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Tonight is a good night for a meteor shower. The Lyrids aren't known for their flashy shows, but this year they're getting help from a new moon.
The dark skies will be "ideal for meteor watching from the ground," NASA says.
Kelly Beatty, senior contributing editor for Sky and Telescope magazine, tells Weekend Edition host Scott Simon the best views are from the darkest places.
"For every bright [meteor] you see, there will be many more faint ones, and to see the faint ones, you need a dark sky," he says.
The relatively feeble light of a new moon will help hopeful meteor-watchers across the continent.
The frequency of the shower is unpredictable, Beatty says:
"Although ordinarily you might see one every five minutes or so, it's not unprecedented to see ... 40 or 50 an hour."
According to a Chinese chronicle, in 687 B.C. Lyrid meteors "dropped down like rain," Sky and Telescope reports.
The height of the shower is expected at about 1 or 2 a.m. EDT, according to the magazine. If you're standing outside, Beatty says the key is to turn your gaze to where it's darkest.
"But if you trace them back, they'll all appear to come from the constellation Lyra, which is rising over the eastern horizon in late evening ... and as Lyra gets higher up in the sky, the meteors should become a little bit more plentiful."
Astronomy Magazine suggests looking straight overhead and letting your eyes wander. Don't stare directly at the meteors' origin, it reports:
"All other things being equal, the farther away from the [point of origin] a meteor streaks, the longer its trail will be."
If you're not up for standing outside in the middle of the night, NASA will have a live video feed embedded on its site, along with a Web chat with three NASA meteor experts from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. EDT.
During the chat, NASA says, they will cross-compare images from meteor cameras on the ground with images from a video camera attached to a rubber balloon, equipped with a GPS tracking system.
NASA says the hope for the flying camera, which will be launched by middle- and high-schoolers in Bishop, Calif., is to record meteors "from a vantage point well above the clouds."
"While not expected, the team hopes for the good luck to capture both a balloon-cam view and an meteor camera view of the same meteor, providing an unique perspective."
After about 2.5 hours, NASA says the balloon is expected to rise high enough that the atmospheric pressure will pop it, releasing a parachute that will float the camera back to Earth.
For those of you who need to brush up on your astronomy, Beatty has a reminder about what you're looking at when you see those streaks of light:
"There's a comet called Thatcher, which last came through this region of the solar system in 1861, and it's in an orbit that lasts more than 300 years. As it goes around, it spreads out debris, kind of like dust coming off of a truck, and it spreads around its orbit, and every April we plow through those little dust particles."
Those bits of dust are traveling fast, Beatty says, hitting the atmosphere at about 30 miles per second. They transfer all that energy to the air molecules around them.
"They get heated up to thousands of degrees, and that's that super hot air that gives off the light, more than the little particle itself," he says.
All meteor showers, Beatty says, are the result of Earth crossing the path of various comets.
The next shower to mark on your calendar is on May 5, according to a schedule of 2012 showers from Sky and Telescope.
That shower will be brought to you by the better-known Halley's Comet, although a full moon accompanies it this year.
People have been observing the Lyrid meteor shower for more than 2,000 years. And tonight, watchers in North America will get their best chance when it peaks. While not as spectacular as the Perseid and some other meteor displays, the Lyrid can surprise you with its intensity. Joining us to help handicap this year's event is Kelly Beatty, senior contributing editor for Sky and Telescope magazine. He's at member station WBUR in Boston.
Thanks so much for being with us.
KELLY BEATTY: Oh, my pleasure, Scott.
SIMON: So this could be a good season for the Lyrid shower?
BEATTY: It can. The Lyrids, while not really strong, will benefit this year from the fact that the bright moon won't be in the sky and the skies will be nice and dark. And, you know, it's an unpredictable shower. Although ordinarily you might see one every five minutes or so, it's not unprecedented to see one, you know, 40 or 50 an hour.
SIMON: And where's the best view?
BEATTY: The best view is wherever you can get to where it's dark. For every bright one you see, there will be many more faint ones. And to see the faint ones you need a dark sky.
SIMON: The sky's a pretty big place. Where should we turn our head?
BEATTY: Well, the funny thing is that you can see these meteors in any part of the sky that's darkest for you. But if you trace them back, they'll all appear to come from the constellation Lyra, which is rising over the eastern horizon in late evening. And as Lyra gets higher up in the sky the meteors should be become a little bit more plentiful. So the best bet is actually to get up before dawn on Sunday morning and that's when they should be maximized.
SIMON: Could you remind us, what are we actually seeing when we see a meteor shower?
BEATTY: There's a comet called Thatcher, which last came through this region of the solar system in 1861. And it's in an orbit that lasts more than 300 years. As it goes around, it spreads out debris, kind of like dust coming off of a truck. And it spreads around its orbit and every April we plow through those little dust particles.
They flash in our atmosphere maybe 60 or 80 miles up and each one of those creates a little meteor when it goes through the atmosphere. So when these little particles hit the atmosphere they're traveling at 30 miles per second. And all of that energy gets transferred to the air molecules around them. They get heated up to thousands of degrees and it's that super hot air that gives off the light more than the little particle itself.
SIMON: Boy. Is there a next meteor shower to look forward to?
BEATTY: There are about eight or ten meteor showers every year that we can count on. All of these are places where Earth is passing through the path of a comet - one comet or another. Some meteor showers are from Halley's Comet. Others are from comets that no one's ever heard of, like the Perseus, but they are nonetheless very spectacular.
SIMON: Kelly Beatty, senior contributing editor for Sky and Telescope magazine. Thanks so much and good meteor shower watching to you, sir.
BEATTY: And to you, too, Scott. Thank you.
SIMON: This is NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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After taking a couple of days off so that we could all catch our collective breath March Madness resumes on Thursday with the start of the round of 16. If the next two rounds are anything like the first two then we are in for another four days of excellent basketball. Let's take a look at what games are on tap for Thursday and Friday.
After taking a couple of days off so that we could all catch our collective breath March Madness resumes on Thursday with the start of the round of 16. If the next two rounds are anything like the first two then we are in for another four days of excellent basketball. Let's take a look at what games are on tap for Thursday and Friday.
We begin things tomorrow evening with Marquette who survived the ultimate scare in their first game of the tournament against Miami who beat Illinois in one of the last games played on Sunday. Miami really turned it on toward the end of the season and are playing very well right now. Marquette had two brutal games over the weekend and beat Butler by only two points last Saturday. Miami should win this game but Marquette has been very lucky in this tournament so far but I think in the end Miami is the better team and I see them advancing to the Elite 8.
The other game in that region on Thursday night finds Indiana playing Syracuse. Indiana is playing very good basketball right now and I see them advancing with a relatively easy victory over Syracuse.
