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President Barack Obama paused for what felt like an eternity to the immigration reform activists seated around the Roosevelt Room.
Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza, had just explained why she declared him the "deporter in chief" in a speech in early March. Obama, who was infuriated when he first heard Murguia's remarks weeks earlier, sat in silence, trying to keep his anger in check, according to advocates in attendance.
When Obama finally spoke, he scolded them. The story was now about infighting between Obama and activists rather than the House Republicans refusing to take up a bill. "If you take the pressure off of them and put it on me, you'll guarantee that there is no legislation," he warned.
(Also on POITICO: Obama's recess gamble goes bust) The frustrations that boiled over three months ago during the White House meeting were years in the making, but were exacerbated by the growing realization that an outcome once thought to be inevitable increasingly looked impossible. The best chance in three decades to rewrite immigration laws has slipped away just one year after the Senate garnered 68 votes for sweeping reform of the system, 20 months after strong Hispanic turnout for Democrats in the 2012 election sparked a GOP panic, and five years after Obama promised to act. Immigration reform's slow but steady failure exposes how an ideologically diverse and powerful network of supporters couldn't bend the one group that mattered: House Republicans. Proponents turned their attention late to the House because of a longer-than-expected Senate debate, and once they did, the GOP's political will had faded and hard-liners made inroads with newer lawmakers that were difficult to reverse, according to interviews with several dozen key participants on both sides of the battle. (Also on POLITICO: Biden: No 'red card' on immigration) Last summer, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) privately told the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference that if reformers won the August recess, then Republicans would move a bill in the fall. But the Syria crisis, the government shutdown and the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov consumed attention through the end of 2013. By the time Boehner released a set of immigration principles in January, Republicans saw little short-term benefit to tackling a divisive issue just as their midterm election prospects were strengthening. As recently as this month, however, there was more movement in the House than previously known. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) had been quietly shopping a PowerPoint presentation of a border enforcement and legalization bill to his colleagues and secured soft commitments from at least 120 Republicans, according to multiple sources familiar with the process. But then Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) lost his Republican primary election. And young children from Central America crossed illegally over the southwestern border in record numbers. Those two unforeseen events killed any remaining chance for action this year. (Also on POLITICO: SCOTUS targets Obama appointments) For their part, reformers underestimated how impervious most House Republicans would be to persuasion from evangelicals, law enforcement and big business, and how the GOP's animus toward Obama over health care and executive actions would bleed into immigration reform. "It's one of the most frustrating moments that I've had," said Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a member of the Senate Gang of Eight. "The Senate passage was historic, it was real momentum and to see it totally find itself in a dark hole in the House of Representatives is incredibly disappointing not only to me personally but to millions of people across the country." Attention will soon turn to how Obama uses his executive authority to provide relief for undocumented immigrants. It will be the next test in the strained relationship between the president and his progressive allies, who are demanding another round of administrative actions. Obama tried in that tense March session to convince the advocates that he understood their fight. But the president's attempt to highlight his commitment to comprehensive reform going all the way back to his Senate days only incensed the group, which interpreted his remark as a knock on their own dedication to the cause. (Also on POLITICO: Pelosi to travel to border) "We've been working on this issue long before you got to the White House," Angelica Salas, director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, told Obama. "And we will be working on it long after you leave, if necessary." EARLY OPTIMISM The strong bipartisan vote for the Senate bill exactly one year ago Friday was hard, at first, for the House to ignore, even among the leaders who said they wouldn't take cues from the upper chamber. Within weeks, Boehner issued a challenge to a pro-reform group. Nearly all House Republican leaders blocked off time to meet with about 30 members of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference in Cantor's conference room in the Capitol. Starting with Boehner, each lawmaker went around the table to stress the need to pass immigration reform. According to two attendees, Boehner told the assembled advocates to go out and win August. "He promised us in that meeting that if we can just make the August recess of 2013 go smoothly and not be a riot around the country, that we would be able to get back after the August recess," recalled Robert Gittelson, vice president of governmental affairs for the NHCLC. At one point, the Rev. Daniel de Leon, a California pastor, asked House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte about family reunification — a critical issue for religious communities. The normally reserved Virginia Republican — whom some advocates viewed as an obstacle to reform and who oversees immigration legislation in his committee — began to cry and choked up completely, two people inside the room recalled. About a minute later, Goodlatte regained his composure. Apologizing for the abrupt tears, the former immigration attorney discussed how the issue is a deeply personal one: His wife Maryellen's parents were first-generation immigrants from Ireland, he explained, and throughout his legal career, Goodlatte helped immigrants from more than 70 nations come to the United States. Reformers largely won the August recess — there was no tea party-inspired revolt pressuring congressmen to oppose reform when they returned to Washington. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) was mocked for hosting a rally against immigration reform in Richmond, Va., near Cantor's district that drew only about 50 people. Images of the congressman standing alone under a gazebo at a public park made the opposition look weak, even a bit embarrassing. But that still didn't convince House Republicans to act. CONSERVATIVE BLOWBACK In January, King held a key piece of paper in his jacket pocket during the immigration discussion at the House GOP retreat in Cambridge, Md. Scribbled on it was a list of about 50 names of fellow House Republicans that King considered allies, having talked personally to each of them and urged them to speak out against immigration reform. Now, he would need every one of them as the GOP leadership introduced principles that included legalization for most undocumented immigrants. Many of the 50 had cycled through a series of meetings that King and Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.) began in February 2013, when King became convinced that an overhaul was coming. "I said, 'I'm going to fight it all the way. And I'm going to die on the hill if that's gonna happen,'" King recalled in a recent interview. "That's what I said: 'I'm going to die on the hill.' And so that's why I began to mobilize." The reason for the early meetings was simple: Nearly half of House Republicans were either freshmen or sophomores who weren't around for the last major immigration fight in 2007. With some key exceptions, these lawmakers were blank slates on immigration policy. "The new Republicans in the House and Senate — you know how their mind worked?" said Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a key senator involved in the effort. "It was, 'We need to end the lawlessness at the border and build a fence but I love immigrants and I really think we should welcome immigrants and we need more immigrants.'" "Well, that sounds good on the campaign trail, but few of them had actually read data about we admit a million on a path to citizenship every year, we have 600,000 guest workers in addition every year," Sessions continued. "Few of them had asked themselves, in a time of high unemployment and slow growth, you want to increase the number?" http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/how-immigration-reform-died-108374.html


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Our day-to-day interactions with the public often help us to identify areas of concern. As these areas are identified, we develop action plans to address these educational voids. An example of this process follows.
We previously cared for a Fox Squirrel that was shot in the face with an air rifle. As a wildlife rehabilitation facility, we provided all necessary care for the squirrel, including medical care, housing, food and enrichment. This care continued for months during his long recuperation. But from an educational perspective, this story raises several opportunities. The first and most obvious relates to basic respect for wildlife. Had this boy been taught respect for wildlife, perhaps he wouldn't have been shooting at squirrels in the first place. Instead, he would have realized that they, too, are living, breathing creatures that experience pain and that will likely die when shot - even with an air rifle. Second, this unfortunate situation raises opportunities to educate the public about gun laws. Shooting an air rifle within his village limits is illegal. Third, shooting at wildlife, except for certain species and ONLY when covered by government issued hunting permits, is also illegal.
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1. The Right Time, The Right PlaceEstablish and follow ground rules about when and where small screen media – TV, DVDs, Software, Internet and Video Games - can be used. Schoolwork first, small screen media second. Make children's bedrooms off limits to small screen media.
