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On March 26, at 8 a.m. local time, film director James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar, The Terminator, The Abyss) dived in a small submarine deeper than any man (any man "alive", to be clear, as Osama bin-Laden may have recently dived deeper) has gone before–seven miles (35,756 feet) into the Mariana Trench off the coast of Japan. He spent three hours at that depth, gathering scientific information.
The trench is 120 times grander than the Grand Canyon and falls about a mile deeper than Mount Everest rises. That's bigger than all of Cameron's gross receipts from all of his films combined. Well…maybe as big. Close, anyway.
Just today, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Papua, New Guinea. Since March 26, nine earthquakes over magnitude 6.0 have struck within the Pacific Rim.
Coincidence? Hmmm. Were there villainous, ecologically-nefarious goings on below the surface that day off the coast of Japan? Maybe the creation, somehow, of more frequent earthquakes to in turn create scientific data for supporting global warming? Avatar, after all, promoted a peaceful ecological world threatened by capitalist evildoers.
Perhaps James is the evildoer here. "Mini-Me James", we could envision him, as his submersible was so tiny with him in it, perhaps laughing creepily as he sank lower and lower into the trench.
Maybe he was planting the seeds of an underwater colony of Avatarians that someday would rise like the planet of the apes to whip the evil capitalist earth-rapers into submission.
Hmmmm. Maybe I watch too many movies?
Pacific Rim earthquakes have been common for centuries, although seemingly more frequent today as the below yolohub.com article unsettlingly describes, but this "coincidence" is worth noting in a sardonic way, nonetheless.
Was Johnny Cash a prophet when he sang "I fell into a burning ring of fire?" What do you think? What's your theory for why James Cameron was really poking around in the depths of the Mariana Trench, suspiciously just prior to nine magnitude 6.0 or above earthquakes in that region?
Let's start a conspiracy theory. 🙂
A list of all the recent major earthquakes from USGS:[ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/index.php ]
- M 6.8, Lae, Papua New Guinea Tuesday, April 17, 2012 07:13:50 UTC
- M 6.7, Hacienda La Calera, Chile Tuesday, April 17, 2012 03:50:16 UTC
- M 6.5, Isangel, Vanuatu Saturday, April 14, 2012 22:05:26 UTC
- M 6.9, Santa Isabel, Mexico Thursday, April 12, 2012 07:15:48 UTC
- M 6.5, Arteaga, Mexico Wednesday, April 11, 2012 22:55:10 UTC
- M 8.2, off the west coast of northern Sumatra Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:43:09 UTC
- M 8.6, off the west coast of northern Sumatra Wednesday, April 11, 2012 08:38:37 UTC
- M 4.1, Coalgate, Oklahoma Tuesday, April 03, 2012 07:34:00 UTC
- M 6.0, Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico Monday, April 02, 2012 17:36:42 UTC
- M 6.1, Miyako, Japan Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:00:43 UTC
An unsettling article from yolu.com, dated only four days ago:[ http://www.yolohub.com/economy/the-ring-of-fire-is-roaring-to-life-and-there-will-be-earthquakes-of-historic-importance-on-the-west-coast-of-the-united-states ]
The Ring Of Fire Is Roaring To Life…
Does it seem to you like there has been an unusual amount of seismic activity around the world lately? Well, it isn't just your imagination. The Ring of Fire is roaring to life and that is really bad news for the west coast of the United States. Approximately 90 percent of all earthquakes and approximately 75 percent of all volcanic eruptions occur along the Ring of Fire. Considering the fact that the entire west coast of the United States lies along the Ring of Fire, we should be very concerned that the Ring of Fire is becoming more active. On Wednesday, the most powerful strike-slip earthquake ever recorded happened along the Ring of Fire. If that earthquake had happened in a major U.S. city along the west coast, the city would have been entirely destroyed. Scientists tell us that there is nearly a 100% certainty that the "Big One" will hit California at some point. In recent years we have seen Japan, Chile, Indonesia and New Zealand all get hit by historic earthquakes. It is inevitable that there will be earthquakes of historic importance on the west coast of the United States as well. So far we have been very fortunate, but that good fortune will not last indefinitely.
In a previous article, I showed that earthquakes are becoming more frequent around the globe. In 2001, there were 137 earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or greater and in 2011 there were 205. The charts and data that I presented in that previous article show a clear upward trend in large global earthquakes over the past decade, and that is why what happened this week is so alarming.
On Wednesday, a magnitude 8.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia and that was rapidly followed by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia. Fortunately those gigantic earthquakes did not produce a devastating tsunami, but that doesn't mean that those earthquakes were not immensely powerful.
Normally we only see about one earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or greater per year. The magnitude 8.6 earthquake was the most powerful strike-slip earthquake in recorded history. If that earthquake had happened in the United States, it would have probably been the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. The following is from an article posted on The Extinction Protocol….
I've never heard of a strike-slip lateral earthquake of this great a magnitude; especially under water. Preliminary assessment of the Indonesian quakes by U.S. geologists suggests one plate lurched past each other as much as 70 feet. San Andreas is a strike-slip, lateral- can we even imagine two sections of ground moving 70 feet near San Francisco? Had the force of the Sumatra quakes been unleashed upon San Andreas, the city would have been completely destroyed.
And earthquake activity along the west coast has definitely been heating up in recent days.
On Wednesday, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck approximately 160 miles off of the coast of Oregon.
Early on Thursday, there were two major earthquakes (magnitude 6.9 and magnitude 6.2) in the Gulf of California.
It is only a matter of time before the "Big One" hits California.
Sadly, most Americans (especially young Americans) can't even tell you what the Ring of Fire is. The following is how Wikipedia defines the "Ring of Fire"….
The Pacific Ring of Fire (or sometimes just the Ring of Fire) is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km (25,000 mi) horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements.
The entire west coast of the United States falls along the Ring of Fire and a massive network of faults runs underneath California, Oregon and Washington.
At this point, scientists tell us that the west coast is long overdue for a major earthquake. An article in Time Magazine a few years ago stated the following….
California has more than 300 faults running beneath its surface, including the massive San Andreas Fault, yet the quake to end all quakes has yet to occur. In 1980, a federal report declared the likelihood of a major earthquake striking California within the next 30 years to be "well in excess of 50%."
Unfortunately, the truth is that is a very, very conservative estimate. The west coast has always been extremely unstable and it always will be. At some point there is going to be a tragedy of unimaginable proportions on the west coast.