The other games Thursday night are in the West regional where we get things started with Arizona and Ohio State. This could be a good game but I have to give the edge to Ohio State who I think have played the tougher schedule and are more battle tested than Arizona. The final game Thursday night matches up Wichita State fresh off their stunning upset of Gonzaga against La Salle. This could be the best game of the evening as neither one of these teams were really expected to be here, certainly Wichita State wasn't. I really liked what I saw from Wichita State in their first two games in the tournament and I'm going to say they win one more game and make it to the Elite 8.
This brings us to Friday night's slate of games where we get things started in the South regional with Kansas and Michigan squaring off. This is not a good matchup at all for Kansas as Michigan's strengths are the Jayhawks weakness and Michigan may have the best guard tandem in the country. I think Kansas becomes the second of the No. 1 seeds to exit the tournament.
The second game of the South regional finds Florida Gulf Coast continuing their historic run through the tournament as they face the Florida Gators. Can lightning strike three times for Florida Gulf Coast? I hope so but I don't think so, I have to give the edge to Florida.
Friday's other two games are in the Midwest regional where Louisville continues their march to the national championship as they pause momentarily to dispatch Oregon who have had an impressive tournament but it comes to an end Friday night. The final game of the evening finds Duke and Michigan State doing battle in what should be a very competitive game. This game could go either way and I will not be particularly surprised regardless of the outcome but since I have to pick a winner I am going to go with Duke, I think they have what it takes to make it to the Elite 8 where they fall to Louisville.
Dale Earnhart Jr. is No. 1 in the NASCAR standings for the first time in something like ten years. How did this happen? I like Dale Jr. but don't you have to win a race at some point? At least Tiger Woods had to win a couple of tournaments to become the world's top ranked golfer.
Now that I have angered all the Jayhawks and Dale Jr. fans my work here is done for today. We'll be back on Friday reviewing Thursday night's games as well as looking ahead to the rest of this weekend. We'll get caught up on spring sports whenever it warms up enough to actually have them. Thanks for checking out this blog and please do the same for all the other blogs on this site.
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Triangles are formed by joining the vertices of a skeletal cube. How many different types of triangle are there? How many triangles altogether?
Imagine you are suspending a cube from one vertex and allowing it to hang freely. What shape does the surface of the water make around the cube?
Is it possible to remove ten unit cubes from a 3 by 3 by 3 cube so that the surface area of the remaining solid is the same as the surface area of the original?
When dice land edge-up, we usually roll again. But what if we didn't...?
A 3x3x3 cube may be reduced to unit cubes in six saw cuts. If after every cut you can rearrange the pieces before cutting straight through, can you do it in fewer?
How many winning lines can you make in a three-dimensional version of noughts and crosses?
A useful visualising exercise which offers opportunities for discussion and generalising, and which could be used for thinking about the formulae needed for generating the results on a spreadsheet.
Find all the ways to cut out a 'net' of six squares that can be folded into a cube.
In the game of Noughts and Crosses there are 8 distinct winning lines. How many distinct winning lines are there in a game played on a 3 by 3 by 3 board, with 27 cells?
This article for teachers discusses examples of problems in which there is no obvious method but in which children can be encouraged to think deeply about the context and extend their ability to. . . .
Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a pot of yellow paint. How many of the small cubes will have yellow paint on their faces?
A standard die has the numbers 1, 2 and 3 are opposite 6, 5 and 4 respectively so that opposite faces add to 7? If you make standard dice by writing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on blank cubes you will find. . . .
Imagine you have six different colours of paint. You paint a cube using a different colour for each of the six faces. How many different cubes can be painted using the same set of six colours?
This is an interactive net of a Rubik's cube. Twists of the 3D cube become mixes of the squares on the 2D net. Have a play and see how many scrambles you can undo!
There are 27 small cubes in a 3 x 3 x 3 cube, 54 faces being visible at any one time. Is it possible to reorganise these cubes so that by dipping the large cube into a pot of paint three times you. . . .
This problem is about investigating whether it is possible to start at one vertex of a platonic solid and visit every other vertex once only returning to the vertex you started at.
Jo made a cube from some smaller cubes, painted some of the faces of the large cube, and then took it apart again. 45 small cubes had no paint on them at all. How many small cubes did Jo use?
How can you change the surface area of a cuboid but keep its volume the same? How can you change the volume but keep the surface area the same?
Which faces are opposite each other when this net is folded into a cube?
There are thirteen axes of rotational symmetry of a unit cube. Describe them all. What is the average length of the parts of the axes of symmetry which lie inside the cube?
Can you use small coloured cubes to make a 3 by 3 by 3 cube so that each face of the bigger cube contains one of each colour?
Which of the following cubes can be made from these nets?
Can you work out the dimensions of the three cubes?
How can we as teachers begin to introduce 3D ideas to young children? Where do they start? How can we lay the foundations for a later enthusiasm for working in three dimensions?
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Energetic Huskers Build on Their Philosophy
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On Sunday, through three weather delays in a softball regional championship game at Bowlin Stadium, Nebraska never lost its confidence or its poise. Even though the Huskers were trailing Stanford, 3-1, entering the fifth inning, they shared a vision, and never questioned whether they had the fuel or the focus to zoom into their shared energy and eliminate Stanford, 10-5. The win advanced Nebraska to a Super Regional matchup at Oregon beginning Saturday. Whoever wins that best-of-three series in Eugene will punch a ticket to the College World Series in Oklahoma City.
Rhonda Revelle, who has won more games than any other head coach in Nebraska athletic history, didn't lose focus either. The second she grabbed a laminated card from a back pocket, it triggered a truth that's been implanted in her mind – and her team's head – all year long. The card reinforces Energy Rule #1 for every Husker player, coach or staff member. "You're the driver of your bus," Revelle's card said, and make no mistake, that same rule from a Wall Street Journal bestselling book called "The Energy Bus" applies to every heart and soul connected to Revelle's high investment, high energy program.
For Revelle and everyone around her, The Energy Bus is more than a book. It's this season's team mission and collective mindset ... a battle cry that has been woven into the Huskers' psyche like few, if any other teams that Revelle has coached. The Energy Bus became the team's 2013 mantra after the Huskers spent 2012 buying into Jon Gordon's training camp philosophy on how to overcome negativity and adversity to define yourself and create your own success. Gordon, the author of the book, also conducts a two-week course that enlightens minds and inspires people to approach both life and work with positive, forward-minded thinking to be successful.
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"With so many freshmen coming into our program, we wanted to be even more methodical about inserting the lessons and applying the rules of The Energy Bus," Revelle said. "Katie Brown (director-softball operations) and Emily Schueth (softball athletic trainer) kicked it all off in January with their 'You're the driver of the bus' presentation. They put together a video to set the tone for the way we wanted to bring every rule in the book to life. They opened the training and Kim Schellpeper (associate director of academic programs) and Lauren Harris (softball strength coach) closed it."