2. Make Play Dates With Children, Not ChannelsTV should not serve as a child's constant companion. Limit the daily dose of small screen time. For children under two, many experts and pediatricians say no screen time is acceptable. Unless a child is using the computer to research homework assignments, small screen media use should be limited to one - two hours per day.
3. Broadcast The Right SignalsKids love to imitate. If your children see you spending hours as a couch potato or tethered to a laptop or PDA, the message will be "what's good for the goose, is good for the gander." Limiting your leisure media time will send the right signals to your children: that rules and limits apply to the whole family.
4. Media Is Not A CondimentDo not use television to season a meal. Turn it off while eating.
5. What's OK for 8 isn't OK for 4Children's media selections should be age appropriate. Use guidelines, ratings and independent reviews as a starting point. Use your judgment and your family's values to determine what is right for your children. Consult Parents' Choice Foundation's website for children's media recommendations.
6. Ratings Exist For A ReasonJust as food labeling made us more nutrition-conscious consumers, ratings help identify age appropriate "nutritional" media content. Learning what the TV, Movie and Video Game ratings mean, will make you a better dietician for your children's media.
7.Watch What Your Children WatchShow your children that you enjoy the shows they like to watch. Use media time to talk about what you're watching and ask questions. Watch, laugh and learn together.
8. Make Media MatterWhether watching a show about friendship or fish, take your children to the library to find a book that further explores the program's themes or subjects.
9. Join in the FunIf your children ask to play a video game, play age appropriate video games with them. If they are old enough to use the computer, visit Internet sites together. Show them where they're allowed to go, not just where they're not.
10. Use the ToolsParental controls help. Use filters to block Internet sites, the V-Chip to block inappropriate television shows, and use the impressive technology of TiVo KidZone to find and select good television choices for children.
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"One house, five families, 200 years of history" is the idea behind a new permanent exhibit at the National Museum of History, Behring Center, in Washington, DC. The museum moved a 2 ½-story house from Massachusetts to the museum's second floor, and turned it into an exhibit that tells the stories of five families who lived there and how they relate to American history. The house and its inhabitants lived through colonial times, the American Revolution, slavery and abolition, immigration and industrialization, to World War II. Find out what this New England home can reveal about your ancestors' way of life at <www.americanhistory.si.edu/house/>.
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"A Caterpillar on the Desk"
by Robert Bly from The Morning Glory. © Harper & Row.
A Caterpillar on the Desk
Lifting my coffee cup, I notice a caterpillar crawling over my sheet of ten-cent airmail stamps. The head is black as a Chinese box. Nine soft accordions follow it around, with a waving motion, like a flabby mountain. Skinny brushes used to clean pop bottles rise from some of its shoulders. As I pick up the sheet of stamps, the caterpillar advances around and around the edge, and I see his feet: three pairs under the head, four spongelike pairs under the middle body, and two final pairs at the tip, pink as a puppy's hind legs. As he walks, he rears, six pairs of legs off the stamp, waving around the air! One of the sponge pairs, and the last two tail pairs, the reserve feet, hold on anxiously. It is the first of September. The leaf shadows are less ferocious on the notebook cover. A man accepts his failures more easily-or perhaps summer's insanity is gone? A man notices ordinary earth, scorned in July, with affection, as he settles down to his daily work, to use stamps.
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- O said...
Yesterday, on the floor in the bathroom at work (which has Manhattan tile), on one of the white octagons, was a dead, pink baby gecko.
- 11/02/2005
- Bonnie S. Calhoun said...
Poor gecko! My husband ran over a BIG snake a few weeks ago when he was doing the last mowing for the season. The result was a sliced and diced bloody mess!
But I digress, the caterpillar was very cool. I could see the little thing developing its winter coat and looking like one of those chocolate finger cookies that have the tip dipped in dark chocolate! Good word picture!
- 11/02/2005
- Feisty said...
Very nice, Miss Snark.
So, is this some kind of foreshadowing of things to come? A secret Chinese box, maybe. A job cleaning pop bottles. Sponge that has gotten out of control.
And I wonder why so many good books never find a home in the publishing world.
- 11/02/2005
- Nicholas Colt said...
Hey Miss Snark. My name is Jude Hardin, and I've started a blog of a novel in progress. My protagonist (Nicholas Colt) is the blogger. Will my work be protected, as long as I post a copyright notice? I know it's not likely anyone would want to plagiarize me, but I'm just curious about the laws regarding internet posts.
- 11/02/2005
- AnimeJune said...
Geckos, eh? Useful creatures.
One of my dad's friends worked with an oil company, and had to go to Nigeria to do business.
He was given a bodyguard, who gave my dad's friend a box full of geckos, that he was supposed to keep in his hotel room at all times.
"Always look for the geckos before you go in," the bodyguard warned, "If they're on the floor, the room is safe. If they're on the ceiling, that means there's a poisonous snake in your room, and that someone put it there intentionally, and that you should get the hell out of there."
Sure enough, one day, the guy finds geckos on the ceiling, and security finds out someone folded an asp into the bedsheets!
- 11/02/2005
- O said...
I always check the bathroom for snakes
- 11/02/2005
- Susan Henderson said...
This was a nice surprise. I always enjoy your blog, MS.
- 11/02/2005
- Bernita said...
Animejune, thank you. Those ingenious solutions to complex dificulties are always intriguing.
- 11/02/2005
- Mad Scientist Matt said...
I had a baby inchworm crawling across my desk not too long ago. It was so tiny, it barely qualified as a centimeter-worm.
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I'll go ahead and put this one in the "worth every penny I paid for it" category. You see, "free" means that something is gratis and without cost. It's also a pretty vague word in and of itself.
Well, I didn't need my wallet to claim my "free" burrito from the freshly opened Chipotle restaurant in downtown KC, but it didn't come without some damage.
First, I totally mis-guessed Chipotle's address in my last post. It's actually at 14th and Walnut. I didn't ride too far out of my way to get there, but I did overshoot it a bit.
Then, when I arrived, I saw what appeared to be a line stretching about half a city block, then up some stairs and presumably into the dining establishment. A few hundred people, maybe. So, I chained my bike up and took my place in the queue.
When I got to the stairs I had seen -- half an hour after I began my wait, I noticed something. The line didn't go up the stairs and into the building. It went up the stairs, around a commons area, and then into Chipotle. I was only halfway through the line.
More than an hour after departure, I show back up to work, foil football in grip. I tote it to my cubicle, log in to see that my scripts are (obviously) done running, and get back to work while getting my grub on between keystrokes.
Nearing the end of my work day, I'm not feelin' too hot. I didn't feel all that great this morning, either, but this is something else. Something gnarly. On the bus ride home, I felt like I was getting car sick. Hoping some fresh air would help me out, I rode homeward (into the headwind this time) and stopped by the pet store for some supplies we needed.
It's now approaching 8:00 PM, some 7 hours after I ate. I have nausea. I have two layers of socks on, thermal underwear top and bottom, a hoodie, cargo pants, and I'm wrapped up in a camping sleeping bag. And I STILL have the chills. It's 68°F in here, which usually feels pretty good. My wife's asleep, and I don't want to wake her up by rooting through the master bathroom for a thermometer, but I think that "free" burrito is definitely getting its own money's worth out of me.
Now, I can't guarantee it was Chipotle. I was, in fact, feeling crappy before I ate. But still, I have to wonder. Trying to feed hundreds or maybe 1,000 hungry freeloading Kansas Citians, did they really, really make sure the meat was at 165° for a sustained period before scooping it into those tortillas?
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The cost of a "free" burrito
I'll go ahead and put this one in the "worth every penny I paid for it" category. You see, "free" means that something is gratis and without cost. It's also a pretty vague word in and of itself.
