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Cook Islands Population: 10,447
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|Named after Captain COOK, who sighted them in 1770, the islands became a British protectorate in 1888. By 1900, administrative control was transferred to New Zealand; in 1965, residents chose self-government in free association with New Zealand. The emigration of skilled workers to New Zealand and government deficits are continuing problems.
The northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated, coral atolls; the southern Cook Islands, where most of the population lives, consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles, including the largest, Rarotonga, at 67 sq km
|Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 236 sq km
land: 236 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Size comparison: 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC
|Land Boundaries:
|0 km
|120 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
|tropical oceanic; moderated by trade winds; a dry season from April to November and a more humid season from December to March
|low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south
|Elevation extremes:
| lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Te Manga 652 m
|Natural resources:
|Land use:
| arable land: 8.33%
permanent crops: 4.17%
other: 87.5% (2011)
|Irrigated land:
|Natural hazards:
|typhoons (November to March)
|Current Environment Issues:
|International Environment Agreements:
|party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
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| noun: Cook Islander(s)
adjective: Cook Islander
|Ethnic groups:
|Cook Island Maori (Polynesian) 87.7%, part Cook Island Maori 5.8%, other 6.5% (2001 census)
|English (official), Maori
|Protestant 69.6% (Cook Islands Christian Church 55.9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7.9%, other Protestant 5.8%), Roman Catholic 16.8%, Mormon 3.8%, other 4.2%, unspecified 2.6%, none 3% (2001 census)
|10,447 (July 2013 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 23.4% (male 1,297/female 1,150)
15-24 years: 18.1% (male 1,015/female 877)
25-54 years: 38% (male 1,995/female 1,971)
55-64 years: 9.9% (male 549/female 483)
65 years and over: 10.6% (male 544/female 566) (2013 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 33.7 years
male: 33 years
female: 34.3 years (2013 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|-3.07% (2013 est.)
|Birth rate:
|14.93 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Death rate:
|7.66 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
| urban population: 75% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.13 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.15 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.14 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female
total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 14.81 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 75.15 years
male: 72.35 years
female: 78.09 years (2013 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|2.31 children born/woman (2013 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|43.2% (1999)
|Health expenditures:
|4.4% of GDP (2010)
|Physicians density:
|1.18 physicians/1,000 population (2004)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 87% of population
total: 95% of population
urban: 1% of population
rural: 13% of population
total: 5% of population (2000 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2010 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|63.7% (2008)
|Education expenditures:
|3.2% of GDP (2011)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95%
male: NA
female: NA
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2011)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Cook Islands
former: Harvey Islands
|Government type:
|self-governing parliamentary democracy
| name: Avarua
geographic coordinates: 21 12 S, 159 46 W
time difference: UTC-10 (5 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|none (became self-governing in free association with New Zealand on 4 August 1965 and has the right at any time to move to full independence by unilateral action)
|National holiday:
|Constitution Day, first Monday in August (1965)
|4 August 1965
|Legal system:
|common law similar to New Zealand common law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) represented by Sir Frederick GOODWIN (since 9 February 2001); New Zealand High Commissioner John CARTER (since 29 July 2011)
head of government: Prime Minister Henry PUNA (since 30 November 2010)
cabinet: Cabinet chosen by the prime minister; collectively responsible to Parliament (For more information visit the World Leaders website )
elections: the monarchy is hereditary; the UK representative appointed by the monarch; the New Zealand high commissioner appointed by the New Zealand Government; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition usually becomes prime minister
|Legislative branch:
| bicameral Parliament consists of a House of Ariki, or upper house, made up of traditional leaders and a Legislative Assembly, or lower house, (24 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) note: the House of Ariki advises on traditional matters and maintains considerable influence but has no legislative powers
elections: last held on 17 November 2010 (next to be held by 2014)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CIP 16, Demo 8
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Court of Appeal (consists of the chief justice and 3 judges of the High Court); High Court (consists of the chief justice and at least 4 judges and organized into civil, criminal, and land divisions) note - appeals beyond the Cook Islands Court of Appeal are brought before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) judge selection and term of office: High Court chief justice appointed by the Queen's Representative on the advice of the Executive Council tendered by the prime minister; other judges appointed by the Queen's Representative, on the advice of the Executive Council tendered by the chief justice, High Court chief justice, and the minister of justice; chief justice and judges appointed for 3-year renewable terms
subordinate courts: justices of the peace
|Political parties and leaders:
|Cook Islands Party or CIP [Henry PUNA] Democratic Party or Demo [Dr. Terepai MAOATE]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Reform Conference (lobby for political system changes) other: various groups lobbying for political change
|International organization participation:
|ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, ICAO, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IMO, IMSO, IOC, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
|National anthem:
| name: "Te Atua Mou E" (To God Almighty)
lyrics/music: Tepaeru Te RITO/Thomas DAVIS
note: adopted 1982; as prime minister, Sir Thomas DAVIS composed the anthem; his wife, a tribal chief, wrote the lyrics
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
|none (self-governing in free association with New Zealand)
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
|none (self-governing in free association with New Zealand)
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Like many other South Pacific island nations, the Cook Islands' economic development is hindered by the isolation of the country from foreign markets, the limited size of domestic markets, lack of natural resources, periodic devastation from natural disasters, and inadequate infrastructure. Agriculture, employing more than one-quarter of the working population, provides the economic base with major exports of copra and citrus fruit. Black pearls are the Cook Islands' leading export. Manufacturing activities are limited to fruit processing, clothing, and handicrafts. Trade deficits are offset by remittances from emigrants and by foreign aid overwhelmingly from New Zealand. In the 1980s and 1990s, the country lived beyond its means, maintaining a bloated public service and accumulating a large foreign debt. Subsequent reforms, including the sale of state assets, the strengthening of economic management, the encouragement of tourism, and a debt restructuring agreement, have rekindled investment and growth.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
|GDP (purchasing power parity): $183.2 million (2005 est.)
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $183.2 million (2005 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|0.1% (2005 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
|GDP - per capita (PPP): $9,100 (2005 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|copra, citrus, pineapples, tomatoes, beans, pawpaws, bananas, yams, taro, coffee; pigs, poultry
|fruit processing, tourism, fishing, clothing, handicrafts
|Industrial production growth rate:
|1% (2002)
|Labor force:
|6,820 (2001)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 29%
industry: 15%
services: 56% (1995)
|Unemployment rate:
|13.1% (2005)
|Population below poverty line:
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
| revenues: $70.95 million
expenditures: $69.05 million (FY05/06)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|38.7% of GDP (FY05/06)
|Fiscal year:
|1 April - 31 March
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.2% (2011 est.) 2.2% (2011 est.)
|Current account balance:
|$26.67 million (2005)
|$5.222 million (2005 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee; fish; pearls and pearl shells; clothing
|$83.49 million (2011 est.) $80.55 million (2010 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods
|Debt - external:
|$141 million (1996 est.)
|Exchange rates:
|NZ dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.2334 (2012) 1.2659 (2011 est.) 1.3874 (2010) 1.6002 (2009) 1.4151 (2008)
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|Electricity - production:
|31.13 million kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 210
|Electricity - consumption:
|28.95 million kWh (2009 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|8,090 kW (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|98.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|1.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|974 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|484.7 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|302,000 Mt (2010 est.)
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|Telephones in use:
| 7,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 205
|Cellular Phones in use:
|7,800 (2009)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: Telecom Cook Islands offers international direct dialing, Internet, email, fax, and Telex
domestic: individual islands are connected by a combination of satellite earth stations, microwave systems, and VHF and HF radiotelephone; within the islands, service is provided by small exchanges connected to subscribers by open-wire, cable, and fiber-optic cable
international: country code - 682; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
|Broadcast media:
|1 privately owned TV station broadcasts from Rarotonga providing a mix of local news and overseas-sourced programs; a satellite program package is available; 6 radio stations broadcast with 1 reportedly reaching all of the islands (2009)
|Internet country code:
|Internet hosts:
|3,562 (2012)
|Internet users:
|6,000 (2009)
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| 11 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 153
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 1 (2013)
| total 320 km
paved: 33 km
unpaved: 287 km (2003)
|Merchant marine:
| total 35
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 25, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 6, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 23 (Estonia 1, Germany 1, Lithuania 1, Norway 8, NZ 2, Russia 1, Sweden 3, Turkey 4, UK 2) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Avatiu
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|Defense is the responsibility of New Zealand in consultation with the Cook Islands and at its request
|Military branches:
|no regular military forces; National Police Department (2009)
|Manpower fit for military service:
| males age 16-49: 2,198
females age 16-49: 2,156 (2010 est.)
|Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
| male: 127
female: 107 (2010 est.)
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Shares of online games purveyor Zynga (ZNGA) and Facebook (FB), where the company has traditionally derived most of its users, are joined at the hip today following Zynga's warning yesterday afternoon that revenue and profit per share this year will come in lower than it previously expected and below Street consensus estimates.
Zynga also said it would write down about half the value of OMGPOP, developer of the game "Draw Something" and other titles, which Zynga bought in March for $180 million.
Shares of Zynga are down 51 cents, or 18%, at $2.31, while Facebook is off 50 cents, or 2.3%, at $21.44.
Analysts today pointed to push-outs of new game titles, and a certain decline in the traditional Facebook games such as "FarmVille" that established Zynga.
The Street is fairly unforgiving of Zynga today, with R.W. Baird's Colin Sebastian cutting his rating on the stock to Neutral from Outperform, and cutting his price target to $3 from $6, warning that things may get worse before they get better:
The company's platform transition could extend well into 2013, requiring the ongoing realignment of resources and alterations to product development […] While we see limited downside from here (ZNGA has $2/share in cash as well as significant real estate investments), and mobile and social gaming continues to grow, the extreme lack of visibility point us to the sidelines.
Citigroup's Neil Doshi reiterates a Neutral rating on the stock, observing that it now trades close to the $2 per share in cash it has. Despite his positive view on the company's role in online gaming, a lot more evidence needs to come forward that the company can thrive in this category:
While we are positive on the LT prospects of Social/Mobile gaming, and think Zynga's has a clear advantage to be the leader on these platforms, near-term fundamentals have cracked, and we'll likely continue to stay on the sidelines until we can see improvement in ABPU, growth in engagement on FB and off, expansion into new genres, and production of higher monetizing games.
And Jefferies & Co.'s Brian Pitz today reiterates a Neutral rating as well, cutting his price target from $3 to $2.50, writing that brain drain is one of the most serious issues at Zynga, as it can bring down morale:
ZNGA has lost at least 13 key employees since Mar, and it could see add'l developers poached by other Silicon Valley firms. The departures underscore our skepticism about ZNGA and its ability to address the challenges it faces as it pivots towards mobile and its in-house gaming platforms. Yesterday, CEO Mark Pincus asked employees to not lose sight of the bigger picture, but this may not be enough.
Since Zynga pays Facebook based on volume of gaming, the automatic result for Facebook was a hit to its payments outlook.
Doug Anmuth of JP Morgan reiterates an Overweight rating on Facebook shares this morning, but cut his 2012 payments revenue estimate to $803 million from $832 million.
Without yet having Zynga's comments on 2013, Anmuth reduced his 2013 payments revenue estimate from $797 million to $582 million, bringing total revenue for the year to $6.09 billion from a prior $6.31 billion, and EPS of 56 cents versus EPS of 60 cents. That is below the consensus of $6.31 billion and 61 cents.
Although payments will remain a struggle, Anmuth is heartened by the fact that Facebook is really all about advertising, and there, he has no qualms:
We expect Payments to remain challenging as: 1) web social gaming monetization slows; 2) users continue to shift toward mobile where Apple and Google control app distribution; and 3) newer Payments verticals do not appear to be materializing […] Facebook's Payments challenges further emphasize the company as an advertising story. On that front we remain bullish and believe Advertising revenue growth can re-accelerate in 2H12 and into 2013 as mobile revenue and improved desktop monetization offset the user shift to mobile.
Jefferies's Pitz, likewise, has a very upbeat view today on Facebook's advertising prospects. In particular, something called the "Facebook Exchange" could be "the 2nd or 3rd largest channel for direct response ads over time," and is "the biggest new channel for large, direct response marketers since paid search," according to one vendor using FBX, Triggit.
Ad inventory at Facebook is "currently available at bargain prices," writes Pitz. As a result, selling FBX appears to be an easy sale, the folks at Triggit tell him, because low prices offer pretty instantaneous ROI.
Facebook is enjoying a very competitive "cost per action" as a result:
CPA on FBX is 7x lower than the other big exchanges, which suggests a significant runway for growth. Marketers are paying $15-37 CPA (cost per action) on FBX vs. ~$100-205 CPA on three leading (unnamed) exchanges. Panelists said FB is keeping ad inventory levels low, for now, and will raise inventory as FBX throttles up over time.
Update: In a post-script of a sort today, VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi reports that the team of brothers Paul and David Bettner, the creators of the wildly popular "Words With Friends" game, acquired by Zynga in 2010 with the purchase of developer Newtoy, have left the company for undetermined future challenges. Takahashi cites a phone interview today between the brothers and GamesBeat.


