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From The Romney campain:
As the Supreme Court has recently reaffirmed, the Second Amendment protects a basic and fundamental individual rightthe right to bear arms... and when I am president, I will do all in my power to defend and protect the right of all law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms.
MittRomney.com - Oct 4, 2012
I support the Second Amendment as one of the most basic and fundamental rights of every American. (Governor Mitt Romney)
National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF.org) - Candidates Speak - Sep 24, 2007
Let me speak very directly and candidly about where I stand. I support the Second Amendment as one of the most basic and fundamental rights of every American. It's essential to our functioning as a free society, as are all the liberties enumerated in the Bill of Rights...
As president, I'll honor the right of decent law abiding citizens to own and use firearms in defense of their families, their property and for all other lawful purposes, including the common defense.
NRA-ILA - Sep 10, 2007
pbworks.com - Mitt Romney & Guns
The Second Amendment protects the individual right of lawful citizens to keep and bear arms. I strongly support this essential freedom and I applaud the recent federal appeals court decision in Washington, D.C., which concluded that the Second Amendment protects an individualized right to keep and bear arms. As President, I will support that interpretation and protect the right of every law abiding American to keep and use firearms. With respect to gun control laws, I believe we need to distinguish between law abiding gun owners and criminals who use guns. Those who use a firearm during the commission of a crime must be punished severely. The key is to provide law enforcement with the resources they need and punish criminals, not burden lawful gun owners. (Mitt Romney)
The Washington Post - Mitt Romney on the Issues - Campaign 2008
I'll ask Congress to repeal the McCain-Fiengold law which sought to impose restrictions on the First Amendment rights of groups like the NRA to advocate for issues we care about. Some parts have already been declared unconstitutional. We ought to get rid of the entire bill.
Finally, let me say that one of the most active fronts in the fight to preserve our Second Amendment rights today is being waged in the courts. Lawsuits have been filed seeking to take away the individual's right to bear arms. We have to look no further than the Parker case. I hope the Roberts court takes the Parker case and upholds the Bill of Rights to protect gun owners everywhere. I've made it clear that I'll appoint judges who believe in strictly interpreting the Constitution, judges in the mold of Roberts, Alito, Scalia and Thomas. It's simply wrong for judges to legislate from the bench. They should follow the law in the Constitution, not make new law.
And I know that good judges aren't our only defense in the courts. We need tort reform as well. That's the way we fight the back door attempt to ban guns by bankrupting manufacturers.
The right to bear arms is the cornerstone of our personal freedoms.
It's a constitutional guarantee passed down to us by the founders.
And it helps keep us the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Speaking to members of the National Rifle Association, he continued:
The message of my campaign is that we need to strengthen America. We need a stronger military, stronger families and a stronger economy. The work you do helps keep America strong. Thank you, may God bless you. And may God continue to bless the United States of America.
youtube.com - NRA-ILA video - Sep 21, 2007
W POST: Do you think tighter restrictions should be in place for those buying a firearm?
ROMNEY: No. I believe we need to focus on enforcing our current laws rather than creating new laws that burden lawful gun owners. I believe in safe and responsible gun ownership and that anyone who exercises the right to keep and bear arms must do so lawfully and properly. I do not believe in a one-size-fits-all federal approach to gun ownership because people keep and use firearms for different reasons. Law-abiding citizens have a right to protect their homes and their families and as President, I will vigorously defend that right.
The Washington Post - Mitt Romney on the Issues - Campaign 2008
"When it comes to protecting the Second Amendment, I do not support any new gun laws including any new ban on semi-automatic firearms. As President, I will follow President Bush's precedent of opposing any laws that go beyond the restrictions in place when I take office. The laws I do and will support include decades-old restrictions on weapons of unusual lethality like grenades, rocket launchers, fully automatic firearms and what are legally known as destructive devices and would include similar restrictions on new and exotic weapons of similar or even greater lethality. I am proud of my record of defending life and the Second Amendment."
Dec. 30, 2007 Mitt Romney
2008election.procon.org - Are more federal regulations on guns and ammunition needed?
Governor Romney has stated that he would not reinstate that Assault Weapons Ban. In fact, Governor Romney does not support any new gun laws including a ban on semi-automatic firearms. He would consider limitations on weapons of unusual lethality like grenades, rocket launchers, fully automatic firearms and what are legally known as destructive weapons.
Targeted News Service - The Real Romney Record - Dec 30, 2007
While I agree the Romney has had issues in the past,, the Election was about a choice!!
A choice between the attitude of OBAMA,, and the choice of a candidte that directly supports the second ammendment..Romney isnt going to the U.N. (small arms treaty act) or the OAS treaty.. he is on record of supporting the second ammendment,, not trying to eliminate it..
It was a choice sir!
For a Guy Like Franco,, who in other threads has said that Democrats are more about LIBERTY than a Republican has ever thought of being...
It makes me wonder how he ever came to that conclusion when President Obama is seriously suggesting act like the ones I mentioned...
It suggests that,, If he realises that a vote for a third party is a vote for President Obama ,,, and if he realises he really only has a choice between the 2 parties,,,and the fact he says he believes the Democrats are more about LIBERTY than the repubs,,, well then he voted democrat.....
Weather he pulled the lever for a LIBERTARIAN or not,,, His vote was Democrat,, and he was fine with that,, because he has said the Democratic party is more about LIBERTY than the RePUBLICAN...
He doesent care!!
INSTEAD,,,he calls me stupid... All he has,,, is to state the Obviouse????
I'm sure all you smart guys on RTF has figgered out Gooser aint bright..


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One part husband, one part dad, one part public relations executive — all on a sound track of rock 'n' roll.
Billy Hickey's life is completely different from 10 years ago when musician was his full-time career.
As the frontman for St. John's-based Timber, he and the guys — Rick Hollett, Greg Mercer and Chris Sooley — were all career musicians with regular gigs on George Street, shows at universities across the east coast and beyond, even songs on Hollywood TV soundtracks.
They put out three CDs, spent a lot of time on the road, and then just sort of fizzled out.
"We did everything we could to try and make it, per se," Hickey explained. "We love the music, we love the playing, but it's hard to make a living at it. It just felt that it was done."
Hickey, while finishing university and earning a job in communications, kept writing songs, but found he had no outlet for them.
He did a few solo gigs, playing a few Timber tunes and some covers, but kept the idea of a solo record in the back of his mind for about five years.
After speaking about it with Hollett, who has a recording studio, Hickey found the encouragement and support he needed to get started on the project, and began picking away at it over about three years.
"I just did it whenever I could. Whenever Rick was free and I'd have a free evening or my wife and kids were away, I'd go hard at it. I do work full time and there's swimming and ballet and music class and stuff like that."
Hickey's new release, "From There to Here," consists of original tracks, although they're not all new. Some are 10 years old, Hickey having written them piece by piece since then.
He had the help of some high-profile friends on the recording, including Paul Kinsman, Cory Tetford, Paul Lambe, and Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle.
"(The songs are) mostly ... telling stories of things I've seen," Hickey explained. "There's nothing really personal on it, just things I've seen over the years and stuff like that that I decided to write stories about. A lot of love and relationships."
The songs are introspective, thoughtful and personal, yet don't stray too far in terms of their sound from some of Timber's softer tunes. Hickey's voice has the same quality it always had; the one that will have you remembering when "Miss Miami" was on regular rotation on the radio.
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Hickey's hoping the new album will lead him back into performing and recording.
"Hopefully it will allow me to play more. Am I going to hop in a Dodge Caravan and go to Montreal any time soon? No, probably not. But I love playing and I love singing and I love writing songs, so I'm going to continue doing that."
