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You kids and your cars. Since you send them to us each week anyway, we decided to make it official. Here are the results of our Shooting Challenge: Cars.
Winner: It's The Paint Job
One of my buddies at work is really into cars, and by really I mean he practically washes his car every two days. Being an amateur photographer I'm always on the look out for new ways to take pictures and after seeing this photo challenge I suggested going out for a photoshoot and attempting something called light painting. For those unfamiliar with light painting it's the process of using a light source such as a flashlight and a long exposure to "paint" your image. To capture the image we used a LED flash light and ran around the car like chickens with their heads cut off painting the surface of the car during the duration of the shutter speed. After waiting around for people and cars to come and go and before getting yelled at by a police officer that we were illegally parked we were able to get a this shot. Canon 5d mkii, Canon EF 16-35mm at 16mm, f4.5, 30 sec, ISO-100
- Brad Sasaki
Toy Car
Hey my rental car is stuck in the middle of the desert. Let me take a picture of it. As I was driving to Phoenix Arizona to catch my flight back home to Michigan I saw a sign for the Kofa National Wildlife Reserve. I had some extra time to kill so I decided to take a quick detour. A few miles down the road there was an information area. I got out, took a few pictures, and checked out the information board. There was a map. It looked like I could take a few of these roads and end up 20 miles down the highway that I had just been on. I would have to take a few trails that said "four wheel drive recommended" but my rental car had four wheel drive so I was good to go. It headed down the road and went on the trail. It was beautiful and I was having a great time. The trail got a little rougher but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle. Then I got stuck. I tried giving it more gas but I was just smoking the tires. I was afraid of blowing a tire so I got out, assessed the situation, and took this picture. I let a little air out of the tires to get more traction. Crap! That didn't work. I could let some more out but then I would loose ground clearance. I haven't had cell reception in a while so I can't call for help. What am I going to do? I have a bottle of water and a granola bar. My running shoes are in my suitcase. Maybe I should go run for help. But it's 100 degrees and I could get dehydrated fast. I have to get unstuck. I finally grabbed some rocks and jammed them under the wheels. It worked! I was moving again! After a few more stressful hours of off-roading I finally made it back to the highway and I was on my way to Phoenix again. Equipment: iPhone 4S. Post Production: I played around with a few apps and ended up liking the tilt-shift effect in the Snapseed app the best. It seemed to bring the vehicle into the spot light and made the rest of the picture a blur. Which was exactly how I was feeling at the time.
- David Hullinger
Matte Black Mustang
These photos came from one of my most recent photos shoots with this gorgeous Matte Black wrapped Mustang. The car was originally the blue you see in the pin stripes but the wrap was put on around it and the blue was kept as accents and it flows perfectly! Its the details that count! Settings: ISO 100, 50mm, f/ 2.8, 1/20 sec, Tripod mounted
- Chris Petruccio
Full Moon Z
Photo taken of my brother in laws 07 350z taken in Everett Washington. There was a full moon out and thought it would be cool to include it in my shot. Canon T3i, F/2 4 second Exposure, ISO 100, Manual Exposure.
- Chris Nelson
Open Road Acura
I rarely work with natural light since I work fulltime indoors until it gets dark. For the challenge I wanted to try something new. The background was shot at 1/160th and f/9 but the car itself is actually an isolated HDR image. My plan with the image was to suggest movement so I left it on the road, my favorite thing to do with my TL-S after all is to drive on mountain roads. The only edits I've done is make the road black instead of grey and changed the color balance to suggest sunset into the lighting environment. I used my Canon 7D and 17-40L lens at 100ISO to photograph my personal 2008 Acura TL Type-S.
- Philip Tieu
Porsche 904
My buddy was going to his last track event of the year. It wasn't an actual race, but he was driving his 2011 Porsche Cayman S, and I tagged along to take some shots of his car, and some of the others. There were plenty of Corvettes. I counted 6 Z06s, 4 Porsche 911 GT3s, and 4 Lotus Exiges to name a few.
The one that really caught my eye from the beginning was the Porsche 904 - 1964. It just screamed "take my picture" with those smooth headlights and sharp curves. I took a few in color and a few in high contrast B&W. My buddy had a rough day losing it into the grass on his 3rd lap of the day (no damage to the car - just his ego), but it was a lot of fun seeing these beauties tearing around the track. I got a lot more pictures from the day that I really enjoy, but this was framed so well, I had to use it. The color of the car was a blueish gray. It was mostly a cloudy day, but the car really popped when using B&W.
There was no post-editing of this photo. I was using a Sony a55 with a Sony 18-70mm lens - ISO 400. I took 3 shots each zoomed successively closer than the next - this was the closest - and in my opinion the best. I hope you enjoy looking as much as I did taking it!
- Doug Villella
Park Ranger
So I go to Calero Resevoir to take a shot of my jeep in an open space. I found a good spot, parked and started shooting. Not two minutes pass when the Park Ranger pulled up right beside me asking if everything's ok. I told him what I was doing...and then sheepishly said that taking a photo of HIS car would be awesome. I thought he would just send me off on my merry way, but instead he asked me if I'd prefer the car with the lights on or off :)) Ha ha...here's one of the shots. Canon T2i 36mm F/6.3 with a little boost in iPhoto.
