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In March of 2005, the Middleton Police Department hosted its first ever Citizen's Academy. We will once again be conducting a Citizen's Academy in 2020. It will start on April 1st and end June 3rd.
This ten-week course, open to anyone who lives or works in the City of Middleton, offers residents the opportunity to learn more about the Middleton Police Department by partaking in hands-on classes similar to those taken by police officers. The class will be presented by officers with the Middleton Police Department.
Students in the Middleton Police Department Citizen's Academy will receive training in the areas of Traffic Law Enforcement, Crime Scene Investigation, Defensive and Arrest Tactics, Emergency Vehicle Operation, Emergency Medical Response, Firearms, Fire Department Response, Police-School Liaison and other Basic Police Procedures.
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Castello's Aged Havarti cheese brings an element of cool to an arrabiata lasagna with spicy chicken sausage.
By Sarah Platanitis
This comfort food dish is perfectly sized for two hungry people. A "petite" arrabbiata lasagna, this recipe calls for a glass loaf pan and the ingredients that can be made ahead to help out busy schedules.
It starts with a simple tomato basil sauce, seasoned to taste with garlic, onion, and red and black pepper. The lean chicken sausage has a spicy kick that's cooled by the creamy, buttery Castello aged Havarti cheese. You wouldn't know it, but it's a spot-on substitution for the typical mozzarella/ricotta mix.
I served this dish with a side of steamed broccoli raab. It adds a touch of bitterness to balance the sweet and the healthy greens make you want to reach for that second helping. It's truly delicious!
- 1 block of Castello aged Havarti cheese, grated
- 1 bunch of broccoli raab
- 5 links Buffalo style chicken sausage, medium heat
- 1 tablespoons olive oil
- 28 ounce can crushed tomato with basil
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- Prepare broccoli raab by cutting off the dry ends of the stems and pulling off any yellowing leaves. Cut just below the flower heads and stems into 2" pieces. Bring water to a boil in a small saucepot cook until the green pops, about 3-5 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- Bring water to a boil in a medium-sized pot. Add sausages and cook for 8-10 minutes. Drain and cool sausages for 5 minutes before carefully using a knife to score the link and peel away the casing. Crumble the meat with a wooden spoon and set aside. In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and brown sausage until browned, about 6-8 minutes. Add crushed tomato with basil, mix well and simmer for 10-12 minutes. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 1-1/4 glass loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray or olive oil. To create lasagna layers, pour a little sauce and spread evenly. Top with three sheets of oven-ready lasagna then pour one ladle's worth (1 cup) of sauce and one handful (1 cup) of grated Castello aged Havarti cheese. Repeat for three more layers, or until reaching the top of the glass pan. For the final layer, be sure to cover pasta with remaining sauce and cheese. Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Once baked, remove foil and bake an additional five minutes to brown the cheese. Let rest for 15 minutes before cutting.
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From Midwestern Farm Girl to World- Traveling School Superintendent
If your first impression of Dr. Jennifer Herrera is what you read on her resume, you will be very surprised when you actually meet her in person. On paper, she is a highly educated, fiercely driven, world-traveled, savvy business person. When you meet her in person, however, you'll discover she is a warm, down-home, farm-raised, joy-filled, kid-loving woman. All of the degrees and drive were just a way for her to do what she loves most–to educate children in the richest, most growth inspiring atmosphere imaginable.
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Jennifer loved growing up on a farm. She loved the animals, the open air and the adventures around every corner. But growing up on a farm also involves a lot of chores, which instilled Jennifer with an incredible work ethic. Jennifer was also an avid student and was fascinated by other cultures and lands. Discovering she was prolific at learning other languages fueled this passion. Combined with her deep Christian faith and desire to be a missionary, world travel seemed inevitable. As much as she loved life on the farm, deep down she knew someday she would be leaving to pursue her own dreams.
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But first things first. Jennifer pursued her education with enthusiasm. She loved school and was active in and out of the classroom. She participated in many different sports and started to exhibit her leadership skills when she was elected student council president in high school. When Jennifer was just 14 years old she traveled to Mexico City on a trip organized by her high school Spanish teacher. It was on that trip that Jennifer's confidence and proficiency in speaking Spanish really took hold. So when Jennifer continued on to Ball State University, she chose to study Elementary Education with a bilingual endorsement. When it came time to do her student teaching, Jennifer jumped at the opportunity to teach in the small border town of Nogales, AZ.
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Jennifer describes herself as a citizen of the world, meaning she feels she could live anywhere. But in southern Arizona, Jennifer discovered two things. She often had the opportunity to speak Spanish, which she loved, and she saw many people living in poverty, which deeply touched her heart. Her childhood dream of doing missionary work was renewed. It was during this time while at church that Jennifer also met her husband, Wences Herrera. They were married in 1989.
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The Herreras eventually moved to Tucson where Jennifer continued teaching and working at church. She also continued on with her own education. She received her Master's Degree in Multicultural Bilingual Education at The University of Arizona. She went on to earn her doctorate degree. But being as other-focused as Jennifer is, she soon had to pursue a way to use her gifts and education to help others.
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FILIPINO FOODS – Here are ten (10) Pinoy foods that you must really try when you visit the Philippines.
One of the countries with a lot to offer is the Philippines. There are several must-try foods that will surely excite those who love eating. Let us begin with kinilaw. It is made of raw fish, vinegar, salt, pepper, and several other ingredients depending on the cook. It can be a viand and it is also best for some drinking session.
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If you are not too familiar with Glimmer Mists, some favourite places to use them are...
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Submitted to: Biology of Reproduction Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/23/1999
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: Song, J.H., Rohrer, G.A., Wise, T.H., Ford, J.J. 1999. Developmental transcription of androgen receptor in hypothalamus-pituitary-testicular axis of boars [abstract]. Biology of Reproduction. 60 (Supplement 1):234. (Abstract #454)
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Technical Abstract: The androgen receptor (AR) which is located on the X chromosome was chosen as a candidate gene that may regulate testicular development and sperm production in boars. In the current study developmental changes in AR gene expression were evaluated for possible association with poor negative feedback control of luteinizing hormone in neonatal male pigs (Ford and Schanbacher, Endocrinology 100:1033, 1977). Hypothalami, pituitaries and testes were collected from fetuses (n=10, Day 105 of gestation) and boars at 10 days of age (n=9) and adulthood (n=6). AR mRNA was detected by reverse transcription and polymerase-chain reaction (RT-PCR), and its protein was localized by immunocytochemistry (ICC). Both RT-PCR and ICC indicated that neither AR transcripts nor protein were detected in the pituitary from fetuses and piglets at day 10 of age, whereas AR transcripts were observed at significantly greater (P>0.01) steady-state concentrations in pituitary from adult boars. AR transcripts were expressed in the testes of boars at all ages; however, AR protein was only observed in adult testes by ICC. Low levels of AR mRNA were also observed in hypothalamus tissue from the fetuses, piglets and adult boars. These results indicate that the basis for the dysfunctional negative feedback control of luteinizing hormone in neonatal male pigs is the absent or low concentration of AR in the pituitary gland.


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Saturday police log: radio stolen from truck
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- At 8:39 a.m. Friday, a man reported an energy theft in the 900 block of Chase Street.
- At 10 a.m. Friday, a man reported the theft of a radio from his truck in the 1000 block of Ninth Street South.
- At 2:19 p.m. Friday, a two-vehicle traffic crash occurred near the intersection of 12th Street South and Huntington Avenue.
- At 2:24 p.m. Friday, a woman reported the theft of a newspaper at Kwik Trip, 4611 Eighth St. S.
