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wonder how much the inauguration is costing?
wonder how much the inauguration is costing?
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Another $8 Billion (yes that is a "B" this time) could be saved on Headstart.
Don't know if you read it the other day ... Human Services agency has sat on the results for 4 YEARS!
They did their own study on the effects of HeadStart. Truthfully, the program's premise sounded like good sense to me, so I'm really pretty stunned at the study's results (remember, from the govt agency who actually runs the program). First they did a study tracking HeadStart kids v. control group through 1st grade. The HeadStart kids showed no advantage over the control group by 1st grade. I guess they didn't want to believe that, so they extended the study through 3rd grade. By 3rd grade, not only did the HeadStart group show no advantages from being in that program, some of those kids scored worse on some parts of the study parameters than kids who never went to HeadStart.
Evidently, something that looked good on paper didn't work out. At the very least, one would have to say that the theory was not implemented correctly to produce any results anticipated. Remember, this is not some right-wing think tank ... it's a study done by the very govt agency that administers the program.
Estimates are that $180 Billion (yes, that's a "B") have been spent upon HeadStart since its inception.
So far that's $8,400,300 PER YEAR ... over 10 years (which is the way the politicians like to frame their "savings") that is $84,003,000.
I also agree with putting a cap on the amount a President can spend on his "recreational" flying in expensive Air Force One (both of them, since they always put two of them in the air). Probably could have brought POTUS whole family to DC area for a holiday vacation and celebration at Camp David for less than it cost to send the POTUS to HI for 2 weeks.
It just occurred to me ... does the POTUS ever spend any time in Chicago, where he still has a residence, and where he spent most of his adult life? Never seem to hear about him going there. Truthfully, I can't blame him for preferring HI to Chicago.
"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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I am still stymied by the failure of HeadStart. As a psych major in college, it seems that good pre-school programs should be a success for kids who otherwise might have a less enriched experience in pre-school years. Small children have an amazing capacity for learning. How could the govt fail so badly in providing the kind of enrichment that seems to be so beneficial to children of these ages? By comparing the HeadStart kids to a control group of similar background (outside of the program), it seems downright impossible.
In the case of HeadStart it seems downright stupid to continue a costly program that is have zero positive results and even putting some children farther behind than if we just left them alone!
We might spend some of that money to find out why this has failed so badly. We might actually come up with something that actually works.
"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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I work in and around the green bay schools. I and others call headstart a goverment baby sitting. The schools want it there for all the fed. money they are getting. But have talked to some of the head start teachers and they really feel the kids are just toyoung for being in that kind of structured enviroment.
You point out in Headstart, a program whose goals are noble but whose results have been nil. One might learn that the Fed.kk gov. is structurally incapable of implementing such a program. The Fed. Gov. is full of such programs and the answer is always to just SPEND MORE MONEY ON THE FAILED PROGRAM because that is the cause for failure. Until we recognize this fact as a people, we will continue to spend money on such failed programs, reducing the willbeing of society as a whole.
Here are some areas that could be eliminated that annually cost a couple of hundred million and some into the billions;
Corporate Welfare & 90% of the subsidies
Foreign Aide
Foreign Bribes
Cut military spending but not Defense spending
Dept of Education
Dept of Energy
90% of the Endowments and Grants
War On Drugs (that would save more lives than all of Obama's 21 edicts on gun control)
IRS and go with a flat tax where everyone pays, ends loopholes
end the wars, bring the troops home and place some on the boarder
eliminate Congresses' medical and pensions to match the tax payers
cut Congresses' pay until we have a budget surplus
eliminate Public Sector unions
cut medicaid benefits, foodstamps and turn welfare into workfare
cut back on unemployment benefits
the EPA
these are just a few to get started with
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....man walked on the moon!
C'mon, kiddies, are we so blasé about it that we don't even recognize the event? I thought this would have been mentioned sooner than this! What a shame!
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
most of us weren't born when it happened, so it wouldn't be something we remember to remember, akin to JFK's assassination or pearl harbor. certain generations will remember it to the day they die, but those generations that didn't witness it first-hand have no frame of reference as to the importance of the event, and thus it doesn't stick in our minds. it's hard to believe right now, but there will eventually be a generation that doesn't even pause for a bit of reflection on september 11th. such is life.
and then, of course, there's those of us that remember it as the day they filmed people walking in the nevada desert with a high-speed camera.
Nachos are the right of all sentient beings.
The guns... They've stopped!
- Dan Akroyd, Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope
I recently saw a clear night sky (in Ohio) for the first time in perhaps a decade. Living in southern CA, that's about as rare as a Hollywood waiter who's NOT an actor.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
For myself, I was just a couple of months old so significant events in history wouldn't start to resonate with me for quite some time. Even now, it is difficult to recognize the most important events that will have historical significance until the dust has cleared, sometimes literally.
I even wonder sometimes that if we are ever blessed with visitors from another world, how our current culture would welcome them if they don't live up to our "exciting" expectations set up by popular media.

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thanks for all the replies. I'll try and take on board what you've said and incorporate as many of the design features you've mentioned as possible.
thanks again for the help
Best wishes
|the only suggestion i would make is to make the polarized lenses as light in color as possible. dark lenses suck when it starts getting into the late evening and the fish are still biting or sight fishing in low light.
Well, Id consider myself somewhat of a sunglass junkie. Oakley, Maui, Hobie, Costa, Native
Ive tried most of the big names. For fishing, its all about relaxing your eyes, cutting the glare, and being easy to maintain for me. Cutting glare and increasing contrast and visibility, Ive found none better than Costa. Relaxing the eyes, my Natives are light and nimble and have nice replaceable lenses. Easy to maintain, glass lenses. All the polys Ive tried scratch way to easy for my lifestyle. I want lenses that clean up quick with a T shirt and some spit. Id say my dream glasses are the following:
Lens-Thin, lightweight, scratchproof, replaceable (yellow, amber, gray), all polarized, mirrored
Frame- lightweight and somewhat moldable
Right now Im loving my Costa Harpoons with Green Mirror. Good looking frame with full peripheral coverage. Lenses are crystal clear, comfortable tint, and great around the water. Glass lenses are easy to maintain and are almost impossible to scratch. Only downfall is they are slightly heavy and a clouser to the eye could cause some shattering
Andy...I too already have a pair of prescription glasses....it took a long time to a pair that I liked....here are some features to keep in mind:
- frame design options with a more flattened front for those of us with heavy prescriptions....the wrap around styles cause vision distortion somewhere in the viewing area due to the significant bend;
- definitely side pieces for the "squared frame"..preferrably with a tinted plastic lenses on the sides for perriferal vision....side pieces block out both back glare and wind...I fish saltwater and the wind can really dry out the eyes;
- I like the sweat band topping previously mentioned, if it can be incorporated behind the frame.....we look enough like dorks in our waders, no need to have an obvious sweat band :-)
- the option for interchangeable lenses (ie. for different colors);
- stainless steel frame screws, esp. for us saltwater guys;
- shatter proof lenses
- non reflective finishes on the frames....don't want to scare the fish;
- while I'm at it...an anti fog coating or compound/spray that really works.
