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I lace up my boots and clip snake-gators around my shins. I pull my machete from the leather sheath and whet it across the sharpener as the sky shifts from pale orange to blue. The iguana that lives in the roof, discontented with my noise; shuffles above me, his long toes scratching the tin. I glance over at the field bags and go through a mental check list of the equipment to make sure I haven't forgotten anything: datasheets, compass, soil samplers, flagging, ziplocks, sharpies, caliper, DBH tape. Check, check, check. My research assistant, Juan, and I load the field equipment into the car and head down the bumpy dirt road.
I am in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, and it is nearing the end of the dry season. It hasn't rained since November. Occasionally a wispy cloud will dampen the sun's strength and I'll look up, confused. The dry season feels like a washed-out photo; everything is overly bright and I squint in search of contrast. My car's dash board is covered in a thick film of dust from driving on farm roads. Waves of dusk billow up from the roads and pass through the window in sets so consistent a surfer could set her watch by it.
Guanacaste province gleaned it's named from the wide-canopied dry forest tree with seedpods shaped like ears. Guanacaste is one of the larger provinces in Costa Rica, bordered on the north by Nicaragua and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. I am here studying tropical dry forests; one of the earths most endangered ecosystems.
For part of the year in Costa Rica, moisture-laden warm air flows off the Caribbean Ocean. The warm air pushes up against Costa Rica's volcanic spine, cooling as it rises, until it reaches the dew point and rain falls on the windward slope, creating a rain shadow on the other side of the mountain. The leeward slope, then, is haunted by intense dry winds. During the other half of the year, the winds come off the Pacific Ocean, bringing the rains. Tropical dry forest fauna and flora have evolved to cope with the strong seasonality to the rainfall.
When I arrived last September, the forest was as green as a summer garden. Leaves broad, full, verdant. The drought-deciduous trees species began to lose their leaves when the rains stopped. Now in April, a mountaintop view looks not unlike a temperate winter landscape—if you replace the thin-needed pines with broad-leaf evergreens, subtract the snow, and spin the thermostat up to 95 degrees F. Okay, so they are quite different: no coat required. Also, many TDF trees flower during the dry season so, amidst the mostly nude forest, bouquets of yellow, pink, purple dot the landscape.
The car windows are wide open and the wind rolls through carrying a campfire smell. The air often smells burnt during the dry season, especially in the last couple months. Before people settled in Guanacaste, the main source of fire would have been lightning—in the wet season. People have introduced a fire regime that peaks in the driest months. I drive out of the trees and notice the smoke on the road ahead. The dry, reedy pasture grass on farms on either side of the road is aflame. I have worked on both of these farms. I can see a few trees burning and a wall of hazy smoke across the asphalt. My car hits the smoke and it swirls off the car in tornados.
TDF have been disproportionately settled because it has relatively nutrient-rich soils and a climate favorable for growing crops and raising livestock. And if you've ever lived in a tropical rain forest or cloud forest—you'll know that even freshly laundered T-shirts, folded and put away in a clean dresser begin to smell like the musty back corner of a forgotten part of your garage within a few days. It's no wonder people preferred sunshine.
I glance in the rearview mirror and can still see the smoke lifting from the fire we passed. Although management patterns are changing, some people still use fire to "clean" pasture. They burn pastures to clear out early forest successional growth and entice new pasture grass to sprout for hungry livestock. Also, crops like sugar cane are burned after the harvest to remove crop residues. Landowners can apply for a burn permit with the Costa Rican Ministry of Environment but illegal burns are common. Regardless of the source or legality of the burn, once a fire escapes, landowners face another problem; there are not enough resources to fight forest fires on private farms. There are fire fighters. Area de Conservación de Guanacaste (ACG), with upwards of 290,000 acres of land, has a trained team firefighters that are kept busy protecting both the immense park and bordering forests on private farms. City fire fighters, on the other hand, must focus their efforts on fires that encroach upon buildings, towns, and roads. Basically, there are not enough resources to fight all the fires on private farms. If the landowner has employees and equipment, they will often fight the fires. But, frequently, the private forests just burn. I drive past the road that runs up the flanks of Rincón de la Vieja volcano. When I was hiking there last week, I stopped at a lookout point and counted seven fires. They looked like industrial smokestacks scattered in the forested landscape.
Guanacaste is in the middle of a forest transition. In the 1970s and 1980s deforestation rates were high, but beginning in the mid-1980s Guanacaste has had high rates of forest regeneration. Importantly, the overwhelming majority of that regeneration has occurred on private lands. What I'm trying to find out is who owns these regenerating forests and how ownership might influence the ecology and management.
I am interested in coupled human-natural systems—intrigued by the links between society and environment. Here in Guanacaste I am looking at how tree biodiversity and carbon storage are influenced by socioeconomic variables such as land ownership. I am interested in how the choices landowners make could influence forest regeneration processes. For example, ranchers retain certain tree species on their lands for the shade or fruit provided for their cattle. Landowners often select particular species such as indio desnudo (Bursura simaruba) to use as live fence posts—fences made of living trees connected by lines of barbed-wire. Indio desnudo is a great live fence post tree because it resprouts so easily: You can cut off a branch, plunk it in the ground and, viola, you'll get a tree. Landowners may also be more likely to remove 'weedy', fast growing species from their pastures and retain valuable timber species such as mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla). These choices may influence the forest biodiversity and carbon stocks in private forests. After completing forest inventory plots on private farms, I will compare my data to a dataset from public forests collected by my adviser. We will use these datasets to test the hypotheses that private forests contain less biodiversity and carbon stocks than public secondary forest of similar ages and soil conditions.
Juan and I arrive at our new farm site. I stop briefly to talk with the farm manger; he is sitting atop a big tractor outfitted with a water container to fight the fires that are on the upper border of the property. Juan and I will work on the lower border of the property to avoid the fires. We drive to the lower part of the property and Juan hops out to struggle with the gate—five wrist-thick branches strung together with barbed-wire. The car lumbers down the road through the pasture and we arrive at a patch of forest. In the forest plot today, we will identify tree species to assess tree biodiversity. For carbon estimates, we'll measure tree diameter at 1.3 m take species-specific wood density samples to plug into allometric equations. Within the plot, we will also collect soil samples to assess soil physical and chemical properties. We heft on our backpacks and swing the field bags over our shoulders. I rope the machete around my waist in case I need to give the spiked bromeliads in the forest plot a haircut.