In between the start and finish of Nebraska softball's intense focus on The Energy Bus were sets of two Husker players teaming together to break down all 10 rules and help everyone understand how every rule interconnects. "Every player had two 10 to 15-minute sessions they brought to life," Revelle said. "They were very invested and very creative. They came up with a lot of imagery and symbolism that we grabbed ahold of and built on. Every week seemed to get more amazing because each presentation kept raising the bar for the next."
The10-week, team-motivated countdown ran from early January to the opening day of Nebraska's Big Ten Conference schedule. "They were masterful in their presentations, and they found a way to build upon and reinforce each rule," Revelle said. For the record, Rule #2 is Desire, Vision and Focus: Move Your Bus in the Right Direction; #3 Fuel Your Ride with Positive Energy; #4 Invite People on Your Bus and Share Your Vision for the Road Ahead; #5 Don't Waste Your Energy on Those Who Don't Get on the Bus; #6 Post a Sign That Says 'No Energy Vampires Allowed' on Your Bus; #7 Enthusiasm Attracts More Passengers and Energizes Them During the Ride; #8 Love Your Passengers; #9 Drive with Purpose; and #10 Have Fun and Enjoy the Ride.
Huskers Invest Heavily in What They Believe In
Like anything else, approach and attitude separate development and improvement from any form of depleted buy-in. "Any book can be great, and any activity can be great," Revelle said. "Success comes down to how much people are willing to invest in it, and our four seniors really set the tone for this to be successful. They were determined to be an all-inclusive group and did all the backward mapping that helped our freshmen buy into the principles that were already there."
Revelle, associate head coach Lori Sippel and assistant coach Diane Miller are all devout believers in The Energy Bus and think it's no coincidence that seniors Gabby Banda, Brooke Thomason and Courtney Breault combined for five hits in eight at bats and were credited with seven of Nebraska's 10 runs batted in against Stanford. Megan Southworth, a Husker senior who was named a Big Ten postgraduate scholarship recipient last Friday, is equally committed to positive energy.
"The rules of The Energy Bus are profoundly simple, but all 10 are right on because they are truth," Revelle said. "I'm really proud of the way our players took them to heart and found creative ways to interweave them to help us." Revelle, of course, knows "There are going to be naysayers out there, and there are going to be people who think all of this is hocus pocus, or corny, or whatever," she said. "But we really can't worry about them."
Shawn Eichorst a Devout Fan of 'The Energy Bus'
And that comes straight from the top. Last fall, while serving as special assistant to the chancellor, Nebraska Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst decided to visit each Husker head coach in their own areas. When he walked into Revelle's office, "I had 25 copies of The Energy Bus all stacked up," she recalled Monday. "Shawn looked at all the books, and then he looked at me and said: 'I knew we were going to get along.' Then he said: 'I love that book!' It wasn't very long after that before The Energy Bus became a present to every employee in the Athletic Department."
Both head coach and athletic director connect energy with exercise, enthusiasm, excitement, expectations and the vision to enjoy the ride. "There's been positive energy about this team that they've embraced from Day One," Revelle said. "They had an incredible sense of calm about them all weekend. It got almost comical in that final rain delay because that's how crazy it's been all year. Our coaches marvel how we've handled adversity all season long." They marvel because they know the Huskers "have built on their energy and nurtured it all year long, and they've grown it like a garden," Revelle said. "They take great pride in what they've accomplished and clearly have goals that support their vision."
The Huskers will fly to Eugene, of course, but all passengers will remain focused on a team-wide attitude that has made practice fun all year, made game day fun all year and made travel fun, even when the Huskers had to reroute and take a bus to Purdue. Such adversity cannot and will not affect a team determined to have fun and enjoy the ride for one simple reason ... the Huskers have positively earned the right to be there in more ways than anyone could ever imagine.
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Bike races and street parties and fireworks. Oh my!
The streets of Durango are starting to fill up with bike enthusiasts waiting for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge to start Monday. Event organizers have put together a slew of events to keep everyone busy until race day.
The festivities will kick off today with Tutu to Brew, a bike parade that will start in downtown Durango and end at Ska Brewing World Headquarters. The parade will leave Buckley Park at 5:30 p.m.; tutus are encouraged.
The night before the professional bike race starts is ready to go off with a bang when the fireworks previously reserved for the Fourth of July celebration are set off.
The fireworks were canceled for the Independence Day celebration because of fire restrictions, but the city of Durango is ready to light up the sky now that the restrictions have been lifted.
The fireworks will go off at 9:15 p.m. Sunday after a downtown street party that will run from 4 to 9 p.m.
The party will include food, beer stands and live music from Andrea's Fault, Kirk James Band, Ralph Dinosaur and the High Rollers.
"We wanted to have the Pro Challenge experience," said Mary Monroe, a member of Durango's local organizing committee.
Can't wait to see who will be competing in the seven-stage race? The teams are making their first public introduction at the Let's Get It Started gala at 5 p.m. Saturday at Fort Lewis College.
Tickets for the sit-down dinner are still available. General admission tickets are $200, and VIP tickets are $400.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.tickethorse.com/event/pro-challenge-gala-dinner/1275.
For people with an affinity for the arts, the Durango Arts Center will present "The Bicycle Men," a musical comedy about an American tourist in France who crashes his bike.
The play sold out in London, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago before making its way to Durango. Tickets are $22 and can be purchased online at www.durangoarts.org.
While Monday's race is reserved for the pros, amateurs have plenty of other opportunities to show off their biking skills.
In its first official event, Twin Buttes will host mountain bike and endurance running races Saturday.
Featured will be two mountain bike races, a 30-kilometer trail run and a 10K trail run. Participants also can camp on private land at Twin Buttes.
About 100 camping spots are available. To register for the event, visit www.trails2000.org.
During the Pro Challenge Experience, citizen cyclists have a chance to ride one of the loops the professionals will make during Monday's race.
The 72.75-mile ride will start at 7 a.m. Sunday in downtown Durango. Riders will go up Wildcat Canyon, then return to downtown Durango before making the final trek up to Durango Mountain Resort. The ride will end with a festival at FLC.
A shorter, 45-mile ride also is offered with a finish festival at DMR.
Youngsters who want to be the next USA Pro Cycling Challenge champion can attend a community bike rodeo from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the FLC softball fields. Kids will learn bike safety skills, bike etiquette and proper helmet fitting.
Several professional cyclists are expected to attend the event, and kids who log their total miles ridden will receive a medal.
A dedication of the five 800-pound sculptures of cyclists at the Florida Road roundabout created for the race will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Chapman Hill.
