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How To Choose Photo Editing Software
Posted 06 December 2012 - 04:01 AM
1.Evaluate your current digital camera features and photo editing software capability. Some cameras perform many editing functions internally. Consult with your camera manual for instructions. Give your current photo editing software a decent trial, and determine which features you do and don't like so you know what to look for in an upgraded software package.
2.Set a budget for digital photo editing software. A low-budget will eliminate many digital image products but don't despair, good photo editing software is available even for those on a tight budget. Additionally, consider online auctions, online classifieds and reseller websites for savings. Look for "academic software" versions if you are a student.
3.Determine the purpose of your photos and how you intend to display them, including print, digital photo frame or on the Web. If this is the primary household camera it is important that a photo editing software contains fixes for red eye, basic adjustments (brightness, contrast and hue) and solid print adjustments.
4.Decide how much effort you wish to put into navigating the photo editing software. Generally, the more features the product has the more of a learning curve the software requires. If you like a mainstream product but find it too complicated, look for a scaled down version the company may offer or seek an alternative.
5.Don't pay for unneeded features but recognize those which are important to you. To better organize your photos, select photo editing software that offers a "media manager." Enjoy special effects? Stick with leading manufacturers to accommodate photo special effects packages known as plug-ins.
6.Take advantage of trial versions of photo editing software before you make a purchase. The more photo software products you try the better your level of satisfaction will be. While you may fall in love with one product, a similar one may be available at a reduced cost or with better features.
7.Don't overlook open-source or free photo editing software. For simple photo editing, free "online photo editors" may be sufficient.
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Posted 21 January 2013 - 04:04 PM
Of the commercial options, I personally like corel photopaint, but then I have been using corel products since I was 10, and I had a computer with a green screen, so it could just be brand loyalty.
I do have a an older version of photoshop somewhere, but I never took the time to learn how to use the programme, so....
I think at the end of the day, it comes down to how much you are willing to spend.
If you have a big budget, may as well go for photoshop. It is the industry leader after all.
If you have a moderate budget, corel photopaint or adobe photo elements are the way to go.
If you have no budget, then the Gimp.
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Posted 17 July 2013 - 07:38 AM
I agree sometime you buy expensive software and by the time you get the chance to figure it out a new version is out... I use Photoshop CS5 I think it is great but it did cost a fair bit . I did not mind it though because it relaxes me to work on photo editing. Keep in mind that Adobe provide 30 free trial .... also i suggest you check this link out great stuff on photo editing http://photodigitalt...toshop-tutorial
Posted 15 August 2013 - 02:39 AM
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Posted 15 April 2016 - 07:28 AM
Regarding best photo editing software depends on the budget. There are free software as well as paid ones also. However in order to edit photos and get good quality output it is better to use paid software like Photoshop or Lightroom . (You can try these as they have free trail period and then decide).
Posted 19 April 2017 - 01:59 PM
Adobe photoshop is the photo editor we've been using until now. You know what the funny thing is? I still couldn't master it because I'm not really using it too often. haha. But we've been using adobe photoshop since high school until college that adobe got updated many times.
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Pacific: Disaster simulation boosts readiness across three countries
OCHA and its humanitarian partners have completed a disaster simulation across Tonga, Samoa and Fiji – the first time that such an exercise has involved multiple countries in the Pacific. The exercise is part of continuing efforts to strengthen community-, country- and regional-level emergency response.
Held on 10 September 2013, the simulation was coordinated by OCHA, in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) New Zealand.
"The geographical size and distribution of nations in the Pacific means disasters can affect a number of countries at one time," said Sune Gudnitz, Head of the OCHA Regional Office for the Pacific. "The simulation was a good way of testing not only country responses, but a regional response through OCHA and the Pacific Humanitarian Team."
Simulation exercises are an important part of disaster preparedness and capacity-building. They provide an opportunity to practice disaster plans in a controlled environment, helping authorities and aid agencies identify ways of improving preparedness and response systems before a disaster occurs.
The scenario was based on actual events in 2009, when an 8.7-magnitude earthquake generated a tsunami that impacted both Tonga and Samoa. In both countries, National Emergency Operations Centres were activated and linked in with the Pacific Humanitarian Team (PHT) in Fiji.
Over 100 people took part in the simulation, including representatives from UN agencies, NGOs, local Red Cross Societies, governments, donors, schools and the community. Throughout the exercise, participants received more than 60 updates in the form of emails, phone calls, and even mock newspaper articles and radio broadcasts, helping to add a sense of realism to the exercise, and challenging participants to adapt new information to existing policies and procedures.
Country- and community-level preparedness
Robert Patton, from ADRA New Zealand, who coordinated the simulation exercise in Tonga, said the aim was to develop local disaster response capacity further.
"We wanted to facilitate simulations in the Pacific as it is (one of) the most disaster-prone regions in the world, and the most susceptible to sea level rises and severe weather due to climate change," Mr Patton explained.
Spread over two days, Tonga's simulation tested both community- and national-level response plans. Schools and residents from participating communities evacuated to designated sites and temporary shelters. Meanwhile the National Emergency Operations Centre in the capital, Nuku'alofa, communicated with community responders to coordinate and mobilize resources.
"Overall, it was a great success but there were a lot of lessons to take away, which is what simulations are all about," said Mr Patton. "For instance, one of the tsunami early warning sirens did not go off and the community was a bit disappointed about that. But we explained that it was a positive thing because now they can address the issue before a real disaster happens."
Improving regional coordination and decision-making
In Suva, Fiji's capital, over 20 representatives from humanitarian organizations took part in a cluster coordination meeting to connect with Samoa and Tonga and provide international support and assistance.
In a repeat of the situation in 2009, phone and Internet communication was limited, making it difficult to obtain verified information from the field. For the PHT, the challenges of obtaining information on impacts and needs, and making decisions within tight timeframes, made the scenario realistic.
"The simulation exercise provided lots of lessons on how clusters work together and communicate during a disaster," said Marc Overmars, who works with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and chairs the Pacific Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Cluster. "It also helped us understand the importance of prioritizing needs, and how cluster resources and personnel can best mobilize when responding to government requests for assistance."
Common lessons and capacity building
Mark Shapiro, from WFP's Readiness Initiative Project, a team which has designed and supported more than 10 simulation exercises globally in 2013, says there are always common lessons that emerge.
"Coordination, information management, communication, decision-making and maintaining situational awareness are common themes because things are changing so rapidly," he said. "This is why simulations are an effective tool for enhanced emergency preparedness and for strengthening relationships between humanitarian partners."
ADRA New Zealand, WFP and OCHA hope to conduct more simulations in the region and to build the capacity of Pacific Island governments to run their own exercises.
"Eventually, we hope to develop a resource bank of simulation materials that can be used by governments across the Pacific Islands to run their own exercises and to test their disaster risk reduction and preparedness plans," explained Mr Patton.