Just hope that you are not there when it happens.
But it isn't just California, Oregon and Washington that should be concerned.
According to the Arizona Geological Survey, there were 131 earthquakes in the state of Arizona in 2011. That was a huge increase from just 53 in 2010.
And of course an absolutely nightmarish earthquake could occur along the New Madrid fault at any time, but that is a topic for another article.
As far as the Ring of Fire is concerned, another major threat is volcanic activity.
One of these days, one or more of the major volcanoes on the west coast is going to experience a major eruption again. There have been signs that Mt. Rainier has been becoming more active, and a major eruption of Mt. Rainier could potentially be absolutely devastating for much of the northwest United States.
Of even greater concern along the Ring of Fire is Mt. Fuji. As I wrote about the other day, Mt. Fuji has been dormant for about 300 years but is now rapidly roaring to life. New craters have appeared and these new craters are venting gas. There has been a swarm of earthquakes under Mt. Fuji this year, including a magnitude 6.4 earthquake on March 15th.
If Mt. Fuji were to experience a full-blown eruption, the consequences could be absolutely catastrophic. Mt. Fuji is not too far from Tokyo – one of the most densely populated cities on the entire planet. The loss of life resulting from a full-blown eruption of Mt. Fuji would be almost unimaginable.
But it is not just along the Ring of Fire that we are seeing a rise in volcanic activity. The truth is that we are seeing a rise in volcanic activity all over the globe. The following are just a couple of recent examples which have been in the news….
*The volcanoes in Iceland that caused such huge problems a few years ago are becoming very active once again.
*Authorities in Colombia have declared a "red alert" and believe that an eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano is imminent.
*Ash is venting at the world famous Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia.
Something really strange is going on.
Most scientists will deny it or will attempt to downplay it until they are blue in the face, but the truth is that the trembling of our planet is getting worse.
If this shaking continues to get worse, there are going to be some absolutely horrific tragedies in the years ahead.
So do you have a theory for why there is so much seismic activity happening along the Ring of Fire? . . .


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Not all summer camps are created equal. In fact, the General Assembly saw one as such a threat that it passed a bill prohibiting its program for teenagers.
White Tail Park's crime? Nudity, the very notion of which brought a lot of yuks and puns from both legislators and Governor Mark Warner.
The ACLU isn't laughing. It's filed a lawsuit challenging the new state law that denies a license to "any hotel, summer camp, or campground" that conducts a "nudist camp for juveniles."
"The legislature in Virginia had no right to restrict the right of parents to send their children to nudist camp," says the ACLU's executive director, Kent Willis. "This is government overreaching."
White Tail Park in southeastern Virginia has been a clothes-free family resort since 1984. Last summer, its weeklong program for 11-to-18-year-olds– one of only three teen nudist camps in the country– apparently got the Virginia General Assembly so hot and bothered that in a rare show of unanimity, the House of Delegates banned nude teen camps 98-2, the Senate 40-0.
And with another teen session planned for late July, the campers turned to the ACLU.
Parents and teens who attended last year testified in Richmond to the wholesome nature of the camp, where lewdness (and cameras) are strictly prohibited, and background checks are done to screen out pedophiles.
"Had someone pointed out abuse or some other problem, that's one thing," says Willis. "Legislators acted entirely on their own sense of unease."
"It's not that you can't have nudist camps," says Delegate Rob Bell. "You just can't do it without adult supervision."
And he scoffs at the idea that the nudity is nonsexual. "For a 17 year old? Right."
Continues Bell, "I'm astonished this is where the ACLU wants to devote its resources."
"We operate on the principle that government is reaching too far into the private lives of its citizens," replies Willis. "There was no indication there was any harm in that camp, it fits with ACLU principles, and we had people asking us to represent them."
Senator Creigh Deeds isn't comfortable with the idea of teen camp au naturel. "I don't know that it's good public policy for us to allow children to be in nudist camps," he says.
And while he weighs whether the government should substitute its judgment for parents', he decides, "The state does have an interest in protecting children 11 years old."
Only Delegate Mitch Van Yahres is having second thoughts about the appropriateness of the legislation. He thinks the bill didn't get enough debate in committee or on the floor. "It was a joke on the floor," he says. "It's one of those in retrospect I probably should have voted against, once the true picture came out."
"If the camp had been in West Virginia," laments Deeds, "then we wouldn't have to deal with it."

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If your office has several points of entry and a lot of foot traffic, consider investing in Radio Frequency ID technology. RFID allows electronic asset tags to be embedded in valuable equipment, which will trigger an event if the device comes within proximity of a scanner. Scanners can be hidden anywhere — on furniture, under ceiling tiles or near doorways and stairwells. When an event is triggered, the RFID system can sound an alarm, enable camera recording or even send an alert to a mobile phone. This type of setup will save an organization the expense of round-the-clock surveillance while presenting immediate visibility of a theft as it occurs.
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Even if a notebook, desktop or tablet is stolen, agencies can still protect their data. Consider a solution such as Absolute Software's LoJack for Laptops, which can be loaded onto a device either at the point of sale or by the end user. Once running, LoJack checks in daily with a central server. If the device is reported stolen, the server can send a command to erase the device and report its location, by using either the on-board GPS or IP information. Once that information is obtained, Absolute will share it with local law enforcement.
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Nida was charged with being in a four-year scheme involving bank, mail and wire fraud and ID theft of more than 50 people. The judge could have sentenced the 35-year-old reality star to anything between 92 and 115 months, but decided on a 96-month stay for him.
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For many of us who live in temperate zones, inland regions and the industrialized West, global warming is a source of anxiety — even terror — and something of an abstraction. The mildness of this past winter on the Eastern Seaboard might have seemed ominous, yes, but it was also pleasant, and much of the time other social, economic and political problems have a way of seeming more urgent than human survival.
There is also a noisy subculture of obfuscation and denial that has pulled an already contentious conversation about climate change and the environment down into the fever swamp of American ideological animus. It's a hoax! It's a liberal conspiracy! It's a scheme on the part of greedy scientists and power-hungry international organizations to shame us out of our S.U.V.'s and our plastic grocery bags!
In other parts of the world, though, the issue has a lethal, terrifying urgency. "The Island President," a new documentary by Jon Shenk ("The Lost Boys of Sudan"), visits one such place, the Maldives. That archipelago of roughly 1,200 low-lying islands in the Indian Ocean, of which about 200 are inhabited, is described as "paradise crossed with paradise," and its soft sand beaches and blue waters have made it a haven for wealthy tourists. Though the film includes spectacular aerial and underwater footage of the Maldives' beauty, it concentrates its attention on uglier realities.