The downtown Start Festival, beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, will feature live music, food booths, cycling goods and products, and a kids' zone with an obstacle course. A JumboTron screen will show interviews with the racers and highlights of the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
Water stations will be available downtown Monday to keep everyone hydrated, but people will need to bring their own containers.
The Durango Discovery Museum will have a variety of events Sunday for kids gearing up for the big race, including a human fuel lab at 2 p.m. where Jeff Vierling will explore how to fuel for endurance sports. The Amateur Challenge will take place immediately afterward along with a bike blessing at 3:30 p.m.
Local businesses and organizers collaborated to put together the Race Day Start Festival, which will begin at 7 a.m. Monday in Buckley Park. Breakfast burritos, coffee and a video display from the JumboTron of the opening stage will be available.
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Country living room ideas should really focus around the mantle and the fireplace. The other pieces should be more neutral with eyelet lace curtains or a tapestry rug. This is a selling feature in your home and it's also a much more traditional focal point than the TV. This can be a warm gathering area whether or not the fireplace is actually in use.
The more themes you incorporate, the more creative you will have to be but the process is basically the same. It will also depend how similar or different the themes are. Combining some themes like an Asian theme and Zen theme would be easier than a Zen theme with a rock-star theme. The primary task here is to identify the common factor in the living room ideas. For instance, in combing an Asian and Zen theme, you would incorporate a more natural Asian representation like bamboo, jade and the concept of feng shui. You could also incorporate meditation cushions that would be used in Zen lifestyle and simultaneously represents a classic Asian seating arrangement.
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Is this crêperie yellow because of all the egg yolks and butter they use in those yummy crêpes?
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Is this crêperie yellow because of all the egg yolks and butter they use in those yummy crêpes?
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And to think that I just dissed yellow on my blog just a couple hours ago. Somehow, everything looks better when its in Paris. Even yellow.ReplyDelete
- Stefanie11:55 AM
Oooooh ma petite, you forgot ze maillot jaune! Famously paraded around France during le Tour de France by the fastest men in the world! Oohh, quelles belles jambes!ReplyDelete
Love all things French - and love your daily emails! I've converted half my office into wannabe francophiles! Chouette!!!!!
What can you do Stephanie?ReplyDelete
One is bound to miss a thing or two...especialment since I am not there during la Tour de France..
Maybe they can change le date?
Not so much ouch if you skip a few fancy dinners out Michelle.
I hope this can not be Michelle O worrying about le prix...
Oh for a pair of Lanvin cap-toe sneakers I would give up dinner forever...
Since yellow is the sign for 'caution' I would have to say "caution" for me not spending too much time away from "my duties" in life searching around your SO cute blog....ReplyDelete
I'm loving these color posts - first red, now yellow... my two favorite colors!!!ReplyDelete
yellow is the sign for 'caution' and quarentine and illness...ReplyDelete
They haven't heard about this in Paris evidently or tarte citron would be green...
I love all the yellow store fronts. They would definitely draw me in.ReplyDelete
I find that I keep being pulled towards anything yellow lately...or anything tasting lemony. Maybe it is that I am just ready for summer. Today I found a spectacular buttery yellow peony at the nursery for my garden.
Thank you for the jaune lesson. I will always remember it is almost June, in date and in spelling... I can see why it is love at first sight with various shapes of Fauchon's squared tarts au citron, they are so beautiful, but yes... my mouth waters for the glistening Pierre Herme version.ReplyDelete
- Michelle (pas Obama)5:06 PM
Merci beaucoup Carol pour tes conseilles - naturellement if I were Madame Obama I would have ballerines in every possible colour. I would also be obliged to have les macarons flown into DC daily from Laduree. As it is I am a not a first lady, am in the UK but your daily slice of parisienne colour makes me grin from ear to ear - keep up the good work!!ReplyDelete
Like red, I do not find a lot of yellow in the windows. No matters; I 'm not a big fan of yellow! But, I looooooove les macarons au citron, bien sûr!ReplyDelete
My two favorite colors. Fabulous post today.ReplyDelete
just discovered your fabulous blog and i must say......for some reason i am quite hungry!ReplyDelete
What yummy yellowness!ReplyDelete
Your pictures are delicious. I feel I've just gained five pounds!
ANNE CORRONS: Like who wears anything you see in the windows on the streets?ReplyDelete
I have yet to see what they are pushing being worn...ahem
I believe that yellow is my new favorite color.ReplyDelete
I adore this sunny yellow, Carol. Thanks for all of the wonderful photos!ReplyDelete
just love this post... so cheerful and happy... and makes me hungry!!! have a great weekend...ReplyDelete
Great post! I'm the biggest fan of the tarte au citron. have you ever tried the tarte au citron from pain de sucre? the best cream ever!!ReplyDelete
J'aime votre page jaune! Il moi inspire! Bon Voyage a Paris en MaiReplyDelete


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A shot to NH: Sturm, Ruger and right-to-work
July 10. 2013 6:03PM
Opponents of making New Hampshire a right-to-work state said incessantly that it would hurt the state economically. This week another manufacturer, this one based in New England, chose to expand in a right-to-work state instead of in New Hampshire.
Connecticut-based Sturm, Ruger & Co., spent months openly seeking a location for a new manufacturing plant to supplement its existing operations in Arizona and Newport, N.H. "We had a number of criteria for expansion, and we did not find anything in New Hampshire that we thought was suitable," Kevin Reed, general counsel and vice president for Sturm, Ruger, said. "Right-to-work state was one of our criteria," he added.
Imagine that. A large, successful, American manufacturer wanting to operate in a state where employees could not be compelled to join a labor union or pay it tribute in the form of "association fees."
In the last legislative session, the House Republican leadership made a strong push for right-to-work. It was defeated by Democrats and pro-labor Republicans, who claimed fatuously that it was really the "right to work for less." Ignoring the fact that wages in Southern and Western states were lower on average than in Rust Belt states before right-to-work laws, opponents suggested that the laws caused lower wages. Wages do tend to be slightly lower in right-to-work states, but after cost of living is taken into account the gap narrows, or even vanishes.
What is unquestionable is that right-to-work states see higher rates of job growth. The Wall Street Journal reported in December that "private employment has grown 4.9% in right-to-work states over the past three years, versus 3.9% in other states, according to an analysis of Labor Department data. This disparity is particularly stark in the factory sector: Manufacturing employment has grown 4.1% in right-to-work states over the past three years, compared with less than 3% in other states."It is unlikely that right-to-work would significantly depress wages in New Hampshire. It is highly likely that it would increase employment. In the meantime, companies like Sturm, Ruger continue to move South.