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Benefits of multiple filtration
Filtration strategies
Considering how many members have questions about brands and types of filtration, there's another side of things; multiple filters.
By that I mean two or more filters on your tank. One can not over filter a aquarium. I am not talking about the media within the filters, just that the more water filtered the better water quality maintained.
I read in an old Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine (Oct. '03) about a fellow who had, among other filtration, both a fluidized bed and Hang on Back (HOB) power filter on his 55 gallon reef aquarium. That, along with his protein skimmer, kept his reef in top shape. The person was concerned about the weight on the back of the tank from all that filtration.
The recommendation was to build wood boxes for particularly the fluidized bed filter to sit on.
But I digress. There are many, many benefits from using two or more filters on your tank.
First, your fishes. Though most freshwater fish are adaptable to varied levels of pH, temperature and hardness, marine fishes are not. It is up to the keeper to keep their charges in stable, clean water.
More than one filter can really help accomplish that. For example, there are two canister filters, both rated for up to a hundred-gallon aquarium, filtering the 75 gallon freshwater tank to my right as I write this. There are roughly 55 tetras and multiple other small fishes in it. Those fishes are nearing their 14th year.
Without getting too technical on the hows and whys, it's because of top shelf water quality from multiple filtration.
The only caveat is the flow from too powerful multiple filters that makes it difficult for fishes to swim. So when you buy filters, make sure they are rated for no more than twice your tank size. Fishes like Bettas need considerably less flow.
Cleaning. What makes aquarium keeping possible is Nitrifying bacteria. When a person has one filter, those bacteria are impinged by the cleaning, even when the filter is cleaned in tank water as it certainly should be.
That can result in a mini Ammonia bloom until the bacteria fully rebound, which can take days. And readers of this should know that Ammonia, even a tiny bit of it, can damage fishes, particularly the lining of the gils. If one visits the forum daily, you'll see many unexplained deaths. Now you know why.
With multiple filters that can be negated. Say you have two HOB power filters for example, and you clean filters monthly. You can clean one HOB one month, the other HOB the next month. As long as your tank isn't grossly overstocked, that is.
Stability is the name of the game of aquarium keeping. Multiple filters can help.
Media. The more filters you have attached to a tank the more media you can use. Too much Phosphate causing algae? Add removal product to the filters, problem solved.
There is filter media available for nearly anything that is dissolved in water. Though canister filters, by their very construction, can hold more types and amounts of media than a HOB filter, more than one of any kind of filter is a very good thing.
Clean water is what every forum member should aspire to.
And there is water volume. In nature, marine and freshwater fishes have a great deal more water to swim in than any aquarium does.
Thus, the more water in a system the better. Multiple filters can provide it.
HOB power filters that are waterfall type, hold little water volume, but any extra is good. Canister filters hold more; many brands hold over a gallon of water.
Though refugiums are a marine thing, they also work in FW. It's beyond the scope of this post to describe details of FW refugiums, but hang-on models hold a good deal of water, from one to five gallons, depending on size and model.
If one has sump-based filtration, filters can be attached to it, keeping them out of sight. I'm one who detests the appearance of equipment in an aquarium, so all my tanks have sumps.
Water volume is another plus when using multiple filters.
So, to summarize. Using two or more filters on an aquarium can benefit your fishes. And benefiting the fishes is always a good thing.
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Omnia mutantur nihil interit.
The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go
Great read as always Dave.
I think Im gonna go get another filter (well in the morning).American League Champions! TIGERS!
I completely agree with this post. I have several filters on my tanks because like you stated before, it's more biological filtration to help clarity and balance the tank out as well as give me time to repair 1 filter if one were to crap out on me. Great post Dave.Empty 125g sitting in my shed
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This relevant and informative post has sticky written all over it Dave.
A typically excellent post, Good Job.Gas mileage isn't everything OIIIIIIIO
Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
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.
A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.
I've recently added a second filter to my 29gl tank. I have an Aqueon Quiet Flow 55/75 HOB and an Aqueon Quiet Flow 20. If all goes well and I get the 75gl tank I'll probably get a second Quiet Flow 55/75 for it with the money I get from selling the 29gl. For me, the Aqueon Quiet Flow have been really good filters and are very, very quiet. I have my tank in my TV room and don't like noise when watching TV, plus the TV room is right next to our bedroom and I like it quiet when in bed. N o problem since I got the Aqueons and got rid of the Whisper 55/75 I had.
Good article Dave.
This is exactly why many here have problems with cycling, as well. They have one small filter on their tank and think they should be able to grow a ton of bacteria in it. Doesn't work.
Wow adding a filter to your sump, that's an interesting thought. I get some debris collecting in the bottom of mine. I put a pond filter in the bottom because I thought debris would settle in that and it would be easier to keep clean.
Excellent as always Dave. I particularly love the line "you can not over filter".
While no one should ever "cheap out" when it comes to any aquarium equiptment, the very last place you should ever cut corners is filtration! It is the backbone of a quality aquarium.
Oh and as 850R said: Sticky!125g - 6 Zig Zag Rainbows, 6 Turquoise Rainbows, 6 Boesmani Rainbows, 5 otos, 6 corys
This does explain some things for me. When I clean the filters in my HOB filter, I ususally have cloudy water in the next week. I have a 75 gal fw aquarium. One HOB filter and undergravel with a power head. I'm thinking of removing the undergravel and going with a canister filter along with my exsiting hob.
Thanks for the good post!
I fully agree with your post. I have always believed this, but didn't even consider many of the points you make. A very interesting read!


