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The X Iberian Cup of Falconry has been held in Macedo de Cavaleiros (Portugal) the last weekend of January. The large number of participants made the X Cup a success.
The 70 birds participating in 4 modalities, coming from both countries, measured their feathers to the wind ensuring a good exhibition and the success of the meeting.
Another of the attractions of this meeting was the celebration of the I Interpaises Trophy Spain-Portugal. The I Interpaises Trophy consisted in gathering one team for each country with 4 members; one hawk, one Harris, one goshawk and one of the small birds. The team was formed with the best scores from Saturday and the team vests were given at dinnertime. On Sunday the 8 selected competed for the Cup as each year, but the scores of the members of each team added up making a total score from which a winning team.came out.
The conferences of Diego Pareja Obregón and Pedro Alfonso, representatives of the respective Spanish and Portuguese associations of falconry were another incentive of the Portuguese encounter.
AYAMA participates like previous years with some equipment (transmitters) Ares as awards to the winners of the different categories.
Congratulations to all the participants and especially the organizers for this new initiative in the organization of the first Interpaises trophy.


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According to advertising industry insiders, Yahoo's bid to reclaim some of its lost lustre will kick off next week when it unveils a massive $100 million marketing campaign.
The £61 million war chest will be announced at the Internet Advertising Bureau's MIXX conference in New York by chief marketing officer, Elisa Steele, in a talk headed 'Yahoo's Consumer Revolution... Round II'.
Half a billion visitors
While there are no details about how the money will be spent, it's already clear that the thrust of the new message will be in reminding consumers that Yahoo is a company that attracts half a billion online visitors a month, and that it's not just a fading former giant of the net.
Analysts predict Yahoo will do so by highlighting the services it offers, such as email and portal sites, which can make it – in the words of CEO Carol Bartz - "the centre of people's online lives".
Microsoft tie-up
Together with the recent partnership with Microsoft on internet search, the new thrust is likely to reinvigorate a company that has been painted in negative headlines for several years now.
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He actually started it over a year ago and then abandoned it after one entry. He's up and at it again though and could totally use your comments to keep him at it.
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Roger the Dog I vaguely recall, maybe from a few variety shows and the like... but recall he wasn't around on screens for very long - as the article suggests, didn't really seem to have the material or act to last on television.
Never saw 'Data Run' (was never really "allowed" Saturday morning telly), but going by the photo there, and a very quick Google, Edwina Laurie seemed a bit of a looker! (Sorry, unusually male comment from me!)

Similar to not being "allowed" Saturday morning telly, Christmas Day morning telly was generally a no-no, but some years I got away with it, and I do recall 'Roland's Yuletide Binge', no doubt before the annual 'Noel's Christmas Family Video Accidents' or whatever.

'The Ratties' I recall but again, never did. Quite why I don't know, if it had a talent such as Spike Milligan voicing it. I probably dumped it in with the rash of "animal cartoons" of the late 1980s, of which there were a number, particularly those revolving around rats, mice and similar creatures. Speaking of the great Spike Milligan, though, it was some years later (maybe on the tail-end of what fits the criteria of this site), but 'Wolves, Witches and Giants' was narrated by him and was usually very enjoyable as a result. Pj Gathergoodhttps://email@example.com


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Spring is in full bloom, gag, and with it my mind is blossoming, urgh, So I thought I'd get into the spirit and share a couple of little things with all of you from the past few weeks.
*Family & Friends With school breaking up for Easter holidays and taking a trip to California with all my friends I managed to spend a lot more time than I normally would with the people closest to me. This came at a very good time for me too so it was lovely to spend quality time with lovely people especially seeing as it was my birthday not long after. Having a meal out with my family was nice as we are never really all in the house at the same time and having a toga party with my friends was definitely one that wont be forgotten
*Girl Offline Whilst away I also spent a lot of time offline – this meant not refreshing emails, twitter, instagram or bloglovin' and it cleared my mind a lot which was lovely. This also meant I did things for me not just the for the hell of posting them online.
*Puppies The first person/animal to welcome me home was gorgeous Maisy. I'm pretty sure she had grown in the week I was away but no one else backed me up on that one. family. It was a lovely surprise to see her bounding her way up to the gate to greet me with a wagging tail. And freshly washed too – bonus!
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Paper, gunpowder, the compass... sliders? Hey, it turns out you kinda have to include those on the list of great Chinese inventions.
Bao -- a steamed bun filled with beef, pork or other ingredients -- will now be the latest delicacy to be sold from an increasingly mind-bending eclecticism of food trucks.
CityStream.com has a preview of the eats from the People's Bao food truck, which is slated to hit the streets in March:
"It's kind of an Asian hamburger," says [owner] Peter, who grew up eating bao nearly every other day, so ubiquitous it was on every street corner in China. He plans to use a Taiwanese-style open bun, a technique introduced 50 years ago, which will allow him to control the ingredients on the spot and to cook the beef in a more complex way.
Ingredients will include naturally raised pork, sushi-grade rice, and beef marinated with an apple-juice base and then braised in veal stock.
"The majority of our ingredients are also known as super foods that are packed with health benefits," says official website. Well, CityStream's taste test included beef bao with arugula and onion marmalade with a sesame, chile and tomato sauce. That acutally does sound pretty super.
You can follow @PeoplesBao to be ready when the launch, or follow our entire food trucks list on Twitter here.
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What time is it? How would you label this season of your life?
When I was on staff at a large church one of the many aspects to my work was to interview people who had taken a "Spiritual Gifts" class to see their best fit for service in ministry. Spiritual gifts fascinate me and I was continually in awe of how the God of the universe would create such unique individuals each with a one-of-a kind mix of life experiences, gifts, talents and heart for serving others.
One of the questions I would ask had to do with how one approaches life in terms of either being spontaneous or rather structured – consistent and preferring routines. I would be the latter being a 'creature of routine' and having some form of equilibrium in the consistency of how I approach life. For those of you like me, change is probably especially against our grain. But I am reminded of this amazing section of Scripture and the profound truth in each statement:
For everything there is a season,
a time for every activity under hearven.
A time to be born and a time to die,
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
A time to kill and a time to heal.
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
A time to cry and a time to laugh.
A time to grieve and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
A time to love and a time to hate.
A time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Are you feeling a bit unsettled by some recent changes? There is a breath of fresh air in knowing that God designs our life with seasons and they are different – and that is o.k. We would always prefer the seasons of laughter and dancing to the times of crying and grieving, but they are all components of a healthy life. I believe that one can laugh with greater veracity and dance joyfully with all out abandonment having traveled through times of heart-rendering grief with tear-stained pillows. Knowing the depths of sorrow gives release to the times of happiness.
Recently I shared this portion of Scripture as we buried a friend. Hers was a long good life and she knew the Lord personally – there was peace about her eternal security. Yet, with the release of everyone we love there is that grief, albeit with hope, until we reach heaven ourselves. There the seasons will change. When we reach heaven there is something new in store:
Look, God's home in now among His people. God Himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.
Revelation 21:3b-4
This is a great hope to which we can look forward. Until then we learn to accept the seasons of change. Ultimately, as believers we can look forward to that eternal party, where the ebb and flow of seasons melt into rapturous times of joy. There is hope ahead for the one who has placed his or her faith in Christ.