For 30 years the country was ruled by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, a dictator with the usual authoritarian habit of imprisoning, torturing and terrorizing his opponents. Among them was Mohamed Nasheed, who after years as a pro-democracy activist and a political prisoner was elected president at 41 in 2008.
As soon as he took office, Mr. Nasheed faced an environmental crisis of existential dimensions. The steady rise in ocean levels caused by melting polar ice and increasing global temperatures had already caused serious erosion on some islands, and the eventual catastrophic inundation of this small, vulnerable nation was starting to look inevitable, rather than just frighteningly plausible.
Mr. Shenk and his crew were given extraordinary access to Mr. Nasheed during his first year in power, and "The Island President" moves with the sometimes manic energy of a young, ambitious leader throwing himself at enormous challenges. Informative, revealing one-on-one interviews with Mr. Nasheed, his advisers and his wife are interspersed with scenes from the hectic, peripatetic life of a postmodern politician. Mr. Nasheed confers with members of his cabinet and British environmental advisers, takes part in the filming of public service announcements (including one in which he pretends to hold a meeting underwater in scuba gear), takes cigarette breaks and travels to a series of conferences on climate change.
The last of these, the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit, provides the film with its climax, as Mr. Nasheed becomes a crucial player in a series of complex negotiations that he hopes will lead to a strong international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While the film provides a reasonably clear account of the technical issues involved — there is much discussion about acceptable degrees of warming, centimeters of ocean rise and parts per million of carbon dioxide in the air — it also sheds light on some of the 21st-century rituals of power and diplomacy. There are pomp, pragmatism, high principle and brazen manipulation, and it is sometimes hard to tell which is which.
Mr. Nasheed, handsome and earnest, well dressed and well educated, seems at home in this world of global high politics, even as he is often exasperated by its dysfunctional aspects. He is an agile, civil debater with a strong camera presence and a manner that combines boyishness with technocratic self-confidence.
In Copenhagen — and a few months earlier at a United Nations session in New York — he tries to use his moral authority as the leader of a small, imperiled nation to bring some of his more skeptical and cautious counterparts from the developing world over to his side. The geopolitical complexities are daunting, and the structural impediments to change seem overwhelming.
Mr. Nasheed also faces difficulties back home, though these, apart from the rising seas, are fairly peripheral to "The Island President." Until, that is, a post-script tersely informs us, in white type on a black screen, that he was forced out of office last month, more than two years after the action of the film concludes. Another note relates that in that time, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have continued to rise.
It is in the nature of political leaders, especially in democracies, to be optimistic, to insist that solutions can be found to even the most intractable problems. Topical, politically engaged documentaries, particularly those made by American filmmakers, share in this tendency, offering implicit reassurance even as they deliver bad news about the state of the world. Awareness will be raised. Progress will be made. To doubt this is to court cynicism and despair.
"The Island President" is buoyant and spirited enough to keep those demons temporarily at bay. It is impossible, while watching it, to root against Mr. Nasheed or to believe that he will fail. But the hope that infuses this movie makes it all the more upsetting to walk out of the theater and contemplate a looming disaster that the world's leaders seem unable to prevent.


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Jeff Schroeder proposes to his girlfriend Jordan Lloyd, at the BIG BROTHER house, where they met five years ago. They were joined by their family, dog and current Houseguests for a celebration. This will air on BIG BROTHER Sunday, September 7 (8:00 -- 9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Lisette M. Azar/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved


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integratorIn neurology, a nerve cell with input from a number of dendrites that emits a signal that is the combined effect of the inputs.
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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, highlighted the need to improve security within the nation's civil aviation system to deter persons seeking to repeat similar attacks on the nation's critical infrastructure. To enhance aviation security, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began testing in October 2003 of its Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program to identify persons who may pose a risk to aviation security. In fiscal year 2010, about 3,000 Behavior Detection Officers were deployed to 161 airports at an annual cost of over $200 million. As highlighted in GAO's May 2010 report, TSA did not validate the science supporting the program or determine if behavior detection techniques could be successfully used across the aviation system to detect threats before deploying the SPOT program.
TSA has implemented and now seeks to expand a behavior screening program, which has not yet been validated. A validation study is underway, but questions exist regarding whether the study's methodology is sufficiently comprehensive to validate the SPOT program. The results of an independent assessment are needed to determine whether current validation efforts are sufficiently comprehensive to validate the program.
After operationally testing behavioral detection screening started in October 2003, TSA created separate Behavior Detection Officer positions as part of the SPOT program beginning in fiscal year 2007. TSA designed SPOT to provide these officers with a means of identifying persons who may pose a potential security risk at TSA-regulated airports by focusing on behaviors and appearances that deviate from an established baseline, and that may be indicative of stress, fear, or deception. Behavior Detection Officers have been selectively deployed to 161 of the 462 TSA-regulated airports in the United States. The conference report accompanying the fiscal year 2010 DHS appropriations act provided that $211.9 million was for the SPOT program.[1] The administration has requested $232 million for SPOT for fiscal year 2011, a $20.2 million (9.5 percent) increase over the current funding level. This increase would support a workforce increase from about 3,000 to 3,350 Behavior Detection Officers.
As discussed in GAO's May 2010 report, TSA deployed SPOT nationwide before first determining whether there was a scientifically valid basis for using behavior and appearance indicators as a means for reliably identifying passengers who may pose a risk to the U.S. aviation system. According to TSA, SPOT was deployed before a scientific validation of the program was completed in response to the need to address potential threats, but was based upon scientific research available at the time regarding human behaviors. TSA officials also stated that no other large-scale U.S. or international screening program incorporating behavior- and appearance-based indicators has ever been rigorously scientifically validated.
However, a 2008 report issued by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences noted that an information-based program, such as a behavior detection program, should first determine if a scientific foundation exists and use scientifically valid criteria to evaluate its effectiveness before going forward. The report added that programs should have a sound experimental basis and that the documentation on the program's effectiveness should be reviewed by an independent entity capable of evaluating the supporting scientific evidence.[2] Thus, and as recommended in GAO's May 2010 report, an independent panel of experts could help DHS develop a comprehensive methodology to determine if the SPOT program is based on valid scientific principles that can be effectively applied in an airport environment for counterterrorism purposes. Specifically, GAO's May 2010 report recommended that the Secretary of Homeland Security convene an independent panel of experts to review the methodology of a validation study on the SPOT program being conducted by DHS's Science and Technology Directorate to determine whether the study's methodology is sufficiently comprehensive to validate the SPOT program. GAO recommended that this assessment include appropriate input from other federal agencies with expertise in behavior detection and relevant subject matter experts. DHS concurred and stated that its current validation study includes an independent review of the program that will include input from other federal agencies and relevant experts. According to DHS, this independent review is expected to be completed in February 2011.
