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FOR 10 YEARS, NO ONE SEEMED TO mind that Janice Turner was a pro-life nurse. Her job at the Women's Clinic in Marion County, Ore., included reaching out to women undergoing high-risk pregnancies, making house calls to expectant teenagers and single moms, and counseling clients on their legal options, including abortion and "emergency contraception."
But Ms. Turner, a Christian who believes life begins at conception, refused to refer clients for abortion, or to dispense "morning-after pills"-the so-called "contraceptive" that actually snuffs out budding life. Although Ms. Turner's supervisor didn't agree with her abortion views, she respected Ms. Turner's right to follow her conscience.
But then a new supervisor came along. And in July 2001, after a decade on the job, Ms. Turner was fired. That's because, according to a federal suit Ms. Turner filed with the help of the Rutherford Institute, the new supervisor believed Ms. Turner's religious objection to abortion made her "not a complete nurse."
Ms. Turner is one of an increasingly vocal number of health-care professionals being forced to choose between career and conscience. As the doctrine of "choice" has failed to sustain long-term expansion of abortion, Roe enthusiasts have appealed to courts and regulators to force health-care workers, public and private medical facilities, and even insurers to participate in abortions.
"Abortion advocates want to make health-care workers' rights of conscience subordinate to the public 'right' to abortion," said Brigham Young University law professor Lynn Wardle, an expert on medical right-of-conscience issues. "It is an irony that this all developed out of the rhetoric of private choice."
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act requires employers to generally "accommodate" the religious beliefs of workers. Only one state, Illinois, specifically protects the right of all health-care industry players to refuse to participate in, or fund, any medical procedure on religious or moral grounds. Forty-five states permit some providers and institutions to abstain from participation in abortion services only. But many state laws exclude certain providers, such as abortion-objecting pharmacists; only Arkansas and South Dakota protect their right not to dispense abortifacients such as the "morning-after pill." Four states-Alabama, Mississippi, New Hampshire, and Vermont-provide no conscience protection for any health-care worker or institution.
Meanwhile, a 30-year-old federal conscience-protection law may provide the best sanctuary for public health workers like Janice Turner. The Church Amendment to the Public Health Service Extension Act of 1973, passed six months after the Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade decision, created a federal law exempting publicly funded institutions or individuals with religious or moral objections from performing abortions and sterilizations. Rutherford Institute attorneys cited the Church Amendment in their pleadings against the Marion County clinic that fired Ms. Turner. Although attorneys for the county still contend their clients did not violate Ms. Turner's rights of conscience, they now want to settle out of court.
Frank Manion, a Kentucky-based attorney with the pro-life American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), says the number of health-care professionals contacting his organization about abortion-related right-of-conscience issues has grown over the past three years from about one call every two months to at least a call per week. He said the ACLJ hears most frequently from nurses, as more nurses who are asked to dispense morning-after pills realize that the drug doesn't prevent pregnancy, but ends it.
"We do hear from some doctors, but they are typically in the minority because they usually are in a position to set their own terms of employment," Mr. Manion said. "Nurses and other health-care workers with less clout are typically not in that position."
Nurse Michelle Diaz wasn't. When in 1999 Ms. Diaz, 28, took a job at a public health clinic in Riverside, Calif., she didn't know the morning-after pill was already a lightning rod there. She also didn't know the medication isn't a contraceptive, but an abortifacient that prevents a developing embryo from implanting in the uterine wall. Ms. Diaz, a Christian who objects to abortion, had been working at the clinic for only a few weeks when a manager asked her to dispense the drug to a patient: "It wasn't until many weeks afterward that I realized what I had been asked to do-and what I clearly wasn't going to be doing in the future."
It turned out that the other four nurses with whom Ms. Diaz worked had already refused on religious grounds to hand out morning-after pills. When clinic managers learned that their newest hire, Ms. Diaz, wouldn't dispense them either, a temper-flaring, door-slamming war erupted between the nurses and management. Clinic managers tried to close the issue by writing position descriptions for the objecting nurses that required them to dispense emergency contraception.
Four nurses and a nurse manager immediately resigned. But Ms. Diaz, who was four months pregnant and responsible for earning half her family's income, instead waited for a promised transfer to a different position-a transfer that never came. Then in June 1999, a reporter called Ms. Diaz to ask about the clinic fracas, and quoted her in a weekend Riverside Press-Enterprise story. The following week, Ms. Diaz was fired.
With the help of the ACLJ, she filed a civil suit against Riverside County. Judges normally adjudicate such cases, but Ms. Diaz requested and was granted a jury trial. In May 2002, an eight-person jury concluded that the county had abridged her rights of free speech and religious freedom, and awarded her $47,000 in back pay and damages.
The verdict taught ACLJ attorney Frank Manion a lesson. "When you can get past judges to the regular people, you find not only that they are more pro-life than we've been led to believe, but that they also understand that someone like Michelle has a fundamental right to have her conscience respected."
In their attempt to elevate the "right" to kill unborn children over health-care providers' rights of conscience, groups such as the National Organization for Women and the National Abortion Rights Action League play a rhetorical shell game. "Abortion" becomes "women's health"; objectors to abortion become "religious fanatics" who are trampling on women's "civil rights," and "denying women access to comprehensive health care." The linguistic bait-and-switch has been particularly effective in forcing health-care institutions to violate the moral principles upon which they were founded.
Brigham Young University's Lynn Wardle cited what he calls the abortion lobby's "containment policy" toward Roman Catholic hospitals and other health-care institutions with a pro-life ethic. Here's how it works: When such organizations bid to take over failing hospitals and medical facilities, pro-abortion activists furiously rattle cages at regulatory agencies charged with approving and licensing such takeovers. Their argument is that the expansion of zero-abortion medical facilities will reduce women's "access to comprehensive health care."