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Yesterday it was announced Tina Fey will star in a new movie called The Intern as the boss of a senior citizen who's filling a role usually reserved for college students. It'll be interesting to see her playing a mentor since she's been the mentee on 30 Rock for six years (though she got some practice mentoring Hazel).
The movie's writer and directer is Nancy Meyers, but they haven't announced who will play Tina's aged intern. If she was mentoring an elderly female it would pretty much have to be Betty White (possibly Cloris Leachman if Betty had a scheduling conflict) but there are plenty of actors that could be tapped for this role. Here are some of the contenders and what they'd bring to the film.
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Why Fool Around?
When it comes to first-aid, the term "wilderness†means any place more than an hour away from definitive medical care. It's not that hard to find yourself in a situation like this, especially considering the backcountry and remote travel that we so commonly enjoy. It not only makes sense to be trained for such an event, it's a responsibility. Would you embark on a challenging 4WD or moto trip on dirt roads in the backcountry without a spare tire/tube, tools, or food and water? Of course, not. So, think about the poor logic of being unprepared when someone gets hurt or becomes unresponsive without warning or explanation and you can't call 911. What would you do? The decisions you make can mean the difference between life and death, or perhaps the difference between a full recovery and lifelong disability.
Wilderness First-Aid course materials
The classroom at Overland Training is never boring
Thanks to Overland Training and Remote Medical International, I just renewed my certificate for Wilderness First Aid, or WFA (commonly called "woo-faâ€) and CPR along with fifteen fellow overlanders. Over a three-day weekend, Janet Peterson and Kate Earle taught our group how to assess a scene and get to work quickly on helping those in need. There is a definitive protocol to follow that literally uses the "ABCs†to help you keep thinking straight, even after the adrenaline kicks in. The course offered through Overland Training includes CPR (with AED instruction) and some vehicle-focused scenarios. The class is super fun, easy to understand, and will educate you on how to be a better-prepared adventurer. So, why fool around? (WFA?) Get trained!
The Overland Training medical kit
Chris Marzonie with the infectiously fun (pun intended) and tremendously talented instructors, Janet Peterson (left) and Kate Earle (right)
Ibuprofen: Hydrate before you medicate – some very practical info from Janet Peterson
Camels at Altitude – An adventure rescue blog entry from Kate Earle


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My comments with respect to deists were very much directed at our "founding fathers" who were, not surprisingly, probably more liberal and anti-authoritarian in their leanings than many of their peers (the rejection of orthodoxy was probably more common among the leaders of the revolution than among the balance of the delegates signing the Declaration). However, the belief that religion was primarily a matter of personal conscience was much more widely held and was probably more of a factor in the Constitutional exclusion of the government from passing any laws respecting religion or requiring any religious test (i.e., statement of belief) for holding office.
The move towards greater religious orthodoxy didn't really become a force until the end of the 18th century and early in the 19th. It was a major factor in Jefferson's Presidential campaign in 1800 (against John Adams) with the then equivalent of the religious right campaigning hard to defeat him. Jefferson won despite their opposition and despite widespread belief that he was an atheist. Jefferson also was relatively quiet about his religious beliefs, reserving his religious discussions primarily for his private correspondence. One of his frequent correspondents was Joseph Priestly and later, to the surprise of both, his former political opponent John Adams. Adams had received some details concerning the Jefferson Bible from Priestly and encouraged Jefferson to complete it.
The article you referenced in your link actually supports much of what I say although it appears to have a very specific agenda of trying to formulate arguments to dilute the intentions of the establishment clause. I do disagree with some of the author's facts, including his classification of John Adams as a Universalist Unitarian. The first Universalist church in America was not formed until 1779 by John Murray and the link between Universalists and Unitarians did not emerge until the 20th century, being formalized in 1960. Until the time of the merger, a key distinction between the two was the universalism, while it rejected the notion of damnation, attributed universal salvation to Christ and accepted his deity. Unitarians did not. When the two religions merged, it was based on a complete rejection of religious creed in favor of personal conscience and an agreed set of principles for action. Christian and athiest Unitarians probably exist in approximtely equal numbers.