Now.....you get all this, then I would be happy to field test a courtesy pair :-)
Good luck Andy...I'm sure that others will chime in with their ideas.
PS: some of the above features would also be of interest to bikers/hikers
Andy -
You might want to do a little competitive research by clicking on the "Sponsors" button at the top of the page. Forum Sponsor Action Optics http://www.actionoptics.com/ has a primer on materials and styles. What's your price point? Who is your market? Fresh water guys need different features than salt fishermen.
That said, polarized lenses are critical. There is a safety factor to eye coverage when flies and lures with sharp hooks are flying, so more coverage, and wraparound coverage, is better than less. Form follows function. If you're going with light frames or polycarbonate lenses, consider the wind factor. No one likes losing glasses overboard. Make sure they'll stay on.
I'm not a potential customer; I have a pair of prescription glasses with progressive bifocal lenses so I can tie a knot close up and then look up and see at a distance. I like cable temples so I don't have to deal with Croakies or some gimp to tie the glasses around my neck. I like a sweat bar to keep perspiration and stinging sun block out of my eyes. My lenses are amber for salt water, but a trout fisherman might want gray.
I'd go to the websites for Cabelas, Orvis, LLBean, Offshore Angler, and some of the other outfitters to see what's already out there. Google is your friend. I'd use the search function on this board; your question has been asked and discussed before. For fishermen, good glasses are a tool, not a fashion statement.
I'm a sunglasses designer, and have been asked by a client to design some fishing glasses that incorporate features that aren't usually offered on fishing sunglasses.
I'm not a fisherman, so what I'd like to ask is what features are most important to you in a pair of sunglasses for fishing? This can be anything from simply shapes, styles and colours, things that make sunglasses more practical for fishing, and features that currently aren't available on fishing sunglasses but that you'd like to see.
Any help would be most appreciated.
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Wondering what pointing lab stud dogs our there (GMPR/HRCH/MH,...) have the best off switch at home? Especially those that are dark yellow/fox red and tend to throw the darker yellow/fox red with the excellent temperment to their pups?
Wondering what pointing lab stud dogs our there (GMPR/HRCH/MH,...) have the best off switch at home? Especially those that are dark yellow/fox red and tend to throw the darker yellow/fox red with the excellent temperment to their pups?
Linda Torgerson's 4xGMPR HRCH Rooster Smasher, MH/QAA, one of the nicest dogs I've seen in person, very laid back, good looking, well-built. Seems to be throwing a nice pup.
Kim Pfister, Rainmaker Labs
I have a rooster pup. He has the hardest drive in the field and at home he's pretty laid back.
I have heard good things about Rooster Smasher. My brother has a black son to 4xGMPR HRCH Kenai and he seems to have a good temperment and a very good point. Any others out there...
Anybody have pictures of their Rooster pup that they would be willing to share?
Rooster would be the one IMO when it comes to that color thing you mentioned....Give Linda a call.
Other GMPRS with good off switches and finished titles in other venues ?
Most that I have seen and I have seen more than a few, all three in my sig line are what most labs are as house dogs, whether they point or not makes no diff. Some were more of a handful as pups for sure. Rooster was very well as a house dog the couple times he spent a piece of his time at my place...6 mths old for a month, and when he got started on cold blinds for about a month, so young both visits....
Kenai has greatness in him, his owner tells me he was a handful for the first year, but I have never seen anything but a gentleman and more the times I have spent around him, one of the best for sure, and doing very well as a stud.
You want black the two in my avatar do the hunting thing more than game thing (way more ) only so much gas money available etc. we prefer the real thing.
Other fine Blacks that throw point would be Joe Dickersons "JD" (Jack Daniels ) he is a 4XGMPR HRCH MH
Also Tim Doanes Ely would be a top one to look at, he does throw point but did not play the APLA game, but I can vouch for his point, one of the best.
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What Paco said x2. Gator throws good dogs from what I can tell. I like that Rooster dog too. Also, JD and Ely are littermates. JD is in my Avatar pic and has a great on/off switch and is yellow factored. Don't think you could go wrong with any of the dogs Paco listed.
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R.I.P. 4xGMPR HRCH Hunters Marsh Jack Daniels Bubba Jazz MH
Call Name: JD
Ive got 2 dogs out of Hunters Point Kennel and they are the best people I have worked with. Take a look at this breeding with Rooster and Cherry, she is Fox red and is a true sweetheart. Give Justin a call I promise you would be happy with this breeding as this looks like this looks exactly what your in search of. http://pointing-lab.com/4xgmpr-hrch-...-qaa-x-cherry/
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Some of my Rooster pups. Oldest are about 6 months now, so can't tell too much yet, other than everyone seems happy so far.
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Vanilla planifolia is a tropical orchid, which is a native of Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. It is also known as the Flat-leaved Vanilla. Vanilla planifolia is the only member of the orchid family that is grown and harvested on an industrial scale, most notably in Mexico, Madagascar, and Tahiti. The pods of the vanilla planifolia are harvested and dried. They are then used to produce natural vanilla flavoring and scent.
The culinary and medicinal benefits of vanilla planifolia have been known for centuries. The Aztec people, who lived in Mexico from the 13th to the 16th centuries, are known to have used vanilla planifolia to produce vanilla flavoring and as an aphrodisiac.
Vanilla planifolia is a vine, which supports itself on fleshy roots. The leaves are flat and dark green in color. The flowers of the vanilla planifolia are yellow. The flowers open in the morning and close in the evening. They last for only one day. During the time that the flower is open, pollination must take place. If pollination does not occur, the flower will fall from the vine within 24 hours. The flower is self-pollinating, but in a natural environment less than 1% of vanilla planifolia flowers will pollinate. When vanilla planifolia is grown commercially, pollination is carried out manually. This makes the cultivation of vanilla planifolia both labor-intensive and expensive.
The fruit of the vanilla planifolia looks like long green beans, which are ready for harvest after approximately 5 months. The fruit is known as pods and grows to around 7 or 8 inches long. After they are harvested, the pods of the vanilla planifolia are dried and fermented. At this point the pods turn brown. Inside the pods are small, black vanilla seeds. Vanilla extract is derived from the cured pods. The process used to dry the pods and produce the natural vanilla extract is complicated and lengthy. As a result, vanilla pods are an expensive commodity.