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Army Modeling and Simulation Office will use Alion's expertise to manage processes throughout service
Alion Science and Technology Corp. will continue to provide modeling and simulation services to the Army under a $3.6 million task order.
The contract enables the Army Modeling and Simulation Office (AMSO) to take advantage of Alion's expertise to support its oversight role in managing modeling and simulation processes throughout the Army, according to an Alion statement.
As part of the ongoing effort, Alion will provide subject-matter expertise and services to support AMSO and the Modeling and Simulation Proponent Office's mission to train and supply qualified modeling and simulation professionals to the Army, recruit and manage them, and create a fully trained Army modeling and simulation community.
Alion personnel will also analyze technical requirements and conduct staff-level research.
AMSO guides, integrates, and synchronizes strategic modeling and simulation efforts throughout the Army to create unity of effort and purpose, the company said.
Alion, of McLean, Va., ranks No. 41 on Washington Technology's 2010 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
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September 15, 2008
Before I begin I'd like to welcome all the family members, friends, and other loved ones for sharing this special day with my classmates and me. This has been a challenging but, for the most part, fulfilling four years for us all, and we thank you for being here to witness these culminating moments.
My initial interest in, and ultimate decision to attend this college, hinged upon the idea that it would help make me a better man. Growing up with my father, and observing the example he set for me everyday, strengthened this idea more than anything thrown at me by the Admissions office or, really, anybody else for that matter.
My first memory as a prospective student was when Chip Timmons, currently the Associate Director of Admissions, came to my high school on a recruiting visit. Three of my very good friends were in the room with me, and are seated out there in a cap and gown right now. Each of our fathers graduated from Wabash College so Mr. Timmons didn't have to do much to sell us on the school's merits. The conversation basically turned to us asking Chip some questions about his experience as a student, and we listened as he gave us advice.
As usual, I didn't listen very well. At one point he was going on about how we'd have to read a lot if we came here. When he started saying this I just kind of rolled my eyes and slouched down in my chair. I did this for two reasons. One: I wasn't going to let some stranger come in and intimidate me on my home turf. And two, I was 17 years old, so what more could there be more me to learn? Well now I'm 22, and most would say there's still a lot left out there to discover.
It was a rude awakening though. Within the first month of my freshman year I was behind in every class, like a lot of us were, and counting down the days until our first vacation.
There probably wasn't much I could have done to prepare myself even if I had taken Chip's warning to heart. But I could have had a better attitude at least. If I could choose just one thing I am grateful to Wabash College for, it would be for how positively it has impacted my attitude toward the world I'm about to enter into, as well as my attitude toward myself. Instead of a scared and immature child, I can stand here as a person fully confident in what I hope to get out of my life, with a more complete sense of my capabilities, and a very whole grasp of my personal identity. I have strong feelings that you, my classmates, are leaving here today thinking much the same way, even if only in the backs of your minds. Through our common and unique struggles we have emerged, if not quite fearless, then at least secure. The strength that arises from thinking this way is most helpful because of how uncertain and unpredictable the rest of our lives will be.
If you're anything like me, you've spent most of your life almost entirely wrapped up in your own problems. I've frequently overlooked or ignored the needs of close friends or family members in order to keep my life as manageable as possible.
We isolate ourselves for various reasons, but I've come to realize I do it most often out of convenience and a certain type of fear. Any day now, the dilemmas we always wrote off as problems for our parents to deal with will begin to present themselves, if they haven't already, and it would be a terrible arrogance on our part to just automatically assume we'll succeed any more than they have. The world is always going to have its problems, and there will always be things to be afraid of. However, the apprehension I speak of most, and what leads to the greatest degree of uncertainty in our daily interactions, is not often covered on the evening news. And as a lot of us have come to expect, this concept is only vaguely referred to by today's version of political leaders.
What concerns me most is the increasingly guarded interactions we have with each other. On an interpersonal level, we frequently reject meaningful relationships for the sake of comfort and safety. We prefer to hold our peers at a considerable distance, in order to evade their judgment. We rarely speak our minds, so that our beliefs and convictions never have to be tested. At the same time, though, you'll constantly hear students at this school talk about the many benefits and discoveries they have made by being pushed and prodded, questioned and forced to examine the many alternatives to their viewpoint on an issue in the classroom. Nonetheless, only the most successful of us will be able to transfer this sort of thinking to our personal lives in the future. Barely a handful has already reached this level. Luckily for us, we've now arrived at a place of starting over. Tomorrow can be more than an ordinary day for those of us who will walk across this stage this afternoon.
Perhaps the easiest thing to do in life is to live passively, and, therefore, avoid criticism and the pains of disappointment other people might bring with them. Yet this sacrifice comes at far too high a price because perhaps the worst thing to have to realize in life is that your memories are hollow and those you could have loved are no longer by your side. Still, we take that risk every day we fail to acknowledge those who have helped provide meaning to our lives, and fail to reach out to others who may do the same. The late writer John Steinbeck said there is a frailty that rests on the surface of our personalities masking our desire to do good and be loved. He said in fact, most of our vices are attempted shortcuts to find this love. We must stop looking for shortcuts because we're only going to wind up more lost and empty than ever before. Each one of us has different gifts, and each of us will influence the world in different ways. But without love and without firm connections to this world, our legacy fails to distinguish itself or carry on after we've left.
It's through no great insight on my part that I say our country is going through hard times. Hard times without any easy solutions. It may be just wishful thinking, but if we begin by stepping out from the voluntary shelter which unwittingly keeps these problems at a distance, then we begin to move away from the stages of uncertainty and closer to the realm of hope. Armed with a profound notion of who we are, and who we can be, we should lead these gradual efforts. I like to think of progress in this way because I imagine it without any sort of agenda. The only result worth our concern is one of greater happiness for greater numbers.
In a speech he gave the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. forty years ago this April, and a mere two months before his own untimely death, the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy says:
"We have learned to look at our brothers as aliens, men with whom we share a city, but not a community; men bound to us in common dwelling, but not in common effort. We learn to share only a common fear, only a common desire to retreat from each other, only a common impulse to meet disagreement with force. We know what we must do. The question is whether we can find in our own midst and in our own hearts that leadership of humane purpose that will recognize the terrible truths of our existence. We must admit the vanity of our false distinctions among men and learn to find our own advancement in the search for the advancement of others. We must admit in ourselves that our own children's future cannot be built on the misfortunes of others. We must recognize that this short life can neither be ennobled nor enriched by hatred or revenge. Our lives on this planet are too short and the work to be done too great to let this spirit flourish any longer. Those who live with us are our brothers, they share with us the same short moment of life. They seek, as do we, nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and in happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can. Surely, we can learn to look at those around us as fellow men, and surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen once again."
It has become a bit of a cliché around here, and I hesitate to say it, but Wabash College does not prepare you for a job. It prepares you for life. There are people who might say these sentiments of mine are all part of the natural maturing process, but I doubt that is true because regardless of whether or not we've nailed down the next step on our journey, the most pressing question for people like us is one of application. It's not if we're going to make a difference in the lives of others, but when. It's a question of how and where our influence will be felt most. I sincerely hope we all have many years ahead of us. And if that is the case, with the talents we've cultivated, with the empowering sense of self we have all earned, we will meet no end to rich and enlivening experiences and opportunities.
That should be enough to remain hopeful. This won't have been for nothing. I love you, Mom. Happy Mother's Day. Damn glad.


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Not only was Big Brother 9 arguably one of the worst seasons of the show's franchise but it also produced some of the show's dumbest alums.
TMZ is now reporting that Matthew McDonald has pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone. And yes, this is in connection to the giant drug ring founded by his former BB costar and winner of season 9, Adam Jasinski.
Matthew had pleaded not guilty when he was first arrested back in April 2010. According to cops, the entire drug ring was funded with some of the $500,000 winnings of Adam.
Matthew will remain in custody until his April sentencing. His partner in crime Adam, who pleaded guilty last October, is scheduled for sentencing this Wednesday in a Massachusetts federal court.
Meanwhile, charges are still pending against Matthew for allegedly beating up his then pregnant girlfriend last April.


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Robert B. Reeves needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 122 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
The Reeves Law Group
The Reeves Law Group is a large, well-known, and respected law firm dedicated exclusively to representing victims of injuries and accidents. We handle a broad range of personal injury cases which include vehicle and motorcycle accidents, wrongful death, serious and catastrophic injuries, slip and fall accidents, trucking accidents, construction injuries, defective products and many other types of injury cases. Our size, legal expertise, and financial resources have allowed us to build a long record of successes against large insurance companies and well-financed corporate and individual defendants. Our firm has a large team of dedicated trial lawyers and support staff committed to maximizing results for our clients. We are passionate about our work and about winning for victims of wrongdoing. We believe that by vindicating the rights of injury victims we are helping to change the conduct and practices of wrongdoers, while promoting the public's safety and well-being.
Anyone in California. Particularly someone who has been involved in an accident or has been injured due to someone else's negligence. We specialize in vehicle and motorcycle accidents, wrongful death, serious and catastrophic injuries, slip and fall accidents, trucking accidents, construction injuries, defective products and many other types of injury cases.
We need 4 slides to display in our header, in order to convey to our audience why they should choose "The Reeves Law Group" as their personal injury attorneys. The images need to be soft & soothing, but they also need to get our messages across. Those messages will be projected through:
• a video (slide 1)
• statements (slides 2 & 3)
• a firm photo (slide 4)
The above messages will be projected on images on slides. Each image will fade in & out. We have already created the header to be a slide show. All we will need from you is to design the slides.
The slides-images need to have a common theme, with a similar or compatible (not necessarily exact) color scheme that allows the images to flow well together as they fade in & out.
W: 980px
H: 267px
1: Create a slide for our "Firm Overview" video
(2/3 of the slide will be for the video)
2: Incorporate the following:
"What Sets Us Apart/10 Reasons to select The Reeves Law Group"
3: Incorporate the following:
"Winning through dedication/98.7% success rate"
4: Create a slide for our law firm's group photo. The photo is in the attached PSD. The firm's photo should be shrunk. It should occupy no more than 50% of one slide. Check out the
http://www.CochranFirm.com for an example of how another firm used its group photo. Our design, of course, has to be original. Feel free to improve the images in the group photo.
The attached PSD has some sample slides. Feel free to remove the columns at each end of the slides if they don't fit with your designs.
Go to http://www.robertreeveslaw.com to see the look of the current header. I have also included a screen shot of our site, if you are unable to get to our site.


