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Ogasawara Islands (Japan) South of Tokyo, this archipelago of over 30 islands is often called the "Galapagos of the Orient" because of its diverse ecosystems, landscapes, and native species. Since the islands have never been near a continent, the native flora and fauna have developed through unique evolutionary processes.
Along with over 440 documented native plant taxa, the Ogasawara Islands are home to close to 200 endangered bird species, numerous types of fish and coral, and the Bonin flying fox, a bat that's in danger of extinction. Only two of the islands are inhabited, with about 2,440 residents in total.
Ningaloo Coast (Australia) Made up of nearly 2,335 square miles of Australia's remote western coast, the striking Ningaloo Coast is comprised of both marine and land-based treasures.
In the water off the Ningaloo Coast, you'll find one of the longest near-shore reefs in the world and a wealth of diverse sea life, from sea turtles to an annual visit from whale sharks. On the land side, a network of underground caves and groundwater streams helps support the coast's biodiversity.
The Causses and the Cévennes (France) Together making up over 1,160 square miles of south-central France, the Causses and the Cévennes regions are notable examples of the working relationship between man and nature—places where agricultural activities, like non-intensive sheep farming, help contribute to the preservation of the land.
Within the site, you'll find the beautiful Cévennes National Park, as well as villages and stone farmhouses on the terraces of the Causses. Mont Lozère, the highest point in Cévennes, is one of the last places in the world where they practice summer transhumance, during which shepherds move along with their stock to higher pastures for the whole season.
Saloum Delta (Senegal) This 1,930-square-mile delta shaped by the arms of three rivers gives us key insight into both natural and human history.
Over 200 islets and islands dot the Saloum Delta, along with dry and mangrove forests and marine habitats for the rich fish and shellfish life. The area is also home to 218 human-made shellfish mounds, some several hundred meters long.
Burial sites on 28 of the mounds have yielded important artifacts that speak of the history of human residence along this part of the West African coast.
The Persian Garden (Iran) It may not be the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, but its influence is just as notable. Comprised of nine gardens that date back to different periods since the 6th century B.C., its sites are prime examples of the diversity of Persian garden designs, which traditionally paid homage to Eden and the four Zoroastrian elements (earth, water, sky, plants).
Dotted with historic pavilions and walls, as well as sophisticated irrigation systems, the Persian Garden has inspired garden design as far away as India and Spain.
Wadi Rum Protected Area (Jordan) The majestic Wadi Rum—the largest desert valley in Jordan—was the famous stomping ground of the real-life Lawrence of Arabia.
The Wadi Rum covers 286 square miles in the southern part of the country and is impressive both for its natural and cultural wonders. In addition to photo-perfect desert landscapes marked by caverns, narrow gorges, and massive cliffs, there is evidence of 12,000 years of human habitation here.
Petroglyphs, archaeological remains, 20,000 inscriptions, and 25,000 rock carvings offer insight into the lives of the early residents of Wadi Rum.
West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou (China) It's easy to see why this lake, surrounded by hills on three sides, has been inspiring poets, artists, and scholars since the 9th century. Peaceful and picturesque, the area is dotted with causeways and artificial islands, as well as man-made beauties like temples, pavilions, and pagodas.
Over the years, the West Lake cultural landscape has influenced garden design in China, Japan, and Korea.
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (Kenya) Set in Kenya's Great Rift Valley region, the area around three interconnected shallow lakes—Lake Bogoria, Lake Nakuru, and Lake Elementaita—is home to a stunning arena of bird and mammal life.
Great Rift Valley is considered the most important foraging site in the world for the lesser flamingo (the smallest species of flamingo at three feet tall)—countless of which can be spotted there—and it's also a top nesting and breeding ground for great white pelicans. Black rhino, lions, Rothschild's giraffe, greater kudu, and cheetahs quench their thirst at the lakes.
Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana (Spain) Thanks to the Serra de Tramuntana's sheer-sided peaks and scant resources, farmers throughout history have had to come up with ingenious ways to work the land. As a result, the area has unique water-management networks, agricultural terraces, connected water mills, and dry stone structures in its villages.
Konso Cultural Landscape (Ethiopia) Within Ethiopia's Konso highlands you'll find original living traditions that date back more than 400 years.
Over 21 generations, inhabitants have adapted to the dry, hostile environment of the Konso Cultural Landscape by creating special social systems, engineering techniques and craft works—including wooden statues grouped to represent heroic residents and events.
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What were your favorite picture books of 2011? I would love to hear about them, and as always there are far too many to decide which is the best. There were a few that come to mind that you may want to check out from your local library. The first is "If You Give a Dog a Donut" by Laura Numeroff.
Fans of the "If You Give" series will love this latest installment. Bright, clear colors illustrate this circular story of the chain of events that are triggered if you give a dog a donut. Cute dog!
An interesting picture book that came out last year is "I Want My Hat Back" by Jon Klassen. I love the droll illustrations in this book - especially those eyes!
Kids and adults will enjoy this humorous story of a bear looking for his hat by going from animal to animal asking if anyone has seen it. Of course no one has seen his hat (some don't evenknow that a hat is!). Bear is forever polite despite his growing consternation.
The 2011 Jerry Pinkney book is absolutely lovely. "Twinkle Twinkle LIttle Star" is great because of it's beautiful illustrations by well-known illustrator Jerry Pinkney. His style is always incredibly detailed, colorful and magical.
The lyrics to "Twinkle Twinkle" serve to direct the actions of a cute chipmunk who flies off on an adventure.
Finally, the surprise hit of the 2011 picture books is "Press Here" by Herve Tullet.
You and your child will enjoy using your imagination to make this book work. You will marvel at how a low-tech book can seemingly do so many things simply by "pressing" on the yellow dot. Lots of fun.
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Jets to TSN
Robert Cleave
August 31 2011 02:29PM
True North has been pretty successful at keeping their powder dry, but the word that leaked nearly a month ago was made official this afternoon. TSN and Sports Radio 1290 will broadcast the club's games for the next ten seasons, and the crews for radio and TV were introduced as well.