- At 11:11 p.m. Friday, a woman reported that people were stealing her belongings during her moving process in the 100 block of 14th Avenue North.
- At 6:36 a.m. Saturday, a woman reported receiving threatening text messages in the 300 block of Seventh Avenue North.
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- At 9:11 a.m. Friday, a woman reported that her hitches were taken from her pickup overnight in the 6400 block of Robert Street, Vesper.
- At 9:18 a.m. Friday, a woman reported that a SUV was driving at a speed of around 100 mph in the 6500 block of Virgina Street, Vesper.
- At 12:01 p.m. Friday, a man reported possible identify theft in the 8700 block of Klondike Drive, Cameron.
- At 6:39 p.m. Friday, a person was arrested following a report of a disturbance in the 3100 block of Plover Road, Biron.
- At 6:52 p.m. Friday, a woman reported that she believes she was the victim of a computer scam in the 10000 block of Highway 73, Cary.
- At 11:42 p.m. Friday, a man reported a possible physical altercation at The Edge, 428 Market St., Nekooosa.
- At 11:53 p.m. Friday, a woman reported that a person attempted to purchase alcohol with a fake ID at the Saratoga Mini mart Store, 8810 State Highway 13 S., Saratoga. The fake ID was confiscated.
- At 12:43 a.m. Saturday, a man reported that someone was stealing items from his shed in the 3100 block of Plover Road, Biron.
- At 2:03 a.m. Saturday, an arrest was made following a traffic stop near the intersection of 48th Street South and Townline Road, Grand Rapids.
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Though she was first introduced in the Captain America: The Winter Soldier post-credit scene, we really meet Wanda Maximoff in Avengers Age of Ultron. Wanda and her brother Pietro are being held in a Hydra facility in the fictional country of Sokovia where Baron Wolfgang von Strucker is experimenting on them with Loki's scepter. Both Wanda and Pietro have Easter European accents, which they created specifically for these characters.
Pietro dies in the battle against Ultron, and Wanda goes on to become a member of the Avengers, appearing in Captain America: Civil War (with her accent). But, after Civil War, when we see her in Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, Wanda's accent is mysteriously gone.
Here is how Wanda actress Elizabeth Olsen has described what happened to the accent:
"So, the Sokovia accent was created by me and Aaron and our dialect coach because it's a fake country and we could find different sources of Slavic sounds. And we wanted to make sure it didn't sound Russian because Black Widow speaks Russian, and so we just needed to sound more like Slovakian. So we created these sound changes that worked for Aaron's British accent going to Slovakia basically and my American accent so that we sounded related. And then all of a sudden, all these different characters had to speak it in different films. [Laughs] So the Sokovian accent took a lot of time. It hasn't gone anywhere. There have been reasons for everything. It lightened up when she started living in the States, and in WandaVision she is playing the role of being in an American sitcom and so it's not gone. It is absolutely still there."
Certainly stranger things have happened in the MCU that require us to suspend disbelief, but this accent suddenly vanishing has bothered fans for years. The Russo brothers, who directed Infinity War and Endgame, once said that Wanda intentionally dropped the accent because she was training to be a spy and the accent would give her away. So, what is it? Is she hiding her accent? Did she lose it? Is it some sort of combination of them both?
Well, the mystery of Wanda's accent has only gotten stranger in WandaVision. In the show's fifth episode, when Wanda confronts S.W.O.R.D. agents outside of her bubble, she suddenly has her accent back. No one seems to notice or acknowledge the accent. But in Episode Six, it's addressed directly. Wanda and Pietro (now played by Evan Peters) are having a bit of a tiff. Wanda asks him: "What happened to your accent?"
"What happened to yours?" Pietro fires back. "Details are fuzzy, man. I got shot like a chump in the street for no reason at all. And the next thing I know I hear you calling me."
It's also worth noting that Wanda does briefly use the accent in Episode Three when she says Pietro's name. So why is it coming and going like this? Is the accent something that she is intentionally suppressing, like she is with other emotions? Does the accent remind her of her brother and the pain of his loss, so she chooses to hide it like she is the loss of Vision?
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China's Hainan blockchain development zone
China has announced the creation of a blockchain development zone in Hainan. The news was officially reported by the partyRead more
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The Indian Times reported on Wedsneday, 27th November, that the governement is working on using blockchain to scale up itsRead more
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El Paso demolished its city hall to make way for a Triple-A baseball stadium
The city hall in El Paso, Texas, was demolished on Sunday to make way for a $50 million Triple-A baseball stadium, according to the Wall Street Journal.
From the story, written by Maura Webber Sadovi:
Few argue that the city lost an architectural gem. The 10-story glass and concrete building was built in the 1970s and its rectangular shape resembled a toaster. Still, some area residents say they will miss the centralized access it offered to city services. Its demise also is a reminder that the real-estate recovery is pressuring some cities to weigh the value of older buildings that are often prime candidates for demolition and aren't protected by landmark status.
The Wall Street Journal reported the city's offices moved to several nearby buildings. Meanwhile, voters there in November approved a hotel room occupancy tax increase to raise $35 million for the ballpark.
The city's bid for a Triple-A baseball stadium has not been without controversy.
For example, the city manager there was caught calling opponents to the proposed stadium "crazies" in an email that was made public. She later apologized.
The baseball stadium politics in El Paso also have a Reno connection.
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Throughout 2016 there have been rumblings that increasingly loose auto credit is inflating an economic bubble alongside record-level sales of new cars and trucks. Prominent figures such as JPMorgan Chase CEO James Dimon and comedian John Oliver have poured varying amounts of fuel on such a fire.
A report released earlier this month by credit-tracking firm TransUnion seemed poised to add a further can of gasoline. TransUnion's report projects that serious borrower-level delinquency rates on auto loans will have risen by 21 percent over the five-year period from 2012 to 2017. It defines "delinquency" as a loan that is 60 days or more past due.
TransUnion expects an overall auto loan delinquency rate of 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of this year, a 7 percent rise from 1.3 percent in the same period of 2015.
So auto loan defaults are climbing. But despite this evidence, TransUnion economist Jason Laky said that such a trend does not necessarily signal a bubble, especially given the fierce rebound of U.S. auto sales since the bleak days of 2008 and 2009. "The auto industry during the recession took a big hit, new-car sales dropped in 2009, then went on a path to recovery that was pretty swift compared to other parts of the economy," he said.
As a result, auto lenders were among the first in the banking sector to bounce back from the economic downturn, he said. As lenders have become more comfortable, they have also begun to reach out to more subprime borrowers, who are typically defined as those with credit scores of 660 and below. That in turn has led to more loan delinquencies, Laky said.
Even with the overall auto-loan delinquency rate projected to rise to 1.4 percent in 2017, it is still down from 1.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, during the so-called Great Recession.
Still, if there were systemic cracks in this growing number of subprime loans, could it have the kind of disastrous effect as when Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns closed their doors? Not really, thanks in part to the difference in volume, Laky said.
"We reported $1.1 trillion in auto loan and lease balances," Laky said. "Of that, about 16 percent were subprime loans. So subprime is not a big category of overall auto lending." By comparison, total mortgage-loan balances at the end of the third quarter stood at $8.35 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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Mortgage loans and securities are far more complex than auto loans, Laky said. "It's a well-understood lending product," he said of vehicle loans. "It's secure in that if someone does get really late, you can repossess the car" and close out the loan. This may not give solace to the apparently rising number of subprime borrowers struggling to make payments.
And a downturn in the economy, which has been humming along lately, could put serious pressure on the balance sheets of lenders who have been increasingly relying on subprime auto loans. But for the moment, Laky said, "the idea of a bubble is probably a little overblown."


