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Shares of Barnes & Noble (BKS) fell 12% this afternoon, falling after gaining 31% on Thursday and Friday in the wake of a story on TechCrunch that Microsoft (MSFT) was readying to buy the bookseller's Nook business.
There was a report this afternoon on the website Insider Monkey which quoted an unnamed "highly placed source inside Microsoft" as saying that the TechCrunch report had no credence.
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 star talks to TheFIX about basically everything.
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Maine AIDS WALK Supported on Time & Temperature Building
Mainers, looking to help make a difference this weekend?
The 2012 Southern Maine AIDS 5K Run/Walk is this Saturday, May 12 on beautiful Ogunquit Beach. The walk, done on behalf of Frannie Peabody Center, is part of AIDS Walk Weekend.
In honor of the walk, AIDS awareness in Maine and the Frannie Peabody Center, our law firm has donated the space on the Time & Temperature Building's illuminated sign. This week, Congress Street's infamous sign reads: 'AIDS' 'WALK.'
Frannie Peabody Center is Maine's largest HIV/AIDS advocacy organization with offices in both Portland and Ogunquit. For more information on the tireless work the organization does to support and help people in Maine living with AIDS, please visit: www.peabodycenter.org.
**Registration for Saturday's walk begins at 9:30 am and the walk starts at 10:30am sharp.**
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New Filter and Cycling
Hello! I currently have a fully cycled, live plant, 36 gallon with 5 peppered corys, 5 platys, 11 neon tetra, 1 dwarf gourami, and 4 netrite snails. I currently have a Whisper 40i and a Whisper 10i in the tank. Side note: I didn't realize that my 40i wouldn't be enough when I originally purchased the tank and thanks to some helpful members here, I know I need to improve my filtration. Due to the fact that money is tight, I have been saving for an Aqua Clear 110. Three questions... 1) Is this a good filter for the tank I have? Or is there a bette option in the same price range? 2) When I replace the filters and put in the new one, will that mess up my bioload? My understanding is that a lot of beneficial bacteria live in the filter as well as the walls, and decor, etc. Will taking out the current filters and putting in a new one cause an issue with my water quality? 3) Not related to filtration, is my stocking ok? Like I always say, I am new at this at looking for any advice I can get from the more experienced. :) Thanks!
You have a nice sounding tank! good set up you have there.
the AC 110 is a great choice for your tank.
personally, I would run both the whisper 40 and the ac110 on that tank.
either sell the 10i, or keep it for a future QT tank that comes available when you can budget such a thing.
if you run both 40i/ac110-then you don't risk anything with your bioload, your AC will just seed up with bacteria!
but since you are taking the 10i off-keep a close eye on your parameters to make sure there isn't a mini ammonia spike-but do water changes as needed.
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Hi Mizzoutank. Thanks for the advice! How long to you recommend leaving the 40i before removing? Month? Thanks!
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Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.
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Ok, so this is probably a really rookie question, but how do I transer my bio media? Thanks!
That means you move the media from the old filter to the new one. I have a whisper 10i for my QT tank, and honestly I would recommend running both the 40i and the AC110 together for about 6 weeks.When I go fishing I just throw sharp rocks in the water and wait for the dead fish to float to the top... Kingfisher
Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that reason is you are stupid and make bad decisions.
I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
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Executive director of Amnesty International to speak, Nov. 12
Posted November 8, 2001; 06:51 p.m.
William Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA , will present a public lecture titled "In Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All" at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in 301 Frist Campus Center.
Schulz will draw from his most recent book, "In Our Own Best Interests: How Defending Human Rights Benefits All Americans" (Beacon Press, 2001). In the book, he uses compelling arguments and vivid stories to respond to those who attack the importance of human rights. He maintains that the defense of human rights is essential to the protection of national security, the environment, international investments and public health in the United States. Schulz seeks to reach across political and cultural barriers to find a common strategic goal in human rights that concerns all Americans.
The executive director of Amnesty International USA since 1994, Schulz was appointed after 15 years with the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, where he served the last eight years as president. Schulz has traveled extensively during his years with Amnesty International, including a mission to Liberia in 1997 to investigate atrocities committed during the civil war. He also traveled to Northern Ireland in 1999 to insist that human rights protections be incorporated into the peace process.
An ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, Schulz was involved in a wide variety of international and social justice causes as president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. In 1991, he led the first delegation to post-revolutionary Romania and was instrumental in the subsequent improvement in the rights of religious and ethnic minorities in that country. From 1985 to 1993, he served on the council of the International Association for Religious Freedom, the oldest international interfaith organization in the world. Throughout his career, he has been an outspoken opponent to the death penalty and a prime supporter for womens rights, gay and lesbian rights and racial justice.
Schulzs lecture is sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Campus Ministry, the Frist Campus Center , the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Princeton University Store , Amnesty International , Group #67-Mercer County, and Princeton University Amnesty International . Immediately following the lecture, Schulz will sign copies of his book.
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Kofi Annan to give major policy address, Nov. 28
Posted November 8, 2006; 11:18 a.m.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will deliver a major policy address Tuesday, Nov. 28, hosted by Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. As part of the event, undergraduate students plan to present Annan with the Crystal Tiger award for serving as an "agent of progress."
Annan, who steps down as secretary-general in December, will highlight during his speech the dangers of global nuclear proliferation and the urgency of decisive moves toward general nuclear disarmament. The event will take place at 4:30 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, on the Princeton campus.
"We at the Woodrow Wilson School are honored that Kofi Annan will deliver such an important speech here at Princeton as he nears the end of his term as secretary-general," said Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the school. "He has demonstrated principled and determined leadership in the face of the world's most serious crises and ongoing challenges."
Annan will be the third recipient of the Crystal Tiger, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated a strong commitment to "enriching the human experience and who have inspired students at Princeton to pursue the same goal," according to senior Cindy Chou of the Crystal Tiger award committee.
Tickets for the address are being made available to University students, faculty and staff via an online lottery system. A limited number of tickets will be made available to members of the general public.
The online lottery for individuals with valid Princeton University IDs will open at 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, and close at noon Monday, Nov. 13. One ticket per PUID is allowed.
Lottery winners will be notified Tuesday, Nov. 14, and must claim their tickets from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, Nov. 15-17, at the Frist Ticket Office.
Members of the public who would like to attend the event cannot participate in the lottery, but must come in person to the Richardson box office from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. -- or until supplies last -- Monday, Nov. 27. One ticket will be allotted per person, and all individuals must bring a government-issued photo ID. The same ID should be brought the day of the event for identification by all members of the public attending the speech.
This event will be webcast live and will be simulcast in McCosh 50 and Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Members of the news media wishing to attend the speech should e-mail the University's Office of Communications at firstname.lastname@example.com. For security and accreditation purposes, journalists must list each member of the news organization hoping to attend.
All ticket holders will be required to bring their picture ID to gain entry to the event. No umbrellas, cameras or backpacks will be allowed into the venue.
More details about Annan's visit will be announced in the coming weeks. For more information, contact Steven Barnes in the Woodrow Wilson School's Office of External Affairs at email@example.com or (609) 258-5988.


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ARSC T3D Users' Newsletter 23, February 17, 1995
ARSC T3D Upgrades
In the next month we will be upgrading the T3D Programming Environment (libraries, tools and compilers) from P.E. 1.1 to P.E. 1.2.
We are also planning to install CF90 and C++ for the T3D (in the next few months). A description of CF90 is given below and a very complete description of C++ for the T3D is given on the CRI web page:
http://www.cray.com/PUBLIC/product-info/sw/C++/C++.htmlI am interested in hearing from users who want to use the CF90 and C++ products as soon as they are available.