- Georgina Lawrence
Cars & Concrete
The lot where this happened is actually part of a soon to be decommissioned airport, right now all they have it is for training flights. Eventually this parking lot will get demolished and so will the runway thats a dozen meters away. I wanted to get in a few more shoots while I still could and I love using this ramp for anything and everyone. Cars or bikes heck even people, the entire building lends itself to such great shots. The camera that was used was a Canon 60D, lens was a normal 18-135mm f/4.5-5.6. ISO was 800 and shutter speed was 1/100.
- Anitesh Jaswal
Fantastic entries, car buffs. I love not just the variety of styles, but the variety of vehicles you dug up as your subjects. Taking the bus has never looked less enticing. See the full gallery below and the wallpapers on flickr.


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MANCHESTER — Dakota Pidgeon scored midway through overtime to give the St. Thomas Aquinas High School boys hockey team a stunning 4-3 win at Division I heavyweight Manchester Memorial (9-2) on Wednesday afternoon.
Zane Angelopoulos made 41 saves for the Saints (7-4-1) while T.J. Boulanger recorded a goal and two assists. Pidgeon added another goal, and John Douglass also lit the lamp for St. Thomas.
The Saints are at Exeter on Saturday and will host Memorial next Wednesday at Dover Arena.
Berwick 3, Brooks 2
DOVER — Liam Darcy potted the game-winning goal as the Berwick (Maine) Academy boys hockey team earned a 3-2 win over Brooks (13-6-2) on Wednesday at the Dover Arena.
James Winkler and Lucas Michaud scored for Berwick (8-8-1) while goalie Max Motew made 30 saves.
Berwick hosts Kents Hill on Friday.
Coe-Brown 69, Bishop Brady 67
CONCORD — Chris Laurion scored 24 points with 18 rebounds to lift the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy boys basketball team to a key 69-67 overtime win at Bishop Brady (6-3) on Wednesday night in Division II.
Andrew Langdon scored 17 points with six assists for the Bears (7-2), who hosts Lebanon on Friday night.
Newmarket 83, Wilton-Lyndeborough 46
WILTON — Christian Hawkins scored 20 points, Zach Jarosz, Josh Eisfeller and Sean Fleming had 10 apiece and the Newmarket boys basketball team was an 83-46 winner at Wilton/Lyndeborough (1-12) on Wednesday in Division IV action.
Newmarket (12-0) poured 78 points on the board in just three quarters, including 29 points in the third. The Mules led 49-13 at halftime, finished with seven total 3-pointers and went 18 for 22 overall from the free-throw line.
Newmarket hosts Concord Christian on Friday.
Berwick 54, Portsmouth Abbey 48
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Tom Nason scored 23 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead the Berwick Academy boys basketball team to a 54-48 win over Portsmouth (R.I.) Abbey (3-14) on Wednesday afternoon.
Josh Dupont scored seven points for Berwick (4-13), including a key 4-point play late in the game. Stephen Sherbahn scored eight points and Conor McFarland added six.
Berwick is at Bancroft on Friday.
Concord Christian 71, Portsmouth Christian 64
CONCORD — The Portsmouth Christian boys basketball team fell 71-64 at Concord Christian (8-4) in Division IV action on Wednesday.
The Eagles had four double-digit scorers. Ryan LaClair scored 16 points, Ryan Schonewald scored 15, Matt Geil scored 14 and Eric Bontemps scored 10.
Portsmouth Christian (3-9) hosts Gorham on Friday.
Somersworth 62, Sanborn 27
SOMERSWORTH — Rachel Hill scored 25 points to lead the Somersworth girls basketball team to a 62-27 win over Sanborn (1-11) in Division III action Wednesday night.
Miranda Gagnon scored 10 points for the Hilltoppers (10-3), while Meredith Poplawski and Emily Francoeur added eight apiece.
Somersworth hosts Campbell on Friday.
Derryfield 41, Nute 35
MILTON — The Nute High School girls basketball team fell 41-35 at home to Derryfield (5-8) on Wednesday in Division IV.
Michelle Guindon scored 12 points for Nute (3-9) while Alissa Mitchell scored eight points.
Nute is at Lin-Wood on Friday.
Hanover 4, St. Thomas/Dover 0
HANOVER — The St. Thomas/Dover girls hockey team fell 4-0 at Hanover (11-0) on Wednesday.
Megan McBride made 32 saves in the STA/Dover goal to help keep things close. STA/Dover also got a strong defensive effort from Jillian Holden and Shayna Murphy.
STA/Dover returns to action on Saturday at home against Berlin/Gorham.

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AARP claims that their openness—read: support—for cuts to Social Security benefits is based on an understanding that tax increases alone will not close the program's modest funding gap. But that's just not true. If we made millionaires and billionaires contribute to Social Security on all of their earnings, rather than $106,800 as they do now, the program would be solvent for the next 75 years. Click here for a complete fact sheet on scrapping the cap.
