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Michigan State University College of Law welcomes legal professionals, students, entrepreneurs, scholars, and technology experts from around the globe to examine the future of technology in legal practice. ReInvent Law Silicon Valley will be held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, on March 8, 2013.
The event is one in a series of conferences hosted by Michigan State Law devoted to technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the legal services industry. Attendees will discuss a wide range of topics, including new markets for legal services, new roles for technology, advances online and in the cloud, new media and new spaces, law and technology meets big data, and the challenges for innovation in law and technology.
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Marv, I try to refrain from calling names in reference to those on our forum ... after all, all here are smart enough to love retrievers I feel less restraint in name-calling WRT to someone who can't tell the difference between "violent behavior" and nibbling a pop tart. If the teacher had never mentioned the gun thing, none of the kids in the room might have thought of even the word "gun" that day! Paranoid much?
Pete, I think some of these teachers and administrators are already the product of thought manipulation, and they no longer realize that they have been manipulated into their thinking patterns. They have become "the useful idiots". Unfortunately, it may be too late to make a difference with them ... but it may not be too late to change the manipulatory methods that will do the same to the children now growing up. We may be able to prevent producing more of the same. Maybe. There is some hope that even the kids as young as these, can see the silliness of this kind of over-reaction?
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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"To become competent in governing others, we must first learn to govern ourselves"
Waite Phillips
Wife is dealing with final stages of cancer with her father now and he has to be in an assisted living environment due to mobility issues. That Monday we took him to his new home I told her it would never be me, bottle of 46 and my trusty S&W before that place for me. Right or wrong, that's my preference.
"Do more than is required of you"
General George S. Patton
We neglect our elderly...plain and simple. No different than a child using their parents and then forgetting them when they are in need after they made sacrifices for them.
Liberals or progressives push for more help for the elderly, out of a guilty consession or what ever, but the facts are they do.
Conservatives argue that they should have saved for the rainy day or they kids should take care of them....there is truth in that, but it still does not change the fact that many elderly are in need and that if we can we should help them...and my position on the subject is if we can fight dumb wars and rebuild foriegn countries and cut taxes for the folks that don't need tax cuts we can take care of our elderly....that simple.
As for as the arguement on guns...I hate to say I told you so...but the position of the right will cost us our guns in the end...we need a plan and the NRA's plan is not going to win the day....wake up and realize children are dying at the hand of guns and we will lose our rights to them because of it...I hope that I don't get to tell you I told you so...my track record is good at being right..whether you like it or not.
I know of NO ONE that wants the elderly to starve or die, other than progressives.
(read Gerry's ongonig updates of the boondoggle known as OBama care)
I know many conservatives appalled that the Govt funds studies on obesity in lesbians at the tune of $1.5 million.You blame conservatives for the progressives ongoing incremental efforts to disarm the citizenry (for over 40 years)?
Feds Spend $1.5 million to Study Obese Lesbians
Mar 12, 2013
By Todd Starnes
The National Institutes of Health awarded a Boston hospital more than $1.5 million to figure out why nearly three-quarters of lesbians are overweight — calling the disparities a significant public health issue.
"It is now well-established that women of minority sexual orientation are disproportionately affected by the obesity epidemic, with nearly three-quarters of adult lesbians overweight or obese, compared to half of heterosexual women," according to a description of the grant.
The taxpayer money was awarded to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston to study the relationship between sexual orientation and obesity. The project is overseen by S. Bryn Austin.
The grant was awarded through the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The hospital received a 2011 grant worth $778,622 and a 2012 grant worth $778,622.
According to the NIH grant, the project's end date is in 2016.
NIH Spokesman Robert Bock told Fox News future grant payments could be impacted by sequestration.
"It is not possible to say how this or any other NIH grant will be affected in the long term beyond the 90 percent funding levels already in place," he said in a written statement.
"Obesity is one of the most critical public health issues affecting the U.S. today," the grant states. "Racial and socioeconomic disparities in obesity are receiving increasing attention; however, one area of disparities that is only beginning to be recognized is the striking interplay of gender and sexual orientation."
The hospital noted that heterosexual males have nearly double the risk of obesity compared to gay males.
"Our study has high potential for public health impact not only for sexual minorities but also for heterosexuals," the grant states.
"These disparities are of high public-health significance," the hospital states in its grant.
Bock said obesity is a major public health problem in the United States and said the NIH had undertaken major research to understand the causes.
"The study on obesity and sexual orientation aims to understand why specific populations are disproportionately affected by obesity and how best to inform prevention and treatment strategies aimed at these populations," he said.
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said it is disturbing that tax dollars are being used to fund the study.
"When you look at a nation that's $17 trillion in debt – there's a reason. It's because we do frivolous studies that serve no benefit other than to give a special interest group something to talk about," he told Fox News. "Why are we issuing grants to study things that have no affect on the well-being of the nation as a whole?"
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Menmon, so conservatives want the elderly to starve and conservative's stance will cost us our 2nd Amendment rights! Are you serious? I would be willing to bet you a boatload of money that conservatives give more to charities (including the elderly and disadvantaged individuals) than the majority of the left thinking people out there. If you doubt that just look at the paltry contributions the liberal leaders give each year based on their tax returns. Additionally, all of the "big money" entertainers, etc. that are willing to put on concerts, shows, etc. but seldom seem to give actual money for a cause. If they were so concerned with the elderly then put up the money or shut up!!!!!!!!!!! You come up with some of the most asinine points of view on RTF and it's scary that people (brainwashed sheeple) agree with you.
I have a little surprise...many conservatives without the passion for guns that you have want change....right or wrong it will happen....just remember Romneys camp on election night was old white folks and he lost.
Gun owners will lose too if the tired position on them continues and children keep dying.


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Part of the series "Ten Lessons Since the 9/11 Attacks," in which CFR fellows identify the top threats and responses going forward. Read more in the series.
September 11 was not as big a surprise as people think. It shocked everyone but terrorism analysts, who had warned that something so disastrous could well happen. Before 2001, experts warned of plots and options that groups like al-Qaeda were entertaining, including strikes more destructive than those on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, possibly with weapons of mass destruction. In response to intercepted communications in summer 2001, U.S. intelligence frantically sounded the alarm inside the government that a major terrorist attack was coming somewhere, soon.