Upgrade to the T3D MemoryOn February 7th, ARSC upgraded the memory on each PE from 2MWs to 8MWs. If any users have questions about this, please contact Mike Ess.
Upgrade to MAX 1.2On January 31st, ARSC upgraded to the 1.2 version of MAX, the T3D operating system. If any users notice differences in their codes running on the T3D they should notify Mike Ess.
How much memory is now available to the user with the new 8MW nodes?On a single T3D node there is now room for a single array of over 7.8 million floating point numbers in C. This number goes down of course as the user or the library routines use heap or stack space but as an upper bound it seems good. Comparing the results to those of newsletter #6 9/30/94 we have:
2MW node/MAX 1.1 8MW node/MAX 1.2 memory 2097152 8338608 (words) largest array in C 1541000 7832000 (floating point numbers) an estimate of MAX size 554152 506608 (words)So we have the nonintuitive result that the O.S. has actually gotten smaller! But the test program used last September was pretty trival so I tried a new program to see how much memory is available to the user. I started with the following small program and used a makefile to play around with the size of a large static array 'a':
#define NMAX 7800000 static double a[ NMAX ]; main() { int i, j; double sum = 0.0; for( i = 1; i <= NMAX; i++ ) a[ i ] = i; for( i = 1; i <= NMAX; i++ ) sum = sum + a[ i ]; if( sum != (NMAX*(NMAX+1))/2 ) { printf("error in summation %d %f %d\n",NMAX,sum,(NMAX*(NMAX+1))/2); } else { printf("ok in summation %d %f %d\n",NMAX,sum,(NMAX*(NMAX+1))/2); } } sed 's/7800000/7832769/' sumc.c > sum1.c /mpp/bin/cc -X 1 sum1.c a.out -npes 1 -base 0x028 ok in summation 7832769 30676139020065.000000 30676139020065 sed 's/7800000/7832870/' sumc.c > sum1.c /mpp/bin/cc -X 1 sum1.c a.out -npes 1 -base 0x028 mppexec: application too large or bad a.out Make: "a.out -npes 1 -base 0x028": Error code 127So with the current 8MW nodes, the 1.2 version of MAX and the 1.1 Programming Environment the C programmer can have a single array of 7832870 64 bit doubles on a 1 PE executable.
The situation isn't so clear in the Fortran world. If we start with what seems equivalent to the above C program, we might try:
parameter( NMAX = 7 000 000 ) real a( NMAX ) do 10 i = 1, NMAX a( i ) = i 10 continue sum = 0.0 do 20 i = 1, NMAX sum = sum + a( i ) 20 continue if( sum .ne. ( NMAX * ( NMAX+1 ) ) / 2 ) then print *,"error in summation",NMAX, sum,(NMAX*(NMAX+1))/2 else print *,"ok in summation",NMAX, sum,(NMAX*(NMAX+1))/2 endif endThe mppsize output for the above C program and the above Fortran program show that the array 'a' for C is statically allocated at the beginning of the job but that array 'a' in the Fortran program must be dynamically allocated at run time:
C program mppsize output:
62826616 (decimal) bytes will be initialized from disk. 36280 (decimal) bytes are required for the symbol table. 1392 (decimal) bytes are required for the header. 62864288 (decimal) bytes totalFortran mppsize mppsize output:
857320 (decimal) bytes will be initialized from disk. 137232 (decimal) bytes are required for the symbol table. 1392 (decimal) bytes are required for the header. 995944 (decimal) bytes totalEven if the array 'a' is part of a common block it is not initialized from disk like the array 'a' in C. Neither does making it a shared array on a fixed number of PEs make it initialized from disk. Making the executable a 'plastic' executable produces even more inscrutable results:
sed 's/7 000 000/7215610/' sums.f > sum1.f /mpp/bin/cf77 sum1.f mppsize a.out . . . 0 (decimal) bytes will be initialized from disk. 137232 (decimal) bytes are required for the symbol table. 1392 (decimal) bytes are required for the header. 2060560 (decimal) bytes are used for storage of relocatables. 1496 (decimal) bytes are used for directives. 2200680 (decimal) bytes totalUsing a makefile as before we grow the size of the array 'a' until we have problems. At a size of 7215617 the program runs correctly but at one more element the program rather than terminating with an error, hangs instead. It hangs in a particularly bad way because a CNTRL-C will kill the mppexec and return the denali prompt to the user but the T3D job is still "executing" and must be stopped with the Unix 'kill' command.
sed 's/7 000 000/7215617/' sums.f > sum1.f /mpp/bin/cf77 -X 1 sum1.f a.out -npes 1 ok in summation7215617, 26032567953153., 26032567953153 sed 's/7 000 000/7215618/' sums.f > sum1.f /mpp/bin/cf77 -X 1 sum1.f a.out -npes 1and the program is now hung.
If the array 'a' is too large to begin with, for example 7216514, the job aborts with the following message:
sed 's/7 000 000/7216514/' sums.f > sum1.f /mpp/bin/cf77 -X 1 sum1.f a.out -npes 1 User core dump completed (./mppcore) Make: "a.out -npes 1" terminated due to signal 11So for this particular program the range for NMAX of 7215617 to 7216513 hangs the application. This behavior has been reported to CRI and it may change when we upgrade to the 1.2 PE and the 6.2 version of the Fortran Compiler. When close to the memory limits the users should check what is running with the mppmon command and kill any runaway jobs.
A CRI Description of CF90 for the T3D
Subject: CF90_ ======================================================================== PAN #67 January 19, 1995 CF90 Programming Environment is now available for CRAY T3D systems The CF90 Programming Environment is now available for CRAY T3D systems and can be ordered from the distribution center. This is Cray Research's first general release of its Fortran 90 product for the CRAY T3D. (A version of this compiler was made available earlier in 1994 as the "signal processing release" of CF90 for MPP. The libraries and tools in the CF90 and CF77 Programming Environments for CRAY T3D are the same.) The CF90 compiler for CRAY T3D supports most of the Fortran 90 language, including the following new features: * full array syntax, including assumed shape arrays, allocatable arrays, and numerous new intrinsics * Fortran 90 pointers * user defined (derived) types * case statement * new declarative syntax * non-advancing and namelist I/O The following Fortran 90 features are NOT supported in the CF90 compiler on the CRAY T3D: * modules * internal procedures * array constructors * declarations containing intrinsic functions The CF90 compiler for CRAY T3D supports the full Fortran 77 language as well as Cray CF77 language extensions except for BUFFER IN, BUFFER OUT, and extensions that conflict with the Fortran 90 language description. The CF90 Programming Environment for CRAY T3D supports 32-bit real and integer data types. This offers CRAY T3D users the opportunity for improved use of memory and increased bandwidth with no adverse impact on computational performance. Cray Research introduced the CRAFT parallel programming model for the CF77 Programming Environment for T3D. At this time, Cray Research does not have adequate experience with CRAFT or other implicit parallel programming models to ensure a high performance implementation in its CF90 product on the CRAY T3D. Therefore, we have decided to provide CF90 for use with message-passing, and provide full CRAFT only in our CF77 product for the CRAY T3D. The CF90 Programming Environment can be used with explicit forms of communications, such as PVM message-passing or SHMEM get/put shared memory transfers. The CRAFT implicit data and work distribution styles are not implemented in the CF90 compiler for CRAY T3D. Performance of codes compiled with the CF90 compiler are comparable to performance from the CF77 compiler. The CF90 compiler uses the same code optimizer and code generator as the CF77 compiler. Pricing for CF90 Programming Environment for CRAY T3D systems is listed below: CF90 Price CF90 Upgrade CF90 Upgrade CF90 Upgrade Paid-up Paid-Up Monthly Monthly License License License Service Cray T3D $ 80,000 $10,000 $ 275 $ 115 AC32/64/128 Cray T3D $147,500 $17,500 $ 485 $ 200 MC128/256/512 SC128/256 Cray T3D $193,000 $23,000 $ 640 $ 260 MC1024 - The upgrade prices compare to new T3D CF77 Programming Environment for MPP prices that are effective since 1/95. - Quantity discount: Schedule 1 - No academic/university discount - No trial licenses available - Service Upgrade fee is the additional amount customers will have to pay to upgrade CF77 support to include both CF77 and CF90. - Customers upgrading to CF90 on will be allowed to retain CF77. Both programming environments are covered by upgrading to the CF90 support fee. More detailed information about the CF90 Programming Environment for T3D is available on hardcopy from the distribution center, Signal-Processing (32-bit precision) Support for CRAY T3D Systems, publication SN-2191 1.2. An online copy is also available on SuperMarket:.../PRODUCT_INFO/SOFTWARE/PROGRAMMING_ENV/ FORTRAN/CF90/CF90_M.Signal.Proc For more information on CF90 Programming Environment for CRAY T3D, contact Kathy Nottingham, kln@sdiv, 612-683-7214. -------------end of cri description---------------------------------------------
List of Differences Between T3D and Y-MPThe current list of differences between the T3D and the Y-MP is:
- Data type sizes are not the same (Newsletter #5)
- Uninitialized variables are different (Newsletter #6)
- The effect of the -a static compiler switch (Newsletter #7)
- There is no GETENV on the T3D (Newsletter #8)
- Missing routine SMACH on T3D (Newsletter #9)
- Different Arithmetics (Newsletter #9)
- Different clock granularities for gettimeofday (Newsletter #11)
- Restrictions on record length for direct I/O files (Newsletter #19)
- Implied DO loop is not "vectorized" on the T3D (Newsletter #20)
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10.7: Types of Marine Organisms
How does the ocean seem all the same, yet have so much biodiversity?