Synthetic vanilla can be made from lignin, a complex chemical compound found in wood pulp. This is a cheaper method of producing vanilla extract. Synthetic vanilla is generally regarded as inferior to natural vanilla. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has produced regulations determining the concentration of vanilla beans required for vanilla extract to be described as pure. In order to comply with the FDA requirements, pure vanilla extract must have at least 13.35 ounces of vanilla beans per gallon. In addition, the solution must contain no more than 1% alcohol.
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I am sorry (Me fal)
Me fal
e di,perfekt nuk isha
dashuri te madhe kisha
tasht mua ma shum se veten
now more then myself
how to overcome life "how will i live my life (without you)"
dashuria ka gabime
te kam lendu e vetmja ime
tasht po te kerkoj falje
nuk ka me rrugdalje
sikur edhe 5 minuta
ti jetoj ne ket jet
me ty dua ta qoj wrong lyrics"me ty dua ti arxhoj" "i want to waste them with you"
se nuk jetohet vet
i'm sorry for the details
i'm sorry for the jealousy
i'm sorry, because without you i can't
without you, life has no meaning
e di tani ku shkove
plag te shumta me shkaktove
por fajin un vet e pata
nuk shkojn net e gjata
English translation
I am sorry
i know, i wasn't perfect
i had a big love
now, me much because self < don't understand this one
si ta kaloj jeten
love has faults
i have hurt you, my only one
now i am apologizing "now i am asking for an apology from you" po te kerkoj - i am asking from you falje-forgiveness
there isn't an exit anymore <- literally this is correct but this also means there is no other choice
like five minutes sikur - even for like 5 more minutes edhe means more
to live them in this life
i want you to wake it < ???
because it doesn't live itself - "because you can't live alone"
me fal per imtesira
me fal per xhelozi
me fal se pa ty smundem
pa ty jeta ska kuptim
now i know where you went
you caused me many wounds
but i had the blame myself
the long nights don't go
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On Monday I visited the Indochina Junk office and worked with Mr.Tuyen on our goals and plans for this week. On Tuesday, my friends Peter and Ty introduced me to his lovely sister, Ms. Phuong, and to her family. Peter drove me to Van Don, an island about 30km away, for a day trip of sightseeing. We returned to Ms. Phuong's house for a very lovely dinner. Ms. Phuong had been tipped off that I eat vegetarian food. She went to the "Taiwan Shop" and bought many unusual and delicious vegetarian delicacies that I had never tasted! I enjoyed the evening and company of her lovely family in her their very pretty home
The next day, I invited Ms. Hong, a very bright and outgoing 19 year old girl from the Vung Vieng Village to my hotel spend a couple days and a night with me. Ms. Hong (pronounced Humm) was so interested in learning to use a computer. She participated in the teacher training and has helped the teachers and the children with the XOs since my first trip to the village. "Hong" is one of the only, if not the only, VVV young adult that has graduated from high school on the mainland. Hong explained to me that she was lucky as she had relatives to stay with in Halong City for high school, but that most of the children don't have that opportunity.
I promised to teach Hong to use a PC, email and Google and about the Internet. My idea is to work with Ms. Hong on the XO too and teach her many things, so that at least one adult resident of the village is knowledgeable and comfortable using the XO, and is able to better demonstrate the laptop's benefits to others. Ms. Hong is a very quick learner and really wants to learn to speak English. I see so much improvement in her English language skills after 2 days with me, as I gave her no choice but to "dive in and swim."
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Wednesday was a planning/project day and last night I took Hong and Peter's lovely niece, Lan
to a Bai Chay tourist restaurant for pizza and another English lesson! I hope they had fun. I did.
From the photos in this entry, you can catch a glimpse of the two worlds I have found here. I have met "well to do" business people and many poor people also. I can see and feel a country in the midst of change. The majority of the population is rural and many people are very poor.
But just now I am in the modern indoor Emeraude Cafe in Bai Chay. It is for the tourist clientele and the western food (a clean salad) and free desktop internet is just what I needed! If you travel here and need respite from the street noise and coal ash air, I recommend this lovely place!
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's voter identification law won't be enforced in the state's May 21 primary.
Lawyers in a pending lawsuit challenging the law's constitutionality agreed Thursday that voters will not be required to show photo ID at the polls as a condition of voting.
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I feel a great disturbance in the Force.
Using the fan-favorite "May the 4th be with you" to tell us what we already know about the Blu-Ray?
They're going to reveal the previously unseen nude scenes.
Just you wait until you see Admiral Ackbar in the buff.
That's my jacket!
I thought it was odd too but it comes from the official StarWars.com site...
I'm assuming it's something along the lines of telling us the bonus features. Maybe? Though it seems like they're making a fairly big deal about this, so it might be something else.
They intend to announce that each film will come with 3 different viewing options. The original theatrical release, the Special Editions, and the "May the Force be with You!" edition.
They've gone through and digitally animated the entire trilogies with clone wars animation.
So just what was revealed on the fourth? I forgot to go look. Anyone know if there is anything new?
Beast gives the run down of DVD contents in the other thread. AS you can see there's a good deal of content that hasn't been seen since the 70s and 80s (stuff I've never seen before) I also feel like they've done a great service by creating audio commentary to go with the films from archival interviews. I mean, good luck getting Harrison Ford to give commentary on the films now.
Have: CW Yularen, CW Clone, everything from CW Slave I set except Slave I, TFU Shadow Stormtrooper x2, Evo Trooper, Saga AT-AT Driver, K-Mart Jodo Kast || Want: Vintage Fordo
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OK, Northern Virginia today mostly yielded evidence of restocking -- which had been picked up by others before I got there.
Tysons TRU - Nothing noteworthy except a lone Luke (bloody), which I picked up. (!)
Seven Corners TRU - Nothing new at all, although the floor guy was extremely friendly and went through all the pegs looking for a Taun We when I offhandedly mentioned that I was looking for a second one. He said he hadn't seen anything new for a few days and that they had only one Yoda in all week. They had a bunch of stuff there earlier in the week (Taun We, Luminara, Royal Guard) that was now nowhere to be found.
KB Toyworks Seven Corners -- a good number of Taun We, Luminara, and Royal Guard in case anyone is still looking for those, but no Bespin wave.
TRU Kingstowne -- Good score late in the evening; picked up Mace Windu (Basic); Anakin (Hanger), and Jango (Final). Unfortunately, they only had the one of each of those that I picked up. IIRC, they had some Luminaras there as well. No trace of Luke, Vader, or anything else new.
Wal-Mart Kingstowne -- Nothing, but pegs looked more empty than anywhere else I've seen, so maybe they'll restock soon.