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Comic Book City, USA celebrates FCBD
Free Comic Book Day, the highly anticipated annual event connecting comic book fans with independent and locally owned comic book stores, is Saturday, May 5th this year. What better way to enjoy the festivities than in the city that has been officially nicknamed by the Greensboro City Council, "Comic Book City, USA?"
Be sure to get your free comic book and take part in exciting events, such as costume contests, raffle prizes, and meeting local comic artists, at one of Greensboro's four participating comic book stores!
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As long expected, Conan O'Brien is changing things up at Turner. The talk show host's "Conan" will move to a new nightly 30-minute format in 2019, which TBS said would be a "less structured" format that will have guests and a variety of segments drawn from the Team Coco portfolio.
Turner and O'Brien on Thursday morning announced an "expanded partnership spanning television, digital, social and live events that will enable the late night icon to capitalize and interact with his multi-generational fan base across platforms." That includes the decision to revamp "Conan," which will still air four nights a week. It has aired as an hour since launching on TBS in 2010.
"Since I inherited my Late Night show in 1993, TV has changed exponentially," O'Brien said in a statement. "I'd like to think I have evolved with many of these changes, but now it's time to take the next leap. A half-hour show will give me the time to do a higher percentage of the comedy in, and out, of the studio that I love and that seems to resonate in this new digital world. It's still going to be me hosting a very silly show, but I want segments on my half-hour program to link to digital content, deepening the experience for my younger fans, and confusing my older ones."
As part of the arrangement, Team Coco will sign talent deals with stand-up comedians, focused on live touring and original digital material. O'Brien will host a multi-city comedy tour in late 2018 featuring some of his comedians.
The decision to give "Conan" a makeover has been part of a long-term plan at the company. O'Brien last year signed a four-year deal with Turner and TBS to keep his nightly talk show "Conan" on the air through the year 2022 — but even then he hinted that the show would undergo a makeover.
The change appears to capitalize the format that has generated the most attention for O'Brien in recent years: His treks out of the studio to locations around the globe. The "Conan Without Borders" feature has hit eight international locations in the last few years, including Italy, Israel, Mexico and more. He was the first American late-night host to shoot in Cuba in more than 50 years, and also the first American late-night host to broadcast from Armenia and South Korea.
TBS/Team Coco
O'Brien's other trips include joining former First Lady Michelle Obama at the international Air Force Base in Doha, Qatar. He has also hosted from San Diego Comic-Con International and domestically special events from New York, Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta. "Conan Without Borders" will continue to produce hour-long specials under the new structure.
Last year's deal had already locked the host in to grow the "Conan" brand further into "digital and branded content, podcasting, mobile gaming, pay TV and live tours," so this is the first major announcement to come out of that new arrangement. That deal also expanded TBS's arrangement with O'Brien's production company, Conaco, which produces the talk show, plus TBS's "People of Earth" and animated series "Final Space."
"Conan's always been a fearless performer and now, at the top of his form, I'm excited he's taking a gutsy step forward with us into new arenas," said Kevin Reilly, president of TBS and TNT and chief creative officer of Turner Entertainment.
Team Coco/TBS
Turner pointed to O'Brien's multi-platform franchise "Clueless Gamer" as a model for Team Coco's work in branded entertainment.
Billy Parks, most recently executive vice president of creative and content strategy at Otter Media, has joined Team Coco to oversee these new initiatives as chief brand officer, and will working closely with "Conan" executive producer Jeff Ross.
Additionally, Team Coco plans to make O'Brien's entire catalogue from NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and TBS' "Conan" available digitally.
"Starting out on Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons, through 'Late Night' and my work with TBS, one of the great joys of my life has been collaborating with brilliantly funny people. This new venture with TBS will give me a platform to nurture exciting young talent and find the right place for their gifts in a crowded and chaotic landscape," O'Brien added. "My goal is to be 'Red Lobster,' only instead of affordable seafood we make comedy, and every customer gets a bib. I wish I had thought this through."
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SimCity for Mac arrives for download through Origin
SimCity has been released for Mac. Details of the release have been shared on the SimCity Blog where they begin by thanking those who waited patiently. Of course, that refers back to those earlier release delays. The good news as of today is that SimCity has indeed arrived for Mac and it is available as a digital download from the Origin website.
More to the point here, SimCity for Mac is only available as a digital download. Further details here talk about how when you purchase SimCity you are granted access to both the PC and Mac versions. Basically, this means if you already own a physical copy of SimCity for PC, the Mac version is just a download away.
The other good news with these two versions being tied so closely is that users will be playing on the same servers. Or in simpler terms, friends will be able to play together regardless if they are using a Mac or PC. And for better or worse, this also means moving forward both versions will get game updates at the same time. Aside from the availability of SimCity for Mac, there was also some talk of recent updates.
Nothing new for today, however SimCity has gotten several updates over the past few months. Specifically, it was said the game received seven major updates as well as some smaller fixes and improvements. The most recent, Update 7, brought focus to traffic improvements and added a raise/lower road tool. Update 7 also added a houses of worship set.
The road tool means the user will be able to raise and lower the roads. Putting this another way, users can now build bridges and tunnels and also now have more options when it comes to traffic control. Finally, the houses of worship set includes four new buildings. These are all free to place and while they do not require any maintenance, users will be limited to four buildings in a city.


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BlueNC is a community blog. As such, we appreciate the participation and input of everyone. We have intentionally limited rules and guidelines to better promote an open forum. Until recently, the only way to get your account blocked and your IP banned was to expose the true identity of a member who had made reasonable attempts to secure their anonymity.
Unfortunately, our size and traffic have opened us up to folks who want to use this community instead of joining this community.
In the past two years, BlueNC had only experienced a couple of minor skirmishes with sock puppets engaged in astroturf campaigns. This month, though, we found ourselves tracking down 8 separate identities for one user. We figured it was time to set in stone a few new rules.
You may have noticed two new entries to the BlueNC FAQ. They are on sock puppets and astroturfing. Having stated rules won't prevent people from breaking them, but it does mean we can act more quickly to shut down an astroturf campaign before too much damage is done.
Some of you may have more than one identity. This can be useful when one is for lurking and another for posting diaries and comments, or one is used in an official capacity (you're with a campaign or organization) and one is used for personal comments. As long as you don't use the two identities to back each other up, you are not misusing multiple identities and you're fine.
Thank you to everyone who emailed me about this user and thank you for understanding why we didn't simply delete his account to begin with. We gave this person every opportunity to be a part of this community. We pushed back when we sensed he was being less than forthcoming and without any knowledge of his mulitple identities, this community responded beautifully. His first mistake was thinking we are all stupid.
Please know he was given an opportunity to select one of his identities to use. He never responded. After his account was blocked he emailed me with a veiled threat of a law suit. Here is my response:
From: Betsy Muse
To: xxxxxxxxxxx60
Subject: Re: Not sure
Date: Wed, 01/30/2008 - 8:02am
Xxxxxxxxxxx was blocked after the IP was linked to multiple accounts that appeared to be acting in concert as sock puppets to astroturf an issue or individual. BlueNC is not the place for a personal vendetta. I do not know, nor do I care what your beef is with Mr. Xxxxxxx, but I will tell you that you are not welcome to attempt to exact revenge on Mr. Xxxxxxx here at BlueNC.
Oh....and I am the last person you want to try to intimidate with veiled threats.
Hopefully, this incident is closed. I don't want us to "suspect" every new registered user. We do need to welcome newcomers and we should avoid that "clubby" feeling we've been accused of. Incidents like this make that difficult.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if you think there are other rules or issues we need to address.