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Runabout White
There's something remarkable about this floral and stone fruit scented wine. And given the family's longtime love of rose gardens, and the estate's history as a peach orchard, maybe even a little magical. The 2017 Runabout is a much drier wine than its 2016 counterpart – a testament to our commitment to showcasing the vintage rather than a house style. Made from 100% estate grown fruit, and four of the five white varietals we grow in our vineyard, it's a true taste of the cool spring, hot & dry summer, and long warm fall of 2017.
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Rose and peach aromatics. Crisp apple, pineapple and lychee on the palate. A fruit forward wine that starts ripe and round, but finishes crisp and refreshing with some good weight.
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Every white grape planting and every soil type at our estate vineyard is represented in this blend – a true taste of the estate.
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Food Pairing Notes
Hot wings. Give it a go. It's a rare wine that can make that pairing work.
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Medical agency Doctors Without Borders on Saturday made a renewed call for the safe release of two Spanish workers who were kidnapped in Somalia in October.
The Switzerland-headquartered group, also known by its French name, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is currently mulling whether to stay in war-torn Somalia, one of the most dangerous places in the world for aid workers.
"As we consider this dilemma, MSF is requesting that all people, especially the authorities in control of areas in Somalia where our kidnapped colleagues are being detained, do everything possible to facilitate [their] safe release," MSF international head Unni Karunakara said in a statement.
Blanca Thiebaut and Montserrat Serra were seized in mid-October in Kenya's giant Dadaab camp, some 100 kilometres from the Somali border and home to thousands of Somali refugees, and taken to Somalia by their captors.
MSF has been working in Somalia since 1991, providing medical care including nutritional support and vaccination campaigns, as well as aiding the hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees who have fled to surrounding nations.
According to the United Nations, three Somali provinces are in a state of famine and some 250 000 people risk starving to death.
On December 29, two other MSF workers — a Belgian and an Indonesian –were killed in a shooting in its Mogadishu compound.
"These attacks on aid workers must be condemned in the strongest of terms", MSF said in a statement. "They put in jeopardy life-saving medical projects that are already far from adequate in addressing the scope of the medical needs of the Somali population." — Sapa-AFP


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Orot – which means "lights" in Hebrew – is an organization that helps special needs kids in Greater Philadelphia get a Jewish day school education. It's designed to serve Jewish children who have a variety of challenges like severe learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, developmental delays, behavioral disorders and brain injuries — children whose needs aren't met by typical learning support programs.
In the Orot program, each child receives an individualized academic plan. Math, reading, and Judaic studies are introduced in a developmentally appropriate way. The curriculum is also designed to teach life skills like active listening, organizational skills and time management — skills that can help an Orot student move into a mainstream classroom. Kids are taught in small groups, allowing Orot teachers to give each child the attention he or she needs to learn and thrive.
Currently 45 children participate in Orot, each of them keeping the light of learning alive. We're proud of each one of them!
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应遥感室李新研究员的邀请,美国乔治梅森大学Paul Houser教授来我所学术交流并做报告。
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报告题目:A vision for an ultra‐high resolution integrated water cycle observation and prediction system
报告人简介:Dr. Houser is an internationally recognized expert in local to global land surface-atmospheric remote sensing, in-situ observation and numerical simulation, development and application of hydrologic data assimilation methods, scientific integrity and policy, and global water and energy cycling. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Hydrology and Water Resources from the University of Arizona in 1992 and 1996 respectively. He has led numerous scientific contributions, including the development of Land Data Assimilation Systems (LDAS), the Hydrospheric States Mission (Hydros/SMAP), the Land Information System (LIS), the NASA Energy and Water cycle Study (NEWS), and the Water Cycle Solutions Network (WaterNet). He has published over 125 peer-review publications (9500+ citations, H-Index:45)


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Medical School – Working Hard but Rarely Bored
Medicine can be pretty tough, but boring? There is always something interesting to see or learn.
Although I was busy during my undergraduate studies, I can still remember days or weeks where I would be bored with school. If I was particularly on top of my school work, I would often take the weekend off and do absolutely nothing productive and instead something fun. I would slack for weeks at a time and know that I could catch up. I remember studying for chemistry intensely until I knew the periodic table and each element's properties down cold. There were tests where I could recite dozens of physic formulas without the need for a cheat sheet. I remember having to find extra work to do to challenge myself, get involved in clubs, and push myself to go beyond class expectations.
On the contrary, nowadays it seems like work always has a way finding me. It's rare to have a spare moment just to read leisurely or contemplate about life's big mysteries. There's always more diseases to study, new terms to look up, clinical opportunities to be involved with. And I know as soon as clerkship starts and residency, it's only going to get busier.
Medicine is challenging. Compounded with my initial dislike for rote memorization – though it has improved a lot – I often find learning everything overwhelming. When I peruse the titles on the library shelves, there seems to be a textbook for every imaginable disease possible, irregardless of how obscure they may be. There's such a variety of subjects to learn, ranging from anatomy to epidemiology to each specific specialty. For a curious person like myself who likes to know everything about anything, I find it hard to have the same confidence of knowledge as I did in undergrad. Even for common conditions such as hypertension or diabetes, there is a wealth of knowledge out there that keeps changing.
I knew what I was signing up for when I decided to go to medical school. Long hours, grunt work and a whole lot to learn. It can get draining, mentally, emotionally and physically. There will be days where going to the washroom and taking a nice hot shower will become a luxury. Sleepless nights, angry patients, grieving families. Life long learning until the day you stop practicing.
There's always something to do, something to learn, something to challenge you. It's a trade-off I can live with.
One Response to Medical School – Working Hard but Rarely Bored
I agree with many of your thoughts here. Carefree days of not thinking are rare indeed, and with so much to learn and be stimulated by, it is hard to go blank for long.
I think free time really vanishes with children, enjoy it while it lasts 🙂


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Valery A. Sukhikh
Russia, 614990, Perm, Bukireva Street, 15
Perm State University
Faculty of History and Political Sciences
Public Administration Department
Phone, Fax, e-mail
Date of Birth
Educational Background
Tomsk Medical Institute, Faculty of Military Medicine, 1989
Academic and other Awards
Candidate of Economics, Ural State Economics University, Yekaterinburg, 2000
Doctor of Economics, Institute of Economics of Ural Branch of RAS, Yekaterinburg, 2009
Stages of Professional Career
Chairman of the Perm the City Duma – 1996-2003
Deputy Governor of the Perm District – 2003-2006
Deputy Chairman of the Perm Region Government – 2006-2007
Head of the Governor's Administration of the Perm Region – 2007-2008
Chairman of the Perm Region Government – from 2008 till now
Head of the Public Administration Department, PSU, since 2007
Membership in Academic Councils, State and Public Associations
Member of Local Self-Government Council under the President of the Russian Federation, Municipal Union Congress, Council of Leaders of Municipal Authorities under the Chairman of the State Duma of the Federation Council of Russia, Coordination Council of the Assembly of Municipal Representative Body Leaders ( leader of the section on Information and Analytics representative bodies of SG).
Deputy Chairman of Municipal Representative Body Council of the Perm Region municipal units.
Member of the Perm University Dissertational Council Awarding higher Academic Degrees on Economics and a member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of History and Political Science.
Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Ars administrandi".
Current Research Activities
Research of socioeconomy of the region, principles of its administration and mechanisms of the interdepartmental interaction for social and economic development of the regions.
Total Number of Publications
Scientific articles – 29
Monographs – 5
Selected Publications
1. Sukhikh V.A. Socioeconomy of the region: methods, tendencies and mechanisms of administration / V.A. Sukhikh; Perm, Perm State University, 2008, 263p. (In Russian)
2. Animitsa E.G. Towns and cities: theoretical aspects of research / E.G. Animitsa, I.A. Medvedeva , V.A. Sukhikh; Ural State Economic University, Yekaterinburg; Perm, 2003. – 97p. with appendix (7p.). (In Russian)
3. Animitsa E.G. Regional towns and cities: tendencies and strategies of social and economic development / E.G. Animitsa, I.A. Medvedeva, V.A. Sukhikh; Ural State Economic University, Yekaterinburg; Perm, 2004. – 208p. with appendix (38p.). (In Russian)
4. Animitsa E.G. Spatiotemporal paradigm in socio-economics: regional aspect / E.G. Animitsa, V.A. Sukhikh. Perm State University, Perm, 2007, 140p. (In Russian)
5. Animitsa E.G. Region as a special form of social-economic space / E.G. Animitsa, V.S. Bochko, V.A. Sukhikh // Region in the new paradigm of Russia's spatial structure. Moscow: Economics, 2007. (In Russian)
6. Animitsa E.G. Region in social and economic space of Russia: analysis, dynamics and mechanisms of administration / A.G. Animitsa, V.A. Sukhikh; Perm State University, Perm, 2008. 378p. (In Russian)
7. Sukhikh V.A. Design of future of the region socio-economical state / V.A. Sukhikh // State Service. 2008. Issue 3. p. 35-42. (In Russian)
8. Sukhikh V.A. Principles of regional administration of socio-economical sphere in contemporary conditions / V.A. Sukhikh // State Service. 2008. Issue 6. p. 97-103. (In Russian)
9. Animitsa E.G. Transformation of the industrial region economy (the Perm Region case) / E.G. Animitsa, N.V. Novikova, V.A. Sukhikh // Scientific and technical Bulletin of Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University. Series Economic Sciences. 2008. Issue 5(64) p. 64-76. (In Russian)
10. Animitsa E.G. Dynamics and changes of proportions and content of structural transformation of the Perm Krai economy / E.G. Animitsa, N.V. Novikova, V.A. Sukhikh // Region Economy. 2008. Issue 2 (14). p. 99-115. (In Russian)
11. Animitsa E.G. Quality of life as a complex index of region social development / E.G. Animitsa, N.V. Novikova, V.A. Sukhikh // Journal of Economics. 2009. issue 1. (In Russian)
12. Sukhikh V.A. Financial aspects of region development / V.A. Sukhikh, A.V. Mikrukov // Chelyabinsk University Herald. 2008. Issue 4. p. 104-112. (In Russian)
13. Animitsa E. Conceptual foundations, mechanisms and methods of regional administration of economy / E.G. Animitsa, N.V. Novikova, V.A. Sukhikh // Region Studies. 2008. Issue 4. p. 136-144. (In Russian)