Wal-Mart (Route 1) -- Nothing, although there was a single Mace Windu (Basic) under the pegs as well as some Royal Guards and Luminaras so there had been some restocking since yesterday night. (Man, I have had no life this weekend.) This is where I found my Yoda last week.
I went to a couple of other places in the area, but saw nothing further of note. The Luke made my day, though, so I hit most of these trying to find a Vader.


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This exhibition offered an introduction to the development of German Romantic painting covering the period 1800 to 1860, featuring portraits and landscapes from the Age of Goethe to the passion, poetry and prose of the late Romanticism.
The main focus of the show was landscape art, highlighted by the works of Caspar David Friedrich whose unique compositions are today regarded among the most evocative icons of Romanticism. In his paintings, 6 of which were included in the exhibition, nature becomes a mirror of the soul, an object of religious meditation, and a place for historic reflection (Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon, c.1818-25). Another artist who explored similar themes was the architect and painter Karl Friedrich Schinkel, with panoramas focusing on German identity (The Rugard on Rügen, 1821), and idealised landscape paintings often dominated by the symbolic presence of great Gothic cathedrals (Medieval City on a River, 1815) or antique fragments.
In 1809, a group called the Nazarenes were formed who moved to Rome and attempted to recover the style and spirit of Medieval and Renaissance religious art; its leading figure was Friedrich Overbeck, whose work was represented in this show with his Portrait of Franz Pforr, c.1810.
A later generation of Romantic painters, including Ludwig Richter and Moritz von Schwind were initially influenced by the Nazarenes, but went on to develop their own distinctive style. Richter painted dramatic landscapes (Lake in the Riesengebirge, 1839), while Schwind's subjects (The Rose or The Artists Journey, 1846/7) were drawn from German literature or fairy tales, and illustrate the widespread Romantic fascination with all things Medieval or even bizarre.
The exhibition was organised by the Nationalgalerie Berlin in collaboration with the National Gallery of Ireland. It was curated by Dr. Bernhard Maaz in the Nationalgalerie Berlin and in the National Gallery of Ireland by Fionnuala Croke, Head of Exhibitions.
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Bad news: Obama used to eat dog meat; Update: Romney, Obama staff now arguing over dog-eating on Twitter
posted at 10:01 pm on April 17, 2012 by Allahpundit
By popular request. If the Party Of Ideas is actually going to devote a chunk of this campaign to something as stupid as this, I guess we'll have to play ball. Jim Treacher, who's having endless fun with it, flags the key passage from "Dreams from My Father":
With Lolo, I learned how to eat small green chill peppers raw with dinner (plenty of rice), and, away from the dinner table, I was introduced to dog meat (tough), snake meat (tougher), and roasted grasshopper (crunchy).
But wait, wasn't he just a kid at the time, partaking in the normal culinary customs of Indonesia? Well, guys, that's what campaigns are for — to hash out the important issues. Like this one.
Incidentally, there's a method to the Democratic madness here. From Byron York's recent piece:
In late January, for example, top Obama campaign aide David Axelrod sent out a tweet that included a photo of Obama with his Portuguese water dog Bo in the back seat of the presidential limousine. "How loving owners transport their dogs," Axelrod wrote.
It wasn't a random comment. "They're obsessed with the dog thing," liberal journalist Chris Hayes said on his MSNBC program Sunday morning, referring to the Obama campaign. "And the reason is that, I have heard, in focus groups, the dog story totally tanks Mitt Romney's approval rating."
Assuming Hayes is right, consider this a postscript to my earlier post about shiny objects on the campaign trail. Dumb policy widgets like the Buffett Rule come and go without making a blip with voters but vivid character insights, as the story with Romney's dog is alleged to be, can make a penetrating impression. I think O's famous bitter-clinger remarks on the trail in '08 did more damage to him than any of his policy proposals, including more federal intervention in health care, because it seemed to be a window onto his character. He came off as an archetypal condescending elitist liberal, politely disdainful of what rural Americans hold dear. The Dems don't have anything quite that damaging from Romney's own lips yet — although, given his penchant for saying stuff like this, it's probably a matter of time before he really steps in it — but the dog story is a useful proxy for now.
Anyway, the Obama/dog jokes are flying in the righty blogosphere tonight. Exit question: I like the last one that Treacher posted, but … didn't Alf eat cats?
Update: This really is going to be the dumbest campaign ever, isn't it? First, Romney advisor Eric "Etch-a-Sketch" Fehrnstrom picks up the Obama-ate-dogs meme and snarks:
In hindsight, a chilling photo RT @davidaxelrod: How loving owners transport their dogs. http://bit.ly/xGeJuZ
Follow the link to see the pic. Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt didn't care for it, so back came the reply:
What's the next attack @EricFerhn and the RNC will surface on a 6-10 year old?
Over to you, Team Romney. Full-fledged media war over dog-eating tomorrow!
Update: Now Jake Tapper's having fun with it.
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The ANZ Championship pre-season tournament, held in Tauranga last year, has been cancelled this year - with doubts it will be staged again.
Last year's event, which brought all 10 teams together across three days and had matches screened live on Sky, was generally viewed as a success on and off court. However, two of the franchises were reluctant to participate this year and that, coupled with the withdrawal of some of last year's major sponsors, spelt the death knell for the event in 2013.
"It wasn't really financially viable to continue this year," says Netball New Zealand CEO Raelene Castle. "There are significant costs involved and, after some discussions, it was decided it wasn't the best use of that money, especially when two of the teams didn't want to come.
"It's all about investment versus return and it was a very time-consuming event to put on, especially having all the teams in one place."
Castle hopes the event can be staged some time in the future and become formally recognised as part of the calendar.
"We hope that when the competition reaches a more mature stage - especially financially - participation in such an event will be part of the agreement that a franchise signs with the league."
With England's financial bonanza (the sport recently received more than $46 million in funding), this situation highlights the gulf that may come to exist, with the sport in Australia and New Zealand still far from rich.
Last year's tournament was the first time since 2008 (when Sydney was the host city) that all 10 teams had come together in one venue at the outset of the season. At the time, it was seen as the start of a new era.
"It has always been our aspiration to hold one official pre-season competition," said ANZ Championship general manager Anthony Everard at the time.
"Thanks to the fantastic support of TCVL [Tauranga City Venues Limited], we now have the ideal venue and location to make this a reality."
There were undoubted teething issues last year.
Some teams had to play three games in one day, prompting worries about injuries and player exhaustion. The Melbourne Vixens were particularly perturbed about having games scheduled at 12.30pm, 4.30pm and 8.30pm on the Saturday.
Games stretched from 9am to 10pm - some of the then champion Firebirds resorted to sleeping on the floor in an upstairs office at TECT Arena during a particularly long stretch between games.