As discussed in GAO's May 2010 report, DHS has contracted with the American Institutes for Research to conduct its validation study. However, DHS's response to GAO's report did not describe how the review currently planned is designed to determine whether the study's methodology is sufficiently comprehensive to validate the SPOT program. As GAO noted in its report, research on other issues, such as determining the number of individuals needed to observe a given number of passengers moving at a given rate per day in an airport environment or the duration that such observation can be conducted by Behavior Detection Officers before observation fatigue affects effectiveness, could provide additional information on the extent to which SPOT can be effectively implemented in airports. Additional research could also help determine the need for periodic refresher training since research has not yet determined whether behavior detection is easily forgotten or can be potentially degraded with time or lack of use. Because such questions exist, using an independent panel of experts to assess the methodology of the study could provide DHS with additional assurance regarding whether the study's methodology is sufficiently comprehensive to validate the SPOT program. DHS stated that the ongoing independent review is being conducted by an independent panel of experts that includes a broad range of operational agencies and academia and will include, among other things, recommended additional studies that should be undertaken to more fully validate the science underlying the SPOT screening process. Moreover, DHS stated that its current effort to validate the science underlying SPOT includes three years of operational SPOT referral data and preliminary results indicate that it is supportive of SPOT. However, in May 2010, GAO reported weaknesses in TSA's process for maintaining operational data from the SPOT program database. Because of these data-related issues, GAO reported that meaningful analyses could not be conducted to determine if there is an association between certain behaviors and the likelihood that a person displaying certain behaviors would be referred to a law enforcement officer or whether any behavior or combination of behaviors could be used to distinguish deceptive from nondeceptive individuals.
Congress may wish to consider limiting program funding pending receipt of an independent assessment of TSA's SPOT program. GAO identified potential budget savings of about $20 million per year if funding were frozen at current levels until validation efforts are complete. Specifically, in the near term, Congress could consider freezing appropriation levels for the SPOT program at the 2010 level until the validation effort is completed. Assuming that TSA is planning to expand the program at a similar rate each year, this action could result in possible savings of about $20 million per year, since TSA is seeking about a $20 million increase for SPOT in fiscal year 2011. Upon completion of the validation effort, Congress may also wish to consider the study's resultsincluding the program's effectiveness in using behavior-based screening techniques to detect terrorists in the aviation environmentin making future funding decisions regarding the program.
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Today London Breed is being sworn in as mayor of San Francisco and that's a big deal and a historical moment in the ever progressive city's history. It's historical because Breed, who managed to beat out her opponent, Mark Leno in last spring's election is the first African American woman to hold the post of SF Mayor. Breed grew up in San Francisco in public housing and credits her grandmother's "tough" love for instilling a strong work ethic in her. Major issues Breed will have to tackle are homelessness, rampant drug use on city streets and the housing issue that's plaguing the city since the recent tech boom. Issues Breed says she ready to take on:
"I want to work with members of the board. I want to work with others to address these issues. And it's going to take time and it's going to take patience. I'm committed to doing what's necessary to get us to a better place," Breed said.
The ceremony will take place at the Bill Graham Civic Center in front of the City Hall steps at 11 a.m. The ceremony is open to the public with 1,000 first - come - first serve basis. Seats are slowly filling up by locals ready to witness this historic moment in person. The ceremony will be attended by former SF Mayors Willie Brown and California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom. Brown over saw the planning of the ceremony as the Chairman of the Inaugural Committee for Breed and Newsom will deliver the inauguration speech.
Fun fact, the official voice of the San Francisco Giants, Renel Brooks-Moon, will be the Mistress of Ceremony. Brooks-Moon tweeted about how honored she feels to be able to take a part of the ceremony:
Greatest honor, alongside Giants, of my life and career! Thank you Madame Mayor! #londonbreed #SFGiants
This is actually the second time Breed will taking the oath after she Mayor Ed Lee's death and she became interim Mayor. Breed will be only the second woman to hold the post of San Francisco's Mayor after U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. Forty years ago Feinstein took office after the assassination of Mayor George Moscone. Breed will have to run again in 2019 if she wants a full four year term.
The ceremony is expected to last an hour and will be followed by a meet and greet from 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
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Campus Enhancement Plan to Grow With New Gifts
At Least $7 Million in Donations to Further Transform Environs
Tree-lined reflection pools have tranformed the central walk on campus.
Three gifts totaling at least $7 million have been announced to expand the Campus Enhancement Project, which has extensively transformed the appearance of the UT Dallas campus since the project's launch in 2008.
UT Dallas President David E. Daniel announced the anonymous donations for the project at a campaign launch event March 29. The further development of the campus environs will be led by the acclaimed landscape architect Peter Walker and his firm PWP Landscape Architecture of Berkeley, Calif. Walker oversaw the design for the initial Campus Enhancement Project, which was supported through $30 million in private gifts.
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The latest commitments include two $1 million gifts and another gift valued at more than $5 million. Daniel said the total financial support could reach more than $10 million.
"What great news. Wow!" Daniel told the crowd amid applause. "And what Mr. Walker is going to do is build on the current project, go out laterally on some of our major walkways, work on the perimeter of campus, and continue to truly build a campus of excellence."
Specifically, the funds will be used toward the betterment of high-traffic pedestrian areas around the Founders Building, Berkner Hall and the ECS North Building.
Emily Lichtenheld, a senior graduating this year, expressed excitement when learning of the new gifts.
"I've seen the changes to campus as a student and am happy to know more enhancements are coming," she said. "It will be great to see in the years to come when I return to campus as a proud graduate of UT Dallas."
The Campus Enhancement Project began in 2008, and over the initial three years included the addition of more than 5,000 trees, four reflecting pools, a trellis-covered plaza and a new entrance on Campbell Road.
Construction on the next phase of improvements is expected to begin in 2013.
Landscaping near the Naveen Jindal School of Management was made possible by a privately funded project that began in 2008.