Among the points of interest covered this afternoon, the team's territory was established, with Saskatchewan and Northwestern Ontario as far east as Thunder Bay acting as the outer markers. The population of the TV market as drawn is over 2.5M, which is a far cry from the dark ages of the 80's and 90's when local TV rights gave the team's first iteration a potential market of maybe 750K to 1M people at best. That generous drawing of the local market had to have been a significant bonus for the club when it began the process of selling the rights. I'd be curious to know how much the deal is for, and if TSN is presuming that the fans in the outer reaches of the market will be a committed audience in the long term.
I'd also be interested to know if the Flames and Oilers have received compensation for allowing the upstarts to transmit games to the Gap, given that the two Alberta clubs shared that province along with Manitoba as their territory until this year. There have been rumours that Saskatchewan would be a open zone for the three prairie clubs, and if so, having all three team's games available sans Centre Ice would represent a rare time when I've ever been remotely envious of anyone living there. The Leafs also had rights in Northwestern Ontario, so the same issues would have been in place there.
A few other notes included the info that all games would be in HD, and that Bell was currently the only official outlet for games, but that the other primary carriers in the neighbourhood (Shaw, MTS, Sasktel, Access and others) were in negotiations with TSN to ensure a wide reach. Shaw is the main cable player in Winnipeg and Saskatoon, so I suspect they'll feel compelled to get a deal done with TSN in short order, and to be honest if any of the major carriers in the region couldn't get things worked out, I'd be flabbergasted.
As for the broadcast teams themselves, there weren't any major surprises, as former Leafs radio broadcaster and Winnipegosis native Dennis Beyak was named as the club's TV voice. He'll be joined by Brian Engblom and Mike Johnson on the colour side, while the primary radio voices will be former Moose PBP'er Brian Munz and Shane Hnidy. Hnidy likely would have preferred playing in Winnipeg rather than heading to the booth, but from the tone of his remarks this afternoon, I suspect he's reconciled himself to being finished as a player, at least on the pro level.
Today's announcement was the last major piece of business-related news for the club, give or take a jersey unveiling, prior to the start of traning camp. As I mentioned, my primary curiousity regards the value of the deal to the club. True North has been incredibly successful in extracting dollars from the locals for tickets and merchandise, but a solid TV deal will allow the team to have a certain level of protection from revenue drops due to external factors, and add one more piece that would help to ensure the club's viability once the initial burst of excitement subsides.
Nice article Robert. And great job by TrueNorth to "widen the local market" and potentially steal the loyalties a lot of fans in Saskatchewan from the Flames and Oilers. Also some NW Ontario fans may change loyalties too from the Leafs or other Cdn teams or the nearby Northern USA - specifically Minnesota Wild. Given the main Jets owner - the reclusive Mr. Thomson - is part of Canada's most wealthy family and owns a number of successful business, I guess this is not surprising.
August 31 2011, 08:32PM
One day Jet Fans will discover Jets nation and be wondering to themselves WTF were they thinking missing out on some of the best writing on the planet. We at Oilers nation already know the wonders of the Nation. Hopefully you will so too. TSN will be a great partner for the Jets. How many brinks truck pulled up in front of the MTS center when that deal was signed. I bet the Jets were beside themselves with the deal they made. They couldn't give away the tv rights the last time they played in the Peg. Times sure do change. The Oiler in me Hates your teams guts just on principal. The Canadian in me wishes your team all the best in kicking the crud out of those Eastern Conference slackers in the coming year. We'll see you in a year in the North West Division. So sharpen your blades and get your game on because you've only got a year before the real games begin. Eat puck Jet scum.


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Introductionelement, in chemistry, a substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by chemical means. A substance such as a compound can be decomposed into its constituent elements by means of a chemical reaction, but no further simplification can be achieved. An element can, however, be decomposed into simpler substances, such as protons and neutrons or various combinations of them, by the methods of particle physics, e.g., by bombardment of the nucleus.
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INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Department of Education received over $8.6 million in School Improvement Grants from the US Department of Education this week. School Improvement Grants afford school districts the opportunity to make bold and aggressive changes to positively impact student achievement. The funds will be used during the 2014-2015 school year.
"Today's announcement reinforces my commitment to work directly with local schools through the newly created Outreach Division for School Improvement," said Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz. "The Department of Education is dedicated to providing schools with the resources they need to ensure that all Hoosier children receive an equitable and high quality education."


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USDA Directory Records More Than 7,800 Farmers Markets
National Resource Helps More Americans Connect with Local Farmers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2012 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced a 9.6 percent increase in National Farmers Market Directory listings as the kickoff to National Farmer's Market Week. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's directory, a database published online at farmersmarkets.usda.gov, identifies 7,864 farmers markets operating throughout the United States. The information collected in the directory is self-reported data provided voluntarily by farmers market managers through an annual outreach effort. Last year, USDA's directory listed 7,175 markets.
"Farmers markets are a critical ingredient to our nation's food system," said Merrigan. "These outlets provide benefits not only to the farmers looking for important income opportunities, but also to the communities looking for fresh, healthy foods. The directory is an online tool that helps connect farmers and consumers, communities and businesses around the country."
The top states, in terms of the number of markets reported in the directory, include California (827 markets), New York (647 markets), Massachusetts (313 markets), Michigan (311 markets), Wisconsin (298 markets), Illinois (292 markets), Ohio (264 markets), Pennsylvania (254 markets), Virginia and Iowa (tied with 227 markets) and North Carolina (202 markets). Together they account for nearly half (49 percent) of the farmers markets listed in the 2012 directory.
Geographic regions like the mid-Atlantic (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia), the Northeast (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont), and the Southeast (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee) saw large increases in their listings, reporting, 15.8, 14.4 and 13.1 percent more markets, respectively.
USDA has taken several steps to help small and mid-sized farmers as part of the department's commitment to support local and regional food systems, and increase consumer access to fresh, healthy food in communities across the country. For example,
- USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), is outfitting more farmers markets with the ability to accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly food stamps), announcing $4 million dollars in available funding to equip farmers' markets with wireless point-of-sale equipment. Currently, over 2,500 farmers markets are using Electronic Benefit Transfer technology.
- USDA recently released the 2.0 version of its KYF Compass, a digital guide to USDA resources related to local and regional food systems. The updated version includes new data sets to help consumers locate local food resources, such as farmers markets, and plot them on an interactive map.