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I believe I shall not be suspected of unreasonable advocacy of Boer rule; but I do contend that South Africa as a whole, and the English-speaking world at large, would have lost less by the civilisation of these countries under the auspices of the Boer flag than under that of the Chartered Company. Boer rule has its evils; the Boer is seldom just and considerate to the aborigines of a country which he annexes page: 61 (though, as a rule, I do not know whether they tend to disappear faster under his rule than under that of other white men); but as far as the European is concerned, the rule in a Boer republic is, in most respects, healthy and natural. The Cape Colonist or foreigner from Europe has never been refused admittance to these republics; and if in the Transvaal the civic franchise has been somewhat injudiciously withheld from certain newcomers, they possess every other privilege and right. As time passes the little racial line between English colonists and their forerunners will pass away page: 62 throughout South Africa; the English language will be universally used by all cultured persons; English manners and customs will prevail (Pretoria is to-day more English than Cape Town!); and in the long run, which in this case will only be a run of thirty or forty years, it will make no difference whether any part of this country was first civilised under the flag of the Boer or the Englishman. The incoming streams of English-speaking men and women will slowly but continuously mingle themselves with the body of earlier settlers, and in forty years' time, whether we wish it or do not, there will page: 63 be no Boer or Englishman as such in South Africa—only the great South African people, speaking the English tongue, following English precedents, and as closely united to England as Australia or Canada.
This process of amalgamation and growth was in progress long before the European speculator arrived among us, and it will go on were the Fates to remove him from us tomorrow.
Had Dutch Voortrekkers taken possession of the regions between the Zambesi and Transvaal there would not, on the whole, have been greater loss of native life, nor more perfidy in page: 64 dealing with them, than under the Chartered Company; and one gigantic evil which is now fixing itself upon those territories would not have come into existence. The Boer tradition, like that of the genuine English settler all over the world, has been this: that, in the new lands they inhabited, the soil and the valuable productions of the land should be apportioned fairly among the men who came personally to dwell and labour on it with their wives and families. Rare minerals have not even as a rule been regarded as the property of the individuals in whose lands they were page: 65 found, but they have been regarded as the property of the community, to any member of which it was open to obtain a share in that property if he were willing to expend his own labour upon it. In States founded in this manner the land and its wealth tended to be distributed with tolerable equality throughout the community. This will never be in Rhodesia. By the time the mass of men from the Colony or Europe enter the country they will find everything of value—mines, fertile lands, town properties—all in the hands of a small knot of men headed by the leaders of the Chartered page: 66 Company, consisting in part of persons who have never seen South Africa, such as the Duke of Fife and others.
The great evil is not that these men possess the country as shareholders and directors in the Chartered Company, nor that they retain the right to levy a tribute of 50 per cent. on all precious stones and minerals found in the entire territory, and that for many years to come they will hold extensive control over the whole government of the country; but, what is immeasurably more disastrous, before the country can be peopled by the ordinary colonist a small knot of men (not page: 67 the body of shareholders as a whole, but that small body in whose interest the Chartered Company was formed, and for whose benefit it is worked) will, either in their own persons or by means of their emissaries, have gone over the whole land, and whatever of real value these lands contain will be their private property. If the Chartered Company were in ten or fifteen years' time, or much sooner, to explode, and as a company to loosen its control over the land and people, it would yet be found that the whole real wealth of the country was appropriated and in the hands of a few private indivi- individuals page: 68 duals forming syndicates and trusts.
The worst social diseases which afflict the old countries of Europe will make their appearance full grown in this virgin African land at the outset of its career. That unequal division of wealth, which bestows vast riches upon some individuals while the majority of the community are in abject poverty, is, in those old countries, the outcome of institutions which are the growth of centuries, and it is often softened by traditions binding the owners of wealth to the land itself, and those who labour on it. In these new territories no tradi- traditions page: 69 tions will bind the owner to the land and soften his relations with the people; the financial possessors of the wealth of the country will exhibit on a colossal scale the worst evils of absentee ownership, or the possession of a country by men who regard land and people merely as a means for acquiring wealth.
The political life in these territories will be diseased. Even in the Cape to-day we have seen how disastrous are the effects of gigantic wealth held in a young country by a few individuals. There may be no deliberate intention to bribe, but the mere possession of wealth page: 70 which is enormous in comparison to the wealth of the whole community (if the possessors be not singularly large and impersonal in their aims, and if they interest themselves at all in politics) throws into their hands a power of conferring benefits or inflicting evils which will inevitably lead to an undue subjection to their will; to the vitiation of representative institutions, and the destruction of independent public life.
The colonist and the stranger from Europe will arrive and settle in these territories, but they will discover that its townships, its valuable mines, its richest lands have already been page: 71 taken possession of. They will find it a cake from which all the plums have been carefully extracted, or like a body when the vultures have visited it, leaving nothing but bare bones.
Is it for colonisation carried out on such lines as these that the Cape Colony is to be asked to sacrifice its internal political and social welfare? Is it to aid and abet a handful of men in gaining this disastrous control over South Africa and its resources that the Cape Colony is to obliterate itself? Is it to submit to any use which may be made of it, so it only affords a stepping-stone, and gives prestige in Europe by allowing page: 72 its public appointments to be held by them?
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Her other views do expose her as a loon.
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Glad I could help. I tried a search on "keep Bachmann" too, in order to be fair and balanced. That was just as interesting as the search on "Bachmann quotes" and does not help her cause. I really like her bill to give Americans freedom to choose their type of light bulb.
I would not associate that reaction with ecstasy so we all know where you stand;)
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Films to be screened, Feb. 26-28
Posted February 22, 2004; 12:52 a.m.
The Undergraduate Film Organization will present two films in the coming week.
On Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 26-28, "Capturing the Friedmans" will be shown at 11:15 p.m. in the Frist Film/Performance Theatre. The 2003 documentary focuses on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middleclass family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking crimes. Tickets are $2.
On Friday, Feb. 27, the UFO will show "Vertigo" at 10:15 p.m. in 101 McCormick. The 1958 classic was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Admission is free.
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My first book is uploaded under a Creative Commons license. I'm putting my drawing software to work selling an interesting service on E-Bay. What else is new? Oh yeah, ivtools-1.1.
My first book is uploaded under a Creative Commons license. I'm putting my drawing software to work selling an interesting service on E-Bay. What else is new? Oh yeah, ivtools-1.1.
Unemployed computer philosopher with theory and experience relevant to large-scale graphics and imaging systems, especially image analysis and recognition. Will work for sanity.
I went to that last show by myself, and had a cosmic moment when I asked Cha, the drummer who I've seen play in several different bands, if she had been in any bands before I first saw her play with Matt and Tony (called Nectar). She smiled, and said yes, then looked shocked for a moment as Matt and the other guy in her first band (before Tony, called Hear) walked up.
It was the breakup show, and they had problems with the sound balance at the Rio. I couldn't hear Mauri's tasty lead guitar, and that was a big problem. I had to move myself around the room to get the mix I wanted. Or maybe it was Leslie's 96-year old grandmother seated in the very front that intimidated the sound guy, I don't know. For a while it was only bass and drums, which is fine for your average punk band, but did these girls a disservice.
Befor the last song Mauri gave Leslie a kiss on the cheek. After the song she acted at smashing her guitar with little damage, until Leslie picked up Mauri's guitar and gave it a few whacks of her own. The last thing I saw after the show was Mauri's friend carefully inspecting the damage, saying it was repairable. I told him to thank Mauri for the music, and walked out.
For me a trip to San Francisco is usually a spiritual journey. I fear more will be required in the near future, to contemplate what the world could have been, what it might get to someday, and why things are the way they are now. And some day I'll tell you my stories of Harold Stassen. Kudos to whomever can figure out the connection.
Anyone from the Peninsula want to car-pool to the very last show of Glitter Mini 9 in San Francisco, Sat. Jan 25th? They go on stage at 11 at the El Rio. If you love the Donnas, GM9 will steal your heart away, then break it.
(pointed out by a friend) Where is the source for Safari? Why am I not informed of its GPL licensing when I download the beta binary (imposed by the use of khtml)? Why isn't slashdot.org all over this?
We're all the unbelievably lucky winners in the craps game of life, the fortunate progeny of countless generations of successful reproducers. Shouldn't that be enough?
