ansel Adams and commentary by John Hersey, provides a stunning portrait of a camp.
Farewell to Manzanar (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973), is an easy-to-read memoir by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston of Japanese American experience during and after the World War II internment.
Nisei Daughter (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979), a memoir by Monica Sone, and Obasan (Boston: D.R. Godine, 1982), a novel by Joy Kogawa, capture the prewar, wartime, and postwar life of Japanese Americans.
Bill Hosokawa's Nisei: The Quiet Americans (New York: W. Morrow, 1969), Roger Daniels' Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War II (New York: Hill and Wang, 1993), Page Smith's Democracy on Trial: Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation in World War II (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995), and a portion of Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror : A History of Multicultural America (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1993) provide a historical look at internment.
A few stories of Nisei and their reactions to internment can be found in Studs Terkel's The Good War : An Oral History of World War Two (New York: Pantheon Books, 1984) and Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation (New York: Random House, 1998).
A novel, Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson (San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1994), set in the Puget Sound area of the Pacific Northwest, gives an account of life and tensions before, during, and after World War II as cultural values clash in a love story about a Caucasian man and a woman of Japanese ancestry.
A recent novel, The Climate of the Country by Marnie Mueller (Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1999), is based on the author's experience of living with her father, a Caucasian, who was interned as a conscientious objector.
The Documents
- "Conference with General De Witt" at Office of Commanding General, Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army; January 4, 1942.
National Archives Identifier: 296057
View Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
- Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast, 1942, Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Office of the Commanding General, Presidio of San Francisco, California; Chapters 1 and 2.
National Archives Identifier: 296055
View Pages: Cover | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24
- Transcript of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin Roosevelt, February 19, 1942. Available from OurDocuments.gov: http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=74
- Posting of Exclusion Order at First and Front Streets in San Francisco, California, directing removal of persons of Japanese ancestry from the first section in San Francisco to be affected by the evacuation.
National Archives Identifier: 536017
- Thank You Note in "Little Tokyo" in Los Angeles, California. Mr. and Mrs. K. Tseri have closed their drugstore in preparation for the forthcoming evacuation from their home and business.
National Archives Identifier: 536001
- Merchandise Sale in San Francisco, California. Customers buy merchandise in a store operated by a proprietor of Japanese ancestry during a pre-evacuation sale. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war.
National Archives Identifier: 536042
- Children Pledge Allegiance to the Flag in San Francisco, California, at Raphael Weill Public School. Children in families of Japanese ancestry were evacuated with their parents and will be housed for the duration in War Relocation Authority centers where facilities will be provided for them to continue their education.
National Archives Identifier: 536053
- Family in Front of Farmhouse in Mountain View, California. Members of the Shibuya family are pictured at their home before evacuation. The father and the mother were born in Japan and came to this country in 1904. At that time the father had $60 in cash and a basket of clothes. He later built a prosperous business of raising select varieties of chrysanthemums which he shipped to Eastern markets under his own trade name. Six children in the family were born in the United States.
National Archives Identifier: 536037
- Manager of a Large Farm in Stockton, California. Henry T. Futamachi (left), superintendent of a 1,300-acre mechanized ranch, discusses agricultural problems with the ranch owner, John B. MacKinley. Before evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry, Futamachi, 45, was paid $4,000 a year and bonuses. He came to this country 28 years ago with his father. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war.
National Archives Identifier: 536030
- Packing Up in San Francisco, California. Dave Tatsuno rereads notes he compiled while he was a student at the University of California where he was graduated in 1936. Tatsuno, with his two-year-old son at his side, is packing his possessions at 2625 Buchanan Street, prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration. (This is the caption as it appeared on the photograph. According to the 1942 Polk Directory for San Francisco, the correct address is 1625 Buchanan.)
National Archives Identifier: 536039
- Registration in San Francisco, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry file forms containing personal data, two days before evacuation, at a Wartime Civil Control Administration station.
National Archives Identifier: 536056
- Waiting for Evacuation in San Francisco, California. With baggage stacked, residents of Japanese ancestry await a bus at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station, 2020 Van Ness Avenue, as part of the first group of 664 to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
National Archives Identifier: 536065
- Wartime Civil Control Station in San Francisco, California. Japanese family heads and persons living alone form a line outside the station located in the Japanese American Citizens League Auditorium at 2031 Bush Street, to appear for "processing" in response to Civilian Exclusion Order Number 20.
National Archives Identifier: 536422
- Sorting Baggage at Minidoka in Eden, Idaho. Baggage belonging to evacuees from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington, is sorted and trucked to owners in their barrack apartments.
National Archives Identifier: 538278
- Barracks Assigned at Minidoka in Eden, Idaho. Newly arrived evacuees from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington, are registered and assigned barrack apartments at this War Relocation Authority center.
National Archives Identifier: 538283
- The Hirano Family, left to right, George, Hisa, and Yasbei with picture of a United States serviceman. Colorado River Relocation Center, Poston, Arizona.
National Archives Identifier: 535989
- High School Campus at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Classes are housed in tarpaper-covered, barrack-style buildings originally designed as living quarters for the evacuees.