Although it may seem like the ocean is all the same, there are many different habitats based on temperature, salinity, pressure, light, currents, and other factors. Organisms have adapted to these conditions in many interesting and effective ways. Covering 70% of Earth's surface, the oceans are home to a large portion of all life on Earth.
Types of Ocean Organisms
The smallest and largest animals on Earth live in the oceans. Why do you think the oceans can support large animals?
Marine animals breathe air or extract oxygen from the water. Some float on the surface and others dive into the ocean's depths. There are animals that eat other animals, and plants generate food from sunlight. A few bizarre creatures break down chemicals to make food! The following section divides ocean life into seven basic groups.
Plankton are organisms that cannot swim but that float along with the current. The word "plankton" comes from the Greek for wanderer. Most plankton are microscopic, but some are visible to the naked eye (Figure below).
Phytoplankton are tiny plants that make food by photosynthesis. Because they need sunlight, phytoplankton live in the photic zone. Phytoplankton are responsible for about half of the total primary productivity (food energy) on Earth. Like other plants, phytoplankton release oxygen as a waste product.
Microscopic diatoms are a type of phytoplankton.
A video of a research vessel sampling plankton is seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQG4zAoh6xc&feature=channel.
Zooplankton, or animal plankton, eat phytoplankton as their source of food (Figure below). Some zooplankton live as plankton all their lives and others are juvenile forms of animals that will attach to the bottom as adults. Some small invertebrates live as zooplankton.
Copepods are abundant and so are an important food source for larger animals.
Plants and Algae
The few true plants found in the oceans include salt marsh grasses and mangrove trees. Although they are not true plants, large algae, which are called seaweed, also use photosynthesis to make food. Plants and seaweeds are found in the neritic zone, where the light they need penetrates so that they can photosynthesize (Figure below).
Kelp grows in forests in the neritic zone. Otters and other organisms depend on the kelp-forest ecosystem.
Marine Invertebrates
The variety and number of invertebrates, animals without a backbone, is truly remarkable (Figure below). Marine invertebrates include sea slugs, sea anemones, starfish, octopuses, clams, sponges, sea worms, crabs, and lobsters. Most of these animals are found close to the shore, but they can be found throughout the ocean.
(a) Mussels; (b) Crown of thorns sea star; (c) Moon jelly; (d) A squid.
Jellies are otherworldly creatures that glow in the dark, without brains or bones, some more than 100 feet long. Along with many other ocean areas, they live just off California's coast.
Learn more about jellies by watching http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/amazing-jellies/.
Fish are vertebrates; they have a backbone. What are some of the features fish have that allows them to live in the oceans? All fish have most or all of these traits:
- Fins with which to move and steer.
- Scales for protection.
- Gills for extracting oxygen from the water.
- A swim bladder that lets them rise and sink to different depths.
- Ectothermy (cold-bloodedness), so that their bodies are the same temperature as the surrounding water.
- Bioluminescence, or light created from a chemical reaction that can attract prey or mates in the dark ocean.
Included among the fish are sardines, salmon, and eels, as well as the sharks and rays (which lack swim bladders) (Figure below).
The Great White Shark is a fish that preys on other fish and marine mammals.
Only a few types of reptiles live in the oceans and they live in warm water. Why are reptiles so restricted in their ability to live in the sea? Sea turtles, sea snakes, saltwater crocodiles, and marine iguana that are found only at the Galapagos Islands sum up the marine reptile groups (Figure below). Sea snakes bear live young in the ocean, but turtles, crocodiles, and marine iguanas all lay their eggs on land.
Sea turtles are found all over the oceans, but their numbers are diminishing.
Many types of birds are adapted to living in the sea or on the shore. With their long legs for wading and long bills for digging in sand for food, shorebirds are well adapted for the intertidal zone. Many seabirds live on land but go to sea to fish, such as gulls, pelicans, and frigate birds. Some birds, like albatross, spend months at sea and only come on shore to raise chicks (Figure below).
(a) Shorebirds; (b) Seabirds; (c) Albatross.
Marine Mammals
What are the common traits of mammals? Mammals are endothermic (warm-blooded) vertebrates that give birth to live young, feed them with milk, and have hair, ears, and a jaw bone with teeth.
What traits might mammals have to be adapted to life in the ocean?
- For swimming: streamlined bodies, slippery skin or hair, fins.
- For warmth: fur, fat, high metabolic rate, small surface area to volume, specialized blood system.
- For salinity: kidneys that excrete salt, impervious skin.
The five types of marine mammals are pictured here: (Figure below).
(a) Cetaceans: whales, dolphins, and porpoises. (b) Sirenians: manatee and the dugong. (c) Mustelids: Sea otters (terrestrial members are skunks, badgers and weasels). (d) Pinnipeds: Seals, sea lions, and walruses. (e) Polar bear.
- Plankton are tiny organisms that are swept along on currents. Phytoplankton are tiny photosynthesizers and zooplankton are tiny animals.
- Fish have gills for breathing, swim bladders for rising and sinking, and other adaptations for life in the oceans.
- Shorebirds live at the interface of land and sea; some birds live on land but fish at sea, and some birds spend most of their time at sea and only come to shore to nest.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
1. When did the census begin?
2. How many expeditions occurred during this census?
3. What was the purpose of this census?
4. What did the researchers find in Australia?
5. What did they discover about the tuna off of Northern Europe?
6. What did this census create?
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A man has been arrested on charges of stealing money from a church.
Jimmy D. Bean, 38, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff's Department Criminal Investigation Division on Friday.
A church in Lee County contacted the sheriff's department reporting money missing from the church's bank account.
An investigation revealed more than $20,000 was taken from the church over an extended period of time, said Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson.
Bean's bond was set at $75,000.