A trellis with a mister has become a central gathering place for students. The trellis will be draped with wisteria.
Media Contact: The Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].


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At any rate, check this out. :D Melody and I are starting a vlog series, for a very interesting reason. You'll have to watch the video to find out just what, though. ;) And yes, the video below is me, and my face, and my voice, so HI. Also my hair being very Frizz, as it was a somewhat damp day. And also I apparently do not know how to look into the actual camera, so hopefully the stare-off-at-the-corner-of-the-screen trick isn't too jarring to your eye.
...That's getting annoying, isn't it.
At any rate, here's the adorable photo Melody made that I didn't get to include in the video because my video editor is being shnibly unto me. Hopefully it'll work next time.
...and next time isn't too far away.
P.S. Check out more on the AGM here, if you're interested.


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drive in(to)
1. verb To enter a particular place or thing while driving. Turn left and then drive into the parking garage.
2. verb To hit someone or something while driving. That guy fell asleep at the wheel and drove into a crowd of people at the parade. I lost control of my car and drove into a row of shopping carts.
3. verb To force something into another material or substance by hitting it. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "drive" and "in" or "into." To drive this nail into the wall, you really need to put some muscle behind it.
4. verb In baseball, to hit the ball and cause a runner (or runners) to score. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "drive" and "in." And with that triple, Green drove in two runs.
1. noun An outdoor movie theater in which people sit in their cars in front of a large screen. This phrase can also be used as an adjective to describe such a theater. I wish there were more drive-ins around here—watching a movie in your car with your family can be a lot of fun.
2. noun A restaurant where food (usually fast food) is served to patrons while they sit in their cars. Let's go get a burger at the drive-in.
3. adjective Describing the part of a business designed to serve customers seated in their cars. Here's the order for the guy who's waiting at the drive-in window.
drive in (to something)
to enter something or some place by driving. She drove right into the garage and stopped the car before she realized that she was not at her own house. She drove in and looked around.
drive something into someone or something
to strike someone or something while driving. He drove the truck right into the abutment. She drove the car into the side of the garage.
drive something into somethingand drive something in
1. . to steer or guide a vehicle into something. Liz drove the car into the garage. She drove in the car.
2. to pound or hammer something into something. Using a heavy mallet, he drove the stake into the hard earth. With a mighty hammer blow, she drove in the nail.
drive into someone or something
to strike someone or something while driving. She drove into the garage and damaged the wall. Accidentally, Fred drove into Max.


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Transferring / Re: Transfer Options?« on: August 10, 2012, 08:02:42 PM »
Sorry to spoil your day Jack, but there is actually a school that picked me up for the fall, as amazing as that is, and I fully admit it's kind of a shock. You see Jack, not everyone needs to be in some silly % of their class or on the LSAT to get a job as a lawyer, and nothing that happened in or before law school will matter to those of us with the ability to practice law, not just be super way cool neato law students... I have yet to see that pay anyone's rent. And some of us have lives outside of law school that require part time attendance, giving us credit hour per term issues. Law schools are pure evil and don't care, and I understand that, but I also understand that if I just get through the child advocacy job I have waiting for me will be worth it. Now, as I obviously don't need anymore advice from this site I'm going to leave you to your meaningless diatribe about %'s of this and %'s of that, and whatever other kicks you get out of having been on this site for 4 years-have a nice life Jack. The jack24 w/pick of Sutherland really screams little big man issues by the way, which of course will make you a perfect weasel lawyer at some firm somewhere. Do yourself a favor someday jack/24, have sex with a stripper, get in a bar fight, do something besides be such a damn weasel all your life. I feel sorry for men like you.


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Chopping A 1951 Mercury - Master Chop
Chopping An Old Mercury The Old School Way
Bill Hines has chopped more Mercurys in his 65 years in the customizing business than he can remember. Bill is now 86 years old and still works every day with his favorite old cars.
This project got started when Bill got his hands on a very nice '51 Mercury from a relative in Michigan. The Merc was nearly rust free and the small pieces that needed fixing were no problem for Bill. It was brought out to California, where he decided to do all the modifications on it and build a custom that one of his customers might like to buy with the bodywork done. "We'll do what I call a mild top chop," says Bill.
Bill's right-hand man Brad Masterson has his own shop today but he still helps Bill when important projects come up. Both Bill and Brad like to use the early methods, and Brad has been given the nickname "the Lead Slinger", thanks to the fact that he does a lot of the lead work on the custom cars like they did years ago. Both also like to use the gas welder as much as possible and only use the MIG to tack-weld pieces in place.
The '49 to '51 Mercs are pretty much the same car, but the '51 is a bit different, with a bigger rear window and longer rear fenders, and Bill wanted to keep the rear window intact.
Before Brad started to make any cuts, Bill marked the cuts across the roof and along the rear pillars. Many might think that Bill just gives orders and will let Brad and the younger guys do the work, but that is not the case--he is very much involved in the work as you can see in the pictures. After the top was cut, the 86-year-old Bill climbed up on the roof, cleaned it up with a big grinder and welded it together.
We asked Bill, "How are you going to cut the pieces here to get the pillars together?"
"I don't really know," he said with a smile. We had the feeling that Bill knew exactly what he needed to do, so we stood back and started shooting photos.


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Good News: April 15, 2008 GlaxoSmithKline has received FDA approval for a new drug treatment for acute migraine with and without aura. This "new" drug is a mixed bag. It is called Treximet and is a combination of sumatriptan (Imitrex 85 mg) and 500 mg naproxen sodium. Studies have shown that more migraine sufferers received relief within 2 hours than those who took Imitrex, naproxen sodium, or placebo alone. To view the entire press release go here.
I guess these days I shouldn't be shocked at what I read in the media, but I am saddened that a misinformed migraineur was used as a hook to promote a "new" drug that is made from an old drug that could have treated his pain.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Tickets for the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, taking place March 22-24, 2013, are now on sale.
The waterfront street course serves as the season-opener for four race series, reasserting its status as one of the premier racing circuits in North America.
For a third consecutive year, the event will mark the beginning of the IZOD IndyCar Series season. Three-time winner at St. Petersburg Helio Castroneves will return to defend his memorable 2012 win, following an incredible season where Dario Franchitti claimed a historic third Indianapolis 500 win and Ryan Hunter-Reay took home the championship trophy to become the first American to win the title since 2006.