Well done
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing
-Edmund Burke
Thank you
This is such an awesome place....even if we do get a bit disfunctional at times.
Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
You call this disfunctional? This ain't squat compared to a Green Party list. When I was national co-chair of the party I was called a racist, a cracker, a redneck, and some stuff that a southern gentleman does not say in mixed company.
We may disagree but I don't see too much outright hate and disrespect here like I see on the national Green Party lists.
"jump in where you can and hang on"
Briscoe Darling to Sheriff Andy
BlueNC -
We put the fun in dysfunctional!
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
Dan Besse
Thanks, Betsy.
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
I'm all for this:
We do need to welcome newcomers and we should avoid that "clubby" feeling we've been accused of.
As long as they don't come in here disrespecting Zombie John Lennon, or letting the faucet run the whole time they're brushing their teeth.
Oh yeah, one more thing—this doesn't effect the "no Irish" rule, does it? :)
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing
-Edmund Burke
English major? :-)
I knew he could take it. Others -- I've let 'em pass, but I knew scharrison could take it.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing
-Edmund Burke
I can take it. *sniff* :)
Seriously, except for the occasional affected country boy slang, I treat all my written communications with the same level of care as far as grammar, spelling, word usage, etc.
If I get something wrong, I want to be corrected. I want to eventually become not just a good writer, but a great one, and that can't happen if I allow myself to be complacent.
Thanks. :)
You're really good at the "communicating what you mean" part
Occasional grammar errors will always creep through, especially on the Internet. (Not that there's any excuse for that!) But you usually are quite able to communicate your meaning in a skillful way.
"Affect" and "effect" are hard ones, especially in parts of the country where the people pronounce the two words in exactly the same way. My biggest pet peeve is "its" and "it's."
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
biggest peeve
there and their
"Keep the Faith"
"Keep the Faith"
biggest peeve, part 2
"Could care less" instead of "couldn't care less."
same here
I want to be corrected when I get something wrong, too. However, I have the uncomfortable feeling that people don't tell me, but rather one another -- in whispers. This is a punishment of the worst kind!
"Did you notice what that dingbat wrote?" (Evil smirks and nods all around.) "Muahahahaha . . . don't TELL her!"
I go blithely on my way . . . like someone exiting a restroom with trailing toilet paper.
Ignorance is NOT bliss~
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing
-Edmund Burke
Heh.....I write so much that I no longer care
I'm tired of worrying about every word and punctuation mark. It used to take me hours to write the shortest piece because I not only agonized over researching the facts and details, but I agonized over the spelling, grammar and punctuation. I simply don't have that kind of time. Sorry.
Bill Cloud (J-school prof) would not be happy with how I turned out I think........
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
No Irish Need Apply
I'm going to geek out and post the lyrics of this wonderful little song.
I'd link to the mp3 too, but then the RIAA would sue half the state of North Carolina. You know, because RIAA actually owns everything that can be heard.
I'm a decent boy just landed
From the town of Ballyfad;
I want a situation, yes,
And want it very bad.
I have seen employment advertised,
"It's just the thing," says I,
"But the dirty spalpeen ended with
'No Irish Need Apply.' "
"Whoa," says I, "that's an insult,
But to get the place I'll try,"
So I went to see the blackguard
With his "No Irish Need Apply."
Some do count it a misfortune
To be christened Pat or Dan,
But to me it is an honor
To be born an Irishman.
I started out to find the house,
I got it mighty soon;
There I found the old chap seated,
He was reading the Tribune.
I told him what I came for,
When he in a rage did fly,
"No!" he says, "You are a Paddy,
And no Irish need apply."
Then I gets my dander rising
And I'd like to black his eye
To tell an Irish gentleman
"No Irish Need Apply."
Some do count it a misfortune
To be christened Pat or Dan,
But to me it is an honor
To be born an Irishman.
I couldn't stand it longer
So a hold of him I took,
And gave him such a welting
As he'd get at Donnybrook.
He hollered, "Milia murther,"
And to get away did try,
And swore he'd never write again
"No Irish Need Apply."
Well he made a big apology,
I told him then goodbye,
Saying, "When next you want a beating,
Write 'No Irish Need Apply.' "
Some do count it a misfortune
To be christened Pat or Dan,
But to me it is an honor
To be born an Irishman.
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"Dirty spalpeen". :) Heh heh.
I'm pretty sure my Harrison ancestor(s) hailed from County Galway, and me mum's people were from Clan Geddes in Scotland.
We Celts have a somewhat different method of conflict resolution, which usually involves blue body paint and the swinging of a BFH. ;/
I've heard this song performed by several different bands
because I'm a celtic music freak. I believe that I heard Battlefield Band do it. Great song, about a horrible time in US history. Every new immigrant group has gone through discrimination.
Battlefield Band will be at the Carrboro Arts Center on March 28. If you celtic music or folk music in general, don't miss it.
Also at the Center, on March 11, my favorite - Dervish - will be there. I'll be at both shows.
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
never heard it called that.
Sock puppets, that's pretty funny.
Fast History of Sock Pope Puppets?
never heard it called that.
Sock puppets, that's pretty funny.*LiberalNC
In the early days of the internet, a great Net war broke out between secret societies and anti-secret societies on the net. It was like the Star Wars movies, hugh laser keyboard battles were fought on unname evil sites with dark humor and evil thoughts.
Some secret societies goat worshipfuling groups were successful in removing anti-secret groups from the net by threaten servers. The term "Sock Puppets" was invented by a secret society member in Kentucy when a anti-secret society member stole his IP address and his pet Panther and expose it on the internet with the Panther's worshipful master sock stuff in the Panther mouth at the San Francisco Zoo....
In 2003, on Labor day, a truce was called between both groups and they remove themselves from the internet and use other means of communication to fight each other......It appears that the term " Sock Puppet" has emerge in political parties campaigns, which shows you are far they are remove from real time in a Empire from along ago....
May the Force be you and the Great Pope Puppet?
Luke Skywalker
It's usenet slang
History here, if you're curious:
And as an aside: What IS it with people the past couple of days?? A listserv I'm on is having sockpuppetry issues, too.
Great job SD!
I love the way you handled that. Too many blogs I have visited have been taken over by evil trolls and sock puppets which makes it difficult to participate. Thank you Betsy for handling this before it goes too far.
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
full disclosure needed?
I have been here about a year and some months. One identity, that I stole, oops, borrow from my Chinese son. He has a cool name, what can I say? (It means "spring sunshine" but the characters also connote vitality and male energy - a very robust name)
My opinions are my own although I volunteer for Jim Neal for Senate, and you may find nice things I have said about him, no one asks me to or not to. I wouldn't astro turf for any organizations if I belonged to any. (Well, my mother keeps renewing my membership in the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, the ladies who own the Alamo, and I am in good standing with my church, but that is about the long and short of my organizations.)
I am glad there has been a bit of housekeeping regarding disrupting forces. This has been a welcoming place and I hope it continues to be, while keeping an eye on who wanders in with unkind intent.
OH, Astro Turf = Fake Grassroots
A little slow.
Thanks, Betsy, for your thoughtful handling of the situation. I'm involved with several campaigns, and don't want my personal views to reflect on people I work for. (I know, I know, fellow English majors: for whom I work.) I take it as my responsibility not to astro turf in exchange for the right to remain quasi-anonymous. I have enjoyed tuning in to BlueNC in large part because folks generally seem to start from the assumption that people will act with integrity. At the same time, this community has developed a reputation for not being susceptible to BS. So, keep up the good work.
Good Job Betsy --
I have a personal account that I keep separate from my organization account (that is shared with the other members).