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The Air Force has opened a $4.2 million Nuclear Security Tactics Training Center in Guernsey, Wyo., so that the service's 620th Ground Combat Training Squadron can train more airmen to protect the nation's nuclear-tipped ICBM arsenal.
"The Air Force has always had a requirement to secure nuclear weapons, to ensure the safe and secure transport of these weapons and to deny any unauthorized access to secure areas," Air Force Major General Michael Carey, commander of the 20th Air Force, says in an Air Force release. "Camp Guernsey is the only place in the world where this type of specialized training, to prepare security forces Airmen for that mission, takes place."
Carey added that the new schoolhouse boosts the number of nuclear-security airmen that can be trained simultaneously from 100 to 400.
Which leads to some head-scratching…
— If, as the Air Force says, this is the only site where such training is done, how have we managed to limp along with only 25% of the training pipeline apparently required before the new facility opened?
— Is the increase in what Air Force officials call student "throughput" designed to reduce Air Force nuclear-weapons snafus that have given the service a black eye in recent years?
— Is each leg of the triad (land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, bombers carrying atomic weapons, and submarines armed with nuclear missiles) getting such stepped-up higher education? Many nuclear experts view the nation's land-based missile force as the most likely to be cut if the nation elects to move to a nuclear dyad. The Air Force has been defending it as the most stabilizing of the trio. Last year, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned the ICBM leg could be on the chopping block if sequestration, now delayed but not yet dead, takes place.
— "We have more nuclear weapons than we need," President Obama said last March. "I firmly believe that we can ensure the security of the United States and our allies, maintain a strong deterrent against any threat, and still pursue further reductions in our nuclear arsenal." While everyone wants all nuclear weapons safe at all times, how does a quadrupling of nuclear-weapons security-officer training capability square with Obama's push to reduce the size of the nation's nuclear arsenal?


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The Children's Theater, Inc. reminds us that bravery can go a long way in its upcoming production "The King and I," opening Saturday at the Schwartz Center for the Arts in downtown Dover.
The Children's Theater, Inc. reminds us that bravery can go a long way in its upcoming production "The King and I," opening Saturday at the Schwartz Center for the Arts in downtown Dover.
It's the early 1860s in Siam, Bangkok (later known as Thailand) and its heavy-handed ruler, The King, has a reputation of being a barbarian in the minds of the British. Despite the rumors, British school teacher Anna Leonowens has accepted The King's offer to tutor his sea of royal children, born from his many wives. The King realizes one of the most effective ways to modernize Siam is through a sound education, as does the caring Leonowens.
Though tenderhearted, Leonowens is no pushover. She's courageous and stands up to The King when she feels it's appropriate, something unheard of in Siam. For instance, she confronts The King in front of his wives and royal children for breaching her contract by lodging her and Louis, her son, in his palace instead of in a private residence. In addition, the combination of her compassion for The King and her willingness to introduce him to Western culture crumbles the concrete around his heart.
"You can definitely tell a softer side is coming out of him," said Kevin Hartigan, 15, of Dover, cast as The King. "That's definitely shown in the scene where he holds up the whip and he's not morally strong enough to whip the slave who ran away. That definitely shows Ms. Anna is corrupting his authority over his kingdom."
While the nice-guy Hartigan makes playing the domineering King look natural, he claims it's just smoke and mirrors. "It's still hard to say the lines, because a lot of times I'm feeling guilty because it's mean. He's just a mean guy sometimes."
Sydney Palmer, however, doesn't feel remorse when portraying the strong-willed Leonowens. She relishes the character's personality, which has spilled over into her personal life.
"She has a very spitfire spirit," said Palmer, 18, of Dover. "She's very polite but she's going to stand up for herself and I think that leads into what I do every day in my life now. So it's fun, because I'm not usually like that."
Palmer is the kind of person who likes to take time out of her schedule to help young actors at the Children's Theater hone their skills. And with a cast of 50-plus in the show, of which the majority play The King's royal children with the youngest being 2 years old, Palmer has had ample opportunity to mentor the young actors, doing things like herding them to their right spots on the set and teaching them blocking.
"I think it's great to have the little ones around," she said. "I love being a role model for them and I hope someday they want to be in my shoes."
Director Sharon Crossen says one of the main reasons she was attracted to "The King and I" was because it's a large show mostly comprised of children and she felt they'd benefit from being tutored by older cast members.
"We try to include as many children as possible," said Crossen, of Dover. "We try to expose them to theater, so we thought this was a great opportunity for the older kids to play the adult roles and for the younger kids, of course, to play themselves in these roles."
WHAT The King and I musical
WHEN 7 p.m., Saturday; 2 p.m., Sunday
WHERE Schwartz Center for the Arts, 226 S. State St., Dover
COST $10 for adults; $8 for children
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Steve McDonald, now serving as a Global Fellow at the Center, began his association with the Woodrow Wilson Center in 2002 when he was hired as a consultant to help administer a post-conflict reconciliation project in Burundi. He remained in that capacity, expanding that work to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia, until 2008. At that time, McDonald was asked to head the Africa Program and the Leadership and Building State Capacity Project as Consulting Director, moving into the full Director's position in 2010, a role he played until October 2013 when he became a Public Policy Scholar.
McDonald had previously held a variety of positions pertaining to Africa over a 40 year career. As a Foreign Service Officer from 1970-80, McDonald served as Political Officer in the U.S. Embassies in Uganda and South Africa and as the Desk Officer for Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe. He also was support staff for negotiated settlements in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe and Namibia in the late-1970s and did conflict resolution work in Northern Ireland and Burundi.
From 1982–1985, as Executive Director of US-South Africa Leader Development Program, McDonald designed and conducted educational exchange programs with institutions like Johns Hopkins School of International Advanced Studies and Harvard's Niemann Fellowship.
McDonald worked with both the National Endowment for Democracy, as a consultant from 1985-1992, and with the African-American Institute, from 1992-97, in implementing democratization activities. He has personally led missions of elections observers to Ethiopia, Benin, Gabon, Sierra Leone, and Madagascar. He has worked on assessment teams to design civic education, monitoring and training for elections officials for elections in South Africa and Uganda and has done assessments of human rights situation in Nigeria. He initiated and organized a series of regional conferences, with USAID, Department of Defense, World Bank and United Nations funding, on the role of the military in democratization in Africa. McDonald also oversaw the African Regional Electoral Assistance Fund which engaged in training of elections officials, civic voters education, observation and monitoring of elections throughout Africa, to include 34 separate country activities in partnership with the National Democratic Institute of International Affairs, the International Republican Institute, and the Carter Center at Emory University.
McDonald also served at the Aspen Institute as the Director of the Southern Africa Policy Forum, a project that brought members of Congress together with Southern Africa leaders from 1988 – 1992 to become more engaged and informed about the South Africa transition to democracy.