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Syria: Neighbouring countries need help – UN Humanitarian Chief
United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos called on the international community today to help Syria's neighbours as they struggle to deal with the worsening crisis in the country.
"Neighbouring States are being expected to absorb the bulk of the cost of hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees," said the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, in a statement (LINK) at the end of a three-day visit to Jordan and Lebanon.
"Given their own economic, social and security challenges, this is simply not sustainable," she added.
Since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began 21 months ago, violence in the country has killed at least 20,000 people, mostly civilians, and created more than 440,000 refugees.
Ms. Amos said the international community needed to "shoulder its responsibility and work together" to end the violence.
"As winter sets in across Syria, the most vulnerable people will move to places where assistance can be provided and where they feel safe," she said.
Jordan is hosting 240,000 Syrian refugees, while 130,000 are in Lebanon. Ms. Amos met Syrian refugees in both countries, as well as national leaders.
"Some people were injured, having faced mortar fire along their escape route," Ms. Amos said of her visit with refugees on the Jordan-Syria border, where she saw Syrians who had "arrived under cover of darkness, and were deeply traumatized by their experiences."
At a press conference today in Lebanon, Ms. Amos told of her meeting with refugees in that country.
"The stories they gave and described… are extremely traumatic, including one woman, whose husband was tortured and died, and who saw her mother torched in her home," Ms. Amos said. "It is time for this brutality to stop."
In the capital, Beirut, Ms. Amos met with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Minister of Social Affairs Wael Abu Faour, and expressed appreciation that Lebanon was keeping the borders open.
"We are very grateful to the Government for the work they are doing in partnership with the UN refugee agency, other United Nations partners and also NGO partners," Ms. Amos told reporters.
In the Jordanian capital, Amman, Ms. Amos met King Abdullah II, Prime Minister Abdallah Ensour, senior Government officials, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Ms. Amos thanked Jordan and relief agencies there for their efforts regarding the refugees, and underscored that the UN will support the Government in reinforcing preparedness efforts to deal with any dramatic deterioration of the situation inside Syria.


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We are a resource of geographical information for schools and colleges. One of the aspects of Geography we discuss is agriculture and the physical and human effects of it.
Pollution by Chemicals
Much modern agriculture involves the implementation of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides. The crop that farmers have been able to yield has subsequently grown by quite a margin. But these chemicals continue to move after they have been removed from the land into rivers and the water supply. This has resulted in changes in the flora and fauna of intensively farmed areas. River estuaries have fallen foul from the growth of weed and algae as the amount of nitrates in the water has gone up.
Governments have handled this problem by careful monitoring of pollution levels, with payments for the worst offenders. Some farmers have decided to go "organic", which means they do not depend on artificial chemicals. As well as having environmental advantages the farmer can charge more for the produce as the consumer is happy to pay extra for organic goods.
Changes in British farms
Fewer people work in British farms these days. This is for a few reasons:
- Mechanisation - machines do the work of many workers and fewer horses are used. Horses needed a lot of looking after
- Larger farms which are run efficiently need fewer workers
- Workers have to be paid and the farm owner wishes to make as much money as possible
The yield is the amount of a crop that is grown from an area of land. The amount of wheat produced per hectare has increased over recent decades because of:
- Higher use of fertiliser which enables the growth of plants
- Increased use of pesticides which lower plant disease and damage from insects
- Greater awareness and expertise in farming
- Guarenteed costs from the EU mean farmers could still get a good price for their crop even if it was overproduced
- Many hedges have been cut down which meant fewer small fields


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Mason Neck State Park's Kane's Creek provides a peaceful and secluded place to kayak and critter-watch just 20 miles south of D.C. Photo by Christopher A. Koberg
By Loren Anne BarnettPublished in the Fall 2011 issue of Save The Bay magazine
Your breathing slows as you leave behind the urbanized metropolis of D.C. and Northern Virginia. Turning onto Gunston Road in Lorton, Virginia, a sense of peace washes over you as you pass horse farms and undisturbed forest. Ahead lies an oasis. A pleasant change from what is usual. A refuge. Once destined to be a massive suburban development, Mason Neck is a peaceful, 9,000-acre peninsula on the Potomac River just 20 miles south of our nation's capital. Generations of hard work has put two-thirds of this beautiful and historic land in the hands of local, state, and national park systems.
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LOCATION: 20 miles south of Washington, D.C., on Lorton (Fairfax County), Virginia's Mason Neck peninsula.
GEOGRAPHY: About 6,000 of Mason Neck peninsula's 9,000 acres are held as public land. The penninsula is bordered by Gunston Cove to the north, Belmont Bay to the west, and the Potomac River to the east.
ACTIVITIES: Hiking, biking, kayaking, canoeing, Wee Ranger activities (ages 4 to 6), Junior Ranger programs (ages 7 to 10), and interpretive programs (all ages).
CONTACT: www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/, 703/339-2380.
LOCAL WATERSHED GROUP: Mason Neck Citizens Association.
Cheers to those who had the foresight and dedication to preserve this beautiful land: the Mason Neck Citizens Association, The Nature Conservancy, the federal government, the state of Virginia, and representatives like Congressman Jim Moran. Originally settled in 1755 by Virginia Declaration of Rights author George Mason IV, the peninsula has been the target of many development projects over the years. Plans to encroach on ecologically sensitive Mason Neck have included an "outer beltway" for D.C., an airport, and a landfill.
Thankfully, the spotting of bald eagles in 1965 got the preservation ball rolling. Mason Neck is now home to three large parks: Pohick Bay Regional Park, Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge, and Mason Neck State Park. My daughter Helen and I visited the state park this past summer.
On the day of our arrival, Administrative Assistant Patricia Paron welcomed us and became our self-appointed cruise director, making sure things ran smoothly at every turn. After an introduction at the visitor center, Park Manager Jess Lowry gave us the lay of the land, covering the park by truck.
Jess has been with the Virginia park system for 32 years. His career has taken him across the state from Natural Tunnel in the western end of Virginia to the Piedmont Region's Smith Mountain to his current post in the park system's Chesapeake Region. He is knowledgeable and speaks of the park like an old friend. "Mason Neck," he says, "is my favorite." Helen and I believed him 100 percent.
A plan gelled as we returned to the visitor center. The following day would be spent doing what we began to call our "Mason Neck triathlon": a biking, kayaking, and hiking, upclose-and-personal romp around the park.
Back at our hotel in Woodbridge: culture shock. We couldn't believe we were just 10 miles away. Next time, we will reserve a cabin at Pohick Bay Regional Park. Although with the water park, pool, and snack bar, Pohick is not as pristine as our triathlon site, it beats neighboring the 1.5-million-square-foot concrete jungle that is Potomac Mills Mall.
Patricia greeted us the next morning and set us up with rental bikes and helmets. We felt the impending heat as we began Leg 1, an eight-mile bike ride along the park's multiuse trail. But as we entered the shaded path, the air cooled. We were quiet except for the sound of our bike tires on the barely damp asphalt. As our eyes and ears acclimated, we noticed woodpeckers swooping between the trees and furry critters scurrying along the forest floor. The trail continued outside the park, running through a corner of the National Wildlife Refuge and meeting up with another trail along Gunston Road. Before turning around, we stopped at an archeological dig display that interprets artifacts from Paleo-Indians to early European settlers. We wouldn't be doing this had the "outer beltway" gone through.
Back at the visitor center for Leg 2, Ricardo Hoyos, our kayak guide, awaited. Ricardo, the park's Naturalist, studied ecotourism in his native country of Ecuador. Before he came to Virginia four years ago, he was a jungle guide. Helen and I expected an adventure.
Mason Neck's Gunston Cove is an inspiring model of success for saving the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams. In spite of the increasing population and volume of wastewater, this Potomac River embayment is experiencing the benefits of pollution-reduction efforts: improved water clarity, declines in algal blooms, and a doubling of underwater grasses—a critical habitat for larval fish and juvenile crabs. The road to progress has been steady and measured—a great case for implementing EPA's Chesapeake pollution diet. Fairfax County has been proactive in decreasing nutrient pollution since the late 1970s. In a response to the ban on phosphate in laundry detergents and sewage treatment plant upgrades, phosphorus pollution was dramatically reduced in the early 1980s. And, in the last several years, additional sewage treatment upgrades have reduced nitrogen pollution.
Before we boarded the kayak, Ricardo pointed out the tidal pond's many turtles, their heads dark and still, resembling the ends of sticks poking through the green water. We paralleled the shore of Belmont Bay, paddling north towards Kane's Creek. We passed an impressive beaver dam, but the nocturnal builders must have been safe inside. Instead, a racoon prowling the beach acknowledged our presence and a large turtle plopped off a log.
Entering Kane's Creek, I imagined how Dorothy felt when she landed in Oz. We were truly away from it all. Only nature surrounded us and we synched with the caterpillars patiently riding on the water's surface, waiting to be taken to the nearest blade of grass. Landscaped by Mother Nature, the creek was bursting with purple pickerelweed and punctuated with yellow lilies. We stopped often to watch for critters. Overhead, a bald eagle chased an osprey carrying a fish. At the headwaters, an immature blue heron, not quite as graceful as his parents, showed us his new fishing skills. We wished to linger and it was tough to return.
Back on land, Helen and I set out on Leg 3. Bay View Trail hugs the waterfront and loops through park's mature hardwood forest. We played possum now and then until the critters—birds, frogs, dragonflies, and squirrels—showed themselves. Otherwise, all was green and brown. Although we only covered one mile, we didn't emerge for more than an hour. Our triathlon was complete.
With tuned-up senses and lots of great memories, we headed home.
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Description Pseudosquilla ciliata, the common mantis shrimp, is a species of mantis shrimp, known by common names including rainbow mantis shrimp and false mantis shrimp. It is widepsread in the Indo-Pacific region.
The colour of P. ciliata varies greatly depending on an individual's environment; for example, P. ciliata living in a grass flat will often turn green, while one living in coralline algae will often turn red. P. ciliata may reach a total length of 95 millimetres (3.7 in).
Warning This is the "shrimp snapper" well known and respected by shrimp trawlers. A quick slash of one of its large appendages can cut a shrimp or fish in two - or lacerate a finger.
Habitat Mud flats, Ocean or bay shallows.
Range Florida, Texas, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, New England.


