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HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Republican Gov. Chris Christie romped to an easy reelection in this blue-leaning state Tuesday, according to Associated Press projections, appealing to voters across ideologies after a race that set him up for a potential presidential contest in 2016.
Christie played down his political leanings during the campaign against Democrat Barbara Buono, with a barrage of television ads that did not mention the word "Republican" once, instead focusing on times he worked with both political parties. That strategy was essential to winning over voters in New Jersey, where Democrats have the edge in registered voters.
While he was running for a second term as the state's governor, even Christie acknowledged that the subtext was his expected run for the White House in three years.
"Christie for president starts at about 8:05 p.m. Tuesday, as soon as the polls close," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
A Quinnipiac poll of presidential prospects taken last month showed that Christie trailed behind Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky among likely Republican voters, but was more popular than Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Leaks published in the recent book "Double Down" indicate that Mitt Romney vetted Christie as a possible running mate in 2012, but was ultimately worried about Christie's health and other issues. The rotund governor had lap-band surgery earlier this year, further fueling speculation about his national ambitions.
Voters have praised Christie for the way he handled Hurricane Sandy, which devastated parts of the state. He toured damaged areas after the storm with President Obama, and chastised his own party for stalling a vote on a disaster relief bill. Voters here say his style, and even his physique, make him seem more like a regular guy and less like a politician.
Greg Zannetti, 23, a teaching assistant, voted for Obama, but said that on Tuesday he voted for Christie.
"He's a regular guy, and I like him," Zannetti said outside of a polling station at City Hall in Hoboken, where elderly residents lounged on benches in the sun. "I think he did a good job after Sandy."
Christie's popularity did not appear to be enough to help Republicans take control of the New Jersey state Legislature. Republicans needed five more seats to get a majority in the House, and nine to take control of the Assembly. Though Christie was a strong candidate at the top of the ticket, Democratic candidates got support for their history of working with him, said Ben Dworkin, director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics.
New Jersey voters overwhelmingly voted for Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat, to fill a U.S. Senate seat just a few weeks ago, indicating that they would vote for bipartisanship when given the chance, Dworkin said. This likely helped incumbents in the state.
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"The recent government shutdown framed the last two weeks of that race and, very clearly, New Jerseyans voted against those who would shun deal-making," he said. "They endorsed a particular approach to politics where bargaining, negotiation and compromise aren't negatives."
Whether that approach helps Christie in a presidential contest is another question. Polls show that New Jersey voters who support him for governor may not support him for president. That's partly because Christie has conservative positions on issues such as abortion and gay marriage, and voters are more likely to pay attention to social issues in a national election than in a statewide one.
Christie has appeared to move toward the center in recent weeks, dropping an appeal that sought to block gay marriage in New Jersey, and saying he supported in-state tuition breaks for undocumented immigrants. But a danger for Christie is that he has moved enough to the center to anger those on the right, but holds enough conservative positions to turn off those elsewhere on the political spectrum.
Megan Brewer, 27, planned to vote for Christie for governor. She likes how he handled Sandy, how he balanced the state's budget and how he tried to make teacher unions more accountable. But she wondered whether his recent statements on undocumented immigrants reflected Christie's true feelings. Her doubts are enough to keep her from supporting him in a national election, she said.
"It's just a political play," she said of his recent pronouncements. "I don't think we really agree on social issues."
Republicans, on the other hand, have been angered by his stance on undocumented immigrants, and by his decision to drop the appeal on the gay marriage case. That could be a big problem for Christie in 2016, said Cliff Zukin, a political science professor at Rutgers University.
"He can dominate and he can go across party lines, but with the Republicans, it's the question of can he appeal to the very moralistic voters," Zukin said. "Christie is not an ideologue, and that could be a problem."
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Brief Explanation: A considerable amount of work has been done towards a viable predicate dispatch implementation for Clojure. However quite a few more enhancements to core.match are required before it can be used for this purpose. The work should account for other Clojure dialects ClojureCLR / ClojureScript.
Expected Results: A usable implementation of predicate dispatch.
Knowledge Prerequisite: Familiarity with Clojure. Familiarity with Chambers / Chen efficient predicate dispatch paper and Luc Maranget's paper on compiling pattern match expressions into good decisions trees.
Skill Level: Medium
Mentor: David Nolen
cKanren extensions to core.logic
Brief Explanation: Adding constraint logic programming facilities to core.logic would widen the scope of problems that core.logic can be applied to - including predicate dispatch. We would like to adapt the cKanren extensions to core.logic with an eye for obvious improvements to the their design in terms of generality as well as performance.
Expected Results: core.logic with cKanren extensions.
Knowledge Prerequisite: Familiarity with Clojure. Familiarity with Chapter 3 of William Byrd's dissertation and the recent cKanren paper.
Skill Level: Medium to High
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Linter based on Ambrose's analyzer work
Performance enhancements
Brief Explanation: ClojureScript has numerous areas where the performance can be dramatically improved. These include but are not limited to removing use of arguments in multiple arity function dispatch, adding persistent data structures, and using type inference. A benchmark suite similar to test.benchmark for tracking improvements and regressions would be desired, the benchmark suite should provide idiomatic JavaScript as the baseline.
Expected Results: Improved overall performance verified by a benchmark suite.
Knowledge Prerequisite: Familiarity with Clojure.
Skill Level: Medium
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Introspection support
Brief Explanation: ClojureScript currently has very limited introspection support. Currently it's impossible to view macroexpansion, to examine docstrings, examine vars or namespaces, etc.
Expected Results: Improved introspection facilities more in the line with those provided by Clojure.
Knowledge Prerequisite: Familiarity with Clojure.
Skill Level: Medium
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Debugger support
Brief Explanation: ClojureScript currently provides very little support for precise debugging. Source mapping would be an initial step. All the mature JavaScript runtimes provide APIs for stepping through JavaScript. A robust interface for integrating with these different APIs is desirable. A concrete implementation for Chromium or Node.js would be extremely useful to ClojureScript developers. An ambitious take on this project would be s-expr level stepping of ClojureScript code.
Expected Results: A clean interface for integrating with existing JavaScript debugging APIs. A concrete implementation for a popular JavaScript platform - Chromium, Node.js.
Knowledge Prerequisite: Familiarity with Clojure.
Skill Level: High
Mentor: David Nolen
Pluggable backend
Brief Explanation: The ClojureScript compiler is currently very JavaScript-centric. It would be beneficial to make the compiler pluggable. This would allow ClojureScript developers to easily target other platforms - Lua, Python, Java, etc.
Expected Results: A compiler that can easily be extended to generate source / bytecode for other languages.
Knowledge Prerequisite: Familiarity with Clojure.
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Careers Slideshow: Is Trust Dead in your Organization?
By Dennis McCafferty | Posted 08-03-2010
Workplace trust appears to be yet another casualty of this period of ongoing global economic turmoil, according to a new survey from Deloitte LLP. To put it bluntly: U.S. workers don't feel that CIOs and other top corporate executives/managers provide enough transparency. Given this, many employees plan to leave their jobs once the economy rebounds. Despair not: "Deloitte Ethics and Workplace Survey." contains some positive news. Employees do feel their managers care about work-life balance. Workers also feel that technology is helping managers become more transparent than in previous years. The survey, launched in 2007, measures how workplace trends and issues affect employee behavior and attitudes. The study was conducted via telephone interviews within the U.S. by Harris Interactive, and more than 750 adults took part. Additional interviews were conducted online involving 300 Fortune 1000 executives at the VP level or higher.
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Sapphire HD 7970 6GB Vapor-X GHz Edition Review
Lately it has seemed that Sapphire has been cranking out the custom cards left and right to satisfy the needs of those who want something that is a bit better than the reference design in terms of cooling and reliability. As AMD's largest partner, Sapphire has the ability to deliver more than than just a reference solution with a sticker on it. In the Vapor-X line we have looked at the Vapor-X HD 7950, Vapor-X HD 7970 3GB and Toxic Edition HD 7970. After looking at what Sapphire brought to the table with the Toxic Edition HD 7970 6GB card, Sapphire reached a new pinnacle with its custom 12 layer PCB, voltage check points load monitoring LEDs, Black Diamond Chokes a massive Vapor-X cooling solution, 6GB of GDDR5 memory, highly binned silicon and the list goes on.