Many markets will host fun activities to celebrate National Farmers Market Week including pie contests, festivals, cooking demonstrations, events for kids, raffle drawings and giveaways. USDA officials will visit markets around the country between Aug. 5 and Aug. 11, to honor growers and commemorate National Farmers Market Week.
The USDA National Farmers Market Directory is available at farmersmarkets.usda.gov. Users can search for markets based on location, available products, and types of payment accepted, including participation in federal nutrition programs. Directory features allow users to locate markets based on proximity to zip code, mapping directions and links to active farmers market websites. Customized datasets can also be created and exported for use by researchers and software application designers.
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Students read and analyze four different articles about the NuSTAR mission discoveries regarding black holes. This activity is from the NuSTAR Educators Guide: X-Rays on Earth and from Space, which focuses on the science and engineering design of... (View More) NASA's NuSTAR mission. The guide includes a standards matrix, assessment rubrics, instructor background materials, and student handouts. (View Less)
This science news story highlights a new initiative by the Hubble Space Telescope to image distant galaxies. The program uses gravitational lenses to image galaxies that are otherwise too distant and faint for the telescope to image. The story... (View More) includes information describing how gravitational lenses are similar to optical lenses. The article also includes a description of parallel fields - a set of observations done in tandem with the gravitational lens observations that will result in six additional HUDF-type observations of the sky. Star Witness News is a series of articles, written for students, that are inspired by Hubble Space Telescope press releases. Supplemental education materials include vocabulary, discussion questions and answers, and identifies relevant Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. (View Less)
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In this activity, students create a scale model depicting the vertical distance from Earth's surface to various features and objects, including Earth's atmospheric layers, the Van Allen Radiation Belts, and geocentric satellites. Students also... (View More) compare the vertical distances to these features and objects with distances from their classroom to other common points on the ground. Includes background science information; student reading, handouts and worksheet; teacher information; and suggested extensions and adaptations for students with vision impairment. (View Less)
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Dieter Hartmann, a high-energy physicist, presents a story-based lesson on the science of Gamma-Ray astronomy. The lesson focuses on gamma-ray bursts; examining their sources, types, and links to the origin and evolution of the Universe. The... (View More) story-based format of the lesson also provides insights into the nature of science. Students answer questions based on the reading guide. A list of supplemental websites is also included. (View Less)
The PlanetQuest Observing Cards are designed to give telescope operators and other interpreters a new way of explaining the night sky. Relating common observing objects to our search for exoplanets makes these spectacular sights more understandable.... (View More) These cards are a great resource for use at observing night events, providing new stories to tell about commonly viewed celestial objects. (View Less)
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This science news story highlights Hubble's infrared image of the Horsehead Nebula. Students will discover why astronomers are interested in this nebula and how they study the nebula using infrared light. Star Witness News is a series of articles,... (View More) written for students, that are inspired by Hubble Space Telescope press releases. Supplemental education materials include vocabulary, discussion questions and answers, and identifies relevant English language arts standards. (View Less)
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NASA scientist, Neil Gehrels, serves as your guide to this online lesson on gamma ray tools, which focuses on advances in detector technologies since the 1980s that have enabled us to capture and image high-energy phenomena. Dr. Gehrels explains... (View More) different methods for detecting and imaging high-energy particles, how they work, and the advantages and disadvantages of each, using examples and imagery from NASA missions. (View Less)
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 15:27 GMT 18. Říjen 2009
Hurricane Rick intensified in dramatic fashion yesterday into the second most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Eastern Pacific. Truly deserving of the title "Super Hurricane", Rick grew into a monstrous Category 5 storm with 180 mph winds and a central pressure of 906 mb early this morning. The only Eastern Pacific hurricane that was stronger was Hurricane Linda of 1997, which had 185 mph winds and a 902 mb pressure. Reliable satellite measurements of Eastern Pacific storms go back to about 1970, and Rick is the 11th Category 5 hurricane in the Eastern Pacific since 1970. Meteorologists like to talk about a hurricane's Maximum Potential Intensity (MPI), the theoretical upper limit of a hurricane's intensification given the prevailing ocean heat content and atmospheric stability and moisture. Less than 5% of all hurricane reach their MPI, due to wind shear, interaction with land, entrainment of dry air, or other factors. Hurricane Rick was able to take advantage of nearly ideal conditions for intensification--light wind shear, high ocean heat content, and plenty of mid-level atmospheric moisture--to reach its MPI and intensify into one of the strongest and most spectacular tropical cyclones ever recorded. The last tropical cyclone to attain Rick's intensity was Australia's Cyclone Monica of 2006, which also had 180 mph winds. Only nine Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history have been stronger than Rick.
Figure 1.Hurricane Rick at peak intensity on Sunday morning, October 18, 2009: 180 mph winds and a central pressure of 905 mb.
Wind shear will gradually increase and ocean heat content decrease over the next few days as Rick approaches Baja, and the hurricane should weaken considerably before landfall on Wednesday. The latest GFDL model run puts Rick at Category 2 strength, but Rick could still be a major Category 3 hurricane at landfall, as predicted by the HWRF model. More rapid weakening into a Category 1 hurricane is also a distinct possibility, and the official NHC intensity forecast of a Category 2 forecast at landfall is a good middle-of-the-road forecast. Rick will make a second landfall in Mainland Mexico on Thursday, and the moisture from Rick should reach southern Texas by Saturday, possibly leading to heavy rains there next weekend.
Typhoon Lupit a potential major catastrophe for the Philippines
Category 4 Super Typhoon Lupit is stalled out over the Philippine Sea east of northern Luzon Island in the Philippines, but is expected to resume a westerly track towards the Philippines on Monday. Depending upon whether the storm makes landfall in northern Luzon or not, Lupit (the Filipino word for cruel) has the potential to live up to its name if it makes landfall as a major typhoon on Thursday, as currently forecast. A week ago, Super Typhoon Parma crossed over the northern Philippines three times, dumping over twenty inches of rain in many locations. Over 300 people died in the resulting flash floods and landslides. A visit by Typhoon Lupit would bring another 12+ inches of rain to the already-soaked soils of the region, creating a major catastrophe. However, there is hope that storm's current slow and erratic movement will carry Lupit far enough north that the typhoon will miss the Philippines.