National Archives Identifier: 537153
- Poster Crew at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. The poster crew turns out fire and safety posters, announcements for public gatherings and dances, and some general instructions.
National Archives Identifier: 538754
- Court Session at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. The court is composed of seven judges selected from the residents and appointed by the project director. They preside over infractions of center regulations and ordinary civil court cases.
National Archives Identifier: 537166
- Coal Crew at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. It takes approximately four carloads of coal a day to provide heat for residents at this Wyoming relocation center during the cold winter months. Here a crew of men load trucks from the coal gondola for delivery to barracks.
National Archives Identifier: 538770


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Ants aren't a danger to your health, but they sure are annoying. Plus, it's always gross to leave a bowl of cereal out by accident and find it filled with ants the next day! They're also craftier than you realize. Because their eyesight is poor, they rely on each other and their strong sense of smell to move around and work as a team. By lifting twenty times their own body weight and working together, ants can quickly find and steal their favorite treats from your kitchen.
Follow these steps to keep ants out of your home and away from your pantry.


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The role of the diverse U.S. faith community in debates about the future of the United States is essentially unsettled right now due to partisan politics, says a prominent broadcast journalist and former White House communications director.
Speaking Sept. 28 to members of the National Council of Churches Communication Commission, George Stephanopoulos of ABC News said that the Christian religious right is only one strand of the larger Tea Party movement, a conservative movement that has opposed many of the policies of the administration of President Barack Obama.
Though some on the U.S. religious left are now trying to counter the conservative movement by "fighting fire with fire," Stephanopoulos sensed that many Americans, now more than ever, are weary of the merging of theology with politics, of whatever stripe.
"Is this about faith or about politics?" Stephanopoulos said what might be a common reaction among many toward any overt merging of the two. "It's easier for people to move away from the debate."
Stephanopoulos added that he thought the prominent sexual abuse scandals within the U.S. Catholic Church in recent years had soured both the public's and media's attitude toward religious institutions, and had made covering them more difficult for journalists.
Stephanopoulos, who is ABC News' chief political correspondent and host of "Good Morning America," served under President Bill Clinton as advisor and communications director.
He told communications representatives of NCC-member communions and other faith-based groups meeting in New York that political partisanship shows no signs of declining in an era when many Americans are worried that "America is slipping and in decline."
"People are losing a sense that we have a society that works," he said.
"If we are going to be as successful as we once were," Stephanopoulos said about the United States, "we're going to have to make some decisions that are probably not going to be very popular."
Stephanopoulos is no stranger to religious issues. His mother, Nickolitsa ("Nikki") Stephanopoulos, was the long-time director of news for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. His father, Robert George Stephanopoulos, was formerly dean of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City.


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Preview: Total War: Shogun 2
We've got full details and hands-on impressions of the game's multiplayer.
Looking forward to the tie-breaker Steve. Give 'em hell!
Awesome... Really happy to see them listen to the community and provide customization for our generals, not to mention development.
Wow, RPG elements really are getting everywhere these days. Needless to say really looking forwards to this, Shogun was my first real dip in to PC gaming, used to play that shit for days :) I hope they have awesome video clips again, I loved watching my geisha wipe out entire dynasty's unopposed :D
Good to hear that they're finally including a more robust multiplayer in this series. I just hope they don't go too nuts with the RPG elements. So far, they have served to enhance the game, but I worry that they might bog this one down. Still looking forward to it, though, I may even do something completely unprecedented and buy it the day it comes out. Can't wait!
This sounds like EXACTLY what the doctor ordered.
Argh... I want this so bad..
Here's to hoping the ai can actually handle complex tasks.... Played medieval 2 and well the sieges are muck to be fair, the computer more often than not forgets its attacking walls :(
Yes, yes oh god yes, this is going to be so epically awesome!
I can't wait until shogun2 comes out, i won't be able to sleep for days.
I hear allot of stuff I heard when Empire was announced, most of that stuff got cut due to lack of time. My hopes aren't up yet especially because of how CA and SEGA have been treating the TW franchise.
Almost seems like they are doing 1 game but releasing a part of it every year to fund the real project. We had Empire in 2009, the alpha build, Napoleon in 2010, the beta build and Shogun 2 in 2011, which I hope is the Gold version.
I can't say that I'm not looking forward to it but I remain critical of it. Especially since the Multiplayer boiled down to "Use quicklime and sharpshooters" and Multiplayer seems to be their main focus whilst the Battle AI and Unit Pathfinding remains severely lacking.
I pretty much gave up and started using quicklime and sharpshooters myself after running into about 30 people using the exact same tactic playing the exact same map.
The Campaign Coop was fun, for a while. Having the AI fight against 2 humans was pretty much a lost battle when I held the AI down and had it scream Uncle in less than 50 turns. So eventually that ended up becoming Quicklime and Sharpshooter combat between 2 major human powers to.
Seeing as Canons are not a part of Japanese warfare I guess we got a more balanced playing ground to start off. Now it's all hoping they can actually have the units walk where you want them to and not have em go off into the void.
