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Although of course it's not the most fact-filled part of the magazine, in some ways the cover is the most important aspect of the book: With regard to pulling new readers into the fold, and spreading the message that going green is important, stylish and fun, it's vital that our covers jump out from the increasingly crowded newsstand, and that they accurately and enthusiastically display all the great information and inspiration bound up inside. That's where our readers come in. We have a large and always-helpful group called the editorial advisory group, which is filled with readers who help us by voting in various surveys about our story ideas, cover options and more. It is actually more them than we who determine the covers you see each issue. Here's how:
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As we come to production each issue, we have the articles in and the huge cache of images from our features to work with. First, we test which six to seven subjects from the issue are your very favorite and these go on the cover. Then we test several phrases that describe the articles, to see which description you find most appealing. For example, this upcoming issue will feature an article about making a holiday feast using local ingredients to lower your meal's carbon footprint. We tested all these iterations of a cover line describing that article:
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This buyer's guide, along with our aircraft maintenance software reviews, cover the essential information needed to make a smart purchase. In this guide, we'll discuss:
What Is Aircraft Maintenance Software?
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What Type of Buyer Are You?
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Aviation maintenance software tracks and simplifies the constant maintenance, repair and overhaul (aviation MRO) operations associated with the aviation industry. It performs a number of essential functions, such as:
Overall, aviation maintenance tracking software (or MRO software) helps organizations maximize their efficiency, letting them focus on their jobs and keep their facilities and aircraft running smoothly and safely.
Common functions of aviation management software include:
|Inventory control and processing
|Track the status and usage of rotables and consumables across multiple locations and currencies, allowing for exchanges and inter-base transfers to reduce waste and over- or under-storage, maximizing inventory usage and lifecycles.
|Preventive maintenance scheduling and forecasting
|Since preventive schedules are predefined based on the aircraft, many aviation MRO solutions define that schedule for you, simplifying the entire process. In addition, smart systems can identify common problems based on history, cycle counters, RINs and physical/electronic symptoms such as vibration, noise, output etc., alerting you to potential hazards before they become urgent.
|Work order and scheduling
|Operators need a simple way of bringing needs to the attention of personnel, who need to prioritize requests, schedule tasks and initiate and close work orders as simply as possible.
|Cost accounting
|An advanced reporting feature of aircraft management software—cost accounting—enables you to track the costs of all repairs, allowing you to monitor common problems, replace high cost aircraft etc.
|In one of the world's most tightly regulated industries, an effective aviation management solution should monitor compliance issues. This includes tracking inspections, component failures, Airworthiness Directives, Service Bulletins etc., always maintaining appropriate documentation and flagging any potential compliance concerns.
In addition to the above, many companies offer full-suite aviation management software solutions that move beyond the realm of maintenance into other departments within the aircraft operation industry. These aircraft maintenance systems will incorporate some or all of the following features or functionality:
|Aviation operations management
|Maintain complete control over your fleet, tracking purchases and sales, production, flight paths, operations, hours, fuel usage, reliability, loans/rentals, warranties etc.
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|From single charter aircraft operators all the way up to billion-dollar airlines, maintaining customer information for effective communication, pricing and sales strategies is a key element of success.
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|Whether you're billing a few customers at thousands of dollars apiece or millions of customers at hundreds of dollars apiece, accounting is a crucial function. On the expense side, this will integrate seamlessly with your inventory control and fleet management capabilities.
In our experience, most aviation software buyers fall into one of the following categories:
Small charter companies. If you only operate a handful of aircraft out of a handful of bases, you'll probably want a fairly "basic" (as these things go) aircraft maintenance software solution that has strong support but without too many extra features.
Larger charter companies and freight airlines. As the company size grows, additional features like intelligent forecasting and cost accounting all become more important. Even more so, integration with other departments, such as aviation operations management, sales and accounting, becomes crucial to company-wide success.
Aircraft maintenance specialists. Buyers who exclusively provide the service of maintaining other operations' aircrafts will want a best-of-breed solution that offers extensive functionality within this market. Exchanges between bases becomes less important, but assigning parts to different customers become more so. Therefore, they may also want accounting support and HR support to tie costs, labor and revenues with the associated customer.
Commercial airlines. The largest companies dealing with hundreds of planes, thousands of customers and millions or billions of dollars in revenues and expenditures need highly robust aviation management systems that can manage their complex and rigorous demands. This may mean one large system that combines everything, or it may mean best-of-breed systems that integrate extremely well together. Regardless, be sure to talk to other departments and consider how your software will fit with their processes as you make your purchase decisions.
As you evaluate aviation management software, keep these trends in mind. How your vendor fits with these trends could have a big impact on their viability.
Software as a Service (SaaS). Web-based software is becoming more popular across most industries and markets, and aviation management is no different. Most companies prefer the simplicity of a hosted solution that lets them worry about maintaining their aircraft, not their software solutions.
Mobile devices. Needless to say, people who work in the aviation industry move around a lot. Neither aircraft operators, nor personnel should have to locate a physical desktop computer in order to use their management software. Both want to be able to input and download information at the most valuable point of use—the airplane or hangar. Most vendors already offer mobile accessibility, so be sure to look at their mobile offerings before making any decisions.
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Foodie postcards: Culinary Daffynitions
Culinary Daffynitions postcard is by a well-known English cartoonist Annie Tempest, and the postcard is printed by Caspari Ltd, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 3Ap.
3 comments:
- Joanna said...
Hi Pille, thanks for your comment on my blog ... I really like your blog, especially the lists of cookery books you like, you'd like to have, and the list of where you shop - I'm going to copy those ideas, I hope you feel flattered! I was in Edinburgh last month at the beginning of the Fringe, and we went to Valvona and Crolla, which was lovely, because I had read the book about the deli, and wanted to visit. In fact, we also had dinner there, which was very spoiling, delicious things to eat. I've been cooking more courgettes (marrows, actually), and now I would like to ask you a favour ... last week I was in Stockholm for a wedding, and we had delicious herrings in the smorgasbord - one was prepared rather like gravadlax, another was fried, and anaother was in a mustardy sauce. They were definitely Swedish delicacies, but I wonder whether you have anything like them in Estonian cuisine, and, if so, whether you might post some recipes? Just a thought.
Best wishes,
and I'll be bookmarking your blog
- 12:43 am, September 12, 2005
- Paz said...
Cute. Very cute!
- 1:49 pm, September 13, 2005
- Pille said...
Joanna - thanks for popping by! I'm happy to hear that you like my blog - hope you'll come back soon!
My sidebar has suddenly proved very popular - and of course I'm flattered:) As I said in the "Suggestions, Suggestions" post, it wasn't my idea, but unfortunately I can't remember now where I saw the wish-lists first..
Valvona & Crolla is such a wonderful place - I sometimes go there with a small amount of cash and leave my plastic at home - otherwise it would be so easy to get carried away with such a huge selection of pasta, oils, condiments, etc..
Re: herring - would love to help you, but this is a tricky one. First of all, although I do eat fish, herring is not one of them. It's popular in all Northern countries, but the salted/brined herring seems uncooked to me and it's too fishy-smelly. Secondly, the recipes in various Nordic countries are all subtly different - for instance, our closest neighbours Finns like their food always just a bit sweeter, which is strange to Estonians. You may have a look at Anne's Food blog (she's listed on my sidebar), but I'll let you know if I find something as well!
Paz - I have another very sweet postcard by the same cartoonist that I'll post in late October!
- 12:14 pm, September 14, 2005