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Family: Accipitridae, Hawks and Eagles view all from this family
Description ADULT Has mainly dark blue-gray upperparts, barred orange-rufous underparts, and fluffy white vent feathers. Eye is reddish and legs are yellow. JUVENILE Has brown upperparts (note white streaks on mantle) and paler underparts with brown, blotchy rufous streaks that can create barred effect. Eye is yellow.
Dimensions Length: 10-14" (25-36 cm); Wngspn: 21" (53 cm)
Habitat Common and widespread, favoring wooded country in breeding season. Migrates south in fall, often wintering in more open terrain.
Observation Tips Soaring birds are easy to see in spring. Otherwise unobtrusive and encountered by chance.
Range Rocky Mountains, Florida, Plains, Texas, Eastern Canada, Western Canada, California, Great Lakes, Alaska, Northwest, New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southwest, Southeast
Voice Mostly silent, but agitated nesting birds utter kiew-kiew-kiew calls.
Discussion North America's smallest accipiter. Employs rapid, agile, low-level flight to catch small songbirds in surprise attacks. Similar plumage, but different proportions to larger Cooper's: in flight note Sharp-shinned's relatively short, broad, and rounded wings, shorter square-ended, barred tail and short neck. Soars with wings angled forward and active flight involves stiff-winged flapping action. Seen perched, note relatively small head, steep forehead and rather dainty bill. Sexes are similar, but female is larger than male.


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STARKVILLE – As the saying goes, perhaps Mississippi State's players are just too young to know any better.
Despite being mired in an eight-game losing streak – MSU's longest in 26 years – this team does not move and talk as one that's beaten down. For the Bulldogs (7-15, 2-8 SEC), there is no submission to the dire reality of their circumstances.
When they host Missouri tonight, there will be only six scholarship players available, as junior Jalen Steele continues to serve his suspension for a violation of team rules. He also missed Saturday's game at Florida, an 83-58 MSU loss.
Three of MSU's current starters are freshmen, and the others are junior college transfers. Their average age is 20 years old. But they seem to be a resilient group.
'keep fighting'
"Yeah, we're kind of frustrated, but we can just keep fighting through it. We can't let that stop us from competing and trying to win games," freshman Fred Thomas said.
"I wouldn't say sad or mad – we can't be that way. But if we want to win games, we've got to stay positive, just stay positive so we can win games."
First-year head coach Rick Ray likes the way his team is competing and fighting even when digging itself a big hole, as happened against Florida. Both physical and mental fatigue are taking a toll, yet they soldier on.
"I'm not really concerned about the state of our guys right now, because we've got good kids on our team, and they're trying to do things the right way," Ray said. "We've just got to try to find a way to forge ahead and hopefully get a victory some time here in the near future."
A win will be tough to come by against Missouri (17-6, 6-4), which is coming off a 98-79 drubbing of Ole Miss. But then, that game was in Columbia.
The Tigers are 0-5 on the road this season, and second-year coach Frank Haith hasn't been happy with his team's defense and shooting in those games. The combined records of those five teams is 82-31, so it's hard to say any of them are "bad" losses.
"I do think we've played better our last two road games, and we just didn't finish well," Haith said.
Bowers factor
Mizzou was without forward Laurence Bowers for two of those losses due to injury. He's been back four games and is still trying to round into form.
"I think his health is fine, it's just the timing and getting back in the flow of things," Haith said.
Missouri has something to play for, namely an NCAA tournament bid. For the Bulldogs, they must look within for all of their motivation.
Thomas said they're doing that.
"We just play with each other, and it's not a one-man team. We're just going to play together, play smart, play tougher than the other team."


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Stocks slumped around the world and traders sought out haven investments as concerns flared anew about the ability of Washington to reach a budget deal that would avoid the fiscal cliff.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 120.88 points, or 0.9%, to 13190.84, its biggest one-day point and percentage drop in more than a month. As investors looked for shelter, bond prices gained and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.754%.
Stocks have been on the rise in recent weeks amid expectations that, despite near-daily back-and-forth headlines about state of the budget talks, a deal ultimately will be forged before a bundle of tax increases and government spending cuts take effect at the beginning of January.
Even with Friday's decline, the major U.S. stock indexes managed to finish in the black for the week. The blue-chip Dow is up 1.3% in December and has tacked on 5.2% since mid-November. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell 13.54 points, or 0.9%, to 1430.15, while the Nasdaq Composite Index declined 29.38 points, or 1%, to 3021.01.
The December rally was tripped up Thursday evening as House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) scrapped a Republican-sponsored budget bill aimed at addressing the fiscal cliff. That bill had been positioned by House Republicans as an alternative to a deal being negotiated with President Barack Obama. Instead, its failure raised questions about the ability of the House to pass any plan that would be acceptable to both houses of Congress and the White House.
In addition, Mr. Boehner dismissed House members until after Christmas. That move was seen as making it likely that the negotiations would stretch right up to the end of the year.
Now, with just five trading sessions for stocks remaining in 2012, investors are bracing for more volatility.
"It looks like we're going over the cliff," said Gary Pollack, head of fixed-income trading at Deutsche Bank's private wealth-management unit. "Markets are very disappointed."
In overseas markets, the Stoxx Europe 600 slipped 0.3%, while Japan's Nikkei Stock Average declined 1%.
When news hit Thursday evening of the unexpected turn of events in the House, futures contracts that track the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell sharply. The Dow contracts, which generally don't see active trading outside of U.S. market hours, briefly dropped 299 points in just a matter of minutes. Once U.S. trading got under way Friday, the Dow fell as much as 189 points. But by day's end, stocks clawed back some of those losses.
In a news conference after the closing bell, President Obama said he was still committed to a comprehensive deal on spending cuts and taxes but would work on a smaller deal, aimed at extending tax cuts for 98% of taxpayers.
Providing some support to stocks is greater optimism about the strength of the U.S. economy. In addition, many on Wall Street argue that a deal actually may be easier to complete in 2013 once the automatic tax increases have been triggered.
At that point, they said, Congress could more quickly negotiate a deal.
"If we go over the fiscal cliff, tax rates will go up on everyone, and someone will quickly come up with a bill to cut taxes on 98% of the American public. Who's going to argue with that?" said Charles Lahr, New York-based managing director and global equity portfolio manager for Pacific Investment Management Co., a unit of Allianz SE.
While Mr. Lahr said that Thursday's failed vote greatly ramped up the chances that Congress finishes the year with no deal, he was "sanguine" in regards to that outcome. "At the end of the day, an agreement will be reached, though not necessarily in the timeline we want."
Mr. Lahr said his team would be ready over the new year to "pull the trigger" in the event that prices fall enough to make stocks attractive. "We always have a wish list of stocks that we like, but the price is always the issue," Mr. Lahr said. "We'll get volatility out of this, but I'm willing to take advantage of the volatility."
The political news largely overshadowed encouraging economic data that showed durable-goods orders in November handily beating expectations. Personal income and spending data also topped forecasts.
In corporate news, U.S.-listed shares of Research In Motion plunged $3.21, or 23%, to $10.91, after the BlackBerry maker reported unspecified changes to a key source of its revenue stream late Thursday. The company reported largely better-than-expected earnings, but Chief Executive Thorsten Heins said RIM's service-revenue model would change significantly next year.
Nike leapt 6.10, or 6.2%, to 105.10, after the sports-shoe company reported earnings that beat expectations, helped by strength in North America and Greater China sales.
Micron Technology slid 47 cents, or 6.9%, to 6.32, to lead S&P 500 decliners, after the semiconductor maker reported a fiscal first-quarter loss that was wider than expected and revenue that missed estimates.
–Cynthia Lin contributed to this article.
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Service for World AIDS Day set for Dec. 1
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The Office of Religious Life will hold an ecumenical service for World AIDS Day at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, in the University Chapel.
The service is open to the public.
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England 1951-56
Snow storm, Koscuisko
oil on canvas
signed lower left
101.6 (h) x 183.0 (w) cm
Private collection
© estate of Fred Williams
In January of 1975 Fred Williams and his family stayed with friends Ray and Diana Kidd in the snow country of the Kosciusko National Park, in New South Wales. He was entranced by the changing cloud formations and snow patterns in the region.
In Snow storm, Kosciusko, he explored the curved snow-capped horizon line in contrast to the straight horizons of his 1960s Upwey works. The height of the mountainous terrain is accentuated by the vertical composition. The shapes formed by patches of snow in the ranges fascinated Williams and he wrote of creating 'portraits' of them in a number of his works.
He experimented with a light palette in a number of his summer images of the snowy mountains. Here he captures small red blooms in bleached grasses exposed to extreme conditions, the gathering and billowing low clouds and crisp icy blue summer sky giving a feeling of this cool-climate environment.