Surprisingly Sapphire went back to the well with this version of the Vapor-X-equipped HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB card by incorporating just about all of the feature set of the Toxic Edition with a core that does not go through all of the time consuming binning process. Even without the top end binning on the GPU core, the GHz Edition base line feature set is enough to satisfy the needs of a great many with a "Boost" clock of 1100MHz at the touch of the EZ OC button. Sapphire's Vapor-X HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB card is equipped with Sapphire's own "Dynamic Power suite" that includes a ten phase power design, double sided Black Diamond Chokes, and DirectFET technology mounted on a 12 layer PCB all topped off with a Vapor-X cooler capable of dissipating any thermal load the card can throw at it and keep the Tahiti XT core alive and cool to fight another day.
The 6GB frame buffer is going to up the price point to around $599 or about a $130 premium over the 3GB frame buffer version and $80 less than the limited "Toxic " Edition. Targeted at the multi screen gamer, the Vapor-X HD 7970 6GB card should offer up an increase in performance when the texture count starts to soar. Let's see where this Vapor-X rendition falls in terms of performance especially since we know the cooling is in good hands.
Closer Look:
Sapphire's packaging takes its cues from the Vapor-X cooling used on the card. The arctic theme of "Ruby's" attire is changed for effect and lets you know up front the cooling on this card is one of the predominant features. With the Vapor-X moniker you know the cooling is going to be well under control. Along the bottom of the front panel is a list of the features that include dual fans, AMD Cool and Quiet, Eyefinity 2.0 support, AMD APP acceleration and that this card uses AMD's 28nm GCN core. Over to the right side is a more specific feature set listing a Dual BIOS feature activated with the EZ OC button, Vapor-X cooling, and Eyefinity support of up to four displays. The 6GB frame buffer is highlighted in the top right corner. On the back side of the package the AMD and Sapphire feature set is detailed in order on the right with a short description on what makes up the Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7970 6GB. At the bottom of the left side is a listing of the awards Sapphire has earned over the years due to its innovative solutions.
Inside the outer sleeve is a standard cardboard box that is without any of the artwork of the packaging sleeve. Sapphires environmental concerns with the inner and outer packaging state that 100% recyclable materials are used in the packaging. Inside the box are two level; the top level contains a formed cardboard shell that houses the Vapor-X HD 7970 6GB while the lower level has a box full of the accessory bundle.
Much like we have seen with the Vapor-X line up the bundle is substantial and includes just about everything you would need to get the Vapor-X 6GB edition up and running. Included in the bundle on the documentation side is the product manual, Sapphire registration guide, and the driver disk. The hardware portion of the bundle includes a six foot HDMI cable, a pair of dual 4-pin molex to 8-pin PCIe power adapters, a CrossfireX bridge connection, Mini DP to DVI adapter, Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort adapter and a DVI to VGA adapter. Connectivity is covered for the vast majority of users.
Sapphire's Vapor-X cooling solution works using a simple concept in a high tech package. The basic premise is that a medium (pure water) is used to transfer the heat load away from the core through vaporization where it is cooled and condenses back to a liquid state. At this point the liquid returns to the heat source through capillary action in the wicking medium to follow the process again. What allows the water to vaporize at lower temperatures is that the vapor chamber works in a very low pressure state allowing the water to vaporize earlier. Below is a graphic that illustrates the process.
Sapphire's Vapor-X cooling is a known commodity but how about the rest of the card? Let's see what Sapphire has put together and how it looks with a detailed look at what makes up the rest of the Vapor-X edition 6GB card.


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Second Opinion "Colon Cancer" While screening for colon cancer is effective, it does not identify problems 100% of the time. Discover the symptoms and physical changes that may help with an early diagnosis of colon cancer. D
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Essential Pepin "Classic Conclusions" Crepes A La Confiture; Orange Souffle Crepes; Baked Alaska; Apricot And Pistachio Souffle. D
8:00 am
Barbecue University with Steven Raichlen "Grilling with Wood" Cooking over hardwood trumps cooking over charcoal for several reasons. Main one? Flavor. In this episode, Steven Raichlen tells you what you need to know about selecting the proper woods and matching them to your menu, building the perfect fire, and coaxing the maximum flavor out of your grilling. D
8:30 am
Simply Ming "Organic Rice Vinegar & Honey" Guest Chef: Sheila & Marilyn Brass. You've heard the saying, "you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar" Well, forget the flies-you can catch anything if you combine the two of them, because then you get a wonderful, light sweet and sour sauce, especially if you use Asian rice vinegar, as Ming does when he cooks up his Best Ever Baby Back Ribs with Honey-Sesame Glaze, a light Honey Grilled Shrimp with Corn and Jicama Salad, and finally an appetizer that is sure to please, his Sesame Tempura Cod with Honey-Vinegar Dipping Sauce. Then, joining Ming will be the James Beard nominated queens of comfort food, Marilyn and Sheila Brass, who will use today's master pair in their Chicken and Mango Salad with Toasted Cashews. D
9:00 am
Pati's Mexican Table "Chorizo" Who doesn't love sausage? Chorizo, the Mexican version, is a deep-burnt-reddish explosion of fresh, moist, exotically seasoned flavor. When it's fried, it becomes crisp and incredibly savory. This episode will explore the difference between Mexican chorizo sausage and its Spanish, Central American and South American cousins. D
9:30 am
New Scandinavian Cooking "Fire in the Belly" Andreas examines how fire changed the way people cook. With an open fire and local salmon, he makes gravlax from an ancient recipe and a local fish soup, before traveling to Japan to discover the secrets of uncooked fish. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Chicken Two Ways" Bridget Lancaster shows host Christopher Kimball how to make roast lemon chicken with real lemon flavor. then, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of store-bought chicken noodle soup, and Chris reveals tips and techniques about cooking with chicken. Finally, Erin McMurrer uncovers the secrets to chicken Parmesan in a skillet!. D
10:30 am
Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Kicking Up The Classics" Joanne and her student Lauren give comfort food a kick preparing a 30 minute lamb and black bean chili and hiding a red pepper jelly surprise inside corn muffins. Recipes: Thirty-Minute Lamb and Black Bean Chili and Spicy Red Pepper Jelly-Filled Corn Muffins. Student: Lauren Eastman, Public Relations Executive. D
11:00 am
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Sweet Summer Endings" Test cook Julia Collin Davison uncovers the secrets to fresh Strawberry Pie. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reviews paring knives in the Equipment Corner. And finally, test cook Yvonne Ruperti shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the ultimate Summer Peach Cake, and science expert Guy Crosby reveals why water makes pie pastry tough. D
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Scrapbook Memories "Cards" First is Julianna Hudgins and card making 101. Then, we depart a little from cards to meet special guest Nikki Sivils as she shows how to make patterned paper work together on layouts. Finally, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer creates watercolor cards. D
12:00 pm
Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "Evening Glow, Part 1" (16x20 Acrylic) This snowy landscape makes a wonderful greeting card. The lesson starts by under painting the sky with Gesso and then creating the horizontal glow with light orange in the blue sky, being sure to darken the corners. Next, the various values of distant landscape are added, keeping everything soft and smudgy. D
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This Old House "Bedford Project, Part 11 of 16" Landscape contractor Roger Cook installs a 3,000-pound slab of reclaimed granite for the front step. Meanwhile, general contractor Tom Silva installs new wood windows in the addition that come with exterior trim already attached and finished in the factory. In the next town over, in Concord, Massachusetts, master carpenter Norm Abram stops in to see the progress on the period restoration of the Colonel James Barrett house, a little known house that played a big role in the American Revolution. D
1:30 pm
Ask This Old House "Installing A Front Porch Light; Splitting Firewood" Host Kevin O'Connor works with an electrician in Atlanta to install a front porch light. Then Kevin, along with general contractor Tom Silva, landscape contractor Roger Cook and plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, asks, "What Is It?" Afterward, Roger shares with Kevin a tip for efficiently splitting firewood. And Richard helps a homeowner who has hot water coming from his cold water faucet. D
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American Woodshop "Shaker Rockers" Perfectly designed American-inspired originals. D
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Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac "Standing Mirror" The Standing Mirror in this episode of Rough Cut is one of Tommy's favorite projects, due to its simple design augmented by Paul Schurch's magnificent marquetry. On this episode's Road Trip, Tommy visits Schurch's studios in Santa Barbara, California, where Paul demonstrates basic marquetry. D