The tactic often works. In Connecticut, for example, officials denied a "certificate of need" to a proposed outpatient surgical center because it refused to perform abortions. In St. Petersburg, officials forced a private Florida hospital to bow out of a nonprofit consortium because the consortium opposed abortion.
Sometimes such fights spill into the courts, where judges often narrowly interpret conscience laws, Mr. Wardle said. The Alaska Supreme Court, for instance, forced the Valley Hospital Association (VHA), a nonsectarian, private organization located in Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna Valley, to provide surgical abortions even though the group had expressed moral objections to the procedure. Unbidden-and perhaps as a message to Roman Catholic hospitals operating in the area-the judge in the case wrote in his ruling that if VHA had been a religious organization, he would have ruled the same way.
About one in five state conscience laws that protect individuals excludes institutions, according to Mr. Wardle, creating a legal end-around that he calls "an indirect way of denying the conscience and morality of the individuals whose choices the entities were created to effectuate."
In response to the assault on health-care freedom of conscience, the ethics commission of the 15,000-member Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA) has drafted a right-of-conscience statement. Though the statement has not yet been formally adopted, its basic tenets acknowledge the conscience rights of patients, providers, and institutions, and also places all health-care decisions in proper biblical perspective: "Christian dentists and physicians in our society give dual service to a Holy God and the humanity He created and sustains ... ," the proposed statement reads. "The Christian caregiver's conscience should be informed by the facts and reasons provided by science, but it should be governed by the facts and reasons of God's revelation. For the Christian, obedience to conscience is obligatory."
CMDA's statement also addresses the right-of-conscience challenges faced by medical schools. While standard OB-GYN instruction includes training in emptying the uterus of miscarried pregnancies-essentially the same procedures as aborting live babies-abortion backers charge that women's "access" to abortion is declining as fewer medical schools teach abortion per se. In response, health-care officials in New York City last year made abortion training mandatory for OB-GYN residents in the city's public hospital system. Although the requirement includes a conscience clause, Mr. Manion said pro-life residents there ought to beware of "subtle discrimination. When a city goes out of its way to announce that they're making abortion training mandatory, I would be very concerned if I were a pro-life resident there."
Meanwhile, pro-life lawmakers in Congress are fighting back. New federal legislation, the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (ANDA), would prevent the federal government from refusing to fund individuals and institutions based on their refusal to participate in abortions. The House passed the measure last fall, 229-189. The Senate will take up ANDA this year, but even with the GOP in control of the chamber, pro-life activists say the bill faces a tough partisan fight.


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You see him every time you drive to pick up Chinese. He's lined up in the grocery store parking lot. You stare at him during rush hour. And now, you get to name him. He — or is it she? — is the blue heron on Maryland's Treasure the Chesapeake licenses plates.
Who would have thought such a popular bird was nameless?
After 27 years, the bird is in identity as well as gender crisis.
A name will not only solve those problems but also help Marylanders connect with the Bay plate and the work being done to restore the Bay. That's the thinking at Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Trust, the nonprofit funded by Bay plates and Maryland tax filing check-offs. The Trust works to restore the Bay by planting trees, restoring shorelines, reviving oysters and educating human Bay dwellers. Lots of its money is passed along to schools and community groups.
Does poor nameless heron look like a Bob, or is she more of a Chessie?
Send your naming choice by April 15 to www.bayplate.org.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp's media arm is opening offices in New York and Los Angeles as the company pushes ahead with an Internet television service that it plans to launch later this year, an Intel spokesman said on Friday.
Setting up shop in Los Angeles' Santa Monica and New York's Nolita brings Intel closer to the major TV networks and production studios that the world's biggest chipmaker must strike deals with to gather content for its live and on-demand service, Intel spokesman Jon Carvill said.
Opening the offices is a sign that Intel is committed to moving ahead with the venture even though progress making deals has been slow. Some industry insiders have expressed doubts about Intel's ability to successfully create a business to challenge traditional cable operators.
"It suggests that there's an ongoing level of interest, maybe an incremental positive to their commitment," said Cody Acree, an analyst at Williams Financial Group. "They have to continue down this path or there's no hope of being successful."
Intel plans to introduce the TV service, to be delivered through the Internet and a set-top box, this year in a phased rollout in regional markets, Carvill said.
In July, Intel Media hired Moe Khosravy, a cloud-computing expert who previously worked at Microsoft Corp and VMWare Inc, as head of software and user experiences. Intel has about 375 people working on the TV business, most of them based at Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
Doubts about Intel's commitment to the venture emerged in June after newly appointed Chief Executive Brian Krzanich warned he was taking a cautious approach to television, far from the company's core business of chip manufacturing.
Some content providers have agreed with Intel about how their content would be distributed, but as of June the chipmaker had yet to sign any deals despite offering to pay sizeable premiums over traditional cable rates.
Carvill declined to comment on Intel's negotiations.
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Media companies typically give better prices to operators with more viewers, such as large cable companies, and charge higher prices to smaller or newer entrants. Since Intel's TV service has yet to start, it can expect to pay a premium.
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the ESC is connected to a regular 9V battery for power supply
Running a brushless motor isn't really the same thing as running a servo.
There's not nearly enough current capacity there to run a motor as large as that one looks.
a brushless motor expects a servo signal (a pulse between 1000 and 2000 microseconds every 20 mS.)
for example if I send a 'HIGH' signal every 20ms and use the potentiometer to change a variable that pauses the HIGH signal between 1000-2000 microsec's?
what do you mean current capacity?
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Why an All-Female School May Be Best Training Ground
The best training ground for success in a male-dominated business world is a classroom full of women, says Cathy E. Minehan, dean of the all-female Simmons College School of Management.
In a coed environment, "male leadership roles remain unchallenged, and women are left with 'play the game our way, or go home,'" she says.
Ms. Minehan, 65 years old, knows a thing or two about the old boys' club. She is a former chief of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and spent nearly 40 years at central bank branches in Boston and New York. She stepped down in 2007, then took the deanship at the Boston-based school last summer, joking that she "flunked" retirement.