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Jamie Spears was the first witness to testify in the restraining order case, and it did little to establish direct contact between Osama "Sam" Lutfi and his daughter since a conservatorship was established a year ago.
Calling Lutfi a "predator" and repeating an allegation that he ground medication into his daughter's food, Jamie Spears said he thought his daughter's one-time friend and manager was a danger to the family.
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Report to Congressional Addressees: United States Government Accountability Office: GAO: February 2006: Breastfeeding: Some Strategies Used to Market Infant Formula May Discourage Breastfeeding; State Contracts Should Better Protect against Misuse of WIC Name: GAO-06-282: Contents: Letter: Appendix I: Briefing Slides: Appendix II: Advertising Data: Appendix III: Literature Review: Appendix IV: Studies in Literature Review: Abbreviations: CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: FNS: Food and Nutrition Service: NIS: National Immunization Survey: USDA: United States Department of Agriculture: WIC: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children: United States Government Accountability Office: Washington, DC 20548: February 8, 2006: The Honorable Robert Bennett: Chairman: The Honorable Herb Kohl: Ranking Minority Member: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies: Committee on Appropriations: United States Senate: The Honorable Henry Bonilla: Chairman: The Honorable Rosa L. DeLauro: Ranking Minority Member: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies: Committee on Appropriations: United States House of Representatives: The Honorable Tom Harkin: Ranking Minority Member: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: United States Senate: Millions of U.S. mothers and infants each year forgo the health benefits of breastfeeding and rely on infant formula. Infants who are breastfed are less likely to develop infectious diseases and chronic health problems, such as diabetes and asthma, while breastfeeding mothers are less likely to develop certain types of cancer. Recognizing the health benefits of breastfeeding for infants and mothers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthy People 2010 campaign has recommended that more U.S. infants be breastfed and that babies be breastfed for longer periods of time. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. would save a minimum of $3.6 billion in health care costs and indirect costs, such as parents' lost wages, if breastfeeding increased to meet these Healthy People goals. Breastfeeding rates are particularly low among infants who participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). WIC is administered by the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in cooperation with state and local agencies. The program provides free food and infant formula to improve the health and nutritional well-being of low-income women, infants, and young children. Nearly half of infants born in the U.S. receive benefits through WIC. Although formula manufacturers agree that breastfeeding is best, they market infant formula as an alternative for mothers who do not exclusively breastfeed. A congressional committee asked us to review the potential impact of infant formula marketing on breastfeeding rates, especially for infants in the WIC program.[Footnote 1] We answered the following questions: 1) What are the estimated breastfeeding rates for infants in the general population and for infants on WIC, and how do these rates compare to recommended breastfeeding rates? 2) How is infant formula marketed to women in general and to women on WIC in particular? 3) What is known about the impact of infant formula marketing on the breastfeeding rates of women in the general population and women on WIC? On December 14, 2005, we briefed interested congressional staff on the results of our analysis. This report formally conveys information provided during that briefing. In summary, we reported the following findings: * WIC and non-WIC breastfeeding rates fell short of most national goals, but rates were substantially lower for WIC infants. * Infant formula marketing targets non-WIC mothers and also reaches WIC mothers. Some of these marketing efforts use the trademarked WIC acronym in promotional materials. Although FNS requires states to restrict this practice in their WIC contracts, most states do not. * A majority of studies we reviewed that examine giving free formula samples to mothers at hospital discharge found lower breastfeeding rates among both WIC and non-WIC mothers. However, little is known about the impact of most types of marketing. In order to better protect the WIC acronym and logo from being inappropriately used in infant formula advertisements, we are recommending that the Secretary of Agriculture educate all states about FNS' policy restricting the use of the WIC acronym and logo and ensure that all state formula contracts include provisions restricting the use of these trademarks in infant formula advertisements. We used the following methodologies to develop our findings. To identify breastfeeding rates, we analyzed 2004 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Immunization Survey (NIS) and compared the breastfeeding rates of WIC and non-WIC infants to the Healthy People 2010 breastfeeding goals. We also interviewed officials regarding survey methodology, and we determined that the survey and analysis were sufficiently reliable for the purposes of this briefing. To examine how infant formula is marketed to women in general and women on WIC, we analyzed data from market research company TNS Media Intelligence on television, radio, print, and outdoor infant formula advertisements between 1999 and 2004. To assess the reliability of the data, we talked with company representatives about data quality control procedures and reviewed relevant documentation. We determined the data were sufficiently reliable for the purposes of this briefing. To supplement the data, we surveyed state WIC directors and conducted interviews with women on WIC and with officials from infant formula companies and the National WIC Association. We also corresponded with FNS and reviewed state infant formula contracts, FNS policies, and infant formula advertisements. To assess the impact of infant formula marketing on breastfeeding rates of non-WIC and WIC