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Selling a dealership: A painful process of letting go
Having the heart of an auto dealer doesn't always mean having the stomach for all the business entails.
Take the former dealer who recently told me his story but did not want his name used.
He sold his dealership several years ago and now works for a dealership group. He is sometimes involved with the group's acquisitions. And when he sees a selling dealer with cold feet, he understands.
"It's an emotional deal," he says. "But you realize it's a business and you have to do what is best for you and your family, so you do it."
The former dealer has several children. None wanted to take over the dealership, he says, even though some of them were well suited for it.
"But what they tell me now is they watched the long hours I worked and how hard I worked at it, and they didn't want to do it," he says.
Many dealers face similar situations: They own stores into which they poured years of blood, sweat and tears -- perhaps as second- or third-generation dealers -- and now find themselves aging and without succession plans.
And so starts the painful process of letting go.
The former dealer continues to work in the industry he loves, and he does so without the headaches and heartaches of ownership.
"My daughter asked me why am I still working? I say, 'I still have a passion for the business,'" he says. "But I'm in my 60s now and I don't want the risk."


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RT option? I still like the guy and would fit down in Miami.
RT option? I still like the guy and would fit down in Miami.
Since we were interested in him last offseason wonder with the loss Long if we strongly consider pursuing Winston. Would live him on our o-line!
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phillipians 4:13
and Rams cut Hunter. OT market is going to be flooded this offseason - nobody is going to get paid what they want. Good for us and our OT need.
Good veteran right tackle. Got zone blocking experience from his days in Houston.
Jake Long's contract just got smaller.
winston runs his mouth in the media too much...i doubt he'll have much market...says things off kilter about the organizations he plays for...maybe a little too honest i guess...doubt ireland and philbin would buy in...
he wanted a big pay day went too the not so good chiefs and is now a cap move. the chiefs must like one of the OL players.


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Architecture by Street Name : Adams St., Image 30
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Copelin Commercial Photographers recorded exteriors and interiors of buildings that Chicago's building inspectors visited when they investigated problematic structures during the 1940s, '50s, and '60s. Some general views of streets and intersections taken for the Department of Streets and Sanitation, as well as major commercial buildings also fill out the picture of various neighborhoods. The following items list street names followed by specific addresses within parentheses as well as intersection coordinates and landmark building names. Addresses covered: Adams St. (1834, 1918, 1919, 2045, 2100-05, 2107-11, 2331, 2703, 2755, 2747-59, 3257-59, 3347, 3912)


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I got them for openers when they initially came out which meant that all of the reissued figures were also opened! About the only figure that I didn't find on retail was the Weequay cause I lost track of what I had and didn't at one point.
I did manage to get a trilogo Weequay thru some trades and I've got all the freeze frames inside the mail-in holders. Plus I sent for the viewer which also contained a couple of freeze frames. From the list of figures that were supposed to be on freeze frames, only Ponda Baba wasn't done. I did win an ebay auction for a custom one which completes my collection.
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What do you think this picture shows? Could it be a delicate glass sculpture created by a talented artist? It's delicate alright, but it's not glass, nor was it created by an artist. It's actually made of ice and it's a work of nature. Now can you guess what it is? It's a snowflake, as viewed under a microscope.
Snowflakes and Other Solids
A snowflake is made of ice, or water in the solid state. A solid is one of four well-known states of matter. The other three states are liquid, gas, and plasma. Compared with these other states of matter, solids have particles that are much more tightly packed together. The particles are held rigidly in place by all the other particles around them so they can't slip past one another or move apart. This gives solids a fixed shape and a fixed volume.
Types of Solids
Not all solids are alike. Some are crystalline solids; others are amorphous solids. Snowflakes are crystalline solids. Particles of crystalline solids are arranged in a regular repeating pattern, as you can see in the sketch in Figure below. The repeating particles form a geometric shape called a crystal. Another crystalline solid is table salt (sodium chloride). Crystals of table salt are pictured in the Figure below.
Amorphous means "shapeless." Particles of amorphous solids are arranged more-or-less at random and do not form crystals, as you can see in the Figure below. An example of an amorphous solid is cotton candy, also shown in the Figure below.
Q: Look at the quartz rock and plastic bag pictured in the Figure below. Which type of solid do you think each of them is?
A: The quartz is a crystalline solid. Rocks are made of minerals and minerals form crystals. You can see their geometric shapes. The bag is an amorphous solid. It is made of the plastic and most plastics do not form crystals.
- A solid is a state of matter in which particles of matter are tightly packed together. This holds the particles rigidly in place and gives solids a fixed shape and fixed volume.
- Crystalline solids have particles that are arranged in a regular repeating pattern. They form crystals. Amorphous solids have particles that are arranged more-or-less at random. They do not form crystals.
- What is a solid?
- Why does a solid have a fixed shape and fixed volume?
- Create a table comparing and contrasting crystalline and amorphous solids. Include an example of each type of solid in your table.
- Diamonds like the one pictured in the Figure below are the hardest of all minerals. Is a diamond a crystalline or an amorphous solid? How do you know?