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Norman J. Wood
MADISON - Norman J. Wood, age 73, passed away peacefully on April 16, 2013, at UW Hospital surrounded by his loving family.
Norm was born in East Troy, WI, on May 25, 1939, to LaMar and Mary (nee. Maier) Wood. He graduated from Oconomowoc High School, where he was a three-letter athlete and Prom King. While attending UW-Whitewater he met his future wife, Kathy Downing. After Norm graduated with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration he and Kathy were married July 31, 1965, in Watertown, WI.
Norm & Kathy moved to Peoria, IL, then Belleville, WI, before settling in Madison to raise their family.
Growing up, his father managed the Pabst Farms in Oconomowoc. As a result, Norm was already connected to the dairy industry in his youth. His first job was selling Baker's Infant formula in Peoria, IL. He then became a mortgage banker for Mercantile Bank. In 1969 the family returned to Wisconsin and he assumed the role of Plant Manager at Pabst Farms, Paoli.
In 1971 he was hired by Marschall Products Madison (which ultimately became Danisco), where he started in the labs and ascended to the role of National Account Executive in the Italian Cheese area. In this role, he was instrumental in the development of the "Italian Cheese Seminar," and garnered several industry awards. He also became known industry wide as "Mr. Italian Cheese" for his 34 years of service to the cheese industry.
Despite his business travel demands, he still found time to support his family's activities like band, dance, sports, scouting, and sleepovers; and was always on hand to supervise family construction projects.
Ever the businessman, Norm encouraged the family to start their own business ventures including; lawn mowing, paper routes, snow removal, and Kathy's tax preparation business.
Norm's passions included fishing, hunting, and bowling as well as watching Badger and Packer games. He and Kathy also loved to travel, whether by plane, train, ship, motorcycle, or convertible; one thing was sure, it usually included casino tours.
He was a founding and charter member of the Jaycees in Peoria, IL, and Belleville, WI; as well as a member of the Knights of Columbus.
With his endearing smile, soft spoken charm, and genuine interest in others, people were always drawn to Norm, who "never met a stranger." Norm's ability to make you feel loved and good about yourself is evident in the many people who became "adopted" members of the Wood clan.
He is survived by his loving wife of 47 years and siblings, David L. (Mary) of Wausau; Mary Diane (Hugh) Montagriff of Grand Junction, CO, and Kristine (Mike) Fitch of Phillips and their families. Additionally by in-laws, Barbara Fraser, Las Vegas, NV, and Pat Downing of Blanchardville.
He is further survived by his children and grandchildren, Amy (Michael) McCormick, Megan, Devin, Shannon & Declan, of Waunakee; Kevin (Lori) Wood, Lauren & Addison, of Middleton; David J. (Tonya) Wood & Ashley, of Madison; Derek (Dawn) Wood, Kyle, Lindsey & Brandon of Waunakee.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Sandra.
A visitation will be held on Monday April 22, 2013, from 4-7 p.m. at Cress Funeral Home, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison, WI.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 11 a.m. at St Maria Goretti, 5313 Flad Ave, Madison, WI, with visitation service one hour prior.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Norman & Kathleen Wood Scholarship Fund at UW-Whitewater or to a charity of your choice.