This way I can support any candidate or issue that I choose without facing the repercussions of party politics.
I am proud to be a member of this community. It reminds me why it is so important to be an active member of our political process.
"That my country should be served is the first wish of my heart: I should be doubly happy were I to render it a service." --Thomas Jefferson
"That my country should be served is the first wish of my heart: I should be doubly happy were I to render it a service." --Thomas Jefferson
I want a sock puppet
I would love him and squeeze him and call him George.
"Keep the Faith"
"Keep the Faith"
I swear to Goddess
I'm pulling out the hot glue gun and the orphaned socks right now.
Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
I wish I could take all the credit
I rarely (never?) act alone. James, Linda, Greg, Robert and many times Lance are at least informed of what's going on if not actively involved in deciding on a solution.
I did receive several emails about this situation. I bet other admins did as well. We might not be able to act on every suggestion, but they are very important. When we can, it's always good to resolve things out in the open, but please always feel free to send me(or any of the other fp team) a private message or email if you have a question or concern you don't want to air in public.
Thanks for everything.
Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
Ryan took the cue
I was wondering when Dome was going to get fed up with the same antics. I think RTB took his cue from you -- and am glad to see it.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing
-Edmund Burke
Sock puppets, etc.
I welcome any suggestions on how to handle these kinds of technical issues with comments. We're using a Drupal-based system.
First....you'd have to have a Betsy Muse
can't help beyond that. :)
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
I love you
Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
Ryan...I'll email you tomorrow
and let you know what I'm doing. Some of it is time intensive and might not work with the number of people registered at the N&O.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.


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Sulbing Korean Shaved Ice has come to town (설빙, ソルビン原宿, 東京)! If you are wondering what Sulbing is, it is a Korean Dessert Cafe most famous for unique flavors and toppings on shaved ice. Sulbing was founded by an enthusiastic Korean woman who majored in food and nutrition in college. Since opening in 2013 close to 500 chain stores have opened in Korea, and Sulbing is expanding to 16 countries over the next few years. After just one trip to Korea, Sulbing has become a favorite, perfect hot summer day treat!
Sulbing Korean Shaved Ice, Harajuku
As of June 30, the first Sulbing in Japan has found a home in Harajuku. Although not all flavors have arrived in Japan, it was too tempting to resist. After a three hour wait, it was a little disappointing to know Strawberry Sulbings had already sold out. So I went for a feature Injeolmi Snowflakes Sherbet instead. The shaved milk complemented the soy flour well; it was also served with crunchy sliced almonds and chewy mini mochi, overalled the texture was well balanced. Note: Soy flour is a little powdery so be careful not to swallow too much in one bite it can stick to the back of your throat a bit. Sulbing offers unlimited servings of sweet condensed milk to go with your ice too.
For a chocolate lover, the chocolate toast is pure heaven, although for me it was a little heavy. There is a mochi layer which adds a unique taste and texture. A friend ate a Cappuccino Sulbing, which has a surprise scoop of latte ice cream in the center, her favorite part! If you're not in the mood for toast or ice, they also offer drinks from coffee to smoothies.
Sulbing shaved ice serving size is very large therefore it can be a struggle to finish on one`s own, so bring a friend to enjoy the treat! Premium Fresh Strawberry Snowflakes Sherbet, Grapefruit Mango Sherbet, and Real Chocolate Snowflakes Sherbet were all amazing in Korea; pretty sure they are as delicious in Japan. Can't wait for a next visit to try them out here soon!
When in Harajuku also check out the Ukiyo-e Ōta Memorial Museum of Art or pop by Kawaii Monster Cafe for a peek into Japanese culture.
Sulbing Korean Shaved Ice Notes
– Price ranges from 850 to 1,500 yen
– Stroller friendly (elevator and stair access)
– Allergy restrictions: Dairy
– No changing room available
Sulbing Korean Shaved Ice Details (설빙, ソルビン原宿, 東京)
Address: 1-14-34 Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo (東京都渋谷区神宮前1-14-34)
Phone: 03-6721-0404
Business hours: 09:00 – 21:00
Access: Harajuku Station (Yamanote Line). A 2 min walk from the JR exit (Google Map)
Sulbing Korean Shaved Ice, Harajuku (설빙, ソルビン原宿, 東京)
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Reader Emails on Birth/Death Model and Unemployment Rate
Mish Moved to MishTalk.Com Click to Visit.
I have gotten many question about revisions to the Reader Emails on Birth/Death Model and Unemployment Rate.
In case you missed it the BLS has admitted that its Birth/Death Model has overestimated jobs by about 800,000. The New York Times talked about this in Jobs Vanish.
The Labor Department said that it planned to revise the job figures by subtracting more than 800,000 jobs that it had wrongly estimated were filled by workers.I have been complaining for years that the Birth/Death model was on Mars.
The so-called "benchmark revision" that was announced today will not formally be incorporated into the job figures until February, and could be revised. But the figures indicate that last March the government overestimated the total number of jobs by 824,000, or 0.6 percent. Its overestimate of private-sector employment was even greater — 855,000 jobs, or 0.8 percent.
The culprit is probably the much maligned birth-death model, although Victoria Battista, an economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said the bureau was looking into other possible issues, such as changing response rates to the questionnaire sent out by the bureau to employers each month.
That model adds in jobs assumed to have been created by employers who are too new to have been added to the survey, and subtracts jobs from employers assumed to have failed and therefore not responded to the bureau's survey.
I include in every monthly jobs post a statement similar to this one: "At this point in the cycle birth death numbers should have been massively contracting for months. The BLS is going to keep adding jobs through the entire recession in a complete display of incompetence."
At least they finally understand there is a problem, years after it was obvious to anyone using some semblance of common sense.
Birth Death Model Revisions 2009
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Given those fantasyland projections I have serious doubts that 800,000 take aways is enough.
Short Comings In BLS Birth Death Model
Inquiring minds are reading Recession shows shortcomings in U.S. economic data.
The U.S. government is having a tough time guesstimating how many small businesses failed in this recession, casting doubt on the reliability of vital data on employment and economic growth.Somehow throughout this entire recession, the BLS model showed that more jobs were being created by new businesses (birth) than those lost by businesses going out of businesses. When you think about all the small 1-2 person businesses in real estate that folded shop I just do not buy the BLS's data.
The formula the U.S. Labor Department designed to help it deliver timely, thorough monthly employment reports broke down in the heat of the financial crisis, miscounting the number of jobs by an estimated 824,000 in the year through March.
That model appears to have misjudged how many companies went out of business during the recession, meaning the labor market was even weaker than initially thought when President Barack Obama took office in January. More recent figures may still be underestimating job losses now, but it will be many months before the Labor Department is certain.
One characteristic of this recession is that it has hit small businesses especially hard, driving down demand and choking off vital sources of credit at the same time.
Jan Hatzius, an economist at Goldman Sachs in New York, thinks that is distorting not only the employment data, but also figures for retail sales, durable goods and even the biggest economic indicator of all -- gross domestic product.
Indeed, 43,546 businesses filed for bankruptcy in 2008, the highest tally since 1998, and the pace has picked up this year, according to data from the American Bankruptcy Institute.
In the second quarter of 2009, the most recent data available, 16,014 businesses filed for bankruptcy, up from 14,319 in the previous three-month period and the highest mark in 16 years.
The Labor Department simply can't catch all those failures fast enough to compile its monthly employment reports, which are normally released on the first Friday after the end of the month. So it must make an educated guess.
Each month, the department surveys about 160,000 firms to get a sense of how many jobs were added or cut. It also uses the "birth-death" model to try to estimate out how many companies opened or closed.