"Being the first race of the season is an honor and we expect to see more great racing in 2013 with the IZOD IndyCar Series having completed a full year with the new DW12 chassis," said Tim Ramsberger, Vice President and General Manager of the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. "With all the sights and sounds that racing has to offer, it is truly an experience that you have to be a part of in person. If you haven't been to the Honda Grand Prix yet, we invite you to come check it out."
The "Road to Indy", the leading ladder series for open-wheel racing, globally, will be represented with Firestone Indy Lights and USF2000 National Championship each taking to the track. Graduates of the development ladder include Graham Rahal and Marco Andretti.
The Pirelli World Challenge also returns to the streets of St. Petersburg, marking the fourth straight year that the series opens its season in the sunny, tropical destination. The series, which features cars from the world's most popular manufacturers, will hold a doubleheader weekend with GT and GTS competitors hitting the track on Saturday and Sunday of race weekend.
"We are excited to welcome back IndyCar and the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg," said Mayor Bill Foster. "The Grand Prix is one of St. Petersburg's and Florida's signature events. We look forward to hosting the race teams as well as the thousands of fans who come to enjoy not only the race, but also all the other activities St. Pete has to offer."
"American Honda is thrilled to serve as title sponsor of the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg for a ninth consecutive year," said T.E. McHale, Motorsports Manager at American Honda Motor Company, Inc. "I have had the good fortune to attend the past eight events and every year I find something new that enhances the festive atmosphere of our race weekend on the St. Petersburg waterfront. The Honda Grand Prix has established itself as one of the IZOD IndyCar Series' destination events, and I cannot think of a better place to kick off the 2013 season."
In addition to world-class racing, Drifting Exhibitions will return to the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, which will take place on-track between races. Festival-goers will also be entertained with numerous interactive activities in the Bright House Networks Speed Zone and IndyCar Fan Village, live music, exhibits, great food concessions and beer gardens, and much more.
Tickets to the event start at $20 for General Admission and $65 for Reserved Seating (tax included). For full pricing information and to buy tickets to the 2013 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, visit gpstpete.com or call 877-283-5385. Three-day reserved tickets purchased before December 31 will also receive a free weekend IndyCar Paddock Pass (a $65 value).


text: stroppyse 128,077 Posted July 8, 2019 I have to say that I really like the MV for Lights. I don't speak Japanese, so it's harder for me to get into the song itself. I wish they would release a Korean language version of the song. I am amazed that they are so dominant right now. I have to admit that ARMY is pretty amazing and dedicated in spreading the music and message of BTS worldwide. I've been curious as to why BTS is so transcendent when there are so many k-pop groups around. I like their music and their vibe, but I speak the language. I'm curious to know how long BTS can keep up their reign worldwide, and what they're follow up will be in terms of releasing a song/record that the US market may want to buy, and not just a cult following, but the mainstream. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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And Here She Is...The Blue Fairy6/30/2011 10:33:00 PM Edit This 3 Comments »
This is the first position she starts the dance in so she insisted this was how she wanted to take the picture. Lexie is all about the right and wrong way of doing things. She is my rule follower.
Here's another position. And yes, she still has two legs. I'm just not sure where she tucked the other one.
She was so excited and so serious about her part since she was THE Blue Fairy. That's right. Lexie had the lead for her dance. She is the fairy that puts all the other fairies to sleep with the magic wand as they wish upon the star.
She was so excited and so serious about her part since she was THE Blue Fairy. That's right. Lexie had the lead for her dance. She is the fairy that puts all the other fairies to sleep with the magic wand as they wish upon the star.
By the end they all get a chance at the wand and it's a little funny how each girl has her own style.
This was just the dress rehearsal and they did great. None of them had any problems with the stage, lights or audience.
They were so proud of themselves.
Little did I know that Lexie was fine partly because she had a 102 fever during this. The day before, I returned her to school following her rehearsal on the big stage and within an hour I got a call from the school to pick her up because she had 102.2 fever. I was so surprised since she'd had shown no signs of not feeling well. A dose of Motrin and a good night sleep and I thought she was just fine. But right after this before the finale practice I realized she was hot again so I call the doc and she took Lexie right away. Yup she's got an ear infection even though her tubes are still in. Lexie was crying because she wanted to do the finale practice (and the rule was if they missed this practice they couldn't be in it for performance) so while I was waiting for her prescription I brought her back for practice.
She had so much fun with her fairy friends.
But as soon as her part was done she was fading fast.
And by the time she came off the stage I had to practically carry her to the car. This was Thursday. The antibiotics kicked in and by performance time on Sat she was good to go!
There were balloons, a fairy wand of her own, a blue fairy statue and a couple of other little things waiting for her when she woke up from the family and I. She felt very special and was so excited!
And she was back to her silly self. She was also thrilled to have make up on (even if it was just a little blush & lip gloss.)
We ended up having about a 45 minute wait so I'm glad we brought a few princesses along to keep the girls occupied.
How cute where the "little" girls who where on right before Lexie?
Then it was our turn to line up.
Do you think they were excited?
And they did great!!! Lexie was very funny with several stage whispers when one of the girls would forget to do something. They were all thrilled with themselves and all us parents were so proud.
Only three of the girls stayed for finale (which was an hour & a half later) so our girls decided to be mermaids to pass the time.
After the finale of course my star got flowers both from me and Grammy.
Funny thing was on Sunday for her second performance she asked if I could throw flowers on the stage at her like they do in Angelina Ballerina. Lexie was so sweet and gave each of her friends roses as well as her teachers. Mommy is so proud of her Blue Fairy both for her dancing skills and her generous heart!


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Short Twitter Names
There are no official figures of the number of Twitter users. Estimations go up to 8 million. As the number of Twitter users increases daily, new Twitter users find out that it is not easy to find a Twitter name that is still available. I had a close look at the shortest Twitter names, these consisting of only 1 and 2 characters.
All 1 character long Twitter names are currently taken. 6 of these 37 Twitter names (A-Z, 0-9 and underscore) are private Twitter accounts, 4 of these Twitter names are without updates.
There are 1369 Twitter names of 2 characters long - all combinations of A-Z, 0-9 and underscore. The good news is that 76 of these combinations are still free. 205 of the 2 character long Twitter accounts are private, 41 are suspended due to strange activity. 296 of the 2 character long Twitter accounts are still without updates.