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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Bullwinkle Never Had It So Good -- Mousse!
When I went grocery shopping a couple days ago, for some reason that dessert popped in my mind. As if on cue, I just happened to be in the dairy isle, and of it's own accord, my arm just happened to reach toward the ricotta cheese where my hand just happened to happily retrieve a container of the said ricotta, which was then deposited in my cart. Does that ever happen to you? Does your hand reach out and snare items as you go past? I don't even think my cart slowed down! I go to the store with a list, a well thought out list, and yet these "things" get in my cart. It's a mystery.
What makes this unusual is that we rarely have desserts at home. I know, I know ... my poor family is sooooo deprived, *sniff, sniff*. The way I see it, I'm depriving my hips of a few extra layers. Sorry my loved ones, the hips trump dessert. It's not like the hubbyman and offspring are suffering. Now that I think about it, though, there was some drama as they all crowded around the kitchen island as I was making this. Each of them in turn stared longingly at the mixing bowl with large, pleading eyes and asked, "please sir, I want some more?". Oh wait, sorry, I'm confusing them with drama from different urchins in Oliver Twist. Sorry, Dickens. In truth, though, they did wistfully comment, "Mom, do we get to try this? We want the stuff you make." Hubbyman said in amazement something like, "Is this for me? I get some?" *sigh* Now I'm feeling guilty. Ok, Ok, I'll make more desserts. Zheesh!
Anyway, this was easy to put together. Look out Rocky and Bullwinkle, here are the ingredients to make Amaretto Chocolate Ricotta Mousse:
1/2 brick of cream cheese softened
1 15 oz container of Ricotta cheese
4 Tablespoons of powdered sugar, sifted *See Note
1-1/2 Tablespoons of cocoa powder *See Note
3 Tablespoons Amaretto *See Note
2 Tablespoons Whipping Cream
Chopped Pistachios
Fresh Fruit Garnish
In a large mixing bowl, combine powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Push the ricotta cheese through a sieve, and mix in with sugar and cocoa mixture. Whisk in the cream cheese, Amaretto, and whipping cream. Spoon into serving dishes and serve at once, or refrigerate if you want a firmer mousse. Garnish with pistachios and sliced fruit. (Like the strawberry? ... fresh picked this morning from my garden!) I just love these little antique glasses. I always wonder who used them and how they were used in the long ago past. I'm nostalgic like that.
NOTES: You could probably substitute Splenda for the powdered sugar, measuring it to taste. Also, I think next time instead of using cocoa powder, I will grate some dark chocolate, melt it, and add it to the mixture. The Amaretto was something that I added on impulse. I was just blog chatting with Nita from Matron Of Husbandry (Throwback at Trapper Creek) about almond flavors and Amaretto. Since it was so fresh in my mind, I added it here. You could easily substitute a smaller quantity of almond extract, vanilla, or whatever flavoring you like with chocolate. Also, in my opinion, the chopped pistachios really made the dessert. The saltiness of the nuts really, really, really complimented the cheeses. (I really like using the word "really". See how often I used it in the past couple of sentences.) Oh, also next time, I think I'll just whip this up in the food processor. While I don't mind the texture of the ricotta (I'm Italian after all), I think the food processor would smooth out the mousse for those with a pickier palate. I thought about it before I started, but I had used the food processor for dinner and didn't feel like washing it out again. See how the texture is just short of smooth? It's really more of a creamy dessert than a fluffy, airy traditional mousse.
Yumm, the texture obviously works for me. It tries to cling to the spoon. Excuse me for a second as I finish this bite. Ahhhh. Oooh, the Amaretto is soooo lovely. Perhaps I should pour some into a wee glass to toast my mousse.
Ahem, back to the recipe. The end result was quite tasty with very mild choc and almond flavors. This mousse could lend itself to all sorts of desserts. You could sprinkle crushed ginger snaps on it, or you could line a serving dish with vanilla wafers or lady fingers and top it with the mousse and some whipped cream. Do you like mousse? I like mousse. As with most of my stuff, this creamy pleaser is gluten free.
I wonder what will make its way into my cart next time? Only my hand knows!
17 comments:
- Dee said...
I go into the store with a list of 10 things and leave with 20 'essentials'. Glad to know I'm not alone :)
The ricotta mousse looks amazing. I gave up on my hips ages ago anyway.
- August 8, 2008 at 1:37 AM
- MrOrph said...
Are you kidding? I'm not allowed to go to the market by myself anymore! :-)
This looks delicious. I imagine the ricotta really adds a nice texture.
Going to give this one a try. Maybe some brandy in it?
- August 8, 2008 at 2:02 AM
- MEDITERRANEAN KIWI said...
you got the perfect texture from what i saw left on the spoon!
- August 8, 2008 at 2:36 AM
- Jeena said...
Paula this looks so thick and creamy, I wish I had that spoon in my hand.:-)
- August 8, 2008 at 3:33 AM
- Cheryl said...
That looks fantastic Chica! Splenda, I am on it! I can't wait to make it. Many things find their way into my cart, I thought I was the only one!
- August 8, 2008 at 5:40 AM
- nottryingforaboy said...
Looks delicious!
- August 8, 2008 at 6:15 AM
- Pam said...
My hand does that to me in the store all the time! My husband loves mousse and I have always been afraid to make it. Thanks for inspiring me to give it a try!
- August 8, 2008 at 6:28 AM
- Grace said...
why the heck don't you send this to me for my beat the heat event--it's absolutely positively perfect! my saliva glands don't lie. :)
- August 8, 2008 at 7:13 AM
- Marjie said...
Bravo! Well done!
It's harder for stuff to "fall" into your restaurant supply house delivery man's hands, isn't it?
I need mousse...hey, it'll work even for someone with a broken molar!
- August 8, 2008 at 9:53 AM
- Nita said...
U R killing me girl! I don't need any (more)layers on my hips either, but chocolate and almonds just beg to be together. Think Chocolate Almond ice cream at Baskin & Robbins...
If I make this, I won't have to share my secret stash of espresso ganache that I cleverly hide in a sour cream container in the back of the fridge. (This is strictly medicinal you know!)
As always a great recipe and great pics.
- August 8, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- Bridgett said...
Wow, this post nearly had me drooling on my keyboard but thankfully I stopped myself in time. I love mousse and I haven't made it in the longest time. My mom used to make it to where it took a couple hours, but it was so worth it. Good idea with the pistachios since a little crunch never hurt.
- August 8, 2008 at 11:35 AM
- Lisa said...
Sounds yummy and I'm totally with you on the wee glass and the toast. Here's to happy husbands, the rediscovery of dessert, and your Amaretto Chocolate Ricotta Mousse!
- August 8, 2008 at 1:58 PM
- Paula said...
Dee: Love the "essentials" part! Hey, I'll swap you some mousse for your rice pudding!
Mrorph: You make me laugh .. not allowed to go by yourself. My hubby is the same way. I'm glad he hasn't figured out the two cart shopping method! Brandy would be excellent!
Mediterranean Kiwi: It was so good. I've read your recent post and LOVED it (as I love all your stories). I want to read it again, and then I'll leave a comment on there tonight.
Jeena: I really is thick and creamy. It keeps well in the fridge, too, firming up a bit.
Cheryl: I need to learn more about Splenda. I've only used it to sweeten beverages, but I see it popping up more and more in recipes.
Not trying for a boy: I still laugh everytime I see your blog name! It is delicious ... suprisingly light, too.
Pam: This was really easy to make. It's not a true mousse, but very light and creamy.
Grace: I'll have to check out your Beat the Heat event. Oh man, my hips are doomed!
Marjie: See, we should be neighbors and then I could bring you mousse! Of course, though, with all the desserts you create, my family would abandon ship and want to move it with you!
Nita: You totally crack me up...hey thanks for the tip about the covert usage of sour cream containers. hehe Of course, I run the risk of stashing multiple containers!
Bridgett: Your mom must have made the real mccoy! YUM! This is really good -- creamy and satisfying. I loved the pistachios -- salty and sweet.
Lisa: It was really tasty! I've got to admit, I really liked the Amaretto ... both in the mousse and my wee little glass!
- August 8, 2008 at 2:19 PM
- noble pig said...
It looks so good, pink dessert gets me every time! I love it. I also buy everything for every meal I'm going to make in the next ten years..it's terrible.
- August 8, 2008 at 4:32 PM
- Jan said...
A delicious post, Paula, and the dessert looks good too. :-)
- August 8, 2008 at 5:32 PM
- Kevin said...
That mousse looks and sounds so good! I like the use of the pistachios.
- August 8, 2008 at 7:51 PM
- Paula said...
Thanks for visiting folks!
Noble Pig: Glad I'm not the only one finding it hard to control my arms/hands from grabbing stuff off the shelves and filling my basket! The dessert is really good; it's actually light brown, like choc milk! Crazy internet colors!
Hi Jan: Thanks! It really is a quick, yummy dessert.
Kevin: The pistachios really made the dessert. I liked the salty taste sensation they provided!
- August 9, 2008 at 2:21 AM