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MotorWeek "Drivers' Choice Awards" 2012 Drivers' Choice Awards. Goss' Garage: Air Filters. D
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America's Heartland An Iowa farm family adds fine wines to the products made on their farm. A young Tennessee couple finds success with artisanal cheeses. Sun dried tomatoes save the farm for a California family. D
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NOVA "Crash of Flight 447" A team of seasoned pilots, engineers and safety experts examine the evidence that emerges in the weeks following the disappearance of the Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight that flew straight into a towering thunderstorm. Expert testimony, messages from the plane's computer system, CGI weather reconstructions and an airbus simulator provides a forensic view of events.G
5:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow "Philadelphia, Pa - Hour 2" Experts orchestrate a symphony of appraisals, including a very valuable Alexander Calder maquette (scale model), a stunning collection of Camera Work magazines, and a very rare handcrafted chair by master Arts and Crafts furniture maker Charles Rohlf.G
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Antiques Roadshow UK "Birmingham" Objects under scrutiny include a skull-handled walking cane bought at a boot sale, which turns out to be very valuable, an Edwardian dressing case and a collection of signed portraits from Hollywood's leading performers of the 1950s and 1960s.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Athens and Side Trips" Rick tours the must-sees of ancient Athens, then takes the fast-paced pulse of the modern city. On side trips, he visits the ruins of the mystical oracle at Delphi and takes a fast boat to the traffic-free island of Hydra.G
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The Lawrence Welk Show "My Blue Heaven" This show features Jo Ann Castle performing "Hello Dolly" and Arthur Duncan's tribute to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Norma Zimmer sings the aria "One Fine Day" by Puccini. The show culminates with a patriotic segment celebrating Flag Day.G
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Are You Being Served? "Change Is As Good As A Rest" Mr. Grace plays musical chairs with the departments. Ladies' and Gentle-mens' Wear find themselves in the toy department.G
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "Singing for Emmet" Hyacinth is still eager to impress Emmett with her prowess as a singer, especially now that he is divorced and has moved in next door with his sister Liz.G
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As Time Goes By "The Picnic" Judy, Jean's daughter, is besotted with Lionel while Alistair is smitten with Jean. Lionel and Jean hope the younger pair will hit it off together.G
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Outnumbered Mum tries to keep peace in a car with a new-age auntie, a bewildered grandfather, and three fractious kids while stuck in traffic. Meanwhile, Dad is waiting outside the Headmaster's office, after an ill-judged joke.G
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The Red Green Show "What A Dump" The Lodge proposes itself to the city of Toronto as an ideal place to dump garbage. Red makes an elaborate automated firewood chopper.G
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Vicar of Dibley 2004 Christmas Special Everyone in Dibley is determined to celebrate Geraldine's 10th anniversary as the first female vicar of England's most eccentric parish. However, the Christmas carol-writing competition produces the worst rhyming couplets ever written and Geraldine barely manages to head off a plan to have a stripper at the Christmas Eve cocktail party. Other disasters and complications culminate in a most unusual Midnight Mass.G
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Doctor Who Series "The Lodger" In a house on Aickman, there is a staircase that people go up, but never down. To solve the mystery of the man upstairs, the Doctor must pass himself off as a normal human being, and share a flat with Craig Owens.G


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Despite his 5-foot-8 frame, easygoing nature and ear-to-ear smile, Ray Rice is widely regarded as one of the toughest players in the NFL. And according to one Kansas City Chiefs player, the Ravens running back is also one of the most talkative.
Outside linebacker Tamba Hali said that Rice talks more trash than any other running back he has encountered in the league.
"I don't remember a lot of running backs talking that much trash," Hali said during a conference call Wednesday. "Usually, running backs are quiet and get their job done, but he's one of those guys – he's a mouthful. [San Diego Chargers quarterback] Philip Rivers talks a lot of trash. Maybe I would compare him to Philip Rivers."
Hali based much of his assessment on the Ravens' 30-7 rout of Kansas City in an AFC Wildcard game on Jan. 9, 2011. But Hali emphasized that Rice's chatter was not malicious.
"I don't know if it gets him going or if it's something about him," Hali said. "It's good though. It's not dirty trash, it's good trash. He's a good player, and some guys are motivated doing that."
Informed of Hali's comments, Rice at first said he didn't know what the Chiefs player was referring to. But he then acknowledged giving one particular player a lot of lip during that playoff contest.
"I was getting into it with one of their guys back then, but that's really not me," Rice said. "I think that's what he [Hali] saw. I got into it with one of their guys that playoff game because I don't remember playing them like that. I've played Cleveland and Pittsburgh. So for him to say that, I'm just going to put it up to that game. Maybe I'll go shake his hand and try to be his friend."
Rice's contention begs the question which player he is referring to. Of the starters from that contest, defensive end Shaun Smith, defensive tackle Ron Edwards, outside linebacker Mike Vrabel and cornerback Brandon Carr are no longer employed by the Chiefs.
Rice wouldn't say, but said that the player in question got under his skin with some of his tactics during that game.
"I usually don't let anybody get to me, but that one guy was playing very dirty," Rice said. "He was twisting ankles under the pile, spitting, and doing some things. But he's no longer on the team, and like I said, talking is usually not part of my game. The talking is usually out of good nature. I tell a guy, 'Good play.' I have no problem giving respect when respect is due."
Hali said he doesn't mind Rice's gift of gab, but said that he and his teammates could use Rice's words as motivation.
"He's carrying the ball, and he definitely makes a difference during the game," Hali said. "So if he's going to talk, that's going to bring the best out of the guys on the field."


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Top Web Sites for Sci/Tech Government Information, compiled by members of the Science and Technology Section Government Information Committee
Other ACRL STS Members are welcome to update this list.
- 1 Current Interest
- 2 Databases and Search Engines
- 3 Government Information Policy
- 4 General/Portal Sites
- 5 Data Files
- 6 Federal -- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- 7 Federal -- Life Sciences
- 8 Federal -- Math and Physical Sciences
- 9 States
- 10 State-specific Web sites
- 11 International
- 12 Newsletters
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Current Interest
NOAA: BP Oil Spill Incident Response
NOAA Central Library Bibliography: Resources on Oil Spills, Response, and Restoration: A Selected Bibliography (2010) (pdf, 1.36 MB)
White House: Deepwater BP Oil Spill
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
Databases and Search Engines
TOP SITE: Science.gov
Also recommended, in alphabetical order:
Australian Research Online -- Maintained by the National Library of Australia. Searches simultaneously the contents of Australian university and government research repositories plus other collections of Australian research.
AuseSearch -- Searches all open access research repositories in Australia listed in Kennan & Kingsley's article "The state of the nation: A snapshot of Australian institutional repositories" available at http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2282/2092.
BASE -- Bielefeld Academic Search Engine: multi-disciplinary search engine, created and developed by Bielefeld University Library of Norway. Searches over 25 million records from 1730 sources.
DTIC Multisearch -- Federated search of federal databases and web pages. Broader coverage than Science.gov including DOD resources.
Google Uncle Sam: U.S. Government Search
INFOMINE: Government Information -- U.S. Federal, state, local, regional and international government resources are collected. U.S. Federal resources are emphasized.
Science.gov -- "FirstGov for Science": A gateway to "best science information" selected by participating U.S. Government agencies; includes research and development materials.
Science Accelerator -- Federated search of databases and search tools developed by the Dept. of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information.
SciTechResources.gov -- A companion to Science.gov and catalog of government science and technology web portals, as well as a search engine of those sites.
Scitopia -- "Scitopia.org accesses the digital libraries of leading science and technology societies worldwide. More than three million documents, including peer-reviewed journal content and technical conference papers, spanning 150 years of science and technology can be searched through the site.
TechXtra -- TechXtra focuses on engineering, mathematics and computing.
WebCASPAR -- Science and engineering statistical data resources at U.S. academic institutions. WebCASPAR emphasizes S&E, but its data resources also provide information on non-S&E fields and higher education in general.