Speaking of bets, any wagers on how long before AOL Time Warner drops the AOL from its moniker? That will make it easier to name each of the two phallic towers it is building on the southwest corner of Central Park.
I'm quite intrigued by Lawrence Lessig's Creative Commons foundation, an attempt to formalize liberal licensing of artwork and other media. I had created my own license for Artwork , Web-Pages, or CD-ROMs a while back, but I'll gladly switch to the equivalent Attribute-NonCommercial from CC.
Now I just wish they would publish an unfiltered feed of web-sites that register at their site. Nothing wrong with them creating a database of materials they judge to be in their interest to publicize, but why sit on the only complete database of CC-licensed material? Their web pages state they expect others (search engines, et.al.) to build these indices, but why search the whole web when you can start with a targeted list?
shlomif, yeah that's it, that's what we need, a Freshmeat for Creative-Commons.
Converted (to PDF) and uploaded the first chapter of my Creative Commons-licensed fantasy story. Fear not, the rest is finished (was finished long ago). I just have to retype those portions which I have only a paper copy. Wait a month for the whole thing, or start reading it to your kids in serial fashion now.
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text: Higurashi No Naku koro Ni, is based on a series of events that seem to keep happening in a small village called Hinamizawa. The story(or stories) revolve around a small group of friends and a supposed curse that has been inflicted on the village.I won't talk about the curse because it is talked about often through out the series so that you 'know' what is going on. Although actually understanding what is going on may be tough because the show does not do much to explain what keeps happening.Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni(1st Season) is spread upon 6 chapters(with a total of 26 episodes), where each chapter tells... See full review


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Dir. Werner Herzog
AKA Nosferatu the Vampyre
Real-estate agent Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz) leaves his hometown of Wismar and travels to Transylvania to complete a property sale for Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski). When Dracula sees a photo of Jonathan's wife Lucy (Isabelle Adjani) he is captivated and determines to make her his. Drinking Jonathan's blood and locking him in the castle, the Count departs for Wismar, bringing with him plague-infected rats. As the inhabitants of Wismar fall victim to the plague and to the Count's thirst for blood, Lucy realises she must take matters into her own hands to save her soul and that of her now seemingly traumatised husband…
Werner's Nosferatu is a respectful and masterful remake/homage to F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens. Murnau couldn't obtain permission to adapt Bram Stoker's seminal novel Dracula, so he went ahead and crafted his film anyway – altering it slightly so as to avoid prosecution. A law suit was still filed by Stoker's widow and all prints of the film were ordered to be destroyed. Luckily, a few survived and the film is now regarded as an early classic of German Expressionist and horror cinema. Indeed, Herzog considers it to be one of the finest examples of German cinema and his respect for the source material is obvious throughout his own version of the film.
The film opens with astounding imagery - morbid and strangely beautiful (an apt description for the film as a whole) with various shots of preserved, petrified corpses, grinning grotesquely from their dark eternity. From the outset, the film is moody, solemn and conjures a striking otherworldly atmosphere. Herzog pays homage to the original film but is careful to also stamp it with his own sensibilities. A number of iconic shots are not repeated, instead Herzog creates a few more of his own. The shot of the Count floating dreamlike over the bow of the ship and seeming to hover in the air for a moment as his clawed hands move slowly through the night air, is as beautiful as it is chilling. Another unnerving and wonderful moment occurs as Lucy sits in front of her mirror brushing her hair. A dark shadow seems to move across the room and her door closes – out of nowhere the Count appears at her side. The very magic of cinema seeps out of the film during scenes like these.
Moods and emotions are created and conveyed through facial expressions, hand movements and Herzog's artful framing devices. This is a very painterly film that abounds in exquisitely framed and composed shots. The actors are placed precisely in their shots and all of them seem to utilise highly expressionistic acting; indeed dialogue throughout the film is markedly sparse.
Kinski is a revelation. His Count Dracula is one of cinema's most interesting vampiric carnations – fully aware of his own mortality and the pain and silent resignation it brings. Unable to grow old and die, at times it appears his 'condition' is a curse he longs to be free of. His associations with plagues and rats and disease carriers is also quite an interesting one, seeming to pre-empt the idea of vampirism as a metaphor for AIDS. His hand gestures alone are able to convey his character's sense of pain and solitude, as they slowly dance about in the air, spider-like and sinister. While he appears deeply melancholy, he is also devastatingly threatening – an interesting dichotomy that Kinski takes in his masterful stride.
Adjani's fragile beauty belies the strength she bestows upon Lucy, portraying her as a strong-willed and selfless woman. Her eyes are the eyes of a silent-film actress – wide and expressive.
Herzog adds a melancholy and downright sexual edge to proceedings, and this is nowhere near as evident as it is in the film's last scenes. The Count comes to Lucy as she sleeps – unaware of her plan to distract him until dawn. Guzzling thirstily at her throat he gorges himself on her blood and as he languidly lies on top of her, bloated with her blood, he clamps one of those spidery, skeletal hands to her breast. Her determination to save her soul and that of her husband results in the ultimate sacrifice and the film ends in the oddest manner – whilst there is bleakness and tragedy, a dark and bizarre humour is also evident.
The score of Nosferatu, courtesy of Popol Vuh, utilises traditional Georgian folk melodies and songs to breathtaking and haunting effect. Herzog apparently also asked Florian Fricke to contribute a number of compositions to the film, and the results are some of the most striking choral pieces ever produced for cinema. The opening piece, a dark and moody chorus that effortlessly conveys an unshakable sense of fear and dread gradually trickles into a lighter, almost pastoral conclusion with hints of folk lullabies and prog-rock thrown in for good measure – as kittens playing with yarn appear on screen nonetheless! The music swirls together with Herzog's unforgettable imagery to create a spine-tingling and evocative tapestry of dark and elegant moodiness. The scene depicting Lucy wandering trancelike through the town square as the population, who have accepted their fate and decide to live their lives in stilted and debauched celebration before they die, descends into plague-stricken madness and anarchy is accompanied by a traditional Georgian choral piece entitled Tsintskaro that swerves delicately between unattainable majesty, deep mourning and intimate contemplation and is nothing short of moving. This piece was used by Kate Bush on her album Hounds of Love (an album that consequently hangs heavy with sublime references to horror cinema) during the penultimate track Hello Earth – a song that rounds off a conceptual narrative of someone who is lost at sea and beginning to drown. Fortunately the album ends on a positive note as the narrator is rescued from the water at dawn. Ooops. Note to self – this is not a blog about Kate Bush. But there's an idea!
Anyway, where was I? Oh yes.
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht is a highly atmospheric and moody film, positively saturated in a morose dread and preoccupation with decay and death. Solemn and almost theistical in its tone, the film is an unforgettable experience, by turns terrifying, deeply melancholy and hopelessly mournful and one that should haunt your thoughts long afterwards.
Trivia: The part of Van Helsing was played by late Belgian writer Roland Topor, who also wrote the screenplay for the classic/cult French animation Fantastic Planet (1973) and the screenplay for the Roman Polanski's dark and paranoid The Tenant (1976).


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Several road projects in the state could be delayed if a federal funding law is not extended.
Steven Robles was an hour into his regular weekend swim off some of Southern California's most popular beaches when he came face-to-face wit…
Washington state issued its first retail marijuana licenses on Monday in a series of middle-of-the-night emails alerting bleary-eyed pot-sho…
Fire officials say smoke detectors were installed last year inside a Philadelphia row home where four children died in a fast-moving blaze.
An Ohio Department of Taxation report finds that since 2012 the amount of tax credits granted businesses promising to create and retain jobs…
A teen missing from a campground at Pymatuning State Park was found safe and sound.
A music festival in Warren was used to help families across Trumbull County.
Friends and family gather to pay their respects for a long-time Trumbull County commissioner.
By the end of the summer you will start seeing bike patrols on bike paths in Warren.