Overall, the tournament was well received and seen as a beneficial exercise. Because of the number of games, teams were forced to use all of their squads, meaning players and coaches got a look at players they might normally not see.
"I was quite hesitant about it because of the load," said Mystics coach Debbie Fuller at the time. "I thought it was unrealistic in such a short time.
"However, I've changed my view. It brings back the old tournament nature we used to have and it is great."
Silver Ferns coach Wai Taumaunu says it's a shame the event was not to be repeated. "Last year's event brought a lot of positives and you got to see a lot of the bench players because they were forced to get on."
The main event of this year's pre-season will be the Melbourne Vixens Summer Challenge, where the Vixens will host all four Australian teams plus the Mystics, Steel and Tactix across the weekend of February 23-24. The Pulse are taking on the Magic the same weekend in New Plymouth, while the Tactix also have trial matches arranged for March, with their opponents still to be confirmed.


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PF-04449913 For Patients With Acute Leukemia at High Risk of Relapse After Donor Stem Cell Transplant
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Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Remission
Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Remission
Recurrent Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Recurrent Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Drug: Hedgehog inhibitor PF-04449913
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Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|A Phase 2 Study of PF-04449913 for the Treatment of Acute Leukemia Patients With High Risk of Post-Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Relapse
- Relapse-free survival [ Time Frame: At 1 year ]Kaplan-Meier estimates will be used to measure relapse-free survival
- Remission duration [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]
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|Study Start Date:
|April 11, 2013
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|April 2019
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|April 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: Hedgehog inhibitor PF-04449913
Beginning 80 days after allogeneic stem cell transplant, patients receive Hedgehog inhibitor PF-04449913 orally once daily on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 1 year in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Hedgehog inhibitor PF-04449913
Given orally
Other Name: PF-04449913
Detailed Description:
Disease relapse is the most common cause of death after allogeneic stem cell transplantation for acute leukemia. Patients at high risk for relapse may benefit from a novel, biologically rational therapeutic intervention to prevent this outcome. PF-04449913 is a small molecule inhibitor of the hedgehog (Hh) pathway that inhibits the protein Smoothened (SMO). Aberrant Hh signaling may contribute to the survival and expansion of the leukemia stem cell, and inhibiting the Hh pathway can eliminate these cells. Therefore, targeting Hh may be a logical intervention in the post-transplantation setting for those with high risk of relapse. The investigators propose a phase 2 study of PF-04449913 in post-allogeneic stem cell transplantation patients at high risk of relapse.
This is an open label, phase 2 study employing PF-04449913 in acute leukemia patients who received allogeneic stem cell transplantation and are at high risk of relapse. Patients will receive consecutive 28-day cycles of PF-04449913 at 100 mg/day, beginning on post-transplantation day 80 +/- 10 days, after their routine post-transplant bone marrow biopsy. Treatment will continue for up to one year or until they experience toxicity or disease relapse. Seventeen patients will be required for an 80% power to detect a 30% difference in one-year relapse free survival.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- World Health Organization (WHO)-confirmed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB)-1 or 2
- Between days 28 and 50 post transplantation at the time of initiation of the study drug
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 2
- Life expectancy > 2 months
Recipient of a myeloablative or non-myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT):
-Conditioning regimen to be prescribed at investigator's discretion, but will be prospectively defined as myeloablative or non-myeloablative
- Stable engraftment, as defined by absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1000/mm^3 and platelets 25,000/mm^3
- In morphologic remission (< 5% marrow blasts) based on bone marrow (BM) biopsy performed +/- 5 days of day 28 post-transplantation to day 50 post-transplantation
- Without clinical signs of active central nervous system disease
- For non-myeloablative transplants, >= 50% cluster of differentiation (CD)3 donor chimerism at screening
High risk of relapse after fully myeloablative HSCT, defined for acute leukemia as:
- Any level of minimal residual disease (MRD) on a bone marrow aspirate or peripheral blood sample, at any routine measurement post-HSCT
- Any patient entering into HSCT with MRD by flow cytometry
- Any patient entering into HSCT with cytogenetic abnormalities as measured by metaphase cytogenetics or fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) probes
- Any patient entering into HSCT without a morphological remission (> 5% blasts by differential of the aspirate)
High risk of relapse after non-myeloablative allogeneic HSCT for acute leukemia, defined as:
- Relapse risk score > 0
- Any patient entering into HSCT with MRD by flow cytometry
- Any patient entering into HSCT with cytogenetic abnormalities as measured by metaphase cytogenetics or FISH probes
- Any patient entering into HSCT without a morphological remission (> 5% blasts by differential of the aspirate)
High risk of relapse after myeloablative or non-myeloablative allogeneic HSCT for MDS, defined as:
-Intermediate, poor, or very poor cytogenetics by revised International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase, (ALT) =< 3.0 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Total bilirubin =< 2.0 x institutional ULN, unless documented Gilbert's syndrome
- Either creatinine < 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) or creatinine clearance > 60 mL/min as calculated by institution's standard formula
- Serum/urine pregnancy test (for females of childbearing potential) that is negative within 72 hours prior to initiation of first dose of treatment (a patient is of childbearing potential if, in the opinion of the investigator, she is biologically capable of having children and is sexually active)
- Female patients of childbearing potential and sexually active males and female partners of childbearing potential must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception throughout the study and for at least 90 days after the last dose of assigned treatment
- Subject is able to comply with study procedures and follow-up examinations
Exclusion Criteria:
- Concomitant treatment with other anti-neoplastic agents, with the exception, when clinically indicated, of prophylaxis in the post-transplantation setting with intrathecal chemotherapy or tyrosine kinase inhibitors of breakpoint cluster region (BCR)-v-abl Abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog 1 (Abl)
- Use of any other experimental drug or therapy within 28 days of baseline
- Inability to swallow or absorb drug
- Active uncontrolled acute fungal, bacterial, or other infection that is unresponsive to therapy at time of study drug dosing
- Unstable angina pectoris
- New York Heart Association class III or IV heart failure, unless a screening echocardiogram or multiple gate acquisition scan performed either within 1 month prior to or during study screening results in a left ventricular ejection fraction that is >= 45% (or institutional lower limit of normal value)
- Corrected QT (QTc) interval > 470 msec
- Active cardiac arrhythmias with rapid ventricular response (defined as heart rate greater than 100 beats/minute)
- Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Grade III/IV acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
- Current use or anticipated need for food or drugs that are known strong/moderate cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitors or strong CYP3A4 inducers, including their administration within 7-days prior to study entry; azole antifungals are excepted
- Any medical, psychiatric, addictive or other kind of disorder which compromises the ability of the subject to give written informed consent and/or to comply with procedures
- Pregnant or lactating females
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01841333
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NCI-2013-00824 ( Other Identifier: National Cancer Institute )
|Study First Received:
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|February 6, 2017
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Keywords provided by University of Colorado, Denver:
Lymphoblastic leukemia in remission
Myeloid leukemia in remission
Recurrent lymphoblastic leukemia
Recurrent myeloid leukemia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia, Myeloid
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
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Immune System Diseases
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Rill and interrill erosion is the removal of layers from the land surface by the action of rainfall and runoff. Erosion begins with the impact of raindrops, detaching soil particles and moving them across the surface. This process causes interrill erosion (sometimes called sheet erosion). Runoff from interrill erosion will collect and form rills across the hill slope. Sediment from rill and interrill erosion is transported down slope to where it slows enough to be deposited on the land surface or deposited directly into concentrated flow channels.