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Cigarettes are made from tobacco. The tobacco plant is the only plant ever discovered to contain the drug called nicotine. Nicotine is a very strong poison that can kill a human in less than an hour if even a small amount is injected into the blood-stream. Tobacco smoke contains very tiny amounts of nicotine that are not deadly, but are still very bad for our health.
Smoking is said to stimulate pleasing and enjoyable emotions and smokers claim that it helps boost their mood. This is because cigarettes contain the addictive substance nicotine that stimulates dopamine in the brain, which is responsible for the pleasurable sensations. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body. Cigarette smoking causes 87 percent of lung cancer deaths.
Tobacco smoke contains many other chemicals. In fact, it contains over 7000 chemicals, many of which are very harmful to our bodies. All of these chemicals mix together and form a sticky tar . The tar that gives cigarette smoke its smell and colour. The tar sticks to clothing, skin, and the insides of our lungs.
What Are the Side Effects of Smoking Cigarettes?
Short-Term Effects
Smokers tend to have smelly clothes and hair, bad breath, and yellow or brown teeth stains. Your physical appearance can also suffer as smoking can lead to premature wrinkles, gum and tooth loss, and sudden weight change. Stomach ulcers and weakened immune system are possible smoking side effects you might experience.
Long-Term Effects
Some damaging side effects of smoking cigarettes include:
Cardiovascular health problems
Smoking increases your risk of having a heart disease by two to four times, as it causes the blood vessels in your heart to thicken and grow thinner.
Increased risk of stroke
Smokers have a two to four times increased risk of having a stroke than non-smokers. It happens when a clot blocks the blood from your brain or when an artery around or in your brain explodes.
Respiratory problems
Our lungs are equipped with a layer of internal mucus that serves as a protective shield for foreign materials that we inhale, by wiping off these contaminants with small hairs called cilia. Tar sticks to the cilia in our lungs that are responsible for sweeping out germs and dirt. If the cilia are covered in tar, they can't work right, and germs and dirt can stay in the lungs and cause diseases. As a result, you cannot cough, sneeze, or swallow to get these toxins out of your body.
Pregnancy complications
Pregnant women who smoke have a higher risk of preterm (early) delivery, miscarriage, or stillbirth.
Cigarettes contain over 7000 chemicals, some of which can cause cancer, nearly 9 out of 10 lung cancers are caused by smoking cigarettes. In fact, smokers have a greater risk for lung cancer. Smoking can cause cancer of the blood (acute myeloid leukemia), bladder, cervix, colon and rectum, esophagus, kidney and renal pelvis, larynx, liver, lungs, mouth and throat, pancreas, stomach, lung and bronchus, prostate cancer.
Quitting smoking can reduce your risks of health problems. In my next post, we will discuss what changes happen when a smoker quits smoking.


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One week later…just a few thoughts before putting this race to bed. 1. Splits Took a minute to go back to my spreadsheet that I had in my pocket for the race…the one I didn't really look at because I was opted for the race signs. Those race signs were a little more aggressive as I noted on race day … Read More
Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run 2012
Distance 100.2 miles Elevation +18,090 feet / -22,970 feet Time 23:22:26 (PR) Rank 119 of 389 GPS Analysis Garmin Connect If I was perfect, then this would be easy… I went to bed the night before the race pretty calmly and slept very soundly. I awoke on my own about 30 minutes before my alarm clock. I felt ready to … Read More
Western States Eve
We have arrived. Are you sick of hearing about this race yet? Well, it will soon be a memory. But let me catch you up. I jogged out to the start the first day. Sort of epic to see this iconic plain start line in person. Olympics were here in 1960. Signs everywhere. Here is the plaque for the start … Read More
WS100 Pace Chart
Kim and I just packed everything up and went over all the schedules. Ended up needing to revise the pace chart because I had mixed a few things up. Mainly because I had been bouncing between snow year paces and non-snow year paces. So here is the official 24 hour chart now. The goal will be to stay ahead of … Read More


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We might not have the coolest blog on earth, but we do have the most ridiculously interesting page of "Search Engine Terms" that a blog could have in just one short month. Here is the unabridged list of search terms that led people our blog.
(All entries, are, of course, sic)
"blake shelton chew tobacco spit"
"blake shelton videos chew tobacco"
"mlb power rankings"
"chew tobacco spit blake shelton"
"blake shelton chew tobacco music video"
"jose iglesias sham"
"country singers that chew tobacco"
"blake guys in blake shelton boys round here"
"fantasy baseball drop ian kennedy"
"ted williams smoke foul"
"lou gherig testicles"
"joe castle puig"
"chew tobacco chew tobacco chew tobacco spit boys are on here blake shelton"
"is jose iglesias the real deal?"
"jose iglesias real deal"
"blake shelton hit for 2013 chew tobacco spit"
"who are the black guys in the blake shelton round here video"
"dusty baker worst of all time"
"could igelsias qualify for the batting title"
"baseball power rankings"
"who are the 3 black guys in blake sheltons chewing tabacco spit video"
"blake shelton chew tobacco spit video"
"blake shelton chew tobacco video"
"cold activation"
Well, if the Clown Show isn't a goddamned hoe-down! Not only did we learn that writing about country hits will get you a lot of hits, but we also learned that random strangers are as interested as we are in who those black dudes are in Blake Shelton's music video. As you learned on our website, those black dudes, are, in fact, the black dudes in Blake Shelton's music video. Meta.
I do believe more than one person searched "Jose Iglesias" and "real deal," which is a beautiful thing. Perhaps that should be his nick name, from this moment until his inevitable second-half slump? Jose "Real Deal" Iglesias. I'm not going to lie, that has a nice ring to it. I will take especial pleasure in hearing Joe Castiglione say things like this: "…and Jose "Real Deal" Iglesias steps to the dish in the midst of a 0-44 slump…". Yes, "Real Deal" it is.
Moving down the list, let's make sure we all take a moment to breath in the sweet scent of "ted williams smoke foul". Okay, inhale… now, exhale. That is some serious foul you are smoking. The minute I assume something about what this person was looking for — say, they were looking for information on a time Ted Williams smoked a line drive foul — I resign myself to the fact that I will never know this person, or know what they were searching for. It's a sad realization.
On a lighter note, somebody found our blog by googling "joe castle puig". That has to be my favorite on this comprehensive list of google terms. For those of you who have not had the horrifying pleasure of reading baseball-fiction's most notorious shit-show, Calico Joe, Joe Castle is a John Grisham character who breaks into the major leagues with the Cubs sometime in the 1970s. He begins his career with 15 straight hits in 15 trips to the plate. He somehow manages to hit only .488 in 38 games — I say "only" because seemingly every time you turn the page he's hitting another walk-off grand-slam — before getting hit in the head with a fastball, putting him in a coma, driving him away from baseball, and restoring order in a world where hitting .488 is shamefully unrealistic. As I write this, Puig is playing his 35th career game, and is hitting .407, so I guess Sunday is the day he gets hit in the head with a career-ending fastball. Wait, sorry, I said this was going to be a lighter note, didn't I?
Alas, the content on our blog is searchable on the internet, and where else can you find out why Dusty Baker is the worst of all time? Or who those black dudes are in the Blake Shelton chew tobacco spit video? Or the one million reasons why you should drop Ian Kennedy in your fantasy baseball league?
Ladies and gentleman, a warm, if not overdue, welcome to the Clown Show.