Worldwidescience.org -- A global science gateway - "accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases." WWS now includes multilingual searching and translated results.
Government Information Policy
CENDI -- CENDI is an interagency working group of senior scientific and technical information (STI) managers from 13 U.S. federal agencies.
Environmental Protection: EPA Needs to Ensure That Best Practices and Procedures Are Followed When Making Further Changes to Its Library Network -- GAO Highlights, February 2008.
FDLP Desktop -- Federal Deposit Library Program informational Web site for librarians and others.
Government Documents Round Table (GoDORT) -- American Library Association.
GPO Access for Science and Technology, including Federal Science Regulations and Science and Technology Pending Legislation.
National Science Foundation -- NSF funds 20% of Federal government sponsored research.
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) -- OSTP advises the President and others within the Executive Office of the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs.
- OSTP Blog -- The latest news on government science policy with lots of links.
- OSTP Resource Library -- Speeches, documents, presentations, testimony, reports, and compliance guidelines.
Statement on Science and Security in an Age of Terrorism -- Issued by the Presidents of the National Academies on October 18, 2002.
US House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology
US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
The USA Patriot Act & Libraries -- American Library Association.
General/Portal Sites
E-print Network -- A gateway to over 29,500 Web sites and databases worldwide, containing over 5 million e-prints in basic and applied sciences, primarily in physics but also including subject areas such as chemistry, biology and life sciences, materials science, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy research, computer and information technologies, and other disciplines of interest to DOE.
Energy Citations Database -- Access to over 2.3 million science research citations in disciplines of interest to the Department of Energy, such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. Coverage begins with Atomic Energy Commission reports from the 1940s. ECD contains over 250,000 full-text reports plus close to 290,000 DOI links for journal articles.
EnergyFiles -- Department of Energy Web site providing access to 500+ databases, etc. dealing with energy-related issues..
Federal R&D Project Summaries -- Research summary and awards data from the DOE, NIH, EPA, SBA, USDA, NSF, DOD, NASA and the Transportation Research Board.
GPO Access -- The Government Printing Office distributes information from the three branches of government, executive, legislative and judicial.
Handbook of Federal Librarianship -- See pages 9-33 for a list of Federal libraries by general subject area.
Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information -- Full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE) research report literature from 1991 forward, with selected full-text reports from earlier years, including reports from the Atomic Energy Commission and the energy Research and Development Administration.
NIST Data Gateway -- The National Institue of Standards and Technology provides searching across more than 80 free online databases. Sujects covered include biometrics, ceramics, chemistry, crystal structure, environmental data, materials properties, spectral data, etc.
NTIS -- The NTIS searchable database of scientific and technical information. Prices vary depending on the media type.
Occupational Safey & Health Administration (OSHA) -- Resources include Compliance Assistance links.
Patent and Trademark Office -- Search the patent and trademark databases, and much more.
Science Conference Proceedings -- This distributed portal provides access to science and technology conference proceedings and conference papers from a number of authoritative sites (professional societies and national labs, largely) whose areas of interest in the physical sciences and technology intersect those of the Department of Energy.
Science Tracer Bullets -- Research aides produced by the Library of Congress on science and technology subjects.
WebCaspar -- Create tables of statistal information about science and technology in higher education. NSF maintains this site.
Data Files
United States - Federal
Data.gov -- Raw datasets compiled by federal agencies, plus tools and geodata.
DOE Data Explorer -- Data from the Department of Energy: use the DOE Data Explorer (DDE) to find scientific research data - such as computer simulations, numeric data files, figures and plots, interactive maps, multimedia, and scientific images - generated in the course of DOE-sponsored research in various science disciplines.
ED Data Express -- Data that the U.S. Department of Education collects from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
United States – State
California Access raw State data files, databases, geographic data, and other data sources.
Colorado The purpose of the Web Development Center is to unlock access to government data so that it can be deployed using a broad range of software developed in the public and private sectors.
District of Columbia DC Data Catalog
Maine Maine.gov DataShare
Massachusetts Open Data initiative/Data Catalog
Michigan State of Michigan Data
Missouri Access to machine readable public data files maintained by state agencies.
Nebraska Nebraska.gov Data Sources, also has mobile version.
New York The documents, facts, figures, and reports that affect the processes, or are a result of the processes, of the New York Senate.
North Dakota North Dakota Geographic Information System
Ohio Better Lives, Better Ohio provides Ohio families and businesses with easy access to information about quality of life in their communities.
Oklahoma Oklahoma government data that is not easily provided within the Interactive Player of the Oklahoma Data Center.
Rhode Island Open Data Democratizing Rhode Island Data
Texas Open data promotes government transparency, citizen participation, and the efficient use of public resources.
Utah State and local data files, data sources, data visualization, geographic data sources, and external data sources.
Washington Data.Washington
United States – Local
Ann Arbor, Michigan City of Ann Arbor Data Catalog
Arvada, Colorado Arvada OpenData Initiative
Boston, Massachusetts Solar Boston
Chicago, Illinois The City of Chicago's Data Portal
New York City, New York NYC Data Mine
Portland, Oregon CivicApps Data Catalog: The Catalog is unique because it includes public datasets from a wide array of local government jurisdictions. It may be the only inter-jurisdictional repository of local public data of its kind in the United States.
San Francisco, California DataSF is a clearinghouse of datasets available from the City & County of San Francisco.
Seattle, Washington Data.Seattle.gov
UNdata -- UNdata currently has 32 UN statistical databases with 60 million records.
World Bank -- The Data Catalog provides download access to over 2,000 indicators from World Bank data sets.
Australia Data.australia.gov.au The home of Australian government public information datasets.
- Open Parliament Browse MPs, or find someone quickly by entering a name or postal code above. See what your representatives are saying, and what laws they're proposing. Poke around.
- Edmonton Open Data Catalogue The City of Edmonton Open Data catalogue increases the accessibility of public data managed by the City.
- Mississauga Data Mississauga Data is a website that contains urban planning related reports, newsletters, brochures and data. The Information Planning Research Unit manages statistical data including: population, demographics, census, development monitoring/activity, growth forecasts, housing, employment, office, land use, vacant employment lands, and the environment.
- Nanaimo Data Catalog The City of Nanaimo is making data available to the public to allow them to make the best possible decisions, to understand the City's business, and to engage in the democratic process to the fullest extent possible.
- Ottawa Open Data This initial release of data focuses primarily on geospatial data. Over time, the site will include more varied sets of data in more formats.
Estonia Statistical Database: economy, environment, population, and social life.
New Zealand data.gov.nz A directory of publicly-available New Zealand government datasets.
United Kingdom Data.gov.uk Transparency is at the heart of this Government. Data.gov.uk is home to national & local data for free re-use.
Federal -- Earth and Environmental Sciences
Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment -- Links to the National Invasive Species Information Center and an extensive Plants Database.
Environmental Protection Agency
- Electronic Report on the Environment -- National trends in air, water, land, human health and ecological condition.
- Envirofacts -- One-stop source for environmental information.
- Office of Research & Development -- The scientific arm of EPA.
- Science Inventory -- The Science Inventory is a searchable database of EPA science activities and scientific and technical products conducted by EPA and through EPA-funded assistance.
National Atlas -- USGS's North American environmental atlas. Create maps using many different variables; print or purchase ready-made maps.
NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Marine Fisheries Service -- Includes the Offices of Sustainable Fisheries, Protected Resources and Habitat Conservation.
- National Ocean Service -- Explore marine protected areas, coastal zone management, ocean exploration and much more.
- National Weather Service -- Forecasts and real-time weather data.
U. S. State Department, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs -- The Bureau works to promote the conservation of natural resources on an international scale.
USGS, United States Geological Survey
- National Streamflow Information Program -- Real-time and historical streamflow data from more than 7,500 streamgages.
- Publications Warehouse -- Search for any of 70,000 publications from the USGS, 40,000 of which are full-text online.
- Biology Programs at USGS -- Ecosystems, status and trends, invasive species and more.
- National Geospatial Program -- Provides access toGIS data for download, maps, gazetteer.
Federal -- Life Sciences
Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) -- BIRN is a geographically distributed virtual community of shared resources offering the potential to advance the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
- Agricola -- USDA's bibliographic database freely available to all. Broad subject coverage including aquaculture, fisheries, plant sciences, foresty, veterinary sciences, food, human nutrition and all aspects of agriculture.
- ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System -- Provides "...authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world."
- PLANTS National Database -- "The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories."
Genome Programs of the U.S. Department of Energy -- DOE's "...Genomics:GTL program will use the new genomic data and high-throughput technologies for studying the proteins encoded by microbial and plant genomes."
National Biological Information Infrastructure -- NBII is a Web portal to biological information and is maintained by the Biological Informatics Office of the U.S. Geological Survey.
- Entrez, the Life Sciences Search Engine -- Search across many life sciences databases, including Protein, Gene, SNP, PopSet, PubChem Compound, and more.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information NLM'S gateway to molecular biology information, public databases, research in computational biology and software tools for analyzing genome data.
- PubMed -- NLM's bibliographic database includes 18 million citations from 1948 to the present.
Federal -- Math and Physical Sciences
arXive -- Owned and managed by Cornell University, arXive gives e-print open access to 512,597 e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology and statistics.
Computing Research Repository -- CoRR is a service of Cornell University offering open access to computer science preprints, workshop and conference papers, etc.
DTIC (Defense Technical Information Center) Online -- Public scientific and technical documents from the Department of Defense.
- Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information -- Full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE) research report literature from 1991 forward, with selected full-text reports from earlier years, including reports from the Atomic Energy Commission and the energy Research and Development Administration.
- Energy Citations Database -- Access to over 2.3 million science research citations in disciplines of interest to the Department of Energy, such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. Coverage begins with Atomic Energy Commission reports from the 1940s. ECD contains over 200,000 full-text reports and DOI links for journal articles.
- Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government -- Maintained by DOE's Energy Information Administration.
- National Transportation Library (NTL) -- In 2008 a new NTL was created through a merger with the US Department of Transportation Library. Subject concentrations include general transportation, surface, and water transportation. Special topics include: bridge construction and maintenance, driver studies, highways and highway safety, mass transit, merchant marine, pipelines, railroads, statistics, traffic engineering, urban transportation, and waterways.
- TranStats -- TranStats covers all transportation, and does independent data collection and analysis. Provides access to online reports and statistical tables.
- NTL Integrated Search -- The site searches National Transportation Library Catalog and TRIS Online. The TRIS Online database contains over half a million records of published transportation research from the 1960's to the present, including technical reports, books, conference proceedings and journal articles. Currently there are almost 24,000 TRIS records with links to electronic copies of the full-text.
- NTRS, NASA Technical Reports Server -- Full-text reports from NASA and its predecessor agencies for the years 1901 to the present.
- Scientific and Technical Information -- This site helps you locate, obtain, and publish NASA aerospace information.
- Welcome to the Planets -- A collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program.
Physical Reference Data -- Site maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Included are physical constants, atomic and molecular data, atomic spectra database, and more.
Environmental Council of the States: States -- The Environmental Council of the States describes the role that the fifty US states play in environmental protection. ECOS collects data, prepares reports, and has released publications on state environmental contributions. The site includes links to related state agencies, such as the California Environmental Protection Agency.
National Conference of State Legislatures -- Find state documents and legislation, policy issues and research, state-federal relations and representative democracy. View policy positions, research standing committees and newsletters for state lawmakers from the nation's capitol. Some access requires registration.
USA.gov - Statistics at the State and Local Levels -- View archives, budget, census data, city and county information and much much more.
Energy Information Administration -- Get national and state statistical information on regional energy expenditure. Find petroleum prices by state and much more.
Library of Congress Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room -- State libraries and state statutes. Government information by state.
State-specific Web sites
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- Outdoor Alabama -- Dept of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Geological Survey of Alabama -- Search for Geological Survey of Alabama publications by keyword/title, author, year, county, or publication number. (Note: the database will retrieve results which are not available online.)
- Alabama Department of Transportation -- Search the library catalog of the ALDOT Research and Development Bureau's library including periodicals, bulletins, and research reports.
- AEIC Earthquake Database Search - Database from the Alaska Earthquake Information Center that contains earthquake locations from 01/1898 through 5/31/2009. Database is searchable by date, magnitude, location (latitude/longitude) and earthquake depth.
- Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse - This site provides access to a number of databases from a number of disciplines mostly in GIS formats.
- Alaska Center for Health Data and Statistics - Comprehensive statistics on all aspects of health in Alaska.
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Notebook - Provides K-12 appropriate descriptions and pictures of Alaskan Wildlife
- Alaska Hydrologic Survey Streams Database - "This is an electronic record of all streamflow measurements with supporting data made by the Alaska Hydrologic Survey staff over the years." - Searchable by stream name or proximity to community. Database entries include stream location, flow data when available and links to text stream reports.
- AYK Salmon Database Management System- from the website, " The ADF&G, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) Region has created a salmon database management system (DBMS) for public use. The goal of this system is to provide managers, researchers, and the public involved in salmon fisheries in the AYK Region with a system to enter and process new data, as well as to retrieve historical data. The AYK salmon DBMS provides access to AYK project descriptions, biological measurements of age, sex, and length, escapement data, and Norton Sound test fisheries data through this internet site. The website also includes a demonstration of extraction and reporting of subsistence and commercial harvest data for Norton Sound only."
- Community Profile Database - From the website: "The Community Profile Database (CPDB) is the sole automated repository for information on subsistence fish and wildlife harvests in Alaska. The CPDB also contains a wide array of current socioeconomic data. Information is derived from more than a decade of research by the Division of Subsistence, and from other sources." Note: This database must be downloaded to your computer and imported into Access or similar database program before it can be searched.
- Division of Geophysical and Geological Surveys (DGGS) Publications Search - DGGS has been very active in scanning older publications into this database. Find digitized copies of DGGS and Alaska-related USGS reports going back to 1900 using author, title, subject, publication year and/or Quadrangle of interest.
- ADF&G Division of Sport and Commercial Fisheries Reports - Simple Search - From the web site, "This database includes reports published in scientific and technical reporting series. New reports are added as published. To locate reports of interest, enter a search phrase below. Search results will include a link for additional information (Report Details) or a link to an Adobe PDF file of the full report."
- Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Traditional Ecological Knowledge Database Reference Guide - From the website: "The information in the Reference Guide was collected with a survey that was sent to nearly 100 potential respondents, including communities in the spill impact area, Alaska Native associations, Native corporations and other Native organizations, state and federal agencies, libraries, archives, museums and anthropologists. For the purposes of this survey, traditional knowledge was broadly defined to include everything from raw notes, photographs, audio tapes and videotapes, to formal databases organized on computer software. The Reference Guide does not list any traditional ecological knowledge as such, but rather lists information on what data is out there, where it is, and what, if any, restrictions there are on access and use." Note: This database must be downloaded to your computer before it can be searched.
- Query the Fish Count Database - The department counts the numbers of migrating fish, primarily salmon, using weirs, sonars and counting towers in a number of streams throughout Alaska. Searchable by location, species and year using drop-down menus. Information is presented in tables and graphs.
- Water Quality Reports - Databases uses drop down menus to search by waterbody name, town, area name, hydrologic unit name or hydrologic code. From the website, "Water quality data has been collected from a variety of both surface water and ground water sources by the Alaska Hydrologic Survey. This site is an index to the data that has been compiled in reports or manually collected by the Alaska Hydrologic Survey."
- Air Resources Board Online Services/Databases
- Farmland Data - This resource offers data on farmland and farmland conversion in California. County data are available from 1984 to the present; regional and statewide data can be accessed back to 1994.
- Recommended Literature for Math & Science Database - California Dept. of Education. A database of outstanding science-and mathematics-related literature for children and adolescents.
- California Energy Commission - The California Energy Commission website contains sections on Climate Change, Efficiency, Electricity & Natural Gas, Power Plants, Renewables, R&D, Transmission, Transportation, and Reports & News.
- EnviroStor Database - California Environmental Protection Agency. Dept. of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). The EnviroStor Database allows the public to search for properties regulated by the DTSC's Site Mitigation and Brownfields Reuse Program, where extensive investigation and/or cleanup actions are planned or have been completed.
