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Territorial Public Expenditure and Revenue: Economic Impact in the European Regional Growth
The topic of fiscal federalism from the standpoint of the tax revenue and the expenditure distribution is extremely significant for the regional growth, both quantitatively (income and employment) and quantitatively (types of public disbursement and growth impact). In the present paper we will analyse the distribution between both aspects of public disbursement in the OECD European countries in the last years, in this connection we will examine it with econometric models with the aim of estimate the impacts mentioned below. Una versión actualizada de este documento está disponible gratuitamente en la serie de documentos "Economic Development" de la Asociación Euroamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo Económico, con el número 8. http://www.usc.es/economet/aea.htm An updated version of this paper is downloadable free in the series "Economic Development" edited by the Euro-American Association of Economic Development Studies, with the number 8. http://www.usc.es/economet/eaa.htm
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I don't know how many times people have asked can they use Milo as a stud for their female dogs. Usually when I say no they back down but in September I had Milo at a harvest fair with me and this guy would not stop asking so I eventually had to leave!
Just 2 weeks ago this group of women ran over to me to coo over him(they were actually quite scary and really in his face) and one of them just grabbed him out of my arms to cuddle him. Ummm, that is so unacceptable. Sometimes it's annoying to have such adorable dogs |
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Whoa! This thread is crazy! I have never had anything like that ever happen to me, thank god! I have my babies microchipped & spayed but I still fear someone stealing my dogs because that's the sad world we live in. But I have never been approached like that. That's crazy! I've only ever had people tell me my dogs are cute & have had people ask if it was ok to pet them. The people y'all are talking about sound like nutters! Eeek!
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I'm just so glad I'm not alone on this! I think I'll try to take it as a compliment for now and stay on high alert! I just really hope I'm never approached by anyone this way. My fiancé is lucky it was just him, I would have told that woman where she could stick her money and thoroughly embarrassed him, I'm sure. But as a plus, I've discussed with him how imperative it is that we get her fixed THIS WEEK and he agrees so I'm taking her first thing Tomorrow morning! I'm nervous because this is her first surgery of course and we all know the dangers there... But I've found a vet that I trust, and I'm ready to get this done!
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The bullish market continued Wednesday during the third session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale as five seven-figure yearlings were sold. They were led by the $2.2 million Indian Charlie filly, who is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner and millionaire Take Charge Indy and Will Take Charge, winner of the 2013 Travers (G1).
The amount for the filly, who is a daughter of four-time Keeneland stakes winner Take Charge Lady, is the highest price paid for a yearling at the September Sale since 2010.
During the sale's first three sessions, held Monday through Wednesday, 13 yearlings were sold for $1 million or more each, the most since 2008 when 18 seven-figure horses were sold.
Here are comments from consignors and buyers about the activity during the Wednesday session:
Barbara Banke of Stonestreet Stables, which bought two million-dollar yearlings in partnership: "The market is really strong, which I really applaud because I love this game and I want to see it succeed."
Case Clay, Three Chimneys Sales: "There really aren't a lot of the fillies with great pedigrees that have the great physicals to match, so that's why I think they're bringing a premium. The one that Borges Torrealba bought ($1.75 million Tiznow filly who is a half-sister to champion Speightstown) and is coming back to Three Chimneys is stallion pedigreed, and our plan is to get pages with stallion pedigrees. It's exciting on the buying end, and on the consigning end I think (the sale is) quite strong."
Meg Levy, Bluewater Sales: "I thought demand was great yesterday. We RNA'd (our) first horse through the ring. Within about two minutes, I had six people following me back to the barn and I got him sold. I was very happy about that. Some of the horses brought more than what we thought, and some brought about what we thought. It was great because with this new format, demand was there for all levels of our horses."
M.V. Magnier, who bought the $1.4 million Galileo (IRE) colt: "The right people are here, there are good horses here and they deserve to make (the prices)."
Richard Hogan, agent for Nat Rea's Regis Farms, which bought the $1.55 million Tapit colt in partnership with Stonestreet Stables: "I think the buyers find the horses wherever they are. I can't speak for everybody else, but we're getting what we want. The nice horses you gotta reach for. But we're getting what we want, and I'd rather do that than come in here and settle."
Peter O'Callahan, Woods Edge Farm, which consigned the $1.4 million Galileo (IRE) colt: "The new format is working because there's a lot of money here. We've been sweating it out the last three or four years. It slowly started to turn around last year, but it looks like it's very healthy at the moment."
Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm, which bought the $2.2 million sale- and session-topper: "I think Keeneland did an excellent job of putting a very nice group of horses together and I commend them on that. I mean, we were taking horses off the list that any other time would have been great horses and we would have been excited to own them. But you can't vet every horse on the sales grounds so you have to be selective. For the buyers, it's tough, but for the sellers I think it's an excellent sale."
Goncalo Torrealba of buyer Borges Torrealba on the strength of the market: "It's not very convenient for me because I have to overpay, but I guess if it's not very convenient for me, it's good for the market."