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Main institution:
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University (USA)
Other institution:
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (India)
Principal investigator:
Dr V. Narayan
Other investigators:
Dr M.Hennink; Dr V.Mohan; G.Pradeepa; M.B Weber; P Zhang
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May 1, 2008 - December 31, 2011
People from the Indian subcontinent are more likely to get diabetes even at younger ages. This project describes a randomized trial of culturally specific, community-based lifestyle intervention for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in men and women living in Chennai, India. Lifestyle interventions are programmed to seek to prevent diseases by promoting changes in health behaviors, improved diet, increased physical activity and weight loss. The results of this program will be used to make policy and public health recommendations, which will result in broader diabetes prevention efforts.
Results to date :
- 20th World Diabetes Congress, Montreal (Canada) October 2009
- Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (RSSDI), Ahmedabad (India), November 2009
- National Chronic Disease meeting, New Delhi (India), October 2009
- Emory Medical Grand Rounds, Atlanta (USA), March 2010
- 71th Scientific Sessions of the ADA, San Diego (USA), June 2010
- Latin American Summit on Diabetes, Salvadore (Brazil), July 2010
- Diabetes Conference, Mexico City (Mexico), September 2010,
- Consortium of University of Global Health, Seattle (USA), September 2010
- Emory Global Health Seminar, Atlanta (USA), September 2010
- Research Society for the Study of diabetes in India, November 2010
- International Latin American Associaton of Diabetes, Santiago (Chili), November 2010,
- DFID World Bank workshop, Shanghai (China), December 2010,
- World Diabetes Congress, Dubai (UAE), December 201
- World Congress for the prevention of diabetes and its complications, Madrid (Spain), November 2012
- Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India, Chennai (India), November 2012
- Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India, New Delhi (India), November 2013
- World Diabetes Congress, Melbourne (Australia), December 2013
- 76th Scientific Sessions of the ADA, Boston (USA), June 2015
- World Diabetes Congress, Vancouver (Canada), December 2015
- Express Buz, July, 2011 "Experts reccomend D-CLIP for diabetes"
- The Hindu, July 6, 2011 "Modifications in lifestyle show healthy results for diabetics: study"
- Decan Chronicle, July 6,2011 "Exercise keeps diabetes away"
- New Kerala, July 5, 2011 "Number of diabetics in India to touch 85 million by 2030"
- Emory Health News, July 25, 2011 "Exercise, changes in diet alter course for pre-diabetics
- " Evidence of reduced beta-cell function in Asian Indians with mild dysglycemia" Diabetes Care September 2013;36(9):2772-8.
"A model of translational research for diabetes prevention in low and middle–income countries: The Diabetes Community Lifestyle Improvement Program (D–CLIP) trial" Prim Care Diabetes 2012; 6(1): 3-9.
"Behavioral and psychosocial correlates of adiposity and healthy lifestyle in Asian Indians" Prime Care Diabetes 2015 Feb 26
"Recruitment Challenges in a Diabetes Prevention Trial in a Low- and Middle-Income Setting". Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2015;In Print.
"Exercise patterns and behaviour in Asian Indians: data from the baseline survey of the Diabetes Community Lifestyle Improvement Program (D-CLIP)" Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2015;107(1):77-84.
* Project completed in October 2011
BRIDGES (Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems) is a programme initiated by the International Diabetes Federation, and supported by an educational grant from Lilly Diabetes.


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Although locked in fierce competition for what seems like forever, God & the Devil meet weekly for coffee just to catch up with each other. they alternate locations & this week it's God's turn to host. The Devil was whistling a happy tune as he walked through the gates & wore a huge smile as he plopped down in the golden chair. As he poured a cup, God said "you look pretty pleased with yourself". "Yeah" said the Devil, "Things are looking up since I got that Engineer last week. He's put in escalators & flush toilets, & he even found a way to control the heat in those old furnaces. I've been meaning to Thank You for turning him away." God looked stunned, almost spilling his coffee. "You know you're not supposed to get any engineers," said God. "Peter was breaking in some new help at the gates last week, & they must have made a mistake. Just send him back & we'll straighten it out." But the Devil just chuckled & said, "No, I think I'll keep him. He was talking about looking into better ventilation this week. I can see why you keep them all to yourself".
"Send him back," demanded God. "No" smirked the Devil. God thundered, "Send him back, or....." "Or what?" the Devil asked. "Or I'll sue," finished God.
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Family: Corvidae, Crows, Magpies, Jays view all from this family
Description ADULT Has a pale gray-brown back, but otherwise mostly dark blue upperparts; note, however, the dark cheeks and eyeline and pale forecrown, extending back as faint supercilium. Throat is whitish and streaked, with discrete demarcation from otherwise grubby pinkish gray underparts. JUVENILE Similar, but dull gray on head, back, and wing coverts, with blue flight feathers and tail.
Dimensions Length: 11" (28 cm)
Endangered Status The Florida Scrub-Jay is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as threatened throughout its range in Florida. Like many other Florida wildlife species, the scrub-jay has declined as its habitat has succumbed to development. Remaining habitat has been fragmented and degraded, and existing populations are small and isolated. This makes them vulnerable to any change to their environment, as an entire population can be wiped out at once. In some areas the rate of mortality appears to exceed the rate at which the populations is reproducing. A long-term problem for this species could be rising sea levels caused by global warming, as their remaining habitat could easily become inundated.
Habitat Common and widespread resident of scrubby woodland and overgrown suburban lots. Has declined markedly due to habitat loss and degradation
Observation Tips Easy to see and often indifferent to people.
Range Florida
Voice Utters a harsh, nasal cheerp, cheerp, cheerpÖ and other chattering calls.
Similar Species Western Scrub-jay A. californica (L 11-12 in) is bluer on head but otherwise similar; a mainly western species, resident in Texas.
Discussion Florida endemic with slim body, long tail, and stout, but rather slender bill. An opportunistic feeder with an omnivorous diet that includes berries, fruits, insects, and the eggs and young of songbirds. Usually seen in family groups. Sexes are similar.


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In 1858, Amédée Edouard DOR, scion of an old Cognac family, embarked upon the unusual and painstaking task that was to occupy the whole of his life.
His passion was for Cognacs of noble distinction. With dogged determination, he hunted, selected and collected the finest Cognacs. After decades (70 years and more) of aging in Limousin oak casks, free from mixture or admixture, some of these venerable Cognacs from the Grande Champagne area-whence the best Cognacs come- where carefully decanted, once their aroma had reached its fullest ripeness, into wax-sealed demijohns, where they could be preserved and conserved intact.
Today, these glass vessels hold the precious nectar hostage there where they slumber in a secret cellar known as « Paradise », where nothing has changed since its creation, and where they proudly display their prestigious vintages.
The pride of the House, an incomparable heritage of vintage cognacs dating generally from before the time when the dreaded phylloxera struck in 1874, they have kept their precious contents intact for more than a century and a half, and justified the standard of the worldwide renown of A.E.DOR.
The great privileges of Cognac A.E.DOR : Sale at natural strenght and the vintage.
Natural evaporation - known as the «Angels' Share» - has occurred throughout this long ageing in oak casks, bringing the alcoholic strength of some of the Cognacs down - to as little as 30% for the oldest - while as the same time refining the aroma to leave only the quintessence of the finest scents.
These unique qualities have entitled A.E.DOR to a very special authorization from the French government.
In 1951, at the insistence of Monsieur DENIEUL, the founder's son-in law, A.E. DOR became the first firm authorized to sell Cognac at a strength of less than 40% alcohol
This exceptional exemption from the requirement of the 1946 Decree, which laid down the minimum alcoholic strength for any Cognac at 40%, is striking acclaim for the authenticity of the « Très Vieilles Grandes Champagnes ».
It rewards over a hundred years of dedicated service tradition.
A second privilege is that these batches of « Grande Champagne » Cognac, exceptional in the quality of their aroma, in their great age and in the fact their aging has been monitored with meticulous care, to bear their vintage year.
Alongside this policy of prestige, A.E. DOR is determined to keep abreast of the times- which is why the House have created a line of high quality products available to a wider clientèle.
Today, Jacques RIVIERE, follow in the steps of their forebears, marrying the age-old tradition for which the firm is justly famed with a knowledge of this rapidly developing market.
And so, with the same painstaking care, he selects and blends the finest eaux-de-vie that make up each one of his Cognacs.
AE DOR - Hors d'Age Extra n°9Excl. Tax: €1,155.00 Incl. Tax: €1,386.00
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Still updating my primary diary, though normally only one entry a month.
Since the last post here, I've taken over LinuxChix, started writing for O'Reilly, and worked for a while as a developer at a paying job.
I have my health back - at least mostly - and am generally happier. And I got a nifty-keen monitor for my birthday. :)