- California Government Online to Desktops (CalGold) - California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA). The California Government Online to Desktops (CalGOLD) website was created to provide businesses with the information they need to comply with environmental and other regulatory and permitting requirements.
- Colorado Earthquake Map Server -- Colorado Geological Survey - This interactive map of earthquake events in Colorado displays date, time, magnitude, location, depth and references.
- Colorado Health Information Dataset -- "allows access to local-level health data compiled by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to help users determine the health status of a neighborhood, community, county, or region in Colorado." Includes statistics on births, deaths, population, behavioral risk factors, birth defects, cancer incidences, pregnancy risk assessment monitoring systems, injuries and tobacco attitudes and behaviors.
- Colorado Market Maker -- Provides names, addresses and contact information for companies producing or using agricultural products in Colorado. Search by business type, product, city or county, company name, and market segment.
- Colorado Oil and Gas Information System (COGIS) -- This database from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission includes information on facilities, production, levies, and inspections/incidents.
- Colorado Renewable Resource Database (CORRD) -- Governor's Energy Office: "CORRD makes solar and wind resource data, maps, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software accessible to a wide variety of users via the Internet."
- Division of Water Resources Online Data Search -- Annual statistics on ground and surface water activity.
- Find State Wildlife Areas -- Search Wildlife Areas by name or region.
- Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level Water Rights Database -- Colorado Water Conservation Board: Search by county, water division, watershed, case number, or stream/lake name.
- Maternal and Child Health County Data Sets -- These annual data sets "contain recent data for Colorado counties for Maternal and Child Health Performance and Outcome Measures as well as for other measures of interest in the Maternal and Child Health populations."
- Mining Data -- Information on Colorado mines, searchable by county, name, permit number, operator, and more.
- Nursery Master List Search -- Database of plant nurseries in Colorado, searchable by city, county, or name.
- Transportation Statistics and Data -- "Information is provided on current and projected traffic volumes, state highway attributes, summary roadway statistics, demographics and geographic data. Listings, calculators, GIS shape files, maps and database files are provided to access data that are used and maintained by CDOT."
- Water Quality Database System -- Agricultural Chemicals and Groundwater Protection Program: Provides groundwater quality monitoring results by year and geographic location for pesticides and inorganic compounds from 1992 to present.
- Biological Sample Information - macroinvertebrate samples are collected by the department and other qualified groups. Department of Natural Resources
- Drinking Water Watch -- Search of public water supply systems in Missouri. Department of Natural Resources
- Environmental Emergency Response Search -- Each incident reported on the 24-Hour Environmental Emergency Response Hotline or via fax from the National Response Center. Department of Natural Resources
- Environmental Sampling Results Data Search -- This is an online search of LIMS, DNR's Laboratory Information Management System -- where the agency keeps results of samples that the Environmental Services Program tests in its lab. Department of Natural Resources
- Exceedance Monitoring System -- E. coli and fecal coliform exceedances in waters of the State of Missouri. Department of Natural Resources
- Bibliography of the Geology of Missouri -- The bibliography brings together the nine books that comprise the Bibliography of the Geology of Missouri. Department of Natural Resources
- Land Reclamation Permits -- Land Reclamation Permit to mine industrial minerals in Missouri. Department of Natural Resources
- Land Survey Index of Missouri -- The Repository now contains approximately 1.8 million land survey records and geodetic survey data. Department of Natural Resources
- Missouri Aquaculture Directory -- Search for aquaculture products by catagory, company, species, or county.
- Missouri Fish and Wildlife Information System -- Contains information about more than 900 Missouri species. Photographs are included for approximately 75% of the species. Searchable by taxonomic group, common name, scientific name, county, primary habitat association, status, life history or habitat variable.
- Missouri Natural Heritage Program -- Identifies species and natural communities of conservation concern in each Missouri county. Searchable by county.
- Ozone Daily Readings -- Approximately 190 ambient air quality monitoring instruments at 66 locations in the state evaluate pollutant levels related to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Department of Natural Resources
- Department of Agriculture - OnlineInfo System
- Natural Areas Program Clickable Map -- Department of Environment & Conservation
- Climate Data for Tennessee -- Office of the State Climatologist.
- TNMap -- Tennessee's Enterprise GIS Portal: TNMAP serves as the portal for accessing a wide variety of GIS related information, resources, and on-line mapping services in Tennessee.
- Tennessee State Parks Office of GIS
- University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
ETDE World Energy Base -- A program of the International Energy Agency, ETDEWEB contains more than four million bibliographic records.
European Union: Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology -- A UK portal to science developed by universities and the Resource Discovery Network.
Japan Science and Technology Agency
OceanPortal -- OceanPortal is high-level directory of all things ocean, produced by International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange and part of UNESCO.
Science.gc.ca -- Science and Technology for Canadians.
Science.gouv.fr -- The French government's science portal.
Science Portal -- The Australian Government's portal to science information.
Science with Africa -- A joint project of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Union.
UNESCO -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- 2009, The Year of the Gorilla -- Sponsored by UNESCO and other agencies.
United Nations Environment Programme
vascoda -- The German government's science portal.
WorldWideScience.org -- One-stop searching of global science sources maintained by the US Department of Energy's Office of Science. WorldWideScience.org searches 52 databases and portals from 56 countries.
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Tom Boyle and his wife, both of Tucson, AZ came out of the local Wal-Mart to find an 18-year-old and his bike stuck under a Camaro which had just run him over. While the mullet-headed driver stood in amazement, Boyle decided to channel all of his anger into his alternate personality, a large green muscle-head with attitude. Boyle then proceeded to lift the car into the air while the driver pulled his hapless victim out from under the muscle-car. While we've no confirmation that Boyle is indeed "The Hulk" we still had our suspicions...until we saw the picture of Boyle after the jump.
If he's the Hulk, then we're the A-team.
Man lifts car off pinned cyclist [azstarnet.com]
Stan Lee eBaying His Mercedes [internal]


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FILA Junior World Championship Results
SOFIA, Bulgaria – On Thursday and Friday, four King University women's wrestlers competed for the U.S. at the FILA Junior World Championships on team coached by Tornado head coach Jason Moorman. The eight-person squad posted 27 points, placing seventh out of 25 teams at the event.
Granger, Ind., native Sarah Hildebrandt turned in the best finish among King wrestlers, finishing 10th in the 55 kg weight class. The junior won her first match on a tech fall 8-0 (3:00) over Romania's Simona Pricob. However, Hildebrandt dropped her next two matches to finish 10th.
King's other wrestlers, Lorrie Ramos (67 kg), Julia Salata (72 kg) and incoming freshman Haley Augello (51 kg) all dropped their first matches, ending their competition.
The U.S. team turned in a seventh place finish with 27 points while Japan won the event with 51 points. Russia took third with 44 points while Mongolia finished third with 44 points.


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Hello all,
I just accepted a job offer in Palo Alto, so I'm officially looking for a place ot live in the area.
The office is near El Camino and Page Mill, and since I'm expecting the job will require some long hours, especially over the next few months, it would be great to find a place close by. Secure storage for kites, boards, and bikes is pretty important, too.
If you know of anyone with a rental, or looking to share a place, please let me know. I will be moving from Truckee at the end of July, so even something short term would be of interest.


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WWF's work to save gorillas
Gorillas have been a WWF flagship species for 50 yearsThrough our African Great Apes Programme, we are actively working to protect all four gorilla subspecies through:
- Improving the effectiveness of protected areas
- Stopping the illegal trade in gorilla products
- Increasing support for gorilla conservation among both local and international communities
On the groundWe are working in collaboration with a wide range of partners in several gorilla range states to both conserve gorilla habitat and populations, as well as help improve the quality of life of local people.
Find out more about specific projects for:
And in the policy arenaWe are also pushing for policies that help gorillas.
The Gorilla Agreement
The Gorilla Agreement, which is a part of the Convention of Migratory Species, came in to full effect in June 2008 and is the first agreement to legally oblige governments in the 10 countries where gorillas live to work together to combat the threats faced by gorillas in the wild, and find coordinated solutions for gorilla conservation by requiring collaboration on issues such as anti-poaching and law enforcement.
The agreement is legally binding, unlike previous declarations from the range countries, such as the GrASP Kinshasa Declaration in 2005.