March is going to make me really poor. First Dragon Age 2, now this. Still, march can't come a day too soon!
Yeah I was incredibly disappointed with Empire TW, I was hesitant to pay even $30 knowing the amount of bugs it has.
I have to agree with that, but I think the idea is to force action instead of constant maneuvering.
The retainers sound like something out of 7th legion. A lot of the customization options sound very superficial, I rarely zoomed right in on troops when I played other TWs. I'll remain skeptical until I get to play the game, I have been let down by TWs of late.
It's all about the AI.
Sounds amazing, surprised to hear about the RPG elements, but im pumped to see how they will effect the game. The castle thing sounds annoying, because while defenses are fun they often interrupt my grand plans for conquest.
As long as the AI is good this time round I'm happy. It's not fun sending one ballista unit against a full army and winning.
Jizz. In. My Pants. We've been waiting for mulitplayer campaign for soooooooo long and now.... its finally.... 3 months away.... DAMN
Super cereally stoked for this instalment. I felt the last two were pretty lacking due to the power that ranged units provide, so taking it back to feudal Japan should be great. Unsure about the idea of cards to essentially give buffs etc, hope there is an option to turn that off, as I always liked the raw tactics that had to be used with no "well you got lucky with X" element to it.
Hell yeah, this sounds awesome! Can't wait to get it, especially since it is such an underused setting.
Siege assaults that aren't the same every damn time? Yes, please.
Well I;m bouncing up and down waiting for this game!
I was so psyched for this game i went out and bought empire and napoleon to get into the series.
Can. Not. Wait.
I'm practically giddy.
seriously mate do yourself a favour and buy Rome total war pack with barabarians and alexander expansions. they are poor graphics but brilliant games, you will not regret it.
Totally agreed. And if the graphics hurt you too much, I suggest downloading the Roma Surrectum mod. Really brings the graphics up to scratch, as well as adding a tonne of gameplay elements.
As for Shogun 2, sounds like it's adopting elements from King Arthur The Roleplaying Wargame (the buff points on the map sound awfully similar) and Dawn of War II, which is no bad thing in my eyes. I'm more a singleplayer person, but with the focus on multiplayer I might give it a shot.
Dont know why everyone rated those games higher than Med2. Quite a few things about Rome game bothered me, like most spearmen had pikes that could hold of an entire army if you attacked it from the front, squalor in towns also was incredibly hard to get rid of, and archers could only shoot about 10 ft.
3.5 more months! i can wait...yeah i can wai... DAMMIT IT NEEDS TO COME OUT NOW!! ME WANT!! >.<
One of the few bigger budget Franchises left which deserve to be labeled "strategy" today (and the only one which incorporates a real time engine without being a stone/scissors/paper clickfest). I really hope they don't watered it down to much as some of the new features suggest. Empire was already a step in the wrong direction. Nevertheless Medieval and Rome especially with the corresponding mods like EB are still something i come back several times a year to enjoy the grand campaign.
This look to badass, must try it.
Sounds good, but I want to keep a very tight hold on my excitement for a Total War game. Since Shogun, all of them have sounded significantly better on paper than they have in practice.
Sounds good but the whole RPG armour and cards thing sounds like a bad idea.
High ranking player with full set giving him amazing buffs vs new player with nothing
And opponents always playing the cards that dampen your main troop type. So everyone will just pick a balanced force so as not to be too weakened in their main area.
The title thing sounds great though, especially the dishonourable general part.
Looking forward to it but not really for the multiplayer
i would have rated med 2 higher, but in rome 2 it was possible to win the game (and see the whole map) with almost any faction, and i approached it historically, so your points didn't bother me becuase
a) pikes could hold off an entire army if they were daft enough to attack frontally
Some of these new features have me a bit worried, I play total war for a somewhat realistic RTS, these capturable buildings and retainers sound like a blatant "game" feature.
On the other hand the more complex siege battles intrigue me and I love the Feudal Japanese setting.
I'll reserve judgment untill I play it but it feels like they may be trying to make it too different from the preveous games for my liking,
Trap cards? The defensive scenario you described I like a lot. So happy a game takes a approach beyond "Mass ranged a choke, mass melee behind choke, wait for victory." So sick games making variations of this and making only two strategies for both attack and defense because the only two tactics to pick from are so damn effective.
Awwwwww but i want it noooowww!!!!!!
I honestly don't know how excited I am about this. I find myself getting less and less interested in the TW franchise these days. Empire was a horrible disappointment to me, Napoleon I didn't even care enough about to buy and this . . . well, I'm just not that interested in Japan.
However, from what's been described here it sounds a whole lot more "gamey" than previous installments. Until recently I would have been against this, but one of the reasons I've gone off TW is because it occupies a sort of uncomfortable middle ground between gamey game and simulation game. Maybe moving it in a more gamey direction will actually make it better for me. Not going to be able to tell without playing it. I'm probably going to end up buying this, despite my cynicism. But I will do so very reluctantly.
Still no Total War: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, though. ;~;