2 comments:
- Warren T said...
"More beans Mr. Taggert?"
Hope you're doing better and hope you didn't pick up something at the ER...
- February 27, 2008 6:57 AM
- dvicci said...
Do NOT mess around with this. Something nasty is going around, and it takes a little bit to settle in and give you it's best kick.
Two weeks ago Monday, I was running 101 that afternoon. By midnight I was fine. I was fine all week until Friday. I started feeling off, and then by Saturday night was back in deep with another fever. Sunday night I was running 104.5. That settled to about 102 through Wednesday, and finally broke when I went to the doc on Thursday. A week later today, I'm still struggling with sinus issues and overall lethargy.
Take care of yourself, man. I hope you don't have what I had, but if you do, take it especially easy.
- February 27, 2008 8:28 AM
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Stitches in his left finger have prevented Carmelo Anthony from playing in New York's last two games.
Coming off just their fifth loss of the season, the Knicks hope that Anthony can give it a go on Sunday night when they play the forward's former team, the Denver Nuggets.
Anthony has been out since lacerating his middle finger on Wednesday against the Charlotte Bobcats. Without the NBA's third-leading scorer, the Knicks drilled 18 3-pointers to beat the defending champion Miami Heat on Thursday, but struggled with their shot on Saturday in Chicago.
New York shot a season-worst 32.1 percent from the floor and made just eight of its 23 attempts from beyond the arc in a 93-85 setback to the Bulls.
Raymond Felton matched his season high with 27 points, but shot just 9-of-30 from the floor as the Knicks had a five-game winning streak halted and fell to 7-5 on the road this season.
"We were a little bit out of control in terms of our offensive execution and I got to take some of the blame for that," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. "I didn't help them get into a lot of different things quickly, but then you have to give Chicago credit because their defense was solid tonight."
New York, which is 7-0 at home, set a season low for points scored. A possible return from Anthony, who is averaging 26.4 points per game this season, would be a boost and he is a game-time decision.
Anthony is looking to suit up for just the second time against the team that selected him third overall in the 2003 draft. The 28-year-old Syracuse product averaged 24.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 564 regular-season games over seven-plus seasons with the Nuggets, leading them to the playoffs seven times.
He was dealt to the Knicks in a three-team trade on Feb. 22, 2011 and faced the Nuggets in New York on Jan. 21 of last season. Anthony scored 25 points, had 10 rebounds, five assists and six turnovers, but also shot just 10-of-30 from the floor in a 119-114 double-overtime setback.
Current Nuggets Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, Kosta Koufos and Timofey Mozgov all came to Denver in that deal, which also included Minnesota, and Gallinari had 37 points in the win over the Knicks last season.
Gallinari was taken sixth overall by New York in the 2008 draft.
Denver, which has won six of it last eight versus the Knicks overall, plays the third of a five-game road trip and is seeking a third victory in four games following a three-game slide.
The Nuggets found the win column on Friday at Indiana, getting 20 points from both JaVale McGee and Corey Brewer in a 92-89 win over the Pacers. McGee scored 16 of his season-high point total in the first half and also grabbed eight rebounds.
"To get a close win was good for us," Brewer said.
The Nuggets did give the Pacers a chance to win it as Ty Lawson had his 3- point try blocked by Indiana's George Hill with time winding down. Hill then took the ball up court and fired a shot from behind the arc that drew some contact, but it was no good and no foul was called.
Koufos and Andre Iguodala were the only Nugget starters to score in double digits with 12 and 10 points, respectively.


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Almost one in four 401(k) participants invest solely in target-date funds—a six-fold increase over the past five years. And assets in TDFs have bulged to approximately $475 billion.
Yet, despite the growing popularity of TDFs, flaws with these types of investments abound. Let's examine just a few of them:
TDFs encourage people to be lazy. A person's first choice for their retirement investments should never be a canned asset allocation default solution. Instead, we should be encouraging investors to have a customized investment mix that perfectly matches them. That includes a plan that accounts for their age, risk tolerance, and goals rather than a one-size-fits-all retirement fund.
TDFs don't properly tackle the issue of longevity. Living beyond one's financial resources is a serious problem that faces millions of retirees. A TDF that switches the bulk of its allocation to bonds when a person reaches the standard retirement age range of 65-70, may subject these individuals to very large inflationary risks should they end up living longer than they expect.
TDFs undermine the crucial role of professional investment advice. If the main purpose of a TDF is to help 401(k) savers to get the right asset mix, of what value are financial advisors who provide the same service? When I worked as a financial advisor, I never recommended TDFs because I recognized the threat they posed to the personalized investment advice I was giving to my clients. And now, as an outside observer, my views haven't changed. I think any financial advisor who recommends or sells a TDF is out of their mind.
TDFs are not adequately diversified. No matter what fund companies say, most TDFs are grossly underdiversified because they miss market exposure to major asset classes like commodities, global real estate, international bonds and TIPS. Various academic studies show that exposure to stocks and bonds alone is not true diversification.
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A new research study titled, "Target Date Funds: Still Off Target?" by Marc Fandetti of the Meketa Investment Group closely examines the many problems with TDFs. The study reveals that there are disappointingly few choices for investors at or in retirement and seeking a relatively conservative TDF choice.
Fandetti suggests that plan sponsors should consider alternatives, such as customized TDF solutions. And I think he's on to something.
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Everything? Wow! That's some promise, Jesus! The promise was given when a man brought his son to Jesus. The boy had an evil spirit living inside him. It made the boy do strange and sometimes dangerous things. The father said to Jesus, "If you can do anything, take pity on us and help us." That's when Jesus answered with a question, "'If you can'?" and then said, "Everything is possible for one who believes."
So what do you want from Jesus? Would it be good to pray for something then add, "If it is your will"? That's the hard part of knowing how to pray—are we praying the way God wants us to pray?
Understanding that Jesus can do everything is easy because God's Word says it is true. But that doesn't mean God will automatically do everything you ask. Even though he can, he may delay an answer—or do something else—to develop your faith. For example, God told Joseph that Joseph would rule in Egypt one day. But many years passed before God put Joseph on a throne. During that time, God tried Joseph's soul but developed his faith.
The challenge for us is to believe God's Word that says he can do anything, but then trust that if he doesn't do what we ask, he is up to something else for our good.
Dear Lord, I believe it. You are the one who can do everything. I trust you and whatever answers you give me. Amen.


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By Harriet Blake and Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Climate and the daily weather forecast will dictate if you entertain al fresco or indoors this summer. Either way, warm weather gatherings lend themselves to being green.
To keep the garden party eco-friendly, and still eco-nomical, think about using durable, reusable goods made from low-impact or re-purposed materials, or if the occasion calls for disposables, make them bioplastic. You don't have to forfeit the magic, see the twinkly solar lights we found!
So…before you stock up on plastic plates or throwaway table cloths, let's take a look at what's available in the greener patio party department. You might be pleasantly surprised that these finds will keep you outfitted for fetes from Memorial Day through Labor Day, and beyond. Get ready with those summer invitations!
We started our hunt looking for tableware, and found this affordable, recycled glass collection at Pier 1. The collection includes goblets ($9), margarita glasses ($8), tumblers ($5) and pitchers ($9).
Spokeswoman Jennifer L. Engstrand says the Fort Worth-based store has made eco-friendly products a part of the mix for a long time. In addition to the recycled glassware, their offerings include recycled newspaper baskets, reusable bags, bio-degradable jute rugs and several rugs and accessories made of "rapidly renewable materials" such as rattan, seagrass and bamboo, she said.