Ms. Minehan spoke with The Wall Street Journal about the merits of an all-women business education, and brand-management lessons learned at the Fed.
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WSJ: You were in a very different industry before coming to academia. Why did you take the job at Simmons?
Ms. Minehan:[The job] intrigued me. I've always had this interest in what you can do, systemically, to make it easier for women to be successful in business.
WSJ: Why is it better to address those systemic issues in an all-women environment when so much of the business world is dominated by men? How is that good training for real life?
Ms. Minehan: Just think about mission-driven education in general—for example, historically black colleges. The schools provide not only a first-class education, but also an environment and culture in which it's easier to talk about some subjects.
[At Simmons, students] can develop tools to navigate better in the business world because they understand the subtleties of a male-dominated culture in a way that they might not understand in classrooms that are dominated by men.
An example: negotiations. Women don't negotiate the same way that men do. We teach classic negotiation theory, classic negotiation practice, but we also teach about the situation women will find in [the outside world] and then how to deal with it.
WSJ:Should coed business schools address gender issues more?
Ms. Minehan: I think some reference should be made to it. Should it drive out the real focus on hard [quantitative] topics? No, it shouldn't.
WSJ: Simmons boasts of teaching "principled leadership." How is what you do different from your peers' approach to ethics and leadership?
Ms. Minehan: We [have] incorporated the "giving voice to values" framework. The idea is that you don't have an ethics course, you embed values in every single course. So if you're talking about finance, you talk about how you develop a financial tool that's appropriate for the customer. You want to serve your customer, you don't want to sell your customer just the next schlocky thing.
\[To teach leadership\], we give each student the organizational behavior and other theory that goes into what makes a good leader, but we also give them lots of team-based work. You get a lot of opportunities to develop your own voice.
We write cases about women leaders. Harvard \[Business School\] doesn't have a whole lot of cases written about women. If Harvard wants a case about a woman leader, they usually are looking at stuff we've developed.
WSJ: What lessons did you take from the Fed that you want to bring to Simmons?
Ms. Minehan: The process of establishing your personal brand is a good thing to do. I was at the [Federal Reserve Bank of New York] for 10 years before I had my children. Both times, I was promoted while I was on maternity leave. Companies are not stupid; they know when they've got a good asset. You've got to be flexible enough to figure out how to keep the people you really need to have.
I really learned the value of establishing your brand, and then working from there. I was fortunate enough to find good household help. People draw on family, they use day care. There's a lot of different options there and you can make them work if you want to make them work.
WSJ: Women leaders have been a hot topic in recent weeks, particularly after Marissa Mayer was named CEO of Yahoo. Should her pregnancy be as big of a deal as it is?
Ms. Minehan: I think it's interesting, but I don't think it's so interesting that you've got to focus so many column inches on it. If she's smart enough to run Yahoo, which the board seems to think she is, she's smart enough to figure this out.
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The target of this project will be various stakeholders within a community including business and government.
We have completed a number of specific assessments but now feel that the report design could be upgraded and enhanced substantially making it look totally different from what it currently is. The report is information sensitive and confidential and the design may need to reflect that. There currently is little use of images with only the front page having an image of the community the report is for.
The design must be in Microsoft Word since we will be constantly updating the information for other communities. Any other design program would not allow us the flexibility of changing the data and information in the report. When we complete a report we send to our printer in a pdf - currently the report is printed in a "magazine" type format.
We are open to all changes in design and printing formats. The text will not change substantially in the Project Overview and Sections A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The next sections including all Appendices may change substantially depending on the community.
Attached is the most current report we have completed. I have provided it in Word and in pdf formats.


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EA Sports Makes The Game 'Players' Choice' For 'Madden NFL 12' Cover
By Barry Janoff, Executive Editor
March 21, 2011: In an homage to the madness of March college basketball and not to the current disparities between NFL owners and players, Electronic Arts said that consumers and football fans would have the opportunity to select the cover athlete for NFL Madden 12 via a bracket-style voting campaign.
Now through April 27, EA Sports is teaming exclusively with ESPN to enable people to help select the one athlete from among 32 candidates (one representative from every NFL team) to appear on the cover of Madden NFL 12, which is scheduled to hit retail this August.
This is an expansion of the NFL Madden 11 cover selection, when fans were offered the choice of several players from which to pick. In the final voting, quarterback Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints) won out over Jared Allen (Minnesota Vikings) and Reggie Wayne (Indianapolis Colts).
Two years ago, EA Sports also teamed with ESPN, which intergrated the release of Madden NFL 10 thoughout its programming.
Votes will determine which NFL players advance through the seeded brackets. The unveiling of the Madden NFL 12 cover athlete is currently scheduled for April 27 during ESPN's SportsNation. However, given the situation between owners and players and that "all player participation has been facilitated by NFL Players, the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the NFL Players Assn.," EA Sports stated that the "Madden NFL 12 cover announcement date is subject to change."
Among the players being considered are Aaron Rodgers, quarterback for the Green Bay Packers and Super Bowl XLV MVP; Madden NFL 11 cover star Brees, Michael Vick (Philadelphia Eagles, who appeared on the Madden NFL 2004 cover when he was with the Atlanta Falcons), Mark Sanchez (New York Jets), Tim Tebow (Denver Broncos), Maurice Jones-Drew (Jacksonville Jaguars), Adrian Peterson (Minnesota Vikings), Julius Peppers (Chicago Bears), Hines Ward (Pittsburgh Steelers), Philip Rivers (San Diego Chargers) and Sam Bradford (St. Louis Rams). Also in the running is "The 12th Man" representing the Seattle Seahawks.
Round 1 voting will take place now through March 27. Round 2 is March 28-April 3. Round 3 is April 11-17. The Final Round voting will take place April 18-26. (Full bracket here.)