Early snow in Northeast U.S. sets records
This weekend's snowstorm in the Northeast set records for the earliest date with an inch of snow in Binghamton, Ithaca and Olean in New York and Altoona and State College in Pennsylvania. State College received 4.8 inches of snow from the storm, and snow amounts as high as ten inches were recorded in the surrounding mountains.
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In the Atlantic, there have been some modest flare-ups of heavy thunderstorm clusters in the extreme Southwest Caribbean off the coasts of Nicaragua and Panama over the past day. This activity has been too disorganized and limited in extent to prove a threat to develop. However, for the past three days, the ECMWF model has been predicting the eventual development of a tropical storm in this region, sometime during the period October 23 - 25. The GFS and NOGAPS models have also been hinting that conditions may become favorable for tropical storm formation in the Western Caribbean early next week, and we should anticipate the possibility of a late-season tropical storm forming. The regions most likely to be affected by such a storm would be Honduras, Nicaragua, western Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, South Florida, and the Bahamas. Stay tuned.
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Skip to comments.Arabs predominate in Beslan attack - Basayev hostage raid - FSB - Russian Attack funded by al Qaeda
Posted on 09/03/2004 2:30:37 PM PDT by tallhappy
United Press International
September 3, 2004 Friday 13:23 PM Eastern Time
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HEADLINE: Arabs predominate in Beslan attack
DATELINE: BESLAN, Russia, Sept. 3 (UPI)
BODY: The terrorists who killed more than 150 people and injured at least 456 in a southern Russian school include 10 Arabs, Itar-Tass reported Friday.
Aslambek Aslakhanov, an adviser to President Vladimir Putin, said the gunmen were of different nationalities, but 10 of them were from Arab countries and one was from an African nation.
They are suspected of gaining entrance into Beslan with a truck hijacked in the Mozdok region of North Ossetia last month.
In addition, Russian intelligence sources have identified Shamil Basayev as the attack's mastermind and Magomet Yevloyev as the field commander of the hostage crisis that began Wednesday.
They are believed to have been funded by Wahabist Muslim leader Abu Omar al-Seif, al-Qaida's liaison in Chechnya and the manager of the group's foreign funds.
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HEADLINE: Basayev behind Beslan hostage raid - FSB
BODY: BESLAN /North Ossetia/, September 3 - According to preliminary information released by the Federal Security Service, Shamil Basayev masterminded the Beslan hostage raid, while field commander Magomet Yevloyev led it, representatives of secret services in the southern federal district told Itar-Tass.
Also, there is information that the mass hostage taking was funded by one of the ideologists of Wahhabism Abu Omar al-Seif, al Qaeda's liason in Chechnya and manager of foreign funds.
FSB agents claimed Magomet Yevloyev was the one who directly supervised the hostage taking. His call-sign was "Magas."
Suicide bombers for terrorist attacks in Russia and the North Caucasus are prepared by instructors from al Qaeda and other extremist organizations. "In a number of cases, suicide bombers are trained by Chechen instructors, but they, too, use al Qaeda methods," the FSB said.
It is known that Yevloyev is subordinate to Bassayev, and that he was responsible for planning, carrying out and funding terrorist attacks and acts of sabotage in Chechnya and Ingushetia.
A senior Ingush Interior Ministry official said Yevloyev was among the people close to the former president of "Ichkeria" Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, who, for his part, contributed to Magas' close acquaintance with Basayev and Khattab.
Law-enforcement bodies have information about Yevloyev's involvement in a number of acts of sabotage and terror, the militants' attack on Dagestan in the summer of 1999, and the kidnapping of people in Ingushetia with subsequent smuggling of the abducted to the notorious Wahhabis - the Akhamadov brothers.
That this is al Qaeda linked islamoterrorism is avoided in the press.
Initialy the news boys here would say they weren't sure just who could have held these children and parents hostage.
Above are two reports -- based on the Tass one which is detailed in terms of names and specifics.
AQ link BUMP.
Sorry all links must be pre-approved by the democrats on the senate intelligence committee. Stop spreading baseless rumors.
Did you put a link in to the other thread?
No. I haven't been cross linking.
As suspected.
In addition, Russian intelligence sources have identified Shamil Basayev as the attack's mastermind and Magomet Yevloyev as the field commander of the hostage crisis that began Wednesday.
Blot out their families and villages.
GOTTA SEE THIS - Terrorists attack Russian School - Warning: Graphic images
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Islamists in Russia This is What They Did - Don't Wait for Alphabet Networks to Cover it - Graphic
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I wonder if the islamofacists will get the message if Russia drops 2000lb bombs on all mosques in chechnya every friday while the mosques are full of the islamofacists.
I've been reading news stories for *years* about Chechnya, Ingushetia, and Dagestan, and almost *never* had the media mentioned the terorrists' Islamic connections. In fact, the media always referred to them as "rebels," and treated them like the poster boys for the latest "Indigenous Peoples' Liberation Movement."
But now the truth is out - they're just more filthy wahhabist Al-Qaeda scum - paid for, signed, sealed, and delivered by Arab oil money.
It just makes you sick. When are we going to join hands with Russia and put an *end* to this?
Ironically, Russia (then the USSR) was the patron saint of these "indigenous peoples' liberation movements" (and especially of moslem ones) for much of the "twentieth century." And now Al Qaeda (may they boil in excrement), which has just launched a heinous mass murder attack on Russia, are actually in bed with Communist groups like International ANSWER, the International Socialist Organization, and the Workers World Party. I hope the Russian people keep this in mind if sinister forces promise vengeance against their enemies if they are returned to power.
I hate to say this, but I have always thought, that attacks on schools with the murder of children, to be their next step. And I pray, that the US is not going to see this...
"When are we going to join hands with Russia and put an *end* to this?"
When indeed? And not just the Russians, all over the globe innocent people are bedeviled by World Islamic Jihad. From Africa to Russia to the Phillipines to Thailand, and back around again, innocents are murdered by these scum. They hate the Jews, the Christians, the Muslims, the Hindus, and they even hate all Muslims who are insufficiently "holy" that is to say SLAVISH to them.
My theme of the day, any decent Muslims, who really love God, better find a way to save their religion QUICK, because the rest of us are about to decide that it is time to wipe it from the face of the earth.
Ann Coulter was right "Invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity".
al Qaeda should remember that we here in America honor the 2ND Amendment by being heavily armed.
Death To all Muslim Terrorists!