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"Sleeping Beauty" and Other Games That Let Mommy Snooze
This post is a collective work by The Mouthy Housewives (lucky us!)
Isn't summer vacation great? School's over and the kids are home! All day. Every day. Hour after hour. Minute after minute. Second after…okay, you can see where we're going with this. It's painful.
What with September and back-to-school being only a few decades away, we've been keeping busy by playing lots and lots of fun games with our kids. Lots. All Day. Every day. Hour after…anyway, after a recent round of Duck, Duck, Grey Goose on the Rocks, we paused to read Twitter and saw this bit of genius by @OutnumberedIsMe:
Holy moly, what a game changer!
Because we saw that tweet as a siren song for all of the parents who've had it with Twister, Charades and Red Rover. (Question: Why is Rover red? Doesn't he know we've all gone blonde for summer?) And that's why we've come up with a few new games that are fun for kids, but more important, relaxing for parents. Yep, there are no losers in these games, only lots and lots of sleeping/winning!
New Summer Family Games
1. "Sleeping Beauty": Poor Mommy, she's fallen under a magic spell and can't wake up until Daddy comes home at 6 p.m. to kiss her awake. Shhh, kids! Let her sleep or an evil witch will show up! Mwahahahaha!
2. "International Beauty Parlor": Mommy goes to a beauty parlor in a another land where nobody speaks each others language. The children/spa workers must wash and massage her feet while only communicating in sign language. Do a good job if you want a tip, kids!
3. "We're Going Camping!": Build a cushion fort, get sleeping bags and give the kids candy. Tell them that if they come out of the fort, the Hungry Bear will eat the candy. The Hungry Bear then naps on couch. (Note: The Hungry Bear is also now the Cranky Bear because the couch is cushionless.)
4. "Dinosaur!": Mommy is an extinct dinosaur! Oooh! See her fossilized remains there under her down comforter? You can look from a distance, but remember, just like in a museum, no excavating or you will be sent to Museum Security until dinnertime.
5. "Metamorphosis Fun": Now Mommy is a caterpillar! Look at her in her Snuggie/cocoon! Sit quietly and watch as she transforms into a beautiful butterfly in about an hour or so. Oh, wait—"The Real Housewives of New Jersey" is on. The metamorphosis is going to take a little while longer. Sorry.
6. "We're Off To See the Wizard!": It's Wizard of Oz time! Your kids are the Munchkins, the cat is the Cowardly Lion and the aluminum foil covered dog is the Tin Man! The yellow road awaits, but first Mommy needs to go shoe shopping for some kicky red sandals. Then possibly pass out in a field of poppies. Uh-oh—here comes the Wicked Witch of the PTA. Quick, kids, spray her with the hose!
7. "The Little Rascals": Take a trip into nostalgia with this fun game from a more simple time. Let your kids bust into a "junkyard" (aka Daddy's half of the closet) while Guard Dog mommy sleeps in the corner. Classic hijinks! Afterwards, enjoy a snack of baked beans from the can and a bit of cod liver oil to ward off scurvy.
8. "CSI: Mommy": Look, kids! There's a body behind the couch and it's not moving! Put on your sunglasses, your rubber gloves and start investigating! From the looks of things, the body's been there a few hours, but you still have to be careful when taking hair samples and dusting the coffee table, night stands and other knick knacks for fingerprints. But careful, this is for older, more responsible children only. Ones who know how to operate a vacuum cleaner and make the wood floors shine.
Happy game playing and remember, summer is for having fun, bonding times with your kids. You just don't have to be awake for it.
More irreverence can be found over at The Mouthy Housewives website. Go ahead and click on over but first tell us if there are any fun summer family games we should know about.
More Ideas for Summer Fun Here:
- Bubble Making, Sidewalk Chalk & Playdough
- Kids' Photo Scavenger Hunt
- How to Entertain Your Kids for Free


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New York City to get a thousand new open gangway subway cars
TreeHugger previously covered the news that New York City was going to try out the open-gangway subway cars that are used in other cities around the world, including Toronto, where I have used them many times. Now it turns out that they are diving right in and ordering 1025 of them. This is excellent news; they are wonderful things. Over on Slate, Henry Grabar writes about a worry about them:
In fact, it does make life a lot easier for the panhandlers, giving them a bigger market. This is real. However it also makes it much easier for a transit cop to get to them, and if they are really annoying, for the passenger to move away from them. It works both ways. The new cars are also loaded with cameras.
Over the next few days, tabloid columnists will probably start the drumbeat against the open gangway trains, arguing—as one of my colleagues did this morning—that they will provide a fertile habitat for New York's "unusually colorful culture of vagrancy."
Don't believe it. New train designs are the fastest way to increase the capacity of the subway, and congestion and the delays it creates—not "It's Showtime!" or kids selling Peanut M&Ms—is the great straphanger hazard.
I do hope that New York reconsiders the poles in the middle of the cars; in Toronto, they are wide open and clear down the middle. This is important because there is a lot of movement among the cars, and those poles and the people clinging to them are going to be smack in the middle. When it is not rush hour and there is room to move, people tend to spread out and you do not get packed cars next to empty ones.
There are also lots of people, like me, who know where to stand to get off closest to the exit from the platform, perhaps to be first on the connecting bus or just get out faster. So I might get on at one end of the train but know that I want to be in the last car on the way home because then I can race up the escalator. There is a LOT of movement in the train.
I find it interesting that the cars all have WiFi and USB outlets, with Governor Cuomo saying "People want to work, and they want their device to work 24 hours a day. There has to be WiFi, and there need to be charging ports." This proves once again that Taras Grescoe was so prescient in that great tweet:


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You've probably heard that it pays to stay on top of your credit, but how often does a person really need to pull their credit report?
According to Katie Ross, education and development manager for American Consumer Credit Counseling, at the very least, everyone should take advantage of the free credit report they are entitled to each year. However, generally speaking, she suggests checking your credit report and score every six months or so to make sure you're in good standing. You can also check your credit score and credit report profile for free as often as you want using Credit.com's Credit Report Card.
There are also instances where a credit check (and even subsequent monitoring) is particularly important. We break down a few of them.
You Need to Know Your Identity has not Been Compromised
If your credit card and/or other personal information has been compromised due to a data breach, it's definitely a good idea to pull your credit report. For starters, it can show whether someone has fraudulently used your data.
"Check to see who's been looking at your credit," Bruce McClary, director of media relations for ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions, says, referencing the inquiry section. Hard inquiries stemming from loan applications you yourself did not fill out are often "early clues" your identity has been compromised, he adds.
If you discover you're a victim of identity theft, it's a good idea to monitor your credit while the situation is being sorted out so you can report damaging and fraudulent information as it appears.
"You can also add a fraud alert to your credit report," Ross says.
You've Never Done so Before
Fraud is definitely one reason why credit newbies should finally go ahead and pull that report, but it's certainly not the only instance where what you don't know can hurt you. Studies have found as many as four in five credit reports actually contain errors on them and 25% of these mistakes can be egregious enough to cost someone a loan. Not all errors are related to fraud.
"There are people that are inputting data and they can make mistakes," Ross says. "If that happens you need to make sure you address the problem."
Catching mistakes close to when they appear is especially important since some errors aren't so easy to fix. You can find more information on how to dispute information with the major credit bureaus in this article.
You're Getting Ready to Shop Around for a New Loan
It's always a good idea to pull all three versions of your credit report (with the scores included) right before you go shopping for a new loan or line of credit. This will preempt any unwelcome surprises.
"The last place you want to be surprised about your credit score is when you're closing on your home," McClary says. (Many mortgage lenders will conduct a second credit check right before the house changes hands, and fluctuations in your score can affect the loan's terms and conditions.)
It can also help you gauge whether you should even be in the market for a new loan to begin with, since low credit scores can lead to high interest rates or a rejection. While the rejection itself won't cause your score to drop further, the inquiry associated with the ultimately useless credit pull can.
"If you are planning to purchase a home and you are in a range of 720 or more, you're in better shape than most," Ross says. "If not, looking for ways to improve will be your next step."
You've Co-Signed a Loan with Another Individual
Co-signing occurs when a third-party helps an underbanked or otherwise unqualified borrower get a line of credit with more favorable rates by agreeing to put their name to the loan. The practice is especially common among parents who are helping their child get their first credit card, but can also be used to obtain mortgages or car loans as well.
Some people may not realize this, but co-signers are responsible for upholding the terms and conditions associated with the contract, even if they aren't actively reaping its benefits. This means any missed payments or, worse, defaults will appear on your credit report and have a negative impact on your score. (On the plus side, the other person's responsible behaviors can give your score a boost.)
Either way, "you want to check periodically the primary is paying as agreed," McClary says. If they aren't, you may have to intervene to prevent the line of credit from doing big damage to your score.
You Want to Know What You Can do to Improve Your Score
If you suspect your score is not-so-hot, it can help to request a report from one of the three major credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian or Trans Union. Most versions of a credit report include information of what line items are helping your score and what line items may be hurting it. This information can also give you a sense of what actions you will need to take in order to send your score upward. For instance, a report might point out your credit-to-debt ratio is too high, which means you should probably pay down any debt you're carrying on your credit cards.
Often, reports will also break down the major components of all credit scores.
"Understand what makes your score up and learn how you can improve in those areas," Ross says.
Keep in mind, checking your credit consistently won't cause your score to drop. Personal pulls are considered soft inquiries and don't appear on your credit report.
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Ok, that's clearly a lie. I didn't invent it. Unlike my attempt at pad thai, I tried to follow a recipe. However, with fewer than half of the required ingredients on hand I had to improvise a fair bit. The key was lots of ginger, soy sauce, sugar (to balance the salty soy sauce), and hot sauce (of both tabasco and "cock" varieties). The hard part was frying the chicken to be nice and crispy. Lots of oil, lots of heat, lots of bubbling and popping, lots of near missess and panicking.
But did it taste at all like General Tao's chicken? It was vaguely reminiscent of it, for sure, but, like the pad thai, someone who was actually expecting the real thing (whatever that might be) and got what I made instead would have been disappointed. For me, having the craving for it that I did, it was good enough to satisfy me for at least another day. And really, that's all that I need.