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NRCS staff and partners will be the primary users of RUSLE2. However, Technical Service Providers (TSP) may be using RUSLE2 as they assist NRCS in Nutrient Management Plans and other TSP Farm Bill Program assistance.
RUSLE2 has evolved from a series of previous erosion prediction technologies.
The USLE (Universal Soil Loss Equation), released in the early 1960s, is an index-based, empirically derived equation limited in its application to conditions where experimental data are available for deriving factor values.
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Fleming, Whitford chosen to address seniors
Posted March 15, 2007; 11:06 a.m.
Longtime Princeton faculty member John Fleming will deliver the address at this year's Baccalaureate, and Emmy Award-winning actor Bradley Whitford will speak at the annual Class Day ceremony, leaders of the senior class have announced.
Fleming, the Louis W. Fairchild '24 Professor of English and Comparative Literature Emeritus, will speak at the interfaith worship service that is one of Princeton's oldest traditions on Sunday, June 3.
Whitford, who won an Emmy in 2001 for his role as Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on NBC's "The West Wing," will deliver the keynote address at the Class Day ceremony on Monday, June 4.
President Shirley M. Tilghman selects the Baccalaureate speaker after consultation with senior class leaders. In an e-mail to the class of 2007, class officers said they recommended Fleming because he "has touched the lives of many Princeton undergrads both inside and outside of his lectures and precepts. As our class was one of the last classes to be taught by him, we felt it only appropriate that some of our last bits of Princetonian wisdom come from him also. We could not think of a more eloquent scholar to deliver our Baccalaureate address."
Fleming transferred to emeritus status at the end of the 2005-06 academic year. He joined Princeton's English department in 1965, two years after earning his Ph.D. from the University. His teaching and research have focused on medieval English and European literature, medieval art history, and the history of Christian thought and spirituality.
From 1980 until he retired, Fleming taught the undergraduate survey course on Chaucer. Considered a rite of passage for English majors, the course enrolled some 100 students each semester it was offered. He also led freshman seminars and served as director of freshman seminar program. He earned two top Princeton honors: the Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities and President's Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Fleming also has been well known for his activities outside of the classroom. He served as the University's chief marshal, leading the academic procession at Commencement and calling the ceremony to order. He is the longest-serving college master in Princeton history, having been master of Wilson College from 1969 to 1972 and from 1989 to 1997. At the invitation of Princeton undergraduates, he wrote a column for The Daily Princetonian from 1996 to 2006.
Leaders of the senior class selected Whitford from among numerous nominees suggested by classmates for the Class Day speaker.
"In selecting a keynote speaker for Class Day, our primary focus was on who would give a speech that would really resonate with the senior class," said senior P.G. Sittenfeld, one of three Class Day chairs. "Students brought Mr. Whitford's name before us with a variety of compelling reasons. 'The West Wing' has been a formative show in many of our lives, and the number of Princeton students that Mr. Whitford's 'West Wing' character, Josh Lyman, has inspired to public service would make Woodrow Wilson himself proud."
Wilson, Princeton's 13th president, coined the phrase, "Princeton in the Nation's Service," in a speech during the University's sesquicentennial celebration in 1896 and again during his inauguration. The phrase, later expanded by Princeton's 18th President Harold T. Shapiro, became Princeton's informal motto.
Class Day organizers also noted that Whitford is admired for founding The Clothes Off Our Backs Foundation, an organization that raises money for children's charities by auctioning off celebrity attire.
Whitford attended Wesleyan University and earned a master's degree in theater from the Juilliard Theater Center. He appeared on "The West Wing" from 1999 to 2006, and now stars in NBC's new show, "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." He also has acted in films and on Broadway.
"For his success as an actor and commitment as a philanthropist, we are honored Mr. Whitford will be joining the senior class to help us celebrate the end of our college careers," class officers wrote in an e-mail to their classmates.
Class Day, which takes place the day before Princeton's Commencement, also will include student remarks, the induction of honorary class members and other special recognitions. The ceremony is scheduled to be held on Cannon Green, weather permitting, at 10:30 a.m. It is a ticketed event for seniors and their invited guests only.
Baccalaureate is an end-of-the-year ceremony also focused on members of the senior class. Beginning at 2 p.m. in the University Chapel, it includes prayers and readings from various religious and philosophical traditions. The earliest recorded Baccalaureate address -- titled "Religion and the Public Spirit" -- was delivered by President Samuel Davies in 1760 to the 11 members of the graduating class. Since 1972, the address has been given by a speaker chosen by the president after discussion with class leaders.
Seating in the chapel is limited to members of the senior class and faculty procession. Seniors receive two tickets for family and guests who may view the ceremony via simulcast, including on a large screen to be set up outside the chapel.


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MACUNGIE, PA – Bear Creek Mountain Resort has taken advantage of the cold temperatures and will re-open for skiing and riding on Monday, January 2 at 9am with limited terrain. Lift tickets will be sold for just $5 all day and the mountain will operate with regular hours of operation. All proceeds from lift ticket sales on Monday will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Allentown.
Bear Creek will open a hike park at the bottom of Black Bear and Drifter trails with service on E lift.
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Bear Creek Mountain Resort is nestled on over 330 acres in Macungie, Pennsylvania. The resort offers skiing, snowboarding and snowtubing winter activities and hiking, biking, fishing, boating, tennis, disc golf, geocaching and nearby golf during the spring through fall months. Bear Creek hosts numerous corporate meetings, weddings and social parties year?round. Guests can plan an event in the spacious banquet and meeting facilities, dine at The Grille at Bear Creek or the Trail's End Cafe, relax at The Spa at Bear Creek or vacation at the hotel, The Hotel at Bear Creek, with indoor and outdoor pools and hot tubs.
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"Sorry, sir," called Bill, "but I didn't come here just to turn around."