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Our Fitness Blog
How to Get the Most Out of Your Workouts
We have all experienced days where there is very little time to get into the gym. Our days become so busy, and we come up with excuses not to workout. We all have 20-30 minutes a day to commit to working out, but we decide to avoid it because we feel that there just isn't enough time to fit in an effective workout routine. The truth is, you can finish a great workout in 15 minutes, if that's all the time you have. It all depends on the type of exercise and the amount of effort you put into it. Whether you are at home or in the gym, try these tips to get the most out of your workouts next time!
Make sure your body is fueled properly.
A lot of people believe that working out on an empty stomach will burn more fat, which will lead to faster results. Although this could be true, it doesn't mean it is healthy for your body. When you fuel your body properly before performing any exercise, you will have more energy to put into your workout routine.
Drink plenty of water.
Now that the hot weather has passed, it doesn't mean you should lower your water intake. Stayed hydrated is still just as important! It takes a couple of hours for your body to absorb the water so try to avoid chugging a bottle right before a workout. Make it a habit to drink water throughout the entire day. I use a 24 oz. Starbucks tumbler every day to help me keep track of how much water I am consuming. I am up to a gallon a day!
Use proper form.
I used to think the heavier the weight, the better. It didn't matter how good your form was, as long as you went heavy and felt sore the next day. But, it didn't take me long to learn that proper form is EVERYTHING when it comes to any exercise. You need to perform exercises correctly to get the intended benefit and stay healthy. It wasn't until I started working out at 9Round almost four years ago that I was taught the importance of proper front kicks, punching, push-ups, etc. The knowledgeable trainers showed me how to perform each exercise correctly. Next time you are in the gym, try not to worry about the weight of your dumbbell or how many round kicks you can do. Focus on mastering the proper form first!
Change up your workout routine.
If you stick with the same workout routine each time you visit the gym, your body will adjust to the stress level, and you won't be getting an effective workout. Mixing up your exercises will surprise your muscles and help prevent you from overworking the same muscles each time. Most importantly, it can help you break through a weight-loss plateau! With my 9Round workouts, I don't have to worry about coming up with new exercises. My exercises are different every day, and it is always a full body workout. All I have to do is show up and put 100% effort into it. (www.9Round.com)
Start using these four simple tips to get the most out of your workouts and get you closer to reaching your fitness goals!


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Suits and Co-ords
Matchy-matchy gets cool with our suits and co-ords. Pick your perfect two piece with blazers and trousers, or go girlier in our skirts and tops combination. Want to go unexpected on the party circuit? Set aside your dresses in favour of a sharp velvet suit or go sports luxe in silky printed joggers with the matching top.


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American Midstream (AlaTenn), LLC
Fifth Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 05/01/2010, Docket: RP10-493-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 28 Original Sheet No. 28
RATE SCHEDULE FT (continued)
The total quantity specified at all Receipt Points (less Fuel and Losses) and the
total volumes
for Delivery Points shall equal the Contract Demand specified in Shipper's FT
4.4 Secondary Receipt and Delivery Point(s): Shipper may use as a Secondary
Receipt or
Point(s) any other Receipt or Delivery Point(s) on either mainline segment on
The nomination of Secondary Point(s) shall be made by notifying Transporter
three Days prior to
beginning of a Month. A firm Shipper's rights to use a Secondary Receipt or
Delivery Point(s)
have a higher scheduling priority to all interruptible Shippers' use of that point, but
a lower
priority to all firm Shippers using that point as a Primary Receipt or Delivery
Point(s). Shipper's
receipts or deliveries on any Day shall not exceed the Contract Demand specified
in its FT
Contract, if
the capacity at a Secondary Receipt or Delivery Point(s) is insufficient to serve all
the point, receipt or delivery quantities for that point shall be allocated in
accordance with Section
3 of
the General Terms and Conditions. Shipper shall not lose its priority at designated
Receipt or
Delivery Point(s) by the use of Secondary Receipt or Delivery Point(s).
4.5 Pressures: Shipper shall deliver gas to Transporter at the pressure required
from time to
time to
enable the gas to enter Transporter's facilities at the Receipt Point(s). Transporter
shall deliver
gas to
Shipper or Shipper's designee at Transporter's line pressure existing at the
Delivery Point(s).
4.6 Uniform Quantities: Shipper shall deliver and receive gas in uniform daily
quantities during
Month and in uniform hourly quantities during any Day with no significant
fluctuation, provided,
that Transporter will permit greater hourly deliveries whenever the making of such
greater hourly
deliveries will not in Transporter's sole judgment, deprive any other firm Shipper
of gas to which
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Lamaze has come out with 6 Healthy Birth Practices and also recently updated their website. I want to touch on each of these in the next few weeks, as Hypnobabies teaches about all of these things in class. They are all important!
Here they all are.
1. Let labor begin on its own – lead author Debby Amis, RN, BSN, CD(DONA), LCCE, FACCE
2. Walk, move around, and change positions throughout labor – lead author Teri Shilling, MS, CD(DONA), IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE
3. Bring a loved one, friend, or doula for continuous support – lead authors Jeanne Green, MT, CD(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, and Barbara A. Hotelling, MSN, CD(DONA), LCCE, FACCE
4. Avoid interventions that are not medically necessary – lead author Judith A. Lothian, RN, PhD, LCCE, FACCE
5. Avoid giving birth on the back and follow the body's urges to push – lead author Joyce DiFranco, RN, BSN, LCCE, FACCE
6. Keep mother and baby together – it's best for mother, baby, and breastfeeding – lead author Jeannette Crenshaw, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE


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I am going to state something obvious: there is is a big difference between hitting air and hitting a heavy bag.
Most of the time, we are hitting air in Karate. Unless we are pairing off with a partner or hitting a heavy bag, makiwara or even a log or rock, we are just hitting air. And really, hitting air is hitting nothing. There is no resistance (or so little that it does not count).
Why is this important? We generally practice kata in Karate to look "good" while hitting nothing. We are practicing "air" kata.
When you hit a heavy bag, your hand and body stops because of the impact. In fact, the bag kicks back. You have to brace your body for the impact. You have to punch through the bag, and lock up your muscles and joints so that you will not be knocked back.
If you hit air the same way, you would probably injure yourself. When hitting air, you have to adjust your timing so that there is a nice, clean "snap." This is like hitting the surface of the bag without penetrating it. How can you penetrate air? If you tried, you would probably throw out your shoulder.
So the timing and focus differ, depending on what you are hitting.
If you hit to look good, it probably will not work very well on a heavy bag or object. If you hit for impact, you probably will not look too good. One is pretty and one is ugly. Sometimes it is better to be ugly. I can just hear some of my senior friends. They would say that it is always better to be ugly.
Moving in different ways might present a problem for beginners. But advanced students can adjust their timing and focus according to what, if anything, they are hitting.
Charles C. Goodin
Ways to Move
I am going to state something obvious: there is is a big difference between hitting air and hitting a heavy bag.
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Happy New Year! Welcome to 2014.
I haven't written much lately, it's been almost a month. Chalk it up to busy holidays and not much to say that other geneabloggers were not already covering in sufficient quantities.
And chalk it up to a lack of inspiration, I guess. I'm still working my lines, mostly by filling in citations and adding documentation to existing people in my tree, but with some occasional additions. Of most note for that has been working the US Censuses to document people. I find often enough that when I look at the Census entry or a person, I've missed one or more people from their family.
If you're relatively new to genealogy and still discovering a lot of people in your ancestry, you should strongly consider taking the time to do the documentation up front, as you find people. I know it's exciting to discover more and more names, tracing your lines back further into history! I got sucked into that, too. But there comes a point when you reach the end of what's relatively easy to discover, and you start looking for something to make your genealogy better. That's where the documentation process often starts. You read other blogs and see how much supporting data others have on their lines, then look at yours and wonder how they got all of that information you're missing...
That's when you go back and start looking at where you can possibly find all of that. And if you're new to genealogy, you're doing about 99% of it online. Most of the oldtimers did it all with pencil and paper, and books, and writing letters to various local, state and federal record holders, paying for photocopies to be sent through the postal system. Snail mail. Those folks will tell you that the vast majority of records are still not online, that you're missing a lot of information despite the treasure troves you're finding. And they're right, despite the torrid pace of digitization efforts everywhere.
Then there are the ones who tell you in no uncertain terms that you MUST cite your sources! And you should use (a particular) format! Well, yes, you really should cite your sources. After all, citation lets people follow the trail to the document or source so they can also use it, or verify your material. But you really don't have to use a particular format. You should at least make it as clear as possible.
At least you have the advantage of modern computers and software. And the genealogy software makers have been getting the hint, and making it easier to record citations, easier to find them in the first place. The online services like Ancestry.com and MyHeritage.com and the like have been adding records at a furious pace, and making a simple checkbox all it takes to add a citation to the records you find.
Ah, well, I'm rambling. But that's where I am, back to filling in the blanks, seeking the documentation I rushed past in my haste to get more names, more dates. Genealogy is never entirely done! And I'd hope to see you avoid my mistakes, if you could. Treat it like the research it truly is, do the work and find the documents, cite your sources. That way you don't have to go back over it a third or fourth time, adding stuff you didn't bother to look for the first couple of times.
This and all other articles on this blog are © copyright 2013 by Daniel G. Dillman