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So I'm listening to the storm and brainstorming what to do for April Fool's Day this year. Nothing mean {because I still remember doing something so mean on April Fool's Day once and seeing the saddest look in return and a million years later I NEVER want to do anything mean on April Fool's Day again... ugh!} Just one cute little fun food trick is what I normally do these days. And this year, it's gotta be something for breakfast because April 1st is going to be a busy, busy day around here already. Dinner plans will probably involve a drive-thru that night... hopefully sock-free in flip-flops.
Here are the "Spaghetti" cupcakes I made for dinner on April Fool's Day a couple years ago.
Totally tricked my boys and my hubs! And they were really easy to make too.
And they didn't break any hearts... total plus.
They're from the book Hello, Cupcake! but I never really follow recipes too well so here are my abridged directions...
-Make yellow or white cupcakes and make sure to use white paper liners {or no liners would be good too}
-Make {or buy} whatever kind of white frosting you normally use, but tint it just a little w/vanilla extract and one teeny tiny drop of yellow food coloring.
-Put the cupcakes close together in a circular dish that has an edge that comes up around it so the cupcake part is not visible {mine were in a fluted ceramic Ikea round thing}
-Pipe the frosting onto your cupcakes in a random pattern to look like spaghetti noodles and let it hang off the edges of the cupcakes, all messy just like a big ol' mound of noodles {I just used whatever piping tip was about the size of a spaghetti noodle}
-Dip Ferrero Rocher chocolate candies in raspberry seedless jam for the "sauce." Or maybe it's strawberry? Either way, I remember that the recipe called for either raspberry or strawberry, but I used what I had in my fridge {which was either strawberry or raspberry, but it wasn't the kind the recipe called for... holy confusion!} and it looked just fine :)
-Grate white chocolate on top for "parmesan cheese"
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Dallas Cowboys Face Another Tough Test Against Atlanta Falcons
The Dallas Cowboys season of disappointment continued Sunday with a gut-wrenching 29-24 defeat to the New York Giants. Now, the 3-4 Cowboys must regroup for a tough road match-up against the undefeated Atlanta Falcons.
Dallas is pegged as a 4-point underdog against the Falcons with the over/under listed at 47.5, according to this week's NFL odds. Atlanta, which sports a 5-2 record against the spread this season, is coming off a sharp 30-17 win over the Eagles as 3-point road underdogs.
Dallas has seemingly found a new way to lose in each of their four losses and Sunday was no exception. This time it was a flurry of early turnovers that dug the Cowboys into a 23-0 hole that they could never overcome.
Except for the turnovers, the Cowboys may have outplayed their division rival Sunday. The Giants were limited to just 11 first downs and 293 yards by a stout Cowboys defense, while Dallas mustered 28 first downs and 434 total yards.
The Cowboys should be encouraged by the continued improvement of Rob Ryan's defensive unit as well as the increased production of pass-catchers Jason Witten and Miles Austin. Witten had a career day against the Giants. He set a new NFL record for tight ends with 18 receptions, which accounted for 167 yards.
For the Cowboys to be successful against the Falcons, their No. 3-ranked pass-coverage unit will have to play like it and slow down quarterback Matt Ryan and the Falcons aerial attack. Additionally, the Cowboys may need to run the ball more to take advantage of a Falcons rush defense that is highly suspect at this point.
It would be a big boost if No. 1 running back DeMarco Murray returns from injury for the Cowboys, but as of mid-week his status remained uncertain for the Falcons.
This marks the halfway point of the season for the Cowboys and another loss would be a huge blow to their playoff chances. There are some potentially good match-ups for the Cowboys in this one, but it is still difficult as a bettor to support a team that continues to be so mistake prone.