participants, we reviewed U.S. studies published between January 1980 and July 2005 on the impact of infant formula marketing on breastfeeding rates. We examined each study's research methodology, including its sampling frame and analytic techniques, to determine whether the results should be included in our findings. Only two of the studies we reviewed included mostly WIC participants, and these studies had small samples. For additional information on our study review, please see appendixes III and IV. We conducted our work from June 2005 to November 2005 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. This study focused on the marketing of infant formula and its impact on breastfeeding rates. We did not assess the impact of other factors that may affect breastfeeding rates, such as cultural factors and whether women work outside of the home, because this was beyond the scope of our work. In addition, available data did not allow us to assess whether there is a causal relationship between trends in infant formula marketing and historical breastfeeding rates in the U.S. We provided a draft of this report to officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for review and comment and incorporated their comments where appropriate. On January 6, 2006, the officials provided us with oral comments. They stated they agreed with our recommendation that the Secretary of Agriculture educate all states about FNS' policy restricting the use of the WIC acronym and logo and ensure that all state formula contracts include provisions restricting the use of these trademarks in infant formula advertisements. The officials noted that it may be necessary to include language in the state contracts allowing for fair use of the WIC name and acronym, as allowed by federal trademark law. They also explained that such use may serve a helpful purpose by informing health care providers and WIC participants of the infant formulas and medical foods that are available through WIC. We noted that our recommendation language was sufficiently broad to allow USDA to include language it considers appropriate in protecting the WIC trademark, including allowances for fair use. Officials also noted that the report did not consider the impact of employment factors on breastfeeding rates and that such factors may be particularly important for WIC participants, many of whom are employed outside the home. We agreed and explained that assessing the importance of such factors was beyond the scope of this report. 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Bellis: Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues: [End of section] Appendix I: Briefing Slides: [See PDF for images] [End of slide presentation] [End of section] Appendix II: Advertising Data: To understand how infant formula is advertised through the mass media in the U.S., GAO purchased and analyzed data from TNS Media Intelligence on infant formula advertising between 1999 and 2004 in major U.S. markets. These data identified infant formula advertisements in the following media outlets: Television: * network TV, * spot TV, * cable TV, and: * syndicated TV: Print: * magazines, * Hispanic magazines, * business to business publications, * national newspapers, * Hispanic newspapers, and: * other newspapers: Radio: * national spot radio (Data was only available on radio advertising expenditures, not the number of ads aired.) TNS Media Intelligence also searched for infant formula advertisements on outdoor signs but did not find any during this time period. To assess the reliability of the data, we talked with company representatives about data quality control procedures and reviewed relevant documentation. We determined the data were sufficiently reliable for the purposes of estimating trends in marketing by formula companies. [End of section] Appendix III: Literature Review: To identify research that evaluates the impact of infant formula marketing on breastfeeding rates among the general population and WIC participants in particular, we searched relevant databases from January 1980 through July 2005 using Dialog, including Agricola, Biosis, and CAB. We also consulted with USDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National WIC Association, infant formula companies, and other experts in the field. In addition, we identified studies through citations in previously identified studies, as well as through online journals and search engines. In order to focus on evaluation of the impact of infant formula marketing, we identified studies that met the following criteria: * The document is an original research study or an analysis of research data evaluating the impact of infant formula marketing on breastfeeding rates among U.S. women in general or WIC participants specifically. * The document has been published in a refereed medium (for example, a journal article, book or book chapter, or USDA-issued report). * The document's publication date is 1980 or later. * All of the research described in the document was conducted in the United States. * The document is in English. Some studies were excluded because the research was not conducted in the United States or because they did not otherwise meet our criteria. For example, we excluded one study of the impact of hospital discharge packs on breastfeeding rates because the study had been conducted in Canada. We identified 17 studies meeting our review criteria, and we conducted detailed reviews of each study's research methodology, including its research design, sampling frame, selection of measures, data quality, limitations, and analytic techniques.[Footnote 2] We excluded 5 studies due to methodological limitations and retained 12 for analysis (listed in appendix IV). Eleven of the remaining 12 studies examined the impact on breastfeeding of giving new mothers free infant formula samples in hospital discharge packages.