Once a year, the department looks at unemployment insurance tax records to get a more accurate picture of how many people were employed, and matches that up with its own data. Each February, it tries to reconcile these differences by releasing a "benchmark revision".
Normally, the discrepancy is modest. This coming February, it is likely to be about 824,000, according to the Labor Department's preliminary estimate last month. That would mean instead of about 7.2 million jobs lost since the start of the recession in December 2007, there were more like 8 million.
"Preliminary research indicated that a big portion of that was a result of a breakdown in the birth-death model," said Chris Manning, the department's benchmark branch chief.
They are revising it, but I do not think by enough.
Reader Question On The Unemployment Rate
Kevin (and many others have asked) "What exactly do you think is going to happen to all these missed unemployed people? Is the unemployment rate going to spike in January, or does it get added in gradually?"
In terms of the unemployment rate, what happens is nothing. The unemployment rate is measured by the Household Survey not the Establishment Survey. The Birth/Death Revisions are to the Establishment Survey.
So while there will be dramatic revisions to the Establishment Survey in terms of jobs lost in the January report (published on the first Friday in February), it will not affect the unemployment rate.
Given how screwed up the Establishment Survey is (not that I have any love affair with the Household Survey), when the economy does turn it will likely show up in the Household Survey first. This is what happened at the end of the last recession and it will likely happen again.
There has to be a better way than either of these methods.
Manning said his department was still trying to figure out what went awry this time. One possibility is that the model was not sensitive enough to the credit crunch, which choked off borrowing and pushed many companies into bankruptcy.Mike "Mish" Shedlock
"We're researching ways to better understand the limitations of the model, in particular when it comes to responding to economic shocks," he said.
Manning said his department was still trying to figure out what went awry this time. One possibility is that the model was not sensitive enough to the credit crunch, which choked off borrowing and pushed many companies into bankruptcy.
"We're researching ways to better understand the limitations of the model, in particular when it comes to responding to economic shocks," he said.
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Hendrix, Pastorek win five events
Hendrix, Pastorek win five events
The Wilmington Park Swim team won the Savannah City Swim meet large division title last weekend with a score of 2,185.50 at the Chatham County Aquatic Center. The Isle of Hope Swim team won the Small Division.
There were several outstanding individual performances. Brennan Pastorek (Isle of Hope) won five events in the boys 15-18 age division, while his teammate Jacqueline Hendrix also won five gold medals.
In the girls 13-14 age group, Madison Mataxas of the Savannah Golf Club team, won four events. Grace Van Brunt of Wilmington Park won four events in the girls 11-12 age division.
Isle of Hope had a pair of swimmers who won four events in the 9-10 age group - Alex Wayner on the girls side and Aaron Seymour on the boys side took home four gold medals each. Click here for complete meet results.
Lewis second in qualifying
Joe Lewis of Savannah shot a 5-under-par 66 and is in second place in first-round qualifying for the U.S. Amateur at the Piedmont Driving Club Tuesday in Atlanta.
Lewis is one shot behind Chris Waters of Atlanta, who opened with a 65. He is one stroke ahead of Justin Johnson of Canton, Ga., who opened with a 67.
The qualifier is the first of two 36-hole events in Atlanta. Harrison Stafford of Savannah shot 76 (+5).
Wade re-signs with Miami
Dwyane Wade is staying with the Miami Heat, and his latest deal is designed to give both the player and the only franchise he's ever known some flexibility in the coming years.
Wade signed a new contract with the Heat on Tuesday. It's a two-year deal, the second of those seasons a player option, said a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither side announced terms.
Financial terms were not announced, though it's expected Wade's salary for next season will not reach the $20.2 million he would have made under his previous contract.


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The current process for managing saved views for modules is a bit time consuming. If you have a lot of saved views for a module and you need to sort them out. You need to click each saved view and either click "Move Up" or "Move Down", then it would still take time for the system to refresh. So imagine if you have 10 or more saved views and you need to put the newest saved view to the top. It would help if there is a way to sort them all out together such as a drag & drop window. Would really appreciate it. Thank you.
Would love to see some enhancements on saved view management, current process can be frustrating!
This would be very helpful. It really takes time to get all the views in order.
This will be helpful and reduce the time to to select the views .
Great idea. And perhaps even descriptions. Builders try to cram in as much information in the name to remember what a saved view is for. Just imagine a data hub where you try to put in the target model into the saved view. Naming gets unwieldy.
Another vote for this functionality and the ability to have descriptions.
Great Idea. This would be great to have
7th ditto here. A consolidated view where corresponding actions would be displayed as well.
Would be extremely helpful addiiton to functionality
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On the last day of September, a sunny and warm day, I drove to St. Gallen to pick up a friend being checked out of the hospital there. He'd undergone surgery and had asked if I'd please drive him home so he wouldn't have to navigate public transportation on crutches or call a taxi; he knows I like getting out and about.
A coffee aficionado, he treated me to an Americano and conversation at his favorite café. We caught up and resisted every urge to plan—jettisoning talk about Thanksgiving 2020 and forays to Turin.
At his place, in Liechtenstein, I pulled out a jar of Bols Genever I'd infused for four weeks with wild blackberries. He's also a bit of a cocktail maven, and I'd considered throwing in an overnight kit in case I couldn't resist being plied with drink—but there was work to consider, and I didn't want to presume packing my laptop, so I didn't. His mix, one part infused Bols, one part Jensen's gin, and lemon tonic water, worked. It worked well. We nursed the drink, nibbled on slices of pecorino, and discussed at length what might take the mix to the next level, settling on a sprig of basil. Just as well, we didn't have basil. I hadn't packed that overnight kit, mind.
Heading home well after it'd grown dark, I turned onto the highway onramp. A near full moon peeked out from behind the rugged and handsome Mittagspitz peak, and I gasped at the beauty and surprise of the moment. I wanted to stop and savor the scene and especially what it evoked in me, pleasure, appreciation, and thankfulness for the shores Chance has washed me upon.
Onramps are no place to stop. Only for an emergency should you separate yourself from a highway's function. So, with a dose of regret, I found my place in the flow of traffic, set cruise control, and enjoyed my journey home as best I could. Highways may not be about pausing to connect or reflect on beauty and blessings, but friends are.


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Today, Mr. QuiteAYarn and my Mom and I went to the 1st annual Mat-Su Fiber Festival, and we're glad we did! For those of you not familiar with Alaska geography, Mat-Su refers to the Matanuska-Susitna valley, which is a little bit north of Anchorage and contains the towns of Wasilla and Palmer. The event was held at the Alaska State Fair grounds, which hosts this type of event between state fairs.
As previously mentioned, this was the first episode of this event, so it was pretty small. However, what there was was pretty good! There were a couple of food vendors, and a few goat and sheep adjacent vendors (goat milk soap, etc), but most of the stands and displays were pretty on-point.
There were lots of fiber producers, including the musk ox farm, biggest and probably best known quiviet producer in the area. (I intend to tour the farm one of these days, and will most certainly blog about when I do – stay tuned!) There were also some sheep and goat farmers. One of these sheep is partially sheared to show how the locks grow, and the other has a little coat on 🙂 I kept trying to take pictures of their faces because they were super-cute and had hay all over them, but they were adept at shunning the paparazzi.
These goats had figured out exactly where to stand to avoid the band of little girls who were stalking them. (There were more sheep than this, but I suspect most people have a limited capacity for pictures of sheep.)
There were also several people raising rabbits for their fur.The rabbits were cute and silky soft as the dickens as well!
There were also plenty of educational stands – some people were demonstrating spinning, others were talking about different fibers.