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IMO, you should switch to goofy 50% of the time on the water, and do it NOW !KYLakeKiter wrote:Wow, those are alot of great responses. I really appreciate it.
I guess my next question (which might be better for another posting) is what is the best technique or time to transition to goofy foot? With my feet providing all the thrust for the board, I have had real difficulty switching feet. My assumption is while the kite is high in the turn, and before the board looses plane. Is that the obvious answer, or is there another way to switch forward foot without loosing the board?
I may not have to ride goofy too much. The board can pull really hard toe side, so I might not be changing foot position that often.
If you do it from the start, you will learn to ride really good on your naturally weaker side (goofy for you I understand - right foot forward)
If you dont do it, and learn to ride toeside only - you might end up NOT being able to ride waves frontside, when the wind is from port side
So the earlier you learn to jibe and ride both sides, the better
You got a huge advantage here - ex surfers are often ruined when they change to kitesurfing, as some can not ride on both sides
While you have an awesome chance for getting really good in the waves on both tacks, as you have no surfing past to clutter it up.
Of course surf experience is a huge advantage for riding waves in almost every other aspect, true - except for the regular/goofy problem where you have an advantage IMO, especially if you learn from the start


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Investigating Americanness
|• Introduction
|• Zora Neale Hurston
|• Americans Studying Americans
|• William Carlos Williams
|• Introduction
|• Zora Neale Hurston
|• Americans Studying Americans
|• William Carlos Williams
"Folklore is not as easy to collect as it sounds. The best source is where there are the least outside influences and these people, being usually underprivileged, are the shyest. They are most reluctant at times to reveal that which the soul lives by."
Zora Neale Hurston, Mules and Men (1935)
"As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own."
Margaret Mead in Coming of Age in Samoa (1928)
In the Twenties, increasing wealth and education created a new group of intellectuals and scholars who focused their attention on the study of the United States and on the definition of the term "American."
The American Sociological Association and the American Anthropological Association had formed at the beginning of the century, but in the 1920s these fields rose into a new respectability and, in some cases, predominance in both academia and business. The Social Science Research Council was founded in 1922 to facilitate cooperation between a variety of institutions and organizations. Americans were busy studying their own society and increasingly began studying other cultures as well.
American literature also emerged as a discipline, encouraging scholars to rediscover seminal writers of the American Renaissance, uniting the renewed interest in American literature and the quest to define the American character.


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Dane Prokofiev at PopMatters recently caught up with drummer MIKE PORTNOY (ADRENALINE MOB, FLYING COLORS, ex-DREAM THEATER). An excerpt from the story is available below:
One of the perennial headaches about forming supergroups is that of the weight of a heavy legacy. In the case of PSMS (featuring Portnoy, BILLY SHEEHAN, TONY MACALPINE, DEREK SHERINIAN) many people who will be following their progress will inevitably use Dream Theater as a benchmark for comparison. After all, both Portnoy and Sherinian were once part of the seminal prog-rock band.
"I'm flattered when people talk about my 25-year legacy (with DREAM THEATER) and the history, because it was an important part of my life," he says. "I spent my life's work doing what I did in DREAM THEATER for 25 years, so I'm proud of that. However, if people start comparing it to modern Dream Theater, that is annoying. I'm not interested in that; I'm interested in looking at the things that I have done. I put my heart and soul into everything that I do, so I'm only interested in people who have positive things to say. I don't like the controversy and negativity."
Portnoy is well known for being keeping busy. One thing that has not changed since hisDREAM THEATER days is how he likes to keep himself occupied with a number of ongoing projects.
"I'm currently in six bands, so yeah, it's not easy," he professes. "I have PSMS, Adrenaline Mob, Flying Colors, TRANSATLANTIC, this band with Billy Sheehan and RICHIE KOTZEN, and then NEAL MORSE's band as well, which I have been touring with. I'm a workaholic. I love it; I love what I do and am excited by the music I make and the people I make it with. I surround myself with incredible musicians who inspire me to always do my best."
Such dedication to one's craft is seldom seen in the music industry. Most people who are involved with numerous bands don't normally put this much time and effort into their projects on a day-to-day basis.
"I'm constantly dealing with stuff for every band," he says. "There's constantly stuff that's being worked on in terms of scheduling etc. For one band, I will be overseeing a DVD, and then for another, I will be overseeing the recording process, and then there will be this other band that I am on tour with… I mean I'm used to it. It's the way it has always been in my life."
Go to this location for the complete story.
Back in October Portnoy toured as part of ex-SPOCK'S BEARD frontman Neal Morse's band. He has posted drum cam footage of 'Thoughts Pt.5' from the October 11th show in New York City online; check it out below:
Footage from the October 5th show in Mexico City has surfaced featuring Morse and drummer Portnoy switching places for a cover of THE OSMONDS' 1972 hit 'Crazy Horses'. Check it out below.
The new MORSE/PORTNOY/GEORGE album – featuring Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy and Randy George – was released on May 22nd via Radiant Records. The complete tracklist is as follows:
2012 Momentum Sessions:
'Lido Shuffle' (BOZ SCAGGS)
'I Saw The Light' (TODD RUNDGREN)
'Rikki Don't Lose That Number' (STEELY DAN)
'Teacher' (JETHRO TULL)
'Driven To Tears' (THE POLICE)
'Come Sail Away (STYX)
'Southern Man / Needle And The Damage Done / Cinnamon Girl' (NEIL YOUNG)
2008 Lifeline Sessions:
'Crazy Horses' (THE OSMONDS)
'Lemons Never Forget' (THE BEE GEES)
'The Letter' (JOE COCKER version)
'(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding' (ELVIS COSTELLO)
'Starless' (KING CRIMSON)
The album is available exclusively through www.radiantrecords.com.
A clip of the trio performing 'Crazy Horses' is available below. Guitars on the track were performed by Paul Gilbert (MR. BIG), who does not appear in the clip. Previously released footage of the trio covering the STYX classic 'Come Sail Away' is also available.


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President Barack Obama stops mid-stride to greet supporters during a campaign rally at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Oct. 19, 2012.
President Barack Obama has been hitting GOP nominee Mitt Romney for weeks over what he says is Romney's shifting to more moderate general-election policies, but now he has a new catchphrase for it: "Romnesia."
Speaking at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Obama turned the joke into a four-minute soliloquy, laying out what he said were all of Romney's inconsistent positions.
"He's changing up so much -- backtracking and sidestepping. We've got to name this condition that he's going through. I think ... I think it's called 'Romnesia,'" he said as the crowd of 9,000 erupted into cheers and applause. "Now, I'm not a medical doctor but I do want to go over some of the symptoms with you. Because I want to make sure nobody else catches it."
Given that the event was geared towards female voters -- signs at the front of the stage read "Women's Health Security" and even the invocation was centered around women's issues -- Obama first mentioned what he said were Romney's evolving statements on workplace fairness and women's health.
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President Barack Obama speaks at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., telling supporters that Governor Mitt Romney's plan will squeeze the middle class.
"If you say you're for equal pay for equal work, but you keep refusing to say whether or not you'd sign a bill that protects equal pay for equal work, you might have Romnesia," he said as the crowd laughed. "If you say women should have access to contraceptive care, but you supported legislation that would let your employers deny you contraceptive care, you might have a case of Romnesia."
He concluded by joking that his health care plan would be able to cure anyone suffering from what ails Romney.
"And if you come down with a case of Romnesia, and you can't seem to remember the policies that are still on your website or the promises you've made over the six years you've been running for president, here's the good news. 'Obamacare' covers preexisting conditions! We can fix you up! We've got a cure!" he exclaimed as the audience reached a fever pitch.
Before launching into his new attack line, Obama also renewed his criticism over Romney's economic plan, again calling it a "sketchy deal" and noting that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman called it a "snow job on the American people."
But most of Obama's critiques for Romney pertained specifically to women's issues, which emerged as one of the hottest topics in Tuesday's presidential debate.
He warned that the next president would potentially have the ability to appoint a new Supreme Court justice, raising the prospect of revisiting the landmark Roe v. Wade decision regarding abortion rights.
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Two-year-old Sacha Marzett wears a homemade Obama t-shirt while waiting in line to attend a campaign rally at George Mason University campus October 19, 2012 in Fairfax, Va.
Obama also alluded to Romney's "binders full of women" comment during the debate.
"When the next president and Congress would tip the balance of the highest court in the land in a way that turns back the clock for women and families for decades to come, you don't want someone who needs to ask for binders of women. You don't want that guy," he said.
Virginia Delegate Barbara Comstock responded to the president's remarks on behalf of the Romney campaign, saying in a statement: "Women haven't forgotten how we've suffered over the last four years in the Obama economy with higher taxes, higher unemployment, and record levels of poverty. President Obama has failed to put forward a second-term agenda -- and when you don't have a plan to run on, you stoop to scare tactics."
The president returned to the White House after his remarks, from which he'll depart later on Friday for Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, where he'll prepare for next Monday's presidential debate.