Thoroughbred racing often is referred to as "The Sport of Kings" for its deep ties with royalty around the world. But the beauty of the industry is you don't have to reside in society's upper crust to make your way into it, as a reporter from the prestigious luxury publication The Robb Report quickly deduced upon attending his first Keeneland September Yearling Sale for a story that will appear in the April 2014 edition of Robb Report Collection.
"I came here thinking I understood the basic premise of the story," reporter Shaun Tolson said. "Within my first day of walking around Keeneland and meeting people, it didn't take long for me to realize it was a very complex industry, but complex in so many good ways because there are so many entry points into the industry depending on what (people) want to get out of it."
Tolson, who has traveled the world to experience the lifestyle of wealthy enthusiasts of cars, yachts, jets, art, fashion, jewelry, and more, became fascinated with the concept of the Thoroughbred industry when presented with the story idea.
"This is sort of an extension of collecting," Tolson said. "You're collecting a living commodity, which makes it interesting and different than anything we've covered in the magazine before. With a Thoroughbred, you can grow and have an emotional attachment to it."
While in Lexington, Tolson traveled to Claiborne Farm and WinStar Farm, spent time with consignors while they showcased their yearlings for potential buyers, took in the live auction, and interviewed prominent owners.
"I was caught a little off guard when you walk around the grounds and, based on the questions they ask you, they thought I was someone here buying or selling horses," Tolson said with a laugh. "That was the only indication I would have needed to prove you never really know who it is that you're talking to or looking at. Someone who fits the part might not be a major player and someone you think is here just for the spectacle is one of the leading consignors or buyers. It's very interesting."
A Boston native who had never visited Keeneland or the Lexington area, Tolson said he was struck by the serene beauty of the track and its surroundings.
"Coming to this sale I sort of knew in my head what the picture of a horse farm was and Keeneland and Central Kentucky fit that exactly," Tolson said. "It's exactly what you think of when you think of horse farms, the Derby, Thoroughbreds and horse racing. It's absolutely beautiful. It's an area of the country you'd love to come back to. It's so scenic and just peaceful."
Today's session includes two yearlings by Australian champion and leading sire Fastnet Rock. The first, Hip 745, is a filly out of Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Cash Run from the consignment of Paramount Sales, agent. At Keeneland's 2007 November Breeding Stock Sale, Cash Run sold in foal to Storm Cat to John Magnier for $7.1 million. The amount is the third-highest price ever paid for a horse at the November Sale.
The second, Hip 859, is a colt out of champion and stakes producer Eliza consigned by Michael C. Byrne, agent. By Mt. Livermore, Eliza was sold in foal to A.P. Indy to Eaton Sales for $1.7 million at the 1999 November Sale …
For the second consecutive year, Clearsky Farms is consigning horses to the September Sale. Brothers Eamonn and Bernard Cleary own the operation, which their late father, Eamonn, founded in 2009, and they are working to become an established producer of successful runners. Through the first three days of the September Sale, Clearsky (pronounced clear sky) had sold six yearlings, led by a $600,000 Distorted Humor colt purchased by John Ferguson.
"We're all about the old-fashioned way of raising the horses," Eamonn said. "We want them to be good horses, not necessarily just to (be high-priced) sales horses but to go on and win races like the Kentucky Derby." …
Thursday marks the final day of Book 1 of the September Sale, with the session starting at noon ET. No sale will be held on Friday, Sept. 13. The sale resumes on Saturday and continues through Saturday, Sept. 21, with sessions beginning at 10 a.m. The sale is streamed live on www.keeneland.com. …
Actor Don Ameche, whose career spanned some 60 years, won an Academy Award for his performance in the 1985 film "Cocoon. He also was an avid racing fan, and he has a connection to the September Sale, thanks to family members that have continued his involvement in the Thoroughbred industry. Bert Welker and Clark Shepherd's Allied Bloodstock has consigned three yearlings for his son Don Ameche Jr. of Scottsdale, Ariz., and grandson Don Ameche III of Mission Viejo, Calif.: Hip 1734, a colt by Sky Mesa; Hip 2734, a colt by Elusive Quality; and Hip 2738, a colt by Colonel John.
Here are black-type, first-dam updates for the fourth session of Book 1. For a full list of updates, visithttp://flex.keeneland.com/updates/updates.html.
Easter Gift |
Hard Spun |
Angel Gift |
Angel Terrace |
Ghostzapper |
Another Storm |
Wind Fire |
Distorted Humor |
A. P. Dream |
Justin Phillip |
First Samurai |
Ava Knowsthecode |
Fly Lexis Fly |
Badge of Silver |
Becky Loves Silver |
Liberty Cap |
Street Cry (IRE) |
Binavicar |
Uncaptured |
Lion Heart |
Captivating |
Inimitable Romanee |
Maria's Mon |
Cellars Shiraz |
Charm the Maker |
Empire Maker |
Charm the Giant (IRE) |
Redwood Kitten |
Kitten's Joy |
Chianti Red |
Artemus Kitten |
Kitten's Joy |
Chianti Red |
Dark Cove |
Medaglia d'Oro |
Crystal Cove |
Moreno |
Ghostzapper |
Danceinthesunlight |
Dance to Bristol |
Speightstown |
Dance to Dawn |
Greeley Awesome |
Mr. Greeley |
Dattts Awesome |
Bow Bells |
Giant's Causeway |
Marylebone |
Butterfly McQueen |
Curlin |
Distant Roar |
Wind Fire |
Distorted Humor |
A. P. Dream |
Fillies from the September Sale class of 2011 excelled on the race track.