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We are lodging in a Tuscan Villa - single or double occupancy in the town of Pienza, the jewel of Tuscany
This small group tour will make you feel as if you were staying in a home of good friends. The all inclusive week includes visit to food artisans, Tuscan wineries, Cheese farm, Exploring picturesque towns and cooking family recipes.
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Binghamton University to host kids science camp
The Professional Development and Research (PDR) arm of Binghamton University's School of Education and Human Development, in partnership with the Vestal School Foundation and a number of community supporters, will offer a summer science camp for children in August. The Kids Explore! camp will offer an inquiry-based science experience for children in grades 1 to 8, providing hands-on activities for four age levels along specific scientific themes.
Students will work with Binghamton University faculty in the field and in the lab to explore scientific investigations. Each program will be taught by teaching teams, comprised of University staff, Vestal teachers, graduate assistants and high school interns. Areas that are new, or of special interest to students, will be investigated through hands-on simulations, demonstrations, lectures, discussion and/or individual or small group investigations.
Week one of the camp will be held Monday, August 11 through Friday, August 15. Programs will feature four areas of exploration. Grades 1 and 2 will focus on the planet of life; grades 3 and 4 will investigate body mysteries; grades 5 and 6 will explore imagination and invention; and grades 7 and 8 will focus on earthquakes and architecture.
Week two of the camp will be held Monday, August 18 through Friday, August 22. Programs to be offered include a body mysteries program for grades 1 and 2; bug-ology for grades 3 and 4; engineering exploration for grades 5 and 6; and micro-creatures for grades 7 and 8.
The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day with morning and afternoon science activities. Mid- and end-of-the-day recreational activities will take place outdoors and in University sports facilities. The cost per child per week is $195 and students can register for one or both weeks.
For more information, contact PDR at 607-7774447, via e-mail at pdr@binghamton or visit the camp website at http://sehd.binghamton.edu/pdr/summerprograms/index.htm


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Sweet and Spicy ShrimpKick up the flavor of grilled shrimp skewers with this sticky, sweet-n'-spicy guava glaze. Here, GOYA® Guava Paste is cooked with a dash of hot pepper flakes and herb-alicious GOYA® Sazonador Total to create a sweet, savory and spicy sauce that clings to the shrimp and infuses it with irresistible Caribbean flavor. The best part: These fruit-infused shrimp skewers grill in 5 minutes! So what are you waiting for?
Serves 4
Prep time: 15 min.
Total time: 30 min.
For the Guava Glaze:
4 oz. GOYA® Guava Paste, finely chopped (about ˝ cup)
Ľ tsp. GOYA® Adobo All-Purpose Seasoning with Pepper
Ľ tsp. hot pepper flakes
Ľ tsp. GOYA® ® Sazonador Total
For the Skewers:
1 lb. large frozen shrimp (16-20 pieces), thawed, peeled and patted dry
1 tbsp. GOYA® Minced Garlic, or 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
GOYA® Adobo All-Purpose Seasoning with Pepper
1 mango, sliced
1 tbsp. finely chopped fresh cilantro
|In small saucepan over medium-high heat, bring guava paste, ˝ cup water, Adobo, hot pepper flakes and Sazonador Total to boil. Boil, stirring occasionally until paste becomes thick glaze, about 8 minutes. Transfer glaze to bowl to cool. (Note: Guava glaze can be made up to 1 week in advance; keep covered in refrigerator).
|In medium bowl, mix together shrimp and garlic; season with Adobo. Thread shrimp onto 4 skewers. Thread mango slices onto 4 skewers. (Note: Pre-soak wooden skewers in water 30 minutes before grilling to prevent burning.)
|Heat grill to medium-high heat. Brush one side of skewers with reserved guava glaze. Place skewers (glazed side-down) on greased grill grates. Brush top side of skewers with glaze. Cook, brushing with glaze and turning occasionally, until shrimp are pink and opaque, and mango is charred and tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer skewers to platter; sprinkle with cilantro.
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If your shrimp spin around on the skewer when you try to flip them on the grill, the result could be unevenly-cooked crustacean and unnecessary frustration. Next time, make sure the shrimp stay put by using two skewers: Simply thread the shrimp with the first skewer and align a second alongside to form two parallel lines. Then, grill with ease.


text: On Friday, I was at the local TRU and they had a space cleared on the shelf and the tag underneath read "Republic Gunship/39.99". There were none on the shelf, so they might have already been sold, or the store was just getting ready to sell them. But, I've been busy & haven't been back there to check it out.


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Painless swelling of the feet and ankles is a common problem, especially among older people.
Abnormal buildup of fluid in the ankles, feet, and legs is called edema.
Swelling of the ankles - feet - legs; Ankle swelling; Foot swelling; Leg swelling; Edema - peripheral; Peripheral edema
Painless swelling may affect both legs and may include the calves or even the thighs. Because of the effect of gravity, swelling is particularly noticeable in the lower part of the body.
Foot, leg, and ankle swelling is common with the following situations:
Injury or surgery involving the leg, ankle, or foot can cause swelling. Swelling may also occur after pelvic surgery, especially for cancer.
Long airplane flights or car rides, as well as standing for long periods of time, often lead to some swelling in the feet and ankles.
Swelling may occur in women who take estrogen or during parts of the menstrual cycle. Most women have some swelling during pregnancy. More severe swelling during pregnancy may be a sign of preeclampsia (also called toxemia), a serious condition that includes high blood pressure and swelling.
Swollen legs may be a sign of
Certain medications may also cause your legs to swell:
Some tips that may help:
Never stop taking any medicines you think may be causing swelling without first talking to your doctor.
Call 911 if:
Call your doctor right away if:
Also call your doctor if self-care measures do not help or swelling gets worse.
Your doctor will take a medical history and do a thorough physical examination, paying special attention to your heart, lungs, abdomen, lymph nodes, legs, and feet.
Your doctor will ask questions like the following:
Diagnostic tests that may be done include the following:
The treatment will be aimed at the cause of the swelling. Diuretics may be prescribed to reduce the swelling, but they can have side effects. Home treatment for benign causes of leg swelling should be tried before drug therapy.
Goldman L. Approach to the patient with possible cardiovascular disease. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 83.
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This giveaway is now closed. The winner was #156 Terry Kessinger.
I'm very excited to introduce new sponsor LiMa Sews! LiMa Sews is a combination of Etsy Shop and long arm quilting services. I looked over some of their information on the long arm page, and their services sound very reasonable! Perhaps you have a quilt top that is ready to be long armed??
LiMa Sews is an Etsy store devoted to designer quilting fabrics and is operated by a wife/husband team of Linh and Mark. Linh gets to do the fun stuff like buying fabric collections and putting together daily orders, while Mark is responsible for the business side of the store, as well as the photography and graphic design.
Linh and Mark also offer a longarm quilting service. They are based in Portland, OR, but they have successfully helped quilters from across the country finish their quilt tops quickly and economically! You can find the store and information about the longarm quilting service at www.limasews.com, or follow Linh's blog at elvycrafts.blogspot.com.