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New Songs on the Radio – July 2012
July 2012 is loaded with new songs for your radio. Tim McGraw and Eric Church released new cuts early, and Jason Aldean and Brantley Gilbert have kept the momentum going as we pass mid-month. It's a popular time of year to release new music, as artists prepare to drop new albums in time for the Christmas shopping season.
Other artists with new songs on radio in July include Chris Cagle, who just put out a follow-up to 'Got My Country On,' and Sara Evans' 'Anywhere.' Two new legendary country groups made comebacks this month, with the Mavericks releasing the critically-acclaimed 'Born to Be Blue' and Lonestar returning with 'The Countdown.' Click on any of the songs below to hear them and to read our review of all new songs on the radio for July 2012.
New Songs on the Radio July 2012:
Brantley Gilbert, 'Kick It in the Sticks'
Bucky Covington, 'Drinking Side of Country' (Feat. Shooter Jennings)
Chris Cagle, 'Let There Be Cowgirls'
Don Williams, 'I Just Come Here for the Music' (Feat. Alison Krauss)
Eric Church, 'Creepin"
Jason Aldean, 'Take a Little Ride'
Katie Armiger, 'Better in a Black Dress'
Lauren Alaina, 'Eighteen Inches'
Lonestar, 'The Countdown'
Luke Bryan, 'Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye'
Maggie Rose, 'I Ain't Your Mama'
The Mavericks, 'Born to Be Blue'
Parmalee,, 'Musta Had a Good Time'
Randy Rogers Band, 'One More Sad Song'
Sara Evans, 'Anywhere'
Tim McGraw, 'Truck Yeah'
Toby Keith, 'I Like Girls That Drink Beer'


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There are several reasons why people make the effort to completely restore 1969 ford mach mustangs for vehicle programs and individual enjoyment. One of the primary factors individuals invest so much time, energy, and money bring back 1969 ford mach mustangs is the power that is contained because particular mustang model. The engine upgrades that were offered during the launch of the 1969 ford mach mustang for sale in Dalzell SC changed the mach mustang from the typical family car into a racing enthusiasts dream.
Production of the Mustang began in Dearborn, Michigan on March 9, 1964 and the car was introduced to the general public on April 17, 1964 at the New York World's Fair. It is Ford's third earliest nameplate currently in production. After it was seen on television and in print it was wanted by every blue blooded American. Everyone wanted to be the first to buy A mustang in Dalzell SC.Original sales forecasts predicted less than 100,000 devices for the first year. This mark was gone beyond in 3 months from rollout. Another 318,000 would be sold during the model year (a record), and in its very first eighteen months, more than one million Mustangs were constructed.
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All these were VIN-identified as 1965 designs, but several modifications were made at the conventional opening of the new design year (beginning August 1964), including the addition of back-up lights on some models, the intro of generators to change generators, and an upgrade of the V8 engine from 260 cu in to 289 cu in. In the case of at least some six-cylinder Mustangs fitted with the 101 hp 170 cu in Falcon engine, the rush into production consisted of some unusual quirks, such as a horn ring bearing the 'Ford Falcon' logo design beneath a trim ring emblazoned with 'Ford Mustang.' These qualities made enough difference to call for classification of the 121,538 earlier ones as "1964 1/2" model-year Mustangs, a distinction that has actually sustained with purists. Mustangs For Sale in Dalzell SC are easy to find now with online shopping.
The 1973 OPEC oil embargo brought with it more strict pollution laws and the desire for fuel-efficiency. This was likewise the very first time in automobile history that the Huge 3 were needing to compete with imports. The brand-new Mustang II was smaller than the first variation however, due to the added devices needed to fulfill brand-new US emission and security policies, was much heavier than the first design. Performance was lowered and in the first year only 385,993 cars were sold.
Second generation Mustangs for sale in Dalzell SC were offered between 1974 and 1978 and readily available in a coupe and hatchback version. 1979 the Mustang was upgraded a 3rd time. This time it was based on the bigger Fox platform and the interior was really large enough for four individuals. The trunk was bigger therefore was the engine bay. The body designs offered included a coupe, hatchback and in 1983 a convertible. In 1979 the Third generation Mustang served as an Indianapolis 500 pace automobile and Ford constructed 10,478 commemorative replicas. The third generation Mustangs were produced from 1979 to 1982.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eleven people have been indicted by a Los Angeles federal grand jury for a loan modification scam that preyed on more than 4,000 financially distressed homeowners.
Many of the victims lost their homes to foreclosure.
Prosecutors said on Wednesday that Rancho Cucamonga-based 21st Century Real Estate Investment Corp. and several of its related firms told homeowners they would be able to obtain new mortgages with specific interest rates and reduced payments.
Attorneys would negotiate loan modifications with their lenders
Andrea Ramirez, the alleged 44-year-old ringleader, and her employees falsely told homeowners that the firm was operating through a federal government program.
They were told to stop sending payments to lenders, saying fees paid to 21st Century would be used to make the mortgage payments.
But 21st Century kept the money.
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Wed, 5 December 2012
I'm trying desperately to get this edition of the Comedy Podcast Podcast up while it is still officially International Succotash Day. (As so declared by the inimitable Jabs of The DHead Factor podcast in Australia.) All day long our podcaster friends have been tweeting and messaging words of praise and support for the show — thanks, everybody! — and I've been enjoying seeing the number of downloads and the reviews and ratings go up!
Great fun this episode with my special guest co-host That Chris Gore onboard. Chris, the host of the PodCRASH podcast as well as regular on G4's Attack Of The Show, was in San Francisco for Stitcher's Podcast Awards. We talked about his tenure as publisher of one of my favorite magazines, FilmTHREAT, as well as his multi-pronged career doing all kinds of cool stuff in TV, the internet and film.
Chris picked some nice clips for this epi, all of which I'd never covered before, and after we talked about his podcast — listeners of Succotash have heard from PodCRASH here previously — where he appears on other podcasts, then plays excerpts on his show. Which means that you've be able to hear part of this episode of Succotash on a future episode of PodCRASH. It's as about as meta an experience as you're likely to find.
Last Minute: Since I was late getting this up, I can tell you that I DID end up attending the Stitcher Awards with special guest co-host Chris and it was a grand time. I met the CEO of Stitcher, Noah Shanok, and even got a picture with the evening's host, WTF's Marc Maron. Sadly, though nominated for both Best New Show and Best Album Artwork, Chris didn't end up taking up an Itchy or whatever they call their awards.
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We close out Epi42 with the return of Will Durst and his Burst O' Durst. With the elections over, our Ambassador to the Middle sets his sights on what the lame ducks in Congress are doing…or not doing…as the year winds down.
We're hoping to grace a pre-Christmas episode with a live appearance by the aforementioned Will Durst. By the way, if you're doing some driving over this holiday season, just remember that a long car ride is an excellent place to pass the Succotash!
— Marc Hershon
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Science Scoops: A "Chip" Off the Ol' Block
by Stephen James O'Meara
A new study is trying to link parents with their children — in a most bizarre way. For instance, are you one of those kids who will grab a giant-size bag of chips and gobble them up every time you're sad? Well, that behavior might have come from Mom or Dad!
At least that's what Veronique Provencher (Laval University, Quebec) and her colleagues believe. In essence, their research proves that a family that eats together may grow thin or chubby together. If you're prone to feeling hungry earlier than your friends, that's probably because you grew up with parents or siblings who had the same tendency. The findings are based on interviews with 308 men and 424 women from 202 families. Provencher and her team also noted how overweight each person was, and asked about certain eating behaviors. The researchers found that the tendency of a family to adopt the same eating behavior likely influences whether children grow up to overeat in response to stress, as well as how quickly they become hungry as adults.
"We have to keep in mind the possible familial influence on eating behaviors," Provencher says. Some of these eating behaviors may leave certain families more prone to obesity than others. Understanding how an individual's family ate while they were growing up may help health workers keep that individual at a healthy weight today. So, the next time you pick up that monstrous bag of chips, think of how you might be carrying on a long tradition. . .that you can and should break!
- prone: Having a tendency to act, be, or feel a certain way.
- tendency: An inclination to think, act, or behave in a certain way.
- Is the article describing a learned or an inherited behavior?
[anno: learned]
- Complete a learned behavior chart. Print the chart titled: Learned Behavior Chart (PDF file). Think of some of the different habits that you have developed, such as brushing your teeth or always saying goodbye to someone the same way. Write down one of your behaviors in the first row of each column. Under each behavior, write down the person from whom you learned that behavior. This person will be labeled as "Instructor." If possible, ask the "Instructor" who taught him or her that behavior. Write down that person's name beneath the Instructor's name.
[anno: Answers will vary. Students' charts should list three learned behaviors and the name of the person, called the Instructor on the chart, who taught the student the behavior.]