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Updated on 24 April 2013
Although the Indian vaccine sector is plagued with regulatory hurdles, it has a substantial pipeline to look forward to
The Indian vaccine industry has been in the past few years following close on the footsteps of the Indian pharma sector. The vaccine industry has been making concerted efforts to develop vaccines for not only tropical neglected diseases, but also cheaper versions of vaccines that are already available in the West.
The enthusiasm that the vaccine sector has generated was evident at the recently organized Vaccine World Summit 2013 in Pune, India. The event, which proved to be a melting pot of vaccine industry experts, clinicians, regulators, funding agencies and research scientists, saw a large number of foreign agencies seeking to partner with Indian firms. Interestingly, majority of these firms were early stage technology platforms, who were involved in the development of vaccines.
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Dr Suresh Jadhav, executive director, Serum Institute of India, very simply put the importance of Indian companies in context, when he said, "Around 75-to-80 percent of vaccines developed and procured by UN agencies are from the developing world and almost 80 percent of these are from India."
Dr T S Rao, adviser, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India, highlighted that the vaccine industry is worth $260 million and this is slated to reach $500 million, according to consultancy firm McKinsey. These facts reinstate the belief that the Indian vaccine industry has a substantial impact on global immunization, and will continue to be of significance in the days for providing affordable quality vaccines to the world.
However, despite the several achievements, the sector is faced with obstacles. The dearth of a single window clearance is one of the major challenges that the vaccine industry faces in India. The continued delays in procuring permission for trials has affected not only companies but also medical professionals, who conduct trials for gaining a better understanding of the need and effect of vaccines for the Indian population. Mr Sai Prasad, VP, business development, Bharat Biotech, echoed this sentiment. He said, "The development of vaccines involves not one, but a number of government agencies. There are processes that need to be streamlined for the developing newer vaccines so that simple yet important things such as importing specific cell lines, is doable within a defined time limit."
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Enjoy this hearty recipe of pheasant made in slow cooker for a dinner.
Have a little white wine left in the bottle? Use 1/2 cup wine instead of the chicken broth for an elegant little twist.
Serve garlic mashed potatoes to enjoy with the creamy mushroom sauce. Add broccoli spears topped with a sprinkle of grated fresh lemon peel to round out the flavors.
You don't have to serve pheasant under glass to make it special. Mix together some crisply cooked and crumbled bacon, toasted chopped hazelnuts and chopped fresh
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The best thing from the voter's perspective that could happen to Washington is Term Limits--maximum 8 year lifetime terms--either consecutive or interrupted--no more than 8 years in either the Senate or the House.
It would deny access to the political fiefdoms currently enjoyed by Washington politicians. It would limit the influence that lobbying could have on a particular politician or even group of politicians.
If you couple that with Line Item Veto, all the pork could be struck out and the substance of the bill that merits enactment implemented.


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ticklishtompro wrote:The LTH and youth hunt in the books, with 2 birds down. Call for people the next 2 weekends, then my 1st tag is the week after that. If the warm weather comes for more than a couple days in a row, we will be in buisness!
Gopherlongbeards wrote:Good luck to you Dewey, bag that old bird from last year. Will expect a full report when I get back next week
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New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers is always plotting her next adventurewhether in life or for one of her novels. She wrote her first stories when she climbed her favorite sugar maple with pad and pen at age eleven. Now she is the author of more than sixty novels of romantic suspense and contemporary romance, including her acclaimed Sharpe & Donovan and Swift River Valley series. Her books have sold in over thirty countries, with translations in two dozen languages, and earned awards, rave reviews and the loyalty of readers.
Growing up in rural western Massachusetts with three brothers and three sisters, Carla developed an eye for detail and an enduring love for a good story. "My parents moved to New England just before I was born," says the author. "My father was a Dutch sailor and my mother is from the South. We kids learned about Holland and the Florida Panhandlefaraway places to usthrough stories our parents told on walks in the woods or sitting by the fire."
Carla's curiosity and vivid imagination are key to creating the complex relationships and deep sense of place in her books. At the core of every novel she writes is what Publishers Weekly has called her "flair for creating likeable, believable characters and her keen recognition of the obstacles that can muddle relationships."
Carla sold her first book not long after graduating magna cum laude from Boston University with a degree in journalism. An accomplished musician, she studied with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and freelanced as an arts-and-entertainment reporteralways with a novel in the works. After the birth of her first child, Carla finally worked up the courage to submit a manuscript to an agent. "I would type with my daughter on the blotter next to me," says Carla. "Then she learned to roll over, and I put her on a blanket on the floor!"
When she isn't writing, Carla loves to read, travel, hike, garden and spend time with her large family. Get-togethers at her family's tree farm on the western edge of the Quabbin Reservoir are a favorite. She and her husband, Joe, a native of middle Tennessee, have two grown children and two adorable grandchildren. They are frequent travelers to Ireland and divide their time between Boston and their hilltop home in Vermont, not far from picturesque Quechee Gorge.
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By Ben Levisohn
Yes, say the folks at Raymond James, who upgraded Chevron's (CVX) shares today.
Raymond James analyst Pavel Molchanov explains why Chevron looks good:
Somewhat like [ExxonMobil (XOM)] at its lows in October 2013, sentiment on Chevron has turned sharply negative in the past two months – primarily a combination of higher-than-expected near-term capital spending and weaker production guidance. And just as Exxon soon benefited from a robust catch-up trade, we believe Chevron at current levels (52-week low) offers a similarly compelling entry point. With [Chevron] down 11.0% YTD (vs. losses of 5.8% for the S&P 500 and 7.5% for the S&P energy sector), we are upgrading it from Outperform to Strong Buy…
And it's not just sentiment that's gotten Molchanov to turn more bullish on Chevron–he also sees an "inflection point" in production. Molchanov writes:
What heavily weighed on [Chevron] shares last Friday was the production guidance for 2014, equating to growth of only 0.5% (at $109/Bbl Brent). While the 2014 picture is indeed underwhelming, it still marks the first year of output growth since 2010, following declines of 3.3% in 2011, 2.4% in 2012 and 0.5% in 2013. More importantly, visible acceleration is on deck for 2015, driven by major startups (which are lacking this year), especially but not exclusively Gorgon. As such, we envision the 2015 exit rate above 2,800 MBoe/d, up 10% from current levels, with the growth heavily weighted to the second half of 2015. With Gorgon being by far the largest component of this growth curve, the underlying cash flow is quite predictable: we project steady-state project EBITDA of $8.5 billion, which is $4.0 billion net to Chevron, single-handedly adding 8% on top of companywide EBITDA from 2013.
Molchanov's upgrade, meanwhile, is just more evidence of Wall Street's love-hate relationship with Chevron right now.
Shares of Chevron have gained 0.4% to $111.55 at 9:51 a.m., while ExxonMobil has risen 0.2% to $90.24 and ConocoPhillips (COP) has dropped 0.3% to $63.69.