Artwork will soon cover a retainer wall in Warren thanks to a $2,700 grant through the Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership.
The Trumbull County Fairgrounds are starting to fill up as more and more vendors and livestock arrive leading up to the big event.
More areas to play and exercise are coming to the Salem Community Center.
Beginning Monday, U.S. Route 62 between Liberty Avenue and Bon Air Drive will be closed for a culvert replacement.
Packard Music Hall played host Sunday to the All-Americon comic, toy and art show.
The mother of a child severely burned by fireworks said her daughter is slowly getting better.
A pair of traffic stops ended with two men spending the weekend in jail on separate drug charges.
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" Now, I recall reading CNET's review on the much overpraised "Nox Audio Scout's" this is what originally made me want to get a pair of these in ears and I have to say, they do have an interesting design. The flanges or rubber pieces on the side of the headphones may look nice or helpful but be warned! they are nothing more than a useless nuisance that gets in the way whenever you try to..." --OmarSy
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Family: Pelecanidae, Pelicans view all from this family
Description ADULT Has streaked, silvery gray upperparts and pale-streaked, brown underparts. Head and neck are whitish in winter, variably flushed with orange-yellow on crown and forehead, with yellowish pink bill and gray-brown gular pouch; breeding bird is similar but has dark brown on rear of neck. JUVENILE Mainly brown plumage, but with a whitish belly; seen from below in flight, note the pale margin to underwing coverts that forms a subtle stripe.
Dimensions Length: 45-54" (1.1-1.4 m); Wngspn: 7'6" (2.3 m)
Endangered Status The Brown Pelican is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. Populations along the U.S. Atlantic coast and in Florida and Alabama are no longer considered endangered. Both species of pelicans are sensitive to chemical pollutants absorbed from the fish they eat. Historically, the worst of these has been DDT, which affects calcium metabolism, resulting in thin-shelled eggs that break when moved by the incubating bird. (DDT was also responsible for the decline of the Bald Eagle and the Peregrine Falcon.) Because of its more limited, exclusively coastal range, the Brown Pelican suffered more acutely than its relative, the White Pelican, and its numbers crashed in the 1960s. But after the banning of many pesticides, these familiar birds are staging a comeback, and are even quite common in some East Coast locales.
Habitat Locally fairly common resident on Gulf coast, especially in south Texas and Florida. Feeds in both sheltered bays and relatively exposed seas. Often seen perched on boat moorings and posts. Seldom seen on inland freshwater lakes.
Observation Tips Usually easy to see in suitable coastal locations and typically not bothered by the presence of people, allowing superb views to be obtained. Fishing birds provide a wonderful spectacle and the activities of one diving bird usually quickly attracts a small gathering of feeding pelicans.
Range Western Canada, Florida, Texas, Mid-Atlantic, California, Southwest, Southeast, Northwest
Voice Mostly silent.
Discussion Huge and impressive waterbird. Unmistakably a pelican, given the body shape, huge bill, and expandable gular pouch; mainly dark plumage allows easy separation from American White Pelican. Swims effortlessly and with grace, using large, webbed feet. Also extremely impressive in flight and capable of sustained gliding and soaring. Feeds in a spectacular manner: dives from a considerable height, pulling back the wings at the last second and engulfing fish in expanded gular pouch when submerged. Sexes are similar.


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Did I already mention that I'm going to see Kill Bill tonight? :)
Did I already mention that I'm going to see Kill Bill tonight? :)
After work yesterday, I was heading towards Hitchin, where I was supposed to be meeting with a retired priest to talk about some theological stuff. En route on the A1, just out of Borehamwood, I was involved in a Road Traffic Accident, first time in my life (either as the driver, or a passenger).
I was driving at about 60 in the left hand lane, observed that the van ahead was going a lot slower than I was, so checked my mirror & blind spot in order to overtake. When I looked forward again, I realised the van was a) stationary and b) just about right in front of me. I applied the brakes, but the road was wet, and I skidded, glancing the rear-right of it with the front-left of my car.
Thankfully I wasn't badly hurt, just a slight pain in my side, which has pretty well passed by this morning, but I was rather shaken by it. Now waiting to see what happens with the insurance. Hoping that it's going to be repairable, because of the finance on the car, if it's written off, I could end up out of pocket.
The police who attended the scene (from Hatfield station, in Hertfordshire) were very professional, did their job with the utmost consideration for the people involved, and I cannot commend them enough.
BT engineer is coming tomorrow, hopefully, I might have a phone service, and more importantly DSL back by the end of the day. I dread to think how much mail is queued for the various domains that swamprat deals with.
Kill Bill tonight, nearly three hours of Uma Thurman kicking ass should help me unwind, and take my mind off the accident for a bit.
It's a very strange thing. Once I'd left Chez Dave on Saturday night, his DSL stopped working under Linux. now, I suspect it might be related to the kernel update that APT sucked down for him, but I'll check it out on Wednesday ahead of cell group.
One thing I didn't mention on Saturday, because I was hoping to have photos for the gallery was the fact that I've had a haircut. The ponytail has gone, it is no more. It's been replaced with a rather nice short hair do which apparently makes me look "younger and slimmer" (not my words, nor those of the hairdresser). The photos should be in the gallery tomorrow - I forgot to bring my USB lead for the camera with me to work today, so in the meantime, here's one I took with my webcam (the online version of which is offline along with the DSL). Compare with what it looked like beforehand.
Have had curry and risk with Dave & Catherine this evening (and am now using their DSL), it's been a great evening. Regular readers of my regular (hosted on the DSL alas) blog will know Dave as the owner of the Binatone DSL500. Have been ironing out a few issues with my insserv headers to bring up the line, and will now get around to publishing it real soon on Rubber Turnip.
In other news, Kill Bill Vol II tickets should be booked this evening, to go see it on Tuesday.
Nnnng, looks like I spoke too soon about my DSL working again, it was up and down all last night, and is currently down. have to run some tests this evening, and get back to Pipex. How annoying...
Went home at lunchtime, and tested the router with BT's test account, it still lost the sync with the exchange, so it's now been escalated to BT. Meanwhile I'm going to contact Netgear to see if they have any solutions up their sleeve, given that it was they, not Pipex or BT who sorted it last time I had problems.
Update 2
Netgear not a huge amount of help, although they did mention that since I'd upgraded the firmware (anyone else using a DG814 - 4.10 is out now - go get it), I ought to do a full hardware reset, which involves holding the hidden reset button for about 40 seconds. Well, you never know, it could make a difference(!)
In other news, I've had a really productive afternoon, I've been knocking problems and issues off like there's no tomorrow, whittled my INBOX down from over forty emails to a mere seven, which is a real result. There is a tomorrow of course, in case anyone was wondering, and that tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!
Out for a curry with Nick & Rosie tonight - w00t!
DSL is down (hence blogging on Advogato). Pipex won't do anything until I've verified that the router won't bring the link up when it's the only thing on the line, and with a different microfilter. What fun.
In addition to having to do that tonight, we also have to sort out the living room, because last night our female hamsters escaped (only a few days before they go to pet shops annoyingly). So for, goodness knows how much of last night we had eight hamsters loose in the house. We managed to recapture them all and re-cage them this morning, but the living toom is a real state. I have a certain amount of grudging respect for hamsters that manage to open the door of their cage though.
The annoying thing is that if Tia (mother) hadn't been running across the floor when I went downstairs, we probably wouldn't have noticed, would have just assumed they were all asleep (as they should be at that time of the morning).
Work on GST::Network is progressing slightly more slowly than I had anticipated, just got to iron out some probs in the profiling at the moment I think - the tool SEGVs when it's run. When I dump the output to an XML file, it all looks fine apart from the <profiledb> section, which to me looks like a bit of a giveaway as to the source of the problem.