Epochal surprise and shock despite ample warning can easily happen again. Because people hear of all sorts of conceivable dangers, experts' warnings barely register unless they predict exactly what, when, and where the disaster will be, which even the best intelligence can rarely do. Most people "know" in the abstract that catastrophe may come, but they don't feel it in a way that affects their plans or behavior until something happens. This normal psychological limitation affects government officials as much as anyone.
At the top, government is always overloaded with potential threats and cannot focus on all of them. Indeed, before September 11, the Bush administration deflected demands from Clinton holdovers to focus more on terrorism and downgraded the status of the counterterrorism specialist on the National Security Council staff. China, Iraq, and other problems seemed more pressing. Earlier recommendations by the Gore Commission to beef up airline security were blocked because of anticipated costs and resistance from travelers. Recommendations reported a year before September 11 from the National Commission on Terrorism (of which I was a member) languished for similar reasons: Until the actual disaster, the costs were certain, the benefits hypothetical. These judgments about priorities turned out to be wrong, but not obviously so until after the fact.
Still, the radical shift in priorities after September 11 reduced the risk of another attack on a comparable scale. Huge investments in precautions do have a payoff. Whole new organizations such as the Department of Homeland Security and the National Counterterrorism Center were created (and old ones such as the FBI, harbor police, and Coast Guard were beefed up) for collecting intelligence, conducting surveillance, inspecting cargoes, checking personnel, correlating information, and other activities to constrict opportunities for infiltrating or plotting by terrorists.
It is much harder now for al-Qaeda to mobilize and apply resources effectively for a dramatic strike inside the United States. Yet before 9/11, few would have estimated al-Qaeda's capacity to infiltrate numerous hijackers, train them in our own flight schools, and commandeer four aircraft simultaneously. The odds of al-Qaeda getting nuclear weapons from Pakistan's stockpile in the course of a revolution or radical coup there are low, but not negligible. In principle, Americans are ready for such threats, but in practice they're likely to find themselves as unready for their impact as were in September 2001. We should focus as much on measures for resilience and coping as on prevention.


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Protista has been called a "garbage" grouping. Historically, this is because "Protista" is where all organisms were placed which didn't fit into other categories. If an organism wasn't quite a plant, it was a protist. If an organism wasn't quite an animal, it was a protist. A very pragmatic solution to the intriguing problem of how living organisms relate to each other. But while science may create categories like this out of necessity, that doesn't mean the issue is closed. Advances in molecular biology have made it possible to look at these creatures at a new level, a genetic level, and with this increased insight, relationships within the group protista and between the protista and other groups are gaining clarity. What does this all mean? Within the coming decades protista will be split into new groups so that the groupings reflect shared characteristics between organisms, rather than a lack of characteristics with other organisms. So why study protista? Well, the organisms exist even if we don't fully understand their relationships to other organisms, and they certainly have something to teach us about the diversity and nature of life.
Now that you have a sense of the beauty and diversity of these organisms, find out more about the question of where scientists believe the Eukarya and the Protista came from.
So there you have some information on the endosymbiotic theory. But how often did this occur? Well, that is something scientists still argue over, but stay tuned. Thanks to molecular biology, the answer to that question may not be far off.
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- What effect did the accumulation of oxygen (O2) have on the organisms living on Earth? How is it believed they responded?
- What benefit could an anaerobic bacteria gain by engulfing an aerobic bacteria? What would the oxygen (O2) levels of the habitat where this occurred have to be for this to be a viable explanation?
- Which organelle do you think first arose, the chloroplast or the mitochondria? Think carefully and give specific examples to defend your choice?
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- http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v8/n10/fig_tab/nrmicro2426_F1.html
- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/index/protista.html
- http://archives.microbeworld.org/microbes/protista/
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The second edition of SportAccord World Mind Sport will take place from 12-19 December 2012 in Beijing, China. In relation to this event, the SportAccord World Mind Games online tournament will be held from 16th September to 26th October, cooperation with the Pandanet.
The winner of the online tournament will be invited to the second edition of the World Mind Games in Beijing, and will be awarded by a commemorative medal and diploma during the SAWMG official banquet. Flight, accommodation and invitations to attend the whole event is supported by SportAccord. Participation fee is free of charge.
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- Sept. 7: Vail Mountain 3, Soroco 0
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Oak Creek Soroco volleyball coach Kim Reeves has confidence, and she said her task this week is injecting that into her team.
The Rams lost again Saturday, falling in four sets to North Park. That put the team's season record at 2-13. They were good at times Saturday, particularly in second set, which they won, 25-16. North Park won the other three, 25-20, 25-11 and 25-12.
It wasn't the tuneup Reeves wanted, but she said that despite the rocky season and entering as the bottom seed, her team could surprise some people at the district tournament.
"Definitely," she said. "We need to work on how to be mentally tough, and the girls need to believe they can do it."
The Rams again Saturday ran through a few of the problems they'll need to eliminate if they're to turn heads at that round-robin tournament. The most glaring was a lack of communication and confidence, most evident in the last two sets. Soroco was at its best to win the second, but the Wildcats roared back to take the final two without the Rams offering much competition.
Senior Josie Rosie said North Park attacked with a unique offense that wasn't as dependent on big hits.
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Soroco caused plenty of its own problems, often thanks to that lack of communication. On several occasions players ran into one another or tried to hit the same ball.
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A screening of "The Situation," a dramatization of the war in Iraq, is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, followed by a panel discussion featuring Princeton faculty members. The film is directed by Philip Haas, who is teaching screenwriting and documentary filmmaking at Princeton this spring.
The screening and discussion will be held at the Montgomery Cinemas, 1325 Route 206, in Skillman. They are sponsored by the University Center for the Creative and Performing Arts.
"The Situation," the first U.S. feature film to deal with the occupation of Iraq, stars Connie Nielsen, Damian Lewis and Mido Hamada in a dramatization of the human stories behind the headlines of the war.