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In Search Of...A Tale of Two Doctors
LA CROSSE, Wis. - This is a tale of two doctors. They don't work in the same office. Don't even practice the same type of medicine. But they share a unique bond because of one mission and one extraordinary woman.
First, some background. Doctor Steven LaLiberte is an optometrist at Franciscan Skemp Healthcare in La Crosse. Every two years, he and 29 other volunteers embark on a mission trip to Lima, Peru. They travel there with thousands of donated, used and recycled eyeglasses to help the people of that community see the world a little better. "A donated pair of glasses that seems insignificant to the donor can make a big difference in a poor country. We come from one of the wealthiest countries the world going to one of the most impoverished. And every trip we learn a lesson about giving and sacrifice from the people we went to serve."105468
Many of these patients have spent their whole lives in a blur, unable to see what is right in front of them. "There was a 2-year-old child on the last mission who had a very strong prescription. They thought the child was blind and they put the glasses on him and his mother said something to him like 'can you see me?' The child just stared at his mother's face and he reached up and touched her cheek. There are so many stories just like that of people who are now able to see."
But as we mentioned earlier, there is a second doctor involved in this story. Franciscan Skemp Medical Director Dr. Alan Fleischmann has never actually been on the mission trips to Lima, Peru - but part of his heart still lingers there. You see Dr. Fleischmann has had one great love in his life: his late wife Vanessa. "We met in 1977. The first time I saw her I fell madly in love and knew she had to be mine. She didn't quite decide that at the same time but it didn't take us long. We were about 6 months and married in 9."
In 1982 Vanessa was diagnosed with MS. Over the next 28 years her body slowly and gradually gave way to the symptoms of that disease. "But the amazing thing about here was it was never apparent by her behavior. And she succeeded in rising above it. Really to an extraordinary degree."
This last November, Vanessa passed away after a long and brave battle but she left behind 3 pairs of glasses. "When Nessa passed I wanted him to be able to use her glasses to the advantage of someone else. It's just a lovely idea that something like glasses that helped her because her vision was impaired by this condition could help someone else after her passing."
So Dr. Fleischmann gave the glasses to Dr. LaLiberte for his latest mission trip. But instead of putting them with the other 11 thousand pairs that were donated, Dr. La Liberte set them aside. And when the right patients came along with the exact prescription as Vanessa's, those glasses and a part of her amazing legacy were passed along. "At least once we tracked them and reminded me to really realize the personal side of what we are doing. It brings it back home for us too."
"It's just lovely for her to be living on in this way. I would encourage anyone that might have glasses, even if they might not be fashionable. If you haven't got glasses, it doesn't matter what they look like. I think that would be a thing to do for us all and I will look to see if I have some more old ones to share because I think that it's important."
"Here's someone who donated 3 pair of glasses and we show 3 people who received them. That story could be repeated 10 thousand times over every single week. It could change a life somewhere."
The Eye Glass Recycling Program is put on by the Wisconsin Lions Club Foundation. If you have glasses that you would like to donate, drop them off to any optical office in the area and the Lions Club will pick them up and make sure they get to someone that can really use them.
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MSU sophomore forward Roquez Johnson has been suspended indefinitely for an unspecified violation of team rules, head coach Rick Ray announced today at his weekly press conference.
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I recently installed the latest and greatest version of Ubuntu, version 8.04 aka Hardy Heron, from Vista (which was pre-installed when I bought the laptop)
I managed to switch quite happily, replacing many of the applications I used daily (Notepad++, FileZilla, TortoiseSVN, Winamp) with either their linux counterparts or alternatives (Bluefish, Exaile and I'm going with the command line for SVN) one thing that was becoming annoying was the swfdec-mozilla plugin for playing flash content in Firefox, it only kinda worked for me. Google analytics graphs wouldn't render, YouTube videos were occasionally very slow and worst of all I couldn't watch the latest installment of Zero Punctuation!
I went to Adobe's website and downloaded the nonfree version of the flash plugin, ran the install script, restarted FF, then restarted Ubuntu but swfdec persisted. I couldn't find any way to replace the default flash player in Firefox so then I had the bright idea of removing swfdec-mozilla.
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There is a lot of malware out there, and sometimes it's very difficult for security researchers or AV-vendors to estimate the extent of such a threat (eg. a trojan). One technique to do is called sinkholing: The goal is to register malicious botnet domains proactively or reactively to prevent the criminals exerting command and control over hijacked/infected computers, and at the same time warn ISPs of infected computers.
Some of you might already know that I am running a sinkhole. Therefore I thought it might be interesting to reveal some botnet Statistic based on the drone data I have collected on my sinkhole.
The following data has been collected over a period of 2 months. During this time I've sinkholed several botnets. To generate the statistics shown below I have picked out the highest peak of each malware family and printed it to the bar chart. In short this means that the chart shows the highest peak of each malware family during the past two months (within a 24 hour period).
First of all, let's have a look at each malware family I've sinkholed during this time.
|Renos, CodecPack
|Kaspersky Lab
|Swisyn, Changeup
|Alureon, Tidsserv, TDL4
|Zbot, WSNPoem, ntos
As shown in the table above we have some banking trojans (Carberp, Gozi, SpyEye and ZeuS), some trojan droppers (Gbot, Ponmocup), a worm (Ramnit) and some Click fraud trojans (Artro, TDSS).
Let's take a look at the sinkhole statistics:
The chart above shows the total number of new and total IPs seen within 24hrs for each malware family. What really sticks out is the fact that the trojans that are being used to attack financial institutions (banking trojans) has a relatively small amount of infected computer (drones) compared to Gbot (that is used to drop/install additional malware on the victims computer) and the well-known click fraud rootkit called TDSS. The size of the TDSS botnet is 6 times the size of the Carberp botnet.
Why is this the case? It's not very difficult to infect computers today. The trick is to find a good way to monetize the botnet. For banking trojans, the problem becomes getting money mules that the criminal can use for transferring/laundering the stolen money. A cybercriminal won't benefit from a big botnet if he's not able to cash out the money from the bank accounts of the victims. Also, banking trojans rather quickly gets attention from both Law Enforcement and individuals in the infosec community.
Doing click fraud is much easier: Who cares about click fraud? Nobody, except the companies that are actually offering/selling online advertisement. If you call someone and tell him "Hey, your computer is infected with a click fraud trojan" you will most probably get a answer like "WTF is click fraud?!?" and even if you explain the situation to him I'm pretty sure you will get an answer like "Well I don't care, I hate online advertisements anyway. They only distract me when I'm surfing on porn sites… *erm* when I'm doing online shopping".
Still, I'm not surprised that there are botnets out there that are even bigger than TDSS/TDL:
The chart above shows a botnet that is called Artro. It is also known as "The advertisement botnet" (Kaspersky) or Renos/CodecPack. It is 1,5 times bigger than TDSS. However, Artro is also doing some click fraud stuff. I sinkholed the Artro botnet a year ago. Back then, the botnet had a size of 330'000 infected computers (of course within 24hrs)!
So I'm asking myself: Does this answer our question "How Big is Big"? If we are serious we can say that 330'000 infected computers is quite enough and really big. That's nearly the same amount of computers as there are inhabitants in the largest Swiss city (Zurich).
What would you say if I told you that there is a botnet out there that is much bigger than the Artro botnet?
Some weeks ago I came across a huge botnet that was pretty unknown to me and that I never had heard of before. Doing some research I came to the conclusion that this trojan was known as Ponmocup. When I've started to sinkhole this botnet I was shocked as I saw that more than 1,2 million (yes, 1'200'000) unique IPs connected to my sinkhole just within 24 hours..
Probably most of you don't even know Ponmocup, so you may ask yourself how this botnet became that big. Well you already answered this question: The criminal obviously managed to stay under the radar for months (maybe even years). I'm sure there are even more botnets out there (like Artro and Ponmocup) that are quite big and still under the radar of the AV-industry / infosec community.
*** Conclusion ***
We have learned that the botnet sizes doesn't really matter. The criminals don't need to have a big botnet to make a lot of money: It always depends on the business model the criminals wants to adopt (doing ebanking fraud, clickfraud or whatever).
But what do we have to do to mitigate these threats? My approach is to try to identify such botnets and sinkhole them. Doing so I'm able to collecting data from the connecting bots, which are being fed into the Shadowserver Drone database. If you are an ISP, a company or running your own network/AS you can obtain free-of-charge Drone feed from Shadowserver for your AS. This allows you to get informed about infected computers within your network on a daily basis.
If you are an ISP/network owner I highly recommend you to subscribe to Shadowservers Drone feed (if you are not already subscribed).
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*** Further links ***
- Lies, Damn Lies, and Botnet Size (Shadowserver)
- How To Steal A Botnet (Video presentation of the Paper in the link below)
- Your Botnet is My Botnet: Analysis of a Botnet Takeover (Torpig)
- Some botnet statistics (Wikipedia)