Marketing support includes a dedicated Facebook page where visitors can fill out brackets for the opportunity to win prizes including Super Bowl tickets and copies of Madden NFL 12. (Full details here.)
In addition, SportsNation co-hosts Colin Cowherd and Michelle Beadle will provide updates and interviews with candidates throughout the voting period.
Madden NFL 12 is the 23rd edition of the videogame in franchise history. Since its debut in 1989, the Madden NFL franchise has sold more than 90 million units, according to EA Sports.
"There's never a shortage of opinions when it comes to the annual selection of the Madden NFL cover athlete."
"Whether it be from fans, media, agents, or even the players themselves, there's never a shortage of opinions when it comes to the annual selection of the Madden NFL cover athlete," Anthony Stevenson, senior product manager for EA Sports, said in a statement. "So this year we're handing the keys over to the public. ESPN continues to be a tremendous partner of the Madden NFL franchise, and it makes perfect sense for SportsNation to be the platform that gives fans the ultimate say in who graces the cover of Madden NFL 12."
According to Raphael Poplock, ESPN vp-games and digital partnerships, "ESPN is proud to continue its tradition of serving fans by collaborating with EA Sports and putting the cover vote of Madden NFL 12 in their hands. We believe ESPN provides the perfect platform for fans to be heard, and encourage everyone to support their favorite representative in this bracket-style vote."
NFL Madden Covers
2011: Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
2010: Larry Fitzgerald (Arizona Cardinals), Troy Polamalu (Pittsburgh Steelers)
2009: Brett Favre (Green Bay Packers. However, EA Sports offered a printout version of Favre in his New York Jets uniform after the trade became official.)
2008: Vince Young (Tennessee Titans)
2007: Shaun Alexander (Seattle Seahawks)
2006: Donovan McNabb (Philadelphia Eagles)
2005: Ray Lewis (Baltimore Ravens)
2004: Michael Vick (Atlanta Falcons)
2003: Marshall Faulk (St. Louis Rams)
2002: Daunte Culpepper (Minnesota Vikings)
2001: Eddie George (Tennessee Titans)
2000: John Madden
Cool Brees: New Orleans Saints Quarterback Gets Covered By Madden NFL 11
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With a vacancy for a backup quarterback, and apparently for a former Ohio State star, the Bengals have started poking around the free agent market.
According to Joe Reedy of the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Bengals brought quarterback Josh Johnson and wide receiver Ted Ginn in for visits Thursday.
Ginn was extraneous in San Francisco, but would fill a need in Cincinnati with his speed and return ability (considering that Brandon Tate is a free agent).
Johnson finished last season with the Browns, but the former Jim Harbaugh project from the University of San Diego is an option after Bruce Gradkowski left for the Steelers earlier this week.


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Cook the Book: Jamaican Barbecue Banana Birds
According to Rick Browne, author of this week's Cook the Book selection, The Best Barbecue on Earth, Jamaica "may well be the birthplace of barbecue in its most classic sense: slow, smoky cooking over low heat." Jerks—from chicken, pork, and beef, to vegetables, fish, and soup—are ubiquitous in Jamaica, available at fancy bistros, roadside cafes, and in home kitchens.
The term "jerk" is used to describe both the seasoning, primarily allspice and Scotch bonnet chilies or any combination of other spices like cinnamon, thyme, garlic, cloves, and sugar. Jerk is also the method of slow, smoky cooking.
Today's recipe is for Jamaican barbecue banana birds. Cornish hens are marinated for 8 hours in a boozy bath of rum, cinnamon, white pepper, garlic, and cloves. Then, they are stuffed with a ripe banana and bread crumb stuffing, and grilled until juicy and tender.
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- Yield:4 to 6 servings
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup dark Jamaican rum
- 2 (1 1/2- to 2-pound) Cornish hens, or small chickens
- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 1/2 cups diced ripe banana
- 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 2 1/2 cups tightly packed fresh bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- Juice of 2 fresh lemons
In a saucepan, combine the cinnamon, white pepper, garlic powder, cloves, and rum. Cook over low heat until warmed through. Set aside to cool.
Wash and pat birds dry. Transfer them to a large resealable plastic bag and pour in the marinade. Marinate for 8 hours in the refrigerator.
Prepare a charcoal or gas grill for indirect grilling, placing a drip pan under the cool side of the grill rack. Preheat to 375ºF. Make sure the grill rack is clean and oil it thoroughly with nonstick cooking spray.
Drain the Cornish hens and set them aside. Discard the marinade.
In a bowl, combine 1/2 cup of the olive oil the onion, banana, poultry seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, allspice, bread crumbs, and butter, mixing well. Lightly pack the mixture into each of the hens and secure with toothpicks or by trussing with kitchen string.
For the basting liquid, in a small bowl combine the remaining 1/4 cup of olive oil, remaining 1 teaspoon salt, and the lemon juice; set aside.
Transfer the hens to the prepared grill rack over indirect heat. Lower the grill lid and cook for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until the temperature in the thickest part of the thigh reaches 170ºF. Using a long-handled brush, baste the hens 2 or 3 times during cooking with the basting liquid.
Let the hens rest, covered, for 10 minutes (the internal temperature will rise to 180ºF). Remove the stuffing and serve it alongside half a hen on each plate.
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arefully tucked into the scenic western slopes of east central Nevada's Snake Range and almost 11,000 feet above sea level, Johnson Lake Mine today lies in ruins. The remains of a few log cabins, mining equipment, and artifacts (trash) from miners and their families are left to tell the story of this mining district. The mine probably played a role in the wartime efforts of the United States during the early 20th century. The deteriorating structures and the vestiges of an aerial tramway are part of what makes Johnson Lake Mine a valuable cultural resource.