Seems like the various strands of the US government are getting themselves into a real pickle in the 9/11 commission. Somewhere in there you might find the truth, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
I run a couple of sites, usr-local-bin.org, which provides up-to-date builds of various GNOME apps for SuSE, as well as a replacement GNOME desktop to the one included in SuSE by default, and planetsuse.org, which is, well, Planet SuSE, in the same vein as Planet GNOME.
I also hack a bit on GNOME System Tools, doing SuSEfication, and also a bit of SuSEfication on gnome-themes-extras.
It certainly is weird when people you've never heard of certify you, but in your case the work you do on GStreamer is why I certified you as I did.
This is therefore a call to anyone from Novell, who feels they would be at home with a blog appearing on Planet SuSE to get in touch. If you contribute, we want to know how. Anyone from SuSE too who blogs, or wants to, to keep the community informed, drop me a line, let's make this the biggest and best planet there is.
Off to Wales for the church weekend away this afternoon, should be a good time.
One result of having lost that drive is that I was once again presented with the defaults in ULB GNOME. Noticed a small gotcha in the gnome-terminal settings, one gconf key I should have set to false that's set to true. Will fix it and do a brown paper bag release on Monday.
At tigert's suggestion, I'm trying the Mist theme at the moment. It's really nice, small, fast, and the colours are really quite calming on the eyes.
The reimbursement for the camera made it into my account at the start of business hours today, so that's good. Will order it from somewhere else on Monday.
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Posted April 27, 2004; 05:08 p.m.
A discussion on the role of the Board of Trustees at the University is set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, in McCosh 10.
Robert Durkee '69, vice president and secretary of the board, and Trustee Raj Vinnakota '93, co-founder and managing director of the SEED Foundation in Washington, D.C., will lead the discussion.
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It's been an eternity since I posted anything here or over on Sourceforge. The Triumvirate project lost its incentive when the client who was asking for it closed his service business. I don't know how much this interactive web functionality would be useful for other projects, so I haven't really had a mind to work on it any more. Also, there just doesn't seem to be any kind of demand for this level of interoperability in recurring service industries, which surprises me not a little. Hmm.
Now I'm working on some web applications using data concentration and information mining. The application of intelligent filters and detectors is what a client is willing to pay for, and that's the kind of work that requires brains to pull off regardless of what kind of software is behind the decisions to act. If I can contribute to the open source community with this stuff then so much the better. We'll see.


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What did Marty learn from starting four companies? Four ways how to redefine failure.
Marty Note
Wrote this piece just before the Internet Startup Summit in Raleigh. It shares my four startup "failures" and the hard won lessons learned. My money scorecard is just about break even and I've had amazing experiences, so "failure" isn't the way I think about my startup experience. As Eckhart Tolle says, "Whatever is happening is exactly what is supposed to be happening."
If you have great stories of hard lessons learned please share and I will curate into the piece on Atlantic BT's blog. Thanks. Marty


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I wish I could edit my own reviews. It is possible that one could have a typo and only realize it after the review about a resource is submitted. In addition, one might change an opinion about a resource and it would be nice to be able to "delete" a review (or change it).


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Comfortable Room near Tube Station 2c
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면적12 m²
Floor No.2
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|Widegate Street, E1 7HP London, 영국
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The room is ideal for couples, friends, family or professionals visiting the City. Has an amazingly comfortable double bed, a plasma TV, freezer, internet and a shared fitted kitchen with washing machine. Soap and shampoo are also available.
Close to the high-octane world of the City of London and also near to London's trendy east End, with Shoreditch and Brick Lane very nearby. Liverpool Street Tube Station is 1 minute walk away. Liverpool Street is a big transport hub with connections all over the great city of London.
Shoreditch is in the east of central London and is one of the most popular areas in London at the moment. It is full of trendy cafés, bars, restaurants and other meeting points such as galleries and small shops. There are also a lot of exciting markets surrounding the area such as Brick Lane Market, Broadway Market and Colombia Road Market.
A short walk away from Shoreditch is Liverpool Street station where you can access Central Line, which will take you to the Oxford Street in 10 minutes. Oxford Street is the main shopping street in London, and nearby are a lot of the typical attractions of London. There are also plenty of buses and night buses running 24/7 from all directions in London. Whether you want to enjoy a day (or night) out in central London, or chill out with the locals in one of the markets, Shoreditch is the perfect location for you.
숙소규정No smoking.
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Small room but had all you need. clean share facilities. Noisy street on weekend nights with pubs close by. Very close to liverpool street station and buses to get about London. Secure entry but no lift if you can't climb up to 3 flights of stairs.
Very nice and clean room in very good location.
Great place in London. The location is perfect (not only if you are arriving from Stansted airport), everything in the city is easily accessible with busses and the tube. As others wrote, the room is quite small. However, we had enough space and even spent one evening in the room watching a movie. Everything was clean and we also had no problem with the bathroom which is shared with the other rooms in the appartment.
We got the keys from the reception of a hotel next door. After checking out, you can also leave your bags there. However, they charge 5 GBP for that, which I think is quite expensive.
There are also larger rooms in the same appartment but even the small one was perfect for a short trip to London. We will definitely come back!
I stayed in this room with my girlfriend. Everything was just perfect. The location is right on Liverpool Street. The room was clean and very nice, with anything you could need.
An excellent host. Very helpful. Accommodation clean & comfortable.
Nice and simple little room. Possibility of using the kitchen.
(Renovation works where ongoing during our stay)
Splendid located in near proximity of: Liverpool Street (Tube)
We have stayed in the appartment for a weekend, which was great.
The location was great, walking distance to liverpoolstreet and to shoreditch. Lots of restaurants, pubs, shops, markets etc.
The room was a bit small, there is a bed, a mirror, a closet and a fridge. But that was fine. The room was a bit noisy but it wasn't bothering us at all. There is a shared kitchen with almost everything in it, oven, fridge, rice cooker, and the possibility to cook yourself which is great. In the shared bathroom there is a bath/shower, toilet and sink. The toilet doesn't flush most of the time and there is a bit mold.
It didnt bother us at all to share the bathroom/kitchen, because most of the time you dont want to use it all at the same time.
conclusion, we liked it.
Your money pays for the location, which really can't be beat. If that's your priority, staying here is a good option.
With that said, don't expect to sleep much (the walls are paper thin, and not only those separating you from your neighbor-- you can hear someone turn on the water faucet in the bathroom all the way down the hall as if it were happening in your room). This is obviously something that is not the owner's fault, but it is something to keep in mind in thinking about your options.
Also: the toilet does not flush. Notified the owner immediately, was told that the toilet hasn't flushed in 7 years. Said he fixed it, but all he did was put a sign over the toilet telling guests to put their tissue in the wastebasket. Luckily the situation didn't get too gross, but still... replacing the toilet would be appreciated :)
In sum: I would return to Marcos' hospitality the next time I was in London if I was still on a budget, wanted to be in a great location, and the toilet was permanently fixed or replaced.
Good size room, great value for money. Free wifi is excellent.
A really great location, so close to Liverpool Street Station and I always felt safe coming back by myself at night. I would recommend this to friends!
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..super song? Mebbe even own one of those "goats"? I was hung up with the '57 Chebbie, but danced to the music about that little GTO.
If the words are not coming to you, here's a reminder from my friends at the DR, from Bonner and Company.
Shifting Toward an Un-free Market
by Bill Bonner
Paris, FranceLittle GTO, you're really lookin' fineThree deuces and a four-speed and a 389Listen to her tachin' up now, listen to her why-ee-eye-ineC'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTOWa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa(mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO")Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa(mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO")Wa-wa (mixed with "Ahhh, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, waYou oughta see her on a road course or a quarter mileThis little modified Pon-Pon has got plenty of styleShe beats the gassers and the rail jobs, really drives 'em why-eye-ildC'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTOPontiac is going out of business after 82 years. And General Motors is being taken over by the government.- Ronnie and the Daytonas
Here at The Daily Reckoning's office in Paris, we are delighted. It's like being alive when extra-terrestrials finally come calling. Or when the Pope becomes a Mormon. We're getting to see things we never thought we'd see...amazing things.