The oldest 2 character long Twitter account is twitter.com/ev. It is the Twitter account of Evan Williams, one of the founders of Twitter.com. Other famous 2 character long Twitter accounts are ie - IE (yes Internet Explorer), twitter.com/om - Om Malik and twitter.com/f1 - Formula 1. Some of the 2 character long Twitter account are cleary fake accounts, e.g. twitter.com/sf - San Francisco, but without friends and updates, twitter.com/fr - Francophonie, "voulez-vous coucher avec moi ?" and twitter.com/uk - no meaningful name or bio, but 195 followers.
A lot of the 1 or 2 character long Twitter names are taken but not really used. In total there are 1406 combinations. 1289 combinations or 92% taken. Only 473 of these Twitter accounts have a location, 384 of these locations are "real" locations.
The 1289 Twitter accounts have on average 49 friends (other Twitter accounts that are followed), with twitter.com/s the Twitter account with the most friends - 11722. 572 Twitter accounts have no friends at all.
The 1289 Twitter accounts with a (very) short name are on average being followed by 186 other Twitter users, with twitter.com/ev having the most followers - 98712. 346 Twitter accounts do not have followers.
The 1289 Twitter accounts with a (very) short name have on average 405 updates. The most productive Twitter account is twitter.com/zb, with as of this writing 45469 updates. 300 Twitter accounts are still waiting for their first update.
Of the 1289 Twitter accounts with a (very) short name 136 accounts stand out as blank accounts, accounts without friends, followers or updates.
If you are looking for a (very) short Twitter Name, you are either too late of you will have to hurry to get your Twitter account registered. Or you could consider to persuade the holder of one of the inactive accounts to hand over his Twitter account.


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Newt Gingrich personally urged members of Congress to vote for a controversial Medicare expansion bill in 2003, two Republicans who were in the room said this week.
Gingrich, who is running for president, has said he never lobbied members of Congress after he resigned as House speaker in 1998. But U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake and former congressman Butch Otter told The Des Moines Register this week that Gingrich helped persuade reluctant Republicans to vote for the Medicare prescription-drug program, which barely passed.
Flake and Otter, who have endorsed Mitt Romney for president, said about 30 Republican House members were holding out against the bill in the fall of 2003 because they feared the proposal would expand the federal deficit. Proponents brought in Gingrich, who addressed a private meeting of Republican House members, they recalled. "He told us, 'If you can't pass this bill, you don't deserve to govern as Republicans,' " said Flake, who represents an Arizona district. "…If that's not lobbying, I don't know what is."
Otter, who is now governor of Idaho, agreed. "I can't define lobbying, but as a Supreme Court justice once said about pornography, I know it when I see it," he said. "I felt we were being lobbied."
However, the head of a government ethics watchdog group and the Gingrich campaign both disputed those assertions on Tuesday.
Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center For Responsive Politics, said what Gingrich did probably was not technically lobbying.
"It's such a nebulous term. What is lobbying? Unfortunately, I think he gets a pass," said Krumholz, a national expert on money in politics and efforts to influence Congress.
The nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based group is pushing for tighter reporting rules, so that anyone who lobbies elected officials would have to report his or her activities. Under current rules, Krumholz said, people don't have to register as lobbyists unless they spend at least 20 percent of their time lobbying or helping others do so and unless they make more than one contact with elected officials and certain staff members.
If Gingrich didn't speak on behalf of someone who was employing him, Krumholz said, he generally would not have to declare himself a lobbyist in order to speak to House members about a bill. "But to the average person, of course he was lobbying," she said.
Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond also denied that the former speaker's actions amounted to lobbying. "At no point was Newt Gingrich ever a lobbyist," he said Tuesday. He said Gingrich was not paid for meeting with the House members.
"On multiple occasions, both in public and private venues, he often promoted good ideas, and this occasion is no different. Making an argument for a good idea and having a conversation about policy is certainly something any respectable member of Congress is capable of doing." By "member of Congress," Hammond said he was referring to Flake and Otter.
Flake said there were other times when Gingrich gave more general talks to members of Congress, which Flake said should not be considered lobbying. However, in this case, he said, Gingrich urged members to vote a specific way on a specific bill, which is lobbying.
Flake and Otter said they were surprised to hear Gingrich claim recently that he never lobbied Congress. Gingrich has said he earned millions of dollars working as an adviser to various groups, including health care companies and the mortgage-industry giant Freddie Mac, without directly lobbying lawmakers.
The Medicare-expansion bill, which was supported by President George W. Bush, squeaked through the House in November 2003 on a vote of 220-215.
Flake said the former House speaker was brought to the 2003 meeting by Rep. Billy Tauzin, a Louisiana Republican who led the effort to pass the bill, then left Congress to become head of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Flake voted against the Medicare bill, which he said added huge unfinanced costs to the federal government. "It was the biggest expansion of an entitlement program since Medicare was instituted," Flake said. "It was a terrible, terrible thing for Republicans to do."
Otter said his impression was that Gingrich was lobbying that day on behalf of the Bush administration, but he's not sure. He doesn't remember exactly what Gingrich said. "My posture in listening to this was he was full of crap, and I wasn't going to buy it," Otter said.
Otter said he opposed the bill because it lacked a way to pay for its billions of dollars in costs, but he switched his vote to yes at the last minute because Bush administration officials convinced him that if it failed, Democrats and some Republicans would push through an even more expensive version.
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Species In-Depth
At the Aquarium
Our lorikeets either came from the Aquarium's breeding program or from U.S. captive breeding programs. None have been imported. All our lorikeets including Swainson's have distinctive personalities and even respond to the names given them by the aviculturists who feed and nurture them.
Geographic Distribution
Northern and eastern parts of Australia and the islands north and east.
These birds have a wide range of habitats; rainforest, open forest, woodlands, mangroves, gardens, parks, orchards, and coconut plantations where they are important pollinators of coconut species. Although most common in lowlands , they are also found in mountainous regions to 4.2 m (2600 ft).
Physical Characteristics
The plumage of the Green-naped Lorikeet is an artist's palette of rainbow colors. Its back and wings are bright green with primary wing feathers tipped in black and underwings orange-red and yellow. Its uppertail is green and its undertail grayish green with yellow. Its head is a dark bluish-violet with a lighter blue streaking on the forecrown, changing to greenish streaking on the rear crown. Its red breast feathers are edged in blue fading from blue to green in its rear chest areas. This lorikeet's lores, the area between its eyes and bill, are blue. Mature birds have an orange-red beak and iris while those of immature birds are brown. Sub-adults also have duller plumage.