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Kanye West continued his impromptu 2013 radio tour on Monday, stopping by Philadelphia station Hot 107.9 for an interview with morning show hosts Shamara and Laiya. The 20-minute chat, available in three videos online, covered a wide array of topics, including West's current Yeezus Tour, his early rap influences ("Hammer, LL Cool J, Run DMC") and his profession:
People get mad at me saying that I am a creative genius, but it's just obvious. It's, like, factual. […] I'm not a musician, I don't even know how to play the piano. I would write creative genius when I go through the airport — and you have to put that in customs [forms], where you put what your title is — except for two reasons: it takes too long to write and sometimes I spell the word genius wrong.
Toward the end of the Hot 107.9 interview, West was asked about his relationship with Barack Obama and whether he would ever "break bread" with the president:
Oh, you talking about how he use to come and visit me and my mama and tell me he's about to run for president? I just think that we're pop icons, and the president likes to use that type of thing just to be down. People was fine with me being everyone's punching bag for about five years. "This is the person we love to hate, so if you want to distract people from everything that's going on […] just say you hate Kanye and there's going be 30 other people who say they hate Kanye." That was kind of my position in culture and he kind of used that too. "Oh, he's a jackass," because that's how the world felt.
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Sumit Birla needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 8 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
Vetwalla allows veterinarians to send their client to this site and enter a code. Once entered, this code shows custom products with the veterinarians label. It is essentially an online store with the requirement of the customer to enter their vet's phone number which then shows custom products.
Pet owners looking to purchase products online.
This site will be a combination of http://www.buddyandmolly.com and http://www.vetsource.com. Appearance should be more like VetSource but with the added links to shop online. The landing page will prominently ask the customer to enter their vet's code. They can, however, navigate away and browse products on the site.
Once the vet's number is entered, the vet's clinic information will show on every page.
Remove emphasis on product customization from landing page (exists currently at buddyandmolly.com)
Somewhere in header, include "call (800) 555-1212" for information".
Do not use medical logo (the wrapped snake).
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Yes, weather forecasts show cooler temperatures on the way for the U.S. Midwest and Northeast next week. But please don\'t call it a summertime return of last winter\'s dreaded \"polar vortex.\"
Some meteorologists are getting downright grumpy as news organizations, including some TV weathercasters, rush to recapitalize on the hype by deeming next week\'s forecast the return of the vortex.
Luckily, Terrell Johnson and Chrissy Warrilow over at The Weather Channel are willing to patiently explain that, while the polar vortex — actually, vortices, as there\'s one over each pole — is an atmospheric phenomenon, it\'s been a bit misunderstood. Each vortex is rooted in the layer of the atmosphere known as the stratosphere, which begins around 25,000 to 45,000 feet above the earth\'s surface, they write. The circulation of the vortex, however, extends down into the troposphere, which is the layer in which we experience the weather. The circulation that takes place in the troposphere exhibits a more \"wavy\" flow, they note.
The polar vortex itself doesn\'t shift, they explain, but pieces of that larger tropospheric spin can break off and sweep toward southern Canada, driving an Arctic blast into the U.S. Here\'s the rub:
The problem with the way this is often discussed in the media, however, is that the polar vortex exists in the stratosphere and not in the troposphere. So laying the blame for this anomalously cold outbreak of air on the polar vortex is incorrect — this air bubble is in an altitude much lower than where the polar vortex is located.
Fair enough, but then why, exactly, are we set to see cooler temperatures next week?
It\'s more accurate to say that the anomalously cold air is related to the circumpolar vortex in the troposphere, the lower layer of the atmosphere, which is a pattern of winds that feature a broad, irregular generally west-to-east flow around the pole, rather than a flow that\'s consistently centered right at the pole like the stratospheric polar vortex.
Granted, tropospheric circumpolar vortex doesn\'t have quite the same ring to it. But the bottom line is that, regardless of what you call it, a pattern similar to what we saw last winter is going to bring back more spring-like temperatures to sizable parts of the country next week. As Joe Bastardi of WeatherBELL explains in the video below, that has implications across commodity markets, making for favorable growing conditions for grain farmers and trimming demand for electricity for air conditioning.
–William Watts
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By Troy E. Renck
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Tucson – Be Like Mike wasn't an advertising slogan. It was a taunt.
The only thing most people have in common with Michael Jordan is that they drink Gatorade. We can't jump as high, or in the case of baseball, hit a ball as far. Those who reach big league status receive cool perks – beyond the free Country Club membership for Greg Maddux or multiple interpreters for Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka (one for him and his wife).
Today a representative from Nike wandered through the clubhouse, hooking up those players with ties to the company with cleats and sunglasses. The athletes light up like little kids peeking under the Christmas tree. These companies treat these guys well, particularly the stars. This winter Nike flew Matt Holliday and his family to Mexico as part of a client trip that included San Diego's Mike Cameron.
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Breastfeeding and Breast Reduction Surgery
By Barbara Wilson-Clay
Today, thanks to better surgical techniques, many women who have had breast reductions find that they can breastfeed. It is hard to predict in advance whether a woman will make a full or a partial milk supply, but it is worth it to give breastfeeding a try.
Tell your baby's health care provider about your surgery so that your baby's growth may be monitored. Medela 1-800-TELL YOU can help you locate the nearest IBCLC.
Begin breastfeeding as soon as possible after giving birth. Frequent feedings will help bring in your milk quickly. Watch for plenty of wet and soiled diapers as a sign that the baby is getting enough to eat. Breastfed babies normally have 6 or more wet and 3 or more bowel movements every 24 hours. Let your doctor know if the baby goes 24 hours without having a bowel movement.
Tell your LC or doctor if your breasts become engorged and the baby cannot soften them. Intense engorgement can be a sign that milk is not draining well.
Weigh the baby often at first. If there is a problem with the baby getting enough milk, an SNS™ (Supplemental Nursing System™) can ensure that the baby gets plenty to eat and helps preserve that special closeness. It may take a while to see just exactly how much milk you will be able to make. Even if partial supplementation is required to protect the baby's growth, just remember that every drop of milk you make is important to your baby's health.