It must have been about 1960. Our father traded in the old Chevy for a Pontiac. It was an old one - maybe it was a '54 or a '56. But it was heavier, more solidly built, and quieter than the Chevrolet.
A few years later, boys from better families bought muscled-up Pontiac GTOs and Grand Prix. We remember, when we graduated from high school, a friend bought a GTO. What a thrill it was just to go for a ride...and turn up the radio!
And then, it must have been in the early '70s, our old friend Doug Casey drove up in a shiny Pontiac Firebird. We still remember the sound of it...deep, resonant...a baritone of an automobile; it probably sucked an entire oil well dry each time it drove up to the pump. Global warming on wheels.
But now... Adieu, Pontiac...
And we can probably say goodbye to GM too.
"US to take majority GM stake in revamp," says the headline in today's Financial Times.
How about that? America's largest car company is going to be state- owned...nationalized...presided over by the federal bureaucrats.
It's just a part of the shift away from the free market and towards an un-free market. Free market capitalism has failed, say the pundits. Let's give the feds a chance.
Even Henry Kaufman, writing in today's Financial Times, says that the Fed's "libertarian dogma" prevented it from controlling the banks properly.
But the Fed is hardly a libertarian organization. It's a banking cartel. As a cartel, it looks out for its member banks - and doesn't hesitate to use state power to do so. There is nothing libertarian about it...and no dogma associated with it - except as Greenspan's eyewash - that is even vaguely libertarian.
The Fed colluded with member banks to fix interest rates. In so doing, it helped create the biggest bubble in credit the world had ever seen. It was a terrible thing for the average fellow - who was lured deep into debt by rising house prices and cheap credit. But it was a great thing for the members of the Federal Reserve cartel. Profits in the financial sector - notably, the big Wall Street investment banks - soared.
But bankers are vulnerable to too much of a good thing - just like everyone else. Soon, they made the classic Wall Street mistake - they came to believe their own hype. Not only did they gin up trillions of dollars' worth of preposterous financial instruments...they actually bought these debt bombs from each other.
This posed a grave danger to the nation's economy...and to the banking system. Henry Kaufman claims the regulators dropped the ball because believed they put too much faith in the free market. But the regulators were little more than front men for the banks themselves. After Alan Greenspan came Henry Paulson as Secretary of the Treasury. He was probably still replying to messages at his old address - email@example.com - when the crisis began. And the head of the New York Fed - now, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner - was elected to his post by the very institutions he was supposed to be overseeing.
Neither of them was about to stop the party; they and their friends were having too much fun.
Over to Addison, for news from the housing market:
"Only in America, only in 2009, can an annual 18.6% decline in home prices signal 'stabilization' in the housing market," writes Addison in today's issue of The 5 Min. Forecast.
"Just out this morning is the latest Case-Shiller index of housing prices in major U.S. metro areas. The annual 18.6% plunge in February is a teensy improvement from a record 19.0% drop the month before. It's the first time since the index started falling in early 2007 that it did not set a record year-over-year decline."
"The numbers are in line with economists' expectations. All 20 metro areas measured by the index fell during the last year. In the case of Phoenix, Las Vegas, and San Francisco, those drops were more than 30%.
"Overall, home prices, on average, are now back to where they were in 2003."
The news from the housing market may be seen as 'stable' right now...but wait until the second wave of loan resets happens in 2011. If you thought the first wave of subprime defaults was bad - just wait. Millions of consumers will watch their finances go over a cliff...and more bank losses will drag down the entire economy.
And back to Bill, with more thoughts:
Swine flu is in the headlines. They say 149 people have died of it in Mexico. Hardly a world-changing event so far, but epidemics have to begin somewhere.
Governments are swinging into action. They're checking their stocks of vaccinations...and threatening to 'shut down' Mexico City.
Major epidemics come along about as often as new imperial currencies. The French currency - the gold Louis - was the money of choice in the 18th century. In the 19th, it was the pound sterling. The U.S. dollar dominated the 20th century, it took over at about the same time as the Spanish Flu ran wild. The epidemic of 1918-1921 killed 30 million to 100 million people. It was the worst ever.
But this flu seems to move too slowly to be a major threat. People are able to see it coming, and take precautions. The next major epidemic will probably move much faster. When you will see the TV news reporter drop dead in front of your eyes, you will know trouble is coming.
Yesterday, the Dow fell 51 points. Oil stayed at $50. Gold lost $5 to close at $908.
The mood of the market is fairly positive, at least as we hear it. The last few weeks have produced an upward trend on Wall Street. The press is reporting "early signs of a recovery."
Of course, the crisis has to end sometime. But it seems much too early to us. Remember, this is a depression, not a recession. It is not a pause in an otherwise-healthy economic model. This time, the model itself is insolvent. Americans cannot continue going further and further into debt in order to provide huge bonuses for Wall Street and employment for China.
It's over. Fini. Caput.
It will take time to destroy the industries, investments and lifestyles that depended on the old model. And it will take even more time to find new ones.
Corporate earnings this year are expected to come in 35% below last year.
The insiders seem to realize that the game is over. They're selling into this rally - the highest level of insider selling in two years.
Zimbabwe, as long-suffering Dear Readers know, is a monetary pacesetter. It led the world in inflation - with a CPI estimated at 230 million percent. And then, it suddenly took the zeros off its currency - leading the world in deflation.
The latest report from that benighted land tells us that the chief of the Zimbabwe central bank, Gideon Gono, has found even more novel ways to get his economy rolling. Ben Bernanke, are you paying attention?
"Zimbabwe's central bank head admits robbing private bank accounts," says a headline.
Need money? Just take it directly from accounts in the country's banks. Of course, thanks to Mr. Gono and his friends there isn't a lot of money in Zimbabwe's banks. Who would keep money in Zimbabwe's banks, unless they had to? Still, a few international aid agencies had significant accounts - which Mr. Gono cleaned out. He said he only did it because he had to, in order to keep the economy functioning. Besides, he's going to put the money back just as soon as Zimbabwe gets back on its feet.
Bill Bonner
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Maurice Dusseault fully expected his presentation on fracking would meet with criticism.
"Because there's many people who are kind of taking a position that fracturing is inherently bad, and what I'm saying is that the process of hydraulic fracturing is not much riskier than other industrial practices," he said.
Dusseault, a professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, was one of two speakers at the Memorial Presents: The Facts about Fracking, An Engineering Perspective talk hosted by the Harris Centre at the Greenwood Inn and Suites in Corner Brook Thursday night.
The other speaker was Lesley James, an assistant professor in the faculty of engineering and applied science at Memorial University.
While James' presentation focused on rock formations and the need to fracture in order to get at the oil and gas deposits, Dusseault looked more at the actual practice.
He said it is one that, if done properly, can be done safely. And he disputed information to the contrary.
When it came time to open the floor to questions from the more than 150 people in attendance, it soon became clear that those opposed to the practice took exception with not only Dusseault's presentation, but with the Harris Centre for not having someone to present the opposing side in what many thought was supposed to be a debate.
Dusseault answered their criticism and stood his ground on the facts he presented. Afterwards he said part of the problem lies in the newness of the practice.
"It's ill understood and my job, as much as I can, is to try to overcome that."
He said if people went to Alberta and looked at the hundreds of thousands of wells drilled and the fracturing that has gone on, they would see that it hasn't destroyed the environment and it hasn't destroyed the groundwater.
He agreed that there will be incidents, but said it's the same as for hydro power or refineries.
"You can't stop it from happening."
In terms of risks, he suggested there are others, such as the transport of chemicals, that pose greater threats than the fracking process.
But he also agreed that people have a right to be concerned and said they should speak out about those concerns.
Jody Caines, an environmental sciences student at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, approached Dusseault following the presentation to thank him for providing information. He said he attended the presentation to find out what the consequences of fracking are, and felt Dusseault explained it clearly.