Today a historic landscape in Great Basin National Park, Johnson Lake Mine's story actually begins in the early part of the 1900s, when the mineral tungsten was first discovered in the southern Snake Range. At Johnson Lake Mine tungsten was extracted and milled onsite and then transported a great distance to be refined and then used to make alloy steel. Alloy steel was used to create things like weapons, tanks, and transmitter radios during World War I. Following the war, mining activity was sporadic until the 1930s when a snowslide rushed over the mine and halted production. After that, the mine was closed and abandoned. Now in disrepair, with much of the mining equipment salvaged for use at other mines or collected by mining buffs, the site still possesses archeological resources. Archeologists are following clues, dusting off the remains of the past, and discovering the day-to-day practices of the mine and the people who inhabited the region.
About This Lesson
Getting Started: Inquiry Question
Setting the Stage: Historical Context
Locating the Site: Maps
Determining the Facts: Readings
Visual Evidence: Images
Putting It All Together: Activities
How the National Register
The lesson is based on Johnson Lake Mine Historic District, one of the thousands of properties and districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places.


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You know you were curious.
It actually looks a lot like ours, what with a multi-ball dunk (this time two balls in one hoop), and the undeserving champion jumping over a cheesy prop in the finals.
That was Zhao Tai Long jumping over the giant inflatable shoe to win the CBA Dunk Contest (and if you don't think the broadcast was sponsored by that shoe company, you're underestimating the Chinese's grasp of capitalism).
Also, there's a martial arts demonstration.
Interesting note: the contest runner-up was James Singleton, who literally chose to play in China rather than re-sign with the Wizards.
If You Thought The NBA Dunk Contest Was Bad, You Haven't Seen Anything [Cosby Sweaters]
Here's the entire final round.


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This introductory video summarizes the process of generating solar electricity from photovoltaic and concentrating (thermal) solar power technologies.
In this activity, students are introduced to tree rings by examining a cross section of a tree, also known as a 'tree cookie.' They discover how tree age can be determined by studying the rings and how ring thickness can be used to deduce times of optimal growing conditions. Next, they investigate simulated tree rings applying the scientific method to explore how climatic conditions varied over time.
The NOAA Ocean Service Education lab requires students create and manipulate solutions simulating different ocean water characteristics in order to recognize that the effects of salinity and temperature are the drivers of thermohaline circulation.
In this activity, students calculate temperatures during a time in the geologic record when rapid warming occurred using a well known method called 'leaf-margin analysis.' Students determine the percentage of the species that have leaves with smooth edges, as opposed to toothed, or jagged, edges. Facsimiles of fossil leaves from two collection sites are examined, categorized, and the data is plugged into an equation to provide an estimate of paleotemperature for two sites in the Bighorn Basin. It also introduces students to a Smithsonian scientist who worked on the excavation sites and did the analysis.
This web-based activity tackles the broad reasons for undertaking ocean exploration - studying the interconnected issues of climate change, ocean health, energy and human health. Students examine the types of technology ocean scientists use to collect important data.
In this activity, students research changes to the environment in the Arctic/Bering Sea over time using oral and photographic histories. Developed for Alaska Native students, this activity can be customized for other regions.
In this activity, students learn about sea ice extent in both polar regions (Arctic and Antarctic). They start out by forming a hypothesis on the variability of sea ice, testing the hypothesis by graphing real data from a recent 3-year period to learn about seasonal variations and over a 25-year period to learn about longer-term trends, and finish with a discussion of their results and predictions.
This is a team-based activity that teaches students about the scale of the greenhouse gas problem and the technologies that already exist which can dramatically reduce carbon emissions. Students select carbon-cutting strategies to construct a carbon mitigation profile, filling in the wedges of a climate stabilization triangle.
This series of activities is designed to introduce students to the role of sediments and sedimentary rocks in the global carbon cycle. Students learn how stable carbon isotopes can be used to reconstruct ancient sedimentary environments. Students will make some simple calculations, formulate hypotheses, and think about the implications of their results. The activity includes an optional demonstration of the density separation of a sediment sample into a light, organic fraction and a heavier, mineral fraction.
This short video features the Alaska Lake Ice and Snow Observatory Network (ALISON project), a citizen science program in which 4th and 5th graders help scientists study the relationship between climate change and lake ice and snow conditions.


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Most of you probably saw NBC flash a screen grab Sunday night of the letter Colin Kaepernick wrote to himself as a fourth-grader. For those who missed it, we've featured it below.
|San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick wrote a letter predicting his future career when he was in fourth grade. (National Football League/)
Shown to viewers as Kaepernick led the San Francisco 49ers to a 41-34 win over the New England Patriots, the quarterback's missive is filled with crystal-ball material.
After providing a detailed description of his height and weight -- and predicting he'd wind up 6-foot-4 (nailed it) -- little Colin rattled off his career aspirations.
"I hope to go to a good college," he wrote, "then go to the pros and play on the Niners or Packers even if they aren't good in seven years."
Correct on all accounts. They're good, and Kaepernick -- who saw all of this coming from a mile away -- has everything to do with it.
Follow Marc Sessler on Twitter @MarcSesslerNFL.


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An Israeli response to the Arab Peace Initiative
When it comes to proposals to end the Israel/Palestine conflict, the Arab Peace Initiative is most comprehensive one that comes to mind, yet a lot of American Christians believe that any peace initiative proposed by Arabs is simply a trick to weaken Israel's defenses, so that they can slaughter them later! Well, it turns out there's a group of highly influential Israelis starting to take the API seriously, and they've responded with a peace plan of their own. I have my friend Carl Medearis to thank for bringing this to my attention.
I'm sharing this for two reasons:
1. It's a very good summary of the most problematic issues of the conflict, and proposes reasonable solutions.
2. It shows that the extremely hawkish position of Netanyahu and the Likkud party (which many mistakenly presume is the Israeli perspective) is not the only Israeli perspective out there.—–Aaron
In light of the continuing political stalemate over the past years, and especially in view of the current dramatic events that are taking place in the area, and their effect on the State of Israel, its security and its international status, we call upon the government of Israel to make a courageous decision and take the initiative, the purpose of which is to advance a regional peace agreement in the Middle East, to strengthen the security of Israel in the tumultuous region and its problematic international standing.