Bean is a former Tupelo Police Department officer but was not employed there at the time of his arrest. He was also indicted in federal court on charges of violating civil rights under the color of law in a separate case.
Johnson said the case is still under investigation.


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One cannot reason someone out of something they were not reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift
Maybe to correct any misconception, one should post a reply stating that the appreciate the thread but have no comment. But then again who would care to read such replys other that maybe you?
Back to the topic. Here's one for bipartisan stupidity.
Congress insists on giving the Army more tanks that the Army says it doesn't need.
This seems to be the kind of dumbness that we have seen in the gun control legislation. People who know nothing about the issue make laws & allocate funds for stuff. Micro-management at its worst. If these Congress critters are so smart about Army needs, why aren't they in the Army instead of sitting comfy in DC?
"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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Someday your life will flash before your eyes. It's your responsibility to make sure it's worth watching!
Just wondering if the "out in a pasture somewhere" comment is a shot or envy? Seems like many on here probably spend many a treasured hour "out in a pasture somewhere". It's where I do some of my best thinking as well as where I do some of my best decompressing. Just got in from a pasture myself less than an hour ago. Spent about 4hrs sitting in a photo blind hoping for 'yotes to no avail, then filled some feeders. Will be going out to same pasture in about an hour and a half to spend the rest of the day sitting in another blind hoping for ducks and shorebirds (and maybe some deer or 'yotes coming in for a drink). Love being "out in a pasture somewhere) myself, just wish it paid better..
Any doctrine that weakens personal responsibility for judgment and for action helps create the attitudes that welcome and support the totalitarian state.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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As a camera person you would love living where we do on a wildlife corridor of private property. The other day we watched a coyote stay on the outside of a berm to attempt a sneak on some of the geese & ducks on the pond in front of our house, as the crow flies about 75 yards away . On clearer days the sunrise's over the Cascades can be spectacular, though most places we have lived in our illustrious country can accomodate one on the spectacular part of a sunrise or sunset. & yesterday we were treated to our 1st hen with her baby ducks. They are really neat as they get older & jump clear out of the water to grab a bug.
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Everyone's friend is No One's friend
Someday your life will flash before your eyes. It's your responsibility to make sure it's worth watching!
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The National Primary Health Care Conference 2013 provides an exceptional opportunity for the primary health care community to discuss pivotal issues about the future of health care in Australia and to learn from the experience, opinions and perspectives of industry leaders and colleagues.
Keeping people well and out of hospital is fundamental to the smarter and more cost-effective health system which is being delivered at the grass roots through Medicare Locals. An exceptional program of international and national speakers is being developed to examine issues around:
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Speakers from the UK, USA, New Zealand and Australia will examine issues from population health planning, to social determinants of health, best practice partnerships, alternate funding models and organisational capacity building, using real world examples of exceptional projects and programs.
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Twelve Princeton students have received $3,500 awards as part of a new program to support summer internships focused on public service.
The University's Pace Center instituted a program this spring to support students who obtain summer internships with government entities, nongovernmental organizations or other nonprofit groups. Funding was provided by the Pace Center and the Princeton Environmental Institute.
The program is open to undergraduate students who will return to campus in the fall. It requires that students give a public presentation in the fall about their internship experiences.
The students are completing eight-week internships with a variety of organizations. They are:
- Flannery Becker '09, International Relations Council, Kansas City, Mo.
- Kimberly Bonner '08, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Energy Subcommittee, Washington, D.C.
- Sarah Breslow '08 and Katherine Lawrence '08, office of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Washington, D.C.
- Katherine Chiang '08, Asian American Justice Center, Washington, D.C.
- James Coan '09, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington, D.C.
- Stephen Hammer '09, Atlantic Council of the United States, Washington, D.C.
- Molly Jamieson '08, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, Washington, D.C.
- Martha Kelley '07, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
- Philip Levitz '08, office of Hillary Rodham Clinton for Senate, New York, N.Y.
- Christopher Portillo '08, Urban Land Institute, Washington, D.C.
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South Africa is a country of vast resources. In spite of the dryness of much of our climate, the rocky nature of certain tracts of our soil, taking the whole of South Africa together from east to west, I do not hesitate to assert that not many countries equally desirable and suitable for human habitation will be found. More than a compensation for the dryness of our climate is the absence of the numbing cold of extreme northern and southern lands, which for months in the year renders outdoor labour difficult; page: 27 yet more important is the absence of that moist heat which in tropical countries renders exertion almost impossible to the white man, and exhaustive to the dark. A country with temperate, stimulating climate, which favours the health and energy of Europeans, physically and mentally; which is favourable to the constitution of every species of domestic animal, and is adapted to the cultivation of almost every plant of the temperate and tropical zones; which, above all, is one of the richest, if not the richest, country in the world in precious stones and minerals of all kinds, and which was originally peopled page: 28 only by barbarians—this country has always been attractive to Europeans. For 200 years, Boer and Englishman, we have been populating and steadily taking possession of the land, moving steadily northwards. Our progress has not been made by a series of world-striking coups d'état, it has been slow, but it has been the more healthy, the more sure, the more deeply rooted, because of its gradual and natural development.
Those superb pioneers of South Africa, its Boers, have continued to move, as they have always moved, northward: our English colonists have been steadily building up their vil- villages page: 29 lages, founding their educational institutions, and establishing a liberal and progressive Government. We have not exhausted or even yet opened up many of the mineral resources of our country; they are still here for the use of our own and future generations; but so far as the colonists, Dutch and English, have populated the land, our progress, though slow, has been wholesome; and the land as a whole has been kept free from many of those crushing evils which afflict the older civilisations of Europe, and even affect some of the younger dependencies.
There is a sense in which we page: 30 have been a poor people. We have had no mass of surplus wealth wrung from the labour of a working class, but we have been a very rich people, perhaps one of the richest on the earth, in the fact that grinding poverty, and the enormous and superfluous wealth of individuals, were equally unknown among us. Our people as a whole led a simple but comfortable life; our labouring classes were engaged in no unhealthy occupation; starvation and want were unknown among us; we were progressing steadily, if slowly, and keeping our national wealth for the people as a whole, and for all who should labour among us.page: 31
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Princeton University students, faculty, staff and their families are invited to celebrate the annual Fristfest Weekend at the Frist Campus Center Thursday through Saturday, May 3-5. Fristfest activities for May 3 will be held at Frist as planned from 4 to 10 p.m. Due to weather conditions, adjustments have been made for meal plan holders. Residential college dining halls will be open for dinner. Late meals will be available at Frist from 8:30 to 10 p.m. There also will be $2 food specials in the Frist Food Gallery from 5 to 7:30 p.m., as well as complimentary beverages and desserts.


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- Sunday: 1.15pm – 2.45pm, 3pm – 4.30pm, 5pm – 6.30pm
Within the white and black interior of Wanderlambs, children unleash creativity and a multitude of colours onto canvas and paper, as they are instructed in the principles of art. Seasoned art and visual communication practitioners cultivate creativity, positive self-concept, problem-solving skills, and more in children via interactive courses that utilise skills such as drawing, colouring, and more. Children also learn to work together with peers within the informal setting at Beauty World Centre shopping mall along Upper Bukit Timah Road.
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Hi Katie,
Great to read your latest blog. Sounds like you are settling in now. I love the hair and the dress - you look the part! Take care and I pray things will get moving on the project soon. You're in my thoughts and prayers. Jo x
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Since last writing I feel as though I have become part Senegalese! My rather dazzling boubou has finally been made, despite having to sit in the tailor's for 2 hours whilst he made several alterations before it was right. We think perhaps it was his ploy to ensnare us, being very interested in our marital status! My hair is in braids, though I don't quite carry it off and slightly resemble a 90s pop star… I've been eating my fair portion of fish – with my hands, and enjoying it! – doing my fair portion of hand washing and ironing (a heavy metal one with hot coals inside!), and trying to get my head around Wolof! So far I can start a conversation but can't continue or finish it…
(Just a note about the braids, some of you may be sad to hear of the passing of the John Lennon shades
So what have we been up to…?