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The heating controls in the house are Heatmiser Neo thermostats that have the capability of being used remotely via the Heatmiser App. A Heatmiser Neo Hub is required to plug into the house modem to enable the remote access.
Using the thermostats
The thermostats have 4 modes
Wake – first setting period of the day
Leave – when exiting the house in the mornings
Return – when returning back to the house for the evening
Sleep – when leaving the common areas and going to bed in the bedrooms
To set the thermostats select edit on the screen using the left and right keys and press the "tick" icon in the middle of the left and right keys (this is referred to as the OK button )
Go to wake and click OK and the time will flash so using the "UP" & "Down" buttons se the time and use OK to go through the hour and minute setting. Then the temperature will flash so set the temperature to your desired temperature for each mode. With the away settings lower than the settings when the house is occupied.
When finished click on done and the screen will return to show the current temperature and time and day.
Hot water
The hot water timer is located in the utility room and is similar to the room thermostats except it does not display the room temperature . It displays "Timer on" or "Timer off" indicating the timers state .
The settings are the exact same as the room thermostats except the modes are numbered 1-4 and not named wake, leave, return & sleep.
For additional help there are Youtube videos showing how to set the thermostats on www.Heatmiser.co.uk


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There are a lot of areas in your home through which your plumbing system may extend, but you'd never even know it. Your bathroom, of course, is not one of these areas. Indeed, your bathroom may well be the area of your home that boasts the highest concentration of visible plumbing fixtures and components. By scheduling your bathroom plumbing services in Vancouver, BC with Mr. Swirl The Friendly Plumber, you can ensure that these plumbing fixtures and components not only look great, but that they function impeccably as well.
While many Vancouver homeowners boast a real DIY capability, there is just no situation in which you should attempt your own bathroom plumbing services, including the installation, repair, or renovation of that plumbing system. Instead, pick up the phone and dial our number. The professional plumbers on our staff will ensure that the proper materials are used, and that every component in your bathroom plumbing system functions precisely as it ought to.
Mr. Swirl The Friendly Plumber provides bathroom plumbing services in Vancouver, BC and throughout the Lower Mainland area.
Mr. Swirl The Friendly Plumber Installs and Services Bathroom Plumbing Systems and Fixtures
You don't want your bathroom sink, its faucets, your bathtub and/or shower, or your toilet to leak or fail to function properly in any way. That is why your bathroom plumbing system and all of its fixtures must be professionally installed by an experienced plumber. Our plumbers fit the bill, and each and every plumber on our team is devoted to both excellent customer and technical service. When you let us install and service your bathroom plumbing system and all of its parts and fixtures, you can expect the job to be handled with the utmost care and professionalism.
You'd be surprised at just how many service calls we handle in which bathroom repairs are necessary, only to find that the cause of the problem stems from subpar installation services. Bathroom plumbing fixtures, and all of the pipes that both supply water to them and whisk wastewater away through the drainage system, are in use quite frequently. That puts a lot of stress on these fixtures and components. The only way that they'll be able to stand up to that stress is if they are not only of a high quality to begin with, but installed with care by skilled, experienced hands.
Do You Need Bathroom Plumbing Repairs or Restoration Services?
Are you sick and tired of that dripping faucet in your bathtub? Did a compromised bathroom plumbing system lead to water damage within this area, necessitating professional bathroom plumbing restoration services? Whatever it is that you may require to get your bathroom plumbing system back on track, allow our bathroom plumbing repair and restoration experts to handle the job.
Even very minor problems with your plumbing system can result in very real damages to your home, so don't hesitate to dial our number when you notice that there is something amiss with the bathroom plumbing in your home. From low water pressure in the shower to signs of wetness where there should be none, any such issues merit the services of a professional bathroom plumbing repair technician. The sooner that we resolve any problems with your system, the less likely it becomes that more serious problems will develop over time.


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Purpose of the Euro RGB
Purpose of Euro RGB is to watch after the welfare of Srila Prabhupada's movement in Europe.
Purpose of The Euro RGB
The Euro RGB is an assembly of Global GBC, Euro RGB and elected senior leaders. Their purpose is to watch after the welfare of Srila Prabhupada's movement in Europe. They have an annual meetings, in which they discuss continental preaching strategies and pending crisis situations. Their internal structure includes a Chairman, 1st Vice-Chairman, 2nd Vice-Chairman, Special Officers, and a Secretary. These positions, appointed by the larger group of members, form the European RGB Executive Committee.