For a smallish event, there was a lot to see and do. I can't wait for next year's fest!


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Why Hunting Can Be Good for the Environment
There are different reasons for hunting where some people do it for leisure while others do it for food. However, there are mixed feelings when it comes to determining whether hunting is good for the environment. Here are the reasons why hunting can be good for the environment.
Hunting Promotes Conservation
Many advocates of hunting maintain that the activities of hunters help support conservation. They argue that hunting is an industry that helps generate money from taxes that is used for other environmental efforts. For instance, money generated from hunting activities can be used for managing and maintaining parks which enhances the wildlife habitat. The money can also be used for surveys and research on different animal species to understand how they contribute to the natural environment.
Nighttime hunting is a patient man's game. Once you set everything up and get to your overwatch position, all you need to do is wait. Yet sometimes this is the most difficult part of the hunt. If you start moving about, you're risking tipping off the animals. Depending on what you're hunting, a single gust of wind is enough to spook anything that's in your vicinity.
You should also have the best shooting tripods reviews with you in this case, too. It will let you rest your rifle and remain stationary for longer.
If you're patient, and you apply all of the previously mentioned tips, you should be able to lead your prey right into the kill zone.
When hunting, selecting the right ammunition can be difficult. It is best to know all the options available to you and what those options are capable of. One of the more recognizable options is green tip ammo. This round is famous for its long military service.
What You Need To Hunt Like A Pro
If you want to become a professional hunter, you should have the right equipment that can help improve your hunting experience. For instance, you need binoculars to scan the hunting terrain as well as to spot distant objects. Professional hunters at www.outeroptics.com state that you should have the right set of binoculars if you want to be a successful hunter. There are different types of binoculars available on the market and you can choose the one that suits your unique needs. The other thing is that you should choose the right type of binoculars that you can use and also easy to carry when you go about your hunting business.
Helps Control The Population Of Different Animal Species
The other benefit of hunting is that it helps control the population of different animal species. The ecosystem needs to be balanced to promote sustainability otherwise the environment may suffer if there is an uncontrolled growth of different animal species. Many animals may end up suffering if they are overpopulated due to a shortage of food. The other thing is that too many animals can cause environmental degradation which can also affect the well-being of humans. People depend on the environment for their survival which means they should protect it. Too many animals in a particular area can affect agricultural activities which in turn impacts the welfare of the people.
Helps Prevent The Spread Of Disease
Hunting also benefits the environment by retaining the biomass as well as prevents the elements such as the spread of disease. When food is scarce, the immune system of the animals can be weakened which leads to disease. Such diseases can spread to other animal species which can cause great trouble. Therefore, harvesting the animal species that are prone to diseases helps to protect different communities. Certain types of animal diseases can also affect humans which entails that the animal species should be kept under control to prevent such scenarios.
Protect Plant Species
Hunting is also good for the environment since it helps to protect certain plant species. For instance, a higher deer population can impact the reproduction, growth, and survival of different plants that have both economic and ecological value. Studies indicate that higher deer density decreases the production of leaves by small herbaceous plants as well as the flowering rate on non protected plants. Additionally, many trees have shown signs of reduced growth as a result of the high density of deer.
The other thing is that deer can also cause irreversible changes to the composition of different species in the environment. For instance, such changes can lead to a decrease in nitrogen found in the soil. Nitrogen is good for plant growth which promotes the growth of a balanced environment. These challenges can be reversed or avoided if the densities of deer are reduced. This is where wildlife management through hunting comes in handy to bring down the animal populations to the desired level. To achieve this, it is essential for the wildlife management groups to collect data that helps determine the steps that can be taken to protect the environment against the impacts of wildlife.
Many people often ask if hunting is good for the environment and the answer to this question usually depends on the person you ask. If done in the right way, hunting is good for the environment since it helps to maintain the population of different animal species in good balance. There is a danger that overpopulation of a particular type of animal species can cause environmental challenges such as scarcity of food. The other thing is that hunting activities can help promote conservation. The hunting industry generates revenue through tax collections and this money is used for other activities like maintenance of parks.
If you're interested in taking up hunting yourself, check out DeerHuntingField.com. The guides there can give you an idea on how to start!
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The sixth season of Showtime's Homeland follows a pattern in place since season four: It begins by jumping ahead in time, moving to a new location, and introducing us to an array of new characters while still anchoring the show to four familiar faces. Those faces belong, of course, to Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend), Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin), and Dar Adal (F. Murray Abraham).
"Fair Game" starts in New York City, set against a backdrop that will carry an air of what-if poignancy for many viewers: A new president is about to be inaugurated, and she is a woman. The possibly troublesome transition of power should offer an interesting fun-house-mirror version of what's really happening in the country right now, even though it remains to be seen how Homeland will reflect the Trump administration or the changing face of international terrorism.
Until that time, we have to catch up with our favorite characters. Despite saving thousands from a Sarin gas attack at the end of last season, Carrie has retreated from government work yet again, choosing to spend her time helping Muslim Americans harassed by law enforcement. Is she doing so in part because of what happened to Quinn? Does she feel responsible? That may be why she visits him every day in a VA hospital, where he's slowly recovering from his Sarin gas poisoning. Quinn has difficulty moving and thinking, but Carrie nevertheless visits him every single day. His treatment team suggests that some space might do him more good than her constant pressure to get better, however well-intended that pressure may be.
Meanwhile, Saul and Dar's plot arc takes place in a completely different arena in the same city. They're meeting with the new PEOTUS, Elizabeth Keane (Elizabeth Marvel, familiar to fans of politically tinged television from her time on House of Cards) and the Powers That Be are concerned she wants to dismantle most of the U.S. presence in the Middle East. Keane basically says as much in a briefing with Saul and Dar, implying that she wants to bring home all military forces from that part of the world. We later learn that Keane's son died in Iraq, and although she didn't make it an issue during her campaign, Dar is worried that she'll tear down everything he's worked to create. Saul is more optimistic that this new leader can be reasoned with. Again, an incoming president who wants to radically change the status quo — Homeland could be the most up-to-date drama on TV this year.
We also meet a few new players. First, the young man who appears to be this season's Aayan or Numan, a.k.a. the guy caught in the middle of an international situation: Sekou Bah (J. Mallory McCree). Sekou lives with his sister and mother, but he spends a lot of his time making videos about terrorism and the plight of Muslim Americans in New York City. He uploads a ton of clips, like the one about the assassination of Meir Kahane, and his activity has grabbed the attention of the U.S. government.
We also check in with Otto (Sebastian Koch), who ended season five with one of Homeland's oddest moments ever, when he basically proposed to Carrie. We learn that Carrie turned him down, but he's back to pressure our heroine into using her notable political pull and espionage abilities once more. He wants her help overseas, working with refugees in war-torn parts of the world, and he even drops that he's met someone else. He hopes she finds someone soon. Could it still be Quinn?
It's hard to say, since Carrie's possible true love is nosediving to rock bottom. He busts out of the VA hospital, gets a wad of cash, and goes to a drug den where he gets incredibly high. He's zoning out when a dude comes in with a gun — it was all a setup to get Quinn's cash. As Quinn slowly reaches for his money, the robber hits him with his gun, knocking him out cold. Any hope that Quinn would return quickly to Jason Bourne–esque form dissipates.