Church – was a lovely service, though we didn't understand much as it was in French/Wolof/Frolof! But, of course, music is a universal language, and the choir made a beautiful sound to the rhythm of drums. The church was full so we had to sit outside but the atmosphere was tranquil, relaxed and friendly. The service lasted an hour and afterwards we asked about the choir, explored the beautiful old church and jumped with excitement at spotting an old toubab nun!
Fadiouth Island – As previously mentioned, this island is just off the coast of Joal and is where a majority of the Christians reside. You could tell, due to the pigs munching their way around the shoreline. However, our trip to Fadiouth was slightly delayed… a convoy of important people were coming to Joal to 'survey' the floods. All they did was form a crowd of people blocking the road, shouting above one another – first hand Senegalese politics! When we finally arrived at the island, we mooched around on the shell floor, visiting the church, windy backstreets and sacred baobab tree
Mbour – To get there, Am�e and I took our first sept-place (complete with cracked windscreen and no mirrors or seatbelts) with Aicha. A sept-place is an 8 seater car that works a bit like a public bus. You wait until there are 7 passengers then drive to your destination! They're very cheap and run often. The closest city to us, Mbour is a bright, bustling, busy city with people going about their lives, Senegalese style! We almost felt like we fitted in, only being called 'toubab' a couple of times. It's hard to describe the hustle and bustle of daily life in Senegal, but it involves horses and carts, bright clothes, women with all sorts in buckets carried on their heads, fruit and vegetable markets, lazing in the shade and lots of dust! It was in Mbour that we bought posh, expensive materials for our Tabaski boubous. I selected a sparkly violet, whilst Am�e went for a brave orange. We're yet to get these so pictures to follow! For Tabaski we are travelling to Dakar with the whole family and it sounds like we spent a week eating, eating and er, eating.
The port – which was packed! We couldn't see for people lined up on the beach to welcome in the long, brightly decorated fishing boats
Dakar – Last weekend we enjoyed 4 days with the four girls in Dakar. A definite breath of fresh air to Joal, with loads of toubabs, pizza, sausages, frozen peas and chocolate!! Needless to mention the flushing toilet!!! We visited the market which was pretty western with jeans and charity t-shirts (eg the Great North Run 2010), but some shopowners would clap and sing their offers, whilst others had voice recordings blaring out of megaphones. One young girl followed us and tried to haggle for us in exchange for a bit of money! One shopowner was desperate for us to come to his shop, we refused, but he was adamant so we walked away. When he later saw us having bought some stuff, he said that if he ever saw us again he was going to kill us! This isn't representative of Senegalese people who are on the whole very friendly! We also visited N'gor beach which was very beautiful and full of locals, though we did get hassled a bit by local men, one of whom wanted 'a relationship of friendship' with me
School – Firstly we visited the Lycee (sixth form), where there has been flooding. Right now the buildings are overgrown with grass and big-mac sized bulls are making the most of it! This happens annually and classes are held instead at the CEM (secondary school) until it's de-bugged and the lawn is mowed. We visited the CEM to observe some revision classes for the October exams. Take every preconception of British schools and forget them! The CEM couldn't be further from the school I attended. The design is a bit like the Quad at Ashfield School, but the buildings are old and disintegrating. The middle quad part and many classrooms are flooded (outside lessons, woopee!), and on the dry bits goats laze around with their kids. Lessons are 'meant' to be 9-11, then 11-1. Needless to say, the first lessons usually begin around 9.20 and if teachers are feeling a bit tired, will finish around 10.30. The entire 2 hours is devoted to copying off the chalk board or just… not doing much! Serenaded by goats bleating and kittens miaowing, the students copy relentlessly off the chalk board, and not much else! For lack of anything to do, we spent our time picking fault in the teacher's English grammar. Upon visiting the ICT suite/staff room (15 computers in a tiny room), I was questioned by the staff about my marital status, they're obsessed
Our estate – We thought we'd seen it all, but we hadn't! One day we came outside to a huge, flood-removing lorry stuck in the road. After being dug out, it left a foot-deep rivet in the mud track they call a road. We spent a good 30 minutes trying to rebuild the road only for flooding to get the better of it – it became a sludgy mess and I very nearly lost a Birkenstock! We gave up and I began forming bonds with some of the very sweet local children: 'Hey Toubab!' 'I'm not a toubab, my name is Katti' (I have now perfected this in Wolof!) Incidentally, the children are starting to call us by our names now rather than 'toubab' which makes us feel so good! Some still ask us for money and presents though. A local, also by the name of Ammi, called me and Am�e over to a backyard where we were introduced to around 10 men/boys who were drumming on pieces of plastic containter with sticks. As a percussionist, it was incredibly cool! One guy started singing 'Toubabi, il faut danser' (Toubab, you must dance!) and another started dancing (we refused to join!), although dancing here seems to be lots of stamping and bobbing of the knees
Though it feels like we've done so much; there has been no movement on the project front! We were warned before arriving in Senegal that things might take a while to get started, we didn't quite expect this… We have been told that our work at the Lycee (sixth form) won't be commencing until November, due to numerous reasons including flooding, exams and the fact that nobody (that is both students and teachers) can muster up the energy to get going! The middle school (Equivalent to a secondary school) and primary school MIGHT be starting around 16th October, though there's no timetable yet. Unfortunately Herr Fall, the German teacher, is moving away to teach elsewhere, but there will be a replacement that I can run the German club with! FASJOM, the women's club set up by last year vols, could be starting next week, though again nothing is definite. Last week we had a meeting with Connie, the American Peace Corps volunteer stationed here in Joal which means that there will be opportunities to help in some projects. This weekend for example, we are camping on the beach doing some turtle conservation!!
I'll keep you posted on what we're doing, but for now…
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Too sad to say much. Rest in peace my friend.
He was from one of our litters and we have had him since day one. I have had lots of dogs in my day but none as special as Tank. Love you Buba
Too sad to say much. Rest in peace my friend.
He was from one of our litters and we have had him since day one. I have had lots of dogs in my day but none as special as Tank. Love you Buba
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Corey Burke
Very sorry for your loss.
Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
What if all we have today is what we gave thanks for yesterday?
Let the views of others educate and inform you, but let your decisions be a product of your own conclusions. (Jim Rohn)
I'm so so sorry for your loss. It's always so hard.
Barb Gibson
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a.k.a. "Tito", "The Tito Monster"
Brother Corey,
I will try calling. If you can't pick up, I understand. Only pick up if it's good to do so.
EDIT: Tried calling - no luck. It went into an odd auto message, so I'm guessing I am using an outdated number.
I will forever have a mental image of you and Tank when I think of Florida retriever events. Tank is now a permanent memory for me of Florida retriever events, just like Bill Dumas' Sonny.
I could tell by the way you talked to him that Tank was your special one. I could tell by the way Tank responded to you, that the feeling was mutual.
I hope to one day see a special youngster back there guarding the fully stocked toolbox in the Burke outdoor sport mobile. Tank was awful good at it. Sure, those tools are safe without...but something will be missing.
I'm sorry buddy. It hurts. I can feel it and I haven't seen Tank for quite a while.
Hang in there.
Sincerely, Chris
"A smile relieves a heart that grieves"
- Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
I'm sorry Corey. Is that Tank in your Avatar?