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Last week, we asked you to vote on the airport you deemed the worst. We took our choices from a list from US News that ranked the nations five worst as Chicago O'Hare, Newark, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth and Miami International.
Those of you who voted in our poll say US News got it wrong. More than 60 percent of the 226 who voted deemed MIA as the worst. Does that mean it's really so bad, or just that -- as Shakespeare would claim -- familiarity breeds contempt?
You tell us. Click to Comment below.
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Q: In your opinion, which of the following airport's is the nation's worst?
- Miami International, 61 percent
- Chicago O'Hare, 14 percent
- Newark, 13 percent
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says the BP settlement is the just the latest step in ongoing efforts to seek justice for the massive 2010 Gulf oil spill.
Holder said at a news conference that the settlement announced Thursday isn't the end of federal authorities' efforts and that the criminal investigation is continuing.
BP PLC has agreed to pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the disaster. Holder says much of that money will be used to restore the environment in the Gulf.
BP also said it would plead guilty to criminal charges related to the deaths of 11 workers and lying to Congress. Three men who worked for BP have also been charged in indictments unsealed Thursday.
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Phenothiazine is a medication used to treat serious mental and emotional disorders. This article discusses an overdose of phenothiazine.
This article is for information only, NOT for use in treating or managing an actual overdose. If you have overdosed or been exposed to poison, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
Poisonous Ingredient
The poisonous ingredient is phenothiazine, which may be found in a variety of medications.
Where Found
- Acetophenazine
- Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)
- Chlorprothixene (Taractan)
- Clozapine (Clozaril)
- Fluphenazine (Prolixin)
- Haloperidol (Haldol)
- Loxapine (Loxitane)
- Mesoridazine (Serentil)
- Molindone (Moban)
- Perphenazine (Trilafon)
- Pimozide (Orap)
- Prochlorperazine (Compazine)
- Promazine (Sparine)
- Thioridazine (Mellaril)
- Thiothixene (Navane)
- Trifluoperazine (Stelazine)
- Triflupromazine
- Promethazine (Phenergan)
Note: This list may not be all inclusive.
- Airways and lungs
- No breathing
- Rapid breathing
- Shallow breathing
- Bladder and kidneys
- Retention of urine (unable to empty bladder)
- Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and throat
Blurred vision
- Congested nose
- Drooling
- Dry mouth
- Swallowing difficulties
- Ulcers in the mouth, on the tongue, or in the throat
- Vision color changes (things look brownish)
- Yellow eyes
- Heart and blood
- High or severely low blood pressure
- Irregular heartbeat
- Rapid heartbeat
- Muscles and joints
- Muscle spasms, particularly of the neck, face, and back
- Muscle stiffness
- Nervous system
- Agitation
Clumsiness Coma Confusion
- Convulsions
- Deep sleep
- Difficulty walking or shuffling gait
- Fainting
- Hallucinations (rare)
- Incoordination
- Irritability
- Needing to move, restlessness
- Tremor
- Weakness
- Skin
- Rapid sunburn if exposed to the sun
- Skin discoloration, bluish (changing to purplish)
- Stomach and intestinal tract
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea
- Other
- Changes in menstrual pattern (in women, from chronic doses)
- Fever
- Low body temperature (hypothermia)
Home Treatment
Seek immediate medical help.
Do NOT make a person throw up unless told to do so by poison control or a health care professional.
Before Calling Emergency
Determine the following information:
- Patient's age, weight, and condition
- The name of the product (ingredients and strengths, if known)
- The amount swallowed
- The time it was swallowed
- If the medication was prescribed for the patient
Poison Control, or a local emergency number
The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Take the container with you to the hospital, if possible.
What to expect at the emergency room
The health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated as appropriate. The patient may receive:
- Activated charcoal
Breathing support
Fluids through a vein (IV)
Medication to help reverse the effect of the poison
- Tube through the mouth into the stomach to empty the stomach (
gastric lavage)
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FROM THE FRONT | Roja Dove Haute Perfumerie
IF, LIKE me, the last time you joyfully spritzed yourself with a heady fragrance, convinced you were walking out the door a goddess, was 15 years ago, and the perfume in question was of the sickly sweet ilk (think Lou Lou or Samsara) turning you against perfume for life, then you'd be forgiven for thinking that a trip to a luxury parfumerie was not going to send me into squeals of joy.
It's not that I hate perfume but more the way that many women (and a younger me) wear it – too much, too often, initiating a headache-inducing assault on the olfactory receptors. And perfume is such a statement, of glamour and sophistication, if you're lucky, but so often just an indication that you're lacking in both. Or is that just me?
Since my over-perfumed teenage years I've preferred to remain understated by going unscented. Yes, I occasionally yearn for a sensual, delicious scent which is mine alone, but I've never stuck out the search – the closest I ever came was blocks of perfume from Istanbul's grand bazaar which didn't smell so sweet once home. But let's move on.
Let's talk about Roja Dove's Haute Parfumerie, located on the fifth floor of Harrods. As you can see this is more opulent boudoir than perfume counter. Just being amidst the glinting bottles and soft fragrances was an experience. Roja Dove the man is a fragrance specialist par excellence, so I'm told and so I read every time I Google him. After two decades at Guerlain, Dove now runs an eponymous, London-based PR company and creates fragrances. And, of course, he is responsible for the heady Parfumerie, where he has gathered together an exquisite collection of scents, old and new, ranging from £50 to an eye-watering £115,000, including Houbigant (one of Marie-Antoinette's perfumers no less), vintage scents from Baccarat and names like Amouage, Lanvin and Nina Ricci. I'm here to be introduced to some new additions.
First up is a collaboration between perfumers Jacques Chabert and Jean-Francois Cabos (formerly of Balenciaga) called Atelier Flou – six fragrances in all. I am surprised by how restrained and enjoyable the smells were. The ones that stand out are the summery Paradis Paradis (£95) with bergamot and jasmine, and a cologne called Eau d'Aviateur (£75) with orange and sandalwood. I should also mention Roja Dove's own new fragrance Diaghilev (£75) – a chypre (citrus top-note, floral middle and mossy base) homage to the founder of the Ballets Russes, Serge Diagilev, and created for the V&A's autumn exhibition Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russe 1909-1929.
But the scent I really fell in love with, the one that I could imagine being 'mine, all mine' was, predictably perhaps, one of Roja Jove's 14 Semi-Bespokes tucked away in a wooden drawer. No.2 is soft, almost musky with a string of ingredients including my favourites (sandalwood and vertiver) and limited to 50 customers. It also has a price tag of £1000.
It's taken a grand of bespoke scent to re-awaken my ardour for parfum. But re-awakened my interest is and so I shall resume my hunt for the perfect scent. All thanks to the inspirational Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie.
Be sure not to miss The Perfume Diaries exhibition, curated by Roja Dove at Harrods through October 2. Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie, Harrods, Fifth Floor, 87-135 Brompton Road, SW1X 7XL (020 7730 1234)
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What you see here is a rally car run by Fiat's factory racing team in 1975 with great success. It's called the Fiat Abarth 131/031 Mirafiori 3500 Bertone.
That monster sidepipe sticking out beneath the driver's side door? It's connected to a V6 engine, bored from three to 3.5 liters by the good people of Abarth, feeding itself through three twin-choke Webers to send 270 HP at a delicious 6800 RPM to the rear wheels via a De Tomaso Pantera gearbox mounted directly to the rear axle. And just look at those deep-dish rear wheels, clad in their ultrawide Pirellis.
Not bad at all. And that's before you consider all the lightness added to the car: the glassfiber-aluminum-plexiglass body tips the scales at a featherweight 2470 pounds. The result is a top speed of 160 MPH.
And now for some photographic trickery: the picture you see above was taken with Leica's weird and wonderful Noctilux lens, whose maximum aperture equals its focal range, allowing for handheld photography at night and a corresponding razor-thin depth of field.
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Jessica Simpson insists she is not an Indian giver -- but that she is, in fact, an Indian. Huh?
Simpson angered some Native American groups when she told us earlier this week she wasn't an Indian giver -- after we asked her if she would take back a boat she bought ex-BF Tony Romo as a gift.
When we asked her about the comment last night outside of Katsuya in Hollywood, she told us, "I am Indian, alright?"
Her Indian name would be She Who Does Not Speak Good.
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UPDATE: Minnesota Teen Describes Fighting Off Rare Wolf Attack
BEMIDJI (AP) - A 16-year-old who fought off an apparent wolf attack in northern Minnesota says he won't be sleeping outside anytime soon.
Noah Graham, of Solway, was camping on Lake Winnibigoshish with five of his friends last weekend. He say he was talking with his girlfriend just before the animal chomped the back of his head early Saturday. He says he had to reach back and jerk his head out of its mouth. He says he kicked and screamed at it, but it left only reluctantly.
Graham says his girlfriend fled to her Jeep, while two others in their group slept through all the screaming, kicking and fighting.
The Department of Natural Resources think it's the first documented serious wolf attack on a human in Minnesota.