The panel discussion will be moderated by P. Adams Sitney, a film historian and professor of visual arts. It will include two Princeton faculty members, bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C.K. Williams, along with Pulitzer-winning journalist and longtime foreign correspondent Chris Hedges.
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Binghamton University's evolutionary studies program to offer humanities workshop
Binghamton University's evolutionary studies program (EvoS) will host a workshop titled "The Humanities and Evolution" from 2 - 5:30 p.m. Friday, September 24, in room 258 of the Fine Arts building on the campus.
Art, music, narrative, religion, and other subjects collectively referred to as the humanities are at the center of what it means to be human, existing in all cultures as far back as history can be traced and evolutionary theory offers a powerful conceptual framework for studying these subjects. The workshop will feature two pioneers in the study of art from an evolutionary perspective: Ellen Dissanayake and Kathryn Coe.
Dissanayake has received widespread recognition for her books What is Art For? (1988), Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes from and Why (1992), and Art and Intimacy: How the Arts Began (2000). Her books draw upon years of living and working in countries such as Sri Lanka, Nigeria, India, Madagascar, and Papua New Guinea, and offer an insight into her distinguished academic career. She will address foundational issues in her talk titled "The Deep Structure of the Arts."
Coe's book The Ancestress Hypothesis: Visual Art as Adaptation (2003) is based on her experiences living and working with the indigenous people of South America to preserve their art and culture. The book also covers her association with the Heard Museum of Primitive Art and Anthropology, and her doctoral research in cultural anthropology and evolutionary biology. She will present a specific hypothesis about the role of visual art in cultural processes in her talk titled "Evolution and visual art: are the terms compatible?"
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|Ninth Season
Brian Baise enters his ninth season as head coach of the Harvard men's volleyball team in 2017. Over eight seasons, he has ushered in an era of unprecedented success for the Crimson.
You need not look further than the 2012 season for evidence of Harvard's turnaround, as the Baise led Crimson earned the program's first-ever national ranking and finished the year at No. 15 in the AVCA Coaches Poll. Harvard posted an 18-6 overall record on the year and finished second in the EIVA with a 10-4 conference mark, earning Baise EIVA Bob Sweeney Coach of the Year honors. Additionally, Harvard's 18 wins were third-most in program history.
The Crimson finished the 2012 campaign ranked seventh in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.298), eighth in win percentage (.750) and 11th in aces per set (1.13). Individually, Senior Matt Jones '12 ranked ninth in kills (3.38) and aces (0.42), while sophomore Chris Gibbons '14 was eighth in digs (2.47). Harvard also posted its first win over a ranked opponent under Baise with a 3-1 defeat of then-No. 12 Cal State Northridge.
Three Crimson earned All-EIVA honors as a result of the team's success, including Jones (first team), freshman DJ White '15 (first team) and junior Rob Lothman '13 (second team). Jones, meanwhile, caped his career off as the program's all-time leader in kills (1,218), digs (482) and aces (97), while also ranking in the program's top 10 for career blocks, block assists and solo blocks.
In 2013, Baise and the Crimson continued on the road to success earning a national ranking on Feb. 25 at No. 14 in the AVCA Poll. Harvard finished second at the EIVA postseason tournament and posted its third 18-win season that included the program's first defeat of EIVA leader Penn State, 3-0, Feb. 15 and second victory over a ranked opponent under Baise.
As a result of the team's success in 2013, four Crimson earned All-EIVA accolades, the most since the 1993 squad, including White (first team), classmate Caleb Zimmick (second team), senior Rob Lothman (second team) and junior Kyle Rehkemper (second team). Lothman capped off his campaign in Cambridge as Harvard's all-time leader in assists (3,094), while White and Zimmick moved among the program's top 10 in five different statistical categories as sophomores.
Harvard earned multiple program-bests in 2014 including its highest AVCA national ranking at No. 13 Jan. 6. After posting the most EIVA wins in program history with an 11-3 mark, another record was set as five Crimson garnered All-EIVA accolades. White, who picked up his third first team nod, was joined by senior Nick Madden and Zimmick. Rehkemper was named to the second team along with freshman Nick Bendell who also was tabbed to Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Freshmen All-America Team. Along the way to a 15-8 record, the Crimson ranked fourth in the nation in digs per set (10.08) and 13th in hitting percentage (.289). Individually, Zimmick posted the sixth-best hitting percentage (.440) in the country and sat 17th on the blocks list while Chris Gibbons came in at seventh on the nation's digs list (2.25). Harvard's five graduating seniors, Will Chambers, Gibbons, Madden, Michael Owen and Rehkemper, each etched their names in the Crimson's record book.
The Crimson earned a fourth-consecutive trip to the EIVA Championships in 2015, finishing second in conference play at 7-5, and tied the program's all-time highest ranking at No. 13 Feb. 9. Harvard received three selections to the All-EIVA first team in seniors DJ White and Caleb Zimmick and junior Branden Clemens, with Zimmick earning honorable mention All-America honors for the second-straight season. White finished his senior season as the first student-athlete in Harvard history to accumulate 1,000 kills and 500 digs. The Crimson ranked seventh in the country as a team in digs per set (9.66), 11th in hitting percentage (.277), and 12th in blocks per set (2.48).
The successes continued in 2016 as Harvard reached the EIVA Tournament for a fifth-straight year and finished the campaign at 13-11 overall, 9-6 in conference. Harvard earned a straight-set win over then 15th-ranked Saint Francis (PA) on his home court, helping the team to a 7-2 record at the Malkin Athletic Center for the year. The Crimson ranked ninth in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.298), 15th in aces per set (1.31) and 17th in blocks per set (2.19), while Clemens, an All-America honorable mention selection, ranked 18th in kills per set (3.65) and 24th in hitting percentage (.320).
Baise completed his first season at Harvard in 2009, helping lead the Crimson to a tie for first place in the EIVA Hay Division with an 11-8 overall record and a 6-2 conference mark. Two Crimson were named to the EIVA All-Academic Team, while Brady Weissbourd '09 earned second-team All-EIVA honors.