Bill Davis
So sorry, Corey. You were blessed to have such a special dog in your life. Tank knew he was loved.
"You can't win until you are not afraid to lose."
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FTCH AFTCH Luckydux Drakehaven Hot Ticket*** - Ticket
Luckydux Gave Her Momma Forty Quacks*** - Lizzie
Luckydux Quacker Jaxx WC JH - Jaxxy
Luckydux Graham Quacker WC JH -Graham
Luckydux Penny In A Parking Lot - Penny
Tioga's Fox That Rocks At Luckydux - Vixen
I'm very sorry Corey
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Durham, NC
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Forever in my heart
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Sorry for your loss. It is tough to loose them. They are on this earth too short a time! Take care.
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"Dont cry because its over. Smile because it happened."
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Sorry for the loss
HRC- Our season never ends
"Shoot fast or shoot last"
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My condolences to you and your family. I know today has been very hard for you may you find some peace in knowing the love of a good dog. Godspeed Tank.


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• Sydney Airport and Rotary donate $10,000 to the Sailability Club of Kogarah• Donation to fund a custom built sailing boat for people with special needs
Sydney Airport and Rotary have today donated a custom built sailing boat for children and adults with special needs to the Sailability Club of Kogarah.
"Together with the Rotary clubs of Marrickville, Rockdale and Botany, we've donated $10,000 to fund this specially designed boat," Sydney Airport Chief Executive Officer Kerrie Mather said.
"We're proud of our longstanding partnership with these Rotary clubs, as we raise thousands of dollars a year to assist worthwhile projects like the Sailability Club."
President of Marrickville Rotary Jo Naayen said the boat would help people with disabilities to experience the fun of sailing and benefit from the mental, physical and social benefits it provides.
"We were very pleased to see the Globetrotter set sail on Kogarah Bay today, supporting people with special needs," Ms Naayen said.
"We're delighted to partner with Sydney Airport to support this very worthwhile local cause and help the most vulnerable people in our community."
Sailability is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping people with disabilities participate in free sailing sessions.
The new boat will sail for three-to-four-hour sessions under the supervision of an experienced volunteer sailor.
For more information on Sailability, including details on how to volunteer, visit www.sailability.org.
Laura Stevens
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CK-12 Calculus
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Functions, Limits, and Continuity
A review of the basics of functions is given. Students use linear approximations to study the limit process, before a more formal treatment of limits is given.
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Students explore instantaneous rate of change, and the relationship between continuity and differentiability. The Chain Rule and implicit differentiation are reviewed.
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Applications of Derivatives
Students gain practice with using the derivatives in related rates problems. Additional topics include The First Derivative Test, The Second Derivative Test, limits at infinity, optimization, and approximation errors.
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Topics in this chapter include: indefinite integrals calculus, initial value problems, definite integrals, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, integration by substitution, and numerical integration.
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Applications of Definite Integrals
This chapter includes applications of the definite integral, such as calculating areas between two curves, volumes, length of curves, and other real-world applications in physics and statistics.
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Transcendental Functions
This chapter includes differentiation and integration of logarithmic and exponential functions, exponential growth and decay, derivatives and integrals involving inverse trigonometric functions, and L'Hospital's Rule.
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Integration Techniques
Topics in this chapter include: integration by substitution, integration by parts, integration by partial fractions, trigonometric integrals, trigonometric substitutions, and improper integrals.
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Welcome to the Charleston home blog!
I should first confess that I've never blogged before, so if there are rules, guidelines, cautionary tales I should know about, bear with me. Otherwise, I'll make my way into the world of home and garden blogging much the way I dove into the print arena: by sharing what I see on a day to day basis, while inviting in trusted design minds to do the same. Producing Charleston Home has been a great way to meet all kinds of trendspotters and tastemakers (think garden gurus, interior designers, shop buyers)—keep an eye out for them as guest bloggers in the coming weeks.
As for me, I glean as much inspiration from everyday homeowners as I do from paging through design books, attending lectures, and DIY workshops. For instance, I interviewed a woman a couple of days ago whose Spring Island getaway home we're considering for an upcoming story. (Quick aside: For those unfamiliar with Spring Island, it's a private community down near Beaufort that's a real find as East Coast getaways go. I went on a quick press tour more than a year ago and was heartened in a way that's difficult to achieve in planned communities. It had just the right mix of low-profile locale, family-friendly vibe, houses hidden behind the trees, and clubhouses that don't feel "clubby." My favorite? Dirt roads.) Anyway, back to my conversation with the homeowner: she and her husband use the house as a weekend spot, and I asked her about their decision to build a petite, 1,100 square foot house rather than the much larger getaways we're all familiar with. She talked about how it gave them the opportunity to "reorder their life." In other words, think about what they really needed from this house, or more broadly, what they need right now.
For whatever reason, this "reordering of a life" concept stuck. Like magazine covers splashed with neatly stacked bins and neatly organized bulletin boards, with the command "Get Organized Now!" printed in a clever font, it had a way of appealing for my need for efficiency and creativity. Plus, I was lounging in my underutilized, overstuffed office as I heard this bit, which drove home the need for a bit of a reevaluation. Sure, there's plenty of that to be done at home, but something about the word "reorder" told me I need to do this in steps, that I need to have priorities.
Right now, the top tier is my workspace. Design books. Fabric samples. Story ideas. Props. Production schedules. Sample layouts. And of course, administrative everything.
Here we go: I've set out to build a creative space of all spaces with room to write, room to create, and room to simply do more, better. Stay tuned for "before and after" photos, organizational solutions, even expenses (did I mention I don't have a budget for this?) And we'll just see where this goes. After all, nothing motivates better than the announcement of a project to cyberspace, right?


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Alternate name: Rufous-sided Towhee
Family: Emberizidae, New World Sparrows view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Has blackish hood, upperparts, and tail, with variable amounts of white on wings and back according to subspecies: interior birds have white spots on back, two white wing bars, and white on tertials and scapulars; Pacific Northwest birds have reduced white markings, with almost uniformly dark back; Southwest birds are intermediate. All birds have beady red eyes, reddish orange flanks, buff undertail coverts, and otherwise white underparts. ADULT FEMALE Recalls respective regional male, but black elements of plumage are brown. JUVENILE Brown and heavily streaked with two buff wing bars.
Dimensions Length: 7-8 1/2" (17-22 cm)
Habitat Favors dense chaparral and brush. Found year-round in much of range, but northern and interior birds are migratory; winter range extends south and east.
Observation Tips Listen for rustle of feeding birds scratching through leaf litter. Singing males are often conspicuous.
Range Plains, Southwest, Western Canada, Northwest, Rocky Mountains, Texas, California
Voice Song is usually a buzzing trill preceded (or not) by variable number of sweet, whistling tuup notes.
Similar Species Eastern Towhee P. erythropthalmus (L 7.5 in) has mainly unmarked blackish upperparts, apart from white at base of primaries. An eastern species, whose range barely overlaps that of Spotted.
Discussion Colorful bird. Scratches ground with both feet together, to expose seeds and insects. Sexes are separable, but note subtle regional plumage variation.


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(Minor spoilers. If you're reading this to decide whether to watch the movie or not - go watch it. Nao. What's the worst that can happen? That you don't like it? And the best? That you have an amazing time :D. Let's face it, it's not like you had something productive to do anyways.) Redline is a fantastic anime movie that everyone will have a good time watching. Let us start by discussing the plot. Redline is a movie about a man who loves racing, and has always wanted to participate in Redline, the most popular race of the universe. The plot is far from original. The whole storyline is predictable. This... See full review
This isn't a review, just final thoughts on the story now that it's over.