This medium-sized relative of parrots can reach 26 cm(10 in) in length and a weight of 127 to 133 gm (4.5-5 oz). Males and females are similar in size although females can be shorter with a smaller bill.
Green-naped Lorikeets spend 70 percent of their time feeding primarily on nectar and pollen but also eating fruit, selected greens and seeds, insects and larvae, and unripe grains of corn and sorghum. They extract nectar with their brush-tipped tongue. After crushing the flowers with their bills, they extend the tiny, hair-like papillae (projections) at the end of their tongue to soak up the nectar and gather pollen from blossoms. They drink surface water and that trapped by leaves.
Becoming sexually mature when twelve to twenty-four months old, these birds are thought to mate for life. Their courtship displays include fluttering to display their underwing patterns, head bobbing, tail fanning, and fencing with their bills. They usually build their isolated nests in unlined tree hollows up to 25 m (80 ft) above the ground where two eggs are commonly laid. The male spends time in the hollow but only the female incubates the eggs. The eggs hatch after an incubation period of about 25 days. Both parents feed the chicks which leave the nest in 49 to 56 days, returning each night until they become fully independent approximately two weeks later.
Like other subspecies of Rainbow Lorikeets, Green-naped make a number of different sounds. Fledglings have a high pitched wheeze. Pairs twitter when nesting and preening. The birds screech when flying in search or food or for other birds and chatter when feeding. If disturbed at nesting sites or when feeding on low shrubs, they protest loudly while flapping their wings.
They make daily journeys to feeding sites as far as 50 km (30 mi) away, following established flight paths to and from their roosting sites that usually parallel a coastline or a line of hills, valleys, and/or rivers. Overnight roosting flocks can number hundreds of birds while feeding flocks contain only about 20.
Hundreds of birds make up the roosts of Green Nape Lorikeets. There are several theories to explain why birds roost. Among them are sharing information about location of food resources, provide a single area where mates can be found, security in numbers, or perhaps a place for young birds to learn how to find and eat different types of food.
The feet of these birds have two forward and two backward facing toes. These combined with their strong bills enable them to be excellent climbers, hang up-side-down, and in general imitate Olympic gymnasts, especially when feeding.
They do not have oil glands but instead use preen using powder down. Special down feathers with tips that constantly break down form a waxy powder that the birds spread through their plumage during preening.
25-30 years of age in the wild.
Green-naped Lorikeets are not considered to be in danger. Export of these birds from Australia is prohibited without a special permit from the government. . .
Natural predators of these birds include Peregrine and Brown Falcons, Whistling Kites, and diamond pythons.
Special Notes
The Green-naped Lorikeet was the first lorikeet bred in captivity. This achievement led to breeding programs for other lorikeets and lories, many of which are listed as endangered or vulnerable to extinction. Captive breeding programs eliminate the need to collect these birds from the wild.
Among our Green Nape Lorikeets are some very distinct personalities. Some birds are experts at unbuttoning buttons on the shirts of guests and one can even re-button them. "Shadow" likes to play with guests, wrestling with their fingers. "Tulip" is a popular girl because she loves to hang out with the staff. "Piper" loves to vocalize and play with his food bowls. Most of our birds can talk. Their vocabularies include words such as thank you, hello, come 'ere, watcha doin', hi, and their names. Some even blow kisses!


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The editor… and I think owner of AM Costa Rica, 'Your online English-language news source Monday thru Friday', Jay Brodell, RESPONDED to my scathing editorial I wrote about them the other day: AM Costa Rica is FUGLY- let me count the WAYS.
Wow, seriously, I was flattered… well at first anyway. Even a tiny bit scared if truth be told.
So, if you read my post, I pretty much unloaded on AM Costa Rica (with examples) as to what I thought of their, 'English-language news source Monday thru Friday' - constructive criticism because I CARE. Really, I thought I entertainingly reamed them a new ASSHOLE, but I swear, my intentions were sincere. I called them out on a variety of issues: the overall UGLINESS of their site (it is), the fact it is NOT user friendly (it isn't), lack of overall writing skills (10th grade at best), and even went so far as to say AM Costa Rica is basically a front for making advertising dollars (tell me it isn't).
I was about 2 steps from calling AM Costa Rica's mom- a BITCH.
Had I gone too far or would Mr. Brodell appreciate my criticism and thank me for my most EXCELLENT observations. I doubted this.
But what did cross my mind:
Lake Arenal which sits at the base of the Arenal Volcano was once a smaller lake (reservoir). It was purposely flooded in order to expand it so it could be used for hydroelectric purposes. A town (old Arenal) sits at the bottom of the lake; a community that found itself in the wrong place at the wrong time,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it occurred to me that I could be its sole inhabitant, if you get my drift.
So, with all this, what would Mr. Brodell write, well, here it is. (I wouldn't normally post an email, but since it's so impersonal I decided I would use the exact copy).
'I noticed that you were having trouble reading our newspaper. The headlines in the example you gave seem to run together.
We are using Times Roman at 14 points for body type. And there might be a problem with the pixel size of the monitor. It may be that you have your monitor and browser set to use your own typefaces, hence the distortion.'
Jay Brodell
A.M. Costa Rica
I'm thinking I would have gotten further if I would have called AM Costa Rica's mom a BITCH. I didn't know what to make of this. Oh by the way, he's referring to this:
Did he read the post? With all I BAD mouthed, he's talking about this drivel- and blaming it on MY computer, my browser. I was perplexed to say the least.
I didn't know if I should respond or what. Well, you know me, I NEED the last word. So, with careful contemplation, I decided to play along…. sort of.
From me to Mr. Brodell:
'Thanx, that may be true (referring to my browser) With all due respect, AM Costa Rica has more issues to consider rather than if I can view its headlines... just sayin'
Jay responds yet again, in an "I'm rubber your glue," type of fashion, with:
Wow, he really gets to the point huh? And so edg-U-ma-cated. Na-na-na boo-boo!
Okay Mr. Brodell owner of, 'Your online English-language news source Monday thru Friday', YOU WIN.
I don't know what to say. I tried. I suppose if you want to blame the fact AM Costa Rica has some MAJOR issues on my browser, then so be it. What's the quote about 'Denial not being a river in Egypt?' Hey, Mr. Brodell, for your own education: What the WIKI people say about Denial.
AM Costa Rica, I just want you to know, I'm officially calling your mom a Bitch… BITCH.
If I suddenly disappear off the planet, could someone please dust off their scuba gear?
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