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Ganondorf 1/4 Scale Limited Edition Statue
An impressive centerpiece
- A whopping 23 inches tall
- Cast in polystone, hand-finished, hand-painted
- Only 1750 of these worldwide
"Do not think that this ends here... the history of light and shadow will be written in blood!" - Ganondorf
We love a good villain, and Ganondorf has been in our lives since he first appeared in Ocarina of Time in 1998. Also known as the King of Evil, Dark Lord, Prince of Darkness, and Gerudo King of Thieves (which makes us think of Geraldo... can you imagine Ganondorf hosting a talk show?), Ganondorf has been trying to rule Hyrule and failing. Well, he's failing if you're good at playing Link, which we assume you are!
This centerpiece is stunning. At nearly 23 inches tall, it's impossible to miss when you walk into the room. Ganondorf wears his distinctive armor and his hand tailored cape has wire embedded in the edges so you can pose it. Cast in durable polystone and hand-painted, this is a piece of artwork that Zelda fans will cherish for years to come. Hurry up if you want one, there are only 1750 of these bad boys worldwide.
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Question: I was telling my daughter that the Bible teaches against homosexual acts and, thus, same-sex marriage. She dismissed the Bible and said it once approved slavery, and so it carried no moral authority for her. What can I say?
Answer: There are several problems in both the logic and the understanding of Scripture involved in this objection. The first problem involves equating what is a definitive precept with what is at best a tacit tolerance. Homosexual acts (as well as all heterosexual acts outside of marriage) are explicitly condemned throughout the whole of Scripture. We are commanded to refrain from any such acts. But nowhere are we commanded to own slaves.
The Scriptures treat slavery as part of the existing social structure of the ancient world and set norms so as to avoid the excesses that sometimes accompanied it. But the mere tolerance of questionable practice should not be equated with supporting it let alone prescribing it as something good. An argument from silence does not connote approval.
The second problem is the term "slavery" itself. In the ancient biblical world, slavery resulted from essentially three sources: One owed debt they could not repay, one had been a soldier in a defeated army or one may have committed certain crimes. As such, slavery was an alternative to death or imprisonment. It was not without its questionable dimensions, but neither was it intrinsically evil. Even today we often seek alternatives to imprisonment (such as probation and house arrest) wherein one forfeits some of their rights.
But the slavery of the colonial period exploited and enslaved people who had no debt, had committed no crimes and had not waged war. This is a very different situation, morally speaking, from the slavery of biblical times.
Finally, even if one were to insist that Scripture once approved of slavery (a point not conceded here), and this discredits it as a source for moral teaching, then we ought to ask what would happen if this same standard were applied, for example, to the U.S. Constitution. Is the Constitution fully discredited because it once remained silent or gave tacit approval to slavery? Is your daughter's right to free speech discredited because the Constitution was once imperfect or even wrong on another topic? Most would find this notion too extreme. And neither does Scripture lose its value even if it was once less severe on slavery than we would wish today.
Question: In my parish at daily Mass, the Alleluia and verse before the Gospel is omitted. Is this permitted?
Answer: Yes. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal (No. 63) indicates that the Gospel acclamation, if not sung, may be omitted. And while this does not seem to forbid reciting it, the acclamation is generally envisioned as a sung text, so if no one can reasonably lead the singing, it can be omitted.
Another possibility is to sing the Alleluia without the verse. Generally most congregations are able to sing a well-known melody of Alleluia without a cantor. But here, too, situations vary and the celebrant can omit the Gospel Acclamation.
Msgr. Charles Pope is the pastor of Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian in Washington, D.C., and writes for the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., blog at blog.adw.org. Send questions to Pastoral Answers, Our Sunday Visitor, 200 Noll Plaza, Huntington, IN 46750 or to firstname.lastname@example.com. Letters must be signed, but anonymity may be requested.
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In separate news releases, the U.S. Grains Council and the Renewable Fuels Association cite the USDA's World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) released today as evidence that American crop farmers are capable of producing ample corn supplies to meet the needs of domestic food, livestock feeds and renewable fuels.
Speaking for the U.S. Grains Council (USGC), at-large director Julius Schaaf expects this fall's corn harvest to be one of the best ever on his Randolph, IA, farm.
The WASDE report projects the same for the nation's corn crop, forecasting 13 billion bushels of corn, the second largest harvest in history, a record-setting yield, and a 100-million-bushel increase in exports.
"We produce more on fewer acres," said Schaaf. "It is because we deploy sound science when making our planting decisions. Because of biotechnology, we can meet all demands domestically and around the world."
USDA is estimating U.S. corn production will be 193 million bushels higher than last month's reported estimates. The agricultural department is projecting a record national average yield of 161.9 bu./acre and they raised corn export projections for 2009/2010 by 100 million bushels – due primarily to higher projected imports for Canada and lower production in South America and China.
USGC President and CEO Ken Hobbie said the United States is more than capable of supplying the necessary feed grains both domestically and abroad.
"U.S. agricultural production will become increasingly vital to feeding a hungry world as U.S. export competitors' production drops due to poor weather conditions," said Hobbie. "We are proud of U.S. farmers for once again stepping up to the challenge of producing more coarse grains to satisfy all demands."
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) noted the USDA's yield projections would mark a 5% increase over last year's average yield, which is 1.5 bu./acre higher than the previous record set in 2004, and total corn production at 13 billion bushels is a 7% increase over last year and the second-largest crop on record.
The RFA pointed out that just 15 years ago, 35 million more acres of corn would have been needed to produce the equivalent of this year's crop.
"Because of advancements in farming and seed technology, farmers can produce far more per acre, reducing the need for total crop acreage," noted the RFA release. "Such facts run counter to the hysterical claims that increased U.S. biofuel production is leading to increased conversion of non-agricultural land in the United States and abroad. The facts simply don't support this hypothesis."
"It is time we put to bed the flawed notion that increased biofuel production results in vastly expanded cropland," said RFA President Bob Dinneen. "With record yields on fewer acres, American farmers have demonstrated beyond refute (that) they are more than capable of providing the raw materials for ample food, feed and fuel. Such abundance and productivity would be catastrophic to farmers if new sources of demand did not exist. The role of ethanol in providing a value-added opportunity for farmers has been vital, and exists without requiring new cropland."
Dinneen went on to explain that the yield growth alone will provide the additional feedstock needed by the ethanol industry in 2009/10. "In other words, not a single additional acre of corn is needed over last year's levels to meet the industry's additive feedstock demand," he said. "This demonstrates that increased demand for corn resulting from ethanol expansion can be met solely through yield gains."
With expanding production, the ethanol industry will require an additional 525 million bushels of corn this year. The yield growth cited will provide an additional 630 million bushels. According to the USDA's projections of corn for ethanol use in the 2009/2010 crop year (Sept. 2009-Aug. 2010), the U.S. ethanol industry will produce 11.8 billion gallons of ethanol and 32 million metric tons of livestock feed.
"USDA projects an increase in the amount of corn being fed to livestock and an increase in exports, proving that expanded use of corn for ethanol is not diverting grain from food and feed markets," Dinneen added.


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When she's not writing stories for the L.A. Times, reporter Kate Linthicum of Echo Park performs as a vocalist for a group called Basement Babies, which this month released a music video featuring a new song, "Avenues." Most of the "Avenues" video seems to have been shot in Echo Park, including scenes on the Laveta Terrace Steps and at A Grocery Warehouse on Sunset Boulevard. What's a journalist doing singing in clubs and shooting a music video? Linthicum, in a 2011 West Coast Sound interview, said:
"In the post-digital world, there's a whole new set of references, and we're compressing our lives into keys and screens," says Linthicum. "So more than ever, we need to hear singers and the beat of the drum. The power of rock and roll is still there, but can we be, like, not too embarrassed to fully embrace it? That power is still relevant."


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Hey folks, sorry I was absent last week, between life and fishing and building our house, most of all my mental strength was a lil' low.
By Pam Darty
Refuge Ranger
Colorful flyers seen all over town brought a record crowd to the Cedar Key Library for the third presentation by Dr. Kenneth Sassaman.
The University of Florida archaeologist has been working on the 30 coastal miles of the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge and the thirteen islands of the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge for the past three years, so nearly half of the standing-room-only audience had returned for the most recent findings.
By Pam Darty
Refuge Ranger
When the crowd gathered at the Cedar Key Library Thursday evening, they didn't expect a great surprise. The Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge was hosting a talk on the latest research on swallow-tailed Kites. As birders were arriving for Dr. Ken Meyer's presentation, Dr. Dawn Miller, Gainesville veterinarian and certified wildlife rehabilitator, came in the door carrying a magnificent swallow-tail.
As spring arrives, horseshoe crabs converge along sandy beaches throughout the state to mate. Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) are asking the public for help pinpointing the sites where these horseshoe crabs spawn.
Beachgoers are likely to have the best luck spotting mating horseshoe crabs around high tide, just before, during or after a full or new moon. The conditions around the new moon tonight and the full moon on April 6 will create ideal opportunities to view the spawning behavior of horseshoe crabs.
Tides for Cedar Key starting with February 23, 2012.
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Welcome folks, to this week's confusion, I mean weekly Cedar Key fishing report and forcast.
My fishing week started Wednesday morning. As I entered town, the rain was passing over and things were looking good. My party showed up, some pretty cool new folks from Newberry - Mr. Larry, Mrs. Christie and Trevor. We loaded up and headed north a bit.
Warmer temperatures and lack of snow in parts of North America are setting the stage for what could be a most intriguing 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, coming up this weekend.
Bird watchers across the U.S. and Canada are getting ready to tally millions of birds in the annual count coordinated by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Audubon, and Canadian partner Bird Studies Canada.
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Portland General Electric (PGE) and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to pursue a modification to PGE's proposed Cascade Crossing Transmission Project.
PGE says it is proposing the Cascade Crossing Transmission Project to meet its customers' growing energy needs, enhance the region's grid and support the development of wind energy projects east of the Cascades.
It is one of seven projects in the nation that have been identified as a Job-Creating Grid Modernization Pilot Project by the Obama administration and are the focus of the Interagency Rapid Response Team for Transmission (RRTT), which aims to improve the quality and timeliness of electric transmission infrastructure permitting, review and consultation by the federal government.
PGE initially proposed a 215-mile transmission project from Boardman, Ore., to Salem, Ore. Under the modification in the MOU, the line would begin at Boardman and follow the path of the original project, but terminate at a new Pine Grove substation that PGE would build about 18 miles southwest of Maupin.
According to PGE, this change would eliminate about 101 miles of the project from the Maupin area to Salem, avoiding most impacts to the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation, the Mt. Hood and Willamette national forests, and private forest and agricultural land in Marion and Linn counties.
PGE also would invest in grid enhancements and/or exchange assets with BPA to increase transmission capacity, and potentially reduce congestion and enhance the reliability of the grid. In return, PGE could receive up to 2.6 GW of transmission capacity ownership rights to deliver electricity to customers in Portland and the Willamette Valley. Specific contract terms are still under discussion.
BPA will conduct a formal stakeholder review process prior to entering into any further agreement. PGE and BPA would cooperate to complete the necessary environmental reviews.
PGE intends to file amendments to the public permitting processes for the Cascade Crossing project. The utility will focus on permitting the project from Boardman to the Pine Grove substation and will suspend permitting of the previously proposed section west of the Maupin area. The project currently is undergoing review by the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council and the federal agencies involved in the National Environmental Policy Act process.
PGE first began developing Cascade Crossing in response to an order issued by the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) in 2004 that directed the utility to work with BPA and others to develop transmission capacity over the Cascade Mountain Range. The project was included in PGE's most recent Integrated Resource Plan, which was acknowledged by the OPUC in November 2010.


text: I could blame the tear in my eye on this story of a "down on his luck" guy, how he met his future wife, and their emotional engagement. Or perhaps it's because of the whimsical editing and smart storytelling in this beautiful short film. Hell, maybe it's the soundtrack. I don't know. But this absolutely, positively gotten to more than one Jezebel staffer today. Whatever, shut up.