Hang 'em High!
I don't know how they (islamic criminals) can go any lower than killing children at a school.
"Prophet make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home." (Surah 9:73)
IMHO, if I were POTUS, I would have been on the red phone with Putin, asking him if he is NOW ready to play "Let's Make A Deal".....
We (the US) will let him do a TOTAL "mudlum" Clean-Up on Aisle #5, and we will back him....IF...
The US can (with 24hrs notice so Putin can get his Russian workers out) TAKE OUT THAT DANG IRAN REACTOR !!!
...right about now.....I think he'd be up for a "deal".
...and if it happened, and the US got to take out Iran's nuclear reactor between now and Nov 2nd, ya think maybe the
idiot in North Korea would "wanna make a deal ALSO ???"...
susan ostrich's head would EXPLODE.....and Carville would be fitted for a PERMANENT wastebasket....
Do we have any Russian Freepers?
Sickening, but maybe, just maybe, our ex friends all over the world will see what AQ is. I fear, really fear, this will happen at one of our schools. I keep remembering after 911 those three middle easterners taking pics of a girls school in Baltimore,,either St Pauls or Bais Yaakov. I cannot imagine how horrible it would be.
Highly doubtful; Islam is a religion of peace.
You might want to ping RussianConservative, or MadIvan.
The public needs to know that the terrorists we are fighting consider slaughtering innocent children in a school a tool in their tool box. The Islamists want the next strike in the U.S. to be an outrage and inhumane beyond comprehension, but for some reason this is not 'news fit to print'
Yes -- the media is trying it's hardest to make this look like some rebellion and not acknowledge that it was Arab muslims.
We could join hands with Russia, Israel, India, and others --- drive the muslims out of the countries that want freedom. It has to happen at some point.
He said that many (all?) of the 19 Al-Qaeda hijackers who attacked us on 9/11/01 WERE DIVERTED FROM THEIR PLANNED ASSIGNMENT TO CHECHNYA
Something like the Spanish Inquisition makes more and more sense, it makes no sense to allow them to continue to come here and be given access to our children.
They must be Arab separatists and Arab freedom fighters! Send NATO in to help them.
Okay this guy should be dead..NOW ! ! ! !
On WABC tonight Monica Crowley and John Loftus talked about the linkage between Al Qaeda and the Chechenans (spelling?)
Perhaps this information will come out this weekend?
Did Russia support the US "occupation" of Iraq? Did Russia provoke Islamic terrorism because of its bases in Saudia Arabia. If George H. caused them to hate us and George W. made it worse then why are they still after Russia? Did Russia respond with overwhelming force last year when 700(?) died in the Theater stand-off? Now they've done it again. Kerry's brand of running a more sensitive campaign on terror is EXACTLY what Russia has done in the last year. If you want the terrorist to take your children, strip them, force them to drink their own urine, execute them mercilessly and forever scar the ones that escape, then by all means vote for Kerry!
I think Iran just picked up another enemy.
I hope.
Nightline on ABC is actually using the word 'terrorists' to describe the vermin -- oops, they're still using Chechen rebels, also.
The Soviets financed secular/nationalist/Socialist Arabs. The Iranians finance certain Shia groups but the Wahhabist jihadis came out of our war with Afghanistan.
What is actually ironic is that a zionist would not know that - know your enemey before you fight him would be a zionist creed I would imagine. Who would suspect such ignorance from a people on target from these groups. Maybe since as a Jew (I assume) and an Israeli (assumption again) since all three groups are fighting you they blend together. But you are deadly wrong when you assume that the Chechens grew out of Soviet patronage of communist peasant movements.
No - but warned Bush about Saddam and offered to backa coup against him and we refused. Saddam was a secular Arab that liked to pour acid on fundamentalist Muslims.
Did Russia provoke Islamic terrorism because of its bases in Saudia Arabia. You must be one of the most ignorant people left in this day and age. al-Qaeda grew out of America's backing of the jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan. In reality while they did not back our invasion of Iraq they backed our invasion of Afghanistan. The Afghani Northern Alliance was Russia's army. Our ally was Pakistan and they created the Taliban.
Our great ally Saudi Arabia had a hand in creating the jihadist armies that are now loose in the world. Russia did not create them. The old Soviet Union did help terrorists but they tended to be the secular socialist kind like the old PLO.
The third force of Islamic terror in the world is the Iranian one and they are independent in creation and operation.
[old joke alert]
IN THE YEAR 2032 - A man and his son are walking through a highly built-up Manhattan when they come across an empty space and the father stops to reflect for a while.
"Imagine son," the father says "exactly 31 years ago the great twin towers stood proudly in this area". Intrigued by the comment the son then asks "What were the twin towers dad?"
To which the father replies "They were two of the largest buildings in the world and they housed many thousands of offices.... but in 2001 they were destroyed by Arabs"
The son pauses for a while and then asks "What were Arabs dad?"
Why are there no Arabs on Star Trek? Star Trek is set in the future.
The entire article fails to mention Islam, and uses the word "Muslim" only once. How clever is that?
George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent
Iran?! Wahabis are from Saudi Arabia. You cannot blame Southern Baptists for what IRA is doing.
Saudi is everyone's enemy. I'm more concerned with the mullah's nuclear inclinations. I'd like to see the Russian's (and the French) get out of the business of helping them.
Wahhabis were originally from Arabia (before there was ever a "Saudi" in charge.) Al-Wahab was an ex-Sufi Arabian who started a religious "reformation" in the late 18th century. His followers gradually achieved prominence in the Arabian peninsula largely because they were puritanical fanatics who were more than willing to kill everyone who opposed them & knock down their buildings as well. (The Arab wahhabis have been responsible for demolishing Turk, Sufi, and other Islamic buildings wherever they find them, starting with Arabia.)
Wahhabism has spread like a cancer all over the Arab world, and to non-Arabic Muslim countries as well. Arab wahhabis come highly financed with Arab oil money. They set up Islamic "schools" in countries like Pakistan, Bosnia, Indonesia (all Muslim, but *non*-Arab.) These schools are largely wahhabist indoctrination centers and terrorist recruitment stations. Because of this bribery and recruitment, there are many non-Arab wahhabis in the world now, although the pipeline of money and support flows directly from Saudi Arabia.