[Footnote 3] Only 2 of these studies included mostly WIC participants. One study examined the impact on breastfeeding of formula samples distributed to pregnant women in doctors' offices. [End of section] Appendix IV: Studies in Literature Review: Studies of Infant Formula Discharge Packs Included in Our Review: Bliss, Mary Campbell, Joy Wilkie, Curt Acredolo, Susan Berman, and Kathleen Phillips Tebb. "The Effect of Discharge Pack Formula and Breast Pumps on Breastfeeding Duration and Choice of Infant Feeding Method." Birth 24:2 (June 1997): 90-97. (This study was supported by infant formula manufacturer Mead Johnson.) Caulfield, Laura E., Susan M. Gross, Margaret E. Bentley, Yvonne Bronner, Lisa Kessler, Joan Jensen, Benita Weathers and David M. Paige. "WIC-Based Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding Among African- American Women in Baltimore: Effects on Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation." Journal of Human Lactation 14:1 (1998): 15-22. (Study focused exclusively on WIC participants.) Dungy, Claibourne I., Mary E. Losch, Daniel Russell, Paul Romitti, and Lois B. Dusdieker. "Hospital Infant Formula Discharge Packages: Do They Affect the Duration of Breast-feeding?" Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 151 (July 1997): 724-729. Evans, Cynthia J., Nancy B. Lyons, and Marcia G. Killien. "The Effect of Infant Formula Samples on Breastfeeding Practice." Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing (September/October 1986): 401-405. Feinstein, Joel M., Jay E. Berkelhamer, Mary Ellen Gruszka, Cynthia A. Wong, and Ann E. Carey. "Factors Related to Early Termination of Breast- feeding in an Urban Population." Pediatrics 78:2 (August 1986): 210- 215. Frank, Deborah A., Stephen J. Wirtz, James R. Sorenson, and Timothy Heeren. "Commercial Discharge Packs and Breast-Feeding Counseling: Effects on Infant-Feeding Practices in a Randomized Trial." Pediatrics 80:6 (December 1987): 845-854. Neifert, Marianne, Jane Gray, Nancy Gary, and Bonnie Camp. "Effect of Two Types of Hospital Feeding Gift Packs on Duration of Breast-feeding Among Adolescent Mothers." Journal of Adolescent Health Care 9:5 (1988): 411-413. Ryan, Alan S., Jeffrey L. Wysong, Gilbert A. Martinez, and Stephen D. Simon. "Duration of Breast-feeding Patterns Established in the Hospital." Clinical Pediatrics 29:2 (February 1990): 99-107. (This study was conducted by infant formula manufacturer Ross Laboratories.) Romero-Gwynn, Eunice. "Breast-feeding Pattern Among Indochinese Immigrants in Northern California." American Journal of Diseases of Children 143 (July 1989): 804-808. (Study included mostly WIC participants.) Snell, B.J., Marie Krantz, Rebecca Keeton, Karen Delgado, and Carol Peckham. "The Association of Formula Samples Given at Hospital Discharge with the Early Duration of Breastfeeding." Journal of Human Lactation 8:2 (1992): 67-72. Wright, Anne, Sydney Rice, and Susan Wells. "Changing Hospital Practices to Increase the Duration of Breastfeeding." Pediatrics 97:5 (May 1996): 669-675. Study of Prenatal Infant Formula Advertising Included in Our Review: Howard, Cynthia, Fred Howard, Ruth Lawrence, Elena Andresen, Elisabeth DeBlieck, and Michael Weitzman. "Office Prenatal Formula Advertising and Its Effect on Breast-Feeding Patterns." Obstetrics & Gynecology 95:2 (February 2000). 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Producing our Organic Grass Fed Lamb:
Our sheep are mainly Texels, we use Charalais and Berechon rams to give ewes an easy lambing and produce a lean lamb.
Our lambing finishes later than most as we lamb later in the year so that there is enough grass to support the sheep and lambs, this means that they don't have to rely on bought in feeds and as a result are 100% grass fed. As well as being more environmentally friendly this also has been shown to increase the amount of omega 3 in the meat itself which makes our organic lamb healthier as well as greener.
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After 15 years as an international photojournalist and portrait photographer for newspapers and magazines, Seattle wedding photographer Daniel Sheehan created A Beautiful Day Photography to bring his skills to covering weddings. A Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and an early pioneer of wedding photojournalism, Daniel has became a sought after photographer for wedding in Seattle and the world. He has travelled the planet to create photography for weddings in countries like India, Ireland and Italy among others. In addition to nuptials, Daniel has worked as a Seattle portrait photographer for publications like Newsweek and The New York Times and covers the Bellevue and Earshot Jazz Festivals as a jazz photographer.
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Hi! We're Draconic Savant, a mythic raiding guild on Korgath-Alliance, and we're currently 8/10H BRF, 3/7M HM. We were established on Bloodscalp back in April '06 by our "Fearless Leader™" Nahela. We transferred to Bleeding Hollow shortly before MoP to escape a dying server. While we had fun there for almost 2 years, the server queues and faction imbalance took their toll so we decided to make use of the FCM to Korgath in 2014 and here we are! We're a fun, friendly, and diverse group of individuals who pride ourselves on being accepting to all (regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, etc). Our members come from across the USA, Canada, and Australia, with ages ranging from 18-30s, so regardless of your background or views there's a good chance you'll find someone to relate to here!
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MACON, GA. | Macon officials say three children died in a house fire and a fourth child was critically injured.
Fire Chief Marvin Riggins told WMAZ-TV that the house fire was reported about 1:35 a.m. Sunday. He said firefighters found four children in the one-story house. They were able to resuscitate one. He said the children's mother was on the scene while firefighters battled the blaze.
Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones identified those killed in the fire as 7-year-old Daija Williams, 9-year-old Jamarion Williams, and 10-year-old Nykhi Williams. Jones said 3-year-old Jaylon Williams was transported to Augusta Burn Center.


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Phew! Whio on the breathtaking Tongariro River
Recommendation and review of Tongariro River Rafting's guided rafting trip from Blue Pool to Te Aho Road on the Tongariro River in Turangi.
Choose to raft the Tongariro River in Turangi with Tongariro River Rafting and you may be one of the last people on earth to clap eyes on the New Zealand native blue duck (whio).
We were among the lucky ones to get close to one of these small whistling birds on a picture-perfect January day during a family float tour of the river.
Tongariro River Rafting guide Mike Dally grew up exploring the Tongariro River and took his sense of adventure with him into a career in the outdoors three years ago.