Want to see more options? Recycled glassware is popping up faster than summer daisies. Check out The Find search engine to see local and online choices. You truly will be amazed at many products are now made with recycled glass, from daily ware to artisan-quality pieces.


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Charming narrative bronze. A young boy in a waistcoat and cap lights a lantern. He carries a jug and flask. Patina has golden highlights. Figure stands upon a variegated marble base. Germany circa 1900. 4 1/2" H.
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Vertical ironwork suspension leads to a frame with circular embellishments. A moulded convex glass bowl with semi-circular florals rests within the framework. A bold Art Deco interpretation. Made in France circa 1925. Dimensions: 40 " H, 21" W.
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Massive example of Art Glass by the firm of Pallme-Konig & Habel, known as the leading competitor of Loetz in Austria in the early 1900's. Textured green glass with purple iridescent highlights similar to Loetz Papillon Glass. Allover random aubergine color threading which the firm is known for. Minor flaking at bottom edges. A truly spectacular example for Arts & Crafts, Secession or Art Nouveau interior. Austria, circa 1910. Wired for U.S. electricity. Dimensions: Height overall with rod - 35", Shade diameter - 18", Height - 5 1/2".


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Long time St. John residents may remember how Mongoose Junction got its name. There was once an area where dumpsters were located that first got the name "Mongoose Junction" because of the many mongooses that were attracted to it.
St. John has been plagued by mongooses ever since planters brought them from India to control the rats that were eating their sugar cane. It was a futile move that only caused more problems, being that rats hunt during the night and live in trees and mongoose hunt during the day and live on the ground. A problem for both tree nesting birds and ground fowl like chickens. The problem was so bad that in 1936, there was only one sign posted in all of St. John. It was nailed to the palm tree nearest the town dock in Cruz Bay, signed by the Government Secretary and embossed with the government seal, announcing a bounty, dead or alive, for mongooses: fifteen cents for a male and twenty five cents for a female.
It came to my attention yesterday that I haven't seen a mongoose for several years now. They used to be a common sight on St. John, hanging around dumpsters, darting across the North Shore Road or squashed on the road. Not anymore. What happened?
It seems that a government mongoose trapping program has been effective in controlling the beasts, officially classified as an invasive species. They're either rare or gone from our island. The same can be said for Tortola, but not Jost Van Dyke, where a chicken hardly has a chance.
Noticed the increase in the iguana population on land and the prevalence of turtles in the offshore seagrass beds? Partly due, I'm sure, to the fact that their eggs are no longer at great risk from the sly mongoose.
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text: Discuss as: Metal-removing therapy shows small benefit in heart patients By Vitals Sunday Nov 4, 2012 7:42 PM Email By Deena Beasley and Bill Berkrot, Reuters LOS ANGELES - A controversial therapy to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream was shown in a large trial to cut the risk of another major heart problem in patients who have already suffered a heart attack, but researchers cautioned that the benefit was small and more study is needed. Chelation therapy, an alternative treatment dismissed by many medical professionals as quackery, has its origins in unproven 50-year-old theories about the cause of arterial plaques, the fatty deposits that can cause heart attacks. Ethicist: Study wasted $30m on sketchy therapy for heart patients Despite no clear evidence of a benefit, and the real risk of side effects such as low blood calcium levels, a 2007 survey found that over 100,000 U.S. heart patients had undergone the $5,000 treatment. The results, released here at a meeting of the American Heart Association, showed that 26 percent of patients given a series of chelation infusions had a heart attack, stroke, coronary revascularization, were hospitalized for angina, or died, compared with 30 percent of patients treated with a placebo. Much of the difference between the two groups was in the need for repeat artery-clearing procedures and patients with diabetes showed the biggest benefit. "Our findings are unexpected and additional research will be needed," said Dr. Gervasio Lamas, chief of Columbia University's Division of Cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla., and the trial's lead investigator. "This does not constitute sufficient evidence to recommend chelation therapy." The 1,708-patient trial to assess chelation therapy (TACT) was launched in 2002 under the auspices of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Patients in the study were treated with either a solution containing ethylene diamine tetra-acetic (EDTA), vitamin C, B-vitamins, electrolytes, a local anesthetic and the anti-clotting drug heparin, or a placebo infusion of salt water and a small amount of sugar. Dr. Lamas and others said the level of statistical difference between the groups was small and more work needs to be done to rule out whether the results were due to chance. "This is a diverse multi-component intervention," said Dr. Paul Armstrong, senior cardiologist at the University Hospital in Edmonton and a professor at the University of Alberta. He cited the absence of a clear biologic rationale for chelation therapy, and described the trial findings as "hypothesis-generating, not practice-changing." The size of the trial was scaled down from an initial target of more than 2,300 patients due to enrollment difficulties. In addition, regulators in 2008 temporarily suspended enrollment to clear up issues surrounding patient consent. "It is striking that there was difficulty in enrollment despite an increase in the use of this therapy," Armstrong said. There was also an unusually high number, 30 percent, of patients who discontinued the therapy during the trial. The findings "need to have some confirmation, but nevertheless the trial results are very provocative," said Dr. Mark Hlatky, director of the cardiovascular outcomes research center at Stanford University. Chelation treatment has become popular among some parents trying alternative treatments for children with autism, even though the therapy can be dangerous and is based on the unproven idea that such children have heavy metal poisoning. "Intriguing as the results are, they are unexpected and should not be interpreted as an indication to adopt chelation therapy into clinical practice," said Dr. Elliott Antman, chairman of the AHA Scientific Sessions Committee and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.


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'Tis the season…
The Premier League finally kicks off again tomorrow and I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. I've been asking mummy for a shiny new League Title for months but I have this fear I'm destined for a pile of knee-socks and hand-knitted sweaters. Honestly, I might not sleep tonight. I'm that charged up. Of all the team sports I love to watch (football, basketball, baseball, that other football), the Premier League has the shortest off-season, yet this is the one that's hardest for me to survive. But I made it. We're here.
So here's my look at the upcoming season. I'm breaking it down by the regions of the table based on last season's final standings.
The Top Four
– With talk of Vieira's return to North London evaporating and St Etiene's plan to hang on to alleged Arsenal target Blaise Muitari, one wonders if Arsene Wenger can solve his defensive-midfield conundrum by mid-September. Arsenal are bursting with young talent and many will earmark Arshavin to be one of the league's top scorers in the season to come. But without a convincing defensive-mid, the Gunners will struggle to find balance for another season. Right now the side is full of seedlings. When these kids grow into themselves the side will be devastating. All they need is time and strong leadership.
– Chelsea is a tough one to call. At the start of last season I deemed them more likely to win the title than United. Looking at their team sheet was like playing a football video game against a friend who stayed up the night before moving players around until his team had two starting elevens worth of the best in the world. (In a sense, that's what Abramovich did, only it took longer than one night.) But Chelsea couldn't meet their goals last season and the revolving door Abramovich installed for the manager's entrance didn't help. But the Blues still have some of the best players in the world and they've got a new, proven boss. But once again, they'll probably slip a teensy bit: drop one or two too many points behind their rivals and/or suffer one or two ugly draws in the Champions League group stage and Ancelloti will be re-typing his resumé by December. (For Abramovich the term "job security" means the big guys in uniform who escort you out of the building after he fires you.)
My verdict: I'll again earmark Chelsea to finish above United. But my exit clause for this prediction is the manager getting sacked.