Beholder, named champion two-year-old filly following her 2012 victory in the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, captured the Las Virgenes (G1) and Torrey Pines to date in 2013. The Henny Hughes filly was consigned by her breeder, Clarkland Farm, to the September Sale, where she was purchased for $180,000 by owner Spendthrift Farm (click here to see auction video).
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer paid $270,000 for Sweet Lulu, winner of the Test (G1) in August at Saratoga. A daughter of Mr. Greeley, Sweet Lulu was consigned to the September Sale by Gainesway, agent (click here to see auction video). On Wednesday, during the third session of the 2013 September Sale, a Tapit colt who is a half-brother to Sweet Lulu sold for $1.55 million.
In addition, the Sales section of Keeneland's website – www.keeneland.com/sales -- contains a wealth of useful information, including a catalog search feature:
A Media Kit about the sale, including statistical information and biographies of leading consignors and buyers, is available at:
The entire sale will be streamed live on www.keeneland.com. Highlights will appear on Keeneland's Facebook and Twitter page (hashtag #keesept).


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Italian authorities seized £25m from a Vatican bank account yesterday and opened an investigation into top officials of the bank in connection with a money laundering probe.
The Vatican said it was "perplexed and surprised" by the investigation.
Italian financial police seized the money as a precaution and prosecutors placed the Vatican bank's director general and its chairman under investigation for alleged mistakes linked to violations of Italy's anti-laundering laws, news reports said.
The is probe not the first time the bank - formally known as the Institute for Works of Religion - has faced trouble. In the 1980s, it was involved in a major scandal that resulted in a banker, dubbed "God's Banker" because of his close ties to the Vatican, being found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge in London.
The Vatican expressed full trust in the chairman of the bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, and his director-general, and said it had been working for some time to make its finances more transparent to comply with anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering regulations.
"The Holy see is perplexed and surprised by the initiatives of the Rome prosecutors, considering the data necessary is already available at the Bank of Italy," it said in a statement.
News reports circulated more than a year ago that Italian investigators were scrutinising millions of euros worth of Vatican bank transactions to see if they violated money laundering regulations.
Today police seized the money from a Vatican bank account at the Rome branch of Credito Artigiano Spa, according to news agencies ANSA and Apcom. The bulk of the money, was destined for JP Morgan in Frankfurt, with the remainder going to Banca del Fucino.
According to the reports, the Vatican bank had neglected to communicate to financial authorities where the money had come from. The reports stressed that Gotti Tedeschi wasn't being investigated for laundering money himself but for a series of alleged omissions in financial transactions.
Prosecutors declined requests seeking confirmation of the reports.
Gotti Tedeschi was named chairman of the bank a year ago after serving as the head of Italian operations for Spain's Banco Santander. A member of the conservative religious movement Opus Dei, Gotti Tedeschi frequently speaks out on the need for more morality in financing and is a very public cheerleader of Pope Benedict XVI's finance-minded encyclical "Charity in Truth."
News of the investigation came just after Benedict wrapped up a difficult trip to Britain and as the Vatican still reels from the fallout of the clergy sex abuse scandal.
The Vatican bank, located in a tower just inside the gates of Vatican City, isn't a typical bank. Its stated mission is to manage assets placed in its care that are destined for religious works or works of charity. But it also manages ATMs inside Vatican City and the pension system for the Vatican's thousands of employees.
The bank is not open to the public. Depositors are usually limited to Vatican employees, religious orders and people who transfer money for the pope's charities.
Its leadership is composed of five cardinals, one of whom is the Vatican's secretary of state. But the day-to-day operations are headed by Gotti Tedeschi and the bank's oversight council.
The Vatican bank was famously implicated in a scandal over the collapse of the Banco Ambrosiano in the 1980s in one of Italy's largest fraud cases.
Roberto Calvi, the head of Banco Ambrosiano, was found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge in London in 1982 in circumstances that still remain mysterious.
London investigators first ruled that Mr Calvi committed suicide, but his family pressed for further investigation. Eventually murder charges were filed against five defendants, including a major Mafia figure, and they were tried in Rome and acquitted in 2007.
Banco Ambrosiano collapsed following the disappearance of USD1.3 billion in loans the bank had made to several dummy companies in Latin America. The Vatican had provided letters of credit for the loans.
While denying any wrongdoing, the Vatican bank agreed to pay USD250 million to Ambrosiano's creditors.
Last year, a US appeals court dismissed a lawsuit against the Vatican bank filed by Holocaust survivors from Croatia, Ukraine and Yugoslavia who alleged it had accepted millions of dollars of their valuables stolen by Nazi sympathisers.
The court said the bank was immune from such a lawsuit under the 1976 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, which generally protects foreign countries from being sued in US courts.
In its statement Tuesday, the Vatican also said it was working to join the so-called "white list" of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which keeps tabs on financial openness on the exchange of tax information.