Savage, Bill's Carvanha, called out, "Carv-Carvanha," it started to flit back and forth underwater telling Bill that it too had decided to dive underwater. Bill knew how difficult it would be to call commands underwater, as there was the breathing underwater issue, so he told Savage, "Okay, we run into such a creature, I think our best bet is to see if it as fierce as that man implies. If we meet it, start off with Focus Energy so that we can be ready, then if the creature starts to attack either one of us, use your Ancient Power followed by Bite, but if he does not attack, then you don't either, understand?"
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Hiring Petrino could be the best way to get a coach to stay in Jonesboro for a few years. I'm not sure how well the cupboard is stacked over there with Aplin graduating and having to hire a new coach every year.
lol did you buy into Gus's "building the Boise St of the south" to?
This and there is little doubt in my mind that he believes that Long did him wrong and that attitude shows.
I'm rooting for Missouri to hire Petrino next year if they fire Pinkel
He's going to have to go to a mid-major for a couple of seasons and behave like a saint before he gets another big-time job. Either that or hope there's some desperate dumpster fire of a program out there that's willing to take the PR hit.
Like an earlier poster said, it wasn't the women on the side, it was the fact he hired one of them. That set up Arkansas for all sorts of sexual harassment suits.
I never bought into the harassment lawsuits "paranoia" as a main reason for the firing (in regard to this situation) because firing him would not prevent the lawsuits, but it was a stupid thing to do by getting intimately involved with anyone other than his wife and hiring them. The hiring definitely could have led to a problem. It just didn't in this situation.
Yeah, but if you do something that potentially sets up your employer for all sorts of liabilities, you're likely going to be punished regardless if anything happens. An employer isn't going to wait until something like this plays out.
And who knows, maybe Arkansas figured dumping Petrino might give them a little bit of cover from any future lawsuit. Maybe they could settle for less by saying "We terminated the coach after we discovered there was a problem."
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On Capitol Hill today, House Budget Committee staffers briefed reporters about Chairman Paul Ryan's plans for the nation's budget for the rest of fiscal year 2011.
The current continuing resolution -- the bill that funds the government -- runs out on March 4, 2011. That leaves seven more months for fiscal year 2011, which ends on Sept. 30, 2011.
In their "Pledge to America" unveiled during the 2010 midterms, Republicans promised that in their first year, they would cut $100 billion from the nation's budget.With common-sense exceptions for seniors, veterans, and our troops, we will roll back government spending to prestimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone and putting us on a path to begin paying down the debt, balancing the budget, and ending the spending spree in Washington that threatens our childrens future.Due to the fact that the current continuing resolution, that was written by Democrats, runs out on March 4, they plan on pro-rating that $100 billion dollar number to $58 billion in non-security savings from the money President Obama asked for in the 2011 fiscal year budget. (In other words, the $58 billion in savings applies equals 7/12 of the fiscal year that they say the GOP is in charge of, and it doesn't include money for security/military needs.)
However, when taking a closer look at the budget numbers, the actual savings found in the GOP plan equals $32 billion.
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The Obama administration did not get its desired budget in the current continuing resolution that is funding the government through fiscal year 2011.
If the current continuing resolution is extended, the amount of money used to fund the government for fiscal year 2011 is $1.087 trillion. The House GOP proposed budget is for $1.055 trillion dollars. $1.087 minus $1.055 equals $32 billion.
Ryan has responded that the House GOP will find $74 billion in discretionary savings "relative to President Obama's budget request." But the problem with that is that Obama's request is not the actual budget.
The politics
Many conservative House Republicans have asked that the $100 billion dollars in savings promised in the "Pledge to America" happen in fiscal year 2011. The GOP Leadership essentially conceded today that that is unlikely to occur, given the fact that the GOP had no control over the budget for the first five months of fiscal year 2011.
GOP leadership aides are quick to point out that that budget will go to the floor under an open rule, in which members may have a chance to add amendments that would cut more.
The fact that the savings only amount to $32 billion -- and not $100 billion -- is going to surely upset many conservative Tea Party members.
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Description The (Eastern) Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) also called the American Swallowtail or Parsnip Swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. It is the state butterfly of Oklahoma. There is an extremely similar-appearing species, Papilio joanae that occurs in the Ozark Mountains region, but it appears to be closely related to Papilio machaon, rather than polyxenes. The Black Swallowtail has a wingspan of 8 to 11 cm (3.1 to 4.3 in). The upper surface of the wings is mostly black. On the inner edge of the hindwing is a black spot centered in larger orange spot. A male of this species has a yellow band near edge of wings; a female has row of yellow spots. The hindwing of the female has an iridescent blue band.
Dimensions 2 5/8-3 1/2" (67-89 mm).
Habitat Meadows & fields, Cities, suburbs & towns, Freshwater swamps, marshes & bogs.
Range California, Plains, Texas, Southeast, Eastern Canada, Florida, Southwest, Great Lakes, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Atlantic, Western Canada, New England.


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The only ship to sink in the Gulf of Mexico during the U.S. Civil War was a Union ship named the USS Hatteras, shown on the right in this picture. It was sunk by a Confederate ship named the CSS Alabama, shown on the left.
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- The wreckage of the USS Hatteras was first discovered in the Gulf of Mexico in the 1970s. However, it wasn't until 2012 that the first sonar images of the ship were made. Storms had washed away sand that was covering the wreckage, allowing sonar access to it.
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Funny that he's at TJ Maxx. IIRC, the Grapple wave only hit closeout stores months later, not closeout stores and TRU at the same time, when initially scheduled.
Funny that he's at TJ Maxx. IIRC, the Grapple wave only hit closeout stores months later, not closeout stores and TRU at the same time, when initially scheduled.
That's my jacket!
Except for Jetwing Prime, that is my want list as well. Jetwing Prime at $60 is pretty darn good, the big cannons and the buster gun, I may have to put that on my xmas list as well.
Hey, have Amazon Prime and want Human Alliance Leadfoot for $15? That seller has just 1 left, but there are several more Prime sellers around the same price as well: http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-A...words=leadfoot
Don't forget, your's truly figured out an alternate transformation that makes the figure not suck: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/21/imag0025zt.jpg/
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
This may be a stupid question, but I see that the next season (3?) of TF:P is "Beast Hunters" and Thundertron is a member of some previously unknown third faction who wants revenge on the Autobots and Decepticons... and transforms into a weird beast. So I guess it'll be about this third faction hunting the existing guys or vice versa?
Isn't the introduction of a third faction usually a "we jumped the shark; we're desperate to sell new toys" gimmick in these sort of large-team franchises? The only one I can think of that wasn't would be the Dreadnoks, but they were technically in Cobra's employ, and the Iron Grenadiers would be a better example (and even the generally incredible G.I.Joe comic was in danger of jumping the shark at that point). I just thought Prime was doing better than that.