– Oh… Xabi Alonso. Sigh. After the Johnson signing I was feeling certain Liverpool would capture their 19th top flight title this season, but now two new variables have been entered into the equation: Lucas Leiva and Alberto Aquilani. Lucas isn't a newcomer but with Xabi gone, he quickly goes from being the player who makes supporters grit their teeth and hope he has a good run-out to the player who makes supporters grit their teeth and demand he has a good run-out. New boy Aquilani could well prove to be the missing midfield link, but we won't know for at least a month as the £20m capture came in as damaged goods, recovering from ankle surgery since last March.
So Liverpool's hopes, which previously hinged on Torres and Gerrard staying fit, now also hinge on Lucas or Aquilani stamping his mark on the holding midfield role. If one of them can successfully bridge the gap between the mountains of Mascherano and Gerrard and the other can provide convincing cover, the Reds will win the biggest prize once again.
– Speaking of kids at Christmas, Sir Alex Ferguson must have come to the transfer window with wider eyes than a tapeworm host at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Once he collected the £80m for Ronaldo he had plenty to spend. But then he started window shopping and saw how sickly high the market's asking prices had soared (due in part to the insane standard set by the £80m for Ronaldo). So Fergie went to the bargain basement, scooping up Michael Owen for nothing. Between Owen, Rooney, Berbatov and Velencia, Manchester United will have the goalscorers, but with Ronaldo gone, they are likely to lose that ability to turn a match on its head in the dying minutes, a knack that won them the league last season. They've got a near-impenetrable defense when it's fit, but with Giggs and Scholes fading they need something new and devastating in the midfield. Someone needs to step up and fill at least one of Ronaldo's boots. A tall order to say the least.
European Hopefulls
I see a tight middle of the table once again. It took a long time last season for the table to spread itself out. The bottom of the top and the top of the bottom was like a compressed accordian deep into the year. Many clubs were able to stage upsets and the plot of the season was full of twists.
– Aston Villa looked to stage a coup on the top four last year until the long season unveiled the side's lack of depth. The departure of Gareth Barry is a huge blow and one waits to see how Villa recover. But the news that Ashley Young plans to stay is a serious boost for Martin O'Neill. If O'Neill can keep the side healthy and not let the cup competitions spread his side too thin, Villa will finish in the top five or six.
– It looks like Julian Lescott is staying at Everton and so David Moyes's side will be about the same as the one that finished fifth and made it to the FA Cup final. While injuries currently plague the Blues, I expect Everton to continue building on their success. I hope they have a decent season. Doing so well after spending so little is a refreshing antidote to the Chelsea/City model and reminds us money can't buy everything.
– I know my scouse friend Marty is going to give me hell for saying this: but I hope Fulham do well this season. They really turned around their fortunes last season after a couple years of finishing near the bottom. Good team. Good results. I'm curious to see what John Arne Riise's brother looks like in his first Premier League season. They'll finish above the mid-table mark with another clear chance at European placement.
– The turnaround for Spurs last season was phenomenal. Pre-Redknapp you could rely on Spurs to drop points every week. Harry Houdini came in and their results spun the other way faster than Michael Phelps at the end of his lane. Spurs will still carry on the tradition of having a lot of attack and not a lot of defense, but with Sabastien Bassong coming in they could be a little more resilient in the back compared to recent years. If Ledley King can get fit and stay fit, I see Spurs climbing up a place or two.
– Gianfranco Zola is keeping very quiet about his transfer targets, but despite some bumps in 08/09, he had a solid first season in charge. I don't think this is West Ham's year to dazzle, but between the young talent already in the side and the strength of their academy, the Hammers will be a more formidable force in the years to come. If FIFA ever implements the 6+5 rule, the West Ham's gift for home-growing could come up big and help them raise their game as other clubs rush to compensate with pricy in-country shopping.
Coming up… part two: From Manchester City to the newly promoted…
(I'll try to have the other half of this article up later today, otherwise I'll post it before the matches kick off tomorrow.)
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Tiger Woods Voted PGA Player of the Year for 11th Time
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods has been voted PGA Tour player of the year for the 11th time.
The PGA Tour announced the results of player voting Friday morning. It doesn't release the percentage of votes or who finished second. Woods was on the Jack Nicklaus Award ballot with British Open champion Phil Mickelson, Masters champion Adam Scott, FedEx Cup champion Henrik Stenson and Matt Kuchar.
Jordan Spieth won rookie of the year after starting the season with no status and finishing 10th on the PGA Tour money list.
Woods won five times this year — no one else won more than twice. It's the third time he has won the award without having won a major. Since the award began in 1990, no one else has won it more than twice.


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When I was about 14 I liked watching Jane Goodall documentaries, horror movies, and playing with clay. Add those things together and you get Rick Baker, the special effects make-up artist that created the chimps for Greystoke and later the apes for Mighty Joe Young and Planet of the Apes. At that point I wanted to be Rick Baker when I grew up. In high school, I sculpted the near life-size chimp head you see here. (No laughing, please.) I still have my old copy of In the Shadow of Man that I read and used for reference covered in clay finger prints.
Fast forward twenty+ years and I had long ago let a fascination for painting and design take over paying attention to the movie industry...So imagine my delight to suddenly find myself hanging out in Rick Baker's studio at a Halloween party and art exhibit.
Freakin' awesome!
I was there with Greg Manchess who had been asked by curator Taylor White to be part of the exhibit , October Shadows -- everything and anything Halloween themed. Paintings, masks, automated sculpture, concept art, children's books, even a haunted doll house that looked like it was a total blast to put together. The work was great... it had to be to hold its own in the studio. The ground floor had been cleared out and decked out with graveyards, skeletons, ghosts, giant bats, you name it. The architecture of the studio, itself, has an extremely cool flying-monkey theme.
Up the stairs, people were given tours through Baker's private museum of movie characters. No photographs were allowed, unfortunately. The first thing I saw was a humongous "life size" Mighty Joe Young. Two of them, in fact. Various aliens from Men in Black, apes from Planet of the Apes, the Grinch, and others. Most exciting for me, since I loved the movie as a kid, was two of the werewolf transformations from American Werewolf in London.
Again, I say, freakin' awesome!
I didn't know many people there but I had a great time talking with Jeff Preston, who graciously introduced us around a bit. It was also nice to catch up with William Stout -- we had judged Spectrum together years ago. He's finishing up a series of dinosaur murals at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
Greg's exhibited "Something Wicked" painting.
My high school chimp sculpture. (Remember, no laughing.)
Greg Manchess at the party
Jeff Preston, William Stout, and me.
Bill Nelson's "Trick or Treat", random ghost.
Inside and outside the party.
One of many Flying Monkey architectural details, Jon Foster's Trick or Treat.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
October Shadows
When I was about 14 I liked watching Jane Goodall documentaries, horror movies, and playing with clay. Add those things together and you get Rick Baker, the special effects make-up artist that created the chimps for Greystoke and later the apes for Mighty Joe Young and Planet of the Apes. At that point I wanted to be Rick Baker when I grew up. In high school, I sculpted the near life-size chimp head you see here. (No laughing, please.) I still have my old copy of In the Shadow of Man that I read and used for reference covered in clay finger prints.
Labels: Exhibits, For Fun, Greg Manchess
10 comments:
- Tracy Flynn Art said...
Frickin Awesome!!!!!!
You got one of THE coolest jobs in da world.
Tracy...who wanted to be Tom Savini for awhile.
- Irene Gallo said...
Savini is cool too...but the apes always drew me back to Baker.
This is SO great for you. I confess, I wanted to be Rick Baker, too...and Stan Winston.
Anyway, I am WAY jealous. (grin)
- Carl V. Anderson said...
"everything and anything Halloween themed"...I would be in Heaven!
- munkholt said...