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Learn how to tie a perfect bridal Gele head-tie yourself and stop paying or begging someone to do it for you. Watch and follow along this step by step video tutorial that teaches how to tie a Gele head-wrap for a Nigerian traditional wedding or occassion. It's easier to learn from watching an expert do it (practical), rather than being explained to. So, this video tutorial from Ewar makeovers will walk you through the simple steps to tying the bridal gele for your own trad wedding or as part of your aso-ebi. See the Gele video below.
About the Gele Head-Wrap Scarf (Ichafu in Igbo)
The Nigerian head-scarf or head-tie popularly known as Gele (in Yoruba), Ichafu (in Igbo) are an occasion favourite head-wraps among Africans, including Nigerians. You can't miss them at weddings where they can get really big and bold. And if the guest, your aso-ebi is not complete without it. And if you're the bride, the Gele is that element that completed your traditional engagement attire.
Gele tying used to be a skill and an art that every Nigerian woman was (supposed to be) good at, or rather, must learn – just as is 'cooking'. The head-tie is not only worn by Nigerians, but by other West Africans as part of their traditional fashion. However, the art of wrapping a perfect Gele head-tie done is challenging. So, most Nigerian women (young and old) resort to paying a Gele or makeup artist, such as Segun Gele, to get it done for them before a wedding or any occasion – because a woman just gotta look prettied up, anyway.
- Related: 100 latest Iro and Buba Styles in Nigeria (inluding Oleku and Tulip Styles)
- See Also: Tutorial on 3 Unique Styles of Tying the Nigerian Wrapper (Video)
Hopefully, after a couple of practicing with the DIY (Do It Yourself) Gele Tying video tutorial, you won't have to pay (again) to have your Gele tied before your wedding or any other occasion for that matter. Leave us a comment to know how your headtie skills go?
- For assorted latest styles of the Nigerian head gear (lots of Gele head-gear in pictures)
- Also: Latest Nigerian Beads (Jewelry): Designs and Styles