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I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but the increased prevelence of the use of biometrics on drivers licenses, which most of us have, concerns me. A passive RFID chip could well be implanted in your DL along with the barcode and magstripe which are ever present. Do you have and use a discount card at a grocery store, or gas station? Ever wonder why the coupons they send you are for just the stuff you buy? Have you yet had a cop just swipe you license, and hand you a pre-printed ticket?
Have a store clerk ask you for your phone number, your email? Use a credit card, or a debit card? Even write a check? Got a costco membership? Post on RTF PP? Who are all the 'guests'? Log on to Google, Facebook? We chip our dogs...if they get lost they'll come home, right? We should chip your kids, too. If they're all shot to hell in the cafeteria, it'll help us identify them.
Someone posted a George Carlin video the other day. He's just a comedian, right? Right?
We're owned regards, JD
PS..and we walked right into it. "I saved $.05 on frozen strawberries today."


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Up in Alaska they think a little differently. But not incorrectly.
SCARPA T2s are warm after all … just not necessarily made for skydiving … exactly …
Here's a little shot we got from one of our dealers, Orion Mountain Sports up in Kodiak, AK, showing what they do with SCARPA telemark boots during the down season.
But, judging by the backdrop, arguably there's not a down season up north.
Maybe his skis are waiting for him below?


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Now known for certain that they're one of the hated and feared... Koreaboos.
Now known for certain that they're one of the hated and feared... Koreaboos.
Seen around a little bit. And is apparently a tiger that likes to cuddle with people. Without our knowledge.
Zait is the nemesis of Iced, hates neutrality, and gets mad when people don't know what his avatar is.
He also has an obsession with borders.
Made an avatar for someone in the "post an image of yourself"-thread, recently changed name and added me as a friend without ever really talking to me o:
Cave Cave Deus Videt
I know not a damn thing about the person above me, but I can only assume they are an asian werewolf from their forum name and avatar.
Never seen obdigore before Or paid enough attention to notice. You has no avatar how can i remember you!
Never seen you before, and unfortunately I know nothing about you. You do have an interesting avatar, and apparently you live in Australia (unless you're lying).
Seen you in G OT, don't really know much.
The friendliest and craziest (in a good way!) poster on here. From the land of the best shes often seen in Fun Stuff spreading happiness, she also carries a fork in her hat just in case she needs it.
He's a Swede?
And maybe a Viking, or a Spartan?
turskanaattori: Can't remember seeing ever before, the name makes me think he's Finnish.
I am the Kwisatz Haderach
Messiah, superbeing and male from Sweden who possesses absolute prescience, seeing all possible futures and thus being able to cause select threads of time to be realized through manipulation.
The all reliable Wikipedia told me this is a fact!
Perkele... I don't know you. But you seem to have an affinity for death and hell. I wouldn't mind being mauled to death for eternity by those cute devil kittens.
(Side note for administrators, is there a way to tell how many 'fun stuff' posts I have? I don't post anywhere else so I'd like to know where I stand.)