His love of the job is obvious.
As soon as we make it through the first set of rapids downstream from Blue Pool, Dally calls a casual greeting from the back of the raft.
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We are joined by a family of five from Noumea, New Caledonia for the morning trip.
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The whio we see early on in the trip near the Poutu intake belongs to a species 25 times more endangered than the kiwi.
The New Zealand government's Department of Conservation awarded Tongariro River Rafting a special accolade in 2009 for its work protecting the whitewater habitat of the whio.
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With the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig April 20, 2010 came one of the largest oil spills in U.S. history.
With the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig April 20, 2010 came one of the largest oil spills in U.S. history.
As the rig sank to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, more than 200 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf. Additionally, millions of gallons of dispersant were used in the clean-up process. That same year, Michigan experienced a similar disaster, which unleashed 843,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River.
Consequently, Michigan State University and Louisiana State University are working together, with an EPA grant, to design and implement a cost-efficient device that separates oil and water. The device will not only separate the oil and water, but it will allow safely and legally put that water back into the environment, as well as recycle the oil.
The official title of the project is "Affinity-based hydrocyclone filter for oil-water separation and oil spill cleanup," but you can refer to it as the "MSU/LSU oil-water separation device project" for now. Michigan scientists, under the direction of Volodymyr Tarabara, will over a three-year period develop, test and eventually implement the device. Officials with LSU will work with MSU to ensure that the technologies used to produce the device are made available to whoever may need them. The university will also provide outreach and facilitate input from coastal residents concerning the device development and implementation.
The treatment device that's eventually produced by Tarabara and his team will combine crossflow filtration and hydrocyclonic, or swirling-flow, separation to de-oil water, resulting in recovery of both recyclable oil and safe, clean water. Officials in the LSU AgCenter/Louisiana Sea Grant program will provide the outreach component for the project.
The state wants the public involved in this process and to understand how the device can help in the clean-up process during a future spill. In the final year of the project, LSU scientists expect to hold demonstrations of the device and provide hands-on learning opportunities.
This technology could have a positive effect on the environment, and scientists are very excited about the potential benefits. It directly affects Louisiana and Michigan, but it could also eventually be applied as a nationwide project to combat future spills.
Tarabara and his associates will present the project at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference scheduled to begin Monday and continue through Wednesday in New Orleans. For information concerning the conference, visit www.gulfofmexicoconference.org. For information concerning the project presentation, visit www.program.gulfofmexicoconference.org/2012/affinitybased-hydrocyclone-filter-for-oilwater-separation-and-oil-spill-cleanup.
In addition to the scientific presentations at the conference, a public forum, "Current Status of the Gulf of Mexico," is scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Admission to the conference is free, but space is limited and registration is required. You can register by going to gulfofmexicoconference.org/program/related-events/registration-public-forum-on-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-and-ecosystem-science.
For information about the MSU/LSU oil-water separation device project as it develops, follow bayoulog.com. Information about the new project blog, meetings, social media, fact sheets, etc., will be posted shortly.
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Hotel DeBrett, Auckland city luxury boutique accommodation
Stylish Hotel DeBrett in Auckland's business and fashion precinct is rated 5* by Boutique Lodgings. An enchanting luxury boutique hotel.
Inner-city escapes have never been more stylish than at Hotel DeBrett where you will experience boutique, personalised service in beautiful surroundings.
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Detailed recently by USA Today, the Transportation Security Administration made an official announcement on Friday that the organization will be removing all full-body scanning machines produced by Rapiscan Systems from airports around the United States. The decision to replace the hardware was made after representatives of Rapiscan Systems informed the TSA that the company wouldn't be able to update the software on the backscatter scanners by a deadline of June 1, 2013. Conceptually, the software update would show potentially dangerous items on an illustration of a body rather than a mostly nude picture of a passenger moving through the security line.
Prior to this point, TSA representatives had defended this type of scanner and indicated that security employees that viewed the image had no form of interaction with the passenger. However, the TSA had quietly started to replace the scanners during late 2012.
Regarding the upgrade deadline, privacy advocates actively campaigned against the use of the scanners and Congress acted accordingly. Government officials ordered that the software used by the machines had to be upgraded by mid-2013 or the TSA simply had to remove the hardware from airports.
After the TSA cancelled the contract with Rapiscan Systems, the organization will have to remove 174 backscatter scanners from thirty airports located in places like Fort Lauderdale, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Diego and Seattle. In addition, the TSA is already holding 76 machines in storage. At a cost of $180,000 per machine, those 250 full-body scanners cost the TSA approximately $45 million. However, the TSA can avoid paying an additional $45 million for the remaining 250 scanners that Rapiscan Systems was producing to fill an entire order of 500 machines.
According to TSA spokesman David Castelveter, the backscatter machines will likely be replaced with traditional metal detectors in the thirty airports. However, the TSA also owns 669 millimeter-wave machines and will be moving some of those machines to those airports. Millimeter-wave machines have been praised for using radio waves to scan a body compared to radiation utilized by a backscatter scanner. In addition, the machines use a cartoon image to point out any areas of concern on a passenger's body.