Back in the city, the FBI comes for Sekou, which means his plotline intersects with Carrie's. As he sits in a holding cell, Carrie learns that Sekou was operating a website critical of America. When does criticism cross the line to hate speech? It's an important question for America in 2017. Can a young man like Sekou be openly critical of United States policy without being a criminal? We certainly like to think that we're not a country that arrests people for what they believe, but what if espousing those beliefs might get people killed? Sekou is accused of radicalizing people through uploads like "39 Ways to Serve and Participate in Jihad." It certainly doesn't help that he had a ticket to Nigeria, where ISIS-supporting Boko Haram operate, and a wad of cash under his bed. Over the next few episodes, Sekou's arc should be an interesting window into how Homeland feels about hate speech and prosecution of those who incite violence without actually committing it themselves.
After meeting with Sekou, Carrie finds out that Quinn is missing. She quickly tracks him down in the now-abandoned drug den, where he's passed out on a bloody, dirty mattress. He doesn't want to go back to the VA, and he freaks out when Carrie tries to take him there. She ends up bringing him back to an apartment in her building that she often rents out. He'll be right downstairs from Carrie and her daughter — and he soon realizes he's locked in. Carrie is determined to fix him whether he likes it or not, but is Quinn past the point where he can actually be fixed?
In the episode's final moments, Dar and several important power players hold a closed-door meeting. How will they decide to handle the incoming president? The ever-hopeful Saul is not present. "It's probably for the best."
Other Notes:
- "Fair Game" has a pleasantly slow pace, established by the lack of opening credits and the mournful music in the first scene, along with several dialogue-less tracking shots of character's faces. It's an interesting tone-setter for a show that can often be detrimentally hyperactive. The pace will almost certainly quicken, but it was an interesting, almost somber way to start the season.
- There's another new face in the cast, but he only had one line: Robert Knepper's General Jamie McClendon. Seen coming out of the president's room and then in that final scene with Dar, he's sure to play a major role going forward. You may remember Knepper as T-Bag on Prison Break or Tommy Dolan on Carnivale. He's also appearing in the new Twin Peaks. He could be in for quite a year.
- The premiere used New York City beautifully, especially in the bustling background behind Sekou's videos. Let's hope they keep that up. Homeland has always had a strong sense of time and place; New York City in 2017 could give it quite a different feel.
- If you're wondering what song was playing while Quinn was high just before the robbery, it was the Cowboy Junkies' cover version of Neil Young's "Powderfinger" off their spectacular album The Caution Horses.


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Taylor Swift opened up to Elle about the 30 life lessons she's learned ahead of her 30th birthday this coming December, and in so doing, she shared a short shopping list of random items she always has on hand and that you can keep in your carry-on, too — are you ready for it?
Safe & Sound
The first product Taylor talks about unfortunately underscores the sad state of violence in the world today. In speaking about her fear of bad things happening to her fans at her shows or to her at her own home, she revealed to Elle, "I carry QuikClot army grade bandage dressing, which is for gunshot or stab wounds." The first aid product has the ability to quickly stop bleeding, and since "victims of a trauma or gunshot most often die from blood loss, rather than the injury itself," QuikClot could be the very thing that helps keep someone safe & sound.
Blank Space
The next thing the songwriter sings the praises of is Command Tape, the adhesive strips that adhere pictures to walls without damaging them. It's only a recent discovery for Tay, who now uses it to decorate the blank spaces in all her homes all across the country (and perhaps on her tour bus and hotel rooms?) and admits, "I definitely would have fewer holes in my walls if I'd hung things that way all along." Her love for this sticky stuff is all genuine, as she made sure to clarify, "This is not an ad. I just really love Command tape."
Shake It Off
You don't have to be a global pop star with a reputation for keeping a tour schedule as rigorous as Taylor's to know that traveling can take a toll on your body. That's why taking care of yourself — by taking vitamins — is a habit that should always be in style. Ms. Swift shared, "Vitamins make me feel so much better!" More specifically, L-theanine, "which is a natural supplement to help with stress and anxiety," and magnesium "for muscle health and energy," are the two supplements that help her relax and shake off any inkling of fatigue or sickness.
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Black Glutinous Rice dessert also known as Bubur Pulut Hitam is one of the popular desserts easily found in Singapore and Malaysia. It is made from Black Glutinous Rice, coconut milk and gula melaka. Usually before serving, we would drizzle some thick coconut milk onto the dessert to add onto the aroma. This dessert is sweet and most of the time, serves warm.
Black Glutinous Rice (Bubur Pulut Hitam) dessert is very easy to cook although you need to decide one day in advance if you wish to cook this due to the soaking of the black glutinous rice. For the coconut milk, you may either buy it off the shelf from the supermarket or buy the grated coconut from wet market and squeezed out the coconut milk. We just need the thick milk. I find that the best texture for this dessert is something that is not too mashy, not too dry yet not too much soup. Some recipes call for thin coconut milk which I find not coconut milk aroma is not strong enough. If add too much coconut milk, the dessert becomes too soupy. Do remember to cover the pot while cooking. Else, the dessert may become too "dry". For people with sweet tooth, you may wish to add more sugar. For my family, we are happy with low sugar dessert.
Black Glutinous Rice is also served in some Hong Kong dessert shops but they add on mango and forgo the coconut milk, they cook it with the core of the mango.
Let's check out the recipe for a great bowl of Black Glutinous Rice (Bubur Pulut Hitam) dessert for your family.
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- 350g Black Glutinous Rice
- 2 litre water
- 300ml thick coconut milk
- 100ml thick coconut milk, for drizzling
- 150g Gula Melaka
- 50g Brown sugar
- Pinches of salt
- 5-10 Pandan leaves
Serving size: 6 bowls
1. Rinse the black glutinous rice and soak them overnight. Chop the gula melaka to small pieces.
2. Rinse the black glutinous rice few times before adding into a pot of 2 litre water and a bundle of pandan leaves.
3. Bring to boil at high heat. When boiling, turn to low heat, simmer with cover for 15 minutes.
4. Remove the pandan leaves and continue to simmer for another 30 minutes.
5. Add in gula melaka, brown sugar and pinches of salt. Add to taste. Stir well until fully dissolve.
6. Off heat. If you like, you may drizzle some thick coconut milk before serving. Serve warm.
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Keep Austin Wild
This list magnet of a Texas city just landed on the wildest one yet
The capital city of Texas has made another list, and it's the wildest one yet: The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) recently ranked Austin No. 1 on a roundup of the top 10 cities for wildlife in America. And, no, that does not refer to the throngs of people currently there for SXSW.
The National Wildlife Federation ranked the largest U.S. cities based on percentage of parkland, citizen action to create wildlife habitat and school adoption of outdoor learning in wildlife gardens. Austin boasts the most certified wildlife habitats (2,154), the most backyard habitats per capita and the most schoolyard habitats (67). The city also is certified as a community wildlife habitat, and the NWF notes the Congress Avenue bridge, home to 1.5 million bats.
"Its residents not only want to Keep Austin Weird — they're the best in America at keeping their city wild," the article reads.
Austin was the only Lone Star locale on the list. "The common thread between these cities is that citizens are coming together for a common purpose — to create a community where people and wildlife can thrive," according to the NWF.
Here's the complete list of wildlife-friendly U.S. cities:
- Austin, Texas
- Portland, Oregon
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Washington, D.C.
- Seattle, Washington
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- New York City, New York


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Sysco, food wholesaler with earnings of $1.94 per share and a dividend of $1.04 per share per year, yields 3.54%; based on the closing price on Friday, December 10, 2010 of $29.42.
Cash flow is everything to the income investor and especially to retired income investors and SYY meets all of our criteria: (1) it makes money, (2) it shares income with us in a dividend, (3) it regularly increases the dividend and (4) and it has a solid balance sheet with a D/E (debt to equity ratio) of .63.
Each week I profile a company that you can use as an example to learn how to create cash flow and invest for income and the winner this week is SYY.
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