The OECD divides countries into three categories: those who comply with rules on sharing tax information (white list), those who say they will but have not acted yet (gray list), and nations which have not yet agreed to change banking secrecy practices (blacklist).
Currently the Vatican bank isn't on any OECD list.
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1987, 7-?? in Brevard County, Florida Skunk Ape Sighting
- Published: February 26, 2010
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Encounter Summary
Sighting ID: 32891
Sighting Zone: 3
Date: 1987, July
Time: around noon
Duration Of The Sighting: about 15 to 20 seconds
What the encounteree was feeling during the sighting: Just a little uneasy because I couldn't tell what it was
Location Details
Location Name: I-95 between Daytona and Melbourne
Location Description: It crossed the highway about a mile or less ahead of me. Very dark subject with a hunched over look to it. It crossed from woods in the median to woods on the west side of the highway.
Location County: Brevard
Location State: FL
Location Country: United States
Weather Conditions: very clear and sunny
Ground Condition: as far as I remember just your average summer day in Florida
Creature Information
Details regarding the creature's appearance:
Height: 6ft to 7ft
Hair Color: dark
Weight: 300 to 400 lbs
Eye Color: N/A
Speed: Slow Walk
What the creature was doing while being observed: walking from the median to the west side of the road. he walked very slow and there was no traffic he knew to wait but it didn't add up, where he was going or doing? strange?
The creature exhibited the following humanistic qualities: just the upright walk but it was very hunched not completly upright like we walk
The creature saw me and its reactions was: he looked down the road and then crossed. I don't think he looked at me but the truck I was driving.
Additional information about the creature: unable to tell I was going 65 or 70 mph at the time
Evidence Collected
I was unable to collect any evidence
Tracks In The Area:
There were no tracks in the area.
The creature emitted an odor: No
I noticed something unusual associated with the encounter: after passing the area I could not see the subject again, it just disappeared!
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2 Comments on "1987, 7-?? in Brevard County, Florida Skunk Ape Sighting"
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shoot me an email i saw some thing simailar and i want to double check my sources
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Automation Timing Issue.
Hi Everybody,
I'm having a 3rd Party EQ problem with the Pro-Q from FabFilter.
I automate the frequency of one of the bands to change on bar 5 beat 1, but when I play it back, the change occurs on bar 4 beat 4, which is a full beat early. I checked the automation I wrote in the clip and it is right to change on bar 5 beat 1, but the change that is happening is wrong. Do you guys have any idea what might be happening? The track is a moderate session with 10 to 12 tracks running around 500ms latency on a Mac Pro running Lion 10.7.1. The machine is about 3 years old.
I'm asking FabFilter too, but I'm asking here to see there is an answer to this issue on the Ableton side.
Any help help would be great.
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156 votes received2 votesYou can separate (Unlink) the envelope automation from the clip loop length, which means you could have an automation loop or 5 bars and a clip loop of 4. Check the status of the Linked/Unlinked button in the clip envelope window. Also you could just have your play cursor for the clip at bar 2 or something.
Of course this might just be obvious stuff but without knowing if you checked this it's hard to start working out the problem. I seriously doubt that there is some kind of fault it's more likely to be something you overlooked.
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1 vote received1 voteUnfortunately this is a known Problem with Live - innacurate automation timing dependent on your buffer size.
The only work around appears to be moving the automation deliberately late by an equivalent amount, using your ears until you're happy. So in your case, moving the breakpoint in question to the second beat, and then with luck it will kick in at the right place! A ridiculous situation really.
This is a real pain and lets hope that this gets sorted one day as it is a major problem for many using Live.4 years ago | 0 comments -
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2 votes received1 voteI'm still having this problem on Ableton Suite 9.1.6 :(
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It's been a while since I've posted one of these, so a brief recap: here in my home town, where the arts culture tends to run to the bland and the mainstream, there's a decent record and CD store here in town that offers many of their used CDs for $4. I like to browse through the stacks about every two weeks to see what I can find, and then I occasionally post here to brag about my discoveries.
The last few weeks have been quite fruitful:
Blur – Parklife – Along with Radiohead's OK Computer, probably the biggest and most important album to come out of England during the 1990s. It's also probably the most British album since the Kinks' hey day, offering slice-of-life lyrics and a tour of music styles from all over the Isle over the past 30 years. Blur's latest comes out in a few weeks, you'd be well served to pick up this one first to see what all the fuss is about.
ELO – Greatest Hits – What's wrong with a little ultra-violins every once in a while? I'm a sucker for big bold, Beatles-influenced power pop, and you can't get much more of any of those things than Jeff Lynne and Electric Light Orchestra's Greatest Hits. "Evil Woman", "Livin' Thing", "Can't Get It Out Of My Head", "Turn To Stone", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", among others.
The Showdown: The Sugarhill Gang Vs. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – "Rapper's Delight", "The Message", "White Lines (Don't Do It)". The cornerstones of Old School rap. I could do without the Ice T & Chuck D play-by-play in between tracks, but since they don't talk over the music, that nonsense is easily avoidable.
Glenn Gould – The Well-Tempered Clavier I – This seminal recording is a double disc, so it cost me $8. Money well spent.