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what is involved with raising chickens?
are they messy?
what type of housing is required?
what do you feed them how often?
what is required for cold snowy winter?
what is involved with raising chickens?
are they messy?
what type of housing is required?
what do you feed them how often?
what is required for cold snowy winter?
I haven't kept chickens in years, so will leave the other points to those that are...
But you might have read about natural predators in other threads here. So I strongly recommend that you take a step toward preventing an unpleasant run-in from the start. Some predators you'll want to consider as you might be trying to co-exist with them are: hawks, foxes, racoons, and the like.
>>are they messy?<<
well, that depends on what you compare them to but the general concisis is that yes they are messy the poop about every fifteen minutes and they don't care what is under them.
Mine are housed in a shed like coop with a roost and some nest boxes, pretty basic. They have a fenced yard. They can go out of the coop and into the yard at any time in the summer, but if it is real cold in the winter I lock them in. And I keep a light or two on in the shed in the winter just to cut the chill and I have a heated water bucket.
The feed mill I buy food from makes mixes for each stage of a chickens life, medicated grower, grower, finisher, egglayer, ect. It depends how old or what kind of chicken you have on what to feed em. I like to keep food in front of my egg layers all the time, if I have cornish crosses I feed them twice a day. Water all the time.
I like to give them treats like grass, tomatoes ect in the summer, too.
I'd love to let them rome free, but I just can't do that here.
Mine roam free and I can't get them to stay in the chicken house. But I'd say you need a shelter for them, they need constant liquid water, so you need to either haul hot water out to thaw their water supply when it's freezing or buy a heater. You have to feed them everyday or set up a feeder that is out of the weather that holds a lot of food.
I feed mine scratch. More in the winter than the summer. They eat a lot of bugs and grass and weeds from spring to fall.
Chicks require a lot of care, but chickens take care of themselves pretty well.
Chickens are way fun. They come up to the house and clean up the seed under the bird feeder. They chase the cat. The dog loves them -- not all dogs do. They come when you cluck at them.
Some breeds are calmer than others. I like Black Australorps. Big enough that hawks don't bother them, but also big enough to eat if YOU want to, friendly, good layers -- beautiful black with a green sheen.
This isn't a good time of year to start. Get chicks in the spring. Do a little reading first. They're really quite easy if you follow some basic details.
i cant believe i am even thinking about chickens but i have 11 acres (about half is wet lands) which is ALOT of land up in my area and i figured between my new hobby of keeping bees and maybe chickens i can stay occupied.
my auntie raised chickens to eat sometime back.
my only concern is that i have coyotes in my woods but figured a coop will keep them at bay. my other concern is that i plan on getting a puppy next spring ( german short haired pointer) i dont think it will be an issue in that she will be growing up with the chicks.
if you let them run loose does their poop go everywhere and stay around?
NH Beekeeper
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Michael Bush got me interested in them afew years back on this site hehe,I got on the net & ordered some from Ideal Poultry out of Texas.(Road Island red's & Barred Rock)I've enjoyed them more than I thought I would,they ain't nothing but pet's(even named them hehe),have raised alot of them but the critters is wiping me out I let them free roam,I got me a Lab Puppy hoping he will watch over them when he gets a little older.As you stated I don't think it will be an issue being that it's raised with them,Just start her off when you first get the puppy not to mess with the chicken's.I've seen mine eat with the chickens.now if I can just get rid of the critter's.>>>>Mark
>my only concern is that i have coyotes in my woods but figured a coop will keep them at bay.
The only problem is you then have to close them up every night. I have a coop and didn't and the coyotes wiped out the chickens that lived in the coop. The ones that survived live in the trees.
>my other concern is that i plan on getting a puppy next spring ( german short haired pointer) i dont think it will be an issue in that she will be growing up with the chicks.
As long as you're around to teach her to leave them alone, or at least she has no access to kill them unless you ARE around to teach her to leave them alone. I haven't had a problem teaching the dog to protect the chickens, not eat them, but it is the dog's instincts to eat them.
>if you let them run loose does their poop go everywhere
Of course.
>and stay around?
No more than anything else. The rain will wash it away eventually. It lasts less long than the dog's manure will.
>Michael Bush got me interested in them a few years back on this site hehe...now if I can just get rid of the critter's.
I eat them when there is a surplus, but now that you named them...
Chickens are great but you should know from the start that nature considers them disposable. Everything wants to eat them, so don't get too attached. If you have a lot of coons around you will be in a perpetual state of war- though they only strike at night.
In NH they will need some sort of coop, although it doesn't have to be heated. It just shouldn't be too drafty.
Feed mixes will cost about $14 per 40lbs. If you can let them roam in the summer, that feed will go a long way as they get insects, worms, grass, etc. for themselves. The feed you just put in dispenser type feeder so there is practically no work there. The only real work to it is keeping fresh liquid water available in the winter. Also they don't lay much in the winter unless you give them supplemental light.
GEEZ your feed is expensive. I think I pay half that for 50lbs here in Missouri. And I'm with MB my chickens were all getting killed in the coop. I finally gave up on the one that kept getting out of the coop and it has survived since spring. It's stays up in the trees once it gets near sunset.