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BUSC and Rage Placement of local children in Div 1
Original post made by SoccerParent, Foothill Knolls, on Feb 9, 2009
Below is the criteria used for selecting boys for division 1. I think this is similar to Rage (correct me if wrong)
From the BUSC website:
Former and potential competitive soccer players will be evaluated in four areas:
1) Mental dimensions (character, discipline, and leadership)
2) Physical dimensions (endurance, strength, and speed)
3) Technical competence (soccer skills)
4) Playmaking ability and positional play (making runs, reading the game)
What seems to be missing is:
5) Member of the Pleasanton Community
6) Character
7) Loyalty
In Rage's survey, they seemed to have interest in the community's feedback. When it seemed that the community wished for a better local representation on the premier teams, they countered with there philosophy of creating scholarship athletes, whether from Pleasanton or Elk Grove
I recall when reviewing the BUSC site in the past and that only 3 players from other communities would be allowed on a BUSC team without prior board approval. I know of multiple teams where there were more than three players, but have yet to find an approval on any of the Board's minutes. I could not find the reference there today. I wonder why it would change.
Thoughts, comments?
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Too bad they don't follow their own guidelines for coaches and board members, especially, No. 1


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Cousins says these records stem from the jet stream and a large ridge of high pressure remaining in place and that's not normal for this time of year. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker agrees by saying usually these types of patters will happen in the summer months.
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Ron Cook: Pitt and Syracuse make surprising shift of power to ACCJanuary 12, 2014 11:16 PM
Pitt will play Saturday afternoon at Syracuse with first place perhaps on the line. This would not be a big deal if it were a Big East Conference game. But it is an Atlantic Coast Conference battle. Don't look now, but the two interlopers are 3-0 in their new league and have embarrassed the competition.
This can't be playing well on Tobacco Road.
There was a lot of angst about how Pitt would fit into the ACC after years as a dominant Big East team. The styles of the two leagues are different, the argument went. Pitt's brute force won't work in the more finesse-oriented ACC. There will be a period of adjustment in which Pitt will struggle. It was picked to finish in the middle of the ACC pack.
Who says the experts know anything?
Pitt has beaten North Carolina State, Maryland and Wake Forest by 12, 20 and 15 points. Certainly, Syracuse hasn't had any adaptation problems. It is No. 2 in the rankings and beat North Carolina, 57-45, Saturday, to go to 16-0. Can you imagine that? A North Carolina team scoring 45 points? What must Dean Smith and Michael Jordan be thinking?
It's almost as if Pitt and Syracuse have stepped down in class in the ACC.
"It's early," Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said Saturday, moments after the Panthers defeated Wake Forest, 80-65, at Petersen Events Center.
The man is right. Pitt still has 15 ACC games to play, the next one Tuesday night at Georgia Tech. It won't be shocking if Pitt loses. Disappointing, maybe, but not shocking. Georgia Tech beat Notre Dame -- another former Big East team -- Saturday at home.
But that doesn't change two observations, early as they might be. Pitt has been better than expected. The ACC has been much worse.
North Carolina is 0-3 in the league and 10-6 overall after a loss at Syracuse. Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams must not recognize the team he is putting on the floor. Duke is 1-2 after losing Saturday at Clemson and is in danger of falling out of the Top 20. It had been ranked in the Top 10 for 122 consecutive weeks since November 2007 before losing Jan. 4 at Notre Dame and dropping to No. 16 in the Associated Press poll. Miami, which won the ACC regular-season and tournament championships a season ago, is 1-2 with a home loss to Virginia Tech.
What would the ACC look like without Pitt and especially Syracuse?
I know these things are cyclical, but this is ridiculous.
The addition next season of yet another former Big East school -- defending national champion Louisville -- can't come soon enough for the once-proud ACC.
"I still think we're going to be a very strong league," Dixon said. "When I said we were moving from the best league to the best league, I didn't mean it necessarily at that moment. It's what the league can become. I didn't think it was going to happen overnight. The Big East wasn't great overnight."
Pitt has done its part. It could be ranked for the first time this season today when the new polls come out. It should be ranked.
Pitt hardly has missed 7-foot center Steven Adams, who left for the NBA as a first-round pick after just one season. It is a typical Pitt team in that it is physical. Big East or ACC, it doesn't matter. Pitt will play aggressive defense, rebound with a passion and go hard after every loose ball. It is an unselfish team. Players routinely pass up a good shot to get a teammate a better shot. What's fun to see is Pitt actually making its shots. It has even been good at the free-throw line.
"I was excited about this team," Dixon said. "We lost to Wichita State [in the NCAA tournament in the spring], which is a little better than an OK team. And we lost to Syracuse [by three points in the Big East tournament] in the Garden, which wasn't exactly a neutral court ...
"I thought we had some things you can't teach. Our passing ability ... The little experience we had was at the perimeter. You have to have guards with experience.
"We have great leadership. We've had great development. But we've only played three games. We're still a team in the making."
Dixon laughed at the suggestion Pitt is making it look easy in the ACC.
"It isn't easy. Things change game to game. But we're getting better. I think people see that. I think that's why they're excited about us."
The excitement will grow if Pitt beats Georgia Tech. Then, it will be on to Syracuse, where Pitt won six of the past eight Big East games. It figures to be must-see TV. A battle for supremacy. ACC supremacy.
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"Call of Duty is by far the largest console franchise of this generation," said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. "More people have played Call of Duty this year than ever before, logging four billion hours of gameplay. And in the last 12 months, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, including its digital content, generated more revenues than any other console game ever has in a single year. Although it is too early to assess sell-through for Call of Duty: Ghosts, it's launching at a time when the franchise has never been more popular."
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Since its release yesterday, Ghosts moved into the top spot as the most played game on Xbox Live, Microsoft says. In addition, Activision claims that the average player sessions for Ghosts on the Xbox 360 have been longer than either Black Ops II or Modern Warfare 3 during the same 24-hour time period.
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We're into the Quarterfinals now as 16 vehicles that YOU chose duke it out to see which is the best Hasbro Star Wars vehicle of all time!
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Well.......how much money did we toss down the ole Crapper with this one.
I provide services to 4 large farms who have sold large acreages to the Solar Industry under O's stimulus here in Az. The deals had to be done ASAP in order to receive the tax breaks and three of the four are nearing completion now. My neighbor, a nuclear engineer and supervisor at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, tells me the power generated by these plants will cost double that of Palo Verde......thank goodness it is mostly going to Ca. The Azimuth Project http://www.azimuthproject.org/azimut...ic+solar+power was ground farmed by Del Monte and if my calculations are correct is about 1500 acres at this point (will be about 2400 when complete). Paloma Ranch (1800 acres) is near complete, Big Horn (1600 acres) is a ways off and Wilco has been put on hold. It will be interesting to see if they pay out or become a money 'black hole'.


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Social Engineering Toolkit - problem with Spear-Phishing attack !
I am having a problem with SET when i try to do the Spear-Fishing attack. I thought to make a video about it, so you can see better what steps i make , instead of trying to describe you the problem, which would be confusing.
Please look at this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZR0RVyEET0 and if anyone know, let me know what the hell is wrong.
I am searching for two days now, for this problem, and haven't found anything, or anyone who had the same or similar problem.
Thank you in advance !