WWF and TRAFFIC, who are active in gorilla conservation in most of the range countries, were heavily engaged in the negotiation process and final text.
WWF is now helping specify specific steps each government can take to ensure gorillas have a secure future in the wild — through direct conservation action in a way that also benefits local communities.
Priority species
The Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP)
WWF is an active partner in GRASP along with other NGOs, gorilla range states, international conventions, scientists, zoos, charitable donors and commercial interests in a sustained campaign to protect not only the great apes, but also the ecosystems of which they are part.
How you can help
- Visit the gorillas! Money earned through gorilla tourism contributes significantly to the conservation of the species – providing funds for conservation projects and creating jobs and bringing other benefits to local communities living near gorillas. To visit the gorillas of Dzanga-Sangha in Central African Republic, contact: firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Give a gift! Buy a "Gorilla's Paradise" WWF gift and help support the Gamba Complex of protected areas in Gabon – home to western lowland gorillas as well as hippos, elephants and much more.
- Buy sustainable wood. By purchasing FSC-certified forest products, consumers, retailers, traders, and manufacturers help protect gorilla habitat by encouraging sustainable forestry and limiting illegal logging. Without the FSC label, your timber may well stem from illegal or controversial sources in central Africa.
- Donate to WWF to help support our great ape conservation work.
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Car Deals
Coupe Deals: April 2013
Shoppers can use our latest list to find a great deal on a sleek new coupe in April. We've compiled our favorite coupe deals this month on several top models, from value-priced coupes to high-end luxury models. That way, you'll get a great deal in April no matter your budget.
Cadillac CTS Coupe
The 2013 Cadillac CTS Coupe is a luxurious, 2-door version of the upscale Cadillac CTS sport sedan. In April, it's offered with two incentives. The first is a 36-month lease deal that touts monthly payments from $299 after $2,989 down at lease signing. The only catch: That offer allows only 10,000 miles per year. For shoppers looking to finance their next coupe, Cadillac is offering interest rates as low as zero percent for up to 36 months. Drivers looking for a more muscular ride will be happy to learn that this deal is also available on the high-performance CTS-V Coupe, which has a supercharged V8 that makes 556 horsepower.
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Chevrolet Camaro
The 2013 Chevrolet Camaro is a sporty, retro-themed 4-seat coupe or convertible. In April, coupe models are available with two incentives. The first is a low-interest deal that includes 36-month interest rates starting at zero percent. Cash buyers, meanwhile, can get up to $1,000 back on any 2013 Camaro except the high-performance ZL1. While the cash offer remains the same for leftover 2012 models, finance shoppers should also consider the highly similar 2012 Camaro. That's because Chevrolet is offering zero percent interest for a much longer 72 months on all 2012 models except the ZL1. In April, there's also a lease offer on the V6-powered 2013 Camaro LS. Through the end of the month, shoppers can put nothing down and receive a 36-month lease on the coupe for just $315 per month.
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Dodge Challenger
The 2013 Dodge Challenger is a large, high-performance coupe meant to remind buyers of the muscle car days. Three offers are available this month for the retro-styled Challenger. The first is a lease deal for the V6-powered Challenger SXT. Shoppers interested in that model can get a 36-month lease with payments from just $299 per month after $2,999 at lease signing. For shoppers looking to pay with cash, Dodge is offering up to $2,000 cash back on all Challenger models. And for drivers who would rather finance the sporty coupe, Dodge is touting interest rates starting at zero percent for up to 36 months on all Challenger trims -- even the coupe's high-performance R/T model.
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Honda Civic Coupe
The 2013 Honda Civic Coupe is a sporty, 2-door version of the popular Civic compact sedan. Two deals are available on the Civic coupe in April. For qualified shoppers looking to finance the Civic, Honda is offering interest rates as low as 0.9 percent for 36 months or 1.9 percent for up to 60 months. Meanwhile, shoppers interested in getting a little extra performance should check out the sporty Civic Si coupe this month. That's because the 201-hp 2-door is available in April with the same low-interest deal as the workaday Civic coupe model.
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Hyundai Genesis Coupe
The 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe is a rear-wheel-drive 4-seater with available manual or automatic transmissions. In April, it's offered with only a lease deal. Through the end of the month, Hyundai says shoppers looking to lease a 2013 Genesis coupe can do so for 36 months with payments starting at $289 per month after $2,699 at lease signing. While that offer only applies to the 4-cylinder Genesis Coupe, that model boasts a muscular 274-hp turbocharged engine, giving it the performance to keep up with top rivals. For current Hyundai owners, Hyundai is also offering the Genesis Coupe with a $500 loyalty coupon.
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Cotton, now growing in counties north and west of Enid, Okla., for the first time since the 1950s, provides a rotation crop that works well with wheat. Farmers growing cotton for the first time in several decades in what is typically known as big wheat country, are excited about the potential.
Greg Heath, who farms near Canton with his brother, Paul, sees a lot to like in cotton.
"We started no-till farming six years ago," Greg said. "We were looking for a crop that would work with wheat in a no-till culture. We found two crops that are heat and drought tolerant — sunflowers and cotton.
"We decided to go with cotton because it is a more stable crop, insurable, traded on the board of trade. It is a basic commodity, as old as time itself."
Greg's father had been the last of the family to grow cotton, back in 1955, and the boll weevils wiped it out. Since then, a national boll weevil eradication program has almost stopped the weevil problem. Producers gin cotton in Anthony, Kan.
The Heath brothers had the unenviable position of planting their first cotton crop in the middle of the worst drought on record for the Southern Plains. But the dryland acreage they planted in the North Canadian River bottoms — where subsoil moisture is higher — will "yield a bale per acre," on good dryland cotton any year, Greg said. In a year of extreme drought, it is outstanding.
The Heaths were not unscathed by the drought. They planted 300 acres of cotton. "Two hundred acres looks pretty good," Greg said. "The rest had less than an inch of rain all season and it will be harvestable, but only barely."
Although they are waiting on harvest, the Heaths intend to grow more cotton in 2007. "We probably will plant 400 to 600 acres next year," Greg said. "We're looking for a reliable crop to work into our wheat and stocker cattle operation."
Each year the brothers plant around 900 acres of wheat to graze out with stocker cattle and farm another 2,000 acres of cropland.
Over at Fairview, Matt Gard, a member of the Oklahoma State University 2005 farmer leadership class, also is searching for a rotation crop with soybeans, a crop his family has grown for years.
Gard suffered from the drought, receiving only 6.3 inches of rain on his home farm since August 2005. He planted some dryland cotton that burned up. Two circles of center pivot irrigated cotton did much better. "Two different agronomists have looked at one circle," he said, "and they predict it will yield 3 to 4 bales per acre."
Gard grows wheat, milo, soybeans and cotton. He also does a lot of custom farming, planting fall and spring crops and harvesting hay for client farmers.
In 2005, Gard, with the OSU farmer leadership program, visited southwest Oklahoma, historically a top cotton-growing area. In Jackson County, Gard learned about cotton production from such people as J. C. Banks, OSU Extension state cotton specialist; the late Miles Karner, OSU Extension state entomologist; and Charles Abernathy, an Altus, Okla., farmer, who, at that time, was president of the Plains Cotton Cooperative Association.
"They showed us different cotton management systems and put the desire in our minds to try the crop up here," he said.
Heath and Gard, along with several other top farmers, were encouraged to try growing cotton when they attended producer meetings held by farmer/owners of the Southern Kansas Cotton Growers Cooperative located at Winfield and Anthony, Kan.
Kansas' farmers have grown cotton successfully for several years now and have several large, modern cotton gins along the Kansas-Oklahoma state line.
Gary Feist, manager of the Southern Kansas Cotton Growers gin at Anthony, with an agronomist employed by the cooperative, held a series of producer meetings at Fairview and Canton in 2005 and early 2006 to encourage farmers to try cotton as a viable rotation crop with wheat.
"We are excited that a lot of top farmers north and east of Enid, in northern Grant County and in the Fairview, Canton and Okeene areas, decided to try cotton for the first time," Feist said. "We are the closest modern cotton gin for these farmers."
Feist expects to gin at least 45,000 bales this season.