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So, I posted a blustery, chest-thumping, downright MANLY post in comments on a blog.
The blogger liked it, made it front-page news, where it was picked up and became front-page news on other blogs - and so on, and so-on...
My first reaction - honestly - was "Oh CRAP!"
Given my political leanings (strict original-intent Constitutionalist/minarchist - just like our Founding Fathers) and my tendency to preach to any who will listen (and lots who won't) it would be nothing short of a miracle for me to not already be on some "potential domestic terrorist" watch-list.
After all, those who vote third-party, carry a copy of our Constitution in their pocket, and quote the Founding Fathers are just one bad day away from becoming the next (hack-spit) Mcveigh - right? Only if you're insane, work for our Government, or are a Congressman - but I repeat myself...
So... Why do I think this deviously mis-named "health-care bill" is such a huge problem?
First, because it's patently unconstitutional.
The Constitution limits Federal Government power to 18 specific things (Article 1 Section 8) and goes on to say (in the 10th Amendment) that ALL other powers are reserved to the states, or to the people. Period. Therefore, this action is a gross abuse of our system of Government - something which should never be tolerated.
Just try to think for a moment: You're being ordered to spend $15,000 a year PER PERSON in your family, for an insurance policy - whether you want it or not. (NOTE: This may not be accurate. The estimate for families making a low-end middle-class 2-worker income is closer to $20k. TODAY'S costs are close to $15k for an individual, and will only go UP with Government involvement. Further - Given government's abysmal record for estimating costs - I'll stand by what I said and bet that I'm closer than they are come 2016.)
The penalty for willful violation of this "individual mandate" is up to $250,000 in fines and (not 10 - oops) 5 years in prison - for failure to buy INSURANCE?!!. WHAT country is this again?
If you don't like what the Constitution says, amend it. It's been done 27 times, so it's not exactly an unknown or impossible procedure...
If you don't understand why that MATTERS, well... Just go ahead and label me a racist right-wing extremist and go back to worshiping at the altar of totalitarian government. May your chains rest lightly upon you...
The Government who is powerful enough to give you everything you want is also powerful enough to take everything you have. -- Thomas JeffersonAn overwhelming majority of the things our Federal Government does are rightly classed as "unconstitutional" - a fact which saddens me more than I could say - but this is quite simply intolerable for a number of reasons. I'll attempt to explain some of them to those who care to read:
(1) This is the largest power-grab in the history of our Republic.
"Free health care for EVERYBODY!" seems like a really warm, fuzzy, down-right generous proposition for those who lack the intellectual capacity to see through the surface. That nothing is EVER free is a basic fact of reality.
SOMEONE has to pay for it, which means quite literally that half the people in our nation will be forced into virtual slavery - to involuntary labor for the further benefit of others.
This is bad, but it's not even close to the worst aspect of this travesty.
(2) This gives the Federal government access to the most private details of your life.
There's nothing more sacred than your relationship with your doctor. "Doctor-patient confidentiality" is a critical aspect of our most basic freedom! Take away that confidentiality, and now you won't DARE to tell your doctor anything you wouldn't want to be made public!
(3) This information WILL be used to further government power.
How long do you think it will be before some genius AINO* in DC decides to help fight the war on drugs by requiring a drug-test be administered at every doctor visit? Then all we have to do is lock up anyone coming up "dirty" and... The whole drug-problem is solved!
Since the Government "owns" all the medical records, this won't even require the Doctor to "report" you -- all they have to do is program the database to look for "positive" results and forward your name, address, description and photo (cross-referenced from Driver-license records) over to the DEA and... Off to jail you go!
But hey -- if you're not a drug-addict, you've got nothing to worry about -- right? Sure -- if you believe that mistakes can never be made, samples mixed up, ID numbers' digits transposed... It's a recipe for disaster. Look at the number of people whose houses have been invaded by mistake in a "system" where warrants must be signed by a judge -- there are no such protections here!
(4) This will end political activism by all but the most die-hard folks with nothing to lose.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. -- John F. KennedyThe IRS has been used by those in power as a tool to punish those who piss them off. Our current president thinks it's a joke. All it takes is a whisper from the right mouth for you to find yourself drowning in a sea of audits, where you have no real recourse to prevent them bankrupting you simply because they can.
Do you want those powerful people to be able to deny you life-saving medical care as easily as they can subject you to an IRS audit?
Further, there ARE fates worse than death. How would you like to be denied pain-relieving drugs as you die of cancer? After an accident? All this would take is a note in your Government medical file - "we won't pay for pain relief or cancer treatment. This one isn't worth saving."
If you - somehow - think you could stand the risk, what about your wife? Your CHILDREN? Would you be willing to speak against the government knowing THEY might be tortured (by witholding pain treatment) or allowed to die (by witholding other treatment) as a result?
Who would dare attend a "tea party" knowing that it's a simple matter using existing technology to scan faces in a crowd, ID the person from the driver-license database, and make the aforementioned notes in your "file" -- all 100% done by computer, all without human intervention?!
We already have the technology, and we're already using it! It's had nearly a decade to mature since its first public large-scale test.
(5) This will open the door to all sorts of other restrictions on Liberty.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C. S. LewisHelmet laws are "justified" by the claim "Since the taxpayers have to pay to take care of you for the rest of your life after you get a head-injury, we have the right to demand you wear a helmet."
Maybe you think motorcycles are stupid - but how would you like the same "logic" to be applied to the things YOU like?
It's just a matter of time. The totalitarians in the bluer-states have already banned some foods, and this was long before the taxpayers were suddenly declared "responsible" for everyone's medical expenses!
"Taxpayers have to pay to treat your cancer, so we have the right to insist you not use tobacco in any form"
"Taxpayers have to pay to provide your diabetes care, so we have the right to insist you not eat candy, ice-cream, or other 'unhealthy' foods."
"Taxpayers have to pay to take care of you, and everyone knows obesity causes all sorts of medical problems - so we have the right to insist you lose weight."
"Taxpayers have to pay to provide cardiac care, so we have the right to insist you do at least 3 hours of aerobics weekly!"
"Taxpayers have to pay to treat your liver-failure, so we have the right to insist you stop drinking."
Or, for those who do not drink: "Studies have proven that 2 alcoholic drinks per day have a positive effect on many areas of your health, so we have the right to INSIST you take two drinks per day."
Do you REALLY think none of this will happen? If so, you're a fool.
I could go on, and on (and on) - but the reality is really very simple: Free people are entitled to do anything they please, so long as they don't hurt anyone else.
This bill - and the "logical" measures that *WILL* follow, will do more to destroy what freedom we have left than the sum-total of every Federal enactment in the history of our republic.
I am not a subject, I am a citizen.
I am a free man, and I will do anything in my power to remain so.
I will resist every expansion of tyranny for one simple reason:
This man.
He could be anybody. He'd fit right in with the photo-albums I've inherited - maybe Grandpa, or his brother? Who knows where he's going - but he brought his coat.
Just like this bill - if we're too focused on the subject we cannot see what's really happening.
We need some more information...
I've never been able to understand how people could get to the place where *ANY* of these people are.
If you've read this far, and you're not in total agreement with everything I've said, I can almost guarantee you're now thinking "Oh, now THIS is stupid. You can't possibly compare the US Government with the Nazis! That can't happen HERE!"
Do you think - for one minute - that anyone in Germany went into their voting-booth thinking
"I'll vote for these Nazi characters - because I'm evil, and I know they'll murder millions of people outright, and start a war that will lead to the deaths of many millions more!"Of course not.
They were in a major economic depression, tired of war, and looking for a charismatic leader to bring them back to the greatness that had been theirs prior to their government getting them into a war which ended up being utterly without justification.
The guy they found gave GREAT speeches, promised to fix everything, give everybody free health-care... He promised CHANGE! He gave the people HOPE!
Sound familiar?
They elected that monster for the same reasons we elected Dear Reader.
Which brings be back to this guy...
Every time I stumble over this picture, I'm fascinated.
How does a man become willing to take his coat and sit on the edge of a pit full of people he's just watched being murdered, and stand there quietly waiting his turn to die with no more apparent WILL than if he were waiting for a bus?
One need only read the history of the time and place to understand: The government started out with all sorts of lofty promises, then they began whittling away at the rights and freedoms of the people.
Each new usurpation more outrageous, but the people simply ran out of outrage. Some of them ran out of it so completely that they'd stand around like cattle, waiting for the butcher to run his bolt into their brain.
But it didn't START this way... Like all tyranny it started with bright promises and rousing speeches - firm hope for a better tomorrow!
Every single totalitarian enactment was accepted because it was supposed to make things BETTER!
Gather up the guns, so we can stop all this VIOLENCE!
Here - wear this little yellow star so we'll know who's who.
Every single government law is backed up by guns. LOTS of them.
If my Government decides to declare me a criminal and subject me to prison because I refuse to buy health insurance, and I resist, THEIR AGENTS WILL KILL ME.
Do you need examples of this? Really?
Fine. Watch this. That's a commercial for products being sold to your friendly neighborhood police officer. Don't that make you feel all warm and fuzzy?
Here's another.
When they come to my house and catch me sleeping, and I wake, confused and scared, and try to defend my family, what do you think will happen? That poor man was a preacher.
The mayor's dogs ain't safe, either.
Heck, when they kill grandma by mistake, just plant a little pot.
It's not a rare occurrence.
How - when they execute ME (or you) in the middle of the night, are they any different than any of the other men in this picture?
Is murdering a man for resisting an unconstitutional mandate any different than murdering him for his religion?
Is the death of one resister enough?
What if 6 million resist?
20 million?
60 million?
What is the difference?
Seriously - WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
Do you believe ANY of the people, in ANY of these places, EVER thought "It most definitely CAN happen here, and probably WILL!"
Of course not.
Even MTV knows -- IT *CAN* happen ANYWHERE.
But not if we hold our Government to its proper Constitutional Boundaries!!
Today it's "health care."
UPDATE: A friend on another forum - not without justification - called "Godwin" on me.
Here's my response:
I really don't blame you for feeling that way, but... The parallels are undeniable. Theirs was the first great "experiment" in Socialism.
People NEED to be "Shocked" - they need to understand that for Queen Nancy to issue a "mandate" like she has WILL GET PEOPLE KILLED.
There's no difference that I can see between dying due to "health care rationing", dying while resisting arrest for violating her "mandate" and dying from a bullet in the back of the head.
All are victims of socialism.
It's time to call a spade a spade, and a fascist a fascist.
Totalitarianism by any other name will still smell of rotting corpses - my apologies to Mr. Shakespear...
EDIT: I wish I'd had time to flesh this out more - there's a lot more I'd like to say, things I'd like to clarify - but life intervenes... I have other responsibilities.
I'll get around to it - hope you'll come back...


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Tea Party Leader: Tie Obamacare to Debt Ceiling
The Tea Party is standing firm in their desire to defund the Affordable Care Act, and in doing so, they are refusing to achieve unity with the GOP and move toward an agreement with the Senate. Tea Party Patriots president Jenny Beth Martin explains. Photo: Getty.
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... the ... was mostly just Republican party is suffering the most damage to the shutdown and to the approval ratings among voters ... that's not the stodgy affiliates of the tea party movement within the GOP from continuing their fight begins the Affordable Care Act ... joining us now is Jenny Beth Martin ... president of the tea Party Patriots ... traded to it is not misses to explain the mindset and its Dimon bodied people has good morning David ... good morning to ... see the Dow up in the segment of a Christian you is whether you'll put paid to take this fight to the end even if U S would cost but the GOP ... House of the leak on fire ... well I think the important question in ETP and that is ... why what is worth a high and if they were fighting the we know that people across the country are losing their health insurance ... they're raising their hours at work they're losing their jobs ... and this was also causing people the Obamacare lives also causing people delisting doctors and the quality of health care ... twenty thousand Home Depot employees ... are releasing their health insurance either over eight hundred thousand people in New Jersey last we heard that they also are going to be losing their current insurance plan ... in either have to pay more or won't be on the scene the end they currently have ... what we know that we're fighting it if not now for these Americans across the country here is suffering from the slot ... when Congress is exempt from ... that this is the lowest cost but two houses I mean could this before because spurred by the Supreme Court ... on our representatives are elected to represent us ... is a lot of people who feel that this is ... in an extortion away it's a it's a it's a full of extortion ... well ... this is fair luckily an Obamacare is a lot away and ... Anasta the Constitution is the law Billy and in a giant's the rule of law for country ... in the Constitution says that the house well the bills they determine spending per government revenues for government ... governmental a region in the House of Representatives ... and that's exactly what's happening right now in the rule of law and or rather the labelling and also is ... a Congress each year will determine what laws are going to stand in how much they're going to stand on the fly soon we are acting within the lot the lead ... due to the budget goals are often treated separate requests until you've got a iam ... an important deadline coming up this now so stay with this the October seventeen date which we believe that the Paducah for my run out of money in the may be forced to bow to hit the debt ceiling Dimon ... optimum value put paid ... to take is to that and I did this one petite Oval ... is it is that what that there's a sense that if we get the job of defaults ... it would be calamitous for the world economy here's an enormous amount engine on this will you take it that far ... well the tea Party Patriots we see that the debt ceiling and the continuing resolution needed to stay as two separate issues ... and we also know that the House of Representatives in the first continuing resolution that the pass which keep repeat it supported ... have the full faith and credit Act ... in that continuing resolution when it was sent to the Senate the Senate stripped out ... that that portion of the continuing resolution ... it's the right house the Senate is saying they're willing to risk defaulting on the interest on our loans ... rather than making sure that we ensure the full faith and credit ... and ... the Senate needs to act it's time for the Senate to start negotiating to compromise the houses stand this repeatedly ... defended has not been stonewalling and it's time for the Senate to act ... budget