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Meat Fisherman Alive and Well
With the recent buyout of the last of the Greenland commercial salmon fisheries, Atlantic salmon flyfishers in North America have the dubious distinction of killing more Atlantic salmon than all other user groups COMBINED. As Jim Gourlay, former Editor of the Atlantic Salmon Journal recently stated, "the meat fisherman is alive and well."
It is still legal to kill Atlantic salmon of any size in Quebec, Labrador, and Newfoundland (depending upon the relative availability of one's personal stash of tags) and legal to kill grilse (1 Sea-Winter salmon) in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. In Quebec, the vast majority of angled salmon are killed. On the Matapedia, the river with the largest run on the Gaspe' Peninsula, over 90% of all salmon/grilse landed are killed (go to www.cgrmp.com and click under "Statistics, " if you don't believe me). Needless to say, if salmon anglers ask aboriginal peoples to reduce their quotas so that we in turn may have more fish to kill, they are quite right to doubt our motives.
I am informed by reliable sources that the St. Jean River on Quebec's Gaspe' Peninsula--a Catch & Release River the past several seasons--will in all likelihood return to a kill fishery for 2004. The run on the St. Jean now stands at 1,100 or so salmon, which is apparently too many fish for the Quebec Government. Other than our own, no salmon were released on the Bonaventure's three public sectors during our visit the last week of June; 9 salmon in the 12#-16# class were killed at "First East" Pool on Sector "D" in one day alone. Although there are not enough salmon in the Bonaventure River to meet spawning requirements, the bloodbath continues unabated. Local river management (ZEC Bonaventure) relies upon salmon that have not yet entered the river to adequately seed the river. Clearly, this is a case of counting one's chickens before they are hatched.
Only the imminent collapse of a fishery--the Petit Cascapedia, the St. Jean--seems capable of establishing a North American Catch & Release fishery for Atlantic salmon. Bass fishermen understand Catch & Release and Western trout fishermen have long understood its benefits. They are, perhaps, more evolved sportsmen than those who kill Atlantic salmon. On the Kola Peninsula, where the runs of Atlantic salmon are far healthier than those of Quebec's Gaspe' Peninsula, Catch & Release angling for Atlantic salmon is required under Russian law. Most disturbing is the failure to learn from mistakes made (the potential return of the St. Jean to a kill fishery) and the number of anglers who just "don't get it" (thumb through the logbook of killed salmon at the CGRMP office in Matapedia and look at the number of large salmon killed by well-known American anglers).
I spend less and less time on salmon rivers where anglers are allowed to kill adult, Multi-Sea Winter salmon (all Canadian Provinces permit the killing of grilse, or 1 Sea-Winter fish): I am increasingly unwilling to spend dollars in support of a kill fishery. Some will rejoice at the increased space on the river such a boycott, on a widespread scale, would create. I would suggest that these anglers are part of the problem and not part of the dilemma's ultimate resolution.
I understand your frustration about the politics of salmon in Quebec. Ultimately it is the Quebec Government which makes decions on catch and release for the rivers. The zecs and associations give their input but it is FAPAQ (Faune and Parcs Quebec) that imposes regulations.
The runs have been good this year on the York, Dartmouth, and St. Jean rivers and the extra catch and release periods on the york should make a difference in boosting the runs.
The best place to apply pressure for change is directly with the governement. I know that the ASF and many world governments are doing so.
It's sad to hear of the continuing slaughter of MSW fish in Quebec. There's a lot to be said in favor of the ZEC system, as one would think the ZEC would be a protective custodian of its river - it would seem that potential exists, but is far from the reality. Killing wild MSW fish in this day and age just doesn't make sense to me, and I really can't understand 'sportsmen' with any eye to the future participating in it, or supporting it.
One note on Newfoundland/Labrador. Where I fish (the West Coast, Northern Peninsula, and Southern Labrador), MSW salmon may not be retained at all, as is the case for all of insular Newfoundland. Season bag limit for MSW is 1 fish, but only in Zones 1 and 2, which is 'Labrador North and East', north of Mary's Harbour.
Early Catch and Release seasons exist on some rivers, and though still thought of as bizarre by some Newfoundlanders, seems to be gaining acceptance, and more residents are participating every year. Honestly, I wish more anglers would show up to support it (and help thwart the persistent poaching, that's a whole other story!), though it is great to have your pick of the choice pools day after day.
I think your attitude of spending less time ( and $$$!) on "Kill" water is a worthy approach, indeed the anglers participating ARE the problem. Just my opinion...
Topher, you bring to light a destructive practice and convincingly argue how to tackle it. I completely agree with you that the killing practice should stop and that we as the money bearing fishermen are going to have to be the ones to do something about it.
Something which I think needs to recognised as part of the problem is how rivers are managed:
The ZEC system is generally effective in management mostly through limitation of effort by imposing fees than anything else. However, what this does do is create a commodity (a salmon) for which people pay a lot and they want their money's worth so they kill. The game reserve system in Quebec is the same. You see them advertised with photos of fishermen with strings of large trout. I know some otherwise very intelligent fishermen here who find catch and release a very foreign idea. Contrast this with say Nova Scotia where many people are voluntarily practicing catch and release.
I praise the ZECs for limiting effort but I fear that their establishment has greatly retarded the potential for conservationist ideals to take hold in minds of most of the fishermen who use them, as salmon are just a commodity.
I hope that the example of a gentleman like yourself will plant that seed of conservation in some minds.
While Topher and I were waiting our turns in the rotation we observed a few fish hooked. I found myself truly rooting for the salmon to throw the hook or break off. Unfortunately is was to no avail as they were quickly dispatched.
When we were fishing Matapedia, and he was snoozing in the cabin , I went and fished one of the more popular pools. Shortly after I worked into the rotatation at the top an angler hooked a nice fish on a bomber in the holding spot just above the tail. That fish did not run down but took him upstream almost 40 yards where it dug in, made a couple of jumps, and surged back down- clean broke him off. I could not have been happier as it was very apparent that fish would have been netted and given the priest.
Watching the catch stats it is very obvious there are not many salmon being caught on the Matapedia- due mostly from a lack of fish and certainly from the water being to warm for successful fishing (or releasing for that fact).
It is not the Quebec government that needs convincing- it is the beliefs and attitudes of the resource users. The government will change the rules if that is what the people want. This was my first trip to the Gaspe where I was surrounded by kill fisherman and the mentality behind it. The tactics used by many of the anglers there remind me of the hatchery release holes on our western rivers with similar attitudes towards fishing in one anothers hip pockets and kill what you catch.
Maybe the kill attitude is a result from the resource being open to the public for such a short time since de-clubbing and the evolution of the sportsman is lagging as well. That is no excuse however, history is repeating itself through the same types of overharvest and natural resource extraction that brought wild anadromous fisheries to their current predicament throughout its natural range.
Quebec's Gaspe is quickly on the road towards the mess in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Maine. The sad thing is that it is probably preventable through limiting both aboriginal and sport harvest, completely stop the aquaculture growth, and practice the safest forest harvest possible.
Last edited by inland; 07-08-2003 at 03:27 PM.
I agree with all your points but one: I was not sleeping back at the cabin, merely resting my eyelids in an attempt to commune with the spirit of Richard Adams and conjure up some more fish.
You weren't the only ones C&Ring on the Bonnie :-)))
We did same on C &D sectors(mostly C )Kept one Grilse,which i do every year. The problem on the York and St Jean is also that the ZEC's management is of the catch AND kill variety and they WILL go back to killing fish as soon as returns pick up !!!!
Instead of boycotting a slow wering down of this mentality should work .We've made 3 converts over the past 3 years.Not a lot but every one counts IMHO
Myself I'll STILL fish with C & K folks because some of them are a pleasure to be with (besides a gentle nudge in the C& R direxction might work one day !
Ditto, Salar
I didn't kill any fish at all on the Bonnie, Petite or Grand for my 7 days on the river. As a matter of fact, I've never killed a fish in Quebec. I know that gorgeous sector D on the Bonnie. We had some great fishing there this year on dries. The shocking thing is that ZEC actually has a fish cleaning station at their trailer in that section. Even though I'll admit that I sometimes kill a grilse in NB I've always found it barbarous that Quebec still allows killing of MSW fish.
I have a friend that fished the Dee for the first time this year. For a few years (except for a very small section of the river) the Dee has become (I think, the only Scottish river) to adopt strictly C&R regs. And the fish numbers have responded spectacularly. But the culture still doesn't quite get it. I hope they do before the fish disappear.
I guess the best thing to do is express our concerns to the government and to support ASF effforts.
Thank you for your comments all.
For the first time, the York & Dartmouth rivers will be open to a kill fishery during the month of September. The combination of low water and a kill fishery is a deadly one, and removing salmon from the river a month before spawning sets a bad precedent.
I hear the return of the St. Jean to a kill fishery is a done deal.