Awesome. Frickin', even. Wow.
Greg wasn't just being nice when he was bragging about your sculpture...and that's in high school???
I think it's time to start slapping clay again, you're setting on a bunch of untapped talent Irene.
Plus with the inspiration from Rick's studio (and the rest of the brilliant pieces that were in the show) you could create something very nice for next years show!!!
Yes I've thrown the gauntlet down! ; )
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Astronomy at the beginning of the 21st century, and particularly research arising from wide-field survey observatories at various wavebands, finds itself with serious challenges in statistical treatments of data to achieve its astrophysical goals. A vast range of statistical problems arise in the scientific interpretation of astronomical studies involving sampling, multivariate and survival analysis, image and spatial analysis, signal processing and time series analysis, nonlinear regression, and more.
It is this diversity of statistical issues confronting astronomy today that led to the creation of the Center for Astrostatistics at Penn State in 2003 to facilitate development and promulgation of statistical expertise and toolkits for astronomy and related observational sciences. The Center is housed in the Department of Statistics. The activities of the Center are multi-faceted: conduct and support research on forefront problems; provide forums where active astrostatistical researchers can interact; foster new cross-disciplinary collaborations; liaise with other organizations oriented towards statistical applications in physical sciences. One of the aims is to disseminate advanced methodologies to the wider astronomical and space science communities through curriculum development, tutorial workshops, Web-based resources, and public software.
The Center serves as a crossroads where researchers at the interfaces between statistics, data analysis, astronomy, space and observational physics collaborate, develop and share methodologies, and together prepare the next generation of researchers.
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The Empty Tomb
Publisher's Note
The wait is over. The journey that began in the solemnity of Ash Wednesday culminates today in the jubilation of Easter.
This issue of the Register reflects that tone in our page-one stories and editorials on Pope Benedict's momentous apostolic voyage to Mexico and Cuba. The people who came into contact with the Holy Father were changed forever, and — as our reports and photos attest — the Pope was genuinely touched by the faith of the people there as well.
The governments of those countries have had contentious relationships with the Church over the years, from forces of secular modernism in Mexico to atheistic communism in Cuba. Yet the Holy Father — by simply radiating the love of the risen Christ — was able to show them the Hope that does not disappoint.
The hope we share is reflected in the following Easter prayer written by St. Hippolytus of Rome, a third-century theologian and martyr:
Christ is risen: The world below lies desolate.
Christ is risen: The spirits of evil are fallen.
Christ is risen: The angels of God are rejoicing.
Christ is risen: The tombs of the dead are empty
Christ is risen indeed from the dead, the first of the sleepers.
Glory and power are his forever and ever. Amen.
On behalf of the Register staff, I wish you a blessed Easter.


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A trail cam is a remote camera that records images as either still photographs or as video and is designed to record animals in the great outdoors. In recent years such cameras have produced many images of endangered animals around the world.
This year will see the CFZ return to the jungles of Sumatra looking for the Orang-Pendek. It is planned to equip the team with a number of trail cams to attempt to capture an image of this mystery animal.
Unfortunately trail cams don't come cheap and without wanting to sound vulgar by talking money, we are looking at a price of £100 per camera. I am co-ordinating the appeal for funds to purchase a number of cameras for the CFZ to use.
Without further ado, let me introduce you to the CFZ trail cam fundraising mascot: Trevor.
Trevor is a lonely trail cam and as you can see he is languishing in Trail Cam hell, the warehouse. Like all of his kind he wants to be out in the wild and is looking for a sponsor to help in his quest for freedom and action.
To release and sponsor Trevor will cost £100. If that seems a little steep, why not get a group together to sponsor one of these trail cams? A group of five will pay just £20 each. Sponsors will get an update on any pictures and when something exciting is spotted your name will go up in lights alongside the photo.
Don't despair if you miss out on Trevor, he has plenty of friends who also need help in breaking free.
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Now doesn't that sound like a good deal? Armchair cryptozoology at its best. All the fun of an expedition without being bitten by scary tropical insects.
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Now we have a little insight into why Obama said to not jump to conclusions about Nidal Hasan and why Congressmen were not briefed before the press leak.
This murdering Muslim Terrorist who killed and wounded the soldiers and civilians at Ft Hood, Texas was an advisor to Obama's Homeland Security team. Look on page 29 of the Homeland Security Institute link below.
I wonder how many more skeletons there are to come to of the cupboard. Who else is there in the government or its numerous advisors or Czars that will harm our country and citizens?
http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/old/PTTF_ProceedingsReport_05.19.09.pdf Go to document's page number 29, scroll down toward the botton on the Left Column
Please send this link to everybody on your email list. The world needs to know who Obama really is. This is very scary guys.
FW: Nidal Hasan on Obama Team
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- Anonymous said...
Well that took longer than I thought it would.
This isn't yet on Snopes so here's the deal: Nidal Hassan was not "part of the Obama team" in any but the loosest of loose terms.
He attended a seminar, as a member of the audience, of an independent think tank which was not affiliated with the White House. This think tank held a meeting to discuss policy recommendations to make to the White House.
If this is being "part of the team", then anyone who ever attended a policy seminar, think tank workshop, town hall meeting, political gathering, rally, or protest can also be considered "part of the team".
- 19 November, 2009 08:18
- ferschitz said...
Corporate whore wrote this to undermine the BHO admin. They are painting a picture of Nidal Hassan as a terrorist - in other words subverting our justice system, which is based on being innocent before being proven guilty - without adequate proof.
Pay attention and be aware of just what the corporations are doing here: subverting our system of justice. That is is the most important point.
The brutally ugly racism is just icing on the cake.
Pay attention to what they are doing.
And thanks to the first post for the clarification of what really happened. That, too, is helpful.
- 19 November, 2009 10:15
- Thx 4 Fish said...
OMG there are six degrees of separation between Hassan and Obama! There was a much closer connection between Bush and Bin Laden.
ferschitz: I'm all for blaming corporate power for whatever they do. Why do you suppose this came from them especially?
- 19 November, 2009 11:03
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for this one would go to Jerome Corsi of "John McCain is sponsored by Al Qaeda" fame over at the World Net Daily.
Of course, it's already been debunked by NPR, but then facts have never stopped Corsi.
- 19 November, 2009 11:14
- gruaud said...
Jerome Corsi is one degree of separation
from white supremacists. So this is the
guy you're going to rely on for info?
A whacked-out, bigoted smear merchant
who's wrong about everything?
Well played, reptiles.
- 19 November, 2009 11:36
- ferschitz said...
I feel that the military-industrial complex, plus Big Pharma/Big Insurance, plus Big Oil, etc, are all out to undermine the BHO admin as much as possible.
In some prior posts, we've had discussions about how many of these RWF's appear to be written by the same person. It's my opinion that the corporations who are sponsoring & ringleading the astroturfed teabagger "protests" and townhalls are also writing RWF's to gin up the gullible base, as well as to distract the left.
We've all noted how vast majority of these emails follow a similar pattern, along with writing style: they are all of the "ohmigawd" tone, plus they are all either complete lies or gross exaggerations to the point of lying. Most are easily debunked on Snopes or a simple Google search.
Yet we see day after day a tedious parade of the same ginned up nonsense to the point where we can accurately predict what the next RWF is going to say in incendiary and usually racist language.
I believe - my opinion - that the corporations who also own the media and are slanting the "news" on all stations (worse on Fake, but not much better elsewhere, including MSNBC) are doing so to subvert this admin.
Check out the "news" during the Bush Admin and compare to now. What do you see? Look at DailyKos today for a blog post about a stupid feature on NPR this morning by Mara Liasson, which is story about the breast mamogram report told from a very rightwing and not fact-based perspective.