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Andrea Merida vows to repay DPS after overspending her $5,000 budget by thousands
Andrea Merida, Denver Public Schools board member and Westword cover subject, has been making headlines once again. Education News Colorado was the first to report this week that Merida had overspent her $5,000 DPS-boardmember budget by more than $7,000. More than $4,000 of the $12,637 she spent from July 2010 to June 2011 was at restaurants, while at least another $2,400 was spent on travel.
Merida, never afraid to speak her mind, defended the expenses. "This is the cost of community engagement," she told Education News Colorado. Many of her expenses were noted as "constituent meetings," and Merida said she often has to meet her constituents at dinner time because that's when they're available.
She wasn't the only board member to overspend. Education News Colorado reported that board president Nate Easley and vice president Arturo Jimenez also overspent, though not by as much. Both men vowed to pay the district back for their excess expenditures.
And yesterday, Merida followed suit. From a post on her blog:
Just a quick note to tell you that I've decided to pay back what I overspent from our board allotment. I want to be very clear, however, that I did not personally benefit from any of the expenses. There is no personal enrichment here, only spending to outreach to you and to become a better board member.
The board president and I will go over what that amount actually is, since there's still a lot of confusion about what should be part of the allotment and what is "traditionally" covered as a function of our duties. Once we get the accounting straightened out, I will know what the amount is and will work to pay it back, however painful. It's only right.
The board president and I are also working together to put some policy in place. Nothing should be left to memory, and our procedures need to be put down on paper as we transition for the next board that will be elected in November. We still don't have a system to help members track what they're spending, and it's not fair to anyone (especially to you) to leave things so loose.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Anyone awake over there?
I am most disappointed.
Yes, he's an artist, yes, he has a garden and, oh! he has a B.L.O.G. where this story in the Times oh-ri-gi-na-ted.
I am getting quite over-excited. What is this? The last century?
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Maybe the funniest part is when I got an email from an editor (responsible for nursery dirt?). He wanted to know the name of the plant I am giving Adriana. Except the photographer took a ton of photos. I asked him to send me the one and I could ID. That never happened, they went with "perennials."
He asked why I was giving her a perennial and did it have something to do with the lead problem and if so, please explain.
I could see the caption: Gardener has to give perennials away because of lead in city dirt or gardener gives leaded perennials to unsuspecting gardener?! From one leaded gardener to another. Or what? I let him know she was fully aware of what she was getting.
Oy. Funny TimesWell, jeez, of course you were. It's either cluelessness - totally out of touch with how people are finding and looking for info these days; or sloppiness; or downright stinginess - "we'll take the info and turn it into a print story but we won't acknowledge where the story started?".
I think it's basically unprofessional and out of touch...
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phonetic spelling #2 - Section 3: Writing Activity
Franklin's Bad Day
Lesson 7 of 8
Objective: SWBAT write a narrative sentence in response to listening a story.
Warm up
Today I will engage my students in a discussion about having a bad day. We will discuss the character, settings and story details while reading the story. At the end of the lesson we will write an informational sentence about Franklin's Bad Day. It is important for us to begin to read a text and go back into the text to find information to write about. In upper grades my students will have to write informative papers after reading difficult texts. I am laying the foundation for informative writing with today's lesson.
"OH, man! I heard someone say they were having a BAD DAY. What does it mean to have a bad day? WOW, you have too many answers. Let me get my circle map out and we can brainstorm our ideas on it.
I go up and down the rows asking students what it means to them to have a bad day. When everyone has had a turn to give an answer. I touch each answer and ask if they agreed that it would make our day bad. We agreed that all the answers on the circle map would indeed make our day bad.
"It would be sad to have any of these things happen to us. It would be a bad day if they did happen. I have this new book about Franklin, it says he had a bad day. What do you think made his day bad? EWWWW, those are all bad. Let me read it to you and we can find out.
Reading the story
"I want to read to you; Franklin's Bad Day. I want you to listen to clues that will tell us he is having a bad day."
I begin to read and on the first page I ask,
"Hmmm, what word did you hear that tells us Franklin is having a bad day? "
Students give multiple responses.
" Listen as i read it again. OOOOOO, Franklin is grumpy. That doesn't sound like a good day does it? Do you get grumpy when something goes wrong? Me too!"
I continue reading the story and stop to ask the following questions at the appropriate page:
"Did Franklin eat his breakfast? Nope, he did not."
"Did Franklin want to play with Bear? No he didn't."
"Poor Franklin, he didn't even have fun sledding. "
"Who heard the clue that told why Franklin so sad, why did he have a bad day? Otter moved, You have good ears. How sad that his best friend moved away. So that is what made his day bad. I understand now."
" Who was listening and heard what his dad told him he could do? yes, he could write a letter to Otter. What a fun idea. Did Franklin write the letter? How did Franklin feel after he wrote the letter? Yes, he felt so much better."
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"Today we are going to write about Franklin. You are all good writers, I want you to think of a sentence you could write. We could quickly make up a few sentences."
I use my name sticks to choose students to help me think of sentences.
"Allen, what could we write about Franklin. Oh, that is a good sentence. Franklin was sad."
"Breanitzy, what will you write? Franklin had a bad day. That is another good sentence."