They also bring with them wahhabi customs, like the head-to-toe heavy veiling of women, even to people for whom that's not been a traditional custom. (Afghan women before the Taliban wore light sheer scarves over their head.)
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House of Commons Hansard #54 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was french.
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Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Ralph Goodale Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, as we recall the Holodomor genocide in Ukraine nearly 80 years ago, we are also concerned about the fragile state of Ukrainian democracy today. Interference in the legal system is used to stifle free political activity and now some mysterious illness seems to have befallen the leader of the opposition.
Will the Canadian government press Ukrainian authorities to allow Ms. Tymoshenko independent medical treatment? Will Canada offer to provide that treatment if necessary and will Ukraine be warned that anything untoward happening to Ms. Tymoshenko would severely affect relations with Canada?
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I want to say to the member for Wascana that is probably the best question we have had all day. I completely agree with him that we are tremendously concerned about the political prosecution of the former leader of the opposition there. We are tremendously concerned about her well-being. I will certainly endeavour to follow up to ensure that Canada speaks strongly, that she get the medical care that she needs. If necessary, we would certainly be prepared to offer her support here in Canada.
Lapierre Island
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Alain Giguère Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Mr. Speaker, Environment Canada determined that the real market value of Île Lapierre was $14 million. A year earlier, the value of the island was estimated at $400,000. This island is essentially a dump. It has no ecological value. All of the officials who have worked on this file have said that it has no value. Yet businessman Alfonso Argento received $14 million in tax credits for this island. Fourteen million dollars for him, and $15 million for 85,000 volunteer firefighters. It is clear that the Conservative Party's friends are more important than volunteer firefighters.
Lapierre Island
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Ted Menzies Minister of State (Finance)
Mr. Speaker, I did hear something about tax credits for volunteer firefighters, and that gives me the opportunity to remind all members in the House that it was only this side of the House that actually voted for that measure the other night. The NDP, and in fact all of the opposition, voted against it.
There are a lot of things wrong in the world. What we can do is help Canadians right now. We have offered Canadians incentives to get people back to work and tax credits to help them, but every time we do, those members vote against it.
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
John Weston West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC
Mr. Speaker, our government's international focus continues to be deepening our trade relationships. Increased trade creates economic growth and jobs here in Canada. With one in five Canadian jobs generated by trade, this is a no-brainer. Despite these clear benefits, the NDP continues to lobby against the creation of Canadian jobs.
Could the parliamentary secretary please explain to the House how the NDP views trade?
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
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Gerald Keddy Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade
Mr. Speaker, the reality is that the NDP pretends to be mainstream, but its anti-trade agenda has no credibility.
Here is how the NDP views trade: exports means sending NDP MPs abroad to lobby against Canadian jobs; imports means flying socialists to Canada to criticize Canadians working in our oil sands.
The NDP's anti-trade, anti-Canadian jobs agenda is proof that the NDP is unfit to be the official opposition.
The Environment
Oral Questions
Kennedy Stewart Burnaby—Douglas, BC
Mr. Speaker, we have seen what happens when the government and industry do not consult on major projects like the northern gateway.
The coastal first nations have made clear their opposition to the project and process. Now Kinder Morgan is proposing to double the Trans Mountain pipeline that would run through at least 15 first nation reserves and 30 traditional territories. Failure to negotiate in good faith has left a cloudy picture of rights and title in British Columbia.
When will the minister commit to government-to-government talks with the affected first nations?
The Environment
Oral Questions
Joe Oliver Minister of Natural Resources
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of the Environment has referred the northern gateway pipeline project to a joint review. It is the highest level of scrutiny possible. The review is an open and independent process whereby interested parties, including aboriginal groups, can freely express their views.
Our government, as the member knows, supports the diversification of our exports; however, we are committed to ensuring that any project is environmentally sustainable.
Language of Work in Quebec
Oral Questions
André Bellavance Richmond—Arthabaska, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Conservative government was doing magic tricks yesterday to try to get people to forget its recent appointments of unilingual anglophones. By launching a consultative committee whose mandate and composition are not yet known—nor is it known whether this committee will report to Parliament—the government is embarking on useless consultations, since the problem is well known. I have a very simple suggestion that will save the government time and money: pass the only bill that the Bloc Québécois has ever introduced in this House, which makes employees of federally regulated businesses in Quebec subject to Bill 101. It is important to point this out.
Will the government stop waffling and really protect French as the language of work in Quebec?
Language of Work in Quebec
Oral Questions
Maxime Bernier Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism)
Mr. Speaker, we will continue promoting and protecting the French language, not just in Quebec, but also in Canada. The government announced that it will launch a consultative committee that will work on the ground to speak with Canadians and ensure that employees of federally regulated businesses in Quebec are fully able to work in French. We will examine the facts and take action if necessary.
Protecting Canadians Abroad Act
Routine Proceedings
Irwin Cotler Mount Royal, QC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-359, An Act to Protect Canadian Citizens Abroad.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce a bill to protect Canadian citizens abroad in support of the foundational principle that all Canadian citizens, without discrimination, who are detained, stranded or captured, or who have disappeared abroad, deserve the protection of the Government of Canada.
There are a number of high profile cases, including those of Maher Arar, Omar Khadr and Abousfian Abdelrazik, and those who were the subject of the Iacobucci commission report, Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin, as well as the related jurisprudence, that have underscored the need for legislation. This legislation would set forth both the rights of Canadian citizens as well as the threshold obligations of the Government of Canada and its consular services.
Accordingly, this legislation, the first ever of its kind in Canada, would affirm these rights and obligations, including rights to consular access, consular visits and repatriation; reporting requirements for Canadian officials when they suspect a Canadian detained or captured abroad has been or may be tortured; and requiring that the government request the repatriation of a Canadian detained abroad in situations where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Canadian has been or may be tortured, is being subjected to conditions constituting cruel or unusual punishment, or is being arbitrarily detained.
I would like to thank the member for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel for seconding the bill. I trust it will be supported by all members in the House.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Canadian Football Act
Routine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Peter Julian Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-360, An Act to support Canadian professional football.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House to present a bill, an act to support Canadian professional football.
From coast to coast to coast, Canadians' eyes will be riveted on Vancouver this weekend for the 99th Grey Cup, where the BC Lions will take on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from eastern Canada.