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I've never been a good recycler. I aim high with my recycle bins and fabric grocery totes, but since I'm usually multi-tasking and running behind, I generally remember to recycle after the fact.
It's just not my ministry. Ya know?
But I love recycled things. Go figure. I'm glad someone is responding to the high calling. I love love love trash to treasure stories. From Mercy House to my marriage, I've learned to view God as the ultimate recycler. He is the master of taking rubbish and redeeming it.
This month my husband and I are celebrating 18 years of marriage. I've written about our testimony and I'm so thankful He transformed the garbage of our lives into something for His glory. Our marriage isn't perfect, but it's evidence of God's hand.
One of the things I love most about recycling? You get something new. There's still a trace of the old, but when it goes through the fire, something different, often better is created. After God recycled our marriage, 7 years ago now, we took my engagement ring, wedding band and an anniversary band and had them melted down. The three pieces were beautiful and I loved them, but we both wanted a new ring to represent our new marriage. But my original set was very special and we wanted to keep it.
A local jeweler crafted one new gorgeous ring from the materials of my 3 separate rings. It was the same, but completely different, better, just like my marriage. And that's exactly what God is able to do in your marriage too.
When my friends over at Union28 sent us their new new shirts, I smiled. I love knowing after all these years my marriage STILL rocks; It's getting better with age because God is the ultimate recycler.
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Eight Islamists among 17 governors appointed by Morsi
Egyptian opposition accuses president and the Muslim Brotherhood of trying to monopolize power
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president on Sunday appointed 17 new provincial governors, including seven members of his Muslim Brotherhood, adding to its already considerable power in the legislative and executive branches.
Mohammed Morsi's appointments come before the June 30 anniversary of his taking office, when the liberal and secular Egyptian opposition plans mass demonstrations to demand his ouster.
A leading opponent, Mohamed ElBaradei, told a group of striking writers, film makers and Opera House staffers on Sunday, "We hope to see early departure of the regime … it's a surreal and absurd regime."
The opposition accuses Morsi and his allies of trying to monopolize power and install their operatives in every state institution. The Brotherhood accuses the opposition of trying to unseat Morsi after failing in elections.
Besides the new Brotherhood governors, the appointment of Adel el-Khayat, a member of the political arm of ex-Islamic militant group Gamaa Islamiya, drew attention. He will rule the ancient southern city of Luxor, a main tourist site.
In 1997, his group claimed responsibility for what became known as Luxor massacre, when 58 tourists and four Egyptians were killed at the Temple of Hatshepsut outside Luxor. Since then, the city has seen Islamists as a threat to their tourist income.
Gamaa Islamiya later renounced violence and turned to politics. The party is a top ally of Morsi, and its leaders have threatened an "Islamic revolution" if liberals try to unseat the Islamist president.
The appointments mean that the Brotherhood controls the governorships in 10 out of the country's 27 provinces, allowing it to further consolidate power, as governors play an influential role in arrangements for elections.
Military and police generals run at least nine other provinces, a throwback to the era of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, when both powerful institutions had a share of the country's provincial authorities. Mubarak was deposed in 2011.
Some of the provinces to be run by Brotherhood governors are opposition strongholds, such as the Nile Delta provinces of Gharbiya and Menoufia.
The new governors are scheduled to take their oath of office on Monday.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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I picked up Mists of Pandaria ~3 months after the initial launch. It took me 1 month to level to 90. Considering I was only leveling a few days a week.. and I took a week or so off when my video card died and to experience battle pets I think it's safe to say that by the time I hit 90 and -started- doing heroics most everyone else in my random heroic group has been running these same heroics for nearly 4 months.
I can almost feel them /pat me on the head when I announce at the beginning of each run that "I've never run this Heroic before so I'd appreciate any pointers you have".
For them, this instance is old hat. They know which way you go, where you stand, how you pull the boss, whether you spread out, stand 45 degrees off of each other or stack up. For the most part they already have the loot off the boss so they aren't carefully scrutinizing each drop to figure out if they need it and if it's an upgrade. They are running willy-nilly out of the room -while- I scrutinize the loot making it very difficult to keep up/know which way to go. They've already completed the quests.. so they're not looking for sparkly things as they go through the instance.. nor are they completing the instance only to find that they must have missed one of the quest items (only to have that silly quest sit half finished in their quest log).
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Dr. Moore graduated from Michigan Tech in 1962 with a B.S. degree in Chemistry. After obtaining his M.S. and Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of Chicago he embarked on a distinguished career in mineralogy.
Currently, Paul Moore is Professor Emeritus, Geophysical Sciences, of the University of Chicago. He has named 35 new species of mineral since 1965, thirteen of which he initially discovered himself. He is the author of 200 research publications and has named the most species of certified new minerals of any investigator in contemporary mineralogy.
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I've always viewed Crit vs. MP5 as the difference between Avoidence versus Mitigation for tanking. Sure, crit will refund mana in big chunks just like parry or dodge will avoid 100% of an attack. However you cannot count on it. MP5 like Stamina or Armor is always on, dependable regen.
This is not quite right. The Avoidance versus Mitigation debate has had the side-effect of promoting some incorrect beliefs about probability. The reality is that:
You cannot count on probability in the short term.
You can count on probability in the long term.
The reason you can count on the long term is something called the Law of Large Numbers. It's the same principle that casinos and insurance rely on. The key here is determining what is long term, and what is short term.
Tanking heavy-hitting bosses is inherently short-term. For some bosses, as few as three or four hits in a row will kill the tank. When the number of events is that low, you cannot count on probability to keep you alive, and probabilistic or Avoidance stats like dodge rating are less useful than stamina or armor.
However, if it takes a larger number of hits to kill you, probability becomes more and more reliable. For example, I tank the murloc adds on Tidewalker. Each add doesn't hit very hard, but there are many of them. It would probably take 10-15 full hits to kill me. In this situation, Avoidance stats are actually very useful.
For mana regeneration on healing crits, you are considering a large number of spells over a 10 minute fight or so. That's upwards of 100 spells cast, which is definitely a long term issue. So you can count on Illumination to return a reasonable amount of mana.
On the other hand, because it only takes one or two spells to heal the tank up to full again, you cannot count on spell crit to increase the power of your heals. Yes, over the course of the entire fight your average heal will be higher, but relying on the next heal to crit is a bad idea.
See the difference? Mana regen over an entire fight is a long term issue, but returning a tank to full health after a big hit is a short term issue. Spell crit helps with the first part, but should not be counted on for the second part.


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Backpacker Magazine's annual spring gear guide just hit the newsstands, and SCARPA was once again honored to earn another strong endorsement for its footwear from one of the most core magazines (and probably the most rigorous testing process) in the industry, this time for the new Terra (men's) and Luna (women's) hiking/backpacking boots.
The Terra and Luna are boots designed for light hiking or lighter-load backpacking – places where hikers can benefit from all-leather, Gore-Tex protection. And there are lots of those places, which explains why this boot resonated not just with Backpacker, but with a lot of SCARPA's retailers.