Thank you for the update on Newfoundland/Labrador regulations: it's been a while since I fished up there and I clearly need to return!
Thank you for the post. I am a big fan of the ZEC system. However, the board members of the various ZECs that I have met generally like to tag their fish. I think it unlikely that they will change their spots in the near future. One can always hope.
Salar-1 and WRKE,
Keep up the good work. Now if we can only communicate our intent to practice Catch & Release to the salmon themselves, perhaps they would come more readily to our flies!
Very Interesting....
Interesting topic......
They have just counted the Dartmouth River and wow!! over 750 fish are now "alive and well".
It is unfortunate that they will open this 15th of July to permit anglers to "K" fish. (keep?, kill? Knock out? whatever....).
Water levels are presently low ...so we all know what that means, right????
Adding September to"K" bothers me too....
As for, what can we do about this??!! I am still trying to figure out who to talk to and what to do........ They "Ball" is thrown from one organization to another....meanwhile, guess what happening on the rivers??!!!
Thanks for leaving your catches behind!!
Topher, I cannot believe you slept in on a fishing day?????
Photo: Sector 2 St-Jean (Monday evening..) on it's way to Pavilion waters!!!! And he's gonna make it!!!!
It will do absolutely NO good talking to anyone until the executive of certain ZECs and the FQSA are booted out or elected out of office. You and I know full well who theses people are.Until then C &K will reign supreme
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And why had those Southern states left the Union?
At the end of the day the emancipation proclamation was issued by the executive branch of the government. That might give you a clue as to how Lincoln felt on the issue. Do you think that he would have drug the country into war if it weren't something as serious as slavery?
The IMMEDIATE and ACTUAL cause of the war was the North invading and not allowing the South to legally secede.
In case people forget...again...SLAVERY as an actual institution was ending anyway.
quote:I believe that's what Jed Clampett used to call it. Or was it Granny Clampett?
That's why it is call the "War of Northern Aggression"
Leaving Union legally and peacefully, for WHATEVER reason, does not equal war.
Freed Blacks were around 8 times more likely to own slaves than whites.
Money and power
South Carolina fired on Fort Sumpter not because of slavery, but to run the Federals out of their state.
South Carolina felt the federal govt. was bound and determined to take away their rights as a state, one of them being slavery.
We affirm that these ends for which this Government was instituted have been defeated, and the Government itself has been made destructive of them by the action of the non-slaveholding States. Those States have assume the right of deciding upon the propriety of our domestic institutions; and have denied the rights of property established in fifteen of the States and recognized by the Constitution; they have denounced as sinful the institution of slavery; they have permitted open establishment among them of societies, whose avowed object is to disturb the peace and to eloign the property of the citizens of other States. They have encouraged and assisted thousands of our slaves to leave their homes; and those who remain, have been incited by emissaries, books and pictures to servile insurrection.
For twenty-five years this agitation has been steadily increasing, until it has now secured to its aid the power of the common Government. Observing the *forms* [emphasis in the original] of the Constitution, a sectional party has found within that Article establishing the Executive Department, the means of subverting the Constitution itself. A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all the States north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of President of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery. He is to be entrusted with the administration of the common Government, because he has declared that that "Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free," and that the public mind must rest in the belief that slavery is in the course of ultimate extinction.
This sectional combination for the submersion of the Constitution, has been aided in some of the States by elevating to citizenship, persons who, by the supreme law of the land, are incapable of becoming citizens; and their votes have been used to inaugurate a new policy, hostile to the South, and destructive of its beliefs and safety.
On the 4th day of March next, this party will take possession of the Government. It has announced that the South shall be excluded from the common territory, that the judicial tribunals shall be made sectional, and that a war must be waged against slavery until it shall cease throughout the United States. (bolding is mine)
The guaranties of the Constitution will then no longer exist; the equal rights of the States will be lost. The slaveholding States will no longer have the power of self-government, or self-protection, and the Federal Government will have become their enemy.
Sectional interest and animosity will deepen the irritation, and all hope of remedy is rendered vain, by the fact that public opinion at the North has invested a great political error with the sanction of more erroneous religious belief.
We, therefore, the People of South Carolina, by our delegates in Convention assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, have solemnly declared that the Union heretofore existing between this State and the other States of North America, is dissolved, and that the State of South Carolina has resumed her position among the nations of the world, as a separate and independent State; with full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
South Carolina fired on Fort Sumpter not because of slavery, but to run the Federals out of their state.
The Federals weren't there to abolish slavery, they were there because the Federal Govt. still considered SC as a state in the union.
They even self-identify as "the slave-holding states". These states clearly believed the institution of slavery to be central to their cause. It's why they kept harping on it.
The ISSUE was the constitution as written and interpreted at the time was being ignored by the Federal Government run by the Northern States, thus destroying the Southern economy. I love how "slavery" is mentioned a few times and the "constitution" is referred to numerous times...yet the Civil War was not based on a constitutional disagreement? Read your own quote.
A Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union
In the momentous step, which our State has taken of dissolving its connection with the government of which we so long formed a part, it is but just that we should declare the prominent reasons which have induced our course.
Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery - the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product, which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun. These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization. That blow has been long aimed at the institution, and was at the point of reaching its consummation. There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union, whose principles had been subverted to work out our ruin.
Apparently Mississippi seemed to think it was all about slavery.
I love how "slavery" is mentioned a few times and the "constitution" is referred to numerous times...yet the Civil War was not based on a constitutional disagreement? Read your own quote.
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Kerger, who has been at the helm of PBS since 2006, told the Chamber that they actually have a lot in common with PBS in their shared missions for opportunity, serving communities and the exchange of ideas.
"Although the means of connecting with our audience has changed over the years, we remain focused on using media to fulfill our public service mission to help everyone, of every age, from every walk of life reach their full potential," said Kerger. "Across every platform we're providing new resources for children to learn and give all American access to the dramas, documentaries, history, news and public affairs and arts programming that expand horizons and open up new vistas."
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Beyond the traditional broadcast, PBS and member stations have more opportunity to connect with viewers than ever before through social media, the web and mobile content.
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PBS launched the Fall Arts Festival in 2011, which brought spectacular performances to the millions of Americans that tuned in. KCPT will be one of the presenting stations for the upcoming Summer Arts Festival with "Homecoming: The Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato," which will air nationally on July 20th.
"[Homecoming] is a spectacular piece not only because it focuses on great art, but it is also a spectacular piece because it shows what a community can do when it dreams big," said Kerger. "And that is the inspirational message that I am so proud that you're going to bring from Kansas City to every home across this country."
In addition to touting PBS' commitment to the arts, Kerger said that PBS' highest calling is its kids programming.
"No other media company creates this kind of quality kids programming that treats kids as kids and not as mini-consumers," said Kerger. "We have received more Emmys for children's programming than all other cable and television networks combined."
Outlining PBS' community engagement strategies, Kerger focused heavily its resources for teachers. In 2011, PBS and its member stations launched PBS LearningMedia, which helps teachers and homeschoolers bring technology into the classroom with thousands of free videos and interactive resources available online. In addition PBS is partnering with NASA, the National Archives and the Library of Congress to incorporate their educational resources and make them easily available to teachers.
Kerger concluded her presentation saying that not only does she believe public television will continue to serve its original mission well into the future, but it will also expand its services.
"Our work cannot be replaced or replicated by commercial outlet because we exist to serve the people and not to sell to them. Our bottom line is the number of lives we touch," said Kerger. "Of all the stations out there we are the only ones charged with this honorable mission and we are the only ones who can put the people's airwaves to the service of the people."
An interview with Paula Kerger and KCPT's President and CEO Kliff Kuehl will air on The Local Show on May 10 at 7:30pm.