McDonald has taught at University post-graduate level at Drury College, Springfield, Missouri; taught and supervised the Advanced Areas Studies Course for Francophone Africa at the Foreign Service Institute, Washington, DC; and guest lectured at several universities and institutions, to include the National War College, Georgetown University, and Yale University, amongst others.
M.A., African Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, England; graduate studies, East European History, University of Missouri; B.A. French and Political Science, Southwest Missouri State University
Major Publications
- Central African Republic: Should the World Pay Attention?, The Mark News, September 15, 2014, (online, Toronto Canada).
- Africa's Long Spring, The Washington Quarterly, Winter, 2013 (Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC).
"Changes in U.S. Policy on Africa in the Obama Administration: What Will It Mean for AFRICOM?" chapter in African Security and the African Command: Viewpoints on the U.S. Role in Africa, Edited by Terry Buss, Joseph Adjaye, Donald Goldstein, Louis Picard (Kumarian Press, July 2011).
"Democracy and Peace-building: Re-thinking the Conventional Wisdom," coauthor with Howard Wolpe, The Round Table, vol.97(394):137-45, February 2008
"Training Leaders for Peace," coauthored with Howard Wolpe, Journal for Democracy 17, no. 1 (January 2006)
"Rebuilding Peace and State Capacity in War-Torn Burundi," coauthored with Howard Wolpe, Eugene Nindonera, Elizabeth McClintock et al., The Round Table 93, no. 375 (July 2004)
"Participate in the African Renaissance," coauthored with Francis Kornegay and Chris Landsberg, chapter in What Does The World Want from America? Edited by Alexander T.J. Lennon (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002).
"Americans React to Terrorist Tragedy," coauthored with Francis Kornegay, Sunday Independent, Johannesburg, South Africa. September 23, 2001.
"World Trade: Is It Good for America?," America and the Future, Winter 2000 (Goals for Americans Publication, St. Louis, MO).
"Grasp The Moment," Business in Africa, Vol. 7, No. 9, December/January 2000. (Rivonia, South Africa).
"The Role of the Military in African Democracies," African Voices, Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 1996. (U.S. Agency for International Development).
"Why Racial Reconciliation Is Possible in South Africa," Chapter in South Africa: Twelve Perspectives on the Transition. Edited by Helen Kitchen and J. Coleman Kitchen (Praeger Press 1994).
"Sanctions: What Drives U.S. Policy Towards South Africa?" Topic, Issue No. 187, March 1990 (U.S. Information Agency, Washington, DC).
"Washington Pauses to Reassess the South African Sanctions Issue," CSIS Africa Notes, Number 94 (Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, January 20, 1989).
"A Guide to Black Politics in South Africa," chapter in South Africa: In Transition to What?, Editor, Helen Kitchen, Georgetown University Center for Strategic and International Studies (Praeger Press, 1988).
"The Black Community," chapter in Southern Africa Into the 1980s, Editors, Chester Crocker and Richard Bissell (Westview Press, 1979).


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The City of Neosho once again has a new finance director.
The City of Neosho once again has a new finance director.
Daphne Pevahouse, who has worked for the city since 2009, first as accounting manager and most recently as assistant finance director, was promoted to the director position on Tuesday, April 9.
She replaces Peter Ramsour, who was hired as the city's finance director just five months ago.
City Manager Troy Royer said on Tuesday that Ramsour no longer works for the city, but because it is a personnel issue, he could not disclose why.
When contacted by the Neosho Daily News on Wednesday, Ramsour also declined to comment on the cause of his departure.
The position of finance director has had frequent turnover in recent years. Jane Obert, who filled the position prior to Ramsour, was dismissed from her position in September, one year after being hired.
Before Obert, Martha Mundt had served as the city's finance director, though she was also dismissed, one year prior to Obert, in September 2011.
Meanwhile, Pevahouse has stepped into the role of interim finance director in the transitions between the former directors.
With her experience and familiarity with the city's finance department, Royer said he is confident in Pevahouse's ability to serve as the city's finance director.
"She's always worked right under the finance director since she's been here. She has a vast knowledge of all the ins and outs of the city, the finance department and how it works," Royer said. "She has the skills and the knowledge and it is time to put her up in that position."
Pevahouse holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Missouri Southern State University, and worked in cost accounting prior to working for the city.
She and her husband, David, live in Neosho and have two children, Davey and Laurel.
She says she is thankful to be a part of the Neosho community, and has seen the town make "tremendous improvements" from the city's former financial troubles.
"We have come very far but we are not finished," Pevahouse said. "Our city is a beautiful place to live and I want to continue to work with the council, the employees, and the citizens to continue our recovery."
As finance director, Pevahouse says some of her responsibilities include budget preparation, overseeing payroll, billing, collections, bond compliance and assisting the city's departments with financial matters.
"I'm very confident in Daphne," Royer said. "She's proven to me since I've been there that she has what it takes to be finance director."


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Sparx Systems has released Version 10 of its Enterprise Architect high-performance modeling, visualization, and design platform based on the UML 2.4.1 standard.
New refinements to the product are (as always) based on increased performance, but also on extending modeling power and standards compliance. Inside the total toolkit are new tools like user interface simulation, impact analysis tools, model documentation, and enhanced project management.
New technologies incorporated here include SysML 1.3, GML, RTF sub-templates, and Profile creation helpers for extending UML.
According to Sparx, this product now enjoys complete traceability from mind mapping, through requirements, and onward to business and software design and deployment.
"Enterprise Architect 10 provides the kind of robust and efficient visualization and collaboration required in today's large and demanding modeling environments," said the company. "We encourage you to take a look at the release and discover for yourself how Enterprise Architect 10 will revitalize and empower your models, designs, software, systems, and business processes."
The user interface has undergone significant enhancements designed to help improve productivity and workflow with a new diagram search box and the ability to focus attention on the current element and its related elements using the Diagram Context Filter.
In terms of new rapid diagramming tools and techniques — improved impact analysis capabilities now exist with enhancements to insert related elements. Element handling has also been improved with customizable selection handles, finer control over the Insert Related Elements dialog, and "many improvements" to the drawing of elements, including selection and manipulation.


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Volleyball Spring Match Tickets on Sale Feb. 18
The Huskers will welcome South Dakota to the NU Coliseum on Saturday, March 30 at 3 p.m., while Iowa State will come to the Coliseum on Saturday, April 6 at 6 p.m. and Creighton will close out the home spring schedule on Friday, April 12 at 7 p.m. Nebraska will hit the road on Saturday, April 20 to take on Wichita State in Wichita, Kan.