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Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Beef Ularthiyathu and a Set of Awards!
21 comments:
- Sailaja Damodaran said...
Congrats & nice of you to share it with us.Nice way to celebrate......
- Tue Apr 13, 02:42:00 pm 2010
- Latha said...
Oh my yummmmm....Adipoli ayittunde.
- Tue Apr 13, 03:24:00 pm 2010
- Tina said...
Ippo ottum kazhikatha sadanam anithu..Kandittu kothiyavunnu chechy kutty..yummyyy...
- Tue Apr 13, 04:02:00 pm 2010
- Pavithra said...
Congrats on all ur awards dear..u really deserve it. And the dish is so good and wonderful click as well. Thank for passing the awards and I am really honoured. Keep rocking!!!!
- Tue Apr 13, 04:34:00 pm 2010
- miri goes phishing! said...
shabs...nice recipe...it's very similar to how we make it at home too...:)
- Tue Apr 13, 06:12:00 pm 2010
- Yummy Team said...
Congrats on your awards!! Beef ularthiyathu looks absolutely yummy!
- Tue Apr 13, 07:08:00 pm 2010
- Priya said...
Delicious dish, my h will definitely love this..COngrats on ur awards..
- Tue Apr 13, 08:41:00 pm 2010
- shriya said...
Different recipe. Something totally new to me. But pics make crave for it. Yummy!!!
- Tue Apr 13, 09:51:00 pm 2010
- PranisKitchen said...
congrats on ur awards
- Wed Apr 14, 06:49:00 am 2010
- Sushma Mallya said...
Hi shabs, how are you & your little one doing? ya these days was a bit busy in shifting to a new house so couldnt keep in touch...Now am fres so will def be in touch,hope the same from you too....and congrats on your awards shabs,...
- Wed Apr 14, 07:09:00 am 2010
- Saju Sharfu said...
beef my fav..vishesham ayappol enik kazhikanrupad agraham undayathayirunnu beef fry and poratta..vere arum undaki thran illathath kond njaan thanne undaki.. hmm nammude okke oru karayame . :(
- Wed Apr 14, 04:54:00 pm 2010
- Yummy Team said...
Hi Shabs,
We have some awards waiting for you at our blog. Please do stop by to collect them...
- Wed Apr 14, 06:12:00 pm 2010
- Ushnish Ghosh said...
Dear Shab
Here after alonbg time aand just not getting any time.
This is a awesome dish,, I wish I had all the ingredients here ..one get excellent beef here...But in Delhi beef is not cooked at home ,,If I go to Cal then only I eat beef...I think except Kerala and west bengal beef is banned ( only buffalo allowed)
Will certainly try this mutton , which will be no where near the taste I wd expect
have a nice day
- Wed Apr 14, 06:37:00 pm 2010
- Gulmohar said...
We make it similar too :-) and my most fav beef dish is this :D Congrats on your awards and thanks a lot for sharing :-)
- Wed Apr 14, 06:52:00 pm 2010
- Suhaina said...
I love this. I like to have with porotta.Super combination. Nice click too.
- Thu Apr 15, 04:43:00 am 2010
- Shabs.. said...
Thanks all for stopping by...
- Thu Apr 15, 10:41:00 am 2010
- Fathima said...
Beef is one of my all time fav... this looks great!
- Sat Apr 17, 08:02:00 am 2010
- TREAT AND TRICK said...
Hi...looks so yummy, beautiful click and congrats on those awards dear...
- Sun Apr 18, 03:06:00 am 2010
- Maria said...
Congrats Shabs and thanks for sharing :)
Beef looks nice, it's one of my fav. We usually dont add tomato, instead add vinegar while cooking the beef, otherwise its more or less the same.
- Sun Apr 18, 03:22:00 pm 2010
- Malar Gandhi said...
Beef dry roast looks wonderful.
- Sun Apr 18, 07:45:00 pm 2010
- meeso said...
Congratulations! And that really looks tasty :)
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
5 comments:
- **Amy** said...
This is so beautiful! Love it.
- November 24, 2010 at 2:59 PM
- PEACHES said...
HOLY CATS. I lack the words to express how much I adore this. Wow.
Simple. Seasonal. Fabulous. Wow.
- November 24, 2010 at 7:35 PM
- Shelley said...
such a sweet idea !! by the way somehow I stumbled upon your blog just yesterday and I think I went back as far as it would take me...of course it took be two days. Gorgeous family you have and wonderful fun craft and cooking ideas.
thanks for sharing.
- November 24, 2010 at 10:21 PM
Stunning! I am taking a bag with me on my next walk around the property to collect my needed supplies from Mother Nature and will be making one for our door. Thank you for the inspiration. I too, Love it!
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving celebrating life's blessings.
Your Friend,
- November 26, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- Leslie said...
LOVE this. {I also love the Wild Thing snowflakes.} You are one crafty lady...
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The commodity super-cycle is over, warns a new report from Citigroup's Global Commodities Strategy Group.
The message here is bold and clear—forget the era of easy money and long only investing. Welcome to a brave new world for commodity investors, "The New Abnormal."
Replete with references to global climate change and China's transforming economy, the analysts paint a picture of increasing supply, changing demand and plenty of opportunity for savvy investors. (Read More: Why the Days of Stock Picking May Be Coming to an End)
The report is so relevant that the analysts at RBC Capital Markets highlighted the Citi report in their own report Monday, under the subject, "In Other News."
On the supply side, the natural gas revolution in the United States is highlighted as an example of what is going on across the space—more money chasing new supply resulting in a surplus of various commodities.
But, increased supply is coming at a time when demand is slackening. According to the report China, always the "X" factor when talking about global economic demand is facing two structural changes including, "lower-paced growth and a far less commodity–intensive economy."
Increased supply and decreased demand should lead to falling prices in the near-term though Citi analysts do see demand starting to recover by the end of 2013.
As for global climate change, the analysts point out that seasonality has been "on the rise," due to changes in precipitation and temperature, most markedly in oil and agriculture.
That seasonality is "impacting fuel and food and through them inflation rates across the world"—no small issue for a hungry planet.
According to the report, there are roughly $240-$250 billion in commodity assets under management spread across the benchmark indices.
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Jeff Radich needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 26 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
We are developing a new site targeted to help couples repair their relationship. We'll design several templates after I choose the winner, but for now I am only asking for one main master design.
After I choose the winner, I will work with you to design the other 2-3 templates and we'll pay you separately for those.
Our visitor is mostly women (75% woman to 25% men). They've been married between 10-25 years and have a few children. The average age is 40 years old and the average household income is greater than $100,000 a year. This is a professional group. 80% are from the U.S. and the other 20% are from other English speaking countries (i.e Canada, U.K.).
All designs need to be PSD.
I want a very professional, but warm and inviting look. I like clean rounded borders with drop shadows, soft colors, gradient colors in the background and warm trusting colors of the BGcolor.
THe site logo is 90% complete and we'll have that for you. The colors in the logo are black and red.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Murray will be keen to prove his business nous and hospitality skills are as good as his tennis after he purchased a luxury hotel in his Scottish hometown of Dunblane.
The British number one opted to buy the hotel where his brother Jamie, a Wimbledon mixed doubles champion, got married in 2010.
"I am pleased to have acquired Cromlix House and look forward to securing its future as a successful business," Murray said in a statement on his website (www.andymurray.com) on Monday.
"By re-establishing Cromlix as a leading luxury hotel at the heart of the Dunblane community we will be able to attract new visitors to the area, create a number of new jobs and focus on supporting other local businesses.
"I'm pleased to be able to give something back to the community I grew up in."
Apart from being the hometown of U.S. Open champion Murray, Dunblane is also known as the site of Britain's worst school massacre after 16 children and their teacher were gunned down in 1996 by a local misfit.
Murray, a survivor of the Dunblane Primary School atrocity, has brought plenty of cheer to the small Stirlingshire town in recent months as a gold postbox in the vicinity marks his singles triumph at the London Olympics.
He then became the first British man in 76 years to win a grand slam title with success at Flushing Meadows last September.
He plans to refurbish the hotel before re-opening it next year ahead of the 2014 Ryder Cup, which is being staged a short drive away at Gleneagles.
Local media reported Murray had purchased the hotel for 1.8 million pounds ($2.75 million).
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Items needed:
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- Hold paper plate to child's face and estimate approximate position for eyes and nose. Then, draw eyes and a V-shape for nose. Cut out these openings.
- From second paper plate, draw two ears and 6 whiskers. Cut out.
- Color all pieces, as desired, using markers or crayons.
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- Hold mask to child's face to estimate position of string, or just choose center, side. Poke a small hole on sides and attach a piece of elastic string, tying off ends securely.


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