"James, what sentence could you write? Franklin wrote a letter. These are all good sentences. When you go back to your table, I want you to remember to sound out your words and I will help you do that."
I dismiss my students from the carpet and ask my class helpers to pass out the papers.
"Girls, please walk carefully to your cubbies and get your pencil boxes. Boys, please walk carefully to your cubbies and get your pencil boxes."
I walk around and help my students sound out their words. They are beginning to write phonetic spelling #2. When finished writing, my students sit on the carpet and read library books quietly.
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We gather on the carpet when all my students have finished with their writing. I call my students up to the front of the class by row. I found that my students feel more secure and confident when standing in front of the class surrounded by their peers. Each student is given the opportunity to read their sentence and show off their student work. We applaud and cheer after each reading.
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I found that you tube has videos about many stories I like to read to my students. Later in the day I like to show the video of the book that I read during my lesson. Because my students heard the story read by me, they already have a knowledge of the story events and some of the vocabulary. Watching the video reinforces the content and the vocabulary. I show the video at the end of the day when we are packed up and ready for dismissal.
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From disused oil rigs to living reefs: in pictures
Disused oil rigs have become home to millions of ocean creatures in the Gulf of Mexico, but hundreds of habitats could soon be wiped out under US rules. In this breath-taking photo feature we chart the death of an oil rig and the birth of vibrant new reefs, which environmental campaigners are fighting to save.
A sea of iron rigs sit idly in the Gulf of Mexico. With not a vessel floating by or an oil worker in sight, these platforms appear to be abandoned, but they are not alone.
Beneath the surface, schools of rockfish, garibaldi and angel fish swim between the risers that are themselves encrusted with coral, sponge, algae, sea urchins, crabs and snails. Like castles in an aquarium, disused platforms are sprawling with underwater residents. But, these creatures shouldn't make themselves too comfortable, for their habitats may soon be demolished.
Of the 650 idle relics in the Gulf of Mexico, around 158 are set to be removed in 2012, a process which will almost certainly wipe out a huge proportion of the marine population. Oil and gas companies have the option to avoid this situation by partially removing or towing their rigs in place under artificial reefs programmes offered across all coastal US areas.
So why are so many of these firms, and indeed policy makers, choosing to ignore this lifeline?
Controversial rig removal plans
Fish swim through risers at High Island 389-A around 100 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas. Courtesy of Andy Burlingham / Black Dog Divers
Thirty years after it was built and just months after it was abandoned, the High Island 389-A rig will be removed under plans put forward by the US Department of Interior. The department cites concerns about the potential for spills from this well, located within the 56-square mile Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
Critics may find it ironic then that this same department, led by Ken Salazar, wants to blast the High Island structure with explosives, killing thousands of fish and damaging delicate seafloor ecologies in the process.
Shell decommissioned Eugene Island 331A (pictured) and removed its steel jacket to create an artificial reef in 2009. Courtesy of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
According to not-for-profit corporation EcoRigs, the Gulf of Mexico will lose a third of its 3,600 offshore oil and gas platforms in the next five years, which will destroy an estimated 1,875 acres of coral reef habitat and seven billion invertebrates. But, several actions are underway to ensure that removal is just an option and that artificial reefing will become a more popular course of action.
Rigs-to-reefs methods
Explosive removals are estimated to kill 800 fish. Courtesy of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
An alternative to platform removal is to convert it into a reef through the Rigs-to-Reef (RTR) programme developed by the former Minerals Management Service, now the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).
Reefing involves one of three methods, including 'tow in place', where the structure is severed from the sea floor and moved into a state-approved location.
Many disused platforms in the GoM are home to Garibaldi fish. Courtesy of Bob Wohlers / Lovelab
Partial removal is also an option, which involves removing the top portion of the submerged platform and either placing it on to the sea floor or towing it to another site. The third option, 'toppling', involves explosives to sever the base of the structure below the mud line.
EcoRigs argues, however, that toppling an offshore platform over as an artificial reef does not prevent the mortality of most protected marine invertebrates.
Campaigns to save dormant oil rigs
These artificial reef balls were dropped around oil platforms in Lake Pontchartrain to promote fish growth. Courtesy of Nathan Arthur
In its 'Platform Removal Brief' issued in July 2011, EcoRigs urges the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) to consider alternate uses for retired platforms, such as sustainable fisheries and production of renewable ocean energy.
The organisation argues that evaluating these options could lead to platform preservation and avoid the destruction of the ecosystem and inhabitants.
The federal government is bound by environmental laws to protect coral reef organisms and reef communities. Courtesy of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
EcoRigs hopes to encourage the enactment of environmental laws to prevent the removal of disused oil rigs. These laws, which federal agencies are bound by to protect marine life, include the 1996 Sustainable Fisheries Act - an amendment to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act - which requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to protect essential fish habitats (EFH). The government is also obligated under the National Environmental Policy Act to consider the environmental impacts of removing and blasting dormant oil and gas platforms.