"I think the people jumped on him for things he didn't really try to cover, but I think he did a good job of explaining what's involved with fracking," said Caines.
"He told them what they didn't want to hear. He told them the facts, but the facts didn't jive with what they wanted to hear."
The event wasn't the most controversial the Harris Centre has ever hosted. Rob Greenwood, executive director of the centre, said there have been tough ones on the fishery, oil revenues and teacher stress.
"On tough emotional issues, all we can do is our best," said Greenwood. "What we find is if you try to address everything at once it's too messy. No one can get clarity on anything."
Greenwood said he would love to come back and do it again with a different focus.
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Upon its March opening, Miramar Pineland will be one of the most diverse sites in the Broward County Parks and Recreation Division: part regional park, part nature center, and part natural area. At approximately 157 acres, it is a unique combination of scrubby flatwoods to the north and restored wetlands and associated prairie to the south. Its slash pine forest, in the northern half, is one of the largest intact resources of its kind in the county. The two distinct vegetative communities are separated by fairly deep ravines that were cut when the site was once popular with off-road-vehicle enthusiasts.
The land that would eventually become Miramar Pineland was platted in 1908 by the Everglades Sugar and Land Co., which was owned by Robert Parsell Davie (future namesake of the Town of Davie) and the Colorado sugar tycoon J.R. McKinney. As with much of the Everglades, this land was purchased from the state's Internal Improvement Fund, established in 1855 to distribute wetlands to anyone willing to drain and farm them.
Sugar was never actually farmed on the site, however, which was used instead for cattle farming when the tract later came under the ownership of Royal Dairy Farms. The bare remains of a long-gone windmill and a concrete trough linger as reminders of the property's previous grazing activities.
The site has been greatly transformed over the last century. As part of the historical headwaters of the Snake Creek, it was once covered with typical Everglades vegetation, including sawgrass and clumps of bayhead tree islands. It was also connected to an active Seminole canoe route that flowed east to settlements along the Atlantic Ocean and west to the Big Cypress area of the Everglades. With the onset of the drainage, however, the site shifted into a drier pineland community, characterized by large, sprawling pines that date back 70 to 80 years.
The grazing cattle also affected the landscape, keeping it fairly open and restricting the spread of the pines and other canopy species, as well as prohibiting the growth of a thick understory. It's also likely that new grasses for cattle feed were introduced, and ranchers might have pulled up vegetation such as saw palmetto to keep the understory clear for the cattle.
Of the site's original 97.62 acres, almost 70 were purchased from the Estate of Emil Morton in 1989, through the Environmentally Sensitive Lands Bond Issue acquisition program; the remaining 27.64 acres were donated. Additional acreage was acquired in 2001, using a combination of funds from the 2000 Safe Parks and Land Preservation Bond program and grants from the Florida Communities Trust (FCT). The City of Miramar was a partner in the FCT project.
Since its purchase the land has had debris removed from it, and initial treatment and removal of exotic invasive plants has been completed, with the site now regularly monitored for exotics and treated again as needed. A slash pine forest with limited understory, grassy meadows, and bare sandy spots occupy a low ridge rising above the adjacent terrain in the northern portion of the area. The southern half of the site is a remnant sandy slough from the Snake Creek drainage system.
Amenities at the park include a pineland trail, a wetland boardwalk, a playground, a splash pad, and picnic areas (including rental shelters). A future interpretive center will include an assembly hall, interpretive displays, restrooms, and office and storage space.
Miramar Pineland was placed on the Urban Wilderness Inventory in 1996. The park is accessible via Broward County Transit's University Breeze line.
Add a little culture to your life on Saturday, March 9, when Butterfly World at Tradewinds Park will host two concerts (at noon and 2 p.m.) by the Indiana Wesleyan University Chorale. The group's concerts consist of a diverse repertoire of music, including sacred classics, hymns, spirituals, and contemporary compositions. These shows, held in the Grand Plaza Concert Hall, are free with paid admission to Butterfly World, which runs $24.95 for ages 12 and up, $19.95 for ages 3 to 11, and free for 2 and under. For more information, call Butterfly World at 954-977-4434 or visit butterflyworld.com. Tradewinds Park's regular weekend and holiday gate entrance fee of $1.50/person (children 5 and under free) will also be in effect. The park is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #34.
Hollywood may turn out every year for the Academy Awards, but another kind of star – the heavenly kind – inhabits the South Florida sky every night. And every quarter the South Florida Amateur Astronomers Association (SFAAA) gets together at Fern Forest Nature Center to discuss all things astronomical.
The free program is called An Evening With the Stars, and the latest installment starts at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 15. Speakers will cover basic telescope techniques and general astronomy information. For more details, call Fern Forest at 954-357-5198. The nature center is accessible via Broward County Transit Routes #31 and #42.
The SFAAA also opens the Fox Observatory at Markham Park every Saturday evening, weather permitting, from dusk to midnight. For more information on the SFAAA, call 954-384-0442 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Learn all about "Cuttings" at this month's Propagation Lecture at Secret Woods Nature Center. This middle installment in the three-lecture series includes hands-on instruction in various techniques. The program is for ages 12 and up and runs $5/person (plus applicable Florida sales tax). For more information, call Secret Woodsat 954-357-8884. The nature center is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #6.
Also concluding this month: the latest installment of the Lunch and Learn Nature Series, the lecture program that has been so popular at the Anne Kolb Nature Center. The final of three presentations, from noon to 2 p.m. on Friday, March 22, will be on the topic "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of South Florida." The guest lecturer is Ricardo Zambrano, a wildlife biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Preregistration is required a week prior to the event. A $7 donation to the Friends of the Anne Kolb Nature Center volunteer group gets you in and gets you lunch. For more information, call Anne Kolb at 954-357-5161. The nature center is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #12.
Water is an integral component of the quality of life to both residents and visitors alike in Broward County. This month two major events in parks attest to the importance water holds in our lives, in terms of both recreation and daily life.
The first event that will focus on water quality and conservation is Water Matters Day, scheduled for Saturday, March 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Tree Tops Park. Now in its 11th year, the county's signature water event – this year's theme is "Preserve. Protect. Conserve." – educates residents on what they can do to protect our drinking-water supplies. Among the relevant topics covered will be water conservation techniques, smart irrigation, and native landscaping.
This family-oriented event features live music, educational booths and exhibits, giveaways (including native plants), hands-on activities, children's workshops, and more. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. The Broward County Board of County Commissioners, Broward Workshop, the School Board of Broward County, and the South Florida Water Management District partner for the event.
Admission to Water Matters Day is free, although Tree Tops' regular weekend and holiday gate entrance fee of $1.50/person (children 5 and under free) will be in effect. For more information, visit broward.org/watermatters.
Then, from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 16, the county's largest environmental event, the 36th annual Waterway Cleanup, returns to Broward. The event, with the theme "Where Blue Meets Green," is organized by the Marine Industries Association of South Florida (MIASF) in cooperation with civil, public, and private partners to promote environmental awareness and responsibility. This year more than two dozen sites will participate, including the Anne Kolb Nature Center, Franklin Park and Reverend Samuel Delevoe neighborhood parks, Markham Park, and Secret Woods Nature Center.
Last year the event attracted more than 2,000 volunteers to work at waterfront locations and on floating sites on the Intracoastal Waterway. Approximately 20 tons of trash and debris was collected from the county's roughly 300 miles of navigable waterways, canals, and shorelines.
Participants should wear clothes that they don't mind getting dirty, as well as gloves and shoes. Sunscreen, sunglasses, hats, and drinking water are also recommended. For more information, call MIASF at 954-524-2733, visit waterwaycleanup.com, or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Anne Kolbis accessible via Broward County Transit Route #12; Franklin via Routes #11, #36, and #40; Delevoe via Routes #11 and #40; Markham via Route #23; and Secret Woods via Route #6.