Following a 5-16, 3-5 Hay showing in 2010, Baise brought in a strong group of freshmen for 2011. The 2011 Crimson squad, with only one senior on the roster and four freshmen that saw significant court time, opened the season with a 6-1 record, tying the best mark to start a season since the 2000 campaign. Harvard would finish the year with a 9-13 overall record and 1-7 in the division.
Prior to coming to Harvard, Baise spent one year as an assistant head coach and one year as the head coach for the club team at the University of California-Berkeley from 1999-2001, leading the Bears to the quarterfinals of the 2000 NIRSA Championships before moving east with his wife, Laurie, who is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Tufts.
Baise is a 1995 graduate of Princeton where he earned a degree in English and was a four-year starter for the Tigers. A former two-time Junior Olympic All-American, Baise served as the Tigers' captain and was team MVP as a senior.
Before attending Princeton, Baise was a two-time captain and 1991 California Interscholastic Federation first team selection and CIF 3A state champion at Harvard-Westlake High School. He was a member of the U.S. Junior National Team in 1992.


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Year end goals
At the start of every fishing season, I set out a small number of goals that I would like to achieve during the upcoming season. They don't necessarily revolve around numbers or size of fish, but some do. I realize that there is still over a month left in this calendar year, but the fishing is over for many of us and thoughts are turning to next year. Before setting goals for next year, I want to review those of this past season. Mine were as follows:
1. I wanted to catch a smallmouth over 16" on a fly. I had caught many, many of these fish up to 14-16", but seemed to plateau at that level. My goal was achieved in late July when a 16.5" smallmouth took my popper at sunset. Didn't break it by much, but the goal was achieved.
2. I wanted to get a barracuda on a fly during my honeymoon in Saint Martin. The barracuda weren't cooperating, so our guide took us out to do some blue water chumming. Yellowtail showed up, and then an occasional wahoo. I got three takes from three separate wahoo, and landed the largest. It wasn't the fish that I had originally wanted to catch, but it wound up being the fish of a lifetime (5/0 red and white whistler on an 11 weight).
3. I tried to get out west and chase some cutthroats, but it just never happened. Time, money, work......they all conspired against me. This goal will probably carry over to next season, because I have never taken a cutthroat on a fly and would love the opportunity to do so.
Those were the three things that I really set out to do. If I had not achieved any of them, it wouldn't be the end of the world. I fish to relax, and putting undo pressure on myself would have been a real drag. But it's nice to try.
Anyone else meet any personal goals this past year? Freshwater, saltwater, tying, travel? Anything? Please share. I'm very curious. :rolleyes:
This harkens back to a thread in January where we stated our goals for the season. Mine were:
A 40" plus striper
A bonito
Shark on a fly (contingent on a boat purchase)
I was 4" short a few times for goal #1
I made goal #2 a few times over
As far as I know I never even came close on this one but not for lack of trying.
33% hmmm not so hot but they were tough goals for me and so even one is meaningful. Anyway it gives me a head start on setting next year's goals. :)
After all these years (too many) I'd sure like to hook, let alone land, a twenty pound steelhead. Every year since 1976, when I moved to Ory-gone, this has been my goal. As far as I know, the largest fish I've hooked I have landed, and none have reached twenty pounds.
I'm retiring this year (well, that's what you call it when they eliminate your job and you've got enough years in, I guess) so I'll be able to fish more and perhaps realize a trio-decade long dream.
Petri wine,
Scored a few, blew a few -
Hoped to:
Spend more time chasing ocean coho - scored!
Spey cast for steelhead in the PNW (annual goal) - scored!
Get better at Spey casting each year - questionable
Catch a tyee (king salmon over 30#) on a fly in the salt - nada
Fish the Maine/New Hampshire bronzeback fishery - nada
Attend an earlier Bonito Conclave to find more bonito - scored!*
Explore Annisquam near Gloucester, MA - scored!
Explore Essex Estuary - nada
Hit Nauset over the sand 4x4 - scored! (17 times top to inlet)
Get down to North Carolina for big albies - nada
Fish more for trout - nada
Get up to Margaree on Nova Scotia for Atlantics - nada
Keep the Flyfishing Forum alive and well - scored (thanks to all!)
* unfortunately the other tunoid species were in short supply!
Those were my hopes, my dreams went far beyond those :D
Consequently I was able have great pecentages with steelhead, catch more huge stripers than ever before in a season, and over all have a banner year on the water I won't soon forget. The experience was drastically enhanced by the freinds I've met through our growing online angling community.
Hey, let's set our 2002 goals in January so we can go back and see how we did after the season passes.
Hmmm...I never really set and goals in stone at the begining of the season but I was determined to make some trips out to the Olympic Peninsula last winter/spring. Which I did, but not nearly as many as I would have liked plus I really wanted to make it out to the West End OP for summer-runs which I never did.
Wanted to explore the SF Sky for summer-runs. Found some water below the falls but none above. :(
Salterwater coho to the fly...mission complete! Thanks to Juro and DoubleSpey. Hooknose to the fly...mission failed!! :( Managed to hook 'em but yours truly here could not land them.
I keep searching for steelies with the surface fly with the goal of getting one to hand via the surface fly. Failed but recieved a great primer from Juro.
I've already got some goals in mind for next year. :)
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text: I went out to a good spot on Friday morning to see if I could get some video and audio of the big flock out in the field. When I got there I saw them heading out so I went around and got set up in the woods on the field edge. I wanted to video them as they crossed the field. To my surprise the boss hen turned and followed the bush line walking right past me and the flock following. I stopped counting after 120 and think there was easily 200 birds in the flock.I had turkeys all around me and heard just about every call imaginable. I have a lot more video but it would be too long. Also after my battery went dead 5 toms began to chase each other and ran straight at me stopping about 10 feet in front of me. They were whining and fight purring like crazy. I also saw one huge tom that was strutting and had huge hooks but almost no beard. I know if see a big tom with almost no beard this year I am shooting. The video isn't that great but the audio is worth it. Hope you enjoy.`


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Wipeout remasters coming to PS4 in the Omega Collection
Another classic is getting a remaster.