We call upon the government to present a framework for the conclusion of the Israel-Arab conflict, as a comprehensive response to the 2002 Arab peace initiative. Israel must decide on its future from a position of strength and not to be dragged along by events.
We present the public and its elected representatives with our proposal for an Israel Peace Initiative, which has been developed over the past years with the aid of Israeli experts, based on the known solutions to all the basic problems in the area (for example, the Clinton parameters, the proposals put forth Barak at Camp David, the Olmert and Livni understandings in the framework of the Annapolis process, the talks with Syria from the time of Rabin, Netanyahu, Barak till Olmert). We have a strong basis to believe that the initiative will be accepted favorably by the Arab capitals and the Palestinian leadership.
We hope that brave leaders will be found in Israel, in the area and in the international community who will translate the Arab and Israeli vision for peace into reality, instead of waiting for vain magic to take place.
Following are the main principles of our proposal:
Israel will accept the Arab initiative of 2002 as a basis for negotiations for peace agreements in the area, and will present her ideas on the points of dispute.
Israel will announce that her strategic aim is to reach a permanent agreement with the Palestinian Authority, as well as permanent peace agreements with Syria and Lebanon that will put an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict on the basis of the following principles:
1. A solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict through "two states for two peoples", which shall form two nation states – one for the Jewish people and one for the Palestinian people (including the implementation of the Declaration of Independence from 1948 regarding the equality of Arab citizens in Israel).
2.The establishment of a Palestinian state on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on the basis of the 1967 lines, and territory swaps on a 1:1basis, in limited scope.
3.The Palestinian state will be demilitarized with control over its internal security, side by side with strict security measures on its borders.
4.Jerusalem will be the capital of both peoples, whereas the Jewish neighborhoods, the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter will be under Israeli sovereignty and the temple mount shall remain under a special no-sovereignty regime ("G-d sovereignty") with special arrangements. Israeli Jerusalem will be acknowledged as the capital of Israel.
5. An agreed upon solution regarding the problem of the refugees on the basis of financial compensation and their return to Palestinian territory only (with symbolic and agreed upon exceptions).
6. An agreement with Syria that is based on the gradual withdrawal to the 1967 borders (similar to the model in Sinai), a 1:1 exchange of territories and broad security measures on the border.
7. A peace agreement with Lebanon based on the UN decision 1701 and on significant security measures on the border.
8. A commitment by Syria, Lebanon and Palestine to prevent terror and to discontinue cooperation with hostile entities and states.
9. The establishment of regional security arrangements between Israel, Arab states and the international community.
10. The building of regional economic development in order to ensure prosperity and stability among all the people of the area.
11. The advancement of normal relations between Israel and the Arab world and Islamic countries will take place alongside progress in the negotiations, coupled with mutual commitment towards peace education and the prevention of incitement.
The Advantages of the Initiative
1. The uniqueness of the initiative is that it provides an answer to the Arab initiative, with a wide perspective of the future of the area and not only regarding the topics of the conflict but from a strategic political, security and economic perspective.
2.Israel demonstrates that she is ready for far-reaching concessions only if the recompense will be the conclusion of the conflict and the end to all claims alongside significant security measures.
3. The actual announcement of the Israeli initiative will open channels to both new and old Arab leaders, will break the circle of isolation and international de-legitimization and will prevent international pressure and forced solutions.
4.Israel is sending an important message to the Arab public in general and to its youth in particular, that she is a true partner for peace, democracy and economic prosperity in the area.
5.It is possible to translate the initiative to progress in each channel simultaneously and without pre-conditions.
6.It is possible to use the initiative as a framework for a permanent agreement or an agreed-upon political horizon in the context of interim agreements.
Okay, so I lied. There's a third reason why I wanted to share this with you, so that I can say this:
Don't buy into the lie that Jews and Arabs are destined to fight each other until Jesus comes back! That is a self-fulfilling, self-defeating gross misreading of the Scriptures…that makes a mockery of the life and teachings of the Prince of Peace!
Glad I got that off my chest.
To read the full text of the Israeli Peace Initiative, click here!
Posted on February 23, 2012, in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Thanks Aaron! I have been vastly encouraged by this: http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/02/10/bereaved-parents-unlikely-key-israeli-palestinian-reconciliation?fb_ref=.T3E1WosRijQ.like&fb_source=profile_oneline
If Peace truly desired, it will be sought and will come. Thank you for your column, I think too much these days rests on popular interpretations becoming taught into rigid belief….including on the Arab/Israeli situation.


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Sample issue - A single issue of a periodical, commonly the first, sent by the publisher to a library as a potential subscriber. [ALA Glossary]
Section (serials) - A separately published part of a serial, usually representing a particular subject category within the larger serial and identified by a designation that may be a topic, an alphabetic or numeric designation, or a combination of these. See also Subseries. [AACR2, rev.]
Semiannual - A serial publication frequency of every six months or twice a year. [ALA Glossary] Synonymous with Biannual.
Semimonthly - A serial publication frequency of twice a month.
Semiweekly - A serial publication frequency of twice a week. [ALA Glossary]
Separate - See Offprint.
Sequential numbering - See Continuous numbering.
Serial - A publication in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and intended to be continued indefinitely. Serials include periodicals, newspapers, annuals (reports, yearbooks, etc.), the journals, memoirs, proceedings, transactions, etc., of societies, and numbered monographic series. [ALA Glossary]
Serial control number - See Title number. Serial Item and Contribution Identifier - See SICI. Serial record - One or more files identifying the serials represented in a library collection, including for each title such data as holdings, the beginning date of the subscription, publisher, source from which ordered, payment record, and binding record. A single file containing complete data for each serial title is called a central serial record. [ALA Glossary]
Serial within a series - A serial regularly published as part of the numerical sequence of a monographic series.