Basically, I only took interest in Gosick for the mystery. I was done for the moment with Umineko and was seeking for another show that would keep me entertained with mysteries to resolve. What I found was a show that had various small not-of-my-liking mysteries that were resolved too quickly and didn't let the viewer think. It was an anime that just showed mysteries for the lulz, it never attempted to give anybody a challenge. The mysteries were resolved in the same episode as they were presented. Victorique was just... See full review
King of Thorn: "Pretty much meh, but still enjoyable" Story: The plot revolves around a certain virus, called "Medusa", which makes all victims end petrified, that is spreading throughout the world. A pharmaceutics company has been kind enough to give 160 people the chance to live - by freezing their bodies for years. This company is under investigation by several governments, under the suspicion that it might have in fact developed "Medusa" itself, and thus all this is an act of bioterrorism. But don't let yourself be fooled, this is only a trick to get yourself interested... See full review


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text: Oliver Chapman and his family 'fank you berry much' for the honor of being chosen bulldog of the month! Ollie was one of the original "O's" and has been with us for 7 years now. Hard to believe it went so fast! He was just a little white pup with a black swoosh over his eye when we first saw him and it was love at first sight. The swoosh has turned gray but he's still the same loyal, loving and sweet boy. He's definitely a benevolent dictator when it comes to his brothers Chester and Newman. It's heartwarming for us to see him getting along so well with them and having fun being part of the group. Ollie is our special boy.


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Reality Check: Ad attacks Barrett over Milwaukee trolley project
Walker ad mischaracterizes cost of Milwaukee streetcar project
MADISON, Wis. - Gov. Scott Walker is pushing a Milwaukee issue in his latest ad, saying Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett wants to waste money on a trolley.
WISC-TV found the ad echoes the high speed train debate from 2010 and mischaracterizes the cost of the project.
"Tom Barrett wants to spend more than $100 million on a trolley for Milwaukee," Walker says in the ad.
WISC-TV found this misleading.
A year ago, Milwaukee's City Council approved a $65 million streetcar proposal, which was championed by Barrett. It would be paid for almost by $55 million in federal transit funds that have been sitting idle for this use for years.
The rest would be covered by tax incremental financing dollars. It could also cost $55 million to move underground power lines, and the state Public Service Commission hasn't yet decided if the city or the utilities should have to pay for that. Will it cost more than $100 million? That's unclear, as the city has capped the cost of the project at $65 million, and if the PSC decides the city has to pay for utilities, the whole project would likely be re-evaluated.
"Now that's the kind of reckless spending that left Wisconsin with more than a $3 billion deficit," Walker says in the ad. "We eliminated that deficit by making government more efficient."
WISC-TV found this needs clarification. The governor did have a $3.6 billion deficit coming into office, and when the budget passed in June of last year, he eliminated that deficit. Projections since then have fluctuated with the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau reporting in February that lower-than-expected tax collections would leave the state $150 million short at the end of two years.14161584
But the Walker administration released new numbers earlier this month saying that higher-than-expected tax collections would leave the state $150 million in the black. While those aren't official estimates from the Fiscal Bureau, the bureau's director said the numbers seem reasonable and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau will do its own re-estimate later this summer.
"We cut waste and fraud and our reforms have saved taxpayers more than a billion dollars," Walker says in the ad.
WISC-TV found this is misleading. The $1 billion savings figure comes from Wisconsin Act 10, and WISC-TV checked this claim before.
WISC-TV could verify about half of that savings because it is found in the state budget, but the rest is a rough estimate of health care and pension savings across the state. Plus, Walker is taking credit for union concessions made through bargaining before Act 10 was passed, although he said without the legislation the unions wouldn't have agreed to savings for their municipalities or school districts.
The governor also mentions cutting $500 million in waste and fraud, which hasn't all been cut yet. A commission issued a report in January identifying changes that could lead to $486 million in savings. Only $370 million of it was state savings, and the rest would have to be from changes at the local government level. The governor's office said most of the changes are "in progress" but couldn't say exactly how much has been saved.
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Life of documentarian of Nazi-occupied Poland to be discussed, March 13
Posted March 6, 2002; 12:02 a.m.
Samuel Kassow, the Northam Professor of History at Trinity College, will discuss the focus of his upcoming book, Polish-Jewish historian Emmanuel Ringelblum (1900-1944), at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, in Bowl 2, Robertson Hall.
At the outset of World War II, Ringelblum formed a secret group to document life in Nazi-occupied Poland. The group collected reports on the deportation and murder of Jews, Warsaw ghetto artifacts, photographs, children's school essays, diaries and art from September 1939 until January 1943. The artifacts were hidden in milk cans and tin boxes and buried in the cellars of several Warsaw buildings.
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Id say youre gonna fit right in here. Your post is short, bold and decisive
Your first sentence is 2 words & quite bold "No dude" then you close with an even shorter & BOLDER 1 one word sentenc "Period"
We all appreciate short bold statements that give the impression that they are dispositive on the subject and that nothing else can be or need be said.
The problem as I see it with your post is that everything you said between your opening & closing sentences is as wrong as can be.
You state "Even if you could possibly find a jury that would find you not guilty at all levels of appeal, this would go to the Supreme Court...."
That is wrong on a number of levels.
First appeals are handled by judges NOT jurys. So if the first jury finds you guilty you can ask for an appeal; but not to a jury. You can in fact ask for an appeal all the way up to the US supreme court if your conviction is upheld on all of your appeals. None of your appeals will be to a jury. However, and most importantly if the jury finds you Not guilty, then you dont have to worry about any subsequent judges {or Jurys} at the appellate level upholding that not guilty verdict, because the case is OVER. There can be no appeals. Period
Remember that Constitution thing that our recent leaders have tried to ignore? It still kinda applys. Period
Welcome to POTUS. I like your style. Dont feel embarressed by your error. It happens to most if not all if they are honest.
Additionally there is a large faction here in this echo chamber that will actually embrace you for your ability to be so blatantly wrong
Frequently someone will make a post alleging that something egregious has happened whereby our Pres is disresspecting our soldiers at military funerals or signing secret treatys in the UN to confiscate our guns or whatever. The echo chamber , claiming to be Patriots, will resound with angst and outrage at this slight and bemoan what is happening to our once great nation. Eventually someone will post up that the OP is false with links proving so.
That is when the outrage usually gets turned up here in the echo chamber. Strangely the outrage will be directed at the poster & or their source who actually revealed the truth.
A rational person would be correct in doubting this. If you find it hard to believe, then take some time and amuse yourself by checking the post history of the originator of this thread{or of the other most prolific POTUS poster named Bill}
It would seem to me that many of the alleged "Patriots" in the echo chamber are not really interested in the truth and whats best for the USA as they are in whats best for their party. What is being claimed as Patriotism is actually Partisanship and seems to be increasing IMHO, That to me doesn't bode well for the future of our Republic
That vet types too fast for me. The term all are looking for is double jeopardy, and whereas that is the fun part of the show, it's not allowed under our constitution.
Don't really agree with most of the rest of his post, but he got that part on the money.
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Ezra Bridger? That's an amazingly human name. (Not sure of the context of Ezra, but "Bridger" seems a lazy nod to the way this should bridge the trilogies.)
Early to complain, and I'm not, I just expected a name that sounded more Star Wars, less Indiana Jones or American Graffiti.


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GET program facing uncertain future
SPOKANE, Wash. - For 15 years, parents in Washington have been saving for their kid's college education through the guaranteed education tuition program, or GET. It's a popular program that could be on the chopping block.
As the legislature begins a session already behind on the budget, lawmakers are expected to debate the possibility of closing the program. The potential cuts to the program wouldn't affect any parents who have already invested with GET.