I know there are Blue Bombers fans in the House. Of course, I am a BC Lions fan, and last weekend I was pleased to see, in BC Place stadium, a sea of orange, of supporters coming out for the BC Lions. Of course, I am mighty partial to orange, and waves of orange. It was great to see that many people in BC Place stadium.
What the Canadian Football League does is very important. It has the right balance. It is not multi-millionaires playing, but mainly guys who have worked all their lives, often with other jobs, but through their love of football, continue to push forward and to represent their communities. On behalf of football fans across the country, I am presenting this bill that would allow the Canadian Football League to continue to prosper right across the country for future generations.
Long live the Canadian Football League!
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
International Trade
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Carleton—Mississippi Mills
Gordon O'Connor Minister of State and Chief Government Whip
Mr. Speaker, there have been consultations on this following motion for travel. I move:
That, in relation to its study on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union, six members of the Standing Committee on International Trade be authorized to travel to Brussels, Belgium and Paris, France in the fall of 2011 and that the necessary staff accompany the Committee.
(Motion agreed to)
Routine Proceedings
November 25th, 2011 / 12:05 p.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table today a petition signed by literally thousands of Canadians from all across Canada who call upon Parliament to take note that asbestos is the greatest industrial killer the world has ever known. In fact, they point out that more Canadians now die from asbestos than all other industrial or occupational causes combined. Yet Canada remains one of the largest producers and exporters of asbestos in the world, spending millions of dollars subsidizing the asbestos industry and blocking international efforts to curb its use.
Therefore, these petitioners call upon the Government of Canada to ban asbestos in all of its forms, institute a just transition program for asbestos workers and the communities they live in and end all government subsidies of asbestos, both in Canada and abroad. They call upon the Government of Canada to stop blocking international health and safety conventions designed to protect workers from asbestos, such as the Rotterdam convention.
Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act
Routine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Stephen Woodworth Kitchener Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition to this House from some of my constituents in Kitchener Centre regarding Bill C-4 on human smuggling. I do so not because I necessarily agree with the petition but because I think everyone has a right to have his or her voice heard in this House.
These constituents believe that Bill C-4 would place refugees in detention only because they are seeking safety in Canada, and they do not see any other reason. Therefore, the petitioners think that would be arbitrary. They believe that Bill C-4 would place accepted refugees in limbo for five years, preventing them from seeing family members, travelling outside of Canada or integrating into Canadian society because they are not permanent residents. They believe that this measure is intended to punish refugees and they see no other reason for it.
The petitioners also believe that smuggling is already punishable by life imprisonment or by a fine of up to $1 million under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. For that reason, they call on the government to withdraw BillC-4.


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Library Exhibitions
The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and its Rare Book Collection stage a number of on-site exhibits each year. In some cases we also create an online counterpart in order to enhance and promote our on-site exhibits. These online exhibits continue to exist after the on-site exhibits must be taken down and packed away. Please enjoy some featured highlights from our rich and interdisciplinary collections.
Past Exhibits
Standing on Ceremony: Processions, Pathways, and Plazas
October 7 – December 31, 2014
Traces of processions that once wound along roads, filed through cities, and hiked over mountains can be found throughout the Americas. Although these processions have either long ceased or have assumed substantially different forms, the remains of many Pre-Columbian civilizations provide suggestive evidence of their ceremonial importance.
The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century
Autumn 2013
The long eighteenth century saw widespread exploration and a tremendous increase in the traffic in botanical specimens. The goal of many imperial expeditions was to explore the natural resources of colonies and distant lands in search of potentially profitable plants and products. Plants arrived at major cities on board ships, and were grown in botanical gardens that were often state-funded. The plants were studied and cultivated, especially if they were perceived to have economic or medicinal value. The study of botany was facilitated by herbarium specimens and botanical illustrations, as well as by innovations in taxonomy that simplified the description of plants.
Ces pièces immortelles: Early Numismatic Books in the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library
Spring 2013
This exhibition explores the foundations of numismatic study of Roman and Byzantine coins from the 16th to 19th century. Dumbarton Oaks continues to promote the study of Byzantine coins and seals through regular summer seminars. This exhibition is in honor of the 2013 summer seminar's students and instructors.
Margaret Mee
Winter 2013
The Dumbarton Oaks Rare Book Collection houses a collection of twenty-one paintings by the renowned British botanical artist, Margaret Mee (1909–1988). This exhibit provides Dumbarton Oaks an opportunity to display paintings acquired by Mrs. Bliss that reflect the work of Mee's early journeys, when she had only just begun to chronicle the flora of the Amazon.
The Ancient Future: Mesoamerican and Andean Timekeeping
October 5 – December 31, 2012
The Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations used complex and multiple timekeeping systems for purposes of agriculture, worship, and political leadership. Because little of the material record of the pre-Conquest peoples of the Americas survived, scholars through the ages have had limited primary sources to study to reach a comprehensive understanding of timekeeping in the Americas.
Maria Sibylla Merian
January 2012 – November 2012
The Dumbarton Oaks Rare Book Collection is a participant in a project, organized by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, to celebrate works by great women artists in Washington, DC museums. The artist that the Research Library Rare Book Collection selected for this project is the naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), and specifically her 1719 publication Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (first published in 1705).
Capturing Warfare: Enemies and Allies in the Pre-Columbian World
September 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011
Warfare in Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica and the Andes
This exhibit highlights two representations of warfare in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica and the Andes. First, the exhibit includes fineline drawings of images painted on ceramic vessels produced by the Moche, a culture that flourished on the north coast of Peru in the first centuries of the Common Era. Second, the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan tells the story of the conquest of Guatemala by the allied forces of the warriors of Quauhquecholteca and the Spanish.
Before the Blisses
April 15, 2011 – July 31, 2011
Mīkhaīl Petrovīch Botkin (1839–1914), Collection M. P. Botkine
This exhibition examines the ways in which 19th-century collections and illustrated catalogs impacted the study and appreciation of early Christian, Byzantine, and medieval minor arts before Mildred and Robert Bliss began their collection.
Robert & Monnoyer: French Botanical Artists of the Seventeenth Century
Spring 2011
Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (1636–1699), Arrangement of Flowers
Nicolas Robert (1614–1685) and Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (1636–1699) were the leading proponents of two parallel styles of botanical illustration that developed in France during the second half of the seventeenth century. Nicolas Robert's work focused on the scientific aspects of the plant. Monnoyer, on the other hand, was one of the earliest practitioners of the decorative tradition in French flower painting.