"We think cotton will work for farmers in this area of north central Oklahoma," Feist said. "The drought up here has left us with little or no rain for many months. We probably won't have much wheat pasture and the milo crop suffered from the heat and dry weather. Farmers who have been watching their neighbors grow cotton for four or five years, successfully in spite of this drought, are beginning to realize they aren't doing it for their health."
Feist said a milo crop was a disaster for one of his customers. "He has his first crop of cotton this year and will make 400 to 500 pounds, a bale of lint per acre. He may give up on milo and go to a wheat and cotton rotation."
Feist said advantages of cotton include drought and heat tolerance, high yields from modern transgenic varieties with protection against weeds and worms and freedom from the boll weevil.
"Just as important," he said, "cotton is a recognized crop by the USDA. It is a basic crop grown under a farm program, has crop insurance protection and is traded on several boards of trade."
Feist said farmers are trying several other crops across the Plains States to find one that will be a big hitter in rotation with wheat, grain sorghum, soybeans and corn in both dryland and irrigated cultures. They've tried sunflower, safflower and canola at different times and different places. He said cotton offers a viable opportunity for farmers simply because it can be grown, harvested, processed, stored and sold in a stable and predictable environment.
These are important considerations that have yet to be worked out with the other crops, he said. "Both Kansas State University and Oklahoma State University are working diligently to establish canola as a workable crop for this area," he said. "I think if they work just as hard to establish cotton here, we would have to build more cotton gins."
NTOK is a cotton industry partnership, which encourages increased cotton production in the Rolling Plains of North Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.


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|2010-07-21, 01:20
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Join Date: Oct 2008
New chapter is out by Maigo Scans.
It feels very rushed. If I didn't read ahead in the novels, it would've been a bit hard to follow.
It's inevitable. Appearance counts for a lot.
Which is ironic.
If all the girls really did look that pretty, they wouldn't have problems making friends.
Sure, they may have terrible personalities, but that still shouldn't leave them friendless.
In most cases, the "romance" element just feel rushed, cliched, and overall undeveloped.
My qualm with it just derives from being disappointed with how other manga set them up and ruin it.
After all, this is a novel/story about making friends, not exactly boy-girl relationships.
They first have to friends before getting to that part.
Though, chances are that the club will remain with those 7 members, and none of them will ever make friends. Haha...
Looking forward to how the author continues the story.
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|2010-07-21, 01:44
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The Owl of Minerva
Join Date: Apr 2006
Regarding why the novel has become a hit, IMO it is attributable to the clever and humorous writing of Hirasaka, with random parodies of and references to eroge, moe, 2ch and other otaku stuff. On top of that, the abundance of blue jokes and dirty talks make it a truly "light" novel that anyone can pick up, immediately be immersed and have a good laugh.
Btw since this is the Manga & Light Novels forum, wouldn't it be a good idea to find some way to indicate on the thread title that this is for manga discussion only?
|2010-07-21, 01:52
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|2010-07-25, 23:39
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chapter 03
rather than making fun of him, the two girls should be proud of the fact that he at least is not playing a female character. =D (his "new" look couldn't be so funny and different at the same time).
again, gotta love those two girls arguing and fighting with each other, even when they play a game and happen to be in the same team. it's funny how they never got to work together as allies, choosing instead to exact revenge should the slightest opportunity appear before their eyes, only to have things escalate a few steps at a time.
it's also ironic how they act and behave like very good "friends", even though they don't want to admit it. I think the animosity (and they way they express it) is what makes this and past chapters so enjoyable to read.
|2010-07-26, 20:06
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Know who you are
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Resides within the depths of Ned infested Glasgow
LOL Sena is now atm at the forefront of fav character of this great little series.
She did the the one thing I always do when ever I can, chop down a companion in the back
Whether it be a FPS, MMORPG, whatever, everyone at least once will backstab just for the sake of it and I just love the way Sena did, right off the bat
Plus her staying up all weekened to play the game makes me like her even more, totally reminds me of times when I used to do that.
The girls downward spirl into chaos was pretty funny, think I've had that a few times when playing some games but more in the spirit of lolz, even if we would be swearing at each other
looking forward to more of this, hope we get a new member next chapter.
|2010-07-26, 22:37
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Chapter 4 is out.
Hahaha, it's hilarious.
Kodaka gets jealous of the MC for having a friend already.
Yozora and Sena are as socially incompetent as ever.
And... Nagata Yukiko?
Also, do we have the special announcement that came with vol.1 release?
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|2010-07-31, 19:41
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chapter 04
makes you wonder, what kind of game can they actually play together?
"Sena is so hard to pronounce" (I remember saying similar lines to my friends... lol)
it's funny how Sena and Yozora arrive to the same conclusion. :P
"I believed in you Yukiko" <--- lol
|2010-08-02, 09:06
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singing heartbreak
OMG, the trap is pretty good, even I was falling for him , and I don't usually fall for traps =02. Kodaka said he was losing rep, but he had to actually be gaining it; I mean, he had Yozu and Sena, two girls who are pretty much loners, following him around. That'd boost just about anyones rep .
|2010-08-02, 14:09
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Well Sena isn't a complete loner, all the guys worship her, she just doesn't have any female friends which is what she wants.
I don't really like the trap character yet. I've really grown tired of the whole weak character that wants to serve main character type, and I don't see anything other than the fact that he is a trap to differentiate him.
|2010-08-02, 16:23
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Resides within the depths of Ned infested Glasgow
You know in that prologue chapter I thought it was a girl, thought Kodaka was the only guy in the club but damn did not see that coming!
Altho I love my traps, Sena is still my favorite character here, she's just so full of herself it's weirdly refreshing.
Btw as of ch 5 it's come to my attention that Kodaka, Sena and Yozura are way more entertaining than any of the gang from Haruhi.
oh and as I've said over in the Asobi ni Iku Yo thread, there was posters of this series in the ep 4, which makes me hope and beleive that a anime will come for this series!
So I wonder when Taser-chan and Imouto-chan will show up, looking forward to them
|2010-08-02, 16:52
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|2010-08-02, 19:11
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When I saw Yukimura's name in the Yaminabe chapter, I thought of Sanada.
And wouldn't have known that he was a boy either if I didn't read the novel.
I'm guessing that someone would later force him to wear a maid outfit, eh?
Even though he was tricked into the club, he pretty much also fits under the category of "having no friends."
|2010-08-02, 23:41
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singing heartbreak
Totally unrelated, but I just read Mukuchi na Bakemono wa Yoru ni Naku tonight. It reminded me of this a lot(that's not to say they are the same, mind you), with the whole "main char getting avoided" theme. It's only a 46 page one-shot, and I know I'm just posting this initially on me being hyped or whatever, but i'd say check it out. It's too bad that it was only a one-shot .
|2010-08-03, 00:18
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Le fou, c'est moi
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|2010-08-04, 08:07
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hong Kong
I have followed Hirasaka-san's novel a long time and I have a collection of his work at home
The essence of Hirasaka-san's novel is sarcasm and mockery, but not moe and fan-service
He made fun of otaku culture (mainly, like the previous chapter in this manga, galgame, monster hunter...) and the whole world (some of his early works)
Because of the cruel reality (the sales of his early works are not good), he compromised and added more moe elements.
This work is the result - a little mockery and a lot of moe.
The sales result proved that this is the right choice.
The novel is not as crazy as his early work. Still, I like it.
By the way, the title of this book is called "I have few friend" but we, the novel readers, always refer it as "I have few friend but I have a harem"
|2010-08-07, 15:43
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chapter 05
"Drink this while it's still warm, Kodaka" <-- oh I think this is the reason why I like Yozora more than Sena. she will make Kodaka feel bad in ways she and only she can do---pure evil at its best. it's also ironic that the one who is saying this to him is the same person that has conversations with an imaginary air friend.
I wouldn't mind a cute underling. ~fufufufu
Sena and Yozora were having so much fun in this chapter at the expense of Kodaka. :P
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Media Create published the latest hardware sales from Japan.
This is not good! VITA needs more games over there, and so does ps3.
i dont get why nintendo lets wii u sell so bad without a orice drop for so long. All 3rd party support is gone and to get it back they need a price drop. sorta like vita did.
Now sony neeeds to drop the price in the rest of the world.
Microsoft should forget about Japan and leave them to the schoolgirl games


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