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Seeking to energize his sluggish second term, President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday night in his State of the Union address to sidestep Congress "whenever and wherever" necessary to narrow economic disparities between rich and poor.
He unveiled an array of executive actions that included increasing the minimum wage for some federal contract workers and making it easier for millions of low-income Americans to save for retirement.
"America does not stand still and neither do I," Obama declared in his annual prime-time address before a joint session of Congress and millions of Americans watching on television.


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ArchitectsMarlon Blackwell Architect
LocationBiloxi, United States
PrincipalMarlon Blackwell FAIA
Project TeamDavid Tanner, Chris Baribeau AIA, Matt Griffith, Jonathan Boelkins, Meryati Blackwell
StructuralBlack Rock Engineering, Tatum-Smith Engineers Inc
General ContractorHolder Construction Company
Owner/ClientRichard Tyler sponsored by Architecture for Humanity
Project Year2009
Text description provided by the architects. The Biloxi Model Homes are affordable prototype houses designed for the Architecture for Humanity Model Home Program. The program provides design services and financial assistance for families in East Biloxi whose houses were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
The proposition of raising a home up to 11' above the ground introduces several issues that challenge the traditional notion of the Gulf Coast streetscape and affiliated porch culture. Among these is the very concept of having a porch that is an extension of the interior space. In addition, the massing of a proportionally tall house speaks more of isolation than of the construct of meaningful social spaces through a series of houses enclosing the street. The PorchDog addresses these challenges while complying with new environmental, structural, and FEMA regulations.
The Porchdog house is raised above the ground and essentially open at the ground level, but still incorporates a stoop that serves as a street level porch. The only other ground-level elements are an entry stair, enclosed storage volume, a parking area and a stair descending from the rear deck. The concrete block storage volume is separated from the entry stair to facilitate a transparent reading of the ground plane and developed landscape elements in the rear yard.
The Porchdog house is a refuge that still opens itself to the social structure of the city, addressing the challenges of retaining a porch that is an extension of the interior space and overcoming the massing of a proportionally tall house, while providing the requisite protection from a potential Category 4 storm surge event. Primary materials include all steel construction with exterior metal cladding, and bamboo flooring at the interior. Operable perforated metal shutters provide light control and storm security for aluminum framed window walls at East and West elevations.


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While mortuary ruins have long fascinated archaeologists and art historians interested in the cultures of the Near East and eastern Mediterranean, the human skeletal remains contained in the tombs of this region have garnered less attention. In Bioarchaeology and Behavior, Megan Perry presents a collection of essays that aim a spotlight on the investigation of the ancient inhabitants of the circum-Mediterranean area.
Composed of eight diverse papers, this volume synthesizes recent research on human skeletal remains and their archaeological and historical contexts in this region. Utilizing an environmental, social, and political framework, the contributors present scholarly case studies on such topics as the region's mortuary archaeology, genetic investigations of migration patterns, and the ancient populations' health, disease, and diet. Other key anthropological issues addressed in this volume include the effects of the domestication of plants and animals, the rise of state-level formations, and the role of religion in society. Ultimately, this collection will provide anthropologists, archaeologists, and bioarchaeologists with an important foundation for future research in the Near East and eastern Mediterranean.
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If you are living nearby someones WiFi hotspot and every time your laptop search for connection its showing up but you don't have passwords. Or you just want to steal someones WPA/WPA2 Wi-Fi hotspot key or passwords. Don't worry...
In this tutorial I'll show How to hack a WPA/WPA2 Wi-Ficonnection through a bootable USB.
Things you should need:
1. A USB pen drive
2. beini.iso file (Download it from HERE) :- 49.61mb
3. UNetbootin software to make your USB drive bootable. [Download for Windows, Linux or Mac]
Some few steps you should to do ( WEP):
1. Write beini.iso on your USB by UNetbootin. Set everything according to this image bellow
2. After finishing restart your PC and boot it from your USB.
3. If you were successful to boot up then you should see something like this. Click Minidwep-gtk.
4. Click OK
5. Now Minipwep-gtk program will open. Click Scan.
6. Select a wireless network(should have Clint) from the list. And click Lunch to start creaking process.
7. Sometimes its take a while according to your victim connections IVS value and password strength. So keep passions.
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The Southeastern Sun Grant Center has announced funding for 13 biobased research proposals from land-grantuniversities in the southeast United States.
The Sun Grant Initiative, which is funded through the U.S. Department of Transportation, is a national program that aims to solve America's energy needs and revitalize rural communities with land-grant university research, education and extension programs on renewable energy and biobased industries.
The initiative is coordinated by five regional Sun Grant centers located throughout the United States. The Southeastern Sun Grant Center is headquartered in Knoxville at the University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station and is directed by Timothy G. Rials.
The southeastern center coordinates activity in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In March 2007, the Southeastern Sun Grant Center announced the availability of regional competitive grants program with a request for applications, which was sent to key contacts at all land-grant universities in the region. The RFA outlined two grant categories: integrated projects with a maximum funding request of $300,000 for a period of up to three years; and seed grants of up to $50,000 for a one-year period.
In total, more than 130 letters of intent were submitted, resulting in 93 full proposals by the submission deadline.
The following seed grant projects received funding:
Auburn University — Oladiran Fasina, Department of Biosystems Engineering. Agglomeration of biomass feedstocks for bioenergy applications.
Clemson University — Haiying Liang, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry. A novel approach to facilitate accessibility of cellulose and hemicellulose: characterization of hybrid poplar transformed with a tyrosine rich peptide gene.
Clemson University — Mike Henson, Department of Biological Sciences. Conversion of agricultural materials to biofuels and bioproducts by Thermotoga neapolitana, a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic bacterium.
Mississippi State University — Jian-Zhong Sun, Coastal Research and Extension Center. Biological energy production from biomass by wood-feeding termites.
North Carolina State University — Orlando Rojas, Department of Wood and Paper Science. Use of complex fluids for enhanced cellulosic pre-treatment.
University of Florida — Gary Peter, School of Forest Resources and Conservation. Evaluation of reduced lignin softwood and hardwoods for improved conversion to bioethanol.
University of Tennessee — Alison Buchan, Department of Microbiology. Identifying novel lignin and lignocellulose degrading enzymes from natural decomposer communities.
Integrated projects that received funding include:
Auburn University — Sang-Jin Suh, Department of Biological Sciences. Development of a microbial factory for efficient conversion of biodiesel glycerol to value-added products.
Florida A&M University — Subramanian Ramakrishnan, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering. Enzymatic and multiphase solution processing of lignocellulosic biomass.
North Carolina State University — Hasan Jameel, Department of Wood and Paper Science. Optimization of pretreatments for the production of ethanol from genetically modified hardwoods with high cellulose and low lignin content.
University of Kentucky — Sue Nokes, Department of Biosystems and Ag Engineering. Bacterial adaptations for enhanced cellulose utilization: a systems approach.
University of Tennessee — Neal Stewart, Department of Plant Sciences. Comparative genomics guided genetic modification of switchgrass cell wall for improved lignin characteristics and increased cellulose availability.
Virginia Tech — Maren Roman, Department of Wood Science and Forest Products. Mechanisms of surfactant effects on biomass conversion.


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Homeschoolers on Whidbey
Non-profit support group dedicated to serving all homeschoolers on North Whidbey Island in beautiful Western Washington, although we welcome people from all over Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands. Member families currently live in Oak Harbor, Coupeville, and Anacortes, WA.
Membership in HOW is $20. Membership includes field trips, special events, discussion forums, and access to all private pages here on our website. Weekly emails will be sent keeping you up-to-date on what's happening in HOW. Support group meetings covering topics of interest to homeschoolers are generally held the second Monday of the month.
Mission Statement: HOW is an inclusive organization offering support and information pertaining to home-based instruction, commonly known as homeschooling. It seeks to provide a means by which members assist one another in the adventure of educating their children at home. HOW is not associated in any way with the public school system or any alternative programs under public or private school systems.
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