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China, Finland agree to further advance bilateral ties
发布时间 :2017-11-07
China and Finland on Monday agreed to further lift bilateral ties through pragmatic cooperation and enhancing exchanges between legislative bodies.
Xi sends condolences to Trump on deadly Texas shooting
发布时间 :2017-11-07
Xi Jinping on Monday sent condolences to his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, on a deadly shooting in Texas, which left 27 people dead and injured at least 20 ...
The Chinese panda shakes up famous paintings
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A-Long, a Shenzhen-based online illustrator, is fond of China's national treasure - the giant panda.
Why you should sleep on your left hand side
发布时间 :2016-10-25
【双语诗词】柳永-蝶恋花(Butterflies in Love with Flowers)
发布时间 :2016-09-18
I lean alone on balcony in light,light breeze;As far as the eyes see,On the horizon dark parting grief grows unseen.
【双语诗词】春夜(Spring Night)
发布时间 :2016-03-22
春宵一刻值千金,花有清香月有阴。A moment of spring night is worth its length of gold, When flowers spread on moonlight and shade fragrance cold。
【双语诗词】欧阳修-蝶恋花(Butterflies Lingering over Flowers )
发布时间 :2016-03-15
Deep,deep the courtyard where he is,so deep It's veiled by smokelike willows heap on heap, 、 By curtain on curtain and screen on screen.
Chinese hospital transplants pig's cornea in human for the first time
发布时间 :2016-03-14
A visual-impaired teenager from Jiangxi Province became the first patient in China to receive a pig's cornea and regain sight.
Xi's remarks on Taiwan policy draws great interest across Taiwan Strait
发布时间 :2016-03-10
The air in your office is probably damaging your health
发布时间 :2016-02-24
You might think it's your colleagues or the pressures of work that's getting you down at the office, but new research suggests it could well be the air you're b...
What is Princess sickness?
发布时间 :2016-02-23
Princess sickness (or princess syndrome; princess disease) is a term to describe a psychological phenomenon affecting young women, especially teenagers, and can...
China plans more gravitational wave research
发布时间 :2016-02-15
The discovery of gravitational waves in the United States on Thursday by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has encouraged scientist...
China to promote traditional medicine
发布时间 :2016-02-15
The State Council, China's cabinet, on Sunday promised to boost medical research and development, especially traditional Chinese medicine.
Meteorology park to be built on Mount Huangshan
发布时间 :2016-01-23
China will build its first meteorology park on Mount Huangshan in east China's Anhui Province, the Huangshan Management Committee said on Tuesday.
Yuan rises for 7th day in a row, at highest level since August
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The Chinese yuan appreciated for the seventh consecutive day on Monday to 6.3406 per USdollar, hitting its highest level since Aug 12.
China stands by to join IMF's SDR
发布时间 :2015-10-12
In April, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, a Chinese initiative, attracted widespreadsupport from countries around the world. On Aug 11, the announceme...
The Xin an River
发布时间 :2015-10-12
The Xin'an River is the mother river of Huangshan City. It measures 242.3 kilometers in this area. The comprehensive development of this river includes water a...
The Huangshan Mountains
发布时间 :2015-10-12
The Huangshan Scenic Area covers a planned area of 160.6 square kilometers.In accordance with the police of "scientific" planning,unified management,strict...
Huangshan City Overview
发布时间 :2015-10-12
Huangshan is situated in the south of Anhui Province and bordered on Jiangxi and Zhejiang Provinces. Besides the Huangshan Scenic Zone, Huangshan Municipality h...
Program will make cities 'sponges' for rainwater
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Video Cards in SLI (Page 14)
Temperature Test
The temperature of the core is pulled from MSI Afterburner with the max reading used after a completed run of 3DMark Vantage at the Performance preset.
When it comes to the temperature, throwing the second card into the mix does cause an increase in our overall load number. At 81c, though, the hottest card isn't at a number that we're worried about, especially when you consider the performance here.
Sound Test
Pulling out the TES 1350A Sound Level Meter, we find ourselves quickly yelling into the top of it to see how loud we can be.
After five minutes of that we get a bit more serious and place the device two CM away from the fan on the card to find the maximum noise level of the card when idle (2D mode) and in load (3D mode).
Noise levels on the setup are really impressive here when you consider the performance that is on offer.
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A former Bridgeport pawnbroker and three other local men are accused of running a large oxycodone trafficking ring.
An indictment unsealed on Tuesday says the pawnbroker Raymond Capozziello, of Trumbull, and Marcus Erodici, of Stratford, ran a ring that involving more than $7 million in painkillers, according to the U.S. Justice Department and FBI.
The two men are accused of recruiting at least 10 people to visit New York doctors for prescriptions. The doctors, who have not been named, wrote prescriptions for hundreds of tablets for each "straw buyer" every 30 days, the News Times reports.
The pills were then resold illegally in and around Bridgeport.
Prosecutors say the other two defendants, Michael Walker, of Oxford, and Alexander Vanghele of Bridgeport, were among the straw buyers.
The four men appeared this week in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Information about whether they had attorneys was not immediately available.