Both reserved and general admission tickets for the Huskers' home matches will go on sale on Monday, Feb. 18 at 8 a.m. They will be available on Huskers.com, by calling the NU Ticket Office at 800-8BIGRED or by visiting the Athletic Ticket Office in person weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Reserved tickets are $10 with GA tickets set at $8. All currently enrolled UNL students are eligible to receive one free ticket to the spring matches, but must secure a ticket in advance online at Huskers.com while supplies last.
2013 Spring Schedule
South Dakota
Saturday, March 30 at 3 p.m.
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Iowa State
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Boyfriend of woman beat to death will stand trial for murder
12/05/2012 7:04amAlecia Sherman lived long enough to seek out help, to run to a neighbor's house and tell them that her boyfriend was "out of control" and had hit her.
2 more suspects arrested in Midvale murder
12/05/2012 7:50amPolice have arrested a second woman who had been sought in the shooting of Justen Lefave, as well as the man they say drove her to the apartment where Lefave was staying.
Gephardt Gets It: What does the fiscal cliff mean?
12/05/2012 8:14amThe so-called "fiscal cliff" has been making news since the end of November's election. So what is it, and what does it mean for your family?
PHOTO GALLERY: Jazz spread holiday cheer to kids at hospitals
12/05/2012 8:40amUtah Jazz coaches, trainers, players, Nu Skin Jazz Dancers and Jazz Bear spread holiday cheer by making their traditional Christmas visits to Primary Children's Medical Center and Shriners Hospital for Children in Salt Lake City on Tuesday.
Businesses holiday shopping for health care, not finding any bargains
12/05/2012 12:33pmBusinesses are shopping, but they are looking for a good deal on your health benefits for next year.
Man kidnaps wife after argument, police say
12/05/2012 12:52pmA man has been arrested after allegedly kidnapping his wife from her friend's apartment following a dispute.
Teacher accused of sexual abuse appears in court
12/05/2012 1:29pmA Utah teacher accused of abusing children and teenagers for more than three decades appeared in court Wednesday.
Flights to Phoenix coming to Provo airport
12/05/2012 2:10pmAllegiant announced Wednesday nonstop flights between Provo and the Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz., area beginning Feb. 15.
Asperger's dropped, autism changed: How will new definition affect Utahns?
12/05/2012 2:49pmOne in 47 Utahns has some form of autism, among the highest prevalence in the nation. Big changes are in store for those who treat and diagnose autism, especially the mild form known, until now, as Asperger's Syndrome.
Father, daughter to reunite after she was adopted without his consent
12/05/2012 3:18pmA toddler who was adopted without the consent or knowledge of her father will be returned to the man in the next 60 days.
Dome on Canyon's newest school nods to Draper's past
12/05/2012 4:44pmCanyons School District celebrated an historic milestone in the construction of their newest high school.
Students with special needs perform flash mob to One Direction
12/05/2012 5:33pmA flash mob of about 50 special education students from South Valley School showed off some fierce choreography Wednesday, dancing to the music of the boy band One Direction — the song was "What Makes You Beautiful."
Police say walkie-talkie saved officer's life during shooting
12/05/2012 6:06pmA walkie-talkie may have saved an officer's life during an officer-involved shooting.
Allgier gets life without parole for murder of officer
12/05/2012 6:15pmAfter more than five and a half years of court hearings and delays, the case against Curtis Allgier wrapped up Wednesday when he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Flat tax rate one proposal to solve fiscal cliff problem
12/05/2012 6:51pmOne Utah senator is part of a charge to address the fiscal cliff through reforms to the overall tax system.
Astronomers looking for volunteer star-hunters
12/05/2012 7:00pmA group of astronomers is looking for thousands of volunteers to help them with a new project that may answer how galaxies form and how stars form within these galaxies.
Advocates: Communication essential to help prevent child abuse
12/05/2012 7:09pmMany cases of abuse go unnoticed because children, parents or teachers are afraid of making a false accusation. However, communication is one of the best ways to prevent child abuse.
Sudden cardiac arrest no. 1 killer of student athletes
12/05/2012 7:47pmSudden cardiac arrest, like the cardiac arrest that caused a Utah State University basketball player to collapse and become unresponsive, is a condition that affects teens and even babies.
Recent fatalities could have been prevented with seat belt use, says UHP
12/05/2012 8:46pmThe Utah Highway Patrol continues to urge Utah's motorists and their passengers to buckle up. Seven people have died in nine crashes in the past two weeks that could have been routine if not for the lack of seat belt use, troopers say.
Man charged with abusing girl at festival has history of abuse
12/05/2012 9:12pmA registered sex offender was charged Wednesday with touching the buttocks of an 11-year-old girl at the Festival of Trees.
Man arrested for Salt Lake statue theft; Sandy thieves still on the run
12/05/2012 10:35pmMetal theft, and specifically the theft of valuable statues, continues to keep detectives busy on the Wasatch Front. Brazen thieves stole a total of 11 bronze statues over the last few weeks in Salt Lake County, and one man is now behind bars.
Utes honor former Coach Majerus at Boise State basketball game
12/05/2012 10:46pmWednesday night's Utes basketball game against Boise State will honor their former legendary coach Rick Majerus, who coached at Utah from 1989 to 2004.
Doctors pleased with Berger's progress; still no word on cause of collapse
12/05/2012 10:54pmA day after collapsing on a basketball court during practice, Utah State University athlete Danny Berger appears to be improving. Still, he is listed in critical condition as doctors try to determine what caused his collapse.
FBI investigating suspicious substance sent to Utah Tribal Court
12/05/2012 11:59pmThe FBI is investigating a suspicious incident at the office of the Ute Tribal Court that resulted in a hazardous materials team being called to a police officer's home.
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Weddings and corporate events are not permissible activities on Oregon farmland, according to the state's Court of Appeals.
Bouncy castles and other structures, even temporary ones, used solely for promotions are also out, according to the court's Dec. 4 ruling.
The ruling's impact on food carts is more ambiguous — they're only allowed on the farm if primarily used to sell the farm's crops and livestock.
However, the Court of Appeals has approved of outdoor farm-to-plate dinners and small-scale events, like birthdays, that provide education about agriculture.
The ruling springs from a disagreement among neighbors on Sauvie Island, a popular agritourism destination near Portland, Ore.
Mark Greenfield, a land use attorney who lives on the island, objected to several activities conducted at Bella Organic, a farm that's down the road from his home.
"You're seeing more and more farms becoming event centers," Greenfield said.
The dispute wound its way through the county administrative process to the state's Land Use Board of Appeals and eventually to the state appeals court.
The biggest impact from the ruling is likely its ban on structures used solely for promotions, like bouncy castles and similar agritourism attractions, said Ty Wyman, attorney for Bella Organic.