That's my jacket!
What mean you by "RiD had the Decepticons"? Were they not the main bad guys in that series, or is that a typo?
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Picked up two Vehicons at Marshalls. $6.99 each seemed like too good a deal to pass up.
Thanks Figrin. Yeah, it will be Voyager Ultra Magnus, Deluxe Rodimus (Rodimus Prime in my display since the scale would be right), and Voyager Springer (think it was a Generations figure).
Deluxe Kup won't fit as he'd be the ROTF Scout Class size to likely be on scale with the other boys.
Now I really need Decepticons in that Voyager scale: Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge - but the Deluxe ones might work. I'll have to test it out. Ultra Magnus is naturally larger than all those other guys, but I think the Springer Deluxe that's coming out would probably be more on balance with my scale desire.
Bottom line: I'd like every "main character" made in every size and the Scout size brought back - for main characters of say, Autobot CAR size (so the bigger boys could be Deluxe, and the 'leaders' be Voyager Class - keeping the collection affordable - even while I still love the Leaders and dream of Fallen, Megatron (as the DOTM tanker truck), DOTM Shockwave, movie 1 Bonecrusher, movie 1 Blackout (or ROTF Grindor) all be made in Leader Class, as well as Ultra Magnus, Springer (triple-changing), Cyclonus, Scourge, and Galvatron.
I wonder if the Michael Bay TF4 film will feature these G1.5 characters. Galvatron can't possibly be made out of Megatron though. Optimus pulverized them.
I think there's still Omega Prime or other Prime characters besides Optimus and Sentinel, though isn't there (Chuxter?)
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Lots of everything going on, due to various circumstances I wasn't able to post in the last week, so the amount of what should be written is rather large. Part of the reason was that I was sick last weekend, so instead of going for the announced cottage trip and having fun, I spent it lying in bed, not-really-able to think or write consistently. After that, I no longer had a computer available, so posting was rather out of question. And now you know.
Anyway, back to the stuff, in random order:
Bought myself a pair of bike lights, to be able to bike at night and not get fines from the local police. Turned out they didn't work. Gone back to the big store I got it from (Bilka), and they have special section split out reserved just for the customer service. You just get a number in line, wait till it's your turn, and settle your matters quickly and painlessly. Now, I can't really compare it to Poland, because I don't think I ever had to complain about a faulty product, but what I like here is the acceptance of the fact that shit happens, and someone just has to handle it, and its better for the business to do the dirty work, instead of relaying it to the customer. That's still far too uncommon in Poland, sadly. My belief in the fact it's a system, not an isolated occurence is strengthened by me having to cancel the cottage trip (due to the abovementioned sickness) just the next day, and it went even smoother than before — I just needed to make one call, I was instantly proposed to get my money back whenever I'm good enough to visit the office. Really a zero fuss system (even though in the end the lights stopped woring after few days, and I spent more on them I'd pay for at local "everything home and workshop" store for proper lights, but the customer service is still nice).
OTOH, I must say that things here are seriously fucked up. Honestly. For example, I missed one lecture because the timetable isn't up for it yet (thanks to busted electronic everything system, which generated hellish delays all over the place), and I couldn't login to "blackboard" system on Tuesday (again, busted system), and that was the only place where I could learn that first lecture is on Wednesday. So I learned that, on Wednesday after coming back from school.
Further, you'd expect that all these "e-learn" gizmos we're supposed to use, SingleSignOn system (from Oracle, no less), account automatically created for every student would mean that I'm able to use the labs computers right from the start. Well, no. Instead I need to register with every institute separately, and of course, each has its own naming policy, acceptable passwords policy, policy on whether I'm regarded to be guest or full time student (which projects on my account's name), hell, I even need to get Windows and Unix accounts separately in one institute! (But, not in another). Oh, and Unix in form of Solaris 8 is just a joy to use (even with Gnome 2.8 installed), becaus that fucking thing has no support for XKB. Which means no hope for Polish keyboard. Which means no school paper writing. Which means angry me, grrr. Fortunately, both institutes also have Linux labs, which is a lot nicer. Even though it's Mandrake (or Mandriva now), which in turns means every menu and settings fucked up to infinity. D'oh.
Oh, and another lecture I missed because it overlapped with another class (from the same institute, nothing fancy like classes from different institutes), and, I think I found the Denmark's single civil officer unable to speak even a word in English. But I wonder why she was placed in Folkeregister (National Register), which by definition deals with assigning CPR (sort of Danish social security evidence) numbers to the foreigners. And everything here is so damn expensive. Coffee is 12kr at the very least (I mean, coffee at the human-run place. Vending machines strangely enough have 4 kr for coffee, strangely because they have ∞ kr for everything else). And the books I'm supposed to buy will easily amount to several thousand kr. Booo :(


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Development of a Large-Scale MR Damper Model for Seismic Hazard Mitigation Assessment of Structures
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During the past decade a number of researchers have investigated the behavior of magneto-rheological (MR) dampers and semi-active control laws associated with using these devices for earthquake hazard mitigation of civil engineering structural systems. A majority of this research has involved reduced-scale MR dampers. A new MR damper model is developed based on full-scale damper characterization tests. The new MR damper model can independently describe the pre-yield and post-yield behavior of an MR damper, simplifying the process to identify the parameters for the model. The model utilizes the Hershel-Bulkley visco-plasticity to describe the post-yield behavior with shear thinning and thickening of the MR fluid. A nonlinear differential equation is proposed to describe the dynamics of an MR damper associated with variable current input. The accuracy of the new MR damper model is compared with existing MR damper models and experimental tests results. The comparisons show that the new model can achieve better accuracy in predicting damper behavior.
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Communications office moved across Nassau Street
Posted July 1, 2002; 04:33 p.m.
The University's Office of Communications has moved across Nassau Street to 22 Chambers St., Suite 201. The telephone service has been disrupted occasionally following the move, while adjustments are being made to the system. If you hear a busy signal, try emailing the staff .
The move took place during the first week of July, and the office reopened for business Monday, July 8. The staff plans to hold an open house in the fall.
All of the department's phone and fax numbers, as well as email addresses, remain the same. The office also will continue to receive interdepartmental mail. A night dropoff box is being arranged for University clients with print projects. For more details, call 609-258-3601. A map to the new location is available online.
The communications office is responsible for the University's media relations, as well as a number of printed and electronic publications, including the University Web site home page, Princeton Weekly Bulletin and the Graduate and Undergraduate Announcements. It has been located in Stanhope Hall since the 1964-65 academic year.
Free copies of the campus map, which had been distributed by the communications office, will continue to be available in Stanhope Hall. They may be picked up at the Public Safety Office on the second floor. The maps also will be available at Frist Campus Center.
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