Serials control - A general term used to encompass the many aspects of managing a serials collection: receiving, claiming, invoice processing, binding, circulating, and maintaining the myriad records (bibliographic, check in, order, bindery, and public lists) associated with serial titles. Serials control may be accomplished manually or, more commonly, with automated systems.
Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee (SISAC) – Formed in 1982 by the Book Industry Study Group, SISAC was charged with developing a unique identifier for each issue of each serial publication; a unique identifier for each article in a given serial issue; a bar code in which each identifier would appear; and formats to allow for electronic ordering and claiming of serial publications. In 1998 SISAC merged with BISAC (Book Industry Systems Advisory Committee) to form BASIC (Book and Serials Industry Communications). See BASIC. Serials vendor - In a broad sense, a term used to refer to all types of suppliers of serial publications (i.e. both Continuation dealers and Subscription agents), and to distinguish them from suppliers of monographs. The term sometimes is used in a narrow sense to refer to vendors who supply serials other than periodicals (i.e., Continuation dealers) and to distinguish them from Subscription agents.
Series - 1. A group of separate bibliographic items related to one another by the fact that each item bears, in addition to its own title proper, a collective title applying to the group as a whole. The individual items may or may not be numbered. 2. Each of two or more volumes of essays, lectures, articles, or other writings similar in character and issued in sequence (e.g., Lowell's Among My Books, second series). 3. A separately numbered sequence of volumes within a series or serial, e.g., Notes and Queries, 1st series, 2nd series, etc. [AACR2, rev] See also Monographic series, Publisher's series.
Series canceled - A report from a vendor or publisher noting the termination of a series, usually before its inception.
Series entry - 1. An access point to a bibliographic record that consists of the name of the author or issuing corporate body and/or the title of a series, together with any other identifying element, such as the number or name of subseries. 2. A bibliographic record with an access point, described above, as the heading. [ALA Glossary] See also Access point, Heading, Tracings.
Series identification number - See Title number.
Series statement - That area of the bibliographic record consisting of data elements relating to the series to which the bibliographic item belongs. In addition to the title proper of the series, it may include the parallel title, other title information, statement of responsibility, International Standard Serial Number, the numbering of the item within the series, and the name and details of a subseries. [ALA Glossary] Series title page - An added title page bearing the series title and usually, though not necessarily, other information about the series (e.g., statement of responsibility, numeric designation, data relating to publication, and title of the item with the series). [AACR2, rev] See also Added title page.
Server - A computer that stores digital information to be "served" to other computers or workstations through a network or dial-up access. See also Workstation, Network, and Dial-up access. (Licensing Digital Information: Definitions of Words and Phrases Commonly Found in Licensing Agreements: http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/definiti.shtml)
Service charge - The charge added by a vendor on items with little or no publisher discount. Book vendors typically add the service charge on an item by item basis. Subscription agents normally base the service charge on a percentage of the total annual cost of subscriptions. Vendors may also impose service charges for any special services requested.
Set - Two or more documents in any physical form, published, issued, or treated as an entity, and as such forming the basis for a single bibliographic description. [ALA Glossary, modified] Also known as Multivolume set.
Severability - A clause which provides that in the event that one or more provisions of the agreement are declared void or unenforceable the balance of the contract remains in force. Such provisions may also be referred to as separability clauses. (Licensing Digital Information: Definitions of Words and Phrases Commonly Found in Licensing Agreements: http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/definiti.shtml)
SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) – A system for organizing and tagging elements of a document. SGML was developed and standardized by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) in 1986. SGML itself does not specify any particular formatting; rather, it specifies the rules for tagging elements. These tags can then be interpreted to format elements in different ways. SGML is used widely to manage large documents that are subject to frequent revisions and need to be printed in different formats. Because it is a large and complex system, it is not yet widely used on personal computers. However, the growth of Internet, and especially the World Wide Web, is creating renewed interest in SGML because the World Wide Web uses HTML, which is one way of defining and interpreting tags according to SGML rules. (Webopedia: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SGML.html).
Sheet microfilm - Microfilm used in sheets rather than rolls. Generally the term applies to microfiche, though the distinction is lost when roll microfilm from which microfiche are produced remains uncut. [ALA Glossary, modified]
Ship to - The address to which materials should be sent. See also Bill to.
Shipping and handling charges - Fees levied by suppliers to cover the expenses of delivering materials to a buyer.
Shipping list - See Packing list.
"Shrinkwrap" agreement - The method by which electronic information providers establish the terms under which users may gain access to the information without any negotiation with the user. The term developed in connection with the purchase of software. Ordinarily, software is provided in a box enclosed in a plastic wrap known as "shrinkwrap". The box would state that by removing the shrinkwrap from the box, the purchaser of the software was agreeing to the terms of a licensing agreement included inside the box. The term has been expanded to include the presentation of licensing agreements to software buyers and information users before the program will permit use of the product or information. Known also as "clickwrap", this process requires users to affirmatively click on a button indicating their acceptance of the licensing agreement before they can install the software or view the information. While the issue is not settled in all jurisdictions, the trend in the law has been to consider such agreements enforceable and binding, provided that the user has the opportunity to return the product for a full refund in the event that he or she does not wish to be bound by the terms of the agreement. See also License agreement. (Licensing Digital Information: Definitions of Words and Phrases Commonly Found in Licensing Agreements: http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/definiti.shtml)
SICI (Serial Item and Contribution Identifier) - The SICI standard provides an extensible mechanism for the unique identification of either an issue of a serial title or a contribution (e.g., article) contained within a serial, regardless of the distribution medium (paper, electronic, microform, etc.). (SICI : Serial Item and Contribution Identifier Standard. ANSI/NISO Z39.56-1996 Version 2. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/SICI)
Signature - A sheet used in printing which when cut, folded, and bound becomes a basic unit of a book or journal issue. Most publications bind multiples of sixteen-page or thirty-two-page signatures to form the book or journal issue.