"If (you) were an opponent of a farmstand operation, this certainly gives (you) some ammunition," he said. "That's where I think you're going to see cutbacks in their operations."
In the case of Bella Organic, the structures in question were a viewing platform for a corn maze and tents.
The Court of Appeals said that under Oregon's land use law, farmstand structures are intended for the sale of crops and livestock.
While they can be used to sell "incidental retail items," that cannot be their predominant purpose, the ruling held.
"The statute's allowance of the use of a farmstand structure for 'the sale of farm crops and livestock' does not include the outright use of the structure for promotional activities, much less use of a structure only for those activities," the court said.
Wyman said he disagrees with this characterization of Oregon's land use law, which was intended to preserve farmland and prevent acreage from being taken out of production.
"Temporary structures don't threaten the viability of the land," he said.
The Court of Appeals also distinguished between the types of events that can be held on farms, indicating they need to be small-scale, provide consumers with information about the farm and promote sales of farm products.
"Those promotional activities are more likely to be a significant part of a short-duration event such as a birthday party or family picnic than a longer event with more participants, such as a corporate retreat or wedding," the ruling said.
Greenfield said he has long opposed the intrusion of non-farm uses into farm zones.
"I thought they were not appropriate unless the legislature comes out and says so," he said.
Greenfield said the main reason he brought to case before the Court of Appeals was to clarify ambiguities in the law.
The court clearly sided with him on several points, he said. "Stopping weddings is one of the biggest things I won."
However, the court disagreed with Greenfield about farm-to-plate dinners, which he contended were banned under a provision that disallows banquets within farm structures.
Based on legislative history, the Court of Appeals found that lawmakers were not worried about farmers conducting outdoor promotions like outdoor dinners.
"Instead, the legislative concern was to avoid the placement of commercial structures on farmland that were related to farm marketing, such as restaurants, supermarkets and stadiums," the ruling said.
On the matter of food carts, the court held that their permissibility on farmland will depend on the type of products they sell.
"Because food carts are structures, they are permissible under the farm stand statute only if they are 'designed and used for the sale of farm crops or livestock grown on the farm operation' and are not designed for activities other than the sale of crops or livestock."
Greenfield said that in his interpretation of the ruling, the sale of prepared foods will not count as sales of farm crops or livestock, though the question will ultimately be decided by Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals.
"I'll be curious to see how that's dealt with," he said.
Wyman said he's concerned that holding outdoor farm-to-plate meals will be hindered by the ban on structures solely for promotional uses.
If a picnic table falls under that definition, for example, then such outdoor events would be unworkable, he said.
"How, as a practical matter, can you pull it off?" Wyman said.
Realistically, though, county governments in Oregon don't have the resources to hunt for such promotional violations, but will respond to disputes as they arise, he said.
"It will be primarily complaint driven," Wyman said. "My first piece of advice to any client is to try to get along with neighbors."


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Big 12 Campus Correspondent
Oklahoma State's 2012 recruiting class between its men's and women's basketball teams was one of the best in its history.
The No. 2 recruit in the nation, Marcus Smart, joined the Cowboys after winning two state championships and being named a McDonald's All-American. Smart has the Cowboys tied for second atop the Big 12 standings and has been a driving force behind a dangerous team.
However, Smart isn't the only freshman on campus who has made an immediate impact.
Brittney Martin, a 6'0'' guard out of Syracuse, Utah, has started every game for the upstart Cowgirls this season. Her immediate presence at the beginning of the season helped the team to an 11-0 start, its best in school history.
Smart's journey from big-time powerhouse Flower Mound, Texas is a story in it's own. But Martin's transition from the Syracuse High School gymnasium to Gallagher-Iba Arena might just be the overall key to her success.
Growing up in a relatively small town immediately put Martin in a low-profile situation when it came to recruiting. Still, a strong relationship with family, friends and her AAU coach put her on the board as the 19th-overall prospect in the nation after leading the Syracuse Titans to two state championships.
"Coach Ray taught me so much that I've carried throughout my basketball career," Martin said. "That, combined with my relationship with my parents and my grandparents, was probably my biggest motivation during the transition to OSU."
When Martin got to Stillwater, she came in as one of the highest-recruited players in Cowgirl basketball history. With high recruiting comes great amounts of hype, but Martin stuck to her roots. The mindset of a small town basketball star, combined with a humbling personality, got Martin off to the right start when she first stepped foot on the OSU campus.
"I didn't know for sure that I would be playing as a freshman, but it's what I had hoped for," Martin said. "Everybody said transitioning from high school to college would be a huge change, but I always thought that it couldn't be that different as long as I kept the right attitude."
Martin seemed to be right, as she poured in 15 points in the Cowgirls' season debut against Cal Poly. A few nights later, she reached doubles figures again in a win against Weber State. The hype of a high-profile high school star that came out to a hot start at a D-1 college could have gotten to the freshman's head.
Martin also had her struggles, though. In the Cowgirls' undefeated non-conference run, Martin went 2-12 against Missouri State. She shot 0-4 in only 14 minutes against Stephen F. Austin. She had her typical struggles that any freshman athlete has.
However, Martin dug deep, remembered how she got to where she was and kept her cool. She remembered that her down-to-earth, small town perspective wouldn't have been complete without one thing: her confidence.
On December 22, Martin did something that no Cowgirl had ever done in the history of the program. She put in 10 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and finished off a triple-double in the last minute of the game with her tenth assist.
"I don't really think about that stuff when I'm on the court, so when they put me back in with a minute left, I didn't know what was going on," Martin said. "They didn't tell me until after the game. It was crazy."
Although Martin hasn't been perfect since that night, her stellar play has helped the Cowgirls get off to one of the best starts in team history.
She ranks second in the Big 12 with three steals per game, recorded the first triple-double in team history and has won the Big 12 Freshman of the Week honor four times so far this season.
Head Coach Jim Littell said Martin has been one of the most vital parts of the Cowgirls' success this season.
"She's a very special player," Littell said. "She can go out there and give us double figures, or she can play her role and get critical rebounds. She keeps a calm mindset and has a great perspective on the game."
That perspective that Littell sees in his freshman phenom could be the start of an extremely successful career for Martin. The ability to stay confident in rough situations and the outlook of keeping a level head has the small town star destined for success.
The Syracuse, Utah native has nearly matched the play of Smart's in numerous categories, but Martin's memories from her low-key past has helped keep her mentality at bay.
"I think he is more of a complete player than I am, so I can't say that I am the Marcus Smart of the women's team," Martin said. "I still have a lot to work on and still have plenty of things to accomplish."


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The "unconventional" wisdom of the gas industry seems to be: "Let's make a killing on the drilling now and clean up the mess later." It may well be a mess unparalleled in the history of human existence.
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