Some of those parents are urging lawmakers not to cut a program that many middle class families in the state rely on.
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"Having the GET program allows you to have an investment in the future," Doug Stephens said.
Stephens and his wife are planning ahead. They have three kids, ages 16, 14 and 11, who all have GET accounts.
"The idea is to pay future bills at today's cost," he explained.
GET is a prepaid tuition option and in the last five years, in-state tuition has nearly doubled. Through GET, parents can pay for college now on GET's current price of $17,200 a year.
"I can sit back and just wait for the future to come and then figure out if I have the money or I can plan today on what today's costs will be," Stephens said.
Some state lawmakers say it's not the government's job to be in the prepared tuition business, while others worry about a possible program deficit. Parents like Leslie Power are urging lawmakers to keep the program intact.
"It gives parents the time to plan and save for college and it gives them a huge financial savings in the end," Power said.
Leslie Power paid for her two kids to go to college through the program.
"I don't know how much I have saved but it was great," she said.
It's a great savings she hopes to pass onto to other young parents preparing for their kid's college, but ultimately it will be up to state legislators, as they balance Washington's budget, to determine whether they will keep or close the program.
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The deadline has been extended to April 1, 2017 for applications for dentists (foreign-trained or domestic) with an MPH degree (or equivalent) to apply for the UCSF Dental Public Health Residency program for the 2017-18 academic year. Enquiries should be made to Dr. Howard Pollick, Program Director at email@example.com [1]
For dentists without an MPH degree (or equivalent) who are interested in the specialty of dental public health, the deadline for applications for the joint UCSF-UC Berkeley program has been extended to April 1, 2017. Read more on this program. [2]
In 1951, the American Dental Association recognized dental public health as a specialty of dentistry. The residency is accredited and prepares residents for specialty examination by the American Board of Dental Public Health and careers in public health. Dentists with Master in Public Health (MPH) or equivalent degree can enroll in a 12-month full-time or equivalent, not exceeding 24 months, supervised program of field experiences, academic courses, and opportunities for practical experience. Completion of this program does not qualify trainees to become licensed to practice in California.
A specialist in dental public health will have an understanding of and be able to apply concepts involved in the planning, implementation, operation, and evaluation of dental public health programs, and will also have an understanding of the processes through which health policies are developed and regulated. To manage oral health programs and assume a leadership role in public health, a specialist must possess technical skills in a number of areas, including planning, marketing, communications, human resources, management, financial management, advocacy building, management of information, and evaluation, quality assurance, and risk management.
Residents may also gain public health research experience and participate in the multi-disciplinary activities of the NIDCR-funded UCSF Center to Address Disparities In Children's Oral Health [3] (nicknamed the CAN DO Center).
The activities of the residency are uniquely adapted to the prior experience and interest of the resident. The educational plan is reviewed on a regular basis and modified as needed. Residents are expected to complete a major and minor research project prior to completing the program. A non-traditional residency track can be tailored for individual needs. Limited support may be available for US Citizens and permanent residents. In this program, residents are considered postgraduate professional students.
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Demand for air travel is growing rapidly. Shortfalls in capacity and other constraints on the efficiency of airports and aircraft operations have negatively impacted the environment. The need to enhance efficiency without increase in emissions, within finite airspace and airport resources while still ensuring high levels of safety, has grown considerably.
This feasibility study is the first initiative for co-operation between air navigation service providers (ANSP), airports, airline companies and industry.
Nanosized soot particles are a serious health hazard in urban air. They can penetrate deep into the lungs and their fat solubility makes possible their accumulation in other organs such as the brain. Legislation has therefore continuously reduced the allowable emission levels and raised requirements for reporting the status of the exhaust system (OBD, on board diagnostics) in diesel powered vehicles.
The main task of this pre-project was to prepare and carry out Nordic Health Technology Seminar in cooperation with Nordic Industrial Fund to get an overview on State of Art in the field, indentify and analyse the needs of SMEs, define goals, projects and ideas for cooperation and deside on creation of Nordic Health Technology Forum.
There is a growing demand for highly specific clinical trials. The Nordic-Baltic countries and regions are too small on their own to be able to supply large enough trial groups. Through cooperation the Nordic-Baltic region can position itself on the clinical research testing map to the benefit for researchers, entrepreneurs and society as a whole. The idea of the project is to take advantage of the existing knowledge and experience of the universities, hospitals and companies in the Nordic and Baltic areas to create a dynamic and comprehensive platform for high quality pre-clinical and clinical research. ScanBalt Clinical Research Network is envisaged to link flexibly pre-clinical animal study centres and clinical facilities in the 21st century ICT infrastructure in the Baltic Sea area.
The report "Scanbalt BioRegion - Creating a Knowledge Based Bio-Economy" marks the end of the project "ScanBalt - Network of Networks" financed by the Nordic Innovation Centre. This report outlines the milestones, and achievements of ScanBalt and ScanBalt BioRegion from the initial vision in 2001, to the present day - with the recognition as Europe's first successful metaregion.
Fact: The reality is that you can't see, smell or taste harmful bacteria that may cause serious illness. The reality is that you have to trust your food. Safe steps when it comes to producing, processing and preparing food is essential in order to prevent food borne diseases.
The scope of the joint Nordic project was to harmonize ongoing research among the five participating Nordic laboratories through exchange of research personnel, internet homepage, integrated research projects, newsletters and workshops in order to prevent duplication of work and to ensure synergies.
The Nordic countries are well-known for their high quality agricultural products and good farm management. Family farms are the foundation of Nordic agriculture. Nowadays, external demands on agriculture are increasing, leading to pressures on farms that may become overwhelming. These external demands relate to efficiency, compliance with standards, the environment, ethics and human and animal health.
Gjenbruk og ombruk av materialer er et meget viktig virkemiddel for å redusere miljøbelastningen i bygge- og anleggsnæringen. Gjenbruksmaterialer (GBM) er ikke så mye anvendt som ønskelig i de nordiske land fordi det er en mangel på tilfredsstillende karakterisering av materialene og manglende system for miljødeklarasjon.
Fremtidens forbrukere vil etterspørre økologisk mat, og ikke bare på supermarkedet, men også når de spiser ute. Av den grunn går nå Nordisk Industrifond sammen med forskere ved Fødevaredirektoratet og Danmarks Tekniske Universitet nå i tett samarbeide med nordiske grossister og produsenter som leverer økologiske produkter til catering i gang med å analysere og utvikle markedet.
I de nordiske landene har vi ulike forskningsinstitusjoner som er i besittelse av en unik utstyrspark som er velegnet for ikke-destruktive studier av kjøtt- og fiskeprodukter.
Projektet Pork Flavour er afslutet og forskningaktiviteterne har ført til øget viden om svinekødets kvalitet, specielt med fokus på faktorer af betydning for smag. Den gennemførte analyse af forbrugerholdninger i de tre deltagende lande viser, at smag er en vigtig kvalitetsegenskab. Udnyttelse af den viden, der skabes i projektet, kan derfor give den nordiske kødindustri en række konkurrencefordele.
A feasibility study on the potentials and barriers towards an open market for health services in the Nordic countries.
In the Nordic countries, the food industry is of significant importance to the economies. Strong cultural traditions mixed with high quality have been its strength, resulting in good reputation. However, that is not enough in order to be competitive in the global food market. The industry has to carefully observe the rapid developments in the food sector, which makes new thinking and innovations essential.
Risks of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension rise continuously with increasing weight, creating a huge overlap between the prevention of obesity and the prevention of a variety of chronic diseases. New EU-legislation allows the use of weight regulation and satiety-related health claims on foods, if sufficient scientific evidence exists behind the claims. This offers new opportunities to the Nordic food industry.
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