>I eat them when there is a surplus, but now that you named them...
When I was raising a lot of game birds I had a turkey I named. It was the only bird other than the parrots that I named, I called him Thanksgiving Tom. Time went by and his name changed to Christmas Tom. Just after Christmas we thought about changing his name to New Years Tom, but setteled for Lucky Tom. New Years we called him GOOD!
mark can you order chicks over the internet?
do you have a web address?
haha BULLSEYE very funny
i dont know about having them as a pet but i am thinking about getting a few for the kids to teach them about responsiblities. Maybe also get some eggs out of the deal.
NH Beekeeper
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here is one address - I have ordered from them before and they do good. I lost one order in mailing (Post Office is as bad with chicks as they are with bees) and they reshipped a replacement the same week.
This link is for a specific set of chicks but you can get to other selections. http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/prod...ow_layers.html
You will most likely not be able to order until late Feb. or early March.
If you have Coyotes you need to fence them in. If you have coons or weasels you have to have the top of the fence enclosed as well as bury the bottom of your fence 12" deep at least. They will dig under it. If you leave any opening at all it is just a matter of time before some predator exploits it. I enclosed all of my coop and pen in chicken wire. Then chickens started dissapearing one by one. I had all giant breeds and they where big birds. No sign was left , no tracks no feathers no blood trail. I was down 30 birds before I spotted the culprit. A male an female Bobcat. They would leap 8' over the fence and land on top of the coop. Slide down under the chicken wire on the roof of the coop. Reach in and snag a roosting bird and off to feed their cubs. They ended up getting all 36 birds that year. I gave up on chickens as it drew too many predators to the place and the kids cats where getting eaten as weel. I have not lost a cat since I quit. fun hobby however.
Wow! I've lost a lot of chickens over the past year. I hope it's not a wild cat. I tend to think its either the coyotes or a feral cat.
I had a lot of large chickens (Cochins, Langshans, Brahmas etc.). Only the Araucanas survived.
I had Arucanas as my first flock. I got them fully grown. The rooster was the most awesome bird i have ever known, not sure if he was 100% Arucana however. He was a good 30" tall and had a blond mane. We called him Edgar after Edgar Winter. We used to let them free range. He ruled his hens with an iron fist and no one but me dared get near them or he would peck and spur. I thumped him in the head a few times and he decided I was a bigger rooster . Anyhow the coyotes moved in one day and started nailing his hens. Ed jumped on the back of a coyote and rode him accross the yard into the pasture until another coyote jumped him. that was the end of Ed. i still miss him and it was 10 yeaers ago. I admire an animal with spirit.
I've seen one of my roosters corner a possum before, but never saw one take on a coyote. That's spunk!
that is amazing in that they ship chicks using postal mail too! i will give a rainbow selection a try when i get home.
lots to do now a chicken coup in addition to a bunch of bee hives.
thanks everybody for all the posts. this board is to cool
NH Beekeeper
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I gave up on chickens as it drew too many predators to the place and the kids cats where getting eaten as weel. I have not lost a cat since I quit.

Hmmm. Wonder where I could order a bobcat....


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Don Everly — the oldest of the Everly Brothers — turns 75 today; younger brother Phil Everly turned 73 last month. In the Cosmic American Music the Everly Brothers have a constellation all to themselves. They brought the close harmony singing of traditional country music into the mainstream of American popular music. More than a few great musicians learned harmony singing by listening to their records. A couple of weeks ago at the Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant, Peter Asher recalled how he and Gordon Waller taught themselves harmony singing by imitating the Everly Brothers. Paul McCartney acknowledged his debt to the Everlys in "Let 'Em In" and wrote "On the Wings of a Nightingale" for their first post-reunion recording in 1984.
After tearing through a succession of memorable pop songs written for them by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant at the end of the 1950's, they struck out on their own with Warner Brothers in 1960. Some of their most brilliant work followed, including their 1960 Warner Brothers hit "Cathy's Clown." Even as their audience in the United States deserted them in the wake of the British Invasion, they continued deepening and updating their work on albums such as The Everly Brothers Sing and Roots.
Their British fans never really left them. After performing together with their faces a few inches apart from each other for about 20 years, the brothers broke up in public onstage at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, in 1973. When they reunited ten years later, they repaid their debt to their British fans by debuting the reunion in a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. (Rhino Records has now released a two-disc recording of that concert.)
The video above captures Don and Phil in a beautiful performance of "Take a Message To Mary/Maybe Tomorrow" at the Christmas 1983 BBC concert following their reunion concert that fall. It's a medley that goes back to their Cadence recordings of the 1950's and brings their career full circle. "Take a Message to Mary" was written by the Bryants, "Maybe Tomorrow" by the Everlys.
We saw the Everly Brothers at the University of Minnesota when their reunion tour took them through Minneapolis in June 1984, and again in the fall of 2003 when Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel — two of their most diligent students — brought them to St. Paul as part of their own version of a reunion tour. Seeing them all together gave me the occasion to meditate on the emotional pull of the brothers' close harmony singing in "The deep meaning of Simon and Garfunkel."