Signature - A group of pages brought together into proper order and alignment following folding. (Rainwater Press Publishing Primer: http://www.rainwater.com/glossary/s.html)
Signature - Groups of individual pages printed together on a single sheet of paper at one time. Generally groups of 8, 16, or 32 pages used in the less durable Smythe sewn hard binding method. This process doesn't allow for the high quality control of most individual printed page systems. (Gregath Publishing Company – Publishing Glossary: http://www.gregathcompany.com/gloss.html)
Simultaneous use – Number of users allowed access at any one time to an electronic resource. Related term: Simultaneous users.
Simultaneous user increments - Pricing structure for electronic resources that provides for incremental increases in the number of simultaneous users allowed access to an electronic resource at any one time. For example, pricing may be based on increments from 1-10 simultaneous users, 11-20 simultaneous users, etc. SISAC - See Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee.
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In 1992, the NHL expanded to add the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning to bring the league to 24 for the 1992-93 season. As per usual, the NHL put together an expansion draft for Tampa Bay and Ottawa to fill their clubs. 21 of the 22 franchises in the league at the time of the draft were allowed to protect two goaltenders and fourteen position players (the San Jose Sharks were the only team exempt of protection restrictions as they were an expansion team the previous season). Beyond that, every team had to make available at least one goaltender who had played at least one game in the 1991–92 NHL season.
Pittsburgh lost Wendell Young (2nd overall to Tampa Bay) and Peter Taglianetti (9th overall also to Tampa Bay). But the curious thing about it, is that one of our unprotected players was 40-goal scorer Joe Mullen! 10th in the NHL in goals in 1992 and left strangely unprotected in the expansion draft and stranger yet - unclaimed!
Now, certainly, salary implications may have had something to do with this. Though I don't know Mullen's salary that year, it was undoubtedly high given his reputation. But the question is, why? Both for why he was left unprotected (along with Bruce Racine, Wendell Young, Gilbert Delorme, Bryan Fogarty, Grant Jennings, Peter Taglianetti, Peter Lee, Troy Mick, and Ken Priestlay for reference) and why he wasn't claimed?
Anyone have any knowledge or recollection of this from the time?


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How would you rate Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting, either as batsmen and as captains? I would probably give Ponting an edge over the others in terms of both.
How would you rate Allan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting, either as batsmen and as captains? I would probably give Ponting an edge over the others in terms of both.
Waugh, Ponting, Border in batting.
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You've left the bloke who was the best Australian captain of the last 20 years out!
As batsmen I'd take Punter in a flash. As captains it's a harder call; I'd probably give it to Border who grew into a role that was something of a poisoned chalice when he acceded. Ponting has improved out of sight as a captain, but his occasional utter gracelessness loses him marks.
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Captaincy: Waugh, Border, Ponting. Though I believe Taylor was better than all 3.
Batting: Waugh, Ponting, Border. I may end up ranking Ponting the best after all is said and done, but for now I give the edge to Waugh.
We are tempting one of those ``whose faced better bowling attack arguments`` here again. But what the hell.
Ponting i would say easily would be the most naturally talented batsmen of the three followed by Waugh given that at his best as a batsman he was almost as good as Lara & Tendulkar then Border.
Captaincy Border wins easily.
[QUOTE=BoyBrumby;1488052]You've left the bloke who was the best Australian captain of the last 20 years out!
I think Taylor is commonly accepted as the best captain and the least batsman of the lot, which is why I thought the comparision between Waugh, Ponting and Border would be more interesting.
Yeah, Taylor better than all 3 as captains. As captains, all 3 were pretty good, but all had things which held them back. I'd say Border, Waugh, Ponting.
As batsmen, I've pretty much decided I'm going to give-up rating Ponting between now and the end of his career.
As batsmen, Border vs Waugh is such a difficult one. Border played 156 Tests with not that much deterioration in performance at either start or finish, which is a quite astonishing performance, his average hovered a few marks over 50 for most of his time. Stephen Waugh "only" played 90-odd during the time he was any good, but when he was good, he was better than Border, averaging 61 in that time. Waugh also played 40-odd at the start of his career where he was mostly fairly average, but this doesn't overtly matter to me.
I'll go for Border > Waugh, but only by the slenderest of margins. Ponting I've always thought, as everyone knows, was good, maybe somewhere close to as good as the aforementioned two, but probably not quite in their class. But as I say - let's see where he finishes.
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Interesting to see how much the views vary thus far. I would have thought Ponting would have established himself far ahead of the other two, but it seems that's not the case.
Had he scored as he has at the same time as Waugh (or Border) he'd obviously be miles ahead.
As it is, I honestly still expect most people would put him ahead.
Leadership is not what you achieve when the going is good, it's what you're able to do when the chips are down and only Border experienced that and rose from it. Taylor, Waugh and Ponting were handed winning teams on a silver platter.
Batting too, I'd lean towards Border. Naturally less gifted, he was tenacious at the crease and only he experienced the WIndian pace battery at it's most explosive. In one series his average was twice that of the next best batsman.
So, he leads on both counts in my book
Agree with Brumby on this one.
For me it is clearly Ponting as a bat and Id take Border as a skipper.
Nothing against Waugh in either category, its just tough competition
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As Captains: Border, Waugh and Ponting.
As Batsmen: Ponting, Border and Waugh.
I'd take Waugh as a skipper over both, because after the Madras tie, the only time AB declared was at customs, and I think Ponting's most challenging time as skipper has only just begun.
As batsmen, I love both Ponting and Waugh - both really, really good players, but I'd have AB over both of them.
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