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With his chainsaw whining and spraying a fountain of sawdust, Orlen Almedares cut a wedge out of the tall ponderosa pine.
The SCS Timber Resources crew member moved to the other side, slicing in a straight line. Moments later, the tree began to tilt and make popping sounds. With one final loud pop, it snapped loose from its base and slammed onto the needle-carpeted forest floor.
On a cool morning last week, Almedares and coworkers sawed trees up to 10 inches in diameter – marked with splashes of blue paint – and thinned enormous thickets of manzanita along a San Bernardino National Forest road. "We're making this like a park," said Daniel Ascencio, a crew member who drove a skidder with giant claws. "If we're going to have a big fire, this is where it's supposed to stop."
Logging in the Inland forest has become commonplace, not so much to generate timber for the lumber industry as to rid the area of dead and diseased trees and create fire breaks.
But with the drought threatening to unleash another lethal bark beetle attack like the one in 2002, a local fire expert worries not enough is being done to return the forest to the healthier condition it was in a century ago. And that means the threat of catastrophic wildfire remains.
As for the work being done south of Big Bear Lake, it is part of an ongoing U.S. Forest Service project to thin 1,073 acres of forest, said Joe Sullivan, supervisor for Idyllwild-based Sullivan Logging Co.
"It's about forest health and fire fuels reduction," Sullivan said. "We're restoring it to its natural state."
Work crews continue to chop down trees in the national forest that sprawls across the San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains, although not nearly as fast as they did a decade ago.
Forest thinning has been an ongoing effort since 2002, when the last drought triggered a massive die-off of ponderosa, Jeffrey and other pines. In the aftermath, crews hauled giant-matchstick-like dead trees out of the mountains.
And the forest's logging budget peaked at $40 million in 2007-08, said John Miller, a San Bernardino National Forest spokesman.
In recent years, funding has fallen off substantially. But some work continues. The forest is spending $4.5 million this year, Miller said. And today the focus is creating a more open forest near places where people live, with the goal of preventing out-of-control wildfires from wiping out towns.
The drought is fanning fears of wildfire once again.
A U.S. Forest Service survey released this spring revealed that beetles are on the loose and more than 2 million trees have died in Southern California forests – a million alone in the Los Padres National Forest north of Los Angeles.
"It's happening again," said Richard Minnich, a UC Riverside professor of earth sciences who specializes in fire ecology. "We're going to see another crisis just like we saw in '02."
Die-off in the San Bernardino forest has been modest so far, but there are pockets of dead trees in the northern foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains and around Idyllwild, according to the survey.
Jeffrey Moore, biologist and acting regional aerial survey program manager for the Forest Service, estimated 39,000 trees have died across 7,000 acres, either from bark beetle attacks or the drought outright.
Amid mounting concern about what the survey may portend, it is unclear whether the San Bernardino forest is better able to withstand drought.
Miller said he believes it is – the thinning campaign has made significant progress in removing stands of dead and tinder-dry timber that pose a wildfire threat.
"A lot of the forests are in better condition than they were 10 years ago," said Glenn Barley, CalFire Southern Region resource manager. "I wouldn't say they are in perfect condition, but they are in better condition."
But Minnich, the UCR scientist, maintains conditions are still so dangerous that a single blaze still could wipe out much of the San Bernardino all at once.
To be sure, Minnich said thinning around populated areas such as Lake Arrowhead, Idyllwild, Running Springs and Crestline has helped. So has the removal of dead wood.
But he said much dead wood remains in remote backcountry.
"Not only that, the surviving forest from that (earlier) drought is still too dense," Minnich said.
Minnich and others have long maintained the modern forest of the West has far more trees than a century ago, largely in response to a national policy of stamping out every spark. And local forests reflect that pattern.
Robbed of the natural cycle of cleansing by fire, the San Bernardino has a thicker-than-normal canopy that would invite fire to hop from treetop to treetop, plus thick brush that can serve as a ladder for flames to climb into trees from the ground, Minnich said.
It is not only the dead wood that threatens; it's also the live green trees that are packed too close together, he said. In the more open forests of the past, fires tended to run out of fuel quicker and not torch as much territory.
Hoping to speed up the process of re-creating open forests and alarmed by the intensifying drought, Republicans in the House of Representatives are trying to loosen rules for obtaining permission to thin forests.
On Thursday, the House Natural Resources Committee voted 22-15 to approve H.R. 2647, the Returning Resilience to our Overgrown, Fire-prone National Federal Forests Act of 2015.
"We're hopeful that this legislation will come to the floor this summer," said Julia Bell, a spokeswoman for the committee, in an email.
The bill is opposed by three dozen environmental groups. A local Sierra Club representative has reservations, too.
Joyce Burk, chairwoman of the Southern California Forest Committee and a member of the Sierra Club's San Gorgonio Chapter, said she is not against thinning forests – as long as "they don't throw in the big beautiful trees."
However, Burk said she worries the legislation, through its effort to streamline the approval process, would circumvent public participation.
"If they throw out collaboration, it's just a blank check for the Forest Service to do whatever it wants," she said.
Now, when the Forest Service wants to cut trees down, federal officials must meet with nearby residents, environmental groups and others to map out the best strategy. But GOP lawmakers contend the process takes too long and often winds up in litigation. Among them is Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., chairman of a subcommittee on federal lands.
"These policies may be making environmental law firms rich, but they are killing our national forest," McClintock said.
Besides the streamlined review, the bill would require groups suing the government to buy an insurance bond.
"That guarantees that nonprofits won't be able to contest any of their logging practices," Burk said.
Local officials say it's hard to predict whether the bill, were it to become law, would accelerate logging in Inland Southern California. But it could.
It's not likely the wood would be hauled hundreds of miles north to some of California's approximately three dozen sawmills, the nearest of which is in the vicinity of Fresno, officials said.
"We have a lot of friends up there who are loggers and who are out of work because the mills are all full," said Sullivan, of the Inland logging company.
Indeed, sawmills are working through a huge inventory of logs hauled out of Northern California forests hit by massive fires, said David Bischel, president of the California Forestry Association, a trade group.
Even so, enormous transportation costs make it uneconomical for the most part to process Southern California timber, Bischel said.
On the other hand, there is an apparent local market.
In Beaumont, there is a wooden pallet manufacturer. And in March 2010, with the aid of a $1.3 million grant, Priority Pallet installed a sawmill to treat wood that was then being hauled out of local mountains in the wake of the bark beetle infestation.
Kathleen Dietrich, the firm's vice president, said logs were delivered consistently from 2010 to 2013, but the supply has all but dried up since then. And she said company is having to buy pre-cut lumber from the Northwest.
"We'd like nothing more than a steady stream of logs that was affordable," Dietrich said.
Of late, Sullivan said, the relatively few logs being cut are being used for firewood or custom homes.
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How do you handle Halloween with a toddler?
Around this time of year, I start coming across a lot of fantastic articles about how to handle Halloween candy with a healthy approach. The advice generally goes like this: Let your kids eat as much candy as they want on Halloween night and again the next day. Then determine an appropriate number of pieces of candy for the kids to enjoy each day in place of treats they would normally have. And if you want to, consider implementing a strategy such as the Switch Witch which gives the kids the opportunity to trade some of their candy for a more desirable item or experience.
I think this is all excellent advice and I look forward to implementing it as my kids get older. However, it seems to me that all of this is targeted at children who have a general understanding of logic. And a two-year-old certainly does not!! Even before our first Halloween event, I was anticipating my daughter's meltdown once I implemented the one-treat-a-day portion of the above advice. "I WANT MYYYYYY CANDY!!!" Uh oh.
So here's how I'm handling Halloween this year with my two-year-old. Hopefully some of these strategies work for you, too, although it often depends on your kid and how your family is celebrating the holiday. If a different strategy works for you, I'd love to hear it!
Skip Trick or Treating
There are two scenarios here. Either unless your child already understands the concept of free candy at all the houses, or he doesn't. I say that if he doesn't, there's no need to introduce the concept just yet. Surely your kid will figure it out eventually, but in the meantime, just avoid the stress of going house to house and managing a candy stash once you get home.
Now if your kid does understand Trick or Treating or perhaps wants to join an older sibling who's going, of course it's up to your parental discretion to decide if you want to allow it. If you do decide to let your child go out, try to implement the above advice of unlimited candy on Halloween night and rationed treats thereafter, especially if an older sibling is in the picture who can model how the rules will work.
Seek out events with healthier options
Although I was initially disappointed that my daughter's preschool's Trunk or Treat event requested healthy and non-food treats only (I wanted to hand out chocolate!) I was actually relieved once I saw my daughter's stash. Most of the edible treats she received were snack-sized Goldfish, raisins and fruit gummies and since she already understands that these kinds of foods are a once-a-day deal, we just added them to our snack stash together after the event. I did allow her to eat as many of these treats as she wanted during the event, but she only ended up having one bag of Goldfish and a bunch of prunes.
Enjoy treats AT the event, but don't bring much home
Don't put any restrictions on what your child can consume at a Halloween event you're attending, but also steer them towards the hayride, costume parade, or other fun events. Hopefully they'll have so much fun that they won't catch on to the fact that the treats are available to take home, too. And if they do, see above.
Hand out healthier or non-food options at your own house
This one pains me, because I love handing out real candy! But if you have Trick or Treaters arriving before your toddler's bedtime, you kid's eyes are going to be on that prize of a candy bowl you're manning. Non-food items will be less interesting, plus you can participate in the Teal Pumpkin Project and hand out items that are safe for children with food allergies.
Don't freak out about candy
I know, I know, all of the above advice pretty much has to do with avoiding candy. But receiving some candy is inevitable and I want you to keep in mind that the healthiest approach is to allow your kid to enjoy it. That's right, I said enjoying candy is healthy! The ultimate goal (and we're not just talking Halloween here) is for your child to learn to enjoy what we think of as "unhealthy" foods in moderation, not to fear them or feel guilty for enjoying them. So when some candy comes around, go ahead and enjoy it!
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Doha, Qatar is a fascinating place to live, it is a country enjoying massive change thanks to the natural resources it enjoys (it has the world's largest per capita production and proven reserves of oil and gas). Depending on the measure you look at, Qatar has often is said to have the highest GDP per capita in the world and it had the fastest growing economy in the world in 2010. This economic boom has driven an incredible revolution in all aspects of Qatari life – skyscrapers, shopping malls and even a 'pearl' island has been reclaimed from the sea. A few years ago, Qatar was a little known backwater, but now Qatar has won the right to host the 2022 World Cup and it has had an influential hand in the recent 'Arab Spring'.
Yet, the economy is only a small part of the story; the country is ruled by an Emir (King), it is said to follow wahhabism (the often criticised form of Islam practised in Saudi Arabia), Qataris only form 15% (300,00) of the population (a population that has risen from around 22,000 in 1922 to 1.6 million today) and lastly, the small state enjoys close ties with the U.S and U.K.