The corporations do NOT, repeat: do NOT want any progressive measures introduced in this country because the corporate CEOs will make less money that way. Follow the money, see who's in charge.
Why do you think Rush Limbaugh gets paid skadzillions to puke out the bile he does every day??? Because he influences idiots daily to vote against their own interests.
Watch a great movie by Paul Schrader called "Blue Collar" and it will give you another perspective.
Keep reading the blogs, and the dots connecting how corporations are influencing our society to our peril and detriment should become easier.
That's my take, but I know I'm not alone. And these RWF's are written, I feel, to distract the left/democrats, as well, so that we end up "outraged" by their bald faced lies.
My point, from now on, is to highlight what I think is worth paying attention to in these screeds. It's about our own education. Expecting teabaggers to "learn" is a waste of time; they simply will never change.
More importantly: what can WE learn, and how can WE figure out how to combat our real opponent? The opponent we are combatting are NOT teabaggers, it is the corporations.
I'll get off my soapbox now. Thanks.
- 19 November, 2009 13:52


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Internet Domain Names Expand In Chinese, Russian, And Arabic Languages
The first new generic website address domains are on their way, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said Wednesday.
The new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) from ICANN's New gTLD Program were delegated. This means they were introduced into the Internet's Root Zone, the central authoritative database for the Internet's Domain Name System.
As a result, the domain name Registries, the organizations approved to operate these and other soon-to-be-delegated gTLDs, can execute the final processes required to make their domain names available to Internet users.
ICANN's New gTLD Program is responsible for the introductions of new gTLDs that will result in the expansion of the Domain Name System from 22 gTLDs (e.g., .COM, .NET, .ORG) to possibly 1,400 new names or "strings." These additional gTLDs are introduced in order to enhance competition and choice in the Domain Name space, providing a wider variety of organizations, communities and brands new ways to communicate with their audiences. All Registries that operate these new gTLDs must pass an evaluation process and technical preparations and assessments.
"It's happening – the biggest change to the Internet since its inception," said Akram Atallah, president of ICANN's Generic Domains Division. "In the weeks and months ahead, we will see new domain names coming online from all corners of the world, bringing people, communities and businesses together in ways we never imagined. It's this type of innovation that will continue to drive our global society."
The four strings delegated are:
- شبكة (xn--ngbc5azd) – Arabic for "web/network"
Registry: International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd.
- онлайн (xn--80asehdb) – Cyrillic for "online"
Registry: CORE Association
- сайт (xn--80aswg) – Cyrillic for "site"
Registry: CORE Association
- 游戏(xn--unup4y) – Chinese for "game(s)"
Registry: Spring Fields, LLC
The newly delegated gTLDs are in Arabic, Chinese and Cyrillic scripts. They are the first of many gTLDs in various non-Latin scripts such as Arabic, Chinese, Greek and Hindi that will be introduced under the New gTLD Program.
Before the general public will be able to access these new gTLDs on the Internet, Registries still need to complete a final process built into the New gTLD Program to protect trademark rights holders. Following this mandatory 30-day period, a Registry can make the new gTLD available to the general public at its discretion.
"Our efforts to ensure the secure and stable introduction of these new gTLDs is unparalleled," said Christine Willett, Vice President, gTLD Operations at ICANN. "In addition to applauding the applicants that have successfully completed the New gTLD Program, we also want to recognize the diligent work of our partners, the ICANN community and our own ICANN team. Together we have made an historic change in Internet address names."
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Battling over ballast
The zebra mussel's aptitude as an invader is rivaled only by its skill as a lobbyist. In 1990, while the mussels' mischief on the Great Lakes reached its height, Congress passed a law aimed at regulating ballast water — the water, hauled by empty ships for stability and balance, that is also the mussels' most likely transcontinental carrier. By 1993, the U.S. Coast Guard required ships coming into the Great Lakes from overseas to exchange their ballast water on the open ocean, the first such regulation in the world.
Yet these pioneering rules, along with similar regulations in Canada, haven't stopped the flow of aquatic invaders into the Great Lakes. That's partly because ballast-water exchange isn't always effective and is sometimes avoided for safety reasons, says Phyllis Windle, an invasive-species expert with the Union of Concerned Scientists.
It's also because some 90 percent of ships enter the region carrying cargo instead of ballast water, and so declare "no ballast on board," or NOBOB status. These NOBOB ships can still carry invasive organisms in residual water in their ballast tanks, and they can easily dump the invaders when they unload and reload cargo, says Hugh MacIsaac, an invasive-species researcher at the University of Windsor in Ontario. One possible solution, currently recommended but not required by the Coast Guard, would be for all ships to clean their ballast tanks with salt water before entering the St. Lawrence Seaway — a routine known as "swish and spit."
The 1990 federal law on ballast water was reauthorized and expanded in 1996 as the National Invasive Species Act, but it has been awaiting a second reauthorization since 2002. Efforts to revive and further strengthen it have so far failed. In 2004, after several years of delay, the Coast Guard made ballast-water exchange mandatory for all U.S. ports.
Even so, several states frustrated with the gaps in federal policy — notably California and Michigan — have passed or are considering their own ballast-water legislation. The International Maritime Organization, an agency of the United Nations, recently reached an agreement that would establish worldwide standards for ballast-water practices, including chemical treatments and other technologies that could replace ballast exchange. The agreement, however, has not yet been ratified by enough countries to take effect, and many advocates criticize it as ambiguous and lacking in strict deadlines.
While the policy tussle continues, unwelcome and potentially costly species continue to establish themselves in the Great Lakes. "What if the next invader is a human pathogen?" asks Gail Krantzberg, a professor of civil engineering at McMaster University in Ontario and an expert on Great Lakes policy. "Do we have the billions of dollars that would be required to deal with it? Probably not."
This story is a sidebar to the feature:
Wish You Weren't Here - Quagga mussels – an extraordinarily prolific and costly invasive species – have appeared in Lake Mead, and no one is sure how to keep these unwanted newcomers from infesting the West.


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The below has some wiper motor wiring info.*youtube*
Stuff to look at. You might ask the source of the wiper motor what car it came out of. The short circuit wires might be across an internal limit switch when it is closedhttps://www.google.com/search?q=Windshield+Wiper+Motor+Wiring&num=100&hl=en&lr=&tbo=u&as_qdr=all&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=1NauUKT0IcPf0gHG8oCABQ&ved=0CIcBELAE&biw=1201&bih=641
But given the characteristics of it what I wrote in the first post, would the diode setup work?
Sounds to me like you have a window motor not a wiper motor. Window motors have gears on them wiper motors don't have any that you can see.
I found this diode, what do you all think?http://www.produktinfo.conrad.com/datenblaetter/150000-174999/160744-da-01-en-SCHOTTKY_DIODE_DSS25_0025B_TO_220_AC.pdf(no, I won't forgetting cooling of it)


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One of the better established facts, based on research carried out in several countries, is that young people are especially vulnerable to problem gambling. It has been suggested that the problem of young people's problem gambling may have been growing as opportunities to gamble have increased. Most people would agree how very important this is. Not only can it cause great distress to the young people involved and to their families, interfering with the development of good mental health and a smooth transition to adulthood, but there is also good evidence that the earlier in life young people start to gamble the greater the risk they run of having problems with gambling later on.
We are talking about a broad range of ages here, including those under 16 (officially classed as 'children'), 16 to 17 year olds (officially 'young people') and those in their very late teens and early 20s (young adults).