Essential fish habitats
Divers periodically stop at rigs which have turned into lush ecosystems. Courtesy of JamesForte / Lovelab
Currently, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is seeking to recognise offshore platforms in the area as EFHs, which will bring into play the Sustainable Fisheries Act. The governor of Texas Rick Perry, along with state fisheries managers and sport-fishing groups, has asked the Department of Interior to re-evaluate the current rules which give owners of nonproducing platforms one to five years to remove them, depending on where they are located.
They are seeking at least a delay in implementing outright removals and the amendment of the 2012 Farm Bill to help conserve marine wildlife residing on or around these structures.
If platforms are left in place, operators would accrue environmental compliance expenses, as they often scrape off thousands of marine invertebrates during routine maintenance. Courtesy of Andy Burlingham / Black Dog Divers
But, there are no assurances that any structure deemed as an EFH will be turned into an artificial reef, as the offshore operator who owns the structure must make the final decision. If the operator decides not to convert the rig, BOEMRE regulation must then dictate that the structure is removed.
Artificial reef programmes - cradle to grave liability
Platform owners are responsible for their rigs from construction to removal. Courtesy of Andy Burlingham / Black Dog Divers
So why do many oil and gas companies choose not to participate in Rigs-to-Reefs programmes? One would think that offshore operators would want to save on removal, transportation, salvage and recycle costs.
The problem is oil and gas regulations state that the original owner of the platform is liable for that structure until it is removed. This would mean owners would need to take care of day to day maintenance and any accidents and insurance if the platform is left in place.
Many marine creatures vanish after oil companies opt out of maintaining their dormant platforms. Courtesy of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
The main concern US federal agencies have with keeping dormant rigs in place is that the cost of environmental compliance associated with producing oil will increase. If EFH and NEPA environmental laws are applied to the oil and gas industry, operators would have to pay for compliance expenses when they perform routine maintenance.
According to EcoRigs, the "cradle to grave" liability issue is responsible for the destruction of thousands of acres of coral reef habitat and the mortality of billions of protected marine organisms.


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Natural Mosquito RepellentThere are natural alternatives to hash, chemical insect repellents made with DEET. Mosquitoes are attracted to the following items:
Natural insect repellents use the essential oils from plants as a base. Common plant oils include:
These plants can be used simply by crushing the leaves and stems and rubbing the oil on key areas like behind the ears and knees, inside the elbows and on the ankles. One of our favorite patio restaurants, hangs bags of crushed cloves around their patio all summer. It helps to keep both bees and mosquitoes away from the paying guests. If you apply mosquito repellent to your clothing, it will usually last longer, than directly on your skin. Check a small piece of clothing first to ensure the repellent doesn't stain. Here's a recipe from GreenPlanet: Easy Natural Insect Repellent - 1
Here are a couple more examples, using Catnip, from eHow: Easy Natural Insect Repellent - Catnip
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Operationalisation of Marginal Cost Pricing within Urban Transport
Charges and taxes for transport have traditionally had little connection to costs, instead being part of broader fiscal policies of raising revenue or directly promoting other goals, industrial, social and environmental. The gap between the costs and actual charges is particularly evident in urban road transport where current pricing mechanisms typically make little or no attempt to reflect concentrations of transport activity in time and space and hence of transport induced costs. Economic theory shows that, under the market approach, marginal cost pricing is a condition for economic efficiency. Still, a huge gap exists between the lessons of economic theory and the possibilities of current technology on one hand, and the achievements in implementing marginal cost pricing thus far in practice on the other. In relation to the broader socio-economic context of marginal social cost pricing, determined by various technological, institutional, legal and political constraints, this report highlights three important aspects or distinctions: the distinction between policy situations with different coverage, the distinction between first-best and second-best situations, and the need for policy packaging.
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We are 11 days from Christmas. Let me repeat that: THERE ARE ONLY 11 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS. Although I seem calm in this blog post, please know that I'm swearing like a teenager who's just been grounded. Yowsa.
If you are buying any gifts online, you'll need to get it ordered this week. If you do it next week, you'll panic and pay an exorbitant shipping charge to get it here on time and I love you too much to let that happen. So, if you were planning on sending a super-duper gift to a super-duper blogger, now's the time to do it. No pressure though.
Friday the 16th is 'Free Shipping Day'... there are over 2,000 retailers participating, offering free shipping with a delivery guarantee of December 24th or earlier. Some retailers participating are Bed, Bath & Beyond, Kohl's, Meijer, K-Mart, Old Navy and bunches more... check it out at Free Shipping, they've got the 'low-down' as the punk kids in my neighborhood call it.
If you do buy online, please make sure you're buying it at the right price... and CHECK FOR DISCOUNT CODES. Retail Me Not is a great site for finding coupon codes, they've got 'em all.
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So go then. Get your bargain shopping on... and remember that in all the hustle and bustle, the true meaning of Christmas should shine through: that some bloggers would love a new pair of gloves or a brand-new car. Whichever.
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We all, whether we're gay or straight, get hunches about our coworkers. And after working as an editor at Oprah Winfrey's O at Home magazine for a couple years, I had a certain feeling about editor-at-large Gayle King: that she was an incredibly open-minded and openhearted woman. Although many of the short conversations she and I shared before or after editorial meetings revolved around politics (Gayle sometimes e-mailed me YouTube clips of Barack Obama speeches to convey why she was such an ardent supporter of the then–presidential candidate), we never talked about gay issues. Still, I wasn't surprised to hear her come out in favor of marriage equality last week on her eponymous Sirius/XM radio show. I did, however, want to hear more about her support. And I thought talking to her about it might — if I had the nerve — give me a chance to ask her about those pesky rumors about her relationship with Oprah. So I gave her a call and, what do you know? She called back.