Sony: "Never say never" to a new Wipeout game
Plus Syphon Filter studio working on an "awesome, cool game" according to Sony's Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida.
WipeOut spiritual successor Formula Fusion takes to Steam Greenlight
Former WipeOut developers have banded together to launch a new studio and continue creating futuristic, anti-gravity racers.
MotorStorm creator and Evolution Studios founder forms Starship Group
Martin Kenwright is funding next-gen games and entertainment development studio Starship Group, with developers who have worked on Motorstorm, Project Gotham Racing and the Wipeout franchises.
Activision evaluating future of Call of Duty: Strike Team development studio
Activision is in the process of conducting an employee consultation process with the staff at Leeds-based studio The Blast Furnace, which was behind the development of mobile title Call of Duty: Strike Team.
Sony trademarks "Psygnosis", see the filing here
Sony has trademarked "Psygnosis", as in the former Liverpool-based studio that created the WipEout series. We've no idea what it means, but you can check out the filing here.
Memory lane: the breadth of Psygnosis's back catalogue
Does Sony have any idea the treasure it's sitting on since it acquired – and shut down – Psygnosis? The familiar owl logo graced many a PSOne-era favourite; let's highlight a few particularly shining gems.
Sawfly Studios still loves racing games, its focus lies "elsewhere right now"
Sawfly Studios, comprised of Sony Studio Liverpool vets, has said that while it still loves racing games, its focus lies "elsewhere right now."
Ex-WipEout dev casts doubt over future instalments, discusses new project
WipEout may not make a comeback following Sony Studio Liverpool's unexpected closure last year. That's the prediction of ex-WipEout developer Nick Burcombe, whose new studio Playrise releases it's first game on iOS Table Top Racing later this month. The developer has given VG247 insight into his time with the WipEout franchise and his new game […]
Wipeout: "Online play will continue to be supported" while future remains in balance
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Studio Liverpool was working on WipeEout PS4 before it closed - Report
WipEout was in development for PS4 before Studio Liverpool was closed today, a source has told Eurogamer.
Studio Liverpool closed, WipEout dev's projects canned
WipEout developer Studio Liverpool has been closed and all of its projects cancelled, Sony has confirmed. Sony has also issued a statement explaining the outfit's closure, and has cancelled all of the studio's projects including – according to fresh rumours – a next-gen WipEout game for PS4.
WipEout dev points to connectivity as next-gen touchstone
The WipEout team at Studio Liverpool expects the next generation of games to come bristling with connections to other devices and the rest of the Internet.
WipEout, Syphon Filter join EU Xperia Play catalogue
Two new titles have been added to the European library of Xperia Play-compatible PSOne Classics.
Sony domain registrations tease two new Wipeout titles
A pair of domain registrations point to new entries in the WipEout racing series.
Wipeout in the Zone hitting Kinect this summer
Activision and ABC Entertainment Group have announced Wipeout in the Zone is coming this summer to Kinect.
Studio Liverpool hiring for "a high profile, futuristic racing franchise"
Wonder what this could be?
CV for former SCEE staffer shows unannounced Wipeout project for PS3
Before Sony had a worldwide restructure, which seen a fair bit of layoffs at Studio Liverpool, the developer had a Wipeout project in development for PS3.
WipEout innovator Designers Republic shut down
Designers Republic, the firm responsible for the original look at feel of the WipEout franchise, has closed. A story on design mag Creative Review's blog confirms the closure, quoting founder Ian Anderson as saying: "We'd lost a couple of clients, didn't win a couple of pitches, got a tax bill which should have been sorted […]
Wipeout latest
WipeOut spiritual successor Formula Fusion takes to Steam Greenlight
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Sawfly Studios still loves racing games, its focus lies "elsewhere right now"
Ex-WipEout dev casts doubt over future instalments, discusses new project
Wipeout: "Online play will continue to be supported" while future remains in balance
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Studio Liverpool hiring for "a high profile, futuristic racing franchise"
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Niger Population: 16,899,3271 VISITOR FROM HERE!
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|Niger became independent from France in 1960 and experienced single-party and military rule until 1991, when Gen. Ali SAIBOU was forced by public pressure to allow multiparty elections, which resulted in a democratic government in 1993. Political infighting brought the government to a standstill and in 1996 led to a coup by Col. Ibrahim BARE. In 1999, BARE was killed in a counter coup by military officers who restored democratic rule and held elections that brought Mamadou TANDJA to power in December of that year. TANDJA was reelected in 2004 and in 2009 spearheaded a constitutional amendment that would allow him to extend his term as president. In February 2010, a military coup deposed TANDJA, immediately suspended the constitution, and dissolved the Cabinet. ISSOUFOU Mahamadou emerged victorious from a crowded field in the election following the coup and was inaugurated in April 2011. Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world with minimal government services and insufficient funds to develop its resource base. The largely agrarian and subsistence-based economy is frequently disrupted by extended droughts common to the Sahel region of Africa. The Nigerien Movement for Justice, a predominately Tuareg ethnic group, emerged in February 2007, and attacked several military targets in Niger's northern region throughout 2007 and 2008. Successful government offensives in 2009 limited the rebels' operational capabilities. Niger is facing increased security concerns on its borders from various external threats including insecurity in Libya and spillover from the rebellion in Mali.
Landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture
|Western Africa, southeast of Algeria
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 1.267 million sq km
land: 1,266,700 sq km
water: 300 sq km
Size comparison: slightly less than twice the size of Texas
|Land Boundaries:
| total: 5,697 km
border countries: Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km
|0 km (landlocked)
|Maritime claims:
|none (landlocked)
|desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south
|predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north
|Elevation extremes:
| lowest point: Niger River 200 m
highest point: Idoukal-n-Taghes 2,022 m
|Natural resources:
|uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, molybdenum, gypsum, salt, petroleum
|Land use:
| arable land: 11.79%
permanent crops: 0.05%
other: 88.16% (2011)
|Irrigated land:
|736.6 sq km (2005)
|Natural hazards:
|recurring droughts
|Current Environment Issues:
|overgrazing; soil erosion; deforestation; desertification; wildlife populations (such as elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, and lion) threatened because of poaching and habitat destruction
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
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| noun: Nigerien(s)
adjective: Nigerien
|Ethnic groups:
|Haoussa 55.4%, Djerma Sonrai 21%, Tuareg 9.3%, Peuhl 8.5%, Kanouri Manga 4.7%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
|French (official), Hausa, Djerma
|Muslim 80%, other (includes indigenous beliefs and Christian) 20%
|16,899,327 (July 2013 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 50% (male 4,261,662/female 4,183,112)
15-24 years: 18.2% (male 1,519,241/female 1,557,267)
25-54 years: 25.9% (male 2,188,451/female 2,194,606)
55-64 years: 3.3% (male 283,955/female 265,460)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 226,454/female 219,119) (2013 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 111.5 %
youth dependency ratio: 105.9 %
elderly dependency ratio: 5.5 %
potential support ratio: 18.1 (2013)
|Median age:
| total: 15 years
male: 14.9 years
female: 15.1 years (2013 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|3.32% (2013 est.)
|Birth rate:
|46.84 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Death rate:
|13.07 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
| urban population: 17.8% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 4.91% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|NIAMEY (capital) 1.004 million (2009)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.03 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|18 (2006 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|590 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 87.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 92.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 83.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 54.34 years
male: 53.17 years
female: 55.55 years (2013 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|7.03 children born/woman (2013 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|13.9% (2012)
|Health expenditures:
|5.2% of GDP (2010)
|Physicians density:
|0.02 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
|Hospital bed density:
|0.31 beds/1,000 population (2005)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 39% of population
total: 49% of population
urban: 0% of population
rural: 61% of population
total: 51% of population (2010 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 34% of population
rural: 4% of population
total: 9% of population
urban: 66% of population
rural: 96% of population
total: 91% of population (2010 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|0.8% (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|61,000 (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|4,300 (2009 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|2.4% (2008)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|39.9% (2006)
|Education expenditures:
|4.5% of GDP (2011)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 28.7%
male: 42.9%
female: 15.1% (2005 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 5 years
male: 6 years
female: 5 years (2011)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 3.2%
male: 4%
female: 1.7% (2001)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Niger
conventional short form: Niger
local long form: Republique du Niger
local short form: Niger
|Government type:
| name: Niamey
geographic coordinates: 13 31 N, 2 07 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|8 regions (regions, singular - region) includes 1 capital district* (communite urbaine); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder
|3 August 1960 (from France)
|National holiday:
|Republic Day, 18 December (1958); note - commemorates the founding of the Republic of Niger which predated independence from France in 1960
|adopted 31 October 2010
|Legal system:
|mixed legal system of civil law (based on French civil law), Islamic law, and customary law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President ISSOUFOU Mahamadou (since 7 April 2011)
head of government: Prime Minister Brigi RAFINI (since 7 April 2011); appointed by the president and shares some executive responsibilities with the president
cabinet: 26-member Cabinet appointed by the president (For more information visit the World Leaders website )
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); candidate must receive a majority of the votes to be elected president; a presidential election to restore civilian rule was held 31 January 2011 with a runoff election between ISSOUFOU Mahamadou and Seini OUMAROU held on 12 March 2011
election results: ISSOUFOU Mahamadou elected president in a runoff election; percent of vote - ISSOUFOU Mahamadou 58%, Seini OUMAROU 42%
|Legislative branch:
| unicameral National Assembly (113 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: last held on 31 January 2011
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PNDS-Tarrayya 39, MNSD-Nassara 26, MODEN/FA-Lumana 24, ANDP-Zaman Lahiya 8, RDP-Jama'a 7, UDR-Tabbat 6, CDS-Rahama 2, UNI 1
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Constitutional Court (consists of 7 judges); High Court of Justice (consists of 7 members) judge selection and term of office: Constitutional Court judges appointed by the president; judges serve 6-year nonrenewable consecutive terms; High Judicial Court members selected from among the legislature and judiciary; members serve 5-year terms
subordinate courts: Court of Cassation; Council of State; Court of Finances; various specialized tribunals and customary courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Democratic and Social Convention-Rahama or CDS-Rahama [Mahamane OUSMANE] National Movement for a Developing Society-Nassara or MNSD-Nassara Niger Social Democratic Party or PSDN Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Social Progress-Zaman Lahiya or ANDP-Zaman Lahiya [Moumouni DJERMAKOYE] Nigerien Democratic Movement for an African Federation or MODEN/FA Lumana Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism or PNDS-Tarrayya [ISSOUFOU Mahamadou] Rally for Democracy and Progress-Jama'a or RDP-Jama'a [Hamid ALGABID] Social and Democratic Rally or RSD-Gaskiyya [Cheiffou AMADOU] Union for Democracy and the Republic-Tabbat or UDR-Tabbat Union of Independent Nigeriens or UNI note: the SPLM and SPLM-DC are banned political parties
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|The Nigerien Movement for Justice or MNJ, a predominantly Tuareg rebel group
|International organization participation:
|ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National anthem:
| name: "La Nigerienne" (The Nigerian)
lyrics/music: Maurice Albert THIRIET/Robert JACQUET and Nicolas Abel Francois FRIONNET
note: adopted 1961
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Mamon Sambo SIDIKOU
chancery: 2204 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 483-4224 through 4227
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Bisa WILLIAMS
embassy: Rue Des Ambassades, Niamey
mailing address: B. P. 11201, Niamey; Public Affairs Section (PAS), 2420 Niamey PL, Dulles, VA 20189-2420
telephone: [227] 20-73-31-69 or [227] 20-72-39-41