December 15, 2010 – March 31, 2011
Queen's Binder B (binder), The government of the tongue
A book's binding is a particularly satisfying piece of material culture. Like the frame of a painting, a binding can offer up valuable information about provenance and production. This exhibit examines some methods of binding books and some of the broader significance of particular materials and styles.
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Bricktown Records recording artist Miss Jenny Goforth is a rising star in country music and in the ATA. As a 1st Degree Black Belt in the Leadership program at Lee's ATA Black Belt Academy in Brentwood, Tennessee, she is also a skillful assistant instructor and program director, instructed by Mr. Albert Lee, 4th Degree Black Belt. Miss Goforth began martial arts training three years ago and has pursued it with intensity, even earning a State Championship title in Weapons last year. When she's not in the do-jahng working out, helping teach classes, or meeting with new students, she is usually writing, rehearsing, recording, or performing on-stage.
Now Miss Goforth has kicked it up a notch, releasing her debut EP "Running Red Lights", distributed by Bricktown Records. It's the realization of a dream turned into a goal and earned through hard work and self-discipline, not to mention a beautiful talent. Success in the music business is reached in the same way that success in Taekwondo is achieved: focus, sincere effort and perseverance.
"I'm so grateful to ATA and Mr. Lee for the principles he teaches every day in his classes," Miss Goforth says. "I try to apply those principles not only when I'm at the do-jahng, but also in my every day living, including my music career. I've learned to not give up. If doors close you have to recognize that there's a reason. You have the choice to push it open or change directions, but quitting is not an option! This is one of the great things everyone learns in the ATA Leadership Program."
The new four-song EP crosses genres – blues, country, rock, Motown – and centers around real life circumstances. The title track "Running Red Lights" is a fun, upbeat song that will be her first music video. "Hurricane Jane" showcases her soulful voice and talent on the harmonica, while "Show Me A Woman" and "Still Smiling" reveal a heartfelt side. "My main goal for this recording was to stay true to me and create great, authentic music," she says.
Miss Goforth met the man who would become her album's producer, award-winning producer/songwriter Mr. Dale Oliver, at ATA after her instructor played some of her music for him in the school one day. Miss Goforth wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on "Running Red Lights", including two songs on which she collaborated with Mr. Oliver.
The new album is surely a major milestone but it is nowhere near the end. As in martial arts, the achievement of one goal is the start of another! Tour dates are being filled and will be announced later this year. "I'm very excited to get out on the road and play live for my fans. Music is in my bones; it's in my soul. I can't deny it or contain it. Music moves me in every way," says Miss Goforth. "It's been a long road to here," she says, "but I'm just getting started. I have never been more fired up and excited to share my music. I have never been more certain of who I am."
WTTU/ATA/STF congratulates Miss Jenny Goforth on the great successes of her artistic pursuits to date, and wishes her many more in the future.
Photos by John Mark Painter / Album Cover design by Cory Basil


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Send an email to Mr. David Kerner
Mr. David Kerner
Mr. David Kerner is a Senior Science and Technology Advisor with the Tauri Group, LLC. His expertise lies in science and technology policy, functional needs and alternatives analyses, technical requirements development, and sustainable energy policies and practices. He has over 25 years of experience supporting the U.S. Departments of Defense and Energy in combating weapons of mass destruction, detecting landmines, developing strategic energy strategies, and deploying renewable technologies. Mr. Kerner also has served as a mechanical engineer for the Aerojet Liquid Rocket Company and as a Science and Technology Advisor to the New York State Legislature. He holds a BS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University and an MS in Science and Technology Policy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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SSI books and monographs by Mr. David Kerner
Defense Energy Resilience: Lessons from Ecology
August 13, 2010
Authored by Dr. Scott Thomas, Mr. David Kerner.
National Security relies heavily on the ready availability of energy resources in the types, quantities, and locations the military demands. While U.S. energy needs are currently met, the shrinking gap between global supply and demand draws the world closer to a tipping point at which human behavior is less predictable, competition overwhelms social and geopolitical normalizing forces, and conflict becomes more likely and more pronounced. Given concerns about future resource availability, DoD would be well served by devising and implementing a sustainable, resilient energy strategy that addresses current projections and adapts to evolving conditions.


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Tentative plans call for equipment to begin moving into place later this month so work can begin on improving a section of the South Platte River south of the Carson Nature Center.
"We finally have the long-awaited approval from the Army Corps of Engineers for this project so I expect, weather permitting, for work to begin before the end of January," Debbie Brinkman, Littleton mayor and chair of the South Platte Working Group II, said during the Jan. 10 Tri Cities meeting. "Equipment will move in to deepen the channel, create ripple pools and calming ponds for the fish and clean up the silt choking off Red Tail Lake from the river."
The upcoming river improvements will be the latest in projects that have been spearheaded by the South Platte Working Group.
Susan Beckman, then Arapahoe County Commissioner, was the moving force behind forming the group in 2006. The group planned to work on improving recreational opportunities and wildlife habitat along the South Platte River through Littleton, Englewood and Sheridan.
In about five years, the group secured $25 million in grants, including a $5 million Legacy Grant from Great Outdoor Colorado, and used the money to complete more than 20 projects. The projects included everything from building five bike/pedestrian bridges across the river to enhance connection with existing hiking and biking trails to acquiring about 40 acres of land to preserve green space along the banks of the river.
In late 2012, with the grant money spent and planned projects improving parks and recreational amenities along the river completed, South Platte Working Group I "retired."
But, almost immediately, the South Platte Working Group II was established. Brinkman, who was a member of the original group, helped get the second group going. It has received a $5 million Arapahoe County Open Space grant to continue to make improvements and enhancements to areas in and around the river.
As with the original group, the membership of South Platte Working Group 2 is made up of representatives including Littleton, Englewood, Greenwood Village and Sheridan, South Suburban Parks and Recreation and utilities like Urban Drainage and Control District. They work together to plan projects and pool resources to make the projects happen.
Tentative plans are to continue to improve the riverbanks and channel as well as river access north from South Platte Park through Littleton, Englewood and Sheridan.