A number of reports suggest that gambling amongst teenagers and young adults in Britain continues to be a problem and might in fact be getting worse. For a start, the 2010 British Gambling Prevalence Survey of 'adults' (16 and over), which suggested that there had been a 40 to 50% increase in the prevalence of adult problem gambling in the three years since the previous survey in 2007, showed that the biggest increase in problem gambling had been in young adults aged 16 to 24, the age group with the highest prevalence. A number of other relevant reports have appeared just recently. The report of the 2012/13 Scottish Health Survey, for example, which for the first time included questions about gambling, showed that, excluding the National Lottery, more gambling, and gambling on a larger number of forms of gambling, was associated with young adulthood, especially so for men. There was also a flurry of media interest recently following a report by GamCare that an increasing number of their clients with gambling problems are young adults.
Most concerning is the report of the Young People Omnibus Survey conducted by Ipsos MORI for the Lottery Commission. The report was published last month (September 2013). Over 2000 11 to 15-year-olds from over 100 state maintained schools across England and Wales filled out questionnaires in class between February and April 2013 (some 16 year olds also took part but were excluded from the main results). No less than 15% of this sample of young teenagers had engaged in some form of gambling in the last week (20% of boys and 10% of girls), 13% on something other than National Lottery (NL) games. The percentages saying that they had gambled on particular forms of gambling in the last week is high when compared with the equivalent percentages for adults (16 years and over) according to the 2010 British Gambling Prevalence Survey. For example, 5% reported playing gambling machines (compared to 2% of adults). There was even 1% who had personally placed a bet at a betting shop; and 1% who had visited a betting shop to play gaming machines. Two per cent said that they had personally gone into a shop to buy a lottery ticket without a parent or other adult being present.
The results for online gambling are particularly worrying. We already know that engagement in online gambling is increasing in Britain and internationally, is more strongly associated with problem gambling than engagement in non-online forms of gambling, and is more heavily concentrated amongst young people than is the case for other forms of gambling. There is evidence, therefore, that online gambling may be particularly dangerous and that young people may be most at risk. According to a recent comprehensive international review of internet gambling,'... current age verification measures are not sufficiently effective in preventing underage play... few sites have highly reliable measures to assess the age and identity of the individual actively gambling online at any one time'. A complication is that many online sites offer 'practice' or 'free play' games, typically with no age restrictions but often linked to real money sites or games, and assumed by many to be a way of training future customers. It is quite widely believed amongst people in public health and in gambling regulation that online gambling represents the greatest challenge to be faced in the next few years in the prevention of problem gambling.
Figures from the Young People Omnibus Survey regarding the playing of practice or free games online are particularly worrying. As many as 13% acknowledged doing this in the last seven days (18% boys, 8% girls), mostly involving gambling such as poker or slot or fruit machine style games using social network sites such as Facebook or using a smart phone or tablet, with smaller numbers using free online poker websites, free demo games on gambling websites, or other free practice games on the Internet. Those who had played practice or free games were much more likely to have gambled in the last week, to have played the National Lottery in the last week, to have played cards for money with friends, and to have visited a betting shop to play gambling machines.
There is also evidence from the Young People Omnibus Survey that teenage gambling is strongly associated with family poverty and area deprivation. For example, those attending schools in high deprivation areas were significantly more likely to have gambled in the last week, and to have played practice or free games; and of those who had ever bought an NL ticket, children living in families in the least affluent third of families were more likely than those in the most affluent third to have bought NL tickets on their own. The Scottish Health Survey also found a strong association between area deprivation and problem gambling amongst adults.
Another relevant report that has come my way is a report of the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP). In response to industry concerns over the impact of CAP's extended restrictions on advertising on betting websites, and following a period of public consultation to which Gambling Watch UK gave written evidence, CAP has decided to make an amendment to its Code to allow 'marketers' to feature people under the age of 25 on betting websites where they are illustrating a bet being offered for sale. An example would be a well-known footballer illustrating a bet on his performance in a match. According to the international review of internet gambling research, referred to earlier, it has been shown that young people are highly influenced by gambling advertising. Amongst reasonable rules it suggests should be adopted regarding the advertising of gambling is that, 'Gambling advertisements should not feature celebrities popular among youth'. Many sporting celebrities are likely to be in the 18 to 25-year-old bracket. When it comes to the betting industry trying to have things its own way, and in the process failing to show proper social responsibility, a good case in point is the trade-off they negotiated with the government to allow betting advertisements to be shown on television before the 9 pm watershed when sporting events, such as England's recent World Cup qualifier football matches, are being shown.
One of the three stated objectives of gambling regulation in Britain is, 'Protecting children and other vulnerable persons from being harmed or exploited by gambling'. We have to ask whether the Gambling Commission and the Department for Culture Media and Sport, which leads on gambling for the government, are fulfilling their responsibilities when it comes to protecting children and young people, and whether the gambling industry is properly exercising social responsibility with regard to children and young people.
Further reading
Gainsbury, S. 2012. Internet Gambling: Current Research Findings and Implications. New York: Springer.
Scottish Health Survey, 2012 edition, volume 1, main report. A National Statistics Publication for Scotland, The Scottish Government (www.scotland,gov.uk).
Wardle, H., Moody, A., Spence, S., Orford, J., Volberg, R., Jotangla, D., Griffiths, M., Hussey, D., & Dobbie, F. (2011) British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010. London: The Gambling Commission.
Young People Omnnibus: A research study on gambling amongst 11-16 year olds on behalf of the National Lottery Commission, September 2013 (NLC website).


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Jaguar F-TYPE To Debut In Paris
The F-TYPE, Jaguar's all-new aluminium two-seater sports car, will make its global debut in production form at the Paris Motor Show on 27th September.
Adrian Hallmark, Global Brand Director, Jaguar Cars, said: "The unveiling of the F-TYPE in Paris will be a truly significant day in Jaguar's history as it will mark the company's return to the sports car market, a market it originally helped to create.
"As its sporting forebears did in their era, the F-TYPE will break new ground by delivering stunning sports car performance while vividly demonstrating Jaguar's cutting-edge engineering technologies and world-class design excellence. The next step in Jaguar's sporting bloodline is about to become reality."
The F-TYPE will be launched as a convertible with a choice of three petrol engines: 340PS and 380PS versions of Jaguar's all-new 3.0-litre supercharged V6, and a new derivative of its existing supercharged 5.0-litre V8. All will drive the rear wheels through an eight-speed transmission and will be equipped with Stop/Start technology.
Prototype test programme
Following the F-TYPE's 'camouflaged' public drive at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in June of this year, testing of the final verification prototypes has continued in some of the harshest environments in the world.
As its name suggests, this test programme is designed to verify the staggering amount of design work that was carried out by Jaguar's engineers in the 'virtual world', a process in which the company is an industry leader.
More than half-a-million separate F-TYPE design analyses were carried out comprising 10-million CPU hours of processing, creating more than 300TB of data. Had that same amount of initial design analysis been completed on physical cars, the number of prototype F-TYPEs built would have filled the majority of the UK's motorway network bumper-to-bumper.
The result of all that 'virtual' design work is that Jaguar's engineers are currently concentrating on honing the performance of the physical verification prototypes, to ensure the production F-TYPE delivers truly focused sports car driving reward.
Said Ian Hoban, Jaguar's Vehicle Line Director: "When you are working on a Jaguar sports car the expectations of the world are huge. We're really pleased how the attributes have translated from the virtual simulation work we've done into the physical world.
"Now, we're refining and adding those last few percentage points - that true element of honing which the Jaguar test team are delivering - which will turn a great sports car into an exceptional one."