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Niger is a landlocked, Sub-Saharan nation, whose economy centers on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the world's largest uranium deposits. Agriculture contributes about 40% of GDP and provides livelihood for about 90% of the population. Niger also has sizable reserves of oil, and oil production, refining, and exports are expected to grow significantly between 2011 and 2016. Drought, desertification, and strong population growth have undercut the economy. Niger shares a common currency, the CFA franc, and a common central bank, the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), with seven other members of the West African Monetary Union. In December 2000, Niger qualified for enhanced debt relief under the International Monetary Fund program for Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and concluded an agreement with the Fund on a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Debt relief provided under the enhanced HIPC initiative significantly reduced Niger's annual debt service obligations, freeing funds for expenditures on basic health care, primary education, HIV/AIDS prevention, rural infrastructure, and other programs geared at poverty reduction. In December 2005, Niger received 100% multilateral debt relief from the IMF, which translated into the forgiveness of approximately US$86 million in debts to the IMF, excluding the remaining assistance under HIPC. The economy was hurt when the international community cut off non-humanitarian aid in response to TANDJA's moves to extend his term as president. Nearly half of the government's budget is derived from foreign donor resources. Future growth may be sustained by exploitation of oil, gold, coal, and other mineral resources. The government, however, has made efforts to secure a new three-year extended credit facility with the IMF following the one that completed in 2011. Oil revenue to the government has fallen well short of its budgeted level. Strikes risk undermining political stability. Food security remains a problem in Niger and is exacerbated by refugees from Mali.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $13.34 billion (2012 est.) $12 billion (2011 est.) $11.74 billion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $6.575 billion (2012 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|11.2% (2012 est.) 2.2% (2011 est.) 10.7% (2010 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $800 (2012 est.) $800 (2011 est.) $800 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|Gross national saving:
|30.6% of GDP (2012 est.) 26.5% of GDP (2011 est.) 21.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 67.9%
government consumption: 18%
investment in fixed capital: 56.1%
investment in inventories: 0%
exports of goods and services: 24.5%
imports of goods and services: -66.6% (2012 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 67.9%
government consumption: 18%
investment in fixed capital: 56.1%
investment in inventories: 0%
exports of goods and services: 24.5%
imports of goods and services: -66.6% (2012 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|cowpeas, cotton, peanuts, millet, sorghum, cassava (manioc), rice; cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, horses, poultry
|uranium mining, cement, brick, soap, textiles, food processing, chemicals, slaughterhouses
|Industrial production growth rate:
|12.6% (2012 est.)
|Labor force:
|4.688 million (2007)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 90%
industry: 6%
services: 4% (1995)
|Unemployment rate:
|Population below poverty line:
|63% (1993 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 28.5% (2007)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|34 (2007) 50.5 (1995)
| revenues: $1.698 billion (2012 est.)
expenditures: $1.871 billion (2012 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|25.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.5% (2012 est.) 2.9% (2011 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$1.628 billion (2012 est.) -$1.697 billion (2011 est.)
|$1.389 billion (2012 est.) $1.233 billion (2011 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions
|Exports - partners:
|Nigeria 41%, US 17%, India 14.1%, Italy 8.5%, China 7.7%, Ghana 5.7% (2012)
|$2.328 billion (2012 est.) $2.217 billion (2011 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|foodstuffs, machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals
|Imports - partners:
|France 14.2%, China 11.1%, French Polynesia 9.9%, Nigeria 9.7%, Togo 5.5% (2012)
|Debt - external:
|$1.543 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $1.408 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 510.53 (2012 est.) 471.87 (2011 est.) 495.28 (2010) 472.19 (2009) 447.81 (2008)
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|Electricity - production:
|210 million kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 178
|Electricity - consumption:
|695.3 million kWh (2009 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|500 million kWh (2009 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|145,000 kW (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|100% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|6,712 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|NA bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|5,629 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|3,330 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|1.796 million Mt (2010 est.)
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|Telephones in use:
| 85,900 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 148
|Cellular Phones in use:
|4.743 million (2011)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: inadequate; small system of wire, radio telephone communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in the southwestern area of Niger
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity remains only about 30 per 100 persons despite a rapidly increasing cellular subscribership base; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations and 1 planned
international: country code - 227; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2010)
|Broadcast media:
|state-run TV station; 3 private TV stations provide a mix of local and foreign programming; state-run radio has only radio station with a national reach; about 30 private radio stations operate locally; as many as 100 community radio stations broadcast; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet hosts:
|454 (2012)
|Internet users:
|115,900 (2009)
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| 30 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 115
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 2 (2013)
|1 (2013)
| total 18,949 km
paved: 3,912 km
unpaved: 15,037 km (2008)
|300 km (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March) (2012)
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|Military branches:
|Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force (Force Aerienne du Niger) (2012)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18 is the presumed legal minimum age for compulsory or voluntary military service; enlistees must be Nigerien citizens and unmarried; 2-year service term; women may serve in health care (2012)
|Manpower available for military service:
| males age 16-49: 3,329,184
females age 16-49: 3,267,669 (2010 est.)
|Manpower fit for military service:
| males age 16-49: 2,194,570
females age 16-49: 2,219,416 (2010 est.)
|Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
| male: 186,348
female: 180,779 (2010 est.)
|Military expenditures:
|0.9% of GDP (2012)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|Libya claims about 25,000 sq km in a currently dormant dispute in the Tommo region; location of Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint is unresolved; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty that also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries; the dispute with Burkina Faso was referred to the ICJ in 2010
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
|refugees (country of origin): 50,000 (Mali) (2013) IDPs: undetermined (unknown how many of the 11,000 people displaced by clashes between government forces and the Tuareg militant group, Niger Movement for Justice, in 2007 are still displaced; inter-communal violence) (2012)
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Savor opens tonight in Klyde Warren Park; Relish has opened for lunch
At long last – just in time for gorgeous fall weather – Savor is opening tonight in Klyde Warren Park. The gastropub's chef is John Coleman, who comes off a gig as executive chef at the Ritz-Carlton Dallas hotel. (He has spent much of his career working for Ritz-Carlton.) Coleman's second-in-command is chef-partner Joe Scigliano.
Relish, the casual kiosk from the same team, opened today for lunch. Its menu stars burgers made from various relishes mixed into the beef patties (Chow Chow Chow has pickled corn relish; another has bacon and caramelized onion relish). There are also "relish griddled" hot dogs, plus fries, soft-serve custard, beer and wine. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. for now; breakfast will be added later.