Gayle, it was great to hear you speak out so forcefully in support of gay marriage last week. It wasn't a surprise, though, of course.
Was it a surprise to anyone, really? I just find that it's hard to be tolerant of people who don't, in my opinion, get it. You know? It's just, to me, so wrong that this is even still an issue in 2010.
Did anybody disagree with what you said on the show?
Not to my face.
So nobody called to complain?
Oh, no, no, no! Because I make my opinions very clear on this issue. I've told the story many times about my daughter, Kirby, when she was in elementary school and Oprah had done the Ellen show [in 1997], where she played the therapist and got terrible, terrible mail about it. Like, How could you? And, The Bible says… So I was explaining to Kirby for the first time that some people think [being gay] is wrong but there really is nothing wrong with it. I was explaining boys and boys and girls and girls and it's all OK. And then she went to a friend's house, and the friend's mother was talking about Ellen and saying, "Oh, I just think it's disgusting!" And Kirby, who was in sixth grade, said, "I don't understand, because my mom says there's nothing wrong with it." This woman was mortified, wondering, What are you teaching your children? And I, on the other hand, was equally mortified and wondering, What are you teaching your children?
When Kirby came back and told me what had happened, I immediately said, "Kirby, she is wrong. Just think about it. Does it make any sense to you?" And Kirby said no, that it didn't make sense. But that woman was very angry.
You know, Jon, it's heartbreaking to me that someone would try to dictate who you can love and how you can love. It doesn't make any sense. You hear about all of these horrible stories about people who are in relationships and then, when the time comes and they lose their loved one, they have no rights. Or they have no rights when they're applying for a job or applying for health insurance — when they've been in longstanding partnerships. I don't know. I don't have the tolerance for intolerance. Not on that issue, I don't.
You talked on the show about being a little nervous about attending your first gay wedding [the September 2008 wedding between producer Scott Sanders and author Brad Lamm]. What about it made you nervous?
What's interesting is that when Scott asked me to do a reading at his wedding, I was like, Oh my God! My first gay wedding. What should I do? What should I wear? And you know what I found out, Jon? It's like any other wedding of people in love. You know? It's not any different. Nothing different happens. It's a celebration of two people in love.
And that wedding was in California?
Yeah, it was in Los Angeles at the Hotel Bel-Air. I was so excited.
But that was before Proposition 8.
Oh, yeah. It was before Prop. 8. It was when marriage was legal in California for a hot second.
What was your response to Prop. 8's passage?
Well, I was very surprised that it happened in California. You know, because I'm thinking that California's certainly more progressive than a lot of states. Then when Iowa [passed marriage equality], I thought, Come on, guys. If they can do it in Iowa… It was sort of one of those times where you go, What's wrong with the picture? So I think, let Iowa lead the way, as they did with the presidential election.
Prop. 8 is especially troubling when I think of how prominent the gay community is in California — the openly gay community. They're really individuals who make you say, "I want to be like them." I was really, really surprised and very disappointed. That threw me — the vote and that people were so vitriolic about it.
Have you been to any other same-sex weddings?
No, no one has invited me!
Two friends of mine — Mitchell Gold and Timothy Scofield — just got married in Iowa.
You know, I just read about their wedding inThe New York Times.Yeah, so they went to Iowa. I thought their story was very nice about how [Tim] had admired [Mitchell] for all those years, and then they got to meet each other. I thought it was a very nice story.
Speaking of great stories, I loved the interview you and Oprah gave in O, The Oprah Magazine in 2006, when you talked about rumors that the two of you were a gay couple. [In the interview Oprah said, "I understand why people think we're gay. There isn't a definition in our culture for this kind of bond between women. So I get why people have to label it — how can you be this close without being sexual? How else can you explain a level of intimacy where someone always loves you, always respects you, admires you?" Gayle said, "The truth is, if we were gay, we would so tell you."] Do people still ask you if you're gay?
Oh, yeah.
They ask me if you are too.
Really? Like I said before, I would so tell people if I was gay. I used to think that we needed to do something to respond to that rumor — because it's hard enough to get a date on a Saturday night. Now, I'm kind of insulted by it.… Not by the question but that people would think that I would deny it, because that implies there's something wrong with being gay. And I have never felt that for me or anybody else. I look forward to the day when people don't feel the necessity to hide who they are — or have the fear that people will not be accepting of who they are. It's 2010, and I personally can't wait until this is no longer an issue for anybody — gay or straight.


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by N2Jazz (8 posts) 13 years ago
I've been playing Runyon plastics for the past several years, but recently heard a few musicians playing on Ponzols, Sugals, and Guardala's. Is spending 3-400 bucks on a mouthpiece really going to make that big of an impact on my playing? Anyone else out there who has moved from plastic or hard rubber to metal with drastic results???
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