Broward County offers residents and visitors beautiful and tranquil surroundings that have become part of our community's identity. Still, there are some areas of the County that are just as they were decades ago. Explore some of these natural oases by taking part in the Natural Area Exploration Series. This month's explorations will take place at Tall Cypress Natural Area on Sunday, March 10, and at Woodmont Natural Area on Sunday, March 24. Both hour long naturalist-led nature hikes are from 2 to 3 p.m. and are open to participants ages 3 and up. The cost of this program is $5 per person (plus applicable Florida sales tax). There will be two additional dates in March and two more in April. Participants are advised to bring drinking water and binoculars to wear, closed-toed shoes, and long sleeves/pants. Preregistration is required.
To preregister or for more information, call Quiet Waters Park at 954-357-5100. Tall Cypress is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #34, Woodmont via Routes #57 and #62.
The Florida Forest Service and Broward County Parks and Recreation Division are planning a Prescribed Fire for the natural area contained within Tradewinds Park. This management activity is tentatively scheduled to take place within the four-month time frame of early March through June 30, weather permitting. Prescribed fires are conducted only by professional firefighters and administered only when weather parameters are suitable. The final decision to conduct a burn is made daily by senior staff, after reviewing the predicted fire weather forecast for a particular day. A media release will be sent out when favorable weather conditions are expected. Smoke from the prescribed fire is possible and is expected to be minimal, although it is dependent on actual weather and wind conditions occurring throughout the duration of the burn. Prescribed fire is a safe way to apply a natural process, ensure ecosystem health, and reduce wildfire risk. Lands burned with prescribed fire experience an increase in native wildflowers, birds, and other wildlife. To learn how to protect your forest or to learn more about prescribed fire, visit goodfires.org. Part of Broward County's Environmentally Sensitive Lands (ESL) Bond Program, Tradewinds Natural Area is located one-quarter-mile south of Wiles Road, just west of Florida's Turnpike, within Tradewinds Park North. The site encompasses six acres of pine flatwoods and features a half-mile equestrian trail, north of the Tradewinds Park Stables.
For further information about the Broward County Natural Area Prescribed Fire Program or to be added to our "day of fire" notification list, please contact the Natural Resources and Land Management Section of the Parks Planning and Development Group at 954-357-8154.
The public is invited to the next meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, which is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. on Friday, March 1. The meeting will take place at Secret Woods Nature Center, 2701 W. State Rd. 84, Dania Beach 33312; 954-357-8884. More information is available here.
Broward County Parks now has its own YouTube Channel at www.YouTube.com/BrowardCountyParks. Stroll through a tranquil butterfly garden at Butterfly Island at Secret Woods Nature Center. Watch our videoand see what could be waiting for you next time you visit.
Broward County Parks is now on Twitter! Follow us at @BrowardParks and keep up to date with important information, events, programs, and other happenings. Twitter accounts have also been created for five of our parks including Secret Woods Nature Center (@SecretWoodsNC) in Dania Beach. Visit the Broward County Government Stay Connected Web page to follow your favorite park.
You can now take a little bit of Broward County nature home with you – thanks to a series of nature posters produced and sold by Broward County Parks. The six posters, all photographed in the county's parks, nature centers, and natural areas, feature American white waterlilies, burrowing owls, a gray fox, live oak trees, a prairie iris, and a queen butterfly. The posters look great either framed or unframed, and they're a distinctive way to bring a taste of nature into your home or office. They also make excellent gifts.
The offices at seven facilities have the posters available for purchase: the Anne Kolb Nature Center at West Lake Park in Hollywood, Fern Forest Nature Center in Coconut Creek, Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center in Davie, Markham Park in Sunrise, Plantation Heritage Park in Plantation, Tree Tops Park in Davie, and T.Y. Park in Hollywood.
The high-quality posters, which measure 18 inches by 24 inches, retail for $10, including Florida sales tax. You can also purchase posters by mail from Broward County Parks and Recreation, 950 N.W. 38th St., Oakland Park, FL 33309. Mail-order posters are $15 (includes Florida sales tax, shipping, and handling), with checks/money orders payable to Broward County Parks and Recreation. For more information, e-mail email@example.com.
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Anne Kolb Nature Center
751 Sheridan St., Hollywood
Deerfield Island Park
1720 Deerfield Island Park
Deerfield Beach
Fern Forest Nature Center
201 Lyons Rd. South Coconut Creek
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center
3501 S.W. 130th Ave.
Secret Woods Nature Center
2701 W. State Rd. 84 Dania Beach
For more nature activities, please go to broward.org/parks.
Airboat Rides (Everglades Holiday Park) – Batting Cages (AllGolf at C.B. Smith Park) – Bike America (Quiet Waters Park) – Butterfly World (Tradewinds Park & Stables) – Cable Water-Skiing (Ski Rixen USA at Quiet Waters Park) – Campgrounds (C.B. Smith Park, Easterlin Park, Markham Park & Target Range, Quiet Waters Park, T.Y. (Topeekeegee Yugnee) Park) – Dog Park (Barkham at Markham Park & Target Range) – Educational Farm (Tradewinds Park & Stables) – Exhibit Halls (Anne Kolb Nature Center at West Lake Park, Fern Forest Nature Center, Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center, Secret Woods Nature Center) – Golf Facilities (AllGolf at C.B. Smith Park) – Softball/Baseball Fields (Brian Piccolo Park & Velodrome, Sunview Park, Tradewinds Park & Stables) – Observatory (Markham Park & Target Range) – Riding Stables (Tradewinds Park & Stables, Tree Tops Park) – Skate Park/Track (Brian Piccolo Park & Velodrome) – Target Range (Markham Park & Target Range) – Tennis Centers (Brian Piccolo Park & Velodrome, C.B. Smith Park) – Velodrome (Brian Piccolo Park & Velodrome) – Water Playgrounds/ Waterslides/Swimming (C.B. Smith Park, Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium, Quiet Waters Park, T.Y. (Topeekeegee Yugnee) Park)
The Parks and Recreation Division is dedicated to providing a countywide park system with diverse facilities and recreation opportunities, along with natural area conservation and research-based educational outreach, to enhance the well-being of residents, businesses, and visitors.
Founded in February 1956 and accredited by the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies, Broward County Parks and Recreation Division manages almost 6,500 acres, encompassing nearly 50 regional parks and nature centers, neighborhood parks, and natural areas at various stages of development. Facilities include water parks, campgrounds, a target range, a stadium, a skate park, an observatory, mountain bike trails, an educational farm with stables, and a velodrome and other sports facilities. Hours and fees vary by location. For more information, visit broward.org/parks.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations in order to participate in County programs, services, and activities must contact the Special Populations Section at 954-357-8170 or TTY 954-537-2844 at least 10 business days prior to the scheduled meeting or event to request an accommodation.
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Family: Clupeidae, Herrings view all from this family
Description Like other gizzard shads, the body is deep somewhat forward of the middle. It is a grayish or silvery blue above, becoming silver on the sides and white below. The dorsal fin has 10-12 rays; in adults, the last ray is very long, extending beyond the rest of the fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked. They can reach a length of 22.5 inches (57 cm), and weigh up to 4.37 lbs (1980 grams).
American gizzard shad begin life feeding on zooplankton, using their teeth to catch them. At about 1 inch in length, they lose the teeth, become deeper-bodied, develop the muscular gizzard, and become filter feeders, consuming both small invertebrates and phytoplankton, as well as some sand for the gizzard.
They live in a variety of open waters, both clear and silty, including rivers, swamps, lakes, and bays, typically near the surface. They avoid fast-moving water.
Native range extends from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River area west to eastern South Dakota and central New Mexico, as well as to the Gulf of Mexico, where it has been found as far south as Rio Panuco in Mexico.
The specific epithet cepedianum honors French naturalist Bernard Germain de LacÈpËde (1756-1825).
Dimensions Up to 16" (41 cm).
Habitat Estuaries, tidal flats & salt marshes, Lakes & ponds, Rivers & streams.
Range Plains, Great Lakes, New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Florida.


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