Savor is open nightly, for dinner only to start. Starters and share plates include lobster puffs, roasted okra, meatballs, cornbread crab cakes, zucchini carpaccio and grilled bacon with shaved Bosc pear, watercress and radicchio. Among the main courses are "high marbled" pork loin; grilled cobia with cucumber-tomato relish and quinoa-chick pea salad; pan-roasted scallops with speckled butter beans and pork belly ragout; house-made gnocchi with wilted greens and melted tomato; and a grilled flat-iron steak. Desserts are of the mini variety — "ooey gooey" German chocolate cake, salty-sweet caramel pudding, yuzu tart, spiced pumpkin trifle and more. Lunch service is planned for the future.
2000 Woodall Rogers Freeway, Dallas; 214-306-5597 (Savor); 214-306-5598 (Relish); savor-relish.com
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Good find. I think it's new. I'd never seen that Jabba before. Too bad he doesn't come with his dias but just an attached-to-nothing railing with snack bowl and hooka.
Good find. I think it's new. I'd never seen that Jabba before. Too bad he doesn't come with his dias but just an attached-to-nothing railing with snack bowl and hooka.
I also found CW Wave 4 today. Picked up a complete set, along with an extra of each clone and the new CW AT-TE assault squad BP. Haven't spent this much or really hunted for SW in a couple months now. I've been busy Lego castle building over at Eurobricks.com. It was refreshing to be able to pick these up at my local Target mid-day. There were plenty of the new clones left behind. It must be the economy. Scalpers probably can't afford it any more.
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Hey Darkagent, I've got the Lego bug as well thanks to my son. Can't stop buying those damned bricks!
Toured a bunch of Valley Targets this afternoon looking for new Target Muggs. Found 3PO and Rex with Target stickers at one, but no new Muggs or remnants anywhere else. Picked up an Indy German on clearance and a couple Indy Titaniums. Hopefully that Target wave (Teebo, Biggs, etc) will hit in greater numbers soon while they are still 8.99!
PS. I keep seeing those 3 ft tall animatronic horses on clearance and so want to get one to turn into an animatronic Bantha! But where am I going to put an four foot Bantha.
cool new Jabba, but not realistic style.
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Ooo! An animatronic bantha you can ride! How cool would that be?
You know, with Hasbro making the turbotank for the 3 3/4" figures, I'm betting that we can ride and roll on that thing when it comes out. So I'm hoping we can hold Star Wars soapbox racing on those things every place that has the perfect hill for it.
Picked up CW W4 Padme, a 212th Trooper and a third Space Trooper today at Target. Still no sign of the new Mighty Muggs - if anyone comes across them, please stash me a set.
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"The Black Swordsman, after being trapped in a deadly virtual world by "The Immortal One", thinks only of his own survival and escaping this virtual hell. Shutting out the world around him, he escapes into the wilds to grow stronger. However, a series of events and people slowly make him change his perspective. How much will he give for the people of this world, and for the one he loves?"
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Twelve years later, the woman known as Abigail Lowery lives on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. A freelance programmer, she designs sophisticated security systems and supplements her own security with a fierce dog and an assortment of firearms. She keeps to herself, saying little, revealing nothing. But Abigail s reserve only intrigues police chief Brooks Gleason. Her logical mind, her secretive nature, and her unromantic viewpoints leave him fascinated but frustrated. He suspects that Abigail needs protection from something and that her elaborate defenses hide a story that must be revealed.
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In this powerful romantic suspense (Roberts's 200th novel, after Captivated), readers are introduced to a fascinating young woman trying to atone for a tragic act witnessed long ago. Though Elizabeth Fitch was a model daughter—a prodigy en route to med-school at 16-years-old—her dictatorial mother's "directives" cause Liz to rebel. After meeting some young members of the Russian mafia during the course of a wild night out, Liz witnesses a horrible murder, and is consequently placed in the Witness Protection Program. Twelve years later, when Liz settles on the outskirts of a sleepy Arkansas town as Abigail Lowery, chief of police Brooks Gleason is determined to find out from whence this reclusive newcomer came, and why. Though Abigail keeps to herself, she has been busily putting her hacking skills to use in plotting the downfall of the Volkov organized crime syndicate, whose ruthlessness changed her life. Unrelentingly kind, Brooks slowly breaks down the wall that Abigail has built around herself, and finds his work quickly ratcheted up from cuffing DUIs to helping Abigail find justice. Featuring one of Roberts's cleverest heroines yet, this intricately dramatic book only confirms that Roberts is a master of the genre. (Apr.)


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Last Monday, a number of organizations, companies, and individuals came together for a Week of Action against the dangerous cybersecurity bill, CISPA. Though thousands of people answered our call to action, the fight is far from over.
Under CISPA, companies can collect your information in order to "protect the rights and property" of the company, and then share that information with third parties, including the government, so long as it is for "cybersecurity purposes." Companies aren't required to strip out personally identifiable information from the data they give to the government, and the government can then use the information for purposes wholly unrelated to cybersecurity – such as "national security," a term the bill leaves undefined.
One question we sometimes get is: Under CISPA, which government agencies can receive this data? For example, could the FBI, NSA, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement receive data if CISPA were to pass?
Thirty-seven digital rights groups and businesses have come together this week to urge the White House to defend privacy and promise to veto the dangerous cybersecurity bill CISPA. Such legislation poses a number of privacy risks to individuals, allowing levels of information sharing between companies and the government that supersede existing privacy laws. Privacy advocates aren't the only ones speaking out against CISPA; online companies like Reddit and Mozilla, as well as web hosts like Gandi and Namecheap, have chosen to stand up for their users' rights rather than support ill-defined legislation.
CISPA, the cyberspying bill, is back in Congress and plagued with many of the same problems as last year—vague definitions and the grim government access loophole to name just a few. The bill also grants broad immunity to companies as long as a company acts in "good faith." One section of the immunity clause even grants immunity for any "decision made" based on information about a perceived threat.
A coalition of Internet advocacy organizations and individuals are launching a week of action to combat the CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.
Viewing CISPA as one of the greatest threats to Internet users since SOPA, the coalition intends to leverage popular outrage to oppose the dangerously broad cybersecurity bill.
The objectionable provisions of CISPA include:
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