Therefore it is definitely a rich (no pun intended) place for sociological exploration, I can imagine prominent structualist luminaries such as Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx being particularly interested in how the burgeoning nation state maintains a legitmacy to rule, how Islamic norms and values are co-exisiting alongide a largely capitalist model of economics and how the country adapts and changes to maintain it's western friendly stance.
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The dullest blog in the world. How can it be so dull (oh, and it is so very dull!) yet so funny?
This is why I love blogs. You can get Wil Wheaton's reaction to Happy Fun Pundit's "Top Ten Things I Hate about Star Trek." I had some geeky giggles over it too.
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Northeast Community College 801 E Benjamin Norfolk, NE 68702 Phone: (402) 371-2020
General Information About Northeast Community College
Northeast Mississippi Community College is a public, comprehensive community college that exists to meet the educational and career needs of individual students and the community within the district it serves – Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo and Union Counties - by awarding the Associate of Arts Degree, Associate of Applied Science Degree and Certificates. Beyond this original scope, Northeast responds to the needs of all who seek a college education
Institutional statistical data was gathered from the U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009-2010.
Institution Type
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Special Learning Opportunities
- Distance learning opportunities
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- On-campus day care for students' children
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- The acceptance of credits for work experience or military experience are subject to review by the school and cannot be guaranteed.
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- Eligible students may receive Pell Grants and other federal aid (e.g. Direct Loans).
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Security of hazardous goods transports
Following the events of 11 September 2001, international regulations were drawn up to provide security in the event of terrorist attack on the transport of hazardous goods by road, rail and sea. The corresponding UN recommendations were adopted as a new ADR/RID chapter 1.10 ("Security"), which came into effect for ADR and RID as of 01.01.2005. You can download chapter 1.10 here .
For Kombiverkehr, there is now a requirement to obtain proof of identity from the carrier collecting loading units with hazardous goods at terminals. In order to avoid delays in handling at German transhipment terminals, Kombiverkehr will support the documentation of collector with the aid of a driver database. This provides information on drivers and collectors who are authorised by you. Some of our UIRR partner companies already use similar identification checking procedures. We are trying to agree comparable procedures with our other partners. As this measure contributes at the same time to further improving protection against theft, we are also applying it for non-hazardous goods transports, above and beyond the legal requirements.
We rely on the support of our customers in order to build up this database. Customers are therefore requested to send us the necessary details before commencing any transport. Please use the driver database form to do so.
In specific cases, drivers collecting units may also verify their identity either by producing official means of identification or by means of a written proof of identity issued by the invoice recipient. A proof of identity form for collection can be downloaded here.
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Is it possible to change the language of the date show in the stream list to french?
Now I'm no expert at this so you might want to open a support topic for CoffeeCup. But, you can go into Themes then Customize then Hardcore and get to the actual HTML for the streams. I would think, and I'm not a coder so I could be wrong, that you should be able to code in a language somehow. But I'm no coder. As I said though, unless someone else chimes in here, I'd open a support topic and ask CoffeeCup. They can clue you in better than me.
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The window
Niepce's window will never leave us … (alone)!
Why? Why a window has so much appeal to us? Isn't already the camera viewfinder enough of a window for looking at the world breaking down any responsibilities towards reality and preventing us from acting?
"Voyeurism", one might exclaim (*), "we only see what other images have taught us to see" others have said.
The debate is long, but let's take the odds of saying that a window in a photograph accentuates the imaginary, it confirms that the scene is definitely out of reach. A kind of justification, a confession and an absolution at the same time.
The four pictures presented here have all this one same element and the same underlying semantics, but what a spectacular way of proving that the photographer's eye is not the same twice.
Koushik is objectively unable to participate in the action, George has possibly initiated the runaway, and Denis knows well and anticipates the behaviour of his subjects and fellow citizens.
Tension (Koushik), surprise (Denis) and mystery (George) reveal no information whatsoever as to the why these pictures are taken. No assurance as to the faithfulness of the events, no authenticity statements, no proof of the real experienced facts.
One sole certainty: windows are proscenium arches in the photographers' theater of life.
(*) "Photographing is essentially an act of non-intervention … the person who intervenes cannot record; the person who is recording cannot intervene … the act of photographing is more than passive observing. Like sexual voyeurism, it is a way of at least tacitly, often explicitly, encouraging whatever is going on to keep on happening. To take a picture is to have an interest in things as they are, in the status quo remaining unchanged (at least for as long as it takes to get a "good" picture), to be in complicity with whatever makes a subject interesting, worth photographing—including, when that is the interest, another person's pain or misfortune." Susan Sontag On Photography
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Perhaps he had waited long enough, too long to get his moment. In a mere 3:36 of the first round, it ended. Twenty days shy of a full decade in the UFC, Michael Bisping was the middleweight champion. As if all the frustration of all the 'almosts' in his career had coursed trough his veins, the colorful and sometimes controversial Brit literally took matters into his own hands with a knockout of Luke Rockhold.
What Bisping did last weekend was more than winning a fight, even more than becoming a champion, he reinforced all those qualities that often cliché' until they actually unfold. It was 25 fights in the UFC after he won The Ultimate Fighter 3, the first foreigner to do so. It was a roller coaster of emotions and near misses that followed.
He never avoided the top shelf guys. His losses to the likes of Wanderlei Silva, Rashad Evans, and Vitor Belfort prove that out. He dropped what would've been career changing bouts to Tim Kennedy and Rockhold earlier. He lost heartbreaking title eliminators to Dan Henderson and Chael Sonnen. He could've walked away several times and pursued a full time acting career. Oh yes, there was the detached retina requiring surgery, affecting his eyesight and sending him to the sideline for almost a year. The risk of returning was questioned given the type of injury, but he did.
Every time "The Count" was to be counted out, he came back. He was always ready to show the mettle that makes a champion. To say he had bad luck was an understatement, however as if fate intervened he finally caught a break. Unfortunate for former champ Christ Weidman who bowed out of a rematch with Rockhold because of injury but, fortuitous finally for Bisping.
It was never said, but it didn't have to be. At 37 years old this was the one and only title shot he was getting. If he lost, well at least he was given the opportunity that he had been craving. He had talked about it over and over in flamboyant and often questionable lengths in the past. True to form he didn't bridle his tongue leading up to the bout for the belt, belting out in no uncertain terms his view of Rockhold. It wasn't flattering, but no opponent was ever spared. Still there was a disarming charm about Bisping that made it hard for many to root against him even if there was a sizable number cheering against him. Somehow in some way even the opposition appreciated his gamesmanship in selling a fight and going all out every time the bell was rung.
Appropriately on the card that co-featured Dominick Cruz continuing his amazing comeback with his first successful title defense over Urijah Faber in this: his second go-round as UFC champ, there was Bisping, another shining example of hard work and never giving up. Taking a short notice chance, the chance of his lifetime. He didn't just reach for the moment, he seized it for all it was worth, attacking early and frequently looking more like a champion defending than a contender trying to gain it.
Just looking at the record book and seeing Michael Bisping UFC middleweight champ will never accurately tell the whole story, the true soul of the matter. The words are strong sure, but the layers and layers of failures and tries are just as impressive. It would be a disservice to say if he had lost there was still some moral triumph to at last make it that far, just as it would be to say he deserved it as if Rockhold didn't.
What's fair, is that as unfairly as it all seemed on so many occasions for Bisping, he shrugged it off with a witticism or a sarcastic remark and then didn't rely on words instead actions to make his case he was never not viable. Even in losses no one could say he just showed up, he was always ready to perform.
On Saturday night Bisping redefined perseverance, what everyone can admire and respect with a never quit attitude display that didn't take all that long after all. He is the champ.
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Google is planning to roll out penalties for sites that are not user friendly on mobile devices. With the rapidly growing number of mobile searches taking place, those of us in the SEO biz have been waiting for this type of action. Google (along with Propel Pages, as well) have been pushing one website for all devices design standards for years. Many inbound marketing (web design, SEO, etc.) companies have pushed their clients toward a separate mobile site. Most of the time these mobile sites offer a dumbed down version of the full site. We have never thought this was a good idea, and Google will now penalize many of the folks that do this.
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anythingatall needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 335 designs submitted by 58 freelance designers.
We had a best-selling iPhone app in the past.
Everyone in the app store. Probably skewed slightly towards people 18+ (the 9-5 crowd).
It must prominently feature a 3D umbrella. It must look really really really well-designed. (Our interface is really well-designed.)
The icon must come in a 57x57 version and a 512x512 version (I would strongly prefer a vector illustration but this will not affect your chances). Optimize for the 57x57 version--- the 512x512 version is not as important. Your art must not contain or depend on the iPhone icon "shine".
Fair warning: I've seen most of the clip-art umbrellas out there and don't care for them. In general I'm looking for something more detailed and more 3D.
If for some reason you lack creative vision, lately I've been partial to the CandyBar icon (http://www.panic.com/candybar/), though not necessarily the color scheme. I don't want to see a bunch of ripoffs of this, though.
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People believe that the following factors will make them happy: more time with family and friends, better health, travel and earning double the money. However, the importance of each factor varies with age.
The significance of more money, for example, decreases as a person gets older, research has shown.
Maybe experience has taught them that money doesn't buy happiness or they are of a generation that has prospered and saved; but Canadian retirees are a happy bunch.
Younger generations should … start saving to ensure a satisfying lifestyle in retirement
Eighty-two per cent of Canadians are happy with their current lifestyle in retirement, says a BMO Financial Group survey. More than a third have more activities than time to do them. Half say they saved the right amount for retirement and six in 10 say their lifestyle matches their expectations.
It's nice to see that retired Canadians seem to be generally happy with their lifestyle, Chris Buttigieg, senior manager in wealth planning strategy at BMO Financial Group said in a release. Younger generations should take a page out of their parents' book and view this as even more of a reason to start saving to ensure a satisfying lifestyle in retirement.
A third of respondents — the poll surveyed 1,000 Canadians online in November — said retirement is more expensive than they expected and half wish they had started saving for retirement earlier.
In the run-up to the March 1 RRSP contribution deadline, a slew of recent studies have found that Canadians are not saving enough for retirement with current retirees warning that they will regret it. A Toronto-Dominion Bank survey noted in January that 15% of Canadians plan to spend less than five years saving before leaving the workforce. The same poll reported that 69% of those in retirement wished they would have saved 25 years or more for retirement. Among those retirees, the top piece of advice cited by 52% was to create a budget and stick to it.